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themisanthrope on 3/29/2010 9:25:00 AM more reviews by themisanthrope
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Black Eyes: Hazel
I got this as a .5 oz sample from Sephora. I've been using this every night since um.. November? I don't have any wrinkles, nor have I seen any new ones (But I have crepey lids). This is very moisturizing, however, it does nothing for the loose crepe 30 year old eyelids on my 22 year old face :(. I would continue to use it for moisturizer, but it's too expensive JUST to moisturize. This may work for wrinkles, but not for crepeyness, which I feel are wrinkles :( Oh well. Onto more potions.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Kayelle on 2/18/2010 12:25:00 PM more reviews by Kayelle
Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily Hair: Brunette Eyes: Blue
I really like this. I use eye cream mostly for prevention, meaning I don't like those that are super rich/greasy but I want something that actually works. This has the perfect consistency; it absorbs quickly but keeps my eye area feeling especially moisturized for hours. Only time will tell how well it prevents lines, but I have a good feeling. I'd give it the full 5 lippies if it was free of ingredients like parabens.
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Lala201 on 10/13/2009 6:06:00 PM more reviews by Lala201
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Blue
I wanted an eye cream for moisture and to help prevent wrinkles. I do not have wrinkles, so I cannot say how well it works for that, but I can review it's other aspects. I got this in half the size for free from Sephora. I would not have bought it because it is so expensive. The product is very creamy and moisturizing. I do think it is a bit thick to put on under makeup, unless you only put a very little amount, which I do sometimes. I use it at night for this reason. I really like the thick consistency for night time. It does have a fragrance, but it isn't too overwhelming, and the packaging is cute, it isn't medicinal looking. Overall, I really like this as a great under eye moisturizer.
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*TOP REVIEWER* kitty62 on 5/6/2009 12:05:00 PM more reviews by kitty62
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
If you want to try this $68 cream, get a couple sample packets from Sephora. If you like it, get more sample packets and hoard them. A jar is not the way to package an eye cream. Everyone knows the potential for contamination but we still keep buying these products. Vote with your purses, MUAers, and don't buy eye creams in jars! And certainly not expensive ones with highly touted ingredients that would deteriorate each time the product is exposed to air. I like this as a moisturizer. It makes the skin under my eyes look and feel smoother and more hydrated and leaves a nice canvas for concealer. But I would not buy it expecting anything more than that. In fact, I haven't bought it at all but have used up quite a few sample packets. I can nurse one through a couple of weeks, squeezing a tiny amount through a small hole in the pouch, then putting it into a zip-lock baggie.
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*TOP REVIEWER* ambodidi on 5/3/2009 3:58:00 AM more reviews by ambodidi
Age: 36-43 Skin: Very Dry, Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Curly, Fine Eyes: Brown
I bought this eye cream mainly because of the great reviews on Productville. I've been using it for over 6 months now, and I don't see what the fuss is about. It's quite moisturising, but it hasn't helped with my dark circles much at all. I never had many fine lines, and they're the same as before. There are many products that are cheaper (eg Kiehl's Avocado) that are similar.
I like the jar packaging because I can get every last bit out, but I guess it is unhygienic, especially for those prone to eye infections (I'm not!). The jar is twice the regular size, 30 ml instead of 15 ml, and it is expensive, but not prohibitively so. I bought it on eBay at just under retail price (it's not available in Australia that I know). I won't buy it again, and I'm losing hope in eye creams in general. Sigh.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Refuge on 1/12/2009 4:51:00 PM more reviews by Refuge
Age: 36-43 Skin: Other Hair: Other Eyes: Other
This cream is rich and thick, yet absorbs easily into the undereye area. It's a great value also- I have had mine for two years and I'm just getting to the bottom now.
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belle_30x on 11/2/2008 10:32:00 AM more reviews by belle_30x
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Other
Not really sure I'll buy again after reading some things on Paula's Choice website. Plan on getting teh book before I buy any more moisturizers.
There's a lot of hype about this product, and I will admit that I liked the way it felt, even under makeup. I noticed that thelines that were forming under my eyes were visibly improved after less than a week of use. I'm just not sure how long this pot will last since it's not in an air tight container (something I read on Paula's Choice.)
I'll come back and give a follow up. I've only used it for 2 weeks. We'll see how much I love it when it's all used up.
**EDIT I gave up on this product. I think it's mostly hype. Although it felt good and helped with dryness under my eyes, I have since tried two different products that have delivered significantly better results than this one. Plus, if it has any benefits teh packaging ensures they are short lived.
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sandyroy01 on 8/1/2008 12:34:00 PM more reviews by sandyroy01
Age: 25-29 Skin: Sensitive, Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
The jury is still out on this. I've been using this for two weeks in the PM only since I wear contacts and don't like to use eye cream in the AM. I like the way this moisturizes my eye area. It's not oily or greasy. I don't have wrinkles or fine lines yet but have dark circles. I'm not sure if I've noticed a difference in the dark circles but then again, I have yet to find a miracle product that works for them. My eye area does feel smoother though. I will continue to use this considering the jar is HUGE. At least I feel like I've gotten my moneys' worth.
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rakava on 7/12/2008 4:31:00 PM more reviews by rakava
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Medium Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine Eyes: Hazel
For me - this is the *WORST EYE PRODUCT EVER* In general, based on what I see here and on Drugstore.com (where I don't review) - this seems to be a love it or hate it product. I've not read all the reviews here - just page 1 but I bet when I am done, they will be mostly 1 star or 5 stars.
If you have sensitive eyes - AVOID THIS CREAM AT ALL COSTS. I can no longer wear make up, the skin around my eyes hurt and it is so dry that the skin is absorbing Vaseline! I'm afraid to wash my face. I've made an appointment with my friend's derm to see if there is anything he can do or if I just have to walk around in Vaseline and bronzer (sans SPF in LA in July!) until it heals on it's own. Eye drops have helped some.
I should have known better than to buy something for my eyes that the Sephora girl only tried on my hands. I also should have gone with my gut and gone with her #2 choice - Ole Henriksen which felt slightly better on my hands - but who knows what it would have done to my eyes. However she sold me on the size and (to me) reasonable price of the product. NEVER AGAIN will I not try something on the sides of my eyes first.
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*TOP REVIEWER* RavenBeauty on 4/30/2008 8:20:00 AM more reviews by RavenBeauty
Age: 36-43 Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
Darn you Dermadoctor, you've done it to me again! I really wanted to hate this eye cream due to the cost. I have tried just about every eye cream out there (including La Mer, La Prairie and everything in between). I had finally found a wonderful eye cream a couple of years ago that costs next to nothing that has done a fabulous job (Dream Products Eye Lift). I have been using that wonderful cream for some time now. I had no interest in trying anything else because quite frankly that cream is quite astonishing and is under $15.00!
I still read all the eye cream reviews just for the heck of it and always keep my eyes open for something new that could be even better (though I don't know why we do this when we have something that works well, but so many of us do this nonetheless). The one that stood out for me was this one. Mainly because all of Dermadoctor's products have turned out to be pretty amazing to me, so I figured the chances would be high that their eye cream would rock as well. Samples of this eye balm are near impossible to come by, but Dermadoctor had them the other day when I went to buy more Feet Accompli.
I received the sample a few days ago and must say I am truly impressed (I had a feeling about this one). Not only is it packed with all kinds of incredibly fortifying ingredients, but it feels incredible going on. I've never felt anything this moisturizing in my life. It's a very intense, creamy, cooling sensation that lasts and lasts for some time (not a heavy mentholated cool but a soft and gentle one). What amazed me the most is how it immediately transformed my eyes! The skin under my eyes was immediately tighter and brighter! I saw immediate results so this works on long term problems and gives you some immediate cosmetic relief as well. I love the creamy texture and lasting results but I could do without the price tag. I've been told that it's a nice sized jar that can really last so maybe it will work out to be more reasonable if it lasts a few months. I'll know soon enough as I am about to purchase a full jar. I am not sure I want to give up on my Eye Lift by Dream Products just yet but this one has left me teetering badly. Fabulous eye cream that truly delivers!
EDIT: I still think this is a lovely cream however I must say that I feel Dream Products Eye Lift performs better and it's much cheaper (in fact vastly so). I love the silkiness of this cream but there is one thing I noticed that surprised me a little. My eyes got a little puffy after using this for a week, which tells made I must be allergic to something in here. When an eye cream doesn't do what it's touted to do, that's to be expected and we've all been there, but when one makes your eyes look worse, that usually means there is an allergy involved (it's why women scratch their heads wondering why their eyes look crepier and worse with certain eye creams and it's almost always due to an allergy to one or more of the ingredients listed). I am allergic to soy and get that crepiness and puffiness if I find that in an eye product (Borba did that to me big time for that reason). Oh well this is a wonderful cream but obviously something in here does not agree with my skin. I've noticed that the more complicated an eye cream is, the more chances I have of being allergic (meaning too many ingredients and chemicals).
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Marlene Blake, Wife, "I knew Buddy was with him, and would not leave him, I knew that you know just from my heart."
Marlene Blake says that thought helped comfort her as search and rescuers looked for her husband Bob in Colorado this weekend. The 81 year-old was cross country skiing in Lizard Head Pass near Telluride, with his Golden Retriever, Buddy, something he often did, but when Blake didn't check in with his wife Friday night, Marlene Blake,"I knew, I knew he was dead, or he would've."
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Sheriff Bill Masters, San Miguel Co., Sheriff's Office, "There are a large number of coyotes in the area and Buddy refused to leave Mr. Blake's body until we spent some time coaxing him."
Marlene Blake, "So he's the hero in this."
Blake's wife say it appeared her husband had stopped for lunch when his heart gave out, "I used to say you know I worry about you, you might be in some snow-bank up there and I'll never find you and he said, don't worry that's where I want to be. Yeah so, so he got his wish."
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Tinder's top executive is being demoted months after being named in a sexual-harassment lawsuit brought by an early female employee of the popular dating app. Read More »
Facing a potentially messy sexual-harassment lawsuit, dating app Tinder and its parent IAC have settled with a former executive. Read More »
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You're young, you're a world-class physical specimen, you're living in a fenced-in village full of similar people from all over the world who are dying to meet you, and it's Valentine's Day.
Clearly, you need a matchmaking app.
Since the beginning of the Games in Sochi, the founder of one such app says his company's internal statistics suggest that athletes, or some combination of athletes, fans and volunteers, are using his product to make lots of new friends.
Tinder is a free flirting app for the iPhone that launched in September last year and is starting to catch on quickly. Here's a look at one of the faster-growing apps on the Apple App Store.
How it works: Tinder connects to your Facebook account and builds a brief profile with a couple photos. Then, using a combination of your interests and friends, it will show you photos of other Tinder users.
You can swipe left or right to tell the app whether you like the person or not. If both of you "like" each other, the app will open a chat between the two and you can take it from there.
Who built it: Co-founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen, the chief marketing officer, built the app through IAC's Hatch Labs. Rad was previously a founder of Ad.ly, a celebrity endorsement startup.
Why it's popular: While the idea of a "hot-or-not" app isn't necessarily new, the Tinder spin on it is making it particularly popular among the college-aged demographic. Basically, Tinder has a kind of "secret sauce" that relies on finding other relevant profiles, rather than completely random ones.
There's a new app on the Apple App Store that's trying to turn "hot or not" into something a little more special.
Tinder, launched in September by cofounders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen, is quickly picking up traction as a new twist on dating. Instead of showing you photos of other random individuals, it connects to your Facebook profile to deliver more targeted results in the hope that it'll connect you to someone you are actually interested in dating.
Here's how the app works: you connect your Facebook profile, and it grabs four photos to use as your profile photos. It then shows you photos of other members, and you swipe left to say you don't like them, or right to say you like them. If you and the other member both say you like each other, it'll open up a chat prompt.
Around 70% of the time, that connection leads to a "meaningful conversation," said CEO Rad. In total, there have been more than 10 million matches in the app.
According to AppData, the app has more than 100,000 users connected through Facebook checking the app every day, though in reality the number is much higher than that, Rad said. The app has seen more than 700% growth in the past 30 days and made the transition from a 50,000-user tier to the 100,000-user tier about a week ago, according to AppData.
It's certainly not Snapchat, which is at the top of the Apple App Store. But right now it's in the top 100 apps and continues to slowly climb the ranks, according to AppData. Read More »
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Now that we have set up our layout and established a paper size, our next goal is to add the title block. Generally speaking, a layout acts just like Model Space. So if I wanted to, I could draft my title block right here on the Layout tab. I could launch the Rectangle command, and I could pick a point here and draw it to here. I can then press my Spacebar to relaunch the command and then let me turn on my running object snaps, I could start my rectangle at this endpoint and draw it to here, and I could slowly start building my title block.
Instead, in an effort to save time, I have already created a drawing that contains my title block geometry. Let's drag that geometry onto this layout. I am going to erase these rectangles, because I don't need these anymore, and then I will move up and launch the Open command. And then I will jump into the chapter_ 15 folder, inside of our Exercise Files directory and I will select this titleblock drawing, and I will click Open. Now that I have two drawings open in my interface, I am going to click the View tab, and then I will come down and click the Titled Vertically button.
This gives me a nice side-by-side view of my files. Let's clean up these views a little. I will start by zooming out and centering my title block geometry in this window, and then I will click to put the focus in this window, and I will pan this over and center my layout. To move this geometry onto my layout, I am going to click to put the focus on the titleblock drawing, and then I will select this geometry, and then I will click-and-hold on a highlighted portion of a line, and I'll drag this into the other file.
Now I will visually center this as well as I can. Alright. I don't need my titleblock drawing anymore, so I will close this. And then I will maximize the other drawing on screen. At this point, my title block looks like its centered fairly well. If necessary, I can always come back later and adjust its locations after I make my first plot. Now that the title block is here, I can zoom in and edit the text to suit my needs. The drawing that I am printing is a HEADLAMP MOUNTING PLATE.
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2 principium loquendi Dominum in Osee et dixit Dominus ad Osee vade sume tibi uxorem fornicationum et filios fornicationum quia fornicans fornicabitur terra a Domino | 2 When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD." |
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Infographic: Insight Into The State Of Law Firm CRM (Graphic: Business Wire)
LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today its LexisNexis InterAction® business has published a new survey that provides insight into the state of law firm CRM as 2013 draws to a close. The survey finds that a majority of law firms give good grades to CRM projects and list improved client relationships and ability to cross-sell as the primary benefits. A majority of respondents (63%) are planning additional CRM investments in 2014 and more than half are planning to upgrade their existing system in the next three years.
"Considering that firms find a measureable return on investment from their CRM projects, the state of law firm CRM can still be lumped into three primary categories: clear success, those that are still being invested in, and those that need of reinvigoration," said Ted Seward senior marketing manager with the InterAction business at LexisNexis. "When we look at what challenges a firm's implementation of CRM projects, the responses overwhelmingly point to human factors such as a lack of employee buy-in and data quality; these factors and success are related."
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- Law Firm CRM Initiatives are Mature. 48% of respondents stated their firm's CRM initiative was more than five years old. Another 23% put the age between 3 and 5 years. About one-third say their CRM projects are less than a year old.
- Law Firm CRM Spending to Rise. 63% of survey takers said their firm will fund additional CRM investments in the next 12 months. 53% either "strongly agree" or "agree" they will upgrade their firm's existing CRM in the next three years.
- Law Firm CRM Seeing ROI; Success. 50% of respondents "strongly agree" or "agree" their law firm is seeing measurable ROI from their CRM initiatives. Absent ROI, when asked whether or not the CRM project was successful, a plurality of 41% said their CRM project was a success.
- #1 Barrier to Success is a Lack of Employee Buy-In. 33% of respondents reported "lack of employee buy-in" as the top barrier to CRM success.
- The Difference between Success and Failure. Analysis suggests firms with successful CRM projects are more likely to implement CRM as a firm-wide, strategic process, which accounts for the human aspects of change management, rather than merely a technology implementation.
- Successful CRM Projects Yield Better Client Relations and Cross-Selling. More than 50% of respondents cited "better client relationships" as the primary benefit as the result of a law firm CRM project. Another 48% cite "improved ability to cross-sell."
"Conventional business wisdom tells us it's far easier to sell new or additional services to existing and satisfied clients," added Seward. "While it's not a leap of faith to suggest that law firms with effective CRM projects report better client relationships and an ability to cross-sell, it's revealing to see this concept supported by survey data."
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YouTubers vs Kpop Engrish
A bunch of YouTubers came over to Korea, including Mystery Guitar Man, Final Cut King, the VFX Bro, Just Kidding Films, David Choi, indymogul, and callus, and they were all here to help promote the YouTube Music Awards! To which you might say "that's all gravy, baby, but why is this video after the YouTube Music Awards?" and the answer to that is…wait? What? Spudgy! Let me save you from Dr. Meemersworth! Hold on.
Where was I? I forget. I could look at the paragraph above and find out where I left off but true lyrical geniuses on the mics can just freestyle stuff, so I'll do that. Anyhow! Let's talk more about this fun segment!
One of the main issues we have with Kpop is the awful English. We've heard the argument time and time again: "it's not for English speakers, it's for a Korean audience! Random English in songs is cool. It doesn't matter if it's correct." We understand that. So our argument is this: it DOES matter to an English speaking audience, especially one not initiated in the world of Kpop. If someone who doesn't know Kpop hears and awesome song, if there's one Engrish line in it they'll laugh, and won't appreciate the song how they should. It's a deterrent. It's gotten in the way of them liking the song. So, if it doesn't matter to a Korean audience if the English is right or wrong, but it does matter to an English speaking audience, what harm would it do to use proper English? It's win-win! STOP USING BAD ENGRISH! YOU HAVE NO REASON TO!
So, we picked a bunch of songs in which the English of the song was…questionable. Here are how some of the non-initiated into the Kpop world reacted to it. We hope you liked it :D
We also did a bunch of other tests for them, including the Gender Bender test, the WTF Korea item test, and a True/False questionnaire. You can check them out on everyone's channels linked to here, or you can view them in the playlist above. Or if you're on a phone and it won't play playlists, we've embedded all of the videos here. Yeah!
Yeah! And I know there were a bunch of songs we totally should have done, but forgot to do. If we ever do this kind of game again, we'd love a list of songs to make people decipher :D
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I always dislike any incorrect use of foreign language anywhere, unless it was meant that way (like if in fiction a character is supposed to be an awful speaker of said language). It's not only disrespectful towards the language and the people who speak it, it's also not very flattering for those who use it wrong. In Kpop songs especially, English should be used correctly because a lot of students listen to these songs. And from what I've heard, there's huge emphasis on the teaching of English in Korean schools. So how can the kids learn it if their oppars sing it wrong?
Did you get to meet Bart or Joe from JKF? Knowing that both of y'all were in the same city at the same time about made me fangasm
Can't stop watching the Gender Bender game xD
My brother refuses to believe Ren and Taemin are boys xD
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I like random English. It's funny. My favorite Engrish song is "Alarm" by Amuro Namie.
For the Gender Bender video, you know you have been into Kpop for so long that you get all the questions right! lol It was so easy for me. I guess after listening to Kpop so much nothing surprises me anymore. lol
Ok in the gender bender game who was the second person?
This video was disappointing. Well, I guess that's why some of us were born to understand Korean Engrish while some of us not. Meh.
They should have had Lee Hyori on there from Going Crazy. Put 2 pictures on there from the same video (one of her as the guy and one as herself) and see how they react. See if they wouldn't get confused.
She was pretty convincing in that video.
Why is KARA tagged in the video? i did not see any Kara member in the videos though.
We had Kara's "If you wanna pretty" in the video, but cut it out. I think we forgot to remove the tag. Sorry!
I got scolded for laughing too loud! Man, that was the funniest series of videos I've watched in a long time :D I wanted to quote some of my favorite lines but there were too many of them.
And ewwww, that squid… -
This was just awesome. Heartfelt thanks for doing this and all the hard effort, organization that went into it.
1st video: "what's depressing is your score" ahahahahah I thing I've died xD
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Haha! I could tell who were guys and who were girls!!! When taemin showed up I started laughing so hard~
I'm going to play these games with my non k-pop friends for my own amusement then give them cupcakes for their trouble. :P Muwhahaha!
I lol'd so hard at these. Gender bender is pretty awesome.
MORE videos like that, please :D
Now that my family confirmed I'm thoroughly insane because of my laughing, I must say: These made my day. xD I found myself singing along to the Engrish and with the gender bender one, I would suddenly yell "Kevin! Why are you so pretty." Or "Man, Ren is going to confuse the h*ll out of them…"
Now excuse me while I dissuade my grandma from finding me a straitjacket. O.o-
I know how that is. Once, my mom looked at me in disgust when I showed her something Kpop related for the hundredth time. I keep my Kpop obsession to myself now.
My mom actually, after her initial shock, got hooked on kpop. xD She now has 8 different groups on her iPod… and even watched Taeyang's 'Ringa Linga' before I did. o.o
This was so fun, I loved it! And I realized that I interpreted some of the English words wrong myself… even though I listen to the songs all the time. I also got some of the genderbender questions wrong myself, because I didn't know all of them.
I also think it would be detrimental to have Engrish in songs because Korean people trying to learn English might hear the words and think they are used correctly, and then start using them themselves. So I think even for Korean people having Engrish in songs is bad. -
*trumpets in the background" THIS IS NOW MY FAVEORITE EYK VEIDEO !!!! *cries* *applauds*
omggg this was so fun to watch i could not stop laughing !!!
This was a really cute set of videos!
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This was hilarious.
Who is the second person from the Gender bender game? I can't remember a girl with this face …
I loved the Gender Bender game the best! Seriously, I do that to my roommates, the result is their 'WTF' face, but still seeing them saying 'Oh! She looks beautiful!' for biases so worths it! Simon goodness you were so funny!! And the earpicker! LOL! You should do more challenges! Martina, you look beautiful~~ ^^
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2 He laid hold of the Dragon--the ancient serpent--who is the Devil and the Adversary, and bound him for a thousand years, and hurled him into the bottomless pit. | 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. |
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Canada to Jessica Simpson: 'No Thanks, Eh!'
Jessica Simpson's country-music career may have gotten a "yee-haw!" from Americans, but our neighbors to the north aren't feeling the bumpkin love.
The Daisy Dukes-rockin' songbird performed at the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor last night, and Windsor Star critic Ted Shaw wasn't terribly impressed.
"With zero stage presence, a voice that only occasionally found the right note, and batch of ordinary new songs, it was all in vain," Shaw's poison-pen critique reads.
"Other than the catchy lead single, 'Come On Over,' which she saved until the end, the songs are the blandest of bland Nashville new country," the review continued.
Ouch; the words, they sting!
Simpson may not have the best memory in the world, but it's doubtful she'll forget this anytime soon.


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13 For this reason we have been comforted. In addition to our comfort, we were made to rejoice even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you. | 13 By all this we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus was, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you. |
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In 1998, the Newport Historical Society received a gift from Frances Raymond and the significant collection included documents, artifacts, costumes and a teapot made by Boston silversmith Paul Revere. The Clarke family of 18th- and 19th-century Newport businessmen and bankers had passed down the teapot.
So large and valuable was the collection, it took years to catalog the items and learn that the rococo style teapot is one of a fairly small number of examples that resemble the pot Revere holds in his famous portrait painted in 1768 by John Singleton Copley.
A staff member discovered the silver teapot marked "Revere" in a box that contained the final few objects. It was unknown to scholars until it arrived at NHS and was examined.
On Thursday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. Gerald W.R. Ward will discuss the teapot during the lecture "A Revere Revelation: A 'New' Teapot by Paul Revere the Patriot." Ward is senior consulting curator and the Katharine Lane Weems senior curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
He will explain the teapot in the context of Revere's work as Boston's leading silversmith of the day and of the turbulent times in the 1760s, when many steps were taken leading to the American Revolution in which Revere would play a prominent part.
The lecture is at the Colony House on Washington Square. Admission is $5; $1 for Newport Historical Society members with membership card. Reserve your spot by calling (401) 841-8770.


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Andy y Carrie O'Sullivan disfrutar de una calurosa acogida en su casa colonial reactivación sólo 5 puertas de la playa. Al entrar en el vestíbulo amplio y luminoso, se siente la calidez y hospitalidad de "hogar". Cada suite cuenta con una chimenea y ofrece la espaciosa comodidad de su propia sala de estar con TV / VCR, así como una pequeña cocina y baño. El Bantry Cottage también cuenta con un jacuzzi de gran tamaño. Escapar a su retiro privado o disfrutar de nuestro salón frontal y terraza con los otros huéspedes. Los O'Sullivans están felices de proporcionarle todos los ingredientes para hacer su estancia agradable, ya sea una escapada romántica de parejas en el Cape May Day Spa, reservas para cenar en uno de los mejores restaurantes de Cape May, o entradas para cualquiera de los tours culturales o eventos patrocinados por el Centro Atlántico Medio de las Artes. El verano significa vacaciones en familia y desde todas las suites tienen cocinas, tarifas semanales se ofrecen durante julio y agosto a acomodar familias. Nuestro patio lateral con zona de picnic y barbacoa es el lugar perfecto para una barbacoa familiar.
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3,8 en enero 28, 2015
I spent a Summer long weekend here with my GF and her daughter during summer of 2014 and then took my GF here as a Christmas gift in Jan 2015. The owners and the young lady (Kristen) who runs the Inn could not have been more gracious. I would highly recommend this B&B. The house is very beautiful and well kept. In a word this B&B for me was exceptional.
4,8 en enero 06, 2014
My husband, 12 year old twin daughters and our dog decided to visit Cape May during Christmas week and what a wonderful time we had staying in the Bantry Cottage at the Victorian Lace Inn. Fitting in with the Victorian theme the Inn itself was was beautifully decorated. Carrie and Andy (and Kristin too) were so welcoming and we were so relaxed. The cottage met our needs perfectly and the meals were fabulous! We loved it so much we have already booked again for the summer!
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Thanks so much for your review. We really enjoyed having you with us. Andy especially loved your chats at breakfast. We all look forward to seeing you this summer.
5 en agosto 19, 2013
Our August 2013 visit to Victorian Lace Inn was exceptional. We had never stayed at a Bed and Breakfast so when we noticed that the Victorian Lace Inn had 2 designated pet friendly rooms we decided to try it out. Wow! Fantastic! Awesome. Even though the Inn has 2 designated pet friendly rooms they have several other beautiful suites. Our accommodation was perfect, with a private entrance and a separate, fenced in patio. Perfect, perfect, perfect. The room was very clean with a king size bed, sitting area, kitchenette, fireplace and all the amenities listed on their website. When we arrived we immediately felt like family. We arrived a little bit earlier than the arrival time of 2:00 p.m., however, Carrie (owner) and her staff quickly finished preparing the suite and within 30 minutes we were settled in. The staff couldn't have been nicer. Each morning we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast served on the veranda. The food was most enjoyable, as was the mid-afternoon treat. Carrie and her husband, Andy, greet everyone at breakfast. For them it is important that everyone enjoyed their breakfast, their stay and Cape May. Victorian Lace Inn also provided beach towels and chairs for our convenience, which was extremely helpful on the days that we spent time on the beach. When we left, to return home, it was like leaving the home of a well-loved relative. Our dog, Suzy, also, enjoyed her visit. She was on her best behavior and remembered the rules. We all had a wonderful time and we look forward to our next visit to the Victorian Lace Inn. We would highly recommend Victorian Lace Inn when you stay in Cape May, NJ.
5 en junio 19, 2013
Beautiful home, owners are warm and welcoming, wonderful breakfast. We enjoyed our stay and highly recommend it to our family and friends.
5 en abril 10, 2013
We loved our stay there, especially the wonderful breakfasts! We just had to buy the Inn's cookbook..... It was nice to come back after sightseeing and be welcomed by the tea and freshly baked cookies. Owners and staff very attentive to detail, and very responsive to questions, etc. We stayed in the Cork Suite, which was just right for the 5 of us. We would stay there again. Andrea
5 en enero 02, 2013
We visited the Victorian Lace Inn on the weekend of 10/5/12. My wife and I never had the opportunity to go on our Honeymoon after we were married. So when we have the funds, and a chance to have my parents watch the kids, we go away for the weekend.. Needless to say, my wife's requests and the places to stay were limited. I was so fortunate to find the Victorian Lace Inn. It had the best of both worlds. Bed and Breakfast atmosphere and the suite I chose were immaculate. I make a modest living and staying at the Victorian Lace Inn made me feel like I was high class. The Victorian Lace Inn's owners were very friendly and knowledgeable of "things to do" that were tailored to our taste while in Cape May. Speaking of taste, the breakfast was amazingly gourmet! I have never had breakfast that was so refreshing and delicious. The cookies and afternoon snacks were not only perfect, but made me want to spend the day on the porch doing nothing! I liked how the owners made us feel like family guests rather than "guests/consumers". They made my 8 month pregnant wife very comfortable and sent us on our way with a great experience. This year was, by far, the best weekend we have had in a long time, and staying at the Victorian Lace Inn was a HUGE contributor to this successful weekend. The only "CON" to the weekend was we made plans in Cape May and "had to" leave our Suite to tour Cape May and go to the events that I had originally planned. I wish we could have stayed at the Victorian Lace Inn just a day or so longer so that we could take advantage of just relaxing in the suite's amenities and the company of the Victorian Lace Inn's owners and guests.
4,0 en octubre 29, 2012
I spent 2 nights here towards the end of Oct, before hurricane Sandy. They said they had a kitchenette in our room. I was pleasantly surprised at the size of the kitchenette. Not only was there a full size refrig but a small stove and oven. The wrap around pourch was beautiful not only downstairs but we had a private one ! One of the fireplaces was not working when we stayed but the other one was nice after a cold walk on the beach. Mvery nice inn keeper. I would stay again!,,,,
5 en agosto 27, 2012
My husband and I have spent several wonderful Cape May vacations at the Victorian Lace Inn. We prefer the friendly and hospitable atmosphere of a B&B vacation stay over traditional hotel/motel accommodations. The Victorian Lace Inn is a definite favorite of ours as Carrie and Andy make every stay memorable. This year we stayed in the Cork Suite which we highly recommend! The breakfasts are delicious! We especially enjoy the friendly staff and have had many wonderful relaxed conversations with guests and staff on the beautiful front porch. The location is excellent, only one block from the beach but quiet even on summer evenings. We will definitely return for our next Cape May vacation.
5 en agosto 21, 2012
Quiet, clean, charming and functional would describe the Victorian Lace Inn. Our suite included a full kitchen, gas fireplace in the bedroom, a claw foot bathtub. The owners & staff couldn't have been friendlier.
5 en agosto 12, 2012
"Life was simpler...but sweeter" is an old time quote describing the good life at the turn of the century. Guests of the Victorian Lace Inn, Cape May, NJ, will experience a taste of the "good life." Innkeepers Carrie and Andy O'Sullivan and staff, treat their guests to glorious breakfasts on the porch and delicious delights in the afternoon. Spacious suites, ocean views and a quaint cottage await you at this charming bed and breakfast. My family and I highly recommend the Victorian Lace Inn, Cape May, NJ. Bruce, Karen and Kyra Phair (9 years and counting!)
Terraza privada con vista al mar. Cama king en el dormitorio con vista al mar y chimenea. Sala de estar también con vista al mar, chimenea, TV / VCR. Cocina y baño con ducha. Habitación contigua con cama doble se puede añadir por un importe adicional.
$145 - $285
Charming suite con muebles de Eastlake en el dormitorio. Chimenea y cama de matrimonio en el dormitorio. Sala de estar con TV / VCR. Cocina. El baño es el baño original de la casa que tiene una bañera con patas bellamente dibujadas y lavabo de mármol.
$135 - $245
En la parte superior de la casa y bien vale la pena subir, esta suite cuenta con robles antiguos y muebles de mimbre en el dormitorio. Se cuenta con las mejores vistas de la casa. El salón tiene una acogedora sala de estar de mimbre con chimenea y TV / VCR. Cocina y baño.
$135 - $245
Esta hermosa habitación se sienta cómodamente bajo el techo a dos aguas de nuestro tercer piso. La cama se puede hacer como bien 2 camas individuales o 1 cama king. También cuenta con una pequeña sala de estar con TV / VCR y un pequeño refrigerador.
$100 - $150
Una casa de campo privada, salió de la casa principal ofrece un refugio privado. Una cama king size, chimenea y jacuzzi de gran tamaño, así como aire acondicionado, televisión y VCR completan el escenario para una luna de miel perfecta o una escapada romántica.
$155 - $285
Elija un dormitorio condominio familiar 1 o 2. Cada unidad dispone de bañera de hidromasaje, chimenea, cocina completa con lavadora / secadora y lavavajillas, y TV / DVD en el salón.
$155 - $275
Junto al océano
Atlantic City, NJ (ACY)
Compra de Antigüedades, Galerías de Arte , Playa, Cenas Elegantes/Gourmet, De Interés Histórico, Música en vivo, Cine, Museo, Parques Nacionales, Área natural, Océano, Teatro, Teatro, Viñedo, Bodega, Zoo
Private Home Bed and Breakfast, Cottage
Barbacoas , Internet en la habitación, Fax, Teléfono , Cocina pequeña
Aire acondicionado, Despertador, Ventiladores de techo, Instalaciones para café/té, Escritorio, Chimenea, Refrigerador , Secador, Tabla de planchar, Microondas, TV por Satélite/Cable, TV, VCR, Vídeos
Alquiler de bicicletas, Observación de aves, Pasear en barca, Pescar, Jugar al golf, Montar a caballo, Pasear en kayak, Spa, Comprar, Deportes acuáticos
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eBook Category: Science Fiction eBook Description: Like all human colonists born into the crushing gravity of Jupiter, Jarls Anders commands tremendous physical strength and survival ability. And, like his fellow Jovians, Jarls has grown up innocent, easy to exploit. Shipped between Jupiter, Venus, and Earth in indentured servitude, Jarls finds his life in constant danger--not just from the harsh landscapes of distant planets, but also from the treacherous politics of human aristocracy. Navigating the solar system proves much easier than navigating political conspiracy and a government coup. Jarls's only chance for survival is if he can leave behind his rustic innocence and build a strength of character to match the strength of his body. In JOVIAN, author Donald Moffitt creates a fast-moving SF adventure packed with grand themes and big ideas sure to please fans of his other titles and of brand-new and classic SF adventure alike. eBook Publisher: E-Reads/E-Reads, Published: 2003 Fictionwise Release Date: February 2012
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A STIFF HYDROGEN wind screamed past Jarls, making a din in his helmet and threatening to tear him loose from the floater's outer scaffolding. He tightened his grip on a strut and leaned cautiously outward for a respectful look at the immense salmon-colored cloudscape below him. Lightning flashed in its crevices; violent eddies of raw color churned its seething surface. Above, a tiny sun cast a broad shimmering path on the cloud deck. In the distance, Jarls could see Port Elysium, an iridescent bubble that contained farmlands, well-stocked lakes, and the villages of the twenty thousand people he called his neighbors. It was riding the storm well, twisting slowly in the maelstrom of the Great Red Spot's approach, but remaining stable.
A hand as hard as iron clamped itself around his upper arm, making itself felt even through layers of padded thermal suit. "Time to go inside," his uncle said through a howl of radio noise.
Jarls turned his head. The bulky shape clinging next to him was massively overdeveloped even for a Jovian, with a chest like a packing crate and treetrunk legs. Uncle Hector was a comforting presence to have on a work detail.
Jarls himself had grown to a pretty good size. On Earth he might have passed for a rather solid young man whose hobby happened to be weight lifting. But no earthborn weight lifter could have attained the density of muscle that bulged at Jarls's thighs and upper arms, or quite matched the thickness of his torso. The unyielding hardness of his body, molded by Jupiter's crushing gravity, was needed to support a Jovian weight of close to five hundred pounds.
"I'm going to ride it down out here," Jarls replied.
Hector lifted a shaggy eyebrow. "Sensible people don't take chances. I've got to stay outside to ride herd on the siphon. But even the latching crew's sitting out the descent inside the cabin."
"I want to know what it feels like, not see it through a porthole."
"All right." Hector cracked a grudging smile of approval. "I guess you're old enough to make up your own mind."
"Commencing to trim," a laconic voice buzzed in Jarls's ear. There was no second warning. On Jupiter, people learned early in life to pay attention.
The superfluous personnel on the work platform below started to file up the ladder to the floater's belly cabin. A half-dozen spread-eagled shapes remained clinging to the outside strutwork of the great silver egg, like Jarls and Hector. One of them began edging toward them. Jarls recognized the well-worn suit belonging to Gord Murdo, the foreman.
"Hang on," Uncle Hector said.
Jarls didn't need to be told. A thousand kilometers below the seething orange cloud deck lay the surface of a hydrogen sea that no man had ever seen, or ever could see. If you lost your grip and fell, you didn't have to worry about splashing into it. Long before you reached its indeterminate boundary the increasing pressure would crush you into a shapeless blob, and the steadily rising temperatures would cook what was left of you. Below that strange ocean lay a stranger realm yet-a core of hydrogen so compressed that it turned to a liquid metallic form. There, at pressures of more than three million atmospheres and temperatures above 11,000 degrees K, the dissociated molecules that once had been your precious self would float in eternal suspension.
Jarls wiped the unsettling image from his mind and waited. It took a long time to reach negative buoyancy. The vacuum shell was big--it had to be in Jupiter's lightweight upper atmosphere of hydrogen laced with helium. The early floaters had been little more than hot-hydrogen balloons. But the combination of hydrogen and the inevitable oxygen leaks from suits and cabins had proved too dangerous. So the huge egg enclosed nothing but vac- uum-the one thing in the universe that is lighter even than heated hydrogen--and the trimming was done with helium filtered out of the outside atmosphere.
There was the tiniest of shudders, and the blimplike vehicle began to sink, almost imperceptibly at first. Jarls checked its progress with a glance at the floating anchor rig, hovering about a mile farther east. It was just visible past the curve of the floater's shell, a tall tetrahedron with a froth of flotation bubbles at its top. The thick monomolecular hose that ran from it to the floater was a looping arc that dwindled to invisibility after the first quarter mile.
"Pull in those lines!" the radio said sharply in Uncle Hector's voice. "Snub that hose end before you lose it!"
Jarls looked down at the work platform, where four burly roustabouts were struggling to restrain the gigantic coupling that had lifted dangerously on its fastenings when the descent began. He began automatically to inch downward to help; on Jupiter, you didn't wait to be asked.
"They can handle it," Hector said. The iron fingers gripped Jarls's arm again.
The work gang beneath hauled in on the guy lines, and with pure brute force wrestled enough hose inboard to wrap a bight around a stanchion. The hose was thick as a log and obstinately rigid, but Jovian muscles were equal to a task that would have taken a donkey engine on Earth. They lashed it efficiently into place. There was a jerk that made the floater sway, and then, as some distant capstan came unstuck, the hose commenced to unreel smoothly.
"Nice going," Gord Murdo said, coming up next to Hector and helping himself to a handful of strut. He acknowledged Jarls's presence with a nod. Jarls noticed that the foreman had made the crawl across the vac egg without bothering to use a safety line; a bad example, but it wasn't up to him to comment.
The roustabouts beneath received the compliment with raised faces and a thumbs up. They were three men and a woman, hulking bruisers all of them.
Hector grunted. "We don't need a loose coupling whipping around. Not this close to the Spot."
"Lot of turbulence," Murdo agreed. "That's what probably pulled the siphon loose in the first place."
Jupiter's sloshy outer layers rotated at different speeds, depending on latitude, and the immense whirlwind that was the Great Red Spot periodically passed Port Elysium to the south. It never came closer than about 15,000 kilometers--a margin wider than the planet Earth-but that was close enough. Port Elysium always battened down during the passage. But the floating city couldn't do without its water and oxygen, and these could only be obtained from the ice crystal layers below the ammonia clouds.
Port Elysium had to tend its wells, no matter what.
A vast chasm opened in the layer of ammonia clouds, and the huge silver ovoid dropped straight through. Abruptly, the marble- size sun was cut off. The floater lay in deep shadow. Jarls caught his breath at the scary majesty of his surroundings. The cloud walls on either side were inky black, and darting forks of lightning crackled within them. There was an almost continuous roll of thunder in Jarls's ears now. Jupiter's hydrogen-helium atmosphere transposed sounds a couple of octaves higher, but there were always deeper sounds waiting on the threshhold of human perception to be heard in turn.
Ammonia snowflakes were beginning to melt against Jarls's helmet, making rivulets down his faceplate. He wiped them off with a sleeve. It was cold in the upper clouds-about 130 degrees below zero--but the pressure here was still a comfortable one atmosphere. About fifteen kilometers down, the floater reached the bottom of the rift and was swallowed by pink mist. The blankness was disorienting for someone used to Jupiter's vast horizons.
Then the floater broke through into another clear stratum. Jarls drank in the sight of a new cloudscape, stretching to infinity.
"Well, how do you like it, youngster?" Murdo said. "First time down this deep?"
The unbroken carpet of clouds was more brownish in color than the orange-pink ceiling above. It was composed of ammonium hydrosulphide crystals, precipitated out of the hydrogen atmosphere at the differing pressure and temperature levels here. Already, Jarls could notice that it was getting warmer. He switched off his suit heater.
"No, I've seen it before," Jarls replied. "But only through a porthole."
The foreman nodded soberly. "Nothing like the real thing, eh? I'll tell you one thing. It's a sight no Earthman will ever see with his own eyes."
Uncle Hector said sourly, "Earthies don't have to come down here. They can sit in their corporate dens on Callisto and Olympus Habitat and skim our wealth from orbit. And there's not a damn thing we can do about it."
"Come now, Hec," Murdo protested. "Jupiter gets a royalty on every load of hydrogen the mining satellites scoop out of our atmosphere. And the surface jobs we do for them help our credit balance. You've worked for them yourself."
"Royalties!" Hector exploded. "One tenth of one percent on a gigatonne? It's robbery! And we've only been getting that since '32, when one of Earthcorp's orbital siphons crashed through the North Equatorial aerostat and killed thirty thousand people. As for Earth wages, they can keep them! We're a source of cheap local labor for them, that's all. They treat us like peasants. We're being exploited. That's why Jupiter's the backwater of the solar system."
"You always were a radical, Hec," the foreman said. But his own face had clouded at the recitation.
The political talk made Jarls uncomfortable. It came from getting old, he decided, all this endless palaver about abstractions that had nothing to do with real life. Real life was about being young, and feeling your juices, and doing things and going places. He looked down at the giant planet spread around him. Now that was real-the hydrogen winds that tried to pluck you from your grip, the immensity of the roiling cloudscape below, the sound of thunder in your ears, the nagging lifelong pull of Jupiter's two and one-half gravities against your muscles and your body's joy in defeating it.
"We're being skinned and you know it," Hector said. "Jovian hydrogen keeps the solar system running, and everybody makes money on it except us."
"It's the gravity," Murdo said defensively. "That's what keeps us isolated. You know what it costs to raise a ship out of this gravity well. The whole planet doesn't own more than twenty ships, and it takes ten or fifteen cities going shares just to lift one. It's just too expensive for the rest of the solar system to trade with us. That's why off-planet goods are so high."
"They've got their foot on our neck," Hector growled. "We're here to be plucked. The South Temperate Zone consortium tried to break the hydrogen monopoly by orbiting a siphon of their own, and look what happened. They couldn't sell one miserable cargo anywhere in the solar system. It's all under the thumb of the Earth-Venus cartel. Twenty cities went broke, and their children are still paying for it."
"We're still a young planet, Hec. Some day the Deep Tap project will pay off, and Jupiter will take its rightful place in the solar system."
"You and I will never live to see it, Gord."
"The Deep Tap's technically feasible," Murdo insisted. "The hypercarbons able to withstand the heat and pressure have been around for a couple of centuries. We've reached depths of over a thousand kilometers. A lot of good men and women have died trying to sink more sections of it. If we could just get the financing to carry it through..."
Hector's voice sounded tired. "We'll never get the financing from off-planet. Not from the steely-eyed gnomes who run Earth. They'd be cutting their own throats. It's up to us Jovians, us against them."
"That kind of talk..."
Jarls was glad to be able to interrupt. "Look!"
They followed his pointing gauntlet. Some kilometers away, a flock of flapping dots flew in loose echelon, making a broad arc against the rust-colored clouds. There were twenty or thirty of them.
"A hunting party," Hector said. "Heading toward the Great Red Spot."
"A little out of their depth, aren't they?" Murdo said.
"Must've got caught in an updraft. But the air's soupy enough for them here. Feels like about six atmospheres."
Jarls had noticed the increasing thickness of the atmosphere himself as they sank. It slowed down your movements, but it also took away some of the terrible drag of gravity, like lying in a bathtub.
Hector's craggy face had come alive. "Good hunting for the flapjacks when the Great Red Spot comes around," he explained to Jarls. "Means an upwelling of organic molecules for fifty thousand kilometers around, and an explosion of the small life forms. And that attracts those big floating colanders that the flapjacks prey on."
Jarls strained to see the distant specks. Jovian life was plentiful, and the small thistledown forms that inhabited the upper atmosphere liked to congregate around Port Elysium. But he had seen these big hunters of the middle depths only on holo.
As he watched, the formation veered. Jarls's heart thumped in his chest.
"They're changing course!"
Hector nodded. "Looks like they're coming over for a visit."


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"Just made this for dinner, what an amazing blend of flavors. The rice was fantastic and quite the complement to the pork. I was a little leery about the fennel rub on the pork, but what a tasty surprise. My husband said next time we should try and add Mandarin oranges to the rice. "


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I have a 4 gal cooler and a 5 gal brew kettle and I've determined that I can mash up to 7.5 lbs of grain fairly comfortably. BeerSmith has been awesome for helping me calculate my recipes. I just enter in an all grain recipe and then drop enough of the base malt to bring the lbs of mashed grains down to about 7 lbs and then add in enough LME to get back to the starting OG. Then I usually fiddle with the amounts to get round measurements. Btw, this setup is big enough to do some low gravity all grain batches, like a cream ale or ordinary bitter. I do have to top up with ~1 gal, but no biggie. Mashing this much grain has made it necessary for me to learn about water chemistry though, and the EZ water calculator spreadsheet has been a huge help with this. My suggestion would be to buy a 5 gal home depot cooler so you won't need to upgrade right away if you decide to go all grain. With my 4 gal cooler I only loose ~2 degrees over 60 minutes. One thing that really helped me retain heat is to rest 2-3 layers of aluminum foil on top of the mash. Good luck.
My suggestion is to actually spend the extra dollars on a 10 gallon water cooler. You won't regret it. The heat loss is not really an issue. As you may have read, it's all about just relaxing about the process. I did about 4 batches this way, then just went to 10 gallon mash size of AG. I'll never go back.
Thank you guys for the helpful hints. My only concern about to go with the AG is that it will take me a day to boil 5 gal. of mash on the regular electric stove. But anyways I will follow the advise and go with the 5 gal.
I am doing my first partial this weekend, but it just so happens that my son broke my hydrometer. Should I push on or wait for a new one to arrive. This weekend will be the last chance I get for a while. Plus I'm pumped to give it a go. Should I give it a go?
If you aren't going to be able to brew in awhile, I say push on! Not ideal but its better than not brewing at all.
I'm back. Brewing a partial mash Cascadian Dark Ale and I'm using some wild hops for flavor. These were probably planted shortly after the civil war and were just rediscovered about a month ago. I have no idea what they are but they look, taste, and smell fantastic. What a great day in America! Has anyone else ever used wild hops? I figure I'll use a few ounces as I didn't dry them.
It would be impossible to thank you too much for this. As an extract brewer it can always sound a bit daunting to take the next step, so thank you for showing me that I already have everything I need (just need a bigger bag and I'm on my way). Thanks to you my next brew will almost certainly be a PM.
Great instructions Deathbrewer. Did my first partial mash this weekend. It was an English Pale ale with Fuggle Hops. I am calling it Mind the Gap Pale Ale. I used the Lowes paint straining bags and used the oven to maintain my mash temp. I discovered the hard way how long it takes my thermometer to register temp changes. My strike water hit 180 just after I put the grain in, so I just added ice and stirred like crazy to bring it down to 155. From what I could tell I hit just over 70% for efficiency. Not too bad for my first time I guess. It took me about 4.5 - 5 hours. And I ended up dropping my hydrometer right before the boil was done. Luckily I am only 5 minutes from my LHBS.
Hi guys. I'm a nubie to this forum as well as to home brewing. So please have patience with me here. I've only brewed four five gallon batches to date. When I brew I bring three gallons of water to 155 degrees then put all my grains in a grain sock and let them steep for 30 minutes. I then remove the grain sock, put it in a colander and let it drip back into the pot for a few minutes. I then add my LMEs and bring the water to 212 and start my boil. My question is, how is this different than partial mash brewing? And my second question is how do I determine the efficiency and when? Thanks for any info here.
Drukin - here is some good info for mashing and steeping: http://www.byo.com/stories/wizard/ar...n-in-hot-waterhttp://******************.com/a-home...g-malts-guide/


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Lady Gaga recently purchased 55 pieces of Michael Jackson's stage costumes for millions of dollars. Yesterday, the pop star dropped some serious money at a sale administered by Julien's Auctions. She has vowed to keep these items "archived and expertly cared for in the spirit and love of Michael Jackson, his bravery and fans worldwide."
Auctioneer Darren Julien said the jacket the late-Jackson wore during his Bad World Tour was sold at $240,000, $100,000 for each of the pop star's legendary crystal-encrusted gloves as well as other jackets and costumes.
The auction raised more than $5 million and proceeds went to Guide Dogs of America and Nathan Adelson Hospice of Las Vegas.
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Posted on Monday, December 3rd, 2012 at 4:53 pm by Melody and is filed under Blog, News.