** Essential Web Solutions

Essential Web offers premier web design and web development, mainly for Orange County and the greater Los Angeles area. The Portfolio link displays examples of my design work, and the Elements link shows samples of web applications. Please click on "Contact" if you need a website.

Please register and log in at the left to have full control of the web applications in the elements section. Registration is free and is only intended for the benefit of the vistor. Each user can only update or delete the survey or checklist that they created.

Some of the EW skills:

HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, CSS, Fireworks, Flash, ActionScript, Photoshop, ColdFusion, ASP, SQL, T-SQL, Access, SQL Server.

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Lesbian activist who fought for marriage rights dies

Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87.

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Tropical Storm Gustav's impending arrival in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially as a major hurricane, has prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to declare an emergency for the state.