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Black Creek Pioneer Village
Dare to go where dark things dwell
Stopping in the sleepy village of Black Creek for a night's rest, you and your fellow travellers find yourselves trapped as strange cultists work to awaken an ancient evil force. Now it's up to you to stop the cultists' curse. You must save the remaining villagers and discover the great incantation to stop the evil from rising and escape the village before the final bell tolls.
$42 + HST / General
$35 + HST / Student
This is a live event and all sales are final. Once the booking is confirmed, refunds and exchanges are not accepted.
Running time
Time Limit: 90 Minutes
Run Times:
Thursday – 7:00 PM
Friday – 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM
Saturday – 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early. This game is played in fixed teams of 6. If your group is larger than 6 players or you arrive late, you will be split up.
Black Creek Pioneer Village 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy, North York, M3J 2P3 Parking is available for visitors to the site for $7 per car, per day.
If you're interested in booking in an off time or a corporate engagement, please contact us to arrange a private game.
Reserve your spot for 2019 now
Click 'pick date' or click through 'following days' to find games.
Games will not run if the minimum number of tickets are not booked. For further information please visit our FAQ section.
Frequently asked questions
What is this?
Black Creek Pioneer Village Escape Series: Where Dark Things Dwell is a live game for up to 60 players taking place at Black Creek Pioneer Village all summer long. It is a game of the occult and the uncanny, curses and witchcraft. Up to 10 teams of 6 will explore the village, each experiencing a unique set of challenges and stories.
Is this an escape room?
Not exactly! Where Dark Things Dwell is a new spin on the escape game format. Each team will have 90 minutes to explore Black Creek Pioneer Village, solve puzzles and challenges, and break the curse afflicting a village of unique characters.
Is the game replayable?
Yes! Where Dark Things Dwell is designed for teams to return and have a new experience every time! After completing your first visit to Where Dark Things Dwell your team will be given a discount code for your replay booking! This code is only applicable to Where Dark Things Dwell and cannot be used with other Secret City Adventures games.
Is it scary? Is it appropriate for children?
Where Dark Things Dwell has no gore or overtly horrific imagery, but it does feature occult and potentially uncomfortable situations. It takes place at a historical site at dusk, which some may find creepy.
The game is not recommended for children under 13 years of age, although the minimum age to play is 10.
Between the ages of 10-16, for every 4 children there must be at least 1 accompanying adult. Additionally, a waiver signed by a guardian/parent is also needed: please contact us if you require this in advance and we will send you a PDF file.
I cannot find any dates that I can attend!
Do you have a waiting or cancellation list?
Yes! On our booking form, just click the 'wait list' button for the date you're interested in. If the date becomes available, emails will be sent out to the waiting list in the order in which they registered – sign up now to make sure you're one of the first to know! If it looks like your chosen game won't have availability, we might also contact you with some alternative options to make sure you can still play one of our games! The game cannot run with less than 18 players. A game with less than 18 players will be cancelled with 24 hours notice. You will be contacted and your game will be rescheduled.
Can I put all the tickets under my name?
Yes. Please make sure that you (or your friend) bring the tickets.
Are tickets refundable or transferable?
All sales are final and we cannot offer refunds. Please be aware of that our game is a live event, so once the booking is confirmed, refunds, cancellations or reschedules are not accepted. However, tickets are transferrable and you can give or sell your tickets to another person.
Do you offer corporate bookings?
Yes. We'd love to host you and your group of colleagues! Learn more about our team building options, or email us at email@example.com to book a private game.
Can I explore the village before the game?
Players of Where Dark Things Dwell can explore the Village before 5pm on the day of their game. Show your ticket at the front desk in order to receive $5 admission to the Village!
The Village grounds are closed between 5pm and 5:45pm. After 5pm, players are welcome to wait in the Visitor Centre for their game to start.
Do Black Creek members get a discount?
Yes! BCPV Family and BCPV VIP Friends & Family memberships are eligible for a 15% discount, although unfortunately those with the Conservation Parks pass are not. Please contact Black Creek Pioneer Village to receive the discount code which should be entered on our booking form at the time of purchase. Discounts cannot be refunded after the tickets have been purchased. Please also make sure you have your membership card available for inspection on the night or we reserve the right to charge the extra amount before the game starts.
Do students get a discount?
Yes – students can play for just $35! Make sure to book the student option at the time of purchase – discounts cannot be refunded after the tickets have been bought. Please also make sure you have your student card available for inspection on the night or we reserve the right to charge the extra amount before the game starts.
What if I have more or less than 6 players?
Where Dark Things Dwell supports up to 60 players at once, and requires teams of exactly 6 players to function. Due to limitations of the space, teams of more than 6 players are not possible, so if you are coming with a larger group please expect to have your group split up. If you have fewer then 6 in your group, you will be matched with other players to complete your team. If you want to be guaranteed a team with your friends, please purchase your tickets in multiples of 6.
Please arrive early, or arrive with your group – if your group arrives apart, or some arrive late, you may be placed in different teams by our staff to ensure the game begins on time.
Is the game wheelchair accessible?
We are working with Black Creek in order to make the game as accessible as possible. There are a limited number of accessible tickets available in each game. If you require an accessible ticket, please email our team before making your booking to ensure that we are able to accommodate you. If you have any questions or concerns, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information please visit blackcreek.com/accessibility.
Are there any health risks?
None of our games require undue physical exertion, but Where Dark Things Dwell does involve travelling across the village, so expect to walk. The game will run rain or shine, so dress appropriately for weather. You may wish to bring a bottle of water. Black Creek Pioneer Village is located far from the city core, in a comparatively rural setting. We recommend coming prepared with bug repellant, long pants, and close-toed shoes.
What should I wear?
Wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes. We recommend wearing long pants and bug repellant. Portions of the game take place outdoors. The game will run in inclement weather, so if rain is in the forecast, wear boots and a raincoat. If you forget, rain ponchos will be available for purchase. Expect to move quickly!
Can I take photos?
To keep the game's secrets fun for everyone, no photos or videos are allowed during the event. Please leave your phones in your pockets for the duration of the game, or in the lockers provided.
Wouldn't this be more fun after a few drinks?
Escape games require a sharp and sober mind. You may be grouped with other players, so it's important that you're cooperative. You will also be walking across the Black Creek grounds, at night, over bare ground. So no, please don't show up drunk. Please note that if you arrive intoxicated, our staff has the right of refusal, and no refunds will be given.
Real-life escape room games are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room with other participants and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles, find clues, and escape the room within a set time limit.
Where Dark Things Dwell is an escape-style game taking place throughout Black Creek Pioneer Village, playable by up to 60 people at once. With multiple buildings and outdoor areas to explore, teams of 6 must work together to uncover the dark secrets of the village and break the curse! When your adventure is finished, come back again and experience the other puzzles.
Explore Black Creek Pioneer Village at dusk. Stay out of sight of the cursed souls that wander the barren streets. Uncover the secrets hidden among the barns and homesteads, but keep quiet! Don't awaken the dark things that dwell just out of sight…
What the press are saying
Black Creek Pioneer Village is a working village, typical of those established in south central Ontario between the 1790s and the 1860s. Today, this small agricultural community at Toronto's northern edge honours the ways of our early settlers. Centred around a water mill, the village also features stores, a tavern, a blacksmith shop, houses, churches and a school. Black Creek invites you to escape the modern world and experience Ontario's rich rural heritage through experiential learning and drawing connections between the mid-1800s and contemporary life.


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About Osteopathic Manipulation
Osteopathic Medicine began in the 1800s with the work of Andrew Taylor Still. Responding to the often primitive medical practices of his day, Dr. Still developed a new philosophy that focused on the whole body, as a system, and emphasized personalized patient care. Still began formulating gentle, hands-on techniques to improve health and treat bodily dysfunction. Today, OMT effectively prevents and treats injury or illness utilizing gentle pressure, lengthening, and resistance techniques that support and realign the body's vastly interconnected nervous system, muscles, joints, and bones.
More on Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)
The principles of Osteopathy include promoting the body's homeostatic mechanisms used to maintain balance and health (temperature, blood sugar, blood pressure, fluids). OMT works to maintain homeostasis within these mechanisms and Osteopathic physicians, utilizing OMT, treat what is termed as Somatic Dysfunction.
Somatic Dysfunction: "Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial and myofascial structures, and their related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements. Somatic dysfunction is treatable using osteopathic manipulative treatment." — American Osteopathic Association
Osteopathic Manipulation: Direct and Indirect
There are many OMT techniques that all address Somatic Dysfunction in different ways. These techniques are grouped into Direct and Indirect categories.
Indirect techniques work with affected muscles in their shortened position. This is a position of ease for the muscle, which allows the hyperactive reflex to calm and let go of the abnormal contraction. Indirect OMT practitioners feel the direction of abnormal muscle contractions then, gently move them into a position of ease, allowing for what is called "release" (Myofascial Release).
Dr. Redfern exclusively performs Indirect techniques. He has found them to be more effective in his 30 years of practicing and consistently more likely to reverse Somatic Dysfunction in a gentle yet durable fashion. He utilizes the influence of the Jones Strain-Counterstrain technique and practices an integration of "Segmental" Myofascial Release, using small positional changes focussed on the dysfunctional joint. He routinely addresses every vertebral level, not only the acutely painful area, as there are many interactions between different levels of the spine.
Dr. Redfern's interest in Indirect techniques began to form during his early years of study at Reed College where his thesis focused on the neuromuscular system (neurophysical), muscle contractions (muscle spindles), and the applications of OMT. He researched the mechanism by which there is an inappropriate, ongoing muscle contraction caused by hyperactivity in the stretch receptor reflex. In cases like this, the stretch receptor "thinks" the muscle is being stretched when it is not—causing the muscle to respond in chronic contraction. This occurs due to minor or major injuries, from slips and falls to car accidents. New injuries can also compound or trigger prior unresolved injury patterns. If severe and left untreated, this Somatic Dysfunction expresses itself in painful inhibition of everyday activities, movement, and bodily function.
Direct techniques work to elongate a dysfunctional muscle, which is chronically shortened, to its fullest or most accessible extension by various means, including applying sudden thrusts to the affected areas.
Conditions Treated
The most common conditions treated by OMT are back and neck conditions. These types of issues are often caused by an acute, obvious injury or by a prior injury that is triggered by everyday activity—causing back pain to arise, seemingly, out of the blue. The pain may be intermittent and patterned or may become chronic.
Other conditions effectively treated by OMT include tension headaches, migraines, pain in the limbs, and symptoms related to internal organ functioning. The function of the internal organs can be restricted by Somatic Dysfunction either via reflex connections in the spinal cord, which excite the nerves regulating the organs (somatovisceral reflexes) or by restrictions in the soft tissues around the organs.
Utilizing Indirect methods of OMT, Dr. Redfern has treated asthma, heart palpitations, and many other symptoms with success by addressing Somatic Dysfunction through the body's vastly interconnected neuromuscular pathways, muscular patterns, and systems that converge in the spinal column.

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SCeNE to hold social media workshop in Valdosta
On Wednesday, Aug. 21, Thomas University's SCeNE will host the workshop "How to Use Social Media to Promote your Organization" from 10 to noon at the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St. Valdosta. This event is free to SCeNE members or $25 for non-members.
The Southern Center for Nonprofit Excellence (SCeNE) provides high-value professional development and networking opportunities and other resources for the Southwest Georgia nonprofit community. The Center directs its offerings at the intersection of community needs and the distinctive and substantial knowledge base of recognized leaders in the field of philanthropy.
The presenter will be John Kiminas, owner of sitedoodle.com, which espouses the belief that all businesses should have access to fair, efficient and easy-to-use online resources as a part of a well-rounded marketing plan. Adapting to and conquering the modern world's ever-changing technology, he has created content management systems (CMS), online marketing, and social media for his clients.
In 1987 at the age of 18, Kiminas started his first business, a screen printing company, which he owned and operated for four years. Kiminas attended Towson State University in Maryland, studying advertising, marketing and finances. In 1992 he moved to South Florida, where he worked for several major advertising firms as a Multimedia Designer, IT Specialist, and Director of Technology. Kiminas established his first full-service multimedia studio, Dream Out Loud, in 1994 attracting such clients as IBM and Motorola.
For more information or to register for the workshop, visit www.sceneresources.com or call (229) 227-6903.


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Active Incidents: Support Thriving Heading Into 2018
By: Chris McManus LinkedIn   |
Categories: Friday Fun
Happy holidays on what must be one of the least productive days of the year. If you're delaying your last-minute shopping, check out a few tech headlines that jumped out at us this week:
Support is Alive and Well
2017 featured a lot of speculation (and some anxiety) about how advanced technology, including AI and automation, would impact the job market. This week, we released a survey on artificial intelligence and its impact on the workforce. Despite some of that anxiety, only 7% of our respondents thought that AI would put their jobs in jeopardy.
Our survey featured a wide variety of job roles, but one role that often finds itself in the spotlight of the smart technology discussion is IT support. As HDI's Roy Atkinson pointed out this week, the need for human support has never been greater as we transition to 2018.
In fact, HDI found that 29% of support centers are expanding staffs, compared to only 3% that are cutting. More from Atkinson:
"Yes, automation is coming, or maybe it's already here in your organization. What we found in 2017 research, however, is that only 8 percent of organizations that are using automation have reduced the number IT staff members. In 12 percent of organizations, staff increased, and a whopping 45 percent of organizations say that the work has shifted, but the number of people doing it has remained the same. Isn't this the desired outcome?"
Hard to summarize it better than that.
Checkout Without Lines and Cashiers
WalMart wants to deliver an in-store shopping experience free from lines and cashiers. Recode reports that the test is called Project Kepler, and it's being led by Jet.com co-founder Mike Hanrahan. The goal is to allow customers to exit the store with their purchases and be automatically charged through advanced technology, similar to Amazon's Go project, which has been delayed due to technological issues.
The Change Management Award Goes to…
Fin, the human/AI assistant that can handle your tedious chores for $1 per minute. TechCrunch published an interesting profile today describing some trials and tribulations in developing technology that will learn the habits and personalities of customers to help them email, speak a request, or even negotiate on their behalf.
The profile describes a service that "makes Siri and her cohorts feel like mere calculators in comparison."
ITSM Links:
- Five Reasons to Implement a Self-Service Portal (from ITSM Tools)
- The Impact of AI According to the Workforce
- 2018 IT Resolutions
- The Evolution of ITSM in Education
Be sure to keep up on our blog to help your service desk run at maximum efficiency heading into 2018!
About Chris McManus
Chris McManus is a Marketing Manager with a variety of media and creative content experience. He works with SolarWinds Service Desk customers on case studies, webinars, and spotlight videos.
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Aquarium fish: for beginners
Many fans living over want they would be aquarium fish home, set in apartments aquariums, enjoying the grace of underwater creatures, to relax after a busy day.
We bring you some tips on the correct device fish house.
Before you buy an aquarium, Think carefully about everything. Any serious business, and aquariums including, requires a serious approach. It is better to measure ten times than once to lightly cut.
The main thing for beginners to determine the place where it will be this glass thing a hundred liters of water inside.
To select the place of installation of the aquarium, take into account the following points:
– in which room to put an aquarium
– how to bring light
– how to heat water
– what should be the soil, algae
– what kind of aquarium fish to choose
– what to prefer food
Most people prefer that the aquarium was in the living room so that you can look at the fishes in his leisure hours. However, you may enjoy a piece of the sea in the bedroom to admire the fish and to calm their nerves before bed.
Typically, the aquarium should be placed as close as possible to an electrical outlet, but if she napadisylate from your chosen space, you will have to connect to use an extension cord. The main thing in this, to solve it so that the cord of the extension took place on the plinth and was well fixed, in any case, never put the cord under the carpet.
For the most complete viewing pleasure of the aquarium and the life of its inhabitants, it must be installed in such a place that would not have to rearrange already existing things in the room and objects around him. You should be able to see the tank completely. It mustneeds be at such a height that it was convenient to see from the chair or sofa where you like to relax.
Another important factor is the silence and tranquility. It is not difficult to have aquarium fish at home, but you need to make sure that they live comfortably. Some fish absolutely do not like being bothered, say often passing by, it irritates them and they may be too hectic. Alternatively, if the aquarium will be in a closed isolated room, the fish will be very shy. Children and Pets must be taught not to disturb the fish unnecessarily.
Do not place the aquarium where the glass may accidentally strike some object – for example, a chair and break it. Remember that the aquarium contains a large amount of water and if it is broken, it will cause a lot of damage to your property and possibly the apartment of the neighbors living on the floor below.
The aquarium should not be placed near radiators or other heating appliances that would not cause overheating of the water. For the same reason not desirable that he stood in the place where you can during the day to get sunlight, as this may cause overheating of the water and problems with the "greening" of its walls with algae.
If You are met these simple requirements, your aquarium will continue to bring joy to the inhabitants of your house.


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Oh yes. You knew this was coming. I have, like, fifty standard risotto flavors up there in my noggin. You were due for one.
Author Archives: Jen
Sausage and Peppers
Sausage and Peppers is a classic Italian-American dish cooked on truck worktops at innumerable street fairs in New York City and elsewhere. I can smell that smell from my childhood as I write this. Ordinarily, the vehicle for this greasy, no-frills dish is a big chunk of Italian bread. Since I can't eat bread, I supplement my recipe with my favorite vegetable: The Mightly Sweet Potato. You can leave that out, use different colored peppers in its place, and/or stuff this glorious mess into a bread roll of your choice. If you do use bread I'll be jealous, but not too jealous, because it's pretty great the way it is.
Coconut Pudding with Chia Seeds
I used to giggle about Chia Pets when someone mentioned chia seeds, but I finally got around to playing with them (the seeds, that is) in the kitchen, and I now consider myself a fan. Chia seeds take on the consistency of tapioca when soaked in a liquid, which means that they can make a gooey dessert out of almost anything. There are about a billion recipes out there for chia seed pudding, and most of them use coconut milk. This is my personal favorite combination, but I encourage you to experiment using other tidbits from the Web.
Late Summer Tomato Salad
It's just the right season to get some big, beautiful, colorful tomatoes. This recipe is a super-simple way to highlight the brilliant flavor of this summer fruit.
Simple Rice Noodle Stir-Fry
I know it's been a while… I'm currently on fieldwork and it's hard to cook in the field, so I'll leave you with this quick lunch recipe I make all the time. It's foolproof!
Gluten-Free Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies
I've adapted this incredible recipe only slightly from the original, in Phyllis Glazer's Hebrew-language cookbook, No Gluten, No Sugar (L'lo Gluten L'lo Sucar). In this case I actually have added sugar, but only to make the ingredients list a bit easier to compile. They're crispy on the outside, and crunchy but a bit softer on the inside. As with most desserts I make, these are not super-sweet.
Coconut Curried Lentils
Never cooked lentils before? Neither had I before inventing this recipe. It's pretty much foolproof. Hooray for curry!


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BxD: U.S.'s First Commercial Building Made from Shipping Containers
Rendering by Tim Nelson
Providence will have the country's first commercial building constructed of old shipping containers, come spring 2010. Distill Studio architect Joe Haskett, who gave the opening talk at the BxD conference, designed the project called The Box Office, referring to the 32 steel containers that will be repurposed in its construction.
The project gets even more green from there: The building will have no direct use of fossil fuels. Decentralized, high-efficiency air-to-air heat pumps will provide all heating and cooling. Daylight response sensors will measure natural daylight and task lighting, helping to reduce use of overhead lighting.
Tenants will be offered "green lease" conditions that will provide economic incentives to further maximize energy performance of the green building.
I'm excited to hear the brightly colored LEGO look may become a trend in Providence: Box Office owner and developer Peter Gill Case plans to build three additional container buildings in the city in the near future.
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The first bach of reviews of Samsung's much anticipated flagship smartphones for 2016 — the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge — are out. The handsets went up for pre-order late last month in most markets of the world, with most pre-orders scheduled to be delivered today. Thus, it makes sense for the first batch of reviews of the phone to go live today as well.
So, what do the review indicate about the phone? We have done a quick roundup of some reviews of the phone to find out.
Android Central
The publication calls the Galaxy S7 as one of the best iteration of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S lineup. While the design of the handsets are the same as its predecessor, it improves upon it in almost every aspect. However, Android Central says "it's very possible to ding it up a little bit. We've managed a few pockmarks on the edges already. Undoubtedly there will be others." It also notes that the downward-facing speaker of the handset is vastly improved over the S6.
On its waterproof capabilities:
The Galaxy S7 is waterproof. Not quite "take it swimming because you can" waterproof, but it's good for a half-hour in about five feet of water. A quick trip in the shallow end shouldn't kill it. Neither should a spilled drink. Or a dip in a fountain. Whatever. It's rated IP68….
It's a cool feature to have, even if it's not really one you should actively use. Safety first and all that. But, seriously, try to keep your phone out of the water.
The camera on the handset seems to be a mixed bag, which is a bit surprising.
It's the end result that's … well, it's a little confusing. We're gotten some great shots out of the Galaxy S7 in daylight, for sure. But we've also gotten some that have a good bit of yellow tinge to them. Or others with details that aren't as crisp as we expected. Or a beautiful blue sky that's noisy when viewed at 100 percent. Or sometimes the shot is simply blown out with any sort of direct sunlight. It's good, but maybe there's a little more tuning to be done? (When is there not, though.)
Low light is supposed to be where the Galaxy S7 really excels. And, again, the answer is "it depends." Give it some light to work with and it does pretty well. Maybe it's not quite as magical as the GS6 and Note 5 seemed to be, or our expectations are that much higher now. It's good. It's really good. But it's not a miracle worker.
On the most controversial part of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, its software:
The good news is that Samsung's user interface customizations are about as good as they've ever been. You're going to want to move some things around, but the UI as fast and fluid, and still has plenty of options. You can move apps off the home screen and add folders as you see fit. You can rearrange the app drawer alphabetically, or just search for your installed apps. A chosen few apps also have support for notifications badges, so you can know just how much you're missing out on.
So there's still a LOT going on here in the software, but it's smartly done, better designed and fast as anything. And you can always download and use a different launcher if you want.
It's the best design Samsung has brought to bear, big without being bulky, with a mix of specs and usability you'd expect in a phone of this caliber. Combine with that an outstanding camera and you've got a phone that will serve just about anyone.
Make sure to read the full review of Android Central here.
The Verge
The publication praises the minor design refinements that Samsung has done on its flagship handsets this year. Dan Seifert even goes as far ahead as calling the S7 edge as the "most impressive smartphone hardware" he has ever held in his hand.
The sum of all of this means that the S7, and more specifically, the S7 Edge, is the most impressive piece of smartphone hardware I've ever held. It's so polished, so well put together, so smartly designed, and so beautiful to look at that it's a joy to pick up over and over again. That's aided by the new colors Samsung is using this year: the silver and gold are a little boring, but the black is gorgeous and refined, deep and inky with just the right amount of reflectivity.
The publication's take on the camera of the handset was also mixed, with a tendency to produce warm images sometimes.
The camera performs well in both bright situations and low-light, though it still tends to produce overly warm or yellow images when the light levels drop. And though it's not noticeable most of the time, there is a bit too much sharpening applied to images, which becomes apparent when you zoom in after the fact.
To conclude, The Verge says that the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge are among the best Android smartphones in the market right now, though the software remains one of their weakest points.
The S7 and S7 Edge aren't perfect — the software still lags behind the hardware — but they get the basics right: great screens, great cameras, great performance, and reliable battery life. They also have eye-catching designs and premium materials — the level of polish on these devices is unmatched in the rest of the Android world.
Read: The Verge's Galaxy S7 review
Just like The Verge and Android Central, Gizmodo's review of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge is also extremely positive.
But fingerprints aside, the Galaxy S's design has gone from lagging to leading. On the surface, Samsung's decided to double-down on the much criticized Apple-like design that premiered on the S6. It's impossible to deny that the iPhone's DNA is mixed in with the S7's makeup—just look at the speaker grill and bubble glass edges.
Though the S7 is near useless when submerged (water activates the screen's capacitive sensors), it's a million times better than being out $700+ and having a sore throat from screaming endless obscenities. While using the S7 Edge, I kept my phone perilously close to the edge of a sink or shower and didn't need to worry about water damage.
Basically, you won't be greeted with a blurry nightmare when you're dealing with a moving subject or caught in less-than-ideal lighting conditions. Honestly, the S7 camera is the most fun and functional smartphone camera I've ever used. That's impressive because Samsung has consistently put out one of the best, and most entertaining, smartphone cameras available.
Samsung finally has a version of TouchWiz I actually want to use. It's implementation is very much akin to traditional (and more attractive) Android, and it's subtly cleaned up some areas, like the notification menu. Best of all, with 4GB of RAM and the Snapdragon 820 processor, this thingflies—most of the time.
The publication, however, does note that the handset's performance is not as good as the iPhone 6s, especially while opening large apps and games.
It is all about refinement—fixing what was broken with the S6 while packing in more and more cool stuff. It's not perfect. A set of dual lens cameras could capture more, the always on display could have third-party support, and faster loads times would be appreciated. But this phone is the closest Samsung—or any other phone maker—has ever come to making the perfect smartphone.
So, it looks like the design refinements of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge really make them that much better than their predecessor. It is, however, surprising to see mixed reviews of the camera, which while good, does have some issues. In the end though, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge are easily the best Android smartphone in the market. The main question is: are you buying one?


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What's going on everybody? Here we are at week 2 of these music updates. First of all I'd like to say that I almost forgot to even write this, which feels kind of like a failure, but since I remembered I'm feeling like it's a learning opportunity.
When I don't write something down I almost immediately forget about it. So I have a running checklist in the notes section of my phone to remind me of what I'm supposed to be doing. "Write Weekly Blog Post" is now on the list.
As a refresher the point of this blog is two-fold. The first purpose is to keep everyone up to date with what I'm doing day-to-day in music. It's kind of a behind the scenes look at what goes on. The second purpose is to keep me accountable. I've found that if I announce something I have a higher chance of actually getting it done as opposed to stewing over it for weeks. So, here we go!
Last Tuesday and Thursday, I had my friend Joe Latu come over to do some writing and record some demos for a potential project. I can't announce what that project is yet, because I haven't totally secured it. The last thing I want to do is announce something and then find out that it's not even going to happen. As far as the music is concerned though even if the project doesn't pan out I'll still release the music. It's some really great stuff. I'm trying to get back to my R&B roots, so I think you'll enjoy this new music.
Speaking of getting back to R&B, and I can't remember if I wrote about this last week so forgive me if I'm repeating myself, but I think 2017 was a really cool exploratory phase for me. I got to release a pretty good amount of music in 4 months and learn about myself as an artist and songwriter. I'm biased, but Closer is a beautiful song. I think it's a good representation of who I am as an artist. Fall Asleep With You, features some of my favorite songwriting. The production decisions Chance Clift and I made, were a bit left of center of my R&B roots, but I think the song is great. Annie was fantastic, and I think she'll really shine on the acoustic version. We'll probably release that in February. Dirty Diana and Bad Moon Rising were a lot of fun to create and are tons of fun to perform. Definitely not R&B, but offer a nice tempo change from what comes most naturally to me, 60-75 bpm. I don't think I'll do much more in that style, in the near future, but I won't completely cancel it out by any means. My favorite cover, and the lane I want to really stick with was the Weight In Gold cover I did with James VIII. That song has so much soul and rhythm. It makes you move, but also makes you feel. That's the feel that I'm going for this year. R&B is the music I listen to most, and definitely the music I want to make. So I got to experiment in 2017, but 2018 I'll really be focusing on my genre.
Later on Tuesday I went down to Provo to work with Chance Clift. He executives produces most of the music I do. Right now we're working on a record for spring. It's this fun bouncy track that doesn't start out that way at all. It was a co-write with my buddy Sean. It's called Amaze Me, and I think I'll be releasing that one in Spring. It's too much fun for Winter. Also, James The Mormon is featured on that record. I dig it a lot.
I mentioned last week that I'll be performing on Park City TV on Feb. 8th, so Thursday I was in Provo again with Sean and Will preparing for that. Since I've started taking music seriously, preparation has been something that's new to me. When music was just a hobby I didn't really have to prepare for gigs or shows, because there was no pressure. Now that it is a paycheck There's a totally different approach. At the end of the day an unprepared performance could be the difference between a paycheck and a missed opportunity. So anyway, preparing is new and fun at the same time.
On the business end I've been working with my manager Haley to secure sponsors. I don't mean this to be discouraging to anyone but in my experience it takes money to produce, and distribute great art. Studio time, producers, music videos, videographers, photographers, websites, marketers, publicity, etc. Right now we're working on putting together an intimate event for social media influencers featuring a dinner and an acoustic set. We've got some really cool sponsors that are already interested, so it's just a matter of putting the pieces together. That is what Haley is good at, me not so much.
We're also working on shooting a music video for my cover of "Lay Me Down" ft. James VIII. Tentatively, we'll be shooting on the 29th. So stay tuned for that video. I'm so excited about this cover. It's simple and beautiful. James also turned me on to Salt Lake City Music Con. It's a convention over the first weekend in February, and I may be doing a set there. I haven't heard back from them 100% yet, but once I do I'll post about it.
Lastly, I'm always writing and working with other artists. I'll be featuring on or writing with Jenn Blosil, Frank Zoo, James The Mormon, and Hooligin within the coming weeks and months.
I'll be back next week with updates. Thanks for keeping me accountable everybody!


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Maybe your PHP is good, as good as Bruce Lee's Kung Fu. Maybe your Flex skills are excellent or perhaps you are a beginner. Either way, you may be wondering what you can do with PHP and Flex. Well, don't wonder anymore! Just come to my webinar and bring your friends with you.
This Friday (February 5th) I will do a webinar about Fx Gallery. What is Fx Gallery? It is a Drupal module for displaying images. The idea behind this project is pretty simple: there are many popular PHP projects (CMS, blog and forum platforms, electronic shops and so on) and probably for any one you could create a new module/plug-in that uses the expressiveness of Flex to bring more value for its users.
I developed this module together with my friends from Fx{r}, Stelian and Andrei. This gallery displays pictures from Flickr, Picasa, and Drupal installations. It was built using the Flex 4 framework, and a little help from Flash Catalyst. At the time of this writing we are cleaning up the code in order to make it available as an open source project. Thus anyone will be able to see how it was made or extend the module by adding new features.
At the webinar you can see the module in action, learn about its architecture, and hear how it was made.
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Glee's Sue Sylvester To Take On David BowieThursday, March 31, 2011
"I'm dressing up as David Bowie today," Jane Lynch revealed on Wednesday's Access Hollywood Live of her upcoming shoot for the hit FOX show.
Jane revealed her Cheerios coach character would be donning one of the many looks of the Thin White Duke at McKinley High.
"Sue Sylvester is going incognito as David Bowie today," Jane said. "I mean, come on. Who gets this kind of stuff?"
The actress did not reveal which of the British rock star chameleon's many looks she will recreate, but credited series co-creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy for giving her grand opportunities time and time again.
"Ryan Murphy is the evil scientist that is creating all of this and I just love him for it," the Emmy winner said. "I get handed something every week that's just insane and hilarious."
She also credited "Glee" co-writer Ian Brennan for Sue's unique dialogue. "He writes almost everything that comes out of my mouth, and it's kind of his inner mean girl," she said.
While "Glee" is getting close to its Season 2 finale, which will likely air in the coming weeks (FOX has not yet released a date), Jane said she has hopes a few bold women will one day make appearances on the show.
"I'd love to have somebody like Tyne Daly, some real kind of Broadway broad doing the 11 o'clock number… Megan Mullally, some real kind of brassy broad to do like bosom buddies with," Jane said.


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Barack Obama Signs Ban on Microbeads in Cosmetic Products to Reduce 'Plastic Pollution'
"Microbeads, which are tiny plastic beads, are regularly used in personal care products such as skin exfoliators and toothpastes. The law will phase microbeads out of consumer products over the next few years. From July 2017, the manufacture of the plastics will be banned, followed by product-specific manufacturing and sales bans in the following years." Read more at The Verge.


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He is a celebrated fashion designer, a first-class philanthropist, and one of TIME magazine's Most Influential People in the world. On what it takes to achieve longevity in the fashion industry, Michael Kors quoted three qualities: tenacity, curiosity, and passion. "We should name one of our fragrances 'Tenacity'," said Kors. The designer was in Singapore this week to grace the opening of the Michael Kors Mandarin Gallery flagship store with his ever-gorgeous muse, Hollywood starlet Kate Hudson.
"In all the years that I've known you, you have managed to stay the exact same person," said Alina Cho, former host of CNN's "Fashion: Backstage Pass", to Kors during a morning dialogue at the School of the Arts on Tuesday. "You are humble. You are kind. You are generous. You are hilarious, and you are larger-than-life and a person that I truly, truly adore." In that one hour spent hearing the designer talk about his legacy in life and fashion, it's really not that hard to believe Cho's words. Ahead, seven interesting facts to know about Michael Kors. Ps: you'll never guess which Hollywood actor(s) he would choose to portray him in a movie!
He likens Singapore to New York
"For someone like me who loves to shop, who loves great food, who loves warm weather. This is the perfect spot. I can shop till I drop here. I'm happy the humidity is good for my skin. As a New Yorker, I love any place with a mix of cultures. Manhattan is this tiny island with all these cultures, and Singapore is very similar. You have a mixture of cultures and nationalities that I think makes this a special place."


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The other day, John and I were discussing which dinners we would eat with no pause, no matter what mood we were in. The Ol' Reliable--a green salad with seared marinated tempeh--tops the list. (Other candidates included the Big Pan of Enchiladas and the Massive Stockpot of Chili.)
Man, do I love the Ol' Reliable.
We have made and eaten it many, many times. Here's one with carrots, frisee, and mushrooms. Here's one with cherry tomatoes and marinade-based salad dressing. This current salad features mushrooms, sungold tomatoes, cucumber, yellow carrot, and green onion over a farmer's market mesclun mix.
The basic premise is always the same: marinate cubed tempeh in your choice of delicious marinade. Sear. Throw on top of salad greens. Add vegetables and dressing of your choice. Eat. Feel better.
Our base marinade for tempeh is generally olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce, sriracha, crushed garlic, fresh rosemary, and veg broth, with whatever other additions sound good at the time. The vegetables can range anywhere from plain greens with no dressing to a huge melange of whatever's in the crisper. It's all good.
28 October 2011
Ol' Reliable
Labels: easy, farmer's market, fast, salads, tempeh, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian
3 comments:
- jessy said...
such a tasty touch with the green onions/ the cherry tomatoes look really gooooood! i love a big salad, especially one topped with tempeh (and sometimes we add on roasted potatoes and a little avocado). w00t!
- October 29, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- eatme_delicious said...
Yumm I'm with you! This type of salad is something I'd always be happy to eat. Though I must admit I still haven't been able to enjoy tempeh, so I'd replace it with tofu.
- October 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Eileen said...
Seared marinated tofu would definitely work well too--I just prefer tempeh. & adding avocado is definitely a great idea! I might even make a blended avocado dressing.
- October 31, 2011 at 11:55 AM
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My interview with INALJ success story Lauren
Naomi: How did you find your current job?
Lauren: I found my current job listed on Naomi's daily email as well as on the LLAGNY website.
Naomi: Favorite library you have been to?
Lauren: My favorite library is the Library of Congress.
Naomi: Favorite book?
Lauren: Favorite books are The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.
Naomi: Favorite thing about libraries/ library technology?
Lauren: My favorite thing about libraries is the policy of granting access to information to all.
Naomi: Any websites or feeds or blogs we should be following?
Lauren: Websites/blogs to follow are any that have to do with your location and the type of job you are seeking. For non-job related, I would recommend PLI's Library Relations blog and the Tugboat! Music Blog.
Naomi: Best piece of job hunting advice?
Lauren: My best piece of job hunting advice is to be persistent. Have a list of places to check for job listings or even set up an RSS feed. Apply to at least one job every single day. Realize that you will not hear back from many, but do not let this discourage you. Keep trying; it only takes one!
I'm Lauren and I finally found a job as the Library Relations Manager at the Practising Law Institute, thanks to Naomi and INALJ. I grew up in Syracuse, NY and have a B.A. in English from George Mason University. I worked for two years as a law firm librarian in Alexandria, VA before going back to get my MLS at Syracuse University. I spent a semester abroad in Hamburg, Germany (as well as in Paris, when I was in undergrad). I moved to NYC last winter for internships at the Museum of Modern Art Library and the Guggenheim Museum Library. I worked part-time at the Guggenheim until I found my current job.


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A baby boy's 1 year birthday is a special occasion for both the child and his parents. A child only has one 1st birthday. As a boy moves from a 1 year old to a two year old, he will go from a baby to a toddler. He will then be more mobile, communicate more with others, and enjoy different types of toys. The best birthday gifts for a 1 year old boy are toys and other things to help him as he grows into a toddler.
Toy Wagon
Giving a 1 year old boy a wagon for a gift is as much a gift for his parents as the boy. A wagon provides a nice way to transport a toddler and his toys to the park, beach, or other location that is difficult to reach with tiny stroller wheels. As the child grows, the wagon will still be useful whether it is hauling baseball equipment to the game or picnic supplies to the park. Radio Flyer wagons are the cadillac of kids wagons. Step 2 offers a cheaper toy wagon that has two seats with built in seat belts which is perfect for younger kids.
Pretend Tools
From a young age boys like to use pretend tools. Toy tools teach many good skills such as hand-eye coordination and other fine motor skills. Kids who play with toy building tools can build confidence in working with their hands, which is a good life-skill. Many of the toy tool sets that are available are recommended for ages over 1 year old, although there are a few sets that are recommended for 12 months and up. Either choose a set recommended for 12 months old or get a toy tool set recommended for older kids and allow the younger kids to play with the set while they are supervised.
The following toy tool sets are recommended for 12 months and up.
Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Learning Workbench
The following toy tool sets are recommended for 2 years and up. These sets could be used by younger kids when they are supervised and will be appropriate when the child turns 2.
Melissa and Doug Toolbox Fill and Spill
Play Phone
Little boys love to emulate their parents. They see their parents and other adults talking on their cell phones and home phones. Kids love to push the buttons and strike up a conversation with a pretend friend or have a pretend conversation with their mom or dad on their own toy phone.
Push Toys
Some babies can walk without help at 10 months, but most start walking between 11 and 13 months. Even when they begin to walk, their ability to balance does not usually make parents feel secure. Walking toys are a good gift for a 1 year old boy, particularly for boys who look to start walking a little later.
Soft blocks
Little boys love to build with blocks. Unfortunately, many blocks that are marketed for kids are not designed for toddlers who do not fully understand sharp edges and gravity. Even cardboard blocks have edges that can damage little eyes. High quality soft blocks are available to allow little boys to safely build the castle of their dreams. Good blocks are made out of foam covered by fabric or vinyl. The foam is soft enough that if one of the blocks are thrown, they generally cannot do damage, but they are firm enough to be able to stack multiple blocks. A good set of blocks is typically more expensive than lower quality cardboard or wooden blocks, but they are a better alternative.


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Jon Stewart announced Wednesday that he will step down from the his "Daily Show" hosting duties sometime this year or early next. The unbiased, objective, not-at-all liberal media is already deep in mourning. With Stewart gone, the media know they are losing a vital weapon in the arsenal they use to destroy conservatives.
Jon Stewart is the least man-of-the-people comedian America has ever seen. Though he disguises himself as a populist, in reality he's a self-described socialist, who, for the last decade and a half, has sought and enjoyed unearned fame by playing a Court Jester perfectly-aligned with everything the Court of the Media Elite holds dear: Power over others, a monopoly on political speech, and withering attacks against conservatives.
In exchange for more than 15 years of constant reassurance that they are absolutely right about absolutely everything — from their flyover prejudices, to their love of Obama, to the righteousness of an oppressive federal government — the media offered Stewart an out-sized influence compared to his meager ratings. The benefits to the media were also massive.
On a consistent basis, year after year after year, Stewart regularly gifted his Media Masters with ammunition in the form of video clips that eviscerated conservatives and conservative ideas as stupid, crazy, selfish, or racist. Without fail, Stewart supplied and re-supplied the media with video-cannon balls aimed at the Tea Party, and anyone who dared investigate the scandals or question the disastrous left-wing policies of The Precious.
Whether it was a video embedded online at the Washington Post or broadcast outright on CNN and the other networks, during hard news programming, the media was relentless in using Stewart's clips as devastating weapons of distraction and illegitimacy against the political right.
Yes, the media also wield "SNL" clips and some others, but the media spent years fabricating Jon Stewart into something he wasn't — another Jonny Carson, America's Truth Teller. And by design this gave Stewart an artificial gravitas, which in turn gave the news media cover to use his clips to further its agenda with a simple, "And now a Truth Bomb from our Uncle Jon."
The greatest trick the media ever played was portraying a man with almost no viewers as our modern day-Mark Twain.
And because Uncle Jon always did what was expected of him — like use the current Brian Williams scandal as a vehicle to *yawn* bring back the good old days of Bush bashing, wished into the media cornfield was the fact that Uncle Jon regularly drew fewer viewers than Mike Huckabee and reruns of "The Family Guy."
There's no question Jon Stewart is a talented guy. But he is also an intellectual coward, a defender of a central government forcing others to conform to his values, a hypocrite opposed to others enjoying the same unfettered speech that made him a multi-millionaire, and a sellout to The Man.
Don't let the gilded door hit you on the way out, Jon.
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"I was personally subjected to threats of physical and sexual violence by members of this community and their supporters, like Chris King, the last time this bill was debated."
Sexual violence, what about Bruce McKay and his Penis-shaped knife and the 10 page complaint from Ms. B (see item 13) that Chief Montminy and Selectmen ignored. Was your hubby a Selectman then? Was he a Selectman when Angela McKay filed for that Restraining Order? Did you try to help her?
You are a deceitful, despicable legislator and I will sue you for Defamation. You put up or shut up. If you had any such threats from me you would have come after me like your idiot friend Kelly Ayotte, who tried and FAILED.
Also you told a lie about State Rep Gionet, maybe he'll sue your ass too.
That's all you need to know right now, I will publish the full text of your tirade later. I don't know who you think you're [expletive deleted] with, but you are one Bad Apple, a rotten pig, and we're not the two and I'm not the one. You're all pissed-off because I called your hubby on the mat in the Jig is Up post.
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By Alex Snyder, Defense Media Activity
This blog is part of a weekly series called "Medal of Honor Monday," in which we'll highlight one of the 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients who have earned the U.S. military's highest medal for valor.
The Medal of Honor is the military's most prestigious award. Of the roughly 3,500 presented since the inception of the award, only 19 people have received more than one. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler was one of them.
Butler was born in a summer heat wave on July 30, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His father was an attorney, a district judge and a Republican congressman. Serving in the House of Representatives for 31 years, the elder Butler was chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs for most of the 1920s, which is quite a distinction for a person raised as a Quaker, a religion dedicated to nonviolence and pacifism.
In 1898, when Butler was just 16, the Spanish-American War broke out. He quit school and tried to join both the Navy and Army. They rejected him because of his age, but that didn't stop the determined young man. He simply lied about his age and received a temporary wartime commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. After a few weeks of training in the nation's capital, he was sent with a unit to Cuba to secure Guantanamo Bay. When he arrived, the fighting in Cuba was almost over, and Butler was discharged from the Corps the following February. But he seemed to have his heart set on a military career of sorts.
Back then, the Marine Corp consisted of only about 2,000 full-time troops, but due to its impressive performance in the Spanish-American War, which was being fought in two regions — against Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea, and against the Philippines and Guam in the Asia-Pacific region — Congress agreed to triple its size. Butler applied for one of the new regular commission slots, and he was reappointed a first lieutenant in April 1899. Within weeks he was on his way to the Philippines, where he experienced combat for the first time when the unit he led, consisting of about 300 men, was ordered to quell an uprising by Filipino rebels at Noveleta, outside Manila. He later commemorated the occasion with a large Marine-themed tattoo.
In 1900, Butler was set to leave the Philippines for Guam when he was redirected to China. The Boxer Rebellion, a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising, had erupted, and the Marines were leading the charge for the U.S. During a battle, Butler was shot in the thigh when he climbed out of a trench to save a fellow officer who had been wounded. His action saved the officer, and Butler was promoted to captain for his heroics.
In 1903, Butler was sent to Honduras to defend the U.S. Consulate during a revolt. He remained in Central America for nearly 10 years, leading his Marines into battle in Nicaragua and Panama.
In 1914, Butler went undercover in Mexico City as railroad employee. His mission was to ascertain the strength of the Mexican army, prior to nearly 6,000 U.S. troops landing in the Mexican city of Veracruz. After days of intense fighting and heavy sniper fire in the streets, Butler and his troops were victorious. For his assistance and actions, Butler was awarded the first of his two Medals of Honor.
A year later, Haiti was undergoing a major revolt. Butler, by then a major, was sent in with a contingent of Marines to intervene. In October, leading a patrol of 44 mounted Marines, he was ambushed by more than 400 Haitian fighters. Throughout the night, the Marines held their position, and at daybreak they charged the enemy force, who fled.
Later that year, with nearly all the rebels defeated, Butler and his Marines engaged in one last battle – a short, intense hand-to-hand-combat fight. One Marine was injured, and all 51 enemy Haitians were killed. For his actions that day, Butler was awarded a second Medal of Honor.
Butler would go on to serve in World War I. In 1929 he was promoted to major general, becoming, at age 48, the youngest major general of the Marine Corps at the time.
He retired in 1931 and began lecturing at law enforcement events before returning to Pennsylvania for his daughter's marriage to a Marine aviator.
Following in his father's footsteps, Butler later ran for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in Pennsylvania, but was defeated. He spent the rest of his days with his wife, whom he affectionately referred to as "Bunny." He passed away at Naval Hospital Philadelphia on June 21, 1940, and at the time of his death, he was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history.
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text: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Just over a week until the big football game – do you know what you'll be nibbling on? I haven't figured out what we'll be having yet but you better believe it will be something easy, that won't keep me in the kitchen the whole time. I am so pumped and I'm ready for my adopted team's victory! If you are also looking for something that will allow you to park it in front of the TV for the duration of the game, DiGiorno has some awesome pizza options that will satisfy everyone at your party! The DiGiorno pizzas are currently on Rollback at Walmart for only $4.50! When you consider that I have 3 boys plus a husband who easily eats an entire pizza himself, that is exactly the kind of price I need! I stocked my freezer with pretty much all the Rising Crust varieties. The DiGiorno Rising Crust pizzas are my absolute favorite and if I didn't know better, I would swear they were from my favorite local pizza place. One of the best things about DiGiorno is how loaded their pizzas come. Just look at all that pepperoni! And the Surpreme looked extra amazing with the vibrant green peppers and the sliced black olives. That one is definitely my favorite of the bunch! You really can't beat DiGiorno pizzas for the big game so make sure you head to Walmart to stock up before next weekend!


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today's reading.
Genesis 41:37-57 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants...
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How does Joseph's perspective (41:50-52) help you handle change in your life?
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Joseph's life has taken a dramatic turn as we get to Genesis 41:37-57. He's no longer in prison but is now second in command in all of Egypt. Is God amazing or what? As Joseph is running Egypt, he also starts his family and we see that he and his wife have two sons. Joseph names them Manasseh and Ephraim and continues to honor God with the names he selects. It was the meaning of those names that touched my heart as I read today, and particularly the definition of Ephraim. "'For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'" This really got me thinking about how just because I may not be thrilled with my situation (I may even be hurting and feeling miserable) that doesn't mean God isn't using me in and through that situation for His purposes. Bottom line--we're called to be fruitful wherever we're at.
So where do you find yourself today? In a good spot, in affliction or somewhere in between? Whatever the case, how can you be fruitful in it? Tami W.
P.S. Today is tough day as we remember the tragic events of September 11th. I encourage you to pray for those who are grieving and still feeling the effects of such tremendous loss. May each of us fully embrace being lights in a dark world--bringing hope to the hopeless.
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Mersive SP-7000 Solstice Pod Unlimited
- Wireless collaboration software, unlimited user edition
- Processor: QualComm Snapdragon S805, Krait 450
- Graphics Processor: Adreno 420
- Internal Storage: 3GB RAM, 16GB Flash Storage
-Lynn Y.
The Mersive Solstice Pod SP-7000 unlimited edition is a wireless presentation software pre-installed on an ultra-small form factor computer for wireless group collaboration between your conference room devices. Up to 256 users can be connected at once. At only 4.2" x 4.75" x 1" it is small enough to hide anywhere including directly behind the TV. What is new and unique to the Solstice Pod is that it supports full Android device mirroring and up to 1080P resolution. Solstice uses your existing network or WiFi to allow users to connect and share their content to a display or flat panel. The Solstice Pod unlimited is the appliance based model that has no limit on the amount of users that can simultaneously connect, perfect for conference rooms, meeting rooms, and training rooms.
Not only can Windows laptop users connect but also Apple and Android devices including tablets and smartphones. With iPhone and iPad mirroring via Airplay, Mersive is always bringing new and exciting features to Solstice including touch screen support, you can now take control of your device from a touch screen display. Solstice 2.8 features include reduced latency, increased frame rates, 802.1X enterprise wireless support, web proxy support, improved iOS mirroring, and dashboard support.The 2.8 version of the Solstice Dashboard can now deploy software updates behind a network firewall. This greatly improves the ease of updating Pods that do not directly have internet access due to network firewalls and provides more user control of release version updates. Equally the Solstice Dashboard now provides a direct update path from within the Dashboard when new versions become available.
Solstice features live streams of video and other media with synchronized audio supporting 1080p at 30 fps, this means that the changes you make can be seen on the rooms display in real time. The users software allows the presenter to control their layout that works best for them giving presenters the utmost control in their presentations.
Solstice 2.8 was designed for unlimited amount of users to dynamically share content in conference rooms, meeting rooms, healthcare, and education. It comes pre-installed in a locked down computer making installation truly plug and play, the locked out computer makes it to where settings can't be changed and no other software can be installed.
Solstice 2.8 software updates include:
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- Solstice Pod
- Solstice Windows Software
- Windows user app
- Mac OSX user app
- iOS user app
- Android user app
- Solstice Directory Service (SDS)
Once the Solstice Pod SGE is set up you can download the free client here for the users to connect.
- Wireless: Dual band, 802.11ac 2x2
- Output: HDMI 1.4 output with Audio, Stereo output (8-channel 7.1 surround sound)
- Streaming Video Support: HD (1920x1080), HD SD (1280x720)
- I/O: 2x USB 3.0
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- Uses your existing network or WiFi
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- Stream 1080p at 30fps or better with synchronized audio
- Run in parallel with Lync, WebEx, GoToMeeting
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Basic information
- Area: 496 km² (191.5 sq mi)
- Calling Code: +420
- Currency: Czech koruna (CZK)
- Population (EST): 1,249,026
- Official language: Czech
- Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)
Prague – Getting Around
Buses and Trams
Prague has an extensive fleet of buses and trams that traverse the city and surrounding suburbs.
Operated by Dopravní podnik hlavního město Prahy, visitors can obtain detailed maps, directions and tickets from information offices located in the Airport and at Metro Stations. 24 hour, 3 day or 5 day tickets are available, and allow visitors unlimited travel on all public transport for the selected time period. Remember to validate your ticket before boarding.
Long distance buses arrive and depart from Florec Bus Station, with services to many regional destinations and major European cities. Tickets can be purchased at the terminal building or via contacting the bus companies (Student Agency and Megabus) directly.
Prague metro system with its comprehensive network and reliable service is a great way of getting around the city. Numerous lines connect 50 stations throughout the city centre, with trains running every few minutes. Operating from 5.00am through to 12.00am the metro system is by far the most convenient mode of transport, but be aware it can get busy during rush hour. Tickets can be bought from manned booths on the station concourse, or from automatic kiosks.
There are many official taxis that operate throughout Prague and can be hailed on the street, but it is often a better idea to pre-book by telephone or via a hotel. Be sure to only use licensed vehicles that display a phone number and company logo on the outside of the car. Predominantly operated by large companies, vehicles are usually fitted with meters – just make sure they are switched on before you set off. It is common for visitors to be overcharged, so ask at your hotel for a guide to what a fair price should be.
Most trains arrive and depart from Praha-hlavní nádraží train station, located three blocks northeast of Wenceslas Square. The station offers daily services to all of the Czech Republic's major cities and other European destinations such as Berlin, Budapest, and Vienna. Tickets for domestic and International trains can be purchased from any station.


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A couple weeks ago I got to work with this awesome group of artists, while they were coming through on Tour. Some really nice guys, that make some pretty cool music! They just released a music video thats REALLY cool linked at the bottom! As well as a bts video of our shoot together!
Metro Station
This is something post I've been holding out on, for awhile... I was contacted to do a shoot for Metro station's reunion. Now today, is the day Trace Cyrus announced he is back in Metro Station! They just released their new music video called Love & War. Check it out! Here are some of the photos we got together on our shoot.
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Another shoot from a little bit ago, but a good one.
Trevor and I have known each other probably since around the time we both started to get into our careers. So around 3-4 years. He came down to LA while recording some music and we decided to do a shoot @ midnight in any studio we could find. We didn't really have a direction of the shoot but just got creative with, which honestly make some awesome photos.


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We had Lucy's hospital appointment on Monday. She was a bit disorientated going to different part of the hospital, when we got there she assumed we'd be heading straight to neurology. We waited in Outpatients for just over an hour and if I'm honest, Lucy handled the wait better than her dad who got bit grumpy!
She was weighed and measured first and for a nine year old she's pretty big at 4ft 8" and 5 1/2 stone. (1.43m and 35kg) She's already up to my shoulder!
The Doctor was nice, he was willing to listen and I'd taken two pages of things I'd written down for him to listen to. As you may remember (if you've ever read this blog before) our reason for going was to find out possible reasons for Lucy's fecal incontinence and maybe a solution. However, Dad seemed to have different agenda and wanted to know if our suspicions of Lucy having Elhers Danlos Syndrome were right.
For the incontinence we had no answers. The Doctor said it was very unusual unless she was suffering from constipation. However, it was possible that loose ligaments meant that she could have little control over her bowels so it could be a possible effect of EDS. He couldn't help us but hopefully a specialist in EDS could.
So basically he was agreeing that Lucy did look likely to have EDS. He took some family history and checked over her joints, and her tummy.
She is now being referred to a geneticist for a proper diagnosis, a rheumatologist to help with pain management and a physio therapist. The clinic that she has been referred back to for physio is one she has been to before and it's the one where her psychologist works, so I'm thinking of booking her in for another chat with her as she is still on the system there.
So, it's all about moving forward. We have no miracle solution to the incontinence but maybe someone further down the line will be able to help. A proper diagnosis will help Lucy in the future, especially if she gets worse or other symptoms appear.
As for the pain, well that seems to be getting worse. When we went to the hospital we decided to visit Forbidden Planet afterwards, it's about 5 minutes walk from the hospital. When we got there we found the shop had moved and had a further 5 minute walk. Lucy barely made it and was complaining all the way. This was a shop she wanted to visit so she wasn't been dragged somewhere she didn't want to go, like when we had to go food shopping the other week with her and she couldn't make it around the supermarket. She did manage 30 minutes of play in the park one sunny afternoon last week though.
Night times are the worst and she is waking up most nights again now. It's usually her knees that hurt most and I have to give her painkillers and massage them. Sometimes her neck hurts but thankfully not too often, and occasionally it's her ankles and lately she's been complaining of her wrists.
We are lucky if we get five hours a night sleep now.
Thursday, 16 April 2015
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I hope you get some much-needed answers to Lucy's problems very soon. I can't begin to imagine how tough this is for all of you to cope with. Thinking of you xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Izzie, if you saw my girl you wouldn't think there was anything wrong most of the time, she's a little trouper xDelete
Anne are we talking, bowel incontinence here or urine or both . XReplyDeleteReplies
Julie, it's just bowel, she's fine with urine.Delete
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8.553233 - SIBELIUS, J. / ELGAR, E.: Violin Concertos (Dong-Suk Kang, A. Leaper)
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born in 1865, the son of a doctor. The language and culture of his family was Swedish, but Sibelius himself was to enter wholeheartedly into the world of Finland, with its different linguistic and literary traditions. It was this world that he translated into musical terms in his remarkable seven symphonies and in a series of tone poems that echo the ancient sagas. He was trained as a musician at first in Helsinki, then in Berlin and Vienna, and had early ambitions as a violinist, at a time when the first professional orchestra in Finland was being established. Narrowly failing to win the position of Professor of Music at the University of Helsinki in 1896, he was awarded a government stipend for ten years, converted thereafter info a pension for life. This was never enough to meet his needs, hardly tempered by a certain inherited improvidence. His father had had a gift for extravagance, and had left his family bankrupt at the time of his early death. For the last twenty-seven years of his long life Sibelius virtually ceased to work as a composer. His position was unassailable, but he felt himself out of tune with the contemporary world of music, as it had developed.
Sibelius completed the first version of his Violin Concerto in 1903 and it was first performed in Helsinki with indifferent results. The concerto was revised and successfully performed in Berlin in 1905 by Karl Halir, under the direction of Richard Strauss. The choice of soloist, however, offended the violinist Willy Burmester, who had originally been promised the work. The earlier version of the concerto was technically ambitious, and as a violinist Sibelius had needed no help with the lay-out of the solo part, although this presented technical difficulties that were beyond his own command. The later version made necessary revisions in the solo part and it is in this definitive form that the work has become a standard part of the solo repertoire.
The concerto opens with no lengthy orchestral introduction, the soloist making an almost immediate appearance, accompanied by a Scandinavian mist of muted strings. Although the movement is in the traditional tripartite form, the central development section is replaced by a cadenza-like passage for the violinist. The lyrical slow movement brings a deeply romantic melody, the soloist proceeding to weave his own fantasies above the orchestra. There follows a finale which the composer once described as a danse macabre, providing an opportunity for virtuoso display in a work in which the solo part is generally intertwined with the orchestral texture.
The image of Sir Edward Elgar as an Edwardian gentleman, happier at the race- course or with his dogs than in the concert hall or with musicians is sadly deceptive. Popularly associated with the heyday of British imperialism, through his all too well known Pomp and Circumstance Marches and other occasional celebrations of Empire that have lasted less well, he has seemed the musical epitome of a period in British history that it has become fashionable to decry. The picture is a false one. In Edwardian terms Elgar was a counter-jumper, a man of relatively humble origins, son of a jobbing musician who kept a shop in Worcester, and later the husband of an imprudent if well connected spinster, the daughter of a Major-General in the Indian Army and nine years his senior. As a Catholic in a largely Protestant and strongly prejudiced community, he must seem very much less of an Establishment figure, whatever mask he may have chosen to assume as his fame grew.
Initial recognition was slow in coming. In 1890 the Elgars moved to London, but the following year retreated again to the West Country, taking a house at Malvern, allowing Elgar to return to his earlier activities as a provincial musician, enjoying a merely local reputation. During the last decade of the century he turned his attention largely to the writing of choral works, designed for the flourishing choral societies of his native region and of the North of England. It was the Enigma Variations, completed in 1899, that first established his fame in London and, therefore, nationally. The oratorio The Dream of Gerontius, which followed in 1900, was less successful at its first performance in Birmingham and the publishers, Novello, were not particularly generous in their treatment of mm, although he came to rely on the encouragement of the German-born Augustus Johannes Jaeger, a reader for the firm, who found in Elgar's music something much more akin to the music of his own native country.
By 1910, the year of the Violin Concerto, circumstances had changed. Gerontius had become an established part of English choral repertoire: there had been honorary degrees from major universities, a knighthood in 1904, the oratorios The Apostles and The Kingdom, and in 1908 the first of his two symphonies. Expectation ran high when the Philharmonic Society commissioned a new violin concerto. The work was completed in time for its triumphant first performance at the Queen's Hall in November 1910. It was dedicated to Fritz Kreisler, the soloist on this occasion, and inscribed, cryptically, with the words Aqui esta encerrada el alma de.... , the inscription found on a poet's tomb in the picaresque novel Gil Blas by Lesage. This is generally supposed to be a reference to Alice Stuart-Wortley, Elgar's acknowledged inspiration for the work, his Windflower, an affectionate nick-name that distinguished her from his wife Alice. Although Elgar himself was a violinist, he relied for technical assistance on W.H. Reed, the young leader of the London Symphony Orchestra, who played through the work with the composer at the first private hearing in Gloucester, before Kreisler, a soloist at the Gloucester Festival, offered his own private performance of the work.
The concerto opens with a highly characteristic first theme, in its orchestral exposition, moving forward to themes identified with the Windflower. The soloist enters, introducing a second exposition, a reworking of the first material, developed in the central section of the movement, which relies at first on the first subject, before turning to the Windflower second subject, now played maestoso. The first subject opening figure is played in descending sequence by the soloist in introducing the recapitulation of this sonata-form movement.
The slow movement, the part of the concerto that Elgar wrote first, moves from the key of B minor to B flat major. Here the solo violin adds its own element to the ingenuous first theme announced by the orchestra, which also proposes the modal second theme, shifting in key to a mysterious D flat major in music of wonderful lyricism.
The final Allegro molto opens with an introduction of ominous excitement, leading, after ornamental brilliance from the soloist, to the announcement of the first theme, echoed and developed by the soloist. The gently romantic second subject, marked cantabile e vibrato, is introduced by the soloist and this thematic material, and that of the introduction to the movement, re-appear, as the music is developed, leading to an initially accompanied cadenza, into which the orchestra softly intrudes in conclusion.
The final section of the movement echoes the introduction, culminating in a version of the principal theme, in violin triple stopping and marked nobilmente, a favourite direction in Elgar's music, bringing to an affirmative end a major addition to the violin repertoire, a concerto that goes far beyond any merely insular tradition.
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Death Toll Rises to 431 in Yangtze Ferry Disaster/
YANGTZE RIVER, China - Almost a year after the Korea Sewol ferry incident, another fatal ship accident occurred in Asia — this time in China on the Yangtze River. The vessel was carrying over 400 passengers and capsized last Sunday with the death toll now reaching 431 people — leaving 11 bodies left to be found.
Unlike the Korean ferry incident, in which most passengers were high school students, the majority on board the ship in China were aged over 60-years old and traveling as tourists from Nanjing to Chongqing. The ship served as a retirement cruise for those aboard.
The cause of the sunken vessel is still being investigated, but it is reported that there were thunder storms and a tornado above the ship before if capsized.
The remains of the battered boat were lifted out of the water on Friday. A team of rescuers went through the remains in search of any more survivors and bodies. In the excavation process the rescuers discovered smeared mud hand-prints on the walls of the sunken vessel. Photographs have been released of the hand-prints and the remains of the ship showing the passenger's horrifying struggle for life as the ferry sank.
The rescuers also increased the search area 1000km for possible survivors and bodies to be found that may have floated or swam away.
Because the ship flipped over and sank in remarkable time, out of all the people on board only 14 people were rescued. It made it harder for rescuers to find bodies because the ship was completely over turned. However, almost all of the bodies that were found were discovered still trapped inside of the ferry itself.
According to a Chinese cultural tradition, seven days is a fundamental time to grieve over the dead. As families receive more news concerning the incident, they come together and mourn with sadness deep in their hearts. Families of passengers continue to gather near the Yangtze River to mourn and to put their hearts at ease by lighting candles and crying out the names of their loved ones.
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Back in 2006, I was playing around with buildroot on a small personal project I had. This month, I decided to return to that project again, but this time with the latest version of buildroot.
Buildroot has advanced quite a lot since 2006, but it only took little time to get the build environment running again. The only obstacle turned out to be the bootloader – Grub (Grub Legacy, that is). Grub Legacy is no longer under active development (Grub2 has taken its place), but patched versions of the latest release of Grub Legacy (0.97) are still in use; In Buildroot 2010.08 and Ubuntu 10.04, for example. Unfortunately, these versions suffer from two problems:
- The code relies on a manual parsing of C var_args in order not to link against the C standard library. This parsing is, however, incompatible with GCC 4.3.5. A segmentation fault therefore occurs.
- The code does not handle the ext2 file system correctly. A division by 0 may therefore occur.
I've therefore created a patch to buildroot 2010.08 and filed a bug report. The patch is attached to the bug report.


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The Hornblower Magazine started off as a single piece of pink paper announcing the upcoming HAFA Valentine's Day Dance in 1973. It was initially written anonymously by Dave Houghton under the pen name Hermann Hornblower for fear of negative repercussions. By the end of its second year in publications, the newsletter has grown to eight pages and "reporters" were used to help capture stories.
Today, The Hornblower Magazine has grown into a yearly magazine publication that is distributed throughout the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management and the industry. The Hornblower features articles from all facets of the field and a listing of graduating students.
2011 marks the second year that The Hornblower Magazine has been available online. The print edition is printed on Friesen's Envirolux paper made with 80% recycled fiber, 40% post-consumer waste and processed chlorine free.
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