Patch 5.1 official patch notes

Welcome to the beginning of war and the arrival of patch 5.1, Landfall. While this patch does not contain any new raid content, it is full of changes to pet battles and classes. And don't forget the new content -- an entirely new series of quests await adventurers in the heart of Krasarang Wilds, along with new scenarios to unlock. Included in the official patch notes:

• Scenarios now include Dungeon Finder queue features, including leaders, backfill, vote to kick, and deserter debuffs. Roles are still not required.
• Raid groups are no longer required to enter pre-Mists of Pandaria raid dungeons. Get to farming!
• Speaking of old raid dungeons, a variety of new pets have been added to old raid bosses.
• For fans of Pet Battles, be sure to check out the new Battle-stones, used to upgrade the quality of pets.

Read on for the full list of patch notes for patch 5.1.

World of Warcraft Patch 5.1

General

• The Pandaren Campaign begins!
  • The conflict between the Horde and the Alliance has ignited a new series of daily quests along the shore of the Krasarang Wilds.
  • Players can visit their faction strongholds in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to begin the quest to summon their war fleets to the continent of Pandaria.
  • Players will both valiantly defend their faction's outpost and assault the opposing faction's headquarters.
  • Two new Reputations have been added: Alliance players can earn reputation with Operation: Shieldwall, while Horde players will curry favor with the Dominance Offensive.
  • Players can follow the story of the Pandaren Campaign through a series of special quests tied to their reputation with the landing forces. Heroes assisting with the war effort will join key characters and faction leaders as the growing conflagration spreads across Pandaria... as well as other locations around Azeroth.
  • Players can slay rival NPCs and opposing faction players along the shore to earn commissions that can be spent to upgrade their faction's base.
  • Look for strategic objectives to capture, including graveyards and towers. Commissions can be spent to recruit guards that will help protect this captured territory!
  • Players who are truly dedicated to their faction can spend their commissions on an item that will give their fellows an extra reputation group quest for the day. Horde players can speak with Ongrom Black Tooth, while Alliance players can contact Proveditor Grantley for details.

• Item Level Upgrades
  • Players can now use PvE and PvP currencies to directly upgrade equipment by visiting Ethereal merchants in their respective Pandaria faction capitals.
  • Weapons and armor of item level 458 or higher can be improved by up to 8 item levels each.
  • Rare quality PvE gear costs 1500 Justice Points to upgrade once for 8 item levels, while Epic quality PvE gear costs 750 Valor Points for 4 item levels and can be upgraded twice.
  • Rare quality PvP gear costs 1500 Honor Points to upgrade once for 8 item levels, while Epic quality PvP gear costs 750 Conquest Points for 4 item levels and can be upgraded twice.
  • Be aware that items that have received item level enhancements cannot be placed into Void Storage.
• Legendary Quest
  • Wrathion has taken a keen interest in the events along the coast of the Krasarang Wilds. Those that have aided the Black Prince in the past will now have new quests to complete as they advance Wrathion's agenda for Pandaria and their own progress toward Legendary power.
• Brawler's Guild
  • Underground fighting rings have sprung up in Stormwind and Orgrimmar that will give brawlers who have their mitts on an invitation a chance to earn bragging rights by testing their solo PvE mettle against some of the toughest creatures found in World of Warcraft.
  • Players will prove their skill, and increase their rank with the Brawler's Guild, as they win matches against some of the most difficult solo encounters in World of Warcraft.
  • Entry into the brawler's guild is by invitation only. Invitations can be found on the black market auction house, by invitation from somebody within the guild, and occasionally as drops from certain Horde and Alliance NPCs.
  • As their Brawler's Guild rank increases, players will unlock additional rewards and activities within the Brawler's Guild.
  • Brawlers on a realm will gather together into the blood spattered ring to watch as their peers face down their own opponents. They can watch the battles in progress to learn from hardened Brawler's Guild veterans as they wait for their own turn to fight.
  • If this is your first night at Brawler's Guild, you have to fight.

• Lesser Charms of Good Fortune no longer take up bag space, and are now recorded in the currency tab of the Character Sheet.
• Grand Commendations are now available for purchase from all Mists of Pandaria faction vendors at Revered reputation. Using a Grand Commendation will permanently increase the amount of reputation gained with that faction across all characters on a Battle.net account.

Classes

• The durations of all disarm effects have been reduced to 8 seconds.
• The Weakened Blows effect has a new icon.
• Death Knight
  • Damage received from players (or player-controlled sources) no longer counts towards increasing the healing done by Death Strike.
• Druid
  • A new passive ability has been added: Tooth and Claw. This ability causes autoattacks to have a chance to empower the Druid's next Maul. Empowered Mauls reduce the damage dealt by the target's next autoattack. Guardian Druids obtain this ability at level 32.
  • Omen of Clarity now has a different visual effect for Feral Druids.
  • Symbiosis:
    • Mass Dispel's mana cost has been increased to match the Priest version, and its cooldown has been increased to 60 seconds.
    • The cast time of Symbiosis has been reduced to 2 seconds.
    • Survival Instincts is once again granted to Brewmaster Monks and now costs 2 Chi to use.
    • Might of Ursoc is once again granted to Blood Death Knights, and now costs 30 Runic Power.
    • Savage Defense is once again granted to Protection Warriors, but now only provides a 30% increase to dodge.
    • Barkskin is once again granted to Protection Paladins, and now costs 1 Holy Power.
    • The cooldown of Stampeding Shout provided by Symbiosis has been reduced to 5 minutes.
    • The duration of Solar Beam provided by Symbiosis now displays correctly as 4 seconds.
  • Glyphs
    • The Glyph of Solar Beam has been changed, and now increases the radius of Solar Beam to 10 yards (was 5 yards).
    • The duration of Solar Beam has been reduced to 8 seconds.
• Hunter
  • Careful Aim now increases the critical strike chance of Steady Shot and Aimed Shot by 75% on targets who are above 80% health, down from 90%.
  • The duration of Steady Focus has been increased to 20 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
  • Aspect of the Fox has been removed.
  • Steady Shot, Cobra Shot, and Barrage can now always be cast on the move.
  • Lynx Rush has been changed. Lynx Rush is now a bleed effect that causes damage every 3 seconds over a period of 15 seconds, and stacks up to 9 times.
  • Bestial Wrath no longer grants Hunter pets immunity to crowd control effects, and instead now breaks existing crowd control effects when activated.
  • Glyphs
    • The Glyph of Icy Solace has been renamed to Glyph of Solace, and now causes both Scattershot and Freezing Trap to remove all damage over time effects from the target.
    • Glyph of Scattering has been removed.
    • A new Major Glyph has been added: Glyph of Aimed Shot. This glyph allows Aimed Shot to be used while moving.
• Mage
  • The damage buff from Arcane Charge has been increased from 22% to 25%, and Arcane Blast's mana cost increase when affected by Arcane Charge is now +75% (was +125%).
  • Rune of Power's duration now shows in the UI, and no longer has a cooldown (was 6 seconds).
  • Ring of Frost now has a 45 second cooldown, up from 30 seconds, and can no longer affect more than 10 targets.
  • The duration of Deep Freeze has been reduced to 4 seconds.
  • Frost Bomb will now detonate after 6 seconds (up from 5 seconds). Detonation speed is still affected by haste.
  • Mage Armor now reduces the duration of harmful Magic effects by 25% (down from 35%).
  • The damage absorbed by Ice Barrier has been reduced by 25%.
  • Combustion's periodic damage is now based only on the current Ignite, instead of both Ignite and Pyroblast. Damage has been increased to bring it up to approximately the same level as before.
  • Blazing Speed may now be triggered after recieving damage in any amount.
  • The mana cost of Spellsteal has been increased to 21% of base mana for Fire and Frost mages, up from 7%.
• Monk
  • Spear Hand Strike now costs 10 energy (was 30).
  • All healing spells which cost mana have had their mana cost increased by 10%.
  • The energy costs of Legacy of the Emperor, and Legacy of the White Tiger have been reduced to 20, down from 50.
  • The energy cost of Healing Sphere has been reduced to 40, down from 60.
  • The Tiger Power provided by Tiger Palm now reduces target armor by 30% with a single application and no longer stacks.
  • Stance of the Fierce Tiger now increases the Monk's movement speed by 10% in addition to its other effects. This movement speed increase stacks with other effects.
  • The healing provided by Enveloping Mists has been reduced by 32%.
  • The healing provided by the Healing Sphere base spell has been increased by 20%.
  • The healing provided by Chi Burst and Chi Wave has been reduced by 25%.
  • The healing provided when detonating Zen Sphere has been reduced by 25%.
  • The chance to generate 1 Chi while channeling Soothing Mist and Crackling Jade Lightning has increased to 35%, up from 25%.
  • The Power Strikes talent now grants the Power Strikes effect every 20 seconds, which causes the Monk's next attack to generate 1 additional Chi.
  • The Healing Elixirs talent now grants the Healing Elixirs effect every 18 seconds, which causes the next Brew or Tea consumed to heal the Monk for 10% of maximum health.
  • Mistweaver
    • Enveloping Mist is now available at level 16, down from level 34.
    • You now have a chance equal to your crit chance to generate double the amount of Mana Tea charges.
    • Renewing Mists now travels to 2 additional targets (was 3 targets).
    • The mana cost of Soothing Mists has been reduced by 33%.
    • Haste for Mistweavers is now 50% more effective through Stance of the Wise Serpent.
• Paladin
  • Turn Evil is now effective against Aberrations.
  • Hand of Salvation has been changed. This ability now removes all of a target's threat for 10 seconds.
  • Holy Paladin: The 4 piece bonus now reduces Holy Shock's cooldown by 2 seconds, up from 1 second.
  • Retribution Paladin: The 4 piece bonus now reduces Avenging Wrath's cooldown by 65 seconds, down from 85 seconds.
• Priest
  • Atonement's healing range has been increased to 40 yards, up from 15.
  • Chakras now persist through death and zoning.
  • Discipline Priests can once again learn Focused Will. This ability is obtained at level 30.
  • Spells affected by Inner Focus cast while Spirit Shell is active now fully apply critical effect heals to the shield provided.
  • Chakra: Chastise now increases the damage dealt by Shadow and Holy spells by 50% (was 15%), and reduces mana costs by 90% (was 75%) while the ability is in effect.
  • Chakra: Serenity now increases single target healing by 25%, up from 15%.
  • Chakra: Sanctuary now increases area healing by 25% up from 15%.
  • Psyfiend's Psychic Terror cast time has been increased to 2 seconds, up from 1.5 seconds.
  • The Psyfiend's health has been reduced to 10% of the controlling Priest's health, down from 30%.
• Rogue
  • The energy cost of Kick has been reduced to 10 (was 15).
  • Seal Fate will now only be activated by melee combo point generating abilities.
  • Shuriken Toss now deals double damage when used against targets further than 10 yards away.
  • The cooldown of Blind has been reduced to 90 seconds, down from 3 minutes.
  • The energy cost of the Burst of Speed talent has been reduced to 50 energy, down from 60 energy.
  • Wound Poison now deals 33% more damage.
• Shaman
  • All totems are now considered spells, and summoning totems can be prevented by silencing effects. Searing Totem, Magma Totem, and Fire Elemental totems fall into the Fire school, while all other totems fall under the Nature school.
• Warlock
  • Aura of the Elements and Aura of Enfeeblement can now be dispelled as Magic effects.
  • Demonic Gateway must now be activated by the player wishing to teleport.
  • Kil'jaeden's Cunning now longer imposes a cast time penalty.
  • Banish is now effective against Aberrations.
  • Kil'jaeden's Cunning's snare has been increased from 10% per stack to 15% per stack.
  • Rain of Fire
    • Rain of Fire no longer causes a stun after hitting a target three times.
    • Aftermath will now grant Rain of Fire's damage over time effect a chance to generate Burning Embers.
    • Rain of Fire no longer requires Immolate to be present to generate Burning Embers.
    • Rain of Fire's damage over time will now hit every 1 second, down from 2 seconds. The damage animation for the damage over time effect will no longer always display.
  • Removed the ranged Melee attack from Demonology Warlocks in Metamorphosis form, and increased the damage of Doom by 25% to compensate.
  • Conflagrate now generates Burning Embers.
  • Demonic Gateway's duration has been increased to 20 15 minutes, and it will no longer despawn if the Warlock moves too far away. In addition, this ability can no longer be used in any capital city.
  • Glyphs
    • A new Minor Glyph has been added: Glyph of Gateway Attunement. This glyph will cause a Warlock's Demonic Gateway to transport them immediately when they step on it.
• Warrior
  • Avatar no longer grants immunity to movement impairing effects, and instead now instantly breaks movement impairing effects. This ability also no longer generates addiitonal Rage while active. Its duration has increased to 24 seconds (was 20 seconds).
  • The cooldown of Intimidating Shout has increased to 90 seconds, up from 60 seconds.
  • The silence provided by Glyph of Gag Order is no longer effective against players.

Items

• Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 Conquest Points at the Conquest Quartermaster.
• Item Enhancements
  • The Dancing Steel, Jade Spirit, Colossus, and River's Song enchantments now use the Real PPM system utilized by Windsong and Elemental Force.

Pet Battles

• A new item has been introduced that can be used to upgrade the quality of Battle Pets: Battle-stones.
  • Battle-stones are available in two basic types, general purpose Battle-stones that can be used to upgrade the quality of any pet, and family specific Battle-stones, which can only be used to upgrade pets of a specific pet family.
  • Battle-stones are available in two qualities: Flawless Battle-stones can upgrade pets directly to Rare quality, while Polished Battle-stones will upgrade a pet to Uncommon quality.
  • Players will have a very small chance to obtain a general purpose and family specific Flawless Battle-stone after winning a match against wild pets; defeating higher level opponents increases the chances of obtaining a stone. Family specific Flawless-Battlestones will be of the same family as the pets that were defeated. These valuable items are not soulbound, and can be sold on the Auction House.
  • Family specific Flawless Battle-stones can be found in the Sack of Pet Supplies obtained from performing Pet Trainer quests, and are Bind on Pickup.
  • General purpose Polished Battle-stones can be purchased for 1000 Justice Points.
• Pet Journal
  • The quality of each pet is now visible in its slot in the Pet Journal.
  • Pets can now be filtered by name, type, rarity and level, and filters will remain in place each time the Pet Journal is viewed.
  • It is now possible to search locations in the Pet Journal. For example, searching "Westfall" will display all the Battle Pets that can be found in Westfall.
• Pet Battle music is now more appropriate for the type of match being fought.
• Several new Pet Battle PvP areas have been added to the world.
• Several classic Raid bosses now have a chance to drop new Battle Pets. The new pets can be obtained from bosses in Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Ahn'Qiraj, and Naxxramas.
• Abilities that have been used will now continue to cool down for pets when they are not the active pet in a battle.
• Right clicking a pet's portrait will now offer the option to look it up in the Pet Journal.
• Players can now keep up to 650 pets.
• Battle Pet tooltips will now display whether a pet is owned, and how many pets of that type are owned.
• Pet Quality is now displayed in battles, and will be visible on portraits, names and tooltips.
• The level of battle pets in a zone can now be seen on the map, and it's now possible to see the strength of wild pets relative to your team at a glance.
• Backline pets now display debuffs affecting them as well as the remaining duration of these effects.
• The experience multiplier obtained by all seven Grand Master pet trainers in Pandaria has been increased to x5 from x3.5.
• The experience multiplier obtained by defeating Pet Trainers Julia Stevens, Old Macdonald, Zunta, and Dagra the Fierce has been reduced to x2.5 from x3.5.
• Macros have been added that allow for summoning random pets and random favorite pets.
• The achievement Taming the World now awards the Safari Hat, which increases pet experience gained from Pet Battles by 10%.
• Pets previously removed from the Safari achievements have been added back to the criteria of those achievements now that they're back in the wild.
• The I Choose You achievement has been added for defeating Zen Master Aki. The reward for this achievement is 3000 gold.
• Players that defeat Aki the Chosen at the culmination of the Battle Pet quest lines can now follow a new line of Battle Pet quests and associated daily quests that allows players to battle against Pandaren spirits.
• A new Master Pet Tamer offering daily quests has been added to the Darkmoon Faire. Completing quests for the new trainer will offer the chance to acquire a new pet: the Darkmoon Eye.
• The Dragon Kite can now be used in Pet Battles.
• The Imperial Silkworm and Imperial Moth pets can now be created by Tailors.
• A number of pets that could previously only be found accompanying other pets into battle can now be found roaming the world.
• A number of new capturable pets can be found in the world from pet families that were once more sparsely populated.
• Two new Battle Pets now roam Darkmoon Island waiting to be caught.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent some pets captured in Pet Battles from correctly saving their skin color once added to the Pet Journal.
• Player versus Player Pet Battles now award more experience.
• Large plants and bushes in the environment that interfered with visibility during Pet Battles while now fade out of view during the match.
• Fixed an issue where the Gazelle would join pet battles.

Sunsong Ranch

• A new Seed has been added: Portal Shards
  • A mage who fell on hard times back in Dalaran has found a new home on Pandaria. Barnaby Fletcher will occasionally visit Halfhill Market to peddle a new type of seed ? and take advantage of the Tillers' hospitality.
  • Portal Shards grow into consumable items which can be used to open a portal from Sunsong Ranch to a major faction city.
• Seeds now stack to 50.
• Runty crops now have a spell visual to help call attention to themselves.
• Growing crops now display the duration until the crop is ready to harvest.
• Characters who have earned the "Friends on the Farm" achievement will no longer find gifts while harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops ? instead, they have a chance to find special seeds such as Magebulb, Enigma Seed, Songbell, and more.

Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios

• Non-boss enemies in Mogu'shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of Endless Spring now respawn much more slowly.
• Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons. Some bosses that previously required more than one player to defeat are now more easily dealt with by players battling alone:
  • High Warlord Naj'entus in the Black Temple
  • Viscidus in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
  • Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair
• The Statistics page now tracks and displays 10-player and 25-player raid boss kills separately.
• Cooldown timers greater than 5 minutes will now reset between attempts on Challenge Mode dungeons.
• Scenarios
  • New level 90 Scenarios have been added, including additional faction specific Scenarios:
    • Assault on Zan'Vess
    • Alliance
      • Lion's Landing
      • A Little Patience
    • Horde
      • Domination Point
      • Dagger in the Dark
  • Scenarios now include Dungeon Finder queue features, including leaders, backfill, vote to kick, and deserter debuffs. Roles are still not required.

PvP

• The growing conflict between the Horde and the Alliance has spilled across the face of Azeroth: level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.
• Arena matches now have a 25 minute time limit (was 45 minutes).
• Rated Battlegrounds now share the same spell restrictions as Arenas.

Professions

• Fishing
  • The Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Tournament has returned every Sunday, but now allows three winners per tournament. It also offers competitors a chance to earn the rewards once offered by the the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby.
  • Speckled Tastyfish fishing pools no longer spawn during the tournament. Instead, Tastyfish can be caught from any fishing node in all parts of Stranglethorn Vale while the tournament is active. This includes inland nodes, and wreckage.
• Cooking
  • A cooking profession bag has been added, and can be purchased with Ironpaw Tokens from Nam Ironpaw.
• Mining
  • All mineral nodes will now despawn one minute after they are mined, even if items remain in them.

UI

• Justice, Valor, Honor and Conquest Point quartermasters are now signified by new minimap icons.
• A new banner will appear when a player is subjected to an effect that causes them to lose control of their character. The effect that caused the loss of control and remaining duration will be displayed. Configuration options are available in the "Combat" section of the "Interface Options" menu.
• A search bar has been added to the mount section of the Mount and Pet Journal.
• The Mount and Pet Journal remembers which tab you were last using.

Bug Fixes

• Swooping Plainshawks no longer use abilities from the Bird of Prey Hunter pet family.
• Fixed an issue that could cause crops to fail to appear when players entered Sunsong Ranch while several hundred yards up in the air.
• Players who have learned the Terrible Turnip pet can now continue to find Ominous Seeds when harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops.
• Classes
  • The responsiveness of many abilities and effects has been improved, including: Renewing Mist, Halo, Rogue Poisons, Revealing Strike, Rime, Killing Machine, Maelstrom Weapon, Sudden Doom, Ultimatum, Scent of Blood, Crimson Scourge, and Sudden Death.
  • The following spells now display less intense visual effects for other players: Hellfire, Death and Decay, Hurricane, Astral Storm, and Explosive Trap.
  • Earthquake's sound effect is now quieter.
  • All spells that cause Forebearance can no longer be applied simultaneously.
  • Hunters
    • The snare provided by Ice Trap is now more responsive when enemies enter or leave the area of effect, and its effective area more closely matches the visual effect.
    • Lock and Load will now activate correctly when Ice Trap is triggered by an immune target, as long as a susceptible target is within the area of effect.
    • Fixed several issues involving Trap Mastery, Entrapment, Glyph of Black ice, and Glyph of Ice Trap.
    • The Growl pet ability will no longer cause diminishing returns against bosses that are immune to its effect.
    • Glyph of Black Ice now correctly benefits from the increased duration provided by Trap Mastery.
    • Glyph of Ice Trap now causes the visual effect of Ice Trap to match the increased area of effect provided by the glyph.
  • Mages
    • Fixed an issue with Glyph of Icy Veins that could prevent all three bolts from firing.
    • Fixed an issue with Glyph of Icy Veins that could prevent the affected abilities from doing the correct damage.
  • Warlocks
    • The Felguard and Wrathguard pet ability, Threatening Presence, will no longer be auto-cast by default.
    • Pandemic no longer smooths the damage when extending dots with different amounts of spellpower.
  • Warriors
    • Execute damage with high amounts of Vengeance is now capped at the Warrior's maximum health to prevent it from reaching excessive numbers.
  • Professions
    • Banquet of the Steamer and Great Banquet of the Steamer now correctly provide Intellect to damage based casting classes. Healers will continue to gain Spirit from these foods.

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Source: http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/11/27/patch-5-1-official-patch-notes/

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Ramone Clayton and his wife Stephanie were arguing in a yard next to the Miami Gardens home where the party was held when things turned violent.

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?The first time I saw that guy, I said to my daughter, ?I hope you are not going to live with that guy,? said Olive Jones.

Stephanie was just 35.? She leaves behind 3 young children from a previous relationship.??? Her daughters say they are dealing with it by pretending their mother is on vacation, or working late in the job she held as a mail carrier.

?We gonna grow up without her,? said daughter Crystal Jones. ?She?s not here no more and it?s just going to be hard to live without her.?

US Marshals believe Ramone Clayton is still in South Florida.

?Somebody out here knows where he?s at but they?re just not talking,? said daughter Crystal.

The US Marshals are offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information that leads to Ramone Clayton?s Capture.? The number is to call is 877-WANTED2.

?I would really like for him to be brought to justice because he killed my daughter and she was a wonderful person,? said Jones.

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Seahawks fly past Jets

Rookie QB Wilson throws for 2 TDs as Seattle scores 21 straight to win 28-7

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson looks to throw as Russell Okung blocks against the Jets on Sunday in Seattle.

By TIM BOOTH

Associated Press Sports

updated 7:07 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2012

SEATTLE - From across the locker room, the shouts toward Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson were clearly heard.

"Golden is coming for your job!"

Back on a roll heading into their bye week, Wilson isn't the only one throwing touchdowns for the Seahawks. Even receivers like Golden Tate are getting in on the fun.

Wilson tossed two TDs, before Tate's shot put TD pass to Sidney Rice late in the fourth quarter capped the Seahawks' 28-7 rout of the New York Jets on Sunday.

Tate's 23-yard TD toss to Rice was punctuated by the receiver taking a bow to three sides of CenturyLink Field. It might as well have been a collective bow by the entire Seahawks sideline after a dominating second half.

"We hung tough. We weren't playing very well early and some things happened and we hung tough and kept punching away at it," Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. "We finally put together a real good finish."

Marshawn Lynch added 124 yards rushing and a 1-yard TD plunge as the Seahawks (6-4) won their second straight, improved to 5-0 at home and sent the Jets to their worst start since 2007. Lynch also topped 1,000 yards for the season on an 18-yard run, bouncing off tacklers late in the fourth quarter. He has 1,005 for the season.

"It's hard to get 1,000 yards in this league. I'm happy for Marshawn. He congratulated me, and I'm like, `no, congratulations to you.' That's just the kind of guy he is," Seattle fullback Michael Robinson said. "He understands it takes all 11 guys to run the ball in this league."

Wilson was harried for much of the day by the multiple looks from the Jets' defense. But the Seattle rookie responded with key throws, hitting Tate for a 38-yard TD on Seattle's opening drive, then connecting with Rice early in the fourth quarter to give Seattle a two-score advantage.

Then came Seattle's closing act. After a penalty wiped out another TD run from Lynch that left Antonio Cromartie buckled and grabbing at air, the Seahawks went into their bag of tricks. Facing first-and-goal at the 23, Wilson handed off to Tate. His windup was methodical and his heave wasn't the prettiest, but the spiral found Rice in the back of the end zone.

The Seahawks ran the play in their walkthrough Saturday, where Tate threw what was politely described as a "duck." It wasn't much prettier a day later, but the result was perfect.

"It was slow, he fumbled with it. He almost wanted to hand it to him, you could tell he was just guiding it to him," said Robinson, a former quarterback at Penn State. "But he did a great job."

Wilson finished 12 of 19 for 188 yards and still has not thrown an interception at home. His only mistake was holding the ball too long on a first-quarter sack that resulted in the Jets' only score on Muhammad Wilkerson's fumble return for a touchdown.

Rice had just two receptions, but both went for touchdowns. He also had a critique for his fellow receiver.

"After it left his hands it was beautiful," Rice said. "Before that it was suspect."

While the pass game provided many of Seattle's highlights, it was a recommitment to the run at halftime that was behind the Seahawks dominant second half. Lynch had 85 yards on 13 carries in the second half after assistant head coach Tom Cable told his offensive line at halftime they were going to pound the ball with the Seahawks bruising back.

"I don't think we did anything special. We just fit our blocks better and focused on the basics," Seattle offensive lineman John Moffitt said.

Mark Sanchez struggled in his meeting against Seattle coach Pete Carroll, his former coach at USC. Sanchez threw a costly interception at the goal line in the first half, then fumbled at the Seattle 32 on a blitz from Richard Sherman and Seattle's Jason Jones recovered in the fourth quarter.

Sanchez finished 9 of 22 for 124 yards. Tim Tebow ran four times for 14 yards, and was 3 of 3 passing for 8 yards. But Tebow was of no help to the offense.

"I don't know how many more losses you can spot somebody before you think can make the playoffs," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "It's about a two percent chance at making the playoffs with the record we have and we are going to take that shot."

The Jets finished with just 185 total yards and only 72 in the second half. It's the second time this season the Jets were held under 200 yards of offense.

"Just being mean. Bottom line, that's how we played today," Seattle defensive end Red Bryant said.

Wilkerson's fumble return for a touchdown was the first against the Seahawks since 2009. Seattle's problems keeping possession weren't done. Lynch fumbled on the first play of the second quarter at the New York 40, his first lost fumble in a year. Lynch sat on the bench with his headband pulled over his face in disgust.

Lynch's fumble nearly became the turning point for the Jets. Tebow converted third-down with a 3-yard keeper, then Sanchez found Jeremy Kerley for 43 yards to the Seattle 7 on a blown coverage.

But on third-and-goal Sherman baited Sanchez into throwing across the field, where the Seahawks cornerback stepped in to steal his fourth interception of the season.

Sherman's sack in the fourth quarter was the first of his career. The Seahawks also got a key turnover when Kerley muffed a punt that was recovered by Kam Chancellor. Seattle capitalized on the turnover and took a 14-7 lead at halftime on Lynch's 1-yard plunge.

And at 6-4 heading in to their bye, the Seahawks know they're in the middle of the NFC playoff chase.

"I think we have the ability to take off right now," Wilson said.

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Shaping Change ? 15 Years of Personal Training in North London

Shaping Change is one of the leading personal training group in North London that offers only the best approaches in fitness, nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle change. With 15 years of of experience in the personal training craft, Shaping Change founder and personal trainer Chris Heron creates unique personal training programs to help their clients achieve life-changing results in muscle gain, body fat loss, and weight loss.

First qualified as a personal trainer in 1997, Heron is now one of the elite in the personal training industry who has delivered over 10,000 personal training sessions. When asked by a prospective client why he should choose Shaping Change, Heron compiled a list to answer the question 'What Sets Shaping Change Apart from Other Fitness Programmes?'.

1. Comprehensive Study of Health History

Shaping Change does a full health/medical history of their clients, which consists of a 26-page questionnaire evaluated by their Director of Nutrition & Lab Testing. This allows us them to link past health and disease history to present symptoms. Other gym programmes simply don?t match the level of scrutiny in Shaping Change.

2. Whole life Approach

Shaping Change takes a ?whole life? approach to developing their client?s wellness. Combining their shared knowledge of fitness, nutrition, supplements and lifestyle changes, the goal is to transform their client?s bodies as well as their lives.

3. Accurate and Measurable Starting Point

Shaping Change also recommends several more in-depth testing options, including a Comprehensive Blood Chemistry (CBC) and the Mediated Response Test (MRT) to help guide their client?s decisions regarding training, diet and supplementation. Without such tests people are really just guessing about what kinds of changes will work best for their bodies.

4. Highly-Acclaimed Poliquin BioSignature Assessment

This tool accurately determines body composition and greatly influences what areas of nutrition and lifestyle should be changed to maximise results. Shaping Change uses it principally as a method of tracking progress and supplement this information with blood tests and other types of measurements to compile a highly accurate picture of their client?s health and wellness.

5. Founder is One of the Best in the Industry

Chris Heron guides all of the programmes at Shaping Change and has worked for years to hone his skills as a personal trainer, strength coach and businessman. He has trained all over the world with the most renowned instructors in the industry. In just the last 18 months he?s completed PCIP Level 3 & 4, attended the Bio-Signature annual conference and attended the Body Transformation Internship at the highly regarded Body Development in Bath, UK.

6. Director of Nutrition & Lap Testing is Highly Credentialed

Calum Gore, BSC, IFM, is an amazing academic resource for Shaping Change clients, and he?s also passionate about helping people improve their health in a proactive manner. He guides their clients toward improved wellness through healthy nutrition and proper supplementation without having to rely on a more traditional and reactive medical approach.

7. Provides Everything Clients Need To Transform Their Lives and Bodies

They support clients with customised diet planning and will even shop for them if necessary. They design training plans for each client and then implement this through 1-2-1 personal training sessions.

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Royal Dutch Shell shuts down Nigeria oil pipeline

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ? Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has shut down a pipeline in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta after finding leaks it blamed on oil thieves.

In a statement Sunday, Shell said its Nigerian subsidiary shut down the Imo River trunk line which had six "theft points." It said the shutdown of the line would cut production by about 25,000 barrels of oil a day.

Shell said sabotage has been responsible for 25 of 26 spills on the Imo River this year, which released nearly 3,000 barrels into the river and other waterways.

Shell produced about 800,000 barrels of oil a day in Nigeria last year.

Militancy in the region has dropped off after a government-sponsored amnesty program in 2009. However, violence, kidnappings and crude oil thefts still occur.

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An action strategy can be built using Personal development plans and this is comprised of knowledge, goals and merits. This strategy can be of any type like occupation, studies, relationships, self improvement. Personal enterprise plan and individual development plans are the other names for this. Various skills are needed to achieve the goals, this is the process to analyze and learn those skills.

It is the combination of strength and fault, preparation and teaching, many more points. The goal behind the strategy makes them differ with each other. Academics are related to learning habits, occupational view includes lifestyle imports, arrangements, examination of risks and future steps. This is comprised of a portfolio in higher education. This portfolio is the reference to the academic achievements and leads towards higher order of achievements in the future.

The concept of self motivated learning is also used successfully in human resource management. These are the building blocks of employee CVs and it can be observed that many business training programs insist the students to prepare an individual portfolio. Even the governments practice this concept by preparing a list of goals for five years and by trying to accomplish those goals. This is a program which works under certain time frame and the task should be completed within that period.

A person must know where he is heading or else the path chosen is of no use. It is important to build a strategy to reach the goals in desired time. Universal truth is to write down your goals and act that will lead you towards your destiny. As per the researchers, the accomplishment of the task is possible if you write down your task and follow the time frame.

The system developed to achieve the goals must have some important points and that points can be listed as clarity to give a perfect view about the goals, purpose to show the need of that specific task, directions to fulfill the requirements of that task. Following 3 point system saves a valuable time and energy. This ensures the accomplishment of the goals. Strategic plan guarantees the success, no wishful thinking can.

Both educational and occupational fields can make use of this formula. In academics, students get benefits and these benefits can be enumerated as clearer projection towards the learning, self motivation, better understanding and performance criteria, low stress and better skill development, greater problem facing ability and thinking reflectively. These all collectively cause better academic achievements.

Benefits of strategy writing in professional life can be summarized as, it provides a clearer view towards the life and job you deserve brings confidence to make choices, improvises eminence and expertise, gives confidence to talk about your excellence with the employers, optimized problem solving expertise can be attained, results in a positive attitude and effective professional life. Employers expect the employee to be committed towards the work assigned. Rapid learning and good performance are needed for a successful professional life.

Betterment of private life can be attained with this strategy design apart from academics and occupational fields. The impacts on private life can be enumerated as better understanding of him, reaching the ambitions with better choice, finding the ways to reach the goals etc. The concept is useful in private, academic and occupational fields. Personal development plans are the stairs to success.

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Maintenance worker dies after Pennsylvania Turnpike accident ...

Highway construction and maintenance can be a dangerous job. These workers put their lives on the line as passenger vehicles and semi trucks whiz by at high speeds. Certainly, if you ask a Philadelphia job site injury attorney, he or she will know the dangers, but recently Philadelphia area commuters were reminded too. A Pennsylvania Turnpike worker was recently killed while performing routine maintenance on the side of the highway.

The worker was killed when a tractor-trailer rolled onto its side in the eastbound lane of the turnpike. According to the spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, it is unclear whether the maintenance worker was inside a vehicle at the time of the accident or whether he was on foot. There was a road-maintenance vehicle near the overturned semi truck that sustained visible physical damage.

The Montgomery County Department of Public Safety reported that two other people were injured in the incident but no further information was available.

Typically, workers injured on the job are able to rely on workers' compensation insurance to cover medical care, wage replacement and even costs of job retraining if necessary. In types of workplace accidents that result in the death, workers' compensation insurance will frequently provide benefits to survivors of the deceased worker.

In a case like that of the road-maintenance worker, a third party was involved in the accident. This opens up another possible avenue of compensation for the worker's family through a wrongful death claim. A trustworthy attorney will be able to sort through the ins and outs of both workers' compensation claims and third-party claims arising from on-the-job accidents.

The days and weeks after a fatal workplace accident can be confusing and scary for the victim's family, so they may be able to begin working through their grief by learning their legal options.

Source: Perkiomen Valley Patch, "Maintenance Worker Killed in Turnpike Accident," Kyle Bagenstose and David Powell, Oct. 22, 2012

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Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated

A customer browses food piled into shopping carts on Brighton Beach Avenue, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. People in the coastal corridor battered by superstorm Sandy took the first cautious steps Wednesday to reclaim routines upended by the disaster, even as rescuers combed neighborhoods strewn with debris and scarred by floods and fire. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Two major airports reopened and the New York Stock Exchange got back to business Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to feed and rescue flood victims two days after Superstorm Sandy struck.

For the first time since the storm slammed the Northeast, killing at least 62 people and inflicting billions of dollars in damage, brilliant sunshine washed over the nation's largest city ? a striking sight after days of gray skies, rain and wind.

At the stock exchange, running on generator power, Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave a thumbs-up and rang the opening bell to whoops from traders on the floor. Trading resumed after the first two-day weather shutdown since the Blizzard of 1888.

New York's subway system was still down, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said parts of it will begin running again on Thursday. And he said some commuter rail service between the city and its suburbs would resume on Wednesday afternoon.

Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports began handling flights again just after 7 a.m. New York's LaGuardia Airport, which suffered far worse damage and still had water on its runways, remained closed.

It was clear that restoring the region to its ordinarily frenetic pace could take days ? and that rebuilding the hardest-hit communities and the transportation networks that link them could take considerably longer.

About 6 million homes and businesses were still without power, mostly in New York and New Jersey. Electricity was out as far west as Wisconsin and as far south as the Carolinas.

The scale of the challenge could be seen across the Hudson River in New Jersey, where National Guard trucks rolled into heavily flooded Hoboken to deliver ready-to-eat meals and other supplies and to evacuate people from their condo high-rises, brownstones and other homes.

The mayor of the city of 50,000 issued an appeal for people to bring boats to City Hall to help with the evacuation.

Natural gas fires raged Wednesday in a section of Brick Township, N.J., where dozens of houses were devastated by the storm's surge. No injuries were reported.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie issued an order postponing Halloween trick-or-treating until Monday, saying floodwaters, downed electrical wires, power outages and fallen trees made it too dangerous for children to go out.

President Barack Obama planned to visit Atlantic City, N.J., which was directly in the storm's path Monday night and saw part of its historic boardwalk washed away.

Outages in the state's two largest cities, Newark and Jersey City, left traffic signals dark, resulting in fender-benders at intersections where police were not directing traffic. At one Jersey City supermarket, there were long lines to get bread and use an electrical outlet to charge cellphones.

Amid the despair, talk of recovery was already beginning.

"It's heartbreaking after being here 37 years," Barry Prezioso of Point Pleasant, N.J., said as he returned to his house in the beachfront community. "You see your home demolished like this, it's tough. But nobody got hurt and the upstairs is still livable, so we can still live upstairs and clean this out. I'm sure there's people that had worse. I feel kind of lucky."

As New York began its second day after the megastorm, morning rush-hour traffic was heavy as people started returning to work. There was even a sign of normalcy: commuters waiting at bus stops. School was out for a third day.

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan, and the Holland Tunnel, between New York and New Jersey, remained closed. But bridges into the city were open, and city buses were running, free of charge.

On the Brooklyn Bridge, closed earlier because of high winds, joggers and bikers made their way across before sunrise. One cyclist carried a flashlight. Car traffic on the bridge was busy.

The subway system suffered the worst damage in its 108-year history, with floodwaters swamping tunnels and stations and threatening the electrical wiring. Experts said the cost of the repairs could be staggering.

Amtrak trains were still not running in or out of New York's Penn Station because of tunnel flooding.

Power company Consolidated Edison said it could also be the weekend before power is restored to Manhattan and Brooklyn, perhaps longer for other New York boroughs and the suburbs. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost power.

The recovery and rebuilding will take far longer.

When New Jersey's governor stopped in Belmar, N.J., during a tour of the devastation, one woman wept, and 42-year-old Walter Patrickis told him, "Governor, I lost everything."

Christie, who called the shore damage "unthinkable," said a full recovery would take months, at least, and it would probably be a week or more before power is restored to everyone who lost it.

"Now we've got a big task ahead of us that we have to do together. This is the kind of thing New Jerseyans are built for," he said.

Forecasting firm IHS Global Insight predicted it would cause $20 billion in damage and $10 billion to $30 billion in lost business. Another firm, AIR Worldwide, estimated losses up to $15 billion.

In Connecticut, some residents of Fairfield returned home in kayaks and canoes to inspect the flood damage.

"The uncertainty is the worst," said Jessica Levitt, who was told it could be a week before she can enter her house. "Even if we had damage, you just want to be able to do something. We can't even get started."

In New York, residents of the flooded beachfront neighborhood of Breezy Point in returned home to find fire had taken everything the water had not. A huge blaze destroyed perhaps 100 homes in the close-knit community where many had stayed behind despite being told to evacuate.

John Frawley acknowledged the mistake. Frawley, who lived about five houses from the fire's edge, said he spent the night terrified "not knowing if the fire was going to jump the boulevard and come up to my house."

"I stayed up all night," he said. "The screams. The fire. It was horrifying."

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Contributors to this report included Associated Press writers Angela Delli Santi in Belmar, N.J.; Geoff Mulvihill and Larry Rosenthal in Trenton, N.J.; Katie Zezima in Atlantic City, N.J.; Samantha Henry in Jersey City, N.J.; Pat Eaton-Robb and Michael Melia in Hartford, Conn.; Susan Haigh in New London, Conn.; John Christoffersen in Bridgeport, Conn.; Alicia Caldwell and Martin Crutsinger in Washington; David Klepper in South Kingstown, R.I.; David B. Caruso, Colleen Long, Jennifer Peltz, Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Ralph Russo and Scott Mayerowitz in New York.

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Obama scraps campaign plans in pivotal Ohio

President Barack Obama with senior advisers for a briefing about the storm.ORLANDO--President Barack Obama scrapped plans to campaign Wednesday in the pivotal battleground state of Ohio and will stay in Washington, D.C., to monitor the federal government's response to the superstorm, the White House said.

On Tuesday, Obama got an update on Hurricane Sandy via teleconference in the White House's Situation Room.

"The president expressed his concern for those impacted by the storm, as well as the heroic first responders who are selflessly putting themselves in harm's way to protect members of their communities," read a statement from the White House. "He also noted his sadness over the loss of life associated with the storm so far."

Obama got an update on the storm's path, the resources deployed to respond, and heard from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner "on conditions in financial markets and the operations of the financial system."

Overnight, Obama approved major disaster declarations for New Jersey and New York at the request of those states' governors.That freed up additional federal aid for state and local governments.

"The president told his team that their top priority is to make sure all available resources are being provided to state and local responders as quickly as possible and directed them to identify and resolve any potential bottlenecks or shortfalls should they arise," the White House also said.

Obama also directed the Department of Defense and Department of Energy to help restore power.

"The president urges Americans to continue to follow the direction and advice of local officials, Governors, and Mayors, many of whom the President will speak with later today," the statement continued.

The teleconference included many senior advisers. In the photo above, from left: John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism;Tony Blinken, national security advisor to the vice president; David Agnew, director for intergovernmental affairs; Alyssa Mastromonaco, deputy chief of staff for operations;and Chief of Staff Jack Lew.

Joining the briefing by phone were Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Winnefeld, USNORTHCOM Commander General Charles Jacoby, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Rick Knabb and Geithner. Other officials also took part.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-gets-sandy-scraps-more-campaign-plans-161734255--election.html

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Food, booze and shoes: All class, all white: D?ner en Blanc Sydney

As we pulled up to Rose Bay ferry wharf, it was clear that the effort gone into sourcing an all-white outfit (tan heels aside) for the first ever D?ner en Blanc Sydney was going to be worth it.

Part of the Crave festival just ended, this promised to be a Sydney dining event like no other. The waiting crowd at the ferry wharf, all resplendent in white against the shimmering water on Saturday afternoon, was visibly excited and well prepared.

D?ner en Blanc is a Parisian phenomenon which started 24 years ago. Essentially a mass picnic in a secret, prestigious, city site, D?ner en Blanc is made spectacular by the dress code of pure white elegance.

Never have I seen so many men in white suits and ladies in outfits ranging from casual white tees with white jeans and sun dresses, to chic cocktail dresses and full-blown gowns.

With the dress code down pat, it was a matter of 1,500 people getting to a secret dining location from numerous meeting points?? and we were lucky to have a clear-skied evening. Wheeling white chairs and fold-up tables, lugging picnic baskets and white foam boxes, the all-white crowd at Rose Bay ferry wharf became quite the spectacle, even making it into a few tourist photo snaps and videos. Hopping onto a public ferry with bemused public travellers, we headed unexpectedly towards the city, passing all the suspected Sydney harbour island locations.

It was only as we pulled around the Sydney Opera House that a sea of white in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) was revealed to us ? and what a sight.

White chairs, white clothed tables and of course, all the white outfits. As we made our way from Circular Quay wharf to the MCA lawn, we were stopped multiple times by tourists and bystanders who queried the white spectacle.

I?m not sure if they were expecting a celebrity wedding over an all-white picnic dinner party, but they were all suitably impressed with the collective efforts of D?ner en Blanc Sydney already.

The glitzy welcoming host and already pumping music were the background to white-clad participants setting up their tables and chairs in allocated spaces. The sheer thought and effort gone into some of the table settings was astonishing ? think flower bouquets, helium balloons, artistic centrepieces and of course, all white crockery and napery ? and fully appreciated by all, adding plenty to the already electric atmosphere. With many, many thanks to Liquid Ideas, I joined a long table of 50 lucky people who?didn't?have to prepare anything other than an outfit, including Joanna Savill, Simon Thomsen, Myffy Rigby, Colin Fassnidge and Hayden Quinn.
It was absolute decadence, seated with the Opera House in the backdrop and the Harbour Bridge just over there, white chrysanthemums and daisies in jars, and Champagne Pol Roger on pour all night long.
A Mexican wave of sorts ? the official waving of white serviettes in the air ? signalled the commencement of the night?s festivities, with the MCA awash in spinning, flapping whiteness. Many tables brought their own picnic dinners ? whole lobsters were sighted ? but many went the pre-purchased hamper option by JOHNANDPETER catering, with large white boxes for two really able to feed about four picnickers. Dinner in a box was a gourmet picnic feast, starting with a seed-topped Iggy?s mini baguette which was perfect for tearing and smooshing into the indulgent jar of duck liver parfait with cornichons.

It was also ideal with the Old Telegraph Road Jackson?s Track uber-stinky washed rind, which was too tempting to be left as a cheese course with the pear and fantastic, whole wheat Misura crackers. Raw breakfast radishes with tops left on was the height of sophistication, eaten with Lescure butter and bread.

The main course was a whole roast chicken ? between two people. And if that wasn?t enough, there were sides of kipfler potatoes with sauce gribiche and delightful green beans with hazelnut oil vinaigrette.

I almost couldn?t look at the large salted caramel macaron for all the leftover chicken, although the stinky cheese survived the cab ride home.

The night continued with much admiration of nearby outfits, while the Pol Roger flowed amid much stuffing of faces. Sparklers were distributed by the organisers to be lit in unison for yet another breathtaking moment.

Imagine 1,500 sparklers in the air, waved about with joy and glee by the most sophisticated and elegant gathering I think I may have ever seen.

The vibe and evening quickly turned to party mode with the switch to 80s classic pop hits springing up a mini dance floor in front of the elevated DJ.?It truly felt like a wedding where there are a few familiar faces and loads of new faces ? all smiling and happy to have a chat or clink a glass.

As it headed towards 10pm, white picnickers started to make moves, packing up their white furniture and dissipating into the dark night. Duos and groups of white moved in an outward radius from the spot that was hours earlier a party in full swing, and even earlier, just a lawn in front of a museum.

There was a quiet knowing between white-outfitted people that we?d just been a part of something very special and completely, surprisingly unknown to most.

With a glimmer of white in our eyes and white outfits at the ready, we?ll be waiting eagerly for next year?s D?ner en Blanc Sydney.

See more photos on my Facebook page and the official?D?ner en Blanc Sydney video from the night below.

Food, booze and shoes attended D?ner en Blanc Sydney as a guest of Liquid Ideas.

Source: http://foodboozeshoes.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-class-all-white-diner-en-blanc.html

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