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Another Christmas has passed and a new year has begun~ This year I received Sexy Zone's Japan Tour on blu-ray, which I thought I would make a review of here on my blog (which ended up taking much longer than intended!). I've actually wanted to watch this for a long time, but simply didn't have the money to buy it when it came out back in summer last year. These blu-ray concerts are really expensive! I think this costs over 6000 yen, which is around 60 dollars! But even though these Johnny's blu-rays are crazy expensive, I must admit they are all their money's worth. I just can't get enough of watching my favorite idols on a big screen in HD. It's the closest I get to being next to them, apart from going to their concerts of course. But when at a concert I'm usually so far away from the stage, that the members are so small, I have to look at the concert screens anyway… So yeah, these BDs are worth gold in my opinion!
So this blu-ray is a limited edition with two discs, a photo booklet and five member cards. The first disc include the main concert from their Japan Tour in May, whereas the second disc include a cut version of their New Year concert from January (which I went to!) and a Tour Documentary.
Here is a closer look on the covers and inside the BD case. I think this cover isn't as pretty as the one for their first concert release, but I do like the cover with the blue outfits though. It's clear that they choose a red/purple theme this time around, where the first concert had a more white/red/black color theme (like the rose in Sexy Zone's first single, I suppose). Red and purple are the member colors of Shori and Fuma, but I don't think it's supposed to give meaning here maybe (haha). Their logo also changed its look for their second concert. They have added a heart instead of a rose, which makes me wonder if they have totally moved away from roses now? But I probably wonder too much, when it comes to Sexy Zone (lol).
Here is a closer look on the member cards and the photo booklet. This time around the member cards are much smaller than those from the first concert release. The first concert came with post card-sized member cards, whereas these are more the size of lobby cards. I guess they wanted to save on the expenses huh? If I have to choose my favorite card though, I would probably say Sou's. His card is the only one with a member actually looking into the camera and then I also think he shows the best pose and facial expression. As for back of the cards, they just show a picture of the concert stage and the member name. The cover of the photo booklet is a bit boring, once again just showing a picture of the concert stage. However the inside is certainly something else!
Here's some inside pictures from the photo booklet! I'm thinking of scanning the whole booklet though, as I didn't had the patience to take pictures of all the booklet's pages.
And now to my review! I will start of with talking about the Japan Tour. This concert is 2 hours and 19 minutes long and took place at Yokohama Arena.
The setlist is as follows:
01. Overture
02. Sexy Zone
03. Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu (Sexy Summerに雪が降る)
04. Lady Diamond (Lady ダイヤモンド)
05. Sukisugite (スキすぎて)
06. With you
07. I see the light ~Bokutachi no Stage~(I see the light~僕たちのステージ~ )
10. Tsuki no Michi (ツキノミチ)
11. CANDY ~Can U be my BABY~
12. Onaji Sora no Shita (おなじ空の下)
13. Don't Stop Sexy Boyz!
14. Bayside Elegy (ベイサイドエレジー)
15. Kimi no Tame Boku ga Iru (キミのため ボクがいる)
16. Yuuki 100 % (勇気100%)
18. Namae no Nai Omoi (名前のない想い)
19. Kimi to Milky way (君と…Milky way)
20. Jr. corner
21. Real Sexy!
22. We can be one
23. Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!
24. FaKe
25. Silver Moon
26. Just Ima Shika Nai (Justいましかない)
27. Kanzen My Way ( 完全マイウェイ)
28. Kyou Arigatou (今日はありがとう)
29. Kaze wo Kitte (風をきって)
30. High!! High!! People
31. Real Sexy!
32. Sexy Zone
33. Real Sexy!
Pretty long this time! But then again they didn't have additionally three singles and one album included in their discography at the time of their first concert. I had heard much about this concert having treated the members unequally, with more focus on Shori and FumaKen, so I was sort of anticipating the worst. However, after having watched this concert 2-3 times now I actually don't find it that bad. Of course, the introduction of the concert already separates the members, with Shori and FumaKen getting special introduction spotlight and being put in the elevated cranes, while MariSou only get to run around with the juniors on the arena stage.
But soon after they join each other singing Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu. This time around you also see that all members got their own box, which runs across the audience area. Usually Marius and Sou had to share one. It's clear in some performances though, especially Real Sexy! and BAD BOYS, as well as the distribution of solo songs and MC talk time, that Shori and FumaKen got way better treatment. Marius and Sou only got to perform solo together with the juniors. I do think that the majority of songs represented all members with mostly equal spotlight, but I didn't approve of the different costumes though. To me it felt like it made a big division between the members, making Shori and FumaKen seem more important than MariSou. The most important thing for me however, was that all five members performed together most of the time. Of course, there's no denying the unfair treatment was there, but I think it was endurable.
I do hope this unfair treatment stops soon. I know that their new volley ball theme song Shout!! (which I fear will be a single) only features Shori and FumaKen, but I sincerely hope that this is the first and last time for this to happen. (EDIT: after having listened to a short preview I'm not so sure anymore, maybe Marius and Sou also sings in this, but are just not volleyball supporters?) They did feature all five members on their last single, so I hope this is a one timer or even better only a B-side song (like BAD BOYS). But only time will tell, I guess. As for their second album getting released in February, I hope MariSou will finally get some more spotlight. They deserve it so much! If Shori and FumaKen once again are the only one to get solo songs, I will be mad. But I fear there's a good chance that will happen though… *sigh* And that's despite the fact that my favorite member is Shori. I just despise unfair treatment in idol/johnny's groups. I know it's sometimes inevitable in big groups, but hey, Sexy Zone only has five members. I really don't see the excuse, except the fact that So and Marius are the youngest members of the group. I still don't feel like that's a proper excuse. But well, I guess there's nothing really I can do about it. So I will shut up now, and pray for them instead. And I should probably get back to talking about the concert, don't you think? (haha)
Now I want to talk about my favorite parts of this concert. As usual, the concert started with Sexy Zone's first and most well-known as well as genki songs like Sexy Zone, Lady Diamond and Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu. I always enjoy to listen to these songs and I think they suit the intro of a concert really well. Soon after they perform one of my favorite SZ songs Sukisugite! I just love this song and its dance choreography. I think it's one of their most catchy songs and I always find myself dancing along with the members. I loved how Kento announced the song with asking: oretachi no koto suki desu ka ("do you love us?"), and afterwards saying: oretachi no Sexy Zone – minna sukisugite da yo! ("we Sexy Zone – love you all too much!") So cute~ Actually, the choreography to this song with the mike stands, reminds me a lot of Arashi's Wild at Heart's choreography! The style I mean.
I loved the part where each member said an individual quote.
Sou said: Yokohama baka yabee! ("Yokohama you are ridiculously awesome!" or so I think, haha!). Kento the eternal romantic said: sukisugiru kara ("because I love you too much"). Adorable Marius with his English phrases said: I kiss you! (aww) Shori made an adorable chu~ face with Jinguuji Yuta and Nakamura Reia joining in (haha).
And lastly Fuma said: omae ga kawaisugiru, gamandekinai ("you are just too cute, I can't resist you"). Well, Sexy Zone themselves are all too cute! Kyaa~ (haha) At this point in the concert I couldn't help notice Fuma's very obvious flirting with Marius. He has really started to show his love for Marius in a very direct way (haha). I find this really amusing, as he used to tease him rather than hug him. But maybe he was just being shy? Boys are like that sometimes I think (haha). Well, after this song, they performed yet one of their genki and catchy songs With You and concluded the first act with the slower song I see the light ~Bokutachi no Stage~, which I think is a wonderful song with a great choreography as well!
In the second act (well I really don't know why I'm separating the concert into acts haha), my next favorite part begins with the song BAD BOYS. I used to really despise this song, because of the fact MariSou wasn't included. However, I ended up loving it anyway because of Shori (kyaa~). And also because it's such a really catchy song! But yeah, I thought the performance of this song was really cool, and the outfits fit the song perfectly.
The fire effects were amazing in this performance as well!
I also found it really cute when Shori tried to act "tough" throughout the song. MORE POWER TO SHORI (haha).
As always Shori was also awesome dancing solo in the introduction to IF YOU WANNA DANCE (love that song to death).
The lack of Sou and Marius was recovered as well in this performance, where they joined the stage again. The choreography of that song would look wrong without all members, anyway. I liked how they danced to this song on separate platforms moving up and down, which gave the performance a new look, instead of just repeating the same thing.
I didn't like how they wore different outfits though…Also, especially in this performance I couldn't help marvel at Marius' height! I remember how he was so tiny when performing this "sexy" song in their first concert, and now only one year after, he just looks way older! Height sure changes things a lot, huh? This act concluded with Fuma and Shori performing Tsuki no Michi (as Kento prepared for his solo). I like this song a lot and wonder if it finally will be included on their second album. I hope it will!
The third act – or maybe I can also call it the solo act? – started of with Kento's performance of his solo song CANDY ~Can U be my BABY~. The first time I listened to this song, I found it really hilarious. And I guess I still do, but I love it all the same! Kento's nickname "love-holic senpai" really shines through in this song, and you just can't help singing back "Love Kenty!" (haha).
Also all the juniors in pink and blue costumes with their huge lollipops or roller-skates were simply just adorable. Also Kento kissing the lollipop in the end~ They know how to make this girl happy! (haha)
Loved how Kento gave Takahashi Fuu (aka. "TakaFuu") time to show off his awesome head spinning skills too! As Fuu is one of my favorite juniors~
During the performance Kento made Jinguuji shout "LOVE KENTY!" in full force, poor lad (haha). It was cute though~ After Kento's solo performance ended, Sou entered saying "Love Kenty" in a funny voice and jokingly said he loved Candy (the love interest in Kento's solo song) the most (to Kento's horror), but then added: "No that's a lie~ I love my fans the most!" (haha) I love when Sou's acting a troll.
Afterwards Sou introduced Kento to a challenge. He had to remove a tablecloth without making the objects fall off the table. And of course he achieved it without a sweat. That's Kento for you! (Our Superman haha).
He then began what seemed like a new magic trick, but actually turned out to be Shori's surprise entrance! Was really surprised by the shift of heads, which happened in a blink of an eye! But what a great way to start of my all time favorite part of this concert~
Yes, you've probably guessed it, but my most favorite part was without a question Shori's solo performance! The cute yellow prince-like outfit, Shori's radiant smile, the song's adorable lyrics and the awesome dance choreography, made Shori shine the brightest of all in this concert! (imo) Just look at this beautiful outfit! The dance choreography was so incredibly cute too…
Somehow they added a new "marching" segment to the number, which I didn't really see the point of, but it was cool I guess? I just love this boy so much, it sometimes scares me (haha). He's just so precious~ *sigh* I already can't wait for Shori's next solo performance now ♡♡♡ *fantasizes about all the possibilities* And I'm sure Shori will just continue to get more and more popular from now on, no doubt about it! The solo act concludes with MariSou and Sexy Boyz' performance of their song Don't Stop Sexy Boyz! (love that title btw hehe). This performance was also one of my favorites, as we finally get to see Marius and Sou shine more. I loved the bright green/yellow colored outfits for this song and the energetic dance choreography.
The clothes made a really cool effect with different lighting! It's really apparent in this song how much Sou and Marius have grown since the last concert. They are full of confidence here and Marius even shout out English lines by himself thoughout the performance. I really liked this performance and hope they get to perform more and more independently from now on!
In the fourth act, Shori and FumaKen joined Marius and Sou to perform the song Bayside Elegy. In this performance Marius, Iwahashi Genki and Jinguuji Yuta tried out filming by themselves, which called for special poses from the members! (haha)
Oh yeah, LOL'ed so hard at this part! I actually love the talking-part with Shori of this song, but sadly it wasn't included in the shortened concert version. Hopefully they will include it another time! They then sang Kimi no Tame Boku ga Iru and Yuuki 100 %, which are songs I love too, so happy they got included~
Afterwards there was a long singing break, where they talked about how happy they are to have their own fan club now (which I won't be able to enjoy *sob*) Then they fooled around a bit and Sou and Kento did cute monomane of Nobita and Doreamon. Was so adorable! They also teased Marius with a heartfelt line he was trying to say by himself, but Sou finished for him. Poor Marius (haha).
Poor Marius (haha). Luckily for him, Fuma was there to protect him from bullies like Sou! Aww~ However there is something Fuma is even better at than protecting Marius, and that is talking! He just went on and on and on, so the other members started asking him: when do you come to the point? (haha)
After talking, they performed the song Namae no Nai no Omoi. This song is always very soothing somehow, isn't it?
After the break, the fifth act started off with one of the best songs of their first album: Kimi to Milky way. I just love this song! Even after having listened to it like 50 times, the live version of this song still gives me the chills. So of course this performance was also one of my favorites from this concert.
By the way, I liked how the members created black silhouettes against the lit up S and Z stairs. Such a cool idea~ After this slow emotional song the concert took a drastic step in a more upbeat and energetic direction, with the juniors performing solo. The junior dancing solo in the beginning of this performance, was so good! Too bad I could recognize who it was though. The juniors performed with amazing energy and the song choice was really nice this time around. I didn't know which songs they performed either though. Hope someone can enlighten me ~please~
Marius and Sou then joined the juniors, to start off the next performance in the 6th act: Real Sexy!
I enjoyed how they had sort of made it seem like the PV, with Marius touching an invisible barrier and even adding a sound effect as well. Was a nice touch!
Also Shori, Kento and Fuma's entrance was so epic! Seemed like each member had their own element.
Shori – fire, Kento – water and Fuma – wind (or smoke? Dunno!). I must say I wasn't a fan of this song when it came out, because of the treatment of MariSou, but quite enjoyed the live performance of it.
The next performance was of the song We can be one, which also is one of my other favorite songs from their first album. So happy it got included~ I do think it would have looked better if they had performed in similar outfits here to go better with the song's theme (to be one), but wasn't possible with the previous performance being Real Sexy! I guess.
On a site note, Shori's intense look with the smoke effect in the end of this performance was just too epic for words! (kyaa~)Then they performed Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!, where I couldn't help notice how obvious it was Marius' singing parts were playback. His voice wasn't that light and clear at the time of this concert. I just don't see why they had to do that, as I personally think it wouldn't hurt anyone to hear his singing voice having changed a little bit.
The seventh act starts off with Fuma's solo song FaKe – which I'm not that much a fan of – but must have to admit it's kind of catchy. I just feel like he's trying too hard to imitate Akanishi Jin. Would like him better if he found his own style, I think. And Fuma should know, it's completely okay to just be himself! It really seems like he care a lot about what other people think of him. I say this, because I read in an interview that he put his watch on his left wrist, even though he likes to wear it on his right (because he's left handed), just because fans had commented it was the "wrong" wrist! And true enough, I noticed in this concert too that he wore it on his left! I think that has to say something about him (haha). Maybe this is the reason why he imitate Jin? Because he's popular, so he thinks it's safe? I don't know though.
I did find the effects in the start of the performance pretty cool ~After the Fuma solo the other four members performed the amazing song Silver Moon~ Fuma joined soon after to make the performance complete of course. I just love the intro to this song! One of the juniors danced to this, and I was really impressed! I think his name is Miyachika Kaito. So talented! The music and the dancing also worked really well together, I think! I liked the black and white outfits for this act, even though it looked like Kento was wearing a skirt (haha).
Following this performance, they sang the songs Just Ima Shika Nai and Kanzen My Way. It was funny to see Fuma and Shori giving it their all in this performance! (haha)
However, they ended this act in a more calm manner, singing Kyou wa Arigatou, which is such a "concert ending song" imo. I really like this song though. Especially Shori's intro line ♥
They then said goodbye and disappeared from stage, followed by a huge encore chant from the audience.
The eight act was just a sort of a typical "saying goodbye –> fans shouting encore —> coming back to sing again —> saying goodbye —> encore again etc." ending to a Johnny's concert. I get the point they want to prove: they want to show their love for their fans. I just think it goes a tad overboard sometimes, especially when they do three encore performances (haha). I love to watch them sprint around on the stage though and marvel at the amount of energy they have left, after having performed for two and a half hour with a lot of energy consuming performances! But they are young, I guess (haha).
I also suspect the reason for doing all these encores is because the members want to get in contact with their fans more. However, it usually ends up being the children who get the best treatment! (so unfair… haha)
All in all, I liked this concert a lot and will probably go back to watch it many times in the future, to enjoy special moments like Shori's first solo performance, the awesome BAD BOYS performance and cute Fumarius moments. This concert had so many good performances and wonderful moments, which you can probably tell just by watching how much I wrote about in here! (sorry guys haha)
But I'm not nearly done yet! I still have to talk a bit about the New Year concert, which was the most special to me personally, because I attended it myself, but also the tour documentary! So yeah… this post is going to be super long (sorry!).
The New Year concert also took place in the Yokohama Arena and had a similar length to the Japan tour concert, however they shortened it down to only last just under an hour in this release. Too bad, but then again it was added as "extras".
The setlist looks as followed:
01. Overture
02. Sexy Summer ni Yuki ga Furu (Sexy Summerに雪が降る)
03. Lady Diamond (Lady ダイヤモンド)
04. Sukisugite (スキすぎて)
05. With you
06. I see the light ~Bokutachi no stage~ (I see the light~僕たちのステージ~ )
07. Silver Moon
09. Za ABC ~5stars~
10. Kimi wo Hanasanai Kimi wo Hanarenai (きみを離さない きみを離れない)
11. Teleportation
13. rouge
14. Kyou wa Arigatou (今日はありがとう)
15. Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!
16. High!! High!! People
So short… But still great to watch it again! I went to this concert with my twin sister and it is a very dear experience of mine, so am so happy they released some of this concert on blu-ray! I remember feeling very out of place, being almost the only foreigner in a sea of Japanese girls, but that was sort of expected! (haha) It was great fun though and sort of surreal to sit in the Yokohama Super Arena, which I had watched on the TV/PC screen so many times before. Sexy Zone and the juniors looked so small down on the stage platforms, but yet they were so close! At some point Fuma was lifted up just in front of our seats in one of those standing boxes and was really close to us. And remember that some hardcore Fuma fangirls went beserk in front of us, pointing like crazy at their own heads to catch Fuma's attention (which I have no idea if worked). But it was really fun and entertaining to look at all the things happening at once on such a huge stage. Usually when watching the recorded concert, the camera focuses at one thing at a time, but when you are sitting in a seat above the whole arena, you can get quite busy following all the things going on (haha). That's something you can only experience being there yourself! As well as singing along with the other fans and shouting your favorite member's name. When watching this New Year concert once again on blu-ray it felt like I was just there yesterday. Just amazing. I'm sure I will treasure this release forever.
I won't make a long walk-through review like the one above (can't manage it! lol), but I think I will talk about my favorite parts of this concert and also the things that separated it from the Japan Tour. A thing that made this concert different was especially the member treatment! I think the members were much more united while performing, as well as mostly wearing the same outfits. The solo performances differed from the Japan Tour as well, with Fuma performing rouge and Kento performing Teleportation. Fuma's hair was also still dark brown in this concert (much prettier imo). They also hoisted huge canvas posters with the members' faces on in the ending of the concert to express their gratitude to their fans, which came as a big surprise for me, I remember! Was a pretty cool effect though~
As for my favorite performances I will have to mention: IF YOU WANNA DANCE, Kimi wo Hanasanai Kimi wo Hanarenai, Teleportation, rouge and High!! High!! People.
I (almost) think the new year concert version of IF YOU WANNA DANCE beats the Japan Tour one. The members wear matching outfits here (which are a come back from their first concert with small modifications though) and Marius haircut is better (lol). I also think they kind of filmed it better? I'm not sure what it is – it was just full of epicness. Or maybe I just love this song too much? (haha) I also think gold looks more epic than red~
Now to Shori's (almost) solo song! Kimi wo Hanasanai Kimi wo Hanarenai was not included on the Japan Tour, so good thing it was included in the new year concert. I love this song, so of course I would also love the performance~ I think Shori looked so dashing in the white suit with the red rose attached (so romantic ♥) and his smile was just the cutest thing! He didn't get the spotlight all to himself, as I meant by "almost" solo song, Kento and Fuma joined the performance too in nice black suits. The only thing is that the performance felt too short. I'm not sure, but maybe they cut it? I think it's a shame if they did (*sobs*).
The best part of the performance was when Shori threw the rose to the audience though *kyaa*
My next favorite part was Teleportation. I love this Kento solo (even more than the Candy song lol) and he performed so well here! I remember when I watched this live, they did a cool intro to this song, where it looked like Kento "teleported" himself round on the stage. Such a waste they didn't include that! However, it was really amazing to watch this close-up (kyaa). Kento's dance moves were awesome and the dance fit really well with the song imo. You could really see he had practised long and hard for this performance! That's Kento for you. Always working extremely hard to impress his fans. Have also noticed how often he expresses his gratitude for being where he is now and how surreal it all is to him. I think that's a really cool thing about Kento~
Now to Fuma's solo song rouge~ This is without a doubt my favorite solo song of Sexy Zone's discography, even though I want to say nothing beats Shori's solo, I must have to admit that Fuma's vocals are amazing! They added some special intro to the song though in the concert performance, which I remember made me believe Fuma would perform another song instead of rouge (gave me quite a fright actually). Luckily, that wasn't the case though! And the performance turned out just as good as the song~ Loved the dance choreography and the whole blue/red color symbolic. As the song's meaning is "red", I wonder if there was a special meaning to that? Oh, and there was also a chair segment included in the dance, which I love when they do in concerts! So epic~
Now to my last favorite part of the new year concert (well I would have had more if just they had included the whole concert!), which turned out to be High!! High!! People. This was the last song they performed and loved it because of all the funny things going on while they performed it! In the beginning of the performance Kiyomoto Taiga and Morimoto Shintaro made their guest appearances on stage out of nowhere, and started doing silly stuff with Fuma and Kento. There were also a cute moment with Marius and Kento~
They also gave the juniors some credit in the last minutes of the concert. So cute~
And this was a cute moment with Jinguuji and Shori ♥ They seem to be good friends! Well that's it for the new year concert I guess? I just want to comment that I really wish they had included MariSou and Sexy Boyz' performance of Ame Datte
(雨だって) which was really adorable, after what I can remember and watch from clips included in the tour documentary. But, I guess I will never get to watch that performance again now *sobs*. Well, nothing to do about that… But holy moly, this turned out a long post! I didn't know I had the patience in me to make such a long post, but I guess I just proved it (haha). For you who made it this far, I want to give you something in return, which is the scans from the booklet included on this release.
Here you go! download booklet *hugs*
And last but not least, pictures from the tour documentary! Enjoy~


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Liquid smoke may be the most under-rated food product in the modern supermarket. In a do-it-yourself, hands-on preparation world, liquid smoke seems like a cheap, processed short-cut unworthy of the attention of serious food enthusiasts. Most people view liquid smoke with the same disdain as they would tub margarine.
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Cheers to Ernie, liquid smoke, Rotary Clubs, bourbon and pork.


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Zombies are taking over a Miami doctor's office, well, sort of. What is happening in Dr. Michael Salzhauer's office isn't real, but it could be.
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This isn't the doctor's first time dabbling in the short moviemaking business. His last video stunt sparked controversy. That one was almost two years ago. It was called "Jewcan Sam: A Nose Job Love Song." Dr. Salzhauer said he was trying to promote his practice aimed at a particular demographic using Jewish humor.
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Vice President Joe Biden mixed up the name of the Democratic Senate candidate in Virginia yesterday, calling him by the wrong first name not once, but twice.
"I want to tell you, it's good to be in a state that's going to be represented by Tim Kaine. What a guy! There is a decent honorable man. That man has more integrity in his little finger than most people have in their whole body. I'm a big Tom Kaine fan, a big Tom Kaine fan," Biden said at the Lynchburg City Armory.
In May, the vice president headlined a fundraiser for Kaine, a former governor of Virginia who is running for the Senate seat in Virginia against Republican George Allen, also a former Virginia governor. Kaine also served as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011.
The Romney campaign was quick to highlight the vice president's flub, circulating a video of the forgetful moment on Twitter.
"Vice President Biden forgot the name of his own Virginia Democratic Senate nominee and he wants voters to forget about President Obama's failed economic policies and lack of a real agenda for a second term," Ryan Williams, spokesman for Romney, said in a statement.
"Once again, Mitt Romney's campaign is showing their focus on the big things – like one letter in Tim Kaine's name. If they put as much time and effort into their policies, maybe we'd finally have an answer for how they'd pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts weighted to the very wealthy," Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith said in a statement.
Earlier in the week, Biden mistakenly said he was in Iowa while campaigning in Ohio.
Biden, who was accompanied by his wife Dr. Jill Biden, initially was scheduled to hold an additional event in Virginia Beach, Va., today, but the campaign cancelled the event "out of an abundance of caution to ensure that all local law enforcement and emergency management resources can stay focused on ensuring the safety of people who might be impacted by the storm."
The vice president was supposed to be joined today by his son Beau, the attorney general of Delaware and a member of the Delaware National Guard, but Beau Biden had to return home to Delaware to help the National Guard prepare for the impending storm.
"On behalf of our son Beau, he's the attorney general of Delaware and a national guard member, he was literally – drove down from Wilmington, was sitting in Air Force 2 as we were about to take off, and we're in the car coming from the residence to the plane. He called me and said 'Dad, the governor just called up the National Guard, I'm going home.' So he apologizes for not being here, he wanted to be here," Biden said.
Biden spoke to a crowd of 1,500, according to the city's deputy fire marshal, and railed against what he said was the Republican ticket's flip-flopping, saying Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan are hoping voters will have "amnesia" on Election Day.
"And now the governor is running away from everything he said in the last year and a half and the congressman is running away from everything he voted for. I mean I'm not making this up. This is real," Biden said. "They're counting on the American people to have an overwhelming case of amnesia on November the 6 th."
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The slightly tart flavor of the currants, the tang of the apple, the thyme scented wine base, all made for a sauce that was quick and easy to do, stores well, and was wonderful on the grilled lamb chops. It would be a superb complement to a turkey, ham or roast pork dinner. It would also be tasty with a firm full flavored fish like salmon or swordfish, simply grilled. It's good warm from the pan, or chilled.
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The Tunguska explosion was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river, in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 7:14am on 30 June 1908.
It was caused by Nikola Tesla in collaboration with the Assassin Order, who were trying to destroy a Templar research facility where one of the Staves of Eden was being experimented upon.
In 1905, the Templar Grigori Rasputin came into possession of the Imperial Sceptre of Tsar Nicholas II, which was one of the Staves of Eden. It was then taken to a secret facility in central Russia, near the Tunguska river.[1]
There, the Staff was used as part of research into wave-generation technology.[2]
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Several years prior to 1905, the inventor Nikola Tesla had been discredited and nearly ruined by the Templars, particularly by Thomas Edison.[3]
In the summer of 1908, members of the Assassin Order contacted Tesla, and offered him a chance to take revenge on the Templars.[4] The plan involved Nikolai Orelov and two other Assassins to infiltrate the facility, with the objective to retrieve the Staff of Eden before the facility was to be destroyed.[5]
However, the Assassins were ultimately unable to remove the Piece of Eden from the facility in time, and Tesla prepared to carry out his orders. Using his mastery of electricity and the Wardenclyffe Tower, Tesla broadcast an immense burst of electricity into the facility and the Piece of Eden, creating one of the largest explosions in known history.[5]
This explosion obliterated the research facility and the Staff within it. As it would turn out, Nikolai was the only survivor of the event, and wound up laying with his clothes torn apart in the middle of the crater caused by the explosion.[5]
The explosion was an Assassin victory, though the event destroyed the Staff of Eden, though at least one shard of it remained. This shard eventually fell into the hands of Grigori Rasputin, who was later killed by conspirators in December 1916.[5]
After his burial, Rasputin's body was exhumed by Nikolai Orelov in his pursuit of the shard.[5] He later handed the shard down to his daughter, Nadya Orelov.[6]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #8
- ↑ Assassin's Creed – Conference room e-mail
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #11
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #16
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #2
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by Shaun Chamberlin on June 14th, 2008
Lately I seem to be encountering many climate change activists who have a blind spot when it comes to peak oil. At present, Friends of the Earth appear to be particularly prone to this.
They assert that climate change is overwhelmingly urgent (no arguments from me there) and so that the depletion of fossil fuels is largely irrelevant. In fact they argue that it can only be good news, limiting the availability of these dangerous substances which have the potential to destabilise our climate.
But this ignores the reason why humanity is so loathe to wean itself off these fuels in the first place. They are exceptionally potent energy sources which greatly increase our ability to change our human infrastructure and shape the world around us. Energy is perhaps best defined as the ability to do work, and there is much work to be done in the transition to a low-carbon way of life. Read more »


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While the athletes competing in the Winter Olympics are supposed to get all the attention, occasionally sideline characters manage to steal the spotlight.
Such was the case in Sochi where storylines about mascots, television hosts and stray animals gave viewers just as much reason to tune in as the athletic competitions themselves. If you missed any of the sideline stars and storylines, here's a recap:
Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and three-time U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir have reached a new level of fame in their debut roles as sport commentators. The pair has added a lightning bolt of energy to the figure skating competition with unpredictably flamboyant outfits, insiders' insight and endless sassy one-liners. Fans on Twitter have pleaded for them to stay on TV after the Games, as talk show hosts, year-round figure skating analysts or, really anything at all. Here's a taste of their sport's commentary at its best:
- "It is Nascar out here in the world of rhinestones." — Weir watching near-collisions during men's warmups [New York Times]
- "Anyone feeling Hunger Games here?" — Tara, about a Uzbekistani skater's outfit. [Wired]
- "I find them very slow. I was watching curling earlier today, and I thought some of those curlers were going a bit faster. You have to really use your knees and dig deep." — Weir on Australian ice dancers Danielle O'Brien and Gregory Merriman after explaining that ice dancing is one of the fastest disciplines. [New York Times]
- "She's 15 years old, but she ... skates like she's 15." — Weir on skater Elizaveta Ukolova from the Czech Republic. [Wired]
- "It's a lot" — Tara, on the suspender-based choreography in Kazakhstan's Abzal Rakimgaliev's program. [Wired]
- "He almost reminds me of what a very elegant hockey player would look like, should we put them in a costume" — Weir, on Czech skater Tomas Verner [Wired]
It all started when news organizations began reporting that Sochi's local government had a pest control company on its payroll that would be killing stray dogs throughout the Games. Then came the dog-loving Americans, smart phones in hand, who became instant animal rights crusaders. The spokesman for the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton foundation, Amanda Bird, was among the first to announce her intention to bring a Sochi stray home, and others fast followed her example.
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Gold medal freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy was one of the most active pet savers in the Games, using his Olympic platform to spread the word about the problem and what Americans could do to intervene. He managed to team up with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who opened up shelters in a nearby town, as Kenworthy filled his Twitter feed with photos of heart-melting pups. He and snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis are among the Olympians who returned to the States as new parents to otherwise ill-fated dogs.
Perhaps the biggest shock of the Sochi Opening Ceremony came when the Russian Interior Ministry Police Choir sang Daft Punk's "Get Lucky," in a performance the New York Daily News called "surreal." The selection, designed to appeal to a global audience, gave a celebrity boost to both Daft Punk and the brave officers who covered their hit.
Kate Hansen slowly built herself up as a social media star throughout the Games, first garnering attention for posts about her pre-game Beyonce dance sessions. She went out with a bang, teaming up with late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for a stunt that had everyone from the U.S. media to Sochi security abuzz. Kimmel, secretly behind the wheel of Hansen's account, posted a video of a Timberwolf "stalking her hallway in Sochi." In fact, the wolf was was on an L.A. set and the whole thing was a hoax. Between the hours that the video first appeared on Hansen's account and the moment the truth was revealed, it picked up more than 1 million hits.
Bob Costas hosted NBC's prime time Olympic coverage with a bad case of conjunctivitis. The infection was apparent and distracting to viewers who tweeted medical advice and general commentary about his appearance. (Singer Bette Midler suggested he try some diluted boric acid for eyewash.) Finally, he was pulled off screen for six days — Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira took over — and returned looking mildly better. Still, it will be hard for him to shake his new reputation as the legendary sports announcer who came down with pink eye in Sochi. "Taking the red eye (flight) home?" Lauer needled as Costas' tenure was coming to a close.
Jason Brown's short, tightly-tied brunette ponytail became its own star at the Sochi Games. Fans and enemies fought over the 19-year-old skater's hair on social media where threats to cut it off were met swiftly with counter threats. Luckily for Brown, his personal Twitter account has a good 34,000 more followers than his ponytail's account.
One of the mascots of the Sochi Games got an unintentional star power boost when he was caught on camera trying to fit into the passenger seat of a car. It didn't work. He struggled though for an entertaining minute and 40 seconds before finally giving the back seat a try. He was also spotted at a hockey match teaching fans the Macarena and holding his head in despair when Russia was eliminated from the men's hockey playoffs.
The bobsledder from McKinney, Texas had the misfortune of encountering a series of Sochi problems that only his strength could solve. The former NFL player first tweeted that he had gotten stuck in his hotel bathroom, leaving him with no other option but to ram himself through the jammed door. Next, he found himself stuck in an elevator, with no other option but to pry his way out. Now, Johnny Quinn is a verb. #Quinning.
While his teammate Gus used his silver medal win in the slopestyle skiing event to save the puppies of Sochi, Nick Goepper, who won the bronze, focused on finding a date. The 19-year-old invited the women of the world to explain why he should pick them for a Valentine's Day date, and the women of the world responded. YouTube serenades, baked cookie messages, poems and photoshopped pictures poured in, boosting the hashtag #iwanttodatenickgoepper to trending levels on Twitter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been showing off a softer, friendlier side since the Sochi Games began. Days before the opening ceremony, he posed for photos with snow leopard cubs in an effort to call attention to a Sochi-related project aimed at saving endangered animals — or to divert attention from the pre-Olympic stray dog extermination.
In an act of Valentine's Day-inspired sports diplomacy, Putin also dropped in to the U.S. team house (wearing a "Happy Valentine's Day from Team USA pin on his lapel) to chat sports with the Amerians over a glass of red wine. He paid visits to other team houses as well, including Canada's where he so charmed one athlete that she tweeted her regret for not asking Putin to be her Valentine. The tweet caused a backlash that ultimately led Canadian Brittany Schusslter to delete the tweet and explain that she was joking and does not support Putin's values.
He also checked out some of the sports action, offering handshakes, back slaps and head pats to winning Russians and remaining publicly cool and collected after the Russian's hugely disappointing loss the American's in men's hockey.
The city known more for its financial woes than its Olympic talent got to bask in the gold medal spotlight after ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White called attention to their training base. It turns out that the pair, which trains in Canton, a neighbor of Detroit, are not the only Olympic skating stars to come from the area.
The Detroit Free Press reported that "15 of the 24 Olympic ice dancing teams have trained around Detroit: nine at the Novi Ice Arena, three at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills and three in Canton." (Detroit also holds the less glamorous figure skating distinction of being the city where skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked in 1994.)


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Populations of the American pika -- a hamster-like rodent unable to survive in warm climates -- continue to decline in the West, apparently due in part to global warming, a new study says.
RENO, Nev. Populations of the American pika -- a hamster-like rodent unable to survive in warm climates -- continue to decline in the West, apparently due in part to global warming, a new study says.
Local populations of pikas have gone extinct at more than one-third of 25 sites surveyed since the mid-1990s in the Great Basin region between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, according to the study conducted by a researcher for the U.S. Geological Survey and funded by the World Wildlife Fund.
"Population by population, we're witnessing some of the first contemporary examples of global warming apparently contributing to the local extinction of an American mammal at sites across an entire eco-region," said Erik Beever, a USGS ecologist.
Pikas, a relative of the rabbit with small, round ears, are known for their high-pitched whistle often heard when humans approach. They gather wild flowers for food and make their homes among broken rocks at high elevations of mountain ranges in the western United States and southwest Canada.
Beever published a study in the Journal of Mammalogy in February 2003 that found populations of pikas had disappeared at seven of the 25 sites where he had documented them in the mid- to late-1990s in California, Oregon and Nevada.
Results of a follow-up field study this summer showed extinctions at two more of seven resurveyed sites for a total of nine sites where they no longer exist, or 36 percent, Beever said. He said he intends to publish details of those findings after he completes another round of surveys next summer.
"There are several contributing factors, but climate seems to be a very strong factor," Beever told The Associated Press.
"At the places where they have been lost, the sites were hotter and drier than sites where they have remained," he said in a telephone interview.
Previous research suggests American pikas are vulnerable to global warming because they live in areas with cool, relatively moist climates, Beever said. They've been shown to be unable to survive just six hours in temperatures as cool as 77 degrees, he said.
Beever, who did his graduate work at the University of Nevada, Reno, now works out of the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Corvallis, Ore. His previous research suggested climate change may be interacting with other factors, such as increased road building and smaller habitat areas, to increase extinction risks.
Brooks Yeager, vice president in charge of global threats at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington D.C., said the new data shows the importance of efforts to combatting global warming by reducing heat-trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.
"Extinction of a species, even on a local scale, is a red flag that cannot be ignored," Yeager said.
"With clean energy solutions readily at hand, our leaders are responsible for either protecting or failing to protect our rich natural heritage from global warming."
Critics say they don't believe humans have anything to do with the gradual warming of the Earth.
"The whole idea that global warming causes extinctions is really quite nonsensical," said Robert Ferguson, executive director of the Washington-D.C.-based Center for Science & Public Policy, affiliated with Frontiers of Freedom, a think tank created by former Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo.
"Species go extinct for an awful lot of reasons. We've had periods in the past where temperatures were higher than they are today," Ferguson said.
"The `Dust Bowl' in the American West and Southwest exceeded things we have today for a very very long time. So if warming affects them, these (pikas) should all be extinct already," he said.
Beever said most alpine animals are expected to adapt to rising temperatures by seeking higher elevations or migrating farther north.
But the pikas live essentially on high-elevation "islands" and face great risks when attempting to migrate across lower elevation valleys. One-half mile is a long distance for a pika to travel in a lifetime, he said.
The loss of local populations of pikas is especially troubling because most local extinctions of animals are driven by loss of habitat, Beever said.
"We've had no change in habitat and yet we are seeing all these losses of pikas," he said.
He said he's now documented five different mountain ranges across the Great Basin where historic populations have been lost at the lower elevations, but remain in the same ranges at higher elevations.
Those that have gone extinct the past decade, Beever said, include sites in southeast Oregon in the Steens and Warner mountain ranges, sites in northwest Nevada near Summit Lake south of the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge and in the Pine Forest mountain range south of Denio, and sites in central Nevada in the Desatoya range west of Austin.
Beever said he returns at least twice to confirm a population is missing at spots he documented them before. The pikas signal call makes their presence easier to determine than with many animals, he said.
"One of the nice things about pikas," he said, "if they are there, you'll know it."
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Animals and people
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Animals and People. Archaeozoological Papers in Honour of Ina Plug. By Shaw Badenhorst, Peter Mitchell and Jonathan C. Driver (eds). Pp. 228. BAR International, Oxford Series 1849, £36.00. ISBN 978 1 4073 0336 9. 2008.
Shaw Badenhorst et al.'s tribute to Ina Plug is a rather unsatisfying volume, though full of data, very well produced and a great technical improvement on the BAR series of the past. Compiling festschriften is always a difficult task; not only does one need a basis for choosing contributors but also one must organise the papers so as to create order among essentially disparate subjects. Although this collection may reflect Ina Pug's wide-ranging interests, as the editors claim, the volume lacks coherence and fails to provide a clear picture of how her interests dovetail, as surely they must. It gives the impression of having received insufficient thought as to both its target readership and its geographical and scientific coverage.
It is noticeable, for instance, that neither the preface nor Shaw Badenhorst's tribute includes a definition of the term archaeozoology or zooarchaeology. This is an omissionwhether the book is aimed at a broad audience or at archaeozoologistsbecause archaeozoology, as Terry O'Connor discusses later in the volume, means different things to different people. A definition would also have helped provide a framework for organising the book and constraining its content. On balance, it would appear that the collection is aimed at professionals, not only because of the lack of a definition but also because so many of the papers are primary studies rather than the overviews of fields of study that one frequently finds in festschriften. Possible exceptions are Karin Scott's paper on archaeozoology at the Transvaal Museum and O'Connor's on zooarchaeology (there is no consistency in the use of the two terms in this publication) in southern Africa, which seem curiously out of place in a volume aimed at professionals. Both, while interesting, are written in a style one would have expected in a more general publication. There is also some confusion as to the geographical coverage by the book. Ina Plug has worked mainly in southern Africa, which many of the papers cover, so it is rather unexpected to see papers on the Sahelian ichthyofauna and fishing in the Senegal River. Even if one expands coverage to sub-Saharan Africa, the paper by C.S. Churcher on shrews from Egypt is geographically out of place.
This said, the papers can perhaps be best characterised as providing a series of snapshots of the types of information that bones from archaeological sites can provide. This is where the issue of the meaning of archaeozoology becomes important. Archaeozoology, as conventionally understood, refers to the study of human and animal interactions (see the title) during perhaps the last 2 000 years or so, at least in southern Africa. Many of the papers in this book fall into such a category. An example is the paper by Yusuf Juwayeyi on human and animal interactions at Malowa Rockshelter in the Shire Highlands of Malawi. Particularly intriguing is his suggestion that humans caught and ate the micromammals whose remains were found in the site but this interesting hypothesis needs testing in more detail and with greater rigour, particularly as this is a unique observation. Papers that are essentially archaeological studies with a basis in archaeozoological information include Andrew Smith's synthesis of early herder movements. This is part of such a long-running academic discourse (argument?) with Karim Sadr that one is surprised it is still going. Beyond the evidence for sheep in the sites on which this study is based, one would hardly consider this an archaeozoological paper.
Other papers stray out of expected archaeozoological realms and time frames. For instance, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and the Upper Pleistocene between 60 000 and 37 000 years ago are not generally considered to fall within the ambit of the sub-discipline but the paper by Lyn Wadley et al. on Sibudu environments does just this. This paper is also rather instructive in illustrating what could be called the parallel evolution of several sub-disciplines. There are different ways of determining the number of individuals represented; here they are referred to as 'quantified specimens' where one finds 'minimum numbers of individuals' in other publications. There is no taphonomic analysis of the biases affecting the faunal samples such as is considered essential in other branches of faunal interpretation. All in all, one could wish for evidence of cross-pollination among all sub-sectors of palaeozoological analysis so other faunal analysts may find it instructive to dip into this book to see if they can pick up any tips from the archaeologists.


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Happy Tuesday!
I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but where I work administration is moving off-site.
And where we are moving we are going to be getting our own offices.
I use to share an office with the executive assistant, but now we are both getting our own offices. So I am really excited about it. Not only because I'm getting my own office, but because I am able to decorate it! :)
I was in the process of moving into it today, and more tomorrow, so I had a really good day.
Anyway, over the weekend I went to Ulta with my best friend. I just wanted to look around and see if there was anything good or new. I haven't been to one in a while so it was nice to look around.
My best friend told me about some lippies she uses.
So I decided to try them out and some other ones that were new.
I never really use lipstick but I want to start.
So here's what I purchased.
This smells like watermelon and has a red tint to it.
This is the one my best friend recommended.
This is a new color by CoverGirl. It's a jumbo gloss balm in Watermlon Twist.
I must of been in a watermelon phase.
Once I use these I will post photos. Either here or on my instagram {vzaleski}
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Thanks for the offer, Monsta. I'll let you know if it comes to thatMonsta wrote:I can upload those 12M of files to some file hosting service if you need them.squeezy wrote:One of you guys wouldn't want to make your compiled .deb available, would you?
Well, this sounds pretty much like what I wanted to do so I'm going to give it a try. BTW, could you get lightdm-qt-greeter from snapshots.debian.org and install it manually before installing lightdm? I checked and it's available there. I think I'll try that out.Well, since I've had a little free time, I've installed minimal Wheezy in my Virtualbox (got netinst image from this page) and built Razor-qt in it.


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This afternoon my Niece and great-Niece came over for tea. I had some things to give my Niece, so that was a great excuse for a visit :)
Here is my adorable great-Niece:
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As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods -- merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by American hands. Yes there is!
It's time to think outside the box, people. Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirt box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper?
Everyone -- yes EVERYONE gets their hair cut. How about gift certificates from your local American hair salon or barber?
Gym membership? It's appropriate for all ages who are thinking about some health improvement.
Who wouldn't appreciate getting their car detailed? Small, American owned detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift certificate or a book of gift certificates.
Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of plonking down the dollars on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift receiver would like his driveway sealed, or lawn mowed for the summer, or driveway plowed all winter, or games at the local golf course.
There are a bazillion owner-run restaurants -- all offering gift certificates. And, if your intended isn't the fancy eatery sort, what about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint. Remember, folks this isn't about big National chains -- this is about supporting your home town Americans with their financial lives on the line to keep their doors open.
How many people couldn't use an oil change for their car, truck or motorcycle, done at a shop run by the American working guy?
Thinking about a heartfelt gift for mom? Mom would LOVE the services of a local cleaning lady for a day.
My computer could use a tune-up, and I KNOW I can find some young guy who is struggling to get his repair business up and running.
OK, you were looking for something more personal. Local crafts people spin their own wool and knit them into scarves. They make jewelry, and pottery and beautiful wooden boxes.
Plan your holiday outings at local, owner operated restaurants and leave your server a nice tip. And, how about going out to see a play or ballet at your hometown theatre.
Musicians need love too, so find a venue showcasing local bands.
Honestly, people, do you REALLY need to buy another ten thousand Chinese lights for the house? When you buy a five dollar string of light, about fifty cents stays in the community. If you have those kinds of bucks to burn, leave the mailman, trash guy or babysitter a nice BIG tip.
You see, Christmas is no longer about draining American pockets so that China can build another glittering city. Christmas is now about caring about US, encouraging American small businesses to keep plugging away to follow their dreams. And, when we care about other Americans, we care about our communities, and the benefits come back to us in ways we couldn't imagine. THIS is the new American Christmas tradition.
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Someone has written these beautiful words. Please read - there is a great understanding and deep meaning to each one.
They are like the ten commandments to follow in life all the time.
1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble,
but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.
2] Why is a car's WINDSHIELD so large & the rear view mirror so
small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, look
ahead and move on.
3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes a few seconds to burn, but it
takes years to write.
4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they
will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last
long either.
5] Old friends are Gold! New friends are diamonds! If you get a
diamond, don't forget the gold! Because to hold a diamond, you always
need a base of gold!
6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from
above and says, "Relax, my friend, it's just a bend, not the end!
7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities;
when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than
losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and
sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has
prayed for you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.
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Renovation of the sewage treatment plant to permit reliable wastewater treatment in the tourist area for vacation season.
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The eastern part of the Plauer See is characterised by tourism. As a result, the volume of wastewater triples during vacation season. The sewage treatment plant no longer reflected the state of the art and had insufficient capacity. The mechanically pretreated wastewater must be mixed with air to ensure nitrification and subsequent denitrification.
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The peculiar feature of the "May 2015" revision of WiFiChron board is that it was designed to use software serial to communicate with either the XBee or ESP module. The reason is related to debugging. I wanted to be able to send messages to the serial monitor while (software serially) communicating with the serial device. This solution works well for XBee (GPSBee, BTBee), but not for ESP8266, only because the software takes more than the available 2K of RAM in this case (WiFi + software serial).
The immediate fix to use the ESP module is to connect its Rx/Tx lines to Rx/Tx of the processor. The existing connections can be left uncut, since they are not used in the sketch for ESP8266. The wiring should be like in the photo below.
The "permanent" fix would be re-designing the board to use ATmega1284 SMD (DIP-40 would not fit).
Talking about 1284, take a look at Farit's WiseClock4 mod. He used the WiseClock4 board, but completely re-wrote the software, including, it seems, the definition of new fonts. The SD card is now used for storing MIDI files (among others) that can play tunes through the Fluxamasynth shield.
A few of the other hardware and software features are:
- WiFi access to the internet through WiFly module;
- accurate time keeping through NTP;
- display weather forecast read from the web;
- daily alarms;
- automatic adjustment of the display brightness with light sensor;
- user-selectable display color.
And a photo of the internals, with the extra hardware:
Farit also shared the software he wrote, hopefully an inspiration for future mods.


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Boys and girls, it is my profound disappointment to present you with the Worst Supporting Actress Nominees for 2012. These were the ladies that weren't the leads in their films, but they made you say "Egads!" anyways. The Worst Supporting Actresses of 2012.
Click through to see the offenders!
Jessica Biel
"Total Recall"
It's not as if Rachel Ticotin left huge shoes to fill, but Jessica Biel's Melina is certain to make audiences pine for the original. Or anyone else, for that matter. Stiff and inexpressive, Biel's performance here is one of the big reasons that "Total Recall" came up lame. If Earth's future depends on her as a revolutionary, we're all in trouble. At least she fit right in with all the cheap, phony looking CGI.
Chelsea Handler
"This Means War"
Handler plays the obnoxious, crude, sex-obsessed confidant to Reese Witherspoon in this year's critically panned "This Means War". I didn't hate it as much as most, but she nearly single-handedly derailed it for me. Crude, lewd and obnoxious, Handler grated on my nerves each and every second she was onscreen. I honestly hope to never see her in a movie ever again. Seriously.
Dolly Parton
"Joyful Noise"
It's not a good sign when you have to acknowledge your plastic surgeries via humor in your movie, lets start there. But aside from that, Dolly was just asked to show up and be "Aw Shucks" Dolly. There was no "acting" involved, she was just the country spun matriarch with down home advice for folks. She gets to sing and act sassy, and… be Dolly. Thing is, who's looking forward to seeing that nowadays?
Rihanna's casting fits right in to "Battleship"'s strategy of success through stupidity. She's completely out of place as a naval weapons specialist, and further, they have her man enormous weapons that look as if they would knock her on her ass. As a result, every moment she's onscreen comes across as laughable. Silly. Of course, everything else in "Battleship" was ludicrous, too, so in that regard, having her be the weapons expert works.
Sigourney Weaver
"The Cold Light of Day"
Weaver thinks a smirk is enough to qualify as "evil" in this bland collection of clichés. I almost wonder if she and Willis made a bet to see who could exert themselves the least in the course of their performances. In spite of having the larger role, I think Weaver compensates nicely by condescending the material a little more. Her performance is stale, uninspired and lifeless, much like the movie itself.
There they are, folks. The lackluster ladies of 2012!
What do YOU think? Any of these ladies unworthy of the this particular dishonor? Are there any that you were hoping to see, but I left off?
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Molly's Slow Cooker Chicken
- (2-3) Chicken Breasts
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- Place chicken in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, stir together soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and tomato sauce. Pour sauce over chicken.
- Cover, and cook on Low heat 8 hours or High Heat 4 hours. (I like to do high heat for 4 hours)
** To do the "freezer method" I put the chicken breasts & sauce in a foodsaver bag (or ziploc bag) and froze. The night before I was going to make this I took it out of the freezer and let it thaw in the fridge. Place in slow cooker and follow instructions above #2.


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Where does the time go???
When I first started this blog, my sweet little niece was this small.
And now she's totally THIS tall.
I can hardly believe it. She'll be a teenager in the morning and I can't even wrap my head around how much time has gone by and how quickly she's grown into a such a smart, beautiful young lady.
When I first started baking, she was by my side a bunch.
And she was my inspiration more than she knows. I loved making cakes from her drawings or just watching her excitement when she decorated desserts. I loved that she loved just even cracking the eggs. Something so simple and yet so, so sweet. Oh and these chocolate pudding cup bowls we made? Still one of my favorite memories. Oh, my gosh… We've had so much fun over the years!
And this weekend we had a little bit more.
She came over Saturday, which meant we totally needed chocolate cake to celebrate her last couple of days of being 12.
This is a quick and easy cake I used to make when she was little.
It's full of mini chocolate chips and major yum!
She made the chocolate buttercream frosting, covered the cake and decorated it.
And then we ate it. Like you do. Especially when the cake tells you to.
Seriously, so good!
I love how her sprinkles coordinate with this crazy cute cake plate. Just so happy and fun! And, I already can't wait for the next time we bake together!
Double Chocolate Fudge Cake
- 16.25 oz dark chocolate cake mix
- 3.8 oz package instant chocolate pudding
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans (2 inches tall)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except chocolate chips. Mix on medium speed for two minutes. Increase speed and mix for 3 minutes more.
- Stir in chips and spread into pans. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until done (when a toothpick inserted comes out clean).
- For the frosting: Beat 1 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. Sift together 1 lb confectioner's sugar and 1/2 cup cocoa. Slowly add sugar to creamed butter blending until completely combined. Add milk a teaspoon at a time until smooth and creamy.
Hope you enjoy. We sure did!


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Demonology is most important in religions with a dualistic division of the universe into a world of good and evil (for example, Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism). In later religions that experienced the influence of Zoroastrianism (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) demonology also became an important part of doctrinal belief.


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As it's Children in need day tomorrow I thought I'd show you how I created a print onto a child's t-shirt for 'show your spots day' at my sons school to raise money.
You can apply this technique to any design of course. This tutorial will be useful to you if you've had trouble getting fabric pens or paint to apply neatly and without the t-shirt fabric moving around on you! I've included some step-by-step pictures to help.
Materials needed
- A design you wish to apply to the T-shirt printed onto copy paper (Design used in this project is a free colouring page here)
- Large piece of card (Large cereal box will do)
- Repositional spray adhesive
- Fabric Pens (I used Dylon Broad Nib in Black)
- Fabric Paint/Dye ink (I used decolourant plus)
- Iron
- Hairdryer (if you don't want to wait for it to dry)
- T-shirt (I used plain white but use any colour suitable for your paint and pens)
- Circle foam sponge
Spray repositional adhesive to both sides of card and design paper. Position both of these in between the layers of your t-shirt so you can see the design clearly. This may be more difficult with darker fabrics. Smooth out as pictured on both sides of the shirt. Take time to make sure all parts of your design are stuck to the shirt. As this is key to getting a neat finish.
Use your fabric pens to complete the design.
Once you've finished tracing your design. Double check you haven't missed any areas.
To fix the design follow the steps given to you on your chosen pen. For mine I simply had to iron to fix the design. Leave the cardboard in place to stop bleed-through of the paint
To achieve this particular design, use a round ended sponge. You can cut one out of dense foam. Dab the sponge shape into the paint a few times to get an even coverage. Don't over load as this with cause the bleeding of the shape. As this is a circle I was able to a give slight twist to the application and it gave me a nice smooth finish to the edge. You may want to practice this on some spare, similar type fabric first.
Apply one colour at a time front and back, using the hairdryer to dry out each set of spots before turning your t-shirt over. You'll know when Decolourant is dry as it goes slightly rough like paint texture. (Note: once washed, the texture will be washed out and will be left with a non textured, dyed finish, unlike a typical fabric paint)
Decolourant plus requires ironing to fix the dye/paint. Wash your clothing according to guidelines on the clothing and for the paint used.
WahLaa! Your finished, it really didn't take that long huh?!
Use these t-shirts to help raise money for Children in need.
I hope you found this useful, Thanks for checking out my blog.


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Great Place to Work woman leadership award honors female executive from analytics firm SAS
On the eve of the 107th International Women's Day, SAS' Oita Coleman was honored with a Great Place to Work® For All™ Leadership Award. As Vice President of Research and Development, Coleman plays a critical role in driving SAS' strategic growth and business goals. She has created a high-trust culture within her department that resonates throughout the company.
"One of the hallmarks of Oita's leadership and impact on SAS success and growth has been her devotion to continuous improvement," said Stuart Nisbet, SAS Head of Research and Development. "She invests incredible energy and time not only into our products but also nurturing individual contributors and teams. Put simply, Oita Coleman helps make SAS a better place to work."
Coleman has led the SAS quality testing organization for many years to ever-increasing standards of achievement and this commitment to excellence helped make 2017 SAS' most productive year in terms of product delivery. As a testament to her belief in the value of cultivating future talent, Coleman participates in many student recruitment and mentorship programs at the high school and collegiate level as well as actively serving on the North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees.
"We are excited to celebrate the achievements of some of the top women leaders at America's greatest companies," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "Companies like SAS are leading the conversation in workplace equality and are demonstrating to corporate America on how to become more diverse, more innovative, and great places to work for all."
Consistently recognized for its employee-centric culture, SAS help set the standard for creating a workplace where people feel valued and motivated. SAS actively develops and engages women within the company, offering training, consultation, mentoring and networking opportunities that address the needs of women in the workplace. In addition to the multitude of training and development opportunities that help support them at work, SAS provides a wealth of widely recognized campus benefits to help employees maintain work/life balance.
Currently ranked No. 3 among the World's Best Multinational Workplaces, SAS is also considered a best workplace for diversity and inclusivity, gender equity, millennials, recent grads and IT professionals. Most recently, SAS was ranked as a best workplace in technology and for giving back.
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This article, by Ross Sinclair of the SSC Megapode Specialist Group first appeared in issue 37 of Species, the SSC newsletter.
The coup in 1999 and subsequent economic collapse in the Solomon Islands has resulted in the islanders being even more dependent on their natural resources for sustenance and cash. Nowhere is this more true than on Simbo Island, where local people derive most of their cash income from the sale of eggs of the Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita), locally called Lape.
Over 180,000 eggs were harvested in 1998 alone. According to Simbo Islanders, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the number of birds on the island and the harvest of eggs declined dramatically. Unfortunately, it appears a similar fate is befalling almost all nesting fields of colonial-laying megapodes, many of which are now abandoned.
Simbo islander cooking the eggs of the Melanesian megapode in a volcanic vent close to the nesting field on Simbo Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands. Photo by Ross SinclairBecause of their dependence on megapode eggs and their concern about the declining harvest, in the early 1990s, Simbo Islanders introduced a management plan that included a ban on harvesting eggs for two months each year. This plan was based on a paucity of data on megapode breeding biology and the harvest continued to decline throughout the 1990s. In 1997 the Simbo Island Megapode Management Committee formed a partnership with WWF Solomon Islands and the IUCN Species Survival Commission Megapode Specialist Group to conduct research into ways to better manage harvests of megapode eggs. The use of hatcheries and extending the closed season where tested, among other measures, over 18 months of participatory research. One interesting result was learning the average incubation period of eggs is longer than the closed season! As a result, the Simbo Island community revised its management plan in 1999, including extending the closed season to three months.
Since the introduction of the new management plan, Simbo Islanders believe there are now more megapodes on the island, although the theft of eggs and predation of hatchlings by feral cats and dogs remain problems. WWF and the Megapode Specialist Group are continuing to work with Simbo Islanders to help them address these problems and achieve their stated aim of having "Lape Forever".
For more information contact:
Ross Sinclair, IUCN/SSC Megapode Specialist Group
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