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Does the world need video games that make rock music family-friendly? Should this content be delivered via Lego bricks? In one of the most bizarre examples of cross-promotion in the industry, MTV Games and Traveler's Tales have come together to create Lego Rock Band, a more kid-ready version of the Rock Band series. If alarms are going off in your head, don't worry. It didn't seem like a great idea to us at first, either.
In fact, after playing the game we're still not entirely convinced this is a product that needed to be created. But we will also point out that it could have been much worse.
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The play is classic Rock Band: the notes come down, you have to hit one of five buttons along to the music, you earn star power (or is it overdrive in Rock Band?) by playing the white sections, and that's that. This release adds a "Super Easy" mode for smaller children, which allows them to play by just hitting the strum button. You can likewise play the drums by hitting any of the pads, and the game gives you the option of turning off the pedal to focus on simply using your hands. If you want to teach a kid the ins and outs of the game, there's no easier way to do it.
The good news is that while kid-friendly songs were clearly a priority, the track list is not terrible. You'll also see Lego versions of artists like David Bowie, Queen, and Iggy Pop. Luckily, the Lego artists made the artists' minifigures rather stylized, so you won't have to explain to your traumatized seven year-old why Iggy is so... veiny.
You'll play the theme from the Ghostbuster's movies, "Song 2" by Blur, "Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall, and other tracks that appeal to kids but won't make parents lose their lunch. In fact, with songs by Bon Jovi, Elton John, and "The Final Countdown" by Europe, the track selection is more campy than anything. For a full-priced release, though, the 45 included tracks are somewhat on the slim side, even if they were chosen well. Playing through the career mode means you'll be forced to play the same songs over and over, and that's never fun. If you want to check out the full list of songs, give it a look.
The Lego aspect of the game is mostly aesthetic, with Lego facts shown between songs, Lego minifigs playing the instruments, and the ability to buy Lego vehicles to unlock new venues. The better you play, the more "studs" you earn (instead of points), allowing you to buy items you unlock for your rehearsal space. The notes on the note charts are now also Lego bricks instead of the thin lines we're used to. In terms of updates... that's pretty much all you get.
The career mode has you playing sets in different locations, earning stars and fans, and you can hire people to join your entourage to allow you to earn more content quicker. Again, if you've played a Rock Band game, you know what to expect. Expect this time, it's Lego-themed!
There are some challenge levels where you're given a goal, such as fighting a giant octopus or demolishing a building, but of course you do these things by playing the songs. In a weird twist, during some parts of these challenges players will be asked to sit out while one player gets to show off. Why leave people out of the fun, even if just for a bit?
The feature list is minimal
There is no online play, only some of the tracks you own from downloads can be used—the family-friendly ones like "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen, of course—and if you want to export these songs onto your hard drive to play in Rock Band 2, it will cost you $10.
The Lego aspect of the game certainly adds flavor, and my wife and kids adore this version of the game for it, but the song list is rather short compared to other rhythm games and there isn't much of a hook here. If you want to play these 45 songs and are a fan of Lego, this is a good buy. If the idea of paying for another rhythm game makes you ill, there is little here that will bring you back to the fold.
Still, last night I played a T-Rex song on drums while my son played guitar. I have to give the game points for that cool parenting moment.


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Saçaklı Mantı
1 leaf of Turkish yufka*, first roll it, than cut it into strips about
1 cm wide
1 large chicken breast, skin and bone in
2 cup chicken broth
1 cup chickpeas, canned, rinsed and drained
1 onion, cut in small pieces
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 tbsp crushed tomato, canned
Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
1/2 cup plain yogurt, in room temperature
2 garlic cloves, mashed with salt
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Red pepper
Cayenne pepper
Place the chicken breast in water to cover, add salt and pepper. First bring to boil, then turn the heat down. Simmer the chicken breast for about 20 minutes. Take the chicken out of the stock. Discard the skin and the bones and let it cool down. Tear it apart in medium sized chunks with your fingers.
Saute the onion with olive oil for few minutes. Add the chickpeas,crushed tomato and chicken broth. Cook for about 7-8 minutes over low heat. Now, add the chicken pieces in it, stir.
Meanwhile spread yufka strips all over the oven tray. Preheat the oven 375 F (180 C) and bake until the colour turns to light beige. Place yufka in a serving dish. Pour the cooked chickpeas, chicken with the broth all over them. Yufka should soak the stock.
Mix all the sauce ingredients, spread all over them.. Heat up the olive oil with the peppers, pour all over the dish. If you like sprinkle some dry mint also.
2 servings.
*You should use Turkish Yufka to make Sacakli Manti. Do not use Phillo Pastry:)
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In a matter of seconds, a car accident can change anyone's life forever. They may suffer injuries that prevent them from doing the work or social activities that have always been important to them. When a loved one suffers from severe injuries that result in their death, a wrongful death attorney can help their loved ones get the compensation they need to go forward with their life.
The Attkisson Law Firm has spent many years representing victims of automobile accidents that occurred on Ohio's highways. They have an in-depth understanding of the Ohio personal injury laws and the circumstances of an accident that make it a personal injury or wrongful death. Many times, someone who believes initially that they only have a minor injury will find out later on that their condition is more serious than they believed. Hiring a knowledgeable auto accident attorney to evaluate the circumstances of any accident can prevent the victim from going bankrupt when their medical bills begin to mount.
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It is not uncommon for a person who is injured in a car accident to be overwhelmed and unsure of what to do. Finding a car accident lawyer to evaluate their case is a task that should never be put on the back burner. The two-year window of opportunity to file a claim starts ticking at the time of the accident.
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Nuclear technology supplier Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has slashed funding for its Generation mPower program, an effort to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for power generation and other applications. The pullback represents a major blow to the development of SMRs, which have been hailed as the next step forward for the nuclear power industry.
B&W, which had a cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and a reactor construction contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has cut funding for the program from $60 million to $80 million per year to less than $15 million, let go the head of the mPower unit, and will lay off up to 200 employees who worked in Tennessee and Virginia on the project. The TVA mPower reactors were to be built at the Clinch River site in northern Tennessee, once slated to be the home of the similarly ill-fated Clinch River Breeder Reactor, which itself was terminated in the 1980s after around $8 billion in investment. Clinch River has become the place where nuclear power innovation goes to die.
Smaller, Simpler, Safer
For nuclear power advocates who point out that nuclear is the only generation technology that can supply low-cost, zero-carbon baseload power, the demise of mPower is keenly disappointing. SMRs offer several advantages over traditional large-scale nuclear power: they could be manufactured in factories, assembled onsite, and arrayed in multiple-reactor configurations to scale up capacity incrementally. Small enough to be deployed in remote locations, they are nominally safer than big reactors because they can be built in sealed underground chambers.
With lower upfront capital costs and an easier path to licensing, SMRs should, in theory, offer a more attractive proposition for investors – which proved not to be the case with mPower.
In our report, Small Modular Reactors, Navigant Research developed two forecast scenarios for worldwide SMR capacity in 2030. Under the base scenario, total capacity would reach 4.6 GW in 2030; the conservative scenario projects 18.2 GW by the same year. Even the lower forecast seems optimistic now.
Dead End
All told, B&W, the DOE, and partners have spent around $400 million on the mPower program. Another $600 million was needed just to get the technology ready for application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for licensing.
mPower was done in by investor mistrust of nuclear power, low prices for natural gas in North America, the backlash from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan, and the difficulty of licensing unconventional nuclear technology in the United States. B&W said last year it would seek a majority investor in the project but was unable to secure a buyer. The company had also hoped to secure additional utility customers, but power utilities in the United States are focused on low-cost generation from coal and natural gas in an era of flattening demand for electricity.
B&W plans to continue low-level R&D on the mPower technology with a view to commercial deployment in the mid-2020s, said CEO James Ferland. But without a major shift in the business environment and in investor perceptions of the risks and rewards associated with nuclear power, that seems fanciful.


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I have just acquired 3 2242H's and 1 2242 HPL.
What would be a good box for these subs. I am just
getting into speaker design and building. I built two of the
boxes designed by Drew Daniels. They were OK. Were
these designed to be used with four together? The enclosure
recomendation by JBL has a smaller box design. I don't understand how many ports and what size I am supposed to use.
Is it 1 eight inch port or 4 four inch ports or is it 6 four inch ports?
Is there something better than both of the above?


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A couple of days ago, Twitter announced that it had finally launched two-step authentication for all accounts. What does this mean?
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Your website is a critical component in your sales and marketing initiatives and therefore your business. It is an extension of your company and most of the time one of the first touchpoint for your prospects and customers so it needs to be reviewed consistently to make sure it meets the needs of the company and is achieving the expected results.
Just as you schedule quarterly or yearly employee performance reviews, it is a good practice to take time to do a performance review on your site regularly.
Here are 9 things that can help you gauge if your website is ready for prime time or if it is time for Extreme Makeover Website Edition.
The last quarter of the year is in full swing. We are all trying to meet our numbers, get end-of-year projects done, plan for 2012 and finish this year strong. For some 2011 has been a challenging year, for others a great one, but whatever the case may be, we all have many things we can be thankful for.
I encourage you to take some time everyday to reflect on all the things that you are thankful for, from the big things to the little ones.
Networking events can be a great source for making new business contacts - it's the original "social networking" before there was social networking.
To get the most out of a networking event make use of these simple guidelines:
We're all busy. Although we don't expect instantaneous responses to email and phone calls, we do expect quick responses to requests and questions on Twitter or Facebook. I mean, isn't that one of the most important qualities of social media?
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It's August and there's a flurry of activity. Your employees want to go on vacation or schedule it quickly before the summer runs out. While vacation time is necessary to re-energize you and your employees, it's not exactly the type of activity that will bring you new business or add to your bottom-line.
Years ago a client of mine rebranded his company. He called it the best decision he had ever made, next to asking his wife to marry him.
I've been plugged into Google+ for a little over a week and am absolutely loving it. I haven't followed many people yet and am primarily experimenting with my close of group of friends and co-workers.
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A wise manager once told me that "we would be successful as much as our team is different." As a business owner or executive you might be tempted to think that you can do it all alone. Nothing can be further from the truth.
I was startled the other day when I walked into my neighborhood store. The business owner yelled out to me, "Hi and welcome. I hope you're having a great day." He had never done this before.


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Victims' parents, gun advocates testify at task force hearing in Hartford (photos)
HARTFORD -- The parent of a child murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School's rhetorical question on the purpose of assault weapons for civilians was answered by a shout from the audience, "the Second Amendment" at a Bipartisan Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety task force hearing Monday on reducing gun violence.
The exchange summed up the position of each side as the state examines tightening access to firearms, an expanded ban on assault weapons, high capacity ammunition and numerous other changes on background checks and permitting.
Several parents of the first-graders killed Dec. 14 in Newtown offered emotional remembrances and a plea for firearm controls, while gun manufacturers made an economic pitch for their industry and a survey of teachers found them overwhelmingly in favor of an assault weapons ban.
Opponents of changes in the law, however, dominated the afternoon session as it restarted after a short break. Some 2,200 people attended hearings at the Legislative Office Building Monday, most interested in the gun discussion. About 400 were picked at random to offer testimony.
Members of the public waited in long lines before walking through metal detectors and then registering to give testimony before the 50-member task force.
It was held to address the slaughter at Sandy Hook carried out by Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six staff members at the school with a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle.
"I ask if there is anybody in this room who can give me one reason ... why anybody ... needs to have one of these assault-style weapons ... or high capacity clips? Not one person can answer that question," said Neil Heslin, father of Jesse Lewis, one of the children who was killed.
"The Second Amendment shall not be infringed," came the answer from a woman in the back as state Sen. Martin Looney, D-New Haven, who was chairman of the session, asked that audience members not interrupt speakers.
Heslin said he respected their opinions and he hoped they respected his, but reiterated change was needed on gun laws.
"We are not living in the Wild West. We are not a Third World nation. We have the strongest military in the world," said Heslin, who argued against allowing civilians to have assault weapons.
"The happiest day in my life was the day he was born. ... He was my buddy, my best friend," Heslin said, struggling to control his voice, as he held a picture of himself with Jesse at 6 months.
"We were supposed to go back to make gingerbread houses. We never made it," he said of the plans he had with Jesse on Dec. 14.
Judy Aron of West Hartford was typical of those who objected to the proposed gun law changes.
"We are convinced that only law-abiding gun owners will be affected, while criminals will still have and use whatever weapons they want," Aron said.
She said when West Hartford was without electricity during the ice storm in October, they got a message from the town that two criminals were on the loose.
"I was relieved to know I had the means in the dark to defend myself," said Aron, a gun owner. She said the tax on ammunition would hurt low-income people.
"I owe it to those who perished in the ovens that my (gun) rights are not infringed," she said, referring to Nazi Germany.
Another speaker blamed "atheism" for a change in culture that has allowed violence to proliferate.
"Those who have committed these violent acts we are so upset over are the products of an atheist school system with a lack of respect for authority and for other people that the absence of God produces," he said as the audience in one of a half-dozen overflow rooms cheered.
Matthew Zurel of Bristol said he objected to the restrictions on assault weapons, limitations on high capacity magazines and the full registration of guns. He said legislation should not be based on emotion.
Bill Hemby of Newtown said the Founders warned that those "who trade their freedom for safety deserve neither nor will they enjoy either." He said self-defense is a God-given right and lawmakers should not limit the guns that "honest citizens carry."
At 6:30 p.m., Looney estimated that there were six or seven hours of testimony to go.
Police Chief Anthony Salvatore, head of the state's association of police chiefs, agreed with many of the bills proposed by Looney, including eliminating the Board of Firearms Examiners, and more specific reasons why a gun permit applicant could be turned down.
He wants applicants to sign a release form to allow police to seek medical records, if necessary, in order to make a decision.
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. spoke in favor of a gun offender registry so police can keep track of prisoners returning to the city, particularly those who are not on parole.
The mayor said there have been 53 murders in a 25-month period in the city with 200 injured. "The reality of the violence does not stop," he said. DeStefano said he welcomed the discussion on guns as long overdue.
DeStefano said he supports the right to have guns, but it has to be balanced with strict rules of access and background checks.
State Rep. Gary Winfield-Holder, D-New Haven, said the killings in the state from 2008 to 2011 totaled 367. "I would say that is a slow banal mass killing and it happens over and over again," he said.
Winfield-Holder said government can play a role in helping to change the reasons for urban violence. He said if Connecticut flagged the problem of gun trafficking it could become a national issue.
Woodbury First Selectman Gerald Stomski said his town used to be a place where you heard church bells. "We now hear the sounds of gunfire from those who practice in ... our hills," he said as they fear a loss of rights after Dec. 14.
Stomski said there has been a jump in gun permit applications since then that he had never seen before. He said gun safety is paramount and he wonders if there will be proper training for all these new gun owners.
Rabbi Shaul Praver of Temple Adath Israel of Newtown, who comforted the parents at the Sandy Hook school Dec. 14, said the state has to come to some kind of middle ground to solve the violence.
"This is serious. I don't want to come here or any other city to describe what it is like to console parents who've had their children's brains shot out," he said.
Lawrence Keane, senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said the gun industry contributes $1.75 billion to the state economy and is responsible for more than 7,300 full-time jobs and asked that lawmakers keep that in mind.
Looney asked the NSSF to respond to the recent New York Times article describing its efforts to get guns into the hands of more and younger children.
Junior Shooters' editor Andy Fink said in the article that if the industry is to survive, "gun enthusiasts must embrace all youth shooting activities, including' ones using semiautomatic firearms with magazines holding 30-100 rounds.'"
Keane said the NSSF has a lot recruiting efforts but all those involving children are supervised.
A representative of Mossberg and Sons said it is a leader in firearms for younger, smaller stature shooters. "Frankly, we are very proud of that," he said.
He said a young person who learns to use a firearm safely "is the best way to keep firearms out the hands of criminals." He said unlike in Connecticut, shooting is a family hobby in other parts of the country.
State Sen. Don Williams, D-Brooklyn, told the gun makers that they have a big opportunity to add jobs and make a profit by creating safer guns.
He said it is lawmakers' job to regulate access, but the industry should be the "leading edge" on technology that keeps weapons out of the hands of non-owners. He was referring to internal and external locking devices.
Keane said manufacturers are concerned with safety and firearms accidents are at record lows as are suits on product liability. He said the safety technology "is not mature enough" and they oppose a mandate on these features such as New Jersey did.
Williams said they should market on safety and he compared it to the auto industry when it fought safety regulations.
Kevin Reid, vice president of Sturm, Ruger & Co., told the lawmakers to weigh the rights of law abiding citizens.
"We need to be mindful of the economic impact. Connecticut obviously can't afford a solution that costs jobs and tax revenue while does nothing to address the problem," Reid said.
Other parents of children killed at Sandy Hook also came forward, including Mark Mattiolli, the father of James Mattioli, 6.
"The problem is not gun laws. The problem is a lack of civility," Mattiolli said. "What we are seeing is a symptom of a bigger problem."
He said the laws on the books are not enforced and that is the place to start. The father said the country "needs common decency to prevail." He spoke of the core values at Sandy Hook which included cultivating character.
Veronique Pozner, who lost her son, Noah, has been one of the most outspoken representatives of the parents since the tragedy.
She described her loss, calling Noah "our 6-year-old force of nature," and said she came to speak on his behalf.
Pozner said she and her husband want assault weapons banned and none grandfathered. "The equation is terrifyingly simple: Faster weapons equal more fatalities," she said.
"This is not about the right to bear arms. It is about the right to bear weapons with the capacity for mass destruction," she said. She wants all firearms registered and owners required to carry insurance, like car owners, shifting the burden off society.
Citizens continued to testify after 10 p.m.


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While X may mark the spot, for AMC fans AMX marks the hot. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Hornet may not be the ape-X of that hallowed marque, but will its price at least get you X-cited?
If you happen to be a fan of AMC — the long dead auto maker, not the Walking Dead TV channel - then you know the rich history and significance of that maker's '70s mid-sizer, the Hornet. Taking its name from grandaddy brand Hudson, and itself spawning a jaw-dropping number of offspring, the Hornet is possibly American Motors' most significant model.
Potentially less significant, and yet more intriguing to the enthusiast, was another of AMC's notables — the AMX. Preceding the Hornet to market by a year, the original AMX was a short-wheelbase, two-seat, V8-only edition of the pony-esque Javelin, and was touted by many as a competitor to the Chevy Corvette.
That distinct AMX lasted but three years, although its name went on to live on the Javelin, Hornet, Concord and Spirit lines for more than a decade thereafter. And while the Corvette of the late '70s failed to live up to the standards of its performance past, so too was the resurrected AMX a mere shadowy hole of its former glories.
But still, louvers!
This 1977 Hornet AMX features that iconic '70s window feature on its fastback rear glass, as well as spats on all four wheel arches, providing at least the impression of a wide track and big meats. Missing here is the brushed silver targa bar, and while the ad claims this car to be one of only 13 sprayed the noxious '70s lime green, it also notes that a previous owner nullified touting that rarest of the rare colors as a sales feature by painting the car silver.
Other things in the ad to point out for our purposes today are the descriptions of modified suspension — jacked in back — and the reworked body which includes bumpers painted black and tucked in, and probably the removal of the targa bar. Sadly, there's no sign of the in-motion AMX nor the optional flaming bee decals, and hood badge. The factory wheels are said to come with the car, as well as the set of alloys shown in the pictures, resplendent in their abject red-neckery.
Mechanically, the Hornet AMX differs strikingly from its predecessor by offering a six cylinder in addition to V8s. The 2BBL 258-CID war horse pumped out a meager 98-bhp in '77, but at least here that's optimized by the mating of a four-speed manual box. The remaining kibbles and bits are all Hornet and nothing much to get your panties in a bunch over. Some of all that on this one seems to be in need of attention because while not offering up specifics, the seller notes that a tow would be the safest option for AMX-ticating the car from his possession.
The Hornet AMX was single year model and the rumor is that fewer than 350 were built before the Concord usurped the Hornet's place in AMC's lineup. As a performance car the Hornet AMX had everything but performance, and this one seems to be missing some key elements of its AMXiness making one wonder if it has been marginalized through past modifications to now nullify its uniqueness and value.
If that's the case, then it's an open question as to the car's $3,200 price tag. Is that a great price for a slice of the AMC history pie? Or, is that $3,200 too high to feel this Hornet's sting?
You decide!
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Vancouver's Main Street bisects the city into east and west both literally and figuratively.
But the city's long-standing east-west economic, social and philosophic divide is being erased by rising housing prices. Single-family homes in the once working-class Mount Pleasant average $840,000 and are being snapped up by young professionals.
Gentrification has turned it into one of the trendiest neighbourhoods in the city especially among the food-obsessed and fashion conscious. An eclectic new mix is interspersed among the old — the venerable Windsor Meats, Helen's Grill with jukeboxes at the tables, autobody shops and the Army and Navy Veterans hall.
It's not only the neighbourhood's character that's changed; the community has been rebranded.
Welcome to SoMa – South Main Street which is confusingly not at the far end down by the Fraser River, but near the centre.
Main Street is the commercial heart. But the community's beating heart is Queen Elizabeth Park. That's where I meet my guide, Patricia Robitaille, by the pitch 'n' putt golf course which is adjacent to a disc golf course.
Montreal-born Robitaille runs her public relations company from her home just off Main. She moved in when it was still considered a bit daring to move east of Main.
She's never regretted it and one big reason is the park, which is second in size and diversity only to Stanley Park.
Up the hill from the golf courses is the wonderful Bloedel Floral Conservatory. There's a Henry Moore sculpture and a dancing fountain surrounded by covered nooks where an Asian man does tai chi and a group of Asian women do a kind of jazzercise.
At the summit of Little Mountain – Vancouver's highest point – you can see English Bay and downtown. Spectacular gardens cover the pit of what was once a quarry.
Leaving the park, we cross the street and go to the new community centre, an Olympic legacy, where there is a curling rink as well as indoor pools for swimming, diving, wading and soaking, and an outdoor play pool.
Next is Nat Bailey Stadium, the best little ballpark in the world.
"It's adorable," says Robitaille. "I feel transported back in time whenever I go there. They still manually change the numbers on the scoreboard."
On our way up to Main, we walk through a residential mishmash of Vancouver Specials, 1950s bungalows, a few original craftsman-style houses and a few new ones, and the occasional house that ought to be torn down.
The oddest street is an unpaved laneway grandly named Quebec Place with only two houses facing it, a starkly modern one and a teardown.
It's juxtapositions that make this neighbourhood appealing.
Marche St. George, a few blocks east of Main at the corner of 28th and St. George, is a good example.
Janaki Larsen, who was raised on Saltspring Island, bought the building 18 months ago when she was pregnant with her daughter, Lola.
The grocery was purpose-built with apartments both beside and above. In a throwback to the days when markets were family businesses, Larsen lives next door to the Marche, her aunt lives upstairs and Larsen's sister works there.
For a long time, it was a confectionary store. More recently it had housed two unsuccessful art galleries.
After extensive renovations and lots of online shopping, Marche St. George opened in January.
Unlike the markets in Strathcona, Larsen says the city won't allow her to cook or bake on site.
"It's totally irritating and limiting," she says. But she's making the best of it.
The cooler is filled with sausages, cheeses and litres of goat's milk from Agassiz. Larsen plans to carry a lot of inner-city produce once it's available later this summer (which should make Mayor Gregor Robertson happy).
Vancouverites' relationship to food through different eras can be traced along Main Street. There's the original Solly's Bagels. And there's McDonald's, which recently gave up its drive-through and golden arches and now shares the ground floor of a mixed-use building with the upscale grocery store, Nester's.
When Robitaille and her husband moved here in 1998, most of the restaurants were small, brightly lit and had takeout. The only "date-night" place within walking distance was The Main, which remains a neighbourhood favourite.
Now, the choices seem endless.
On Monday nights, they go to the Cottage Bistro for jazz jams. East is East has "the best chai."
The Reef, a Caribbean restaurant, is perfectly located. When the sun begins to set, the sun streams in and "it feels like you're on vacation in Jamaica."
When it's time to eat, Robitaille chooses Crave, which has one of the city's best patios and an eclectic menu. We share Robitaille's favourites – a great ahi tuna roll and short-rib poutine, a perfectly fabulous and artery-clogging reminder of her Quebec roots.
What makes this neighbourhood unique is that it has everything from the practical to the whimsical.
The Buddha's Supply Centre. The Regional Assembly of Text where you buy stationery or self-publish a book. A&B Tool Rentals for when a hammer just isn't enough to get the job done. A wool-wrapped bicycle in the window at the clothing store, Front & Company.
An aboriginal Pentecostal Church. Cambrian Hall, the Welsh community's social centre since 1929.
Creative Framing's owner calls us in to show off a disco-era light board that flashes to the beat of music without being connected to a stereo.
From the practical to the spiritual to the whimsical, SoMa delivers.


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The verdict is in, folks, and it's the same as it was last year: calling upset gamers 'entitled' is still a lazy substitute for an argument.
When supposed fans carry on the way some of the DMC fanbase did(ie death threats, hunger strikes, claiming you may attempt suicide, it goes on and on) you are acting like entitled whiny brat. If you dont want to appear that way, i dont know, perhaps you should change your ways.
And if you dont act like that than you have been unfairly lumped into thier group because idiots are loud and attact attention. Lash out against those idiots with us instead of acting like the rest of the planet is being rediculous for calling it as they see it.
Sometimes we are and sometimes we're not. DMC is an example where theres a bit of both but honestly its a perfect example of how pathetic gamers (or people in the internet in general) are becoming.
For example people attacking the metacritic review page of DMC are absolutely pathetic. You complain about reviewers giving it good scores that you dont agree with and your response is not to play the game but then give it an even more ridiculous score?
But the fans do have a legitimate argument. You dont take a character people love and change him/her so drastically. Some of these characters mean a lot to people but when you do these changes and then effectively say to the fans "**** the character you know and love, we prefer our version" you really are ruining the franchise for its most dedicated supporters.
I present the proof: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
... Seriously? You want to basically redesign the main character but make it clear that your trying to alienate at least 80% of the hardcore DMC fans?
I played a few levels at a friends and its a good hack and slash and no where close to as bad fans claimed it would be. But at the same time the devs are trying ever so hard to make fans reject it that its laughable Capcom even gave the all clear signal for the game to release.
The overall solution to this though? The devs of this game should have had more respect. I was siding with them before release but the amount of middle fingers they gave fans during the game was unbelievable. The community is DEFINITELY entitled to the original Dante and other characters which were ruined.
About time someone actually gets it. All these labels made to insult gamers are just dividing the community which companies use for profit. I think any game developer that uses this immature tactic doesn't even deserve to be reviewed.
I miss when arguments used to arrive to a consensus for both parties to be happy.
Game developers making games for the masses, and catering towards fans is something that shouldn't happen.
Games should be unique visions untrammelled by fan demands. Sure we pay for these games, but by our own volition (we don't have to buy them). And it's not like we have anything to do with the creative process. Any game that bends to fan's wills is crap, because fans don't understand the development process- aren't engaged in the creative process. A vision is much more potent than some superficial thing a fan demands.
Gamers think they want novelty, but they actually want sameness. Observe for example how much copies CoD shifts every year, despite the beration it receives. Let developers make out-there games based on their own non fan-inhibited visions, and buy them if you want. Developers deferring to fans results more often than not in crappy games that are just done to appease fans who are afraid of novelty, and to earn a quick, shallow buck. Stop being lazy and let videogames branch out before they stagnate.
The only time you're allowed to complain about videogames is when they're culturally toxic, which is my complaint about DmC. I actually think it's a fantastic LOOKING game, with a very interesting art direction (in terms of the environments). But at the same time, it's perpetuating this stupid, annoying cultural idea of making fundamentally camp and ludicrous things into super gravely serious things (The Dark Knight, The Amazing Spiderman, Man of Steel) and making protagonists into vapid Twilight heartthrobs. On this front I think complaining is warranted, and does not equate to entitlement, but concern for what's been transmitted into the culture.


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Amazon May Have Scored a Deal With the CIA
Amazon.com has landed a multimillion-dollar deal with the CIA to build a private cloud service for the agency, the trade magazine FCW reported. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher has the details. (Photo: Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- The president of the American Medical Association, in a letter to the Pentagon, said he opposes the forced feeding of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel from Dr. Jeremy Lazarus was prompted by reports of hunger strikes at the detention facility where the Pentagon has 166 prisoners, 100 of whom have been on hunger strikes, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.
Lazarus' letter advised Hagel the AMA took the same position on force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners in 2009 and 2005.
"The AMA has long endorsed the World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo, which is unequivocal on the point: Where a prisoner refuses nourishment and is considered by a physician as capable of forming an unimpaired and rational judgment concerning the consequences of such as voluntary refusal of nourishment, he or she shall not be fed artificially," the letter reads in part.
At Guantanamo U.S. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House said no changes in procedure have been made.
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Joined: 09 Jun 2006
Posts: 932
Location: England
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:14 am
Post subject: The C&Z Questionnaire!
You've had the Proust Questionnaire... now, thanks to Clotilde...
The C & Z Questionnaire!!
Favorite newcomer in my recipe repertoire: Absorption Pasta and all the variants within!
Favorite DIY project: A handwritten novel of almost 500 pages... and that's just the first draft!!
Favorite new toy: a new cupcake tin for making financiers.
Favorite new piece of cutlery: Er, now there you have me! I don't have one... yet!
Favorite new ingredient: fennel - with salmon
Favorite new cookbook: Chocolate and Zucchini, but I'm thinking of others too.
Favorite new twist on an ingredient: Don't have one yet... but working on it.
Favorite new chance given to an old dish: roast chicken - Indian style!
Favorite technique: pulling financiers out of the oven and shutting the oven door with elbow and panache.
Favorite new pairing: turkish orange cake with friends.
Favorite gastronomic meal: dessert at The Griffin pub, Loughborough... blackberry and apple crumble with cream.
Favorite brush with a star: meeting Clotilde Dusoulier.
Favorite escapist experience: the Haute Couture and Millais exhibitions in London.
Favorite chocolate of the year: Green and Black's Maya Gold.
Favorite pastry of the year: tarte framboise in London, tho' forget where.
Favorite addition to the Parisian landscape: the news of Guy La Griffe!
Confusion comes fitted as standard.
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Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 861
Location: Paris
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:51 pm
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I have to agree with Griffin that Guy is my favourite new addition to the Parisian streetscape too!
When I told him he just crossed his paws, sighed and gave an inscrutable look - the type that only a cat can give....
My answers
recipe: fennel and pastis soup (and I hate!! pastis so you know it must be good!!)
DIY: painting the view from our windows
Toy: hmmm, tough one, could be my le creuset coccotte, though it depends on the day
cutlery: my laguiole steak knives
Ingredient: verveine
Cookbook: heaps, but I am quite taken with an old cooking diary I found at present, love to read the comments and handwritten recipes
New twist: chicken breasts smeared with wasabi then pan seared
New/old dish: stuffing, but with chestnuts and fresh cranberries added and cooked/served as a terrine - much prettier
technique: being able to deflect the cat off the counter tops with one hand, without missing a beat in what I am doing while cooking
New Pairing: fennel and verveine
Gastro meal: too tough to decide on one
Star: chatting with the actors and crew on a recent filming here in Montmartre.... no names will be dropped, but let me say I was in lust (swoon)
Escapist experience: floating in the ocean in Croatia - bliss!
Chocolate: too tough really, but possibly a truffle from Moeder Babelutte (belgian) or a chocolate au pineau from Bernard Boutinet
Pastry: has to be a fruit tart from Les Petits Mitrons in Montmartre
Addition to streetscape.... my new baby - a bengal-cross-domestic cat called Guy la Griffe (or Guillaume le Conquerant as he has stolen my heart completely) too cute for words and too intelligent for his own good.
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Posts: 368
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:09 pm
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Favorite recipe newcomer: Homemade English muffins.
Favorite DIY culinary project: Making spice rubs for holiday gifts.
Favorite DIY non-culinary project: Learning how to knot pearls (and getting good at it!).
Favorite new toy: My iPod so fun to rock out to music or listen to wonderful food podcasts while cooking.
Favorite (very) new ingredient: (thanks, Clotilde): pomegranate molasses.
Favorite new cookbook: Of course, C&Z!! Did anyone else publish a cookbook this year?
Favorite new twist on an ingredient: All the wonderful salts I've discovered!
Favorite new chance given to a new dish: Finally mastering paper-thin pizza crust that is perfectly crisp, with a cracker-like crunch in each bite.
Favorite technique: Extractions (vanilla & lavender).
Favorite new pairing: Lavender and achiote paste.
Favorite gastronomic meal: @ Lola's in Dallas. So wonderful. Also Tropical Dreams Ice Cream in Hawi, Hawaii - decadent, and calories don't count on vacation.
Favorite brush with a star: No in-person star brushings this year.
Favorite escapist experience: A solitary moment watching the sun set in Kona.
Favorite chocolate of the year: Anything very, very dark, especially those decadent French chocolates discovered at a nearby shop.
Favorite bit of heaven: Brioche aux Amandes, Poire & Chocolat.
Favorite unexpected treat: Montagne Bleue tea
Favorite cop-out: The prepared soups at our local chain grocery are perfect for dinner after a too-long work day.
Favorite addition to the Paris landscape: There must be a dream cloud floating over Paris, having just set me down in a lovely cafe where I am drinking a warm mug of cafe au lait.
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Joined: 30 Sep 2004
Posts: 1855
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:56 pm
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Griffin--you must, MUST, must post your roast chicken Indian Style in the recipe box!! Please!!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Posts: 932
Location: England
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:15 pm
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Er, actually David, my dad did the chicken, but it was very good. We also got lucky in that it was a good bird... not, as my brother would say, that being good helped it much!!
Still, having consulted venerable aged father... it depends on the size of the bird, but...
one teaspoon of salt
half a teaspoon of pepper
finely chopped chunk of fresh ginger
three cloves of garlic, finely chopped
one de-seeded chilli finely chopped
one teaspoon powdered coriander
one teaspoonpowdered cumin
one teaspoon garam masala (this can be bought ready made as it's a mix of spices)
a pinch of turmeric
Lemon juice a little at a time to help make a paste of the spices.
His measurements tend to be on the 'very loose' side. But, mix the ingredients together with the lemon juice to make a paste.
Loosen the skin without breaking it and rub the paste between the meat and the skin and a little on top of the skin too. The rest is cook the bird as usual according to it's size.
I hope that helps, let me know how it goes. I should add that my mother rarely used precise measurements, she'd been taught with such measurements as 'a bit of' or 'a little' usually less than lots and got used to cooking like that. It did not dawn on her that precision measuring might possibly be an issue for those of us who did not know how much was 'a little of'!!
Our local farmer's market had venison and I was going to pass it by because I didn't know what to do with it. But the man selling it told me. A slow cooked casserole with chunky cut veggies, some herbs and pepper and wine to cook it in. Cooked for over an hour so that all the juices mix and the flavours intensify. I am SO going to try that.
I also intend to get a shoulder of lamb and try Clotilde's way with it, using herb paste.
Star: chatting with the actors and crew on a recent filming here in Montmartre.... no names will be dropped, but let me say I was in lust (swoon)
What???!!! No dropped names?? Not even names gently placed?! Hmm, you were in lust eh? So was Seen Canary involved then?! Or was it Jude Law?... Matt Damon? Pierce Brosnan (best Bond since Connery I think)?
technique: being able to deflect the cat off the counter tops with one hand, without missing a beat in what I am doing while cooking
You do know that it is in fact his food... even if you were cooking it for yourself?!! Mum used to use a careful elbow to keep our Manfred off. It's amazing how big their eyes go too!!
Confusion comes fitted as standard.
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Joined: 18 Oct 2004
Posts: 1654
Location: Within view of Elliot Bay, The Olympics and every ship in the Sound
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:42 pm
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Fave newcomer: fennel salad
Fave DIY: the crazy melange of decoupage, collage and pop I call my art.
Fave new toy: vertical Japanese spiral slicer. I've been wanting the precious for so long and now that it's mine no nasty little Hobbit is goingt to take it.
New cutlery: For me it's a cutlery accessory, my new Wusthof santoku sharpner. Usually I would scoff at this extra gadget, but I really like it.
Fave new ingredient: it's a tie between cardoons and Thai black rice
Fave new cookbook: Three way tie, C&Z of course, the revised Pike Plance Market Cookbook, (it makes me cry) and my new albeit old Tom Douglas cookbook.
Fave twist: Too hard.....maybe fennel raw. I used to hate it raw, but now I'm an addict. Or possibly oats cooked risotto style.
Fave new chance: mac and cheese with gorgonzola and cranberries.
Fave technique: Too many stars it the sky
Fave new pairing: Iberico ham and pears with a bone dry sparkling wine.
Fave gastro meal: Either the EXCELLENT meal I had at Aquitaine in Boston or my Home Food experience in Rome.
Fave brush with a star: On my birthday I saw Flavor Flav, clock and all. I was totally stunned, he really wears the clock on a daily basis. I also encountered Nick Lachey coming out of a 7-11 with a case of Miller on his shoulder. There was also the Hilton sighting that made me change lanes. None of these were very exciting though, I am still waiting for the moment I spot Julie Andrews out in Sag Harbor......I love my Julie.
Fave escape: Boston, I got there every chance I could this year.
Fave chocolate: Dagoba anything...except their chai one. Usually it would be up my alley, this was just too much.
Favorite pastry: Mike's Pastry's florentine cannoli, it has ruined me for regular cannoli
Favorite addition to the Paris landscape: No idea, my trip was cancelled. I hope to reschedule and find out soon.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 861
Location: Paris
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:53 pm
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Sorry Griffin, all french actors........
I need to talk to your Mum I think. This is the first cat that I have ever had who WILL NOT stay off the counters. We have tried everything. I did read on a website that bengal cats are very determined and punishing them can make them more determined to have their own way when and how they want.
He is so gorgeous though that I cannot stay angry with him for long.
Does that big eyed look - you know like Puss in Boots in Shrek - and I have to look away or I will laugh. Then he smooges me and purrs like a V8 till I pat him or pick him up....... yes I know, I have sucker written all over me... sigh
BTW, the chicken sounds great. Might try that next time.
Erin, love the vertical spiral gadget.... watch out for those hobbits, they ruins it......
msue, I am curious about how you have learnt to restring pearls... do tell please. One of my favourite things and I have more than a girl really needs, but I just love them so much.
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Joined: 18 Dec 2005
Posts: 368
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:01 pm
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Debbie, pearl knotting is a real pleasure.
I learned the basics in a two-hour class at a shop that sells all sorts of wonderful beads. All you need are the right materials and tools (not that many needed for knotting), and a bit of imagination. When I found out that getting my pearls restrung at a jeweler would cost more than $5 per
, I decided to do it myself! It takes a bit of practice to get really competent at it, but once you have the knack for it you can go wild designing whatever you like.
If you have a beading store nearby, they're nearly sure to offer classes or could direct you to a teacher.
And there is no such thing as too many pearls! There is always room for just one more strand.
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Posts: 1324
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:56 am
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I've done a very small amount of beading (curtains for a dollhouse!) but ooh I was drawn to it right away. The beads, the variety, irresistable like candy, bought too much of course..
It's funny to have patience for that kind of thing, but no patience at all for so much else!
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Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 151
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:05 am
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Favorite newcomer in my recipe repertoire: Anything I can cook, now that I'm back in the states.
Favorite DIY project: Organizing my living space to make a utilitarian room look homey.
Favorite new toy: My cellphone, I know it's sad but I figured out how to put in a memory chip and add pictures, music and my own ringtones. I just added a whip crack.
Favorite new piece of cutlery: Er, now there you have me! I don't have one... yet!
Favorite new ingredient: Haven't started experimenting yet.
Favorite new cookbook: Chocolate and Zucchini, but I'm thinking of others too.
Favorite new twist on an ingredient: Don't have one yet... but working on it.
Favorite new chance given to an old dish: Still searching, but if anyone knows about new takes on mac&cheese, I'm all ears.
Favorite technique: If I can ever perfect flipping an omelette, I would be estatic.
Favorite new pairing: beef and roasted garlic cloves.
Favorite gastronomic meal: escargot and fresh baguette, beef bourguignonne, finished with a molten chocolate cake. Little piece of heaven on earth.
Favorite brush with a star: Meeting Steven Spielberg during the 60th Anniversary of D-Day on Omaha Beach.
Favorite escapist experience: Shopping on Saville Row and Bond Street in London.
Favorite chocolate of the year: A tie between La Maison du Chocolate truffles and Sambirano 75% cocoa bar. To die for.
Favorite pastry of the year: Molten Chocolate Cake at ETC, ETC in New York
Favorite addition to the Parisian landscape: Not Sure, I haven't been in the City of Lights for over two years.
Live as if to die tomorrow. Learn as if to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Posts: 218
Location: Heaven, actually.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:09 pm
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Bainst, as requested:
From Hayden's Lakefront Grill here in Tualiatin, Oregon:
Dungeness Crab Macaroni and Cheese
1 lb fresh Penne pasta
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 pints heavy cream
Pinch freshly ground nutmeg
salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup shredded Tillamook cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
12 ounces cleaned Dungeness crab meat
1 cup panko bread crumbs
Boil fresh pasta 3 - 4 minutes or until done. In saute pan, all oil and garlic, saute until garlic is softened. Add heavy cream and nutmeg. Bring to a boil and reduce until thickened, at least by half.
Preheat the oven to broil.
Add cooked and drained pasta to cream and continue to cook until the cream is thick and adheres to the penne. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and add cheeses and crab meat, gently combining. Pour into a buttered baking dish, top with Panko and broil until gently toasted on top.
(From my OTHER new favorite cookbook this year: A Chef's Bounty, Celebrating Oregon's Cuisine)
Eat, Bubbie, EAT!
There is only one way to die- With a full stomach and a good tan.
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Posts: 1855
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:36 pm
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Griffin! Many thanks to you and the aged parental unit! sounds fabu and I have most of the ingredients. Next free range chicken I see is going to get plastered with spices!
bainst--whip crack!!! lol For more variations on mac and cheese go back to the early days of these fora and you will find a thread called "comfort foods" which I believe has a wealth of variations on mac and cheese. Oh and we should definitely get together for a French night!! Your selected gastronomic feast is right up my alley!
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You live in Tualiatin! I'm originally an Oregonian and have family all over that area..... I love Oregon almost as much as my beloved Washington. Who am I kidding, just as much. Do you ever get into the Portland Saturday Market?
I should stay on topic, shouldn't I? Your mac & cheese sounds great I'm going to have to check that book out. I'd sell my soul for Tillamook cheese.
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Erin, my SO Rich and I lived in Beaverton, Oregon around about 1976-78 ---all was well until he could no longer bear the moisture. I remember him telling me "...even when it isn't raining, if you put your hand on a tree it's
." He lives to be outdoors, so we moved to Missoula Montana (a University town and very nice place to live) but for job and $ reasons are now in Salt Lake City. (Which ain't bad, no matter what you might hear!)
But I remember how green everything was in Portland, always!
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Thanks for all the ideas for mac&cheese. Especially Erin and Knifethrower. I can't wait to get my own kitchen so I can try them out. And David, anytime you want to try out some French cuisine, just let me know. I'll bring my fork and appetite.
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- 1: Microflame Technology.
- 2: Soldering Technology.
- 3: Measurement Equipm..
- 4: Temperature Indicators / Labels.
- 5: Laboratory Equipm..
- 5.1: Pocket Microscopes.
- 5.2: Timer.
- 6: Factory Outlet.
Precision Electronic Pocket Timer ECT-1®
The Ideal Timer for Laboratories, for Experimentation and for those Hundreds of Tasks Demanding a Count-down and a Count-up Timing Device.
- Clock function
- Stopwatch (count-up)
- Timer (count-down) from 1 second to max. 23 HR, 59 MIN, 59 SEC
- Acoustic alarm at end of timing, limited to 60 seconds to conserve battery power
- Convenient clip attachment
- Stand and magnetic attachment
- The digital LCD displays HR / MIN / SEC.
The Count-down timing period is easily entered using the HR, MIN and SEC touch key buttons.
End of count-down period is announced by an internal acoustic alarm. Alarm limited to 60 seconds to conserve battery power.
With the count-down period lapsed, the ECT-1 starts to count-up until it is manually stopped. Therefore the time overflow since end of count-down period is displayed and available as a sometimes very critical factor, eg. the operator missed to stop a mixing action in a lab. The overflow displayed will be very helpful to determine further needed actions to compensate the overtime.
The current used count-down period is memorized and easily entered again for a repetitive count-down cycle without keying in and remembering the former timing.
Display of day time and count-down function can be switched back and forth sliding a switch without interfering.
An active countdown will continue in the background if time display is in foreground and the alarm will sound at timing end.


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The clip shows the women marching while waving the Syrian flag. A picture of Assad can be seen in the background. The article did not mention where or exactly when the military parade was held.
On Friday the chief of staff of the Syrian army, Ali Abdullah Ayub, visited one of the army's combat units to encourage the soldiers. "The plot being hatched against Syria has failed thanks to the bravery of the Syrian army and the solidarity of the Syrian people," he told the soldiers, while urging them to continue their "holy operations, which are manifested in the destruction of armed terror cells and the cleansing of the homeland from their impurity."


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1951 born, a professional in Marketing since 1968, Rajender Krishan Chowdhry (aka Raj Chowdhry) is settled in New York, USA with his wife Meera Chowdhry and his two children who are also settled there. He is also blessed with two grand-daughters, making him a Dada and two grandsons who made him a Nana. Rajender believes in freedom of expression. He is passionate about Kabir and poetry is one of his favorite subjects. Photography and visual art is another area where he likes to dabble in.
Rajender's Maxim: "I wander a lot. Do you? If you do, then follow me and let me also follow you. Following each other we may discover what has been a stroll so far. Life is simply wonderful."


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< Features
Agent-Free Systems Management
On server class systems, monitoring and managing hardware health/configuration remotely for large number of systems is crucial. One important component of this systems management solution on each server is the Service Processor. System Administrators and Monitoring/Configuration Software (like Nagios, etc.) connect to the Service Processor via shared/dedicated management networks.
The information provided by the Service Processor is mostly independent of the Operating System running on the server. It is possible through systems management software installed on the operating system to obtain a richer set of systems management functionality overall. Such systems management software that run on Linux are specific to the vendor of the server, and can also be proprietary. They can also be bulky and require to be validated/managed like any other application.
We can envision an ideal systems management solution comprising of the Service Processor and the operating system combination that "just work" without the need for a vendor specific (and sometimes proprietary) software without a major loss of feature.
The goal of this feature is the substitute some of the important functionality of the systems management software that is usually installed on the operating system by a native implementation. This will also put existing standards already in use by Service Processors like IPMI and WSMAN to better use.
- Name: Charles Rose
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: 2012-07-23
- Percentage of completion: 30 %
Detailed Description
- Publish OS information to Service Processor
- Purpose: OS information should be accessible via the Service Processor remotely.
- On systems that contain a service processor, upon each boot-up, publish these to the Service Processor:
- "OS Name", Example: "Fedora"
- "OS Version", Example: "17"
- "System Host Name", Example: "fedora.example.com"
- Achieved by a mix of standard IPMI and delloem commands
- Heartbeat to Service Processor
- Purpose: Capture screen shot in Service Processor for debugging on system crash during runtime and install-time
- On each startup or during installation, set-up the IPMI watchdog via freeipmi-bmc-watchdog systemd service
- Retrieve log from Service Processor
- Purpose: Have syslog log Service Processor events so there is one log where system administrators can look for OS and Service Processor events.
- OS daemon should fetch logs from Service Processor, preferably with filtering capability.
- In addition to what ipmievd can provide currently
- Support for redirection of SNMP
- Purpose: Utilize SNMP agent on Service Processor and provide access to Service Processor MIB via the OS's SNMP agent.
- Detect Service Processor interface IP and configure SNMP redirection and trap configuration
- Include IPMI support in anaconda
- Purpose: Set/Retrieve systems management information during install-time
- Use-case: Communicate various stages of the anaconda installation to the Service Processor to aid in debugging installation issues.
- Use-case: Capture screen-shot from Service Processor in case of install-time system crash/hang.
- Publish Service Processor URL and IP via WSMAN
- Purpose: One-to-Many management consoles are able to launch the service processor management console by retrieving the URL from an OS based agent. Moving this functionality into the OS enables the same feature without the need to install an additional application into the OS.
- Retrieve IP address and URL of service processor and expose them via standard DMTF name-space
- Needs to be dynamic: Any changes to service processor IP address/URL should reflect on the host OS or when queried by wsman
- Can use existing CIM name space: https://sblim.sf.net/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2
Benefit to Fedora
The Fedora users of servers that contain Service Processors do not have to install additional software dedicated to systems management and still expect standard pieces of information to be available remotely.
The new features will require additions/modifications to:
- Fedora's start-up scripts and default configuration files of certain services
- Support for IPMI in Anaconda
How To Test
- Install Fedora on test machine with service processor
- Publish OS information to Service Processor
- Service Processor should provide the OS Version and Name via various supported interfaces
- Heartbeat to Service Processor
- With the watchdog daemon configured, a kernel panic or system crash should result in the system rebooting after the set time and a snapshot of the crash and/or an entry in the SEL log should be recorded.
- Retrieve log from Service Processor
- syslog should contain IPMI SEL events logged by ipmievd
- Support for redirection of SNMP
- After configuration of /etc/snmpd.conf, snmp queries to Fedora with the Service Processor OID should succeed and return correct values that would otherwise be retrieved via the Service Processor's snmp agent.
- Include IPMI support in anaconda
- During install time, we should have access to ipmitool or freeipmi commands that can be used via kickstart's pre-install section.
User Experience
- Easier management of larger networks using industry standard technologies.
- Minimal intervention from user in configuring Service Processor access details in the OS.
- systemd
- freeipmi
- freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
- ipmitool
- anaconda
- dracut
Contingency Plan
- Document with script-lets on how similar functionality can be achieved.
- Will be provided as part of a separate package, TODO.
- IPMI Specification
- WS-MAN Specification
Release Notes
- Agent-free systems management of Fedora system remotely via Service Processor.
Comments and Discussion
- See Talk:Features/AgentFreeManagement
- linux-poweredge mailing list.


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VANCOUVER -- As the founder of the Superdogs, Herb Williams spent 35 years travelling across North America. He stayed at the "best" hotels in New York, Los Angeles, and wherever else his canine charges were performing. But his favourite place to stay was at the Sylvia Hotel, the ivy-covered landmark on English Bay.
Williams (and a couple of dogs) would settle into room 801, a coveted penthouse suite on the southwest corner that offers a breathtaking view of the water, Stanley Park and the North Shore mountains.
"It was a great place to relax," he relates over the phone from his home in Toronto. "I'd go on the beach in the morning (before he headed to work at the Pacific National Exhibition). It was like every day was a mini-vacation before I went to work."
This year, the grande dame of Beach Avenue celebrates its 100th birthday. Most of its contemporaries were torn down long ago, but the Sylvia has survived a century of real estate booms and busts to become one of Vancouver's most beloved institutions.
But it hasn't always been easy.
The Sylvia was built by Abraham Goldstein, back when Beach Avenue was houses, even on the water side. He named the building after his daughter.
She recalled that every night, her dad would take her for a walk, stop at the corner of Beach and Gilford "and just stand there and look." One night, Sylvia asked him what he was looking at. He replied: "I'm going to build a building there some day."
After purchasing the corner lot, Goldstein hired architect W.P. White, who designed a handsome eight-storey brick building with cream terracotta on top. He had wanted to build a hotel, but council wouldn't give him the permit, so it opened as Sylvia Court, a 77-unit apartment block.
"Each suite, whether of two, three or four rooms, is furnished with a modern gas stove and a brass concealed (Murphy) bed," read a full-page ad in The Vancouver Sun on May 3, 1913.
"The flooring throughout is of hardwood, and of the most substantial and attractive kind. Each tenant has the use of a vacuum cleaner and the special arrangements for washing, drying and ironing clothes. A dumb elevator service is installed in every suite, saving many unnecessary steps.
"Marble is used very lavishly throughout the building … altogether, Sylvia Court is a credit to Vancouver. It seems to embody everything desirable in an ideal apartment."
A later owner, Walter Roberts, wrote an unpublished history of the Sylvia that said in 1913, "affluent tenants paid top rentals of the day, ranging from $35 to $65 per month."
The first tenants were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kenvyn, who stayed 25 years. "It was Mrs. Kenvyn who planted the beautiful Virginia creeper vine that today covers most of the building," wrote Roberts.
Unfortunately, there was an economic depression in Vancouver during the First World War, and Goldstein's dream building didn't make him much money. He had plans to build two more buildings like the Sylvia, and to name them after his other kids, Cecil and Eileen. But they never got off the ground, and in 1923, Goldstein moved his family to Los Angeles and sold the Sylvia to Sandy Mann for $275,000.
The building was hit hard by the 1929 Depression, and Mann worried about defaulting on the mortgage; Roberts said Mann owed $250,000 in "back interest, back taxes and principal."
Roberts suggested converting Sylvia Court to a hotel. Mann didn't have the cash to do a big conversion, so Roberts did it in increments, turning a four-room apartment on the top floor into four single rooms that he rented for $45 a month each. Mann was leery of the change, but after using some "picturesque language" on Roberts, Mann allowed him to convert 10 vacant apartments into hotel rooms.
"Within three or four months, some 50 guests checked in as residential boarders, all of them men," Roberts said. Women boarders were soon taken in as well, which Roberts ruefully noted "quickly changed the atmosphere from peace to war." But the building was full again.
In 1936, he decided to install a restaurant on the front of the top floor. The Sylvia was the tallest building in the West End, and he played up the sky-high view by calling it Dine In The Sky. Just to make sure everybody knew it was there, Roberts installed neon signs on the front, side and roof of the building.
Mann died in 1946, and Roberts partnered with Sandy Douglas and Alan Williamson to buy the hotel from his estate. Roberts sold his share to Banff Springs Hotel manager Hilliard Lyle in 1949.
Vancouver's first cocktail lounge, the Tilting Room, was introduced at the Sylvia in 1954. It was illegal for people to look into a bar and see people drinking, so the lounge windows facing Beach were boarded up, and upper level windows overlooking Gilford were covered up by curtains.
The two-level lounge was a hit, but the hotel business was changing. In 1960, Lyle recommended to his partners that they sell the Sylvia to a chain, "probably American."
"We are competing with a new kind of industry, the self-service motel," he wrote in a two-page memo. "It is obvious, in this jet age, that Vancouver is no longer a winter or evergreen playground."
The Sylvia was sold, but not to a chain. The new owner was North Shore builder Norman Sawers, who operated the Sylvia until he died last September. His daughter, Jill Davies, now runs the hotel.
Sawers converted Dine In The Sky back to hotel rooms in 1962.
The room Herb Williams so enjoyed used to be part of the restaurant. At $170 to $330 a night, depending on the time of year, it may be the best bargain in the city. It's about 1,200 sq. ft. and has the vibe of a gracious old one-bedroom apartment. The living/dining room is enormous, and is filled with light that comes streaming in through the old Dine In The Sky windows. The view is amazing — if you look out on the water, you can make out an underwater rock formation that looks like the remnant of the old English Bay pier.
At 84, Williams has retired from the Superdogs and hasn't been back for a couple of years. But there is no shortage of people who want to spend a few nights at the 120-room hotel, where rooms rent for as low $100 in the winter.
"We're really lucky with our occupancy," said Davies. "We're generally sold out from Mother's Day until Thanksgiving."
People keep coming back because the Sylvia has the relaxed vibe of another era. It is the kind of place that had a pet cat, Mister Got To Go, who was so beloved he inspired two books.
"That silly cat," laughs Davies. "There was this wonderful bellman named Ken who was here for years when I was growing up. When the cat arrived on the scene, the cat would sit in the lobby out in front of the elevator, and Ken would come running over and take the cat downstairs, and the cat would come back upstairs after he had something to eat."
Where did the cat live?
"Anywhere he wanted," she says. "He lived in the basement. We found out after he died that he had no claws. We thought he was mousing, but not a hope."
There are some wonderful vintage touches in the hotel, like the marble entrance on Gilford, the old-style elevator dial on the main floor, and the medieval Sylvia crest. In an era of electronic keys that you swipe, it's nice to get a metal key from the Sylvia's ancient key rack.
"We wanted to change it over, but the guests like keys," laughs Davies.
There have been some changes. In the early 1980s, the Sylvia bought the Surf Motel next door and built a highrise condo that is connected to the hotel through a restaurant/bistro.
"Richard Henriquez was the architect, and did a marvellous job," says Davies. "He designed the building so it looked like it had been torn away from the hotel. Some of the same elements are on it, like the brick."
The units in the Sylvia Tower occupy a whole floor, and offer 2,500 sq. ft. of space. The penthouse is two storeys, and was purchased unfinished by the late Jack Poole for $757,822 in 1986. He sold it for $3.425 million in 2001.
The condos sold out "instantly," but the family has no thoughts of converting the Sylvia back to a residence. They love operating the hotel as much as people like staying there.
"We have a great clientele that comes back year after year," says Davies. "Not only that, but their parents came here 50 years ago. Now their children come, and their grandchildren are coming with their kids. So it's really fun."
Many longtime customers come from the U.S., others from Europe. It is a favourite haunt of entertainers — Johnny Depp and Ethan Hawke have both stayed there.
An enduring Vancouver legend is that Errol Flynn died in the penthouse at the Sylvia, in the arms of his teenage girlfriend. But it isn't true.
"He actually died in an apartment in the West End," says Davies. "But he used to drink here all the time. Between here and the (Hotel) Georgia. We have a copy of his death certificate, because people want to know where he died. So we produce a death certificate."
Which is the kind of service that makes the Sylvia Hotel such a special place.


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Damaging Earthquakes Database 2010 " The Year in Review
I hope that you enjoy the first edition of the CATDAT Annual Review of Damaging Earthquakes.
I have been collecting earthquake, flood and other natural disaster loss data for quite a few years, with a more concerted effort in the past 2 to 3 years to build up the databases further. This report on 2010 only shows a small percentage of the data collected.
The purpose of this report is to present the damaging earthquakes of the year 2010 around the world that were entered into the CATDAT Damaging Earthquake Database in terms of their socioeconomic effects.
This 2010 report will also seek to introduce the CATDAT Damaging Earthquakes Database for those people who have not read or heard about it.
A big thank you goes to the General Sir John Monash Foundation (supported by the Australian Government) who have been funding my PhD research at KIT/CEDIM in Karlsruhe and had allowed me to choose these from all worldwide institutions.
I would like to thank the University of Adelaide, Australia, Université Joseph Fourier, University of Pavia and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for the background to undertake my study and to always promote learning outside the course environment.
Thank you also to the Center of Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) for supporting me in my research in the natural disaster field.
In addition, I would like to thank Friedemann Wenzel and Bijan Khazai for their interest, support and motivating me to publish my work. Thanks again, Bijan, for the countless translations from Farsi.
Many thanks,
James Daniell
Click on one of the cover pages below to open the report or view it below in this page
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Riddick: The Merc Files
You might've heard about Riddick: The Merc Files, a new iOS game that was frightening to see crop up so close to the news that Vin Diesel, Tigon Studios, and some ex-Starbreeze developers are working on a Riddick game. These are two separate projects, seemingly -- Diesel originally referenced "a great Riddick app" before discussing "the third chapter" of the series for "my die-hard gamers." Listen to the original video interview and see if you agree.
Former Starbreeze executives Nicklas Dunham and Jens Larsson are attached to The Merc Files -- they established a new company called Gaming Corps, which worked on the game with Diesel's Tigon. Interestingly, Gaming Corps describes itself as "a complete studio aiming for all the major gaming platforms no matter if it's an AAA development for the hardcore audience or a social game implemented on Facebook."
Or maybe this is all we're getting and I'm just in a state of denial here.