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What does SPEC stand for?
SPEC is an acronym for the Seaway Private Equity Corporation
– a private, not-for-profit corporation located in St. Lawrence
County, New York. It is responsible for overseeing the disbursement
of up to $10-million in early-stage investment funds to attract
the development of technologies and their associated businesses
in St. Lawrence County, particularly those focused on renewable
energy and environmental technologies.
Where does the funding come from?
Project funding comes from two sources. SPEC's investments
are funded by a long-term $10 million loan from the New York Power
Authority. The balance of the funding comes from private investors
– at a ratio of $2 private to each $1 SPEC funding –
assembled by a Qualified Business Development Firm.
Who can apply?
We invite your inquiry if you have a market-changing technology
in the area of renewable energy or environmental technologies
(any others must be approved by a two-thirds vote of our Board
of Directors); have complete control of the technology; are committed
to principally operating your new technology company in St. Lawrence
County, New York (USA); and, are able to submit a business plan
that makes a compelling case for success.
What criteria are there for applying for
Before applying for funds, you should read through the Investment
Process and the overview of the Investment
Criteria we require. In addition, we suggest you answer the
three questions and review the requirements of your business plan,
as detailed on our Submissions page.
How are the funds repaid?
Both types of investors – SPEC and the private firms –
get repaid as equity investors from the profits generated by or
proceeds of the sale of the enterprises in which they invest.
Is this a grant or loan?
Neither. SPEC is an equity investor in the enterprises it finances.
Who provides the investment money?
The money comes from two sources – the New York Power Authority
and private investors. The New York Power Authority has made up
to $10-million available for the purpose of creating quality jobs
through the development of new technology companies – focusing
primarily on renewable energy and environmental advances –
in St. Lawrence County, New York (USA). Our Qualified Business
Development Firms work with start-up companies to secure $2 in
private investment for each $1 provided by SPEC.
At what stage of investment does SPEC enter
the picture?
SPEC makes early stage investments in promising companies. Its
investments precede venture capitaland conventional financing.
Does SPEC co-invest with other financial
SPEC's investments are made only made in cooperation with
other early stage private investors on a $1:$2 basis.
Are follow-on investments possible?
SPEC cannot invest more than $1 million in any single enterprise.
But follow-on investments are possible, provided that SPEC's
initial investment was less than $1 million.
How will SPEC be involved with my company
after an investment is made?
SPEC is a passive investor. SPEC contracts with a Qualified Business
Development Firm that will be responsible for matching its funds
at a $1 : $2 ratio with private investment capital and will work
with you to define the business strategy and exercise oversight
and/or control of certain business operations.
If I meet the criteria, what do I need to
do first?
Entrepreneurs with great new technology ideas who meet SPEC's
investment criteria should first answer the questions found on
the Submissions page to decide
if you should proceed. If the you can answer "yes"
to all three questions, you next need to contact one of our Qualified
Business Development Firms. Currently SPEC has contracted with
the following Qualified Business Development Firm:
Technology Management, LLC
When contacting the Qualified Business Development Firm, you
should be prepared to submit a concise, complete and compelling
business plan which meets the criteria addressed under the Contact
section of the Submission page.
How long until I know that SPEC will invest
in my technology and its associated business?
SPEC's approval should not take more than 21 days from the
day that one of its Qualified Business Development Firms has forwarded
a complete package of documentation to SPEC. However, the discussions
and negotiations among the entrepreneur, the possible private
investors, and the Qualified Business Development Firm have no
timelines other than those they set themselves or are set by the
nature of the project itself.
What and who is involved in the approval
process for an investment?
SPEC's approval of its portion of an investment is made
by the SPEC Board of Trustees – 10 people, most of whom
have residences and business offices in St. Lawrence County.
What is a Qualified Business Development
Firm? Why am I not just dealing directly with SPEC?
SPEC provides oversight for the funds but does not develop the
technology or the businesses in which it invests. It contracts
with Qualified Business Development Firms who provide important
guidance during the critical early stages of startup, as well
as bring private cash to match SPEC's investment at a ratio
of $2 for every $1 of SPEC funds.
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It seems like, in our combinatory culture, every few months something gets made/mashed/revised that shows up like a present with my name on the tag. Here's the latest. Our toddler has been obsessed with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Dusty, and friends for months. Matchbox-style Cars cars, Duplo Cars and Planes sets, Cars underwear. I have long been obsessed with Star Wars: Original Flavor. My husband won my hand in marriage by winning Star Wars Trivial Pursuit (I'm simplifying…a little.) So Big Bee Studio has mashed up the two for a wonderful little parody of the overdone series of anthropomorphic vehicle films aimed at increasingly younger audiences.
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Op-ed / Why to vote Wexler for probate judge
Did you know that probate judges are the only judges in Connecticut that may practice law on the side in an unrestricted manner? As a practical matter, most probate judges do not appear in court and are careful to avoid impropriety. But in 2011, the state Ethics Commission recommended prohibiting this practice. The legislation failed.
When a judge practices law, it can distort the adversary process.Why? Because if you were being represented by an attorney whose opponent was a sitting judge, you would not get the zealous representation you deserve. Your attorney would be afraid to fight too hard for you because he would probably have to stand before the judge on another matter for another client.
If elected, I would take myself out of the adversary process entirely. I would not accept any new clients, and would only represent existing clients in estate planning and uncontested administrations of estates. I would not even do a real estate closing.
My opponent is an active divorce lawyer, admittedly appearing in court. During our Westport debate, he defended the status quo, stating that he did not know of one judge in either New Haven or Fairfield counties who had given up his law practice while sitting on the bench. If my opponent wins, our community would have a sitting probate judge representing people in court and at the bargaining table.
The probate judge must stand for integrity. I want to be your impartial and independent judge. I would not enrich myself by using this position to attract new clients. I realize that I am shaking up the establishment by making this pledge. But I firmly believe it is the right thing to do. We all deserve a probate court that does not carry even the appearance of impropriety.
I am a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and The New York University School of Law. I am a Westport resident, practicing here since 1989, married 31 years to Bill, and mom of Jon and Joanna, who attended Westport schools.
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"Shakira, Shakira"
Let's be honest, Shakira is as mad as a box of frogs who've been force fed Ecstasy tablets by a clown on roller skates. She's been away for too long, leaving the pop world a barren and less ridiculous place in her absence. Well, she's back now, with a video so awful that it's somehow one of the best things we've seen in the last decade.
First things first, that cave resembles a scene from Inner Space mixed with a '70s softcore porn film. The dancing is hilarious, like a strange mix of yoga and an anaphylactic shock. The bits on top of the building either represent the point where the money ran out (what did they spend it on!?), or it's some kind of statement on cheap horror films. Don't even get us started on what the shoulder popping malarkey is all about.
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The Benefits of SaaS for ITSM, Part 3: Easy to Support
Categories: IT Service Management
SaaS and Service Desk Support Costs
When your IT service desk is run from the cloud, your company's up-front software costs are far lower than if your service desk software runs on a server at your location. SaaS service desk lets small businesses buy into enterprise-quality software without an enterprise-level capital investment.
Saving up to buy another server could take a while.
But here's something that might surprise you: even over several years, total cost of ownership for SaaS service desk software is lower than on-premises software. The primary reason for that? Good support.
Software Support
With on-premises IT service desk software, patches, bug fixes, and upgrades have to be scheduled, and this can be inconvenient, to say the least. What's more, the upgrade cycle with on-premises software can be a year and a half to two years, whereas SaaS solutions are generally updated two to four times per year (and sometimes more often).
When your SaaS service desk needs a bug fix or upgrade, it happens automatically, and everyone gets the same upgrade at the same time, so there's no question about which software version an employee is running. And with the per-user subscription pricing model, you don't have to worry about software licenses expiring and the problems that can occur when license expiration goes unnoticed.
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Because SaaS service desk software is run from a browser, if one IT service desk worker's computer crashes, he or she can still use the software from another computer. In addition, because the software is cloud-run, disaster management for your IT service desk is taken care of remotely. (For any SaaS provider, you should always thoroughly check out their disaster management plan and ensure it is robust enough for your needs.) A flood or other disaster at your location only puts your service desk offline until they can connect a machine to the internet again. SaaS software in general can make recovering from a disaster quicker and less painful.
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In the days when IT problems were logged manually (or not at all), and when fixing a user's computer problem meant going to where the computer was located, the IT service desk was far less efficient. Today's SaaS service desk can be set up to log incidents automatically, and remote desktop tools limit the amount of schlepping around necessary to fix problems. Furthermore, many of today's top SaaS service desk solutions include great features like self-service portals, so that impatient end users can sometimes fix problems themselves by following simple on-screen processes.
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This Saturday sees a mixture of South of Scotland League and League Cup matches scheduled to be played.
Annan Athletic entertain Newton Stewart at Galabank for a match the visitors are expected to take the three points from to maintain their challenging position at the top of the league table.
Nithsdale Wanderers visit Dumfries to play YMCA and are expected to return to Sanquhar with the three points although the home side are proving to be very resilient at home and are more than capable of producing a positive result if Nithsdale are not on top form.
Upper Annandale play hosts to Bonnyton Thistle at Moffat for what could be a very close run contest where a share of the points is a distinct possibility.
In the second round of the South League Cup Abbey Vale have Lochmaben as their visitors for what could be another evenly contested match with home advantage possibly being the deciding factor although maybe after more than the regulation ninety minutes. Heston Rovers will start as favourites to progress at the expense of Creetown at Palmerston Park although if the visitors hit form then an upset could be on the cards. Lochar Thistle could be too strong for the youngsters of Stranraer in their match at Stair Park while Threave Rovers visit to Lockerbie to play Mid Annandale could see the Castle Douglas side progress to the next round although not without a fight from the home side.
Next Friday evening the Alba Cup Final will take place at Galabank when Bonnyton Thistle play in their first ever senior cup final against Mid Annandale. There doesn't look much to choose from between the two sides but an exciting match is in prospect watched by an expected large crowd of supporters from both Clubs.
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Dumfries YMCA v Nithsdale Wanderers
Upper Annandale v Bonnyton Thistle
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Abbey Vale v Lochmaben
Heston Rovers v Creetown
Stranraer v Lochar Thistle
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Just to let you know that the SAP is fantastic. I really like some of the useability features you have included. This makes for a very professional product. We surveyed the very tight and awkward boulder choke in Upper Flood. It was so-o easy with the SAP. The next day we surveyed the very end of Neverland. In total, we clocked up 450m of survey. These surveys will be published in the MCG journal, at our MCG stand at BCRA, and probably in Descent. Drawing it all up now...
Apart from the increased accuracy on steep slopes, it improved speed because a) we got two readings for the effort of one; b) it is so easy (and more accurate) to aim compared to sighting a compass; and c) the illuminated numbers were easy to read without the concern and hassle of illuminating the compass from a distance with a magnetic lamp.Ben Cooper, MCG
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Richard M. Knellinger, P.A.Family, business and probate law, estate planning and civil litigation in North Central Florida since 1974.http://www.lawyergainesville.com
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Former American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel's "Hey Mr. Ferryman" is more than simply an album. It's a sweeping gesture: 11 sweeping gestures, at times both grandiose and simple. The record is mellow to be sure, but it doesn't get mired down in melancholy. It's lyrically sound and musically buoyant.
The dreamy soundscape that is "Hey Mr. Ferryman" is expertly burned to tape by Bernard Butler (ex-Suede) who also fleshed out Eitzel's minimalism by playing electric guitar, bass, and keyboards in the studio. The mood on "Hey Mr. Ferryman" is innocent yet strong, sensitive without yielding, sensitive without being weepy. It lets fly with some of the most adroit handling of melody I've heard in a long while. This is harder to achieve than you think and Eitzel is a master. It sneaks up on the listener and stays with them long after it's through.
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Wiggs had been flying over the town's annual Memorial Day parade on U.S. 224 when the helicopter clipped a wire about 50 feet in the air, the patrol said.
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Have you recently sustained any injury to your knee, sprained an ankle, or possibly fractured or broken a bone? For non-life-threatening acute injuries such as these, Hampton Roads Urgent Care provides a cost effective and efficient alternative designed to care for your orthopedic injuries.
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The majority of orthopedic injuries can be safely and effectively treated at an orthopedic urgent care. As long as there isn't excessive bleeding, a severe arm or leg deformity, or life threatening concerns, an orthopedic urgent care such as HRUC is the best option for treatment.
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Vision processing on traditional architectures is inefficient due to energy-expensive off-chip data movements. Many researchers advocate pushing processing close to the sensor to substantially reduce data movements. However, continuous near-sensor processing raises the sensor temperature, impairing the fidelity of imaging/vision tasks. The work characterizes the thermal implications of using 3D stacked image sensors with near-sensor vision processing units. The characterization reveals that near-sensor processing reduces system power but degrades image quality. For reasonable image fidelity, the sensor temperature needs to stay below a threshold, situationally determined by application needs. Fortunately, the characterization also identifies opportunities -- unique to the needs …
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For investors there is no quick fix, say Wells Fargo AM managers Wilson and Norris
Peter Wilson and Tony Norris, portfolio managers at Wells Fargo Asset Management, say that there is no quick fix to Europe's financial troubles.
Peter Wilson and Tony Norris, portfolio managers at Wells Fargo Asset Management, say that there is no quick fix to Europe's financial troubles.
Last Thursday's ECB meeting brought the expected announcement about potential bond-buying support for eurozone countries in trouble. "Unlimited", theoretically anyway, is the fire-power the ECB now has through its outright monetary transactions (OMT) programme. Bond buying to support members of the eurozone, but only if they ask. If countries ask, this support will come with as yet undefined conditions (why wouldn't it!?). These conditions are required to enforce structural reform and discipline so that one day they can get back on to a better footing. Euphoria, for now, but hard work and lots of it lies ahead.
So the eurozone is now firmly back in recession. There is no quick fix, or one particular action that will solve its problems, but there has already been considerable progress on many fronts, including an alphabet's-soup of structural reforms such as EFSF, ESM and LTRO, (from last Thursday) OMT, the Fiscal Compact, unified banking regulation supervision and acknowledgement of a more pro-growth policy response. September is a crowded month for EMU news but a far better picture of how all these measures will come together will be known by the time we reach October.
Let's face the realities: a break-up of the eurozone is not in the interests of any state or political party and a full resolution – or fudge – will in time be found. Such a resolution will not be a 'cure', though, and will leave the eurozone probably no better, but no worse, than the USA, UK or Japan.
In the meantime, yields in the core euro economies remain poor value and it therefore makes sense for investors to be under-weight the region. The positives for the Euro (trade neutral area, main currency diversifier for foreign exchange reserve assets) currently remain offset by the problems from the periphery and the recessionary backdrop. It must be said, though, that when factoring out the risk of FX problems the accrual levels received from investing in Spain and Italy could be compelling.


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Meachy Fedichini Interview for Spate Magazine
Whats up Meachy Fedichini? For those new to the name, where are you from and what do you do?
I'm from Chicago South side and I'm a songwriter.
Where did your name come from? What's the story behind it?
Demetrius is my first name so that's actually where Meachy comes from which is my nickname. Fedichini was added on and it's spelled differently from fettuccine. Its actually saying I'm a fed man as in I'm eating. And its saying I'm a fed man as in I'm a federal convict. Meaning I'm big time not a small timer.
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Review : Silver Surfer Vol 8 #5
Recap : Shalla-Bal attacked earth trying to replace all of culture as we know it with that of the Zenlovians homeworld. In order to save Norrin's adopted world he has to take the drastic measure of removing the Culture of Zen-La from the universe.
Before I talk about my thoughts on the issue lets talk about probably the best thing from the whole issue. Mike Allred has created a very unforgettable and puzzling issue cover. Not only is it a visually impressive piece, it has also become a game to see who can name all the people on it. Mike has even said that he has not even told Laura Allred who the whole list is and will be keeping it close to his chest for now. So the game to find out who they all are is afoot.
Warning the following will contain spoilers of the issue.
This issue focuses on the aftermath from the Zen-La attack. The whole world can not stop showing affection for the silver surfer and he is awarded a Key to Earth. Norrin and Dawn bast in this admiration before it all gets to much for Norrin and they both head back home (Anchor Bay) . Norrin comes to terms that the world and the universe as he knows it have changed; including his own clothes when he tries to silver down.
Norrin starts to fit into his new early home along side the Greenwood's and even sits for a family photo.
Confronted directly with a future without the Zen-la culture, Norrin seeks advice from an old friend. 'The Watcher' who we find is no longer on the moon and the stranger who is in his place informs Norrin that he indeed killed the watcher and has taken his place.
As usual I do not like to spoil the whole of the issue so this leaves it at half way through the trade.
I personally am really enjoying the art and story of this volume of the Silver Surfer, I like to see that the series is keeping to the long deep inner need of the Silver Surfer and that of needing a place in the universe. I hope to see that the future is bright for Dawn and Norrin. Will they end up together? Is there a future for Norrin now that Zen-la's memory has been taken away from the universe. I personally can not wait to see where this goes.


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15By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft tongue breaks the bone.
16Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
17Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor's house,
Or he will become weary of you and hate you.
18Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
19Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
20Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda,
Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.
21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22For you will heap burning coals on his head,
And the Lord will reward you.
23The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
24It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
25Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.
26Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
28Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.
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Perimeter is a real-time strategy video game developed by K-D Lab for Microsoft Windows. It is published by 1C Company and Codemasters, and was released on May 21, 2004.[1][2]
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Humanity has undergone radical changes in society. Scientists and spiritual leaders became one and the same, calling themselves Spirits. The Spirits, foreseeing the inevitable destruction of Earth due to the ravages of our time, directed scientific efforts into the discovery of a new plane of existence: the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere acted as a conduit, providing means to reach another, untouched world, a new Promised Land, by jumping between flat worlds within the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere is appropriately named, as the various worlds resemble the thoughts and actions that have occurred upon Earth during its history. The Spirits then embarked upon the construction of massive floating city-ships called Frames, which could house hundreds of thousands of people for an indefinite period of time. With the Frames completed, the Spirits sent them forth into the Psychosphere with the intent to lead their people to the Promised Land, leaving Earth behind forever.
Within each of the Frames, the Spirits formed Spirit Councils which exercised absolute authority in all matters relating to the Frame. The general populous were kept sedate and forced into a ritualistic spiritualism to control their minds, for it was soon discovered that the Psychosphere reacted to negative emotions; causing creatures known as Scourge to erupt out of the very ground and attack the Frames. Eventually, some of the citizens of the Frames began to revolt against the rule of the Spirit Council, and the Frames began to separate into three factions: the Exodus who continued to follow the guidance of the Spirits and seek the Promised Land, the Harkback who reject the rule of the Spirits and seek to return to Earth, and the Empire who reject the Spirits, the idea of the Promised Land, and Earth, seeking to establish a cybernetic Human empire within the Psychosphere itself.
As the game progresses, the various factions come into contact, and eventually combat, with one another's Frames and with the Scourge. Exodus continues to move through the Chain of Worlds to its very end; Harkback move to the Root Worlds at the very beginning of the Chain, and the Empire tries to dominate both sides. Ultimately Exodus destroys the primary Imperial Frame near a portal to the Promised Land, and then move through the portal. Meanwhile, the Harkback find the Root Worlds and a portal back to Earth, also moving through. However, both factions end up near one another on the Promised Land, which appears to be Earth as it was millions of years ago. This sets the scene for the game's sequel.
Critical reception[edit | edit source]
Perimeter has received praise for its innovation in the real-time strategy genre, with the use of terraforming and morphing units. Game Informer's reviewer called it "an enjoyable play, albeit a slightly rough one", and gave it a score of 7.75 out of 10. He praised its innovative concepts and said that the game "has a strategy all its own", but criticized its lack of polish: "Unit AI is often wretched, enemy AI is worse, and framerate suffers during camera pans or intense battles even on a beastly PC". He concluded, however, that its "cool concepts, excellent graphics, and good mission design save it", and that "the new ideas alone make it worth a look".[3]
The use of terraforming terrain to expand the player's base makes the land itself the primary resource, providing a different dynamic to other RTS titles.[4] The system of networking energy extractors across the terraformed land was seen to work well in skirmish and multiplayer games, in which cut-off sections can be taken over.[5] The ability to morph different combinations of basic units into a larger variety of more powerful units was seen as being handled creatively,[6] reducing the need to build a large army whilst retaining a rock-paper-scissors dynamic.[4]
Criticisms include the fractured nature of the storyline (with the player campaign frequently switching between the factions),[7] the lack of challenge in fighting the scourge[6] and their lacklustre artificial intelligence,[8] with missions against other "frames" often being reduced to a war of attrition due to their use of the perimeter shield.[8]
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Perimeter: Emperor's Testament[edit | edit source]
A stand-alone expansion pack titled Perimeter: Emperor's Testament was released on August 30, 2006.[12]
Sequel[edit | edit source]
On July 4, 2008, K-D Lab announced Perimeter 2: New Earth.
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- ↑ IGN: Perimeter. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ Perimeter for PC. GameSpot UK. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ Biessener, Adam. Setting New Boundaries. Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 14, 2005 Retrieved on April 14, 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ocampo, Jason (Jun 30, 2004). Perimeter for PC Review. GameSpot UK. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ Adams, Dan. IGN: Perimeter Review (page 2). IGN. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Adams, Dan. IGN: Perimeter Review (page 3). IGN. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ Adams, Dan. IGN: Perimeter Review (page 1). IGN. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ocampo, Jason (Jun 30, 2004). Perimeter for PC Review (page 2). GameSpot UK. Retrieved on 2008-07-05
- ↑ Sue, Jennie (2004-08-07). Perimeter Review. 1UP.com. Retrieved on 2008-12-18
- ↑ Goryachev, Vladimir (2004-05-25). Perimeter Review (Russian). Absolute Games. Retrieved on 2008-12-18
- ↑ "Perimeter Review" (in Russian). Game World Navigator №6 (85). 2004.
- ↑ Release Information for Perimeter: Emperor's Testament. MobyGames. Retrieved on 2008-10-05
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Catamaran Instructor
By means of a qualified education, the future catamaran instructor should be able to run competent and safe catamaran group courses and to communicate the fascination and fun of catamaran sailing.
Safe handling of a catamaran at 4-5 bft. Candidates who are not sure can register for a practice training taking place before the proper course. No teaching background is required. However, the candidate should be familiar with the VDWS instructor file theory.
Prerequisites for the acquisition of the license Surf, Kite, Cat and Sail are:
Proof of being able to run a motorboat (no motorboat licence)
First-aid certificate (9 periods)
Swimming certificate (German DLRG-Bronze or equivalent) or VDWS rescue.
requirements compact & videolink
Course Contents
- Course scheduling, realization, methodology
- School and course organization
- Emergencies during classes, safety
- Physical basics, sailing theory and maneuvers
- Equipment and maintenance
- Maneuver demonstration
- Catamaran course model and alternatives
- Skills improvement
- The practical catamaran examination can take place at a wind speed of 8 - 20 knots.
- Teaching ability will be examined by a short demonstration lesson (30 min).
- Written exam (90 min) questions covering the course contents.
Course Completion
With a successful examination and the absolvement of the practical course the participant is authorised to use the expression "valid VDWS Catamaran-Instructor" and to teach for the catamaran basic license.


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China is refusing to agree to make its aid spending in the Pacific more transparent and co-operate with other donor countries.
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders yesterday held talks with the leaders of observer countries and organisations - the largest delegations being from the US and China, wrestling for influence in the region.
Prime Minister John Key said the Chinese delegation had made it clear they did not want to be bound by the "Cairns Compact" - a Forum agreement for better co-ordination and information-sharing about aid programmes.
He said China had listened to the arguments about why including the Asian superpower in that co-operation would benefit the region.
"We will continue with the dialogue, but in the end every country has a sovereign right to determine how its aid should be spent."
China was becoming a larger part of the global economy "and as its wealth increases it is spreading its footprint across the world - that includes the Pacific".
Key said he was not concerned about China's increasing influence in the Pacific, saying New Zealand worked constructively with China. "Aid can make a real difference to those countries and we should encourage that. Any bilateral concerns the United States might have are for them to address with China."
"Soft loans" from China have meant Tonga's debt to China is about one third of its GDP - and the Cook Islands and Samoa both owe the equivalent of 16 per cent of their GDP. China has also provided unspecified "military aid" to Tonga.
Key said countries taking up such loans needed to think about their ability to repay them. "Countries have their own sovereign rights and if they want to engage in direct loans with any other country, they are free to do so."
Speaking to the Weekend Herald after the post-forum dialogue, the head of China's delegation, Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai, said there was a difference between the aid China gave as a developing nation out of friendship and that of developed countries such as New Zealand., and Australia under commitments.
The developed countries' aid was made under obligations for Overseas Development Assistance of 0.7 per cent set by the UN. China however was giving in the general framework of "south-south" co-operation. "We are doing it on a voluntary basis because we are friends of the islands countries. This is of a very different nature."


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Refried Beans Tacos
2016-12-07 14:09:27
I adore Tacos. Not much I can add to this. It is delicious, easy to eat and so versatile. You can have different fillings and toppings but below is my favourite recipe! Just writing about it makes me hungry…
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
35 min
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
35 min
- 1 Onion
- 1 Garlic Clove
- 400g Barlotti Beans
- 400g Kidney Beans
- 1 Small Courgette
- 1 Bell Pepper
- 2 Medium Tomatoes
- ½ Lettuce
- Splash of Olive Oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Chilli Pepper
- Pinch of Smoked Paprika
- 9 tsp Tomato Chutney
- 9 Corn Tortillas or Ready-made Tacos Shells
- 100g Cheddar
- Soured cream
- Tomato Chutney
- Jalapenos
- Kalamata olives
- Fresh Coriander/Parsley
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- First prepare the refried beans. Chop the garlic and onion finely and fry with a bit of olive oil until soft and golden in colour.
- Remove Barlotti and Kidney beans from the tin and drain all the liquid.
- Add beans to the onions and fry for 5-7 min to evaporate excess liquid.
- Using a potato masher mash the beans a little. You want about half of the beans mashed and the other half remain solid. Fry for another 5-7min.
- Add chili pepper, pinch of salt and mix well. Set aside.
- In another pan fry finely chopped bell pepper and courgette with a splash of olive oil. Add seasoning and set aside.
- Shred the lettuce and chop tomatoes.
- Now construct the tacos. If you are making tacos shells, then the best way is to use oven rack. Carefully drape the tortillas over two bars of the rack and bake in the oven at 180C or 370F degrees for 7-10 min until nice and crispy.
- To the bottom of each taco shell spread a teaspoon of tomato chutney, add lettuce, then refried beans, next add fried bell peppers and courgettes. Top it up with tomatoes and grated cheese.
- Preheat the oven to 200C or 400F.
- Put tacos onto baking tray and bake in the oven for 10 min just to melt the cheese.
- Serve your tacos with soured cream, some extra tomato chutney, jalapenos for an extra kick and Kalamata olives for those who like it mild. Sprinkle some chopped coriander or parsley.
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Denver Restaurant Week is upon us, that annual stretch of Mile High menu mania that sees diners — some of whom rarely go out to eat — descending on more than 300 local restaurants.
This year, the event's 10th, will see two major changes: the dates and the pricing.
What has traditionally been an event running two consecutive weeks has been split this year. The upcoming stretch goes Feb. 22-28, while the second segment runs Aug. 23-29.
Prices have also inched up, to $30 per person. Since its beginning, the deal has been $52.80 per couple for a multi-course dinner, or $26.40 for solo diners. (You can find the full roster — 311 at press time — at denver- restaurantweek.com.)
Denver restaurateurs seem to welcome both changes. Splitting Restaurant Week in half gives staffers a break from an event that often saw jam-packed restaurants but less tip income, and the price increase has also given chefs more wiggle room in what they serve.
"I think the changes are really good for us," said Beth Gruitch, co-owner of three participating restaurants: Rioja, Euclid Hall and Bistro Vendôme. "Two straight weeks stretched it out a little too much. It was tough on the staff and their morale."
Gruitch said she usually saw a fall-off in the number of patrons, and honored reservations, during Week 2. "I think a lot of people would make reservations all over town," she said. "Then after the first week they'd be in a food coma and wouldn't show up."
Avenue Grill, which has been a staple in the Uptown neighborhood for 25 years, has participated in Restaurant Week since its inception. Longtime executive chef Andrew Lubatty applauds the changes, predicting that diners will see improved menus during the week.
"I think a lot of places were dumbing down their menus to make the price point," he said, who notes that the Avenue's Restaurant Week menu springs from its regular one. "I want to do something that's representative of what we produce, not give them a plate of lasagna because it's cheap to produce."
Lubatty also applauds splitting the event in two. "That's a great idea because you can showcase two different growing seasons," he said, adding that the August dates should be ideal for putting Colorado produce on plates.
Frank Bonanno, who has 11 dining spots in his Bonanno Concepts stable of restaurants, participated in drafting the changes to the event sponsored by Visit Denver.
"Change is always good," said Bonanno. "I sat in a bunch of those meetings, and I saw both sides of it. The $52.80 arrangement was a great deal for some restaurants and not so much for others."
"I've been a big supporter of Restaurant Week since it started," said Bonanno, who noted that all his places will participate except for Mizuna and Luca d'Italia. "I think it's great and really gets people out to eat."
Among some Denver hospitality workers — and veteran customers, too — Restaurant Week developed a reputation as something of an amateur hour, akin to a culinary version of New Year's Eve, with dining rooms swamped with bargain-seekers who rarely ate out.
"Some people in the industry viewed the two-week event with a collective 'ugh,' " Lubatty noted. "And honestly, some of our regulars kind of hid in their bunkers waiting for Restaurant Week to be over."
This year should be different, he said, for his place and others.
"We're expecting a full house at all our restaurants," Gruitch said. "I think it's going to be great."
William Porter: 303-954-1877, wporter@ denverpost.com or twitter.com/williamporterdp


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Create Your Own Brush Cleaner with a Glue Gun
Hi! Who doesn't like to be creative, creating products as substitute that are sold in stores? This easy-to-do DIY brush cleaner is inspired by the famous Sigma Spa Brush Cleaning Glove ($35) and the most recent cute egg-shaped brush cleaner, Brush Egg ($8).


text: With football season officially underway, Lil B takes it to the booth and small screen to shoot another viral video, this time comparing himself to one of the greatest receivers of all time, Jerry Rice. Based God can be seen doing a swagged out touchdown dance while two female friends play Madden. Watch the video above.


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One of my college roommates told me of a sermon she once heard about trees — that the harder the wind blows in their branches, the further they spread their roots into the ground.
She thought of this lesson every time she walked past the biggest, most beautiful tree rising above our campus chapel. She would meditate on the teaching of the tree while the sun sank past it on those cold, sleep deprived winter evenings, and she would pray that she might become more like the tree.
In the end, the tree was hollowed and rotting inside and had to be cut down. It was a sad day for my roommate, and for allegories.
So I try to avoid twisting so many little things into life lessons; even the best ones break down (whispers: and rot inside. see? they are almost irresistible).
One of my toddler students sneezed on me today, sputtered, and confessed, "I blessed on you." I am feeling both blessed . . . and sick. And my antibiotics seem unable to affect either condition.
I was going to share that I'm finding the whole human condition to be an adventure in learning how to deal with being both sick and blessed.
But I will refrain.


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They had been approaching the Victors' Arch— a ponderous marble monument, installed after the Empire's conquest of the Southern Isles, and carved with elaborate scenes from the war. It had been intended to instill Imperial pride among the common people, but instead the common people made a game of guessing the expense and saying how they would have spent the gold instead. Marta had heard everything from extending the sewer system into the Valley, or recobbling every street on the south hill, to draining the bay and refilling it with wine. Eventually, "an arch" had entered the lexicon— at least in the Valley— as shorthand for a vast amount of money.
Here is Chapter Seventeen, in which Marta receives a surprising offer.
Download this chapter for Kindle using Dropbox: Chapter Seventeen. Download Dropbox for free here.
Download the first sixteen chapters for Kindle.
The project to date, in pdf format:
Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17


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The chief budget-writers for the Oregon Legislature have released a spending proposal that includes cuts to state programs.
Washington, Oregon Know What They Want From Trump
The proposal issued Thursday outlines how lawmakers might bridge an expected budget gap.
Revenues continue to grow in Oregon, but the cost of providing services is growing faster, adding up to a $1.8 billion shortfall for the two-year budget cycle that starts in July, according to the co-chairs of the Legislature's budget-writing committee.
The proposal would mean cuts to state-funded programs like education, health care and public safety. Democratic Rep. Nancy Nathanson, who helped craft the plan, said those cuts probably won't sit well with Oregonians.
"I believe we'll start to hear from them once we start to have our public hearings that this is not adequate. It's moving backward," said Nathanson.
She and her senate colleague Richard Devlin drew up their plan without proposing any new revenue sources. They said those conversations are ongoing and a bipartisan agreement on tax increases is far from a sure thing.
Republicans, who serve in the minority in both chambers, offered some praise for the proposal. Senate GOP leader Ted Ferrioli called it a "budget based in reality."
Republicans have been cool to the idea of raising revenue to fill the budget gap.
"The only way Oregon will get through the current budget crunch is by setting better spending priorities and demonstrating budget discipline," said Ferrioli.
The Ways & Means co-chairs said their budget proposal would fund K-12 education at roughly $200 million less than the cost to continue services at existing levels.
Some education advocacy groups say the gap is even larger than that.
"We recognize that the co-chairs are in a tough spot," said Oregon School Boards Association director Jim Green. "But the budget proposals we are seeing signals a terrible cycle of future cuts for our schools."
The legislative proposal wouldn't mean as many cuts to higher education as a spending plan released by Gov. Kate Brown last month. But the co-chairs said it could still lead to higher tuition and staff reductions.
Another difference between the governor's budget proposal and the legislative budget framework is that the lawmakers' version does not recommend the closure of a new psychiatric hospital in Junction City.
Instead, the co-chairs would save money by reducing the number of patients being served in both Junction City and the state's main mental hospital in Salem. Like the governor's budget, the co-chairs' proposal does recommend shuttering an Oregon Youth Authority facility near Astoria.
Lawmakers convene Feb. 1 for a five-month session. Most budget decisions won't be finalized until after two more revenue forecasts — in February and May — give lawmakers a clearer picture of the revenue that will be on the table.


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My grandmother Gomes Casseres-Salas passed away 3 weeks ago. A day after her funeral a beautiful arrangement of white roses and eucalyptus arrived at my family's house, "thinking of you in your difficult time, my sincerest condolences" from my kindergarten teacher, Juffrouw Regales. (This gesture goes above-and-beyond, even for our warm, hospitable culture)
Juf Regales, whom I hadn't seen in at least 10 years, is now the principal of the Johan van Walbeeck kindergarten. I stopped by my old school to thank her for the flowers and to catch up. We chatted for over an hour… several chikitíns (translation: little ones) coming in-and-out for advice on their work-in-progress crafts for Culture Week.
A tech guy popped in to fix something and Juf Regales urged him to come back the following week "anto ku pótmóni gordo!" (translation: with a fat wallet) as the students would be selling their Culture Week crafts to raise money for a sound system upgrade. (She had to write a letter in Dutch to inform parents of their fundraising objectives and agonized over translating the word "upgrade"; no such word in Dutch! "verbetering"(translation: improvement) doesn't quite get at it, so she just kept "upgrade")
Since I couldn't be at Johan van Walbeeck School's Culture Week closing ceremonies and fundraising, my mom – also a JvW alum – kindly agreed to give me (and us) a full account. (Thanks Ma!)
Teachers, parents and kindergarten-through-6th grade students dressed in their interpretation of traditional folklore costumes and gathered under the overdekte (translation: covered area) to admire each others' creations and dance to local music. Hand-made flags representing our hodge-podge culture decorated the walls: South Africa, Venezuela, Haiti, Lebanon, Portugal, Colombia, China, Suriname, the Netherlands, to name a few.
The students were proud to show off their handcrafts, made of all-natural things: calabash, sand, pebbles, shells, boonch'i flamboyan, coconuts, driftwood etc. As you can see, they love painting in bright vivid colors, and our traditional Kunuku houses feature prominently in their whimsical architecture.
They also sold ko'i dushi di Kòrsou such as lèter, tèrt, ko'i lechi and chukulati kayente (translation: hot chocolate) [All of these are Awesome in their own right and will follow in posted recipes. Stay tuned!]
We wish the entire Johan van Walbeeck community a very big Pabien for organizing such a fun and creative event in celebration of our rich culture. And a very special thanks to Mrs. Sanches-Koffie, principal of the Johan van Walbeeck Elementary School and Juf Regales, as well as their team of awesome teachers. Keep up the great work!


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In his post, Yglesias attacks Democrats generally, and Obama more specifically, for focusing on wealth redistribution as the solution to income inequality. In his view, Obama, et al, ought to be focusing more on policies that addressing the underlying causes of wealth inequality. These policies should differentiate between ill-gotten fortunes, earned through exploitation of the marketplace (think cartels, monopolies, and the like), and well-deserved fortunes, earned by providing a valuable good to willing market consumers. In a timely example, he calls our attention to Chris Paul: CP3 is certainly well-compensated, but he also provides a skill few other people can, and he himself has been continually victimized by cartels in the form the NBA, and previously, the NCAA. Wealth redistribution equally punishes Chris Paul and the cartels that exploit him; it doesn't differentiate between their very different economic roles.
Okay, first, there are a couple of major -- if ancillary -- problems with this argument. For starters, it is not exactly obvious what constitutes correct behavior in the marketplace. Undoubtedly, in many situations, cartels and monopolies are inefficient. Subsidies are inefficient. But not always! And many modern goods and services lie in one of the economic gray areas where it is possible to advance at least a cognizable argument that unconventional market structures are, in fact, ideal. Yglesias is hiding his subjective determinations of correct economic policy behind broad appeals to supposedly-universal market ethics. In reality, the answer isn't usually so clear.
I also object to the idea that taxes should be mentally processed as some sort of punishment. Hardly. Taxes are a contribution towards mutual self-interest. Most calls to raise rates on the rich don't represent an attempt to punish the rich for misbehavior while earning their wealth, but arise instead from a sense that the rich are shirking their responsibility to chip in after they earned their wealth. I don't see why someone' responsibility to their countrymen would be greatly altered because they made money producing valuable goods.
But the real problem with Yglesias' approach is that it's not outcome-oriented. In his concern over market ethics, he's lost sight of the fact that liberals favor wealth redistribution because it works. His recommended policies, by comparison, aren't really about closing the wealth gap at all. They're just wonky methods for fine-tuning the economy and making it more equitable for a select group of participants.
Let me explain. If you take a step back, Yglesias is talking about policies along two separate axes here:
- rules, regulations, and other government intervention to enforce a code of "market ethics" that breaks up inefficient monopolies and cartels, and
- straightforward wealth redistribution that takes money from all rich people (yes, even people like Steve Jobs and Chris Paul) and gives it to all poor people, be it in the form of health care, food stamps, or tax breaks.
Now imagine the opposite scenario: we enact robust wealth redistribution policies and leave bad market behavior untouched. Here, the wealth gap narrows dramatically. The standard of living of the poor noticeably improves, although the total productive capacity of society remains somewhat below the optimum. And who suffers as a result of these priorities? While everyone is less well off than they could be in an idealized, maximally productive economy, the only people who are worse off than in the previous scenario are, in fact, the well-off. People like Chris Paul, and other well- but under-compensated economic producers. They still fall victim to bad behavior in the market, and some of their money is skimmed indiscriminately away by the government.
And look, I love Chris Paul. But cartels or no cartels, taxes or no taxes, Chris Paul isn't really suffering. And it's not just him: most of the people who are seriously harmed by bad market behavior aren't suffering either. They're only victimized relative to some theoretical measure of their worth in a economy that isn't our economy. Taxes aren't going to change that: one of the nice things about marginal tax brackets is that they can't actually drive anyone into poverty. In absolute terms, these people have got more than enough money to get by without undue physical or mental distress.
The same, of course, cannot be said for the people at the very bottom of the economic food chain. Market fairness doesn't help them, but wealth redistribution sure does. Reduced income inequality sure does.
In reality, it's never going to be all one or all the other. And there's nothing preventing us from pursuing both. We should! But to the extent that progressives hope to rectify wealth disparities -- whether it's because they think it's important to help the less fortunate, or because they believe a more equal society functions more efficiently (and I happen to believe both) -- they can't get too caught up in the task of distinguishing between earned and unearned wealth. Old-fashioned redistribution is a far better means of creating a more equal society, and deserves its centrality in liberal policy and rhetoric.


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The Facility
Comission Federal de Electricidad (CFE) supplies electricity to the Mexican state of Sinaloa. An expansion of their Topolobampo generating station included the addition of three new generators producing 480 MW of power. The Topolobampo station is located 250 miles north of Mazatlan, along the Pacific Ocean coast.
Project Overview
The increased generating capacity required additional high purity boiler make-up water. Potable water was also in demand. Bufete Industrial, CFE's contractor for the project, identified the additional water requirement to be 1200 m³/day. Bufete required the desalination plant to be energy efficient, easy to operate, compact, and skid mounted to include all integral piping, walkways and stairs. Local Mexican content was also required, to the maximum extent possible.
Scope of Service
Bufete Industrial purchased two skid-mounted Aquatech Multiple Effect Thermocompression (MED-TC) desalination plants, each nominally rated at 600 m³/day of high purity distillate. Aquatech's MED-TC technology provides an effective heat transfer design operating at low temperature for reduced scaling and enhanced plant life, while requiring approximately half the electrical energy of most other desalination systems due to lower seawater requirements and, therefore, smaller pumps. The units are fully automated and require minimal operator attention. Aquatech took advantage of Mexican steel fabrication facilities to meet CFE's maximum local content requirement. Fabrication of the desalination plant skids, including the installation of pumps, associated piping, valves, and instrumentation was completed in Mexico. Start-up of the MED-TC units was in August 1994. Both units passed all performance criteria including steam consumption and distillate quality of less than 5 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS). The high purity distillate is either sent to the polishing demineralizer for use as boiler make-up or is used as potable water.
Process Flow Diagram


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Project Description
For this print campaign we brought the Courvoisier brand to a new simple Level. The aim was to show that sometimes there are no words and no description good enough to explain the need for 'Courvoisier'. It was imperative to align the brand with target audience. Matching the Courvoisier brand to objects tangly defines the target audience whilst encouraging creative complex thoughts of society.
Creative Consultation,Video Production, Motion Graphics,
Courvoisier Print Campaign Concept
These images required a large amount of composition, digital lighting and color grading. The final result is an 'on brand' ad campaign.
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Hell's Chef is, as his name implies, the resident chef of Gregory House and an antagonist in both the anime Gregory Horror Show and the video game Gregory Horror Show: Soul Collector. He is a tall, menacing golem-esque candle wielding a knife reputed to be strong enough to cut through elephant bones.
In the first two series, Hell's Chef appears as a menacing entity who is hostile towards anyone who doesn't eat his cooking, even if they are not hungry. The first guest in The Nightmare Begins is threatened into eating a poisonous soup by Hell's Chef's presence. In The Second Guest, he attempts to murder the second guest when she lights a cigarette while screaming "Cigarettes are the enemies of cuisine!". He is stopped only when Gregory extinguishes the flame atop his head. Gregory explains that Hell's Chef's rage is caused over how smoking dulls taste buds.
In the third series The Last Train, Hell's Chef manages the cooking for the dining car where a surly pig passenger rejects his steak, even throwing it into Chef's face. The pig passenger demands better food and, unusually, Hell's Chef duly notes the request and returns to the kitchen. Later on, Gregory attends a meal where Hell's Chef returns with a bloody slab of pork.
In the fourth series The Bloody Karte, Hell's Chef resumes his role as the chef of the hospital. Catherine becomes attracted to him and leaves him small meals in an attempt to win his affections. It turns out that it was Gregory who really took the meals. When asked, Hell's Chef responds in an offended manner that he only eats his cooking. But before he can injure Catherine, she buries her syringe into his head.
Soul Collector
To get the soul in Chef's possession, the player character has to put various food items into his pot of soup to spoil it and cause it to overflow. When Hell's Chef discovers this, he assumes the player character is responsible and will run through the halls until he comes across the player. The player character then must lead Hell's Chef into a storeroom wherein a breeze will blow out the flame atop his head, briefly knocking Chef out and making him drop the soul in his possession.
After that point, he will remain a hostile resident who will attack the player via his Horror Show.
Horror Show
Declaring the player character to be "mincemeat", Hell's Chef will bury his knife into the player character's head and leave them to bleed.
Hell's Chef does not take criticism and rejection well (as seen with the aforementioned Last Train episode). He will get angry if someone doesn't eat his food, even if they are not hungry, seeing it as a major offense. (Sometimes, Hell's Chef is said to be symbolic of the fear of criticism, an idea supported by his reactions.) He is definitely one of the more formidable residents with his quick temper, glowing red eyes, and massive chef's knife.
He also has a noted hatred for smoke (particularly cigarette smoke) despite the fact that he is a living candle. If the flame is extinguished, Hell's Chef will be knocked out until his wick is relit. After being relit, he seems to show no memory of the events leading up to having his flame blown out.