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These meat croquette look very crunchy!
The name korokke is so cute! Everything is cute with the Japanese! I can finish a few of these at one go! Btw,you did not come back to Msia this CNY?
Yes it:)wt panko!!
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hahaha!! we food lover can sapu everything right? well,I wish I can go back during CNY but if I go back during CNY I can't stay more than 2-3 weeks coz my daughter is in school.I prefer to stay more than one month if I go back.I plan to balik kampong this summer.Maybe June if not end of May..I saw Gertrude and you guys enjoy the blogger meeting.Me miss the chance to meet you guys!!aiyoh:(
yes we had an enjoyable time at the gathering :). i actually checked your blog before that to see if you will mention anything about coming back to Msia & i had guessed you won't be. hope we can get to meet one day, with mishu too!!
Looks yummy! If I were to do this, I'll have to substitute the panko with the normal bread crumbs.. because I don't have panko at home and I don't even know how panko looks like. Hehe... Thanks for sharing the recipe ya...
Korokke! Absolutely love these! I've made them with salmon and wasabi avocado "mayonnaise", but rolling them into little korokke balls instead!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Gold Coast Cycling Tours
Gold Coast Cycling Tours . . . .come and ride in paradise
Gold Coast Cycling Tours is a boutique touring company run by cyclists for cyclists. (Road cycling) We specialize in custom trips of all types, and performance-based tours along the coast and in the mountains of the Gold Coast and Northern NSW of Australia.
Cycling and travel is our passion and cycling the scenic roads of the Gold Coast is our obsession. Nothing gives us greater pleasure than sharing our epic bike journeys with other riders around Australia and the world over.
We are a friendly, passionat tour business who will do anything to ensure our clients have a great time
The Gold Coast is beach resort holiday destination in Queenland Australia
People aged 40-65 mostly male, but with a growing female skew. These people have professional careers and hold high levels positions within their chosen professions - directors, owners, doctors, and lawyers. Some are retired or semi retired with cycling now filling their daily lives. They ride with mates and then have coffee and talk about the world.
Most ride 2 to 3 time during the weeks and then enjoy a longer ride on the weekend.
They are married with kids either living at home or have moved out. They have older children. They have a high disposable income and travel regularly interstate and overseas.
They participate in organised mass participation events like the Around the Bay in a day ride. They like to have the latest bike equipment and like to wear pro team clothing.
Cycling for this target audience is the new "GOLF", in terms of growth and participation.
These people like to stay fit and active, it is an important part of their life, and the friends they keep also leave active lifestyles
We are looking for a professional stationery kit.
Business card, Letter heads and Powerpoint design
The tag line for Gold Coast Cycling Tours is" come ride in paradise".
I have two logo colours, but I am most likely to go with the Blue and Red Logo. Both are attached. I'd like the business card to be two sided with the logo and tag line on the back.
The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out.
I need the design to be used on microsoft software and to be used on printed and electronic material.
I also need to be able to add contact details as they become available.
ie facebook, twitter, business no, email adress etc.
I don't have size's or print guidelines yet, but standard business card size and microsoft A4
Please do not use any stock images or clip art
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This form of contract is the first of its kind within the UK aviation market. Other forms of contract, such as concession agreements, are in existence but this model, where the asset is owned by one party with management services provided by another is new and reflects the unique offering of PB/RCA – consultancy services delivered by Parsons Brinckerhoff supplemented with expertise and operational support from the management teams of Regional & City Airports at their existing two Balfour Beatty airports.
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HarryC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 639 diseños de 165 diseñadores freelance.
I am starting this new presence and will be establishing myself as the #1 online resource information center. The contents include updated news/coupon information from several different vendors/companies/restaurants/agencies…etc. Users can sign up for an account to subscribe and manage these informations. Users can also publish any news from their own organization through their account. Anyone visiting this website can also write reviews or comments under each news.
Company Domain Name: PortalMan.com
Anyone searching for coupons, recent items on sale, or latest news/updates before anyone purchase anything online
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1) The name PortalMan needs to be clear, I am going to put this on business card too so anything that does not fit in business card will also not be a good choice either.
(2) It is not necessary to have a man/person in the logo since this may increase the level of complication if you do not play it well.
(3) Try to distinguish Portal and Man - either through color or playing around the logo design
(4) Use white or grey gradient background
We want a logo with a transparent background ~ which will be printed on our letterheads and business cards.
The logo should include the word "portalman" and no slogan in it.
A logo which plays on the lettering in company name is a possibility, although certainly not obligatory.
The typography should be friendly but perhaps lean towards a tech look (professional - ish). If possible please try to go for simple and clean look.
Please submit one if you have any logo designs or ideas ~ I do not have any specific limitation for this ~
The big idea we are trying to convey is that we provides information in multiple different field and people will want to come to search for information. Later on they can possibly create an account and manage information their way.
I am anxious to see what you come up with, if you have any question, feel free to contact me or ask in the comment
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We've heard building control have regulations regarding the double joisting or sistering of joists to spread the load when a bath is full of water.
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What is double joisting? Is it as simple as bolting a new joist to an existing joist? In this scenario the original joist is still taking the full load on each end that is supported by the brick wall.
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SANFORD, Fla. -- The Brandeis University baseball team suffered a pair of losses on the fourth day of action in the 2013 University Athletic Association tournament. In their opener today, the Judges fell behind early and dropped a 13-5 decision to Washington University. In the second contest of the day, Brandeis and defending UAA champion Emory went back-and-forth before the Eagles emerged with an 8-6 victory. Brandeis closed the day with a 4-7 overall record, 2-3 in the UAA. WashU is now 7-4, 3-1 in the UAA, while Emory is 8-8, 2-3 UAA.
In the opener, Washington U. tallied an unearned run against junior starter Brian Ing (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) in the first inning, but the Bears blew the game open with a six-run fourth that featured four hits, three walks and a hit batter. They tacked on three more runs in the fifth and sixth frames against senior Stefan Weiss (Jericho, N.Y./Jericho) to take a 10-run lead.
The Judges managed to cut the deficit in half in the fifth when they batted around, plating five runs on four hits and two WashU errors. The big blows were a two-run single by sophomore 2B Tom McCarthy (Yonkers, N.Y./Fieldston School), an RBI double by senior 1B Pat Seaward (York, Maine/York) and a run-producing single by junior 3B Kevin Barry (No. Andover, Mass./St. John's Prep). Unfortunately, that was all the scoring Brandeis would get, while Washington tacked on three more late runs to earn the 13-5 victory. Seaward (2-4, RBI, R, 2B) and senior LF Nick Cortese (Guaynabo, P.R./Baldwin School of Puerto Rico), who was also 2-4 with a run scored and a walk, were the only multiple hitters for Brandeis. Ing suffered the loss and fell to 0-2 on the season.
In the second game of the day, the lead changed hands five times, but it was Emory who had the last big inning as the Eagles emerged with an 8-6 win. Brandeis put runners in scoring position in the first two innings, but Emory jumped on the board in the bottom of the second on back-to-back doubles and a bases-loaded groundout.
The Judges stranded two more runners in the third and fourth frames before finally breaking through in the fifth. Senior DH Chris Ferro (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) drew a lead-off walk and Cortese reached on an error by the pitcher. The duo then executed a double steal, and Ferro scored on another errant throw. After Cortese was bunted to third and Seaward walked, McCarthy knotted the game with a sacrifice fly to center. Brandeis wasn't done, though, as Barry and Ing singled, the latter driving home Seaward and chasing Emory starter Dylan Finer from the game. Matt McMahon avoided further trouble by striking out the first batter he faced.
The Eagles bounced right back, however, scoring a pair of runs on just one hit thanks to a walk, a bunt, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly to regain a 4-3 lead.
Brandeis reclaimed the lead in the top of the seventh. With one out, Barry drew a walk, followed by singles from Ing and junior Dan Gad (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) as a pinch hitter. That brought up rookie CF Liam O'Connor (Avon, Conn./Avon), who scorched a double down the right field line, giving Brandeis a 5-4 lead.
The Judges couldn't tack on any more runs, and Emory once again responded, plating four runs in the bottom of the seventh. The Eagles scored on just three hits, with two walks, a wild pitch and two errors playing large roles. Brandeis was able to add one run in the top of the ninth on an O'Connor sacrifice fly, but it was too little, too late.
Brandeis fell despite outhitting Emory, 15-9, the Judges' second-highest hit total of the campaign. O'Connor, Barry and Ing each had three hits, a career-high for all three -players . O'Connor added three RBI, giving him a team-leading eight on the seaosn. Barry reached base in all five plate appearances, drawing two walks, and scoring two runs.
Rookie James Machado (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), whose father Larry was a hurler for the Judges in the early 1980s, had a no-decision after he went six innings in his first start. Machado allowed five runs (all earned) on six hits, issuing four walks and striking out two. Senior Jesse Link (Weston, Conn./Weston) suffered the loss, allowing two hits and two runs in two-third of an inning.
Brandeis returns to action on Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m. against Case Western Reserve University.


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MEXICO CITY June 18 2017. Flight AA 502
I arrived at the airport Benito Juarez 3 hours early. When I arrived I had my bag sealed in wrap and proceeded to check in. They NEVER have any gate information available, but hey, it's Mexico City, a 3rd world country.
So, I take my bag to the ticket counter and turn it in. The lady says nothing about the gate information, so I follow the signs for international departures.
I go to the general waiting area and watch the monitor for my flight AA 502 to Phoenix.
After about half hour I see it say T1 G1 meaning Terminal 1 Gate 1. So I head down 27 gates. I don't know why it always seems that international flights are always at the very end of the terminal.
Anyway, there is a flight for Cancun leaving from the same gate about 30 minutes before my flight. There were a lot of people waiting and when the Cancun plan arrived and all the peole got off the plane, the gate was deserted.
I got concerned because my plane was supposed to board in half hour for Phoenix. I realized the plane hadn't even arrived but they didn't change the monitor indicating the flight to Phoenix, so I asked the lady at the gate, when they were going to change it. She said there is no flight to Phoenix from here. I told her that I have been sitting here for over an hour and the monitor said gate 1! She said the gate is 35 - at the other end of the airport! I said WHAT??!! I said I only have 25 minutes to get to the other end of the airport, I can't run because of a total hip replacement 3 years ago. Can they please, PLEASE get me one of those little carts that will take me down to that gate. She said we don't have that service here. I said I can't possibly make it that far in 22 minutes! I asked her if she could call that gate and tell them I am on my way, she said she could do that much for me. I told her who I was and she said she would call.
I grabbed my bag and tried to walk run as best as I could. I made it within 10 minutes of the door closing to gate 35. I handed my noparding pass to the agent and said I am here for my flight. He said the flight is closed. I said I am here and I am ON TIME! He said we called for you and you weren't here. I said I was at Gate 1 which is where the monitor said the flight was leaving from! He laughed at me and said WE NEVER LEAVE FROM GATE 1! Where did You see that?! I said it was on the monitor ever since I got here! So I went down there and sat for over an hour until I asked and the lady down there said the gate is NOW gate 35! I asked her to call down here and tell you that I was on my way. She said she would call. He said we never received any call from anyone. I said BUT I AM HERE AND I AM ON TIME!!!
He said we closed the flight and the plane is GONE!!!
He humiliated me in front of the entire gate of people that were standing or sitting waiting for their flight. I said how can you close the flight early?! AND If I was at Gate 1, would I have heard the announcement that you had called me?! He laughed and said No. It only works in this end of the airport for international flights. YOU were in the domestic departures and looked over at a co-worker and smirked. I was soo ******. I said I AM ON TIME AND I AM GETTING ON THIS FLIGHT! I HAVE A PAID CONFIRMED TICKET! I HAVE CHECKED IN AND I AM GETTING ON THIS FLIGHT! The guy raised his voice to me and said THE FLIGHT IS CLOSED! YOU were NOT HERE and we closed the flight early!
He said you have to go back to American Airlines ticket counter and get on the next flight. I gave up. There was NOTHING else I could do. I asked how to get to American Airlines ticket counter. He just aid go to gate 19 and you'll find the exit.
I got my bag and headed for Gate 19. When I got there, all I saw were shops - no exit to the main terminal. I asked a shot person and he said just follow the yellow brick road. I thought how stupid.
I finally got to the main area of security and they wanted to know why I wanted to get out. I told them and I was SO ****** and they said calm down explain what happened. I did and they let me out.
I looked for ANY indication on where to go to get to American Airlines and there was none. After about 5 minutes of walking the WRONG WAY to domestic departures, I turned around and went the other way. I eventually got to American Airlines. I told the lady that I missed my flight. She said very VERY sarcastically, Oh, yes, you're the gentleman that was at Gate 1. I thought how did you know. I said yes I was at Gate 1 like the monitor said. She said laughingly we never leave from gate 1. I said I need to be on the
could not run from one end of the airport to the other in 20 minutes,
I contacted American Airlines when I returned. They said sorry for your experience but if you are not at the gate in time you miss the flight the fee is valid.
I wrote the BBB and there was no response from American Airlines. I sought payment of the $282 AND compensation of $200 in cash
(no airline credits) for the humiliation, sarcasm and having problems because of my disability to get from one end of the airport to the other.
I am getting no where with American Airlines!!!
Now I believe $200 compensation plus my $282 is too little for them to pay me.
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Lousy experience.
FID's (Flight Info Display) is maintained by the airport not the airline.
Goofy layout of the airport, lack of electric carts etc is an airport issue, extraneous to your complaint with American.
BBB has zero authority, its a business and a bit of a scam in that people actually think they have some sort of authority when they don't.
Your compensation number is unreasonable. You want your ticket price refunded plus cash compensation, zero chance of that happening. Miles tossed your way with a polite succinct note, otherwise you'll be on ignore. You've already griped publicly once you do that you can expect very little in compensation. With the advent of social media, etc people gripe way too quickly not realizing they've pretty much earned a big fat no in the future by doing so.
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Mounting a Deer Head SO THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK STUFFED (Nov, 1933)
Leonard F. Merrill, woodsman and guide, reveals the secret of
Mounting a Deer Head SO THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK STUFFED
A WELL-MOUNTED deer head is a source of continual satisfaction to the sportsman who bagged the animal, and if he mounts the head himself his pleasure is increased a hundredfold.
Even the professional taxidermist has no secret formula by which he can take a poorly prepared, burned, or rotted skin and make a perfect mounted specimen of it. At best it will have a stuffed and lifeless look. It is obvious therefore that some thought and care must be given to the preparation of the trophy when the animal is first killed and without delay.
Tools. Only two or three tools are necessary for skinning and preparing the head—a tape measure, skinning knife with a short curved blade, cartilage knife or scalpel, a pair of sharp-pointed scissors, and plenty of fine salt. To mount the head there must be added the usual assortment of woodworking tools necessary to make a panel or shield and for fastening the head to the shield. The special tools necessary are: a good skin scraper for thinning the skin; three needles of different sizes for sewing up the cuts made in skinning, repairing possible fractures, and sewing through the manikin; a steel thimble, and a small wooden modeling tool to be used in fixing the eyes and shaping the nostrils.
Materials. Three pieces of wood are needed: one hardwood panel, one piece of pine about 9 in. square and 3/4 in. thick for a neck piece, and one piece about 1-1/2 in. thick, 3 in. wide, and about 20 in. long for the standard. Some strong and well-waxed linen thread, plaster of Paris, long fibered manila tow, potter's clay, excelsior, a pair of glass eyes, tubes of Vandyke brown and black oil colors, a piece of sheet lead for the ear forms, and various nails, screws, and tacks should be on hand. The materials for poisoning and preserving the skin are listed at the end of this article.
Field Work. To skin the head, make an incision on the back of the neck at the point where the neck joins the shoulders. With the blade of the knife turned so that the cutting edge is up, run the point of the knife down one side of the neck to the underside. Keep well in toward the shoulders with the knife just under the skin and not pressed into the flesh. Do the same on the other side of the neck and join the two cuts. Now, starting at the first point, slit the skin straight up the back of the neck to a point halfway between the ears. From this point branch off right and left, and slit straight up to the base of each antler, forming a Y-shaped cut.
Start at the base of the neck and skin down, first one side and then the other, until the ears are reached. To do this skinning, hold the edge of the skin in one hand and take short even strokes with the knife held as you do a pencil. When the ears are reached, cut the cartilage off close to the skull and proceed as far as possible onto the cheeks and throat, leaving the cartilage in the ear for the present.
Begin now at the apex of the Y-cut and skin forward over the head between the antlers. Be very careful to get all the skin off around the base of the antlers. Just above the eye there is a depression that is quite deep and has no flesh between the skin and bone; be very careful here as the skin must all be removed and no cuts made in it. Keep close to the bony orbit and insert one finger in the eye from the outside, to cut against, when cutting the thin membrane that surrounds the eyeball.
Cut the nostrils so far back from the end of the nose that the cut will not show on the finished head. The cartilage that divides the nostrils must be cut through edgewise down to the very end of the nose in order that the flesh there can be removed.
Cut the lips from the jaw close to the bone. These will later have to be cut open on the inside and all flesh removed. The skin of both lips and nose will have to be pared down later to prevent shrinkage, but just now the next job is to remove the cartilage of the ears.
Start at the base of the ear, on the back, and with the fingers and scalpel cut, push, and pull the skin and cartilage apart until the outer and top edges are reached. Gradually turn the ear inside out until all the skin is off the back of the ear. Start at the tip of the ear and work back on the inside, being very careful lest the skin be fractured, until the cartilage is entirely free of the skin. Do this to both ears and save the cartilage of at least one ear to be used in making lead dummies for the ears. The cartilage maybe preserved by putting it in a saturated salt solution made by dissolving as much salt in hot water as possible and then letting it cool.
Clean all parts of the skin thoroughly. Be sure not a trace of the flesh or fat remains. Do not soak in fresh water or the hair will probably slip and spoil the skin. If there is some blood on the hair, wash it out before it has time to dry and then wipe the hair as dry as possible.
The last step in preparing the skin is to preserve it with fine salt. Be sure to rub plenty of salt into all parts of the skin (flesh side only), and when you think it has had enough, then give it three or four handfuls more! Hang it up to dry in a cool shady place, spreading it so that the air can reach all parts, but do not hang by the nose.
With the tape measure, take measurements of the neck at the base, at the middle, and where the neck joins the head. Put these records where they will not get lost.
Cut the ligaments at the base of the skull on one side and then on the other, and give the skull a good wrench to separate it from the neck. Find a tough stick that will fit into the hole at the base of the skull and pound the end of it until it is somewhat frayed. The brain can be removed by using this stick to dig it out with while washing the skull frequently. Remove all flesh from both the upper and lower jaws, tongue, eyes, cheeks, and the like, and wash and scrape as clean as possible. Boiling will help this process somewhat and will not hurt the skull. In case you happen to have a cold chisel with you, the brain may be removed a bit easier if a hole l-1/2 in. wide and 3 in. long be cut in the base of the skull. This hole must be cut lengthwise of the skull and will later be used to receive the standard that holds the head.
Mounting. First cure the skin by putting it in a salt and alum bath and leaving it there until it becomes soft and pliable. A deer-head skin, as it is removed from the animal, is far too thick to mount well, so it must be pared down thin. The skin scraper and knife are the tools, and plenty of elbow grease is the medium that does the job. Scrape the whole skin as thin as you can get it without cutting the roots of the hair. The skin of the eyelids, lips, and nose must be pared especially thin. While the skin is in the bath, anoint the whole skull with arsenical soap and set aside to dry. Get out your measurements and make a neck board, somewhat egg shaped, with a circumference equal to the size of the neck base measurement. Use the 3/4-in. board for this and bevel the top and bottom of the piece on opposite sides to conform with the slope of the neck.
When the skull is dry, cut the hole for the standard if it has not been done before. Place the skull on the table top with the forehead level and insert the standard. Mix up some plaster of Paris and, while holding the standard in a vertical position and the lower jaw in place, fill the brain cavity with the plaster. The lower jaw may be tied in position before pouring the plaster, but be sure to remove the cord before going any further with the work. Pile the plaster up in the base of the skull so that when it hardens the standard and the lower jaw will both be fixtures. Let it set until hard and then mark the standard to the proper length and angle. To do this, hold the standard up against a perpendicular object, such as a door frame, and after getting it the correct length and angle, have someone mark it for you. Cut it off on the line and attach the neck piece to it with screws.
Build up the neck by taking some excelsior, placing it around the standard, and winding it down with twine. The windpipe can be shown by sewing through the neck from side to side, starting at the lower jaw and continuing on down to the neck board. Test the size as you progress with the tape measure. Avoid getting it too large, as the beginner is always likely to do.
When the neck is the correct size, mix up some potter's clay and tow, at least half a pailful, and give the whole head a coating about 1/8 in- thick. Work it out perfectly smooth with the hands. The clay should be thick enough to stand without sagging, but thin enough to adhere to the excelsior like glue.
Put enough clay on each side of the skull to form the cheeks and enough on the nose to replace the flesh and skin that were removed. Do not put any excelsior on the nose at all as it will usually show after the head is a few months old.
Make the ear cartilages next. Cut the sheet lead to the proper size and shape and thin it down toward the edges. Put a thin coating of clay on the lead and insert them in their proper places as soon as the skin has been properly poisoned. Take the skin out of the bath and anoint freely with arsenical soap, not forgetting the lips, nose, and ears. Allow the skin time to absorb the poison and then put the leads in place. Adjust the whole on the form carefully. Fit the eyelids and eyebrows in their proper places and put a tack or two through the skin of the forehead. Sew the skin tightly around each antler and down each side of the "Y." Before sewing up the long part of the neck, put enough clay at the base of each ear and at the back of the skull to form these parts correctly.
Sew the long cut and then tack the edges to the neck board, trimming off whatever excess skin there is after it is tacked. Screw the head to a rough board so that it will stand while you are putting on the finishing touches.
Finishing. The real beauty of the head is in the finishing. Try to get the expression as it should be and not to make any part unnatural. First shape the cheeks, adding more clay if necessary or removing some as the case may be. Form the eyebrows next and shape the lids. A small brad will serve to hold the skin down into the depression over the eyes. Press the skin down on the muzzle and fill in the nose as needed. Fill the lips and close them together in a natural position. Be sure to give the nostrils good depth—so deep that you can't see the end of them. Insert the glass eyes and work them into position. Three fourths of the expression is in the eyes, so be very careful and do not stop until it is exactly right.
Pin the ears in place till they are dry and then wash away all traces of clay or other dirt. Comb the hair until it lies naturally in place and then hang the whole head up to dry. If possible, leave the head alone for a month, but in any event leave it as long as you can.
Paint the end of the nose, edges of the eyelids and the lips, if they have parted at all in drying, with Vandyke brown and black oil colors. Mix the colors with turpentine to remove the unnatural gloss. Lightly oil the antlers and fasten the whole to a rich-looking shield. The shield is not necessary, but if not used the neck board must have some sort of hook attached to it by which the head may be hung on the wall.
Formulas. Salt and alum bath : water, 1 gal.; alum, 3/4 lb. (1 pt.); salt, 1-3/4 lb. (1 qt.). Heat to boiling point, stir occasionally, and keep in wooden, earthen, or glass container.
Arsenical soap (Hornaday) : white bar soap, 1 lb.; powdered arsenic, 1 lb.; camphor, 2-1/2 oz.; crude potassium carbonate (pearlash), 3 oz.; alcohol, 4 oz. Slice and melt soap in a little water over a slow fire. Then add potash and stir in arsenic. Dissolve camphor in alcohol and add to mixture. Stir and boil down till the consistency of thick molasses. Pour into wooden or earthen jar to cool. While cooling, stir once in a while to prevent arsenic settling. To use, mix small quantity with enough water to make it the consistency of buttermilk and apply with a paintbrush.


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Stardust is a set of sofas and pillows that illuminate from within. Add a rotating disco ball, lava lamps, and a couple of awesome Philips LivingColors lights, and your psychedelic apartment will be complete.
These new models are called Mappamondo (Globe), Bucco Bianco (White Hole), and Galassia (Galaxy). They are made of Via Lattea—italian for the raspberry-flavored Milky Way—a white fabric assembled around carbon-based black threads which they claim is indestructible.
The best thing about the Stardust light furniture is that it allows you to role play Austin Powers at night, while letting you be Howard Hughes during the day just by changing the space cakes with milk bottles. [Meritalia via Gearfuse]


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- 1/2 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- Chocolate shavings, for garnish
- 1 quart milk
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 10 large egg yolks, beaten
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 recipes FRESH CRANBERRY COMPOTE:
- 1/2 pound fresh cranberries
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the remaining butter and sugar. On medium speed, cream the mixture until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until smooth.
- Sift the remaining flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Add one third of the flour mixture to the creamed mixture at a time, beating after each addition. Add the vanilla and mix well.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until it springs back when touched, about 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool slightly in the pan. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Slice the cake into 1/2-inch slices.
- To assemble, spread 1 cup of the Chocolate Pastry Cream over the bottom of a large, deep glass trifle bowl. Top the cream filling with some of the chocolate pound cake. Spoon some of the cranberry mixture over the cake. Spread 2 cups of the Chocolate Pastry cream over the cranberries.
- Spread the whipped cream over the top and garnish with chocolate savings. Spoon the trifle into individual serving plates and serve.
- CHOCOLATE PASTRY CREAM: Combine the milk, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla in a large nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Whisk to incorporate the chocolate. When the mixture comes to a gentle boil or simmers after about 5 minutes, take 1 cup of the chocolate mixture and add it to the yolks. Whisk well. Slowly whisk the yolks into the chocolate mixture. Cook over medium heat until it thickens slightly, about 4 to 5 minutes. Dissolve the cornstarch in the water. Slowly stir into the hot liquid. Continue to cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter. Pour into a glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing the wrap down on the surface of the pastry cream to prevent a skin from forming. Cool completely and chill for at least 4 hours.
- Yield: 8 cups
- FRESH CRANBERRY COMPOTE: Put the cranberries, orange and lemon zest, orange and lemon juice, sugar, vanilla, and 1 1/2 cups of the water in a medium-size nonreactive saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook for 8 minutes.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining 1/2 cup of water and add to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium, then stir constantly until the mixture thickens, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and cool completely.
- Yield: 2 cups
Recipe Details
- Source: Emeril Live EM1D70
- Dish Type: Dessert
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Let $f:X\to Y$ be a morphism between schemes. To construct the relative sheaf of differentials on $X$ (relative to $Y$), we first consider the diagonal map $\Delta: X \to X\times_Y X$ and then define $\Omega_{X/Y} = \Delta^{-1} \mathscr{I}/\mathscr{I}^2$ where $\mathscr{I}$ is the sheaf representing the immersion $X\to X\times_Y X$ (it's the kernel of $\mathscr{O}_{X\times_Y X} \to \Delta_* \mathscr{O}_X$.
Algebraically, this works out fine, due to the theory of abstract Kahler derivation defined on algebras. Is there a way to actually see the motivation behind this?
Moreover, what's the analog in higher infinitesimal approximation (instead of just 1st order one given by the differentials)? What's the (say, "analytic") insight behind the relationship between higher infinitesimal and higher diagonal?


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We're nearing the end of the spring festival – and the spring weather—and before summer begins, Bayou Boogaloo (May 17th-19th) squeezes one more festival into the mix. The festival was founded during the evacuation of Hurricane Katrina and evokes the passions of the city—music, food, art and celebration.
A favorite for many, this festival benefits from its unique location on the Bayou St. John in Mid-City, which presents a picturesque backdrop for the fest. It also provides a cool way for visitors to enjoy the festivities—from boats and rafts right there in the bayou.
Four stages host dozens of the city's favorite musical acts and other events like family yoga, massages and workshops for kids. You'll find everything from blues and zydeco to indie and brass bands on this year's lineup, plus a performance from Fleur de Tease to wrap of the fest Sunday night.
The food booths represent several Mid-City restaurants plus festival caterers and vendors from around the rest of the city. In terms of Mid-City offerings, Katie's Restaurant serves up Chargrilled Oysters and a Crabcake Poboy, Mid-City Pizza sells red beans and rice and pizza by the slice and Ralphs on the Park will have Smoked Duck Boudin with Green Tomato relish and Fried Smoked Oysters with White Remoulade. There will also be standards like snoballs, Louisiana lemonade and other cool fruit drinks to quench your thirst on what's likely to be a warm day—if not hot.
Another important aspect is the arts booths spread about the festival, which showcase arts and crafts from some of the best artists in the South. You'll find everything from drawings, paintings and sculpture art to leather, jewelry and clothing. There will be more than 100 artists there, so you'll have a great time walking around and admiring their impressive works.
Bayou Boogaloo hosts several other special events every year to liven up the festivities. The Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl will take place early Saturday morning—a great way to start the day. Also on Saturday is the 5th Annual Zulu Anniversary Run to Ride 5K. On Sunday around midday, Bike Easy hosts a Bicycle Second Line from the CBD to the festival grounds. Also on Sunday, and perhaps the most memorable event, is the 4th Annual Rubber Duck Derby, where you can adopt one or more rubber duckies from Second Harvest (15,000 in total) and then set it/them afloat to see who wins the race for a great prize.
The free festival also promotes sustainability and strives to be a "zero-waste" event by coming up with innovative ways to conserve and recover resources and reduce both the volume and toxicity of waste and materials. Along with its biking events, Bayou Boogaloo also encourages attendees to travel to the festival by non-motorized transportation if at all possible or to at least carpool, especially since parking is limited.
If you'll be in the area this weekend, don't miss this free annual festival, a favorite among locals..


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A place at the table: Artists, chefs explore the intersection of food and art
Chefs inspired by works of art create dining masterpieces
Artist Cameron Schmitz has sat down to many meals in her life, but last year there was one plate that gave her a particular thrill. Peering down at edible flowers, wild mushrooms and other ingredients, she knew that she had helped to inspire it.
"It was a meandering visual path, just like a walk through the woods," said Schmitz, of the dish inspired by one of her landscape paintings. It was one of many created when Greenwich's Drawing Room Gallery kicked off its Artist's Table series, which calls upon Drawing Room's chef Paul Lockley and guest chef Bjoern Eicken, of Greenwich's Homestead Inn, to develop meals inspired by an exhibition's theme and artworks. Since its launch a year ago, these periodic, intimate dinners have been popular.
"It's really interesting how each course progresses and takes you on a journey," said Schmitz, the gallery's curator. "It makes you look at the artwork differently, too. It's such a wonderful experience to share with other people."
Another dinner comes up on Sunday, June 22, in connection with the exhibition "Ebb & Flow." Kenleigh Larock (Schmitz's sister), who operates the cafe on site with her husband Michael, said the dinner series (about a half-dozen have been held) has shown how fine cooking mirrors an artist's approach -- finding inspiration in the surroundings, choosing the proper medium (or ingredient), creating the interplay between color, texture and composition and sharing that creativity with others. "Every Artist's Table is unique," Larock said. "The artwork allows different ideas of where to take (the menu) and what to incorporate into it."
The idea that food can serve as a muse for artists and art can inspire cuisine has been around for some time, but the worlds of art and food have developed some new parallel lines in recent years -- building community in an often digital and distracted world; using food and art to attract audiences and put a sharper focus on social, environmental and cultural issues; and celebrating creativity by sharing it with others.
Through the ages, artists have provided a visual cue to society's relationship with food, said Linda Weintraub, a New York-based artist and author of many books, including "Art What Thou Eat: Images of Food in American Art" and "To Life: Eco art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet."
Most recently, she said, "Many artists are responding to food insecurity, and the rampant concern about the chemicals, preservatives and artificial interventions of farmers and the effects they have on the nourishing qualities of the food itself," said Weintraub, who also has been influenced by this theme.
One of her works, "Let Us Eat the Colors of Nature's Spectrum," was displayed last year at Stamford's Franklin Street Works art space, as part of the show "Strange Invitations." She joined other artists who looked at small-scale farming to raise awareness about the world's food systems. She offered evidence of her garden's yield -- two dozen foods preserved in jars, arranged by the color spectrum.
Weintraub said the process of growing and cultivating food has become like paint, or clay, or other media an artist might use. "They are getting their hands dirty, nurturing seeds, creating gardens, working with the material. ... This is a significant shift in that it's not just observing."
Chefs also are paying greater attention to the sourcing of ingredients, said Izabela Wojcik, house programming director for New York City's James Beard Foundation, which hosts hundreds of meals each year, planned and presented by chefs from around the country. As at the Drawing Room, the chefs are encouraged to come out of the kitchen, engage with diners and reveal how ingredients, as well as the artworks lining the walls, have inspired the meal.
"It's always a surprise to hear about their inspiration and influences," Wojcik said.
That ability to share the creative process is one that Eicken enjoys. "For me, this was a new approach to food," he said. "You look at the colors, you look at the lines, you see how the artist has constructed (his or her work) and at some point you start visualizing what kind of dish this could be."
So far, he has liked working with abstract art pieces. "We can play with possibility, as it leaves more room for more interpretation," Eicken said.
Artist's Table five-course dinner, Sunday, June 22, at 5 p.m. at the Drawing Room, 220 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. $125. Call 203-661-3737, email email@example.com or visit www.thedrawingroom.cc.
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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
A few days ago we have posted our first test results from the new Gridseed Blade Miner. We got early remote access to a single unit that we were able to test and report our findings before the devices actually started shipping thanks to our friends at MinerEU who are an official Gridseed EU distributor. Meanwhile we got a second unit attached to the system we were testing, so we were able to run some longer tests with two devices in order to see what variance we can expect from device to device. We also expanded the tests to cover various usage scenarios to check what hashrate you can expect to get if mining for a fixed higher difficulty coin such as LTC as well as if you are mining in auto profit switching mode to mine the most profitable crypto coin. Meanwhile the new Gridseed Blade Miners should start shipping tomorrow, so the people that have ordered them should start receiving their units very soon.
We are starting up with a result showing the two Gridseed Blade Miners, each of which is reported as two separate devices, fixed in mining for LTC with a worker difficulty of 256 at the scryptguild pool. The Blade Miners are running at 800 MHz, a frequency that can normally provide up to about 5.6 MHS in mining a fixed crypto currency with higher worker difficulty. Note that one of the PCBs, namely the GSD 1 device does report a lower actual hashrate and that is a direct result of getting some HW errors from that PCB. It seems that this could be related to the cooling not giving a good contact to one of the PCB sides for example, so we recommend to inspect your miners and if needed to optimize them a bit before running them, just in case and to get the best performance. This is something that we recommend doing for the smaller 5-chip Gridseed ASIC devices as well, especially if you plan to overclock and voltmod them, you need to check the contact between the cooler and the chips.
Notice that the poolside result is pretty much consistent with the local reported actual hashrate. Do note the other worker above the Blade miner, it is from a voltage modified 5-chip Gridseed ASIC running at about 490 KHS local hashrate (1150 MHz). You can see that with close number of submitted shares to the pool, the number of rejected (stale) shares is almost twice as high on the smaller ASIC as compared to the Blade Miner. The reason for that difference is that the small miner is running on automatic profit switching and 64 worker difficulty, so it gets more stale shares due to the often switching between different crypto coins and due to the fact that some are with lower difficulty and many blocks are calculated quickly.
So how about leaving the two Gridseed Blade Miners for a few days to run in auto profit switching mode at 64 worker difficulty at scryptguild, the miners were running in 800 MHz. The result is quite interesting, local hashrate reported at about 5 MHS per device with about 6.8-6.9% of stale shares (the percentage is higher as expected) and more HW errors that you would normally get if mining for a specific coin only. What you should be well aware of is that based on the pool and the type of mining you are doing you might be getting different performance that could be lower or higher than what the official specifications about the miner say. Using automatic profit switching pool might help you get more profit than mining directly for LTC for example, though the extra percentage you might get may be lower in reality than what your raw calculations may show initially as you could be getting more stale shares as well as more hardware errors this way. So far we are satisfied from the results we are getting from the new Gridseed Blade Miner, though at the moment due to the uncertainty and the lower Bitcoin and Litecoin prices, people seem to be very careful in general when considering to buy ASIC hardware. And we are not talking only about investment in very powerful and very expensive mining hardware that is expected to ship later this year.
– For more photos, specifications and information about the new Gridseed Blade Miner…
Two days ago we have published information about the new Gridseed Blade Miner and now we already have some performance results available to share with you. Thanks to MinerEU, an official Gridseed EU distributor, we got not only the information about the new device using 80 Gridseed GC3355 chips earlier, but also had the chance to do some performance testing of the new miner and share the results with you. We were provided with remote access to a system that had the new Gridseed Blade Miner attached and we could test with different pools and settings, as well as by using different miner software. We haven't yet had physical access to these miners, but we plan on ordering one as they are very soon going to start shipping the devices, around 8th or 9th of April or in just a few days. The new Gridseed Blade Miner (80 Chip) is already available for order at a price of $3000 USD at MinerEU.com. But let us get to the tests and results we have performed of the device using remote access…
According to the official information from Gridseed one 80-chip Blade Miner is equivalent to 16 Gridseed 5-chip USB miners and it is capable of providing a total hashrate of 5.2 MHS. So we have fired up bfgminer with the Blade Miner configured to run at the stock 600 MHz, the default frequency for the 5-chip miners to see what kind of performance we can get. A bit of a disappointment as we got just about 4 MHs total performance from the two PCBs with 40 chips each that combined make the 80 chip Blade Miner. And since the Blade miner has two PCBs with 40 chips each and different power supply and USB connection in the miner software you see it as two separate devices.
If you were hoping that the new Gridseed Blade Miner will be capable of 5.2 MHS as per official specifications at 600 MHz, you will probably not be very happy as it seems that Gridseed has apparently decided to overclock the device and cite specifications at higher clocks. So we went further and ran bfgminer at 700 MHz frequency to see the performance level that we can get and we got a combined hashrate of 4.6-4.7 MHS, so still a bit below the official specifications.
Running bfgminer at 800 MHz has allowed us to get us a bit higher than the official specs of 5.2 MHS, we got at up to about 5.6 MHS with these settings with no HW errors to just a few. This means that you can expect to easily run these miners at 800 MHz with no problems and get a bit over the official specs in terms of hashrate. We went down to 750 MHz just to check that with it we are actually getting around 5-5.2 MHS hashrate from the Blade Miner, so that is around the "default" frequency that the new Gridseed Blade miners are supposed to be ran in order for you to get about 5.2 MHs.
The image above shows the actual poolside reported hashrate, the first result is from a voltmodded 5-chip Gridseed ASIC running at 490 KHS local hashrate and with 64 worker difficulty and autoswitching to the most profitable coin at scryptguild. The second worker is the new Blade Miner running at 256 worker difficulty and manually selected to mine for LTC with a hashrate of about 5.6 MHS or pretty much the same as the locally reported hashrate. We have found out that setting the worker difficulty to 256 or 512 and not using auto switching does provide better results and less stales (higher efficiency) and you can easily compare the number of stale shares to the 5-chip miner and the 80-chip one and see that for yourself.
We also had to try running bfgminer at 850 MHz, a frequency that is the optimal one for Scrypt only mining mode on the 5-chip Gridseed ASIC devices for overclocking without any modifications. Unfortunately the new Gridseed Blade miners do not handle that well the 850 MHz and started producing a bit more than the desirable number of HW errors. As a result of the more HW errors at that frequency the actual performance in terms of hashrate (~5 MHS) decreases as compared to running the miners at 800 MHz, so we do not recommend to go that high with the new ASICs. It is possible that 850 MHz or even a bit more could be achieved after optimizing the cooling of the chips for example, however before actually getting the hardware in our hands we cannot confirm if that is possible or not.
So far we've been testing with bfgminer with Gridseed support, the standard miner we used for the smaller 5-chip devices and it works very well with the new miner. It might need a minor tweak to report all local hashrates properly, but the actual performance gets properly reported (the third value) that takes into account the rejects and HW errors. We've decided to give a try to cgminer with Gridseed support as well to test with and to find the best frequency in between 800 and 850 MHz that can provide optimum results in terms of hashrate and while minimizing the number of HW errors. We were able to get much better results at 838 MHz as compared to what we were getting at 850 MHz and with some extra hashrate reported poolside. The problem when using cgminer for Gridseed is that the locally reported hashtate is incorrectly reported, though the number of accepted and rejected shares and the number of HW errors seems to be properly reported and poolside performance shows that the miner is properly working and only the reporting is not working right. This should be easily fixable with an update on the software miner code in order to properly report the local hashrate based on the number of chips for each of the PCBs in the Gridseed Blade Miner.
The good news is that you have some headroom for overclocking the new Blade Miner and squeezing some extra performance out of the box over the standard 5.2 MHS. Then there is also the possibility of implementing an easy voltmod in a similar manner as with the smaller 5-chip Gridseed ASIC devices on the bigger Blade Miner and getting some extra boost in performance up to about 8 MHs. Before actually getting the hardware in our hands and trying out we cannot confirm if this is real option or not, but we already suspect that it might be possible. You should not have any problems starting to use the new Gridseed Blade Miner as soon as you receive the device in your hands as it works with the already available software for the smaller miners and if you are familiar with them you should be up and running in no time, especially if you consider the information about the different clocks and hashrate we have provided based on our remote testing. Do note that the Gridseed Blade Miner that we have tested is an earlier unit, so there is a chance that the upcoming units that should start shipping in a few days might be doing even better, though there is no guarantee for that.
We are already remotely testing a second Gridseed Blade Miner ASIC device, again remotely in order to compare two of the devices and see if they would behave differently and is there some variance from unit to unit. We are soon going to post some results from the two Blade Miners and these should also be able to give you a good idea on what hashrate you can expect from two of these ASIC devices, so stay tuned for more information soon.
– For more photos, specifications and information about the new Gridseed Blade Miner…
If you remember the story from last month about an supposedly upcoming 19.2 MHS Scrypt ASIC based on Gridseed chips that was briefly put for preorder on aliexpress by a Chinese seller with not a lot of details, then you would be interested to read this exclusive information hat we just received. We just got some real and exclusive information and photos of the upcoming Gridseed Blade Miners from MinerEU.com, an official Gridseed EU distributor. It seems that the new Gridseed Blade Miner will be officially released next week and we already have some real photos and information about the specifications of the hardware.
The new blade miner will still use GC3355 ASIC chips, the same same as in Gridseeds USB miners. There are 2 PCB panels in each Blade Miner and each panel has 40 GC3355 chips, or you get a total of 80 chips on a single Blade Miner device. Each PCB of the miner has own power socket and USB port to control it, so it is like having two miners in a single package with. The official Scrypt mining hashrate is 5.2 MHS (2.6 MHS for each PCB), but we believe we should be able to improve that hashrate a lot as what we did with their USB ASIC miners by overclocking and modifying them.
We should note that apparently Gridseed is no longer advertising the new Blade Miners for use for BTC (SHA-256) or Dual Mode mining, instead they are intended for use for Scrypt mining only. Using these devices for BTC mining could create power and cooling issues and the resulting hashrate you could expect is definitely not worth it compared to what you should be able to get in Scrypt only mode… especially after overclocking and maybe voltmodding.
The new Gridseed 80-chip Blade Miner is equivalent to 16 Gridseed 5-chip USB miners, the official total hashrate is quoted as 5.2 MHS or about 65 KHS per chip, so there should be some room for improvement with overclock and possibly voltmod. The total power usage at default frequency should be around 64-70W for each panel or a total of about 140W per Blade Miner. The device should be compatible with the already available software miners such as cpuminer, cgminer and bfgminer with Gridseed support as it essentially uses the same way of communication with the computer as the smaller 5-chip devices.
If you are eager to get your hands on these new Gridseed Blade Miners, you can order from MinerEU now and expect a delivery probably sometime next week (deliveries are scheduled to start around April 8th). Due to limited availability at the moment, the new miners are not yet publicly listed in their online shop, the order link is intended for their resellers. You can see the official product page of the new Blade Miner on MinerEU's website with photos and specs, link below. We are going to be ordering one of these devices to be able to play with it more and meanwhile we have been invited to test the new miner by MinerEU, so more details will follow very soon.
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Project Ogre
Kojipro's Fox Engine to be revealed on August 30
Hideo Kojima has promised to show off the tech powering his studio's new projects by the end of next month – and maybe even the new game itself.
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Kojima working on new series of games based on human issues
Hideo Kojima has told CVG he's working on a brand new set of games that focus on human issues, such as the concept of love or raising a family.
Kojima's Project Ogre will tackle "delicate, taboo" issues
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima had a lot to say as his award-winning, bestselling tactical stealth espionage series was inducted into the Smithsonian's Art of Video Games exhibit.
Hideo Kojima's Project Ogre will feature ogres
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OPM UK's gone live with the full Hideo Kojima interview it featured in its last issue last month. The chat discusses the history of the MGS series and Kojima's thoughts on MGS1-4, as well as details on Metal Gear Rising, Project Ogre and discussion on Metal Gear Solid 5. You can get it here. It's […]
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Hideo Kojima has told CNN his next project, Project Ogre, will be open-world, a switch-up from the linear path that Metal Gear Solid games have provided in the past.
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Hideo Kojima, ever the teasing master he is, has posted two shots showing off the new Fox Engine, one of which is from a prototype of his next game, codenamed Project Ogre.
Kojima calls Project Ogre "subdued", "different" from past work
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has let slip some utterly nebulous comments on the nature of the mysterious Project Ogre.
Hideo Kojima to discuss plans for MGS5, Project Ogre in next issue of OPM
In the next issue of Official PlayStation Magazine, Hideo Kojima discusses in an interview with the magazine his "entire body of work", discusses his thoughts on Metal Gear Solid: Rising, and best of all: "openly discusses his plans for Metal Gear Solid 5 and Project Ogre for the first time." He also talks about why […]
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Stitchcraft Mktg necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 47 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Zealana Yarns
I am a marketing consultant for Yarnsisters/ Zealana. Yarnsisters is the US distributor for Zealana yarns, which are primarily made from the New Zealand Possum. We're launching a new branding campaign around the conservation of the new zealand kiwi bird-- which is being decimated by the possums. Knitting with possum yarn is one way to preserve the species.
Knitters, 95% female aged 25-55. The product this is representing is a very high-end, luxury yarn so we'd like clean, crisp, professional designs and fonts. Nothing cheap, loud or flashy.
"Save a Kiwi, Knit with Possum" is our slogan. Looking for a circular, "badge" type design with the image of a KIWI bird in the center, and text in the circle surrounding it.
Please, NO images of the possums! Front or slightly profiled view of the kiwi preferred and possibly with the head extending out from the center of the circle?
I was envisioning the "Save a Kiwi" to go on the top of the circle, and "Knit with Possum" on the lower half--- but we're open to seeing other designs.
Clean and bright. Classy illustration of the bird. I don't like a lot of the "cutesie" or "cartoony" characters I've come across.
Able to translate well in black and white as well as color would be a bonus. We'll use this on a website and stickers for the yarn labels so it must look good in a small size-- about 2" in diameter.
CMYK format/ print quality files as well as JPG's for use on website.
We attached a few images of Kiwis off the web we like so far.
Please do not use clip art.
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Includes six HDMI inputs — with one HDMI input on the front panel for quick connection — each one supporting HDCP 2.2, 4K Ultra HD 60Hz video, 4:4:4 Pure Color sub-sampling, Dolby Vision, HLG, High Dynamic Range (HDR) and 21:9 video, 3D and BT.2020 pass-through.
Dual antenna system lets you stream the most popular music services via Bluetooth, AirPlay or the HEOS app. Listen to your playlists on Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, Deezer and more.
Built-in HEOS technology lets you enjoy your favorite music in any room of your home for a wireless, whole-home audio experience. Play the same song in every room, or select a different song for each connected room — the choice is yours. Enjoy music from Spotify, TuneIn, Sound Cloud, Tidal, Napster, Deezer or your local music file libraries. With additional HEOS components, like HEOS-capable speakers, play all your music in one room or many.
Enjoy effortless voice control and total flexibility from the leading voice agents. Speak commands with Amazon Alexa , Google Assistant, Apple Siri and high-end smart home automation, Josh.ai. Ask to play your favorite music, turn the volume up, skip to the next track, switch inputs and more. Switch between voice agents, or pick a favorite to use — the choice is yours. Functionality varies by voice agent.
Use your voice to stream your favorite music services to this HEOS-enabled device. Ask Alexa to play music from Pandora, Amazon Music and much more. Switch between inputs (Blu-ray, DVD, Media Player, etc.), turn volume up or down, pause, mute and play the next song — all with your voice.
To start streaming with Alexa voice commands, open the Alexa app and select "Skills." Add HEOS Home Entertainment to enable. Then, go to Smart Home in the Alexa app menu and choose Devices and Discover or say "Alexa, discover my devices."
With HEOS Home Entertainment and Alexa, you can stream to this product and any other HEOS-enabled device.
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Airplay 2 also supports multi-room audio – wirelessly stream content to multiple AirPlay 2 compatible devices simultaneously with improved audio buffering to ensure smooth audio playback. AirPlay 2 provides control and grouping of compatible audio devices within the Apple Music or Home app. Use Airplay 2 in-app or with your voice via Siri.
An elevated voice agent for the high-end smart home, Josh.ai offers flexible voice control for nearly any aspect of your day-to-day experience and entertainment environment. Use voice commands to control the thermostat, lights, home appliances, speakers, AVR and more. Josh.ai is installed by custom integrators and accessed through an app on your phone or tablet. Works with iOS and Android devices.
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Ability to decode high-resolution audio ALAC, FLAC and WAV lossless files up to 24-bit/192-kHz, as well as DSD 2.8MHz and 5.6MHz tracks (the audiophile format of SACD) lets you enjoy music exactly as the artist intended. Listen to your music via the front panel USB port or over network sources.
Easily connect your analog turntable to the receiver and enjoy the pure intent of each recording within your vinyl collection.
The Marantz 2016 AVR Remote app for iOS and Android gives you complete control over the latest Marantz network AV receivers. Use it to power on/off, adjust volume, input and settings, or switch instantly to the HEOS app.
Optimize your audio experience with Audyssey MultEQ, Dynamic Volume and Dynamic EQ for a seamless setup of your listening environment.
With the supplied measurement microphone, MultEQ analyzes each speaker's output (including the subwoofer) and generates precision digital filters that optimize each channel for the correct frequency and time domain response. Use Audyssey Dynamic EQ to deliver clear dialogue and wide-band response even at reduced volume levels, or Audyssey Dynamic Volume to avoid shocks and normalize volume when content switches between commercials, announcements and TV programs.
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Easily control the receiver with your Smart TV remote via the HDMI CEC functionality associated with your Smart TV. Simply set "HDMI Control" to ON in your receiver, then set "Smart Menu" to ON and begin controlling the NR1509 with your TV remote. The Smart Menu home screen gives you quick access to source and surround mode selections, the AVR's setup menu and four Smart Selects.
Four Smart Select function buttons on the included remote control store your preferred setup — including input, volume and Audyssey configuration — for particular sources. With the push of a button, the receiver perfectly configures for any source, from Blu-ray to TV set-top box, to your favorite Internet radio station and more.
All Marantz 2018 AV receivers offer extended support for easy custom install integration. Features "ihiji Invision" remote system management technology, "Domotz Pro" remote monitoring and management technology with dedicated web interface to control and set up your AV receiver from a computer on the same network. Let your installer easily monitor the status of connected products and troubleshoot remotely from a separate location or on-the-go.
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Hi all,
We've actually seen pictures of this before, as she has displayed it at past fests (Legoworld? 1000Steineland?) or LUG meetings, but Barbara has finally posted good pictures of her Cinderella story.
As described in her Lugnet post, this was inspired by a Playmobile playset, with four sections depicting four different scenes from the classic fairy tale (the Brothers Grimm version, not the Disney cartoon - she gives the whole story in her Lugnet post).
The kitchen she must clean (birds help her separate the lentils from the ashes)
She prays at her mother's grave and finds the dress (no bippety-boppety-boo here)
(BTW, note the use of Clickits )
The ball:
Losing her shoe:
An overview where you can see how they come together:


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Not Nuts! Giveaway
Enjoy Life recently sent me two of their latest products to review. And lucky you, I'm also giving them away.
One bag of Not Nuts! Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix
and one bag of Not Nuts! Beach Bash Seed & Fruit Mix
I really enjoyed both of these mixes because of the lack of nuts.
I do like nuts, but they don't like me in any sort of significant quantity.
And please, never put nuts in baked goods or desserts. According to my own little Baking Rules, nuts in baked goods ruin a perfectly good dessert for me.
So when Enjoy Life sent these samples to me, I was thrilled. They are both delicious. Dried fruit such as dried apples, cranberries, pineapple, and apricot combined with sunflower seeds for chewy & crunchy, sweet & lightly salted, in each handful. Two thumbs up.
Would you like to win one bag of each for yourself?
To Enter the Giveaway:
1. Do you like nuts? Seeds? Both? Favorites types?
Go to my Fast, Easy, & Healthy Snack Ideas recipe page and tell me what catches your eye the most?
2. For a second entry, Twitter Follow LoveVeggiesYoga and then tweet the following:
"I am NotNuts! and want to win the @LoveVeggiesYoga @elfceo @atmmc Enjoy Life Giveaway http://tiny.cc/qglrk"
3. For a third, fourth, or fifth entry, do one or more of these things and leave a separate comment for each (that's five total chances to enter)
Facebook Like Love Veggies & Yoga, Facebook Like Enjoy Life Foods, Stumble Follow Me & Stumble It, Pinterest Follow Me & Pin Something of Mine, Instagram Follow Me, or post this Giveaway on your blog
Contest ends Thursday, October 12, 2011 and winner will randomly be chosen.
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Gorgeous prints of Okami, The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy, while always welcomed, are not a rarity. Charming impressions of Pyramid Head, on the other hand, are a lot more rare. And, admittedly, with good reason.
Artist Robin E. Kaplan, in her Etsy alias The Gorgonist, is a children's book illustrator. She also has experience with video game art and design, and it shows. Among the many, many adorable pieces of art featured on her shop are several from the world of video games.
There's even a whole Final Fantasy section of the shop, for those who need more mini mages in their lives. Scroll down for a few more game-themed highlights, or hit the shop for all those plus a couple hundred more.
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Room is on the northeast corner of the building.
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Kettlebell Class for all levels and abilities. Focus is on safe form and good technique with the end result a great workout and improved kettlebell skill. Plenty of kettlebells are provided. Classes are 8 weeks in length with options to sign up for one class or up to 4 classes a week. Payment to Andrea Du Cane. Drop-ins are welcome.
Andrea DuCane is a Master RKC instructor of Russian Kettlebells with over 10 years of kettlebell instruction experience, CK-FMS, CICS, RIST, Z-health, PM.


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An Afternoon at the Festival
An Afternoon at the Festival is an elegantly-structured and reflective meditation on failure.
Leo Brent is an egotistical, successful and middle-aged film-maker. While he is waiting for the four o'clock showing of his new and last film, he spends the morning with a prostitute, Anita: more to find somewhere to sit down than to sleep with her. Back at the house where the film was set, the star — Leo's ex-wife Dana — is drinking Chablis with his brother, Howard. The play splices these two disconsolate conversations with scenes from Leo's new film, set in the Victorian era, about the abrasive and eventually violent relationship between a boy and his stepmother. The suggestion, only voiced by Dana, that Leo's talent is running out sits at the heart of this subtle play.
An Afternoon at the Festival was first presented by Yorkshire Television in 1973.


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HOTSEATED- Secrets of the 2008 HotSeat sitters
From the corridors of City Hall, to the sets of CNN, to the medal podium in Beijing, you know their names and faces. But do you know about your newly elected congressman's penchant for vampire-slaying television? Or a local barbecue giant's secret singing chops? Or your local fire chief's aspirations to become an international man of mystery? Local celebs always have surprising personal nuggets to share when they sit in our HotSeat, and here are some of the best from the past year.
Now that he's retired from being dean of the University of Virginia Law School, John Jeffries has time to take care of household chores such as clearing out the "things that should have been thrown out weeks ago" that are always in his refrigerator.
Should the beer business ever fail, tarr Hill Brewery founder Mark Thompson might be able to start a new business in the energy industry, as he makes his own biodiesel fuel in discarded beer tanks and runs his 1983 Mercedes Benz on the homemade brew.
He runs a tight ship now, but Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail superintendent Ron Matthews wasn't always so organized. In 1969, he was so busy celebrating his 18th birthday that he forgot to register for the Armed Forces draft.
Besides ascending the academic ranks to become UVA's research coordinator on climatology, Jerry Stenger says his proudest accomplishment was when, "once, I actually backed up my files before the computer crashed."
Even after having endured tongue-lashings from UVA head football coach Al Groh, St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long says the most trouble he's ever gotten in was "talking back to my mom."
He's happy with saving lives as Charlottesville's fire chief, but Charles Werner would rather be on Her Majesty's secret service "007 (with all the gadgets) protecting the world from all foreign enemies."
PHOTO BY JENNY LYNNAuthor Lee Fielding has a way with words, but if he had his druthers, he'd be making a living on the stage as a "Michael Bublé type of band singer."
Being a professional pundit has its occupational hazards, at least of the fashion sort, as Slate legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick discovered after appearing on CNN with a Cheerio in her hair.
Crime novelist Andy Straka's literary palette isn't limited to grisly murders and spell-binding mysteries. In college, he wooed his wife by placing anonymous poems in her campus mailbox.
Former governor Linwood Holton has mixed feelings about Charlottesville's most famous native son. While he says the six-volume Thomas Jefferson biography by Dumas Malone is his favorite book, Holton also says of the Third President, "we do hear an inordinate amount of propaganda about him."
He ran a campaign based largely on his desire to rid Washington of corruption, but in his spare time Rep.-elect Tom Perriello (D-Ivy) likes watching blood suckers of a different variety. Says the soon-to-be freshman congressman, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the most brilliant shows ever written."
Beautiful snapshots aren't the only love of Festival of the Photograph director Jessica Nagle. She's also got a soft spot for animals, as she owns three dogs, a pig, and some "miniature cows."
As the director of neighborhood development, Jim Tolbert might have his head in Charlottesville City Hall, but his heart is so deeply in the Alabama gridiron that a perfect day is "a Saturday in the fall when Auburn wins and Alabama loses."
Having only just retired as UVA's dean of admissions, Jack Blackburn is a fan of each and every student who populates Grounds, but he still can't help but rant when he sees one of them "driving while talking on the cell phone."
It's not a boast most people in his profession could make; but, if necessary, James "Jinx" Kern of Jinx's Pit's Top Barbecue could sing for his supper, as he is a classically-trained singer.
Contrary to outward appearances (he stands 6' 3"), new UVA radio play-by-play announcer Dave Koehn yearns for a better leap so he could "throw down monster dunks."
When his house at Montpelier reopened after a major renovation in September, President James Madison disclosed to the Hook that he doesn't care who ends up playing him in the movie of his life, "as long as Angelina Jolie plays Dolley."
Now that Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) is running for governor, he may have some explaining to do to Cavalier and Hokie fans about why he told the Hook his favorite thing on TV is Notre Dame football games.
Having traveled the world as a National Geographic photographer, Sam Abell could have been wooed by some exotic locale, but he still believes "the Moorman's River Valley, where we have lived for 30 years, has grown more, not less, beautiful."
Winning an Olympic gold medal certainly has its perks, but champion rower Lindsay Shoop says one of its drawbacks is the creep-out that comes with "getting Facebooked by people I don't even know."
Looking back on his 90 years, UVA music professor George Mead says there's nothing he'd change about himself today since, "I and time have made the changes."