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Addressing users’ most pressing needs, the new printers and Multi-Function Centers take the fuss out of printing and scanning.

By Dan E. Nino Artesia, Calif. – All roads will lead to Pioneer Blvd. between 183rd and 188th streets in Artesia, California on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. to a historic 2014 International Street Fair,  Diversity Festival and Expo where products and merchandise from different cultures  will be showcased. This was announced by Felix B. Lopez, president of Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC-SEC) and Eddie C. Ferrer, president of Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA in collaboration with the City of Artesia, Artesia Chamber of Commerce and Coalition of Associations of South East Corridor (CASEC). Aside from exotic goods, products and merchandise, the public will be treated to entertainment and music, parade, multicultural food, beer garden, fun and cultural shows, among others on Pioneer St. which will be closed to traffic. Parking is available on the periphery of  Pioneer Blvd. A shuttle bus courtesy of the City of Artesia  will also ferry the public from end to end of Pioneer Blvd. on the corner of  183rd and 188th streets. The 16 ethnic cultures which are prime movers of the  organizing committee are the Philippines, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Croatia, India, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Portugal, Korea, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The public can do shopping with an array of goods and merchandise from hundreds of vendors and exhibitors from around the world including the Philippines. Producers and manufacturers from the province of Pangasinan will take part in this International Street Fair and Diversity Festival where their products Read More …

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Take it from Patti Grandidge, release the tension, the pressure, all the emotional culprits that take their toll on your skin.

Street Magician David Blaine looks as if he’s just relaxing while underwater for more than 10 minutes during his Real Or Magic show at the Big Dome last Friday night —  MONG PINTOLO For a while, I expected the street magician David Blaine to make the big audience (including the Araneta Empire big boss Jorge Araneta and his wife Madame Stella Marquez de Araneta) at the Big Dome last Friday night disappear with the wave of his hand and it was a big relief that he didn’t do it. Neither did he turn the unborn chick into a live, wings-flapping one when Manny Pacquiao made him eat balut during Blaine’s quick trip to Gensan, nor did he make the monstrous Metro traffic jam melt like ice-cream left out in the sun. Filipinos are magic-lovers and the big turnout at the Big Dome proved it. You can just imagine how they (we!) held our collective breath and wondered how “he did it,” such as when he played tricks with a deck of cards and with a big bowl-ful of puzzle pieces (more than 2,000, he said), one of which perfectly fitted a blank point on the Philippine map; and when he hit a tall plastic cup with his palm that, “fortunately” (heave a big sigh of relief!), wasn’t the one covering an ice pick with which he later let a volunteer from the audience pierce his palm (ouch!), but there was no blood, see! As “gifts” for participating in the acts, Read More …