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GOLF & LEISURE 125 out by the first gold escort, worth $18 million at today's prices. When many of the original miners moved on to the West Coast, the Otago Provincial Government invited Chinese miners to come and work. Their settlement survived until 1928 and a collection of their huts has been preserved as one of the region's main tourist attractions. After the gold ran out Arrowtown became a farm service town with a shrinking population, but in the 1950s it developed into a popular holiday destination, families restoring historic cottages and building holiday homes. Today Arrowtown boasts international-class golf courses plus a library, museum, swimming pool and medical centre and is close to an international airport, the Coronet Peak and Remarkable skifields and an events centre. Commercial viticulture has become well established and within a 30-minute drive are vineyards that produce some of New Zealand's finest wines; the region is particularly noted for its Pinot Noir. Arrowtown celebrates four delightfully distinctive seasons. Summer: Dawn is as early as 5am and dusk as late as 10pm in high summer, when the temperature regularly soars into the 30s, but because of Arrowtown's proximity to the mountains (it is 670m above sea level), rarely does humidity exceed 64 per cent. Autumn: The most spectacular time to visit the area, when Arrowtown's deciduous trees explode with colour. Around the time of the annual Arrowtown Autumn Festival in late April, the countryside is a riot of yellows, golds and reds. Winter: The Arrowtown-Queenstown-Wanaka area becomes the premier destination in the Southern hemisphere for winter sports, with Coronet Peak, the Remarkables and nearby Cardrona all offering ideal ski conditions. Many international ski teams train here. Spring: Thaw time. Plants come to life and the hills are full of colour. The crystal-clear air, warm days and cool evenings promote remarkable growth in plants.
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- The May Term in Luxembourg
Overview: The May Term
The May Term is an intensive short-term academic program in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg open only to Clark students.
For The May Term 2019, we are offering two courses. Both courses carry one full unit of Clark credit and have no prerequisites.
Courses in The May Term Program are taught by Clark faculty in English. Importantly, all courses relate directly to Luxembourg and/or European conditions and affairs. As part of the May Term experience, students broaden their classroom learning by participating in field trips to sites of particular interest in Luxembourg and surrounding countries.
The application deadline for The May Term 2019 is February 7, 2019. All applications will be reviewed immediately and students will be notified of their acceptance by February 25, 2019.
Open only to Clark students, the 2019 May Term offers an invaluable learning experience.

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Eyes Opened and Hearts Changed
By Bethany Winkel, WAR, Int'l Staff Writer
Here at Women At Risk, International (WAR, Int'l) headquarters, we hear many real-life stories from our partners—stories that break our hearts for those who suffer violence and injustice, while also inspiring us with testimonies of hope and changed lives. Among the most poignant stories are those from "Rebecca," who visits our headquarters each time she is in the U.S. and shares with us about the work she is doing. Rebecca works with at-risk and trafficked young women in two small Eastern European countries—one a hotbed for sex trafficking rings and the other a primary source of victims for such rings. The stories she shares about the horrendous situations there and the experiences of the girls she works with are both shocking and distressing, yet it is heartening to see that the work she does is making a difference for many.
Last year, we published an article about a brand new summer camp Rebecca had coordinated and hosted for at-risk teen girls in one of the countries where she works. Many of the 150 girls attending had experienced abuse, abandonment, and dire poverty, leaving them especially vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. Thanks to the efforts of Rebecca and her dedicated team of volunteers, these teens were treated to an enjoyable week of fun, enrichment, and community. But Rebecca's vision for camp went beyond simply providing the girls with a fun experience. Along with tackling relevant topics such as suicide prevention and conflict resolution, Rebecca and her volunteer staff educated campers about the lures and tactics of traffickers, equipping them with the tools and knowledge needed to avoid becoming victims. They also introduced them to the saving grace of the gospel. Rebecca reported back to us that the camp was a huge success, with many eyes opened and many hearts changed. She is confident that for some of the girls, the week they spent at camp has made a crucial difference between a future of slavery or one of freedom and safety.
WAR, Int'l has the honor and privilege of partnering again with Rebecca for this year's camp. She is very excited about some new things she's going to implement this second time around. Fueled by a passion to mentor and raise up a strong generation of local youth, she is selecting some of the girls from last year's camp to be junior leaders, with high hopes that some will become full leaders at future camps. She is also excited to have hired an experienced camp director to join her committed team of translators and other volunteer staff. Finally, Rebecca and her team are thrilled to hold this summer's venture at a better facility where the campers can enjoy real bathrooms, ample food, and fun things such as a swimming pool and a rock-climbing wall. (Bathrooms and an abundance of food are things we in the United States take for granted, but for many of these girls, they are unheard-of luxuries.)
In an upcoming article, we'll share with you how WAR, Int'l's board and staff teamed up in an exercise challenge to sponsor a number of girls to attend camp this year. As you look forward to reading that story, we encourage you in the meantime to consider how you might help as well. Please read last year's article for further details about the camp and some background information on the dire situations in which the campers are living every day. And then please prayerfully consider helping to sponsor a teen to attend this year's camp. The cost to sponsor one teen to attend this week-long camp is $195, but we will gladly accept donations toward camper sponsorship in any amount. Thank you for joining us in helping Rebecca create a circle of protection and love around these precious young women!
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Don't bother with A*. A good old breadth-first search does the trick, in all phases of the algorithm, with variations (e.g. what cells are considered safe, whether you compute the distance as well as the path).
Hi all. It seems to me that even if Kirk take the shortest path go come back to start, the 6th validation test (after sending the result) fail because the alarm is raised to early
Hum ok I think I know what happend. My return path is not the real shortest. There should be a difference of 2 or 3 by taking another way ... The fact is that I cannot take this shortest path since I didn't discovered it before finding the command room (bad luck) .... Is it necessary to explore the whole maze to be sure to know the best return path and pass the validators ??? (or just have some luck)
Yes my code explore all the map before touching the goal. Example : https://www.codingame.com/replay/solo/65908884
I finally passed the validators, just by switching in one function of my code (called GetPossibleNextPoints) so when choosing the better next position for moving, "up" and "down" are choosen before "left" and "right". Now the mass is explored by another way (upper part first), and the discovered return path is the shortest one according to the validator configuration.
before the change : https://www.codingame.com/replay/solo/65917202 after the change : https://www.codingame.com/replay/solo/65917057
That doesn't sound like the right way to do it. Your code would probably fail if the last puzzle was just turned 90 degrees.
Your previous algorithm sounds much better. All you had to do to make it work was counting the distance from the Control room to the Teleport (with a simple BFS, as explained above) and keep exploring until you find a satisfying return path.
a simple BFS, what is this?
nevermind.forget it ^^
I passed 100% and the strategy is the same 3 stage format as Deefstes.
When I first submitted, one of the validation tests did not pass and I realised it was a L/R mirror of the IDE test case. What I did was to reverse the direction of my for loops, from (0 <= i < C) to (C > i >= 0), so I could troubleshoot the problem in the IDE.
Hi there,I'm trying to follow the same steps, but when I tried to use a basic BSP for exploring, I always get a timeout and I don't know if this may be caused because my algorithm is not right or because I'm spending lot of time updating the grid or accessing info... Anybody has hit this issue?? I'm thinking about the time updating the grid because in the example 3 (empty grid) I only have 25 steps before the program told me that I have exceed the time...which doesn't seems like a waste of time...
man, i completely coded up a right hand rule maze traversal... it works great, but no way to solve the long ones or the ones that with cycles. guess ill code up that A* after all!
If the problem had a lower time resolution or a larger field this search breadth-first could be a bad choice, even not need it is always good to optimize ..
I'm just writing this to point out the differences between BFS and DFS here. To avoid confusions in using them.
Using BFS would mean that the robot or character in this case would have to teleport around on the map on each node he put in his queue.
The solution to this is actually a DFS where the character searches a path in a direction until it reaches some dead end and go back to the last branch point in the labyrinth... etcOtherwhise in the case of BFS it would consume to much fuel to go back to the last unvisited node again.
See http://bryukh.com/labyrinth-algorithms/ for more information
After i sumbit my code everything works except #2, i always can calculate my way back except for this one, so there has to be kind of an issue. it only works if i dont calculate my way back, instead i have to use the path i too to get to the key
you can do it be rearranging the order so you have to check like this: right,left,down,up(or up,down)
Have folks been able to get Dijkstra's to work in C/C++? I can't be sure if I just need to optimize my code or if it's the wrong approach.
I coded it in my pocket calculator, it's a basic Dijkstra algo that should work in every language as is.
Thanks nicola1, In the meantime I gave BFS a shot and was able to complete... not sure how I could optimize Dijkstra more. Maybe a task for later on ...
I can't complete the last test, it timeouts on move 17.
I am using A* to calculate paths, only considering known '.', 'T' and 'C' as valid pathways.This is what I do:
When I find the 'C' block, I keep checking if I have a valid path to it, and a path from it to 'T' that can be taken in the alarm time. If so, go to 'C' and go home.´
This works on all the others, spending a lot less than the 1200 fuel available, except on the last test. Kirk goes to (x, y) = (7, 11), which is a dead-end tunnel, with lots of '?' around that can't be accessed yet. The available '?' require going back from the tunnel and go the other way, which means they're quite far away. And so, the program gets a timeout while checking the closest '?'.
Does anyone have tips on this? I figure I either need to optimize the pathfinding function, so I can check more paths in the same time (which I'm not sure how to do), or implement some kind of logic to not check the path for a '?' if there's no path to a neighbouring '?', but I'm not quite getting it to work.
Edit: Just submited, and apparently the exact same thing happens on the 2 last validators
Call me crazy but I have the same problems as many with the validators. So I reimplemented the validator. Took me a couple of hours.Debugging right now.Found it.


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This Birthday in Buffalo Sports History; Ted Washington -- April 13, 1968
Two rules came into play concerning Ted Washington: You didn't try to run up the middle against him, and you didn't have him over for dinner when he missed lunch.
Washington was the massive nose tackle who might have been one of the best players the Bills have ever had at the position. They caught him right in the prime of his career, too.
Washington grew up in Tampa and was a state wrestling champion in the unlimited division in high school. From there it was on to college, where he was a defensive lineman at Louisville.
He spent his first three years with San Francisco, which took him in the first round of the NFL draft. Washington had trouble cracking the lineup but played on some good 49ers teams. He was traded to Denver for the 1994 season.
Buffalo signed him as a free agent in 1995, and he was a great fit next to Bruce Smith on the Bills' defensive line. Washington made two Pro Bowls as he became a Bills' fixture through 2000.
Washington then bounced to the Bears, to the Patriots (where he won a Super Bowl), to the Raiders, and to the Browns. He weighed 375 pounds in his final season of 2007.
-- Budd Bailey
Sports Ink blog at buffalonews.com/blogs


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The Malopolska Art Garden in the finale of BOTY 2012
The Malopolska Art Garden has been nominated for the finale of the prestigious Building of the Year 2012 competition, which is organised by ArchDaily.com – the most popular website on architecture! Winners will be selected by readers, who can submit their votes until the 14th of February. PLEASE NOTE: you can submit one vote daily.
3,000 projects were competing in the first stage of the competition. From among them, 70 buildings in 14 categories have been selected for the final stage. The Malopolska Art Garden has 5 competitors in its category (Culture).


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Paycheck (movie review)
Paycheck (DVD – 2003)
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Paycheck is a sci-fi thriller with a trace of romance. Actors Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Joe Morton and Paul Giamatti are the main characters in this film. Mike Jennings (Ben Affleck) creates classified technology. He designs computer programs & gets paid the big bucks to do it. Mike's good friend Jimmy Rethrick (Aaron Eckhart) offers him a job of a lifetime. However, he doesn't get the paycheck till the job is done. Because of the high security that the job holds, he must also agree to let them erase his memory of all that has happened.
Its been three years and the job is over with and its time to collect his paycheck. Mike receives an envelope with personal articles in it that he sent to himself. Now with his memory erased he has nothing but an envelope containing these personal articles. What clues will they hold to the missing pieces of the puzzle that he needs? Will they help him solve the mystery of who he is and help him recall the life he once had? As he races against the clock he realizes that he only has one chance to get it right.
If you like a fast paced action movie and the intrigue of a mystery, you'll like this movie. Paycheck is rated PG-13 for action violence, brief language. There is also a love scene but it is not explicit.
I give this 4 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ !
Leap Year (movie)
♥♥♥♥ Leap Year/2010/PG/110 min.
Anna (Amy Adams) dates her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) for four years but still has no engagement ring. So Anna decides to take a different approach. She discovers an Irish Tradition where a woman can propose to a man on Leap day in Ireland. She then decides to follow her boyfriend to Ireland to propose. However Anna's journey takes a wrong turn & she must get the help of a local (Matthew Goodle) to get her where she needs to go. As she makes her way across the country, she makes discoveries about herself that could change everything. (mc)


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On twitter, her 160 word bio might say: Just a mom of two beautiful blondes. Dabble in the world of competitive dance…from a mother's perspective, of course. Cast of @lifetimetv @dancemoms. But after getting a chance to talk with her about life outside of Lifetime TV's "Dance Moms", Christi Lukasiak does live a normal life – or she tries really hard to, explaining to me. Raising and nurturing her dancing daughter and reality TV star, Chloe, while maintaining balance and family time, she strives to provide her with that "normal" life — on and off camera. Inspiring and motivational, Christi talks to me about her experience, future plans for Chloe, and the nitty gritty drama on the show.
Charli: Hi Christi! Oh my gosh, how are you?
Christi! Hi! I'm great! But the weather here is SO bad! If I drop you, I'll try to get you back!
Charli: Okay no problem! Christi I wanted to ask you some questions of course about the reality show, "Dance Moms", your daughter Chloe, and just learn more about what started the show.
Christi: Sounds good!
Charli: What exactly inspired dance for you and your daughter? How did it come about?
Christi: Well I tried her in her first dance class at Abby's when she was two years old. Abby's only 10 minutes away from my house and, and I don't know – I thought all girls wanted to be in dance [laughter]. It just seemed like a normal thing for me to do. I don't know [laughter]. I just thought all little girls wanted to be in ballet class.
Charli: Right. I think my mom thought that as well for me and sister while growing up. My sister stuck with it more than I did though. [laughter] So how did you get involved in "Dance Moms"?
Christi: Well, there was a casting put out – you know a casting company in LA that was looking for dance moms across the country; and I think that their concept was that they were going to have a few dance moms across the country that all came together at nationals and competed. And so, I answered the casting call and sent a photograph of myself and my daughter and I sent some flip videos in. You know I was sitting on my front porch and I was talking about how crazy my dance studio was — you know the moms and said that our little kids were really talented. So the producer kept calling me back and asked me could I send in anymore videos. And I said "sure!" I have a friend named Kelly, so I sent in videos of Kelly; and they said can you send in your daughter; I sent in videos of Chloe auditioning. Then he called me back a few days later and said could you ask your dance teacher to do something on film – can we see her? And I sent in a video of Abby approaching Chloe. Like I was part of "Dance Moms" from the very beginning.
Charli: So they loved the drama and all that came with it?
Christi: [laughter] Yeah! I think it was more so the teacher. The moms were okay, I mean those are our kids.
Charli: Right. [laughter] So talk about the girls in the group on the show. How much time do they spend in the studio? Outside of their dance world, what do they enjoy? Even school, how do they maintain a balanced life at their age?
Christi: The girls have been together, honestly since they were two. These girls have been together and friends they're whole lives. They dance about 10 hours a week. When we're filming, obviously the schedule is a little more demanding. So we're filming scenes other than just the dance class. So they do spend more time in the studio than actual production. And honestly, when our kids are not dancing and when Chloe has free time, these are the girls that she wants to be with. I mean these kids are together all the time. They really are like sisters! Chloe has a 3-year-old sister, so she was 8 when I had the baby. Chloe was like the first person at the hospital with Kate. Kate is like in all of my family pictures with the baby! [laughter] That's how close all of these girls are really are. They go to school regular. They all attend like a regular public school – full time. If they're traveling on the weekends for competition, they might miss Friday and if that's the case then we have a tutor on the road trips. They're responsible for everything like all of the other kids.
Charli: Yeah cause I mean when you talk about serious competitors, that's their lifestyle. You'd think that they would be home schooled.
Christi: Yep, but no they really do live a normal life. I think all 5 of the moms have really made the effort in keeping their lives as normal as we can. Yeah.
Charli: What do you think has been your biggest challenge in dealing with the show and your daughter? How's it changed your everyday life?
Christi: Umm, the schedule! I would say the schedule is the hardest part. During season 1, not only were we filming "Dance Moms" and keeping up with school and homework and what not, I was still running a business. We owned a business for a year, and I had a 1-year-old. So it was really, really hard for me at the beginning. It is a tough schedule. We film Tuesday through Sunday – one week of filming equals one episode. So we film a lot of hours, there's a lot of time spent away from home. That's hard. I would say that's the toughest part.
Charli: I try to always put out a question on Twitter to my followers regarding the interview that I have coming up. And I ask them what do they want to know?
Christi: Oh gosh! [laughter]
Charli [laughter] So the relationship that you have with Abby… is it real on and off camera? Is it over-dramatized? Or real?
Christi: Oh yeah girl, [laughter] we don't like each other. Abby and I do not care for one another.
Charli: Because like, when you deal with reality TV – a long time ago, it used to be much more real than it is now. Like when "The Real World" was airing. Then over the last few years, they started the whole scripting thing, I guess to make more drama and draw in more viewers. So I think that was a big question for them.
Christi: Yeah! But to be honest, if we weren't on a television show, I think I would keep my opinions a little bit more to myself. However, one of the challenges when you're on TV is that America can't read your mind. Unless I don't tell you what I'm thinking, there's no story. The show is for me to say what's on my mind. I do try to keep it very, "what you see, is what you get." I do think that one of the biggest conceptions on the show is with the mom's relationships. You only really see arguing between the moms. But there's a lot of friendship between us as well. Because we have a really long history with one another.
Charli: So after all of "this" on TV and publicizing yourself to the world, what is it like to see yourself on TV? How do you and your family cope with your lives like when you're out in public? Are you approached? Like how has this experience changed you all's lifestyle?
Christi: Yeah! We are approached in public. I kind of forget sometimes [laughter] like if I see someone and they're like, "Hi Christi!" I'm like wait – do I know them from high school? Do I know them from college? [laughter] Then I'm like wait – oh they know me from "Dance Moms". [laughter] I don't know, it's weird because you're constantly being scrutinized at this point. And it's difficult in reality I think because people think that what they see is 100% of all you are. When really there's a whole lot more to you than what someone perceived on a 30 minute show that airs once a week. The other thing is, I think that people always feel like they know you so well, and that you know them. People will just come up to you and start talking regularly and I'm like I've never seen you before in my life [laughter].
Charli: [laughter] They watch you and feel like they can relate to you and your story. So that will definitely make someone feel like they knew you. And have been knowing you for a very long time.
Christi: Right, they feel that we really are friends! It's kind of fun, but on the other hand, it kind of catches you off guard sometimes.
Charli: So the future for the girls. What are the plans for Chloe? The girls as well, but specifically for Chloe.
Christi: Well if you ask Chloe, I can give you her answer verbatim. She'll tell you that she wants to be on broadway, she really wants to be an actress. And when she retires from that, she's going to be a pediatrician and a mom. She has a lot on her plate [laughter]. She's only 11 years old but she has a lot of goals. I hope that she reaches them, you know!
Charli: And I don't know if I read this somewhere, maybe I'm not clear on it. But do the girls audition for other dance schools outside of Abby's?
Christi: Oh no, we don't have the time. And when you're at Abby's, you're under contract and aren't allowed to dance for any other schools.
Charli: Oh wow!
Christi: Yeah, you dance at her studio.
Charli: So how can fans and other dance moms, connect with you on social networking sites?
Christi: Yep, you can follow me on Twitter. I'm @dancemomschristi. I'm on Facebook is a fan page I think it's Christi Lukasiak. And let's see, I have an instagram – everything is pretty much @dancemomschristi. I really like to tweet. Tweeting is fun; funny actually. [laughter] Like people are crazy on twitter.
Charli: And do you actually interact with your followers?
Christi: Oh yeah! I try to when I have a chance. I think at this point, I honestly think I do. I'm up to like 20,000 followers so they're very involved fans. I know I don't always get to answer questions, but I try to.
Charli: Yeah they always want to know that, when I post interviews. They're like, "how can I talk to them?" "Will they respond to me?"
Christi: I do actually have a website. It's not the best. We're revamping it. But it's christilukasiak.com
Charli: Well thank you so much Christi for dropping in! Is there anything else you want to add?
Christi: No thank you! I'd just like to say thank you so much to all the fans for their love and support. It's not really for me, it's for Chloe. It's an amazing experience. It's such an amazing feeling as her mom. I feel lucky that I get to be like the mom of this little girl. I am really lucky to have her.
Charli: Yes you should be! Thanks Christi!
Christi: Thank you!


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As the title say this is only a loadout bug.
Must have:
- Friends aka Survive with friends.
- 2 Characters:
- One with krall offerings.
- One to play with.
How to use:
- Enter SWF, in Loadout select main character remove offering from this one.
- In loadout select secondary character with offerings, select one you like.
- Select secondary char.
- Join a lobby with killer.
- Select main char.
- Click offering and then ESC and then READY.
- Join game and your offering will be burned.
- It will not disappear from secondary character.
- Repeat for infinity offerings
Duplicating items:
- Require pre-made of 2 or more.
- Use the loadout bug above with "White Ward" offering.
- Equip best item, best addons, get enough points to pip.
- Get killed by the killer.
- Tell your friend to loot the dropped item.
- Repeat for infinity items, addons.
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Why World Gorilla Day?
World Gorilla Day creates the opportunity for people all over the world to come together in celebrating gorillas, and more importantly, taking action to protect endangered gorillas in the wild.
The inaugural year for World Gorilla Day also marks the 50th anniversary of the Karisoke Research Center, operated by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI). Established by Dian Fossey, Karisoke is the longest-running gorilla field study site dedicated to the conservation, protection, and study of gorillas and their habitats in Africa. Thus, an added focus of World Gorilla Day 2017 will be celebrating this incredible milestone anniversary for DFGFI and raising money to support their growing conservation efforts. Given the organization's great success with mountain gorilla conservation, DFGFI now starts a similar charge for the Grauer's gorilla, a critically endangered subspecies of gorilla found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
There are many great organizations and individuals dedicated to fighting for their survival, but greater awareness and investment are essential to gaining ground for all four subspecies of gorilla. World Gorilla Day strives to be a rallying point for bolstering appreciation and action for these great apes.
Zoos, conservation stakeholders, and other interested organizations are invited to join the celebration on Sept. 24 and help give a voice to one of our closest relatives.
Take Action
Get involved to help save gorillas. There are lots of things you can do.
- Make a donation to support gorilla conservation, celebrate DFGFI's 50th anniversary, and help save critically endangered Grauer's gorillas.
- Host a World Gorilla Day Event at your company/school/neighborhood. Click here to sign up.
- Visit an organization hosting a World Gorilla Day Event near you. Visit the websites of our participating organizations listed below to find out more.
- Recycle your mobile device – recycling your cell or smart phone, tablet, or MP3 player will help reduce the demand for ore that is mined in some gorilla habitats, plus you'll help raise funds for gorilla conservation. You can drop off your device at a participating location or click here for instructions to send it in yourself and be sure to list World Gorilla Day as the beneficiary.
- Share a post on social media and tag #WorldGorillaDay. Click here for sample posts
Supporting Organizations
Please visit these institutions websites to learn how they are involved in celebrating World Gorilla Day!


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traditional (mini) madeleines
madeleines are, i think, one of my favorite little sweet treats. okay, i might have said that about numerous little treats… but it's a bit more true for madeleines, surely… somehow, though, i've always shied away from making my own. now, though, with the bouchon bakery cookbook, that looks really professional, i thought it should be a feasible project (or at least we rise to meet our challenges, ahem). and indeed, the recipe and the exact amounts (2.2 grams, anyone?) looked a bit intimidating. but each step is defined so clearly that it ended up begin fun. and they turned out wonderfully cloud-like, with a sweet, vanilla-y, buttery taste to them. and an added bonus for the mini size (everything mini is cuter, right?).
traditional (mini) madeleines
recipe from the bouchon bakery
you will need: madeleine molds (i made about 40 mini madeleines).
the dough needs to be refrigerated overnight.
68 g flour
2.2 g baking powder
0.6 g salt
83 g eggs
55 g sugar
66 g butter, at room temperature
9 g brown sugar
9 g clover honey
place the flour in a medium bowl and sift in the baking powder. add the salt and whisk together. combine the eggs and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer (my version: hand mixer) and mix on medium to high speed for about 1 minute. increase the speed to high and ship for about 4 more minutes, until the color lightens and the batter doubles in volume.
meanwhile, heat the butter, brown sugar and honey in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, whisking, to dissolve the sugar, about 1 minute. remove from the heat. now fold in half the dry ingredients, then fold in the remaining dry ingredients until just combined. scrape the bottom of the bowl to incorporate any dry ingredients that may have settled there. pour the warm butter mixture over the batter and fold until the mixture is incorporated and the batter is smooth. place the batter in a covered container and refrigerate overnight.
preheat the oven to 180 c / 350 f. brush the madeleine pans with melted butter, thoroughly, then chill the molds in the fridge to harden the butter. use a spoon to transfer the batter into the molds (i used about 1 tsp. of batter for each mold). tap the bottom of the pan against the work surface to smooth the top of the batter. bake for about 6 (for the mini madeleines) to 8 minutes (for the large madeleines), until the tops are lightly browned and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. note: the bottoms of the madeleines will brown more quickly than the tops, so keep the tops on the lighter side. immediately unmold the madeleines and cool on a cooling rack. the madeleines are best the day they are baked, but they can be stored in a covered container for up to 1 day.
note: the next time around i'll try the pistache madeleines (i bought a truckload of pistache cream in paris… yum…).
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I'm here to show you a fun simple card I made using the NEW Hedgehog Die set by Joset Designs coming real soon to Elizabeth Craft Designs!
I decided to use some of the New Silk Microfine Glitter on my Hedgehog in Light Brown. For the Face and Legs I colored a piece of cardstock with copics, placed ECD double Sided Adhesive Tape on top rubbed in Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and then Die Cut the Body from that.
The Background was created using the NEW Stripes/Plaid Stage It Stencil by Karen Burniston.
Other dies used are linked below....
New Dies should be arriving to the Elizabeth Craft Designs store real soon!
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As you probably already know, I'm a big cruise fan. They're the best value for your vacation dollar as well as being a heck of a lot of fun ;) As an Accredited Cruise Counselor (ACC) with Cruise Lines International (CLIA), I've seen many ships but I've never seen one like this...
As part of the Solstice Class with Celebrity Cruises, the ultra modern Celebrity Reflection offers an enticing combination of culinary delights, Cirque du Soleil-style entertainment, AquaClass Suites featuring huge private verandahs and Reflection Suites with glass bathrooms and sea view showers!
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For more information on Celebrity Cruises, read Spa Indulgence Onboard Celebrity Cruises and Cruising Like a Celebrity.
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Maybelline Baby Lips Loves Color Coral Flush SPF 16 Review-
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Review
I swear by Maybelline Baby Lips! Frankly speaking, I have no yet found a better lip balm than this. You may not notice anything great initially but if you use it 3 times daily- morning, evening and at night just before sleeping, your lips will definitely become soft, supple and pinker. I looooooove Baby lips and thus got this one for myself during my Myntra.com Haul! I have been using this for more than a month now and I am all set to review it for you guys ^_^ So, lets get started...
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Packaging
- Exclusive lip renew formula with SPF 16 Protects and moisturizes lips for a 8 full hours
- 7 varieties
- Visibly renewed lips
- 8 hr hydration
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Product Information
Shelf Life- 36 months from mfg. date
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Ingredients
Directions for Use- Turn the base 1-2 times for usage. Reapply when lips are exposed to strong sun, wind or cold for maximum protection.
My Take On Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush-
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Stick
Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush provides very sheer coral color with a hint of orange to the lips. Do not expect any pigmentation coverage from it. It moisturizes the lips pretty nicely and the moisture is buildable. The lip balm feels very light and is not at all waxy or greasy. My lips looks very pretty when this is on. It contains SPF 16 for sun protection and with regular use, my lips did looks pinker and softer! It adds a glossy shine to the lips- which is great! Overall, I highly recommend you to try out the Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm! These are better than most other lip balms available in the market! :-)
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Bullet
1) Tavel friendly
2) Cute retractable stick
3) Easy to use and very affordable
4) Does not feel heavy or waxy onto the lips
5) Adds a sheer hint of color to the lips
6) Moisturizes the lips really nicely
7) Lasting power of about 3-4 hours
8) Water resistant
9) Makes the lips pinker with regular use
10) SPF 16 for sun protection
11) Mild fragrance
12) Quantity provided is great!
13) The silvery glitter particles did not cause any problem for me...
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush
1) Does not cover pigmentation
2) Color does not show up properly and you will need to swipe it on for at-least 5 times for the sheer color to show up nicely
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Swatch
Final verdict- I highly, highly recommend you to try this shade and I am sure you are going to loooooove it! I have already reviewed Maybelline Baby Lips SPF 16 Berry Crush and Maybelline Baby Lips Mango Pie...So pick up your favorite one and go grab these! I am sure this is going to be even a bigger super hit product for the upcoming winter months... :)
|Maybelline Baby Lips Coral Flush Lip Swatch
|Beautiful lip swatch? :)
Rating- 4.75/5


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