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Source: Saipan Tribune (Original Article)

Department of Public Safety Deputy Commissioner Ambrosio T. Ogumoro has ordered random drug testing on all DPS personnel and implemented cost-cutting measures.

In compliance with Ogumoro’s memorandum on random drug testing, police officers and fire fighters were often seen at the Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc. in Gualo Rai where the testing is being done.

“As of present time, 75 percent of all DPS personnel have complied with this order,” according to DPS acting spokesman Jason Tarkong yesterday.

Tarkong said of the numerous issues, one of Ogumoro’s biggest campaigns is the fight against illicit drugs and narcotics.

“With this in mind, the deputy commissioner has also beefed up the Criminal Investigation Bureau’s Narcotics Unit-Drug Enforcement Task Force by placing additional manpower into the unit,” Tarkong said.

On cost-cutting measures, Ogumoro mandated all DPS personnel, including investigators, to park all government vehicles at DPS at the end of their work day.

The acting spokesman said this rule of course does not apply to the on-call criminal or arson investigators who are expected to respond at anytime to high profile cases.

“Mileage log sheets have also been implemented, where DPS personnel would log in the beginning and ending mileage of their vehicles during a whole work day,” Tarkong said.

The mileage, he added, is then calculated at the end of the week and is monitored and scrutinized by Ogumoro’s office.

He said government vehicle and office inspections have also been conducted to ensure that DPS maintains a healthy and clean standard while interacting with the public.

“Additional cost-saving measures include turning off all unused air conditioners, lights, and electrical equipment after office hours,” Tarkong said.

To counter reckless driving on the island, cheap flights Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Port Macquarie Ogumoro intensified the Aggressive Driving Interdiction Program …continue reading

Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Original Article)

M eow Meow is dressed in a long, busty black-sequin outfit,
looking less the burlesque diva of lore and more a figure from a
Whistler painting. She poses for the camera in the velvet surrounds
of a Melbourne small bar-cafe, where the local press claim her as
their own.

So where exactly is home? “In my bags, darling,” she says.

Soon she’ll be appearing at the Sydney Opera House, singing Nick
Cave and Laurie Anderson numbers, inveigling us to celebrate
Christmas in March, after which she’ll perform shows in London, New
York, Miami, LA, maybe Seattle and San Francisco, too, and –
most naturally – Berlin: “The longest I’ve stayed anywhere
for ages was just three weeks in Paris.”

Ah, the life of a lusty, crowd-surfing, post-postmodern
performer, shrouded in Weimar Republic-era glamour and mystery.
Where was she born, if not Melbourne as per parochial newspaper
reports? “Oh look, if I could remember, I would,” she says, “but
sadly it’s lost in the martini mists of time.”

An inquiry about Burlesque Magazine’s recent posting on Facebook
wishing Meow a happy birthday in the last week of February gets
short shrift, too, like a puff of smoke to the face. “Lies, lies,
lies – every day’s a birthday,” she laughs, then purrs,
slightly menacingly: “They mean well.”

Meow may not share her vital statistics but she is prone to
getting up close and sharing the love – practically lives on
the adulation, actually – and the audience response is
invariably tactile, notably in October when she performed her
Beyond Glamour: the Absinthe Tour in Sarasota, Florida, for the
Ringling International Arts Festival, curated by dancer Mikhail
Baryshnikov.

The experience was surreal: the venue was a Scottish theatre
imported by the Ringling Brothers Circus in the 1920s, and Meow was
surrounded by a community of ex-circus performers, peppered by
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Source: Variety (Original Article)

What happens when ‘Glee’ grows up?
High school series face graduation challenges

By JON WEISMAN

Kevin McHale, Mark Salling and Amber Riley star in Fox’s high school musical, ‘Glee.’

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One minute “Glee” is TV’s pretty young thing, the next it’s worried about the scary aging process. From the moment it became clear the Fox musical comedy would survive its first season, another dilemma emerged. Set in high school, “Glee” now faces a ticking clock that some in its genre have found energizing, others confounding. Someday — perhaps someday soon — its main characters will graduate, and what then?Considering the alternative, it’s a good problem to have — one that current series like “Friday Night Lights” and “One Tree Hill” have been happy to share in, and that one-season wonders like “My So-Called Life” and “Freaks and Geeks” would have killed for — but a problem nonetheless. (Imagine if “Seinfeld” suddenly faced Jerry, George, Elaine or Kramer graduating from New York City at the end of season two.)It almost goes without saying that Rule No. 1 for sustaining a high-school series is to avoid making your cheap flights from Melbourne (All Airports) to Longreach lead character a senior. But some shows …continue reading

Source: Earthtimes (press release) (Original Article)

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Coming off the heels of two Toy of the Year award wins at the 2010 American International Toy Fair (for Boys Toy of the Year, and Property of the Year), the definitive Bakugan experience is coming this weekend.  The ultimate Bakugan battle brawler will be crowned at Baku-Con, the first ever national Bakugan tournament taking place at the legendary Roseland Ballroom Feb. 20-21.
Hundreds of New York kids will be among the 1,000+ fanatics of the massively popular action game and TV series to battle for the title and participate in a wide variety of Bakugan-related activities among their peers.  Baku-Con is free for all who attend.
Thousands of kids across America have been competing in regional Baku-Con tournaments in Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Orlando, with the top 32 players from each city being flown in courtesy of Spin Master to compete in the finals this weekend.  The New York regional tournament takes place this Saturday, Feb. 20, with 32 of New York's top players advancing to the tournament's decisive championship matches on Sunday.
"Bakugan is a full-blown phenomenon," said Chris Byrne, noted toy industry expert and content director for TimeToPlayMag.com, a.k.a. "THE TOY GUY(R)".  "The kind of popularity Bakugan has reached is rarely seen in the toy industry, and Baku-Con is the ultimate experience for its fans.  There is sure to be a lot of excitement at this weekend's championship event."
"Baku-Con has been a huge success, and is a testament to Bakugan and its fans," says Harold Chizick, VP Global Communications and Promotions for Spin Master.  "Kids have been coming out in droves to the events.  It's really unforgettable for them, and it's going to be very exciting to crown a national Bakugan champion."
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Source: Motley Fool (Original Article)

After a long dance — perhaps it was swatting away prospective underwriters and potential suitors — GameFly is ready to strike out on its own.

The specialist in video game rentals by mail filed to go public yesterday. The S-1 filing provides a healthy glimpse into a company that die-hard gamers admire but knew little about.

Well, we can now begin to fill in the blanks:

Meet the anti-Netflix

Perhaps the biggest surprise in combing through the filing is that GameFly and Netflix may be renters of disc-based rentals by mail through a network of regional distribution centers, but their approaches to the game are completely different.

Let’s start with sales. Netflix began offering excess DVD inventory to subscribers for as little as $5.99 a disc four years ago. If Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) and smaller real-world rivals mark down previously viewed flicks for sale, why not Netflix? Wholesalers don’t pay much for tired discs anyway, and subscribers can always warm up to bargains on their favorites.

Netflix axed the program two years later, arguing that it wanted to focus exclusively on the DVD rental and streaming businesses.

GameFly isn’t shy about pitching its inventory to subscribers. Every rental has a “Keep” feature, encouraging renters to purchase the title they’re working on. GameFly even began selling brand new titles through its site three months ago.

Another area where Netflix and GameFly are miles apart is in website monetization. Netflix has experimented with ads on mailers and on its website, but has gone on to discontinue the practices.

GameFly is more of a sponsored exhibitionist. It has gone on to launch or acquire game-related content sites and community hubs. It has no problem slapping ads all over Shacknews.com, CheatFreak.com, and Ponged.com.

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Source: Blabbermouth.net (Original Article)

Rock ‘N’ Roll Books, the publisher of “An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx”, has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding MÖTLEY CRÃœE/SIXX A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx’s claim that the book is “an unauthorized biography [that] was written about me without my approval or support,” resulting in the fans “getting ripped off by being sold a book without my involvement”:

“This will be brief, but we felt obligated to reply to Nikki Sixx’s ‘Buyer Beware’ email to fans regarding our forthcoming reissue of ‘An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx’.

“First off, we have NEVER from day one made any statement to any effect of this being an authorized telling of Nikki’s life story in ANY WAY, SHAPE or FORM. This book is a celebration of Nikki’s life and times, and there’s not one single NEGATIVE word, interview, portrayal or any other remote sort of defamatory or ’salatious’ commentary included in the manuscript. Moreover, while the book is not authorized, it does include a wide array of interview contributions from musicians, etc. who have worked first-hand with Nikki over the years throughout his myriad of professional and personal accomplishments both on shaping the last 25 years of hard rock, as well as his many contributions to assisting other musicians with maintaining sobriety, etc., as attested to by late [intervention/addiction specialist] Bob Timmons’ comment that ‘Nikki Sixx is one of the reasons why I continue to do the work I do, and that’s probably the highest compliment I know to pay him.’ That rings true in almost every interview we conducted for this book.

“Regarding the Songvest.com auction, we simply offered fans the opportunity to buy into the BOOK’s royalty stream, and thankfully we were able to finance the book’s release as a result.

“This book from DAY ONE has been a TRIBUTE to legacy of Nikki Sixx, and everyone participating — SEO Services India from the writer to the publishing partners …continue reading

Source: Toledo Blade (Original Article)

AUTHOR J.D. Salinger died last week at his home in Cornish, N.H., where he lived in self-imposed exile from the literary world for more than half a century. He was 91.

Mr. Salinger wrote The Catcher in the Rye, a revered novel that defined youthful alienation for several generations of young people after its 1951 publication. Holden Caulfield, the caustic protagonist at the heart of the novel, inspired writers and artist wannabes of all stripes to reject the “phoniness” of consumer culture and its stifling complacency in their search for authenticity.

Because it was a scathing attack on middle-class values, The Catcher in the Rye was once viewed with suspicion and even banned by some school districts.

These days, it is required reading at many high schools.

Mr. Salinger didn’t grant interviews, so we don’t know precisely how he viewed the novel’s iconic status. For decades, the author maintained a silence that was uncharacteristic of authors of his fame and influence.

Since his last short story was published in 1965, many fans have speculated about a treasure trove of unseen Salinger novels and short stories waiting to be published posthumously.

In an era where ordinary people sometimes commit crimes to get on reality TV shows, Mr. Salinger’s refusal to become a fixture in the media universe was refreshing and countercultural.
Many Americans don’t understand that kind of restraint, even for an acclaimed author, so they call it weird. But Mr. Salinger told the New York Times in 1974: “There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write. But I write for myself and my own pleasure.”

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Source: New York Magazine (Original Article)

Despite the perceived paramount importance of the need to see and be seen in the fashion industry, designer Olivier Theyskens hasn’t been concerned with that since he was fired by Nina Ricci after his spectacular fall 2009 collection. He hasn’t been going to parties, reading fashion magazines, or even looking at the collections of his peers. Rather, he’s enjoying being a normal person.

But he’s not giving it all up to be a hippie in a far-flung place like Bali, where he might help a poor woman buy a house, and find true love like Elizabeth Gilbert. He has a book coming out, published by Assouline, featuring photographs of his work by Julien Claessens. And he’s been job hunting.

As Mr. Theyskens searches for a new label, he says he has been creating imaginary collections in his notebooks. Three or four are completely ready to go—down to the chosen fabrics, plans, “everything.”

When asked about the idea of creating his own label, he says, “Oh God. … That’s for sure, I have always thought [about] it.” Still, he notes, 2009 wasn’t a bad year to be on the sidelines, with its economic tumult and dire straits.

Knowing that he has three or four collections conceived makes the heart race a bit. How can he top his fall 2009 runway extravaganza for Nina Ricci? In truth, he might not be able to if he wants to sell clothes. He lost his job at Ricci because his collections, though beautiful and critically acclaimed, didn’t sell. Retailers couldn’t find anyone to buy his $2,000 blouses.

That’s the thing about fashion: Though designers hole up in Paris being fabulous all day, someone in Detroit still has money to spend on their stuff, and those people — in addition to models and celebrities and other pin-thin fashion folk — must be courted. Theyskens disagrees with the criticism:

Mr. Theyskens says the criticism that his clothes sold poorly because they cost too much is “legend” cheap flights from Darwin to Hobart but untrue. He also says the production …continue reading