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Lauren O'Farrell is the founder and leader of Stitch London; a feisty knitting group, now the largest in the UK, which has won awards and acclaim for its fresh, contemporary approach to knitting. Lauren is also known (under the alter ego of 'Deadly Knitshade') for her impressive graffiti knitting. I spoke to Lauren about her love of knitting and her recent projects…
What's the best thing about knitting?
"The best thing about knitting is that there are absolutely no rules to what you can make with your sticks and string. Don't let people tell you there are either!"
What was your first knitting project?
"My first project was a hideous eyelash yarn scarf that crawled away and died soon after. At least I hope it did. Unless it's out there somewhere waiting…"
Do you have a top tip for beginners?
"My top tip is to practice, practice, practice. If you don't get it first time, then keep going. I was an atrocious knitter when I first started and sometimes I still am but keep at it and the knit will be yours. Also if you mess up you can always stick a button or a googly eye over the hole."
What inspires all of your brilliant ideas?
"I stuff my brain full of other people's art, books, films, comics, computer games, and wander the world like it's a museum. The world is an inspiring place. You just need to stop for a minute and notice. Some of my ideas are also brought to me by insistent pigeons. They're quite pushy when they think it's a good one."
How would you define 'yarnstorming'?
"Yarnstorming is the art of making something for a public place; going out into the world, releasing your make into the wild and running away giggling. It's street art you can touch and take home."
Are there any cool new trends in the world of graffiti knitting?
"Everyone and their cat seems to be doing graffiti knitting these days. It's marvellous seeing all the new handmade craziness. Since I started telling stitched stories back in 2007 people have jumped on board with using characters and themes rather than cosies, which is great to see. I'm encouraging folks to use all kinds of craft these days. 'Craftstorming' is taking over."
What's the best graffiti knitting project you've ever done?
"So hard to choose! But I guess it has to be Plarchie, the 8-metre knitted squid I made for the Natural History Museum. He took over 100 hours and over 160 plastic bags to create. He now has his own Twitter account and regularly eats his followers. I apologise in advance if he eats someone you love."
Do you prefer making smaller pieces, like the quirky characters in Stitch New York, or your large graffiti knitting projects?
"To be honest I love both. The 'quick and kooky' projects can take as long as the big ones at times because I like to put in tonnes of detail. The large ones are great to see in the wild. I pretty much just love making stuff. If I didn't, I fear I would implode."
What do you do when your knitting goes wrong?
"Swear very loudly, make tea and start again. There is a lot of swearing in my flat when I make patterns. Luckily my cat is deaf so she is blissfully unaware of the profanity while I purl!"
If you had a super power, what would it be?
"I already feel like I have one since I seem to be able to conjure the wierdest woolly creatures without quite knowing where they come from. But if I had to choose I think I'd go for the ability to freeze time so I could march in, cover stuff with my woolly artworks and nip off again with ultimate sneakiness."
What's your favourite snack?
"Unexpected cheese and crackers. Or anything with chilli on it."
How do you spend your time when you're not knitting? If that ever happens?!
"I dimly remember a time when I didn't knit all the time. I am a big fan of nerdy computer games, bad movies, good books and putting googly eyes on things I shouldn't in a blatant act of vandalism. I also tweet a lot about all of those things. It is rumoured that I never sleep."
Check out Lauren's books Stitch London and Stitch New York. There's a great Stitch New York book review too! Lauren has loads of great free knitting patterns to browse on her website, and you can keep up with her latest yarn adventures on Twitter!
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the rise in Boring
A Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated to the Clackamas County natives who lost their lives in the war has been a long time coming.
Now, after about two years of fundraising and planning, the project by Boring's Committee on Memorials and Remembrance, Friends of Boring Station Trailhead Park and the Boring, Oregon Foundation is nearly complete.
The 7-foot high, 3-foot wide slab, black granite monument is set to feature the names of all 42 soldiers from Clackamas County who died during the Vietnam War and sit prominently in the southern portion of Boring Station Trailhead Park.
"The Vietnam War was my generation's war," Steve Bates, Boring resident and chair of the Committee on Memorials and Remembrance, told The Post in an interview last year. Though he did not fight in Vietnam, he wants to commemorate those who did. "I experienced the American dream. I feel a debt since they gave up their American dream so I could have mine."
The first phase cost $15,000 and the following three phases cost $10,000 collectively.
At this point, the project is only about $1,750 short of full funding, and Bates hopes to have the memorial ready for a dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. May 17.
The stone is being engraved this week, but people are still welcome to donate to the memorial fund. Any donations contributed after the project is fully paid for will go to a maintenance fund for the memorial.
So far, 20 percent of the funds raised have been donated via social media, 20 percent was raised by one Vietnam veteran and the other 60 percent came from local community members and businesses in Gresham, Damascus, Boring and Sandy.
"(The project) was well-received," Bates added. "It goes to show you that when you think things aren't going to work out, they usually do. It was a very easy process — the Friends of Boring Station Trailhead Park agreed unanimously to the project and design. The county parks agreed with the project unanimously."
Just as this project is wrapping up, Bates said he is already working on initiating his next project: a state memorial at the Capitol.
Bates has already received the support of a few legislators and begun compiling a steering committee, which is still accepting people.
More that 700 Oregon families lost at least one son during the Vietnam War, four lost two sons.
Bates hopes to have that memorial up and open to the public by 2020-21. The committee has discussed organizing the names on the memorial by hometown.
"It was a community loss, not just a family loss," Bates added. "There's no other statewide memorial I know of that has such a feature. We want it to be different and educational, and most importantly, we want to perpetuate the memories of the men who served, the men who lost their lives."
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SO last week I failed at FTW Friday. She here is a special edition epic win for everyone Friday post.
So, a couple of weeks ago, I saw this amazing cake by Not Martha. A rainbow bundt! Amazing!
But… I don't know if giant donut shaped cakes are an American thing, but I have never had such a pan in my life, and don't really feel the need for one. So I started to wonder, how can you get the same rainbow arch in a cupcake. Hrm. You can't work upside down, using Not Marthas ingenous method, when working with cupcakes.
The answer was really quite obvious when I thought about it.
Turkey baster!
Anyway, here are some crappy pics we took in the semidark corner which is out kitchen.
I am pretty sure that you guys know the multi colour cake drill by now so I am not going to break it down. But if you need more detailed instuctions on coloured batter cakes, I highly suggest going to Not Martha's or Whisk Kids's blogs for the lowdown.
Not only do they provide great instructions – but they don't take their photos in dungeonesque lighting – which I know I appreciate a whole lot more than these poor excuses for photos that I am about to share.
I will suggest though that the batter needs to be thicker than usual cake batter in order for the following to work. I completely removed the water from my recipe, and decreased the oil in order to make the batter thicker.
Okay… review the science of colourful batter NOW!
Keep in mind, you need progressively more of each colour. And the "colour" you need the most is the uncoloured batter.
Okay. So, here is the trick.
Start by filling a ziplock sandwich bag with the plain batter and snip a little bit off the corner. Pipe a little squiggle right down the middle of each cupcake patty. Um, do they call them patties here? I dont think they do. I don't know what you guys call those things. The paper cup things. Um, yeh… picture worth 1000 words moment. Do what I am doing above! Anyway, this is going to make your rainbow arch archy.
Okay time for fun! You need one of those inject-able turkey baster things. They are a couple of bucks at the grocery store. You do not use the needle-ish bit, just the syringe. I will warn you that if you have any lumps in your batter, this may be a pain in the butt, so main sure the batter is smooth before you put it in the syringe.
The syringe will give you great control for carefully piping the purple batter back and forth over the top of the arch. Try to stay as tightly to the arch as you can, but make sure the batter goes all the way to the bottom of the patty.
Then do the blue… and the green…yellow…orange… red…
And finish by topping off the coloured batter with that ziplock full of plain stuff.
Its okay if some red shows through… i promise.
Because they will come out looking like this. And you will wonder how on earth there is purple at the top and think you screwed up then you will cut the cake in half and it will make no sense at all because the purple is still at the bottom inside the cake.
Yeh, I don't know either. There are some things in life that are supposed to be mysterious I guess.
Frost those babies up… then use the excuse that you want to know if you got a good rainbow to bite into every single one of them!
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I've really been slacking on the posts lately and that's because 1. I've been busy and 2. I've just been so blog-unmotivated lately. But alas, I'm back with a shopping haul. Let me take a second to say that this post is not to brag whatsoever. I RARELY EVER go shopping and on top of that, I rarely shop Urban Outfitters because they're a little on the expensive side. Sometimes it's ok to treat yourself though. I recently cleaned out my closet and needed to freshen it up. Basically I'm sharing what I got because I felt like it was a successful trip and maybe I can shed some inspiration on to you with colors and styles for spring.
Typically I'm not much of a romper person, but I was really drawn to the color and pattern.
You need one good pair of sunglasses that you can wear with any outfit.
DRESSES! I love me some dresses for the spring time. Again, I was drawn by the color, floral design and style of the dress. Flowy.
Mili-Use oil. Rose petals, peony, and bergamot. Although this isn't an essential oil, I couldn't help but pick it up because of it's scent and... cute packaging. Yes, I'm one of those people. Sometimes.
I gravitated towards these as soon as I saw them. Because lounging pants are the best if you're an avid home-body lounger like myself. Super comfy, super loose, and there are elastic bands at the bottom.
I mean... why not?
I love plain v-neck t-shirts. With pockets in the front, I like them even better. Rustic-red and light grey-blue. Score.
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Startup OnlyBoth turns IBM's Watson on its head
Valdes-Perez claims his team isn't worried about how to make money off the initial app, but will use the experience with it to learn about how people interact with it and what future applications might be. "We'll worry about making money in the future," he says.
Initially, users will find the web service at the OnlyBoth website, but Valdes-Perez says the company has fairly liberal terms of use that would let people put the technology on their websites. He says the dataset used to feed OnlyBoth is based largely on federal government reports, which are released every couple of years, though also includes data collected by the team, such as alumni that go on to play in the National Football League.
Future apps could focus on topics such as sports, politics, genetics, investing and even journalism, says Valdes-Perez, who started OnlyBoth with CTO Andre Lessa, who he recruited to work at Vivisimo and then united with on a couple of projects there.
The initial OnlyBoth app might be described as a consumer offering, but Valdes-Perez says there's no reason that enterprises, government agencies and naturally, universities, couldn't all put the technology to work for them. It's possible that data collected through sensors might be automatically funneled into structured datasets that OnlyBoth algorithms could go to work on, but Valdes-Perez says the technology would most typically make sense for use with datasets of interest to people and compiled through human effort.
Oh, and one finding you probably won't get via OnlyBoth's initial app: Where the company gets its name. The software occasionally generates statements in the form "Only A is both P and Q" or "Only A has both as many X and as many Y".
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Miley Cyrus knows a thing or two (thousand) about negative media attention. During her visit to "The Tonight Show," Jay Leno wanted to know if she had any words of wisdom for fellow pop star Justin Bieber. The Biebs has had several run-ins with the law in the last month alone. He's facing possible charges in Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto.
"I would just say, you got a lot of money. Pay people to make sure you don't get in trouble," Cyrus said. "And party at your house. Buy a house, and add a club to it!" Cyrus went on to point out that she has yet to see a mugshot of Miley Cyrus out there, adding, "Look, I get the most flak of anybody."
It was apparently a hot topic on late-night Thursday. Across the dial on "Late Show," Dr. Phil had similar advice for Bieber. "You would think there'd be people around paying huge sums of money to keep him out of trouble, seriously. And that's the problem," he said. "You oughta say, 'Alright, your job today is to keep me from being stupid."
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In the past 9 – 12 July, a huge events is held in KLIA quarters, the Ijtima' Malaysia 2009. This event is held to remembering the Muslim of their responsibilities for themselves and also for their Muslims brothers. About more than 200 000 Muslims from all around the world has gather here. It is also the most suitable times for them to meet among the most prominent Muslims scholar such as Maulana Saad, Maulana Zubair, Maulana Ahmad Lat and also Bai Wahab. It is because, this is only the second time it being held in Malaysia, and the last is 26 years ago (1984).
About 12 giant camps have been set up to supports all of the participants, local and foreign. The solah that performed here were also among the largest saf and jemaah ever been formed in the country. Most of the senior who came here also make an example that the Ijtima is like a small scale resemblance of Haji. Some of the VIP present in the events is Dato Najib Razak, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Tuanku Muhriz and Dato Muhammad Hasan.
All the pictures here is taken from the camp number 7, I did not takes pictures from the main camp because wants to respect the elders request who didn't want their pictures to be taken.
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We're putting out feelers to see if anyone would be interested in this extremely unique concept. We have a very limited window of opportunity for this to come together next month. Optimum dates would be from Tues to Sun on the weeks ending on 4/8 or 4/29 so as to not conflict with our NYC show on 4/22. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us immediately. Read all the way to the end for a full grasp of what this venture entails. Feel free to spread far and wide.
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Here's the deal:
-- YOU tell us where YOU want us to play. This can be your living room, church, temple, coffee house, corner bar, school auditorium or Congressman's waiting room. We'll play anywhere you want. We'll discuss any topic you wish. Or, we can spontaneously opine if you just want to find out what makes us tick. For the strictly musical fans, we can keep all talk aside and just rock out for the entire night. Basically, YOU call the shots.
It's YOUR very own customized show. We'll even go as far as letting you pick our wardrobe if you want to get that detailed.
**** DISCLAIMER: Brett, Dennis and Rich are very territorial when it comes to mocking Paul. In fashion similar to a fine wine connoisseur, they embrace taking cheap shots at their front man for their own amusement. However, we must insist that the general public not request cross dressing, fetish outfits or any other scenario that would shadow the band members' own efforts of degradation and ridicule. If you do truly have a specific
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-- As the host of this experience, YOU will decide if this is a public or private get together. YOU set the time that YOU want to start or end. This is YOUR bash. Of course, this means that you will need to get the approval of the location and be able to help us out with the following necessities for this to happen.
-- We are humbly asking for a minimum donation of $500 per show - that's $20 from 25 people ($10 from 50 - $5 from 100) or whatever arrangement is made by you, or a designated coordinator. 10-15% in advance would be most beneficial to help fuel the PF mobile command center. All terms are negotiable.
-- If you collect more than the minimum donation, that boon is yours to distribute. Need the cash for gas? Cool with us. Want to help your favorite 3rd party chapter, freedom/rights group, farmer, home schooler or struggling mom and pop business? It's your call. Want to pre-order 47 copies of the new CD to be delivered to your local scout troop or misdirected talk show host? Go right ahead? Remember, it's YOUR show to control and shape as you see fit.
-- All performance will be acoustic, however, minimal power must be available for a small PA and recording equip. We'll use no more juice than an average home stereo system. A clean warm floor for a night's rest and a meager snack are also greatly appreciated.
-- Cameras will be rolling from the minute we pull out of HQ until we get back 5 days later. The footage from this "up close & personal" tour is being compiled for the next CD's interactive content. Performances and behind the scenes shots will be included. YOU could be a featured part of our creative process.
-- All proceeds from this tour benefit the "get the new disc out sooner" fund. For everyone who has been hounding us for 2 years, here's your chance to help out. Trust us, if we had unlimited time and resources, we'd have a new release every year. Of course, it's all on Father's time so we don't question it. We just keep working every day to cultivate our "extended family" while making more and more music.
-- Performance destinations must be within 4-5 hours driving distance of each other. This does limit us to roughly a 600 mile radius of Philadelphia, PA. Keep in mind that farther destinations will be placed in the center of the tour schedule. Closer towns will obviously be visited on the way out from, and on the way back to our hometown.
Locales beyond the stated radius will be considered with larger donations, and, only if time permits. Special plans such as signed CD's, photos, or other swag for all your guests can also be pre-arranged. Only your creative mind can set a boundary.
Listen to the music with your eyes wide open.
Forever be seen on the new CD.
Brag to your friends that you were part of it's creation.
This is your only opportunity to get so much out of one show as no other tour quite like this will take place before the release of "Peace or War."
For more info and scheduling, contact either Paul or Dennis below:
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Tommy Chong is known for being an advocate for marijuana. He's made a whole career out of it with his partner Cheech Marin—their Cheech & Chong movies and comedy albums were huge in the '70s and '80s and the duo even picked up a Grammy Award in 1973.
It's no surprise then that virtually everything on Tommy Chong's Twitter page has to do with smoking weed and getting high. While they're usually pretty amusing to read, his posts can sometimes come across as a little alarming, especially when there's no context to them, like the one he posted early this morning: "So stoned can't talk can't walk got lost in my backyard. Had to call for help I've fallen an I can't get up [sic]."
On the other hand though, Chong openly credits medical marijuana for helping get through some serious health issues. The comedian revealed back in June that he's been diagnosed with rectal cancer, three years after surviving prostate cancer, and he's been using cannabis to help with his treatment. "I'm using cannabis as a painkiller and I'm using cannabis oil as a preservative. I use a lot of oil and a lot of painkilling," Chong said in a recent interview. He also added that once he completes the latest run of chemotherapy and radiation, he'll likely be going in for surgery to make sure the tumor is all clear.
In the meantime, Chong, who regained popularity after competing in the last season of Dancing with the Stars, is keeping busy with a new online talk show and sketch comedy called Almost Legal. The show features musical acts and celebrity guests who will discuss issues that affect the status and perception of pot smokers.
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An Automatic Conversion Machine
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Wie ich ja bereits gestern Abend bekannt gegeben habe, hat Blizzard in der vergangenen Nacht den Diablo 3 Beta Patch #9 auf die Betaserver gespielt.
Die offiziellen Patchnotes fallen wie erwartet kurz aus und beinhalten diverse Fehlerbehebungen und Verbesserungen an den Ladezeiten.
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Animated Panoramic Backgrounds
This tutorial explains how to design and develop animated panoramic backgrounds with the HTML5 canvas. This article also discusses a method to optimize background animation. Create graphics and code which work together.
Animated backgrounds provide the opportunity to display online environments such as panoramic photographs, 3D generated renderings, 360 degree architectural views, and actual digital space scenes such as the Mars interactive scene.
Interactive backgrounds extend concepts discussed in this tutorial. Interactive backgrounds offer useful techniques for online games and scientific visualization.
What's an Animated Panoramic Background?
Panoramas represent wide views of practically any scene.
Panoramic backgrounds may display circular or 360 degree
views of various environments. For example, assume you were standing on the edge
of the Grand Canyon with a crowd behind you.
Photograph a 360 degree view of the Grand Canyon scene.
The photograph would include the grand canyon from the left, to the right,
and everything behind you including the crowd.
However animated panoramas can cover any part part of a scene you choose, such
as the grand canyon without the crowd.
Consider animated backgrounds with a concept from the real world. Imagine sliding a long horizontal picture past a small rectangular window. The window represents the HTML5 canvas. The picture represents a digital panoramic image. For animation which doesn't loop, just slide the picture from left to right. For loops, slide the picture from left to right then begin again at the left side.
Loops create the appearance of continual circular motion from front to left, back, right, then to the front of the scene again. The left side and the right side of the picture should match seemlessly for smooth animated loops. This tutorial explains how to create seamless looping animation.
HTML5 background animation includes a canvas, graphic, and timed drawing of the graphic to the canvas. Sprite sheet animation uses similar concepts. In both cases the canvas is much smaller than the graphic. However with sprite sheets each frame displays one unique rectangular portion of the graphic. With panoramic animation the canvas displays the graphic as if the image were sliding behind the canvas. Any rectangular portion of the graphic can represent one frame. Panoramic backgrounds require smaller image files which use less memory. Therefore panoramic backgrounds can provide better performance than sprite sheet animation.
For example assume the panoramic image is 1024 pixels wide and 256 pixels high.
Assume the canvas is 300 pixels wide and 256 pixels high.
The first frame displays the first 300 pixels from the left edge of the
panoramic graphic.
cut out shows the first 300 pixels wide by 256 pixels high
section of the panorama.
Pixels 301 through 1024 along the horizontal axis of the panoramic graphic
would remain hidden for the first frame.
Define a box with the first set of
coordinates representing the upper left hand corner
and the second set of coordinates representing the lower
right hand corner.
The first
cut out within the panoramic graphic
begins at coordinates (0,0)
and ends at coordinates (300, 256).
The animation displays one frame for every four pixels from
the panorama.
Therefore increment an index by four for each frame.
The index represents the X (horizontal) coordinate of the panoramic graphic.
As the index increases, the image displayed in the
cut out moves along the X axis.
The user sees different sections of the scene.
The second frame displays a
cut out of the panoramic image
from the 4th pixel to the 304th pixel along the horizontal axis.
Therefore the second frame renders a rectangle
from coordinates (4,0) to (304,256).
Prepare the Graphics
The 3D Landscape Panoramic Graphic
Full 360 degree panoramic graphics can be prepared with 3D rendering software, 360 degree panoramic cameras, or 2D image editing applications. The two examples use a 360 degree image of Mars from the NASA website and a 3D landscape rendered and modeled with 3DS Max.
Animations which play in a loop require graphics which stitch together seamlessly. The graphic wraps around from the back of the panorama to the front of the panorama.
Assuming a column equals four pixels of a panoramic graphic. The last column of a panoramic image renders adjacent and to the left of the first column during a seamless loop. The two endpoints of the graphic should look like one frame of the scene. A panoramic graphic for a looping animation should tile otherwise the start of each loop appears to jump.
Prepare Graphics to Work with Code
To make the graphic work efficiently with JavaScript, create an overlap at the end of the panorama. Toward the end of the animation, part of the end of the panoramic view and part of the start of the panoramic view display. Part of both ends of the panoramic view render to the canvas.
Tradeoff Between Memory and Processing Power
Some tutorials recommend slicing pixels in columns. Splice together the front and back back of a panoramic image, during animation for each overlapping frame. This tutorial copies the front cut out to the back of the panoramic image in advance. Then save and load a wider image. With a larger graphic, the animation requires more memory yet fewer processing instructions.
When the index into the panoramic graphic nears the end of the panorama, JavaScript simply
continues to display the graphic. When the index into the panoramic graphic is at the
end, JavaScript displays the front
cut out. There's no automated seam or splicing,
but there is some repetition in the graphic. The last
cut out and the first
cut out have to be identical, otherwise animation displays a noticeable shift.
The end (or right most) section of the
cut out displays
portions of the graphic which are identical to the front (or left most) section
of panoramic image.
3DS Max Panorama Exporter
The graphic at the top of the page was modeled and rendered with 3DS Max.
A camera was placed in the center of the scene.
The image was rendered with the
Panorama Exporter.
From 3DS Max's top menu select
Rendering > Panorama Exporter.
In the
Interactive Panorama Exporter Parameters rollout, select the centered camera.
Select a dimension for each face of the cube.
Tap the
Render button.
Panorama Exporter renders the scene as six sides of a cube.
After the scene has rendered the
Panorama Exporter Viewer displays.
From the viewer's top menu, select File > Export > Export Cylinder.
The cylinder graphic represents the scene as if it were wrapped inside a cylinder. Some of the scene might need some modifications for better viewing on a flat surface. When the scene's ready for animation, copy the far right side of the panoramic image to the left side of the graphic.
The following graphic identifies identical sections along the far left side of the graphic and far right side of the graphic. The JavaScript explanation follows.
How JavaScript Displays the Background Animation
The function loadAnimation()
executes when
the page loads.
loadAnimation() obtains
a reference to the
2d context
then creates an
Image reference.
Assign the path and name of your panoramic graphic
to the image's
src property.
Additionally assign an
onload event listener to the
Wait until the image loads
before drawing to the canvas.
Attempting to draw an
to the
canvas before the
Image loads generates exceptions.
onload event listener
draws the
only after the graphic loads.
Avoid Scaling
Cut outs from the graphic are
300 x 256 pixels.
Drawing operations can scale up or
down. For example you might double
the display size from 300 x 256 to
600 x 512.
HTML5 allows scaling when rendering with method
However scaling decreases performance
which might slow down the animation.
With this example, JavaScript performs
calculations for each frame.
Sometimes it's better to avoid scaling
during animation sequences to provide better performance.
Consider loading larger indexed, eight bit graphics to display larger animation frames. Perhaps test browsers and devices to determine which combination works best for performance.
Method drawImage()
drawImage() is a predefined method of the HTML5 canvas 2D context.
The following listing demonstrates
drawing a section of the graphic
to the canvas when the graphic loads.
When the
Image loads
the first frame of the animation displays.
The first parameter to
references the panoramic
The second, third, fourth, and fifth parameters
describe a rectangle within the panoramic graphic.
The rectangle is the portion of the graphic to draw to the scene.
The second and third parameters provide X and Y coordinates
of the upper left hand corner to begin drawing.
The fourth and fifth parameters provide the width and height
of the rectangle to draw.
The sixth, seventh, eight, and ninth parameters describe a rectangle within the canvas. The rectangle is the portion of the canvas to update.
N_WIDTH and
represent the canvas width and height as well as
the graphic width and height.
context.drawImage( imgSprite, 0,0, N_WIDTH, N_HEIGHT, 0,0, N_WIDTH, N_HEIGHT );
Start and Stop Animation
Functions animStart()
and animStop()
respond to click events on the
Start and
Stop buttons.
Additionally function
toggles the animation between start and stop modes.
Tap the canvas to toggle the animation mode.
Start button
initializes the timer to call the function
animPlay() every 64 milliseconds.
Stop button
and sets the timer to
Run the Animation
The function
increments an index into the graphic. Function
animPlay() displays
cut out or frame to the
with a call to method
Preparing graphics beforehand optimized
the code. That's good because
animPlay() runs often and
does very little.
The following listing includes the entire
animPlay() function.
animPlay() increments the Number
N_INCREMENT. This example moves the panoramic graphic four pixels
per frame. Therefore
N_INCREMENT is a Number with the value
Second verify
nPan hasn't exceeded the available drawing width.
nPan should not be greater than
the width of the panoramic graphic minus the width of one
cut out.
The Number
N_PAN_MAX equals the entire width of the
panoramic graphic minus the width of one animation frame.
nPan exceeds
N_PAN_MAX, then reset
nPan to zero.
Third draw the panoramic graphic to the scene. Notice
nPan defines the
X coordinate of the upper left corner of the area of the panoramic graphic to draw to the canvas.
For each animation frame, the X coordinate of the upper left corner changes.
function animPlay(){ nPan += N_INCREMENT; if (nPan == N_PAN_MAX){ // Wrap around. // Display the left // side of the graphic. nPan = 0; } // Draw one slice of // the panoramic // background. context.drawImage( imgSprite, nPan,0, N_WIDTH, N_HEIGHT, 0,0, N_WIDTH, N_HEIGHT ); }
This tutorial demonstrated how to animate a horizontal background. However consider animating vertical backgrounds with similar techniques. Perhaps horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and random selections from a background graphic might present some fascinating and unique interactive scenes. A properly constructed graphic is the key. The graphic should tile seamlessly along any edges which represent a loop in the animation.
Be careful to initialize only one timer during
any animation sequence.
JavaScript allows multiple timers to run
at the same time. However each timer consumes resources.
Set the timer
null when stopped to prevent
animStart() from initializing
multiple timers.
This tutorial explained how to design and develop animated panoramic backgrounds with the HTML5 canvas. This article also discussed a method to optimize background animation. Create graphics and code which work together.
Animated backgrounds provide the opportunity to display online environments such as panoramic photographs, 3D generated renderings, 360 degree architectural views, and actual digital space scenes such as the Mars interactive scene.
The Martian Interactive Background Tutorial extends concepts discussed in this tutorial. Interactive backgrounds offer useful techniques for online games and scientific visualization.
Enjoy the next step! See the Mars interactive scene with tutorial. See More Background Scenes.


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Intent on ending his misery, Ben (Silicon Valley's Thomas Middleditch) merely adds to a laundry list of embarrassments. So it's no surprise when subsequent efforts to connect with the woman who was nearly his adoptive sister (Jess Weixler) send him into a darkly comic tailspin that leaves him questioning every relationship in his life, as well as his increasingly tenuous grip on reality. Jason James' sophisticated film poignantly questions whether it's ever advisable to let things go.


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Author: Amy Plum
Series: Revenants #2
Edition: Hardcover
Publication: May 8, 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers
Source: Bought from FullyBooked
Pages: 357
Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy
Kate and Vincent have overcome the odds and at last they are together in Paris, the city of lights and love.
As their romance deepens there's one question they can't ignore: How are they supposed to be together if Vincent can't resist sacrificing himself to save others? Although Vincent promises that he'll do whatever it takes to lead a normal life with Kate, will that mean letting innocent people die? When a new and surprising enemy reveals itself, Kate realizes that even more may be at stake—and that Vincent's immortality is in jeopardy.
Until I Die starts with Kate and Vincent getting back together and finding a way to make their relationship to work without Vincent dying over and over again. While Vincent is secretly trying to find an alternative solution for his thirst to save, Kate goes on her own to find her own solution. When she finally gets some information, the Numa attacks.
In the beginning of the novel, I was tempted to drop it for the mean time. I feel like it was building up too slow and I was honestly afraid to get bored. But I love Die for Me so much and it pulled me throughout the novel. As soon as I passed two hundred pages, I could no longer put it down and finished it till two in the morning.
However, aside from the slow build-up, I find the antagonist a little redundant. In Die For Me, nobody from the Revenants sensed that it was Lucien and it happened again in Until I Die. The Revenants existed hundreds of years and I was expecting that their extensive experience should somehow help them. But it didn't and for me, that was a little off.
Until I Die redeemed itself from three stars and that is with Kate's help. Her persistence in helping Vincent lead them to uncover ancient secrets and find the reason behind Numa's attacks. Yes, she's gullible but I can't blame her. The friendship offered to her was tempting and just the right thing she needs. The twists really caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting the betrayal and loss to affect me big time. The pain is so strong that I couldn't almost breathe after finishing it. It was so tragic and heart-breaking.
Amy Plum once more had given the beauty of Paris justice with her Revenants. Until I Die is a sequel just perfect for Die For Me. Its romance endures, its twist rejuvenates, its action captivates and its history enthralls. I couldn't ask for any kind of sequel at all. And at the moment, I need If I Should Die to mend my shattered heart!
"Kate, I've spent a lifetime waiting for you. Before I saw you, I hadn't cared for anyone for... well, for a good part of a century, and it felt like my heart had been permanently disconnected. I wasn't even looking anymore. And without expecting anything... without any hope at all, suddenly you were here."


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Kevin McAuliffe's Top Five Favorite Products of 2009
As many of my collegues have already written, 2009 was, how do I put this politely? Awful. The economy was (is) in the dumps and is on a slow road to recovery. That being said, 2009 was in fact a good year when it came to products being released by our favorite companies. Apple finally pushed FCS3 out the door, and 3D seems to be all the rage. For my first article in 2009, I'm going to take a look back at my five best products of 2009 with an honorable and even a dishonorable mention to round things out, so let's get to it!
Motion Designer's Toolkit from Digital Juice (Mac/Windows)
Digital Juice has always been the leader (in my opinion) when it comes to creating stock elements for television and film, as well as print production, but in 2009, the company took things one step further, and positioned themselves above everyone else, and that was with the release of the Motion Designer's Toolkit. Not only did it give us 1755 QuickTime moves to work with in any compositing program we like, but we were also given the After Effects project that were used to create the animated QT's, as well as the original vector art as well. With that, there is no longer such a thing as "stock elements," as every element can be seamlessly altered, and turned into something different. This, along with the Juicer, Digital Juice's free media management and conversion utility, makes me think that if this is the beginning, I can't wait to see what DJ will do in 2009. Check out the Motion Designer's Toolkit at www.digitaljuice.com.
Boris Continuum Complete 6 from BorisFX (Mac/Windows)
Can you name a plug-in package that offers almost 200 filters including ones that let's you do true 3D extrusions of EPS files, text and splines? All of that, and the ability to bend, twist and curl elements in true 3D space AND with the ability to use After Effects' (or Motion) light's and cameras. And that's just five of the almost 200 filters included with BCC6. Whether you are looking for Generators (brick walls, steel plates, fire, rain, snow, etc), a cartoon effect, film looks, glows or OpenGL accelerated effects, they're all here, as well as over 2000 animated presets and 1500 static presets. If you are in the market for a plug-in package, this is the one, and the best part is, that for $100 more, you can add Final Effects Complete 5 in with your BCC6 purchase. Great plug-ins for a great price. Check them out at www.borisfx.com .
Sorenson Squeeze 6 from Sorenson Media (Mac/Windows)
Anyone who works in post production knows about Sorenson Squeeze. I would say they are the standard for professional video encoding on both Mac and Windows. All Media Composer editors get Squeeze free when they purchase a system, so you might have it on your computer right now, and not even know it. At version six, Squeeze has almost every possible format available for you to encode to, so where do you go from there? Well, how about e-mail and SMS text message notifications? How about the ability to publish directly to Sorenson 360, YouTube, Twitter, Limelight or Akamai? How about direct integration with Final Cut Pro, Avid Products and iMovie? Oh, I almost forgot, how about a free (yes FREE) one year Sorenson 360 review and approve account? Sorenson, much like AJA is now taking what worked exceptionally well (the encoding), and is now focusing on what ELSE we need to do with our encodes, once they're done. As I said in my review, sometimes it's not the destination, but the journey that is most important. Even if you already have an encoding program, you owe it to yourself and your clients to check out Sorenson Squeeze 6 at www.sorensonmedia.com .
Ki Pro from AJA (ProRes for Mac only)
Every once in a while, an exceptional piece of post production hardware hits the market that really makes me stand back and say "Wow!", and in 2009, it was the Ki Pro that made me do that. Not only is this "Direct-to-Disk" ProRes recorder compact and simple to work with in the field and in the edit suite, but the amount of "bells and whistles" (Up/Down/Cross Conversion on the fly, 4-pin XLR power connectivity for field production, SDI Timecode, and optional SSD for any field recording situation, just to name a few) really shows that AJA put the time in to make this a "must-have" for production houses that use Final Cut Pro to edit with. I just did a review on the unit that will be posted mid-January, so keep an eye out for it. For more in the Ki Pro, you can check it out at www.aja.com .
Stereo 3D Toolbox from Dashwood Cinema Solutions (Mac)
I remember a long time ago when I saw a product from Avid called Marquee. It was (is) a title tool for Avid editors, and at the time I first saw it, it ran on its own independent system, and could do things that no editor had ever thought could be done on a non-linear editor. I remember thinking to myself that it was a product way ahead of its time. Well, fast forward to 2009, and 3D is all the rage, and editing systems are just being updated with the ability to edit stereoscopic 3D (S3D) footage, but the technology is so new, that there are only a couple of systems that can handle it. Well, if that's the case, I can only imagine how long it will take until I am able to do any S3D work. Oh, look at that, I can with Dashwood Cinema Solutions Stereo 3D Toolbox (powered by FX Factory Pro) for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express. With this plug-in, I can output my media to different 3D formats such as over/under, side by side, interlace , checkerboard and anaglyph. I can even output to YouTube 3D (yes, there is such a thing!). Needless to say, this product is way ahead of its time. I have a review coming up in January, but needless to say Dashwood Cinema Solutions has done something that is very rare in the television and feature film business, and that is bring a product to the masses so quickly for a format that is so new, and everyone from wedding editors to film editors can work in 3D, just like the pros. You can check out Stereo 3D Toolbox at http://www.timdashwood.com/stereo3dtoolbox.
Motion 4 from Apple (Mac)
Everyone has spent two years speculating on the release of Final Cut Studio 3, and what new features would be included with it, and with it's release this year (now just called Final Cut Studio), there seemed to be a mixed reaction to what Apple brought to the table. For me, Motion was the application that got the most love with this release, and there wasn't necessarily a ton of new things added, but there were many things that were fixed that should have been done "right" in version 3. 3D shadows and reflections were a much needed add-on (fix) that should have been implemented in version 3, but for me, the two best features of Motion 4 are the Depth of Field "effect," and the Share feature. I called Depth of Field an "effect," even though you don't actually apply it as an effect. You can simply turn it on and off on your composition, and assuming you have set the focal depth, Motion takes care of everything else for you. The Share feature (included in Final Cut Pro 7 as well), gives you the ability to render your compositions in the background, while you continue to work in the foreground. Even though many people were disappointed with FCS (3), I thought the updates across the board were good, but the updates to Motion really makes it stand out, and makes it a worthy competitor to other motion graphics programs.
MOTU, makers of the V4HD
Where do I begin. Well, let me start out by saying that my dishonorable mention is directed towards the company itself, not the product, because unfortunately, I have not had a chance to review the product yet. Believe it or not, I'm still on the waiting list. I've been on the waiting list since June, and I don't think I'm ever going to hear back from the Mark of the Unicorn (yes, that's what MOTU stands for. Pretty cool, huh!) . I originally sent an e-mail to their press department back in October of 2008, and didn't hear back from anyone, so I sent another e-mail in May of 2009. Needless to say, after they were both ignored, I ended up calling, and could not get anyone on the phone. Finally, in June I managed to get the press rep on the phone, and I was told that there was a "backlog" of review requests for the unit. O.K., I can accept that, but needless to say, I'm still waiting. I even sent the MOTU press rep an e-mail about when I would be getting the unit, and my e-mail still has not been answered. At this point, I don't even really care whether the V4HD is a good product or not. If this is how MOTU treats the press, I can only imagine how they treat their customers. Well let me just say buyer beware. I'd stay as far away from them as I can, and if you decide to go with them, I hope you don't need to ever contact them.
Well, that's it for 2009, there were some really stand out applications (and hardware) this year, and 2010 should (hopefully) be more of the same. If you have some products that you think should have been on my list, drop me a line and let me know, I'd love to hear your opinions.
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|Kevin P McAuliffe is currently a Senior Video Editor working in HD post production in Toronto, Canada. He has been in the television industry for 12 years, and spends his days onlining on a Final Cut Pro HD. Kevin's high definition onlining credit list includes concerts for Coldplay, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Snow Patrol, Sum41, Paul Anka, Il Divo and Pussycat Dolls, to name a few. Also, Kevin is an instructor of Advanced Final Cut Studio 2 at the Toronto Film College. If you have any questions or comments, you can drop him a line at [email protected]
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The United States will work with the Pakistani government to invest in clean energy to expand that country's electricity system to 30 million more people.
The White House on Thursday announced the U.S.-Pakistan Clean Energy Partnership to kickstart more clean energy investments in Pakistan by the private sector. The goal is to add 3,000 megawatts of clean energy power to Pakistan's electrical system.
"The new partnership continues the joint efforts by the United States and Pakistan to sustainably address Pakistan's energy needs," according to a White House fact sheet. "The partnership also reflects Pakistan's commitment to help curb climate change, particularly as Pakistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to its effects."
Since 2009, the U.S. has worked with Pakistan through the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. The U.S. has spent more than $1 billion since then to support energy infrastructure investments, leading to 1,700 more megawatts of power in Pakistan's electrical grid.
Under the U.S.-Pakistan Clean Energy Partnership, the United States will work with the Government of Pakistan to advance energy sector reforms, improve the investment framework, and make targeted investments that will enable U.S., Pakistani, and international private sector developers to add at least 3,000 megawatts (MW) of clean power generation infrastructure to Pakistan's national electricity system, benefitting 30 million Pakistanis.
Recognizing the critical importance of increasing energy security and access in a clean, sustainable manner, the United States has committed more than $1 billion to date to support energy sector investments and reforms in cooperation with the Government of Pakistan.
Areas of cooperation envisioned under the U.S.-Pakistan Clean Energy Partnership to address the current and future energy needs of Pakistan are:
- Catalyze private-sector energy investments: The United States will provide technical assistance, risk guarantees, and targeted investments in supporting energy infrastructure (e.g., transmission lines) to enhance Government of Pakistan (GOP) efforts to attract private funding.
- Highlight Pakistan's energy opportunities: The Pakistani and the U.S. governments will hold a Clean Energy Business Opportunities Conference in December 2015.
- Improve energy resource development planning: The U.S. Department of Energy and three of its research laboratories will collaborate with Pakistan to develop an energy sector-wide Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for energy.
- Promote energy efficiency: Support the creation of an Industrial Energy Efficiency Expertise Center with collaboration of the Institute of Architects of Pakistan and a Pakistani university, and carry out an Energy Efficiency pilot project.
- Facilitate regional cooperation in clean energy: The U.S.-Pakistan Clean Energy Partnership will help facilitate dialogue with regional countries on potential cooperation in clean energy through cooperative programs like CASA-1000.
- Foster a new generation of Pakistani energy leaders: Through the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in energy, USAID has funded a partnership between Arizona State University, the National University of Sciences and Technology, and the University of Engineering & Technology-Peshawar to develop innovative energy research and solution hubs, partnering with both policymakers and industry.


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The image of Americans that is reflected back to us by our political and media process is false. . . . We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is—on the brink of catastrophe, torn by polarizing hate—and how it's a shame that we can't work together to get things done, but the truth is we do.
We work together to get things done every damn day. . . . We know instinctively as a people that if we are to get through the darkness and back into the light we have to work together. And the truth is, there will always be darkness. And sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel isn't the Promised Land. Sometimes it's just New Jersey. But we do it anyway, together.
—The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, October 30, 2010
When I started Utne Reader in 1984, I trumpeted the alternative press as a hotbed of "passionate, quirky, and opinionated" journalism. The magazines and newsletters we covered and excerpted were produced by writers and editors who didn't pretend to be objective, but were instead willing to honestly voice their biases up front and out loud.
The best of America's independent media during that era resembled the day's British newspapers, which were notoriously subjective not just on the opinion pages but also on the front page, where news broke and developed. Readers of the London Times or the Guardian or the Evening Standard knew which of their papers was liberal and which was conservative, which favored the Labour Party or the Tories. Those interested in all sides of the story (or a more objective take) developed strategies to mix, match, and filter the papers' prejudices.
I loved this approach, and, as an editor and publisher, I championed a brand of advocacy journalism that encourages people to think for themselves. I also hoped the mainstream media would eventually emulate the model.
Be careful what you wish for.
Today, passionate, quirky, and opinionated are staples in our daily news diet: the "fair and balanced" reporting of Fox News, the morning news anchors on CNN, the nighttime crusaders of MSNBC, the blogs, and the original instigators up and down our radio dials. It's everywhere. And I'm guessing that even the boldest of my peers in the alternative media would never have imagined that the primary source for news for most educated 18- to 34-year-old Americans would be a late-night, sit-down cable comedian. And that he would also be as wise as his more "serious" peers were misguided.
So how do we go forward—as Jon Stewart hopes we will—together? And what role can the press play in that effort? Surveying the landscape, I've come to the conclusion that it's time for the press to move beyond advocacy to what we might call "holistic" journalism.
A central tenet of this new philosophy is rising above the political fray to survey the totality of the situation—to see the big picture. We don't need anchors, editors, and reporters to filter the facts and deliver what they deem the right point of view, because there is no right point of view. Instead, we need exposure to the facts and how they're being interpreted by everyone who's affected—liberal, conservative, libertarian, and all points in between.
One of my favorite editorial devices at Utne Reader is the theme-driven feature section that includes articles and sidebars from various angles. When we're covering immigration, for instance, we might run articles from the left-leaning Mother Jones and The Nation, as well as from the more centrist New Republic and the far-right National Review. But we also might present arguments by the French conservative Jean Marie Le Pen and the Louisiana right-wing populist David Duke, so readers can see for themselves how compelling and seductive, or ridiculous and xenophobic, their positions may be. We might also look for views from a resettled Somali living in Minneapolis, or a deported Guatemalan migrant farmworker, or a traveling Buddhist pilgrim. The idea is to give readers as complete a picture as possible, and let them make up their own minds.
The danger, of course, is that there will be so many points of view that none can rise above the general cacophony and get heard. But what we have now is too many outlets offering just one interpretation of events and pandering to audiences who are prone to agree (or abhor) that interpretation. The result is a false choice: Tweedledum vs. Tweedledee.
A more holistic brand of journalism would help citizens avoid black-and-white thinking by showing a broader spectrum of viewpoints. This sort of reporting doesn't take special skills or an esoteric sensibility. It simply requires an open mind and a thirst for the truth. It could also go a long way to heal our divided society.
Eric Utne, founder of Utne Reader, is working on a memoir.
This article first appeared in the March-April 2011 issue of Utne Reader.
... integrative thinking, and earnest efforts toward building consensus. Since you and the publication you founded are dismissing such challenges, I'm requesting cancellation of my long-enjoyed subscription. James L. (Jim) Moore
Dear Eric Utne -- You did a good thing when you brought Utne Reader to life. You served a critical need then, in opening public awareness to the innovative thinking emanating from regional, special interest, and small-circulation publications. Your advocacy of intelligence and independent thinking was refreshing and stimulating. And then you failed us when you literally sold out. You now write, "A central tenet of this new philosophy is rising above the political fray to survey the totality of the situation -- to see the big picture." I could not agree more enthusiastically. But a few paragraphs later, you add: "This sort of reporting doesn't take special skills or an esoteric sensibility," and recent issues of the magazine are clear evidence of your belief. The "facts" are not the big picture; nor are aggregations of diverse opinions and interpretations. All the statistics and all the impressions and expressions -- even if you could, in fairness, assemble them all -- would not, could not, represent a big picture. A bigger picture moves beyond the temporal details, to point out patterns and trends, ideas and opportunities. What is critically needed now is not a reinforcement of the disparities and conflicts that leave us fearful and hopeless, but creative and integrative means of resolution. I believe that there is nothing more important to "this sort of reporting" than the "special skills" and "esoteric sensibility" of intelligent insight and discernment, integr


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tasty adventures // lynn on bryant - minneapolis, mnSunday, March 30, 2014
After several weeks of work, I have finally settled down into some sort of routine to fit fun stuff in during the weekends. There are many restaurants and cafes in the Twin Cities area that I have wanted to try, so I thought it would be fun to share these expeditions here. Last Saturday, I went on a brunch date with my mom at the Lynn on Bryant. I discovered this place through several blogs and from randomly browsing instagram, and it looked like such an adorable place to visit :P.
This restaurant/cafe is tucked in the Lynnhurst neighborhood, and while small, had a laidback and uplifting feel to it. I really enjoyed the natural sunlight streaming in, and it was a nice place for my mom and me to take our time eating and have a nice long chat. By the way, isn't my momma purdy?
My mom ordered the baked pancake with meyer lemon confit and a side of maple bacon steak. These two dishes were definitely the highlight of our brunch! The picture above does not even come close to depicting how amazing they tasted. The baked pancake was so moist and custard-y and the sweet and slightly tangy meyer lemon confit brought a nice balance. And of course the maple bacon steak. Bacon steak. What more do I need to say?
I got the omelette with kale and goat cheese, and the mushroom soup pictured way on top. I was feeling a little under the weather that day, and the freshly pureed mushroom soup really hit the spot.
The baked pancake and bacon steak got me hooked, so I will probably be back for those and the doughnuts that I really wanted to try but unfortunately did not have space for in the end because we were too full (I know, run-on, hehe). The Lynn on Bryant is definitely a great brunch spot, though I would probably recommend going there in smaller groups because of the smaller and cozier layout. Recommendation: get the maple bacon steak!
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- AnonymousMarch 31, 2014 at 10:18 PM
Food looks good :) If I'm ever in the area, hopefully in the near future, I'll check the place out.ReplyDelete