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What is conversation intelligence?
Conversation intelligence is often used to describe one's aptitude for effective person-to-person communication. In marketing technology, conversation intelligence refers to insights on lead quality and call outcome gained through call analytics. Some forms of conversation intelligence include call recording, call transcriptions, and call scoring. All of these work in tandem to identify qualified leads for focused ad spend and improved marketing ROI.
Good conversation intelligence results in more than just qualify leads. Here's how some of the different aspects of conversation intelligence work and what they can do to help marketers better understand what drives calls to their business.
Call recording
Call recording is a simple way to evaluate whether or not a lead is ready to convert. You can record conversations between your sales team and customers to gauge your most qualified leads, then pursue them accordingly.
Additionally, you can use call recording to listen to your employees and how they interact with your customers. This allows you to provide effective coaching to those who need it most — and it helps you identify which employees are the most successful.
A final, lesser known benefit of call recording? It's great resource for content creation. If you've ever struggled to come up with ideas for content, look no further than conversations with your customers. Recording phone calls is a great way to gather insight on topics you perhaps wouldn't think about otherwise.
Call transcription
How many times have you had a productive conversation with a customer, only to forget exactly what was said? With call transcription, this is no longer an issue. You'll be able to revisit previous conversations to quickly identify important details and which next steps to take next, including:
- Following up with the customer.
- Whether or not a lead was qualified.
- Quality assurance for employee's customer service and sales skills.
Call transcriptions are especially helpful for saving time. Instead of listening to recorded phone calls, you can quickly scan the transcription to find the key points for improved productivity and efficiency.
If transcribing calls manually sounds like more trouble than it's worth, don't worry, some call tracking providers offer automatic call transcription to help you save even more time when qualifying leads.
Call scoring for lead scoring
Call scoring takes things one step further than call recording and transcription for even faster lead qualification. This advanced conversation intelligence technology scans your calls and identifies key stats like call time of day, caller location, and call duration, to quickly and accurately qualify leads without you having to listen back to recorded calls yourself.
Call scoring also allows you to be in control of what counts as a qualified lead. For example, you can designate calls that last for a certain amount of time as conversions and then spend more time pursuing those specific callers. You can also use call scoring to see which marketing campaigns deliver the most valuable leads.
Benefits of Conversation Intelligence
The most important question marketers can ask while looking into conversation intelligence is how it will impact their day to day marketing strategy. Here is a list of ways that conversation intelligence can help you optimize your campaigns and efficiently increase ROI.
Save time: How much time do you waste trying to qualify leads to no avail? One of the biggest perks of conversation intelligence is its ability to save you time. By investing in call scoring software, you won't have to worry about spending hours transcribing and listening back to phone calls yourself. Your software will identify the data for you to help you speed up your process and pursue your leads faster than ever before.
Optimize your staff: Recording and transcribing phone calls enables you to provide better coaching to your employees to help them close more deals.
Increase marketing ROI: How do you know which marketing campaigns drive the most phone calls? With conversation intelligence call scoring, you'll know the answer for certain. In turn, this allows you to put more money towards the campaigns that work to boost your ROI.
Improve customer service: By efficiently qualifying leads, you can move them further along the conversion funnel faster than ever.
Conversation intelligence is an essential tool for any business that wants to increase conversions and overall success. Gathering and analyzing caller data will help you optimize your sales strategies, customer service processes, marketing campaigns and so much more to drive more revenue to your business.
To learn more about how call intelligence can improve your business, request a no obligation demo of CallRail, or start your 14 Day Free Trial.


text: On 03/12/2011 02:22 AM, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > Hi Luca, > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Luca Barbato <lu_zero at gentoo.org> wrote: >> Apparently this code wasn't tested well enough, we should rework or rethink it >> My break-case is in my github branch protos-wip and is the rtsp/sctp protocol >> but I guess mpegts/udp might show the same problems as well.. >> >> revert patches attached for reference > > This doesn't include reverting the patches that removed > url_interrupt_cb() handling from udp.c/tcp.c, shouldn't that be done > also? As I stated I'd rather have that fixed/discussed, I'm having strange issues doing strange stuff (sctp isn't exactly common) and Apparently reverting those fixed that part. I'd add the url_interrupt_cb() to the polling function instead of reverting anyway lu -- Luca Barbato Gentoo/linux http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero

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I hope for Aspen Hills' sake that Montgomery County is smart enough to learn from DC's planning errors with regard to Walmart's entry
The Examiner ("Opponents call Montgomery County vote 'fast-tracking Walmart'" and "Montgomery's dilemma: Walmart or empty hulk?") and Gazette ("Proposed Wal-mart site designed for unique tenant: Proposed Aspen Hill Wal-mart site was designed for specific tenant" and "Aspen Hill residents take sides on planned Walmart: Civic Association will discuss issue next month") have stories on how the Montgomery County Planning Board got approval from the Montgomery County Council to proceed with consideration for a zoning change for a parcel of land in Aspen Hill without having to go through a full master planning review and update process.
1. This is somewhat controversial because the property is a vacant office building (see the 2010 Gazette story, "BAE Systems to leave Aspen Hill property by late June"), empty for almost three years, and concerned residents would prefer that the site be redeveloped instead of just sitting there.
The developer argues that there isn't demand for office, which is the zoning for the property. (And note that in Silver Spring, more properties are being redeveloped as residential, because of a drop in demand for office space. See "Silver Spring commercial plans shifting to residential" from the Gazette.)
2. It's also controversial because the developer proposes a Walmart, and Walmart for reasons that have been covered here in great detail, is controversial (they just launched a new image campaign, see "Will Consumers, Hourly Associates Buy 'The Real Walmart'?" from RetailWire), especially in communities with strong unions (typically grocery store employees are represented by unions, and Walmart workers are not), because it can lead to store closings by unionized firms.
3. Resident desperation is something that developers like, because it allows them to build something, not necessarily something good, because people's concerns for quality get beat down over time in the face of nothing happening (counter that to the piece the other day about the saga of the BP gas station vs. the 215 unit apartment building + a Giant Supermarket on H Street NE, which was ultimately a 13-year process).
4. But because the use change for the site requires a change to zoning, this does give the county some leverage to push the developer to do something "better" rather than merely the minimum that's allowed.
My understanding is that the preference is for a mixed use project, even though the site is more than 2 miles from the Glenmont Metro Station. Then again, high capacity transit station access is not an absolute requirement for mixed use--it comes down to market demand and opportunity.
5. What are the lessons from DC? ("Lessons from Walmart's foray into Washington, DC")
- how to develop a property is a different decision from what type of use goes there
- the animus with regard to Walmart gets people all worked up and rash and therefore they deal with neither issue--how to develop versus the use--very well and Walmart and developers know this and use it to their advantage
- Walmart is now willing to consider mixed use properties, but ultimately they don't care how a site is developed so long as the location meets their preferences (so don't go to Walmart expecting them to advocate for your desires for mixed use)
- so ultimately whether or not a site with a Walmart is developed as a vertical mixed use project or a single site project is up to the developer
- with the suasion power of the local government planning and zoning process
Unlike many jurisdictions, DC doesn't have a "Big Box Review Ordinance." Fortunately, Montgomery County does have such an ordinance, which gives them more capacity for review.
However, it does not address what people call "community benefits" issues, wage and other elements, which some activists and unionists think that such stores should have to provide. (I don't necessarily, see "What community benefits are supposed to be versus what people think they are about.")
In both Montgomery County and DC there have been initiatives to create such requirements for big box stores, because of Walmart, although sadly there has been no initiative to create a "big box ordinance" or related planning and building regulations in DC.
6. In short, the focus needs to be on Lee Development Company, the owner of the Aspen Hill site, and no one else (definitely not Walmart) in order to get the best possible mixed use result.
7. In DC, sadly, reporting on a couple of the "good" Walmart store proposals within vertical mixed use projects has overshadowed the fact that half to two-thirds of the sites in DC will either be single site stores or horizontal mixed use. 2 out of 6 isn't very good. It's terrible (except in baseball).
The development of the 1st and New Jersey Avenue NW site that will have a Walmart demonstrates that high quality mixed use urbanism with a big box--even a Walmart--is possible. And it also shows that settling for sub-par urbanism at most of the sites will disserve DC for many decades.
Hopefully Montgomery County won't make the same mistake.
Proposed rendering for the Fort Totten Store (the company got their financing to go forward a couple weeks ago, see "Financing secured for Wal-Mart-anchored Fort Totten Square" from the Washington Business Journal)
Single use Walmart on a 4 acre site on Georgia Avenue NW
The 1st and New Jersey Avenue NW site under construction
Building under construction
More than most, JBG, the developer of this site, respects context and developed a project that took its design and architectural cues from the buildings around the site, which include the Government Printing Office--the first building was constructed in the 1860s--which is shown in the far right of this photo. The building to the immediate left of the GPO was constructed in the late 1980s, and also took its design cues from the GPO building.
Labels: community benefits, formula retail, mixed use development, protest and advocacy, real estate development, urban vs. suburban, zoning


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Are you behind your mortgage payment? Do you think you'll be behind your mortgage payments sometime soon? Are you indebted more than your house's worth in today's Texas real estate market?
You might be eligible for short sale.
This year, Texas like other major states has seen a lot of changes in mortgage interest rates, employment, housing affordability and housing prices. That's why; many homeowners found themselves in a difficult situation where they weren't able to make their regular monthly mortgage payments. In other situations, a homeowner might have to sell their home in a hurry because they got a new job out of state etc. All of this can lead them towards short sales. But it is important to note that there is a difference between short sales and foreclosure.
What is a Short Sale?
Short sale is a condition where the homeowner is late on his regular mortgage payments and knows that the selling price of the home would be lesser than the sum of mortgage payment and closing costs. Let's take the example of a man who is unable to pay his regular monthly payments and has no option but to sell his home. He owes $250,000 on his mortgage but the selling price is only $150,000 because of the deteriorating market condition. There is a huge difference of $100,000 and he is unable to meet that difference. This difference is known as deficiency balance. In that situation, he might have to go through short sale after consulting his lender where both the parties sign an agreement.
In order to get the deficiency balance, the lender (usually a bank) might choose to do one of the following things:
- Give you a waiver of deficiency, which means that they will choose to forgive the balance
- They can pursue a deficiency judgment or collection on the remaining balance
- They might ask you to pay through unsecured or promissory note, which is kind of a loan and the lender might ask you to continue the payment without any collateral
- Some states like California gives homeowner a right (SB458 law) to get the waiver of deficiency once the lender accepts short sale. Texas doesn't have any such law, so the homeowner will have to negotiate with them.
How does it work?
Short sale is very different from a regular sale and the homeowner might have to hire the services of a short sale expert. The first step is to contact your lender and discuss the situation with them. A lot of homeowners try to run away from the lenders and this might create major issues. It is extremely important that you keep in touch with your mortgage advisor to make sure you both are on the same page.
Short sale process needs to be managed by an expert since the beginning. Otherwise, there is a chance that you might go into foreclosure. You need to understand that it's not your regular real estate transaction where you can switch agents if you don't like them. The time keeps ticking once you are late on your payments. Everything needs to be planned and managed from the start.
Short Sale 101
1. Hiring a short sale Expert
Once you know that you might be getting into short sale, the first thing you need to do is to hire a Texas short sale expert. Do your research, ask for referrals and talk to different agents. Once you start working with an expert, he/she will help you to:
- Come up with an appropriate listing price after conducting comparative market analysis (CMA)
- Promote your property as a short sale on MLS
- Make the communication between you and your lender easier
- Negotiate the deal with prospective buyers
2. Preparing the documentation
As a homeowner, you will need following documents:
- Hardship letter: It should have all the details of why you aren't able to make the mortgage payments, your financial condition and why you are opting for short sales
- A letter of evidence with the details of your earnings and assets
- Federal income tax returns copies for the last two years
3. Patience
Patience is an integral part of short sale. It's a long and tedious process and you need to be prepared for that. Usually, it takes longer than the seller have expected. Lenders also have a big hand in the short sale process. They will take their own sweet time to inspect the property and make a final call.
If you are in need of a short sale expert, please fill in the form below:


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Supports sending and receiving SMS, vCard, vCalendar
Useful utilities for developing Java apps
Add real time digital signal processing to your Java Sound applications
Create spreadsheet functions with this library
Check German bank codes via this library
Java Keystroke and Mouse Event Tutor
An Open Source web application framework.
An OCX for Visual Basic that lets you e-mail enable your VB applications
Java interface to the Wordnik API
Java tool for converting numbers
Java library to help you with your development
An ActiveX component, which enable for the interpretations of data stream in the form of diagrams.Â
The perfect Gantt Control for your DotNet WinForms Applications
A real-time multi-threaded dial gauge component
A handy button component for your applications
A real-time multi-threaded control
A library that will allow you to access the system keyring from within Python
2D collision system in Java
A Java library to help you with your development.
A complete toolbox for developing with Kinect for Windows SDK.
Toolbox for the transliteration and transcription of hieroglyphs.
A development tool to help you with your work.
A library for the KiXtart scripting language.
Extends .NET network API by defining objects as Distributable Objects
Excellent PHP TreeView Control
A C# .NET implementation of the IMAP mail protocol.
Provides 3 different ways of generating ordered (ranked) lists of combinations of numbers
A message component for your applications
Filter data in real-time with this .NET components
Various .NET math expression components
Constants, Variables, Links and Expressions .NET components
The most advanced component for displaying email header information!
An asp.net validation control
A small but very useful component for AJAX developers
Retrive the keyboard LED's on or off or the current status
Improve your development with this library.
Karamasoft UltimateEditor - ASP.NET control to render rich-text content editor
A Java library for parsing Autodesk's DXF format and converting to SVG (dxf2svg).
A real-time multi-threaded trend component
A real-time multi-threaded slider component
A real-time multi-threaded picture component
A real-time multi-threaded knob component
A real-time multi-threaded frame component
A real-time multi-threaded display component
The control gives applications the capability to communicate with mobile phones
This is ASP.Net File upload component with HTML real time progress bar
Build MS Office 2007 style application user interface.
A .NET library that can help you generate barcode images


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How does everyone feel about this subject?
Do you like the idea of them using 50 episodes? Or What would you prefer them doing differently?
There are still two Gundam series that I still want to watch. Victory and X. But at 51 and 39 episodes. It makes it really hard for me to justify the 40 hours needed to watch. And with no guarantee I will enjoy them. Plus, there are other things I could be doing with that time.
I would hate the idea of another Z experience.


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{Video} Co-sleeping?! Try NO-sleeping!
Ah yes, long gone are the days of little ones
crawling all over me, kicking me in the face, and spitting up in my hair snuggling up sweetly beside me in the bed. But I remember them like they were yesterday! Sometimes I miss them, then I see something like this and remember that I desperately love my uniterrupted sleep, lol.
From mom Esther on YouTube:
"Every morning my baby sleeps in my bed with me for a couple hours after she wakes up to eat. And every morning I ask myself why I didn't just put her back in her crib….so this morning I grabbed my cellphone and recorded what my baby alarm clock looks like. I think I'm not alone in this…"


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A friend of mine is doing a master's thesis on free software
businesses and is looking for people to interview. I've known her
from the Perl community for close to a decade. Even though this list
is somewhat dead, I know there are a lot of people signed up here who
could provide her with useful material. If you're interested, you can
sign up at http://ann.barcomb.org/.


text: Evein' all! I went to see the 'corpse last night with a bunch of mates at the Bradford Rio (smallish pub like venue about 2.5 hours drive from my hovel) and although I'm not a huge Corpse or Death Metal fan I had a great time! The venue itself wasnt all that big which was agreat thing as the whole gig became more 'personal' - at the end of every song myself, my mates and a few crowd members, possibly fellow bass players, continually shouted 'BASS SOLO!!'. Although we never got a full blown one, we did get a few short licks between songs as well as the aknoledgment of the singer spointing and shouting at us 'He'll solo in a minute..if we've time!'. The main thing that struck me about the band was how tight the were (as someone else mentioned on here some time back), especially when taking into account the fact they were constantly windmlling (like headbanging but whirling of hair), headbanging, jumping around and not to mention being knocked aside by the odd misdirected stage diver (incidentally the band heavily encouraged stage diving/crowd members going on stage). Overall it was an excellent gig! The supporting bands were'nt to my taste but the corpse really polished off the night for me! As far as live bands go, they're way up there with Maiden! I would've posted this review last night but I returned home in the early ours with an aura of death surorunding me, not to mention some of the juiciest armpits I've encountered to boot Band Ratings: Gore: 6/10 - Pretty technical (including a death metal tetris) but not really my thing. Kataklym: 6/10 - Again a 6 as tehy didnt really appeal to me. The drummer had some impressive licks and solos (between technical difficulties) Cannabal Corpse: 9.5/10 - If only the isnger (George) had of let Alex (bass) do a bass solo! If only! Over and out PS here's some pics: Ticket no' 1! WOW!


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Summer Chapel - May 29, 2013 - 12:00am
Chaplain Don Moldstad
Music leader(s)
Organist: Joni Bode
Order of Service
* Prelude
* Hymn, 37, We All Believe in One True God
* Reading: Romans 11:33-36
* Homily
* Prayer
* Hymn, 43, vv. 2 & 4, Hark! the glad celestial hymn…
* Benediction
* Postlude
Romans 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! "For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor?" "Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?" For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.


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DHAKA—Bangladesh said the fire that killed 111 textile workers on the weekend was sabotage, as protesters took to the streets for a second day on Tuesday and garment factories across the world's second-biggest clothes exporter stopped work to mourn.
Meanwhile, two other incidents this week, neither of which caused injuries, had local manufacturing leaders scrambling to assess whether their industry was under attack.
Saturday's fire has put a spotlight on global retailers that source clothes from Bangladesh, where the cost of labour is low — as little as $37 a month for some workers.
U.S. retailer Sears said its clothing was not meant to be made in that textile factory. It was investigating reports that one of its brands had been found in the charred debris.
Other brands, such as Esprit Holdings Ltd., continued to deny any connection and distanced themselves from the disaster.
The country's worst-ever industrial blaze consumed a multi-storey building of a Tazreen Fashions factory. More than 150 workers were injured.
Interior Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir said a preliminary inquiry has concluded the fire was the result of arson.
"It was an act of sabotage," Alamgir said. "We are finding out as of now who exactly the saboteurs are and all culprits will be brought to book."
In addition to Saturday's blaze, two other incidents outside Dhaka — a fire at a factory Monday morning and an explosion and fire at a facility Tuesday evening — had the country's manufacturing leaders scared something bigger was at play.
"I'm a little confused because having such incidents all around naturally raises questions in the mind," said Annisul Huq, former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
"The government today says they are smelling sabotage. We don't yet know what they mean by that; we will know in a few days. I don't know what information they have but we don't like this link," he said.
Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, said one of its suppliers subcontracted work to the burned factory without authorization and would no longer be used. Sears also suggested something illicit may have taken place.
"Any merchandise found at that factory should not have been manufactured there and we are currently investigating further," the company said in a statement.
The International Labor Rights Forum, in a statement on Sunday, said evidence discovered in the factory suggested Sears' True Desire line may have been manufactured there, as well as other prominent brands.
Representatives of the Tazreen Fashions factory, including the owner, were not available for comment.
Bangladesh has about 4,500 garment factories and is the world's biggest exporter of clothing after China, with garments making up 80 per cent of its $24 billion annual exports.


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Because I've been asked twice now, I thought it was worth posting a preliminary list of things I think might make my end of year list.
If you've not heard these, then find them on Spotify or add them to your Christmas wish list.
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Jay-Z – Magna Carta… Holy Grail
Los Campesinos! – No Blues
Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
The Indelicates – Diseases of England
Villagers – {Awayland}
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
Tomahawk – Oddfellows
Mark Lanegan – Imitations
Barbarossa – Bloodlines
Primal Scream – More Light
Drake – Nothing Was the Same
Breathe Owl Breathe – Passage of Pegasus
Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle – Perils from the sea
Mark Lanegan – Black Pudding
The Fall – Re-Mit
Editors – The Weight of Your Love
Ed Harcourt – Back Into The Woods
Phoenix – Bankrupt!
Darren Hayman & The Short Parliament – Bugbears
Julianna Barwick – Nepenthe
These New Puritans – Field of Reeds
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light


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Ukrainian opposition rallies in Kiev
May 12 - Opposition supporters gather in a show of political unity at a rally in central Kiev. Sunita Rappai reports.
A sunny day in Ukraine's capital Kiev - perfect for a political rally. The country's main opposition parties put on a united front on Saturday, with many calling for jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko's release. The former prime minister is serving a controversial seven-year prison sentence for abuse of office charges which she says are politically motivated. Her daughter Evgenia read a statement from her thanking opposition parties for their support. "We are able to strike as a united front at the mafia which is sitting in the government", she adds, "to give back to our citizens a feeling of personal dignity and pride". Oleksander Turchinov, deputy head of Tymoshenko's Fatherland party said Tymoshenko had been brutally beaten in prison but her spirit was still strong. "They wanted to break her but they couldn't," he says. Both the European Union and the US have denounced Tymoshenk's trial and sentence as politically motivated and urged President Viktor Yanukovich to free her. Sunita Rappai, Reuters


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Among the key offerings of the newly unveiled Apple Music platform is Beats 1 radio, which debuted this week with around-the-clock music and dozens of artist-programmed shows from high-profile artists including Pharrell, St. Vincent, Elton John and others.
It's a major initiative helmed by influential DJ Zane Lowe, whose BBC show was one of the most influential drivers of new sounds in the world. The aim with Beats One? To upend old-school radio with all the star-power Apple money can buy.
Amid the marquee names, though, is an ascendant Los Angeles beat collective called Soulection, whose smooth, deep blend of hip hop, R&B, house and soul is starting connect on a mass scale.
On Wednesday night during episode No. 214 of their weekly radio show, the collective of DJs, artists and producers announced that starting with the new episode on Saturday, Soulection will air its show weekly on Beats One to a potential audience of millions spread across 100 countries.
Founded as a podcast by Long Beach producer/DJ Joe Kay in the late '00s in his grandmother's den, Soulection has grown into an underground beat music powerhouse. As a student in Long Beach, Kay continued building as program director on a student radio station, gathering fans, kindred DJs and producers and starting a club night in Santa Ana.
It all grew quickly. Kay and company landed a satellite residency gig at the influential London underground station Rinse.FM, which prompted DJ tours and a global presence. Earlier this year, Soulection surpassed 200,000 followers on Soundcloud, where Kay and the collective upload the weekly three-hour radio show to the masses.
Soulection DJs regularly sell out the 1,000-capacity Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles with their monthly club night. It's now a label, brand, touring DJ collective and, soon, music licensing company, all based out of a tiny attic-like office on Figueroa Street in Highland Park.
A few months ago, Lowe came calling after he was hired to oversee Beats 1. A longtime Soulection listener, he asked them to join the station. Needless to say, they said yes.
Follow Randall Roberts on Twitter: @liledit


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Guys – I'm trying to come back! Its been a long three weeks and I haven't had any time to write – but certainly gaining a lot of experiences to write about 🙂
I was definitely bummed because at the launch of the blog I had about 2,000 visitors a day which was rapidly growing. While my entire goal of the blog is not to solely gain visitors – it is a passion and something I have set as a goal. Mostly because it challenges me. { And I like that } The time is now.
My visitors have dropped off tremendously – but a big thanks to those who continue to read and listen to me bitch.
{ I mean watch me learn. }
I have been in Texas for the past two weeks. The week before that I was not feeling well. And Sabrina has been sick since before I got back to Belize. I have been home three days. I am exhausted. My body hurts from traveling. I miss my family already. Now Barry isn't feeling well and I haven't left the house in 36 hours. Its stormy and windy and Sabrina has a terrible cough so we have needed to stay indoors. Sigh. I was so ready to come back here – but I am also mourning the loss of the freedom to get in a car and go somewhere.
The duality of my living situation is a constant tease.
Cars and freedom of mobility. Beaches and freedom of noise. My reality is terribly out of whack And I am very behind on work.
Texas was great. It wasn't what I expected. But it was more than I ever could have hoped. I was present and attentive for Emma when she really needed me. I am ever thankful for the struggle and positive outcome I was there to be a part of. Growth is painful. But we leveled up last week. My siblings and I got together and laughed around the table for hours. We have never. Ever. Done this before as adults. It was epic. Thanks Mom for giving us kids the gift of each other.
The Kardashians have nothing on us.
So leveling up is a term we use in our house which means someone has mastered something new. Outsiders may not notice the level up happening – but Barry and I do. Sabrina levels up when she gains mastery of new language or new physical skills like hitting a ball with a bat. The big girls level up in their maturity emotionally or perhaps their understanding of life and people or even by mastering a new skill at school. Barry and I level up when we learn from unexpected circumstances and maintain our cool when all signals point to "it's perfectly normal to freak out now".
We all leveled up while I was gone. And now it's time to take some deep breaths and appreciate the community and family of love that surrounds us whether we are here – or there. It is time to stop and be grateful for people filled with patience who support us and hold us when it may have been easier to just let go. For those are the people who make love tangible. Real. Unconditional. And unimaginably good.
Big Love to those in my life who stand so tall and proud next to me and my family.
Keep moving forward – today is a new day.
Big Love ❤


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Review: HP Stream 7
How much would you pay for a 7-inch tablet? An iPad mini, with a slightly larger screen starts at $250, and most Android tablets cost at least $100–$200 or more for a decent one. What if you could get a 7-inch tablet that could also double as a full-fledged PC for only $79? It would be hard to pass up, which is exactly why I didn't.
Microsoft is currently selling the HP Stream 7 Signature Edition Tablet for $79, which is $20 off its normal price. Considering it comes with a 1-year subscription to Office 365 Personal (worth $70 itself), a $25 Microsoft Store gift card, and credit for 100 Skype-minutes, which combined are worth $95, you're essentially getting a free tablet. Wanting to test the Windows 10 Technical Preview on a tablet device, this seemed a perfect opportunity to do so with minimal investment.
Because I immediately installed Windows 10 on this tablet, I had very little time to confirm performance of the included Windows 8.1 Bing version of Windows. Since this is mostly a hardware review, I'll try to avoid criticizing performance where possible, considering that the version of Windows I'm running on it is still in development, and far from optimized.
To see my impressions of Windows 10, and how Windows stacks up as a tablet OS, see "Another 24 Hours with a Windows Tablet".
For $79, you wouldn't expect top-of-the-line packaging, and the Stream 7 meets that expectation. The tablet comes in a thin, cardboard box, with decent printing on the outside, but nothing special happening inside at all. A cardboard insert holds the tablet in a plastic sleeve, a Quick Start guide, USB charger, and USB cable, and that's it. Ironically, it comes with a small printed insert containing a number of windows keyboard commands (which are virtually useless on a touchscreen device.)
Again, for $79, you wouldn't expect this to be of the highest quality, and it's not. It's much better quality than I would have expected for the price, though. It's a bit hefty, and probably just a little too heavy for extended one-handed use, but certainly reasonable for propping up. It's quite a bit thicker than an iPad mini, but not so much that it's unwieldy.
What you get for this price though is pretty nice:
- 7-inch HD IPS touchscreen 800 x 1280
- Intel Atom processor Z3735G (quad-core)
- 1GB memory
- 32GB SSD (with a micro-SD slot for expansion)
Though the screen is not the best I've seen on a device, it's actually quite nice for the price. It's reasonably sharp, and though not Retina-class quality, it's certainly more than functional. Websites render crisply, and text is easy to read. Unfortunately, there's quite a bit of bleed-through from the backlight, especially in the lower-third of the screen. Again, considering the price, it's a nice-looking screen.
I will say that I was very happy that F.lux installed and worked perfectly on this tiny tablet. I've had no luck getting the utility to work on other Windows computers, so I was pleasantly surprised. F.lux is a nice utility that removes the "blue" and dims the display automatically for nighttime use. This is one feature that I wish I could emulate on my iPad, but simply can't. This immediately makes the Stream 7 a useful tool when reading or browsing in bed at night.
The plastic case surrounding the Stream 7 is adequate. The entire case is a fingerprint magnet–the screen especially so. There's no nice oleophobic coating for the screen like on higher-end tablets, but it doesn't make the device unusable. Because the screen has no special coating, fingers sometimes don't slide as well as you'd like, but then again, Windows tablets don't have a lot of gestures that rely on smooth finger slides.
The Start button is touch-sensitive, and works pretty well. Touchscreen sensitivity is rather poor, I would say. Though not as bad as the resistive touch screens of olden days, it's certainly not up to par with most touchscreens I've used. I didn't exhaustively test this with the included Windows 8.1 before upgrading to Windows 10, so I'm not sure how much of this is related to that OS, but I get the impression that it's just not a great touchscreen.
Touches routinely don't register, or don't register in the correct position. It seems necessary to tap "above" what you're trying to reach. It could be that the inexpensive touch panel has particularly thick glass, or could just be a poor touch panel. It's not a deal-breaker, but it's annoying enough to impact the experience.
To call the cameras on the Stream 7 poor would be an understatement. Put simply, they're so bad they should have been omitted entirely. A 2 megapixel rear camera, and just a 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera means it would be embarrassing to try to Skype or Google Hangout with someone, and taking photos with it is pretty much not even worth the trouble.
At first glance, the tablet seems to perform fairly well. Again, I'm running the Windows 10 Technical Preview on it, which is still in development. This means that not only is it buggy, but they likely haven't done much work to actually optimize performance on low-end tablets like this.
Still, it's clear that the Stream 7 is underpowered for most functions. Just getting the keyboard to pop up for things like searching, whether the Microsoft Store for apps, the computer itself, or the Start search felt incredibly laggy.
Browsers like Chrome and Internet Explorer seem to work well, but actually loading and rendering websites felt dramatically slow, considering their Android and iOS counterparts. Trying to use split-screen to watch Netflix and browse the web became unbearably slow, to the point that I gave up trying. It's a shame, too, because this could be a killer feature of Windows on a tablet. Considering that a lot of buyers would be considering this for kids to play basic games on, I'm not sure they would perform very well at all. Even trying to play Facebook games felt excruciatingly slow.
Battery Life
Battery life was a bit hit-or-miss. Out of the box, the tablet came with about 70% of charge, but by the end of the afternoon, I was down to 5%. The good news is that the hit to battery life didn't seem to dramatically impact performance. Even at 5%, the tablet was chugging along pretty well, and not reminding me every 5 seconds to charge it. There is a configurable automatic battery-saver mode that's supposed to reduce background services to save battery. Over the past couple days, the device's battery has drained down without a lot of use, and I could see this needing charging every other day, at least.
The Stream 7 is limited to a single mono speaker at the bottom of the device, which puts out adequate sound, but is far from what I would call good. Even the iPad's universally-panned mono speaker puts the Stream 7 to shame. Headphone audio seems to be tinny and has background noise, so this isn't going to win any awards for audio quality.
In all, the HP Stream 7 isn't going to win any awards for tablet-of-the-year. The Verge only scored it at 6.3, which is fairly low for a tablet, but not so low that it falls short of most other tablets in its class. For $79 it's a steal, and hard not to recommend for budget-conscious shoppers. The Office 365 subscription alone makes it worth picking up at this price. But for those with specific needs, such as myself, the Stream 7 falls woefully short from being a daily-use tool. I'll continue playing around with it, but there's no danger of me getting rid of my primary–or even secondary–tablet any time soon.


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|Celiac friendly
Has a lot of gluten free options. I had a T-Bone steak, mashed potatoes and vegetables. Was really delicious.
|Celiac friendly
650 Stagecoach Blvd, Rock Springs, WY 82901
Waitress asked the cook to clean the grill and they understood cross-contamination. Denny's has a good choice of gluten-free items, including gf sausage, English muffins and bacon
|Not celiac friendly
44945 Woodridge Dr, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
Our waiter didn't take my friends food allergy serious and looked at her like she was stupid. She made it very clear she couldn't eat gluten and he didn't care and she ended up getting sick
|Celiac friendly
5445 Kearny Villa Rd, San Diego, CA 92123
I have done okay here as long as explain exactly what I need. The GF skillet is fine. Just ask politely for them to ensure the prep area is clean and they are careful of cross contaminating the ingredients. If you have an English muffin, make sure they grill it "clean."
2710 N Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, FL 33040
Denny's offers many gluten free breakfast items and some for lunch and dinner. I have no idea why they do not appear on the app.
|Not celiac friendly
44945 Woodridge Dr, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
I've had a good experience at another Denny's before, so I decided to give this one a try. Bad idea!!! The waiter (Jason) had no idea what I was talking about when I was trying to explain the dangers of celiacs and cross contamination. He just looked at me like I was an idiot on a gluten free diet. He was not knowledgeable at all about what went on in the kitchen and how everything is prepared. I asked him to check instead of making assumptions, but he just took my order and never reported back to me. I got an omelette and got really sick about 20 minutes afterwards. Not going back to this location.
|Not celiac friendly
8350 E Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA 90241
This is a cross contamination nightmare. Dont feed your celiac kids these muffins. Its toasted on the same grill as the cheeseburgers and the pancakes, or put in the same toaster as the other breads. The staff aren't going to change their gloves or wash their hands before touching it either. If cross contamination is ok for you and your family, then go ahead.
|Celiac friendly
495 Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
Probably safe but pricey and poor service. There are many better places for gluten free food.
2051 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34744
Not celiac friendly! At all. The scrambled eggs have flour in them. They have a menu but the staff had no idea what was what. That means accidents can happen easily. They said they can never be sure its more for optional people not anyone with an actual issue.
|Celiac friendly
205 Lewers St, Honolulu, HI 96815
Our waitress was very helpful, its your typical greasy breakfast. Lots to choose from, they have gluten free English muffin which was a nice surprise, i didn't get sick. I'd go back again
302 W. Fm 544, Murphy, TX 75094
Yes! Had the supreme sizzling' skillet. It was quite tasty, very filling (lots of food), and more importantly, GF. Would definitely eat here again and was pleasantly surprised that their menu labeled their gluten free dishes/items.
2273 El Camino Real, Oceanside, CA 92054
Gf items listed. Hash browns and gf English muffin available
|Not celiac friendly
14962 Sand Canyon Ave, Irvine, CA 92618
Their menu has items labeled as gluten free, but there's no guarantee against cross contamination. When I explained my allergies, the waitress informed the chef, and he cooked my chicken on a portion of the grill that he had cleaned. I felt no ill effects after eating.
|Celiac friendly
7200 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89123
We stayed here for a week, and we ate at Denny's almost every morning. My sister and I have celiacs, so it's great. Most egg dishes are gluten free when you order the GF English Muffin.
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3397 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Good GF menu. Have eaten in many Denny's across the US and have never been sick
19212 Gulf Fwy, Friendswood, TX 77546
Denny's can be hit or miss. o tend to stick to just eggs or maybe an omelet. I don't trust their gluten free English muffin. They claim they use a dedicated grill for eggs separate from the pancakes. So far so good!
|Celiac friendly
1750 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85224
Denny's offers a gf muffin choice that is much like the gf glutino muffin. It's a good affordable breakfast.
|Celiac friendly
1516 N Redwood Rd, Saratoga Springs, UT 84045
We love the skillets! Even ordering online they always get it right! My husband has celiac and is super sensitive but we trust this place!
|Celiac friendly
We had breakfast and it was great! The waitress was knowledgeable and very helpful! They even have gluten free english muffins!
8350 E Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA 90241
Glutino gluten free muffins offered. My Celiac daughters love them.
1011 Paul Huff Parkway, Cleveland, TN 37312
Denny's and gluten free is an oxymoron for Celiac's
|Not celiac friendly
666 Camino Del Rio, Durango, CO 81301
All though there are items that are gf they don't use a dedicated area or fryer. If you are celiac eat there with caution.
|Celiac friendly
1010 W Alameda Ave, Burbank, CA 91506
Eat there all the time and never had an issue. Also get the burgers with a GF english muffin. They have never had a issue with the switch.
666 Camino Del Rio, Durango, CO 81301
A variety of items are gluten free and clearly labeled. They even have GF English muffins. Coffee is good too.
548 W E Arrow Hwy, San Dimas, CA 91773
Gluten free items identified on menu. Yummy food!
2021 S Mountain Rd, Tucumcari, NM 88401
Offers gf English muffin and all gf items are marked on the main menu.
607 Texas Ave S, College Station, TX 77840
Didn't get the best service, but Everything seemed alright. Let it be known however, that you have to be very specific when explaining that you have an allergy / celiac disease when ordering, as their menu is Gluten sensitive and their common staff memebers (non-managers) are not well informed.
|Not celiac friendly
20565 Eureka Rd, Taylor, MI 48180
Not GF, cross contamination nightmare. Told them I had celiac, served me my food with crumbs and fries still on the plate then admitted they just took my bun off at the last minute.
4310 Yellowstone Avenue, Chubbuck, ID 83202
Even the coffee is contaminated
7021 NC-751 #901, Durham, NC 27707
Went for breakfast and was surprised to see GF English muffins as a bread option on all omelette platters.
2604 Island Ave, La Grande, OR 97850
It's Denny's so the food is average but in this neck of the woods GF options are hard to find. The menu was well labeled with GF options and they even have a GF English muffin (Udi's brand) so if you are here and GF this is a good option.
|Celiac friendly
1590 E Yonezawa Blvd, Moses Lake, WA 98837
Good attentive service and food PLUS I accidentally dropped my passport in the booth when I got my phone from my pocket. I didn't realise it was missing until an hour after I left. I phoned and they found it and put it aside for me to pick up. Great relief... and beyond the usual service! (I forget the name of the server who helped but I overheard that she was going to work at a Denny's in Seattle. So if her colleagues read this, thanks so much!)
4276 Business, U.S. Hwy 220, Bedford, PA 15522
Big menu, I'm new to Celiac disease, and just starting a gluten free diet, so I'm not sure what a gluten attack is like. either way this was my only option at 9:30pm.
|Not celiac friendly
315 S Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108
Although the waitress tried to be helpful I never helped her understand just a little is too much. Then the offer of dry gf muffins, hashbrowns and egg white (from container) ham and cheese on the same griddle made me realize it wa as too big of risk! My family enjoyed their food very much. I recommend if you are not gluten allergic or celiac.
7135 Nc #4, Battleboro, NC 27809
Pretty good I ordered the gf English muffin an egg and ham.
|Celiac friendly
1515 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
On the road... I don't expect everyone to be familiar with celiac but I've encountered many servers at Denny's who are. They have helped me to order & oversaw my requests to the kitchen. I have never gotten sick eating at Denny's. The menú helps to ID GF items. Build your own meals are a good choice. I recommend their excellent GF English muffin.
Their gluten free English muffin is the best! I eat there almost every day and have many options
|Celiac friendly
9880 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819
Best breakfast we had on vacation! Our server David was very knowledgeable and helpful. Highly recommend this location.
|Not celiac friendly
205 Lewers St, Honolulu, HI 96815
We were told the fries were gf but when I asked so it's a dedicated fryer they said oh no. No understanding of coeliac and my son was sick after eating here
315 S Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108
things are marked GF on the menu and even late at night staff is friendly about having things remade or customized to accommodate
|Celiac friendly
2230 Main Avenue North, Tillamook, OR 97141
Very pleasantly surprised. Stopped here on the way home from pacific city because I was really hungry and craving eggs and it was the only place open that had a hint of gf food. I usually avoid diner style restaurants bc I worry about cross contamination, but they answered my questions knowledgeably and it seemed really safe. They cook the eggs and sausage in fresh pans and the gf muffins come separately packaged. I tried the grand slam with eggs, sausage, fruit and their gf muffin and it was great! Didn't get sick. It's diner food still, so don't expect a gourmet meal, but it was exactly what I was craving.
|Not celiac friendly
38 Commercial Rd, Leominster, MA 01453
Terrible!! DON'T GO!! Not celiac friendly! Moldy gf english... yes, MOLDY! No idea what celiac is ... no understanding of cross contamination!
3397 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Gluten free options are clearly marked on the menu. Staff seemed very knowledgeable of GF food and Celiac disease. I've eaten here many times for several years and have never gotten sick. The gluten free biscuits are delish!
2020 Milton Ave, Janesville, WI 53545
Good food. Fantastic service. Beware, the fryer isn't dedicated so fries and tortilla chips aren't really gf although marked as such. BUT after talking, the server said she was going to insist that an unused fryer become a dedicated gf fryer and went back and talked to the kitchen manager immediately. We'll see the next time I eat there.
|Celiac friendly
839 N Watson Rd, Arlington, TX 76011
The Mediterranean chicken and the little crunchy shoestring potatoes on the salad both tested GF on the Nima sensor. The GF designations are right on the menu, but you should still specify to the waitstaff because they always seem moderately confused.
261 N Plainfield Rd, West Lebanon, NH 03784
The staff was very friendly. Many items on the menu are marked GF. However, BEWARE they DO NOT have a dedicated fryer yet mark fried items such as french fries as GF.
3397 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Not gluten free. The manager didnt even know about prep conditions. I didnt risk getting sick. Do not go if you are celiac.
|Not celiac friendly
28915 Rancho California Rd, Temecula, CA 92590
I ordered an omelette and hash browns hoping maybe those would be gluten free but there has to be major cross-contamination going on here because I had a reaction to gluten. It could've just been an unfortunate mistake but I wouldn't go back.
|Celiac friendly
8695 Jack Carnes Way N, French Lick, IN 47432
Independently owned/operated franchise with MANY *GF* options very clearly identified on the menu. Three separate flattop grills; will do "allergy prep" if requested. Sadly, the butter spread is served in condiment cups, not individual packets, so it's not guaranteed GF.
258 Retail Circle, Morgantown, WV 26508
Gluten free English muffin ❤ service was just ok
|Celiac friendly
3025 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43202
I haven't been to Denny's since before I was gluten free and I was pleasantly surprised. The breakfast menu has a large selection of gluten free options including hash browns and English muffin. Our waitress communicated my needs to the kitchen. My English muffin came grilled with butter on the side. I'm only giving 4 stars because the lunch/dinner menu looks much more limited, but this is a good choice for breakfast.
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By Katie NelsonJuly 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 10, 2012) --- The Army is well on its way to accomplishing its goal of building and remodeling lodging facilities at 42 bases in both the United States and Puerto Rico.
So far, six hotels have been renovated and ground has been broken for two new ones as part of the Army's plan to reduce costs to itself and improve lodging facilities for Soldiers and their families.
The six renovated facilities are located at Fort Polk, La.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Rucker, Ala.; Fort Wainwright, Alaska and Fort Hamilton, N.Y. The two still in the process of being built are Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Fort Riley, Kan.
The goal of privatization is to cut down on renovation costs that are not in the Army's budget but still improve the quality of life on-base hotels. After discovering in 2003 that 80 percent of Army lodging facilities failed to meet standard, the Army began brainstorming ways to address the issue. Improvements to facilities, it was discovered, would come with a hefty price tag.
"The estimated requirement for new construction and renovation to bring the facilities to the standard was $1.2 billion," said Rhonda Hayes, the chief of capital ventures for the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations and environment.
In 2005, the Military Housing Privatization Initiative was designed to keep the cost of the renovations down.
"We privatized 10 installations in 2009, we did another 11 in August of 2011, and then the final 21 installations will be done by next spring," Hayes said. This means that the legal matters and paperwork will be complete at this time, from which point the seven-year building and renovations process begins.
In terms of how Soldiers and their families will benefit from the transition, Hayes is optimistic that they will notice the improved condition of the lodging, especially for those who plan on long-term stays.
"Our hope is that [the changes] will be transparent to them," she said. "[The hotels] will actually be upgraded and things have been done to preserve them."
Original Army hotels are being converted to the Holiday Inn Express model, while new hotels that are being built are designed using a Candlewood Suite model.
Both brands fall under the InterContinental Hotels & Resorts parent company. Hayes said having a common standard ensures the same excellent condition from hotel to hotel, regardless of location, and that guests stand to receive the same benefits at a base hotel as they would at a regular hotel. Amenities include, among other things, reward points for club members and free breakfasts.
The Army is also taking into account Soldiers who may need to stay at on-base hotels for an extended amount of time, such as for a months-long training period. Hayes said the Candlewood Suites model was picked because it caters to long-term guests and features home-like conveniences such as kitchenettes and work spaces.
"It's more of a long-term stay type of property," she said. "A Soldier may go and work two weeks to six months in training, so it's a different type of environment."
As part of the privatization of Army lodging facilities, the Army conveys existing facilities and the land they sit on to a qualified partner for a 50-year lease. The partner improves the existing facility, or builds a new facility, using private money. The partner also operates and maintains the new facility.
The entire hotel-privatization development is estimated to be completed by spring 2020, will span 42 installations, and will include 14,300 rooms.
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Fanning plays a rebellious little girl who clashes with the rule-obsessed authority figures in her life. She seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher (Clarkson).
The drama that marks the directorial debut of Daniel Barnz ("Sugarland), who wrote the script. Filming will take place in Manhattan and Long Island this Summer.


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Here comes the Christmas gift from the OpenMandriva Community 😉 Not long after Lx 3.0 final release we are proud to announce OpenMandriva Lx 3.01. Work on 3.01 releases has further improved stability and performance with freshly updated software. The 3.01 release brings a number of major fixes since 3.0 release: – updated software – …
Aug 13 2016
OpenMandriva Lx 3.0 Final Release is out!
Exciting news from the OpenMandriva Community! Not long after RC1 we are proud to announce the OpenMandriva Lx 3.0 final release. Work on the RC1/RC2 releases has further improved stability and performance. We have now support for the Japanese and Chinese languages so we would really welcome any feedback from those who speak them. The …
Jun 27 2016
OpenMandriva Lx 3.0 Beta2 is here!
Hey-hey!! It was worth waiting for it, we promise! OpenMandriva Lx 3.0 Beta2 is now ready! Here, check out why: This second beta has concentrated on improved stability and performance and now, for the first time, has accommodation for the Chinese and Japanese languages using fcitx to support their input methods. OpenMandriva is a cutting …
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Hazelnut Torte May 20, 2015 – Posted in: Food – Tags: baking, Cake, sweet
It's pretty impossible to escape from the kitchen without having an icing smear on you after baking your fave cake – so you might as well do it in style. Our full-body aprons are super cute and functional, with front pockets and all, and with our new lines print apron available, inspiration struck to get some baking done.
Hazelnut Torte
Recipe adapted from emmaduckworth.com
Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 30 mins
Baking time: approx. 30 mins
Serves 16
For the cake:
1 C cake flour
1/2 C ground hazelnuts
1/2 C ground almonds
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 C butter, softened
1 C granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 C sour cream
For Icing:
250g mascarpone cheese
1/3 C cocoa powder, sifted
1/3 C icing sugar, sifted
1 C cream cheese
Chopped + roasted hazelnuts
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease two 20cm round cake tins and line the base of each with a round of grease-proof paper, spraying some non-stick over again for good measure.
In a large bowl, sift your flour, ground hazelnuts and almonds, baking powder, baking soda and salt together, mixing the ingredients thoroughly. Set aside.
In another bowl, cream your butter, sugar and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla extract. Adding them one at a time, beat in your eggs, making sure that they are incorporated completely before another addition.
With a large metal spoon, fold in your flour to egg mixture in three portions, alternating with two portions of sour cream (i.e flour, cream, flour, cream, flour) until the flour is just incorporated (you should still see some streaks)
Divide the batter evenly between prepared pans (I actually weighed the batter and divided it equally to get perfectly even height cakes). Smooth the batter into the pans, making sure it's distributed ever so slightly more around the edges so that, when it rises, it rises evenly and not higher in the middle.
Bake the cakes for 25 – 30 minutes, or until cakes are lightly browned and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Another great way to tell if your cake is done is to look at the edges, the cake will shrink and pull away from the cake tin.
When ready, remove from the oven and cool in the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes before turning them out and carefully removing the greaseproof paper from their bottoms. Leave them on a wire rack to cool completely.
Whip the mascarpone and icing sugar until creamy. Add the cream cheese and whip to desired consistency. Take about 1/3 of the icing mixture and put into a separate bowl, whipping the cocoa powder into it – this icing will be used to sandwich the two halves together and the remaining icing mixture will be used on top.
Once the cake has cooled COMPLETELY (I made the cakes the day before and iced them the next day) spread the chocolate mascarpone filling on top of one half, ensuring it is smooth and level. Place the second half on top and start thickly spreading the white icing mixture on top, spreading thinly on the sides to create the naked look.
Once you're happy with the icing, arrange your roasted hazelnuts as you wish on top, finishing off with some blueberries and blackberries.
Cut into 16 slices and serve as is with tea!
Download the recipe here.


text: Erin Abbenante is currently working as a freelance costumer and milliner in the Triangle area. She received her B.F.A. from Texas State University – San Marcos. She has worked as an apprentice at Steppenwolf Theatre Co., a stitcher at The Old Globe, and a first hand at Williamstown Theatre Festival and Shakespeare and Company. erinabbenante.wix.com/eabbenante


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Coven (Michigan - USA) - Worship New Gods
Shadow Kingdom unearths another obscure relic from forgotten soil in the form of Coven — not to be confused with Jinx Dawson's occultist mob or the British Prog outfit. Originally self-released on wax in 1987, Worship New Gods has never seen an official CD version until now. This is definitely a bargain-bin slab of unpolished NWOBHM, but there's just something about it that wouldn't allow me to simply write it off as left-alone-for-a-reason and be done with it. There was a time when that would've easy. Back in the Portrait of Defiance days [Jack published PoD from 1995 - 2002, which you should already know unless you only first penetrated the Underground yesterday. -Editor], my review for this would most likely have read: "Old Metal of homosexuals deep throats leper cum gun. Singer chugs ass milk from pre-op tranny taint. Album bathes in ballsack sweat of 10,000 faggots." I'm either getting old or becoming more open-minded, because by the third time I tried to dismiss this as tired retro slop, I realized I was singing along! It's impossible to resist the Sabbath/Candlemass-inspired pomp of "Riddle of Steel," even with its cheesy lyrics culled straight from the Manowar playbook. This singer is so bad he's good! Imagine a young, pre-Mercyful Fate King Diamond fronting a Manilla Road cover band. It's corny, but it's likable. Whether intentional or not, Worship New Gods possesses a comedic element that renders this listener unable to discard it. For a good laugh, play this album for some friends and hold up a ruler every time the gang-shouted chorus of "Ruler" comes around. HA! Elsewhere, Camelot-themed ballad "Wicked Day" subtly borrows the beginning of Def Leppard's "Foolin'" before dropping the Rocka Rolla off at the BOC chorus. Merlin sleeps forever, bitches. Admittedly, there's far more filler than killer here. Some of that boils down to cringe-inducing production (try benchpressing the flange on "General's Eyes"), or just plain clunky songwriting ("Kiss Me with Blood," "Jail House," and "Loki" are all duds). However, this charming antique will still serve as a highly enjoyable novelty listen for my biannual good mood.
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text: Hey, I really wasn't sure if this would be better in the amps forum or here, so if I put it in the wrong forum, the mods have permission to beat me. In all seriousness though, which do you prefer? All of the soundmen/studios I've worked with have usually either ran me direct through the balanced output of my amp or a DI box. I did play with a band once in which we miced my cabinet. I really don't have any specific reason for this thread other than curiosity. Which do you prefer and why. Any sound guys want to put in their two cents? Do you find one approach easier to mix than another?


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Anchor & Hope, Southwark
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One of the longer established gastropubs, the Anchor & Hope sure packs in a crowd of eager foodies (and their kids). Is it a pub or just a restaurant in disguise? As you can't book a table - diners are allocated on a first come first served basis when they turn up - the bar on each of our visits was, to all intents and purposes, a waiting room for people after a table in the dining area. Whilst it isn't as bad as laying a knife and fork at every table (as some other gastropubs do) the waiting room feel is equally off-putting if you're just here for a couple of drinks. The rather cursory selection of beers on tap is further illustration of this place's reliance on food - although oddly enough, the beer isn't actually that pricey given the gastro atmosphere and on our second visit, Brains SA was on offer at less than three pounds. As for the menu, the ingredients may change with the seasons but the prices don't: this is the sort of place where lasagne costs over a tenner (and that's one of the cheaper options on the menu). On our second visit, we had a most disappointing skate and chips: the skate was more bone than fish. And that was fifteen pounds. If you're of the opinion that gastropubs are more gastro than they are pub, then there's little to change your mind here.
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I look at you, you look at me. Was it love?
You walked your way in my heart from the route full of rocks.
You made me ask this again, you made me think of it again and then again I asked was it love?
You smile. You wink. You make my heart sink.
I dance. I sing when I see you in my dreams.
You walk. We talk. In my head.
I dream of you everyday.
You read novels. I read you.
You make me feel love is you.
Everyone say this is love.
Everyone feel I'm in love with you.
Still I'm shy to tell you and keep asking myself.
Was it love when I saw you today?