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Whether it's hilarious Twitter memes, a good book or an exciting new film, we love to be entertained on the fourth floor. And with August on its way out and cooler weather on its way in, we're looking for silver linings to this change in seasons (other than fall fashion, we love that). What better silver lining could there be than the onslaught of new television shows? Here's a breakdown of some of the hot new programming we're looking forward to this fall.
The show stars Hank Azaria and Kathryn Hahn as coworkers, on the rebound from a divorce and a dead fiancée respectively, have a one night stand (naughty, naughty!) and try to navigate their professional and personal lives in the aftermath. We're hopeful Free Agents gets the PR world right and that it entertains us as much as this business does.
You've gotta check this one out, if simply for the curiosity factor. If you've ever wanted a first-hand look inside an adult film company, here comes your chance with The Right Hand. This new reality series (co-created and directed by Matt Austin-Sadowski, one of our team on the Fourth Floor) is focused on Immoral Productions, its president Porno Dan (Dan Leal), and a fresh-out-of-college production assistant from small town Ontario. Described as "a train wreck in the middle of a circus" we can't wait to watch. It's gonna be fun, eye-opening and like nothing you've ever seen before.
The Right Hand premieres Friday, October 7 at 11:30 p.m. on TMN.
Looks like we have some TV to watch this fall. You'll find us in front of the small screen in between parties and dinners come the end of September.

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Walking! Some people like it so much they do it faster. Other people try to avoid it as much as they can. These motorized shoes are for the walking haters, because the shoes can walk on their own.
The self-walking shoes were made by an Instructables intern who drew inspiration from tiny wind-up shoes. He attached a wooden pivot arm to both shoes and powered it with a servo motor to get it moving. It's an interesting concept that makes you wonder if someone can combine these auto walking shoes with the auto lacing ones, so we can finally reach the dream of having fully automatic shoes. [Instructables]


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A Sandwich A Day: Pastrami on Rye from Famous 4th Street, Philadelphia
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great country of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
When you think of sandwiches in Philadelphia, the first things that come to mind are cheesesteaks, hoagies, and maybe roast pork. But at one time Philly was also a serious Jewish deli town, a tradition that still hangs on at Famous 4th Street, one of Philadelphia's oldest and best known delis.
Every meal at Famous starts with a complimentary plate of half sour pickles and slaw. The sandwiches are ridiculously massive, especially if you order them "Zaftig," which are literally almost a foot high and probably weigh four pounds. I went super basic with a standard sized—yet still gigantic—pastrami on thick-cut soft rye ($15). Their thickly sliced pastrami (not made in house, but made "specially" for Famous) is super tender and extra fatty.
Don't miss the glistening case of deli favorites from smoked fish to black and white cookies on your way out the door. They also serve the closest thing to a NY kosher-style hot dog I've ever had in Philly.
Famous 4th Street Deli
700 South 4th Street, Philadelphia PA 19147 (map) 215-922-3274; famous4thstreetdelicatessen.com
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SYTYCD's All-Star Dancers ENGAGED!
In case you don't already know… SYTYCD Season 4 Runner Up, Twitch, and Season 2's Finalist Allison Holker are officially ENGAGED!
News started from their individual Twitter accounts…
And is now spreading throughout various media outlets
And just for kicks… apparently Travis is getting in on the action and is looking for a dress to wear to the wedding… any suggestions?
From all of us here at PureSYTYCD… best wishes to the happy couple!


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Two former UFC notables are featured in this week's edition of HDNet Fights Video Vault, our fight-of-the-week feature.
In fact, we head to Sweden for a recent Superior Challenge 7 headliner between Thales Leites and fellow ex-UFC title challenger Jeremy Horn.
In addition to bragging rights, the winner of the April 30 fight also earned the organization's first-ever middleweight title.
Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight from
the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts, slick
submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm for
this weekly feature.
Horn vs. Leites is no exception.
Horn (87-20-5 at the time) looked for career win No. 88 and his eighth victory in a productive nine-fight stretch. The 35-year-old also looked to collect his third title after picking up the IFC and 5150 Combat League middleweight titles in 2010.
He took on Leites (18-4), who entered the bout with a solid 4-1 run. After a 5-3 stint in the UFC, which included a title loss to champ Anderson Silva, he looked to continue his career resurrection with a victory over a fellow submission specialist.
In fact, combined, the duo had posted 60 submission victories in a combined 104 career wins.
So who'd reign supreme in Sweden?
Check out the embedded clip for the answer.
Each week MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and HDNet Fights (www.hdnetfights.com) team up for "HDNet Fights Vault," which offer a new and unique video from the organization's ever-growing fight library. The weekly feature is a continuation of a long-standing partnership between MMAjunkie.com and HDNet. For more information on HDNet, which broadcasts more MMA events than any other TV


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LEW Design's motto is the "all imaginable is practicable." Teutonic homeoteleutons aside, the company's tuner Bentley Continental GT splits the difference between the Bugatti Veyron and its smaller, less-demonstrative cousin, mainly by way of custom grillwork. It also gets a 100 hp boost to 650 hp, inching the Bent ever closer to the Veyron's near quad-digit power number. Of course, top speed is still a relatively meager 205 mph, which would be fine if it didn't have all the W16's mid-200s rep to live up to.
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Tank Russian: New World In Conflict Gubbins
We've only mentioned the forthcoming World In Conflict: Soviet Assault in passing, but as I noticed a new trailer appearing, I went back and discovered further recent details. Soviet Assault's advances primarily come for the forthcoming console release, but they're funneling these changes back into the PC version. The new multiplayer elements will cost you exactly no money, available to anyone who bought the original and includes elements like the voice-activation for a-nuking. The new soviet campaign will be available as an purchasable download, apparently at a price beneath an expansion pack. So, disappointing to comment-threaders, not an expandalone. Because they do like the opportunity of saying "Expandalone". Hell, don't we all?
The new fancy rendered trailer with macho Russian music and some impressive spangly grabs are beneath the cut.
Meanwhile, in other Russian-centric RTS news… fucking hell! Stalin vs. Martians!


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Is the water still nice and warm for snorkeling in November?
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Glad you asked....I was wondering about the temps for December...temperature and water?
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I have only been to STJ late November - early December. And the water felt great to me. I have never been there during the summer, so I have nothing to compare it to... This year I will sample the late October weather!
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I forgot, weather temps were perfect, 80 - 85 every day. 75ish at night. Last year's trip saw a lot more rain than 2011's trip... But you know, it's all good if you're on St. John!
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A Sermon
Published on Thursday, September 30th, 1915.
Delivered by
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
On Thursday Evening, July 13th, 1871
Closing remarks -
Now what shall be said to those who are not strangers and foreigners? Oh! you dwell in a land where you find some sort of repose, but I have heavy tidings for you. This land in which you dwell, and all the works thereof, must be burned up. The city of which you, who have never been converted to Christ, are citizens, is the City of Destruction, and as is its name such shall be its end. The king will send his armies against that wicked city and destroy it, and if you are citizens of it you will lose all you have--you will lose your souls, you will lose yourselves.
"Whither away?" saith one. "Where can I find comfort then, and security?" You must do as Lot did when the angels pressed him and said, "Haste to the mountain, lest thou be consumed."
The mountain of safety is Calvary. Where Jesus died, there you shall live. There is death everywhere else, but there is life in his death. Oh! fly to him! "But how?" saith one.
Trust him.
God gave his Son, equal with himself, to bear the burdens of human sin, and he died a substitute for sinners, a real substitute, an efficient substitute for all who trust in him.
If thou wilt trust thy soul with Jesus, thou art saved. Thy sin was laid on him. It is forgiven thee. It was blotted out when he nailed the handwriting of ordinances to his cross. Trust him now and ye are saved.
That is, you shall henceforth become a stranger and a pilgrim, and in the better land you shall find the rest which you never shall find here, and need not wish to find, for the land is polluted. Let us away from it.
The curse has fallen. Let us get away to the uncursed and ever blessed, where Jesus Christ dwells for ever. God add his blessing on these words for Christ's sake. Amen.


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June 2011 Campaigns
Just a quick note (coming to you live from the Karma Konsum Konferenz in Frankfurt) about a number of Carrotmob campaigns coming up:
June 10th, Neusäß, Germany:
This campaign is going on today, elsewhere in Germany. Good luck to the student team working on this! The focus is energy efficiency. More here.
June 11th, Canberra, Australia:
A full 100% of revenue is going to energy efficiency upgrades! Looks like quite a turnout, too. More here.
June 17th, Munich:
I will be in Munich for this one, presumably attempting to drink a beer that's bigger than my head. 90% of sales will go to finance energy efficiency. More here.
June 17th, Brussels:
The second of 3 campaigns happening on this day…100% of revenue goes towards energy efficiency. More here.
June 17th, Paris:
If you want to roll with Carrotmob Paris, you are requested to wear orange. This campaign will focus on getting the business to sell more organic and sustainable products. More here.
June 25, Manchester, New Hampshire:
The first time Manchester had a Carrotmob, the mayor and the governor showed up! Tough to top that, maybe they can get Bono or the Dalai Lama this time around… 100% of profit to energy efficiency. More here.


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Braves overcome inconsistency, injuries in first half
Atlanta comfortably leads NL East despite vets struggling at plate, players on DL
ATLANTA -- The journey has been much more turbulent than expected. But after spending the past few months dealing with the staggering offensive struggles of several trusted veterans, the Braves still stand in a better position than most expected when the season began.
Despite going 41-39 over the last 80 games, the Braves entered the All-Star break with a six-game lead over the second-place Nationals and a 6 1/2-game advantage over the third-place Phillies in the National League East.
"Once you get comfortable, that lead's going to be gone or you're going to be shipped somewhere else," Braves second baseman Dan Uggla said. "We're definitely not satisfied. But right now, looking back, we're happy with where we are."
While the Braves might be satisfied with their position, they certainly are not comfortable with the fact that B.J. Upton, Justin Upton, Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman suffered injuries in the four days leading up to the All-Star break.
Heyward (strained right hamstring), J-Up (strained left calf) and Freeman (bruised left thumb) are hoping to avoid stints on the disabled list, which B.J. (strained adductor muscle) began on Sunday.
If Jordan Schafer were available, the Braves would feel more comfortable about spending the next couple of weeks without B.J., who has hit .177 with a .565 OPS since signing his franchise-record five-year, $75.25 million contract in November.
But Schafer, who has proven to be the club's best leadoff hitter, will be likely be sidelined for another month with a stress fracture in his right foot.
"It was unfortunate that we had the guys go down that we did," Uggla said. "All in all, it was a good first half. We came together when we needed to. We learned a lot and made some good adjustments throughout the half."
First-half awards
|MVP: Freddie Freeman His powerful, compact stroke has made him the most feared hitter in a lineup filled with veterans that have not yet lived up to expectations.
|Cy Young: Mike Minor A few rough outings in June were all that prevented this talented southpaw from earning his first All-Star selection.
|Rookie: Evan Gattis It won't be long before a movie is made about this rookie catcher, who worked as janitor and ski lift operator before grabbing the attention of the baseball world with his tremendous power.
|Top reliever: Craig Kimbrel Luis Avilan might have earned this honor if he did not inhabit the same bullpen as All-Star Kimbrel, the game's top closer.
If J-Up, Heyward and Freeman are able to make quick recoveries over the break, the Braves could enter the second half with a chance to realize the potential of an offense that hasn't yet clicked on all cylinders, let alone most of its cylinders.
Had the Braves began the season knowing that four of their regulars -- Andrelton Simmons (.243), Heyward (.227), Uggla (.200) and B.J. (.177) -- would enter the break hitting below .250, they wouldn't have expected to be sitting in first place in their division. Their current position is largely a result of the pitching staff, which owns the second-best ERA in the Majors (3.29).
When the Braves lost Eric O'Flaherty and Jonny Venters to season-ending elbow injuries within a five-day span in the middle of May, there was little reason to believe that the pitching staff would continue its success. But the contributions of Luis Avilan and Jordan Walden have strengthened a bullpen that was destined for the disaster that looms over the offense if Heyward, J-Up and Freeman are forced to miss more than just a couple of days.
"You feel good any time your back's up against it like we were, and the other guys respond. You feel good about your club," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez felt great about his club when it won 13 of its first 15 games, a stretch that was significant considering the three months of mediocre results that followed. While the pitching has been consistent, the offense is a different story.
The offense has lived up to expectations, leading the NL in both home runs (114) and strikeouts (826). This was projected even before B.J., Uggla and Heyward hit below .200 through the end of May.
Heyward's early struggles were influenced by the fact that he missed a month recovering from an appendectomy. But he has hit .290 with an .825 OPS in his past 36 games. Likewise, Uggla has experienced more success since he began wearing contact lenses nearly a month ago. He has hit five of his team-high 18 homers in his past 19 games.
Players to watch in second half
|B.J. Upton His tremendous first-half struggles have the Braves hoping that this streaky outfielder gets healthy and catches fire like he did while hitting 19 homers in his last 57 games for the Rays last year.
|Brian McCann The seven-time All-Star catcher will attempt to enhance his value on this year's free-agent market while playing what will likely be his final months with his hometown club.
|Brandon Beachy If he can be effective after he returns from Tommy John surgery, he could provide the Braves with a legitimate ace for the season's final two months.
J-Up has experienced the highs and lows this game can bring through his first 3 1/2 months with Atlanta. After hitting .298 with 12 homers in April, he went through a 46-game stretch in which he hit .208 with three homers and a .619 OPS. In the final 16 games of the first half, he hit .313 with one homer and an .857 OPS.
"I think the best is still ahead of us, offensively," Gonzalez said. "We've recently seen spurts where some guys are starting to swing the bats and drive the ball. That's always a good sign."
Of course, if Heyward, Freeman and J-Up are all forced to miss extended time with their injuries, their recent upswings may be stunted.
Either way, the Braves will spend the next couple of months hoping to benefit from the tremendous power of Evan Gattis, who has collected 14 home runs and compiled an .873 OPS through the first 187 plate appearances of his big league career.
The only encouraging injury-related news that the Braves received over the past week came courtesy of Gattis, who missed three weeks with a strained right oblique muscle before being activated in time to play first base against the Reds on Sunday.
While Freeman, who won the All-Star Final Vote before his injury, is widely considered the club's most valuable player thus far, the Braves know they might be staring at a disastrous season without the contributions of Gattis, who helped Atlanta overcome the absence of All-Star Brian McCann in the season's first five weeks.
While posting numbers reminiscent of his performance before he started suffering from right shoulder soreness in 2012, McCann has strengthened his much-maligned offense and proven that he is still one of the game's top offensive catchers.
Despite being ridiculed as a club that strikes out too often and has been far too inconsistent, the Braves entered the break ranked third (415) in runs scored. The teams ahead of them -- the Cardinals and Rockies -- play in two of the game's most offense-friendly stadiums.
"In terms of the general perception of our team ... we are a lot better than what people realize -- a lot," Braves hitting coach Greg Walker said. "It's not even close. I've told my friends for years, 'If you put blinders on and watch one team for an entire year, it will drive you crazy, because there is so much failure in this game.'"


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That GolTV still exists is a miracle in itself; the soccer cable net recently lost its cash cow Spanish Liga contract to Al-Jazeera's new beIN Sports channel. It also lost popular analyst Ray Hudson, he of the orgasmic goal calls, which means GolTV's George D. Metellus served in the color commentary role for last night's broadcast of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final between Sporting KC and Seattle Sounders.
After a late equalizer in regular time and a scoreless extra time, the spectre of penalty kicks loomed over the stadium. How dramatic would PKs be in a cup final? Metellus informs us that Tyler Perry or Shakespeare couldn't write something so dramatic. OK.
For his part, Metellus has attempted to explain himself on Twitter, and has dealt pretty well with all the soccer fans telling him "you suck." As for the accuracy of his statement? Seattle blew three of the PKs and did about as good a job of portraying a professional soccer team as Perry does an angry old fat woman. (They also allowed Sporting KC an extra PK when keeper Michael Gspurning was busted for coming off his line early.) Sporting KC took the 3-2 win and finally got to Paint The Wall.


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As the April 17 tax deadline looms, sensitizing Americans anew to the state of their finances, a financial services industry consortium has released a report advising Americans on how to save for retirement and offering resources that might help them do so.
The report, released Monday, is timed to coincide with a host of financial awareness efforts, including this week's Retirement Planning Week and April's broader Financial Literacy Month and Financial Capability Month.
While the content of the report, called "Saving Early," espouses principles that should be familiar to financial advisors, its ideas may spark discussions between advisors and clients. The report also contains links to tools advisors or their clients might find of interest.
The Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), which represents 100 of the largest financial services companies, together with the Financial Services Institute (FSI), an advocacy organization for independent advisors, and the Retirement Security Coalition (RSC), a financial literacy project of the FSR, collaborated on the report.
The report's key message for consumers is "save early," or as the consumer-oriented report's opening line puts it: "The one vital component of retirement savings you can control is when you start saving."
The Financial Services Institute's CEO Dale Brown (right), in a statement announcing the report, remarked: "You can take out a loan for a car, for education and for a house—but you can't take out a loan for retirement."
In pages with plenty of white space, pictures, simple tables and bolded text, the free report illustrates the difference even modest savings efforts can make, especially if begun early in life. For example, a chart titled "When is $10,000 Greater than $30,000?" shows how two 25-year-olds have unexpectedly different outcomes when Jane, who saved just $10,000 but at an early age, ends up with far greater wealth than Lance, who put away three times as much money but in later years.
Another chart shows how someone who saves $200 a month but increases his savings by a seemingly insignificant sum of $50 (to $250) can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to his retirement savings 45 years down the road.
The report also attempts to ease investor concerns about volatility, stating that retirement investors have mostly recovered from losses occurring in the financial crisis. "In fact, over 90 percent of people with 401(k) retirement accounts have more money in their accounts than they did at the 2007 market top due to increased contributions and market growth, according to the Employment Benefit Research Institute," the report states.
Possibly of greatest interest to advisors would be some of the resources linked in the report that go beyond the standard retirement calculators on financial services company websites. AXA Equitable, for example, offers virtual retirement savings consultations; ING U.S. has a site that lets individuals compare themselves financially to their peers; LPL offers an advisor toolkit that compares retirement plan fees and design; and Putnam provides a state-by-state tax rate map that could interest advisors with clients considering moving to another state for their retirement.
With a majority of American taxpayers gleefully anticipating refund checks, "Saving Early" may help advisors and their clients consider how best to use the proceeds.


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In PlanetSide 2, when the battles last for days, the fight for territory is more than a victory, its survival.


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Toyota president Akio Toyoda's testimony before a US congressional committee Wednesday may have been the most public nonmilitary confrontation between the two radically different cultures since American Commodore Matthew C. Perry first "opened" isolationist Japan to trade in 1854. Perry's awkward meeting with his foreign hosts is recounted in numerous texts, paintings, and illustrations; Toyoda's was broadcast worldwide.
I use the quotation marks deliberately. The virtue of openness and transparency in all facets of interaction is very much an American concept – not to mention that more than a century and a half after Perry's landing, Japan still harbors what many Americans consider archly restrictive and protectionist trade policies.
In Japan, indirection, subtlety, and a degree of opacity have been prized for centuries, and to very specific cultural, ethical and geographical ends.
Confucian models of behavior that Japan inherited from China stress an individual's obligation to others, motivated not by a mortal fear of divine commandments or the letter of the law, but a strong sense of communal duty, and the shame that accrues when one fails to meet it.
This results in a far more group- and community-minded culture of the like-minded than what we tend to prize in America: opinionated, headstrong mavericks who are often lauded for their capacity to stand out from the crowd. In Japan, rather, it is the individual who can facilitate and sustain maximum harmony among group members – the Japanese concept of wa – who achieves praise for leadership in society.
Mr. Toyoda may be the official president of Toyota Motor Corp., but his title denotes a very different role and set of responsibilities.
Hence, despite Japan's innovations in technology and engineering, and world-beating brands like Sony, Nintendo, and Toyota, there are no equivalents to a Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or Martha Stewart. Indeed, a surer sign of a successful corporate leader in Japan is that he (they are almost all men) remains virtually invisible to the public eye, while his organization thrives.
It's not easy, of course. In any culture, keeping a group of human beings operating harmoniously is a tricky balancing act among competing interests. Face saving, allowing others to maintain their dignity even when they have erred, is tantamount to ensuring that all group members feel respected. Openly admitting a mistake, or forcing another to do so, invites embarrassment and disharmony. Far better to indirectly make or exchange concessions; indirection eludes confrontation, thus avoiding conflict.
Toyoda's testimony on Capitol Hill was beset by trans-cultural misunderstandings before it even began. His initial decision to decline an invitation to testify and instead relegate duties to the US division probably made sense in Japan, where Toyoda lives and works far from his US-based subordinates.
But in the US, his response seemed arrogant and aloof. A subsequent written invitation, sent by committee chairman Rep. Edolphus Towns (D) of New York, effectively allowed Toyoda to save face at home: he reversed his decision as an appropriate response to a respectfully formal request.
To many Americans at the testimony or watching on TV, Toyoda's answers, delivered in articulate and thoughtful Japanese, sounded unnecessarily obtuse and verbose – much like the language itself, which rarely contains personal pronouns or direct, declarative syntax. In one memorable outburst, Chairman Towns asked Toyoda: "What I'm trying to find out: Is that a yes or a no?"
To Toyoda's Japanese colleagues, media and viewers, many of the American lawmakers may have seemed impertinent at best, crude, immature, and insulting at worst – openly disrespectful of an invited guest and honorable shacho, or company leader.
Openness of the American kind is often frowned upon not just in Japan's corporate culture, but in society at large. A direct "no" is hard to utter or obtain in even the most casual interactions. Invitations to social gatherings may be met with a modest response along the lines of "Oh, how nice," or "I appreciate that, thank you," – that may really mean "no, thank you."
The Japanese language contains two distinct words to specify modes of behavior – tatemae, or public etiquette, and honne, or true feeling – that every Japanese by birth is expected to know and understand. On an archipelago slightly smaller than California, roughly 30 percent habitable, and host to a population nearly half that of the United States, getting along in limited public space is a top priority.
But does this aversion to openness mean that most Japanese prefer face-saving lies to honesty and sincerity, echoing the racist stereotype of a two-faced, double-dealing people in World War II propaganda?
Hardly. Displacing American-style openness and transparency in Japan is a virtue that is largely unspoken and meant to transcend both: trust.
When one lawmaker questioned the sincerity of Toyoda's remorse at yesterday's hearing, the president seemed stunned. He had come from Japan to express his sincere remorse, he replied, and he would now have to reflect very seriously on her skepticism.
"All the Toyota vehicles bear my name," he had said in English in his opening statement. "For me, when the cars are damaged, it is as though I am as well."
Minutes after the hearings, Japanese TV broadcast video of Toyoda addressing a roomful of American dealers and employees. In thanking them for their support and calling for renewed confidence, he suddenly paused, choked up and in tears.
Damaged trust is very hard to restore, of course. And whether you express it openly or suffer in silence, it still hurts.
Roland Kelts is the author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US," and a lecturer at the University of Tokyo. He divides his time between New York and Tokyo.
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During a continent-continent collision, such as the India-Asia or the Europe-Adria collision, some areas of the continental lithosphere are shortened. This shortening can cause three main deformation styles in the continental lithosphere: (1) brittle faulting, (2) heterogeneous ductile folding or (3) homogeneous ductile thickening.
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It's been 50 years – this weekend – since the Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan Show and officially marked the beginning of the first British invasion.
And many are celebrating the anniversary and sharing their memories of the Fab Four.
On the Daily Item's Facebook page we put out some feelers for Beatles fans and we did get at least one interesting response.
One fan shared a photo she took at Shea Stadium in 1965, showing John Lennon and George Harrison:
That's so cool – apparently, Joyce Hendricks said it was taken backstage.
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Robert R. Nix II was elected as Township Supervisor in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. Prior to serving as the Supervisor, he served on the Township Planning Commission for 12 years and was the chairman from 2010, 2011, and 2012. Robert and his wife Suzanne moved to the Northville area in 1977 and have been residents of the Township since 1986. Their son and daughter both graduated from Northville High School. His community activities have included coaching in the parks and recreation programs and serving various leadership roles in the First United Methodist Church of Northville, various homeowners association and other community organizations.
Robert retired as a partner from the Law firm of Kerr, Russell and Weber after 43 years. He specialized in commercial law and litigation including, real estate, acquisition and development, leasing, financing, land use and zoning. He served as an arbitrator, mediator, facilitator, and case evaluator in complex commercial matters. He also taught a real estate development course at Wayne State University Law School from 2010-2014.
He is currently a member of the Executive Committee for the Conference of Western Wayne, the Chairman of Western Townships Utility Authority, Vice Chairman of the Schoolcraft Development Authority and serves in other leadership roles representing the Township.
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SAN DIEGO – Players are on notice.
Whether Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera explicitly said so or not, there is a feeling within the defense that jobs are up for grabs.
While head coach Norv Turner said this week that he didn't expect a "dramatic" altering of the lineup, Rivera on Tuesday emphatically told the defense in a long meeting that he wasn't pleased with a number of things and that players would be evaluated in practice over the next two weeks, just as everyone in the organization is evaluated.
The Chargers on Sunday allowed 497 yards in their 38-28 loss at Pittsburgh.
While obviously preferring it had not happened, there is a sentiment in the locker room that such an embarrassment was perhaps necessary and will prompt some players to step up, on the field and in leadership roles.
"I think it was the best thing for our defense," cornerback Quentin Jammer said. "You get your (rear end) run through like that, it puts everything in perspective, and I think we'll be better for it. There is going to be changes. You change the way you approach things, change the way you do things. I think it was the best wake-up call for us."
Asked Wednesday about possible lineup changes, Turner said, "We know we need to get better, and we're going to do what we have to do to be better."
That might include additions to the roster by the Oct. 20 trading deadline.
Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith would not comment Wednesday, but he is spending time on the phone with other general managers. Smith has a history of adding high-profile help where his team needs it at the deadline.
However, that help this year will almost certainly not come at defensive tackle. The Chargers moved last month to get depth there when they traded for Travis Johnson, who has been out since injuring his groin in the season opener. Johnson could start when he returns Oct. 19 against the Denver Broncos, and he will be counted on to play a large role going forward.
Whether other lineup changes come in advance of that game remains to be seen.
Rivera is available to the media only on Thursdays.
Players thought injecting some competition was a good thing.
"When you shake things up, guys get out of their comfort zone," safety Clinton Hart said."
Said linebacker Stephen Cooper: "Whenever you have competition, guys are going to go as hard as they can. You can't hide from anybody."
There were some different rotations at practice Wednesday.
Players began talking right after the game about having not played within the defense, and they continued to spell it out Wednesday.
"The same (stuff) kept happening," Jammer said. "Everyone tried to do everyone else's job, because one or two people weren't doing their job (on a particular play) and it just (messed) everyone up."
Every defender questioned over the past couple of days has taken personal responsibility for missteps or miscues against the Steelers.
"Each of us has to worry about ourselves," linebacker Shaun Phillips said. "We can't worry about the next man."
The Chargers' defense had seemingly improved each week until it got taken apart from the start Sunday.
In one week, the Chargers dropped 10 spots to 24th in the league in total defense – 28th against the run and 14th against the pass.
"We had a poor game," Phillips said. "It's how we respond to that poor game that matters. When we've had adversity in the past, have we responded? Yes. I'm looking forward to us responding."
Nuts 'n' Bolts
• Asked about comments Smith made in Wednesday's Union-Tribune, in which the general manager said the Chargers had at times played "soft," Shawne Merriman said: "The only opinions that matter to me are the ones in this locker room."
• Merriman (groin), Antwan Applewhite (hamstring), Johnson (groin), Jacques Cesaire (calf), Scott Mruczkowski (knee) and Stephen Cooper (knee) did not practice. All are expected to return next week.
• The Chargers have an eye on Denver, but they are using the bye week mostly for a different focus. Said Turner: "We're looking at ourselves as much as we're looking at our next opponent."
• The Chargers are using their two practices this week to introduce some of the concepts for their game plan for Denver and also as a time to give players new to the team a chance to work. After Thursday's practice, the players are off until Monday.


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Inspired by the events and locations of the blockbuster film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and 2006's smash hit Dead Man's Chest, POTC: At World's End sees familiar pirates fighting notorious villains on the decks and riggings of massive ships, exploring towns and jungle-filled islands, and avoiding underwater terrors in adventures on the high seas.
Live and die by the sword as you venture to the worlds of the films and beyond, playing as characters including Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. You'll need your wits about you as you recreate memorable moments from the movies, including the waterwheel fight and the battle against the demonic Kraken.
Hone your swordsmanship skills throughout the game, unlocking new combos and special moves, and develop your notoriety to become the most fearsome pirate in history. From islands and pirate ships in the Caribbean to the streets of historical Singapore, adventures lie ahead in the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
A pirate's life for me
Based on the classic Disneyland ride, the Pirates of the Caribbean films have been fantastic thanks to a combination of witty scripts, an excellent cast, and the fact that pirates are inherently awesome, a fact that was not lost on the makers of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for PlayStation 2.
Covering events from the second and third films in the piratical trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is an action adventure that sees you take on the roles of the main characters from the movies - Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner and Captain Hector Barbossa. As these characters, you have to hack, slash, shoot and swing your way through the most notorious villains of pirate lore, including the legendary Davy Jones.
A life on the ocean wave
For a pirate, a swordfight is never far away. Swordplay is handled by a series of strong and light attacks. Light attacks are quick and good at unbalancing opponents or catching them off guard but lack power, while strong attacks cause massive damage but leave you dangerously exposed. Also in place to help you dispatch hordes of brutal buccaneers is a great block and parry system. Holding down the L1 button brings your sword up in a block which can deflect blows. Moving at just the right time however lets you parry your opponent's attack and sends them lumbering head first into whatever's behind you. If this is a barrel full of water or a high, precarious ledge, then so much the better.
Of course, being a pirate, you don't always have to fight fair. When things get a little hairy you can always pull out a throwing knife, pistol or even a bomb to even the odds. It may be unsporting, but there's nothing quite like watching a skilled opponent put on a great display of swordsmanship only to blow them away with a flintlock pistol.
Aside from fighting, controlling your characters couldn't be simpler. Movement is via the analogue stick, using items is handled by the R1 button, and most actions, like climbing ladders, sliding down zip lines and talking to people are handled by hotspots that require a simple press of the Triangle button to activate.
The game follows the plot of the latest two films from the trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and so you'll often find yourself recreating memorable moments from the movies, like the legendary waterwheel fight from Dead Man's Chest. When moments like this occur, you have to press specific buttons as they flash up on the screen to make sure your pirate lives to drink another grog.
Jack of all trades
When playing as Jack Sparrow, some of these events become little mini-games in their own right, known as Jackanisms. Here you have to help Jack get up to his usual piratical high jinks by pressing a sequence of buttons in time with the action. Successfully complete a Jackanism and you can unlock treasures for your Treasure Cove, and charm cards for the Pirate Poker and Pirate Dice sub missions.
Pirate Poker is, as you'd expect, regular 5 card stud poker (but with more "Aarghs" and "ye scurvy dogs" thrown in for atmosphere), while pirate dice is a variant on Liar's Dice, that sees you roll dice in a concealed fashion and make bids about the result of the roll. Charm cards make things easier for your buccaneer by revealing your opponent's hands, forcing them to raise, or blocking them from seeing their own cards.
As well as Pirate Poker and Pirate Dice, there are a whole range of other sub missions throughout the levels, ranging from stealing a rum shipment, to collecting debts from old enemies, even getting Jack slapped by every woman in Tortuga. They're not essential to complete, but great fun all the same, and will help you unlock new characters, weapons and locations for Challenge Mode.
Challenge Mode, which can be played by one or two players, puts you in locations from the game tasked with a specific objective, be it defeating a certain number of enemies, performing a big combo, or collecting a certain amount of loot. Naturally, two-player mode gets pretty frantic, and with each player getting a ranking at the end, ranging from Wastrel to Legendary Pirate there's plenty to play for.
Fans of the films are going to be in pirate heaven with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Full of pirate combat, treasure hunting and epic sea battles, there's everything a budding blackbeard needs. So grab a controller, a cutlass and a talkative parrot and sit back. Drink up, me hearties yo ho!
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I gotta admit, I am the same way. I can't keep up with drug slang, mostly because of my lack of interest.Hayseed wrote:For whatever reason drugs never have and still don't interest me. Consequently, I've never followed or learned drug slang, past through present. I do, however, have a sweet tooth that should qualify me for rehab somewhere. If someone (narc) asked me in the City or on the Playa if I wanted some "candy", I gotta tell you I'd be thinking M&M's or a Butterfinger. Is this dumb farmer at risk of County lockup because no one would ever believe that I thought "candy" was candy? I'm starting to get paranoid, man!
Maybe when someone offers you candy on playa, you can say "Man, I would really like a snickers bar right now" and hope they will correct you.
Or just go ahead and ask if it's "Candy Candy or Candy candy"
I see nothing wrong in clarifying about stuff people offer. One night, I was dancing with some of my camp mates and my friend asked if I wanted a drink. I thought he was offering water and said yes. He gave me a water bottle. After gulping down a big drink, I realized it was vodka. Not that I wouldn't drink vodka, but we sure had different definition for drink at that point of time


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Constables are the law enforcement officers for justice courts. Constables serve subpoenas, protection orders, and eviction notices, and are given law enforcement authority statewide.
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Time to cozy up! Here's a perfect puzzle game to solve with your brood this holiday season.
It's a fun & beautiful puzzle game that will light up your imagination and turn you into a tactful puzzle shuffle!
Brilliant multicolored tiles appear on an infinite loop; your role is to link same colored blocks together by simply dragging your finger to shift its location
★★★★★PERFECT 10/10 – gorgeous, from the offset. Very easy to use and it will challenge your brain, keep you busy and amused
★★★★★ "Slide Puzzle Gaming Has Really Grown Up- … challenging and entertaining. There are so many levels to enjoy that you can keep playing for hours
★★★★★GREAT PUZZLE GAME! – highly polished visuals and very responsive controls, "so close" message appears when being one move away from completing the level…another little touch that makes this a great puzzle game
-Fresh unique game design like no other
-So simple! Learn the rule in just 8 seconds
-Enjoy the freedom to solve puzzles any way you like
-Helpful *hint* system to lend you a hand
-60 unique puzzles to keep your mind sharp
Are you clever enough to solve all the puzzles? How fast can you complete all the challenges?
Sit back and enjoy these colorful mind teasers. Your brain will love the stretch
This is an original game from creators of Watermelon!
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Sharing Tips & Tutorials for my Sewing, Embroidery & Silhouette Cameo creations!
Hi - I'm Terri -- I've been a wife for almost 45 years, a mom for 39 and Mimi to my precious 4grandsons, and one precious 1 year old granddaughter! But I've been sewing and creating even longer than all of those!
Sewing & creating have always been my passion, since I was a young girl -- and how I've expressed & shared that has evolved over the years. This blog is just one more form of that expression! I hope you enjoy some of the tutorials, posts, tips & ideas that I share here! [Read More …]
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Raise your hand if your biggest accomplishment this weekend was making it out of bed in time to meet your friends for brunch. Actually, it doesn't even matter if you ran a freaking marathon today, you're still probably not as impressive as 16-year-old Laura Dekker—who sailed into St. Maarten harbor yesterday after sailing by herself around the entire damn planet. Sigh.
While the thought of setting sail on such a long journey sounds daunting to most of us, Dekker, who is from the Netherlands, was born on a boat and sailed by herself for the first time at six; so she's totally at home on the water. The brave teenager, who sailed on a boat with the adorable name of "Guppy," left on her trip on January 20, 2011 from the same port she returned to yesterday. It must have been awfully lonely and terrifying out there alone on the ocean for an entire year, so it's not a surprise that once she was back on shore, Dekker "hugged her family and wept before addressing the crowd."
She is believed to be the youngest sailor to have traveled around the world solo. But, despite the magnitude of her accomplishment, she won't be given a Guinness World Record because they've stopped recognizing records for young sailors so they don't encourage kids to attempt dangerous voyages. Well, Dekker may not be getting a plaque, but at least she can take comfort in the fact that everyone is beyond impressed by her. Oh, and then there's the added bonus that practically everything she does from now on in life will be easier than sailing around the world by herself!
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Official: Attack on western Iraq gas field kills 2
A provincial official says gunmen attacked workers at a remote gas field near the Syria border, killing two men and kidnapping one.
Farhan Farhan, the mayor of the western city of Qaim, said on Tuesday that the gunmen also set fire to workers' trailers at a camp near the gas field. The kidnapped man is the brother of the Iraqi company owner building the camp site.
Farhan says the attack took place on Monday. He says the Iraqi company was contracted by South Korea's KOGAS to build the trailer camp before developing the gas field.
Qaim is about 320 kilometers (200 miles) west of Baghdad.
Iraqi officials are concerned that al-Qaida militants are strengthening around the porous Iraq-Syria border, taking advantage of Syria's turmoil.


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The little one have recently discovered the joy of watching herself on videos. Sounds narcissistic huh? I say not. Maybe she just enjoys hearing her voice and seeing her antics? Anyway, she likes it so much she would even ask me to shoot new ones. We don't have a video recorder at home but I don't think we would scout for a Flip or canon camcorders anytime soon. We don't have the budget for that now. But I am using my phone, the iPod or Padme when recording. These work well in capturing moments anyway.
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posted by Earl Fando | 4/13/2008 10:36:00 pm | 0 comments
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They finished the season - yes fans, after Sunday's 33-28 loss to Green Bay, it IS over - as the worst defense in Bears' team history.
And boy did it show in what turned into a disappointing elimination game at Soldier Field.
The offense, as was the case most of the year, did its part and did enough to win the game. It was the defense that cost the Bears on Sunday, and it was the defense that was the main reason Chicago is going to miss the playoffs for the sixth time in the past seven seasons.
"What can we say. There are no excuses. We were bad again," defensive tackle Stephen Paea admitted after the Packers racked up 473 total yards, went 12-for-21 on third and fourth downs, and drove right down the Bears' throats to score the game-winner with 38 seconds left in the game.
"If you can't play better than that, if you can't execute better than that, hey, this is the NFL, and there will be changes. We'll just have to deal with it."
And they will have to deal with a lot of them.
The Bears allowed more touchdowns (56), more offensive yards (6,313) and more rushing yards (2,583) this year than in any other season since they started playing football in 1920.
And, after coughing up a 28-20 fourth-quarter lead to a Packers' offense led by a rusty Aaron Rodgers, they will have to live with the fact that they were a part of the worst defense to ever wear a Bears' uniform.
"This one's going to hurt for a while. This whole season is going to hurt for a while," said cornerback Tim Jennings, one of the many defensive players no longer under contract with the Bears. "We're going to have to bite the bullet, figure out how to fix it and make changes."
The Bears head into the offseason with a long list of potential unrestricted free agents. Aside from quarterback Jay Cutler on the offensive side and Devin Hester from the special teams, general manager Phil Emery and his staff will have to make a lot of decisions on the defensive side of the ball.
Contracts that expired Sunday on the defense: Jennings, Henry Melton, Charles Tillman, Major Wright and Corey Wootton. Jennings and Wootton will most likely be back; the rest probably will not.
And there are plenty of reasons why:
- Opponents were 12-for-16 on fourth-down conversions against the Bears this season, and Green Bay pulled off three of them Sunday, including two on the game-winning drive, and one on the game-winning touchdown pass with 38 seconds remaining.
The Bears mustered the fewest sacks in the league (31), and generated little to no pass rush in 13 of the team's 16 games this year.
- Missed tackles were an issue early in the year, but things got worse as the season went along. Sure, injuries to Melton, Tillman, Lance Briggs and others set the defense back at times, but even the veterans were posterized by missed tackles. Sixth-year defensive back Craig Steltz was made to look silly when he whiffed on running back Eddie Lacy, one of five badly missed tackles for Chicago in the season finale.
- Lance Briggs, who missed almost half the season with a shoulder injury, was fourth on the team in tackles (71), and he had just four solos and three assisted tackles in the past two games since his return. That's your defensive leader.
But the most glaring deficiency found on the Bears' defense this year came via the eye test.
Just watching the Steelers rack up 453 yards in a Week 3 Bears' victory; watching Reggie Bush imitate Barry Sanders while gaining 139 yards on 18 carries in a Week 4; seeing Saints tight end Jimmy Graham catch 10 passes for 135 yards, and then gazing at Brandon Jacobs go over 100 yards in his first game back with the Giants at midseason; the Redskins put up 499 yards on the Bears in Week 7; no-name back Bennie Cunningham chalked up his best game as a pro with 109 yards in a Rams' blowout win; and Philly's mauling last weekend, in which they gave up 54 points, just one off the all-time record set in 1997.
The proof is in the numbers, and right in front of our eyes. This defense got old, it got slow, and it got bad. The only reason the Bears were still in the hunt - all the way down to the last second of the last game - is because Marc Trestman's offense kicked in and picked up the slack.
My how things have changed in Chicago. And over the next few weeks, they will change a whole lot more as this defense gets a facelift, and, hopefully for Bears fans, a full recharge back to the way the Bears are known for playing defense.
"It's a fair question, and at some point soon we're going to have to talk about that," Trestman responded when asked about changes to the defense. "For now, we're just dealing with this tough loss."
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