| Vumber Launches Virtual Phone Number Service on Paltalk.com
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Vumber (www.vumber.com), the secure, two-way disposable calling service, today announced a new partnership with Paltalk (www.paltalk.com), the leading real-time, video-based community with over 4 million active members, to provide privacy-ensured virtual phone numbers to its user base. "Online dating and chat groups continue to be a fast growing trend, yet some participants are reluctant to share their personal phone numbers online," said Vumber Co-Founder Cliff Wener. "With Vumber, Paltalk members will have more privacy, control and freedom when providing phone numbers to one another." According to a study by Pew Internet and American Life Project, 11% of all American Internet-using adults - about 16 million people - say they have gone to an online dating website or other site where they can meet people online.
Next Weeks Almanac Digest
In 1987, Corazon Aquino was sworn in for a six-year presidential term under the new Philippine constitution. In 1990, Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from prison after 27 years behind bars. In 1992, one police officer was killed and four people injured in a terrorist attack on the U.S. ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru. In 1993, British Prime Minister John Majors said Queen Elizabeth II will pay income tax on all her personal income as well as being subject to capital and inheritance levies. In 1998, Olympic officials took away the gold medal of Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati after he tested positive for a minute amount of marijuana. He blamed second-hand smoke. An arbitration panel restored his medal two days later.
Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
A highly decorated U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant major from Coeur dAlene, who died May 9, was buried this afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Sgt. Maj. Bradly Conner, 41, was killed in an explosion while serving his fourth tour in Iraq, according to the Defense Department. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, headquartered at Fort Lewis, Wash. He fought in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, including the capture of Baghdad International Airport, said his sister, Brenda Day, of Spokane Valley.
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Hip-Hop Rumors: LaLa Plumps Up, Amerie Dropped? AHHmerican Gangster!
Somebody hit me with this as an explanation as to the title of Mariah's new CD, E=MC2.
“Just to clarify your Mariah E=MC2 comment it has nothing to do with Eminem. E stands for Emancipation(as in the title of her last album) MC is self explanatory and the 2 or squared simply means part 2. Emancipation of Mariah 2 but doesn't E=MC2 sound alot better."
Ddot the King hit me with that.
Charlamagne from Wendy Williams said this:
“Come on illseed! Mariah's album title is E for Emancipation the MC for Mariah Carey and the 2 represents the Sequel - Emancipation Part 2."
LMAO! I didn't really think that the E meant Eminem, but it's more interesting that way.
Miyerkules, Pebrero 20, 2008
Dismayado ang ilang mga pari at madre sa malamyang na pahayag ng Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines o CBCP laban sa administrasyong Arroyo. Ito'y matapos manawagan ng kakaibang "brand" o uri ng people power ang pinuno ng CBCP na si Archbishop Angel Lagdameo noong Martes. Noong 1986, napatalsik ng "People Power" ang dating diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos. Noong 2001, napatalsik rin ng People Power si dating pangulong Joseph Estrada. Kapag sinabing People Power, paglabas at pagmartsa sa kalye ang nasa isipan ng mga tao kaya't marami ang nagtatanong kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng CBCP sa kakaibang uri ng People Power na ipinapanawagan nila ngayon. Sa kanilang Web site, sinabi ng CBCP ang mga paraan tungo sa tinawag nilang communal action: mga diskusyong pampubliko, sama-samang pagdarasal, pagninilay at pagdedesisyon sa kung anong aksyon ang dapat gawin kaugnay ng mga eskandalong ikinakaharap ng administrasyon.
Aron Baynes scores 17 as No. 8 Washington State beats Oregon State
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - For an elite basketball team, No. 8 Washington State hasn't played many home games.The Cougars made the most of only their fifth home game of the season Thursday, pounding Oregon State 69-46 behind 17 points by Aron Baynes and 15 by Derrick Low."It's good to be home," said Baynes, who made 6 of 8 field goals.Washington State (15-1, 3-1 Pac-10), coming off its only loss of the season at UCLA, broke open the game at the start of the second half, outscoring the Beavers 20-4 in the first nine minutes.Oregon State (6-11, 0-5) lost its seventh straight game, another blow for embattled coach Jay John."I work independently of what others say and write," John said. "I have a job to do and I can't let negative comments interfere."Oregon State has had trouble scoring this season, and it didn't help that they were playing the nation's top defense, which is allowing just 52 points per game.The Beavers made just 7 of 21 field goals in the second half, and 41 percent for the game.
Community Extra Calendar
Free community health fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, City of Refuge Christian Church, 4411 76th St. NE, Marysville. Call 360-658-8348 or go to www.thecityofrefuge.net.
Pancake, french toast and waffle breakfast, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Snohomish Senior Center, lower level, St. Michael's Catholic Church. Cost $4 adults, $3 children. Proceeds help support the 44 programs and services offered at the center.
Janet Lee Carey's World of Dragons and Fantasy, a program for students in fourth grade through high school, is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Everett Public Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Seattle author will do dramatic readings and present her latest book, "Dragon's Keep."
Everett Elks Lodge 479 is holding its annual soccer shoot competition, 10 a.m.
Jason S. Martin
Jan. 23, 1927-Dec. 3, 2007 Jason S. Martin, 80, died Monday in his home at Greencroft Retirement Center, Goshen. Jason was born in Wakarusa to Joseph E. and Mary (Shaum) Martin on Jan. 23, 1927. He married Mary Fuss Baer Dec. 25, 1956, in Washington, D.C. Jason was a retired Mennonite pastor, church consultant, congregational overseer and author. He received degrees from Goshen College, Goshen Biblical Seminary and the University of Notre Dame. In addition to serving as pastor and interim pastor of congregations in Indiana, Michigan, Arizona, and Nebraska, he served in 1-W (alternative service) with the Mennonite Board of Missions in Puerto Rico for two years, and taught Spanish at Jimtown High School. He is survived by his wife Mary; three sons, Stephen, Walkerton, Philip (Judy Godshalk), Plymouth, Michel (Susan Harter), Wakarusa; a daughter, Judith, Springfield, Mo.; and six grandchildren.
Scam bilked Calif. seniors out of $190M
La Habra, Calif. - William Miller dreamed of traveling to Italy with his wife and fixing up their modest house with the money he saved while working for 36 years for Chevron Corp. Instead, he lost $450,000 - half his retirement nest egg - after investing with a company that authorities later said netted more than $190 million in a huge Ponzi scheme targeting seniors. "I can't do what I wanted to," said Miller, now 88, widowed and fighting Parkinson's disease. "I realize that I just can't trust anyone anymore." Three people at Daniel W. Heath & Associates, which had offices across Southern California, were convicted last month of charges including grand theft, selling false securities and theft from the elderly. Company president Daniel W.
Wiley Hilburn: The devil was at the Ruston Drive-In
The first time I heard about the drive-in movie was, of all places, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ruston during the 1950s.
Emmanuel was located near my Marbury Drive home facing the Farmerville Road and I frequently attended services there. My first cousin, Helen Fielder, was an Emmanuel member. The church was founded during this period, growing out of a tent revival.
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Retirement Savings a Key Concern for Americans, AICPA Survey of CPA ...
In responding to an open-ended question, nine out of 10 CPAs surveyed said their individual clients were concerned about retirement. Costs associated with health care and education were ranked by respondents as the second (59 percent) and third (47 percent) financial concerns of clients. "Many Baby Boomers are discovering their retirement kitty is not as big as it needs to be to fund a comfortable retirement and that they are going to have to work longer than they had intended," said James Metzler, AICPA vice president. The results of the poll were released today at the AICPA's 2008 Advanced Personal Financial Planning Technical Conference in Las Vegas. Respondents included CPAs who hold the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credential, which the AICPA offers exclusively to CPAs who are committed to financial planning as a practice discipline and have demonstrated expertise in a number of areas of financial planning.
Pissy + arrogant + hysterical + hypocritical = GOP Congresscritters
In another logical disconnect, Bush (who never bothered to ask for warrants from an already pliable FISA court), claims that demanding that companies (and the government) comply with existing law now will harm you and me. All of Bush's illegal actions and lies are now beside the point. Either Nancy Pelosi is mentally incompetent and incapable of fulfilling her constitutional duties, or that domestic spying has gathered some great blackmail on her. Either way, impeachment is off the table. It is the rest of the Congress that is today's sore spot. At some point tragedy becomes farce. The continuing destruction of our constitution is clearly on that path. Perhaps, we have gone way past that point. No other image could capture just how inane and insane our Congresscritters have become than watching the GOP Munchkins march lockstep out of Congress, then hold an edited, scripted, and choreographed dog and pony show for the media.
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