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James Brown

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

James Joseph Brown (born May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina) is an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century music. Brown was a seminal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He has also left his mark on numerous other music types such as, rock, jazz, reggae, disco and hip-hop music.
Brown began his professional music career in 1953, and skyrocketed to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960. He scored hits in every decade through the 1980s.

Orlando

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

The Orlando area is home to a wide variety of tourist attractions, including the Walt Disney World resort, SeaWorld Orlando, and Universal Orlando Resort. The Walt Disney World resort is the area's largest attraction with its many facets such as the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach, and Downtown Disney. SeaWorld Orlando is a large adventure park that features numerous zoological displays and marine animals alongside an amusement park with roller coasters and water park.

Online Poker

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

Online poker is poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a large increase in the number of poker players around the world. For 2005, revenues from online poker were estimated at $200 million a month.
Probabilities and odds of being dealt various starting hands.

sound proofing

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

Sound deadening is a generic term used for an assortment products used to control noise and/or structural vibration
Damper ? by far the most common type of material. It uses mass loading to lower panel resonance and absorb structural vibrations, converting them into low level heat. Most commonly used throughout a vehicle to control structural related noises.

Absorber ? as the name suggests, these products literally absorb airborne sound waves.

vioxx

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

Rofecoxib is a NSAID that was used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, acute pain conditions, and dysmenorrhoea. It was marketed by Merck & Co. under the trade names Vioxx, Ceoxx and Ceeoxx, it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in because of concerns about increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

Rofecoxib was one of the most widely used drugs to be withdrawn from the market.

Chevrolet Vega

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

The Vega was a subcompact car sold from 1971-77. Available in coupe, hatchback and station wagon body styles, it was based on the GM H platform.
It was followed by the 1975-80 Monza. The Vega was Motor Trend's Car of the Year for 1971.

When the Vega was introduced, Detroit's Big Three, along with American Motors, were entering the compact car market to compete with the Volkswagen Beetle and Japanese imports from Toyota and Datsun.

All standard Vegas were equipped with a 2.3 L "2300" SOHC I4.

Tucker

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

After World War II, entrepreneurs like Henry J. Kaiser and Preston Tucker saw an opportunity to enter the automobile market. The United States government was auctioning off surplus factories and giving preference to upstarts rather than the large corporations that had benefitted from war production.
Studebaker was first with an all-new post-war model. But Tucker took a different tack, designing a safety car with innovative features and modern styling.

dr seuss

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

Theodor Seuss Geisel better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, was a famous American writer and cartoonist best known for his children's books, particularly The Cat in the Hat.

VoIP

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

VOIP stands for Voice Over IP, meaning it is phone service over the Internet.
If you have a quality Internet connection you can get phone service delivered through your Internet connection instead of from your local phone company.

Some people use VOIP in addition to their traditional phone service, since VOIP service providers usually offer lower rates than traditional phone companies, but sometimes doesn't offer 911 service, phone directory listings, 411 service, or other common phone services.

2pac

Posted Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:54 by trunk37

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971?September 13, 1996) was an American hip hop artist. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling rap/hip-hop artist ever. He has had 17 Top Ten singles in the U.S. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all time.

Most of Shakur's songs are about the hardships of growing up around violence in United States ghettos, poverty, racism, and sometimes his feuds with fellow rappers. He is known for the messages of political, economic, and racial equality that pervade his work.

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