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Monday, March 24, 2008
Lily's 1st Easter
10:59 AM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
In the past weekend, my hubby and my daughters dyed Easter eggs at home. Lily with her new dress, showed off the dyed eggs and bunny bag. :) What a nice weekend we had, weather was nice, warm enough to play outside, everybody spent 2 days outside without worrying too much of catching a cold. Lily, didn't have a chance to go outside, but had her new purple dress made from mami. Mami crocheted this dress last Friday and Saturday morning, very happy it turned out OK! :)
Labels: 2008, baby doll dress, blythe, Crochet, DIY, dyed eggs, easter, enchanted petal, ep, lily, purple | 7 comments
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
How do I look? Wat?
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Labels: baby doll, baby doll dress, Barbie, cotton yarn, Crochet, DIY, purple | 3 comments
Monday, March 10, 2008
Doughnuts work-in-progress
1:06 AM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
This is a present I got recently from Green Witch, I knew her in Yahoo blog Hong Kong, she made a lot of fabric goods, they all are very pretty. After knowing each other for a while, we swapped goods. I gave her my crochet dish clothes, and she gave me a piece of Japanese fabric from JAPAN (WOW), and 2 boxes of DIY goods! (WOW WOW) Since I haven't done needle works for half year, all the sudden my hand and my brain are not coordinate well, my hand hurt while I was making dough nuts, not the real one, the felt one! haha! I still have a box to make so that I can put the felt dough nuts inside, wish I could finish it in the coming week! :)
Labels: decor, DIY, dough nuts, felt, japanese fabric, swap, toys | 2 comments
Party in the castle
12:59 AM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
Stu (my hubby) made this castle on 2/24, he like DIY stuff with paper/ card board. He decorated it with check board floor on the top floor, flowers and bees pattern on the lower floor. He used a day to do that. This castle is made for Evie (my elder daughter). Once she saw the finished castle, she was so happy that at once she threw a party for that. You can see Petite Blythes were all tired and they were still wearing Cinderella dress, even the Barbie Prince (I don't know his name) was wearing a pink dress too! Oh my God, they were so happy in the castle that they were all didn't get up until the next morning! :p
Labels: blythe, card board, castle, cinderella, DIY, petite blythes, stu | 1 comments
Monday, March 3, 2008
12:13 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
Willy-Nilly Waterlily tagged Alla, and I am going to add Lily as well!! :) Got to be fair, right? XD This tag is about seven random facts about me. Okay, here u go! Alla 1st 1. I just love my brown boots, they are so cute! 2. I love sunset color cos it matches my hair. 3. My daddy decided "Alla" would suit me very well and turns out it is. I love "Alla" !! (We do too, dad and mom) 4. Lily is my best friend, we spent many nights together before we met daddy and mommy, we talked until we slept, and and then we talked again! 5. Katie and Evie (my sisters) love to touch my hair and change my eyes color, they also love to take away my shoes and put them back on me. 6. I love all the hair clips that mommy bought for me, they are so cute! 7. I hate to go out when it's windy, my hairs go wild and flying crazily around my face! OK, it's Lily's turn 1. Lily is a short form of Lillian, mommy loves that name so much and I like it too, it's like Lily flowers, so pretty. 2. I love flowers, especially the one in our back yard, daddy works very hard to keep them nice. 3. I am afraid of cats but they are everywhere in our backyard~ 4. Alla and I are very talkative little gals, we like to gossip about our bigger sisters, but they are very tender and gentle to us. :) 5. I love green it's so natural, isn't it? 6. Mommy, I want more clothes in my wardrobe!! 7. Don't cut my hair, mommy, I love the fuzziness. (geez.. how did u know I wan to cu.... nothing , nothing... I didn't say anything .. - mommy) Now we got 7 random facts for both girls, we should tag somebody, we didn't know many people enough, so our plan is to know more people first! :) Then we tag! Muhahahaha!
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In the 1970s, Homestead National Monument of America obtained two paintings of the Freeman School by George Marsden. These paintings depict scenes at the school.
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(11/P121) TRENTON - Commercial shellfish beds in all but the northern portion of Delaware Bay are now open to harvesting, the Department of Environmental Protection announced today. Shellfish beds from Beadon Point north to Ben Davis Point in the upper Delaware Bay were reopened today following tissue sample results that meet federal health standards.
The area from Ben Davis Point to Artificial Island at the neck of the bay will remain closed until shellfish tissue samples return to acceptable levels. The DEP will take another round of tissue samples in this area on Monday.
The DEP reopened a vast majority of the beds in the lower bay, a large area from Cape May Point to Beadon Point in Cumberland County, on Sept. 9. Beds along the Atlantic coast have also been reopened since early September.
"The shellfish industry is vital to communities along Delaware Bay and is a significant contributor to New Jersey's overall economy," Commissioner Bob Martin said. "The industry was an invaluable partner in ensuring the beds were reopened safely."
The DEP closed all New Jersey shellfish beds to commercial and recreational harvesting on Aug. 27 in preparation for Hurricane Irene, due to concerns over degradation of water quality from anticipated large volumes of stormwater. The bay continued to be affected by large amounts of stormwater in the Delaware River from Irene and subsequent storms, including Tropical Storm Lee.
Clams and oysters, like other bivalves such as mussels, are filter feeders that can accumulate harmful bacteria carried into waterways by stormwater. The harvest ban did not affect crabs or lobsters.
The DEP monitors, classifies and enforces shellfish regulations in 425,830 acres of estuarine beds and 295,857 acres of ocean beds. Beds in Delaware Bay are nearly exclusively oyster beds, while the beds along the coast are primarily clam beds with some oyster beds.
The Department of Health and Senior Services Food Safety Program regularly inspects shellfish processing plants to ensure they follow regulations that outline health and safety precautions. Shellfish samples are regularly collected from harvest areas, certified shellfish dealers and retailers for bacteriological examination.
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This is really a question... when I do a search how do I get posts to show up instead of topics?... I'm looking for a specific post and I don't want to search though a 70 page topic to find it.
okay wow, i actually found the post, just clicked on one of the pages and it was the right one O_O
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Joe Biden: There's No Reason To Treat Intellectual Property Any Different Than Tangible Property
from the really-now? deptAh, Joe Biden. Is there nothing about intellectual property that he can't get wrong? Variety has an interview with the Vice President on intellectual property issues, and while there's nothing new, it's like a compendium of wrong or misleading statements. It's no wonder the entertainment industry so loves him. There's no lie or misrepresentation he won't repeat. It starts out with a doozy. Nearly every thing he says in the following paragraph is wrong or a misrepresentation:
"Look, piracy is outright theft," Biden said. "People are out there blatantly stealing from Americans -- stealing their ideas and robbing us of America's creative energies. There's no reason why we should treat intellectual property any different than tangible property."First, "piracy" is not "outright theft." Infringement and theft are two different things. You would think that someone in Biden's position would know the basics. Second, "ideas" are not protectable under US intellectual property law. Expression can be copyrighted and inventions can be patented. Ideas cannot be. That Biden thinks they can be... is immensely troubling. Third, how do you "rob" one of energy? I'm beginning to think that Biden doesn't know what the word "steal" means. Fourth, if this was "robbing us of America's creative energies," wouldn't we be seeing significantly less output and significantly less revenue? Instead, we're seeing both greater output and greater revenue. True, a few legacy companies within the wider industry are struggling to adapt, but that's not the same thing. Fifth, there are tons of reasons why copyrights and patents should and are treated differently than tangible property. Is Biden really suggesting that we should have infinite copyright and patents that do not expire and do not go into the public domain? Because that appears to be what he's saying, and that's blatantly unconstitutional. The Constitution says "for limited times" for a reason. Does Biden not know this?
He is quick to say that he considers it more than a problem of just the entertainment industry. "When our military is sold counterfeit equipment that is faulty, it affects our national security. And when cancer patients are sold fake cancer drugs that contain no medicine, it affects public health. These are serious issues for the American people."Biden may be even worse than John Morton at this conflation game. Yes, we agree that counterfeit military equipment and fake drugs are dangerous. No one denies that. The problem, which everyone keeps pointing out and which neither Biden nor Morton seem to want to respond to, is that they're using those small and specific problems to then justify massive legal changes that have nothing to do with those legitimate problems.
"Virtually every American company that manufactures something is getting killed by counterfeiters: clothing, software, jewelry, tires," Biden said. "If an American company has been successful at developing an idea, it's likely getting stolen."Getting killed? Really? Hyperbole much, Joe? First of all, counterfeiting is a separate issue than copyright or patents, and isn't really an "intellectual property" issue, but a fraud issue. Anyway, when you look at the actual statistics (not the made up ones by the industry) you learn that counterfeiting really isn't nearly as big a problem as people make it out to be, and it's certainly not "killing" most American businesses. Yes, it is impacting a few businesses at the margin, but multiple studies have shown that people who buy counterfeits are not taking business away from the original company, but are doing it aspirationally, with the intention of buying the real product when they can.
Besides, if we're really saying that copying ideas and passing them off as your own is "theft" and should be punished the same as "theft" of tangible goods, shouldn't Joe Biden be in jail? After all, he's a notorious plagiarist, who didn't just copy the words of another politician, but copied his life story, claiming things that happened to this other politician happened to him, when they had not. So, if anyone knows "stealing ideas" and "counterfeits," it should be Biden.
Biden then moves on to what he believes is part of the solution:
"I think the entertainment industry would agree that they have done a poor job in making their case and need to do better," Biden said. "I mean, they have some of the brightest and most creative people working for them."Or, perhaps, it's just that multiple studies have shown that this is not an education issue, and the more propaganda that the industry puts out, the less people respect copyright laws. I mean, we're talking about Hollywood. Does anyone really believe that they don't have the ability to create compelling content? The problem is not the content, it's the underlying idea which people just aren't buying. You can create propaganda all you want. You just can't make people believe it if they know, deeply, that it's false.
"They should be able to come up with an intelligent, original and effective public education campaign targeting this issue. To be honest, I am not certain they have dedicated the appropriate resources to this, and I hope they will."
"Kids are taught that it is not right to steal a lollipop from the corner store," he said. "They also need to understand that it is equally wrong to knowingly steal a movie or a song from the Internet."Yeah, the industry has been making that a part of the "education campaign" for decades. How's that been going? The problem is that children aren't stupid. And they can recognize that there's a pretty big difference in stealing a lollipop from the corner store (in which case the store no longer has a lollipop to sell) and in sharing a song or a movie with a friend, in which everyone gets greater enjoyment.
Biden doesn't buy the idea that Hollywood's effort to increase enforcement is merely to protect dying businesses.Oh come on! The media companies' "significant steps" all came kicking and screaming, often with lawsuits and attempts to use pliant politicians like Biden to pass laws to outlaw the innovations they eventually come to rely on. This is the same industry that tried to outlaw the VCR and the MP3 player. Significant steps? Yeah, only after being pushed by innovators and consumers. In fact, many of those significant steps were taken because of infringement, which showed what consumers really wanted.
"The fact is, media companies have already taken significant steps to adapt their business models to keep up with changes in how we watch movies and listen to music," Biden said. "Content is being offered to consumers in a variety of different ways that make it easy and cost-effective for people to access legal material. Anyone who does not understand this should simply talk with one of my grandkids."
Biden said he sees a shift in China, where piracy is rampant and where Hollywood has long struggled to gain cooperation from the government to address the problem. He said South Korea's strengthened intellectual property laws have led to the "Korean Wave" in entertainment across Asia, and "China's leaders understand this."And here, Biden is simply lying. The Korean Wave of entertainment across Asia started way before the US (at the entertainment industry's behest) pressured Korea into implementing draconian new copyright laws in 2009. Creative labels like JYP had sprung up years earlier, and the company's founder, JY Park, has stated in interviews that it was, in part, the widespread infringement online that drove him to push his artists into alternative business models that took them across Asia, where they make a ton of money. The idea that it was these laws is simply a lie, and is clear from the timing. Korean artists like Rain and Wonder Girls were known across Asia long before those changes were made. In fact, even the term "Korean Wave" which Biden refers to, was given to Korean cultural exports in 1999, a full ten years before Korea put in place new copyright laws. And, during those intervening 10 years, South Korea had the highest rate of broadband penetration, and some of the highest rates of copyright infringement online as well. And yet, the Korean Wave still happened.
Shouldn't the "reporters" at Variety point some of this stuff out in response? Or do they just parrot the Hollywood line and ignore facts? Either way, why is Biden allowed to blatantly lie or misrepresent all of these things?
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Our world is becoming more and more crowded with media. Whether in our living rooms, on our commutes or in our classrooms, every waking moment can be occupied by consuming media. Whether it's looking up "what causes earthquakes" on Google with my eldest son Emmett and finding a video to explain it, or the news feeds in stores and in elevators, media is here to stay, and will only get more ever-present. So how do we address this as parents?
I attended a presentation about Media Literacy for Kids at a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) teacher's conference this past year and wanted to share a few important lessons I learned, along with some of my own thoughts as a mom who has been making media for more than 20 years.
- Media is not inside you. Make efforts to teach your child from an early age that media is "outside of their bodies." That may sound obvious, but research shows that young children often think that what they are watching is not only real, it is inside their heads. I told my four year old last year that what he sees on TV is on the screen, which is different from what is inside his mind. We went over it several times. I wasn't sure he understood, but a few months later (kids are amazing how they store information, like nuts for the winter) he told his friend, "What you see in the movies is not inside your head!" and really seemed to have taken in the message. He went on to assure his friend that scary movies (we were talking about Avatar) are not that scary, because they are only on the screen, not inside your head.
- Watch "good media" with your kids. Make a point of watching some educational media with your children, especially if you let them watch both pure entertainment media and educational media. If you watch the educational media with them, you'll be sending a message that it's more important (i.e. worth your time, which is precious to them) and help them create healthy viewing habits. I watch Little Pim about twice a week with my two year-old, and he can see that this is something I make time for and enjoy with him, unlike the "Sing Yourself Silly" videos he watches, which I don't usually sit down for. I also watch nature and science programs with my five year-old.
- Talk about the media they have seen. Whenever possible, ask your children to comment on the media they watched. This way you can make sure they aren't taking away distorted messages (and help to correct it if they are) and can establish a dialog with your kids about what they have seen. This will become even more important as your kids grow older and see more and more challenging and sometimes disturbing media. When they are young, you can ask them to look for certain things in a show, like "see if you can find all the ducks" or "who is the kindest character?". This teaches them active viewing skills, which is one of the most important cornerstones of media literacy.
This is especially important for girls, who will be bombarded with messages from the media about how they should look and act.
In short, help your children learn to be active and critical media consumers. Visual media has a strong sway on young children and can be much more mesmerizing than print and audio. If you teach your children to make healthy media choices, they will gravitate toward fun, educational shows when they get old enough to make their own choices. Media is here to stay, so let's get smart about teaching media literacy to our kids. It's likely they will be teaching us how to use the media of the future, but right now there is still a lot we can teach them.


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Silicon Valley patent office to open in San Jose
The U.S. Commerce Department has announced plans to open a long-awaited patent office in California's Silicon Valley.
Commerce officials said on Tuesday the office will be located in San Jose City Hall and bring more than 80 jobs to Silicon Valley within its first year of operations.
Silicon Valley firms seek more U.S. patents than any other region in the world, and San Jose is the nation's top patent-producing city, with more than 7,000 patents last year. But until now, patent seekers needed to visit offices in Alexandria, Va.
The Silicon Valley office was postponed by federal budget cuts known as sequestration, a move technology leaders in the region objected to on the grounds that patent offices are supported by the $2.8 billion in annual patent fees collected from inventors, entrepreneurs and companies.
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Behavior Changes in SQL Server Replication
This topic describes behavior changes in SQL Server Replication. Behavior changes affect how features work or interact in SQL Server 2008 as compared to earlier versions of SQL Server.
Behavior Changes Made in SQL Server 2005
This section describes behavior changes made to replication features in SQL Server 2005.
Behavior Changes That Affect All Types of Replication
The following changes affect all types of replication.
Replication agent security model
In previous versions of SQL Server, agents ran, by default, under the context of the SQL Server Agent service account. SQL Server now allows fine-grained control over each account under which the replication agents run and make Microsoft Windows Integrated connections to databases and other resources; a different account can be specified for each agent. For more information, see Security and Protection (Replication) and Replication Agent Security Model. For information about how this change affects upgrade, see the "New Replication Agent Security Model" section of Considerations for Upgrading Replicated Databases and Breaking Changes in SQL Server Replication.
Windows Synchronization Manager
In versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server 2005, the ability to synchronize subscriptions with Synchronization Manager was enabled by default. In SQL Server 2005, you must explicitly enable this option if you want to use Synchronization Manager. For more information, see How to: Synchronize a Subscription Using Windows Synchronization Manager (Windows Synchronization Manager).
Replication Conflict Viewer
In SQL Server 2000, the Replication Conflict Viewer was packaged for redistribution. In SQL Server 2005, the viewer is not packaged separately. To include the Replication Conflict Viewer in an application, you must install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 on the computer on which the application is deployed, and copy a number of files to the computer. For more information, see "Other Replication Upgrade Issues" in Upgrade Advisor Help. For more information about Upgrade Advisor, see Using Upgrade Advisor to Prepare for Upgrades.
Schema option changes
Schema options allow you to specify how attributes and objects associated with tables, such as indexes and constraints, are replicated. The behavior of a number of schema options has changed in SQL Server 2005. The next section of this topic provides more information.
Schema Options Behavior Changes
The following table summarizes schema option changes in SQL Server 2005.
If the 0x8000 schema option was set in SQL Server 2000, it is disabled during upgrade to SQL Server 2005. For schema options 0x10 or 0x40, replication might create a larger number of indexes in SQL Server 2005 than in SQL Server 2000.
Behavior if the option is set in SQL Server 2000
Behavior if the option is set in SQL Server 2005
Creates a constraint or index. If option 0x8000 is also enabled, the primary key is created as a constraint with an index. If option 0x8000 is not enabled, only the index on the primary key column is created.
Creates a primary key constraint at the Subscriber. Any indexes related to the constraint are also replicated, even if options 0x10 and 0x40 are not enabled (these options control index creation for other cases).
Creates a constraint or index. If option 0x8000 is also enabled, the unique constraint is created as a constraint with an index. If option 0x8000 is not enabled, only the index on the column is created.
Creates any unique constraints at the Subscriber. Any indexes related to the constraint are also replicated, even if options 0x10 and 0x40 are not enabled (these options control index creation for other cases).
Creates primary key constraints and unique constraints if options 0x80 or 0x4000 are also specified. If neither of these options is specified, option 0x8000 has no effect.
The option has no effect.
Behavior Changes for Transactional Replication
The following changes affect transactional replication.
Subscriber object ownership
When using the SQL Server 2005 New Publication Wizard to create a publication, the owner of objects created at the Subscriber defaults to the value of the owner of the corresponding object on the Publisher. In previous releases, the owner was not specified during the creation of the object on the Subscriber; it defaulted to the owner associated with the Distribution Agent account used to connect to the Subscriber. The behavior is unchanged for the stored procedure sp_addarticle (Transact-SQL).
Updatable subscriptions security mode
The @security_mode parameter of sp_link_publication governs how the triggers for immediate updating subscriptions execute calls at the Publisher. In SQL Server 2005, the options for this parameter are:
In previous versions of SQL Server, option 0 was used to specify a dynamic remote procedure call (RPC) from the Subscriber to the Publisher rather than a linked server.
Behavior Changes for Merge Replication
The following changes affect merge replication.
Publication compatibility level
In previous versions of SQL Server, the compatibility level was automatically increased if you enabled a feature that required a higher level. In SQL Server 2005, you must manually set the compatibility level to 90RTM before enabling functionality that requires that compatibility level. For more information, see the "Compatibility Level for Merge Publications" section of Using Multiple Versions of SQL Server in a Replication Topology.
Compensating actions
In previous versions of SQL Server, compensating actions were taken if errors (such as constraint violations) were encountered during synchronization. In some cases this behavior is desirable, but in some cases it can be problematic; for example, one incorrectly configured Subscriber that generates an error can cause changes to be undone at the Publisher and all other Subscribers.
In SQL Server 2005, the @compensate_for_errors parameter of sp_addmergearticle controls whether compensating actions are taken. When set to False (the default), compensating actions are disabled; however, the errors are still logged and subsequent merges will continue to attempt to apply the changes. Although data in the affected rows might appear to be out of convergence, as soon as you address the error, the change can be applied and data will converge. When set to True, a change that cannot be applied at a node during synchronization leads to compensating actions that undo the change at all other nodes.
If the source table for an article is already published in another publication, the value of @compensate_for_errors must be the same for both articles. For pull subscriptions at Subscribers running SQL Server 2000 version 8.00.858 and earlier (which includes Service Pack 3), compensating actions will still occur even with @compensate_for_errors set to False.
Conflict tables
In previous versions of SQL Server, merge replication created a single conflict table for each table article in a publication, with a name in the form conflict_<ArticleName>. In SQL Server 2005, the information is contained in two tables: MSmerge_conflicts_info and a table with a name in the form MSmerge_conflict_<PublicationName>_<ArticleName>.
Retention-based metadata cleanup
SQL Server 2005 uses retention-based metadata cleanup, which was introduced in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1. Metadata is periodically deleted from the following system tables:
The @keep_partition_changes parameter
The @keep_partition_changes parameter was set to False by default in previous version of SQL Server, because it results in more data being stored at the Publisher. It is now set to True if the publication compatibility level is 90RTM or higher, and the @use_partition_groups parameter is set to False. For more information about these options, see Parameterized Row Filters.
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In an apparent attempt to jumpstart its lagging social networking efforts, Google has hired the founder of the often controversial 4chan image-sharing hub.
Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, announced in a post on Monday that he has joined Google, though he does not specify what he will be doing for the company.
"When meeting with current and former Googlers, I continually find myself drawn to their intelligence, passion, and enthusiasm...," Poole wrote. "I'm also impressed by Google's commitment to enabling these same talented people to tackle some of the world's most interesting and important problems. I can't wait to contribute my own experience from a dozen years of building online communities..."
Bradley Horowitz, vice president of streams, photos and sharing at Google, confirmed the hire on his Google+ page.
When asked what Poole's title and role at Google will be, a company spokesperson would only confirm the hire.
Poole, known in the online world as moot, helped to make 4chan a well-known image-based bulletin board on which users generally post anonymously.
The site, which originally focused on fans of Japanese anime, gained a lot of notoriety for being an uncensored, brazen and risqué spot on the Internet after it was blamed for leaking stolen naked photos of female celebrities and originating memes considered racist and homophobic.
Poole, who is in his late 20s, left the site early in 2015 after the brouhaha that erupted over the repeated sharing of the hacked nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence.
The online entrepreneur, who also founded a failed site called Canvas, has spoken at large about the need to be anonymous online. He even gave a TED talk on the power and price of anonymity.
Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group, said he believes Poole was brought on to assist Google with its lagging social media initiatives .
Google+ has not taken the online world by storm -- to put it really mildly.
"The hiring of Poole definitely means that Google is making yet another effort to break the code and build a social network presence that challenges Facebook's dominance," Olds told Computerworld. "Over a dozen years, Poole has built 4chan from nothing into a site that claims to have 22 million unique visitors a month. These are the kind of numbers that gets Google's attention."
Rather than believing that Poole is tempering his controversial work, Olds said he could be bringing more of that attention-grabbing influence to Google and potentially Google+.
"One of the big attractions of 4chan is the, ahem, controversial content," he added. "That site was pivotal in publicizing the pictures gleaned from more than 100 female celebrities. It's a plain fact that this type of content attracts attention and users, but is it something that Google is willing to traffic in?"
Jeff Kagan, an independent analyst, said if Poole is heading to Google+ it could at least stir up some much-needed interest, from both the public and the media, in the site.
"Google has only seen limited success with Google+," he added. "We must remember that as large and strong as Google is, success is possible, but not a certainty, with social. Google obviously thinks Poole can help them with new thinking."
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In only two days, we could analyze our entire technology of customization that is available inside Debian and discuss the possible ways to solve today's problems.
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"I've seen evidence of them, but that's the first one I actually met," said Stephens, who has lived in the home in the 2800 block of North Holliston Avenue (map) since 1999.
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"This is their habitat. We're visiting, really," Stephens said. "They really. truly own it."
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My apologies if the question sounds too trivial but I am new to LAPACK and can't figure out what's going wrong with the code. Ok, so here it goes.
I need to solve for x in Ax = b system where the matrix A (about 100 x 100 size ) is square,( but could also be rectangular sometimes ), complex, dense, and highly ill-conditioned (condition number \kappa ~ 10E+017 ). The best way to solve such a system is obviously SVD.
First I computed the SVD using Matlab, then obtained the inverse of A to get solution vector x ( A^{-1} b ) and that gives me the correct answer ( I am solving a problem for which theoretical solution is available).
But when I tried to solve the same problem with ZGESVD, I get a wrong solution. Wrong decomposition? Obviously! Yes, the matrix entries for U and V from ZGESVD and MATLAB ([u,s,v] = svd(A)) are very different. Only a few entries from upper left corner of U and V match (that too only upto 4 or 5 deciamal places). Surprisingly, I get a very good comparison between ZGESVD and Matlab for singular vector S.
When I test the ZGESVD code for a small matrix with a reasonable \kappa (~ 10E+001 ) ( a randomly generated matrix from Matlab ), the comparison is very good for U, V and S (the numbers match to double precision ). I am not sure what goes wrong when I try this with a bigger and highly ill-conditioned complex matrix using ZGESVD.
I checked for the correctness of the input that is given to ZGESVD (precision, sequence of arguments etc. ), everything looks OK. Not sure why I can't get the correct SVD from ZGESVD when Matlab uses same routine for its SVD command. Is there anything I am missing?
Just for the sake of completeness – I use gfortran compiler ( from minGW ) with LAPACK libraries built using CMAKE.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- An exploration-focused, side-scrolling platformer featuring RPG and crafting elements. Koji Igarashi, the namesake of "Igavania"-style games, is leading the project, with Michiru Yamane composing the music and Inti Creates leading the development.
- The game will be developed for Steam (PC/Mac/Linux), GOG.com (PC/Mac/Linux), XBOX One, Playstation 4, Wii U, and PS Vita.
- For the first time on Kickstarter, backers will have the option to receive physical retail copies for all supported platforms: PC / XB1 / PS4 / Wii U / Vita.
You are Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist curse which slowly crystallizes your skin. You must battle your way through a demon-filled castle summoned by Gebel, your old friend whose body has become more crystal than flesh.
All copies of the game from $60+ tiers will include Special Edition backer-only content:
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Miss the boat? You can back the project at the $28-500 tiers via Paypal/Stripe:
You can also see localizations of this Kickstarter campaign in the following languages, courtesy of Playism:
- 日本語 [http://igavania.com/jp/]
- Deutsch [http://igavania.com/de]
- Français [http://igavania.com/fr]
After our launch, backers amassed a trove of stretch goals and achievements. Here's a recap of the big stuff:
We launched and ended this historical campaign with live streams courtesy of twitch.tv. Check out the archived streams below:
In addition to funding the creation of physical discs, the main purpose of this Kickstarter is to fund stretch goals, which will help IGA expand his vision for this game:
Stretch goals are only the beginning. Unlock enough backer achievements by submitting fanart, making cool things, and joining us on social media, and you'll unlock Backer Inventory items that will change the campaign and trigger exclusive rewards.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bloodstained-Ritual-of-the-Night/674733866005672
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Picked up as an orphan by an Alchemist at a young age, she became a host for the dark Alchemists' curse. Although the magi-crystals were fused with her body at a young age, for 10 years she lay sleeping while the curse matured to its full form. It was during this period that the demons arrived, meaning that she missed their appearance and awoke with a mild form of amnesia, not quite fully understanding what happened to her.
She is a woman of few words but strong of purpose. Her youth is deceiving, making her seem confrontational and quick to judge, though in reality she is constantly evaluating her next step. The pain she felt as an orphaned child fuels her compassionate desire to protect her loved ones and friends.
Original host for the magi-crystal curse that summons demons to the planet. Gebel (JEE-bill) was the only one to survive its effects at such a high level. He destroyed the guild that created him, but in doing so realized he was no longer human and had no place on Earth. This in turn, lead him to summon the demon castle from hell to appear on the planet.
It is said that his real purpose in summoning the castle was to give Miriam a place of her own, but as his Magi-crystal disease progressed, he soon forgot his own reasoning. The more he surrounded himself with hell-spawn, the quicker the magi-crystals engulfed his body. He continues to plot the downfall of man, and how to best convince (or use) Miriam to achieve his dark ambition.
A member of the defunct Alchemist guild and Gebel's best friend. Johannes (yo-HAH-nis) was the only Alchemist who dissented with the plan to call demons to the earth to cement Alchemy as the prevalent philosophy. His rejection of the other Alchemists' scheme is what kept him from sharing their fate. He has a vague understanding that Miriam's awakening and the demon castle's appearance are no mere coincidence.
Exploration: Bloodstained's story unfolds as you explore Gebel's hellish castle; a sprawling structure that features a variety of locations. As you explore the massive castle you'll find warp gates that will allow you to travel quickly without having to backtrack too much.
RPG Elements: It's not an Igavania without leveling, and Bloodstained will be no exception. In addition to the classic elements everyone's come to expect, enemies in Bloodstained will drop a wide variety of items, materials, and magi-crystals necessary to create the items that will get you safely through Gebel's castle.
Crafting: As you explore, fight enemies, and complete quests you will gain experience and become more powerful, acquiring a variety of weapons along the way. Enemies will also drop materials you can use to craft new weapons and abilities using Miriam's training in alchemy.
Risks and challenges
Darkness lurks around every corner, seeking to corrupt all that it touches. The world is torn between those in power and those the powerful would destroy, and both sides are held in thrall by the demons lust and avarice. Games get delayed sometimes, and it would be dishonest of us to promise you this one won't be.
But Inti Creates has shipped more than 30 games on eight different platforms, and Koji Igarashi personally oversaw the production and design of one of Japan's most legendary franchises. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the kind of game they love to make, and they've got a lot of experience making them.
Between us, the people behind this Kickstarter have helped to launch and fulfill several of the biggest, most complicated gaming Kickstarters ever launched. We've spent months trying to get this one right because we believe in the game (and really, really want to play it.) We're certain the game will be made, and that you'll get all the rewards you've backed for.
IGA has worked for more than a year to prepare and gather support for this game because fans have asked him for it. Now that he's come to you for help, his goal is to make the game you've been waiting for. By backing this campaign, you'll become a part of the process. During and after the campaign he hopes to keep you involved, whether it's voting on swords and whips, telling us how you play his games—as fast as possible, or exploring every hidden passage—or helping us find the perfect style for the graphics.
Finally, the possibility exists that a man scarred by unfeeling, power-mad alchemists could summon a hell-castle filled with demons across the street from Inti Creates headquarters in Tokyo. IGA has as much experience handling that risk as any game designer on earth, but we estimate that it might set production back slightly (depending on whether or not he's allowed to backdash).Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Developed as a short course at HTB in London, in 1990 Nicky Gumbel took over running Alpha and found that many people outside of the church wanted to explore the Christian faith. Alpha now runs in every part of the global church, including the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church and all mainline Protestant denominations.
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Top pick Tucker eager to get to work after signing
PITTSBURGH -- Cole Tucker got the full first-round pick treatment from the Pirates on Thursday.
Tucker dined with general manager Neal Huntington, met manager Clint Hurdle and reigning National League Most Valuable Player Award winner Andrew McCutchen and made a few pen strokes worth $1.8 million.View Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- Cole Tucker got the full first-round pick treatment from the Pirates on Thursday.
Tucker dined with general manager Neal Huntington, met manager Clint Hurdle and reigning National League Most Valuable Player Award winner Andrew McCutchen and made a few pen strokes worth $1.8 million.View Full Game Coverage
It was the 17-year-old's dream playing out in front of him. But in his first visit to PNC Park, Tucker realized he didn't have to look any further for his next big goal.
"I have a chance to make this my office one day," Tucker said.
Tucker, the 24th overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, officially signed with the Pirates on Thursday, and the team announced he will begin his professional journey in the Gulf Coast League. The high school shortstop from Arizona was presented with a Pirates uniform and hat at a news conference.
Despite his roots, Tucker was somewhat familiar with the black and gold even before the Draft.
One of the many people who reached out to Tucker after he was selected was Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez. Tucker (6-foot-3, 185 pounds) said he and Alvarez -- a Pirates' first-round pick in 2008 -- have been friends for a few years, as Alvarez's brother-in-law played baseball with Tucker's younger brother. Tucker added that former Pirates first baseman Kevin Young is also a family friend.
"I've always had ties to them," Tucker said. "I'm just a baseball junkie -- I can go watch a big league game, a little league game, it doesn't matter to me. I've always had interest in the Pirates, and it's really cool to put this uniform on and be a part of the organization."
Tucker said he knew the Pirates had an interest in him, but it wasn't until two picks before he was drafted that he knew the club was going to call his name.
"I was hearing good things throughout the day that I was going to go in the first 40 picks, probably," said Tucker, who handled his first Pittsburgh news conference like a Major League veteran. "But I knew at pick 22 that it was going to be Pittsburgh for me. I was jumping up and down, screaming, shouting -- you name it. ... I just kind of went numb."
On the field, Tucker hit .404 with five homers, 30 RBIs and 13 steals in his senior season at Mountain Pointe High School. He also has international experience, playing for the U.S. under-18 national team in the 2013 World Cup. Playing in Taiwan -- an experience he said taught him "how to live in a hotel" -- Tucker was part of a championship team that downed host Japan, 3-2, in the final.
Taking Tucker that early in the Draft surprised some analysts, but Huntington said the Pirates not only saw a budding skill set, but considerable upside in Tucker.
"[Scouts] knew he was growing, he was getting better, he was developing, he had now skills defensively," Huntington said. "They saw a 17-year-old that is ahead of where most in his class are. They felt if he were being drafted next year, it'd be in the top five or 10 picks in the country."
Tucker is one of 16 Bucs' 2014 Draft picks to have signed with the team so far, and he'll be joined by other younger players in Bradenton, Fla. Tucker said the choice to sign with the Pirates -- instead of attending the University of Arizona, where he signed a letter of intent to play collegiately -- was an easy one. He just wants to play baseball.
Tucker will get to do so professionally for the first time when the Gulf Coast League season starts on June 20. Tucker said he's ready to go to work and see to it that Thursday is not the last time he wears a Pirates jersey at PNC Park.
"I feel like if I want to be a Major Leaguer, I have to improve every aspect of my game," he said. "There's nothing I do right now that is good enough to be out on that field. I need to improve as a hitter, as a student of the game, as a person, as a fielder, a runner. I need to get stronger. I need to do a lot of things so I can put on this uniform every day and play in the big leagues."
Stephen Pianovich is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Report: Top recruit says he issued no ultimatum to Clemson
Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, the consensus No. 1 overall recruit in the class of 2013, has backtracked from earlier comments that suggested he was trying to leverage his value to get a scholarship offer for a friend as well.
Nkemdiche, who is from Loganville, Ga., implied in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he would look at other schools if Clemson, the school to which he had verbally committed, did not offer a scholarship to defensive back Ryan Carter.
"If Clemson doesn't offer Ryan, it would make me look at Ole Miss a little more, it would," Nkemdiche told the Journal-Conistitution. "It's very important that I have my boys with me."
Nkemdiche changed that perspective when he spoke to the New York Times.
"Of course I would want to play with him," Nkemdiche told the Times. "But if it doesn't work out, I'll still go to Clemson. ... I didn't give (Clemson head) coach (Dabo) Swinney an ultimatum about anything. I hope he doesn't feel obligated to offer anybody a scholarship because of my commitment. I don't want anybody to think I'm giving ultimatums, because that's not who I am."


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Parapsychology: A Concise History
Palgrave Macmillan, 15. juuni 1997 - 344 pages
This is a "history of ideas" account of the retreat of magical thinking in Europe before the rise of the modern scientific world view. It examines the challenge to this view presented by the physical researchers of the 19th century employing scientific methods and criteria.
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Minority-rights groups are charting "new territory" in the fight against Texas' redistricting plan, using a provision of the Voting Rights Act that cites discriminatory intent as part of an effort to maintain federal oversight of the state's congressional maps.
The NAACP and the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a motion here Tuesday, asking that Texas again be placed under federal requirements for changes made to voting maps, per Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act.
State authorities labeled the move a "desperate effort" following recent Supreme Court decisions that strike down regulatory provisions of the 1965 act.
Luis Vera, a LULAC lawyer in San Antonio, said that because Section 3 was untouched by the court, it allows any state to be subject to federal preclearance if discriminatory intent or a demonstrated effort to disenfranchise is found in new voting laws or maps.
Last August, a D.C. court panel found Texas intentionally discriminated against minorities when it adopted new redistricting maps.
The ruling rejected the state's claim that the changes did not require Justice Department preclearance approval.
The D.C. court ruling was vacated last month, following the Supreme Court's decision.
Vera said that while the Supreme Court ruling was a huge blow, consideration of Section 3 by the court would give hope of a remedy to groups.
"We are still in the game," he said.
Vera conceded that the claim of discrimination must now be proved by the groups filing the motion, whereas the state previously had to prove it did not discriminate when it changed laws or maps.
"In the past, the burden was on the state. Now, the burden is on us," Vera said. "The good thing for us is that the D.C. court already found discriminatory intent."
All or part of 16 states with a history of discrimination, including Texas, are required to secure preclearance from the Justice Department before changing voting laws under Section 5 of the act.
The Supreme Court found that Section 4 formulas to determine a pattern of past discrimination were outdated and unconstitutional in a June ruling.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott immediately declared the high court's ruling released the state from Section 5 preclearance provisions.
The strategy to bring Texas under preclearance through Section 3 "is new territory," said Michael Li, a Dallas lawyer who specializes in redistricting.
"African-American and Hispanic groups recognized as much when they told the D.C. court in their pleadings that it was being asked to tread new ground," Li said.
A motion filed by Abbott seeks dismissal of the claim filed Tuesday, saying the District Court for the District of Columbia lacks jurisdiction.
The Abbott motion notes the electoral maps in question were passed by the Texas Legislature on June 23.
Lauren Bean, a Texas attorney general's spokeswoman in Austin, called the motion filed in D.C. District Court an attempt to put the state under federal control.
"In a desperate effort, partisan groups are once again attempting to cede the state's sovereignty," Bean said.
A similar motion by the minority rights groups has been filed with another federal court in San Antonio, which is hearing legal challenges to the Texas redistricting maps under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The San Antonio judges also have raised the issue of jurisdiction, asking lawyers for the minority rights groups and the state to provide legal briefs on the issue by July 22.
There has been no decision or official reply from the D.C. judges on the motion.
Both sides of the case said it's unknown when the D.C. court will hear the motions, or whether it will defer to the San Antonio court.
Texas is asking the D.C. court to issue an order "dismissing all claims asserted in this case."


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Feds want shorter snapper season
The National Marine Fisheries Service is once again tampering with red snapper regulations for recreational anglers, and it's not sitting very well with both fishermen and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. This month, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, part of the NMFS, voted to recommend an emergency rule that could shorten the recreational red snapper fishing season in federal waters off the Texas coast to as little as 11 days from the planned 27 day season. If that sounds crazy, it is, and that's mainly because catches of red snapper are better than they have ever been for sport fishermen. Beaumont's John Blackwell, who has been snapper fishing out of Sabine and Galveston for decades, says their catches of red snapper have never been better. "We're catching more and bigger red snapper than ever before," says Blackwell. "There are so many snapper out there that you can hardly get a bait to bottom when fishing around the rigs, rocks and wrecks." Recreational anglers have thought for years that the NMFS is controlled by the commercial red snapper fishermen. And with this latest recommendation by the Gulf Council, you've got to scratch your head and wonder if it's true. Over the past 10 years, the feds have consistently reduced the number of days recreational anglers can fish for red snapper in federal waters. In so doing, they have just about eliminated sport fishing for red snapper. "The recommendation passed by a narrow majority, over strong opposition by representatives from Texas and Louisiana, including the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and a representative from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission," said Tom Harvey with TPWD. Harvey says that TPWD is stunned by the Gulf Council's snapper recommendation. The rule would give the NMFS southeast regional administrator authority to shorten the snapper season in federal Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters off Texas. State waters extend from the coast out to nine nautical miles." "We are simply outraged by this move to penalize Texas anglers, local economies and fisheries for simply exercising our regulatory authority in Texas waters," said T. Dan Friedkin of Houston, TPW Commission chairman. "This is not a recipe for a successful collaborative approach to fisheries management. I do not intend to stand idly by while Texas anglers are penalized by such egregious federal overreach." Harvey says that TPWD leaders noted the unusual circumstances surrounding the emergency rule recommendation. This included how a vote for the rule failed 9 to 8, but backers of the rule persisted with a second vote after lunch, when the measure finally passed 10 to 7. "This recommendation is clearly directed at Texas and it strikes me as more punitive and political, rather than biological, because state regulations in Texas waters have not mirrored those set by the Gulf Council in recent years," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "This is not a victory for red snapper, but rather a loss for Texas anglers and coastal communities." The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional Fishery Management Councils established by the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. The Council prepares fishery management plans designed to manage fishery resources within the 200-mile limit of the Gulf of Mexico. Current allocation of red snapper is 51 percent commercial and 49 percent recreational. Since the Commercial Individual Fishing Quota Program was put in place, the commercial sector has not exceeded its quota, according to the Gulf Council. However, they maintain that in recent years the recreational sector has exceeded its quota. Because of tha,t we have faced shorter seasons. The Gulf Council met in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 5-8, to discuss a number of fishery issues, including many related to the management of red snapper. Here are some of the actions taken by the Council. Regional management is considering dividing the federal red snapper quota among states or regions, potentially giving them authority to set their own bag limits and seasons. States or regions would have more flexibility in choosing season and bag limits, but this would not necessarily result in more fishing days, according to the Gulf Council. Under a regional management system, red snapper would remain a federally managed species subject to federal conservation goals, and the Council would continue to allocate the recreational quota and set the size limit. The purpose of this amendment is to increase net benefits from red snapper fishing, and to increase the stability of the recreational red snapper component of the reef fish fishery. The Council put this amendment on hold until after the current red snapper stock assessment is completed and the results can be analyzed. The Council took final action on framework to eliminate the 2008 requirement to have and use a venting tool. This is a device that is inserted into red snapper to release air that can kill them after being released. These recommendations will be presented to the Council during the April meeting in Gulfport, Mississippi. In order to become law, the actions must first be approved and implemented by the Secretary of Commerce.


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Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town's well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap and a pump working overtime to no effect. It still did not prepare her for the night last month when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where she had made her home for 35 years was out of water.
"The day that we ran out of water I turned on my faucet and nothing was there and at that moment I knew the whole of Barnhart was down the tubes," she said, blinking back tears. "I went: 'Dear God, help us.' That was the first thought that came to mind."
Across the southwest, residents of small communities like Barnhart are confronting the reality that something as basic as running water, as unthinking as turning on a tap, can no longer be taken for granted.
Three years of drought, decades of overuse and now the oil industry's outsize demands on water for fracking are running down reservoirs and aquifers. Climate change is making things worse.
In Texas alone, about 30 communities could run out of water by the end of the year, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Nearly 15 million people are living under some form of water rationing, barred from freely sprinkling their lawns or refilling their swimming pools. In Barnhart's case, the well appears to have run dry because the water was being extracted for shale gas fracking.
The town — a gas station, a community hall and a taco truck — sits in the midst of the great Texan oil rush, on the eastern edge of the Permian Basin.
A few years ago, it seemed like a place on the way out. Now, McGuire says she can see nine oil wells from her back porch, and there are dozens of recreational vehicles parked outside town, full of oil workers.
However, soon after the first frack trucks pulled up two years ago, the well on McGuire's property ran dry.
Nobody in Barnhart paid much attention at the time, and McGuire hooked up to the town's central water supply.
"Everyone just said: 'too bad.' Well now it's all going dry," McGuire said.
Ranchers dumped most of their herds. Cotton farmers lost up to half their crops. The extra draw down, coupled with drought, made it impossible for local ranchers to feed and water their herds, Buck Owens said.
In a good year, Owens used to run 500 cattle and up to 8,000 goats on his 7,689 leased hectares. Now he is down to a few hundred goats.
The drought undoubtedly took its toll, but Owens reserved his anger for the contractors who drilled 104 water wells on his leased land to supply the oil companies.
Water levels were dropping in his wells because of the vast amounts being pumped out of the Edwards-Trinity Plateau Aquifer, an 88,060km2 water-bearing formation.
"They are sucking all of the water out of the ground, and there are just hundreds and hundreds of water trucks here every day bringing fresh water out of the wells," Owens said.
Meanwhile, residents in town complained, they were forced to live under water rationing.
"I've got dead trees in my yard because I haven't been able to water them," Glenda Kuykendall said. "The state is mandating our water system to conserve water, but why? Getting one oil well fracked takes more water than the entire town can drink or use in a day."
Even as the drought bore down, even as the water levels declined, the oil industry continued to demand water and those with water on their land were willing to sell it. The road west of town was lined with signs advertising "fresh water," where tankers can take on a boxcar-sized load of water laced with industrial chemicals.


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Chocolate & caramel flapjacks
These sweet and sticky treats are best made a day in advance - perfect if you need to get ahead for a bake sale
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal492
- fat23g
- saturates13g
- carbs67g
- sugars48g
- fibre4g
- protein8g
- salt0.37g
- 200g soft brown sugar
- 200g butter, plus extra for greasing
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
Golden syrupgoal-dun sir-rup
Golden syrup is a clear, sparkling, golden-amber coloured, sweet…
- 350g whole oats
Oats are processed by rolling (steamed and pressed) or steel-cutting (cut into pieces). There is…
- 397g can caramel (we used Carnation Caramel)
This is white, granulated sugar melted until it browns, after which it sets clear and hard when…
- 200g plain chocolate
- 1 tbsp unflavoured oil, like sunflower
Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Place the sugar, butter and golden syrup together in a saucepan and gently heat until the butter has melted, stirring occasionally. Take the saucepan off the heat and stir in the oats, mixing thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a lined and lightly greased 22cm square tin, pressing it out evenly using the back of a wooden spoon. Bake in the centre of the oven for 40-45 mins.
Allow the mixture to cool in the tin for 10 mins (or for best results, leave to cool completely overnight), then evenly spread over the caramel. There can be discrepancies between the thickness of caramel, and the more you stir the runnier it gets. If it looks too thin pop it into a pan and boil for a few minutes, stirring. Then leave to cool - it should be thicker. Chill until firm.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, then stir in the oil and pour over the chilled caramel flapjack base. Let the chocolate set, then cut into squares. Setting chocolate on top of something squidgy can make it difficult to cut, this is why the oil is added.
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