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Dorothy Hui (left) and Hilary Tsui (right) outside their new boutique
Every city has that one independent boutique that defines fashion trends. In Hong Kong, the esteemed title goes to Liger. The brainchild of style influencer and actress Hilary Tsui Ho-ying (aka wife of HK superstar Eason Chan) and fashion buyer Dorothy Hui, it started out four years ago as small walkup where their friends could pick up fashion finds from around the world. Fast forward, and four years later the girls have just opened their third boutique in the hip neighbourhood of Causeway Bay.
Liger isn't just about the latest or must-have brands (although Hilary famously made MBTs cool among locals several years ago). What draws people in are the girls themselves, who are known for their edgy and funky style. As such everything they sell is something they would wear, giving it that personal touch you won't find in department stores. It also helps that their staff also have their own unique style.
The new store on Paterson Street
The new 2,000 square foot boutique is quite different to the original and carries a larger selection of clothes along with more luxury items – albeit with a Liger twist. On the rails for spring/summer 2013 are offerings from Korean brand Push Button, Venera Arapu, Tibi, Kirsty Ward, Petar Petrov and Klear Klutch handbags. Next month they will also launch an exclusive line of trainers with Italian accessories designer Giuseppe Zannotti.
Also taking up a lot of space is their in-house label Oh My God, which they launched two years ago. It's based on favourite pieces or collectables from their own closets that are no longer available. Cue padded bodysuits a la Maison Martin Margiela and other style must-haves.
My afternoon with the girls was super fun (they have been best friends for over 10 years so watching them interact was a treat). Read on to find out about their personal style, must-haves for spring and much more.
Inside the boutique
I have to ask – where did the name Liger come from?
Hilary: The name comes from our star signs. We are both born in the year of the Tiger and our moon sign is Leo.
Why is Liger different from other fashion stores?
Dorothy: People who shop here gravitate towards our style which is more funky yet sophisticated. It's so personal – the criteria for everything we buy is that we want to wear it. Budget is not a priority for us.
Hilary: For us fashion is a passion which makes a huge difference.
How would you sum up your personal styles?
Dorothy: I like everything now. Before I was all about rock 'n' roll and vintage but now I love to mix things up, just like the shop. My look is usually funky with a bit of sportiness. I like to change it up – if you dress the same everyday you get bored.
Hilary: I am the same. I am much more open to trying different things – before I never wore blouses or shirts, but now I challenge myself.
What are your favourite brands?
Dorothy: Veronique Leroy and Petar Petrov. Petar's designs are very classic but the fabrics are exceptional. He is very good at leather – he uses exceptional skins, kangaroo etc.
Hilary: I love the Korean brand Push Button and Givenchy. I look at their clothes a lot especially for Oh My God. I used to love Balenciaga, but now that Ghesquiere has left who knows? I am heartbroken.
What's your current fashion obsession?
Hilary: We both love the Klear Klutch! We use it all the time. I carry everything in it.
Dorothy: It matches with everything. I am too lazy to change my handbag everyday.
The must have Klear Klutch
Favourite trend for spring/summer 2013?
Dorothy: See through. Stella McCartney did it beautifully.
Hilary: Anything by Givenchy. I am a die hard fan. I downloaded all the pictures from the collection on my iPhone.
Who's your style icon?
Dorothy: Natalie Joos. She writes a lot about vintage fashion which I love.
Hilary: Carine Roitfeld, Chloe Sevigny for her quirky style and Kirsten Dunst.
Favourite shopping haunt?
Hilary: I still like Dover Street Market. It's somewhere where I can always find things.
Liger, 55 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, +852 2503 5308, www.ligerstore.com


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Recipe adapted from here.
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 large apples (I use gala apples, but any kind would probably work)
1. Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
2. Using a sharp knife or mandoline, thinly slice the apples crosswise. Discard the seeds and both ends. Arrange the slices in a single layer on baking sheets lined with parchment paper or foil (I think parchment paper would be better, but I ran out of it and keep forgetting to buy more, and the foil works just fine!).
3. Sprinkle apples with the cinnamon sugar.
4. Bake the apples at 250 degrees until dry, turning every half hour, for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Cool on wire racks.
(apple slices!)
(more apple slices!)
(cinnamon and sugar)
(cinnamon sugar mixture)
(sprinkled with cinnamon sugar)
(mmm, cinnamon sugar!)
The parts that look burnt aren't actually burnt... that's just the parts with more cinnamon!

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By Brian K. Eason & Justin Eger
"It's time to suit up. Take action." - Gangbuster
Welcome to TRINGENUITY, CBR's ongoing commentary of DC Comics' weekly superhero series, "Trinity." The title is divided into two features; the first focuses on Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, while the second feature portrays background or tangential events that relate to the ongoing lead storyline. "Trinity" is a weekly series that is promised to be epic in scale and help define the trio of heroes' mythical place in the DC Universe.
Tarot's link to the Worldsoul dragged her into the planet's past, where she and Charity, who's Tarot's link to the present, were shown images of all the women throughout history who've also been linked to the Worldsoul. Through the growing connection to the planet's spirit, Tarot learned the truth: the world has begun to reshape itself, but it cannot survive such a process. If things are not corrected, the world will die -- and Tarot along with it.
In our backup feature, Enigma and Morgaine realized Konvikt was the alien needed to complete the Troika, and approached him with an offer.
The populace of Opal City is alarmed by the changes taking place as the universe tries to compensate for the lack of a Trinity. Charity, the local fortuneteller, learns for Tarot that the world is doomed without the return of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. In St. Roch, the League and the JSI, aided by the cyborgs of the Heywood Corps, battle against an army of colossal monsters. In the mountain headquarters of the Troika, Le Fey and Engima greet Konvikt and learn his name, Xalitan Xor. Morgaine shakes hands with the monster, apparently completing the circuit and transforming Xor into something more than mortal. Gangbuster meets with Carter Hall and convinces the leader of the JSI that it is time to don his Hawkman wings again and join the battle to save mankind.
At the close of the lead feature, Morgaine announced her need for an army, and the backup feature takes us directly to the home of that army, an offshore prison where the Dreambound were being held captive. Through the eyes of the Trans-Volitional Man, himself a tortured soul once addicted to drugs, we are reintroduced to Primat and Swashbuckler, while a transformed Mark Richards becomes the new Sun Chained In Ink. Now reunited, the Dreambound are summoned by Morgaine Le Fey and escape the prison, bringing with them an army of prisoners including Dr. Polaris, Monsieur Mallah and The Brain, Queen Bee, Poison Ivy, Parasite, Eclipso, the Crimson Avenger, Girder and Ace of the Royal Flush Gang.
Brian Eason: It seems as though the people of Opal City are aware the universe is changing around them.
Justin Eger: Certainly appears that way, though if I saw my friend turn into a giant lizard as that one gentleman did, I wouldn't stick around to talk about it.
BE: The damage to the Worldsoul and the universe have blinded Charity's ability to see the future.
JE: Not much more than ten minutes, it looks like. I would postulate that the universe is changing so rapidly that there is no set future, or perhaps the multiple paths are far, far too varied.
BE:Â Exactly my thoughts, because the alternative is very scary, that there is no future.
JE: And there's only ten minutes left to live? That's horrifying.
BE: Demons attacking St. Roch and who rides to the rescue? The Heywood Corps.
JE: The legacy of Commander Steel, live and in color. Though those poor kids are pretty messed up.
BE: It was very "Kingdom Come," wasn't it?
JE: I hadn't thought of it that way at first, but yes, very much so. To give up your life to be butchered with cybernetics? Wow.
BE: One handshake from Morgaine was apparently all it took, even though we don't get a good look at Konvikt afterwards.
JE: We also don't hear much from Graak after that point. I hope the little guy isn't too hurt.
BE: Your love of strange little characters has been noted before.
JE: And it will continue to be so. Don't tell me you're not intrigued by the goofy little bugger.
BE: Intrigued? Perhaps. Enamored? No.
JE: Well I'm certainly not going to ask him to marry me, but he brings a touch of humor to an otherwise grim scenario.
BE: Now Charity knows that the world is missing the Trinity.
JE: Vague recollections of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are getting vaguer by the second, too.
BE: It's the countdown to the end. Once their memory is gone, so is the world.
JE: The very basis of the world, knocked away by the spell Morgaine wove. It's a good thing that at least a few people remember the big three.
BE: It seems in flux. As we've seen, the longer it goes one, the more people forget. Yet there are others who seem to remember. It's chaos.
JE: Completely. It makes me wonder how close to the line we really are, here. It certainly doesn't seem like much is keeping this world in check.
BE: It requires a stabilizing influence, a Trinity. Now, it remains to be seen if the Troika satisfies that need. Your boy, Gangbuster, convinces Carter to put the wings back on.
JE: Yes! A moment I've been waiting for since we sidestepped into this crazy new world. Hawkman and Gangbuster were quite a team in our reality.
BE: A great point, they were and I am excited to see them together again.Â
JE: Not only do I want to see the updated look for the Hawk-armor, I think I'm in the mood to see the duo wreck a little havoc.
BE: Hawkman is a master at creating havoc.
JE: Yes he is, and Gangbuster isn't too far behind since being reintroduced in "Trinity." A little more restrained, perhaps, but the man brings the havoc when needed.
BE: And now that they are complete, the Troika needs an army.
JE: Which leads right into our backup feature, with a history of Morgaine's lackey, the Trans-Volitional Man.
BE: Speaking of "strange little characters."Â I love this guy, he's so very odd.
JE: The scene where he teleported his fingers away from his body was a tad disturbing.
BE: Detachable body parts are always disturbing.
JE: Admit it: that was a creepy first page introduction.
BE: Completely. Hanging upside-down, with upside-down word balloons. It suits the character.
JE: And his head teleported off of his body. That gave me a shudder. After we get TVM's tragic history, we get to check in on the rest of Morgaine's Dreambound, starting with Primat.
BE: Another odd bird. A super-intelligent ape who likes romance novels.
JE: And wears bondage gear.
BE: Well, yes, there is that.
JE: But, correct me if you think I'm wrong, she's not exactly grade-A villain material. She seems caught in a bad situation.
BE: She does. Most of them don't exactly seem like the terribly villainous sort.
JE: Then it's over to Swashbuckler.
BE:Â I like this guy, I have since the beginning. Swashbuckler would be a great Green Arrow antagonist.
JE: Great idea. He's got a lot of style, but what about the odd touch that we saw this week, the scarring around his throat?
BE: I'm very interested in seeing where this goes. Not even the most normal among them seems to be completely normal. There is a reason they were selected by the Troika and we have not seen the root of it yet.
JE: This sort of stems back to what I just said about Primat. They're not the heaviest of heavies when it comes to villainy. They all seem to be able to be, I don't know, redeemed, perhaps?
BE: They do seem a strangely -- passive -- source for someone like Morgaine.
JE: A quick shift in reality then drops the team at the feet of Mark Richards, the Tattooed Man.
BE:Â How this all fits in with "Final Crisis" remains to be seen, but in that storyline, Richards is helping the JLA save the world from Darkseid's Justifiers.
JE: Considering that we've got a little off-book here in "Trinity," I'd wager that using Richards is a twofold tactic. One, he's a perfect channel for the powers of Sun Chained In Ink, but secondly, he's also a prominent figure in the mainstream DCU right now. After all, we are just a quick sidestep away.
BE: This story, one way or another, will be brought into continuity. I'm just interested to see where it fits.
JE: No complaints from here. I'll be happy to see these characters get some continued use. I thought that the reintroduction of Sun Chained In Ink was quite attractively drawn.
BE: Gorgeous. Scott McDaniel has such an eye for action and he captures the moment of transformation perfectly.
JE: And the character has a very cool design. Unlike the regular Tattooed Man, he's not just a random configuration of tattoos. There's a beautiful symmetry here. And then Morgaine picks up her recruits, plus a few new friends.
BE: And now the Troika has an Army, Despero has an Army and the Trinity (when they show back up) has an Army. Sounds like war to me.
JE: Wow. You just blew my mind.
BE: That's why I'm here. This little shooting match has just started, and we're only half way through the title at this point. Consider how much has already transpired. This is only set-up for a conflict to come and Krona hasn't even been addressed by this point. He remains the ultimate foe here, the Troika is secondary.
JE: That's going to be a lot of bodies on the field at one time, and in probably pretty short order, as well. And because the concept is boggling my brain right now, let me leave you with this: all three armies versus Krona. That might be what it takes.


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Insect infestation can devastate your garden, reducing yields and harming slow-growing plants that are more susceptible to diseases. Some cures for insect problems, like chemical insecticides, may be worse than the original problem because they kill beneficial insects and can harm animals and people. A combination of cultural methods and botanical insecticides can be effective at reducing insect problems without the dangers of chemical applications.
Cultural Methods
Plant vegetables that are resistant to insect infestation. Beans, beets, cucumbers and squash are relatively insect-resistant, while potatoes, carrots, cabbage and broccoli all attract various pests.
Follow a regular water and fertilizer schedule to keep plants strong. Healthy plants are more resistant to pests.
Weed your garden well and regularly to minimize hiding places for insect pests and to prevent the weeds from competing with your vegetables for water and nutrients.
Remove infested plants to prevent the pests from spreading to neighboring vegetable plants.
Remove and destroy all plants after the harvest is finished.
Attract insect predators by growing plants that feature small flowers, such as daisies, dill and coneflower. These plants will encourage predators of insects and beneficial insects including ladybugs, nematodes, bats and birds.
Physical and Chemical Methods
Place traps around the outside of your garden. Pheromone traps attract insects during their mating cycles, and yellow sticky traps are effective against flying insects such as aphids, whiteflies and fungus gnats.
Pick insects off your vegetables by hand or use a jet of water from your garden hose to dislodge them.
Place insects in a bucket of soapy water to kill them after removal.
Use Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria and beneficial nematodes, which can be found at garden centers, to kill insects in the garden.
Spot spray insect-infested plants with plant-based insecticides like neem or pyrethrins as a last resort.
Things You Will Need
- Insect-resistant vegetable varieties
- Fertilizer
- Small-flowered plants
- Pheromone traps
- Yellow sticky traps
- Bucket of soapy water
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- Beneficial nematodes
- Botanical pesticide targeted to specific insects
- Identify the specific pest before choosing an insecticide and spot-spray infested plants only.
- Insecticide sprays applied to the entire garden may kill beneficial insects along with the pests.
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GLAAD slams the Trump Administration for pandering to the NRA instead of addressing the crisis of gun violence
Today both President Trump and Vice President Pence will speak at the NRA annual meeting in Dallas, TX.
Today both President Trump and Vice President Pence will speak at the NRA annual meeting in Dallas, TX.
Family Research Council, the anti-LGBTQ hate group Pompeo has professional ties to, is holding an event called "Opportunities for Mike Pompeo" at the same time as the swearing in.
GLAAD President: "President Trump and his anti-LGBTQ cabinet continuously underestimate the resilience of the LGBTQ community who will stand strong in our fight for safety, equality, and acceptance at home and abroad -- with or without the support of the U.S. State Department."
"The fact that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved someone with ties to an anti-LGBTQ hate group that supported Uganda's efforts to punish and execute LGBTQ people to serve as our nation's top diplomat is sickening," said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD.
Jim Bridenstine has a record of calling for the repeal of marriage equality and attacking transgender non-discrimination protections.
Senator Booker and Senator Shaheen question Pompeo on anti-LGBTQ record following GLAAD campaign
GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today recognized International Fact-Checking Day by fact-checking some of the most common inaccuracies surrounding coverage of President Trump's transgender military ban.
According to high-ranking officials, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made multiple disparaging comments including: "I don't care about diversity."
The Trump Administration continues to promote misinformation and stigma to attack U.S. service members, veterans, and the transgender community as a whole.
Today's event will include a panel on free speech with Tyson Langhofer, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, followed by President Trump being interviewed by anti-LGBTQ activist Charlie Kirk, and another panel moderated by Trump's anti-LGBTQ Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp.


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Mindfulness: An Introduction
First, an exercise:
Start by placing yourself in a quiet space, as free from distractions as possible. Turn off your phone and make sure you have at least 20 minutes to yourself. Sit in a comfortable position with your spine straight. Take several deep breaths. Try to make each inhale and each exhale last at least six seconds.
After several slow breaths, allow your breathing to happen naturally. Bring your focus to your breath. Tune your mind into your breathing and follow it. Notice the feeling of the air as it enters your nasal passages and travels down the back of your throat. Notice the feeling in your chest and belly as they expand to accommodate the fresh air. As you exhale, notice the sensation in your body as it lets the air go. Notice the difference in temperature as the air exits your throat and nose as compared to your next inhale. Follow each breath with awareness and curiosity as if each breath is the first that you've taken.
When you find your mind wondering to thoughts, emotions, urges, just notice that your mind has wondered and redirect yourself to following your breath. This may happen many, many times over the course of the exercise. Distraction is natural and there is no need to judge yourself or your ability to focus. Treat yourself with kindness while you embark on this new practice.
Follow your breath for as long as feels right to you. When you are ready to conclude your practice, take several more slow, deep breaths. Take a moment to acknowledge yourself and the challenging and important practice that you have just undertaken.
Mindfulness is a little like meditation and has three main components: (1) focused attention (2) in the present moment (3) that is free from judgment. In practice, it looks like the above exercise. Mindfulness involves committing our attention totally to one experience as it happens and almost any activity can be done mindfully (walking, eating, dancing, worrying, conversing, etc.).
In the course of daily life, we tend to spend little time in the present. So often we are thinking about the past or the future and that distracts us from what is happening all around us. How many times have you read something, gotten to the end, and realized that you had no idea what you just read and had to go back and read it all over again? What about when you tune back-in in the middle of driving (or a conversation, for that matter) and you don't know how you got there? We all go on autopilot. Mindfulness takes us off autopilot and allows us to re-engage with our lives.
Mindfulness is a challenging practice. Like strengthening any muscle, the brain does not improve its ability to focus quickly. But as we train our minds to be more attentive, we can appreciate more the details of our lives leading us to greater compassion and gratitude.


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What is it all about?
"I remembered this one time that I never told anyone about. The time we were walking. Just the three of us. And I was in the middle. I don't remember where and I don't remember when. I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere."
During his freshman year in high school, socially awkward Charlie writes confessional letters to an anonymous stranger. When his only friend, Michael, commits suicide Charlie is left a loner until he finds companionship in two seniors, Sam and Patrick. They take him through a journey of experimenting, drugs, sex and everything else in between. Charlie searches to find his place in the world, to participate and feel infinite.
My thoughts:
I wanted to read this coming of age novel so I would be prepared for the movie adaptation. I'm extremely glad I did. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is such a wonderful story, told with such humour and honesty. Charlie's day to day life, past memories and inner thoughts are all revealed in his letters, creating a provoking and inspirational read.
You don't find yourself wishing for answers to what caused Charlie's depression, rather you want to join him on the ride and enjoy what he has to say and tell. It is Charlie who drives the story. He is very special, but doesn't realise it.
Since Charlie is confessing all to an anonymous stranger, it seems much more personal than a diary and it feels as though he is directly telling you the story. He is very sensitive meaning he cries a lot, be that may in bliss or sadness. His fragile nature seems a part of who he is, however it isn't until the end of the story that you find out something triggered these emotions.
The book would not have had the same effect if Charle's original voice had been altered. To me, his way of storytelling was crucial for the books success. Some of the things Charlie comes out with are so strange that they make you stop and reread over them. These absurd comments made him comical. He would add in little details that are of no importance, but he would make them important:
"Anyway, today I decided to sit in the front with my legs over the whole seat. Kind of like I was lying down with my back to the window. I did this so I could look back at the other kids on the bus. I'm glad school buses don't have seat belts, or else I wouldn't have been able to do it."
Also, he would go down philosophical tangents which bemused me as I related so much with them that it became scary:
"Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs. I wonder how they feel tonight."
"I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why."
"So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them."
If Holden Caulfield was a teenager in the 90s I'm positive he would have been Charlie, or at least he would have accepted him as his only friend. Chbosky has admitted that J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye influenced him a lot. When I say "a lot," I mean a hell of a lot (Charlie even ends up reading the classic!). Both stories contain the same themes of depression and alienation. There were even subtle references to the innocence of children:
"I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't."
Sometimes authors only care about their protagonists and don't bother to flesh out the other characters in their book. However, Chbosky has moulded many fresh personalities that you hurt for and care for. For example, I felt really sorry for Charlie's gay friend, Patrick, who was in despair over his secret lover, Brad.
This is the kind of book I didn't think would have an epiphany at the end. I was dead wrong. The answer to Charlie's mental state was a complete and utter devastating shock.
A wallflower is a shy socially awkward person who understands the beauty and the ugly of the world. Charlie is a wallflower and you should read this book if you are one too.
Verdict: 4.5/5 – Every teenager should at some point have to read this book.
Read if you liked: The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger), It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini) and The Fault in Our Stars (John Green).
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Not long back from a couple of weeks directing a film in Paris. The project is the brain child of my old and dear friend and colleague Steve Palmer. Steve and I wrote and performed on The Great Eastern and related undertakings. Steve's now a Professor at the University of Windsor with a special interest in the History of Medicine.
During research into the Man and His Health pavilion at Expo '67 Steve discovered a lost and, at the time, lauded film used as part of that exhibition. It was directed by the Belgian/French/American film and theater director/poet/actor Robert Cordier. Steve learned that Cordier at 82 years of age was alive and working in Paris.
Cordier is 20th century art personified. He knew Jean Genet and Orson Welles. He was a friend and collaborator with the likes of Alan Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Ava Gardner, James Baldwin and Salvador Dali. The associations are too many to list.
Cordier wasn't interested in another conventional documentary about his life and Palmer was only too happy to oblige; planning something about Cordier and larger themes relating to art, wellness and, in the context of Expo '67, the subsequent efforts by the forces of neoliberalism to destroy what was built by Pearsonian liberalism all wrapped up in a meta-narrative about the making of the Cordier movie itself.
Too ambitious? Utterly mad? Both, surely.
I've witnessed Steve pull off such narrative acrobatics before so he can do it.
And the shoot went better than anyone could have dreamed. The operating director of photography Enrico Giordano proved to be an ace, the interview subjects were witty and wise, the ground team led by the writer Christopher Mooney were heroic and Paris did its best-city-in-the-world act, turning sunny during a normally grey season, acting sexy, being smart. Even the one gendarme the production collided with was gracious and accommodating. Cordier was brilliant. Steve returns to North America with many hours of wonderful footage.
The edit will be daunting but my friend is off to a terrific start.


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For the past few years I've had an underlying verse, a "theme" verse if you will, for my wellness journey.
These words spoke truth in my life during times of struggle. In moments when temptation reared it's ugly head, I found myself whispering these words out loud as strength to walk away, or get up and exercise, or whatever the case may have been.
There were also times when I gave into temptation. Which is why the end of last year resulted in me losing ground on my health goals. I ping ponged between wanting to beat myself up over it and taking a "it doesn't really matter" attitude. The joy and busyness of the holidays were also a fantastic distraction from facing where I was falling short.
This year, another verse keeps coming to mind. I came across it in early December and since then, it seems to have been at the back of my mind, pricking my memory until it finally came out crying for full attention.
To me, it's a verse that reminds me what *really* matters. I have personal goals of wanting to complete my Power90 program and from there move onto the Master Series and then to P90X. Partly because as I've seen my muscles grow I want to see what more I can accomplish. Partly because I enjoy the exercise routines and I'm curious if I can do it. I'm not going to lie, partly because I want to look like the woman on the DVD with her ripped and toned self!
I want to eat healthier because I know I feel so much better when I do. I know it's better for my family because they end up eating healthier too. I know deep down food was created to keep me nourished, not that I was created to consume food for the sake of consumption.
Yet in my humanness, I suddenly take these good goals, and make them THE goal. Training my body and my mind to exercise and eat healthy can become THE training. For awhile, I do really great. Then temptation starts coming back. It keeps knocking at my door over and over again until I fall into it, sour cream and fried cheese first.
This year's verse is my reminder that my goals are good. Exercise and eating healthy are good things. Just not THE training I need to cling to. Christ is. Training my mind, my heart, and my soul in Christ, in His godliness, in His righteousness, that is what is going to withstand temptation. That is what is going to matter not only right here and right now, yet eternally. It has eternal importance and goodness. Something that coconut oil and P90X will never have.
In looking to keep my healthy focus on Christ first, I came across an online Bible study that I am very excited about it. It's the Made to Crave book and the study is being done by Proverbs31MInistries.
My hope is that the Lord will use it to train my mind to overcome my struggles and crave Him more. It's free to join! So if you've had the book laying around, or have been thinking about picking up a copy and want to read it with a group online, now is the time to join in and see what happens.
My husband and I are also doing another round of Whole30 for the month of January.
We started January 1st with hundreds of other people and so far, it's been going GREAT. This would be the second time we've really committed to doing it. We are already feeling the positive effects of getting rid of the junk we had snuck back into our daily eating. This time around, I'm not being "as creative" as before. I actually made the effort this week to take pictures of our dinners to share….and then last night…accidentally deleted every. single. picture.
So while I won't be able to share our pictures with you, I will share some of our meals to show Whole30 can be basic, simple, and easy.
We're doing lots of repetition which makes it easy and affordable for us. One thing I am doing different in this second round I didn't do in the first is using almond milk in my coffee. I discovered Silk's unsweetened almond milk is Whole30 compliant (per the Whole30 "can I have" forum). This 30 days is also strongly focused on NOT trying to drink your nutrition, so I don't drink the almond milk as part of my meal. I do add 2 tablespoons to my coffee because I like it. Does this make me less Whole30 hardcore? Maybe, however, I'm going to keep doing it.
(Word of caution for those who may be doing Whole30 and want to run out and pick up some almond milk – our local grocery store Hannaford sells their own version of unsweetened almond milk, and while it is cheaper, it is NOT Whole30 approved because it has carrageenan as one of it's ingredients. Also, I have found cartons of silk unsweetened almond milk that also has carrageenan in it. I have no idea why, but just make sure you check the ingredients first. Or you'll have that moment of "awww man" when you realize that the dijon mustard you bought has white wine as an ingredient, and therefore, is not Whole30 approved either. Also, Whole30 has a new site JUST for Whole30 information. You can check it out at Whole30.com)
For those who are thinking of doing a Whole30 (which I honestly recommend at least once in life from a learning how to eat healthy perspective) I thought since I can't show you pictures – I'll give you a short break down on what meals this week looked like.
Eggs scrambled in ghee.
Diced roma tomato, green bell pepper, and a few green olives mixed in with the eggs. A handful of spinach tossed in until it wilts slightly.
Typically the leftovers of dinner.
A quick go to favorite is Chicken Salad. I boil boneless, skinless, chicken breast. Once cooled, I shred the meat. Meat portion is added to spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. We use either the homemade Whole30 mayo as a dressing or olive oil and red wine vinegar. Also a fruit serving at lunch of whatever fruit was on sale at the store or frozen fruit from the freezer.
Porkchops slow cooked in the oven, green beans, cucumber, sweet potato, and another serving of fruit.
Did a "hamburger soup" which consisted of hamburger meat, coconut oil, zucchini, summer squash, bell pepper, and onion.
One day we had hamburger patties on bed of spinach with tomato slices, Normandy blend vegetables, and sweet potato.
As you can see, pretty simple. The soup I made in the slow cooker so it was ready when we got home from church. January seems to be a great month to try a Whole30 because in our family we have no birthdays or big holidays requiring family gatherings with complicated meal navigation. I do have a few "potluck" situations coming up, however, have discovered someone else going to the potlucks doing Whole30 and feel like with the mutual support we can give each other, we will be able to navigate these gatherings without giving up our progress on our 30 day quest. Which I'm also hoping will teach me some long term goals in the future so I'm consistently making healthier choices.
So, for the month of January, my goals are as follows:
Start the Made to Crave online Bible study.
Complete a Whole30
Get back into my Power90 exercises
I hope you find yourself re-energized and refreshed to keep moving forward with your wellness goals in 2014. I'll also be linking up with Kim this year again for WIW. She won't have a link up today due to crazy weather and computer mishaps (hope the weather improves soon and the computer is fixed quickly girl!), however, I still recommend checking out her last WIW post and joining in on the FB group if you are looking for some encouragement and accountability in your wellness journey.
Hope everyone is staying safe and warm out there!
In Love & Faith,


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If not, how do you go about creating a website in Polish?
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And so we've put together a translation team - two people per langauge. One person is the translation professional, and the other is the proofreader. And when the first 14 languages are done, many more are projected.
So we first created the English language website. Next the translators create Word documents which we converted to pdf downloads for the first 14 languages - we have to ensure that our team has the correct fonts and embeds them in the pdf. We also create separate directories on the server for each language that have the correct HTTP headers, and make sure the pdf documents have correct metadata.
The pdf's go back to the proofreaders, especially for line break issues and such, although they also have an eye out for wrong shifts in meaning. The proofreader and the translator hash all that out.
Now we go through the website and create a list of words that we need translated just for the HTML version - file names, graphic text, text links, etc. The translators handle that.
Next we take the English HTML and change the pages' charset meta tags and lang attributes. After that, we create the new graphic images and then paste in the translated text.
Final step - back to the proofreaders, and possibly the the translators, for last minute tweaks. Then place the translated HTML online.
It's certainly a project the likes of which I've never tried before. If we stumble over anything more, I'll be sure to share. So far, we've been saved a lot of trouble by the technical knowledge of our translators.
Each language has its own unique demands - such as hyphenation conventions in those long, compound German words. And there are apparently conventions about which pictographs should and should not be near each other in polite Chinese.
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Google's "language tools" have been helpful in finding authoritative websites in each language.
Then of course there's the pain of doing updates to the translated pages when you update the main language page - inevitably I think the secondary language pages will 'lag' a bit *_*
I'm considering a job for a financial wiz (basic page with links to pdfs to make his 300 different forms available for download and printing), and while I have a clear idea what to bid for the English setup, he also needs it in Spanish - which is the "home" language of about 30% of his market. He's providing the translation, btw, and the only graphics I'll have to worry about will be his logo, which he also will provide in the Spanish version.
I was needing some background on how much time this could take and how complicated it could get, so I know whether to just bid by the hour for updates, or bid a maintenance setup on a yearly figure (I tend to not like to do that anyway - too many possibles for "off the wall/off the charts" stuff to bite you you-know-where). Would you say that using includes for portions of pages which would need regular updating would be a good fit for a single "other language" setup?
It's absolutely amazing to me that just as I need some information, WebmasterWorld pops up with the goods! Thanks, ted. You're a wonder!
Is the site going to be completely bilingual with identical pages available for both languages? The best way I've found is to make a best-guess detection of the user's preferred language on the home page, and leave the option to switch languages at any time. I find it so much better than a splash page just to choose the language. If you can store the value in a cookie for later, that's a good idea too.
It is important also that the "switch language" link on any one page leads to the equivalent page in the other language, not just back to the home page.
Bilingual sites are not too bad to manage - especially if you speak both languages - but multi-lingual sites can quickly become a nightmare!
Yes, I had figured that the character set wasn't a problem - that was the first and maybe only easy thing. Haven't got into the "this page in English, change to Spanish brings same page in Spanish" setup with him yet, though that's how I think it should work.
He does want a page just to choose language first. That's up to him, and we've already had the "search engine" conversation - he doesn't seem much concerned with that, since his business is so huge already with no website at all, therefore no seo/sem etc. I want to see a link on each page which allows change to the other language - sort of a "fail-safe" option....
I'm thinking this will be fun, if I can get the right approach ironed out ahead of time....
This is useful insight, since I had the link going to the equivalent page automatically, and sometimes your other language editor is not available to update/create that site.
If you are planning to do a CMS this become an issue.
Now each language editor can create pages with their own filenames (in their language!) and inform the other language guy of the new content. Whenever that person gets to it, the corespondiong page gets created/updated.
I have found this to be a much more fluid and also SEO friendly way.
I've seen quite a few documents which have been translated from Japanese & Chinese that would still not pass for a well written document. In many cases they are not very understandable (and I'm not talking about machine translations either). You need to make sure that you are taking the extra step to ensure that the document is well written in the target language as well. Unless you are using a top rate translator often you need to take steps to have this extra work done.
You not only need to make sure that the finished work reads well in the target language, but you also need to make sure your message meets the market. For example, if you're targeting a Japanese audience you may not know that direct references to your competition are frowned upon. You'll never see an ad on Japanese TV where they espouse the virtues of brand A over brand B. However, if you go to the US it's hard to not see a commercial where they don't do this. These may seem like small market differences but it could change your content entirely. You need to keep these things in mind, and having your translated materials proofread and rewritten can help tremendously.
The usual objective of having a website translated is to make money by selling the product or service to consumers in another country. Indeed, it's never been easier to tap into new markets. But getting the translation right is just as important as getting the programming right. Translators are not computers! I know of companies that will spend thousands getting their copy just right, hold countless meetings discussing how the message is to come across and pay a great deal of attention, as they should, in projecting their business in a professional way. Yet for all this effort, when it comes to translating the site into another language, it�s often the cheapest translation provider that gets the work � provided, of course, they can finish 20,000 words over the weekend! The foreign reader is presented with poor and unconvincing copy at best, gobbledygook at worst.
On the other hand, good translation makes it possible for you to convey your thoughts, ideas, hopes, dreams, ambitions, experience and anything you want to people who share a different language and a different culture. And when the translation is good - and some translations are very good � readers will understand and take in the message as if it had been written in their own language by someone who shared their own culture! A good translation can make the difference between winning or losing a contract, between encouraging and preventing a sale and ultimately between being taken seriously or not.
Good translation is the ultimate marketing tool � it�s just that not many people know it!
I think you might be missing one of the major factors here. You can build a page that looks perfect, but how are you going to respond to email inquiries? I'm assuming that you won't have anyone on staff who is familiar with all these new languages.
I think you might be missing one of the major factors here. You can build a page that looks perfect, but how are you going to respond to email inquiries? I'm assuming that you won't have anyone on staff who is familiar with all these new languages.
I found the fact that you can to work on translate enamels also, e.g. Systran and works on then translates an answer to the email - * and * you include a prefix line, for 'machine translation' apologizes; - I have excelent communications with methodolgy this had.
I found that with the Spanish market it was especially difficult.
You really have to know the target COUNTRY. Just any Spanish speaker, as good as s/he might be won't do!
Some very embarrassing, albeit funny, mistakes can happen during translation.
That's why I try to have an 'editor/writer' for content in the first place and do not place so much emphasis on 'translation' - you cannot translate culture.
I found that with the Spanish market it was especially difficult.
You really have to know the target COUNTRY. Just any Spanish speaker, as good as s/he might be won't do!
Some very embarrassing, albeit funny, mistakes can happen during translation.
... reminds me of the story of how Chevrolet tried to market the "Nova" in Mexico.
Try translating "no va" from Spanish to English and you get "it does not go".
The foreign reader is presented with poor and unconvincing copy at best, gobbledygook at worst.
Welcome to the forums, Snappy_fish. I know exactly what you are saying, here. Several of our translators (but unfortunately, not all) are professional copy writers in their language, and I rest much easier when that is the case.
how are you going to respond to email inquiries?
The email issue is a good one - my client is a global organization with native speakers in the languages where we are creating translations. They are not translators, but they will handle the emails just fine.
As English speakers, we've all seen instructions written for our electronics, clothing, food, and so on that were very poorly translated - and I hope the approach my team is using will avoid that kind of problem.
Some challenges have already come up where the the translation needs to be a bit "loose" and the content of two sentences must be intermingled in the target language. Our page builders sometimes inappropriately introduce a new paragraph break between those two sentences to keep the text blocks small on screen, and the flow of meaning is disrupted.
But that's the beauty of using a proofreader - we can catch those problem before final release. These sites are heavy on information, basically lead generation sites, not product sites. So the text must come across very well.
Depending on the complexity of your website there can there can be a lot of technical issues that may require additional engineering staff--like character encoding being supported by web applications you are using,double-byte issues, database, url browser compatibilities etc. Also there are issues such as how it's displayed (geoip-based?) and how new information gets translated and published (process, time-lag etc.), architectural issues. A large site usually has QA. Can QA handle foreign translations--do they know that there may be technical differences or process time lag when compared to English pages? Are there tech or other emails that are sent out that will now need translation? How long will that take each time one is needed? Is everybody in the loop and on the same page about this?
Do not just hire the cheapest translator. That's a bad idea. The amount of hassles created by our using cheap translators (round 1) cannot even be imagined. Translators should be well-trained with some sort of documentation (certification) or credentials--which is industry-standard for a professional firm. Just getting anybody who knows English and Spanish to translate your site into Spanish is not necessarily going to work. Translation is an actual skill. The translator has to know both languages fluently, has to make decisions based on the context of the words sometimes rewriting things, has to know the idioms and slang of both languages and other specialized internet words. I hired a translation company not the individuals, but I still insisted on interviewing the translators and vetting them to make sure they were up on music style (our website topic) and other specialized info.
Since we were a large website with a ton of data it required a team of translators on their end, which in turn required an internal process on their end and a project manager on their end. Since each translator has a different translation style a set of rules, a style guide, has to be put in place and approved. Then you need another style editor person to make sure the style was maintained (between translators), then finally a proofreader. Also there needs to be a feedback mechanism in place so errors can be quickly sent back to them and corrected. And make sure versioning is under control--are they working on the correct version of the document--have things been changed on the English site, perhaps an error corrected, whcih will not show up corectly inthe translated doc because they were working on an older version.
Then there is translation tone. We were targeting a young 16-35 demographic for music so the tone of the translation had to be more informal. Of course in many languages this is much more of an issue than in English. Round one we didn't think of it as much and the translation read like it was for a 60 year Spanish professor. Then as somebody else stated there are different styles of Spanish and slang in each country.
See how this keeps getting bigger with more variables and potential for complication? Granted on a small site many of these points are not necessary but you get the idea of what to look out for...
btw, check out the w3.org for more info and background from a technical perspective:
...and a project manager on their end
I'd like to underscore this point. The value of a strong person as the translation team project manager cannot be overstated.
Our translations manager is multi-lingual and has been a project manager for many years on a healthy variety of projects. He has saved us untold trouble and sometimes has been able to get his team to turn around their work well ahead of schedule.
That, of course, does mot apply if your target is, let's say, Mexican teenagers and a "cool" music selling site. Then the language used is part of the game, as your audience wouldn't like a bit being spoken in formal neutral Spanish.
So we created a web application called the Language Layer. Each section of text, or blurb, was placed into the database, and would appear in a queue for each team of translators. The translators were suppose to view the page the text was on to get the context of the blurb, and translate. If a blurb did not have a translation for the language a user has set, it would default to English. So you could be viewing the site in Japanese and have a paragraph or a button in English. If the blurb changed in English, the translations would get flagged, and the blurb would reappear in their queues. The English version would then display on the page until it was retranslated. As a web developer it was great, for a paragraph, I just wrote something like
<?=getText(blurbID)?>
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I no longer work there, but this is what I've learned from that system. It's a good idea to develop a system where you only need to program for one site. You do not want to start teaching html to translators, and you don't want to have to make programming changes on 8 systems. Although, in creating your database application, you don't want to lose focus on how people will use it. We had a problem where we would create a blurb for a menu item such as "Community" and then we would use that blurb any place we needed it. However, that word may change in the translation depending on the context, and we didn't always account for that. Also, since the blurbs were constantly being tweaked for maximum effectiveness (damn salespeople) and we had tight deadlines, translators would not always look at the context of which the blurb was being displayed and they would just translate the paragraph on its own. I would recommend hiring a team of salespeople who are native to the country you are targeting instead of just straight translators. Then they can write text that fits the page and not just a direct translation from English.
If I were going to redesign their database system I would put more emphasis on the context than separating text into paragraphs. If a page had multiple paragraphs, I would put all of the paragraphs into one field. The problem comes with things like lists, tables, and links where html needs to be written but you don't want to allow translators to write html. Actually I may have redesigned the system to parse the html on the page and build a form that sort of resembled the look of the page but contained textareas and text input fields. Then the translators would translate a page at a time, instead of a blurb at a time.
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I would estimate, that to create completely workable, debugged and well-translated version of your site with support in second language it will take between 50% and 100% of effort you spent on building the original site.
If I were a large corp, I would approach a large or well-known web development agency in the native country to build my site. Believe me, this would be money well spent and an effort not wasted.
Not sure how the Spanish part of this will play out. Once made aware of the potential for blowing up in his face, he may opt for English-only. Or not. He's done very very well without a website, AND with only basic Spanish-speakers in his office, so we'll see. (The Spanish speakers btw are former LDS missionaries. And his Spanish-language clientele are pretty much within the Salt Lake Basin, with a few as far south as Orem, and a few as far east as Evanston WY.)
I'm as yet unsure whether he has plans to use a website as a vaulting horse to further expansion, or if it's simply an easier way to provide forms and documents for his current client-base....
Again, my thanks!
If you check the site in my profile, you will find a row with 19 flags across the top of each page. We coded the English version ourselves, placed identical copies on the server for each of the 19 domains involved and gave the translators access to the server. They could then download the files and go to work on the text only. All translators were nationals of their respective countries and living in them (important, since expatriates tend to lose their language after a few years). So we got idiomatically correct translations in contemporary language.
If we had needed compelling advertising prose, then we could not have taken this inexpensive route and would have had to use local professional copywriters.
Remember: All internal links must be relative, so that the translators won't have to change coding. They must not use editors that write their own code, such as Front Page a.o.
Unfortunately most of the time such a person is not available, leaving you stuck with the usual techniques of sending text files to external non-technical translators. For anything but trivial static sites, this doesn't work well. Without the context of the running site in front of them they're not going to get it right, resulting in long cycles of correction and testing. (Or, omitting testing stage, laughably awful site copy.)
I wish I had a solution, but I really don't think there is one; to do it right you need staff who understand both your site and the target language.
In any case, I'm quite happy that this has sorted out this way. I'd like to get his site up and running the way we BOTH want to see it, without having a problem of the other nature waiting in the wings. Hopefully by mid-2005, he'll have done his research and will have some viable options for us to work with.
I can't begin to tell you all how valuable your input has been. No matter how long I've been designing websites, this particular thing was FAR out of my realm to discuss with any intelligence. Thank you all so much - you helped me come across as professional and logical. Bless you!
That would be like making a version for Canadian English version and another for standard English. A bit useless and hard to understand.
But that is just my personal and untransferible opinion ;) (posted from Madrid).


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I have been collecting a number of F25 parts and pieces over the years and would like to move them on to people who can use them, I will list a few of them but if anybody is looking for anything not listed please message me as there is a good chance I may have it. I'm located in RI and happy to meet part way or ship if needed. make me an offer for any parts your are interested in, would love to find a home for many of these parts and help other boats in the process.
2 x F25 rudders
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Tata Motors also presented the XM trim in September to expand the range and deliver more options to a buyer. With 95% sales from top three trims and 80% from petrol fuel, Tata Motors has presented the AMT variants. The new variants could help the company upsurge sales between 500-700 units a month and will do well in metros where driving in bumper to bumper traffic is quite a pain.
Awarded for Design Excellence by CII even before launch the TIGOR is a good looking compact sedan and boasts features like Smoked projector headlight with high-intensity illumination, Diamond cut 15" dual tone alloy wheels, LED tail lamps, dual-tone interiors, 24 Intelligent utility spaces etc. In terms of performance, the AMT variants are powered by the same 1.2 1.2L Revotron Petrol engine and develops 85 PS @ 6000 RPM of max power and max torque of 114 Nm @ 3500 RPM.
The XTA comes with full wheel covers for the 14-inch steel wheels, 4 speakers with the infotainment system that comes with navigation and Bluletooth connectivity for smartphones, steering mounted audio controls, rear parking sensors, two airbags and ABS with EBD. The top-spec XZA comes with a 5-inch touchscreen infotainment with four speakers and two tweeters, a reversing camera, and auto weather control and 15-inch alloy wheels.
The Tigor AMT rivals the likes of the Maruti Dzire petrol AMT (starting at Rs.6.73 lakh), Ford Aspire automatic (Rs.8.34 lakh) and Honda Amaze CVT (starting at Rs.7.37 lakh) in the very competitive compact sedan segment. (All prices are ex-showroom, Delhi). The TIGRO Styleback was introduced in the March 2017 and has been averaging about 2500-3000 units a month as compared to the Dzire which now des 30,000 plus units a month. With new variants, Tata Motors could expect higher sales.
Tata is offering the Tigor AMT in two higher-spec trims – XTA and XZA – priced at Rs.5.75 lakh and Rs.6.22 lakh, respectively (prices ex-showroom, Delhi). This is an increase of about Rs.40, 000 compared to their respective manual transmission versions. The Tigor AMT rivals the likes of the Maruti Dzire AMT, Ford Aspire automatic and Honda Amaze CVT in the very competitive compact sedan segment.


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The place we played: Snakes and Lattes, Toronto, ON
Played in: October 2014
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Snakes and Lattes (S&L) is often credited with being the place that launched Board Game Cafés in Canada, and bills itself as being the first of its kind in North America when it opened in 2010. When talking about Canadian board game cafés, you can't escape a mention of this institution and we knew a blog about game cafés would be incomplete without a review of the S&L institution. Despite a few failed attempts, we finally got the chance to visit and to dig our teeth into the games library, food and coffee expertise of this (not so little) café in downtown Toronto.
We arrived on a Sunday morning just before they opened, and were pleasantly surprised to see a long line of eager gamers waiting out front of the café for the doors to open. The café quickly filled up with large groups, lots of families and kids, as well as couples and smaller groups like us. We secured a table in the back of the shop, perfectly located near the library for our stalking researching needs.
The library at S&L is very impressive. It's the first place we've seen the 1979 fan-favourite, Dune sharing the shelves with brand-new releases and party games galore. Their organization system is super useful; coloured dots on the games tell you whether it's great for two people, the level of difficulty/time the game requires, and those games that are so heavy that staff can't offer too much support, but encourage you to go it on your own and be brave gamers!
After starting off our day with a rousing game of Camel Up, the guru on staff saw us staring intently at the shelves and offered up some great suggestions from their conveniently labeled new releases section. He said the staff had recently become quite taken with Black Fleet, and that (coupled with the incredible box art and the allure of becoming pirates) was enough for us to bring it back to our table.
The guru was great. He sat down with us when we opened Black Fleet and had us up and running within minutes (really!). He explained it simply, and made us laugh while doing it. This is one of the reasons we love seeing cafes with dedicated game gurus on staff.
As we mentioned, S&L opened in 2010, and eventually expand into the shop next door as its demand for space grew. Unfortunately, the 'Frankenstein' nature of the additions, as well as the age (and use) of the space is apparent. Compared to some of the new cafes that we've visited, S&L is looking a little rough around the edges. The table that we were at was tight for four people, a game, plus food, and quite wobbly – which is difficult with a game that has a lot of fiddly pieces like Five Tribes. The bathrooms were… well, James came back from his visit saying he probably should have held it. We'll leave it at that. That said, we spoke to the friendly staff at the front desk while making some purchases from their vast and impressive retail selection, and they mentioned that a renovation was on the books.
The coffee was excellent, as was the food that we sampled. We saw sundaes being brought to neighbouring tables that made us pause in our games and drool. They were not serving alcohol at the time of our visit, but apparently this was also changing with the upcoming renovation. Where we were sitting was quite close to the staff area and kitchen, and at one point we were quite surprised by a cat that wandered into the main café area. The staff looked a bit thrown off too, but hey, maybe cats like Hanabi too?
It's worth mentioning that S&L has a really great online presence: free Canadian shipping in their online store, checking your balance on your snakes and lattes card (with a loyalty program on its way) and a podcast that's worth checking out. Did we mention the menu is online too?
We spent the whole afternoon at S&L and it made quite a good impression on us overall. The board game café scene in Canada would not be the same without it, and we are so happy to see the success of the café and that the already-incredible number and diversity of patrons that visit it is on the rise. We can't wait to see what they come up with next.
PWP Ranking:
Space: C
Collection: A+
Food: B
Drink: C+
Staff: A
Look and Feel: C+
Overall Score: B
Other Stuff we like:
Retail: Yep!
Flat Fee: Yep!
Events: Yep!
Great for: Almost any type of group – S&L is very kid friendly (we saw lots of families playing games like Snakes and Ladders and Headbanz) but also more serious gamers and big groups – with a choice of almost any game you could imagine.
What we played: Camel Up, Five Tribes, Black Fleet
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Well, sure. "Sing" is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration. If you're looking for some lovely and complex birdsong, you'll have to go ahead and stick with your parakeet. If you're looking for something a bit more unusual, however, it might be time to take a look at your fish tank. Better yet, if you don't have a fish tank, go get one. A colony of sparkling gouramis deserves a whole tank to themselves. Why? Because these charming little fish not only look superb but also make adorable (and yes, audible) sounds.
The Fish
Sparkling gouramis, also known as pygmy gouramis, are freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia. At maximum length they are only around two inches long, and they are quite hardy. In the wild they can be found in places like small ponds, slow rivers, and rice paddies, and can live in such places because they are able to breathe air from the surface. They "sparkle" with blue, green, silver, and orange hues, and will dance together when in mating pairs. While they are not considered schooling fish, they do well in small groups. They are not particularly aggressive and will happily socialize with one another given enough space and plant cover.
The Noises
These petite fish may be gorgeous, but they are also precious for another reason: these fish chirp and croak on a regular basis. Happy sparkling gouramis can be heard from the other side of the room when they verbalize their pleasure. Some people have described the croaks as being similar to that of a frog, and their chirping sounds like the peeping of a chick. If you've never had a fish that makes noises before, you'll constantly be surprised and amused when you hear your gourami sing. The sound is plenty loud enough to make you stand up and pay attention, and is a charming reminder of a content aquarium.
Where Do I Get One?
Good question. They're not commonly sold in large chain pet stores like PetSmart, so you're better off perusing the smaller and more exotic shops local to your area. Gouramis often frequent pet store shelves, but this particular type of gourami is a bit more difficult to track down. When you do, however, you'll find it was well worth your time. These resplendent fish will keep you company wherever your tank finds itself, and you'll never tire of hearing your sparkling gouramis sing of their happiness to you.


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It's pretty hard to go wrong selecting ten "best" or ten "favorites" from the Criterion Collection, although it might be interesting to select the ten worst Criterion releases (something that, in deference to my friends at Criterion, I will not do). As a longtime cinephille I'm familiar with most of the Criterion catalogue. Rather than select ten favorites I'll choose ten films that I was able to see because of Criterion, films I previously did not know about or were not available.


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Buying property, a home or a business in Anguilla is not difficult, but for a foreign national will take time and commitment. Anguilla nationals are permitted to buy property freely; however there are certain restrictions to foreign nationals owning property.Anguilla Property Closing CostsForeign nationals must obtain an Alien Land Holding License from the Government. If the application is for undeveloped land then Planning Permission is required of the proposed building before an application can be made for the Alien Land Holding License. The Alien Land Holding License costs 12.5% of the property value and is payable in addition to a 5% Transfer Tax. In special circumstances the fees for the Alien Land Holders License may be waived, for example if the property is being purchased by a Caribbean National who has been residing on Anguilla for more than 7 years.Anguilla Alien Landholders LicenseThe Alien Land Holders License needs to be submitted to Government in duplicate with the required fee of EC$1,000 (US$373) and the following documents :-
Bank letter or reference Police letter or reference from each country of residence over the past 7 years Personal reference letter from a public figure who has known the purchaser for at least 7 years. Copy of passport details page Tax clearance forms from the Government of Anguilla for both the Vendor and Purchaser 4 Passport sized pictures of the purchaser
If the property purchase is for a tourist development project, a comprehensive business plan needs to be submitted for the proposed development, with the application.
If the applicant is a company; separate application forms need to be completed by each Director and the company's Certificate and Articles of Incorporation, Company By-laws and a Statement of Fact (provided by the Companies' Registry in Anguilla at a fee of US$150) must accompany the application.
The estimated value of the property to be built is established by the Lands & Survey Department and needs to be shown on the application. Each applicant for an Alien Land Holders License needs to attend an interview with an official from the Chief Minister's Office. The interviews are usually brief in length, especially if the property being purchased is already owned by an alien.After the interview the application is submitted to the Executive Council for a decision and once this decision has been made and entered in the minutes of the Executive Council, the Applicant is notified of the decision.Upon approval of the Alien Land Holders License the Applicant is sent a letter stating the sum to be paid and a second letter notifying the applicant to collect the license from the Chief Minister's Office. Once the license has been issued the Applicant needs to complete the RL1 Land Transfer Form and submit a copy of this form to the Lands & Survey Department, where they are stamped to confirm the taxable value of the property.The RL1 Land Transfer Form then needs to be submitted to the Treasury to payment made for the taxes, for which the Applicant is given a receipt. The receipt and paperwork need to be submitted to the Lands & Survey Department, who will then transfer the property to the Applicants name. The entire process of obtaining an Alien Land Holders License generally takes around 3 months, but will take longer, if there are problems.Anguilla Planning PermissionApplications for Planning Permission should be made to the Lands & Survey Department. The Planning Committee meet every 3 weeks.
Permitted Development & Development CommitmentForeign nationals are currently permitted to buy up to 0.5 acres of land for building a private dwelling, which must have a floor area of 2,00 square feet or above and must be completed within 18 months of being granted an Alien Landholders License. If the dwelling is not completed within the prescribed time limit, a penalty of EC$500 (US$187) is charged per month for the first 12 months and thereafter at EC$1,000 (US$374) per month. In the event that the building is not completed at the end of eighteen months from the agreed completion date, forfeiture proceedings may be started which may result in the land being transferred to the Government.Anguilla Building CostsBuilding costs can vary dramatically from one building to the next and are dependant upon the type and complexity of the construction, difficulty of the site and standard of finish. However for general guidance allow US$200-$225 per square foot for construction costs, and add to these costs the cost of any cistern, additional systems (such as standby generators etc), swimming pool, landscaping and furnishings.
Rentable PropertyIn Anguilla, foreigners are permitted to rent their property. However the owner must state when purchasing a property, if the property is going to be used primarily as a private residence, or a rental villa. An annual fee required for any property that is rented, based on the interior floor area of the property, with a minimum charge of US$2,500 for a 2,000 square foot home, plus US$0.50 per square foot of covered verandahs and similar areas, and US$0.25 per square foot for any uncovered areas such as pools, decks and tennis courts etc.
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