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It was pouring today, but that didn't stop our adventures! We started with a Trishaw ride around the city, and then took a (very wet) walking tour including the Japanese bridge and historical houses. We had lunch and shopped our way back to the hotel. We have a New Year's party tonight and we're flying to Halong tomorrow.
A rainy day in Hoi An - Everyone just needs a cookie...
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A rainy day in Hoi An


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In vitro Plant-tech AB
In vitro Plant-tech and Oriflame in collaborative partnership within plant stem cell technology
Pressmeddelande • Okt 24, 2013 11:50 GMT
Limhamn, Sweden-October 2013 – In vitro Plant-tech, specialized within plant cell cultivation, and Oriflame, one of the world's leading beauty companies selling direct, are now announcing their collaborative partnership within plant cell cultivation. The development is a plant stem cell cultivation platform, based on medicinal plants with proven beneficial skin care properties, with applications for the cosmetic industry. The partnership is part of a long-term strategic initiative and runs in addition to Oriflame's in-house work at its plant stem cell cultivation facility.
In vitro cultivation enables sustainable production of high quality plant raw material. The plants are grown in a controlled environment and sterile conditions with full traceability. As a result of this, the plant raw material is high quality, free from pathogens, pesticides and pollution.
Dr. Anna Holefors, CEO of In vitro Plant-tech said, "We are delighted that Oriflame has selected In vitro Plant-tech as a collaborative partner for plant stem cell research and we are looking forward to successful outcomes of our collaboration. High quality, traceability and sustainability are important for us. We work with sustainability in three dimensions: environmental, economic and social sustainability".
Facts In vitro culture of plants:
Also called micropropagation. It is a technique to mass-propagate plants, based on that every part of a plant carries all the information to form a new plant if appropriate conditions are applied. Whole plants, various parts of the plants and undifferentiated cells (stem cells) are cultivated on specialized nutrient medium under sterile conditions in a controlled environment.
For further information please contact:
Anna Holefors, CEO In vitro Plant-tech
Phone: +46 70 587 0682
About In vitro Plant-tech:
In vitro Plant-tech performs contract manufacture and development services within plant cell culture for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industry. We have developed a plant cell cultivation platform based on large-scale bioreactor production of plant cells and explants in traceable and sustainable production system. For more information visit www.invitroplanttech.se.
About Oriflame:
Founded in 1967, Oriflame is a beauty company selling direct in more than 60 countries. Its wide portfolio of Swedish, nature-inspired, innovative beauty products is marketed through over three million independent Oriflame Consultants, generating annual sales of around €1.5 billion. Respect for people and nature underlies Oriflame's operating principles and is reflected in its social and environmental policies. Oriflame supports numerous charities worldwide and is a Co-founder of the World Childhood Foundation. Oriflame is a Luxembourg company group with corporate offices in Luxembourg and Switzerland. Oriflame Cosmetics is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange.

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Monday, January 26, 2009
pizza mania
23 comments:
That grilled cheese is totally calling my name! YUM!
- January 26, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Dude, you make some incredible looking pizza!
- January 26, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Hannah said...
I don't usually -crave- tofu, but I seriously am now... That first dish looks like it would have been worth any amount of labor!
- January 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- T said...
That grilled cheese looks so ... cheesy! Like the velveeta ones my mom used to make. Crazy.
And I'm glad to hear that pizza crust recipe is good- I've been eyeballing it lately to use up some Teese...
As for the other stuff? Well, it can't all be winners. At least they look delish tho, even if you didn't like them.
- January 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- Zucchini Breath said...
Easy Peasy way to cook rice! Even I can't fark it up!
1 part rice, 2 parts cold water. Put in saucepan on ELECTRIC stove (gas won't work) Leave pan, uncovered, with rice and COLD water on the burner until it just starts to bubble then turn off the heat and put a tight lid on the pan. Leave it on the hot burner with the heat off for at least 20 minutes. Longer if you need to, it will wait.
Never burns, always perfect! You can also add some seasonings to the rice and cold water before cooking to make "dirty rice".
- January 26, 2009 at 11:46 PM
- Zucchini Breath said...
Oh, and the pizza? Looks wonderful!
I would seriously do almost anything for a vegan grilled cheese and tomato soup. My mom used to give me the dairy equivalent on days I stayed home from school sick.
- January 26, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Georgia said...
oh yeah - your pizza is reminding me how much I should make mine again.
I like the idea of simple is better.
Grilled sammie also looks fantastic (in a simple comfort food kinda way)
and enjoy your pizza tonight because there is no such thing as too much pizza
- January 27, 2009 at 3:07 AM
Burning yourself cooking sucks! I still have the scar from the cuppies I made on Christmas Eve >:o(
That cheeze sammich looks gooooood. I'm not a fan of vegan cheeze, but I keep hearing about that book. I'm intrigued.....
Mmmmm, pizza!
The pizza dough recipe in VWAV is the only thing I have ever made out of that book. EVER! And I don't even let it rise, I add instant yeast to the flour, add the water, I mix, then I bake. I'm such a rebel! (but it works). I'm too lazy and hungry to ever prove dough. I made quick garlic and herb knots on Saturday with the dough and they were AWESOME!! >;oD
- January 27, 2009 at 4:38 AM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
We just had pizza mania over here this weekend! yum yum.
- January 27, 2009 at 5:54 AM
- Sal said...
Your grilled cheese looks so gooey & awesome, I really want that book! The pizza looks great too.
I dunno what type of rice you used but here's my mum gave me this recipe ages ago for some spicy rice and I now do my white rice (usually basmati) this way and it always works:
Measure out your rice then pour on 2.5 x (volume) hot water, so for 1 cup dry rice – 2.5 cups water. Then bring to the boil and turn down to a low boil/simmer. Cook like this uncovered, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes then turn it off, cover it and leave it alone for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes it will be perfect.
Brown rice though is trickier, I just pour on a buttload of water so it doesn't go dry and stir it frequently then drain it at the end, as I can NEVER get proportions right.
I am also one for kitchen mishaps - I have a gazillion burn scars!!
- January 27, 2009 at 8:14 AM
- miss v said...
i have the uncheese cookbook too - i've been wanting to try the grilled cheeze, but was a little worried it wouldn't turn out. i'm totally digging yours!
- January 27, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- Virginia said...
ooooh that grilled cheese!!! i don't have that cookbook =( i was craving a grilled "cheeze" and tomato soup meal just the other day!
- January 27, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- jessy said...
ya know, i find the same thing with the Vegan Planet recipes - they don't ever have enough flavor for us. i think i'm gonna have to double all the spices in them or something - i dunno. glad i'm not the only one think'n they're not bad, but just okay. for a while dan & i kept thinking it was us! ahahahaa! i have not had turnip greens and OH YEAH - the produce peeps at my grocery store ACTUALLY LEFT THE GREENS ON SOME BEETS! so i had some beet greens (for the love of batman, FINALLY!) yesterday for lunch - i was supersadfaced to find that they're okay - i love chard & kale mucho mas. but it's all good. ANYWAYS - on to your foodz...
burning your arm + cutting the shit outta your thumb = the suck. and i'm sorry that rice isn't cooperating with you. it took me something like 2 damn years to "get rice", and that's just the short grained stuff. i have zero luck with long grained brown rice & white rice. but i'm good with the nubby little rices. damn you, rices!
sweet jeebus, i need to make me some gooey grilled cheezes! i would put pickles & mustard on them like i used to. mmmmmmmm!
yay for pizzas of yumminess! that's cool on the simple italian pizzas. i had no idea they don't layer their pizzas with craziness over there - they like to let the crust shine on through. mmmmmmm! marinated artichokes = the best! and FYH = scrummy, too! i keep forgetting to pick more up. damnit!
hooray for more pizza last night, too - you better post pictures! :) we just had pizza last thursday and tonight we're having calzones. i love pizza awesomeness! did you say mac n' cheeze, too?! ooooh - now i'm think'n about a mac 'n cheeze pizza. ooooooooooh my! YES!
- January 27, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- saveyrgeneration said...
Dave and I had grilled cheese last night, too. only it was a three-cheese. and we were without tomato soup :(
- January 27, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Steel City Vegan said...
I have been craving grilled cheese and tomato soup forEVER. I need to make this! Yum!
- January 27, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- aTxVegn said...
Gosh, I've had those clutzy nights in the kitchen too. Usually I spill and make a huge mess in addition to injuring myself.
For rice - I totally suck at making rice. I can't make it in a pressure cooker or a rice cooker or a pot. Now I always bake it and it always turns out. Any kind of rice. Let me know if you want a recipe and I'll send it.
Yummy pizzas! Anything on top of homemade pizza dough is awesome.
- January 27, 2009 at 9:25 PM
You poor, injured sweet thing! I hope you're ok. I'm constantly cutting my left thumb, I mean, so many of my food pictures feature my thumb in a bandaid!
That pizza must have helped take away some of the pain, right?
- January 28, 2009 at 8:06 AM
- Vegan_Noodle said...
Rice never works out for me either... I blame it on the fact that my gas stove doesn't have a very low setting, so it always burns.
The pizza looks fabulous. I love artichokes on my pizza. Mmm mmm!
And glad to have another idea of what to make from the uncheese cookbook!
- January 28, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- DJ Karma (VegSpinz) said...
Pizza- Yes!
- January 29, 2009 at 1:16 AM
I made a comment and it went away, so here is the same comment from my weak memory: MAKE ME A GRILLED CHEESE SAMMIE PLEASE.
- January 29, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- PB and Jess said...
Hi AP, I recognized you from VegWeb (at least I hope it's you, lol). I'm "icephrosty" on there. I'm new to the blog scene and your posts are really awesome. I've gotta start taking pics before I chow down! Your pizza looks so good! I just got some teese for my birthday and can't wait to try that on pizza. The shredded seitan is making me hungry right now!!
- January 30, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Everything looks so good! Especially that seitan + brussels dish. Yum yum, this post has my stomach growling!
- January 30, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Monika K said...
Can you seriously start work as my personal chef? Pizza? Yes. Mac n Cheeze? Absolutely. Grilled Cheeze with tomato? Heck yeah. My tummy is a' grumblin'...
- January 31, 2009 at 4:44 PM


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My Beautiful Trip to the Cook Island
On the 14 of june i left the cold auckland to go over to the beautiful hot cook island. we left on the 14 of june and arrive there on the 13 of june. we went to go over to beury my beautiful nana. It was a sad sad time for me and my nice family that went over to send my nana of to rest. But it was all so a happy time and sad time as well. Every time we go up and go up in the morning and the afternoon and night we went all over the cook island . It was a happy and sad time to let go of my Beautiful nana. Then my brothers , sister, Aunts and uncles. We lit my nanny's grave with the candles that had all my nana's family names on it.
That was a time for me and my family to leave the hot cook island. And come back to the cold Auckland. And for the last time to let my beautiful Nanny let go with my nanny and have a happy time with her every time when she is gone and we think that she is with us all the time. We have a sad time when we go back for her Birthday.
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I chose this movie because it was a warning about consumer credit and the national savings rate prior to the current financial crisis. Consumer debt has doubled in the last 10 years. When this movie was made in 2006, consumer debt was at about $2 trillion. When mortgages are included, total consumer debt is about $7 trillion. This money is owed to fewer and fewer companies. 10 banks dominate 92% of the industry. After our recent series of bailouts, the industry today has consolidated even more. The movie points out that the largest contributors to political campaigns in the US are these financial institutions.
The movie spends a lot of time interviewing people who are behind on their bills or shuffle debt around from one credit card to another. Another section is devoted to the marketing of cards. I think this focus on this is misplaced. A major issue mentioned in this movie and should be focused on more is the issue of rising interest rates, late fees, and finance charges. Much of this was addressed in the credit card bill passed last year. The movie also discusses rent-to-own establishments and tax advance offers with very high loans. The filmmaker also gets kudos for outing the subprime mortgage as a predatory lending scam years before it was cool to say so.
Beyond that, the biggest problem we face is that we live in a culture of consumption. Financing and refinancing mortgages, according to the movie, is creating serfdom of the 21st century. According to the people interviewed, most people will not pay off their homes during their lifetime and will spend their whole lives serving those debts. All of this is going on in an atmosphere of stagnant income and rising costs for health, housing, and education.
This movie has an honorable mission but it fails because it talks down to its viewers. The movie generally talks about deregulation and favorable court decisions. There are no specifics. The filmmaker goes to Wilmington,
Delaware to talk about political corruption but says nothing concerete about any particular law or politician. A bankruptcy attorney who was interviewed called credit cards evil. To really hit home, the movie needed to be more specific and concrete and not spend so much time in emotional fluff. Simply saying we need legislation and regulation is not a solution.
The exception to this was coverage of the 2005 Bankruptcy Bill, which the movie handled very well. Highlighting this give-away to the credit card companies is important. Ted Kennedy's floor speech was especially poignant. The bill limits the ways in which people can file for bankruptcy protection. One notable change is that, thanks to the bill, student loans can no longer be discharged in bankruptcy. This was a basically a give away to the industry. Prior to the bill, student loans were one of the most profitable types of loans. There was no need to 'reform' this type of loan. Also notable, was that the bill, passed a year after Hurricane Katrina, floods were also ruled out as a ground for bankruptcy. The recommends that we watch the K Street Gang, and I think I will. The book focuses on the Republican party, but this is a problem that affects both parties. Joe Biden is from Delaware, and both Obama and Biden voted for the Bankruptcy Bill. You can currently buy it used for $0.01 on Amazon, but, ironically enough, you need a credit card to buy it online!


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They got Spore running on the iPhone in two weeks! Check out how this mobile sized version is looking.
ya ya ya very pretty, im sure the 500 people who can afford an iphone will be happy.
now me and the billion other p.c users would like the freaking game!
I just bought myself an iphone. Now i cant wait to start real gaming on it!


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This is a free event but space is limited. Call the funeral home for reservations at 732-1770. Refreshments will be provided.


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"Our communities are being destroyed by racial tension, and we're too polite to talk about it," Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, said in a recent company speech defending the Movement For Black Lives. "It's not pleasant to discuss," he added. "But we have to start communicating."
Speeches like Stephenson's need to become the norm for white people. They don't have to take place on a formal stage, either; they should take place on "stages" of various scales, from casual encounters at the supermarket to serious conversations at the dinner table. In fact, encouraging such conversation is the whole point of the recently launched "Wear Out the Silence" campaign.
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Leaders of the Movement For Black Lives have been calling upon white people to "break white silence" for some time. Far too often, white people are taught (directly or indirectly) to avoid and fear conversations about race. "Wear Out the Silence," as its name implies, asks white people to wear Black Lives Matter tee shirts every Friday in order to bring meaningful conversations about race, racism and racial identity deeper into our daily lives.
Maya Nichols, a fourteen-year-old who helped launch the campaign, believes wearing a tee shirt is an especially powerful form of communication. "A bumper sticker is stuck on a car, a lawn sign planted in a yard, but a tee shirt is worn by a living, thinking and talking human being who can engage in conversation with other human beings," she wrote on the "Wear Out the Silence" blog.
Her words reiterate the fact that the tee shirt is simply meant to be the first step of ending white silence—a way to begin conversations. That's why the "Wear Out the Silence" website also offers conversation suggestions for encounters like:
- Don't all lives matter?
- I don't see color.
- I don't feel comfortable talking to my kids about race.
One way to start a conversation around "Black Lives Matter," for example, is to explain that it's a statement of inclusion, not exclusion. (This approach relates to other tenants of "Wear Out the Silence," which include listening, avoiding blame and shame, and approaching the project with abundance.)
More specifically, one could say: "When I say Black Lives Matter, I am saying black lives matter, too. No one is questioning whether white lives or police lives matter. But in a society where black people are shot with impunity by police; in which black children disproportionately attend under-resourced schools and are targeted by the school to prison pipeline; in which black people are harmed every day by the systemic inequities within our society, we have to say Black Lives Matter, until they do."
Wearing the Black Lives Matter tee shirt regularly can serve as a segue for engaging in these important conversations, in addition to being a show of solidarity and support. The point of the "Wear Out the Silence" campaign is to make white people hold themselves accountable and continuously engage in conversations, even if it feels uncomfortable.
In fact, the more you engage in these conversations, the more comfortable you will feel with them.
We at SURJ would love to have you participate in "Wear Out the Silence," and would love to hear your experiences as you engage in regular conversations about racial justice. "Wear Out the Silence" shirts are union-made in Berkeley, California by Alliance Graphics. All profits will go to support black-led organizing. You can post photos and your experiences on the "Wear Out the Silence" Facebook page and engage on Twitter using the hashtag #wearoutthesilence.
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Related reading:
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- A Stanford Historian on Racial Politics in America (Mother Jones)
- This Is What White People Can Do to Support Black Lives Matter (Washington Post)
- Black Lives Matter syllabus


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No one knows who said of Elinor Wylie that "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry."
The picture above certainly bears testimony to her unusual beauty. As for her personality, she was a life-long lover of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Here's a little tidbit I snipped from The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes:
Pretty Words
Poets make pets of pretty, docile words:
I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish
Which circle slowly with a silken swish,
And tender ones, like downy-feathered birds:
Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in herds,
Come to my hand, and playful if I wish,
Or purring softly at a silver dish,
Blue Persian kittens fed on cream and curds.
I love bright words, words up and singing early;
Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing;
Warm lazy words, white cattle under trees;
I love words opalescent, cool, and pearly,
Like midsummer moths, and honied words like bees,
Gilded and sticky, with a little sting.
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Reneilwe is kidnapped again!
Just when we thought Reneilwe was finally free, Robert lures her back into captivity. Rhythm City, weekdays at 7PM.
Reneilwe was so relieved when she finally managed to escape from the warehouse where she and other girls were being held captive. But this feeling didn't last long.
Det. Robert followed Reneilwe to her apartment and told her to come to the police station so that she could help the rest of the girls escape.
She was traumatised when she realised that Robert had lured her back into the warehouse.
Poor Reneilwe! How will she get out of this?
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Jan Don is an associate professor of the University of Amsterdam. He graduated from Utrecht University in 1993 with a dissertation on morphological conversion. Since he has published several papers on the morphology of Dutch and some more theoretical contributions. He was co-editor of Parts of Speech, a volume on the theory of word-classes. Recently, he was co-editor of an introduction to linguistics for Dutch students.
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- Graduate Certificate Tax, Widener University
- Enrolled Agent
Professional Affiliations:
- National Association of Enrolled Agents
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
History of Financial Bee LLC
Financial Bee LLC originally began in 1999 as a company that provided tax preparation services to individuals. A good friend of mine would always comment on how busy Natasha became during tax season and voila the name Financial Bee came to life. As years progressed, we began to offer additional tax and accounting services to small businesses, partnerships and estates.
In addition to tax services, Financial Bee also specializes in Royalty Accounting services which include database design, statement preparation, review and recovery.
About Natasha Johnson, E.A.
Natasha's career is quite diverse as she has been able to practice in two areas of accounting that are dear to her heart, Tax and Royalty Accounting.
Her tax path began her career as an accountant with a New York City tax services firm in 1998 where she sharpened her skills in individual and small business taxation. In later years she also worked as a Tax Associate for global accounting firm, KPMG, LLP.
Natasha learned a great deal about royalty accounting at Arista Records and later Sony Music Entertainment. In 2003, Natasha left Sony to concentrate on Financial Bee full time.


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Invergarry Paintball Site's Listing
Paintball Inverness - Munlochy12
Over two hours drive from Invergarry
Inverness - Munlochy is the closest Paintball site to Invergarry
Why not venture to one of the UK's premier paintball venues, with its professional facilities and 8 thrilling game zones to battle through?
At our Inverness site, you and your troops will get your hands on top of the range paintball kit and compete in harrowing team missions like Pod. An enemy escape pod refuels. You'll have to cut off their fuel supply, secure the area and leave no witnesses. This is just one powerful scenario at this highly respected facility. It's an exciting mix of dramatic natural terrain and immense man-made forts and setting.
Being the closest paintball site to Inverness makes our venue easily accessible from anywhere in the Highland area. The site is situated around 5 miles north of Inverness, near Tore roundabout.Further directions will be printed on your receipt.
Alternative Venues Near Invergarry
Paintball Dundee
Dundee is the closest Paintball site to Invergarry
Over two hours drive from Invergarry
This 5 acre paintball battleground is divided into woodland, urban and arena paintball game zones. Players will have a blast exploring these environments and thrusting themselves into game scenarios like Trench Mechanic, Blow The Bridge and Tank Busters. Plenty of excitement and close quarters combat awaits.
Paintball Inverness - Farr
Over two hours drive from Invergarry
Our Inverness site is a Scottish tourist board four star rated activity centre, run by a professional paintballer for the paintball enthusiast. Catering for Birthday parties, work outings, stag and hen, youth groups, clubs etc..It has 15 unrivaled and fantastically different paintball fields and 3 lazertag arenas with numerous gaming scenarios, ready for some action-packed paintballing and lazer combat.
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Distances and drive times have been collated using third party software.
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Best Hair Looks Of The 2012
There are so many red carpet events on the 2012 horizon which is great for all of us hair-lovers! We were definitely hair inspired last night watching the 2012 People's Choice Awards. There were so many hair looks we loved, but a select seven really rose to the top for … Read More »


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Did you know in Norfolk, a character called Jack Valentine knocks on the back door of houses and leaves sweets and presents for children? Or that in Sweden Valentine's Day is called Alla hjärtans dag which means All Hearts' Day?
And in Korea the 14th of every month marks a love-related day - Candle Day, Valentine's Day, White Day, Black Day, Rose Day, Kiss Day, Silver Day, Green Day, Music Day, Wine Day, Movie Day, and Hug Day.
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Days of Love
Labels: Love
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Lovely colours! I love your colour-themed posts, what a great idea!ReplyDelete
My teacher aide is from Bosnia and she says that over there only young people in couples get to celebrate. Which depressed me because that means I'd never get to celebrate!ReplyDelete
Gorgoeus pics, as always. I love that red lamp and the red flower.
That's nice, our sister's birthday is kiss day!ReplyDelete
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Monday, 3 March 2014
A Quiet Week and 2 Shades of Pink
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You do find some treasures Gill, I love the crochet hooks!!ReplyDelete
I'm sure your baby blanket will be wonderful, whatever shade of pink you use!
Happy quiet new week,
V xxx
A quiet reclusive week sounds like heaven! Love all your finds, especially coveting the yellow roses fabric. Sally xReplyDelete
What a amazing bargain basket of gorgeousness!ReplyDelete
Hope your week as a hermit will be a happy and productive one!! I think I need to do the same myself!
M x
Your blanket will look fab......gosh what a bargain and delicious fabric too, can't wait to see what you make! :) xReplyDelete
A post chock full of fun! Love your basket full of wonderful goodies...and thanks for the recipe...the patchwork looks lovely...and you must get philosophical about the flowers and know that Life has Other Plans in store for that blanket, The Powers That Be demand a mixed pink palette ;-} - ya gotta think about it this way or you'll just be grumpy that they didn't have the right shade of pink! Enjoy your quiet week, I think I'll have to order up one of those soon...Chrissie xReplyDelete
Quite a big colour difference in the yarn considering it was supposed to be the same? The baby blanket will turn out to be lovely, I just know it! Pretty fabric squares, look forward to seeing whatever they are going to be. Another great haul from the flea market - those crochet hooks look well worn and much loved. Have a lovely reclusive week.ReplyDelete
Jane xx
I'm so glad you're able to have a quieter week. The fabric is so pretty! I can't wait to see what you do with it. Those crochet hooks are so interesting. Thank you for sharing your finds.ReplyDelete
Oh how jealous i am gilly, your fleamarket treasures are awsome!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Those tiny crochet hooks are very sweet - lovely lace too. The muffins look yummy - a simple recipe too; I'll probably make those tomorrow:). XReplyDelete
A quite week is always good lots of lovely lace.ReplyDelete
Oh that basket is wonderful, I do so love a basket full of treasures. A shame about the pink wool, but I know the blanket is going to be beautiful anyway. Hoping you have a good week, last week sounds utterly manic and slightly painful. CJ xxReplyDelete
Ok. I think on my next days off, I will be found at the local thrift shop. Love the thrill of the hunt : )ReplyDelete
Beautiful treasures!
What a wonderful basket of goodies, I can't wait to see what you create from it. That's such a shame about the wool. I find that sometimes with cross stitching, threads of the same number that look completely different. I'm sure the finished baby blanket will look wonderful :) Do let us know what you think of the books, I've never heard of Barbara Pym before either.ReplyDelete
Best wishes to you.
What great buys! Your ethnic print garment looks cool I would have tried it on too hehe. The crochet is looking fab xReplyDelete
Love watching the progress of your projects! Barbara Pym is one of my favorite authors!!!ReplyDelete
Wonder treasure. The laces are gorgeous. I hope you enjoyed your seclusion and was very productive..A very lovely posting. hugs JudyReplyDelete
So many gorgeous things, you can never have too much pink !ReplyDelete
Lovely post, I really enjoyed it,
Kate x
Wow amazing finds and those muffins look delish!! XxReplyDelete


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Lahore Gate of Delhi Palace, Red Fort.
Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1862
Photograph of the Lahore Gate of the Delhi Palace, Red Fort from the 'Strachey Collection of Indian Views', taken by Shepherd and Robertson in 1862. The Red Fort is the largest of Old Delhi's monuments. The Mughal emperor Shahjahan started the construction of the main fort in 1638, and work was completed in 1648. The fort has all the aspects of a vital centre of Mughal government, halls of public and private audience, domes and arched marble palaces, plush private apartments, a mosque, and elbaborately designed gardens.Entrance to the fort is through the imposing Lahore gate, which as its name suggests faces Lahore, now in Pakistan.


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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to repeal net neutrality regulations stipulating that internet service providers treat all web traffic equally.
The measure was adopted along party lines 3-2, with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai (R) and the agency's two Republican commissioners voting in favor and its two Democratic commissioners voting against.
Thursday's vote faced raging controversy beforehand, and Pai briefly paused the event "on the advice of security" before the FCC formally weighed in on the matter.
Attendees and journalists present at the FCC building in Washington, D.C. were forced to exit the hearing room while police brought in K9 units to sweep the area.
The evacuation ended after roughly 15 minutes, with Pai picking up where he had left off while delivering remarks on the need for repealing net neutrality.
"It is not the job of the government to be picking winners and losers in the internet economy," he said. "What we need is a level playing field."
"It is time to bring faster, cheaper internet to all Americans," Pai added. "It is time to restore internet freedom. After today's decision, Americans will still be able to visit the websites that they like."
"The sky isn't falling. Consumers will remain protected. And the internet will continue to thrive. Our decision will also return regulatory parity to the internet."
The FCC's decision followed months of public sparring over former President Barack Obama's 2015 net neutrality regulations, which mandated that internet service providers treat all websites equally.
The rules banned such providers from blocking, throttling or favoring certain content, and they were also forbidden from creating internet "fast lanes."
The FCC's new guidelines mean that broadband companies will have to disclose publicly whether or not they practice such activities.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will also now have the authority to sue providers that deceive their customers or use their powers to abuse competition online.
Pai was a FCC commissioner in 2015 when the net neutrality rules were implemented, but Republicans were also in the minority at the time of the vote imposing them.
The Republican has since argued that net neutrality is heavy-handed government overreach which stifles innovation and investment online.
The FCC's Democratic commissioners have countered that repealing the regulations would let major companies like Comcast or Verizon abuse their power by acting as gatekeepers to internet content.
"This decision puts the Federal Communications Commission on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law and the wrong side of the American public," FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel (D) said before voting against repeal Thursday.
"As a result of today's misguided actions, broadband providers will get extraordinary powers," she added. "This issue is not going away."
"If you are conservative or progressive, you benefit from internet openness. If you are a consumer or a creator, you benefit from internet openness. If you believe in democracy, you benefit from internet openness."
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai (R) on Thursday said the agency would pause its vote on net neutrality on the "advice of security" amid controversy over the issue.
"On advice of security, we need to take a brief recess," he said as a security guard in the background advised people to leave their belongings.
"Leave everything you have in place, do not take any bags or books or anything," a security guard said. "The only thing that leaves out of here is your body."
Pai had been discussing the FCC's planned vote on Thursday on whether they should lift net neutrality regulations, and it is not clear what inspired the unexpected break.
"Entrepreneurs and innovators guided the internet far better than the heavy hand of government ever could have," he said of the time before former President Barack Obama's administration implemented net neutrality rules in 2015.
"The internet wasn't broken in 2015," Pai continued. "We weren't living in some digital dystopia."
"The internet has been one thing, perhaps the only thing, we can all agree in American society has been a stunning success. We need to empower all Americans with digital opportunity."
Eighteen attorneys general on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to delay its vote the following day on net neutrality regulations.
The group asked FCC Chairman Ajit Pai (R) and the agency's commissioners to "take immediate action" and investigate fake comments tied to debate over the issue.
"A careful review of the publicly available information revealed a pattern of fake submissions using the names of real people," they said in a letter to Pai and the FCC's four commissioners.
"In fact, there may be over one million fake submissions from across the country," the group added.
RELATED: New York's attorney general is probing a 'massive scheme' to sway the FCC on net neutrality
"This is akin to identity theft on a massive scale – and theft of someone's voice in a democracy is particularly concerning."
Wednesday's letter was signed by attorneys general from Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Iowa and Illinois.
Attorneys general from Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington and Vermont also added their names.
The collection pressed Pai to pause Thursday's FCC vote over net neutrality rules and instead focus on probing whether fake comments were made during discussion of the topic.
RELATED: Could net neutrality repeal mean fewer people will be able to read Trump's tweets?
"It is essential that the Commission gets a full and accurate picture of how changes to net neutrality will affect the everyday lives of Americans before they can act on such sweeping policy changes," they wrote.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) last month said his office was examining a "massive scheme" to corrupt the FCC's debate process on net neutrality with fake remarks.
The FCC Will vote on a proposal to overturn net neutrality rules Thursday, and with Republicans holding three of the agency's five seats, a repeal is expected to pass.
Net neutrality rules mandate that internet service providers treat all web traffic equally, and supporters say it keeps them from blocking, favoring or slowing specific internet content.
Critics counter, however, that net neutrality regulations are heavy-handed and stifle innovation and investment online.


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Helping Hands: Designing Video Games with Interpersonal Touch Interaction
Helping Hands: Designing Video Games with Interpersonal Touch Interaction - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
1 University of Calgary 2 BioWare Corp
Abstract : Increasingly, the movements of players- physical bodies are being used as a method of controlling and playing video games. This trend is evidenced by the recent development of interpersonal touch-based games; multiplayer games which players control by physically touching their partners. Although a small number of interpersonal touch-based games have recently been designed, the best practices for creating video games based on this unconventional interaction technique remain poorly explored and understood. In this paper, we provide an overview of interpersonal touch interaction in video games and present a set of design heuristics for the effective use of interpersonal touch interaction in video games. We then use these heuristics to analyze three current interpersonal touch-based games in order to show how these heuristics reflect on the current state of the art. Finally, we present our vision for the future of this interaction modality in video games.
Keywords : Games interpersonal touch interface design heuristics
Autor: Cody Watts - Ehud Sharlin - Peter Woytiuk -
Fuente: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/


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No, for dropbox is says restricted content. Maybee it was blocked from my country?
God bless you, a lot of mersy.
Gracias, thank you, your welcome, thumbs up, what ever, Luis Carlos. Have an awesome day!
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No, for dropbox is says restricted content. Maybee it was blocked from my country?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwj02g … sp=sharing
Well, if that happened, it also means that the SBW code was gone with the server?
not the code, no.
Ah OK. I know! that's when I was tolld that the last releace was like the 8 months ago. Well, atleast SW pong was gone, but SBW not.
thx , i think i have the old version of this game but i don't have this last version
Hmm, for some reason the game thinks it's running version 2.6, and the changelog says that the latest is 2.7. And that has been proven, since the changes listed on 2.7 don't seem to be there.
Oops, I must not have compiled 2.7. Haha
can I get that somewhere?
The website is back, so yes, soon you can.
I have the game up for those who can access it. Original link may work.
Hmm, i downloaded the latest version of this game, and even though the changelog says the newest version is 2.7, the window title reads scrolling battles 2.6. And at least most of the changes in 2.7 seem to be there, I read them in the changelog and they seemed to be effective even though the window title said version 2.6. Is the version number in the title misspelled, or something? Not sure though if all of those changes in the 2.7 changelog are there though, as the window title said version 2.6, not 2.7, so thought it was a typo.
I think I forgot to change the version number in the window.
hey is there a dragonball z sound pack with characters and stuff for scrolling battles rewrite?
No maybe I wil make one if you ghiv me sounds.
I just made an update for SBRW! Link will be in first post.
Glad to hear your working on SB again!
I've always enjoyed scrolling battles, even if it always gets mindless after a while, and the power gain seems to be a bit slower on this version so that helps allot.
All the environments to choose from, and the ease of customization have always been great too, and in this one the environments and weapon sounds are better than before IMO.
That said their are some persistent problems that, if possible it would be really nice to have addressed.
Number 1 for me has always been the difficulty in resetting your data. It seems like every version of every iteration of SB has had an issue where not all of it got removed, and at one point the data seemed to be stored in the registry or something rather than appdata, user root, program files [x86], my documents, or program data, so it was even more annoying to find manually, something which, a basic computer user wouldn't even know how to do...
Number 2 is balance, and while I appreciate the fact that this game was never meant to be realistic, bad balance can effect gameplay in general as I'm sure you know, so for instance in this version, for instance the fact that all weapons seem to penetrate multiple enemies which seems kinda cheap (though at least you don't fire in both directions which is even more cheap LOL) the overly long range of the spear (yes I know it should be long but it's crazy right now) uzi, diamond sword, laser, shotgun, and Shurly, very high damage of the spear again (since it continues to one shot enemies for a long time even with no melee upgrades) small laser and less high but still odd damage of the pistol and standard MG (since it uses the same ammo is the much less powerful UZI) are a bit much considering you start out with all weapons unlocked, which is another thing that makes the game get boring pretty fast, so maybe it'd be nice if you had the choice weather to start in survival or god mode for instance?
The player helper also seems really strong too, and I think you either shouldn't get any money for kills with them, or way less.
I also noticed that you don't lose any money, ammo, etc when you die, and that, crucially, you can attack enemies from within the safezone, giving you no real incentive to get out their and fight.
Then again, you also start out so weak in terms of health that you can die instantly to several of the enemies, and in only a couple shots to for most others, so if you had a bit more staying power maybe it wouldn't be so bad... Because I quite like getting placed back in the thick of things after death rather than starting in an SZ my self, that way I've got to fight back to one.
3. It seems like some pits, such as the electric barrier and normal loud air one will kill enemies 100% of the time, which makes things kinda annoying especially with a small stage, but if that's on purpose than I understand.
Pits also seem to like spawning in the same place multiple times, not sure why...
Some suggestions and complements.
The spear, hammer, and normal machinegun all sound fucking awesome.
Same with the robots, particularly their death and walking sounds.
I'm glad you don't get money for pit deaths or SZ collisions, since I remember that being an issue a while back and obviously you didn't earn it as the player.
I would like it if slightly more items would spawn, especially now that they can be destroyed so easily, but I appreciate how the prices are well scaled to the players kill count in most situations, e.g. when buying ammo and speed.
I wish the different MG's would use different ammo, since they have such massive power differences, since otherwise their is no point in even using one over another for cost savings.
The max health items are worth a huge amount of money when converted, so not sure if you want them to be that high considering the most money I ever found was 1000...
I think the helpers should also have health, like maybe the same as yours? it's easy enough to replace them... Otherwise you can just let them do all the work and it's kinda boring. Giving them a voice and pain sounds, and death alerts would be cool too, makes them feel less robotic.
A major issue is that once I upgraded my speed to only 50, I was able to jump and hold down left or right, and move like 80 tiles in 0.5 seconds, it was kind of insane.
I also thought I should point out that one of the enemies, the guy with an MG that's built in, not a visible one, which uses one of the AI voices from SBP and RTR (the one with the hilarious high pitched pain sound) doesn't have any taunt.
Pit one in the sounds\pit folder, "chasm" has messed up panning that goes too far over each side.
Seems like when I exit the game I sometimes lose all my ammo, which really, really sucks...
When trying to enter the minigames menu I got this, I think I had unlocked 3 or 4 games by then.
BGT Runtime Error dialog A runtime error occurred.
In function: double convert_to_pan(double, double, double, double)
Description: Divide by zero
Call stack size: 7
Function: double convert_to_pan(double, double, double, double)
Function: void dynamic_menu_pro::play_click_sound()
Function: int dynamic_menu_pro::run_extended(string, bool, int, bool)
Function: int dynamic_menu_pro::run(string, bool)
Function: void mgmenu()
Function: void mainmenu()
Function: void main()
Thanks for your attention...
I'll comment more on damage when I get to a higher level, since right now all my weapons pretty much one shot enemies.
Hi defender,
I started working on a new version incorperating some of your suggestions.
I fixed the reset data option.
I modified some weapons to make them less powerful.
Helpers will give you considerably less money.
If you can think of anything else, let me know.
Also, weapons do way less damage in the safe zone.
Sure thing, and thanks!
So I noticed that the SZ can heal you really quick at first, but also that the upgrades to restoring speed do a hole lot for the money.
Also, I think it's cool that the standard mg slows you down when using it, but the ultra mg does almost as much damage and doesn't at all, so again I think having weapon specific ammo would be good.
In the same vein, the shotgun is more powerful than the pistol but they use the same ammo.
It seems as though pits don't spawn more than 1 per stage.
Not sure what you mean by that last one.
Call stack size: 7
Function: double convert_to_pan(double, double, double, double)
Function: void dynamic_menu_pro::play_click_sound()
Function: int dynamic_menu_pro::run_extended(string, bool, int, bool)
Function: int dynamic_menu_pro::run(string, bool)
Function: void mgmenu()
Function: void mainmenu()
Function: void main()
I mean as in, I have at least 100 tiles of space now and still only one pit.
Hmm, okay so some thoughts.
First, I'm now getting 2 or 3 pits per stage, and I have like 250 space, so maybe the second one didn't show up for a while because it doesn't start until you play again with the new amount of space? not sure...
Second, the weapon ranges make allot more sense at higher levels now, since enemies can move so fast, but maybe the ability to add range to a weapon up to a certain point, or a passive scaling range increase based on kills would help?
third, I found the medkit power thing, didn't expect it to be in the player menu
I'd also just like to say that I really enjoy how armor changes over time as enemy power does, so you need to keep buying more. pretty cool! though the max armor percentage is I think like 85% which seems a bit high but, I still seem to get hurt quite easily anyway so maybe not?
I do still think that this game lacks allot of feeling of accomplishment even with the minigame unlocks, and that it can get really dull after a while, resulting in little replay value even with mods, so I think that having to earn weapons over time, or at least being able to set that up in the environment would be nice, no killing stuff from the sz, maybe a few more pits per level, helpers that can die or possibly get killed by friendly fire, and enemies that scale a bit better so they aren't insane at the start would help with that.
Especially the environment thing, because it could add allot of possibilities, even without platforming, dialog squares, doors, keys, etc could be fun, even if their are still stages where you can just kill everything, kinda like how AAC or 2DP does it, that way you can craft your own thing, but with enemies.
I guess maybe that's not what you wanted for SB, but at least the ability to give a player weapons over time through the store or via items, kill goals etc would be nice.
hhhi Mason
I have some soughjestions.
can you add that surfaces can have multeple falling sounds?
if the player made a surface called Wood , for example, the player could Call the falling sounds for fall1.ogg, fall2.ogg, etc.
best regards
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This was a repeat of last year's 50K in many ways, including carpooling with my very accomplished running friend, Jen Pfeifer. But unlike last year, I wanted to run a shorter distance because I have the Oakland Marathon just a month away, and I didn't want to have to go through a longer recovery that the 50K would entail.
Jen picked me up at 6:15am, which was plenty early for the 8:30am start. (I think we were parked at 7:05am or so.) I saw several other friends, the air was cool and crisp, and soon enough, we were off!
The course was very well marked, including the novel practice of using a special colored blue ribbon to mark trails that we are *not* supposed to run down. For the first couple of miles, I hung with Jen and my friend Dan Rhodes, from my running club. I thought we were running a bit on the fast side, but I didn't have the pace information showing on watch. (I got a new Garmin 910XT, and hadn't configured all the screens yet.) Jen informed us that were running right around 7 minutes per mile. It felt a bit fast, but doable.
Dan was in the 50K and said he would treat this race as a supported long run. Yet, after a couple of miles into it, he started pulling away from me and Jen. He's a fast runner, but even for him, this had to count as a race, and he had a whole half-marathon to go after I would finish!
Somewhere in the hills, near the gun range (which wasn't so annoying as last year for some reason), and perhaps on the Brandon trail, Jen continued going straight up a steep hill, not seeing the pink ribbons on the trail heading to the left. I called out to her to get her back on the course. Close call! So I got to return the favor from last year, where she pointed me in the right direction when I was about to miss the trail markings.
I made a special effort on the short but steep uphills, to run every step. Last year, for the 50K, I "power hiked" on the steepest sections, to keep my heart rate down. I also let loose on the downhills. On one of the miles, Jen called out "6 Oh 3". I didn't quite understand her and she explained, "we ran that last mile in 6:03". Oh, wow, OK, that was a bit fast for me. My heart rate was high, but I felt in control.
Jen's plan was to run 8 miles on the easy side and then pick up the pace for the last 10 miles or so. So, I'm huffing and puffing and in total race mode, and she puts in her ear buds and gently pulls away from me. (Or maybe I was slowing down a bit or both.) My heart rate seemed high and I was only half-way done, so, I didn't want to push too hard. We passed some runners who were either in the 30K or 50K.
Eventually, I started running into the half-marathoners, who didn't take this 10K extension that the 30K runners did. I was starting to feel cramps coming on and was really feeling the effort, so it was a nice mental boost to be passing other runners. I tried to drink more. I was eating an energy gel every 45 minutes. I was looking forward to seeing the lake again, because then I knew I would be just a few miles from the finish.
My legs started feeling heavy and I couldn't sprint up the short steep hills any more, and my heart rate fell a bit, and I fell further behind Jen and could no longer see her up ahead. I passed Colleen, from my running club, who was in the half-marathon, and we yelled encouragement to each other. I recognized that I was nearing the finish and there was a helpful "1 mile to go" sign, but I couldn't really sprint, as I was very close to having bad cramps. Finally, I rounded the corner. *whew* I was glad to finish!
All-in-all, I'm happy with the results. There were some strong competition in my race, but I got 2nd place in my age group of 40-49. And I finished just about a minute behind Jen, which I take as a good sign. (She was first place woman by about 17 minutes!) My friend Dan was about 45 seconds in front of me at the 30K mark and he went on to have a strong 50K finish.
So, for my first race of 2013, I'm happy!
What went well:
- No trips, no falls, and I didn't get lost.
- I averaged about 7 minutes 27 seconds per mile on some hilly terrain, for about 18.4 miles.
- No chafing or blisters, except relating to my new heart rate monitor. (See below.)
- I had a good time!
- My new Garmin 910XT watch seemed to work great. (I had broken my Garmin 310XT in a fall a few months ago, and the super-glue gave way.)
- I got some cramps and I probably pushed a little too hard in the middle of the race. I think I would have had a slightly faster time and a slightly better experience if my hardest effort were towards the end.
- I may not have drank enough or had enough salt.
- I dropped my water bottle once.
- The Garmin 910XT's heart rate monitor band really dug into my chest. I knew it was likely to cause chafing and I had used Body Glide, but not enough and not in all the right places apparently. The strap wasn't too tight -- I started the race with it too loose and I had to tighten it shortly after the start. I have to go back to using the Garmin 310XT's heart rate monitor for anything over an hour's run.
- I don't know how much I weighed because my scale's batteries went dead, but I think I was between 164 and 165 lbs.
- Ate an energy gel every 45 minutes.
- Results are here.
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If you are not in Germany, you probably can't relate to the novelty I feel after finally finding three salons in Cologne where people have heard of threading – a treatment to get rid of excessive hair on your face (eyebrows, upper lips, etc) using thread.
When I arrived in Cologne, I went to a number of salons, and assumed that they would know of threading. I was terribly wrong. They all championed tweezing, and that never really works for me. It doesn't have that clean finish or precision; also, I can tweeze at home – why would I go to a salon and pay for it?
After salon hopping for a couple of months, begging Pakistanis in the city for recommendations and putting my FBI-approved stalking skills to use, I finally found not one or two but THREE salons that did a fantastic job with thread.
Prince Beauty Shop
Most of Pakistanis and Indians go to Prince Beauty Shop for their hair removal needs. It's a huge store, selling everything from veggies and lentils to embroidered dresses and traditionals sweets. It also has a salon at the back, which is much bigger that Berlik, though equally sparsely equipped. Another affordable place, where you can get your eyebrows, upper lips and chin threaded for 7€ only. You can walk in for threading, however appointments are recommended for waxing, facials and haircuts.
Full face threading: 15€
Fleischmengergasse 35, 50676 Köln
0221 17919132
Birlik Market, 26 Heidelberger Str., Cologne
It's a small Indian store, with a smaller cubicle at the back of the store for beauty treatments. It can hardly be called a salon, for it's very small and hardly equipped, but the lady who runs the store (Simran) is a sweetheart and has been my go-to person for threading for almost eight months now. She is extremely affordable, speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and German, and is very hospitable. Her services range from threading, waxing, facial and eyebrow tattoo, and to party makeup and mehndi for weddings.
Full face threading: 12€
Heidelberger Str. 26, 51065 Köln
0176 20781423
Chic Saal
If you thought I would only take you to back of spice-scented stores, you were wrong. Welcome to Chic Saal. Comparatively expensive to other two, it is a proper salon, equipped with all kinds of tools and fixtures, with trained staff and a wide range of products to use. Face threading at Chic Saal costs approximately 20€; I consider it justified considering it is a proper salon and you can actually feel pampered when you step out. Also, you can get a lot of things done under one roof. They are known for their hair services, so maybe indulge in a blowdry while you are there.
(Note: I went to Chic Saal when they were at Hansaring. They have now relocated and I am yet to visit the new address)
Keupstr. 114, 51063 Köln
0221 71066876
If there are any other hidden gems that I am unaware of but you know all about it, please let me know and share the goodness in comments below. And if you'd like me to be the guinea pig and try something out for you, let me know that as well in comments below.
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The Great Chasm
5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British
Avg: 3.1 from 83 votes
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Pitch 1: Start on the arete and climb a FULL 60M to anchors on the ledge. (20 bolts, bring long draws to reduce rope drag).
Pitch 2: Move right 40' to a pod with anchors.
Pitch 3: Ascend the wall above (crux) to anchors on the left at a small outcropping. Continue to the summit and sign the register.
Pitch 2: Move right 40' to a pod with anchors.
Pitch 3: Ascend the wall above (crux) to anchors on the left at a small outcropping. Continue to the summit and sign the register.
Approach: The trail to the base of the route is about 40 yards before you come to the Matrix. The route is on the south side of the drainage, or left of the drainage if you are facing up-canyon. If you go too far and arrive at the Matrix, the route is behind you and slightly down-canyon. The route starts on the obvious arete left of the Raspberry/Fern filled gully.
Descent: You can rap the route with a single 60M rope. From the anchors at the end of P3, rap 30' past the pod (end of P2) to anchors on the right. They are found above a small shelf. From there it is another 30M to the top of the fern/raspberry filled gully.
Descent: You can rap the route with a single 60M rope. From the anchors at the end of P3, rap 30' past the pod (end of P2) to anchors on the right. They are found above a small shelf. From there it is another 30M to the top of the fern/raspberry filled gully.
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Thanks for these multi-pitch routes, Jason Stevens. it's quite a joy to break up the routine climbing at Maple with routes like this! Nov 7, 2007
KipHenrie Farmington, utah
I did this climb with my wife on our anniversary years ago after jason told us about it. since then i've taken people up this wondrous thing 5-6 times. It really is a nice easy climb with fantastic views. A touring route. Wear a helmut, rockfall is possible especially on the rappell. Also you'll need two ropes. The first pitch is way run out but easy. The last pitch is the funnest with huge cobbles for holds. Take your time and enjoy. Nov 9, 2007
grizz Burton
After searching a bit for this route, my partner and I enjoyed it. It was his first multipitch climb. I was a bit surprised by the run out of the first pitch but it was on easy climbing. The third pitch is the money pitch for sure although it is short. I have to complain about some bad beta I received from another website specific to Maple Canyon. In its description it states "it can be climbed with one rope". Well, guess what? You can't get back to the ground with one rope which left us with about 25' of 5.5ish downclimbing. Jun 16, 2008
Darren Knezek
I rapped the route with one rope, it was a 70-meter, but there was plenty of rope left. Jun 16, 2008
darrell hodges
The first pitch is bolted in such a way that you won't have to worry about z-clipping at all.
We rapped off with one rope (70M). We BARELY made it, thanks to rope stretch. To do it, you have scootch way over to the right where the ground slopes up. Even then, our ATCs were right up against the knots in the end of our rope when our feet touched the ground (we simul rapped).
Great climb. Very enjoyable. It was nice and shady all morning and even though the canyon was packed we had this all to ourselves. It was very quiet and the view off the top is awesome.
I highly recommend this climb. Jul 26, 2009
Jason Stevens Ephraim, UT
I added a rappel station to the descent so that the route can be climbed and descended in it's entirety with a single 60M rope.
Rappel instructions: Rap from the summit to the top of pitch 2 (the pod), rap from the top of pitch 2 (the pod) to anchors at right on an arete. Rap from there to the ground.
I also added a few bolts to the first pitch. There were at least 3 sections of 20-25' runnouts. In maple that is just not necessary. A blown cobble and an off-balance, unexpected fall could result in broken limbs or death. I HIGHLY recommend long draws for P1 or rope drag will lock you down tight. There are 16 bolts on the first pitch and it wanders a bit.
I also moved the first belay station a little to the left. It is now more in-line with the climbing on the first pitch and gives you about 12' of extra rope to work with.
Jason Stevens Jul 1, 2011
is there a walk off? Jun 12, 2012
No walk-off tpatpat. A fun route though. Amazing view of Maple Canyon from the top. Get on it! Jun 13, 2012
So when you rap off you just tie two ropes togther?? Jun 14, 2012
Mark Lewis Salt Lake City, Utah
Excellent climb! Prior to the most updated Knezek guide being published beta was way off for this route, from approach directions to pitch information. Glad to see there is some better info out there now.
Fun cobble pulling off the beaten path enough and with exposure enough to make this climb feel adventurous. Beautiful views all the way up the climb. Pitch 2 isn't really a pitch, just a short traverse on a good ledge to pitch 3's belay anchors. There is one or two exposed moves on the traverse where you don't want to slip.
Thanks for putting this route in! Jul 23, 2012
C Hopwood Salt Lake City, UT
This route makes for a very fun outing with awesome views. Short approach and easy climbing. My friend, who just started leading, led both pitches and she loved it! Just a thought, I found the rap bolts for the 3rd rap to be in a bad location. I rapped past without seeing them, then had to climb back up to them. They are on the far right wall as you rap, hard to see, and are a bit of a scramble to get to. They are also on a very small ledge which makes it hard if you have more than two people. The logical place for a rap station seemed to be the ledge that is slightly up and left. It is right in-line with the anchors in the pod and big enough to park a bus on. My 60M had plenty of rope left to get down from there. Aug 13, 2012
Cameron Anderson Ogden, UT
The final rappel anchors were pretty hard to see. When rapping from the bottom of P3, go down to the obvious big ledge and the anchors will be climber's right on the wall next to you. I wouldn't say they're on an arete, more just on the face. My partner couldn't find them so he ended up single stranding to the ground and sending up a second rope to me. Just look carefully, they are there. Jul 13, 2015
Ryan-T Edgewater, CO
Such an awesome route! We did it as our last climb during our trip to Maple. The first pitch is pretty long, but a great way to set up the climb up. The third pitch was fantastic and led to a neat summit to look over the canyon. The rap was not too bad. When doing the second rap from the belay pod just go slow and keep your eyes trained to climbers right. The bolts are there, but I could see cruising past them. Thanks for these sweet moderate multi-pitches! Sep 25, 2015
Emerson Takahashi Casper, WY
Great route to simul-climb. easy, consistent climbing, plus it REALLY helps reduce the rope drag Dec 24, 2016
The original summit register book is all filled up. If you're heading up it would be awesome if you could take a new notebook up there. The summit register is a large ammo can so a full-size notebook will fit in there. Plenty of pens. Jun 8, 2017
Kendra Davis
Sorry, our group of 3 was climbing today and had to bail after the first pitch. Without realizing where the second pitch belay/rappel station was we tied our ropes together and rappelled using the anchor of P1 and some quicklinks. At the bottom we realized our mistake since the friction is too great to actually pull the ropes down. Would the next person up please take down our ropes (which should be discarded at this point), and also remove the quicklinks to avoid misleading others? Again, sorry to leave a mess. Nov 11, 2017
Picked up some quickdraws on the first pitch yesterday... If you can describe the quantity/color/brand they're yours! May 25, 2018


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The word of today is : לאפשר..Let things take there natural course, Let go…♥♥♥
This is the way i feel the word now.
I played with some mood board the last few days, and came out with this idea of the word of the day.
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Tripping Over jumps first hurdle
There's a suggestion being put about the TV world that the new Ten drama, Tripping Over didn't do so well in its debut last Wednesday night at 8.30 pm.
It's been suggested that because a lot of the audience for Thank God You're Here departed and didn't stay for Tripping Over, that the debut last week was somewhat problematic.
That view has popped up on the Sydney Morning Herald's TV blog site where David Dale rules the roost.
"Drama tips up Ten" said a headline in the SMH Monday in Sydney.
Well, no. True a third of the audience for Thank God didn't stay around, but tripping Over still won the timeslot for Ten, helped Ten win the night and filled in nicely for House which ended the week before.
Anyway, Ten programmed it after Thank God You're Here to give it a big push.
Ten knew it would not work on its own first up, that it needed a very popular program to give it a solid lead-in and get people to look, like and return.
Around 500,000 or so viewers didn't stay around through the full show; some sampled; others switched channels, or went to bed or turned to Pay TV.
The important thing to note is that Thank God has a far broader audience range than Tripping Over. Thank God is aimed at the broader 25 to 54 demographic, Tripping over the 20-something part of the 16 to 39 demographic and 18 to 49 group which Ten is targeting.
Thank God's audience is in the older end of both demographics, Ten wants Tripping Over to sit just below that to put a soap like program into a new niche and then build.
The actors are all 20 somethings with a couple of older (40's) adults who take parental roles and have different storylines.
It certainly, on that first program, has a more contemporary feel than McLeod's Daughters on Nine or Home and Away or even Neighbours which both seem stuck in video time warps.
For example, when are we going to see a realistic, upfront episode of McLeod's Daughters where the drought is the central storyline and 'character' and not the actors in the program?
I am much older than any of the demographic groups mentioned so Tripping Over won't be a regular part of my TV viewing: I'm more Thank God or Spicks and Specks and The Glass House on the ABC.
Ten clearly wanted to create a program to appeal to the group of young Australian TV viewers who might dip in and out of TV but will watch 'their 'programs:
Big Brother, Idol are those types of programs, Thank God isn't. The Biggest Loser (local five days a week version) is sort of but appeals to a wider audience. Being overweight isn't demographic-specific.
Nine sort of realises that with a new version of Overhaul but should have really gone for the wide spread of ages amongst its overweight contestants.
The problems of weight are different at different times in our lives, doing that might have injected more interest into what is a one dimensional program.
And that's the key to Tripping Over: the story lines, writing and acting were all good first up. That's why Ten was happy with its debut.
If it ends its first run around the level of last Wednesday (in terms of audience and acting and storylines) then it will be back.
It had something Nine failed to generate in its attempt last year to translate the one off movie version of The Alice, into a series.
A bit of tension (sexual and otherwise), good acting: the emergence of the doubt over the paternity of the character Ned, was brilliantly done, and the way the relationships started moving in surprising ways.
And a final note: going O/S, whether it is to London, Asia, Europe, the US or Africa or South America is still a rite of passage for hundreds of thousand of people every year in Australia and in Britain.
It is a mass movement full of individual but shared experiences.
The last time we really looked at the British end on a screen was Barry McKenzie. (Bangkok Hilton was a brilliant mini- series about Asia.)
It's about time this area of rich experiences for so many Australians of differing ages, was explored in a dramatic fashion.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Trey Freeman had 21 points and seven assists, Aaron Bacote had 18 points and five assists and Old Dominion rolled to a 77-47 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Friday night.
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Detectives have released CCTV stills of two people being sought over a suspected burglary and cash theft in St Helens.
An investigation is underway after the pair targeted an elderly woman in Hardshaw Street.
Police say the man and woman struck between 11am and 11.30am on Wednesday, December 6, and stole a debit card after asking their victim for change.
This was then said to have been used to steal "large quantities of money" from cash machines in the St Helens and Widnes areas.
The man is described as being Asian, around 60 years old, with black hair, around 5ft 1in tall, and the woman was also Asian, around 30-40 years old, slim, and wore glasses.
Det Con Matthew Rimmer said: "This is clearly an attack on a vulnerable victim who has been left feeling uneasy and out of pocket.
"Were you also in the area that day and saw something suspicious? Or could you help us put names to the two people in the CCTV images? If so, please get in touch.
"It is really important that anyone who has any information in relation to this incident contacts the police so we can find those responsible and bring them to justice."
Potential witnesses or anyone with information is being asked to call 101 quoting reference number 0517313767, or call Crimestoppers, in confidence, on 0800 555 111.


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The Life of Anna, Part 1: Enslaved
Anna has been turned over to Devin Andersen, the most powerful man in San Francisco.
What does he have planned for her?
Is she just his mistress?
Or does he have darker designs in mind?
Anna's story begins September 6.
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President Obama stepped in it again. Last week he gave a speech in Rhode Island about how women need state-funded preschool in our ongoing quest for workplace equality and equal pay for equal work. You know, because the government has done such a good job managing our school system, which somehow manages to be both over-funded and understaffed. Go figure.
Anyway, in the middle of this enlightening speech on how women supposedly need more "free" stuff in the name of fairness, he dropped a little gem about how he doesn't want women to have the choice to stay home with their children.
Head? Meet desk.
Anyway, before I get raked over the coals for taking things out of context, let's take a look at the actual words that came out of his mouth.
Sometimes, someone, usually mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result. And that's not a choice we want Americans to make.
Here's a video clip, just in case you want to hear the leader of the free world himself tell women he doesn't want them to make the choice to leave the workforce.
Le sigh. Of course one could argue that the prez simply misspoke, that what he intended to say was, "That's not a choice we want Americans to be forced to make."
But that defies common sense. On average, women make less money than men. That's because, on average, women trade a higher paycheck for perks like shorter hours and more flexibility in order to spend more time nurturing their families. Some women (gasp!) even trade their entire paychecks and opt to be full time stay-at-home moms.
I think SAHMs are awesome. Heck, I used to be one. It's sort of noble to quit climbing the corporate ladder to focus on the family, and no doubt their families will benefit from that in many ways.
More from The Stir: Obama's 'Controversial' Stay-At-Home Mom Comments Are Right on the Money (VIDEO)
You know what else is noble? Staying in a career even if you do have kids. I grew up with a working mom, and now I am one myself. My family benefits greatly from my full-time income, not to mention my kids are learning a lot about compromise, time management, and self-sufficiency.
It sounds like President Obama wants women to have their cake and eat it too. Let's face it -- people are forced to make life-changing decisions when babies come into the picture, since, you know, they're not puppies you can leave home alone while you go to work.
Some people decide to leave their jobs instead of putting their babies in childcare or hiring a nanny. Those people make the decision to give up their paycheck. Why is that a bad thing? They must feel it's worth it for them -- or they wouldn't do it. Why does President Obama think this is a bad decision, or one women shouldn't make, or shouldn't have to make, or whatever convoluted thing he said was?
Of course moms who stay home with their kids are going to make less money. Why wouldn't they? But it's a good thing wealth is measured in so much more than bank account balances, and SAHMs contribute a heck of a lot to their families and communities. In fact, some people may even consider them a gift.
Do you think it's unfair that parents have to make sacrifices for their children, or is it just a natural part of life?
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As nurses are forced to do more professional development hours to keep up their nursing qualifications, the list of tax deductions for nurses is getting longer. If you're a nurse in Australia, then I suggest you check over the following list of most common missed tax deductions to make sure you're getting it right.
Tax Deduction for Internet
Nurses can claim home internet for studying, working and maintaining professional development hours at home. For further details on the records you need to keep to make this claim refer to my article on Claiming Home Internet as a Tax Deduction.
Tax Deduction for Home Office at 34c per Hour
If you study, work or maintain professional development hours at home then you can claim 34c per hour to cover your gas, electricity and furniture depreciation. To make this claim you don't need to have a separate home office. You just need to be working in a room in the house at a time when other family members are not present.
For substantiation purposes, you will need to keep a diary for 4 weeks recording all the hours you were doing work related tasks. The number of hours you come up with over that 4 week period can be used as a basis for the rest of the year. The ATO has a great calculator for working out this claim. You can find it here at the Australian Taxation Office website
Tax Deduction for iPads and Laptops
If you study, work or maintain professional development hours for your job, then you can claim an iPad and laptop. This claim is increasing in popularity as Nurses look for ways that they can do their PD hours without being stuck in the house. An iPad can go away with the family for weekends allowing Nurses to catch up on their PD hours while still enjoying family time. It is certainly not unusual for a nurse to have both an iPad and a laptop for this very reason. For information on the records you need to keep to substantiate this claim see my article on Claiming Home Internet as a Tax Deduction
Tax Deduction for Stationery
If you study, work or maintain professional development hours then you can also claim any stationery that you purchase. This includes things like printer cartridges, paper, books, pens, USB and any other stationery purchased in relation to your work.
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Yvonne "Bonnie" Evelyn Coon, age 82, of Branson, Missouri, passed away February 6, 2018. She entered this world May 27, 1935, in Rolfe, Iowa, the daughter of Leslie Joe and Vivian (Callon) Shimon. Arrangements and cremation are under the direction of Cremations of the Ozarks.
Bonnie enjoyed going to the Branson shows, doing puzzles, watching Wheel of Fortune, and listening to country music. She was known mostly for her deep faith and Bible study. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Bonnie is preceded in death by her parents and six brothers and sisters: Judy, Janet, Carol, Barbara, Jerry, and Artie; and son, Lance Coon.
She is survived by her daughter, Kim (Jimmie) Morgan of Branson, Missouri; son Jim (Julie) Huebner of Chico, Texas; six grandchildren: Jenna, Danelle, Drew, Deena, Amanda, and Carrie; five great-grandchildren: Peyton, Julieanna, Lorenzo, Cash, and Bowen; five siblings: Donna Halder, James Shimon, George Shimon, Jon Shimon, and Linda Leon; and several nieces and nephews.
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