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Environmental impacts from herbicide tolerant canola production in Western Canada
The commercial production of herbicide tolerant (HT) canola began in Western Canada in 1997. With more than a decade of use, the actual farm-level environmental impact of HT canola can be evaluated. This article reports on a spring 2007 survey of nearly 600 canola farmers in the three prairie provinces of Western Canada. Producers were asked about their crop production experiences for 2005 and 2006 and expected crop planting for 2007. A reduction in the total number of chemical applications over the 3-year period was reported, resulting in a decrease of herbicide active ingredient being applied to farmland in Western Canada of nearly 1.3 million kg annually. Fewer tillage passes over the survey period were reported, improving moisture conservation, decreasing soil erosion and contributing to carbon sequestration in annual cropland. An estimated 1 million tonnes of carbon is either sequestered or no longer released under land management facilitated by HT canola production, as compared to 1995. The value of this carbon off-set is estimated to be C$5 million. Comparisons with similar studies and against non-adoption of HT canola can guide future decisions about HT canola adoption.
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Next Saturday and Sunday, the Roanoke Rifle and Revolver Club will host the Commonwealth Games, a state level olympic style competition for the average citizen. It will be my honour to direct the N.R.A. style black powder catridge matches, this consists of using any breech loading single shot rifle chambered originally for black powder catridge calibres, such as the Sharps, Ballard, Winchester High Wall and several other brands of target/hunting rifles popular during the latter half of the 19th century. The course of fire consists of ten animals on stands at four different distances, (chickens at two hundred metres, pigs at three hundred metres, turkeys at 483 Yards (?) and rams at five hundred metres.) The shooter fires at all the animals from the rest position using "crossed sticks" except the chickens, which are shot off hand. This sport has been shown on the Outdoor channel several times, the silouhette sport is one of the few that anyone, regardless of sex, age or health restrictions can be competitive, one of the best shooters in our club is near eighty and he almost always wins his class, (classes are determined by average targets downed over a three match period and are in no way exclusive otherwise) I love to watch as some 90 pound Grandmother touches off a big ol'Sharps .40-70 and see a 40 pound steel ram topple at over a quarter mile away........this sport allows the use of rifles that for many years sat in corners and in collections gathering dust because it was Great Grand-Paws buffalo gun, folks are discovering that Great Grand-Paw could shoot! When you consider how few modern produced rifle/scope hunting rifles being taken afield today could compete with these old black powder rifles with just iron sights. If you have the chance to attend a match of this type in your area...check it out! spectators can tell just how well a shooter is doing at the same time as the shooter does. This is a somewhat expensive sport for beginners as the rifles used in the sport are not cheap, expect to pay a thousand dollars and up for a quality rifle, and the other gear such as spotting scope and reloading equipment can easily exceed another thousand, but once the equipment is gathered the sport it's self is cheap, bullets, powder and primers are priced in the same range as smokeless supplies, so, if you would like to see what Great Grand Paw used to kill off a million or more buffalo in a twenty year period, stop by and see.
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Posted 11 July 2005 - 05:29 AM
Ty,I wish I could go to that shoot! My buddy at work decided he would get into silouhette shooting,and went out and bought a Pedersoli Winchester Highwall 45.70 with a 32'' barrel.The gun was the easy part.We can't find any shoots here in Texas,so far.I decided to wait and go to some shoots to see if it's what I really want to do before I bought a rifle.Your right,he gave a little over $1,000.00 for his gun,but man is it a beauty.It has a dandy walnut stock,and the wood to metal fit looks like a 20,000 buck gun.Jerry
Posted 11 July 2005 - 06:43 AM
Jerry, go to the Shiloh Rifle web site, click on the shooters forum, there are dozens of shooters from Texas there and they can put you onto a nearby shoot,
Posted 12 July 2005 - 05:32 AM
Thanks for the info Ty.I went there and registered on the forum.Some dude from West Texas already had my Horsefly username,so now I'm heelfly over there.The next shoot here is in October at Mineral Wells at the old Fort Walthers helicoper base,about 1 hr. from here.October is a great time to be alive in Texas.Thanks very much compadre.This is something I've been looking for for a long time.Jerry
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Early Encounters between Native Americans and Europeans
Early European explorers to the Americas likely experienced emotions including awe at the vast "new" environment, amazement at meeting "others," the thrill of the unknown, concern for personal safety, desire for personal reward, and longing for their homeland and those left behind. Written and pictorial records attributed to Europeans provide the bulk of the records of these early travels. Impressions of natives as well as Native impressions of Europeans are frequently framed in the narratives of the explorers. Examination of these records indicates the cautious and curious nature of first encounters.
Centuries of ignorance, prejudice, and opinions lacking evidence or scholarly research have tainted traditional views of the earliest meetings between Native Americans (First Nations in Canada) and Europeans. Students may come to recognize how the later period of continued exploration, settlement, and interaction was influenced by these early encounters from the St. Lawrence River to Georgia.
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Did early contact between Native Americans and Europeans set the stage for their future relations?
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Perceptions of Native Americans Worksheet
Students Will Be Able To
- Explain the content of first-person written accounts of early encounters
- Interpret and evaluate the historical accuracy of artistic images
- Compare modern scholarship and evidence with traditional views of early encounters
- Contrast first impressions of Europeans and Native Americans
- Correlate data from a chart with recent historical research
- Write a short opinion piece
Motivation (Do Now, the "Hook")
- Divide the class, depending on enrollment, into two, four, or six groups. Assign a reader, a facilitator, and a recorder to each group.
- Distribute copies of Document #1 and Document #2 (from the Perceptions of Native Americans Worksheet) to alternating groups.
- Have each group listen to and follow along as the reader proceeds through the document.
- Ask the facilitator to obtain from the group the major ideas in the document and any questions about the content or meaning of the document. This information is listed by the recorder.
- The teacher reconvenes the class as a whole. The reader from each group reports and the teacher makes a list on a white board, overlay, computer projection, or chalk board.
- The teacher then summarizes by asking the students to indicate the similarities and differences expressed in both documents.
Questions and Activities
- Students view Document #3, the image "Indian in Body Paint." Students are asked their impressions of the sketch and to imagine the point of view of the artist, John White.
- Students read Document #4, "Roanoke Counterfeited According to the Truth" and view Document #5 of a woodcut image based on John White's drawing. The students are asked how the historian debunks the information in the two illustrations.
- How does the Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation (Document #6) help us understand the relations between the settlers and the Narragansett?
- Read and examine Documents #7, 8, and 9. How do each of these documents illustrate the complexity and confusion of early encounters? How did Native Americans and Europeans attempt to resolve their confusion and differences?
- Contrast the message in the 1622 illustration, Document #10, by Matthaeus Merian with the earlier images by John White.
- Read the first page only of Document #11. Make a list of the exchanges that took place between Native Americans and Europeans.
- Summarize Professor Richter's opinions of the impact of these early encounters.
- Read the second page of Document #11 and at the same time review the information in Document #12. Write a one paragraph opinion on the statement: The "face of North America" was drastically altered as a result of the early encounters between Native Americans and Europeans. Cite evidence from the documents.
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Neither man was set to play a significant role this season, so what in the world were they doing in Port St. Lucie?
Friday morning brought reason to spend a little less time thinking and a little more time rejoicing. Alderson announced that the team released Castillo and decided to eat the $6 million he's due for the 2011 season.
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All of that made Castillo became a poster boy for all the dysfunction within the organization during the Omar Minaya era. Even though he isn't a worse choice than the rest of the second base candidates in Mets camp, his continuing presence on the roster made it all but impossible for the Mets to turn the page from those painful years and look to the future.
There are plenty of other things still standing in the way of that, but losing Castillo was an easy first step to show that the mistakes of the past won't accepted by the organization of the present.
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Breakfast will be served and members of the public are welcome.
With the help of a professional staff and more than 400 volunteers, Homes With Hope provides a range of services that includes a community kitchen, food pantry, emergency shelters, permanent supportive housing, casework services, pre-employment training, and mentoring. Homes With Hope works closely with other community groups to provide these services, including Weston's own Kiwanis Club and Peter's Market.
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Portugal secured the point they needed to advance to the UEFA EURO 2008™ finals despite being denied time and again by the fine goalkeeping of Jussi Jääskeläinen.
Jääskeläinen heroics
The home side certainly did not play for a draw and only a wonderful performance from Jääskeläinen prevented Luiz Felipe Scolari's men from recording a comfortable triumph that would have made them Group A winners ahead of Poland. The visitors knew that only a win would be enough for them to qualify but they rarely threatened, their best chance coming in a frantic finale in which defender Bruno Alves sliced narrowly wide of his own goal. Defeat leaves the Finns in third place, although they could slip to fourth if Serbia win their final game against Kazakhstan.
Portugal dominant
Portugal dominated the first half but a combination of poor finishing and Jääskeläinen's excellence prevented them from taking the lead. The hosts' first effort came after two minutes, Ricardo Quaresma firing in a shot which was smothered by Jääskeläinen and the Bolton Wanderers FC custodian excelled again after ten minutes tipping Cristiano Ronaldo's 25-metre free-kick over the bar. The one-way traffic continued, Quaresma again being denied while a Ronaldo header was turned over by Jääskeläinen.
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It took Finland 42 minutes to threaten home goalkeeper Ricardo, Joonas Kolkka lashing in a shot which drifted just over the bar. Portugal quickly regained the initiative after the break but again could find no way past the goalkeeper. After 51 minutes Miguel Veloso whipped in a corner which Nuno Gomes directed goalwards only for Jääskeläinen to produce another wonderful stop. The 32-year-old produced two more fine saves to deny Quaresma before Finland launched a late bid to win it. However, the closest Roy Hodgson's team came was when Alves almost put through his own goal.
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What, then, about Albuquerque's Johnny Tapia?
Smart and resourceful in the ring, the five-time world champion worked with some of the finest trainers of his era — Freddie Roach, Jesse Reid, Eddie Futch, et al. He also worked with trainers who had been great fighters — Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Buddy McGirt.
On the other hand, Tapia's style was all his own and not necessarily one you'd teach to someone else. And did he really listen to any of the dozen or more trainers he employed during his career? He always seemed to be doing his own thing in the ring.
In any case, Tapia, 45, is training fighters at his gym, just off San Mateo NE. Several of his students are scheduled to fight March 31 on a card promoted by Tapia and his wife, Teresa, at the Hard Rock.
Lightweight Archie Ray Marquez (12-2, 8 knockouts) winner of his first 12 fights, sought out Tapia after losing his last two. Marquez is scheduled to fight fellow Albuquerquean Willie Villanueva (10-4, 2 KOs) in the March 31 main event.
Santa Fe junior middleweight Joaquin Zamora (18-4-1, 12 KOs), is working with Tapia with the blessing of his longtime trainer Al Lovato. Zamora is scheduled to fight on the undercard.
Tapia also is training his son Johnathon (0-1), who now is fighting as Johnny Tapia Jr., and junior lightweight Amanda Crespin (4-4, 1 KO).
Where his fighters are concerned, trainer Tapia certainly talks the talk.
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"Archie's got a mean left hook that he's never used, and nobody's ever taught him how to throw the right hand with a hook."
Of Zamora, a skillful boxer but a notoriously slow starter, Tapia said: "I need to pick him up a little more and start him fast, because it takes four, five, six rounds to get Joaquin going. What I did is give him a fast pace with angles."
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Says Marquez: "With Johnny it's never the same thing. It's always something new. You're always learning things, picking up new stuff.
"It's exciting. It's brought the fun back into boxing."
MALDONADO UPDATE: Albuquerquean Fidel Maldonado Jr. was equal parts patience and aggressiveness in his victory over Mexico's Antonio Chuc in Cancún on Feb. 18.
Maldonado (13-0, 11 KOs) caught up with the defense-minded Chuc (8-11, 2 KOs) in the fifth round, dropping him with a left to the liver. Chuc got to his feet, but a barrage of shots sent him back to the canvas and ended the fight.
"He's starting to mature into a well-rounded boxer-puncher," says the Albuquerque southpaw's father and trainer, Fidel Sr. "I love what I saw there and hope that continues."
Maldonado is scheduled to fight the main event of an April 28 card at the Santa Ana Star Casino. Fernando Carcamo (9-3, 6 KOs), a significant upgrade from Chuc, is his scheduled opponent.
The Carcamo fight, a defense of Maldonado's WBC Youth lightweight world title, is the Albuquerquean's first scheduled 10-rounder.
TROUT UPDATE: The big fights and big money continue to elude Las Cruces southpaw Austin Trout, despite the WBA junior middleweight title belt he holds.
Trout (24-0, 14 KOs) is the mandatory challenger to Miguel Cotto's WBA "Super" junior middleweight title. But Cotto is scheduled to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5 for huge pay-per-view bucks.
Australian Anthony Mundine is the mandatory challenger to Trout's "regular" WBA belt, but Mundine — trash-talking all the way — has said he can make more money fighting someone else.
"Austin's been pretty frustrated," says Las Cruces' Louie Burke, Trout's trainer. "We haven't been able to land anything big.
"Nobody wants to fight him; it's just too much of a risk (for prospective opponents)."
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Better Acoustics: Smartphones' Next Frontier
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BARCELONA — A new generation of smartphones has progressed to a point where consumers can expect to record footage in 4K video. But what about audio quality?
Several MEMS microphone vendors at the Mobile World Congress described "higher quality voice and audio" as the next frontier of smartphones.
Vendors gunning for MEMS microphone featuring better acoustic performance include Infineon Technologies, who provides its MEMS silicon to Hong Kong-based AAC Technologies, and a startup named Vesper, developer of the world's first piezoelectric-based MEMS microphones. Vesper during the Mobile World Congress announced a partnership with AAC.
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For Vesper, the partnership deal is a breakthrough. AAC is known as one of the staple MEMS mic suppliers for Apple products (almost all generations of iPhones and old iPads), according to Yole Développement. Roger Tay, general manager and vice president of R&D at AAC, told EE Times that his company has more than a 50 percent share in the global smartphone market.
For AAC, which invested a minority share in Vesper in 2014, the partnership is also significant. The deal signals AAC's interest in commercializing MEMS microphones deploying a piezo technology that's fundamentally different from the capacitive MEMS microphones already shipping in massive volume.
Better acoustic performance
Infineon boasted at Mobile World Congress about its new MEMS microphones. The German company promises they will deliver "a maximum sound pressure level that's around 10dB higher than the best microphones currently available on the market."
Andreas Urschitz, who heads Infineon's power management & multimarket division, told EE Times, "When kids go to a rock concert, they not only want to record good video but also excellent audio."
Infineon's silicon-based MEMS microphones pick up the user's voice clearly even in very noisy public locations such as airports or concerts, or even in windy environments, he explained.
Infineon said its MEMS microphones which uses a dual back plate solution can not only deliver an industry leading signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 66 dB, but also an acoustic overload point of 135dB describing the sound pressure level, at which a noticeable distortion occurs.
With the dual back plate technology, Infineon's engineering team has refined the technology so that the company can deliver MEMS microphones with differential output. "This allows for a symmetric output, which provides an almost undistorted signal even at high sound pressure levels and is very robust with regards to RF interferences," according to Infineon's spokesman.
Dust free
Meanwhile, unlike the electrostatic transducer principle Infineon's MEMS microphone is based on, Vesper's solutions is based on piezoelectric, which Vesper said can make MEMS microphones intrinsically waterproof, dustproof and particle resistant.
Matt Crowley, CEO of Vesper, pointed out that dust can easily infiltrate the tiny hole occupied by a microphone in a smartphone, posing a danger of signal loss.
He explained that each smartphone can come with an array of eight microphones inside the unit for the beam-forming that enables noise cancellation. A failure of even just one microphone — caused by particle contamination — could cause a 90 percent failure rate in a smartphone's microphone. Mic failure is the second biggest complaint among smartphones users, said Crowley, after cracked screens.
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Comparative effectiveness of traditional chemoembolization with or without sorafenib for hepatocellular carcinoma
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AIM: To compare the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) with associated adverse events (AE) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) + sorafenib vs TACE alone.
METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study we collected data on all consecutive patients with a diagnosis of unresectable HCC between 2007 and 2011 who had been treated with TACE + sorafenib or TACE alone. We hypothesized that the combination therapy is superior to TACE alone in improving the survival in these patients. Data extracted included patient's demographics, etiology of liver disease, histology of HCC, stage of liver disease with respect to model of end stage liver disease score and Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) classification and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging for HCC. Computed tomography scan findings, alpha fetoprotein levels, number of treatments and related AE were also recorded and analyzed.
RESULTS: Of the 43 patients who met inclusion criteria, 13 were treated with TACE + sorafenib and 30 with TACE alone. There was no significant difference in median survival: 20.6 mo (95%CI: 13.4-38.4) for the TACE + sorafenib and 18.3 mo (95%CI: 11.8-32.9) for the TACE alone (P = 0.72). There were also no statistically significant differences between groups in OS (HR = 0.82, 95%CI: 0.38-1.77; P = 0.61), PFS (HR = 0.93, 95%CI: 0.45-1.89; P = 0.83), and treatment-related toxicities (P = 0.554). CTP classification and BCLC staging for HCC were statistically significant (P = 0.001, P = 0.04 respectively) in predicting the survival in patients with HCC. The common AE observed were abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and mild elevation of liver enzymes.
CONCLUSION: Combination therapy with TACE + sorafenib is safe and equally effective as TACE alone in patients with unresectable HCC. CTP classification and BCLC staging were the significant predictors of survival. Future trials with large number of patients are needed to further validate this observation.
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This conference will explore how discourses on Islam, gender, sexuality, and race are mobilized in the struggle over contemporary Europeanness.
It highlights especially approaches that draw on anti-racist, feminist, and queer of color critique.
This event is supported by the European Union Center; the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics; a William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant; the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Center for Advance Study, the Dept. of Gender and Women's Studies, and the Dept. of Sociology.
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Rita Chin (History, University of Michigan)
Fatima El-Tayeb (Ethnic Studies and Literature, UC San Diego)
Umut Erel (Sociology and the Center for Citizenship, Identities, and Governance, Open University (United Kingdom))
Jessica Greenberg (Anthropology, University of Illinois)
David Gramling (German Studies, University of Arizona)
Petra Kuppinger (Anthropology, Monmouth College)
Chantal Nadeau (Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois)
Carl Niekerk (Germanic, University of Illinois)
Damani Partridge (Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan)
Junaid Rana (Asian American Studies, University of Illinois)
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3:15pm-5:00pm Panel 2Damani Patridge (University of Michigan): "After Diaspora, Beyond Citizenship: Non-Citizen Youth Politics in Contemporary Berlin"Petra Kuppinger (Monmouth College): "How to Become a Foreigner: Gender and Nationality in Germay"Chair: Samir Meghelli (African American Studies/French)
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1:00pm-2:45pm Panel 4David Gramling (University of Arizona): "Hysterical Postsecularism: Rhetorics of Indifference toward Islam in Europe and the US"Junaid Rana (Asian American Studies): "Reclaiming Radicalism: Critical Muslim Studies and the Left"Chair: Behrooz Ghamari (Sociology/History)
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Welcome! Here we will follow my day to day antics from my kitchen at home and my upcoming journey at culinary school! From previous passions such as costumes, theatre and design to more recent ones passionfruit, cookies and dulche de leche I hope you enjoy the ride…(contd below.)
…and that was it…
That was the 'birth' of my dear blog, not more than two years ago. If you're reading this, I thank you. I thank you for taking the time to revisit my blog and see what my first words were in this blogsphere and for also taking the time to see where all my (very small,) yet very ambitious ideas eventually grew too.
Early on I figured I knew it all. I was going to re launch my career as a chef, retrain from my previous ocupation as a theatre designer and eventually look at combining the two…somehow…
This blog began as a way to document the recipes and perhaps, take just a few food snaps. (I began this blog in my first year of culinary studies and I re-write this post now, as a chef in my final year.)
In addition, I joined part of a small community of food photography addicts on Instagram and I spent a lot of time day dreaming about the foods I ate. What I would cook next, with the possible exception of thinking about what I ate yesterday…I didn't call it girl in a food frenzy for nothing.
Overtime, that small community I was a part of, really flourished and still does today. With it came great opportunities which eventually led to more from there. From a very tiny yet, relevant feature in Jamie Magazine Food Photo comp. To a feature on Instagram itself. I was so happy….
Deciding that I could really pursue this love of food, design and cooking really became my focus after these events. Seeking out new ways to define my love for creating recipes and putting my visual stamp on it…well obsessed came to mind. Eventually, Hollywood came knocking. The rest they say is history…Well, not exactly, but I did happen to connect with the amazing folk at Tastemade (Santa Monica, CA) and in turn, became a YouTube partner on their network.
So much of what I've learnt over these years, has been by observation, or sheer persistance. It could also be by luck and belief. No matter how small your beginnings, no matter how far away you are from your goal? It's so entirely possible to make a go of it…and perhaps eat a lot of delicious food in the middle…
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OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Review by Eric43
Reviewed: 01/16/07 | Updated: 07/09/09
Sega proves they still have their racing mojo with this game
Sega was on a roll in the 80s-90s with their famous arcade racersOutrun, Daytona USA 1/2, Scud Race, Virtua Racing, Sega Rally Championship, etc. Then it seemed Sega gave up, especially when the Dreamcast flopped. Daytona USA for the Dreamcast was their last ditch attempt at a solid racer, but that hardly got any media attention. Sega was done for. YEAH RIGHT! Some genius at Sega AM2 decided to release a full-fledged 3-D sequel to the twenty-year-old Outrun game, complete with a sense of speed and radical drifts, and it looks beautiful. An arcade game and Xbox port is released in 04, then Sega AM2 puts more icing on the cake by releasing Outrun 2006, with more levels, cars, and music tracks. Nice job, Sega.
Outrun 2006 is an arcade racer which recreates the same old Outrun formula: theres a guy and a girl riding in a Ferrari, passing by traffic and getting through stages as fast as possible. The course is split up into fifteen tracks, each one considerably different from the others. Think about the course as a cone with one track on the left, connecting to two, then three, four, and five. You start at that single track on the left, then when you get to the end of that track, you can choose to turn left or right onto the corresponding track. Turning right will lead to a more difficult course, so you can choose to challenge yourself or take the easy way out every session. This means that each race (road trip) is up to the users choice. Its a stroke of genius idea that Ive yet to see emulated in any other racing game to date.
In Outrun, there was the cherry red Testarossa and thats it. However, Outrun 2006 has a bucketload of licenced Ferraris; fifteen in all! Theres the classic Testarossa as well as the F40, F50, F355 Spider, 360 Spider, 512BB, and the world famous Enzo. Each car comes in a small variety of colors and has a difficulty label slapped on itEasy, Medium, or Hard. Obviously the more difficult cars travel six miles per hour faster than the easy ones, but they are more difficult to handle. New to Outrun 2006 are the tuned Ferraris; every car has an alternative version with some racing logos and spoilers slapped on it, and they go much faster too, yet they are more difficult to steer. If you thought you were good at Outrun 2, youre going to find more to handle this time around.
Theres two full-fledged courses, the classic Outrun 2 course and the new Special Tours course. Thats thirty stages and each one lasts about forty seconds total, minus the intersection. The original course is decked with European flair, and youll fly by beaches, coniferous forests, deserts, old castles, ghost forests, the Eiffel Tower, and the Roman Colosseum. The SP course takes place specifically North America, and youll encounter scenery from San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Kennedy Space Center, the Grand Canyon, as well as some forests, jungles, and ancient Aztec/Incan ruins. Sega AM2 delivered enough variety to please the fans. The only flaw is that the Scud Race/Daytona USA 2 bonus courses from the original Outrun 2 were ditched this time around.
Alright, the features are all good, so hows the driving? Its solid. At the starting line, when you see the same old Fat Flagman from the original, you know its going to be a great experience. The controls are pretty simple and driving is a blast. The sense of speed reflects Segas ability to keep the action intense without compensating control over the vehicle. However, like in all good Sega racers, there is the option to drift (in other words, rotate the car sideways to corner at higher speed). Drifting slows down the car a little, so its usually a better idea to corner normally whenever you can. However, youre going to be drifting a lot anyway, so this will become a staple tactic in bypassing tricky turns.
To drift, tap the brake or down-upshift on the stick. Unlike other Sega racers, drifting is much simpler because its impossible to spin out. However, the game utilizes some sort of rail drifting instead of a free-drifting system. When the car drifts, it feels like its following a set line. This isnt a bad thing, but it makes some turns in this game too simple. Without regard to speed, you can just gun the car into the turn and youll make it through most of the time, assuming you use proper cornering techniques. The real bete noire in the game are consecutive sharp turns, and they will appear on the more tricky stages of the game. To take on these portions, the car has to drift, straighten out, then drift again. This requires some practice and timing on your part. To summarize, the drifting in this game is not the same as it was in games like Daytona USA/Scud Race, but whether or not thats a better thing is up to you to decide.
You can play Arcade mode in which you choose a course and carve your path to the exit, dodging the traffic all the way. There will also be other rival Ferraris to catch up to. Slipstreaming is a viable option in this game, and it will give you a big boost to your speed. However, the traffic tends to be a pain unless you are drifting, in which the car takes no speed loss from plowing into the back of a bus or a minivan. That really stinks. However, you can race in Time Trial mode, thereby removing the traffic and the randomness in the game. Theres another mode called Heart Attack mode. Here, youre getting scored on doing tasks that your girlfriend gives you in the middle of the race. These are as basic as running into cones or passing traffic. Your scores in all modes are saved to a local leaderboard. On the Xbox version, you can submit your times and replay ghosts to an Xbox Live Leaderboard.
You can also do some missions by talking to some people. The flagman will offer a bunch of racing-based missions, in which you must beat the AI opponents. Its like battling the traffic, except the traffic is much faster than usual. However, the other portion of the missions are extensions of the Heart Attack mode, except each stage is split up into multiple objectives. Clarrisa, a blonde girl in shorts who asks you to do ridiculous stunts such as drive through cone gates or plow other cars off the road; Jessica, a rich lady who requests speed-related tricks, such driving on a color strip or keeping your speed high; and Holly, a Halle Berry look-alike who offers thinking tasks such as adding up numbers or memorizing a sequence of fruits while driving. Its a good concept, but those that dont like doing tasks and would rather, ya know, just race probably wont care for it.
Even though the game has plenty of features, youre not handed everything right away. Every time you do something in the game, particularly the missions, youre given Outrun Miles. This is the games currency that is used to unlock more stuff. Its a good idea, but you have to play this game too much to unlock everything. However, theres a cheat that will hand you everything right away, so if you want to use the cheat, then be my guest.
Theres no multiplayer besides lan and online play. If you can round enough buddies who enjoy this game, then you can have fun racing each other. No other detail can be said.
This game looks as flashy as it plays and the graphics are well-done. The Ferraris look great and are fluidly animated on the road. Each stage looks great and is littered with all sorts of detail and color, even if you are driving too fast to stop and take a look. The draw distance is excellent, especially once you go over a big hill and take a look at the scenery below. Sega AM2 once described this as a grand journey rather than a race, and for a game with expensive sports cars and exotic locations, this game fits the bill. A nice touch is when go through an intersection, the sky will change to meet the next setting. As the sky goes from day to night in an instant, the car lights will turn on. However, Id like if Sega would ditch the sprite galleries at the finish line, plus revamp the polygon count of the traffic. Hey, the PS2 cant handle all of that detail, so if we have to live with it, then we can survive.
The sound is also outstanding. The engines and tire squealing are here, and its not at all disappointing. Your girlfriend passengers give off little quips here and there, and they sound fine. Sound effects from the classic Outrun, such as Get ready! and Checkpoint! are still around. However, the music seals the package. All of the classic tunes from Outrun, Splash Wave, Magical Sound Shower, and Passing Breeze, are here in both original and remixed forms. New to Outrun 2006 are other tunes from Turbo Outrun as well as some original guitar and vocal tracks that fit in well fine. If youve never heard it before, its a mix of upbeat guitar riffs with a bit of salsa and dance tunes. Not to mention the classic wave sounds are back and are present in the menus. The sound fits perfectly.
Outrun 2006 is an underrated racing game, boasting original driving that Sega has excelled in for years. If youre an arcade racing fan, or you just like Ferraris, pick up this game. Its available for the PS2, Xbox, and PC, so you have the liberty to choose which platform you most prefer. Hopefully, if you haven't been a big fan of Sega racing games, this will encourage you to think otherwise.
Presentation: 8/10Same old Sega racing goodness, boosted with licenced Ferrari power.
Gameplay: 9/10Charming arcade racing on thirty well-detailed stages in Europe and North America.
Graphics: 8/10Good looking cars, colorful detail, dumb cardboard galleries!
Sound: 9/10Good sound effects and classic Outrun soundtrack.
Replay Value: 8/10Thirty tracks, a handful of Ferraris, online play, and a unique Heart Attack mode. You'll be playing for a while.
Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Product Release: OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (US, 04/25/06)
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- So I guess this device was a comparative flop? Seems like no one bit, even though it's one of the rare keyboard-Androids. Then again, my biggest problem with it was the limited storage. I don't care how big an SD card you can put in, too many apps are hardcoded to use the /sdcard path, and if that only has 4 GB available to it, you've got a problem. (Most devices with internal storage mount the SD card to /sdcard/external_sd or something like that).06-14-2012 02:30 PMLike 0
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Divorce: How to make it amicable
When two married people decide that they no longer wish to live together, divorce often follows. However, when children are involved, it's important to ensure the divorce is as amicable as possible to maintain the emotional wellbeing of everyone involved.
What is an amicable divorce?
An amicable divorce is settled outside of the courtroom in the hopes that after the proceedings the couple in question will maintain a courteous relationship. Despite settling out of court, it's still important to invest in the services of a lawyer in order to draw up formal documents detailing things like housing arrangements, financial support, living arrangements of the children, etc.
The benefits of an amicable divorce
Aside it being a more affordable option, such a divorce will often result in a better relationship for all. Avoiding court may also be healthier for the wellbeing of the entire family as issues over the living arrangements of children can create stress for everyone involved.
You should also bear in mind that if either parent emanates hurtful behaviour towards one and other then this could affect the long-term development and emotional wellbeing of the children. A healthy, friendly relationship between parents is of vital importance.
Money and assets
Apart from the emotional turmoil that comes with the prospect of divorce, there's also the dividing of finances to consider. In some cases, the family home may have to be put on the market in order to divide the assets equally.
Discussions over property and financial requirements can often create the most discord. These issues can be talked through rationally with the aid of a therapist or mediator.
Custody of children
One of the most important discussions after divorce is deciding who gets the custody of the children. If international residence is involved, this discussion can become even more complex.
It's always important to talk to your children at this point and consider where they are in their lives. An amicable divorce allows for open discussion instead of arguments to discuss what is best for them. Pulling them out of school in the height of exam season isn't going to help them excel in their studies and realising that their needs come first is of utmost importance.
If the divorce proceedings are kept amicable, custody is often agreed on mutual terms, which means the best interests of the children are given priority.


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MASTER CIVIL WAT IS THIS MAGIC??? *A* i love the colors and the design ;A; HOW?!?!??! MUST LEARN!!! master civil i know its ur super mouse....!!!! Ahhhh this is too awshum for my eyes *A*
Choco this is no magic. .this drawing is all drawn with straight line tool. then i used the pen . i kind of over -use the darken and light tool too much to color. so i am no master at all.. i need better practice. but if you want i can show a couple.
whoaaa its a character that u invented?? N ur first java try??? thats amazing! thought it was a video game character xD LUV da colors n detailed armor, def a fave :D keep trying java, its great~
nice draw buddy :D +5
Awesome addition, bro. Especially like what you did with the armour. Rock on. 5/5
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After opening her business in October 2011 Lewann Babler recently moved Necessary Therapeutics Massage & Bodyworks to a new location, 214 N. Main Street.
After sharing a waiting room with Real Fit 6, formerly The Yoga Studio and JMKeller Fitness, LLC, Babler says it is nice to have her own space.
Babler, who trained at Northwestern Health Sciences University's Therapeutic Massage program, offers connective tissue massage (CTM) and MELT Method sessions.
Necessary Therapeutics Massage & Bodyworks' website says that CTM concentrates on the "soft tissue that surrounds, supports, protects, and connects each and every structure in the body."
Babler, who is a certified advanced practitioner of CTM said to imagine "Saran Wrap" that is wrapped tightly around the muscles, when explaining connective tissue.
By using CTM, Babler said she can "elongate the connective tissue system around the muscles, creating more space and allowing the muscles to relax on their own."
She said CTM is ideal for anyone, and her website cites the following benefits: "Relief from chronic pain and tension, much more effectively than traditional massage therapy, providing longer lasting results; increased ease of movement and flexibility; quicker and improved results rehabilitating from injury; enhanced athletic performance; improved posture; enhanced self-awareness and balance; and overall peace and integration throughout the body."
She said while clients lie on a lower table, she elongates the part of the body that she is working on. Babler said with traditional massage, practitioners push or compress into the body, whereas CTM involves sinking in and gliding.
Babler said that clients have described feeling a non-painful taffy pulling sensation -- a deep pull within the body.
During the first session Babler says that she "sees what she can find and focuses on where the restriction is coming from."
"Everyone has a completely unique connective tissue system," said Babler, a UW-River Falls graduate.
She added that she may not always work on the area that is affected, since connective tissue is a global or whole body thing and everything is connected.
The goals for each client are the same: "Get the body integrated and balanced."
CTM sessions are $65 for a 60 minute session and $90 for a 90 minute session. Babler is running a special for new clients -- $55 for a 60 minute session and $75 for a 90 minute session.
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Besides CTM, Babler also offers classes in the self-treatment system, MELT Method.
Babler, the only certified MELT Method practitioner within 200 miles of the Twin Cities, says the method cares for both the connective and neurological systems.
She said the method uses specific techniques and unique tools to re-hydrate and flush the system.
Babler, who is trained in both the hands and feet, said that the MELT Method "facilitates moving things easier and making the body feel better."
While skeptical at first, Babler has herself had great success with the MELT Method.
According to the Necessary Therapeutics Massage & Bodyworks' website, "MELT improves: Flexibility and mobility, posture, the results of exercise, range of motion, sleep and digestion, and overall well-being."
Babler, who graduated from St. Croix Central High School, said that most clients can feel a difference after the first session.
She offers private MELT sessions, which cost $65 for one-on-one, $85 for two participants and $105 for three participants.
An ongoing small-group MELT class is offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. The class, which is available for up to three participants, is $35.
Participants will receive a soft MELT ball and instructions on how to use the MELT Method.
In her spare time Babler, who lives in Woodbury, Minn., with her husband Ryan, who is also from the area, likes to spend time outdoors, cheer on the Packers and Badgers, cook, and play with her two rescued pups.
Babler also loves to learn about connective tissue and is glad that she found something that she is so interested in and can get into everyday.
Necessary Therapeutics Massage & Bodyworks is open Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Saturday (twice a month), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To schedule an appointment, visit the Necessary Therapeutics Massage & Bodyworks website at NT.
Babler, a Roberts native, said clients can also schedule appointments by calling 715-220-8754, but since she is a "one woman show," she prefers online appointments.


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Pres. Robert Mugabe's consistent refusal in 1997 to respond to external pressures to change policies that he professed to be in the interests of the black population of his country made potential foreign donors cautious and caused would-be foreign investors to hesitate. At the same time, Mugabe's frequently reiterated threat to acquire mainly white-owned land without compensating the owners, except where improvements had clearly been made, aroused disquiet among the nation's white farmers. On November 28 the government published a list of 1,503 mostly white-owned commercial farms that would be forcibly purchased. The owners had until December 28 to appeal the ruling.
Typical of the president's stance was his announcement in February of a new tariff structure that gave increased protection to local industry. This was in clear conflict with the World Bank policy on trade liberalization. Then, in March, a bill was published legalizing affirmative action to permit discrimination that would benefit "persons disadvantaged by previous discrimination." Later in the month Mugabe stated that recent reforms had left the country "ripe for investment" and that the government would continue to play an important role in the choice of foreign partners and would ensure that the privatization program was used to encourage black entrepreneurs so as to redress the legacy of minority rule.
These moves failed to harmonize with allegations that senior party officials, including the president's brother-in-law, had lied in order to receive substantial benefits in compensation for nonexistent wounds said to have been received in fighting for black majority rule. In April evidence in court revealed that Mugabe's wife and others had illegally borrowed millions of dollars from a finance fund set up by the U.S. to help house the urban poor of Zimbabwe.
An outbreak of strikes induced the government to offer pay increases of more than 30% to public-service employees in July. This forced other employers, who had hoped to keep wage increases to the level of inflation, to concede similar pay awards. The strain that the increases imposed on the finance minister's attempts to balance the budget was considerable, yet the World Bank claimed in August to have seen sufficient improvement in Zimbabwe's fiscal situation to justify the renewal of financial support suspended in 1995.
Mugabe soon caused the bank to reverse its decision. The revelation in March of bogus compensation claims for war wounds had led to the suspension of compensation payments. This was followed by increasingly noisy protests from genuine guerrilla veterans that culminated in the disruption of a ceremony marking Heroes' Day in August. In the face of protests from the minister of finance, Mugabe offered a generous package of payments and other benefits to all veterans of the freedom struggle.
The World Bank's subsequent decision in October to delay disbursement of its aid was a severe setback, but the ever-resilient Mugabe seized the opportunity provided by his visit to the U.K. to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting later in the month to ask the British government to provide compensation to the white farmers whose land he proposed to acquire for redistribution among the black population. Britain, however, refused to pay, stating that the farmers were now Zimbabwean citizens.
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• Jimmy Featherstone, a 15-year-old pianist who is a high-honor student at Amherst High School, won two first-place awards at the Toronto Music Festival.
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I wish there was a subject out there for me to cover today that wasn't this one, but the reality is that this is the biggest news in veterans circles today. My wife woke me up to tell me the news yesterday, and I'm still trying to get a grip on it.
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Once again the Westboro Baptist is at it. They are planning to protest at the services at Cowboy Stadium on Monday. Again families have to be harassed by these individuals who have the right to protest because of Chris and Chad and all who have defended their freedoms. Here's to hoping an organization can intervene without anyone getting hurt or the families of these souls seeing it.


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2013-02-15 14:48:30
Tis better to have love and lost, than to have never loved at all.
Zero activity in the 14th....
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2013-02-15 15:08:04
Heh, at least you tried! My valentine was a family birthday party, so no romantic escapees there. :P Happy Valentine's Day!
Love from the family is just as important! Happy Valentines Day :)
2013-02-16 04:19:06
It is not better to have loved and lost. If you think that, then you have never truly loved. I have lost, and I will never love like that again. It is impossible. To have had something so perfect... A once in a thousand lifetimes opportunity gone... Do not presuppose on things you do not understand.
2013-02-16 10:04:16
Haha, and he didn't even bring flowers.
2013-03-21 10:28:07
bah, bro... All dat romantic hype's over-rated and a waste of time. Ask yourself whether you want a short quickie or a long-term relationship. There's a technique and method to both, and both would take time and money, so dun fret. Make tons of cash instead.
Sad but true. I'm single and lovin spending my hard earned money on my dreams instead :D


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Four people have filed candidacies for two open seats in the Marana and Amphitheater school districts.
Among those submitting required paperwork are the two incumbent board presidents, Jeff Grant in Amphitheater and Eric Brandriff in Marana Unified.
Other candidates are Tom Carlson in Marana and Scott Leska in Amphitheater. The last day for candidates to file to run in the Nov. 2 general election is Wednesday, Aug. 4, at 5 p.m.
Open positions on the MUSD board are currently held by Brandriff and John Lewandowski, who is vice president of the board. The Amphi posts are held by Grant and Patricia Clymer.
Those interested in governing board positions may contact Susan Hankinson at 740-8037 to request a candidate campaign packet.


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While it sounds like a setup for a bad joke, it's actually the setup for an interview with Michaela Drummond of the Meteorological Office, the UK government agency for all things related to weather and climate change.
At the CloudBeat conference today, we caught up with Drummond to chat about how cloud technologies are changing the workflow for Met Office workers, many of whom are now able to easily work remotely and from mobile devices. We talk about the Met Office's transition from SharePoint to Huddle and how Drummond sees collaboration changing over the next few years, too.
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JONATHAN Margetts' 55th-minute strike inflicted a first defeat of the season on Oxford City in their Vanarama Conference North clash at Harrogate Town on Saturday, writes MATTHEW BRUCE.
City created numerous chances against a highly-fancied Harrogate side, but failed to take any of them.
However, it was the hosts, chasing their first win of the season, who carved out the best opportunities in the opening minutes.
Adam Nowakovski went close to putting the home side in front after four minutes, seeing his header blocked on the line.
Moments later, Simon Leni-ghan's deflected shot drifted narrowly wide and Margetts' headed effort just missed the target from the resulting cor-ner.
City came back into the game and almost edged themselves in front when Tom Winters' cross-cum-shot clipped the bar.
Just a minute later Adi Yussuf had an effort blocked in front of goal, but Felipe Barcelos was unable to bring the ball under control quickly enough on the rebound, allowing Harrogate goalkeeper Phil Barnes to snuff out the danger.
The second half was ten minutes old when the hosts finally made the breakthrough.
Margetts latched onto an excellent through ball before slotting home past City keeper Mark Scott and into the bottom left-hand corner.
City continued to threaten as they went in search of an equaliser, committing more men forward the longer the game wore on.
Winters drew a flying save with an excellent curling shot which was heading for the top corner.
And Yussuf was also foiled by the Harrogate keeper as his bobbling attempt was tipped just wide.
But despite carving out a number of good chances City could find no way through as the hosts held on for their first win of the season.
Oxford City: Scott, Benjamin, Stonehouse, Del Alamo, Brown, Green, Barcelos (Afolabi 68), Pond, Yussuf (Wilson 82), Rodriguez, Winters. Subs not used: Malone, Arnau, Henderson.
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In your book, WHY CHRISTIANITY MUST CHANGE OR DIE, are you willing to admit the possibility that Christianity needs to die? Does not the faith of the future have to be a completely new faith?
Dear Tim,
You may be right but I don't think so. I will admit that the Christianity I envision for the future will be a Christianity so different that many will not recognize it. Perhaps this means that you and I are saying the same thing.
My study of history teaches me that nothing ever really begins as something new. All ideas and even all religious systems evolve out of the past. Monotheism is a gift to the world from that period of time that some call the Axial Age (3000 -200 B.C.E.). It represented a natural step forward out of the polytheistic religions of the past.
I do not believe that anyone can start a new religion. I do think that a new Christianity can emerge out of the old. Christianity has never been static. We began in the womb of Judaism in the first century. It was a Judaism that had been impacted by the Zoroastrian religion of the Persians during the period of the exile. It had been influenced by the Baal worshipers of its Canaanite neighbors. Even earlier the Jewish concept of the oneness of God came with Moses out of Egypt where the Jews had been a conquered slave people. It appears that the religious reform under the Pharaoh named Amenhotep IV had attempted to purify the religion of the Egyptians in the name of radical monotheism. Amenhotep was defeated and replaced on the throne by a rebellion led by the priests of the various Gods of the Egyptians and their shrines were put back into business. There is a possibility that the reform of this Pharaoh took root not in Egypt but among the Jews under the leadership of Moses.
When Christianity moved out of Judaism and into the Mediterranean world it took on the coloration of the mystery cults and even some of the virtues of the Gods of the Olympus. It also adopted the structures of the Empire.
When Christianity interacted with the Renaissance in the late Middle Ages it produced the radical changes of the Protestant Reformation. The Enlightenment of the 18th century gave us an increasingly non-theistic Christianity on one side and a reactionary fundamentalism on the other.
Religious systems are always churning, changing, interacting and growing. There is a human tendency to try to stop that process and to feel secure in the conviction that the worshiper now possesses the total truth and no more change will be necessary. That is when religious people begin to make excessive claims like: This is the only true church, Our Bible is the inerrant Word of God, Our pope is infallible. It never works. The "unchanging truth of God" is always changing. Truth keeps exploding.
I want us to take the various ingredients of Christianity and ask 'What was the God experience that caused our religious forebears to interact with the culture and knowledge of their day and in the process to write Scriptures, create creeds, develop doctrines and promulgate dogma?' Once we uncover that driving experience then we can try to discern how we might explain that experience in the language of our day. This is why all religious systems are constantly in flux. They either change or they die. An unchanging religion always becomes idolatrous.
I want to honor my religious past without being controlled by it. I want the freedom to explore my faith tradition without the institutional put-offs that come with such authoritarian pronouncements as, 'the Bible says' or 'the Church teaches'. So my goal in ministry is to walk inside my faith tradition without being bound by it, to carry on a constant dialogue between my faith and the 21st century which I inhabit, to accept no formulation of God as final, and to walk into the mystery of God every day. That is why I do not think I or anyone else can start a new religion.
My hope is that Christianity will continue to evolve until it incorporates so much of the truth of the future that it no longer appears to be bound by the definitions of the past. That will be a new thing, but also a profoundly old thing at the same time. Christianity is finally a journey beyond all words. I intend to enjoy that trip.
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I have the happy call diamond frying pan as well as the other pots that they have. This is the best set of NON STICK pots and pans I've ever used.
Does anyone else own them? I would like to know how to clean and take care of them. I know I'm not supposed to scrub while cleaning and only use a sponge and not to use stainless steel against it while cooking. Do I clean it with soap or just wipe it down with oil? The frying pan I have is not good for use anymore because now everything sticks to it and the bottom has some kind of clear coating on it which now it's scrapped off. Also, the bottom will get 'stuff' on it from cooking and it will stick and I don't know how to prevent this and the only way to get this off is by scrubbing really hard. So if anyone can give me tips, that would be great :) thanks!
I have not used that brand but basic tips for no stick cook ware:
When cooking:
Do not get them to hot without food inside of them.
Only use soft things to stir your food, plastic, silicone or wood. No metal
For cleaning:
Let it cool down before adding cold water.
Use soap and water and soft cleaning sponges etc.
If something is stuck let it soak in warm water before removing.
After you finish cleaning dry it of and put it away. (no oil)
For storage:
Do not store other items inside the pans. They can scratch the coating.
Thank you :)
Hmm, mixed thought's
"This is the best set of NON STICK pots and pans I've ever used." is nice to hear but
"The frying pan I have is not good for use anymore because now everything sticks to it and the bottom has some kind of clear coating on it which now it's scrapped off."
Makes it sounds like their diamond indestructible layer is far from claimed, and it's just another teflon variant :-/
As for cleaning, always just wipe with water (with washing-up liquid) with a soft cloth or sponge, no scratchy bits.
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