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Tomlin announced Tuesday that Jonathan Dwyer would be his starting running back moving forward. Tomlin doesn't like backfield committees, and he's decided Dwyer has "consistently been the most productive guy" for the Steelers this season.
No one ran well in the Steelers' fumblefest loss to the Cleveland Browns, but Rashard Mendenhall just doesn't look 100 percent. Isaac Redman will back up Dwyer and Mendenhall has been dropped to third on the depth chart, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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"Right now, Charlie Batch is our quarterback, we have other guys working and we will see where those guys are later in the week," Tomlin said via Steelers.com.
Those guys are Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich. Tomlin said the Steelers will leave the "door open" for Big Ben to play and that he's "got a chance" to suit up.
Tomlin also sounded positive about wide receiver Antonio Brown (ankle) and safety Troy Polamalu (calf) returning to the field this week. Both players will practice Wednesday. It won't be too long before the Pittsburgh Steelers look like the Pittsburgh Steelers again.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Lees-McRae junior Ryan Trask and senior Devan Mackey earned individual titles in their respective field events on day one of the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships Friday afternoon in Banner Elk, N.C.
Trask (Cobleskill, N.Y.) was one of three Bobcats to finish in the top 10 of the javelin while winning the contest with a throw of 48.26 meters, besting his closest competitor by 3.50 meters. Dual athlete Evan Webb (Salisbury, N.C.) placed fifth with a distance of 38.76 meters while Joshua Godwin (Pleasant Grove, N.C.) grabbed seventh at 37.84 meters.
Senior Mackey (Hickory, N.C.) impressed by winning the hammer throw with a distance of 41.02 meters while Godwin earned his second top-10 of the day by finishing ninth with a distance of 30.35 meters.
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n an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when, or if, it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens, town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing "even murder" to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
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Tilman Richards, DDS provides a new way to treat gum disease with the Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure. He treats many patients suffering from gum disease, yet he realizes that many others who have this disease do not seek periodontal disease treatment from their dentist. In fact, millions of American adults go untreated each year. In order to curb the incidence of gum disease in Corpus Christi patients, he has certified on the new FDA cleared LANAP procedure. LANAP uses a highly specialized laser, the PerioLase MVP-7, to remove the disease from the mouth of the patient.
The first step in the LANAP procedure is to probe the pockets between the teeth and gums to see how far the gums have detached. The pulsing laser is then used to kill the bacteria and remove up to 90 percent of the unhealthy gum tissue. This clears the way so the dentist can remove the tartar that has collected on the teeth below the gum line with ultrasonic scalers. Next, the laser is used to help the blood clot and seal the gums to the teeth. The gums are compacted against the surface of the root so that sutures are not needed. The laser helps stimulate the bone for regeneration. Finally, the dentist may adjust the patient's bite, if necessary.
The LANAP periodontal disease treatment does not damage the healthy tissue, which means that gum recession is minimal. In addition, because the gums are not cut with a scalpel, they heal more quickly. The laser helps to control bleeding and discomfort. Most patients are able to go back to work or resume other activities the day of the procedure. This means that very little, if any, time off of work is needed to have the treatment.
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Products you can count on: beyerdynamic presents the new look DT 1350 Tesla headphones and the new DT 1350 CC version with coiled cable
Mobile Tesla Technology for Studio Professionals
Products you can count on: beyerdynamic presents the new look DT 1350 Tesla headphones and the new DT 1350 CC version with coiled cable
Heilbronn, April 2013: Whether in the studio or on stage, sound technicians, broadcasters, musicians and DJs all need the same thing: completely reliable technology. But the new DT 1350 and DT 1350 CC professional Tesla headphones prove that sound and comfort don't have to go by the wayside.
Thanks to beyerdynamic's own Tesla technology, these professional headphones provide impressive sound performance in any working environment, along with a more comfortable fit for even the longest listening sessions. Professional-quality workmanship ensures a long service life, making the DT 1350 and 1350 CC good long term investments.
The new DT 1350 – more reliable than ever
The DT 1350 Tesla headphones were introduced two years ago as the first professional Tesla headphones on the market, and have since garnered praise from numerous experts. beyerdynamic engineers have carefully optimized the design of the DT 1350 to offer even more practical advantages. In the new DT 1350, the proven durability of the housing with its 90° rotating ear shells has been enhanced with optimized components for demanding applications. Parts including the headband padding which are subject to high stress can now easily be replaced by the user to ensure uninterrupted use of the headphones. The DT 1350 was designed with a relatively high contact pressure to ensure optimum sound insulation even in loud environments. The ear cushions of the new DT 1350 have been expanded from 63 to 67 mm to better distribute the pressure of the supra-aural earphones and provide a more comfortable fit.
Softskin cushions are fitted as standard but these can be replaced with an optional artificial nubuck leather type, which provides added comfort and delivers slightly lower ambient noise isolation.
To ensure that the DT 1350 is securely connected to the source, this model features an elongated 1.5 m connection cable with extremely durable polyurethane sheathing to protect it from being crushed, e.g. if a case is accidentally closed on it during transport. The optional DT-Extension studio-quality 3 m extension cable with a combined 3.5/6.3 mm jack plug and the same heavy-duty polyurethane sheathing is also available. The extension with a 3.5 mm stereo jack socket is threaded for a completely secure connection to the cable or the plug of the headphones.
DT 1350 CC – The flexible alternative
Every application has its own individual requirements - in certain situations, a straight cable isn't always the best fit. Either it's too short and limits your movement, or it's too long and gets in the way. beyerdynamic offers an alternative for just these situations: the DT 1350 CC. The "CC" in the name stands for "coiled cable". With a resting length of 1.5 meters and an extended length of approx. 3 meters, the DT 1350 CC's expand the users' operating range without posing a tripping hazard when working closer to their equipment.
Tesla – the new synonym for top-quality sound
The Tesla driver technology developed by beyerdynamic has an excellent reputation both in professional circles and among hi-fi users. This reputation is founded on top-quality technology that was "Made in Germany". The fully redesigned Tesla sound transducers feature an innovative system layout to provide a magnetic flux with virtually no energy loss. In conventional dynamic systems, the magnet is located in the center, which limits its maximum size. In the Tesla design, a ring-shaped magnet is placed around the coil. The result is that more energy is sent where it's needed: right into the air gap around the voice coil. There's no magnetic core behind the center of the membrane to block the sound components that are radiated backwards. The music can breathe more freely, like the voice of a musician standing in the middle of the studio or on a large stage, instead of singing right into a wall. Exceptionally warp-resistant multi-layer sandwich membranes for effective suppression of break-up vibrations and distortion are the finishing touch on the Tesla driver. Another special feature of the Tesla earphones is the entirely metal system design. This prevents parts of the housing from vibrating uncontrollably and distorting the sound. The metal also effectively shields the structure from electrical interference fields.
The result is a highly accurate, natural sound without disruptive distortion or resonances, as well as an incredibly high level of efficiency. Even the smallest sound problem in the studio or performance area can be detected and immediately fixed. With a maximum sound pressure of 129 dB, the DT 1350 and DT 1350 CC deliver an output to cope with even the loudest of venues – for health reasons, exposure to excessively loud noise for long periods of time is not recommended. But the advantages of the highly efficient Tesla technology are clear, even at low volumes. With its fine dynamic qualities, the DT 1350 and DT 1350 CC reveal the most subtle acoustic details, enabling sound engineers to create perfect mixes that even the most demanding music lovers will appreciate.
Both the acoustic and the mechanical qualities of the DT 1350 and DT 1350 CC, combined with their light-weight and compact dimensions, make them the perfect all-rounders for professionals.
Both are available from specialist retailers as of mid-June.
Touch it, hear it, love it – the DT 1350 and DT 1350 CC at Prolight + Sound
Prolight + Sound, held in Frankfurt from April 10-13, 2013, offers a great opportunity to discovery the qualities of the new DT 1350 and DT 1350 CC headphones: beyerdynamic, Hall 8.0, Stand J21
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- Optionally available with a coiled cable (DT 1350 CC) for more freedom and flexibility while working
- High-performance components which are optimized for demanding applications
- Cable with polyurethane (PUR) sheathing for extreme durability
- Easy-to-replace headband padding
- Larger ear cushions (increased from 63 mm to 67 mm) for a more comfortable fit
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- Optional DT-Extension 3.0 m studio-quality extension cable with polyurethane sheathing and a 3.5 mm threaded connector with a 6.35 mm threaded adapter
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|Weight without cabele:
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By Stina Backer for CNN • Updated 28th May 2012
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"Real photographers don't take photographs, they make photographs," says Eileen Ramsay, who is widely regarded as one of the world's great yachting photographers.
The feisty 96-year-old Brit should know. A pioneer in her field, she is credited with being the first yachting photographer to shun the safety of the tripod and compose her pictures while dangling off the side of a boat -- all in quest for the ultimate action shot.
"Other photographers would stand in the middle of their boats taking pictures of big yachts with plate cameras, so I developed my own style -- taking my pictures as close to the water as possible," recalls Ramsay.
Water-level photography, now an industry standard, quickly became her signature shot, but it was neither easy nor cheap. While adamant that she never dropped one of her German-made Rollerflex cameras overboard, the saltwater took its toll on her equipment nonetheless.
"I used to make sure I shielded the camera under my buttoned-up anorak, but the saltwater would still get to it. Even though I cleaned them after each session, they would quickly get stiff because of all the salt," says Ramsay, whose career has been immortalized in a new book by fellow photo-journalist and Brit Barry Pickthall.
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It has taken Pickthall over a year to complete the glossy hard-back book, regally titled "Eileen Ramsay: Queen of Yachting".
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"It only took so long because Eileeen was so prolific. She kept immaculate records of her work and she remembers every photograph she's ever taken, which meant that she would immediately pick up on things if I didn't get it right," says Pickthall, a former yachting correspondent who now runs a photo agency that specializes in nautical photography.
Drawn to picture-taking from a young age, Ramsay began her professional career in 1937 as a 22-year-old receptionist at a photography studio outside London.
But as war clouds gathered across Europe and the call to arms began, the owner of the studio discovered that his personal services would be required to record the impending conflict, so he gave each of his staff a camera and told them to go out and take some "interesting" photographs. The one to come back with the best pictures would take over the studio in his absence during the war.
"I didn't know anything about cameras then, but my pictures were judged the best and I got the job," says Ramsay, who spent the war years honing her skills in portrait photography by taking pictures of soldiers and their girlfriends.
After the war she decided to go at it alone and set up her own studio in London, taking on any commissions that came her way from magazines and newspapers. In 1953, she and her boyfriend decided to move closer to the ocean, and after purchasing a 28 foot (8.5 meter) ex-Royal Air Force boat that they moored at the end of their garden, she set out to make her mark in the nautical world.
enjoyed a post-war explosion in Britain, and it was during the 1950s and 60s that Ramsay's yachting photography career really took off. It's this period that Pickthall has tried to capture in his book.
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"I feel it's very important to save Eileen's archive. Her early pictures of our sailing pioneers have great significance when recording Britain's sailing history," says Pickthall, adding that grown men were "moved to tears" at the sight of her original photos, which he brought to a boat exhibition last year.
"All these people were gobsmacked, they couldn't believe these photos existed. They kept spotting themselves as children as they flicked through her albums," says Pickthall.
As for Ramsay, she is not fazed by her new moniker as the "Queen of Yachting".
"I knew I was original back then," she says bluntly, before adding: "You know, when you are 96 years of age, nothing can really faze you."
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Director Alexander Payne was greeted like a hometown hero Saturday night -- more than 1,500 miles from his native Omaha.
Nearly 300 actors, writers, producers, crew members and students crammed into the Sherry Lansing Theatre on the Paramount Studios lot for a Q&A and screening of Payne's newly released "Nebraska."
The Oscar-winning writer and director of "The Descendants," "Sideways" and "Election" was the guest speaker at the event, organized by the Nebraska Coast Connection, an unusual support group of Nebraskans who work in the film and TV industry.
The black-and-white film, with its depiction of small-town life in the Cornhusker State, is a point of pride for the group, which includes more than 1,000 people. In the movie, Bruce Dern plays an aging and acerbic man who travels across the Midwest with his son to claim a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
"This movie has such a resonance for us because so many of us grew up in small towns," said Todd Nelson, the group's founder and a freelance television producer for CBS. "I'm so proud that [Payne] has introduced Nebraska to the world in a way that isn't just football and Bruce Springsteen," who made a best-selling album named after the state.
Billing itself as the "Nebraska mafia of Hollywood," the Nebraska Coast Connection hosts monthly panel discussions with prominent Nebraskans, who come to talk about their work and offer advice to aspiring writers, directors and actors.
The meetings are typically held at the historic Culver Hotel in the old offices of Culver City founder Harry Culver -- born in Milford, Neb.
The state's roots in Hollywood run deep.
"We have Harold Lloyd, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, Dick Cavett -- we're a proud bunch," Payne said.
Payne has been a longtime supporter of the Connection, coaxing cast and crew members from his films to be guest speakers.
"I'm sure other states have some organizations, but I bet none of them are as large and well organized as the Nebraska Coast Connection," Payne said. "It feels like being home."
Nelson, a University of Nebraska graduate, launched the first Hollywood salon in 1992 with the help of the University of Nebraska Foundation, initially as a way to help his fellow home-staters network.
"Every job I had I would meet other Nebraskans, and none of them knew each other," said Nelson, whose company Braska Films makes promos for CBS Studios International. "I thought if we could just band together, there must be 20 or 30 of us. Our first event, we had 200 people."
The group's network includes such high-profile figures as Marg Helgenberger, star of CBS' "CSI" and "Intelligence"; Nick D'Agosto of Showtime's "Masters of Sex"; Tim Schlattmann, writer and producer of Showtime's "Dexter"; and Jon Bokenkamp, writer and creator of NBC's "The Blacklist."
Bokenkamp, who was a guest of the group last month, said the Nebraska Coast Connection gave an early boost to his career. He was fresh out of film school at USC and parking cars for a living when he met Nelson at one of the group's events. The two hailed from the small city of Kearney, Neb., and quickly became friends.
Nelson encouraged Bokenkamp to enter a screenwriting contest, which he won, launching his career.
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Bokenkamp's fellow Kearney native, Schlattmann, was a guest in fall 2011.
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NBA center Jason Collins became the first male athlete still active in a major professional sport to come out as gay on Monday, and his revelation has caused many athletes to show him their support. A sampling:
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I am so proud of my bro @jasoncollins34 for being real. #FTheHaters bit.ly/12J9el5— Baron Davis (@Baron_Davis) April 29, 2013
The time has come. Maximum respect. RT @baron_davis: I am so proud of my bro @jasoncollins34 for being real. ... tmi.me/TGSBh— Steve Nash (@SteveNash) April 29, 2013
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Have known @jasoncollins34 & his family for years. Great people/family. Proud of Jason today. Tons of courage.— Kurt Rambis (@KRambis) April 29, 2013
Big kudos to @jasoncollins34. Living proof that your sexuality has nothing to do with your athletic ability. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/… #salute— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) April 29, 2013
Well done Jason Collins- you are a brave man. And a big man at that:) 1981 was the year for me- 2013 is the year for you:)— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) April 29, 2013
NBA center Jason Collins says he is gay
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The season of Advent is about anticipating our celebration of the coming of Christ into the world. But it is also about anticipating His second coming into the world at the end of time. For that reason, our pastor gave a sermon yesterday titled "End Times – A Lutheran Perspective."
It was a very interesting and informative sermon. He talked about the many attempts of mankind and the church to predict the exact time when the end will come, even though Jesus clearly said, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32.
He also talked about the various perspectives on the end times and the thousand-year reign of Jesus written about in Revelation. There is the pre-millennial view that the thousand-year reign hasn't yet started. There is the post-millennial view that the thousand-year reign has already passed. And there is the amillennial view that the thousand years is a figurative timeframe instead of a literal one.
But the most important thing our pastor said during the whole sermon took up only six little words: "This is not a salvation issue."
Whether you believe the rapture and tribulation are still to come, that the church is experiencing the tribulation now, or something else does not affect whether you have salvation in Christ. What matters is if you believe God came to this earth as Emmanuel and then died on a cross to pay for your sins.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV)


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Since many of you asked about the sho-yu tamago (soy sauce eggs) that my mother used to pack for me in my school outings bentos, here's the recipe for them. Well, I hesitate to even call it a recipe - it's so easy.
All you do is:
Since the soy sauce is salty enough, there's no need for extra salt or other seasonings, which makes them very portable - therefore great for picnic or school outing bentos.
These are even easier than the lazy tea eggs, but they don't really keep, so you do have to make them when you need them.
They are very pretty when cut in half or in slices, and make a nice gap filler in a regular bento box.
Flavor wise, miso marinated eggs or the lazy tea eggs, but both methods take some time. When you are in a hurry these soy sauce rolled eggs do fine.
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OOH Thank you! I went looking for them yesterday on your site. ;) Happy happy.
it's been a long time since I havent made these! they're easy enough but I just never think of them….
I was planning on experimenting after I saw your post. It will be nice to have the recipe. Thanks!
I'm so happy to see this! Ever since i left Japan last summer i was wondering how to make those yummy brown eggs i had. Thankyou!
Thanks for the tip on rolling eggs around to keep the yolks in the middle. I've never heard that before and it makes sense. Your kitchen wisdom is much appreciated.
Another good way to keep the yolk in the middle is to store your eggs in the crate on it's side. Learned this from Alton Brown's Good Eats show :)
Like this: http://www.georgiapellegrini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/DSC_00041.jp...
Or if you just have 1 crate, lean up against side of refrigerator.
So, simple, yeah. I'll def be making some of those for my obento. :)
I have never had these before - can't wait to make them. thanks!
Those are pretty!! I am going to have to try that!! Thanks for the directions. :)
Normally, I don't like hard boiled eggs, but I think if I tried this variation, I might actually like them! I love how simple this is. Thanks!
I'm going to try these eggs. They look easy to make.
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My son has fallen for bentos as quickly as I did. I'll have to try these, since we both love boiled eggs in our bento lunches!
Thanks for the recipe! You've been invaluable in helping me learn how to pack healthier lunches for us.
i never got these. i'll have to try them out. this would work GREAT in the bear egg mold. LOL
Oh, much easier than tea eggs! Thanks, I'm going to try this next week!
i will definitely add shouyu tamago in my bento for my nihongo exam this sunday! thank you for the recipe.
Those look so delicious! They remind me of a Korean variety my mother would buy, and I've since learned to make. It involves boiling beef brisket in water until the water reduces by half, adding a cup of soy sauce, peeled garlic bulbs, and peppers. After the meat was done, you add the boiled eggs in the beef/soy/garlic/pepper broth until they're the same beautiful brown color. To make bitesized versions, I'll sometimes substitute quail eggs. Then serve shredded beef, eggs, and the veggies, if you don't mind strong flavors, with rice.
Thank you! Now I know how to make them. =)
…and this is the first time i've heard of rolling eggs in the pot to keep the yolk centered. this is probably old news to most people, but great tip!
nom nom nom!!! Just finished an egg as a late night snake and boy was it tasty! thanks!
Thanks for the instructions!
The soy sauce eggs i usually have at my fav ramen place usually have soft semi runny yolks though. Do you have instructions for that ?
I may or may not have already asked this question somewhere either on Just Bento or Just Hungry and i don't doubt others have asked as well… but when when you have a recipe asking for Soy Sauce, what kind do you mean? I'm Chinese, and I have 3 soy sauces at home, general Light soy and Dark soy… then the readily available in supermarkets Kikkoman soy sauce… Where does Kikkoman soy sauce fall in the dark/light scale anyway? I could never figure it out as it's darker than light soy and less salty but lighter than dark soy… leaving me moderately confused @_@
What a funny colour. I remember the tea eggs, it was a real surprise for me.
These look rally interesting and a good change for my bentos, I'm going to try soon !
thanks for sharing this. This does sound easier than tea eggs. Not having to pack soy sauce for the eggs sure sounds good for my ears. haha.
I like to make soy sauce eggs, too, but I never actually knew how you were supposed to do them before. I always just peeled them and plopped them in a Tupperware full of soy sauce and stuck them in the fridge. I guess that's what happens when you only see things in pictures and try to improvise them. hehe Mine get pretty dark, and they're probably saltier than these guys come out, but I feel okay about leaving them in the soy sauce in the fridge for a few days (if I can avoid eating them that long), since they're almost kind of sort of pickling themselves. I'll have to try this method instead. Yours look just like bento book photos! :D
drools all over I'm so gonna try this next week, and I bet i'm gonna love it =D what i do know for sure is that they will look good on any bento box 8)
You can also have colorful eggs by boiling them with onion skin :-) The more brown the onion, the better. The final color is similar to the sho-yu version
I tried these out with ramen and it was so good! It very simple and a nice deviation from normal hard boiled eggs. And thanks for the tip about the yolk! I never knew about that. :D
I made these Friday night, but I misremembe4red the recipe and cooked them on low heat until the soy sauce was almost gone. It took probably about half an hour and hoo boy are they salty! Addictive anyway, though.
Now that I've reread the recipe, I'll have to make more.
This has quickly become a staple food for me. I usually have a couple boiled eggs in the fridge to grab for breakfast on the run, and now I've been eating them shoyu—so nice and warm, much more delicious than cold with salt! I need to figure out how to make a slightly spicy variety. Thanks!
I have four peeled hardboiled eggs slowly simmering in Aloha Shoyu. The eggs are sticking to the bottom of the pan. How can I prevent the sticking so I get blemish-free eggs?
They look delicious, but damaged.
i tried this last weekend and i loved it. the recipe was so simple but i would never have figured it out on my own. :P next time, i am going to perfect it without the nicks. thank you!
My kids like boiled eggs, but I always have to help them with the salt. When I saw this blog it was like lightbulb!! And they loved them, ate them right up. My boyfriend remarked that they still looked like they had the shell on. Such a great and simple idea, thank you!
I finally got around to making some of these last night (I'm remodeling my kitchen and it's been Out of Order) and I'm in LOVE! I used tamari and kept rolling the eggs around until the tamari was as thick as a syrup. Wonderful flavour and just the right amount of saltiness. I made the "lazy tea eggs", too, and I like them, too. Can't wait to see what another day in the fridge will do for them…
I actually tried these the other night and they turned out great, although I think I used a bit too much soy sauce. Anyway, even my Mum who is quite sceptical towards soy sauce liked them. So thanks for such an easy and tasty recipe!
Will have to try these soy sauce eggs!! I used to get annoyed finding some eggs hard to peel—after researching the problem I learned that older eggs do better than new eggs for peeling. For hard boiled eggs, try using eggs that have been in your fridge a week or two… they will be easier to peel once cooked!
I used to love these when I was in Japan, but I always wondered how to make them. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, I could have never guessed it was so simple! I made some today, and though the surface was far from perfect after peeling, the eggs were great. What a pretty, yummy snack =9
Thank you so much for this, Maki! My husband will never eat the yolk of a hard-boiled egg. He always throws them away, making me weep inside for the waste of good food. But, I made these today and my husband ate the whole thing, yolk and all! No wasted food! It really made my day.
This my 1st time visiting this website.i just fall in love exspecially Sho-yu Tamago (look easy).This EGG will be My first japaness dish.im so blur with some japanes ingredient,i also like to try the carrot too but im blur with the ingredient can u tell me more?i afraid would get the wrong things from the shoping rack. thks
loved these when I tried them. in my opinion, these taste better after they've been in the fridge for a few hours as the soy sauce starts to sink into the egg more.
And sooo addictive! I think I could change my diet completely to soy sauce eggs if it wasn't for health considerations...
Also, it's something even my boyfriend can cook, which is always a plus ;)
I made these last night but used part tamari, part soy sauce and put some Makato Ginger dressing in the tamari/soy mixture. I also used a basting brush to keep them moving around in the pot. They were great, we all loved them.
Off topic: Have you checked out the foods-to-go section of The Container Store website? They have inexpensive 'lunch cubes" both divided and not and other lunch accessories. The folding beetle spoon/spork is cute.
My kids loved these and ate them all up. They asked for them again the next day! Thanks again Maki for another great recipe.
My mom covers them with soy sauce, wine, beef, seaweed, tofu, etc. in a large pressure cooker. I find this version very interesting.
I especially love eating the eggs fresh. After a few days in the pot in the fridge, the egg white turns entirely brown. They're still edible, though.
I'm going to have to try hard boiling eggs that way ^_^ Usually I just toss them in a small pan, fill with water and boil for 7min (as long as it takes me to get everything else ready).
One trick I picked up for peeling eggs without nicks that I thought i'd share;
right after you take them out of the hot water, refill the pan with cold and start pulling them out. Quickly crack the eggs up (roll method works for me) and try to peel them under a running tap of cold water. This gets a little warm, but the running water keeps you from actually burning your hands and it gets under the membrane to help lift it with the shell. Usually I can get the shell to slide off most of the way, using the pad of your thumb as you would a parring knife once you get a spot where the membrane has come off with a piece of shell.
Off to try these eggs ^_^
I just made these earlier in the week, and they turned out okay. They still tasted pretty awesome, but I suck at peeling eggs, so they were definitely blemish-full! Also, like someone said earlier, the eggs tended to stick to the bottom, and bits of eggs came off when I rolled them around. Any suggestions? (Either for peeling eggs better, or keeping them from sticking to the pan?) Thanks!
Even if I don't get them perfected, these were super tasty and my bf loved them, so I might make them often even though they were not perfect!
ZOMG, so delicious.
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During his keynote speech at the National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle, he said the "Bible's bullsh**" about homosexuality should be ignored — much like how people ignore what the Bible says about slavery and how brides should be stoned to death if they're not virgins.
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I was not attacking the faith in which I was raised. I was attacking the argument that gay people must be discriminated against—and anti-bullying programs that address anti-gay bullying should be blocked (or exceptions should be made for bullying "motivated by faith")—because it says right there in the Bible that being gay is wrong. Yet the same people who make that claim choose to ignore what the Bible has to say about a great deal else. I did not attack Christianity. I attacked hypocrisy. My remarks can only be read as an attack on all Christians if you believe that all Christians are hypocrites. Which I don't believe.
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2014 Mini Cooper Clubman: New Car Review
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The 2014 Mini Cooper Clubman is basically a Cooper hardtop with an extra 3.2 inches of length between the front and rear wheels and another six inches behind the rear wheels. This gives the Mini adult-size legroom in the back seat and much more cargo space. It also employs a nifty rear-hinged third door on the passenger's side and barn-door-style cargo doors. In other words, the Clubman is a Mini Cooper for small families, not just single slingers.
The good news is that, aside from being a little heavier, the Clubman is every bit a Mini Cooper from behind the wheel, with the same energetic character and sports-car-like agility. On the other hand, the base engine that serves other Minis is somewhat overwhelmed here. Also, the Clubman's looks aren't for everyone, and it tends to be a love-it-or-hate-it design proposition.
What's New for 2014?
The Mini Cooper Clubman is unchanged for the 2014 model year. See the 2014 Mini Cooper Clubman models for sale near you
What We Like
Excellent engines; good fuel economy; sharp handling; very versatile for its size
What We Don't
Somewhat awkward proportions; ergonomically challenging; stiff ride with sport package; base engine feels a bit taxed
How Much?
Fuel Economy
Clubman models offer three engines. The base Clubman uses a 121-horsepower 1.6-liter 4-cylinder rated at 27 miles per gallon city/35 mpg hwy with either manual or automatic transmissions. Step up to the Cooper S Clubman and you get a turbocharged version of that engine with 181 hp. It returns 27 mpg city/35 mpg hwy with a manual or 26 mpg city/34 mpg hwy with an automatic. Topping the range is the sporty John Cooper Works trim, which offers 208 hp. It returns 25 mpg city/33 mpg hwy.
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Like all Mini models, the Clubman comes in three trim levels. Base models are simply called the Clubman (or, technically, the Cooper Clubman). If you want more performance, you can step up to the Cooper S Clubman. At the top of the range is the John Cooper Works trim.
The base-level Mini Cooper Clubman ($22,400) offers 15-inch alloy wheels, full power accessories, air conditioning, keyless entry, vinyl upholstery, HD radio, Bluetooth, vinyl upholstery and an AM/FM stereo with a CD player, a USB port and an auxiliary jack. It also comes with the car's 121-hp 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine.
Step up to the Cooper S Clubman ($26,100) and you get a turbocharged version of the base model's engine that's good for 181 hp. You also get fog lights, sport suspension, sport seats, alloy pedals and dual exhausts.
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The base Clubman's standard front seats are rather flat. (We recommend going for the optional contoured sport seats, which are standard on the Cooper S Clubman.) The chairlike driving position, however, gives the driver a remarkably grand view of the surroundings. As in the regular Cooper, the pedals are perfectly placed, and the tilting and telescoping steering wheel falls right to hand.
The audio and climate controls are not arranged as ideally, and certain controls employ stylish yet frustrating toggle switches rather than proper knobs or buttons. Material quality is also spotty. We enjoy the enormous center-mounted speedometer.
Compared with the regular Cooper's back seat, the Clubman's is limousinelike. The back seat still only seats two, but those passengers can be a pair of 6-footers, no sweat. The front passengers probably won't even have to slide their seats forward to free up more legroom. The bottom cushions are low, so those 6-footers may find their knees pointing skyward, but at least they'll fit. They should be comfortable for more than just a few miles, too. Access through the reverse-opening club door isn't as simple as a regular door, but reasonably limber passengers shouldn't have a problem.
Other Cars to Consider
Audi A3 -- If your Clubman's projected price is creeping into the high $20,000s or above, consider the base Audi A3, which provides satisfying turbo power in a premium but more traditional package.
Volkswagen GTI-- Featuring basically the same engine as the A3, the GTI is another enticing option among premium hatchbacks. It has less adrenaline in its veins than the Clubman, but the overall driving experience is more refined.
Kia Sportage -- Technically a compact crossover SUV, the Sportage has crisp styling along with an available 260-hp turbocharged inline 4-cylinder that'll knock the Clubman's socks off.
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To the Editor:
Many letters have been submitted to this newspaper in defense of locating the Emmet County Animal Shelter at the 6th Street Emporium property. But somehow, in our zeal to force our agenda, we have missed the obvious. It would be inhumane to have animals sheltered at the above-mentioned location.
The first reason is fairly obvious as railroad tracks border the entire southwest side of the property. If memory serves me correctly, it is exactly at this location that the ear piercing train whistle blows to warn traffic on Highway 9 of an intended crossing. In addition to the whistle, there is the deep rumble, and high-pitched screeching of metal upon metal as the train wheels ride the rails.
Not as obvious, but probably even more harmful, is the infrasound that is produced by the trains. Infrasound is sound that is below our ability to hear. It comes in the form of pressure waves that hug the ground as they flow over the land. It is infrasound that warns animals of an impending avalanche or tornado. It puts the animals in a panic so that they flee the area. It is God's early warning system.
To make matters worse, wind turbines also put off infrasound. While the wind turbine may seem to be a great distance from the Proposed shelter location, it is actually only 1.5 miles as the crow flies, and infrasound is able to travel great distances.
While infrasound, in and of itself, can be very harmful, it is the intersection of waves produced from two different sources that seem to be particularly bothersome to my animal.
If a semi passes to the south, while a train approaches from the north, my poor dog yelps and begins to scratch vigorously.
While the trucks on the highway are very close by, the train tracks are several blocks away and yet the infrasound seems to have no problem making the distance as it travels through other houses and vegetation before gaining entry to my house.
There is one other item of consideration, and that is the three cell phone towers that are located less than 1/4 mile from the 6th Street Emporium property. While many sources still say these towers are harmless, the numbers are increasing that say they are responsible (at least partially) for electromagnetic radiation poisoning.
There must be a property somewhere they would be better suited for these poor abused and neglected animals that are in need of shelter. God knows, and I will be calling upon Him to bring forth the right property.
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Blaming The Flickr API For Copyright Infringement?
from the APIs-don't-infringe-copyright,-people-do dept
The Fourth of July is over, but for some Flickr users the holiday's revolutionary spirit is still running strong. Apparently over the weekend a company called MyxerTones made Flickr's entire photographic catalog available for sale as cellphone wallpaper -- regardless of the license selected by each photo's owner.
For Jim Goldstein, a photographer affected by the violation, this was the last straw. He's posted a lengthy discussion of the issue in which he details other instances where his Flickr photos have been used without permission. Goldstein lays the blame at Flickr's feet, saying that their API and RSS systems suffer from "security holes" and don't properly protect users' copyrights. His post has attracted over 100 comments and nearly as many inbound links.
So what's the problem, exactly? In an early email to Flickr, Goldstein put it this way:
I want to be clear RSS feeds are not a problem for people to receive updates to view photos either in their RSS reader or through a web browser on their computer [...] Personally I like that Flickr provides tags as a means of searching and organizing. I have no problem with using this functionality for all uses other than the unauthorized publication of my work.
In other words, use of his work by RSS is fine, except when it isn't. How is Flickr supposed to know the difference? Well, it just is. And not by requiring Goldstein to mark his photos "friends only," mind you -- Goldstein doesn't want to lose the promotional value of Flickr's tag searches and RSS feeds. Flickr should know, somehow, that he doesn't mind users viewing his photos in their RSS readers, but does mind when they view them, via RSS, on Mac Mini connected to a TV that uses FlickrFan. Photos should be public, but not, you know, really public.
Needless to say, this is incoherent. If your work can be viewed on a computer it can also be copied -- and, in fact, already has been. And, if the copier so desires, they can then reuse it. It's sweet of Flickr to implement tricks like their one pixel overlays, but only a fool would think they stop any but the laziest and most insignificant pirates.
Does Flickr's API make unauthorized use of copyrighted material easier? Sure. But it doesn't fundamentally change any of the operations that can be performed on photos through the website -- it just simplifies a bit of the rigamarole associated with automating the process. In this respect it serves as a device that abets infringement. But that can't reasonably be considered a flaw or mistake, for reasons we should all be familiar with by now.
The Flickr API can be used to violate photograph owners' rights. But the fault lies with those who misuse the tool, not with the tool itself. Goldstein doesn't seem content with going after infringers, and I suppose that's understandable -- it's a neverending battle, and an unsatisfying one. But what he's asking from Flickr is both wrongheaded and technically impossible. He, and copyright owners everywhere, can choose to adapt to the rules of the digital age or to retreat from them entirely -- but rewriting them is not an option.
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I'm thinking about new challenges to start in the fall, and wondering who's interested in an art journaling challenge? Leave any thoughts below!
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I'd love life to be as it was five years ago when I could cope with weekly challenges, LOL, but although I voted for fortnightly, monthly would also be good!
I started an Art Journaling challenge at Hummie's World and it has been very popular...tailing off a bit the past month which I'm hoping is down to holidays and kids being off school, that kinda stuff!
I love art journaling as you get so many variations on pages and styles, and everything and anything goes!! I'd say what i do is on the outskirts LOL but it's what I love to create, and I use it for inspirational words that I want to look again over and over again, or else display in the house!
I'm really looking forward to seeing your new challenge!!!! x
Would Love monthly,
I really love seeing peoples Art journalling and would love to learn more about it and have a go too x
What sort of prompts would you enjoy for an art journaling challenge?
Art journaling is one of the things that I need practice with. I don't do them often, so I'm not the best at creating them. But, I adore art journaling by others! I think that I just need to stretch my wings and try it more often. The types of art journaling that I love best are the pages that focus on a certain "emotion" or how someone is feeling at the moment. I think that art journaling is a creative way to get out stress if you are feeling bad or even sad. You could use a prompt such as, "Make an art journal layout with the theme _______" or "Make an art journal layout reflecting a time that you felt ________". Something along those lines. Or you could always focus on a certain trend or aspect of art journaling right now. The use of brushes, the use of words, etc.
The digidares site probably has tons of possible prompts in their archives to give you some ideas. I've done their weekly "dare" the last two weeks in a row and have really enjoyed it.
would love to learn and participate in art journaling challenges!! any time frame would be wonderful!!
I would love to see a tutorial on Art Journaling from Kimberlee
She is AMAZING at it!
Okay, I'm confused. Someone please explain art journaling in maybe one sentence. I think I might know what you're talking about, but...... THANKS!
Is it basically scrapping without a picture? Yet a little journaling thrown in? Art inspired layouts?
Art Journalling may contain a photo but is more likely to be blended than framed.
I use art journal prompts to inspire a layout - sometimes it ends up collage like (more to the true art journal style) and sometimes I end up with something that is somewhere between a traditional layout and an art journal piece.
In a way I think that is the point - there is really no right or wrong.
Another aspect of art journalling would be that it tends more toward emotional response than storytelling.
Just my thoughts


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Brits are Europe's biggest gadget buyers - official
UK second only to US
Brits spent so much of their cash on electronics last year that the total amount of discretionary income splurged on technology in the UK ranked worldwide second only to the US.
The UK loves its gadgets
According to figures released by market watcher Euromonitor, the UK's gadget-obsessed masses spent $44.3bn (£24bn/€31bn) on electronics products in 2007. Unsurprisingly, US consumers' spending was a much larger, totaling $162bn (£81bn/€105bn).
It's worth noting that despite the noticeable financial gap between the US and the UK, there's also a sizeable gap between the UK and the rest of the world.
For example, Germany comes in third place with a total spend on electronics of $30bn (£15bn/€22bn) during the same 12 months. France and Russia took fourth and fifth positions, with purchases of electronic goodies totalling $27.1bn and $24.5bn, respectively.
Japan's tech-obsessed residents only spent $17.7bn (£10.1bn/€12.7bn) on electronics, but did splash out $275.8bn (£137bn/€190bn) on simply having fun.
Euromonitor's figures don't give any insight into which gadgets each country's consumers favoured, such as TVs in Taiwan or DVD players in Denmark. But it's worth noting that the electronics sales figures don't include mobile phone sales.
Finally, it's good to know there's one category of goods on which the British spent more than electronics: good old fags and booze, on which we spent a mighty $60bn (£34bn/€43bn) of our discretionary income last year. Hic!


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My unexpected encounter with a Sony Engineer
A few weeks ago I was invited to a good friend's wedding here in Tokyo.
One of the other invitees happened to have studied at the same engineering school as me in France, and we kind of knew each other from these "good ol' days". So the groom had decided to sit us at the same table.
We started chit-chatting. "Do you still work for MegaCorp XYZ?", I asked. "No, he replied, I've been working as an engineer for Sony for the past 5 years actually".
We started discussing what games he was working on. (I'm not going to mention the games here, because I think this could give out too much about that specific person, so I'll just say he's been working on some big AAA Title for the PS4.)
Then, out of the blue, he said, with kind of a snarky smile:
"I know you're the guy behind that hacking site, wololo.net"
That made me uncomfortable. I don't think I've actually ever met someone from Sony in real life, who knew I was into hacking their ***. Having worked for a decade in Tokyo in the IT industry, I've worked with many people who have been Sony employees, but I don't think any of them knew, or cared, about this tiny hacking blog.
I think making me uncomfortable for a minute was the effect he was looking for. Then he relaxed, and told me:
"You know, there's Sony's official stance as a company, and there's what we think on the engineering side. It's pretty well known internally that our SDKs are quite terrible, so we're always amazed at what some of you guys were able to do on the PSP with made-from-scratch SDKs. Sometimes, we'd read these hacking websites and be like: 'how did they do that? That's really awesome!"
I guess it makes sense, and in a way I've always assumed this is how it works. Sony as a company needs to protect its business, but I'm convinced that some of their tech employees are as fascinated as I am with the work of hackers. Who can be an engineer and not be excited by the art of people who manage to get devices do something people never imagined they would?
In an awkward way, I'm not sure why, but I concluded the conversation with "oh, well, you know, I was super into it back in the PSP days, but now I only follow this kind of thing distantly". Not sure why I said that. Maybe because as a grown up with a grown up life, it feels weird to admit I'm still 200% excited by console homebrew? Well, if he or his colleagues read this article at some point, now you know 🙂
We quickly stopped discussing. It was a wedding, and our wives were getting annoyed at the two geeks chatting about PS4 games and stuff.


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Grain elevators, they're right there, jutting into the horizon, a silhouette on the skyline of many Kansas towns so familiar they're almost taken for granted, yet they are vitally necessary to the annual farming cycle.
Elevator operator John Ottensmeier can help those curious to understand the inner workings of a classic grain elevator and the storage process crops go through once harvested and deposited there.
Trucks of varying sizes and holding capacities visit the elevator when they have a load ready, Ottensmeier said. Many people might be familiar with the initial steps of a grain deposit.
"Trucks go through dockage in which we measure the weight," he said. "We also grade a grain sample using a probe that tests for a multiple number of things like moisture level and foreign material."
Ottensmeier said the probe — which is a large, manually operated mechanical arm — gathers a sample of whatever crop is carried in the truck and uses the collected sample as a simulation for the entire load.
Each truckload is different, Ottensmeier said. In semi trucks, elevator workers take two samples — one at the front and the other at the back — because of the trucks' size, to get a better idea of crop content.
"We take it all; wet, dry, light, heavy, and we make it all shippable, which usually means the grain is dry and heavy," Ottensmeier said. "Dry grain stores better."
Once a truck goes through dockage, drivers are instructed to pull forward to the depositing zone where elevator operators like Ottensmeier help them position their vehicles over a grain pit — a chamber covered by an iron grate — in which drivers dump their load.
Ottensmeier said grain pits are shaped like a cone at the bottom so the grain can flow freely down into a hole at its tip.
"They are gravity-fed," he said. "It connects to a leg or a belt cup mechanism that is basically like a bunch of scoop shovels that carry the grain to the top of the elevator."
He also operates a distributer arm that switches which bin the grain goes in. Ottensmeier and the rest of the workers use a dry erase board to diagram what silo and where within that silo specific crops are deposited.
"There are 10,000 bushels of grain right above your head," he said." "We have a total capacity of approximately 1,067,143 bushels here at Marion."
Bushel weight varies from crop to crop. However, if each bushel averages about 60 pounds, that means the Marion elevator can hold approximately 64 million pounds of different crops, be they wheat, corn, soybeans, etc.
Elevators not only store various crops, they use a grain dryer to dry, cool, and maintain the collected product by process of aeration.
"We make the bad stuff good," Ottensmeier said. "Through blending and drying, we help increase the quality of each bushel sent out."
He said each crop has specific parameters for an optimum bushel. Sometimes they mix heavy and light loads or wet and dry loads to help get the weight per bushel where it needs to be.
"We'll mix one wet, one dry, and one heavy load so it's nice and dense and weighs up well," Ottensmeier said.
He said different qualities or grades of grain are numbered — one, two, three, and feed — one being the best quality and feed being the worst.
Once mixed correctly, his job is to keep the crops in good condition until word is sent from Terminal Market Alliance in Moundridge, about where different loads are to be shipped.
A staff accountant at TMA said most of the crops grown in the Marion area stay in the area. Wheat is distributed to mills to make flour. Soybeans are often sent to crushing plants in Emporia or Wichita to extract the oil, while milo and corn crops are used for foodstuffs as well as the production of ethanol found in gasoline.
However, good portions of the crops also are sent out of state to various mills and terminals, including the coastlines and ports where crops are exported overseas.


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Myth busted! Bold eye shadow isn't just for '80s-themed parties, and the summery turquoise hue Dianna Agron wore is proof. We love how the unexpected pop of color doesn't scream obvious, so we caught up with her makeup artist Gianpaolo Cecilato to find out how to rock bright eyes the right way. The trick? Define your eyes first, then layer the color on after. "I used the duo eye shadow by Dolce & Gabbana in Laguna to get the look," he said. Cecilato began by running the brand's eyeliner in Emerald ($30; sephora.com) along Agron's waterline. He swept a thin coat of black cream liner at the base of her top lashes, then moved on to the shadow palette. "I applied the darker shadow up to the crease and blended it, and smudged the color along the bottom lashes from side to side," he added. We love it! Pick up the shadow palette for $42 at sephora.com.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
if I ever feel better
24 comments:
- two birds said...
you need to keep this. i'm sure it looks cute on your sister, but it looks amazing on you! i have four sisters...and i wouldn't want it any other way. we are a regular comedy factory when we all get together (or at least we think we are)!
- May 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Serena said...
I love everything about this outfit! Super cute. And I love the nail color. :)
- May 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM
- alissa b said...
glad you're getting to feel better! you look great! i love how you've layered that light top over your romper!...what great idea that i will most likely steal ;)
great photos, great post!
alissa b
- May 10, 2012 at 12:27 PM
:( sorry to hear that you were sick. You look great though! I love having a sister to swap clothes with, it's awesome! Except for when you can't find some of your clothes because she's taken them hostage. However, I'd probably do the same with this sweater and romper :p.
- May 10, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Also, that bag is beautiful!
- May 10, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- Angela said...
Of course I'm feeling sassy... but I'll say that I can call my sister and any hour and if it's not the morning, she'll be awake. Crazy... but convenient.
- May 10, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- Clara Turbay said...
nice inspirations!
- May 10, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- Amanda k. said...
Glad you're feeling better! It's nice to have those days where you just lay around, don't get dressed or put on makeup. But you're right, it can drive you nuts after a while!
I have been searching for a light weight sweater like that for a while, all my winter sweaters are getting too hot to wear!
Love that ring :)
- May 10, 2012 at 5:00 PM
- Caitie said...
I'm glad you were able to get yourself up and ready and feeling better! This week has just been 'one of those weeks' I suppose... I haven't been feeling like myself at all! Here's to a good restful weekend!
- May 10, 2012 at 5:24 PM
- flitandfancy said...
Yay!! So glad you're better! The romper is adorable. you should just "forget" to give it back to your sister...
- May 10, 2012 at 7:12 PM
- bridget anne said...
love it! i can't get over how great of a purse that is. and your romper is just so cute! perfect with a white chunky sweater. love you & happy you're feeling better! i've been out with strep for almost 2 weeks now! just starting to feel better (thanks so much for your sweet tweets & messages!) but i had to go straight back to work...so i'm hoping i can catch up on taking some proper photos this weekend. thanks for inspiring this lady. xo.
- May 10, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- Miles,Papa and Me said...
Whata babe!!
- May 10, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- Elliespeaks said...
I have two brothers and up until recently they were completely useless. However, they've both FINALLY discovered knits and GOOD jogging bottoms, so I tend to borrow them for indefinite periods of time. Tis good, tis good. Also, without sounding like a complete creep, you were definitely in my dream last night along with Tiekha and Elizabeth from Delightfully Tacky. It was so hilarious. I think I was on some crazy all-round America trip and I kept seeing you in every coffee shop I went into, I was like ' oh my days, that's Charity, how crazy!' I think it's a God given sign that I need to finish exams really soon and stop living my life vicariously through other bloggers. *sigh*
- May 11, 2012 at 1:11 AM
- Aspiring Kennedy said...
you look super cute! as great as lounging in bed sounds... you are right, it can make you go bonkers after too long!
- May 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM
I love this outfit Charity. And I hope you're feeling 100% awesome this weekend. I have three siblings and as much as I love them to death I also love living in a different province from all of them.
- May 12, 2012 at 10:02 PM
- Bad Taste Toast said...
You look so cute in the pics, I love your hair and this pretty bag!
Unfortunately I don't have siblings, I always wanted a younger brother but now it's too late ;D
- May 13, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Corinne Monique said...
I'm glad you're feeling better! You look amazing!!
Corinne xo
- May 14, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- Jennifer said...
This is such a sweet outfit!
xo Jennifer
- May 14, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Jamie Rose said...
Hooray for feeling better! I really like how you layered the top over your cute little romper.
It's the weirdest thing, I don't really share clothes with my sister. I never want to be responsible for messing up something she owns and the same goes for her messing up my stuff! Sometimes I can borrow a dress though!
- May 14, 2012 at 10:16 PM
- Juan Pardo said...
Realmente estoy asombrado por el buen gusto , el equilibrio de colores , la elegancia y la fotogenia extraordinaria de tu creativo blog.Te sigo y te invito a seguir mi blog.Saludos poéticos.
- May 15, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- Juan Pardo said...
Realmente estoy asombrado por el buen gusto , el equilibrio de colores , la elegancia y la fotogenia extraordinaria de tu creativo blog.Te sigo y te invito a seguir mi blog.Saludos poéticos.
- May 15, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- sharon lei said...
This outfit is adorable and so are you!! :) Hope you're having a great day.
xx Love & Aloha
come visit me...
- May 16, 2012 at 3:04 AM
- dusanabotswana said...
Lucky you, I always wanted a sister for that very reason! You thrifted my dream purse too! glad you're feeling better.
- May 22, 2012 at 8:53 PM
- Jenny Bodell said...
love love this outfit! so cute!
- May 25, 2012 at 9:11 AM


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Pichwai (pichvai) is a style of painting that originated over 400 years ago, in the town of Nathdwara near Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. Intricate and visually stunning, pichwai paintings, made on cloth, depict tales from Lord Krishna's life. Creating a pichwai can take several months, and requires immense skill, as the smallest details need to be painted with precision. Lord Krishna is often depicted as Shrinathji in Pichwais, which is the deity manifest as a seven-year-old child. Other common subjects found in pichwai paintings are Radha, gopis, cows and lotuses. Festivals and celebrations such as Sharad Purnima, Raas Leela, Annakoot or Govardhan Puja, Janmashtami, Gopashtami, Nand Mahotsav, Diwali and Holi are frequently depicted in Pichwais.
The word Pichwai comes from 'pichh' meaning back, and 'wai', meaning textile hanging. They are made by members of the Pushti Marg sect, founded by Shri Vallabhacharya in the 16th Century. Originally, pichwai paintings were used to decorate the temple of Shrinathji (Shrinathji ki Haveli) in Nathdwara, hung behind the deity to celebrate different seasons, festivals and events in Lord Krishna's life. Over time, pichwais also found a place in the homes of art connoisseurs, owing to their visual appeal. Like several other traditional Indian art forms, the art of Pichwai is also dying, and requires recognition and revival.
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Much of Christina Rossetti's work was religious in nature; the themes of renunciation of earthly love and concern with death shadow such favourite poems as "When I am Dead, My Dearest" and "Up Hill". A devout Anglican, she spent the last 15 years of her life as a recluse. At the same time, however, Rossetti wrote delightful verse for children, such as the charming lyrics in Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1872). The most important collections of her work are Goblin Market and Other Poems, considered her finest poetry, and The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (1866).
Christina Rossetti died of cancer on 29 December, 1894, in London.
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text: FRAMINGHAM -�Members of New England Wax are "Breaking Boundaries'' by exhibiting a fascinating selection encaustic paintings and sculptures at Fountain Street Fine Art gallery. Fusing techniques of "hot wax painting'' dating to ancient Egypt with contemporary approaches and materials, 21 artists are showing encaustic works that transcend the genre in exciting ways. Suzanne Hauerstein uses encaustics to paint vividly colored scenes of domestic life that evoke simpler times. Made from bubblewrap, paper and electrical parts, Holly Berube's spikey encaustic "Star Globe'' shines like a glowing sea anemone. Catherine Weber mounted eggshells and tree bark covered with encaustics on kitchen tiles that she fixed onto an oak frame to create "Landscape in Five Parts, blue'' which makes decay look lovely. The Southborough artist "loves working with encaustics'' but "doesn't want to be known as just an encaustic artist.'' "I don't want viewers who look at what I've made to think of it as an 'encaustic' but to have a moving visual experience,'' she said. Gallery owners Marie Craig and Cheryl Clinton said they accepted a proposal from New England Wax, an organization of encaustic artists, to host an exhibit because it "fit our mission to stage individual and group shows in different mediums by members and non-members.'' Lauren O'Neal and Sara Zela, the director and former gallery manager, respectively, of Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, N.H., selected about 33 works from 21 New England Wax members for the show. After viewing about 60 works, O'Neal said she and Zela chose at least one work by each artist because they wanted to give "a broad perspective'' of how group members "were each breaking boundaries in new ways'' to make original art. O'Neal said encaustics�are increasingly popular because it�is "a sculpted medium'' that lets artists create works that combine "vivid, beautiful colors'' and tangible surfaces. "In so much of our lives, we're surrounded by glossy, almost immaterial images," she said. "People have a real desire for the tactile and sensory experience of working with and viewing encaustics.'' The name encaustics derives from a Greek word meaning to "burn in,'' referring to the use of heat to fuse together different materials. Craig explained encaustic artists traditionally add colored pigments to heated beeswax to make a paste they apply to surfaces such as wood or canvas with special brushes and tools to create images ranging from the real to the abstract. "The artists in this show have pushed the limits with a wide range of their own techniques and experiences,'' she said. Clinton predicted viewers would be struck by the "richness of encaustic artists' palettes'' and how they incorporated "found objects'' into their work to create unusual surfaces that suggested complex ideas. Leila Weinstein Stokes said since 2008 she's been making a "natural progression'' from creating monoprints to working with encaustics because she enjoys "the way things come out at you'' on their surfaces. The artist from Hingham covered old linen sheets she found in her mother's attic with beeswax and colored pigments and twisted them into sinuous shapes to make her triptych titled "Folds.'' A landscape architect, Weinstein Stokes said the tactile aspect of encaustics lets her capture "the patterns of snow and undulations of water'' in her work. "I'm excited by the three-dimensional potential of working with encaustics. It makes the images seem if they are coming off the canvas.'' Eight years ago, Pamela Dorris DeJong switched to encaustics because she was drawn to the "luminosity" of a material that lets her express light in different ways. "I've been searching my whole life as an artist for a material that conveys transparency through layers,'' said the Ashland resident who works as school nurse in a Framingham elementary school. DeJong, who's been painting since high school, is showing two striking works titled "Connections'' from her Healing Series that reflect her efforts to use the act of painting to recuperate from surgery on both feet. She described painting during her recovery as a "meditative process'' in which she used seven layers of encaustics, shellac and silver leaf to express "healing on a cellular level." "I was thinking how nerve synapses send messages through tissue. There's seven layers (of encaustics) in those paintings,'' said DeJong. "That how I think about life with its layers of knowledge and understanding. I tried to depict that in my paintings.'' For Weber, working with encaustics has forced her "to break boundaries'' of old habits so she could grow as an artist who uses new materials to express herself in new ways. "It's forced me out of normalcy to think differently, especially by working with found objects. It's forced me to be resourceful and look around and figure out how new ways,'' she said. "Give me some old bed sheets, egg shells and a ball of wax I can create something interesting.'' Chris Bergeron is a Daily News staff writer. Contact him at email@example.com or 508-626-4448. Follow us on Twitter @WickedLocalArts and on Facebook. "Breaking Boundaries: An Exhibit by the Artists of New England Wax'' WHEN: Through Jan. 26 WHERE: Fountain Street Fine Art, 59 Fountain St., Framingham INFO: 508-879-4200; www.fountainstreetfineart.com