Santa Claus is coming to Hoa Binh Village

Tapemasters Inc. linked up T.I.’s I Am (part 2) to keep his name in the game while on house arrest for his weapon charges.

I am not a GPS expert and I have only used TomTom, Mio and Nagivon. Between the three, Nagivon 2100 impresses me the most. The user interface is intuitive; the 2D and 3D graphic maps are clean, simple and beautiful. The text-to-speech technology, which speaks the street names, is very helpful. The speed “caution” is also a nice feature to keep you on the limit. I bought the Nagivon last Black Friday for 99 dollars, which included the free lifetime traffic for the value of 99 dollars, and loving it ever since.

We took mom around the city to say goodbye New York. We walked around Times Square, dropped by Rockefeller Center to check out the huge, scintillating Christmas tree, and stopped by Chinatown for some Malaysian food. Although the city was packed, we had a good time and mom seemed to enjoy herself. That’s all that matters.

In the two-part interview, Tuan Ngoc shows that he is not only a very talented singer, but also humble man with a dry sense of humor. Respect!

Bran Dougherty-Johnson versus Jason Koxvold at Layer Tennis. Looks like Jason is murdering Bran.

NPR profiles Carmen McRae:

An outstanding song stylist, Carmen McRae’s great strength was in her phrasing and interpretation of lyrics, especially in ballads. In a long and distinguished music career, she was also an excellent pianist, songwriter and storyteller.

Listen to the program. Damn, I love the way she maneuvers her way around Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five.”

NPR:

It’s been more than two decades since the south Los Angeles rap crew N.W.A dropped the album Straight Outta Compton. A special 20th-anniversary CD comes out today. Back in the late ’80s, that gun-wielding, gang-banging, cop-shooting disc quickly turned N.W.A into a hip-hop household name.

We are in the process of creating 100 CDs to hand out to our guests on our wedding day as a little gift from us. We spent about seven hours last night testing, printing, cutting, and folding the cover I have designed. I am not a graphic designer and have never produced an album packaging before; therefore, the project is taking tremendous amount of time even though I kept the design very simple. I was a somewhat frustrated, but having her by my side made everything seemed right. She had singled-handedly sliced every cover that was printed. All I did was folded the pieces in half.

We came up with the concept while listening to Thuy Vu’s rendition of Ngo Thuy Mien’s “Niem Khuc Cuoi” as we were driving home one night from the city. We tossed out a bunch of titles we have experienced together since the time we first met. We narrowed down the compilation to seven tracks. Each one reflects the moment we shared. I wrote the sleeve notes and translated the lyrics, but my English translation sounded awkward so I turned to my big brother Trong for help. He had done quite a wonderful job with the help of his poetic daughter. Thank you both very much.

Now that most of the challenging part is done, the album is coming along. We still need to print the back cover and the CD artwork. I am quite excited to see the final product. Thanks baby for being with me throughout the process. You are quite a perfectionist.

10 tips to remember when creating CSS, Jina Bolton:

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