Thursday, January 31, 2013

#Scio13 Diversity Session: North Carolina offers support to LGBT students

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 I will be co-moderating a ScienceOnline Session on Diversity in the Sciences with Alberto Roca of MinorityPostdoc.org.

The audience will surely have many individuals interested in this topic as we explore many different avenues of diversity and inclusion in sciences and higher education. I pleased to share that the audience will definitely include?Justine Hollingshead Director of the?Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Center (GLBT Center)?at North Carolina State University joining us for the session.

In preparation for the session, she shares with the Science Online community the goals and aims of the North Carolina GLBT Center in this guest post.

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At NC State we have seen an increase in the number of ?out? GLBT identified students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.? The closet door is opening and as our students are more comfortable it will be evident that career and professional interests span all disciplines.? Ironically the online world is where many #GLBT individuals feel the most comfortable and safe.? It is where individuals go for information, to stay in touch, to explore, and to express themselves.

The NCState GLBT Center uses technology and online resources every day in meeting the needs of the community.? We have a presence on Twitter and Facebook, actively use a resource called Google Talkbin allowing someone to ask an
anonymous question, encourage blogging among students, and will be going live
with an App (Apple and Android) later this spring.

I think it is easy to forget invisible communities like sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, etc. in large part because many view those as personal attributes.? However, it is very powerful when you include the whole person, helping to allow someone to feel like they really matter.? We often pigeon hole people into the notion that they cannot be ?out? and definitely not in the hard sciences.? This is simply untrue.

There seem to be more and more online resources and ways to share information.? Minority science bloggers absolutely play a role in paving the way for those that are still not at a safe or comfortable place of being out.? This also transcends to ally science bloggers.? Allies are extremely important and if they are connected within their industry it often supersedes their sexual orientation.? We all want to see or be
around someone like us.? That includes the online world.? As more and more
people feel comfortable being out, we will have a true representation of diversity within the science communities.

When it comes to mentoring, credibility is an absolute must. For me as the Director of the GLBT Center I try to vet individuals that I know are safe and that our students can reach out to, regardless of discipline.? For the GLBT community it comes down to awareness, trust, and willingness to spend the time with the individual.? As for encouraging students in the STEM fields, it is important to encourage them not to walk away from a challenge and to not always attribute a difficulty to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

The biggest challenges I see on campus NC State and in other arenas is getting the word out AND having the time to do it.? To be a truly successful blogger or social
media enthusiast, in any discipline, are people that are doing it daily and have
amassed a following that count on information.? I think it is also important to be diverse in your content in an intentional way.

I am looking forward to spending time with people in person and virtually over the coming week.? It is a unique opportunity for me personally and professionally as a baby boomer who never touched a computer until 1988, typing college papers on a Brother 3 typewriter, and handwriting in a paper journal.? I have realized in my role with the NC State GLBT Center that I need to meet the needs of all constituency groups and one amazing tool is social media!

You can follow me on Twitter @jholli99 or the Center @GLBTCenter.

Look for Justine at #scio13

Justine Hollingshead has twenty-five years of
success working as an administrator in Higher Education on various college campuses across the country, in addition to the business sector as well.

She offers particular expertise in diversity education, training, leadership, supervision, programming, event planning, and administration, with an in-depth working knowledge and
passion regarding the issues facing the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
(GLBT) community.? Justine earned her Bachelor?s degree from Slippery Rock
University in Communication, her Master?s degree in Higher Education Student
Personnel Administration from the University of Maryland, College Park and has
completed a ten-week comprehensive business training program with the Council
for Entrepreneurial Development in North Carolina.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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Android 4.2.1 pushing for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus

Sprint Galaxy Nexus

It's been a scant couple of weeks since the Sprint Galaxy Nexus saw an update to Android 4.2. Today it's got another update rolling out. This one brings things to Android 4.2.1 build JRO03U.L700GA02) and includes the following:

  • Redesigned camera interface and new Photo Sphere feature (a 360-degree panorama mode)
  • Notifications Shade accessible by swiping top screen edge downwards; swipe down with two fingers to view notifications; tap the notification to expand and take action on it.
  • Lockscreen widgets to access certain apps without unlocking the screen; sidescroll right for camera or left for other widgets (time and weather, gmail, etc.)

You can snag the update over the air (hit your settings>about menu for that), or download manually from Google and apply  it that way. (If you need help with that, hit up this thread in our forums.)

Note that this update is for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus and not the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. Repeat: Verizon's Galaxy Nexus has not been updated. Still.

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New BlackBerrys coming to UK, Canada in next week

NEW YORK (AP) ? A new generation of more versatile BlackBerry smartphones is finally about to hit the market after excruciating delays allowed mobile devices made by Apple, Samsung and others to build commanding leads in a market that is redefining society.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. formally unveiled its long-awaited line-up of revamped smartphones and software Wednesday at simultaneous events held in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta and Delhi.

In a move underscoring the stakes riding on its make-or-break product line-up, the Canadian company used the occasion to announce it is changing its name to BlackBerry ? a pioneering brand that has lost its cachet since Apple's 2007 release of the iPhone reset expectations for what a smartphone should do.

The first devices in the new crop of BlackBerrys will be called the Q10, which will feature a physical keyboard like previous versions of the phone, and the Z10 will have only touch-screen keyboard, like Apple's trend-setting iPhone and other handsets running on Google's Android software, including Samsung's popular Galaxy. They will run on a redesigned operating system called BlackBerry 10, which the company began working on after buying QNX Software Systems in 2010.

The new software and BlackBerrys were supposed to be released a year ago, only to be delayed while Apple and Android device makers won more zealous converts to their products. In the meantime, Microsoft Corp. also rolled out a new Windows operating system for smartphones giving RIM another technology powerhouse to battle. The delays helped wipe out $70 billion in shareholder wealth and 5,000 jobs.

"It is the most challenging year of my career," said RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, whose anniversary leading the company occurred last week. "It is also the most exhilarating and exciting one."

The wait for U.S. smartphone users interested in buying the new BlackBerry line isn't over. The Z10 won't be released in the U.S. until March and the Q10 might not arrive in the country until April, Heins said, to give wireless carriers more time to test the product. The estimated U.S. prices for the phones weren't announced either.

The Z10, which BlackBerry will call the "Zed-10" outside the U.S., will go on sale Thursday in United Kingdom Thursday. The same model will be released in Canada on Feb. 5 and will cost about $150 there with a three-year contract.

BGC Financial analyst Colin Gills said the new phones' tardy arrival to the U.S. threatens to cause even more BlackBerry users to defect to the iPhone or an Android device.

Wednesday's event didn't go over well on Wall Street. RIM's stock fell $1.18, or 7.5 percent, to $14.48 in afternoon trading.

Repeated delays have turned the once-iconic BlackBerry into an afterthought in the shadow of the iPhone and Android devices. That has led some analysts to question whether the company that helped create the smartphone market will survive, especially as its losses have mounted in the past year.

Yet there was renewed optimism heading into Wednesday's event. Previews of the BlackBerry 10 software have gotten favorable reviews on blogs. Financial analysts are starting to see some room for a comeback. RIM's stock has more than doubled from its nine-year low in September, though it's still nearly 90 percent below its 2008 peak of $147.

RIM redesigned the system to embrace the multimedia, apps and touch-screen experience prevalent today. The company is promising speedier devices, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities separate on the same phone.

Most analysts consider BlackBerry 10's success to be crucial for the company's long-term viability. Doubts remain about the ability of BlackBerry 10 to rescue RIM.

"We'll see if they can reclaim their glory. My sense is that it will be a phone that everyone says good things about but not as many people buy," Gillis said. He thinks the company will need to sell at least 5 million BlackBerrys each quarter to remain viable.

Jefferies analyst Peter Misek called it a "great device" and said RIM does have some momentum just months after the Canadian company was written off for dead.

"Six months ago we talked to developers and carriers, and everybody was just basically saying 'We're just waiting for this to go bust,'" Misek said. "It was bad."

The BlackBerry has been the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people and crossed over to consumers. But when the iPhone came out, it proved phones can do much more than email and phone calls. Suddenly, the BlackBerry looked ancient. In the U.S., according to research firm IDC, shipments of BlackBerry phones plummeted from 46 percent of the market in 2008 to 2 percent in 2012.

Regardless of BlackBerry 10's advances, though, the new system will face a key shortcoming: It won't have as many apps written by outside companies and individuals as the iPhone and Android. RIM has said it plans to launch BlackBerry 10 with more than 70,000 apps, including those developed for RIM's PlayBook tablet, first released in 2011. Even so, that's just a tenth of what the iPhone and Android offer. Popular services such as Instagram and Netflix won't have apps on BlackBerry 10.

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AP Technology Writer Michael Liedtke in San Francisco contributed to this story. Rob Gillies reported from Toronto.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blackberrys-coming-uk-canada-next-week-164321619--finance.html

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I don't know if this has already been brought up but apparently prior to the cain vs Junior rematch, Junior's wife of ten years had divorced him. here's the source...

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does JDS have kids? if so that makes it even worse.


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i got divorced in the middle of training for a fight, and when it came to fighting it made no difference, being JDS is a pro and fought many more times than i did im sure it had no effect once the door shut

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Spring may come earlier to North American forests, increasing uptake of carbon dioxide

Jan. 29, 2013 ? Trees in the con?ti?nen?tal U.S. could send out new spring leaves up to 17 days ear?lier in the com?ing cen?tury than they did before global tem?per?a?tures started to rise, accord?ing to a new study by Prince?ton Uni?ver?sity researchers. These climate-driven changes could lead to changes in the com?po?si?tion of north?east?ern forests and give a boost to their abil?ity to take up car?bon dioxide.

Trees play an impor?tant role in tak?ing up car?bon diox?ide from the atmos?phere, so researchers led by David Med?vigy, assis?tant pro?fes?sor in Princeton's depart?ment of geo?sciences, wanted to eval?u?ate pre?dic?tions of spring bud?burst -- when decid?u?ous trees push out new growth after months of win?ter dor?mancy -- from mod?els that pre?dict how car?bon emis?sions will impact global temperatures.

The date of bud?burst affects how much car?bon diox?ide is taken up each year, yet most cli?mate mod?els have used overly sim?plis?tic schemes for rep?re?sent?ing spring bud?burst, mod?el?ing for exam?ple a sin?gle species of tree to rep?re?sent all the trees in a geo?graphic region.

In 2012, the Prince?ton team pub?lished a new model that relied on warm?ing tem?per?a?tures and the wan?ing num?ber of cold days to pre?dict spring bud?burst. The model, which was pub?lished in the Jour?nal of Geo?phys?i?cal Research, proved accu?rate when com?pared to data on actual bud?burst in the north?east?ern United States.

In the cur?rent paper pub?lished online in Geo?phys?i?cal Research Let?ters, Med?vigy and his col?leagues tested the model against a broader set of obser?va?tions col?lected by the USA National Phe?nol?ogy Net?work, a nation-wide tree ecol?ogy mon?i?tor?ing net?work con?sist?ing of fed?eral agen?cies, edu?ca?tional insti?tu?tions and cit?i?zen sci?en?tists. The team incor?po?rated the 2012 model into pre?dic?tions of future bud?burst based on four pos?si?ble cli?mate sce?nar?ios used in plan?ning exer?cises by the Inter?gov?ern?men?tal Panel on Cli?mate Change.

The researchers included Su-Jong Jeong, a post?doc?toral research asso?ciate in Geo?sciences, along with Elena Shevli?akova, a senior cli?mate mod?eler, and Sergey Maly?shev, a pro?fes?sional spe?cial?ist, both in the Depart?ment of Ecol?ogy and Evo?lu?tion?ary Biol?ogy and asso?ci?ated with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmos?pheric Administration's Geo?phys?i?cal Fluid Dynam?ics Laboratory.

The team esti?mated that, com?pared to the late 20th cen?tury, red maple bud?burst will occur 8 to 40 days ear?lier, depend?ing on the part of the coun?try, by the year 2100. They found that the north?ern parts of the United States will have more pro?nounced changes than the south?ern parts, with the largest changes occur?ring in Maine, New York, Michi?gan, and Wisconsin.

The researchers also eval?u?ated how warm?ing tem?per?a?tures could affect the bud?burst date of dif?fer?ent species of tree. They found that bud?burst shifted to ear?lier in the year in both early-budding trees such as com?mon aspen (Pop?u?lus tremu?loides) and late-budding trees such as red maple (Acer rubrum), but that the effect was greater in the late-budding trees and that over time the dif?fer?ences in bud?ding dates narrowed.

The researchers noted that early bud?burst may give decid?u?ous trees, such as oaks and maples, a com?pet?i?tive advan?tage over ever?green trees such as pines and hem?locks. With decid?u?ous trees grow?ing for longer peri?ods of the year, they may begin to out?strip growth of ever?greens, lead?ing to last?ing changes in for?est make-up.

The researchers fur?ther pre?dicted that warm?ing will trig?ger a speed-up of the spring "green?wave," or bud?burst that moves from south to north across the con?ti?nent dur?ing the spring.

The find?ing is also inter?est?ing from the stand?point of future changes in spring?time weather, said Med?vigy, because bud?burst causes an abrupt change in how quickly energy, water and pol?lu?tants are exchanged between the land and the atmos?phere. Once the leaves come out, energy from the sun is increas?ingly used to evap?o?rate water from the leaves rather than to heat up the sur?face. This can lead to changes in daily tem?per?a?ture ranges, sur?face humid?ity, stream?flow, and even nutri?ent loss from ecosys?tems, accord?ing to Medvigy.

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Journal References:

  1. Su-Jong Jeong, David Medvigy, Elena Shevliakova, Sergey Malyshev. Predicting changes in temperate forest budburst using continental-scale observations and models. Geophysical Research Letters, 2012; DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054431
  2. Su-Jong Jeong, David Medvigy, Elena Shevliakova, Sergey Malyshev. Uncertainties in terrestrial carbon budgets related to spring phenology. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2012; 117 (G1) DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001868

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Feeling flirty? Wait for the sun to shine

Jan. 28, 2013 ? We all know how casual flirtation can lift one's mood, which can be important at this time of year when the winter blues are at their peak. But if you are more serious about your flirting and hope to get that all important phone number, you're better off waiting until it's sunny, according to new French research published in the journal Social Influence.

Nicolas Gu?guen of the University of South Brittany -- who has previously investigated how wearing red lipstick can increase a waitress' tips -- conducted a study in which an 'attractive' 20 year old male approached 18-25 year old women walking alone in the street and asked them for their phone numbers. The women were solicited on both sunny and cloudy (but not rainy) days, when the temperature was about the same.

In the past other environmental factors have been found to make people more likely to flirt or exchange phone numbers -- the presence of pleasant smells, romantic music or certain colours have all been found to have an effect.

Previous research has also shown how the weather can affect certain social behaviours -- sunshine makes people more likely to help strangers or answer a survey, and people tend to leave bigger tips in restaurants on sunny days. But this is the first research to explore how the weather may influence courtship or dating behaviour.

It was found that women were more receptive to being approached and flirted with -- and give out their phone numbers -- on sunny days: over a fifth -- 22.4% -- of women did so when the sun was out, as opposed to 13.9% on the cloudy days.

(The phone numbers were later used to contact the women and tell them the true nature of the study, as per the recommendation of the ethics committee of the lab which reviewed the project!)

The message seems clear: flirting is more likely to have a positive outcome on sunny days. But Professor Gu?guen was careful to include certain caveats regarding the applicability of the research to everyday situations: the sunshine (or other factors) may after all have improved the attractive 20 year old male's flirting skills on those days. Other atmospheric conditions such as windiness or humidity were not accounted for. And, perhaps most crucially, the research was conducted in France, where 'men traditionally approach women in romantic relationships'.

The journal article concludes with suggestions for further study in this area -- for instance, are men themselves more likely to initiate flirting behaviour when the sun is shining? We'll have to wait until the Spring to find out!

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  1. Nicolas Gu?guen. Weather and courtship behavior: A quasi-experiment with the flirty sunshine. Social Influence, 2013; : 1 DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2012.752401

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1 killed in clashes in Egyptian capital

CAIRO (AP) ? Health and security officials say a protester has been killed in clashes between rock-throwing demonstrators and police near Tahrir Square in central Cairo.

The officials say the protester died Monday on the way to the hospital after being shot. It is the first fatality in Cairo since clashes erupted around Friday's second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

The death takes to at least 56 the number of people killed in Egypt's latest bout of political turmoil.

It also comes one day after the country's Islamist president declared a state of emergency in three provinces worst hit by the violence and vowed to deal "firmly and forcefully" with the unrest roiling the country.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to brief the media.

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EXCLUSIVE: Brent McCarty -?despite his penchant for racing Porsches, recently gifting his wife a $325,000 Bentley convertible, his Takapuna cliff-top mansion and his 60ft luxury launch especially designed to allow golf swings off the loading deck - insists he is just humble Kiwi and would prefer to remain anonymous.

"We're very much people who just like to be under the radar. We're not social scene people about the city. We're just doing our best to keep the economy working," he said.

Before this week the moustached McCarty had never given a media interview, despite being - along with his wife, Yvonne - behind one of the most persistent marketing campaigns New Zealand has seen.

To a large extent McCarty's success has been on the back of Woolrest BioMag, a mattress-cover-and-magnet piece of bedding that is praised by Murray Deaker and written off as pseudoscience by the Skeptics Society.

Advertising for BioMag, relying heavily on advertorials promising "drug-free pain relief", have been regularly subject to complaints to the Advertising Standard Authority - BioMag has won nearly all of the cases, partly by emphasising its therapeutic claims are heavily caveated.

Dr Simon Edmonds, a chemistry lecturer at the Christchurch Institute of Technology, is firmly in the sceptic camp. "I'm not sure slick is the right word - it's very well-thought-out advertising," he said.

Edmonds said a review of scientific literature shows only a few patchy and dubious studies showing positive effects of magnet therapy - and larger studies broadly showing no difference in effect from placebos.

Claims made that magnets help blood circulation and stimulate melatonin production also appeared to be lacking scientific support, Edmonds said.

The United States' National Institute of Health is more blunt in its pamphlet warning about magnet therapy: "Magnets have not been proven to work for any health-related reason, yet static, or permanent, magnets are widely marketed for pain control."

McCarty defends his mattress covers.

"Magnetic therapy goes back a long way - to Roman days, and the Chinese. Cleopatra used it."

McCarty said there are many doctors who recommend BioMag to their patients.

"It's not a cure, we're not saying it's a cure - but it certainly provides a huge amount of pain relief to a lot of people," McCarty said, citing testimonials, which he said are unsolicited.

Regardless of the controversy, BioMag has been a roaring success. Advertising manager and former BioMag director Edward Borrie described it as "a bit of a wonder product".

McCarty was unwilling to talk numbers, but said: "It has been, by New Zealand standards, reasonably successful."

The company's website boasts one in 10 New Zealand

households has purchased the product, and total sales of nearly 500,000 mattress covers. With prices for the company's flagship magnetised products ranging up to $789, annual revenues can be reasonably inferred over the past 10 years to average in excess of $10 million.

Margins are also high, McCarty said.

The origins of the company date back to the early 1990s when McCarty, who controlled the rights to the Woolrest brand, was grappling with ways to spin his fibre into gold.

"At that point, woollen underlays had became a commodity, and the market price-driven. We could have moved it offshore and taken production to China, but we didn't want to do that," he said.

Instead, he teamed up with Australian Thomas Blackhurst, who ran BioMag, and the two products were combined. In 2002 Blackhurst was bought out and the McCartys became sole owners and operators of the company that recently expanded its presence into the United Kingdom and started advertising magnetised blankets for pets.

("Give your best friend drug-free pain relief!" advertising for the dog underlay - costing ?59 for the deluxe version - says on the company's UK site.)

BioMag isn't McCarty's only trick. The family business was textiles, and various holding companies he controls have the New Zealand and Australian rights for fashion labels such as American Apparel, Black Apple and Minty Meets Munt. For a time, he worked with King Kapisi on the rapper's "Overstayer" label.

McCarty said it was his reputation for direct marketing that encouraged Wayne Tempero, later to become nationally known and charged with firearms offences for his role as Kim Dotcom's bodyguard, to form a partnership distributing a self-defence DVD.

Company filings with the ASX show McCarty has taken punts on biotech start-ups, and still holds a A$2m stake in listed real estate vehicle Audio Pixel Holdings.

And, still with textiles, McCarty recently partnered with his son to move into golfwear in the US. Jason McCarty was a hot golfing prospect, in 2001 earning a tour card on the Australian PGA Tour, before settling down as a club professional at exclusive courses charging eye-watering fees.

McCarty Jr split his time between New Zealand's Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs and Long Island's Sebonack. The two local courses are owned by billionaire hedge fund owner Julian Robertson, while Sebonack was famous when it opened for its world-leading membership fees of US$625,000.

He married Diane Duvall, then Robertson's director of New Zealand operations, and bought a US$1.1m home in Long Island. The couple then joined forces with McCarty Sr in 2011 to distribute Swedish sportswear Cross Golf into the United States.

McCarty plays down his empire, dismissing questions about whether he should feature on the National Business Review's rich list.

"I don't know about that," he says. "I get three square meals a day. And so does my dog."

- ? Fairfax NZ News

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The Decayed & Blooming Blossoms

Is a free roam rp but does have a plot.

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Dir En Grey are a well known band from Japan. They been to North American many times in there years and to Europe. They seem to be looked at by some as bad or evil. But this is far from the truth there just a little rough. They do and say what they want. But often do it with meaning or passion behind it to. Many just see them go on stage then off. But what happens off stage? They go home and often do what everyone else does. Talk to friends and go out to see movies and etc. Lately they been getting anonymous messages from people. Threatening them and even wanting to take there spot light. But these haven't been really bugging them. Cause they happen to a lot of people and are ignored. Something is lurking in the shadows even if they don't notice. Anyone involved with the band or friends could get caught in the middle of it to.

Full name: ?? ?? (Andou Daisuke)

Nicknames: Die, Dai, Dai-suki

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part: guitarist

Date of birth: 12.20,birth place Mie

Age:37

Astrological sign: Sagittarius

Zodiac sign: Tiger

Blood type: B

Height: 178cm / 5'10"

Weight: 61 kg

Clothes' size: L

Shoe size: 41 (8)

Favourite cigarette brand: Salm Light

Favourite sport: soccer, baseball

Favourite music: Sakai Noriko, Hide

His former bands: ka?za?ri ? La:Sadie's

Personality: sincere and honest ... and impudent, because he likes to tease people.He sees himself as a hard-working, sincere, honest person

Likes: cheese, sake, tease Shinya,
Dislikes: raw things, rainAccording to him, the most important thing is life,Tora (Alice Nine)

Favourite food: tofu, potatoes, bacon, cheese omlett, milk, cheese, spaghetti, roasted meat, okonomiyaki, curry, pizza, hamburger, ramen, pastries etc...Food that he detests: seafood, thorny animals, raw foods

He likes to get: cigarettes

He likes not to get: raw things, candy

Fun facts: His breast is especially ticklish. He is near-sighted, he wears contactlenses. He is the most serene and easy-going member.Die was disgusted of some Chinese food served on their tour once, he was not impressed with the chicken-head soup. He was not able to look at it! Kyo and Toshiya on the other hand, thought it cool and Toshiya was playing with a head!There was a fire in Die's apartment once. He tried to smother it with a fire extinguisher, but he just succeeded spraying the foam all around his feet and then he ran outside. He said: "That was so uncool!". *** Although Die is the second guitarist in the group, he is no less talented than our leader-sama, Kaoru. By the way, he is pretty amazing guitarist, the way he and Kaoru play together makes really gorgeous music.

For some of their songs - especially in older ones like "Ash" and "Zan" - Die even sings backup vocals; he has a lovely, definite but soft voice. During concerts, Die is just like any other guitarist: he struts across the stage to pump the crowd up, or just stands beside Kyo while he is singing. His idol is Takigawa Ichiro, the guitarist of Craze. He is the most talkative member of the band, also extremely playful, and quite a joker, too: he likes to tease the others especially Shinya, together with Kaoru. On the video taken in Osaka-Jou Hall, Toshiya pushed Shinya to the ground, and pounced on top of him, while Die covered them with feathers. So, he can make the others laugh almost any time. Die's real name is Daisuke, and the nickname for it is Dai. Some say that he changed the spelling of it to that of the English word "die", aiming to a more serious aspect. So Die is to be pronounced as "dai", not "di-eh". He is very proud of his mane which he had grown since high-school. It is almost dyed in red, often use to defy the laws of gravity - sticking upwards in all directions - making for a punkish hairstyle. But nowadays he wears his hair short and dark chestnut-coloured, also he uses less hair-styler. Die confesses: if someone state that he looks awful, he takes it as a compliment ^_^. After some of his fans complained that he was too fat - Die supposedly had eating and weight problems, because he took their ramblings to his heart, and became heavily under weighted. When Dir en grey was still dressing up in Visual Kei style, Die was quite extreme when it came to his looks and fashion; though his makeup was not always as daub-like as Kyo's. He was almost always leather-clad with lots of silver accessories - he always looked like a tough J-Rocker. Even though his music and scary outfits give off a hardcore attitude, Die is an extremely sweet and caring person. He has a kid hidden in himself, the way he seems to always be up to something. One world: kawaii. "Don't run away from things, make your own decisions for your own self...."

Die Facts * When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Die responded with: 1. Dir en Grey; 2. fans; 3. staff * When asked to say something to each of his band mates, Die responded with: Kyo, please don't pierce any more holes! Kaoru, get a haircut! Toshiya, please fix your room. Shinya, for how long do you intend to hide yourself?" * Die describes his most blissful moment of the day as right before he goes to sleep. He frequently has nightmares, so before he goes to sleep, he tells himself "I am going to sleep now; whatever happens after, however terrifying, will only be nightmares." * Die's nightmares are usually about running for life with friends. His friends "run speedily" while he runs slow like he has "eaten some lard." * Favorite time of year is the Christmas season. * Die loves drinking with his younger brother, quite often to the point where he babbles incoherently and is too drunk to leave the bar. * Die describes himself as "baka." * Audrey is his signature song. * At the Tokyo NKH Hall concert there was a large pink rat head sitting just in front of Shinya`s drums. Die kept looking at it near the end of the show, debating popping it on his head, but it wasn`t built as a mask, so he had to forget that idea. * Die likes getting things from the fans that he can use. Like underwear. Apparently a fan once sent him some. * Die is very straightforward and talkative, yet he is the "joker"; he can make any of the other members laugh at any time. He teases Shinya mercilessly. * Die does not like sashimi or seafood; he likes Western food, especially Italian. * Die likes cute girls with big eyes. When he was younger he was very nervous and shy, especially when he had to talk to girls. * He has a black belt in Kendo. He took it from elementary to high school, then stopped when he learned to play guitar because there was not enough time for both. * Of all the band members, Die is the one most likely to count calories.

Other random facts:His type of girl is Nori-P who was the popular Japanese pop idol in the 80s. When he performed Zan in Music Station, his grandmother was watching the program but because she had not seen Die for a long time, she could not recognize who was her grandson. He likes winter. ?Winter has a lot of fantasy?? says Die. He was so upset with fans pulling his hair at the gig in small live house. ?My hair gets damaged,? says Die. He agrees that he looks like a Siberian Husky (I think he does too, but I always saw more of a hyena because of the black eye make up). He is a mood maker in the band. Kaoru is his pub mate. On stage, he disappears from people?s view quite often. He doesn?t go anywhere, he just falls. His guitar strap becomes undone sometimes because of his intensive performance. He walks around until his roadie fixes it for him. He falls onto stage and falls from the stage. When he comes back to the stage, Kaoru makes fun of him. He breaks guitar strings easily. Kaoru cut Die?s yange ( hair that Die kept long for nine years) ?I loved doing it,? says Kaoru. He jokes. Mr. Inoue (manager) tells him off when he overdoes it. He speaks a lot. Drinks a lot. Once he was drinking until 11:00am (tour finished previous day) then he to a photo shoot (he was still drunk) and worked until the morning. He can?t eat a lot of things. His worst experience ever was when he was forced to eat Sashimi (he lost a bet). He hates raw fish more than anything else. He has a very lovely character and is a very kind person but once he abandoned stage because some fans left their seats and thronged to the stage (that time thronging and diving were about to be banned). Diru had to stop the gig in the middle and never come back. He couldn?t play acoustic guitar. Engineers told him that it would take another five years to master it, but he practiced hard and played in the gig without any major mistakes. He has guts. He can throw an empty water bottle to the third floor. He spends 30 minutes in the bathroom.

His dialect is from Kansai.

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Kaoru

is the leader of Dir en grey and writes most of their music.
His full name is Niikura Kaoru and he was born on Feb 17, in Hyougo.
His blood type is A and he stands at 5'7".

Age:38

Contrary to popular belief, Kaoru can indeed play acoustic guitar in addition to his electric. His hair has been black, blue, bleached white, neon pink (my personal favorite), purple, and currently, blonde.

His trademark was the three braids he would whip around while headbanging.

Kaoru's nicknames include the God of Death, God of Guitars, and Japanese Zombie Hero.As the oldest, he is seen as the "responsible" one; he constantly pushes the rest of the band to do their best.

Kaoru Facts

* Kaoru likes anime and manga, especially Gundam.
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Kaoru responded with: 1. Dir en Grey; 2. my hair; 3. hide-sama's signature
* When asked to say something to each of his bandmates, Kaoru responded with: " I got so much to say! Kyo, you have lent so many things to me, such as games. I will return them to you next time. I don't think you even know about me borrowing some of them! Die, you also cut your hair. Now it's only me left. I must persist! Toshiya, I will return the LD animes you lent me very soon. Shinya, you sure are manly!"
* When asked to describe a recent lucky thing, Kaoru replied with: "My home is surprisingly warm. When I turn on all the electrical appliances at home, I feel truly warm. But I think I need to restrict myself a bit. *laughs*"
* Kaoru can be extremely random. One moment he is quiet, the next he comes out with some ridiculous outburst.
* Kaoru was asked to name a thing that makes him suffer. He replied that answering this question made him suffer, because he does not know how.
* Kaoru describes an unlucky recent event with:"I tried to tidy up my home recently. I want to have it spotless. However there turned out to be a hole in the garbage bag, and the oil inside practically got all over the floor of my home. I've already finished cleaning, but I ended up in a mess."
* Kaoru is confidant with his "super coaxing skills." He often uses these skills on their manager when he wants them to do something Kaoru does not want to.
* Kaoru clames he gets lazy when there is no goal to work towards, and that he did have used to be a loafer.
* "Audrey" was titled as such because Kaoru has always liked that girl's name.
* In school, Kaoru was good at sports and art but hated studying, so when he went home every day he would just play videogames, read manga, and make models.
* Kaoru's first love was his kindergarten teacher, who he said was a kind and gentle woman.
* Kaoru has stated that he does not wanted to get married yet, saying that marriage was something adults did and that he does not think there is anyone he could marry now, since Dir en grey is currently his main focus in life.
* In school, Kaoru considered joining the art club 3 times, but never actually made it to the interview. He got bored waiting, so he caught some grasshoppers and let them fight each other.
* He did join the soccer team, though. He liked the hat. He never went to practices, but played in the games. He says proudly that this shows he has a talent for soccer.

Toshiya

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The bassist for Dir en grey. His real name is Hara Toshimara.
Nicknamed "Totchi" by the fans, he was born on March 31, , in Nagano.

Age:35

His blood type is B and he stands at 5'10". Upon meeting Kaoru for the first time, Toshiya was impressed with his blue hair. Thus, Toshiya's hair has been blue ever since, though it may currently be black. Toshiya is the happy-go-lucky one, never afraid to show his emotions, and enjoys anime and manga. Many of his costumes are anime-inspired. According to the fans, his best solo is in "Cage."

Toshiya Facts

* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Toshiya responded with: 1. My past; 2. everyone I've met; 3. this very moment.
* At one of Dir en grey's first concerts, Toshiya cried all the way through GARDEN because his father had come to see him perform and stood during the whole concert.
* When asked to say something to each of his bandmates, Toshiya replied with: "Kyo, you have to be the poisonous person forever. Kaoru, play faster! *laughs* Die, why don't you go play a Light Band. *laughs* Shinya, please count "one, two, three" louder before you start drumming away!"
* When asked to describe a recent unlucky thing, Toshiya replied with: "I live on the first floor. That day somehow water seeped up from the floor. I rose to find my carpet totally wet. At first, I thought I spilled some juice on the carpet on the previous night, but no matter how hard I mopped it up, the water keep coming through. Then I realize it is something more serious than that, and I called up my landlord to handle it. Now all my wooden furniture is going all rotten and moldy, it's terrible even thinking of it. Oh I wanted to move out ASAP..."
* At the Grand Cube Osaka concert, as Shinya walked off the stage, Toshiya followed behind him and gave Shinya a jumping kick in the butt just before he could get back stage. As he ran off the stage himself, he did a very exaggerated run with his knees drawn all the way up to his chest.
* Toshiya is definately the dorkiest member of the band. He once stated that he thinks Japan is shaped like a banana, and he likes living in Japan because it is the only country shaped like a banana.
* There were no other boys in the area Toshiya lived in as a child, so he grew up playing with the girls. As a result, when he started school he was bullied for being a crybaby. He never liked the outdoors much.
* Spring makes Toshiya think of getting new sunglasses.
* In school, Toshiya was in the kendo club. He was afraid of his senior, who liked to eat protein supplements.
* Toshiya hates seaweed.

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Shinya is Dir en grey's drummer.

His full name is Terachi Shinya.
Shinya was born in Osaka on Feb. 24,
His blood type is B and he stands at 5'7".
Age:34
Nickname:Shin,
He has big eyes and full lips for an Asian man, and he could not look like a man if he tried to. Shinya's hair has been both curly and straight, and varying shades of brown and red. Currently it is blonde. He is the youngest member of the band, loves his chichuahua more than anyone else, and hardly ever talks. He is the only one that does not smoke and he tries to eat healthy, though he has a soft spot for ice cream. He gets teased the most, by his bandmates and interviewers alike.

Shinya Facts

* Shinya loves riddles and reading books that can "train his brain."
* Shinya is very quiet. It took the rest of the band 6 months to figure out he had finally bought a telephone. It was another 6 months to a year before he gave them his number.
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Shinya replied: 1. My dog; 2. my parents' dog; 3. Dir en Grey.
* Out of all of his bandmates, Shinya is closest to Kyo.
* When asked to say something to each of his bandmates, Shinya replied with: "Kyo, don't catch a cold. Die, don't let others beat you up. Kaoru, please be gentler. Toshiya, don't be nosy."
* Shinya describes his most blissful moment of the day as: "When I return home. Yumi barks welcome happily, and I will say to him, "I'm back!" The best is sleeping in bed with him. "
* When asked what the moon makes him think of, Shinya replied simply with "rabbit."
* Shinya needs an average of 10 hours of sleep each night, and during holidays he is known to nap with his dog for up to 12 hours.
* When asked what he is confidant about, Shinya replied solving riddles.
* Shinya does not believe he will truly be grown up until he becomes a dad.
* During one of Kyo's speeches at an Osaka concert (involving many "anou's and eto's") he suddenly decided that Shinya would give a short speech. Shinya immediately clapped his hand over his mouth and tried to become invisible. He did eventually speak, but gave the microphone back quickly.
* At the Tokyo NKH Hall Concert, as Dir en grey came out for the second part of the concert, each member sgot on top of the box at center stage. Kaoru grabbed Shinya, picked him up horizontally and set him down on his side in front of the drums.
* A fan once sent Shinya a vacuum cleaner.
* He is also getting involved in things apart from the band. He models jewelry for a company called Wild Strawberry.
* Shinya "blew trumpet" in his high school brass band. Because of this, the rest of the band has teased him about his lips.
* Kyo says that Shinya looks like a space robot and talks like a nutty professor ("Such as, we made nice tea, we would say ?nice tea?, wouldn?t we ? But Shinya would say ?this tea is quiet nice tea. What do you put in this tea !?")
* Despite his shy appearance, the rest of the band claims Shinya is rather self-confident.

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Kyo is the singer for Dir en grey. His real name is Nimura Tooru, he was born in Kyoto on Feb. 16
Age:37
His blood type is B, and he stands at 5'3". His unique voice is clearly the most valuable asset to the band. He does singing, falsettos, screaming, moaning, roaring, crying, dying, choking, rapping, you name it, he can do it. Kyo makes short people everywhere proud with his powerful presence. Indeed, one has not lived until he has been glared at by Kyo. His hair has been pink, red, black, and blonde, the latter of which it currently is right now. Kyo enjoys being the "scary one," and though he may be likened to an evil china doll, he has a very kind face without the makeup.
* Kyo enjoys lying during interviews. One cannot trust what he says.
* Kyo looks up to the vocalist Kiyoharu in the band Kuroyume.
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Kyo responded with: 1. Dir en Grey; 2. my voice; 3. my 800-1000 CDs at home.
* When asked to say something to all of his bandmates, he simply replied with "Minna-san work hard."
* Kyo must like classical music (Ma! Not what one would expect from a rocker!) He listens to Brahms- Dir en grey borrowed a tune from that composer for Deity.
* At one point at a concert in Osaka, Toshiya gave his bass to Kyo. The look on his face is assumed to be the same face he would make if someone handed him a large, dead, smelly fish.
* Kyo likes girls in kimonos. Perhaps this is why he so often wears a furisode.
* His likes and dislikes could be summed up with one word: women. "They can bring such wonderful happiness, yet are utterly terrifying." He prefers strong women to passive women.
* Kyo wears glasses. Okay, so that's not really a strange thing, but kinda nice for all the fans out there looking at the world through two windows.
* Kyo once stated that it is okay for people to wear normal clothes at weddings, but the bride should wear a blue fish. Any reference to Mr. Newsman? He has stated he would like to get married and settle down someday.
* Kyo once stated in an interview that, for some reason, people keep calling him Miyabi. Ever since then, Die keeps calling him "Miya-chan."
* Kyo likes to be called "Kyo" and "Kyo-san." He hates being called "Kyo-chan."
* He also does not like getting things like candy from fans because it melts in the mail and makes a mess. He would prefer cigarettes.
* Kyo is getting into other medians of entertainment than visual kei. He has auditioned for some movies. Us overseas have yet to find out if he made it.
* Kyo has been quoted to say he will never write a happy song.
* Kyo likes collecting little figurines and action figures.
* He also likes to play videogames and watch anime.
* He also likes plums.
* It has been stated that Kyo can fall asleep anywhere at any time.
* Kyo once ruptured his tympanum (something in his ear.) The cause is theorized to be a live version of Rasetsu Koku. While he was in the hospital, Kyo was not worried about delaying the tour or if these complications would cause problems with the band. He was just worried that he was going to get fat from the medicine. He also complained that the nurse giving him saline injections took the needle out of his arm very slowly, and he wanted her to do it fast.
* When Kyo left the hospital, his bandmates threw him a party with champagne.
* Kyo is allergic to flower pollen.
*Mouthy and likes things his way(swares,cusses)
* In his school days, Kyo claims he was in the Shogi (Japanese chess) club and also claims he never actually joined.

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