Weekend post : Super Salad

Super Salad

To make the best he salad, you need fresh ingredients. The best time to buy a fresh he is from june to december. Go to your local market. Pick up one he and study it. The he should be hot and cold. These taste the best! Put 70 of them in your shopping cart. You will also need a pound each of carrots and we.

Next, you need to get the ingredients for the salad dressing. You might like apple dressing, which tastes yummy on he salad, but you might also enjoy orange dressing. Pick out the 50 best fruits you can find. Take your ingredients home, and get ready to make your salad.

Wash and dry each he thoroughly. Use your he to separate the parts of the he. Put the pieces in a large salad bowl. Next, chop the carrots and we, and put those in the bowl. To make the dressing, mash the fruit in another bowl. Add a cup of oil and 5 teaspoons of vinegar. Pour the dressing into the large salad bowl and mix the ingredients. Voilà! Enjoy your he salad.

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Have you ever By tremayne

have u ever lived a life u were never meant to live.
have u ever lost the ones that you held dear.
have u ever seen things you were never meant to see,
or did somethings you were never meant to do.
welcome to a world you will regret.
i live this life,
things i want to change but cant do nothing.
i thought it was the end but its only the beginning.
some say feeling pain is just the worst,
but to me this is just the first verse.
even thou the pain is stabbing you,
around the corner a good thing will come thru.
im not the best at saying words of inspiration,
but this world will be a contamination.

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Weekend post Power by Edwina Matthews

To some power is guns
To some power is knifes
To some power is the ability to read, and write.
To some power is control
To some power is a fist
To some like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. power was words.
To some power is like a trapped animal trying to get out of a cage.
To some power is love
To some power is art
To some power is money
To me power is knowledge
So what is power to you?

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Weekend Post :Nature By: anees akbar

Nature is mighty
Nature is strong
Nature is usually always right
Nature is rarely ever wrong
Nature is beauty
Nature is moody
Nature is smart
Nature always has the greater part
Nature is blue
Nature is green
Nature is every color possibly seen
Nature is true
Nature is beaming
Nature is dreaming
Nature is in every place
Nature is always with grace
Nature is true
Nature is you
Nature is me
Nature will forever be free.

Weekend post:A Man In His Life by Yehuda Amichai

A Man In His Life by Yehuda Amichai

A man doesn't have time in his life
to have time for everything.
He doesn't have seasons enough to have
a season for every purpose. Ecclesiastes
Was wrong about that.

A man needs to love and to hate at the same moment,
to laugh and cry with the same eyes,
with the same hands to throw stones and to gather them,
to make love in war and war in love.
And to hate and forgive and remember and forget,
to arrange and confuse, to eat and to digest
what history
takes years and years to do.

A man doesn't have time.
When he loses he seeks, when he finds
he forgets, when he forgets he loves, when he loves
he begins to forget.

And his soul is seasoned, his soul
is very professional.
Only his body remains forever
an amateur. It tries and it misses,
gets muddled, doesn't learn a thing,
drunk and blind in its pleasures
and its pains.

He will die as figs die in autumn,
Shriveled and full of himself and sweet,
the leaves growing dry on the ground,
the bare branches pointing to the place
where there's time for everything.

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Weekend Post:Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. It is usually in June in the Gregorian calendar.
here are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC). Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China's earliest poets. In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State, he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin. However, he was opposed by aristocrats headed by Zi Lan, and later deposed and exiled by King Huai. In his exiled days, he still cared much for his country and people and composed immortal poems including Li Sao (The Lament), Tian Wen (Heavenly Questions) and Jiu Ge (Nine Songs), which had far-reaching influences. In 278 BC, he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered Chu's capital, so he finished his last piece Huai Sha (Embracing Sand) and plunged himself into the Miluo River, clasping his arms to a large stone. The day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. After his death, the people of Chu crowded to the bank of the river to pay their respects to him. The fishermen sailed their boats up and down the river to look for his body. People threw into the water zongzi (pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of reaglar wine (Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar) into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk. That's why people later followed the customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine on that day.

Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination. Folk tales say the game originates from the activities of seeking Qu Yuan's body, but experts, after painstaking and meticulous research, conclude that dragon boat racing is a semi-religious, semi-entertaining program from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). In the following thousands of years, the game spread to Japan, Vietnam and Britain as well as China's Taiwan and Hong Kong. Now dragon boat racing has developed into an aquatic sports item which features both Chinese tradition and modern sporting spirit. In 1980, it was listed into the state sports competition programs and has since been held every year. The award is called "Qu Yuan Cup."
Zongzi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that people ate them in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). In early times, it was only glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or other plant leaves and tied with colored thread, but now the fillings are more diversified, including jujube and bean paste, fresh meat, and ham and egg yolk. If time permits, people will soak glutinous rice, wash reed leaves and wrap up zongzi themselves. Otherwise, they will go to shops to buy whatever stuff they want. The custom of eating zongzi is now popular in North and South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.

On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up with a perfume pouch. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. They are said to be able to ward off evil.

Week end post:The Story of the Three Genjias

Once upon a time in a certain place there lived three men who all had the same name -- Genjia. One was the tribal chief, the second a carpenter, and the third the chief's steward.

Genjia the carpenter was married to an exceptionally beautiful woman. Genjia the steward fancied her and dreamt day and night of having her for himself. But she was a very upright woman and would not let him get anywhere near her. Finally, he was driven to find some way of killing the carpenter in order to attain his end.

After a while, the father of Genjia the chief died. The steward saw in this a golden opportunity for eliminating the carpenter. Every day he secretly studied the calligraphy of the Buddhist scriptures and succeeded in reproducing the old-fashioned and esoteric style in which they were written. He then wrote a document in this style and handed it to the chief, saying, "Master, here is a document I came across the other day. I cannot understand a word of it and have brought it here specially for you to decipher."

Genjia the chief was baffled by the writing and passed it on to his secretary in charge of documents. After reading it, the secretary said, "This document claims to be from the old chief. In it he says that he has ascended to heaven and is now serving as an official there, but he doesn't have an official mansion. He asks you, Master, to send him a carpenter -- the most skilled you have -- to direct the construction of such a mansion."

Genjia the chief thought constantly of his father and was most concerned to hear that he had nowhere to lay his head in heaven. He sent for Genjia the carpenter, showed him the document and ordered him to go to heaven at once.

Genjia the carpenter was greatly startled. He dared not refuse, however, and could only plead for time, "How could I disobey your order, Master! But I need some time to prepare. Please allow me seven days. After that time, please hold a Twig Burning Ceremony in the hemp field behind my house to send me off. Then I'll be able to ascend to heaven to build the mansion for the old chief."

Genjia the chief considered this request reasonable and willingly agreed.

When Genjia the carpenter left, he went round making a few investigations. He wanted to find out where the chief had got this idea. He eventually discovered that it had originated in a classical document found by Genjia the steward. He put two and two together and concluded that it must be a sinister plot against him hatched by the steward.

He went home and consulted with his wife. "The most absurd thing has happened. The chief wants me to go and build a mansion in heaven. He must have been tricked into it by Genjia the steward. I did not dare refuse, but asked him to hold a Twig Burning Ceremony behind our house before I go. It would be no use trying to disobey him now. There is only one way for me to get out of this alive. The two of us must dig a tunnel under cover of night leading from the field to our bedroom, and then you can hide me there later. In a year's time I will find some way to get even."

The wife was shocked by this tale. Hatred for the steward filled the very marrow of her bones. She was willing to do anything to save her husband. So every day when night fell, the two of them dug the tunnel in secret. On the seventh day it was completed. They sealed the entrance with a slab of stone and scattered soil on it, so that people wouldn't notice it.

The eighth day came, the day for the carpenter to ascend to heaven. At the head of a retinue of elders and stewards and with a great din of bugles and drums, the chief came to send him off. They made a pile of faggots in the hemp field and asked Genjia the carpenter to sling his tool-kit over his shoulder and carry his bag in one hand. They made him stand in the middle, lit the faggots and watched the smoke rise, "carrying him up to heaven".

Genjia the steward was afraid that as soon as the faggots were lit, the carpenter would spoil everything by crying out in terror. "Come on !" he shouted to the crowd. "Blow your bugles and beat your drums! Laugh and cheer! Genjia the carpenter is on his way to heaven to build a mansion for our old chief. Isn't that a wonderful thing!"

The chief came over to have a look. Genjia the steward pointed gleefully to the rising smoke and said, "Master, you see, there goes his horse. Genjia the carpenter is on his way to heaven."

The chief was delighted.

The moment the faggots were lit and the smoke began rising into the sky, Genjia the carpenter raised the slab and escaped through the tunnel back to his own bedroom.

He confined himself to his house for a whole year. His wife went to great lengths to find milk, butter and other nutritious food for him; and as he did no work, by the end of that year he was plumper and fairer-skinned than ever.

Meanwhile, Genjia the steward tried a thousand and one ways of seducing the carpenter's wife, and she tried a thousand and one ways of avoiding him. He failed completely to attain his goal.

While Genjia the carpenter was hiding at home, he diligently practiced the calligraphy of the Buddhist scriptures. He prepared a document written in the authentic style and kept it on his person. On the first anniversary of his "ascent to heaven" he went and stood on the very spot where he was supposed to have been burned, the same tool-kit on his shoulder and the same bag in his hand. He called out, "How is everybody? I've just got back from heaven."

His wife was the first to come out. She pretended to be extremely surprised and hurried over to report the news to the chief.

The chief was very happy when he heard that Genjia the carpenter was back. He gave him a hero's welcome with bugles and drums, and invited him to stay in his mansion. He wanted to find out how his father was faring in heaven.

On meeting the chief, Genjia the carpenter said in a very serious tone of voice, "When I was constructing the official mansion in heaven, the old chief treated me with exceptional kindness, just as you always do, Master. That's why I'm in such good shape! The mansion is finished, and what a magnificent building it is -- ten times the size of an earthly mansion! Only one thing is lacking: a steward. The old chief misses his old steward dearly. He very much wants the steward to go up to heaven and manage things for him. After a period of time he can come back." This said, he promptly produced the document and showed it to the chief, adding that it was the old chief who had asked him to bring it down.

Genjia the chief read the document and was totally convinced by the whole story. Presently he sent for Genjia the steward and asked him to go and work for the old chief in his newly-built mansion in heaven.

When Genjia the steward saw Genjia the carpenter standing there and looking so well after his "ascent to heaven," and when he heard the vivid description of heaven given by the carpenter, he just didn't know what to think. "Perhaps I really possess some sort of magic power", he thought to himself. "It was my idea for him to go to heaven, and he actually seems to have done so! Perhaps it really is possible to fly to heaven, and the old chief really does have a new mansion there!"

He followed the carpenter's example and asked for seven days to get ready, and a Twig Burning Ceremony to be held in the hemp field behind his house to send him off to heaven. He thought that since Genjia the carpenter could come back, he could too. On the eighth day, as on the previous occasion, Genjia the steward stood in the middle of the faggots with a box on his shoulder and a bag in his hand. As on the previous occasion, there was a great din of bugles and drums, and the chief gave the order to light the faggots and send him off to heaven.

But the outcome this time was somewhat different. One difference was that after everything was over, a pile of charred bones was found among the ashes. Another difference was that the steward never came back. He stayed on in heaven forever to help the old chief run his mansion.

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weekend post fountain of youth

many people wonders 4 the fountain of youth but there's 1 animal who is living proof of the phenomenon

The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.

Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life).

The key lies in a process called transdifferentiation, where one type of cell is transformed into another type of cell. Some animals can undergo limited transdifferentiation and regenerate organs, such as salamanders, which can regrow limbs. Turritopsi nutricula, on the other hand, can regenerate its entire body over and over again. Researchers are studying the jellyfish to discover how it is able to reverse its aging process.

Because they are able to bypass death, the number of individuals is spiking. They're now found in oceans around the globe rather than just in their native Caribbean waters.

Weekend post 8 teens shot at skating rink

Eight teenagers were wounded in a shooting Friday night at a skating rink in Gary, Indiana, police said Saturday.

Gary Police Department spokeswoman Cpl. Gabrielle King said that a fight broke out during or after the concert at the World of Skates roller rink on Friday, prompting the rink's manager to close up for the night.

"The manager asked everybody to leave, and when they went outside somebody just decided they would open fire and eight young people were shot," she said.

She said those wounded range in age from age 14 to 18. They were taken to local hospitals, although King said none has life-threatening injuries.

She was not certain if any remained hospitalized Saturday. No arrests have been made, she said.

A phone call to World of Skates was not immediately returned.

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week end post :Online game seeks to empower Africa

(CNN) -- Some people think of online gamers and see gaunt loners huddled in dark rooms, the sad blue glow of the computer screen on their faces as their lives pass them by.

Game designer Jane McGonigal sees "superheroes" with untapped potential that can be used to fix vexing real-world problems.

"Gamers are willing to work hard all the time if they're given the right work," she said. She calls them "super-empowered, hopeful individuals," and includes herself among the bunch.

McGonigal's latest online game, called "Urgent Evoke," launches on Wednesday. With it, she hopes to channel the obsessive focus online games create into something more productive than conquering monsters and earning virtual weapons.

She wants to push people in Africa -- a long-troubled continent where people might feel less empowered than elsewhere -- to solve problems like environmental degradation, lack of food, water scarcity, poverty and violence.

To do this, the Urgent Evoke game -- classified in the emerging "alternate reality" genre -- straddles the online and physical worlds. Players, a few hundred of whom are in Africa, earn points and power-ups by completing real-world tasks like volunteering, making business contacts or researching an issue, then submitting evidence of their work online.

At the end of the game, McGonigal expects some players to have business plans about how they will improve the world.

Play a game, get a job

Depending on how well the game goes, Urgent Evoke could influence the future of alternate reality gaming and spur innovation in Africa.

Bob Hawkins, senior education specialist with the World Bank Institute, said one big reason people in African countries aren't as entrepreneurial and innovative as those in the West is that they don't feel as empowered to create change. That's largely why his international development group is funding McGonigal's project to the tune of $500,000.

"There have been studies, for instance, in South Africa that the public investment in universities isn't producing the types of new ideas and innovation that industry wants," he said. "What happens is that industry is importing ideas from outside the continent and outside of South Africa."

He hopes Urgent Evoke will empower people in Africa to change their own futures. This game will act as a kind of hyper-engaged online social network, he said, setting people in the developing world up with contacts in Europe, the United States and elsewhere who may offer insight or even cash.

An unannounced number of game "winners" will be given mentorships, internships, start-up money and scholarships for playing the game.

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At first, none of that may sound especially game-like.

But McGonigal, the game designer, said the power of Urgent Evoke is that it doesn't feel like work when you're immersed in the story and working with other gamers around the world to chase bite-sized goals.

Video: Watch McGonigal explain her game

Week end post :Nuclear power's time has come

For decades, pioneering environmentalist Stewart Brand, the founder and editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, opposed the use of nuclear power. Now he sees it as vital to efforts to combat climate change.

Earlier this month, Brand made the case for nuclear power in a debate with Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California. (TED is a nonprofit that stands for technology, information and design and is dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading.")

His outspoken support for nuclear power comes as the White House has been pushing for the first new nuclear plants in the United States in three decades. Last week, President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for adding two nuclear reactors at an existing plant in Burke County, Georgia, near Augusta.

Mark Jacobson says nuclear power is too risky

Brand says his turnabout began in 2002, when the Global Business Network, a consulting organization he co-founded, did a project on climate change for the U.S. Secretary of Defense. In an interview with CNN.com, Brand said the project showed him that the globe's climate can change abruptly: "It goes over some tipping point and suddenly you're in a situation that you don't like and you can't go back. That got me way more concerned about climate as a clear and present danger than I had been."

Looking for a surefire way to cut greenhouse gases, Brand said the alternative to burning coal became clear: "We already had a very good supplier of ...electricity. It worked like mad and was as clean as it could be -- and that was nuclear.

"Looking at nuclear more closely made me look at coal more closely and I got to realizing what a horror it was across the board, and as I learned more about nuclear, I started learning all this stuff that my fellow environmentalists had been careful not to let me know about."

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Weekend post :Parents: All Haitian ‘orphans’ had relatives

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Although a U.S. Baptist group said it was trying to rescue 33 "orphans" by taking them out of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, all the children have close family still alive, The Associated Press has found.

Mom persuaded to give away children
Chesnel's wife, 33-year-old Bertho Magonie, said her husband persuaded her to give away their children — ages 12, 7, 3, and 1 — and a 10-year-old nephew living with them because their house had collapsed and the kids were sick.

"They were vomiting. They had fevers, diarrhea and headaches," she said, leaning against the wall of the grimy two-room hovel the couple shares.

In a telephone interview from the U.S. on Saturday, Sainvil confirmed the Chesnels' story. He said a collapsed building adjacent to where the children lived held six or seven corpses.

He said he first met Silsby on Jan. 27 in the town of Ouanaminthe on the Haiti-Dominican border and agreed to help her collect children for a 150-bed orphanage the Americans were establishing near the beach resort of Cabarete in the Dominican Republic.

Sainvil, a former orphan who says his nondenominational Haiti Sharing Jesus Ministry has 25 churches in the countryside, said the two agreed to meet again in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 13 to get more children.

The day after he met Silsby, Sainvil collected the 13 children from Citron. A day after that, the missionaries' bus was halted at the Dominican border and they were arrested. Sainvil, meanwhile, became sick with vomiting and diarrhea and decided to fly back to the U.S. on a military transport plane.

Weekend post:Palin lashes out at `Family Guy'

Sarah Palin is lashing out at the portrayal of a character with Down syndrome on the Fox animated comedy "Family Guy."

In a Facebook posting headlined "Fox Hollywood — What a Disappointment," the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and current Fox News contributor said Sunday night's episode felt like "another kick in the gut." Palin's youngest son, Trig, has Down syndrome.

The episode features the character Chris falling for a girl with Down syndrome. On a date, he asks what her parents do.

She replies: "My dad's an accountant, and my mom is the former governor of Alaska."

Palin resigned as Alaska governor last summer.

Palin's oldest daughter, Bristol, also was quoted on her mother's Facebook page, calling the show's writers "heartless jerks."

"When you're the son or daughter of a public figure, you have to develop thick skin. My siblings and I all have that, but insults directed at our youngest brother hurt too much for us to remain silent," she is quoted as saying.

"If the writers of a particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed," Bristol Palin added in the Monday posting. "All they proved is that they're heartless jerks."

Palin wrote that she'd asked her daughter what she thought of the show and Bristol's reply was "a much more restrained and gracious statement than I want to make about an issue that begs the question: When is enough enough?"

This isn't the first time Palin has spoken out over an attack, real or perceived, on her family. Last year, she condemned a joke David Letterman made about her daughter, for which he later apologized.

A "Family Guy" publicist didn't immediately return an e-mail seeking comment.

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TOKYO – Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker.

"I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio Toyoda said at a news conference Tuesday. "We will face up to the facts and correct the problem, putting customers' safety and convenience first."

The number of vehicles recalled globally by Toyota Motor Corp. now has ballooned to 8.5 million, including for floor mats that can trap gas pedals and faulty gas pedals that are slow to return to the idle position. The 2010 model of the Prius — the world's top-selling hybrid and Japan's top-selling car — wasn't part of the earlier recalls.

There have been about 200 complaints in Japan and the U.S. about a delay when the brakes in the Prius were pressed in cold conditions and on some bumpy roads. The delay doesn't indicate a brake failure. The company says the problem can be fixed in 40 minutes with new software that oversees the controls of the antilock brakes.

"Let me assure everyone that we will redouble our commitment to quality as the lifeline of our company," Toyoda said.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement Tuesday that Toyota's leaders have assured him they are taking safety concerns "very seriously." The statement said LaHood's agency will stay in constant communication with Toyota to hold the company to its promise.

Also, State Farm, the largest auto insurer in the U.S., said it alerted federal regulators late in 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles. Congressional investigators are looking into whether the government missed warning signs.

Toyota officials went to Japan's Transport Ministry earlier Tuesday to formally notify officials the company is recalling the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid. The automaker is also recalling two other hybrid models in Japan, the Lexus HS250h sedan, sold in the U.S. and Japan, and the Sai, which is sold only in Japan.

The 223,000 cars being recalled in Japan include nearly 200,000 Priuses sold from April last year through Monday, according to papers the automaker filed with the ministry.

In the U.S., Toyota will recall 133,000 Prius cars and 14,500 Lexus HS250h vehicles. Nearly 53,000 Priuses are also being recalled in Europe. Toyota is suspending production of the Sai and Lexus HS250h in Japan until the updated software for those models is ready.

If drivers experience a delayed reaction when depressing the brakes in any of these models, they should keep pressing, according to Toyota and the transport ministry.

The Prius repairs will start in Japan on Wednesday. U.S. owners will start receiving letters about the recall next week.

Toyoda, the president, has been criticized for being largely invisible during the two weeks after the company announced Jan. 21 the gas pedal recall in the U.S., Europe and China.

He apologized at his first public news conference last Friday, but was criticized by the Japanese media for failing to outline concrete steps to tackle the safety crisis and reassure customers.

In contrast to his halting English in response to questions from foreign reporters at last week's news conference, Toyoda seemed much better prepared Tuesday, reading from an English statement after doing so in Japanese.

"We will do everything in our power to regain the confidence of our customers," Toyoda said.

He said he planned to go to the U.S. soon to talk with American workers and dealers to bring the ranks together.

Analysts said fears of an even bigger consumer backlash prodded Toyota into recalling the Prius.

"If they hadn't done the recalls, their image would have suffered even more," said Ryoichi Saito, auto analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo.

The Japanese transport minister rapped Toyota as reacting too slowly, and said he was meeting U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos on Wednesday to exchange views about Toyota's recalls and make sure U.S.-Japan relations remained on good terms.

"The consideration for customers was lacking in Toyota," Seiji Maehara told reporters, after a meeting with Toyoda. "We hope this never happens again."

Toyoda, who visited the minister after his news conference, apologized and explained the recalls, Maehara said.

U.S. safety officials are investigating the brake problem.

It is suspected in four crashes resulting in two minor injuries, according to data gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Toyota says it's cooperating with NHTSA's investigation.

Also Tuesday, Toyota said it will voluntarily recall about 7,300 four-cylinder Camry sedans produced early in the 2010 model year because of a possible brake fluid leak. Dealers will inspect the cars for a power steering hose that could come in contact with a brake tube, causing a leak. The leak means it could take longer for the vehicle to stop, the company said. Owners will get letters starting in mid-February.

Problems with hybrid braking systems haven't been limited to Toyota.

Ford Motor Co. said last week it plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give drivers the impression that the brakes have failed. The automaker says the problem occurs in transition between two braking systems and at no time are drivers without brakes.

Toyota's plug-in hybrid is also being recalled in Japan, Europe and the U.S., but in small numbers because it is a largely experimental model for rental and government use.

The Prius holds a cherished spot in Toyota's vehicle lineup and is symbolic of its leadership in the "green" car market.

The Toyota executive overseeing quality, Shinichi Sasaki, said the delay that Prius drivers can feel when braking lasts for a fraction of a second as the antilock brakes kick in.

The problem happens only on snowy or bumpy surfaces, and the complaints did not become more numerous until winter, Sasaki said.

But Toyoda acknowledged the company could have done better in picking up on the complaints, managing the crisis and sending a message to car owners on a fix.

In the U.S., Toyota will add five more centers in addition to the current three that investigate customer complaints, Sasaki said.

"When compared to the size of Japan, America is so much bigger and so our network for gathering information was not enough," he said.

Toyota was one of the first companies to mass-market a hybrid that combines an electric motor with a gas engine, introducing the Prius in Japan in 1997. Its high gas mileage made it popular among environmentally conscious drivers, especially when gas prices spiked two years ago.

But the complexity of the Prius, a highly computerized car, has led to problems in the past. In 2005, the company repaired 75,000 of them to fix software glitches that caused the engine to stall. It has also had trouble with headlights going out.

Shares in Toyota rose 2.9 percent Tuesday to 3,375 yen, but are still down about 20 percent since Jan. 21, when it announced the gas pedal recall.

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sekai no hashi made todoku koe yori　
kimi ni dake tsutae tai dake
rukugen no san FURETTO kizamu MAI-GITAA
kokoro dake huruwa setai dake

yureru komaku haseru kotoba
urei tomadoi kokoni suteru

yokubetsu na sainou wo
nani hitotsu motazutomo
kokoro ima kokode kaki arasu wo~wo~

kimi ga nageku
mure ga itande
subete tsu-tsu mu eien no seimei
boku wa sakebu
yoakeno ame
koko de hibiku eien no no seimei

tokubetsuna sainou wo~
nani hitotsu motazutomo
kimi no tojiru yamiwo uchinoku
dekiru nara kokoro, sorehitotsu
kono mune no oku wo ima kokode kaki narasu

last alliance

kuriin aizu ni utsuru henka no nai robou no ue
hashirinukeru mahha gojuu no yume
tsumujikaze ga tekubi ni karamitsuki
kinou no boku kara kuratta kizu ni chikau

aoi sora wa haiiro ni tsutsumare
machiwabita kono kaze ga kata naderu
ryou no te ni nigiritsuzuketekita
"seiten no hekireki" to iu nihiru na kibou

hashiritsuzukeru ashi o tome
uchitsuzukeru kobushi o hiraita
te no hira ni kizanda
kyou ni tadoritsuku tame no ippo

asu wa asu no kaze ga fuku sa to
tasogare sora de namida koraete
yagate otona ni naru bokura e
seiten no HEKIREKI

teki wa dare de mikata wa dare nanda?
anzuru yori mo umu ga kantan da
dakara boku wa hashiri, mata kobushi o uchi
kokoro ni yadoru "kodoku" o oiharau

ima made zutto maketsuzukete
dakedo boku wa boku ni kaketsuzukete
kienai imeeji wa rakkii sebun
kinou no boku to seriata kurosu kauntaa

akogaretsuzuketeta
dakara michi wa mada tsuzuku
kojiaketa te no hira ni
kizamareta "tenpenchii" kitto

fuiuchi no ame ga
kono monogatari o tozashita to shite mo
izure chi o katamete
bokura no aruku michi to naru

arashi wa sari kumo no kirema ni
arata na hikari ga mata sosogu darou
sono toki boku wa boku ni deaeru ka na

asu wa asu no kaze ga fuku sa to
tasogare sora de namida koraete
yagate otona ni naru bokura e
seiten no HEKIREKI

downfall of us all

Da da da de da da da
Da da da de da da da
Let's go

It's not easy making a name for yourself
Where do you draw the line?
I never thought id be in this far
Have fun some and never change that for anyone
Try not to miss me when I'm gone

oooh

I sold my soul to the open road
You'll find me in the same spot believe me
I could never stop, my life's turned upside down

Meet me out past the train tracks I'm leavin' and not coming back

You're right and I was wrong
this town will be the downfall of us all.

I'm gonna need you to try to follow along
I did the best that I could to try to write you songs

NOW GO TELL THEM WE SOLD OUT

I sold my soul to the open road
You'll find me in the same spot believe me
I could never stop, my life's turned upside down

Meet me out past the train tracks I'm leavin' and not coming back

You're right and I was wrong
this town will be the downfall of us all.

Don't forget yourselves we've made up our minds
we signed 3, 4, 5 on the dotted lines X2

You'll find me in the same spot believe me
I could never stop, my life's turned upside down
Meet me out past the train tracks I'm leavin' and not coming back
You're right and I was wrong

You'll find me in the same spot believe me
I could never stop, my life's turned upside down

Meet me out past the train tracks I'm leavin' and not coming back

You're right and I was wrong
This town will be the downfall of us all, this town will be the downfall of us all.

T H E O T H E R A M E R I C A

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Chi wa hau you ni susunde wa
Heibon na joushou kurikaesu
Kizamareta unmei datte tada shinkokyuu
Tarinai no wa wakatteita
Gouon ni tsubusaresou na hibi
Hari no you na ame mo yande kimi ga kita

Sha la la, I sing for you
Sha la la

Iroaseta eien wa "taikutsu no shouchou" imi mo naku
Umi no soko ni tsukurareta POOL mitai da
Uzu wo egaku suimen ni takasugiru sora ga utsuru
Joudan nara wakaru you na toki ni shite

Sha la la, I sing for you
Sha la la, fight for myself
Sha la la, I sing for you
Sha la la

Taikutsu wa mou genkai desu
Tachitsukushita STAGE de nagurikaesu yuuki
I don't care, I don't care
"sonzai" sae mo kimi wa warau ka na...
Hashiridashita PACE de nagaretetta fuukei
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Tadashii ka dou ka wo tashikame ni yuku no desu ka?

Tadoritsuita GOAL de hajimete shitta shinjitsu
I don't care, I don't care
Ashita ni nareba kimi mo kizuku ka na...
Hagare ochita sangatsu no hizumi kitta kuuki mo
I don't care, I don't care
Going up the 13 steps
They'll be waiting for your hands
Itami wo shitta kyou kara ga atarashii START nara
I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there

Tsubuyaita koukai wa kimi no te ni kobiritsuku
Togisumashita yaiba wo ta ga tame ni furu no desu ka?

hologram

I find this song to be quite entertaining watch/hear and see 4 yourself.

masshiro na keshiki ni ima sasowarete
boku wa yuku yo
mada minu sekai e

maigo no mama tabi shiteita
nezumiiro no sora no shita
higawari no chizu
ikutsumo no yume ga nijiindeita
itsuka wa sa
chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo
ano kumo no mukou made ikeru ka na

tsuyogatte
kizutsuita kokoro sukashita you ni
furidashita amatsubutachi ga
ranhansha kurikaesu

massugu na hikari ga kousa shite
ikusaki mo tsugenu mama
dokomademo tsukinukeru
awai zanzou
ryoume ni yakitsukete
todoku hazu nanda
mada minu sekai e

shirazu shirazu ni watteita no wa
shirokuro no sutekkaa de
daiji na mono
bokura wa kakushiteshimatteita
takara no ishi yori hana yori
hoshi no akari yori kirei na
"yume" to iu na no horoguramu o
zawameki o

hamidashite sakaratte
itsuka egaita fuukei
kuyashisa mo sabishisa mo ima
awa mitai ni hajiketobu

massugu na michi de
tsumazuitatte
kasabuta hagaretara
ima yori kitto tsuyoku nareru
masshiro na keshiki ni ima sasowarete
boku wa yuku yo
mada minu sekai e

kasumu sora no saki ni
nijiiro no hikari
ashita no kage ni furueru tabi ni
tooku de boku o yobu koe ga shite

massugu na hikari ga
chirabatte
ameagari no gogo ni
taba ni natte furisosogu
mugen no guradeeshon ga ima mazariatte
kono sora no shita donna toko ni ite mo
kanarazu todoku hazu sa
mada minu sekai e

BAReeeeeeeeeeN - 足跡 (Ashiato)

If u link to hear the song here is the link

Can you hear our voice? omoi todoi teirukai ?
yokuatsu no hibi wo dakkyaku negai sekai ha yogore kitteku jidai
o tagai no imi ga mie nai mirai
issou ! uchi maka shiteikuto shidai ni mie tekuru
otonatachi nare ai tsumaranai sonna iji no hariai
subete nomi kon de ue wo mezaso uze !

Check this out ore rano essei maji na message
mitsu karuhazusa ore ratoo mae no setten
teihen kara teppen mezashi tekouze right?
Han ka Chou ka TEME no ude shinjite
Egaku mugen no yume fukuramashite
You know what Im sayin?
Nukedasou ze omae no same oldays

Dokomademo tsudzuku michi ashiato nokoshite
Toki ni tsuraku kewashii hi o koete
Tashika na koto wa (riyuu nante)
Nani hitotsu (kimi ya boku datte)
Ienai keredo wakattanda
Furikaereba

Itsumade nigetenda! sonna jinsei
Chiisee kodawari kanagurisute
Izure yatte yaru kokoro respect mistake o yagate kate ni shite
(jinsei make nee!) to kimeta yo na?
Nara sonna kurai tokoro iyada yo na?
haiagatte koi! kocchi no hou e! te no naru hou e!
On go your way !!!

Dokomademo tsudzuku michi ashiato nokoshite
Toki ni tsuraku kewashii hi o koete
Tashika na koto wa (riyuu nante)
Nani hitotsu (kimi ya boku datte)
Ienai keredo wakattanda
Furikaereba

Do you wanna get the crown, girls cash like us
Im spittin my verse ikimasu
BACK-ON+GReeeeN dou desu? you ready?

You better bounce from the underground to the overground
Koko wa wonderland savvy?
Arikitari no hibi bukkowashite
Nukarunda daichi chikaradzuyoku kette
Step up! Step up!
Iji mishite mina
Kakugo kimete mezasu nara ima
Donna yatsu demo mottenda mirai
Orera to tomo ni hikari sasu hou e

Dokomademo tsudzuku michi ashiato nokoshite
Toki ni tsuraku kewashii hi o koete
Tashika na koto wa (riyuu nante)
Nani hitotsu (kimi ya boku datte)
Ienai keredo wakattanda
Furikaereba
Haruka tooku aruita hibi tashika na michinori ga
Soko ni hora aru darou mieru darou
Bokura to tomo ni yukeba ii sa

(We never forget kuyashinamida
Sou taihan wa noborizaka
Nori koete we got power
Kawaranai kimochi wa mune no naka

You never forget daiji na MESSAGE
you can do it dekiru yo zettai
Mune o hatte mirai mezashite
Tsukamitorou ze kagayaku koukei)

Translation:

Can you hear our voice? Thought you have received?
World Day of oppression or wish away the time stamp is dirty
The meaning of each other can not see the future
Sweep! Will gradually see the light beating
That rivalry, boring adults
All over it down!

Check this out and I'm serious message of the essay
I will contact them and you will find
It aims from the bottom right?
What if half my believe arm
The raising of endless dream draw
You know what I'm sayin?
the same ol'days

leaving footprints in every road
Or across the rugged, sometimes
What is certain is (no reason)
Nothing at all (you and me as well.)
But I did not
Looking back

I always run! Life that
Our small world it up
I do respect mistake one heart and eventually the food
"life!" That's the decision?
I hate that if the dark?
Things come up! For me! To get a hand!
On go your way!!!

leaving footprints in every road
Or across the rugged, sometimes
What is certain is (no reason)
Nothing at all (you and me as well.)
But I did not
Looking back

Do you wanna get the crown, girls cash like us
I'm spittin 'my verse goes
BACK-ON + GReeeeN do? You ready?

You better bounce from the underground to the overground
This wonderland savvy?
We just another day dynamiter
Strong punting muddy earth
Step up! Step up!
See all the guts
If you try to decide now prepared
But a guy's future?
Together with the light to shine upon me

Leaving footprints in every road
Or across the rugged, sometimes
What is certain is (no reason)
Nothing at all (you and me as well.)
But I did not
Looking back
We have walked a long way away, and certainly
Here it would seem likely
You can take with us

(We never forget bitter tears
Most likely the climb
And we got power
The same feeling in the chest

You never forget an important message
you can do it I can never
To the future with confidence
I take the sparkling spectacle)