Sushi Bar Camera

Camera on a conveyor at a Tokyo sushi bar. It was about midnight and the place was packed with great people.


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The Romeo and Juliet Effect: Why Christians Keep Having Sex Before Marriage

"In William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet," the titular star cross'd lovers fatefully decide to pursue their love, despite the chaos and war unfolding around them. Their decision ends up being a fatal one. I suppose the ironic question that some people might want to ask the protagonists is why risk so much to violate the family rules?" From an essay by David Chen.

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You 'can be fat' even if you are thin!?!

So you thought you could afford not to exercise if you were thin. Think again, for "being thin doesn't automatically mean you're not fat", says Jimmy Bell, a professor of molecular imaging at the Imperial College of London. If it really is what's on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble!

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British girl feared abducted turns four

A British girl kidnapped in Portugal Has spent her fourth birthday still missing, prompting a call from her parents for redoubled efforts to find her.

DIGGERS, LET'S GET THIS GIRL'S PICTURE OUT EVERYWHERE (Please Blog It!) AND PERHAPS SAVE HER LIFE AND REUNITE HER WITH HER DEVASTATED PARENTS!

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His Grace, The Right Reverend Titular Bishop Christodoulos of Theoupolis: Why Do We Pray?

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Enigma: Sadeness

Procedamus in pace
In nomine Christi, Amen

Cum angelis et pueris,
fideles inveniamur

Attollite portas, principes, vestras
et elevamini, portae aeternales
et introibit rex gloriae
Qius est iste Rex gloriae?

Sade dit moi
Sade donne moi

Procedamus in pace
In nomine Christi, Amen

Sade dit moi
qu'est ce que tu vas chercher ?
le bien par le mal
la vertu par le vice
Sade dit moi pourquoi l' 'evangile du mal ?
quelle est ta religion ou` sont tes fide`les ?
Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'homme

Sade dit moi pourquoi le sang pour le plaisir ?
Le plaisir sans l'amour.
N'y a t'il plus de sentiment dans le culte de l'homme ?

Sade es-tu diabolique ou divin?

Sade dit moi
Hosanna
Sade donne moi
Hosanna
Sade dit moi
Hosanna
Sade donne moi
Hosanna

In nomine Christi, Amen

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HOWTO: Get Chinese Characters to Appear Properly in Yellow Dog Linux v5

To get Chinese working properly in Yellow Dog Linux 5.0.1 (Phoenix):

First go to Add/Remove Programs and install Chinese.

Next install the RPM font packages from the following links (simply by clicking on the RPM download links in Firefox):

• http://wqy.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/enindex.cgi
• http://www.altlinux.com/index.php?module=sisyphus&package=chinese-fonts-ttf

Then log out and log back in again, or reboot if you prefer.

Finally set Firefox so that it uses the 3 fonts you get from here, and now all your Chinese (and probably Japanese kanji too) characters will appear correctly!

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Up to 3 weeks: Works as advertised!

Well, they were right and I am surprised. The Gillette Fusion Power Cartridges really can last up to 3 weeks. A very good razor with very good blades indeed! That being said, I do like having a fresh bade in there again. :-)

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Manicure? Pedicure?

I am no metro— but yesterday when I took my daughter to the local Asian salon to get a manicure and pedicure as a reward for her getting a good progress report, they had a special for parent and child, so for the first time in my life I got both of these. It is actually a very enjoyable experience, and it probably is good to have well-manicured hands when interviewing at such a prestigious company like the one that I will be interviewing with again on the Feast of Ascension.

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Two Fifty Four

Well my weight is down to 254#, but I recently measured my waist and I have lost 4" from it. I have realized losing weight in numbers will be harder since I am also building muscle, but I am not changing my goal.

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Keith Oberman and Patrick Buchanan on why Ron Paul is the best candidate

Keith Oberman: Of the serious contenders this evening Pat, is there one who adheres closest to your conception of classic conservatism?

Pat Buchanan: I think the closest is Ron Paul who is a pro-life libertarian, who does not vote for big spending, who opposed the Medicare expansion, who opposed “no child left behind,” who opposed the war in Iraq…

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Eat Mor Chikin!

That is indeed what I am doing. In my dieting I have cut out red meat from my diet completely, getting all of my protein from turkey, chicken, and fish except for fast days when I get my protein from seafood, beans, and almonds. Of course I do not get it from some fast food joint like Chik-Fil-A, but try to buy free-range, naturally raised, chemical and hormone free foods. Doing so, in addition to my change in how and when I eat, plus exercise has definitely made me feel better and it definitely helps the entire digestive system.

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Job Update With Flying Colors!

I just passed my first interview with a very respectable, preeminent firm, and am scheduled for my second interview on the Feast of Holy Ascension, so I ask your prayers please.

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Chinese use right side of brain more frequently than Westerners

After a series of studies on how Chinese people perceive tones in the language, a research team from the Life Sciences College at China Science and Technology University - led by Professor Chen Lin - recently showed that it is the right side of the brain that analyzes the tones in early stages of cognition - within about 200 milliseconds after the acoustic wave enters the ear. The study also suggested that people speaking Chinese use the right side of their brain more frequently than Westerners who speak English. Chinese should pay more attention to the potential development of the right brain. The results of the study were published in the internationally renowned academic journal, "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" on December 19.

According to reports, the two hemispheres of the human brain do different things in interpreting voice signals. Usually the left hemisphere dominates the understanding of semantics and the right hemisphere dominates the interpretation of music. However, the factors that determine the division of labor between the left and right sides of the brain is a problem that has long-perplexed academics, which is generally explained by two completely different hypotheses.

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Yellow Dog Linux 5 (Phoenix) > Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Google Fight!

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These Help When You Are Dieting. Really!

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Ultimate Wake-Up Pranks by the Japanese

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"Hi, I'm a Mac." "I'm a PC." "And I'm Linux!"

From Novell, the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" spoof, starring Linux (Lass).

In the standard MP3 format:

1. http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux.mpg
2. http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_2.mpg
3. http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_3.mpg

In the superior OGG format:

1. http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux.OGG
2. http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_2.OGG
3. http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_3.OGG
   

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Nicaragua, Cuba, and Latin America

尼古拉 is Chinese for both Nicholas and Nikolai. It sounds more like Ni-Gu-La however. Wanting to know what the characters meant on their own, before they are combined to mean Nicholas, I separated them and asked Google Translator. And it said the symbols, in order, mean, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Latin America. I found that kind of funny.

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