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wikiHow to Make Marshmallows
If you have never made your own marshmallows, give it a try. They are much tastier than the store-bought kind, and they are fun to make. A batch of homemade marshmallows makes a great gift, excellent s'mores, and a tasty topping for baked yams or sweet potatoes.
- ½ cup cold water
- 3 envelopes of unflavored gelatin [1]
- ⅔ cups corn syrup
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1-3 tablespoons vanilla extract or other flavorings (almond, peppermint, etc.)
- ⅓ cup corn flour/corn starch
- ⅓ cup confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar)
- Food coloring (optional)
1Collect your ingredients and equipment before you begin working. You will need them at hand throughout the process.
2Prepare a mixture of equal parts of powdered sugar and corn starch or corn flour. Mix a cup or more of each in a bowl and keep it handy.
3Prepare your pans. Marshmallows are very sticky.
- Line your pans with plastic wrap, waxed paper or baking paper for easier release.
- Thoroughly spray the pan or plastic wrap with cooking spray or pour some oil in and spread it thoroughly. Make sure the entire surface is well oiled.
- Alternatively, you could use a silicone pan as it is non-stick.
- Dust the oiled surface generously with the cornstarch and powdered sugar mixture. Tap the excess back into the bowl and reserve it for later.
4Pour the 3 envelopes of gelatin into the bowl of an electric mixer.
5Put 1/2 cup cold water into the bowl with the gelatin.
6Let the gelatin and water sit for about 10 minutes while you prepare the sugar and corn syrup mixture. The gelatin will "bloom" during this time.
7Combine 2 cups of granulated sugar, 1/4 cup water and 2/3 cups corn syrup in a small saucepan.
8Bring the mixture in the saucepan to a boil.
9Place a candy thermometer in it and watch for the temperature to reach exactly 117°C/244°F (in the soft ball stage).
10Pour the boiling sugar mixture into the gelatin mixture and start mixing it at high speed. While mixing, add 1/4 teaspoon salt and beat for at least 15 minutes.
11Add the vanilla extract or another flavoring at the end of the 15 minutes. Add food coloring, if desired, at this stage, too.
12Spread the mixture evenly in a prepared pan. It will help to oil your hands, spoon or spatula before beginning.
13Sprinkle more cornstarch over the top and, if you want, cover with another piece of plastic or waxed paper and press the mixture into the pan.
14Let the marshmallows sit for about four hours at room temperature.
15Remove the big slab of marshmallow from the pan and place it onto a cutting board well sprinkled with more of the cornstarch mixture. Sprinkle more cornstarch on the side that is now on top.
16Cut the marshmallow into squares with kitchen scissors or a pizza wheel. You can also use cookie cutters to cut the marshmallows into shapes. Separate the pieces so they do not stick back together.
17Toss the pieces with powdered sugar to keep them from sticking to each other on the cut sides.
18Stack the marshmallows into containers with sheets of waxed paper between each layer. They will stick together in a blob if you don't.
- As long as the containers have fairly straight sides, you can trace the bottom of the container onto the waxed paper and cut several layers at once.
Community Q&A
Is it necessary to use the candy thermometer?wikiHow ContributorYes, it helps you know when the marshmallows are done.
What are marshmallows?wikiHow ContributorA marshmallow is a sugar-based confection whipped up out of sugar, water, and gelatin, then coated with corn syrup. It is a kind of dessert and can be used to top cakes, ice cream, or whatever.
What do the marshmallows taste like?wikiHow ContributorThey mostly have a vanilla flavor.
Can I use jelly instead of gelatin?wikiHow ContributorNo you cannot use jelly.
Can I use these marshmallows for making rice krispie treats?Yes!
Can we use vegetarian gelatin?wikiHow ContributorOf course you can. Everybody can enjoy homemade marshmallows, including vegetarians.
Do I need to mix it with an electric mixer?wikiHow ContributorYou can mix it by hand, but it is more difficult.
How can I make my marshmallows more fluffy because they are flat at the moment?
How can I make marshmallows fluffier?
- Your marshmallows will take on the shape of your pan. If you want, you can pour them into shaped molds instead. Be sure they are well oiled and coated with the cornstarch mixture.
- Oil and dust with cornstarch your hands and any utensils that will come in contact with the marshmallow. It is very sticky.
- Dip the finished marshmallows in melted chocolate for a tastier dessert.
- Watch the temperature carefully for better results with the marshmallows.
- A heat diffuser between the burner and the small saucepan will help the sugar and corn syrup mixture to heat evenly.
- Confectioners sugar can be used in place of cornstarch if you don't have any.
- Be careful when you are boiling the sugar, as it can give you a burn.
Things You'll Need
- 13X9 inch/22 centimeter (8.7 in) pan
- Plastic wrap
- Bowl
- Electric mixer with a whisk or beater attachment
- Candy thermometer
- Small saucepan
- Burner diffuser (optional)
- Kitchen scissors, pizza wheel or a knife
- Waxed paper or kitchen parchment paper
- Tins or other containers for storage
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Ayloo is the World's First Conversation Network
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Swanson, who is a member of the Ayloo team. Post interview, I wrote: "Well, it's official. You've completely have my respect and admiration. This interview will be one for the memory books. Very impressive!".
Shaun expressed his desire to establish separate voices for his Ayloo team saying "I think allowing for us to have our own individual opinions, separate from Ayloo's, also cushions us in a necessary way – separates us from the politics a bit – which allows us to be very open with our ideas and beliefs, so that we can effectively communicate them to our users and the blogging community giving us the necessary feedback we need to remain relevant to our users. That's a pretty Important thing for Ayloo, I think: communicating and listening to our users and peers. And that's something that I think is missing from current social networks. But I'm sure we'll get to all that below."
So let's get started finally, eh?
Q: Can you briefly explain what Ayloo is and why people should join?
A: Most succinctly, I would state that Ayloo is a 'conversation network.' Since we're kind of coining that term, though, I'd better go into more detail so people don't just shrug and walk away!
Ayloo is a place to have meaningful conversation with the people you know and the communities you care about. This is the one-sentence spiel we've been toting around a lot lately, and it's quite loaded so I'll spend this question really breaking it down. The justification for why I believe this sentence is true will be addressed in the following question (as, really, our focus on conversation is what separates us from current social networks and makes us unique).
What do we mean by 'meaningful?' Well, I think I can speak for a lot of current social network users when I say that it can be difficult sometimes to find an interaction where people are really digging deep into a subject. Being from a technical background myself, I can recall a lot of times when I'd post a status update on Facebook that would start a technical discussion I was enjoying… and it would be pretty much quelled by the third or fourth comment.
I'm not saying that every interaction on Facebook (or any other social network) should be technical, or 'deep,' but I do think it's difficult to have those interactions when you want to using current networks. So I would claim Ayloo is a place (for reasons specified in question 2's response) where these kinds of deeper interactions can occur… and they can occur as often as you'd like!
Now why 'people you know,' and why mention 'communities?' Well, we are going for a Facebook-like social graph, in the sense that we would like people to mostly connect with their friends, family, co-workers, etc. Actually, that's only partially true. From what I've seen with our beta community, people mostly connect initially with people they know, but when they start to join in on the communities on Ayloo (which I'll discuss in a second), they end up getting to know many people they didn't originally.
So maybe I should refine my previous statement to say that only initially is your graph Facebook-like. But no matter what it evolves into, I believe you can always argue that your contacts are people you 'know,' either in real life or through interacting on Ayloo. And we give you the means to interact with self-defined groups of your contacts on your own terms via our 'contact lists' feature.
Ayloo hosts local communities, called 'streams,' which are connected through our social graph. They are 'local' as defined with respect to you (not necessarily geographically). This local nature is Important for what we're trying to construct with Ayloo – no matter how big Ayloo gets, you'll mostly join streams that your contacts are in. So at any given moment, you have defined with respect to yourself a social graph of relationships with people in your life and the communities they form online.
A good example of the non-geographic nature of this 'locality' is a public stream called 'World news.' It's made up of people who are in each others' contact lists – so they know each other – but they're from the U.S., Sweden, etc. And that really allows for the inclusion of many different perspectives in a conversation, which is quite valuable (and is actually something we're pursuing further through some of our marketing efforts).
Q: How does Ayloo compare to Google+ and Facebook? What makes Ayloo unique?
A: The main difference between Ayloo and other networks is that, rather than focusing on connecting as many users and content as quickly as possible for brief interactions, we aim to improve the quality of the interactions (conversations) on our network through support of relationships formed, interests shared, and communities built between our users.
I'd like to state right off the bat that I don't think we're in direct competition with Google+, Facebook, or Twitter (In fact, we just integrated Twitter into our site in a pretty big way just recently). The goals of our 'competitors' are way different from our own. Their style of social networking provides a steady stream of content in a certain way, and it's not necessarily a bad thing… it's simply not what we're aiming for.
People are going to use current social networks to stay in touch through status updates and to share content quickly and briefly with their friends for the foreseeable future. We just want to put our service out there for when people want to talk more substantially and consistently about topics they're passionate about.
Now here's the part where I justify everything I've claimed above! Ready?
Our network empowers users to take control of their identity online, and offers the proper context or interactions so you can feel comfortable and speak your mind. Through the streams that form on Ayloo, people with similar interests gather to discuss topics they're passionate about. So, through proper context, control, and the ability to find relevant and interesting content, we foster more meaningful conversation.
Let's go into them in more detail (I hope I'm not boring you to death!).
Context: We are the only network out there right now that gives you complete context for every interaction on the site. Facebook's new privacy push allows you to see who your friends have shared with (i.e. Friends of Friends) but not the people specifically. Google+ does better in allowing you to see specific people who were shared with, but they cut off the number after about 23 or something.
Context on our site is central and we believe the communication we have on Ayloo is better because people feel comfortable and can be themselves (or whatever version of themselves) around others. This seems natural, and leads to less broad-casting and self-branding and more genuine interaction.
Content and Control: Facebook's new privacy features have improved the ability of their users to control who they send content to (as we've dubbed 'user output control'), which is basically what Google+ pioneered with circles and what we've had on our site in the form of contact lists. Neither network currently has good 'user input control,' however – where you can really control what content is coming at you.
We feel there's an abundance of (often) irrelevant content hitting your eyes every day on traditional social networks and in order to fix this we've focused our site around the aforementioned online communities where people can join and find the content that interests them at any given moment. And on top of input and output control, we are also heavily feedback-focused.
We believe our users should have control of the direction of the site itself. Instead of making them feel like our customers, we really want to treat our users as peers — and we believe Ayloo should constantly evolve to keep up with their desires for the network.
To really seal the deal, we also provide the means to evolve conversation organically. Our 'Sprouts' feature keeps conversation fresh and gives users the opportunity to explore interesting directions within a conversation that they may have overlooked otherwise.
Q: What are the main selling points of Ayloo?
A: Since I've already covered a lot of the selling points, I'll interpret this question to mean 'Who would be interested in Ayloo?'
Of the tools available on the internet today, two of our stream types most closely resemble traditional blogs and forums. To the best of my knowledge, no one before us has combined them together with a social graph, however, which I believe actually enhances all three components.
We've already covered how adding streams to a social graph benefits the users in terms of input control and content discovery. Ayloo will also appeal strongly to bloggers who have had trouble in the past establishing a steady audience and to forum-goers who wish they could easily integrate people they know into discussions they're passionate about.
Q: In the "Working With Us" section on your website, it explains how Ayloo can be used for business. Do you have an example of how a business can benefit from using Ayloo and where you envision this going in the future?
A: First and foremost, I want to make it clear that our users always come first in any decisions we'll make. As a company, Ayloo doesn't condone the act of gathering our users' information to sell to third parties. We are currently exploring monetization options that will keep our users' privacy secure and will actually add a lot of value to their experience.
In my opinion, ads aren't tremendously effective. We're getting immune to them. And even if data doesn't back me up on that, I'd still argue that they lead to pretty weak branding and hardly ever add value to the user's experience.
Our first step will likely be to move ads out of your personal space online. Private streams and feeds for contact list posts will be completely ad-free. Ads will likely show up in Ayloo's public streams, but the power will be in the users' hands – they get to choose what brands to feature for their community based on aesthetics, brand-loyalty, interactions brands may have with these (often) interest-based communities, etc.
But we don't want to stick with ads forever. We have bigger plans, but we're not yet ready to reveal much. What we can say is that we're hoping to give brands the tools they need to create unique social experiences for those public streams that choose to enhance their communities with an interested brand's presence. Vague enough for you? Haha.
This dedicated branding channel on Ayloo is not yet established, but we will allow interested parties to sign up for a brand invitation during the sign-up process. We'll be releasing more information concerning these efforts in the near future.
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When State Farm Insurance announced its telematics-based roadside assistance program, everyone said OnStar had gained a new competitor. What didn't get as much attention, however, is that the insurance company also opened an electronic window into your driving habits.
The system, called In-Drive, is two small boxes — one that clips onto your visor, another that plugs into your car's OBD II diagnostic port — that can summon a tow truck, alert the police and even locate a stolen vehicle or a teen who has missed curfew. It's all very helpful, and quite innocuous. But In-Drive also lets drivers opt in to Drive Safe and Save, State Farm's usage-based insurance program that calculates drivers' premiums based on their recorded driving habits.
The insurer is offering discounts on insurance premiums of as much as 50 percent, in addition to roadside assistance, in exchange for tracking its customers. State Farm says the program, which costs motorists between $5 and $15 monthly, is designed to provide conveniences like emergency assistance while encouraging — and rewarding — safe driving habits.
"This combined offering represents a first in our industry," said Mike Wey, State Farm senior vice president. "It will provide drivers with a wide range of new options that will make for a smarter vehicle and even smarter driver."
But the practice raises questions about privacy, including what information is recorded and where it is stored. Though there are significant legal protections dictating what insurance companies can use to set rates, other data that is collected is subject to less transparent privacy policies.
Usage-based insurance, also known as "pay as you drive," gained favor in the last decade or so, when actuaries realized they could use data gleaned from telematics and GPS systems to rate an individual driver's risk, based on empirical evidence. Perhaps the most widely marketed example is Snapshot, the Progressive program that offers discounts of as much as 35 percent to those drivers who don't go out late at night and use a light touch on the accelerator.
Many states limit how much data insurers can collect, in many case letting them track nothing more than how many miles accrue between policy renewals. But drivers who opt into these programs may be divulging more information than they realize.
And, although they're collecting a rich set of data, insurance companies risk lavishing rewards on good drivers while doing little to encourage safer behavior behind the wheel.
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In many ways, In-Drive operates much like OnStar and any other vehicle telematics system offerings roadside assistance. And that's what opens the door to insurance company snooping.
The system, developed by Hughes Telematics — the same folks behind Mercedes-Benz' mBrace system — records the stream of diagnostic information sent through a vehicle's on-board diagnostic (OBD II) port, including emissions data and vehicle-dynamics info like speed and braking.
That data is encrypted and sent to Hughes through a dedicated cellular connection. Much of that information is used only for roadside assistance programs — for instance, GPS data is used to track a stolen vehicle — because many states limit the amount of information a company like Hughes can provide to insurers. In-Drive is currently available in Illinois and will be offered in California, Colorado, Ohio and Texas at a later date. Snapshot is offered in 38 states. In most states, auto insurers face further restrictions in setting rates based on data they collect.
Kevin Link, vice president of marketing at Hughes Telematics, says the only info passed on to State Farm is speed, time of day, miles driven, acceleration, braking and the number of left and right turns made. State Farm sends customers a "report card" after 30 days and begins lowering premiums, if applicable, after 100 days of continuous data collection.
Interestingly, you can pull the device out of your car at that point and enjoy the cheaper rate until your next policy renewal, at which point you'll need to reinstall it so State Farm can collect another 100 days of data.
Until recently, in many states it wasn't legal for insurers to collect even that much data. In California, for example, insurance companies lobbied the state to allow electronic tracking devices for usage-based insurance. It was part of "pay as you drive" legislation passed in 2009 that made mileage a major rating factor. With it came new regulations, designed to protect customer privacy, prohibiting insurers from collecting where, when and how a vehicle is driven.
So how can State Farm collect exactly that kind of data? There's a loophole in the law.
"Insurers are allowed to collect location information only as part of an emergency road service program, theft-tracking service, map service or travel service," says Dorothy Glancy, a professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law who specializes in privacy issues in transportation.
In other words, if they're collecting acceleration data through a system that can, say, locate your stolen car, they're on solid ground.
To be clear, State Farm doesn't use location data in setting rates, and the information they do receive is only as accurate as a 10th of a degree of latitude. Snapshot doesn't even include GPS technology, nor does it track vehicle location.
According to Richard Hutchinson, Progressive's general manager of usage-based insurance, it's by design. "By having not included GPS, and thereby not having location, we've avoided all that activity," he said. It also saves them from getting into divorce disputes and other messy legal proceedings.
Link says In-Drive doesn't use location data to help determine premiums, but it does feature GPS for roadside assistance, stolen-vehicle tracking and the optional Co-Pilot service that customers can use to monitor the driving habits of their teen or elderly relatives.
The continued privacy of location data is protection that Glancy says must be maintained.
"Someone could make a lot of money from using the insurance location data, or selling it to data brokers," she says.
Like a Nosy Neighbor
Even if State Farm and Progressive can track more than mileage, they can only use those most basic data points outlined above to set premiums. What, then, do they do with the rest of the stream of data flowing from the OBD-II?
They store it. Then, they study it.
In their respective privacy policies, both Progressive and State Farm explicitly say they will not sell identifiable information to third parties, but that's where things get vague.
Progressive says it can, with a customer's permission, use data gleaned through Snapshot to resolve a claim. According to Hutchinson, the data is only called out when a customer specifically asks for it, usually because they feel it will support their case.
State Farm says it may share information with third parties "as required or permitted by law," while Progressive says it will do so if "it's necessary or appropriate to service your insurance policy, prevent fraud, perform research, or comply with the law."
Both Link and Hutchinson said their respective companies would be required to share info with law enforcement if there were a legal requirement to do so.
According to Link, State Farm's data is stored with "significant data encryption." Hutchinson said that Progressive, like all insurance companies, is required by state laws to store identifiable data for seven years for auditing purposes.
Beyond that, the data is scrubbed of personal information and stored "indefinitely," though he said that there's currently at least a decade of data on hand that actuaries are studying to create more predictive models for rating. That's what insurance companies have done since Lloyd's tried to predict the risk of shipping tea to the New World.
"We keep the driving data, and we keep the loss data associated in our database. We view that data as being valuable from an actuarial standpoint," he said. "Our primary objective is to find data that we believe is representative and will give us an indication of being in an auto insurance accident." For example, he said actuaries are currently studying altitude data to determine whether there's any correlation between accidents and driving on mountain roads.
Hearing Hutchinson say it, we were surprised that such an explicit explanation didn't make it into Progressive's relatively obtuse privacy policy. Glancy says this lack of transparency is a common problem.
"The trouble with most of the insurance programs that seek to collect such data is that the insurance companies do not adequately explain in terms that an average driver would understand precisely what data they are collecting," she says.
A Calculated Risk
State Farm and Progressive stress that their usage-based insurance programs are strictly opt-in, which is the ultimate protection for those concerned about privacy. But that's exactly what makes such programs less attractive to those drivers whose behavior insurers most want to change.
To encourage safer driving, insurers hope that bad drivers will succumb to illusory superiority — the false belief that they are better than most at a particular task, such as driving. It's also known as the "Lake Wobegon Effect," after Garrison Keillor's fictional town where "all the children are above average."
Such drivers believe they're safer and more skilled than they actually are. They're the type to sign up for usage-based insurance, expecting a big discount. When they don't receive it, insurers hope they'll change their behavior to save some money, becoming better drivers. This is why State Farm provides a "report card" concretely telling In-Drive users how to drive in a manner that reduces premiums.
That's the theory. Reality is far different.
Evidence suggests that those willing to have their driving habits tracked tend to drive very little. There isn't a whole lot of empirical evidence about usage-based insurance yet, but Glancy says a pay-by-the-mile program from British insurer Norwich Union ended quickly in 2008 when the only people who signed up rarely ventured out in their cars. The company was essentially providing an additional discount to those already presenting the lowest risk.
If insurers really wanted to encourage participation in usage-based programs, they would offer safe-driver discounts and incentives only to those who agree to have their driving habits tracked. Glancy says that would be "possible, even likely" — if it weren't barred by state laws.
That's why offering the convenience of a program like In-Drive — Hey folks! We'll call an ambulance if you crash, or find your car if it's stolen! — is important to insurers. It provides them with access to more data streams and entices policyholders to sign up for tracking.
Even collecting and storing the data exposes insurance companies to some financial risk. Should there be a data breach, the companies may face fines and penalties.
"The cost of reacting to data breaches can be very high," says Glancy. "The other type of expensive risk come from demands for access to the data by law enforcement, civil litigants, national security agents, etc. Responding appropriately can be very costly."
In the future, increasingly connected cars may be charged mileage-based user fees in place of a gas tax.
Following California's lead, Massachusetts is considering a pilot "pay as you drive" program for environmental reasons.
For now, though, it's still a customer's choice whether to participate.
"This program is strictly voluntary," State Farm spokesman Kip Diggs says. "We expect this program won't be for everyone."
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Ook. This game is fun do not mistake that. BUT, for me. I for one did not play the first Total War. So...with that being said, this game had a really hard learning curve for me. I have played countless stragedy games and I normaly can sit down and just start playing and getting the hang of it. But this game made me go through the tatorial. There are so man different options you can do during battle. "and yes, its good options" that I was overwelmed. Is tarted by playing a few quick battles as where my goal was to take out the enemy inside a town. You can set all kinds of features, like snow, blizzard, rain, night, day, storming, you name it. And the wheather effects your battle as well as looks amazing. Your archers, you can chose to just shoot normal arrows which have good acurracy or set the arrows ablaze which cause them to lose accuracy but also put fear in your foes. It is truely awesome to be in a night battle and launching hundreds of burning arrows at your enemy who is hiding inside a small town. And did I mention that the buildings inside the game are destructable? Because they are. When a huge catapult launches a bigole rock into the sky anything it hits it destroys.
The only bad thing to me is, I always enjoyed creating my own town and destroying my opponents city. On Medeival II there are no building cities from the ground up. On single player it lets you manage a town and build a city from a maps perspective and stuff, but you do not actually go there and make workers build the building and so on. Online play has no building at all. It automatically sets one team inside a town and one out, "which is more realistic in sense, because no two enemies have there main cities right next to each other" but still, I like to build up and go after the other. And when you start a match, whatever army/units you chose at the selection screen is all you have ingame. So when there dead, its over. And that kinda made the battles cut and paste.
Online, omg. This game has the most elite stragedy players i have ever ran into. THey know exactly what troops to what. I was slaughtered over and over again. I felt pitifull. But loved every moment. Great game great design. Very nice to own.


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April 2, 2014
Japan's Kit Kat Kraze
When something takes off in Japan, it gets huge. For a hot minute. People have no qualms with waiting in a long line for hours, out in the butt-ass cold, to get their hands on the newest HOT food trend from abroad that they saw on the morning news. Whether it's bamkuchen, Krispy Kreme donuts, Parisian macarons, you name it, there was a line for it.
One trend that seems to be in Japan to stay is the Kit Kat. I'm reading on Wiki that Kit Kat (originally from England) has introduced over 200 different flavors since 2000. Yoko has been writing about Kit Kats from Japan since 2009, which in Japan's food trend time is FOREVER AGO. But Kit Kat's stronghold on Japan remains, and reigns supreme.
In our last trip to Tokyo, we stopped by the Kit Kat pop-up inside the Seibu department store in Ueno. We took a train way out to the other side of the city after hearing about this shop, anxiously expecting a wonderland of exclusive Kit Kat flavors of Japan.
Sadly, the Kit Kat pop-up, the "Chocolatory" was pathetically crammed into the corner of Seibu's depachika (department store basement which is usually where all the food stalls are set up). It was sad. Furthermore they were out of all the limited edition flavors exclusive to the Chocolatory pop-up in Ueno! Oh dear.
But in Japan, something being sold out is even a bigger sign of the success of the product, and you just have to buy what is left over. Like a sucker, I bought a handful of the only Chocolatory Kit Kats left, the "Chilli" flavor. Gotta take what you can get!
The packaging is quite exquisite, I have to say. Inside, there are a couple individually packed Kit Kats. The bag that it came in was also branded for the Chocolatory.
In ode to the Kit Kat, I've rounded up all the Kit Kat stories from Umami Mart for your snacking pleasure.
Kinako Kit Kat by Yoko Kumano, June 2009:
"I have a new appreciation for kinako now that I have come to realize that it just might work as a temporary substitute for my peanut cravings."
Ramune Kit Kat by Yoko Kumano, July 2009:
"As I bit into it, I almost gagged."
Mango Pudding Kit Kat by Yoko Kumano, August 2009:
"I am usually not a fan of chocolate that doesn't taste like chocolate, but the Mango Pudding coating was actually quite enjoyable."
Caramel Pudding Kit Kat by Yoko Kumano, October 2009:
"It was almost like they just started with a regular chocolate Kit Kat and spritzed a squirt of flan de toilette"
Conbini Cabaret: Gentei Candy, LTD by Furochan, June 2013:
"…It was not as good as it sounded — too much cream, not enough cookie and generally too sweet."
In this post, Furochan introduced us to her friend James' Japanese Kit Kat collection.
Check out James' dedicated scrapbook of limited edition Kit Kats. Dedication to documentation!
At Umami Mart Oakland, we sell Kit Kats from Japan in our U-Mart conbini:
But the true star is the Matcha Kit Kat:
We can't keep enough of these in stock, people love them here in the U.S. too! They are so sad when they come into the shop and we're out of them.
These Matcha Kit Kats are now available at the SF shop, and online. Get 'em while they're HOT!
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Writer James Asmus (Thief of Thieves, Gambit, The End Times of Bram & Ben) and artist Tom Fowler (Venom, Hulk: Season One) punt the world's worst superhero team headfirst into the Valiant Universe!
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Say hello, wave goodbye
The next day Alex went to Michael's, a craft store, to get some stuff for Michelle's mum. He picked up gold ribbons, black strips with space to put on her name and the year, string of stars, two little tigers for the center, and lots of sparkly accents. She'll love it.
At school during second block was election time. For the freshmen, they could only vote for their grade. Obviously he nominated him and Michelle, but he'd rather have her win more than he wanted himself to. She deserved it more than anyone else.
By the end of the day the ballots were in. Of course, being most popular in his grade, he was chosen freshmen prince. The kids in his Spanish class cheered at the announcement. He smiled but it was quickly dropped.
Freshman princess was Whitney.
Who in the world would vote for her? It has to be rigged. He figured Courtney Shelton would make it, because she's much more popular than Whitney. He couldn't believe it.Michelle. She'll think something's up. Oh, God.
Alex rushed to her leadership class right after the bell rang. It was only a hall and a corner turn away, so it didn't take long. Most people he passed congratulated him, but he couldn't thank them.
"Michelle!" he called out when she hurried down the stairs. She turned around at the end of the steps.
"What?"Can't these people go down the stairs any slower?
"I'm sorry," he said when he finally got to her. He took her hands.
"Sorry for what?" She shifted.
"You didn't make it. I voted for you, of course. But aren't you made that Whitney did?"
"Well, thanks, and no, I'm not mad. Why should people vote for me? Nobody knows me. I'm invisible."
"Okay. I just wanted to make sure. And you're not invisible," he persisted.
"Right, right. I'll see you tomorrow," She waved him away as she broke through the crowd to leave. He hated knowing she's a bit angry no matter what she says.
The week went by tensely between Alex and Michelle. She had spelling club Wednesday, and he went to Key Club on Thursday, and neither went to the game Friday because both had something to do with their families. They had zero time to get together and so the next time they saw each other out of school was the following Wednesday.
"Here's your mum," Alex presented to her at his house a little after four.
"It's beautiful! Thank you," She kissed him. "And now for you," She pulled out his from a bag and handed it to him. It has similar ribbons and details like hers, just a small amount changed so it's for a boy to wear.
Now that they've exchanged mums, he showed her his suit he'd wear Friday for the homecoming game. She didn't bring up anything about his escorting Whitney. Maybe that was better than arguing again.
"You look so cute," Michelle complimented. He grinned widely. "How are we going to get to the game?"
"I'll pick you up at six-thirty. I'm sure the parents will want pictures,"
"That is true. Okay. I can't wait," They spent the evening with his parents for dinner and watched a movie. He didn't want her to leave, but she had to.
Finally Friday came. In fourth block there was a pep rally in the gym. It highlighted on the varsity football and introduced who made court. All the guys had to connect their arms with their princess. He cringed when Whitney held his hand. He bet Michelle was glaring at her.
As soon as the induction was finished, he quickly broke free of her grip and walked faster than her, catching up with the sophomore pair. He wants nothing to do with her, and it showed.
At home, he dressed into his black tux with a gold tie in honor of the school's main colors. He can hardly hang around for another three hours until he can see Michelle. So he spent his time wandering on the internet, talking to random people on Facebook and checking his mail.
So excited for tonight!! See you there! <3 Whitney
Can't he ever get a break from her? For once he'd like to do nothing related to her.


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Pse ne na pelqen nje pikture origjinale me shume se ajo e fallco? Psikologu Paul Bloom argumenton qe qeniet njerzore jane themelore— qe besimet tona rreth historise te nje objekti qe ndryshon se si e perjetojme ate, jo vetem si nje iluzion, por si nje tipar i thelle i asaj qe kenaqesia (dhe dhibmja ) eshte.
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The first time Jamie Bissonnette says, "I'm in fucking heaven right now," it's Monday morning, and he is sitting at the Law Fu Kee noodle shop on Queen's Road in Central. (This is not the last time he will say this; it'll slip out as a steaming plate of clams in black-bean sauce is plunked down in front of him, and while he digs around in the shell of a sea snail before holding the meaty muscle aloft.) The clack-clacking of kitchen shears rises above the quiet din of people scraping their bowls, and an orange restaurant cat stands guard at the street entrance, eyes half-mast. Our neatly coiffed tour guide, Fred Cheung, has led us here for lunch; now he returns, juggling bowls of lean meat (pig liver, mostly) and century-egg congee, plus a plate of quartered century eggs — the yolks ashy gray and dark, the whites the color of deeply steeped tea (a result of preserving them in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls) — complete with a shock of hot-pink pickled ginger on the side.
We drape a few shavings of ginger over the eggs ceremoniously and stuff the whole thing into our mouths. It's creamy and smoky and hits the back of our taste buds with notes like black tea, closely followed by the cleansing, spicy sucker punch of ginger.
Afterward, we take our time strolling through the Graham Street wet market. The stalls smell of seawater and things fried and fermented. There are big boxes of dried hibiscus, eggplants the size of tennis balls, bitter melons with deep grooves, a stall of coral-pink and Meyer-lemon-yellow fish, and another cat snoozing in an empty Oregon blueberries box.
Jamie ducks into Tsim Chai Kee for an unscheduled shrimp-wonton noodle stop. Inside, old men industriously slurp down an early lunch, most of them alone, poking at their noodles and broth contemplatively. Fred pours the first round of tea, and bowls piled with noodles and dumplings arrive shortly after.
The pale-pink shrimp meat is soft and crunchy at the same time, packed into the wonton so tightly you can't tell where one shrimp ends and the next begins. We're all mildly terrible with chopsticks (Jamie keeps up; I don't), but no one notices when one of us drops a slippery steamed dumpling or a noodle on the table. "Remind me to buy a pocket knife so we can cut these," Jamie says, hoisting a curly mass of dripping ramen aloft.
"I don't know what happened, or how I fell into cooking," he tells me, before saying something I've heard him say a hundred times before. "I'm not a chef. Chefs are masters. I am a cook. I have the title 'chef,' and to me, the best thing I can do is be a teacher to my fellow cooks and friends."
Later, we drift down the street in a haze. "The new dream is Toro Hong Kong," Jamie says, half to himself, half to me. "That's it! Toro Hong Kong. I have to live here." Toro New York, his latest project with Ken Oringer, has yet to open its doors, but I have no trouble imagining a Washington Street tapas transplant right where we're standing.
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Beres Hammond is to be awarded the Order of Jamaica this October for his achievements in music.
According to the Jamaica Observer "Hammond is among seven persons who will receive Jamaica's fourth highest honour, to be handed out by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on October 21 at King's House."
Golden voiced Studio 1 crooner Delroy Wilson will posthumously receive the Order of Distinction. The deejay Charlie Chaplin will be collecting the same title.
But the most unexpected and uplifting news for dedicated reggae fans is an Order of Distinction for Panamanian born drummer Fil Callender - who Sly Dunbar credits as inventing the steppers pattern on Winston Francis' Studio 1 hit Mr Fix It.
Callender told United Reggae, "I was recommended by other musicians last year but did not get it then. I had actually forgotten about it as I did not know that another application was sent in for me this year. I received a call on Emancipation day from the Prime Minister's office. It took me a couple seconds to realize it was not one of my friends 'pranking' me. I feel a sense of pride but with deep humility to receive this award."
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|To give honours to the people who made Jamaica famous in the world has been too long a time coming. Sadly and very late the country is coming to senses with its own musical heritage. I only wish that the people in Jamaica will one day very soon recognise this too, not only some officials who feel the need to apologise for all the wrongs of the past. A people that forgets about his culture will know no future.
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Show horses rescued from barn fire near Auburn
A fire caused $200,000 worth of damage to a barn near Auburn Saturday morning, but the outcome could have been much worse, firefighters said. Twenty-two show horses, each worth at least $20,000, were in the barn.
The fire started shortly after 7 a.m. in a barn on Green Valley Road, said Tim Perciful, spokesman for Mountain View Fire and Rescue. Stable workers saw the fire and started opening doors to let horses out. Some horses were still in the barn when firefighters arrived but were let out once the fire was contained.
One horse had second-degree burns on its nose and suffered from respiratory issues. It had been wearing a blanket that partially melted, Perciful said. The horse was taken to a veterinarian for treatment
"These were expensive horses," Perciful said.
The cause of the fire is unknown but ruled accidental, Perciful said.
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May Showers (of Wine) Bring Happy Hours
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It's such a lovely time of year - but not so lovely that it couldn't be made a little lovelier. Tip a glass or few of these fine wines and let their euphoric glow bring a sparkling sense of well-being to sunny and blustery days alike. Also they're super-cheap.


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The Shire has adopted a progressive stance in its active involvement in Aboriginal Environmental Health management and issues.
The Shire has a full-time Aboriginal Environmental Health Worker (AEHW), Lawrence Lukale who can be contacted on (08) 9188 4451 or 0419 754 843 or alternatively please email him at email@example.com
This position is a jointly funded initiative between the Shire and the Office of Aboriginal Health.
The Shire's Principal Environmental Health Officer has also developed an Aboriginal Environmental Health Strategy for the region where, together with the AEHW, they establish and implement specific health programs for the enhancement of living standards in the communities. The focus of this Strategy is developing and improving public health standards, ensuring that duplication in delivery of services is avoided by Government Departments and also in addressing gaps in Environmental Health that may exist.
The Aboriginal Environmental Health Strategy will increase the Shire's ability to identify and manage environmental health needs and provide enhanced health outcomes within the Aboriginal communities.
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Chicano art students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will observe the Mexican and Southwestern holiday, Day of the Dead, by selling $1 mock death certificates and obituaries in the student center on campus.
Students also plan to make altars to pay homage to three recently deceased celebrities -- Princess Diana, Mother Theresa and singer John Denver.
Students will be in the loggia of the University Memorial Center between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31. The sale will raise money for a mural the students are painting at Casey Middle School in Boulder, said Salvador Rodriguez del Pino, associate professor of ethnic studies.
Day of the Dead, or days of the dead, is observed in many countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2. The observance combines the Catholic All Saints Day with indigenous traditions, which teach that death should not be feared.
The Day of the Dead is a time for celebrating life and death. Observances involve the making of home altars and the decorating of graves to prepare for the return of deceased friends and loved ones. Preparations include decorating altars or graves with gold flowers, cooking the deceaseds favorite meal and placing candles to guide their way back to the celebration.
Halloween was originally based on All Saints Day, with the wearing of costumes intended to disguise individuals from evil spirits, but the holiday developed separately.


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Next week, I will launch a free Kindle promotion from September 27th through October 1st for the two new ones: Double Billing and Mitch & Wendy: Lost in Adventure Land. Home Inspection will be available as a free download on September 27th only.
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Lohan split from Ronson recently, and she is said to have been trying to reach the latter ever since. However, Lohan has not been successful in her efforts as yet, as Ronson has even got the locks to her house changed.
Though Ronson"s mum went to the police to get the restraining order, she was asked to move the court for the purpose.
"They were directed to court to get a restraining order," the Sun quoted Beverly Hills police sergeant Terry Nutall as saying. Lohan was recently restrained by five bodyguards when she tried to gatecrash into Ronson"s party at her house.
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An independent romantic comedy, Next Stop, Wonderland (1998) made headlines at the Sundance Film Festival when it became the object of a bidding war ... Show synopsis An independent romantic comedy, Next Stop, Wonderland (1998) made headlines at the Sundance Film Festival when it became the object of a bidding war, ultimately won by Miramax Pictures to the tune of $6 million. Hope Davis stars as Erin Castleton, a night-shift nurse who's cruelly dumped by her boyfriend Sean (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a political activist. When her mother Piper (Holland Taylor) places a wildly inaccurate personals ad in the local paper, Erin is at first enraged, but then becomes curious. After she dates a variety of men who are all wrong for her, she meets Andre (Jose Zuniga), a handsome Brazilian music expert who invites her to Sao Paulo. Although Erin likes Andre, her Mr. Right is actually Alan Monteiro (Alan Gelfant), a plumber she's never met, though the two keep crossing paths. Trying to break out of his working class existence, Alan is studying marine biology but is indebted to a local mob boss, who wants him to kidnap a star blowfish from the local aquarium. Actress Taylor, the real-life aunt of co-writer, editor and director Brad Anderson, also appeared in his next film, Happy Accidents (1999). Karl Williams, Rovi
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Question: Are women more cooperative than men?
Suppose you are a participant in one of our psychology experiments at the VU University-lab in Amsterdam (or, for that matter, in a different lab in some other part of the world). You will be playing a game with another person - who you do not know and shall never meet again--for money. If you both cooperate you will each earn a modest amount of money, say $10. If neither cooperates, each of you receives an even smaller amount - say, $2. Yet if you cooperate and your partner does not then he or she receives $40, while you end up with nothing. What do you do -- cooperate or cheat? You'd probably respond: "Well it really depends who I am playing against." And indeed it does, and in a surprising way.
New research from my colleague Daniel Balliet at the VU University and myself, together with researchers from Singapore Management University (Norm Li) and Washington State University (Shane MacFarlan), published in the prestigious APA-journal Psychological Bulletin, suggests that whether you cheat or cooperate in this so-called prisoner's dilemma game really depends.....upon the sex of the other player.[1]
Our research team conducted a meta-analysis of 272 studies, conducted over 50 years, comprising 31,642 participants in 18 countries. Most of the studies were conducted in the United States, the Netherlands, England and Japan and all of them reported the sex of the players.
The first surprising result was that there is no statistical difference between the sexes when it comes to overall levels of cooperation. Thus men and women are equally cooperative. This contradicts the common stereotype that women are more prosocial than men.
But perhaps the most surprising finding - across many studies over 5 decades of research -- is that men actually cooperate more with other men than do women cooperate with other women.
Now this really turns the world upside down. We have been bombarded with bestselling books about gender differences with the take-home message that "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus." Our results suggests the opposite. Men and women may be on different planets, but perhaps it is the men coming from Venus (named after the Roman goddess of love) and the women from Mars (named after the Roman god of war).
How do we explain this robust finding? Our research tested an evolutionary psychology prediction against a socio-cultural one. Socio-cultural theory suggests that due to different socialization processes women are socialized into more caring roles than men and, as a result, women are more cooperative. But this is not what the meta-analysis shows. If we want to understand why female solidarity is not so strong in these studies, we may need to delve deep into human evolutionary history.
Our ancestors were nomadic hunter-gatherers who lived together in small bands and, to avoid inbreeding, there was migration between neighboring groups. Anthropological research suggests that it was usually the women who moved between the groups. The consequence of this is that these women would have been interacting mostly with women who were not their relatives. Sexual competition between them may have dealt a further blow to female solidarity.
But why should male solidarity be stronger? Well, first of all, the men in the group were probably related to each other, ensuring that they have overlapping interests. Further, for collective tasks such as hunting and warfare the men would have had to form alliances with each other. Hunting and warfare are classic prisoner's dilemmas and they can only be solved with trust and cooperation. Thus, male solidarity might have evolved essentially for organizing fighting parties. There is some evidence for this "male warrior" hypothesis from our own studies (included in the meta-analysis). These experiments show that men cooperative more with the group when it is being threatened by a rival group.[2]
So maybe there is some truth to the saying that "Men are from Mars and Women from Venus" after all. Remember that Mars is the highly revered Roman god of warfare. Yet -- paradoxically -- to win a war actually requires men to work closely together and this explains the evolution of male solidarity.
A final note on this research. There is a lively debate in our field about whether humans are more like chimpanzees or bonobos - both of them are our nearest primate cousins. Although the meta-analysis does not directly speak to this, female solidarity is more common among bonobos, whereas male solidarity is more typical of chimpanzees. Thus, although humans are genetically as close to the chimp as the bonobo, our social behavior resembles more chimpanzee society than bonobo society -- whether we like it or not.


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There will be plenty of news written in the coming weeks about players losing their jobs. So here's something about a player gaining one. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers added wide receiver Jordan Shipley off of wavers Monday. Shipley, who was cut by the Cincinnati Bengals last week, hasn't played since tearing an ACL last September. He caught 52 passes for 600 yards and three touchdowns during his 2010 rookie season.
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Shipley will try to beat Preston Parker in competition to be the Bucs' main man out of the slot. Shipley was a prolific wide receiver at the University of Texas and acquitted himself well as a newbie. However, even if he is fully healthy wins the No. 3 WR role, Shipley will probably have very little fantasy value in Tampa Bay's run-heavy offense. He is someone to watch during the season.


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- New pull out couch comf. queen mattress: 1 sleep sofa /futon
- Master, King size beds (1), Den, Queen size Beds (1)No window but very quiet efficient Air conditioning, In living room pull out couch with queen mattress on it. 4 Adults, 1 child under 12 years old!...moreless
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms
Other Amenities
- Free High Speed WiFi, Free long distance in US and Canada.
- Books:
- CD Player
- DVD Player
- Games:
- Music Library
- Radio
- Satellite / Cable
- Stereo
- Adventure
- Away From It All
- Family
- Romantic
- Sports & Activities
- Tourist Attractions
- Botanical Garden
- Churches
- Cinemas
- Festivals
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Marina
- Museums
- Playground
- Rain Forests
- Recreation Center
- Reefs
- Restaurants
- Volcano
- Waterfalls
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/Bank
- Babysitter
- Fitness Center
- Groceries
- Hospital
- Laundromat
- Massage Therapist
- Medical Services
Leisure Activities
- Bird Watching
- Boating
- Horseback Riding
- Outlet Shopping
- Paddle Boating
- Photography
- Scenic Drives
- Shelling
- Shopping
- Sight Seeing
- Walking
- Whale Watching
- Wildlife Viewing
Location Type
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Cycling
- Deepsea Fishing
- Fishing
- Golf
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Parasailing
- Pier Fishing
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving Or Snorkeling
- Snorkeling
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Wind-Surfing
- Air Conditioning:
- Alarm Clock
- Basic Soaps
- Broadband Access
- Ceiling Fans
- Clothes Dryer:
- Free Long Distance:
- Hair Dryer
- Internet:
- Iron & Board
- Laundry Soap
Linens Provided:
High quality, enough to change bedding in between without waiting for the washed laundry....moreless
- Living Room:
- Local Activities Guide
- Local Restaurant Guide
- Parking:
- Blender
- Coffee Maker:
- Cooking Utensils:
- Dishes & Utensils:
- Dishwasher:
- Freezer:
- Garbage Disposal
- Gourmet Kitchen
- Ice Maker
Fully stocked for your convenience. Blender, Great Chef's knife set. ...moreless
- Microwave
- Oven:
- Beach Chairs
- Beach Towels
- Binoculars
Great courses nearby. Wailea Emerald, Blue and Gold , Maui Nui, and many more! Some spectacular Ocean view!...moreless
Kayak / Canoe:
Can be rented 5 minutes down the street, by Five Palms, also Paddle boards....moreless
Lanai / Gazebo:
Tiled with Dining Table and 2 Lounge Chairs to relax....moreless
- Large Cooler
Lawn / Garden:
Large area adjoined to lanai. Ideal for children to play, and meat other children....moreless
Outdoor Grill:
Just a little ways down the Lawn, with table and chairs. The Grill is cleaned daily and filled....moreless
- Outdoor Grill Gas
Pool / Spa
Communal Pool:
(2) upper across parking lot, more shade available. lower across the bridge, larger to swim laps....moreless
- Heated Pool
- Shared Hot Tub
Building Type
- Building
RatesCurrency Conversion
|Weekend Night
|Monthly *
Spring Season
May 1 - Jun 30, 2017
6 night min stay
Summer Season
Jul 1 - Aug 31, 2017
6 night min stay
Fall Season
Sep 1 - Oct 31, 2017
6 night min stay
Early Winter
Nov 1 - Dec 19, 2017
7 night min stay
Holiday Season
Dec 20 - Jan 2, 2018
13 night min stay
High Season
Jan 3 - Apr 15, 2018
7 night min stay
Early Spring Season
Apr 16 - Apr 30, 2018
7 night min stay
Spring Season
May 1 - Jun 30, 2018
6 night min stay
Summer Season
Jul 1 - Aug 31, 2018
6 night min stay
Fall Season
Sep 1 - Oct 31, 2018
6 night min stay
Early Winter
Nov 1 - Dec 20, 2018
7 night min stay
Holiday Season
Dec 21 - Jan 3, 2019
14 night min stay
My Standard Rate
6 night min stay
Additional information about rental rates
Fees and Rental Conditions:
- Property Damage Protection $59
- Registration fee $40
- Cleaning fee $150
- Fee,3%US,5%Other inc.Dep $50
- Tax Rate 13.42%
Rates are subject to change until reservation is confirmed.
Cancelation policy: Final payment 90 Days, if cancelled with Medical Reason 45 days before arrival, full Refund; any later NO money back.
Preferred payment is eChecks for US clients over vrbo/HomeAway, International clients certified Bank Checks, much cheaper! If paid this way can avoid % of Convenience fee.
Surcharge total amount of $ 3% USA,5% International, % applies also to $1500.00 Refundable Deposit, if chosen that way will be added if paid via Credit Card!
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Haleakala National Park (Kula)
- Attraction
- 49 miles to rental
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Iao Valley State Park
- Attraction
- 17 miles to rental
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Hana Highway
- Attraction
- 29 miles to rental
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Mama's Fish House
- Restaurant
- 20 miles to rental
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Banyan Tree
- Attraction
- 26 miles to rental
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Paia Fish Market
- Restaurant
- 19 miles to rental
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Kamaole Beach Parks
- Attraction
- 0.9 miles to rental
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Aloha Mixed Plate
- Restaurant
- 27 miles to rental
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- Attraction
- 14 miles to rental
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Sansei Seafood Restaurant
- Restaurant
- 1.8 miles to rental
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- Restaurant
- 2.1 miles to rental
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Sarento's on the Beach - Maui
- Restaurant
- 0.4 miles to rental
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- Restaurant
- 2.5 miles to rental
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Mulligans on the Blue
- Restaurant
- 2.8 miles to rental
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Fabiani's Bakery and Pizza
- Restaurant
- 3.0 miles to rental
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- Restaurant
- 2.7 miles to rental
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Car: Recommended
Horesback Riding, World class golf, Whale watching, Volcano bicycle tours, Tennis court on property.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2010
About the owner: It was always our dream to own a place on Maui, we have many fond memories coming here for years with our family. Found this property when our daughter got married and the wedding party stayed at Maui Kamaole, that was our decision to buy property here! After searching for over two weeks, we found this the most unique, private and best condo!! The complex is unique, like a private condo, not a big block with lots of neighbors all around you, tranquil setting! We love it!
Why the Owner Chose Kihei, HI, USA:
We love the beautiful, clean setting of this condo on Maui. It is walking distance to some of the island's best beaches,shops and restaurants. There are a variety of different activities for the entire family to do. Snorkel, golf, walking miles on beaches, straight from the unit. Whether you're coming with your family or if you're on a couple's getaway, we're confident you will find our condo a peaceful retreat in paradise.
The Unique Benefits at this Condo:
Swimming or snorkeling beach is 5 Min. walking distance on the right side. Care for a longer walk on most beautiful beaches, take a left at the Harbor, follow the trail along the ocean past Five Palms , you can walk and swim for miles! The beaches are very children friendly for lots of fun many hours. It is walking distance to some Stores, Restaurants , Pup's and delicious Ice Cream and the best shaved Ice on Maui.
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- Secondary: +2 1775-232-9038
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Gorgeous Sunsets at Kamaole Beach Park
Living Room with Private Lanai
Lanai with walking access to community gas grills onsite!
Living Room
Dining nook right off the kitchen
Full Kitchen with all the necessities!
Guest room with queen bed.
Flat screen within master suite
Master bedroom private lanai
Ocean View from the Lanai
Waterfall at upper pool
Kamaole Beach Park III - a 5 minute walk from the condo.
Sunsets right from the lanai!
Flat screen TV, DVD, CD Stereo and free high speed internet!
Flowing open floor plan
Breakfast bar
Guest Bathroom
Master Suite w/ private lanai
Master bathroom with 2 sinks.
Entry hallway
Upper pool & gardens
Lower Lap Pool with hot tub
Beautiful Drive up to the condo community
This listing was first published here in 2010.
Date last modified - Friday, May 26, 2017
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|Sesame Street
|Bob and the spider costume
|Air date
|April 11, 1989
|Season 20 (1988-1989)
|After singing Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, Placido Flamingo disrupts Bob from singing the Eency Weency Spider with Telly and the kids, claiming no one can lead a song but him, even if he doesn't know any non-opera songs. Bob finishes the song and Placido thinks it's nothing compared to the opera he's performed: "The Spider's Feelings." He thinks they can perform it today and assigns everyone roles, including Bob as the titular spider.
| Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles.
Artist: Tee Collins
(EKA: Episode 0306)
| A white shell is uncovered in the sand.
(EKA: Episode 2313)
| A girl imagines she's a rock, which becomes a statue.
(EKA: Episode 0773)
| Bert tells Ernie to put away his toys, and Ernie devises a system of arranging toys. Unfortunately, all the categories he names apply only to his toy fire engine.
(First: Episode 0281)
| Counting 1-9 in Spanish
(EKA: Episode 2491)
|Placido and the kids sing an opera about the Eency Weency Spider (played by Bob). Telly, dressed as a cloud, provides the rain. Following the number, Placido has Bob stay in costume; he has an encore in mind.
| A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
(EKA: Episode 0131)
| Stop-motion: what goes in the hot dog bun?
(EKA: Episode 2396)
| A rooster finds a purpose in his life when he's given the job to wake everyone on a farm.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(EKA: Episode 1952)
| Monsterpiece Theater: The Taming of the Shoe
"Grovero" is accompanied by a talking shoe, whom he convinces to cooperate with him and help him get to the Padua Mall.
| Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
(EKA: Episode 2483)
|For Placido's encore, he performs "The Bugs in Your Neighborhood" with a bee and Spider-Bob.
| The Great Inventors Series: John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, invents a new type of food that can be eaten while playing cards.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(EKA: Episode 2574)
| A girl makes a storybook about the time she and her brother surprised their mother on her birthday.
(EKA: Episode 2486)
|Elmo bumps into Kermit the Frog on the way to the post office, begging to help him with one of his demonstrations, during which the post office closes - a perfect prompt to demonstrate closed.
|Un rectangulo
| Human and animal babies learn to walk.
(EKA: Episode 2124)
| A cowboy adds two different herds of cows.
(EKA: Episode 2255)
|Telly begs Bob to put his costume back on, so he can finally know how many legs a spider has. He then notices a large tuffet nearby, with a new neighbor - Annabell Muffet. Telly figures out she's the Little Miss Muffet, who's frightened away when Bob comes out in his costume.
| A goose and gander visit the land of the G's.
Artist: Jeff Hale
(EKA: Episode 1141)
| Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice."
(First: Episode 1708)
|Small, smaller and smallest men will cut a log with a saw.
| The Amazing Mumford sounds out the word MAGIC, then makes himself disappear.
(EKA: Episode 1075)
| An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond.
Artist: Bill Davis
(EKA: Episode 2061)
| Buffalo in the water (jazz soundtrack)
(EKA: Episode 1736)
|Telly conducts his experiment: Bob crawls around the ground and Telly tries to count his legs. Telly has a hard time doing so, so he hands Bob a handkerchief so he knows what leg he's counted. After Telly finishes, Bob discovers he's locked out of his apartment. Some passing friends give him strange looks.
| Gordon voiceover N/n
(EKA: Episode 2283)
| Ernie and Bert: At night, Ernie can't sleep because he's thirsty. Bert is out of town visiting his brother, so Ernie calls Bert on the phone to tell him he's thirsty. He follows Bert's advice to get a glass of water, but calls Bert again to thank him, and say he can't sleep. Bert suggests that he count sheep ... except Ernie doesn't hang up the phone.
(EKA: Episode 2483)
| A man makes a shadow puppet of an elephant.
(EKA: Episode 1118)
| Rap #9
(EKA: Episode 2572)
|Now out of the costume finally, Bob and the kids sing the spider song once more. A real spider shows up and compliments Bob. Placido announces the sponsors.
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I would like to see his eyes when you show it to him! He will love it. Great job, and quick.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I would like to see his eyes when you show it to him! He will love it. Great job, and quick.
I need one of those good days sewing. I have been doing a lot of applique, and now there will be a lot of Dr. appts for DH, so I can take it along. I figure I have 13 more hours to put into this top, then I can start thinking about the quilting. Now that's really exciting.
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A whole project in one day - that is a great accomplishment!
hobby lobby has it too.
I like the sleep mats too.
Gotta ask, how in the heck did you sew a pillow into it? Did you actually stitch through the pillow? Or maybe it is too early in the morning for me.LOL
Hi Carol: I just laid out a triple folded piece of batting on the bottom fabric and covered it with the top. Then pinned in place all around and stitched that first. Then did the squares. It was a "figure it out as i go" project.Originally Posted by clem55
I knew it was too early for me. I thought you meant you actually put a real pillow inside!!LOL
Don't feel bad Carol. I wondered the same thing. I'm glad you asked.
This is really cute. Did you make a sandwich - fabric, batting, fabric? Then sew about the four sides - leaving a hole to turn the fabric right side out? Did you use one of those small, travel size pillow? As you can tell, I am interested in making one. Thanks!


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stamped concrete for kitchen floor???
In my quest for a lower cost MORE durable floor covering for a rental,,,would stamped concrete work??
I saw it on a 'fippin' show last nite,,, and my lightbilbs went off.
I am thinking the joists are 2 X8 on about 20 " centers with 3/4 t &g subfloor abd full thickness (about 3/4) old time oak floor over that On about 11 foot spans.
For inside a house,,,are there maintance issues?? can you roll a frig on it?? Or scoot chairs and tables??
Thanks for any input!!!!-d-
The trouble with those shows is you never really know the true outcome of those projects. Is it do-able? Yes it's do-able if it is done correctly, but sounds like you won't like the cost.:)
Probably not the thing to do in a rental.:)
1st, quit watchin' those shows :laughing: they always come in late on scheduling & over-budget from what i've seen.
you'd normally need closer joist spacing or the flex'd result in many hairline crks leading to eventual failure,,, however, from your post, w/present 3/4" t&g + oak it'd seem sufficiently strong.
this is our main work & i don't have it in my house :whistling2: when we pull the carpet in the family room ( 24 x 24 ) & expose the conc, we probably will, tho.
Just thinking,,,they are as PRETTY as a ceramic tile floor,,,NO grout joints, only downside I can think of is they would be 'cold' altho let people put down area rugs if they want!! Is their stamps that would be smooth enough to scrub and clean, yet rough enough not to be slipperry when wet with tracked in snow etc??
Seems like they would be very difficult to keep clean with crud getting in the stamped cracks.
There are many many rubber stamps available that will mimic all types of tile and stone. They run from extreme relief to basic flat tile patterns.
If you have ever been to Las Vegas you have probably noticed all the tile and stone floors almost everywhere you go. The thing is...most of what you see there isn't tile OR stone. It is stamped concrete. Some the most perfect installations I have ever seen are in Las Vegas. The finishes are beautiful and the maintenance would have to be minimal or they wouldn't be doing it there. Durability is supreme.:)
A good example is at Mandalay Bay where there is an endless corridor that takes you from the main hotel and casino to the aquarium. It's a long walk along a beautiful cobblestone concourse that passes by shops and clubs and restaurants. The finish is an amazing pearlized cobblestone that is in fact stamped concrete.
Another good example is the Luxor. The walkways are full of ancient sandstone paths with their cleaved sandstone and slate look. They appear as ancient as the pyramids themselves. Stamped concrete again.:)
never been to Vegas and not planning on it now,,,,the gamble of my life involves buying houses,,,thats as risky as I get.
remeasured today when over there,,,length of span 10',,, strangest house I ever saw,,,house is 20' wide and NOT 2 10 foot floor joists that meet on the center beam,,,its a 20 footer from side to side supported by beam in center. Found out this floor joist cut clear thru on other side(in bathroom area) so the cast stack can run right there,,,NO support added to either side. THEN screwballs must have cut next one because stool came up there.
Somehow some 10 foot joists are going in there,,,might as well add a few to kitchen too. I will stick a jack between the beam and the subfloor IF I have to to flex floor 'up' to slide joists in place!! If that dosnt work might have to cut all the floor out and put joists in from top and replywood subfloor. I wonderd why when I jacked the floor back up level the stool leaked(oops moment). Two walls in plumbing wall (2 inches apart)one came up,,,other stayed down!!! One of those days that "I" think builders should be required to sign something on site that says who built the house(so I can deliver a posey of dandelions to their place of residence!!!)50 years later no less!!!LOL!!!
I've been thinking about a concrete floor whenever I get around to doing my kitchen. I've seen a lot of stamped concrete, but some of the best I've seen weren't stamped at all. Just pour it, float it, then take a 8" or 9" handheld tile float or drywall blade and play with it a little adding a little texture and unevenness, add some powder stain so the color is uneven, and let it dry. Put an epoxy finish on it (I think it's epoxy they use, could be wrong on the finish), the end product will look like a huge rock slab, and cost less than stamping.
I'm not sure I'd do it over wood, though, nor would I do it on the second floor. Wood expands and contracts, the second floor will flex, both will cause cracks, combined could cause a lot of cracking.
we do this work over wood regularly,,, thin-stamp'd or hand-trowel'd works best for interior work,,, it can be either colored integrally, acid-stain'd, or tinted w/proprietaty systems,,, nothing in the apron stores'll work.
we'll sometimes place epoxy over it but, if so, always place a toughter urethane finish to protect the epoxy.
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Serves 4
This is not your traditional bahn mi. We serve it on a burger bun instead of the traditional baguette. We make our own pate at the shop, but a good quality store-bought one will suffice. The ingredient list here is long, but many are Asian cupboard staples that you might have lying around.
• Mayonnaise
• 4 chicken thighs
• 4 burger buns or baguettes
• For the slaw
• ½ a white cabbage
• ¼ of a cucumber
• Small handful of mint and coriander (if you can get Vietnamese mint, use a bit of that too, it will take your sandwich to the next level), leaves picked and roughly chopped
• The zest and juice of one lime
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp fish sauce
For the pickle
• 2 carrots
• ½ a daikon
• 300ml rice wine vinegar
• 100g palm sugar
For the chicken marinade
• 3 cloves of garlic
• One thumb size piece of ginger
• 2 stalks of lemongrass
• 1 red chilli
For the chicken
1. In a food processor, blend garlic, ginger, lemongrass and red chilli, add a neutral oil to form a paste. Toss chicken thighs to coat and marinate for at least an hour or overnight.
2. Season then sear the chicken on a medium heat until lightly browned. Transfer to a 180 degree oven for 15 minutes to complete the cooking. Cool and slice.
For the pickle
1. Heat the rice vinegar with 500ml of water, palm sugar and 2 tsp of salt until the sugar dissolves. Allow to cool.
2. Use a mandolin or sharp knife to peel and julienne the carrot and daikon. Salt it and leave to drain for an hour one hour. Rinse excess salt from vegetables.
3. Add vinegar mixture to the vegetables and store in a container until ready to use.
For the slaw
1. Shred cabbage and slice cucumber thinly. Add herbs, lime, sesame oil and fish sauce.
2. Add some of the pickled vegetables and a little bit of their liquid and toss everything together.
To serve
1. Lightly toast bread.
2. Spread both sides with mayonnaise and pate.
3. Add a layer of sliced chicken and top with the slaw, serve immediately.


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The New Old Bar features every single cocktail the Hearty Boys serve, enabling diners to make their favorites at home. "It's a guide written for the average person," says coauthor Steve McDonagh. In addition to 200+ cocktail recipes, the book contains about two dozen bar-snack recipes. "It's about setting up the bar with crunchy, salty snacks and great cocktails," he says.
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Before moving to Chicago, Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh began their culinary careers in New York as a way to support themselves while they looked for work as actors. It wasn't their acting that brought the duo to stardom, however. Against odds of 10,000 to 1, they sent a tape into the Food Network and, to their surprise, became the first-ever winners of the Next Food Network Star contest, landing their own show on the cable channel. That success enabled them to grow their catering business's small café into a full-fledged restaurant serving up brunch, lunch, and dinner.
"Our focus is on what we love, which is mid-century food and the American culture of dining, and that kind of collective memory we have . . . taking those recipes and updating them for a modern palate," Steve says. For example, they top sweet potatoes with black-thyme-pepper marshmallows and create corn dogs with rabbit sausage in red-velvet butter. Steve says that they love creating conversation at their tables, especially as guests reminisce about memories evoked by dishes such as tuna noodle casserole and their Hearty mac 'n' cheese. "For Dan and I, that's a major part of the dining experience," he says. "If we can get their heads moving as well as their mouths, we feel pretty successful." Their efforts have paid off. "The duo is making magic by keeping it simple," said Phil Vettel in a review on WGN. "There's at least one wow ingredient on every plate. A simple burger is brightened with triple-cream cambozola cheese, sugar-cured bacon, and garlic aioli. Bacon-wrapped shrimp arrives on a pile of wonderful white cheddar grits . . . It's fun and delicious."
Dan heads the kitchen, while Steve forges many of the signature cocktails, aiming to discourage the intimidation that often surrounds craft cocktails. He and Dan even authored a book whose 200+ drink recipes include every cocktail made at Hearty, proving that everyone can make the drinks at home. Steve's even been known to chat up tables in hopes of introducing them to a new drink. "It's amazing, the amount of people who don't think they drink gin—so I have to force them," Steve says. "Once you have a gin that is different than that gin that you drank in the 1980s that was so harsh and juniper-heavy, once you're having one of these new American gins along with just simple fresh citrus and the other spirits… you understand what the fuss is about." He's also curated an exclusively American wine list with bottles from unexpected sources—including Dr. Frank's Salmon Run rkatsiteli from the Finger Lakes in New York, which he calls "floral and highly acidic . . . Everybody loves it."
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