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If you are interested in things like tiny cabin designs, small house living and tiny house cost you will want to take a look at this video. This family walks you through some of the decisions that have to be made when it comes to tiny cabin designs and small house living. Small house living is possible with a family of four. Take a look as they go to the Home Depot and try to plan out what their tiny shed design will look like. The family looks at a backyard shed to live in and how they will utilize the space to live comfortably. The video might make you reassess your own living plans, or you might just think they are crazy. Either way, it's interesting to see how other people are small house living and living life on their terms. The tiny cabin design in the form of a backyard shed has two lofts for sleeping along with enough room for a living room/kitchen open space, along with a table/work area for eating and working. The family is into off-grid life living with an off-grid house that nurtures their souls. They want to live with no electricity, no sewer, no internet and live life to its fullest.
This is a family who loves minimalism and the process of getting things sold and given away, which has freed up so much of their space. In the video, you will find out how the mom goes to thrift shops to try and save money for the things she needs. It's not always easy to move from one space to another, but in doing so, the family hopes to minimize their possessions and live more simply. There are different challenges to trying to live a more simple life, one that doesn't cost so much and having less stuff. Can you imagine living in a garden shed? You would save a lot of money, and you might be surprised at the wide variety of garden sheds out there. There are a wide variety of tiny cabin designs, that would bring your tiny house cost down quite a bit. Of course, there are other tiny house designs to include tiny house on wheels, modular and prefab, but they can often cost more money than many people are willing to spend. A backyard garden shed, seems like the way to go if you want to try small house living, you would have to make sure that the tiny cabin design is properly insulated and warm enough for the colder months depending on where you live.
It seems these days that more and more people are trying to live a more simple life, but that's not always easy when you have kids. This video shows that it is possible to live with a family of four in a smaller space, without as much of the stuff that most people collect. And while this might work for some families it won't necessarily work for others. For many, small house living is a great way to live the life of your dreams, in a location that you enjoy spending time in.
You can watch this video on the Dirtpatcheaven YouTube channel. The site is about a family who homesteads on 1.57 acres in the state of Idaho. The family consists of a mom, dad, and their two daughters. The YouTube videos range from animal care to medicinal herbs and farm fashion. You can learn more about their small house living and tiny house cost on their blog at edibleoasisidaho.blogspot.com.
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Salinas >> After hearing a presentation led by a local faith-based community advocacy organization, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors agreed on Tuesday to pursue a local program aimed at extending health care coverage to the county's remaining uninsured.
By a unanimous vote, the board set up an ad hoc committee for "countywide access to health care for all" with Supervisors Jane Parker and Simon Salinas charged with developing a plan to provide coverage and access for the estimated 30,000 uninsured in the county ineligible for Medi-Cal or subsidized private insurance because they are in the country illegally.
Parker said the Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action, or COPA, would participate with the committee to study various options for providing local coverage for the remaining uninsured, including county and community health officials and providers, and other community representatives. She said COPA requested that as part of Tuesday's "study session" led by the organization and the county health department and Natividad Medical Center.
While all the supervisors praised the concept, Supervisor John Phillips agreed with many of those backing health care for the uninsured as a "smart" and fiscally responsible initiative.
"I think we all agree that health care should be a right regardless of where you come from," Phillips said. "It's just a matter of finding a way to pay for it. Getting away from emergency care to wellness care just makes sense."
The committee is scheduled to return to the board by Nov. 15 with a report on its specific mission and timeline, and who will participate, but there is no deadline yet for developing a specific program. The board also directed Natividad Medical Center to prepare a report on various state and federal health care funding programs aimed at rewarding local health care entities for "whole person" or preventive care.
COPA requested a "health care action team" including supervisors, county health officials, COPA representatives, and other "key" health care providers and community leaders. The team would conduct an initial meeting by Nov. 15, explore county-level models for providing health care to the uninsured, and develop a proposal by March.
The organization, which has long advocated for extending health care to those in the country illegally and backed the county's pilot program offering access to lab, radiology and drug services, provided a detailed presentation for the supervisors on Tuesday.
During the session, the supervisors heard from uninsured residents struggling with a lack of adequate care for various maladies and their supporters, and from organizations such as the Hospital Council, state Assemblyman and county supervisor-elect Luis Alejo and Health Access on current statewide and local efforts to provide health care to the uninsured left out of the Affordable Care Act, along with the county health department and Natividad.
During public comment, Center for Community Advocacy executive director Juan Uranga advised the board to seek participation from private hospitals, health care providers and employers in the effort to cover the uninsured because local clinics were unlikely to be able to absorb additional demand.
Also Tuesday, the board heard an update on the $78.2 million Interlake Tunnel project from the county Water Resources Agency suggesting that it will take some more time to reach an agreement with the state Department of Water Resources on a funding agreement for a $10 million grant for the project from state legislation backed by state Sen. Bill Monning and Alejo, and that won't be ready for board approval until next month.
Jim Johnson can be reached at 831-726-4348.

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Christmas Concert Tickets
We are continuing to prepare for our first ever Christmas Concerts at Prescott Learning Centre!
Our tickets are being printed and will be coming home with your child on Wednesday or Thursday of next week (November 16th or 17th).
Due to fire regulations and gym capacity, we have assigned nights for families to come and watch their child/children perform, as we are unable to accommodate all families for all students grade 1-6 on one night.
We do however need all students in grade 1-6 to attend BOTH evenings.
Every family will receive 4 tickets for one of the evening shows. The afternoon performance on November 23rd does not require a ticket. Families with last names that begin with A - Mi will be given tickets for Wednesday Evening, November 23rd. All kindergarten families AND families with last names starting Mj - Z will be given tickets for Thursday Evening, November 24th. Students who are performing do not need tickets, as they will be in their classrooms. Your tickets will have the dates on them as well.
*If do not need all 4 tickets, we kindly ask that you return the extras to the school with your child so that we can give them to people who may need extras.
*If you need extra tickets, please email the school office firstname.lastname@example.com, with your name and the number of extra tickets needed and we will put your name on a waiting list. We will contact families who need extra tickets by Tuesday, November 22nd, if we have extra.
We will be hosting 4 Concerts, three for grade 1-6 and one for our little Kindergartens.
Below are the dates and times of our concerts.
Wednesday, November 23rd - 2 Gr. 1-6 Performances
Afternoon Performance @ 1:30pm - No Ticket Required
Evening Performance @ 6:30pm - Tickets Required
Thursday, November 24th - 2 Concerts
M/W & T/Th Kindergarten @ 5:00pm - No Tickets Required
Evening Performance @ 6:30pm - Tickets Required
We can't wait to see you there!


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Several months ago, with the help and encouragement of my friend, Sarah Hodge, I launched a new feature on my blog called "International Flavor". I wanted Japan to be my first area of exploration and I knew exactly who to go to for this culture. She has not only studied the culture, but has lived it for years.
This posting is a revised and updated version of the popular orginal posting that appeared awhile back. This revised and updated version is now the only version on my site, and exclusive to "Blaise the Baker".
Hello Sarah! Thank you so much for agreeing to do this interview with me. Let's get started. Tell me a little about yourself…
Making Japanese-style rolled omelette in a traditional Kyoto townhouse
I have always been fascinated by other cultures and languages as far back as I can remember. I grew up in Michigan and I had several Japanese neighbors and many Japanese classmates in elementary school. I started studying Japanese in the fifth grade, and studied French, Spanish and Japanese throughout high school and college. Languages have always been something at which I excelled. After obtaining my master's in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) in 2006, I became a full-time ESL/EFL instructor and have had the chance to travel the world for both work and pleasure. In December 2015, I finally had the chance to relocate to eastern Japan to teach English for 3-5 years.
In my spare time, I take cooking classes, collect cookbooks (over 400!) and am a blogger (I'm a member of NetGalley and Blogging for Books) and Amazon.com Top Reviewer specializing in cookbook reviews. I launched my blog Bundt Lust and social media tie-ins on Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram as a place to collect and share my hundreds of cookbook reviews and to network with a wider audience of fellow collectors and foodies. I occasionally write guest reviews for various websites including Mediterranean Living and Kosher Eye. I am also a top reviewer on TripAdvisor, where I have reviewed dozens of hotels and attractions around Japan as well as answered travel questions in the Japan forum.
How did you end up in Japan? What part(s) of Japan did you live?
Living and working in Japan has been a dream of mine since my first introduction to Japanese language and culture in the fifth grade. I had applied and was accepted to the JET Programme in 2006, but ended up working for a language institute instead. In late 2010, I was selected to teach English for six months in a small town near Nagoya in Central Japan. I was responsible for developing and delivering English instruction to nearly 200 Japanese students. I would travel almost every weekend and visited numerous cities including Nagoya, Inuyama, Kyoto (six times!), Nara, Osaka (twice), Hiroshima, Miyajima, Takayama, Shirakawago, Toba, Futami, and Tokyo. In December 2015, I accepted a full-time teaching position in Kanagawa, Japan (about 2 hours south of Tokyo), which is where I currently live and will be located for the next several years.
How long were you there?
I was in Central Japan for six months (December 2010 – May 2011) and recently relocated to Eastern Japan, which is where I will be living for the next 3-5 years.
Tell me about your food experience there…
Japanese food has fascinated me since my first okonomiyaki (cabbage pancake) in fifth grade. I had taken numerous general cooking classes before going to Japan, but didn't really have any books or background on traditional Japanese food. Soon after arriving in Japan, I had the chance to participate in the traditional pounding of New Year's rice cakes (mochi) with the school staff.
In my free time, I research and take cooking classes around Japan. To date, I've taken six classes in Kyoto, Osaka, Komaki, and Tokyo focusing on homestyle Kyoto cuisine (obanzai), Buddhist vegan temple cuisine, festival dishes, and traditional Japanese sweets (wagashi), and am signed up for several others with my mentor Elizabeth Andoh's "A Taste of Culture" school in Tokyo and a wonderful startup called Tadaku that pairs home chefs from around the globe with Japanese learners (although the service is targeted at Japanese, many of the classes are taught in English). I recently started a Facebook group for those in Japan who are interested in learning more about Japanese food culture, how to use particular local ingredients, take cooking classes together or how to find / translate items at the grocery store.
My chirashizushi (topped with salmon roe) and "pom pom" sushi at Komaki International Association's cooking class
In addition to cooking classes, I had the chance to visit the morning markets at Takayama and Nishiki market in Kyoto; both were fabulous experiences! Because I am so interested in cooking and food, many of the "souvenirs" I purchase for myself are food-related, including a set of high-quality vegetable cutters from the prized Aritsugu (a Kyoto / Tokyo knife shop that has been in continuous operation since the 1560s), a steamer basket, chopsticks, a traditional wooden pestle (surikogi), a cast-iron Japanese rectangular omelet pan, and several cookbooks. I even purchased food-themed origami kits (sushi and cakes) and erasers as gifts for fellow foodies! Due to the expense of shipping internationally, I purchased many ceramic serving pieces (including chawanmushi cups) from Korin.com after returning to the US.
What do they have there that you can't find here in the US?
Much like the Greeks and their wild greens (horta), the Japanese value sansai, or mountain vegetables including knotweed, shoots, and ferns, and place a great deal of emphasis on seasonal produce. Elizabeth Andoh took us to a grocery store and showed us the various types of fresh vegetables that had just been harvested, along with tips for preparing them. It is also easy to find fresh herbs like sansho and mitsuba and veggies like myoga (young ginger buds), takenoko (young bamboo shoots), renkon (lotus root), Japanese sweet potatoes and gobo (burdock); there really are no close substitutes for flavor or texture. During cherry blossom season, you'll see many dishes featuring salted preserved cherry blossoms and leaves, which you can also buy in specialty shops. Japan is also crazy for limited-edition treats such as Kit Kats in unusual flavors, and is constantly introducing limited edition runs of chocolates, sodas, etc. (This year saw Sakura Pepsi and sake Kit Kats; other Japanese flavors have included salted watermelon Pepsi, Pepsi-flavored Doritos, etc.). Novelty sells!
Does the US have a "twisted" version of what Japanese food is / tastes like?
The most obvious starting point would be sushi. In Japan, sushi refers to vinaigered rice ("su" means vinegar) and can include cooked or raw ingredients; raw fish served without rice is referred to as sashimi. Sushi is served in a variety of formats including makizushi (thin cylinders), futomaki, temaki (rolled like an ice cream cone), chirashizushi (ingredients scattered or layered, popular for Hina Matsuri (Girls' Day Festival), temarizushi, and oshizushi, pressed sushi from Osaka.
Japanese sushi and sashimi are relatively simple: the emphasis is on the quality of the fish and the skill of the sushi chef. The idea is to let the flavor shine through without overseasoning or too many ingredients. American sushi, on the other hand, tends to be much higher in fat and calories, may frequently include fried elements, include some form of dairy (cream cheese, mayo, sauce), possibly avocado, and layers together multiple ingredients and contrasting textures. Many of the "Americanized" sushi rolls (spider roll, California roll, Philadelphia roll, dynamite roll, etc.) are totally foreign in Japan, although American-style sushi can be found. Vegetarian / vegan sushi is also starting to take off; at least one large Japanese chain is now offering gorgeous vegetable sushi. I will also be featuring the upcoming "Vegetable Sushi Cookbook" by Izumi Shoji on my blog in April; Shoji-san is a very popular vegetarian blogger with multiple cookbooks to her name, but this will be her first published in English.
Another big difference is noodles. Sure, any American college student has likely eaten dirt-cheap instant ramen. Japanese-style ramen shops with homemade noodles are popping up around the US, but there are a wealth of handmade noodles in Japan, from udon (chewy, thick wheat noodles) and nutty soba (buckwheat noodles, especially good cold with a citrus dipping sauce) to thin, delicate somen. Noodles are truly an art form in Japan. And don't be afraid to slurp when eating noodles; it's actually expected to show that you are enjoying the dish!
There is also a large difference in table manners; for example, Americans tend to pour soy sauce over rice, which is not done in Japan (instead, you are given a small dish for dipping your rice into). It's not polite to slather your sashimi/sushi with wasabi (especially not in front of the sushi chef!), nor should you eat pickled ginger and fish in the same bite (it's there as a palate cleanser). A lot of Japanese table etiquette, particularly that involving chopsticks, has its roots in funerary traditions; for example, you should never stick your chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, or pass food using chopsticks; this is how cremated bones are handled at Buddhist funerals. (To pick up food from a communal platter, turn your chopsticks around and use the wide end to pick up an item and put it on your plate.)
What were some of your favorite dishes while in Japan?
I've been vegetarian / pescetarian for over a decade; modern Japanese cuisine is not terribly vegetarian/vegan-friendly with one notable exception: shojin ryori. Literally "devotion cuisine," shojin ryori is the vegan diet of Zen (and other Buddhist sect) monks. In Zen Buddhist tradition, no animal products are allowed, including fish stock (dashi). Japanese shojin ryori is based on balance; each meal must have five cooking methods (raw, simmered, grilled, deep-fried and steamed), five flavors (bitter, sour, sweet, salty, mild and hot), and five colors (red, white, black, green, and yellow). Tofu products such as yuba and various preparations of tofu (freeze-dried, deep-fried, etc.) and gluten (fu) play central roles.
I enjoy cooking shojin ryori at home; the absolute book on the topic is the out-of-print "Good Food from a Japanese Temple" (also published in paperback as "The Heart of Zen Cuisine") by Soei Yoneda. 2014 also saw "Shojin Ryori" by Danny Chu; Chef Chu studied shojin ryori in Kyoto before returning to his native Singapore to open a popup shojin ryori restaurant, and "Shojin Ryori" won a Best in the World Gourmand Cookbook Award in 2015.
One of the reasons I love cooking shojin ryori is the act of preparing and cooking ingredients is in itself an act of meditation and the opportunity to slow down, focus, and express gratitude and appreciation. Another excellent book on the topic is Elizabeth Andoh's "Kansha." In 2011 shortly after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami, I had the opportunity to spend a day cooking with Elizabeth at her home in Osaka preparing beautiful and delicious vegan dishes with roots in traditional Japanese temple cuisine.
Although some ingredients will be difficult (if not impossible) to find in the US, there are plenty of wonderful shojin ryori dishes and magic that can be worked with everyday ingredients, so don't let that discourage you from attempting to make these dishes at home!
Vegan Buddhist temple cuisine at Shigetsu, Tenryuji (Arashiyama)
Another thing I love about Japan is the huge range of pickles (tsukemono); my friend Nancy Singleton Hachisu published the excellent "Preserving the Japanese Way" last year (one of my top cookbooks of 2015) that will help American home cooks make the most of this ancient tradition. There are dozens of types of Japanese pickles using rice bran, salt, sake lees, and vinegar. Any department store or market will be sure to have multiple pickle vendors with samples fanned out like gorgeous bits of stained glass; some of my favorites are shibazuke (cucumbers pickled in shiso leaves, which gives them a red color), takuan (pickled daikon), and eggplant.
Pickle samples at Nishiki market in Kyoto:
What were some of your least favorite dishes while in Japan?
Konnyaku, hands down. It is a chewy, gelatinous byproduct of the konnyaku plant that is used in oden and various veggie dishes (is it also used to produce low-cal shirataki noodles). I admit to not loving natto (fermented soybeans that are sticky and stringy, served with a packet of mustard). I am not a fan of slimy or squishy textures, so next to konnyaku, I was not fond of junsai (even though it is expensive/considered a delicacy) or sea urchin (which was served in my "vegetarian" kaiseki ryori in Kyoto).
There are also regional specialties like fried crickets (inago) and basashi (horse sushi), but these tend to be geographically limited and more like a rite of passage. (Most of my Japanese students first asked me if I could eat with chopsticks. The second question was whether I'd had basashi 😉 And yes, you will find whale and dolphin meat in stores if you look for it, but it seems to be more popular with the older generation.
What culinary customs did the Japanese have that we might not know about in the United States?
Much of Japanese cuisine was strongly influenced by Buddhism. The old capital of Kyoto had thousands of Buddhist temples and along with Koyasan, is the epicenter of shojin ryori; Kyoto is still famous for the high quality of its tofu products.
Americans have generally only seen perhaps three or four types of block tofu in the US, but there are dozens in Japan, each with a unique purpose. Yuba, dried tofu "skin," is used as a wrapper (but it must be softened / rehydrated first), koyadofu, freeze-dried tofu, is simmered and used in soups, inari / abura age are deep fried tofu pouches to hold rice, okara (the pulp used from making soymilk/tofu, etc.) can be used in desserts and breads. Soy is also used in kinako (toasted soy powder used to garnish sweets like dango and mochi) and miso, fermented soybean paste best known as soup but which also makes a stellar marinade for fish. And black soy beans stewed in brown sugar syrup are a traditional New Year's food that represent a wish for good health and hard work in the coming year. Tofu restaurants can be found in Kyoto and Nara that will allow you to sample numerous preparations of tofu products.
A favorite drinking spot equivalent to bar food is the izakaya, or pub. There you'll find snacks and nibbles (a bit like tapas) that pair well with beer and sake; nothing too fancy, but a great place to kick back with friends. Dishes range from boiled salted soybeans in the pod (edamame) to various preparations of seafood, meats, and fried foods (tempura, cutlets, fried chicken). An excellent cookbook on the subject is "Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook."by Mark Robinson.
I love the elaborate depachika (department store food halls; the name is a combination of "depato," meaning department store, and "chika", meaning basement) in the basement of upscale department stores like Takashimaya; two whole floors of specialty imports, gourmet restaurants, and the most exquisite confections and upscale food gifts you can imagine with price tags to match! It's like an indoor market featuring the best of seasonal and regional foods, prepared foods, and international foods. Showcases of famous brands of Western and Japanese treats, French macarons, imported chocolates for Valentine's Day, elaborate bento boxes, prepared foods sold by weight, pungent rice bran pickles, you name it, you'll find it there.
Another Japanese custom that I love is omiyage, or food souvenirs. In Japan, you are obligated to buy souvenirs for coworkers and superiors on your travels, and this extends to food. Every train station and shop carries some sort of beautifully packaged local food product (frequently sweets) that you purchase and take back to the office. It's a wonderful way to offer your friends and family back home a taste of Japan. Narita airport is well-stocked with every conceivable variety of food gift, including the always-popular flavored Kit Kats from Japan, which come in dozens of unique regional flavors ranging from Okinawan sweet potato, azuki bean, and cherry blossom to corn and salted watermelon (the latest is sake Kit Kats, which are proving hugely popular!).
Did anything surprise you about the food?
The one thing that honestly surprised me was how pervasive American fast food / dietary influence is. In the traditional Japanese diet, dairy and meat was virtually nonexistent. Today you'll find dozens of varieties of yogurt, cheese, and deep-fried meats at Japanese grocery stores and convenience stores; sometimes it can be difficult to find "traditional" Japanese food in Japan! I loved that in Kyoto, upscale hotels included several options with the room rate for breakfast, including a soy-based traditional Japanese breakfast served in a very traditional dining room. Also, Kyoto is famous for two major contributions to Japanese food; kaiseki, very elegant meals originally part of the tea ceremony, and shojin ryori, Buddhist vegan temple cuisine. I found kaiseki to be beautiful but rather bland (you can expect to spend about $100 on a kaiseki dinner in Kyoto; mine was included as part of my package at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn) and enjoyed shojin ryori much more.
More and more aspects of Japanese culture are becoming popular in the US; a prime example is bento boxes. A bento-box (or o-bento in Japanese) can range from a simple compartmentalized lunch / dinner composed of rice, veggies, and fish / protein, to an elaborate scene containing popular anime or cartoon characters ("kyaraben"). Elements such as pressed hard-boiled eggs, stamps, and special accessories are used to make decorative (and tasty) lunches. In the last several years, it seems like there has been an explosion of English-language websites and online stores catering to bento box enthusiasts. Foreign bento aficionados have created some truly spectacular bento art! A good place to start is Just Bento (www.justbento.com); two websites I shop from for bento boxes and accessories are Bento & Co. (www.bentoandco.com) and Japonmania (www.japonmania.com). One of the premier bento box makers is Hakoya; if you want to be super-traditional and money is no object, opt for a wooden bento box.
What is the typical "eating" day like in Japan? Here in America we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Was it similar there?
The structure is largely the same. However, I much prefer Japanese breakfasts to American ones. A traditional Japanese breakfast consists of Japanese-style omelet, grilled fish, rice, pickles, and miso soup. I also enjoyed trying some of the regional specialties like hoba miso (food slathered with miso paste and grilled/served on a magnolia leaf).
A typical Japanese breakfast for one as served at a Kyoto ryokan
At more upscale hotels you will frequently find (green) salad bars as part of the breakfast buffet. You do see "American-style" breakfasts at hotels, but it pales in comparison to the Japanese offerings! Traditional Japanese cuisine was based around vegetables and seafood and tended to be low in fat, but in the last fifty years or so, fried products and lots of meat have become the norm (deep-fried pork cutlet, beef, chicken, etc.). Japanese convenience stores ("conbini") are quick places to grab a snack, from prepackaged onigiri and noodles to deep-fried dishes and limited edition treats (Japanese 7-Elevens are notorious for this; see a good article from Bon Appetit here: http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/city-guides/article/what-to-eat-for-lunch-at-7-eleven-in-japan)
What were the desserts in Japan like?
Traditional Japanese desserts, wagashi, have a long history as part of the tea ceremony. There are various types of wagashi, including higashi (pressed sugar sweets that mimic the current season), jellies (yokan), and monaka, intricate pressed rice cookies filled with bean paste.
In December 2015 I had the chance to take a hands-on wagashi class in Kyoto at a confectionary shop with a history that goes back centuries; the lesson (taught in Japanese by a master) taught my small group to make three traditional sweets served during the tea ceremony. Japanese wagashi are generally gluten-free and made from several types of rice flour, sugars, and sweetened bean paste. The intense sweetness is cut by the bitterness of matcha; traditionally you eat the sweet first, then drink the matcha.
Most home cooks / housewives do not make wagashi, but purchase them from specialty shops. One simple dessert that can be made at home is mochi, a rice flour dumpling that is boiled then served with red bean paste. Mochi is also a traditional food at New Year's; I participated in a New Year's rice pounding (mochitsuki) on base with our school staff. There is also a type of square dried mochi that is served with red bean soup.
Other traditional Japanese sweets include taiyaki, fish-shaped pancakes filled with bean paste, green tea soft-serve and ice cream, tea-infused chiffon cakes, and fancy roll cakes (one of the more prolific Japanese authors, Junko, recently released her first roll cake cookbook in English, Deco Cakes)
Modern Japanese desserts tend to favor French patisserie quite heavily (it is common for Japanese pastry chefs to train in France), so you see lots of Japanese patisseries and offshoots of French patisseries such as Maison Kayser, Pierre Herme and Fauchon across Japan. Other notable examples include Henri Charpentier and Sadaharu Aoki in Tokyo.
French-style pastries for sale in Kyoto, December 2015
This style is so popular that you can find Japanese bakeries around the globe that specialize in French pastry with Japanese twists (green tea, black sesame, sweet potato, red bean, etc.). If you are interested in learning to make Japanese French-style pastries at home, I highly recommend Okashi and Tanoshii as well as last year's excellent "Kyotofu" (which I named one of my top cookbooks of 2015); it blends Japanese flavors like yuzu (citrus), black sesame, green tea and toasted soybean powder with American desserts such as cheesecake, brownies, and cookies to surprising (and delicious!) effect.
Baking at home is also very popular with Japanese women; go to any department store, Loft or Tokyu Hands and you'll find a mind-boggling assortment of bakeware and kitchenware, including many novelty items. However, most Japanese houses and apartment still do not have ovens, or if they do, it is a combination microwave / oven that does not bake evenly / effectively. American-style ovens are few and far between, so leave your bulky Bundt pans at home if you plan on moving to Japan!
Did they have snack foods in Japan? Describe.
I love the assortment of snack foods in Japan, which run the gamut from sweetened beans (amanatto) and edamame to shrimp-flavored chips, flavored rice crackers (senbei), pizza flavored pretzel sticks, and novelty items influenced by western cuisine. Some of my favorites are the street foods that pop up around temples and shrines, including mitarashi dango (grilled rice dumplings basted in soy sauce, a specialty of Takayama in the Japan Alps) and fried foods on a stick, which gives it an air rather like an American state fair.
Did you pick up any recipes / cookbooks from your stay there?
I did purchase a few cookbooks in Japanese (one on baked goods made with squash and sweet potatoes, and a children's book about the different types of wagashi) during my first stay in Japan in 2011. My collection is currently around 30 books, including recent releases like "Shoku Iku" (released in the US as Healthy Japanese Cooking). I also have copies of recipes from the six hands-on cooking classes I took. I ordered my copy of Elizabeth Andoh's "Kansha" and took the book with me to her class in Osaka.
Anything else you would like to add that we haven't discussed?
If you are fortunate to visit / live / work in Japan, by all means immerse yourself in local culture: participate in local festivals, try local foods, visit local museums and shrines, and definitely take advantage of any hotels with onsens (hot spring baths). The Japanese are very generous with their time and are very happy when a foreigner takes an interest in their culture! Also, gift-giving is very ingrained in Japanese culture and you will likely be presented with small gifts; I always keep some small made-in-the-US souvenirs from my hometown on hand just in case.
I'm more than happy to try and answer any questions on Japanese cooking or food culture at email@example.com; if I'm not able to answer it (and I'm no expert by any means, just a passionate foodie with a deep interest in Japanese culture!), I'll be more than happy to pass it along to my fellow friends and Japanese cookbook authors and get back to you.
There are several excellent websites devoted to Japanese cooking; one of my favorites is Gabi Greve's "Washoku" group and blog: http://washokufood.blogspot.jp/. Another great resource is Ochikeron's "Create Eat Happy" blog (http://createeathappy.blogspot.jp/) and cookbook, and RunnyRunny999's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/runnyrunny999. And for a taste of Japanese wackiness, don't miss Cooking With Dog hosted by Francis!
Recommended Japanese cookbooks:
I probably have 30-40 Japanese cookbooks (in English and Japanese) focusing on a variety of Japanese homestyle cuisines, shojin ryori, and desserts; you can find the full list at my Amazon store and more of my Japanese cookbook reviews on my blog Bundt Lust.
Elizabeth Andoh: Washoku and its vegan companion Kansha; free recipes and tips are available on the companion websites http://www.washokucooking.com/ and http://www.kanshacooking.com/. Andoh-san will also send autographed bookplates that match both books. The Taste of Culture campus is in Tokyo and offers a variety of workshops: http://www.tasteofculture.com/ Also be sure to sign up for her excellent newsletters.
Japanese Farm Food, Nancy Singleton Hachisu. A beautiful look at traditional rural life and foodways with gorgeous photographs.
Preserving the Japanese Way: Traditions of Salting, Fermenting, and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen, Nancy Singleton Hachisu. A fantastic introduction to the wide range of traditional Japanese pickles, which use a variety of preserving agents (rice bran, vinegar, sake lees, etc.); she also adapts these techniques and ingredients for American kitchens and palates.
Donabe, Naoko Takei Moore. A great introduction to the donabe, the versatile clay oven used to braise, steam, bake, etc. (there are different types of donabe depending on the function). Classic-style donabe includes various hot pots, salted kombu and ginger rice, salmon and hijiki rice, English peas and yuba, green tea rice balls, azuki sticky rice, and crab dashi. Some of my favorites are featured in the steamer chapter (savory steamed soy custard with saikyo miso sauce, steamed black cod in fermented black bean sauce, green tea steam cake) and the tagine chapter (sizzling tofu and mushrooms in miso sauce, steam-roasted fingerling potatoes, steam-fried vegetables with creamy sesame-tofu dipping sauce, crunchy lotus root in black vinegar sauce).
The Sushi Experience, Hiroko Shimbo.
Just Bento, Makiko (Maki) Itoh. Containing recipes from Maki's "Just Bento" website, this is a treasure trove of base recipes, variations, and sample menus that will keep you happily preparing bento boxes for many months to come! This has more practical, down-to-earth presentations than the labor-intensive kyaraben bento, making it an excellent choice for grownups and older kids/teens.
Shojin Ryori, Danny Chu. Danny studied shojin ryori in Japan before bringing it to Singapore through Enso Kitchen. He has a wonderful overview of shojin ryori at http://www.ensokitchen.com/background.htm
Okashi: Sweet Treats Made with Love, Keiko Ishida. A wonderful glimpse into popular Japanese baking that combines French and American influences with traditional Japanese flavors (green tea, red bean, black sesame, sweet potato, etc.).
Just One Cookbook (www.justonecookbook.com), YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/justonecookbook
My go-to soundtrack for Japanese cooking:
Dinner Classics: The Japanese Album (CBS Masterworks).
This gorgeous update on traditional Japanese melodies features flute by Jean-Pierre Rampal, violin by Isaac Stern, and cello by Yo-Yo Ma along with Japanese-inspired recipes by Martha Stewart.
Recommended cooking classes:
Haru Cooking Class Taro-san is the consummate ambassador for Kyoto and Japanese cuisine; he went to school in the US and speaks beautiful English. Classes are held in his traditional Kyoto townhouse (machiya). His wife and daughter are frequent helpers. Taro is extremely accommodating and happy to customize the menu to meet your interests / dietary needs: http://www.kyoto-cooking-class.com/
Uzuki Japanese Cooking Emi is a wonderful guide through the world of Kyoto homestyle cuisine; classes are held in her home and you truly feel like part of her family. http://www.kyotouzuki.com/
WA Experience KAFU:
I was lucky that I signed up at the very last minute (only a couple of days before I left for Kyoto!!), and was still able to register for a fantastic autumn menu that happened to be completely vegetarian! I also was the only student, had a fantastic instructor, and the class was held in a gorgeous traditional townhouse that had been lovingly restored.
A Taste of Culture
Cookbook author and cultural ambassador Elizabeth Andoh offers half- and multi-day intensive workshops at her Taste of Culture school in Tokyo. Andoh-san is an excellent instructor with a wealth of knowledge about ingredients, kitchen culture, and historical perspective. Hands-on classes range from Japanese pickles to seafood, holiday foods, traditional washoku and vegan cuisine. Payment must be made in advance, and it is best to book as far ahead as possible. http://www.tasteofculture.com/taste-of-culture-programs.php
Japanese tableware, kitchenware and knives:
One absolute must-do splurge in Kyoto:
Shiraume, the top-rated ryokan on TripAdvisor (see my review here: http://bit.ly/1rrnegG). A former teahouse with a history that dates back centuries, expect to spend $250 a night and up (add an extra $100 per night if you will have the kaiseki ryori dinner). Some rooms have private tubs; for smaller rooms like the one I stayed in, you can reserve one of two natural hinoki (cypress) tubs. The ryokan only has six rooms and books up many months in advance, so book as early as possible. Truly an unforgettable experience in the heart of Gion: http://www.shiraume-kyoto.jp/en/
Shoutout and special thanks to Sarah Hodge! Be sure to check her out on social media and the Internet under "BundtLust".


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This won't be a TBR exactly because I never really follow TBR's, I just sort of read whatever I'm fancying at the time, I guess I've become more of a mood reader over the past few months because I'm just not sticking to them anymore, so instead of a TBR so to speak here are 10 books sitting on my shelf that I would like to get round to pretty soon!
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
This book I'm REALLY hoping to read pretty soon, I'm currently re-reading the other two in the series as this is currently in the post and will be delivered hopefully the day it this post comes up. I really want it to anyway! I have super high hopes for this book because I loved the other two and they both ended up being 5 star reads so I'm predicting this one as 5 stars, watch this space and all that jazz.
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover
I've been on a bit of a CoHo train lately and have been having a very mixed love/hate relationship with her books, most of her's have been new adult that I've picked up and I believe this is YA so I hope to get around to this soon to see how different her characters and all that sort of stuff is compared to her new adult books, I have heard quite good things about this book though so I am excited to get around to reading it!
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
This is for two reasons, one being that I'm actually trying to finish series (even though there is a third one coming out) before I start some more, I will fail of course because 2018 has so many amazing book 1 in a series that I won't be able to help myself, but I did read Nevernight last year and I ended up really enjoying it so I do have high hopes for this book, especially with how the first book left as I really need to know what's going to happen to everyone.
There's someone inside your house by Stephanie Perkins
I love Anna and the French kiss and the rest of the books in the series but of course that is contemporary, I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on this book but I've also heard it's sort of like Scream the movie in a way and although I'm a big baby when it comes to scary things I think I'd quite enjoy this, that and I've had it on my shelf for so long now and I just think it's time I finally pick it up and see if I love it or hate it! 😀
Split Second by Kasie West
If you've been following me for a while you'll know that I love Kasie West and i'll read pretty much anythingggg she writes because she is amazing!!! I read Pivot Point last year and loved it (team trevor!!!!) so i really want to pick this up at somepoint over the next few months, hopefully sooner rather than later but reading slumps like to hit me left right and center so who know's when i'll actually get around to picking this up xD
Under Rose Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
This book is one of the books that I have SUCH high expectations for, i'm also pretty sure that it's going to make me cry buckets but i think i'm going to be okay with that? A lot of my friends on goodreads have all rated this book pretty high from 4-5 stars and it was on sale over christmas so i brought it and it's been sitting on my shelf for a while now so i really want to read this pretty soon! 🙂
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Unless you've been living in a rock the past month you should know about this book and the hype surrounding this book by the look of it seems to well deserved and i really really can't wait to find out for myself. my copy arrived a few weeks ago so i think this will be one of the books that i will break my "finish series you've already started before starting another one" rule because i just need to read it and love it as much as everyone else does!!!
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Morgan Matson writes some pretty amazing (if maybe sometimes too long?) books and this is the only one i actually have on my shelf by her that i haven't read it. i feel like it should probably be saved for the summer instead of spring but it has a cute friends to lovers trope by the sound of it which im 100% okay and here for so i want to pick this up during spring to get me in the mood for summer, it's snowy here in the uk at the moment so i could do with some summery reads so i can pretend it's not really cold outside.
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
OKAY look at that cover!!!! I have to mention it because it is so gorgeous and i love just looking it at my shelf. i've heard really good things about this book, it does seem a little spooky which isn't always what i go for because i am a big wimp and mainly read at night so y'no??? scary books and me never mix xD
i still have pretty high hopes that i'm going to end up loving this witchy book!!!
i plan to read this pretty soon, i'm BRing with a friend and just waiting for her copy to get here 🙂
The astonishing colour of after by Emily X.R. Pan
I know for sure that I plan on reading this over the next few weeks/next month, i have an arc of this through netgalley and although it sounds a little…odd? i for sure feel like it's going to be a very moving and thought provoking book and i'm really looking forward to reading it. plus anyone who has read it has given it 5 stars (a few 4) so i know it's thought highly of so i'm looking forward to finally getting around to reading it!! 🙂
Have you read, want to read any of the books on my list?
If so I'd love to hear your thoughts below in the comments 🙂


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Professor Henry Lewis Gates Jr., the director of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research, was arrested earlier this month after someone saw him forcing open his own front door, which was jammed, and called police.
The police came, and it turned into a very bad situation when the first officer arrived on the scene. Professor Gates allegedly responded to the officer's request for identification by shouting, "Why, because I am a black man in America?" and calling him a racist.
Professor Gates, 58, has accused the police officer of racism and racial profiling. But racial profiling means that the only reason the officer asked Gates to produce identification proving he lived there was because he was a black man in a nice home, and not because Gates had forced the front door open. Professor Gates is outright declaring that if he had been a white man the officer would have taken his word for it that he lived there and the cop would not have asked for an I.D..
I am a 59-year-old man whose ancestors are mostly European, slightly American Indian, and family legend has it that we're also, a tad bit, of African decent. So, I'm about as "white" as the day is long. One time, due to my own negligence of not having my house key with me, I had to break into my own home. And I sure-as-hell realized that if a police officer or anyone else who does not know me or where I live had witnessed that break-in of mine they would have treated me with the utmost suspicion, until I proved to them that I was breaking into my own home.
To have avoided this messy situation, which is being reported on and talked and argued about all around the world, all that Professor Gates had to do was face the fact that any person of any skin shade or tone who is seen breaking into their own home will be considered a criminal suspect by any witnesses to those actions who do not realize that a burglary is not actually taking place.
Anytime that a bad situation arises between two or more people, the guiltiest person of all is the one who began the initial actions towards creating the situation. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. began his really bad situation by forcing open his front door while not accepting the reality that any strangers who might witnesses those actions would see it as a possible burglary in process. Professor Gates had to break the door loose from being jammed, but he didn't have to break out into a fit of racially charged rage aimed at a police officer who was given the call to respond to the situation and had only requested that Gates provide legal identification.
Instead of Professor Gates being thankful to the policeman for providing protective services to the Gates' home and anyone who may have been in the home, Gates became angry, rude, loud and accusatory. When he should have been even tempered, calm and considerate while explaining the jammed door situation to the officer. Then he should have been grateful to the police and the lady who called 911 for their concern shown about Professor Gates' home and family's safety and security.
You can bet that if Professor Gates had realized that someone -- who does not know him or where he lives-- had observed him breaking into his house but they had not called 911 to report the situation, then you can bet that Professor Gates would have told people later, "They saw me breaking in. They didn't know that I wasn't a burglar, but they didn't call 911. If I had been a burglar, I could have cleaned the place out, and those people who saw me wouldn't have done a thing about it. Didn't want to get involved! That's the way people are today. They don't care about anyone but themselves."
Professor Gates owes an apology to all police, government, media, and public persons all around the world who now know or who will ever learn about this bad situation that was easily avoidable. Who he owes this apology to most of all are the millions of children whom he has permanently, emotionally, socially injured by them learning of this situation and unwittingly believing that it was caused by a light skinned person mistreating a darker skinned person.
Professor Gates should spend as much of the rest of his life that he can in healing the festering injuries he has inflicted upon our society. Injuries caused by his ill-conceived ideas concerning how a person should react to a police officer who does not realize that a person is breaking into their own house and has the right to. Professor Gates should apologize and make amends for his ill-tempered, ill-mannered actions that made a bad situation far worse.
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As in, say, the last 30++ years? :-(
Going to the moon isn't that big a problem, anymore. Just expensive -- and not a big status thing, since it's already been done.
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What's on your to-do list for Perl projects these days? Here's mine.
* Test::Harness
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* vim-perl
* Just gave Bram the latest files for inclusion in vim 7.3
* I want to have a test suite and a packaging system and to distribute it on CPAN
* Write an FAQ and intro to let people know about cool tricks like "set equalprg=perltidy"
* Rakudo Perl 6
* Learning more Perl 6
* Want to make perl101.org have parallel examples for Perl 5 and Perl 6.
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* Updating links and articles on http://bobby-tables.com
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* Aggregate information about Plack
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For the PHP+prove part you might want to check out my Test.php, it's on the CPAN: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test.php
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52 years old ....straight comm for 30 yrs ...125k last year selling services directly to professionals . Tired of travel ...love sales and relationship selling...too much travel ... Is FA for me? What pitfalls are out there ..what are the pluses and minuses
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There are also a few other posts that could help.. For sure if you have 30 years of sales and networking experience that is a great base! The tough part may be starting from scratch at 50... This obviously depends on your energy and drive. If you look at it like "I would rather live on peanuts in one place then his the road again." You can do it!
Also you must have a ton of connections who are about to retire... So money will be transfered, plans will be established, homes will be sold and bought.
Entering the market is the tough part. When I say this I am talking about the fact that things are changing. Now I am not an expert here so maybe others can talk, but there are posts about every firm on this website.
I say if you have reviewed your options and your up for the challenge! Make like Braveheart and go for "FRRRRRREEEEEDDDDDOOOOMMMMMMMM!!"
Being a 52 year old man I suspect a nudge from me or anyone else is not going to help... Then again if you have family make sure they are on the ship for this challenge! BTW my experience is limited to observation, since I soon will be a new RR myself!
I appreciate the honesty
like any sales job I am of the opinion if you do the work, the money will follow
Thats pretty much how I feel about hitting the road again every week .
Mortgage paid off ,kids gone, no debt ...I think this might be a career jumpstart. While I am 52 ,it seems like yesterday I was trying to decide who to take to the prom
Hey man, for sure go for it.. I have been (and continue to advise others) on the road and know what ya feel like....
I would rather work 80 hours a week "at home" then 40 on the road. The travel, hotels, dining out, commute, constant on the go and other BS sucks.
If you have a network base (potential clients), confidence and communication skills you are off to a great start. Hearing that you were/are in sales for 30 years with income of 125k you must have these skills.
As for the transition I would make sure you get the right firm or INDY... If you really think you can bring in the assets you may be able to go to local INDY and get sponsored. You are aware that you have to get sponsored and pass the 7 & 66 before you can do just about anything?
Depending on management... Associates I know who were new recruits for the big firms were cold calling with minimal support. Most have failed and let the industry. Also I hear something about teams now working to obtain assets (maybe new industry move). Last thing I would want to do at 52 or 30 is work with a bunch of college grads to pool the AUM (assets under management).
52 years old ....straight comm for 30 yrs ...125k last year selling services directly to professionals . Tired of travel ...love sales and relationship selling...too much travel ... Is FA for me? What pitfalls are out there ..what are the pluses and minuses [/quote]
Minuses: High failure rate, long hours, low pay to start, just like any other worth while pursuit. Added stress of taking responsibility for financial well being of others. If you screw up they pay with their lifestyle.
Pluses: Satisfaction of helping others acheive their goals. You play a roll in the lives and well being of your clients. The money ain't bad either, nor is the freedom you'll have once you've established your practice.
Your age, if anything, is an advantage. You bring life experience and wisdom to the table. You have a firm handle on how prospects facing retirement feel. From a client's point of view, seeing some gray hair sitting across the table is reassuring.
Apply the same work eithic to this career that you've used in the past and be prepared to see your income double or triple over the next ten years over what you're making now.
What should I look for in a firm ,What questions should I ask …Is there anything that should throw up a red flag , Is there a great difference between the training programs …will I be afforded any leeway in how I prospect etc. What would be a reasonable entry level compensation plan for my skillset?
[quote=horatio]What should I look for in a firm ,What questions should I ask ..Is there anything that should throw up a red flag , Is there a great difference between the training programs ...will I be afforded any leeway in how I prospect etc. What would be a reasonable entry level compensation plan for my skillset?[/quote]
Look at the firms that have offices near your home. Call the branch managers at the local branches let them know you are considering a career change and would like to meet with them. That should get you in the door.
The major's training programs are all about the same. The trainers for the most part are dedicated and professional. The training will give you enough rope to make something or hang yourself. In the end, making it in this biz is all about the person looking back at you in the mirror. How much energy do you have? How smart can you work? How much rejection can you handle? You know these things already.
Most important career factor is the branch manager. This person can make or break you. A manager who is willing to give you a shot but not support you is a huge waving red flag. Look for someone eager to grow his/her branch and who has a track record of working with trainees. Ask what level of support you could expect as an FA trainee in his branch.
Money: It always comes down to this doesn't it? What else motivates a good salesman? Some of the majors are stepping up to bring in trainees they really want. It's possible but not likely that a major could offer you six figures. More likely to offer 30 to 50K on a declining scale. Salary stays at beginning level for 12 to 18 months and then starts to decline through balance of the training period. Commissions and fees should start to add up to something by the end of year one in production. By the end of year three Comm/fees should equal your salary. Be prepared to sign a contract marrying you to the firm. Work hard and you'll be back to six figures in three to five years. From there the sky truely is the limit.
Nothing wrong with considering a regional firm. Again the most important factor is the branch manager and your relationship with him. This relationship is more important than the name on the door.


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Franto Francis, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, is originally from southern India. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB/BS) from the University of Calcutta. After immigrating to the United States, he matriculated at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he received a Ph.D. prior to completing his AP/CP residency at NYU Medical Center in New York City.
He has received additional training in the Oncologic-Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and the GU Pathology Fellowship Program at the University of Pittsburgh. He, his wife Bensy, and their 4-year-old son, Paul, have found a home in the Las Colinas section of Irving on Lake Carolyn.
Dr. Francis chose to come to UT Southwestern because of its superb academics, the opportunities the city offers, and the welcoming impression he received during the interview process. He will be signing out GU cases in surgical pathology. We are delighted to have him here.


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I'm looking for a designer that provides new logo, splash screen. Actually the app has it's own logo but it is really bad. Only I need images at different resolutions, nothing about source code, only images. Is requiered new logo and splash screen for now. This app is about assistance tracker, it tracks geolocation and time for specific employees.
i would like to change the design of splash screen and login screen i will provide the design artwork eps file just changing in the look that's all the project already running perfectly For more details the app name is Adforest which is very known from codycanon
Create and implement a responsive splash page for a MikroTik router that includes a form to retrieve data from the registered user. In order for the user to get internet access he needs to give these details: - Name - Last name - Street Address - Street Address Number - Apartment - Telephone Number - Email This information must be send to a specific
Create and implement a responsive splash page for a MikroTik router that includes a form to retrieve data from the registered user. In order for the user to get internet access he needs to give these details: - Name - Last name - Street Address - Street Address Number - Apartment - Telephone Number - Email This information must be send to a specific
Hello folks i have a quick task. i want to Add splash to my ios app and publish it on ios appstore
I'm looking for a designer that provides new logo, splash screen and images for an existing android app. Actually the app has it's own logo but it is really bad, I need someone that improves my images based on current images. Only I need images at different resolutions, nothing about source code, only images, I will not pay if the design is not convincing
...a HTML developer who has experience creating website using JS script as well PHP SCRIPTS. The webpage will be a externally hostel splash page for wifi from Cisco Meraki. We have sample work created in JS script and we want to improve the setup and make it more reliable/stable website. This is the website already created [login to view URL]
- Customers mobile application -> "Food Vibe" * Android & iOS - Drivers mobile application -...-> "Food Vibe Driver" * Android & iOS - Restaurant mobile application -> "Food Vibe Partner" * Only android For all of them we will need, all Android and iOS app icons and splash screens, clean & simple design and all sizes. We will need psd a...
i have a website for fashion i need a welcoming page that separates the existing website from a contact page the welcome page will include a logo under the logo there will be 2 photos the photo on the left will lead you to actual website the photo on the right will lead you to a separate contact page that will also be created message me for m...
I need some graphic design.
We produce an online training program that consists of short videos on YouTube. We'd like to have a short animated YouTube intro based on our logo. You can use related stock images as you like it, but we need full licence to use the images. You can also use audio background (e.g. [login to view URL]) Brand name is Peak Performance Persona or Peak Persona for short. Our logo files ar...
I need to make splash screen, just 2 second for my app as gif extension and size should be 1080(width) * 1920(height). (In Pixel
...existing logo will be used on website,mobile app, and social media. i need app icon for ios/android. design must be high quality, look at [login to view URL] as sample use a font that is not copyrighted, keep logo design simple like freelance, facebook, fiverr will need to deliver. source files ,vector files, 1x logo for website, 1x splash screen, app icon for ios/android
Hello, I need a scrapy and splash developper. Please, contact me :)
We are a business based in the UK looking to have an animation made very similar to the attached video to create a strong initial impact when visiting our upcoming website. We are hoping the lines will build up in approximately 5 seconds to form the finished image revealing our distinguishable shop front with its sloping oak beams. It doesn't have
I have curlshop website. Nees to convert in ios app. I have android app already. I need my costum splash screen intro wich is in gif form. I need this as fast as you can.
i have a phonegap application i just want to add splash screen. which is come on app load without black screen
I'm in need of a configuration of my iOS app. My app currently shows a white background after app launch image. It loads in this order, launch image>white background>app. I'd like to remove the white background and have app load right after launch image. App is a webview. Task seems simple.
I need to update the splash page on this new app. find on Google play, search matchstixx, or go to www.matchstixx.com. I need 3 lines of text added to the splash page. the website is an emulator of the app
I am having problems with correct adjustment of splashscreen for an Ionic 1 app. Despite the images in resources folder and in xcode look correct they are...word cordova at the beginning of your estimate. This task is very urgent and has to be done today. If I choose you you will get access to the git repo and a zip with correct splash images. Thanks!
Seeking someone to redesign my app Splash screen and to remove walkthrough wizard screens to make app with less friction. Animation desired. IOS and Android Please include demo apps that you have done or can do.
i need responsive splash screen for iOS and Android game , as per my design
I want 2 splash screen images for my android & IOS App. with beautiful background & animation if possible
build me a splash page landing page in wordpress get response. I have my website [login to view URL] We need a very simple landing page with an optional book offer to capture email address that goes into get response. they can opt in and get emailed the book or decline and view site. Site is in wordpress I have get response but designer cant
need HD quality images a. Splash image (1280x1920 png) b. App icon (512x512 png) c. icon (225x225 png and jpg)
I need to update a splash screen & reorder the sequence of splash screen in completed App. Less than 1 hour work.
Design a graphic, pattern or abstract art like my examples. Wave and Swirl color in burgundy to match granite with white background. We will then take your design and print it on our vynl printer. It has to be designed with high resolution for large format printing. Sized to my measurements in the photo in inches, Looking for your ideas and we will want 2 different looks to choose from.
For our Android app we need design for following components 1. Application launch icon 2. Application splash screen 3. An image for sidebar menu (top of menu). Design concept: ============= Our application is about to provide multiple repair / build services at home for example plumber, electrician, carpenters, AC and other technicians etc
****** KNOWLEDGE ON MIKROTEK ROUTERS IS REQUIRED ****** Build a Splash Page (Hotspot page) for Mikrotik Router - The user who connects to the router would be redirected to this page (Example attached) - The user would be asked to enter some info on the page (fields validation is required): * Email (Mandatory) * First Name * Last Name * Mobile Number
Hi We are building a splash page for a client with a simple search bar that uses Google Custom Search. We need a landing page built, I just need the following in relation to my screenshot attached: 1. Full page background 2. No content below 3. Footer bar with a red bar, some UNDER CONSTRUCTION content, with "Contact Us" to link to - mailto:...@.
i want to completely remove default splash screen of ionic 3 application because need to add animated one.
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The job is: Setting up graphic design elements in Wordpress and coding in Wordpress. I will deliver all graphic design elements in SVG, ready to be setup in Wordpress. THIS IS NOT A DESIGN JOB ONLY SETUP AND CODING See the attached setup guide in PDF so you understand the job before making a bid. Very simple job.
I need a custom start up splash screen for my car, based around the colors red, dark gray and white. with the word "Pittsy" in some cool font
Touchscreen app/splash page with x6 buttons to link to x6 websites. Once linked through to the site there must be a back button to be able to get back to the splash page
The ide...The rose is optional. You can use the shades of white, black and gray. An example of what we would like to have: [login to view URL] The project must be rendered as a scheduled view in Objc / Swift 3+. Please give us the original PSD file and all documents related to our visual identity.
Looking for best designer to finish our project in a few hour. I want splash page design for our website. If you are available from now for a few hours, please apply. I have 3 logos.
Looking for best designer to finish our project in a few hour. I want splash page design for our website. If you are available from now for a few hours, please apply. I have 3 logos.
I need some graphic design.
I am looking for someone that can duplicate these splash and exit pages ok here is example: [login to view URL] Exit page: [login to view URL]
Need to have a logo on my splash screen on a Wemos ESP32 OLIN OLED when I bootup. A bitmap of my logo should be displayed permantly when ESP32 is booted. See picture for example. No other code or background process.
i have a movie app. i need you to design a logo and banner the name of the app is Mallu Movies
I need an Android app. I already have a design for it, I just need it to be built.
...look good, and be fairly automated, and in a couple of places it will need to be interactive too, (to allow for users to book time slots). It should also be linked to a new splash page which you will create using the same design theme, so that they both match each other, so that users who have responded will be able to leave their details for more information
I need a logo created for an esports team, as well a splash page
I have a social website like facebook, named fun4friends.com. I have mobile apps for Android and iPhone I am looking for someone to design mobile apps' icon and splash screen for my apps. the screen & icon should be an attractive one. check attached old splash screen and my logo.
I want you to design logo for ios and android apps icons and images, Splash Screen For IOS & Android.
I just want to make background phone design. Attached the current logo. I want to use the GO part. You can freely do whatever you want, the temantic is something about WORLD EXCHANGE using the GO... What I am thinking, ( so I give you an idea) I am thinking use each of O of the "GO" to have world map image with different continent each with connections from one to the other ( [lo...
Hi guys, We need to remove the 'Deliveroo' button from the bottom of the splash page of our website. See website here: [login to view URL] See screenshot attached.
hi, i need a splash page of hostelworld app. it is for my school project, please help cheap solve.


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Foreign Affairs has a recommendable piece on the water wars between Turkey, Syria and Iraq: Rivers of Babylon.
Turkey has build many, many dams throughout the country to provide electricity but also for farming. When I traveled in the Turkish east in the 1990s many new projects, parts of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) were visible and newly dammed water was provided to the dry regions in the south-east through open channels. A lot of this water was wasted due to vaporization but also due to the choice of water intensive news crops in a hot and often desert like region.
The water newly provided to farmers in Turkey used to flow down the Euphrates and Tigris to Syria and Iraq. Three drought years in Syria, 2006-2009, induced many farmers to leave their dry field and to move to cities where they found little work:
The lack of water is not the only reason for the wars in Syria and Iraq. But it made these countries prone to inner conflicts and vulnerable to outside meddling.
But the governments of Syria and Iraq can do little to help their farmers. While there are agreements about a minimum waterflow between Turkey, Syria and Iraq there is no ways Syria and Iraq could actually press Turkey to deliver the agreed upon waterflow.
Missing in the Foreign Affairs piece is another Turkish project which diverts even more water away from its southern neighbors. In 1974 Turkey invaded and since occupied the north of Cyprus. The occupied parts of the island were ethnically cleansed of Greek people and as many as 150,000 Turks were transferred from Turkey and settled on their land.
Turkey has now built a pipeline to provide water from onshore Turkey to the Turkish occupied part of the island:
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About JP
It's all about art.
Turtle Vision Fine Art, Cologne Germany
Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved to paint by numbers all day long. Years later, the little girl's older brother taught her how to stretch and gesso canvas.
The little girl now an adult, went to art school. There she learned everything about art history and painting. She even learned how to make oil paint and egg tempera. This made her very happy, happy as a clam.
As time went on, she painted and painted and painted. She became influenced by the works of Helen Frankenthaler, Vassily Kandinsky and German Expressionism. It was at this point that she decided that painting and the art world would become her life, and it did.
The rest is history.
the Atelier
A small sample of my work and new ones are on the way!
the CV
Joye Peters (b. Tripoli, Libya)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA.
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
1992 Mind Frame Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1994 Künstlerforum Erfstadt eV., Schau-Fenster Galerie Erfstadt, Germany
1997 Stadtgarten, Köln, Germany
1999 Hair Factory, Köln, Germany
2002 Turtle Vision Fine Art, Köln, Germany
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
1990 Joye Peters and Carol Zocholl, Mind Frame Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1991 KTEH TV Channel 5, Art Invitational, San Jose, CA.
International Miniprint Exhibition, Juniper Gallery, Napa, CA.
1992 Open Studios, San Francisco, CA.
Lee and Lee´s Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1993 Open Studios, San Francisco, CA.
1994 Visions of Light, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA.
1999 The History of Art by Men, Joye Peters and Patrick Lebrun, Exhibition and Installation, ECR Event Center, Köln, Germany
Scenic Painting and Set Dressing for Film and Television
1998 SAT 1, "Harald Schmidt Show" Scenic Painting, Gecco GmbH i. G., Köln, Germany
"The 13th Floor", (Cyclops Project) Roland Emmerich Film Production, Scenic Painting, MMC Studios Hürth, Gecco GmbH i G., Köln, Germany
ZDF, "Schimanski" Scenic Painting, Cologne Media Production, Duisburg, Germany
"The New Beetle (VW Multi Media Promotion Event for Journalists)", Set Decorator Assistant Wolfsburg, Germany, Sponsor Partners, Bonn, Germany
1999 IDA Köln, House for Industrial Design and Architecture, Scenic Painting for Musicals from Stella Productions, Köln, Germany
2000 "Stopp!", NRW Shortfilm from Lutz Winder, Scenic Painting and Set Decorator Assistant, Bad Honnef and Königswinter, Germany
"Cocoon, Living and Travel, Interior Design and Furniture", Set Decorating and Scenic Painting, Düsseldorf, Germany
"Engel und Joe", from Neue Impuls Film Production, Project: "Hexe und Zottel", Scenic Painting, Köln, Germany
"Meisterdiebe", Film Production, Scenic Painting, Chamäleon Service GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002 RTL, "Familie Gericht ", Scenic Painting Schiffer & Farber, Stage and Interior Construction GmbH, Hürth, Germany
Curatorial Projects
1999 "The History of Art by Men", ECR Event Center, Köln, Germany
2006 "SEBA", Karen Lynne Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.
2014 Exclusive Collections Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.
If you have any questions or would like more information about my work, or are interested in a commission, please email me. Currently, I am working on a new body of abstract work.


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As parents, we're our children's first teachers in virtually every subject. In a short time, however, their schoolteachers will outpace us in teaching them math, music, art, science and writing. (And thank goodness for that!)
But when it comes to educating our kids about their bodies, we are more or less on our own. Or rather, we are competing with what they learn from their own explorations, and from the information (or misinformation as the case may be) gleaned from books, the culture around them, and their peers, even preschool peers. There is no stopping them from being curious about how bodies work and from absorbing every fragment of knowledge they come across -- that is just how kids learn at this age. If you are the parent of a little one, you know that there is no escaping the frank (and frankly hilarious) questions or the obvious physical expressions of curiosity: our kids love to be naked, to touch and explore themselves and each other, all with the utmost enthusiasm, joy and wonder.
Until the days of sex ed class arrive (and that's an eternity away -- our little ones want answers now!), the best help for parents comes in the form of a number of wise parenting books. At The Savvy Source, we rely particularly on the ideas and (literally) scripts in a vital chapter on "Learning About Bodies" in Laura Davis and Janis Keysar's Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, in Betsy Brown Braun's Just Tell Me What to Say, and Deborah Haffner's invaluable From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children.
From these wise and very detailed accounts, we have extracted five key principles to keep in mind as all of the expected and unexpected manifestations of our children's interest in bodies arise. Parenting is all about thinking on our feet, and that's why it's so helpful to have a few touchstone ideas at our disposal when the puzzling questions and behaviors come our way, as they inevitably do!
Language matters
The experts all agree: the way in which we talk about our children's bodies (and for that matter our own and other people's) really makes a difference. Generally speaking, we do our best to give our kids a wide vocabulary so that they can express themselves as precisely as possible on all manner of subjects. The topic of bodies and all their parts and functions should be no different. Preschoolers are happy to wield terms like "wee wee" and "pee pee," but why should they be reduced to baby talk about their own bodies when they already have a complex and wide ranging vocabulary for everything else? So even though it may make you squirm at first, introduce them as early as possible to the correct anatomical lexicon. Using real words shows real respect for this important aspect of the body and self. And as a bonus, you'll get to enjoy all of the hilarious mispronunciations….
Private vs. public: a useful concept
One of the most confounding aspects of this topic is how to teach young children appropriate social behavior without inducing shame. Anyone with a preschooler on their hands has witnessed their intermittent bouts of intense interest in bodily functions and pleasures, and plain old "potty talk." When it goes on in the bosom of the family, it's all well and good and often quite funny. But if you ever happen to have friends or grandparents over, or dare to venture out in public during one of these phases, a conundrum presents itself: undergo embarrassment and disapproving glares or risk shaming your child under stressful circumstances. Rather than be caught off-guard in this way and say something to your child that you may later regret, it can be useful to introduce from early on the concepts of privacy and private parts and behaviors. To explain in a calm, supportive tone that going to the bathroom or touching one's genitals or potty talk are "private" activities is far more helpful to a child than off-the-cuff reprimands with no clear explanation. Understanding the concept of privacy also gives your child a way to rebuff the attentions of overzealous "doctors" among their peers.
Figuring out family norms
If that all sounds challenging enough, add in the fact that you and your partner may have very different ideas about this entire subject stemming from your own different family backgrounds. How we talk about bodies, and how we feel about nudity and various kinds of physical play can be sensitive subjects. As our babies grow into toddlers and kids, it is wise for parents to talk about what kinds of norms and values they envision for their own children and family. We need to be able to talk openly to our partners about these things so that we can speak clearly and reassuringly to our kids.
Teaching by example
The most important thing we want for our kids to get out of all of this is to feel confident and comfortable in their own skin. And the very best way to get there is to show them by example how we care for and respect our own bodies. Though most of us have our own insecurities about our bodies, it's important if at all possible to avoid talk of diets and other negative expressions about body image around our kids. They pick up on everything, and that's not a message we want them to hear! Rather, we want to teach by example how to eat well, exercise and enjoy the outdoors, get enough rest, and express affection lovingly and respectfully.
Meeting our kids at their own level
One of the great myths of parenting is that a day (a distant day) will come when it is "time to have the talk." Yet in fact that "talk" is better thought of as an ongoing conversation with our kids that can begin as soon as they start asking questions. What makes this much easier than we might imagine is that small children tend to lead the way. They know what they want to know. So when your child asks a question, the best thing to do is really listen. How much does she understand already? What is the next piece of information that she is wondering about? How much information will satisfy her curiosity without confusing or overwhelming? That is the talk, the conversational back and forth that really matters -- and that you and your child can take turns leading over the years ahead, at her pace.
my son is 7 and is asking about arm hair and asking if it hurts or itch when you start getting it . wow i asked him why do he want are hair and he said so he can be a man , and i told him that arm hair doesnt make him a man. so i also have a teen group that iam about to talk to about their bodies what will be a great book to get information from they range from 11-18 year olds.
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This fantastic villa is located in a peaceful urbanization offering 100% privacy with beautiful sea and mountain views. This house is divided into two living spaces. The top floor was designed as the main living area and holds a spacious and bright living room, a large bedroom with en suite bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen as well as a dining and fireplace area. A large sun terrace can be accessed from here and offers plenty of space to relax. The ground floor is currently used as a guest apartment with private entrance and has four bedrooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms and a direct access to the exceptional garden that surrounds the house. The uniquely-shaped pool offers plenty of lounging space, and the outdoor lights create a glamorous atmosphere in the evening. Another highlight of this villa is the BBQ zone in the garden, which has the feel of an outdoor bar and is perfect for entertaining guests.
On the Altea – La Nucía road, just five minutes from Altea, you find the Montahud Urbanization.
Altea has an old town with a special charm - they call it "La Villa Blanca" - and is reputed for its gastronomy. The many renowned restaurants and its quaint streets have attracted many people.
Altea also has its Palau - a cultural center and concert hall where you can enjoy a program of dance, theater and music.
Using the motorway, you reach the Alicante international airport "El Altet" in 45 minutes and the City of Valencia is 130km away.
Availability upon agreement. The information disclosed in this document has been communicated by a third party; it is merely informative and is supposed to be correct. We cannot guarantee that it is accurate or complete. This offer is subject to errors, omissions and change of price or withdrawal without notice. Taxes, notary and register fees must be paid the by purchaser, the commission will be paid by the seller as stipulated by Spanish regulations.


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Volkswagen reveal chunky cross up!
Adding rough-and-ready bits of trim to vehicles seems to be the trendy thing to do these days and Volkswagen isn't one to miss a fashionable opportunity.
The tiny up! city car has proven to be quite the hit with canny buyers who require a frugal runaround that fits into miniscule parking spaces, but now VW will offer it in a distinctly off-road flavour.
The cross up! features black mouldings on the wheel arches and sills, plus full-length door protector strips topped with 'cross up!' lettering. Flashes of silver will be plastered onto the roof rails, wing mirrors and bumpers while the ride height gets jacked-up slightly to house the bespoke 16-inch alloys.
The interior receives some attention, too, with specially trimmed seats (in a choice of red or anthracite) and an instrument panel with high-quality dash (in a choice of red, black or dark silver) aim to give off a refined feel.
The upmarket ambience is rounded off by chrome trim around the air outlets and tachometer and by door tread plates with 'cross up!' lettering. Engines are identical to the regular city car's, so that means a 1.0-litre three-cylinder available with two outputs: 74bhp and 54bhp.
Despite the off-road appearance, all models will be front-wheel-drive only.
The cross up! will go on show at the Geneva motor show next month and be released in Germany towards the end of summer but there are no solid plans to bring it to the UK yet.
A VW spokesperson said: "the decision could go either way".
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text: Fairly good teen comedy that's getting overrated to fuck because Greta Gerwig made it. The last act is quite good but the rest is just a John Hughes tribute with forced edgy scenes. Frances Ha was way better. Still some funny stuff in there if you ever went to Catholic school. Saiosre Ronan or however you spell her name is quite good. The ginger fuck from Manchester by the Sea is in this so fair warning.


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Supplementary memorandum from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
DEFRA's response to the questions that required further consideration is as follows:
Question 215
The Cabinet Office was unable to provide data on their timber purchases for the Greening Government Report in question. I understand that the Cabinet Office responses to these questionnaires include No. 10 Downing Street.
Question 249
Of the 305 new doors in the Ripley Building, the vast majority is due to have a french polish finish, although a handful (ie those adjacent to original doors that had subsequently been painted) will be painted.
The doors in Kirkland House are generally made from plywood but do have small amounts of sapele used for the lippings (ie the edges round the doors). They, as well as the sapele door frames, will be painted.
Question 257
The Forestry Commission confirms that UK forests produce approximately 15 per cent of the timber consumed in the UK. There is no way at present to link production to Government use as a consumer. If Government consumption mirrors general consumption then it would not be unreasonable to estimate that 15 per cent of the timber purchased by Government comes from trees grown and harvested in the UK.
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Irony is the enemy of the post-modern left(tm)
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Tim Blair takes on Michael Bloomberg *and* Michael Moore.
Next he's going to fine people for possession of Oreos and other dangerous substances. Those liberal do-gooders are a scary breed. If he's this tyrannical as mayor, think what he'd try as governor or senator. New Yawk, you can keep him, we have enough problems of our own.