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Integrating Flex into portals has always been an interesting topic for enterprise developers. Other than a blog I did a while back there hasn't been much information out there about how to get Flex apps into portals. But I just read a great article on IBM developerWorks about Integrating Adobe Flex with IBM WebSphere Portal. It's a great read for enterprise developers looking to combine Flex and WebSphere Portal.
RIA Weeky #41: Portals and RIAs – Flex and Open Source
Last week I was able to be a guest speaker on the RIA Weekly podcast. In the episode Coté and I talked about RIAs in Portals, Flex and Open Source, and other various topics. Give it a listen and let us know what you think.
Flex Your Oracle Portal
Last week while many of us were gallivanting around Vegas at MAX, Oracle was holding their OpenWorld conference in San Francicso. Unfortunately I wasn't able to be in two places at once, so I didn't attend OpenWorld. But I did have the opportunity of building a Flex demo for one of the Oracle keynotes. I really just took a few of our sample applications and portalized them. You can see the end result on Oracle's Portlet Testing Site. One cool thing to point out is that the portlets are actually remote portlets being served via Oracle's JPDK. In case you want to play around with these portlets in your own portal, the provider url is: http://www.jamesward.org:8888/flexportlets/providers/flex_portlets
Also be sure to read the Oracle Press Release:
Oracle and Adobe Collaborate to Enable Enterprise Rich Client Development
And an article I helped write: Providing Rich Portlets with Adobe Flex
In the past 2 months Flex was used in a keynote at Intel's developer conference, a Flex application took second place at SAP TechED's Demo Jam, and most recently Oracle did the keynote Flex demo at OpenWorld! Enterprise software continues to be transformed by Flex!


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Until Team Obama occupied the White House, the longest string of months during which the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was greater than 8.5% was 22, from January 1982 until October 1983. We're now at 32 months and counting. If the Fed's prediction above is correct, the streak will be at 44 on Election Day next year, doubling the previous record.
Plus three econo-myths. Via Instapundit.

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I'm betting that a lot of people are disgusted or offended at the title of this article. Maybe you know someone who is HIV positive, or you think that calling someone "The HIV of Wrestling" is an insult that nobody deserves. Well, if Hulk Hogan is the cancer of wrestling (so said by The King of All Italy, Mike Siciliano), Hornswoggle is the HIV of wrestling.
I've said it before how he manages to take a wrestler with talent and potential and basically destroy his career. He's done it to every person he's affiliated himself with over the past three years. First it was Finlay, who was on a rise after winning the US Title. With the leprechaun, he became a child-friendly face with no punch and most of his reputation gone. Before Hornswoggle, Finlay was a force to be reckoned with. He was brutal, to the point where you would hope that anybody going into a match with him would just turn around and run away. With the inclusion of the leprechaun, his credibility went out the window. He always had to protect the little guy from all those nasty heels who would use him as a shield when faced with the shillelagh. Pretty soon, Finlay adopted Hornswoggle entrance music, and became this happy-go-lucky Irishman who did a little jig with kids from the audience after winning a match. Finlay's edge was gone, and so, too, was any chance of another championship of ANY kind. Now he's a gatekeeper on Smackdown, putting over younger guys with half the talent he has. Sure, Finlay's in his fifties, but I firmly believe that had Hornswoggle not become a major part of Finlay's persona, he (Finlay) might have gone on to the upper mid card or even sniffed the main event scene. Sadly, this will never happen, and I, for one, am very disappointed.
And then he won the Cruiserweight Championship. What little credibility the title had (and any reason to keep the smaller guys in anything but a jobbing role) went the way of the dodo. What an embarassing moment for WWE. Worse than putting the WWE Title on Sheamus! He held the title for a pointless two months before it (the title, unfortunately) was phased out. This, to me, sent a message to every smaller guy employed by WWE: We don't give a shit about you and you'll never be as successful as the 280 pound behemoths with an eighth as much talent as you. After that debacle came the illegitimate son of Vince McMahon angle, which went on for far too long. Let's just forget that ever happened.
Then, earlier this year, the disease began to spread. Its next victim: Goldust. Now, we all know that Dustin Runnels, aka Goldust, was never going to be a world champion in WWE. The gimmick was just too weird. But when he got himself involved with Hornswoggle, it ended up burning him in the long run. Goldust was taken from Raw and moved to ECW, where he made a bit of a comeback and actually got a pretty decent cult following before being paired up with Sheamus. Meanwhile, Hornswoggle had moved on to his next target: The World's Strongest Man.
Now, I'm sure that a few of you remember Mark Henry's first night on Raw after the 15-superstar trade engineered by Donald Trump (full kayfabe mode right there, folks). Then-champion Randy Orton was put in a Gauntlet match against three unknown opponents. The first was Evan Bourne, who fought valiantly, but lost because he's a smaller guy. Then came Jack THHHHHwagger, who just got himself counted out. Then came Henry. He appeared to follow Swagger's lead, but grabbed the ref's arm as the count was being made. He shook his head, smiled, got in the ring, and destroyed Orton. Never had Mark Henry gotten a reaction like he did that night. He went from middling heel that nobody cared about (and probably a lot of people hated) to a main event face in one night. Then what happened? Hornswoggle got in trouble, and Henry bailed him out. Goldust was gone to ECW, so the little bastard needed somebody to protect him. And who better to protect him than the World's Strongest Man? Mark Henry started wearing red tights (making him look like the world's largest misshapen tomato) and having tag matches with the leprechaun. It took Henry's credibility away, and now he's wrestling tag matches that mean nothing in the long run. Much like his tag partner, MVP, Henry made a huge impact his first night on Raw, rather coincidentally both against Randy Orton. But, for some reason that I have yet to figure out, neither of them actually ended up delivering on that impact. Henry's wrestling six man matches, and MVP just got squashed by Sheamus last night on Raw in an utterly pathetic match.
But was Hornswoggle done? Of course not. During the course of the last three years, he's also ruined what little careers Jamie Noble, Chavo Guerrero, and Brian Kendrick had in WWE. One thing I will never forgive Creative for is giving Hornswoggle more wins in 2009 than Evan Bourne. And just last night, the HIV of professional wrestling that is Hornswoggle infected two more men. DX has been forever marked by the little bastard. The collective star power of HHH and Shawn Michaels might be able to stave off ruin for a while, seeing as how they're DX and all, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they ended up like everyone else. I'd bet that DX is going to lose the tag titles very soon to the Hart Dynasty, either by Chris Jericho's hand or Hornswoggle's accidental interference, and someone's going to turn heel. I'm betting it's HHH, so we can get a HHH/HBK match at Wrestlemania 26, to go along with Cena/Taker and (I still hope not) Hart/McMahon. What I'd like to know is why Vince didn't try to schedule this for Wrestlemania 25. 25 is a hell of a lot bigger an anniversary than 26. I guess Vince is just trying to spite Hogan after all the shit Hogan spat about McMahon over the past few months.
Regarding the changes to the WWE intro: I think it was a little callous of McMahon to take out the Mick Foley segment of the video intro before every TV show. I can understand the Hogan quote being taken out, but Foley? His fall off the Hell in a Cell is one of the most iconic moments in wrestling history, maybe in the top 5 all-time. Just because he's with a differnt company now doesn't mean he doesn't exist. I really with Vince would at least acknowledge that there are other companies out there that do what he thinks is the greatest wrestling product in the world, but I suppose that's just his massive, throbbing ego again, needing a good stroke like it always does.
Anyway, my point of this little 1200 word diatribe is that I am sick of Hornswoggle ruining peoples' careers. The Little People's Court last night on Raw was a new low for WWE programming. Pretending that midgets can't talk? Really, Vince? You couldn't have even the JUDGE say or do something other than bang her gavel on the milk crate you covered with a cloth to simulate a judge's desk? Even I'm insulted with this. Midgets can talk! It's just sad, really. Hornswoggle's 15 minutes of fame ran out three years ago. He needs to disappear from WWE programming for the good of the product. For once, Vince, think about the fans instead of the MUHN-AEY.
Ah, who am I kidding? Vince will never think of the fans before himself and THE MUHN-AEY.
Join me next time when I try to be less cynical. I'll do my First Annual Golden Rantie Awards next week, so stay tuned for that! And until then, continue booing Sheamus for being the least qualified man to hold the WWE Championship since The Great Khali!


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Merry Christmas!
Too many people saying Happy Holidays. On Christmas. What's with that?
It's a national holiday here, and according to a recent poll, 9/10 American families celebrate it in some way, so why all the reluctance to just say Merry Christmas? Seems like tolerance and political correctness is a one-way street.
This time of year, and this day, I think is an important time to reflect on family and friends, the year as a whole, and dreams and ambitions for the coming new year. For people working retail, it's doubly stressful, as the hectic shopping rush leading up to Christmas is overwhelming, chaotic and emotionally draining. A lot of people are running around sick, too… and got Stephanie sick with this horrible cough and aches.
And then she got me sick.
So here I am, trying to make the most of it, and I'm in front of my computer (that I somewhat reluctantly upgraded to OS X 10.9 Mavericks because of all the glowing reviews published on the major tech blogs), and I find out today that my Boot Camp Windows drive is entirely broken and unreadable. I read about it online, and it seems like the best course of action is to delete, repartition and reinstall… and everyone keeps saying backup, backup, backup like a mantra.
The thing is, with the cloud and online backups, there's really not much to "save." Everything is already, has already been saved, platform agnostic. The major problem? Reinstalling the apps. Mostly really large ones. I think I'm going to wait to tackle this problem. Too stressful.
Should clean out the OSX side of things, first. Lots of files to tag and rearrange. My big I'm sick Christmas Project that I probably can't finish by 2014. I know it seems like minor annoyances, but when you're dealing with years of chronic pain and physical problems, every little minor annoyance becomes extra stress that seems to compound and exacerbate the real issues.
But, I'm going to try to focus on the positives. I think that that's a good practice, insofar as it's within reality and reasonably objective. Hopefully I won't be sick (this time) for long!
Again. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Stay warm and safe.


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May 22, 2009
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Good Morning everyone : ) A nice mix of things today...I hope you enjoy e!
Esther Coombs
I stumbled upon Esther Coombs when flicking through some Etsy finds... and then spent a good amount of time oohing and ahhing over her work, both in her store and on her website.. (I like it when that happens!).
Esther's work consists of a collection of intricate drawings and collage. Both her paper and ceramic work have a sense of ease in the way she overlays her illustration onto each piece, but on closer inspection you notice her intricate detailing and how cleverly she gives new life to often old discarded china and books.
There is much more to see in Esther's store and on her website so I suggest you go on over and check out the rest of her work...
Here's a peek:
(images from Esther Coombs)
visit Esther's website
visit Esther's shop
read Esther's blog
Traci Edwards
I really like this series of work by Traci Edwards. I love her use of colour - we all need a bit more colour in our lives right?? - and I particularly love the detail in the "Do Horses Grow on Trees" Print (pictured first below).
If you have a look through the collection of works below you will notice that Traci not only produces a fab range of graphic prints, but her acrylic jewellery and Jar Diorama's are also fantastic - enjoy!
(images from Traci Edwards)
visit Traci's shop
I spotted this over at David Stark's blog and just had to share it with you! I know it's probably old news but there's no harm sharing it again...
Officially opened in 2006, The Eureka Tower is Melbourne's (Australia) tallest building, and is the second tallest all-residential building in the world. The building itself is pretty impressive, but it is the first 9 floors of car parking space that I want to share with you.
Axel Peemoeller designed Eureka's very cool way-finding-system while working for Emery Studio in Melbourne. Inspired by the work of Swiss artist Felice Varini, Axel developed these (pictured below) distorted sets of lettering that can be read perfectly when standing in the right position... have a look!
(images from Axel Peemoeller)
visit Axel's website
visit the Eureka Tower website
visit the Emery Studio website (NB: this link wasn't working when I tried it, but I hope you have better luck!)
find out more about Felice Varini
And there we have E and the end of our first week!
What are you up to for the weekend?
Whatever you do, I hope your weekend is full of all the things you hold dear x
Thanks so much for stopping by, see you Monday for F!
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Cursive Letter FamiliesTeaching cursive letters in a series of similar letters can be helpful for kids who are just learning letter formation. Tricks to help with teaching cursive handwriting can make all the difference when it comes to carryover and legibility. Below, you will find information about teaching cursive handwriting and letters that are similar and should be taught together in groups for ease of learning.
read more about cursive letter families below as well as more cursive writing strategies and tools here and in the How to Teach Cursive Writing series that we have on The OT Toolbox this month.
You can find all of the tips and strategies for teaching cursive handwriting under the cursive writing tab up above.
Cursive Letter Families
Teaching cursive letters in chunks can be helpful because many cursive letters are similar in formation either in starting lines or with components. Consider a lower case cursive letter "i". The way the beginning line curves up and stops is similar to the start of a lower case cursive letter "t".
Letters like m, n, v, x, y, and z all start with a bump curve that starts from the baseline and curves up in an arch toward the middle line,
Letters like e, l, h, b, f, and k all start with a loop.
There are similarities in upper and lowercase cursive letters that indicate a need to teach letters in an order that takes cursive letter families into account.
Lowercase Cursive Letter Families
These are lowercase cursive letters that curve up from the baseline with a curve that follows the outside and left side of a circle. The curve traces back on itself to create a curve shape.
Wave letters include lowercase cursive: c, a, d, g, q, and o.
Spike Letters
These are lowercase cursive letters that curve up from the baseline with an inverted curve that follows the underside and right side of a circle. The curve traces back on itself for the strait portion of the letter, but then pulls away to either continue with additional components of the letter or to connect to subsequent letters.
Spike letters include lowercase cursive: i, t, u, w, p, and j.
Loop Letters
These are lowercase cursive letters that begin with a loop from the baseline.
Loop letters include: e, l, h b, k, and f.
Bump Letters
These are lowercase cursive letters that start from the baseline with a low curve on a 45 degree angle that peaks with a curved "bump" at the middle line.
Bump letters include: n, m, v, x, y, and z.
Slant Letters
These are lowercase cursive letters that start from the baseline and slant at a 45 degree angle without a curved portion at the direction change.
Slant letters include: s and r.
Another way to distinguish cursive letters even further is to identify tow truck letters. This term uses a verbal prompt from the Learning Without Tears handwriting program which identifies letters with a high connection point. The "tow truck letters" connect to subsequent letters in a word with a connector at the middle line rather than the baseline.
Tow Truck Letters include: o, v, w, and b.
Uppercase Cursive Letter Families
Right Curve Start
These are uppercase cursive letters that start at the top line with a counter clockwise (or right curve) motion from the top line down to the baseline.
Right Curve Start Letters include: A, C, O, Q, and E (Uppercase cursive letter E starts with a right curve to the middle line.)
Rocker Start Letters
These are uppercase cursive letters that start with a small rocker motion to the top line.
Rocker start letters include: B, R, P, and L.
Down Stroke Start Letters
These are uppercase cursive letters that start at the top line and move down.
Down stroke start letters include: D, T, F, U, Y, V, and W.
Left Loop Start Letters
These are uppercase cursive letters that begin with a small loop start at the top left side of the letter.
Left loop start letters include: H, K, M, N, X, and W.
Slant Start Letters
These are uppercase cursive letters that start at the baseline and slant up to the top line at a 45 degree angle.
Slant start letters include: G and S.
Left Curve Up Start
These are uppercase cursive letters start at the baseline and curve up to the left side.
Left curve up start letters include: I and J.
Uppercase cursive letter Z doesn't seem to fit into any of these categories!
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Teach Cursive Letter Families with Picture Frames
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Use the cursive letter order descriptions to create family photos like we did. Use these in the classroom to teach kids about how the letters are related in formation. We used just a few items to create family photos for cursive letters:
A picture frame set worked great for making a full set of cursive letter families.
Cardstock in bold colors and patterned scrapbooking patterns work as colorful and eye-catching mat for the cursive letter family photos.
Cut the cardstock to fit the frames. Add a small piece of tape to keep the cardstock in place. Write the groups of cursive letters on the cardstock. Fit the paper into the frames.
Use these frames to teach common cursive letter families. Place them on desks or tables in the classroom or home and refer to cursive families during instruction.
A note about order to teach cursive letters:
Specific order of uppercase and lowercase cursive letters doesn't matter hugely. It's recommended to teach letters in their family chunks for ease. It's also a great idea to teach letters that are similar in look or formation to their printed counterpart.
There are so many different cursive letter curriculum out there without a clear letter sequence so it's truly up to the instructor. Consider the benefits of teaching cursive letters in their letter family clusters. Here is one list of recommended cursive letter order for ease of instruction.
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A thought for the day: To make or not to make a "Father's Day" card for your partner.
Recently both myself and my husband's friends have ridiculed us for observing Mothering Sunday and Father's Day with each other. I do understand their view that I am not my husband's mother, nor he, my father. However, eversince our children were born, we got into the habit of giving each other cards, a token gift, and a little pampering not just when the children were young but even after they'd flown the nest.
All too often, our busy lives mean we do take each other for granted, so what is the harm in just taking Mothering Sunday and Father's Day as an opportunity to say "thank you" for all your help and support that we each give in our own way to our children, especially in their formative years . Even now, as adults, they still need us - especially when they need financial aid or act as a sounding board when things aren't going tickety boo, not to mention babysitting duties on top of that! So even if our peers think we're mad, we shall carry on regardless - it's healthy for our relationship and it's always nice to be made to feel special whenever the occasion arises. OK rant over!
So here's the card I made for my hubby. He has joined the "Cycle to Work" scheme and collected his brand new bike on Saturday, and the new Hostess stamp set in the summer mini "Pedal Presents" was the obvious choice. The technique I've used on this card is embossing with the framelit dies. I just love this colour combo - Pool Party, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla. His bike is a lovely red, and happens to coordinate well with my colour combo.
This is an easel card made with the Labels Collection Framelit dies and I used the centre of one of the Apothecary Art images as a "stopper" for the easel bit.


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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she expects to introduce a bill within the next week that would revive earlier calls for such a mandate.
"I don't believe we can afford to wait and not require a voter-verified paper record of each voter's vote," Feinstein said at the first hearing here of the new session convened by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, of which she is chairman.
Details on Feinstein's proposal were still being finalized, but aides said it will likely resemble a House of Representatives bill, sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), that was reintroduced on Tuesday and has received endorsements from voter advocacy groups and some computer scientists.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said he is also drafting a bill that would require paper verification in elections and allow review of the software on e-voting machines when the outcome of a race is in dispute.
"Sometimes those machines may not do what we tell them to do, and that's where we have to have a process by which we can verify whether or not that machine malfunctioned," he told the committee.
The need for new action is acute, the politicians said, because they fear a reprise of what occurred during last year's congressional election in Sarasota County, Fla. When it was reported that more than 18,000 of the county's ballots registered no choice in the House race, watchdogs suggested buggy paperless electronic machines may have been to blame for the perceived irregularities. In the end, Republican Vern Buchanan was certified as the winner of the House race with a 369-vote edge over Democrat Christine Jennings, but litigation is pending.
According to the advocacy group Verified Voting, 27 states already have laws on their books requiring a voter-verified paper trail of some sort, though not all of the requirements have been implemented yet, and not all require subsequent audits. Last week, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican, proclaimed that every county should make use of paper ballots by 2008. Politicians said they want to expand such requirements across the nation.
"If things stand where they are now, no one will know whom the voters intended to represent them in the House," said Holt, who spoke about his bill at Wednesday's hearing.
Called the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, Holt's 47-page measure would require all voting machines to employ a paper ballot or receipt that would allow voters to review their selections and make changes before their final choices were recorded. A certain percentage of voting precincts in each congressional district would be required to perform regular random audits based on those paper ballots after an election.
The bill also aims to make the machines more hacker- and bug-proof. For instance, it would ban any wireless technology in voting machines and prohibit connecting them to the Internet.
It would also require state elections officials to hand over to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a federal agency charged with overseeing the shift to electronic voting machines, all of the source code and other ballot programming files associated with the machines they certify. In a move that could prove controversial, the EAC under the bill would have to make that information available "for inspection promptly upon request to any person." (The judge presiding in the Sarasota case already ruled that Jennings, the losing candidate, had no right to look at the source code, arguing it was more important to protect the voting machine company's trade secrets.)Representing a voter's intent
Another idea that could prove contentious is any requirement that paper ballots serve as the "official" representation of a voter's intent in the event of a recount. Some states, such as California, already have such requirements in place. But past and present elections officials cautioned the senators against putting too much stock in the paper trail process.
"If a voting machine paper trail is declared to be the official ballot, we will in fact disenfranchise voters whose ballots were cast when the paper jammed, the printer ran out of toner, or (the receipt) failed to print," said Connie Schmidt, a former Kansas election commissioner.
Holt's bill says the paper receipts would serve as the "true and correct" record during any audits or recounts. It does, however, also contain an exception that would permit elections officials to rely on electronic ballots if there is "clear and convincing" evidence that the paper records have been compromised. It was unclear what path the Senate bills would take, but Feinstein indicated she was mindful of potential paper-related glitches.
Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), the Rules Committee's co-chairman, said he was skeptical that technological change alone could solve problems reported by precincts. He suggested electronic ballot designs, perhaps more than the inner workings of the machines, could affect election outcomes by confusing voters--including the senator himself when he ventured to the polls last year.
It's also important to pay attention to "human factors," Bennett said, because "we do have a long history of vote fraud and rigging elections that predates any discussion of electronic voting."
Holt's proposal currently enjoys sponsorship from 174 politicians, 17 of whom are Republicans. With a Democrat-controlled House, he may have more luck this year. Last year's incarnation counted 222 co-sponsors--more than a majority of the House--but died before going to a floor vote.
Others voiced doubts that there's enough time to effect major changes in the voting system before the next federal elections. But there are arguably less dramatic ways to make e-voting more secure in the meantime, suggested Brit Williams, an emeritus computer science professor at Kennesaw State University who has been evaluating electronic voting systems in Georgia since the late 1980s.
"We've got to really concentrate on the things that we can control," he said, "that is, training people, and avoiding poor ballot formats."
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It was only 2 days ago that we discovered that the Unit they sold us has no NTC Sticker. We felt like we were scammed. So we tried to reason with them and we only got a shrug. The day we returned everybody was busy or has something to do and the rest who don't ,doesn't have a clue to what our complaint was. It's like they were asked to memorize a line. We were not after the warranty anymore. We're asking about the NTC sticker. It was a total waste of time. If they don't have the NTC stickers on their phones, How are they different from those vendors who's all over the news?
Though we'll still take this issue one step higher. It's just sad that We have to learn it the hard way.So for those of you who're scouting for a brand new gadget or Cellphone. Please be mindful as to where you're going to get your stuff. Cheaper is not always better people!


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One of the major things that i was doing during the month of October was planning, designing, doing taste-trials for my friend's 21st birthday cake. Gladly, i wasn't doing all of these by myself; i had J to share the load and keep me company (since it was a shared project). The whole process was a fun and worthy experience, even though it took away some of our sleep time and energy. Despite being faced with some uncertainties and failures on the way, those 31 hours of hard work definitely paid off. The cake turned out very pretty (both of us couldn't stop saying '...so pretty, so pretty') and the birthday girl really liked it too.
I also decided to submit this blog post as part of The Nuffnang October Blogger Challenge because i thought that the cake & cupcakes were so pretty that i would totally take them to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. The cupcakes have beautiful pastel colours and delicate flower decorations that especially suits a spring season tea party.
The journey started when we accepted the birthday girl's request to make her 21st birthday cake. At first, it sounded cool and fun but when we actually stopped to think about it we were like "Wait...it's her 21st birthday cake, not any other cake that we usually make". The birthday girl was going to hold a sit-down dinner for 50 or so guests, so we couldn't just make any Michel-Patisserie-like cake. It had to be displayed during the dinner, pretty, tasty and something that would feed 50+ guests. I immediately knew what we were dealing with...Fondant Cakes! Neither J or myself had ever made a fondant cake before, so we started to do heaps of research and watch Youtube videos about fondant cakes.
The birthday girl wanted green tea-flavoured cakes so we ended up making a White Chocolate Green Tea Mud Cake (main cake) and Green Tea cupcakes. We adapted the recipes from the book Planet Cake - A beginner's guide to decorating incredible cakes by Paris Cutler. We basically just added green tea powder to the recipes and reduced the amount of sugar needed in them. It's definitely a great book for beginners (like us) who are interested in cake decorating!
With everything ready and set to go, it took us 3 days to finish our little work of art! Let the journey begin...
Day One
We made the mud cake (as it can be stored longer) and coloured 6kgs of fondant to the colours needed: pale green and four shades of pink. That was a lot of muscle work involved! We were both pretty exhausted by the end of day...
Mud Cake Batter
The different coloured fondants
Day Two
That's when we made 6 batches of cupcakes (86 cupcakes in total), brushed them with syrup and covered all of them with white chocolate ganache.
Testing the batch of green tea cupcakes
Brushing the green tea cupcakes with syrup before ganaching themDay Three
This day was entirely dedicated for decorating the mud cake and the cupcakes. We rolled out some pale green fondant and cut them into circles to cover the cupcakes. We also rolled out a massive 'sheet' of pale green fondant to cover the main cake and then, we put edible pale gold ribbon around the bottom rim of the mud cake.
It was such an accomplishment for us, i have to say. *tears...J also tears...
More photos of the finishing product...
Cupcakes covered by pale green fondant
Covering the White Chocolate Green Tea Mudcake with Fondant. It wasn't as daunting as we thought afterall...
Covered mud cake with edible pale gold ribbon
We cut out a few hundreds of flower-shaped decorations to be used on cupcakes and the mud cake. All flowers were brushed with white shimmering glitter for a prettier finish and some flowers were decorated with metallic cachous.
Cutting flower-shaped decorations
More pretty flower decorations
In process of decorating the main cake
Finished cupcakes! I think it was past midnight when we finished all them...
Day Three was probably the most fun and rewarding day for both of us as we got to see the final product! Yey!
It was such an accomplishment for us, i have to say. *tears...J also tears...
More photos of the finishing product...
Sorry for the long post, just felt like a proud mum!


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The name says it all. This is a daytime serial item. Each shot sends a parachute high in the sky and then descends with a large volume of colored smoke. The effect is that the sky is painted with red, blue, green and yellow smoke.
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Hello To You,
I would like to short introduce myself and tell a brief story about my journey to the unconditional love. I Am 30 years old "IT guy" leaving in Wroclaw a beautiful city in Europe. I have started interesting nonduality 3 year ago when I meat my guru and joined to the mindfulness group. From that point of time I started to observe myself and do inquiry "who am I?" at any time. I founded many unconscious things and accepted them.. I attended in many trainings, Zen seshins and spiritual groups..
Currently I Am not fully satisfied of my life. I do not meet up in my work. I started to looking sth new far away from the corporation and a little bit closer to the people. I am also thinking about a travel to India.
I didn't "reach" unconditional love yet, but i believe that there is not to much to relief to reach that.
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- looking new friends
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- to practice english..
All the best for you in New Year 2016!
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Love is knowing I am everything,
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New capabilities for a cutting-edge in vivo imaging method: activatable photoacoustic contrast agent
The recent invention of an imaging method that promises to bridge the gap between microscopy and current low-resolution imaging methods used in the clinic, such as X-ray tomography, has spurred the introduction of a host of new contrast agents to enable detection of specific molecules. This imaging method, called photoacoustic tomography (PAT), was established roughly ten years ago and detects the ultrasonic waves produced when colored molecules absorb light. All photoacoustic imaging agents so far introduced detect disease by binding to proteins present at higher-than-normal concentrations in disease sites. As even unbound contrast agents produce signal, however, considerable background signal may remain; to more clearly distinguish disease sites from healthy tissue, activatable contrast agents that only produce signal upon encountering disease characteristics could be adapted from those already in use in optical imaging.
A research group at Stanford led by Jianghong Rao recently saw an opportunity for the materials they have developed for use in solar cells to serve as photoacoustic imaging agents. Because these semiconducting pi-conjugated polymers are designed to absorb near infrared light efficiently, the investigators hypothesized that they would produce high photoacoustic signal. Further, by incorporating a dye that's inactivated by certain reactive oxygen species (ROS) into nanoparticles composed of one of these polymers, they created an "activatable" agent. ROS are present at higher-than-normal levels in atherosclerotic plaques, tumors, and degenerating brain tissue, so many ROS-activated imaging agents have been developed towards the goals of early detection and examining the role of ROS in the progression of these diseases. In the present design, the ratio of the signal of the semiconducting polymer (which remains constant) to that of the ROS-responsive dye correlates with the concentration of ROS with which it reacts.
The team, led by first author Kanyi Pu, demonstrated in a Nature Nanotechnology paper that nanoparticles of one type of semiconducting polymer provides much greater photoacoustic signal on a per mass basis than gold nanorods or carbon nanotubes in vitro and in vivo. (Not all of these polymers work equally well for this purpose; the study began by comparing two, and the polymer used in later experiments has four-fold greater signal.) They also showed that the activatable version detects inflammation caused by treatment with an immune-activating agent (zymosan).
While this is a clever demonstration of the potential relevance of this class of materials to photoacoustic imaging, the usefulness of this advance remains far from clear. As this is the first use of these materials in animals and involved only one acute exposure, their safety must be examined much more thoroughly. Another caveat is that while induced inflammation is detectable with this approach, ROS levels characteristic of chronic diseases may be less easily distinguished. More broadly, while PAT is a hot topic, the method is only now being introduced to the clinic (so far in non-contrast-enhanced applications, such as monitoring breast cancer response to therapy by measuring blood volume and oxygenation).


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Using Queries
Sub-Forms and Sub-Reports
When studying data relationships, we saw that tables could be configured to exchange information. Consequently, when using different forms in a database, the information can also flow among them. We may realize this only if we keep switching forms by opening some and closing others. Microsoft Access provides a convenient way to use and manage the flow of data among objects. It does this by making it possible to "embed" one form or report in another's body. A form (or report) that displays in the body of another form (or report) is called a sub-form (or sub-report).
As we will see in the next sections, a sub-form or a sub-report is primarily created like any other form or report, using the same approach and the same techniques. While or after creating a sub-form or a sub-report, you can save it and give it a name. On this site, to indicate that it is one, we will start the name of a sub-form with sbf and the name of a sub-report with sbr. Examples are sbfStudents or sbrTransactions. This allows us to know what it is intended for.
Referring to a Sub-Form or a Sub-Report
In most cases, the creating an configuration of a sub-form or a sub-report is quite straightforward. In some cases, you will need to create an expression that refers to a sub-form or a sub-report, from its parent. For example, you may want to access a Windows control that is positioned on a sub-form or a sub-report. You cannot directly use the name of the control that is on the sub-form. If this were possible, what if you have a control on the form that holds the same name as an object on the sub-form or sub-report. How would the database engine know what object you are referring to.
To refer to a control on a sub-form or sub-report from the parent form or report, in Microsoft Access, enter the name of the sub-form or sub-report, followed by the period operator, followed by Form, followed by the exclamation point, and followed by the name of the object. Here is an example entered in the Control Source property of a text box of a form:
This expression indicates that you are referring to an object named txtMembers that is positioned in a sub-form named sbfRegistrantsByGender.
To refer to a property of the sub-form or sub-report from its parent, enter the name of the sub-form or sub-report, followed by the period operator, followed by Form, followed by the period operator, and followed by the name of the property. You can then assign the appropriate value to the property. Consider the following example:
This refers to the Filter property of a sub-report named sbrTimeSheet.
A Columnar Sub-Form
Normally a sub-form is created like a regular form. This means that you can use the Form Wizard or design it from scratch. What makes it a sub-form is its ability to be laid in the body of another form. This is possible only if the record sources of both the form and the sub-form are related. Starting with Microsoft Access 2000, if you use either the Form Wizard or the AutoForm to create a form, a sub-form based on its child table would also be created and added to the form.
From our experience so far, we know that a columnar form displays one record at a time. You can also create a sub-form like that and only one related record would display. This is convenient for data selection where one record from a child would be necessary to display.
Practical Learning: Creating Columnar Sub-Forms
A Tabular Sub-Form
While a columnar form displays one record at a time, a tabular form can display more than one record. In fact, only its height controls the number of records that this type of form can display at a time. As far as the design is concerned, there are many similarities between both forms. The main difference is their Default View property. That of the column form is set to Single Form while the tabular form uses the Continuous Form option.
Data Filtering With Sub-Forms and Sub-Reports
After creating and configuring a sub-form or a sub-report, it is meant to display data that is related to the value of the primary key of the parent form or report. If you perform data analysis on the parent object, the child may not show the appropriate record(s). If you want to filter data of the sub-form or sub-report, you must explicitly indicate it.
To filter data on the sub-form or sub-report from its parent, create a filter and pass it to the Filter property of the sub-form or sub-report using the expressions we defined earlier as to how to refer to a sub-form or a sub-report's property.
Practical Learning: Filtering Data of a Sub-Form
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Synopis: A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.
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"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12:3
This is one of several scriptures that surround my work space to help keep my perspective where it needs to be. Truth be told, some days I need to consider this more than others. Today is one of those days. Have you ever found yourself to be in the situation where you have given your all, worked as hard has you could on a project and given nothing in return? You did it because you enjoyed the work and hoped that one day it would pay off?
Today is not that day for me. However, I am confident that "that" day is coming. Here is another scripture to tuck away,
"But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence." Jeremiah 17:7
In my mind it plays out in a picture; imagine you are in a glass box. Everyone can see what you are doing. They see your sweat, tears, determination, perseverance, your good as well as your bad but they keep you in the box so they can set limits on you. Keep you contained so to speak. You cannot escape yet you have so much more to learn, to give. Then one day you find that you had the necessary tool to break free from the box with you all along. It's that determination and perseverance that gives you the strength to break the glass, spread your wings and soar like you know you can. I don't want to be contained, I have too much that I need to do, so much left in me that needs to be shared with you and the rest of the world. That's the great thing about perspective. We can't see all the great options we have when we are focusing on our circumstances. It is only when we take the time to move our circumstance out of the way; that we gain the right perspective to redirect our steps and reach our goals.
Generally speaking, other people don't want to see you succeed because they are afraid of what that means for them. We live in a self serve world. But take it from me, YOU do YOU best. Allowing someone other than you to put limits on your potential, your dreams, keeps you from fulfilling what God has created in you. So break free, dare to dream; have the courage it takes to step out in faith and follow your heart.


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On nostalgia
What we grope to capture in writing, screen and music is the stream of consciousness that characterises what it is to be. Of course, this cannot be grasped, translated or presented: but I think it can be evoked. Take an apparently very simple piece of music - say, Mozart piano sonata no16 in C, K454, second movement (his little sonata for beginners). Such a deceptive work, simple textures with straightforward Alberti bass and single theme. Yet, like all good music, it immediately plunges us into experience: a gently wistfulness, shifting from phrase to phrase from sadness to joy and back, in a seamless whole. It is remarkable how much "classical" music, especially of Mozart and Haydn, in its most innocuous moments evokes sadness, almost as if this is the default response to Western harmony (ie harmony full stop).
How music of all sorts achieves its magical effect of evoking mood seems mysterious indeed. Most music makes no attempt to "note paint", to draw pictures in sound; and thus creates no external reference. Other sounds - notably the calls of birds, and above all the human voice, have also this ability to evoke; yet again, in both cases, the way they achieve this purpose seems hard to understand; nor is it easy to see music as simply imitating these others.
One thing, however, that is notable about music is that in general it is an experience that does not exhaust our enjoyment. One can indeed listen to the same work throughout one's life and never finally tire of it. Of course, one can over-listen to something; but that does not at all preclude returning to it, in the way that one can re-read Pride and Prejudice over and over again too. As such, these works give us a glimpse of heaven, which otherwise might seem to be a terrifyingly dull place.
Because our enjoyment of such works lasts and matures a whole lifetime, our returning to them acts as a bond that ties the disparate ages of our life together, and thus fuel aspects of nostalgia: the pain of longing for home. Hearing such a work reminds us of other times and places, yet, like the work itself, the experience of repetition of the work is also sad, so a double movement can occur in such a way. Our aesthetic and thus emotive experiences may be one important way in which we experience ourselves as persisting subject; and its content is doubly shadowed by sadness.
Aesthetic experience binds our lives together; history binds our culture together, and is often also sad. Writers through the ages have returned again to the past again and again as a source of renewal or inspiration: even the modernists with their anomie, so well captured by Eliot, eventually ended up doing so. Art unites us to ourselves; and history to our dead: and both threads are ones of sadness mingled with joy. Any attempt to understand religion or even science must surely be done from such an understanding.


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Respect To The Clarinets
For the last few days, my parents have been in India. My dad had a business trip there, and my mother's mission was to prove how much she loved me by buying me multiple pairs of sparkly bejeweled shoes. I drew around my foot on a piece of paper before she left and then cut around it, so that she'd be able to place my stand-in "foot" inside each pair of shoes to see if they were going to fit properly. This would have been a great plan if the guy who was trying to sell them to her didn't keep folding my paper foot into thirds and shoving it into the shoes for 9-year-olds, saying "see! look! it's fine! it fits!"
(Aside Number One: My parents were staying at the same hotel in Mumbai as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and they missed them by 15 minutes when they went out for a walk. Their friend, however, actually SAW BRAD PITT GETTING OUT OF THE ELEVATOR. Obviously, I am going to spin this story the best I can until the version I tell is that I saw Brad Pitt getting out of the elevator in the hotel in Mumbai. And then we totally made out.)
But because my parents were out of town last week, they weren't able to go and see my brother Luke performing in his school concert a few days ago. Sean and I don't get out much, so we were overjoyed to take their place. And while I know it might seem like all I do out here is go and support my siblings in their extra-curricular activities, I'd like you to know that I am devoting a large portion of my time to other things too. Like Oprah. Oh, and work; I've managed to get some of that, although I'm realizing that now I'll probably never be able to go back to working in a place where I can't wear my sweatpants to the office, and also where the office isn't actually an office but a sofa on the deck by the pool. To think of all those years I wasted at a desk, wearing pointy shoes and sharp shirts, when apparently my creativity is at its peak when I'm sitting cross-legged outside, sporting half my lunch down the front of my ratty old tank top.
(Aside Number Two: I was talking on the phone with my other brother, Tom, this morning, and I happened to mention that Sean and I had spent yesterday afternoon working at the Coffee Bean. What I meant was that we'd walked to the Coffee Bean, plugged in our laptops, and tapped away like dorks for three hours. Tom, however, thought I meant that we'd worked at the Coffee Bean in a "caramel nonfat latte? Coming right up!" kind of way. Like suddenly Sean and I had decided to be baristas. Together. For one afternoon.)
Anyway, I don't know about you, but when we had school concerts back in the day, they invariably took place in the cafeteria. Luke's music department is apparently too high-falutin' for this, though, and so we went to see him play at the Esplanade, which, on this tiny island, is the equivalent of Carnegie Hall.
And the one thing I learned is that if you're going to be conducting an orchestra, you can't have jiggly upper arms. Seriously, you just can't, because you're standing up there with your back to three hundred people, and you're conducing your little heart out, and when you conduct, you move your arms vigorously, and we all know that when you move your arms vigorously, guess what? They jiggle. And then people are so mesmerized by the jiggling that they can't concentrate on the music, because come on, let's face it, IT COULD BE ANY OF US UP THERE. So if you're a conductor and you haven't thought about this before, let me suggest long sleeves. Also maybe bowing a little less ostentatiously after the performance but, you know, whatever, I guess that's by the by.
So do you weep when orchestras play music? I weep when orchestras play music. I wept through this ENTIRE concert in fact, from beginning to end, from the tiny kids in the choir singing La Bamba to the finale, where a hundred people sang Verdi's Chorus Of The Hebrew Slave. I cried when my brother was playing. I cried when he wasn't. Sean kept turning to me and saying "seriously? are you still weeping? seriously? you don't even know most of these kids!" but honestly, I just couldn't help it.
That's my problem, you see. I weep when people do things in unison. It's a strange habit, I know, but when thirty people pick up their violin bows at once, I well up like someone's just told me my cat got run over. I start to think things like "I wonder if it's too late for me to take up the timpani!" and "hmm, how many laws would I be breaking if I admitted to a small crush on that 16-year-old trumpet soloist?" (Seriously, how many do you think? Like, enough to get arrested?)
The best part however---apart from the seventh-grade choir singing "her name was Lola! She was a showgirl!" (you'll have that in your head all day now, you're welcome)---was the unabashed glee I got from watching other people play the clarinet. Do you have any idea how dorky you look when you play the clarinet? Do you? No, come on, do you?
(Seriously, how did I get a boyfriend? Moreover, how am I keeping him?)
By the way, in case you were wondering, my brother Luke played the trombone in the concert, and also the euphonium. Yup, the euphonium, which might just be the second geekiest instrument in the world. He, however, got to play his geeky instrument while looking tall and handsome and wearing a tuxedo. Which, unfortunately, was a luxury never afforded to me.


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Monday, 5 January 2015
Repost: The Little Reasons A Story Works
6 comments:
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Apply the question 'what if?'
And send me an email, Moody! Would like to have you do a guest post at the IWSG.
- 5 January 2015 at 18:07
- Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader said...
Drama is, after all, the thing that keeps people coming back to reality television is it not? I think an author can learn a thing or two from an episode of Desperate Housewives and inject some drama into a story to make it resonate with readers. Very good post, Moody! I agree wholeheartedly.
- 5 January 2015 at 18:07
- Elizabeth Varadan, Author said...
Very nice reminders of what makes scenes work while building the overall plot's tension. I did find this useful, and I am retweeting it. Have a great day.
- 5 January 2015 at 18:25
- Patricia Stoltey said...
It's so critical, these days especially, to grab a reader's attention fast and hold on tight. My new reading practice is to give a book ten pages to offer promise and twenty-five to set the hook.Life is too short and time is too valuable to waste on being bored. .... Oh, dear, I'm beginning to sound like I'm part of the limited attention span generation.
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Things have been getting a bit racy in the I'm A Celebrity jungle yet again – courtesy of Carol Vorderman and a strange story about nipple tassels.
Yes, you heard correctly. The former Countdown maths whiz is no shrinking violet when it comes to saucy smalls – as she revealed to Lisa Snowdun during a jungle chat.
'You know at Selfridges when Agent Provocateur was in the middle of the lingerie (department),' the 55-year-old began, 'I was on everything on the telly at the time and I was going around with the girls going "I'll have that whip, I'll have this and that…
'I went back to the counter and there was quite a lot of stuff and they are packing it all up,' Carol continued. 'The girls are now wrapping up the fourth box of stuff and one girl shouts out to the other "'Ere, has anyone seen Carol's nipple tassels?'"
That's, er, probably more than we needed to know Carol – but hey, thanks for sharing.
Still, Lisa saw the funny side, while Jordan Banjo and Joel Dommett joined in the conversation as Jordan asked: 'Is that your luxury item Carol?'
Joel, meanwhile, quipped: 'Hopefully the nipple tassels were tiny little Countdown clocks and would spin round.'
We're not quite sure we want to think about that. Although that wasn't Carol's only eyebrow-raising conversation on Friday night's show.
Carol narrowly missed out on being the first celebrity to leave the jungle on Friday night, after she found herself in the firing line alongside Danny Baker – although in the end it was Baker who made a premature exit.
I'm A Celebrity continues on ITV on Saturday night at 9.45pm.
MORE: I'm A Celebrity's Scarlett Moffatt went in on Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly and it was brutal
MORE: ITV apologises to the nation for separating Ant and Dec on I'm A Celebrity


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This post actually made me laugh out loud. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I'm not Jeff Foxworthy but some things about being health impaired are so ridiculous, we might as well try to laugh. Here are a few I thought of along with some additions from my Spoonie friends. Please share yours in the comments section!
You Know You're a Spoonie When:
-You have more cute socks and pajamas than sexy lingerie' and heels.
-You are on a first name basis with all of the local pharmacists.
-Your family uses YOU as their excuse for getting out of things they don't want to do with other people.
-If a stranger comes to your front door, you just hide until they go away.
-You have more salts in your bathroom than the DMV road crews in the winter.
-Your spouse/partner fills your meds for you as a romantic gesture of his/her affection (goodbye flowers!).
-You have become mysteriously artsy/crafty over time…
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Dairy Ingredients Market by Type (Milk Powder, Whey Ingredients, MPC & MPI, Lactose & Its Derivatives, Casein & Caseinates, Milk Protein Hydrolysates), Source (Milk and Whey), Nature, Application, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022
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|乳製品原料の世界市場 〜2022年:粉乳、乳清、乳タンパク質濃縮物、乳タンパク質分離物、乳糖・その他、カゼイン・カゼイン塩、乳タンパク質加水分解物 Dairy Ingredients Market by Type (Milk Powder, Whey Ingredients, MPC & MPI, Lactose & Its Derivatives, Casein & Caseinates, Milk Protein Hydrolysates), Source (Milk and Whey), Nature, Application, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022
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The global dairy ingredients market is projected to grow significantly from an estimated value of USD 45.55 billion in 2015 to USD 66.11 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 5.61%. There has been a gradual shift in consumers' choice from traditional foods to nutritional meals. The aging population and increase in health issues have led to a growth in demand for protein-based diets, thus increasing the demand for dairy ingredients, globally. In addition, the health & wellness trend also acts as a key driving factor, which fuels the consumption of dairy ingredients. Alternatives to dairy ingredients, such as plant protein, is a major factor restraining the growth of this market.
Milk is the prime source from which dairy ingredients are manufactured. Availability and production of milk is higher than whey (another source for manufacturing dairy ingredients), hence milk accounts for a relatively larger market share. The milk segment is projected to grow at the highest CAGR.
The whey ingredient segment is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period as whey is a complete protein with all essential amino acids and low lactose content. The milk protein concentrates segment is projected to be the second fastest-growing dairy ingredient from 2016 to 2022.
The Asia-Pacific market is projected to register the highest growth by 2022, owing to the significant increase in the health awareness level in consumers and the growth in demand for healthy and nutritional food products. The growth in this region is supplemented by the rise in per-capita expenditure and change in food habits, especially in economies such as China and India.
Leading players profiled in this report are as follows:
The dairy ingredients market has been segmented on the basis of type, application, source, and nature which are further divided into their subsegments. It has also been segmented on the basis of region into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Rest of the World (RoW).
*Details on Business Overview, Products Offered, Recent Developments, MNM View, SWOT Analysis, and Key Strategies might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.


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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Getting Started with Maemo 5 - Frustration
I knew the Nokia SDK only runs natively on Debian based systems like Ubuntu. Sadly, what I didn't know is while Scratchbox Xypher and the SDK installed and functioned without issue on Lucid, when it came to the IDE setup, things didn't go quite so smoothly - in fact, they didn't go at all.
The recommended IDE is Esbox which is basically a plugin for Eclipse which can handle development in Scratchbox. However, Esbox in both its full Eclipse install form and the plugin form only works with much older versions of Eclipse and their Eclipse version didn't like my version of GTK. Despite the versioning info on the Esbox site, I figured maybe with Lucid I might get away with it but all I got was a splash screen and a contentless dialogue box that refused to die.
So it seems that even though I'm on Ubuntu I will have to use the virtual image of the Maemo SDK environment to get anything serious done on Maemo.
I intend to have a poke around this option over the next few days and will post if I meet any significant hurdles.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid Lynx on Dell Inspiron 9400 and Inspiron 500m
With the catalyst of the surge in popularity of Linux as an OS on various other devices such as netbooks and phones, I believe we are closer to chow time than we have ever been.
Over the weekend I've been checking out the latest incarnation of Canonical's Ubuntu distribution - 10.04 LTS (rather more imaginatively codenamed Lucid Lynx). The 'LTS' prefix basically means it will be supported for the next 3 years even though Canonical release a major update to their operating system every 6 months or so.
I installed it on 2 machines, an old Dell Inspiron 500m with 512mb of RAM and an existing XP Pro installation and also on a Dell Inspiron 9400 with 2GB of RAM. While there were issues with the installation on both machines, both potential showstoppers for a casual computer user with one of these machines trying out Linux for the first time, there were documented fixes for the issues which I tracked down with relative ease.
Ubuntu 10.04 on Dell Inspiron 500m
I ran the install from inside XP and on rebooting I found that I could not complete the installtion using the graphical user interface - the PC hung with a blank black screen. I rebooted and tried in graphics failsafe mode and I was able to complete the installation - albeit with the graphic user interface.
After a lot of experimenting with xorg.conf settings I finally discovered that the fix is really quite simple. You need to upgrade the Kernel to 2.6.34-020634rc5_generic using instructions I found here.
1. After powering on your PC, press shift (keep pressed) until see the boot loader menu. Choose the recovery mode option.
2. On next step select start failsafeX session.
3. Your grapical user interface may load but for me it didn't.
4. Login in any case.
5. Open a terminal command line (Application > Accessories -> terminal if you are in the GUI)
6. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"sudo -i" and enter your password.
7. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"cd /tmp"
8. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"wget http://
9. Type this command and press enter (without quotes):
"dpkg -i linux-image-
10. Type this command and press enter (whitout quotes):
"apt-get update && apt-get upgrade"
11. However, what wasn't mentioned was that you may then need to change the Driver from 'vesa' to 'intel' in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
which will open up the xorg.conf file in a simple editor called Nano.
Then change the line Driver "vesa" to Driver "intel"
Then we press Ctl + o to save and then Ctl + x to exit Nano.
12. Type this command and press enter (whitout quotes):
"init 6" Your computer will restart with new kernel as the default option to load in GRUB.. Use it and your GUI should load without issues - at least it did for me.
I had no other issues with the install on the Dell Inspiron 500m and even with only 512MB RAM the machine is reasonably responsive - much more so than it was running XP.
Ubuntu 10.04 on Dell Inspiron 9400
There were two issues with this machine. wi-fi card (no surprises there eh) and sound.
The wi-fi card, based on a Broadcom chip, required proprietary drivers which can easily be installed from the Ubuntu user interface itself by choosing System > Administration > Hardware Drivers from the main menu.
The Sigmatel soundcard (which incidentally had caused me no end of hassles originally under Vista) also had issues - essentially using the slider to control volume only output sound after it was raised to 17% and at 17% it was extremely loud. A quick search on Google turned up this - the final solution on the page produced a decent result for me.
The interface for Lucid Lynx is very pretty - quite OSXish in appearance and with Ubuntu taking care of the installation of MP3 codecs when you open Rythmbox now to support the new Ubuntu music store and Adobe doing a much better job of distributing the latest version of Flash to Ubuntu machines (installation is at least as easy as it is for Windows) not to mention the leaps forward in functionality for the Empathy multi-protocol chat client (which now supports Facebook chat and audio/video calls in Google Talk) as well as the handy Gwibble client for getting even more social on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter directly from the desktop, Ubuntu should easily meet the needs of most casual desktop computing users.
The only little gripe I have is how little space comes with the free version of Ubuntu One - the cloud storage service bundled with Ubuntu, which only offers 2GB as opposed to the much greater capacity offered by MS Mesh.


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Chat and Dine Club finds new life
Staff writer
After the president of Chat and Dine Club at Marion County Park and Lake resigned in October, the club's future was in doubt.
The November meeting was sparsely attended, and there were no volunteers. No one was interested in taking the lead. As a result, those in attendance set the first meeting in 2017 as a time to decide whether to continue.
That meeting was April 11. Twenty-one people attended.
"We were fortunate to have residents that were interested in continuing the club and willing to volunteer for various duties," said club treasurer Karen Egts, who was re-elected.
Donna Kaiser and Sharon Williams were elected co-presidents, and Colleen Greenemeyer was re-elected secretary.
The group decided monthly hosts would decide the content of each meeting.


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Wasteland 2 | Desert Rangers by AndreeWallinWatch
©2012-2019 AndreeWallin
Another Wasteland 2 painting. The Desert Rangers! Stay tuned...
awesome!!! i love this, man
THIS! will being my laptop background
Been playing this game. You guys have a great team.
Could you possibly make an art of each character?Great work BTW!
Awesome art for an awesome game!
Damn is this so good! The detail, the coloring, shading, is just so beautiful and every little snippit was taken into account!
And if I must say something about the title, it's that it reminds of the actual Desert Rangers in Fallout. Nifty coincidence, huh?
And if I must say something about the title, it's that it reminds of the actual Desert Rangers in Fallout. Nifty coincidence, huh?
Holy shit you're the artist doing the Wasteland 2 work? I -love- what has been shown so far. I don't know if you did all of the Ranger portraits or not but I absolutely love everything in the art and it's really awesome to be able to geek out about the artwork with one of the artists. Again, I don't know how much you've done but I've loved everything in the art assets so far, really amazing work.
Listening to Cries of a dead world, looking at this bad-ass picture.
Came here because of the Audiomachine music.
Your work is amazing, please continue.
Your work is amazing, please continue.
This is simply amazing
Awesome work
This is phenomenal work. The level of detail and creativity here are obviously over the top. The colors, lighting and dust clouds really pull everything together in such a way that tells my brain that this future is very real.
A simply stunning troupe of ass-kickers.
A simply stunning troupe of ass-kickers.
Saw this on the concept art forums. So sick... Love all the characters but the guy with the cowboy hat takes the cake. Leading the calvary. So cool...
Dope as hell.
Pretty cool!
Nice, the feel of this is good.
awesome awesome picture, and thanks for introducing me to the game. it looks really interesting.
So bad ass, love the mood and atmosphere... the man in the cowboy hat looks almost identical to Gary Oldman! Cool!
love it!!
This is.. Amazing..
Oh man! This is the picture that my friend showed me. He's a Wasteland nut... came rushing in my office with this amazing picture and did a happy dance around my desk
coool colors and details. love it !
Very cool! Nice back lighting!
this is simply bad ass, want to see more!
One mean looking bunch of guys Fantastic!
Badass rangers
Love it man.
The ilumination is awesome man!
saw this in gameinformer not to long ago funny i come across the artist behind it !!! lmao loving this picture
Why was it in GameInformer?
Looks like Lemme Kilmeister! Cool!
wonderfull works
Omg, this is amazing!
Just saw this (and the scorpion) in the latest game informer. Congrats man!
Was thrilled to see that you're involved in the Wasteland 2 project
Awesome picture. I just got one question.
Do you know what trigger discipline is?
Do you know what trigger discipline is?


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Returning Castleford Tigers player Greg Eden reckons he is coming back to a much better club than the one he left as a youngster in 2011.
Eden, who can play as a full-back, winger or stand-off, is back at his hometown club on a two-year deal after a spell cutting it with the big boys in Australia's NRL and is enjoying getting stuck into pre-season on familiar turf.
He said: "I supported Cas when I was growing up and I played for them before so coming back was a no-brainer.
"It is a lot different from the first time I was down here. There's quite a few improvements with facilities and stuff.
"The club overall is run a lot better, from what I have noticed.
"A few of the lads are still here, they are a good set of lads and I've settled in quite easily.
"Coming back to the UK was a massive decision for me to make. But there's no better team for me to return home to than Castleford, my hometown club. I'm really looking forward to the new challenge ahead."
Eden believes he has joined a club ready to challenge for honours.
"They've finished fourth, fifth and fifth for the last three years so that step up is definitely the next achievement.
"Normally the top four are the same, but with Cas creeping up and asking questions and Catalans as well – and Hull having a good year last year – it looks a lot stronger overall."
Eden knows he faces an immediate challenge to establish himself in the Castleford team, particularly at full-back following the signing of also of former Man of Steel Zak Hardaker and there has been no indication yet of who will emerge as the number one 'number one'.
But the 26-year-old feels that competition for places is important at any club and he is up for the fight to impress in pre-season to gain a starting place in the opening Betfred Super League game against Leigh Centurions next February.
He added: "Daryl is obviously looking to build a strong squad.
"With Ben Roberts as well, there's three of us who could play full-back.
"There's going to be some good competition and it shows how good a squad we've got.
"We can all play other positions as well so we will have to see what Daryl thinks when we come to the season.
"We can all learn off each other. We can work on our weaknesses and help each other out, which can't be bad."
Eden came through the junior ranks at Castleford to make his Super League debut for the club in 2011.
He moved to Huddersfield Giants, but after a successful season in which he scored 13 tries in 27 matches and was tipped for international honours he left for Hull KR, spending two years with them and scoring 24 tries in 39 games.
Eden was then snapped up by Australian giants Brisbane Broncos in 2014. Although spending the 2015 season in the Broncos' feeder team, Wynuum Manly, he was part of their team that came to England in February to play in the World Club Series against Wigan Warriors, scoring a spectacular try in his side's 42-12 victory. He had interest from clubs to stay in Australia, but the offer to come home has proved a strong draw.


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DAC Collection Artist Information
Carl Andre
American sculptor
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
American minimalist sculptor whose early work was influenced by Constantin Brancusi, but changed dramatically after he worked on the railway for several years. Andre studied at the Phillips Academy and Kenyon College. In the late 1950s, Andre began creating sculptures, using commercially available materials such as timber, styrofoam, cement blocks, and hay. In addition to being an artist, Andre wrote poetry and was a conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad. After 1965, his sculptures consisted mainly of 'floor pieces,' consisting of individual units of industrial materials placed directly on the floor in patterns that were inherent to the size and shape of the units themselves. In the 1970s, Andre created many large-scale installations and currently continues to emphasize placement, environment, and materials in his art.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500011651.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to Carl Andre:
|Carl Andre
|Untitled (0615), 1976
|Rubber stamp printed in red ink on white Stonehenge wove paper
ULAN biographical content is displayed with permission of the Getty Research Institute. Some ULAN content in some DAC artist records has been lightly edited. Content from the Getty Research Institute is © 2019 The J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved.


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Studies show that 50% of youth who shoplift do so before the age of 10. That same study on The Role of Age for shoplifting charges found that 63% of youth surveyed had shoplifted at some time in their lives. Although most of the items stolen by adolescents were relatively inexpensive and most adolescents were infrequent shoplifters, 4% of participants had stolen on more than 10 occasions in the past 9 months. Since the study also detected a decrease in the incidence of shoplifting as students progressed through high school, there is a clear correlation between age and shoplifting behaviour.
Youths are most likely to shoplift from among ten different product types: candy; music; sporting goods; clothing; health items; school supplies; books/magazines; toys; drugs/alcohol; and cigarettes. A survey of over 150 adolescents demonstrated that 62.3% did not shoplift. 14.3% of the remainder only stole candy or sweets. 11.5% stole relatively inexpensive merchandise, such as books, toys, or school supplies. A further 11.9% stole numerous expensive items, or prohibited items such as alcohol and cigarettes. Male youths were more likely to shoplift than their female counterparts. However, despite the discrepancy between incidence of shoplifting between males and females, studies have shown that the processes leading up to the decision to shoplift are substantially the same among the sexes.
From the literature addressing the problem of shoplifting, there appears to be a correlation between age and shoplifting. As individuals advance in age, their perceptions about the moral blameworthiness of shoplifting shift. The rates of shoplifting peak at high school age; 40% of arrests for shoplifting are youths. This is attributed to the fact that moral development occurs over time. Therefore, a lack of moral development may play an increased role in the likelihood that an individual will shoplift.
Despite this research into the impact of age on the likelihood of shoplifting, there are many other reasons why individuals may choose to shoplift. Academic studies have been grappling with the issues of what motivates individuals to shoplift since the early 1970s. One such study considered three factors that contributed to youth shoplifting behaviour. There, the authors examined three factors and how they impacted the propensity of youths to shoplift. These factors were: acquaintance with friends who shoplift; attitudes towards the morality of shoplifting; and emotional attachment to parents. It is claimed that these three factors explain 45% of all youth shoplifting behaviour. Prior to this study, it was commonly believed that much youth shoplifting behaviour was in fact caused by dares. In reality, however, 64% of adolescent shoplifters indicated that they have never been dared to shoplift; 17% reported being dared only rarely. Thus, it is seen that only 19% of adolescent shoplifting can be explained by dares.
The shoplifting behaviour of youths is highly linked with that of their peer group. The exposure of an adolescent to shoplifting behaviour from their peers weakens moral beliefs that the individual holds against shoplifting. For example, the youth may rationalize the behaviour by suggesting that the store won't miss a small item or that stores have shrinkage costs built into their prices, and therefore expect that some items will be stolen. It could also be that the simple knowing that a friend steals works to undermine beliefs against theft. A youth in this position may face conflicting beliefs about his feelings about his friend contrasted to his moral beliefs against shoplifting. Abandoning or modifying one of these ideas results in an attitudinal shift in the youth toward shoplifting. It is suggested that it is less likely for a youth to shift his attitude toward the friend than he is to shift his attitude toward shoplifting.
Attachment of an adolescent to his or her parents or guardians can also play a role in whether or not that child decides to shoplift. It has long been established that there is a correlation between juvenile delinquency and a lack of parental attachment. For youth who report getting along with their parents, there is a marked decrease in incidence of shoplifting. This has been attributed to the fact that the emotional bond shared by parent and child can serve as a mechanism to pass along a set of expectations about moral and amoral behaviour. The resulting increased acceptance of anti-shoplifting attitudes is coupled with a decrease in the youth's association with other youth who shoplift.
Combating youth shoplifting is highly desirable for retailers, consumers, and the justice system. It has been suggested that forewarning youths of the dangers associated with hanging out with peers who participate in shoplifting behaviour may work to decrease the incidence of this crime. This is because it is believed that negative social influences are less impactful when individuals are aware of the way in which they function. Additionally, emphasizing the harmful consequences of shoplifting, rather than strictly its illegal nature may be more effective at deterring youth shoplifting behaviour. This is because although youth recognize that shoplifting is wrong, their attitude toward it is overwhelmingly morally ambivalent. By placing emphasis on the harm caused to others by this behaviour, shoplifting takes on a human face. Studies have shown that youth generally avoid committing crimes against those with whom they feel a sense of community or kinship.
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Day trips outside Barcelona, Wine tasting
Things to do outside the city involving drinking wine, do not feel guilty as this is a cultural experience and you might remember afterwards something of what you have learnt.
I have a book with over 50 organised suggestions for wine tasting outside Barcelona.
These two are today[base ']s selection
This one sounds like fun.
. Tourism and cycling and in between glasses of wine
You must take a helmet with you as I am sure you will fall of the bike, also get yourself a good accident insurance, and take a dark marker and a big map so you will not forget how to cycle back home. This alcoholic exercise can be found at winepleasure.com
You will tour the Penedes region, by bike, this region is right next to Barcelona, and of course behind you in a car you will have permanent assistance and they will organise for you all the necessary catering accommodation etch.
The cost is around 175 euros.
As a tip I would take with me 5 or 6 water flasks and fill them up with wine when the winepleasures.com people are not looking.
This penedes region is fairly flat so do not worry about heavy breathing.
This is a cheap one.
For 4 euros visit the famous Alella Marfil wine cellar constructed in 1906 by the modernists architect (yes gaudi was not the only one) called Jeroni Martorell. Alella is very close to Barcelona.
They will explain to you all the secrets of wine production and tasting. The wine they make is a very special wine called DO alella.
They will let you taste the wine.
I am sure you will want more and buy a bottle of this white wine.
For more info visit>www.alellaviñicola.com
Well its time to go.