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The big review: Miyagi **1/2
It's the hit of Homestead and proof that the area has more to offer than tacos and NASCAR races. Miyagi, named for a coastal Japanese city and the inspiring teacher in Karate Kid, is the kind of place any neighborhood would be glad to call its own.
Owner-manager Alex Diaz and his chef-partner Rangel Suarez set the super-friendly tone. An eager staff of young servers and uncharacteristically large portions of reasonably priced Japanese and hybrid cuisine help fuel Miyagi's popularity.
The setting is handsome in an urban-chic way. Dramatic red walls are set off by an expanse of black concrete flooring and sandy, slate-like walls. The best seats in the house are at the horseshoe-shaped booths that face the lively sushi bar.
On any given evening, neighborhood fans — regulars all, it seems from the hugs and air kisses flying at the door — line up for seats.
The encyclopedic menu with literally hundreds of selections includes everything from chicken katsu and noodle dishes to unagi and fried rice plus dozens of rolls, super-light tempura, dumplings and teriyaki as well as ceviches and soups.
It is easy to pick some real winners (and losers) among the many choices.
The best are the multitude of rolls, including the artistically crafted riceless variety. The firecracker roll with fresh raw tuna, avocado and asparagus is wrapped pinwheel style in see-through sheets of cucumber and soaked in a kimchee sauce. The Monty is layered with thin slabs of hamachi, coated with cream cheese and given a delightful snappiness from a topping of tiny orange masago.
Tuna tataki, gently seared and served with sweet onions and a lively ponzu sauce, is worthwhile and, like most dishes here, large enough for a table to share.
The lobster roll (made with fried lobster, not steamed as the menu says) is a tasty indulgence with its lettuce, asparagus, tempura flakes and spicy mayo.
Most fall into the fusion category, incorporating deep-fried ingredients, cream cheese, sweet sauce and/or mayonnaise. Consider the candy-like Captain Crunch roll, an over-the-top concoction of salmon, scallion and cream cheese that's breaded, deep-fried and smothered in thick eel sauce. Not my cup of green tea, but there are plenty of other choices.
The ethereally light-battered tempura vegetables and shrimp are exquisite. Less successfully fried, an overcooked and bready chicken liver teriyaki falls flat. Also disappointing is the soggy soft-shell crab and flabby, rough-cut octopus salad.
With no wine list and only the most generic selections from the likes of Woodbridge, Cavit and Mondavi, it's hard to find anything drinkable beyond beer and so-so sake. Owner Diaz says upgrades and a printed list are imminent. For now, take advantage of a cheap BYOB policy that allows bottles for a mere $10 corkage fee.
The lively atmosphere can get maddeningly loud on weekends. Kids are welcome, but don't count on fellow diners to exercise good judgment. A number of parents on a recent Saturday seemed to think their little ones actually wanted to be out at 10 p.m., but the tearful shrieking suggested otherwise.
Desserts are as over-the-top as the main menu. A cold, chewy slab of brownie is tempuraed and smothered in chocolate and whipped cream, and the "crunchy coconut" consists of a deep-fried banana roll swimming in condensed milk.
This is not, by any means, your typical Japanese restaurant with finely wrought jewels of food ceremoniously delivered to your table. In true American fashion, the dishes are big, bold and high in calories. And Homestead is eating it up.
Miyagi Sushi Bar & Grill, 650 NE 22nd Terr., stes.102 and 104, Homestead. 305-248-3333; miyagisushibar.com; Hours: 11:30 a.m-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 5-10:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 5-11 p.m. Fri.- Sat., 5-10 p.m. Sun.; Prices: Appetizers: $4-$10, rolls $4-$15, entrees $10-$15, sides $8, desserts $4-$8, lunch specials $8.95.
FYI: Free self-parking. Reservations accepted. Beer, wine, sake; corkage $10. AX, DS, MC, VS. Delivery available.


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As of Jan. 1, newly manufactured school buses in Minnesota must come with the crossing arm/gate. However, if you start taking notice, you will see that many of the older buses have been retrofitted with these devices. The appearance, of the arm itself, may differ but the specs and use must be the same.

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|1st Aug 2012, 05:19
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Steam Sales and Devaluation
|1st Aug 2012, 05:33
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You are forgetting that selling digitally is cheaper than a physical copy. Yet publishers still rip of the digital consumer by requiring them to pay just as much for the digital copy as the physical counterpart. You also need to consider the physical counterpart for used games, since digital games cannot (yet) be sold used. So the game isn't as devalued as much as you are stating.
|1st Aug 2012, 05:57
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What do you mean by devalued?
Is the game playing experience "devalued"? Are games art, and somehow "devalued" if everyone owns a copy?
I guess you mean "devalued" in the sense that developers / publishers lose money? Do they have no control over whether their games are "devalued" by being put on sale by Steam? Do they even lose money? Do sales not enlarge the potential market for games?
|1st Aug 2012, 06:02
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What Nightmare said. It's devaluing something that is overpriced to begin with.
|1st Aug 2012, 06:44
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I buy more games than I would otherwise because of Steam sales, games that aren't the greatest ever or not in my usual genre. The purchase risk is greatly reduced when they're $10US instead of the $80US publishers charge on day 1 in my region. Previously I would have just pirated them instead of taking that risk, and purchased the sequels if it turned out to be a series I really enjoyed.
I still buy games brand new if I get caught in the hype, like with Skyrim or anything put out by Valve, so my brand new purchases actually haven't decreased. It used to be that I would put most of my time into a decent multiplayer game, but now I try to get through my backlog of single player games instead, simply because I can't resist a good deal on Steam. I spend more money today on gaming than ever entirely due to Steam sales, so I think it's a positive thing for both consumers and the industry.
|1st Aug 2012, 06:45
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Like Nightmare says, Steam games are only competitively priced in comparison to even Amazon when on sale, never mind residual value of resale.
|1st Aug 2012, 06:52
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Consumers will pay for what the product is worth to them, even if they don't have much choice in the matter.
If people are only buying games at Steam sales, then they are paying for what they believe the games are worth.
Secondly, I am getting ripped off by publishers compared to consumers in the US and UK (hard to believe, I know). Due to economic woes around the world, exchange rates have gone all screwy and making the value of my currency higher against the US dollar than normal. Has the price of games/software gotten lower? Of course not! Therefore I am being asked to pay 100% more than US gamers.
During the Steam summer sale, Skyrim was 50% off its normal price, but it still cost more than it would have to buy via grey imports from the UK/US. COD MW3 was 66% off at one point (I think, because I still wasn't interested) but was still 50% MORE than a grey import because the normal price for MW3 is STILL $99 on Steam. F**k you, Activision.
Why should I be made to pay for publisher greed? The last game I bought at full local prices was The Witcher 2, because I wasn't being asked by the publisher to pay more than US gamers would. The rest I have grey imported from the UK for 50% less including Skyrim, Max Payne 3 and Rage.
Steam sales are the only way I don't get ripped off.
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|1st Aug 2012, 06:58
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I'll happily buy a game that interests me during a sale.
The fact that major titles are usually more expensive on steam than brick&mortar shops or amazon while not on sale is quite baffling to me as server upkeep should be less expensive than the publishers costs for shipping/packing the game to the distributers.
That and the f'ed up pricing regions. Even Valves in-house titles tend to have bad pricing.
Imported Portal2 for 30EUR including shipping from the UK while it was on "sale" in the steam store for ~34EUR.
I think this was about half a year after release.
Alice: 50EUR/20USD
Moral of the story: shop around. At least I refuse to buy a game for 59EUR on first day, regardless of how good it is.
I still do not own ME3 for that very reason (considering the mandatory first day DLC).
|1st Aug 2012, 07:05
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I generally use the sale to buy extra copies for friends, or games that I am keen to try but don't want to pay full price for. That said there a still games today that I pre-order, So I don't see this as devaluing but rather increasing the target market. I would have never playe the original Batman game as I felt it wast my kind of genre but ended up buying it in sale a while back and then pre-ordered Arkum City because of it.
|1st Aug 2012, 07:31
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The article doesn't mention that games are overpriced in the first place so perhaps a little devaluation is exactly what they need. 60 euro for a game is a little ridiculous and the steam sale tends to knock these down to about half that which makes them far more reasonable. I would never have bought Max Payne 3 otherwise for instance.
|1st Aug 2012, 08:05
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This is a toughie. There is a merit to the argument presented, but on the flip side I generally think the prices for third party games are a little on the high side on Steam relative to the rest of the market - maybe not so much at release (although sometime) but once a game has been around for a few months. For example I just looked at Darkness 2 (mainly as I was tempted to pick it up in the sale) - On Steam its currently £39.99. On Amazon? £14.99
Sale or not if a game is coming that I really want I'll buy it - for example Arkham City. The sales I tend to buy either DLC (which I think is way overpriced normally) or games I'm not so sure I'd enjoy - this time round for example I didn't buy much at all (Frozen Synapse RED DLC, AC Harley Quinn DLC and ArmaII).
I do wish I'd picked up Max Payne 3 though... maybe at Christmas
|1st Aug 2012, 08:47
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To put it simply, I buy games in the Steam sale to 'try out' that I would never have bought otherwise.
I also buy the occasional full price game for titles I'm very excited about. Did want to try out Oil Rush at £12.99? No not really. Did I want to try it out at £2? Yes I do.
I want to buy L4D2 for a friend so we can play together. Do I want to pay £20 for this? No I don't. Do I want to gift it to a friend at £3.74? Yes I do.
The bottom line is, the games industry would have a lot less of my money if Steam sales didn't exist.
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On the other hand:
The majority of opinion would be that most games are bought on console, so the steam sales might not make a huge difference to the gaming market. Perhaps then, should I be more worried for PC games? Will it be PC games that suffer from game company neglect as a result of the sales? Will this push even more companies towards the console market?
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|1st Aug 2012, 09:04
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|1st Aug 2012, 09:21
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I buy stuff in Steam sales that, like many others in this thread, I'd never buy otherwise.
In fact, looking back, that's about all I buy off Steam, with a handful of exceptions.
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Lest we forget, part of what we are paying for when we buy through Steam is
Like it or loathe it, as broadband speeds increase in the UK Steam and other digital download platforms allow us unrivalled convenience, and many of us are willing to pay a little extra for hat service. Not me though. I'm tight as ****
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Personally, games have been devalued for me due to life circumstances - the arrival of our daughter in October last year means I have maybe an hour or two a week at the most to spend playing games.
This means that it's much easier for me to justify waiting for a game to drop in price significantly before I buy it, as I would get no benefit playing it as soon as it comes out, or even shortly after - if the equivalent time between full price and heavily discounted is only 10-20 hours of play, then I can very well play something else while I'm waiting.
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I think £30 is fair for a new game. Given how much more time I will get out of it compared to say a movie or worse, a cinema ticket. Although that poses an interesting question for books considering I will give them considerably more time than a film, yet expect to pay no more than £8 as I don't buy hardbacks.
For some reason though, I don't like paying more than £20 for a game that is over a year old. Even though I am not an online gamer, I feel that I have missed the party. I don't want to pay full whack now. This may be the result of some conditioning on the part of retail anyway and I personally feel, that the price that is settled on after the initial release has milked the cow for all it is worth, is a more fair price.
I think we all know how this stuff works, they want to squeeze the most cash out of you in nice little segments; maximising the sales at each level. And the price retailers pay, and indeed the industry, for such a practice is conditioning us to expect to pay less for something that is brand new just because it is old.
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If I feel a game is going to be worth paying retail, I will buy it. I used to never buy games unless it was the creme de la creme (Valve games). I'd pirate everything. Thanks to Steam sales, I've actually bought a few of these pirated games I thought well worth it in the past. Penumbra, STALKER, etc. Actually, a few of these games I bought at the normal non-discounted Steam price, like Amnesia. I wouldn't have bought them if not for my pirating/Steam mix. I bought a few that I hadn't tried during Steam Sales as well, but smaller titles, like Braid.
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I disagree that devaluation could stop developers being 'less inclined to innovate'.
What's the FPS that is incredibly successful at whatever price, but is the antithesis of innovation?
So the opposite may be true there Joe. Innovate, or be unsuccessful.
Admittedly I may well have bought MW3, if it was a fiver.
As Parge rightly said and its the same with me, there may be 40 games in my steam I wouldn't own if it weren't for the sale. Some of which I've really enjoyed and when or if a sequel comes along, I may well buy at full price - thanks to the steam sale.
(Though that doesn't always work out, I bought Cliffs of Dover on pre order)
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Traditionally, economic theory has relied on the assumption of a "homo œconomicus", whose behavior is governed by self-interest and who is capable of rational decision-making. Economics has also been regarded as a non-experimental science, where researchers – as in astronomy or meteorology – have had to rely exclusively on field data, that is, direct observations of the real world. During the last two decades, however, these views have undergone a transformation. Controlled laboratory experiments have emerged as a vital component of economic research and, in certain instances, experimental results have shown that basic postulates in economic theory should be modified. This process has been generated by researchers in two areas: cognitive psychologists who have studied human judgment and decision-making, and experimental economists who have tested economic models in the laboratory. This year's prize is awarded to the innovators in these two fields: Daniel Kahneman and Vernon Smith.
In controlled experiments, Smith and his
colleagues were able to test several theoretical predictions. For
example, they found – as foreseen by theory – that a
seller can expect the same revenue in English and second-price
auctions. Meanwhile, they were able to refute the theoretical
prediction of equivalence between the Dutch and the first-price
auction. Their experiments also demonstrated that the English and
second-price auctions produced the highest average selling price,
followed by the first-price auction and, lastly, the Dutch
Smith also initiated the use of laboratory experiments as a "wind tunnel", where proposed auction mechanisms for privatization and public procurement can be tested in advance. Since these mechanisms are frequently complex and it is difficult to assess their performance solely on the basis of theoretical considerations, the experimental method becomes particularly useful. In similar experiments, Smith has evaluated different mechanisms for allocating airport time slots using computer-assisted markets. He has also evaluated various means of organizing energy markets in Australia and New Zealand, where the results have influenced actual market design.
The values at stake on real-world markets are often of a wholly different magnitude than the rewards which can be offered in an experimental setup. In particular, while emphasizing the importance of monetary incentives in experiments, Smith has developed methods where such incentives are not only sufficiently strong, but also designed to enhance the probability that the results would be applicable in real market situations. A major problem is that subjects' own (and unobserved) preferences can affect their behavior in an experiment. Consequently, a subject who is assigned the role of buyer, with a given demand function for a good, will not simply behave in accordance with this demand curve. Smith introduced a technique, known as the induced-value method, which solves this problem and provides the subject with incentives to behave as the experimenter intended. Through this and other contributions, as well as a series of practical recommendations for appropriate procedures in the laboratory, Smith has set methodological standards for what constitutes a good experiment in economic research.
Psychology and economics
Economic research often assumes that people are motivated primarily by material incentives and make decisions in a rational way. They are assumed to assess the state of the economy and the effects of their behavior by processing available information according to standard statistical principles. This approach has been formulated axiomatically in so-called expected-utility theory, which is the predominant economic theory for decisions under uncertainty.
The prevailing view in psychology in general, and cognitive psychology in particular, is to regard a human being as a system that codes and interprets available information in a conscious manner, but where other, less conscious factors also govern decisions in an interactive process. Such elements include perception, mental models for interpreting specific situations, emotions, attitudes and memories of earlier decisions and their consequences.
In extensive research on human behavior based on surveys and experiments, Daniel Kahneman and other psychologists have called into question the assumption of economic rationality in some decision situations. Real-world decision-makers frequently appear not to evaluate uncertain events according to the laws of probability; nor do they seem to make decisions according to the theory of expected-utility maximization.
In a series of studies, Kahneman – in collaboration with the late Amos Tversky – has shown that people are incapable of fully analyzing complex decision situations when the future consequences are uncertain. Under such circumstances, they rely instead on heuristic shortcuts or rules of thumb. A fundamental bias is nicely illustrated in Kahneman and Tversky's own experimental data on the way individuals judge random events. Most experimental subjects assign the same probabilities in small and large samples, without taking into account that uncertainty about (the variance of) the mean declines drastically with sample size. People thus seem to adhere to a law of small numbers, without due consideration of the law of large numbers in probability theory. In a well-known experiment, subjects regarded it as equally likely that, on a given day, more than 60 percent of the births would be boys in a small hospital (with few births) as well as in a large hospital (where many children were born).
Similarly, an investor who recognizes that a fund manager beats the index two years in a row may conclude that the manager is systematically more competent than the average investor, whereas the true statistical implication is much weaker. Such shortsightedness in interpreting data might well help clarify various phenomena on financial markets that are difficult to explain with prevailing models – such as the ostensibly unmotivated large fluctuations to which stock markets are often exposed. In financial economics, a lively research area, behavioral finance, has evolved which applies insights from psychology in an attempt to understand the functioning of financial markets.
Another rule of thumb is representativeness. Kahneman and Tversky carried out an experiment in which subjects were asked to categorize individuals as a "salesman" or a "member of parliament" on the basis of given descriptions. When a randomly chosen individual was portrayed as interested in politics and participating in debates, most subjects thought he was a member of parliament, regardless of the fact that the relatively higher share of salespersons in the population increases the likelihood that he was a salesman. Even after subjects were informed that the proportions of members of parliament and salespersons in the population had been altered substantially, it did not seem to matter for the results.
Kahneman has thus demonstrated that in situations with uncertainty, human judgment often exploits rules of thumb which systematically contradict fundamental propositions in probability theory. His most influential contribution, however, concerns decision-making under uncertainty. A striking finding is that individuals are much more sensitive to the way an outcome deviates from a reference level (often the status quo) than to the absolute outcome. When faced with a sequence of decisions under risk, individuals thus appear to base each decision on its gains and losses in isolation rather than on the consequences of a decision for their wealth as a whole. Moreover, most individuals seem to be more averse to losses, relative to a reference level, than partial to gains of the same size. These and other results contradict predictions from the traditional theory of expected-utility maximization.
Not satisfied with having criticized standard theories of decision-making under uncertainty, Kahneman and Tversky also developed an alternative, known as prospect theory, intended to provide explanations for empirical observations. Prospect theory and its extensions can be used to better explain behavioral patterns which appear to be anomalies from the perspective of traditional theory: the propensity to sign up for costly small-scale insurance for appliances; willingness to drive many miles for a few dollars' discount on a minor purchase, but reluctance to do so in order to save the same amount on a more expensive good; or resistance to lowering consumption in response to bad news about lifetime income.
Two merging research areas
Modern research at the border line between economics and psychology has shown that concepts such as bounded rationality, restricted self-interest and limited self-control are important factors behind a range of economic phenomena. In particular, insights from psychology have had a strong impact on contemporary developments in financial economics. Why, then, has it taken such a long time for these ideas to gain recognition in economic research? One explanation is that experimental methods have only recently permeated economics. As a result of experimental research on the relation between price formation and market institutions, a growing number of economists have begun to regard experimental methods as indispensable research tools. Today, a new generation of economists is the catalyst in a gradual amalgamation of two previously distinct research traditions in experimental economics and economic psychology. Daniel Kahneman and Vernon Smith, the key figures within these traditions, have contributed to an exciting renewal of economic research.
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Sierra Vista 17, Western 1 — At Western, the doubles teams of Lorella Vanderhooft and Leslie Chan, and Jazalyn Williams and Courtney Sunstrum each went 1-0 to help the Mountain Lions rout the Warriors.
Rebecca Ruiz was 1-1 in singles for Western.
Durango 14, Desert Oasis 4 — At Durango, the doubles teams of Jamie Dean and Kaitlyn Moore, and Alyssa Cordera and Alyse Kurley both went 3-0 to help the Trailblazers down the Diamondbacks.
Danica Ingwaldson went 3-0 in singles for Desert Oasis.
Bonanza 10, Clark 8 — At Clark, the doubles team of Bella Minoli and Gretchel Ocanada went 3-0 as the Bengals beat the Chargers.
Alison Matlovic and Tiffany Cook each went 2-1 in singles for Bonanza.
Natasha James went 3-0 in singles, and the doubles team of Michelle Elliptico and Lydia Ran went 2-1 for Clark.
Bishop Gorman 15, Spring Valley 3 — At the Darling Tennis Center, the doubles teams of Blair Bigelow and Michelle Schoen, Erica Silvestri and Michaele Sullivan, and Caroline Engs and Amanda Silvestri each went 2-0 to help the Gaels down Spring Valley.
Palo Verde 17, Cheyenne 1 — At Palo Verde, the Panthers won all but one set to down the Desert Shields.
Faith Lutheran 12, Legacy 6 — At Faith Lutheran, Olivia DeMarta and Renee Vogel finished 3-0 in doubles to lead the Crusaders over the Longhorns.
The Meadows 11, Arbor View 7 — At The Meadows, the Arbor View doubles team of Taylor Bland and Ta'Keyrah Reid won all three matches, but the Mustangs got the win over the Aggies.
Centennial 10, Shadow Ridge 9 — At Shadow Ridge, the Bulldogs had to go to a tiebreaker to get past the Mustangs.
Hannah Barnum and Jordan Sgro each went 3-0 in singles for Centennial.
The Mustangs' doubles teams of Jamie Andrade and Jen Andrade, and Nisha Khilnani and Catherine Cabo both went 3-0.
Cimarron-Memorial 15, Mojave 3 — At Mojave, Jeanette Salls went 3-0 in singles to lead Cimarron-Memorial to a victory over the Rattlers.


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He was acclaimed the wisest man who ever walked the planet. He built the massive temple in Jerusalem. He also had 700 wives and 300 concubines. King Solomon was a player. Now whether or not he had any time to play board games…
Worker placement games are one of the hottest categories of European-style board games in the last couple years. Kingdom of Solomon debuted around the time of a similar game that received much attention last year, Lords of Waterdeep. One has a Dungeons & Dragons theme, the other is set in Palestine around 950 BC. You can likely guess which is which. Phil duBarry (see "Q&A with Game Designer Phil duBarry" for more) is the man behind Kingdom of Solomon. Or should I say "man of the cloth," because by day duBarry pastors a church in the Cincinnati area. Designing a game with a theme he knew well, duBarry sought to take the best aspects of European-style board games and craft one with that appealed to gamers, families, and folks looking for a historical theme that didn't feature a bunch of scowling Portuguese dudes trading in the Mediterranean.
Designer: Phil duBarry
Publisher: Minion Games, 2012
Players: 2-4
Ages: 12+
Play time: 60-100 minutes
Mechanic(s): Worker Placement, Area Control, Resource Speculation, Route Building
I think I'll find a spot amid these lovely cedars of Lebanon
- one player has placed five buildings on the map,
- all 11 building spots on the map are filled, or
- the Temple of Solomon is completed.
Typical of most worker placement Eurogames, Kingdom of Solomon is won by the player who scores the most victory points (VP).
The gamification of a biblical icon
A round of play consists of four phases repeated until the game ending conditions are met: Placement
- Ark (two to four players)–Take three fortune cards. These cards can be played at any time and consist of additional actions and resources.
- Altar (three to four players)–Change the player turn order and gain three times the player's current turn order position in VP.
- Tribute (four players)–Gain one resource cube of each type.
In addition, there are five action spaces that feature a specific title or office on which a player can place a pawn:
- Prophet–Draw a fortune card.
- Minister– Receive 5 VP.
- Thief– Steal one resource cube from another player.
- Trader– Trade one resource cube for a different one.
- Artisan– Collect one resource cube type from one occupied space.
Resolution After all pawns are placed, each player in turn order then receives the resources from the map regions their pawns occupy. Action spaces and bonus spaces are resolved too. Market Each resource may be sold or bought in the market. Since the number of resources is finite, they can run out, especially in a four-player game, increasing the strategy of playing the market wisely. Each type of resource in the market includes a spot for up to four cubes of that type. These spots vary in price by availability. A player buying or selling adjusts his VP along the 100-point track on the outside edge of the board according to the price of the resource. Players take turns in reverse turn order on this step only. Building Four building cards are laid out per round. A player may spend the required resources listed on the card to purchase the right to build that building. Buildings pay out VP and function as an extra space to place workers, since each building has a purpose that can produce an action or resources, usually better than similar spaces on the board. A player can build one of these card-based buildings per round. The player takes the card, scores its points, and places a half-sized building cube on an open building spot on the map. This building cube now renders this space off limits to pawn placement from other players. Only a pawn of the same color can be played in a space with a building on it, with the exception of a high priest, which allows a player to place a worker on a space occupied by another player's building, ignoring that placement restriction. Players can also build the Temple of Solomon, which consists of 16 white, temple block cubes. Each level of the temple is more resource costly, but a player can choose VP or a temple token as a reward for building part of the temple. Only the player with the most temple tokens in any round can act as high priest. If two players have the same number of temple tokens and one is the present high priest, that player retains the role. Players may also build roads. A road multiplies the effectiveness of pawn placement on the map. A road may be built between adjoining map spaces with like-colored building cubes, or between a space with a building and one that has no designated spot for a building. If two or more spaces are joined by roads, the player who places a pawn in one of those spaces also gains the resource of the other space, as if a pawn had been placed in both. This creates a region of resource access for that player. In addition, if the player then places other pawns in other open spaces of that same joined region, the resource payout will multiply by the number of like-colored pawns in that entire region.
That "heavy is the head that wears the crown" thing? Not here.
The rules to Kingdom of Solomon can be explained in five minutes. In a three-player play-through, I explained the rules to two nongamers who had never played a worker placement game before. They understood quickly. Another play-through with just two, my 12-year-old son and I, saw him wipe the board with me. Rules-wise, the game is fairly light.
What's behind that temple curtain?
Rulebook The game comes with an almost too simple rulebook of eight small pages. For a game of this type, that's short. Some have noted a few conditions might arise in the game that aren't sufficiently explained in the rules. Designer duBarry has a FAQ available online to address rulebook fuzziness.
That's 19 tons of gold–but it's BYO myrrh
Kingdom of Solomon, like many games today, has a promo and expansion that do not come with the base game but can be purchased separately. The Levite Camp promo building card was available at the Essen 2011 game convention. The 14 VP card permits building a temple block at no cost. It costs one cube of each color to buy. The Chronicles of the King mini expansion includes 15 event cards that alter play and work especially well with fewer than four players. It also includes four player aid cards.
Closing thoughts of the not-so-spiritual kind
Kingdom of Solomon is a solid game from an up-and-coming designer. Actual gameplay offers many choices for strategy and tactics, good replayability, and satisfying amounts of tension and thought, especially with four players. In addition, the biblical theme may be attractive to gamers who might otherwise be put off by competing worker placement games with themes of developing nuclear weapons (The Manhattan Project), killing off family members (Village), paying homage to demon gods (Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar), and featuring Dungeons & Dragons imagery (the aforementioned Lords of Waterdeep). In short, your game collection has a spot for Kingdom of Solomon. Fill it.
- Deep gameplay for such simple rules.
- All rules explainable in under five minutes
- Good game flow and finishes well
- Has a unique theme
- Will satisfy both gamers and nongamers
- While a solid game, not a great value if bought at MSRP
- Production quality not as high as some similar games
- Small board with score tracking issues
- A few rulebook holes
- Might not be available at all game stores


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As part of Operation Lucy, an Air Force Iroquois Helicopter was used to winch police officers down into cannabis plots.
More than 2000 plants were found, seized and destroyed in the past week, police said today.
The plants were growing in forests, swamps, rivers and rural property, and crops were found in locations including Port Waikato, Muriwai, Piha, Kaipara Flats, Helensville & Great Barrier Island.
Similar operations would be carried out across Auckland in coming weeks and months.
Sixteen search warrants had been executed across Auckland and seven men and a woman aged between 29 and 58 had been charged with cultivation of cannabis.
More arrests were likely, police said.
"This is a great result, some of the plants that we seized had obviously been growing for quite some time and I have no doubt that this has dealt a real blow to the criminal element" said Detective Sergeant Callum McNeill, head of Operation Lucy.
"The harm that cannabis causes to the wider community can't be underestimated - we know that the supply and abuse of cannabis has a direct influence on crimes like intimidation, burglaries, robberies and serious violence. It leads to innocent people becoming victims of crime," he said.
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BeschreibungSisters in the Brotherhoods is an oral-history-based study of women who have, against considerable odds, broken the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in New York City beginning in the 1970s. It is a story of the fight against deeply ingrained cultural assumptions about what constitutes women's work, the middle-class bias of feminism, the daily grinding sexism of male co-workers, and the institutionalised discrimination of employers and unions. It is also the story of some gutsy women who, seeking the material rewards and personal satisfactions of skilled manual labour, have struggled to make a place for themselves among New York City's construction workers, stationary engineers, firefighters, electronic technicians, plumbers, and transit workers. Each story contributes to an important unifying theme: the way women confronted the enormous sexism embedded in union culture and developed new organisational forms to support their struggles, including and especially the United Tradeswomen.
I: WRITING TRADESWOMEN INTO HISTORY * Rosie's Daughters * United Tradeswomen: Organizing for the Guaranteed Right to Work in Any Job * PART
II: CONSTRUCTION * Learning to Labor on High Steel * When Worlds Collide: The First Women in Electricians' Local 3 * "Ticket to Ride" * PART
III: THE AGENCIES * "Sticking to the Union" * Uncivil Service at the Board of Education * Double Vision: Breaking Down Doors at the FDNY * PART
IV: TECHNOLOGY * From Economics to Electronics: The Making of an Activist * That's Just the Way It Was: AT&T and the Struggle for Equal Opportunity * PART
V: TRANSPORTATION * Woman on the Move * PART
VI: MOVING FORWARD * Against the Grain * Getting Past Pioneering * Epilogue: Where Are They Now?
PortraitJane LaTour
Pressestimmen"Sisters in the Brotherhoods is one of the most exciting books that I've read in years. It is nothing less than a history of the late twentieth century movement of women into non-traditional jobs as recalled by and through the voices of the women who opened the doors. Jane Latour seamlessly melds the aspirations, experiences, doubts and achievements of the courageous women who earned their livings in trades reserved for men into a persuasive analysis of generational change. Every young woman should read this resonant and moving book." - Alice Kessler-Harris, author of In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth Century America "Jane LaTour's book Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City is a great reminder that when we have equal opportunities in every line of work we thrive. When women change the way work is done, they make lasting change in the culture of the workplace." - Billie Jean King "Jane LaTour tells the history of the tradeswomen movement by focusing on events in New York City. She captures the real lives of tradeswomen through stories that are poignant, raw, and uplifting. It brought back to me the frustration of trying to engage the Women's Movement in seeing tradeswomen as more than role models for our daughters. In our sex-segregated economy tradeswomen are on the front line in the battle for economic justice." - Dale McCormick, the first woman to complete the carpentry apprenticeship with the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local 1260 in Iowa City, in 1975"In Sisters in the Brotherhoods, Jane LaTour draws on extensive interviews and oral histories with women who broke into the building trades in New York City over the last several decades. The interviews are enormously rich sources, filled with stunning stories of male resistance, abuse, and hostility toward the integration of women and equally stirring tales of women's determination to survive this treatment. Even as they were subjected to various hair-raising and harrowing forms of harassment and intimidation, the women whose oral histories form the heart of this compelling and moving book sought to challenge and reform the system. Reform could be incredibly hard and scary work; it took one woman fourteen years to find the courage to speak at her own local. But they did speak out and by their individual and collective efforts, they organized women and sympathetic men and empowered them to fight for their rights. Sisters in the Brotherhoods illuminates an aspect of women's and labor history that has been understudied and overlooked. In the women's challenge to existing union arrangements and their own deployment of labor movement principles and practices to achieve their ends lies a fundamental contradiction of post-World War II labor history. Jane LaTour's book compels a reassessment and revision of the view of post-World War II unions as inimical to working women's interests and as vehicles for conservatism rather than progressive change." - Nancy Gabin, Department of History, Purdue University "Sisters in the Brotherhoods profiles the indomitable women who fought their way into some of the best-defended male monopolies in the U.S. labor force: the skilled trades of New York City. Jane Latour's engaging oral histories reveal the diverse routes women traveled to claim these jobs, the alliances that sustained them, and the strategies they developed to master their crafts in the face of employer hostility, co-worker harassment, union corruption, and a government that all but abandoned them in the 1980s. Tradeswomen, feminists, labor and civil rights activists, historians, and social scientists will all find wisdom and inspiration in these pages."- Nancy MacLean, author of Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace and The American Women
Untertitel: 'Palgrave Studies in Oral Histo'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH
Erscheinungsdatum: August 2008
Seitenanzahl: 276 Seiten
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Beyonce urging Disney bosses to remake Sister Act
"Beyonce has asked her representatives to persuade Disney to develop the show into a film vehicle for her," Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reports. It adds: "If this comes to pass, she would take on, in musical form, the part Whoopi Goldberg creates in the 1992 Sister Act film, although the stage version moves the action from the West Coast to Philadelphia."
If the project is agreed upon, the Bodylicious hitmaker will play the role Deloris Van Cartier, which was previously portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg who is forced to dress up as a nun while fleeing a group of gangsters. US actress Patina Miller is presently playing the lead character in the West End musical, which is co-produced by Whoopi.
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So sorry about the late posting for June. It has been a crazy month for me and IK as a newlywed! Thank you for all the blessings we had a super happy wedding day indeed! So this post, it's all about crabs! I was never a 'crab' fan, well, at least it is not my number one favourite shellfish. I tend to prefer prawns and lobsters over crabs. Don't ask me why, it's just simply weird in me. Way back last year, hubby and I decided to visit Malaysia and Singapore for our Christmas trip. One of the dishes that hubby expected to try was the Singaporean Chilli Crab. It is indeed a very popular dish in Singapore but I was not very excited about it, no where near hubby's expectations. Hubby was so keen with tasting this famous crab that he even went online surfing websites and restaurant reviews about the 5 best places for this crab. I first thought it was a little over extreme but anyway, I kept it silent. One thing I love about my hubby is that he has this "invisible power" to change me in many ways, particularly, the perspective towards FOOD. If I ever mentioned to you before about my sausage rolls experience, crab is another thing that he can completely spin me around from 'dislike to love'!
Until when hubby and I arrived Singapore, we threw our luggage into our service apartment, and jumped straight onto the train for that what he (so called) famous Singaporean crab~ The crab was a hassle for me (well, at my first glance), but after that first bite~ YESHH.. I cannot stop eating! We had a king crab, GIGANTIC! I was a little in-doubt whether we can actually finish it ~ just the 2 of us?!?! Seriously??
The sauce was awesome, in fact that was the only thing that brought me to try this big crab! I must admit that Asian food is GREAT, and I'm so honoured to be an Asian HAHA! This Singaporean dish is absolutely delicious, the crab meat is juicy and fresh (don't forget to get a good crab cracker~ well, I had hubby to do it for me .. cheers~), the spicy sauce was not that spicy afterall. For some reason, they cracked an egg into the sauce which makes it taste even richer!
So the other day, hubby was tempted to have another crab dish~ and I thought why not try our own DIY Singaporean chilli crab.. and we did.. we went & bought 2 mud crabs from the fish market~ I've looked for a few websites for the best recipe..(try to be authentic here..) but ended up having to mix and match a bit of everything to get to the flavour that I feel right! We even served it with deep-fried buns (well, that's what we've learnt from the Singaporeans, dipping the buns into the chilli sauce!) Yum! Oh, and no KING crabs.. we had mud crabs instead.. which is still FINE!
You'll need (Serves 4-5):
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 7 tablespoons oil
- 2 to 3 shallots, cut into 5cm long
- 2 inch of ginger, grated
- 6 medium garlic cloves, minced
- 4 red small chili, minced
- 2 whole Mud crabs, cut into pieces
- 2 cups chicken stock (store-bought or homemade)
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1/2 cup hot-sweet chili sauce
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup onions, finely sliced
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice
- 1 cup parsley leaves, for garnish
- 8 Chinese buns (optional)
- Rice to serve (optional)
- In small bowl, stir corn starch with 2 tablespoons water; set aside.
- Wash crab pieces carefully with a brush to remove sand and dirt. Rinse twice and pat dry with absorbent papers. Set aside.
- In large wok, heat oil over medium heat until hot. Stir in shallots, ginger, garlic, onions, and chilies. Cook until fragrant, stirring, about 1 minute.
- Add crab pieces and chicken broth, stir in tomato paste and chilli sauce. Increase heat to medium high and bring to a boil. Cover loosely and gently boil until crab has turned red and is nearly cooked through, about 6 minutes.
- Remove cover and season to taste with salt, sugar, or pepper. Stir in corn starch mixture to thicken the sauce.
- Break eggs into the wok and streak with a fork, simmer till cooked. Squeeze lime juice over.
- Ladle into serving dish, sprinkle with Chinese parsley, and serve with rice or buns.
To make deep fried buns:
- In a deep pan, add enough oil for deep frying. Until the temperature of the oil reaches 180C, slowly slide the steam buns into the pan.
- Cook until golden brown, approximately 3-4 minutes. Turn the buns to evenly golden the surfaces.
- Remove the oil and sit on paper towel to absorb excess oil.
- Ensure crabs need to be rinsed well, cleaned, and cut into pieces and possibly, get fresh crabs, rather than frozen. The texture is far different with fresh and frozen.
- If you are not confident with cutting up a crab, I suggest you to get the fish shop to do it for you. It's not easy at all.
- I quite like to use the hot-sweet chilli sauce just because I like a taste of sweetness, if you prefer chilli hot, omit this and replace with tomato paste and extra chilli.
- If you prefer to use soft-shell crabs instead of fresh mud crabs, cut soft shell crab into 4 pieces and cover with plain flour. Deep fry in hot oil and add to the sauce in step 5 after the sauce thicken, omit the mud crab.
- If you like, king crabs are even better with lot more fresh meat, but more expensive.
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Washington The United States Federal Reserve is this week likely to adjust its forward guidance on economic trigger points for future interest rate rises, as the US economy shows signs of awakening from a winter slumber.
US industrial production bounced back strongly, February data published on Monday showed, rising 0.6 per cent. The manufacturing sector, which contracted in January as bitterly cold weather hindered economic activity, expanded 0.8 per cent last month.
The latest data confirmed in the minds of Fed watchers that new chair
Dr Yellen will officially chair her first Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, after
Economists anticipate that Dr Yellen will take the opportunity to revise the Fed's existing forward guidance that states the short-term funds rate will likely rise from around its near-zero level after the unemployment rate falls "well past" 6.5 per cent.
The jobless threshold has become increasingly problematic since the unemployment rate fell much faster than expected and touched 6.6 per cent in January.
Most FOMC members believe the unemployment rate, now 6.7 per cent, exaggerates the strength of the jobs market, because millions of people have dropped out of the workforce and have given up looking for work.
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"The first would be to retain the 6.5 per cent unemployment threshold and add a qualitative description of the committee's policy intentions thereafter. The second option would be to switch entirely to qualitative guidance and drop the 6.5 per cent threshold."
Forward guidance has become problematic for central banks around the world. The pledge to keep rates lower for longer is designed to convince bond investors that rates will remain low, to anchor down yields in bond markets.
Bank of England governor
The jobless rate fell rapidly from 7.9 per cent to 7.1 per cent, much quicker than anticipated, causing Dr Carney to backtrack on the pledge.
In the US, FOMC members have previously indicated that the first interest rate rise is likely to be around 2015. Fed watchers will take notice of the rate forecasts by the individual members of the FOMC for any changes.
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■ Live music
For week of Jan. 10-16; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.
American Legion
Near Highways 371 & 87
Frankly Country Band, 2-6 p.m. Jan. 20
Blue Ox
608 Laurel St.
Seazon of the Fly, Friday-Saturday
Coco Moon
601 Laurel St.
Songster Pete Norman, 5-7 p.m. every Friday; Thursday Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Thursday of the month
Eagles Club
124 Front St.
The Just Us Band, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday
Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine
724 Mill Ave.
Aitas, 10 p.m. Saturday
The Hubb
707 Laurel St.
Hair Mania, Friday-Saturday
The Underground Dance Club
downstairs of The Hubb
DJ Richie Rick, every Friday-Saturday
The Last Turn Saloon
214 S. Eighth St.
Open Mic Night, first Wednesday of the month from 7-10 p.m.
Yesterday's Gone
219 South Ninth St.
Free Jams in the Blue Room, third Wednesday of the month
Commander Bar
30279 Airport Rd.
The Express Band, Friday-Saturday; karaoke, Sunday
JJ's Pub
downstairs of the Commander
Off The Record, Saturday
Prime Time Food and Spirits
8548 Ski Chalet Dr.
Karaoke, every Thursday
Kung Fu Hippies, Friday-Saturday
The Bridge Tavern
26929 Highway 6
Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday
Crosby's Piano Bar
County Roads 66
Open Jam Night, Wednesday; Piano bar with Steve Anderson or Shannon Webster, 7-11 p.m. every Friday-Saturday
Ox Tavern
County Roads 66
Acoustic Thursday with Andy Fischer, Thursday, Jan. 10; John Pribyl, Jan. 17
Blind Luck, Jan. 19
Blue Goose Inn
9347 Highway 169
Daisy & the Dukes, Friday-Saturday
2156 County Road 3
Tim Mahoney, Saturday
Sherwood Forest Tavern
8798 Interlachen Road
Karaoke, every Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
Commander Bar
30279 Airport Rd.
Gun Shy, 8:30 p.m. to midnight Jan. 18, $3 cover to benefit Pine River Food Shelf
■ Performing arts
CLC productions
Central Lakes College Theatre musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," performances will be Feb. 14-17 and 21-24, 2013. For information, contact Patrick Spradlin at 855-8255 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Kaleidoscope, first Saturday of the month for ages 8 and up at 10 a.m., Jaques Art Center; Art classes, first Wednesday of the month, 1-4 p.m. Beginning to Intermediate Watercolor for adults will be held Jan. 25 and 26. Cost $80. Instructor: is Duane Barnhart. More information or to register call the center at (218) 927-2363 or email at email@example.com.
Creative Writing Boot Camp
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HSO dinner/ensemble
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Lone Eagle exhibit
Lone Eagle exhibit at the Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site.
Singing opportunities
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Chorus rehearsals
Staples Area Women's Chorus rehearsals, 8-9:30 p.m. Mondays in Staples Motley High School Choir Room.
■ Visual arts
Jaques Art Center
121 Second St. N.W.
Juried exhibit entitled "Home Sweet Home," opens Friday and runs through Jan. 16. Opening reception, 12-3 p.m. Saturday.
Brainerd Public Library
416 S. Fifth St.
Artists Jan Roberts and Phyllis Frankum work on display through February.
City Hall
501 Laurel St.
Encore Art Club members, paintings, ongoing.
Crow Wing County
Historical Society
320 Laurel St.
Various exhibits, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 829-3268, www.crowwinghistory.org.
Sioux Line Depot Museum
101 First St. N.E.
A traveling exhibit entitled Lake Roosevelt Artifact Exhibit and Interpretive Project will be on display during regular business hours. Schedule the exhibit for a group, school or organization, contact the Cuyuna Iron Range Heritage Network office at 218-545-1166 or Kay at 218-546-5996.
Community Center and Library
14126 Daggett Pine Road
Paintings by Crosslake Art Club members, ongoing.
Morrison County Government
Center Gallery
213 First Ave. S.E.
Local artists, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays, ongoing.
Weyerhaeuser Museum
2151 S. Lindbergh Drive
Various Morrison County historical exhibits, ongoing, open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, free, 320-632-4007, www.morrisoncountyhistory.org.
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Drone industry poised to deliver big bucks and tacos too
Quick — how many ordinary items can you imagine being delivered by remote-controlled aircraft?
Those crazy kids on the inter-Webs are full of clever ways to commercialize drone technology. Down in the Bay Area, there's the well-documented "TacoCopter," complete with mobile app ("Just tap and let the machines do the rest.") The East Coast has its own version, the LobsterCopter.
It's enough to send your imagination into overdrive — LatteCopter anyone? BrewCopter? GinandTonicCopter?
All silliness aside, the drone industry is shaping up as the next billion dollar industry and not surprising, Oregon wants a piece of the action as drones invade the civilian world.
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And Oregon offers every type of terrain imaginable. It's got an ocean, rivers, mountains, deserts, forests, agriculture and urban areas, all just waiting to be flown over by unmanned aircraft.
If it wins one of the coveted test zones, drone developers and the businesses that support them will gather round. It's the kind of high-tech development that makes economic developers' hearts flutter.
I learned about Oregon's coming bet on the drone industry this week at the annual Oregon Business Plan summit. I had a ball chatting with the various people behind the drive, including Oregon dreamers who are building them, and reading various reports about the state of the industry for a story in Friday's edition of the Portland Business Journal.
Drones have any number of civilian applications — researchers use them to gather intel on beach erosion, polar bear dens, forest fires and migrating whales. First responders use them for law enforcement and in search and rescue efforts.
But I confess it was the silly side of the industry that captured my fancy. TacoCopter? Are you kidding me?
Seriously, the Business Journal has two decks here on the fifth floor of Pacific Center. One is completely unused and unfurnished.
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This item is truely a essential when it comes to your list of baby needs. I had so much trouble getting comfortable with back pain and relaxation when I had my baby, my midwife suggested the pillow. I used in religiously, it was so comfortable for both of us. the pillow supports the baby so she lays against your tummy and head raised slightly, the perfect feeding position. My arm was left comfortable with something to rest against and I could sit back and relax without baby slipping away. I also travelled to Australia a few times when my daughter was tiny and this pillow is perfect for resting your baby on you during a flight. It helps prevent you getting sore. My daughter still uses the pillow to rest on now. It is a rubber blow up pillow which also makes it ideal for travel. It cost about £11.00 a few years back and it comes in a few different fabrics.
I bought the boots nursing pillow , I had tried it at the hospital, and after struggling with pillows and tired arms I decided it was expensive necessity. At £26.00 it is over priced, but I woulddn't have done without it. Filled with beans, its comfy and keeps the baby warm, and the beans in mine didn't seem to go flat at all. You can read your book , eat your dinner and it acts as a great barrier if you're in company where they find breast feeding slightly embarrasing, just wrap your arms round it and wheres the baby!? No uncomfortable positioning and tired achy arms. It has an attractive colorful cover , which I often washed and now it even gets used as a head pillow when reading in bed. Indespensible
I had an elective caesarean with Jack and was worried about lifting and holding him to feed (I breastfed for 10 weeks then bottle fed) The midwives at antenatal classes suggested pillows, etc, but I thought rather than get our pillows covered in milk and sick I would buy the Boots nursing pillow which is great, its horseshoe shaped which fits snuggly around your tummy and just put baby ontop and away you go. Its filled with beans which after a while do go flat and the bag could do with a small zip so the pillow can be topped up, its nice as the beans mould around you and the baby, it also keeps them warm (when its cold) The cover comes off and is washable and I am sure that you could put the actual bag into be washed on a delicate wash too, although its not recommended. They also say that it can be used on the floor when your baby learns to sit up, but with all the squashed beans I didnt really feel it gave much protection or support !! Its another one of those luxuries really and if you want something for this reason only its brilliant. Its quite pricey at £26.00 but you can feed your baby and have both hands free for reading or EATING !!!!!


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Harris County commissioners have chosen Houston-based Kirksey Architecture to design a project to retrofit the Astrodome by raising its floor and installing parking spaces underneath.
The $105 million project -- unveiled by county officials in September -- is the most recent attempt to secure the building's future. [...]
Many feared then that the world's first multi-purpose domed stadium for sporting events would face the wrecking ball. — Houston Chronicle
Houston "Eighth Wonder of the World" previously in the Archinect news:ULI report says Houston Astrodome "can and should live on"Urban Land Institute issues recommendations for Houston's AstrodomeThe Astrodome: The World's Largest Indoor Garden?Can buildings be too young to save?Winners of the... View full entry
The wildly successful BEACH installation is down to its final exhibition days at Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum. Since opening on July 4, over 120,000 visitors both young and old "splashed" around in its bubbly waters, lounged about on the "shore", and perhaps saw a live band rock out... View full entry
The Digital Junkyard is an experiment in virtual salvage. It is a repository of donated digital information that is used to generate real physical and spatial objects...This project is an embodiment of the growing collective intelligence that technology affords us; and an experiment in ideas about digital ecology. It also honours the time and energy that designers put into testing and making mistakes. — digital junkyard
No, this isn't some snarky Craigslist ad. Recently launched by architecturally trained designer and artist Car Martin, the Digital Junkyard is a website with a mission to transform as much of your unwanted vector files into a new physical object or creative idea of sorts, in the real world. In... View full entry
Over the years, the Serpentine pavilion programme quickly became established as an annual christening of starchitects' baubles, and most pavilions have been sold off to private collectors...The people who buy the pavilions do so in enormously good faith. They need to have a lot of land, as well as the ability to pay for dismantling the structure, moving it and resurrecting it, as well as fulfilling all of the statutory requirements of planning permission. — The Guardian
On that note, SelgasCano's polygonic 2015 Serpentine Pavilion will open to the public later this month.Previously on Archinect View full entry
The bridge, should it be built, would be about a mile long. It would span Sinclair Inlet, connecting Bremerton and Port Orchard, about 15 miles west of Seattle. Today, it's a 10-mile, often traffic-clogged, drive between the towns. Rep. Jesse Young, whose district includes these two towns, thinks using an old carrier or two would make a fine tourist attraction and tribute to the military. — Wired
Houston's iconic NRG Astrodome "can and should live on" as a multi-use park that will enhance the quality of life for residents of the city, serve as a popular tourist destination, and catalyze economic development that enhances the greater NRG Park and benefits the region as a whole, according to a report released today from the Urban Land Institute (ULI). — uli.org
Read the full ULI report, The Astrodome, Harris County Texas: A Vision for a Repurposed Icon, here. View full entry
"The latest proposal for the aging Astrodome calls for converting the structure into an indoor park and civic space, including an indoor grassy lawn and an outdoor promenade lined with oak trees. An Urban Land Institute panel, comprised of urban planners, economists and designers from around the country, released its preliminary recommendations Friday at the NRG Center." — Houston Chronicle
In keeping with the designer's forest-themed interior motif, a pair of homesteader cabins from the late 1800s are being installed in Twitter's new digs in the historic Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart building, a 1937 art deco landmark on Market Street. [...]
In this spirit of reuse and reclamation, Lundberg saw the cabins as a novel way of breaking up the wide open spaces of a gutted floor in the old furniture mart that will become a casual dining area. — Marin Independent Journal
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does anyone can with a steam canner.
I was wondering if when making jelly you use a steam canner or waterbath or none at all
I just got a steam canner
as hot as it is here I was hoping not have water bath my jelly
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does anyone can with a steam canner.
I was wondering if when making jelly you use a steam canner or waterbath or none at all
I just got a steam canner
as hot as it is here I was hoping not have water bath my jelly
with jellies, I've only ever used water bath canning.
same hereOriginally Posted by nycquilter
I just filled the clean jars to almost 1/8 inch full then make sure rim is clean and put lid and ring on. The heat seals it when it cools. Has always worked for me.
thank-you all I just had trouble with rhubarb & strawberry going bad they were sealed
I just finished 12 jars of Naval orange marmalade and did the 10 min water bath. I prefer that to the steamer which I use for meats, stews, tomatoes, and other high acid things.
When I, my mom or my grandmother made jelly/jam/preserves, we always just used a layer of melted parafin wax. And we didn't use canning jars either. We saved appropriate-sized jars (from pickles, peanut butter, etc.) and used those for jelly. We all had a separate pan (or more likely an empty coffee can or something similar) for melting the wax. As the jelly cooled, the wax cooled and sealed the jar. I'm aware that that method is not advised nowadays, but it's been used for decades. None of us ever had a problem and the product would last for years. We never refrigerated our open jelly jars, either. My family went through it so fast it never had a chance to get moldy or whatever.
I mostly do freezer jams, but when I have done jelly in the past I use the wax method as well. I have also used water bath.Originally Posted by Carol's Quilts
When you say "canning", I think "HOT!" I've used a waterbath for years and picked currants yesterday morning, so let's give a cheer for currant jelly!
This week I opened a forgotten jar of 1999 Plum Jam. It was slightly discolored but tasted good.
When I made jam or jelly, I boiled it and put it in jars. The flat lids were kept in just less than boiling water and put on the clean tops fast, then the rings screwed down tightly. Later I would punch each top to see if it would pop down, if not it went into hot water for a boil. Then I'd let them set for a couple of days.
If it was thick, it was labeled jam or marmalade or jelly. If not, then it was labeled Pancake Syrup!!!