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This seems really cool but why is the widescreen movie footage miniaturized?
UPDATE: I have fixed the issue of the widescreen appearing small in the video player. I have also added some footage of Duke Julius training his son with Guts watching and made minor adjustments to the scene in which Griffith explains the Beherit to Guts. Follow the same link for the update.Disclaimer: The above process had an unexpected oversight in which the disclaimer text at the beginning was blown up and is outside the frame. This is a mistake that will be corrected in future versions. This is the only instance in which anything is outside the frame. The rest of the movie is improved in resolution as well.
Awesome, I am definitely going to watch these now.
Comprehensive! I would guess that the lack of replies in this thread is due to many people (myself included) are wary of having to watch another anime, even if this one does abate the problems with both versions. Still, a truly exhaustive effort just judging from the list of changes/fixes, so bravo.
How did you navigate the Skull Knight's first appearance to Guts?
Yeah I've watched them all so far and it's definitely been my favorite Berserk Anime experience by far. Any chance you'll upload these to youtube so I could watch on my tv app?
The fundamental problem is that the movies didn't give the characters or story room to breathe. But a well structured OVA or even a TV series would (and arguably has).
If only there was a version of the movies that preserved all the character development and plot while retaining modern animation...
Didn't someone do that already? http://www.skullknight.net/forum/index.php?topic=14116.0


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Posted: Tue 02 Sep 2008, 08:55
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SpeedCrunch Calculator for Puppy 4.0 - 5.2 MB
Well I was looking at other distros to see what they have and I came across SpeedCrunch so I compiled on puppy 4.0 and wow what a nice Calculator, more of a tool for Students
But still it has lots of shortcuts, a math book etc, VERY Nice!
Around 50% of the package is missing QT4 files that are found in the compiler and not on puppy, So I included them:)
And this is what the website says about it:)
"Unlike traditional desktop calculator, SpeedCrunch is easier to use. You just type the expression that you want to calculate and press Enter. You can see clearly what you typed along with the result in the scrollable display. That is faster and more convenient, isn't it?
You can also paste the expression from the clipboard, that you copied from somewhere else. And, you can quickly copy the last calculation result to the clipboard using Ctrl+R.
Before you finish, SpeedCrunch may even give already the answer (calc-as-you-type, anyone?).
This allows you to "fix" your expression if you think it is not what you want.
Unlimited variables
Advanced calculation sometimes needs memory feature. SpeedCrunch allows variables to hold calculation result, e.g. x = 0.3 which can be reused in y = 2*x. Variables need not only a character, InterestRate is a perfect name as well. And still, you can define as many variables as you want.
There is a special variable, ans, which always holds the last calculation result. Another variable pi holds one of the most important constant in math world.
Syntax highlighting
Do you close your parentheses correctly? Mistype the number? No need to worry again because SpeedCrunch can always color the expression according to the syntax.
syntax highlighting
You can easily distinguish numbers from variables. You can also see the matched parentheses.
Functions, with automatic completion
Beside standard algebraic operator like + (addition), - (subtraction), * (multiplication), / (division), ^ or ** (exponentiation), there is support for some functions, for example sin, log, abs, and many more.
You do not need to memorize function names, use Ctrl+F to pop up a dialog where you can choose the function that you need.
Or take advantage of its auto-completion.
automatic completion
Type the letter c only and in less than a second you will be automagically given with choices of cos, cosh or your variables whose name start with c.
50 decimals at your disposal
With its unique calculation routines, you can get up to 50 decimals of precision. Normally, all the important digits are shown, but you can also ask SpeedCrunch to round it to several digits.
When your calculation is quite complex and involving a chain of operations, this high precision ensures that you would get less rounding error in the end.
History repeats itself
If you want to recall again the expression which you typed before, then press up and down arrow to access the expression history.
Moreover, your expression history (maximum last 100 expressions) is saved between sessions. This means you can still invoke those calculations you have done yesterday or last week.
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Often, SpeedCrunch can still understand an incomplete expression. For example, just typing sin followed by Enter - likely means taking the sine of last value - is automatically translated as sin(ans).
Also, for some functions you may skip the parentheses if you pass simple number or variable, sin 0.1 is as valid as sin(0.1).
Speaking about parentheses, closing them can be left to SpeedCrunch, e.g. cos(pi/4 is automatically corrected to cos(pi/4).
SpeedCrunch has many keyboard shortcuts to speed up your task:
Up/Down recall last expression
Ctrl+I insert variable
Ctrl+F insert function
Ctrl+R copy last result to clipboard
Ctrl+S save current session to text file
F9 radians mode for trigonometric functions
F10 degrees mode for trigonometric functions"
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Hello, all.
Reviving an old thread... A member, as an after-effect of the skins I did for XCalc, asked me to direct him to a tape calculator. I researched the matter and discovered that we do not have tape calculators in Linux. (Please prove me wrong ?!).
Java has the nice superbcalc :
but strictly speaking, java is not linux, right! Also, you'll need the java JRE, which uses a lot of disk space if it's the only java app you will be using.
So we're left with the next best thing: speedcrunch. I tried downloading ttuuxxx's compilation above, but unfortunately the URL above at puppylinux.ca is dead. So I re-packaged the debian package from
In contrast to ttuuxx's offering, qt-4 is not included in this new package.
So, in addition to the pet for speedcrunch itself (download from
), you will need
, as well as the libicu-4.2.1-9.1 library (re-packaged from a centOS 6 package at
). The libicu library is available here:
I won't add any more, since ttuuxxx's explanation and description speaks for itself.
Notice the constants and variables, etc., tabs at the right.
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the original pet is still available here:
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Thanks, ally.
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SpeedCrunch 0.11 is out, but so far only in Windows and Mac OSX so I'm running it in Wine;
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Ttuuxxx's .pet
still works fine in Precise. Be nice if there were some easy way to add to the contents of the Constants pane.
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Flash wrote:
Ttuuxxx's .pet
still works fine in Precise.
Thanks for the information.
Flash wrote:
Be nice if there were some easy way to add to the contents of the Constants pane.
Agreed; Qalculate! (which is also included in the calculator sfs) has a superb range of constants covering a wide range of subjects. It can also download the latest exchange rates, for financial calculations.
One thing that's good about Speedcrunch though is that its display precision goes out as far as 50 decimal places, which is useful if you want to calculate something like *e^(pi*(sqrt(163))). You can also type in a calculation involving a string of numbers and then scroll back and forth along the line substituting new numbers for the ones you've previously used, getting different results each time.
* It's very nearly an integer, to 50 decimal places it comes to;
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Post subject: What a fine calculator !
Subject description: Use it on Vividpup or Tahrpup, Qt Puppies
Speedcrunch 0.10.1 pet is still available. Well done ! It could have been downloaded from Debian repository via Vivid PPM or Lucid ubuntu one (what i did before discovering your topic)
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Subject description: More and more Puppies include Qt
More and more Puppies include Qt
Then SpeedCrunch pet size is only
around 300Ko
, still too much to join here now. So i Stored it in my Google Drive, available for you
by a click on the blue
muggins says that speedcrunch-0.11-i486-1_slack.txz works for him on raring, And i say that his pet works fine on polarpup QT by Pemasu too.
Passenger Pelo ! don't ask him to repair the aircraft. Don't use him as a demining dog .... pleeease.
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works for me on raring, but I find the interface on ttuuxxx's version better. Don't seem to be able to replicate it with the latest version!
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Please could you explain me what this thing is done for ? Found in Carolina. For The next Linux exam, i suppose ? 2.3M SpeedCrunch-0.10.1.pet
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Police say Stephanie Gray arrived at her son's daycare on Tuesday afternoon to pick him up. Only little Joel wasn't there because he'd never been dropped off.
According to the cops, it appears the boy spent the entire day in the back of his mom's minivan. The baby's death has been described as "heat related."
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Books For Thought: Bad Boy or Nice Boy in Books?
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- Nicole said...
I don't like either stereotype! The nice boys are TOO nice and the bad boys are TOO bad. Can't I just have a good boy who sometimes makes mistakes? Is that so much to ask? :)
- February 22, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- Petra @ Safari Poet said...
Personally, I like the idea of the bad boy, but go for the nice guy. I just think I'd get sick of all the drama that comes with the bad boy. But in a novel, it depends on who I think fits the best and that could be either.
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- February 22, 2012 at 10:07 AM
- Britt said...
I'm the opposite of Nicole. I fall in love with both most of the time. (Shatter Me) I think there's usually some good and some bad in both sets and that all they need is the right girl ;)
- February 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- LinWash said...
I totally agree with what Nicole said. I'm really not crazy about the bad boys in YA fiction who are abusive and dry as toast heroines who put up with their abuse.
- February 22, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- Devan @ Book Strings said...
I typically lean towards the bad boys because they are tall dark and handsome with a splash of brooding, but some of my biggest crushes have been good guys: Ronald Weasley, Peeta, and Cricket because of their personalities.
- February 22, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- Alexa said...
I think more often I'm drawn to the bad boy. I just can't help it because you can't resist them. The good guys are nice and I do fall for them once in a while but you have to have a little bit of an edge, you can't be a push over.
- February 22, 2012 at 9:18 PM
I am definitely attracted to the bad boy. They are just so irresistable with the whole mystery vibe that comes off them. And then you see they have a sweet side and the attractive level goes way up lol.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I have to say that right now I'm into the good boy but i have times that it does change but at the moment Im reading this book And honestly I'm hoping that she picks the good guy, so I have to say that I like the good boy!
- February 24, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- Lieder Madchen said...
Almost always the bad boys. :)
- February 25, 2012 at 4:08 AM
- Dominique. said...
Definitely the bad boy.
- February 28, 2012 at 7:31 PM
- Livia @ Butterfly-o-Meter said...
Bad boy, bad boy, bad boy aaaaall the way, lol. Even the villain if he's well done. Yum xD
New follower of your fabulous blog :D
Have a great weekend!
- March 2, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- vampirelladan said...
Bad boy, without a doubt. =)
- March 5, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- Jackie said...
It really depends. I can like both depending on the story. But, usually I go for the nice boy. Why would I want to fawn over someone who will be mean? And why would I want the protagonist to fall in love with someone who will inevitably bring her to tears?
- March 13, 2012 at 7:48 PM
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text: Hey you guys. ( sighs) I'm stuck. For the past week I have been attempting to block this myspace website at work and I've run into problems. At one of the buildings I work at we are just using a Linksys router w/ no url blocking or ip blocking mechanisms. (I've updated the firmware and everything). So at that site I just used the built-in web page blocking feature of IE, and so far this has worked. At the second site, which uses firefox, we have a SonicWall router that has all sorts of wonderful features like firewall settings and content filtering...but, alas, the kids have finally figured out about cgi-proxy servers. Myspace.com has literally led to fights among individuals and gangs here in Rochester (and we already had enough fights w/o the website. Just today I had to leave the site mentioned above because 4 fights broke out in the building and the fire alarm was pulled 2wice) and so to crack down on kids being able to access the site (they will spend hours on the thing) we have been blocking it. But now that these kids keep finding differnt proxy servers to bypass our filters I'm trying to find out more about how these specific servers work and stunt their effectiveness. Is there anyone out there who knows how to break the effectiveness of these servers w/o having to add each one to our filter list?


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…and we're back! Back from the BlackBerry 10 Launch events. Back from BlackBerry Jam Europe. Back to answer your questions on the Limited Edition and BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha C programs. Here are answers to the top four questions we're getting asked on Twitter.
Q. I applied for a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha C at BlackBerry Jam Europe. When will those devices ship?
BlackBerry Jam Europe attendees will be contacted this week with details about the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha C device program. The devices will ship to developers that qualify for the program within the next five to seven weeks.
Q. I applied online for a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha C. When do I find out if I qualified?
The applications are currently being tested and once this is done the points will be calculated and an email to those that qualify will be sent with further instructions for redeeming Dev Alpha C device. This should be done by February 28.
Q. I applied for the BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition device, but haven't received a confirmation email yet. When will I receive that?
We are currently working through the backlog of registrations. All registrations need to be validated against the terms and conditions and once this is completed you will receive an email with your qualification status. This can take ten business days from when your application is approved for sale in BlackBerry World.
Q. I've qualified for the BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition device – when will they ship?
They will begin to ship within the next five to seven weeks.
Hope these answers help – if you have any additional questions, please leave us a comment and we'll get back to you ASAP!


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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved tariff revisions for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) and PJM Interconnection that PJM says will help improve scheduling of wholesale electricity sales between the two regions.
According to PJM, FERC's approval of coordinated transaction scheduling (CTS) will help enable PJM and NYISO to make more efficient use of the transmission lines that connect the two regions. CTS, PJM adds, will help improve scheduling efficiency, maximize transmission utilization and reduce counterintuitive interregional transmission schedules by explicitly incorporating projected price differences between the NYISO and PJM markets into interregional scheduling decisions.
PJM notes that technical enhancements include increasing the frequency of scheduling energy transactions over the transmission network between the two regions and implementing software changes to enable the two grid operators to coordinate their selection of the most economic transactions available.
'Over the past year, PJM and New York market participants successfully guided the CTS proposal through each region's stakeholder process,' comments Stephen G. Whitley, NYISO president and CEO. The result of these collaborative efforts is enhanced grid operations throughout New York and the Mid-Atlantic and savings for consumers across the regions.'
Implementation of CTS is scheduled for November, PJM reports.


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text: Tara is in western Serbia. Tara mountain is a part of Dinaric Alps with average height of 1200 m above sea level. Kozja stena or Banjska stena is 6km from Mitrovac place. Sight place is magnificant. From this viewpoint visitors can see border Drina river wich devides Serbia and Bosnia, Perucac lake and Perucac dam.


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Work chatting
Manager: mohamed
Mohamed: yes
Manager: i saw ur mail
Mohamed: what do u think?
Manager: i know sherif ...ya3ni keda men be3eed le be3eed
Manager: the rest i don't know
Mohamed: any input?
Manager: he was on assignments to region (dubai ...
Manager: all the feedback I hear about him is good
Mohamed: gets things done?
Manager: hmmm .. don't know
Mohamed: 7ayban
Manager: no one really told me any story about him
Manager: i started reading a bit preface of the book while on a boring conf call
Mohamed: interesting?
Manager: i have never read deeply in sufism before .. just read the concepts ..actually from my studies in the islamic ma3had
Mohamed: but do they stereotype them in the ma3had?
Manager: interesting ... bas mawdou3 darwish we dreams we 7agat deh ... mesh 3arfa
Manager: will read till the end then tell you my opinion
Mohamed: yeah..
Manager: well, it depends on the professor of the subject
Manager: some professors were anti sufism in general
Manager: so they would comment in somewhat negative way
Mohamed: yeah
Manager: some were pro sufism ..so they would say .. we have to look for the real sufism
Manager: since there is distorted one
Mohamed: right.. this is true
Manager: actually .. the danger in this .. is that the distorted one might get you in martaba or marateb elsherk
Manager: so ..some just skip it altogther to avoid the danger
Mohamed: right.. but they're missing alot
Manager: when ppl believe so much in sheikh or listen to him more than they should
Manager: or think that he is capable of doing things and forgetting that Allah is the one doing everything ...the rest is all means
Manager: I agree that they are missing a lot
Mohamed: this is the role of the sheikh.. to make sure his picture is not distorted.. he's only a teacher
Manager: bas .. u know .. when ppl praise someone a lot ..they corrupt him
Mohamed: well.. that's why he's a sheikh.. he shouldn't get corrupted
Manager: and sometimes ..the sheikh is good and pure in intentions ..then he dies
Manager: and his followers make wrong things on his behalf
Mohamed: that's a different story.. we're humans
Mohamed: and avoiding spirituality alltogether it doesn't help
Manager: so ... basically ... the danger is your opening the door for a lot of misconceptions and delusions
Manager: I agree ..
Mohamed: yeah.. but closing the doors is never the right way
Manager: sure ...
Manager: the thing is: one of the beauties of islam is that you relationship w/ Allah is direct
Manager: when you invest effort to get close to him ..he opens doors for you to get closer
Mohamed: someone said once.. its direct from him to us.. but not necessarily so from us to him
Manager: i don't think I fully agree with this
Mohamed: look at him as a guide.. a spiritual guide
Manager: who ..the sheikh ?
Mohamed: we seek teacher and guidance in the little things in life..
Mohamed: how about the really hard stuff to realize.. your soul?
Manager: i understand this .. all I am saying is you have to be alert ..since he is human ..he can make mistakes ..and not everything he says is to be taken for granted
Mohamed: sure
Mohamed: ofcourse
Manager: ok ..then we agree
Manager: I don't mind the guidance by a sheikh
Manager: I would mind the guidane of one sheikh ... and following him like he knows it all and he will take me where I wnat to go
Mohamed: it doesn't have to be like that
Manager: ok .. asl this is a hot topic between me & my brother on one side and my father on another side
Mohamed: why so?
Manager: I just told you my opinion ..and this is the same stand my brother follows
Mohamed: what about ur dad?
Manager: however my father spent a big part of his youth following one sheikh
Mohamed: interesting.. where?
Manager: he is pure and all
Manager: bas ...
Manager: not everyone around him is
Mohamed: akeed
Mohamed: definetely
Manager: he's dead for many years now
Mohamed: but where was he?
Manager: in a village beside Tanta
Manager: my father's family is originally from tanta
Manager: i still have realtives there
Manager: elmohem ...
Manager: where did u go ?
Mohamed: well i don't have a sheikh.. i'm just reading and talking to ppl
Manager: yes ..it's fine
Manager: we know some ppl and we go visit them sometimes
Mohamed: which tareeqa?
Manager: I just see that the way ..me & my brother deals with this is different from the way my father does it
Mohamed: akeed.. he's seen more than u.. so he's wiser
Manager: I did not mean this
Mohamed: (i know)
Mohamed: so what happened after the sheikh died?
Manager: hold on ..khaled kalemny
Mohamed: ok
Manager: am back
Manager: well, after the sheik died .. (i remember him vaguely but i saw him few times) ...
Manager: his followers continued the same setup they used to have when he lived
Mohamed: well they can't without a sheikh i guess!!
Mohamed: so they ruin it
Manager: they all treat his son as khalifa .. but he is not taking up this role
Manager: and I am against this
Manager: any way .. my father meets w/ them sometimes
Mohamed: and what does he think of his son?
Manager: he ? my father?
Mohamed: yes
Manager: well, my father has this utmost respect for the sheikh allah yer7amoh ... he thinks so highly of him and speaks of him like a ...
Manager: so .. he treats his son in the same way
Manager: but he never says that he is khalifa
Mohamed: right.. but he doesn't consdier him a sheikh
Mohamed: right
Mohamed: ur father feels it
Manager: may be
Manager: what worries me
Mohamed: but does he feel emptiness without the sheikh?
Manager: this is really an interesting question
Manager: i never though of it this way
Manager: i never thought of it
Mohamed: no replacement?
Manager: no
Mohamed: tough
Manager: look .. i respect my father a lot and I love that he spent all of his life in mosques and in serious stuff
Manager: but what worries me is that .. i feel sometimes that there are some fundamental stuff that can be missing
Manager: i don't know how to explain
Manager: let's go back to sufism
Mohamed: the most fundamental thing is connecting with God.. finding urself in relation to God.. fundemental but the toughest thing to achieve
Manager: yes .. but you get to this by putting Allah ahead of everything ..which we are not strong enough to do sometimes
Mohamed: who is Allah?
Manager: what do you mean ?
Mohamed: u talk of Him as if he's a person or thing.. that u place somewhere
Mohamed: rather.. u feel.. and become one with
Manager: hmmm
Manager: well, don't know about becoming one w/ him
Mohamed: and that's a difficult state to reach
Manager: but no ..i don't agree
Manager: you don't become one w/ him
Mohamed: why so?
Mohamed: didn't he blow into our souls
Mohamed: isn't He the Creator
Mohamed: The One
Manager: yes, he did
Manager: yes, He is
Mohamed: how can he be there and we have something of Him at the same time!
Mohamed: if he is one
Manager: bas ..He says in Kor2an .. Nothing is like HIM
Mohamed: definetely.. and we are NOT him
Mohamed: but the creation is a reflection of His greatness
Mohamed: we are His creation.. His reflection
Manager: look ..He is with you .. with his Knowledge .. His
Manager: basira
Mohamed: He is the definition of those qualities
Manager: yes ...
Manager: my view is: You need to be connected to Him
Mohamed: sure
Mohamed: but how?
Manager: you live as He is the director of your life, your actions
Manager: your feelings and your priorities
Manager: He told you How
Mohamed: when He created you?
Manager: and when he sent you messengers to tell you How
Manager: doing everything that is "good" according to Allah's definition not our
Manager: avoiding anything that is "bad" according to Allah's definition not ours
Mohamed: yeah.. but this "doing" what about "being"
Manager: following his orders and avoiding his "nawahy"
Manager: yes ..bas being is a direct result of doing
Mohamed: What do you feel when you pray? (private question, don't have to answer)
Mohamed: or is it doing is a direct result of being
Manager: khaled kalemny tany ..
Mohamed: kheir?
Manager: beyes2al 3la 5 more members to be added
Mohamed: he wants to add them now?
Manager: sorry .. let's continue
Manager: he is asking when ..because he wants to hire someone
Mohamed: hire still?!!
Manager: bas he is not enough experience
Manager: so I told him ..same rules apply
Mohamed: i can't believe this.. he'll hire someone we rejected!
Manager: ya salam ..is this the one ?
Mohamed: i guess so
Manager: wow ..
Mohamed: i don't know.. bass he's the only one i know he met
Manager: I told him that the candidate will go through the qualification process
Manager: he is saying he is good
Mohamed: 3ageeb khaled
Manager: any way ..back .. egg & chicken ..being or doing ?
Mohamed: yeah..
Manager: my thinking of this is:
Mohamed: being tab3an
Manager: you have your true nature .. pure one .. before being corrupted by environment
Mohamed: sure
Manager: this is the initial being .. then comes the external factors
Manager: and then doing is what keeps your connection w/ Allah ..so your being gets more strong through soul food
Mohamed: "You have been created in the best form, yet you can become of a lowest form"
Manager: to fight the external factors
Manager: yes
Manager: true ..when you give up your connection to Allah
Mohamed: we don't disagree u know
Manager: and we change into animals ..living to eat and reproduce
Manager: yes ..I know ..we agree
Mohamed: its how to reach that connection i guess that we're not sure of
Mohamed: or me atleast
Manager: well, I am not either .. I am just following a certain path
Mohamed: right.. follow the path they say
Manager: and so far ..
Manager: who is they ?
Mohamed: sufis :)
Manager: general ..u mean
Manager: :)
Manager: well, rasoul allah said it before them and Allah before all
Mohamed: yes.. exactly
Mohamed: see, so we're all sufis
Manager: yes
Manager: in the true concept
Manager: for sure yes
Manager: see .. I tell you that you surprise me
Mohamed: leih bass.. aren't we all searching
Manager: well ..
Manager: i guess yes
Mohamed: we're just not all ready yet i guess
Manager: yes ..i agree
Mohamed: anyway.. that was good.. thanks
Manager: I think so too ... thanks to you too


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Ford EcoSport Punches Above Its Weight
The new Ford EcoSport has a lot of aggression packed into its tiny 3.9 meter long body.
The oversized front grill and beefy front end imply ruggedness not normally associated with compact SUVs. The roof rails and ample ground clearance hint of a life on the open road.
The interior trim has a premium quality and familiar feel, having been poached from the less rugged Ford Fiesta midsized sedan. The similarities don't stop at the interior spaces.
The latest EcoSport is based on Ford's B-platform, on which the company's Fiesta is also built.
The height-adjustable seats made of faux leather were comfortable and functional. The rear bench seat appeared large enough to seat three mid-sized adult passengers comfortably, meaning that its billing as a five seat SUV is no lie.
The test drive occurred over a predetermined 140 kilometer route, long enough to get a feel for the car.
The raised seat position gives a commanding view of the road, while the vehicle's compact design and the precise steering meant that handling was nimble.
During the test drive a major design flaw emerged that may be a deal breaker for some Indians. The horn is in the middle of the steering wheel, which made it difficult to turn and honk at the same time.
The Wall Street Journal test drove both the 1.5 liter diesel and the 1.0 liter, turbocharged "EcoBoost" version of the SUV. The responsiveness and acceleration of the diesel version was impressive, feeling much stronger than the official 91 horsepower that Ford says it produces. The EcoBoost was slightly less overwhelming, despite producing a reported 125 horsepower.
Ford plans to offer three engine options. In addition to the diesel engine, the SUV will be available with a 1.5 liter gasoline engine as well as the company's much touted EcoBoost.
Ford hopes that the gasoline-powered EcoBoost engine will coax Indians away from diesel cars.
That might be a hard sell. The EcoBoost is smaller than most diesel engines on the market, and Indians prefer diesel engines for the cost savings. The EcoBoost has impressive fuel efficiency, getting 18.9 kilometers a liter, or 44.5 miles per gallon, according to Ford.
The company also claims that in addition to the fuel efficiency, the turbocharged engine churns out 125 horsepower, comparable to a 1.6 liter gasoline engine.
Buyers of the EcoSport will not just get a car, said Ford.
If involved in a serious accident – a not improbable occurrence in India -- the car will send a message to emergency responders providing its location through GPS.
The so-called "emergency assistance" system is one of the key features that Ford hopes will draw Indian customers to the car.
The service comes at no cost and will be the first for such service offered by the company in India. The emergency assistance system is currently available in more than five million Ford vehicles globally.
The high tech features do not stop there. EcoSports will come equipped with the voice-activated Sync system, powered by Microsoft, which allows drivers to choose music and make phone calls using voice commands.
Overall, the car offers great design, a great ride and great features. Prospective buyers of either Renault S.A's Duster or Mahindra & Mahindra XUV500 would be advised to test drive the EcoSport before cutting a check.
Follow India Real Time on Twitter @indiarealtime.


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Get back on it!
A great piece of advice I'm sure we've all received at some point in our lives. I know- it's been quite a while since I've been active on the 'Freak. A lot happens in life and things get rearranged all the time, but there's been so many cool things happening in projection (and the video world in general) recently that it's time to get back on the damn horse and ride. Not sure if I'll start up the podcast just yet and I think I'm just going to focus on a couple of good posts per week. Let's see how it goes….a little preview for Monday next week- John Ensor Parker gives us a peek at a recent mapping he did for a think tank set design. Also up will be a review I did on the new Barco HDX W20 FLEX for PLSN magazine as well as a bunch of other goodies.
Hopefully most of you still check back from time to time and I hope the lack of activity hasn't waned your enthusiasm for Projectionfreak.
Allrighty. I gotta go saddle up.
Cake mapping – for real!
Check out this cake getting video mapped. I would've done this if I hadn't been married so long ago. Very cool effects! But it doesn't really make for a gorgeous cake when eating it, no?
Pomplamoose Video Killed the Radio Star
Yes. Yes, it did. Killed it quite completely. And this video is just as cool, if not cooler, than Pomplamoose's previous one.
Luftwerk at Farnsworth House
You know we're fans of architecture and also Luftwerk. But the duo of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallardo are teaming up again to illuminate the iconic Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. You may recall Luftwerk's treatment of Falling Water…a projectionmapping treat on one of Frank Lloyd Wright's seminal works that we featured here. Projecting onto highly valued, protected works of architectural magnificence is not inexpensive. Luftwerk has initiated a Kickstarter campaign called INsite, to help fund the Farnsworth project so if you feel compelled, head on over to their site and kick a few bucks towards it. The Farnsworth House is one of my personal faves in the mid-century lexicon, in fact the house I grew up in closely resembles the lines. They do good work and your help would be most appreciated.
From their press release:
"Luftwerk launches Kickstarter Campaign
The artist duo of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, also known as Luftwerk have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund INsite, a temporary public art
experience that transforms Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House into a canvas of light and sound.
"Based on an architectural video mapping test in the fall of 2012 we feel destined to make INsite a public experience. We are very excited to launch this campaign now and hope to illuminate the Farnsworth House in October 2014 after dark with funds raised by May 31st through Kickstarter."
INsite intends to bring a new experience to the Farnsworth House that will attract new audiences and celebrate the lasting relevance of the architecture. By choosing Kickstarter as a way to support INsite, Luftwerk hopes to excite the community and build the audience for the fall installation. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Mies enthusiasts and architecture lovers to see this icon of modern architecture in a new light.
Luftwerk's fundraising goal is $25,000, which will support project development and equipment needs, as well as the installation and operation of the exhibit. Ten video projectors, encased in weatherproof housing, will display a seamless composition that highlights the structural minimalism of the Farnsworth House and its glass walls from the exterior to the interior. The video installation will be accompanied by an original music composition by Owen Clayton Condon, a Chicago based percussionist and composer and former member of Third Coast Percussion.
Luftwerk has delighted and illuminated viewers with a history of completing major commissions on landmark architecture. In 2011 they illuminated one of America's most extraordinary buildings: Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. "Celebrating 75 years of Art in Nature" was followed by a site-specific video installation "Luminous Field" (2012) that transformed Millennium Park into a digital playground, attracting over 65,000 visitors in only ten nights."
PointCloud Media Proof-of-Concept for Pools
Our friends over at PointCloud Media just did a proof-of-concept for a project called "Raylight4D", a really cool projectionmapping system for pools. Although details are necessarily quiet, Jack Hattingh explains, "The test was done with a ##### projector and the most beautiful thing is that the ambient light above the water does not affect the image.. the contrast ratio is pretty good and you can get good results with less projectors. 3D projections on water are typically cheaper, since they require less projectors compared with 3D building projections; and typically, no permits are required to use pool sites for projection mapping. Essentially, pools are also more conducive to projection mapping because of their low ambient lighting, color, and ubiquity."
Mermaids, sharks, disappearing sand….pools make a perfect mapping surface! Next step- motion tacking interactivity???
Check out some of Jack's other work HERE, or head over to PointCloud's website and check it out!
Pomplamoose Projectionmapping- Happy AND Lucky!
I love small-scale mapping projects. Pomplamoose put together this yummy little vid using one projector and a bunch of foam core- done to their mashup of Happy and Get Lucky. It would seem that after a little studying, they're only using Final Cut and the rendering/mapping engine, which earns very high marks from me! The fact that objects move in-and-out of frame with striking precision is not so amazing (there's lots of software to adjust this, and having exatly measured foam-core helps)- the creative thing here is the use of timing and ….well….boobs as eyeballs. Enjoy!
Box- Just Look At It
It's exquisite. It's everything I dreamed of when I was a kid- robotics, in-camera film effects, precision. The San Francisco based firm of Bot & Dolly has pretty much upped the game for everything involving projectionmapping in real-time and combined it with extreme robotic film making. It seems a natural progression though, and I can't think of anyone more capable and qualified to do it. But before we give in to our Robot Overlords, let's remember they still need to be told what to do. It's just that they do it over and over again with ridiculous precision and razor-accuracy. I don't know what they used for projectors, but I suppose it wouldn't take much in terms of lumens for a project like this. Projection software on the other hand was accomplished with Touchdesigner. As advanced as Touchdesigner is, the more you watch what they're doing with the Iris robotic arm the more you realize that projectionmapping is the easy part. They have an entire array of tools at their disposal- BD Live, BD Time, and the stunning BD Wheel- a hand-held control wheel that allows you to scrub through a shot or attenuate playback speed. If you've ever been to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and seen their toy manufacturing display – this is like that x1000. They have a couple of Motoman robotic arms that you can race and play against…but this scale is entirely different.
It's not hard to discern where or how the effects are in-camera, but the marriage of the elements is what overwhelms me about Box. That, and the sound. That first big whoosh at 1:24 is just plain sensual.
Tobias Kinnebrew of B&D explains: "Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping on robotically controlled moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera. Bot & Dolly created this work as both an artistic statement and a technical demonstration. It is the product of an experience vision realized through the integration of multiple technologies pivoting on our software platform BD Movetm for precision control of robotics." It doesn't take a lot of imagination to extrapolate where you can go with this type of gear on a film set. With the extreme precision and playback capabilities, the possibilities are truly endless. I gotta get out to the coast and see this in person. That's all there is to it.
Absolute heaven. Dig it!
Box from Bot & Dolly on Vimeo.
Box from Bot & Dolly on Vimeo.
Leviathan for Ubisoft at E3
I've been a Clancy fan from the beginnings of Rainbow Six to the latest release of Splinter Cell- even going so far as to join gaming ladders and lose myself in FPS overload. So I was absolutely giddy when I saw the latest press from Leviathan. Looks like Touchdesigner was the weapon of choice for the mockups and playback…read on:
From our friends to the North:
CHICAGO – Aug. 27, 2013 – The principals of the award-winning Leviathan creative studio are very proud to showcase their artistry for Ubisoft(R) Entertainment at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show. At its global press conference streamed live worldwide this past June, Ubisoft dramatically announced the forthcoming release of the next blockbuster title in the critically acclaimed Tom Clancy franchise. That title, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist, was released last week in the U.S. and Europe. (more…)
PointCloud Media is online!
Huge shout out to our friends Jack Hattingh and Alan Demafiles- they've opened up shop at Pointcloud Media and their website is live. Check it out- they have an immense background in projectionmapping, domes, and other creative uses of projection.
The Projectionfreak Podcast is Here!
I know- it's been a while. The summer, sadly, has gone. I pretty much worked and relaxed and didn't pay too much attention to the blog. Life is like that- hit it hard in some areas, lay low in others. But luckily those patterns are bound to shift and I feel change a'comin'. To start off, we just finished a multi-million dollar renovation to the theatre I work at…which sounds glorious on the surface. In reality, it was replacement of the seats and carpet, addition of air conditioning to the tech areas, and a lot of paint and roofing. Not at all what you'd think from a gear perspective, but we did get a kick-ass sound system out of the deal- details forthcoming….
But about the PODCAST! I'd toyed around with the idea of other media for a while but the opportunity never really presented itself and being a video guy, my heart wasn't in it. But along came George Tucker from AV Nation with just enough idea and wax to spark me and viola! A podcast! But what the heck would anyone want to listen to? Projection stuff of course!
In the first of what I hope will be a series of casts, I interviewed Bryan Dodson (along with Michelle Dodson and Brian Blessinger) of Integrated Visions. You've seen them here before….they've done all manner of projectionmapping projects and curated an art show that used projectionmapping as the primary medium. I was completely honored to use the interview for the inaugural run of the Projectionfreak Podcast. Much thanks go to the IVP team for putting up with my schedule and really shedding some light on a fascinating subject. AV Nation has a ton of other podcasts as well with a wide range of projection related topics so be sure to give them a listen.
And about that schedule…..keep on reading- there's some great stuff coming up (including some gear reviews)
Immersive Ltd. for Greenpeace
From our friends over at Immersive Ltd. comes this building-sized projectionmapping done at the Friends House, home of Quakers in Britain.
Ben tells me they used 3 x Christie Roadie 35K to do the gig. Parts of the content were created by the in-house creative at Immersive's Studio using 3D Studio Max, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Maya. Immersive also worked with students to produce some of the content using a variety of packages. Students were from Ravensbourne College, University of West London, Middlesex University and Teeside University.
The final piece was edited together in Final Cut Pro. The resolution of the project was 3600 x 1080.
Friends House - Projection Mapping - Save the Arctic - Greenpeace from Immersive on Vimeo.
Friends House - Projection Mapping - Save the Arctic - Greenpeace from Immersive on Vimeo.
The mapping and playback was from 2 x T4 Ai media servers a primary playback machine and a hot spare running through a Switcher.
Biofuel power lights and sound equipment by Firefly Solar (http://www.fireflysolar.net/). Sound design by Zen Death Squad (http://zendeathsquad.com/), music by Jazon Mraz (http://jasonmraz.com/) and the project was curated and directed by Immersive Ltd (http://www.immersive.eu/). Immersive donated the project to Greenpeace UK.
Spaceship Earth Becomes Mike Wazowski
In typical, glorious Disney-fied fashion Spaceship Earth, the giant golfball icon of Epcot, was transformed into Mike Wazowski- the one-eyed character from Pixar's Monsters, Inc. to celebrate the the park's recent "Monstrous Summer" kickoff. Visual stunts on this scale are nothing new for the Mouse, in fact I'm surprised they haven't done it on SE before. The projectionmapped "Magic, Memories, and You" show on Cinderella's castle was their first foray into building-sized mapping and while impressive, was a little slow on the uptake. But like all things Disney, it's done really well and to an extent that most other entertainment venues can't come near in terms of quality and execution.
For the Monter Summer kickoff, they used 8 Christie 35k projectors utilizing Twist for the curvature. I won't make it down there until October so I'll probably miss it….but maybe they'll come up with some other theme for the 188-foot perfect projection surface.
Here's the behind-the-scene:
This business is full of deadlines and we all hate them. For some of us it's more Love/Hate (I personally love tight deadlines…makes you feel alive). The following video shows a rather hectic deadline that Montreal-based GraphicsEmotion dealt with around Coachella time. Next time you have a deadline, remember what it must be like for a bunch of people to have that same deadline, and what it took to get to the end! We'll look at some more great stuff from Julien Abril and the team at GEM in the very near future……
Light Art- the app……
Got a great tip from Erick Calderon over at Light Art Interactive- his new projectionmapping app for iOS called- you guessed it- Light Art. Erick works a lot with Touchdesigner and got tired of using giant computers to come up with mapping schemes, so why not make a tablet app? I haven't had a chance to download and use it yet, but it looks fascinating. As soon as I procure an iPad, I'll let you know how it goes, but in the meantime, for those of you with an iPad with an HDMI interface, give it a go and let me know…better yet- let Erick know!
Summer Light Phantom
From The Agency, comes this great looking project- shot at night in the forest of Fontainebleau. Romain tells me they first shot the band members in their photo studio. Then, during the night in the forest of Fontainebleau, they projected their portraits on the rocks and trees and then took about 600 pictures (like a stop-motion). Finally, they assembled the pictures and added a camera traveling (parallax) and transitions between pictures (morphing) with Apple's Motion software. Love that they did it on the fly, with a car battery and an inverter!
- video projector Optoma 3000 lumens
- electrical converter
- power supply car battery
- laptop
- midi keyboard
- camera Nikon D800
- Apple Motion
- Apple Final Cut
Summer Light Phantom from Le3 on Vimeo.
Summer Light Phantom from Le3 on Vimeo.
When I was a kid growing up on the West Coast, the hot ticket in shoes was to own a pair of Vans. They ultimately became the de-facto skate/surf/grunge wear shoe-of-choice when they came out with the slip-on version (still are AFAIK). The beauty of Vans at that point (early 80′s) was that they were still quite boutique and you could pick and choose different colors/fabrics for the various designs they had. If you were reeeaallllly cool, you could take (as I did) your own fabric in and have them make a pair for you.
Fast forward 30 years and you get the following. (more…)
Mapping Festival 2013
There's some great videos coming out of the Mapping Festival 2013 held May 2-12 in Geneva. I'll post some more this week- We've seen the work of Bordos.Artworks in the past, but here's a reminder- I wish I had a decent pair of 3D goggles…..
BORDOS.ARTWORKS AND INVITED ARTISTS @ MAPPING FESTIVAL 2013 / MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY / GENEVA from Bordos.ArtWorks / Bordos L Zsolt on Vimeo.
BORDOS.ARTWORKS AND INVITED ARTISTS @ MAPPING FESTIVAL 2013 / MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY / GENEVA from Bordos.ArtWorks / Bordos L Zsolt on Vimeo.
Form and Substance footage
By all accounts it looks like Form and Substance was a big success. If you couldn't make it to the show, here's a little teaser footage with a few recognizable pieces….
Hoping to get some details from Bryan in the near future…
Form and Substance: Projection Mapping in Contemporary Art. Spring 2013 from Integrated Visions Productions on Vimeo.
Form and Substance: Projection Mapping in Contemporary Art. Spring 2013 from Integrated Visions Productions on Vimeo.
Form and Substance
Big reminder- Form and Substance: Projection Mapping in Contemporary Art, the first group exhibition in the United States dedicated exclusively to artists working with projection mapping as a medium- is this Friday. If you're in the NYC area and you're a fan, get to this exhibition!
In addition to the already outstanding line-up (including Davy and Kristin McGuire, John Ensor Parker, Joanie Lemercier), they've added two new artists to the roster: Joel Fitzpatrick is a fine artist, fashion designer, interior designer, lighting designer, and production designer. He will be presenting three works, including a collaboration with New York based painter and graffiti artist Adam Dare.
The exhibition opens Friday, May 10 at 6 PM at the Gowanus Ballroom at 55 9th Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The opening party is from 6 PM to 10 PM, and entry is free.
There will be a $10 cover charge starting at 10 PM, with Percussion Lab residents Nooka Jones and Archie Pelago playing till 4 AM. Proceeds from the door go to benefit the Gowanus Ballroom, which is still recovering from damage incurred during Hurricane Sandy.
The full list of artists is below. We are also still accepting tax-deductibe donations to help defray costs, including travel and accommodations for our foreign artists, promotional expenses, and production costs for several works. All donations are processed by Mister Artsee, a 501 (c) (3) arts-industry non-profit. Email for details about donating.
Mapping Festival 2013
Mapping Festival 2013 is about to get under way in Geneva so get tickets NOW. There's something for everybody- installations, VJing, and workshops on mapping and stage design from the likes of Boris Edelstein, Joanie LeMercier, and Phillipe Chaurand.
"The Mapping Festival is a multidisciplinary festival dedicated to audiovisual arts and digital cultures. As the sole broadcasting space of this magnitude in Switzerland, the festival is now also recognised internationally, and this with the richness of programming. Mapping Festival offers every year audiovisual performances, installations, clubbing parties, live performances, architectural mapping, as well as workshops and conferences.
Thanks to this unique diversity aspect, the festival is recognised throughout the world as an major event, a real experimental meeting space, for creation and exchange with its innovative thinking in the field of audiovisual arts.
Now in its eighth edition, the Mapping Festival has steadily grown and has become one of the leading events of its kind in Europe."
QED projectionmaps BBC Comic Relief- RED Nose Day
Check out this massive work from QED. They were contracted to projectionmap the stage for the BBC broadcast of "Funny for Money", a huge fundraiser put on by Red Nose Day to help people in need.
From their press release:
"QED Productions successfully delivered ground-breaking video mapping and stage lighting integration for Comic Relief's seven-hour television broadcast on BBC One, by using nineteen high-brightness Christie 3-chip DLP projectors.
According to QED Director Paul Wigfield "not only was this was the most challenging indoor projection mapping ever attempted but also the entire rig had to be installed in just one day". (more…)
AntiVJ Paleodictyon
AntiVJ has once again conquered a major projection mapping on a very unique structure. Paleodictyon is shot onto the curved exterior of architect Shigeru Ban's the Centre Pompidou Metz, France. "(The piece is) loosely inspired by the work and research of deep-sea expert Peter A. Rona, (and) abolishes notions of scale by contrasting micro-architecture with human construction. Fascinated by the marks left by unknown creatures called Paleodictyon Nodosum, he offers the hypothesis that these hexagonal structures are designed in order to cultivate bacteria. A modern day Captain Nemo, Peter A. Rona wanders relentlessly across the seabed looking to discover (more…)
NYX Atelier #01
The lighting design arm of NYX Visual, NYX Atelier recently did a private showing of "Tetraedre", a projectionmapped sculpture for Vincent Coutelin's private collection. The team painstakingly created the entire structure out of scrap materials and glue. They used a Panasonic 6k and a combo of Madmapper and Modul8 to drive the visuals. Nice work!
NYX Atelier #01 from NYX Visual Label on Vimeo.
NYX Atelier #01 from NYX Visual Label on Vimeo.
Integrated Visions to launch Form and Substance, a Group Exhibition
Exciting news from Brian and Michelle over at Integrated Visions- they're opening a group exhibition entitled "Form and Substance" at the Gowanus Ballroom on the weekend of May 10-12. It'll feature works by Joanie LeMercier, Claudio Sinatti, Domingo Zapata, and more. Here's an excerpt fro the release note:
"Integrated Visions Productions is excited to announce an additional creative path for 2013. In the wake of the success of the 'Codex Dynamic' group exhibition at the 2012 DUMBO Arts Festival (see PF article), which received the festival's Grand Prize and Best in Show awards, we're focusing on more intimate artwork.
We've developed a series of projection mapped paintings, combining fine art painting techniques with cutting-edge, projection-mapped animations to create a hybrid medium that we see as the first new terrain being explored by working artists in the 21st Century – akin to Impressionism and similar upstart movements at the turn of the last century.
We quickly realized that there exists a global community of artists and technologists working at the intersection of the traditional media of painting and sculpture and projection mapping, and we began to contact our favorite practitioners and curate a group exhibition.
Form and Substance, North America's first group exhibition dedicated to projection mapping as a fine arts medium, will take place the weekend of May 10-12, at the Gowanus Ballroom in Brooklyn, New York. The Frieze Art Fair, the enfant terrible of the global festival circuit, takes place in New York over the same weekend, making this a unique opportunity to make a global impression."
If you're in NYC or anywhere near on that weekend- this is one NOT TO MISS.


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T loves potato salad very much, as and when he will request for it. To make it a healthier option, I substituted potato with sweet potato as it has low GI even though both of them contain similar amount of calories. To make it even healthier, I used 50% calories reduced mayonnaise.
Despite of the changes, it tasted similar to potato salad I used to made. Importantly, the big fan of potato salad loved it very much. Purple is my favourite colour, so my next sweet potato salad will be purple!
Sweet Potato Salad (Calories: 395cals, Fat:15.4g, Protein:7.2g, Carb:52.8g)
400 g orange sweet potato, peeled and steamed
3 tbsp mayonnaise (kewpie),50% calories reduced
50 g Japanese cucumber, thinly sliced
*1/4 tsp salt
1 stalk spring onion, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
- Rub cucumber with *salt and set aside for about 10 minutes, then rinse and pat dry with paper towel.
- Mash two-third of steamed sweet potato, and cut the rest into chunks.
- In a large mixing bowl, bring together (1), (2), mayonnaise and spring onion. Mix till just blended.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Chill before serving.
Reference: CalorieKing Australia


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Polling stations across Sussex stood empty yesterday (November 15) as voters shunned the first ever Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
At polling stations in Brighton and Hove people were voting at a rate of only about 11 an hour by 5pm, although many people had voted by post.
The candidates, who are gathering at the Corn Exchange in Brighton to follow the results from across the county today (November 16, said they expected turnout would be low.
By 5pm 110 people had voted at the Cornerstone Community Centre in Western Road, off Palmeira Square. The polling station has 2,521 electors. If that rate continued until 10pm, only about 165 people, or 6.5% of potential voters would have had their say.
Numbers were said to be slightly increasing as people finished work.
Voters outside the Cornerstone were critical of the way the election was run.
Ruth Addison, 85, of Adelaide Crescent, Hove, said: "We did not receive the simplest note of the listing of the candidates, their names and what they stand for."
Beryl Howes, 87, of Hove, said she asked in the polling station for information about the candidates.
She said: "They said I should go online. But I don't have a computer."
Catherine Davis, 42, of Hove, said: "It is like asking who is going to run MI6. You don't know who the best person to do it is. You're not an expert."
Kate Holder, 38, from Hove, said she had set out to find information online and she and her friends had swapped what they learned on Facebook and Twitter.
Both her children's schools, Davigdor Infants and Somerhill Juniors, had closed because they were being used as polling stations.
She said: "I'm self-employed so I have managed to juggle it, but a lot of people are having to help each other out, or one parent is having to take a day off work."
Laura Hamlyn, 26, of Hove, said she was voting "to keep the nutters out".
Under the "supplementary voting system", used for the first time in Sussex, voters marked a first and second preference.
Today's count will begin with the first preferences. If no one has more than 50% of the votes, all but the top two candidates will be eliminated. The eliminated candidates' papers will then be counted and any second preference votes for the remaining candidates will be added to their totals.
The Argus is updating a live story from the count as results come in from across Sussex.
See all coverage of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner elections online at www.theargus.co.uk/news/special/policecommissioner
See the latest news headlines from The Argus:
- Labour MP Kyle drops bombshell as he admits he could leave the party
- Gansta rapper Eazy-E to be memorialised in Newhaven after man's bizarre campaign
- Shopper fury after man finds 24-hour Tesco CLOSED in late-night grocery shop
- Campaigners urge government to block New Monks Farm development
- 'Brighton is missing a big arena' says Fatboy


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