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Portal: Vexovoid
Portal furrow further inside your headspace than ever before to unearth a surreal realm of Lovecraftian proportions.
The collective malformity known as Portal have now returned from the netherworld (or Brisbane, Australia as it's also known) with their latest malignant threnody entitled Vexovoid. One of the more severe attractions from Profound Lord's indomitable stable, Portal -- comprising five charming gentlemen known only by convoluted pseudonyms, their identities shrouded by executioner masks, and sometimes even a grandfather clock in the case of vocalist The Curator -- have summoned an ungodly cult following over the course of their 18 year existence.
Emerging beyond the subterranean extreme metal consciousness with their second LP Outre', released in 2007 by the already well-established Profound Lord, Portal's unorthodox amalgam of mysterious aesthetics, cavernous death metal, black metal's atmospheric decay, and the perverse tonality of the avant-garde, plagued those foolish enough to expose their psyches to the terror this band evoked. Outre' received critical acclaim, and as a consequence, Portal's 2003 debut Seepia was re-mastered and re-released in 2008, with the writhing pandemonium of Swarth closely following suit in 2009, both of which were devoured by an eager, ever-growing audience.
It's hard to pinpoint the exact essence of what makes Portal so appealing to those outside the deepest reaches of death metal's underground when sonically they sound so pitiless -- but maybe that's the charm. There is nothing welcoming found within the horror-scapes and gruesome murk, yet Portal continue to thrive with Vexovoid, their much anticipated metal release for early 2013. Adorned with Reverend Kriss Hades's depiction of an array of probing tentacles centred by a brain; the booklet itself made from vellum -- an under-utilized, archaic canvas made from calfskin; one which may send PETA into hysteria -- the music of Vexovoid is akin to its artwork: an intellectual and monstrous creation of the bizarre.
Throughout this record, Portal's aural disharmony constantly pushes the limits of the listener to breaking point, and because of the magnetism of the songwriting and the sheer power of this record's production, which coagulates the instrumentation into one heaving organism, Portal furrow further inside your headspace than ever before to unearth a surreal realm of Lovecraftian proportions. "Kilter" sets this abomination of your senses in motion through alternating, incongruent sequences of disorientating blasts with the Curator's dry, serpentine growl crawling between the relentless instrumentation. Right from the start it becomes clear that there is method to the sonic madness of Vexovoid, and Portal have been meticulous when it comes to arranging each song. "The Back Wards" and "Plasm" drone with the subsonic bass taking the charge, complimented by a sinister streak that is reminiscent of Mayhem's avant-garde black metal masterwork, Ordo Ad Chao. While songs the quality of "Curtain" are allowed to pulse and breathe organically, as the hellacious passages are given space to seemingly subside at will before returning with greater repetitious force.
It's this extreme balance between order and chaos found within Portal's mastery of dynamics which leaves the feeling that the listener is constantly being toyed with. The warped death metal of "Awyreon" increases the intensity of the blasting riff variations almost to the point of apoplexy, and the shorter but no less shattering "Orbmorphia" whips up a bass-heavy maelstrom full of tangible riffs and fork-tongued vocals -- the Curator's Attila Csihar-worthy performance is terrifying overall.
Vexovoid justifies the hype hoisted upon Portal's shrouded shoulders, and through the cerebral nature of the songwriting, which suppresses the band's urge to just bludgeon wildly, this record is as multidimensional as Portal have ever sounded. This enigmatic band, along with disciples Mitochrondrion and Antediluvian, are leading the way through death metal's blackened underbelly. Slither on fellas.


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Last night was the Emmy Awards. Here is a list of the winners, as well as my reaction....
Breaking Bad won this category. Every single one of these shows that got nominated is amazing, so I was not disappointed no matter who won.
Modern Family wins yet again! Was hoping for that or Big Bang.
Lead Actor - Comedy
The fan favorite.
Lead Actress - Comedy
Had no opinion here.
Lead Actor - Drama
That was unexpected! Thought for sure anyone else would win! Not that it's a bad thing, but a surprising thing!
Lead Actress - Drama
All the ladies are great, but Clare was the strongest this year.
Supporting actor - Comedy
Thought for sure someone from Modern Family would win this one.
Supporting Actress - Comedy
I had no opinion here.
Supporting Actor - Drama
Gyp Rosetti made season 3 of Boardwalk. Would have liked to see Game of Thrones win here, but the wrong actor was nominated - should have been Jaime Lannister!
Supporting Actress - Drama
I was hoping for Maggie Smith, or Christina Hendricks, but Skyler was apparantly pretty kick-ass.

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So i just got back from my weekend trip to Lithuania that i booked for under £100, if you want to know how have a look here.
I stayed at Hotel Zemaites costing around 70-80 euros for 2 people for the weekend which in my eyes is a complete bargain! The hotel is a 3 star hotel and is pretty basic but is clean and has everything you need. The hotel is a 10-15 minute drive from the airport and also a 5 minute drive from the cathedral square and city centre. There is a lidl supermarket across the road and everything you may need near by. The hotel also has a pool and sauna at an extra cost which you can book at reception.
I had a look online at a couple of other top hotels in the city and depending on your budget/style I found:
3* Hotel Panorama – around £35 per night
4* City Hotel Algirdas – around £70 per night
5* Kempinski hotel cathedral square – around £200 per night
City tour – I teamed up with Vilnius city tours who i couldn't recommend enough. On the Saturday i did their hop on hop off city tour which was around an hour and half long without leaving the bus. They have audio headphones in 10+ languages giving you all the details you need about the city and was very helpful with any questions or queries you had.
Tour to Trakai – On the Sunday i again teamed up with Vilnius city tours and was booked on the day tour to Trakai/Trakai castle. This tour is something I was really looking forward to before i visited Lithuania and Trakai castle lived up to all my expectations from what i had been researching online. It takes around 30 minutes to get there from Vilnius city centre, When arriving you are given a tour around the castle – Our guide was a lady called Helena who was so friendly and had so much information to give, she also knew the best spots for pictures which defiantly won me over even more! I visited in March so the castle looked very different to my online research as the river had frozen over and there was snow everywhere! I will defiantly visit again in the summer to see it looking like something more of a fairy tale and the lake not being a giant ice rink.
Cathedral square & Vilnius Cathedral – The Cathedral square is the main square in the old town of Vilnius, it is also right in front of the gorgeous Vilnius Cathedral and bell tower which i would defiantly recommend going to see.
Gediminas' tower – This is something i was recommended by a few people to go and visit but unfortunately when i was travelling the tower was closed for maintenance and i wasn't able to visit. The Gediminas' Tower is the remaining part of the Upper Castle in Vilnius and The first wooden fortifications were built by Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
I only visited for 2 days so I didn't eat too much but the old town and city is full of restaurants, cafes and bars that you can enjoy. I usually only eat dinner and for lunch would usually just grab a snack or coffee from a local supermarket – the two biggest around being Lidl and Maxima.
A couple of places i did pop in to grab coffee as it was so cold were, Boom! Burgers Lithuania which is right on cathedral square, also Vero Cafe which is also on the square. Both had decent coffee for under 2 euros.
My Favourite meal i had over the weekend was at Sue's Indian Raja, if you have read any of my previous posts you have probably noticed I try Indian restaurants abroad alot! Indian food is my favourite and will always be my top choice, again this restaurant is right on the square but was reasonably priced costing about 20/25 euros for a full meal and drinks.
I travelled into Lithuania VNO airport from London which took around 2 and half hours with Ryan air. When landing it only takes around 15 minutes to get to the city centre from the airport by car so i decided to just take a taxi to my hotel, as usual outside the airport the taxi's are usually a rip off! They were charging 20-25+ euros! I decided to check if my uber app worked and was pleasantly surprised when i realised it did and my uber to the hotel was only a little 6 euros instead. You can also catch busses and trains into the city centre if prefered.
I would usually walk a lot more but it was FREEZING this weekend and was snowing/raining on and off so i did take a lot of ubers from place to place. They varied from 2 euros to maximum paying 7 which I didn't mind doing if it kept me warm. However transport around the city centre is great and pretty easy to use.
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Let me know in the comments below if you have visited Vilnius before and your favourite spots 🙂
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The Centre for Content Promotion (CCP) organised the annual Fast Track Southeast Asia 2015, on 11th and 12th August with the support from Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), Motion Picture Distributors Association (MPDA) and many more.
The conference aimed to become the leading discussion forum on how digital economies in Southeast Asia are responding to the digital transition that appears to present media companies with exciting new business opportunities on the one hand, yet undeniably significant challenges on the other.
The event featured panels and presentations involving executives from entertainment and media companies, digital distribution businesses and government such as Hasnul Samsudin, Director of MDeC, Dato' Kamil Othman, Director General of FINAS, Frank Rittman, SVP Motion Picture Association, and more from across Southeast Asia and beyond.
Isa Seow, Managing Director of the Centre for Content Promotion (CCP), and event organiser, said that there has been exponential growth in the demand for digital content across the region: "Consumers have become platform agnostic in their digital media consumption. Media fragmentation has enabled a multi-platform environment that now features computers, mobile phones, tablets and connected TVs and opened up new opportunities for digital business models to emerge."
Dato' Kamil Othman, Director General of FINAS, Malaysia's government film agency and authority echoed his sentiments and said that the multimedia content industry is fast becoming an integral part of Malaysia's economic transformation initiatives. FINAS, he says, is gravitating from its traditional sphere of activities anchored around film "to a broader, yet specific thrust towards multimedia content for the digital era."
Besides presentations and conferences, there were also a reception and networking session on the first day.


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The early, breathless tweeting that President Obama's nominee for the World Bank is "not a Washington insider" and "a friend of Tim Geithner" are totally missing the point. Jim Yong Kim is a path-breaking nominee not for those reasons, but because he is an advocate, a development professional and a Generation Xer who spent his earliest years in a war-torn, developing country.
How unusual is this resume? If selected, Kim would be only the third of 12 World Bank presidents with no banking experience. (Barber Conable and Paul Wolfowitz being the other two.) He would be the first non-Caucasian, and the first to have be born and lived in a poor, war-torn society. (James Wolfensohn was born and grew up in Australia.) He would be the first to have worked in an international organization and the first to have run a non-profit advocacy organization.
As an advocate, he rode a bus across the midwest with Bono and two dozen African child singers to draw attention to HIV/Aids, which is when I met him in 2002. As we spent time talking to truckers, students and evangelical Christians about HIV/Aids, he displayed all the commitment and public affairs savvy of an advocate and none of the stereotypical out-of-touch-ness of a banker or medical expert. Tracy Kidder's book Mountains Beyond Mountains documents how he co-led the mold-breaking NGO innovation of Partners in Health, together with the more famous (but managerially-challenged) Paul Farmer.
Since the World Bank's founding, it has been thought that close ties to rich-country bankers and capital markets was a key qualification. Instead, Kim is a medical doctor who has specialized in developing-country health issues, treating drug-resistant TB, expanding access to treatment for HIV, and focusing on public-health concerns globally and in the US.
In recent weeks, developing-country leaders and advocates have spoken out strongly about the need for a World Bank president who can transform the bank to face 21st-century challenges – and who sees the world from a perspective beyond Washington. Kim is a veteran of the international development bureaucracy with which he will have to partner, and which numerous voices have pointed out needs to be utterly transformed from its 20th-century, cold war roots.
Developing-country leaders have also pushed for broadening out the experience and viewpoints of those who lead the bank: 10 white American men and one white Australian-born man up to now. Kim is a naturalized US citizen who was born in Korea. Not the democratic Asian tiger Americans think of today, but a poor, war-torn, autocratic, but striving country. The kind of nation, in fact, that forms much of the bank's clientele, and the world's worry list, now.
Finally, with regard to the gasping about Kim being "not a Washington insider", he has years of administrative experience managing finicky, self-proclaimed geniuses whose knowledge is highly-specialized and not always relevant to the real world – and who are very difficult to fire. (Yes, Ivy Leaguers, I'm looking at you.)
What does all this mean? I would draw three lessons.
First, this is the Obama administration making its bid to transform, not just manage, the international scene. That will be difficult; it will have to be done consensually; and the US has less influence than it used to. By putting someone in a top job who has shown he can innovate and think outside existing structures for development partnership; who understands and can use the forces of public opinion, the media and entertainment; and who has a perspective that goes beyond the Ivy League, Wall Street and the Beltway; Obama is setting the stage for change, as best he can.
Second, this is an evocative moment to take the World Bank out of the hands of career financiers. It does raise the question, however, of how for-profit finance and development-for-development's sake can build new and effective ties. Kim, or whoever gets the post, will need strong advice, a close partnership with the IMF's Christine LaGarde, and a global financial establishment that is ready to think expansively and differently about the relationship between bottom lines, stock numbers and human well-being.
Finally, Barack Obama is slowly but surely re-making the national security establishment in his own image: post-1955 late boomers – or "Gen Xers" – with unimpeachable credentials but non-traditional backgrounds, such as Susan Rice, Michele Flournoy, Tammy Duckworth, Jane Holl Lute, Jeh Johnson, Harold Koh, and dozens of men and women at the levels below them who were shaped by the same forces that have oriented our globalized world in very different ways from the generation before them. These are Kim's crowd and they will be having impact on our foreign policy, and our international institutions, for decades to come.


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Sweet potatoes Beniazuma varieties were import to VietNam from Japanese in 1996, and It was trials cultivated in Lam Dong province with purpose was to provide the processing plant for export to Japanese market. Nowadays It has been growing on a widespread area for distributing to the Southeast Asian region.
- Sweet potatoes Beniazuma has red skin and yellow inside, adapting to highland climate conditions, the attitude from 700 meters to 1,000 meters , the appropriate temperature from 22-30oc. The best development with soil structure and porous, well drained and rich organic.
- Garden Mountain JSC has many years experience of production and consumption of sweet potatoes Beniazuma. Annually we export over 3000 tons of japanese sweet potatoes to foreign markets. Our company has farm over 50 ha wide, with F1 breeding areas to provide farmers over a million seed potatoes per year.
Choose sweet potatoes that are firm and do not have any cracks, bruises or soft spots. Avoid those that are displayed in the refrigerated section of the produce department since cold temperature negatively alters their taste.
Sweet potatoes should be stored in a cool, dark and well-ventilated place, where they will keep fresh for up to ten days. Ideally, they should be kept out of the refrigerator in a cool, dry, dark place not above 60?F, which would fit the characteristics of a root cellar. Yet since most people don't have root cellars, we'd suggest just keeping your sweet potatoes loose (not in a plastic bag) an storing them in a cool, dark, and well-ventilated cupboard away from sources of excess heat (like the stove).
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Knicks 114 (12-9), Heat 103 (7-14)
Carmelo Anthony's 35 points led the Knicks to their fourth straight W, besting Goran Dragic (29 points) and the Heat. Kristaps Porzingis helped the cause with 14 points and 12 boards, and Joakim Noah showed signs of life with 10 points/10 rebounds. Derrick Rose took an early exit due to back spasms, but said the ailment "calmed down" after the game.
.@drose provides an update on back spasms suffered in the 2nd half. #Knicks #NYKvsMIA pic.twitter.com/cMG4u5fpnt
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) December 7, 2016
Magic 124 (10-12), Wizards 116 (7-13)
The Wizards have reached their nadir this season, coming away with a loss despite John Wall's career-high 52 points. Elfrid Payton reached a career-high of his own, dropping 25 points in Orlando's W. It's been a start-and-stop season for Washington, who just earned a come-from-behind win in Brooklyn on Monday. After the game, a bewildered John Wall had no answers for his team's performance.
John Wall was not happy with the Wizards' effort tonight in their loss to the Magic: pic.twitter.com/ujtHYit3Xt
— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) December 7, 2016
Grizzlies 96 (15-8), 76ers 91 (4-18)
It was an emotional return performance for Zach Randolph, who had missed Memphis' last seven games following the death of his mother. Z-Bo, who secured a double-double in just 21:46 of court time, received love from Grizzlies fans in his 1,000th NBA appearance.
A much deserved standing O for Zach Randolph, who had taken a personal leave following his mother's passing. https://t.co/DJvn0N4WMx
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) December 7, 2016
The Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor-less 76ers had trouble contending with Marc Gasol (26 points, 12 boards), dropping their eighth straight despite an impressive double-double from Ersan Ilyasova. Considering they entered Tuesday with a nine-man roster, keeping tonight's game close can be considered a moral victory of sorts.
Jazz 112 (14-9), Suns 105 (6-15)
Give the Suns credit for staging a late comeback attempt. Earl Watson's squad trailed by 20 entering halftime, getting picked apart by Gordon Hayward (28 points, three steals) and Rudy Gobert (career-high 22 points, 11 boards, four blocks). In the end, Phoenix wasn't able to overcome 17 combined turnovers.
Rodney Hood exited early from tonight's game with a hamstring injury; with George Hill and Derrick Favors already M.I.A., the last thing Utah needs is another rotation player sidelined.
The Utah Jazz 2016-2017 All-Injury Team:
PG – George Hill
SG – Alec Burks
SF – Rodney Hood
PF – Gordon Hayward
C – Derrick Favors
— SLC Dunk (@slcdunk) December 7, 2016
Pistons 102 (12-11), Bulls 91 (11-10)
The Pistons have now won four of their last five, behind Tobias Harris' 22 points (9-of-16 from the field). The Bulls weren't without solid performances- Jimmy Butler dropped 32 points while Dwyane Wade had 19 with seven dimes- but their bench continues to be an Achilles' Heel. Isaiah Canaan, Nikola Mirotic, Cristiano Felicio and Jerian Grant combined for just 11 points off the bench, compared to 33 points from Detroit's reserves. Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo made his return from a team-imposed suspension:
Here's Rondo's best quote on incident: pic.twitter.com/LA6Ag6ESCO
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) December 7, 2016
Spurs 105 (18-4), Timberwolves 91 (6-15)
The Spurs remain undefeated on the road this season, shooting 52.7% from the field in a win over Zach LaVine (25 points) and the T'Wolves. Kawhi Leonard secured his sixth 30-point game of the season, shooting 11-15 from the field with four dimes and two steals. Karl-Anthony Towns couldn't get it going on offense, shooting 3-of-16.
Thibs is really rubbing off on the young players https://t.co/h9k89u4uqU
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He is voiced by Akira Ishida in the Japanese version and Yuri Lowenthal in the English version.
Minato Arisato was born in 1992 & his parents died in 1999.
The protagonist has dark blue hair and a light build. He is shown often with his hands in his pockets (except when holding weapons), leaning slightly back. At school and in Tartarus, he wears the school uniform of Gekkoukan High, accented with a loose black bow tie, a neck-strap mp3 player (NW-S20x series), and clip-on earphones (model ATH-EM700). On weekends off he is shown wearing a light grey double-breasted jacket, dark pants, and a khaki turtleneck sweater, along with his earphones. On summer days off he is shown wearing a blue-and-white t-shirt and jeans. He is never seen without his earphones except when he goes to the beach during summer vacation.
In 10 years before Persona 3 when he was a young boy he has slightly short dark blue bangs hanging just above his right eye, he wears a navy blue elementary school uniform, a red tie, short black pants, white socks, and navy blue shoes.
The protagonist of Persona 3 is a silent protagonist aside from technically speaking in battle in certain instances. While being a silent protagonist, he is very stoic, reserved, and calm gathered by the fact that he remains unmoved when guns are pointed at him. His personality is being distant to others because he only observes the conversations of his party members and only speaks when someone is directed at him for his opinion on the matter. His personality is ultimately based on the player's actions and decisions.
The JourneyThe Protagonist in Persona 3 is first seen departing for the Dorm in Port Island. During that time, he experiences the Dark Hour, and is confused upon the sudden change of the surroundings and the sudden halt of his earphones functioning, though he takes the hour in stride, seemingly unaffected. Upon reaching the dorm, he encounters a child, who promptly gives him a signing contract, giving players the opportunity to name him. The Protagonist transfers to Gekkoukan High School on the next day, and befriends Junpei Iori. His invitation to study as a transfer student is later revealed that due to his capability to adapt to the Dark Hour, he was moved to the co-ed dorm so his potential can be monitored.
During a full moon, one of the Shadows attacks, causing the Protagonist to awaken his initial Persona, Orpheus. The summoning sequence, however, was halted as Thanatos bursts forth from Orpheus' head, tearing apart Orpheus and slaying the Shadows. After dispatching the remaining Shadows, the Protagonist fainted and was taken to the Hospital. While unconscious, he awakens in the Velvet Room, where he learns about his abilities. The Protagonist later learns about the nature of the Shadows and the existence of SEES, and eventually joins SEES. Out of all characters to appear in Persona 3, the Protagonist is the only character with access to the Wild Card ability.
The Protagonist's past is later revealed after Aigis' memories are restored. In the year 1999, when Death escaped the Kirijo group, Aigis was dispatched and was in hot pursuit of the Shadow. It is during Aigis' confrontation with Death, during the Dark Hour, that the Protagonist's parents died. Presumably, the protagonist survives due to his potential allowing him to be active during the Dark Hour. Aegis, knowing that she cannot defeat Death, seals a portion of Death inside the Protagonist, thus amplifying the Protagonist's capabilities of summoning multiple Personae.
In SEES' final confrontation with Nyx, the bonds he has forged with SEES and his other friends give him power to fight the sorrow, depression, and apathy of humankind, which were what drew Nyx to Earth, by letting him create The Universe Arcana with the help of Igor. With the power of the The Universe, and the cheering on of his comrades he ascends to Nyx' true body, the moon, to combat Nyx itself in a one-on-one battle. He reaches his full potential and uses the final arcana, The Universe, to perform the Great Seal, creating the miracle of sealing Nyx.
The Protagonist clings to life for one month after fighting Nyx, and he, unlike the others, retains his memories regarding the Dark Hour and Nyx, in order to keep the promise he made to meet his friends on Graduation Day. Once his oath is fulfilled, he falls asleep in Aegis' lap, smiling.
The Answer
In the playable epilogue of Persona 3:FES, titled "The Answer," it is revealed that the Protagonist died the day after his sleep, leading to the members of SEES confusion regarding his cause of death, as the doctor cannot find any unusual symptoms before his death.
After the defeat of Nyx and the death of the Protagonist, Aigis was the one who kept his Evoker, upon witnessing the Abyss of Time, the remaining members of SEES encounter a recurring silhouette resembling the Protagonist. However, whenever they come into contact, the silhouette flees.
It is not until venturing to the deepest area of the Abyss of Time, that the silhouette is revealed to be a shadow resembling the Protagonist's appearance. It manifests through the negative emotion and urge of seeing the protagonist one more time deep within the members of SEES. Making its entrance, the shadow challenges SEES and copying their personae, retaining the Wild Card ability, and several attacks of the protagonist.
The "real" Protagonist is later seen in the past, where he seals Nyx. In order to seal Nyx, the protagonist sacrificed his life to become the Great Seal. He was, however, capable of retaining his consciousness long enough to fulfill his oath between the members of SEES to meet again on Graduation Day. The protagonist is shown as a statue, crucified and bound to the door between Nyx and humanity. It is later revealed that the Protagonist's goal was not to seal Nyx, but an attempt of sealing Erebus, a grand being manifested from humanity's grief and negative emotions, from contacting Nyx to bring the Fall. Realizing his purpose, the remaining members of SEES swore to help him bear the burden by making the most out of their own lives. The Protagonist is briefly mentioned in Persona 4 in a conversation between the Protagonist of Persona 4 and Margaret. Margaret states that her sister, Elizabeth, left her position as Igor's assistant to find a way to free "The Blue-Haired" boy from the seal.
- While the protagonist never speaks for the most part, only occasionally mentioning the name of the equipped Persona when gearing up for a powerful attack. Arming him with a bow will have him shouting "Come forth!" or "Persona!" when summoning. Even though this variation does not occur in the JP version, equipping him with other weapon types will make him intone differently.
- The music played on the protagonist's MP3 player appears to be a remixed version of Burn My Dread. The same remix is also used again as background music in the very last battle of the game.
- In the beginning of the scene Awakening (first Persona summon) one can carefully see that the Protagonist is wearing the S.E.E.S. armband even though he didn't join S.E.E.S. yet, of course in later parts of the scene the armband doesn't show.
- During the credits roll, for both The Journey and The Answer, Messiah appears behind the protagonist's silhouette, indicating Messiah is his ultimate Persona. His actions in the game seem to support this what with becoming a seal for humanity's self-destructive thoughts, (whereas Jesus died for humanity's sins) and his representation in the seal appearing to be crucified. His Christ-like role and use of the Messiah Persona based off of Christ's sacrifice has him dubbed "Emo-Jesus" by the fans, especially as a "true Messiah" against the "Revolver Jesus" false messiah that is Sakaki.
- The Protagonist holds a distinct honor of being the only protagonist to be capable of wielding multiple weapons (although his default weapon is a One-Handed Sword). However, this was changed for Persona 3 Portable, in which he is only able to wield One-Handed Swords.
- He is also the only character in the series able to use Fusion Raids without another character to assist him. In P3P however, Fusion Raids are now expendable items, and do not require that the specific Persona be around when they are used.
- The headphones are the main character's trademark and are made by Audio-Technica, model: ATH-EM700 SV.
- His portable music player is modeled after Sony's NW-S20x series of cylindrical Walkman MP3 players.
- Ironically, despite the fact that knives are one of the few weapons he can't wield in the game, a knife is the first weapon the Protagonist is given to fight with in the manga.
- He is the only character known to use the "The Universe Arcana".
- The Shirt of Chivalry, a type of costume for males in FES and P3P, is noted for the Kanji symbols on their backs that symbolizes the character. The Protagonist's kanji means "honorable man" (漢), being the field leader of SEES and being able to strengthen bonds through Social Links.
- There are some audio files hidden in the DVD disc of Persona 3 FES that contains voices of the Protagonist and Aigis shouting the names of the other S.E.E.S. members Personas.
- When the protagonist of Persona 3 hears Jika Net Tanaka, he describes it as an annoying song unlike the protagonist of Persona 4 who describes it as a cheery song. This implies that, despite the player's choices, he and the protagonist of Persona 4 have some semblance of a personality. The anime adaptations of both games revealed that Persona 3's protagonist is meant to be stoic and withdrawn as opposed to Persona 4's more extroverted and charismatic hero.
- In the end of Persona 4 The Animation -the factor of hope- movie, the Protagonist appeared holding a gun, assumed to be an Evoker. His appearance revealed that Persona 3 will get a movie adaptation, with 4 total movies produced.
- The way the shadow protagonist formed by the regret of SEES members alludes to the Metal Trio from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment manifested in Torifune out of Tatsuya Suou's guilt for breaking the promise with his former friends. While The Metal Trio in P2EP uses the golden version of their own ultimate Personas, the shadow protagonist in P3FES uses the golden version of the SEES members' ultimate personas.
- He is also mentioned in Persona 4 Arena by Mitsuru Kirijo in her Story Mode as someone who saves the world during the battle with Yu Narukami, by thinking that his battle stance is similar to the Protagonist's.


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— Zora Neale Hurston
By Amanda Gronewold
On equality in education, a matter close to her heart, Theresa Wheeler says, "Education is not and never will be the great equalizer, but it's a tool nevertheless."
Wheeler says that
her tool is research, and she feels a sense of duty to use it to affect education. One of her favorite quotes on the subject of research comes from Zora Neale Hurston: "Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."
Wheeler spent most of her childhood in the St. Louis, MO area before moving to the Mississippi Delta as a teen. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications at Mississippi State University where she concentrated on sociology and mass media. To fulfill the research requirements of her undergraduate degree, she worked on both NASA and National Science Foundation grants, researching women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. It was this research that got her noticed by her professors when she went on to MSU's sociology graduate program, and they recommended she consider applying to work at the RCU to further hone her educational-research skills.
Wheeler joined the RCU in 2007, bringing not only her research talents, but also skills in data management and statistics. She started on the assessment team but has had her hands in almost every aspect of what the RCU does from helping out with curriculum to routing RCU work orders via the help desk system. Transition is a familiar process for Wheeler—she just made another move in the spring of 2015 to the professional learning side of the RCU.
Wheeler's new role will involve facilitating various professional-learning courses, but she will also be writing culinary arts courses. An avid home chef herself, she is excited to provide new resources for culinary instructors to access in teaching their students.
It's no surprise that Wheeler also plans to continue "poking and prying with a purpose" in professional learning. She has ideas to evaluate how Certification of Online Learning (COOL) participants are using their skills in Canvas.
"Some teachers come to COOL and do just enough to get the certificate so they can meet their requirement, but some teachers actually get in there and create courses, and I want to see how they use it for the district. That may even translate to student outcomes in the long run," said Wheeler.
Wheeler has unique ideas for researching student outcomes. She has developed an interest in spatial analysis—on her office wall hangs a Mississippi map of her creation that displays how the wealth of each school district correlates with the reading proficiency of that district's students.
Wheeler likens educational research to health research. "I think that you can use health-research methods to study education," Wheeler said, "if you treat low student outcomes as an illness, as a sickness, as a malady.… I want to take those methodologies and use them to study students the way we study patients."
A mother of three, Wheeler plans to continue her studies by pursuing an educational specialist degree in educational technology, a master's in health, and possibly a doctorate in public policy. "Negative student outcomes are sometimes a product of policy. I want to see how policy ties into those student performances," said Wheeler.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Brian Clement Lecture - Friday, Sept 11
Director of Hippocrates Health Institute Life Change Program
Friday, September 11th, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
6:00 pm Registration and Book Browsing
Dr. Brian Clement, Author and International Lecturer, one of the most sought after speakers in the fields of optimum nutrition and youthful aging, will address the half Century of work on disease and longevity conducted at the Institute. Dr. Clement will explain the basic science and extraordinary mechanisms that bring about a strong immunity.
An extensive question and answer period will be offered; this on on of the evenings highlights. Brian takes great care and attention to questions. Indeed, it is during this period that we become aware of his vast knowledge, experience and compassion.
Book Browsing from 6:00 pm
Life Force, superior health and longevity, Brian Clement, Ph.D.
Healthful Cuisine, 2nd edition, Anna Maria Clement, Ph.D.
Place: Trinity St. Paul Centre, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M5S 1X7
Admission: $ 35.00
For tickets mail to: Erika Wolff, 184 Morrison Point Road, Milford ON K0K 2P0
Mobile for messages: 416-428-1039
E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
The Greatest Wealth is your Health!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Experimenting in my Kitchen
Cause you never know where you'll end up around here! : )
A walk around my kitchen.. guacamole for lunch..
I have 4 trays of different crackers.. different experiments. This one has Kelp flakes.. it reminds me of the sea..
Amazing produce from markets! I like taking pictures of my fresh fruits and veg, they are like fresh flowers.. so beautiful!
Always almond milk in my fridge! ..
Lots to experiment with with nut milk pulp also!
Lots of crackers..
My kitchen is fun, and it periodically goes from clean to total disruption-everything out everywhere to clean again n what seems like a flash.. I find it quite amazing sometimes.. it's like whoa this place is a disaster.. and if you walked in 5 minutes later, all spotless and organized. It's just one of those superhuman talents I have. : ) I love my kitchen!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Plant filtration Shower
Eco-thinkers have come up with an amazing new way to create drinking water - by putting plants in the bottom of a shower.
Designers Jun Yasumoto, Vincent Vandenbrouk, Olivier Pigasse, and Alban Le Henry came up with the concept when looking for new ways to recycle precious H2O.
After you have washed in the special eco-shower the water passes down into a series of physical filters and is treated by plants such as reeds and rushes growing around your feet.The waste water passes into a chamber below the shower floor where it goes through a maze of filters.
Included in the network is sand, reeds, rushes, a mesh filter, water hyacinths and lemnas, and finally a carbon filter.Read more
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Raw Aura
I just found out. My friend Meaghan (who is a totally amazing, spiritually connected (shaman) & all round beautiful person!!) is co owner and has developed the menu-recipes.. which I am so excited to try!! I have a feeling her food is going to be phenomenal!!
Another raw restaurant in the city - Yes!!! Toronto is becoming a raw mecca - I love it! : )
Monday, August 24, 2009
Today we are Borneo Sea Gyspsies!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Breathing Bliss
You are beautiful. You are joy. You are Love. You are Light. You are sad and you are wounded but you are strong and happy. You are everything and everything is You. I love you & You love you and You love me. You are Empowered.
I am Empowered
I am Strong
I am Beautiful .. Handsome
I can take on the World.
I can Inspire Others.. and Myself
I Can Change the World.
I Love the World More and More every day
I am getting Stronger and Stronger every day
I am Happier and Happier every day
I am the Happiest ever, I am in Love, I feel Bliss
I feel Bliss and Love energy exuding out from my Body reaching all the way around the world.. hugging everyone all over the world, Everywhere.
I am white light radiating
Feel the Bliss, Feel it Tingling your Skin. Surrounding you. Absorb it, Breathe it in, ..and breathe it out. Flood the world with Happiness and Joy and Sunshine. Breathe it in, Breathe it out, Forever and ever
Friday, August 21, 2009
Superfood Breakfast Routine #2 - Hot Super-Mocha Drink
But it was something I heard him say recently about a coffee blender drink that really perked my ears. & he didn't even say how he did it.. but I was inspired!!
& I am not sure why, I have never been a coffee drinker. One of the few people I know who actually never, or rarely drank it. The only time in my life I got into it slightly was sometimes, once a week for my art history classes (both at NSCAD in my 20's and OCAD in my 30's) I love coffee! I love the flavor and taste.. but just never got into drinking it. I think becasue my Dad was addicted - & I have afeeling that subconsciously I decided early that I didnt want that.
But James, my partner, loves coffee.. he gave it up for over a year after we met, a few months after seeing each other he went raw & quit coffee, for over a year! .. Now, he's almost raw & back to drinking coffee sometimes.. not bad. I got him into hot chocolate also, he never liked it before! but Mayan hot chocolate is an entirely different drink from the processed stuff they sell in cans and packages - which he had tsted and is most peoples experience of hot chocolate. I was happy that he loved it from the first taste. He's good at recognizing quality & of course, it's one of my favorite things. : )
& Btw, about Chocolate, the true love of my life!! I stop eating it for periods every once in awhile.. and don't feel like I am addicted. But I love the way I feel when I do eat it!!
So lately I have been taking my love of chocolate and a bit of coffee and super powerful herbs and well, here's how the drink is made. & if you get into making these watch out:
This has very strong Energy Love Bliss Stamina Clearing Recognition and Empowering Powers = )
There are many ways to do this, you can brew a tea first.. but I am working on the easiest way.. this is what I have so far, but it's evolving..
The picture above is my bowl in the kitchen where I have compiled all my brewing herbs: Pau d'Arco, Chuchuhuasi, Una de Gato ( Nettles and Horetail would be great also & I have others in my kitchen which I can include for certain properties, but these ones I use all the time)
in another small container I have pre-mixed powers: Ashwaganda, Astragalus, Macuna. I love other ones like Fo Ti, but leave it out because the taste is bitter, I take it seperately. This drink has to taste great! ok, here goes..
Super Mocha Drink
This will make 1 large cup. Double or triple or quadruple etc. for however many cups you want.
Blend together:
1 T Coffee beans
1 small handfull of brewing herbs: Chuchuhuasi, Pau d'Arco, Una de Gato, Nettles, Horsetail etc
opt- small handful of Goji berries
1 1/2 c just below boiling- Hot Water
After blending, I usually let sit for 5-10 minutes (sometimes longer) while I take my shower or listen to spanish podcasts. Then give a short blend again.. remove and strain through a small sieve into a bowl. Rinse blender and pour herbal coffee back into blender, restraining again through sieve.
to contents Add:
2T raw Cacao mass or 2 T Cacao powder
1-2 T Honey or Agave
1 t powdered herb mix, sometimes I add others: Astragalus, Ashwaganda, Macuna, Ginko..
1 T powdered Reishi, or Maitake, Cordycepts, Chaga - I mostly use Reishi & open caps of Host Defense (blend of 17 medicinal mushrooms)
1 T Maca
2 T Hemp seeds
1 T Sesame seeds
1 T Chia seeds
Thats it! Pour it into a big mug. It will be a bit foamy on top & it tastes delicious!
I keep finding ways to make this easier and quicker.. but I like the process I take right now. There's something about it that I dont want to simplify it too much. There's something in the process of making it , of taking the extra few minutes to add all the things, of the brewing and straining.. that feels like consecrating, infusing and adding to the power of it.
Of course, I love being in the kitchen, and this is 'me' time (& that does not mean there has to be any 'not me' time ; ) But it's time I enjoy.. making something I enjoy & I most enjoy when I can share it also!!
I am loving this.. I have made it a few times without the coffee tho.. or with very little - I feel coffee is very powerful, like cayenne.. it feels like everything is zooms everything into my cells and through my body.. good, but a little intense.. of course, this is the combo - very powerful!
xo! Bliss, Peace & Love!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Superfood Breakfast Routine #1 - Superfood Clusters
That's been a big part of my Morning for years! But the new addition has been my bowl of granola, fruit, almond milk and maple syrup ..and the new addition to this has been 1 or 2 of my superfood clusters broken up into it. (#3 part of the superfood morning routine coming up soon)
Above pic has it covered up with fruit but below you can see them.. broken up on top. & also the chlorella tabs, which I thought would be a great idea - but not really, they don't taste so great.. it's better taking them separately! But the superfood clusters are amazing both in the cereal and on their own!!!
They are a huge hit around here. I have been making them regularly. These are inspired by a recipe by Elaina Love, a link which my Mom sent me & I can't find now - but here's a link to her website - & there are lots of other great recipes there!! : )
I have been into superfoods for a long time - here's a link back to a recipe I used to love to make for superfood squares - 1 c Maca, lol, Love that!!
Anyway, here's the new recipe thats won my heart - or, How I made it last time, it seems to change everytime, depending on what I have around. I am looking into getting reishi, chaga etc in bulk so I imagine that my upcoming batches will be filled with lots more of those!
1 c Cacao powder
2 T Spirulina
2 T Lacuma powder
1 T Reishi powder
1/4 c Coconut Oil
1/4 c Honey
1/2 c Agave
Mix this together and start melting, carefully, over low heat, so you dont get it too hot, 1/4 c Cacao Butter - I usually melt it in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. This is a necessary ingredient, needed to solidify the rest of the cluster together.
Continue adding to bowl while this is melting:
1/2 c Goji Berries
1/2 c Golden 'Incan' Berries
1/2 c Cacao nibs
1 c Coconut
1/2 c Hemp Seeds
2 T Sesame seeds
1/2 c Brazil nuts - chopped
1/2 c Macadamias - chopped
Here's my tray of them, kind of messy. I used my old well-worn industrial sized cookie sheet to scoop them out onto and then put them in the fridge or freezer for an hour to harden and set. Then I remove and store in a container in the fridge. I've ben eating 2-3 of these a day - Loving them!!!
My kithen counter, as usual.. lots on the go!! : )
Monday, August 17, 2009
David Wolfe talk in Haliburton
So, I took it for a long time.. but as an afterthought, I wished I had taken a few notes.. he talked about some really interesting things. ..some different things and things I want to explore further, like:
Rudolph Steiner. ok, thats it. This guy has been coming to me from everywhere for the past year, flying at me through ayahuasca and places and people I know and love, all over the place.. he was an occultist who divined information (much of which they are just starting to prove through studies) - there are over 330 volumes which contain his works, most of which is unrepeated! He was responsible for the establishing of waldorf schools and he is responsible for biodynamic farming!! I think I have a lot to read!!
He talked about how walking barefoot can increase your lifespan.. or rather how rubber soled shoes reduce your life by either 30% or 30 years..(close) .. about studies done and how rubber is an insulator so you are not getting the Earth's frequencies, the vibrations which keep us healthy and intune.
I was reminded and confirmed that I should be wearing my Zapper - I have a Hulda Clarke Zapper, a device which kills parasites, bacteria, viruses, molds and fungi electrically. & I have just dug mine out and starting wearing it about a month ago. But not as often as I probably should.. hey, I have it, I should use it .. but I go through phases with my gadgets and devices.
He talked a lot about Pppp (he wouldn't say it : ) shhh parasites) and different types of bacteria and fungus and calcification found in the body.
Calcification was interesting also.. how Calcium deposits can build up in joints.. and usually falls further away from the body.. to the feet and hands. He said you can feel your ankle joints to tell approximately how much time you've got left.
Root vegetables are good for the brain. Leafy greens are good for the lungs, respiratory - maybe more but my brain picked up the lung part because thats been my challenge lately
..and how seeds are good for something lower, reproductive - I remember hearing him before saying Nuts make you nuts, seeds give you seeds. ; )
& he talked about emotions also, how this is what directly affects our health.. different emotions affect different areas of the body. Thus my lungs, a friend told me a few weeks ago thats where we carry grief and sadness.. well, I guess it makes sense that I would have a challenge here, 20 year marriage ending, 3 kids mostly leaving home.. etc... it's been an emotional life for the past year!! But on a positive note - I have been feeling like I am moving past all that, moving forward and upward!! : )
Reflexology - something I have been interested in since I was a kid! & he talked about the K1 spot also called Bubbling Spring, located on the sole at base of big toe. I am going to have to look this up more.. I think it's directly related to the kidneys, water filtration , that would make sense!!
He talked a lot about Spring water and different types of natural water, ways it comes out of the earth.. going back to geology class (which I loved and got a 91 in! : ) & how there is no way to turn tap water back into spring water or to its natural form, no filtration process can do it.
He also talked about vortex spinning water..
oh & someone asked about urine therapy.. that was interesting! For the most part he said it wouldnt work, too much sediment or something in it. but the very interesting part was about William Hitt and taking urine, spinning it-vortexizing, letting sediment fall out and using a syringe and putting a small amount by needle into fatty tissue (behind) and incredible results from the therapy used at the William Hitt Center.
Took me awhile to find this but this is it: Antigen Receptor Vaccination
Wow I am remembering a lot - but he talked about a lot of things!!
Double helix spiral, and our DNA - Viktor Schauberger and Vortex technology and theories based on movements in nature. We beathe in a vortex, our breath spirals in and out.
and how you can take 1 square foot of dirt and unwind the dna strands in it, wrap it around the Earth and it will go all te way around.. I forget how many times. but many times..
and finally, last thing coming to me - the Aquaovo water filter.
Picture of Tamara, energy worker-healer, me and David
Pic from our beautiful drive
Friday, August 14, 2009
A Spiritual Conspiracy
On the surface of our world right now
There is war, violence, and craziness
And things may seem dark.
But calmly and quietly
At the same time
Something is happening underground.
An inner revolution is taking place
And certain individuals
Are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent revolution
From the inside out
From the ground up.
This is a global co-operation
That has sleeper cells in every nation.
It is a planetary Spiritual Conspiracy.
You won't likely see us on T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper.
You won't hear from us on the radio.
We don't seek glory.
We don't wear any uniform.
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles.
We are in every country and culture of the world
In cities big and small, mountains and valleys
In farms and villages, tribes and remote islands.
Most of us work anonymously
Seeking not recognition of name
But profound transformation of life.
Working quietly behind the scenes
You could pass by one of us on the street
And not even notice.
We go undercover
Not concerned for who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done.
Many of us may seem to have normal jobs.
But behind the external storefront
Is where the deeper work takes a place.
With the individual and collective power
Of our minds and hearts
We spread passion, knowledge, and joy to all.
Some call us the Conscious Army
As together
We co-create a new world.
Our orders come from the Spiritual Intelligence Agency
Instructing us to drop soft, secret love bombs
when no one is looking.
Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ Smiles ~ Kind words
Movies ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ Websites
Social activism ~ Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness...
We each express ourselves
In our own unique ways
With our own unique gifts and talents.
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
That is the motto that fills our hearts.
We know this is the path to profound transformation.
We know that quietly and humbly
Individually and collectively
We have the power of all the oceans combined.
At first glance our work is not even visible.
It is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains.
And yet with our combined efforts
Entire tectonic plates
Are being shaped and moved for centuries to come.
Love is the religion we come to share
And you don't need to be highly educated
Or have exceptional knowledge to understand it.
Love arises from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse
Of all living beings.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Nobody else can do it for you.
Yet don't forget, we are all here supporting you.
We are now recruiting.
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.
For in this spiritual conspiracy
All are welcome, and all are loved.
The door is always open.
~ Author Appropriately Unknown
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
This weekends Events - David Wolfe Raw in the Woods, Chocolate Brunch and Wild Walk
Oh, I have been so busy for the past week or two while I was posting all the pics on NY!! I have been watching Spanish movies with English subtitles (still need those, but catching a lot more words..not sure what this strong desire is to learn Spanish, but I'm going with it) & I the recipe development going on around here has been really exciting, right down to spice blending, which really makes all the difference!! Creole, Indian, Thai, but esp Indian.. tomorrow will be Moroccan day!! I made a Ras el Hanout blend that I am really excited about, even has lilac & paradise seed.. exquisite! & another big thing around here is me getting back, in a very big way, into the superfoods! Herbs and blending concoctions and superfood treats, My cupboards are stocked - I have been going all out & just have so much more energy.. took awhile, but it's coming back.. another topic for another time.. so much to write about.. but now I'll just tell you about this weekend.. and get back to my movie! : )
The event!! :
Chocolate Brunch with David Wolfe Raw in the Woods
Happy Hour at Noon ** ElixirBar with Ron| David from 1 pm to 5 pm,
Saturday August 15, 2009
Followed by Raw, Organic Pot-Luck and the Best Swimming Ever!
Pre-registration $45 *** $50 at the Door plus GST
2. Wild Walk with David Wolfe
Sunday, August 16 from 11am to 1:00 pm
Learn to Identify Food & Medicinal Herbs in Your Own Backyard
Up-close and Personal Wild Walk with David
Sunday August 16 from 11am to 1pm | $40 Advance Tickets Only
David will also be in Orangeville at the end of the month!
David Wolfe
Sunday August 30th 7 pm - 9:30+ | $20
Sustainablity Consciouness and Raw Plant Nutrition
live reggae party with chocolate elixers and dancing afterwards
Monora Park 633220 hwy 10/24
Orangeville, ON
Mark will be hosting 2 more events in September - Sunday Sept. 13th:
A day of Health with Dr. Brian Clement. "one of the worlds leading authorities on natural health and anit-aging"
10 am - 4 pm |$140
Yoga, two green juices, a walk through the beautiful forest, a living meal with dessert a lecture from Dr. Clement and an extensive Q&A period for all your questions.
Orangeville, ON
Monday September 14th
Dr. Brian Clement
Lifeforce - Superior Health & Spirited Longevity
7 pm - 9:30 pm | $20
Barrie Southshore Community Centre - 205 Lakeshore
we are offering a living food meal beforehand at 6pm. you must have a seperate $15 meal ticket in advance.
there will be sprouts and superfoods, and books available for purchase.
there will be a book signing afterwards.
Barrie, ON
for tickets or more information on all three events contact Mark email@example.com
Peace out my friendz!! xo.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
NYC - Rockin' Raw Pt 2
Above are the Crab Cakes with Creamy Dill Sauce
Below are the N'awlins Rings
Both are amazing! very flavorful, very delicious! I think we chose well!!
Next we ordered 3 Entrees but we ended bringing this - the King Oyster Mushroom Po' Boy Sandwich back with us and eating it on the flight back to Toronto a few hours later.
It was amazing plane food!! Way to travel! ) & the hot sauce was great too!!
I really need to make myself an incredible hot sauce - I miss this & I Love heat!!!
We had the Louisiana Gumbo with "Sausage" and Cauliflower Rice. It was very rich and delicious with lots of vegetables. That's one thing about Rockin' Raw, they are not heavy on the nuts & I really like that! You feel full after eating their food, but not heavy. & the flavors are amazing!! but who doesn't love Creole!!??
The Tacu-Tacu - Their version of the famous Peruvian dish. Wild rice, Jicama, Walnuts, Sesame seeds and Mushrooms, Magic spices served with Plantains and Greens. very delicious, esp loved the carmelized plantains with it.. Mmm!
& for Dessert we had to try their Vanilla Ice Cream Sundae.. Raw Ice Cream is the best!!
Diego & I..
In the kitchen!
Luis and Tere..
again, cause they are a really cute couple!!
and a couple shots of their beautiful back patio!
Thank you so much!!!! xo
& this concludes the NYC Adventure - wow!! It was amazing and I'm glad I recorded it & took all those pics to share.. but I am really ready to post about present life now! .. I keep holding my tongue and my fingers on the keyboard.. Ahh, now I can set them free once more!!whew.! : ) xo.


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November 22, 2009
This is the end, my only friend, the end
November 24, 2009, will be the start of my last week in Korea. Mark, though his contract isn't over, is on vacation. His last contracted weeks will be spent on vacation which will end on the day we leave Korea.
So we are doing any and everything we ever wanted to do while in Korea but haven't gotten around to yet. Yesterday, it was number 8 on my list and number 6 on Marks.
My #8. Dr. Fish
A friend of ours told Mark about a Dr. Fish place in Incheon she visited once. She told us it was near a "book cafe". Mark and I walked along the street away from the Arts Center station and towards the Shinsegae. There was a Dr. Fish sign to our left. It said, "Dr. Fish Coffee Bread." We thought it was two signs really close together. It wasn't.
We went to the 3rd floor and didn't see a Dr. Fish place. Annoyed because Korea seems to be filled with many misleading signs, we went into the coffee shop to complain to each other about Korea's many misleading signs. In the corner was the Dr. Fish pool.
The place was really crowded, but no one seemed interested in sticking their feet into the fishy pond. What appeared to be the main attraction was the free bread. You can take as much bread as you like, but you only get 1 gram of butter and 3 grams of jam.
Mark's #6. DVD Bang (DVD 방)
I'll be completely honest with you. DVD bangs are the places that teenagers and cheap adults go to make-out or have sex. I mean, look at the sofa in the room. It's really a bed… a leather bed.
But, Mark had never been in one and we are leaving in a week. How could we leave Korea without trying one out? …without blogging about one? We picked Valkere as our movie. Meh…
DVD bangs are easily found all over Korea. It isn't cheaper than a movie theater, but that's not really the point, now is it? It cost about 15,000KRW for the room. That's about the price of 2 movie tickets. So if there are 3 of you then it would be cheaper than going to the movies. But the room is small.
It does feel a little creepy sitting in a tiny "make-out room" and the leather sofa doesn't help. But it's nice to be able to watch any movie on demand. It kind of reminds me of something… Oh, my DVD player at home.
So what are the reasons to use a DVD room when you aren't a horny teenager or cheating on your spouse when you should be at work? Well, there are a few:
- You have to wait for about 1.5 hours.
- You need to take a 1.5 hour nap.
- You really love leather sofas, but your spouse or parent won't let you have one.
- You need to have some alone time. (Scratch that. It sounds too weird.)
Cheap Movie Tickets
To get a half price movie ticket, just show up at a theater before 9:00 or 10:00 am. Most theaters are only open for morning-half-price movies on the weekends, but some have them on the weekdays too. On the weekends, it's best to buy your early morning movie tickets the day before. They tend to get sold out or reserved by Koreans online. On weekdays you might be the only one in the theater.
South Korea
How to get there:
- You can enter by plane, boat, or train, though entry by train is rare if not damn impossible for most non-presidents of North or South Korea.
- Most citizens from many countries do not need to get a visa before going to South Korea.
- People of most nationalities will get a 90-day visa at the airport or ferry port.
- To be completely sure, check with the Korean embassy in your country.
- Useful Phone Numbers when in South Korea
- Tourist Complaint Center 02-735-0101
- Police 112
- Ambulance and Fire 119
- Eat Your Kim Chi – Life in Korea as lived by 2 Canadians
- Korea is a generally safe country. You don't really have to watch out for pickpockets,muggers, or scam artists.
- You should watch out when crossing the streets, beware of scooters on the sidewalk, and the little old ladies that will push you to get that last seat on the bus or subway.
- Use common sense and you will be okay.
- Things are generally inexpensive and there are many wonderful things to buy.
Enjoy Korea! I live there for 2 years and had a fantastic time.
Book & Spa Cafe
(Dr. Fish Coffee Bread)
- Go to Arts Center Subway station exit 5.
- Walk towards the Shinsegae Department Store but don't all the way to Shinsegae.
- You will see the "Dr. Fish Coffee Bread" sign on your left.
- It's on the 3rd floor.
- 4,000KRW for the Dr. Fish (about 4UDS)
- Way too much for drinks
- Bread, plain coffee, and liquid sugar are free. But, who wants that when there are lattes to be had?
- Sun – Thur 10:30 – 1:00
- Fri – Sat 10:30 – 2:00
- Be prepared to be stared at if you do the doctor fish thing. Most people don't want to do it, they just like ogling the few who do.


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Welcome to Sun's Traces Gallery
Sun's Traces Gallery features ceramic work created by Paula Brown-Steedly who also creates stunning one-of-a-kind equine pieces. The gallery also represents more American Craft Artisans.
Sun's Traces is located in the village of Barboursville, Virginia near the Blue Ridge Mountains and Virginia wine country. The gallery is also near the home of James Madison, "Montpelier" where steeplechase races are held annually the first weekend in November. Also nearby are the Barboursville Vineyards.
Phone Orders accepted and we will be happy to ship your purchase.
- Open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Also by appointment or chance.
- Thanksgiving through Christmas: Friday: 12 noon-4 p.m or by appointment or chance
- Winter Break: January- March
- Please call for an Appointment: 434-973-3700
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Join the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson and the Main Street Association for a cleanup and tree stump removal at Riverfront Park, the intersection of Scott Avenue and Main Street (Castleton-on-Hudson) on Saturday, May 5, 2018, for the 7th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, a day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries.
Volunteers will meet at the end of Scott Ave on Main Street, where parking will be available along Main Street. We ask all Sweep volunteers to wear sturdy shoes or boots, clothing that they can get dirty, and bring a hat, sunscreen, a reusable water bottle, and snacks. If you own trail clearing equipment such as tree trimming tools, chainsaws, AND necessary safety equipment, please bring them to Sweep.
Revisit here for updates on local projects. Please visit Riverkeeper.org for information on this State wide initiative.


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How to Set a Repeating Alarm on Amazon Echo
Of all the things Alexa can do, one of the simplest but most useful tasks is setting an alarm. There's no need to fumble with an old-fashioned clock radio; just tell Alexa when you need to get up and she'll jolt you out of slumber.
If you wake up at the same time every day, there's no reason to set your Echo alarm every night, though. You can be more productive How to Use Amazon Echo and Alexa to Be More Productive If you have an Amazon Echo, you have Alexa, the virtual and voice-activated personal assistant that can improve your productivity. Read More (and keep the noise down at night) by setting a repeating alarm. Here's how.
How to Set a Repeating Alarm on Amazon Echo
Method 1
For the easiest method, just say "Alexa, wake me up at 7:00am on weekdays." Your Echo will confirm the command and set the alarm. Be careful that she doesn't mishear you! Sometimes Alexa will hear 7:15am as 7:50am, for example.
You can substitute weekdays with every day or every Tuesday if needed.
Method 2
You can also modify your alarms in the Alexa app if you don't want to speak to your Echo. Open the Alexa app and tap the three-bar Menu button on the left side.
- Select Reminders & Alarms. If you use more than one Echo device, make sure to select the correct one using the dropdown menu at the top.
- Choose the Alarms tab and you'll see a list of alarms that you've set with Alexa. Tap one to edit it.
- Here, you can change the alarm time, sound, and delete it if needed. Tap the Never Repeat text to adjust repeat options.
- You can choose Every day, Weekdays, Weekends, or Every [Day].
- Tap Save Changes to confirm.
If you love using your Echo as an alarm clock, read up more on the Echo Spot Everything You Should Know About the Amazon Echo Spot Want a quick primer on everything you should know about the newest member of the Amazon Echo family? Here's what the Amazon Echo Spot can do for you! Read More .
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Recently my wife and I spent a week in a large RV Park/campground just south of San Diego, CA. Officially we went to watch our grandson play in a baseball tournament. Truthfully, summer in San Diego is The Promised Land for summer-weary Arizonans. Any excuse will do! It was our first trip in our new-to-us travel trailer. The "RV lifestyle" had a fairly steep learning curve at first. But the closest we came to a major crisis was a brand-new water hose that burst our second day out.
A fence separated the park from the river that ran along one side of the park. During the day a gate allowed campers access to the river bank. It was a popular place to run or walk, with or without a dog. Carson (by his own account the fiercest, bravest 17-lb. Shih Tzu on the planet) and I walked the bank daily. We met both two-legged and four-legged neighbors from the park. We also met folks for whom that river bank was their freeway. While we vacationers walked or jogged along, they pushed their shopping carts and rode their bicycles along the bank to get to work and do whatever it took to survive. Under the bridge we saw evidence that some of our neighbors slept there regularly.
That campground accommodated everything from tents to sophisticated RVs worth as much as our house. The total value of the rolling stock in that large park was well into the millions. A few campers were long-term park residents working far from home in construction or other jobs. But most of us (in July in San Diego) were "on vacation". We had comfortable, spacious homes awaiting our return. Our camping "equipment" represented substantial "discretionary spending". Yet literally within a stone's throw were neighbors whose worldly possessions fit in the shopping cart they pushed everywhere. They biked to work out of necessity, not the pursuit of fitness or an environmentalist ethic. They slept under the bridge at night out of necessity, not because they enjoyed "camping".
The stark contrast has stayed with me. What's wrong with this picture is not merely that some of us have more than others. Life will always be like that. What bothers me is a nagging question: Did the folks in in the campground recognize their neighbors? If so, what did do about the gap between our abundance and their need? I said a silent prayer for the guy who went past on his bike and the woman (and children) pushing the shopping cart; smiled and waved when I saw the same person at the same time each day. Since I'm home, I'm feeling nudged to address this issue I can't even name in a more substantial way than just blogging about it. But I'm convinced that lasting change will come when many of us recognize the other person as a person. He/she is a human being just as we are. Therefore we are family. We are neighbors with responsibility for each other. Once someone asked Jesus,, "Who is my neighbor?" His answer was, in effect, "Who isn/t?" (Read the story in Luke 10:25-37.)
Another time Jesus told a story about a rich man who saw a poor on his doorstep–but never recognized his brother:
"There was once a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped at his doorstep. All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man's table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores." (Luke 16:19-21 MSG)
For weeks, months, perhaps years, that rich man stepped over Lazarus every time he left his house. Maybe he used another door so he didn't have to pass that disgusting sight. Or maybe he just developed a blind spot. Lazarus was so desperately poor and disease-ridden, the rich man thought to himself, that he wasn't merely at the bottom of God's list. Lazarus had been deleted from God's list! The rich man may well have prayed every time he stepped around Lazarus, "Thank you, God, that I'm not like this miserable wretch."
Eventually both men died. Lazarus wound up in the lap of Abraham (heaven). The rich man found himself "in hell and torment"(16:23). When he complained, the response was, "You enjoyed your life and ignored that poor soul on your doorstep. You didn't recognize your brother in need, your neighbor. Now the tables have turned. How does it feel being as anonymous and unrecognizable as Lazarus was to you?"
Imagine Jesus walking the river bank with us. After we've passed a few folks, he asks us, "Recognize anybody? That guy on the bike? That woman with the cart? Those folks sleeping under the bridge?" "No, Master," we reply. "Never seen them before." I hear Jesus sigh with disappointment. Then he takes a deep breath and retells another one of his stories(Matthew 25:31-46) . We obviously didn't get it before. At the day of judgment folks are lined up and sorted into two groups. The difference between the two groups? How they treated the most vulnerable people within their reach: "…as you did it (or not) to one of the least of these…members of my family, you did it to me." ( Matthew 25:40)
Look more deeply at the folks you meet on the street today. "Recognize anybody?" Your brother, your sister? You'll soon discover a family resemblance with the most unlikely folks.If you dare, let Jesus' story play in the background: "…as you did it to one of the least of these members of my family, you did it to me."


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C2 cloud will be built in cloud, hosted in cloud, and delivered from cloud
TechnologyOne, a provider of enterprise software offering, has launched TechnologyOne C2, a cloud computing offering to enable users migrate to the cloud for realising major operating and capital expenditure savings.
TechnologyOne C2 will be built in the cloud, hosted in the cloud, and delivered from the cloud to provide the compelling value users expect from the cloud paradigm, the company said.
According to the company, it will re-engineer its business to harness the benefits of cloud computing technology to upgrade its software and provide a cost effective delivery model for users.
TechnologyOne UK operating officer Roger Phare said that the company's new offering would see it leap ahead of its competitors to provide a complete enterprise solution designed specifically for the cloud.
"Most vendors have developed a cloud strategy, but what really sets TechnologyOne apart is our willingness and ability to re-engineer our software for the cloud," Phare said.
"We know that the only way to deliver the compelling benefits customers expect, such as substantially reduced staffing and hardware costs and streamlined business processes, is to rebuild our software in the cloud, for the cloud."


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A progressive marathon is an accumulation of miles prior to race day. The last miles of the marathon are run at an event. A Progressive Marathon medal is awarded for running 26.2 miles over time.
The Running Club is open to all students, staff, and families of River Islands Technology Academy.
The Running Club will meet on selected Tuesdays and/or Thursdays after school from 3:00-3:30 beginning September 7th. Students will meet on the school field and all running will occur on campus.
To join the Running Club, register online by clicking on the "Register Here" button below and submit a $15 fee via PayPal or you may pay with cash at the school. Members will need to bring comfortable running shoes and water on run days.
Each club member will receive a Running Club T-shirt, a Toe Token for each mile completed, and
a finisher's medal once 26.2 miles are completed.
Some members will choose to walk – that is okay. The purpose is to be participating and moving.
Running Club Members may make up Run Days by walking/running independently off campus. Each member will be responsible for tracking their miles and reaching the goal of completing 26.2 miles.


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What can Coaching do for Executives?
Coaching is an Investment in Executives and Managers through sponsorship and challenge which allows them to achieve their goals by trusting their own wisdom, overcoming obstacles, focusing and gaining clarity and confidence to empower decision making.
It promotes effective communication and allows an individual to open up to new perspectives while acknowledging their own roles and responsibilities. There is also the added benefit of improving the life/work balance and relationships with others within the organisation.
Coaching aids in greater awareness and creative problem-solving which in our view is a necessity for organisational development and growth.
As an Investment in staff, coaching often results in employee retention, and better communication resulting in a more productive organisation.
What do we offer when coaching?
- Sponsorship
- Experience & Credibility
- Flexibility
- A new and different way of thinking
- Trust and Confidentiality
We also offer a 360 degree turnaround and measured outcomes to encourage feedback and follow up for continued development.
Choosing an Executive Coach
1. Chemistry. Research has shown that the most effective coaching assignments are those where Coaches have been personally selected by the Executive. And success only really comes with executives who have a fierce desire to grow and learn.
2. Ensure that the Coach has had Coach Training by a reputable organisation(s) and is experienced as a Coach. The length of this experience is not necessarily important here. Their coaching presence and ability to bring you back into this moment to find the answers for yourself, is.
3. Coaching is rarely a long term assignment, although it could start with frequent sessions. It is only really used for as long as is required by the Executive, who will often call on coaches to work on specific requests as and when.
3. Credibility does come with experience in the field. Often coaches say that they don't need to have done the job to coach an Executive. While that may well be true, the impact of having experience in the field reduces the time for building rapport, and understanding the goals, focus and environment, so more time is spent on the coaching itself. And there are exceptions to the rule.


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October 20, 2015, anysilicon
Sony has announced that its semiconductor unit will now be separated from the company's core business. The strategic decision arrived in order to allow the Japanese electronic firm to focus its resources and attentions on the Devices and the Digital image divisions. This last one in particular, in fact, has been stated to provide sensors for use in iPhone cameras.
The new spin off company, called Sony Semiconductor Solutions, will kick off and start running from next April 2016 and it will be mostly focus on the product development of image sensors. In this way, the Devices division that has been holding inside the image sensor business, battery and storage media arms all together, will be now eventually split in a different way.
Indeed, the battery business will belong to the Sony Energy Devices Corporation, while the storage media division will become part of the Sony Storage Media and Devices Corporation. The Device division, which represents one of the leading and fast growing units for the Japanese company, will now focus on image sensors production. As a matter of fact, Sony found a great return on this niche that has been generating an operating income of $249 millions in just 3 months. A great result that would help to balance the hard efforts made to keep it up with the smartphone business.
Referring to the upcoming changes, Kazuo Hirai, CEO of the company, stated that this spin off decision was taken in the aim of improving Sony's internal processes, making the Japanese firm more profitable and responsible.


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eScan Enterprise Edition is a complete security suite for Corporate and enterprises which provides essential protection against viruses, objectionable content, hackers and privacy threats. It scans the local and network drives for viruses and cleans them on a real-time basis. Built on MWL technology, it has a powerful Anti-Virus, intelligent Heuristic Scan Engine that detects and blocks over 90,000 known and unknown viruses. It offers a combination of features to help you fight the threat of viruses and set security policies. It guards against Internet misuse, block Spam and offensive mails and block PopUp Ads. Comes with adware, spyware, keylogger removal. A very important feature is Browser CleanUp that allows you to protect your privacy and removes traces of websites you visit, removes cookies, active X controls, plugins and other links that reveal your browsing habits. The features include Real time Virus Scanning at Desktops, Servers and Gateways, includes scanning of SMTP, POP3 and HTTP traffic. / Real Time Content Scanning at Desktops, Servers and Gateways, Includes scanning of SMTP, POP3 and HTTP traffic. / MailScan for MailServer, The Real-Time Anti-Virus and Content Security for the MailServers. / AntiSpamming./ Spyware, Adware, keylogger detection & removal. / Productivity Control, restricting access to non-productive website during work hours. / POP Up Filter. Remote installation and un-installation of eScan and existing Anti-Virus solution from a single management console. / Firewall. / Automatic Daily Internet Updation. / 24 hours FREE online support.
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Right, I posted this on the original Wiki, and I've only just remembered it and how we need to copy + paste all the fanon here. Everything past this point was created a while ago:
This one is for my Reintegration character, and my sudden sorrow upon hearing that all characters in the RPmust die at some point.
This one's for you, Bullock.
Begin log.
It's been a rough couple hours. I've seen a rough couple hours. I've seen men, women, and children alike, mutilated and bleeding, their eyes showing terror, sadness, and, for some admittedly fucked-up people, happiness.
But, that's no different than the old days. I can't believe I wanted to relive some of those days.
It's all this time I've spent here, I guess. Back, way, way back, I could have taken something like this in stride. Just another obstacle, soldier, now get moving! Hah. If only things were like that now.
I guess it's good that the smell of rotting flesh and the sound of children screaming still scare me. That's what the best guys in my unit were like. They sat in the corner, never talking unless spoken to, wearing mirrored 'shades and muttering to themselves. We always said that those guys would be dancing on our graves after the next 'op, if they knew how to dance. Most didn't.
And now I'm the only one left.
This is why I'm not going to die with a blade jabbed down my throat. Not in a million years.
Sure, I'm almost sixty. Sure, it's been a long time since I was firing at a living target. And, yes, I don't have any armour. But I didn't on Scorpio 6, and I bet that scrap they're giving EarthGov boys these days will get cleaved through just as easily as my bomber jacket.
Looking on the back of it now, I can see that the insignia hasn't faded any. The Four Triangles, that's what we called it. Sure, it sounded like a crappy band the likes of which has never been seen, but back in the day, the humming of gunship motors above a base didn't entail death, it WAS death.
Man, I can remember it. Dropping down the rope in my RIG, blasting some Union guy in the face with my Divet as I did so. I felt good, strong, powerful.
At least, that was until the gunship dropped on top of my best buddy, and his best buddy.
Then, I felt angry. I killed fifteen people getting away from there, and by God, if it was an extra one, I wouldn't have gotten out at all.
But I did, and, for better or for worse, I'm sitting here with my Divet, and I can hear them coming.
I guess it's their one disadvantage that they haven't had Special Ops training, unlike me.
Just imagining their scythes fills me with terror. But that's all the more reason for me to bust those scythes off with God's most precious gift to mankind – a high-velocity round.
So, I'm going to get up now, and you know what I'm going to yell when they burst through that door and try to rip my guts out?
"C'mon, ya pansies!"
This is Alan Bullock. Signing off.


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Despite reporting difficulties in working out licensing agreements with the major studios, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tells Business Week they intend to offer movie downloads by yearend. Perhaps the first iteration of their service, via TiVo or purely web-based means, will consist of the 90 independent films they've licensed for distribution.
Business Week says: Nevertheless, Hastings is hedging his bets by expanding Netflix into niches that will help it maintain an edge as new rivals emerge. He also wants to be a player in Web distribution, which it will launch by yearend even though Hastings thinks the market for downloading will be tiny for years. Netflix hopes a rep as the cool auteur's friend will build an army of loyal customers before its download service competes with Apple Computer, Yahoo!, or Comcast.


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The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado was built with purpose, not just good looks.
For the 2013 model year, the Chevy Silverado 1500 and Hybrid models receive a few minimal changes — the most notable of which are three new colors, including Deep Ruby Metallic, White Diamond Tricoat, and Blue Topaz Metallic. Conversely, the Imperial Blue Metallic and Black Granite metallic colors are gone.
In addition, the 2013 Silverado gets a set of all-terrain tires (rather than the on-/off-road units found on the 2012 models), while a few LPO (Limited Promotional Option) options are discontinued, including the sliding bed divider, cargo management system rails, overhead utility rack, and the enough-to-make-a-rapper jealous deluxe chrome package.
Chevy has always been known to dominate in the amount of horsepower per cubic inch. Any racetrack will lend creed to this by Chevy's pure dominance. The 2013 Chevy Silverado 1500 crew cab LS has a small 4.8-liter V8 which produces 302 horsepower with 305 pounds foot of torque. This results in the ability to carry 1,708 pounds of payload or tow 4,400 pounds and accelerate from 0 to 60 in 7.1 seconds flat.
If this isn't enough, the Silverado also has stability control that works with the ABS four-wheel disc brakes to prevent excessive body roll. Controlled by the ECU, the truck senses the beginning of excessive roll, as experienced in a panic maneuver or very hard turn. In response the stability control with the help of the ABS unit, the front and rear brakes on the side opposite the turn are engaged. This will shallow the turn and slow the vehicle making it difficult to roll over or lose control. This is hailed as a great piece of technology.
We have 2013 Chevy Silverado models on the lot, stop by, take one out for a test drive and let us know what you think… and don't forget about the Chevy Confidence Guarantee!
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this request was a special honor: it's always a pleasure to know that the person you're going to dj for shares a similar passion for music. moreover, the ability to surprise while also creating comfort with familiarity – and never needing to compromise – feels rare and, quite honestly, great.
|champs, sweetie darling.
|some acoustic entertainment gave us a much needed break.
|music, maestro!
|oysters. creepy.
|shake your coconuts.
my next back-to-back dj-extravaganza will take place at flow festival, namely the diesel garage. if you happen to be in town, come by and dance!


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For many, October means little more than 'the month before the AAA titles release'. While this is certainly true for most other platforms, the App Store is still churning out title after title, with many proving to be extremely entertaining (if not downright insanely addictive). So lets check out the month that was with AppSpy's Top 3 iOS Games for October, 2012.
Girls Like Robots (Adult Swim Popcannibal) $2.99 Univ.
I've learned many things from Girls Like Robots by Popcannibal and Adult Swim; for instance girls apparently love robots, while robots don't mind girls, but hate being trapped by them... OK maybe that's the only thing that really stands out, but darn it there's so much you'll need to keep in mind while placing down each tile to maximize the happiness of those you're in charge of. A real mind-bender if you think you're up to the challenge.
Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin (Microsoft Studios) $0.99 Univ.
It's far less surprising to see a game from Microsoft Studios on the App Store than you'd think - if anything the incredible game they released on it, Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin, shows that the developer is still able to churn out instant hits. You take control of a rather hideous creature stuck inside of a half-man-half-dolphin scientist, and with little more than tapping you'll need to navigate his terrifying innards. A gorgeous arcade title with a refreshingly unique concept.
Editor's Pick - Punch Quest (RocketCat Games Madgarden) FREE Univ.
An auto-runner you say? A FREE auto-runner? Surely it's a cheap cash-in with insane amounts of luring towards the In-App Purchase button. Well, you'd be incredibly wrong for thinking that of RocketCat Games and Madgarden's incredible Punch Quest. With monsters-galore, dungeons-a-plenty, and power-ups-a-gogo, you'll never have a run that's quite the same - and it only gets crazier as you unlock its many new moves, special events, and yes, hats. Of course you'll need to exchange in-game cash for these things, but despite a recent patch dropping the amount of cash you can earn, the insane amount of fun you'll have blitzing your way through zombies and flying-skulls alike means you'll probably seek out the IAP button of your own accord to thank them.
If these delights don't tickle your fancy there are plenty of other great titles to check out including: Funky Smugglers - a delightfully simple premise of checking flight passengers for contraband items turns out to be as funky, and as fun as its name implies. Carmageddon - while we await an update to the series, fans of the smash'em-up racing classic can get their hands on this wonderfully adapted release of the original. Crazy Taxi - Joins the ranks of Carmageddon as a wonderfully adapted classic title, but this time instead of plowing through other cars (and pedestrians) you're aiming to help them out. Polara - it seems the best that could be said of October is that auto-runners are slowly becoming more focused in their design and Polara's refreshing color-coded gameplay has a lot to offer.
We love letting you know just what floats our boat, but feel free to jump in to the comments and tell us what October meant to you. As always you can keep track of us via Twitter and Facebook, but most importantly you should subscribe to get all the latest videos as soon as they're up!
Additional Links:
Punch Quest - https://www.appspy.com/punch-quest-review
Girls Like Robots - https://www.appspy.com/girls-like-robots-review
Tentacles: Enter The Dolphin - https://www.appspy.com/tentacles-enter-the-dolphin-review
Funky Smugglers - https://www.appspy.com/funky-smugglers-review
Carmageddon - https://www.appspy.com/carmageddon-ios-review
Crazy Taxi - https://www.appspy.com/crazy-taxi-review
Polara - https://www.appspy.com/polara-review


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Portugal's Constitutional Court has rejected four of the nine austerity measures drawn up by the government. The total austerity budget amounts to around 5 billion euros and the measures thrown out would cut off roughly 900 million euros in revenues and savings for the state, according to estimates.
But it was initially feared that even more points could be thrown out by the court, derailing the entire budget.
Joao Cantiga Esteves, an economist at Lisbon Technical University gave his view: "Technically speaking, financially speaking, I that everything can be done. Obviously another question is political, definitely that's a different game, it's a different ball game, so to speak. But in terms of the budget and the goals that we have with the Troika, I think that we have to do the job, we have some homework to do".
The 2013 parliamentary budget gave Portugal it's biggest ever tax hike, while reducing pensions and lowering civil servant salaries.
But citizens took to the street in protest over the measures. And they lay the blame squarely at the door of the Troika as the government has to further tighten this year's budget deficit by almost another percent on last year against GDP.


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LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- British advocacy group Friends of Earth said Thursday it wouldn't be surprised if the prime minister did issue a call to back off renewable energy policies.
"It would come as little surprise if David Cameron did tell aides to ditch the 'green crap' -- his government has been attacking environmental policies for years," Friends of Earth Policy Director Craig Bennett said in a statement.
British newspaper The Sun quoted an unnamed Cameron ally as saying the prime minister made those comments in connection to levies used to support renewable energy projects but could also lead to higher consumer prices.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg dismissed the allegations Thursday, the Guardian newspaper reported. Cameron's administration had pledged to push efforts to provide more renewable energy options to British consumers.
Bennett called on the Cameron administration to fight the urge to drift back toward the "toxic" era of his predecessors.
"The best way to protect cash-strapped households from soaring fuel bills is to end the nation's dependency on increasingly costly gas by investing in energy efficiency and home-grown renewable power," he said.