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- MiB With NAX (karthikbecse )
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i like everything but the guy's face. sorry...
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twistedtap wrote:Thanks for the feedback. I see now it's not very "steampunk". It's my first shirt, and I was excited to get something out there. Having another vote besides my own, would also be very exciting ;)
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koronae wrote:This looks like something that should be on the cover of a Decemberist Album. (That is a compliment!) I love the design of the ship.
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I like the use of minimal yellows on the black, that looks great, but a bit scary when you look closer.
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Reminiscent of To The Top, But I'm a sucker for anything on a cream shirt as well as most video game references.
Nevermind, my dumbass didn't look at the original sketch first to see the steam/smoke.
Third gaming shirt in the derby. :/ Bleh.
Neat style. Good idea. I like the thought of their being an interior to the red shell. Keep up the good work.
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cobolisdead wrote:Okay, not to rain on your parade here, but what makes this steam punk? It's a wonderful design, and its history and your fandom should guarantee it a print, but it doesn't say Steampunk to me. It reminds me more of Archangel from the X-men
Metal wings. Powered by steam. Done in a 19th century-inspired style.
Are you joking dude? This is TOTALLY steampunk.
Creeeepy. I like. Reminds me of a cover of one of the old horror movies with Bella Lugosi.
geekfactor12 wrote:Metal wings. Powered by steam. Done in a 19th century-inspired style.
Are you joking dude? This is TOTALLY steampunk.
Ahh, I didn't see any steam there. It's kind of hard to make out with it being black smoke on a black shirt. My bad.
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Wheat Mantou Recipe (馒头)
Remember Shao of FriedWontons4U who recently shared her shrimp dumplings (har gow/虾饺) recipe with us? She is back with another guest post today and is serving up some delicious looking homemade wheat mantou (馒头), with step-by-step pictures! I have always loved mantou—Chinese steamed buns that are so soft and pillowy right off the steamer. Another great news, Shao is my new intern on Rasa Malaysia, in addition to the talented The Sophisticated Gourmet. Please welcome Friedwontons4u and give her your warmest support!
Growing up with both of my parents working 6 days a week, my mom's wheat mantou, a wheat version of the classic Chinese plain steam buns, reminded me that no matter how busy she was, she would always have time to make mantou for me. She would make a big batch on her one day off from work each week, steam it, and store it in the freezer all ready for me to re-steam when I come home to an empty house after school. Unlike regular mantous, wheat mantous are chewier and a little denser than softer white ones, and they are especially good served along with a bowl of congee.
When I decided to ask my mom for the recipe, her measurements included a soup spoon full of baking powder and three big rice bowl scoops of flour. After spending a few days reworking the recipe, I believe I have it decoded. This is a very flexible recipe and even though it's for wheat mantou, you can use regular all purpose flour and cake flour to make a regular white mantou. You can also add more sugar if you like your buns a little sweeter. Although I mix my ingredients in a stand mixer, you can do this all by hand just like how my mom makes it.
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WOW SHAO!Congrats! I cant say I've ever had wheat mantou before but I am more than willing to try, thanks for sharing.
Thank David! I hope you will give the recipe a try.
oh! i love wheat mantous~~they're so much softer than the regular ones and have a yeasty taste to them:-)
I love the yeasty smell of them too. It's the smell of warmth :)
When the mantou is hot, it soft; but when you leave it after 30 minutes, it is as hard as rock. Is it all home-made mantou like this? Or it is because of the flour? I use the white flour that i brought in the supermarket, and i didn't use any cake flour.
Usually mantou do get a little stiff when they are cool down, but they should never be hard as a rock. If they are hard, I think the problem might be either you did not add enough baking powder, over working the dough, or the type of flour you use. The first time I made mantou I over worked my dough and they turned out hard.
I want FriedWonton4..ME. Can we share, Bee? :)
I never heard of wheat mantou before. Once again, i come here and i learn something new. It looks equally delicious and intriguing. Thanks for sharing and congrats to Shao!
Lol! Thank you for the congrats.
Lovely idea to make them wheat, gives more texture. Very nice.
Thanks! I love how much more heartier the wheat ones are.
what is the difference between the whole wheat flour and wheat pastry flour? For plain mantou,do i replaced all purpose flour with whole wheat flour and cake flour with wheat pastry flour? thank u in advance!
For plain mantou you would use a mixture of all purpose flour and cake flour. The all purpose flour replaces the whole wheat flour and the cake flour replaces the whole wheat pastry flour.
The difference between the two wheat flour is wheat pastry flour is lower in gluten vs. regular whole wheat flour. It's almost similar in difference between all purpose white flour vs. cake or pastry flour. With pastry flour you get a softer texture rather than a firmer chewier texture with regular flour.
Ooh, wheat mantou! I usually had the white ones growing up, but I remember enjoying the different texture of the wheat ones for a change. Thanks for the reminder – I'll have to bring these back next time.
Not a problem! I really like how the texture of the wheat ones go with congee vs the white ones.
Shao — beautiful wheat mantou. And now we get to follow you on two sites which is wonderful.
Hehe! Thank You!
i am interested about it
I really like how the texture of the wheat ones go with congee vs the white ones.
I like how the chewier texture of the mantou goes with the smoothness of the congee.
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Hello Shao, The mantou looks yummy. I like mantou but I'm a diabetic. Can i decrease the amount of sugar and what type of milk shall I use? Also can I line the steamer with tea towels? cos i don't know where to get the coffee liner. I will try it one day. Thank you
Yes, you can definitely decrease the amount of sugar. The amount I listed is more of my own personal taste to how sweet I like it. Feel free to change it up. I used whole milk in the recipe but I have also made mantou with 2% milk before and didn't notice any big difference. As for using tea towels as lining, I never tried that before but I think it should work out. Interesting idea though. Please let me know how it goes :)
Thank you very much for your information. I'll let you know if I make the mantou but don't know when. CNY is coming and need to start spring cleaning. Anyway early greetings for a Merry Chritmas and a Happy New Year.
That looks so delectable! Would be amazing with tender braised pork belly :)
Thanks Jenny! Let me know how that pairing goes.
I really want to try this recipe.I have 3 more questions
1) can i use instant yeast? is it the same quantity?
2) why must use 'warm' water and milk? what is the temperature?
3) I don't have a stand mixer,can i hand knead to achieve the right texture?
I am sorry to ask so many questions as i am a beginner in cooking and baking.Thank u in advance!
So, nice your posting. It look's so good in your posting.
I love 馒头。
They were served usually at chinese weddings(:
But I had the plain white ones!
They were delish! Especially with fried pork or just any meat!
They had slight sweetness to it. Which I loved!
I was born in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
And left there 3 years ago…(Here in United States, Utah)… and NOW, I'm 15. I love to cook!
I missed all the wonderful foods there.
I just went back there this summer and had a lot of fun and I had a list already to eat what I missed out these three years.
I tried my favorite: Laksa, Ota-Ota, Nasi Lemak…
You have all that recipe on here and it helped out a lot!
Thanks You for all the effort you put in to this website!
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I'll definitely try this recipe!
In the Wheat mantou recipe is it dried yeast or fresh.
It's really a great idea to use wheat. The texture of the mantou looks so soft and moist! Absolutely awesome!
I was thinking about making mantou and came across this wonderful recipe! I don't have wheat pastry flour…so I'm to use cake flour. hope it would work. drooling…oh, and mantou should be great with condensed milk
Where in KL or Selangor can you get all purpose flour? Tesco does not stock them.
I made these for my parents today. They didn't say much other than "they're good" but they usually don't say much. I had fun making them and I enjoyed that fresh steamed mantou smell in the kitchen. Thank you for the recipe
These look delicious and I really would love to make them! Do you think a double boiler would work the same as a steamer?


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Dialog window blocking
For testing purposes, SiteKiosk can display a debug output window while the software is running to view the logging process in real time.
Debug output window
SiteKiosk will maintain log files to keep track of all activity.
Log files
SiteKiosk features pop-up blocking support.
Pop-up blocker
All language elements of SiteKiosk (except the configuration) are stored in corresponding XML files and can be altered or expanded using an editor. SiteKiosk ships with support for approx. 20 different languages.
Support of multiple languages
Provide users with access to a list pre-selected favorites links.
Restricts and prohibit the downloading of files to the kiosk terminal
Download manager
SiteKiosk lets users access their Yahoo or MSN Web messenger Services. SiteKiosk can also integrate MSN Messenger as an authorized application.
Web messenger
View or copy files to other media using SiteKiosk's integrated file manager.
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Internet content filter
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New Technology File System (NTFS)
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SiteKiosk comes with a streamlined configuration tool that is optimized for the touch operation of your tablet. You can make configuration changes directly on the mobile device and view the effects immediately.
The browser interface is based on open web technology and is freely customizable with knowledge of HTML. The current version comes with 4 new themes (skins: light, dark, carbon, metal) and now also offers the possibility to create and use your own designs.
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SiteKiosk respects the privacy of the user. A session end can be initiated by the user or after a defined amount of idle time automatically. This resets the browser to the original state and clears data such as history, cookies and cache.
The content filter determines in real time which websites may be inappropriate for young people. In the configuration, you can select categories of website content that is forbidden. When a user accesses websites on the tablet, SiteKiosk Android will check if it belongs in a selected category of forbidden content and block it accordingly.
When the device is not in use, the screensaver lets you schedule and present web content or digital signage.
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SiteKiosk allows the Android touchscreen keyboard.
SiteKiosk will maintain log files to keep track of all activity.
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35-2011.00 - Cooks, Fast Food
Prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
Sample of reported job titles: Cook, Crew Member, Crew Person, Crew Trainer, Fry Cook, Grill Cook, Line Cook, Pizza Cook, Pizza Maker, Prep Cook
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
- Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
- Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
- Cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, which are prepared to order or kept warm until sold.
- Prepare specialty foods such as pizzas, fish and chips, sandwiches, and tacos, following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.
- Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
- Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by patron, and prepare and cook food according to instructions.
- Measure ingredients required for specific food items being prepared.
- Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.
- Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Carbonated beverage dispenser — Carbonated beverage dispensers
|Commercial use blenders — Restaurant blenders
|Commercial use cutlery — Chefs' knives
|Commercial use food processors — Restaurant food processors
|Commercial use griddles — Griddles
|Commercial use grills — Grills
|Commercial use ranges — Electric ovens; Gas ovens
|Commercial use scales — Food scales
|Non carbonated beverage dispenser — Juice dispensers
Technology used in this occupation:
|Point of sale POS software — Aldelo Systems Aldelo for Restaurants Pro; Foodman Home-Delivery; Plexis Software Plexis POS; RestaurantPlus PRO
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Food Production — Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
|Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
|Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Work Activities
|Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
|Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
|Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
|Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Work Context
|Spend Time Standing — 88% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Contact With Others — 91% responded "Constant contact with others."
|Work With Work Group or Team — 59% responded "Extremely important."
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 84% responded "Every day."
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 73% responded "Every day."
|Physical Proximity — 55% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
|Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 43% responded "More than half the time."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 38% responded "Extremely important."
|Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 54% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings — 45% responded "Every day."
Job Zone
|Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
|Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
|Related Experience
|Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations involve following instructions and helping others. Examples include taxi drivers, amusement and recreation attendants, counter and rental clerks, nonfarm animal caretakers, continuous mining machine operators, and waiters/waitresses.
|SVP Range
|(Below 4.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Less than high school diploma
|High school diploma or equivalent
|Some college, no degree
Interest code: RC
|Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
|Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
|Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
|Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
|Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Work Values
|Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
|Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Related Occupations
|Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
|Cooks, Restaurant
|Cooks, Short Order
|Food Preparation Workers
|Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food Bright Outlook
|Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
|Waiters and Waitresses
|Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
|Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$8.91 hourly, $18,540 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|517,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Little or no change (-2% to 2%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Cooks . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition.


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A 1.8GHZ Athlon should be more than a match for a 2.0GHZ Pentium 4. I've got one of the latter with Mint 14 that can play 720p H264 video in mplayer so long as it is not running a compositing DE. Xine has better framedropping code than mplayer for H264, so with Xine it will probably play decent 720p in compiz-mate, maybe even in Cinnamon, tests of that coming. If you have issues with Youtube on old machines, download the files to the desktop and play them in a real video player. For 720P close anything else that's using up the CPU first.
For machines with PCI-E slots, or maybe with an H264 hardware-decoding capable AGP card (Nvidia GT9600 maybe?) in an older machine, there is a way to force Flash to seek out and use vdpau playback, have yet to test that but if it tracks with my mplayer work that could mean being able to play any video your connection can deliver on P4 class machines. Never throw out an AGP card that supports hardware decoding of H264, no matter how bad it is for games!
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I think this is a fantastic month of recipes for the Holidays!
December 1- Lauren of I'll Eat You- Rosy Poached Pear and Pistachio Tart, pages 370 and 371.
December 8- Barbara of Bungalow Barbara- Sablés, pages 131-133.
December 15- Macduff of The Lonely Sidecar- Cafe Volcano Cookies, page 153.
December 22*- Beth of Someone's in the Kitchen with Brina- My Favorite Pecan Pie, page 327.
December 29*- The Tea Lady of Tea and Scones- Low and Luscious Chocolate Cheesecake, page 243.
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|On Gâteaux Differentiability of Pointwise Lipschitz Mappings
We prove that for every function $f\from X\to Y$, where $X$ is a separable Banach space and $Y$ is a Banach space with RNP, there exists a set $A\in\tilde\mcA$ such that $f$ is G\^ateaux differentiable at all $x\in S(f)\setminus A$, where $S(f)$ is the set of points where $f$ is pointwise-Lipschitz. This improves a result of Bongiorno. As a corollary, we obtain that every $K$-monotone function on a separable Banach space is Hadamard differentiable outside of a set belonging to $\tilde\mcC$; this improves a result due to Borwein and Wang. Another corollary is that if $X$ is Asplund, $f\from X\to\R$ cone monotone, $g\from X\to\R$ continuous convex, then there exists a point in $X$, where $f$ is Hadamard differentiable and $g$ is Fr\'echet differentiable.
Keywords:Gâteaux differentiable function, Radon-Nikodým property, differentiability of Lipschitz functions, pointwise-Lipschitz functions, cone mononotone functions
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Idleyld Park is a populated place LOCATED WITHIN the Glide CDP. In turn, the Glide CDP is located within Douglas County.
Idleyld Park is located at latitude 43.324 and longitude -123.024. The elevation of Idleyld Park is 774 feet above mean sea level.
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Woke up about 2pm, opened the window then went back to bed for another hour. Along with the Hot Bath, being in bed is a place where I can sort things out and sometimes see solutions that begin to die when Im required to use any motor functions, or worse yet sit in front of a computer. The next couple of days are going to require a very great deal of energy and lateral thinking to produce a finished stadium show in a ludicrously short amount of time, so I doubled my chances of tapping hidden depths of inner genius by removing from the bed straight into said hot bath.
Compared to most stage productions (let alone productions of this scale) the initial construction time and rehearsal time is indeed very compressed. Bear in mind that we spent a month putting the indoor version of Vertigo together and youll realise that four or five days really isnt a great deal of time to create a show ten times the size. However, after last night I feel very confident about all of the elements that we have here and of course the band themselves are very well rehearsed after 28 shows. We are all keen to get more songs rehearsed and in the show, but its a great position to start from. It may be a lot more spontaneous than usual, but I think we will be able to capture the best elements of both a rock festival and a stadium spectacle.
A runner van came to pick me up to go into the stadium at 6pm. Its about a half hour drive and on the way I realised how hungry I was, not having eaten since 7pm yesterday. Time clock, body clock, circadian rhythms it all goes out of the window during production rehearsals.
Much had happened whilst I was asleep, including the construction of the ellipse / b-stage equivalent and some additional side ramps. The process of constructing something as vast and complex produces a momentum that is sometimes difficult to control and the construction of the b-stages is a case in point. The original design was to have two low curved runways coming out from the stage ending in circular stages bearing the target design. Apparently, some concern about crowd control had led to initiative being taken and some additional entry ways being added, then some more barricade added, then the height being raised to compensate for the alterations, then bridges being built, parts of the main stage being extended and so on and so on until what was once a gentle flowing series of curves had become the great wall of China. All of this had been done with the best of intentions but the result was baffling. Something clearly needs to be done, but I have decided not to engage with it yet. The band arrive tomorrow and will, I am sure, have much to say so I decided to focus my energy on the parts of the production that no-one else is thinking about, chiefly the process of turning a string of good looking scenes into a show.
Programming began again after dinner and the five of us sealed ourselves in our little oxygen tent out in the field. It was a cold night and by 4am it was near freezing out there. Programming, editing, lighting, making new video sequences, we got a lot done, but the colder it got, the slower progress seemed to be. We cranked up some T.Rex to keep the mood up, but by 6am it was fully light so there wasnt a great deal more that could be achieved. With the night crew of lighting, video and power, there were ten of us crammed in the seven passenger van to take the half hour drive back to the hotel. About half way back Raff says This is the warmest Ive been all night. You should do the programming in here tomorrow.
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1. CJM 1998 (vol 50 pp. 40)
|Green's functions for powers of the invariant Laplacian
The aim of the present paper is the computation of Green's functions for the powers $\DDelta^m$ of the invariant Laplace operator on rank-one Hermitian symmetric spaces. Starting with the noncompact case, the unit ball in $\CC^d$, we obtain a complete result for $m=1,2$ in all dimensions. For $m\ge3$ the formulas grow quite complicated so we restrict ourselves to the case of the unit disc ($d=1$) where we develop a method, possibly applicable also in other situations, for reducing the number of integrations by half, and use it to give a description of the boundary behaviour of these Green functions and to obtain their (multi-valued) analytic continuation to the entire complex plane. Next we discuss the type of special functions that turn up (hyperlogarithms of Kummer). Finally we treat also the compact case of the complex projective space $\Bbb P^d$ (for $d=1$, the Riemann sphere) and, as an application of our results, use eigenfunction expansions to obtain some new identities involving sums of Legendre ($d=1$) or Jacobi ($d>1$) polynomials and the polylogarithm function. The case of Green's functions of powers of weighted (no longer invariant, but only covariant) Laplacians is also briefly discussed.
Keywords:Invariant Laplacian, Green's functions, dilogarithm, trilogarithm, Legendre and Jacobi polynomials, hyperlogarithms
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I would love to see PA on Android.
It would make a kick-ass Apple Airplay competitor since you could stream high-quality audio directly to a sink on another device. Think Raspberry Pi acting as an Airport Express.
my experience on pulseaudio was terrible.
On my PC, it suck up CPU and introduce latency and gitches when i play HD Movie and game. it neither utilize hardware acceleration of my sound card nor the SIMD instruction of the CPU
On a Nokia N900 phone and i found out that pulseaudio suck around 30% CPU when play music!
On power-scarce mobile device, I hope introducing PA will not be a disaster. Pulseaudio is not designed to be a cpu-efficient and low-latency sound server after all.
Actually, i think that Google should try to introduce sound mixing in kernel, like OSS does.
right now if you want to do something music related (DAW) you have to go through all the "trouble" of installing jack removing PA or setting it up to work side by side etc. etc.
you don't have to do the same stuff for example in Mac OS X or Win. you just install the software you want to use afaik
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Timberlake's website includes a video of the singer's long walk to an unknown destination, all the while soliloquizing his musical manifesto. After following him through darkened rooms and tree-lined passageways we arrive at last in a recording booth where, in one final, awesome (and we're using the word in the Kantian sublime sense) shot Timberlake dons a pair of headphones and announces, "I'm ready." BAM. So are we.
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Silkroad-R Overview
Silkroad-R offers an experience that mirrors the same content as Silkroad Online, but with improvements to experience gain, skill balance, network issues, and more. Choose from two races (Chinese and European), each with their own set of classes, weapons, and skills; along with your allegiance to either become a Hunter, protecting the Silkroad merchants, or a Thief, whose goal is to steal from the merchants.
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Imagine if the legendary Silk Road caravans had been given an opportunity to update themselves. The ones that fell prey to bandits would have hired more guards, and the successful ones would have found ways to draw more and more profits. Joymax, who also published the original Silkroad Online, did just that with Silkroad-R, updating the game to help refresh, rejuvenate and rebalance the game for a newer audience.
History Repeating Itself
Character creation in Silkroad-R has not changed from its predecessor. Each gender has about a dozen different generic characters to select from, which cannot be customized further. European characters may select their weapon type, which limits their armor choice. Chinese characters freely choose their weapon style and armor type. This is the extent of creation, leading to many characters that look alike in the world.
The early experience of Silkroad-R is unfortunately not any different than Silkroad Online. Very little is offered in the way of a tutorial outside of still-poorly translated quests that only shove you generally in the way you need to go. These quests do reward a decent set of starting equipment, though not all of it is able to be equipped right away.
Silver, Gold, and Silk
Silkroad Online benefits from a unique and varied class system. Thankfully, Silkroad-R has kept this intact. Players are free to develop their characters in their own way; for example, you are free to choose warrior abilities even when you've chosen a crossbow, a weapon optimized for rogues. Chinese and European characters also develop completely different from each other, which is nice in a two faction game.
Characters develop in one of two manners: level experience and skill experience. Level experience is earned by completing quests and killing monsters. Leveling up offers players stat points they can distribute however they wish. Each level unlocks additional quests and access to more powerful equipment as well.
Skill experience is only gained by defeating monsters, causing the game to require far more grinding than many modern MMORPGs. However, Silkroad-R has greatly increased the rate of experience over the original, making the process much faster. Skills unlock additional abilities, and certain equipment pieces can only be equipped with a certain level of skill mastery.
The Good, The Bad, and the Rich
Silkroad-R focuses on the Hunter/Thief dynamic from Silkroad Online. Merchant caravans travel regularly from city to city. Hunters are paid to protect these caravans, while thieves go out of their way to loot and plunder. PvP is a major component of the game, and with the changes to skills and experience, more people can experience and enjoy the system.
A Grind Less Travelled
Aside from the experience changes, Silkroad-R makes significant changes to revitalize the gameplay, even for veterans. Monsters now drop items at a much improved rate, meaning far less grinding for quest item drops. Equipment is also now much easier to obtain up to level 70. Monsters have been redistributed across the world in a logical fashion, making questing and grinding easier to accomplish.
While death still carries a pretty harsh experience penalty in Silkroad-R, there is no gold loss on death before level 70, and the increased experience gains from monster kills helps to alleviate the loss significantly too. Players also gain additional experience in parties versus running solo.
A Re-Balancing Act
Silkroad-R also brought in significant skill balancing changes for both European and Chinese characters. New skills have been added, and skill masteries have been changed and balanced as well. These changes also helped usher in some nice UI changes. The character screen is more informative and detailed. Item comparison has also been added, making it a simple task to see if a piece of equipment is an upgrade or not.
The Forgotten World also underwent some changes as well, offering an easier time to enter, as well as vastly improving the rewards earned within.
Final Verdict: Good
Silkroad-R still feels dated, even with the revamp. Click-to-move is not a viable system anymore, and while players can use the keyboard, the reliance on the arrow keys instead of WASD may put many off. Environments are still bland and generic, except cities, which are as impressive as ever. Still, Silkroad-R does help inject some life into the game with all of its improvements, most notably the increased experience gains. The PvP system also remains as solid as ever, and was a major draw to the original. Players of the original game will find many things to their liking, and new players that can stick with the game may find themselves travelling the Silk Road in search of their own fame and fortunes.
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Joymax has revealed new secrets today behind the origin of "Death Bone," a special boss event for Silkroad Online.
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I have just returned from 9 days/8 nights camping at Sommerville Valley Tourist Park at Stanthorpe. http://www.sommervillevalley.com.au
My winter camping trip was very successful with wonderfully warm sunny days and somewhat chilly nights. The coldest overnight recording under my extended awning was -5 with some of the best frosts I have seen in a long time. It takes me back to when I was a child, to a time when we always had a real winter.
Sommerville Valley is a lovely big campground with good amenities blocks (2), camp kitchen (4 kitchenettes) complete with TV room and pool table. There is mention in their brochure of Movie Nights on the Big Screen but this is not available.
The campground also has a number of free gas BBQs and 2 free laundries (no dryers). There is also a kiosk with very, very limited supplies and an internet facility.
The amenities blocks each have 3 toilets (2x1 in the gents) and 3 showers in each.
Unfortunately the BBQs are not cleaned by management and each one that I looked at was in a pretty disgusting state. I did ask Raymond (owner) about this and as a favour to me he cleaned the 2 down near my camp.
Raymond and his wife Hana flew off to Vanuatu for 5 days and Hugo (cousin) was left in charge. Hugo was very obliging and most helpful and only too willing to see to any problem that arose.
My only really negative comment is that I believe their prices as from September 2008 are a little expensive for singles or couples as the fees are aimed more at younger families.
The current price is $22 per night for 2 adults and 2 children under 14 ($132 per week) for a powered site. Tent site (unpowered) $19 p/n and $114 per week.
Fees as from September 08 will increase to $24 p/n for 2 adults and 2 children under 13 ($144 per week) for powered sites. Unpowered sites $21 p/n and $126 per week.
There is no singular per person fee available unless it is an extra person ($5) so the minimum will always be $24 per night or $144 per week for power.
The campground is set on Storm King Dam, currently at capacity with water over the dam wall and markers put into place to show where it is. Even with the dam so close there are no water based activities provided for or supported by the campground. You cannot buy bait or a fishing permit from the campground kiosk.
As far as boating goes, it is a case of bring your own and at the present time slipping a boat means a drive to the boat ramp some 10 klms away.
There is also no playground for children but they are putting in a volley ball court which of course will only cater to the older children and young adults. Kids on push bikes are not allowed.
According to the info supplied by the campground, bikes can only be used by adults. Children are not to ride bikes around the park. Skateboards and rollerblades are strictly forbidden
In the 9 days I was there I saw limited wild life. Some hares in the late evenings and magpies, galahs and butcher birds, also quite a number of wood ducks on the dam but that was the extent of it. Considering it is a bush/country setting I did expect to see a greater variety of wildlife.
Camping there in the cooler months would be more agreeable as shade is almost non existent and it gets very hot in the summer months.
There are a limited number of on site vans ($50 p/n) and some on site tents with power (Big: currently $32 to increase to $36 p/n; Small: currently $26 to increase to $29 p/n).
Most of the van sites are set up so that you can face the dam and they are quite spaciously set apart. My set up is too large to fit on a site but I was given permission to set up wherever I wanted. I especially wanted to face the NE so as to capture as much of the winter sun as possible. It also meant that any wind coming across the dam came at the rear side of the camper.
I really loved the place, it was so very peaceful but personally believe the fees are a little expensive (for me) when I look around at other campgrounds that offer the same or more and are geographically closer to me.
Campfires are allowed (in allocated fire pits) and either take you own firewood or purchase from them at $4 for 9 pieces of wood. It is also a 'pet friendly' campground with no fees for taking the canine family however you do need approval from management.
Note: I have in excess of 400 pics and will download some when I get a chance to vet them.
It would seem that whilst the campground fees are targeted at young families, it appears (after reading this) it is not as 'kids friendly' as first thought.