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To start this off this is my first post so let me say hello to everyone who may read this, other then that please forgive the misuse of any terminology associated with the fansub world.
Ok down to my problem, I've done as the sticky said and that fixed most of my problems but every anime pack (a torrent that has a folder with multiple episodes of an anime) that I DL never works. I've used Gspot and it says that the file is corrupted, now one or two files i would understand but this is everyone i try to watch. Here is a list of the packs i've downloaded, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu 1-15, Star Ocean EX 01-02, E's Otherwise 01-05, E's Otherwise 06-10, Naruto 1-10 and a few others that i cant remember. If anyone can help me and tell me what im doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated.
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I gather from your comment about reading our stick that you have successfully downloaded and played single episodes of non-batched anime? Please just confirm that I am right.
I think that would make this a Download Help question, so I am going to move this to that forum. (Flash_Squirrel can always move it back to Playback Help if I am mistaken.)
I can only think of one problem, so I am going to ask that you are certain that you finished the download?
|2003-12-21, 08:39
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Ok to answer you NoSanninWa yes I've watched single episodes of non-batched anime and yes everyone has said download succeeded.
Flash_Squirrel none of them will play.
I would just like to say thank you both for trying to help me
|2003-12-21, 13:17
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One of them said it was only 38% completed after it said it was done once before, the other two i still have say that they are done, but still will not play
I think I will just stay away from anime packs and only download single episodes. Its just alot of the older animes only have torrents that are active that are packs (sigh)
If you can think of anything else you want me to try or need to know im willing to try almost anything to try to fix this.
Again thanks for the help
|2003-12-23, 18:29
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I am suffering the same problem. Here is my saga:
Firstly, I'm using bittorrent 3.3
Originally I downloaded both episodes 1 + 2 of Stellvia of the Universe as single torrents (using a dial up connection). These both worked fine (Windows Media Player 6 in Windows 98). Then the pack of episodes 1-5 appeared. Not wanting to have to download episodes 1 + 2 again, I started downloading the pack into the same folder as the first two episodes. At the time episode 2 became corrupted , and I stopped downloading because it was taking a very long time (dial up and all).
Just recently I started downloading again. This time my connection had been upgraded to cable, I now have Windows XP, and I'm using Windows Media Player 9. Before I started downloading, episode 1 could still be played. Within 5 minutes of continuing the download it was corrupted. Thinking that this was something to do with downloading over old files, I started the entire thing over again from scratch. However, the files I downloaded were still corrupt.
Downloading a AVI fixer, I was able to recover my old Stellvia episodes 1+2, but the new version of 1 I had downloaded was so corrupt even the fixer didn't recognise it as a valid AVI. (The AVI preview program which comes with Kazaa lite also was able to play the original slightly corrupted files).
The only I thing I've noticed is that I get a constant stream of tracker related errors (1 every five to ten minutes). This doesn't stop or even slow down the download though. The exact error is: "rejected by tracker - Torrent is not authorised for use on this tracker."
The only thing I can think of is some wierd error in BitTorrent that corrupts files while uploading them. At any rate I'm going back to single file torrents unless someone has a solution.
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|2003-12-23, 18:46
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Immortius, I actually can tell you what happened. BitTorrent v3.3 doesn't pre-allocate space before downloading (unlike v3.2) so it has to store the information in the first few files before moving it to its proper position at the end of the download. This results in corrupting the files you downloaded because the data gets moved around. All of the data is still there, but it just isn't in the same place.
If you don't want this to happen you have to use v3.2 or else use Shadow's Client which can be set (under Prefs -> advanced) to use the same pre-allocation that v3.2 used.
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Thank you very much.
|2003-12-24, 00:13
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I just wish it was so easy to figure out what is happening to Tormented's downloads. It clearly isn't a playback problem because he can play episodes that he downloads separately. That means it has to be a download problem. If it says "download succeeded" then the download should be complete and fully error checked... I can't imagine what else could be wrong. This is bugging me.
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The Met Office's own monthly figures show there had been no statistically significant increase in the world's temperature since 1997. They also show an actual decline in UK temperatures over the last fifteen years. In my book Breverton's Encyclopaedia of Inventions I made the obvious point that Milankovic Wobbles, solar cycles and other factors affected the Earth's climate far, far more than any man-made emissions, and that building wind power generators (they are not turbines) was an environmental and economic disaster. Indeed, research at Reading University in 2013 pointed out that solar activity was falling at its fastest rate for 10,000 years.
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After the mass slayings at that Connecticut elementary school last December, gun rights advocates cautioned against adopting gun-control laws before fully weighing their consequences. But gun rights advocates in the Indiana General Assembly are poised to rush a guns-in-all-schools bill into law with little thought about unintended consequences or keeping children from the loaded weapons.
In addition, the bill would hand local schools an unfunded mandate: It includes no money for the armed school protection officer the bill would require each school to have.
An amendment the House Education Committee adopted last week offers precious little information about training for those school officers. It states only that a seven-member board – with just two representatives of the education community – would establish the standards. And the bill says nothing about safety precautions for the weapon. Many gun owners understand the difficulty in having a weapon that is both immediately available for protection and inaccessible to others. And when hundreds of children are around, the stakes are unfathomably high.
Several studies have found, for example, that a gun in a home is far more likely to cause the death of someone who lives in the home than to be used in self-defense.
The amendment also assumes that each school protection officer will be at school every day, will never call in sick or deal with a family emergency. The bill makes no mention of a backup or deputy or designee.
The proponents assume that in each school, at least one existing employee will volunteer to be the school protection officer. But there is no mention in the bill about who pays for the training, most likely meaning that local schools would. And if no existing employee or outside volunteer steps up, schools apparently would have to hire someone.
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Executive Board of Directors
Tom Stader — Founder and Board Chair
Tom Stader is the founder and board chair of The Library Project. He started The Library Project after working in marketing and advertising from 1996 to 2006. During that period he worked in San Francisco, China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam with a client base of many Fortune 500 companies. In 2006, Tom and a few friends collected about 6,000 books and donated them to two orphanage libraries in Dalian, China. It was then that The Library Project was born. Since then Tom has been focused on creating an organization that has a razor sharp focus on program specific results that provides donors with industry standard levels of transparency. With the support of an incredible group of employees, volunteers, and donors, The Library Project provides on average one library per-day to rural elementary schools located in China and Vietnam. Tom focuses full-time on building The Library Project into a world-class organization, fundraising, and public speaking. Tom holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Northern Arizona University.
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Donn Garton
Donn Garton has lived and worked in Vietnam for over 7 years. Originally from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Donn currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City and is General Manager of Resident Vietnam, a corporate relocation and immigration company serving clients such as Proctor & Gamble, General Electric and Chevron. Along with Resident Vietnam, Donn serves on the board of Alive Interactive Media, a video games outsourcing studio producing 3D animation for game companies around the world. Since moving to Asia, Donn has been involved in several start ups and has extensive experience in operational management and business development. He is honored to be part of The Library Project and assist in its efforts to bring the gift of reading to children throughout Asia.
Philip McCrea
Philip McCrea is the CEO of ClearPoint—a global leader in interactive health education with offices in New York, London and Pune, India. In addition to ClearPoint, he has founded several other technology and education companies. Philip brings expertise in building organizations as well as a passion for children's education to The Library Project. He lives in Ridgewood, NJ with his wife and three children.
Patrick Watene
Patrick founded Global Horticulture Limited (New Zealand) in 2004—which explores opportunities in horticulture in China and East Asia. This led to the establishment in Xi'an, PRC of Global Horticulture (Xi'an) Limited in 2006. GlobalHort is one of the largest horticultural companies in Shaanxi Province with an integrated business model from farm to market. Patrick was awarded a Professors appointment at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in 2009 (a Tier 1 University in the Peoples Republic of China and a leading agricultural university in China). He served as the chairman of the Xi'an International Business Forum from 2008-2011. Patrick has a wide variety of interests including travel and the outdoors and he is a keen sportsman. He believes in lifetime learning and education and that these should be available to everyone irrespective of their social or financial position. Patrick is married to Petrice, his wife of 21 years and together they have three sons.
China Board of Directors
Mainland China Board of Directors
Andy Liu
Andy Liu is the founder and CEO of EVISION Communication Group. He has eighteen years of professional PR service experience in automotive, IT and telecom industries. He has experience in consulting and research in areas such as branding and marketing communications, automobile PR, corporate communications, CSR communications and crisis management. Andy is also the Chairman of the Committee of Social Responsibility of the Suqin Club.
Helen Huang
Helen Huang is an Art Curator and is the General Manager of Shanghai Xinyijing Commercial Company. Previously she worked for Wuxi Zhongce Pharmaceutical, Parkson Retail Group, Nokia and Guangzhou Veronica Industrial. Helen is also active in the community at a number of different organizations such as the Committee of Peace China and the International School Parents Committee in Shanghai. Helen has a passion for improving rural education and sits on the China Board of Directors at The Library Project.
Christine Wang — China Board Chair
Christine Wang is the Fundraising Director at The Library Project. She joined The Library Project in the summer of 2008 after graduating from university. Christine came to The Library Project initially as an assistant to Tom Stader, but soon after began focusing on event hosting and awareness raising for the organization. Today, Christine has built an incredible fundraising team based out of Shanghai. Christine focuses on awareness raising through grassroots fundraisers, building long-term relationships with donors and volunteer groups, and helping to locate the needed funds to purchase books. Christine's hard work and that of her team enables us to get so many needed books into the hands of the eager young readers that we serve. Christine attended the Xi'an International Studies University.
Hong Kong Board of Directors
Jackie Ng
After donating several libraries in rural Xi'an with the team from The Library Project, Jackie was moved by the cause and joined as a board member in 2007 and has served since. Jackie is lawyer by trade and currently works with a US financial institution in Hong Kong. Throughout her legal career much of her personal time was spent working with various non-profit organizations contributing towards the organisations' strategy and governance as a board member. In 2010 Jackie took a break from law and joined a charity as Project Director focusing on children in Nepal. She appreciates that running a charity is way harder than working in a corporate environment! Aside from work and time spent working on various non-profit causes, Jackie is busy with a growing family of a toddler and a newborn.
Vietnam Board of Directors
Lan Phan
Lan is currently Deputy General Manager at PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation where she is active in the company's community services. Lan also founded her own children's clothing line named MaMePa with a pure desire to provide little children with comfortable high-quality clothes. Lan loves to work on simple improvement of daily things to self-inspire and make life a better place to live in. With her love and care for children, Lan is honored to be part of The Library Project team to improve lives of disadvantaged children by giving endless effort to gradually bring them closer to good sources of books. Lan holds a Bachelor's and Masters' Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Ọklahoma.
Advisory Board of Directors
Joseph Chong
Joseph Chong joined the Peninsula Hotels since 2000 and is presently the General Manager at The Peninsula Shanghai. Prior to that, Joseph has worked with The Peninsula in Beijing and Bangkok. A native of Malaysia, Joseph started his career at The Regent Kuala Lumpur in 1989 and continued his development at the Regent Hotels in Bangkok and Jakarta, and the Four Seasons properties in Bali and Singapore. Joseph graduated from The Institut International d'Hôtellerie et de Tourisme de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (Malaysia and France) in Hotel, Catering and Tourism. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality (FIH), United Kingdom. Joseph was appointed as an Honorary Trustee of Raleigh China in 2011, a charitable organization founded in the UK in 1984, aiming to help young people grow into self-confident and active global citizens and making a difference to communities and the environment across the world. In contribution to the development of enterprises in Shanghai, he was appointed Vice President for the Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce this year. He is married, with a daughter and a son.
Scott Glassmeyer
Scott currently resides in Bangkok, Thailand where he has lived for the past 10 years. He is managing partner of One World Imports, which focuses primarily on remarketing secondhand computers from other countries in Thailand. This model extends the life of computers while also helping Thai citizens gain access to quality secondhand computers at very reasonable prices. Prior to One World Imports, Scott worked in numerous fields both in Thailand and the US ranging from software sales to business brokering to owning a restaurant. He graduated from Colorado College in 1991.
Celia Hatton
Originally from Canada, Celia Hatton has worked as a broadcast journalist in China since 2001. Working primarily as a correspondent for CBS News, Celia has reported from almost every corner of China, in addition to filing numerous breaking news stories from across Asia. Celia's coverage of China's Sichuan earthquake in 2008 garnered a Gracie Award from the Association of American Women in Radio and Television. Celia holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Studies from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Nicholas Ingleton
Nicholas Ingleton has been living in Asia since 1958 and currently resides in Tokyo. Kevin was managing director of Time Inc.'s book publishing operations in Asia from 1968 to 1981, and chairman and later director of Time Life Educational Systems Inc.(Time Inc,'s corporate training business in Japan). Since 1986 he has been president at a number of the Tuttle publishing and distribution businesses. Currently, he is a director of the Aston Educational Group, which has educational interests throughout China.
Kevin Kruse
Kevin Kruse is a serial entrepreneur and the co-author of the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement. Kevin is a popular keynote speaker and his articles on leadership, engagement and business excellence have appeared in Business Week, Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and numerous other publications. Kevin is the President of The Kruse Group, the founder of the e-Patient Connections conference, AXIOM Professional Health Learning, ACI, and a senior leader at Kenexa. In his spare time, Kevin invests as an "angel" at Delaware Crossing Investment Group, is co-owner of Team Capital Bank, and builds libraries in Asia with The Library Project. Kevin lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with his three children.
Adam Simkins
Adam Simkins is the Director of Interior Solutions at The Getz Group based out of Singapore. A British national, Adam was born in Thailand and spent his childhood in many different Asian countries. Since graduating Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, he has worked in Hyatt hotels all around the world including South Korea, Saipan, Hong Kong, Bali, Tianjin, Fukuoka, Kuala Lumpur, Hangzhou and Xi'an. Adam's belief in the power of education has led him to work as advisory board member in The Library Project and as a passionate ambassador.
Aryeh Sternberg
Aryeh Sternberg joined NewsCorp Australia in January of 2014 as the Ad-Tech Innovation Manager. His team supports identification and implementation of new advertising technologies into the business. Aryeh has been living and working in Australia since August of 2012. Prior to that Aryeh maintained a variety of roles including the Chief Integration Architect for Edge Marketing and COO for GroupM Interaction in Indonesia and Vietnam for three and a half years (including GroupM's four agencies, Mindshare, Maxus, Mediacom, and MEC). Coming from one of the leading mobile marketing agencies he entered the world of Vietnam's digital media boldly taking on a market where digital media was only beginning to take the form of a worthwhile media investment. Aryeh also lends his support to a multitude of startup digital companies, offering advice as to how to structure business products for the advertising industry, ranging from innovative mobile solutions to interactive out of home executions. Aryeh won the Campaign Asia award for "Digital Rising Star" in 2010, also was awarded "The Best Individual Contributor 2010" by Yahoo! Vietnam. He currently lives in Sydney and enjoys the call of the rampant cockatoo.
Previous Board Members
Chris Brown — Advisory Board Member — 2008-2010
Ryan Holliday — Advisory Board Member — 2006-2009
Phil Mercurio — Advisory Board Member — 2006-2009
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Why does China still enjoy such a huge sourcing cost advantage over other countries?
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September 1995 NewsletterWines evaluated last month: 216 Rejected: 198 Approved: 16 Selected: 2
Once in a while I even amaze myself. We were able to score a coup with our domestic selection this month I could barely contain myself. I've followed the property since its very first release over 10 years ago. Unfor¬tunately, their prices prevented us from offering Domaine Michel in the Regu¬lar Series. With the change in owner¬ship, we were able to make a deal on just enough cases to ship our members plus a little extra for re-orders. Don't wait too long on this one. There's not a whole lot around (after all, it's already nine years old) and there's no doubt that demand will outstrip supply.
Although we wish we had more, we are really excited about this selection. Being able to offer a perfectly aged wine which has been stored in the temperature-controlled cellars of the winery since bottling is a treat which we, unfortunately, don't get to do very of¬ten. The aroma alone of this wine is worth the price. It is truly extraordinary.
All this praise in no way is meant to slight our import selection. As a matter of fact, from a rarity standpoint, our white selection may be more unique than the red selection. When the salesperson told me what was in the bottle, my first comment was, "It can't be!" In 23 years, I have never seen a white Bordeaux made from 100% Muscadelle. As a mat¬ter of fact, I've never heard of one made anywhere on Earth. Only a few winer¬ies in California grow the grape and, af¬ter tasting this one, you'll wonder why. Needless to say, these are fun offerings which I'm sure you'll enjoy. Salude!
Domestic SelectionCABERNET SAUVIGNON, 1986. DOMAINE MICHEL
Cab-ayre-Nay. Soov-ing-Yohn. Doe-Maine Mee-Shell
In the 1970's, when few Europeans considered California a viable alternative to France, an adventurous Swiss attorney named Jean-Jacques Michel came to Sonoma and fell in love. He recognized the cli¬mate and soil as being similar to the prime vineyards in France, and pur¬chased a 100-acre property in 1979 which became Domaine Michel.
In 1993, Jacques Schlumberger, a minority partner, purchased a major¬ity of the property and is now renam¬ing it Michel-Schlumberger. With the necessary capital as well as the drive to produce the best wine from these perfectly situated, terraced, benchland vineyards, Michel-Schlumberger is poised and ready to make its mark.
Since 1989, Domaine Michel's winemaker has been Fred Payne. His winemaking career began in 1971 when, as a young chemist, he joined wine tasting groups and began to ob¬serve the subtle differences between the various wines. He completed a year of graduate study at UC Davis where he studied food science, enol¬ogy and viticulture. Fred's career took him to William Hill and then to the well-known Girard Winery where he became winemaker. During his illus¬trious career, he has been able to work with such luminaries as Mike Grgich.
Cabernet Sauvignon is by far the most sought-after red wine in America. It is very closely associated with California because of this state's perfect climate and soils. Dry Creek boasts one of the most desirable sites for this grape. Domaine Michel adds Merlot and Cab- ernet Franc for mellowness and complexity.
As an added bonus, we are able to offer this Library Release at a fraction of its worth due to the owner¬ship changes at the winery. Mr. Schlumberger wanted to expose this wine to a group like the Wine of the Month Club members so that the word would spread about his commitment to quality. We're glad he did.
1986 was one of the best vintages for Cabernet in the last 50 years! I re¬member tasting this wine when it was released in 1989 and thinking how beautifully endowed and concentrated it was. I was excited about its potential and what it could possibly taste like in a few years. I was not disappointed. In complicated, wine connoisseur terms I can only say, "WOW!" Here is all the nuance and complexity one hopes to see when tasting a great wine nine years after the harvest. The color is a deep, dark red and showing the barest hint of age. The nose is an amal¬gam of chocolate, leather, spice and to¬bacco enveloped in a robe of vanilla. Full and rich in the mouth, but show¬ing elegance in the finish, this offering still has a way to go, but the promise is now a fact. Here is a first class wine with some maturity, but showing the potential for a long life. Try with cajun sausage stuffed pork roast.Cellaring Suggestions: Perfect now. Will improve with another year or two.
Imported SelectionANGELICO, 1994. CALVET
Ann-Gell-eeko. Kal-vay
Calvet is a unique operation in the international wine scene. First of all, it is quite large. This may not be Earth-shattering but, when speaking of French wines, it is not that common. Secondly, they have holdings in all of the major wine growing regions; Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone and the Loire. There are a few large wine corpo¬rations in France, but most of them stick to one area and vinify all the wines in the same place. Kind of scary to think that barrels of Bordeaux wine from Cha-teau X and Burgundy wine from Domaine Y are right next to each other in the cellar! What if somebody got confused? Not so with the wines of Calvet. Each area has its own facility.
Calvet was originally founded in the Rhone in 1818 and moved to Bor¬deaux in 1870. As large and diverse as this company is, I was impressed with the attention to detail and their commit¬ment to quality. Calvet's winemaker is Yves Barry. He is a busy man, travers¬ing the hemispheres on a regular basis. Besides overseeing the winemaking chores in Bordeaux, he flies to Austra¬lia, New Zealand and South America and makes the wines at the Calvet prop¬erties there. The normal harvest in the northern hemisphere takes place in Sep-tember and October. Harvest in the southern hemisphere takes place in March and April so Barry can actually handle two crushes in the same year! How's that for diversity?
Bordeaux is the most well-known wine region in the world. It was the first area to be classified for quality by its government. Seventy-five percent of Bordeaux's produc- tion is red. However, white pro¬duction has steadily increased in the last two decades, probably due to the increased demand for white wines around the globe. And, more im-portantly, the new whites from Bordeaux have been gaining favor at a rapid rate. This is due to offerings like this month's selection.
Angelico is one of the most unique wines we have ever offered. One rea¬son is, when one thinks of white Bor¬deaux, the two grapes which come to mind are Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. Most wine connoisseurs don't know that there is a third grape which is also in the blend called Muscadelle. Angelico is another name for Muscadelle. To our knowledge, this is the only wine made completely from the Muscadelle grape. One wonders why it didn't happen sooner. If there was ever a wine which could be called "user friendly" this is it.
The color is a pale straw. The nose is a plethora of ripe melon and nectar¬ine fruit aromas matched with an engag¬ing spiciness and a touch of mineral. The flavors are perfectly integrated with each fruit and spice nuance held in equal bal¬ance. The finish is clean and crisp with flecks of flavor penetrating the tongue long after swallowing. A must with shellfish like grilled jumbo sea scallops served with a carrot/curry sauce on a bed of fried leeks.Cellaring Suggestions: Drinking well now. Should hold for another year.
Member Inquiry"Paul, corks seem to be getting a lot of attention lately. We've seen a few synthetic corks and I've often wondered about the invention of the corkscrew. Could you tell me some¬thing about it and corks in general"
B.B. Lawndale
For wine lovers, the bottle screw, or corkscrew, as it is called today, ranks as one of the world's greatest inventions. The first corks were tapered, thus easily withdrawn and meant only as tempo¬rary closures. However, concurrent with the development and widespread use of bottles for wine in the 17th century, it was discovered that wine would age to its advantage if sealed tightly with a cork as long as the cork could be kept moist by the wine. This led to the cylindrical straight-necked bottle we know today. But this type of bottle required some means to get out the cork, and it had to be a more substantial device than finely wrought silver corkscrews invented for the removal of perfume bottle corks.
The first patent for a corkscrew was issued for the Henshall screw in 1795. This simple device remains today and basically is an inclined plane wrapped around a post. An improvement was made in 1802 with the Thomason screw, a double-acting corkscrew still popular today. The so-called "waiter's cork screw ", generally considered the best to¬day, was designed in 1883. Yet another type of corkscrew commonly used is the "ah-so" type which rather than us¬ing an auger or helix to penetrate the cork, grasps the cork by its sides and works on the ancient Chinese finger torture principle in that the harder one pulls, the tighter the parallel prongs grasp the cork.
Corks are made from the outer bark of the cork oak tree. The best cork comes from Spain and Portu¬gal where these trees grow very near the Mediterranean Sea. Only the finest quality cork is used for wine. From the time it is harvested, which is done every nine years during the tree's 200 year life span, the cork requires nearly two years of processing and ag-ing before it can be used. Corks are slightly larger in diameter than the stan¬dard bottle neck, and most range from 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 inches in length. For a cork to furnish a tight seal against the entry of air to the wine, which can ruin the wine, the cork must be kept damp. For this reason, bottles, when stored, must be on their sides, or upside down as they are shipped from the winery. This prevents the cork from drying out and shrinking, allowing the possible entry of air.
The worldwide demand for corks has put a strain on the cork trade. As a result corks have slipped in quality and incidences of a " corky" problem have increased tenfold. "Corkiness" is pro¬duced by a very small, yet incredibly powerful, bacteria whose presence can be detected in doses as small as one part per million! If a wine is left on a defec¬tive cork for six months or longer, it picks up a damp cardboard smell and taste and is virtually ruined. It gets worse as the wine stays in the bottle and cannot be removed. Estimates run from 1% to 6% of wine produced being affected making the push for a cork sub¬stitute more vigorous than ever. Be-cause of the increase in this problem, I am sure that we will see an increase in the use of synthetic corks.
Adventures in Eating
While the ingredients and preparation are quite Southern in origin, this recipe is very reminiscent of many of the dishes my family would make for special dinners. It is as beautiful to look at as it is to eat. Europeans love to stuff things. Chicken, flank steak, game and roasts. By using the sausage whole, you get a very attractive design which looks complicated and artistic. Your guests don't have to know how easy it is to make.SAUSAGE STUFFED PORK ROAST
1-3 lb. PORK LOIN
1 lb SMOKED CAJUN SAUSAGE
1 sm. ONION (CHOPPED FINE)
1 sm. BELL PEPPER (GREEN PEPPER, CHOPPED FINE)
1 tsp. SALT
1 tsp. GRANULATED GARLIC
1 tsp. DRIED CHIVES
1 tsp. PARSLEY FLAKES
1 tsp. BLACK PEPPER
2 Tbsp. SOY SAUCE
1/2 Cup STOCK OR CHICKEN BROTH
2 Tbsp. CORNSTARCH
1/2 tsp. KITCHEN BOUQUET
1- Mix salt, granulated garlic, chives, parsley flakes, and black pepper.
2-Cut loin into smaller roasts, about 6 in. long. Cut a hole through the center of roasts, along the center axis to insert the sausage. Open the holes to the size of the smoked sausage, and pour about a Tbsp. of seasoning into the long holes. Slide smoked sausage through the holes in the roasts until about 1 inch of sausage protrudes from each end. Roll each roast in remaining seasoning and allow to sit and marinate at room tem¬perature about 30 minutes.
3-Place the roasts on a rack, inside a cov¬ered roaster, pour the cut-up onion and bell pepper into bottom of roaster, and place, uncovered in a 425F oven for ap¬proximately 30 minutes, or until seared lightly on the outside.
4-Cover the roaster, and continue to cook with a meat thermometer until done in¬side (about 160-165F or your choice). Will take about 15-20 minutes.
5-Remove roasts, trim end faces of ex¬cess sausage, chop fine and reserve.
6-Add cornstarch to stock and dissolve. Add to pan drippings. Heat mixture and add soy sauce. Add Kitchen Bouquet and reserved sausage.
7-While sauce is heating, cut pork into 1" medallions, ladle sauce on each piece and serve.
Serves 8.
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Pushpa Arya (center - 3rd from left) 27 yrs. old with a 6th grade education from a poor family, successfully contested and won the post of gram pradhan (village chief) of Aghil Dana Village, Uttarakhand. She campaigned without the support of her husband, who has migrated to a city far away for work.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Kicks Like A Girl
This is a book cover design and illustration I created for a new book by Melissa Westemeier. I just received my (signed!) copy in the mail and I'm excited to read it!
I'll tell you a little secret about the cover illustration: while doing the initial sketches, I couldn't get the phrase "kicks like a mule" out of my head. For some reason this made me think of mule style shoes - you know, the backless kind that make you walk like Peg Bundy because they're so darned hard to keep on your feet. That's how the single mule-clad foot came to be on the cover. The other shoe obviously went flying right off the page.
I'm looking forward to diving into some fun fiction. You can pick up a copy of Kicks Like a Girl on Amazon.
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Labels: Book Cover Design, Illustration, Kicks Like a Girl
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Tales of Anansi the Spider
A while ago I created a cover and illustrations for a collection of Anansi tales by Bish Denham. I'm excited to learn that the Kindle edition of Anansi and Company: Retold Jamaican Tales is now available on Amazon.
Since I've been a reader of Bish's blog for some time, I already had wonderful impressions of the beauty of the Caribbean to inspire me. I also recall being introduced to the sly spider Anansi in elementary school, and enjoyed having the chance to read a whole collection of his adventures at one time.
The book is intended for middle grade readers, but I think younger children would enjoy hearing the stories read aloud. In addition to the colorfully retold folktales, Bish's book includes a series of clever riddles (most of which I was not clever enough to solve).
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Gluten Free Flour Recipe
What do you know. It's been over a year since I visited here. If we ignore the year in the post date, we can pretend it's been just a little over a week.
I've been experimenting with new things, like this latest illustrated recipe I submitted to They Draw and Cook (you can view it larger on their site here). I tried a lot of gluten free flour mixtures, and so far this one I came up with has the nicest taste and texture all across the board. Best of all, it's easy to make in any size batch. I thought I'd post it for anyone else who may be experimenting (and getting frustrated) with going gluten free.
I've also been experimenting with color palettes. I noticed that although I've tried many styles and mediums, I pretty much stuck with a favorite combination of colors. Time to get out of my comfort zone a little.
Mixing things up a little is good. In fact, it's been so long since I've written a blog post, it feels entirely new again! Yep, it has been that long.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Calculus Tutor
For any of you math types out there, the app is a handy calculus reference - anyone studying or using calculus should go check out the Calculus Genie at Google Play.
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Namibia Beneficiaries
This is Kamwe. His mother bought him a bike from the Tuliwonde Bicycle Shop in Ngoma. Kamwe will use this bicycle to get to and from school in the remote region of Ngoma. Bikes in remote areas, such as this, help keep kids in school. Kids are able to get to school faster and on time thanks to the bicycle. Bikes also help the family since kids are able to help with chores because of their shorter commutes.
The Bicycling Empowerment Centre (BEC), JOY Centre, has become known as the most improved bike shop in Namibia. BEN Namibia and Planet Wheeler Foundation help the network of BECs improve their businesses. The JOY Centre bike shop in Otjiwarongo has certainly benefited from this support, going from chaos to clean.
Eden works at the JOY Centre and presented plans to improve this shop at the regional training through the programs mentioned above. The JOY Centre in Otiwarongo supports vulnerable children with accommodation, education support and a safe, caring environment.
Rauna Shikongo
Bicycle jobs empower women. Rauna Shikongo manages the Kaoko Bicycle Shop in Opuwo, Namibia. Since starting work in 2010, she has been able to save enough to buy land and build a home. Her single-room house may be modest, but for Rauna it represents security, and a space to grow her own crop of maize. Her income also enables her to put her son through school, and support unemployed family members. Rauna also continues her voluntary work as a Red Cross HIV/AIDS home based career.
Markus Howeka
BEN Namibia has gone south! Not in any metaphorical sense, but literally with Bicycle Empowerment Centres open in Rehoboth, Mariental, Keetmanshoop, Noordoewer and Karaburg.
Mariental customer Markus Howeka is pictured with his bicycle, which he uses to get to his job as a gardener. This bike was supplied to the project by Fahraeder Fur Afrika, a German BENN partner.
Some bikes are shared amongst entire villages. In this way one bicycle really does change a community.
Gloria takes her friend's bicycle for a spin during lunch hour in the village of Okatana. The Sebastian Kamwange Bicycle Shop has transformed the way children at the local school travel and spend their free time.
Poverty leads many Namibian women to the often dangerous and degrading world of prostitution, which carries huge risks in a country with an HIV prevalence of 17%. The King's Daughters aims to give former commerical sex workers viable work alternatives, through its counseling and training services.
Sarah was trained by BEN Namibia in bicycle mechanics and business, and successfully manages the King's Daughter Bicycle shop in Windhoek. Her shop sells and fixes bikes at low costs to generates profits to support other women in the organization's various programs.
Mariana and Isaak
Mariana and Isaak run the Cycle 4 Life BEC in Mariental. Besides selling and servicing bikes for residents and workers on outlying farms, the two are also generating money to feed the local Catholic AIDS Action Orphan Support Programme.
John Stephanus
John was one of BEN Namibia's trainee mechanics, part of a dedicated team that refurbishes second hand bikes. BEN Namibia pays a mixture of cash and credit toward buying bikes which employees can then sell to support their local bike shops in remote areas. Trainees also receive computer training.
John gave the first two bikes he earned to his younger brother and an uncle who had paid for John's schooling.
Nakashimba Elephant
Mr. Elephant, as Nakashimba is commonly known, runs the 'DRC' squatter camp's bicycle shop. Here people live in shacks made from wrecked car panels, pieces of driftwood from the beach and old asbestos sheeting.
BEN Namibia supplied this shop with bikes on consignment which were quickly sold. Mr. Elephant was smiling from ear to ear as he said, "My heart is very happy. The people here really need this bicycles."
Hilya Ekandjo BEN, Namibia
Okathitu Bikes manager, Hilya Ekandjo, inspects the new brick press with local children. Hilya's entrepreneurial flair was nurtured through years of hard work, selling and servicing bicycles. To anyone who's ever donated a bike to be shipped to Namibia: you may never have imagined in how many ways it could change people's lives. Bicycle sales made the investment in this brick-making business possible.
Ludwig and Max
Ludwig and Max at Makveto Cycles just east of Kivundu will sell you a bike, service it, charge your mobile phone, sell you a solar light, rent you a CD jukebox, give you a bicycle ambulance lift to the clinic or cut your hair! You'll fveel good knowing that their profits help educate local children.
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Rauna Mungolo
Rauna Mungolo is a mechanic at the Okalongo BEC. Making enough money to buy food is a challenge for local residents. With the help of BEN Namibia's self-sustaining small businesses, not only are they bringing jobs to this depressed area, but they are also providing valuable transportation at an affordable cost.
Many of BEN Namibia's BECs have gone on to extend their businesses--this one in Oshakati began with a single container full of bikes, tools, and training and grew over time. It has just used its profits to help fund a computer training center.
Lavinia (red shirt) uses management skills she acquired from the bike shop to run computer training courses and an internet cafe.
Meme Gudrun
Meme works in a small rural community in Northern Namibia. When she began as a volunteer the social taboos against even speaking of AIDS were enormous. "The people used to throw rocks at us when we first started, they thought we would bring more AIDS into the villages." Meme's calm demeanor and ability to discuss the disease frankly have helped educate dozens and broken down those taboos.
Meme used to walk long distances to see her clients until BENN provided her with a bike. "I see a lot more people now, and at the end of the day I am not so tired."
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Session: 2011/2012
Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Venue: Room 106, Parliament Buildings
1. Apologies
1.1 An apology was noted from the Speaker.
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 15 May 2012
2.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 15 May were agreed and signed by the Acting Chairperson.
3. Matters arising
3.1 The Acting Chairperson advised Members that, with reference to paragraph 6.2 of the minutes, statistics on withdrawn questions would be available at the next meeting.
4. Finalisation of Order Papers for plenary meetings in week commencing 28 May 2012
Executive Business
4.1 Members noted that no additional Executive Business had been scheduled.
Committee Business
4.2 Members noted that the text of the motion on the Committee for Social Development's Report on Fuel Poverty was now shown on the Order Paper.
Private Members' Business
4.3 Members noted that business was as previously agreed.
4.4 Junior Minister Anderson confirmed that all relevant Ministers were available.
4.5 The draft Order Papers were agreed.
5. Provisional arrangements for Plenary meetings in week commencing 11 June 2012
5.1 The Acting Chairperson reminded Members that there were no plans for plenary sittings in the week commencing 4 June.
5.2 Members noted that the following Executive Business was scheduled for Monday 11 June:
5.3 Members noted that, apart from Question Time to the Minister for Employment and Learning, and to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, no further Executive Business was scheduled for Tuesday 12 June.
5.4 Members agreed to schedule a motion from the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment on the report on its Inquiry into Developing the Northern Ireland Economy through Innovation, Research and Development for Monday 11 June, with the usual timings.
5.5 Members agreed to schedule one Private Members' motion on Monday 11 June and two on Tuesday 12 June
The following All Party motion was proposed and scheduled for Tuesday 12 June:
Under the system of allocation for Private Members' motions the remaining selections lay with the DUP and Alliance.
The following motion was proposed and scheduled for Monday 11 June:
Alliance deferred its selection for Tuesday 12 June and undertook to inform the Clerk as soon as possible. The party subsequently selected the motion 'Mixed Housing' (Mrs J Cochrane, Ms A Lo, Mr C Lyttle).
5.6 Members agreed that up to 1 hour 30 minutes should be allocated for the debates, with the usual speaking times.
5.7 Members agreed to schedule an Adjournment Debate on Tuesday 12 June 2012 and the selection lay with the DUP. The following adjournment topic was scheduled:
5.8 Junior Minister Anderson confirmed that all relevant Ministers were available to respond.
5.9 The provisional Order Papers were agreed.
6. Any other business
6.1 There was no other business.
7. Date and Time of next meeting
7.1 Members agreed to meet at approximately 12.30pm on Tuesday 29 May 2012 in Room 106.
The Acting Chairperson brought the meeting to a close at 12.41pm.
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