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The mobile gaming world is getting bigger and bigger. Just take a look at Japan's Gree, which reported revenues of $1.6 billion and has set up a huge U.S. headquarters just outside of AT&T Park in San Francisco. The company has 450 employees working in the long building, which features a cafeteria on one end and a long set of desks leading to a bunch of glass offices at the far end. They are the foot soldiers in Gree's expansion into the U.S., where the competition is fierce but the riches are waiting. To find more developers, Gree is investing $10 million in third-party games.
Within the building are hundreds of mobile game developers, headed by Naoki Aoyagi (pictured above), chief executive of Gree International, the overseas subsidiary of the Japanese parent company. Some were part of acquired companies such as Funzio, maker of games like Kingdom Age, Modern War, and Crime City. Those games have been out for months but have been steadily producing revenues in the top grossing charts on the app stores. The hope is to one day have games that generate $100 million a month in revenue.
Last year, the company experimented with new games and heavy advertising. It spent heavily on user acquisition, driving up costs for its rivals. And it acquired, expanded, and then shut down the OpenFeint social mobile gaming platform. While Gree started as a social network for mobile gamers in Japan, it is now driving deep into content.
And it has set up an enticing headquarters — with sofas, arcade machines, and a fancy kitchen — to recruit more developers. The goal is to recruit and retain employees in the fiercely competitive San Francisco gaming market, which is ground zero of the digital gaming revolution. The goal is to come up with a billion-dollar game and stay ahead of rivals such as DeNA, Electronic Arts, Supercell, Rovio, Zynga, and GungHo Entertainment. Gree is moving into all sorts of game genres, including the social casino slot machine business and hardcore titles like the upcoming War of Nations.
Will the company come out on top? It's Aoyagi's game to win or lose. We took a tour of Gree's headquarters recently and interviewed Aoyagi there. Here's an edited transcript of our interview.
GamesBeat: What are your priorities?
Aoyagi: We're working on some different games. We have the existing games from Funzio (which Gree acquired for $210 million last year) — we're upgrading the engine – and we're also working on new stuff. War of Nations was the game we showed at the Game Developers Conference. It's our hardcore strategy game. I think that the hardcore gaming users in the tablet market are going to be the hot topic coming up. Everybody's working on mid-core stuff, as well as the next Clash of Clans (Supercell's hit game, which is generating $2.4 million a day in revenue), but what we're doing is different from the others.
GamesBeat: By "hardcore" games, do you mean games that play for a much longer time than mid-core?
Aoyagi: We still want to capture both the mid-core and hardcore. We see a lot of potential in the iPad and the Mini. Hardcore users are going to play more games on tablet. That's our bet. Still, for the mid-core, we have games from Funzio that are doing pretty well. We can do more with those engines.
GamesBeat: So more hardcore than what Funzio does? More hardcore than mid-core?
Aoyagi: Still mid-core to hardcore. We're also working on some casual games, casino games. Our strength, from acquiring Funzio, was more mid-core, but now we're trying to expand on both the hardcore side and the casual side.
GamesBeat: How many of your games are created here in San Francisco?
Aoyagi: Our titles for the western market are mostly developed here at this studio. We're working on some titles at our Vancouver studio that we set up last year, but most of them are in development here. Our portfolio studios are mostly focused on their local markets. The Korean market's gotten pretty big now. It makes sense to focus on those local markets.
Part of that will be working with partners who fall under our partners fund, like IUGO, the developer of Knights & Dragons. That game's climbing up the charts. It's around 40 or 50 right now. That was a publishing deal with IUGO. We did an investment and worked together with them on the title, introducing them to monetization techniques while they developed the game.
GamesBeat: We had our mobile summit last weekend. A lot of people were talking about the Asian mobile messaging services, like Line and Kakao. WeChat may at some point add games. A lot of people have some hope that those will take off in the U.S.
Aoyagi: Yeah. That's an interesting topic right now. In the past, social networks became a huge market for game developers. Based on what happened in Asia, that might be the next market. But still, in the western market, we don't see those services taking hold yet. I know Kakao is trying to expand, and so is Line.
The most successful case, in terms of combining a messaging app with games, is Kakao. Line is still focusing on expanding its user base. Kakao did a great job creating a market. Most of the Google Play titles are actually on Kakao's network. That's pretty impressive.
GamesBeat: Yeah. The top-grossing worldwide titles are all there.
Aoyagi: Right. Puzzle & Dragons from Gung Ho, games on Kakao's network, and WeChat, those are the three big things in Asia over the last three or six months.
GamesBeat: Those platforms seem a little heavy on the taxation, though. Half of the revenues go to the platform owner.
Aoyagi: Yeah. 30 percent to the store, and then half of the 70 percent, so the developer only gets so much. But the distribution power of Kakao is pretty strong. It still makes sense for those app developers. It might limit the potential market. In the past, NTT Docomo did a great job. They only charged 10 or 15 percent, and because of that, the market expanded to an incredible size in Japan. If Google or Apple or Kakao were to do something like that – jointly, even – it would be a great thing for the ecosystem.
GamesBeat: If Puzzle & Dragons succeeded all by itself, without the help of those networks, it might change something.
Aoyagi: At the same time, we've seen the power of the platforms and the networks in those games. We have some games – mid-core games and casino games – where we're building in a lot of cross-promotion. That's been really powerful, even with a smaller number of games. If we can form those alliances, like Kakao is doing, or like ChartBoost is trying to do, that's powerful. It can generate a lot of traffic for free.
GamesBeat: It might be nice to have the game-focused mobile messaging networks take off in the U.S., but it will take a while.
Aoyagi: Right. Or it might never happen. This market is more competitive than the others. Europeans and Americans never got into the Asian market. Only those local Asian companies had a chance to grab market share. They're good at that combination of social networking and games in general from back 10 years and more, like Gree, DeNA, and Tencent.
GamesBeat: I didn't hear any games stuff in the Facebook Home announcement. Did you pay much attention to that?
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The earliest Body Mass Index formula was invented by a Belgian man named Adolphe Quetelet. He was an astronomer, an author, a statistician, a sociologist and a mathematician. He was a polymath – highly educated in both the arts and sciences and lived from 1796 to 1874. Sometime between 1830 and 1850, he developed what he called the "Quetelet index", which is now known as the Body Mass Index.
It is reported that he was intending to find the definition of a statistically normal man. He not only looked at things such as physical normality, but he also looked at factors such as age of marriage and other behaviours.
When it came to the physical body, he was looking at proportionality. So – the taller someone becomes, the bigger their arm width should be, the bigger the circumference of their head should be and the more they should weigh. However, as part of his project, he realized that weight didn't correlate proportionally to height, but instead to the square of height.
The simple fact is Quetelet wasn't looking at anything in relation to obesity or even body leanness, yet his formula is his most widely known creation.
In the early 20th century, after modern advances allowed us to better understand the negative effects of obesity on health and mortality, the insurance companies and the medical community struggled to come up with a way to measure a person's level of body fat. Inventions such as using a caliper to measure body fat by measuring thickness of the skin provided the medical community a way to get an individual's body fat percentage.
However, actuaries, sociologists and medical researchers found that it was difficult to gather data on body fat for an entire population of people. Since gender, height and weight were very easy to get, they struggled with formulas to determine obesity percentage among a larger group of people using the data available.
The formula used to calculate BMI is actually quite simple to follow. In words, it reads as such: weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in metres) squared. Or for those mathematically inclined readers, the formula would be: W/H2
Let's look at an example: Joey is 173 centimetres tall. He weighs 81.6 kilograms. The numerator is the weight in kilograms, which is 81.6. Since the denominator requires the height to be expressed in metres, simply divide the centimetres by 100 to get the right number. In Joey's case, take 173/100, which equals 1.73 metres tall.
To finish getting the proper denominator, we need to take the height and square it. 1.73 multiplied by 1.73 equals 2.9929, which is the final denominator. The formula has now become 81.6/2.9929. After calculating and doing a small amount of rounding, the final result becomes 27.3.
This means that Joey's BMI number is 27.3, which indicates that Joey is categorized as being overweight. Should Joey lose 6.6 kilograms, he would then be placed into the healthy range of the BMI scale. However, if Joey were to add on 8.1 kilograms, he would be placed into the obese category.
In 1972, the Body Mass Index formula was used primarily by researchers and statisticians. However, the medical community quickly adopted the new measurement for their patients. The fact is that the body mass index formula is quick, practical and cheap. And because it's been proven to be an accurate indicator of body fat percentage for the majority of the population, it's also effective.
Since that time, BMI has continued to be used among researchers to gather data on obesity and track health trends among different ethnic groups, genders, age groups and countries. Insurance actuaries regularly rely on BMI to determine how healthy someone is, which affects rates that consumers pay for private health insurance or life insurance.
Also since that time health organizations of major countries began adopting the BMI formula as a standard for use by individuals. It has been implemented at the general practitioner's office, in schools, in clinics and even been published for individuals to do their own measurements. The calculator and its corresponding categories can be used to determine those who are overweight, but also can be used to help identify someone who may be suffering from an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa.
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Recreational vehicle maker Winnebago Industries (WGO), which makes, you know, Winnebagos, is trucking today after reporting strong revenue and increased demand in its fourth quarter.
For the period ended Aug. 31, Winnebago reported profit of $10.6 million, or 38 cents a share, down from $40.9 million, or $1.41 a share, a year earlier, while sales rose to $214.2 million in the quarter. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters recently predicted earnings of 28 cents a share and sales of $206 million.
Looking at the solid quarter and optimistic forecasts, Citigroup analyst Gregory Badishkanian raised estimates after noting several positive factors at the company including the current backlogs, which more than doubled, and dealer inventories, which were up 38%. He writes:
The company highlighted two issues that appear to be diminishing: 1) towables division was dilutive for the year, but headed in the right direction with a breakeven quarter 2) shortage in Class A Gas chassis, though the issue should be resolved by mid-winter...
Given strong margin and retail demand trends, we're raising our 2014 and 2015 estimates by 26 cents each. We introduce our 2016 estimate of $ 1.60.
Shares of Winnebago have gained 4.4% to $28.47 today at 3pm. Thor Industries (THO), which also makes recreational vehicles, has ticked up 0.1% to $57.56, Drew Industries (DW) has risen 0.3% to $48.74, Arctic Cat (ACAT) has advanced 1% to $59.87 and Polaris Industries (PII) has fallen 0.3% to $132.08.


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This is my second Accord, also the first car I have ever bought without researching. My thoughts were "it's an Accord. I'm safe". Currently have 80k miles on it. The car has been great, plenty of fun to drive and ample room although the trunk is a little small. What you've read about transmission issues are true. Mine is going in the shop this week for a rebuild around 3k in price. Honda has seem to correct the issue in later models and has been known to split the tranny rebuild with you since losing a class action suit, but it's a little shameful to have to do on a car so young. I'm going to keep it 300k+ miles. Not my last Accord, but research each car individually before buying.
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Bought this used in 2007 with 60, 000 from a Honda dealership. I always noticed that this car didn't have the smoothest downshifting, but other than that, it was great. I'm now at 125, 000 and it shifts hard quite a bit. Within the past months on 2 occasions it has refused to accelerate with my foot on the gas, and the check engine and TCS lights immediately come on. After reading many other reviews and complaints about this car, I'm sure I know what's about to happen...
I bought this car new Dec 02. I only have 73k miles on it. Reading all the other reviews I am wondering if I need to get rid of it. In the last 14 months I have to replace 3 different sensors to the tune of $1,200. The engine sounds louder than ever.. this is my 5th Honda and have always loved them. My fear if I keep it is the transmission will go based on other reviews. The exterior looks fair at best and this car has been garage kept.
I am now at 196,000 miles on my Accord EX-V6 6MT which I bought CPO with 69k miles. I cannot imagine a better all-around car. I have NEVER been stranded with this car and last month went on a 2-week 5000 mile trip with it with zero problems. This car still has serious power and I routinely hit redline. It is the perfect mix of power, comfort, reliability and looks - my S2000 kills it in driving dymamics, but on most days I honestly prefer driving my Accord V6. The only issues I have had are ball joints/struts (Michigan roads!), a driver's side window regulator, and a main seal fixed under warranty. That's IT. I spend about $200/yr maintaining this car - far less than most brand new cars.
Background: original owner, 148k miles, new transaxle @ 45k, new output shaft oil seal @ 145k, new struts @ 145k, and every warning light that could have come on has come on. I need to mention that it has been in four wrecks all due to being hit from behind while stopped. With this said, I do all repair work myself on this car and all of my other cars. This Honda is a little touchy because of the number of sensors. This is good or bad; good if you fix the issue because the car knows if there is an issue or bad if you want to ignore the problem and dont want to know about it. Parts are readily available, cheep & the car is easy to fix. No matter the car (I have had just about every


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1. Jimmy and Molly, neither of whom wore a pirate costume or a witch costume, are brother and sister.
2. The Smith boy lives across the street from Jimmy and Molly; he didn't wear a witch costume.
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On a positive and uplifting note, the word from Bitter at Shall Not Be Questioned is: SMACK the Mayor Up!
Philadelphia to be Sued
The lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia for publishing gun owner details in violation of state law is moving forward:
Attorney Joshua Prince filed a motion this week in Common Pleas Court, requesting that the suit be sealed to avoid revealing the names of his five clients – and potentially hundreds of others if the case is granted class-action status.In August, the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections introduced a revamped website, featuring a map that allowed users to view the names and addresses of some gun owners in the city, and the specific reasons why they wanted a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
When the information was initially posted, Mayor Michael Nutter actually defended the posted information by saying that once gun owners appealed their license denials, they lost any right to privacy provided by state law and that the information could be obtained like any other public record. However, now Nutter's office isn't willing to make such an argument.
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With the Thursday Night schedule mercifully over, I am able wait an extra day to unveil my Week 16 Against the Spread picks.
This week's theme is holiday gift wishes for each NFL team.
Miami Dolphins (8-6) -3 v. Buffalo Bills (5-9)
The Dolphins wish is obvious, win their final two games and get a Ravens loss. Bills fans would just like to see their team make the playoffs one of these years, their playoff drought is at 14 years and counting. You might want to go with the under on this game, it will be unseasonably warm, but very windy. ATS PICK: Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings (4-9-1) +7.5 at Cincinnati Bengals (9-5)
There should be an added bonus feature on Madden: A helmet-to-helmet hit on an opposing receiver is worth 10 points, low peel-back block on a defender would be worth a huge 40 points, taking out the opposing quarterback on a read-option earns a massive 70 points, and finally laying out a defenseless punter during a return will get, count them, 100 full points.
The wish of Vikings management is to hit the store first thing on Dec. 26 and return Josh Freeman. Sorry, already discounted items cannot be returned. The Bengals made things much tougher on themselves by laying an egg in Pittsburgh. They need a win this week plus a Ravens loss to clinch the division. Otherwise it comes down to Week 17 against Baltimore. ATS PICK: Vikings
Indianapolis Colts (9-5) +6.5 at Kansas City Chiefs (11-3)
Kansas City is in the weather bullseye this weekend, four to eight inches of snow is expected Saturday night into Sunday morning before giving way to bitter cold. The Colts appear to be finally gaining some momentum, perhaps they can replicate the Baltimore Ravens' run from a year ago as the probable four seed.
The Chiefs got most of their holiday wishes already by clinching a playoff spot after last year's 2-14 season. Jamaal Charles fantasy owners are probably covered as well. Now it's time to get greedy, win out and somehow see the Broncos lose one more game. ATS PICK: Chiefs (LOCK)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-10) +5.5 at St. Louis Rams (6-8)
The gift wishes of both teams are similar, to continue the momentum from recent weeks. The Rams might also like a move to a different division. All four teams from the
Group of Death NFC West won last week. But the Rams are sitting pretty with the high draft pick they will get from trading away the rights to RG-third string two years ago. ATS PICK: Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns (4-10) +2.5 at New York Jets (6-8)
Both teams would like to see a stud quarterback under the tree, whether it be Kirk Cousins or a first round draft pick. With a decent signal-caller in Cleveland next year, Josh Gordon will have Calvin Johnson-like potential. ATS PICK: Browns
Dallas Cowboys (7-7) -2.5 at Washington (3-11)
Jerry Jones would like to use his account to buy Dez Bryant a more positive attitude. Washington's best present might be to come to the chilling realization that Kirk Cousins is their best quarterback and to trade off Robert Griffin III instead. Record high temperatures of around 70 degrees are expected in the D.C. area. ATS PICK: Cowboys
New Orleans Saints (10-4) +3 at Carolina Panthers (10-4)
NBC is not allowed to flex this game for the second time in three weeks, but sadly not much of the nation is going to see perhaps the most attractive matchup of the weekend. Both teams obviously want a division title and first round bye under the tree. Fantasy players who owned Garrett Hartley would like to see coal under his stocking to go along with his pink slip. Considering how convincingly they won just two weeks ago, it is surprising to see the Saints as underdogs. ATS PICK: Saints (LOCK)
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-10) +5 at Tennessee Titans (5-9)
Two more teams who would like to put a quarterback on layaway for 2014. ATS PICK: Jaguars
Denver Broncos (11-3) -10.5 at Houston Texans (2-12)
Peyton Manning was announced as Sportsman of the Year last Sunday night, outdistancing United States soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann. That is all well and fine. But the only thing Manning wants under his tree is a Super Bowl trophy. The Texans would like to make wholesale changes and then replicate the Kansas City Chiefs' worst to first run. In the AFC South wasteland, that is very possible. ATS PICK: Broncos
New York Giants (5-9) +9 at Detroit Lions (7-7)
The Lions' wish is to win their first division title in over 20 years. That hill became much steeper after losses the last two weeks. The Giants would like the Eli Manning of a few years back under the tree for 2014. ATS PICK: Lions
Arizona Cardinals (9-5) +10.5 at Seattle Seahawks (12-2)
Location, location, location. The Cardinals have had a great year, but will have to beat the Seahawks and 49ers in consecutive weeks to crash the playoff party. The Seahawks will settle for winning this week and having the top playoff seed sewn up. ATS PICK: Cardinals
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-8) at Green Bay Packers (7-6-1) (OFF)
The Steelers wish is to not lose a late round draft pick thanks to the Mike Tomlin Thanksgiving near-trip debacle. The Packers wish is just to win this week to make Week 17 at Chicago relevant. After three weeks of "will he play or won't he" speculation, one has to wonder if Aaron Rodgers is simply being used as the NFL's highest paid decoy at this point. Weather will be a factor in Green Bay, heavy snow is expected leading up to the game but should taper off by kickoff.
Oakland Raiders (4-10) +10 at San Diego Chargers (7-7)
It sounds like that the Raiders are asking Santa for the same thing as most other years: a new coach. The Chargers have had a better year than expected, they need two wins and a lot of help elsewhere to squeeze into the postseason. ATS PICK: Raiders
New England Patriots (10-4) +2.5 at Baltimore Ravens (8-6)
Well, Justin Tucker gave fantasy owners an early present on Monday night. From way downtown, bang. Now the Ravens need just two more wins to clinch the AFC North. The Patriots would like to win this to get back on track for a first-round bye in the AFC. ATS PICK: Patriots.
Chicago Bears (8-6) +3 at Philadelphia Eagles (8-6)
By the time this kicks off Sunday night, this game may mean much more to Chicago than the Eagles. Should Dallas win earlier in the day, the Eagles will have to defeat the Cowboys in Week 17 regardless. The Bears could win the NFC North this week, but will need a win plus Green Bay and Detroit losses.
ATS PICK: Bears (LOCK)
Atlanta Falcons (4-10) +13 at San Francisco 49ers (10-4)
The 49ers already have one present, a new stadium next year. Three road playoff wins would be another ambitious item to ask for. The Falcons holiday shopping list is quite lengthy, perhaps starting with some younger running backs. ATS PICK: Falcons


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U.S. agribusiness company Cargill Inc on Wednesday reported a 41 percent drop in quarterly profits as the lingering effects of the 2012 severe drought in the United States reduced grain-handling opportunities.
The company struggled with razor-thin inventories in the world's top farm exporter, which kept grain pricey and lowered processing volume and export demand during the summer months.
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Minneapolis-based Cargill, one of the world's largest privately held corporations and a top commodities trader, reported $571 million in net earnings for the first quarter ended Aug. 31, down from last year's record quarter of $975 million.
First-quarter revenues of $33.8 billion matched the year-ago period.
"Our agricultural supply chain and food ingredient businesses were focused on helping customers and the company to successfully manage their raw material purchases and inventories during the market uncertainty that precedes the transition to new crops in the northern hemisphere," Cargill's CEO Greg Page, said in a statement.
A big U.S. corn and soybean harvest now under way is expected to replenish supplies, thus boosting export prospects and processing volumes for Cargill as well as rivals such as Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge. ADM and Bunge also reported disappointing earnings for the quarter ended June 30 tied to short corn and soybean supplies. Both will report quarterly earnings in the coming weeks.
U.S. exports for corn, wheat and soybeans for the quarter ended Aug. 31 were down nearly 30 percent from a year ago, dragged lower by corn and soy shipments, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"We were dealing with dwindling corn and soybean stocks and strong immediate demand for cash grain, and in North America, gyrations in the weather which really made the harvest expectations difficult to ascertain. All of that caused the markets to invert," said Cargill spokeswoman Lisa Clemens.
"When you're looking at inverted markets, where your nearby prices are much higher than more distant contracts, you have to do an excellent job managing your purchases and your inventories," Clemens added.
Standard & Poor's ratings analyst Chris Johnson said Cargill's lower earnings were expected, given the strength of earnings a year ago.
"We're looking at continued stabilization in their beef and animal protein business. That continued to be the trend line," said Johnson, noting that S&P upgraded Cargill's debt rating to stable last month from a negative outlook after its beef segment showed signs of improvement last quarter.
First quarterly results fell in three of four business segments. Cargill's animal protein unit - which had been under stress in the past year amid a 60-year low in the U.S. cattle supply and high feed costs - posted a rise due to improved margins, the company said.
"We're looking to see cash flow generation to still be good over this year, so we're not too concerned about inventories and working capital resulting in higher debt balances," Johnson added.
While earnings fell in the company's grain origination and processing unit, it was the largest contributor to first-quarter results.
"The segment's South American-based supply chains performed well, utilizing the region's big crops to serve strong export demand. Conversely, in North American farm services, the remaining impact of last year's severe drought in the U.S. Midwest reduced grain handling opportunities in the first quarter," Cargill said.
The company's food and ingredient earnings were disappointing and its energy business, which includes trading in petroleum, coal, power and gas, declined. Despite the poor performance, Cargill plans to expand their energy business to include more physical trade.
"Cargill looks long-term and understands the markets are cyclical, and in this instance we had the combined effects of mild weather, soft demand, low market volatility, so we did not have good performance. But our decisions are made on many factors beyond immediate or most recent performance," said Clemens.
Asked about the rumored Cargill purchase of ADM's cocoa business, which has been valued as much as $2 billion, Clemens would not comment.
Cargill's size and scope continued to expand in the 67 countries it operates and employs 143,000 people. The company said its acquisition of Joe White Maltings in Australia was expected to be completed by year end. Cargill also purchased full ownership of the Prairie Malt joint venture in Saskatchewan and acquired a shrimp feed manufacturer in Thailand.


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Phở gà is judged on two main criteria: the flavor of the chicken broth and the quality of the chicken. To ensure that the broth turned out well, I used a generous helping of ginger and 6 chicken carcasses, which are very inexpensive at the Asian market. I served the soup with special Vietnamese chickens, called gà đi bộ (it literally translates to "walking chickens"). They're free-range chickens and the texture of the meat is firmer than regular chicken. The cost is higher (count $13 per chicken) but so worth it when making this dish.
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City seal last-eight berth
Sergio Aguero struck twice as Manchester City kept their season alive by breezing into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 4-0 win over Leeds.
The Championship side were no match for the Barclays Premier League champions, who responded to last week's title setback with a dominant display at the Etihad Stadium.
Yaya Toure began the procession early on before Aguero added a penalty and a fine finish either side of a close-range Carlos Tevez effort.
Angered by last week's dismal loss at Southampton, Roberto Mancini kept his word and made six changes, with Joe Hart rested allowing deputy Costel Pantilimon an opportunity. The only Leeds player to make his mark early on was former City midfielder Michael Brown, who was constantly at the heels of his opponents and looking to irritate.
Such was City's clear superiority it came as no surprise when they opened the scoring with just under five minutes gone. David Silva was involved in a neat move before Yaya Toure exchanged passes with Tevez on the edge of the box and then expertly took the ball round Jamie Ashdown.
City went back on the attack and cut Leeds open with ease as Pablo Zabaleta released fellow Argentinian Aguero and another compatriot in Tevez fired narrowly wide. It seemed the Leeds defence could not cope with Aguero and Tom Lees gave him the opportunity to double the lead when he pulled him back in the area.
Aguero finished emphatically from the spot and City began to stroke the ball around with even greater confidence. Leeds showed little bite and, when they did, it came some while later after Brown clipped Tevez.
Aleksandar Kolarov's free-kick was deflected into the side-netting and Javi Garcia got forward to glance a header across goal from a corner. Leeds belatedly tested Pantilimon when Ross McCormack forced the Romanian to palm away a free-kick in the last minute of the first half.
Leeds were left reeling once again as Aguero combined with Silva and raced into the box before clipping a ball across goal for Tevez to volley in from close range. Jack Rodwell came off the City bench and almost made an immediate impact as he headed onto the crossbar after Ashdown had parried a Yaya Toure shot.
The fourth City goal came after 74 minutes as Silva split the Leeds defence with a superb pass and Aguero turned and waited for the optimum moment to curl past Ashdown. Another City substitute, Edin Dzeko, brought a good low save out of Ashdown as City cantered to victory.


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Linux Top 3: OpenSUSE 12.2, KDE 4.9.1 and Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1
The saying, 'good things come to those who wait' is a good one for this weeks Linux Planet news roundup.
1) OpenSUSE 12.2
Delays are not an uncommon thing in the open source world. Taking the time to make sure things are done are done is also not all that uncommon. Put those two truths together and you've got half the story behind last week's openSUSE 12.2 release.
The release was delayed for two months, as the openSUSE community worked through some process issues to make the distribution more stable than ever before. The delay also enabled openSUSE developers to find and patch over 200 additional bugs.
That said, openSUSE 12.2 went out the door with some packages that are a little older than they should be. For example, Firefox 14 and KDE 4.8, instead of Firefox 15 and KDE 4.9.
OpenSUSE does include the Linux 3.4 kernel, GRUB2 by default and Plymouth on the desktop boot.
"We are proud of this release, maintaining the usual high openSUSE quality standards," said Andrew Wafaa from the openSUSE Board. "The delay in the schedule caused by our growth in the last two years means we have to work on scaling our processes."
While delays are normal in the open source world, KDE has been religious about the regular cadence of its release updates.
This past week, KDE 4.9.1 debuted, providing the first stability fix update since the major KDE 4.9 releaseat the end of July.
So what's new? According to the KDE 4.9.1 release notes," significant bugfixes include improvements to the Kontact Suite, bugfixes in Dolphin and many more corrections and performance improvements all over the place. "
3) Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1
Another open source effort that seems to hardly ever miss a release date is Ubuntu. This past week the first public beta for Ubuntu 12.10, the Quantal Quetzal was released.
Among the big changes for this beta is the fact that Canonical is no longer issuing a LiveCD image for desktop users. For the desktop Canonical is only building USB and DVD images, which the server will continue to have the CD.
For server users, Canonical is including test packages from the OpenStack Folsom release. Also on the cloud front, Canonical is including the Floodlight Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller. Floodlight is an open source project led by commercial SDN vendor BigSwitch.
As well for Java middleware users, the release pushes Tomcat to version 7 as the default supported version.
The next step in the Ubuntu 12.10 development process is a Beta 2 release set for September 27th. The final release of Ubuntu 12.10 is currently scheduled for October 18th.
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of the IT Business Edge Network, the network for technology professionals Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.


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The American wealthy are the most generous in the world, with U.S. donors giving $316 billion last year.
But some studies—and most charities—suggest they could give more. One analysis from The Chronicle of Philanthropy showed that people making $200,000 or more give 2.8 percent of their income. A recent study of estate tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service shows that American millionaires give an average of 7.5 percent of their estate.


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THEdarcyhirsch would really like the Republican National Convention to embrace the revitalized cocktail culture in America and bring in a mixologist with a particular eye for the macabre:
Other female-friendly RNC cocktails I wish they served:
Menstrual Bloody Mary
Martini Tiny Fetus
Long Island Iced Tea Party
Dark 'n Stromy
Mitt Julep
Freedom 75
and the kicker ... Old Fashioned
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WestConn theatre arts department takes its show on the road
Visit the WCSU theatre arts department blog from Scotland
DANBURY, CONN. — Every other summer for the past decade, WestConn's theatre arts department has spent the better part of August at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. It's a fabulous, hands-on opportunity for students interested in the technical and performance sides of theatre arts to perfect their craft on a world stage. This year, they will perform WestConn's production of "Romeo & Juliet: A Rock & Roll Love Story."
Follow the excitement through the blog below, as the cast and crew prepare to take their show on the road.
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Fringe Festival Web site:
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WCSU on YouTube:
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Crazy about your favorite pop star? So much so that you would part with a big chunk of cash to own a bit of a stage get-up or a personal item?
A lock of Mick Jagger's hair was picked up at London's renowned Bonhams auctioneers Wednesday. A snip at under $6,000? Someone certainly thought so.
The clump of hair was sold by the Rolling Stone singer's former girlfriend, Chrissie Shrimpton, who told Bonhams the lock was saved by her grandmother, without her knowing, when Mick and Chrissie were staying at her parents' farm in the 1960s.
An anonymous buyer picked up the unusual item for twice its estimated price, and all proceeds were to be donated to the Changing Faces charity.
But if that sale seems out of the ordinary, you'll be shocked to find out what else has sold for thousands—or hundreds of thousands—of dollars. CNBC has uncovered some items that brought mind-boggling figures at auction.
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BEVERLY, Mass. -- Behind the first collegiate double-double by sophomore outside hitter Liz Hood (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Acad.), the Brandeis University volleyball team completed a road sweep of the Endicott College Gulls. The Judges improve to 7-2 with the win, while EC falls to 1-6. Set scores were 25-9, 25-19, 25-18.
Hood finished with 15 kills and just four errors in 34 attempts for a fine .344 hitting percentage. She also matched her career-best with 12 digs, one short of classmate Elsie Bernaiche's (Plantsville, Conn./Southington) 13 for team high. Junior setter Yael Einhorn (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) finished with 28 assists, guiding the team to a .211 hitting percentage with 37 kills and just 14 errors in 109 attempts. The Judges featured a balanced attack, as after Hood's 16 points, four different players had five.
The Judges only trailed twice in the match, early in each of the first two sets. The opening set features two long runs at the service line by sophomore outside hitter Carly Gutner-Davis (Del Mar, Calf. / Canyon Crest Acad.), who finished the match with five service aces. In the second set, Brandeis hit for a match-high .250 percentage (15 K, 4 E, 44 TA). The third set featured a 7-0 run that started with a Hood kill and continued with her serving the next seven points in a row.
The Gulls were led defensively by senior libero Ashley Norley who finished with 20 digs. Offensively, the Gulls kill leader was Fayln Torelli, as she ended the night with six kills. Endicott also received a solid performance from freshman Mackenzie Guerre who finished with five kills on 13 swings.
Brandeis is back in action on Saturday with a tri-match featuring Emmanuel College and Colby-Sawyer College that kicks off at 12 noon. EC opens Commonewealth Coast Conference play at Roger Williams Saturday 1 p.m.


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Mehndi Bridal Dress By Maria B In Pakistan Sharara by Nomi Ansari Images Photos Wallpapers Biogrphy Source(Google.com)
The top fashion designer of Pakistan 2013-2014 are Gul Ahmad, Junaid Jamshed, Sana Safinaz, Satya Paul, Maria B., Asim Jofa, Deepak Perwani, Nomi Ansari, Sania Maskatiya, Umar Sayeed, Zahra Ahmed, Tabassum Mughal, Ammar Belal, Bunto Kazmi, Zainab Sajid, Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, Nilofer Shahid, Nida Azwer. Many new arrivals are struggling hard to make their position prominent in these best fashion designers of Pakistan
The reason of their fame is that they all are the top selling brands in Pakistan and in other countries also. Most of these designers provide only women fashion wear dresses. However many provides fashion dresses for men too. The quality of fabric they use in their dress designing is best and most demanding worldwide. When it comes to quality women do not compromise. To keep their desires in mind these brands are consistently providing fashion wear for all of them worldwide.
Fashion designers like Junaid Jamshed and Ammar Bilal provide best suiting for men, which is not only stylish but decent too. To make it more innovative they have experimented new style, which gained success over a short span of time.
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- Feb 23:
- Neighbors' concerns addressed by Baseline Zero developer, but concerns linger
The developers of the proposed Baseline Zero hotel and office complex say they want to create a model of sustainability that will inspire other commercial developers to new levels of investment in energy efficiency, on-site energy production and support for alternative modes of transportation.
"We wondered, with new construction, how much further could you go?" said Bruce Dierking, who is developing the project with James Loftus through a group organized as West Baseline Investments LLC. "We're not NREL (the National Renewable Energy Laboratory), but we could push it as far as a private sector building could go. And could we be a catalyst for others?"
But many residents of the nearby Martin Acres neighborhood believe the project, which pushes against Boulder's height limit and seeks deep reductions in the normal parking requirements, is inconsistent with neighborhood values and the intent of the zoning code.
And as a likely employment center that could draw commuters in cars, they said it creates as many sustainability issues as it addresses.
Lois LaCroix, who lives "149 steps" and four houses from the proposed development, calls it "a wolf in LEED clothing."
The project is currently at the concept plan stage and could yet change significantly before the developers present it for site review. The plans presented to the Planning Board in January call for a four-story, 180,000 square-foot office building on the western portion of the three-acre site at 27th Way and Moorehead Avenue and a four-story, 70,000 square-foot extended stay hotel on the eastern portion. Both buildings would have two levels of underground parking.
The building will exceed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum standards and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, according to the plans. Some of the techniques under consideration to achieve that goal include extensive rooftop solar, on-site fuel cells that could provide power and hot water for the hotel, passive ventilation and cross-laminated timber made from waste wood rather than steel beams.
A creek runs through it
The Skunk Creek runs through the middle of the property. The developer says the creek, which currently enters and leaves the property in a pipe, will be restored as a natural wetland. Some neighbors worry about the possible displacement of flood waters, especially from the underground parking.
The site, which houses Baseline Liquor Store, a Grease Monkey quick oil change business and Boulder Gas, is zoned BC-2, a zoning designation that calls for community-oriented retail.
However, office space and hotels are allowed uses in the BC-2 zone, and the project is what is known as a "by-right" development.
However, the current site design would require several modifications of Boulder code, including:
A height modification to allow for four stories instead of three, with the office building to be 55 feet high and the hotel to be 50 feet. The current zoning does not allow buildings to be more than 35 feet high. The Boulder charter caps building heights in the city at 55 feet.
A 48 percent parking reduction to allow 375 spaces instead of 720.
Five access points to the site instead of the one allowed in the code.
Smaller front yard setbacks to allow solar panels to extend closer to the property line.
The height modification would require the approval of Planning Board, and the City Council would have the option of calling up the project for review.
PLAN-Boulder County, a group that advocates limited growth policies, usually doesn't weigh in on specific projects, but the group has taken a position in opposition to the plan as proposed.
"PLAN-Boulder feels that removing height restrictions has become too much of a routine thing," PLAN-Boulder member Raymond Bridge said. "It should be a big deal."
Dierking said he believes the site is appropriate for a taller building because it is right next to U.S. 36, won't block views from the Martin Acres neighborhood and is close to taller University of Colorado buildings, though those buildings were not bound by the city charter.
Concerns include issues of scale, overflow parking
For LaCroix, the project seems to be all impact with no benefit for the neighborhood.
She said the four-story buildings will dwarf the modest split-level and ranch homes of Martin Acres while the limited parking combined with the large number of people who would work at the building mean the neighborhood likely will be flooded with the overflow parking.
"The impacts on the neighborhoods are going to be terrible, and we don't get any benefits," she said. "We don't get anything local."
LaCroix said she would much rather the site be developed as shops and restaurants for the neighborhood. As it is, the neighborhood will be losing useful businesses like Baseline Liquor Store and Grease Monkey, she said.
"Right now, it looks terrible, but it used to be a thriving retail area," she said. "I would love to see some neighborhood retail because that is what the BC-2 zone is for."
Kimman Harmon, a freelance cinematographer who lives a few blocks away on 28th Street, said the project is simply too large.
"It doesn't hold true to the zoning," she said. "It doesn't give the neighborhood-serving retail that we need. It's just adding to the crowded feeling in Boulder now. I don't think it's going to be a win for us, us meaning Boulder. It's just going to be a big mess that we can't undo."
Potential boost to area's 'daytime population'
Dierking and his associates bought the site in 2008 along with land on the east side of U.S. 36 that is now the Baseline Crossing shopping center, which houses a south Boulder location of Amante coffee shop and the new Xfinity service center.
Dierking said he's taking another look at what retail or restaurant uses could be incorporated into the plan in response to the neighborhood concerns, but he doesn't see a huge unmet need for retail in the area.
He still has 2,900 square feet of space that aren't leased at Baseline Crossing and Basemar is just to the west.
Residents of Martin Acres say they would like to walk to a coffee shop but Dierking noted there are two in Basemar and one in Baseline Crossing.
However, the office building and hotel would increase the "daytime population" of the area and could create more demand.
"We're not opposed to retail, but we want it to be successful," he said. "Something that sits dark and empty doesn't help anyone. We don't want to do things that make existing businesses less successful."
Dierking said the decision to develop the site as office and hotel came from market conditions.
Boulder has identified a lack of "class A" office space as a significant economic limitation that is causing large employers to leave the city. The University of Colorado and in particular the law school nearby at Baseline and Broadway would generate clients for the hotel.
Dierking said part of the site review process will include an aggressive traffic demand management plan that will support the relatively small amount of parking.
The debate over whether building more office space will bring more commuters gets to a key political issue in Boulder. City leaders have pledged to try to reduce in-commuting — at least by car — both to reduce the city's carbon footprint and to alleviate congestion. But others — including Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum — have said the city gets a lot of benefits from being an employment center. The Chamber of Commerce has expressed concerns that the focus on reducing in-commuting could lead the city not to support new businesses in Boulder.
Chandler Van Schaack, a planner with the city of Boulder, said the Planning Board and staff have asked Dierking to look for some ways to incorporate retail into the project.
"We can't tell them they have to do that because it is a by-right use," Van Schaack said. "They are allowed to do the hotel and the office use. But our stance is that it would make the project more consistent with the comprehensive plan and certainly would make the neighborhood a lot happier (to include retail)."
Dierking said one possibility is a restaurant or coffee shop with a patio overlooking the restored (but unfortunately named) Skunk Creek.
Neighbors believe the sheer size of the buildings drive all the other concerns, but Dierking said that size is also what allows him to provide so many sustainability features while still covering his costs.
"If we do something that reduces the profitability by a third, can we do all the sustainability measures?" he asked. "Well, no. But we'll certainly try to work with the neighborhood."
Van Schaack said city officials are pleased that Dierking is proposing so many important sustainability features, but the project will still get significant scrutiny at site review.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Erica Meltzer at 303-473-1355 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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the few last days I've been trying to determine the benefit of using VoIP between to sites over the internet. I thought you might be interested by the little annalysis I conducted and the conclusion.
I know this is more a network discussion than a security discussion but I felt that AO members could be interested in it.
If you get bored reading that tut & think it is useless into AO, tell me I'll remove it
The idea was to compare 2 alternatives solutions:
- end to end IP connection
- VoIP connection via phone network
IPphone(site 1) to ISDN gateway --- circuit switching(phone/ISDN network) ----- ISDN gateway to IPhone(Site 2)
1- Secured communications.
end2end ip:
The only way I know to fully protect VoIP communications against a man in the middle (e.g. using VOMIT) is to encrypted data thanks to IPsec. (I didn't heard of H323/SIP encryption application but I am sure it is coming).
The problem of such architecture is that communications to the outer world analog/isdn phones required a VoIP gateway located before the IPsec box otherwise, the gateway will see encrypted data and won't be able to route the circuit connection.
IPsec boxes are quite costly and therefore it will be cost effective to share the box for IP data and VoIP this induces a security risk because that's mean that VoIP traffic and data are not physically or virtually(802.1q) separated. Attacks on VoIP gateway through circuit network are not evaluated ( it is a knowledge blackhole) and could represent a real threat.
But maybe am I paranoid.
VoIP to circuit between site: :
No needs of IPsec, VoIP traffic may have a dedicated VLAN. The threat is mitigated!
2- Throughput
end2end IP:
Commonly optimized VoIP coms are based on G723 standard: 20 bytes for a sampling rate of 30ms => 5.3kb/s
These samples are encapsulated within the following stacks:
- RTP header => 12 bytes
- UDP header => 8 bytes
- IP header =>20 bytes
- IPsec encapsulation (tunnel mode):
- ESP =>10 bytes
- !!! most connections to ISP are through PPPconnection compressing the IP header
compressed IP header => 0 bytes (addresses are included in ppp header)
- PPP (flag+address+frame control+FCS) =>8 bytes
All of this represent a frame of 78 bytes each 30 ms => 20.8 kb/s for one communication.
The needs required in term of telecom between 21 sites is described as "erlang" unit. e.g. 10 erlang means that anytime the system 10 simultaneous communications. (if there is hundred user in your site they won't all phone in the same time to the remote site!!!)
For a need of 30 Erlang you will require 624 kb/s of throughput.
3- Multiplexing Data & VoIP: gigue
A- The idea here is that VoIP and data shares the same media (the link between the ISP and the private net), even if a VLAN/VRF is dedicated to VoIP. When a frame is sent on the physical layer the next one will have to wait to be transmitted.
Because G723 has a sampling rate of 30 ms a gigue greater that 30 ms will highly perturbed the quality of the communication. To avoid that gigue the MTU for IP data must be well configured:
Link speed MTU gigue
64 Kb/s 240 30 ms
128 Kb/s 480 30 ms
256 Kb/ 960 30 ms
I read somewhere that MTU cannot be less that 512 bytes => therefore VoIP for low bandwidth throughput is not doable if the ISP link is not dedicated to VoIP.
This means that a home user (using mobile IP for instance to connect the enterprise network) may not use VoIP on his PC.
B- QoS: Before the transmission on the physical layer frames needs to be queued in access routers buffers. QoS (also called CAR) prioritize traffic in function of the type of IP traffic it is (VoIP, SMTP, FTP,...). But ISP are still not implementing this techno. Therefore your VoIP "mice" traffic may compete against FTP "elephant" traffic generated by anybidy on the net. This will induce huge delays & gigue.
4- Conclusion
In my opinion VoIP is a good inside enterprise solution for cabling cost saving but I doubt that it match for internet end users or end2end sites. I'd rather use VoIP T2 gateways to reach the outside world or a remote site


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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Cauliflower Pepper Curry
This is adapted from Mallika badrinath's recipe. I have made few changes to it. Main change was to remove the ghee from the list of ingredients :) The original recipes also uses small onions (pearl onions) and i didn't have them and i used regular onions and it still tasted good. This is nice variation to the regular cauliflower curry that we make and i made it mainly to send something different for JFI Cauliflower. This is very spicy, so pls. adjust the pepper and redchillies according to your taste.
Ingredients :
Cauliflower - 1 big
Onions - 1.5
Salt to taste.
To grind :
Pepper - 1/2 spoon
Red chillies - 3
Jeera/Cumin Seeds - 1 spoon
Onion - 1/2
Seasoning :
Mustard seeds, urad daal, hing and curry leaves
Method :
Steam cut cauliflower in microwave for 5, 6 minutes.
In the meanwhile, cut 1/2 onion and saute in little oil along with pepper and red chillies.
Let it cool. Add 1 spoon cumin seeds to the onion, pepper and redchillies and grind them with little water. Do not fry the cumin seeds along with the above said ingredients. It will smell like medicine when you cook!
Heat little oil and pop mustard seeds. Add hing, curry leaves and urad daal and saute till the daal is golden brown. Add the remaining chopped onion and saute till they are translucent. Add the steamed cauliflower, ground paste and salt to taste and cook till the raw smell goes.
It is sort of a dry curry (not too dry), so it tastes better with Rice than with Rotis.
I am sending this to JFI Cauliflower hosted by Mythreyee. JFI was originally started by Indira (Mahanandi)
I am also sending this to Divya's Think Spice Think Pepper
53 comments:
- Deepa Hari said...
Cauliflower pepper curry looks delicious Vibaas...loved your puri masala too.
- March 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- Indhu said...
yummy.. like you said.. this is a diffrent way of preparing cauliflower.. must have tasted spicy :)
- March 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM
- Medhaa said...
I just cant get to eat cauliflower, though hubby dear loces it. looks lovely
- March 1, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- Mahimaa's kitchen said...
this is a new combination...a good variation to the usual cauli curry... looks yummy!
- March 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM
- Varsha Vipins said...
New combo to me..looks spicy..:)
- March 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- jeyashrisuresh said...
nice variation to the usual one .will give a try.
- March 1, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Cham said...
Looks delicous and different curry
- March 1, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- pooja said...
Looking spicy .Goes well with rotis and rice...Nice post vibaas
- March 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- Nithya Praveen said...
Looks delicious Vibaas...the masala makes all the difference:)
- March 1, 2009 at 10:52 PM
- Divz said...
thats an easy sabji...cool..
pls collect ur award too dear!!
- March 1, 2009 at 11:14 PM
- Lavanya said...
your curry looks super yumm..thanks for stopping by!!
- March 2, 2009 at 12:58 AM
- Sanghi said...
Looks different for me Vibaas! Will try out!:)
- March 2, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- Jaishree said...
Curry looks delicious Vibaas..I have something for u in my blog. Pls accept!
- March 2, 2009 at 1:44 AM
- Priya said...
Excellent curry, love the addition of pepper, must be tasted delicious na!!
- March 2, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Happy cook said...
Wow the curry looks so yummy delicious.
- March 2, 2009 at 2:06 AM
- Madhumathi said...
I have made this curry once..But never made any changes..But now i wanna try again after seeing your post.It looks yummy :)
- March 2, 2009 at 4:39 AM
- Madhumathi said...
I have tried this curry once..but didn't made any changes..Now after seeing your post I wanna try it again..Curry looks yummy :)
- March 2, 2009 at 4:42 AM
- Mallugirl said...
nice to see a variation of cauliflower recipes.
- March 2, 2009 at 6:34 AM
- Asha said...
Simple ingredients and dish looks fabulous, will try. There is a Peppercorn events somewhere, send it! ;D
- March 2, 2009 at 7:13 AM
- A_and_N said...
That sounds so SPICY! It looks a bit similar to 'porichcha koottu' which is a fav here :)
- March 2, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- Vicky Xavier. said...
cauliflower pepper curry looks yummy dear.
- March 2, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Maya said...
Yummy looking curry. I like the combi of cailiflower and pepper. I had tried a similar dish from the net long back and now thanx to you for sharing yours.
- March 2, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- Preety said...
i don't like cauliflower but my husband loves it..may be i will try this variation for him..thanks for the recipe
- March 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Uma said...
looks and sounds yummy. Nice idea to add pepper to cauliflower. Btw, you can also send this to Divya's Think Spice-Think Pepper event.
- March 2, 2009 at 7:11 PM
- Ashwini said...
Nice combination of pepper and cauliflower..Simple and delish..
- March 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- Ramya Bala said...
This sounds to be a gr8 recipe with simple instructions Vidya and poori,masala....WOW...indha week neraya bloggers post pani tempt panreenga :(
- March 2, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Malar Gandhi said...
Vidhya, idhu romba different-a irrukku, love it. I always mess up with cauliflower dish...it gets cooked too fast, right. This curry makes me to try this right away...will give my best shot tomorrow...
- March 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
- Vibaas said...
thx for your lovely comments, friends.
Indhu, romba spicy-a irukkum idhu..so watch out :)
Malar, good luck. hope u like it :)ramya, inga dhaana irukka..inga vaa, i will make pooris for u :)
Asha, i think it's think spice think pepper. thx for letting me know. will update the post later.
- March 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Chandani said...
my husband's fav. veg, is cauliflower, so, i make it so often!! can't wait to try out this new recipe:)
- March 3, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Thats an interesting twist to cauliflower vibaas..and am a flower admirer.
- March 3, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Madhu's cooking gallery said...
what a coincidence! I just posted cauli..kurma recipe.. and I see another version of cauliflower recipe..looks delicious! looks super yummy!
thanks for visiting my blog!
- March 3, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- veggie belly said...
the ground pepper, jeera and onions sound great! ive eaten a mushroom curry that was very similar to this and it was incredibly yummy :)
- March 4, 2009 at 1:05 AM
- Chitra said...
mmm,looks delicious..i have this recipe book.but never tried ..will try ur version soon:)
- March 4, 2009 at 2:33 AM
- Akal's Saappadu said...
nice recipe for cauliflower, i don't do it very often; your recipe is pushing me to do it. bookmarking this one!
- March 4, 2009 at 6:12 AM
- AnuSriram said...
That looks delicious! I love cauliflower in any form.
- March 4, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- aquadaze said...
this is a lovely recipe vibaas..must try it sometime
- March 4, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- Suma Rajesh said...
woo my fav curry...good with puri..
- March 4, 2009 at 10:25 PM
- Premyscakes said...
lovely dish, bookmarked it.
- March 4, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- Sanghi said...
Tasty yummy curry..! Collect ur awards from my blog :)
- March 5, 2009 at 12:55 AM
- n33ma said...
This is a good recipe...does Mrs Mallika have a website?
- March 5, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- DEESHA said...
good recipe dear .. Loved the flavours
- March 7, 2009 at 12:59 AM
- Swapna Pravin said...
Looks perfect & delicious. It's really awesome :)
- March 7, 2009 at 5:38 AM
- Vibaas said...
thx girls for all your wonderful comments.this week has been so hectic and i'm expecting next week to be as bad as well..hope to get back to blogging soon :)
- March 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- Keerthana said...
hiii, finally get to see all the posts i missed. loved the poori baaji post. it has been and still is a hot favourite with us.
Cauliflower - pepper combo is new to me. sounds good and yummy.
- March 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Gita's Kitchen said...
THis curry is very different from the usual cauliflower curry I make..thanks for sharing this Vibaas...I love the color of this dish...
- March 7, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Dershana said...
pepper in there is a nice twist!
- March 8, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Malar Gandhi said...
Vidhya, thanks for those lovely words at my blog. Vadagam is nothing but a mixture of all the Tamil nadu tempering spices...preserved in such a way...it lasts for years!!! Has distinct aroma...tells the whole neighbourhood!!!
Hope this link below helps you ra,
- March 8, 2009 at 7:42 AM
- Usha said...
Cauliflower pepper curry looks yum and delicious :-)
- March 8, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Yasmeen said...
skipping ghee is certainly a healthy idea,the curry looks spicy good:)
- March 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- Shama Nagarajan said...
hai dear...here comes my second event ...do check this link http://myhandicraftscollection.blogspot.com/2009/03/paper-crafts-event.html....pass ur suggestions...i dont want to disappoint ur son ashwin.....do send his house for this event.......
- March 10, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Gita's Kitchen said...
Please trail back to my blog. I have something waiting for you :)
- March 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Sahaja said...
hey was searching for cauliflower easy recipe since long...bookmarked this and def gonna try :)
- March 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM
- Divya Vikram said...
Love mallika badrinath's recipes. Thanks for sending it to Think Pepper event!
- March 26, 2009 at 8:49 PM


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JRPG sci-fi stories in general tend to have the habit of featuring no real science fiction at all, and at best you're dumped on some backwater medieval planet for the whole game.
JRPGs no longer cater to my 30's self, they did when I was in my teens and early 20's. I agree with the editorial that RPGfan wrote about JRPGs being the young adult novels of the video game world.
I agree. While the execution tends to be kind of...off, but there is so much creativity in the world design. Skies of Arcadia, Ar Tonelico, any Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei and so on. There's even a jRPG about the console wars! Even Xenoblade, which has been hailed as the best of East and West combined has a fantastically unique world. I've found that on average, even the most bog-standard jRPG has a much more unique world than the average wRPG. Mass Effect is great, but there's no moment like Star Ocean 3's big twist (I thought it was kind of stupid, but I didn't expect it and it was a good idea, just badly executed). Fallout 3 is good, but it doesn't do the atmosphere nearly as well as Nocturne or Digital Devil Saga (which I hold up as some of the best post-apocalyptic games ever). Both Japanese and American developers try to play it safe, but safe for a jRPG is so much more interesting (and colourful most of the time) than a wRPG. That's not putting wRPGs down, that's just my opinion.
Quote from: daschrier on October 02, 2012, 01:09:40 PMJRPGs no longer cater to my 30's self, they did when I was in my teens and early 20's. I agree with the editorial that RPGfan wrote about JRPGs being the young adult novels of the video game world.So uh, your reason is that you are "too old for this shit"? I've always believed that the main reasons why some people didn't got into JRPGs was more for unappealing aesthetics and gameplay.
What's wrong with that? People change and grow out of things all the time.