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It took just a couple shifts Saturday night in Montreal for Bruins coach Claude Julien to move Tyler Seguin from center back to wing.
Seguin says he wasn't surprised the switch was made.
"Well, it wasn't working," said Seguin, who might skate on Chris Kelly's right wing Monday night at TD Garden against Carolina. "We were out there for the first goal there [Saturday]. It just wasn't working in our own zone; we were kind of running around a bit. I can't say I was shocked that it changed."
Julien had mentioned there were some mistakes Seguin made while playing center between Brad Marchand and Jaromir Jagr in a 1-0 win Thursday against New Jersey. Once it was evident the Canadiens were going to be able to take advantage of Seguin's line, the switch came. While Jagr shifted to a line with Gregory Campbell and Daniel Paille, Rich Peverley stepped in between Marchand and Seguin.
"He couldn't have gone against a worse team that's really good down low, a Montreal team," Julien said. "The change was made for the right reasons and it wasn't pointing the finger at him more than it was that we needed some experienced guys down the middle."
For practice Sunday, Campbell moved between Marchand and Jagr with Seguin on the third line with Kelly and Paille – a combination we could see against the Hurricanes.
"I think we're mixing things up and I've played third line before, I guess my first year, not so much last year," Seguin said. "I'm just going to go out there, obviously [Kelly] is a good player to play with as well."
Seguin had said that he was expecting to need adjustment time after making the move from center in the OHL to pretty much a full-time winger in the NHL. Unfortunately, the NHL schedule doesn't allow for a lot of on-the-job-training with just 14 games left in the season.
"Of course, I figured it would take a little while. I wasn't expecting to snap back into it right away," Seguin said. "Obviously, that would've been nice but I knew it was going to take a bit to adjust. And I think when you're going into a game like Montreal, you know it's a big game, I guess there isn't any time for adjustments, you've just got to go out there and do it. So I wasn't doing it."
Seguin wouldn't rule out a shift back to his natural position in the future, just not during a stretch run of a shortened NHL season.


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March 14, 1921 - April 17, 2013
Goshen, NY
Mildred Mae Gorish Houghtaling, 92, of Goshen, entered into rest on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Valley View Center for Nursing Care & Rehab, Goshen, NY.
Mildred was born March 14, 1921 in Goshen, NY, the daughter of John and Blanche (Warren) Gorish. She was the widow of Charles A. Houghtaling.
Mildred was a graduate of Goshen High School with a Regents diploma. Mom was the supreme homemaker, a great cook, she was well known for her apple pies and she loved working in the garden.
Mildred is survived by her children: Judith A. Faurot and husband, Randall of Florida, NY, David N. Houghtaling and wife, Ruth of Everett, WA and Charles A. Houghtaling of Deerfield Beach, FL; four grandchildren: Mary Rowland, Scott Houghtaling, Kristi Houghtaling and Jeff Houghtaling; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles and her grandson, Eric Houghtaling.
A Memorial Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 23rd, at 12 p.m. at the Donovan Funeral Home, Inc., 82 South Church Street, Goshen, NY, with the Service at 1 p.m., with Pastor Michael Otte. Burial will follow in the Orange County Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Craigville Road, Goshen, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mildred's name to Orange County Office for the Aging, Meals-on-Wheels, 30 Matthews Street, Suite 201, Goshen, NY 10924 or a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements are under the care of the Donovan Funeral Home, Inc., Goshen, NY; to leave the family a personal condolence, please visit www.donovanfunerals.com


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sylvertech wrote:I am sixteen years old.
I am already fluent in both Arabic and English, as I was born in Lebanon.
It is amazing how I have not picked up French as well.
I never really read Arabic texts much, but that might change because I just noticed that not many people know Arabic.
It would be shame to forget that.
After noticing that I have been swallowing (English) paranormal romance novels like a vacuum,
Sherrilyn Kenyon kept creating Greek and Latin characters,
and that I want to pump my SAT scores, I decided to give Latin a go.
I plan to start learning Latin after three weeks, as my finals would be over and the summer vacation will have started.
I'll start with Greek next summer.
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Suleiman played for Al Whatba of Homs and was caught in an explosion just outide the team's hotel as they were about to head to training at the Tishrin stadium.
The 19-year-old died from his injuries in hospital and the Fifa president, like many others, has expressed his sorrow at what is a truly tragic event.
"I was very shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic incident on Wednesday that claimed the life of a Syrian football player and left four other people wounded," Blatter wrote, in an open letter to the nation's Football Association president Salah Edeen Ramadan.
"Both personally, and on behalf of Fifa and the worldwide football community, I wish to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the young footballer, to you and to everyone at the Syrian Football Association."
"The football community stands by their side at this time of sorrow. I hope that the other four wounded people are in a stable condition and wish them much strength and courage and a speedy recovery. My thoughts are also with them and their families."


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GRAMMY Rewind: 5th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Music's Biggest Night, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, will air live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
In the weeks leading up to the telecast, we will take a stroll down music memory lane with GRAMMY Rewind, highlighting the "big four" categories — Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist — from past awards shows. In the process, we'll examine the winners and the nominees who just missed taking home a GRAMMY, while also shining a light on the artists' careers and the eras in which the recordings were born.
Join us as we take an abbreviated journey through the trajectory of pop music from the 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 1959 to last year's 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.
5th Annual GRAMMY Awards
May 15, 1963
Album Of The Year
Winner: Vaughn Meader, The First Family
Tony Bennett, I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Ray Charles, Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music
Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd, Jazz Samba
Allan Sherman, My Son, The Folk Singer
For the only time in GRAMMY history, two comedy recordings were among the Album Of The Year nominees. Meader won the award (and a second award for Best Comedy Performance) for his best-seller, The First Family, which tweaked President Kennedy and his family. (Kennedy would be assassinated a little more than six months later.) Sherman was nominated for his debut album, My Son, The Folk Singer, which kicked off a series of hit albums, including My Son, The Celebrity and My Son, The Nut. Charles was nominated for the second time in three years for his genre-bridging Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music. The album spawned the Top 5 hits "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "You Don't Know Me." Tenor sax player Getz and guitarist Byrd were nominated for their instrumental album, Jazz Samba, which spawned the No. 1 hit "Desafinado." Bennett rounded out the category with I Left My Heart In San Francisco, which was built around his hit title song. (Three of the "losing" nominees would go on to win in this category in the future. Getz won in 1964 for Getz/Gilberto; Bennett in 1994 for MTV Unplugged; and Charles, posthumously, in 2004 for Genius Loves Company.)
Record Of The Year
Winner: Tony Bennett, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
Ray Charles, "I Can't Stop Loving You"
Nat "King" Cole, "Ramblin' Rose"
Sammy Davis Jr., "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd, "Desafinado"
Joe Harnell And His Orchestra, "Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova"
Bennett had bigger hits than "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," but the elegant ballad quickly became his signature song. Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" was the biggest hit from his groundbreaking album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music. It was his second Record Of The Year nomination in three years, following "Georgia On My Mind." Davis was nominated for "What Kind Of Fool Am I," which Anthony Newley had introduced in the musical "Stop The World — I Want To Get Off." Cole was nominated for the warm "Ramblin' Rose," one of his last big hits before his untimely death in 1965. Two bossa nova-style instrumental hits rounded out the category: Getz and Byrd's "Desafinado" and Joe Harnell And His Orchestra's "Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova." (Three of the "losing" nominees won in other categories. Charles won for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording; Getz for Best Jazz Performance — Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental); and Harnell for Best Performance By An Orchestra — For Dancing.)
Song Of The Year
Winner: Sammy Davis Jr. and also Anthony Newley, "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
Shirley Bassey and by Della Reese, "As Long As He Needs Me"
Tony Bennett, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
Peggy Lee, "The Sweetest Sounds"
Sandy Stewart, "My Coloring Book"
For the first time in GRAMMY history, three of the Song Of The Year finalists originated in stage musicals. Newley introduced "What Kind Of Fool Am I" (which he co-wrote with Leslie Bricusse) in "Stop The World — I Want To Get Off." Georgia Brown sang "As Long As He Needs Me" (written by Lionel Bart) in "Oliver!" Diahann Carroll introduced "The Sweetest Sounds" (written by Richard Rodgers) in "No Strings." All three of these songs were subsequently covered by other artists. Davis had a big hit with "What Kind Of Fool Am I." Bassey and Reese also recorded "As Long As He Needs Me." (Davis also had a hit with it, with the title amended to "As Long As She Needs Me.") Lee was among the other artists who recorded "The Sweetest Sounds." Stewart and Kitty Kallen both had big hits with "My Coloring Book" (written by Fred Ebb and John Kander). Bennett had a classic hit with "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (written by George Cory and Douglass Cross).
Best New Artist
Winner: Robert Goulet
The Four Seasons
Vaughn Meader
The New Christy Minstrels
Peter, Paul & Mary
Allan Sherman
Despite their Album Of The Year nominations (and chart-topping albums), comics Meader and Sherman proved no match for Goulet, who had soared to stardom in 1960 as Sir Lancelot in "Camelot." Goulet also had a string of hit albums starting in 1962. Peter, Paul & Mary and the New Christy Minstrels were at the forefront of the folk music boom. Peter, Paul And Mary hit the Top 10 in 1962 with "If I Had A Hammer," which was written by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger. The New Christy Minstrels charted with Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Both acts won GRAMMYs. Peter, Paul And Mary won for Best Folk Recording and Best Performance By A Vocal Group. The New Christy Minstrels won for Best Performance By A Chorus. The Four Seasons reached No. 1 with their first three pop hits, "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Walk Like A Man." The musical "Jersey Boys," which told their story in song, opened on Broadway in 2005.
Come back to GRAMMY.com Jan. 9 as we revisit the 10th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Meanwhile, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Facebook and Twitter for updates and breaking GRAMMY news.
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Anti-Choicer Threatened to Blow Up Doctor's Car, Now Countersuing Because 'God Told Her to Do It'
When Angel Dillard was arrested for sending threatening letters to Dr. Mila Means, her original defense was that it wasn't a "true threat." She wasn't really going to put a bomb under the doctor's car, her lawyer argued, so it shouldn't count.
But now Dillard is taking a new approach. She is counter-suing and now claims God was speaking to her.
Dillard responded with a lawsuit saying the government's suit violates her freedom of speech and religion. Government lawyers have criticized her arguments and asked the court to dismiss her counterclaim. Her attorney asked the court Friday allow her to amend her lawsuit to address "any pleading defects" and support its allegations.
"Angel Dillard believed she was inspired by God to send a letter to Dr. Means in an attempt to convince her not to pursue her plan to abort babies in Wichita," attorney Donald McKinney said. "Angel Dillard wrote the letter quickly, in a matter of minutes, and believed that her message was divinely inspired."
It's the next logical step in her argument that the letter was covered under free speech and freedom of religion, a defense that has already managed to make headway with state judges.
If all it takes to defend threats is to say God told you to do it, we're likely to see clinic violence increase even more.


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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
I can finally talk about my Apple Microwave
I was selected to preview the new Apple Microwave. Let me tell you - this is no ordinary appliance. Apple has integrated components from their computer platform such as Bluetooth, network access, pinhole cameras and a range of other sensors. The Apple Microwave is so easily integrated with their other products, you can actually use it with your iPhone (as long as you're within Bluetooth range).
How it works:
The Apple microwave has a small pinhole camera which transmits images on Bluetooth. These can be picked up with a standard iPhone or iPod as well as any Mac laptop that is Bluetooth enabled. The Microwave also has sensors that probe the surface temperature of the dish you are cooking and even track it as the food turns on the turnstyle. The images are overlayered with temperature readings.
- In Canada (and most of the rest of the world) we use Celsius. The current model I tested only had Fahrenheit. I am sure this will be fixed in the next release. See image below. The number in the top left-hand corner is the timer showing 33 seconds left.
- There is a delay in transmitting images to the iPhone (I haven't tested any other BT device). Note that in the photo below, the rotation of the food shown on the iPhone is about 2.5 seconds behind the rotation of the food on the turnstyle. The rotation in this case is going clockwise.
- I would also like to see network connectivity to monitor thawing food from other rooms in my house.
I love it. I haven't been asked to give it back yet and I would not want to. Apple is supposed to open up their beta program later this week. Keep your eye on the following URL where you will be able to apply. I am not sure how much the final consumer pricing will be.
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I played with one of these a while ago, the multi-touch UI is incredible.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to get started on my own UI!
unbef$&@%$lievable! seriously! HAVE to get one!ReplyDelete
It would never have this many buttons if it was an Apple product.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 Apr 2009, 10:22:00
I love the way I can use two fingers from my iPhone to "pinch" the portion size small or larger.ReplyDelete
I was a beta-tester too, but I didn't like the way it tries to guess what food you're putting into it. A smart appliance can be too smart! I put a TV chicken dinner in it, and it tried to defrost "frozen vegetables". Ridiculous, this product doesn't meet with my approval!ReplyDelete
The PC version is definitely cheaper but some people using it apparently liked all the extra buttons.ReplyDelete
Where the heck is the developer SDK? Will there be an App Store? Will iTunes start delivering frozen meatloaf dinners?ReplyDelete
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Since I like quotes, I'm making this thread for them. They can or don't have to be from anime. They can be funny, serious, insightful, anything. But make sure it's good ^-^
"Move your busted ass vehicle off the road! Move, move, move, move, move! This is the LAPD we'll pop one in your ass! We got guns and stuff! - Miles Logan, Blue Streak
I love you coffee; You make me glow.
You make me smile, I love you so.
My nerves don't like you but what do they know?
If there is one thing gaming has taught us, it's that any large creature can be killed by an equally large and oversized sword. - From some dude on Gamefaqs xD
People who can see get to choose if you want them to know you can see. To pretend to be able to see, even when you can't or to pretend that you can't see, even when you can. - Akagi
Doing something I think.
I got 1
"This is just like a seasame seed. It gets stuck in your teeth one night while you are on a date with your girlfriend. After a wonderful evening you lean over to kiss her, but then the seed falls out into her mouth. It turns out shes alergic to seasame seeds. She falls out the door of your car and breaks her neck on the pavement just as the cops pass by. The send you to jail for 20 years, your weeping parents disown you, and your dog dies pining for you..... GAME OVER. - from some random gaming magazine ^^
Not really here but HEY
"You're thinking in Japanese! If you must think, do it in German!" - Asuka Langley Soryu (Evangelion)
"Stop making me repeat myself! Its bad for my health!" - Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing)
"Don't tell me he wants to conquer the world? Can't he come up with something more original?" - Lina Inverse (Slayers)
"And what's the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge." - Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
"*bursts into tears* I can't talk about it! It's so horrible! They were-- they were-- the milk! Oh God, the milk!" - Ken Hidaka (Wiess Kreuz)
"Survivability takes priority." - Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
"Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire." - Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
"The boy's screams excited me far more than yours." - Tomo (Fushigi Yugi)
"A drop from the moon dropped and disappeared into a room into my heart." - (Closing song) (All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku-Nuku)
"I just love the smell of C4 in the morning" - Ling Ling (3x3 eyes)
"I don't care about no artificial humans!" - Chichi (Dragon Ball Z)
"You're a GIRL?!" - Faye talking to Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
"Listen up numbskull, if Kasumi isn't back by dinnertime, we're gonna have to eat Akane's cooking, and if we do that, man oh man we're gonna wish we were lost at sea! " - Ranma (Ranma 1/2)
"No one's gonna take her from me...Akane's mine...and she's engaged to me!!!!!!" - Ranma (Ranma 1/2)
"Ranma, please. I like you just the way you are. Please don't fight anymore. I'm begging you" - Akane (Ranma 1/2)
"Panties, Panties, Panties" - Chii (Chobits)
"I consider your class of demon very worthy, worthy to fight, and worthy to die" - Yoko Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"So tell me, what's it like living in a constant haze of stupidity?" - Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"Do you think he knows it's a circle?" - Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"I know as much of games as hugs and puppies, and care for them even less." - Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"Does a death wish cause you to talk to me that way?" - Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"I don't like it! It smells girly!" - Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"Don't talk, it makes you sound stupid." - Yusuke (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"You try to sound like you think through things, when in fact you're not thinking at all." - Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"You're a team player, a save the day superhero. I hate people like you." - Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"Hiei, I can't accept this. I value our friendship and all we've been through but... I don't like you that way." - Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
"I'm...actually, I'm a super-magical human. I have been hiding this fact for a long time. But I have this precious kingdom to go back to. The reason why us super humans have long hair is that our great king Rubalru had a miracle vision when he was about to die. The person who gave him this vision is called Great Kandora! When Kandora used his super magic power, King Rulbaru's Super-Ultra-Magical-Force was freed like a bird and made him grow Ultra-Strong-Magical white long hair from his head! Just then, what happened was when King Rulbaru was resting, an emeny kingdom suddenly attacked him. He was in such a terrible situation! He thin asked Kandora for power! And then-!" - Ayame Sohma (Fruits Basket)
"Yesterday Kyou-kun picked up Tohru-kun! Kyou-kun is a sex fiend!!" - Shigure (Fruits Basket)
"Now I understand the relieved, I feel very situation..." - Sosuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic? FUMOFFU)
"Is there a need for a reason to kill someone?" - Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
"Good ol' Zenigata, the archetypal Japanese man. Totally devoted to his work." - Lupin III (Lupin III)
"Lupin! Don't you dare die before I get to arrest you!" - Inspector Zenigata (Lupin III)
"[About the Roman ruins.]
This is a treasure for all mankind. Too big for my pocket, anyway." - Lupin III (Lupin III)
"Pokemon isn't about tests, it's about battles! hahahahahaha!" - Ash Ketchum (Pokemon)
"Mankind has no time left." - Gendo Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
"The interaction of men and women isn't very logical." - Dr. Ritsuko Akagi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
"I musn't run away..." - Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
"I am the will of God, messenger of the divine punishment of Heaven" - Paladin Alexander Anderson (Hellsing)
"Now I'll show you how real vampires do battle!" - Alucard (Hellsing)
"Nothing amazing happens here" - Naota Nandaba (FLCL)
"Would you like to see my daughter? I have some pictures right here!" - Maes Hughes (Full Metal Alchemist)
"My right hand is the judgement of god!" - Scar (Full Metal Alchemist)
"Babies aren't born after just 5 months!" - Riza Hawkeye (Full Metal Alchemist)
"I will protect my ninja way!" - Rock Lee (Naruto)
"All the girls in Konoha are so hot these days." - Jiraiya (Naruto)
"It's a bad habit of mine. When I concentrate on one thing, I forget other important things." - Tsukushi (Hana Yori Dango)
"If you die, I'll kill you!" - Zoro (One Piece)
"Don't look back. If you got something to do, then only look forward." - Kurogane ( RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE)
"You made the rain bleed...you..." - Tomo (Samurai X)
"Who is this place? Where are you? Me am Excel!" - Excel (Excel Saga)
"That's life. Those are life. This is life. They're all lives." - Excel (Excel Saga)
"...well maybe Padro should show you a flashback instead." - Pedro (Excel Saga)
"Senior, do you suppose that this review episode is actually a way to relieve the tight production schedule for the staff?" - Hyatt (Excel Saga)
"Excel: You know, all together this class probably doesn't have an IQ of 100.
Hyatt: Or even double digits" (Excel Saga)
"Come on, scribbles on the bathroom wall, please show me the path that I must follow! " - Excel (Excel Saga)
"Please don't worry, Mister, I only came here to obliterate you- not rob you." - Excel (Excel Saga)
"Aren't we just a few lilies short of a shojo-ai?" - Excel referring to the scene (Excel Saga)
"I was only able to get back to being a real doctor by saving your life! I realized that human lives have equal value by saving you! Nobody has the right to take another's life! I've been living as a doctor with that engraved upon my heart for years!" - Dr. Kenzou Tenma (Monster)
"What a letdown, Kurosaki-san. A real letdown. After all, there's nothing but fear reflected in your sword. When you dodge, 'I'm afraid of getting cut.' When you attack, 'I'm afraid of cutting someone.' Even when you try to protect someone, 'I'm afraid of letting them die.' Yes, your sword speaks to me only of absurd fear. That's not it. What's necessary in a fight isn't fear. Nothing can be born from that. If you dodge, 'I won't let them cut me.' If you protect someone, 'I won't let them die.' If you attack, 'I'll cut them.' Well, can't you see the resolve to cut you reflected in my sword?" - Urahara Kisuke (Bleach)
"You know why big brothers are born first? To protect the little ones that come after them." - Ichigo (Bleach)
"How did I pass? She beat me like I owed her money. " - Ichigo (Bleach)
"We fear that which we cannot see... we respect that which we cannot see... thus the blade will be wielded." - opening words of the first episode (Bleach)
"If I have the power to make a differencen why not put it to good use?" - Kira Yamito (Gundam Seed)
"Murrue: That's sexual harassment, major.
Mwu: Wha? It is?" (Gundam Seed)
"I am Valentinez Alkalinelia Xifax Sicidabohertz Gumbigobillo Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovicci Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser. Don't hesitate to call." - Vash introducing himself to Wolfwood (Trigun)
"A man can't just live on carbohydrates alone..." - Spike Spegiel (Cowboy Bebop)
"Chrno, the map is upside-down." - Azmaria (Chrno Crusade)
"Azmaria is amazing. She's already learning how to kiss up to rich people at such an age..." - Rosette (Chrno Crusade)
"*gasp* "Chrno, what have you done...!?" - Rosette [To Chrno after he fell into Satella's chest] (Chrno Crusade)
"Love and Peace!" - Vash (Trigun)
"... if you let the fly live, the spider is going to die. You can't save both without one suffering.." - Knives (Trigun)
"That's some good advice. Maybe I should write that down, frame it, and stick it up on my wall." - Colonel Karl Lichen Schubaltz (Zoids Chaotic Century)
"Bansai, bathtoy, wise guy, waterboy, lights shine bright in the o-town tonight" - Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
" It must be the way you look, Vash the Stampede. Your very existence seems to cause me undue irritation.
" - Legato (Trigun)
" It's a simple formula. The greater the tragedy, the greater the emotional effect." - Legato (Trigun)
"And to think, I could kill every man, woman and child here in the blink of an eye if I wanted to. The power of death is intoxicating
" - Legato (Trigun)
" There is nothing left to believe in." - Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
"Give me the gift of nothingness, give me death." - Legato (Trigun)
" Why don't we drink to me and my reflection in your lovely eyes?" - Cowboy Andy (Cowboy Bebop)
"Where would you like to fall?" - Cyborg 002 ( Cyborg 009)
"DEEDILIIIIIT!!!!!" - Parn ( Record of Lodoss War)
"There is no such thing as a weapon that doesn't kill.." - Chise (Saishuu Heiki Kanojo)
"A sinner once passed away will never return, but sins will never vanish and the love will never die." - Les Soldats (Noir)
"On the day we left, we burned down the family home and all the familiar things inside. Because some memories... aren't meant to leave traces." - Alphonse Elric (Full-Metal Alchemist)
"My name is VASH THE STAMPEDE!! Forgive the lack of warning, but it's time for my daily massacre! If you do not believe I am the real thing, take a good look at me and start freaking out!!" - Vash (Trigun)
"Shining brightly, even for a split second, is better than living a dull-grey life for eternity." - Jing (King of Bandits Jing)
"The past is the past... and the future is the future. A man is a man, and a woman is a woman. I am who I am, and you are who you are. Like it really matters anyway....
" - Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
"There are three things I hate the most: Kids, pets, & women with additude. So tell me, why do we have all of them packed into our ship!?" - Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
"Thou Shalt not Kill! What the hell kind of a churchman are you!?" - Vash [talking to Wolfwood] (Trigun)
"Ed will introduce Ed. Full name - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th. Ed made up that name for Ed, isn't it cool?" - Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
"Faye faye smoke smoke, faye faye puff puff! Yay!" - Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
"Funny, funny smeeeelll." - Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
"I'm not going there to die. I'm going to find out if I'm really alive.
" - Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
"Total slaughter, total slaughter. I won't leave a single man alive. La dee da dee dide, genocide. La dee da dee dud, an ocean of blood. Let's begin the killing time." - Vash (Trigun)
"I think I know, I don't think I know, I don't think I think I know, I don't think I think." - Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
"Lesson #3 : If you see a stranger, Follow him" - Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
"There goes another self-destruct system to waste." - Trowa Burton (Gundam Wing)
"I wouldn't mind if you want to kill me, but I might struggle a bit" - Trowa Burton (Gundam Wing)
"Oh, man, Quatre loves to blame himself for everything if you let him. Sooner or later, he'll start saying that there's no air in space because he didn't work on it hard enough." - Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing)
"So my stupid student thinks he changed the secret of swordsmanship..." - Hiko Seijuro ( Rurouni Kenshin)
"I'm watching a dream I'll never wake up from.." - Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
"Kira Yamato : You're...you're a girl?!
Cagalli Yula Attha: Whatta ya think?
Kira Yamato : No, no it just reminded me again that you are a girl.
Cagalli Yula Attha: That amounts to the same thing jackass!" (Gundam Seed)
"You have to take the path you have to take." - Hibiki Tokai (Vandread)
"Ranma: Look at him standing there, little jerk, what's his problem getting a crush on Akane like that.
Akane: Ranma, I'm sorry. You did it for me.
Ranma: W-wha?
Akane: You destroyed that spring to save me.
Genma/Ryoga/Mousse: YOU WHAT?!?!?! " (Ranma 1/2)
"Commander Z: What's wrong with giving kids dreams?
Kotaro Nanbara: Those are dreams those are nightmares!
Commander Z: You yourself is good enough to give then nightmares!
Kotaro Nanbara: That's mine line to you!" ( Hand Maid May)
"Saehara: "Everyone, thanks for coming during the holiday. Now lets get to practicing!"
Student A: "Now that is just wrong."
Student B: "Please take that off."
Saehara: "What's with you guys. You don't have enough enthusiasm!" [Class reacting to the women clothing that Saehara is wearing for the play.]" (D.N. Angel)
"*points to Jet* "Don't give me that art of war crap! And you! *points to the other man* You take too long to take a sh*t"" - Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
" Someone once told me...that watching the birds made them want to go on a journey..." - Kino ( Kino's Journey (TV))
" Someone once told me...that watching the birds made them want to go on a journey..." - Texted Narrator (Kino's Journey (TV))
"You stupid hairy little stink'n... PANDA! PANDA! PANDA! PANDA!" - Eimi Ohba (Comic Party)
"Hey! Sameji, why don't we give Takkun a little preview of forbidden lesbian love?" - Haruko (FLCL)
"Tears of Sadness... Tears of Joy... They're far from the same." - Jing (King of Bandits Jing)
"We humans are just made to be greedy I guess. But there are some of us who can resist the greedy temptations and desires of our hearts." - Jing (King of Bandits Jing)
"Even without clocks, the sun will still rise." - Captain (King of Bandits Jing)
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Various Characters (Detective Conan)
"How could I forget? He's into dead girls!" - Kagome (Inuyasha)
"Unless I grip the sword, I can not protect you. While gripping the sword I can not embrace you." - Ichigo (Bleach)
""When it melts, what does snow become?"
"It becomes ... spring!"" (Fruits Basket)
"High School Girls!" - Kimura-sensei, on what made him become a teacher (Azumanga Daioh)
"Sometimes I see dirt, and I try to follow it with my eyes." - Osaka (Azumanga Daioh)
"42... 30... 31! Our marks add up to 103! We win!" - The Bonkuras (Osaka, Kagura, Tomo), upon seeing Chiyo getting 100 (full marks) in a test (Azumanga Daioh)
"Growls at painting, clutching it tightly* "Damn you! Let me inside of you!! LET ME INSIDE OF YOU!" - Dark (D.N. Angel)
"Ooh, Dark, that sounds so dirty! Talking to a woman that way! Unless...you're talking to me!! I don't mind at all!! Please, have your way with me! Come on, I'm ready and waiting!" - Toto (D.N. Angel)
"No matter where you are...
Everyone is always connected." - Lain (Serial Experiments Lain)
"There are three things I cannot tolerate: cowerdice, bad haircuts, and military insurrection, and it is very unfortunate that our friend Vegeta posseses all three of these." - Freeza (Dragon Ball Z)
"I am the worlds strongest Coffee Candy!" - Vegeku (Dragon Ball Z)
""Goku! I'd rather die than fuse with you!"
"But Vegeta, we're already dead!"
" - Goku and Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
" I think you managed to singe some of my leg hairs!" - Radditz (Dragon Ball Z)
"If you want to know the truth, you must have the courage to accept it." - Bear (.hack//sign)
"Tenjou Tenga Ichigeki Hissatsu Hou!! Energy charge 120%
translation: (Heaven and Earth One Shot Sure Kill Cannon)" - Ryusei Date (Super Robot War: Original Generation)
"I came to laugh at you!" - Chars Aznabal (Gundam)
"You cant beat me in close combat!" - Kyusuke Ninbu (Super Robot War: Original Generation)
"I am the sword who cleaves evil" - Zengar Zombolt (Super Robot War: Original Generation)
"LOL" - Tofucake (Crunchyroll)
Dude....>_> Do you like...keep quotes in your computer? o_O
Here's a classic.
Vegeta what does the scouter say about his power level?
What nine thousand, there's no way that can be right. CAN IT?
Sorry but I just really had to put that one in xD
The ends justify the means. Just go to hell for now, the goddess of luck is always lying in wait down there.
"Winning" occurs in reality. There is no way one can win without pursuing it in reality.
Impractical actions cause people to second-guess themselves. How can one deceive another without putting oneself at risk? When one controls the atmosphere, lies become truth.
The sand in the depths of hell is magical sand. Touching it will reverse fortune and one's own destruction. Like both sides of the same coin.
"Reason" won't work. I'll get stuck at the keyhole with "reason" alone. By trying to open the lock, you'd have to use force. If I had to call it something, it'd be the "force of coincidence". You're defenseless when things happen by accident. That key will turn with the help of coincidence.
Doing something I think.
Otaku Mod
A natually foreordained event. A state in which other outomes are impossible. A result which can only be obtained by a single cauality, and other causalities would necessarily create different results. -xxxholic
Chillin like a villian!
Whenever you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you will get it wrong.
Doing something I think.
"Boku wa Kira" - Yagami Light (Death Note)
tofucake wrote:
"Boku wa Kira" - Yagami Light (Death Note)
that's a quote?? translate it into english and it says.. i am kira.. LOL
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??
NO! i am death >_>
"success is not final,
failure is not fatal,
it is the courage to continue that counts.."
"Things aren't always what they seem... What you think is not exactly what you anticipated... "
"Giving up is the worst idea to pursue a dream.. "
"Little things should not be belittled."
(Got these quotes in my email)
(@tofucake: i thought kira means "killer" in english??)
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??
Got another 1...
"People laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at them because they are all the same.. scared to express who they truly are."
oh well, i can express my otakuness freely w/o caring what others say.. :P
other idiots at my school only care about popularity.. stupid polularity complex!! hehehe..
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??
"Hot head and Cold heart never solve a problem......"
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??
" There is no right way to do wrong things."
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??
"Without gripping the sword I can not protect you, while gripping the sword I can not embrace you."
i think this is from bleach.. i think..
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??
Whatever my
secrets are,
remember when
i entrust
them to you
they are
part of
I do have M.P.D.(multiple personality disorder) is that so wrong??


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ConnecTV, a mobile application designed to make TV viewing more social, is being relaunched with a focus on video sharing.
The reboot of the TV industry-backed venture illustrates the challenges that confront independent app developers in the age of Twitter and Facebook.
The Tuesday debut of the new version, which enables people to clip and share six-second highlights of a TV show or televised sporting event, comes in response to consumer disinterest in the initial version, which provided a bounty of information to supplement the viewing experience.
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"Two-thirds of people just wanted to engage with social media while they were watching TV," ConnecTV Chief Executive Ian Aaron said. "They didn't want to want to see additional content. They felt the additional content was a distraction."
Launched three years ago by two founders of TiVo Inc., ConnecTV attracted investments from 10 major television groups, including those owned by Gannett Co., Hearst Corp. and the E.W. Scripps Co.
The 2012 introduction of the app — which recognized the show airing on TV and delivered an ambitious number of features, including supplemental news and information about shows, "viewing parties" and opinion polls — was touted as the largest ever rollout of a social media platform for television.
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It was one of a flood of "second screen" applications that sought to capitalize on changing behavior in the living room, as a growing number of viewers watch shows with a smartphone or tablet at their fingertips. After attracting millions of dollars in funding, applications such as IntoNow, Shazam, GetGlue, NextGuide, Viggle and Zeebox have been vying for the attention of users.
But a wave of consolidation has begun. CBS has taken full ownership of TV Guide digital, while Dijit Media Inc., the parent of NextGuide, has acquired the Google-backed social TV venture Miso. A planned merger of Viggle and GetGlue fizzled this year, and GetGlue installed a seasoned digital media veteran, Evan Krauss, as company president.
Several television executives said these start-ups are being overshadowed by Facebook and Twitter, social media titans that have become the de facto water coolers for conversations about TV.
Indeed, measurement firm Nielsen recently struck a deal with Twitter to better understand how consumers use social media while watching TV and produces weekly ratings based on those conversations.
Hardie Tankersley, Fox's vice president of platforms and innovation, said that although second-screen applications have yet to become mainstream, early experiments, including one involving Shazam that enables users to cast votes during broadcasts of the singing competition show "The X Factor," indicate these digital offerings hold appeal.
"We've put some concepts in front of people, and they love them," Tankersley said. "If you give people something that's really fun to interact with, they'll do it."
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Guy Finley, executive director of the trade organization 2nd Screen Society, said the new ConnecTV app addresses a void in the market for TV viewers who want to share a high-quality clip of something they've just watched.
"This will be something that will be a game changer," Finley said.
ConnecTV's Aaron recently demonstrated the new app, which is similar to Twitter's Vine or Instagram's video sharing feature.
"We did some testing with the broadcasters around clipping news, and we found that was one app people really wanted," Aaron said. "We saw people on Vine and Instagram were literally holding up their smartphones to the TV. But there was no attribution for the network. You had no idea of the background. So we built a platform to do this."
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When watching TV, Aaron said, viewers launch the ConnecTV app on their smartphones or tablets to capture a high-quality TV highlight, be it a favorite bit from CBS' top-rated comedy, "The Big Bang Theory," or a controversial call during the third game of the World Series. The app automatically recognizes the TV show and delivers the last two minutes' worth of video frames within the app.
The user can navigate the video timeline to select the start of the clip, attach a headline and share the video on Facebook, Twitter and ConnecTV's own site. An overlay at the end identifies the program and network, and in the case of a sports highlight, offers the score and other crucial details about the play.
Aaron said networks can customize this postcard to provide tune-in information or attach a video promoting another show. ConnecTV also is working with pay television providers to enable people who have watched the clip to tune in to a live show or program their digital video recorders to save future episodes, he said.
ConnecTV's founders hope the new video-sharing focus will distinguish ConnecTV from a crowded field of social TV apps. Underscoring the competitiveness in this space, the National Football League last month announced a deal with Twitter to provide game highlights and other content on the platform.
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Teach Us to Number Our Days
from W. Robert Godfrey Nov 19, 2018 Category: Articles"Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90: 12) This verse is often treated as if it were a proverb that means, "Life is short, so live wisely." But in the context of the whole psalm, it means much more than that... Keep Reading
Evangelizing the World
from Lane Keister Jun 08, 2009 Category: ArticlesAll people are supposed to hear the good news of Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected from the dead. Not only are all people supposed to hear that salvation has been accomplished in history, they are to hear that any who repent of their sin and turn in faith to Jesus will actually possess the benefits of that accomplished salvation as well. In other words, those who offer the gospel are to sow the seed personally and indiscriminately, and are not to be discouraged when many people reject the message. Keep Reading
Trusting God's Judgment
from R.C. Sproul Jun 07, 2009 Category: ArticlesIf we're children of Christ and we stand before the judgment seat of God on the last day and God says to us, "You're covered by the blood of my Son, and it's a good thing, because you did this, this, this, this, and this," we won't say, "But, Lord, I did this in Your name, I did that in Your name. You really aren't being fair." Keep Reading
Top 5 Commentaries on the Epistles of John
from Keith Mathison Jun 06, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe three epistles of John were likely written from Ephesus between A.D. 80 and 85. This would make them among the last New Testament books to be written. There are a number of helpful commentaries on the Epistles of John, and the following are five of the best. Keep Reading
Resources Designed to Answer Ultimate Questions
from Karisa Schlehr Jun 05, 2009 Category: Ligonier ResourcesLigonier Ministries' 2009 Summer Fall Catalog is now available. Find resources designed to answer the ultimate questions of life and faith, such as "How can I know the Bible is true?" and "How do I respond to the cultural beliefs around me?" Learn more about Dr. Sproul's newest book, The Prayer of the Lord, upcoming conferences, and find a mini-index of all of the resources carried by Ligonier. Keep Reading
A Sower Went Out To Sow…
from Burk Parsons Jun 04, 2009 Category: ArticlesChurch historian Mark Noll writes, "In many ways, the defining figure in the history of American evangelicalism is the eighteenth-century revivalist George Whitefield." Prior to America's declaration of independence from England, the Calvinist preacher from England turned the colonies upside down and led America to its knees in the First Great Awakening. Whitefield's passionate preaching drew crowds in the tens of thousands as townspeople went to the fields. Keep Reading
Plans for Ligonier's New Campus Move Forward
from Randi Walter Jun 03, 2009 Category: ArticlesArchitectural plans for the three main structures now situated on Ligonier's new campus have been approved by Seminole County in central Florida. This allows for project development to move forward for Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies, Ligonier International Headquarters, and Shadowlake Studios, which will house our new media center. Keep Reading
Seeking After God
from R.C. Sproul Jun 03, 2009 Category: ArticlesHow many times have you heard Christians say (or heard the words from your own mouth), "So-and-so is not a Christian but he's searching"? It is a common statement among Christians. The idea is that there are people all over the place who are searching for God. Their problem is that they just haven't been able to find Him. He is playing hide-and-seek. He is elusive. Keep Reading
New Internet Specials
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Study Apologetics at Home with Ligonier Academy
from Keith Mathison Jun 02, 2009 Category: Ligonier AcademyScripture exhorts us to always be ready to make a defense to anyone who asks us for a reason for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15). Are you ready? What would you say if challenged by an atheist or agnostic? What would you say if challenged by a Muslim or a Mormon? Keep Reading
The Gnostic Ghosts That Haunt Us
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Jun 02, 2009 Category: ArticlesI was reminded this afternoon of a liturgy within a liturgy that I practice. My two youngest daughters, Erin Claire and Maili had their first dance recital. They are a part of a small ballet group made up of homeschooled little girls in our broader community. They danced beautifully, received their applause, smiled as only little girls can, and came and sat beside me, giving and receiving hugs. The entire rest of the family was there to cheer them on. The second dance troupe was a little older, and they danced to Pachelbel's Canon in D. As they danced I glanced over at my eleven year old daughter Shannon, smiling joyfully as she took in both the music and dancing. She sat there in her wheelchair and rejoiced. Keep Reading


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Trend Spotting: Geometry
In a special report from Paris' Maison & Objet show earlier this year, we predicted that geometric patterns would be big for 2012. Sure enough, lately we've been spotting bold, geometric prints everywhere. Rendered in colorful hues, basic shapes like triangles, squares and diamonds bring a jolt of life to a modern space — and appeal to the kindergartner in all of us.
Top row:
1. Geometric wallpaper livens up a well-tailored room. Real Living AU via Dust Jacket Attic.
2. Prints by Carl Kleiner.
3. Aaron Moran creates strange minerals from wood. Via Inspiration of the Nation.
4. A uniquely painted door from Design*Sponge.
5. Wooden faceted bead necklace from So Little Time Co. on Etsy.
Middle Row:
6. Work of artist Pard Morrison, via Happy Mundane.
7. Painted nightstand via Design*Sponge.
8. Colored block DIY from Etsy.
9. Recycled timber jewelry hanger from Stampel Studio.
10. Fleur by Richard Schur, via Artnet.
Bottom Row:
11. Steel trays by Clara Von Zweigbergk for Hay, via DesignBoom.
12. Klein Bottle House by McBride Charles Ryan, via ArchDaily.
13. Lubna Chowdhary tiles, via Bloesem.
14. Painted floor by George Korsmit, via The Artful Desperado.
15. Themis mobile from The Future Perfect.
• Trend Watch: Triangles
• Print Love: Triangles
• Polyhedron Fever: 5 Home Goods
• Floating Geometry (Printable Polyhedrons)
(Images: as linked above)


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Johnson Controls announces quarterly dividend
MILWAUKEE, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Johnson Controls, (NYSE: JCI), a global multi-industrial company, has authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per common share. The dividend is payable on July 2, 2015 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 5, 2015. Johnson Controls has paid consecutive dividends since 1887.
About Johnson Controls:
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. Our 170,000 employees create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; lead-acid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and interior systems for automobiles. Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. Through our growth strategies and by increasing market share we are committed to delivering value to shareholders and making our customers successful. In 2015, Corporate Responsibility Magazine recognized Johnson Controls as the #15 company in its annual "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.
Fraser Engerman
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It's that time again. Elated hordes of 20-somethings are returning to their South Floridian homes from college, and they'll flock to local bars for pseudo-high-school reunions and adult beverages before Thanksgiving.
You'll run into them if you brave the streets Wednesday night, but don't let that turn you off. This year, even the swanky clubs are celebrating T-Day Eve.
For the first time, the Living Room at the W Fort Lauderdale will help you be thankful for those pesky people with whom you eat turkey and watch football — by inviting you to party till 2 a.m. The Eve Before the ThanksÖ party will feature live music from 7 to 10 p.m. and DJ Danny Stern the rest of the night. Admission is cover, though valet parking costs $5 with validation. Go to Facebook.com/WBFLL.
Even if fashion's not your thing, the Models and Bottles fashion show at the Copacabana Supper Club is a tempting offer, with lingerie-clad ladies strutting to the beat of a Latin percussion show. It starts at 9 p.m., and because women are still hot commodities in any glam setting, they'll only have to pay $10 to attend, while men's tickets cost $20. Go to CopacabanaSupperClub.com.
Electro-turkey is what you'll get at the Green Room's Indie Pre-Thanksgiving Party tonight at 10. The underground hip-hop Brown Bag Wednesdays party is now defunct, so electro-goth DJs will play you into gratefulness as you dance and sample turkey at the club. Admission is $5. Go to Facebook.com/GreenRoomFTL.
The Young Professionals' Cranberry Jam event is on its 19th year at Bimini Boatyard, where, for $30, guests get two drinks and an appetizer to gobble down while watching a live band. All proceeds benefit the Covenant House for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth. Party starts at 7 p.m., and $25 advance tickets are available through Facebook.com/YPFCH.
The bros at American Social dub their Thanksgiving Eve party Black Wednesday. Club regular DJ Skitty will set the mood for this day-long party, starting today at 4 and expected to go on till 3 a.m. Thursday. Go to Facebook.com/AmericanSocial.
But forget all this turkey-thankful madness. It's Roccos' Tacos of Boca Raton's third anniversary tonight. To celebrate, that old rascal Rocco Mangel will pour free Patron for guests who come while he's at the bar, and drink specials go on all night. Block party starts at 5 p.m. with plenty of live music. RoccosTacos.com.
Meanwhile, the Backyard in Boynton Beach will start celebrating at 3 p.m. with the Chase and Tyler Duo onstage, and country-blues Samantha Russell Band at 8 p.m. Go to TheBackyardBoyntonBeach.com.
For something heavier, get to the Funky Biscuit and have your face stolen by Jerry Garcia tribute band Reflections at the Pre-Thanksgiving Musical Feast tonight at 9:30. Admission is $8. Go to FunkyBiscuit.com.
Blue Martini locations in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton will hold their regular ladies night specials: the girls get in free and drink half-priced cocktails.


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Gun stores and firearms instructors in Davidson County have been busy as residents are concerned their right to own a gun will be taken away.
Gun stores and firearms instructors in Davidson County have been busy after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting as residents are concerned their right to own a gun will be taken away.
"It's been panic buying for about a month," Sam Everhart, owner of Daddy Rabbit's gun store at 970 S. Main St. in Lexington, said Thursday. "It's been crazy. I have never seen anything like it."
Owners of gun stores in Davidson County say they've experienced a high demand for firearms since President Barack Obama took office in 2008, and business picked up even more after the president was reelected this past year. The school shooting Dec. 14, 2012, in which 26 were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, resulted in gun stores across the nation reporting increased sales.
"Our business, like most (gun) shops, has just exploded since the shooting," Everhart said. "I wish our business was just normal and those kids and teachers were still alive. It's an awful thing. I hope (legislators) will be realistic in addressing and reasonable in the problem (that) I think is more mental health issues than with guns in our society."
Obama this week announced his $500 million package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun violence. The package includes a call on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. It also would close loopholes in the gun sale background check system that allows people to buy guns at trade shows and over the Internet without submitting to background checks.
Obama's plan prompted U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th, and Rep. Mel Watt, D-12th, to issue statements.
"I am extremely pleased that President Obama has acted quickly to charge a task force headed by Vice President (Joe) Biden to formulate a responsible, yet prompt, response to the senseless shootings that took place in Newtown, Conn.," Watt said. "I am also pleased that the president has acted to come forward with what appears to be a comprehensive and common-sense series of administrative and legislative proposals."
"The president's recommendation to restrict our Second Amendment rights is stunning in both its presumption and blatant disregard for the principles upon which our nation was founded," Hudson said. "Not only does enacting potentially unconstitutional measures in response to a tragic incident undermine the rights of every American, but we know these policies don't work."
Dealers says process works
Regarding possible future legislation, Everhart wants to see better communication between mental health professionals and law enforcement before people are approved to buy guns.
"I don't know of any gun dealer in the country that wants to sell a gun to a maniac," Everhart said. "With the background check system that we follow, we do everything the law requires and more. It's obviously not doing a good job in that regard."
Everhart also is a supporter of teachers and administrators who have their concealed carry handgun permits to carry their weapon on school premises.
"Right now they are prohibited," he said of school personnel carrying weapons on campuses. "These people have already passed background checks and are already school employed. Allow them to carry if they choose to. That would be a first line of defense. These people who are dong the shootings are not only crazy but callous. They are going into areas they know where people are going to be defenseless. Let the school administrators and teachers carry and let it be known there are people here who can defend us."
Jerry Summerlin, owner of Guns & Such LLC at 6129 N.C. Highway 8, reports that gun dealers can't stock their shelves with more firearms because of the demand for them. Customers, he said, are scared of losing their right to have a firearm for their protection.
Summerlin said residents who purchase a handgun must have a permit to do so from the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. Customers who purchase a shotgun must have a federal background check run prior to them being allowed to buy one.
"There is no room for error," Summerlin said of his store's process in documenting gun purchases. "You have to make sure everything is right. Everything has to be signed and dated."
Fred Sink is the owner of The Gun Store at 3000 Old U.S. Highway 52. His store has been busy like others in Davidson County.
"It's a terrible thing," Sink said of the Connecticut school shooting. "… We are a rural area. We have safe places to shoot. We have public and private (shooting) ranges. People who come into the store are honest people and good gun owners. They are not going to do something crazy with a gun. The sheriff's department does a good job of weeding people out that shouldn't have guns. The federal government lets us down, turning the criminals loose."
Sheriff's office sees spike
Davidson County Sheriff David Grice released statistics that show the number of people who applied for pistol permits from the sheriff's office grew by 164 percent from the end of 2007 to the end of 2012. There were 935 residents to apply for pistol permits in 2007 and 2,469 in 2012. Additionally, there were 586 people who applied for concealed carry handgun permits in 2007 and 2,007 in 2012, a growth of 242 percent.
"In my opinion, I attribute (the increase in applicants) to the change in administration in Washington and people's concerns that the new administration may be inclined to impose more stringent regulations on the possession of firearms," Grice said.
Grice stressed the importance of residents being able to own firearms.
"Should our system (the government) break down, we should have the means to defend ourselves," the sheriff said.
Lt. J.L. Shuskey of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office says the problem is not with the gun.
"Everybody wants to ban the gun," he said. "How many people are wanting to ban Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Nissan because of a drunk driver? … But they want to blame it on the gun. It's the person doing it that we need to deal with."
The Piedmont Handgunners Association is based out of Linwood and has a private shooting range. Ray Owens, the association's president, said his group had 16 new members at its January meeting. The PHA, he said, typically has four or five new members at each monthly meeting.
Owens said people are purchasing guns and ammunition in fear of not being able to purchase them in the future. The demand, he said, has caused prices for ammunition to double.
"It's really bad that it's like this because the people who generally would practice or shoot matches are going to be faced with the possibility of not being able to participate in some of the matches because of the price of ammunition is so high," he said. "… People are afraid of what could possibly happen. For us to have 16 new members, that's a real oddity."
'World is not getting any safer'
Terry Hill, a Thomasville resident, is a concealed carry handgun instructor. He said concealed carry handgun instructors are "swamped." He said he has students who come from Rowan, Forsyth, Guilford and even Union counties to take his classes.
"The world is not getting any safer," Hill said. "It's only getting worse. It's not the gun owners. It's the people."
Davidson County District Attorney Garry Frank said he is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.
"I think the Second Amendment is as important as the other (constitutional amendments)," Frank said. "I believe law-abiding citizens being armed is beneficial."
Frank is concerned about any further laws being passed that would restrict guns. Those types of laws, the district attorney said, would make law-abiding citizens criminals as he doesn't think residents will comply with the surrender of the weapons.
"I believe it will be a mess," Frank said.
Obama is asking Congress to renew the ban on high-grade, military assault weapons that was first signed into law by President Bill Clinton but expired in 2004.
Josh Wilson of Thomasville says he doesn't worry about a ban on weapons. He said the Second Amendment is there for a reason.
"It's not the laws that are going to change," Wilson said. "It's the personal responsibility and awareness, people teaching their kids about firearms, how they should be handled. Laws won't be able to change anything. It may stop it a little bit. It's really about the responsibility of people."
Tim Hurley, a Norwood resident who works in Lexington, is concerned about a ban on assault rifles.
"I do know if you give up your right to own that, it's going to be your pistols next and long guns next," Hurley said. "Everybody has the right to own what they (want) to as long as they use it in the proper way."
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at email@example.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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About 40 percent of stroke survivors have serious falls within a year of their stroke.
In a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, women stroke survivors who reported difficulty maintaining their balance while dressing were seven times more likely to fall than women who didn't report balance problems.
In addition, overall balance problems, dizziness or a "spinning" sensation as the result of stroke were associated with a five-fold increase in risk of falls.
People with balance problems often benefit from physical therapy. Your first step is to get a therapy prescription from your physician.
Physical therapist Sapan Palkhiwala works with stroke survivors at the Long Beach Memorial Balance and Vestibular Center in California. He says your body uses a combination of three systems to stay balanced: vision, vestibular and somatosensory.
The vestibular system helps by monitoring changes in your head movements with respect to the pull of gravity. It includes two parts: the central system (housed in your brain) and the peripheral system (in your inner ear). These systems are connected by the vestibular nerve.
Strokes are more likely to affect the central system. Some strokes affect the brainstem, and if this occurs, the vestibular system is injured. Symptoms of a brainstem stroke can be dizziness, vertigo causing imbalance. With the somatosensory system, your body uses information it receives from the pressure of your feet on the floor, and your ankle positioning, to help balance your body.
The Balance and Vestibular Center in Long Beach has a machine called the Balance Master. You use this machine by standing on moving platforms linked to a computer. The machine identifies which of your body's balance systems are not working properly. The test can pinpoint what muscles need to be strengthened in order to help your balance, and can determine if you need vestibular rehabilitation and exercises to help you deal with dizziness.
Sapan says a majority of stroke survivors have balance problems because one side is stronger than the other. He encourages survivors to build up their affected side by using it in daily activities, such as reaching for a glass of water.
Sapan uses constraint-induced movement therapy (CI therapy), which forces survivors to use their affected side while restraining their unaffected side. He also has survivors practice getting up from a lying position on the floor. This increases confidence that they can get up if they fall, which reduces their fear of falling.
Sapan recommends a balance exercise that survivors can do at home. The caregiver can bring a chair into a corner of a room. While the survivor stands in the corner, he or she can hold on to the back of the chair and practice moving shoulders and hips together from side to side and then forward to backward. This exercise also forces the survivor to use and strengthen his affected side.
If the vestibular system is affected by the stroke, causing a "spinning sensation" (vertigo) or dizziness, exercises can also reduce these symptoms. For example, Sapan has survivors fixate on an object with their eyes while moving their heads in different directions.
Dr. Diemha Hoang, a physician at the center, explains, "This exercise may make the survivor feel more dizzy at first, but it trains the brain to accept the discomfort so that ultimately the symptoms are less. We also have the survivor repeatedly perform other activities or movements that temporarily worsen their symptoms of dizziness or vertigo so that their brain can adapt and thus lessen the symptoms."
If a stroke affects your vision, you can learn to compensate. If you have a visual field cut so that you cannot see anything out of the left side of both eyes, you can practice scanning the room with the right side of your eye while turning your head.
Sapan says with the help of a therapist, survivors can also practice balancing on shifting surfaces like foam, grass, sand or seat cushions. Since your feet are not on a flat surface, you can't use your feet to reference yourself. You are forced to use vision to balance yourself, thus strengthening this system.
Stroke survivor, Roy Breneman from Long Beach, Calif., had balance difficulties after his stroke in 1996. His left side was affected and he walked on the side of his left foot, so he needed a leg brace and orthotic shoes. He fell several times, once in 1999 when he broke his hip and again in 2001 when he broke the shoulder on his affected side. His doctor recommended tendon transfer surgery as an option.
In Jan. 2003, Roy had the surgery. "The surgery greatly helped my balance. I walk flatly on my foot now and do not need a leg brace to walk. I can also wear any style of shoes I want to without having pain in my foot."
Surgery is the most extreme treatment for gait instability. It is not intended for the majority of people with balance problems.
Preventing Falls
Experts at the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Balance and Vestibular Center give these suggestions for preventing falls at home:
- Use nightlights in bedrooms, bathrooms and hallways
- Make sure light switches are easily accessible
- Use bathmats with suction cups and non-adhesive strips in the tub
- Sit on a bench or stool in the shower and use a hand-held showerhead
- Don't walk around in stocking feet. Wear shoes or slippers that fit snugly
- Remove throw rugs and secure area rugs with double-sided tape
- Use a sturdy step stool with a handrail when reaching items up high and store frequently used items at waist level
- Review medications with your doctor as some may cause dizziness and imbalance
- If you feel lightheaded when first sitting or standing up, sit down and stay seated until your head clears, then stand up slowly
- Ask for help. If needed, a caregiver or family member should be ready, willing and able to help out
- Slow down and take all the time you need when walking. There is no need to hurry, and it may be safer to go more slowly
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Reducing risk of falls
Other conditions impacting physical abilities after stroke
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Instead, she tries to lump all who file share into a single camp of people who are pure freeloaders. Of course, she even gets the basics of freeloading wrong, focusing on the sociological issues, but ignoring the economic research on freeloading and the value of commons and sharing. That's doubly odd considering that our recent Nobel Prize winning economist won that prize for her groundbreaking work showing that the simplistic thinking on "sharing" and "commons" simply isn't accurate, and that communities will quite frequently create models where sharing is seen as beneficial and other structures make sure that fair compensation occurs.
Now, I'm not one who believes that people should be sharing the files of those who don't allow it (and I don't participate in any unauthorized file sharing myself), but to write off the entire community as "freeloaders" without understanding what's actually happening and without actually understanding the economic research on freeloading seems like a pretty weak argument.


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I ask this because when I look at shojo manga or anime I see cliches and stereotypes. Then maybe a few original ideas thrown in just for the hell of it.
I would give some specific examples, but typical shojo anime/manga seems to just blend together in this ball of a cheery or dimwitted girl, an impossibly hot guy, their impractical love and then jealous chicks who plot against them.
Thankfully though, some of the Fall 2012 shojo anime doesn't quite fit that pattern. (My Little Monster and Say "I love you." to name 2 of them. There could be more but I don't know them yet.)
My Little Monster has more comedy to it and randomness, but the heroine does have a brain and isn't endlessly cheerful since few people really are. And the leading man is handsome, but clueless to common sense. However, he still can recognize some of his feelings which is a change from that guy who girls pretty much seem to be able to tell what he's thinking, even though very few guys are like that, if at all. In Say "I love you," There is a hot main guy, and it it looks a little cliched, but reading it, their relationship isn't all sugary and sweet. And there are girls who do try to break them up, but they actually have rationale and deep issues that they're dealing with instead of the usual, "He's the hot guy at the school so he's everyone's property," kind of thing.
I just wonder if anyone sees this pattern too.
My new account is HakuokiAoi.
Of course, there are patterns in all genres' however.
I definitely notice it quite fiercely in the Shojo cat, however Shonen/seinen has a similar problem, where even non harems somehow turn into harems at times. X_x Or shows that seem like they deserve 0 fanservice is shoving it down our throats. :P
The problem is just that certain producers get lazy and want to pop a show out, so they follow the blue print that has been working.
As long as it continues to work, it'll continue to be made.. :/
Edit : And yes, I do watch Shojo anime ^.^;;;;;
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Of course, there are patterns in all genres' however.
I definitely notice it quite fiercely in the Shojo cat, however Shonen/seinen has a similar problem, where even non harems somehow turn into harems at times. X_x Or shows that seem like they deserve 0 fanservice is shoving it down our throats. :P
The problem is just that certain producers get lazy and want to pop a show out, so they follow the blue print that has been working.
As long as it continues to work, it'll continue to be made.. :/
Edit : And yes, I do watch Shojo anime ^.^;;;;;
I have noticed that some shonen show seem to randomly turn into harems after there's a sudden infusion of female characters. then it beams a whole lot of fan service at you.. X__X I agree with you on that point.
I guess it would be the producers since well I guess they come up with ideas and mainly the money for anime to made. xD
I've started to watch more shojo anime as of late, which is when I noticed the trend. It's not that I don't watch it, I do.
I guess it's the same thing in shonen shows where after a fight arc there a few episodes with guys and girls randomly going to a beach or hot spring.
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I think producers feel if you watch a Shojo, you want hot abs thrust into your screen every 10 seconds.
And for Shonen, incredibly large back pain causing breasts, every 2.5 seconds.
Sometimes, it becomes too much, and you lose the entire storyline to all the FS, but most are still pretty decent. I have yet to begin MLM and SIL, I should probably start them up soon though XD
It's not that the abs are bad at all. Hot abs are always welcome in shojo and shonen for me. xD It's just not every episode.... because you need to focus on the story line some, just a little is all I ask.
And I agree that most shows are still pretty good even with the added FS because they don't forget, "hey, we were doing something before this right...? Yeah...a story. We were telling them a story. Cover up your abs and boobs and we'll give them 2 episodes before we pop them back out, 4 if it's a plot twist and needs extra explanation." The producer tells the writers in their little sweat shop of a room. Because that's how I imagine them talking, though that could be from watching too much Gintama today and if rubbed off.
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This Fall's Shoujo anime is thankfully looking to be quite good, as of late. My Little Monster has a great female lead, and Say I Love You has a better romance story than it sounds. (Though I really started watching Say I love You for the female lead, Mei, as I felt I could relate to her situation and personality. :p It's rather realistic, in some ways.)
xD Fanservice sells (though that doesn't stop it from being unrealistic and annoying as heck.) It's easy to imagine them talking like that.
It's terrible when a show gets to the point of being over-run by fanservice though. o.e It destroys the plot and characters. Nyan Koi would possibly be an adequate example.)
Oh, but you should check out MLM and SIL. So far they're pretty good. (Though that's just my opinion). :p
Wondering what anime to watch next. c:
Vampire Knight had always been somewhat different in the romantic point of view.
Aishiteruze Baby was a refreshing difference as well in terms of the main male and female lead's romance. Oh, and not to mention it is a shoujo with a male main character.
moe sells
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If I've seen one Shoujo I've seen all of them.
-There's a kawaii/cute/innocent girl
- Just entering highschool; wants to get boyfriend desu!
- Bad boy who treats her badly/steals her first kiss
- Perhaps another love rival like her best nice friend who suddenly notices her when bad boy shows up
- Girl trips and falls cutely into bad boys arms
- Bad boy teases her, girl gets flustered, best friend gets jealous
- Slap, slap, kiss, kiss
- Confusion over who girls likes better
- Confrontation/over acting/ stupid line delivery
Somehow the other genres don't get annoying or boring despite having similar plots.
1% evil. 99% fangirl.
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The 2014 VW Golf Wagon was officially unveiled at this year's Geneva Auto Show. Sold in the US as the Jetta Sportwagen, the Golf Wagon offers new styling, a new cabin and several other important updates.
On the outside, styling mimics the new 2013 Volkswagen Golf scheduled to arrive stateside early next year. That means LED daytime running lights and an updated front bumper and grille compared to today's Jetta Sportwagen. In back, the Golf Wagon gets new taillights, while its side profile adds a new character line on either side.
Inside, the Golf Wagon is also updated from today's Jetta Sportwagen. The center-mounted touchscreen is now larger, while climate controls are redesigned. The center stack offers a more fluid design than today's segments. And the entire dash is turned ever so slightly to face the driver.
The interior of the new Golf Wagon is also likely roomier than today's Jetta Sportwagen. That's because the wagon's wheelbase jumped from 101.5 inches to 103.8. The increase is likely added to the wagon's rear leg room. Interestingly, the Golf Wagon is no longer than its predecessor: at 179.6 inches, its total length increases by just 0.2 inches. But while it may have a similar footprint, it certainly weighs less. VW says the Golf Wagon is 232 pounds lighter than the outgoing model.
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It's said that love can change a man, but one woman finds herself wondering just how powerful love might be in this comedy. Cora Dulz (Corinna Harfouch) is a psychiatrist who begins working with Stanislaus Nagy (Til Schweiger), a good looking but mysterious man who is obsessed with the late operatic diva Maria Callas -- and claims to have been her mentor during the height of her career. Not surprisingly, Nagy admits he has a hard time separating truth from fiction, but for reasons even Dulz finds hard, she finds herself fascinated with her new patient, to the extent of following Nagy after appointments and pursuing a romance with him. As things look to become more serious between Nagy and Dulz, he decides to make a little confession to her -- he wasn't really Callas' mentor. Instead, Nagy announces, he is actually Satan himself, and Callas was the result of a project in which he attempted to create the perfect woman. Nagy's relationship with Callas was a failure, however, and he's decided he wants to give up his career as the Lord of Darkness and instead live out his days as a mortal man. In order to do that, Nagy would need to find a mortal woman willing to take his hand -- would Dulz be at all interested?
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As I stated in my dream living room post, the Arco lamp is one of those classic modern pieces that I've longed for since I was young. The hefty Carrara marble base and long sweeping stainless steel neck make for quite the statement piece, yet the lamp seems to fit so well in just about any room.
The Arco lamp, designed in 1962 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and produced for Flos, was supposedly modeled after a street lamp design. The base is made from a 65kg piece of Carrara marble. The hole running through it isn't just for decoration, it is actually a place to insert a broomstick to make carrying the heavy piece easier. The arched neck is made from three telescoping pieces of stainless steel, which allows for the light to be set at three different heights. The aluminum domed reflector is perforated at the top to help facilitate cooling.
The Arco is a floor lamp, but functionally it can serve as an overhead light, instead of a pendant. It works great as an accent light in a living room as well as over a dining table. As you can see in these photos, it's an amazingly versatile piece!
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2. The metal lines of the lamp offset this otherwise very organic modern living room, via Marie-Laure Helmkamp Interior Design.
3. The lamp in a Manhattan living room, via Marie Clair Maison
4. Two classics, the Barcelona chairs and the Arco lamp, paired together in this modern living room, via Elle Decor.
5. The Arco is used here as a dramatic desk lamp, via Architonic.
6. Taking advantage of super high ceilings, the Arco soars in this living room, designed by Emily Elizabeth Interior Design.
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8. A great example of the Arco being used over a dining table, via Apartment Therapy.
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Elaine M. Riley
Nov. 2, 1923 - Jan. 22, 2013
Elaine M. Riley passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2013 surrounded by her loving daughters
and son. Her husband, Sergeant Major U.S.M.C.
Richard F. Riley preceded her in death. She is survived by daughters Katie Riley-Soto (Richard), Rosemary P. Bustillos (Larry), son Edward F. Riley (Denise), grandchildren
Michelle, Christopher, Andy (Stacey), Christiann (Brandon), Shayla, Brandon (Jessica), Lindsi (David), Jeremy, Angela Soto,
Cindy Beck (Robert), Melissa Loera (Javier) and Amanda Darouze (Michael) great grandchildren Victoria, Gavin, Isabel, Brynnlyn, Christian. Elaine was involved with St. Luke's church, Karl Ross Post, Stockton Singles and Evergreen Circle. Elaine loved to be surrounded by those that loved her.
Visitation will be held at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California Street, Stockton, CA 95202 on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, followed by a rosary at 6:00 pm. Services will be held at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 3847 N. Sutter Street, Stockton, CA 95204 on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 10:00 am. Committal will be held Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 10:00 am at Golden Gate National Cemetery, 1300 Sneath Lane, San
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U.S. President Barack Obama has summoned top U.S. intelligence and security officials to discuss security needs after last month's attempted bombing of a U.S. jetliner.
President Obama had meetings scheduled Monday at the White House with the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as with his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan. Mr. Obama holds similar discussions with security officials Tuesday.
The president ordered an inter-agency review to determine how a young man with alleged ties to al-Qaida was able to sneak explosives onto the Northwest Airlines flight. The explosives did not detonate, and passengers subdued the Nigerian suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
Nigeria is protesting new security measures its citizens and those of 13 other countries now face on U.S.-bound flights, saying the policies amount to discrimination. Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili said Monday, "It is unfair to discriminate against more than 150 million people becaue of the behavior of one person."
On Sunday, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration issued new rules requiring people traveling from or through high-risk countries to go through tighter screening on flights headed for the U.S. The countries include Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria, which are listed by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism.
Also subject to more stringent screening are travelers from Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.
Nigerian officials say Abdulmutallab, the son of a prominent Nigerian banker, appears to have received his terrorist training abroad. The would-be bomber told U.S. investigators that he received training from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.
The U.S. also has revised its terror watch lists following the foiled attack on the U.S.-bound jet.
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