With the new online cart, it is now easier for you, the customer, to see what is the store and now available at the comfort of your home online, as well as in store. With live inventory, you can now see if we have the shoes you want, in your size. You can either come into the shop and purchase them there, or now have the choice to buy skate shoes at westsideskateshop.com.

We at the shop personally love skateboarding and are more than willing to assist you in making sure you get what you want. When you order is placed, it is packed and shipped as soon as possible, so you can get out there and go skateboarding. That is what we would be doing, time willing. So if you need to buy skate shoes, you now have the option online at westsideskateshop.com.

Mark/Space, Inc., the leading developer of phone and tablet synchronization solutions for PC and Mac, today announced the availability of the new Welcome Home to Android application for customers who are new to the Android platform. Welcome Home is a comprehensive one-time set-up tool, offering customers who are transitioning from a BlackBerry or iPhone, a fast, easy and complete way to set-up a new Android phone with their info and media.

Switching to a new phone should be painless, said Brian Scott Toney, Mark/Space Director of Sales and Business Development. Android has skyrocketed to be the number one OS, so we created a tool that gets customers who are new to Android loaded up in minutes instead of hours. We capture their workout playlist, vacation photos from their old phone, video they shot of their friends, even info and media from their computer.

The Welcome Home to Android application gathers media and personal information from an old phone and from a PC or Mac computer, then moves it to a new Android phone. It encompasses:

Personal Information

????????????* Contacts

????????????* Calendar

????????????* Tasks

????????????* Notes

Media and More

????????????* Music and iTunes playlists

????????????* Photos and photo albums

????????????* Videos (MP4, MOV, AVI)

????????????* Bookmarks

Many people considering a switch to Android this holiday are worried about losing data, said Brian Scott Toney, Mark/Space Director of Sales and Business Development. Welcome Home includes how-to videos that walk customers through setup to ensure they get all the info they want, whether its on their old phone or their computer.

Mark/Space is offering the Welcome Home application to customers transitioning from a BlackBerry or iPhone. The desktop application runs on Windows PC or Mac computers, and the mobile app works on Android phones running Android OS 2.1 or higher. The Welcome Home app includes English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, and is available now for US$ 9.95 at http://www.markspace.com/welcome-home.

About Mark/Space Inc.

Founded in 1990, the Los Gatos, California-based company Mark/Space, Inc., http://www.markspace.com, develops and markets award-winning mobile, desktop and cloud-based synchronization software, including Fliq, GoGadget and The Missing Sync family of products that synchronize Windows and Mac computers with mobile devices, smartphones, readers and tablets from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, HP, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, RIM, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson and others.

Follow Mark/Space on Twitter (http://twitter.com/syncexperts), and the Mark/Space blog (http://blog.markspace.com).

GoGadget is a trademark of Mark/Space, Inc. Mac and iTunes are trademarks of Apple, Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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With so many online music reviews consumers are making smarter choices when they actually decide to purchase new music, whether they download an album form iTunes or actually purchase a CD. From country music reviews to rap music reviews to dance music reviews to punk music reviews, every genre is represented. What is great about these online music reviews is that they are written by everyday people who have listened to the album. Whatever kind of music you like you are sure to find someone on the Internet with similar tastes who has weighed in on the latest releases.

It used to be that if you liked one song you had to take a risk when you bought the whole album because there was no way of knowing whether the rest of it was any good. Since you can always just download the one song now though, you really have to like most of the tracks if it?s going to be worthwhile to buy the whole album. Online music reviews and other resources such as song samples have made it so consumers can really know whether they will like the whole album or not before they actually make the purchase.

There are many different types of people writing online music reviews, and by reading their past reviews it?s possible to determine who shares similar tastes to your own. This way you can trust the reviews they write and get ideas about new artists that you have not heard of before based on their suggestions. The online community is so massive that there are going to be people writing about the music you like no matter how obscure you think it may be.

You can also write your own reviews when you find albums and artists that you love or hate. By contributing online music reviews you can become an active member of the community.

MartinMPR is pleased to announce news and events that reflect the firms strength in the arts and culture. MartinMPR is a boutique marketing company providing highly personal service to individuals and organizations that value creativity, polish, and visual sophistication. With more than thirty years as communications consultants specializing in the arts, the firm has worked with seminal artists, architects and designers, galleries, creative enterprises, museums, foundations, and civic and community organizations to formulate strategic marketing initiatives and public relations campaigns. For further information visit: martinmpr.com.

The fall art season is in full swing and our clients are the thought-leaders, artists, and curators behind major initiatives in Los Angeles and beyond.

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Associates announce the upcoming exhibition, Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center, opening December 15th with a reception hosted by the Associates that is free and open to the public. The exhibition, curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, showcases the work of the artists, curators, and community activists whose contributions enhanced the culture of our city and helped to define Los Angeles as an international artistic center. Included in the exhibition, which spans close to a century of art history, are more than 130 works by artists who shaped Southern Californias destiny as an art capital. Part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 19451980. Visit: http://www.lamag.org.

Hyphen Media announces the publication of An Artist for President by Susanna Bixby Dakin. It was 1984. Ronald Reagan was running for his second term. His administration was pursuing what would become a relentless, multi-decades long retreat from democratic ideals. Susanna Bixby Dakin biography of an event explores her outrageous notion that artist-citizens could reverse that oh-so-subtle nullification of government by and for the people. Susanna Dakin, sculptor, performance artist, and publisher of the seminal High Performance magazine declared with the Federal Elections Commission as an Artist/ Candidate for president! This YouTube video gives you an idea of Susannas wry humor and pointed political commentary. For review copies: editor(at)hyphenpublishing(dot)com.

Some Serious Business will present Robert Wilsons I WAS SITTING ON MY PATIO THIS GUY APPEARED I THOUGHT I WAS HALLUCINATING, directed by Wilson and renowned choreographer Lucinda Childs as part of the Gettys Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. PATIO premieres at REDCAT on January 26, 2012. Some Serious Business (SSB) is a nonprofit art organization founded by Nancy Drew, Elizabeth Freeman, and Susan Martin. Between 1977 and 1980 Some Serious Business produced more than fifty performance from a full-scale Orgies Mysteries Theatre production by Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch deep in the heart of Venice to John Cages Empty Words at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from Laurie Andersons premiere in L.A. at Otis Art Institute to the first exhibition of work by Jenny Holzer and Louise Lawler, and from punk rock concerts on Hope Street to a performance by the Philip Glass Ensemble at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. Become a fan on Facebook.

About Susan Martin and MartinMPR

Martin is the owner of MartinMPR, a marketing and public relations firm specializing in the arts and culture and director of Some Serious Business, a nonprofit producer of performance events. She began her career in the arts in the early 70s at Sothebys and later founded the G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, the first photography gallery in Los Angeles. In 1976, she co-founded Some Serious Business, producing the performances in Southern California with seminal creators like Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass & Ensemble, Nam June Paik, Herman Nitsch, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, and Robert Wilson.

Martin established her public relations firm in early 1980s New York, representing prestigious galleries, cutting-edge nightclubs, artists, and issue-oriented nonprofits. She was the architect of Art Against AIDS, a national fundraising effort for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) with Elizabeth Taylor as National Chair. She also formulated public relations campaigns and fundraising benefits for wide-ranging organizations like Amnesty International and Kenny Scharfs Dont Bungle the Jungle featuring Madonna; cutting edge nightclubs like Pyramid Cocktail Lounge and Danceteria; record labels; theater companies and presenters like The Kitchen, La Mama ETC, the Wooster Group, and Meredith Monk; contemporary art galleries, and influential creators in art, music, and design.

Returning to Los Angeles in 1990, Martin was managing editor of Smart Art Press, publisher of books and catalogues on art and social history; communications director for the citywide World Festival of Sacred MusicLos Angeles, instigated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; editor of two exhibition catalogues for chief curator Paul Schimmel of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; marketing director for UCLA Performing Arts (UCLA Live!) under the leadership of David Sefton; and special events and public relations counsel for the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division.

Martin has been marketing and communications counsel to the Centre Pompidou Foundation, creating an identity and branding for this important group of high level American collectors and has also advised important civic, educational, and cultural organizations including Metro Creative Services / Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the County of Los Angeles; the Development Division of the Otis College of Art and Design; California Institute of the Arts; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc}; Santa Monica Museum of Art, and SITE Santa Fe. She also planned and executed a media campaign and private party for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the first-ever retrospective of the twentieth century design legend, Ettore Sottsass.

In New Mexico, Martin was marketing director for Los Desaparecidos/The Disappeared Collaborative Project, one of the largest community-based cultural events in Northern New Mexico history, as well as for SITE Santa Fes Fifth International BiennialDisparities and Deformations: Our Grotesqueorganized by former Museum of Modern Art curator Robert Storr. Martin has extensive experience with groundbreaking cultural creators and curators. For Dean Sakamotoarchitect and Director of Exhibitions at Yale Universitys School of Architecture GalleryMartin created a public relations campaign centering on Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff curated by Sakamoto.

Martins diverse areas of interest and expertise do more than simply co-exist: they are the foundation for a deep understanding of the role of arts and culture in contemporary society. She lives in Los Angeles and New Mexico.

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BABIES ARE PRECIOUS!!I know… so parents want to offer their children the very best.

I have become a grandmother this year, and I look forward to participating with baby in the songs, rhymes and the baby music I use in my own classes. Nothing but the best after all for my own grandchild!!

How does the baby experience baby music?

Adult and child participate in:

* bouncing rhymes and songs * tapping and tickling games * lullabies * classical, folk and contemporary recorded music segments

The adult’s movements, whether they are bouncing, tapping, dancing or rocking, transfer the feeling of beat to the child, so that when they are older they can reproduce it themselves.

Your voice is important

I encourage you to learn the rhymes/songs because it is really important for the baby to hear the voice of a significant person in their lives, so that they too will find their own singing voice when they are older.

Singing is very important in the development of musicality, and is central to the Kodaly way of learning about music.

CD’s are a great resource, however, nothing can replace the closeness that comes from being able to sing to your own baby, a song or melody you love.

Babies like to tap drums, shake shakers and hear their name in a song

I have seen little babies who love to tap the drum, and experiment with a variety of sound shakers. They love to hear their name in a song with a ball, or when we sing hello and goodbye.

Body awareness

Tapping feet, noses, tummies and other body parts develops body awareness, and often a feeling for the beat. Baby music with a difference.

SMALL GROUPS

Small groups at JillsMusic mean individual attention for you and your child, and a relaxed atmosphere where you and your baby can have fun learning together.

INDIVIDUAL sessions with Jill

Can be arranged if you do not feel ready for a group experience.

* Make the most of your baby’s first and second year * Enhance your parenting experienceFrom A Parent Of A Two Year Old And A Toddler

“Jill’s kids music has inspired me to use music as a scaffolding for my parenting; My little one loves the classes, in which Jill always approaches music and the kiddies in a developmentally appropriate way.

In our house, we use ideas, songs, and games learned in Jill’s classes to make everyday tasks easier and more fun (such as changing nappies, stopping on command and so on), and even use them to turn approaching tantrums into laughter!! Rarely an hour passes at home when my nearly two year old doesn’t gleefully sing Jill’s songs as an accompaniment to her play.

Through the classes my two year old is beginning to learn social skills. I highly recommend Jill’s classes to any parent who wants to foster in their little one a love of music, and who wants to form a warm playful attachment to their child (or between siblings).

Thanks Jill!!”

From the new album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” available at www.okgo.net OK Go on Tour www.okgo.net Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky”. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( syynlabs.com ) over the course of several months. There is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the warehouse here: www.okgo.net OK Go thanks State Farm for making this video possible.

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Singles don’t always have the opportunity to meet their soulmate in a local venue. At least, that was the case with Emory and Suzana, two romantics living on opposite ends of the globe who were matched through a dating site before dating sites were considered normal. Despite the barrier of distance, their online relationship eventually lead to marriage. Fast forward about ten years to today when the couple announces the launch of Dating Sites XO (http://www.datingsitesxo.com/), a place where singles discover and explore dating sites.

A Site About Dating Sites

Dating sites have come of age since the couple met and married in the early days of online dating. Sites today offer much more than the typical profile picture and description in a classified ad listing. Now, computerized matching sites with sleek web 2.0 designs boast of members in the tens of millions. Dating Sites XO lists the heavyweights as well as some of the many smaller, niche-focused dating sites.

Birds of a Feather Flock at Different Speeds and Altitudes

Not only have dating websites changed both on the inside and outside, but more choices are available as demand increases. The universe of dating sites has expanded as marketers cater to more diverse audiences. It’s not just about general classifications like age, race or religious background anymore, but what are members’ deepest personal interests? Dating sites for fans of books, music and movies bring people together in a way that larger sites may not. Cataloguing the various types of dating sites is at the heart of Dating Sites XO’s mission.

Dating Sites XO Features

Besides collecting and organizing data about dating sites, Dating Sites XO features reviews from editors and users, listings by niche, coupons and buzz about online dating. For each listing, the team of editors gathers as much data as possible to include in each dating site profile, data that some dating sites may not want you to see until after you sign up. Dating Sites XO answers some of the most common questions that consumers have about dating sites:

????How many members are there?
????What countries do the members reside?
????What are the prices and membership types?
????What unique features does the site offer?
????What kind of relationships are members seeking? Marriage, casual, friendship, etc.
????How do people connect on the site?
????What coupons, promos or trials are available?
????How is the dating site rated by editors and users?

Dating Sites XO has catalogued over one hundred dating sites so far. The number keeps growing because the couple continues finding more and more interesting web destinations to share. Online dating has become the norm, but “there is no such thing as a standard dating site,” say the Dating Sites XO couple. “Each dating site has its own unique features and ways to connect members.”

So how much does it cost to sign up for a site about dating sites? Not a penny. It’s free. “We’re not selling anything,” the couple insists, “just presenting options… options that we didn’t have available back when we met online.” Ultimately it’s not about finding the right dating site, but about finding the right match, the Dating Sites XO founders agree.

About Dating Sites XO

Dating Sites XO was inspired by the online dating experiences of Emory and Suzana Rowland, a couple who met online and pursued a relationship on opposite ends of the world and later married. Dating Sites XO is owned by Leverable, Inc., a successful web publisher of many years. Visit Dating Sites XO at http://www.datingsitesxo.com/ or get updates on Twitter (http://twitter.com/datingsitesxo) or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/datingsitesxo).

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When children are stimulated from birth through play, reading sports, music, and school, they grow into well adjusted young people. Award-winning child care advocate of 35 years, Carol Orphanacos, is pleased to debut http://www.KydsStuff.com, a site boasts an impressive array of engaging childrens toys, apparel, school supplies and more.

Ive built my site with an eye for kids growth and development, said Orphanacos. To me, growth relates to future success.

Reading is imperative to a childs development. Even before a child has the cognitive skills to read on their own, they can benefit from being read to by an adult. At KydsStuff.com, customers can select from young childrens books that introduce numbers, letters and colors, as well as Disney story books and newer titles like Bess and Absolutely Lucy. Music is incredibly stimulating for a growing brain. Select from such products as a musical toy box bench, harmonica, and child-size grand piano. When children become school age, get them excited to attend big kid school with new backpacks, kids dictionaries, and other back-to-school supplies. Health and safety items are also featured.

Creative play is also a crucial element of raising a well-rounded, happy child. Wooden toy blocks, trucks, sandboxes, and even frontier logs encourage a child to use their imagination. Educational video games present an interactive way for kids to learn, while board games can get the whole family in on the action. Get kids out in the fresh air with pedal cars for zooming up and down the driveway, and mitts for a game of catch. High quality interior d?cor items, travel necessities, and kid apparel are all available at reasonable prices.

Exceeding customer service needs is a priority at KydsStuff.com. The online stores design is colorful and easy to navigate. Orders are filled and shipped promptly. Customer feedback is always welcome and responded to in a timely manner by a friendly, knowledgeable staff member.

To learn more about engaging activities for children, visit the sites brand new blog, http://www.KydsStuffBlog.com. Orphanacos frequently dispenses valuable advice drawing from her experience as a mother of four successful young women and as a former advocate of troubled youth.

About the Company:

KydsStuff.com a division of CJ Enterprises, LLC is owned and operated by web entrepreneur Carol Orphanacos.

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http://www.KydsStuff.com

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The advent of MP3 music has revolutionised the way in which we deal and think in music from the Internet. The strategy of downloading music into the computer or even the MP3 player is really a child’s play. The MP3 formats are usually extremely well received by the listeners simply because they give an outstanding quality of listening hence permitting the viewer to become part of a rewarding experience with regards to their music. Currently it can be even probable to download and listen to music online without even going into the entire process of downloading the music. For music aficionados, there are actually a lot of websites who allow the listener to download music, save it and listen to it simultaneously. This facility is applicable to any number of tracks and also the listener need not bother about the volume of songs that one has got to grapple with. Music lovers could definitely vote towards the music connected websites that happen to be on offer, given a choice. The only real requirement within this sort of music download can be a very good Internet connection. One may even put one’s own music within the website for others to listen to it.

The songs on offer at the online portals cover most genres and artists. Users of such portals need not hunt down stores inside the markets with regard to their favourite artists or songs. One can easily decide on the kind of music that a person would wish to hear and after that get them downloaded at one’s own free time. This really is actually a very good way to save the time that could be wasted wading through a pile of CDs at a music store. MP3 music is accessible whilst one will be on the move or maybe if one is at work. The online strategy has lowered the conditions enforced by time and space and lifted the customer’s delight by offering him/her the cabability to select out of a million other things. Hollywood and Bollywood music, both reign supreme when it comes to the listening habit of people and their MP3 players. The trend of listening to MP3 music online is actually fast catching up with a lot of people. It can be set for being the norm for enjoying music as being the masses have been buying the MP3 music available on the web.

People are generally doing away with regards to their expensive MP3 players and choosing the convenience of online music download over everything else. Listening to music online gives the customer an edge due to its reach and portability. The sheer number of songs and their varied nature is actually mind-boggling and can easily even set the pulse racing for somebody passionate about music. Many customers who complain about not finding their desired music at the moment are simply seduced through the charm of the online music phenomenon. The number of portals which provide songs are usually unlimited and so one can simply move into the next one in case one will not be satisfied with a specific website. One can truly announce the listener as king.

Musical composition can happen in advance with an aim towards repeat performance or it can happen on the spot when musicians improvise or jam. Composition describes the formal construction of a piece of music, both it?s incarnation on paper and its performance incarnation. Originally Western music was composed for the church and for worship. Its function was to be repeated but the artistic/creative elements of musical composition were lacking as the music itself was more pedagogical in purpose. Once polyphonic sounds began to creep in, composers began to record music on paper for future performance. This begins to happen when the view of music starts to change from that of a form of worship to a form of worship that also provides audio pleasure.

There is a mathematical precision to musical composition that is present in most studies of musical theory.

Though music is a creative art, its composition and performance is both scientific and mathematical and adheres to certain rules of rhythm and spacing on the page in order to sound a particular way.

Traditional Gregorian Chant notation, some of the first written music in Western culture, is written in ?neumes?. Neumes are the most basic building block of musical notation and predate the introduction of the five line staff notation. These original notations were simple dashes on a page. They did not always indicate a note to be sung as far as the pitch was concerned, but, rather, were an indication in what kind of sound was to be made and sometimes in what order. Though neumes are visually reminiscent of their later incarnation in the five line staff notation, their rules were completely different. Two, dashes, one a top of the other, might mean that the bottom ?note? was to be sung first followed by the top. Other things are very close in range. For instance, when a dot was placed after a neume it was meant to indicate that the note was to be a held for a length of time. This same structure exists in modern music in the five line staff notation.

The earliest neumes were actually Aramaic, and did not originate in the early Christian Church. They were originally used to indicate how and with what tonal attributes a religious text was meant to be read. The utilization of neumes was the first step towards the composition and formal construction of music.

Music video by OK Go performing Here It Goes Again (The Treadmill Video).
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Just as millions of people around the globe have found their purpose via Dr. Rick Warren’s NY Times bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life, Derrick Miles, Chairman and CEO of The Milestone Brand, intends to teach millions how to determine and define their “gifts”. “Too often people find themselves in employment situations that do not maximize or even appreciate their natural gifts and talents,” states Miles. “Our company, (Miles is in partnership with his brother Darrayl) can provide assessments and training to enhance and maximize the performance of employees within a designated period of time.”

The brothers have co-authored the book Superhuman Performance. They are now among the elite business authors, such as, Stephen R. Covey, Jack Welch and John C. Maxwell, whose books are coveted by those subscribing to the Soundview Executive Book Summaries service.

The public will have an opportunity to learn the specifics on assessing and defining their gifts through a webinar produced by SoundviewLive. The webinar entitled: Utilizing Your Gifts for Superhuman Performance will be held Tuesday, November 22, and will begin promptly at 12:00 p.m. EST. The fee for the webinar is $ 59.00. To register visit: http://www.summary.com and click onto the webinar tab featuring Derrick Miles as speaker. Journalists and established bloggers may request a complimentary link for the webinar by sending their requests via e-mail to: webinarlink(at)milestonebrand(dot)com .

About The Milestone Brand

The #1 Global Brand for Maximizing Human Performance and Potential. their team consists of some of the most gifted leaders, administrators, teachers and encouragers that have improved the lives of millions worldwide. We utilize many platforms to educate and train humans about how to utilize the power they have inside of themselves to positively impact their work, their families and the communities they serve.

About Derrick Miles

Devoted husband and father to two sons, business executive, leader, Chairman and CEO of the #1 global brand for maxmizing human performance and potential–The Milestone Brand, Derrick Miles fully operates in his gift of encouragement. Miles’ decade-plus experience as an healthcare executive allowed him to fully develop his gift, and now share it with the world. To learn more, visit http://www.milestonebrand.com .

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