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Hi, I'm Jonelle Patrick – I live in Tokyo & San Francisco and write novels set in Japan. When I'm not writing about murder at the local shrine, I mostly ferret around Tokyo looking for new stuff for my blog, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had.
I'm also a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters In Crime, and a Japanese women's club called Nadeshiko-kai. I graduated from Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo.
At the moment I'm spending less time doing all that stuff, though, because I'm beavering away on the fifth book in the Only In Tokyo mystery series. (Hey, if you're a mystery lover, you should try them!)
First in an all-new series of mysteries that could happen only in Tokyo…
Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura thinks the bodies discovered by a priest at the local shrine look like a group suicide…until he sees the victim sprawled in the back of the late-model Lexus. Why would a young woman dressed like a doll kill herself with a man and woman old enough to be her parents?…Read more
The dangers of wealth and beauty emerge from the shadows in the latest Only in Tokyo Mystery…
Like a modern geisha, Hoshi makes a handsome living as the #1 hostboy at Club Nova, pouring champagne and whispering sweet nothings in the ears of women who pay him a fortune for the pleasure of his company. But the party's over when Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura begins looking into the death of one of Hoshi's customers, a young woman found dead after spending an evening with him…Read more
In the wake of a deadly disaster, a killer seizes the chance to commit the perfect crime…
An earthquake strikes Tokyo, and when the dust settles at the Tabata Shrine, it's discovered that the reason the head priest was late to a wedding is because he's dead. Detective Kenji Nakamura is assigned to investigate, and it soon becomes clear that the priest's death was no act of God…Read more
Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura's mother died ten years ago, but when his phone rings with the news that her death wasn't an accident, his world begins to unravel.
New evidence links her to a young woman, whose body was found dolled up like a movie star and tossed in the gutter like an abandoned plaything…Read more


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are needed a new coded website design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 17 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Price money is just increased to $400! Submit only picture of one frontpage now! If you have a design I like, I may ask you to submit one more picture (page) before I decide, or just declare you as winner. This way, I don´t waste your time more than needed. When/if you win, you must make all the 3 pages (frontpage, listing and detailed page) in html/css. Please, if you think three pages is to mutch, state that and I will consider reducing it.
Delivery: One frontpage and two subpages (listing scripts with short description, with rating star and one detailed view). And a logo if you are able to (but if you can make it nice withouth logo, it´s ok, you can still win). I pefer no tables, use css instead. But you can submit your contribution along with a comment that you can´t do css, as long as you tell me in advance, I will take it into consideration.
See http://www.hotscripts.com for functionality ideas.
The header, menu and footer can be shared on the three pages. So there should be really little work on the two sub-pages!
Minimum content on the frontpage:
- Script categories, just like HotScripts.
- List of latest added and best rated scripts.
- Login box.
- Search.
- Menu with icons.
I like the general functionality of HotScripts.com. Other sites/design I like is http://deltascripts.com, http://www.a4.no, http://demo.deltascripts.com/classifieds/.
Please, make something original and cool, I do not want people to think HotScripts when they see it. You can see what I have started with at http://188.8.131.52/. It´s just nice if you can make something out of the components that are on that page.

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My revitalised life style continues with regular sessions at the gym and healthy eating and I am starting to see great results. I've decided to get back to weekly meal planning as a way of trying out new recipes and providing material to blog about. I still plan on blogging bakes as frequently as my hubby can get through them. This delicious garlic chilli prawns with sesame noodles is a quick and easy low calorie meal that was thoroughly enjoyed by hubby and me. Definitely one we will enjoy again!
Garlic Chilli Prawns with Sesame Noodles
Serves 4
250g medium egg noodles
1 tbsp sesame oil, plus extra to serve (optional)
1 tbsp groundnut oil
bunch of spring onions, thinly sliced lengthways
300g bag beansprouts
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 red chilli, finely chopped
400g raw peeled tiger prawns
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Cook the noodles following pack instructions, then rinse with cold water and drain. Toss with 1 tsp of the sesame oil.
Heat 2 tsp of the groundnut oil in a non-stick wok. Stir-fry most of the spring onions and all the beansprouts for a couple of mins until tender. Add the noodles and warm through. Stir through the remaining sesame oil and tip out of the wok onto a serving dish.
Carefully wipe out the wok and add the remaining groundnut oil. Toss in the garlic and chilli, and cook for 10 secs. Pop in the prawns and stir-fry for a couple of mins until they have just turned pink. Stir in the sugar and soy, then bubble until the sugar has melted and prawns are cooked through. Spoon on top of the noodles and sprinkle with the remaining spring onions. Add an extra drizzle of sesame oil, if you like.


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When you need a tool for slicing and dicing photos, paper and card stock, a solid paper cutter is a must-have tool. You don't want something that will cut crooked, dull quickly or cause you a massive headache. You probably don't want something that is just a step above a pair of scissors. One solid paper cutter, considering what you get for the money, is the Kutrimmer 1135 guillotine cutter from MBM (found here). I have personally used this very cutter on many occasions and would like to share my thoughts about it with you.
MBM stands for Michael Business Machines. This company, based out of South Carolina, is a national dealer for a wide range of high-end German machinery from IDEAL Krug & Priester. This includes Destroyit paper shredders, Triumph stack cutters and Kutrimmer. These products are known for their precision engineering and high build quality.
The Kutrimmer 1135 is a guillotine paper cutter. This means that it features an arm blade that rubs against a base blade in a scissor-like fashion. These types of paper cutters used to be found in schools everywhere and featured a wood base. The downside to these older guillotines is that they didn't have a clamping mechanism and when the blade became dull, it would pull the paper while cutting it, resulting in a very crooked cut. Luckily modern guillotines implement a wide range of technology that makes them far superior to the older guillotines.
To begin with, the Kutrimmer 1135 is made of metal. Everything from the base to the arm is made of metal. The only plastic components are the guide, safety shield and hand grip. A built-in clamping mechanism forces the paper to stay in place during the entire cutting process. The result of these improvements means a very straight and very accurate cut. The metal used in the blade is made of German Solingen steel, which is arguably some of the best in the world.
Something else you find in this cutter that you definitely didn't find in the guillotines of a decade ago is an optical cutting line. This laser line shines right across the paper. While the included sliding guide is ultimately all you need to align the paper, the laser makes it easy to make fast and accurate visual adjustments. Wherever the light shines, the blade will cut. It's that easy.
Assuming you are cutting standard 20# bond paper, this cutter will handle up to about 25 sheets at a time. It can also be used to cut photos, card stock, laminated material, clear covers and more. Just be aware that the cutting capacity will change depending on how thick the material is that you are cutting.
Slicing through paper using this cutter is actually pretty easy. Every time I have used it the blade cut through the paper without any issues. This is due in part to the double pivot bearings and aluminum blade mounting bracket. It's just very easy to move, handle and manipulate. It weights about 13 pounds shipped and I can pick it up and move it around very easily. Rubber feet on the bottom of the cutter help keep it in place.
I recommend using this at home, in the office, at church or in a school. It really is a nice general-purpose cutter. It can cut a little of everything and very accurately.
If you still have questions about this cutter, give us a call at 1-800-543-5454. You can find all of our guillotine paper cutters here.
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In 2012 the state of California authorized a new sign to replace the one that apparently causes considerable confusion for motorists — Share the Road. I see them everywhere in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Their intent is to allow cyclists to take up the lane or at least ride to the left of the solid white line. A notion held by many motorists, including some law enforcement, is that cyclists should ride to the RIGHT of the white line. Nothing could be more wrong. Nowhere does it say that in the vehicle code.
One time I was riding with a friend in the town of Sonora on a two-lane road and we were accosted by an off-duty cop for "taking up the lane."
We were just riding left of a vertical drop with no guard rail. Riding to the right of the white line would have led to certain death. Nevertheless, the cop stopped us and read the riot act. Fortunately a younger on-duty officer arrived and diffused the situation.
The new sign reads "Bikes May Use Full Lane." Now that removes all ambiguity. The first place to replace the Share the Road signs with the new ones is on steep descents. I can't imagine a situation where I would take up a full lane on a climb.
Martin Delson writes about the sign situation on the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition website.
P.S. Still no chanterelles. We live in a world out of whack. This is mushroom weather, but chanterelles are finicky fungi. They have their reasons for hiding.


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We've seen some snazzy "star trail" photography courtesy of astronauts aboard the International Space Station. But these photos become even crazier when they're turned into time-lapse footage and stacked on top of each other.
The final product of this stacking resembles some palatial pasture in dimension Tron. Or the stargate sequence from 2001. Or heck, a Yellow Magic Orchestra music video. In any case, it's a spectacle that makes one want to wax phantasmagoric. Explains videographer Christopher Malin of this process:
Video achived by "stacking" image sequences provided by NASA from the crew at International Space Station. Stacks make interesting patterns visible, for example lightning corridors within clouds. One can also sometimes recognize satellite tracks and meteors — patterns that are not amongst the main star trails.
For another recent and great video of the International Space Station remixed, see the ISS set to the score of Danny Boyle's Sunshine. [Christopher Malin via Phil Plait]


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Towson seeking 13th straight win at home
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson men's basketball team will play its first ever Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) game inside SECU Arena on Saturday at 2 p.m. as the Tigers welcome UNC Wilmington.
Audio and video of the game will be available via the Towson Sports Network (TSN) with Spiro Morekas and Vince Angotti on the call.
Towson finished non-conference play with a 9-6 record. The nine non-conference wins are the most in school history since the program moved to Division I before the 1979-80 season.
The Tigers are coming off an 81-79 victory at Coppin State last Saturday. Senior Jerrelle Benimon posted his sixth straight double-double with a team-high 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Towson will look to continue its home dominance Saturday against UNC Wilmington. The Tigers have won 12 straight home games, the 18th longest current home court winning streak in the country. Towson is 8-0 at home this season, winning by an average of 19.8 points per game.
UNC Wilmington (6-11, 0-2 CAA) has dropped six straight games after starting the year 6-5. The Seahawks are coming off a 79-68 overtime loss at Northeastern on Wednesday. Cedrick Williams paces UNCW in scoring (13.9 ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg).
Towson has won three straight games in the series, but the Seahawks hold the all-time edge, 16-12. The Tigers have never lost to UNCW under head coach Pat Skerry (3-0).


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In 2011, it is estimated that 2,140 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
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The 2013 Senior Letterwinners' Dinner award winners (Photo: David Silverman).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The annual Senior Letterwinners' Dinner was held Wednesday night at the Murr Center, honoring the Harvard class of 2013 for its athletic and academic achievements. Colton Chapple of the football team received the William J. Bingham Award as Harvard's outstanding male athlete, and Laura Gemmell of the women's squash team garnered the Radcliffe Prize as Harvard's outstanding female athlete.
Chapple left an indelible mark on the football record books despite starting just 17 games at quarterback in his career. The Alpharetta, Ga., native established single-season records for touchdown passes (24) and total offense (3,169) to lead the highest scoring offense in Ivy League history (394 points) in 2012. He also set new single-game marks for passing yards (448), total offense (530) and touchdown passes (5) while climbing the career charts to finish with the second-highest completion percentage (.622), eighth-most passing yards (3,926) and tied for the second-most touchdown passes (39).
The 2012 Asa S. Bushnell Cup winner as Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year finished his career with a 14-3 record in starts, including a perfect 4-0 record for the 2011 Ivy League champions. He earned numerous accolades in his career, including the New England Division I FCS Gold Helmet, the College Football Performance Awards Quarterback Award, the George "Bulger" Lowe Award and four Ivy League Player of the Week nods.
Gemmell was a dominant force on the squash courts during her four years in Cambridge. The Toronto native burst onto the scene as a freshman, going a perfect 16-0 to win the CSA Individual National Championship and earn Ivy League Rookie and Player of the Year honors. The Crimson also went undefeated that season, finishing 12-0 to claim the national title and Ramsay Cup for the first time since 2000-01.
The program's resurgence continued as the squad went 45-3 over the past four seasons with three team national championships and two Ivy League titles. Individually, Gemmell was a four-time CSA first team All-American and All-Ivy selection, a three-time Academic All-Ivy recipient and a two-time Ancient Eight Player of the Year.
The Francis H. Burr '09 Prize, which is Harvard's oldest award and recognizes one male and one female for all-around excellence, went to Joshua Hicks of men's heavyweight crew and Victoria Lippert of the women's basketball team.
Hicks has been an integral part of the crew during his four years. As a senior, he helped the Crimson win the Rowe Cup for the fourth straight year, winning the first varsity eight race at EARC Sprints for the third time in the past four years to earn All-Ivy first team honors. He was also a first-team selection as a sophomore and a second-teamer as a junior.
In addition to his efforts with the Crimson, Hicks also stroked the winning entry in the Stewards' Challenge Cup in the National Rowing Centre of Excellence A entry, and he also helped his Aussie eight defeat Waiariki Rowing Club in the Grand Challenge Cup event. A government concentrator, the Australia native carries a 3.82 cumulative grade-point average.
Lippert sits among the career leaders in points (1,520, sixth), three-pointers (185, second), field goals made (568, fourth) and games played (117, first). She was a four-time All-Ivy selection, including a first-team choice as a senior. She won a total of seven Ivy League weekly awards with three player of the week nods and four rookie of the week honors while helping the Crimson go 77-40 and reach the Women's National Invitational Tournament three times in her career. A 2013 Academic All-Ivy pick, the history & science concentrator holds a 3.59 cumulative grade-point average.
The Mary G. Paget Prize, given to the senior who has contributed the most to women's athletics, went to Aisha Price, a member of the women's soccer and water polo teams. In the pool, the East Asian studies concentrator was elected co-captain as a senior, and went on to lead the team in goals (79), assists (45) and steals (72) to earn CWPA Southern Division first-team honors and CWPA Eastern Championship second team all-tournament accolades. The Crimson finished with a winning record for the third straight season, the first time that has happened since 2000-02, and placed sixth at Easterns, tied for the fifth-best finish in school history.
On the soccer pitch, she helped the Crimson win a pair of Ivy League titles in 2009 and 2011, finishing with a 39-24-6 mark during her four years. Known for her booming throw-ins, the Hawaii native tallied one goal and five assists to tie for the team lead in points as a senior.
Three-time wrestling captain Walter Peppelman took home the John P. Reardon, Jr. Prize, which was established in 1987 to recognize the senior varsity male athlete who best exemplifies the qualities of excellent scholarship, character, leadership and athletic ability. A native of Harrisburg, Pa., Peppelman finished his career as a two-time All-American and tied for fifth with 111 career wins. He also has the third-most pins (31) in a career. In the classroom, the government concentrator was a three-time Academic All-Ivy and NWCA All-Academic selection, carrying a 3.72 GPA.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Foundation for Women's Athletics (HRFWA) Prize – presented to Harvard's top female scholar-athlete – went to Veronique Irwin of women's lightweight crew. A key member of the second varsity eight, she helped the Black and White win gold at the EARC Sprints, the first win in the event in five years, as a junior. A sociology concentrator with a 3.90 GPA, Irwin was also named a CRCA Scholar-Athlete in 2011-12.
Women's squash co-captain Sarah Mumanachit earned the Arthur L. Boland prize, given annually to a senior attending medical school who also best exemplifies the characteristics and qualities of the award's namesake. While compiling a career record of 47-8 and helping the Crimson win three national championships and two Ivy League titles, the neurobiology concentrator also spent time researching in the Boston Children's Hospital Lab of Cognitive Science and shadowing medical workers in Thailand after receiving the David Rockefeller International Experience Grant.
Jonathan Mason of the football team garnered the John P. Fadden Award, which is given to the senior who has overcome physical adversity to make a contribution to his or her team. Despite undergoing 11 knee surgeries in the last five seasons, Mason played in 20 games, contributing to the 2011 Ivy League championship team. He finished with a total of 28 tackles, including nine solo and half a sack, after playing in all 10 games for the first time in his career as a senior.
The Francis J. Toland Community Service Award, given to the senior student-athlete who has made the most outstanding contribution to Harvard and its neighboring communities, went to Brittany Powell of the women's swimming and diving team. The Rockville, Md., native serves as a Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor on campus and was voted to the board after just one semester with the program. Powell also volunteers as the lead fundraiser for the Circle of Women, an organization the helps women around the world gain access to education, and she interns with global health NGO Partners In Health, traveling to Malawi as part of a global health initiative last summer.
The Neurobiology concentrator was also a key component of Harvard's Ivy League title in 2011-12 and three runner-up finishes during her time in Cambridge. As a senior, she won the one-meter diving event and placed second in the three-meter at the Ivy Championships while helping extend the Crimson's Ivy League dual win streak to 14.
The Harvard Varsity Club has been instrumental to the success of Harvard Athletics since it was founded in 1886. The Varsity Club preserves the traditions, fosters the ideals, and advances the interests of Harvard Athletics through a wide range of activities for our 20,000+ members. The annual Senior Letterwinners' Dinner, established in 1967 to honor the contributions of the outgoing senior class, is one example of the many functions provided by the Varsity Club.


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DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors, trying to clear the stigma of being partly owned by the U.S. government, will spend $5.5 billion to buy back 200 million shares of its stock from the treasury.
The government, in turn, promised to sell its remaining 300 million shares on the open market starting in January, and get out of the company's business within the next 12 to 15 months.
GM said Wednesday that it will pay $27.50 each for the 200 million shares, and it expects to close the deal by the end of the year. GM stock closed Tuesday at $25.49, and it shot up 7.1 percent in premarket trading Wednesday to $27.30.
"This is fundamentally good for the business," GM Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann told reporters at a hastily called news conference Wednesday morning. He added that GM has market research showing that the government ownership has held down sales of the company's cars and trucks.
The government got its shares of the company as part of a $49.5 billion bailout of GM that began nearly four years ago, a bailout that saved GM from collapsing into financial ruin.
The move leaves the government with 300 million shares, which it pledged to sell "in an orderly fashion" within the next 12-15 months, subject to market conditions.
GM's purchase of the 200 million shares still leaves the government about $21 billion short of breaking even on its investment. To break even, the government would have to get nearly $70 each for its shares.


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Pens trails? Panster lulz? Pan steer lies? Pins TRL Z? Like a Total Request Live reference? Pines tour reals? No, probably not...puns trials? Pains too...reals? That would be kind of deep, right? Punster lies? Pans tear roles? Panster rolls? Is that a thing? That sort sounds like it could be brand of dinner roll. Pines...tar...riles?
Oh, it's probably "Penis trolls." Yeah, that's a pretty good license plate. "Penis trolls." Ha ha.
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The GOP's Insipid American Exceptionalism
I've had it with "American exceptionalism." Enough already.
The phrase has garnered a considerable amount of attention lately, namely because Republicans are saying it over and over again. The Atlantic points out that the term itself was coined by Joseph Stalin, lamenting America's inability to go communist (cf. Louis Hartz). Of course, the concept that America was different than Europe goes back at least to Tocqueville, but is it too much to ask that we recall Tocqueville was writing nearly 200 years ago? Might we not pause, at least momentarily, to reconsider the argument from authority and subject it to a bit of scrutiny?
I complained about the pervasive theme at the Republican convention in my podcast yesterday, and Alex Massie holds forth against the exceptionally exceptionalistic speechifying at Foreign Policy today. Republicans—and the rest of us—ought to just shut up about exceptionalism already. As it stands now, a few word substitutions could make Herder or Fichte feel right at home at a GOP convention. We ought not to like this.
Encouraging citizens to reify, then flutter with excitement at the uniqueness of their own "imagined community" lubricates both the administrative capacity of and enthusiasm for the Great American Welfare/Warfare State that is presently bankrupting our unborn children. Those of us who would like a bit more federalism, veering toward sectionalism even, do so realizing that this would create downward pressure on the centralization of our lives in the body of the national government. ("Who is this fellow 2,000 miles away from me and why should I subsidize his career and pay his flood insurance and pension?") That the disgrace of slavery accompanied the last era of sectionalism in this country is no reason to throw out the concept itself.
Bizarrely, the GOP married this nationalistic theme with an ostensible concern for how America is viewed across the world. Might we not consider that the world finds this constant self-congratulation unseemly and perhaps even dangerous? Imagine your coworker, or neighbor, or spouse, constantly parading about, preening and pronouncing that he is the greatest person ever to have been made and marveling at how lucky are those subject to his ministrations. Any impartial observer would forgive you for nudging him off a pier, and all the more so if he were, in fact, great.
This is perhaps the saddest part of the whole garish spectacle. The United States is a great country. Take a look around you. Saying it over and over again doesn't make it any more so; in fact it makes it less. All the bleating about our exceptionalism from our leaders is enough to make you think that they don't really believe it. The party doth protest too much, methinks.
The next time your would-be ruler holds forth about exceptionalism, remind yourself what Mencken said:
Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a free individual; he must belong to a group, or shake with fear and loneliness—and the group, of course, must have its leaders. It would be hard to find a country in which such brummagem serene highnesses are revered with more passionate devotion than they get in the United States. The distinction that goes with mere office runs far ahead of the distinction that goes with actual achievement.
That's what this is all about: If we allow the other party or candidate to insert its peculiar and grotesque proboscides into our homes, wallets, and lives---well, we'll be just that much less exceptional.
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Die Hard With a Vengeance follows the Return of the Jedi/Last Crusade rule of threequels in which the main threat of the first film (Death Star, Nazis, a Gruber) returns in a slightly altered form, but as you can see from the handy trilogy of infographics below, DHWaV's Gruber was a lot grabbier with the loot, taking an impressive $140 billion compared to Hans' relatively paltry $640 million. In preparation for A Good Day to Die Hard, Fox has been releasing these easy-to-read collections of stats on the other films in the series, a gesture I appreciate since I'm generally terrible with numbers. (You may have seen my film, Math is Hard 2: Math is Harder.) The latest bit of fact-art is for John McTiernan's riddle-me-this third entry.
Here are the other two, just in case you were about to get into a serious argument over how many mustaches there were in the first Die Hard. It's 19, including Carl Winslow's glorious lip-warmer.
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For most of us plebians, the really good stuff we want can only be gotten after scrimping, saving or maxing out a credit card or two. But for those with a constant line of credit and more money than a small island nation can spend in a hundred years, there are plenty of things to clutter up your mansion with.
1. Neiman Marcus' fantasy gifts
Each year, luxe retailer Neiman Marcus publishes its yearly 'fantasy gifts' catalogue. Yes, you can actually buy the stuff in the catalogue if you're rich but for everyone else, it's a fantasy.Among the many frighteningly expensive things in the catalogue is an exclusive Neiman Marcus 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante, one of only 10 in the world. For just US$344,500 (RM1.13 million). Or perhaps a his-and-her outdoor entertainment system that'll set you back US$1.5 million. Should I mention it comes with a 201″ screen and iPad minis as remotes?


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NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar) is the next generation of weather
radar technology that is operational at 158 sites throughout the
United States and at selected overseas locations.
Meteorologists can now warn the public to take shelter with more
notice than any previous radar. The maximum range of the NEXRAD
radar is 250 nautical miles. The NEXRAD network provides
significant improvements in severe weather and flash flood
warnings, air traffic safety, flow control for air traffic,
resource protection at military bases, and management of water,
agriculture, forest, and snow removal.
The NEXRAD is capable of operating in three different modes,
Precipitation mode, Clean air Mode, and Severe weather mode. The
radar is placed in precipitation mode when a significant amount
of precipitation is detected. It completes nine full scans at
different elevation angles between 0.5 and 19.5 degrees and is
updated every six minutes. The NEXRAD offers much more
resolution in precip levels. Old radars only had six precip
levels, the NEXRAD has fifteen levels, which enables it to give
more accurate descriptions on the intensity of precipitation.
When the NEXRAD is placed in clean air mode the radar becomes
more sensitive and is updated every ten minutes after completing
five full scans at different elevation angles between 0.5 and
4.5 degrees. It is useful to measure those winds in "clear air"
from very weak returns on dust, insect, smoke, etc. It is also
capable of depicting snow very well, a feature that old radars
had trouble with. The Severe weather mode is activated when a
severe weather pattern is detected. The radar then completes
fourteen scans between 0.5 and 19.5 degrees in five minutes. The
NEXRAD calculates both the speed and direction of motion of
severe storms. By providing information on wind patterns within
developing storms, the NEXRAD identifies conditions leading to
tornadoes and can subsequently give accurate data on the
direction and speed of formed tornadoes.
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We searched for ten years to find the ideal spot to have a vacation property. Imagine our delight when we discovered a huge abandoned 13th Century glass works just waiting for us! In complete need of loving care, we had visions of bringing it to life with a perfect restoration. With all its history and charm, it is nestled right on top of the medieval wall of a beautiful little village. Enjoying and sharing an authentic village life experience with our guests is a dream-come-true. Share this dream as it unfolds. Here is a glimpse of the journey we took.
I don't know if I am a poetic enough writer to do justice writing about this property. Not only is there beauty to the eye in the unique, historical building, in the gorgeous views, and in the sweet village, there is also beauty for the soul in all of these elements. An experience like this is my favorite way to travel: some days my family took day trips to local sites and played tourist; other days we hung around the village, being a part of everyday community life. For the owners of this property, Colleen and Tom, this endeavor is so much more than a business; it is a passion of the heart that is evident in every detail, large and small. They are completely accessible by email, phone, or in person to share their joy and knowledge of the region, the people, and each and every logistical question you can throw their way. I traveled here with my husband and 6-year-old son, and we all found something to enjoy, and we all wished we could stay much, much longer than we were able. I can't imagine not visiting here again.
Wonderful accommodation in a working village with REAL Italians and few tourists. A great place to get the feel of the true Umbria away from the tourist spots. Lovely hill top villages to explore when you have had enough of lazing in/by the pool admiring the gorgeous view. No need to cook either as there are a couple of great places to eat in the village. The meat from the village butcher may just tempt you to barbeque on the terrace though as it is superb quality. Colleen and Tom couldn't be kinder and are always around in an unobtrusive way to help with queries. You won't go wrong staying with them!
We have been singing praises to everyone who will listen on this side of the Atlantic about our visit to L'Antica Vetreria. We had a wonderful time in Piegaro and before we even returned to Fiumicino Airport everyone was saying that that they wanted to come back for another visit. Our stay with you is going down as one of those fantastic vacations that will survive in family lore for many years...and generations... to come. It is a trip that our three granddaughters will be telling their children.
My wife tells me that whenever she wants to relax, she mentally takes a tour through Piegaro. The butcher, the grocer, Luca's wonderful meals and pasta sauce, the daily meetings of "the ladies of the Piazza," Papina's weaving of palm fronds around wine bottles, our stunning tour of the eco-winery Castello Monte Vibiano - followed by lunch at the little family restaurant "down the road" among the farms that we would never have found without Tom's guidance, Colleen's fabulous tour of Assisi …and, not to be forgotten, karaoke night in the Piazza. Who knew that a village karaoke night could be so much fun. All of these things stand out in minds, but most of all we remember the warm embrace of the people of Piegaro and warm welcome and assistance that Colleen and Tom gave us throughout our time at the Villa. We all wish that we could hit restart and discover it all over again.
A friend and I were travelling throughout Europe this summer and our last week was booked at L'antica Vetreria in Piegaro. We fell in love with L'Antica and the lovely, quiet village. It was the perfect place to spend our last week relaxing and enjoying this beautiful area of Umbria and Tuscany. The owner, Colleen, gave us tours to nearby villages and places of interest that we would never have gone on our own. We also visited some of the more well known tourist towns but the charm was in the places not well known to the tourists. Her knowledge of the area, the culture, people and history made our stay very special. Our room was completely furnished so we shopped at the local stores and cooked several meals in but also favored the local eating establishments that had fantastic food. You must try the Pizza Colleen at Juni's restaurant...I'm sure I'll never have one as good until I can return there. We had a beautiful view from our apartment il Nido of the and valley below and the village square is just a few steps from the entrance. Colleen gave pasta making classes one day to guests which was great fun and the glass factory offered etching classes and we each brought home a treasured piece.. I can't wait to go back. It's not just a place to stay, but Colleen has endeared herself to the local people and because of that, they make you feel welcome and embrace you as part of the village. A great stay, don't miss it.
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Thanks, Colleen and Tom, for renovating this lovely building in the charming town of Piegaro. It had everything we were looking for - a pool, a beautiful setting in a lovely town (with groceries and restaurants), and lodgings that are luxurious by European standards. Easily accessible from the Autostrada and within an hour to Orvieto, Siena and Florence, it made a great base for our exploring. I just wish we could have stayed longer!
It's been a year since we've been there, but the sense memories are so vivid...it feels like a week. Colleen and Tom have created a retreat that's elegant and serene. Twenty times a day we'd witness something so simple and beautiful that we'd stop what we were doing and stare: The view of the valley, the clouds, the town, the birds, the 1000 year old interiors. This is the kind of place that when you're telling your friends about it, you'll say: "Go. Trust us. Just go. Stay as long as you can.


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- Iraq's justice ministry says the prisoners had "carried out killings and explosions"
- Authorities have executed dozens of inmates in recent months
- The executions have sparked concern from human rights advocates
Iraqi authorities executed 11 prisoners on Sunday after they were convicted of terrorism, Iraq's Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
"They had carried out killings and explosions against Iraqi people," the ministry said.
Authorities have executed dozens of inmates in recent months, despite a United Nations call for restraint.
Six people were executed on Thursday after they were convicted of terrorism, officials said.
More than 100 people have been executed since November, according to a CNN tally. Sixty-five of them were put to death in the first 40 days of 2012.
The execution of large groups of prisoners has draw attention from human rights advocates, who have raised concerns about the fairness of trials and transparency of court proceedings.
"Our main concern is, what were these people actually convicted of?"Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, told CNN in August. "Terrorism does not tell us very much."
After 34 inmates were executed on one day earlier this year, the United Nations' top human rights official said she was shocked and called on the country to implement a moratorium on the death penalty.
"Even if the most scrupulous fair trial standards were observed, this would be a terrifying number of executions to take place in a single day," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said at the time.
The executions come as Iraq smolders with sectarian tension and political infighting.
Violence in Iraq surged last month, with 365 deaths reported, the Interior Ministry said Monday. That's the deadliest single month since August 2010, when the toll reached 426, the ministry said.
Insurgent attacks against civilians and security forces persist in the country, though violence has dropped dramatically since the peak of Sunni-Shiite clashes in 2006 and 2007.
Baghdad's Shiite-dominated government has blamed the recent attacks on Sunni insurgents with ties to al Qaeda.


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Brazilian game called off at last moment due to TV rights dispute
A dispute over television broadcasting rights saw a match in the Brazilian Campeonato Paranaense on Sunday called off at the last moment.
The game between Atletico Paranaense and Coritiba was due to be broadcast via Facebook and YouTube after dissatisfaction with the amount that broadcaster PRC was willing to pay the clubs for the TV rights.
But referee Paulo Roberto Alves Jr was told to postpone the game just before kickoff after the competition's ruling body Federacao Paranaense de Futebol...


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Why do reporters (and sometimes police officers) say that somebody was going at a high rate of speed when they actually mean high speed?
In physics, speed is already the rate of distance over time, otherwise known as velocity. Rate of speed is velocity over time, otherwise known as acceleration. By saying high rate of speed they would be implying picking up more speed.
Is there a social reason for using high rate of speed rather than high speed?


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You obviously need to begin a new thread -- may I suggest "Lint burns laptops"? :^)grizwald wrote:I have a H/P laptop which overheats on a regular basis. I discovered after trying an assortment of fixes that it was caused by collection of lint piled up on one side of the microprocessor heatsink inside the Laptop.
Seriously, good advice. I had a desktop overheat in a similar manner (pet hair).


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Generation Y consumers are increasingly responsible for paying bills and they prefer to use the mobile channel to manage their finances, according to Fiserv's 2013 Billing Household Survey.
As a result, this growing demographic is influencing how billers are innovating based on their demands regarding specific bill payment preferences.
Mobile bill payment use doubled from eight million U.S. online households in 2012 to 16 million in 2013, the survey reports. This growth was driven primarily by smartphone owners, among whom mobile bill payment surged 150%.
Consumers who pay bills using their mobile device do so primarily for its convenience (70%), anytime access (55%) and time savings (49%).
It is important for billers to have mobile-optimized websites for bill payment as mobile-optimized financial institution and biller websites are the most popular choice when paying bills with a smartphone. However, apps for billers and financial institutions were also popular and grew rapidly.
The survey found that 83% of consumers use two or more channels to pay their bills each month. The average number of bill payment methods consumers use ticked up 10% from 2012 to 2013, rising to an average of 3.2 channels each month.
While the number of U.S. online households that pay a bill by check declined from 61% in 2012 to 53% in 2013, the number of households using mobile and tablet for bill payment gained ground, resulting in the higher number of channels used overall.
Many consumers continue to use established methods of paying bills, such as checks, phone, or in-person payments, and two-thirds believe billers should offer multiple ways to pay bills.
The Gen Y effect is evident here as 74% of Gen Y respondents consider offering multiple payment options important, compared to 67% of all respondents.
"While new bill payment channels such as mobile and tablet are coming on strong, traditional channels remain in use, creating a need for billers to support an ever-growing set of billing and payments, channels, and payment types," says Jardon Bouska, Fiserv's division president, biller solutions. "Americans—particularly Gen Y—are hungry for multiple options for digital bill presentment and payment.
Additional survey findings:
• Mobile-specific capabilities can drive digital bill payments. Fiserv's survey found that the top motivator to pay bills or pay more bills using a smartphone is the use of an app and smartphone camera to take a picture of the bill, cited by 36% of respondents.
Using the camera to capture and then auto-populate bill payment fields streamlines the bill payment process. This finding reinforces the fact that consumers desire more engaging, simple, and quick user experiences facilitated by their mobile devices.
• Alerts and reminders can boost e-bill adoption. Actionable payment due alerts and reminders can help billers improve their reputation among consumers and increase the adoption of e-bills, which contain the same information as paper bills but are delivered online or to a mobile device.
Nearly 75% of households that expressed an interest in receiving alerts and reminders said they would have a more positive perception of a biller that sends them a reminder to pay a bill. Sixty-six percent said alerts and reminders would increase the likelihood they would use paperless e-bills, most likely because alerts help consumers overcome the concern of not having a paper bill to serve as a reminder to pay.
• Tablet use is growing. More than one in three tablet owners used their tablet to visit a biller site in the previous 30 days.
The primary reason for the visit was to pay a bill (63%), followed by accessing invoice information and history (36%). One in four tablet owners use the device to pay bills at either a biller or financial institution website, an increase of 19% over 2012.
The survey also found that 60% of tablet owners would like to receive e-bills on their tablet.
• Billing and payment drives website visits. More than 80% of consumers who visit a biller's website do so to pay a bill, reinforcing the importance for billers to make billing and payment a prominent and strategic part of the site.
Seventy-one percent of consumers who use a biller site to make payments say that online accessibility has eliminated the need to call customer care. Billers that fail to provide an easy, direct, and clear way for consumers to find billing and payment information and options risk abandonment and the use of higher-cost channels to pay bills.
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Cameron University invites residents of Duncan and the surrounding area to get into the holiday spirit at CU's annual tree lighting ceremony and community reception. The event takes place on Thursday, November 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cameron University – Duncan campus, located at 3100 W. Bois d'Arc. CU President Cindy Ross, assisted by Ole Kim, will light the tree shortly after 6 p.m.
"This is an annual event that brings Cameron University and Duncan together for an evening of good cheer," says Susan Camp, Director, CU-Duncan. "Community members, students, faculty and children are all welcome and everyone leaves smiling."
The come-and-go event will include horse-drawn carriage rides, cookie-decorating stations for kids of all ages and the lighting of a fully decorated tree. Hot cocoa, coffee, cupcakes, popcorn balls and cookies will be served.
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The privileged location of the Canary Islands makes it an ideal place where all kinds of tourists are welcome all year round. As well as its beaches and excellent climate there are a whole range of activities which offer visitors the chance to enjoy the unique natural setting.
Toys on the beach
In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria you will spend restful days on the beach with your loved ones. For example on the Las Canteras Beach, where at low tide the water is particularly calm and ideal for small children because a barrier of rocks protects the shore from the currents. Close by, you'll find the Museum of Science and Technology where you can spend the whole day. As it's a hands-on museum, your children will learn as they have fun doing experiments.
The city also offers several very pleasant parks for spending a morning or afternoon and enjoying the spring climate of the Canary Islands as your children play. The San Telmo, Santa Catalina and Doramas are all excellent parks. At the Doramas Park you'll also find the "Pueblo Canario" (Canaries Village), a small space offering a display of the typical architecture and handicrafts practised on the islands. If you go on a Sunday morning, the whole family can enjoy the live folk music and theatre.
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Criminal justice reform group to honor two former Democratic lawmakers
The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition will honor two former state legislators during its annual fundraiser next Thursday.
In 1999, Sen. Dorothy Rupert, D-Boulder, and Rep. Penfield Tate, D-Denver, sponsored legislation calling for a three-year halt on prison expansion and the creation of a task force to explore effective alternatives to incarceration.
The bill failed but it helped inspire a statewide, grassroots movement for criminal justice reform.
Tate and Rupert will be at the fundraiser to accept the inaugural "Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award." Tate and Rupert's vision was "on-point but ahead of their time," said Christie Donner, CCJRC's executive director.
The event is scheduled for 5 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Mile High Station, 2027 W. Colfax Ave., in Denver. Tickets for the event, which features dinner and silent and live auctions, are $75 per person. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ccjrc.org or by calling 303-825-0122.


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I have yet another awesome skull design concept for all you lovers of skull art. I really wanted to take the whole concept of drawing skulls to another level. To do this I created a very detailed art piece based on an idea for a skull design. Here is "how to draw a devil skull", step by step. If the devil was to somehow shed his flesh, this is the skull that I believe would be left behind. The horns are almost similar to the devil from Legend with Tom Cruise and Tim curry. The coloring was probably the most fun I have had in a while. There is only one way to do things, and that is the right way. Drawing skulls can be a tricky task if you are not familiar with creating this type of art concept. Hopefully this tutorial will be easy for you to follow and understand which in the end will enable you to draw a devil skull. I have to bounce out of here so I can get the rest of the tuts submitted. So hang tight, and have fun as you wait.
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Wow, this book is one roller-coaster ride of a story! Beautifully written and diligently researched, this biography of the mystical and mysterious Pierre Bernard, the first American yogi, is absolutely a must read for anyone interested in the history of yoga in America. Robert Love follows "the Great Oom" throughout his life: from his birth in Iowa, to the meeting of his Guru, through the scandals, legal battles, and jail time, and to the rise and eventual fall of his yoga empire. Having to constantly avoid scandal and criminal persecution in the 1920's, Bernard and his Tantrik Order eventually move to an estate in Nyack, New York.
Funded by wealthy friends, Bernard turns this run down estate into a lavish country club-cum-ashram. Bernard's story turns surreal when he becomes a real estate agent, baseball team owner, performing elephant trainer, and a financial backer of one of the first commercial airports. Sadly (but justifiably) his former students leave him penniless and many of them go on to further fame and success as yoga became more accepted and popular by mainstream American society.
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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've ever watched spiders trap their prey in their sticky webs, you've probably wondered: "Why don't spiders stick to their own webs?"
We've watched countless spiders trap honey bees, syrphid flies and other hapless critters in their webs. The spiders scamper up and down the webs as their victims furiously try to escape.
Now researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, headquartered in Panama City, and the University of Costa Rica have discovered why spiders don't stick to their webs.
The spiders' legs are "protected by a covering of branching hairs and by a non-stick chemical coating," the scientists announced in the journal Naturwissenschaften (The Science of Nature) and on EurekAlert.
Wrote Beth King of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: "They also observed that spiders carefully move their legs in ways that minimize adhesive forces as they push against their sticky silk lines hundreds to thousands of times during the construction of each orb."
Furthermore, the scientists recorded the webweaving behavior on video. The camera showed that "Individual droplets of sticky glue slide along the leg's bristly hair."
So now one of the most common questions (next to "Why is the sky blue?" and "Why is the grass green") has been answered.
Check out the videos on the EurekAlert website.


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