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Fruit 'n' Cheese Kabobs with Strawberry Dip Recipe
Juicy, colorful fruit pairs with mozzarella cheese for a special treat in this kabob recipe. The sweet and tangy strawberry dip makes an ideal accompaniment. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh strawberries
- 1 tablespoon strawberry jam
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 6 fresh strawberries
- 4 cubes part-skim mozzarella cheese (1 inch each)
- 4 cantaloupe balls
- 1. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, chopped strawberries, jam, honey, lemon juice and peel until combined. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
- 2. On two skewers, alternately thread the strawberries, cheese cubes and cantaloupe. Serve with dip. Yield: 2 kabobs and 1/2 cup dip.
Nutritional Facts
1 kabob with 1/4 cup dip: 268 calories, 15g fat (10g saturated fat), 45mg cholesterol, 333mg sodium, 22g carbohydrate (19g sugars, 2g fiber), 13g protein.
Reviews for Fruit 'n' Cheese Kabobs with Strawberry Dip
Average Rating
Reviewed Jun. 30, 2014
"Great 4th of July appetizer."
Reviewed Jun. 8, 2014
"Beautiful presentation. I substituted apples and pears for the cantaloupe; and an Irish cheddar cheese for the mozzarella cheese. We enjoyed it with a glass of mint tea."
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2011
"Made this for one of our picnics... he loved it!So I am making it again tonight for him & his Mom :) the dip is great with the Cantelope!"
Reviewed Jun. 13, 2010
"The kabobs were easy enough but my daughter said the dip tasted just like that pre-made strawberry flavored cream cheese. Next time I'll just buy that."
Reviewed Jun. 6, 2010
"Great lunch for me and the kids!"
Reviewed May. 13, 2010
"Loved it!!"
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Relax Everyone, Captain America Is Not Really A Hydra Agent
Without a doubt, ever since Captain America became a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the star-spangled superhero has become a hit among people around the world. Which is why Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 – released last month – shocked the entire world with its last panel, where Steve Rogers, now having been restored to normal after having his super serum drained from his body, is revealed to have been a sleeper Hydra agent since childhood.
This upset an incredible amount of people, including Captain America himself, Chris Evans, who tweeted this, shortly after the reveal went viral:
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans)
Some even went as far as to send death threats to the writers, artist and even individuals who had nothing to do with the story. To narrow everything down: People didn't like the twist.
On the other hand, many of us, long-time comic book fans, knew that, like many other world-changing stories, it would all make sense at the end either because of the story's natural progression or because of a rewrite. In short, we knew Marvel wasn't turning Captain America into a 100-year-old Nazi… And we were right.
Now, for everyone out there that freaked out at the last issue's last panel, here's your time to relax. In Captain America: Steve Rogers #2, it's revealed that what Steve Rogers remembers from his childhood are simply memories implanted by Kobik, the Cosmic Cube that took the form of a little girl. But why does she do that? You ask? Well, there's a very simple explanation: she's under the Red Skull's control, Captain America's oldest and deadliest enemy.
If you are thinking this reveal happened strangely early (during the second issue) and that its early release was influenced by the world's bitter reaction… you are correct. During an interview with comicbook.com, Axel Alonso, Marvel's editor-in-chief, had this to say:
"I think that they key thing was that in order to tell the story that Nick wants to tell, we needed readers to know that which our heroes don't know. Captain America, one of the most trusted superheroes in the Marvel universe, is not exactly who you think he is. He is operating with a different and sinister intent now and every interaction that we see from here on in will be shaded by that. That's a story that Nick wanted to tell, and that's a story that's going to be fascinating for the next two months and a story that's going to build to big, big things within the Marvel universe as well."
So, is Captain America really a Hydra agent? In a very technical sense, yes (for the time being), in that he's being mind-controlled to act in the benefit of the villainous organization.
But the definitive answer is that Captain America isn't – and never has been – a traitor. This is another "mind control" story that will hopefully culminate in a satisfying climax for Steve Rogers, a soldier of the people who is forced to do horrible things in the name of the very organization he's been trying to destroy for years. With that said, we can all sleep better knowing that the sentinel of liberty, someone we've come to know and love over the years because of his ideals and morals, is still the same person.
Captain America: Steve Rogers #2 will be released on June 29, 2016.

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Monday, August 21, 2017
Friday, August 18, 2017
Jab Launcher :: Rough Crafts' cafe racer Scrambler Ducati
Ducati's relaunched Scrambler became an instant best-seller when it hit the market in 2015. Pulling on the heart strings of everyone who lusted after the first-gen Ducati Scrambler first debuting in 1962, the revived Ducati Scrambler ticked all the right boxes. An 803cc air-cooled desmo engine had a solid balance of power, agility and most importantly, affordability to draw people en mass. While the new retro Scrambler Ducati looks the business its stock trim, the platform begs for customization. We've covered a handful of killer custom Scrambler Ducatis already, Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts has certainly built a drool worthy rendition of his own.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Lost photos :: Bullitt OG
We were going back through photos of the Bullitt OG the other day and came across a photo set that never saw the light of day. Initially confused as to why, we then remembered this was right before the sale of the bike, and right before we met Richard Le, who admitedly took far better photos of the old girl.
Monday, August 7, 2017
Bullitt 821 :: Quick Update
It's been way too long since we've provided any update on the Bullitt 821. We've been busy working away and have a lot to share soon. Paint is nearly done and we've got some more mods in the works.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Interview :: Steve West of Silver Piston
Steve West is one of those larger than life characters. Full of energy and always up for some good old fashioned fun and mischief. His personality is contagious and the more you speak with the dude, the more you want to just keep him talking...which isn't too hard to do. For those unfamiliar with the name Steve West, or his business Silver Piston, wake up! Steve left his corporate life behind to pursue his artistic passions which translated into his company, Silver Piston, where he makes "kickass jewelry for people who kick ass".
Monday, June 26, 2017
Born Free 9 :: Silverado, CA
It's been a number of years since I made it to Born Free and first impression was that it's definitely grown over the years but I also remembered it being more, well, free. I've got two little moto-loving groms and after watching MotoGP that morning, they were pissed that I was going to leave them behind and ride out to a local moto event. So, I loaded the car and drove to a motorcycle rally. Yep. I drove.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Simple and clean :: Ducati 900SS cafe racer
There's just something about a Ducati 900SS, isn't there? Already a pretty attractive bike in its stock form, the 900SS definitely lends itself to be modified. Some of the most notable 900SS builds might be Walt Siegl's Leggero series café racers. Another recent favorite of ours was Deep Creek Cycles 'Distino' build. When Bullitt-reader, J. B. Mcclure III, submitted his 1993 900SS to us, we were instantly intrigued.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber by Moto Strada
There's no shortage of custom Guzzi's out there, with many of them being vintage variations. Moto Guzzi has a new model that seems to have not yet been fully exploited by the customizing world yet; the V9. The 750cc V7 is a far more common platform but the 850cc V9 range consisting of two models, the Bobber and the Roamer, seems to be a great platform for custom jobs.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Ducati 900SS Distinto by Deep Creek Cycleworks
Deep Creek Cycleworks, a speedshop located in Diepenbeek, Belgium, recently shared images of their newest creation that really caught our attention. Not sure if it's the interesting color palette chosen - not your typical Ducati's paint - or if it was simply the track-ready vibe, but we like it!
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Motorcycle Concepts :: Barbara Custom Motorcycles
When it comes to conceptualizing a new build, there are many different ways to approach the initial phase and I find it truly interesting to see how each builder approaches his chosen canvas. Some builders visualize their work strictly in their minds, allowing the process to take shape organically. Some keep it old school with pen and paper and while other are able to digitize their work. All have their own merits, but being able to digitize a build allows you to see the final product before picking up the old angle grinder.
Monday, May 8, 2017
1975 Moto Guzzi 850T 'Supernaturale' by Untitled Motorcycles
The Quail Motorcycle Gathering is the place to be to see some amazing vintage bikes and some high quality builds. Friend of The Bullitt, Hugo Eccles of Untitled Motorycles San Francisco had let us know he was working on a custom Guzzi to be debuted at the Quail but had only teased us with a tank shot a while back. We knew he was up to something good, and had to be patient to see the final product. Fortunately for all of us, the wait is over.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Bullitt SP :: Hyper in the Hills
After a break up, we've probably all been guilty of looking up an old ex from time to time. Well, we're no different and were looking at old pics of our beloved Bullitt SP. While flipping through the archives, we came across some photos that don't appear to have ever made it to the light of day. Sometimes with exes, that's a good thing, but in this case she's still got all her clothes on...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Ducati Monster 821 cafe racer concepts by Ziggy Moto
Ziggy, of Ziggy Moto, has done it again with some mesmerizing mock-ups, this time of a Monster 821 on an extreme café diet. Not sure about you, but we absolutely love it! We had been sketching out some slim rear subframe/seat ideas for our Bullitt 821 but couldn't quite make our napkin sketches look like these works of art.
The Legends of Speed Pins by Return of the Cafe Racers
Surely there has been an influential motorcyclist in your life that has made a big impact. Maybe it was your old man, or your neighbor who taught you how to dirtbike. While those are subjective, there are some legends that have changed the sport of motorcycling as we know it. Paying homage to some of these moto heros, the crew at Return of the Cafe Racers worked with fellow moto enthusiast and deisgner, Pedro Oyarbide with an idea they had been kicking around for a while. The concept was to create a series of jacket pins that depicted some of their personal favorites from motorcycling history. With Pedro on board, the 'Legends of Speed' jacket pin series was born.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
New Bullitt build :: the Bullitt 821
So I was thinking it was time for an update on the Bullitt 821 then started going through the archives, only to realize we've never made a single post about the newest member to the family. I know we've shared a handful of photos to social but I was sure there was at least an intro post here. Well, without further ado, allow me to introduce you all formally to the Bullitt 821.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
For Sale :: Ducati 860 Cafe Racer by Bryan Heidt
We all dream of building our very own proper custom yet many of us don't possess the skills, resources and budget to see a true custom to life. It really takes a combination of all the above, along with hours upon hours of blood, sweat and more blood to pull of many of the finished products we see more and more frequently these days. If you can't do it yourself, you can always commission one from your favorite builder, assuming he has the time and you have the budget. Every now and then, one of those builds you drooled over on BikeEXIF might actually go up for sale. Well, today is one of those days.
Monday, March 6, 2017
'Candylegs the third' CB750 racer
While racing technology and styling often trickles down into on-road vehicles, there's no substitute for the real thing. Race bikes will always be cooler than street bikes. Fact. With race bikes, function (almost) always prevails, and everything down to the safety wire becomes its own form of sexy - if you're into that sort of thing.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Harley Sportster Cafe Racer by Get Lowered Cycles
We haven't featured too many Harleys here on The Bullitt but a few quick favorites come to mind; Icon1000's Iron Lung, Deus Ex Machina's American, or Noise Cycle's '52 Panhead. We figured it'd been long enough since we featured one, so when the guys at Get Lowered Cycles submitted their cafe'd Sportster to us, we were happy to share.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Ducati Hyper Scrambler by Untitled Motorcycles
If you haven't seen the Hyper Scrambler by now...you must have seen it by now, right? Even if you don't regularly read "moto stuff", this bike has appeared on some pretty mainstream stages like Jay Leno's Garage, Playboy, Designboom and GQ Italia to name a few.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Ducati Pandora by Young Guns Speed Shop
We've been starting at the Monster 821 in our garage lately and keep coming back to Young Gun Speed Shop's Ducati Pandora for inspiration. Utilizing the most amped up version in the Monster family - the Monster 1200 R - as their base, the Swiss-based Young Guns built what they are calling a hybrid between a GP-bike and a contemporary café racer.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Moto Guzzi cafe racers by Holographic Hammer
We've been big fans of Sylvain Berneron, better known under the guise of Holographic Hammer, for years. Over the years, we've shared some of his Ducati and Triumph cafe racer illustrations. Lately, we've been toying around with doing a Guzzi build and low and behold, Holographic Hammer has been teasing us with some killer mock ups.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Cafe Racer Dream's CRD#61 BMW R 100 RS Cafe Racer
Madrid-based Cafe Racer Dreams definitely likes their BMW builds, but this particular one happens to be special; this one is actually the personal ride of CRD Founder and CEO, Pedro Garcia. In typical CRD fashion, the 1977 BMW R 100 RS better know as CRD#61 or #thebikeoflove, has been stripped down its bare essentials.
Monday, January 9, 2017
Modern Dustbin MV Agusta Racer 'Ballistic Trident' by Rough Crafts
Custom builder Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts has been making waves with his unique and often brutally-styled builds. His latest build, and possibly most visually striking, dubbed the 'Ballistic Trident' definitely has the Rough Crafts flair we've come to expect.
Monday, December 26, 2016
KTM Street tracker by Engineered to Slide
We've been following the evolution of Nigel Petrie's 2008 KTM 250 EXC-F for years now. Petrie, an Ozzie auto drifter and two wheel enthusiast, has taken this bike from an enduro, to Supermoto, to cafe racer, and now to the pretty slick little tracker you see here today.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Ducati 860 Cafe Racer by Bryan Heidt
Bryan Heidt is no stranger to the custom world - he's metal fabricator with a background in Industrial Design - and works with Bryan Fuller at Fuller Hot Rods. His beautiful custom 1975 Ducati 860 square case named Cavallo Nero (Italian for 'dark horse') was actually Fuller's bike but with no immediate plans for it and a barrage of impending projects coming in, the bike sat in the shop taunting Heidt. When Bryan shared his story with us, it became abundantly clear that a lot of blood, sweat and late nights went into this build and he certainly had a lot to say about the work he put in. In cases like that, why not let the builder himself tell you the story as it is?
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Moto Guzzi V9 X-Track Scrambler
Moto Guzzi had a handsome display at this year's recent EICMA show in Milan. There, the manufacturer from Mandello del Lario was debuting a new V7 III model, in a handful of variations like their V7 III 'Anniversario' or their new V7 III Racer, a cafe racer inspired variation now equipped with Öhlins rear suspension. I'm definitely a fan of the V7 range and naturally assumed that would be my favorite bike announced by Guzzi, however there was a different model that stole my heart. To the right of their main stage, there was a group of customized Guzzis hanging out, and there happened to be one particular V9 that was given a scrambler treatment that I just couldn't stop starting at it. Currently, the "X-Track" is just a concept at this point, but all I could think about was that I had to build one!
Monday, November 14, 2016
The Race of Gentlemen :: David Carlo Photography
For lovers of vintage motorcycles, vintage cars, and the old-school machismo that comes with the territory, The Race of Gentlemen, or simply "TROG", is an absolute gold mind. As you could see from our recent post by Erik Juntas, style and authenticity in this event is preserved to the utmost detail. With period correctness being mandatory in all elements of participant's machines and gear, impressive images aren't too hard to come by. We've seen plenty of great images from the recent event in Pismo Beach, California but when we saw the striking shot above by David Carlo of TROG participant Josh Kohn, we knew we needed to see more!
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Supermoto dreaming :: Jan R's KTM 450 EXC
We could stop drooling when we stumbled across Jan R's KTM 450 EXC Supermotard online. This thing looks hot, and it looks like trouble! Wishing we could get our hands on it and take it down to SoCal Supermoto to do some hooning. Anyone else in?
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Custom Triumph Bonneville by Perfekt Speed Shop
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Race of Gentlemen :: Pismo Beach, CA
You might look at this photo set and think what you're seeing is some old 'beach racing' shots from the 1940's and 50's, but you'd be wrong. What you see here was recently shot, by photographer Erik Jutras, taken in Pismo Beach, CA at The Race of Gentlemen (aka TROG). The Race of Gentlemen is hosted by the Oiler's Car Club and has increased in popularity since it's inaugural run in 2012 with this year being the first year to see a west coast event. TROG is an invitational event and they are very strict about everything being "period correct", and it shows.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Go fast, turn left
Just wanted to share a killer shot from our bud Ross over at Supacustom for a little Tracker Tuesday inspiration.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Three Martini Lunch :: Custom Triumph Thruxton by Icon 1000
We've been big fans of Icon 1000's custom builds, and featured their similar but different Iron Lung build in the past, but their latest custom Thruxton really has us drooling. Maybe we have a soft spot for Triumphs, maybe it's the way they were able march to the beat of their own drum with this one... Whatever it is, we like it.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Ducati 900SS Cafe Racer by CC Racing Garage
I had the pleasure of seeing this little stunner in person recently in Misano at WDW2016; Ducati's World Ducati Week gathering that happens every other year. The bike was super clean in person and was clearly liked by more than just me, as it won the Ducati Garage Contest, a contest where everyone at WDW could vote on their favorite custom on display.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Harley and the Davidsons - 3-part miniseries
Regardless of whether or not you're a 'Harley fan', if you're a fan of motorcycling in general, you should have some appreciation for the history of our two-wheeled sport. Discovery Channel has been promoting a new series that looks pretty awesome if you ask us!
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
RSD Desmo Tracker
The RSD Tracker has been one of our favorite builds to ever roll out of the Roland Sands Design garage in Los Alamitos, CA. Built back in 2011, it doesn't feel like it's aged a day. There's so much about this bike to be appreciated, but first and foremost, the fact that Roland and crew tackled a bike that was already beautiful and the definitely of high-performance, and transformed it to something completely different without somehow bastardizing its original incarnation.
Sunday, July 17, 2016
1967 Ducati 350 Widecase by Adam McCarty
While most custom builders seek to find balance in their work, stripping a bike down to its bare necessities and still achieving a 'fullness' within that simplicity, is easier said than done. If we were asked to offer you an example of a build that accomplishes exactly that (simple, yet lacking nothing), we would look no further than Adam McCarty's 1967 Ducati 350.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
10% Increase in Motorcyclist Deaths Expected for 2015
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has recently published their preliminary findings for motorcyclist fatalities and the news isn't good: The GHSA expects a 10% increase to a total of 4,837 motorcyclist deaths in 2015. This follows two years of declining fatalities throughout the nation, which makes the 2015 increase nearly 450 additional deaths over previous years.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Custom Monster 1200S Siluro (2016) By XTR
It's no secret that we're fans of Radical Ducati and were bummed when they closed their doors in 2014. After a little hiatus, Pepo Rosell has re-branded himself as XTR Pepo and has been churning our more than just radical Ducatis. While these days he may dabble with other manufacturer's bikes, rest assured his love for Ducati remains fully in tact, as seen by his latest creation, the Siluro (2016) seen here.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Custom Triumph Street Triple by Josh Rhodes
Friend of The Bullitt, Josh Rhodes, shared some photos with us of his recently completed Triumph Street Triple, and we dig it! Josh got into custom building a few years back and has been turning out some really cool projects lately. He often is working on his projects for his friends - he's done everything from funky little scooters, vintage dirt bikes to CB restorations - but this one is a personal project.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
For sale :: 1975 Honda CL360 Tracker
Ever wonder what an AMA Pro Flat tracker might ride around town? Well, here's expert GNC Flat Tracker Josh Koch's custom CL360, and it can be yours! Josh is no stranger to spinning a wrench and his built himself a clean little street tracker that looks like a total blast!
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Study of Psychological and Sociological Predisposing the Development of Chronic Pain After Surgery in Women With Resectable Breast Cancer
- Determine the psychological and sociological factors that predispose post-mastectomy
pain syndrome after surgery in women with resectable breast cancer.
- Determine the psychological and sociological factors that predispose post-surgical pain
in these patients.
- Evaluate emotional distress over time in these patients.
- Evaluate the acute and chronic pain over time in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients complete multiple questionnaires, including Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
(HAD), Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI), PCS, and QLQ-C30, to evaluate psychological
variables (alexithymia, neurosis, repression of negative emotions, solicitude,
dramatization, emotional distress) and quality of life.
Post-mastectomy chronic pain (PMCP) syndrome is measured immediately after surgery and at 24
hours, day 6, and 5 months post-surgery.
A subgroup of patients (20 with PMCP and 20 without PMCP) are followed at months 5 and 6
months post-surgery for medication use, pathological problems, morbid events, family
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PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 150 patients will be accrued for this study.
Development of post-mastectomy pain syndrome
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World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Margaret Chan will visit Brazil next week to meet government and health officials amid the Zika outbreak, a spokeswoman for the UN health organization said Tuesday in Geneva.
While the virus has spread to various Latin American countries, Brazilian health authorities have reported a worrying rise in babies born with malformed heads associated with the outbreak.
During her visit from Monday to Wednesday, Chan would meet Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Carissa Etienne, the regional WHO director for the Americas, spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told dpa.
WHO declared the Zika outbreak a global health emergency this month because mosquitoes could spread the virus beyond the Americas, and because of the unknown link between the usually harmless fever disease and the malformations.
Unborn children are less likely to be affected by the microcephaly malformation if their mothers are infected after the sixth month of pregnancy, according to new scientific findings, Chaib said.
She added that there was no proof that the pesticide Pyriproxyfen that is used to kill mosquito larvae has caused the current spike in microcephaly cases in Brazil or previous ones in French Polynesia in 2013 and 2014.
Her comments backed a similar statement that the Brazilian Health Ministry made Monday, in reaction to a possible causal connection being drawn by a Brazilian NGO.
WHO experts have examined data by the company that makes Pyriproxyfen and had detected no influence on pregnant women, Chaib said.
If humans take in the pesticide, they excrete 90 per cent within 48 hours through their urine, she said, adding that tests with pregnant animals had not resulted in any obvious effects on their young ones.
So far there have been 41 confirmed cases of microcephaly in children in Brazil whose mothers had been infected with the virus during pregnancy. There are also 462 confirmed cases of microcephaly in total, as well as a further 3,852 suspected cases.


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|Fire Priestess
|Lanox Village, Volcanic Flames Entrance, Grand Cavern: Chasm of the Divided Land, Distant Ruins, Elrianode
Oh ho! Are you an adventurer? This is my first time seeing one~!
~ Ignia
Official Description
Ignia is exceptionally bright, unlike other priestesses. It's no wonder this affable tomboy can be hot-tempered at times. A fan of spicy food, salty crisps, and hot springs, Ignia is in charge of the Fire El. She doesn't mind using fire powers in battle.
Lanox Conspiracy
Before any of the events that transpired in Lanox occurred, Scar had attacked the Fire Temple. Ignia, unable to defeat the Demon General, was made to be a puppet in Scar's greater plan. Ignia was then forced to kidnap both the Sun and Moon Priestesses Gloria and Darkmoon and staged the Steel Blacksmiths for their kidnapping. Soon after made her Fire El go rogue causing all of Lanox to fall into turmoil to allow the Earth Priestess Artea to break into the earth.
Chapter 17: Scorched Harbingers of Darkness
When the El Search Party first arrive to Lanox, the group are greeted by Ignia. Ignia introduces herself as the Fire Priestess to everybody's surprise. She expresses that her expectations for the El Search Party were different than what they were, expected them to be bigger. However, that aside, Ignia informs the group that she had too saw visions of the prophecy that Anduran had seen and tells the group that the Sun and Moon Priestesses had also come to Lanox as well. Ara asks if the group could see them but Ignia regretfully informs them that the two had been kidnapped. She was not sure who exactly had kidnapped them however, while demons had not been ruled out, she just knew that somebody had kidnapped them. She however suspects that they may get a clue if they travel to the Ashen Land and tells the El Search Party to meet up with Edel, who Ignia describes as being a "selfish woman".
While Ignia was in Lanox, she was helping to try and stabilize the village's Fire Refiner, however her efforts were of no use. Edel ordered the group to help investigate the Burnt Forest to Ignia's annoyance. While the El Search Party aided in resolving the strange fire in the forest, Ignia strangely disappeared without a trace. While the El Search Party were busy, Ignia supposedly went to the Fire Temple to check up on the Fire El. Raven and Ara asked about the El's conditions, Ignia replied that it was still unstable but she did not sense any trace of demon energy still expressing greater concern about the well being of the two missing Priestesses. However, this was only a cover up as she had actual returned to the Fire Temple to manipulate the El under Scar's command. Returning to Lanox, Eve shows an accessory she found which Ignia identifies as the brooch of however had kidnapped the Priestesses. Steel bursts in immediately recognizing it as a brooch of the Steel Blacksmiths. Ignia states that the Blacksmiths are not fond of outsiders in their workplace and the presence of their brooch in the Ashen Land is worth investigating.
Ignia tells the group that the Steel Blacksmiths headquarters the Ash Covered Village was just past the Burnt Forest. Rena shows Ignia a scrap of clothing she had found which Ignia identifies as being a piece of the Sun Priestess Gloria's robe. Ignia and the El Search Party stormed the mines and there they found the missing Priestesses deep in an altar. The El Search Party were able to go and save Gloria and Darkmoon, when they returned, Ignia showed feeling of joy that they were safe to lure the El Search Party into a false sense of security with herself. When Rena points out that the altar the Priestesses were being held in look demonic, Ignia fell silent and derailed the topic back to Gloria and Darkmoon, telling the group to hunt down the Steel Blacksmith leader Sdeing in order to find more clues. When the El Search Party brought Sdeing back to Lanox, Steel rushed to her father side to Ignia's surprise, as she didn't even know that Sdeing was Steel's dad.
Chapter 18: An Exposed Dark Secret
Uncertain what she should do, she has successfully built false trust between the her and the El Search Party, but she now felt the need to protect Gloria and Darkmoon. While the El Search Party were resolving the problems in the Phantasmal Geyser, Ignia made her way to the Fire Temple once again, this time willing to go against Scar. However his strength proved too much for the Fire Priestess and she once again was reduced to following his orders. She would continue to manipulate the Fire El at Scar's command.
Ignia would regroup with the El Search Party when they planned to head to the Fire Temple. With Sdeing's armor, the El Search Party was more than ready to tackle the immense heat of the Volcanic Flames Entrance, with Ignia planning to make her way to the Fire Temple once again herself, she tagged alongside the El Search Party. Ignia helped the El Search Party make their way up to the Fire Temple, however, as they reached the summit, Ignia revealed that she had been working for the Demons all along and double crossed them causing the El Search Party to flee and make their way back to Lanox.
Chapter 19: A Broken World
Ignia would be among the demons patrolling the Grand Cavern: Chasm of the Divide Land. She stood guard in the changer where the Earth Priestess Artea was being held captive. While the El Search Party was able to defeat Ignia who was standing guard, the cave Artea was being held began to collapse. Unable to get to the Priestess in time, the group had believed they had lost her to the cave in, however, Ignia was able to rescue Artea. Tired from her battle and from saving the Earth Priestess, all of them made their way to safer ground before Ignia planned to tell the group to truth. There, she confessed that Scar had been forcing her to plan all the events out, kidnapping the Priestesses, causing the Fire El to go rogue, even faking the El Search Party's trust. She reveals that Scar no longer needed the help of the Priestesses, that he was seeking to revive the Demon God Sult to destroy all of Elrios. With the gravity of Scar's goals soon to be realized, Ignia began to truly regret what she had done, and that everything had happened was her fault. Once the El Search Party defeated Scar and the El Lady sealed the Demon God away, Ignia still torn over her actions, expressed gratitude to the El Search Party.
Chapter 20: Prophetic Mission
A little time having passed since the fall of the Demon God Sult, Ignia has composed herself, her spirit risen high once again. With all the El Priestesses gathered in Lanox, Ignia reassures Sasha that they had not lost their prophecies and will be able to open the gateway to the El Lady. Preparing to depart to the Abyssal Ruins, with the help of Sdeing, all the Priestesses were able to obtain heat resistant armor for the trip. However her armor felt a bit loose while Artea's armor felt a bit tight, Ignia expresses signs of jealousy before they departed to the Distant Ruins. Ignia tells the El Search Party that from the Abyssal Ruins, they'll be able to open a gateway which will take them to wherever the El Lady may be. She along with the other El Priestesses perform the ritual and open a pillar of light to the unknown. With the El Search Party having departed, the Abyssal Ruins fell silent, Sasha expressing concern for Elsword with Ignia reassuring her once again that they'll be fine. Their parts having been done, all the El Priestesses departed and made their way back to their Els. To protect the world and pray for the El Search Party's safety.
Chapter 27: The Boy and the El
After Elsword chose to sacrifice himself to restore the El, the Fire El that Ignia protected suddenly combined back with the other El in order to reform the original large El. Ignia as well as the other Priestesses were all teleported to where the El combined, the newly reawakened city of Elrianode.
Chapter 29: Invasion of the Order
While Denif was telling the El Search Party his hypothesis of the Henir Order's plan, Ignia rushed with bad news that monsters have started invading Elrianode. Eve scans and reports that the monsters are coming from dark rifts which are appearing in the city. Denif originally doubts this seeing as the rifts are too small, but Eve goes on to state that the rifts are increasing in size due to unknown circumstances. With the situation getting bad, the El Search Party all assemble and spread out to confront the monsters coming in from all directions.
Ally: Fire Priestess Ignia
Ignia will appear in Volcanic Flames Entrance as an ally.
- Teleport: Her main method or getting around is teleporting beside party members.
- Fire Spear: Ignia will infuse her spear with fire and perform a few slashes.
- Meteor Shower: She'll unleashes a few meteors to fall from the sky.
- Meteor Rain: Ignia will unleash a flurry of small meteors which constantly rain as it progressively moves forward.
- Fire Aura - Enhanced: Ignia will give you an aura that gain Super Armor and increase your Reduced Damage and Attack.
- She will use Fire Aura - Enhanced in the second room.
- She will use Fire Aura - Enhanced in the second room.
- Fire Aura - Recovery: Ignia will fully heal your HP and MP.
- She will use Fire Aura - Recovery in the fourth room.
Boss: Traitor Ignia
Ignia will appear in Volcanic Flames Entrance as the dungeon's main boss.
- Fire Spear: Ignia will infuse her spear with fire and perform a few slashes.
- Teleport: Any time during battle she can teleport.
- Meteor Shower: She'll unleashes a few meteors to fall from the sky.
- Meteor Rain: Ignia will unleash a flurry of small meteors which constantly rain as it progressively moves forward.
- Flame Shield: Ignia will create an orb of fire that surrounds her which will deal burn damage when a player is close to her.
- Resurrection Aura: She can revive Berserker Armageddon and her other allies once.
Mini Boss: Traitor Ignia
Ignia will appear in Grand Cavern: Chasm of the Divided Land as the dungeon's mini boss.
- Fire Spear: Ignia will infuse her spear with fire and perform a few slashes.
- Teleport: Any time during battle she can teleport.
- Meteor Shower: She'll unleashes a few meteors to fall from the sky.
- Flame Shield: Ignia will create an orb of fire that surrounds her which will deal burn damage when a player is close to her.
Ignia in Elrianode.
- Ignia will disappear from Lanox Village after completing the story quest [Dungeon] Work for the Villagers.
- Ignia's pose in Lanox Village resembles Battle Magician's default idle stance.
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Drug company calls out cloud security concerns
Eli Lilly and Co. tapped into Amazon Web Services to crunch a vast chunk of data associated with the development of a new drug. Its research time collapsed from three months to two hours, a huge advantage in the highly competitive pharmaceutical business.
The company repatriated the data over a secure line that connected end-to-end with Amazon. But the firm found there was no way to prove that all its data had left the Amazon cloud. It had to take Amazon's word for it, which raised security concerns.
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IBM pushes cloud plans, partnerships
If anyone can solve the problems associated with selling cloud computing to enterprises, it should be IBM. Today the company announced a step in that direction with a slew of new services and partnerships to build cloud services for businesses.
The key challenges to overcome are:
- 1) Identity management – who sees my application and data in the cloud? Security and regulatory requirements are crucial.
- 2) Which workloads and applications are appropriate for cloud computing?
- 3) How does my application in the cloud get access to my data which is still stored onsite?
IBM doesn't have all these answers yet but says it is working with the following organizations to understand these issues.
Elizabeth Arden, Nexxera, The United States Golf Association, and Indigo Bio Systems sign on as new IBM cloud computing customers
IBM Global Services will offer data protection software "as a service" through the cloud, in addition to a new IBM cloud environment for businesses to safely test applications
First live demonstration of a global "overflow cloud" – IBM and Juniper Networks to install hybrid cloud capabilities across IBM's worldwide Cloud Labs for customer engagements. This is to let users bridge between private clouds and IBM's public cloud offerings to turn up resources as needed.
At 13 worldwide cloud centers, IBM offers server capacity on demand, online data protection, and Lotus e-mail and collaboration software.
IBM Rational AppScan 7.8 lets users continuously monitor the Web services they publish into the cloud to check that they are secure, compliant and meet business policies.
Service Management Center for Cloud Computing contains a set of offerings including Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1 and the new Tivoli Service Automation Manager, to automate the deployment and management of private clouds.
Finally, IBM said it will launch a Tivoli Storage as a Service offering through its Business Continuity & Resiliency Services cloud. Not available until late in 2009, users will be able to consume Tivoli data protection technologies via a cloud and pay for only what they use. EMC and Symantec are already offering these kinds of services.
From these announcements it looks like IBM will be able to help businesses figure out which workloads to shift into the cloud, but there are no details yet on how it will ensure identity management, security and compliance.
Amazon claims 400,000 web services users
An industry insider close to Amazon's Web Services (AWS) business unit told us the company claims to have 400,000 customers using its web services offering.
AWS includes EC2, the compute-on-demand offering, S3, the hosted storage service, SimpleDB for hosted databases, Simple Queue Service (SQS) a communication channel for developers to store messages and CloudFront, which is a content delivery network.
Amazon has not publicly discussed much detail about its customers and how they are using AWS. For instance, of these 400,000 users, how many are using EC2 and S3, just S3 or just EC2? Is anyone using SimpleDB or CloudFront yet? How many of these users were one-time customers? My hunch is that 400,000 number includes any customer that has touched AWS regardless of whether they are still using it.
In conversations with IT users, it's clear they are interested in these services, but need more reference cases on how to use it. A great success story goes a long way.
During a webinar on cloud computing today, James Staten, principal analyst at Forrester Research said enterprises need more transparency from EC2 to show that it can meet SLAs. "The predictability [of the service] is not good enough for business," he said, noting that EC2 had two lengthy outages in 2008. Small businesses and gaming and entertainment companies are the biggest adopters of EC2, he said. The former can't afford to build their own datacenters, while gaming and movie companies require extra infrastructure around the release of new games and movies, which can be setup and torn down as needed.
Staten said enterprises are using cloud services like EC2 for R&D projects, quick promotions, partner integration and colloboration and new ventures. He called for more companies to share how they are using these services and recommended that IT shops begin to experiment with it. Staten suggested endorsing one to two clouds as "IT approved" and establishing an internal policy for using these services. He urged IT organizations to let cloud providers know what you want and what's more important to you? Secure enterprise links, standards, SLA expectations, levels of support (24/7 phone support, for example)? My guess would be all of the above. If you'd rather, I can hammer on the vendors, so let me know.
VMware touts benefits of private cloud computing, VDC-OS
VMware, Inc. is on a mission to show companies that they can get the benefits of cloud computing without handing their mission critical applications over to an outside provider; with the upcoming Virtual Data Center-Operating System (VDC-OS), IT will be able to create secure, private cloud environments.
The yet to be released VDC-OS represents the evolution of the VMware Infrastructure; the platform, which is due for release sometime this year, will transform traditional data centers into internal cloud environments. The business case for creating an private cloud is less complexity in the data center; software like VDC-OS will virtualize and automate systems to the point that there is less 'knob turning' and more time spent on tasks that improve business, said VMware Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Bogomil Balkansky.
"Too much of IT budgets are spent on management tasks and keeping the lights on, instead of on tasks that actually improve business," Balkansky said. "Infrastructure complexities should not get in the way of this, but they do."
While external clouds like Amazon EC2 offer the same benefits of internal clouds, VMware is betting that large enterprises won't send their mission critical applications outside the four walls of their data centers to these providers. Instead, they will want to create private cloud compute infrastructures using software like VDC-OS.
"There are security challenges with public clouds; enterprises don't trust [outsiders] with their customer and financial data," Balkansky said. "We want to transfer the notion of cloud computing to internal data center operations."
VMware is also hosting a webinar on January 29 about Internal Cloud Computing, if you want to hear more on this.
Balkansky said private cloud computing environments will gain traction in large data centers, but that could just be a self-serving prophecy. After all, most public cloud providers won't pay for VMware software and use free and open source Xen instead; hence, VMware has no place to go but within the enterprises that already know and love VMware.
While VMware is on an private cloud advocacy mission, as the largest virtualization provider on the planet, it can't ignore the need to play well with public clouds. That's where VMware's vCloud initiative comes into play; it will eventually allow VMware users to move their virtual machines on demand between their datacenters and cloud service providers, and over 200 partners have signed up to support vCloud so far, Balkansky said.
Cloud hype extends to NIC cards
Hifn says its new Express DS4100 NIC card is "optimized for the cloud". What's next? Cables? Batteries? My desk?
The problem with the cloud is speed in terms of uploads and downloads, says Hifn's PR person.
"Try uploading a terabyte to the cloud and see how long it takes." He has a point there, but I think it takes more than a slick NIC to fix this problem.
The exact speeds and feeds of the DS4100 will not be available until the official release next week, but ballpark pricing will be $1000 per card. It also supports virtualization and service-orientated architectures, just in case you need the whole ball of yarn.
Sun buys Q-Layer a tad early
Sun Microsystems snapped up a key piece of cloud-enabling technology via its acquisition of Belgium-based Q-Layer this week, but it's way ahead of most enterprise IT shops that are not ready for private clouds just yet.
Data from The451 Group, published in October, 2008, showed that 84% of their IT client base, several hundred large enterprises worldwide, have no plans to deploy internal, on-premise cloud computing.
Intergenia, a hosting company in Germany is the only public Q-Layer customer.
Q-Layer is focused on the orchestration layer above the hypervisor and supports VMware, Xen, Microsoft and Sun. Its NephOS software is designed to run on virtual and physical servers, storage and networks and abstracts all components in each layer through a uniform set of actions (E.g. create machine, reboot, backup, restore, start, stop, etc). The software translates these actions to the underlying physical or virtual technology. IT admins manage a virtual view that is automatically mapped to the underlying virtual or physical technology.
Other companies in this space include 3tera, Enomoly, Eucalyptus, DynamicOps, Arjuna and Cassatt, among others.
It sounds like great technology, which is typical of Sun, as is the timing. Sun's track record of acquiring great technology and even building great technology way ahead of market adoption is second to none. This deal with Q-Layer looks to be in keeping with the technology focused company we know and love. Let's hope IT shops are in a position to try this kit out sooner rather than later and Sun finally gets a break.
Gartner VP predicts thousands of clouds
Gartner's Vice President and distinguished analyst Tom Bittman spoke with us about the IT industry evolution led by virtualization and cloud computing, and why big players like VMware won't be the virtualization software of choice.
Since virtualization is the foundation of cloud computing, clouds are the next logical step for virtualization vendors like VMware and Citrix Systems, but Bittman said if these vendors don't make pricing changes, cloud platform providers like Google and Amazon won't use them.
"Cloud computing is a wide open market, dominated by open source Xen. It is a market that is there for the taking, and for VMware that would require a significantly different pricing model," said Bittman, who also blogs about virtualization and cloud computing. "Sun and Citrix could get a major foothold in the cloud market as well, if they get their act together."
VMware has taken steps towards becoming cloud friendly with its Vcloud initiative, but Vcloud is limiting because the provider has to use VMware, Bittman said. Microsoft also has its own cloud service, Azure, supported by Hyper-V.
Microsoft will probably try to turn Azure into a platform for ISV's to build software as a service, so "in a lot of ways, they are trying to build a platform for a cloud," Bittman said. But, "there is no reason Windows will be a prominent player in the cloud…[because providers] like Amazon EC2 don't care what the OS is; all they care about is what is being provided."
The future of clouds; more providers, fewer OSes
Today, cloud computing is dominated by a small number of large providers, but in the years ahead there will probably be ecosystems built around those islands; Software as a Service (SAAS) built upon the existing clouds, and the sharing of resources between cloud providers, Bittman said. He also expects fragmentation from the few general cloud platforms of today into many specialty cloud providers with applications and infrastructures that cater to specific industries, like healthcare, which have specific compliance requirements, Bittman said.
"We will see a growth to thousands of cloud providers and they won't want to write their own software using Xen; they will want to buy software and that is where companies like Sun could make a play," Bittman said.
Cloud computing is also changing the game when it comes to operating systems; the concept of the Meta-OS (like VMware's Virtual Data Center OS) is changing the paradigm of using one OS per physical server, Bittman said."The old idea is you build one platform to manage one box, but if I have 10,000 boxes, I don't want 10,000 OSEs managing everything independently," Bittman said. "If I turn an OS into a dumb container, it can work in a much more distributed way, like Microsoft's Azure, which is essentially Windows 2008 sprinkled all throughout the data center. This is changing the way we look at OSes going forward."
Cloud computing has the power to change things in the IT industry because of what it offers companies; flexibility and agility, Bittman said.
"Most infrastructures today focus on cost, but we are beginning to see a focus shift towards agility. People are using [cloud environments] not because of the cost savings, but because it is flexible. The ability to make changes according to demand qickly is becoming a more important factor for data centers," Bittman said.
Should Amazon EC2 follow Moore's Law?
According to the economical side of Moore's Law, processing power gets cheaper every year due to vendors being able to pack more of it in the same amount of space. Should cloud computing follow Moore's Law?
Let's take a look at Amazon's computing offering in the cloud — the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). EC2 is a web service that lets customers rent Amazon servers on which they can host their own applications. There are different price levels called "instances." The basic one is 10 cents an hour and, according to Amazon, is equivalent to a 32-bit system with 1.7 GB of memory, 1 EC2 Compute Unit, and 160 GB of instance storage.
So what is an EC2 Compute Unit? According to Amazon, it is equal to a 1.0-1.2 GHz 2007 Opteron or Xeon processor. When EC2 first came out in 2006, one EC2 Compute Unit was equivalent to an "early-2006 1.7 GHz Xeon processor" according to Amazon documentation on EC2 Instance Types.
(Two odd things about this: There's a 20% difference between a 1.0 GHz processor and a 1.2 GHz processor, so what gives? And if a 1.0-1.2 GHz processor in 2007 is equivalent to a 1.7 GHz processor in 2006, why change the definition at all?)
The price has stayed the same since 2006 at 10 cents an hour for that basic instance, but you are getting the same amount of processing power now that you were in 2008. So it is not following the economic portion of Moore's Law.
"You can now get a quad-core server for the same price you could get a single-core server in 2006. But cloud computing is not taking advantage of Moore's Law," said Raj Dutt, the CEO of Voxel Dot Net, a New York-based hosting company. "It's the same price for the same amount of processing power."
The question is whether it should. Clay Ryder, president of analyst firm Sageza Group, doesn't necessarily think so. He sees EC2 and other cloud computing products to be based on a different pricing scheme. Whereas servers are based on a sales model that includes the cost of time, materials and markup, cloud computing is more of a values-based pricing model, and the two are not the same.
Ryder likened it to owning a car compared to renting or leasing. When you buy a car, you're paying for the cost of materials to build it, the cost of labor it took to build (time), and any markup to make profit. When you rent one, you pay for a service.
"There is a lot of value in the Amazon approach," he said. "You can turn it off and turn it on, and there's no long-term costto you, and that is an intangible value."
Ryder hits on something here. When you pay for EC2, you're not just paying for the server hardware. You're also paying for the data center infrastructure around it (land acquisition, building costs, power generation, chillers, racks, etc.) and the cost of labor it takes to maintain that infrastructure and the servers. If you have your own data center and your own people, you don't pay for that when you go buy a dozen servers from Dell.
Some might still argue that at least a portion of the cost should be subject to Moore's Law. After all, Amazon is charging the same price for the same amount of processing power, even though that processing power is getting cheaper for them to buy.
Then again, maybe Amazon has already factored in Moore's Law, but has also factored in the increasing cost of labor, electricity, and materials to build a data center to run those servers. So in the end, it's all a wash, and the price stays the same.
Cloud computing, are you in or out?
While the cloud is a new dimension of technology that IT managers and administrators will bake into the technology landscape, we have to make one fundamental decision: will the technology be in our out of our traditional data centers? This is a loaded question in regards to policy, security, compliance and a myriad of other categories that are very line-of-business specific.
One element than help give perspective for making this type of decision can be applied from basic management challenges. One important thing that I learned from working with various project managers is that in any engagement it is important to determine what you can manage and what you can (or cannot) control. When back-end components of the cloud reside outside of traditional internal data centers, we can manage the cloud — but not entirely control it. Part of this — identified in Lauren Horowitz' post on this site — concerns the topics of transparency, service issues and cloud standards. When it comes down to it, if the back-end components of the cloud are outside the traditional data center, it cannot be fully controlled internally.
For offerings such as the Amazon EC2, Microsoft's Azure, and Rackspace, these offerings are off site from internal data centers. With this parameter, decisions have to be made about what lies inside and outside traditional data centers. The alternative to the cloud back end being external, however, may not be as attractive and the time to market compared to a provided solution is inferior.
Building a cloud internally may be a daunting task for some organizations, especially when some of the more primary components may not already be in place. One mechanism that can truly enable an internal cloud is a virtualized server environment. In quantifying the virtual environment, it is not necessarily how many virtual machines or hosts are in use but the percentage of systems that are virtual machines. Along with that, another building block of a cloud is a storage grid for ultimate flexibility on data protection. Lastly, network capabilities are a pillar that defines the internal cloud. This can include the use of load-balancing and traffic-managing switches. With all of that, it becomes pretty clear that the costs and growing pains could be significant.
Make no mistake, there will be cloud computing success stories. But in the case of your own implementation — determining where the back-end cloud components reside will be a critical question that will need answering sooner than later.


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Black Icing That Bleeds Pink?
Decorating By extrahorizons Updated 2 Jun 2012 , 1:32am by costumeczar
I made my first cake this week- and I was pretty happy with it! I finished it Saturday afternoon and put a few sheets of saran wrap over the cake, but they were loose- not tightly wrapped. When I got home from Church Sunday morning, and removed the wrap, all of my black polka dots had bled pink onto the white icing! Ack...
I pulled off all of my dots and re-did them with larger spots. Luckily I had put all of the icing in the refrigerator just in case I needed to make a repair.
Does any other icing bleed? This was a pre-mixed BLACK food coloring that I purchased from a cake supply store.
The good thing was the cake tasted great, and quite a few people asked me where I had bought it. Very satisfying!
Was this fondant or buttercream?
I find that you have to make sure that fondant that is darkly colored is very dry (i.e., use just a tiny smear of liquid to adhere to the cake). If it was buttercream, I'd say to not cover it at all because that increases the chance of condensation.
That being said, it's always a bit of a chance that "mega" colors like red and black will bleed onto a lighter color in my experience. It does get better with practice though.
I'm sorry you had a junky time with this cake but it's awesome that it came out good in the end!
Black food coloring has a TON of different colors in it, and it can bleed if there's too much in it. For black accents I'd use black fondant just to give it less of a chance of bleeding. When I roll black fondant out it turns the counters pink, so it definitely has a lot of red in it.
Having said that, I do make black icing and it does fine and doesn't run. I usually start with a chocolate icing, then add black airbrush color to it. Then you let it sit overnight to give it time to darken. If you start with the chocolate you don't have to use as much food color, and letting it sit will allow it to darken so you don't hve to use as much color.
It might also have had something to do with the plastic wrap. If the icing was covered with plastic the moisture in it will recirculate and it won't dry out on the surface. Letting the surface of the icing dry out will prevent some of the bleeding, but if everything stays moist it will probably have more of a chance to bleed. Maybe I'll do a little experiment with that and see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the blog post idea!


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I am checking out various network analyzers. One thing I would like to know is if there is a simple one that will analyze the Network and be able to determine which node(s) or section(s) of the network is only running at 100Mbps vs 1 gigabit. For example Node A to Node B is 100mbps, but Node A to Node C is 1 gb.
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BTW is Cat 5 really run at 1gigabit? I know Cat 5E is ok for 1gb.
Also will be testing out Solarwinds. Any opinions on this?
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Nov 17, 2011 at 2:48 UTC
I'd start by getting the port info from the switches if they are managed.
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I'd start by getting the port info from the switches if they are managed.
This will probably be the quickest method. You can either check the switch by hand or use some management software like solarwinds to pull the information in by SNMP.
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There have been several occasions where I have been asked "what is this web 2.0 thing I have been hearing about?". I found a really neat video on YouTube that does a good job explaining it in an easy to understand way. Take a look and tell me what you think.
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Dec 4, 2008 at 7:25 UTC
It is something that out lusers want, don;t need, and has never been needed.
I remember when I used a text-based browser with no images, and a 36.6K modem was enough to access the internet. I didn't have an ISP per se...I was more of a Wardialler...
Dec 4, 2008 at 8:50 UTC
Yeah I think I agree with that. The internet in 2.0 is dynamically driven by content. Machines don't add content; we do. But now the machines are empowered to take our content and strip it from its confines and share it between web apps. I also see the social networking aspects of it.
Over the last couple years I've asked peers what they think web 3.0 will be. One possibility I believe it could be is like the evolution of water creatures to land dwelling creatures. When we can take the webapps we use and remove them from the internet and place them on our own systems (evolve from cloud-dwelling to land-dwelling). Then allow the content you created on land synch up to the cloud (and the content created in the cloud while you were land-dwelling synch down). I believe technologies like Adobe AIR and Google gears may have the potential to move us this direction.
This is different from what spiceworks does, BTW (IMHO). SW is still more of a web 2.0 mashup. I can't read posts and reply offline to have them synch up when I'm online, for example.
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:31 UTC
So, in a nutshell, it's having 'content' (like a news article) seperate/not embedded in a single web page, so that it can then be inserted into any web page ..?
Dec 5, 2008 at 3:35 UTC
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Is it not all just a media hype?
Yes there is new types of media but back years ago there were sites running "ajax" style things in 1996.
1999, Microsoft created the XMLHttpRequest object as an ActiveX control.
Yes there was a big boom in the market and the ammount off sites using the technology but the technologies used tomorrow are being created today.
So what defines the start off web 2.0?
Was there really a web 1.0?
Dec 5, 2008 at 8:12 UTC
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I have no interest in Web 2.0. But it is a big buzz word to many people. In fact, the education industry really wants to figure out what to do with it. Look at the latest school surveys. They are really interested in it...
PS. You may even want to take a survey for the schools in your area or a specific school your kids attend... And they may want to take it too.
Dec 5, 2008 at 8:55 UTC
IMO nothing will change, and even if it does I'm sure none of us use Social Networking sites anyway so we won't even be able to tell the difference.
"Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as a platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform."
Dec 5, 2008 at 9:10 UTC
Nathan, I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around what you're saying. In the first paragraph you say nothing will change. In the second you say it has. "...move to the internet as a platform..." and the last two words are "new platform."
Granted I think I read that somewhere before too. Just trying to follow your logic. IMHO 3.0 would follow the same pattern. Except the phrase will go "...move from the internet as a stand-alone platform, to a new online/offline hybrid platform..."
Dec 5, 2008 at 9:38 UTC
Yeah the first paragraph was my opinion, and the second was just for other users to quickly find out what it actually is. Sorry for my poor grammar, was writing these inbetween jobs lol..
Dec 5, 2008 at 10:16 UTC
Oh, word! I guess I was reading into it too much. Social networking is a big part of web 2.0, but I don't think it's the only aspect. Spiceworks is an excellent example of a web 2.0 application. And while it does have social networking elements (obviously - we're all here, right?) it is so much more than that.
Dec 5, 2008 at 10:42 UTC
Would you mind explaining it a little more I still don't really get whats going to change.. Is it all to do with offline/online file syncing?
Dec 5, 2008 at 11:24 UTC
Yeah, but I just want to point out this isn't necessarily what web 3.0 has to be and, heck, there may never be the phrase. I'm just theorizing what the next 'evolution' could be.
I think you follow me, but it's not just as simple as file synching. Just as web 2.0 isn't as simple as social networking. I'm saying it would be more like synching the files AND applications. And taking webapps from the cloud and placing them onto the system as well (with or without distributed processing capability) and perhaps even the content. Not all the content, but a fair portion, or at least what you're likely to use. Storage keeps getting larger and cheaper, and with advancements like usb 3.0 we'll be pushing larger amounts data around a lot faster.
Sorry if it seems like I'm hijacking/dominating the thread. But I would be curious what others' perception of web 2.0 is and maybe even a prediction for what 3.0 could be.
Dec 5, 2008 at 11:51 UTC
Not sure what the hell happend to my post just now, but thanks spiceuser I understand it better now
Dec 8, 2008 at 2:35 UTC
As a web developer myself web 2.0 doesnt actually bring anything 'new' into the world of the internet, however it does define a new standard and era amongst developers compared to the past.
Web 1.0 if it really 'exists' was the initial idea of the internet in regards to content, it really defined the point that content was published by the advertisers and the advertisers only, it wasnt intended that 'others' can contribute to the published content as well.
The very first idea's for the commercial web was for a advertising/data medium as used over other technologies, the biggest example being its like a clone of 'teletext'. As time moved on, people got faster connections, more people were online etc the social aspects and interactive elements soon became obvious, it was from here that the web started to loose its 'stateless' status.
It soon became possible to pass data between pages, to have dynamic content and for users to leave comments behind, the next era came the chat rooms and from there we have grown to our current dynamic status with languages such as CGI, PHP, ASP, Java etc all playing a part.
I do believe that web 2.0 is just a definition that combines this new found idea of dynamic content and social interaction into an official definition and I personally believe its a step in the right direction of producing a standard for developers to follow, both with browser compatability and usability.
In terms of the technology for web 2.0 it is nothing new, but rather the grouping, naming and standardisation of the current technology, and it is exciting to us web developers as it finally means we might see some form of similarity and standards to adhere to.
In regards to web 3.0 I believe there we will be looking at the merge of 'applications' and 'internet applications', I believe that web 3.0 will be in the era when we dont have applications installed locally, where by we run applications on a per use or a rented basis via the Internet, this is already coming to light now ... Only time will really tell though.
Dec 8, 2008 at 1:06 UTC
It is something that out lusers want, don;t need, and has never been needed.
I remember when I used a text-based browser with no images, and a 36.6K modem was enough to access the internet. I didn't have an ISP per se...I was more of a Wardialler...
"Wardialer" - cool. Didn't know there was anyone left who knew what this is.
Dec 8, 2008 at 2:39 UTC
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Maybe Web 3.0 is going to be like cloud computing...
Dec 9, 2008 at 12:48 UTC
Is there a reason we jumped from web 1.0 to 2.0 and now we are seeing discussion of web 3.0? Isn't the standard to move to 1.1, 1.2, etc? I know, I'm showing my lack of programming knowledge here, but it's just a question.
The definition I've understood focuses on the interaction that takes place online. That could be in the form of comments on a blog, use of twitter, social networking sites, or discussions just like this on user sites.
Dec 9, 2008 at 1:00 UTC
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Is there a reason we jumped from web 1.0 to 2.0 and now we are seeing discussion of web 3.0? Isn't the standard to move to 1.1, 1.2, etc? I know, I'm showing my lack of programming knowledge here, but it's just a question.
The definition I've understood focuses on the interaction that takes place online. That could be in the form of comments on a blog, use of twitter, social networking sites, or discussions just like this on user sites.
The numbering scheme 1.0 > 1.1 >1.2 > etc typically shows minor improvements in a standard. 1.0 > 2.0 > 3.0 would show that major changes have happened. There may have been Web 2.0 > 2.1 > 2.2 but those would be revisions to the standard and best practices. The general public (ie, non-developers) wouldn't really know the difference.
When "1.0" was all that existed, web content was static for the most part (I can already hear some of you arguing).
Web 2.0 introduced the XML standard. XML is similar to HTML, but it is much more detailed in how it describes the data, they allowing other sites to pull data from one another ("web mashup" originally called "web services").
Web 3.0 is looking to add another level of complexity to this that I don't yet completely understand or see, but I am sure is there.
Dec 9, 2008 at 1:40 UTC
The numbering scheme 1.0 > 1.1 >1.2 > etc typically shows minor improvements in a standard. 1.0 > 2.0 > 3.0 would show that major changes have happened. There may have been Web 2.0 > 2.1 > 2.2 but those would be revisions to the standard and best practices. The general public (ie, non-developers) wouldn't really know the difference.
I assume the description above is completely elementary to most here, but that is a great explanation. It also gives the iterations of the web progress more of a programming feel versus marketing feel. By that, think of marketing and the "next big thing". When we think one topic is worn a little a new one has to be created to create more "buzz". It is interesting to see the push of web 3.0 from both the technical side and the marketing side.
Dec 9, 2008 at 2:10 UTC
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I'm glad that is a good explanation. It is interesting to see the different groups push a new technology to the top. The neat thing is that sometimes it is hard to tell that two differently named technologies are really one in the same (ie, cloud computer and Web 3.0).
Dec 10, 2008 at 12:20 UTC
I thought it was a decent explanation too, but I don't think web 3.0 has been officially defined yet. And in my view of what it will be, it's not as simple as equating it to cloud computing. I remember when I first presented the question to friends/peers about 1.5 -2 years ago and if you tried to google it, you wouldn't really get anything. I just googled it again for the first time in over a year and there were quite a few results. But it still doesn't seem to be officially anything, yet.
Actually, the best page I found on it was a response by Eric Schmidt back in August of '07. Even had a video - it's worth checking out. I think his idea of what it will be is very close to mine. After watching the video, it even occured to me that what I'm thinking could be termed as an application mashup. I see it as a mashup of apps and that they can be either cloud-based or offline (should be both, actually), and that the data will reside primarily online, but can be cached locally and your changes on the local app will synch up to the webapp. I think it would be a mistake to require the data be cloud based only, so that's where I don't totally agree with him.
Here are some other interesting links with alternate and/or similar concepts for what 3.0 could be:
Dec 12, 2008 at 1:45 UTC
Web 3.0... What a pratical idea...
I don't think we are going to hit "The Matrix" style web before V.14 at least.
Web 3.0... well, they way things are going right now, it's arguable that the largest chunks of all internet traffic stems from Porn and SPAM.
I don't have statistics on hand, and surpisingly enough, most people believe they have a number, but they are surprisingly hard to find.
I would have to say, Web 3.0, will be all porn all the time. More advertising, more SPAM and simply more of everything we don't want (or at least in the office).
Eventually, the people will revolt and enough will be enough. The "non-computer savvys" of the world will have moved on, a computer will be common place in every home with everything you can imagine connected to it. Your toaster will start grilling SPAM messages into your toast in the morning... "Do you want BIGGER toast..." LOL
Than eventually some governing body will take over, creating the Web 3.0 Constitution 1.0.
Thinigs like freedom of speech in the form of Solicitation, I.E. SPAM will dissappear. Uploads and Downloads to and fro will be monitored. E.mail communications will be biometrically sent to ensure the right person is sending and receiving.
And than some lobal revolution will come across, and the Web 3.1 will be born... And everything will be like it was in 2.0...
Dec 15, 2008 at 8:33 UTC
That reminds me, I haven't seen the movie Brazil in quite a while. I'll have to add it to the Netflix queue now thanks to Jason.
Dec 15, 2008 at 8:56 UTC
Web 2.0 is one of the most ridiculous terms ever spawned to explain a relatively simple shift from one type of design to another. Its not even to a 'new' design... the underlying technology has been around forever (in computer years). People just got serious about writing complimentary tools and dev environments. *Sigh*
When terms like this are used by industry people, it makes me cringe. This is the same kind of dumbed-down simplification responsible for the droves of AOL users that dont know what Internet Explorer is, and cant understand the difference between their computer and its modem. We can take a second to explain to them that that there are simply a better class of site designers and better tools available to build with, period. There is no 'new version', what a moronic concept.
Dec 15, 2008 at 1:29 UTC
IT Journey, LLC is an IT service provider.
Easy there Mclovin....
Look at the Web 2.0 "movement" as more of the standardization of newer web technologies and methods. While some of the underlying technology may have been around "forever" it wasn't necessarily standardized, therefore it shouldn't really count as a new way of doing things for the masses.
It's similar to when 802.11n came out. People were pushing is (like the pre-official Web 2.0 stuff) and called it 802.11n-draft. What did they have to call it that instead of just saying 802.11n....because the spec wasn't standardized and formally accepted by the powers that be. If you have a draft device there is no guarantee that it will work with the accepted spec.
The point of these standards is to help with interoperability, not to make you cringe :)
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