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May 22, 2013 By: Samantha
The importance of good and appropriate graphics for your development work is undeniable. Be it an app, a ROM, a tool, or a mod; you'll probably want to invest a good amount of time and effort into such factors because if the 'icon' sucks, the potential user may infer the same for your work. However, not everyone will be adept to create absolute masterpieces, which is why XDA Recognized Developer neroyoung's tutorials are much appreciated.
What neroyoung has done is guide users on how to edit images with the software GIMP, a free and open-source alternative to the popular Adobe Photoshop. The guides come in the form of videos hosted on YouTube, and they visually guide users on how to edit grayscale, indexed, and RGB images of both PNG and 9PNG file extensions. They also cover how to batch process images with common actions such as sharpening, cropping, and many more. Furthermore, the guides cover how to install custom brushes similar to what is available for Photoshop.
The videos are quite short in length, both under 8 minutes, but nevertheless they still cover the necessary steps clearly and at a sane pace. Accompanying subtitles of extra instructions aid the process. The series so far consist of two videos, and we hope to see more in the future.
If you need a kick-start with some graphics editing, make sure to check out the guide thread.
February 21, 2012 By: Former Writer
Graphics can be hard to come by if you don't have any money. Either they cost a lot and look really cool or they cost nothing, look really cool but the artist is up to their eye balls in requests.
To help take the load of the free graphics artists, XDA Member Xperiment2012 has started a thread where members can order up free custom graphics. Why, you may ask? Says Xperiment2012:
I am making free GFX for anyone who wants one. I am not a PRO and this is mainly an entertaining way for me to practice and also offer a service to the community. If you would like one please fill out the form below and I'll get on theme ASAP. If you do not like what is done please give me ideas on how to improve it so you do.
Pros come from people who aren't pros who practice often, and this being XDA, there will likely be a nice variety of graphics for Xperiment2012 to make. The order form is relatively simple:
Color Scheme:
Secondary Text:
Examples: (Optional)
Anything else:
So if you've been looking for a cool graphic for your ROM, or for your signature or if you just want some cool graphics, you can hit up the original thread to place your request.
August 16, 2011 By: orb3000
Lately, we have seen many mods and themes for some of the most used applications on our Android devices and to extend the list of available mods even more, we found one set created by XDA member fernando sor, who has been theming apps and such for over a year. His latest work includes transparent themes for Pandora, XDA app, Gmail 2.3.5, Google Voice, Market and Facebook. Moreover, the developer takes it even further by adding colors to the transparent versions of the aforementioned bunch of apps. You can find the accents in blue, cyan, orange, red, pink, emerald and black clear. In order to install them, just be sure to follow the procedure.
Which one do you prefer? Please let us know by leaving your comments.
Originally posted by fernando sor
Do I even need to say were not responsible for your phone? I love that disclaimer!
3.0.27 Android Market
Special thanks to badseed themer silverxbv2 for porting my theme to 3.0.27!
Google got this update right. Im only putting out one version. the colors that represent the music, games and books section im leaving. my goal was to remove the android color that looks like overcooked broccoli that for some reason they find appealing.
I did add blue and cyan to the app.
To install
i tested this on my dinc running cm7. it installed no problem. i even tried to install it with no market present and it installed fine. i did not have to alter the manifest in this version.
for those who have been silently updated!
this is the method i used to get the market running on cm7.1
1) go to settings/applications and navigate to the market. select uninstall updates.
2) uninstall the market with titanium backup
3) go to data/data. if you have a com.android.vending delete it.
4) if you have com.android.vending updater in data/data delete it.
5) go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
6) flash the stock 3.0.27 market and open it. ( it will be posted on 7/21/2001 in the evening)
7) flash the themed market
To find more, please continue to the original thread.
August 7, 2011 By: orb3000
This time we won´t write about any application, tweak, or trick. This time we wanted to show you what members have been posting all around XDA. There are threads for many devices where the community has provided screenshots of how they have set up their home screen. You can find some amazing stuff people have done to make their homescreens beautiful and personal. Hopefully some of these ideas will inspire you to create your very own look.
You can find these threads in most Themes and Apps sections around XDA. Here some examples of them for you to enjoy:
Thread found in Vibrant Themes and Apps
Thread found in HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps
Have you found another one? Please share it with us by leaving a comment below.
Thanks to svetius for the idea
July 31, 2011 By: orb3000
How many of you are using a personalized image on your home screen? I bet the vast majority of us have something "special". For those of you always looking for a great wallpaper, we have found a great pack from XDA member kanak122. This is the second pack from the original poster and this time, he has included 21 live wallpapers with assorted themes and topics ranging from Christmas to abstract, and from colors to galaxies.
You can get them for free in the original thread and as always, we ask for your feedback.
Originally posted by kanak122
Android live wallpapers pack 2
Android live wallpapers pack | 21 Wallpapers | 97.4 Mb | Single Link | Plz Leave a Thanks.
Continue to the wallpaper thread.
July 26, 2011 By: orb3000
It has been a while since we have seen an original skin design work. This time, XDA member scar45 presents PCB Sense for our Android devices. This skin will completely change your home screen by giving it a PCB look, showing in the center a processor with the Android logo.
This series of skins can be found in five different colors: purple, pink, green, blue, and orange and they will work with all Sense 2.x ROMs. Hopefully, we can convince dev to make future versions supporting Sense 3.0.
Please leave your feedback for the developer.
Originally posted by scar45
Hi all!
I have recently been playing around with the Sense 2.1 + Gingerbread (aka GingerSense) ROMs, and had to of course port (and improve) my original PCB Sense Theme from days ago. I have been testing it myself for quite a few days, and I'm finally happy with how it turned out, so I wanted to offer it up to all GingerSense XDA users.
Couple of things to note:
This design was meant to be close to stock for those who actually dig the Sense scheme, but want something unique
The file is a 7.7mb signed .APK created using apk-manager 4.9 for Sense 2.1…I may make a Sense 3.0 port if there is enough demand (need to play with .m10 editing still)
It is installable by simply copying to your device and running, and is uninstallable by Titanium Backup, or applying another Skin in Sense, and highlighting PCB Sense, then MENU –> DELETE…it doesn't appear in "Settings –> Applications", but why would you want to uninstall it anyways?
Continue to the original thread to find more.
July 24, 2011 By: orb3000
Perhaps you are one of those members who would love to have a bit of Windows Phone 7 on your Android device. If so, then XDA member abhi0n0nakul gives you the WP7 boot screen animation. The boot screen is presented in three different options: With Android engraved, basic, and original one for WVGA (HDPI) screen resolutions. Moreover, you will find a QVGA (LDPI) version but this one only comes as the original one.
You will need your device to be rooted in order to get it working and the developer also places an easy how-to in case you want to revert back to your previous boot screen. Please leave your feedback.
Originally posted by abhi0n0nakul
it plays just like windows phone7 but repeats it over and over..
its for hdpi and ldpi devices…
for wvga screens: 1. normal: bootanimation2.zip
2. with dots: http://db.tt/NHDJong
for qvga screens: wp7 bootanimqvga.zip
how to apply?:::::
option1: place it to data/local via root explorer and give all permissions(if s-off) and reboot
option 2: place to data/local via adb:
Installing custom boot animations (Credit to jcase from XDA):
1.) Download the desired animation, rename the zip file to "bootanimation" and move into your Android SDK/Tools folder.
2.) Run the following adb command to push the animation into the proper place:
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/
3.) Enjoy!
Continue on to the original thread.
July 21, 2011 By: Sam Caplat
A few weeks ago I published an article for the first official desktop XDA-Developers wallpaper pack, featuring a collection of different widescreen sizes.
We received a lot of feedback on them, including compalints about a "white bar" down the right side of each wallpaper. I'm happy to say that this has now been fixed. We also received requests for dual monitors, which has now been done in a variety of different sizes, too.
All wallpapers are provided optimised for widescreen monitors. A 4:3 development might be something we include in the next update of this pack, if it's requested enough. For now, if you are experiencing any issues with the wallpapers, leave them in the comments below and we'll do our best to fix them as soon as possible!
You can download the wallpapers here.
July 18, 2011 By: orb3000
Since all this G+ madness started, some have already gotten their invitations and some have not. Judging from it, Google+ could be a good contender for Facebook as the king of social media. However, this is yet to be seen.
In the meantime, XDA member Alankrut posted a way to have your profile picture -avatar- in Google style. The developer created this template using Paint, which all Windows using members will be familiar with. A photoshop compatible version will be added later on.
Instructions to get your own profile picture template are easy, just follow the 8 steps indicated by the developer and voilà!
Please don´t forget to leave some feedback.
Originally posted by Alankrut
Profile Picture Template Google+ Style
Hey Guys, I made a template for profile pictures in general. This one i have made with a Google + theme since it is the biggest thing these days.
This Template is made using "Paint.net", for those of you that don't know what that is, Think Photoshop but a freeware. I will make a Photoshop compatible version later.
I have attached some samples.
I will update this to allow changing of placement of the Google+ icon and Photoshop support later in the future, if you guys want it.
Follow me on Twitter to get up-to-date on when i update this or you can send me suggestions.
Continue to the template thread.
July 12, 2011 By: Will Verduzco
Are you a Sense 3.0 user who's become a bit jealous of all the T-Mo Theme Engine threads here on XDA? Well fear not, as XDA forum member cypis has just released a wonderful new theme intended for use with any Sense 3.0 device.
Offering elegance and improved scrolling performance, Slate3Duniversal has much in store for anyone willing to test it out. In the words of the theme creator:
Hello. I missed a little after cool slate theme from 2.1 Sense ROMs so I decided to make it myself.
This is not cheap and EMO theme with thousands of colors . Just pure elegance in 3D (screenshot's in second post).
Its intended to work on ALL Sense 3.0 devices even on ports.
Continue on to the theme thread to knock some Sense into your ROM. Since this is still actively being updated, leave some feedback while you're at it!
July 7, 2011 By: Sam Caplat
Today has been a pretty eventful and exciting day with site announcements. First with our announcement of the new and extremely quick auto-QR Code system now being applied to all thread attachments, and now this.
There's something I've felt has been missing from XDA for a very long time. Recently, considering my position on XDA TV, our sister-video show, I've had a screenshot of the opening titles as my wallpaper, displaying the title 'xdadevelopers' for all to see. Unfortunately, there's a reason that I was forced to do this as opposed to having a high quality and high resolution version. It didn't exist.
After I made this discovery, I promptly shot an email over to our delightful user experience admin, Svetius, who instructed me to 'get on that' as soon as possible. After being sent the neccesary resource files, I 'got on that' and processed a collection of 'priceless' and official XDA Developers wallpapers. Revelations!
What's the best bit? They're available for download, right now. Don't say that we don't spoil you. However, they are currently only available in 16:9 (widescreen) and not 4:3 (not… widescreen). If you're living in the 21st century, this shouldn't be too much of an issue for you.
If you'd like to download the collection, head on over to the download link.
August 28, 2010 By: orb3000
Android themes are starting to come almost as frequent as we see them on WM platform. This time XDA member chancellorr presents this nice theme for your Android device with Metamorph, and as it´s name says is a very simple and clean theme. New icons can be found on the version 1.1 update that also fixes some bugs present on version one.
For those of you who don´t know about MetaMorph, it allows you to apply themes, patches, and mods to your phone by adding or changing files in an apk/jar file and by replacing files in any Directory.
MetaMorph doesn't work with market apps, working only if you have a rooted phone, and BusyBox needs to be installed as well.
Originally posted by chancellorr
[METAMORPH] Simplistic V 1.1 (8/04/10)
Here is my new MetaMorph theme Simplistic. The font is not included because it isn't a free font.
It includes the framework and icons, not weather theme!
ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR PHONE BEFORE MORPHING! I'm NOT RESPONSABLE FOR YOU MESSING SOMETHING UP!
Changes to the framework and phone apks
Screenshots show most changes
Popups taken from ElegentSteel by Hund. Let me know if you want them removed.
You can find more information in the theme thread.
August 18, 2010 By: orb3000
If you are using ADW, for some the best and fastest launcher, XDA member JAguirre1231 presents this nice collection of themes to personalize your Android device. All themes are presented in two versions, one using Sense icons and the second one using Slide icons.
You can find seven themes to choose from, all very colorful and well designed, taken from HTC images and adapted by the developer to work with ADW.
This is the first release and some bugs must be present, so please report back so future versions can be fixed.
Originally posted by JAguirre1231
[ADW.Themes] Stock Slide Themes
I want to stress that these themes are [MDPI] Only .
A .zip is linked at the bottom which holds all of the themes. Each theme has two separate versions, one using the Sense application icons, the other using the slide application icons.
The themes are of the stock Slide themes (Nest, Hoops, LightShow, Wildflower, Surf, Nature, and Palazzo) made from images by HTC (I only made them compatible with ADW).
You can find more information in the theme's thread.


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For those of you in the Pittsburgh?Brentwood area: We are having a super fun Taco Dinner fundraiser for Dom. There will be Walking Tacos, Soft Tacos, Taco Salad, Nachos. We will also be having an AWESOME bake sale, 50/50, live music, free face painting, & games.Tickets are $5.00 (includes entree & drink). It is at St. Sylvester's Church in Brentwood, on Brownsville Rd. It will be from 2pm-6pm. We will be selling tickets at the Brentwood Library from 4-7 on Tues & Thurs. You can also get tickets at the door, but we are trying to sell as many pre sales as possible. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!-Cori
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We really loved this meal. In fact we are having company for dinner and my husband asked if I could please make it again. I will say however we must be pigs! 2 of us ate the whole thing. And this time I will make more sauce because it was just enough to coat everything. We like more. Also I'm going to add Tilapia because its a fish that soaks up flavor. We also use Pad Thai noodles instead and it was a good choice**************** SECOND TIME out of this world! Made twice as much sauce and because it was Friday I used 2 veggie patties marinated in water and liquid smoke the dashed liquid smoke on the shrimp and patty mixture before broiling then the only other change was I added Tilapia by after removing shrimp I based with sauce and broiled and added it to the pot of complete ingredients. Oh and my 14 month old loved! The noodles and the Tilapia. Enjoy
Singapore-Style Noodles
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
Although our curry powder blend packs a particular punch, you can substitute 1 teaspoon spicy-hot Madras curry powder and omit the cumin, coriander, mustard, clove, and ground red pepper. We tested this recipe with Wai Wai brand noodles because we like the texture. They're thinner than most supermarket brands, which will work just fine, though you may need to soak them a minute longer.
Yield: 4 servings
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 468
- Fat: 21.5g
- Saturated fat: 5.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 9.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 4g
- Protein: 30.2g
- Carbohydrate: 34.1g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 192mg
- Iron: 4.3mg
- Sodium: 843mg
- Calcium: 84mg
- 5 ounces uncooked rice vermicelli
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/8 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/8 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 whole clove
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 cup (1-inch) pieces green onions
- 5 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 5 bacon slices, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Cooking spray
- 1 pound large tail-on shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger, divided
- 1 cup (1 1/2-inch) julienne-cut red bell pepper
- 1. Soak noodles in warm water 2 minutes. Drain well. Combine cumin, coriander, mustard seeds, and clove in a spice or coffee grinder; pulse until finely ground. Stir in red pepper.
- 2. Preheat broiler.
- 3. Combine green onions, 2 teaspoons oil, and bacon. Place onion mixture on a rimmed baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Broil 5 minutes. Add shrimp to mixture; toss. Arrange shrimp in a single layer. Broil 5 minutes or until shrimp and bacon are done. Transfer mixture to a bowl using a slotted spoon. Stir in black pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- 4. Combine cumin mixture, remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt, soy sauce, vinegar, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, and 1/2 teaspoon ginger. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper to pan; sauté 2 minutes. Add remaining 1 teaspoon ginger; sauté 45 seconds. Add to shrimp mixture.
- 5. Return skillet to medium-high heat. Add soy sauce mixture and noodles; cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated, tossing to coat. Place about 3/4 cup noodles on each of 4 plates. Top each serving with about 1 cup shrimp mixture. Serve immediately.
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probably 2/3s of the oages I follows on my tumblr are porn blogs. LAWL
- I miss being loved and having a parter to guide me when I'm wrong. But life is a journey. I'm here at a party I'm here to have fun not be depressed. Why do I do the things I do?
when I think of love, i'd like it to last forever, but its never the case. love is almost like a unique life, it grows from something you start or in this metaphor plant. it gets nurtured and cared for and progresses from there. Although we want this love to never end. it will, either from the decisions we make in life or upon our death. it then becomes a one way love as we cease to exist. Love is meticulous as it should be. here i wonder, if all I will ever be in life is just a nomad. moving on daily questioning if i'll ever find love.
i learn more and more everyday. right now my biggest struggle /hurdle is being able to forgive myself and find my own inner peace. I've been mindlessly doing things throughout my entire life. this is something I cannot do forever, i have a feel for who I am, but I don't truly know who/what I am. What my purpose in life or what my destiny is, the one thing I do know is, that no matter what, I will fulfill my dreams. No person can ever take that away from me. ever. I always hit these slumps, where I am just extremely hard on myself. I have every reason to be, I might suffer, I might hate myself, but If I didn't, who would, I have to be my own worst enemy in order for me to succeed. I miss how things used to be, but it is now just a mere memory of what has happened, and rather and looking back and missing/regretting etc. I need to look in the now, I need to be aware of the opportunities that are infront of me, do what must be done. I have plenty of fears like everyone else but I will overcome them.
I guess what really has me down, is that no one believes in me, I've been told, a couple times around that I can be something. I know i can. Everyone in the background doubts me, while it does highly motivate me, there are days where they get to me, and while my depression or thoughts of suicide have crossed my mind, the thing that holds me from ever doing it, is always knowing that if I do. They will win.
Although this road, will not be easy in the slightest, there will room to grow and if you will have a "rebirth" like a phoenix, I shall rise from these ashes covered all over me.
im going to do it. with or without you along the way.
the girls that are bad for me I get, the ones I want never happen. yet at the end of the day. the smart ones, know that i'm not going to be there forever.
being alone, trying to make myself into something.
all I want, is women, money and power.
none of which I have.
am I a bad person for getting other to do what i want?
I like how i can think without any distractions in the shower. it is where i feel the safest. life has been strange these past couple weeks. but, there isn't much to it. women are frustrating, (when aren't they) but its that thought about affection and life. i mean, no mater how you look at love. there will always be an end. love will eventually become loved. while it isn't a bad thing necessarily, as of now I've felt that. maybe I'm not supposed to be loved. its dumb but, I don't feel that most women I've met date for convenience or money, not for the actual person. I mean, there is this one girl, there isn't anything special about her, and i had a huge crush on her. I took her out, and we didn't have that great of a date. while this other girl Gretchen, my god she's had a hell of a life and I totally digg her. aside from her being in texas. we're pretty into each other. I guess my only fear is that I feel that If I am not financially stable that I shouldn't date someone. I mean i can put in so many requirements for me to feel that it is "okay" for me to date someone. but even then, will I be happy? I mean, if im not, they should at least deserve to be with someone who makes them happy. I don't get why life has to be so fucking complicated.
Its where I'm meant to be. its my best way to define clarity. dark, cold and silent. perhaps I can go there one day.
you're such bad news, but I'd love to mess around with you.
where are the real women. I'm tired of this "undecided' bullshit.
p.s. lets fuck.
I no longer have a doubt in my mind that.
at some point.
I will be put to an ultimatum between Love and Money.
I swear. I'd just kill myself.
I get a text from you out of the blue,
"how much do you love me"
I tell her a lot. I go out of my way to drive and see you. I take you out to cheer you up from your bad day.
I feel really confused from your actions.
I don't know where I stand.
Erin, as much you get around.
I wouldn't mind if you'd just get your ass over here.
At this point, I'd just leave after we fucked.
I remember this one point, I couldn't look at your page , as I had felt that I had failed myself. and at that time failed you. as time goes on i've come to realize that I had made a decision that was not only hard, but to really mature. i've met a lot of women, few compared to you with the same quality of being real. I just read people straight off the bat, and just get that sense of who they are. I'm not always correct, and always meet some interesting characters. never the less to finish this post.
Explore while you're young. you'll get to do it again.
just getting things off my chest.
Obviously you're pregnant. I can read you like a book.
I feel that I've purged myself from love, in the relationship aspect. I mean, unless I feel that we're really serious, I'm not going to see anything of you.
I'm cutting out all this bullshit in my life, and going deep into programming. I want to pursue my dream. I want to get this ball rolling instead of watching days, weeks, and months go by always giving myself some "petty" excuse.
My first goal, is to get my act together in college.
Then, to buy a Model S.
When I look at myself in perspective, I'm not that happy.
so I mean, I recognize this. My way of being happy is achieving a goal, then moving to the next one. I guess you can say, i'm never permanently happy. And Honestly, no one is, when you feel that you're in a moment of perfection, that is when you will get blindsided so fast you won't even be able to recognize its happening.
In my life, I've also come to realize that: I need to be alone, I know about myself, but I don't feel I know who I am.
I don't need to be loved, lectured, or disciplined. I just need to grow.
There's this one thing about me I cannot ever shake off from me, its pretty flawed, but I mean, I fall for women often. But, I've been getting away from that, having to train myself to not let this happen. I've become a little bit of an ass to women, not in an abusive form, but I feel that it does a couple things.
1. Separates thos who just want you for your assets, and others who are really seeking a relationship.
2.No longer have someone pestering you as a distraction for their troubled life.
and other dumb things that I don't feel like typing.
last, I am uncomfortable with how I look; with this being said, i've come to see what I look like, but always know I can change, and I've been working on it somewhat. but I don't want to date someone until I'm satisfied with how I look.
Its such a mess, I've got a mess of lame depressing posts. I should redo my page. lIke that will ever happen. lol


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Most wives do not regard putting petrol in the car as any part of their responsibility
Most wives do not regard putting petrol in the car as any part of their responsibility
Women, in spite of years of training in art and music - and significant leisure time in the 18th and 19th Centuries - have produced few great works
Feminism was created by "shrill, bored, middle class women of a certain physical genre"
Most women can find the mustard in the pantry quicker than a man and most men can reverse a car better than a woman.
I have no problem with women (well, the usual ones of any red blooded male!)
I am here to represent Yorkshire women who always have dinner on the table when you get home.
I share a glass of wine a few times a year with Marine le Pen
On prostitution: "In short, most girls do it because they want to."
if I wanted a receptionist or I wanted a dental nurse I would be thinking very carefully about the age of that woman because she has to turn up at 9 o'clock every morning. This isn't rocket science is it?
If I've offended anybody in Bongo Bongo Land I will write to their ambassador at the Court of St James.


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My friend and I had the amazing opportunity to interview the boys of Hollywood Ending at the show on Sunday. (November 6th @ the Roxy)
The interview should be up sometime this week. :) Go follow, http://straightfromthestarsinterviews.tumblr.com/ so that you'll know when the interview is up! :D Thank you :D


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Lesson 3: Toasted Fish JerkyObtain 5 Golden Carp for Nomi's Lesson.
|Golden Carp (5)
DescriptionCooking is harder than I thought. It's so easy to burn things.
I hope I don't burn myself. Eep.
Here it is! How did I do?
RewardsYou will receive: 1 14 (or 1 98 50 if completed at level 90)
|Toasted Fish Jerky
GainsUpon completion of this quest you will gain:
- 23,600 experience
- 1,000 reputation with Nomi


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I don't understand why books have shifted from having summaries on the back of the covers to having one-line reviews.
Seriously though. I want to know what the book is about. Not that someone from the Evening Standard thinks it's a masterpiece.
I have been waiting for this post my whole life.
THANK YOU, again, because once is not enough
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AllThingsD :: Talk about synchronicity. Disqus released a completely revamped version of its comment moderation system on Wednesday, not more than 24 hours after WordPress.com introduced a Facebook plugin for enhanced commenting commenting and integration across all WordPress.com VIP and WP-hosted sites. Aside from drastic aesthetic changes, the clear focus is stronger social implementation.
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- Screenshots or screencasts
- Any files or documents
- Web page clips
- Keep it private
- Organize history
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These are also from www.beliefnet.com in their daily prayers section under Christianity. There are other religions represented as well, as the Fertility Prayer was from the Catholic section from yesterday. I wish that I would have been more pro active in looking for prayers to help me through this time. Hopefully, these prayers will not be needed by you or a loved one, but if so, please pass them on if you feel that it is appropriate.
Prayer for a Woman Who Has Had a Miscarriage
O God of love, source of life,
hear our prayers for _____.
Her baby died before it ever came to birth.
The blessing of your love
was torn from her body,
leaving her empty and devastated.
Comfort her now in her sorrow.
Restore her hope for a child to come.
Give her courage and new delight
in the days ahead.
In good time, grant her a new life
that her soul may rejoiceand her body give birth;
in Christ's name we pray. Amen.
Vienna Cobb Anderson
Prayer for Women Who Have Miscarried
Most loving God,
losing a child is devastating.
Bless all women,
and especially _____,
who have had a miscarriage.
Comfort them in their loss.
Give them hope
for children to come.
Bless them with an abundance of love
that as their bodies heal,
so too may their hearts.
Give then the courage to face each new day
in the confidence of your love;
in the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
Vienna Cobb Anderson
The above quotes can also be found in Prayers of Our Hearts by Vienna Cobb Anderson.
And now a prayer for some sleep! Goodnight.
Prayer for Sleep
O heavenly Father, you give your children sleep for the refreshing of soul and body: Grant me this gift, I pray; keep me in that perfect peace which you have promised to those whose minds are fixed on you; and give me such a sense of your presence, that in the hours of silence I may enjoy the blessed assurance of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Source: Book of Common Prayer 1979
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MOORESVILLE – A central Indiana town worried about rising water rates is trying to regain control of its water utility by invoking eminent domain in a rare legal move tested just once before in the state.
Mooresville officials sued Indiana American Water in late December after the town's attempt to purchase the utility for $6.5 million failed, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported.
Chris Janak, an attorney representing Mooresville, said he thinks legal precedent is on the town's side after a 10-year fight in Fort Wayne, where officials dissatisfied with service attempted to use eminent domain to force a sale of part of Aqua America's service area. The Indiana Supreme Court and the General Assembly have both weighed in on that battle in recent years.
I think the path is pretty clear, Janak said. Mooresville is allowed by law to do this.
The lawsuit comes as residents complain the utility has raised rates and plans to again but hasn't invested in the town's water infrastructure.
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This week, we learned that a brave whistleblower gave the text of the full intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to Wikileaks. This text was released to the public on Wednesday and has spurred quite a stir as we discover that our concerns about the TPP are justified. We learned that the United States stands out in bullying other countries on behalf of multinational corporations and that the TPP will provide extraordinary patent protections and internet restrictions designed to further enrich the wealthy while the race to the bottom accelerates.
A confluence of events this week has weakened the chances of the TPP's survival. On Tuesday night, there were light brigade actions in 13 cities from coast to coast. And three letters signed by 180 members of the House of Representatives were submitted in opposition to the President's request for Fast Track, an authority that would allow him to negotiate and sign the TPP before it would go to Congress for limited debate and only an up-or-down vote. Two letters were signed by Democrats, another by Republicans. Three-quarters of Democrats oppose Fast Track and one-third of Democrats on the committee responsible for Fast Track oppose it as currently constituted. The former US Trade Representative said in 2012 that to complete the TPP " We've go to have it." Now, Congress will not consider Fast Track until the do-nothing election year of 2014, if even then.
Opposition to the TPP continues to build. Next week, negotiators will be in Salt Lake City, UT and actions are being planned to protest those meetings. Communities are starting to pass resolutions saying that they will not obey if the TPP changes laws in a way that harms them. You can learn more about this on an open training call on November 20. A global day of protest against toxic trade agreements is being organized for December 3. And that same day, two members of the Australian Parliament will submit a request that the text of the TPP be made public.
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Chris Hedges calls Hammond "one of the nation's most important political prisoners." The information he released to Wikileaks and other media outlets revealed the cooperation between private and government security agencies and methods used to stifle dissent, including monitoring the Occupy movement, as well as their strategies for defeating movements. Hedges used information leaked by Hammond in his case against President Obama over the section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that allows indefinite detention of Americans using a vague definition "terrorist."
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PST uses third parties to deliver some features and functions of the Service, including customer and technical support, e-mail, instant messaging, and web hosting, and those third parties collect or transmit personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information about you. These third parties are not permitted to use your personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing their services. We will not read your outgoing or incoming e-mail, private chat, or instant messages, but we (or our third party providers) do store e-mail messages on computer systems for a period of time. We could be required to disclose these messages and communications along with other personally identifiable information about you to comply with law or to protect our Service as described in the Legal Disclaimer section of this Policy.
We also monitor the performance of our Service and your Service connection in order to manage, maintain, and improve the Service and your connection to it. We (or our third party providers) use tools to help prevent and block "spam" e-mails, viruses, spyware, and other harmful or unwanted communications and programs on the Service. These tools may automatically scan your e-mails, instant messages, file attachments, and other files and communications in order to help us protect you and the Service against these harmful or unwanted communications and programs. These tools do not collect or disclose personally identifiable information about you.
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Duke's precognitive Final Four gear was not exactly accurate, but the t-shirt is subject to change. (Hopefully, it still comes with a Duke logo!) I also hope they don't spend all week watching Huskies' game film by mistake. [Thanks, Garth]
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I am going on the China Adventure followed by the Thai East tour when the dates come available. If anyone has any advise about what the trips are like, how much spending money I should bring to each of these countries and what the hotels were like? Any advice would be great. Thanks
Galapagos Islands and Peru
Hey I am looking to see if anyone can offer me advise on the Galapagos Islands and the Peru trips. How much spending money not including the optionals, flights, extra hotels. I am trying to see if I can afford to do 4 Contiki's in one year I already have the China and Thailand paid for but I would really love to explore these places as well. Thanks for any advise
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From past experience what would be a recommendation a suitcase or a duffle? Pros and Cons of each. I am doing back to back tours China first followed by Thailand East.
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Sun, swimming & good times are what you're into, then the Thai Islands are all yours. Jump your way from Koh Samui to Koh Tao, finishing it up with the legendary Koh Pha Ngan. With multiple nights on each island, you can sit back on island time. Take it up a notch if you want & swim & snorkel off white sand beaches, go hiking in emerald green forests, or choose to chill on the beach & sip cocktails from a coconuts as you really relax & indulge.
I am planning on taking a trip end of 2014 or beginning 2015. What would you all recommend, either China Adventure and Thailand or Vietnam and Thailand. Also either Thailand East or West. If anyone has any advise on how much spending money I should bring to each of these countries. If I had enough time away from work I would do all of them.


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I really like it because it tells a story just by looking at the landmarks :)
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I really like it because it tells a story just by looking at the landmarks :)
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Just a interesting thing in this place. I love the place called Nest of Harpies, they just don't know what live there, they guess that 2 harpies live there, cos saw 2 womans with wings. But the real history is, that this place is the home of 2 female angels that protect and kill someone that try go to the place :D are angels and not mythical creatures.
Great map, I am glad you skipped those cartoony trees from before.
Maybe a paperbackground for the cartuche and the Compass would have been nice, but the overall style and blending are well made, your progress ins uch a short time is impressive.
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The M53
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This page spent three years in a section of CBRD called 'Botched Plans'. No other plans ever appeared there, and in November 2004 I put that section out of its misery, moving its only feature over to Histories. It is presented here unchanged, which explains why it isn't quite like other pages in the Histories section.
What was the plan?
The M53's original mission was to connect Liverpool and Birkenhead, via the Mersey Tunnels, to Cheshire and north Wales. It was to do this by connecting up the Tunnel to the A55 somewhere near Ewloe, south of the present Queensferry Bridge. It would probably have had junctions through the Wirral built-up area, on the western side of Ellesmere Port and with the A5117 before a new bridge over the Dee to terminate on the A55.
It's logical to assume that the M56 extension would have brought it further west to the M53 had the west-of-Chester plan gone ahead.
What happened?
By 1972, the Wirral section of the M53 was built to dual-three lane standard and was open, with traffic whizzing happily along it from end to end. It finished at what we now know as junction 5, which was then part of the Ellesmere Port bypass, an A-road built to relieve the town centre some years earlier. Shortly before the M53 ended, the interchange was built ready for when the M53 would continue south.
By the late 1970s, the Ellesmere Port Bypass was carrying a large amount of traffic and, despite its very closely spaced junctions, was upgraded by the Department of Transport to a motorway. Since it would eventually become a spur of the completed M53, it was given a spur number, M531. This led to the odd situation where the M53 simply turned into the M531, though it was quite clear what was going on since the M53 dropped from three lanes to two and left the main carriageway of the motorway onto sliproads.
What happened next can hardly be described as an event, because nothing happened. To put it more precisely, the M53 southern section didn't get built. In the mid 1980s, the Department gave up waiting, and renumbered the M531 to the M53. This my have cut a corner for the government, but it left traffic going the long way round.
What's there now?
The M53 scheme is a fine tribute to a bigger plan that never saw the light of day. Take a trip along it and you'll be able to experience these impressive sights...
The most obvious sight is the unfinished junction where the M53 should have continued south with the M531 turning off. The bridge is there and everything, so northbound traffic is treated to a trip through a bridge that has carried nothing since it was built 30 years ago.
This is the point where the three lane motorway to the north becomes the two-lane substandard motorway to the south. This unfinished junction also comes complete with a short stub of land bought up just to the south in case you're not sure where the M53 would go from here.
Update: it seems that the flyover visible in the aerial photo is no longer present. It was removed in 1999 or 2000.
What on earth is going on here? Evidence of how big the M53 scheme was meant to be - this over-built junction with the A552, further up the Wirral. The single carriageway A552 becomes dual carriageway just for the duration of this junction, where it manages to fly two levels over the M53 and set down sliproads to the roundabout.
What exactly was planned for the A552 that it needed to be dualled and grade-separated at this junction?
More junction silliness at the next junction up - the A551 has a short spur from the M53 here, which leaves the motorway at this enormous junction. It's a huge land-wasting free flow interchange of the type some proper motorways like the M180 can only dream about. How much traffic did they expect would leave here?
Tim Radford adds:
"When I was at school on the Wirral in the 1970s I vaguely remember fanciful talk of a crossing over the Dee estuary towards the Point of Ayr. I always assumed the A551 spur was built in readiness for this."
What next?
The government has no plans whatsoever to add to or improve the M53. Ho hum.
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Per other reviewers I used my crook pot with a cup and a half of chicken stock, also followed JJ1916ohio suggestions for extra spices. Used 2 pounds of bone in chicken thighs, with the skins removed, what was on hand. It came out really good. Served it over pieces of corn bread, didn't want to heat up the kitchen cooking rice. With cold slaw as the side. (4 C chopped cabbage, 1/4 C vinegar, 1 T sugar, 2 T olive oil, 1/2 t galic salt, 1/4 t fresh ground black pepper, and 1/2 t ground cumin.) The family remarked how good it was. I have tried other mole recipes without much success. This one is a keeper, will be making it again.
Mexican Chicken Mole
Photo: Tina Evans; Styling: Connie Formby
This Mexican chicken mole features chicken thighs and chicken breasts and it's so easy, you can make it in your microwave! Serve over hot cooked rice and garnish with cilantro sprigs.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 piece chicken, 1/2 cup sauce, and 1 cup rice)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 409
- Calories from fat: 15%
- Fat: 6.7g
- Saturated fat: 1.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.8g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.2g
- Protein: 30.5g
- Carbohydrate: 54.8g
- Fiber: 2.1g
- Cholesterol: 78mg
- Iron: 4.5mg
- Sodium: 428mg
- Calcium: 88mg
- 3/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
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- 1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
- 3 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken thighs
- 3 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 6 cups hot cooked rice
- Cilantro sprigs (optional)
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a 2-quart casserole. Cover with heavy-duty plastic wrap, and vent. Microwave at HIGH 4 minutes or until tender. Add sugar and next 6 ingredients (sugar through chiles), and stir well. Arrange chicken over the tomato mixture, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cover and microwave at HIGH 8 minutes. Rearrange chicken, spooning the tomato mixture over the chicken; cover and microwave at HIGH 8 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken from dish; set aside, and keep warm.
- Combine water and cornstarch, stirring until blended; add to tomato mixture. Microwave, uncovered, at HIGH 5 minutes, stirring after 2 1/2 minutes. Serve the chicken and tomato mixture over rice. Garnish with cilantro sprigs, if desired.
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- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: Mexican
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- COOKING METHOD: Microwave
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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