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What to do with "offensive" character on Tesla forum
What to do with "offensive" character on Tesla forum
Already done. :-)
Not you BTW, though I did consider it. :-)
He'll just re-up with a new screen name. Just ignore him. Eventually he'll get bored and move to another forum (how about the NYT?!). He's a troll and is enjoying the attention or he's working for "the enemy." Regardless, I'm not sure what his agenda is. Does he think he's going to talk Tesla enthusiasts out of keeping or buying a Model S? Good luck with that! By the time someone makes it to this forum, they are already owners or desperately want to be.
I like the idea of posting "private" since many can't read it. I feel like there has been an increase in the hostile posts lately. It is bothersome.
"Private" would be good. Make him put up his $5K if he wants to play.
The only problem with private is that there are lots of people interested in Tesla who just need that last piece of information to make a reservation. It would be a shame to punish those folks only because we have a single troll on this board. Just ignore him no matter what he says. That is more punishment for him than making threads private.
just don't respond to any posts started by the troll, but many people don't frequent the forum won't know to avoid responding, so that's too bad. and he also hijack other people's threads. may ehe is paid to do ehat he does, I can't figure out his agenda either, but then I am a rather reasonable and rational person (most of the time) :)
He says he had a reservation and cancelled it. I wouldn't be surprised if it took a while for Tesla to revoke private thread access after cancellation (it took manually requesting permission for me to have access when I placed my reservation).
I agree with not responding to him, but other people feed the troll and new people showing up don't know he is a troll.
What we need is a troll flag on his account that everybody but him sees :).
Another forum I participate in automatically deletes a "troll's" posts (set by the forum administrator), but they appear for him when he's looking at the forum. He has no clue. All we see is "post deleted." It's been so pleasant ever since!
There is a fun element in feeding the trolls, just don't stick your fingers in the cage.
However he (I'm sure it's a "he") craves attention. Arguing doesn't help, reasonIng even less, calling ownership experience is like calling mommy and doesn't really apply here - not owners' only forum, and everybody is entitled an opinion. Just ignore, flag inapropriate. Experience shows that most of the time the community effectively expells the trolls.
I couldn't figure out who was being so negative, but after 3 minutes of reading, i assume your troll will continue to "just do it"????
@joey - heh, you didn't take long to find the troll.
How about every time anyone sees a post from the troll, we refuse to be bated, and simply state:
Please ignore ..... who only issues negative comments and is suspected of working for the competition or groups shorting Tesla stock (and hoping negative comments lowers Tesla's stock).
He may not go away, but it would alert others to this problem person.
Go away it will not as it has nothing better to do than frequent the forum. Much humor in its persistence and linguistic skills there is.
Sorry not so computer savvy but if each post is flagged as inappropriate, won't the poster eventually be blocked by a higher power?
You do realize that by posting this thread, you are making the individual you are talking about even MORE important (at least in his own eyes). Suggest deleting this thread and ignoring his posts.
Oh well. Angry posts and negative publicity is a sure sign that Tesla well on the road to disruptive technology success!


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The déjà vu experience is of course down to the fact that the Refinery Bar is part of a new chain which features the aforementioned Anthologist bar and also The Parlour in Canary Wharf, which I have yet to visit. Although, given the déjà vu feeling triggered by the two venues that I have seen, I think I know what to expect.
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Another change to the gameplay itself was the improvements upon defense, specifically to zone defense calls. In past versions, players that did a zone drop, such as linebackers in a mid-zone while in a cover 2, would drop straight back and that was it. There was no flow with the play, no move towards players that came near them, and their reaction times were generally terrible. This has changed, as players will now move where the players go. It makes for tighter passing windows, especially on post, post corners, and deep hitch routes. Kicking it up to Heisman makes things extra difficult as defenders sometimes make you believe that they are in the huddle with you. It will force you to have balance to your offense.
Initially, it seemed that EA had taken the proverbial "Superbackers" out of the game. Anyone who has played the game in the last year or two knows exactly what is meant by this. Linebackers have a vertical leap that would make any basketball player jealous, thus making it difficult to impossible to hit those 10 yard hitch routes, slant-corner routes, and standard post patterns. To be fair, it does seem to be limited to middle linebackers this year and not just the entire defensive squad. Last year was infuriating to have a zone blitz and watch a 300 pound defensive tackle practically jump five feet in the air to bat down a ball. In this year's version, its not few and far in between, but its getting better.
Certain motions on offense have changed as well, although they are subtle. You may not notice them at first, but you will after running the plays a few times. Case in point: Power option plays, usually out of the Ace, I-Form, and Wishbone/Flexbone, have a different feel due to a change in the way the quarterback options out into the play. It past versions, the quarterback would take the snap and actually take a step or two towards the side of the line that the play did not go to. It allowed the line an extra half-second to a second to block and get to the second level, but that little bit of time is gone as the quarterback now does a counter-spin just about every time. Power options and speed options practically look the same, and if you are a football purist, this is a minor flaw that can alter your play-calling as it has made power options a lot more difficult to run.
Most of the changes beyond the ones that I listed are subtle, such as a change in the kicker camera on kickoffs, removal of celebrations with the mascot, the change in how you make play calls now on the menu, and so on. Many of the changes have resulted in either no change to the style or just enough to give an improvement.
EA has taken a lot of flack since they launched the popular Road to Glory mode, considering that very few changes have been made to it since its inception. This year, it seems that EA finally listened to the fans and revamped just about everything with it. Gone are the days of basically picking whoever you want to go to by simply turning down the initial scholarship offers. You have to earn it by playing out your entire senior year of high school, which has added an entirely new element to the game. You can even go in and change the names of the schools you play against to add a level of realism that we haven't seen before in NCAA. Playing throughout the year will earn you points and garner you attention from schools. To start off, you will deal with lower tiered schools. As you improve and put up bigger numbers, you will have larger schools begin to show interest. You will have to earn enough points playing these games in order to max out the interest bar and have your top schools actually offer a scholarship.
What has really become stale with this mode, however, is the game play itself. It used to be that, if you started as second or third string, all you had to do was build yourself up enough in practice and, once that top spot was yours, it was yours for your career. Now, you have to earn it and keep it. It forces you to do more practices and actually develop your skills depending on your position. Now, most everyone chooses a quarterback at some point when playing Road to Glory, which is what I went with in my testing. As you progress your player throughout games, you earn experience points that will garner you temporary boosts in ability as well as earn you more freedoms from your coach, including the ability to call better audibles, change the original play call in the menu, send players in motion, etc. It is beginning to feel more like it should, though the argument for the play calling has always been a heated topic amongst the hardcore players and whether or not you should be able to right out of the gate.
The meat and potatoes of the extra modes has always been the Dynasty mode. Taking control of your favorite school gives every fan the control that they desire, and this year's mode has gone through some simple changes to give a great overall product that, while having a couple of flaws, has shown promise to be the best Dynasty mode that EA has offered since they included possible probations on programs several versions ago, which I would love to see come back. After all, with all of the scandals out there in the world of college football, it would certainly be realistic, right?
Dynasty starts out like it always has in the past: pick your school and away you go. You will have to recruit as always, set your depth charts, etc. This year, though, actually creating your coach is a big thing as you generally will start as a coordinator and not a head coach. This means that you will only play one side of the ball until your coach builds up enough prestige and ability to take on a head coaching position. This is a nice twist that was added in with the coaching carousel, which it is highly recommended that you hunt for a roster that not only has players' names filled in, but the coaches as well.
Recruiting has not changed much, and this is a bit disappointing. EA, despite plenty of criticism over their "slot machine" style recruiting system, has kept it in. For those of you who are new to the franchise, what happens is that, when you lock onto a recruit and decide to give him a phone call to determine his interests and to give your pitch to him, you do not have full control over what you can talk to them about. EA believes that it adds to the difficulty of recruiting, though all it does is give you a headache when it keeps giving you your weakest selling points and makes recruiting less fun and more of a chore. Even if the slot machine was pulled out, your school's strengths may not be what the recruit wants, so I have no idea why EA thought it was best to not only create this system, but to keep it as well.
Probably the best change to Dynasty mode, however, is the addition of conference re-alignment. You can change every specific conference to the way that you please. So, for instance, if you want to create the chaos that almost happened last year and destroy the Big 12, go right ahead. You can move teams wherever you want, create superconferences, change the rules for BCS automatic qualifiers, anything your heart desires. This is easily the best addition to NCAA Football that I've seen in close to five years.
Other than what has already been listed, nothing else has really changed. You will still have your polls, BCS rankings, awards, etc. The coaching carousel gives it a great addition, but ultimately, the much ballyhooed changes didn't result in too terribly much in this game mode, although you can now manage your dynasty online whether it is a single dynasty or an online dynasty with your buddies. I just feel that this mode is one or two steps away from taking that next step from great to amazing. I eluded to it earlier, but I really feel that adding in possible violations and probations could really spice up the mode itself, giving a player an option to perhaps bend the rules and take the risk of getting caught. Maybe that's a little too realistic for the NCAA's liking in a game.
There are two modes that you can utilize to play your game online: Online dynasty and head-to-head matchups. Online dynasties are capable of taking 12 people without losing any of the features that were mentioned above. Unfortunately, though, EA is suffering in this aspect as their servers still show signs of problems. I have played about 20 games online in various forms, including online dynasty, unranked matches, teambuilder games, and ranked matches. Of these 20 games, I have been kicked off due to the connection being lost nine times. Considering that my internet connection is solid at 30 Mbps down/5 Mbps up, I don't think it's on my end. Plus, nine out of twenty is simply far too many for it to be a coincidence. While EA has continually defended their online capabilities, I really feel as if they have dropped the ball yet again with their online. I have read many instances of connection problems and, in order to keep these problems from affecting you, you should try to stick to playing people with as great of a connection as possible by going into the lobby rooms and finding players that have a great matchup ping and speed wise with you.
EA did the right thing a couple of years ago by promising that NCAA was no longer going to be the step-child football game in their development and receive hand-me-downs from Madden. This was the first year I truly felt that they lived up to those words by making a lot of changes that improved the overall feel of the game. Still, they aren't up to the standards that I want out of a football game. I really feel that football games as a whole have been incredibly stale since 2006, but we are starting to see signs of this changing. EA will see plenty of success from this title and can build upon it for next year. With the additions of conference re-alignment, gameplay tweaks, and a fully redone Road to Glory mode, EA is showing the commitment that we all want to see. The question, though, is whether or not this is a flash in the pan and we see the same game get pumped out for a couple of years before another title shows these promising signs.
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Over the past few weeks and until October 3, a most unusual travelling exhibition has made its home in the Saatchi Gallery: the RS&A's Contemporary Artists Chess Set Collection. I had some involvement with its first appearance in London — at Somerset House in 2003 — but I had no idea that my brother-in-law Charles Saatchi was masterminding a repeat appearance, or that he had commissioned some new pieces (in the literal sense of the word).
I wouldn't have expected him to let me know: Charles regards me as the rankest of philistines as far as the visual arts are concerned — a panic-stricken expression crosses his face if ever I express a liking for any of his exhibits. So he will be reassured to discover that I found most of his favoured modern artists' interpretations of chessboard and pieces puzzling, at best. There's a reason for that: as a chess player, my only thought when looking at a set and table is: would this be a joy to play with? The sensuousness of a piece in the hand — at least for those who play the game — lies partly in its correspondence (real or imagined) with the geometry of the moves it will make. Sorry, but Damien Hirst's lumpy chess pieces as medical bottles don't inspire. The Man Ray chess set of 1946, spare and streamlined, does: but then he was an artist who liked to play chess, so he understood.
The most desirable of all artists' hand-crafted table and pieces are those made by Marcel Duchamp in 1919: I can't look at his subtle reinterpretation of the classical Staunton design without being overcome by covetousness. Duchamp, though, was a unique figure: not just an artist of historical significance within the Surrealist movement, but also a man who represented France at the chess Olympiads between 1928 and 1933, and who in 1925 nearly became French champion (an ambition much more important to him than any recognition his paintings or other artworks might achieve). His most celebrated work — The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even — is highly geometric; and geometry is at the heart of chess.
In an address to the New York State Chess Association in 1952, Duchamp attempted to define the link between chess and art: "I believe that every chess player experiences a mixture of two aesthetic pleasures: first, the abstract image akin to the poetic idea of writing; secondly, the sensuous pleasure of the ideographic execution of that image on the chessboard. From my close contacts with artists and chess players, I have come to the conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."
At one level, I am sure that is right. I don't know anyone devoted to chess who is purely motivated by the desire to win; that is, for whom it is simply a mental sport, as everyone outside the game seems to suppose. When we sit down to play our intention is to win; but we also start the game looking at the pieces in their original positions and feeling overcome with a sense of the possibility of creating something beautiful with them. At the end of the game we are almost invariably disappointed. If we lose, of course, that's bad; but also if we win, yet then discover that we missed a more incisive way of concluding the game, we are filled with what I can only describe as a sense of artistic dissatisfaction — that we have made a crude daub on an otherwise harmonious work of art.


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There is an old saying (I think it was French..?)- To many cooks spoil the broth- Tira Mi SU in transalation means Pick me up- My brother is employed by a noted pastry chef after finishing 5 years training in the middle of Rome Italy- I am also an expert among other things in the Art and science of classical Italian cookery- Tira mi su as such is not a classical recipe its an invented recipe- The actual secret to its invention is actually based on traditional practices dating back to 17th century italy in a period of time pertaining to Spanish rule "Mas que Bueno" is where spain give to Northern italy the name and product to a its famous cheese "Mascarpone"(meaning "Better than Good" Today the Northern Italian plains supported by the Lodi River is where the best "Marscapone" is made and It was here where the practice of Coffee , grated chocolate, all sorts of Liqueurs were mixed with marscapone to give the "Tira mi su" its very distinctive base- Further more any serious pastry chef will always add the sponge on the base of a cake tin- then finish the cake with the Marscapone mixture, with fine chocolate grated on top- I could write pages on the subject matter-Using Finger biscuits is a cop out- This kind of information is not found on the net. Just like the rest of the classical recipe base of italy which is so corrupt today. Italian classical cookery is on the verge of vanishing all together, because too many cooks have simply spoiled the broth-
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:34 am
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I think different people has different opinion about their favorite tiramisu style. My suggestion is to pick the one you like best, from your local restauratant or bakery, immitate and improve upon.
A few tips for engineers:
1. Instead of using egg yolk, get pasteurized egg yolk from supermarket. They are made from egg white but has egg yolk taste. No need to double boil, or worry about bacteria. Real egg yolk doesn't really give it any texture anyway.
2. Pasteurized egg white can be beaten for the cream too but I find using heavy cream is more enough.
3. Make 1/3 of a cup of gelatin mixture, and mix with the cream so that it become firm quicker when chilled. This is also helpful if you don't make whip cream often, and not good at folding it into the mascapone.
4. WHen sifting the cocoa powder, tap the sifter with your finger, instead of "shaking" it while holding it. You get a better control.
For those who want to impress people:
5. Try not to put to much cocoa power (after regrigeration as another blogger mentioned), leave the white cream visible. Cocoa powder is bitter. You can melt some semi-sweet chocolate bar, and use a folk or chopstick, and drip them across the pieces before serving.
6. Kahlua is a good coffee liquer to use. I usually add 1 teaspoon to the coffee, and 1 teaspoon to the creame.
7. Get the soft lady finger instead of the dry and hard one. Lay the lady fingers down and brush them with coffee/liquer instead of dipping them. That way you can control the amount of liquid they soak up and they won't break apart.
8. Last but not least, get a cheese cake tray which you can sprung open on the side. Easier to present and to serve. Once you cut it into pieces, you can immitate how it is served in restaurant too.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:34 am
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Hi all:
Here,s my 2 cents.
I recently made a tiramisu that was quite similar to this for a work function. I too went to a local italian store and purchased several double expresso. The recipe used marsala in the zabalione and brandy in the expresso to soak. The expresso was definately stronger and more predominate than any I have had in a restaurant, but I personally really liked it and think this is probably were the original "pick me up" came from! As I down side I have become quite adicted to expresso which I always assumed would be too strong to enjoy, but the Italian kind has quite a smooth body to it.
Everyone seemed to enjoy/consume it, but next time I will probably try a more moderate recipe for a crowd and keep this one for true tiramisu afficianados.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:34 am
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I find using pound cake instead of ladyfingers to be much better tasting.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:35 am
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I use less-sweet custard (3 egg yolks, RAW, beaten into 8 oz mascarpone with 1/4 cup plus 1 TBSP sugar, whip 3 egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into cheese mixture). I usually make up for the lower sugar by adding Frangelico hazelnut liqueur to the coffee for the sponge.
I don't think ladyfingers have quite enough body. I use thin slices of sponge cake, and drizzle the coffee mixture over instead of dunking the cake.
A really cool variation is to make a pan of brownies and use crumbled brownies for the sponge layer. Totally non-authentic, but my husband loves it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:35 am
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Wow, Chef Davide, thanks for telling us about your brother. Given your family's expertise you should have shared a recipe with the group. It would have enriched our souls.
For what it's worth
I use a simpler recipe for tiramisu than the ones i've read about here, and if you like instead of savoiardi (lady fingers) you can use sponge cake and put it in a round cake tin, heart-shaped, rectangular, whatever floats your boat because it all goes down the same way:
1.5 packages of savoiardi (or as many as it takes)
500g mascarpone
4 eggs, separated
sugar to taste
vecchia romagna to taste
instant espresso powder dissolved in hot water...enough to get the job done (or quanto basta for davide)
mix sugar, mascarpone and yolks in the bowl of a stand mixer with the flat beater. add liquor to taste, and i strongly advise using SOME sort of liquor (like Vecchia Romagna) otherwise it's flat.
in a separate bowl using the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites to hard peaks (but not dry).
fold the egg whites into the mascarpone mixture, careful not to deflate the egg whites
line the base of a dish with the savoiardi, dipping each one in espresso, but not too long or else as it sits they will become soggy, and not too briefly or they will stay crunchy in the center.
cover with a layer of mascarpone/egg mixture.
cover and put in refrigerator for 24 hours or at least overnight. this allows the mascarpone mixture to set, and allows the savoiardi to 'steep'.
right before serving, if you want, you can sprinkly cocoa on top.
I usually use one 8x8 dish and then fill up small containers like the mascarpone containers for individual portions to put in the freezer for another date.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:36 am
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Wow. A cooking site for people like me. Cool. Quick question about the espresso. Do the traditionalists/ itailians do a long shot for the espresso-that is, do they let the water go through the espresso for longer than the normal 22 seconds-or do they use a full powered shot?
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:38 am
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I'm Italian and I found really great/funny to hear about people going to purchase expressos to a bar to make the Tiramisu. I think most of the Italian folks just prepare the coffee at home using a normal Italian coffee machine (caffettiera:
type "napoletana":
Using your own caffettiera, you have the freedom to tune the ratio coffee/water as much as you like and make a tiramisu with a strong or less strong coffee taste, according to the guests you have and your mood and so
on. About using Nescafe... well, I would not comment on that.
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:15 pm
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Used your recipe, well, almost....the basics at least. Didn't have Marsala and didn't feel like making a liquor run, so I used some lovely Amaretto instead. Made the custard the same way you did, but kept running back to the computer to check if I was doing everything in the right order. Used strong coffee with a teaspoon of natural raspberry flavoring, and dipped and layered the works....sprinkled the top with cocoa and also grated a bit of dark chocolate over that. We licked the bowl, the beaters, the spoon, the whip, and wiped the bowl with a leftover ladyfinger!! Haven't been into the finished product yet, but the previews were fabulous!!
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:43 am
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youre simple recipe looks extremly close to mine.
only a few drops of lemon (freshes the meal a little up) are added in my version.
and keep in mind,
as all easy - low quantity containing recepies: they live from the quality of the ingrediences.
fresh bio - eggs
best mascarpone avaible (not galbani)
best marsala (normally is used a "marsalla all´uovo)
best fingerbisquits (best are home-made)
best espresso (not lavazza)
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:51 pm
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hi, i was in rome over the weekend and i ordered some tiramisu.to my surprise, it did not come in a cake like form or in the long form you made it here, but a pile of layers, almost rectangular...obviously it was great but i suppose it has less to do with the shape and more to do with the preparation...still, does anyone know how to make a tiramisu like that?
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:03 pm
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Your recipe sounds easy enough, But i have also heard of people Kalhuha for the alcohol
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:57 am
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im not a fan of cheeses so i just wanna ask. can you make this with a substitue for the cheese?
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:45 am
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Ravensbane25 wrote:
im not a fan of cheeses so i just wanna ask. can you make this with a substitue for the cheese?
Not really... without mascarpone cheese the texture wouldn't come out right. You could substitute with American cheese cheese that's been whipped and blended with more whipped cream to lighten it up, but that's not a great substitution. Mascarpone cheese has very little cheesiness and mixed with the whipped cream, sugar, and alcohol, I doubt you'll dislike the taste. Do you have trouble with restuarant or store bought tiramisu (if so, maybe you should just avoid tiramisu - or use all whipped cream for an extremely light version)
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:02 pm
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hello there,
i am a.. "traveling cook", and i love to study history of food.
Falling hazardously on this site (ouch!) i was rather surprised by the amount of informations you gathered on this subject.
Sadly, it often happens that people trust the information they find first the most, and this leads sometime to a little mistakes..
Mind if I make some correction?
Feel free to check them out by yourself, it is the best way to make sure you are not beeing abused.
The "zuppa inglese": it was made by the napolitans at first, in honour of admiral Nelson, when he came to help them.
Basicly they wanted to prepare a dessert as close as possible to the english "trifle", and they just trasformed the name consequently.
So, as you can see, it has very little to do with Treviso..
The basic about tiramisu: it was born as a "mousse", and this sentence alone explains much of the recipe: raw egg yolks will be whipped with sugar, and the amount of sugar will be enough to "cook" them.
Once white, they will be added the mascarpone cheese, and all will be whipped energically until the whole mass will get fluid first, then thick again (hey, the fat and tensio-actives are more than in a double cream!).
Whipped cream was added by people intending to prepare a cheaper version: in the "original" it was not used.
The base IS made of large "lady fingers", never genoise, wich was invented in spain by an italian cook invited there, who intended to make a cake using an already existing recipe of biscuits (he named it "pan di spagna" at first, and the name still lives on in Italy. But soon after, the spanish named it "genoise", and this name took over in the rest of the world. Later, to make a distinction between "biscuit" and "genoise", it was "decided" that the first was made with yolks and whites beaten separately, while the second had whole eggs whipped together)..
See how the circle closes?
Then the liquor goes into the coffe.
In this way, you do get a softer, less bitter taste (and less caffeine), and the very light taste of mascarpone cheese remains uncovered.
Don't forget that this was a restaurant pudding, it had to be "mild", or people could have disliked it. A serious pastry chef would't take the risk to make just one too strong layer, as he wants the flavours to be balanced.
finally, the cocoa powder: people say "sprlinke it at last moment or it will get wet". True, but at the same time, by staying wet, it will prevent the surface to dry into a chewy crust, and this is a far better option that justifies its presence while the tiramisu rests.
Just my.. "2 lire"..
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Plainview native fulfilling her calling through WBU crown
PLAINVIEW – As a young girl, Plainview native Alpha Jennings remembers gazing wistfully at the portraits of former Miss Wayland winners lining the walls on McClung Center's second floor. Her imagination kicked in.
"I would see those girls with crowns on the wall and I wanted to be on the wall too," Jennings remembered with a grin.
Soon, the Wayland Baptist University senior will get her wish and be 'on the wall,' after winning the Miss Wayland crown in the November pageant. She joins a long line of young women who have represented the university in the community and beyond and served as role models for young girls.
To those who know Alpha, the win was no surprise. With a reputation for being someone who goes after her goals, the pageant was no different than anything for which Jennings has worked hard throughout her life.
Alpha candidly admits she felt from the start that she had a chance of winning the crown, saying she had prayed for the opportunity and never felt nervous. Though it took her a few years to get up the courage to compete at all, she went into the pageant with a confidence she said only came from God.
"I went in there with the purpose of winning, and that confidence was a blessing from God and my encouragement that I could do this," she said. "For me to win Miss Wayland, it was a way for God to say, 'As long as you keep me on top, you'll always win.'"
For Alpha, the title is only another step in her fulfilling God's call on her life, a call to minister to others through whatever talents and abilities she's been given. She sees the pageant and her year-long reign as a chance to be obedient.
"The whole time I've been here, I haven't been involved in much, so now I wanted to be more of a leader and to be a light for Wayland," she said. "It's an honor to be Miss Wayland, but at the same time a huge responsibility. God has opened this door for a purpose.
"My prayer is that in all I do God stays in the picture. There's more to it besides the crown."
That strength and confidence has been a pattern for Jennings, who graduated a year early from high school and began working toward her chosen career at a young age. A long-time fan of hair, Alpha began attending cosmetology school at the Galleria Beauty School in Plainview the summer after her freshman year in high school, in large part due to a gift left by her godmother, the late Aldria Henderson, after her death. She continued classes after school for the following year. Though she was technically finished with her course requirements a few summers later, she had to wait until the next January and her 17th birthday in order to take the exam for her cosmetology license.
"I was the youngest one there, and my parents had to come and verify my age so I could take the test," she said, noting she wasn't worried about the exam, which includes a written portion and a long practical exam. "Hair has always been fun for me, so to take a test on it was actually pretty fun."
Jennings worked for a few months at Pro-Cuts, then enrolled at Wayland the next fall to pursue her degree. Though she admits she was happy with just the cosmetology school behind her, parents Marilyn and Edward Jennings had raised their daughter to appreciate a college education and "it was just a known thing at our house that you were going to college."
The Jenningses encouraged their daughter to attend their alma mater, asking her to try at least two years at the local university they attended in the 1970s. Alpha obliged, then opted to stay after finding herself enjoying the Christian university. She first chose education and psychology as majors then found a better fit in business.
Now, in her senior year, Jennings juggles a full-time job at Fast Cutters, a full class load of 19 semester hours and her new role as Miss Wayland. She's also president of Zeta Zeta Zeta, a Christian sorority. She's also felt a recent calling to be a worship leader and singer and has begun serving more in that role.
She will graduate in the spring and plans to stay in Plainview for a while longer before moving to a larger city like Dallas or Houston and working her way up the cosmetology ladder, eventually hoping to own her own salon in a metropolitan city. The future holds lots of open doors for Alpha, who says she'd be glad to be a minister for God if he asked her and dreams of being a wife and mother as well.
Jennings said her parents are proud of her accomplishments, and mom Marilyn, who was runner-up for the Miss Wayland crown as a senior, was elated that Alpha won the title. Marilyn works as a teacher and head of the special education department at Plainview High School. Edward, who once played basketball for the Wayland Pioneers, is employed by Xcel Energy and pastors the New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. She has a brother, Terrence, who is a music teacher and music minister in McKinney.


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Snake Farm
The Snake Farm is a location in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas situated just southwest of the Verdant Meadows airstrip in Bone County, San Andreas. The Snake Farm consists of several inaccessible wooden structures, including a main building, a shack, and four empty cages presumably used to hold snakes.
It is featured in "Don Peyote", when Kent Paul and Maccer decide to go to the snake farm to find their missing bandmates, since Maccer recalled that the last time he saw his missing bandmates, there were snakes. However, the band is not there; instead, several locals attack them, accusing Maccer of copulating with their woman.
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You know, haven't we lost enough of our innocence? Must we now deal with sumo scandals? Is nothing sacred?
Turns out, there are a ton of problems with the world of sumo. The most serious: Allegations of match fixing. Or bout fixing. Or whatever the heck they call those things.
Allegations are being made over match-fixing within the sport. Just prior to his promotion to Yokozuna, Hakuho's stablemaster was caught on tape discussing match-fixing. The magazine, Shukan Gendai has published the names of top wrestlers they claim are involved, and lawsuits fly left, right & center.
So, the point of sumo is to knock the other guy out of the circle, right? That must be awfully easy to fix, and to discover fixing: Just look for the really fat guy sprinting away. He's the cheater. Duh.
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The Missouri and Mississippi rivers and their floodplains could help create about two-thirds of the 21 billion gallons of biofuels called for in federal goals by 2022, according to a consortium of more than 40 academic institutions and agricultural and energy companies.
America's plans to produce 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022 have fallen short because of three main bottlenecks: reliable and large-scale biomass availability; economical transport of bulk plant materials; and a biorefinery infrastructure. But, the rivers and the lands near them provide a solution to all three problems, says Shibu Jose, director of the Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri — the lead institution in the Mississippi/Missouri River Advanced Biomass/Biofuel Consortium (MRABC).
Preliminary research shows that about 116 million acres of marginal land near these rivers are unsuitable for traditional crops because of flooding, erosion and poor soil. These lands could be planted with biofuel feedstocks, such as switchgrass, poplar trees, willows, energy cane or Miscanthus, Jose says. Moreover, many of these crops require little to no fertilizer. Most are soil-stabilizing plants and could absorb fertilizer runoff that would normally be carried down to the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists have reported that nitrogen-rich runoff starves coastal areas of oxygen, creating what has been called the "Gulf Dead Zone."
Switchgrass and Miscanthus can be harvested every year for 15 to 20 years before needing to be replanted, Jose says. Cottonwood and willow trees can reach 20 feet high in three years. Planting biomass crops on six million acres — just five percent of the marginal land available around the rivers — would produce enough raw material to be converted into seven billion gallons of biofuel, Jose adds. This would be a dramatic increase over the less than one million gallons expected to be produced this year.
Barging toward a solution
It is economically difficult to transport huge quantities of low-energy plant material from the fields to refineries, Jose points out. This is where the rivers offer a solution. A University of Minnesota study estimated that it costs 50 cents to transport a ton of bulk material one mile by barge compared to $5 to $6 per ton by truck. Moreover, traveling with the current on the lower Mississippi, a barge can move 1,290 tons of bulk product one mile per gallon of diesel fuel burned, according to a University of Iowa study. These economics make it possible to move bulk plant materials from where they are grown to processing plants, Jose says.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln study indicated that switchgrass grown for biofuel production produces 540 percent more energy than needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol. Researchers found that switchgrass grown on marginal fields produced an average of 300 gallons of ethanol per acre compared to average ethanol yields of 350 gallons per acre for corn. UNL scientists have been studying switch grass production since 1990.
The last part of the MRABC plan would see the creation of regional biofuel processing and refining plants along the rivers. Jose imagines facilities near harvest sites will process the biomass into easier-to-ship pellets or liquid fuel. These products could then be economically shipped via truck throughout the U.S. or through the Port of New Orleans for export. The pellets would be used to replace coal in electricity generation. Other refineries would use fermentation, gasification or pyrolysis to produce a variety of liquid fuels, including jet fuel, diesel, butanol and ethanol.
Planting on marginal lands and using existing barge infrastructures are the easy parts of the plan. The MRABC consortium reports that it needs $10 million in grants per year for the next five years to construct an experimental biorefinery for demonstration and testing. MRABC says it has industrial partners capable of scaling up the model up to two million gallons of biofuel.
The preliminary research was funded by the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Mizzou Advantage and the MU Office of Research. For more information, visit http://cafnrnews.com/2012/07/river-fuel/


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Overall, the videogame industry had a tough year in 2012, when sales at U.S. retailers slid by 22% from the previous year, according to NPD Group. However, a handful of game titles enjoyed strong sales, helped by a smaller release slate and publishers investing more energy into expansion content for top-sellers such as "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" from Activision (pictured). What follows are the 10 best-selling game titles for 2012.
1) Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
The top-selling videogame of 2012 was "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" from Activision Blizzard ATVI, +2.70% . The combat franchise has held the top spot in the industry in terms of unit sales for the last three years, according to NPD Group.
2) Madden NFL '12
The "Madden NFL" has long been a staple of Electronic Arts' EA, +3.85% sports label, and this year's iteration managed to land the No. 2 slot. The previous version was ranked as the fifth best-selling game for 2011.
3) Halo 4
The "Halo" franchise from Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.59% came in at No. 2 for the year — despite the fact that the game is limited exclusively to the Xbox 360 console. It was also the first full-scale "Halo" sequel not developed by the legendary Bungie Studios, but rather by Microsoft's in-house 343 Industries.
4) Assassin's Creed 3
The history-themed hack-and-slash franchise from Ubisoft UBI, -1.90% has long been a hard-core gamer favorite, but the most recent iteration transported the story to the American Revolutionary War, garnering high critical scores and strong buzz that bucked the title to the No. 3 spot for the year.
5) Just Dance 4
Ubisoft's "Just Dance" franchise has been a popular seller as more motion-control sensors have become available across the consoles, including the Nintendo NTDOY, -0.22% 7974, -0.37% Wii, the Kinect for Xbox 360, and even the Move for Sony's SNE, -0.17% 6758, +1.84% PlayStation 3.
The lack of a pro-basketball title from rival EA Sports left open court for Take-Two Interactive TTWO, +1.06% which managed to get its "NBA 2K13" title into the list of top-10 sellers for the year. The title was also helped by high ratings from critics.
7) Borderlands 2
Take-Two had another hit on its hands for the year with the shoot-'em-up "Borderlands 2" — which benefitted from high critic scores and more than a month of open space from the later release of blockbuster shooter titles like "Black Ops 2" and "Halo 4."
8) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Though released late in 2011, Activision's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" remained a hot seller well into 2012, helped by the strength of expansion content, as well as the declining sale of second-tier shooter titles.
9) Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
One of the relatively few kids' titles to crack the top-10 list for the year, the latest "Lego Batman" iteration from Warner Bros. Interactive may also have benefitted from the fact that it had been five years since the release of its predecessor.
The global popularity of soccer (football, for non-U.S. markets) has made FIFA one of the best-selling brands in Electronic Arts' huge line of sports games. The most recent "FIFA 13" iteration came in at No. 10 for the year.
The global popularity of soccer (football, for non-U.S. markets) has made FIFA one of the best-selling brands in Electronic Arts' huge line of sports games. The most recent "FIFA 13" iteration came in at No. 10 for the year.


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Jo at Cherished Pets needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
For the past 2 years I have been operating a highly customized and most unique pet bereavement business for loving pet owners who require assistance with loss of their beloved "cherished pets."
Since the start of my business 2 years ago, I have worked with a graphic designer and a web designer to provide me with the basics to get started: ( colors - red and white in my website )(brochures/letterhead/envelops/magnets/pens/exhibition booth tablecloth/website/stickers/shopping bags/basic ads/etc.
I generally use the tag line "Comforting care for you and your pet when you need us" but have grappled with a design for a logo. I would like to incorporate the logo as the business develops into future collateral materials/website, etc.
I would like for the designers to refer to my website for a detailed explanation of all that I offer.
I am very interested to see what folks can come up with. Please be mindful of the fact that my business is not limited to just cats and dogs..you'd be shocked to see how some people are attached to their "less common" pets!
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Robert Novak has a column this morning in which he reports that Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page was interested in replacing Senator Wellstone as the Democratic candidate. Based on anonymous Democratic sources, Novak reports that "the DFL apparently did not want to risk running the African-American Page in an overwhelmingly Caucasian state, and Page was swiftly discouraged." The column is "Mondale gambit shows Dems' audacity." Novak's strength as a columnist is his shoe leather reporting, and he may well be right. But I wonder if this story has any basis in fact.
Alan Page is the most popular Democrat in Minnesota. Unlike every other Minnesota Supreme Court justice, he was originally elected–not appointed–to his position on the court. Did he really want to resign from his position on the court to undertake the race against Coleman? Novak fails to report that Justice Page declined to resign and enter the race to be the Democratic candidate against a weak Rod Grams in 2000. Justice Page has never run for political office, and a short campaign as the party's endorsed nominee would help cover his weaknesses as a novice candidate, but I doubt (based on no information) that he would have been willing to leave the court to take a flier.
Novak refers to Justice Page as a "law-and-order" liberal. Novak provides no evidence for this characterization of Justice Page, and I am aware of none. The "law-and-order" part is pure hokum. Only the description of him as "liberal" is correct. Novak sounds to me like he's making this stuff up as he goes along.
The imputation of racism to Minnesotans as the Democrats' reason for not selecting Page also rings false to me. When he most recently stood for reelection, Justice Page was the leading vote-getter in the state. He is personally popular; as a Minnesota Viking, he was the NFL's first defensive Most Valuable Player–around the time Fritz Mondale last ran a statewide campaign. The imputation of racism to Minnesotans as a reason for rejecting Justice Page as a candidate sounds like something Democratic bigwigs would say in this context to justify dissing Justice Page, so Novak's story is plausible in that sense. But without some evidence to support the story, I don't believe it.
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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — A photography exhibition by Japanese artist Etsuko Yuasa opens Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University.
The exhibition, titled "Visual Poetry," will be accompanied by poems written by Etsuko, which will be exhibited in both Japanese and English.
The opening will include a 4 p.m. lecture by the artist in the Quick Center's Rigas Theater. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The daughter of famed cinematographer Kazutami Hara, Etsuko's early years were filled with art, especially drawing and painting. As a teen, she developed interests in film, oil painting and design, but it was through still photography that she thought she could best express herself.
She enrolled at Tokyo Polytechnic University in 1982, and a year later visited Los Angeles as part of a photographic thesis project. She was captivated by the American lifestyle and way of thinking.
After school, Etsuko spent eight years as a photograph coordinator in the commercial photo industry, but became interested in the stylist aspects of photography. In time, she changed her focus from photography to being an independent stylist, working with TV and film celebrities to help bring together the "look" for a photo shoot.
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The curator for this exhibition is Chisato "Kitty" O. Dubreuil, assistant professor of art history at St. Bonaventure, who pursued the project after a chance meeting she had with the artist outside Tokyo's Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in 2010. Dubreuil was with her husband, David, a former commercial photographer, who saw Etsuko with a camera and struck up a conversation.
The acquaintance turned into a long-distance friendship, and on a return visit to Japan last year, Dubreuil invited Etsuko to exhibit her work at St. Bonaventure.
"Her photographic work grabbed our hearts," said Dubreuil. "They illuminated small glimpses of everyday lives, which most people don't pay attention to. She is an extraordinary talent. She brings me back to the quiet times of the past, and I wanted to bring her work to America."
The exhibition, Etsuko's first in the West, is housed in the Quick Center's Kenney Gallery and runs through March 11.
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Major Section: RULE-CLASSES
See rule-classes for a general discussion of rule classes and
how they are used to build rules from formulas. An example
corollary formula from which a
:equivalence rule might be built is
as follows. (We assume that
r-equal has been defined.)
Example: (and (booleanp (r-equal x y)) (r-equal x x) (implies (r-equal x y) (r-equal y x)) (implies (and (r-equal x y) (r-equal y z)) (r-equal x z))).Also see defequiv.
General Form: (and (booleanp (equiv x y)) (equiv x x) (implies (equiv x y) (equiv y x)) (implies (and (equiv x y) (equiv y z)) (equiv x z)))except that the order of the conjuncts and terms and the choice of variable symbols is unimportant. The effect of such a rule is to identify
equiv as an equivalence relation. Note that only Boolean
2-place function symbols can be treated as equivalence relations.
See congruence and see refinement for closely related
The macro form
(defequiv equiv) is an abbreviation for a
defthm of
:equivalence that establishes that
equiv is an
equivalence relation. It generates the formula shown above.
See defequiv.
equiv is marked as an equivalence relation, its reflexivity,
symmetry, and transitivity are built into the system in a deeper way
than via
rewrite rules. More importantly, after
equiv has been
shown to be an equivalence relation, lemmas about
equiv, e.g.,
(implies hyps (equiv lhs rhs)),when stored as
rewrite rules, cause the system to rewrite certain
occurrences of (instances of)
lhs to (instances of)
rhs. Roughly
speaking, an occurrence of
lhs in the
kth argument of some
(fn ... lhs' ...), can be rewritten to produce
(fn ... rhs' ...), provided the system ``knows'' that the value
fn is unaffected by
equiv-substitution in the
argument. Such knowledge is communicated to the system via
``congruence lemmas.''
For example, suppose that
r-equal is known to be an equivalence
relation. The
congruence lemma
(implies (r-equal s1 s2) (equal (fn s1 n) (fn s2 n)))informs the rewriter that, while rewriting the first argument of
fn-expressions, it is permitted to use
r-equal rewrite-rules.
See congruence for details about
congruence lemmas.
Interestingly, congruence lemmas are automatically created when an
equivalence relation is stored, saying that either of the
equivalence relation's arguments may be replaced by an equivalent
argument. That is, if the equivalence relation is
fn, we store
congruence rules that state the following fact:
(implies (and (fn x1 y1) (fn x2 y2)) (iff (fn x1 x2) (fn y1 y2)))Another aspect of equivalence relations is that of ``refinement.'' We say
equiv1 ``refines''
equiv2 iff
(equiv1 x y) implies
(equiv2 x y).
refinement rules permit you to establish such
connections between your equivalence relations. The value of
refinements is that if the system is trying to rewrite something
while maintaining
equiv2 it is permitted to use as a
rule any refinement of
equiv2. Thus, if
equiv1 is a
refinement of
equiv2 and there are
equiv1 rewrite-rules
available, they can be brought to bear while maintaining
See refinement.
The system initially has knowledge of two equivalence relations,
equality, denoted by the symbol
equal, and propositional
equivalence, denoted by
Equal is known to be a refinement of
all equivalence relations and to preserve equality across all
arguments of all functions.
Typically there are five steps involved in introducing and using a new equivalence relation, equiv.
More will be written about this as we develop the techniques. For now, here is an example that shows how to make use of equivalence relations in rewriting.
(1) Define
(2) prove the
:equivalencelemma about
(3) prove the
congruencelemmas that show where
equivcan be used to maintain known relations,
(4) prove the
refinementlemmas that relate
equivto known relations other than equal, and
(5) develop the theory of conditional
rewriterules that drive equiv rewriting.
Among the theorems proved below is
(defthm insert-sort-is-id (perm (insert-sort x) x))Here
perm is defined as usual with
delete and is proved to be an
equivalence relation and to be a congruence relation for
cons and
Then we prove the lemma
(defthm insert-is-cons (perm (insert a x) (cons a x)))which you must think of as you would
(insert a x) = (cons a x).
Now prove
(perm (insert-sort x) x). The base case is trivial. The
induction step is
(consp x) & (perm (insert-sort (cdr x)) (cdr x))Opening
-> (perm (insert-sort x) x).
insert-sort makes the conclusion be
(perm (insert (car x) (insert-sort (cdr x))) x).Then apply the induction hypothesis (rewriting
(insert-sort (cdr x))
(cdr x)), to make the conclusion be
(perm (insert (car x) (cdr x)) x)Then apply
insert-is-cons to get
(perm (cons (car x) (cdr x)) x).
But we know that
(cons (car x) (cdr x)) is
x, so we get
(perm x x)
which is trivial, since
perm is an equivalence relation.
Here are the events.
(encapsulate (((lt * *) => *)) (local (defun lt (x y) (declare (ignore x y)) nil)) (defthm lt-non-symmetric (implies (lt x y) (not (lt y x)))))
(defun insert (x lst) (cond ((atom lst) (list x)) ((lt x (car lst)) (cons x lst)) (t (cons (car lst) (insert x (cdr lst))))))
(defun insert-sort (lst) (cond ((atom lst) nil) (t (insert (car lst) (insert-sort (cdr lst))))))
(defun del (x lst) (cond ((atom lst) nil) ((equal x (car lst)) (cdr lst)) (t (cons (car lst) (del x (cdr lst))))))
(defun mem (x lst) (cond ((atom lst) nil) ((equal x (car lst)) t) (t (mem x (cdr lst)))))
(defun perm (lst1 lst2) (cond ((atom lst1) (atom lst2)) ((mem (car lst1) lst2) (perm (cdr lst1) (del (car lst1) lst2))) (t nil)))
(defthm perm-reflexive (perm x x))
(defthm perm-cons (implies (mem a x) (equal (perm x (cons a y)) (perm (del a x) y))) :hints (("Goal" :induct (perm x y))))
(defthm perm-symmetric (implies (perm x y) (perm y x)))
(defthm mem-del (implies (mem a (del b x)) (mem a x)))
(defthm perm-mem (implies (and (perm x y) (mem a x)) (mem a y)))
(defthm mem-del2 (implies (and (mem a x) (not (equal a b))) (mem a (del b x))))
(defthm comm-del (equal (del a (del b x)) (del b (del a x))))
(defthm perm-del (implies (perm x y) (perm (del a x) (del a y))))
(defthm perm-transitive (implies (and (perm x y) (perm y z)) (perm x z)))
(defequiv perm)
(in-theory (disable perm perm-reflexive perm-symmetric perm-transitive))
(defcong perm perm (cons x y) 2)
(defcong perm iff (mem x y) 2)
(defthm atom-perm (implies (not (consp x)) (perm x nil)) :rule-classes :forward-chaining :hints (("Goal" :in-theory (enable perm))))
(defthm insert-is-cons (perm (insert a x) (cons a x)))
(defthm insert-sort-is-id (perm (insert-sort x) x))
(defun app (x y) (if (consp x) (cons (car x) (app (cdr x) y)) y))
(defun rev (x) (if (consp x) (app (rev (cdr x)) (list (car x))) nil))
(defcong perm perm (app x y) 2)
(defthm app-cons (perm (app a (cons b c)) (cons b (app a c))))
(defthm app-commutes (perm (app a b) (app b a)))
(defcong perm perm (app x y) 1 :hints (("Goal" :induct (app y x))))
(defthm rev-is-id (perm (rev x) x))
(defun == (x y) (if (consp x) (if (consp y) (and (equal (car x) (car y)) (== (cdr x) (cdr y))) nil) (not (consp y))))
(defthm ==-symmetric (== x x))
(defthm ==-reflexive (implies (== x y) (== y x)))
(defequiv ==)
(in-theory (disable ==-symmetric ==-reflexive))
(defcong == == (cons x y) 2)
(defcong == iff (consp x) 1)
(defcong == == (app x y) 2)
(defcong == == (app x y) 1)
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This soft-head flap wheel (also called a finishing mop) has cloth-backed 60x abrasive flaps separated by aluminum oxide rubbing pads. The combination works quickly but smoothly. This wheel can also be used on metal and plastic. The unit is best used in a flex shaft, but can be used in an electric hand drill.
Available in two sizes: 2" in diameter by 1" high (max. 12,000 rpm) and 3-1/8" in diameter by 2" high (max. 7600 rpm). Both have 1/4" shanks.


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PrimaDonna COUTURE balcony bra creamItem # 0162582CRE
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The Couture series offers you flair, comfort and a nostalgic corsetry look. The surprising combination of elastic lace and structure tulle with a graphical pattern creates a stylish, fresh retro look. This series also includes a full range of shapewear. Warm Crème is the latest nude from PrimaDonna.
30°C Gentle process
Ideal under a blouse, dress or top with a deep neckline.
14% Elastane 86% Polyamide
Standard delivery - £3.50 (2-3 working days from shipment) - Free delivery when you spend over £150.
Luxury gift box (including standard delivery) - £10 - Free luxury gift box and delivery when you spend over £200.
Delivery to Scottish Highlands may take up to 5 days.
We regret we cannot deliver to the Channel Islands.
International delivery is not available. Click here for full details of delivery.
Free and convenient returns if your item does not fit or you change your mind, we will even refund your delivery charges.
Simply return via UPS within 14 days using the prepaid returns label that is included in your package for a full refund.
We regret that items cannot be returned to any of our boutiques, but you can post back to us if UPS is not convenient for you.
Click here for full details of returns.
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