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Seven Layer Cookies
Espresso Caramels
Gingerbread Biscotti
Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts
Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook
Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor
Beautiful pictures! I am inspired to try a couple of these.ReplyDelete
Great range of ideas. Will be coming back to try some of them for sure. Would make great edible giftsReplyDelete
You are always such a great source of inspiration Joe. I am not making the Swedish Gingersnaps every year and they have become a family favourite.ReplyDelete
okay, you got me with White Chocolate-Raspberry Cheesecake Bars. i'm a sucker for cheesecake of any kind.ReplyDelete
Linda J - Fantastic! That's what we had hoped.
Katie - Enjoy!
Helene - Thank you! I just made several batches of those the other day!
Rebecca - They are so good and quite striking to see.
Yum, where to start? They all look so good.ReplyDelete
OMW...what a collection! Fabulous choices. Now with which one do I start?ReplyDelete
Thank you for your wonderful blog. I have already marked several desserts to make in the next couple of weeks.ReplyDelete
Joe: So, do you need my address to ship me my package....You are surely going to be busy with all that cooking.ReplyDelete
Beautiful pics...how do you cut your bar cookies so neatly?
I love your blog!
Hi Joe! I discovered your blog last year when I was searching for a thumbprint cookie with a maple frosting. Since then, I've made both cheesecakes, the oreo truffles, the seven layer cookies and the chocolate malt M&M cookies. I think I'm going to try some of your fudge recipes and peanut butter buckeyes next. Thanks for all the wonderful recipes...everything's been fantastic!!ReplyDelete
I will make those candy cane biscotti this year. They have been on my list forever! (I think two years now)
They look beautiful. Another one of my favorites of yours for the holidays is the peanut butter chocolate fudge.
I've made the Peppermint bark and Candy Cane Biscotti the last two years and everyone loves them. They're on my list again this year! :)ReplyDelete
Jan - Close your eyes and pick one!
Kayte - See above!
Heather - Great!
Theresa - Busy is an understatement!
Barbara - Very sharp knife, sometimes ran under hot water first (and dried before each slice).
Donna - Enjoy!
Nicole - They are a favorite here too!
Allison - Woohoo!
I just love your blog! I am looking forward to making your peppermint marshmellows tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Jenn - Enjoy the squishy-ness!ReplyDelete


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A long winter's wait is over. NASCAR Acceleration Weekend 2013 rolls into Charlotte, N.C. Friday through Sunday signaling the beginning of the new season.
Three days of activities at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and adjacent Charlotte Convention Center include the hall's induction of the Class of 2013 and the popular NASCAR Preview 2013 featuring driver appearances, up-close viewing of the NASCAR Gen-6 race cars, autograph sessions and fan Q&As.
The event marks the final weekend before engines roar to life at Daytona International Speedway and the start of Daytona Speedweeks 2013. The Sprint Unlimited is set for Saturday, Feb. 16 (FOX, 8 p.m. ET). Ten days of practice, qualifying and racing culminates with the 55th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 24 (FOX, 1 p.m. ET).
NASCAR Acceleration Weekend 2013 kicks off with Friday night's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame of five of the sport's legends: NASCAR premier series champions Buck Baker, Herb Thomas and Rusty Wallace; champion car owner Cotton Owens and innovative crew chief, mechanic and engine builder Leonard Wood.
The Induction Ceremony, which follows a red carpet walk, private reception and induction dinner, takes place at 7:30 p.m. ET in the Crown Ball Room at the Charlotte Convention Center which is directly connected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. SPEED, MRN Radio and SIRIUSXM NASCAR Radio will broadcast the ceremonies live.
Tickets for the induction ceremonies start at $45, and are available at WWW.NASCARACCELERATION.COM and the NASCAR Hall of Fame box office. In addition, a $20 ticket will gain fans all-Saturday access into NASCAR Preview 2013 and the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Induction day ceremonies also include unveiling of an exhibit dedicated to pioneer broadcasters Ken Squier and Barney Hall, the initial recipients of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence at 3:45 p.m.
A NASCAR Hall of Fame autograph session featuring Hall of Famers Bobby Allison, Dale Inman, Ned Jarrett, Junior Johnson, Bud Moore, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip and Glen Wood precedes Friday's Induction Ceremony. It will be held from 4-4:45 p.m. in the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Hall of Honor.
Saturday's NASCAR Preview 2013 activities, featuring drivers from the NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, takes place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Convention Center Ballroom and Exhibit Hall C. Autograph sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. with on-stage Q&A sessions starting at 9 a.m.
Event sponsors Sprint and Nationwide Insurance will have interactive fan displays, show cars and giveaways throughout Saturday.
Other Official Partner displays and activities during the fan-friendly event:
- Camping World will feature an interactive display.
- A question-and-answer session engineered by Mobil 1 with three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart is scheduled for 10 a.m.
- The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gen-6 Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry show cars will be on display.
- Miss Coors Light will participate in a Q&A at 11:50 a.m. and be onsite for autographs with fans.
- M&M'S® will have a prize wheel and racing simulator.
- Ritz will have a show car on-site.
Participating Official Partners will offer giveaways and special offers for fans in attendance.
Highlights of the on-stage schedule include:
9 a.m. – Q&A with Greg Biffle, Mark Martin and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9:20 a.m. – NASCAR Foundation unveiling of NASCAR Day pin
9:45 a.m. – Q&A with Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood
10:20 a.m. – Joe Gibbs Racing team announcement
10:30 a.m. – Q&A with Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Paul Menard and Sam Hornish Jr.
11 a.m. – Q&A with Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson
12 p.m. – Q&A with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Marcos Ambrose, Trevor Bayne, Austin Dillon and Johanna Long
12:20 p.m. – Q&A with Bobby Allison and Ned Jarrett
1 p.m. – Q&A with Richard Petty and Kyle Petty
1:30 p.m. – Q&A Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick, Travis Pastrana, Regan Smith, James Buescher, Daniel Suarez
2:30 p.m. – Q&A with Junior Johnson
Here is a complete list of driver autograph times:
9:30 a.m. – Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Joe Nemechek, Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier, Eric McClure, Brian Scott, Timothy Peters, Miguel Paludo, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Todd Peck and Dylan Kwasniewski.
11 a.m. – Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, Paul Menard, Aric Almirola, Scott Speed, Sam Hornish, Mike Wallace, Brennan Newberry, Sean Corr, Jamie Dick, Hal Martin, Brian Keselowski, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Matt Crafton.
12:30 p.m. – Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Marcos Ambrose, David Ragan, David Gilliland, Brian Vickers, Austin Dillon, Michael Annett, Trevor Bayne, Kyle Larson, Johanna Long, Ty Dillon, Nelson Piquet Jr., Todd Bodine, Joey Coulter and Darrell Wallace Jr.
2 p.m. – Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick, Kasey Kahne, Juan Pablo Montoya, Bobby Labonte, Casey Mears, Michael McDowell, Travis Pastrana, Regan Smith, Brad Sweet, Jeremy Clements, John Wes Townley, Ryan Blaney, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Alex Bowman, James Buescher, Parker Kligerman, Justin Lofton, Johnny Sauter, Jason White, Max Gresham, Dakoda Armstrong, Jeb Burton and Daniel Suarez.
Two NASCAR Hall of Fame events are on tap Saturday, open to all with a NASCAR Preview wrist band. The public may view Hall of Honor displays highlighting the careers of the Class of 2013 beginning at 9:30 a.m. NASCAR Hall of Famer Junior Johnson will host a Midnight Moon Shine and Sign from 4-7 p.m. in the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Great Hall. The event will feature a Q&A, autograph signing and moonshine tastings.
NASCAR Acceleration Weekend 2013 wraps up Sunday at 10 a.m. with a NASCAR Hall of Fame autograph session with Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood in the Hall of Honor. A Sunday Hall of Fame ticket is required for admission.

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We became aware of an issue affecting the previously available German and EU English versions of the digital install downloader for Diablo III, which would not download all the necessary files. If you've pre-downloaded the digital version of the game in these languages before 10:00 AM CEST (9:00 AM GMT) on Saturday May 12, you must obtain the new downloaders to be able to install properly once the game is released on May 15. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please let friends and acquaintances know so they can begin downloading the working installer that's now available.
1. Obtain the new Diablo III digital downloader using the links below
2. Point the download save at the same directory as before
The folder in question is your main game data folder. If you have the game downloaded to D:\Games\Diablo-III-8370-enGB-Installer, please point the download to D:\Games\. Do not use the automatically generated folder containing the installation files (i.e. do not use the directory D:\Games\Diablo-III-8370-enGB-Installer as this is the one created by the downloader).
3. If you chose the correct directory only around 65MB will need to be downloaded to fix your install, otherwise you'll re-download the entire ~7.6GB
New EU English Installer
New EU English Installer (Mac)
New German Installer
New German Installer (Mac)
For more information or help with the installation, check out the Diablo III Pre-Sale Downloader Walkthrough or use the search on the Battle.net support site.
Whether you repair your previous install or download the entire game again, it's necessary to use this new downloader to install and play the game when it launches.


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Copyright (c) Alexandre Becoulet. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.


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CCCamp2011: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen
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Version vom 11. Juni 2011, 14:09 Uhr
Chaos Communication Camp 2011
Orga Meeting
|2. meeting: Tue 7. June 2011 at 20:00
All interested parties are invited to throw-in their ideas. We'll consider ways and means regarding
- transportation
- infrastructure (village, tents, food, equipment)
- projects, projects, projects
- blingbling (art & beauty & light)
- financing
- 42 and everything
// Projects
Project Moonbounce
Radio communication over a distance of at least 2 light-seconds using the Moon as reflector. Anyone interested in actually talking to him/herself? We can do that - you're welcome.
Project Plunger
Developer: cavac
"Unclog your internet tubes!". This is a Website based on Maplat specially crafted for LeiwandVille. I can bring the software (and do all the work) but i travel by train: Could someone lend me a server (min. 4 Cores, 8 Gig Ram, 1TB HD)?
Developer: cavac
I wrote my own software to capture timelapse videos as well as time exposure shots.. See me [Youtube Channel] (the videos marked with "LiquidTime").
Developer: Zwax
an automatic pancake maschine! [alert the internets video on youtube]
// Project Ideas
Spaghetti Monster Follow-up
After the success with the airborne glowsticks project (instantly dubbed the Flying Spaghetti Monster on launch) at HAR2009, I'm eager to discuss and launch another larger project at the CCCamp. No ideas yet, but I'd like to see a combination of some of the following: airborne, lighting, blinking, huge, complexity through organization of _lots_ of simpler objects, interactive?. Needs brainstorming, funding (the HAR project was ca. 500 EUR I think), prototyping, design, building. Alpha-testing at Stadtflucht 2011 is prob. a good idea. (MariusKintel 14:22, 20. Aug. 2010 (CEST))
- I did http://bit.ly/GodSees which was flying and had the chance to blink if I wanted it. HElium was the main ingrdients. This is an expensive and depleting natural resource, so I would hesitate to use HE again, rather go for a loooong stick or a quadcopter --leobard 13:28, 30. Sep. 2010 (CEST)
- I'd be in with brain and hand for another Flying Spaghetti Monster mind
Swarming quadrocopters
- How expensive is it to build simple swarming quadcopters? Maybe out of PCBs. What about a near space mission, I'd be interested in trying looooong distance wlan shooting using a mesh node in near space --Mihi 16:13, 30. Sep. 2010 (CEST)
- A much more interesting question would be: How much research and development does it take to build simple swarming quadcopters ;) After that, battery capacity would in any case be a major issue. ..and of course atmospheric pressure eventually. I've seen some companies researching miniature copters, but they all keep their IP (and physical hardware) close to their chests. MariusKintel 18:39, 1. Okt. 2010 (CEST)
- Indeed, however there are the DIYdrones folks who seem to have some quadcopter autopilot stuff running. However we want to scale it down (IMO). Could we try to get auto piloting quadcopters first? Or quadcopters at all (I know there is one around in the lab). --Mihi 13:39, 2. Okt. 2010 (CEST)
- I've got a quadrocopter at the lab. Needs new batteries, plus it's not too easy to control, and not auto piloting. I believe Funkfeuer has one as well. check uavp.ch, who do open source control electronics, and microkopter.de who do proprietary "shared source" stuff. The "scale down" part and the positioning awareness needed for swarming is what would require significant amounts of R&D IMO. MariusKintel 15:18, 3. Okt. 2010 (CEST)
Build a dome as the main tent / bar for the Leiwandville 3.0 village.
- http://www.freeware-kiel.de/Dome/Domepage.htm
- http://www.zendome.de/produkte/modular/geodaetischer-zendome-30m.html
- http://www.timefold.com/guests/hoco/public/html/page20.html
- I would google for "geodesic dome" and "burning man" - its the standard construction for most of the bigger burning man structures. Domes are then made of steel pipe which is compressed and drilled at both ends. screws to fix. --leobard 13:28, 30. Sep. 2010 (CEST)
- 3D printed dome. This doesn't look super-stable, but cool idea: http://fabricating.tumblr.com
- Alternatives to domes: Lightbar: http://mykle.com/msl/?p=330
Seekrit food project
My better half and I have an idea for a project involving selling food. This is not for profit, just for the artistic value, but it still needs to be sold to make the project work, plus people must want to buy it (will be fixed by it tasting good and being surprisingly cheap). To do this, we'd have to be allowed to sell limited amounts of food (at irregular hours) from our own food stand. The project also involves an amount of viral marketing on-site, but that should be doable to pull off. Task #1 is thus to check with CCC under what circumstances we can handle the food sales. (MariusKintel 21:00, 31. Aug. 2010 (CEST))
- if not sales - trade against objects the "consumers" have? could allow you to circumvent selling regulations ;-) --leobard 13:28, 30. Sep. 2010 (CEST)
Vintage Data Toilet
We could build a Data Toilet (the old acoustic coupler thing) for the Phone Cell. Including a Mailbox to have a station to connect to.... Zem 11:32, 19. Mai 2011 (CEST)
Sausage Charger
An electrical multi-sausage roaster(?) in the style of a battery charger. (eg. insert sausage, close lid, press charge and wait 10-30 sec)
- cool housing for ~4 sausages with independent lids
- polarity/resistance check ('is this really a sausage?')
- overcharging protection (aka temperature-controlled power-off)
- 230/110V isolating transformer for slow/fast charging (and security)
who: datacop if time allows
System to capture finger and hand movements
More improvements to come
Who: Mononofu and Zuckaschnegge
Project Fountain
Blinkenlichten + Water made by Vandebina
Village deko with RGB LED strips
- single LEDs addressable
- good Arduino lib available
- action video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adafruit/5387932657/
cheaper alternatives, but without exact specs: http://www.alibaba.com/products/hl1606_led_strip/--------------14-1648.html (same chip though)
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/462189005/HL1606_led_strip_with_60LEDs_M.html - that's the supplier I ordered from.
most likely the same as from adafruit 55 euro / 5m + 20 euro shipping
ok, I just ordered 20 meters from China. Let's hope it works out as expected :) --Mononofu 20:07, 8. Jun. 2011 (CEST)
Camp inhabitants - means of travel - arrival/departure - plans and projects?
Verpflegungsflatrate: 30 EUR
- means Transport, Leiwandwille - Zelt,Infrastruktur , Startgeld für 24h Breakfast
- !NICHT! Verpflegung für alle Tage (Essen, Trinken, Massage... all inclusive)
- TIPP für alle, die im Zelt schlafen: Rettungsfolie mitnehmen, um Tagesstern-Strahlung abzuwehren!!!
- Vandebina Flug/Zug/Auto/Pferd... weiss noch nicht
- consti Autoooooo
- mind Zug/Auto/Flug ... (wir brauchen mehr blitze)
- dReaa
- Herbert auf 4 Rädern
- Eisbaer
- jain7th
- superhet mit Auto, 1 Sitzplatz frei, genau Abfahrt Tbd
- Marius
- && kyrah Teleportation if all go as planned
- datacop
- Zem Auto 7 sitzplätze + fahrer
- Lydschi Auto mit Atrox+Telehans
- Atrox Auto mit Lydschi+Telehans
- Telehans Auto mit Atrox+Lydschi
- PK - außer die Arbeit lässt es nicht zu
- scripty Reichsflugscheibe
- AndiS Transporter + 2t Hänger (Aufbauteam/Transport)
- hubertba 2. Fahrer Transporter
- cygenb0ck Pursuit Special
- fin
- & eli | TBD
- ra Teppich
- cavac Train&Bike
- citizen428 hat Autoplatz erschnorrt
- lippi Auto mit Citizen428+Consti+Bons+...+...
- ndrst Autoplatz mit citizen428 erschnorrt
- mzeltner schon vorher in Berlin, bike tour to Finowfurt anyone?
- Leo
- Phantasus
- & Mihi mit ihren Fahrrädern
- bicyclemark hitching a ride from Berlin I hope.
- Horst JENS mit Bahn
- c3o ist dabei, hat aber noch keinen Plan
- socialhack on it, needs a oneway ride from Vienna
- maciej Bahn/Flugzeug
- Zwax (Aufbauteam)
- Mononofu mit Wohnmobil, nimmt Zuckaschnegge mit.
- Zuckaschnegge mit Mononofu
- Lacrima
- fbr ( Schiene || Luft )
- Chaos Communication Camp 2011 Wiki
- 2011 tickets presale
- CCC Event blog: We found a date and we found a place
- http://leiwandville.soup.io/ - starting with Leiwandville 2.0 at HAR2009
- [OLD] HAR2009 at the Metalab Wiki
- [OLD] Chaos Communication Camp 2007 Wiki
- [OLD] CCCamp2007 at the Metalab Wiki


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The New Zealand dollar was little changed against the greenback as traders awaited developments on US budget talks, with the fiscal cliff deadline now just two days away.
The kiwi dollar traded at 81.94 US cents from 81.93 cents in New York on Friday. The trade-weighted index was at 73.53 from 73.55.
President Barack Obama told NBC's Meet the Press in an interview on Saturday that he was "modestly optimistic yesterday, but we don't yet see an agreement." Senate Democrats have rejected the Republican's latest offer on averting US$600 billion of tax hikes and spending cuts, Bloomberg reported, citing Senate Democratic aides close to the negotiations. Congress has until Monday midnight to reach an agreement.
The kiwi "is going to have more of an offered bias than a bid bias," said Tim Kelleher, head of institutional FX sales at ASB Institutional. The local currency will have "a slightly defensive tone" through until the end of the year though it has held up reasonably well given stocks on Wall Street sold off on Friday.
The New Zealand dollar may trade in a range of 81.75 US cents to 82.25 cents today, he said.
On Friday both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell more than 1 percent on speculation politicians in Washington would fail to reach agreement on averting the fiscal cliff, which risks pushing the US economy into recession.
Kelleher said traders will be watching for any headlines on progress today.
The kiwi dollar traded at 61.99 euro cents from 61.98 cents in New York on Friday. Figures over the weekend showed a big drop in euro shorts, suggesting the market is easing off on bets the common currency will fall further.
The kiwi traded at 50.67 British pence from 50.68 pence. It fell to 70.36 yen from 70.53 yen and traded at 79 Australian cents from 79.01 cents.


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after many years i recently setup my old c64 and discovered it is somewhat faulty.
when i first turned it on i got the regular startup screen, except that some of the characters were either missing or flickering. i could load games from tape reasonably reliably, though of course the graphics were largely corrupted. i was unable to load anything from disc - the 1541 chugs away for a few seconds before reporting a read error. i found my old Final Cartridge and tried plugging it in to see if i still got flickering/corrupt/missing characters but not a whole lot happened, apart from the c64's symptoms changed: now the characters are all there and no longer flicker (yay!) but they're all black (boo):
which means when i load up any games 99% of the screen is black. (the fact that it changed after plugging in the cart makes me nervous).
after doing some googling, it seems it may be due to a few issues (maybe the PLA?) but the symptoms don't completely match the descriptions i found. as a side note, sound & music seems fine so i don't think it's the SID.
so now i'm wondering what my options are. i've never done any kind of computer repair/restoration, so i'm doubtful i'll be capable of conducting even remotely complicated surgery. is there any place in NZ that handles repairs of old machines? are there any reasonably simple things i can try to narrow down the cause?
also, as i mentioned, i haven't been able to load anything from the 1541. i'm guessing this is due to alignment issues, but i'm not sure. i know there was an old application which assisted with drive alignment, but i'm pretty sure i don't have it (and if i did i wouldn't be able to load it). is there any point in trying to fiddle with the alignment if i don't have that application?


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Show time is 12pm EST/ 5pm GMT.
Archive of the show is here (right click to 'Save link as...' or click to play): http://matrixfiles.com/show-audios/5th-April-2014.mp3
This week I will be consolidating the last 4 weeks of shows dealing with religion (the Bible, Scientology, the Qur'an and Christianity/the Jesuits/the Roman Cult) and reviewing what intention is and also covering various areas in more depth that were covered last week and the prior weeks. The overall theme you will find is deception and corruption of truth and knowledge and how to offset this.
Nuggets of gold - for the 5th April
- If you post what you consider good information to a forum and you get banned, you have found information that is more than likely 100% correct.
- Intention and postulates can be used for good or evil.
- You can change the world and reduce crime and terrorism by recognizing that the power to do so is within YOU.
- Only 1% of the population doing a group effort is all that is need to effect change.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=7,000+me ... 80&bih=689
http://inspiringnews.wordpress.com/2012 ... for-peace/
http://hinduism.about.com/cs/meditation ... 10403a.htm
http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodn ... earch.html
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthr ... -with-Wind
http://www.dubrovnik-peace-project.org/ ... effect.htm
(Info on the above and below images) MOST PAPER LANTERNS RELEASED AT ONCE - In this photo released by Middle Way Meditation Institute, Philippines, through Nutannan Srithorn, thousands of youths release into the sky paper lanterns to celebrate "World Peace Through Meditation" in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record Friday May 24, 2013 at the University of the Philippines campus at Miagao, Iloilo city in central Philippines. The organizers claimed to have released 15,185 sky lanterns breaking the current Guinness World Record of 12,740 sky lanterns released in a single event.
http://matrixfilesradio.com/shows/5Apri ... n_Hill.mp4
Applied Faith - Napoleon Hill (a laymans explanation of Intention or Postulating your Future)
Science of Getting Rich


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The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) took effect January 1, 2013. Generally – for employees who become general members of the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association on or after January 1, 2013-- PEPRA requires a miscellaneous pension formula of 2% at age 62, 36 month final compensation averaging, and a maximum salary amount used for pension calculation of $110,100 (plus CPI). For safety retirement, the benefit is generally 2.7% at age 57, 36 month final compensation averaging, and a maximum salary amount used for pension calculation of $132,000 (plus CPI) . PEPRA does not address the amount of the Cost of Living Adjustments/COLAs to the pension benefit. The County Employees Retirement Law authorizes implementation of various COLAs to the pension benefit. Prior to 2013, many County employees entering CCCERA were eligible for up to a 3% pension COLA to the retirement benefit. However, the County has been actively negotiating a 2% Pension COLA for employees in the PEPRA tier with its bargaining groups. Government Code section 7507 requires that the future costs of changes in retirement benefits be made public at a public meeting at least two weeks prior to the adoption of such changes. The following is a summary of actions taken to implement a 2% pension COLA:
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do you feel fatigue (tired) and sometimes get diarrhoea.
it took my mum 4 years to find out what she had, so you might have the same thing. The doctors were all saying that she had nothing wrong and they couldn't find anything, state of mind and all that crap. Well they were wrong cause she did have a problem, and it took them 4 years to identify it. (for some reason a lot of doctors seem to be mindless when it comes to this disease, but its nothing serious if you eat the right foods, and if you identify it early)
my mum said there is a blood test for it now and you can go for doctors and request a test for it, just tell them name of it and they will test it.
sorry i forgot to post name of disease.
its called Coeliac disease...
as long as you eat things that don't contain gluten you should be okay, let me know how it works out. If you want more details or help I can recommend some food. But before you eat something check back of packet and make sure it doesn't contain gluten. If you are able to eat grain, check and see if the specific grain you are eating contains gluten... if it does maybe its not this disease... if it doesn't maybe it is.
Let me know if this helps.
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There can be many things that could give these symptoms, and an expert opinion is better, IMHO. If you are seeing blood in your stools, BTW, go see a doctor now.
I suffered through a few weeks of stomach pains both before and after eating recently, so I have some understanding of what you might be going through right now.
|2008-10-14, 20:36
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I don't think there is anything wrong either, because grains and apples aren't even the same category of food, yet you claim that you can eat it and feel well afterwards.
|2008-10-14, 21:58
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unfortunately a lot of foods out there (most) contain gluten, its a gluten disease, basically any food that contains gluten is poison to their body. its possible the grain doesn't have any gluten in it... apples don't.
so if he/she checks this and there is no gluten in it then there is a chance that it is this problem.
|2008-10-14, 23:37
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There isn't enough information given by Vikitehwaffu to really help, IMHO. Diet is important, but knowing his stress level, number of hours and how well he sleeps, the location and level of pain, and so on are good as well.
For my symptoms, which were bad enough that I couldn't move , I visited 2 doctors (GP), and both asked about everything before the second one recommended my visiting a specialist. Be honest and not be embarrassed when asked for your symptoms. Your doctor won't be able to give you a good diagnosis otherwise.
Xvoki: Nice avatar!
|2008-10-15, 00:05
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Well, I have to go to the bathroom a lot/diarrhea if eating fried foods/high levels of sugar, and that is very uncomfortable and time consuming. I sleep pretty well and I am not really angry/worried about anything, so my stress is fine.
I don't have any blood in my stool, and I don't have Irritable Bowel Syndrome either, since I was checked for that. The gluten thing sounds plausible, but I don't know if that is it. My mother has something similar to what I have, for over 10 years but to a severally worse degree . They don't know what's is wrong with her either so going to her doctor won't do much.
|2008-10-15, 00:13
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Well, I don't think I would be too worried about the inability to eat fried or sugary food, since they're atrocious for you, but was I correct in reading you can only eat grains and apples? I don't think you would be alive at this point were that the case, lol.
|2008-10-15, 00:23
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But yeah, it really sucks. I liked eating fruits, juice and yogurt beforehand.
|2008-10-15, 01:59
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I still think writing a list down and keeping a record of all the foods that give you stomach pains, and those that dont, is a good idea. One day it could help reveal something previously overlooked, such as a connection between the foods that cause the stomach upsets.
Your condition sounds very complex though. Have you tried using a dedicated medical forum? Maybe you can find a more accurate answer if you post your symptoms on one of those.
Heres some more reading, if your up for it.
|2008-10-15, 03:26
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Gluten intolerance should not cause a problem if you're eating sugary foods, but that depends on exactly what kind of food you are eating. The Heidelberg stomach Ph test, endoscopy and colonoscopy are also possible to give a more thorough check, but ask your doctor first to see if he thinks they are appropriate for your symptoms.
There can be any number of reasons why you're having stomach pains like some kind of allergy, a severe case of heartburn, gastritis, and so on. You don't want to take the wrong medicine (doctor- or self-given) and mistreat yourself.
Xvoki's suggestion of writing down the foods and the effects they have on your is a very good one also, and can help to minimize the pain you're having. The doctor might be able to use it to help in the diagnosis also.
|2008-10-15, 15:22
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vik check and see if food contains gluten before you eat it, if it doesnt contain gluten try it... if it doesn't affect you then thats good.
did u check to see if the grains u ate contained gluten... check and see it will say one of three things
suitable for coeliacs or gluten free or possibly not be listed (but sometimes contain it)
id google gluten free food or just ask in tesco and see what they say.
it doesn't matter what type of food you eat, sweets, chocolate, meat, anything, as long as it contains gluten then its bad.
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|2008-10-15, 17:14
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My sources (just to show I'm not making this stuff up).
|2008-10-15, 19:35
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I believe what you said carried weight and just felt that it was worth mentioning that not all of the grains contain gluten, sorry if i came across blunt or bad Xvoki. I appreciate your opinion and appreciated your help when I had the medical problem.
|2008-10-16, 00:37
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No apology is necessary. I have enormous sympathy for sufferers of Coeliac, and you obviously know more about it than I.
|2008-10-16, 21:41
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plus you might know more than me on it, I only know what my mother tells me. my knowledge on coeliac disease extends from dont eat gluten to how it makes you feel if you do =)
|2008-12-22, 10:04
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A few years ago, I sometimes (around 4 or 5 times per year) had sharp pains in my chest cavity. I'm not sure what the cause was, but it seemed to only hurt during deep inspiration (breathing in). It didn't last long but it felt almost like a small knife pierced my lungs. Over the years, that sharp pain has become less and less frequent. That was at 17 years old. Has anyone else experienced similar problems at that age?
Background info: I was quite late going into puberty, so once I did, my body started growing very quickly.
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Last year, 617 out of the 170 thousand live-born babies died in their first year. As a result, the infant mortality rate stood at 3.6 per thousand live births, versus 5.1 in 2000. The infant mortality rate was nearly three times the average among mothers under the age of 20. Infant mortality in the Netherlands is in line with the European Union average. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on newly released figures.Read publication
In 2019, fewer young people in the Netherlands aged 12 to 24 years were volunteering compared to previous years. While girls are more likely to volunteer in the field of care, boys prefer activities in a sports association. The most important reason for young people to volunteer is that they enjoy it. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this in the latest edition of the National Youth Monitor, based on new figures taken from a survey on social cohesion and well-being.Read publication
Of the 181 thousand young people aged 15 to 26 years who dropped out of education without obtaining a basic qualification, there were 70 thousand who were out of work in 2019. This is a relatively high share compared to those who did obtain a basic qualification. Common reasons for not working are illness and disability. Among the unskilled, those in employment often work at lower occupational skill levels than their peers with basic qualifications. Of the 625 thousand young people who are not in education but who do have a basic qualification, 66 thousand are out of work.Read publication
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The word "community" itself is ill-defined. Is New York City a community? Just what makes a project somehow special enough to be considered community-like?
A community solar project might be in a single array or multiple arrays throughout an area. It might be a solar garden - shared solar, operating on a subscription model. It might use virtual net metering to supply people in a given housing complex, town, or utility service area. It might be crowdfunded, with money from many small investors. It might be community-controlled, owned by a cooperative where members have some degree of say.
Some definitions give a size range. Colorado's Community Solar Gardens Act tops out at 2 Megawatts (2000 kilowatts). California's proposed SB43 places the maximum size for a shared solar project at 20 MW (20,000 kW). Distributed solar is connected to the distribution grid, as rather than the transmission grid - at a maximum 30 MW.
Here's a tour of a few of the largest, from the largest "largest" project down to the smallest largest project. Please let me know at firstname.lastname@example.com if I have left out yours!
Copper Crossing Solar Ranch, Arizona - 20.0 MW
This is about as big as you can get and still be called community solar. This 144-acre project, built for the Salt River Project by Ibedrola Solar, supplies a hundred schools. Impressive!
Hall's Pond Solar Cooperative, Ontario, Canada (Proposed) - 7.5 MW
In the solar industry, we spend a lot of time out standing in various fields. This Ontario cooperative has raised CA$200,000, and intends to raise 30% of its money from its members.
Keystone Solar Project, Pennsylvania - 6.0 MW
Westmill Solar Co-Op, Oxfordshire, England - 5.0 MW
CLEAN program can promote local solar development! Shares in this project sold out rapidly - the project was build by Blue Energy.
Mesa County Solar Garden, Colorado (Proposed) - 2.0 MW
One of the largest projects under the Community Solar Gardens Act, Ecoplexus Inc. is actively developing an array on XCEL Energy territory near Grand Junction, Colorado. Terry Franklin, utility manager for the city of Grand Junction, said, "Colorado Mesa University wants to be a subscriber, the City of Grand Junction wants to be a subscriber, School District 51 wants to be a subscriber and then a minimum of five percent of low-income families are a requirement through the Xcel Process."
SMUD Solar Shares, California - 1.2 MW
SMPA Community Solar Array, Colorado - 1.1 MW
San Miguel Power Association will provide power to over 200 subscribers. The SMPA Community Solar Array is located on seven acres in the northwest corner of Paradox Valley along U.S. Highway 90, about 15 miles west of Naturita, Colo. Customers in the SMPA territory will purchase individual panels for $705, net of rebates from SMPA. Customer can purchase as few as one panel or enough to offset 100% of their electricity needs, and receive credit for the power produced directly on their monthly utility bills.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
DCS was the Man
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Have not looked at this module since the late 70s, but I remember this particular picture like it was yesterday, it actually gets me excited about the "infinite possibilities" of D&D. Sadly I never played the module but the picture evidently is seared into my brain.ReplyDelete
- Peter V. Dell'OrtoApril 16, 2012 at 5:18 PM
I just got this one, too, and I was admiring that piece especially (nothing like a potential brawl with dozens of trolls to spark a cool illustration). I did notice that a piece in D1-2 wasn't in D1 - the Erol Otus illustration of the wyverns!ReplyDelete
DCS wasn't flashy like Tramp and Otus. But they did inject a certain amount of medieval realism into the player character depictions.ReplyDelete
- Geoffrey McKinneyApril 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Sutherland did a lot of great work. My favorite Sutherland pieces are in Legions of the Petal Throne.ReplyDelete
- Fletcher VredenburghApril 16, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Always preferred him to Erol Otus.ReplyDelete
- Jim KitchenApril 16, 2012 at 7:06 PM
I attended his funeral at Fort Snelling and had the pleasure to meet his daughters and his sister. His sister in particular spoke to how DCS recognized his own limits regarding his ability to an artist. (Especially compared to artists like Elmore, Parkinson, etc.)ReplyDelete
It was this self realization that made his move towards drawing and illustrating maps for TSR much easier. Sutherland felt, according to his sister, that for as popular and iconic as some of his most widely known illustrations were it was his later work on the maps for Ravenloft that were among his most polished and accomplished work.
His tombstone, at the Fort Snelling National Cemetary, bears a simple inscription that also speaks to his love of maps: "God needed a cartographer".
Thank you for sharing that story; it's both delightful and sad at the same time. I, for one, will always remember the man as an artist. Most of the pieces I remember most from the early days of D&D are his.ReplyDelete
- Jim KitchenApril 16, 2012 at 7:39 PM
James, I (mostly) thought of him as an artist as well until the funeral. When I think of golden age illustrations it is always his work that comes to mind.ReplyDelete
The next time I'm over at Fort Snelling I'll take a picture of his marker. A couple of months ago my son's Cub Scout Pack was cleaning the cemetary and his den actually "worked" the section where DCS is buried.
That is an epitaph to be proud of!ReplyDelete
- M. RooneyApril 16, 2012 at 8:24 PM
He had some technical limitations, true, but his illustrations are evocative of the early days. I was tickled when he did a few illustrations for an adventure in Dungeon Magazine in the early 1990s ... very old school, even then.ReplyDelete
Others already mentioned his technical limitations. As a young fellow in the early 80's I think I could not see enough past those limitations, as if D&D "settled" for him as an artist.ReplyDelete
Regardless, he still had his brilliant moments, even if only as one little item in a larger work. But, DCS still made his way into my favorites. I think something else also endeared him to me; I feel his "eye" was that of a player. He rendered the game of D&D into art, rather than creating pure works of fantasy. His work shows unique heart and character, attributes I was more able to value as I got older.
I may be misremembering this, but he was the one who did the small party adventuring (in little installments) that ran through the 1st ed. DMG, yes? I think I once statted those characters out. I think they compose some subconscious ur-party in my D&D forelobes.ReplyDelete
Indeed he was! That's always been one of my favorite bits of D&D artwork -- by DCS or anyone.ReplyDelete
As an illustrator, DCS was a great cartographer. Enough said.ReplyDelete
- Zenopus ArchivesApril 16, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Great "still fightin" severed troll arm and head on the guy in the forefront!ReplyDelete
His work is the heart and soul D&D in the 70s, particularly with respect to his depictions of adventuring parties.
That's a really great insight. There certainly are a great many memorable adventuring parties in DCS's illustrations, aren't there?ReplyDelete
- Chris VermeersApril 17, 2012 at 12:06 AM
I think that what's most interesting to me is that, though as many have noted his technical chops were perhaps not on par with the likes of Trampier or Otus, his subject matter was always, always perfect. "A Paladin in Hell" is well-remembered not because of his line work or whatever, but because the image of a paladin fighting devils in the Nine Hells is a highly memorable one. This picture in D1 is not so much a fine art piece with technically perfect shading or the like, but it is a scene that one could easily imagine occurring in a real, at-the-table game.ReplyDelete
- IronfaceApril 17, 2012 at 1:31 AM
One thing DSC really did well( maybe even better then any of his peers) was how he display a real grittiness to combat. One example is is sea lion vs s shark pic were instead of having a sea lion facing off against a shark like other artists might do, he instead had the sea lion biting deep into a shark with another sea lion close by ready to join in, or the harpies ambush where their swooping in ready to tear the party into pieces--one's even got a hand axe! One of the best as far as I'm concerned.ReplyDelete
I'm a Bill Willingham fan, personally.ReplyDelete
- Dave McDougallApril 17, 2012 at 7:37 AM
Best one imo is the party with mouse "disguises" ( pointy nose and mickey mouse ears!) ready to sneak into a ratman temple/lair. The fighter saying to the wizard threateningly "this had better work..." Still one of the funiest cartoons today :)ReplyDelete
- Clay FleischerApril 17, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Love his stuff too, especially his drow.ReplyDelete
I think one of my favourite things about both Tramp and DCS is the use of action. I get really tired of gaming art where it looks like the subject is posing and much prefer a scene full of activity.ReplyDelete
- Brian SailorApril 17, 2012 at 11:23 AM
There's a picture in Rappan Athuk 3 (3.0 version) that has a scene like this - adventuring group fighting trolls and being swarmed by severed body parts. I wondered if that artist (Brian LeBlanc) was invoking this picture. Necromancer was all about that "Old School Style" after all.ReplyDelete
- Luke JonesApril 17, 2012 at 11:34 AM
I tend to prefer the work of Tramp, Otus and others, but I still even prefer DCS' illustrations to the digital paintings in modern RPG books.ReplyDelete
I can't seem to figure out why that is. I was born in '85 and didn't even start tabletop gaming until the early 2000s - I have no nostalgic connection to the artwork save for a 1E Monster Manual I owned as a kid. The rest of you seem to feel similarly - why? Why do we like the old art better than the new? Are we just snobs, or...?
- Maureen O'BrienApril 18, 2012 at 2:25 PM
It's good to have great technical chops. Seriously, it is. It makes a lot of things possible. But whether you're a singer or play an instrument or are an artist, chops won't do anything great if you don't have a brain with the power and magic to use the abilities you've got with the proper oomph.ReplyDelete
Sutherland had that oomph, even if he didn't always have the chops to fully bring it forth.
A lot of artists today have better chops, or better ways to hide their lack; but their work has no power, nothing to stick in your heart or your memory. It's as bland as toilet paper and a waste of time. What I want from art is something with the power to make it worth looking at. Chops make oomph better, but they can't put it there.
- Gordon CooperApril 19, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Well said!ReplyDelete
- Pistol PeteAugust 27, 2012 at 10:52 PM
The wizard looks like he's doing the "Finger Point" dance from Saturday Night Fever.ReplyDelete
ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! Stayin' alive! Stayin' alive!
The way the light hits his robes it looks like he might even be wearing white bellbottoms, lol.


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Perhaps you have seen the latest Facebook news. Three new evolutions were revealed: Commitments to continue selling personal data; a revised Like effort that turns Likes into full content shares; and a revamped comment system for blogs and web sites using Connect that in essence publishes those comments on a unique Facebook page. In summary, the Facebook Empire extended its tentacles further outside of its walls to drive external content in, own that content per its user guidelines, and continue exploiting users' data.
The Facebook Empire is not welcome here.
As an Internet user and reader of this blog, it's time to make some commitments to you. These new commenting tools will not be implemented on this blog. Your comments will not appear in Facebook unless you want to post them there. Your privacy and information remains safe, per the site's privacy guidelines. When you share a post here on Facebook, it is intentional, not because you gave a post a thumbs up.
Privacy remains a primary concern given Facebook's abusive attitude towards user data. As Gini Dietrich blogged last week, there is a real expectation gap between people providing information with Facebook's tools, and the social network's use of that data.
Facebook has an opt-out attitude, meaning they place you in a service, use your data, and assume that if you hate it, you'll opt out. There is no request for permission. Given that laissez-faire attitude, who knows how comments from this blog and others will be used in aggregate?
Facebook's shady privacy policies are prompting Federal Trade Commission reports, and suggested legislation. But the government won't be able to stop Facebook for some time. It's on us. Many people have pointed out that the ease of use and an existing 600 million user base will be too tempting to overcome. Such is the lure of the Facebook attention monopoly.
The attitude that this and many other blogs should be an extension of Facebook was just disturbing. Facebook wants all of the conversation and activity on the Internet to occur on its social network. If this is what readers want, they should feel welcome to share the link and have the conversation. Yet, owning all commentary on this site takes empire building one step too far.
For this very same reason, creative content generators should not publish on Facebook directly. Thanks to its user guidelines, the social network is automatically granted a license for the content. Content producers should use secondary services such as a blog, a video site or a photo site, and link back in if protecting copyright is an issue. Beyond the legal reasons, strategically, never let Facebook replace your web site.
This is one very small site in the grand scheme of the social web. The Facebook Empire ends here, though. The monopolistic actions have gotten too scary. Past and current behavior only indicates that blog comment data will be used in the worst ways, for commercial purposes and to further lock in as many users as possible onto Facebook. This site is free from such machinations.
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You should receive an allocation notice annually after the accounting records from the previous year have been closed out and audited by the Cooperative's independent public accounting firm.
The amount of capital credits you earn in a given year is based upon the amount of capital you contribute to the co-op through payment of your monthly bills. The more electric service you buy, the greater your capital credits account – although the percentage will remain the same. The sum of your monthly bills for a year is multiplied by a percentage to determine your capital credits.
Capital credits are calculated by SEC for every member that purchased electricity during a year in which the utility earned margins. No special action is required to start a capital credits account. Your membership activates your capital credits account.
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The capital credits of a deceased member may be paid at a discount without waiting for a general retirement. However, these estate payments are not automatic. A representative of the deceased member must contact SEC to initiate the process. If the membership is jointly held by a spouse, the estate will only be retired after both the member and spouse are deceased.
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This is third hand. I trust my friend, but can't vouch for the two sources I don't know. My friend once knew a guy who was friends with a lawyer who briefly worked for Kristin Kreuk.
Here's what my friend was told happened many years ago:
When Kreuk was in Toronto, she was spending less time in the cult and free of Hildreth and the flying monkeys. Her head started to clear and she began to learn about the evil things she never heard of before , or had ignored like she was taught by Nxivm to do.
She sent a letter (not email) personally to Raniere, asking him to explain. He never responded, but his lawyer (or thug) contacted her, threatening to sue her and expose her in the gossip rags if she went public – even though her letter never said she would go public and just asked Raniere to explain.
Kreuk was so shaken that she didn't contact her regular lawyers, but instead talked to this new one [of Raniere's]. And he told her, that even though the things Keith threatened to expose were only partly true (I don't know the accusations), a scandal about this sex cult would be enough to ruin her reputation and career. Her lawyer warned her of NXIVM's past lawsuits and advised her to promise to say nothing about the cult.
I trust my friend – but I don't know the other sources that my friend said sometimes told dirty jokes about Kreuk like horny teenagers, so this may be another joke.
So make up your own mind, but it makes sense to me.