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Loot in hand, the party heads back out to the center tower of the Shaari complex and place the bricks around the door frame. The door opens with a clicking sound to reveal a relatively small room with two golems in it, their eyes glowing silver. To the left, the party sees a set of doors, however Sar'n points out a set of magical doors only he can see thanks to his True Sight. Shiele makes a brief attempt convince everyone to go home, to no avail. Davros and Sar'n attempt to interact with the magic doors, but can only seem to touch the wall. Lillith convinces Vilma, with the aid of some magic to see the door, to try opening the hidden. Shiele and Clarinette wait outside, weary of the golems within. Even Vilma doesn't seem to have any luck opening the invisible doors, so Lilith casts knock. The spell promptly reflects back harmlessly, knowledgeably telling the others it seems to be a vastly powerful Hold Portal spell shielding the door from entry. They do locate a small hole that might be for a key.
With no luck opening the magical doors, Vilma and Riley head over to the doors on the left. A hall lies beyond, most of the group proceeds while Sar'n spends a moment pondering the door until he gets the stink eye from a golem. Lilith convinces Shiele and Clarinette to join them inside. Down the hall, they pass through a small foyer and find a room with more book shelves and a stone bench which leads to a room with three stone boxes. The lids of which are considerably heavy, which leads Riley to hurt his back attempting to open one. Lilith attempts to help, but they just end up getting Vilma to open them and find nothing but dust. Disappointed, the party moves on, heading further into the tower, entering a large room with benches lined up in two rows down the room. Lilith starts running down the benches and gets a sudden sensation of cold on each bench. Leading her to quickly stop and try to get others to check it out by sitting on the benches. Shiele sits down, feeling an immediate chill, as does Davros who only touches a bench. As Lillith reaches the far end of the room, she looks back and sees ghostly images of people on the benches. Riley explores the room from above as usual. Soon they notice the room is a bit hazy and begin to notice the images as well.
Shiele panics and attempts to run from the room, plowing straight into Clarinette. The room appears to be full of Shaari spirits or perhaps after images, sitting on the benches waiting. Some believe it to be some sort of projection, but can find no source. Finally, they move on, through the doors to another hallway leading them to a small room and into another room beyond that. The party begins to notice how barren the rooms are, almost devoid of furniture. There is some debate over whether when the previous inhabitants fled, they had time to take anything with them. Davros's knowledge of stone masonry helps him notice the faint outline of where things once were, such as tapestries or shelves. Feeling a bit impatient, Vilma moves ahead and finds the furniture piled up in the corner of the next room. Lilith climbs the pile of furniture, knocking over a few things. On the ceiling, she finds some sort of design on the ceiling and notices it actually covers the whole ceiling. She calls everyone's attention to it and removes some of the dust for a better look. The patterns on the ceiling may be some kind of star chart, but not one anyone recognizes. Some of the more educated party members discuss new theories about the origins of the Shaari, including extra-terrestrial beginnings. Riley posits some more grounded theories, finding the stellar notions a bit extravagent. Perhaps it's simply artistic or some sort of stylized chart belonging to the lost Shaari civilization.
Vilma moves on, disinterested in the star chart and the party begins to follow. Lilith gets a vision from her god, vindicating some of her suspicions and proceeds to fall off the pile of furniture. Soon they rejoin the others and find a large, ornate door with an unusual representation of the sun and other circles decoratively engraved or embossed on the doors. Before Vilma can try to open the door, Riley suggests checking for traps, at which point they find some sort of gas trap. After some discussion, Vilma volunteers to trigger it anyway once the others move safely away. As she begins to open the door, her arm begins to glow silver and silvery fire engulfs her as her eyes glow also. The gas quickly dissipates, but the flames remain and don't seem to bother Vilma. Inside, she comes face to face with a statue that bears her an uncanny resemblance. Shiele, Lilith and Clarinette all attempt to spring into action, Riley manages to keep Clarinette back, but the danger had apparently already passed. Lilith reaches Vilma first and bounces off as though hitting a wall, who doesn't even seem to be aware of her surroundings. The statue holds a sword in one hand, point down and in the other a strange piece of gold and silver metal. Attempting to touch it sends Riley flying across the room after a jolt from the statue.
Vilma finally snaps out of her stupor and explains, more clearly and concisely than ever, that she is the direct descendant of the last Shaari King and carries his sword. She takes the small piece of metal from the statues hand, perhaps a key, and explains it will allow them access to the magic door by the entrance. Lilith also asks her to check over the star chart again as Vilma seems to have also gained some form of ancestral knowledge. Shiele noticed that there seemed to be a section of the building missing, perhaps a hidden door, based on her knowledge of duneoneering. The wall there vibrates, but no one can find any means of access. Ultimately they have to move on and check on the star chart again. Vilma now believes that the chart represents the stars over the Shaari's home. On their way back to the spirit chapel, they find the final side of the ten foot void in the final room. Lilith attempts to use magic to bypass the wall and enter the space, fortunately no one is harmed in the magical backlash.
Turning back to the spirit projection, Vilma grows sad, recalling the loss of her people and growing angry over an enemy she can't remember. Soon they're back at the main entrance, ready to check out the magical door. Once the key is inserted, the door becomes visible to everyone. Instead of checking for traps, Vilma just opens it and heads right in at the lead of the group. Inside they find a few rows of desk and a decorative frieze on one wall. This leads to another room with two desks in it and some chairs, all made of stone. Past this is an antechamber with a golem on either side of the next door. This room is square with a 10×10 recessed platform in the center surrounded by posts at each corner which reminds them of the elevator inside the goblin/hobgoblin fortress. Vilma takes up everyone that will fit on the platform, which only excludes Sar'n and Leeroy (his pet Dire Phynxian). They note from below that the platform is actually a solid pillar made of gears and magical silver light. The room above seems to be an exact duplicate of the room below. Vilma makes a second trip to bring the rest of the party up.
The room outside the elevator on the second floor seems to be a series of alcoves containing offices. Vilma can read some of the words over each alcove, this seems to be some kind of office hall for records or official activities. Shiele shows a lot of interest in the alcove labeled "Births" and convinces Vilma to attempt to activate the magic window at the desk. Riley follows along to see what happens while a few other split off to check out the other alcoves. The device takes some time to begin functioning after being shut down for so long. Lilith gets Vilma to activate the device in the last office, the words over which have not been adequately deciphered. Best guesses include Departures or Leaving. Sar'n then gets Vilma to open the door to the next room which contains a large table. No chairs surround it, but there are sheaves of metal(pages) scattered across the table, they find nothing of consequence on a quick search.
Some of the documents indicate awareness of impending doom and advice on courses of action, including fleeing to the mountains, the plains or returning to the Shaari home. Vilma helps the others check a few of the devices to look for information. The birth records include names that Vilma recognizes, but little information of consequence. Finally in the departures section, they find an interactive map-like feature. Shiele is less than pleased as the image moves quickly and makes her nauseous. One of the locations seems to be labeled as Cat People, similar to the name of the world, Artath. The Artathi are believed to have been the original people of this world. After exploring the limited information they can glean from the devices, they continue into the tower. After the conference room, there is a room of benches before a short corridor to an office with a desk and some shelves littered with metallic tomes. The next room contains two large tables with magical screens that they convince Vilma to activate, until they learn that the room contains tax records. The following room contains a decrepit Shaari skeleton in a chair, flanked by golems.
The screen before the skeleton is still active with a message about his last moments of life and perhaps the end of the local Shaari people. The next room contains benches and a podium, some of the seats are overturned and damaged as if from a battle. Perhaps with the Neogi mentioned in the log of the skeleton, but that's simply speculation. On the wall behind the lectern, they see symbols that Vilma recognizes as her family insignia. The party moves into the next room, finding the remnants of a battle, the bones of the fallen seemingly still locked in battle. Upon the dais is a throne bearing the bones of a Shaari. The bones rise, identifying itself as the last great king of the Shaari, Eijnhorn. He tells the tale of the last days of his empire, his remaining people fleeing into the planes or the mountains to breed with the ogres or the humans. Those that mixed with the ogres returned to strike down the king. He explains that the Neogi are their ancient enemy, a dangerous spider-like people with whom they've been fighting for some time. He also provides them with information about the layout of the solar system and some external barrier that protects them from the Phlogistan, energy and magic, a dangerous things outside the worlds within. They traveled from system to system within spheres meant to protect the lives within and even noted that Humans, dwarves and elves also emigrated to the world of the Artathi. They learn that Dragons have been spread across the worlds by the Dragon gods. He then points them toward the lifts that will send them down to the caverns where portals can take them to the Hells. Finally, with a touch, he gives them knowledge of the Shaari so they can understand his words.
While Vilma must remain behind to rebuild the Shaari people, the others will move on to continue the quest of Davros in the Nine Hells. The elevator ride down lasts considerably longer than the ride up to the second floor. At the bottom, they encounter various paths leading off into the darkness underground with labels in Shaari. The group gathers and heads down several tunnels until they find a room with portals leading to each of the 9 Hells. The room is guarded by a barrier of silver flames, which most pass through without trouble. Lilith feels uncomfortable but manages to cross it. Here the party says its goodbyes to Vilma who must remain behind. Clarinette elects to remain behind with Vilma, eager to chronicle the rise of the Shaari people. Lilith runs through the portal ahead of the party during their emotional goodbye followed quickly by other party members, eager to begin the next stage of the journey. Last through the portal is Shiele after a quick, personal farewell with Clarinette.
On the far side, the party finds themselves upon the banks of the River Styx, Tiamhat's Citadel visible in the distance. The portal is almost invisible behind them, disguised as a cleft in the cliff face. Before they can move on, they calm Davros and use magic to then hide his aura. Followed quickly by Shiele, the emotional wreck, and they also need to calm her. Lilith, who'd arrived first, drops her illusion and reveals that she is in fact a Tiefling. Of course this only really bothers Davros, who is convinced to just roll with it. Once they've got their shit together, the party scouts their surroundings, noting their destination is not far. Sar'n begins summoning the demons he made a deal with so they can strike out toward their objective with a distraction. Leroy strikes a Lemure that wanders to close to the party and kills it instantly. The demons arrive and after a gentle prod from Sar'n, pay up the remaining amount agreed upon to the party. As the demons begin summoning in reinforcements, the party teleports away to continue their mission.
They land near the Maggot Pit as the demon horde grows and the locals finally notice. A horrific roar sounds from the caves by the pit and they jump again, appearing just beneath the caves as Tiamhat soars out to lead his Hellish armies against the demons. Trying to resist the evil gods power and mostly succeeding, the party hides briefly, before jumping again hoping to get to the specific cave they need to reach. Relatively safe for a brief moment, Sar'n uses magic to find the portal they need to reach. The battle erupting at the point of their arrival is rapidly turning into a fight beyond their immediate comprehension. Riley and Leroy can feel the armies of hell approach and warn the others. With another short jump, they disappear through the portal just as the armies come into the area, darkening the skies.


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I swapped out my SICCE 9 return pump for a Vectra L1 on my Apex 2016. When I try to turn it on, it wont power it. The power light on the block doesnt turn green. I remove the plug and put in on a different wall receptacle and it powers right up. Thats how Im currently running it.
I can hear the apex outlet power on and off when I switch it from the app. Is there some sort of reset that needs to be done for installing a different pump?

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Sukin Facial Moisturiser Review – Australian Natural Skincare
Sukin Facial Moisturiser Review – Australian Natural Skincare
Sukin is a new brand for me but it's been around since 2007. It all started in Melbourne with a family determined to provide high quality natural skincare and hair care products that were also affordable
"Skincare that doesn't cost the earth" is the brand's tagline and that reflects the affordable prices and the fact that the products are natural and earth friendly.
The brand has been certified 100% Carbon Neutral, Cruelty Free, and Vegan for many years and all formulations are biodegradable. Sukin believes that high quality, natural products should be available to everyone and keep prices realistic and affordable to help achieve this.
Now, 10 years later, Sukin is the best-selling natural skin care brand in Australia with over 60 products for face, body and hair.
"Our commitment to natural began with a simple list; what should never be found in your skincare? Sukin products therefore do not contain a myriad of harsh chemicals used in many products on the market today including sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium laureth sulphate, synthetic fragrances, animal derivatives, harsh detergents, propylene glycol, artificial colours, triethanolamine, mineral oils, EDTA or parabens."
Sukin products are formulated to be efficient and contain high quality botanical extracts and essential oils that have been chosen to bring out the best in skin and hair. All ingredients are tried, tested and trusted and all products are always tested on the Sukin team to be approved before going to market.
The first Sukin product that I have tried is the facial moisturiser. It is amazing! It's lightweight and sinks in quickly but it's also rich and nourishing and quickly hydrates and softens my face and gets rid of any dry patches. It contains a blend of rosehip, avocado, sesame seed and jojoba oil that are all great moisturisers. Other ingredients include aloe vera which is soothing and refreshing and wheat germ and vitamin E to improve skin texture and protect the skin's moisture barrier.
The scent is absolutely gorgeous! I can't quite put my finger on it but it reminds me of a cake I've had at some point. It's sweet and a bit citrusy and it smells so good! It's a pleasure to use the cream due to its skin caring properties and the scent makes it even more enjoyable.
The cream comes in a 125ml pump bottle which is hygienic, helps limit waste and is easy to use too. It costs just £7.49 from Naturally Better You which is brilliant value for a really great organic product! Use my exclusive code to get 10% off the website: 'PETRA10'.
Product provided to me for this review. As always, all my reviews are 100% honest and all thoughts and opinions are my own.


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The eye can be analyzed with relative ease as to both its function and its structure. A practical examination consists of the ability to move in the orbit and the response of the student to light and lodging.
The function of the eye may be evaluated in several ways. The patient may be asked to identify illuminated letter or things of differing sizes on what is called the Snellen chart.
On the other hand, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in numerous methods. Tension within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In specific illness, specifically in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased markedly.
However, it must be well remembered that a client with an eye issue may have other issues too. Typically other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a consequence. The look of the eye can signal the patient and the doctor to troubles in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other signs provide themselves.
As a result, one's reliance on sight is stressed when one faces a momentary or possible long-term loss of this crucial sense. When restorative procedures are sought, specific types of vision correction such as contact lenses or glasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some people are bothered with the truth that they have some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this factor, advanced surgeries were established to encourage decreased utilization of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgery.
Basically, LASIK eye surgery is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its tangible counterpart, LASIK eye surgery is another type of vision correction. The only basics difference is that with this type Go Here of surgical treatment, one's vision is fixed permanently.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive mistakes in the cornea are completely transformed. This can be done utilizing an "excimer laser."
The primary purpose of this surgical treatment is to produce a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea utilizing a blade known as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is finally reformed, enabling better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
Amidst the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that individuals need to understand. Probably, the main reason this kind of eye surgery has ended up being well accepted is due to the fact that the majority of its cases had actually achieved success.
However, in spite of its success, there are still some drawbacks. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation applied to the most sensitive part of the eye
Since LASIK eye surgery involves the operation of the retina, which is among the most delicate portions of the eye, many people say that the operation can be extremely dangerous.
Simply puts, a simple mistake could almost trigger an individual's lifetime blindness. It is essential to consider numerous factors before choosing whether LASIK eye surgery is the right corrective procedure one has to undergo.
2. It is not a perfect treatment
LASIK eye surgery might fix your vision however it does not necessarily imply that it can give you a ideal vision. Even if analytical reports reveal that 70% of the patients might have 20/20 vision, this does not always mean they have ideal vision.
Given all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK might not always be the perfect eye surgery the method many people view it
On the other hand, the assessment of the structural part of the eye may be made in numerous ways. It should be well remembered that a patient with an eye problem might have other issues. Often other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a repercussion. The look of the eye can notify the doctor and the patient to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other symptoms provide themselves.
Like its concrete equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another type of vision correction.
Two Benefits Individuals Do Not Recognize With Respect To LASIK Eye Treatments
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If you really wanted to make an impression on God, to get His attention, to do something that would genuinely please Him, what would you do?
Perhaps your first step should be caring for the poor.
When we study scripture, we find that God cares deeply for the poor, and He wants His people to be about the business of taking care of them. There are all sorts of reasons to do this: It was mandated by Christ, and it is evidence of a living faith. If the love of God lives inside us, it compels us to give.
But in the book of Acts, we find another benefit of charitable giving: It gets God's attention.
More than Love
Before we proceed into the text, though, let me address a concern you may have: "Doesn't God love us all equally? Doesn't He already see everything we do? How could we do anything to 'get His attention' any more?"
Yes, it's true, God sees everything that you do. And you're incapable of making Him love you any more (or any less) based on good works. But when we look at the Bible, we see plenty of examples of people doing things that elicit a response from God. Abraham was a friend of God; Enoch was taken up into heaven without dying because he walked so closely with the Lord. And God was so impressed with Job's character and integrity that He bragged about Job to the devil.
God sees everything we do, but some of our actions and attitudes really stand out in His mind. Giving is one of them.
Living Like Cornelius
For evidence of this, we're going to turn to the book of Acts. In Acts 10, we're introduced to Cornelius, a well respected Roman who becomes the first Gentile to accept Jesus and join the young church. Let's examine what verses 2-4 have to say about him:
2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, "Cornelius!"
4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. "What is it, Lord?" he asked.
The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.
This passage is the introduction to the story of Peter's encounter with Cornelius, which culminates in Cornelius' household getting saved and Peter learning an important lesson about God's love of the Gentiles. For our purposes today, though, what matters is the fact that Cornelius was a great giver.
When we first meet Cornelius in verse two, the writer says that "he gave generously to those in need." Later, in verse four, the angel explains to Cornelius that his giving has made an impression on heaven: "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God."
Cornelius' faithfulness and generosity aren't just credited to him as good works — they actually got God's attention. God saw this man's heart for the poor and responded to it. Because Cornelius gave so much, God blessed him with an incredible legacy of salvation.
When we care for the poor, we're not just giving money to people or organizations. Rather, we're offering up sacrifices to heaven. Those gifts get God's attention, and move His heart.
Giving in Your Life
So what does this mean for you?
First of all, if you're still struggling with the idea of giving, this story should help to motivate you. We know that God wants us to take care of the poor; now we also know that He rewards those who do it.
But here's another thing we can take away: If you're in the midst of a desperate situation, where you're praying earnestly for something and you really need God to move on your behalf, perhaps you should consider doing something to help someone else.
I'm not trying to promote works-based salvation here, or to say that we can manipulate God into doing our will. What I am saying is that sometimes, when we are tangled up in really difficult situations, we tend to become so fixated on our own problems that we forget about the problems of others. When we intentionally give to and serve other people, though, it changes something in our attitudes and widens the scope of our vision.
Sometimes, helping others is the key to heart change that leads to breakthrough in our own lives. Giving gets God's attention because it changes us.
If you really need God to show up and help you in your life, try showing up to help someone else.
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Finally an update! I just started a new full-time job this week, so I have been trying to figure out how to work baking into the schedule. The best I have come up with so far is to start bread in the morning, use my 8 hours at work as an "overnight" rise in the refrigerator, then bake in the evening. In practice, it's not quite so simple, with lots of breads needing to sit at room temperature for 3~4 hours before being refrigerated, but I should figure out something eventually.
I have been really enjoying baking from Peter Reinhart's books, and have learned a lot, but at the same time, it almost gets boring to make delicious, flawless bread every time. The instructions are clear and detailed, and though I've made his ciabatta and cinnamon raisin breads in the past few weeks, it seemed silly to take pictures and write up an entry that basically says "Yup. Baked it to instructions, came out great". Fortunately for me, what I baked yesterday was miles away from that sort of experience so I have lots of tips to share on how not to make this one.
In an effort to try out my newly improved baking skills and move away from Peter Reinhart a bit, I thought I might try translating some French or Japanese recipes and baking those. One of my friends has been pestering me about baking Asian breads, since I love Japanese and Taiwanese breads, and probably because that friend wants to eat them. The nearest Japanese bakery is about three hours away in Chicago, so I don't go often, but I had never heard of people making filled Japanese breads at home. My host-mother in Japan was an excellent cook, but only baked a few things (including an amazing tea chiffon cake I may try sometime). I suppose that's because Japanese filled breads are sort of tricky, and readily available at bakeries over there. Still, there are plenty of recipes to be found online, and it's definitely not impossible. Besides, flawed as they were, these ones I made tasted better than any I'd had in Japan. (Being fresh out of the oven helped a lot, I'd bet.)
For Christmas I received a tin of "raku-raku matcha" - freeze-dried green tea powder that's convenient for cooking -- and thought I'd try making something with it. (Green tea being one of my favourite flavours.) I found out Friday night that the Madison Japan Association was having its New Year's party on Saturday, and that my parents were going to a holiday party the same night and needed something to bring. I foolishly volunteered to quadruple a recipe I'd never tried to make about 60 Japanese sweet bread rolls filled with green tea custard. It seemed like a bad idea, but it takes a certain amount of conceit to be foppish, and I figured it'd all work out okay because I am amazing and can do anything.
I had a recipe I'd already translated for someone else, so I converted the metric into American measurements, quadrupled the amounts, and decided to just make green tea custard to simplify things, though the original recipe calls for the custard to be split into thirds to make trefoils of one vanilla custard-filled roll, one chocolate, and one green tea one all baked together. For some reason, either conciseness of language or greater expectation of skill in the cook, Japanese recipes seem a bit sparse on instruction to me. Translated directly, they seem over-simplified, with loads of room for error on the part of the cook. The version I post here will be more like 'my instructions' than a translation of the recipe (though the original deserves all the credit).
Making the custard filling completely cleaned us out of eggs. Lots of whites leftover though... but I used some for the egg wash and my sister is making angelfood cake tomorrow. We didn't have any caster sugar in the house, but I put granulated sugar in the blender to approximate it. We ended up with a couple cups of leftover custard, but that's probably because I was trying to make a greater number of smaller breads. Pieces of dough that were just a tiny bit bigger than the rest were much easier to fill and held a lot more. I'm sure that following the recipe's suggestion of making twelve rolls (in four groups of three) would be a very nice proportion of custard to dough.
The recipe called for the custard to be strained twice at various stages of its cooking, but I don't have a nice strainer, and the custard didn't come out lumpy. (If anyone happens to make this recipe and happens to really enjoy straining things, just pour it through a strainer each time you move it from sauce pan to bowl or back.) There are some places where the matcha powder clumped though. I have a tin of lower-grade matcha I use in cooking (which really ought to be sifted before using it in anything, but I'm far too lazy for that, and I sort of enjoy the little concentrated bursts of bitter green tea flavour) that I wanted to use up before opening my new tin. The 'raku-raku matcha' was wonderful for cooking though. It doesn't clump at all and stirred right into the custard. I'm told that, if you can't find matcha powder, you can substitute regular green tea leaves (even from an opened tea bag) crushed with a mortar and pestle or in a food processor, but I've never tried that.
Making the dough was pretty straightforward. I was glad I followed the recipe's instruction of putting the yeast in warm water before even starting the custard, because I am pretty sure this step is what gives Japanese bread its distinctive flavour. The ingredients aren't too far off from other enriched breads -- challah might be closest -- but Japanese breads have a strange, yeasty flavour I suspect is from letting the yeast sit in warm water and eat away at itself for a long time before mixing the other ingredients in. I considered skipping that step because the custard would take a lot more time than yeast would take to activate. The only change I made was to stir the ingredients with a spoon instead of using a fancy pastry card (I forget what these are called in English) to mix everything together. Everything seemed to work fine.
The tricky part was getting the custard inside the bread. This is where I messed up and what led to everything exploding later on. It seems to me, from the pictures with the original recipe, that my custard wasn't as thick as theirs. A thicker custard would have made things easier, so maybe I should have let mine boil a little longer, though this did have the same consistency as the other two times I've made custard, so maybe it's fine. I also think the more traditional red brean paste might have made a better first time for a filled bread. Still, it is possible to make nice filled breads with this custard, as long as you don't do it the way I did.
After I divided the dough into little balls (we had 73!), pressed them down and let them rest 15 minutes, I put three into a trefoil shape on a pan without filling for my sister, who can't eat it, (This is also delicious, by the way, if you want to try Japanese sweet bread without the hassle of a filling.) then had my mom help out rolling the remaining 70 into flat disks. If they're too thick, you won't get much custard in, but if they're too thin, the top will burst in the oven. I think that 1/4 inch thickness is about right.
I held the flattened dough in my hand and filled it with a heaping spoonful of custard. Then I pinched the edges together and pulled it tight to form a nice round shape. This was a terrible mistake. This is probably horribly obvious, but I wasn't thinking about it at the time. See, pulling the dough tight over the top makes a very nice roll when it's all bread, but when there's filling, it means the top is stretched thin over it and you've made a big lump of dough at the bottom that's going to rise in the oven. When it does, it pushes the filling into the top, which eventually breaks. Out of the 67 filled rolls I made (73 minus three for my sister, and three mistakes during filling) four came out perfect and beautiful, five or so had exploded horribly and had to be eaten immediately before anyone saw, and the rest had small holes on the side and just weren't very pretty.
So here is the right way to do it: Roll the dough into a disk about 1/4" thick and about 5" in diameter. Hold this in a cupped hand -- the more cupped the dough is, the easier it will be to close it. Spoon in custard, leaving between 1/2" and 1" room at the top. If you spill any custard around the edges, it'll get slimy and won't pinch shut, so be careful. Pinch the dough together tightly enough that no custard will leak, but without pulling the top too thin. The dough will spread out on the pan, but it bakes up quite a bit in the oven, so it won't look too horribly flat in the end. Put the dough, seam-side down, on a pan with a couple inches of room between the other rolls.
This is what one of the worst exploded ones looked like after we cleaned up the spilled custard around it and put it on a plate. They still taste really good, but look fairly awful. The dough on top was so thin the moisture from the custard kept it from browning. I tended to put the more floured side of the dough disks inside, hoping it would keep the dough from absorbing the custard much (or hoping the custard would keep the dry, floured part from being too dry), but I don't know how much that matters.
Inside, the prettiest ones looked like that, so you can still see where the dough rose up into the middle, they just somehow managed to avoid breaking. A perfect one would have a creamy custard centre surrounded by an even layer of bread (though I kind of wonder if the ones that look like that are made by machine).
So, at the end of the ordeal, we had 4 baking sheets of sweet rolls in various states of explosion. My sister picked out the 24 prettiest for our parents to take to their party (where they were a hit, once it was explained what the oozing green stuff was), and we ended up not going to the Madison Japan Association meeting because it tends to be horribly boring, though the food's good. Instead, we packed the rolls into plastic containers and drove around delivering them to friends, who seemed very appreciative.
Matcha Cream Pan - 抹茶クリームパン
[ Original Japanese Recipe ]
(I'd recommend taking a look at that recipe, even if you can't read Japanese, because it has a lot of nice pictures of every step of production.)
(makes 12 filled rolls)
(Original metric measurements are in parentheses. My conversions seem decently accurate, except for the egg wash, where I just tossed more-or-less equal amounts of egg white and water in a bowl.)
Milk – 1 1/4 cups (300ml)
Vanilla extract – 1/2 teaspoon (I used a vanilla bean)
Egg yolks – 3
Caster sugar – 1/2 cup (75g)
Flour – 1/4 cup (30g)
Cornstarch – 1 heaping tablespoon (10g)
Unsalted butter – 1/4 cup (60g)
Brandy – 1 tablespoon
Chocolate, bittersweet, broken into pieces – 20g
Green tea powder (matcha) – 1 t.
Instant dry yeast - about 2 teaspoons, just short of one package instant (5g)
Warm water – 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon (195ml)
Bread flour – 2 3/4 cup (375g)
Sugar – 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon (75g)
Salt – a heaping half-teaspoon (4g)
Skim milk – 2 teaspoons (12g)
Egg – one (38g)
Unsalted butter – 2 1/2 tablespoons (36g)
Egg wash:
egg whites – 1 tablespoon (20g)
water – 1 tablespoon (2 teaspoons)
Vegetable oil, as needed.
Flour for surfaces
Before starting:
- mix the instant dry yeast and warm water in a bowl and set aside
- warm the butter to room temperature
1. Making the custard: pour the milk and vanilla extract in a pot, and heat to near-boiling, stirring frequently.
2. Mix together the egg yolks and caster sugar in a large bowl, then sift in the flour and cornstarch.
3. Stir until all the dry ingredients have been absorbed, then gradually pour in the warm milk from step 1.
4. Return the mixture to the pot, and warm on a medium flame until just boiled. (If there are any lumps, stir them out with a whisk.) Remove from heat and use a whisk to melt the butter in. Pour back into a bowl.
5.Divide into three equal portions. To one, add the pieces of chocolate and stir until smooth. To another add the green tea powder. Once they have cooled, add one teaspoon of brandy to each and stir. Put them in the refrigerator. (The recipe suggests keeping them in pastry tubes - I say that's for fools, and left the custard in a bowl.)
6. Making the dough: Add the flour, skim milk, and salt to a bowl and mix with a whisk. Add the sugar, yeast-in-warm-water, and beaten egg, and stir with a wooden spoon. Once it is mixed together, turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and the gluten is beginning to develop.
7. Flatten the dough, then put the unsalted butter on top, and knead, massaging the butter into the dough. Once the butter has been fully worked in, continue to knead until the gluten has formed and the dough is smooth. (The dough should pass the windowpane test.)
8. Form a ball of the dough and place in a bowl coated in vegetable oil. Turn to coat, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise 40 minutes in a warm place.
9. Punch the dough down gently to get the gas out, cover in plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
10. Divide the dough into twelve equally sized (60g) balls. Press into disks, cover, and let rest about 15 minutes.
11. Press the disks flat onto a lightly floured surface with the palm of your hand. Use a roller to flatten them into circles.
12. Put some custard on the centre of each circle and close the dough around the cream. Carefully seal up the opening.
13. Place the filled dough, sealed side down, on a baking sheet covered with parchment. Group one of each of the three flavours of filling together and join them in a trefoil. Cover gently with plastic wrap and let sit 30-40 minutes in a warm place to rise again.
14. Preheat the oven to 400*F (200*C), brush dough with egg wash, and cook at 400*F (200*C) for 10-15 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. (Though they taste best fresh out of the oven.)


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My first step was I wrote a book in 2012 on Nirvana's Incesticide album, self-published, put the work into the Nirvana-Legacy blog. That established sufficient record that, when I came up with the idea of 'I Found My Friends' (it was originally going to be blog posts about all the mysterious little bands who played with Nirvana) an agent was willing to take a read, assess it, take a chance - that's pretty vital given publishers have no money these days, they don't read manuscripts unless they're coming from a professional. A publisher accepted that book - another asked me to do 'Cobain on Cobain'. The Thurston thing started with a set of blog posts I did 'reviewing' some of the lesser known records. I decided it would work as a book, so I hunted down the contact details for his agent, presented a brief proposal for what I wanted to do - she made the connection. I just made sure to treat him with all due courtesy and respect - basically what one would give to any person.
In terms of the choice to cut SY out of the tale - sure, I wouldn't be writing this if I didn't love Sonic Youth: but that felt like a different story, one that deserved either its own book or something else. Imagine only being spoken of in terms of one component of your life - I felt it was a good thing to do to see Thurston in terms of all the many avenues he's explored outside of that entity.
Thank you for the insight.
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write for a living wouldn't call myself a "writer" but that's most of what I do. I have no experience in actual book publishing. But, when you say "professional," are you referring to people who have written books, or do you think a background in journalism would help?
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Charming Monkeys (and Apes)
Monkey plush toys are among the most popular of all stuffed animals. The reason is quite obvious: monkeys resemble humans in many ways, and children recognize and marvel at this fact without all the science. Both species belong to the primate order, and some highly developed apes (humanoids), such as the chimpanzees, are said to carry 99% of the genetic information we humans have. Like us, they have hands and feet, and human-like faces with large, intelligent eyes, and ears and noses. But above all, these animals have rich personalities. Not as diverse as ours – but close.
Famous Too
Most plush monkey toys simplify the animal's appearance while retaining the basic characteristics: the four limbs, the tail and the roundish face. Unlike most stuffed animals, plush monkeys often smile – as it is not uncommon to these primates to display emotions in nature. This quality will make the children regard their toy not only as a stuffed pet, but also as a companion, someone who can have far away jungle thoughts in its fluffy head. Familiar fictional animation and film characters, such as the monkey from Kung Fu Panda, or Curious George will give the kids role models for their plush friends.
Monkey Business
There are two basic kinds of plush monkeys: those sitting in a fixed position, or more loose toys, with their limbs dangling. I recommend the latter, because it will allow the kid to manipulate the toy, and pretend it can walk, move, perform various operations and activities. It's more "alive" that way, and can be more fun. The side effect of this play will be a imagination development. Most stuffed monkeys are colored with two colors, brown and beige, – homey, safe hues that project comfort and stability. As all modern plush toys, monkeys are machine washable and can last for a long time when treated with respect.


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What is the full impact of the new ruling on FLSA for the University?
The FLSA includes several provisions that limit its impact for institutions of higher education like Clemson University. Although employees at higher education institutions are generally covered by the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime provisions, several provisions apply to many personnel at the University that make them ineligible for overtime and unaffected by this rule, regardless of whether they earn above the new salary threshold or not. Other employees, such as hourly employees, were already eligible by the past FLSA, and therefore will see no changes.


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valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.
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church a building for public Christian worship.
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school building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
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hospital a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.
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SWINDON'S Smarter Media have announced they will be putting the promotion of a healthy body and healthy mind within the workplace as a priority for their hard-working employees.
It's not just customers who are important; employees are too and this new move will address this, believes the firm, with a healthy work force creating a healthy business mentality.
Last month, Smarter Media introduced paid work time in the gym so that staff can work towards keeping fit and healthy.
Almost immediately, staff began to make use of this great opportunity and took part in fitness classes, such as boxing circuit sessions, which helped to relieve any stress or tension before they headed back to their desks, as well as keep them fit.
MD Karl Paul said: "This is a great initiative focussed on the well-being of our staff. We recognise just how important it is, for them and for us, that our employees are feeling fit, healthy and well.
"This is something we are invested in, and we are looking forward to seeing all the ways that this can develop."
Workplace health promotion is particularly crucial to business success. As the World Health Organisation notes, paying attention to the well-being of workers can help to:
– Improve staff morale
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– Increase productivity
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For the employee, it can also help to:
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More on the details from the WHO here.
These are significant benefits, which Smarter Media is hoping to see within their own workplace. As a research study by Optum found, 84% of those surveyed believed workplace wellness programmes demonstrate that an employer cares about its employees; as a result, they claimed this would increase productivity.
Additionally, 82% said they worked at companies which offered such initiatives and it encouraged them to continue working for the business. Meanwhile, 6 out of 10 people claimed they had lost weight and quit smoking as a result of a workplace health programme.
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After a lot of change of plans, deliberations & chages in schedules, we finally set of for a trek in the Mahad region, early in the morning of 26th of January '08, Saturday. After a long time a nice long weekend had come our way ( We work Saturdays, so a long week end translates to anything more than 1 day here :) ) We were to actually leave on Friday night itself, but i ended up being in the office till 9 & Darshan had to run off to his workshop again to take care of an Engine. Thank god at that as iwas having a splitting head ache then which might just have canceled the trip for me :(
So finally Lalya ( aka Shridhar Joshi. 50 yr old young at heart & activity!) came to pick us up at my place in his Esteem. Thankfully i was feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep! After many deductions & additions, we were left a group of four : Lalya, Somesh, Darshan & Myself. The day's plan was to go to Roha via Tamhini. In spite of the potholes we managed to reach Roha by breakfast time. After feasting on the super Parathas courtesy Darshan's Mom! we went on to Medhe, the base village of Avachitgad.
We stopped at a superb lunch home just above the ST stand in Roha & had a great lunch. The fish was superb. The lunch was a bit more than we'd planned to have & that really set us yawning! After a drive of about an hour & half we reached Ghosale the base village of Ghosalgad. After climbing for hardly 5 mins we stretched out under forest canopy & dozed off for about half an hour. The short nap was really refreshing...
The climb to the col which is closed huge walls was pretty short about 15 -20 mins. The most surprising part here was the col separating the two hills which made up the fort. It was completely sealed off from both sides by huge walls , with a very small space between them.
The wall on the side of the Ghosale village has a small Dindi or Chor Darwaja ( Small Door). There is also a small water tank here. On the right hand side of this coll there is a built up 'Machi'. this portion is pretty flat & has remnants of some fortification. The width of the protrusion is very less giving it a more longish look. Again on this fort we were pleasantly surprised to find the Indian Tricolor hoisted by the villagers or government officials as we later found out. On the left hand side the hill climbs steeply towards the top point. There are nice large steps for some part of it after which the 'paywat' abruptly ends. From here on you can either climb the small rock patch or climb up through the forest . Either ways there is a lot of loose scree & the going is a bit hard. After climbing for about 20 mins we reached the top. The top is completely devoid of any remnants or fortification. It is almost impossible to access it any other way than from the coll as on all other sides its walls drop down very steeply. The Top offers a magnificent view of the countryside around. You can see the nearby Tale fort. Also Raigad can be seen in the distance.
After spending some time on the top we quickly started down as we still had to go to complete the Tale fort & head on the the base village of the next fort to spend the night. On the way down we met two guys from Pune who had gone to the Nearby fort of Birwadi which we had skipped in favour of Avachitgad. After chit chatting with them for sometime we got back into the car & headed towards Tale village .
To be continued
This Blog is a mess of topics really.. everything from Food, Travel, Technology,environment, Ideas, things i am working on & more.. Just a mess really..
Monday, January 28, 2008
Republic Day Weekend : 26-27 Jan 08 : Trek to Avchit Gad, Ghosale, Tale, Chambhargad, Songad Forts & Pale Caves ( Leni )
Posted by Parth Lawate at 8:22 AM
Labels: Avachitgad, Avchit Gad, Chambhargad, Forts, Gandhar Pale, Ghosale, Mahad, Pale Caves, Sahyadris, Songad Forts, Tale, Trekking
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- Mumbai Hiker said...
Nice Trek report! one of the few on this fort. keep it up!!
- August 28, 2009 at 8:30 AM
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When I arrived at the storehouse, I helped Sister Bly with the paperwork for the out of town orders and then I checked the produce, taking care to doctor any of the produce that needed taking care of.
I then had prayer with Sister Woolf, Sister Bly, Elder Gallup, and Elder LeFeuvre before we got to work filling the out of town orders. I then restocked the storehouse cooler and Elder Gallup also taught me how to properly bag bananas.


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The Hawaiian cruise had 3 "announced" medical emergencies and probably countless additional ones due to rocky seas and wet decks. The first one involved tendering a patient back to shore with heart issues in Maui. The second was a lady who collapsed when dancing and the third was a drunk we left in Ensenada.
It can be somewhat unsettling when you hear a medical announcement on the loud speaker but the captain was always good about giving as much info as possible. Our ship was delayed leaving port for about two or three hours on the heart attack victim. The woman was revived on site and ironically my husband and I met her and the doctor escorting her back to her room in the elevator. When the medical alert for assistance in the Piazza sounded, the response time must have been instantaneous because it was less than an half hour when we saw her being taken back to her room. I said to the dr in the elevator - uh oh sounds like another medical emergency and the woman spoke up and said, it was me, I forgot to take my medication but I am fine and this nice dr is taking me to my room.
The third emergency was detailed by the captain as a passenger who was drunk in Ensenada and would not be re-boarding as they were removing his belongings and leaving him on shore to seek medical attention there. That delayed departure about 3 hours.
I have experienced about 15 medical emergencies when cruising and I am always impressed by the way Princess handles them with minimal inconvenience to the rest of the passengers.


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I recently came across this free audiobook of the English Puritan, Richard Alleine's Instructions about heart work. It's read in a strong Canadian (American?) accent which might be a hindrance to some but contains some insightful gems! Here's a sampling:
- Judas sold this pearl [Christ, the priceless treasure] for 30 pieces of silver. Sinners, many of them, sell Christ at a lower rate than this
- He that hath heaven in his eye, will not fear to have holiness in his life
- A sound heart will make a strong back. He that loves much, will bear anything
- The life of a Christian is not a toying, but a toiling life
- Sinners' fires are all sparks. A spark will not warm and will not last
- The life and spiritual health which we received from Christ by our union, must be preserved by our communion with him
- The hard heart is a sacrifice for the devil..with hard and unbroken hearts, the devil is well pleased
- Spend more of your anger against yourselves, for your own sins, and then you will have the less to waste upon others.
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"I truly meant no disrespect, because all I wanted to do was show some love to these two historical head coaches," the reporter says.
Sergio Dipp became the No. 1 Twitter trend Monday night after he gave a memorable sideline report during the NFL game featuring the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers.
Dipp, who mainly works for Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, set social media ablaze early on in the game when he stumbled through an awkward story about Broncos' head coach, Vance Joseph.
Despite pleas over social from his newfound fans, ESPN did not cut back to him for the remainder of the evening.
In the early morning hours on Tuesday, Dipp posted on Twitter an apology for his reporting fumble, saying all he wanted to do was show some respect to Joseph, because like himself, Joseph and Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn, are minorities with significant accomplishments, all together on a meaningful night in the country, the anniversary of 9/11. He added that he hoped he would get another shot at Monday Night Football.
"On some people's perspective, it all went wrong," Dipp said of his moment. "But I truly meant no disrespect, because all I wanted to do was show some love to these two historical head coaches. Hopefully, I'll have another chance. And be sure, I'll make the most out of it. "
Thank you...— Sergio Dipp (@SergioADippW) September 12, 2017
And God bless America. pic.twitter.com/mYXwBNFB6g


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Tomorrow is the first day of school. As a teacher, I have the privilege of night before school jitters that last decades beyond my senior year. Together with my colleagues, we have discovered the best antidote to beginning of the year nerves is a good game plan for the first couple of days. Inevitably, the plans change as soon as we make them, but it is the formation of the plans that give a sense of control over the unknown.
What is your game plan?


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Shell's keen to invest in the north west
OIL giant Shell is committed to the north west and is investing millions in the region, its UK chairman has told the Manchester Evening News.
James Smith said the group, which announced record profits of é13bn last month, is investing é25m at its Stanlow refinery, near Ellesmere Port, to upgrade the control room and has just spent é70m at the site, which employs 800 staff, to develop ultra-low sulphur fuel.
Mr Smith said the company was also looking at growth at its research and development centre close to Chester and its call centre in Wythenshawe, which employs 1,100 staff in technology, sales and logistics.
Shell, he said, will spend é8.6bn exploring and developing new oil fields this year, a move that he hopes will help stabilise the cost of oil. His comments will be welcomed by many SMEs, who fear that the high price of fuel will be fatal for their firms.Mr Smith said: "I am not able to predict where prices will go, but the best response is to invest in more production."
He denied that Shell's decision to award contracts on just two of its three rigs in the North Sea was a sign it was cutting back on its UK programme, or that it was led by increases in government taxes on exploration work.
He said: "Our fuel work programme will take account of tax rates, of course - for every é1 spent on tax, that's é1 not spent on exploration. I'm sure the government wants exploration in the North Sea to continue, so we would ask them to bring the tax rates down in line with fuel prices."
The chairman said Shell is currently working on a number of alternative energy sources, including clean coal, hydrogen, solar, wind and biofuels. But he admitted that the use of many alternative energies was not currently a viable option.
"The world needs to be able to develop cleaner fossil fuels and then bridge in with these technologies. You work on these projects early and then come in with the investment when they're ready," he said.
Mr Smith was visiting Manchester to meet the regional finalists in Shell's Springboard awards, which recognise innovations designed to reduce greenhouse gases.


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Apologies for the extended absence. Like Frank I will plan to be a real friggen blogger this year.
I note with interest your thoughts on Bush's lie and jail time. Todays Wall Street Journal reports on a donught guy who made a big business selling his low cal version into the healthy foods marketed. Basically he told people they had 20 percent of the calories and fat when in fact they were just like any old garden variety glazed Krispy Kreme cruller. People complained because they tasted too good. Now the donught guy goes to jail for fraud.
Two lies. Donughts or nuclear fuel....same difference.


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HANCOCK - Hancock Middle/Senior High School was named a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Monday, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a public or private school, officials said.
--cont from front page--
The Hancock school is one 166 schools from across the country that will be recognized this year for their excellence in teaching. Three other schools in Maryland received the award, officials said.
"I don't even know what kind of quote to make. I think it's a tremendous honor," said Principal Boyd J. Michael III.
The winning schools are expected to be recognized in a ceremony attended by President Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, possibly in November, Michael said.


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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Sky guidance
Which way should I go? Don't ask me, ask the sky.
Skywatch Friday
Posted by Dani
Labels: skies, Sky watch Friday
5 comments:
- Sylvia K said...
And the sky has an answer, we just have to know how to read it! Marvelous capture, Dani! Love the patterns of the clouds! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
- December 16, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- Clytie said...
This way! No, that way! No, the other way! Is it any wonder we're so often confused?
- December 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Regardless wherever you wander, it is the YOU who remains the same, just like the sky, here, there, everywhere.
Much understood thoughts about food, home etc. - at least we share the same sky, sun and air to breath. All the very best for you !
daily athens
- December 17, 2010 at 2:58 AM
- Kim, USA said...
Whatever which way it's your choice. Like the falling snow here. Happy weekend!
Sky Watch
- December 17, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- J Bar said...
Good skywatch shot.
- December 18, 2010 at 4:54 AM
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Mine is not bringing out 3g even after selected 3g,guys pls help me on what to do?
Anonymous, 06 Feb 2016How do you edit contact info?Go into your contacts. Click on the name you want to edit. The symbol on the left side of the screen which looks, right next to the house symbol, click on it and it will bring up the options.
kaalvoet poes, 13 Aug 2014very easy to use no user manual needed.;)How do you edit contact info?
Anonymous, 08 Jan 2016how do i open the back cover to insert the battery????? Like i need to use my phone...like....... moreIn one of the corners of the phone, you will find a slot,Insert the nail and lift the battery cover,
how do i open the back cover to insert the battery????? Like i need to use my phone...like....NOW!!!!!!!
my verykool S401 phone can not get connected to 3G network in cameroon. i bought the phone in usa but once arrive here in cameroon not 3G network
need help please
Can't figure out how to open, to put in battery and Sim??? Help! Need it ASAP. Manual on line does not show
Help, help. Even on line manual doesn't help. Going to Europe on vacation in 10 days and cannot figure out how to disengage/ open the back of the phone to insert battery and SIM cards How?...
I have to say that I purchased my phone befor I learned that there is no manual that comes with it!This is total B.S. I'm no big time phone expert and half the damn time I can't get this damn thing to remove old calls. Whats the deal, is this a rip off or are you planning to send some sort of operating manual?
My verykool S401 plays music at random times for no apparent reason. I can't tell genuine incoming calls from the random music. It woke me up this morning at 5:30 am for no reason. Also I have lost genuine calls by mistaking the music alert for random music. This thing is a POS.
i just went ahead and printed it out.
warning,,,, have lotsa paper ,,, trust me