Mrs Nas just just dropped her new single “Acapella” from her upcoming fifth studio album which will be released through will.i.am/Interscope Records this Spring.

The club-ready tune was produced by dance DJ David Guetta

Kelis – Acapella

Welcome to my new blog. This is going to be way better than the old one. Thisshitisterrible.com will be up and running soon.

Lately i am fascinated by words.

it is remarkable to me that we actually understand each other.

usually, when we talk, we understand each other quite well.

despite the fact that our brains and souls are very individual.

my appeal to you is let’s invent new words.

comments and suggestions are highly welcome. perhaps we can make some words really popular?

if i understand correctly, ‘quiz’ was invented in the University of Chicago in the 60s.

Wikipedia adds this note:

There is a well-known myth about the word “quiz”, which says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within twenty-four hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write the word “quiz”, which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test) and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is no evidence to support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791.^[1]

my new word for this post is:

‘News it’.

what does it mean? ‘

news it! – something you say to someone who just bought a new item. ‘תתחדש’ in hebrew

perhaps the salespeople at Banana Republic will great you on the way out with ‘News it’,  instead of ‘have a nice day’ or ‘thanks for shopping with us’

Cleveland Cavaliers center
Shaquille O’Neal is moonlighting as
a curator overseeing an art
exhibition titled “Size DOES Matter,
” coming in February to New York’s
nonprofit Flag Art Foundation.

Southampton, known as ‘the gateway to the world’, has seen many visits from the world’s greatest ocean liners, including the QE2 and the Titanic.

Every year the city hosts sailing events, such as the Southampton Boat Show, which attracts tourists from around the world.

The port rose from humble beginnings. The ancient seaport of Hamptun, from which the city gets its name, appears in some of the country’s earliest historical records. It was in Roman times that Southampton’s first port was first built on the River Itchen. Raids by the French on the 14th century led to the construction of forts, or walls, some of which still stand today. Bargate and Westgate are two of the best preserved Medieval Town Walls in the UK.

During the following centuries, Southampton’s status as a port grew. It was in 1415 that Henry V sailed to France and Agincourt, and in 1620 English Puritans set sail in search of the New World, on The Mayflower.

Competition from other ports saw trade decrease until the opening of the first dock in 1836.

The steam age developed, and so did the city of Southampton. Adding to this development was the arrival of the railway from London and its shipping industry.

In the 1930s, ships sailed from Southampton around the globe, making it the ‘Gateway to the World’. Unfortunately, Southampton’s sucess became its downfall when the city was flattened during World War Two.

Since then, the city has been rebuilt and redeveloped. The city remained Britain’s leading port in the 1950s and 60s. In 1962 over half a million passengers passed through the port, as well as 4% of imported cargo into Britain. The 1970s saw the port changed by some older docks becoming redundant. The number of passengers travelling through the ports of declined as air travel took off in the 60s. In the 1980s and 90s some of the old docks were converted into areas of shops and offices and marinas.

The 1938 handbook to Southampton Docks states:

“Within comparatively recent years, Southampton has become established as one of the foremost commercial seaports of Britain. The facilities and equipment are among the finest in the world, and the development of the dock system under Railway Company ownership has been marked by an era of progress unparalleled in the history of the port. This great increase in trade has conferred upon Southampton the title of Britain’s Premier Passenger Port and also the forth port in respect of the value of freight traffic dealt with.” Today, whilst visitors stop to admire the QE2 harboured in Southampton’s docks, it might surprise them to know that Southampton is also the home of the fighter plane “Supermarine Spitfire” or “Spitfire” for short, designed for use by the RAF in World War II.

It’s no surprise that Southampton’s port became known as the ‘Gateway to the World’.

opens a new window Bola Masa depan Christoph Metzelder di Real Madrid masih belum jelas.

Setiap kali dia bersantai di rumah, dia mengaku sangat suka berjemur dengan telanjang.

Top Stories Inline Video Berita Nasional Terkini Puluhan pimpinan media massa pada malam ini berkumpul di Istana Negara guna menghadiri undangan dari Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Meski baru akan tersusun setelah 1 Oktober mendatang, Presiden PKS Tifatul Sembiring mengungkapkan dari 33 posisi menteri tersebut 17 di antaranya di isi oleh orang yang berasal dari partai politik.

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ENERGIE

: Today I’m 20! Happy B-Day to me!

In this Twenty Years the World has changed and Energie celebrates his birthday with a special interactive Homepage. You can visit it, clicking here: http://www.energie.it/

For Energie’s B-day, Flagship stores’ windows in Italy and around Europe will be dressed -
ONLY TODAY – with a speci…al canvas divided in 20
compartments, one for every year, where the logo will already be
present, fans will have the chance to create their own work by
intervening directly on the canvas, leaving their own personal mark on
ENERGIE.

Discover what Energie has deserved for its Birthday and where Fans’ creations can pay homage to the brand, clicking here: http://collection.energie.it/energie20/

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The guest list for Tuesday’s gala remains a secret, but it should solidify who is considered a VIP in the Obama White House. The dinner honors India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Los Angeles Times/Katherine Skiba—What’s the hottest ticket in the nation’s capital? An engraved invitation to Tuesday’s White House state dinner, the first hosted by President Obama.

He and the first lady will honor India’s prime minister. But in a departure from the traditional venue — the elegant State Dining Room — the Obamas will gather with a few hundred VIPs in a huge, heated tent on the South Lawn.

The guest list for the black-tie gala remains a closely guarded secret. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will certainly be there.

Several notables are good bets, such as Oprah Winfrey and Chicago hotel billionaire Penny Pritzker, as are top Obama aides David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett and Rahm Emanuel.

Dee Dee Myers, who served as President Clinton’s press secretary, said the lobbying by people seeking an invite had probably been relentless.

A dinner menu from the Clinton White House

“The first [state dinner] is always the most dramatic,” Myers said.

“First impressions are important. That’s your A list, that’s your top game right there. By the time you get to the eighth state dinner, it’ll be a lot less important.”

The gargantuan tent affords a bigger crowd than could fit in the State Dining Room, which holds 140.

State dinners generally draw administration officials and members of Congress, the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. Obama donors and corporate titans, Hollywood glamour, athletic greats and leading artists are bound to be thrown into the mix, possibly joined by some academics and journalists.

And the morning after, hotheads left off the list are bound to let off steam.

Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh

“There’s always a few angry calls,” Myers said, “because people read the guest list” in the morning papers.

But until the dinner takes place, the heat is on, perhaps for no two people more than Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, and Cristeta Comerford, the White House’s top chef.

Myers was a guest at a few state dinners put on by Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is another guaranteed attendee Tuesday. As Secretary of State, she hand-delivered the invitation to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July.

Tented parties for state dinners aren’t entirely new. In President Clinton’s final year in office, he had about 700 guests under a tent for an earlier Indian prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee.

More @

Obama State Dinner Challenges, Real & Imagined: A Vegetarian Guest of Honor, A Scarcity of Vegetables…

“Vegetable veracity: The garden is low on crops, Mr. Singh is fond of fish, and about that beehive gift for dinner guests…“

Please visit our friends at Obama Foodorama. They have more pictures and details about the tent, menu, chef, etc…they are a great source for anything food related at the Obama White House.

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Guru Nanak Dev ji 1469-1539

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TOKYO, Nov 23, 2009 (AFP) – Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to step up efforts to ensure food safety following concerns over pesticide-tainted Chinese-made dumplings.

Health ministers from China, Chen Zhu (L), Japan, Akira Nagatsuma (C) and South Korea Jeon Jae-Hee (R) join hands as they hold a meeting in Tokyo on November 23, 2009 (AFP photo)

Japanese Health Minister Akira Nagatsuma, his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu and South Korean health chief Jeon Jae-Hee signed their first joint memorandum on food safety after a meeting in Tokyo, a statement said.

The move came as Tokyo seeks further investigation by Beijing authorities over pesticide-tainted Chinese-made frozen dumplings, which made 10 people ill in Japan in January 2008.

“The food was highly possibly poisoned in China,” Nagatsuma said in the meeting. “Japan hopes China deals with the case in a sincere manner.”

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama advocates better ties with China but has also repeated since taking office in September that concerns over the safety of imported Chinese food were an “obstacle” between the nations.

Under the memorandum, the three nations agreed to immediately notify each other if a food safety problem surfaces and to clarify the process of investigation, the statement said.

The three health ministers also issued a joint statement in which they agreed to step up cooperation in the fight against swine flu.

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As usual, this is the most memorable post since it will be the mark of my blogging years..

…has an end. But, hopefully not for some time, as this is my first post. Until then, I have lit this tiny signal fire in a sea of signal fires, and for those who make out its glow amidst the rest, hopefully you will light yours as well.

Well if you are here and reading this, you probably follow my poetry and ramblings on Facecrack, I thought it might be a good idea to consolidate my ideas to a blog and join the 21st century. It seems this is what all the cool kids are doing these days (yes Bruce that includes, you fellow blogger!).

Here you can find an archive of all my current poems. Feel free to comment here or on facebook or in your own head, I have no preference. Though I will say that all my poetic work will be both here and on facebook, I can’t say the same for whatever random blogging I decide to do. Although lordy it would be ideal if facebook just had a good blogging system. You think they would’ve figured that one out by now.

More to follow. Stay tuned.

Callie Shell: “It was primary morning in New Hampshire. Barack and Michelle Obama had been campaigning separately all week. In the first few months of 2008 their private time seemed to consist of a few crossover moments in back hallways before rallies. This moment was rare and you could tell they just loved being able to sit together. Jan. 8, 2008.”

Reading back on my first blog post, it didn’t flow very well at all. It’s because I need to just type out my thoughts and shouldn’t spend to much time trying to put it into words. I should just type it out and if I get it to follow my train of thought, it should come out more natural and flow better than my first one. It doesn’t seemed like I covered everything that came up in my mind and skipped over some stuff and that causes it to be kind of like awkward to read. I don’t know how to explain it, really, it just doesn’t go together well. I will work on that.

Even just after that first post, though, I did feel like I got to get in touch better with my own thoughts so that was good. Hopefully I will like this blogging thing.

Saturday roundup: Devils tie for firstNovember 21, 2009

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores

LOWELL 5, MANCHESTER 3
Rookie Nathan Perkovich stayed hot with a goal and two assists as Lowell beat Manchester by a 5-3 count on Saturday afternoon at Tsongas Arena.

With the win, the Devils pulled into a tie with the Monarchs atop the Atlantic Division. Both clubs have 27 points, although Manchester has played one fewer game.

Perkovich’s three-point afternoon matched a season high and gave him 12 points (6-6-12) in his last eight contests, including four multiple-point efforts over that span.

Vladimir Zharkov and Michael Swift each registered a goal and an assist for the Devils, while Stephen Gionta and Ben Walter also found the back of the net. Lowell finished 3-for-8 on the power play and received a pair of assists from rookie defenseman Matt Taormina.

Goaltender Jeff Frazee earned the win with 17 saves for the Devils, who improved to 7-1-0-0 in their last eight games.

The Monarchs’ Oscar Moller tallied a pair of power play markers in the loss, and rookie Andrei Loktionov also scored.

GRAND RAPIDS 6, TORONTO 3
Grand Rapids continued its sizzling play of late with a 6-3 road win over Toronto on Saturday afternoon at Ricoh Coliseum.

The Griffins improved to 2-1-0-0 against the Marlies this season and to 11-1-0-0 in their last 12 games overall since beginning the campaign at 1-4-0-0.

Ex-Marlie and rookie Tomas Tatar each put up a goal and two assists for the Griffins, and Evan McGrath netted a pair of goals in the victory. Grand Rapids also received tallies from Mattias Ritola and Jamie Tardif.

Defenseman Jakub Kindl (0-3-3) and forward Patrick Rissmiller (0-2-2) each contributed multiple assists, and Grand Rapids goaltender Daniel Larsson (7-2-0) made 25 saves to pick up his seventh straight win.

Alex Foster scored twice and Jay Rosehill once for the Marlies, who dropped to 1-4-0-1 in their last six contests.

HAMILTON 5, MANITOBA 4 (OT)
Rookie defenseman P.K. Subban scored 3:53 into overtime to lift Hamilton past Manitoba by a 5-4 count on Saturday before 13,582 fans at the MTS Centre.

Defenseman Mathieu Carle scored twice and added two assists for a game-high four points, helping the Bulldogs jump out to a 3-0 second-period lead.

Sergei Kostitsyn registered a goal and two helpers for the Bulldogs, David Desharnais had a goal and an assist, and J.T. Wyman chipped in two assists on the night.

The Moose played catch-up all night long to secure the one standings point, receiving goals from Erik Christensen, Marty Murray, Sergei Shirokov (1-1-2), and the game-tying power play marker from Marco Rosa (1-1-2) at 10:33 of the third frame.

Eric Walsky and Evan Oberg each posted two assists for Manitoba in the losing effort.

Bulldogs goaltender Curtis Sanford emerged with the victory after making 20 saves, helping his club finish 2-2-0-0 on its four-game road trip to Abbotsford and Winnipeg.

PORTLAND 4, NORFOLK 2
Portland rebounded from an early 1-0 deficit to score three straight goals en route to a 4-2 win over visiting Norfolk on Saturday at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

The Pirates won their third straight game since a 2-1 overtime loss to the Admirals on Tuesday and increased their points streak to six games overall (4-0-2-0).

After Justin Keller gave Norfolk a 1-0 lead 7:50 into the contest, Felix Schutz’s first goal of the season tied it for the Pirates at 12:27.

Portland took control in the middle frame, as defensemen Matt Generous and Drew Schiestel both scored their first goals of the campaign to make it a 3-1 game. Norfolk’s Mitch Fritz brought his club within one score at 14:48 of the second, but the Pirates held on and Cody McCormick sealed the win with an empty-netter late in the third period.

Pirates goaltender Jean-Philippe Lamoureux earned the victory with 23 saves in net.

WORCESTER 3, PROVIDENCE 2
With an eighth straight loss looming just 20 minutes away, Worcester rallied for a pair of third-period goals to take a 3-2 road win over Providence at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

Dwight Helminen tied the contest at 2-2 for the Sharks 11:35 into the third period, scoring his first goal since Nov. 6, and defenseman Joe Callahan netted the game-winner on a power play with 1:58 to play in regulation. It marked Callahan’s first goal of the season.

Rookie Brandon Mashinter posted a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who had dropped a franchise-record seven straight games entering the night. Goaltender Alex Stalock earned the victory with 31 saves in net.

The Bruins grabbed leads of 1-0 and 2-1 on goals by Jamie Arniel and Kirk MacDonald, but Providence could not hang on and saw its modest two-game winning streak come to an end.

SPRINGFIELD 3, HERSHEY 2 (SO)
Springfield rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits in regulation and prevailed over host Hershey in a shootout, 3-2, before 9,024 fans at the Giant Center.

Falcons forward Chad Wiseman scored the lone shootout goal for either side in the third round, and Springfield goaltender Devan Dubnyk denied all five Bears attempts after making 29 saves through regulation and overtime.

Each side scored once in the second and third periods. Keith Aucoin and Alexandre Giroux gave Hershey leads of 1-0 and 2-1, but the Falcons responded each time on markers by Colton Fretter and Ryan O’Marra.

Springfield improved to 5-1-1-0 in its last seven contests, while the Bears’ five-game winning streak ended. Hershey is still 9-1-0-1 in its last 11 outings.

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 3, ADIRONDACK 1
A trio of second-period goals lifted Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to a 3-1 win over visiting Adirondack before 6,637 fans at the Wachovia Arena.

The Penguins scored a goal of each variety in the middle frame. Luca Caputi kicked it off with a power play tally at 7:28, Eric Tangradi followed at even strength at 11:42, and Wyatt Smith added a shorthanded marker with 1:24 to play in the stanza.

Adirondack got on the board when defenseman Kevin Marshall scored 6:36 into the third period, but the Phantoms could get no closer and fell to 1-4-0-0 in their last five road games.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goaltender John Curry stopped 29 shots in net to help his club snap a short two-game losing skid.

BINGHAMTON 4, ALBANY 1
Ryan Keller netted two more goals and Josh Hennessy also scored twice to pace Binghamton past visiting Albany by a 4-1 count at the Broome County Arena.

Keller’s two tallies give him a league-leading 13 for the season, and the first-year Senator has found the back of the net in four consecutive games (5-2-7).

Hennessy snapped an 11-game drought with his two goals, both of which came on the power play after Albany had cut the Sens’ lead to 2-1 on a Jamie McBain power play strike midway through the second frame.

It marked the second straight night that the River Rats managed just one goal, both resulting in losses.

Binghamton goaltender Andy Chiodo earned the win with 25 saves, while Albany’s Mike Murphy took the loss despite making 46 saves on the night.

SYRACUSE 2, HARTFORD 1
Syracuse snapped a four-game winless skid (0-3-0-1) with a 2-1 triumph over visiting Hartford on Saturday before 5,416 fans at the Onondaga County War Memorial.

After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, the Crunch grabbed a 2-0 second-period lead on goals by Maksim Mayorov and Kevin Harvey. Mayorov’s tally came shorthanded against a Hartford power play that entered the night ranked first in the AHL this season at 26.5 percent.

It remained a 2-0 Syracuse lead until the Wolf Pack finally got on the board courtesy of a shorthanded goal by defenseman Ilkka Heikkinen with just two seconds to play in regulation.

That marker spoiled the shutout bid for Crunch goaltender Kevin Lalande, who still picked up the victory with 22 saves on 23 shots on net.

Hartford lost in regulation for just the second time in its last 10 contests (7-2-0-1).

BRIDGEPORT 4, ABBOTSFORD 3 (SO)
Bridgeport climbed out of a 3-1 deficit in the third period and then converted all three of its shootout tries to take a 4-3 road win over Abbotsford at the Entertainment & Sports Centre.

The Sound Tigers swept their two-game weekend set with the Heat and improved to 4-0-0-1 in their last five games overall, on the heels of a five-game losing skid.

Sean Bentivoglio netted a pair of regulation goals and converted a shootout attempt for the Sound Tigers. Bentivoglio’s second regulation marker cut Bridgeport’s deficit to 3-2 at 3:39 of the third period, and Jesse Joensuu tallied the equalizer at 11:16. Both goals came on the power play.

Trevor Smith and Greg Moore also registered shootout goals for Bridgeport, and goaltender Scott Munroe denied three of Abbotsford’s four tries after making 41 saves through the first 65 minutes.

Garth Murray notched a pair of regulation goals for the Heat, and Riley Armstrong posted a goal and an assist. Mikael Backlund recorded Abbotsford’s lone shootout tally in the third round.

The Heat are now winless in their last three games, all at home (0-2-0-1), and will begin a four-game road trip on Wednesday in Peoria.

TEXAS 4, ROCKFORD 3 (OT)
Maxime Fortunus’ second goal of the night came 3:52 into overtime as Texas escaped with a 4-3 road win over Rockford at the MetroCentre on Saturday.

Sergei Korostin and defenseman Andrew Hutchinson also scored for the Stars, who built a 2-0 lead late in the second period and held a 3-1 advantage 1:36 into the third.

But Mark Cullen single-handedly knotted it back up for the IceHogs, scoring on the power play at 6:04 and at even strength a little more than 11 minutes later. Defenseman Simon Danis-Pepin also lit the lamp for Rockford, which has alternated wins and losses in its last eight games.

Stars goaltender Brent Krahn extended his personal winning streak to 10 games by making 41 saves on 44 shots in net.

Texas shook off a 4-1 loss in Grand Rapids on Friday and improved to 10-1-2-1 in its last 14 outings.

CHICAGO 3, PEORIA 1
Chicago scored three times in the third period to rally from a 1-0 deficit and skate off with a 3-1 win over visiting Peoria before 11,755 fans at Allstate Arena.

Tim Stapleton tallied the equalizer for the Wolves just 1:14 into the third frame, and Johnny Pohl netted the game-winner 2:06 later. Brett Sterling, who assisted on Stapleton’s marker, added an empty-netter with a minute to play.

Jason Krog chipped in two assists for Chicago, and goaltender Peter Mannino made 40 saves on 41 shots to pick up the win in just his third appearance of the season (2-0-0).

Nicholas Drazenovic gave the Rivermen a 1-0 lead with a power play goal at 10:15 of the opening period. Peoria managed only one goal a night after scoring a season-high seven in a 7-2 win at San Antonio.

Copa del Rey round-upThursday roundup: Pirates cool off Amerks

Initial D (頭文字D, Inisharu Dī^?) es un manga de Shuichi Shigeno publicado originalmente en la revista de Kodansha, Young desde 1995. La historia fue adaptada a una serie anime por Avex y posteriormente a una película live-action por Avex y Media Asia.

El anime y el manga se centran en el mundo de las carreras clandestinas callejeras en Japón, y toda la acción se concentra en pasajes montañosos donde se utiliza particularmente el estilo de conducción de derrape, denominado drift. La historia se desarrolla en la Prefectura de Gunma, Japón, específicamente en sus montes y los alrededores de las ciudades.

Takumi Fujiwara comienza a introducirse en las carreras callejeras junto con sus amigos y compañeros de trabajo Iketani e Itzuki. Takumi va afrontando rivales de cada vez mayor nivel hasta llegar al mejor piloto de su zona, Ryosuke Takahashi, personaje que impacta profundamente a Takumi.

Esta primera temporada consta de 26 episodios:

1. La superderrapada en el Monte Akina // El superderrape del repartidor (versión Española)
2. Derrape con 4 ruedas // Venganza, Los motores rugen (versión Española)
3. El misterioso especialista de Akina // Un especialista entra en escena (versión Española)
4. La carrera en Akina // Que empiece la carrera (versión Española)
5. El ganador // ¡Fin de la carrera! Una batalla de titanes (versión Española)
6. El nuevo rival // Un nuevo desafio (versión Española)
7. El orgullo de los corredores // El orgullo de un corredor
8. Justo un momento antes del límite del tiempo // Justo antes del tiempo límite (versión Española)
9. AE86 vs GTR32 // Una carrera al límte (versión Española)
10. La emoción de las 5 curvas // ¡Explosión! Las 5 curvas seguidas (versión Española)
11. Aparece Shingo, el peligroso // El peligroso Shingo entra en acción (versión Española)
12. Duelo con cinta adhesiva // Duelo mortal con la tracción trasera (versión Española)
13. La primera cita amorosa de Itsuki // La primera cita de Itsuki (versión Española)
14. La técnica del derrape // Superando al genio del derrape (versión Española)
15. La carrera del enoje // La carrera desenfrenada de Takumi (versión Española)
16. El ángel de la cúspide Usui // El angel del puerto Usui (versión Española)
17. La carrera de la muerte súbita // Duelo mortal (versión Española)
18. El viento caluroso de la cúspide de Usui // Una carrera frenética en el puerto de Usui (versión Española)
19. La conclusión de la carrera // Un superderrape pone fin a la carrera (versión Española)
20. El fin del verano // El verano se acaba (versión Española)
21. El reto de la super estrella // El reto de una superestrella (versión Española)
22. La carrera del ascenso de la montaña // La carrera cuesta arriba (versión Española)
23. La carrera del descenso bajo la lluvia // Duelo en descenso bajo la lluvia (versión Española)
24. El cometa blanco de Akagi // El cometa blanco de Akagi (versión Española)
25. La revancha // La batalla definitiva (versión Española)
26. La nueva leyenda del descenso // La nueva leyenda del descenso (versión Española)

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Initial D cuenta la historia de Takumi Fujiwara, estudiante de colegio de 18 años de edad, trabaja en una gasolinera con dos amigos: Itsuki (Compañero de clase que no cesa de hablar a Takumi de su pasión por los coches y de sus modelos preferidos) e Iketani (Algo mayor que ellos y líder del equipo local de corredores callejeros: Los Akina Speedstars) Takumi, a los ojos de sus amigos, no tiene la más mínima idea de coches ni tampoco el más mínimo interés.

Además de trabajar en la gasolinera, Takumi ayuda a su padre en su tienda de queso de soya (tofu) desde que estaba en septimo curso. Él se encarga desde los 13 años llevar el reparto de tofu a un hotel en el monte Akina, siempre al volante del Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX Twin Cam 16 Valves, AE86 , “Hachi-Roku” (en japonés, 8-6) de su padre, Bunta Fujiwara, aunque oficialmente acaba de sacarse el carné de conducir.

Estos años subiendo y bajando el monte Akina, bajo la supervisión en la lejanía de su padre, le han ayudado a adquirir una técnica prodigiosa al volante, aunque en realidad a Takumi no parece preocuparle si tiene habilidad para los coches o no, e inicialmente solo se preocupa de realizar el reparto lo antes posible valiéndose para ello de su habilidad con el coche.

Cierto día, un equipo de corredores callejeros procedente de Akagi, los Redsuns, aparece en Akina para desafiar al equipo local a una carrera. El equipo liderado por Iketani, que será el equipo encargado de aceptar el desafío, está en condiciones muy inferiores, tanto en calidad de coches como en nivel de conducción para enfrentarse a los Redsuns, sin embargo no pueden rechazar el reto por motivos de orgullo.

A la vuelta de retar a los Akina Speedstars, uno de los líderes del equipo Redsuns, Keisuke Takahashi , hermano menor del llamado Cometa Blanco de Akagi, Ryosuke Takahashi, es burlado y adelantado a una velocidad vertiginosa por un AE86 bajando el Monte Akina. A partir de ahí, Keisuke empieza a obsesionarse en obtener la revancha contra el piloto de ese AE86, exigiendo a los Speedstars que le organicen una carrera contra él. Iketani apurado por la más que probable derrota y un accidente suyo con el coche comienza a investigar a la búsqueda del 86, hasta que sus investigaciones le llevan a Bunta Fujiwara.

Los Speedstars tratarán de convencer, en vano, a Bunta para que vaya a disputar la carrera por ellos, lo cual este rechaza argumentando que ya está mayor para juntarse con chicos. Sin embargo Bunta aprovecha la oportunidad de meter a Takumi en el mundo de las carreras callejeras y se ofrece tanque de combustible lleno en el auto a cambio de que sea él el que vaya y gane la batalla.

Así, a última hora, se presenta el 86 en Monte Akina pilotado, para sorpresa de sus amigos que esperaban para ver la carrera, por Takumi.

La carrera hará que la fama del AE86 de Akina se dispare, haciendo que otros famosos corredores callejeros busquen desafiarle.

I’ve been meaning to make a wordpress for a while now, I have this wonderful theme/skin/layout for it. Now if only I could figure out how to fucking install it.

That

would

be

lovely.

I have a feeling this blog will never be found. It will just collect e-dust and I will occasionally post when something wonderful happens to me. Not like that will ever happen, so I guess I can use this for writing short, quirky stories?

Who knows.

The first ever Overseas Vietnamese Conference opened in Hanoi today aimed at strengthening ties between Vietnamese living abroad and their home country, according to the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Nguyen Minh Triet meets with overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and businessmen at the conference in Hanoi, Nov. 21. 2009. (Photo: VietNamNet)

The conference, themed “For a community of solidarity and strength, contributing to the cause of building the country,” attracted 1,500 delegates, including around 850 overseas Vietnamese intellectuals, businessmen, artists, religious and social activists, and students, who represent Vietnamese communities in 101 countries and territories worldwide.

After the opening ceremony, four seminars were held themed around building a strong community of successful overseas Vietnamese, retaining national culture and tradition, intellectuals’ and experts’ contribution to the home country’s development, and overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs’ contribution to building the country.

Tran Trong Toan, the Committee’s standing deputy head, said the conference offers a forum to exchange views, collect opinions, mobilize resources of overseas Vietnamese communities to contribute to the country’s industrialization and modernization, and promote the communities’ brainpower to contribute to the preparations of the XI Party Congress.

At the conference, local and overseas collectives and individuals who have made great achievements in mobilizing overseas Vietnamese to contribute to the cause of national liberation and construction were also praised.

The conference is among the main activities under a Government action program on expatriate Vietnamese affairs and the Prime Minister’s Instruction 19 on overseas Vietnamese activities.

Instruction 19 calls on provinces and ministries to take responsibility for overseas Vietnamese affairs and requires them to protect the interests of overseas Vietnamese enshrined in Vietnamese laws, international conventions, and precedents.

This year, overseas Vietnamese sent remittances of US$6.8 billion to relatives and businesses in Vietnam, a decline of $400 million over 2008.

The Committee said overseas Vietnamese have invested in about 3,000 projects in Vietnam with a total investment capital of $2 billion.

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We called them curse, bad, opps or naughty words but what are these words? Your kid, let’s say his name is John says [bitch] and you go off saying “John that’s a bad word, don’t say that again!” We missed a few things there, you got to tell him WHY it’s a bad word and HOW COME you don’t want him to say it again. I want to know though….what are all the words of profanity? I consider f*** s*** d*** and motherf*** to be actual profanity words. While ass and bitch to be regular words.

Don’t get me wrong though! Ass, bitch and all the other words are offensive but the difference is the dictionary refers to the other words as being ’swear’ or ‘curse’ words while bitch and ass aren’t.

What do YOU think?

First of all, I am a Bad Blogger. It has been at least a month since I last posted here. I’m going to be better; I promise. I really, really need to do some photography. With any luck, the sun will be out and beautiful when my husband and I go down to California this week to spend Thanksgiving with his side of the family.

Secondly, a Knitterly Confession: I have never blocked anything. I know that blocking is supposed to be one of the most wonderful things you can do for your knits. It really finishes them off and helps your knitting be all that it can be. Admittedly, I have an excuse: I used to knit almost exclusively in acrylic, and you can’t really block acrylic. However, I now knit almost exclusively in wool, and you can definitely block wool. And you should block wool. I should block wool. Somehow, though, I never got around to it. Not officially, if you know what I mean. I generally block my socks, for instance, by putting them on my feet and dancing gleefully about.

On this day, however, I am blocking something. I knitted a beret based on Crazy Aunt Purl’s Super Simple Fast and Easy Chunky Hand Knit Beret. It was, as advertised, super simple, as well as being fast and easy. I made it out of Lamb’s Pride Bulky in “Royal Purple Flutter,” which is a delightfully bright purple. However, it came out looking…odd. Really odd. It had this funny little point on the top. I solved the point by redoing the decreases, but the hat was still a funny shape. Since I want to take it down to California and not look like a total dork, I decided there was only one solution. And that was…dun dun DUUUUUNNNNNN!…blocking.

Luckily, I had precisely the right size of plate to make this happen properly. I put the plate inside the beret, arranged it carefully, and soaked it under the water faucet. I really hope it’ll be dry by tomorrow.

I also hope I remember to take pictures of it.

I have many, many Finished Objects to show you. I’m just not sure when. With any luck, I’ll post a whole bunch this week. Right now, I’m still recovering from the Evil Chest Cold that attacked me last week, so I’m going to work on the scarf to match the beret.

Hello and welcome to my blog. This is my first entry and there isn’t much to look at yet. I hope to have more up soon, thanks for stopping by.

Here’s a quick, impulsive interview my friend volunteered to give me later on in the day: files.me.com/mklein7/tfc7cv.mp3 (Background audio recorded while at Volcom).

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I work in the art department under the supervision of Steve Martin, one of the art directors, who passes work over to me. It begins with an Art Department Work Request Form that Steve hands to me which is basically a visual merchandise order that is requesting artwork to be designed and formatted to fit in a specific area. Each form contains the dimensions of the area in which the artwork is to cover, such as a window or light box, along with a designated image type(s) (e.g. surf, skate, snow, girls, logo, lifestyle, or boys) that will be used as the primary artwork that I must then re-layout to appropriately fit within in the dimensions. The form also contains information such as store location, job number, job due date, etc.

After looking through the form, my job, then, is to create a folder with the job name and number on my computer in which all art files will be saved, create a Photoshop document to the specified size and specs, layout the designated artwork to fit in the document size making sure nothing is being cut off or covered, burn the flattened .TIFF file to a CD, and print a small preview of the design with the job name and number on the bottom of the printout. Finally, I give the form, CD and printout back to Steve for him to send out to a printing company to be produced.

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