A friend who has lived in Guam for about forty years says this month of January 2010 is the coldest he or his family recall since living here.
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The movie Avatar continues to break cinema-going records as it proves to be the equal of the former fantasy blockbusters Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. As one of the many millions of viewers, in my mind Avatar gets an "A" grade for original biology and graphics. But only a "C" grade for logical plot and anticipated changes in weapons technology over the next 150 years.
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Purchased a Tripp-Lite PR-25 to convert 110 volt electricity (AC) into 12 volt (DC).
These telescoping fiberglass masts are designed for radio reception and broadcasting.
A think copper wire can be placed inside, or outside, to make the antenna.
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Learned about a radio station on Live365.Com that plays Spanish-language hits: LatinExitos Radio.
http://www.live365.com/stations/diazvic
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Typhoon Melor expected to pass by Guam October 3, 2009 north of Saipan.
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As of 10.01.2009 (Thursday), Tropical Storm 18W had fizzled west of Guam.
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Every wonder if the content of a movie is suitable for tastes that are too tame for modern Hollywood standards? Like your parents, kids, or devote friends from work?
Today I hit upon a series of websites that rate films according to family values. I was wondering if the new film "Surrogates with Bruce Willis" is too scary to see.
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The industry-supported website "GrowingProduce.Com" has web videos, like YouTube.Com, on vegetable crop production.
I have just been watching one of a series on the IPM topic of "Treatment Window" taught by Dr Brian Flood, an entomologist with Del Monte Foods.
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An article in MartenLaw.Com by Brandt-Erichsen and Kray (09.15.2009) is titled "EPA to Set Water Quality Criteria For Phosphorus and Nitrogen in Florida Waters, Paving the Way for Other States to Follow".
The article starts with "EPA, in a potentially precedent setting consent decree, has agreed to set numeric water quality criteria for nitrogen and phosphorus in Florida's waters."
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Like many other users of the Windows Vista Operating System, my PC has been suffering from an MTP Device Error. A warning message occurs each time the computer is rebooted, saying it is time to download a driver for the MTP Device.
Here are potential solutions:
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Tom de Neef
and Emile Gevers traveled an extremely arduous overland journey in four Central Asian countries in 2004.
- Pakistan
- China
- Kyrgyzstan
- Turkey
Read their daily log here, as long as it is hosted:
http://home.zonnet.nl/tomdeneef/central_asia/en/index.htm
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The media portrays the ARM computer processor as having longer battery life than conventional netbook computers with the Intel Atom CPU.
An article in InformationWeek (June 8, 2009, page 28) by W. David Gardner discusses the possibility of a netbook computer for Google's Android operating system that might be built using this ARM chip.
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Today a search on Google.Com revealed a brand of computers that come pre-installed with the latest Ubuntu Linux software: System76.
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