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Ten years ago this month, America was more concerned about summer vacation than terror attacks. The big movie at the mall was "American Pie II," which had just taken over the box office lead from "Rush Hour II," and Beyonce was thinking about ditching her band for a solo career.
The big stories in the news were about shark attacks, wildfires and a missing Congressional intern named Chandra. A teenage baseball player became a hero, and then a villain, after he pitched a perfect game at the Little League World Series. There were also inklings that something might be amiss at an energy company called Enron. By the summer of 2001, Americans had become all too familiar with "hanging chads," but few had ever heard of al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden.
While the nation drifted through the dog days, however, a group of terrorists was in the final stages of planning a series of attacks that would kill 3,000 people on September 11. Much of the federal government seemed to have been in a summer daze as well, missing the warning signs of what would become the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil. While some in the intelligence community raised red flags, the White House had brushed off warnings of an impending attack and the CIA was failing to share information with the FBI about the terrorists' travels.
On the following pages, the ABC News Investigative Team's 9/11 timeline details what America was doing and what the hijackers were doing, day-by-day, in August and September 2001. In daily updates, we track the hijackers as they go to flight school. We shadow them as they buy blue blazers -- and airline tickets and knives. We also watch as CIA analysts and FBI agents try to sound the alarm about the rising threat, and are ignored. With fresh entries each day from Aug. 11 to Sept. 10, "While America Slept" provides a maddening chronology of the steps and missteps that would change America forever. Click on the link at August 11, 2001 (below and to the right) to start following the trail.
Matthew Cole, Lindsay Lamont, Randy Kreider and Jordan Mazza contributed to this report.
|August 11, 2001
President Bush is on vacation in Crawford, Texas, where five days earlier he had been warned by the CIA of a possible attack in a paper titled: "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." The document said al Qaeda members were believed to be in the U.S., and that a caller to the U.S. embassy in the United Arab Emirates said "a group of bin Laden supporters was in the U.S. planning attacks with explosives." According to "The One Percent Doctrine" by Ron Suskind, the president told the CIA briefing officer, "All right. You've covered your ass now."
|9/11 Hijackers
All 19 hijackers are, in fact, already in the U.S. on visas obtained under their actual names.
On August 11, Hamza al-Ghamdi, who will be one of the hijackers in the second plane to hit the World Trade Center, buys a blue blazer at a Florida men's store.
|Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden has approved the targets and is only awaiting final word on which day the attack will occur.
|In the News...
The major stories of the summer involve shark attacks and a missing intern in Washington, D.C., named Chandra Levy.
|...On the Radio...
"Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child is the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100.
|...and at the Movies
"American Pie II" is the top movie in box office receipts.
|August 12, 2001
Al Qaeda recruit Zacarias Moussaoui has just arrived in Eagan, Minnesota, where he has moved to attend flight training school.
|Lots of Investigations, No Hijackers
Some 70 FBI "full field investigations" related to Osama bin Laden are underway across the United States. None of them involve any of the 19 men who will commandeer passenger planes on September 11.
|In the News
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Moscow for talks with Russian leaders on missile defense issues.
|Discovery Docks
The space shuttle Discovery docks with the Alpha International Space Station, delivering several tons of food, clothes and other supplies, as well as a new crew of three men.
|August 13, 2001
Hijack team leader Mohamed Atta and two other hijack pilots fly to Las Vegas for an apparent planning session.
|Hijacker Buys Knives
Marwan al-Shehhi, who will take control of United Airlines flight 175 on September 11, purchases two black four-inch pocket knives -- the maximum allowable knife length under FAA rules at the time -- from a Sports Authority store in Florida.
|Moussaoui Raises Suspicions
Al Qaeda recruit Zacarias Moussaoui begins flight training on a flight simulator at the Pan Am International Flight Academy in Eagan, Minnesota. He raises suspicions when he tells instructors that while he wants to learn how to fly a 747 jet, he does not intend to earn a pilot's license.
|In the News
The top story on network newscasts is wildfires on the West Coast.
|August 14, 2001
Future hijackers Mohamed Atta, Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour leave Las Vegas after an apparent planning session.
|Hijackers at the ATM
Fayez Banihammad and Marwan al-Shehhi, who will hijack United Airlines flight 175, withdraw $2,000 from a Bank of America ATM in Lantana, Florida.
|Bush Goes to a Baseball Game
President Bush interrupts his Crawford, Texas vacation for a two-day trip to Colorado and New Mexico, where he attends a major league baseball game and a Republican fundraiser.
|Rice Fails to Act
President Bush's national security advisor, Condoleeza Rice, continues to fail to take action on warnings from counter-terrorism official Richard Clarke of an al Qaeda threat.
Jeffrey Skilling announces his resignation as CEO of Enron, a Houston-based energy company, after having been in the position for only six months. He cites personal reasons.
|August 15, 2001
FBI agents initiate an "intelligence investigation" into Zacarias Moussaoui after flight school instructors report concerns that he might be a terrorist.
|'We Are Going To Be Struck Soon'
CIA counter-terrorism chief Cofer Black tells a Defense Department convention, "We are going to be struck soon, many Americans are going to die, and it could be in the U.S."
Future hijack pilot Marwan al-Shehhi purchases a one-week gym membership in Lantana, Florida. He and most of the other hijackers-in-training carry out physical fitness routines.
|In the News
The Pentagon announces that U.S. warplanes have bombed a radar site in Iraq in an attempt to disable the nation's increasingly effective air defenses, the second such attack in a week.
|August 16, 2001
The crew of hijackers that will take control of American Airlines flight 77 and crash it into the Pentagon check in at the Valencia Motel in Laurel, Maryland, a few miles from the headquarters of the National Security Administration, where operations are underway to detect suspected terrorists.
|Another Hijacker Takes Flight Training
Using his FAA flight certificate, Hani Hanjour, who will act as pilot of the hijacked American Airlines flight 77, takes 1.3 hours of flight training at Freeway Airport in Mitchellsville, Maryland.
|Moussaoui Arrested
Zacarias Moussaoui is arrested on immigration charges as FBI agents in Minneapolis grow increasingly suspicious of why he enrolled in 747 flight training.
|August 17, 2001
Ziad Jarrah completes a "check ride," a test of his piloting skills, with a flight instructor at Airborne Systems Flight School in Ft. Lauderdale. On September 11, he will act as hijack pilot of United Airlines flight 93, which the hijackers will attempt to redirect to Washington. It will crash in a Pennsylvania field after passengers revolt against the hijackers.
|Bush Gets a Visitor
CIA director George Tenet visits President Bush in Crawford, Texas but later says he does not recall any mention of the domestic terror threat.
|Moussaoui Ordered Deported
A deportation order is signed for Zacarias Moussaoui while FBI agents begin an effort to obtain a court order to search his computer.
|In the News
Bad weather forces American balloonist Steve Fossett to land on a cattle ranch in Brazil, ending his fifth attempt to become the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon.
|August 18, 2001
The FBI requests evidence of al Qaeda recruit Zacarias Moussaoui's terror connections from a U.S. legal attaché in Paris to obtain a search warrant for Moussaoui's lap-top computer.
|The Unread Memo
Minneapolis FBI agent Harry Samit (seen in suit at right) sends a memo to headquarters in Washington that Zacarias Moussaoui is "conspiring to commit a terrorist act." The memo goes unread by FBI counter-terrorism chief Michael Rolince.
|In the News
Danny Almonte of the Bronx in New York City becomes the first pitcher in 44 years to throw a perfect game in the Little League World Series. Two weeks later, reporters proved that Almonte was actually 14 years old, two years older than the legal limit for Little League play.
"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys takes over the top single spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
|August 19, 2001
The New York Times publishes a story about a misplaced briefcase that forces FBI lead al Qaeda expert John O'Neill to resign.
|'God Is Great!'
A flight instructor at the Palm Beach, Florida county airport overhears Mohamed Atta on a plane radio shout in Arabic, "God is Great!" Atta's name can be seen at right in an airport log for August 19.
|In the News
Three separate shark attacks in Florida dominate television newscasts, as the season is dubbed "The Summer of the Shark."
American golfer David Toms wins the PGA championship, breaking the record for a major tournament with a score of 265.
|August 20, 2001
Hani Hanjour, future hijack pilot of American Airlines flight 77, takes a flight lesson from an instructor who thinks Hanjour must have been trained by the military because he is able to navigate a plane without radar, using its terrain recognition system.
|A Hijacker Shops for Plane Tickets
Hanjour shops Travelocity for flights on September 5, 2001 from Dulles airport in Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles.
|Search Warrant Denied
Attorneys at FBI headquarters turn down a request by FBI agents in Minnesota for a warrant to search the computer of suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.
|In the News
Rehearsals begin on Broadway for "Mamma Mia."
|August 21, 2001
Nearly $5,000 is deposited in the United Arab Emirates checking account of hijacker Fayez Banihammad. The account is later used to buy tickets for Banihammad and another hijacker for United Airlines flight 175 on September 11.
|'Something Big Is Going to Happen'
A Jordanian in prison for suspected terrorist ties tells FBI agents of an impending attack against buildings in New York and Washington, D.C., saying, "Something big is going to happen." His credibility is questioned as he cannot provide details of time and place.
|CIA Fails to Inform FBI of al Qaeda Operatives in U.S.
FBI agent Margaret Gillespie learns for the first time that two known al Qaeda operatives have been tracked to the United States from Malaysia by the CIA, which kept the information secret from domestic law enforcement agencies.
|August 22, 2001
FBI agents at the "Alec Station," a joint FBI-CIA operation established to hunt Osama bin Laden, demand to know why the FBI was not notified by the CIA of the arrival in the U.S. of two known al Qaeda operatives, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, in January 2000.
|Hijacker Buys a Pilot's GPS
United Airlines flight 93 hijack pilot Ziad Jarrah purchases a large color diagram of a 757 cockpit control system and a Garmin III Pilot GPS system for use on September 11.
|In the News
President George W. Bush, on vacation in Texas, receives a 57 percent job approval rating in a Gallup poll.
Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, a leading conservative, announces that he will retire at the end of his term in 2003.
|August 23, 2001
Anchor Connie Chung's interview with Congressman Gary Condit of California, who had been romantically linked to missing intern Chandra Levy, airs on ABC's "Primetime" to an estimated audience of 24 million people, making it the most-watched show of the summer.
|'Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly'
CIA director George Tenet receives a briefing about Zacarias Moussaoui titled "Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly," but no connection is made with the threat of an al Qaeda attack in the U.S.
|An 'Unhurried Search' for al Qaeda
The FBI begins an "unhurried search" for two al Qaeda operatives reported to be the U.S., Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi.
|Mohamed Atta Loses His Driver's License
Florida suspends the driver's license of hijack leader Mohamed Atta for failure to appear in traffic court.
|August 24, 2001
Hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi are finally put on the FBI's terror watchlist, 19 months after the CIA first tracked them to the United States.
|The Date Is Set
The attack date is set as the first 9/11 airplane tickets are purchased by hijacker Fayez Banihammad for United Airlines flight 175 from Boston to San Francisco.
|'Suspicious 747 Flight Training'
A CIA cable describes Zacarias Moussaoui as a potential "suicide hijacker" involved in "suspicious 747 flight training."
|In the News
Mormon fundamentalist Tom Green of Utah is sentenced to five years in prison for bigamy and failure to pay child support.
|August 25, 2001
Hijack team leader Mohamed Atta establishes an American Airlines profile and an Advantage frequent flier program number.
|Hijacker Buys a Plane Ticket
One day after his name is added to the FBI's terror watchlist, hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar uses his Yahoo email account to book a seat on American Airlines flight 77 for September11.
|In the News
Pop singer Aaliyah dies in a plane crash at the age of 22.
|August 26, 2001
American Airlines flight 77 hijack pilot Hani Hanjour practices flight patterns with a rental plane from Congressional Air Charters in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
|Hijacker Flies First Class
Hijacker Waleed al-Shehri uses his VISA debit card to book a first-class seat on American Airlines flight 11 for September 11.
|In the News
Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa hits his 50th home run of the season, becoming the third player in major league baseball history to have four 50-home-run seasons; the other two are Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire.
|August 27, 2001
American Airlines flight 77 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi purchases a Leatherman Wave folding tool knife at a Target store in Maryland.
|A Final Planning Session
Hijack leader Mohamed Atta has a final planning session with the soon-to-be American Airlines flight 77 hijack team in room 343 of the Valencia Motel in Laurel, Maryland.
|The INS Revokes a Hijacker's Visa
Following the FBI's inquiry, the Immigration and Naturalization Service revokes the visa of future hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar, but no request is made on an "urgent, emergency basis" to run the names of al-Mihdhar and fellow hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi through INS databases, which officials say "might have been able to locate them."
|In the News
Samsung announces that it will begin selling flat-screen plasma TVs later in the year.
|August 28, 2001
Mohamed Atta buys tickets online for himself and another hijacker, Abdulaziz al-Omari, on American Airlines flight 11, which will be the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on 9/11.
|Another Hijacker Buys His 9/11 Ticket
Marwan al-Shehhi, the hijacker of United Airlines flight 175, buys his ticket for 9/11 from the United ticket counter at Miami International Airport.
|The FAA Warns of Possible Violence
Intelligence information leads the FAA in Washington to issue a warning about possible violence against U.S. air carriers, but only those flying in and out of Israel -- nothing domestic.
|In the News
1991 police beating victim Rodney King is arrested in Claremont, California on drug charges.
|August 29, 2001
United Airlines flight 93 hijacker Ahmed al-Haznawi reserves his ticket for September 11 on Travelocity.com, while brothers Hamza and Ahmed al-Ghamdi reserve their tickets for United flight 175.
|A Fake Driver's License
United flight 93 hijacker Ziad Jarrah obtains a Virginia driver's license from the DMV in Springfield, Virginia, using the address of illegal immigrant Luis Martinez-Flores. Flores had already allowed two other hijackers to claim they lived at his address.
|In the News
It is the last full day of President George W. Bush's nearly month-long vacation in Crawford, Texas.
|John McCain in the Hospital
Sen. John McCain undergoes minor prostate surgery at the Mayo Clinic center in Phoenix, Arizona.
|August 30, 2001
Hijacker Ziad Jarrah books his ticket for United Airlines flight 93. He also attends kickboxing and street-fighting classes at a gym in Hollywood, Florida -- skills he will later use to storm the flight's cockpit.
|A Knife for Slitting Throats
Mohamed Atta purchases a utility tool kit containing a large knife from Lowe's. On September 11, Atta and the other hijackers will slit the throats of passengers and cabin crew members on American Airlines flight 11.
|A Rookie Agent on Al Qaeda's Case
Rookie FBI agent Rob Fuller is assigned to the bin Laden unit. It is his first intelligence investigation.
The State Department announces that American embassies in Bulgaria and Romania will be temporarily closed because of an unspecified terror threat.
|In the News
The NFL locks out its referees and replaces them with alternate crews after talks break down between the league and the NFL Referees Association over their pay.
|August 31, 2001
American Airlines flight 77 hijacker Hani Hanjour makes his reservation for 9/11, the last of the hijackers to do so. He pays in cash since the ticket costs $1,842 -- too much to charge on his debit card.
|Tying Up Loose Ends
Hanjour and Nawaf al-Hazmi close each of their Hudson United Bank accounts, while Hamza al-Ghamdi (right) and Ziad Jarrah end their leases in Florida. The hijackers will spend their remaining nights in hotels and motels.
|In the News
The last-ever new episode of the series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" airs on PBS.
|September 1, 2001
Waleed Al-Shehri purchases a silk shirt and khaki pants at Burdines department store in Pompano Beach, Florida. The hijackers will all be dressed in Western clothing on September 11.
|The Hijacker 'Was A Gentleman'
Hani Hanjour moves out of his Paterson, New Jersey apartment. His landlord returns the full deposit in cash without inspecting for damage, because, as he later tells the New York Times, Hanjour "was a gentleman."
|Beware of Imposters
American Airlines issues an internal memo warning that some crew members had had their uniforms stolen in Rome, Italy in April 2001, and to beware of imposters.
|In the News
Millions line up to see "Jeepers Creepers," helping it make a record debut for a film opening over Labor Day weekend.
|September 2, 2001
Hani Hanjour returns to Laurel, Maryland, where he and the other American Airlines flight 77 hijackers will remain until the day of the attack.
|Hijackers at Gold's Gym
Three of those American flight 77 hijackers obtain weekly guest passes at Gold's Gym in Greenbelt, Maryland, paying in cash.
|In the News
The Saudi Interior Ministry announces that three Chechen rebels who hijacked a Russian Jet with 174 passengers aboard in March 2001 will be tried in Saudi Arabia, under Sharia law.
|Another Shark Attack
Ten-year-old David Peltier dies after being attacked by a shark in four-foot-deep water off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
|September 3, 2001
Ten years ago today, it's Labor Day 2001. The hijackings are eight days away, and the hijackers remain undetected.
The four hijackers who will actually fly the planes have, by this day, finished a full round of test flights at small airports and all have FAA pilots' licenses.
|$1,500 from Al Qaeda
In Germany, Mohamed Atta's fellow hijack planner and roommate Ramzi bin al-Shibh receives $1,500 via wire from an al Qaeda bank account in the Mideast. He apparently uses the money to evacuate Germany, but is later arrested in Pakistan.
|A Warning from Egypt?
Intelligence officials in Egypt say they warned the U.S. on this day of impending al Qaeda attack. President Hosni Mubarak says the warning involved an airplane or an Embassy.
|In the News
Hewlett-Packard announces that it has reached an agreement with Compaq to merge the two companies.
|A Hijacking at the United Nations
A U.S. delegation storms out of the U.N. Conference on Racism after, as Congressman Tom Lantos says, it is "hijacked" by those hostile to Israel.
|September 4, 2001
Hijack leader Mohamed Atta sends a Federal Express package to an accomplice in the United Arab Emirates, returning several thousand dollars in unused cash.
|Another Warning About Moussaoui
Senior security officials at the Federal Aviation Administration are finally told by the FBI that a suspected terrorist by the name of Zacarias Moussaoui may have been training to hijack a 747 aircraft at Kennedy airport in New York. The FAA does not issue any additional security alerts.
|Rice and Clarke Discuss Al Qaeda
After requesting an immediate meeting months earlier, Richard Clarke finally meets with National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and other administration officials to discuss the al Qaeda threat against the United States. That same day, Clarke issues a memo urging officials to imagine hundreds dying because of the government's reluctance to pursue al Qaeda.
|John O'Neill Starts A New Job
After resigning from the FBI, al Qaeda expert John O'Neill begins his new job at the World Trade Center. He will die on 9/11.
|In the News
Disney opens its ninth theme park, Tokyo DisneySea, an aquatic park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan.
|A Company Called Google
Google is awarded a U.S. patent for the PageRank search algorithm used in its search engine.
|September 5, 2001
American Airlines flight 77 hijackers Hani Hanjour and Majed Moqed are photographed using an ATM at the First Union National Bank in Laurel, Maryland.
|Returning Extra Funds to Al Qaeda
At the Sun Trust Bank in Florida, where several of the hijackers have accounts, Fayez Banihammad wires more than $8,000 to an al-Qaeda account in the Middle East, returning money he no longer needs.
|Rookie Agent Looks for a Hijacker
Rookie FBI Agent Robert Fuller tries contacting Marriott hotels in the New York area, knowing that al Qaeda suspect Khalid al-Mihdhar listed Marriott as his destination in his customs form. His search turns up no records.
|The French Warn the U.S. About Al Qaeda
In Paris, FBI and CIA officials attend an emergency session at the French Ministry of the Interior. The Americans are given information on the bin Laden ties of Zacarias Moussaoui, but his case remains on the FBI back burner.
In Washington, Congress returns from its summer recess, and the Senate Intelligence Committee holds a hearing about terrorism at which bin Laden is discussed.
|September 6, 2001
Two American Airlines flight 11 hijackers, Abdulaziz al-Omari and Satam al-Suqami, fly from Florida to Boston and check in at the Park Inn.
|Bin Laden Learns the Date
In Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden receives word the hijackings are scheduled for the following Tuesday, September 11.
|A Hijacker With a Complaint
United Airlines flight 175 hijacker Mohand al-Shehri calls United Airlines to inform them that his first name was spelled incorrectly on his reservation for 9/11.
|In the News
The U.S. announces that it will no longer aim to break up Microsoft as part of an antitrust action against the software maker.
|September 7, 2001
Two American Airlines flight 11 hijackers, Abdulaziz al-Omari and Satam al-Suqami, now at the Park Inn in Boston, hire two female escorts.
|Hijackers Assemble in Newark
The hijackers of United Airlines flight 93 fly from Florida to Newark, New Jersey, where they'll spend their remaining nights at the Marriott Hotel at Newark International Airport before boarding their planned flight to San Francisco on the morning of the 11th.
|A Reading Lesson
President George W. Bush's now-infamous trip to a Sarasota, Florida elementary school is publicly announced on this day.
|In the News
The U.S. government reports a rise in the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent, the highest in nearly four years.
|September 8, 2001
Several of the American Airlines flight 77 hijackers empty their bank accounts, giving the money to American Airlines flight 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta.
|Atta Sends Extra Money Home
Atta wires $7,860 to the Wall Street Exchange Center in Dubai from the Giant and Safeway stores in Laurel, Maryland.
Several of the hijack ringleaders, including Ziad Jarrah and Mohamed Atta, go to dinner at one of their favorite restaurants, the Food Factory in Laurel, Maryland.
|In the News
Venus Williams defeats her younger sister Serena at the U.S. Open women's tennis finals to earn her second consecutive U.S. Open championship.
"I'm Real" by Jennifer Lopez featuring rapper Ja Rule becomes the new top single on the Billboard Hot 100.
|September 9, 2001
Mohamed Atta flies from Baltimore to Boston, where he meets up with United Airlines flight 175 hijacker Marwan al-Shehhi. The two spend the night at the Milner Hotel in downtown Boston.
|The Police Stop Ziad Jarrah
In the early hours of the morning, after leaving dinner in Laurel, Maryland, United Airlines flight 93 hijacker Ziad Jarrah receives a speeding ticket in Maryland as he heads north on I-95 at 90 miles per hour.
|'The Big One Is Coming'
Ahmad Shah Massoud is assassinated by two suspected al Qaeda bombers posing as journalists, who used documents forged by Osama bin Laden's chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri. FBI agent Ali Soufan says, "Bin Laden is appeasing the Taliban. Now the big one is coming."
The five American Airlines flight 77 hijackers cook and eat a meal in the kitchenette of their Laurel, Maryland motel.
|In the News
The ten-part World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers," written by historian Stephen E. Ambrose and produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, premieres on HBO.
|September 10, 2001
Mohamed Atta, likely trying to stagger the hijackers' arrival to Boston's Logan Airport on the day of the attacks, makes a last-minute decision to drive to Portland, Maine with Abdulaziz al-Omari, where they will catch a connecting flight to Boston at 6 a.m. on September 11. They are captured on a surveillance camera with an inaccurate time and date stamp at a South Portland, Maine gas station (right), and are also seen at a Pizza Hut.
|A Goodbye Letter
Ziad Jarrah sends a four-page farewell letter in German to his girlfriend Aysel Sengun, with whom he once made plans to marry. He thanks her for sticking with him through five "difficult" years, says he is her prince, and ends with "Aufwiedersehen."
|'Tomorrow Is Zero Day'
Outside Washington at the headquarters of the National Security Agency, electronic intercepts pick up conversations between two suspected Al Qaeda leaders. One reads, "The match begins tomorrow"; the other, "Tomorrow is zero day." The conversations will not be translated and transcribed until September 12th.
|In the News
Charles Ingram wins one million pounds on the U.K. version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," only to have the payout suspended later when he is accused of cheating by having his wife and an accomplice cough each time he read the correct choice aloud.


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Compatibility testing of Microsoft 2013 is underway.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013
Office Professional Plus 2013 includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher and Lync and will be the version available to UAB under our Microsoft Campus Agreement when released to Campus.
UAB IT is testing Microsoft Office 2013 to determine its compatibility with applications and systems deployed in the UAB environment. Current testing includes Office 2013's compatibility with the following:
- Adobe Acrobat
- EndNote
- I>clicker
- Turning Point
In addition to UAB IT's testing, we request that your department conduct its own testing of Office 2013 with applications and systems that are unique to your environment. This week we will release Office 2013 to TIMGroup for testing purposes. Please report your application compatibility results to Sterling Griffin (email@example.com) once your testing is complete. Also include a list of any applications you use that interact with Office.
Until the testing and evaluation of Office 2013 is complete, UAB IT is not recommending it for mass deployment.
You may download Office 2013 from the UAB IT software site HERE. An install guide is available. (Office 2013 is available for download to TIMGroup members only.)
Deployment: (with SkyDrive disabled when using Office 2013)
UAB IT will post on the download site 2 versions of the ISO.
- As delivered from Microsoft.
- With the registry key to disable SkyDrive in a transform file
Office 2013 uses Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud-based file-hosting service. We recommend disabling SkyDrive at this time. This can be accomplished in two ways: Using the Registry Editor and using the Group Policy Editor.
- Disabling SkyDrive by using the Registry Editor
- Launch the Registry Editor by opening the Run dialog box and entering regedit.
- When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\SignIn.
- If the SignIn key doesn't exist, create it by right-clicking on Common à New à Key à SignIn.
- In the right pane of the SignIn key, create a new DWORD value named SignInOptions.
- Double-click on SignInOptions and change its value to 3. To restore SkyDrive functionality, simply set the SignInOptions value to 0.
- Disabling SkyDrive by using the Group Policy Editor
- To use this method, you need to install the Office 2013 Administrative Templates. If you don't have these templates, download them from the Microsoft Downloads Web site and install them.
- Once the Administrative Templates are installed, open the Run dialog box and enter gpedit.msc to open the Local Group Policy Editor.
- Now that you're in the Local Group Policy Editor, navigate down the tree to User Configuration à Administrative Templates à Microsoft Office 2013 à Miscellaneous.
- Find the "Block signing into Office" option in the list of settings and double-click it.
- In the Properties window, click "Enable" and select the option "None Allowed."

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FISH-KILL, October 23, 1777.
We learn that the enemy have burnt the house of the late judge Livingston, the house of Mr. Robert Livingston and sundry others.
Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter) November 28, 1777
About this entry:
Livingston became politically active in the era of the Stamp Act Revolt, and was probably (along with his brother, William), involved with the Sons of Liberty in New York. In 1776, as a member of the Provincial congress of New York, he was selected to attend the Continental Congress. He was one of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence but was recalled by his state before he could sign it. Livingston was appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Secretary of State) soon after the Articles of Confederation were adopted. He served that post until 1783, when he was appointed Chancellor of the State of New York. He was an advocate for the Federal Constitution, and served as a delegate to the New York convention held at Poughkeepsie in 1788, to ratify it. On the 30th of April, 1789, Livingston administered the presidential oath of office to George Washington.
Sources: ANB


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45 U.S. Code § 667 - Audit by Comptroller General; report to Congress
§ 667.
Audit by Comptroller General; report to Congress
The Comptroller General of the United States, or any of his duly authorized representatives, shall have access to such information, books, records, and documents as he determines necessary effectively to audit financial transactions and operations carried out by the Secretary in the administration of this chapter. The Comptroller General shall make such reports to the Congress on the results of any such audits as are appropriate.
(Pub. L. 91–663, § 8, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1977.)
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Project Description
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Easter morning wouldn't be complete for many without a golden braided loaf of Easter bread on the table.
The rich egg bread is steeped in the culinary and religious traditions of various ethnic groups, each of which makes a unique version of this sweet bread.
Italian recipes call for flavoring the loaves with anise or orange peel, while Greeks use two special spices native to their Mediterranean homeland for flavoring. Slovaks, Polish, Ukrainians and other Eastern European groups let vanilla and butter provide the flavoring for the raisin-studded bread they call paska.
"Paska is a sweet yeast bread, rich in eggs and butter, which is symbolic of Christ himself, who is our true bread," said Nickie Dornack of Akron, who bakes for her family and for her church family at St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church on Crouse Street in Akron, Ohio.
Dornack follows a recipe she describes as Slovak for Easter bread that gets braided and then twisted into a wreath shape. Her recipe calls for two cups of golden raisins in the bread, which sometimes is left in unbraided round loaves.
"We always put a little cross of dough on top," she said, noting that the braided shape also represents the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus at his crucifixion.
It's not surprising that an egg bread is used to celebrate Easter. For Christians, the egg represents new life, and Christ's rising to new life, which is commemorated at Easter.
Greek immigrant Vasiliki "Vicki" Filippousis of Akron tucks hard-cooked eggs dyed red inside the braids of Easter bread she bakes, in the Greek Orthodox tradition.
"The red is the blood of Jesus," she said. "The whole egg means Jesus' resurrection."
Filippousis' bread is flavored with two specialty Greek spices: mahlepi and hiotiki mastika.
Mahlepi is the kernel of a wild cherry tree that grows in the Mediterranean region, while hiotiki mastika is the resinous gum of a small evergreen tree native to the island of Chios, Greece. Both spices, which can be found at specialty stores like Western Fruit Basket in Akron, must be ground before they are added to the dough mixture. Filippousis said that if mahlepi isn't available, nutmeg can be substituted.
Filippousis, who leads the Easter bread baking at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on Union Street in Akron, also advocates using vanilla sugar, sometimes called vanilla powder, in her bread recipe instead of vanilla extract.
Mike Pallotta, who operates Pallotta's Pastries in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, said traditionally, many Christians gave up sweets for the Lenten season, so Easter bread was sweet for celebrating the end of Lent.
Pallotta bakes Italian Easter bread flavored with traditional anise or the increasingly popular orange flavor. Pallotta said making Easter bread at home is still a tradition with older Italian-Americans, but younger generations prefer to buy it, as making the bread is time-consuming.
As with the Greek recipes, many Italians who make the bread at home will put colored eggs into their braids, and some will ice the bread with a simple white frosting and decorate it with colored sprinkles.
"We do not put the eggs in it when selling it commercially, but traditionally, everybody did put the egg on top," Pallotta said. He said the icing can become messy when the bread is bagged, so he sells his plain.
Pallotta's will sell several hundred loaves of the bread in the weeks leading up to Easter, with orange outselling anise about 2-to-1, he said.
Older customers still prefer the traditional anise, which is sold in a long braid, but younger customers opt for the orange bread, which is made in a round loaf studded with orange peel.
"As generations go on, their tastes change," Pallotta said. "With the orange Easter bread, we always tell our customers it tastes really good toasted with a little bit of butter and a piece of ham on it."
Here are all three recipes for Easter bread.
Greek Easter bread
8 packages (1/4 oz. each) active dry yeast (Red Star brand)
3 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla powder
5 to 6 lbs. flour 1 tsp. ground mahlepi or 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground hiotiki mastika
2 tsp. salt
2 cups milk
1 lb. butter, softened
1 cup cooking oil such as canola
1 dozen eggs
1 1/2 cups hot water
2 egg whites
Place the sugar and yeast together with 4 to 5 cups of the flour. Add the vanilla powder, spices and salt and mix.
Place the milk and butter in a saucepan and warm over low heat until the butter is almost melted. Add to the flour-yeast mixture. Add the eggs and water.
Place the mixture in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix, using a dough hook attachment. Add the flour and oil alternately. You may not need all 6 pounds of flour. Continue to mix dough until it pulls away from the sides of the bowl and clings in a ball to the dough hook. The dough takes about 20 minutes to make.
Dough can be kneaded by hand, or recipe can be cut in half and made as two batches to accommodate a smaller stand mixer.
Allow dough to rise, covered, until it doubles in size.
Once doubled, punch the dough down and divide it into 9 portions.
Shape each dough ball into three strands to be braided and twisted into a wreath shape. Bread can be baked on baking sheets or in metal pie plates.
Cover braids with plastic wrap and allow them to rise again until almost doubled.
Brush tops with beaten egg whites before placing in oven. Bread can be baked 3 loaves at a time.
Bake at 325 degrees for about 40 minutes. If the bread is getting too dark, cover it with foil and lower the oven temperature to 300 degrees to continue baking.
Makes about 9 loaves of bread, about 1 1/2 pounds each.
--Vasiliki "Vicki" Filippousis, Akron
Italian Easter bread
3 large oranges (see note on substituting anise flavoring)
4 oz. fresh cake yeast
2 1/2 cups water, room temperature
4 lbs. bread flour
1 oz. salt
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 oz. powdered milk (generous 1/3 cup)
3 oz. shortening at room temperature (1/3 cup)
3 oz. butter at room temperature (1/3 cup)
4 large eggs
Egg wash made from 1 beaten egg and 2 tbsp. water
Zest the oranges and set zest aside. Then peel the oranges and discard the white pith. Place oranges in a blender or food processor and puree.
Dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
Mix flour, salt, sugar and powdered milk together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook.
Add shortening and butter and mix to combine. Add the eggs and mix in.
Add the orange puree and zest, and then add water-yeast mixture.
The dough will be on the softer side.
Continue to mix with the dough hook until the dough comes together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough is too wet and isn't coming together, add some flour 1/2 cup at a time.
Turn the dough out onto a board or baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise until it doubles in size, 1 to 2 hours.
Once raised, punch the dough down again, divide it into three 1-pound pieces. Let the divided dough rest on a floured surface for about 15 minutes.
Then divide each piece into three portions, roll the portions into long strands and braid or twist the strands into loaves or wreaths. Or dough can simply be left in round balls.
Place shaped dough on baking sheets.
Cover loaves with a towel and let them rise again until they are almost doubled, about an hour to an hour and a half.
Brush tops with egg wash.
Bake loaves at 375 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
Makes 3 loaves.
Note: For anise-flavored bread, omit the oranges and increase the water by 1 cup. Then add 1 teaspoon of anise oil or 1 tablespoon of anise extract with the eggs.
--Michael Pallotta, Pallotta's Pastries, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
2 cups milk
3/4 cup butter
6 to 8 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tbsp. instant dry yeast
1 cup sugar
5 eggs, beaten
2 cups golden raisins
1 tsp. vanilla, optional
Egg wash made from 1 beaten egg mixed with 2 tbsp. of water
Warm the milk and butter together for about 3 minutes on high in a microwave.
Mix flour, salt, yeast and sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add in the eggs and vanilla if using. Then add in the milk and butter mixture. Add in the raisins last.
Allow dough to mix until it pulls away from the side of the bowl. It will be a soft dough.
Place dough in a large, oiled mixing bowl. Cover with a towel and leave in a warm spot to rise until doubled in size.
Once raised, punch dough down and divide into 3 balls.
Each ball can be divided into three strands and braided, then twisted into a wreath shape. Or loaves can be left plain. Reserve a small amount of dough to shape into a cross and top each loaf with a cross.
Place loaves in round bread pans or cake pans or on flat baking sheets.
Allow to rise a second time until the loaves nearly double again, about an hour.
Brush loaves with egg wash.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
To test for doneness, stick a sharp knife in the middle of each loaf. If the knife comes out sticky, the bread needs to bake longer.
Makes 3 loaves.
--Nickie Dornack, Akron, Ohio.
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Man arrested in pepper spraying incident lost savings in carnival game last year
June 10. 2014 11:41PM
MANCHESTER — A homeless man was accused of dousing a man with pepper spray Monday, a year after he made national headlines for losing his life savings in a carnival game.
Henry Gribbohm lost $2,600 trying to win an XBox Kinect game system for his kids at a carnival game called "Tubs of Fun" in April 2013. He told police when he complained to carnival management that he believed the game was rigged, he received $600 in cash and a giant banana with dreadlocks.
After his story gained media attention, he earned a $2,600 check and a spot on the VH1 comedy show "Best Week Ever. He also garnered attention from the humor website CollegeHumor.com, which pledged to buy Gribbohm's banana for $2,600.
Last year Gribbohm told police he lived in Epsom, but police on Monday said the 31-year-old had no fixed address.
Police said they went to Grove Street about 5 p.m. for a report of a man harassing some neighbors. They found an intoxicated Gribbohm standing outside in front of a Grove Street building.
No crime was committed, so police left.
Five hours later, however, police received another report of a fight. Katharine Brown, 43, and her son, Nathan Brown, 20, both of 279 Grove St., told police Gribbohm walked down a rear alley to their home and picked a fight with Nathan Brown.
Gribbohm allegedly threw a beer bottle at Brown and then pepper sprayed him in the face.
The beer bottle missed, but police said Brown felt and showed the full effects of the pepper spray.
Gribbohm was arrested and charged with simple assault and possession of marijuana after, police said, he was searched and the drug was found on him.
At his arraignment Tuesday morning in 9th Circuit Court-District Division-Manchester, Gribbohm pleaded innocent to both charges; trial was set for July 17.
A police prosecutor, who said Gribbohm has an 11-page criminal history, requested $1,000 cash/surety bail on the new charges. Grobbohm objected, saying: "I just don't believe setting a cash bail is appropriate. I would like to have personal recognizance bail."
Judge John Emery went with the $1,000 cash/surety bail recommendation, with provisions that include no contact with Nathan Brown and not going within 100 yards of 279 Grove St.


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The University of La Verne has lost volleyball coach Don Flora to a better opportunity.
Flora, who led the program to national prominence in his 11 years, has resigned to take the lead assistant job at Division I New Mexico State. The resignation is effective March 27th.
He led the Leopards to the Division III championship match this season depite having a team with just two seniors. Among the wins was an upset of No. 1 Juniata (Penn.) in the national semifinal.
His team won a national title in 2001 and made trips to the semifinals in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The Leopards have won nine straight SCIAC titles and are 120-4 in conference play in that stretch. He has been named AVCA West Rregion Coach of the Year four times including this season.
Flora has done everything there is to do at this level and Division I jobs don't come around often. The school was lucky to keep him as long as it did. He will be missed.


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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Fauxstess cupcakes!
I've been thinking a lot about cupcakes lately. You all know I'm getting married, and my bff/maid of honor and I are going to make my wedding cake. Except, since neither of us know how to make a wedding cake, and it will be simpler, we are going to make a cupcake tower. Cupcakes can be whipped together fairly quickly, frosted easily (without fondant!) and decorated simply. So, I've got a little less than 8 months to perfect the cupcake. Also, since I'm stuck mostly at home still, I'm craving junk food. Next I will probably make Twinkies, but today chocolate beat out vanilla for cake flavors. Plus, this recipe only makes 9, which means I only have to eat 7 or 8 cupcakes before they're gone. Alex isn't a huge dessert eater. He's also not stuck at home all day. Anyway, these are great. The chocolate cake isn't too sweet, so it works really well with the sweet creamy filling.
Fauxstess Cupcakes
1/2 c + 2 T rice flour
1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 t baking powder
a heaping 1/4 t xanthan gum
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
2 eggs, seperated
1/3 c oil
1/2 c + 2 T sugar
3 T milk
Preheat oven to 350, and lightly grease a cupcake tin. I only made 9 cupcakes, but I greased the whole thing anyway, just in case. Whisk together the rice flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, xanthan gum, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg yolks with the oil, 1/2 c sugar, and milk. Mix the egg yolk mixture together with the dry ingredients. Whip the egg whites until it holds soft peaks, then sprinkle the remaining 2 T sugar over it, then continue beating, until the whites hold stiff peaks. Fold in 1/4 of the egg whites to the chocolate mixture (don't worry if it feels too thick to mix, it'll be ok) and then fold in the rest of the egg whites, until they are fully incorporated. Spoon mixture into cupcake tin, filling each cup halfway. Fill the remaining empty cups halfway with water. Bake 15-18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean, and the little cakes slowly spring back when you touch them. Let cool in the pan for a few minutes (until the pan is cool enough to touch but still warm), loosen the cakes with a knife, and let cool on a wire rack.
Whipped Filling
From Kate (what would I do without you, Kate!?) at Gluten-free Gobsmacked
I'd suggest halving the recipe, or saving it to make Twinkies in a few days.
2/3 c shortening
1/2 c sugar
1 t vanilla
1/3 c milk (I used soy)
1 c powdered sugar
Mix the first four ingredients for 6-7 minutes, then add the confectioners sugar and beat another 5 mins.
1/3 c milk
1/2 bag (6 oz) chocolate chips
2 T butter
Put everything in a bowl, and microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until almost everything is melted. Keep stirring until smooth.
To assemble cakes:
Once the cakes are cooled, punch holes in the top of them. Use your finger, or better yet, the kind of vegetable peeler that is also useful for coring apples and punch holes in the tops of the cupcakes. Be careful not to go all the way through!! Put the whipped filling in a plastic bag, cut the tip (only a little bit!) and pipe filling into the holes. Dip the tops of the cupcakes in the chocolate ganache, filling any holes and smoothing with a knife. Stick in the fridge to let cool for a few minutes, until the chocolate hardens. Pipe swirls on the cupcake tops, and eat!
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I would recommend this book because it is full of suspense and intrigue. I would also suggest you read it if you like adventure and action.Everyone from young adult readers to adults would love the Outcast of Redwall. I strongly suggest that you dive into this wonderful book!


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A man reportedly armed with a shotgun and wanted in connection with the abduction of a man from a home in northwest suburban Streamwood Friday was charged with three felonies Saturday night after he turned himself in about 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Cook County courthouse in Maywood.
Keewon Taylor, of the 0-100 block of Helen Court in Streamwood, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking, and home invasion late Saturday, according to a release from Streamwood police.
The gunman, who was believed to be "mobile" in the Chicago metropolitan area, was the subject of a hourslong search Friday, but he couldn't be found, according to the Friday statement.
"Investigators believe he has left the immediate area,'' the statement read. The gunman is "no longer posing a threat to residents.''
The incident caused some schools to be placed on lockdown. Officers were called to the 3000 block of Lynwood Court at 11:20 a.m. because the victim, a 30-year-old man, had called police to say he'd been kidnapped, Streamwood police Cmdr. Randy Hart said.
The men know each other, but Hart would not elaborate.
The assailant was armed with a shotgun and he ordered the victim to drive him to an unknown area, and the victim complied. But the victim intentionally crashed the car not far away and was able to escape, Hart said.
"The offender then, once he realized the victim ran, probably realized this was a good time to run too," Hart said.
The gunman was still carrying the shotgun when he fled into a densely wooded area near Lake Street and Park Boulevard.
As of 4:05 p.m. the shotgun was found in that wooded area, said Hart.
The victim was not injured and is being interviewed by police, Hart said.
"We have established a perimeter in where we believe the person has run off to," Hart said during the search, for which multiple police officers, police dogs and a helicopter were used.
Tefft Middle School and Heritage Elementary School were put on lockdown, according to a police statement, and parents were required to pick up students from the schools. Residents in the area were warned to remain in their homes, according to Hart.
The gunman is described as a light-skinned black man in his 20s who was wearing a red sweat shirt with a white stripe on it and blue jeans, Hart said. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds.
Sheila Spinner, who was at work this afternoon at Brolite Products, 1900 S. Park Ave., said they received automated messages on their phones about 12:25 p.m. advising staffers and residents against leaving the building without police protection.
Spinner said Brolite is located in a business park near a residential area, and she said at 12:35 p.m. she could see multiple police vehicles and a helicopter.
"There's all kinds of police activity," Spinner said.
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Ron Guth: In 1803, engravers at the Philadelphia mint used two different punches for the 3 of the date on Silver Dollars of that year. One is known as the Small 3, the other as the Large 3. The difference is obvious, not so much because of an actual size difference, but because of the dramatic difference in the shapes of the 3's. On the Small 3, the left end of the top bar of the 3 has no upper serif, and the lower serif points down. On the Large 3, the left end of the top bar of the 3 ends with top and lower serifs aligned in a vertical arrangement, pointing up and down.
The two varieties appear to be fairly equal in terms of survivors, though the Small 3 is slightly more common and can be found in higher Mint State grades than the Large 3. Mint State examples of both varieties are very rare. According to the April 2012 PCGS Population Report, the finest 1803 Small 3 Dollars are a pair of MS64s.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie was seemingly everywhere at once after his State of the State message this week: the cover of Time magazine, the morning talk show circuit (yet again), and the Jersey shore to christen a new boardwalk.
With his popularity and visibility at record highs after Superstorm Sandy, Democrats are wondering if there is anyone left in the party to challenge him for re-election, beyond the one declared candidate who is not the first choice of the party establishment.
Democratic State Committee Chairman John Wisniewski said he's "antsy" for a decision from the fence-sitters.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was believed to the most formidable potential challenger but he said "no" last month, throwing Democrats a curve many said was unexpected. Booker on Tuesday filed with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014.
Senate President Stephen Sweeney and former Gov. Dick Codey, the lawmaker Sweeney ousted to gain the leadership post, are still saying they might run. Congressman Bill Pascrell all but took himself out of the running on Thursday by telling Politickernj.com, "I'm not pursuing that position."
That leaves Sen. Barbara Buono as the only major Democrat who has announced a challenge to the governor-turned-political titan. But Buono is not the top choice of establishment Democrats. As long as they continue to recruit an alternate candidate, Buono will be an underdog in her own party and a longshot in a would-be face-off against Christie.
Even Democrats acknowledge the huge risk involved in challenging the incumbent Christie, whose command of the bully pulpit and YouTube video have made him a national political star and strong early contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
As sitting legislators facing re-election in November, Buono, Sweeney and Codey would have to give up their Senate seats to run because candidates can't campaign for two elected offices simultaneously.
Buono, the 59-year-old former Senate majority leader, arguably has the least to lose. She was stripped of her leadership position for opposing Sweeney, and she'd be all but certain to stay on the Senate bench as long as the current power structure survives.
"Barbara Buono is adventurous enough to get in the race; she's on the battlefield right now," Wisniewski said in the Metuchen senator's defense, probably attempting to impose a deadline for the 'Anybody but Barbara' faction of the party to decide.
If Buono was spooked by Christie's 70-plus point job approval rating in public opinion polls taken after Sandy, she didn't show it. If she was intimidated by the governor raising $2 million in the first five weeks of his campaign, she camouflaged those concerns as well. (She brought in nearly $250,000 in the days after Booker backed out.) And, if she's offended by the anti-Barbara brigade within the party, she's brushed those feelings aside.
Buono told The Associated Press that Democratic Party in-fighting "is nothing new."
"In Democratic politics there's always high drama before a big election like this," she said.
Sen. Ray Lesniak, the powerful Union County Democrat, has thrown the weight of his endorsement behind Codey, who pushed back his own Jan. 1 deadline for a decision.
Others who are looking for a candidate they consider more formidable than Buono fear that a strong Christie showing at the polls could cause Democratic losses in legislative, county and local races. They're especially concerned that the Democratic-led Senate could fall to Republican control, an unlikely though not impossible outcome with the chamber currently split 24-16 and 700,000 more registered Democrats in the state than Republicans.
Gubernatorial candidates technically have until April 1 to file their intent to run in the June primary. But, for fundraising, endorsement and campaigning purposes, the party wants to know who's in and who's out as soon as possible.
Wisniewski said he and Democratic Party chairs in the 21 counties have "grown antsy" waiting for a consensus candidate to emerge. In a recent conference call they discussed giving politicians who are sitting on the fence a deadline to decide, but abandoned the idea as too strong-armed. However, Wisniewski, who is recovering from eye surgery, said he's about to make another round of calls with decisions anticipated next week.
Christie said it doesn't matter to him who the Democrats put up. He hasn't had to state the obvious: The Democratic candidate, whoever it is, will begin the race with a big fundraising and name-recognition deficit against a governor who is viewed by many as hurricane-rebuilder-in-chief.


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Private-Equity Investor Flowers Sinks $20 Million Into NYC Co-Op
Private-equity investor J. Christopher Flowers has bought the second-floor unit of a Manhattan cooperative building for $20 million.
The home, at 640 Park Ave. on the Upper East Side, has six bedrooms, 6½ bathrooms and a large library. It has four wood-burning fireplaces, a large kitchen, gym and staff rooms. The 12-home building, which has one apartment per floor, was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter and built in 1914.
Mr. Flowers, who founded J.C. Flowers & Co. in 2001, is based in London. He bought the property because he wanted a new home in New York City after going through a divorce that caused him to sell his Upper East Side townhome, says his real-estate agent, Sami Hassoumi of Brown Harris Stevens.
The seller, Daniel Baker, bought the property more than two decades ago, according to Mr. Hassoumi. He sold because he wanted to downsize.
Kathy Sloane, of Brown Harris Stevens, was the listing agent.
—Alyssa Abkowitz
Marilyn Monroe and the Duke Were Here: Former Beverly Hills Home of Actor Glenn Ford Sells for $6.15 Million
The former Beverly Hills, Calif., home of actor Glenn Ford has sold for $6.15 million.
The 8,552-square-foot home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, along with a two-story atrium and a pool. It's located right behind the Beverly Hills Hotel. Mr. Ford, known for his roles in "The Big Heat" and "Blackboard Jungle," lived in the home until his death in 2006. The wood-paneled bar in the home was often a gathering spot for Mr. Ford's friends including John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe, says Jeff Hyland, the listing agent with Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate. Mr. Ford originally acquired the property from Rita Hayworth, who lived next door and owned the lot.
Mr. Ford's son, Peter, inherited the home after his father's death and has been living there for the past four years. Mr. Hyland says Mr. Ford sold the property because "it was time to move on." The home was put on the market in June for $6.48 million and then taken off the multiple-listing service three months ago and sold in a private transaction. Mr. Hyland says the buyer most likely will take down the current home and build new.
Ginger Glass, of Coldwell Banker Beverly Hills North, was the buyer's agent.
Buying Binge: Lake Tahoe Sees Five Deals Ranging From $11 Million to $25.5 Million
After several slow years, Lake Tahoe, an affluent mountain getaway, is experiencing a flurry of high-end sales.
Workday co-founder David Duffield has paid $25.5 million for the Osprey Estate in Incline Village, Nev., according to public records. It is the largest sale at Lake Tahoe since 2008, according to listing agent Kerry Donovan of Chase International; the firm represented both the buyer and the seller. The property had been listed for $29.5 million.
Mr. Duffield, also the co-founder of PeopleSoft, bought the 8-acre lakefront property through the Nevada Pacific Development Corp., of which he is president. The property, pictured here, is the former home of inventor Jerome Lemelson and includes more than 670 feet of lake frontage, a private beach and a pier. The late Mr. Lemelson and his wife, Dorothy, built the house in 1995. The Dorothy Lemelson Qualified Trust was the seller.
Separately, an estate in Tahoe City, Calif. that was home to the late casino mogul William Pennington has closed with a sale price of $17.25 million, according to people familiar with the deal. It was the highest sale price on the California side of the lake in 2012, according to Bill Dietz of Tahoe Luxury Properties, who represented the buyer. The 12,255-square-foot home sits on more than 3 acres and had an asking price of $19.95 million. The property includes 175 feet of lake frontage, a pier and a beach. Michael Oliver of Oliver Luxury Real Estate, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, represented the seller.
Mr. Oliver also represented both the buyers and the sellers of two other unrelated deals. First was the sale of the Schilling estate, which was listed for $19 million and sold for $14.5 million. Previously owned by the descendants of the Schilling spice company, the home is on 7.35 acres and has 400 feet of lake frontage and a pier. Mr. Oliver also represented the buyers and the sellers of a 20-acre property, with 200 feet of lakefront, that recently closed for $11 million. Mr. Oliver says he expects 2013 to be "huge" and says he will soon list a Tahoe estate for $37.5 million.
Finally, Mr. Dietz of Tahoe Luxury Properties says one of his listings, a waterfront estate in Glenbrook, Nev., that was asking $24.995 million, is now in contract. Built by the late casino executive and philanthropist William Ledbetter, the 9,168-square-foot home is set on 2.73 acres.
—Sarah Tilton
Former Houston Astro Jeffrey Bagwell Lists His Houston Home for $15 Million
Former Houston Astros first baseman Jeffrey Bagwell has listed his Houston home for $15 million.
Located in the Hunters Creek Village area, the 16,414-square-foot stone and stucco home has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and two half baths. It has a wine vault, billiard room and loggia with an outdoor kitchen. The property also has a fitness center with a gym and spa, a six-car garage, a saltwater pool and a two-bedroom guesthouse.
Mr. Bagwell bought the property with his then-second wife in June 2007 for $6.65 million, according to public records. The property was renovated in 2009; about 6,000 square feet were added as well as custom light fixtures and limestone flooring, says Marjorie Slovack, the home's interior designer.
Mr. Bagwell played for the Astros for 15 years before retiring in late 2006 after an arthritic condition in his right shoulder took him off the field.
Laura Sweeney, of John Daugherty Realtors, is the listing agent.
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Re: You are here
Feels like me at the mall
Re: The Life Cycle of a CATerpillar
And now I'm hungry...
Re: In Harmony
Ah... the sound of music
Enviornment? That spelling of the word is alien to me.
ufly wrote:YOU MUST PRINT THIS SHIRT!!!! If you print it, they WILL buy it.
Tell me about it! I totally love Brian Regan! "My name is Brian. B-R-I-V-O-L-the number seven-the letter Q."
aimee923 wrote:Tell me about it! I totally love Brian Regan! "My name is Brian. B-R-I-V-O-L-the number seven-the letter Q."
Wow... I was so stoked about the tribute to Brian, I got the joke wrong... let me correct this! "My name is Brian. B-R-I-V-O-L-B-N-the number seven-the letter Q. BRENOMENENA. Look at my nametag.... It's big!"
Ok, so apparently my 3 year old saw this and said "caterpillar-cat!" and I'm quite sure we hadn't been talking about it beforehand. In other words, your depiction is so awesome the 3 year old gets it!
areca77 wrote:I can see that being a problem for some but i was basing the colors off of real marshmallows. I remember how special the colored ones were when I was little and whenever I did this project in middle school they were all pastel colors.
I also like the more vintage feel the colors give. Thanks for the suggestion/comment... if anything the indistinguishable colors will evoke curiosity
no offense but....your not very good at taking suggestions. those few things would make your tshirt much better, esspecially about fixing the shape of the structure. I cant even recognize it as a sugar molecule.... The point of this shirt is that other people need to recognize what its supposed to be. it doesn't matter that a child's project would be imperfect, you should make it perfect so that its recognizable. also...i think it would be better if the marshmallows were a bit smaller because right now its hard to make out what the shape is supposed to be because they're too big.
fivfutdwarf wrote:It's from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. Watch it. It will change your life.
Re: Cat physics vs Murphy's Law
Hilarious! Great idea!
jwaal wrote:Enviornment? That spelling of the word is alien to me.
He not only sucks at science but spelling as well. :P
So the question is, is this the real results of the experiment, or have the findings been.. *gasp!* altered? I think that the poor kid found nothing happend that was exciting at all when they fed the CATerpillar, so they just went crazy with ideas! You can see the little still tiny CATerpillar eating the paper at the end and peeking though!
I get that the prompt was Middle School science fair and that's why the equation is so simple, but it just ruins the shirt for me. I'd definitely want this shirt if it included a more complex equation or no equation at all.
dwnmoser wrote:You mean he's figured out an effective way to make money off a commerce site?? That greedy bastard!
Thank you Gordon Gekko...
Re: Punnett's Misstep
lol I really want this one, I'm taking a genetics class in college and we just went over these last unit. I think my teacher would find it highly amusing.
Re: Experimental Fail
How did this design not make it into the fog??? Yet "Sky in a jar" made it. Is "sky in a jar" a thing? It has been many years since I was a kid doing a science fair project. Is some dumb thing in a jar a legitimate science fair entry.
And the Bonsai trees, what gives??? Just because you put them in a test tube to make it science fair-ish, doesn't make it exciting.
And lest we forget the "Spectrum." Isn't that just a rip off of the Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon album cover? I understand that Pink Floyd didn't invent the prism, let alone the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, they just used almost the exact same image, without the rainbow becoming a tree.
walmazan wrote:The Color Solution
Guys, I made a video process when I did this shirt, maybe will be help full for you!
Note: its the full process and my english is not very good, but I hope works for you!
we will cover: Half toning, prepare the files for printing, and some spanish!
To love is to share! Thanks for sharing your process Walmazan, it was very informative and fun to watch. I hope to get back into making designs soon and I know I'll be taking some tips from this video.
I like this desing WITHOUT the bottle of bleach! its hilarious and subtle enough
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I hope you don't change your style in the name of pleasing the woot community - perhaps it is simply the content that did not capture the fog; this shows talent, originality, and a style which is well developed, expressive, and finely detailed. It's a breath of fresh air, keep it up.
This is such an awesome shirt and I really hope it wins
mrwednesday wrote:I'm not I'm following exactly what you've been convinced of but as someone who is a scientist the initial rejection was correct. Part of the requirements for funding agencies and departments is outreach into the community and as a result I have spent a fair amount of time coordinating and presenting for science clubs in our local area.
Any sort of mutation project is well beyond the reach of middle schoolers and junior high even into high school. What isn't beyond middle schoolers is that if you pour bleach on animals they die. The shirt is a poorly shoehorned attempt at a TMNT reference which has absolutely no basis in the theme.
With all of the controversy regarding ethical use of animals, there is no possibility even at the middle school level that kids are taking animals in the attempt to "do stuff to them." It's not responsible and it's not something that should be profited off of as a joke.
It's irresponsible and unethical and the fact that it would be allowed is personally insulting especially given the great lengths that everyone in science from the top down has to go through to ensure that animals are used in responsible ways.
As a biologist, I think you should lighten up.
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thanks for all the comments! you rock!
mystymaples wrote:I don't quite get it, but I like it! Word problems were never my strong point. Nor math, for that matter
Thanks! I would recommend Monty Python and The Holy Grail, too. It may not change your life, but it will help you understand more designs on this site.
Re: Show Off
This shirt is hilarious!
musocat wrote:Refreshing!
Nice design.
Thank you very much!
Re: Edison Plays Dirty
I love the design. I think that your message is very clear and I like the story it tells. My only critique is that Tesla's head is twice as big as Edison's. Voted anyway though.
cmk01 wrote:How did this design not make it into the fog??? Yet "Sky in a jar" made it. Is "sky in a jar" a thing? It has been many years since I was a kid doing a science fair project. Is some dumb thing in a jar a legitimate science fair entry.
Yep, "Sky in a Jar" is a real experiment. A simple google search will tell you that, and the artist even included a link to it in the first post of that design's thread.
cmk01 wrote:And lest we forget the "Spectrum." Isn't that just a rip off of the Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon album cover? I understand that Pink Floyd didn't invent the prism, let alone the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, they just used almost the exact same image, without the rainbow becoming a tree.
I'd like to point out the MASSIVE IRONY that you're railing on "Spectrum", considering RamyB did both this shirt and that one.
Who would have guessed that awful submission is the same artist as this gem. The reason it is fogged is the same reason this thing is fogged, he has a rabid following. His third submission in the fog is actually pretty good in my opinion though. Man has talent, but seems to hate to use it. Sad really.
Re: Glass bottle vacuum
...really? You made me click on this for that? I feel like I've wasted a "click" and I want it back. You owe me a click!
The most delicious part of human psychology is understanding that when it comes down to it, the majority of his hater fan club are simply jealous they didn't think of it first.
But it still doesn't excuse his simplistic designs and re-use of previous themes. I've reserved my ramy vote for a week he actually thinks outside of the box.
Re: Just put an F on there and let me go home.
I'm really enjoying how many people are brian regan fans. I'll be sure to let you know if I get this to print anywhere else. Thanks for all the support and votes.
Wences, are you creating controversy over here?? jajajaja :D
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I was quite pleasantly surprised when I opened this up and saw that it was RamyB, I never would have guessed. Props for going a different style.
I really like this, the colors appeal to me and I was always a space geek from a young age. This one seems to me to fit the theme way more than a lot of the other fogged entries and is clever and kind of topical. Kids in ten years will never understand the whole Pluto is no longer a planet thing and it's kind of a nostalgia thing to back when there were 9 and you could memorize their order with my very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas. It's not quite the same without the pizza.
mawkish wrote:Totally loving the Land Before Time reference, too. GMV just for that.
I'm glad that people got that reference! haha. I was out of town for a few days so I didn't get a chance to check this too often or comment, but here's a late thank you to everyone for their comments and votes
You guys should all chill out. It's a tee shirt competition.
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I love this design! I'll be very sad if I can't buy it. Oh, and a few things:
1. Red, green, and blue are the primary colors of light. There are, for all practical purposes, an infinite number of colors; there are "seven" colors in the rainbow because Sir Isaac Newton liked the number seven. There are NOT only seven colors in the visible spectrum, nor are there seven primary colors.
2. No, this does not look like a cannabis plant. At all.
I thought about posting something clever and logical and then defending my position like so many others before me, but then I realized no one listens to angry people on the internet. We just laugh at them.
So here's this:
RamyB, I love your work. You are a very talented artist and I'm glad you don't let pissy people keep you from continuing to submit your art. I've noticed that it seems that when someone does really well on here, people start turning on them like they did with BassAnimation with her Mirai shirt (which I'm wearing right now and love). I think it's a shame.
I do however second the notion that you branch out in styles. I think you do the cute stuff well, but are too talented to do just that. Since half my tshirts are of RamyB penguims, at this point I'm more likely to buy the Spectrum or Minor Modifications one than this one, even though I think it's funny and am not 4yrs old and offended at images of dead turtles.
Oh my.....I do believe that I am in love...
I literally just learned that equation today in my optics class. XD definite +1 for that.
paulandstacy wrote:Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't see the connection to a science fair here. Still can't figure out why this and a few others weren't pulled that are currently in the fog---waste of another week.
If you'll notice, she provides a link to the experiment...
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According to Theage.com.au, Australia could soon have its first heavy-metal refugee.
A 28-year-old man detained at Manus Island says he fled to Australia after being an underground metal drummer in Iran, where executions are "as common as eating a piece a cake".
He said he finally fled Iran after 60 heavy-metal fans were arrested at an unauthorised concert, and music teachers were arrested and jailed.
Restrictions on music and dancing are commonplace in Iran, where hundreds of young people have been arrested at unauthorised concerts.
"Because heavy metal is completely prohibited and illegal in Iran, and as I mentioned before because of the religion and misjudgments, it's known as 'Evil Music'," the man – who asked not to be identified – wrote in a lengthy email from Manus Island.
"Government officials and the religious [authorities] who are in charge will arrest you and take you to Intelligence Department and anything can happen to you then."
The man wrote that he abandoned his beloved drums after authorities began to increasingly target music fans.
"In an underground concert more than 60 fans were arrested, charged and locked up. Players were taken to Intelligence. Two teachers of mine were arrested also."
He panicked. He sold his drums, moved to a new location and changed his phone number, cut ties with everyone but family and sank into depression. "I deleted every history of my music from my life because of my fear of being arrested by the government who were intent on stopping this music. During this time six musicians that I knew were arrested in their training place. After that no one contacted each other, even on Facebook."
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Everyday Edisons "An Idea, An Invention, An Opportunity" See what happens when we post our casting calls for new inventions and product ideas online! Thousands of "would-be inventors" submit their ideas and it's a challenge for our Everyday Edisons team to narrow it down to the top finalists. Things really get exciting when we fly them to Charlotte for the "red carpet" treatment complete with paparazzi, cocktail reception and a gourmet dinner. Facing the judges the next day nerves, tears and exultation overwhelm the hopeful contenders as they know they must dazzle the judges with their presentations. D
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Facebook takes another giant leap into Snapchat's realm of comfort with releasing a stories function in Messenger.
Similar to the stories function in Instagram (which Facebook now owns), there will be a stories feed that is very much like Snapchat. You can upload text, you can add stickers or filters, or shoot photos and post them, and they will show up in a scrolling feed across your Messenger bar. The new function is called Messenger Day, and CNET notes that like Snapchat and Instagram Stories, the images will evaporate in 24 hours.
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OAKLAND — A man who allegedly shot at an auto repossession agent towing a car Friday morning surrendered to police a few hours after the incident in West Oakland.
No one was injured, but the repossession truck was hit by gunfire, police said.
Officers were dispatched at 9:17 a.m. to the 900 block of Seventh Street for reports of gunfire.
The repossession agent was driving off with a car in tow when the shooter, later identified as Gabriel Duncan, reportedly ran up and began firing at him, police said.
Witnesses told this newspaper that a woman also jumped on the car as it was being towed off. Police spokesman Frank Bonifacio said they were investigating those accounts.
Officers began searching surrounding streets for the gunman, who reportedly ran from the scene, and also shut down Seventh Street between Adeline and Market streets.
Police were told a man matching the shooter's description had run into a townhome on the 1000 block of Seventh Street. Officers hid behind patrol cars with guns drawn in a standoff near the townhomes, and at 11:50 a.m. a man walked out, surrendered to police and was handcuffed.
Duncan, an Oakland resident, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and for probation violation.
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I know I am a little late but I just got my missing preordered Bluray release from SentaiFilmWorks via Amazon only to find out that this copy is on recall .Episode 11 on Japanese tract is in mono.. BUt Sentai is replacing the disc but we have to mail it back to them with this form
Anyway aside from that snafuu, the ADR has these voice actors :
Kaoru Nishimi Chris Patton
Sentaro Kawabuchi Andrew Love
Ritsuko Mukae Rebekah Stevens
Junichi Katsuragi David Matranga
Yurika Fukahori Maggie Flecknoe
Tsutomu Mukae David Wald
Sachiko Hilary Haag
Kota Luci Christian
Taichi Chris Martinez
Maruo Greg Ayres
Mariko Cynthia Martinez
Yamaoka Kalob Martinez
Seiji Blake Shepard
So I listened to the english lines wihtout watching it and here is what I feel.
In my opinion the ADR work is about 60 % ok, but something is off with their lines etc They retained the -san and -kun after either the first name and last name.Kauro name sounded off and of course they cant duplicate the feel of the regional dialect of the southern Japan, Kyushu region. I somethimes wonder how it would be if they did added a bit of a southern accent like Lousiana , that would be something else...lol.
Also what I liked about the japanese version is that they try to keep their speech pattern as regular speech as possible but the ADR is not quiet there.They could have done a bit more natural.
I find the VA for Kauro and Ritsuko and Jun-nii are not too bad .Sometimes Sentaro's sound like Rocky when he deepens his voice more .For the other I actually like Greg as Maruo but for Seiji , he sounded more gay than cute.Dad sounded too young.
IN this complete set , I love the extra feature with the making of . How Watanabe san worked on the challenging animation of the musicians and his decision making and how Kanno san directed the recording, the artist and how they choose the younger musician to do the main characters music
Kauro -Takashi Mastunaga , who is like a child prodigy , been in the major Jazz scene since in his teens
here he is in 2004
and Sentaro- Shun Ishikawa on drums who was only a first year college
and Jun-nii - the trumpeter, Ruike Shinpei
Basically Mastunaga did all the live performance you see in the anime and that drumming part in the last episode but in the soundtract he only recorded a few titles as well as Shun , their names are in the credit for certain titles only in the soundtract . So KAnno sensei would have done the rest as well another drummer.
Both artist was approached by Sony and were given the manga and told bout the project and later both really liked to be part of the project .
Anyway, What annoyed me is that Sentai didnt translate the notes when the 2 artists were introduced.
I loved the anime.LOve all the classic jazz tunes picked by the mangaka.
So , what you guys think overall.
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I'm personally very excited. This series made me cry, and touched my heart. It was incredibly human, as well.
I love jazz music, too, so this was just my treat!
It'd be great to own it.
I dislike English dubs in general. I just can't stand how awful it sounds, and sometimes the mouth movements matched with English are quite off.
And of course they messed up the names in the English version. One of the mess ups that I absolutely hate is in Clannad After Story English dub, they pronounce Ushio's name "Yushio."
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I personally loved the series. Can't go wrong with Shinichirô Watanabe at the helm. The dub of Sentaro actually fit him and I liked that, but I preferred it being subbed instead. I wonder how that one scene looked dubbed when that drunk guy said not to play coon music or whatever he said (probably weird in any language).
All-in-all not Watanabe's best but still a winner.
Funny you mentioned that Christmas scene at the bar with the drunk american, becuase it I thought it didnt sound like they change the audio , but I will recheck it ...
well I rechecked it , and no wonder it sounded the same , they redid the dub on that part but basically used the same english lines and almost similar delivery except when he yelled "wait stop " at the top of the line.
About the names, they always change it to sound more standard american .
So Sentaro , the emphasis , the "ta" is longer , Rit-chan sounded like "Ree chan" without the t , Kaoru kun/san - sounded like Kooru and that bothered me.Jun-nii is called Brother Jun which sounded ok and he calls Sentaro - "Sen Boy" and then Sentaro calls Kaoru- "Richie" which might have been a little tough since in the japanese its only 1 syllable and the vowel are different...
There were a few times that Kaoru actualy said his last name "Nishimi" the same as the Japanese.
ok back to sleep
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See, I thought that this was one of the few anime which should have been left in japanese (awkward terrible english singing aside). I really got drawn into the 60's Japan depiction and setting, something which I think I would have had with the english dub. Im in favour of most things being dubbed when it makes sense but for this anime it being set in Japan in the 60s is really quite an important part of the feel and whats going on.
Ill probably give it another watch through in english since I absolutely loved the anime, ending aside (needed another episode or 2 to go into what actually happens in the manga imo).
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See, I thought that this was one of the few anime which should have been left in japanese (awkward terrible english singing aside).
From what I heard, one of the problems with the dub is that they kept all the original music tracks, including vocals--that "awkward terrible english singing" must be a great deal more grating inside an English dub. I mean, at least in a context where the characters speak Japanese, the Japanese-accented English singing seems natural.
Yeah...now that you point that out .
I really thought they they were going to rerecord the voice actor in singing "But Not For Me". Since the style of singing used in that segment is from Chet Baker . It was really weird that they didnt do that .
Its a waste of talent too becuase that voice actor has a really nice voice and singing is pretty much part of the job
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Though I live in the UK it appears MVM UK has sub-licensed the Blu-ray from Sentai and is releasing it at the end of June.
Since its coming that soon after it would not even be worth me importing the US one, I will just wait.
I will definitely be checking this release out.
That one should have the fixed audio .
The extra footage were my favorite addition on disc 2 however its not in 720 p
Anyway, I was always curious how they did the animation of the live performances and how they recorded the soundtract becuase it felt like they were really jamming live in a jazz club , so the making will show it .
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I was honestly very surprised about our UK release since it is usually at least six months after the American release that we get it.
MVM is doing very well in that regard lately, they're even releasing Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari on Blu-ray for a reasonable price of only about £50 per series.
Well its reasonable compared to the Aniplex boxes(Though they do look very pretty.)
I honestly wish they would release a sound track of the music as its played in the show. Alot of the songs are played more lively and generally a bit different to the songs they are based off. Shame
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I honestly wish they would release a sound track of the music as its played in the show. Alot of the songs are played more lively and generally a bit different to the songs they are based off. Shame
There is an anime soundtrack CD (that is not the manga "soundtrack"), but you might need to import it. I bought mine from cdjapan but you can probably get it online elsewhere. Catalog # ESCL 3874.
Unless that's that one you don't like. I haven't done enough research to know how much of that is exactly as it's played in the show. I do know that it features Takashi Matsunaga on piano and Shun Ishiwaka on drums, and I've been pretty happy listening to it.


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Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Review
Picking a new CPU cooler is never easy, due to many manufacturers with unique designs and competitive specifications. Some coolers that should perform well may be disappointing, and some that seem small or inadequate may return surprisingly good results. The Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme is a recent addition to Tuniq's line, designed with the latest LGA 1366 processors in mind. A division of Sunbeamtech, Tuniq has received many awards for its products and continues to produce products worthy of ownership by the highest PC enthusiasts. The Tower 120 Extreme is a revision of the original Tower 120, said to have many improvements and capable of providing much more cooling capacity over its older companion. I have high expectations for this cooler, and I look forward to seeing how well it handles under the extreme heat of Intel's i7 line.
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The box is colored blue and black, and the front features an angled picture of the heatsink with the blue LEDs on its fan lit. Along with the picture, the front expresses three points: Core-Contact Technology, TX-3 Included, and MFDB Fan Included. The abbreviation MFDB will be explained on the next page. One side of the box displays specifications of the heatsink, thermal paste, and the fan, such as weight, dimensions, thermal conductivity, bearing type, etc. The other side expresses that TX-3, or their thermal paste, and a fan controller is included. On the rear, less-technical specifications are displayed, as well as a full list of included contents.
The outer, visible box is basically like a sheath for the plain, black cardboard box inside that houses all the components. A plastic handle is attached to the top, and protrudes through the sheath. With the inner box opened, a smaller white cardboard box can be removed that contains the mounting hardware as well as the fan controller. After the smaller white cardboard box is removed, the plastic clamshell packaging that holds the cooler can be seen, snugly sandwiched between two pieces of styrofoam to protect against damage that may occur during transport.
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GRANITE BAY - Even when things went right they went wrong.
GRANITE BAY - Even when things went right they went wrong.
Lincoln High's big first-half moment was killed, the victim of an inadvertent whistle, and the rest of the night's big moments went host Granite Bay's way in a 42-14 victory that handed the Trojans their second consecutive one-sided loss and sent Lincoln into next week's San Joaquin Athletic Association opener with a 2-3 record.
The offensive line's struggles that have plagued Lincoln all season continued, resulting in 14 carries for minus-4 yards from running back Justin Davis.
With the Grizzlies (2-3) leading 7-0 late in the first quarter with the ball on their own 39-yard line, running back John Cooley lost a fumble that Lincoln's Devan Ramos recovered in stride with nothing but artificial turf between him and the end zone.
Officials, however, blew the play dead, and the referee approached the Lincoln sideline and sheepishly explained: Because of an inadvertent whistle, a do-over was needed.
Granite Bay, who beat Lincoln in a dramatic Sac-Joaquin Section semifinal last season at A.G. Spanos Stadium on their way to the Division I championship, didn't score on that drive. But they did score two quick touchdowns soon afterward.
The Grizzlies held Lincoln to three-and-out, then scored on a four-play, 46-yard drive that Taft Partridge capped with a 13-yard run up the middle to make it 14-0 with 7:19 left in the first half.
Things got worse, fast.
Granite Bay recovered a pooch kick at the Lincoln 20 and two plays later, Tony Ellison caught a 17-yard touchdown from Grant Caraway and it was 21-0 with 6:32 left until halftime. The Grizzlies extended the lead to 28-0 at the break with an eight-play, 73-yard drive that took 1:02 and ended with Caraway's second TD pass, a 14-yarder to Ty Serna with 6 seconds remaining.
Bobby Tuovao caught a 4-yard touchdown from quarterback Zack Greenlee late in the third quarter for Lincoln's first touchdown. Greenlee connected with Osha Washington on the 2-point conversion.
With 10 seconds left, Trojans reserve quarterback Rayvon Alexander scored on a 4-yard keeper.


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