text:
Exclusive interview with Nicolas Jaar, one of our Winter 2011 Featured Musicians.
BULLETT : So you're out of class right now, right ?
Nicolas Jaar: Yes I just got out of class 40 minutes ago.
Can you tell me what classes you're taking ?
Well the class I just got out of was some class where we just watched a shitload of Antonioni. It was kind of funny.
What are you majoring in ?
I'm majoring in Comparative Literature.
Why did you choose Comparative Literature when your interests are very musical ?
My interests are not only musical. Comparative Literature is the study of culture and the study of people making shit and in the end that's what really interests me. I want to get down to the core and know why people make shit and what inspires them to create and why does one jump into creation. Because literature is kind of all of that : it's culture in general.
Right. So it's the idea that you are studying the things that people make and why they make them ?
Can you tell me a little bit about your label ? Why did you decide to release your own music as opposed to staying with a larger more traditional label ?
The label started out with me, Soul Keita and Nikita Quasim who both make music too. Back then-and this was only two years ago- it was really this kind of experimental electronic music people were not necessarily excited to hear. So by creating a label, I felt like it would help putting my music out to the world and would also showcase other people's music that wasn't necessarily visible at the time.
The artists, references and inspirations you have are all very underground and very uncommon for a lot of people making music. What made you delve into this more complex way of using electronics ?
I just want to be honest. I try to get really exhausted and make music in the height of exhaustion sometimes in order to be more honest with what's inside of me. And so I guess what's honestly inside of me is lower and more atmospheric and the influences that truly resonate in me are these people that are more into talking through feelings as opposed to talking through trends or coolness. I'm more interested in providing something honest and emotional as opposed to something groundbreaking musically.
When do you find yourself getting to that place of exhaustion and allow yourself to be creative?
It generally happens after I've been reading some bullshit up for school for a long time. I'll keep on doing it even though I don't really want to because I know it's going to get me to a point where I'll end up saying something that's inside of me. When you go to the studio in the morning, all the preoccupations of the real world are still bottled up inside of you. The more exhausted you are by the real world, the more you can give to people this kind of interior thing.
That's a really interesting and intuitive realization.
It's actually a realization I had on tour. I didn't think about music this way before but I also didn't have a problem about authenticity before because I was just making music for myself instead of people that I love. And now things have changed since I have a bigger audience.
How do you make your live shows more engaging ?
When people go out to see music -or at least when I go out to see music I want to have a very physical experience not just an intelligent time. I want to be touched by the music in a very physical way. I love the idea of making other people dance in a very sensual way as to instill emotions that are very much linked to love. In order to do that I basically changed every single bassline of my tracks and transformed them into slow club tracks.. It almost sounds like a combination between house and hip hop. Also I have these 3 musicians that really take my music to the next level by adding elements that are not part of the original music. It's really exciting because the whole process itself is very physical.
Do you find that there is experimentation that comes out with the addition of live musicians ?
Oh yeah, I'd say 30 or 40% of our live sets are improvised.
Oh wow that's incredible
I only do that because of the idea of exhaustion again. When you are on tour for 2 months and you play 30 dates you 're always doing the same thing, you're not letting this honest feeling out. I give my set as much approach to honesty and chaos than to structure. Both of them have to play out a similar goal.
And that allows for something that is a little less intellectual and little more feeling-based…
Exactly. What are we getting in the moment? What is going on right now? How are the people feeling ? How are they dancing, reacting etc.? It's funny because I owe one third of this to my last tour. I realized how important it was to have 30-minute talks right before we play. I just started having these talking moments where I would just tell them 'Ok today we're doing a ritual, like some evil ritual' and I would tell them to find something they liked and repeat it for 20 minutes and not let them stop until then. I would also ask them to do crazy stuff in order to build some sort of mysticism around our set. The result was very interesting.
That's really amazing though. And in some ways I think that's a more difficult position to be in than playing sets every night.
Oh it's much more difficult to use the music on a psychological level as opposed to having a set structure. But at the same time it's so rewarding and engaging as a musician that I don't give a shit about taking that risk : I actually enjoy it.
So you are in your senior year. What are you planning on doing next year ?
I'm just going to go back home in New York and get a real life instead of continuing this utopic college experience that I've been having for the past four years. After being on tour so much I realize life is not as constant, as comfortable or as easy as it is in college. Hopefully, I'll be making more music. I'd like to keep on working on my label and really develop an outlet for my creative life. I'm also excited to have some time on my own and be able to explore other art forms. Music comes very naturally to me whereas the other art forms I've always been interested in don't come that easily.
Since you have this really deep extensive knowledge of experimental and electronic music, can you recommend one album that you think everyone should listen to?
An album that people should totally be listening in the to is Gonzales' Solo Piano. It's close to Erik Satie or Keith Jarrett in terms of sound. He produced music for Feist and artists from Ed Banger Records. He's the one who wrote Limit to Your Love, that famous song taken by James Blake, but first performed by Feist. I think the lyrics were written by Feist and maybe he wrote the actual music? He's one of the most brilliant composers of our time. This album is literally one of the most gorgeous things ever made. I've shared it with people here that don't really know about music and it's a bug that gets stuck in everyone's head. It's pure genius.
Can you also recommend one book that you think everyone should read?
In terms of a book, let me think. It's difficult to guess what people have read and haven't read…
I know it's a tricky question.
I guess (pauses) let's see. I mean, it's difficult to answer because you have to keep all the pretentious books out of the way. (laughs).
What's your guilty pleasure book ? What's the least pretentious you can think of that you love ?
(laughs) I guess anything that has come out in the past, all the Bolaño books. I've always enjoyed them a lot. I read them 2, 3 years ago. I think there's something super exciting about his writing. It's really sensual and romantic. I read in it Spanish though so I don't know what it's like in English. I heard people liked it in English.
Have you read the unfinished one that came out last year ?
I'm afraid I didn't read the unfinished one. Is the unfinished one you're talking about 2666 ?
No, I think it's the biography.
Yeah that one. No, I heard about that one. I'm afraid of reading it . I wouldn't want anyone to hear an unfinished song of mine. I kind of feel strongly about unfinished works.
I absolutely agree. You should stay away from it. It just feels really piece-meal
Exactly. And he did not mean for it to be relased. When I'm making a song, -and I have to revert back to me because I'm the only creator I know perfectly well- and it's not done, it's really not as good as it would be if it were. I think it's clear to anyone who makes anything that when they're not done with something it's just not as good as it can be.


text:
Votre recherche n'a donné aucun résultat.
Today's continuous business environment requires that you back up more data in less time. Oracle's StorageTek LTO tape drives offer an economical, high performance option for midrange tape automation environments.
Cost-effective capacity reduces tape cartridge requirements and drive counts
Accommodates data growth without increasing energy consumption
Ideal for midrange tape environments with high data growth rates
Read writes and reads back one generation
Oracle's partner community of more than 20,000+ partners (including 1,000+ specialized partners) provides you with solutions and services that meet your unique business needs.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
7801 South Yates Boulevard
South Shore, Chicago, 60649
Commute to Downtown Dolton
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Many nearby public transportation options.
Some bike infrastructure.
7801 South Yates Boulevard has a Walk Score of 76 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
7801 South Yates Boulevard is a 13 minute walk from the ME Metra Electric at the Windsor Park stop.
This location is in the South Shore neighborhood in Chicago. Nearby parks include Eckersall Park, Eckersall Park and Eckersall Park.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from 7801 South Yates Boulevard.
7801 South Yates Boulevard has good transit which means many nearby public transportation options. Car sharing is available from I-GO and RelayRides.
Rail lines:
ME Metra Electric
0.5 mi
Bus lines:
79 79th
0.1 mi
95 95th
0.4 mi
5 South Shore Night Bus
0.4 mi
75 74th-75th
0.4 mi
7801 South Yates Boulevard compared to all of Chicago.
Average crime area.
Higher crime area.
How do you feel walking near 7801 South Yates Boulevard?
Thanks for your feedback!
View all South Shore apartments on a map.
Search for homes in Chicago or find a Chicago real estate agent who knows walkable neighborhoods. Links will open on our partner site Redfin.com.
7801 South Yates Boulevard is in the South Shore neighborhood. South Shore is the 64th most walkable neighborhood in Chicago with a neighborhood Walk Score of 75.
Moving to Chicago from another city? View our moving to Chicago guide.


text:
Miriam Yeung
http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show. ... 054/1.html
Louis Koo
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show ... 917/1.html
An energetic Sir Run Run Shaw rings in the New Year
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/p/2009-01-27 ... 7417.shtml
Hollywood urged to look toward Web in China
Report says industry risks losing piracy war by not adapting
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... a3dcc8de5b
Martial arts novelist Liang Yusheng dies
Author of novels behind Bride With White Hair and Seven Swords
Spurred by 1954 martial arts face off and led to hiring of Louis Cha as rival
http://www.danwei.org/front_page_of_the ... ang_yu.php
Can Hong Kongers Relate to "Cape No. 7"?
http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?optio ... Itemid=332
Romance blossom between Andy Lau and Shu Qi in "Look for a Star"
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20090127/t ... 1b9bc.html
'Lust, Caution' Character Enshrined In KMT History
Michelle Yeoh and Kanye West in Paris attend fall fashion show
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/u/p/2009-01-27 ... 7409.shtml
Imagi Confirms Temporary Production Halt on Astro Boy
Closed for Lunar New Year holidays
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... -astro-boy
Jaycee Chan gave up American citizenship
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Jaycee-F ... 21625.html
Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_ ... wxFsFvaA8F
Japan to tourists: Please don't lick the tuna
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_ ... y_tourists


text:
Are you dreaming of wide, open spaces, and exploring the great unknown on an African safari? If so, you're not alone. That's why our Kenya Wildlife Safari is a very popular tour among our travelers.
We recently received the below email from Carol Schmidt, who recently returned from this 11-day tour. We wanted to share her email with you (verbatim).
"We just returned from the Wildlife Kenya Safari and one would have to say, "Hakuna Matata" about any concern I had after reading travel reviews that the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi was less than satisfactory! It is disconcerting that one could complain about the accommodations. While it is an older hotel, it is clean and in a great location, particularly given the short amount of free-time we had.
This location gave us a chance to go to the International Market and to see the Parliament and governmental buildings. I would rate our breakfasts at the Intercontinental as scrumptious and the presentation was incredible! Who could possibly complain about fresh squeezed orange juice, Kenyan coffee with hot milk, and a variety of over 50 feet of food choices? It was absolutely awesome and the service was superb.
Thanks to Vintage Africa we had an incredible driver, Dominic, who has an A+ personality, and is probably a mixture of human/animal/bird! Dominic could sense animals before they were visible and he knew their patterns along with having a vast knowledge of their behaviors and instincts. He astonished us with his mastery of the bird species. We learned so much from him and it was so obvious he loves his job!
This was the most spectacular Safari we could imagine and we cannot thank all the Friendly Planet staff and Vintage Africa for making it one we will never forget. Our accommodations, the food, everything was simply marvelous! Friendly Planet was recommended to us by an unfamiliar traveler we met in California; now we will recommend Friendly Planet to our friends and acquaintances and we will be back for another adventure with Friendly Planet in the future! Asante Sana and feel free to share the good words. While the leopard is often difficult to spot, thanks to Dominic, we were fortunate to see him up close and personal! We hope you will enjoy the photo."
Thanks for sharing such kind words, Carol! We're glad you enjoyed your safari vacation with us!


text:
Local Speakers in Colorado Springs, Colorado!
Finding speakers for your event in Colorado Springs, Colorado has never been easier!
Save money when you book local by avoiding additional travel expenses!
Looking for speakers in Colorado Springs, Colorado? Whether you are looking for a local motivational speaker, keynote speaker, or breakout session leader for your next event, we can help you find the expert you need at any budget level.
Try Our BRAND NEW, Lightning-fast Turbo SpeakerSearch© Tool!
0 Total Results
There are no speakers that match your search. But wait, there's still hope!
We likely do have speakers with a program that meets your needs, and here are a few suggestions to help you find what you're looking for:
Click here to search through speaker programs (rather than speaker profiles).
Let us do the legwork for you! Post your request as an open call for speakers. (It&rquo;s free!)
Try modifying your search criteria.


text:
Historic warship will be staying in Philadelphia
Caretakers for a historic steel cruiser from the Spanish-American War say they have ended an effort to find another home for it and are keeping it in Philadelphia.
The Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing had been looking for a new home for the USS Olympia for four years.
The rusting 344-foot-long warship needs repairs costing millions of dollars, money the museum doesn't have. It hasn't been dry-docked since 1945.
The search for a new owner yielded proposals from California and South Carolina. But museum president John Brady said Wednesday a review panel determined neither group had viable long-term plans in place.
Brady says the museum will promote tours and new activities on the Olympia while a $20 million national fundraising campaign gets underway.


text:
Energizer® Watch Batteries – 377/376
We have a full range of watch batteries for all types of battery powered watches, including a new and unparalleled advancement in watch battery design that brings simplicity to a complex world – Energizer Multi Drain.
Utilising innovative cell chemistry, multi-drain batteries display the best characteristics of both high drainage and low drainage batteries. Now, you only need one battery regardless to power requirements. Energizer multi-drain technology will give you the same great performance in all low and high-drain devices, from a simple analogue watch to the most complex digital, electronic watches.
The benefits of Energizer zero-mercury multi drain Batteries
- They are high performance – equivalent to our mercury-containing battery range
- They have a long shelf-life – so they're always ready when you need them
- They have been extensively tested – so you'll never be disappointed


text:
afpast needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
Cycle/scooter is operated by a user standing on a platform.
Wave Cycle
Desired Style:
include wave/circle/cycle wheel
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
On logo, person (if included) should not be bent, vehicle is operated from a standing position.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
This might very well be the first sandwich post on my blog and I can't believe how well it turned out. This stinking hot weather calls for relatively easy to prepare meals and in this case, this meal turned out to taste like fare from a gourmet restaurant. I am a humble girl and not one to brag or boast, but honestly I could get money for this preparation. If only there were such offerings in our city, but oh well, because I can cook up my own food with control over the quality of the ingredients that go into my dishes.
Not wanting to overpower the flavours in the sandwich, the homemade dressing for the salad is simple and refreshing with a bit of tang from the fresh lemon. For your mixture of greens, do consider including some watercress, arugula, beet greens, radicchio and whatever other greens you might fancy.
The loaf I used was roughly 8 inches long, so if you are using a longer loaf, you may want to make up more pesto for the filling. For those living in Southwestern Ontario, if you aren't making your own bread, the freshest and best that I have found in London is from the International Bakery located at 174 Hamilton Road. The grocery offerings, including a whole aisle of pasta and other Italian delights throughout the store is a treat in itself, but it is the bread that really stands out. A family owned business, their bread is affordable, indeed even cheaper than similar breads from large grocery stores that are stale in comparison, baked fresh everyday and there are so many varieties to choose from. An added bonus is that they are open 7 days a week.
Now onto the recipe:
|Toasted Ciabatta Sandwich with Brie, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pesto
|Recipe by Lisa Turner
Published on July 4, 2012
A gorgeous and wonderfully delicious summer sandwich with broiled brie cheese and a sun-dried tomato pesto on toasted garlic ciabatta bread, served with mixed salad greens and a simple and refreshing lemon dressing
Print this recipe
Other summertime meals that you may enjoy from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:
Quinoa Spinach Salad with Feta, Pomegranate and Toasted Almonds
Pesto and Egg Potato Salad
Cannellini and Grape Tomato Salad with Lemon Dressing and Rosemary-Garlic Infused Olive Oil
Chickpea and Tomato Salad with Chat Masala
On the top of the reading stack: The Hunger Angel by Herta Muller
Audio Accompaniment: Midnight Loom by Steve Roach


text:
Microsoft's new 'Bing deals' fails to support Windows Phone 7
Android: Check. iOS: Check. WP7: Hang up, caller
Microsoft launched a Groupon-like site dubbed 'Bing deals' that works on desktops, Apple's iPhone and Google's Android device but not on Redmond's own Windows Phone 7.
The company said the service was available in desktop and mobile versions only for US customers currently.
Local deals service provider Dealmap partnered with Microsoft on the new site to curate the service.
Bing deals essentially cuts and shuts offers from Groupon, Living Social and Restaurant.com among other e-coupon providers, into its service.
The idea being that Microsoft's search engine acts as a one-stop shop for juicy online coupon offers.
However, readers of Microsoft's Bing deals' blog were quick to point out the major flaw in the company's announcement.
"Being an ex MSFT share holder and former employee... this is really disappointing. Great feature and I'm sure it rocks, but I'll only get to use it if I ditch my WP7 device and move to Android. Is that what you're telling me?" wrote someone with the handle TorVez.
Microsoft's Bing team admitted that they too were disappointed by the lack of WP7 support.
"As Windows Phone users we understand," said MS. "The functionality is based on HTML5 and will work with phones that support it, but today is being released for iOS and Android. Windows Phone 7 team announced that they will have HTML5 support in an update later this calendar year, at which point deals will work great on Windows Phone."
Until that point Microsoft is hoping to woo Android and iOS fanboys over to the Bing ranch, while at the same time alienating its own WP7 customers. ®
Sponsored: Detecting cyber attacks as a small to medium business


text:
There once was a dream called Florida. Then someone spiked the water supply with something that would make lots of people do really silly shit.
Take this latest Floridaism, in which Kenneth Gonzalez, 21, passed out drunk in his parked car and then bolted when the cops arrived to wake him up. By driving across a PGA golf course.
The resulting chase wasn't exactly high speed. Police chased Gonzalez across the green on foot, catching up when he swerved into someone's backyard and crashed into their screened-in porch (somehow I always knew there were hazards involved in living on a golf course).
We've heard of people drinking on the golf course before, but usually a golf cart crash is the biggest risk. Fortunately, no one other than Gonzalez's 2001 Nissan Xterra was hurt when he took off across this Northwest Florida course. Gonzalez walked away from the wreck, straight into the the back of a police car, and presumably to jail.
Florida should get a new flag. One with a symbolic depiction of drunken asshattery and sex crimes happening in cars. Anyone have any ideas for new flag for the Sunshine State?
Photo credit: Shutterstock


text:
Gain meaningful qualifications and distinctions through The Society of
International Commercial and Industrial Photographers
The general public tend to regard this, our lowest level of qualification as a "Licensed" photographer and in many ways this is not an unreasonable analogy. As far as 'The Society' is concerned, we draw our judges for all levels of qualification from amongst the most skilful practitioners in the World. They are trained to look at this level for a consistent standard of imaging that a client could reasonably not take issue with. If you like, a base level of professional competence or in the terminology of Trading Standards departments, "items of merchantable quality". Of course we also look at aesthetics and imagination but at this level they are not crucial factors.
At this standard, we are viewing images that not only display a high degree of technical ability, but also portray imagination and creativity in execution and presentation. These are important factors that often go hand in hand with higher prices as this qualification is held by the top 10% of practitioners, who coincidentally are often impressive image-makers and astute businessmen.
Our ultimate accolade and is held by the top 1% of the memberships of most of the UK's representative bodies. These select few have achieved the highest professional standards in imaging, creativity, presentation and behaviour. As with the judging criteria for 'Associateship', never bestowed lightly but only after constant submission of work to their mentors, rigorous examinations and many years in professional practice. So, to our members, we encourage you to achieve qualifications that benchmark you and your work within the photographic industry.
There are 357 days to get ready for The Societies of Photographers Convention and Trade Show at The Novotel London West, Hammersmith ...
which starts on Wednesday 20th January 2021


text:
Intact native forest is vulnerable to felling and invasive alien species of E. Adenophorum. A huge 20 meter wide by 10 meter long banner was laid out across a section of a clear-cut native forest land, just next to Nangunhe Natural Reserve in Cangyuan County of Lincang.
© Greenpeace / prphoto
1 - 12 of 1173 results.


text:
Lori Marble needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Heartfelt Sentiments™
I am a firm believer that the best gift you could ever give someone are the personal notes written for them which convey special thoughts, feelings, and sentiments. This is why I created my Sentiment Jars.
I have always loved keeping busy with my hands, and as a stay-at-home mother of four, starting this business seemed to be a great way to express my passion for crafting, bringing joy into people lives, and trying my hand at having a successful business.
My target audience is women between the ages of 30 and 50 who value the power of personal touches, handmade gifts, and quaint details. They understand the power of words and relationships.
I need a heart incorporated into the design because it is my "signature", but am open to various designs, as long as they have a "quaint and homey" feel. My main colors are red and brown (paper bag shade), with my secondary colors being black and gray. The heart must be red.
I want the text of 'Heartfelt Sentiments' to reflect a soft, handwritten design, but not full cursive because I've found a lot of readability problems with cursive.
Please check out my products on Etsy because I think it will really help you get a feel for my business.
I'm looking to use my logo on my website, my banners, my blog, business cards, brochures, my products, etc. so please use files that will be easy to use and compatible.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
Thanks and blessings in your designs,
Lori Marble
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
View All 10 Colors
8mm Sequin Mesh Black
- Details
- Hand
- Luster
- Tips & Tricks
- Care
8mm Sequin Spandex Jersey is a medium weight, knit fabric ideal for costuming and bodywear. This fabric's spandex content gives it a smooth, silky handfeel and beautiful sheen, and its generous stretch allows for body-conscious garments and ease of movement. PolySpandex is smooth and offers more comfort and breathability. Using one stitch to secure 8mm reversible sequins onto the spandex, creates an all over sequined effect. As light reflects off the sequins a variety of colors may be picked up as seen in pictures.
86% Polyester / 14% Spandex
60" Wide
Imported Fabric
Four-way Spandex can be stretched both ways. (Length and Width wise)
Delicate and bumpy face due to sequins
Shiny due to sequins and spandex
Tips and Tricks:
- Use with nap cutting layout (i.e. all pattern pieces laid out in the same direction) so all pattern pieces reflect light the same way and shading is prevented
- Crosswise stretch should go horizontally across the body
- For cutting, lay out fabric on dressmaker's cutting board, hold down pattern pieces w/fabric weights and trace around pattern pieces with a sharp rotary cutter. This allows for more precise cutting with knit fabrics.
- If cutting with shears, pin pattern pieces with thin, sharp pins (try our extra fine pins)
- If interfacing is needed, use lightweight fusible knit interfacing
- Use a ballpoint (stretch) needle when machine sewing
- Use a knit stitch to maintain stretch – chainstitch is ideal, but you can also use overlock (serger) to sew seams without additional stitch
- If you have to use a regular straight lockstitch, lower your stitch size (8-10 stitched per inch is a good estimate, but it's best to experiment on a test swatch before sewing), and gently stretch the fabric while sewing to maintain stretch. Steam seams on lower (polyester/spandex) setting to eliminate unwanted puckering. You may want to use a pressing cloth if you have a particularly hot iron.
- Use self-binding, overlock (serger) or a roll-back hem with coverstich for hems and edges
Hand wash cold water, hang dry.
Sequins on Polyester
60 Inches Wide


text:
Every week, a DIY expert spares us a trip to the grocery store and shows us how to make small batches of great foods at home.
Today, Ashley from Not Without Salt gives us a much more wholesome Cadbury egg -- yellow yolks and all. Go ahead, make the easter bunny jealous. (Plus, a new video how-to!)
Last week I had my first taste of rhubarb and asparagus. I may have been jumping the gun a bit, but for me, those two tastes symbolize spring more than the presence of tulips or the gentle warmth of sun. (I'm still waiting for that sun.)
The tangy, tart bite of rhubarb combined with a buttery shortbread crust and cool whipped cream; the bitter char on a hot roast fresh out of the oven set against the mild sweetness of freshly plucked asparagus; this is the tune of spring, and I sing it at the top of my lungs after what seems to have been years of cold and dreary days.
But there is another taste that has become a spring tradition. Like congealed cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving, I hold it sacred even though it is laden with ingredients I can't pronounce, and I eat it one overly sweet bite at a time. This little chocolate tradition is egg-shaped and stuffed with a creamy center that oozes sweetness and memories with each bite. Of course I'm talking about Cadbury Creme Eggs.
I have no intention of ending this tradition just because I am no longer a child. But the list of ingredients did deter me a bit -- until I decided to make my own. In my version, the interior is created using a generous amount of butter, Lyle's golden syrup instead of corn syrup, vanilla bean, salt, and a couple of subtle drops of orange blossom water, which is optional but gives each bite of this homemade version a soft perfume.
Homemade Cadbury Creme Eggs
Makes around 15 eggs, depending on size.
Adapted from instructables.com
½ cup Lyle's golden syrup6 tablespoons butter, softened½ teaspoon salt3 drops orange blossom water (optional)1 vanilla bean, seeds removed (optional)1 teaspoon vanilla3 cup powdered sugar¼ to ½ teaspoon yellow food coloring12 ounces dark chocolate, chopped (or 1 bag bittersweet chocolate chips)
Place the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer that has been fitted with the paddle attachment (this can also be done by hand or with a hand mixer). Add the golden syrup, salt, orange blossom water (if using), vanilla seeds, and vanilla extract. Mix on medium-low to combine, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to make sure everything is mixed well. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the powdered sugar. Mix until completely smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
Place a third of the mixture into a small bowl and add enough yellow food coloring to obtain your desired color. Cover both bowls with plastic wrap and put into the freezer for at least 15 minutes; your mixture must be very cold while you work with it.
When the sugar mixture is thoroughly chilled, remove from the freezer. Working quickly, take about ½ teaspoon of the yellow "yolk" mixture and roll it into a ball. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
Once the yolks are complete, place them on a plate or a sheet tray covered with parchment and then put that back into the freezer.
Now, scoop out a tablespoon of your "whites" and roll it into a ball. Repeat with the rest of the white portion of the sugar mixture. If the whites are too soft to work with, place back into the freezer for a few minutes.
Remove the yolks from the freezer. Place a white in the palm of your hand and gently flatten it a bit. Create an indent in the center to rest the yolk in. Place the yolk in the center of the white, then cover it up and roll the white into an egg shape. If at any point the sugar mixture gets too soft, quickly put it back into the freezer.
Continue this process until all your eggs are complete. Return them to the freezer.
While your eggs are chilling, temper your chocolate or microwave it in 30 second intervals, stirring very well in between. If you use the microwave method, add a tablespoon of canola oil to the melted chocolate and stir well; this will give you a little more flexibility with your chocolate. You will not, however, get as nice of a crack as you bite into the egg.
Working with one egg at a time, remove the egg from the freezer and stick a toothpick in it. Dip the egg into the chocolate and carefully let the excess chocolate drip off. Place the other end of the toothpick into something – like a yam, perhaps – while the chocolate sets.
Place the chocolate-covered egg into the fridge for 10 minutes while the chocolate sets. Carefully remove the toothpick from the egg and cover up the small hole with a little bit of tempered chocolate.
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Update! Our friends at NowThisNews liked Ashley's recipe so much they made it themselves -- watch their how-to below.
Photos by Ashley Rodriguez
See what other Food52 readers are saying.


text: Growing up sucks. Getting older is no fun. Having your body deteriorate to a shell of itself is embarrassing. But wrinkles and brittle bones are a fact of life. But why! PHD Comics and integrative Biologist Joao Pedro de Magalhaes explain in this nifty animated comic on what aging is and how we can use that understanding to extend our lifespan. My brain feels smarter, more wrinkled and I guess, older, just from watching it.


text:
Lalao Aigrette - Madagascar
For decades, biologists have campaigned for marine reserves, struggling with the mistrust or disapproval of fishermen. Lalao Aigrette, a dedicated Malagasy conservationist, is taking on this challenge amongst remote fishing communities in some of the most biodiverse regions of Madagascar. And she's seeing some impressive results.
Lalao's endeavours have been instrumental in turning the old approach of top-down marine resource management on its head. Through her tireless work with fishermen and women she has helped develop a novel bottom-up approach to community-based marine conservation, a model that has spread along more than 500 km of Madagascar's coasts.
Lalao is Community Conservation Coordinator with NGO and IUCN Member organization Blue Ventures, a job that puts her on the front line of tackling some of the most important issues facing environmental sustainability in the western Indian Ocean. She constantly travels between fishing villages along the isolated Mozambique Channel coast of western Madagascar. For many villages in this arid region where agriculture is not an option, ensuring effective marine biodiversity conservation is quite simply a matter of survival.
"Lalao is no stranger to spending days on end at sea travelling between islands by dugout canoe, or enduring long days walking through mangrove swamps in 40 degree heat to train fishermen in community-based monitoring techniques. Her commitment to her work is a source of inspiration to friends and colleagues alike," says Dr Alasdair Harris, Research Director for Blue Ventures Conservation.
Working with communities to develop alternative income sources helps to protect both biodiversity and traditional livelihoods. Lalao pioneered the world's first community-managed sea cucumber farm, providing local women's associations with a highly lucrative and ecologically-sustainable source of income. Her team enables community members to implement, manage and monitor their own conservation programmes.
A key focus of Lalao's work is building local consensus to impose short-term restrictions on specific fisheries which brings benefits that can be quickly seen by communities. When communities see the tangible benefits of conservation they are often willing to support more ambitious, longer-term conservation action that covers more species. By building capacity at a community level, Lalao's team is then able to hand the programmes over to local leaders and fishermen.
A pilot fisheries 'no take' zone developed in the village of Andavadoaka in 2004 proved so successful that it has been replicated by more than 100 times. The government of Madagascar even used the project as a model to create new fisheries legislation and seasonal bans across the country. These successes have resulted in a groundswell of community interest in developing broader marine conservation programmes targeting other fisheries and ecosystems. They have also inspired international exchanges by fishermen, community groups and NGOs, who have travelled from neighbouring Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros to learn from Lalao and her colleagues.
"That Lalao has been able to produce such impressive results whilst working amongst some of Africa's poorest and most resource-dependent coastal communities is a testament to her extraordinary motivation and strength of character, as well as her passion for conserving her country's natural heritage and the traditional way of life of the Vezo people of western Madagascar," says Dr Harris.
For more information contact Alasdair Harris at: email@example.com


text:
Mark Bennett, is the Managing Director at iSchool – Zambia. iSchool is built on the belief that many of Africa's deepest-routed problems can only be overcome through radical improvements in education. This means building a generation of thinking, problem-solving children who will be able to unlock the great potential of the Continent: who will grow economies; rethink democracy; improve health, and greatly increase the life chances of their children. This interview was initially featured on http://smartmonkeytv.com/ SmartMoneyTV: What is iSchool? Mark Bennett: iSchool is an attempt to introduce modern blended e-learning in to the African context and by doing that change the way learning is done in schools. SMTV: What are the key changes that you are trying to make in teaching? MB: We are trying to get teachers to move away from the chalkboard, to move away from their traditional way of memorised learning, and to ... read more
15 Oct 2014 Tags: African Solutions, Education, iSchool, learning methods, Life Skills, Literacy, Low cost Tablets, Mark Bennett, Microfinance, SmartMonkey, Talking Heads, Zambia 0 comments


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Teaching your dates??? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Teaching your dates??? Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message xiaoyuJoined: 18 Jan 2003Posts: 167Location: China & Montana, USA Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:47 pm Post subject: i can say honestly, that i have been tempted to date some of my students (while in china, and they were adults older than i) however, i found myself in a quandary.... i am a woman and have to work against that stereotype and in a culture that can have negative views of females esp foreign females..... and i didn't believe i could be honest with myself personally or professionally if i followed thru on such a feeling.... it came down to my personal ethics in the situation.... i didn't date the person, even after he left my class and we became friends.... and i don't regret it to this day... what is more i think that he learned from the incident as well.... although, i have to admit that my attempts to disregard my attraction to him possibly resulted in my grading him harsher than others.... the bias can work both ways.... it is a sticky situation all around, and while i hope i dont' have to be in such a situation again (it was 3 of the most agonizing weeks of my career in china) i realize that it is likely to happen.... i just hope that i can deal with it in a professional manner again... as a teacher, regardless of age, you are seen as being the superior in a classroom situation.... your self respect, the respect of your students, adn the respect of your coworkers and superiors depends on your ability to perform as professionally as possible.... if you find you can't do this, you need to try to extricate yourself from the situation as soon as possible, not only for your benefit but for the benefit of the student.... Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:41 pm Post subject: The female point of view is very enlightening! Most expat teachers in CHina that I know are male, and clearly, many of them have not just TESL on their minds! Females on the other hand... The one point that I have an observation to share with is Deborah's account of how to test the English of one's students. She wrote she and her colleagues traded test papers from their respective students so as to avoid judging one's own students too favourably! Unfortunately, in mainland CHina schools we usually assess our very own students. I have on several occasions referred to the rapport we are almost inevitably developing with our students as "incestuous". My Chinese colleagues don't beat about the bush either - "Oh, I like that girl..." even "I fancy her...". Not everyone, but some that I know have spoken like this in my presence. Not only that - it guarantees that a far more than fair share of our learners actually pass the final exam tghan would under Deborah's regime (a regime that I fully approve of). Back to top Scott in HKJoined: 11 Jan 2003Posts: 148 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:30 am Post subject: Paul G wrote: Scott: There are a lot of factors that come into play when assigning grades. To claim that all grading is 100% objective is absurd. The student who always comes to class, behaves, participates and strives to do their best is going to get an upward attitude adjustment in their grade and the student who constantly disrupts a class is going to get a downward attitude adjustment. I never made that claim and would agree. Of course you would take in account these things when giving a grade. Any good system of assessment would consider the student's behaviour in class. We are not talking about grading on classroom behaviour and attitude...we are wondering if a teacher wouldn't be tempted to change their marks based on things that occur outside the classroom (directly or indirectly caused by a relationship). Quote: Under the conditions that Harry has described, let's say that his girlfriend does get an "A" instead of the "B" she actually earned. How have the other students been cheated or harmed? As long as the other students receive the grades that they earned, no harm has come to them. You think there is nothing wrong with giving a student a mark they don't deserve based on their relationship. I would think every teacher would say that this is just plain wrong. But really the biggest problem is not the grading but the interplay between teaching and partner in the class and whether they can keep school things in school and home things in home. This is where I can see the relationship hurting the students. Back to top AnnJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 45 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject: Harry, No personal attack on you but I do think when you feel you're right, you're going to justify the situation anyway. Why write and ask the board members to comment? I think you're cornering yourself into that age-old "but I'm right" adage. And yes, I do believe there are gray areas in life, but this is not where they should appear. Mind you, I write, "should." Back to top Paul GJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 125Location: China & USA Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: Scott: Quote: But really the biggest problem is not the grading but the interplay between teaching and partner in the class and whether they can keep school things in school and home things in home. This is where I can see the relationship hurting the students I agree with you entirely on this. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion All times are GMTGoto page Previous 1, 2 Page 2 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


text:
A lawyer recently asked Judge Kimba Wood for a day off from trial if his grandkid-to-be is male and there's a bris. Wood said sure. And if it's a girl? Wood's gonna host a celebration of girls and women. Wooo!
The Atlantic has posted some of the back-and-forth paperwork between the lawyer and Wood, who expresses her intention to "balance the scales." Judge 1, sexist religious ideas 0.
Image Kristenawuk/via Flickr


text:
Full BoardingWhy Marlborough?
The greatest strengths of the school spring from the quality of the human relationships throughout the community and the sense of companionship that these engender. The full boarding environment encourages a firm sense of community and helps to develop friendships that will be sustained and be sustaining in life beyond the College.
Our sixteen Houses provide an unrivalled system of pastoral care, which seeks to promote individual and academic confidence. Marlburians come to appreciate the creative tension between independence and interdependence and they do so with dynamic effervescence and a palpable sense of fun.
The chance to live and work alongside people from varied backgrounds and countries is a genuine privilege. Pupils work with teachers, other members of the adult community and with other pupils in ways that go beyond the formulaic relationship imposed by the classroom or laboratory.
We believe that the boarding Houses of Marlborough provide the bedrock upon which supported independence and youthful fellowship can be built. Pupils learn to treat each other and all members of the community with kindness, sensitivity and respect.
Houses are staffed by teams of adults who work generously to sustain and uphold the health and happiness of young people in their care. We seek partnership with parents, based upon agreed values which elevate the well-being and prospects of young Marlburians. Housemasters and Housemistresses are supported by Resident Tutors, Dames and Tutors. Each pupil meets regularly with a Personal Tutor who provides age-specific guidance. Houses vary in character, composition and location but they all share the central ethos of our community.
The working week at Marlborough is full and weekends offer a rich programme of structured activities, social occasions and other recreational opportunities.


text:
Emblems - I have to start writing here because I try not to editorialize on my tumblr site. There I have been obsessed with the Internet Archive in general and old...
Monday, August 26, 2013
Bracelet No. 63
Daily Bracelets and Bead Kits designed by AnitaNH.
See them at Anita's Beads of Wakefield, New Hampshire
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
It appears quite unassuming from the outside. But nestled within the Barton building on NU's campus is one of the Northwest's best-kept secrets: a state-of-the-art music program called Creatio.
Creatio is the only four-year accredited school in the Pacific Northwest to offer in-depth training in the recording arts and music industry business. You'll learn from music industry veterans who know firsthand what it takes to succeed. And you'll record at production studios that are the envy of other programs.
If your goal is to become a leader in the arts and entertainment industry, Creatio can help you get there from here. Most importantly, it's all done within the framework of a distinctly Christian environment.
We invite you to take a tour of our studios to see all that we have to offer. If the first word out of your mouth is "Wow," don't worry.
We hear it all the time.
Your education is one of the biggest investments you'll ever make. It's critical that students involved in the Music Industry/Recording Arts are learning from top instructors who have been there, done that, and are still contributing to the industry in big ways. The academic challenges you'll face in Creatio will not only prepare you for the music industry career you've chosen, they will also prepare you to succeed.
Creatio students have interned at top record companies, publishing companies, churches, venues, and recording studios. Our graduates are working as sound engineers, producers, technicians, record company executives and staff members, recording artists, and artist managers. We'll connect you with great opportunities and help your dream to become a reality.
Who you learn your life's craft from is every bit as important as where you learn it. Simply studying in a cool environment isn't enough when it's time to graduate and begin your career. At Creatio you will learn from award-winning professionals—people who know the music industry, who live and work in it every day, and who continue to make contributions to it in their current careers.
Creatio Studios incorporates state-of-the-art equipment to support your educational pursuits. You can begin your music career knowing that you learned in studios and music industry environments that are every bit the level of those you will work in every day. Creatio Studios is equipped with the latest technology in digital and analog recording equipment. Here, you'll find gear and tools that are second to none.
Seattle is a vibrant, beautiful city that is home to cutting edge art, music, and technology. Microsoft, Nintendo, Macklemore, Experience Music Project, the Space Needle, DigiPen, Boeing, Jimi Hendrix, Vulcan, Nirvana, Starbucks, Sub Pop Records. . . Well, you get the idea.


text:
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada stormed through the Round of 48 before completing the first five heats of Round 4 and saw Glen Hall (IRE), 27, and Cory Lopez (Dana Point, CA), 32, lead their competitors into the Round of 16 while local surfer Peter Devries (Tofino, BC), 26, convincingly continued through to the Round of 16.
Lopez, who is famous for his massive aerial maneuvers, took to the air in his Round of 24 heat to claim the day's highest single-wave score of a 9.50 with a huge backside air. As the competition began to heat up in the latter rounds, Lopez knew he needed a big score to advance though his heat and the critical maneuver allowed him to claim the heat win.
"I knew both of those guys (T.J. Barron and Gony Zubizarreta) started with a few big scores, so I knew I needed something big," Lopez said. "I had the wave and I knew it only offered one maneuver and it was kind of barreling and when I hit it I thought 'oh no, it's barreling' but it gave me just enough to pull it, but I was fortunate to make it through that heat."
Lopez's relaxed approach to competition has seen the veteran contest surfer blast some major results on The Grind this year and after a lengthy career on the ASP Dream Tour, Lopez still enjoys competition.
"I'm pretty lucky because O'Neill doesn't put too much pressure on me to do events," Lopez said. "I still really want to do well, but there's no pressure. I'm enjoying competition more now. There's less pressure and it's more fun. I'd love to be back on the World Tour at spots like Teahupoo and Pipeline, that's what I live for. Maybe one day, you never know."
Hall's lightning-quick surfing saw earned him claim two heat victories today while grabbing the day's highest heat total of a 16.67 out of 20 in the Round of 24.
"That heat was wild," Hall said. "We all paddled out and didn't know what to do. We ended up setting up halfway out the back and I did my best and ended up getting a couple of scores."
The Australian goofy-footer who now represents his Irish nationality on the ASP WQS relied on both his forehand and backhand to dominate two heats today. Hall is currently sitting in 14th on the ASP WQS and is hungry to add another solid result into his score line to solidify his spot on next year's ASP Dream Tour before the end of the year.
"It's crunch time for me really," Hall said. "The position that I'm in on the ratings is where you don't want to be going into Hawaii, so I'd love a big result here and in the next comp before Hawaii."
Hall's heat victories were no easy task however, as his Round of 24 heat win came over local standout Peter Devries, who advanced in second, and has been on fire throughout the event's entirety.
"It's impressive to see him (Pete Devries) and all of us surfers are talking about him," Hall said. "There's always that odd local that gets through, but doesn't really impress everyone, but Pete's surfing is as proper as anyone. One of the waves he caught in his last heat was one of the best I've seen and he deserves every bit of it."
Devries, who has posted some of the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada's top scores in front of his home crowd, continued his tear on the competition today by winning his Round of 48 heat and confidently advanced though to the Round of 16 behind Hall. Devries has utilized his local knowledge in all types of conditions and his local knowledge has played a huge role in his success.
"It's been interesting," Devries said. "These are conditions that I'm totally used to. I had those little right wedges with no power earlier and I've just been trying to get speed on my board and it's just going so fast and so good and I'm feeling really comfortable."
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada Round of 24 Results:
Heat 1: Cory Lopez (USA) 15.23, Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 12.94, T.J. Barron (HAW) 9.67
Heat 2: Dusty Payne (HAW) 12.84, Ricky Whitlock (USA) 11.27, Hodei Collazo (EUK) 10.57
Heat 3: Glen Hall (IRE) 16.67, Peter Devries (CAN) 12.94, Brian Toth (PRI) 12.00
Heat 4: Blake Thornton (AUS) 11.84, Joan Duru (FRA) 13.90, Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 10.70
Heat 5: Mark Mathews (AUS) 13.10, Austin Ware (USA) 10.97, Luke Munro (AUS) 10.60
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada Round of 48 Results:
Heat 3: Dusty Payne (HAW) 14.77, Cory Lopez (USA) 12.00, John John Florence (HAW) 10.33, Anthony Petruso (USA) 7.94
Heat 4: Peter Devries (CAN) 15.66, Blake Thornton (AUS) 13.00, Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 10.10, Richard Christie (NZL) 7.37
Heat 5: Glen Hall (IRL) 14.83, Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 13.73, Jarrad Sullivan (AUS) 10.47, Bruno Rodrigues (USA) 8.27
Heat 6: Joan Duru (FRA) 14.17, Brian Toth (PRI) 12.00, Dylan Graves (PRI) 10.83, Romain Cloitre (FRA) 6.00
Heat 7: Mark Mathews (AUS) 11.50, Charles Martin (GLP) 11.17, Adam Robertson (AUS) 11.13, Austin Smith-Ford (USA) 10.36
Heat 8: Luke Munro (AUS) 16.17, Brandon Jackson (ZAF) 10.43, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 9.63, Shannon Brown (AUS) 8.40
Heat 9: Kilian Garland (USA) 12.70, Austin Ware (USA) 12.60, Yujiro Tsuji (JPN) 12.17, James Taipan Wood (AUS) 10.93
Heat 10: Jarrad Howse (AUS) 10.83, Eric Geiselman (USA) 10.60, Beyrick De Vries (ZAF) 8.73, Travis Logie (ZAF) 8.53
Heat 11: Heath Joske (AUS) 15.67, Nathan Hedge (AUS) 11.60, Kevin Sullivan (HAW) 9.73, Jason Harris (USA) 9.60
Heat 12: Jay Thompson (AUS) 16.10, Leigh Sedley (AUS) 15.23, Brett Simpson (USA) 14.87, Nat Young (USA) 13.40


text:
Franchisee of Amit Info Service
Work only 100 hours monthly & easily earn Rs.40000+
An office space with good location & good decoration. ((Note: Office space may be at market position or at your home).
One computer with internet connection.
Good knowledge on Computer & Internet.
Good speaking power in Hindi, English & Regional Language.
Good dealings & convince power with customer.
Your income level:-
One time 15% flat commission on registration amount i.e. Rs.450 for scheme "A" & Rs.750 for scheme "B"
One time Training Fee Rs.1000 from each candidate.
Per Posting / Publishing commission Rs.1 against per ID up to 6 (Six) month.
For more details visit us http://www.amitinfoservice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=91
Or call us +91 353 2595655 (Off) / +91 98320 29840 (Cell) Posted Id – AIS5711
|There are no comments for this item.


text:
While we don't yet to where Jacoby Brissett will transfer, we can likely cross at least one school off the list.
Brissett's high school coach, Jack Daniels (awesome), told the Miami Herald that the Miami Hurricanes were at the top of his former player's transfer to-do list. Unfortunately for the West Palm Beach product, Daniels said, he was informed by The U coaching staff that "they don't have room for him."
The Herald explained that the 'Canes already have five scholarship players on the roster, with another on the way this summer.
Brissett announced a week ago today that he would be transferring from the Florida Gators. It was originally reported that the favorites to land the former four-star QB were West Virginia, Louisville, Arkansas and North Carolina State, with Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Duke and Clemson listed as backup possibilities.
Daniels told the Herald that Brissett will now likely choose between North Carolina State and West Virginia. Wherever Brissett lands, he will be forced to sit out the 2013 season to satisfy NCAA transfer bylaws.


text:
AAC M5: 10.25.13 EditionPosted by mlemaire on October 25th, 2013
- At this point, the Chane Behanan saga has me feeling like Michael Corleone. After reporters in Louisville were able to extract Behanan's side of things while he was in a downtown Starbucks, I figured that would be the last we would hear of Behanan and his suspension for at least a few weeks, maybe even a month if we were lucky. But no, Rick Pitino can't stay away from publicity for long, so of course there were going to be media members at his book signing on Thursday and of course Pitino was going to open his mouth and gently walk back the harsh words he had uttered about Behanan at a press conference just one week before. When Pitino had first said it "was not probable" that Behanan would rejoin the team, most people called his bluff, but no one could have expected him to call his own bluff this quickly. Now Pitino is feeling better about Behanan's chances of returning to the team because he told the truth or something and Pitino said Behanan would be back on the team "in a short period of time". He tried to clarify that "short" was a relative word, but at this point, no one is even listening. What a giant unnecessary charade. Behanan will be back on the team, his absence probably won't affect Louisville much in the long run unless Hartford and Louisiana-Lafayette have some players none of us know about and this whole suspension nonsense will fade from everyone's collective memory.
- In a story that is bound to make you say, "Wait…what?" and since not a day can go by without us talking about multiple stories involving Louisville, back in April some guy tried to extort Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich by claiming he had knowledge of a point-shaving scandal and threatening to go public if he was not paid $3.5 million. Apparently totally unfazed, Jurich basically called the bluff and immediately notified the NCAA and the state's Attorney General, who then looped in the FBI. This was undoubtedly a smart move as the blackmailer was later found to be a guy who had previously been convicted of trying to extort Best Buy and the guy was promptly arrested again yesterday. I am no expert on extortion, but it's probably more effective when you try to blackmail a team that didn't just win the National Championship. It's not a foolproof defense of point-shaving, but it's a pretty good one. This story basically materialized out of thin air and is now about to disappear again. If only we could be so lucky with the Behanan suspension.
- Between 2003 and 2006, 12 players entered the Connecticut basketball program and only one of those players actually graduated. For the mathematically challenged, that is a graduation rate of roughly eight percent — the national average was 74 percent for this time period — which is confirmed by numbers the NCAA released Thursday. Now, to be fair to the Huskies and its former oach Jim Calhoun, the GSR is a flawed rating system and players that leave early for the professional ranks count against the school's GSR. The article doesn't say who the one player who graduated is, but it is probably safe to assume that players like Marcus Williams, Charlie Villanueva, Rudy Gay, and A.J. Price all counted against the school's graduation rate despite the fact that all four of them ended up playing in the NBA. This doesn't absolve the Huskies and Calhoun from blame. According to the article, the program's graduation rate got worse and worse before bottoming out at eight percent, and the NBA is only partially to blame as UConn is hardly the only program that deals with early departures and those schools didn't make headlines for their embarrassingly low graduation rates. The good news is that Kevin Ollie seems to have stabilized the program and helped get the team on track academically, so hopefully the rating will start to return to respectability soon enough.
- Our first three stories have all been centered around less than savory topics, so let's switch gears for a minute and talk about the remarkable story of Iowa State transfer and now Rutgers guard Kerwin Okoro. Last November, Okoro's father died of a stroke in Nigeria and two months later his older brother Idiongo died from colon cancer. Okoro transferred home to be closer to his mother who apparently works 16 hours per day, but because the NCAA is the NCAA, they initially denied his waiver to play immediately. Luckily for everyone involved, the Internet exists and outrage quickly spread across the country as Okoro's story became well-known and people called out the obvious hypocrisy in the NCAA's decision. The NCAA finally caved to public pressure last month and now Okoro is eligible to play immediately and should be a key contributor in coach Eddie Jordan's backcourt. The more detailed version of the story is on Adam Zagoria's blog and it is definitely worth the read.
- Veteran Cincinnati reporter Bill Koch mulls over some questions about this season's Bearcats, a team with as much to prove as any in the conference. Mick Cronin has done an excellent job of bringing the program back to constant relevancy, but despite plenty of talent, none of Cronin's teams have yet to make the leap from good to great. Unfortunately for Cronin and the Bearcats' fanbase, this season looks more like a rebuilding year than a contending year as the team needs to replace starting point guard Cashmere Wright and needs to find a few live bodies to play in the frontcourt and maybe score a basket or two. They do return star guard Sean Kilpatrick and brought in highly touted freshman Jermaine Lawrence, and there is more talent and athleticism on the roster. But, as Koch pointed out, there are a lot of important questions that need to be answered and those questions may be too much to overcome.


text:
News Story
NanoCenter members create tiny inchworm motor with flexible arms
"These motors can be used to someday power a tiny insect-sized robot or provide autofocus and zoom in a smartphone camera." -- Ivan Penskiy, UMD Engineer
A tiny creeping motor is easy to manufacture and stronger than ever
Just as a person would grab and pull a rope hand over hand, a new micromechanical motor developed at the University of Maryland pulls a tiny silicon beam with enough force to lift a toothpick.
Assistant Professor Sarah Bergbreiter (ME/ISR) and her student Ivan Penskiy of the University of Maryland, College Park, developed an inchworm motor that is simple to manufacture and provides significantly greater force than similar efforts. Flexible arms are used to alternately grab and pull a tiny silicon beam thousands of times per second, moving only a couple micrometers at a time. This action is similar to that used in muscle. These motors can be used to someday power a tiny insect-sized robot or provide autofocus and zoom in a smartphone camera.
The motor is also very efficient due to its use of electrostatic actuation, in which two tiny silicon plates are pulled toward each other when a voltage is applied. Penksiy and Bergbreiter optimized the layout of these plates along with the flexible arms that they drive to improve efficiency in addition to force output. The researchers made the device in the University of Maryland's Fab Lab, where only a single etch was required to pattern these plates and flexible arms on a silicon chip.
The researchers will next work on integrating this motor with mechanical structures like legs along with tiny power supplies for integrated microrobots.
Published January 10, 2013


text:
Giacomo Puccini's relatively obscure and uncharacteristically frothy "La Rondine" ("The Swallow") seems tailor-made for
annual spring production. Originally intended as an operetta, it's light both in music and subject matter, and Friday's opener of a five-performance run at
showed it well-suited to the youthful presences and voices of the student participants.
Puccini once avowed that he would never have anything to do with operetta, and he was almost true to his word. He accepted a commission from a Viennese theater specifically to compose an operetta but couldn't bring himself fully to adhere to the Viennese formula for popular entertainment, and "La Rondine" became a sort of hybrid between operetta composer Franz Lehar and Puccini's own "La Bohème."
It begins breezily enough, as guests at the salon of the courtesan Magda de Civry opine about romantic love to the strains of Viennese waltzes, and a young visitor to Paris, Ruggero, captures Magda's attention. But what looks and sounds like an operetta at the outset becomes something else: The music is more ambitious, the vocals more challenging and love ultimately sours (this being Puccini, of course, it's the woman's fault). Yet it never completely leaves operetta territory. One of many later revisions has Magda commit suicide, but ending in mere heartbreak, as this version does, is more true to the music -- light comedy becomes light tragedy.
PSU's production, which deftly translates the story to the Paris of the 1950s, captured the right bittersweet spirit with heartfelt lead performances. Tenor Zach Borichevsky, this year's Jeannine B. Cowles Distinguished Professor in Residence, elevated the evening as soon as he opens his mouth; his voice was big, secure and flexible, and his considerable presence was simultaneously commanding and endearing. Alumna soprano Anna Viemeister eased and warmed up considerably at his appearance -- as did the rest of the cast -- and the third act, which featured the two almost exclusively, was dramatically and vocally satisfying.
As Magda's maid, Lisette, Hannah Consenz combined bright vocal appeal with a charming comic presence; cute, coquettish and sassy, she threatened to steal every scene she was in. Alan Smith played well opposite her as her lover, the jaded poet Prunier; his voice was smaller and drier but carefully controlled.
Jon Kretzu's stage direction flowed nicely, neatly containing the action in the party scene of the second act, and conductor Ken Selden kept things similarly fluid in the pit, staying close to the singers and alternating deftly between the light and the lush. Carey Wong's sets were as appealing as ever, making the most of a few dramatic visual gestures to convey the essence of the music.
-- James McQuillen


text:
BROOMFIELD, CO - May 17, 2011
IDG's Computerworld Honors Program has named Webroot, the first Internet security service company, a Laureate in its 2011 awards program. Computerworld annually honors companies demonstrating visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.
Webroot was selected from more than 1,000 nominations for its service to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), a nonprofit organization that provides a 24-hour health lifeline for people living, working or traveling in rural and remote areas of Western Australia and the Indian Ocean territories. Fast and reliable Internet access is vital to the 300 employees separated by vast distances who use it to develop flight plans, locate air strips, assign staff members and identify medical facilities where patients can get appropriate treatment.
Monitoring and managing Internet security for 175 desktop computers and 75 laptop computers used by shift workers both in the field and on RFDS bases was a challenge for the tightly resourced organization. For a solution, RFDS looked to Webroot, implementing its Webroot® Web Security Service to secure the RFDS network as well as its roaming medical staff. With this service in place, RFDS is able to focus on getting medical assistance to its patients as quickly as possible while Webroot blocks malware attacks and ensures reliable, secure 24x7 Internet access.
John Amato, Publisher, Computerworld said, "The number and quality of nominations this year were very inspiring and demonstrate how valuable IT is to community change. Computerworld is very proud to name the 2011 class of Laureates and showcase their initiatives benefiting society through innovative uses of IT."
Webroot was the sole Internet security company to be recognized among the 22 companies included in the "Safety & Security" category. Winners in each category will be announced at the Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards on June 20, 2011 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change. Additional information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate case studies and oral histories of Leadership Award recipients can be found at the Computerworld Honors website (http://events.computerworld.com/Honors2011).
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (http://www.computerworld.com), bi-weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Magazine of the Year by American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) awards in 2010, the 2009 Best Blog from the Neal awards, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from ASBPE. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 3.5 million unique, monthly visitors (comScore Media Metrix, August 2010). Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events, and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.


text:
22 March 2011
Hetterson S/S 2011
I was so excited to see the result of the collaboration between two of my favorite gals on these ol' interwebs; Anja of Clever Nettle and Hannah of Hetterson. This lookbook, full of the Hetterson spring collection and photographed by Anja, is simply amazing. Their cooperative efforts resulted in some of my favorite photos of the season.
You may recognize that striped sweater from the "How to Wear" project that I participated in last month. It was seriously hard to ship it off to the next blogger. I really wanted to greedily keep it for myself. I was trying to figure out how to scrape up enough pennies to get my hands on one when I realized it's already sold out! Congrats on such a success Hannah! Not to worry though. It seems that she has more wool on the way to complete any future orders. Also worth noting, Hannah is generously donating 5% of the sales from the opening weekend of her spring collection to the Red Cross as relief aid for the Japan Tsunami/Earthquake.
16 comments:
- Unknown said...
they look so cute and gorgeous together, and the clothes are so well stated. they aren't too much, just enough and really really cute!
<3 steffy
Steffys Pros and Cons
- March 22, 2011
- Elyse (Give Me Bows) said...
This is such a sweet collection, I really want that pale pink dress! Thanks for sharing x
- March 22, 2011
- sarahwl said...
any chance of finding out who makes the leather tote they used in the lookbook?
- March 22, 2011
- SoOhCliché said...
Awesome fashion !!! Thanks for sharing
- March 22, 2011
- Rosy (of Raindrops on Rosy) said...
I covet the crap out of that stripped sweater with the elbow pads! I understand how you would have had a hard time giving any of this back. They do look adorable though!!!
- March 22, 2011
- Fashion Matters said...
I really like it!
- March 22, 2011
- Marcia B. said...
Love this! It's fabulous!
- March 22, 2011
- Q's Daydream said...
Love it!
- March 22, 2011
- Emma Z said...
I love that sweater!!! & the navy dress she is wearing under it ((I WANT BOTH!!)
- March 22, 2011
- Pearl said...
wow gorgeous! I love the simplicity in each photograph.
- March 22, 2011
- Hannah Elise said...
Thank you so much Jennifer :)!
@sarahwl- The bag is the market tote by Rennes!
- March 22, 2011
- Unknown said...
I love these two ensembles and the separate pieces so so much! Definitely very trendy and fashionable. Personally I want the striped sweater like really badly!
Check out my trendy blog!
- March 22, 2011
- Maycie After Five said...
It would be hard for me to ship that sweater off too. It's just so darn cute. I love all of those baby doll dresses. Cute Cute Cute. Great Collaboration. Very very talented ladies.
- March 22, 2011
- Sara Kristiina said...
Wow I could wear these all pieces of clothes!
- March 23, 2011
- Anonymous said...
The photography really makes me see myself wearing any of these pieces! Gosh, really beautiful!
- March 23, 2011
- greatest friend said...
- March 29, 2011


text:
Florida's Northeast Region
Northeast Florida, known as "Florida's First Coast," combines America's oldest European settlement with one of the nation's leading modern seaports, with a collection of small up-and-coming towns adding to the local color and natural beauty. Encompassing Atlantic beaches as far south as Flagler County and inland rural communities west to Palatka, the region offers travelers timeless adventures through mysterious 17th-century forts, vast prairie lands and wide beaches lined with sand dunes.
Off the state's northeastern-most corner, Amelia Island provides a refreshing change of pace. On this small island, families will find blocks of old mansions, miles of beaches and lots of seafood. Fernandina Beach, the island's only town, showcases more than 50 blocks of restored Victorian neighborhoods, including a collection of grand, sherbet-hued mansions, called the "Silk Stocking District."
One of the nation's fastest growing and most modern cities, Jacksonville is situated along the banks of the state's longest river, the St. Johns River.
To the south lies the oldest, continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States — St. Augustine. Founded in 1565, 42 years before the English colonized Jamestown, St. Augustine has diligently preserved much of its rich heritage along a 144-block downtown historic district that offers a history lesson with proven kid appeal. Regardless of their age, visitors are bound to feel young again as they stroll narrow brick streets to discover the Oldest House, Oldest Jail, Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse and Oldest Store Museum.
Southwest of St. Augustine, along the banks of the St. Johns River, Putnam County offers quiet, unassuming historic sites which tell the story of Putnam County, including the impact of the Civil War, the advent of steamboat travel along the St. Johns River and the gilded age of the Flagler Railroad.
When traveling to the northeast you will find a Florida Bed and Breakfast Inn nearby.


text:
MLB rumors: Masahiro Tanaka still holding up pitching market
The pilot light appears to be out on the hot stove. Since the turn of the new year, there has been exactly one trade, with the Oakland A's sending shortstop Hiram Martinez, who played in the Mexican League in 2013, to the Miami Marlins for cash.
Free agency has been just as quiet, with catcher John Buck the only player to find a new team on a major league contract as he signed with the Seattle Mariners. Technically, the New York Yankees also signed second baseman Brian Roberts and left-handed reliever Matt Thornton, but those were simply formalizations of deals that were made in December. Take your pick of the next-biggest move — Jeff Francoeur (Indians), Ramon Hernandez (Royals), Nyjer Morgan (Indians), Guillermo Mota (Royals), Mark Mulder (Angels), Brad Penny (Royals), Mark Reynolds (Brewers), and Delmon Young (Orioles) all have signed minor-league deals.
MORE: Baseball's best mascots | Best players by state | AL Central preview | Nats sign Jordan Zimmermann
It's less than a month until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, and plenty of work remains to be done. So, what's going on with the big names who remain on the market?
MASAHIRO TANAKA: This week, the Cubs were the team making the most news in the chase to land the right-hander who went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA for the Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan last year, because the Cubs were the team that met with Tanaka, which meant that the Cubs were the team that could project optimism, both on the record, and through sources.
Don't go ordering that jersey just yet, though. As Gordon Wittenmyer wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "breathless national reports via Twitter and blogs Thursday overshot the Cubs' likelihood of hanging with the big-spending favorites in New York and Los Angeles in the process, especially when the Dodgers reminded the world of their willingness to spend by giving ace Clayton Kershaw a record-setting contract extension this week — after dealing with the same agent representing Tanaka."
Tanaka makes a ton of sense for the Cubs, as he does for pretty much every team in baseball — as evidenced by the Dodgers' drive to add Tanaka to a rotation that already includes Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu, and Dan Haren, with Josh Beckett and Chad Billingsley recovering from injuries. Maybe the Cubs really impressed Tanaka with talk of how they are working with a foundation of prospects to become contenders very soon. It's probably best, though, not to pretend like Tanaka is going to choose his team before he has completed his due diligence.
We'll know next week, when the deadline comes for Tanaka to sign and for the team winning his services to pay the $20 million posting fee to Rakuten. Anything before that is guesswork.
UBALDO JIMENEZ: The NBC affiliate in Dallas speculated that the right-hander could make sense for the Rangers, which is true, especially after Derek Holland had to undergo knee surgery that will keep him out until the All-Star break.
Other teams for whom Jimenez would make sense include nearly every team that loses out on Tanaka. Jimenez had 194 strikeouts in 182.2 innings while posting a 3.30 ERA last year, turns 30 on Wednesday, and had underlying numbers in 2013 that suggested his miserable 2012 season was a fluke.
Jimenez did receive a qualifying offer from the Indians, so a new team would have to give up a draft pick to sign him. That figures to dampen the post-Tanaka market somewhat, but Jimenez still should expect a hefty payday.
ERVIN SANTANA: See above, and adjust accordingly for teams who are less wary of Santana's higher home run rate than Jimenez, or have an irrational fear of players whose names start with the letter U.
Last week in The Globe and Mail, Jeff Blair wrote, "The guess here is the Blue Jays will end up with either Santana or Jimenez if they do not figure in the Tanaka sweepstakes." Similar guesses are being made in other cities about other teams. Two such guesses will be right, and several others will be wrong.
MATT GARZA: Unlike Jimenez and Santana, the 30-year-old right-hander did not receive a qualifying offer (because he was traded during last season), and thus does not require the sacrifice of a draft pick. So, suitors should be lined up around the block, right?
Not really. Richard Durrett of ESPN Dallas began a series on potential Holland fill-ins by writing about Garza, but noted that, "The biggest hurdle is that Garza wants a long-term deal, and based on his performance last year and the fact that, at this point, the Rangers are planning on Holland coming back at midseason, Texas will likely want a one-year deal with incentives if they consider Garza."
"We'll see what happens in the upcoming months or weeks or whatever," Garza said in a Chicago Sun-Times report. Actually, that was Roberto Garza, who is expected to remain with the Chicago Bears as their center.
At least somebody named Garza has a decent idea of where he'll be playing next season.
NELSON CRUZ: Former major league general manager and current ESPN analyst Jim Bowden wrote on Wednesday that the Tigers should sign the slugging outfielder and use him in left field rather than the projected platoon of Andy Dirks and Rajai Davis.
That spurred an ESPN Rumor Central piece one hour later, entitled "Could Nelson Cruz wind up in Detroit?" Then there was a Detroit Free Press story, "Should Detroit Tigers pursue outfielder Nelson Cruz?"
Here's the takeaway: Detroit Tigers, Nelson Cruz, purple monkey dishwasher. Even the Free Press story says "there isn't any indication that will happen," but if you just look at headlines, you might think that Cruz-to-Tigers was a Legitimate Rumor To Keep Track Of.
Cruz was connected to the Mariners rather strongly earlier in the offseason, but obviously nothing has come of those rumors. The idea of a one-dimensional player whose one dimension is right-handed power remains a silly one for a team that plays 81 games a year at Safeco Field.
Basically, right now, there is no real indication of where Cruz will land. Draft pick compensation is an issue because of the qualifying offer that Cruz got from the Rangers before hitting the market, and while teams overvalue their picks somewhat, you can understand not wanting to give up a draft choice for a 32-year-old who hasn't been a 3 WAR player since 2010, and is coming off a PED suspension.
KENDRYS MORALES: The top Google News result for Morales is a very smart and well-written take by a quite handsome journalist entitled, "Why Kendrys Morales is a better investment than Nelson Cruz." That column ran on December 30.
Okay, so the market is limited by Morales' qualifying offer, the fact that DH/first base is a position that is generally well stocked around the majors, and Scott Boras being a super patient agent, but come on. How are there not even rumors about Morales, or at least pundits speculating where Morales would fit? (HINT: Baltimore.)
STEPHEN DREW: The other remaining player who declined a qualifying offer is at least getting some buzz.
"Scott Boras dropped several hints that Drew would be willing to play other positions, which might make him more attractive to both the Red Sox and Yankees," Peter Gammons wrote on his Gammons Daily website. "Boston might be able to use him at short, third and even first base, and the Yankees could play him at second and third and have him as insurance if Derek Jeter has any physical problems."
Drew returning to Boston in a three-way time-share with Xander Bogaerts and Will Middlebrooks, while occasionally spelling Mike Napoli, seems like a pretty depressing lead option for a player who has a .764 career OPS while playing a premium defensive position — and would basically be asked to cede that position to Bogaerts, pushing Drew into a defensive role that would lessen his value.
The Yankees make slightly more sense, but their left side of the infield mix already includes Derek Jeter, Kelly Johnson, Eduardo Nunez, and Brendan Ryan. That's not to say that Drew wouldn't be an upgrade — he would — but the Yankees have a much more pressing need for starting pitching than they do for another infielder, even after Alex Rodriguez's suspension. The smart play for Drew is to wait to see how the starting pitching market works out, and how desperate the Yankees might be. So, yes, Tanaka even can have an impact on the infield market.


text:
I see Ubuntu screenshots showing that one can right-click an ISO, and have an option to "Open with Archive Mount". How do I get that running elsewhere where it isn't default (Debian in my case)? This is so as to avoid having to use the command-line to loop-mount it.
Note that I use GNOME 2.30.


text:
The biggest move made in the second half as for as the American League Central race goes might not come via a trade, but rather by the return of Quentin to the White Sox roster. Out since May 25th with a foot injury, Quentin made just one out in six plate appearances over the weekend in the International League, and in the league with nothing close to a dominant team, he could be the difference.
July 6, 2009
Kevin Goldstein on Carlos Quentin
Leave a Comment »
No comments yet.
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI


text:
It is so weird how I have been doing these random characters from all different types of animated series. Up next I will once again turn to Bravest Warriors and show you "how to draw Jelly Kid", step by step. This incredibly cute character is translucent in color and has one of the most cutest faces I have seen on television. Jelly Kid makes his first internet debut in the episode 'Memory Donk'. Anyways, I'm sure you will enjoy drawing Jelly Kid. Adios mi amigos.
DragoArt members upload artwork and drawing tutorials! They are also allowed to leave comments on tutorials, profiles, etc. Many more features, as well; it's way better than just being a boring guest! Register Now!


text:
110-120 Leveling Includes:
- Leveling from 110 to 120 in chosen period of time.
- Availability to take a part in max level content (heroic and mythic dungeons, raids etc.)
- Resources, loot and other things dropped during service will be untouched in your inventory.
- Reputation with factions (amount may vary).
Service Requirements:
- Battle for Azeroth expansion.
- Maximum level for Legion expansion - 110. If you got less, check extra options for 110 leveling!
- We got no special starter gear requirements. However, we always can offer some after leveling done - Gearing Services!
- 110-120 Leveling Boost service is possible in piloted mode (our professional driver will play on your character).
- Some gold for repairs and flasks will be awesome!
Important Information:
- Leprestore.com working with professional boosters providing flexible schedule for your comfort.
- We can offer a livestream for most orders. Please, check availability with our support agents.
- In addition, our teams always making screenshots of the progress. Feel free to ask support agents for any updates!
- Sometimes we need to change your key bindings. But no worries at all. Once our service done we certainly return your keybindings to their original positions.
- You will recieve lots of resources, loot and other things. We will keep them untouched in your inventory, bank or post. In case of insufficient space we will ask you for permission to move your stuff.
- Service takes up to 72 hours. Depends on your choice.
Service Conditions:
- First of all we guarantee completion of any orders. However, most loot and ingame activities based on random and can take more time to complete.
- Also we will never use 3-rd party software, bots or any kind of cheats. Only hand work only hardcore by our best PvE and PvP teams.
- There are many factors that can delay start or increase ETA of your order: during server lags, maintenance, ISP issues etc. Unfortunately, we can't avoid this for 100% but we will do our best to fulfill your order as soon as possible. Hope for your understanding.
- In case of account sharing we need login and pasword only. Also, we will ask for verification code or mobile authentication. We will never ask additional info. Above all, your safety on first place.
- Moreover, our piloted services always safe with VPN matching your current location.


text:
- Home
- Editor's Desk
- Features
- Columns
- Arts & Culture
- Special Editions
- Advertising
Wednesday January 22, 2020; 11:38 am EST
Can you track down Neptune?
Thursday and Friday offer the best chance to track down the only planet never visible to the unaided eye: Neptune, the most distant planet in the solar system since Pluto's demotion to planetoid status several years ago.
Neptune comes closest to earth on the 23rd, while the 24th marks the planet's point of opposition, when it is opposite the sun, as seen from our skies, with earth smack-dab in the middle. That night, Neptune rises in the east at sunset, peaks near the celestial zenith around midnight and sets in the west at sunrise.
Even at its closest, the fourth-largest planet, is way out there, more than 2.8 billion miles, or 29 times as far from us as we are from the sun. That's a long way for sunlight to travel before reflecting off its surface and back to our eyes. At magnitude +7.8, Neptune is several times dimmer than the borderline naked-eye stars of magnitude +5. Look for it amid the stars of Aquarius, one of the dimmest constellations in the sky. With binoculars, Neptune appears as a faint, star-like point of light, while a modest telescope may show the planet's blue-green disc.
Neptune wasn't discovered until 1846, although Galileo observed it near Jupiter in 1613, mistaking it for a star. For almost 150 years no one knew much about Neptune other than its color and its two moons. Then in 1989 Voyager II flew by, the only spacecraft to do so, measuring the planet, its rotation period and identifying eight moons. Since then, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed 13 moons — albeit some are no more than chunks of space rock 100 miles across — and six faint rings.
Like all the outer planets, Neptune is a gas giant, its atmosphere made up of hydrogen, helium and methane swirling around a small solid core. It is covered by clouds of frozen methane with winds whipping upward of 700 miles an hour, the fastest in the solar system.


text:
Hellkeeper wrote:Hi,
I got a Question about the Rig for the GoPro's - we're not sure if we should go for the H3Pro6/H3Pro6n orH3Pro7.
Already saw Demo Videos of Pro6 and Pro6n - but none of Pro7?
In my understanding the stitching Quality should be best with Pro7 as there is the most overlap? Is this correct?
Thank you
Hellkeeper wrote:Hi Georg,
thx - I know the overview - but I try to understand why the H3Pro6n is the prefered Rig for UAV/Helm Mount. And why we should not use the H3Pro7 for that purpose? And if H3Pro7 is better than the H3Pro6n.
Trying to figure out which Rig to buy for our usecases.
The H3Pro7HD is not in Question as we ant to go for fullsphere. (H3Pro6 or H3Pro7)
Hellkeeper wrote:Hi Georg,
ok - as for the mounting - the point is clear! ;-)
could you explain me why Pro7 isn't that good for fast movements?
Just don't get the link between speed/parallax
Guess I'm missing some basics here? :-/
Artisan New wrote:George,
The GoPro is not a product in the classical sense of the word....it's an assembly of a chip/a lens and some electronics. Most components are of the shelf. The lenses used are CCTV lenses, the chips used are CCTV chips.....these can run at 30 to 60 fps but don't use a butterfly shutter (like a DSLR camera when filming). Having said that if it wasen't invented it has to be invented. Looking straight ahead this presents no problem since well, object don't move in the line of site. When looking left and right this does present a problem. The image is read from top till bottom in lets say 1/10 of second. So a pole close to the camera is seen at a different position relative to the camera when the frame starts then when the frame ends causing it to be warped. This is known as the roling shutter effect. Now this can be corrected in software (to a degree) and I don't know if the Kolor boys (and girls) do that. Now I must say roling shutter on a GoPro is not a bad as on a DSLR since it uses a FE lens (and for real roling shutter use a tele and film out the window of a train).
All in all not having a camera pointing in the normal of the direction of movement looks like a good idea.....but I would sure be interrested in seeing the results of this experiment.
Greets, Ed.
Klaus having trouble understanding me wrote:Or what do you mean saying "butterfly shutter (like a DSLR when filming)"??
Klaus stating the obvious with a wink so allowed and forgiven wrote:Each and every camera is made from an "assembly of a chip/a lens and some electronics"
Artisan New wrote:And filming with it (or with a micro 4/3) means no Butterfly Shutter, means open shutter, means rolling shutter.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


text:
How could the 2 possibly relate? Well it turns out that most dryer sheets are made with animal fat, particularly beef fat! Kind of shocking, right? And in addition to the grossness factor, these animal fats can also dull the coloring of fabrics over time. Not cool.
So to avoid a faded, animal-fat-laden shirt or pillow case (that's where it really hits home for me) you can opt for plant derived softeners like the Squeaky Green Dryer Cloths ($5.49) by Method. They use water-based technology (yes, these sheets are actually on the moist side) to infuse the dryer cloths with renewable, plant-based softeners. Result: Clothes are soft and static free minus the fat and heavy scents.
I would especially recommend this swap for anyone with sensitive skin. Also, if you haven't already, opt for a detergent that is fragrance free or at the least, naturally scented. I've spoken to many people who can't pinpoint the source of their skin ailments and these switches can often provide a lot of relief. Easily irritated by strong odors? You're another great candidate for making these switches. But of course, everyone can benefit from these more natural options!


text:
The Chef: Colleen
The Menu: Rice bowl with pea shoots, cherry tomatoes, avocado, red onion, and yellow pepper—all over warm brown rice and tossed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and sea salt
The Dish: It's the Tuesday after a three-day weekend, and it's time to start eating healthy! It seems like there have been far too many opportunities to eat out lately, so a nice, healthy rice bowl was just what I needed. This is one of my all-time favorite dishes, and I have it at least three times a week (for either lunch or dinner). And given how gorgeous it was today on the VegNews deck, it was the perfect meal to enjoy outside with my colleagues. Since tomorrow is Assistant Editor Anna Peraino's birthday, we toasted her today with a homemade chocolate-peanut butter cake (inspired by our friends at Vegan Treats). Happy Birthday, Anna!
Anna's chocolate-peanut butter-bomb cake, which we quickly devoured.
A closer look at the three-layer, peanut butter frosting-filled cake.