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will the serif ever die out in the future?
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I honestly can't think of a single reason why it would or should..
I agree. It won't, at least not in our lifetime.
Philosphically, I would think that use of the Roman alphabet will inevitably eventually die out, and be replaced with some other means of communication. This may take hundreds or thousands of more years, though.
Only organisms die out. Concepts just go dormant.
We don't know exactly why, but for books and long magazine articles, the eye rebels at endless ribbons of sans serif type...it wants the contrasts and kinks of serif fonts, the more complex the better actually...a paradox, perhaps, but well established by many studies and, of course, our own personal experience reading. Remember the recent bio of Paul Renner set not in his creation Futura but in Celeste, and the better for it?
Plus, how many bases are there for readable sans? All the new entrants derive from either Syntax, Gill, or Trade Gothic whereas serifs can derive from many more models with much more leeway for oddities to delight the eye. If anything's going to fade, it's the sans.
I'll second Hrant with this quote I've just heard from Play Classical UK :
"Only paper flowers are afraid of the rain."
I have a somewhat crazy theory of why serifs are better for readability: it's because the perceived spacing between letters stays similar at different scales. For readability (as opposed to legibility), the importance of the appearance at different scales comes from the imaging of a fixation point (bouma if you will) onto different areas of the retina, especially the fovea and parafovea.
In sans serif type, the gap between two letters becomes larger in direct proportion to the scale. If it's .5mm at 12pt, it will be 3mm at 72pt. But for type with serifs, the situation is different. At 12pt, the eye sees primarily the space between the stems, say .5mm again. But as the scale goes up, the eye is drawn more to the gap between the ends of the serifs, which is much smaller.
Proving this theory right or wrong is not an easy task, but if it does hold up, it would strongly suggest that serifs help readability at the level of deep visual processes, and are not just an quaint artifact that should be abandoned in modern times.
Wouldn't it be shocking if high-tech research on readability were to determine that the most optimum letterforms are essentially those of Nicholas Jenson from over 500 years ago?
> it's because the perceived spacing between letters stays similar at different scales.
Interesting. But I don't get why consistency across sizes would be important. When we get immersed into a given text it's at one size - in fact most text we read immersively is about the same size.
> Wouldn't it be shocking if high-tech research on readability were
> to determine that the most optimum letterforms are essentially
> those of Nicholas Jenson from over 500 years ago?
It wouldn't be shocking to discover they're the most readable of what's already been designed. But considering how little progress we've made it's very unlikely to be true of what's possible in the future.
Sweet; salty. People like variety on the menu.
I'll second Raph's comment. I've thought about this many times and raph's theory is one of the most intriguing explanations I have read. Maybe we can consider the eye to be like a flying scanner which has the physiological ability to "lock-on" to objects - even moving objects. The serifs could subtly prevent (or reduce occurances of) the eye targeting system from slipping out of the gaps between the characters.
"We don't know exactly why, but for books and long magazine articles, the eye rebels at endless ribbons of sans serif type"
John, we don't know it at all. Go find the research that proves this. It's just the latest gobbledygook to explain preferences.
"All the new entrants derive from either Syntax, Gill, or Trade Gothic whereas serifs can derive from many more models with much more leeway for oddities to delight the eye."
?!?! The nicest way I can respond to this is to say it's simplistic. I'm sorry you imagine the history of type design to be so impoverished.
Citing Burke's use of a serif font for a book about Renner ignores the fact that Celeste is by Burke, and that Renner never fully realized a serifed book face.
Carl, if you know of any new sans serifs intended for editorial use, not just display or novelty, that do *not* derive from Syntax, Gill Sans, or Trade Gothic, I would be very interested in seeing them. For a while the market was flooded with copycat Syntax-derived faces; now the pendulum has swung to Gill-derived. I suppose the next phase will be to revisit Trade Gothic, especially plugging in oldstyle figures, which now seem to be offered that way only by FF Bau. I would love to see any new text-use sans-serif that breaks out of this tight three-model box.
As for studies on sans vs serif for reading, I remember typesetting, in the annual journal of my client the National Center for Learning Disabilities, articles that surveyed such studies going back 30 years, so without being a reading specialist as they were, I know it's all out there. But the simplest answer is given by the marketplace: how many books, or magazines with long articles, are set in sans-serifs? Isn't it curious that a biography of its designer was not set in Futura?
There are many sans fonts that are (sufficiently) original.
Two that spring to mind are Beorcana and Legato.
I agree that a serif is nominally better for long text, but:
> I know it's all out there.
No, virtually all studies have been flawed.
> the simplest answer is given by the marketplace
Not the simplest, the most simplistic.
> Isn't it curious that a biography of its designer was not set in Futura?
Not really. A book isn't typeset by humanity (certainly not by humanity's subconscious), it's typeset by a person, who necessarily has his personal views on the matter, and not necessarily good ones.
Isn't it curious that a biography of its designer was not set in Futura?
what's worse is the Goudy biography set in Bodoni. Ick!
I can see that you have decided how you will see any typeface set before you, so I doubt I can convince you. However....
Gill and Syntax are both part of the same category. There are a lot of other new types that fit that category, and a lot that don't. Saying that various types derive from one or the other is ignorant of how typefaces are developed. Syntax is partially derived from Gill, but also derived from Garamond. Gill was partially derived from other faces not in the Humanist sans category. The categories themselves aren't that useful, as too many faces lie on the margins. New categories have to be invented to house them (as in music).
Have you not noticed a new category of sans proliferating lately? It's not specifically "derived" from any of your three. It's a new category, and some of the entries are useful for text, some not. Try to guess what I mean.
Then there's the category Frutiger invented with his eponymous design. It's related to Gill and Syntax but clearly different. And it's derived from a lot more than a single previous typeface.
Oh that reminds me, there are a bunch of new Geometric sans designs (also not one of your three) that are being used for editorial matter....
John I fear you are taking things too much at face value. If you swallow whole reading studies done by groups that completely ignore all typographic factors in preparing their test materials, then you can conveniently believe the answers are all out there. They aren't; far from it. Don't confuse the result with the cause.
I'm not curious that a bio of Renner isn't set in Futura; book typographers generally know better than that. When the book typographer is also a type designer there's more to the picture.
I have to go back to your earlier comment: do you really think, at this juncture, the Sans is going to fade before the Serif?
It's not at all strange to set a book that includes showings of Futura in a face other than Futura. In fact, it would be strange to use Futura, because that would muddle the distinction between subject (illustrative specimens) and text.
if you know of any new sans serifs intended for editorial use, not just display or novelty, that do *not* derive from Syntax, Gill Sans, or Trade Gothic, I would be very interested in seeing them
I think Carl covered this pretty well. As I see it, there tends to be more of a shift to explorations of the geometric sans as opposed to the humanist sans. I second the influence of Frutiger.
And bringing the original thread question back...nope. The serif will never die out. That is until mankind discovers how to use mental telepathy, and that's when written language as we know it will die. But, we'll probably figure out a way to destroy each other long before either of those happens.
Oh, nothing is in danger of fading--all typography exploded after Postscript like a Big Bang, but my designer friends and I inhabit this brave new world as type consumers, not type designers, and we have our own perceptions--perceptions with a shopping logic. For us, if new face A looks too much like classic B we already own and use, we don't buy. For us, typography breaks down into distinct looks which may have little to do with historical and technical categories. We are not being "ignorant" when we prefer our own shopping logic.
When you use Syntax, Gill, and Trade Gothic regularly, you become acutely conscious of how many NEW issues orbit around each look without breaking free. Of course, I'm aware of exceptions because I'm testing them out myself. My current fav is Emigre's Cholla, which seems to be working in long texts in a way that FF DIN doesn't always. Since I own so many sans, my buying standard has drifted higher. For me the standard is Avenir, at once a familiar yet a totally fresh fusion of looks, and totally right everywhere from its first use. Let a thousand sans bloom, as long as I don't have to sniff them all!
There is certainly room in the type market for those with conservative taste. But one can't see what advantages one design offers over others, however similar, until one actually uses them both. For instance, Univers and Helvetica seem nearly identical to some. If you have Helvetica, is there a point to having Univers? I think Univers is better, because it's more subtly drawn, has more contrast, is spaced better and successfully updates the Grotesk genre of types for the 20th century. The overall effect is actually quite different, and Univers works at more sizes than Helvetica. If I had to choose one family it would be Univers, but I wouldn't know that from a single online GIF file. However that leads me back to my point: it's 2006. I don't find as many uses for Univers as I used to in the 80's and 90's. Many designers want to take advantage not only of types that do more but also types that are fresher.
"why will it/ won't it?
The only pressure on serifs is applied by low resolution. Otherwise, I think they are safe.
"There is certainly room in the type market for those with conservative taste. "
We're not conservative, thank you, just very picky and tough to please...your type, our wallets.
This could turn into another thread about who should pay for new fonts. Instead of that, could Tiff look up some of the existing threads on that topic?
I realize, John, that you work for nonprofits, but in general, I think it should be the clients' wallets. By making budget allowances for new type, designers can help improve the general perception of the value of type, especially if designers appreciate good type as you seem to.
I don't even know what we're talking about anymore.
Best flavor of toothpick?
What did you want me to look for Carl?
Nevermind, Tiff, I was hoping to point John to some of the lengthy threads about who should pay for fonts. That may be a dead horse, and one we shouldn't kick on this thread anyway.
Hard drives get bigger. Computers and connections get faster. Databases get more relational. Data trends towards openness and ubiquity. The world's media libraries grow vaster yet faster to cull. Nothing is getting forgotten. Sans aren't going anywhere. Neither are serifs. No ideas can die, they just move in and out of fashion. Until the next major fall of civilization, there will just be more and more and more.
From Carl: I think it should be the clients' wallets.
If only! Actually, Carl, I'm getting pretty cagey in my old age, especially with book publishers who profess to be typophiles: as soon as they say that, I include a new typeface from my hit list among their job font choices--fortunately, one can set relevant samples on-screen and then copy a screen snap to the client. If they're nuts about Galliard (they all own shelves of Bruce Campbell's Galliard-infested Library of America titles), I point out that oldstyle figures are now available, in an OpenType ITC family package for only $315 that they can also use in their systems. Even for nonprofits, that's not even a box of pencils. Nobody's bit yet, but hope springs eternal! I've read our threads about who should pay. As Dorothy Parker said: you can lead a ho to culture, but you can't make him buy type!
Serif glyphs are more recognizable than sans glyphs (especially geometric sans) because they provide the viewer/reader with more visual clues. Eg d, b and p are examples of that.
Don't forget that the human brain is programmed to recognize shapes in any orientation. That's what's evolution is for… recognizing a dangerous snake whether it's hanging from a branch or slithering on the ground does make a difference ; ).
IMO this whole existing (western?) tradition of using (lowercase!) sans for teaching kids to read is totally of the mark. It has even been suggested that starting with all caps would improve learning to read, because the glyphs are far more recognizabele than lc ones.
Another important feature is that serifs help the eye to follow the stream of letterforms. Some sans typefaces emulate this by a specific orientation of the contrast, eg FF Balance.
And I think that the point made before, that serifs help to define the shape between glyphs, is really important too. And also one that hasn't been researched enough…
Bloody hell mondo there you go again.
And miss giggles I really think you get these threads cracking by pretending to be silly but you are actually clever.
> That's what's evolution is for…
Well said.
1) The reason to teach lc first/primarily is simple: it's 95% of text.
2) We don't "follow" letterforms, serifs or no.
>>It wouldn't be shocking to discover they're the most readable of what's already been designed.
'twould be a lot more shocking to discover they're the most readable of what hasn't yet been designed.
You can read faster with serifs too cuz they're like little feet to carry your eyes along!! Its a fact! Sans doesn't have the feet.
Hence "running text". :)
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Silly, it's train tracks! Everybody knows that you're not reading
immersively unless you hear CHOOOOOO-CHOOOOOO in your
head at each linebreak.
Huh. That must be why it's so hard to remember what I read with serif fonts. You can't slow down between stations.
Serifs die when Sus Domestica take to the air.
>For instance, Univers and Helvetica seem nearly identical to some. If you have Helvetica, is there a point to having Univers? I think Univers is better, because it's more subtly drawn, has more contrast, is spaced better and successfully updates the Grotesk genre of types for the 20th century. The overall effect is actually quite different, and Univers works at more sizes than Helvetica.
Thanks! I was actually going to post this question. Plus, the condensed versions of Univers are awesome.


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I enjoyed reading this article very much and look forward to the others - I definitely needed to hear these things and I need to take heed if I am to eliminate some of my own debt (and stress over it.) Thank you very much!
I think this would have a little more credibility at the end of the diet. All of us can say we plan to do... (insert plan here)... It is in the results that a plan can be judged! My family and I cut spending, gave up cable, entertainment, eating out, elective car repairs, etc. in 2004. I worked two jobs. It was darn hard. It was hard to stick with it. We didn't end up saving all we thought, though we did pay off $17,000 in school loans. I'm not sure I'd do it again, if I had a choice. I would like to hear from you after you've done this for a year and then see what advice you'd pass on! Good luck though. I hope you succeed.
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I agree with sueey. Everyone talks about what they are going to do, but how many actually get to their goal? Think New Years resolutions... And how do you know what may come up, to keep you from achieving your goal? eg: Accident, emergency surgery, job loss, etc. While the goal is great, I'd rather hear about it after it's a done deal. Asking people on your site to write in to get you on Oprah, when you've not achieved your goal yet is ludicrous and makes you look like you have a need for attention.
Most people where I live don't make $32,000/yr, and that's with both working two jobs. Yet they manage to pay off their homes early, have no credit card debt, get kids through college, and so on. For them, not renting movies, eating out, getting gym memberships, cable TV, etc isn't a crash diet, it's their way of life. Give us genuine frugal people hints we can use, not things we already know better than spend our money on. That would be interesting.
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It's Feb 2007 so when are these new articlers by Shaunta Alburger going to start ? There is nothing on the Pennywise Journal web site.
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These are all of the articles we have by her. Evidently she gave up her website.
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Mortyr 2093-1944 is a first person shooter computer game from Interplay and Mirage released 1999.
In 1944 the German troops changed the fate of war in a surprising series of victories. No one really knows what Hitler and his generals did to bring forth this course of events, but the fall of London made it clear that the Allies had little chance of winning the war. Soon after, the destruction of Moscow and the taking of Washington ended the war. It was hard to believe that it was the German military technique or their leaders' tactical skills. People started to talk about final development of the Wunderwaffe, especially that not many managed to flee from the battlefields to tell what they have seen - their reports were unclear and not explaining anything. Nevertheless the world was unable to stop the Führer and his Reich.
In the year 2093 the overwhelming Reich rules the Earth, but Armageddon is nearing. The victory of German troops brought not only terror of Nazi dictatorship but also mysterious weather changes, that seem to lead the world into destruction. General Jurgen Mortyr thinks that the Nazis are somehow responsible for the growing number of disasters and weather changes. The only way to prevent the destruction of mankind is to travel back in time to 1944. General Mortyr assigns his son, Sebastian, the mission to investigate and stop the events that could destroy the future of mankind.
Mortyr received overwhelmingly negative reviews upon release, varying from downright poor to mediocre at best. Main gripes included the inconsistent pace of the game, poor enemy AI, and bland level design. It was however, notable for several features, such as a promising graphics engine (seen in the screenshots to the right) and decent sound.
However, the game was universally acclaimed by Polish press, and ads for the game called it a "hit on a global scale" and "the most important event of the year".
The sequel Mortyr II: Forever was released in 2004 and received far more favorable reviews, although it too was lacking in several areas, most namely somewhat outdated visuals and unacceptably poor multiplayer options. Third and fourth sequels, titled Battlestrike: Force of Resistance and Operation Thunderstorm (as Mortyr III: Akcje dywersyjne and Mortyr: Operacja "Sztorm" in Poland), have been released by budget developer City Interactive rather than Mirage. In 2009, the fifth sequel, Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad (aka. Battlestrike: Force of Resistance 2) was released also by City Interactive.
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I just font get it. I think I asked a similar question many months back but I never got any reply that made sense to me. This is for the girls to explain. On the one hand, you can lie on the beach or the pool side wearing the skimpiest of bikinis. But then, when you wear a skirt that is short, you do anything to avoid exposing your panties. What is this? Why?
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Drink Company returns this Spring with the Cherry Blossom PUB (Pop-up Bar), where James Beard Award-nominated Mockingbird Hill and Southern Efficiency will take on Japan with a cherry blossom-inspired transformation. The two bars will roll out new decor and exclusive menus, inspired by Washington, D.C.'s most beautiful season. Draped in pink, Southern Efficiency will feature an origami crane chandelier and an impressive collection of maneki-neko, Japan's world-famous lucky "waving cats" against a beautiful backdrop of cherry blossom art by iconic D.C. artist Maggie O'Neill. At Mockingbird Hill, nostalgia will reign supreme with an ode to the beloved Super Mario Bros., featuring an entire room dedicated to the Mushroom Kingdom and a special corner reserved for super villain King Koopa. Mockingbird Hill and Souther Efficiency will be open March 1 through April 15, 5:00 pm to 12:30 am Sunday through Thursday and 5:00 pm to 1:30 am Friday and Saturday. Mockingbird Hill is located at 1843 7th Street NW. Southern Efficiency is located at 1841 7th Street NW. For more information please call 202.316.9396.
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March Madness At Old Glory Bar-B-Que
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Come watch your favorite team as we show all of the games this March. Enjoy $20 buckets of Miller Lite and Coors Light, or $24 Buckets of Blue Moon, Leinenkugel Summer Shandy, or Leinenkugal Grapefruit Shandy during each and every game. Pair your bucket with 10, 20, or 50 game day wings and you can crown yourself a champion. 3139 M Street NW. To make a reservation, please click here.
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Tue, Mar 14 - Mon, Apr 03
Don't miss a basket with twelve big screens at Penn Commons. Enjoy happy hour specials while you check out all the games. Sip on $5 drinks, plus every night at 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. on Sundays), choose from a special bar bites menu–perfect for an after-the-game-snack. Looking for exclusive viewing? The game lounge is like watching from box seats with your crew. Happy hour prices available Monday through Saturday, 4:00 p.m. to close, and all day on Sundays. 700 6th Street NW. For more information on the game lounge, email email@example.com or call 202.350.3084 for more information.
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Tue, Mar 14 - Mon, Apr 03
The Partisan will kick off "Meat Madness: Three For All" for the NCAA tournament, in which all individual charcuterie items will be offered at $3 each (charcuterie normally range from $4 to $6). The special will be available during all March Madness games played during the restaurant's operating hours. 709 D Street, NW. For more information on the Partisan, please click here.
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Thu, Mar 16 - Mon, Apr 03
It's almost 'bracket' time for college basketball fans and Jack Rose Dining Saloon is celebrating March Madness with "Courtside Happy Hours" throughout the tournament. The next best thing to sitting courtside, Jack Rose will air games on their lively, heated rooftop terrace, featuring Pints, Punch + Whiskey specials and half-priced bites. Running through the end of the tournament, Jack Rose will air games (during business hours) on the covered terrace's four large flat screen TVs, while serving up half-priced bites like crispy chicken skins dusted with paprika, lime and green goddess dressing; smoked whiskey wings glazed in habanero and honey bourbon sauce; pickled corn hushpuppies with sumac crème and wildflower honey; cornmeal fried oysters with smoked egg vinaigrette; and baby pork sandwiches with Carolina sauce and coleslaw. The bar will also offer $5 Pints, $7 Punch and $9 Whisk(e)ys during the games. 2007 18th Street NW. For more information, please click here or call 202.588.7388.
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Thu, Mar 30 - Mon, Apr 03
Through March Madness, Red's Table has six big screen TV's so you don't miss a shot, plus they will be offering daily happy hour specials, including a $5 cocktail of the day and $4 draft beers. 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. 11150 South Lakes Drive, Reston, Va. For more information, please call 571.375.7755.
Light City Baltimore 2017
Fri, Mar 31 - Sat, Apr 08
Light City transforms the city with world class light displays and sculptures, video projections on buildings and interactive technologies to create once-in-a-lifetime experiences for families, residents and visitors. 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Open till 12:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 10 E Baltimore St, Baltimore, Md. For more information please click here.
Bottomless Buffet And All You Can Drink Anheuser Busch Beers At National Pastime Bar & Grill
Mon, Apr 03
National Pastime Sports Bar & Grill is offering a bottomless buffet and all you can drink Anheuser Busch beers. The Bracket Buster Buffet includes a taco and nacho bar, hot dog bar, crabbie tots, National Pastime seasoned curly fires and a build your own brownie station. National Pastime features a 36 foot high definition main video wall, as well as additional screens throughout the bar to view the games. $65 per person. 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, Oxon Hill, Md. Tickets can be purchased here or by calling 301.965.4000.
Cherry Blossom Specials At Round Robin Bar
Mon, Apr 03 - Sun, Apr 16
Replete with real cherry blossom trees, the Willard InterContinental offers an unmatched celebration toasting to the hotel's unique history with Japan with festive offerings including Japanese inspired cuisine and specialty cocktails at the Round Robin Bar. Offerings include octopus sashimi & seaweed salad and kale potstickers & pan seared edamame to enjoy with themed cocktails such as the Kyoto Sunrise with sake, ruby grapefruit juice, simple syrup, and sparkling rosé, or the 1912 Old Fashioned with Nikka single malt whisky, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, and cherry bark vanilla bitters. 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. For more information click here.
Opening Day at Brookland's Finest
Mon, Apr 03
Brookland's Finest will celebrate the season opener of the Washington Nationals with several drink specials in partnership with DC Brau. They'll feature three DC Brau drafts with happy hour pricing ($5) all day: El Hefe Speaks, Brau Pils and Wings of Armageddon. Anyone who orders all three will receive a special prize. As this is also the debut of their new weekday breakfast menu, the restaurant will also offer DC Brau Beermosas for $7 starting at 8:00 a.m. for today only. 3126 12 Street NE. For more information, please call 202.636.0050.
Opening Day At Due South
Mon, Apr 03
Head Due South for Opening Day. The upscale southern restaurant in the Capitol Riverfront is the place to be before, during, and after Nationals home games this year. On home game days, Due South will have a patio lounge with an outdoor beer bar. This is a new addition to Due South for the upcoming baseball season. Due South will also have several noteworthy game day snacks, such as the classic Andouille dog and barbecue nachos. 11:00 a.m. 301 Water Street SE. For more information, please click here.
Opening Day At The Bullpen
Mon, Apr 03
Nats fans will be pleased to learn that The Bullpen will be open for the 2017 season. The Bullpen will be open for the Washington Nationals' home opener against the Miami Marlins. DC's favorite outdoor venue will have live musical performances from MSG and King Soul. Grab hot dogs off the grill, daiquiris from the Bayou Daq Shack, tacos from the Surfside food truck, barbecue from the Due South food truck, and ice-cold drinks from the Bullpen Bar. As always, the Bullpen Happy Hour offers all drinks for $5 from the 3rd-7th innings. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. 1201 Half Street SE. For more information, please click here.
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Mon, Apr 03
Brookland's Finest Bar & Kitchen will roll out breakfast service during the week, and continue with their popular weekend brunch service. The menu features a variety of sweet and savory breakfast entrees, and all entrees are available for $15 or less. In addition, Brookland's Finest will offer a selection of grab-n-go options including cheddar biscuits, blueberry muffins, and freshly baked banana bread. The restaurant will offer Zeke's coffee, a local small batch coffee roaster, and will serve regular drip coffee. Brookland's Finest offers free Wi-Fi for guests who may choose to have a working meal or coffee. Breakfast is available Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 3126 12 Street NE. The full breakfast menu is available here.


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AI always use a Betty Crocker or a Duncan Hines cake mix. I love how moist they are and my customers do also. I have a. Request for a vanilla cake so I went and bought some French vanilla cake mix and decided to look online for a recipe for a Vanilla cake. I found a recipe and will share the recipe below. I don't know what I did wrong or if it is supposed to look like it turned out. I didn't take any pictures before I put it in the oven or after. The cake mix ended up very very runny. When I watched the lady on YouTube hers is stiff and she had to push it around. I've made this recipe several times and don't know what to change. I live in south MS and don't know if humidity has something to do with it. I have a KitchenAid stand mixer with the paddle attachment that scrapes the sides also. After my cake is baked if is decently different than Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines. Not moist and just a bread like feeling and not a soft pound cake taste.
Here is the recipe: A simple vanilla cake
Add in mixing bowl 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix all together.
Beat in 1/2 cup butter a little at a time until it looks grainy.
Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla
Put 1 cup milk in at a consistent speed until you have put all in the bowl. (Of course this is where it is a soupy substance for me) Beat for 1 minutes.
Right before the minute is up add 2 eggs one at a time to the mixture.
Oven at 350 for 30 minutes.
Don't know what I am doing wrong or if I just need to find another recipe.
Please help me. I want to perfect this so I can use.
Thank you so much in advance
I think the order of your recipe looks odd. Usually, this is how I make my cakes:
- Cream your softened butter, vanilla and sugar together until light and fluffy
- add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition
- add flours/baking powder/salt - mix well
- add milk (I would add a quarter of a cup to start with your recipe if it's too runny and then you can add more if you need).
I like adding the milk last in a recipe so I can judge how much liquid I need. Sometimes my mixture seems to need more and sometimes less. Weather may have something to do with it, perhaps the flours have more moisture in them.
Hope that helps!
ASounds very much like a reverse creaming method. The amounts look OK at a glance. Was your butter too soft/melted? Did you accidentally add too much milk?
AI use a similar recipe when I make vanilla cupcakes. This is a reverse creaming method as I am Pam cakes said. My recipe has pretty similar quantities of ingredients too. It is quite a wet mixture compared to a regular creamed butter cake batter, but I find it bakes up quite soft and light, and my husband (who horrifies me with his desire for packet mix cakes) loves the texture of this reverse-creamed recipe. It seems unlikely you can overmix this type of batter, as the reverse creaming coats the flour in butter and prevents the development of gluten. I'm not sure why your cake is turning out bread-like, I'm sorry!
AThank you for your comments.
Nadia- I will try your method next time to see if it works better for me. As for the milk, when I get to maybe 2/3 cups left in measuring cup it starts getting runny. If I stop there with the milk will the batter be good to taste still with the milk missing from batter?
Iampamscakes- I use margarine for my cakes and buttercream. I have gotten it out of frig put in mix, put it out for about 30 minutes and put in microwave for about 5 seconds. Still same results
Winnie,oh- I could never use this batter as a cupcake batter. It is so runny.
Actually, in my experience, the runnier cake batters seem to bake up in to the softest, most tender cakes. My regular butter cake, which is a thick mixture, has a much more open, coarser texture, than the runnier reverse-creamed batter.
Good luck, but maybe you could try it out. You never know until you try!
AI've never had a runny reversed creamed batter. Margarine could be your issue. If the recipe calls for butter & you use margarine, that could be the problem. Margarine has a lot of water in it, compared to the fats in butter. But if the cake baked up OK, don't worry about the consistency on the video compared to yours. If it didn't bake like it should've, try following EXACTLY the original recipe. No substitutions.
Soooo very late.....but others will see this so here goes....
To the OP - You didn't mix it long enough.
I saw a blogger with this recipe (which happens to be a very popular Betty Crocker Recipe) and she writes for one minute of mixing time after liquid and eggs are added. I tried it that way and my cake came out like cornbread. I was not a happy baker, lol. The newer recipes in the book call for 3 minutes.
I found the originally published method of mixing which called for 4 minutes of mixing time.
The recipe as written adds the fat and half or all of the milk (half if using cake flour, all if using AP flour). Mix for 2 minutes. Add eggs and flavor and mix for two more minutes.
Four minutes is my magic mixing time. Works like a charm.


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We love the Bistro Set. It looks amazing on our screened porch. The quality is excellent, as is the dark brown color. We ordered cushions and pillow and it is darling.
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Paxton Schafer (born February 26, 1976 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a retired ice hockey goaltender. He played three games for the Boston Bruins.
He played junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers and was chosen 47th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. His lone NHL experience was three games for the Bruins in 1996-97.
Schafer played in the minor pros, mostly in the ECHL, until his retirement in 2003.
Paxton Schafer is currently playing for the Oyen Eagles in the Sask West Hockey League.
- 1995 Del Wilson Trophy
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At a press-conference here on Tuesday to announce the recent developments in kabaddi, E Prasad Rao, Technical Director of the Asian Kabaddi Federation, spoke about the weight limit that is now there in the sport. "To limit serious injury to all the athletes, we have now added a weight limit of 80 kg for men and 70 kg for women for both national as well as international events," he said.
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Nutritional Value of Forages
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To feed your horse the best forage for his needs, you have to understand the plants and what affects their nutrient content, said Jerry Chatterton, PhD, Research Leader of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Forage and Range Research Laboratory in Logan, Utah. He spoke at the Equine Forage: Risks and Rewards Seminar and Summit held Oct. 22-23 at Rutgers University.
He explained that there are two types of carbohydrates in forages: Total non-structural carbohydrates (TNC), which are inside the cells and include sugars, starch, and fructan (a type of sugar); and structural carbohydrates in plant cell walls, which include cellulose and hemicellulose. The TNC are the ones that can cause problems in chronically laminitic and/or metabolically challenged horses.
A plant's levels of TNC vary with its rate of photosynthesis and respiration. In a nutshell, Chatterton explained that photosynthesis is the plant's creation of sugars from sunlight energy, water, and carbon dioxide; respiration converts those sugars into energy for growth.
"When the rate of sugar synthesis (photosynthesis) exceeds the rate of sugar utilization (respiration and growth), non-structural carbohydrates accumulate in many plant parts--leaves, stems, and roots," he said. Conditions under which this can happen are very sunny days (driving lots of photosynthesis) and cool nights (slowing respiration's utilization of the sugars).
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What else should you know about forages and carbohydrate content? Chatterton offered the following general comments:
- Lower portions of stems are higher in TNC than upper portions (so overgrazed pastures tend to have higher concentrations of TNC than healthier plants).
- Developing seed heads are very high in TNC.
- Stems have more TNC than leaves.
- TNC are often high in stem bases, stolons, and rhizomes (underground stems and roots) of mature plants.
- Carbohydrates are usually high in spring and fall (cool temperatures and bright sunlight).
- Fructans (which have been used to induce laminitis experimentally) occur on cool-season grasses under cool conditions, but not in legumes (such as alfalfa and clover).
- Mature grasses generally have lower TNC.
- Some TNC are lost from harvested hay during drying, especially if it has been rained on (the TNC are water-soluble).
- Protein content is generally high when photosynthetic rates are high, and increases with nitrogen application.
- Mineral content varies with many factors--plant part, stage of growth, soil moisture and soil fertility, and harvesting conditions.
- Textbooks offer broad generalities about forage quality; real values must be measured.
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Chatterton urged the audience to not base forage purchases on love for your horse (i.e., "only the best for my baby") or looks (the prettiest green forage you can find), but on the horse's actual needs and feed analyses. "Sometimes a little straw filler might be okay," he said with a smile. In other words, lower-quality forage will keep your horse busy longer, is less likely to make him overweight and/or laminitic, and he'll eat more of it to get energy--keeping his stomach full and at lower risk of ulcers.
He asked the audience to remember eight points regarding forages for horses:
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- Cool temperatures in spring and fall can result in forages with high carbohydrate content.
- Don't be afraid to feed hay that isn't a pretty bright green.
- High fiber is good for horses.
- Mineral content varies with the plant species, soil fertility, and plant maturity; few generalities are applicable.
- Cutting number (first cutting alfalfa) has little meaning; environment and plant growth stage are much more important considerations.
- Carbohydrate content is influenced by the environment--cold generally equals high carbs.
- Visual observation for judging forage quality is not a good indicator, forage analyses are best!
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Christy West has a BS in Equine Science from the University of Kentucky, and an MS in Agricultural Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating the theft of more than $60,000 of power sports equipment from a marina in Apsley last week.
On Friday, March 10th at around 10:30 a.m., OPP officers were called to investigate a theft from Tucker's Marine on Highway 28 in Apsley.
Between 3:15 a.m. and 3:40 a.m. on Friday morning, two suspects were captured on security cameras moving trailers around the boat yard. The suspects stole the shop truck and hooked onto a side by side on a trailer. In this vehicle, thieves also loaded two outboard motors and a power washer.
A second suspect in another vehicle backed into the property and hooked onto an enclosed snowmobile trailer containing two snow machines.
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- a black 2016 Yamaha Wolverine 700 side by side
- an open deck 2017 Advantage galvanized trailer
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- a silver 2016 Yamaha Apex 1000 snowmobile
- a black dual-axle 7×17 enclosed trailer
- two outboard motors
- a power washer.
In addition to the pickup truck stolen from the marina, police are also looking for a black 2008 to 2013 Chevrolet/GMC four-door pickup truck involved in this incident, which may also be responsible for other thefts in the region.
If you have any information that may assist police in their investigation, call the Peterborough OPP at 705-742-0401, the non-emergency line at (888) 310-1122, or Crime Stoppers at www.stopcrimehere.ca or call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).


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Just another Israeli crime against humanity: move along, nothing to see here
Filmed evidence of the Israeli Defence Force committing crimes against humanity by indiscriminately using a biological weapon for the collective punishment of civilians.
I tell you, the end of this vile regime can't come soon enough. Meanwhile, Barack Obama funds these sad apologies for human beings to the tune of over $2 billion every year, while blocking any attemots by the rest of the world to organise any kind of miltary intervention to bring about regime change and a transition to democracy.
What will it take to stop people making excuses for the world's worst human rights abusers? The deliberate placing of booby-trap bombs to kill schoolchildren? The use of children as human shields? Illegal kidnappings on foreign soil? Breach of undertakings to the USA not to use weapons supplied by the US to commit the mass murder of civilians? Launching an unprovoked air strike against civilians in the capital city of a country with which it was supposedly at peace? Attempting to sell nuclear weapons to another racist regime with an appalling human right record? The murder of foreign civilians in acts of piracy? Or how about officially celebrating an act of terrorism in which 78 civilians, many of them British, were slaughtered?
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Health officials estimate 10,000 Manitobans may have been infected with the West Nile virus this summer, although only one-fifth may have actually become sick.
In total, 542 cases of West Nile virus have been reported to health officials in the province.
Of those, 283 have been classified as asymptomatic ornon-neurological syndrome, while 214 cases are still under investigation.
Forty-fivehave been diagnosed with neurological syndrome, whichcan cause paralysis, coma or —in rare cases —death.
Based on those numbers, the province's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Joel Kettner, says he can make further estimates about the number of unreported cases of West Nile this year.
"It's probably a reasonable estimate that 10,000 Manitobans were infected with West Nile virus this summer," Kettner said Tuesday.
Most people who are infected with West Nile do not experience symptoms and probably did not know they were infected. Kettner estimates about 2,000 people actually felt sick.
Three deaths in Manitoba this year have been associated with the mosquito-borne virus, all in men over the age of 60, coming from the Assiniboine, Central and Interlake health regions.
A fourth individual who tested positive for the virus also died, but an investigation concluded the virus did not play a role in the death, health officials said.
The regions reporting the largest number of both mild and serious forms of the disease were in southwestern Manitoba, including Brandon, and an area southwest of Winnipeg.
Mosquito counts were high in those areas, too, Kettner noted.
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Manitobans who were infected and either experienced no illness or recovered do have one small blessing, Kettner said: they are probably immunized from further West Nile infection.
"In a way, the best thing that could happen or could have happened to a Manitoban this past summer is to have been infected with either the asymptomatic type or the mild form," Kettner said.
"They're fine now, and they have antibodies; hopefully, that will protect them for the rest of their lives."
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Australian Printer Market Remains Upbeat in Q3 2005
NORTH SYDNEY, JAN 06 – The Australian printer market remained quite healthy in Q3 2005, exhibiting only a marginal drop of 2% from the previous quarter and growing by 4% year-on-year, according to the results of IDC's latest printer market research. The research includes both single-function and multi-function printers (MFPs).
"While consumer buying in Q3 2005 showed signs of moderate improvement over Q2, commercial buying witnessed a relative seasonal drop. The trend was also reflected in a small growth in shipments of inkjet printers and a drop in sales of laser printers", said Rishi Ghai, IDC Peripherals Analyst.
"Laser printers, which registered better-than-expected performance at the end of the financial year in Q2 2005, fell by 16% sequentially in Q3, in the absence of large orders. However, the drop was notably smaller for colour lasers, compared to that for monochrome lasers. Increasing focus of vendors on colour lasers and declining prices will accelerate the growth of this segment", added Mr Ghai.
Interestingly, the average selling price of a single-function colour laser printer was down by a significant 29% in Q3 2005 compared to the same period a year ago, according to IDC. The corresponding drop for a multi-function colour laser printer was even steeper at 40%.
Meanwhile, HP maintained its lead in the printer market in Q3 2005 with 27% share. Canon also managed to retain its second rank with 25% share of the market, supported by a consistent performance in the multi-function inkjet printer space. Strong shipments in the single function inkjet printer market helped Lexmark move up to the third position, displacing Epson to the fourth rank. Brother, meanwhile, continued to occupy the fifth position. No change was observed in the ranking of sixth-place Dell. On the other hand, Kyocera entered the Top-7 vendor tally this time, displacing Samsung.
Q3 2005 also witnessed several key vendors such as Lexmark, HP and Canon refreshing their product portfolios. With several new models launched in the early half of Q4 2005, the current quarter is expected to witness strong competition in the lead-up to Christmas.
IDC Top-7 Printer Vendors, Q3 2005:
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Tyler Perry is defending his name and his studio against a $10 million lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims he was fired after denying the sexual advances of a superior at Tyler Perry Studios.
The lawsuit filed last month in Atlanta stems from an October 2014 incident in which Joshua Sole was arrested and later fired for barricading himself inside a room at the studio for more than four hours. He claims his only purpose was to have a face-to-face conversation with Perry about a "hostile" work environment, that allegedly included sexual harassment at the hands of Brett Hendrix (the supervisor in question).
Perry says the man disengaged the power in the building to disable the alarms and surveillance equipment. In the end, the famed director requested a restraining order against Sole and asked that he undergo psychological evaluation and treatment.
Perry also demanded Sole pay $100,000 as a result of the ordeal and was met with a $10 million lawsuit from Sole for sexual harassment, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, libel and more.
According to The Jasmine Brand, Perry has fired back at the lawsuit, claiming Hendrix was never an employee of Tyler Perry Studios. Thus, they cannot be held accountable for his alleged actions.
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"[...] On June 16th, Perry fired back at the former employee's lawsuit stating that the supervisor Brett was never an employee of Tyler Perry Studios and therefore he cannot sue them for his alleged actions.
Further, the director says that his firing was not due to discriminatory or retaliation but rather the decision was made for legitimate reasons. He says that Sole cannot prove that any willful misconduct or fraud was committed by him and says there is no such evidence because it didn't happen.
Perry also says that the post he made on Facebook is covered under the first amendment and he cannot be slapped with millions in damages for speaking his opinion about Sole. He also claims that he never mentioned Sole by name in his post and therefore he has no claim."
The report goes on to state that Tyler Perry Studios stands by its policies on sexual harassment. As for the claims of emotional distress, Perry takes no responsibility for Sole's mental state.
He is asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
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