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Our laid-back, luxurious atmosphere and our perfect location, just 15 minutes from Cardiff, make our restaurant, vineyard hotel rooms, vineyard tours and cookery classes popular with locals, business people, day-trippers and holiday-makers alike.
Whether you are a keen wine connoisseur and want to sample our signature Welsh wines, or are looking for a unique getaway, Llanerch Vineyard hotel has the perfect combination of relaxation and sophistication to help you unwind and immerse yourself in the beautiful Welsh countryside.
We welcome guests from across the globe here at Llanerch and our vineyard hotel is as popular with our foreign visitors as it is with our regulars who pop up to Llanerch for a short break from the rat race in the city.
Our vineyard hotel rooms are all 5 Star standard and the range of lovely rooms available at Llanerch means that you can find the ideal retreat for you.
Llanerch Vineyard offers stunning accommodation nestled within 22 acres of beautiful countryside, perfectly situated to make the most of the panoramic views of the estate's very own vineyard. There is an array of hotel accommodation available, suitable for families, couples, corporate customers and groups of friends.
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Those who argue for prayer in schools really mean that they want their particular brand of prayer in school.
For those in a predominantly protestant environment, I don't think they would care for a prayer which began "Hail Mary, full of grace".
Nor would they want a prayer which began by facing mecca.
It is laughable.
Republican state legislatures and school boards, especially in the confederacy, are hard at work trying to transform their state laws and education codes to replace evolution with creationism, and they are having growing success. The next step will be prayer - Christian, of course - in the classroom. Most states already mandate the recitation of a pledge that includes the declaration that we are a nation "under God;" can teacher-led prayer be far behind? And don't be so sure that the Catholic-dominated U.S. Supreme Court will strike down such laws as unconstitutional. Justice Scalia, for example, has already made it clear that he believes that there is no direct or implied separation of church and state in the Constitution.
After all, if Americans were stupid enough to elect the moronic George W. Bush, who subsequently gathered up the sword of King Richard and, with the imprimatur of his mythical god, slaughtered and tortured hundreds of thousands of innocents, they are stupid enough to allow religious zealots to determine the country's future.
It is an open question as to which will occur first in America: the gradual fading away of religion, or the gradual transformation of the United States into a third world idiocracy of religious intolerance. I would be more optimistic if there were at least one avowed atheist among the 535 members of Congress.
Kids of elementary school age have a huge tendency to simply accept anything they are taught in school as a fact. (We have taught them to be that way, to some extent.)
Although prayer in school occasionally happens, it's technically illegal here and eventually gets slapped down. However, apparently it IS legal to set up Christian groups in a school after hours as long as some sort of nominal rent is paid for the space. Exploiting this is the "Good News Clubs" that hold their events immediately after school, and invite kids to come for "non-denominational" bible study (they will go through the whole parental consent routine, lying to the parents about the nature of the event), at which point the kids are quite actively propagandized into a very hard core evangelical protestantism, to the point where they will turn into bullies for Jesus during the regular school day. A daily prayer in school is quite passive compared to what goes on in these clubs. I saw Richard Dawkins and Katherine Stewart (live) re-enacting one of the dialogs that's in the script for these clubs. Imagine the impact on the six or seven year old kid when he is told to open the envelope to find out the penalty for an unforgiven sin, and reads "Death." And his class mate gets "Life" for accepting Jesus. (The lord's prayer, by contrast, doesn't say diddly about the whole "believe in X and all your sins are forgiven, don't believe and you go to hell" aspect of Xian theology but it does have a vaguely apocalyptic bent to it in one line.)
And the kids are given every reason to think it's part of school; that impression is deliberately fostered by the Good News Clubs. The clubs will try to get permission for their teacher to come in and set up at the end of (but during) the actual school day, the more to look like just a regular old school activity. They will adamantly reject proposals that they instead meet in the church next door to the school. Kids talking to their parents about what they learn will often be heard to say "but I learned this in school!" What often happens once these clubs get established is that parents end up turning on each other as they realize their kids are being propagandized into the "wrong" branch of Xianity. (The Good Newsers, for instance will teach that mainline protestants and catholics aren't real Xians, you can imagine what happens in a catholic or presbyterian household when Johnny spouts off like that... and he learned it in school.) Katherine Stewart was able to infiltrate the organization and get their training materials, and learn that their goal is in fact to destroy public education; if they cannot have it and use it they will break it.
Long rant there but it does offer a perspective on why they want the prayer to be in school; they are getting kids between 4-14 when they are most willing to uncritically absorb what they are taught in school.
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Let's be clear. Anybody can pray at any time anywhere, and short of shooting them dead, using a tranquilizer dart or a taser on them, there's really no way to stop them.
What fundies want is ORGANIZED prayer in schools.
It's for the indoctrination but also the normalization. If you do it 5 out of 7 days a week, it's like any other daily ritual and you expect for it to be a part of your life. Prayer in school makes no prayer in other areas of public life seem to be missing something. Normalize prayer during school, something children experience over and over until graduation, and it encourages them to spread Christianity to other domains.
You should all read "Crusade Against Ignorance." It's a good collection of Jefferson's essays and letters. Here's an excerpt.
"What, but education, has advanced us beyond the condition of our indigenous neighbors?
And what chains them to their present state of barbarism and wretchedness, but a bigotted
veneration for the supposed superlative wisdom of their fathers, and the preposterous
idea that they are to look backward for better things, and not forward, longing, as it
should seem, to return to the days of eating acorns and roots, rather than indulge
in the degeneracies of civilization? And how much more encouraging to the achievements of
science and improvement is this, than the desponding view that the condition of man
cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves
where we are, we must tread with awful reverence in the footsteps of our fathers. This
doctrine is the genuine fruit of the alliance between CHURCH AND STATE; the tenants
of which, finding themselves but too well in their present condition, oppose all advances
which might unmask their usurpations, and monopolies of honors, wealth, and power,
and fear every change, as endangering comforts they now hold."
"Report of The Commissioners Appointed to Fix The Site of
The University of Virginia."
In context, Jefferson despised two things: England's union of Church and State and England's monopolies. I'm sure he went to church and believed in a deistic being. However, he also knew that Church and State was a sword in the government's hand; he knew the ideas must stand on their own; he knew religion doesn't care about progress, just power.

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Provisions take effect Wednesday
For state elections, may it be a case of more money, more problems?
As new campaign finance laws are set to go into effect today, an Associated Press report on Saturday showed $235,000 in laundered illegal gambling money reached the campaigns of a number of state officials and candidates, including Gov. Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg.
Since news of the tainted funds came to light in April, the three highest-profile state-elected officials gave the sums they received to charity.
Under the new state elections law, the maximum contribution to candidates rises from $4,000 to $5,000, and several disclosure provisions will be rolled back. The anticipated effect of the changes is unknown.
�Hard to say at this point until we go through the 2014 election cycle,� said Michael Bitzer, associate professor of politics and history and acting provost at Catawba College. �One of the big questions will be: will big donors � those who hit the max at $4,000 � increase their donations to $5,000? That may be the real test of the 2014 cycle.�
He continued, �More importantly, and this may be outside North Carolina�s control when it comes to the U.S. Senate race, how much money will flood into the state for the Kay Hagan race? While we have the legislative seats up for grabs and some judicial seats in 2014, 2016 is going to be the critical test case for these new rules, I�d think.�
On the disclosure side, the requirement for candidates to say �I approved this message� in ads is out. So is the rule mandating independent spenders list their top five donors in print ads.
Beginning after the 2014 primaries, groups behind negative ads only need to disclose the cost and funding of the ad beginning Sept. 8 � the old rule stated disclosure was mandatory beginning 60 days from Election Day.
�This is kind of the opposite direction most states are going,� said Peter Quist of the National Institute on Money in State Politics. �There have been a lot of legal challenges to certain aspects of campaign finance � largely with limits and that sort of thing.
�There have been some challenges on the disclosure side, but those have not been as effective, including the Citizens United decision, of course, if persistently upheld disclosure is constitutional. So, for most states � the independent spending side in particular � their disclosure is not usually that good and they are making strides now to enhance it.�
The 2012 state elections led to $78.2 million in political contributions, including $14.9 million in independent spending. While statewide contests in prior years were dominated by Democrats on the money board, the GOP took control in a cycle that saw Republicans make unprecedented gains statewide.
The state Republican Party far outpaced all other contributors among parties and committees with $6.3 million, and Berger�s and Tillis� committees broke into the top five with a combined $2 million-plus donation to the state GOP.
On the independent spending end, the Republican Governors Association led the way with $5 million followed by N.C. Citizens for Progress with $2.6 million � both efforts were to benefit McCrory.
The N.C. Judicial Coalition, an effort to support state Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby, put in $1.3 million, Democrat-affiliated Common Sense Matters spent just under $1 million and the Art Pope-related Real Jobs N.C. came in fifth with almost $890,000.
Bitzer said in future election cycles it may become harder to know where the money�s sent and from whom.
�While Republicans would argue that the disclosure rules �overlap� with other reporting requirements, state-only contests � such as for the General Assembly or executive branch offices � may be much harder to track the influence of money going into their campaigns, and the amount of money coming in will only increase into the future,� Bitzer said.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.
Breakout Box
2012 Top Spending State Committees and Parties
N.C. Republican Party, $6.3 million
Public Fund (state subsidy for judicial elections), $1.8 million
N.C. Democratic Party, $1.8 million
Committee to Elect Thom Tillis, $1.1 million
Phil Berger Committee, $1 million
Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics
2012 Top Independent Spenders
Republican Governors Association, $5 million
N.C. Citizens for Progress, $2.6 million
N.C. Judicial Coalition, $1.3 million
Common Sense Matters, $995,295
Real Jobs N.C., $880,946
Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics


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Real Estate Sponsor Prudential NW Realty Becomes Warren Buffett Co.
Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest Realty has officially been acquired by Warren Buffett's company HomeServices of America.
Buffett's company purchased Prudential's parent company Brookfield Residential Property Services last April, and now they're partnering up to create a new company called Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Now if this all sounds like deja vu, it's because it kind of is – Brookfield purchased the Prudential Real Estate Brand in Dec., 2011. Then HomeServices of America (owned by Mid Amercian Energy Holdings Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) purchased the corporate owned offices, including PNW Realty.
"I could not be happier with this opportunity," Broker/Branch Manager Lori Alden told The B-Town Blog. "Our company is moving in a very positive direction. Berkshire Hathaway has never allowed their name to be used as a franchise, and we feel extremely honored to be the first."
Lori adds that she does not expect to see any immediate changes to the company, which is based in Olde Burien. However, the Prudential Real Estate Affiliates will receive the option to change to the "Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices" name.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Berkshire's HomeServices of America unit will be the majority owner. HomeServices already owns local brokerages with 16,000 real estate agents in 21 states.
We look forward to continuing our relationship with Prudential Northwest's Burien office, and appreciate their supporting B-Town's first and best blog!
Be sure to check out their Real Estate section here, along with their weekly Open House listings, posted every Friday.
The new company will be based in Irvine, Calif., and be led by a team of executives from Prudential Real Estate.
Here's the full press release:
HomeServices of America, Inc.™, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and Brookfield Asset Management (TSX:BAM.A)(NYSE:BAM)(EURONEXT:BAMA), announced today that they have partnered to introduce Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices®-a new franchise brand that joins the existing brands and affiliate networks of Prudential Real Estate and Real Living Real Estate.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® combines the financial strength of both organizations, coupled with the operational excellence of HomeServices and superior real estate franchising experience of Brookfield.
The combined networks of more than 53,000 Prudential Real Estate and Real Living Real Estate agents generated in excess of $72 billion in residential real estate sales volume in 2011, and operate across more than 1,700 U.S. locations.
"Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® is a new franchise brand built upon the financial strength and leadership of Brookfield and HomeServices," said Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. "I am confident that these partners will deliver value to the residential real estate industry, and I am pleased to have Berkshire Hathaway be a part of the new brand."
"We are honored and proud to be entrusted with the use of the Berkshire Hathaway name as our new real estate franchise brand," said Ron Peltier, chairman and CEO of HomeServices. "We will convey the strength of Berkshire Hathaway's reputation and its associated principles of integrity and financial stability in everything we do."
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® unites proven operational excellence, demonstrated integrity and the reputation of Berkshire Hathaway-among the world's most admired companies, according to Fortune's 2012 ranking-to deliver its real estate franchise offering in the market. This combination enables brokers and affiliates to attract and retain the best agents to provide superior customer service and to drive performance and profitable growth. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® will be available in 2013.
"The strength of the Berkshire Hathaway name, coupled with the operational excellence of HomeServices and the franchising experience of Brookfield, positions Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® as a leading real estate franchise in the U.S., building on our traditions of exceptional client service and innovation. Brookfield is excited to be a partner in creating a home for the best real estate brokers and agents in the country," said Bruce Flatt, Brookfield Asset Management CEO.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® will be led by an experienced management team including Earl Lee, Chief Executive Officer; Stephen Phillips, Chief Operating Officer; Brian Peterson, Chief Financial Officer and Aleya Chattopadhyay, Chief Marketing Officer.
Information about Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices® is available at: www.berkshirehathawayhs.com.
About HomeServices of America, Inc.™
HomeServices of America, Inc. is the nation's second largest, full-service residential brokerage firm and one of the largest U.S. providers of integrated real estate services. HomeServices is owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Since it became a MidAmerican affiliate in 1998, HomeServices has grown from 4,000 agents in three markets to more than 16,000 agents in 21 states. HomeServices is comprised of some of the industry's most respected real estate firms, specializing in brokerage, mortgage, title and escrow services, insurance and relocation. Each of the HomeServices' companies has been serving clients for an average of more than 60 years and is regarded for unparalleled service.
During 2011, the company's associates facilitated nearly $32 billion in residential real estate sales and closed over $3.0 billion in home mortgages. From 1998-2011, HomeServices transacted nearly 1.9 million brokerage units with a total sales volume of more than $506 billion.
For more information, visit www.homeservices.com.
About Brookfield
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a global alternative asset manager with over $150 billion in assets under management. The company has over a 100-year history of owning and operating assets with a focus on property, renewable power, infrastructure and private equity. It has a range of public and private investment products and services. Brookfield is co-listed on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbols BAM and BAM.A, respectively, and on NYSE Euronext under the symbol BAMA.
Brookfield Residential Property Services is a leading global provider of real estate and relocation services, technology and knowledge, and a division of Brookfield Asset Management. Through its North American real estate and relocation operations, it has more than 75,000 real estate professionals in more than 2,800 locations, transacting over $150 billion in 2011.
Prudential Real Estate and Real Living franchisees are independently owned and operated. Prudential, the Prudential logo and the Rock symbol are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities and are used under license, with no other affiliation with Prudential.
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Timeline Event
Huorns dispose of the Orcs after the Battle of the Hornburg
Event Type: Military/Strategic
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Dates: March 4, 3019 ~ March 5, 3019
An event in the aftermath of the Battle of the Hornburg; see that entry for an overview:
The Orcs were piled in great heaps.... And the people were troubled ... for the heaps of carrion were too great for burial or for burning.
The Two Towers, LoTR Book 3, Ch 8, The Road to Isengard
... upon the Hornburg, in the middle night men heard a great noise, as a wind in the valley, and the ground trembled; and all were afraid and no one ventured to go forth. But in the morning they went out and were amazed; for the slain Orcs were gone, and the trees also. Far down into the valley of the Deep the grass was crushed and trampled brown ... but a mile below the Dike a huge pit had been delved in the earth, and over it stones were piled into a hill. Men believed that the Orcs whom they had slain were buried there; but whether those who had fled into the wood were with them, none could say, for no man ever set foot upon that hill. The Death Down it was afterwards called, and no grass would grow there. But the strange trees were never seen in Deeping-coomb again; they had returned at night.... Thus they were revenged upon the Orcs.
The Two Towers, LoTR Book 3, Ch 8, The Road to Isengard
For a while the three companions walked together ... until they stood on Helm's Dike and looked into the Coomb. The Death Down already stood there, black and tall and stony, and the great trampling and scoring of the grass by the Huorns could be plainly seen.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 5, Ch 2, The Passing of the Grey Company
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Madasgascar vanilla beans laced with a hint of malt whiskey, musk and amber.
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This apartment is part of a beautiful bungalow park that borders Lake Idro. The complex has Dutch management and is ideal for family holidays. The accommodations of the park are suitable for 4 to 6 persons. Facilities include a cozy restaurant, a pizzeria, mini-market, tennis courts, table tennis table and a large swimming pool (20 x 10m) from where you have a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains and lake. Lake Idro is well-known among nature lovers because of its clear water, afforested hills and old mountain villages. It is an area that has not been affected by time and thus is ideal for nature lovers as well as those who do not wish to go to a touristy area. From mid-June to mid-September there is a surfing school in the park (you can rent surf boards). The lake has a natural rocky beach.
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Lake Idro is hidden between the spurs of the Dolomite Mountains. On the map it's just a drop but in reality it's a rather large lake at 12km in length. In summer there are various activities organized in the park. For example, there is an adventurous guided orientation trip for children under 16 years of age, guided hikes for beginners as well as more experienced hikers, and each week they organize a variety of sporting events. You can also go swimming, surfing, sailing, climbing, paragliding or canyoning. In the area you will find a number of picturesque mountain villages where the old atmosphere remains, with narrow roads, balconies adorned with flowers, gates and courtyards. On a day trip you can visit Lake Garda or the historic towns of Verona and Venice. In Arena di Verona, classical operas are still performed. Each week there are various markets in the area. They are open from 8:00 till 12:00.
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This holiday accommodation is situated in a large detached house that has been divided into 4 apartments. This apartment is suitable for 4 to 6 persons and is located on the first floor. The apartments on the first floor have a balcony with a view of the mountains and lake. The total area of this apartment is about 50m2. The living room has a large double bed couch. The kitchen is set up in a corner of the living room and is equipped with a 4-burner gas cooker, a fridge/freezer and a coffee maker. The bathroom has a shower. The 2 bedrooms are furnished with a double bed + 2 single beds. All apartments have modern furnishings.
Possibility nearby / Möglichkeiten in der Nähe: Tennis, Horseriding, Fishing
Included in the price: Baby Set (except in summer), energy costs. Towels and kitchen towels need to be brought.
You can hire bed linen for €10,00 per person or bring it from home. The cost of bed linen has to be paid on the spot. A baby set in period 22/06 -06/09 can be hired for €35,00 (baby bed, buggy and high chair).
Pets are allowed on a leash and their waste needs to be collected.
There is a washing machine and tumble dryer. Motor boats with more then 10hp are not allowed on Lake Idro. You can collect a boating certificate at the office. There are international daily newspapers on the park. Fishing is allowed but you need a tourist-license. You can collect that at the post office.
The pool is open from half May to half September. Bathing cap is compulsory.
Dogs are allowed but under the following conditions:
Dogs must have their own bed,
they can not enter the bedrooms,
they can not lie on the couch or on the blankets.
At the departure of our customers, unfortunately very often we find very dirty houses with dog hair everywhere.
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You can chat with friends on Xbox Live using the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset with Bluetooth. Use the headset to chat on Xbox Live, or switch to Bluetooth mode and use the headset with a Bluetooth-enabled device such as a mobile phone or PC.
Xbox 360 Wireless Headset with Bluetooth package
The Xbox 360 Wireless Headset with Bluetooth package includes the following items:
System requirements
The easiest way to install the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset (with Bluetooth) software drivers is to connect to Xbox Live. If your console is connected to Xbox Live, skip to step 2.
If your console isn't connected to Xbox Live, you can download the latest console software to your computer and install it on your Xbox 360 console. For the steps on how to do this, see How to get a new Xbox 360 update.
Before you can set up your headset, you may need to charge it. Here's how:
The lights on the headset flash green while charging in Xbox mode, and flash blue while charging in Bluetooth mode. Once charging is complete, the light will stop flashing.
Some limited edition versions of the headset include a charging cradle. When the headset is in the charging cradle, the light on the cradle flashes during charging and stops flashing once the charging is complete.
The easiest way to connect your headset to your console by charging the headset, shown in step 2. If you've done this, unplug the charge cable from the headset and skip to step 4.
Another way is to wirelessly connect your headset to your console:
The lights flash green three times once your headset is connected to your console. Your headset will now automatically connect to your console whenever you turn on your headset in Xbox mode.
Note If your headset doesn't connect within 20 seconds, the lights resume flashing slowly. If this happens, repeat steps 4 and 5. The headset can take up to 10 seconds to connect to your console.
On an Xbox 360 S console, the headset is assigned a position on the ring of light around the console's power button. Each connected controller is assigned to one of four positions, and each controller can have an associated headset.
Note On an Xbox 360 E console, you can determine the controller's assignment by looking at the ring of light around the Guide button on the controller itself.
If a controller is assigned to position 1, then the wireless headset is also assigned to position 1. If another headset is already assigned to position 1, your headset is assigned to position 2.
If you want to change the position assigned to a headset, press the headset's connect or power button to advance to the position you want. For example, to change a headset assigned to position 1 to position 3, press the connect or power button twice.
Note For help with this, see the "Assigning the wireless headset to another controller" video in the "Video tutorials" section at the bottom of this article.
Before you use your wireless headset, you may need to swap out the ear gel for another size. Three ear gels in different sizes are included with your headset, so you can choose one that's comfortable.
Insert an ear gel
Put on your headset
For the best microphone performance, make sure the headset points towards your mouth and is positioned as shown.
Once you've completed the setup steps, you're ready to use the headset with your console. Here's how:
The wireless headset works within 30 feet (9 meters) of the console. Objects between the controller and the console can reduce this range.
If the headset charging cable is connected to the headset and the battery fails to charge, the headset's first two lights will flash in sequence (1, 1 and 2; 1, 1 and 2; and so on). Leave the headset connected for a while to see if the battery charges normally. If the lights on the headset continue to flash, contact Xbox Support using the Assistance information at the bottom of this page.
When you receive an incoming call, the headset plays an incoming-call sound, and the headset's lights flash blue until you answer, reject, or tell the phone to ignore the call.
To answer an incoming call:
To reject an incoming call: Press and hold the Action button for two seconds.
To end a call: Press and release the Action button. (Switching to Xbox mode doesn't end a call.)
If you get an incoming call during a call: Press the Action button to answer the incoming call and put the first call on hold. (This feature must be supported by your Bluetooth device and mobile carrier.)
While a call is on hold:
To make a call:
Note The mute button on the wireless headset only works in Xbox mode. However, if you're using the headset with a mobile phone, you can use the mute function on your phone.
Switch operating mode
You can switch the operating modes on your headset at any time. If you have a Bluetooth device that supports calling, you can switch from Xbox to Bluetooth mode to answer an incoming call on your headset (provided you have previously set up the Bluetooth device with your headset). If you switch from Bluetooth back to Xbox mode, your headset uses the same settings you had when you last used Xbox mode.
Your wireless headset has two low-battery charge indicators:
Mobile device connectivity problems vary by manufacturer. For help troubleshooting Bluetooth connectivity problems with a mobile device, see the product manual or the manufacturer's website.
For help connecting your headset to a Windows Phone, see Pair my phone with a Bluetooth accessory.
People can't hear you
If someone on a call can't hear when you use the headset in Bluetooth mode:
How to clear the list of Bluetooth devices from the headset
The headset stores pairing information for the last eight Bluetooth devices to which it was connected. If you want to clear the list, follow these steps:
If the information in this article does not solve your problem, contact Xbox Support by clicking the "Contact us" link at the bottom of this page.
Note The following video tutorials are available in English only.
|How to set up the wireless headset with Bluetooth.
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Watch the video Using your headset with other Bluetooth devices. Note This video is available in English only.
|Clearing the headset of all Bluetooth devices
Watch the video Clearing the headset of all Bluetooth devices. Note This video is available in English only.
|Muting your wireless headset in Xbox mode
Watch the video Muting your wireless headset in Xbox mode. Note This video is available in English only.
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If you have friends growing zucchini, right about now they are probably delighted, bordering on desperate, to give some of it away. Especially problematic are those huge, baseball bat-sized monsters, that appear out of the blue when you've neglected to check the garden for a few days.
This soup is made for such occasions.
It uses lots of zucchini, it cooks up quickly, perfect for a midweek meal, and it keeps for at least a week in the fridge. I like it just as well chilled as hot.
Spicy Zucchini Soup RecipePrint
If you are using extra large zucchini, scoop out and discard the seeds first. And if the skin is thick or tough, peel it and discard the peels.
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 jalapeno chile (or more to taste, depending on how spicy you would like the soup to be), seeds, stems and ribs removed and discarded, chopped
- 3 chopped garlic cloves
- 2 pounds chopped zucchini (skin on), about 5-6 cups
- 1 1/2 cups chopped day-old bread
- 3 cups chicken broth (use vegetable broth for vegetarian option)
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves (spearmint), loosely packed, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, loosely packed, chopped (optional)
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Salt
- Pepper
1 Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and jalapeno chile and sauté for 4-5 minutes until the onions are translucent, but not browned. Add the garlic and zucchini and sauté for another 3-4 minutes, stirring often. Sprinkle with salt.
2 Add the bread, broth, and water, and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
3 Remove from heat. Add the mint and cilantro (if using). Purée in a blender or food processor until smooth, working in batches if necessary. Or use an immersion blender.
4 Return the soup to the pot. Add the lemon juice, and salt, and pepper to taste.
Garnish with lemon wedges and sprigs of mint or cilantro.
Serve hot or chilled. Keeps for a week in the fridge.
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Matthew McConaughey: Why I Rejected a $15 Million Paycheck
The actor turned down "Magnum, P.I.," choosing small roles like the lead of "Dallas Buyers Club" in his impressive tap dance to stay on the New A-List.
This story first appeared in the Sept. 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Matthew McConaughey was at a crossroads in late 2008. He had just received an offer of $15 million against 15 percent of the backend to star in Universal and Imagine's big-screen take on Magnum, P.I.
But the actor, who first made an impression in Dazed and Confused and A Time to Kill, was coming off a list of underwhelming big studio movies: Sahara, Fool's Gold, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. After grossing more than $100 million domestically with the rom-com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days five years earlier, McConaughey couldn't even break $60,000 in a friend's indie project, Surfer, Dude. Failure to launch, indeed. So he did what most actors in his position would think unimaginable: He turned down $15 million.
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In doing so, he engineered one of the most humbling and effective career comebacks for an actor in recent times, especially in light of the Oscar buzz McConaughey, 43, is generating for Dallas Buyers Club. That's capping an indie run that began in 2011 with such movies as Richard Linklater's Bernie, William Friedkin's Killer Joe, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy, Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike and the acclaimed Mud from this spring.
"Taking a year and a half off and saying no to things in some form or fashion made me a new good idea," theorizes McConaughey. "Sometimes the target draws the arrow." Says one source familiar with McConaughey's career strategy: "He was bored. He didn't want to be seen as the shirtless guy anymore."
McConaughey admits there were a few moments when he had second thoughts about turning down Magnum. But the birth of his first son, Levi, cemented his strategy to change his path, says Dallas Buyers Club producer Robbie Brenner. "He had an illustrious career, and he made a very conscious decision to go in a different direction and turn the ship," says Brenner. "When you become a parent, when you have more life experience, you want to put an indelible mark on the world. That is ultimately what Matthew is doing. He's choosing great directors to work with and creating an amazing filmography for himself."
McConaughey was offered the Dallas part in 2010 and, according to sources, he received only an upfront fee in the low six figures (under $200,000), though he does have backend participation. Ironically, going the small-movie route made him ripe for rediscovery in a big-budget tentpole like his next project, Interstellar, the Christopher Nolan sci-fi co-production between Warner Bros. and Paramount that's shooting now. It's hard to imagine that McConaughey would have been on Nolan's shortlist six years ago if it weren't for his recent spate of prestige movies.
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McConaughey says his focus now is on personal experience and the process over results. Before Dallas' strong reception, he was asked how he would feel if the AIDS drama, for which he lost 40 pounds, isn't accepted by audiences. "Do I want it to do well, to be received well? Damn right," he said. "But if it doesn't, would that take anything away from the experience? Absolutely not. I got my self-satisfaction from what I did."
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- Twenty artists are in the city to paint 20 murals as part of the Living Walls project
- The artists aim to transform everyday surfaces into colorful spaces for storytelling
- Two murals from last year sparked controversy and were covered
- "It's beautiful where it used to be desolate. It brings everything alive," says one neighbor
Summerhill, a rundown neighborhood near downtown, sits in the shadow of Turner Field, home to baseball's Atlanta Braves.
Vacant buildings abut empty lots, which are rented for parking during games. The area feels like a ghost town during the day -- it's not the sort of place you want to be at night -- but it can fill in fast.
The Braves played the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. Police set up roadblocks while tailgaters cracked beers and music blared.
As fans flooded the streets, they were struck by something new.
Painters, moving over walls like mechanical ants, were transforming nearby buildings into brightly colored murals.
They were there for a project called Living Walls.
Twenty artists converged on Atlanta this month as part of the annual conference, now in its fourth year. They come with one goal: to put art in the streets, in places it usually isn't, with the hope of sparking a conversation and effecting change.
This year, 10 of the artists are local; 10 are international.
"It's been so dead around here," said Reandra Davis, 62.
She sat under an umbrella in a Summerhill lot, where she has sold parking spaces for some 35 years. Davis' spot gave her a clear view of at least one of the buildings being painted.
"It's beautiful where it used to be desolate. It brings everything alive," she said.
'A change brings on new things'
The Israeli artist known as Know Hope matched his wall.
The artist wore blue pants and a blue shirt. Both were covered in white paint, which he had used to draw birds against a blue background.
"You can take your art and it can become part of real life," he said. "When you place it in a certain environment, it becomes a part of the daily lives of the people that live in the space."
Know Hope, 27, was one of several artists this year assigned walls in Summerhill. They clustered around three blocks on Georgia Avenue.
Spray cans were stacked in cardboard boxes on the street. Drops of yellow, blue and orange paint peppered the sidewalk.
The murals were so large in some cases that the artists used cherry pickers to move around -- stopping to spray there, paint here.
Conference organizers provided the equipment and materials and worked to secure permission.
Unlike graffiti, these murals are legal -- a distinction many in the neighborhood were keen to draw.
"I don't like seeing graffiti. That's just something that messes up peoples' buildings. This is more like art," said Willis J. Matthews, 66, a house painter.
He has been hired over the years to buff over graffiti on some of the same Summerhill buildings the artists painted.
Jerome Nelson, 50, manager of a local restaurant, likewise said he had covered graffiti in the past, but would be happy to see more murals.
"It makes you want to take care of your 'hood a little better now. You know, if you're constantly waking up every morning -- seeing the same old thing that's been here for years -- you think that's how it goes. But a change brings on new things," he said.
'What we're doing is extremely political'
As part of its conference, Living Walls hosts parties, lectures and a bike tour of the newly minted walls. The project has not been without controversy.
Two of the pieces created last year were subsequently painted over because of complaints. In one case, neighbors objected to nudity. In the other, some thought the image looked demonic.
"After those two, I realized that what we're doing is extremely political," said Monica Campana, 30, co-founder of Living Walls.
This year, she said she warned artists their work could be short-lived. They were asked to submit sketches ahead of time, but no subject was off limits.
"Whatever you decide to do, it has to be part of this area," Campana said she told the artists.
Apparently, none minded. The French artist Roti, who did one of the murals that got covered, came back to paint again this year.
He worked on a so-called recycled wall, a space previously painted by another artist.
"I love the ephemeral aspect of street art or graffiti. I don't believe that things should stay put," said Campana.
"Even though it sucked that we had to lose two walls, it's like Roti says, those two walls had beautiful lives. They were short lives, but they were very intense lives. They did what they needed to do and they made people think," she said. "It created a dialogue."
Roti, whose first name is Pierre, comes from a graffiti background and continues to work in that medium.
He declined to give his last name because he said some of what he does is not legal.
Unlike some Summerhill residents, Roti, 24, sees little difference between graffiti and murals.
He aims to provoke in either case.
"Graffiti's a sport. They're just taking it to a whole new level," said Campana.
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India set for bumper winter crop due to good rains
India set for bumper winter crop due to good rains
Reuters New Delhi/ Mumbai, October 23, 2013
India looks set for bumper harvests of winter crops such as wheat, chickpeas and rapeseed in the wake of a strong monsoon that has left the soil moist and topped up reservoirs.
The crops will follow bountiful summer harvests of rice and soybeans due to the rains, with the government looking to boost agricultural growth to cool double-digit food inflation and revive a slowing economy as manufacturing struggles.
With next year's wheat output seen matching 2013's strong 92.46 million tonnes, the government - already sitting on piles of rotting grain as its storage overflows - could allow more exports.
Greater supply from the world's second-biggest producer of wheat would be a bearish factor for global prices which climbed to their highest since June this week.
A jump in production of chickpeas and rapeseed should cut expensive imports of pulses and vegetable oils as the government battles to narrow a gaping current account deficit.
"Winter crop prospects are definitely bright as a good monsoon and late, extended rains have left plenty of moisture in the soil, setting the stage for farmers to harvest bumper crops of wheat, pulses and oilseeds," said Devinder Sharma, an independent food and trade policy analyst.
Farmers sow winter crops from October, a month after the June-September monsoon rains ebb, with harvesting starting from March.
They principally plant rice, sugarcane, corn and cotton in the rainy months of June and July, while wheat, chickpeas and rapeseed are the main winter-planted crops.
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"A few broad indicators like area, sales of seeds and soil moisture indicate that wheat acreage will be as good as the previous year, implying almost similar production," said Indu Sharma, chief of the state-run Directorate of Wheat Research in Haryana, a major wheat growing state in northern India.
India, second to China in wheat production, in 2013 recorded its sixth straight year in which output exceeded appetite. Local demand hovers around 76 million tonnes a year.
To cut stocks, the government has exported nearly 4.5 million tonnes of wheat since December 2011 - the first time it allowed exports since a ban in 2007 - and has asked state-run traders to ship out another 2 million tonnes.
The government buys more than a third of India's total wheat output to supply subsidised food to the poor.
Purchases by the state-run Food Corporation of India make the government the biggest hoarder of the grain. As a result, open market prices have remained high despite bumper harvests, giving farmers good returns on wheat.
"If we do not see any pest attack, unseasonal rains and higher temperatures in February-March, we see farmers getting good yield on their average (annual) planting of nearly 29 million hectares," Sharma said.
Reservoirs are brimming after this year's 6% higher-than-average monsoon rains. That means lower irrigation costs and less use of diesel for pumps, helping the government in its fight to curb fuel use in the world's fourth-biggest energy consumer.
To cash in on good soil moisture, farmers are also likely to plant more area with the main winter-sown oilseed rapeseed, as well as chickpeas.
"I am putting in 10 acres of land under chana as against 8 acres last year because the weather is conducive and yields are expected to be higher," said Keshav Prasad Rathi, a farmer-cum-trader from Akola in western Maharashtra.
Farmers and traders said the next chickpea harvest would be near the record levels of 8.8 million tonnes produced in the crop year to June 2013.
That is good news for India which has to rely on Canada, Myanmar and Australia for around 2.5-3.5 million tonnes of imports of protein-rich pulses.
If weather conditions do not change abruptly, rapeseed production should exceed the 7.82 million tonnes harvested in the previous year, said a Mumbai-based industry official.
Higher output of rapeseed, which has the highest oil content among India's nine main oilseeds, will help cut imports by the world's biggest vegetable oil importer.
But any major jump in output would also depress oilseed and cooking oil prices, reducing growers' returns on the crop.
Unlike wheat, the government does not buy oilseeds from farmers and promises to intervene only when prices fall below a support price fixed by the farm ministry.
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This is a staple of all Chinese family cooking – Steamed Chicken. Back in the days when there was not any convenient this dish from a store ready made; you would make it yourself at home.
Since not everyone lives next to a good Chinatown where they can pick this up frshly made, I thought I would post this traditional recipe for everyone to enjoy. This tasty and healthy meal consists of Steamed Chicken, sauteed broccoli, stewed Shitake Mushrooms and brown rice.
Each of the side dishes will be explained in a later post, in case you want to replicate a fuller meal. But this main dish can be a meal of its own, or be happily accompanied by a multitude of side dishes.
For the Steamed Chicken, these are the ingredients you'll need:
One whole chicken…………………..roughly 1 pound
Ginger……………………………………one head, roughly half the size of your palm
Scallions………………………………….one bunch
salt………………………………………..1 teaspoon, roughly measured but add to taste
vegetable oil……………………………1/2 cup roughly
Picking a chicken:
The chicken we cooked with tonight was a non-hormone fed chicken. I also chose the smallest one I can find. Not only is it because we have a small family that I chose a small chicken, but because the size indicates in some ways that the chicken isn't too old. The age of the chicken will affect the texture of the meat. The younger the more tender. You get the idea.
Preparing a chicken:
Now a days, people can get all kinds of chicken in the US. Live ones, dead ones, cut up ones, the sky is the limit. For an optimal taste, get a live one and have your butcher process it on the spot for you. But if you don't have a live chicken vendor, then any store bought one is just as good. The first thing to do with a dead chicken is to make sure all the fine feather has been cleaned. Take a tweezers and remove any that you see. They will usually be at the tip of the wings. Clean out the giblets from inside the chicken. I throw them out since we don't eat internal organs….too much calories and cholesterol, but I suppose you can save them and create your own chicken stock. But that's another post. Cut out any lumps of fat that you find around the neck area. Cut out the butt of the chicken with a pair of scissors. It's too fatty for me, and I have a mental block about eating the business end of my food, even though what you just cut out is technically the tail of the bird and not the you know where. Also, make sure the chicken is thoroughly thawed before cooking. Iced up meat prevent even cooking.
Steaming a chicken:
Take a double pot and put the chicken into the perforated portion of the pot. Add water to the bottom pot to a level just shy of touching the bottom of the perforated pot. For me, that's about 2″ of water. Since it's different in every pot, you'll have to use your best judgment. Better yet, test it out before you unwittingly submerge your chicken into boiling water. We don't want boiled chicken here….yuck.
Do not put the raw chicken in until the water had begun to boiled.
And I know it's elementary, but once you put in the raw chicken, remember to cover the pot. Otherwise, it won't be steaming, it'll just be water boiling out of your pot and your chicken getting a slight sauna.
There are a few ways to know when your chicken is done. I know from experience that it takes about 35 mins to complete a 1+pound chicken. To be safe though, you should use a skewer to test the thickest part of the chicken to confirm before removing the upper pot.
The slowest part of the chicken to be cooked is around the thighs where it tuck against the body. If the skewer can't poke through, then let it cook for another 3 mins. But make sure you're not poking at the thigh bone and think that it's not going through. Although a little over cooking never hurts anyone, but tough chicken breasts are just not that rewarding. What we are aiming for is a chicken that's almost well done. The bones in the thigh should be pink but not runny when you cut it at the end of this dish. If it's too well done, the bones marrow will be brown.
This is probably the most hocus-pocus part of the dish. There are all kinds of devices you can use to test the temperature of the chicken, (and here's a temperature chart if you feel compelled), but so much of cooking is about honing your intuition and using simple tools at hand, so I would forgo the thermometer for this dish.
(And to put your mind at ease, there's a microwave fix at the end, so let it go baby, let it go. There will not be salmonella tonight.)
Let's assumed that all went well after 35 mins. Your skewer is poking through the thighs of the chicken, so it is time to take out the chicken along with the perforated pot and let it cool. When a chicken is steamed, the skin and meat is extremely tender when it's hot. So try not to play with your food too much at this point and let it rest in the perforated pot on the counter top with a dish underneath to collect any condensation and juices.
The sauce:
The plain chicken will need a garnish, as well as salt. This brings us to the fun part of this dish.
Wash your scallions and pinch 1/2 inch off the top of each green blades. Or you can take a knive and chop it off so you get an even top. But for me, that waste a lot of food, and I love scallions, so I usually just take the time and pinch.
After you've washed the scallions thoroughly, peel the first layer off. Here you see a typical Y growth. The main shoot is on the right, and the older blade of the scallion is on the left. Peel that blade back to the bottom. The reason for this is that the scallions' outer layer is usually too tough. But if you happen to have one bunch that looks tender over all, then you can skip this.
Take a pair of scissors, and cut the scallions sections. A fine cut would be about 1/8″ thick cross section of the scallions. For the sauce, you can do 1/4″ cut. It doesn't affect the taste and it won't look bad. You can also use a knife to chop to that size. My knives aren't sharp enough and it usually mash my scallions down
Now that you have a bowl full of scallion sections. It's time to get on with the ginger.
First scrap off the ginger skin by using a butter knife. We are basically scrapping off the skin. No need to use a peeler on this one. Peeler takes off too much. The finger parts of the ginger is tough to scrap off, if it's too tough to get underneath, snap it off and process. After this is done, thinly slice the ginger first, then julienne, then finely chop down to small squares. Mix well with the scallion in a bowl.
Finally heat up the 1/2 cup of oil on the stove. We want it to be very hot to use to sear the ginger and scallions. I usually heat it up until I don't see the oil dances anymore and before it starts to visibly smoke. Although my smoke alarm by my kitchen door usually goes off at this point – this also happens almost every time I cook. What can I say, Chinese food is a high heat affair. As embarrassing as it sounds, that's usually a good indicator.


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Hi all, I am working on a program that prompts the user for answers to a quiz. The answers can only be a, b, c or d and they are saved to an array which I later compare to my answer key array. Below is the method I have written to get the user input and validate it but I can't seem to get the validate loop correct. The way it's written now it will always tell me that the input is invalid but then save it and continue on to the next answer prompt. If I enter something other than a, b ,c ,or d it will terminate....where I am I going wrong? Should I be validating at the String for user input or am I validating/comparing the user answers in the wrong manner? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
public static char[] getAnswers(char arrayAnswers[ ]) { String userInput; for (int index = 0; index < arrayUserAnswers.length; index++) { userInput= JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the answer to question " + (index +1) + ":"); arrayAnswers[index] = userInput.charAt(0); while (arrayAnswers[index]!=('a') && (arrayAnswers[index]!=('b')&& arrayAnswers[index]!=('c')&&(arrayAnswers[index]!=('d')))); { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Please enter a valid letter!"); userInput= JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the answer to question " + (index +1) + ":"); } } return arrayAnswers; }


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PITTSBURGH—Stanford University's Pat Hanrahan and Cornell University's Doug L. James, computer scientists whose innovations in computer graphics have enhanced such movies as "Avatar," "Hugo," "The Dark Knight," "Finding emo" and "Star Trek," are each recipients this year of Katayanagi Prizes in Computer Science.
The individual prizes honor the best and the brightest in the field of computer science and are presented by Carnegie Mellon University in cooperation with the Tokyo University of Technology (TUT). The prizes are endowed by Japanese entrepreneur and education advocate Koh Katayanagi, who founded TUT and several technical institutions in Japan.
"We are pleased to recognize the outstanding research achievements of Doug James and Pat Hanrahan," said Randal E. Bryant, dean of the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science. "Although the two prize winners were selected independently, they both have made major contributions to the field of computer graphics. Their work has yielded many benefits, ranging from more realistic animation for Hollywood movies to improved modeling and visualization of real-world systems and new approaches to high-performance computing."
James, an associate professor of computer science at Cornell and a former assistant professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon, will receive the Katayanagi Emerging Leadership Prize and deliver a public lecture at 4 p.m., Sept. 12 in the Rashid Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon's Gates and Hillman centers. The award honors a researcher who demonstrates leadership promise in the field. It includes a $5,000 honorarium.
Hanrahan, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford, will receive the Katayanagi Prize for Research Excellence and present a public lecture at 4 p.m., Sept. 26 in the Rashid Auditorium. The award recognizes an established researcher with a record of outstanding, sustained achievement. It includes a $10,000 honorarium.
"Both the winners are very active and innovative leaders in the field of computer graphics, which has a big impact on our rapidly evolving modern society," said Hiroyuki Kameda, dean of the TUT School of Computer Science. "Their activities in both research and education are helping to make our daily lives more comfortable and more sustainable."
At Pixar Animation Studios in the early '80s, Hanrahan was the chief architect of RenderMan, a system still widely used in the movie industry to create imagery of virtual scenes and characters, for which he shared a 1992 Academy Award for Science and Technology. He won a second Academy Award in 2003 for developing illumination algorithms for simulating realistic lighting, and improved physical models of materials such as skin and hair.
Two major themes of his work have been building high-performance graphics systems, including general methods for programming graphics processing units (GPUs), and visualization, such as one of the first volume rendering algorithms for displaying two-dimensional images of 3D datasets. In recent years, he has developed a range of tools for the interactive visual analysis of large data sets and co-founded Tableau, a data visualization firm.
In addition to his Academy awards and three university teaching awards, Hanrahan has received the Spirit of America Creativity Award, the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award, the SIGGRAPH Stephen A. Coons Award and the IEEE Visualization Career Award.
James also is an Academy Award recipient, sharing the 2012 Technical Achievement Award for his role in developing Wavelet Turbulence software. The software rapidly generates realistic swirling smoke and fiery explosive effects and has been used in more than two dozen popular movies.
At Cornell, his research interests include physically based animation, reduced-order physics models and multi-sensory physics applications, such as sound rendering and haptic force-feedback rendering.
James is the recipient of a ational Science Foundation CAREER Award as well as a 2006 Sloan Research Fellowship and a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. Popular Science named him one of its Brilliant 10 young scientists in 2005.
For more information, visit the Katayanagi Prize website, http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~katayanagi.