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After observing the various in-house written chalkboard menus in the restaurants that she visited, graphic designer Lauren Hom decided that she could probably give them a hand, literally, in making them look better.
Hom told Grubstreet, "I noticed that it's common for a restaurant to have a menu board that's written by, like, a hung-over hostess... And it's totally not a diss on anyone's handwriting, but I thought, I could do that and make it look kick-ass!"
In her creative project 'Will Letter For Lunch', the freelance illustrator gives the chalkboard menu signs in restaurants and cafés a pretty, typographic makeover—by hand-lettering the daily specials for free.
In exchange for her work, all Hom asks for is a taste of the dish that she wrote about on the menu board. She has no plans to charge a fee for her work as she feels that it would take away the fun of the project.
To date, she has worked on hand-lettering the menus of six different restaurants and cafés, and she hopes to work with a sushi restaurant one day.
Check out Hom's work below, or visit her website for more details on her project.
[via Food Beast, images via Will Letter For Lunch]
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to Beatrix Potter Biography
Beatrix Potter was not the daughter her Victorian mother expected.
Reticent rather than shy, she was a sharp observer of society but a reluctant participant
in it. She commented wryly on people in a journal written in a secret code, and
listened intently to conversation, picking up dialect and delighting in the sound
of words, like "lippity, lippity" and "soporific." Her Highland nurse had filled
her young head with witches, fairies, rebellious wee folk and salty common sense.
She was an early and voracious reader, appreciating Sir Walter Scott as much as
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Potter's hope for a more conventional daughter, content to make social calls and
able to make an advantageous marriage, meant that she was forever a disappointment
to her mother.
Art was her first passion generously providing challenges for her increasingly accomplished
paint brush. Nature was her second. The third floor school room in the family's
London house, became a menagerie, tolerated by the authorities, since the family,
like many Victorians at the time, shared in the enthusiasm for natural history.
Rabbits were early pets and favourite subjects, but so was a company of mice. Beatrix
preferred common wild ones which she found the most intelligent and amusing. Sometimes
she let one loose to run about the rooms until she flapped a pocket handkerchief
whereupon it would come out to fight and could be captured. She painted birds, insects,
landscapes, and furniture-- almost anything that came to view-- wondering at least
once after she caught herself making a fine copy of a swill bucket, "Why cannot
one be content to look at [ an object]? I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor
the result." Her pets were substitutes for friends her own age, but her youth was
rich in opportunities to read and to explore and investigate the natural world.
Beatrix Potter was always acutely aware of her physical surroundings; the tiniest
details of the interiors of houses where she stayed on holidays, the old furniture
in her uncle's house in Wales, the arrangement of household spaces, and the shapes
and forms of farm buildings in Scotland and the Lake District. This acuity was reinforced
by her constant sketching that distilled the essence of rooms, sheds and gardens
into mental images which would later distinguish her little books and imprint themselves
on generations of memory.
Art lessons were provided but Beatrix found them barely tolerable. She politely
rebelled, secretly worried that copying another artist would compromise her own
originality, and hoped that she "wouldn't catch it." More to her liking were outings
with her father, an sometime amateur photographer, to the great art galleries of
London which constituted her real artistic apprenticeship. Her education was limited
only by her capacity to observe. Although she experimented with a variety of media,
by 19 she had chosen watercolour and was rapidly perfecting her dry-brush technique.
With her younger brother Bertram out of the nursery and off at boarding school,
Beatrix appropriated his microscope to draw the details of her insect specimens.
She drew the trivial and the extraordinary: a ground beetle under different magnifications;
a wonderfully hairy jumping spider, and the colourful segments of a privet hawk
moth's wing. She was also unsentimental about her pets. When an animal fell ill,
she made certain it had a swift and merciful end. Bertram had left a pair of long-eared
bats which she enjoyed sketching but which became difficult to keep. She released
one and chloroformed the other, rarer specimen, taking its precise measurements,
and then stuffing it. Already there was humour in her art. She painted a fine weasel
capturing the sinuous body under a glossy thick coat, observing that it reminded
her of an especially tart-tongued aunt.
Beatrix took herself and her passions seriously. Stunning drawings of her pets,
of delicately coloured fungi, of fossils and archeological artifacts were all part
of her efforts to find something useful to do with her life. She calculated that
stuffy drawing rooms and endless teas would never bring her a feeling of self-respect
or independence. She had always enjoyed creating a fantasy world around her pets,
adorning them with hats, scarfs, and coats, and by 1891 she had even sold some of
her drawings as illustrations for a book of rhymes and as greeting cards. When a
former governess suggested she might make a book out of a charming picture letter
she had written to her son about a disobedient rabbit named Peter, Beatrix sought
a publisher willing to take a risk on an unknown author and illustrator.
Beatrix had firm ideas about how she wanted her book to look, insisting it be small
enough for little hands to hold, that text and illustrations be on separate pages,
and that the price be as low as possible. The firm of Frederick Warne & Co. had
already rejected her story, but they acknowledged that there was a market for small
picture books and Mr. Norman Warne, the youngest member of the family firm, decided
to have another look at Miss Potter's Tale of Peter Rabbit. Beatrix was then 35
years old, a spinster by the standards of the day.
Negotiations dragged on, requiring meetings and extended correspondence with Mr
Warne, whom Beatrix reluctantly acknowledged had good judgement about the publishing
business. But so did Beatrix Potter. She happily distributed copies of her private
edition to enthusiastic readers, passing along the interest of shop-keepers and
repeated requests for multiple copies. She had agreed to coloured illustrations,
so that when a contract was finally signed in 1902, she went to work redrawing the
illustrations, using a new young rabbit, as the original Peter had died the previous
year. She participated in all the negotiations for publication, commenting on colour,
hue, margin, and especially language and pace, always dealing with Norman Warne.
Beatrix worked tirelessly, as happy as she had ever been. "I hope the little book
will be a success [as] there seems to be a great deal of trouble being taken with
it.". It was of course. The first printing sold out even before publication, and
by the sixth even Beatrix was surprised that the public seemed so very fond of rabbits.
She had achieved her goal of having some money of her own, even a bit of independence.
But she had also created a new form of animal fable: one in which admittedly anthropomorphic
animals behave always as real animals with true animal instinct and were accurately
drawn by a scientific illustrator.
Frederick Warne & Company had a new bestselling author, and Beatrix Potter had a
seemingly endless supply of ideas. The happy collaboration between author and editor
produced four additional little books by June 1905: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin;
The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, and The Tale of Two Bad Mice.
A fifth, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, was nearly finished when Norman Warne boldly
wrote Miss Potter asking her to marry him. Although Beatrix never visited the Warne
offices in Covent Garden without a chaperone, their happiness together, their creative
synergy, and their respect for each other had deepened into love. Beatrix saw herself
as one of Jane Austen's heroines whose story had "finally come right".
But such a romance was not what Mrs. Potter had expected. She had been suspicious
of the increasing number of letters, then alarmed at how often Beatrix visited the
publishing house. Norman Warne came from a family in trade, a horrifying prospect
as a son-in-law for a family that had worked so hard to vanish the taint of their
own manufacturing backgrounds. Mr Potter agreed: Beatrix would not marry Mr Norman
Warne. But they had not reckoned on their daughter's determination, courage, or
character. A quiet but desperate struggle of wills ensued. Beatrix would wear Norman's
ring but no engagement would be mentioned -even to family.
Beatrix dutifully left for the summer in Wales. She would never see Norman Warne
again or have another letter from him. His death from a virulent form of leukemia
occurred only a month after she had received and accepted his proposal of marriage.
She lost her own love story, but she preserved Norman's memory in every subsequent
little book she wrote.
And write she did, until at last in 1913, her grief was assuaged by the beauty of
the Lake District, her rigorous life as a sheep farmer, and finally the acceptance
of another gentle, quiet man who shared not her love of fantasy, but her real love
of the land. Her mother had been right of course. Beatrix was not the daughter she
expected. (1464) (c) Linda Lear (Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, Penguin, Allen
Copyright (c) Frederick Warne & Co., 2007
Images reproduced by kind permission of Frederick Warne & Co.
© copyright 2006 -
All Rights Reserved
Frederick Warne & Co. is the owner of all rights,
copyrights and trademarks in the Beatrix Potter
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"Business! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" ~ Jacob Marley,
from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Oh the words of that infamous ghost of Jacob Marley, ringing truth still on Christmas Eve 2012.
So many times we forget that Ignorance and Want applies to more than just human necessities such as the ability to read and write, or the common needs of food, shelter, and water. Ignorance and Want are clamoring to be alleviated of their thirst at the capped wells of spiritual wholeness.
This isn't about how long are our individual chains in the great hereafter. It's about what we are doing in the great here-right-now.
Are we reaching out to those who need reaching out to? If you have a guest in your house do you not say, "Welcome to my home," or do you first wait for them to say, "Oh thank you, thank you so much for letting me come to your home?" If you wait for the gratitude, you might be waiting an awful long time. Most likely your guest list will dwindle to zero based on, what I'm certain at the very least Miss Manners would consider, gauche behavior on your part. I'm pretty sure that God would like us to use our manners on his behalf as well.
Let's say you have a friend whom you haven't seen in quite a while. Do you wait for them to contact you, or do you contact them to find out the reason you haven't seen them? If you wait for the desperate pleas for your friendship you might find yourself waiting for quite a long time. Perhaps they were waiting to see if you actually cared enough to call. I'm pretty sure that although God checks in on our friends, he'd like us to do the same on his behalf.
If you have a friend who is living through hell, do you stand by and watch? Or, do you say, "How can I help?" Perhaps you can't help at all. Maybe the situation is so bad, so unbelievably heartbreaking, it is beyond your ability to help, but is it not better to ask than not ask? What if you could have helped and chose not to? (Think Tiny Tim) I'm pretty sure that God always asks.
It's kind of surreal to watch people become demoralized. We never think that person will be us, but sometimes it is. When demoralization happens, the first reaction on the part of the demoralized is to seek hope. What happens when the light of hope has been willfully turned out? When the common welfare of mankind is no longer the business of those entrusted with the light of hope? When the business of hope is nothing more than a money changer's table?
In the words of the Christmas carol, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, written by Longfellow, God is not dead, nor does he sleep. That is a certainty to those who hold to the Christian belief, at least that's the way I understand it. I think it's time we start acting like it – individually and in groups.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens holds so many lessons of life within its pages. Did you know that Dickens wrote this infamous timeless classic in six weeks? How can that happen? How can such a profound story of the human condition be written so fantastically, so perfectly in six weeks? Perhaps…just perhaps, there was something more. Something that the world needed to hear and Charles, bless his soul, was good enough to share it.
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On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:25 PM, James <address@hidden> wrote: > Hello, > > I've just been seeing if Ubuntu 12.04 is going to cause any > significant problems for the next major LilyDev upgrade. > [...] > make and make doc work fine (well make doc completes with no errors I > haven't actually looked through all the PDFs but the LM looked fine on > a quick skim). > > I'm not going to comment on the Unity interface as I know that is a > sore topic for some users, but apart from figuring out how to get an > xterm (alt-f2 then type xterm!) it was pretty pain free. It's > certainly a smoother experience than 10.04 (if one cares about that > subtlety) even in a VM. > > Compilation times are no quicker/slower it seems, although I haven't > 'watched' a make doc for a few months now (I just kick off the command > and go and have a life, it's all done when I get back) so I thought it > had 'hung' as I am conditioned with my few years of making doc of a > constant stream 'matrix like' of screenout put. But this stuttered and > stopped so much I really thought something was wrong, Then I > realised... > > Well 'squashed' Mr Phil! :) > > Anyway, hope this was useful or interesting at the very least. It was! Maybe LilyDev 2.0 should be Ubuntu 12.04. The only thing that concerns me is xterm. Do i understand correctly that it's the only available terminal? The default one in current LilyDev is much better, has tabs and all eye-candy a terminal can have. thanks, Janek
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Though the Russian developers at KD Labs have been working for some time trying to make names for themselves in the industry, it seems that only now are they duly armed and prepared to burst into our scrutinizing and unforgiving PC market. The eye-catching, and head-turning part (because good games do come and go) is that their weapon of choice is not one designed to instill fear in the competition by touting established franchises, proven development talent, and formulaic gameplay. No, their big gun is a game that promises to take familiar and founded aspects of the real-time strategy genre and enhance them by adding a new, independently developed kick ass engine that actually has direct bearing and influence on the style of play, which in and of itself is also three parts innovation, two parts originality.
This game is Perimeter, an RTS that shoots three factions across the futuristic heavens and onto the many celestial bodies that inhabit this universe. The objective is to terraform a world by planning and expanding the perimeter of your base around modified areas of land while working within the constraints of the resources and environment at hand and even contending with the actions of opponents. A simple task if this were the original WarCraft (just build a whole bunch of walls and shoot the enemy), but Perimeter differs from traditional RTS titles in that the expansion and retention of a base is not a means by which to develop a conquering force (previously the sole way to win a round), but is instead an aspect of play that the game actually revolves around.
Some of the grammar and structure are a bit suspect, so please bear with me as I try and interpret, to the best of my ability, the game's underlying story. In the future a now space-faring humanity has long abandoned Earth. Three technologically advanced, religiously motivated leagues within this Exodus civilization all vie for supremacy over planetary bodies resting within a region of space known as the Chain (a string of planets called sponge-worlds).
It is believed that the entire Chain is surrounded by the collective unconsciousness of all of humanity since the dawn of time. That means everything outside of the Chain is subject to the horrors of all of human history. This nightmarish land is habitat to monsters, inexplicable phenomena and landscape forms, and other things of supernatural origin. The importance of the Chain planets and who controls them can now be adequately appreciated.
Because the game centers around development and evolution on planetary scale, players will be privy to the passing of centuries and expansion or degradation of their society within this confined, but still vast stretch of space.
The in-house developed engine that effortlessly cranks out "pseudovoxel" generated landscapes populated by over 500,000 polygons in a single scene is a dynamic piece of the play puzzle, that, while being a thing of striking beauty and complexity (see the screens in the media section below), is also directly tied to gameplay.
Like any 3D RTS worth its salt, Perimeter allows for full camera manipulation, and provides 3-dimensional units and all the perks that come with them. But, because the game revolves around the terraforming of planets, the landscape the engine draws is not a static one -- it's constantly changing, morphing, evolving. It's promised that hills will fall, canyons will be dug, and deep imprints will be left in the wake of rumbling tanks.
Even with all that is new, KD Labs is working steadily to not cross the line and deliver something that forsakes its RTS heritage.
- "The wave of C&C/Warcraft clones bores RTS fans to death. There is clearly a lack of titles that would be quite new but at the same time would not differ fundamentally from the favorite entertainment (like Majesty for example). Moves towards RPG do not satisfy a lot of players who would like to receive quality experience of strategic thinking. Embryos of surrounding one's bases with protective contours are present in almost all classic RTS, but this very aspect is not developed at all. Perimeter will introduce strategy fans to a new view on territorial opposition.
Land plots are still standard rectangles or squares with impassable, clearly defined world limits, and combat and strategy are still thankfully typical of RTS combat. KD's goal is clearly to deliver the next step in real-time strategy that also happens to be a twist on the genre itself, and not to bend and meld genres into a hybrid that ultimately aspires to do too much and delivers on too little.
So while the concept involves the seizing of territory by manipulating the land and encircling it with a perimeter, the fundamentals still encompass areas of classic resource gathering, and unit grouping and combat.
The engine and screenshots alone are justification enough for further investigation, but with a premise as equally promising, you know we'll be all over this one.
In a related bit, KD Labs has also been working on an unannounced Lithtech powered game since May of 2001. Rest assured that as soon as we are able to procure more information on that and Perimeter, it'll be promptly delivered to you.
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Condition Critical made quite a bit of noise with their "Bred To Kill" demo, so it was a long 2-year wait until the release of their debut album, "Operational Hazard". As you are greeted by the ever-familiar Ed Repka cover art, you will also notice that this record does a pretty great job conforming to the late 80's thrash style. This album is pretty short, and it really never relents. The band manages to reach their levels of brutality in differing ways from other crushingly heavy bands such as Sadus. Rather than simply only firing out riffs as fast as possible, Condition Critical know how to use more bludgeoning riffs that are amplified in heaviness by how thrashy the production is. With that said, there is no shortage of speed. The opening track, "Random Acts of Killing", does a pretty great job of showing how the different sounds can be meshed together successfully.
Like all great thrash records before it, "Operational Hazard" is driven only by the quality of the riffs. The drumming is of course impressive, but it does not stand out relative to other extreme metal drumming out there. It was nice to hear the occasional blast beat integrated, but otherwise, this is relatively standard thrash drumming. Likewise, the bass may be noticeable, and extremely thick in tone, but the playing won't wow you. It did pop out nicely with a solo on "Gravitational Dismember" though. In addition, the vocals are very predictable for thrash. As a huge thrash fan, I could not be more pleased with the singing on this album. The singer manages to grunt pretty fiercely, and the moderate use of gang vocals brings the intensity up another notch. One area I would not mind the band exploring more is featuring more shredding. The solos on this album are really impressive (see: "Morning Sickness"), and the band would benefit from abusing them throughout the record.
Overall, Condition Critical does little to reinvent the wheel. Thrash fans should be all over this record, however, because of its textbook execution of quality thrash metal. There isn't a questionable moment on "Operational Hazard", as every riff is high quality headbanging material. If you want to go back to the 80's, give this record a listen!
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"Random Acts of Killing"
"Sector 16"
"Gravitational Dismemberment"
Final Rating
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Zoo's Cheetah Cubs to Be Named After Fastest US Sprinters
(WASHINGTON) -- When the runners take their mark for the 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games in London this month there will be more at stake than just a gold medal, at least for the Americans in the field.
On the line will be the names of a pair of cheetah cubs who just made their debut at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Zoo officials have announced that they will name the cubs, born April 23, after the fastest American male and female athletes in the 100-meter dash race. That means at least one cub will be named Justin (Gatlin), Tyler (Gay) or Ryan (Bailey) and one will be named Allyson (Felix), Carmelita (Jeter) or Tianna (Madison).
The fact that the cubs will receive a medal-worthy name goes along with their story of survival. The two were born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., last April by an emergency C-section after their mother's labor ceased. The mother, who lost two other cubs during the delivery, then abandoned her surviving cubs.
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The new design revitalizes River Ranch's branding for its line of commodity items and family-size salads and vegetables.
The foundation for the design process was a restructuring of the River Ranch packaging logo. The existing strong corporate logo was merged with the friendly visual farm scene element, giving it rich texture and clean lines that pay tribute to the classic values of craftsmanship and pride.
This simplified classic design is carried through to the field-fresh vegetable packaging. On the commodity wrap products, the new logo is combined with an elegant band to tie each commodity to a unique color scheme. The design on vegetable bags incorporates an outline of the mountains lifted from the logo to provide subtle texture.
The redesign effort was also expanded to River Ranch's family-size packaging. The bag features a rich duotone color palette combined with bold, easy-to-read nutritional callouts on the front and cooking instructions, recipe information and product usage on the back.
An expanded product window wraps to the back, allowing up to 65 percent viewing space for consumers. The newly designed display-ready cartons emulate the bag design and are made of unbleached kraft material, which utilizes less energy and water, and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
"The new logo and packaging for our commodity field-fresh vegetables and family-size products were designed with the consumer in mind," Kim St. George, director of marketing at River Ranch Fresh Foods, said in an Oct. 6 press release. "The new commodity wraps are fresh, clean and upscale, complementing our quality vegetables, while our family-size design provides easy-to-read nutritional benefits statements on the front of the packaging. The classic, rich new design helps to emphasize what's most important about our products: freshness, premium quality and nutritional benefits."
River Ranch's resealable family-size spinach has been recognized as a finalist in this year's PMA Impact Packaging Award competition at PMA Fresh Summit Atlanta.
The new packaging for both River Ranch field-fresh vegetables and family-size salads began shipping in September to customers in the United States and Canada.
River Ranch will be displaying its entire product line at booth 4747 during the PMA Fresh Summit.


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- Familiarize everybody with the breed standard, terminology and what makes a GSD
- Get out more with our dogs
- Energize meetings with door prizes, guest speakers and mini-workshops
- Network with other local dog clubs
I printed the 18 terms on card stock, and had the numbers 1 through 18 listed under the pictures. Using push pins, members had to match the term with correct corresponding number. Here they are in in alphabetical order:
Back, Brisket, Croup, Elbow, Flank, Flews, Front Pastern, Hock, Loin, Muzzle, Occiput, Prosternum, Rear Pastern, Stifle, Stop, Tail, Withers, and Wrist.
The members had fun and did surprisingly well. (However, I did see a couple smartphones in use).
It's Thoughtless Thursday, so I'm not going to ask you to think about how you would label the dog. Instead, hop around below and see what others are thinking (and not thinking) about today. Thank you Ruckus the Eskie, M.K. Clinton and the pups over at Love is Being Owned by a Husky for hosting this hop. -- K
P.S. You couldn't help yourself, hunh? You played along anyway, didn't you? That's OK, I wouldn't be able to resist either. Want the answers?
- Occiput
- Withers
- Back
- Loin
- Croup
- Hock
- Tail
- Rear Pastern
- Stifle
- Flank
- Brisket
- Elbow
- Wrist
- Front Pastern
- Prosternum
- Flews
- Muzzle
- Stop


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At TDP our catering clients are our #1 priority. You can expect fast turnarounds, all of your questions answered and a smoothly executed event.
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We have experience serving all types of corporate parties from small intimate lunch meetings to large employee appreciation events and we'd love to help make your next corporate event a fiesta too! As leaders in the food truck catering industry we offer you reliable assistance throughout the booking and planning process on top of our crowd pleasing mexican catering menu and personal customer service.
You name it, we can cater it. Our authentic mexican food truck catering is a great fit for corporate parties, corporate lunches, lunch meetings, employee appreciation, client appreciation, customer appreciation, grand openings, christmas parties, product launch parties, open houses, job site lunches and just for the heck of it parties. From small office parties with a limited budget to large parties at a formal venue, we can pretty much do it all.
You name it, we've served there! We have catered corporate parties at offices, corporate headquarters, retail locations, job sites, and construction sites. We can also serve at private homes in drive-ways and backyards, on country properties and farms, at community halls and golf courses, and even in city parks. Our compact size allows us to travel pretty much anywhere throughout Metro Vancouver, formal or casual, on grass, gravel or pavement. We can bring the first to you throughout Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Delta, Tsawwassen, Surrey, White Rock, New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Langley, Fort Langley, and Abbotsford. Take a look at our blog post about our favourite food truck venues for more food truck friendly venue ideas for your next corporate party.
We will serve your party guests just like we would serve on the street. Your guests will approach the window, choose an item from our menu, and receive their meal freshly made to order through the window. That means we are able to accommodate the special dietary needs and preferences of your guests on the spot, so you can make sure that all of your party guests get what they want & need.
The number one reason to bring a Food Truck is for the unique environment it brings your party. The food truck experience is a great way to get your guests mingling & socializing! A well chosen food truck will give your party major wow-factor and leave your guests talking about your party for years to come. Other benefits of bringing a food truck include the ability to serve at and access non-traditional venues, eliminating menu planning, set-up and clean-up for the host, and the ability to accommodate dietary restrictions and preferences with multiple menu options. Food trucks can deliver a major impact for an affordable price and your clients or employees will know you went the extra mile for them.
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Not all food trucks are created equal. We offer scratch made authentic Mexican food and have a proven track record of impressing our party catering clients with our excellent customer service as well as with our delicious food. Along with our mouthwatering menu items, we bring a fun and festive environment complete with a high quality sound system to get your guests in the mood to mingle (and dance!). Our tacos will transport your guests to the streets of Mexico and turn a regular party into a fiesta!
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Best Tacos:
The number one reason to hire us for your wedding food truck catering is because: Our Tacos are the best! But, if that isn't enough for you, know that:
Fresh & Custom-Made:
Because we make your guest's meals to order, there's no need for you to preorder their dishes prior to your event. Each guest can tell us what they want, and how they want it, right at the window. In a minute, it's it out the window & into their hands - fast & fresh!
All of our menu options include gluten free, vegan and vegetarian options. You can rest easy knowing that no one will be left out!
Your guests will be delighted not only by our fresh and custom made dishes, but by the entire taco truck experience. We'll bring atmosphere, character & some sweet latin tunes to your party.
We don't just project professionalism, we embody it. Jose opened his first Taqueria at the age of 14, and he's been famous for his sauces ever since. Today, we are proud to continue to serve his authentic recipes, and with the practical knowledge he gained earning his MBA, we are able to do so with unmatchable professionalism.
Family Owned & Operated:
From quote to plate, you will be dealing with the people most invested in your satisfaction, the business owners.
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Tacos . . .
Our tacos are served on locally made corn tortillas. We fill them with our slow cooked marinated meats and top them with fresh housemade salsa, fresh cilantro & white onions. A truly authentic experience.
Burritos . . .
We are famous for our delicious jumbo burritos! A toasted flour tortilla filled with slow cooked black beans, seasoned rice, marinated meat, fresh salsa, Mexican cream, fresh onions & greens.
Quesadillas . . .
Our quesadillas are filled with melted cheese & our marinated meats then crisped to perfection on the grill. We top them with Mexican cream, fresh salsa, cilantro & onions.
Meat Options
Our delicious slow-cooked marinated meats.
Beef . . .
Sorry, no ground beef here! Our beef barbacoa is made of AAA Canadian sirloin beef, and is slow cooked to perfection. Inspired by memories of childhood Sunday's eating barbacoa on the streets of Monterrey, our beef is marinated in Mexican herbs & is truly authentic.
Chicken . . .
We start our chicken by using only breast meat, which makes it a favourite amongst clean eaters. It's seasoned with citrus and a blend of spices that make for a fresh, sweet and tangy taco. This style of chicken hails from the capital of Mexico, and is always a crowd favourite.
Pork . . .
Our pork is a staff favourite, and often referred to as "the best pork in the world". Like all of our meats, it start with a high quality cut - pork shoulder. Our pork is cochinita pibil, or Mayan style, which has a delicious sweet & smoky flavour. This style is found in the South of Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula, and is unforgettable if not addictive.
Vegetarian . . .
For your vegetarian & vegan guests we offer the perfect protein pairing of beans & rice. Our slow-cooked black beans are made from whole dried beans and blend beautifully with our seasoned Mexican rice, all topped with our house-made Mexican Crema & mozzarella cheese. Yum!
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We will send you a link to pay your deposit by credit card and the date will be reserved for you.
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5 days before your event we will contact you to confirm your guest count and event details, and to process the remaining balance payment.
We will arrive 45 minutes before your event to set-up.
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Santa Margherita di Belice
Photo © Municipality of Santa Margherita di Belice
Santa Margherita di Belice (Zip Code 92018) is 98 Km. distant from Agrigento, the province it belongs to, 170 Km. from Caltanissetta, 290 Km. from Catania, 211 Km. from Enna, 363 Km. from Messina, 103 Km. from Palermo, 234 Km. from Ragusa, 315 Km. from Siracusa, 81 Km. from Trapani.
The municipality counts 7.067 inhabitants, its surface measures 6.706 hectares, and its population density is of 105 inhabitants per square kilometre. It rises on a hilly area, 300 meters above the sea-level.
The Town Hall is located in piazza Matteotti, tel. ++39 925 30200 fax. ++39 925 31170. E-mail address is: firstname.lastname@example.com.
An urban center hosting modern constructions, Santa Margherita di Belice boasts a rich cultivation of wheat, grapes, olives, citrus fruits, and delicious Indian figs, that can be tasted during the annual Indian Fig Festival, held in the month of October. Cattle breeding and sheep farms are very developed. The handicraft production of artistic sculptures and bronze bells are typical.
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Originally, the town was simply called Santa Margherita until 1863, when the appositive "Belice" was then added due to the nearby homonymous river. The suburb was founded in 1572, by lord Antonio Corbera, above the same land where an ancient Arab farmhouse used to rise.
Subsequently, the town belonged to the noble Filangieri family, that beheld it until the abolition of the feudal rights. In 1968, the town was razed to the ground by the terrible earthquake that devastated the entire Valle del Belice.
Among the monuments, noteworthy are the Chiesa Madre dated 1700, and the Palazzo Filangieri with the nearby theater, both belonging to the XVII century, sole architectural structures still visible to this day.


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Jennifer Pearl (ex-Lion Fever, Lost Kids) and Christopher Badger (founding member of Grand Elegance) are VUM. Partners in crime, and co-conspirators for this new throbbing noir heartbeat.
I first stumbled upon Jennifer's brilliant voice by listening to her former band Lion Fever and the depth of her singing touched me.
In the same year VUM formed and the mix of surf guitar, analog drum machine and vocals makes it difficult to turn off. I became an immediate fan of that new project and through lucky circumstances I had the chance to get to know this lovely lady personally and even see VUM perform live in LA.
An exchange happened and I was trusted to create costumes for VUM's first video shoot in the Joshua Tree desert. The video will be released soon and you can be sure that I will post it on here.
You can find the music on Myspace:
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or buy her limited cassettes at Amoeba, LA or in Viennas Samstag Shop!
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MARKHAM, Ontario (May 26, 2011)-With a string of high-profile awards in the past month Hyundai is continuing to prove that its vehicles are among the best available. In a recent comparison test by U.S.-based Motor Trend magazine, the all-new 2011 Elantra was pitted against compact sedan rivals from Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Kia, Mazda, Toyota, and […]
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Are you a business owner? Does your business involve a lot products and deliveries? Is it important for you that your customers are satisfied all the time? Especially when it comes to making sure that they get their goods in good condition and in time? But your company cannot handle logistics alone and yet you're a little more worried about hiring a logistics company because you fear that they may not live up to your standards?
I say that's understandable considering the historical reputation of it for being the weak link in the chain and for being an unreliable delivery service. However, no matter the size of your business, you surely will find yourself in need of these services. Aside from that, logistics can help any effort utilise the supply chain more efficiently by cutting costs when appropriate and by avoiding waste of time and materials.
The thing is you just have to know how to choose the right logistics company, because times have changed and so does their industry. In fact, Estuary Logistics for one understands how vital their role in the supply chain is, that is why they have developed themselves into a fine logistics company offering services that include:
Sea Freight
You'll have access to a powerful network of international shipping line because of their well established industry connections.
Air Freight
Getting goods from point A to point B, retrieving cargos from a flight at their last stop, customs clearance, paperwork, weights, and volume shipments are now off your plate because their team based in their Heathrow Office will handle them for you.
Supply Chain Management
This part is tricky but you wouldn't have to sweat a drop with Estuary Logistics as your partner. You'll be able to track the status of the shipment through their comprehensive tracking service. They'll provide you a solution to your supply chain which your business specifically needs. And also access to their warehousing services including, inventory management, order fulfillment and express turnkey solutions.
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They know how to specifically handle high value cargo, dangerous goods, and outsize freight, so you can rest assured that whatever it is that's being shipped is being handled accordingly.
In a company, logistics is one of its main functions and supply chain can be a complex and delicate endeavor at the same time. Take time to consider your options in choosing a trusted partner to deal with.


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The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the U.S. government agency that underwrites mortgage insurance, seems to be running out of money. The number of holders of FHA-insured mortgages that had not made a payment in 90 days or more increased by 27% in the fiscal year that ended on March 31.
Things have gotten so bad at the FHA that some observers now think that a federal bailout of the agency will be necessary. A report from federal regulators indicated that the number of foreclosures on FHA-insured mortgages increased by 17% in the last year.
The interesting thing is that the problems at the FHA are coming to light just as things in the rest of the mortgage industry seem to be getting better. The rate of delinquent mortgages issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was recently down by 39%.
mREITs are Less of a Risk
Mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs) that buy government paper issued by those agencies are less of a risk now. This will help the stock value of companies such as AG Mortgage Investment (NYSE:MITT) and Anworth Mortgage Asset (NYSE:ANH), which buy government paper. Since most of the government paper is issued by Freddie and Fannie, those companies are taking fewer risks.
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The problem is that some of the mREITs, such as Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) and Cypress Investments (NYSE:CYS), could be taking on more risk because they could be buying FHA-insured mortgages. They could be faced with more defaults and foreclosures.
If a major mREIT is heavily invested in FHA paper and the FHA needs a bailout, then mREIT's stock values could take a huge hit. The problem is that there could be no way to tell if a major mREIT was buying up a lot of FHA paper. It is likely that some of them were, because FHA mortgages now make up about 29% of the market.
FHA is a Very Bad Risk
Why are FHA mortgages a greater risk for mREITs and other investors than Freddie and Fannie's paper? The reason for this is clear. Most FHA mortgages are riskier, and they are issued to lower income buyers. More importantly, the FHA only requires a down payment of 3.5%. That means it is essentially in the subprime mortgage business.
Another frightening thing about the FHA from a mortgage investors' standpoint is that 48% of the loans it made defaulted after less than 12 months. That means it is a pretty bad investment for anybody, including mREITs.
FHA Could be Soon be Out of Cash
This is more likely than you think because the agency's emergency reserves have dropped to less than 2%; in other words, it is out of cash. The only place the FHA can turn for money is to Uncle Sam, namely Congress. The agency is likely to be unable to cover its insurance policies sometime this year.
The rate of FHA foreclosures has been made worse by the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, which many people used instead of down payments. Those buyers simply did not have the cash to cover the mortgage payments in the first place. Now with the economy stalling and unemployment, these people are having trouble making the mortgage payment.
FHA's Troubles Could be Good for mREIT Investors
There is good news in the FHA's troubles for mREIT investors. The figures indicate that the overall mortgage market is improving and the number of non-FHA foreclosures and delinquencies is decreasing significantly. That would indicate that most mortgages are now a safer investment and the mortgage industry is taking fewer risks.
Conservative mREITs such as American Capital Agency (NASDAQ:AGNC) and MFA Mortgage Investments (NYSE:MFA) are safer and more secure investments than previously thought. Those companies seem to have avoided the risks that the FHA took, and could now be poised for even more growth.
Some mREITs Could be Boosted by FHA Meltdown
Very conservative mREITs that invest in specific kinds of government backed paper would benefit from this, so would those mREITs, such as Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX), that carefully pick and choose their mortgage portfolios. Those companies should be able to manage risk and avoid pitfalls like the FHA, so their share prices might be able to come through the turbulence produced by an FHA bailout unscathed.
In such a scenario, the best mREIT shares to buy would be those of the companies such as Anworth and AG Mortgage Investment, which concentrate on buying federally-backed mortgages. Many investors might dump those because they don't realize that all federally-backed mortgages are not the same. Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac are not taking the kind of risks that the FHA did, so their paper is still a good investment. So is the stock of those mREITs that buy it. No matter what happens at the FHA, many mREIT stocks are still a good buy.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.