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Zoo York

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:32:18 +0100

Zoo York is an American company that manufactures skateboards and fashion apparel, mainly targeted at the upper youth. The designs on most of their shirts and hoodies reflect the old Zoo York Tunnel graffiti and style.

History

Originally known as Soul Artists of Zoo York, Zoo York started in the 1970s with a group of graffiti artists in New York from Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Rodney Smith began Shut Skateboards with Bruno Musso in 1986 for a stronger organization. In 1993, he ended Shut and created Zoo York.

From the official website:

"Rodney partnered with designer Eli Morgan Gessner and was soon joined by Adam Schatz to help finance and oversee Zoo York's growing business needs. In 1993 the three partners launched Zoo York and the business officially began".

Skateboard Team

Zered Bassett, Aaron Suski, Kevin Taylor, Donny Barley, Forrest Kirby, Brandon Westgate, Chaz Ortiz, Eli Reed, Matt Miller, Anthony Shetler, Ron Diely, Lamare Hemmings

Surf Team

Jun Jo, Pat Millin, Nick Jiampa, Will Skudin, Ben McBrien, Jeremy Johnston, Rob Brown, Morgan O'Connell, TJ Gumiela, Sean Killarney

Pristontale

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:29:58 +0100

Priston Tale is a 3D fantasy MMORPG that centres on action-based role-playing. The game, which originated in South Korea, was initially developed for the local market. It was created by Triglow Pictures Inc. (now known as Priston Inc.) and has since been published for Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, England, Philippines, Brazil and the Spanish-speaking countries. In 2004, the English version of Priston Tale went out of public beta (in which it had remained for nearly 2 years) and became a commercial pay-to-play game. On May 17th, 2007, Priston Tale announced free-to-play service for everyone; instead of paying for the game, Priston Tale has a cash shop in which players can pay real money for game items. As of September 30th, the English server for Priston Tale will close and a new Canadian Company Subagames, will resume service for the English server. ^[1]

Some of the features of Priston Tale include a clan system, in-game shops, eight character classes - all of which can use every item available if they have the correct upgraded statistics (with the exception of armour, robes, and orbs) - a four-tiered skill system for each class, item upgrades, a simple yet involving battle system and an easy to use interface. Priston Tale is also intensive in potion using, and dying is moderately easy. The experience loss per death also tends to climb quite steeply (experience loss is based on a percentage of obtained experience), mirroring the ever increasing experience needed to level.

The amount of players participating in Priston Tale had been on a slow but steady decline; however, when free-to-play arrived, many people rejoined the game and many new players came in, as well.

Gameplay

Gameplay consists mostly of leveling up, though there are several activities players can participate in that are essential to the game. Some of these activities are:

Trading: Buying and selling items. Players usually find this necessary in order to gain money and equipment otherwise unobtainable from NPC merchants.

Clans: Players can join clans, in which teamwork prevails. They are the core of the social community of the game. Clans can also participate in special events created for clans only. Clans can be made once a player reaches level 40 or higher.

Bellatra: Bellatra (formerly known as Survive or Die) is a competition in which 4 teams with members of the same clan are forced to fight monsters until 2 teams are declared finalists. These 2 teams will continue fighting monsters until the last one survives. The winning team is chosen by whichever one has the higher amount of points. Teams receive points by killing monsters and monster bosses. The Boss monsters give higher amounts of points. The winning team's Clan Chief acquires rights over the Bellatra by gaining the ability to modify the monsters when the Chief fights next, by receiving an income from Bellatra, etc.

Bless Castle: Bless Castle is a Player vs. Player activity in which one clan holds and defends the castle from all other participating clans, which can use siege equipment.

Equipment

Throughout the game, the characters progress through a series of levels and acquire skill points. As they progress they get different items, such as weapons and armour, to help them in their quest of achieving the ultimate warrior. Items of this calibre usually require a larger amount of skill points in an area than the previous items. Armour in general helps the character stay alive longer by giving them different attributes. Weapons in general help the character defend themselves or attack any monster they wish with a lot more force.

At the same time, there are certain specifications as to when players may use such weapons and armour. These are mostly based on level and stat requirements. Also, there are certain specs for armour and weapons so that they may achieve their great performance and special stats. These may be found in game, written on the armour or weapon. (E.G. Fighter Spec, Knight Spec, etc.) Different Classes use different weapons; for example, the knight mainly uses two-handed swords and blades, whereas the Archer uses bows. The different items players may obtain with specs determine which types of character classes use them. Most swords will come as Knight or Mechanician spec when most wands/staves will come as Magician Spec or Priestess Spec.

There is more information on the official Priston Tale website.

Priston Tale 2

The sequel to Priston Tale was released in February 2008. It looks to change and improve on many of the things featured in its predecessor. The development team stated at one point that they were "inexperienced" and had "learnt a lot" from the first version and that the second has had much better planning. Screenshots of the new game from E3 2006 depict many recognizable characters, enemies, and environments, albeit altered significantly. It uses unreal graphics engine.

Currently, Priston Tale 2 has only been released in Korea, and is not yet available in English. Player response in Korea has been very good, with over 30,000 players online simultaneously on the 1st day of open beta, and 40,000 players online simultaneously as of the 3rd day. The game still maintains popularity and is competing with SP1 and Twelve Skies for market share, with tens of thousands of players online simulaneously at any given time.

Yedang Online has contracted with various publishers and localized versions (including North America) will begin beta service in late 2008.

Priston tale 2 Europe oficially launched Closed Beta Testing as of October that still continue. Official date for open beta release is February 2009.

Laxe Lore

Laxe Lore Laxe Lore is a new game based on the original Priston Tale. Although not a sequel, it can be considered a redesigned version of Priston Tale, or a side-story. It borrows from many of the predecessor's characteristics, but includes a redesigned user interface and many new features. It includes 40 different advanced character classes based on 8 basic classes. As of March 2007, it has been released under the Alpha Testing Phase. All classes were available to play and all the skill masters were present.

MESSENGER OF CHRIST MINISTRY

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:25:07 +0100

MESSENGER OF CHRIST MINISTRY is the name of my Aunt Mary's company. She has created a 12 step/addiction recovery workbook that is now available for purchase online at her website. www.messengerofchrist.com she has given me the task to re-design her website. I have not started working on it yet so dont think that (horrible) website she has now is my handy work because it is far from.

About Mary L. Ludwig the Founder-

Mary became a born again Christian at 21 years of age and has worked as a teacher and in communications. She earned her masters degree in Instructional Design in 2002. It is her intention to use her skills to build up the Body of Christ and help solidify believers to better serve the Lord.
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To purchase 'Growing Up In Christ: 12 Step/Addiction Recovery'
Workbooks, email your request to: MaryLLudwig@aol.com

OR Write to:

Messenger Of Christ
W.235 S.6815 Big Bend Dr.
Big Bend, WI. 53103
Tele. #(262) 662-2589 OR
Fax # (262) 662-5406

Price List As Follows: (+ Shipping Costs)
1-10 Workbooks $10.00 each
11-25 Workbooks $7.50 each
26-99 Workbooks $6.83 each
100 + Workbooks $5.27 each

*Payment Options: Pay with a money order via mail OR use our paypal service.

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In the future, we will have many Bible study workbooks. In the works are:

* 'Becoming A Messenger Of Christ'
* 'Child To Christ: A Five Step Process
* 'Our Father In Heaven'
* Virtues Of A Woman'

Skinny Jeans

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:14:08 +0100

Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening. Other names for this style include carrot leg pants, cigarette pants, drainpipes, peg leg pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, slimjims, tapered pants, or ice-cream cone pants.

In some styles, zippers are needed at the bottom of the leg to facilitate pulling them over the feet. Stretch denim, with anywhere from 2% to 4% spandex, may be used to allow jeans to have a super-slim fit. Skinny jeans are worn by men and women, often for a particular 'punk' or 'scene' fashion look or style.

History

The style of pants originated in the 1950s with popular stars such as Roy Rogers, Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, Zorro and Gene Autry, Marilyn Monroe, and Sandra Dee wearing their pants very slim to the ankle.

Skinny jeans became most notable with country music stars and with the birth of rock 'n' roll in the '50s, when Elvis donned slim-fitting jeans and shocked the country. Skinny jeans and rock 'n' roll were inextricably linked to create the "bad boy" image that remains today. Skinny jeans were also worn by numerous rock bands, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and others.

Skinny Jeans taper completely at the bottom of the leg, whereas drainpipe jeans are skinny but then the lower leg is straight instead of tapering and so they are often slightly baggier at the bottom of the leg than skinny jeans.

Skinny denim jeans

Drainpipe jeans (as they were then called) were also extremely popular in the punk movement of the late 1970s, worn by many bands and scene leaders such as The Clash, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols and were sold by the revolutionary shop Sex, run by Vivienne Westwood. The tight fit trousers were often customised with bondage-style zips or patches of other material, and were often worn tucked into industrial-style boots such as Dr Martens.

Skinny jeans were also very popular in the 1980s, with most heavy metal bands, and in particular those in the thrash scene, such as Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer. This was the trend for those who didn't wear spandex, which was popular with the dominant glam metal scene at the time. They were often worn with white high-top sneakers or basket-ball shoes. By the late '80s and early '90s, many hair metal bands such as Poison, Guns N' Roses and Mötley Crüe to Kiss, Bon Jovi and Slaughter, ditched the spandex and wore the form fitted jeans. However with the rise of grunge and hip-hop music in the early nineties and the post thrash movement, skinny jeans quickly went out of favour.

In the early 2000s, they became favored by garage rock revival bands, most notably by The Strokes. Model Kate Moss has been credited with reintroducing the jeans to women. Among women, skinny jeans are most often worn tucked into boots or scrunched up over the wearer's footwear,^[1] and are also often paired with ballerina shoes. The Libertines (particularly Carl Barat and Pete Doherty) used skinny jeans as part of their image. This was later adopted by more mainstream indie pop and indie rock acts such as Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, The Kooks and The Horrors, as well as comedians Russell Brand and Noel Fielding, increasing the popularity of skinny jeans amongst men. The skinny jean became very popular in Britain when Topman started producing their own. The buzz later hit America and has now become a staple item of clothing for anyone who wants that Rock 'n' Roll look. Some skateboarders prefer to wear the jeans because of their ability to stretch, thus making it easier to move around whilst skating. Skinny jeans are also now very prominent in the BMX scene resulting in greater maneuverability and less instances in which the pants are caught in the bike's moving parts. They have grown in the latter half of the 2000's to become associated with a scene and indie rock trend. Skinny jeans are now worn by many stars today. They now come in colors such as red, bright blue, gray, green, black, and purple.

Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey lol

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:09:23 +0100

Evan Williams is a brand of bourbon whiskey which is bottled in Bardstown, Kentucky at the Heaven Hill facility. It is aged for a minimum of four years and is sold for a relatively modest price.

Most Evan Williams bourbon is sold as the mass-market "Black Label" variety, which is aged 5 to 7 years.^[1] Evan Williams also bottles Evan Willams 1783 bourbon in more limited quantities and a highly rated, nine-year-old single barrel bourbon sold in vintage dated bottles sealed with black wax.

Evan Williams is the second largest-selling Kentucky straight bourbon. Evan Williams began distilling in 1783 near Louisville, Kentucky after immigrating from Wales^[2], illustrating the primacy of the Welsh whisky tradition in the United States (Jack Daniel was also of Welsh descent). Evan Williams Black is 43% alc/vol (86 proof) unlike some popular whiskeys which are 40% alc/vol (80 proof).

so today...

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:22:20 +0100

i was woken up to betsy calling me 20823498234 times and texted me 2309482347 times more. But its okayy i wouldnt have wanted to be woken up anyother way.

Whatever your little heart desires.

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:38:50 +0100

and thats definitely betsy stonerrr.