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The BBC has tweaked its iPlayer for TVs and set-top boxes, launching the "custom-built for the living room" redesign through Sony's PlayStation 3. The look was designed specifically for big screens and comes with a host of fresh features and personalisation options. These include an improved search engine, the ability to …
Cmon Microsoft.....
...stop being such a killjoy and let everyone in the UK with a 360 enjoy the iPlayer/4OD goodness.
We've paid for it already so why not?
Ditch the Sky Player too...oh and maybe the expensive Zune movie thing too and let us access LoveFilm....
You know, broaden the appeal a bit.
Have the made it so you can actually navigate it with the PS3 remote, rather than having to use a controller?
Wait a sec - HTML5? Don't tell me they've actually upgraded the browser!
When is HD not HD?
My PS3 outputs 1080p except when this new iPlayer launches. All I can get out of it then is 576i SD, even when playing HD feeds. Is it borked?
So what?
I've had the BBC iplayer on my Wii for around 2 years, it works fine... my only gripe is the poor bandwidth which makes for a poor quality picture.
It's actually been on PS3 for ages too
They're just re-launching it, but acting like it's a new product. Why? No idea.
It's pointless and horrible to use
Compared to the now replaced web based PS3 player it's awful. Almost to the point of being unusable.
Very Nice
For one thing it doesn't run it in the god awful nearly as bad as iTunes PS3 browser so it doesn't crash every 10 seconds. And that means 720p.
Layout is really nice with both PS3 six axis and the bluray remote working great however some nice animated transitions would be nice. Settings also allows you to keep "HD" option on so if its broadcast in it, you get it... Top Gear looks pretty good as much as Clarkson would in HD.
Success for Aunty this time.
HTML5 based
How can it be HTML5 based? The PS3's browser is a barely HTML4 compliant piece of crap called Netfront.
Perhaps BBC aren't using HTML5 at all or their app includes a version of Webkit to run more complex content.
There have been murmurings that the built-in browser is to improve. It would be nice if the Netfront one was dumped (except for legacy uses) for something more modern. But I wonder what the likelihood is of that happening.
Alright for some...
If only the UK government would force the population to buy services from my business I too could spend millions setting up a cool website.
But will the PS3 version support HD at last?
iPlayer on my (Samsung) TV supports HD, but then I'm stuck with shit volume controls and no access to TV settings, which is doubly annoying because it turns on that shitty video smoothing and sets sharpening to max by default, which makes everything look like it was filmed with a home camcorder. Same goes for Lovefilm...I use the PS3's instead.
I bought a Sony Bluray player, which can access iPlayer. except that when you try to watch HD content it'll play the first 19 seconds then give up.
Hopefully they'll have fixed it in this update...
(Not holding my breath)
The king of consoles
just got even better.
Cheers Sony/BBC....
A dedicated iPlayer app which supports HD too, very nice.
that looks very much like the aeon skin for xbmc...
VM Tivo too?
I only say this as I have been experiencing odd picture size behaviour on HD iplayer content (onscreen logos pushed off screen / lame quality).
Hoping its one of those early adopter issues as with all the other things missing from the box but thats another story..
Live TV?
Now all they have to do is put links to the live broadcasts of there channels on it as well, got no idea why they havnt done this already
At a guess
It'll be because most people have their PS3 plugged into a TV....which can do the live broadcasts on its own...
TV licence
Plus if the PS3 could show live TV you would have to have a TV licence to use it legally.
Not holding breath..
.. does it improve upon the UI currently embedded with the PS3? i.e. the only way to really control it is through the PS3 controller, defeating the purpose of having the BD Remote that works for pretty much every other function (bar games, natch)? I'm not holding my breath..
Works fine with my BD Remote.
And HD too...
Epic fail post....
When is HD not HD?
Well, my PS3 is set up for 1080p output, but as soon as the new iPlayer app loads it falls back to 576i. even when displaying so-called HD content.
Does this mean the Wii is getting an update?
The only reason I use it now a days
because Wii is still stuck in 2005, with Flash7 (with no H.264 support) and double the bandwidth for more blockiness.
It's a shame consumers are such fucking sheep, and don't understand details like this, and just buy what their neighbor buys...
Does this mean the Wii is getting an update?
Yes... unfortunately as the Wii only supports up to 480p... it'll probably come with the Wii U next year.
Nice to see the PS3 is still playing catchup with the Wii,.. but still not worth the purchase price (nor is the 360)... when they drop below £125 I might consider it... and I don't mean the budget model that's not worth having at all.
Am I missing something?
My ps3 is just giving me the old style browser based iplayer...
Bravia TV
I use the iPlayer application on my Sony Bravia TV quite a lot, and it's really good. I hope they don't bugger it up!
Draft standard
HTML 5 is still a draft standard. How can the BBC justify using it as the basis of anything beyond a test service when the W3C advice is that it shouldn't be used yet?
HTML 5 dubious, quote
"While it may not look anything like a website, what we are unveiling today - initially on the PS3 games console - is built using the same technology: HTML and Javascript. The increasing use of standards for playing media, such as HTML5 and CE-HTML (both elements of the the Dbook7 standard for hybrid TV devices in the UK) is making it easier for us to roll this out more widely. So, expect to see it come to other devices in the coming months."
They're demonstrating that HTML 5 is something they've heard of. And here "HTML 5" evidently means "placing a video player in a web page".
Also that it's 300 models of TV-compatible device such as set top box OR overambitious TV set, and not 300 TV models or indeed 300 TV owners as in the dear old days at Alexandra Palace, when BBC TV could be received by a moderately large area of central London. All right, I'd be a bit surprised - a bit - if an Internet-connected product had a geographical limitation as strict as -that-.
Re: It's pointless and horrible to use
Spot on, bloody awful compared to the previous version, very slow to respond to input.
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Back by popular demand! Creativity flows this fall in the Build It! Make It! exhibit as Discovery Center visitors design, invent, and construct whatever they can dream up. Woodward Exhibit Hall has been transformed into an innovative space filled with all kinds of building items where kids and adults can play with ideas, explore materials and tinker with tools. Legos, K'Nex, and our Imagination Playground giant foam blocks are just the beginning of the imaginative construction zone. Additional Tinkering and Make It areas provide opportunities for children to explore and invent using real materials and real tools.
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Team Fur Bandit presents the 5th Annual Tour de Frost, a 25-mile bicycle ride for charity, Join the race to raise money and gather warm clothes for the Rockford Rescue Mission.
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Christmas Tea at the Stephenson County Historical Museum
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Stroll on State, a new Rockford tradition, returns for a second year on Nov. 29 from 4-9 p.m. with a wide variety of family-friendly activities, including a candlelight stroll to the tree lighting, ice sculptor Randy Finch and his team from Ice Brigades, horse and carriage/wagon rides, a visit with Santa and some of his reindeer, a fireworks show, "Frosytland" with local artist Lisa Frost, live entertainment, music, and food vendors. There will be shopping opportunities at downtown stores and pop-up shops special to the evening. Shuttles are available from remote parking areas. Visit the website for more details.
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Rockton Christmas Walk Weekend
The 30th annual Rockton Christmas Walk events include the Lighting of the Park, Candy Cane Craft Fair, Lighted Parade, pictures with Santa, Christmas carolers, and you can take a Candy Cane Craft Show, and horse drawn wagon rides. Many organizations will provide events of their own which include a breakfast, craft show, musical concert, hot cocoa, and Christmas time sales at their business. See the website for a full schedule.
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Freeport Community Concert: Crystal Trio
The Freeport Community Concert Association presents The Crystal Trio featuring the Glass Harp, Glass Pan Flute and Verrophone. This is sure to be a stunning performance. Masonic Temple Auditorium.
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Freeport/Stephenson County Visitors Center, 4596 US Highway 20 East, Freeport. 8 am to 7 pm. Shop for unique local products during this special expo at the Freeport/Stephenson County Visitors Center. Over a hundred local vendors with products ranging from Pretzel items to books to cards to rugs to mugs to more are featured. The gifts are either produced in Stephenson County or highlight some aspect of local culture and history. Open: 8 am - 7 pm seven days a week.
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Freeport Community Concert: The Dickens Carollers
Freeport Community Concert Presents: The Dickens Carollers. A Freeport tradition,The Freeport Community Concert Association presents this holiday concert. Masonic Temple Auditorium.
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The Freeport Community Concert Association present this concert featuring the Illinois Brass Band. Masonic Temple Auditorium.
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Stephenson County Historical Museum Christmas Tea
Stephenson County Museum's annual event to kick off the Holiday Season. Live music will fill the historic Taylor Home and Vistorian Christmas decorations and fresh cut pine will fill the air. Enjoy cookies, punch,tea and coffee as you tour the mansion in its Christmas finery.
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Light Up the Parks Holiday Parade
The annual "Light up the Parks Holiday Parade" in Loves Park and Machesney Park begins at 4:45pm, leaving from Schneider Electric at 1354 Clifford Avenue, traveling north on Elm Avenue and ending at the intersection of Elm Avenue and Roosevelt Road. An awards ceremony will be held during the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Machesney Park Village Hall, 300 Machesney Road.
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The world famous Harlem Globetrotters, featuring some of the greatest athletes and entertainers on the planet, will bring their unrivaled family show to BMO Harris Bank Center during the Harlem Globetrotters "Washington Generals' Revenge" Tour. The Globetrotters will face a great challenge this year, as the infamous Washington Generals are more determined than ever to match the franchise's historic last victory over the Globetrotters nearly a half century ago. It has been five years since the Globetrotters and Generals have faced off, as the Generals have been searching far and wide for the best players to retool their roster and have been preparing for one thing: victory over the Globetrotters.
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Holiday Happenings Event at Three Rockford Museums
Step back in time to enjoy cultural holiday decorations and entertainment. Take a free wagon ride between sites. Participating museums are Ethnic Heritage Museum, Erlander Home Museum and Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum.
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Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour
Over 100,000 tickets were sold for the Food Network star Alton Brown's show, featuring a pinch of comedy, talk show antics, a multimedia lecture, live music (he sings!) and a dash of "extreme" food experimentation (ponchos are provided for those in the first few rows), and of course...puppets. Enthusiastic fans and critics have raved about the interactive component where Brown invites audience members on stage to serve as his assistant.
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Nicholas Conservatory - All Aglow Holiday Display
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Winneshiek Players celebrate the holiday season with this hilarious comedy by Tom Dudzick. Andy brings home his fiance to meet the family on Christmas Eve and family blow-ups occur because Andy's family are devout Catholics and his fiance is Jewish and an atheist. All is not lost when, Mickey, Andy's mentally challenged non-verbal brother, suddenly has a lot to say. A heartwarming comedy about family and acceptance. December 5,6, 11, 12, 13. Curtain time: 7:30 pm. $15.
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35th Annual Rockford Home Show
The first sign of spring for thousands of home owners and families is the 35th Annual Home Show at the Indoor Sports Center where they see what's new for the home and garden. The Home Show is the ideal place to shop for new products, services, ideas, concepts and expertise on interior and exterior design. This exciting event provides the perfect atmosphere to attend free seminars of interest to the home owners at no additional cost plus fun entertainment for the kids.
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The spring 2015 leg of Brian Regan's 10-year non-stop tour will visit 39 cities bringing him and his fans to some of the most beautiful theaters in North America. Since 2005, Regan's tour has visited close to 100 cities each year. Regan will be seen in the upcoming Chris Rock movie, Top Five, and he was nominated for a 2014 American Comedy Award for Best Concert Comic.
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Advice on pastry shops please...
Hello, this is my first time posting here. I have really enjoyed following the posts here.
I was hoping to get some advice for my trip to Tokyo (probably January or February 2010.) I will only have a couple days in Tokyo, so I'd like to make the most of my time.
There are a few French pastry shops I'd love to visit during my stay: Sadaharu Aoki, Henri Charpentier, Hidemi Sugino, and Laduree. Is it true that some department stores carry these lines in their food departments? (if so, which ones are located in depachikas? is it the same variety) Or is it much better to go to the free standing stores?
If you have a favorite, which would you recommend? I appreciate any other recs!
Thank you in advance!
laduree is in ginza mitsukoshi
sadaharu aoki(tokyo midtown has full range, isetan(selection is limited) personally i dont tink its great( i tink it uses some cheap ingredients),
pierre herme(selection is limited at shinjuku isetan, aoyama full range),
henri charpentier(shinjuku isetan, they only sell small sweets and stuff)
jean paul hevin ( shinjuku isetan and tokyomidtown full range)
hidemi sugino only has one boutique shop at an alley in ginza. nearest station is takaracho(a3 a4 exit) or kyobashi(exit 1 or 2) - best out of the lot u chosen
some pastry shops that i want to try in the future..
- toshi yoroizuka ( interesting desserts made ala minute, cakes etc at tokyo midtown)
- a tes souhaits ( nishi- ogikubo )
- paris seville ( jiyugaoka )
some others
- henri charpentier ( ginza )
- mont st clair (jiyugaoka )
- patisserie tadashi yanagi (jiyugaoka)
re: Lucil
Lucil's rundown is pretty extensive so I'll simply add to what she's listed:
Sadaaru Aoki in Tokyo Midtown: Can't speak to anything else on the menu but the matcha opera cake was one of the best desserts I had on my last visit. Do check it out.
Pierre Herme in Shibuya: I know some find them too sweet in comparison to others, but I love their macarons. Check out their seasonal creations (foie gras and truffle last time I was in Tokyo)
Hidemi Sugino: Excellent but get their early and expect to line up as they sell out quickly. Often, they'll put a cap on how many pastries you can purchase and which you're allowed to take-out as opposed to eating in.
Laduree in Mitsukoshi (Ginza): Lovely. I went with a friend. She noted that, despite the fact the room was packed, I was the only male there. Anyway, all excellent. My guest ordered some sort of "pink creation" that included rose petal cream macarons. She adored it.
I checked out Mont St. Clair while I was in Jiyugaoka but wasn't blown away, especially in comparison to some of the other places I visited.
Check out the basement level of the MItsukoshi department store in Ginza, an entire floor of high-end desserts. Stock up and head back to your hotel for feast. One place that always seems to have line-ups (and their selection looks incredible) is Girotti (sic?).
I'm heading back in about a month and I promise to do some preliminary legwork for you and report back on my blog.
re: BaronDestructo
Hi BaronDestructo,
Thanks so much for your reply as well! I am trying to justify going to both Hidemi Sugino and Laduree in one day... I think I like the idea of eating in at Laduree.
Do you happen to remember which lines are at Mitsukoshi in Ginza?
I look forward to hearing about your trip!
Thanks again!
re: koneko
Both in one day? By all means! Compare to my less high-end but nevertheless memorable dessert blow-out last year:
The only line-ups at Mitsukoshi are for that dessert place (I believe it's called Girotti) in the basement, and Laduree upstairs (maybe a ten minute wait in the afternoon).
re: Lucil
Lucil, Thanks so much for your reply!
sounds like Isetan Shinjuku will have a sampling of quite a few of the ones I am interested in.
From your post, it sounds like Hidemi Sugino is worth visiting. From reading the posts here, I need to get to his shop early in the morning? How early should I get there? Also, thank you for giving instructions on which station and exit is the best to get to his shop. I tried to google map his shop, but it is in japanese, so I cannot understand the street names. if it is not too much trouble, would you mind telling me which direction to take after exiting the station?
the only other place that is not available in Isetan is Laduree. do you recommend this as a stop? it looks like it might be near Hidemi Sugino on Google map, but i can't tell how far that is in real life?
thank you for mentioning the other shops as well. i will read up on them, especially jean paul hevin, since it is already in Isetan.
thanks again!
re: koneko
around 15-20 mins walk from mitsukoshi to hidemi sugino , if u nv take any wrong roads.. please print out the map, it is almost impossible to tell u the directions.. juz look out for the overhead expressway flyover.. the alley is somewhere below the expressway flyover..
mitsukoshi is right smack in the middle of ginza where all the shopping action is.. even if u dont go laduree, there are also many other things that u can do..
i nv tried laduree.. so i cant comment.. but i think its quite hyped up there.. alot of people. judging from pictures, pierre herme at aoyama might be better... the ispahan looks better at PH...personally i had it at pierre herme.. it was quite good...
u can queue up at hidemi sugino in the morning before 11am before he opens , that is just to ensure u to get a taste of his ambrosie and maybe his full range of cakes??.. but if u go at any other time... ( i went in the noon) , u will still get other cakes as well.. and he will still replenish them(my experience) maybe even the ambrosie( i saw it once in the afternoon.., but not the subsequent time...), i think i went on a weekday around 3+.. maybe try to avoid peak timing like 12-1pm( i think the queue before he opens causes him to run out of cakes temporarily, which i think he will replenish later in the afternoon) hidemi sugino is a must for me, but im sure some other chowhounder might think otherwise..
u can read up more on this blog ( some pastry guy i know).. http://eatthatyellowsnow.com/category...
re: koneko
i think u can eat any of the cakes in the cafe..
re: koneko
Yes, that's true. The delicate mousse cakes (which have the texture of phlegm) are for eat-in only. I think you're allowed 2 cakes to eat at the shop, and 6 to take out.
BTW, you should really call the store if you're planning to visit. When I went, the hours were supposed to be 10-7, so I arrived shortly before 9:30. Unfortunately, there was a sign on the door saying they had just changed their hours to 11-7. Annoying, to say the least (and there were dozens of other people who were unaware of the change). Plus they normally close on Mondays, but sometimes they close on other days, too. And since they don't have a website, calling the day before is really the only way to know their hours.
I've been to a tes souhaits, and I liked it a lot. I'd go back there again, even if it is very much out of the way.
I haven't been as impressed with Pierre Herme. His pastries are very sweet--too sweet for me.
I do like Henri Charpentier, but I find most of the cakes to be more suited to Japanese taste buds i.e. they have subtle flavours and are less sweet. I like that kind of stuff, but if you prefer more "in your face" flavours, it may not be right for you. HC won my macaron taste test (I tasted more than a dozen caramel flavoured macaron), although Cafe Tanaka in Nagoya has taken over first place. HC is still the best readily available caramel macaron, though.
I didn't care for JP Hevin cakes. I'd stick with the chocolates there.
And I still don't understand the fawning over Sadaharu Aoki. I think his sweets are highly over-rated. (That being said, he no longer owns his shops in Japan, but sold out to a Japanese company.)
re: Lucil
I stopped by Hidemi Sugino today around 3pm. I think they had run out of all the fresh cakes (display cases empty). Didn't wait around to find out if they were replenishing for the afternoon.
For directions from Laduree to Hidemi Sugino, you can just type "laduree ginza" and "hidemi sugino tokyo" into the "get directions (walking)" on google maps. But for a description:
if you exit mitsukoshi on Chuo Dori (or exit the metro at A8 or A11 onto Chuo Dori), turn right (northeast) and walk up Chuo Dori about 5 blocks, passing under Tokyo Expressway. Turn right at the first street after Tokyo Expressway and walk one block. Hidemi Sugino is on the ground floor of the first building on your left.
re: racer x
Thank you so very much!! Very helpful! =)
Be sure to visit the desserts / food gifts / gourmet deli area downstairs at Isetan in Shinjuku to check out their selections, as noted by Lucil.
I'm in Tokyo now and asked a friend of mine who lives here where to go for desserts (I tend to prefer mousse cakes and happen to be staying in Shinjuku). He took me to Isetan yesterday (Sunday late afternoon). I was totally blown away by the sheer number of dessert shops represented, the number of desserts offered, and the number of customers eagerly making purchases. This one store alone easily puts Tokyo far in advance of most other world cities in terms of the desserts scene (NYC, which I know best, wouldn't even be in the running by comparison).
Of course, that's not to say that all of those desserts actually taste good -- too often I've found as I've sampled desserts from many cities that many of the offerings look delicious but end up tasting pretty underwhelming, or even bad. I'll try to try a few places over the next few days.
re: racer x
Sounds great! Isetan is one of our first stops on our visit. =)
re: Yukari
Thanks Yukari!
I was wondering, is the selection of Pierre Herme drastically different if I went to the counter at Isetan? Thanks in advance!
re: Yukari
There's a Robuchon Patisserie at Ebisu Garden as well
Did anyone mention Fauchon?
Btw, poster yuichi.sakuraba has some mouth-watering food porn photos of pastries from many of these purveyors in Tokyo at flickr.
re: racer x
Sadly, I had to take this one off the list b/c of time constraint... but I'll feel better if it were closed anyway!!
A few pastries I got from Laduree the other day. They wouldn't allow any photos to be taken of the pastries in the display cases, where they were perfectly lit and quite beautiful, so you'll have to make do with this less-than optimal pic instead.
Laduree is very macaron-centric (everybody in the carry-out queue other than me was buying macarons.) I didn't see any mousse cakes (my preference), just pastries with macaron-like or puff pastry bases, mini tarts, and millefeuilles.
The ones in the picture included, I think, two rose water-flavored treats (I hate rose water flavor, but they looked so good that I couldn't resist), another with a pistachio base and fresh raspberries and strawberry slices, and a tart with a passionfruit-flavored custard (that was too sour) covered with fresh raspberries. All very beautiful, but not the tastiest pastries I had while in Tokyo. However, at almost 900 yen each, they were the most expensive.
re: racer x
Hi RacerX,
thanks so much for sharing your photos! I am getting so hungry looking at them!
You mentioned that Laduree will not allow photos by the display cases... will they allow photos in the cafe? It's such a pretty place!
Some of my favorites:
A very simple strawberry mousse cake from Henri Charpentier (Isetan). Visually not very impressive, but quite tasty.
A vanilla tart from Pierre Hermes (Isetan). Another pretty plain-looking dessert, but full of Madagascar vanilla flavor. I am craving another one of these as I write this.
An exquisite pistachio and strawberry cake from Sadaharu Aoki (Isetan).
re: racer x
PH Ispahan is nice but I found his Chocolate Mousse cake is more of my favourite.
Sadaharu I like the spectrum of color and flavour of chocolate. Great as a gift or just snacking.
Both of these were also from Isetan. Both were good, but not my favorites.
One of two praline cakes available from Sadaharu Aoki, and a strawberry cake from Pierre Hermes. (I also had a chocolate cake encased in a dark chocolate shell from another shop at Isetan - don't recall the exact name, something like Demechelle? - that was too dry and not very satisfying. No pictures.)
Perhaps surprisingly, the pastries at the Hyatt Regency lobby's pastry shop were pretty good.
My favorite was a yuzu-flavored mousse cake (pictured in the lower left corner). Absolutely delicious.
Also shown are, I think* (clockwise from upper left): a lily-flavored mousse, pumpkin mousse cake (flavor was too subtle for my tongue subjected to many years of bold American pumpkin spice mix), and a pear and raspberry cake with custard.
The staff at the pastry counter said that they bake all their desserts in house.
(*Sorry for any errors, but I don't know any Japanese, and I had a little trouble understanding the person who was behind the counter.)
A new place that is getting good airplay is the Echire butter store in Marunouchi Brick Square. They sell butter seven ways, financiers, madeleines, cakes, and some killer, killer butter croissants. They run out of everything pretty quickly, though, so no use going in the afternoon.
Their madeleines are Proustian, and their financiers are nice and crackly, not oily or greasy at all. Croissants are extra-excellent.
re: Uncle Yabai
I've wanted to try that place for a while now, but haven't made it there. I've got a possible trip to Tokyo later this month, so hopefully I'll make it! Do they just have a retail outlet, or do they also have a cafe there?
I hope they have kouign amann!
re: prasantrin
No, it is just a retail outlet. The Viron bistro around the corner from the main post office sells their butter as part of their menu, and their pastries are pretty good.
I didn't see any kouign amann, they may have had some at some point during the day. They did have a salted caramel cake which looked pretty good, a pear tarte that was sexy (but at 4,200 yen for a small one, seemed a bit, ahem, steep), and some Miserables which looked far from it.
The best kouign amann I've had was in Paris, at the Park Hyatt Vendome breakfast room. Still looking for anything close to that. Will keep trying.
re: Uncle Yabai
I second that!!!
"The best kouign amann I've had was in Paris, at the Park Hyatt Vendome breakfast room"
On my Feb trip, I will be having lunch at Troisgros and will make sure to get some pastries from the lobby. Hopefully we won't be too stuffed from lunch and will skip buying pastries (although I would seriously doubt it will happen) :-)
"Perhaps surprisingly, the pastries at the Hyatt Regency lobby's pastry shop were pretty good"
re: theskyflyer
This duplication of festins, this intense papil course on creamy, caramelized, sweaty sugar. Suddenly, this return to normal !!! Arg ! Already adopted.
Back on a light version : the juicy juicy fruits desert : a pear tart (slight accent of Pastis), a comquat verrine in l`Atelier Joel ROBUCHON,… What is your take back in sweets ? Especially season one ?
Made it to Hidemi Sugino's shop today.
I should have re-read Prasantrin's posts on this shop before heading over.
There are a lot of rules.
I thought I'd just pop in and buy whatever looked good to take back to the hotel with me, as I usually do. Nope.
You are not allowed to buy more than 6 cakes per visit. And only certain cakes can be bought for take-away; the others have to be eaten in the shop.
So I ordered 6 cakes that looked good and ate them there, with a plan to return next week to try others. I wasn't quite in the mood to eat cakes at the moment (it was before my lunch), or to eat 6 at a time -- but you only live once and those were the rules.
(Actually, they brought the cakes out in twos -- so maybe the real rule is that you can only buy two to eat at a time? and they were bending this rule for me?)
At any rate, these were THE BEST mousse cakes I have ever had. Anywhere. So it was worth the rules hassle, the waiting in line, and the cost -- they are on the small side and about 650-700 yen each -- in the end. It would be ideal though if he would just open a second branch inside Isetan, like most of the other haute patissiers, and make life easier.
re: racer x
When I went, I ordered 1 or 2 cakes to eat in the shop, and I think 2 to take away, plus I bought some other stuff. They were kind enough to keep my take-away things in the fridge for me until I was ready to leave.
AFAIK, the rule is two cakes to eat in the shop, and the rest for take-away. But that could mean two cakes to eat at once. They do only serve two cakes maximum on a plate, I noticed. It's all very cryptic to me.
What time did you go and how long was the line (i.e. how long did you wait)?
re: prasantrin
Arrived around 12:10 pm I think.
There were maybe 10 ahead of me at the counter. Waiting for them to be served took maybe 15 minutes. I was panicking because it looked like there wouldn't be any cakes left once those piranhas had all been served. Thankfully, though, the staff brought out more of everything, so I was able to choose any of the mousse cakes I wanted. I was also able to get a table right away.
The irony is that by the time I had placed my order, there wasn't anyone else in line. So if I had arrived just 20 minutes or so later, I wouldn't have had to wait at all!
re: racer x
Returned to Hidemi Sugino (this time for takeout order) yesterday (Tuesday).
Arrived around 11:55. This time there were just a half-dozen people milling in the front area, apparently already having ordered. I was able to walk straight to the counter and place an order. I was in and out in under 10 minutes. I guess the moral to the story is, either avoid Saturday at lunchtime, or be prepared to wait a bit.
re: racer x
Hidemi Sugino
Sébastien Bouillet
Both of these were pretty good.
(I took the photo after they had been at room temperature for a while. They looked better when they were cooler, when I bought them.)
À tes souhaits
Shop is a bit out of the way, but not too hard to find. (I opted to walk from the metro stop instead of taking a bus, and was treated to seeing a number of local eateries along the way.) I visited around 16:30. The customers were ladies with their children (almost all girls) at the handful of tables and at the counter buying orders to go.
The patisserie team could be seen through a glass wall at work in the kitchen behind the counter. I was surprised at the number of cooks, all in crisp white uniforms.
Prices are about 40% lower than at Hidemi Sugino. And there are many more pastries to choose from (and thankfully no rules!).
The pastries at Hidemi Sugino tasted a lot better though.
re: racer x
Did you try the kouign aman at a tes souhaits? It finished second in my taste tests (didn't like the cinnamon-y flavour) to Viron's first. It was first for a while, but then I tried Viron's, so it fell to a distant second.
re: prasantrin
No -- I am still a kouign amann virgin.
re: racer x
Get thee to Viron now!! Before it's too late!
re: racer x
These posts are awesome, thanks! I thought Charpentier was disappointing (lemon tart, macarons), which surprised me given the grandness of the building and the number of people I see carrying the bags around. I know those things aren't related to flavor, but still...
re: jem589
You didn't like the caramel macarons? Shocking! I also like HC's caramel mousse cake. Their caramel-flavoured things taste more of dark caramel than light, so I like the slight bitterness they have.
I think HC caters to Japanese taste buds, one of the reasons a lot of non-Japanese don't care for them. Generally, their flavours are more subtle and their goods are not as sweet. Though I still think their caramel macarons and also their financiers are some of the best you'll find in depachika in Japan.


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Ok,can someone explain when hes about to cast double attack. Because, when I was trying to do this fight today and was taunting when dbm said double attack, I was still missing them and then healers would complain that I was missing them. I did ask the other tank and in raid how do I know when he's going to double attack but nobody seemed to know.
For us using one tank in 10man is so much easier.
We are currently 10/12 normal modes, so not great geared/amazing players but we found this boss really simple with this strat:
1 tank (feral druid)
3 healers
6 dps
1 healer (shammy in this case) on me the tank
1 healer (pally) on group 1 with beacon on me
1 healer (druid) on group 2 with LB's on me with he could.
Idea was the shammy healed NO-ONE but me, and the pally and druid could only heal others once their group was sorted.
Basically it means I am around 50-60% hp almost all of the time and the double attacks are not a problem. I rotate my cd's all of the time to help with healing me.
With this amount of dps it means we only get 3 feuds and we kill him very quickly in final phase. For example I managed to tank him down to 10% of his hp, he ran to our spriest next, he faded, he ran to the mage, and before he got to the mage he died. During 1st feud we use a tranq from me the feral tank, second the spriest divine hymn, and 3rd the resto druid tranq.
And of course, i was using full dodge/agi trinkets for max dodge. Was around 38% dodge during the fight which let me dodge alot of double attacks.
Did this fight tonight and was a lot of fun!
Fury Warrior
Prot Paladin
6 DPS, 3 Healers.
I main tanked the boss as fury and even in zerker stance, getting misdirects and getting hit or crit down to 1 hitpoint (because of the bile-o-tron bot) every 5 seconds from the boss' melee swings. (hello ragebar )
My Prot Paladin would taunt (without righteous fury up) a second or two after the boss got the double attack buff. (i think the buff is like an 'on next swing' type of thing. this is why he delayed it so that i would rip aggro right back off after he took the hit)
Very fast fight! we were kind of sloppy at the end, but we are definitely going to do this fight like this from now on.
link to the video (hopefully youtube processes it quickly to view above 240p quality)
PoV of a Mage DPS guildie. (he dies lol! he thought the phase2 was at 25%)
Last edited by supmeow; 01-25-2011 at 11:09 PM. Reason: added video link
And since I'm already commeting, another commet, tactic wise:
Imo, as mentioned before a MUCH easier way to do it is not swap tanks for break.
What we have to do is having the MT [me, warrior, slightly better geared then the OT] take the double attacks and a paladin take the normal hits. Normal hits will never kill a tank as long as he's above 10k hp [which even with 4 stacks of break, the maximum you'll have before a fued is easily doable. Another healer can help if really needed - we have the OT in range for priest's prayer of mending and I think he also had ES off a shaman.] and he only does double attack 2 or three times between fueds - enough time for our pally to top me to 60-70%. I can take 2 hits then easy, spacially if I save up my shield block and tinket CD's [both avoidance, + parry + dodge on use] for that double attack. Do no fear break stacking above 4, as that's when fued comes and stacks reset.
Generally speaking, the weaker tank gets whacked all the time and only healed to above 10k, the stronger geared tank takes the double attacks. You just aim the boss, and whenever the icon of 'double attack' apears, have the double attack tank taunt. When it's off, the other tank taunts back.
Once our pally tank sorts a DPS os, we're going to try and do the fight with 1 tank. As mentioned in the hc version, a plate dps can work for soaking normal hits just aswell as a tank. Theoreticly, it can even be a cloth healer that takes tho hits...
We only had a couple of attempts on this boss last night, and I have some questions.
25 man. 2 tanks, 7 heals, 16 dps.
I've got the healers to the point where they are healing raid to just over 10k HP, and the tank healers are keeping the tanks up (we were tank swaping, but we're going to change that tonight).
The issue is when he Massacres and knocks the Bile-o-tron offline. We all stack in front of the boss where the tank is. The boss starts feuding. We are healing as much as possible. I can't say that everyone in the raid is at 100%, but we're healing as much as we can, for the full 30 seconds. 15 seconds later, he starts throwing his Yuck-Bolts at us, the first one hurts, the second one kills, and the third is just a big *middle finger* to us.
We have never lived through one Feud phase.
What are we doing wrong?
A would rigg a few things.
1. Try 8 healers abit harder enrage wise but works well if you got the dps.
2. Make damn sure your dps helps out. Healthstones bandages etc is a key thing here.
3. Disc priest in raid? Use barrier.
4. Make sure your healers have assiigns and push out every ground healing effekt U got.
does Darkmoon Card: Greatness work in lifting you above the 10k mark?
I can do the math, so it makes sense that it would. just wondering if anyone has tried it yet.
Worse than you.
Has anyone had any experience with a double attack being clipped off by massacre? I've noticed this but on certain attempts it happened later in the fight. However it seems when the first double attack gets clipped it's certain every other double attack will get clipped
Roughly it's like
double attack -> double attack (massacre is at like 5 seconds or less) -> massacre happens instead of double attack -> feud -> repeat
It seems like it should be a good way to free up raid heals to get everyone 10k+ for the upcoming massacre. Since the sponge tank only needs to be above 10k for it. Is this something anyone else finds useful, or have they found any particular way to manipulate or use it to their advantage?
The hardest part of the encounter is surviving feud. In order to surive it you can do the following things (there is also a good guide on this at: http://25man.com/cata-guides/chimaeron). Basically you do the following:
- Feud last 30 seconds, so dont pop every cooldown in the first 10 seconds, take 30 seconds into account.
- Use light-well left and right of the middle: and let everyone click it when stacking up
Use the following cooldowns:
(Prot) Paladins – Divine Sacrifice (aka raidwall) and/or Divine Guardian
Resto Druids - Tranquility
Disc Priests - PW:Barrier
Resto Shamans – Healing rain, Shadow priests use hymn,
Holy Paladins - Divine Favor and Avenging Wrath (+Holy Radiance) and Guardian of Ancient Kings
Holy priests spamm PoH
- Especially PW: Barrier helps gigantically much. If you struggle let one priest spec disc and get PW: barrier.
- Also let DPS Shamans/paladins etc help with healing during feud (let them Stop DPS and help with healing).
- Having more than 7 healers shouldnt be needed (8 is a bit on the high side).
- If you still struggle it might be something with assignments or gear.
As my guild's healer lead, I've assigned healers this way:
Holy priests: 6 targets. Stay in heal chakra, Heal if one target gets Caustic Slime'd, Heal+HWS if two, PoH if more than two, Binding Heal+PoH if yourself and 2-3 in your assigned group. Pick a ranged DPSer to be your PoH target that's somewhere within 30 yards of the rest.
Druids: tank healing. Roll LB on the MT and keep the OT (double strike tank) at full
Rsham: 3 targets. HW if one, RT+HW if two, RT+HW+HW if three, or RT+HW+Unleash Elements. If RT's on CD start using HS instead. If the HW glyph heals for enough, they can take 4 targets including themselves, but I'm not sure.
Hpal: 5 targets, including themselves. Bacon on one target, HL for one non-bacon target, HL+WoG if two, 2FoL+WoG if three. There's JUST time in between Caustic Slimes (5 seconds?).
Disc priest: GTFO and respec something useful. Sure PWB is good but PoH+CoH is good too, and this way you won't be forced into tank healing.
Shadow priests at least, maybe retardins as well do not need to be healed for Caustic Slime.
Yeah, I was being flippant, chill out. I didn't think Discipline was well suited to Chimaeron and I'm not the only one that feels this way. Being forced into PoH on Caustic Slime doesn't seem great, are you using Penance/Flash for <2 targets? Either way seems mana inefficient, but if you're comfortable taking a group and don't have issues that's great. I'm not sure what you mean by "folling".
Also the meter part is irrelevant obviously.
What is the addon that the hpally is using for his holy power? i would like to use that as well if they are willing to share addon thanks!
We completed this fight tonight after about 2 hours of wiping. Our setup was as follows:
Protection Paladin
Retribution Paladin
3x Resto Druid
1x Resto Shama
Hunter x2
We had no problem with the enrage time on this fight what so ever. We also found the use of the retribution paladin as a break absorbing tank to be ver effective. Just have the prot pali take the actual hit from Double Attack. Also as ret its hand to have Divine Storm on spam to help keep ppl above the 10k.
Over all a very fun fight. My heart was racing in those last few seconds!
This method relies a bit on RNG because the warrior ran in to intervene and both him and the DPS tank got hit with a caustic slime then the double attack so they both died. Out of about 6 attempts this only happened once.
..and to clarify what's happening, because I think it's unfamiliarity with the skill..
Chimaeron casts the double attack buff. The warrior intervenes, which leaves a 10 second buff on the target intervened. Chimaeron eventually attacks (and then attacks immediately again). First attack goes to the warrior.. 2nd to whoever is highest on threat.
i.e. The Main Tank takes Chim the whole time stacking break up high. A warrior intervens the MT in time for double attack, such that the warrior takes the first hit and the MT takes the second effectively meaning that no one needs to be kept topped up, only kept above 10K so much less healing is focused on the tanks.
Posts i've read else where suggest that the intervening warrior would infact take BOTH of the double attacks (even without the glyph) which would make taunt swapping a better way.
edit: typo's corrected


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Editor's note: This is a response to Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos's "County Financial Report Card," published in the Enterprise Pilot Sept. 11-17. Howard Weitzman is running on the Democratic line against Maragos in the November election.
George Maragos continues to mislead the public by falsely claiming that the county's financial condition has improved on his watch. During Mr. Maragos's tenure as Nassau County's fiscal watchdog, the county has undergone three bond downgrades by the credit rating agencies, the county's fiscal outlook has been lowered from "stable" to "negative," and the county's debt has reached a new all-time high. No amount of "cooking the books" and issuing misleading financial statements and press releases can hide this truth, a truth which can be easily verified by outside sources.
As a Certified Public Accountant and former Nassau County Comptroller, I can see through the blatant attempts by Maragos to cook the books to produce the result he wants instead of the result that is truthful. The problem is that voters are disillusioned by the back-and-fourth of political campaigns where one side makes one claim and the other side counters with the opposite take. If voters don't know who to believe, they should look at what independent, outside sources have to say about the county's finances.
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On Sept. 4, 2013 The Wall Street Journal published an investigative piece that highlighted how a controversial judge's order sought by the Republican county attorney allowed the county to hide outstanding liabilities to turn its 2012 $45 million budgetary deficit into a surplus on paper. When pressed, the county attorney acknowledged that he "knew it would affect the budget."
The editorial board of Newsday published a piece on June 12, 2013 with the headline, "Don't buy Nassau's financial window dressing." In the editorial, Maragos was skewered when the editorial board stated, "…while the surplus is a fiction, the county's financial woes are all too real. In the real world, and according to generally accepted accounting principles, the county had an $85-million deficit last year."
Even if you don't trust the collective wisdom of the chairman of NIFA, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsday, take a moment to consider what George Marlin, the 2009 chairman of Conservatives for Ed Mangano and a NIFA Board member had to say. Marlin said, "The County Comptroller's declaration that Nassau ended fiscal year 2012 with a "miraculous" surplus (as claimed by Maragos) was absurd. It was a mirage, not a miracle." Marlin continued, "Let's face it, the County has forfeited its credibility when it comes to fiscal matters"
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Politics can be a tough business where people levy accusations back and forth to gain electoral advantage. The sad truth is that our county is in deep financial distress and instead of seeking solutions, people like George Maragos distort the truth and refuse to even acknowledge that a problem exists. It is necessary to restore confidence in the county's financial reports before we begin the task of repairing the county's finances.


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Though reluctant to buy a Chinese built guitar, I just couldn't get away from it. After testing about 20 different guitars (some costing 3 times as much) I kept referring back to this one. I really like the sound and the playability. The construction seems very solid and I expect that the solid spruce top will age very nicely. The ash burl is very attractive and strikingly different and the finish is first class. Acoustically this guitar has a slightly bright sound which I find quite pleasant. The fishman electronics are excellent and the on board tuner is especially useful.
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Fry an egg and make an egg sandwich?
id rather not take the risk. i might set the apartment on fire.
fried egg sandwhiches on some wheat toast with ketchup is pretty good actually. just make one rayne.
set the apartment on fire and eat your parrents when their done cooking?
I can't cook either so all I can really do is fry an egg, make mac n' cheese or a grilled cheese sandwich.
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"Every measure and everything we could possibly do is being done," said Darland. "I am cautiously optimistic. I think when we get past this we will have a stronger hospital."
Board member Tom Birdsell, who also chairs the finance committee, said the district is experiencing "escalating losses."
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¥ Rich Jung, of the nonprofit Mendocino Coast Ambulance Support, presented a check to Allen for $30,000 to help purchase a new ambulance for the hospital.
¥ Allen asked to draw the remaining balance from the Meaningful Use restricted account. The Meaningful Use funds were for the upgrade to the electronic medical records system. The hospital has met phase one of the federal requirements and the budget for that project is balanced.
¥ Linda Dutcher, director of Support Services, requested approval for an architect contract to remodel the steam generator area. The board voted to table the item until the next meeting when more information on cost and the reasons for the project can be defined. Several board members said they could not in good faith approve spending money on another project during these hard financial times without explicit reasons.
¥ Dutcher told the board that the steam sterilizer was undergoing inspections and she hoped it would be running within the next week. Allen called on Tuesday to announce that the steam sterilizer passed all inspections and is up and running. Instruments are now being sterilized at the hospital and are no longer being transported to Ukiah or Willits.