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Keep your finger on the pulse of Cash America. Our blog is your source for the latest on new products and exciting promotions from our locations across the country.
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1. Set a reasonable goal. If you want to lose weight, for instance, don't expect to lose 20 pounds in one month! Aim for an achievable amount, like 3 or 4 pounds.
By Karen Gebelein, Director of Training
By Steve Rhodes, Region Vice President
By Jack Daugherty, Founder
By Shandry, Market Manager
While all Cash America pawnshops offer incredible selections of fine pre-owned watches and jewelry with discount price tags, our affiliate, National Jewelry Liquidation Center, is the crème de la crème of pre-owned treasures!
By Elizabeth, Learning Consultant
By Tom Bessant, Chief Financial Officer
In 11 years, Cash America has donated more than $1.6 million to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). But we didn't do it alone.
Since 2000, the success of our JDRF fundraising campaign has depended on Cash America's finest…our customers. One sneaker at a time, one dollar at a time, customers from around the country donate to help JDRF's mission of finding a cure for type 1 diabetes.
"When the idea first came about to sell paper sneakers in our shops, people were hesitant," said Cash America CFO Tom Bessant who is a parent of a type 1 diabetic. "They feared that the general perception of our customers might imply that they might not have many opportunities to be charitable and would impact our ability to raise money. Boy, were they wrong."
Our customers are sincere and it shows in the most recent JDRF campaign—that wrapped on October 22—which raised more than $420,000.
For the six-week long campaign, colorful paper sneakers lined the walls of our shops demonstrating the kindness our customers have for their communities. After all, the donations collected are returned back to their community through the local JDRF chapter.
So, we thank you, our shoppers with "sole", for the opportunity to contribute to the communities in which we live and work. You continue to do us—and many others—proud.
JDRF is the worldwide leader in funding research to cure type 1 diabetes (T1D), an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly and lasts a lifetime. Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.5 billion to T1D research. For more information on JDRF, contact us or visit the website www.jdrf.com.
By Rick Esparza, Region Vice President
By Jeff Cullum, VP of Construction
The first thing I noticed when I went to work for Cash America was that the employees all looked so happy. The second thing I noticed was the company's efforts to be environmentally friendly.
By Yolanda Walker, Director of Public Relations
Five years ago I arrived home from work, but it was not the same home I remembered leaving that morning. The outside looked familiar, however, the inside looked like a bad scene from a movie—my house completely ransacked, my valuables stolen and my privacy violated. I was the victim of a burglary.
When police arrived, I was still in shock. And although I cooperated fully, I wasn't able to help them as much as I wanted. Quite simply, I wasn't prepared. I had no record of what was taken—no serial numbers, model numbers or detailed descriptions. Detectives called me daily and worked my case as much as they could, but they weren't able to recover any of my things.
According to police across the country, this scenario plays out often for victims of property crime. Last year, the FBI reported there were an estimated 9,082,887 property crimes nationwide.
At Cash America, we work closely with law enforcement and our customers to help foster safe communities. One tool we developed would've greatly assisted me years ago—Operation I.D., a property identification kit to help consumers catalog their personal belongings.
Operation I.D. kits are available in many of our shops. Along with tips and advice on how to work with police, the kits include a place for consumers to write down descriptions, serial numbers, model numbers, dates of purchase and purchase price.
There's even a pocket to store receipts and pictures, which is helpful when filing insurance claims as well.
Take it from me, don't get caught off guard. Catalog your items and be proactive in protecting your personal property.
Visit one of our Cash America, SuperPawn or Cashland locations to pick up a free Operation I.D. kit today! Click here to find a store near you.
Gone are the days when many police department's pawn detail would have to go by shops and collect paper pawn slips.
Even though less than 1 percent of our merchandise is ever suspected of being misappropriated, Cash America works closely with local, state and federal law enforcement to prevent crime. And more recently, we have technology to help.
We have been utilizing LEADSOnline.com, a Web-based database accessible by law enforcement officials that allows them to search our items online to see if there is a match to a property crime and facilitates the recovery of missing personal property.
Each and every day all of our pawnshops transmit data to LeadsOnline.com regarding every item purchased or pawned. In 2010, our shops received 11.5 million items.
A detailed description of the item is provided and any unique identifying marks, such as a ring inscription, or a serial number on electronics, are recorded. The customer's name and address are also listed.
Police can search the site for specific items to see if anything matching the description appears in the database, and find the person who pawned or sold it. While we work closely with law enforcement to report items we accept, it is rare that any of those items are reported stolen.
Our employees are highly trained to identify stolen merchandise and do not knowingly accept it in our stores.
Entrepreneur magazine has included Mr. Payroll in its Franchise 500® ranking for four consecutive years. What's the Franchise 500® ranking? It's a list that includes only franchise companies that achieve specific business successes, including growth, financial stability, and recognized compliance with government regulations, and have a significant number of years in business to demonstrate value. With more than 120 franchised and company-owned locations in 18 states as of December 31, 2010, Mr. Payroll has been proudly serving its customers since 1988.
Not familiar with Mr. Payroll? Mr. Payroll is Cash America's check-cashing division and it continues to make its mark as a leading provider in the check-cashing industry.
With service kiosks located primarily inside convenience stores and neighborhood service centers, Mr. Payroll provides a host of financial services and products, including:
- check cashing,
- bill payment services for utilities, television/cable and even credit cards,
- FREE money orders through Western Union® and Money Gram,®
- tax filing services, and
- prepaid debit cards.
And services are fast! First-time customers can cash a check in as little as five minutes. So, visit Mr. Payroll today .
Print this FREE check-cashing coupon and bring it to the Mr. Payroll nearest you.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a date that is permanently etched in the memories of Americans for the terrorist attacks on our nation. You probably remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when news of the attacks hit the airways. Chances are you remember every emotion you felt and you shared in the grief of those who lost loved ones.
Since 2001, many changes have occurred in our nation—the process to board an airplane, restrictions on financial transactions with other countries, even security requirements to enter many workplaces. But the biggest change was actually a positive one—a renewed sense of national pride.
9/11 sparked a shared passion among the hundreds of millions of residents across our nation. People proudly displayed the American flag on their houses and cars. Neighbors helped neighbors, both near and far. And members of our military once again became heroes and began receiving the respect they deserve.
Like a country, a company's success is dependent on its people. Cash America has more than 6,000 coworkers in the U.S. who provide the highest level of customer service, who give back to the communities where they live and work, and many who also serve in our Country's armed forces.
Cash America extends its thanks to the thousands of servicemen and women, neighbors, friends, businesses and volunteers who helped make a difference 10 years ago and who continue to make a difference today.
Need some extra cash, but need more money than a payday advance provides? We have a new loan product that could help. Cash America offers a wide variety of finance options to help our customers meet their cash needs.
In several states, Cash America is now offering auto equity loans to customers at our Payday Advance locations and pawn shops. If you own your car, you may qualify.
The maximum payday advance in Texas is $1,500, and Cash America auto equity loans pick up where payday leaves off, with a minimum loan of $1,500 and a lower interest rate and a longer pay-off term.
The Auto Equity loan works differently and is less expensive than a common car title loan. Cash America customers can get up to $25,000 for an auto equity loan. That's compared to $10,000 offered by other competitors.
And the loan can be paid off over 42 months with no penalty for early payment. Most companies require a single re-payment in 30 days and may penalize those who payoff early.
"This loan product allows our customers to get credit at a lower cost," said Dennis Weese, president of Retail Services. "When you pay it off, it gets positively reported to the credit bureau, so it gives our customers a chance to build credit."
The process is simple. When a customer comes to a store to get an auto equity loan, they speak to an auto equity customer service representative by phone. The representative guides the customer through all of the necessary steps to complete the loan process.
Banks are tightening credit requirements in this economy. So when you need cash fast, come to Cash America and get the money you need quickly and easily.
Auto equity loans are currently available in Texas, California, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Illinois and Utah.
By Dennis Weese, Chief Operating Officer
This weekend is Labor Day—a time for barbecues, neighborhood get-togethers and family bonding. But Labor Day is more than just a three-day weekend. It's a time to pay tribute to our workforce.
According to the history books, the founder of the Labor Day holiday remains a topic of debate. Was it Peter McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and cofounder of the American Federation of Labor? Or was it Matthew Maguire, a machinist and member of the International Association of Machinists who originally proposed the holiday? Whomever we have to thank, the Labor Day holiday has served as a tradition for more than 100 years, honoring hard-working Americans and commemorating the contributions they make to the success of our country.
Speaking of hard-working Americans, have you met any of Cash America's nearly 7,000 coworkers? They are the epitome of hard working. They are talented and enthusiastic professionals who strive for excellence in all they do. Cash Americans help hundreds of thousands of people get the financial assistance they need every day. And they do so with a true desire and passion to make a positive difference. Labor Day may mark the end of summer, but it also serves as a reminder that we need to take time to thank those who make our company—and our nation—successful.
If you need a new sound system to play your favorite tunes or a camera to capture the memories of this weekend, you can find the name brand and affordably priced merchandise you want at any Cash America retail location. But be sure to visit us before Monday, September 5, as we'll be celebrating Labor Day with our families too.
Have a safe and happy holiday!
Going back to school generally brings about the same emotions every August: anticipation, excitement and feeling hopeful for the future. However, back-to-school for some students can bring worry or uncertainty from facing mounting tuition, student loans, cost of books and how to handle it all. This was the predicament Shelly Baker found herself in before she began to use the pawn loan services at Cash America in 2006. With a 100 percent redemption rate, Shelly used the loan services to finance her school-related expenses, including tuition, books, uniforms, lab fees and certification tests.
Through hard work, perseverance and the occasional stop at Cash America Pawn, Shelly Baker graduated on November 10, 2009, from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. The services offered by Cash America Pawn helped Shelly finance her dream of becoming a Phlebotomy Technician. Upon receiving her certificate, Shelly presented the staff at Cash America with a copy of that certificate along with a note.
The note read:
To My Cash America Crew,
Thank you for all your kindness, generosity and much gratitude for helping me obtain this certification. As much as I am deeply grateful, I am happy someone cares about my education, too. On behalf of my family and me, THANK YOU! Thank you for your loyalty, support and much success to you all.
Ishell Y. Baker (Shelly)
Helping ordinary people meet their needs and pursue their dreams. That's Cash America's purpose. So this back-to-school season, don't let the worries and stress of financial burdens weigh you down. Remember, Cash America cares about you and is here to help.


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It's not hopeless.
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be a scary place.
But this is where many of us have gotten sick. I hope you'll learn something from this website that will help you and your family stay safe.
A Huge Thank You to
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
for honoring me with a coveted
Emerging Leader Award!
This $100,000 scientific grant allows us to go forward with the much needed initial proof of concept testing of our new drug to combat Lyme and bartonella. They're an amazing organization and we couldn't be more grateful!
Knowledge is Power
Research News--I'm working on two drug development projects
The first project
is a joint venture between Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Tulane which was fully funded by the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation. The goal is to use a specialized high thoughput proteomics platform to find new drugs to treat Lyme and bartonella. It's the same precision medicine technology used to find drugs for cancer and HIV, only this time it's finally turned toward eradicating Lyme and Bartonella. And we already have lots of initial hits!
The second project
is further along thanks to funding from
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
We've moved forward with starting drug formulation and laboratory testing. I'm working alongside Dr. Neil Spector of Duke, Dana Parish, Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt and his team from Galaxy Diagnostics and NC State, and too many others to list here. We're developing what we believe will be a game-changing drug for the treatment of bartonella and Lyme, made possible by this joint-development effort involving some of the smartest folks from academia, the private sector, and the non-profit world,
First, we plan to demonstrate in the test tube that we can eradicate these bacteria after they've infected cells. If all goes well, then it's on to an animal study, and from there, human trials. This project has been funded by
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
, an organization which leads the fight against Lyme disease by funding research with a goal to put an end to this pandemic. We are also funded by our publicly announced co-funding partnership with
Lyme Connection
, a premier non-profit Lyme foundation under the auspices of the Town of Ridgefield, CT. Unlike general pool donations where you don't know where your donation is going, with our co-funding effort, the following link specifically directs that donations go toward developing this new drug:
Click Here to Make a Tax Deductible Donation to Fund Our Research
A big thank you to our newest research funding partner, RescueRenovations.
They do general contracting and mold abatement and will donate 5% of any job to our research if you mention donating to Project Bartonella. You can contact them at
and if you know of another company that also wants to become a research funding partner, please let us know.
A lot more has been happening!~Here's a great way to keep updated!
Below is the Facebook page I set up with Dana Parish to host a series of educational videos about Lyme, bartonella, and the other co-infections. Please like the page and spread the word~Ignorance about this disease is half the battle!
Big News~We're writing a book together! We're going to tell our personal stories and provide
book on what you need to know to get through these illnesses and come out the other side. The projected release date is Spring 2019!
A Few More Videos
Dr. Neil Spector
Renowned Duke University oncologist and best selling author tells his personal story of Lyme disease and how he lost his heart to the illness
Dr. Steven Phillips--Autophagy
New research with potential applications to neurodegenerative illness, infection, cancer, and aging.
Dr. Steven Phillips--Lyme & Co-Infections
2013 Lyme Connection Conference at Western Connecticut State University
Dr. Neil Spector, TED Talk
Duke oncologist talks about how he lost his heart to Lyme disease and discusses pitfalls of how medicine is currently practiced
Lyme & Reason
30 minute prime time TV special focusing on Lyme disease
Lorraine Johnson
Lorraine Johnson interviewed about Lyme medical politics
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It's 6:00 pm as I write this, and I'm falling into an over-satiated coma from leftover Chinese food. The veggie chow fun and orange chicken have commingled in my stomach to create a kind of greasy, garlicky mass. After a day of scheduling and meetings at the school where I'm a language arts specialist, my mind is in the midst of a tornado, a deep throbbing at my temples.
But I'm determined that this will be my year to take my writing as seriously as my teaching. So, Chinese food coma or not, here I sit at my desk ready to write. The monkey statue my mom gave me guides my attention tonight. He's so happily meditative on what appears to be a book of wisdom, reminding me to turn the distraction of what Natalie Goldberg calls "monkey mind" back around to focus on my work.
Calling to me at the moment are two projects. First, I need to finish editing a novel I wrote about a reading comprehension teacher who has just discovered that life isn't nearly as comprehensible as he'd hoped. But, at the same time, another project begs for my attention like a puppy, panting and wiggling around with all its playful charm. This novel, tentatively titled Spoiler Alert, tells the tale of a man who begins to hallucinate diabolical visions after watching the sneak preview of a movie, only to find out a year later that the film is being released nationwide and he'll have to warn people about its mind-altering effects.
Just the prospect of a new project, after nearly nine months of deep focus on the first book, has me excited. But that new pet will just have to wait a bit longer.


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"Gasp" will be the response of approximately 300 of my coworkers with whom I spent 7 years with building Exchange 5.0, 5.5, 2000, and 2003. Honestly, I'm feeling a little nervous about posting this one – mostly because it seems sort of heretical after all that email work we did for which I am immensely proud. And, before you read this post, be warned – it's not my most politically correct post, which is sort of pitiful because it is a blog related to diversity. Anyway – there's a section in here that is funny – funny like the movie Hangover is funny. So, there's my confession and your warning. Hope I won't be burned at the stake. Now you can find out WHY I HATE EMAIL!
Betsy Speare, Principal Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Windows Server, Happy Family member, new Green Lake, Seattle Resident, 15 years at Microsoft, EWU CIS grad and chicken farmer (total 3 now – getting eggs)!
I've been threatening to write "Why I hate email" for a while– but really, I use email in all the ways I hate it. So, I thought I would start by discussing…
…Satisfying things about email:
- RTFM (where M=MAIL): At work, a chest beating bully indignantly declares "YOU did not tell ANYONE about that!" You don't even have to answer because someone else says – "RTFM." On your behalf! THAT is the best.
- The one line question: You have a simple, 1 line question. You put that question in the subject line. The respondent replies within 1 minute with a simple one line response. I LOVE THAT. No chit chat, no manners, just Q AND then A.
- I can't remember what I said: But I said it in email. It's there in black and white and I can refer to it. Great for dates and commitments.
- Meeting Requests: electronic sharing of calendars is a beautiful thing if you insist on having more events/meetings than you can keep track of. My Dad would have been disgusted at the ridiculous complexity of my life that requires a calendar like this, but that's another blog topic. #3 is probably related to this.
- Makes the world smaller: there was a time when email was the premier tool for communicating quickly and cheaply around the developed sections of the world. Now there are a lot more, but important to keep that in mind in the benefits.
- Forwarding: seriously – is there anything better than when someone makes a hilarious statement or has a great email alias and you can then forward it to your co-worker in a meeting and you are both laughing and trying not to snort? A real example I recieved: "…At least it isn't the guy I used to know … named takeshi – last name was something like tanuda – alias he was given was takeshit. Almost as good as dong wan kim (who got dongwank) or …"
Zach's story: Zach is 14 and he grew up next door to me. He's recently started playing the drums and I was viewing his latest school concert on his Mom's phone. I asked him to email me his concert schedule. His answer: "I don't do email. I text or Facebook." Ok, I now get what the rest of the email technology community has understood for a long time. Email is going to die.
Zach & Alison Wulfman, with my daughter Livvy… the night of the email convo…
I imagined a life without email. I thought about all the crap I have to deal with in email. The never ending days old email threads that never give quite enough context anywhere at the top and require you either read the whole thing or start another thread begging for a summary. The rude "RTFM" attitude (oops), the expectation that email actually replaces human interaction and the communication that never stops! . Ick. Life without email would be AWESOME.
Since it was on my mind, I began noticing that email was never referred to in a positive way. My co-worker, Kenneth, admitted that he had been "using email too long" and just tried to avoid it now. I personally banned laptops in a number of "warteam (now called shiproom, more PC)" so people would pay attention. Ironically (and this really is irony John), that was in the Exchange team. Some people got mad.
Now, here's the opposite. A great friend of mine, CJ Corbett has recently begun working at Providence Hospital. A faith based organization, they start each meeting with 1 minute of quiet reflection time to leave behind other topics and get focused on the subject at hand. Then sometimes, they have a prayer or short parable to illustrate what they are trying to accomplish. I'm guessing no one is forwarding jokes or reading email in that meeting. Sounds nice.
My brother, Jamie, works at Google. He told me that at Google, people commonly reply to a long email with TLDR (Too Long Didn't Read). Now – that makes sense – I might start that in my group. Of course, I might get RTFM as a response.
Anyway – bottom line is that mail might be more efficient, but it's not more fun. People are fun (unless they aren't – I guess you could make an argument in some cases that email was better than talking to some people, but I digress from my fundamental view of life). If we are using email to increase the number of topics & people that we can communicate TO because it's more efficient, I wonder if we are losing track of what matters in human terms, and that the is the RESPONSE, not the reply.
What I'm going to try:
- I'd like to listen and talk to more people and read less email.
- I would actually like to read more comprehensive documents (with a good summary) and quit wasting time hitting delete and scanning for valid information (Sinofsky has some good thoughts on this, but now I can't find the post… might be an internal only one).
- I'll keep using email as a calendar and notes to myself system.
- I'd like to quit getting the "RTFM" look, so I'm going to quit giving it.
- I'd like to say: I enjoy learning about what my colleagues are doing. I'm not deluged with minutia
- Play around with the new tools more – I keep getting pointed to www.pintrist.com.
So I'm going to give it a shot. I'm going to change my expectations of email and see how people respond. I won't be perfect, because it's a hard habit to break – but this stuff is evolving quickly and we need to pay attention to what works and what doesn't. Actually – I'm excited to see where we end up. People like Zach just have an expectation that instant communication is lightweight, convenient and on his terms. You can see the pieces coming together – texting, facebook, twitter, pintrist – it's time for email to really evolve. Can't wait.


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Failure, the opposite of the "s" word (no, not that one). It comes and goes, bringing you down when you least expect it, complicating your overly drawn-out workday. The only way to overcome this psychologically harmful concept is to free yourself from the fear of failure.
We all fail every day, even when these shortcomings are on a smaller scale. Wake up late for work? That's a failure. Forget to iron your dress shirt? That's a failure. Didn't take into account morning traffic before driving your children to school? That's a failure.
What's important is that we learn from our failures, instead of dwelling on them, allowing us to become stronger, both mentally and physically. Failing encourages us to push for a better tomorrow, and, in return, giving us what we need to thrive and work toward more successes.


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The problem with always sending back such a header when it wasn't explicitly asked for is that the amount of "interesting" information can be very large. That is why we have an explicit "PROPFIND" call, rather than returning all properties every time in headers. Cheers, Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Erik Seaberg [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:33 PM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: Source header instead of property? Oh, I don't mean a Translate-like request header that asks for the source resource at an overloaded URI, just that sending the source URI in a response header could be a smaller burden than having every output resource generator implement PROPFIND just for the sake of answering a request for {DAV:}source for output resources that have no other noteworthy DAV properties. Like so: c> HEAD /cgi-bin/foo.pl?bar=1 HTTP/1.1 c> Host: www.example.com c> Authorization: Basic ZXJrOnBhc3N3b3Jk c> s> HTTP/1.1 200 OK s> Content-Type: text/html s> Source: http://www.example.com/cgi-src/foo.pl s> http://www.example.com/cgi-src/MyClass.pm s> c> GET /cgi-src/foo.pl HTTP/1.1 c> Host: www.example.com c> Authorization: Basic ZXJrOnBhc3N3b3Jk c> s> HTTP/1.1 200 OK s> Content-Type: text/x-perl s> s> #!/usr/bin/perl s> ...Received on Friday, 1 March 2002 16:41:35 UTC
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High Wycombe GOLD - 28 May
The second outing for Ashely this year proved to be fruitful.
Ashley travelled to the High Wycombe Judo Centre on Saturday ( 28 May ) to take part in the annual masters completion.
Having returned from South Africa with a gold medal and on a high it was time to test out his judo in a domestic competitions and nerves were tensed. Contests started well winning the first match with a Wazari throw straight through a transition and into osokomi setting the pattern for the day with the second contest Wazari to osokomi and the final contest Wazari moving to an arm lock translated into osokomi when it became obvious that his opponents grip would not be broken.
Ashley came away with the gold medal and his final 10 points towards his 3rd Dan in the subsequent grading with an Ippon throw.


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The Scarlet Polish
by: Lizzie Bapst
This story was written in three or four hours for a "game" that Lizz came up with for the fan fiction writers of the A&E Murder, She Wrote message boards. Her instructions were to write a short story in three weeks. As usual, I waited until the night before (even after getting her to extend the legnth of time we could write), and pounded this one out in a few hours. So, if it seems incomplete or rushed, that's because it is.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Murder, She Wrote characters or rights (Except the characters of Bridgette O'Niell, Brad Avery, Megan Oliver, and Sean Denney, who are the original creations of Lizz Browne and myself). The characters portrayed in this story are fictional, any resemblance to any person living or dead is strictly coincendental.
"Natalie Elizabeth Magnall! I'm going to be late. Hurry up!" Natasha
Richards called from the bottom of the lavish staircase of their new Cabot Cove
"Coming, mother," the young woman replied, not bothering to close the book she'd been reading on her way down the stairs.
"I swear, Natalie, one of these days you're going to fall on your face reading one of those books of yours." Natalie opened her mouth to protest, but was interrupted by her mother's impatience. "Let's go, darling."
"Yes, mother," she replied, falling in step behind her 30-something, stylish, all-appearances mother on her way to their scarlet-colored corvette.
"Jessica, you absolutely have to meet her!" Eve exclaimed when talk at Loretta's Beauty Parlor turned to Natasha Richards. "Very classy!"
"Well, it looks as though she's about to," Phyllis Grant, Cabot Cove's one and only travel-agent piped in. "Here she comes."
"With that odd daughter of hers in tow," Eve added.
"Hello, Hello!" Natasha cried, walking into Loretta's, Natalie still behind her reading The Count of Monte Cristo.
"Natasha," Eve replied. "We were just telling Jessica that the two of you should be introduced."
Natasha turned toward Eve's gesture to see a blonde-haired woman with smart, inquisitive blue-eyes that seemed to sparkle with intrigue.
"Hello," Jessica said, extending a hand. "I'm Jessica Fletcher."
Natalie immediately looked up from her book. "J. B. Fletcher?" she asked, wide-eyed.
"Yes," Jessica replied, taking in the girl's actions and expressions.
"I just finished your latest, Mrs. Fletcher. It was wonderful. I have no idea how you do it," Natalie continued. "Every novel is different and exciting, and your characters feel as though they're about to jump off the pages to share the adventure with me. It's amazing!"
"Oh my, what a compliment! Thank you," Jessica told the girl, a softening smile to combat Natalie's obvious nervousness. "What's that you're reading, now?"
"Oh, nothing much," Natalie replied, her eyes brightening at the opportunity to talk of her books. "The Count of Monte Cristo. I lost interest after the first 60 pages, but I figured, hey, it's a classic. Why not finish? So that's exactly what I'm doing."
"Natalie, I'm going to be a while here, so why don't you go spend some time in town?" Natasha interrupted, sitting in a chair across from the decked in blue manicurist, Corinne, to get her nails done.
"Sure, mother," Natalie said, turning back to her book and walking out the door, toward the book shop.
"She's a lovely girl," Jessica said to Natasha.
"Strange, though. So much like her father, may he rest in peace," Natasha said disgustedly.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I thought she was lovely, though."
"Corinne, could we go a shade lighter this time? That last color was so bright it nearly made me ill. Do you have something like scarlet?"
"All done, Jessica," Loretta said as she removed her cape from Jessica's neck.
"Thanks, Loretta. Two weeks?"
"See you then."
"I'll look forward to it," Jessica said, walking out the door and nearly being run down by Brad Avery, a high school student who also happened to work at the bookstore next door to Loretta's.
"Mrs. Fletcher! Sorry," he said, catching his balance and stopping just in time to avoid a disaster involving Jessica, himself, and a rather large stack of books.
"Goodness!" came Natalie's voice from behind a smaller stack of books. "If I'd known you'd have problems with that stack, I wouldn't have let you carry it for me." Seeing Jessica, she added, "Hello again, Mrs. Fletcher! I'm sorry if this caused you any trouble. We're trying to get all these books to my car."
"No trouble at all. In fact, can I be of any help? That's quite a stack of books you've got there."
"No, I wouldn't dream of having you help with these. I don't want to be an inconvenience."
"What inconvenience?" Jessica questioned, chuckling. "I offered. Now hand me some of those books!"
"If you insist," Natalie responded hesitantly, handing Jessica her own small pile of books and taking some from the plethora Brad carried. "If my mom saw, she'd have a cow. She hates it that I read so much, anyway. If she saw that you were helping me carry all these books, that would be the end of it for me. Anyway, I'm glad you could help. I really appreciate it," she said, putting the piles of books in the trunk of the car.
"You're going to read all of those?" Brad questioned her.
"Of course," Natalie told him, slightly shocked. "Don't you love to read?"
"Music. I play the trumpet," Brad replied.
"Oh yes, I've seen you," Natalie said, something suddenly clicking. "I'm in band, too."
"I know," Brad said. "First Oboe."
"The only oboe, but, yes, that's good. How'd you remember?"
"I could never forget," Brad replied softly.
Natalie looked down at her sneakers and cleared her throat before turning to Jessica, saying, "Oh, I didn't mean to keep you, Mrs. Fletcher."
"Natalie, stop apologizing. You didn't do anything wrong. Actually, I wanted to ask you if you'd want to come by my house sometime and talk books," Jessica said, a grin crossing her face.
Natalie's face light up as her head whirled at the possibilities.
"Could I, Mrs. Fletcher? I mean…you'd want to do that with me?"
"Of course. It could make for some good conversation, and please, call me Jessica."
"Well, Jessica, let me know when and I'll be there."
"How about tomorrow afternoon?"
"Perfect. I'll be there."
"2:30 all right with you?"
"Marvelous! 2:30 on the dot."
"Mort?" Jessica said, after picking up her kitchen telephone the next morning and hearing the good Sheriff on the other end of the line.
"Mrs. F, I expected you to be here."
"Where? I'm afraid you've lost me, Sheriff."
"Well, it's just that you usually are around pretty quick after something like this happens. You feelin' okay, Mrs. F?"
"Mort will you stop speaking code and tell me what is going on?"
"There's been a murder, Mrs. F. Thomas Richards."
"Good Heavens! He's only been in town a few days, who would want him dead?"
"I don't know, ma'am. Frankly, I was thinking you'd have some theories."
"Where'd you find him?"
"Loretta's Beauty Parlor."
"I'll be there as soon as I can, Sheriff."
"I left last night at 8:00, Sheriff," Jessica heard Loretta telling Mort when she arrived at the scene.
"Jessica, I was about to call you," came a familiar voice from over Jessica's shoulder. "See what you were cookin' for breakfast."
"I might have expected that from you, Seth," Jessica replied with a chuckle. "What happened?" she asked, turning seriously to Seth.
"Mort found him in the heating ducts. Burned or over-heated. Hard to tell at this point."
"Seth, who would do such a thing?"
"You're the detective, Jessica."
"Oh, Seth, I'm not…"
"You're the closest we've got, Jessica."
"Where'd they find him in the ducts?"
"Come again?"
"Well, it's just a thought, but, if he was very deep in the ducts, wouldn't it take someone small to get him that far in there? We could narrow things down with details like that, Seth."
"What's all this we business? Let the Sheriff handle it. WE can go fishin'."
"Seth, how can you think about fishing at a time like this?"
"Seems to me after all these years, you'd be used to murdah."
"You don't get used to murder."
"The coroner says Mr. Richards was hit over the head and knocked unconcious before someone put him in the heating duct. So if was definitely pre-meditated," Mort stated as though it were complete fact.
"Sheriff, the heating duct could've been a last minute plan. There could've been an argument that resulted in a blow to the head, and then the killer improvised by putting him into the heating duct. Good Heavens, this all sounds so cold. A Heating duct? What were they thinking?" Jessica question, wincing at the thought.
"Whoever it was knew a lot about heating systems."
"What makes you say that?"
"They knew that they could turn the heat up high enough to catch something, or, in this case, someone, on fire."
"Any clues, Mort?"
"The body was found not far from the main opening, so we're either looking at someone not big enough to climb in the duct, or someone who wanted to come back later and get the body."
"Those are all very reasonable deductions, Sheriff," Jessica said, sitting in a chair across from Mort's desk.
"But what?" Mort questioned.
"Oh, no buts," Jessica replied. "We just…don't have much to go on, here. No witnesses. No evidence. Did you dust the ducts for fingerprints, threads, anything?"
"Ducts are clean, except for a bit of scarlet nail polish."
"No one knows anything about Thomas Richards. This could almost be the perfect crime."
"Well, the killer has to mess up somewhere. And when they do, we'll be ready for them," Jessica said, getting up and heading out the door.
"Where you goin'?" Mort inquired as she left.
"Home, Sheriff. I have a girl coming to talk literature, and I may get some helpful hints about this case!" she said, not stopping to explain.
"I can't tell you how great this is for me, Mrs. Fletcher," Natalie said, sitting on Jessica's living room couch.
"It's Jessica, and I know that it'll be as much fun for you as it is for me. Although, I have to admit, I didn't think you'd want to come, today."
"Why?" Natalie asked, genuinely shocked. "Oh, because of Thomas? There was no love lost between the two of us, Mrs. Fletcher. I hated him."
Jessica looked at the young woman with questioning eyes. She would never pry, but there was no harm in encouraging the girl to continue to open up to her. That was why she had invited Natalie there to do, after all. She sensed the troubles this girl had from those first few moments at Loretta's.
"Thomas was exactly the nicest of men, and he was terribly unfaithful to mom. Honestly, I'm not sure if there'd be much love lost between my mother and I if it happened to her, but I feel a sort of responsibility to make sure she isn't treated worse than any other human being, even if that's not the way she treats me. Yes, Thomas was unfaithful all right. All the time. Sometimes there would be four or five different women a week. Once or twice he got too drunk and came after me." Seeing the look of concern in Jessica's eyes, she added, "Oh, nothing happened. I convinced him to sleep it off, and by the time he'd done that, he'd forgotten, anyway."
Natalie stopped for a moment, thinking. She averted her gaze many times before locking eyes with Jessica, squinting as if to see into Jessica's soul, and then continuing.
"Why do I get the feeling that you want me to tell you something useful?"
"I'm sorry, Natalie. I didn't mean to make it seem that way. I don't want to pry. I'm just trying to do my best to help the Sheriff with this case," Jessica told her.
"Well, I may not have liked Thomas, but I know that if I was murdered, I'd want even the people who hated me to bring the murderer to justice. What do you need to know?"
Jessica smiled.
"Do you have any idea who might have wanted your step-father dead?"
"Only every female under 70 in Cabot Cove."
"Could we narrow that down a little?"
"Well, I heard him arguing one night in the parlor with Eve Simpson. So, by all murder-mystery rules, since she's the most obvious, she's the one who didn't do it, right?"
"That's tricky, but you know, even sometimes the most obvious can be the killer."
"True. I've read a couple. Sometimes it's just bizarre. Anyway, I saw him pull up one night with Corinne, that manicurist from Loretta's. I have no idea what happened from there. I was into a particularly wonderful part of one of my favorite books-a biography of one of, if not THE greatest actress ever. I'm sure you know of her. Angela Lansbury."
"Ah, yes! Auntie Mame. My late husband and I saw a performance of Mame in…1966, I believe," Jessica commented. "Wonderful performance! Brilliant score by Jerry Herman."
"Of course! Anyway, that's really all I can think of at the moment. There has to be more. He was never home, so there are some things that would be impossible for me to know. He said he was booking a trip with that travel agent---Phyllis Grant, is it? Anyway, you could never tell with him, whether he was lying or telling the truth. Brilliant actor. He should have put his talents to use for good rather than evil."
"What about your mother?"
"Oh, she was home. She always takes her sleeping pill around 8:00 and doesn't wake up until at least 8:30 or 9 the next morning."
"Well, I am sorry for your loss, Natalie."
"Don't be, Jessica. You'd be wasting your time," Natalie replied distractedly, glancing at her watch. "Look at the time! I have to get home. Mom will wonder where I've gone. If I can do anything else for you, let me know. Meanwhile, though, I'll do a little investigating of my own and see what I can come up with."
"Oh, that's probably not a good idea, Natalie," Jessica told her, concerned. "It could be dangerous."
"Please," Natalie said, brushing away Jessica's concern. "I can handle a little danger."
"Don't do anything foolish," Jessica warned her, getting up to show her to the door.
"I know, Jessica. I'm a big girl of 17, and I can pretty much take care of myself, okay? I can get into R rated movies. That's good enough for me. If I'm old enough to watch danger and violence, I'm old enough to be involved in it. Besides, whoever did it isn't going to be gutsy enough to kill twice," she said, walking out the door and out of sight.
"Mrs. F, we've been over this a million times," Mort said, taking another drink of coffee from Jessica's familiar, blue-patterned china.
"One more time, Mort, please. I can't help but feel there's something that we're missing."
"Jessica, give it up, will you?" Seth chimed in. "Let the Sheriff do the job that you've been trying to convince me for years that he's capable of doing."
"Now wait just a minute, Doc," Mort started, only to be interrupted.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please. I'm already sitting in between the two of you, what's next, separate corners of the room with dunce caps?"
"Dunce caps…I haven't worn a dunce cap in sixty…"
Jessica and Mort looked up from their files to make cheshire-cat smiles at Seth and his ramblings.
"What?" Seth asked. "Like you never had to wear one, Mort."
"No, Doc, I think they retired the dunce cap by the time I went to school," Mort told him, smugly.
"Mort…" Jessica broke in reprimanding him.
"Right. Okay, I checked on those alibis that you wanted, and it seems that they all have shaky alibis, but I don't get what any of these people have to do with this Richards guy."
"Maybe nothing. So Eve Simpson was supposedly at her office from 7:30 to 11 PM, and then home alone. Right?"
"Right. The wife-uh…Natasha…home with her daughter. She's really the only one with a witness, but I haven't checked with the daughter, yet, so it may be a mute point, anyway."
"Oh, Natasha was home. Natalie told me that much. Corinne-home with her mother, and Phyllis Grant was at the office until 8:30, then home alone."
"Right again."
"Jessica, what does any of this have to do with anything?" Seth spoke up, recovered from his last embarrassing dunce cap comment.
"Natalie told me that Thomas was with four to five different women a week, and those were some of the women she mentioned seeing with him."
Seth rose from his chair and went to peg on the back of the kitchen door to reach for his apron. Rather than his, he grabbed Jessica's white aprons.
"Whoops, wrong color," he said, placing Jessica's embroidered apron back on the peg, and selecting instead his pink apron, prompting a chuckle from Mort, and wide-eyes from Jessica.
"Seth, that's it!" Jessica said at last.
"My apron, yes. How nice of you to notice," he said, assuming that's what she was referring to.
"Not the apron, Seth. The color!" she told the two puzzled men, her eyes growing wider the more she understood. "Of course! How could I have missed it? It was right there all along."
"Now who's speaking in code, Mrs. F? Wanna explain this to me?" Mort asked her.
"Jessica, I'm sure all your mumblings sound good up there," Seth said, pointing to Jessica's head. "But…we're out here."
"Yes, that must have been what happened. I'm going to need your help to prove it…"
"We were wondering when you'd show up," Natalie said to an approaching figure.
"Glad you could make it," Brad Avery said, moving closer to Natalie.
"We just wanted to talk to you about a couple nights ago…when my step-father was murdered," Natalie told the figure, still hiding in the shadows of the alley behind Loretta's.
"Or more precisely, when YOU murdered him, Corinne," Brad said, pulling the figure from the shadows, revealing her identity.
"You think you're smart, don't you?" Corinne told them, straightening her wrinkled clothes.
"We were here, Corinne," Natalie told her. "We saw the whole thing from right over there," she added, gesturing toward a darker part of the alley. "The beginning of the evening, the argument, the bump on the head. You disappearing inside. It wasn't until I talked to Jessica Fletcher that I found out HOW he died. And then it came to me. That's why you went back inside---to make sure the heat was up far enough to kill him. I'm not sure about the science of all of this. I just know that you killed him. So, you have to ask yourself, do you want to keep it quiet? Do you want anyone to find out? Or do you want us to stay silent?"
"You think you can out-smart me?" Corinne asked. "You don't have any proof. Sure, you say you saw me, but I say I was home with my mother. Who's the Sheriff going to believe?"
"Corinne, Corinne, Corinne," Natalie cackled, amused. "Corinne, dear, haven't you ever heard of fiber samples? They found some fibers in the heating duct. Blue ones. Blue threads that I'm sure, when examined, will match the fibers of that wonderful blouse you were wearing a couple days ago when mom got her nails done. And besides that, the nail polish in the ducts. They've got you dead to rights if they only know where to look."
"Okay, okay, so you know, but what you don't know is how often he came to me, 'Corinne, my wife doesn't suspect a thing,' and 'Corinne, you're the only woman I want to see'. When I found out about Eve Simpson and Phyllis Grant-I…I couldn't believe it. He lied to me. When I confronted him, he denied it, of course. Flat out denied it. I was so angry and frustrated and I didn't know what I was doing…and before I knew it, I was putting traces of that ridiculous scarlet nail polish in the heating duct to turn them on to your mother's trail, and turning the heat up as far as I could get it…"
"You're under arrest," came Mort's voice from behind Corinne. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be used against you in a court of law…"
"Yes, I know, Sheriff, but what I don't know is…how?"
"It was a hunch," Jessica said, coming out of the shadows. "Mort told me about the scarlet nail polish on the heating duct, but I didn't connect it until later, when Seth took the wrong color apron, and I remembered that Natasha Richards had asked you to paint her nails with scarlet nail polish. When Natalie told me her mother took a sleeping pill at 8:30, well, it was a long shot, but I knew we had to find out."
"So they…they weren't really…" Corinne stammered.
"No, we weren't really here," Brad said. "We were at the diner having dinner, and then went to the drive in for a movie."
Mort led Corinne to his Sheriff's car and then to a cell at the station.
"Well, Mrs. Fletcher, congratulations on yet another job well done," Brad told her, shaking her hand when they had all arrived at the station.
"Thank you, Brad. I appreciate all your help," Jessica said, her patented warm, but impish smile lighting her face.
"You're going to be sure to catch West Side Story this spring when we perform it, right?" he asked.
"Absolutely! I wouldn't miss it! You playing
"Well, we'll see about Maria---that role could make or break the show, you know."
"What about you, Natalie, are you going to be dazzling us with your acting this year?" Jessica inquired of Natalie.
"I'm afraid not," Natalie replied, chuckling. "Actually, mom and I are moving back to
"Wonderful," Jessica said, hugging her. "Thanks again for all your help. I'm sure we couldn't have done it without you."
"Oh, I'm sure you could've, but we were glad to help. It was a lot of fun," Natalie told her, opening the door to leave.
"Well, we better get going," Brad began. "We've got lots to do before Natalie goes back to
"Oh really? And what is it that we have to do?" Natalie asked.
"Pack up all those thick books of yours, of course!" Brad said, grabbing her hand and pulling her out the door.
"Well, Mrs. F, another one for the 'Solved Cases' files. Would you like to do the honors?" Mort asked.
"No thanks, Mort. I promised a certain physician a fishing trip a few days ago, and I think I'd like to take that trip, now," Jessica replied, her impish grin returning. "What do you say, Seth?" she added, turning to face him.
"I say that's the best offer I've had all week. Let's go," he said, standing.
"All right, we can call Caleb from your house."
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Saurian DevLog #13 - So-phisticated Techniques
This week we've got and update from Erin and I on map work, an early demonstration of some AI behaviours from Henry and Bryan has animated just the cutest little fluffy dinosaur I've ever seen. Tom During the last two weeks I've got the art-book text done and proof-read, and taken necessary steps to begin getting that put together. This is an exciting step as it is the last Kickstarter reward in need of completing. However, as it still requires some important artwork, it is not done just yet. Since then, alongside providing palaeo-consultancy to the team, I've begun on the prep-work required to get the game world set up for early access. Erin has made considerable strides on this already, so at this point I have been familiarising myself with the various tools (predominantly the Unity plugin Terrain Composer 2) so that once we have the final versions of all the plants from Jake and Chris L. all we need to do is plug them in and hit the "go" button to get the initial map set up. Below, and at the top of the post you can see some screenshots I have taken in a test scene I set up for an example of roughly how I'd like the environment to look in certain important areas of the map. The central section of the site on which our game is based was a long billabong surrounded by groves of horsetails within a great cypress forest. This is what I have attempted to recreate here. The screenshots are taken from the perspective of the player Dakotaraptor. The final map obviously won't look exactly like this, some key components are missing (water plants, cypress knees) and we'll have to play with density based on performance. We'd like as many people as possible to be able to run the game as possible, but thankfully we've gotten some good results with that already.
Henry Since you last heard from the programming team, we've been busy with work that's either a) not ready to be shown yet or b) not very interesting to read about unless you're a game developer. As far as AI goes, one of my focuses has been steadily fixing bugs, balancing, and fleshing out the behavior for the animals. This is a very time consuming, often frustrating process -- but all the frustration is outweighed by how awesome it is to see the dinosaurs doing their thing in the end. This week, I wanted to share a couple scenes I threw together, showcasing some new dromaeosaur hunting techniques, among other things.
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Bryan Baby Dakotaraptor is fed with the hopes and dreams of orphans. It goes fast.
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We are currently unsure of the final speed of the animation for the Dakotaraptor hatchling, the 100% & 90% variants seen in this video are probably too fast. We've sent it off to one of our consultant palaeontologists for his opinion on the subject.


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I was going to do this and have completely forgotten about the city issue as I've been extremely busy lately. I now have less than two weeks to get this and a myriad of other things done before the game.......
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I'm apparently not that good with editing files like you are. I think it would take me a lot longer. As it is now I am vectoring a black and white image of a world map to do some island maps and the detail sucks for as close in as I am. I want to do a quick city that I can use as a basic map for the players to use while I vector and set up a better map using the a copy of the same original.
That just adds so much more work for a quick city. The city will be detailed at a later date but I need an easy base to work with before then.
Is it possible to change the generator around a little so the castle or keep is generated in the center or off center of the city?
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I'm delighted to announce that, starting 30th May, I'm teaching a two-week class on "Getting Started in Writing Erotic Fiction" with SavvyAuthors. I'm really excited – I've done some real-life talks and workshops on this topic, which have been fantastic, but it's great to be taking it online and getting a bigger, more international audience involved.
Here's a little bit about the workshop:
Fifty Shades of Grey has both thrust erotica and erotic romance into the limelight and spawned a whole bunch of people interested in exploring the genre. This workshop with multi-published author Lucy Felthouse will give advice on how to get started, and also include exercises to help get those creative juices flowing.
Registration is open now, and will end on 1st June – so if you're interested, please do check it out, and tell anyone that you think might also be interested. The more, the merrier!
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BANNER ELK, N.C. - The No. 9 Queens University of Charlotte Royals used a six point performance from Corey Geroy to defeat the Lees-McRae College Bobcats, 15-5, Thursday afternoon at Tate Field in a Conference Carolinas men's lacrosse game.
Geroy's six points came on one goal and five assists as the Royals improve to 9-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference, while the Bobcats fall to 3-7 overall and 0-5 in the conference.
Despite the Bobcats controlling possession in the first quarter, the Royals struck first with two goals in a one-minute span. Louie Boyle notched the first goal with 5:58 remaining in quarter, and 41 seconds later, Alex Warehime scored to give Queens the 2-0 lead. Alex Wesenberg would add the final goal of the period to make it 3-0 Queens.
The Royals would then add the first four goals of the second period from four different players, but Brett Yusiewicz scored on an assist from Danny Ives for the Bobcts to make it 7-1. Yusiewicz added another goal 33 seconds later with a man-up goal from a Matt Markey assists to, but Queens' Brian Masterson notched his second goal of the game just before the half to give Queens the 8-2 halftime lead.
Boyle and Geroy would find the back of the net for Queens in the third, but Landon Young scored the final goal of the period for Lees-McRae making it 10-3 heading into the fourth.
The Royals offense exploded in the final period with five goals, while limiting Lees-McRae's offense to just two goals off the sticks of Derin Vacca and Yusiewicz to give the game the final of 15-5.
Queens' Brandon Macknew earned the win between the pipes for Queens with eights saves, and Rob Bacharach made eights saves in relief for the Royals. Andy Nesdill went the full 60:00 minutes in goal for the Bobcats and record 18 saves.
Yusiewicz had a team-high three points for the Bobcats with three goals. Young and Vacca had Lees-McRae's other two goals, while Markey had two assists in the contest. Sean Ryan and Vacca collected a team-high four ground balls.
For Queens behind Geroy, was Boyle and Wesenberg with three goals. Joe Taylor, who was 8-of-11 at face-offs, collected a game-high five ground balls.
Queens outshot the Bobcats 43-32 and won the ground ball 41-29. The Royals were also 16-of-24 at the face-off, and 26-of-29 on their clear attempts. Lees-McRae only cleared 18 of their 26 attempts successfully.
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This is a short clip from the French television show that biker author Edward Winterhalder (and his books) is featured in.
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The one-hour documentary on the Harley-Davidson lifestyle will be released December 27th, and can be seen on the AB Group television network in Europe, which includes AB Moteurs (Speed TV).
Edward Winterhalder is one of the world's leading authorities on motorcycle clubs and the Harley-Davidson biker lifestyle; his books are published in multiple languages and sold all over the world. He was a member, and/or an associate, of outlaw motorcycle clubs for almost thirty years. The creator and executive producer of the "PHASS MOB", "Biker Chicz" and "Living On The Edge" television series, Winterhalder has appeared worldwide on television networks such as Bravo, Prime, CBC, Fox, National Geographic, History Channel, Global and History Television. In addition to his literary endeavors, he is a consultant to the entertainment industry for TV, feature film and DVD projects that focus on the Harley-Davidson biker lifestyle.
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Find out what you can do before and during severe weather to prepare your pets.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers the following recommendations for pets in case of a disaster:
- Make sure your pets are current on their vaccinations. Pet shelters may require proof of vaccines.
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The newly designed Rhino trench cover by electric cable supplier Consortium Cables has been approved by State-owned power utility Eskom, for inclusion in its buyer's guide and by freight logistics group Transnet for use at its projects, says Consortium Cables CEO Martin Modlin.
The supplier submitted the final sample of its Rhino cover to Eskom after three years of research and development, which involved the testing and retesting of a number of combinations of polymers and reinforcing materials.
The cover was approved and included in Eskom's buyer's guide in April, says Modlin.
The Rhino trench cover is a rigid extruded tile, which is manufactured from a combination of polymers and reinforced materials. It is modelled on the KEW 2000 trench cover designed by the company about 15 years ago.
Consortium Cables previously approached Eskom to use the KEW 2000 cover, and although the utility's response was positive, it asked the company to develop a trench cover that had the same mechanical strength as the conventional concrete cover, but that is not as cumbersome and unwieldy.
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They have enjoyed early support by Benji B (BBC 1Xtra) and Lefto (Brownswood). Their song ?Mists? is featured on the current Brownswood comp ?Lefto & Simbad present Worldwide Family Vol.1?.
Isaac Aesili is a musician, producer and DJ with a Masters Degree in Political Science from Auckland University. Trumpet is his main instrument but Isaac also sings and plays percussion. He released his first solo album ?Eye See? in 2009. Further he is a member of New Zealand soul/funk bands Opensouls and Eru Dangerspiel and played with the now defunct The Recloose Live Band.
Mark McNeill is a producer and sound engineer who studies film at Canterbury University. He was initially the studio engineer for The Shocking Pinks, who are signed to DFA Records in New York. While their musical upbringing was mostly shaped by classical music, jazz and classic rock, both brothers developed an early interest in soul and funk music.
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Check out this great review of Open Enterprise Server 1.0 posted by Tom Henderson in NetWork World.
The review cites the results from the Clear Choice Test they recently conducted, in which they put Open Enterprise Server through a grueling array of tests to measure ease of installation across both kernels, server management capabilities, security, ease of migration, clustering and mirroring speed, and much more.
The result: Open Enterprise Server received 4.25 (of 5) as an overall rating.
Here's what they said:
"Based on our Clear Choice Test of OES, we think it's a major breakthrough in Novell's long-stated intention to marry its directory and administrative applications to Linux. OES layers a highly competitive directory service onto Linux, provides decidedly evolved administrative and management components and offers very good, egalitarian client support."
"With OES, Novell has finally delivered on its basic promise of migrating eDirectory and previously NetWare-based components onto Linux as a fraternal partner. Yet to come are ports to a full 64-bit CPU platform infrastructure. Additional cohesiveness in storage support (back-up snapshots aren't supported in SLES OES, as well as certain types of file attributes, and encryption) will be welcome when they arrive."
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|Oct 10, 2013
New model gives better control of self-assembly processes
|(Nanowerk News) Researchers at ICMS (Institute for Complex Molecular Systems) have developed a new model that allows better control of self-assembly, the process through which molecules aggregate by themselves into larger clusters. This model could be used in the production of plastic solar cells, and is an interesting step in the long-term process of developing a synthetic cell. The research was published online in the journal PNAS ("Model-driven optimization of multicomponent self-assembly processes").
|Researchers Peter Korevaar (left) and Tom de Greef. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke.
|Molecular self-assembly is often a matter of trial and error: the basic molecules are brought together and then you just more or less have to wait and see if the result has the desired structure. In their publication the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researchers, supervised by prof.dr. Bert Meijer, describe a model that allows better control of the assembly process. Which means the model provides a kind of guide to which parameters need to be changed (for example the temperature, concentration and solvent used) to ensure the right material is assembled.
|Plastic solar cells
|In this publication the authors show how their model works in an assembly process of two molecules, which together form a material similar to that used for plastic solar cell. The model could find practical application in the near future to optimize the production process for these solar cells, as well as for other biomaterials such as hydrogels.
|Synthetic cell
|This is the first time that a model-based approach has been used to control a self-assembly process. According to lead author ir. Peter Korevaar, the added value results from a better understanding of the interactions between the molecules on which the model is based. This will allow extension to more complex assembly processes, as well as the prediction of their outcomes, with the building of a synthetic cell as the longer-term goal.
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On last nights show, we talked for a little bit about the NBA today compared to when MJ, Magic and Bird were playing. It was asked if Allen Iverson started the decline of the NBA today. Kids today love Lebron, Kobe, and watching them dunk on people and have fun watching them. But for the person who really wants to watch the real game of basketball being played, the NBA is frustrating to watch. Truth be told, I don't watch a lot of NBA anymore until the playoffs get here. For the most part its a bunch of guys in tattoos just trying to get their points and their money. Players don't respect the game like they used too. A guy we all talked about last night is Lebron James of the Cavs. Here is a guy who has all the talent in the world and is a great basketball player, but the mentality of one of the 7th grade players I coach. If he was playing in during the Jordan days, could you imagine if he dunked in a game against the Pistons with Rodman, Mahorn, and Laimbeer and then ran down the court dancing or taking fake pictures. Next time down the court he would have found himself in the 5th row on his butt looking up at the ceiling wondering what the hell just happened. Now its not just Lebron, but a lot of players now a days in the NBA. I believe it started with players like Latrell Spreewell who choked his coach during practice because he was getting yelled at and just snowballed into Allen Iverson and one of the worst things that ever happened to basketball period, the AND 1 tapes. I think the NBA can be saved, but players have to remember that it is a privilege to play in the NBA and there is a responsibility to the youth today, sorry Mr. Barkley, but they are watching you. I think Lebron should do the dunk contest with Kobe and Vince. I think they should do it for the NBA and for the fans. Its time to give something back to the sport that has made you rich and famous. And remember, your never bigger than the game itself. My hope is that the NBA gets back to old school basketball, pick and roll, give and go, tough hard nose defense. That is my hope.
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No Place to Send Them
In its edition of 12 April, the Berlin weekly Jungle World reports about a soccer match in Hamburg earlier this month between FC St Pauli and the Chemnitz FC.
During the match Chemnitz supporters chanted racist and anti-Semitic slogans such as "Galatasary, we hate Turkey" or "We're building a subway from St. Pauli to Auschwitz"…. The head of security for FC St. Pauli spoke of "60 to 70 right-wing radicals". He says he was himself called a "Jewish pig" by fans in the Chemnitz rooting section.
Galatasaray is Turkey's most famous soccer team. The chant "Galatasaray, we hate Turkey" (which rhymes in German) was seemingly in honor of the large number of Hamburg residents who are of Turkish origins. As touched upon in "A Grim Record (Racist Violence in Brandenburg)", it is standard practice for German authorities to classify racist groups or the perpetrators of racist violence as "right-wing".
The incidents at the St. Pauli-Chemnitz match follow another incident at a match in Halle in early March, during which Ade Ogungbure, an African player on the Sachsen Leipzig squad, was serenaded by chants of "Uh, uh, uh" – supposed to resemble the grunting of an ape – whenever he touched the ball.
As discussed in "No Place to Go", German passport law permits German authorities to prevent German citizens from traveling abroad. Such provisions have sometimes been used to prevent German "hooligans" — the borrowed British term undoubtedly does not do justice to the specificity of the neo-Nazi currents among German soccer fandom — from attending matches in other countries. But what will one do with the same during the World Cup that begins in Germany in less than two months? Require them to go abroad?
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Coffee may help with liver damage from alcohol
Beyond just being an essential component in your hangover ritual, a cup of coffee may actually do the liver good.
A new study found that people who drink an extra two cups of coffee a day have a 44 percent lower risk of developing liver damage associated with over-indulging in alcohol.
That's solid, especially compared to people who only have one cup a day, which lowers your risk of cirrhosis by 22 percent.
Sadly, every year, cirrhosis of the liver kills more than one million people around the world.
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Before you feel too relieved, this research doesn't mean your grande vanilla bean latte with extra whip cream can help you. It's only the actual coffee that helps.
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Another thing to keep in mind is that coffee cannot reverse damage already done from excess drinking.
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Masolino 1338 – 1447
Peter Heals the Crippled
fresco (255 cm tall) — 1425 Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
This work is linked to Acts 3:6
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This is the left part of a fresco by Masolino. The right part shows the raising of Tabita. The fresco measures in total 225 x 598 cm.
Some claim that the background was painted by Masaccio, who made the other frescoes in the chapel, and who was quite enthusiastic about the possibilities of perspective. However, the perspective here is not particularly good – all proportion between figures and buildings is completely lost.
The cripple asks for alms. Peter has no money and gives the man his hand, at which the cripple is cured, gets up and praises the Lord. John is standing next to Peter.
There are two strange figures to the right. Although they are not part of the biblical story, they go well with the Florentine atmosphere of the tableau. Their presence underlines how commonplace the scene is supposed to be, as does the washing hanging from several windows.
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Express yourself with our premium-sized ceramic coffee mug. With its large easy-to-grip handle, steady base, and hefty 15 oz. capacity, this mug allows for comfortable sipping and slosh-free use, at home or at the office. Dishwasher & microwave safe, it's easy to clean and for reheating.
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