| Japanese bakery's origami figures welcome season
Paper cranes, reindeers and frogs are among the hundreds of ways a local Japanese bakery is counting its blessings. Origami figures of all shapes and sizes - at least 1,000 in all - cover a Christmas tree at JTAN Bakery in Lexington. The folks at the bakery, which opened in spring 2006, wanted to show their gratitude for the people in the community who have welcomed them and become fans of their cultural sweets. "I want to show the Japanese culture and show appreciation for the customers," baker Hiroyuki Noura said through a translator. Co-owner Tatsuya "Tattoo" Kimura said the Japanese tradition of origami, the art of paper folding, is a cultural expression to show feelings. Folding 1,000 paper cranes has been a long-standing tradition that has been used to express well-wishing or wishing for one to recover from an illness, Kimura said.
FDA: Tattoos come with health risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised consumers Friday to think about health and safety concerns before getting tattoos, as it launched its own study of issues involved in the ancient body-art technique.
As tattoo popularity grows, so do concerns about potential risks, the FDA said in a statement. The potential to transmit infections through unsterilized needles has been known for years. Fewer investigations have looked into health effects linked to tattoo inks, which now will be an agency focus.
Michael Fenn, owner of Body Designs, a tattoo shop in Bay Shore, said he wonders why the FDA has developed a sudden interest in tattoos.
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Each week I will attempt to make a few predictions, both real and fantastic. I hope this helps you win a few sheckles and fantasy points. Let us take a look at a few of this weekend�s matchups. Please keep in mind that these predictions are for entertainment purposes only and are worth exactly what you paid for them. Game/Upset of The Week Dallas Cowboys (2-0) at Chicago Bears (1-1) The Sunday night game features two teams ready for prime time. The favored Bears would be the pick here if they had a reliable QB, however Rex Grossman is anything but reliable. He is completing just 56% of his passes for a measly one TD and three INTs. Look for the Boys to confuse him while blending the running of Marion Barber and Julius Jones with the passing of QB Tony Romo. Prediction: Cowboys 23 Bears 17.
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When Facing Nellie, Jackson Refuses To Think Small
So Jackson once again stayed firm in his resolve Sunday. He sent his message to Nelson from the outset: Have some of Andrew Bynum. Bynum had 20 points and 11 rebounds and blocked five shots. "Andrew set up the whole game because of his presence in the low post," Lakers guard Derek Fisher said. The Lakers made 53 percent of their shots, including 44 percent of their 3-pointers. Bynum collected lobs and alley-oops for easy baskets. He protected the hoop from driving Warriors. So when the Warriors went with a lineup that had 6-9 Al Harrington as their tallest player, Jackson stuck with Bynum or Ronny Turiaf. "Even [if] it's just to spite the other coach, he's not going to take the guy out just for matchup situation," Fisher said. "The advantage is the bigger guy.
A trip to pleasure island
Macau is an island of pleasure in the true sense. It is a place where one can satiate the senses in every possible manner. While the nights are reserved for hedonistic and gambling pleasures, the daytime is strictly meant for catching up on sleep, sight seeing, or indulging in orgies of the gastronomic kind. A little peninsula and a couple of islands is what make Macau - the Las Vegas of the East. Poised at the tip of the Pearl River Delta, it remained a Portuguese Colony till 1999 when the power system shifted and it donned the mantle of a Special Administrative Region of China. Ample gamble It is a gambler’s paradise, spinning out dreams and visions of richness to those with a reckless streak in their blood. In fact, Macau is the only Chinese territory where gambling is legal.
Airport gets ritzy hotel
Sahaj also owns the Wingate Inn on Page Road in Durham.Five years ago, Patel was a mover and shaker in the Big Apple, lining up land deals for hoteliers in Manhattan. But he yearned for a slower pace in a growing market.He settled on the Triangle after reading about the region in Forbes magazine, he says.In Cary, he will battle for travelers seeking luxury accommodations less than two miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.Average nightly rates in Cary hotels surged to a five-year high of $102.25 in October, according to Smith Travel Research. That's up 22 percent from October 2006.A South Carolina investment group is thinking Arby's.Partnerships called Raleigh Focus, formed by Philip J. Wilson of Greenville, S.C., paid at least $8.1 million, or about $458 per square foot, for six Arby's properties in Raleigh, Apex, Cary and Garner, according to county and state records.Now the partnerships are focused on flipping them individually.
Changing media landscape takes center stage in strike
Robert Thompson, the Syracuse University pop culture expert, doubts things will come to that: "When you think about the shows we loved best ... they were told by brilliant writers," he told Multichannel News. "I think the industry is going to have to cede that fundamental basic value, and in doing so cede some of the real estate of these new technologies." Certainly, there's always going to be a market for well-told stories. "There is no dream until we dream it. There is no word written until we write it," the commentator and science fiction writer Harlan Ellison ("Babylon 5," the story "A Boy and His Dog," the TV column collection "The Glass Teat") told CNN during the 1988 strike. But the earlier strike -- which began March 7 of that year, lasted 22 weeks, postponed the beginning of the 1988-89 TV season and cost an estimated $500 million -- gave rise to a group of low-budgeted shows, including "America's Most Wanted," "Cops" and "America's Favorite Home Videos," which became the forerunners of the reality show trend.
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