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SOUTH BERWICK -- The Marshwood Education Foundation (MEF) announced the recipients of its Fall grants. Teachers in three schools were surprised by the MEF "prize patrol" and learned for the first time that their projects are to receive MEF grant funds totaling $7,109.80.
"The prize patrol is a great way to end a very successful year for MEF. The Pumpkinman Triathlon was a big help to us and we had a great Oktoberfest. Marshwood students are lucky to have such dedicated educators and a supportive community," said Seth Herbold, MEF President. "I hope we can inspire students to come up with their own ideas for new projects to be funded by MEF grants."
MEF Fall Grants awarded:
Eliot Elementary School: A 21st Century Twist to Nurture Reading Achievement – proposed by Joanne Hoerth, Ann Shisler, Christal Villemaire, Reading Intervention teachers – Awarded $1,227.80.
The reading intervention teachers will use their grant to use web-based resources (RazzKids and Reading A-Z) for maximizing student achievement in the area of literacy. The use of online subscriptions to these programs would provide families with another opportunity to partner with school staff to develop and strengthen literacy skills in their students.
Marshwood Great Works School: Choice Books – proposed by Susan Goettlich, Reading Specialist– Awarded $2750.
This project will provide opportunities for disengaged readers to assume the role of reader as book researcher, book spokesperson, book selector and book promoter for the school, essentially creating a student book choice award program.
Marshwood High School: Hawks Outdoor Leadership Development – proposed by Scott Patch, Health and Wellness Teacher - Awarded $3,132.
HOLD is a student lead group that began last year and provides all students the opportunity to experience the outdoors. They will establish a partnership with the Marshwood Great Works School to provide their fifth grade students with mentors leading up to and with them at Pinkham Notch.
The MEF is now accepting applications for the Spring grants with a deadline of April 15, 2013. For more information on how to submit a grant application, contact Janice Hastings, MEF Grants Committee Chairperson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Marshwood Education Foundation was established in 2009 as a non-profit corporation, wholly dedicated to enriching and supplementing the educational programs of the Maine Regional School Unit 35, representing the communities of South Berwick and Eliot. The MEF raises money primarily through community fundraising events and private donations and has granted more than $59,000 to the district, funding creative and innovative ideas brought forth by school administrators, teachers, staff and parents. To learn more about MEF or to donate online, visit www.marshwood-education-foundation.org.


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Houston motorists sue DPS over search of 'womanly parts'
A state trooper has been fired and another suspended for their roles in a full cavity search last year of two motorists alongside Texas 288.
Brandy Hamilton, 27, and Alexandria Randle, 26, were headed home to Houston from Surfside on Memorial Day 2012 when Trooper Nathaniel Turner pulled them over for speeding, according to a lawsuit filed recently in the case.
The women had spent the day at the beach with family and friends.
Turner requested that a female trooper, Jennie Bui, check out the women. The search went beyond checking pockets, and no standard pat-down of the women was conducted, the lawsuit alleges.
"Then Defendant Turner tells Plaintiff Hamilton 'she is about to get up-close and personal with some womanly parts,' " the lawsuit states. Turner told Hamilton, "She (Bui) is going to search you, I ain't, because I ain't about to get up-close and personal with your woman areas ... she is going to put some gloves on."
Bui conducted the full cavity search on both women with the same pair of gloves, according to the lawsuit.
No drugs found
"Do you know how violated I feel?" Hamilton could be heard telling Bui on the dashcam audio.
No drugs were found during the stop, which lasted about 40 minutes, according to the lawsuit. Turner wrote a ticket for possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said via email that Bui was fired June 29 as a result of an internal investigation by the department's inspector general. Turner was suspended June 10 pending the outcome of the inspector general's inquiry, the statement said.
DPS Director Steven McCraw stated in the release that the department "does not and will not tolerate any conduct that violates the U.S. and Texas constitutions or DPS training or policy."
The lawsuit also names McCraw; Brazoria County Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Kindred, who responded to the scene; and Brazoria County Sheriff Charles Wagner.
Chief Deputy Jeff Adkins of Brazoria County declined to comment.
A similar case involving a cavity search of a woman and her niece in Dallas last year resulted in the DPS agreeing in June to a $185,000 settlement.
The Dallas Morning News reported that Angel and Ashley Dobbs filed suit after they were pulled over by state trooper David Farrell and given a full-body cavity search by female trooper Kelly Helleson, who also used the same latex glove on both women. The procedure was captured on a dashboard camera.
The DPS fired Helleson and placed Farrell on paid suspension after the incident.

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Hearing on wrongful death damages delayed in Maine after convicted killer fails to appear
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � A hearing aimed at determining damages owed to the mother of two men who were killed in Biddeford, Maine, has been delayed because convicted murderer Rory Holland was late.
Justice Andrew Horton said Holland went back and forth on whether to participate in the hearing. He ultimately decided to attend, but was late arriving Wednesday from the Maine State Prison.
Tammy Cole, who sued Holland, was the mother of 21-year-old Derek Greene and 19-year-old Gage Greene, who were shot in front of Holland's home on June 30, 2009. Her lawyer says she's seeking $4 million in damages, or $2 million for each of her sons.
Lawyer Scott Giese told the Journal Tribune (http://bit.ly/WTMIQR ) that Holland doesn't have $4 million but that whatever Holland does have should go to Cole.
Information from: Journal Tribune, http://www.journaltribune.com


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I wanted to offer my thanks as well for setting up this forum and for adding to it with your insightful posts. I am a huge Soprano fan. This is my favorite show of all time, and I'm glad that you have offered an outlet for Soprano fans to share their thoughts and ideas on the show.
I hope that this website will stay active now that the show is done as there is still plenty of "Soprano Talk" to be done and I will continue to post here.
Thanks again,
I've lurked here since day one, and I've been a fan of your writing about The Sopranos here and at Sopranoland for years now. After every episode from the fifth season onwards, the first thing I did was come here or to the Sopranoland forums to see what you had to say about it. It was one of my favorite parts of Soprano Sundays, and I look forward to more insight and discussion in the future, even though the series has come to an end.
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Thanks so much for running this site. All your hard work was and is greatly appreciated.
Re: Thank You, FlyOnMelfisWall#54
Thank you, Fly, for your tireless efforts in maintaining this site. It's wonderful to have a place to be able to consistently read thoughtful and interesting commentary. The discussions are always mature, cordial, and erudite - and that is due in no small part to your skillful moderation. It's a rarity on the web these days, and it is appreciated.
Re: Thank You, FlyOnMelfisWall#55
I've really enjoyed reading all the comments on this forum. Thanks so much, Fly for setting up this place to discuss my all time favorite show! I'm sorry to see it end:icon_sad:
Re: Thank You, FlyOnMelfisWall#56
An absolute thank you to Fly for creating this forum. I cannot imagine the time it must take, and the added item to a list of responsibilites beyond the board. My time to read/post is limited, but when I have the opportunity I consider it a pleasure.
I watch very few tv shows, but am an obsessive fan of the Sopranos and therefore consider this board to be an added enjoyment. Especially since it is handled so well.
Thank you.
I watch very few tv shows, but am an obsessive fan of the Sopranos and therefore consider this board to be an added enjoyment. Especially since it is handled so well.
Thank you.
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Molto grazie! In my Hong Kong exile, I have avoided all possible clips or comments about the ending until I got the episodes on VHS. My daughter religiously taped them for me and mailed them. I got the final tape yesterday and watched the last 3 shows in one go. So, my first post is to thank our boss, Fly, for all the time taken to set up this place and run it. If I was closer, it would merit several boxes of zitis. Thanks again. Now, I can read all the other comments on this unexpected black screen!
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It's been av ery long time since I've posted. Since I live in the UK and haven't got the last of the season yet I've hesitated to log on and participate. But today is my Birthday and what was the first email sent to me this am- but a Happy Birthday message from The Chase Lounge! So, a big thank you to Fly for actually takign the time to consider sending personal messages to members and another thanks for your consideration with regards to my 'Sopranos' fandom research, which I am trying desperately now to finish writing - another reason, ironically, why I have had less time on the message boards. Thanks to Fly for managing such a successful fan site.
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Thanks much for this informative site !
But I am so sad this show "Sopranos" end up
Wish they will ba back again ...with Tony ..I know... in my dream!
But I am so sad this show "Sopranos" end up
Wish they will ba back again ...with Tony ..I know... in my dream!
I've been told that we are only as old as we feel, so
" In dog years, I'm dead !"
" In dog years, I'm dead !"
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Thank you dearly for manifesting a place in cyberspace where my own interpetations of this amazing TV parable are understood and articulated by all the intelligent observers of life in here. I appreciate all your amazing insight and info that you have within yourself. You truly have a gift and thank you for sharing it and helping us all "Get IT!"!
You know, Vito called me "skip" the other day. Slip of the tongue, no doubt. But I noticed he didn't correct himself.


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Prince (no relation) once referred to an electric word, life — "it means forever, and that's a mighty long time," he said. True enough. In my nearly half-century life, just the last fifth of it, I've seen four-year (Bay) and six-year (Santana) and seven-year (Beltran and, come to think of it, Piazza) deals all careen toward their conclusion looking undeniably too long for anyone's comfort, including the superstars on their respective receiving ends. Life goes on and, with it, uncertainty gathers. You start out thinking one thing, yet through the magic of ever-changing circumstances, you wind up thinking all sorts of things, not that many of them necessarily good.
But today, with definitive word that David Wright has agreed to a mighty long and mighty lucrative contract extension [1] that projects to enshrine him as that rarest of breeds, a Met for life, it's all good.
The Mets haven't gotten better by maintaining Wright's services at third base and within the middle of their lineup through 2020 for a total of approximately $138 million over the next eight seasons, but they've kept from tumbling ever further into their bottomless abyss, and that, brothers and sisters, is a victory unto itself. In a world in which musts must be doled out judiciously, this was something that just about had to be done.
I've been constructing rationalizations in my head for two years in case things went the other way, seeking the Wright-expunging deal that would have made sense in the long term and limited the post-apocalyptic damage in the short term. We could've moved Murph to third and imported a package of young stud outfielders and another big-time arm to grow alongside Harvey's and Wheeler's…but it never went anywhere, even in my theories. Because you couldn't, at this stage of his career or this franchise's development, separate David Wright from the New York Mets.
We needed a Met for life. We needed this Met for life. We need something to count on, something to rely on, somebody to believe in. We need to wake up day after day knowing one-ninth of what we're about in practice and a whole lot more in spirit is solid. We needed David Wright to stay a Met, to keep being the first Met we think of when we think of our Mets, to be the Met who didn't go away, who wasn't sent away, who stayed and stayed until we can say he stayed his entire career.
We need a whole lot more than that, too, but one miracle at a time. A franchise that couldn't have retained David Wright was the last franchise we could have trusted to have gathered the pieces to build a team after David Wright left. Franchises are in business, from their fans' perspective, to win ballgames and compete for championships. The Mets haven't done enough of either in the current era. The next level of their obligation is to give us somebody to root for. Not re-signing David Wright would have been the opposite. They would have been taking away somebody we rooted for — the Met we've rooted for longer than anybody still here, the Met we've rooted hardest for among all current Mets, someone who's never given us cause to regret getting behind him.
Sans David Wright, the Mets would've been a four-letter word with a fancy plot of land. With him, at the very least, they are something approximating real. They are still very much capable of meandering in mediocrity in 2013 and 2014, but they didn't challenge oblivion to another arm-wrestling match, at least. They will feature the same best player they've promoted since 2004, the same best player who has all too often personally prevented them from taking up permanent residence in the abyss. It's been bad. It could have gotten a whole lot worse.
There's more to do. There's always more to do. But this has been taken care of. David Wright's as Met for life as one can be a few week shy of thirty years old. Sometime between the celebratory sigh of relief that this news elicits and the final tip of his cap we all envision when this contract expires, not a few of us will mutter about this deal's length and the burden it represents against the Mets' ability to make other vital deals. That's how these things go. But let's not pretend we can control those circumstances. Let's not pretend we know the details of the future, either. We can't say for certain that the veteran Wright will be rewarded for his steadfast Metness by eventual success or whether we'll all wonder what his career would have been like had he left Flushing for more competitive pastures that never blossomed around him in New York.
We don't know. But we do know David, and we do like David, and we do have David. It's a lot of money and it's a lot of years, but it's a lot of win.
Go crazy, Mets [2] — punch a higher floor.
Sirius/XM subscribers: Listen tonight to Mad Dog Radio, 9 PM, as I join Dino Costa to discuss The Happiest Recap [3] and other Met matters.


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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long was invited to attend the 2014 BCS national title game as part of his new role as the chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long was invited to attend the 2014 BCS national title game as part of his new role as the chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee.
When it ended, Long said it became very clear that the new era in college football — one he will play a major role in — was underway.
"I kind of did feel that pressure kind of shift and move over," Long said last week. "But at the same time, it's an exciting time. It's a different time because we will be choosing four teams. Then the championship really will be decided on the field."
It will be a year until the next national champion is crowned, but the group in charge of determining which four teams will compete in the first College Football Playoff is at work. The 13-member selection committee — which is led by Long — met in Dallas last week to continue ironing out policies and procedures that will be in play.
It was the second time the selection committee has met since being announced last fall, following their inaugural meeting in Washington D.C. last November. Long said nothing definitive has been determined at this point, but there has been progress.
"As you might expect, with the quality of people in that room, it's been great," Long said. "I knew a lot of them, but there were several that I really had never met before or spent any time with. So that's been fun to get to know each other and we're starting to get more comfortable with each other and just kind of share openly our thoughts and views and opinions on the process."
Last week's agenda included presentations regarding video technology, which will give selection committee members ways to watch games around the country throughout the season. There were discussions about analytics as well as the committee looked at ways to compile and sort data to track and compare teams.
One other key topic — a recusal policy — was discussed as well. The group must make a decision regarding when committee members are removed from conversations about specific programs to avoid conflicts of interest. A number of different ideas remain on the table, but Long believes there will be more clarity when the group meets next.
"We're trying to look at all the different levels that you can take the recusal policy," Long said. "Everything from the simplest form would be you're just recused from the institution you work for currently or are paid for by currently. It can include any institution you worked at or any, your alma mater. So we're looking at all of it.
"We're analyzing all of it and then we'll make a recommendation, eventually, to the management committee and if they're comfortable with it they'll endorse it."
The next selection committee meeting is scheduled for April. The group also will meet in August just before the season begins. There's a chance they'll hold another meeting in between, too, depending on how much is accomplished in April.
Long said the CFP management committee, which is comprised of 10 conference commissioners, will meet in April as well.
"I think once those meetings have occurred, both those meetings, we'll be able to put out pretty clearly where we're headed," Long said.


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I've been saying this for a while, but spring is practically here. With it comes "driving season" and increasing gasoline prices. More importantly, though, people are starting to wipe the dust off of their bikes and hit the paths. Whether you ride for fun every year, or you've not even sat on a bike in a decade or more, here are some tips to help you out if you plan on riding your bike instead of driving for some of your trips this year.
10) Learn basic bicycle maintenance. If you're replacing your car with a bicycle for some of your shorter trips, you will probably be riding your bicycle more miles than you used to, or you may be riding a bike for the first time in a while. Park Tool and Sheldon Brown both have excellent instructions for bicycle repair. Start with the basics: Cleaning and lubricating your chain, fixing a flat tire, or maybe adjusting your brakes and shifters. In the dead of summer, it might take a week to get your bike back from the shop if you take it in for a flat tire. You can fix it yourself with very few tools, and it's easier than you may think.
9) Get some tools. This goes with #10, but you should have enough tools to do minor adjustments to your bike. Honestly, I got by for almost six months needing no more tools than what came on the Park MTB-3 multi-tool. I keep it with me while commuting for road-side repairs.
8) Learn how to pick a good route. Don't think like a driver. Instead, think of lesser-known roads that may be a block or two away from the big roads you normally drive on. Think of little alleyways or sidewalks between cul-de-sacs, and how you can utilize multi-use paths. If in doubt, check out Veloroutes or other cycling map sites to see if anyone has plotted some good routes. You may also ask in the bike forums regional discussions to see if someone local knows some decent routes.
7) Logistics. Figure out how you're going to get yourself, your stuff, and your bike to and from your destination and stored safely, and get a plan laid out. This is mostly concerning commuting to work by bicycle, but you should also have some idea of how you're going to handle your errands if you should choose to do those by bike as well. Securing your bike, cleaning up if you get dirty or sweaty, and transporting your clothes are things to think about.
6) Take The Lane! Tim Grahl put together an excellent article outlining five reasons to claim the lane with your bike. I can't convey it any better than he did. By staying off of the main arterials, you usually avoid the necessity to use sidewalks. They still have their place for certain situations, but if you're not commuting on a bike path, you should probably be commuting out in the middle of the road where you can be seen.
5) Be visible. Bright colors. Reflective materials on you and your bike. High contrast. At least one bright, red tail light should be lit up even during the day. A second, blinking light is great, too. Headlights when it's dim outside, and a blinking front light even during the day is a good idea. Always, always have DOT-legal reflectors on your bike. There's no good reason not to. It doesn't matter how "cool" you think you look on your bike. To drivers, cyclists on the road all look dorky. Might as well go all out, right?
4) Don't skimp on the bike. I know this hurts to think about, but bikes you find at sporting goods stores, toy aisles of big-box stores and the like are sold and marketed as toys. Things that 100-pound 13-year-olds will ride for a summer and forget about. You wouldn't buy a Power Wheels to get you around town, would you? If you already have an old bike, there's not much harm in getting it fixed up and checked out. If you're going to buy a new bike, I recommend going to a specialty bicycle shop. If you can find a used bike cheap that the shop tech agrees will hold up to your riding, you could get away with spending under $150. Otherwise, consider the $350 price point "entry level" for new mountain and hybrid bikes, and $500 the entry level for new road bikes. You're shopping for a replacement vehicle, not a toy. If unsure, browse the new CBB Commuter Bikes Database for bike ideas.
3) Give yourself some time to adjust. It took me a few weeks to get my routine figured out and for my body to get used to riding a bike again.
2) Learn your local "village". Knowing all those little shops near your home, near your popular destinations (such as work, parks, etc) and along the way is a great way to find stuff that's easily reachable on a bike. You might be surprised by what is nearby. After looking around, I found that there are few places I need to go that are more than 2 miles from my home or office.
1) Stay motivated. Come up with fun goals or get a riding buddy to keep yourself motivated. Soon enough, you'll be hooked!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Top 10: Tips for transportation cycling
I've been saying this for a while, but spring is practically here. With it comes "driving season" and increasing gasoline prices. More importantly, though, people are starting to wipe the dust off of their bikes and hit the paths. Whether you ride for fun every year, or you've not even sat on a bike in a decade or more, here are some tips to help you out if you plan on riding your bike instead of driving for some of your trips this year.
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> you usually avoid
> the necessity to use sidewalks
Necessity? Necessity!!!
SideWALKS are for pedestrians. Not bike commuters doing 15-20 MPH.
Walkers, doggies, kiddies, cars cutting out of driveways, none expect bikes!
Only bike RIDERS use sidewalks, and then only until age 14.
If you're not comfortable DRIVING YOUR BIKE as any other road traffic, pick a different route until you're comfortable, take the driving lessons offered by LAW.org certified teachers, and read the web!
It's easy to learn, easy to stay safe.
It's a LOT safer to drive like you mean it, drive like you know what you're doing, and drive exactly the way everyone else on the road expects you to drive.
- March 30, 2008 9:16 PM
- Noah said...
Easy there, trigger.
Yes, sidewalks ARE for pedestrians, and if you use roads that are insanely busy, you might find yourself forced to use a sidewalk on a bike, which is why I said to pick your routes wisely and get off those insane arterial roadways when you can do so.
If you read what I said, you'll see my intent wasn't to promote sidewalk usage, but to say "if you feel the necessity to use a sidewalk on a certain stretch of road, you probably shouldn't be riding on that stretch of road"
- March 30, 2008 9:21 PM
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just don't know what to say with the recent death of a 42 year old woman in an USA hospital. I'm completely shocked at the cruel coldness of the images and what they revealed.
This is not, I can guarantee you, new. A little all over the world we hear these stories here and there. Just this year, a 82 year old woman died in a Portuguese hospital after begging for help (yes help! in an hospital) for 4 hours. She was waiting her turn... and died on the bench, just like today.
I confess I shed a tear then, as I did today, when I saw of this poor woman fall to the floor and die there, alone, in an hospital of all places, as people passed by and others distanced themselves. As security personel and even a doctor looked at her agonizing body as if it was a paper someone thrown at the floor, and kept on moving their way, completely oblivious to the fact a human being (f...!) was dying on the floor.
That woman had the most cruel death I have ever witnessed in my entire life. I swear she had. I was in Angola in '92 and saw some pretty ugly sights... very ugly... but at least in a war there's passion. She didn't even had that. She had the worst treatment one can give an human being. She was poor, disposable, ugly and she was sick. She was useless and a nuisance. She was black trash not worth society's effort, despite the fact she most probably worked more in a single day than a singer of football player works in an year.
What the hell is happening to us!?
What is this hellish thing we call society? When will it stop?... and I will say it right here... when will we BEAR ARMS!?
some days... some days I just hate everyone.


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Mallows(Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies)
Recipe courtesy Gale Gand, from Food Network website
Prep Time: 10 min
Inactive Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Serves: about 2 dozen cookies
• 3 cups (375grams/13.23oz) all purpose flour (I used rice flour mix plus 1/2 t xanthan)
• 1/2 cup (112.5grams/3.97oz) white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 tablespoons (170grams/ 6 oz) unsalted butter
• 3 eggs, whisked together
• Homemade marshmallows, recipe follows
• Chocolate glaze, recipe follows
1. In a mixer with the paddle attachment, blend the dry ingredients.
2. On low speed, add the butter and mix until sandy.
3. Add the eggs and mix until combine.
4. Form the dough into a disk, wrap with clingfilm or parchment and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3 days.
5. When ready to bake, grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper or a silicon mat.
6. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
7. Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thickness, on a lightly floured surface. Use a 1 to 1 1/2 inches cookie cutter to cut out small rounds of dough. I ended up rlling my dough into small balls and then flattening each one, it's waaaaay too hot to roll out cookie dough.
8. Transfer to the prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Let cool to room temperature.
9. Pipe a "kiss" of marshmallow onto each cookie. Let set at room temperature for 2 hours.
10. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or silicon mat.
11. One at a time, gently drop the marshmallow-topped cookies into the hot chocolate glaze.
12. Lift out with a fork and let excess chocolate drip back into the bowl.
13. Place on the prepared pan and let set at room temperature until the coating is firm, about 1 to 2 hours.
Note: if you don't want to make your own marshmallows, you can cut a large marshmallow in half and place on the cookie base. Heat in a preheated 350-degree oven to slump the marshmallow slightly, it will expand and brown a little. Let cool, then proceed with the chocolate dipping.
Homemade marshmallows:
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup (168.76 grams/5.95oz) sugar
• 1 tablespoon powdered gelatin
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 2 egg whites , room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1. In a saucepan, combine the water, corn syrup, and sugar, bring to a boil until "soft-ball" stage, or 235 degrees on a candy thermometer.
2. Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water and let dissolve.
3. Remove the syrup from the heat, add the gelatin, and mix.
4. Whip the whites until soft peaks form and pour the syrup into the whites.
5. Add the vanilla and continue whipping until stiff.
6. Transfer to a pastry bag.
Chocolate glaze:
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate (I used half dark and half semisweet)
• 2 ounces cocoa butter or vegetable oil (I used shortening)
1. Melt the 2 ingredients together in the top of a double boiler or a bowl set over barely simmering water. I melted mine in the microwave. If your glaze seems too thick, add a little more shortening.


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I was a big fan of the opening Deus Ex comic that hit stands in February. Not so of the Rage comic that arrived today in retail stores.
Where Deus Ex was smart, violent and edgy, Rage seems just violent.. and really there's not that much of that in this first 22-page issue. The comic spends a lot of time setting the scene for a short run that only has room to improve.
Most of the comic seems dedicated to Dr. Cadence, a recently awoken scientist who finds herself working for a military force fending off a world of mutants and wastelanders. This fist comic spends so much time trying to move the story along it forgets to spend any panels developing Cadence's character or any sense of fluidity in the plot. With only two more issues to go, I don't have a lot of hope for this series.
The issue does feature a nice cover by Glenn Fabry, who wowed us with his work on Hellblazer and Preacher.
The original miniseries is written by Arvid Nelson, the creator of Rex Mundi, and penciled by Andrea Mutti (DMZ). The game is due out on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on Oct. 4.


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2010's "Saw VII" is going to be in 3D. So, that happened.
Richard Kelly's "The Box" has been pushed back a week to November 6th, 2009. The studio is continuing their trend of treating this film like a dirty whore, so I wouldn't set your heart on a release date until you're actually sitting in a seat.
So, yesterday Lindsday Lohan seemed to indicate via her twitter page that she had signed on to Robert Rodriguez's "Machete". A quick perusal of the page now reveals that the tweets in question have been deleted. So... that may or may not have happened.
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The 2290s decade covers the period from 2290-2299.
The year 2293 was particularly significant in this decade, as it marked the ending of hostilities between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, despite attempted thwarting by a conspiracy to disrupt the peace negotiations at Camp Khitomer. Additionally, the crew of the USS Enterprise-A were retired following the signing of the Khitomer Accords, along with the Enterprise-A herself. Captain James T. Kirk was presumed killed in this year during the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; Star Trek Generations)
The following year, Captain Montgomery Scott went missing while en route to the Norpin colony. He was recovered seventy-five years later by the crew of the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Relics")
- Following the explosion of the Klingon moon Praxis, the Federation and the Klingon Empire begin negotiations for ending nearly seventy years of hostilities between the two governments. Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon High Council is assassinated en route to Earth, threatening the peace initiative. An investigation by the crew of the Enterprise-A reveals a conspiracy to stop the peace process, and subsequently manages to arrest the conspirators, allowing the Khitomer Accords to be signed in 2293. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
- Captain Spock meets Ambassador Pardek at the Khitomer Conference and the two begin discussions of reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan peoples. (TNG: "Unification I")
- The crew of the Enterprise-A is retired with their vessel in 2293. The USS Enterprise-B is launched later that year. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; Star Trek Generations)
- The Federation starship USS Jenolan crashes on a Dyson sphere in 2294, killing all but two passengers. Only Captain Montgomery Scott is recovered seventy-five years later. (TNG: "Relics")
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Q: I was wondering about the new [iPhone] update. I have an [iPhone] 4, and I never did the [iOS] 6 update. Now that there is an iOS 7 [update], should I update to 7 or do I need to update to the 6 first?
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A: Connie's referring to the latest operating system upgrade for the iPhone and iPad, called iOS 7. The update has a lot of new features, and it's a radical redesign of the look and feel of the previous versions.
I wrote previously that eventually you will want to upgrade to the latest operating system because newer apps will come out that will require that you have iOS 7. It's also better than previous versions of the OS in a number of ways. But it's been a controversial change, and there is also a huge number of people who don't like iOS 7 and its flatter, more colorful interface.
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The best way to do that is to install it from iTunes on the computer that you normally sync your iPhone to as opposed to doing the update over the air. It's also better to completely restore your phone from scratch and then install the update. But before you do, it's important that you sync the phone to your iTunes first to make sure that everything on the phone is backed up.
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Recently, I wrote a column on what you can do in your phone's settings to help raise the battery life after you install iOS 7. Tips include turning off Bluetooth if you don't use it (for some reason, iOS 7 turns this setting on by default), and turning off the background app refresh setting for your apps so it doesn't use battery power to automatically update content for the apps in the background.
Did the new android operating system help fix the HTC One? I need to upgrade an iPhone 3S, and I am following your recommendations. - Robbie Chidester.
Robbie's talking about a column I wrote recently in which I switched back from my HTC One smartphone to my old iPhone 5. The reason I did this is because the HTC One, which is an Android phone, was buggy. Since then, I upgraded the software on that phone because a newer version of Android, version 4.3, finally came out for that phone.
Did it improve my phone once I updated it? Yes it did, but not to the point where I would go back to it. I'm still using my iPhone 5 because it simply has more features that I want, like better support for my headset remote control and better voice recognition commands through Siri.
But by upgrading my HTC One's software, it did squash some nasty bugs that were plaguing the phone, especially my ability to just make a phone call. Oftentimes, I couldn't make a call at all or I would connect with the other person on the line and I could hear them but they couldn't hear me.
The problem with the Android platform is the phone manufacturers and carriers each make tweaks to the core Android operating system that ultimately make it more buggy. I'm convinced that's what happened to the HTC One.
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It was supposed to begin May 14, but Judge John M. Cleland has pushed the start of the trial back because of scheduling conflicts. Cleland's decision had nothing to do with that 95-page motion to dismiss the charges filed last week by Sandusky's attorney, Lawyerin' Joe Amendola.
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Though is there a C# compiler avaliable for the linux operating system.
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Saints Row IV: Enter The Dominatrix Out Now, Loves Leather
On April 1, 2012, THQ sent out an email teasing an expansion for Saints Row: The Third called Enter the Dominatrix. Everyone assumed it was a joke. Oops.
When a leadership change happened at the now-defunct publisher, Enter the Dominatrix was scrapped in favor of focusing on a new game. Deep Silver and Volition are bringing back the abandoned content with a twist. The Saints Row IV DLC pack is designed as "behind the scenes" footage.
You can see what's in store, including new weapons, familiar friends, and a lot of people in leather masks. You can download Enter the Dominatrix now on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC for $6.99. It's also part of the Season Pass (so download through the in-game store if you've already purchased one of those).
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Lindsay Lohan encountered some real life mean girls (and boys!) when she was growing up.
Inspired by Katie Couric's discussion with bullied 16-year-old Whitney Kropp, Lohan took to Twitter to reveal her own traumatic high school experience. (Kropp was elected homecoming queen of her school as a joke, but her community rallied to embrace and empower her in the role.)
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"I was actually bullied @ my public school when i would leave to film," Lohan, 26, wrote. "Whenever I came back... girls &boys would call me names."
"They would also mock me because of my home situation," she added. "When people found out that my father was in jail...they would yell things, try to trip me &more...I moved to home-schooling instead. In 11th grade. I stuck it out for a while."
"So I can relate to the girls that you spoke with on your show today," she tweeted to Katie Couric. "I appreciate you reaching out to them. xo"
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Couric gave Kropp a trip to Disney World on Tuesday's show, which Lohan thought "was lovely."
The Katie episode "had me crying," tweeted Lohan. "I'd love to meet [Whitney]. #stopbullying"
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text: Some robots play soccer. Others just want a hug. But at Robogames 2012 last weekend, all eyes were on combat robots. Better known as combots, these hulking masses of metal and rubber battle to the death, vying for gold medals in boxing-style weight classes. Robogames is an annual competition that pits robots head to head in more than 50 different events. There are foot races, soccer and hockey matches, maze-mastering challenges, and even a robot version of autocross. It's sort of like the robot version of the Olympics, but the focal point of Robogames, held at the San Mateo Fairgrounds in California, is its combat arena. Inside a 40-square-foot, Lexan-enclosed battlefield, combots weighing as much as 220 pounds duke it out while spectators scream for blood -- or dismembered robot parts? -- on the sidelines. "There is definitely something visceral and addicting about the combat robots," Simone Davalos, the organizer of Robogames, told Wired. "Combat is the gateway drug that gets kids into designing and building for other events, and I'm incredibly happy when we can inspire people in that way." In case it isn't clear enough already, these aren't the kind of robots you take home to vacuum your floors. No, the 10 combots we feature here should be best enjoyed from the safety of your computer chair. Enjoy the photos! Photo: Inkyhack/FlickrOriginal Sin Original Sin is a Robogames staple. It's competed in every Robogames event (which got its start as ROBOlympics in 2004) and also each year at a separate ComBots Cup event, a combots-only competition held each fall. This robot has pwned both events for three years running -- and is entering a fourth year of total robot domination, as it won the heavyweight division of the 2012 Robogames. "It's very controllable, very nimble, very fast and powerful," Gary Gin, Original Sin's master and builder said. "It gets under the other robots and slams them against the wall." Simple, yet effective. Gin said that no major changes have been made to the 220-pound heavyweight since last year. And it hasn't taken much damage since the last time it competed -- something a number of other robot makers in attendance probably wish they could say about their fighters.Last Rites Last Rites (in blue trunks above) is a fearsome, 220-pound robot that other robot trainers dread going up against. Depending on the opponent, Last Rites is outfitted with either a 75-pound spinning bar, or a 60-pound aluminum bar. They use the 75-pound bar for wedges, and the 60-pound bar for weapon-to-weapon hits. Inside, Last Rites boasts a 40-horsepower engine. Last Rites has been competing since 2001. And although it has historically inflicted some serious damages to both other robots and the arena itself, it's no stranger to taking its own hits. "If you take damage, you have to keep repairing it until you're out," Hardcore Robotics team member Rick Russ told Wired as he operated on Last Rites. "We tore a wheel off of this one and blew a weapons motor. We also wiped out two drive motors." Photo: Neil Girling/FlickrSewer Snake Sewer Snake is a 214-pound monster (and nine-time championship winner) whose drive train was inspired by four-wheel offroading. Six wheels ensure it can keep rolling even if a few wheels are punctured by spikes or circular blades. This robot, built by Matt and Wendy Maxham, has modular, interchangeable weapons that can be swapped out between matches depending on the next opponent's design. For example, a pair of spikes combined with a lifter could be perfect for battling a wedge-shaped robot. But against spinner-robots, the Maxhams will deploy shock-mounted wedges instead. It's got a flame thrower as well, but it's mostly used for show -- against robots at least. Matt Maxham said it would burn a person pretty thoroughly. Yikes. The most important component on Sewer Snake is the lifter. "If the lifter breaks, the robot can't self-right itself if it gets flipped over, and I can't drive," Maxham said. If you can't drive, you're stuck, and you lose the match.The Raging Scotsman A group of tech-minded teenagers from northern California's Piedmont High School donned purple kilts to show their school spirit with their equally spirited purple robot, The Raging Scotsman. (Piedmont High's mascot is the Highlander.) The Raging Scotsman is a 220-pound heavyweight. The whole thing is made out of aluminum, and it's got quarter-inch, shock-mounted steel wedges on the front. But the Scotsman's weapon of choice? A 15-foot flamethrower it can use to burninate the innards of enemy robots. It uses its wedge to lift up robots, then shoots flames at their sometimes-vulnerable underbellies. Inside it's got dual 4-horsepower motors that keep it powering forward against competitors. The Raging Scotsman achieved a string of successes at this year's Robogames.Antweight and Fleaweight Robots You don't have to weigh 220 pounds to be a robotic menace. These tiny one-pound and half-pound robots -- the antweight and fleaweight classes -- are tiny terrors. Modeled just like their larger counterparts, they've got wheels, wedges, and speedy motors, but they fit in the palm of your hand rather than on a dolly. Above is the "Antweight and Fleaweight Rumble," a free-for-all of high-speed miniature robot madness.Sabretooth 6.0 10-year-old Jason Vasquez, a member of team Fast Electric Robots, helped make this 60-pound lightweight robot combat-ready. It has a big, red vertical blade, four-wheel drive, and a wedge for edging underneath competitors. "It's a pretty good robot," Vasquez told Wired. In addition to helping in its construction, he mans the controls when it goes into the fighting arena. "Its blade does a lot of damage. I've destroyed people's batteries, and torn their wedges off." Never get between a robot and its whirring blade.Son of Ziggy Son of Ziggy is the 120-pound "offspring" of CM Robotics' Ziggy, a 340-pound super heavyweight. Son of Ziggy has a magnesium chassis with titanium armor. And like its namesake, Son of Ziggy uses a 4,500-PSI pneumatic flipper and a wedge-shaped appendage to slide underneath competitors, and then pop them onto their backs, leaving them scrambling to find their footing. The heavyweight competition is notorious for inflicting serious damage to participants. Since last year's Robogames, Son of Ziggy has gone through radical changes, mostly to create more serviceable, modular hardware, and to increase durability. Photo: Neil Girling/FlickrSimba's Revenge Simba's Revenge is a fresh-faced, 185-pound heavyweight just cutting its teeth at Robogames. It's made of carbon steel with aircraft armor all the way around, and has an articulated drum spinner that can rise up and down to inflict damage to other bots. And it inflict it did -- to the tune of three wins last weekend. "I've attended a bunch of times and pit-crewed for some people, but this year I decided to make one and try a bunch of ideas out," Simba's Revenge's creator David Randolph said. For next year, Randolph plans on bulking up on his armor and putting a better spinner on the front. Nonetheless, the articulated spinner was a big factor in forcing other heavyweights to beg for mercy this year.TSA Inspected Hailing from our Canadian neighbors to the north, TSA Inspected is a six-year Robogames veteran, and a two-time gold medal champion in the middleweight division. TSA Inspected is built by five students from the University of Toronto. The 119-pound robot has two horns that can grab an opponent, and flip it either into or over the walls of the arena. "TSA Inspected's biggest weapon is its high-strength steel. It's the same armor used on Humvees to make it bulletproof," Paul Giampuzzi, the team's alumni adviser, told Wired. "We're also using new-technology lithium batteries that are used with hybrid cars." Sounds like a deadly efficient combination.Wolverine How about a robot that resembles a horseshoe crab? The Sierra College Mechatronics Department attempted to mitigate harm to its bot by using circles and triangles as its shape inspiration. Wolverine weighs 120 pounds, and dons armor made of high-density polyethylene. "It gives us an opportunity to protect everything, the batteries and the wheels, and still have a spinning weapon in the front," team member Chuck Ferguson told Wired. Ah, yes. Because having a steel bar with sharpened tips isn't enough -- you must also have a horizontal spinning blade at the front of your robot, too.


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Friday, February 27, 2009
Two good things
One: anyone with some free time around lunch on Thursday 5 March and lives in London, I will be signing copies of In Great Waters at Goldsboro Books at 2pm. As this is publication day, they'll be totally new and shiny, and anybody who wants to come in and say hello will be most welcome.
Two: Despite my laptop being in hospital, reducing me to pen and paper (which might well have been good for me), I have just finished a first draft of my third novel. Ta-da!
I'm still feeling a bit shaky and surreal, which is the feeling I always get when I finish: it's hard to believe that suddenly, bam, a whole era of your life is finished and you're into a new one which looks exactly the same but isn't... But it's now definitely finished, at least in draft form. Whether it'll get published remains to be seen - I was on a two-book contract with Random House, and In Great Waters is book number two - so I'll simply have to hope for the best on that score. But hey, I've finished another novel. Doesn't seem that long ago I was finishing the last one, but then I've been around me the whole time and you've all probably been having marvellous adventures that made the time seem full.
In the meantime, I'm feeling a bit shaken and not quite sure what to do with myself. I'm weighing up various alternatives, such as going for a walk in the par, calling a friend or taking a long bath. What do you think I should do?
All of them sounds like good suggestions, so all of them should be done. Probably not all at the same time, unless you have a bathtub with wheels and Mika will pull it along in the park, though...
Hot bath and a good book is my way. I always turn into a bit of a lost soul when I finish writing something. I wander around looking for things to eat to fill the time, lol.
Take a long bath with a friend. Preferably the fiance kind of friend, but hey, beggars can't be choosers..
I don't know how much it's the same feeling, but when I'm feeling dazed and at a loss at the end of a semester, my remedy is: booze, blogs, bath, bed. Not blogs and bath at the same time though, because of the electrocution hazard.
Probably not booze and blogs at the same time, either, because of the foot-in-mouth hazard.
Anyway, congratulations. Maybe a nice little vacation, a weekend away somewhere?
Or just enjoying the first public appearance of In Great Waters. Sort of like a mother putting the baby to bed and going off to play with the toddler.
micatsh: What you say to Mika when she's being excessively vocal?
Congratulations, both on the actual appearance of In Great Waters, and on completing book #3!
To do list:
1. Quality time with Mika.
2. Put walking shoes on.
3. Pet Mika.
4. Check weather for walk in park.
5. More quality time with Mika.
6. Walk in park.
7. Return home. Apologize profusely to Mika for having left her alone.
8. More quality time with Mika.
9. Debate which friend to call, while petting Mika...
We're talking priorities, here.
A little hint on book 3. Pretty please?
Congratulations. And on book 2, again. I'm just on my way to pick up a copy from the only Waterstones in the North East to have it in stock. For now or the foreseeable future. :(
It's quite shocking really.
A little hint on book 3. Pretty please?
I'll certainly consider it, but right now it's in the hands of my agent and I'm a bit superstitious; talking about it in public before I hear what she thinks of it feels a bit of a jinx. Ask me again in a week and I might feel more confident talking about it.
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I bought "Bareback" from the UK rather than "Benighted" from the US. Is there any reason for buying "In Great Waters" from the UK (other than the annoying fact that it hasn't been published in the US yet?
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Crews out of harm's way could be sent into the fray to help
those beleaguered lineman in the affected area.
The men, material
and equipment were available, as was the desire to lend a hand.
All that was needed was someone to coordinate the relief efforts. That
someone is the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, the
statewide organization for electric cooperatives. Our office in Jefferson
City serves as a nerve center during severe weather.
Often as soon as
bad weather is forecasted our "Procedure for Emergency
Assistance" goes to work. As calls for help come in they
are answered with fresh crews who volunteer their services.
times like these, it is refreshing to see how willing people
are to lend a hand. It's the same spirit that helps neighbors
when a home burns, a barn blows down or a child gets sick.
of their rural upbringing, co-op employees know the philosophy
of helping a neighbor. That's the rural way.
Over the
years our crews have traveled beyond our borders to help
restore power. Most recently, Missouri linemen were on
the front lines when hurricanes hit the Gulf Coast and ice storms
plunged South Dakota into darkness. We go because we know
linemen from those systems will answer the call when we
need help.
This emergency assistance
isn't the only thing we've
done to mitigate the effects of the weather. Missouri's electric
co-ops spearheaded an effort to bring severe weather warnings to
rural areas by helping the National Weather Service expand its network
of Weather Radio transmitters.
Today virtually the
entire state (except for some deep hollows in the Ozarks) can get these
life-saving transmissions — but
only if residents have taken the next step and purchased a receiver.
As we head into
the summer months with their potential for damaging winds, let's
make this the year everyone buys a Weather Radio
receiver. We can't
change the weather. But we can be prepared for it.
For more information
about the Weather Radio network,
please visit the NOAA Web
Hart is executive vice president of the Association
of Missouri Electric Cooperatives.
Barry Hart
Barry Hart
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|2012-05-22, 09:54
|Link #201
Endless witch
Join Date: Mar 2007
Age: 30
New post at official diary.
It seems to talk about Epitamine, Rose Guns days and Summer comiket.
|2012-05-22, 10:43
|Link #202
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv175
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 34
Ryukishi made quite some interesting comments (rough summary, and I might have made some mistakes, so if anyone finds something odd to correct, please be my guest):
1) Announcing he will take part of the Epitanime event (France)
2) Stating he won't be attending the comiket, but Rose Guns Days will be available.
3) Thanks to his friends/companions, the work load drastically decreased for him, as he only has to take care of scenario and picture.
4) Ryukishi would like to go back to his starting point: making a non electronic game. And he mentions that 07th expansion actually started with a trading card game (Dai Nana Han").
5) His new ambition: attending the Game Market event (a famous non electronic game event), which has a stark difference with comiket.
6) His dream is to make his own game which would be enjoyed by many people during "offline meetings", although he will still work hard on novels. That being said, he is quite pumped for such challenge.
7) Speaking of which, he met BT during a original card event, and he did joke about himself writing novels (look where he went now )
8) He confesses that he is nearly 40 years old (what the?), growing a beard, but also losing some hair as result. Since he will be no longer in his thirties, he want to take on a challenge even more.
9) He feels like it would be impossible to finish Rose Gun first story by the end of May, but he wants to be done quickly with it.
10) Chiming about some delusions regarding his dream of his own board game, but heh.
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|2012-05-22, 11:22
|Link #203
Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 26
I actually thought 07th Storming Party started out creating Leaf Fight trading cards Hadn't heard of Dai Nana Han.
Anyway, I would be interested in seeing what sort of board game Ryuukishi07 wants to make. Of course, I'm not sure where I can import Japanese board games from, let alone doujin board games.
|2012-05-22, 11:33
|Link #204
Endless witch
Join Date: Mar 2007
Age: 30
huh? A non electronic table game? It seems interesting. (Even if our possibilities of knowing more about it would be reduced ) It is really curious to hear about it in a time when most gaming entertainment is online. Meeting with friends under the same roof to play something sounds funny.
and 40 sounds plausible I remember the celebration of his 36th birthday at Rokkenjima years ago.
And yeah, Rose guns days is coming soon. Nice.
About importing it I guess than any doujin specialized shop will sold it. That man is already know and probably his past works have been of good profit for them so that shops will sold it somehow don't worry ^^
|2012-05-22, 13:52
|Link #205
Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 26
|2012-05-23, 18:53
|Link #209
[VN] Higurashi ~ Spanish
Look at this girl. Her name is Serika.
Could she be a "proto-rika"?
|2012-05-27, 04:06
|Link #211
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
I really wonder what will the story be about. Just some kind of mafia story?
It certainly isn't part of the "When they Cry" series, and it doesn't seem like R07's typical suspense/horror story either.
I really don't know what to make out of this, but I think it is an interesting change of mood for R07's works. Though, I'd really like him to go back to suspense and horror.
|2012-05-27, 12:45
|Link #213
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: California
Age: 30
|2012-05-27, 14:34
|Link #214
Endless witch
Join Date: Mar 2007
Age: 30
Sorry about not being able to translate it. My Japanese level is not very high and Ryukishi writing style is quite complicated. But somehow Jeanne seems easier, I wonder why.
I think I understand better the hard work that people who translated and is translating 07thexpansion works does. Thank you guys
Thanks for the translations Takemichi
|2012-05-27, 20:12
|Link #217
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv175
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 34
Yes, I've announced our plans to translate RGD, with a little surprise with it, although I can't disclose "this" yet.
Of course, whether or not we can keep the same pace we had with Umineko series will be determined by various factors, such like RGD itself, our personal lives etc.
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|2012-05-28, 08:29
|Link #218
Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 26
Nice Also, if the "this" is what I think it is, that's great news!
Anyway, I can understand that the translation might take some time; I'll be patient.
Good luck to all of Witch Hunt. I look forward to playing the game :-)
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Having had a hand in ruining the legend of Alexander the Great, Angelina Jolie is closing in on a director to help her take aim at Cleopatra.
Jolie is slated to star in the 3D epic based on the Pulitzer Prize-winner biography Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff, and Paul Greengrass is believed to be the frontrunner to sign on as director, reported Deadline.
Cleopatra's story has been told dozens of times, but according to producer Scott Rudin, what will set this version apart is the fact that Schiff's was the first serious history of the great Egyptian leader written by a woman.
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"It is a completely revisionist Cleopatra, a much more grown-up sophisticated version," Rudin told Deadline. "She's not a sex kitten, she's a politician, strategist, warrior. In the Joseph Mankiewicz movie, Elizabeth Taylor is a seductress, but the histories of Cleopatra have been written by men. This is the first to be written by a woman."
That's all well and good, and we love us some Greengrass (though not "Green Zone"), but Jolie as an Egyptian queen (we know, old news) just doesn't feel quite right, does it? Wouldn't a less-white 20-something be a better choice? Just sayin'...


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Stupid Stock Move of the Day! Netflix up more than 10%?July 5, 2012: 3:35 PM ET
Netflix (NFLX) investors were "jazzed" (oh how I miss Colin Barr) about the fact that CEO Reed Hastings gushed, on Facebook (FB) of all places, about how subscribers watched more than 1 billion hours of video in June.
That post was Tuesday afternoon following the abbreviated day of trading before the 4th of July holiday. So the market didn't have a chance to react to this until today -- although shares surged Tuesday as well following a bullish report from Citigroup Internet analyst Mark Mahaney.
It wasn't that long ago that shares of Netflix were down year-to-date. They're now up nearly 20%. But they are still not doing as well as Redbox owner Coinstar (CSTR), which I wrote about last month.
Now don't get me wrong. I think Netflix, despite last year's price hike/Qwikster debacle, provides a great service. I am a subscriber. But what is this? 1998? We're back to buying stocks because of ridiculous user metrics that don't mean squat for profits? "Hours viewed" may be the new "eyeballs."
Netflix makes money from monthly subscriptions. It's not that relevant for investors how often people are online. It's not an ad-supported business where engagement matters. In that respect, Netflix is not that much different from pay cable networks like my corporate cousin HBO. This is, of course, amusing since my Big Boss --capo di tutti capi? -- Time Warner (TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes has occasionally taken potshots at Netflix.
But the bottom line is this. Netflix may be back on track from a subscriber standpoint. Still, the gaudy number that matters more than 1 billion hours viewed is this one: 745. That is Netflix's price-to-earnings ratio based on its current price of about $82 and 2012 earnings per share estimates of just 11 cents.
Sure, I realize that profits are expected to be unusually low this year due to Netflix's big international push. Heck, the company was originally expected to lose money all year due to investments overseas. But even if you look at more normal earnings levels for 2013, the stock still has a P/E of near 40. That is too rich.
Nonetheless, disagreements are what makes the markets interesting. Several Twitter followers engaged in a fun debate about the merits of Netflix.
All great points. Call me old school though. It all comes to valuation. Earnings matter.


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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Summertime Simplicity
The temperature here has spiked into the 90's and just like last summer, my desire to make heavy quilted pieces has been replaced with the urge to stitch simple lightweight Pojagi patchwork.
For those of you who may be new to my blog, or those of you like myself with memory that isn't always the best, Pojagi, (also known as Bojagi or Bojaki) and pronounced Po-Jah-ki, is a very old form of Korean patchwork.
I adore Pojagi for so many reasons...
It is simplicity at its best. A thin patchwork cloth. All seams enclosed. Both sides beautiful.
When held to the light it becomes transformed.
Eco-friendly in nature, Pojagi is often used for the practical purpose of a wrapping cloth, such as to wrap a small gift item, or to wrap and carry ones lunch, (once unwrapped it serves as a place mat).
Now I ask you... what's not to love about Pojagi?!
To see a wonderful video featuring the acclaimed Korean Pojagi Artist, Chunghie Lee and how she has pushed the boundaries of this ancient form of stitch work, go here.
You can see my past Pojagi work here, and stay tuned for more, as Pojagi is what I plan to be stitching all summer long!
PS. Yes, my blog break is officially over!
35 comments:
- Abby and Stephanie said...
Summer, stripey goodness. Looking forward to all of your summer creations.
- June 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Vicki W said...
Oh wow, that's fabulous!
- June 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Angela said...
Victoria, thank you very much for this, I did not know about pojagi at all. Watched the video, and saw all of your pictures, I am amazed. I love this, I really do. Your pieces, as always, are beautiful.
- June 8, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- Mary Keasler said...
Sssssweet. As well as incredibly lovely.
- June 8, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- andie said...
Wow! I really want to try this. Yours are beautiful. What do you do when seams cross or overlap? Does it get really thick there? Maybe I just need to give it a try.
- June 8, 2011 at 8:12 PM
- Diane J. Evans said...
Lovely! And so perfect for summer. So glad you're back!
- June 8, 2011 at 9:25 PM
- Victoria said...
Thanks to each of you. :)
Angela, so happy to share something new with you!
Andie, good question! Generally thin fabrics are used, which cuts down on the bulk of overlapping seams. So far, I have used light weight muslin, Kaffe Fassett's woven shot cottons and ikats and right now I am workig with some very light weight cotton lawn. However I am thinking about using some quilt weight cottons in an upcoming project... we will see how that goes!
- June 8, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- Gina said...
Good to see you back. A beautiful piece of work as always.
- June 9, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- Nat at Made in Home said...
That is amazing! Need to learn more about Pojagi!
- June 9, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Leslie said...
this is gorgeous....i need to look into those gorgeous finished seams....i could make a tablecloth!!!!
- June 9, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Jackie Russell said...
I'm so glad your blog break is over. Looking forward to your new works. I have never seen this before. Will you be sharing how you do this? Maybe a book or website?
- June 9, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Jackie Russell said...
I found your post on how you create the seams.
- June 9, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Victoria said...
Thanks again. xo
Leslie, yes a table cloth, exactly what I have been thinking of doing after I finish up some smaller projects. (Great minds think alike, huh?!)
Jackei, glad you found it as I forgot to mention... if you google 'pojagi tutorial' you will get a link to how I sew my seams.
- June 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Nifty Quilts said...
It's so nice to see your new work--beautiful, as always! I'll look forward to more Pojagi, seeing yours and perhaps joining you in making some. Did you know there is a show coming up in San Francisco? It's at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art from 6/17-10/22. It looks like Chunghie Lee is a big part of it. Loved the video too!
- June 9, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Summertime blues, fun and cooling. xox Corrine
- June 9, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Colleen MacDonald said...
Oh to experience summer heat; I hope it comes our way soon! Your stripey pojagi is incredibly lovely; you're right, there's everything to love about it!
- June 9, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Karin på Ösäter said...
I don´t know how I can stop my self from learning more about pojangi now. It looks great, simplicity, quiet harmony.
It´s hard to find right words in a language I´m not use to.
Karin på Ösäter
- June 9, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Allie said...
I ADORE this one - love them all but love this best. Glad your break is over, I've missed you!
- June 9, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Glen QuiltSwissy said...
So glad to have you back!! Love this pojagi, I love them all.
- June 9, 2011 at 10:53 PM
- Fer said...
Oh so lovely@
- June 10, 2011 at 2:56 AM
- Elsa said...
I've been wondering where you were.
The Pojagi is wonderful! I've been wanting to do one of these for a while now. Guess I'll have to stop wanting and do it!
- June 10, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- patty a. said...
Love the stripes! Hope you had a wonderful break!
- June 10, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Cheryl Arkison said...
I feel the need for this kind of summer sewing too. I say this as I handstitch a binding on a hot day!
- June 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Sujata Shah said...
Another classic from you! Looks beautiful. I am drawn to the simplicity of this artworks of yours. They are always inspiring to me!
- June 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Corinnea said...
I was thinking about your Pojagi last week..... I have some beautiful linen just waiting in the wings.
Hope you had a wonderful break! Nice to see you back.
- June 10, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- Candied Fabrics said...
Victoria! This is lovely - so light and airy...and those seams! Love them!
- June 10, 2011 at 10:56 PM
- Funky's Mama said...
Beautiful. I think I just added a new project to my bucket list...
- June 10, 2011 at 11:36 PM
- XUE said...
Yippee! You're back! And with a super Pojagi furoshiki !!!
- June 11, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Karen said...
simply beautiful...
- June 11, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Sewhappy said...
I am so happy that you are back, and what a great start. I ove the way the stripes look. Oh I wish it could be summer here, I long for warmth.
- June 14, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Unknown said...
i love it. simple things are so difficult to do. Brava!
- June 14, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Rachel said...
Victoria, I have really enjoyed seeing all your pojagi creations and, yesterday, I had my first go at making some myself, using the method 2 from your tute. Thank you so much, for both the inspiration and the information - I really enjoyed the technique and can see myself doing lots more pojagi in the future!
- June 16, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Deborah said...
Lovely and perfect for summer.
- June 17, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- MaryLu said...
What a lovely piece of patchwork! What method do you use to enclose your seams? Are they flat fell, or turned back and stitched down as in the darker chambray one you posted recently?
I really love the look of these things, much different than a layered and quilted quilt runner.
Thank you for sharing.
- June 20, 2011 at 12:26 AM
- Victoria said...
Thank you so much everyone for you comments!
MaryLu, you can find my tutorial for how to machine stitch 2 different types of seams for creating your own pojagi patchwork here.
(I also finally put a link to it on my sidebar.)
- June 20, 2011 at 3:35 PM


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