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Published: 2012-10-05, by Ana Gracia.
Perfume Story is a management game for Android set in a fairy tale world. A girl lost the sense of smell but was able to create a mysterious perfume...
The game consists of creating perfumes and learning the process, as there are three types: fruit, flower and spice. Also, you will need to sell the products after creating them by playing some little management games where logic and order are important. The game is somehow original and topic is new, but we found the continuous dialogue to be a bit annoying and repetitive. Anyway, the gameplay gets more challenging and new features are added as the days go by.
Alioth Corp. is the developer of this curious perfume management game that is designed as a retro application but it's actually really complete. There are many free versions and a premium one in case you want to keep playing for a long time. As you play, you will be discovering all the features it includes, like packages, objects, the profile and so on... Try it out and see it for yourself.
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Oct 05, 2012
The power— in persistent pursuit of belief—is happiness!
This is a fairy tale like game. Long, long, ago, there was a beautiful girl, playing around in fragrance. She helped her grandpa, a perfumer, to create perfume. Unfortunately, an accident deprived her sense of smell. However, God endowed her with perfume elfin. From, then on, she created mysterious blessed perfume in the fragrant world…
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1.Witness—reveal mysterious and fantastic perfume formula
32 authentic perfume formulae for your choice. Experience pleasure in perfume making process. 3 types of perfume: fruit, flower and spice, each with an elaborate game. The higher the difficulty level, the higher the perfume quality. Superior quality perfume sells well. Come on and try your own excellent perfume!
2. Surprise—create your own fashionable fragrant kingdom
Sell your unique self-made perfume in your own shop. Your shop can be decorated with fancy floor and wall paper. More customers will be attracted by your visual design, which will also give you different surprises.
3. Care—Take care of sweet and cute perfume elfin
Lovely elfins will endlessly help you make perfume. But take care to control the temperature so as not to suffocate the elfins. Elfins would be productive and helpful in favorable environment. Work all the way from a small stall on the roadside to the best known perfume shop in the palace, and make your own perfume story!
4. Transform—Sense of smell changes the world
Each perfume has its own features, classified into pure, dynamic, ardent types. The different types of perfume will change people's behaviors in town, and even transform the whole world!
5. Trap—Ugly and hypocritical truth hidden behind
When you are well known in the kingdom, the nobles will visit you. Among them, there will be conspirators, disguised as amiable men, who will take advantage of your gift. What are their secret motives under the disguise?
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I am working on parallelization of Conjugated Gradient matrix solver using OpenMP. A piece of my code is attached below:
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# pragma omp parallel num_threads(NTt) default(none) private(j,k) shared(STA, COEFF, RLL, p_sparse_s, coef_a_sparse, res_sparse_s, normres_sparse, nx,ny, nz)
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for (i=1; i<=nx; i++) for (j=1; j<=ny; j++) for (k=1; k<=nz; k++)
p_sparse_s[i][j][k] = COEFF[0][i][j][k] * STA[i-1][j][k]
+COEFF[2][i][j][k] * STA[i][j-1][k]
+ COEFF[4][i][j][k] * STA[i][j][k-1]
+ COEFF[6][i][j][k] * STA[i][j][k]
+ COEFF[5][i][j][k] * STA[i][j][k+1]
+ COEFF[3][i][j][k] * STA[i][j+1][k]
+ COEFF[1][i][j][k] * STA[i+1][j][k];
res_sparse_s[i][j][k] = RLL[i][j][k] + coef_a_sparse * p_sparse_s[i][j][k];
normres_sparse += (res_sparse_s[i][j][k] * res_sparse_s[i][j][k])/ (nx*ny*nz);
Please note that here I had defined 3-D matrix of 200 X 200 X 200 size, i.e. nx= ny = nz = 200;
I am using GCC compiler in intel i7 quad code processor and without using any optimization flag I am getting around 95 % efficiency in 4 processors.
i.e. run time for serial code = 4 h, run time parallel code = 1 h 3 min. (in 4 processor)
But when I use –O3 flag, serial code starts taking 2 h 30 min and for parallel code it is around 55 min.
Though I am getting fast results, but efficiency decreases
So my questions are:
(1) For benchmarking should one use any optimizer flag ? If the Ans. is YES, What optimizer flag should I use for OpenMP ?
(2) I heard about the term "false sharing", but don't know much about it. Is this the problem with false sharing. As I need to share vary large number of arrays.
Any suggestion/ resolution will be highly appreciated.


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This is a story.
A hot headed Karate student asked a senior about the fighting skills of a particular person. The senior replied, "He is not a good fighter."
Filled with confidence, the student went up and challenged this person. When the person refused, the student launched an attack, sure that he could beat him. But with a single punch the person dropped the student and knocked him out.
When he awoke, the student protested to the senior saying, "You said he wasn't a good fighter!"
"He isn't," answered the senior. "He's a great fighter!"
Actually, I have heard about this kind of thing happening. Such a hot headed student is really lucky that he wasn't killed. But this was just a story.
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A collector which is designed to tap the thermal energy given out by the sun is called a solar thermal collector. Solar thermal collectors are mainly categorized as concentrating and non-concentrating. They can come in various sizes and are made up of various materials, depending on the purpose for which they are installed. Solar thermal collectors can be found in households, laboratories, research and development facilities, commercial buildings and industries. The main application of solar thermal collectors is the manufacture of electricity. For domestic purposes, it is used for heating water without the consumption of electricity.
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There is an increasing awareness of the depleting non-renewable energy resources Rising prices of oil has lead to consumers look at cheaper options of energy. Solar energy being available in abundance has lead to an increase in popularity of this resource. As solar energy is freely available, the only cost involved is the cost of equipment used for converting heat into usable energy. This is the one of the primary drivers for the solar thermal collectors market, as solar energy. There is an increasing demand of solar energy in developing countries such as China and India. One of the primary restraints for the solar thermal collectors market is availability of sunlight. Collectors are not very useful in regions where there is less or no sunlight due to climatic conditions, as the output will be very low. This hampers the solar collectors market in such regions. In addition, there is very low awareness of solar energy in the other developing parts of Africa and Asia. This is a key challenge to the solar collectors market.
There is an increase in demand of solar energy in the global market. Manufacturers are now looking at substitute materials which can make their products more cost effective. In addition, consumers are looking at innovations in design and application such as solar collectors for powering electronic digital products such as cell phones, watches, laptops and solar vehicles. Less labor intensive and simpler designs is also a growing opportunity in this market. Some of the leading manufacturers of solar thermal collectors include SunMaxx Solar, Solar Skies Mfg. LLC, TVP Solar, Sun Master Energiesysteme GmbH, Alternate Energy Technologies, LLC and Solar Millennium AG among others.
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Google Aims to Channel New Profits with Chromecast
Does Google have a new way of knowing what you like? The company has introduced Chromecast, a $35 device that allows you to stream web content to your TV. Heard on the Street's Rolfe Winkler joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
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Prior to Clu's takeover of the Grid in 1989, Clu developed a process to convert programs to his cause by filtering out their previous loyalties and directives and replacing them with loyalty to himself. Using secret facilities with the capacity to batch-repurpose large numbers of programs at once, he created the armies of Black Guards which were used to annex strategic portions of the Grid and to carry out the Purge.
The repurposing process at that stage, according to Dyson, was crude, leaving little of the victim's personality intact; for that reason he and Clu had determined to convince Tron to serve Clu by choice. This attempt, however, failed, though Tron was forced to watch his old security team be forcibly subjected to the change.
Various other attempts at mass repurposing techniques were developed over the cycles, including Keller's pathogenic code, but none worked well enough to come into common use; in the meantime, as a trade in stolen identity discs developed, the resulting strays were frequently turned in and secretly repurposed. Eventually Clu perfected the original process enough to leave some repurposed programs, such as Cutler, with enough of their original personalities to fool programs who had known them before into thinking they were still free. He commissioned a specialized mobile repurposing facility, carried in a giant recognizer, and dispatched Cutler, who retained all his old memories but had become a fanatical loyalist convinced that Clu had "shown him the light," to Argon City to offer Tron healing from his ostensibly irreparable wounds - to be followed by the insertion of the repurposing code. Tron, whose injuries had progressed beyond sustainability, was forced to take the offer, but explained to Beck that before repurposing could begin, he would have to be wiped clean of foreign code; if Beck could interrupt the process before the repurposing code could reach him, he could reap the benefits of the healing process without being compromised.
Upon reaching Cutler's recognizer, Tron entered the repurposing tube and his disc detached from his back and rose into the air. He raised his hands, his eyes white and blank; the corruption that had caused his injuries was removed in a stream of blue code rising from the center of his forehead up through his disc. When the blue code had stopped flowing, the device that had taken it switched to a different contact point and a stream of red code descended through the center of the disc toward Tron's forehead. However, the Renegade arrived and threw a Black Guard through the tube, shattering it and allowing Tron, fully restored, to escape.
In the subsequent battle, Beck revealed his identity to Cutler, causing a shock severe enough to briefly undo Cutler's repurposing. Cutler, confused and disoriented, painfully struggled to regain his freedom, and his circuits flickered from red to white and back again; but the code proved to be too strong and locked in irrevocably, forcing Beck to drop him and the light grenade he'd been holding over the side of the recognizer, where he derezzed.
During the following cycles, Clu did succeed in capturing and repurposing Tron, leaving him a masked, hunched figure showing little of his former personality. The repurposing process became known as rectification, and it became standard procedure to sentence dissidents, rebels and strays captured in Tron City either to rectification or to the Games. Programs slated to be repurposed were carried by Solar Sailer to the rectifier in silent, dormant batches, there to be herded into orange-hued repurposing chambers and emerge as identical sentries. By 2010, the unrectified population of Tron City had fallen drastically, and rumors of programs disappearing off the streets were connected by Zuse to Clu's "private initiative" to invade the real world with his army of recitified programs.
Tron's rectification came undone when he, having acted for many cycles as Clu's most loyal and deadly soldier, flew his light jet over the jet carrying Kevin Flynn, who was attempting to escape the Grid. The sight of Flynn's face looking back up at him allowed him to experience flashbacks to Clu's coup, distracting him from the chase. Afterward, instead of shooting down the escaping jet when Clu ordered him to, he uttered his old signature line - "I fight for the Users", - and flew his jet directly into Clu's, derezzing both jets and leaving him to plunge into the Sea of Simulation. As he sank into its depths, his red circuits flickered off and then on again, restored to their original white.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
It's back where it belongs!
It turns out I was missing a closing tag in my template.
I followed his advice and *like magic* my sidebar is side-barring again.
Thanks Patric!
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Hi Leif -- i have been an avid reader of your blog for several months now. I have blogged about you and placed you in my links section, as i enjoy reading your posts daily. I read up on your sidebar woes a while ago, and it stuck in my head, because I remember thinking "oh, the horror he must be feeling!". Oddly, tonight, I seem to have found myself in the exact same situation and I immediately thought back to your post. How in the world did you fix this? Would you be so kind as to pass along some advice? I'm desperate! My blog is i heart to blog.ReplyDelete
Hi a*pril; Thanks so much for your kind words and for including me on your blog! I'm sorry to hear you've experienced the same sidebar problem. It is apparently quite common. I was very lucky to get the advice of another TI reader, Patric King, who designs for content management systems like blogger.ReplyDelete
His advice follows:
what's going on is that the code for the content column isn't closed and so your sidebar is yanked into it. only on your frontpage template, though.
[unfortunately, a*pril, blogger won't allow me to type the html code in the comments space that Patric suggested I correct. email me at email@example.com and I'll copy and paste it back to you in a reply]
Patric's fix worked as a stop gap but there seems to have been an underlying corruption of the actual minima template I use.
Peter, of Blogger for Dummies, sent me this great advice:
there seem to be something wrong with your blog, probably the template is corrupted. I don't know, but if this blog is mine, this is what I would consider doing. I would first backup the template. Then I would try to reload a fresh template, either the same one from Blogger dashboard or a new one. If that doesn't help, I can always put the backed up template back in again.
I followed the directions on Peter's blog and if you want to give it a try you can find the link to Blogger for Dummies in my now restored sidebar, a*pril - good luck! L ;-)


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CORNWALL — The new Lemon Fair Bridge on Route 125 in Cornwall officially opened to traffic on Nov. 23 — substantially ahead of schedule, though the project won't be fully completed until next spring.
Vermont Agency of Transportation resident engineer Joe Knipes noted the project hadn't been scheduled for completion until Nov. 4, 2011. But contractors — Montgomery-based A.L. St. Onge — were able to give extra attention to the project this summer and fall as a result of the challenging economy and good weather, according to Knipes.


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LANCASTER, Ohio, June 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EveryWare Global, Inc. ("EveryWare" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:EVRY) announced today that it has entered into an amendment to extend the Company's Forbearance Agreement with the administrative agent and certain other lenders under the Company's Term Loan Agreement through July 15, 2014. In addition, EveryWare entered into a further amendment to the Company's asset backed loan ("ABL") agreement with the lenders under its ABL facility to extend the increased availability under that facility through July 15, 2014.
Sam Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of EveryWare, stated, "The agreements with our lenders provide the time we need to negotiate a long term financing solution. We thank our partners for their continued support."
The Forbearance Agreement amendment provides that the parties to the Forbearance Agreement, constituting more than 50% of the lenders under the Term Loan Agreement, will continue to forbear from exercising their rights and remedies under the Term Loan Agreement with respect to the events of default that occurred as a result of the Company's failure to comply with the maximum consolidated leverage ratio covenant and the minimum interest coverage ratio covenant for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014. The period of forbearance is now set to expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 15, 2014, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement.
In addition, the Company entered into an amendment to the Company's ABL agreement. Among other things, the ABL amendment extended the temporary increase in the Company's available liquidity from June 30, 2014 to the earlier of (i) July 15, 2014 and (ii) the date on which the Forbearance Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates prior to July 15, 2014, it will result in an event of default under the ABL agreement.
About EveryWare
EveryWare (Nasdaq:EVRY) is a leading global marketer of tabletop and food preparation products for the consumer and foodservice markets, with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Its global platform allows it to market and distribute internationally its total portfolio of products, including bakeware, beverageware, serveware, storageware, flatware, dinnerware, crystal, buffetware and hollowware; premium spirit bottles; cookware; gadgets; candle and floral glass containers; and other kitchen products, all under a broad collection of widely-recognized brands. Driven by devotion to design, EveryWare is recognized for providing quality tabletop and kitchen solutions through its consumer, foodservice, specialty and international channels. EveryWare was formed through the merger of Anchor Hocking, LLC and Oneida Ltd. in March of 2012. Additional information can be found on EveryWare's Investor Relations Website: http://investors.everywareglobal.com/.
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Barry Diller is stepping down as chairman of TripAdvisor and selling his stake in the travel-website owner to Liberty Interactive.
Liberty Interactive bought 4.8 million shares of TripAdvisor Inc.'s common stock from Diller and The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation for a total of about $300 million, making it the travel website's new majority shareholder.
Shares of TripAdvisor jumped 8.2 percent to $41.55 in afternoon trading Tuesday.
Diller, a former Fox and Paramount executive, said he has other obligations to attend to.
Diller will remain a director at TripAdvisor, based in Newton, Mass. He also serves as chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Liberty spent $62.50 per share. It now owns and controls 18.2 million shares of TripAdvisor's common stock and 12.8 million shares of its Class B common stock. That's about 22 percent of the equity and 57 percent of the total votes of all classes of TripAdvisor common stock.
Jefferies analyst Brian Fitzgerald said the deal will "makes TripAdvisor's ownership structure less complicated and will potentially lead to more streamlined execution" but won't change the company fundamentally.
The Jefferies analyst kept a "Hold" rating on the stock, saying he was positive about TripAdvisor's long-run prospects but believes the economy and strong competition will hinder it in the short term.
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Greg Maffei, Liberty's president and CEO, called TripAdvisor a leader in the travel industry and said the increased investment in the company will be a strong addition to Liberty's portfolio.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb men's cross country team posted its best finish ever at the Atlantic Sun Championships, coming in fourth in Saturday's race at Percy Warner Park.
The Bisons finished with 90 points as a squad, behind USC Upstate (69), Kennesaw State (79) and host Belmont (84).
Lipscomb's runners were paced as they have been all season by Isaiah Greer. The junior finished 11th in the eight-kilometer run with a 25:44.56s mark, earning his first career All-Conference second team accolade.
Joining Greer as an all-conference honoree was junior Ashton Fisher. He finished 13th, just behind Greer at 25:50.29s.
"Ashton Fisher really stepped up for us today," said Lipscomb head coach Bill Taylor. "Really, everyone performed well and I'm pleased with the effort."
With Greer and Fisher earning spots on the second team, it marks the first time Lipscomb has placed two runners on the All-Conference squads in one A-Sun Championship.
Junior Geoff Musick (25:59.23s) and freshman Ryan Gadsey (26:02.77s) finished 18th and 19th, respectively. That finish earned Gadsey a spot on the All-Freshman team, making him Lipscomb's first freshman honoree since Nathan Brame in 2008.
Junior Ben Wright rounded out the scoring for the Bisons, finishing 29th with a 26:20.74s mark.
USC Upstate's Gilbert Kemboi won the individual title. while ETSU's Filip Javoly was named Freshman of the Year.
Today's finish may serve to heal some disappoints from last season. The Bisons entered the 2010 A-Sun championships ranked fifth in the conference, but stumbled to a ninth-place finish.
The men's team will be back in action, Nov. 12, at the NCAA South Regional in Tuscaloosa, Ala., hosted by the University of Alabama.
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We're 8 days into 2013 and I decided it was about time for a new LLB buffalo sauce recipe!
I already slathered buffalo sauce all over chicken in my Baked BBQ Buffalo Chicken recipe so I knew I had to mix it up this time. I decided instead of putting the buffalo sauce on the chicken, I would put it IN the chicken!
But then what would go on the outside? Bacon of course.
Searing this delectably meaty dish on the stove, then finishing it in the oven gives it perfectly crisp bacon and deliciously juicy chicken!
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 2 tbsp cream cheese
- 1 tbsp blue cheese dressing
- 1 tbsp buffalo sauce
- 1 tsp blue cheese crumbles
- 1 chicken breast
- 3 slices bacon
Begin preparing the recipe by combining the cream cheese, buffalo sauce, blue cheese dressing and crumbles in a blender or food processor.
Next, slice a chicken breast through the middle and spread the mixture inside.
Fold the chicken breast over the buffalo blue cheese spread.
Now wrap the chicken breast with the bacon and place it into a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
Sear for 5 minutes, then flip.
Sear for an additional 5 minutes then place into a 375° oven for 10 minutes. Flip, then cook in the oven for an additional 10 minutes or until bacon is crisp on the outside.
Remove from the oven and place over a bed of mixed greens.
Slice open and dig in!
I prepared this delectable little dish for myself, but the recipe could easily be doubled or quadrupled to serve 2 or 4!
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We've seen vegetables transformed into musical instruments, but we haven't read nearly enough news stories about legume-based artillery. Thankfully, this blurb from the November 2, 1907 edition The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican satisfies our inexplicable craving for 105-year-old news stories about angry farmers shooting annoying children with peas on Halloween. To wit, from TWO BROTHERS FILLED WITH PEAS:
The boys had greatly annoyed a neighboring farmer last Hallowe'en, and this year he waited for them with a double-barreled shotgun loaded with peas. The boys approached his place and he let fly with both barrels, and his marksmanship was excellent.
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History A visit to Galena is truly like stepping back in time. Fully eighty-five percent of Galena's buildings are in a National Register Historic District. Even the scenic beauty of the surrounding hills and valleys is a testament to being untouched by time. The Glaciers that flattened most of North America during the ice age did not encroach on Northwestern Illinois and the immediate areas to the north and west. Consequently the hills, valleys and bluffs in this Mississippi River Valley area remain intact making it one of the most scenic areas in the Midwest. Also intact were the rich lead deposits that were first mined by the Sac and Fox Indians. In the late 1600's the French established trading posts in the area. By the early 1800's the Upper Mississippi Lead Mine District was established by the U.S. Congress, which paved the way for what would become the industry that gave birth to the City of Galena.
Galena Community The City of Galena is located in the unglaciated area of Northwest Illinois. Our rolling hills, history, 19th century architecture and opportunities for year round outdoor recreation attract nearly a million visitors a year. Galena is a safe, healthy and vibrant place to raise a family, start a business or enjoy retirement.
Attractions and Entertainment There are a wide variety of things to do and see in Galena! Stroll along Galena's Main Street and shop the art galleries, antique stores, and eclectic boutique shops. The city also offers many dining options, as well as spirits and wine shops that hold wine tastings. Discover Galena's countryside, quiet waterways and scenic vistas with a relaxing hike or kayak excursion. In the winter, there is Chestnut Mountain Resort where skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts gather. In the summer the resort offers Segway tours, Mississippi River Cruises and the Alpine Slide. Galena also offers ghost tours, historical, scenic tours and trolley rides throughout the Galena territories. In addition to all of these exciting activities Galena has many Bed & Breakfasts, vacation rentals, and spas. Residents of Galena are also blessed with plenty of places to walk, bike, hike, play golf, fish, boat, swim, and camp. It really is an amazingly unique place to live.
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Mar 2, 2012
News Update: March 2, 2012
In news about something you should do right this second if you have Netflix: Go watch Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey. The touching, heartwarming, beautiful documentary about Kevin Clash and his journey into the world of Jim Henson is now online for instant streaming on Netflix and you can watch it right this second. So why aren't you?! Work? School? Personal responsibilities? Fuh! Go watch! I finally got to see this wonderful film for myself last week and I was more than moved. I teared up, I had shivers, and I was blown away by how amazing Kevin's story truly is. Be sure to check this out for yourself if you can... but if not, Being Elmo will be available on DVD in April.
Major crazy/random news this week as everyone's favorite go-fer, Scooter, made an appearance and gave a speech at the TED Conference in Santa Barbara, California. Yes, that Scooter. By himself. Giving a speech. In 2012. I don't know how it happened either, but the TED Blog has a recap of the events and our pals at Muppet Wiki somehow found a video of the incredible appearance which you can watch below. But first... how awesome are Scooter, David Rudman, The Muppets Studio, and TED for making this happen? SO awesome.
As you all (probably) know, the Academy Awards were last weekend and The Muppets took home an Oscar for "Man or Muppet" (which was probably the most awesome thing since the movie). Well, you probably also know that there was a massive amount of pre-show content on both ABC and E! Well, on the latter, Kermit the Frog made an appearance with Glee's Darren Criss. The talented duo performed Kermit's classic "Rainbow Connection" before the Red Carpet began and... well, it was beautiful. You can watch and listen to the song on E! Online!
Speaking of the Oscars, you should also know that Kermit and Miss Piggy appeared at the ceremony to introduce Cirque du Soleil (we don't wanna talk about it). Well, the frog and the pig also made the red carpet rounds and appeared only very briefly on the red carpet telecasts. Their appearance caused such a fervor, however, that people all over Twitter mentioned Miss Piggy in their tweets with the hashtag "#bestdressed." So many people tweeted that Piggy was the best dressed, in fact, that she was the fifth most tweeted Best Dressed celebrity on the red carpet. Do you realize how major this is? Miss Piggy was voted the FIFTH BEST DRESSED ahead of Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, and countless other starlets. Also very much worth mentioning... the Best Original Song win for "Man or Muppet" was the fifth most tweeted about moment of the entire Oscars telecast. That's huge. Muppet domination isn't going anywhere, people!
And now, probably the biggest news since Scooter presented at the TED Conference (probably even bigger than that), according to huge entertainment resource, Vulture, The Walt Disney Company has tapped director of The Muppets James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller to write another Muppet movie!! This is MAJOR news. Literally less than six months after the release of The Muppets, another film has already been put into the works by Disney. If that doesn't spell confidence in the characters and the filmmakers and the performers, I don't know what does. You will, of course, notice that Jason Segel is not writing the script this go around--but not because Disney doesn't want him to. Jason is a star with huge commitments--currently starring in two feature films, writing another, and starring in his hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother. He is simply too busy to commit to writing another movie. There is no saying that Jason won't produce or appear in the movie, but it is far too soon to tell. Just don't get in an uproar, Muppet fans... unless it's an uproar about how unbelievably thrilled you are that another Muppet movie is in the works already!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, email@example.com
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does anyone have the E! footage of kermit and miss piggy one the red carpet? i see the pictures everywhere, but i can't find video of it.ReplyDelete
Amazing news Ryan. Always a pleasure to visit the Mindset!ReplyDelete
That new movie that is abnounced is that Jason Segul is not going to be in the new one that is new and so I am not sure how it will be without him because Gary and Mary were really good in The Muppets Movie that came out last year. Will they recast him with someone like Eric Jacobson?ReplyDelete
I'd rather not have Jason back to appear in the movie if I'm honest. The Muppets have never made direct sequels and I don't think they should start now!ReplyDelete
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A guest leaving an Etch A Sketch drawing is still a random act at Ormsby Hill, but it is one of the most exciting events. Every room at the inn has an Etch A Sketch, and mostly it is ignored or erased before the guests leave. Occasionally, though, a masterpiece is propped up on the mantle, or casually left on the coffee table. We reverentially admire the drawing, applaud the artist, and reminisce about our artful attempts in the olden days. We take a picture with our iphone, and then someone has to shake the drawing away because the next check-in is expected soon. All that work gone in a few flicks of the wrist…so sad.
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This architectural shell cupboard flanked the parlor fireplace in the Elijah Williams house when it was built in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1760. This house was moved in 1877 to make room for the new Dickinson High School and Deerfield Academy. The cupboard was purchased in 1879 for $10.00 by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. The upper portion of this pine cupboard, with its carved scallop shell, fluted pilasters, and curvilinear shelves, was intended for display of treasured possessions, probably ceramics and glass. The lower section is designed for storage and is closed with two paneled doors attached with foliated hinges. The hinges were probably made by Deerfield blacksmith John Partridge Bull. The red paint has been renewed, but the interior retains an old brown color and the edges of the shelves are painted green.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Chocolate Pots de Creme
For those of you wondering where I've been, I have an excuse. And I think it's a good excuse. I've been occupied with wagon rides, story time (Dr. Suess's A-B-C is our current fave), outings in our rainbow tent, and more. As a matter fact, just this evening, we had our very first dance party. Mind you, mom and dad are not exactly great dancers so I'm doubting my little one will have a future in it, but tonight, while Cookie Monster crooned away about all things cookie, my family was dancing and grooving.
Our little not-quite-10-month-old has recently figured out how to pull herself to standing. So tonight she pulled herself up and started bopping to the music, grinning from ear to ear. I tried to get a video but apparently my iPhone doesn't like to run the video camera AND Pandora at the same time... I'll be better prepared next time because the wee one was either really, really proud of herself or laughing at mom and dad's awful dance moves... I'm sure if the neighbors could see us they got quite a chuckle as well...
But more about dance parties another time. Bottom line, being a mom is just plain great and seems to get better all the time... I don't have as much time to cook, but every now and again, I get ambitious. These Pots de Creme are easy - I put them in the oven while Dad fed the baby and they were set and chilled by the time we finished dinner.
What are Pots de Creme? My husband asked me the same thing. I described it as kind of like mousse, but when he tasted it, we agreed it was denser and richer. (and yummier).
Chocolate Pots de Creme
adapted from Good Food by Neil Perry
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup milk (I used 1%)
2 1/2 oz. good quality dark chocolate
3 egg yolks
2 Tbsp. Caster or superfine sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Makes 4
Place the cream and milk in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Bring almost to a boil, then remove from heat. Add the chocolate and stir until the chocolate has completely melted.
Preheat the oven to 325F. Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla together in a bowl. Temper the eggs by adding a little of the chocolate mixture to the eggs and whisk. Add the remaining chocolate mixture to the eggs and whisk until well combined.
Pour evenly into 4 mugs or ramekins. Place in a roasting pan and pour boiling water around them about halfway up the sides of the dishes. Place in the lower third of the oven and bake until just set, about 25 minutes. Remove the cups to a wire rack to cool, then chill before serving.
Serve with whipped cream or berries if desired.
3 comments:
- The Mom Chef said...
Bravo to you and your priorities! I held on tightly to every moment of every day I had with Dudette when she was a toddler-to-be. It seems that the moment they start walking, the changes accelerate.
I adore pots de cream and this looks delicious. I may have to make these for Dudette so we can eat them together and I'll have another moment to grab on to.
PS: C is for cookie. :)
- May 19, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Kate@Diethood said...
The pots de creme look fabulous! One of my go-to desserts, always!
P.S. Yaaaay for your baby!! I was sooo excited when my little one started to pull herself up!
- May 19, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- Lizzy said...
These look excellent. My hubby asked the same thing when I first made them...and he pronounced them POTS for the longest time...I think just to make me laugh.
Have fun with your wee one...they grow up so fast :)
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Matcha Cheesecake, Apologies and an Announcement
Hello everyone!
First comes the apologies - I know I've been an extremely bad blogger this year/summer. Yes, I promised that I'd post more frequently after IB was over...but who knew that summer was going to fly past so fast?
Which leads me into the "announcement" - in the blink of an eye, I am about to embark on the next phase of my journey in life. In two days' time, I will be leaving Hong Kong for university (college) in...wait for it...*drum roll*....Montreal, Canada! So My Buttery Fingers will be moving it's base kitchen over there too!
My last month was basically filled with shopping for clothes and supplies, seeing friends off, packing things, sorting out things for college, helping out at my church's English class and a camp - hence the lack of blogging.
I really don't know what the state of my "kitchen" in Montreal will be like - will there be an oven? An electric mixer? Are there spatulas around? It's impossible that I move my tools over there so I'll just have to make do with what's waiting for me there. I'll most likely be on a much tighter budget for groceries as an overseas student, so it would be necessary to save up for baking :(
As for the recipe for this post, I bring you this baked Matcha Cheesecake I made quite awhile ago. It's from a Japanese cookbook dedicated to cheesecakes my sister gave me for my last last birthday, which she insisted I bake from. This cheesecake is not too rich but still has a great creamy texture. The matcha taste stands out quite well - with it's always refreshing taste, it makes these luscious squares fit for eating in summer.
The recipe also comes with a white chocolate topping on top, but I found it quite unnecessary as the taste didn't stand out quite well and baked into quite an unattractive colour! I would omit it next time.
Hope you'll all enjoy this for now! Next post will be from Canada (land of maple syrup, yay) !
Matcha (Green Tea) Cheesecake
Adapted from Cheese Cake Book by Junko Fukuda, Yasuyo Shida and Kumiko Yanase (Original Recipe in Chinese)
80g Digestive biscuits, crushed into fine crumbs
30g Unsalted butter, melted
250g Cream cheese
80g + 2 tsp Sugar (measure separately)
50g Whipping cream
1 Egg
1 tbsp Flour
2 tsp Matcha powder
1tbsp Brandy (I used rum)
White Chocolate Topping
20g Whipping cream
100g White chocolate, chopped
1. Preheat the oven to 160 C.
2. Mix digestive biscuit crumbs with melted butter, press into 8-in square pan. Chill until the filling is prepared.
3. Using a mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until smooth and creamy. Beat the egg in a separate bowl and mix it into the cream cheese mixture. Sift in the flour and combine.
4. Set aside 25g of the cream cheese batter. Beat in the brandy, matcha powder and the 2tsp of sugar into the remaining batter. Pour in the matcha batter into the pan, smoothen the top and chill until needed.
5. Place the cream and white chocolate into separate microwaveable bowls. Nuke the cream for 10-20 seconds until very hot, and the chocolate for 20 seconds. Mix the hot cream into the chocolate and blend well. Set aside until cool, and then mix in the previously set aside cream cheese batter.
6. Drizzle or pipe the white chocolate batter onto the matcha batter into a pattern. There might be some leftover white chocolate batter. Bake the cheesecake for 35-40 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan until it reaches room temperature, chill for 2-3 hours. Remove from the pan and cut into squares.
6 Responses to "Matcha Cheesecake, Apologies and an Announcement"
The summer flew by so fast! I agree with you 100%. I can't believe I have to start school next week. And wow, I never knew you were going to college already. I hope you have a great time in Canada. The places I went to in Canada are really pretty and they have lots of flowers. The cheesecake looks really yummy.
These look delicious! I can't wait to try the recipe myself.
Wendy, all the best in your studies! Enjoy your college life in Montreal, too! It's gonna be fun and full of surprises!
Thank you for sharing your experience on that particular matcha-white choc cheesecake recipe from Fukuda's book. I've got that book myself, have thought of giving it a shot. Seems like it's not a good one!!?? Perhaps I'll do without the white choc swirl ... THANK YOU!
Enjoy Montreal!
Jst stumbled upon your blog and I'm loving it! Thinking I shd bake 1 day..soon!
Love your blog! I'm heading to Hong Kong (from Montreal believe it or not!)in October and would like your suggestion on where I can get the best egg tarts and any other authentic pastries.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — As we sit here just 25 hours short of the magical month of March, we are reminded of the coaching cliche that declares freshmen who've played this far, this much into their initial college basketball season are no longer truly freshmen. This comes to mind because Kentucky's Harrison twins appear to be determined to wipe that one off the ledger.
They are freshmen, all right. Together they have played 1,795 minutes wearing Kentucky blue, including a combined 77 in Thursday night's 71-67 overtime loss to Arkansas, but there was rarely a hint in their time on the court they'd learned a whole lot from the 27 college games they'd played previously.
It did not go unnoticed, not by those who watched them shoot a combined 7-of-27 from the field, commit seven turnovers and pass for a mere three assists during all that time against the Razorbacks, and not by the gentleman in charge of coaching them to play like sophomores.
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There were multiple indictments from coach John Calipari, some looping in the equally dismal play of freshman wing James Young, some leaving us to draw the conclusion about which particular players he meant:
— "Our guards didn't play well. I mean, you could say shooting; I could tell you dribbling. We had three guys that had 11 turnovers between them. So our guard play was horrendous today."
— "None of the three want to take the responsibility. That's what young guys do."
— "You know what? At halftime, I needed to take a couple guys out. A couple guys shouldn't have been in the game. They should have been backups, and we should have played other people. I knew that. You're trying to nudge them to get them to go."
— "The thing that disappointed me today is even with the lead, we had two guys that gave up on the game. You know it, because you watched it and you saw. They gave up on the game."
So this is not going as was planned at the start of the year, when Kentucky (21-7, 11-4 SEC) widely was ranked No. 1 on the strength of its recruiting class, a group that has turned out to be substantially misevaluated.
Power forward Julius Randle is an exceptional talent, but he's not as comfortable on the perimeter against a genuine defense as might have been gleaned from his solid ballhandling ability and worthwhile shooting touch. In 2007-08, his one year at Kansas State, Michael Beasley connected on 36 3-pointers. Randle has made three.
Young actually is more productive than anticipated, averaging 14.6 points in nearly 33 minutes per game. But he continues to shoot painfully poor percentages because his instincts to force difficult attempts overwhelm his early efforts to play the game properly, as when he abandoned a guarded shot less than two minutes into the game to feed center Willie Cauley-Stein as he cut down the right side for what became a dunk. It was a great moment, but too rare. Young wound up shooting 4-of-12, got a single rebound and turned over the ball four times against the Razorbacks (19-9, 8-7).
And then you have the Harrisons. Andrew was supposed to be the prize of the two, a 6-5 point guard whose consensus recruiting ranking in the Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) placed him ahead of Duke's Jabari Parker. How this came to be is mystifying, because Parker arrived at Duke with a complete package of offensive skills — handle, pass, post and shoot, both off the catch and off the bounce — and Andrew is a point guard who is not an accomplished passer. On a team with three other double-figure scorers, he averages but 3.5 assists. Aaron Harrison, a shooting guard, was ranked directly behind Parker. Aaron is shooting only 30.8 percent from 3-point range.
Make no mistake, the Harrisons are terrific talents. But the overstatements that appear to have developed primarily from their inordinate size — Andrew is 6-5, Aaron is 6-6 — were a significant factor in so much being expected from this Kentucky team. In that sense, what has developed in the four months since the season began has not been all that wanting.
And yet what they showed, and Young alongside them, against the Razorbacks was not nearly enough and not nearly all they had.
Down the stretch of regulation, with 33 seconds left and Kentucky ahead by a basket, Andrew penetrated deep against the Arkansas defense and positioned himself for an easy floater. The baseline defenders held back, did not react to his entry, but he tried anyway to force a lob pass over them that Randle could not handle. Arkansas tied it with a couple free throws and forced overtime, wherein Andrew and Young each committed a turnover and, with UK down four, Aaron forced a wild long-range jumper that had little chance of connecting. It did not.
The Wildcats had held a 4-point lead with 1:13 remaining in regulation and could not close. For all the free throws they missed in this game, and there were nine in the second half, none occurred as that lead was surrendered.
"There's a lot of things we didn't do today that we usually have been doing," Randle said. "I never see a loss coming. I never go into a game thinking we're going to lose. I never go into a game thinking we're not going to put the effort out … we just didn't tonight.
"We know it's there. It's just something we've got to figure out."


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While there are still no concrete numbers in place, Nicholls State University and Fletcher Community College now have an idea of what their budgets will look like for the next fiscal year.
While there are still no concrete numbers in place, Nicholls State University and Fletcher Community College now have an idea of what their budgets will look like for the next fiscal year.
Both campuses will, yet again, see fewer dollars from the state, and students will see higher tuition and fees.
The Board of Regents has approved a $2.6 billion operating budget for all of the state's colleges and universities.
For the 2013-14 fiscal year, which began Monday, the Regents estimated Nicholls will have a total operating budget of about $51.8 million, with nearly $15 million in state allocations.
Fletcher is estimated to have a total operating budget of about $8 million, with $2.6 million in state money.
Mike Naquin, Nicholls chief financial officer, said these figures are a framework for the colleges to work with, but the budgets won't be finalized until August.
The University of Louisiana System, which oversees Nicholls, and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, which governs Fletcher, must approve each budget, he said.
The systems must also divvy an additional $10 million among their campuses, said Jackie Tisdell, UL System spokeswoman.
"That was an additional $10 million in appropriations from the Overcollections Fund added to the budget in the final days of the legislative session for deferred maintenance and general operations," Tisdell said.
Both boards are scheduled to meet in mid- to late- August.
"We have a basic idea, and we'll make adjustments as we go," said Larry Howell, Nicholls interim president and executive vice president. "The budget was all over the place until we got this."
But one thing was certain long before they received the Regents data, he said. "We're continuing to decrease."
Since 2007, Nicholls' state allocation has dropped from $37 million to just under $15 million. Last year, it was about $17 million.
"It's not as bad as it has been," Howell said, adding it's unlikely the university will have to issue widespread layoffs like it did in 2008. "But when the budget is basically 40 percent of what it used to be, it makes it a little tough."
And it puts more of a burden on the students, he said.
Two-thirds of Nicholls' operating budget will have to be self-generated by the university through tuition and fees, he said.
Nicholls students will have to pay 10 percent more in tuition next school year, jumping to a little more than $3,000 a semester.
The total amount of money the university receives from the increased tuition and fees depends on the enrollment count, Howell said, which the university won't know until the 14th day of the fall and spring semesters.
"The state has been hounding us to get away from having enrollment-driven budgets and make them mission-driven," he said. "But we're more enrollment-driven than ever before."
Years ago, Howell said, only about 30 percent of the budget was made up of tuition and fees. Now, that's 70 percent.
"Higher education used to be a public good," he said. "It's done a complete 180. It's now a personal good."
As the university copes with the cuts, Howell said, it will do its "best to offer the academic services people have become accustomed to."
But, he added, "it's becoming more and more difficult to maintain."
Fletcher Chancellor Travis Lavigne could not be reached for comment Monday.


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In order to be successful, you must have a disciplined attitude towards your goal. There are a lot of different ideas and strategies that you have to use and one of the best ways of accomplishing your target goals that you have set for yourself is to make the best plans and formulate them systematically for enjoying the flavor of success.
In order to be successful, you first need to believe in your own abilities. The law of attraction for success states that if you are confident of your own abilities and you believe that success would be yours, there is nothing in this worldthat can stop you from achieving the right target goals. So, you should believe that you can reach the top of the profession and at the same time, you need to overcome your fears.
Fear has a strong negative vibration and the type of vibration that surrounds you has a huge role to play. So, if you want to make sure that you are surrounded with positive energy and vibration, you should stick to the policy of law of attraction of success.
There is no hard core recipe for enjoying the flavor of success and so in order to become successful in the task at hand, you have to put in your best effort and then try to succeed. A lot of people have managed to scale new heights as the belief in reaching the top has paved the path for their journey to excellence.
You can also check out spiritual laws of success because success comes from positive energy and thoughts. The type of energy that surrounds you holds a lot of value. If you have positive bent of mind and you are surrounded with good and positive ideas, the likelihood of being successful becomes high. So, the next time you are looking to make a mark and become successful in the task at hand, feel free to think positive and stay focused.
The spiritual laws of success help in reaching the top of the ladder. You should stay calm and relaxed as stress, anxiety and tension shall only eat away into your peace of mind. Once the peace of mind is disturbed, you would fail to make an impact. It has often been the cause of poor performance and hence you would fail to accomplish all that which you desire. So, you must try to find out the best ways and methods that would infuse you with positive energy. Once you have channelized the right energy in your thought and working ways, you are likely to enjoy the fruits of success.
So, if you really want to accomplish and be successful at the task at hand, you should make it a point to infuse your mind with the right thinking and action. Once you are confident that you can reach your goals and you are not scaredof falling, success would kiss your steps and be by your side. So, be relaxed, stay clam and conquer the world.
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Overview: Government and Activism
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Coverage in the EncyclopediaThe Government entries of the Encyclopedia of AIDS focus on the general political process and on specific institutions of government in the United States. The response of government in other countries is covered in the entries on the various world regions.
The Activism entries focus largely on ACT UP, the flagship organization of AIDS activism in the United States and elsewhere. Activism before the founding of ACT UP in 1987 is also covered as are forms of activism that occurred in tandem with or in reaction to that carried out by ACT UP. A variety of specific activist strategies and approaches are also covered.
Entries on specific policy and legal issues are discussed in the section on "Policy and Law."
Entries on Government
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The High Price of Homophobia: HIV Prevention EducationDiscrimination is not only a social concern, but also a health-care concern. In the fight against AIDS, homophobia has been a serious barrier to HIV prevention education. In the United States, homophobia permeates social attitudes regarding sexuality and sexual behavior. Because of the strong association with gay and bisexual men at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, homophobia has had many negative effects. Among these have been inadequate HIV prevention efforts in schools and the undermining of public health initiatives for HIV prevention and research appropriate to high risk populations.
The link between societal homophobia and AIDS was established early in the epidemic, when AIDS was still known as GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency). Only later, when the disease was found to be in other populations, including women, was the name changed to AIDS.
Despite the proliferation of HIV infection and AIDS throughout the 1980s, then-President Ronald Reagan did not utter the word AIDS publicly until more than six years into the epidemic. Nor did President Reagan and his administration allocate sufficient funds to fight this preventable disease. During that period, violence toward gay men and lesbians increased dramatically. In such an atmosphere, the gay and lesbian community, as well as public health workers and researchers, had to struggle for access to even small amounts of funding.
While AIDS is a behaviorally based disease, it is caused by more than just the behaviors of people who engage in unprotected sex and needle-sharing. AIDS is also caused by the discriminatory behavior of individuals and governments. We know that gay youth, for example, are at high risk for HIV infection: by June 1996, more than 10,000 cases of AIDS had been diagnosed among men under age 25 who had acquired HIV through sex with other men. Yet, in response, we still teach gay youth to be ashamed of who they are instead of affirming them at a very vulnerable stage of their development.
In the United States, we teach several clear lessons through our laws: gay and lesbian lovemaking is a criminal act in nearly half the states; lesbian and gay relationships are unworthy of legal recognition; in more than three-quarters of the states, the civil rights of lesbians and gay men have no legal protections; gays and lesbians are unfit for military service; and gay and lesbian issues are forbidden in most classrooms. To turn around the behaviors that lead to HIV infection, then, we have to take a hard look at the societal prejudices that foster HIV infection.
As a society, we condemn promiscuity among gay men, but then tell same-sex couples who desire to make a commitment to each other that they are somehow a threat to the family. The U.S. Congress has added to the burden of the fight against AIDS when it voted overwhelmingly to prohibit the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage through its so-called "Defense of Marriage Act." In essence, the lawmakers said to the gay and lesbian community that a stable, monogamous relationship between partners of the same sex has no value in the United States. As a society, we also say that we are against unfair discrimination and prejudice, but most institutions refuse to take the steps necessary to relieve the atmosphere of anti-gay bigotry that permeates many settings. This devaluing of gay men and lesbians discourages stable relationships and invites discrimination and violence against people perceived as second-class citizens. Yet, when gay and lesbian people object to homophobia and discrimination, they are often told that they are causing a "disruption."
There are times when we need disruptions. We need to disrupt a status quo that accepts ignorance about human sexuality. We need to challenge the morality of anti-gay bigots, instead of allowing them to label all lesbians and gay men as "immoral." In the AIDS crisis, the number one factor that helps people -- young or old, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual -- to protect themselves and others against HIV is giving those people a sense that they have a bright and productive future. People must be told that they have a future and a chance at a good life. If they do not, how can they be persuaded to put on a condom, to stop drinking, to stop injecting drugs? Yet many lesbians and gay men are being sent the message that the future is going to be a lot more difficult, simply because of whom they love. Until society addresses some of these underlying barriers to HIV prevention, it cannot hope to get it under control.
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ATA holds rally against NYS tax cap
The Amityville Teachers Association and Amityville administrators held a rally late last month to bring attention to the drawbacks of the New York State tax cap. Specifically, they said the interference of Albany in dictating what school budgets should look like, coupled with Albany's unfunded mandates, are suffocating education.
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Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope
photographs by Bruce Iverson
There are many ways to look at things around us. You can look at flowers with your eyes and see beautiful colors and patterns.
Magnifying Glass
A magnifying glass makes the flower look bigger. You see details that your eye missed.
And with a very powerful microscope you can see these spiky balls. They are the grains of powdery pollen that bees collect when they make honey—and that can make you sneeze!
You might see this orb weaver spider spinning its web in your garden.
Magnifying Glass
Look closer and you can see its head and where its legs attach to its body.
If you could look at it under a microscope, you might not even know you were looking at a spider's head.
You can see a leaf with your eyes.
Magnifying Glass
With a magnifying glass you can look closer at the veins that carry food and water to the plant.
But you need a microscope to see the tiny openings on the leaf that let air in and out.
- microscope:
- A microscope is used to see things that are too small to see with our eyes alone. Microscopes can make tiny things look big.
- What form of matter are a flower, a spider, and a leaf? How you do you know?
- If you looked at a gallon of water from the ocean under a microscope, what might you see?
- Do you think it is easier to study a solid, a liquid, or a gas under a microscope? Why?


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August 2012 In Box Letters to the EditorPosted in Features on August 1, 2012
Pete's Jeep Inquiry
Being a Willys guy, I love any of the Willys stuff you guys write about. I liked hearing about the history of Pete's Jeep ["Pete's Jeep Revival," Apr. '12]. It was very cool. It is similar to what I have, a '48 CJ-2A with a 4.3L Chevy V-6, a TH350, and a Dana 300. A good upgrade I would like to see a write-up on is adding a CJ-5 fuel to the rear under the bed area. But what I would love to know is how are you running a front driveshaft with the TH350? On mine it just won't clear the tranny pan. I am planning on a two-piece shaft but would love to see how it clears on Pete's Jeep.
Paul Ferrari
Billerica, MA
Actually, the shaft barely clears, and a Baja-style jump would not be advisable. But for regular Jeeping it works great. First, it's a small, 11⁄2-inch-diameter tube for the front driveshaft, and even it gets polished. The front bolts on the pan are oval-headed Allen screws ground down to the thinnest degree. Finally, the pan itself is clearance and the lip removed or bashed in where the shaft likes to go.
Cheap Truck Challenge Returns?
Are you guys really bringing back the Cheap Truck Challenge? I know you've been stringing us along for a few years about its return, but in the May '12 issue you state it'll be here in an issue or two. My July '05 issue with the Cheap Truck Challenge is still one of my favorite reads. For the love of God, please do not yank my chain on this one or I'm gonna be pissed!
Anthony Steineke
Via email
Yes, it returns in this issue (see page 60)! I built a Toyota for this month, and next month you can read all about the challenge results.
Danger Ranger Rehash
Nice work on the Ranger project ["Ranger Rehash," Mar. '12 and ongoing]. It's nice to see them get some exposure. I have just one question: Did you know that instead of custom-fabbing in Jeep suspension parts, you could have made one call to Bryan, Brad, or Suzi at James Duff? They have everything you need to simply bolt it on and go.
I have a '90 Bronco II (these hardly get magazine exposure, but Ranger/Explorer stuff crosses over) with their coil towers and track bar locator. They also have 0.188-wall radius arms I hope to step up to later. I did it all in a garage with simple handtools, a cutoff wheel, and a 1⁄2-inch drill. I highly recommend them. Everything works as they said it would. Here's a photo of my Bronco also.
Jesse Cline
Princeton, WV
You are so right, Jesse. James Duff has been a great company since day one. We decided on Jeep stuff for the Danger Ranger only as a different low-buck option for those who like to fab out their rides.
North Africa Jeep Adventure
In reference to your editorial "An Awesome Adventure" [4xForward, May '12], I applaud your efforts to honour the 70th anniversary of the Long Range Desert Group. One comment though: Your article omits that little piece of information that credits the elite "British" forces. Also, the LRDG used mostly 30 CWT Chevy trucks (about a ton and a half). It was the SAS—again, British and "Empire" forces (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and so on)—who came from the LRDG who used the modified Jeeps.
Cooperstown, NY
We have found out so much cool information on who, what, when, and how the Allies fought in North Africa against the Axis that it boggles the mind. We embark shortly on the Awesome Adventure and yet will be back in time to give you all the details in the September issue.
So Aggravating
I have been a huge fan of you guys at for a few years since I got my first Jeep. I very rarely set your magazine down without reading it cover to cover first. I love reading about the rides, deals, and technical fixes, and even the trail articles (especially Ultimate Adventure). In the May '12 issue I found one thing that really boggled my mind. In the cover section, Straight Conversions, you guys said, "Either way, starting with a basic template can save you a ton of time, money, and aggregation on your solid-axle project." The word in question is aggregation. I looked the word up and it made no reference to axles or anything as such. I was wondering if you could help out a confused reader and get me the real meaning of what you were trying to say.
Thanks for everything you guys do there at 4-Wheel & Off-Road!
Daniel Tillett
Clay Center, KS
Well, more egg on our face. Really, we did that? Thanks for pointing it out, as aggravating as it may be.
Reader Rant
What's With Wheels?
I have been reading your magazine since I was about 6 years old, many moons ago, and for the life of me I can't figure out why anybody that actually takes their rig off-road would have any larger wheel than 18 inches. I know there are a lot of pretty boys out there and ones wanting to be super rappers with 24s and 26s, but I don't see it. My Chevy runs best on 39.5s, and I want Boggers! I can't find anybody that makes a good-looking 16.5 wheel; guess I have to go with a Bart or Eaton. Up until the '90s they were all over the place. How hard is it to make something in a CNC machine nowadays? I would pay for good-looking wheels! Thanks for your time. Just aggravated trying to find wheels.
Bill Stagaman
Via email
Actually I like the look of Eaton wheels as well as Bart. But the 16.5 size is dying a rapid death; 18s are the new standard size. Looks and style always factor into design, as you have noted. But the biggest technical reason for large wheel sizes is the room needed for bigger disc brakes. This safer brake package dictates wheels, although 20s aren't generally needed. We try to have a proportional size on our wheels. For instance, a 33-inch tire on a 20-inch rim just isn't right because the sidewall is not good for off-road use, but a 42-inch tire and 20s seem just fine.
What Column? What?
I know I'm writing to the In Box, but nuts, I'm confused! In Mar. '12 you did a feature on an incredibly cool Cummins-powered Wagoneer ["Powered-Wagon"]. This article states that the waggy is running a '98 Ford high-pinion Dana 60. Last time I checked, Ford didn't build any fullsize trucks in 1998 with the exception of light-duty IFS F-250s based on the F-150 platform. That was the break between the '90s square body style and the '99 Super Duty. Now, I was wrong once in 1994. Please say I don't have to relive that pain.
Great mag. I have been a subscriber for years and will be one as long as Péwé welds in sandals.
Scott Anderson
Granite Falls, WA
I was wrong once too, but then I found out I was mistaken. It was also in 1994 while I was welding in sandals.
Tech Editor Fred Williams explains: The high-pinion is an '89 Ford front axle. After '91 Ford used ball joint knuckles, and this axle is a kingpin version.
Mighty Toyota Hilux
I'm an officer in the Philippines Air Force, and I'm proud to say that I've been an avid reader for years. Because I do not have a subscription to your magazine I sort of improvise on how to get a copy. A visit to the shopping mall would not be complete without grabbing two or three issues of my 4x4 bible. I do this by picking patiently on stacks of assorted magazines until I find yours. I can't express how much I enjoy reading and learning from the articles. And because of your magazine I opted to buy my first 4x4. I'm a proud owner of an '82 Toyota Hilux. It needs a lot of work to make it really look good, and I'm working on that thanks to your tips. I'm open to suggestions. If you have a spare license plate or stickers for an overseas fan, I'll be glad to have them. Thanks, and more power!
Ariel Dickson Almeda
You will find a whole story on building up a first-gen Toyota as a capable trail machine in this issue as part of our Cheap Truck Challenge (page 62). Lots of the info will be applicable to your ride as well. Thanks for taking the time to search us out!
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