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For Your Pies Only
After having leftover buttermilk* from a cornmeal crust I was making (for pie coming later) I didn't want it to go to waste. Luckily my trusty Pie book had a recipe for a buttermilk pie which I had never tried before.
*Buttermilk Fact: Today's buttermilk has no butter in it and is mostly non-fat or 1% milk…so eat up!
Ok, I have to admit…one of the most annoying things about baking is waiting for butter to soften…well, when you bake things on a whim that is (and very often that is me). So if you're thinking you might want to try baking this pie…quick! get your butter out now!
On first taste, I thought this pie was good, but not my fave. Creamy, nutmeggy goodness with a little bit of tart. Then suddenly I knew…this pie would be the perfect pair with some fresh fruit or a sweet drizzle. I grabbed some peach schnapps and some fresh blueberries leftover from my Blue Beauty recipe and whipped up a berry syrup. Drizzle it over the pie and oh man, that makes me excited all over. If you want to be excited all over, read on for the recipe!
Buttermilk Baby
- Single Basic Flaky Pie Crust
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, seperated (yolk in one bowl, whites in another)
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees C. Put the bottom crust in the pie pan and prick the bottom of the crust with a fork. This will allow gas to escape while prebaking. If any bubbles should form, use the back of a spoon to gently push it back into shape. Put the crust in the oven for 7-10 minutes until it starts to get golden. Take out of oven and cool. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees.
Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl until fully blended. It's okay if it's a little clumpy. Mix in egg yolks fully. Now add flour, lemon juice, nutmeg and salt until completely combined. Gradually mix in buttermilk.
In a different bowl, whip the egg whites until they hold soft peaks. Pour some of the buttermilk mixture into the egg whites and fold in (fold in= run your mixing tool around the outside of the mixture and in…as if you are making a capital letter 'G'…well, that's how I do it :D). Fold in until just combined, don't overdo it. Pour mixture into the cooled pie shell. I sprinkled a little nutmeg in the center to look pretty and stuff.
Put the pie in the the oven and bake 35-45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the sides puff slightly. Halfway through the baking process, rotate the pie so the part that faced the back of the oven now faces the front. The filling may jiggle when you take it out, but it shouldn't seem soupy.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Schnooker-berry Drizzle
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/4 cup peach schnapps
- 1/4 cup water
Whisk together sugar and cornstarch until completely combined. Add in remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally until all sugar is dissolved and the liquid starts to thicken. Let cool for 10 minutes and spoon it onto whatever you'd like!
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Albert Edward Buescher Albert Edward Buescher, 72, of RFD 7, Mt. Vernon, died at noon Thursday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Sunday at Hopewell Methodist church with the Rev. Olin Weatherford and the Rev. Eugene Estes officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix where friend may call after 2:00 pm Saturday. Mr. Buescher was born Jan. 19, 1891, in Chester, the son of Henry and Caroline (Klamp) Buescher. On Dec. 17, 1916, he was married to Florence Baldwin, who preceded him in death on Mar. 30, 1953. On June 6, 1954, he was married to Eva Tate, who preceded him in death on Jan. 18, 1956. He is survived by one son, Richard Albert Buescher of RFD 6, Mt. Vernon; a grandson, Michael Buescher; and two sisters, Mrs. Leonard Yandell of this city, and Mrs. E. B. Ratliff, of Springfield, Ill. Mr. Buescher was a member of the Zion M. E. church. Source: Date: 7-11-1963 Submitted by; Ken Richardson
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Seline 2.0 Ultimate is based upon the award-winning concept of the original Seline HD, but is so much better in every way.
"…Gorgeous, futuristic music making app… one of the most ambitious apps I've seen on the iPad, period." – Gizmodo
Absolutely new app
The application has evolved from the "concept" to the "real workhorse" level and is now a very powerful musical tool, for instant production of tons of first-class musical ideas. The melodies can now be recorded to .WAV/.M4A and MIDI simultaneously. Hardware, virtual, wireless MIDI in/out, as well as Audio Copy/Paste are fully supported. There are 30 built-in instruments, 6 drones, 8 drumloops, and more downloadable content is available through the built-in app SHOP.
Seline is a great live performance and improvisation music instrument that will keep you playing for hours, even if you haven't touched any music instrument before. The sound is altered on the fly with a dozen of subtle AI algorhythms that add unbelievable expression, character and life to your music. Drones (chorded synth pads) are generated on-the-fly based on the complex analysis of your melody line and provide an excellent background layer for your melody.
Ergonomically designed for iPad
Seline features a completely new, ergonomically designed (finally!) playing surface called ioGrid, suitable for players with all hand sizes. The melodies are played with two hands, while keeping the iPad on the knees or on the table. Fully adjustable 16-note scale is divided into 2 parts (odd and even), which are then mapped on the left and right grids. Such way of note mapping is beneficial to the existing linear scale mapping solutions as it allows many more improvisation possibilities. And, of course, the player is never out of tune.
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The completely redesigned, realistic-looking interface called ioGrid 2.0 brings many improvements to the original ioGrid. The white keys now represent the opposite part of the scale, thus all the scale is available for performance using only one hand. The variable-length note-to-note pitch slides are performed just by sliding between the yellow and the white keys with different speed. Resting your palm on the "pads" at the bottom of the screen allows to pitch-bend each note as on a regular controller.
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My goal with this article is to help the readers understand how to do HTTP debugging of a mobile app using an actual mobile phone or a tablet and making use of proxies like mitmproxy and Charles. I will also try to cover Wireshark (you can also read my earlier articles on Wireshark where i described how Wireshark can be used to capture passwords and capturing packets.)
By the end of this article, here is what you will learn
a. You will learn how to do HTTP level debugging of your mobile app, using an actual mobile phone. A sample use-case to help you understand would be – "hey, is the app actually making a call to my server or not".
b. You will learn some stuff about tools like Charles as well as a bit about Wireshark.
and for this article am going to assume that you know about HTTP (and status codes) and you know how DNS resolution works, so am not going to dig into those topics. All am going to focus on is, how you can setup these tools and get started with debugging your mobile app using an actual device for any HTTP / DNS specific issues.
am also assuming that you have a wifi router at home or work which you will be connected to when following the instructions on this tutorial. You will need your computer and the phone to be connected to the same wifi network.
last admin note, before we get to the meat of the article – You can click on any image below to see a larger version of the image.
Getting started with iOS HTTP Debugging using Charles
1. First thing you need to do is download and install Charles (Download page link). Charles is a HTTP Proxy / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).
Download Charles version specific to your Operating System. For the purpose of this tutorial, am going to download a Mac edition.
Just a note on licensing - Charles is available as a shareware and will work as you expect it to, for 30 days. After 30 days it will ask you to purchase a license, which is usually available for $50 at the time of writing this article (for upto 4 users). You can ignore purchasing the license, but then you will often see Charles stopping and delaying you for 30s before resuming.. not too pleasant an experience, if you are going to use the software very regularly.
2. Once you have downloaded and installed Charles, next step is to Launch the application on your computer.
Charles listens by default on 8888. For this tutorial, am not going to change the port – but in case if 8888 is busy on your computer (you might have a development webserver or an app server running on that port), then you can do a quick google search on how to change listening port of Charles.
If you are on a mac you can type ifconfig to get the ip address of the interface attached to your wireless network. (see screenshot below on how i have got the address on my mac)
for those on windows, you can get your "internal" ip address by typing iconfig at the command prompt
3. Next step is to make the iOS Device (it can either be an iPhone, iPad or an iPod Touch) and Charles (which is running on your computer) talk to each other. For the purpose of the tutorial, am configuring an iPad.
4. With the above step completed, now your iOS Device and Charles are able to talk to each other.
5. Open any app or a browser and all the HTTP traffic originating from the app should be proxied through Charles and therefore visible on Charles.
Let me walk you through an example here (check the pictures below)
Let's say you are the developer of the NDTV app and you want to be sure that the ad call at the bottom of the page (see green arrow in the image below) is indeed happening. To confirm that you can open Charles and start browsing NDTV app. All the HTTP requests will get logged by Charles.
Screen below shows how Charles' interface looks. You can note that there are two tabs
Structure and Sequence. Structure will log all the requests as per the domain and sequence will list them in a way that you can see the actual sequence in which the app fires the HTTP requests.
Structure is good if your goal is to ensure that the requests to a domain are indeed happening in the way that the domain / service expects, i.e. you are following the contract of the API / service or not.
Sequence is good if you wish to make an HTTP request only after a specific HTTP request has been processed.
The red arrow in the image below shows that the ad call is indeed happening to InMobi (mobile ad network).
On the right hand side, you can see that there are various tabs to help you with request and response details.
There is another way of capturing packets and that is something i have done with Android in the past (as there was no way in Android to specify proxies for the wifi network earlier. Its available with Android 4.0.3 onwards)
Using Wireshark to capture Packets flowing through your Mobile App (Hotspot Method)
Theory – This method requires you to turn your computer into a hotspot (a.k.a access point). The phone / tablet can then connect to this hotspot, which will allow all packets from the mobile device to be routed through the computer. Your computer will be at the same time, running Wireshark to capture the packets for analysis.
Now lets get started with making this setup work. I will be using a Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion to explain the entire process. For those of you on Windows, you can do a quick google search on converting your Windows computer into a Hotspot (also worth trying for Windows users is Connectify)
Turning a Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion into a Hotspot
a. In order to turn your Mac running Mountain Lion (i am specifying the instructions for Mountain Lion, but they are largely the same for Mac OS X in general), you first need to head to the System Preferences.
b. Under System Preferences, look for the setting called "Sharing" (see screenshot below). Sharing is the larger control panel to enable or disable all types of sharing (file sharing, printer sharing, internet sharing and many more) on your Mac OS X (Mountain Lion in my case).
c. Look for the control titled "Internet Sharing". You need to specify the connection you wish to share and also the connection method with which you will share connections. In my case, am sharing my ethernet connection using the Wifi interface.
Do note that you would be alerted to start internet sharing, in case its not turned on. In my case as Internet Sharing was On, i didn't get that alert.
At the end of the step, ensure that your screen looks similar to the image above. The core points to note are:
- you have selected internet sharing (checked the checkbox as shown by the red arrow)
- specified a connection to share (as shown in my case with the blue arrow)
- specified the interface that you would like to use to share the connection (as shown using green arrow).
d. Once you are done with the above step, you will be able to share your Mac's internet connection with other computers using the interface you have specified (in my case Wifi). (see image below)
See the arrow has turned UP, indicating its acting as a host.
So now that your computer is acting as a Hotspot, the next step is to make the Android or iOS Phone (i usually follow this step for Android, but conceptually its the same for Android and iOS) connect to this hotspot and launch Wireshark.
I am assuming that you have connected your phone to the SSID broadcasted by your Mac and now your phone or tablet is sending all internet requests to the mac sharing its internet connection.
On this Mac, we will now run Wireshark. Wireshark is an amazing tool for packet sniffing and analysis which i have been using since a very long time (when it was called Ethereal) and it allows for capturing packets flowing through an interface. You can select the interface for which you wish to capture traffic and it will do so.
Do note that on Mac, you will need X11 to run Wireshark and X11 is not part of the Mountain Lion, so you should first download it from xQuartz page.
e. When you launch Wireshark and start the capture (Wireshark should also be part of your hacking toolkit, just in case you didn't know) , it will ask you to select the interface to capture. This essentially means that Wireshark wants to know which network interface it should listen to and capture the packets flowing through the interface.
You can see that there are all the interface listed on the left (i have annotated it using a red rectangle) and on the right hand side, there is a Start button, which when clicked will start capturing traffic for that particular interface. Press the Start button for the interface relevant to you. If you are on the wireless network, it will be en1.
f. In parallel, we have also launched an app. I am browsing through the Flipboard app on my iPhone and will show you relevant requests flowing through Wireshark for this app.
g. Here in the screenshot below, you can see that we have specified a filter to be able to capture only the requests which match certain pattern and reduce the noise. The filter that i have specified will capture all requests which have flipboard in URL.
You can see that the host of the request was cdn.flipboard.com and the requesting method was a GET and then there are multiple other details, which i am not going to cover right now (possibly another post in future).
Similarly, you can capture different requests and then do a detailed packet level analysis of the request and response received from the server.
So this bring us to the end of this tutorial. Do comment and let me know if you liked it or not and if you have any other feedback.
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Enriching life through the gifts of speech and hearing
Katy Sullivan, Au.D., has served the needs of our community for over 15 years with Providence Speech and Hearing Center. She graduated in 1993 with her Master's Degree in Audiology from San Francisco State University and with her Doctorate of Audiology in 2008 from Central Michigan University. Dr. Sullivan is fluent in Spanish and American Sign Language. She specializes in the special needs of hearing impaired children and adults and speaks regularly to community groups, pediatricians, Neonatal ICU nurses, and Ear Nose and Throat doctors to alert them to new possibilities of hearing health care.
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I have a bone to pick with you, San Diego. I know it's my job to be a cheerleader for the music scene, so perhaps you're reluctant to trust me and my musical recommendations. But honestly, I write about what I love and I want to turn you on to the good things. For example, a little over a year ago, I was telling you about this new band that was playing a weekly residency at the Casbah. I was practically begging you to come and, while certainly not empty, those shows could've sold better. Fast-forward to tonight, and that very same band, Young the Giant, is performing to a sold-out crowd at Soma. That's 2300 people who bought their tickets weeks ago, most of whom most certainly did not see them play to a meager few dozen people just a short time ago. Let that be a lesson to you. So now, when I tell you that you should go see Class Actress and Superhumanoids tonight at the Casbah, you know it's because they're awesome. And if they blow up, you can say you saw them when.
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From the very beginning, the University of Pittsburgh Police Department has steadily progressed into a premier state of the art law enforcement agency. With the constant support of the university community, the police department has utilized educational and training opportunities to become a contributing and well-respected part of the community.
In the mid 1950's, the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, which is home to Pitt Campus, experienced the same problems as any other inner city neighborhood throughout the country. Vandalism, theft, and parking problems became a concern for the University, and so, the first Pitt Security Department was created. This small group of individuals became the foundation of what is now the University of Pittsburgh Police Department.
In the 1960's, the department dealt with unrest and other civil problems that plagued America. Like all campus police organizations, the University of Pittsburgh Police Officer's were often on the front lines of the conflicts and learned to deal with the students with fairness and authority. By the late 1960's, the university became a state related institution that eventually, in turn authorized police officers with the same powers and duties as Pennsylvania Capitol and Commonwealth Property Police.
In the early 1970's, the department was restructured and grew in number. Pitt's Department of Public Safety, as it was then called was recognized as the third largest police organization in Allegheny County. In 1974, the first acting Chief was named and the agencies official title became the University of Pittsburgh Police Department. Modernization was the theme of the department as computers and state of the art security systems became an integral part of police work.
Through the 1980's, the department continued to grow in terms of officers and equipment. At that time, the department went back to being titled the Department of Public Safety. Also in the 80's University Officer's teamed up with the City of Pittsburgh Police Department Officer's on an Impact Detail where highly visible foot beat officer's protected the campus community.
The 1990's again brought change as the agency went back to being the University of Pittsburgh Police Department. The organization was often on the cutting edge of police work and patrol functions. By early 1995, bicycle patrol officers hit the streets along with motorcycle units in April of 1997.
Perhaps the biggest change in the decade was the introduction of officer standards throughout the Municipal Police Officer's Training Act (ACT 120). Now, the university requires its officers to attend accredited Police Academies meeting the same standards as all Pennsylvania Municipal Police Departments.
In early of 2007 a new Public Safety Building was dedicated. The building reflects Pitt's safety commitment to students, faculty, staff, and the Oakland Business community and neighbors that surround the University's campus. The building brings safety operations together in one location, thus providing increased public accessibility and visibility of police and safety officials.
The building has state of the art campus wide security monitoring and command center with three dispatch desks and a bank of four 52 inch video screens that can display weather information, security camera video, dispatch, and call screens. Full integrated into the city and county 911 system, it will also serve as a command post during a major emergencies.
The building also has an emergency generator that powers campus safety systems such as the digital video surveillance, the building access system, and emergency dispatch operations connecting to the University data and telephone networks, support 24-7 operations. In case of a campus wide emergency, the building's phone system can operate independently, allowing it to remain online as the key emergency contact center for the University.
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Fearliath is going to be going on hiatus for a little while as I've made a new blog and I'm trying to decide if I should keep both blogs or just delete this one.
The reason I made a new blog as fearliath is way too unorganized and it's gotten far too big - I've wanted to restart a tumblr account for ages but kept putting it off.
If you would like my new tumblr url, skype or email in order to stay in touch then feel free to message me. :D


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Down for Maintenance Pteri
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The Down for Maintenance Pteri is a Red Pteri and a one-player challenger that users can fight in the Battledome. He is based off of an image of a Red Pteri that is shown when the Neopets website is down for maintenance.
For many years, the screen that is displayed when the Neopets website is unavailable has included generic, crying Red Pteri. After a while, users began to associate this Red Pteri with the frustration of not being able to access the website. In Editorial #146 of the Neopian Times, Neopets user Tonya1982 asked TNT to make the "Neopets is Down For Maintenance Pteri" into a Battledome challenger so that Neopets users could "take their frustrations out on him". TNT granted this request, and on July 27, 2004, the Down for Maintenance Pteri was released as an official Battledome challenger.
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The Down for Maintenance Pteri is featured in one Random Event. After receiving this Random Event, the user will unlock the Down for Maintenance Pteri as a challenger in the Battledome:
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|Attack: 2× 1 - 2× Defence: 5×
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This was based on talks with a friend of mine.
It originated with the ceiba tree, and extended from there based on all the folklore surrounding it.
The Tree of Many Things
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IM'ers not digital reference chatters?
I put a very simple, 5 question survey together this past Friday to learn about IM habits of UNLV students. It's linked from the main library webpage, as well as from the Chat Reference login page. The questions are very simple, and my main objective was to learn if people are chatting with IM (since it's been debated that people don't IM as much as they used to - an argument that I don't subscribe to) and what applications they're using. I also asked if they've ever used the UNLV Libraries Chat Reference service.
Now it's still very early, and the survey has only been up for 2 days (20 responses so far), but I'm noticing a peculiar trend in the responses: 90% of respondents currently use IM, and 90% have never used the UNLV Chat Reference service. The next question asks "if the service were offered, would you use Instant Messaging to ask a librarian for research help?" Again, 90% responded 'yes.'
Granted, respondents are entirely self-selected, and those with more experience with IM might be more inclined to answer the survey. As well, there hasn't been an aggressive marketing initiave launched to publicize the existing chat reference service (though we have healthy monthly totals). But the numbers reported through the survey are very interesting, and would appear, at this point, to support the 'embedded' service concept: provide help for people where and when they use it most. IM is looking better and better all the time.
The survey hasn't been up for a full weekday yet, so I expect to get many more responses this week. I'll report back as I gather more information.
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When translating a work from page to screen there should be an obligation to be true to the original work.
If you want to change the story, then don't use the same title because you are not telling the same tale.
Tell that to Alan Moore when he turned characters from classic works of literature into sexual and social deviants and had the audacity to try and pretend it was art.
You might have a case if Moore was adapting "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Pan", or "Wizard of Oz". He wasn't. He came out with an entirely new story with an entirely different title that featured the characters.
Countless authors have done this. I mean, does every crazy book that features the character of Dracula somehow detract from the original Bram Stoker novel?
I wouldn't normally bitch about it, but Moore is the biggest hypocrite in the world for constantly saying how Hollywood rapes is characters and stories. And then he goes and writes LOEG, in which he literally and figuratively does that to much beloved characters written by authors who would no doubt disapprove of the filth he drags their characters into. He has no right to bitch about The LOEG movie. Because they weren't his characters to begin with. And if anything, they came across better then when he was writing them.
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"Willard Library's 6th Annual Poetry Slam had the added bonus to have professional poets Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron come in and display their expertise in performance! Their performances were dramatic, powerful, and provided content that everyone in the audience could relate to, especially the students. Kirk's background in teaching along with his passion for poetry really shined through during the workshop, while Gabe's suggestions to the performers-in-training were sensitive but honest. The time Kirk and Gabe took to spend with our young people will leave a long lasting impact on our children. On a side note, one kid did not win during the poetry slam competition, but with Kinetic Affect's help, he jokingly tells me that his performance got him a girlfriend out of the deal."


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How charming is this teaspoon wallpaper? Designed by Studio Ditte, the wallpaper "tells a tale of elegant spoons, forks for posh cakes and old keys of forgotten rooms." From far away it looks just like an interesting, colorful pattern, but up close you can see the intricate spoon and fork designs. A little shabby chic, but oh so pretty. See a close-up photo below:
Imagine how fun this paper would look covering the wall in a cozy corner breakfast nook!
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I love it!! My dream kitchen is turquoise with a pop of orange, so this would be perfect!! Now all I need is the house, lol!
Oh my goodness! This wallpaper is to die for :) love, love, love!
Goodness, it is beautiful, but $177 for 20 feet is a little steep for me!
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Perfume Shopping
This is a collection of links to posts from different blogs that cover perfume shopping in different cities all around the world. Thank you to Undina for creating and hosting and updating this page!
Asali (a contributing writer for several blogs) has shared with me a link to the blog that specializes in gathering information about shopping in different places. If you need just a list of shops/boutiques in a specific city you might find Your Perfume Guide useful.
Please contact me if you've written or come across an article you want to include in this list or if you want to host a similar page (I'll send you an html file with the current list and will be providing updates several times a year).
If you like the idea please spread the word. I have no commercial interest in this project I just think it might be useful for the community.
The list is organized by country and then by city. City names are links, if there is more than one link for a city [partial] article titles are used as links. In parentheses are blog names and published/last modified dates (in mm/dd/yy format).*
Melbourne: Scent Adventure (What Men Should Smell Like, 1/5/12); Perfume Shopping in Melbourne (Another Perfume Blog, 6/5/12)
Vienna: A Viennese Sniffing Whirl (Bonkers about Perfume, 4/27/12); Le Parfum, Puredistance Perfume Lounge and Duft (Olfactoriaís Travels, 1/5/11, 1/22/11 and 1/15/11)
Bruges (Bonkers about Perfume, 12/19/09)
Brussels (Bonkers about Perfume, 11/11/12)
Wevelgem: Where Is Heaven? ñ Turns Out It Is In Belgium (Olfactoriaís Travels, 3/10/12); Haute Parfumerie Place VendÙme (Bonkers about Perfume, 11/4/12)
Zagreb: Parfumerija Lana, Viktor Koncept and Institut Parfumeur Flores (All I am ñ a redhead, 4/4/12, 11/11/09 and 11/18/09)
Casis (Perfumed Letters, 7/8/12)
Paris: Paris Perfume Pilgrimage, Part I: the Right Bank and Paris Perfume Pilgrimage, Part II: The Left Bank (Grain de Musc, 7/2/2009 and 7/4/2009); Paris Perfume Shopping Addresses: Quick Index (Perfume Shrine, 1/21/12); Post Cards from Paris (Perfumed Letters, 5/1/12); Detaille ñ a very old and discreet perfume house (christopherk67, 7/24/11)
Provence, Alpes, CÙte díAzur (What Men Should Smell Like, 12/3/12)
Berlin: Galeries Lafayette, KaDeWe and April Aromatics At KaDeWe (Bonkers about Perfume, 4/28/11 and 5/1/12)
Dresden (Bonkers about Perfume, 9/4/11)
D¸sseldorf (Bonkers about Perfume, 5/2/11)
Munich (Olfactoriaís Travels, 7/23/11)
R¸desheim (Bonkers about Perfume, 12/10/11)
Stuttgart (Bonkers about Perfume, 4/25/12)
Hong Kong (What Men Should Smell Like, 4/12/12)
Budapest: Part I and Part II (Bonkers about Perfume, 9/18/11 and 9/21/11)
Indonesia (Nose at the Ready, 6/15/10)
Bologna (Olfactoria's Travels, 8/28/12)
Florence (What Men Should Smell Like, 6/25/11)
Milan: Milan, Fragrant City, Part I and Part II (Olfactoriaís Travels, 8/11/11 and 8/13/11); This Week at the Perfume Counter: Milano (I Smell Therefore I Am, 6/14/09)
Rome (What Men Should Smell Like , 6/26/11)
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Auckland (What Men Should Smell Like, 8/20/12)
KrakÛw: GaliLu Olfactory, ul. S?awkowska 16, tel.: 12 422 16 84 (behemot 12, 5/26/12)
Warszawa: Neoperfumeria GaliLU, ul. Mokotowska 63, tel.: 22 622 10 13 (behemot 12, 5/26/12)
Stockholm (Bonkers about Perfume, 12/24/09)
Zurich: Solo Sniffing In Zurich and An Ill-Fated Sniffathon In Z¸rich (Bonkers about Perfume, 11/9/11 and 8/21/11)
Basel (Bonkers about Perfume, 4/6/10)
Bangkok (What Men Should Smell Like, 7/11/12)
United Kingdom
Belfast (Bonkers about Perfume, 5/19/12)
Edinburgh (Bonkers about Perfume, 4/12/12)
London: London Perfume Shopping Guide (Persolaise – A Perfume Blog, 4/19/12); Perfume Shopping in London (Now Smell This, 5/16/11); Touring London Perfumeries : A Bonkers Bike Ride (Bonkers about Perfume, 6/4/12)
Lytham (Bonkers about Perfume, 10/28/09)
Las Vegas (Undinaís Looking Glass, 2/28/12)
Miami (the unseen censer, 3/21/12)
New York: My New York City Sniffing Tour ñ Part I and Part II (Olfactoriaís Travels, 12/01/12 & 12/03/12); Perfume Shopping in NY (Now Smell This, 11/20/11); Perfume Shopping In NYC: What to Buy Where (The Non-Blonde, 9/5/12)
San Francisco (Another Perfume Blog, 8/8/11)
Washington D.C. (the unseen censer, 4/1/12)


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Welcome to St. Peter Parish of Kenosha
St. Peter Parish is a community of baptized Catholics in Kenosha. We are associated with other Catholic parishes under the direction of the Archbishop of Milwaukee. We live our baptismal calling by the worship of God through Jesus Christ, the formation of Christian mind and character, service to those in need and responsible use of the resources which God gives us. Using the example of the Virgin Mother of Christ, so well portrayed in Christian tradition, we will pursue this calling faithfully under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Beginning Sep. 8: we return to 10:30 am Sunday Mass.
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So what is this Scrip Program Im always hearing about at Church? Scrip is a card you purchase that works just like any other gift card ..the only difference is that a percentage of each card that is purchased comes back to the us. For instance, if you buy a $25 Pick N Save cardthe parish gets back $1. Some vendors offer a greater pay back than others .but all of them give money back to us just because you committed to spending money at their business.
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Zoom Airlines, Canada's newest charter airline, will operate 9-10 flights per week with departures from Ottawa, Hamilton and Halifax to a range of sunny spots, including Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico and Florida. Zoom CEO, Kris Dolinki, forecasts that Zoom will fly approximately 30,000 travellers to their southern destinations.
Ottawa Airport President and CEO Paul Benoit said: "Zoom's launch is an important event for both the Airport and the Community. It offers travellers another choice as they plan their holiday and winter vacations, and will have a positive impact on the local economy."
Zoom will not market directly to the public initially, but rather will offer seats aboard their single aircraft through Go Travel Direct. Zoom hopes to eventually attract business through other tour operators and add additional aircraft in the future.
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LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of an Ohio condemned killer who would become the first person in the U.S. to die by lethal injection with a single drug rather than a three-drug method.
In a brief statement Tuesday, the court said it was denying Kenneth Biros' request for a stay of execution.
Biros had argued the state's new method would be painful. The state's switch to one drug was meant to end a lawsuit that claims the three-drug system could cause severe pain, and experts have agreed that the single anesthetic will not cause pain.


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Aston Martin has had some relative success in the Le Mans series, having won two titles in 2007 and 2008 for the GT category. But in terms of the big one – the 24 Hours of Le Mans – Aston Martin's title drought has lasted for over 40 years since its last win at Le Mans back in 1959.
Well, Aston Martin is thinking that the wait has been long enough and now they're beginning the process of building the ultimate LMP1 racer to bring the Le Mans title back to the Land of Big Ben. In this teaser sketch, Aston has begun the groundwork of designing their new racer, dressing this sketch up with Gulf Oil livery, with the real work to build the car already in its infancy stages.
According to David Richards, Aston Martin's big boss, winning GT titles isn't enough to satiate the appetite of Aston Martin to reclaim theLe Mans title it won back in 1959. "Having won the GT category twice at Le Mans in 2007 and 2008 and the Le Mans Series outright in 2009, we still want to achieve our ultimate goal of winning the 24 Hour race overall to bring the title back to Britain," he said.
From what we've heard, the racing prototype is currently being worked on, including the introduction of a new powertrain and chassis, at the company's racing headquarters in Banbury, UK. The first models of these cars are expected to start testing early next year in preparation for the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.


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what I am currently working on during my studies in Graphic Design/Design & Interaction at Central Saint Martins, London. There is a lot more typography, editorial, concept and written research than on this tumblr.
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"The artist travelled to the great quantum mechanics institutions of the world and, using a large-format camera, photographed blackboards as he found them. Momentum displayed the photographs in life-size.
Before he walked into a lecture hall Guijarro had no idea what he might find. He began by recording the blackboard with the minimum of interference. No detail of the lecture hall was included, the blackboard frame was removed and we are left with a surface charged with abstract equations. Effectively these are documents. Yet once removed from their institutional beginnings the meaning evolves. The viewer begins to appreciate the equations for their line and form. Color comes into play and the waves created by the blackboard eraser suggest a vast landscape or galactic setting. The formulas appear to illustrate the worlds of Quantum Mechanics. What began as a precise lecture, a description of the physicist's thought process, is transformed into a canvas open to any number of possibilities."
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Science is astonishing even from an artistic point of view. All the pictures appearing at Science is Beauty could be shown, by own merit, in a modern art museum. How this is not the case and neither is possible, this site has been created so anyone can admire a bunch of beautiful scientific pictures and concepts, whether you are in the world of science or not.
Usually I pay attention avoiding copyright infringements, but you know, sometimes… if you own any of the images who are featuring here, and you would like to see it removed or something, please let me know and I'll take care of it, likely on the fly.
Science is Beauty was born in the beginning of 2010 in Tumblr as my extra blog here. My target was (and is) posting the kind of scientific pictures who lead to see the science as something beautiful. I've tried that, while showing the intrinsic beauty of the images, say from an artistic way, also meeting two main objectives:
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In September 2011, crossing the barrier of 15,000 followers and hundreds of thousands of hits, I've changed slightly the site, I've also improved some things, and I'm planning a few others improvements.
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The history of Arab settlement in the United States stretches back nearly as far as the history of America itself. For the first time, Alia Malek brings this history to life. In each of eleven spellbinding chapters, she inhabits the voice and life of one Arab American, at one time-stopping historical moment. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Separately, the chapters in andlt;Iandgt;A Country Called Amreeka andlt;/Iandgt;transport us; together, they offer a vital piece of the mosaic of our American history and a fresh, urgent, and exciting perspective on a teeming community whom it has become essential for us to understand.
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The former vice president for health care policy at an Austin-based, conservative think tank has become Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek's "special adviser," concentrating on two urgent and thorny social services issues.
Mary Katherine Stout, who also served as budget and policy director to Gov. Rick Perry in recent years, is working for Janek on ideas for overhauling the state-federal Medicaid health insurance program for the poor, elderly and disabled, Stephanie Goodman, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Commission, said Thursday.
While Perry and other Texas GOP leaders say they oppose the federal health law's proposed extension of Medicaid coverage to many working-age adults, there remain rumors of possibilities of deals between Texas and the federal government that would allow some new people to obtain coverage even as state leaders are allowed political cover to claim they won federal concessions to recast a part of Medicaid in ways they will say make it more efficient and "sustainable" within the state's ongoing budget constraints. There are huge sums of federal match money on the table, which Texas may forego. The presence in the hatchery of someone with impeccable conservative credentials could be useful to the eventual political marketing of any such deal.
Stout, who is making $150,000 a year in her new state role, also is trying to help reduce backlogs of child abuse and neglect cases that remain "open" — that is, not fully investigated by Child Protective Services within required time frames, Goodman said. The backlogs were apparently a factor in Janek's recent change of commissioners at CPS' parent, the Department of Family and Protective Services. (Retired San Antonio judge John Specia replaced Howard Baldwin.)
Stout was director of the governor's Office of Budget, Policy and Planning for about 2 1/2 years before returning early last year to the free market-oriented Texas Public Policy Foundation. In an earlier incarnation, she was the foundation's vice president for health care policy. More recently, she headed the foundation's Arthur B. Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics.
Presumably, she now knows how to sketch curves on napkins, as the famous — or infamous — Dr. Laffer once did, to argue that increased tax rates at some point become counterproductive as revenue raisers.
It's Stout's past as a health care policy flame-thrower, though, that is drawing some fire. In a post earlier this week, feminist blogger Andrea Grimes noted her appointment in a critical piece about Janek, a former anesthesiologist, former hospital administrator, former state lawmaker and former lobbyist whom Perry tapped in August to run a very big bureaucracy.
As Grimes noted, Stout stoutly defended Texas' decisions in 2004-2005 to impose a tight asset test — copied from limits on cash holdings and car values that had long been applied to the generally poorer Texans on food stamps — on families trying to enroll their youngsters in the Children's Health Insurance Program. Though it came as CHIP enrollment was plummeting, Stout said it was the sort of muscular, tough-minded reform needed to prevent a slide toward a welfare mentality, even in not-so-welfare-friendly Texas.
In op-ed pieces written for conservative publications such as National Review and the Wall Street Journal, Stout has shown a fondness for lumping "the Left" and the news media together as bugbears to be resisted – and fiercely. Maybe she'll be noticed by Roger Ailes and snapped up by Fox News as a commentator.
For now, though, she is in the (by comparison) rather dreary business of talking about Medicaid "1115 waivers" and the "span of control" in a CPS investigative unit.
Late Thursday, Texas Public Policy Foundation spokesman David Guenthner defended Stout, his old colleague, against the blogger's pinpricks. It's a pretty logical appointment for Janek to make, he said.
"I'd just point out that she is the governor's former budget director," Guenthner said.


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Welding Schools in California with Info on Certification Classes
Research welding classes in California, which currently has fifty-six schools offering programs. Read an overview of classes, tuition information and program options for these schools and decide which program is right for you.
Welding Schools in California
Students who want to attend a public or private not-for-profit college in California have roughly 362 options to choose from. Out of that number, there are about 56 schools that have welding classes available.
American River College
Shielded metal arc plate and pipe welding, welding inspection and metallurgy, gas tungsten arc plate and pipe welding, gas metal arc and flux cored arc plate welding and blueprint interpretation and welding equipment maintenance are all topics that are available as certificate majors at American River College in Sacramento. These certificate programs take less than 300 hours to complete. There is a degree program in welding technology offered here too. The requirements for this degree include 37 units of welding coursework in addition to general education classes.
Cerritos College
Found in Norwalk, Cerritos College has a welding program available. Numerous certification options are here as well since the school focuses on offering Los Angeles City Welding Certifications. Full time certified welding inspectors can be found at this campus to offer assistance to students. There are 76 welding stations for students to use in the school's 12,000 square foot lab. Finally, there are weekend, day and evening course options for the welding program.
El Camino Community College District
El Camino Community College District is in the city of Torrance and welding students there have the opportunity to graduate with a certificate or an associate's degree. The certificate program is 32 to 44 units depending on which program path a student enrolls in. Students can attend daytime or evening sessions for welding classes. With a high GPA, students can graduate with honors or high honors here.
Long Beach City College
Located in Long Beach, Long Beach City College is home to welding technology preparatory programs. A welding major here can earn a certificate of achievement or an associate's degree. A fundamental welding course here goes over the tools and techniques used in this professional field. If a student is just looking for a certificate in a specific area of welding, there are options for that in advanced arc welding, arc welding and fabrication, arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, oxygen acetylene welding and cutting, structural welding.
Mt. San Antonio College
Students residing in Walnut can participate in a welding program at Mt. San Antonio College. After an introduction welding class, students can take beginning and intermediate courses in arc welding. There are also electives in pipe and tube welding, metal sculpture work, technical engineering drawing and business management and organization. Certification for light gage steel and manual and semi-automatic structural steel is available at this school. This college is a Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety licensed testing facility.
Orange Coast College
Welding technology majors can earn a certificate or associate's degree in Costa Mesa at Orange Coast College. Students that pursue the welding technology major are encouraged to take classes on technical reporting writing, advanced welding, welding inspection and testing and welding metallurgy. There are also certificate programs for basic welding, intermediate welding, advanced welding, pipe welding, GMAW and GTAW. For students interested in advanced welding, there are actually 3 certificate options that each build off the previous advanced certificate.
Palomar College
In addition to a welding technology associate's degree and certificate, Palomar College in San Marcos offers certificate options in gas tungsten arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc and flux cored arc welding. The single certificate options are usually 15 units and consist of 5 classes. The certificate of achievement and the associate's degree program have the same 33 unit core. This core includes coursework on pipe welding, welding inspection, metal layout, metal cutting, brazing and soldering and print reading for welders. The difference between these programs is that completion of a general education is necessary to graduate from the associate's degree program.
Pasadena City College
Students at Pasadena City College in Pasadena can enroll in a certificate program for construction welding or gas tungsten and gas metal arc welding. The former program option is 26 units while the latter program is 29 units. Engineering graphics and technical calculations are courses offered in each of the welding programs here.
Santa Ana College
A welding technology certificate or a welding technology associate degree can be pursued in Santa Ana at Santa Ana College. The courses here include the following topics: inert gas welding, advanced arc welding, basic metals technology, basic blueprint reading and oxyacetylene arc welding. Certification testing and training is available here for MIG, TIG, FCAW and SMAW as this school is a Los Angeles Certified Testing Lab Facility.
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rose Junior College in Santa Rosa has a welding technology career certificate. To graduate from the program, 21.5 units must be completed. The core classes of the program include welding tech, ferrous metallurgy, technical mathematics, beginning machine tool tech, welding tech and drafting. It is also recommended that students learn about industrial trade technology and electricity fundamentals.
School Comparison Table
|School Name
|School Type and Setting
|Welding Programs Offered
|Undergraduate Tuition and Fees (2012-2013)
|American River College
|2-year, public; large suburb
| Welding Technology Degree,
Shielded Metal Arc Plate and Pipe Welding Certificate,
Welding Metallurgy and Inspection Certificate,
Gas Metal Arc, Flux Cored Arc Plate Welding Certificate,
Gas Tungsten Arc Plate and Pipe Welding Certificate,
Welding Equipment Maintenance and Blueprint Interpretation Certificate
| $1,104 (in-state)*
$7,200 (out-of-state)*
|Cerritos College
|2-year, public; small city
|Welding Program
| $1,340 (in-state)*
$6,072 (out-of-state)*
|El Camino Community College District
|2-year, public; large suburb
| Certificate of Achievement in Welding,
Associate in Science in Welding
| $1,142 (in-state)*
$6,204 (out-of-state)*
|Long Beach City College
|2-year, public; large city
|Welding Technology Preparatory Program
| $1,366 (in-state)*
$7,218 (out-of-state)*
|Mt. San Antonio College
|2-year, public; large suburb
|Welding Program
| $1,164 (in-state)*
$6,060 (out-of-state)*
|Orange Coast College
|2-year, public; midsize city
| Certificate of Achievement in Welding Technology,
Associate in Science in Welding Technology,
Basic Welding Certificate,
Intermediate Welding Certificate,
Advanced Welding Certificate,
Advanced I Welding Certificate,
Advanced II Welding Certificate,
GTAW Certificate,
GMAW Certificate,
Pipe Welding Certificate
| $1,184 (in-state)*
$6,320 (out-of-state)*
|Palomar College
|2-year, public; small city
| Certificate of Achievement in Welding Technology,
Associate in Arts in Welding Technology,
Certificate of Proficiency in Gas Metal Arc and Flux Cored Arc Welding,
Certificate of Proficiency in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding,
Certificate of Proficiency in Shielded Metal Arc Welding
| $1,328 (in-state)*
$5,224 (out-of-state)*
|Pasadena City College
|2-year, public; midsize city
| Certificate of Achievement in Construction Welding,
Certificate of Achievement in Gas Tungsten and Gas Metal Welding
| $1,152 (in-state)*
$6,504 (out-of-state)*
|Santa Ana College
|2-year, public; large city
| Welding Technology Certificate,
Welding Technology Associate Degree
| $1,142 (in-state)*
$4,910 (out-of-state)*
|Santa Rosa Junior College
|2-year, public; midsize city
|Welding Technology Career Certificate
| $1,278 (in-state)*
$6,652 (out-of-state)*
Source: *NCES College Navigator.
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TheBigFatMuffinMan said...
Please, read all of this comment before you reply. If you're too lazy, don't downrank it or troll it for being long. My apologies for the wall of text.
This is genius. What I have always wanted to do is make my own quest lines. Maybe even my own NPC. But a system to make your own dungeon would be a little too easy to exploit. Just put the "bosses" as trash and give them epic loots. This WOULD happen.
Look at Little Big Planet. Started off great. It was the only reason I would even touch my PS3. Then, as time wore on, people got bored, and now look at it. To get to the good stuff, you have to wade waist deep through all of the sh*t, all the levels with giant c*cks made out of wood and the impossible levels (yes, impossible) that some ten year old thought was funny and put it on.
While Blizzard COULD go ahead and try to funnel through only the good stuff, they have a lot on their plate. WoW, the next (hopefully) WoW expansion. Starcraft, Diablo, the next Diablo they will put off for years again...and by the time they came up with this system, they will probably have even more games out. Like any other game with user-based content, the crap would leak through. You may never have noticed, but early on in the story-line creator in City of Heroes, there were a lot of missions from users that simply told the player to go and f*ck themselves. There were the ones that gave you exp for doing nothing. these were taken down very fast by the developers (I forget their name), but they were there. They made their mark. And for every single one that was put up, a few idiots said to themselves, "That looks like fun, let's go ahead and make one just like that."
/end rant.
On the other hand, almost no one is going to read this far into my comment and they are going to downrate it...
oniryuujin said...
I read it all =D and concur.
Huh, well now I want to uprate this comment but not before taking TheBigFatMuffinMan by the hand and giving him the dance of a lifetime while "The Time of My Life" plays and I dress all Patrick Swayze-like (And if anyone disagrees with me I will roadhouse you! [yes, I'm fully aware it's a completely different film but I feel it fits the Swayze reference]).
Capital opinion, sir.
Taking into account the success with the map maker in Starcraft 2 I don't see this being too far fetched.
"But a system to make your own dungeon would be a little too easy to exploit. Just put the "bosses" as trash and give them epic loots. This WOULD happen. "
Considering that SC2 custom maps do not offer any achievement points, any ranking, any rise in stature, WoW could implement a custom dungeon feature that offers no benefit other than the enjoyment of completion, in which the wheat rises to the top and the chaff is downranked into obscurity.
Your little big planet point would still remain completely valid with there being thousands of maps shaped like a phallus.
Broderbund had a great game in the 80's called "Lode Runner". One of the best features (IMO) was the ability to design your own "level" and save it ~ sharing it with friends, or running it on your own.
I think the ability to design your own WoW instance - or populate an existing instance - would be a lot of fun, if implemented correctly. You could select an instance (or build a random one from existing themes - underwater, night elf ruins, haunted castle, etc.), determine level range, mob table, boss table, and loot table from pre-selected options, and the system would populate it accordingly. So...
Hob's Dire Maul:
Level 15 - 18
Mobs: Shadow Raven Priests, diseased ghouls, felguards, floating eyes, polar bears (all level appropriate and randomly distributed between stationary and wandering).
Bosses (names chosen from random name-generator): Voidwalker boss / Dwarf paladin boss / Moth boss
Loot table: level-appropriate, emphasis on warlock gear.
Hob's Wailing Caverns:
Level 74 - 77
Mobs: Grimtotem tauren, lashers, ancients, bats
Bosses: four murloc bosses, which summon a final tauren boss
Loot table: level-appropriate, class emphasis exchanged for 0.1% chance to drop a random mount or random epic weapon
Just ideas, but you could definitely have a system that controls the mobs, loot tables, and bosses, without being a welfare instance or a d*** in a box instance.
Absolutely right. As I said upthread, that's what happened when they gave us the ability to do this in City of Heroes. Some had good intentions but couldn't write their way out of a paper bag, while many more just wanted maximum loot and eeps for minimum effort. The devs couldn't or wouldn't spend the time and manpower to police it. End result: a few gems in a massive pile of #%@&.
This mirrors the dichotomy between open source and proprietary software. OSS advocates see this as harnessing the creativity of thousands of people, while proprietary advocates just see the mess.
Do I want user generated content? I don't think so. For the occasional gem the RNG throws up, you have to wade through a lot of manure. I've participated in a lot of mod and software development and in the end I prefer to see content that some creative and talented people were paid to make. Content that has been thoroughly tested and has been designed with an idea of the big picture, rather than someone's bee in their bonnet.
I'm happy with Blizzard's creativity, design and ongoing development and I see no need for anyone else to participate directly. We already have forums, blogs, in-game messaging, PTRs and beta patches to try and influence the game.
On the other hand, one thing I would like to see, is being able to play the bosses and adds against raiding players. There would of course, have to be some restrictions on controlling the bosses, but it would add a different feel for all existing dungeons.


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Rachel Zoe Catches Flack For Her Son's Long Hair
And a Florida boy is forced to wash off eyeliner, too. Time to get a grip, people
Here's what happened: Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe Instagrammed several adorable pictures of her two-year-old son Skyler with long goldilocks curls. Many of the comments were positive, but Internet trolls came out of the woodwork to harp on Zoe's parenting skills. Among the worst: "STOP MAKING YOUR BOY LOOK LIKE A GIRL," "I guess you wanted a daughter," and "You're a terrible mom. Do you know how hard your f*cking him over?" Seriously? He looks like a rad kid to me, moccasins included. (Source)
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The hysteria reminds us of the totally laughable time when Jenna Lyons, J. Crew's creative director, painted her son's toes pink -- and Fox News said she was on a "blatant propaganda celebrating transgendered children." (Source)
Are we back in the '50s? Excuse me while I bust out my dusty pie pan and apron. I thought we were past the days of rigid definitions of gender norms and appearances. Are these people out of touch? Or do you think there's merit in the outcry over gender-bending kids?
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Radarsat-1, the oldest Earth observation satellite of Canada, has experienced a recent anomaly which might render the spacecraft unrecoverable. Due to the incident, the Canadian Space Agency put the satellite into "safe mode" to allow them to conduct an investigation.
Operating for more than a decade now, the Canadian satellite is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar which enables Radarsat-1 to capture images of the Earth through clouds, smoke and haze. All information gathered by the satellite have been by government and commercial customers to help them track the effects of global climate change, as well as for resource and disaster management purposes. But due to the recent anomaly, the Canadian Space Agency decided to stop all order for new imagery, but continues to provide archived data.
Thanks to Radarsat-2's functionality, the space agency does not see any problems or possible impact on the country's security. Unlike Radarsat-1 which is owned and operated by the Canadian government, Radarsat-2 is controlled by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). The company received partial funding for Radarsat-2's production and launch through a signed agreement with the government. In exchange, MDA provides data to the government as long as the spacecraft is functional.
The Canadian Space Agency is currently developing a new fleet of Radarsat satellites set to be launched in 2018.
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My first attempt at a sorghum GF beer was an IPA and I hated it. I thought long and hard about trying to grow what I'd done but then I found lcasanova's double IPA recipe. I liked it more than what I started with and I've modified it some (mostly in the base malts). I welcome any suggestions.
4lbs sorghum syrup (60min)
4lbs brow rice syrup (60min)
2.5oz Nugget, pellet (90min)
0.5oz Chinook, pellet (90min)
1.0oz Simcoe, pellet (45min)
1.0oz Columbus, pellet (30min)
2.25 Centennial, pellet (flameout)
1.0oz Simcoe, pellet (flameout)
1tsp Irish Moss (10min)
1 tsp yeast nutrient (10min)
10oz corn sugar (90min)
1lb clover honey (flameout)
1pkg Windsor (they didn't have Nottingham) dry yeast
1lb rice hulls (15min)
Dry Hop (1/2 each of the below @1wk and @2wks)
2.5oz Columbus, pellet
2.5oz Simcoe, pellet
2.5 oz Centennial, pellet
1Tbsp gelatin at bottling
5.0oz corn sugar at bottling
It'll be a week or two before I get to this because my next beer is actually a wheat wine for myself (I'm not GF). But once the wheat wine gets going then it'll be the double IPA for the wife (she has celiac). I'm looking forward to this one. I've never made a double IPA even for myself and I love IPAs.
It's nice and bitter but not for everyone. The aroma though, is awesome. Drink this one young and drink it quick.
I would consolidate your dry hop to 1 addition and halve the amount. I know the Pliny hype at the beginning, but even Vinnie has dropped it down. It won't make a difference in the beer.
You definitely don't need Rice Hulls. Rice Hulls are tasteless, aromaless, sugarless empty husks that you add to a mash you think might get stuck.
Windsor yeast seems like it will leave this beer quite a bit sweeter than intended, but if you think you would like that, go for it. Think Lagunitas instead of Pliny, but not as extreme.
I am assuming the Nugget and Chinook are just what you have sitting around or something. It looks fine, but watch your IBUs, you haven't included AA%'s, but I am guessing that this is well over 100, in which case you can probably just lose some of the bittering addition to no ill effect (wort is limited to 100 IBU unless you do some special procedures).
Otherwise, it looks like a very hoppy, interesting beer!
I like Lagunitas so that could be very interesting. My wife found out about her celiac before she ever drank any of the Lagunitas so that could be cool for her.
Most of the hop additions are right from lcasanova's recipe. The Nugget was a substitution for Warrior though since the shop didn't have nay Warrior.
I've been told by the local shop to use rice hulls in the last 10-15min of the boil to add body, which is something I think these gluten free beers need a lot more of.
Thanks for the dry hop advice. I've never dry hoped a beer. As written this is 2/3 of what lcasanova wrote up in his recipe. I'm happy to save the hops for another beer though.
I'd like to know more about the rice hulls too. I've used them before in beers but I have made no back to back beers of the same thing to even attempt a double blind test. They are kind of a PITA because I used a grain back to hold them in the end of the boil and the hops gets all over it. It makes a real mess. .... multiple brewers at the local home brew shop (including the guys that work there) swear by it.
....of course, they use the same container to hold and scoop barley as they do the rice hulls. My wife was with me the other day and she noticed it. I'd never caught it. So their rice hulls are cross contaminated. But she's had beer I've made with the rice hulls before so it must be a very low level contamination. If I don't need them I'd rather not use them though.
I've used maltodextrin too. But never back to back. One thing about rice hulls, if they work to increase body, they are really cheap.
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The folks that gave us NAFTA continue to push for a full North American integration like the European Union. The NAFTA-20 meeting was held in San Antonio last November. Robert Pastor is credited as the Father of the North American Union idea.
While treading softly around the obvious concerns about national sovereignty, and overtly denying that his vision is equivalent to a North American Union patterned after the European Union (which is visibly crumbling before our eyes), Pastor went on to lay out a vision that's identical to a NAU.
Pastor proposes this North American framework:
1) Creating a common security perimeter (erase our borders)
2) A single 'common' or 'seamless' market (versus each nation's individual commerce, market, & currency)
3) Reduction in the development gap between Mexico and its North American counterparts (prioritizing Mexican education and workforce development vs each nation educating its own citizens)
4) Intercontinental infrastructure (NAFTA trade corridors like the Trans Texas Corridor)
5) Labor mobility between the three countries (open borders)
6) Tribunal on investment disputes (erase U.S. law, replace with international law)
With sovereignty-eroding words like 'harmonization,' 'regionalization,' 'common,' 'trans-national,' 'continental,' 'cross border,' and 'trilateral' repeatedly used to describe the relationship between the NAFTA countries, there can be no mistake that erasing borders and national identities in favor of a North American 'community' is the goal of NAFTA — and without the consent of the citizens from each nation. National priorities would give way to regional ones, and taking resources and wealth from one nation and giving it another for the sake of the 'whole,' is nothing more than wealth redistribution and socialism.
And "Buy American" is an epithet to these folks.
Canadian Consul General Paula Caldwell St.-Onge… warned, "We need to protect ourselves from protectionist views," echoing Sarukhan's sentiments. "When you say 'buy American' you're wrong. We should buy North American."
The real world has no impact on their utopian fantasies, despite the EU failure.


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I bought this album on CD, too. "Sleepy California" is the only song I can remember vividly off the top of my head....
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For real, this is the most embarrassing album I own, and I have a whole treasury of early Bright Eyes releases.
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