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Haarlem, The Netherlands – February 25, 2015 – Portland, Oregon-based developer Zero Sum Games announced today that the eagerly anticipated sequel to its massive debut title StarDrive is now feature complete and has reached the final stages of its development. The turn-based 4X space-strategy title StarDrive 2 (PC, Mac and Linux) has gone through extensive Quality Assurance, and the remaining time will be dedicated to bug-fixing, polish, and incorporating various Steam features. Publisher Iceberg Interactive has the game slotted for an April 9, 2015 release on Steam and various other digital platforms, with a boxed retail version to follow soon after. StarDrive 2 will be available at $29.99.
Iceberg Interactive and StarDrive 2 developer Daniel DiCicco (aka Zero) will be hosting hands-on demos at The Marriott Marquis Hotel this upcoming week at GDC with exclusive preview code, video capture, assets and interview time.
"We are really looking forward to bringing a modern twist to the 4X games of old, to strategy gamers in the very near future," said Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder. "The Unity engine really makes this game shine and it offers everything a 4X gamer is looking for."
StarDrive 2 is a turn-based 4X strategy game where the goal is to build an empire to span the stars. In StarDrive 2 you will explore a vibrant galaxy filled with danger and intrigue in a deep turn-based strategy layer. You will design custom spaceships and deploy them into real-time battles with spectacular graphics and effects. You'll hire heroes to lead your forces as you conquer worlds, in turn-based tactical ground combat mode. StarDrive 2 is the 4X game that fans have been waiting years for.
Game Features:
- Explore the galaxy, Expand your empire, Exploit the resources you find, and Exterminate your foes in a turn-based strategy layer, a real-time ship combat layer, and a turn-based tactical ground combat layer.
- Design custom spaceships with hundreds of different ship modules to choose from. Create lumbering assault ships laden with weapons and armour, nimble point defence frigates, long-range cruisers and massive battleships filled with fighter bays.
- Find and hire the many heroes in the game, and use them to explore the vast stories and intrigues hidden throughout the galaxy.
- Encounter aliens, pirates, monsters, and ancient threats, most of whom will want to kill you, to benefit their own empires.
- Play the special "Battle Arena" mode where you can get right to the action by designing ships and playing through story-based campaigns with your fleet. Earn money as you work through the challenges to unlock new ships and weapons.
- Customize your race for a unique experience, engage in deep diplomatic negotiations, research hundreds of different technologies (or maybe steal them with your spies), control strategic resources for the benefit of your empire, enslave enemy citizens, build armies of giant mechs, and so much more.
For more news and information about StarDrive 2, please visit the official website at www.stardrivegame.com or check the Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/stardrivegame.
Zero Sum Games is based in Portland, Oregon, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region of the United States. We are an independent studio with a small and dedicated team possessing a broad and diverse set of skills. Our mission is to deliver hardcore PC games to gamers looking for depth and challenge without sacrificing aesthetics.
Iceberg Interactive is an independent video game publisher founded in 2009 by an international group of games industry veterans and is located in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Iceberg has fully embraced the digital revolution of the past few years and maintains strong worldwide relations with most digital portals, while also keeping its roots in the European retail markets. Staffed with avid gamers, Iceberg works closely with an international assembly of game developers, both midsize and indie. Garnering attention with acclaimed releases over recent years in the genres of strategy, action, simulation and adventure, the company has an exceptional current line-up, including Endless Legend, Starpoint Gemini 2, StarDrive 2, Inside My Radio, Ceres, Vector Thrust and Starship Corporation – with further promising games in the pipeline.


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Elevator Radio Show - Video/Audio Show #397 - Week 04/22/15 A much better show this week with all the technical difficulties taken care of and with the disturbing news from the last two shows it's nice to produce one with some more upbeat topics. Next week we will be giving away our prize pack so get your email address added to the subscribe list so you're eligible to win. Remember no purchase necessary to enter, void where prohibited and all that good stuff. For those who are finishing up at the NAEC Spring Conference in Hawaii, I hope you had a great time and learned a lot.
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29. Challenging assessment tasks
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30. Assignments requiring more than one hour to complete
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The unique individual homes of East Shores highlight the setting of this private community nestled on the eastern shore of Garner Lake in Lakeland, Tennessee. The clear waters of the lake are a treasure to all residents either off shore or lakeside, affording unmatched vistas from all homes. The changing seasons are, beautifully displayed across its waters with, unmatched sunsets, sun rises and a moon you can almost touch.
No cookie cutters here. Residences vary from modern lodges by the lake to Cape Cods and the traditional beauty of the south, all uniquely woven into our community of just over 70 homes. There is no entrance anywhere like what we have. From Canada Road, through a canopied trail of mature growth, opening on the causeway though the art of our automatic gates, the residents of East Shores find seclusion driving across the causeway to home. Entering our alternate entrance off Seed Tick Road that tunnels the driver through a hidden passageway.
Our homes rest upon what was the original site of Lakeland Development's Playland, built in the early 50's, a joy to many for over 30 years. The passing of the Playland provided the grounds for the East Shores community. The first homes built in the late 80's have matured into masterpieces not found in Shelby County or maybe all of Western Tennessee.
We ask visitors to please slow down, and watch for deer on the causeway at night. There are many deer, raccoons, foxes, and waterfowl, and even a bobcat or two can be spotted. The homeowners maintain our roadways for their private use. Watch for children, walkers, runners and the occasional golf cart.
All waters from the streets and lawns enter the lake. So please protect our environment, think first, and do not spoil the beauty of nature so we may enjoy it forever, unpolluted and safe. Our boat ramp is for the use of the homeowners only. Garner Lake is private and public access is not allowed. The Garner Lake Association maintains the rules of the lake.


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Hogan Personality Inventory
The Bright Side of personality we project to others
The power of the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) is it's highly accurate prediction of work place performance and identification of development needs.. The instrument has been developed through years of rigorous scientific research by Bob and Joyce Hogan into the relationship between personality and job performance. It is based on the Five Factor Model, which is generally considered the most robust framework for designing psychometric measurements of personality. Accordingly, the HPI is a powerful and flexible aid for both staff selection, and personal development.
The HPI provides a very reliable measurement of that aspect of our personality which results in the "normal" everyday behaviour we exhibit in the workplace, under typical everyday work pressures. Under such circumstances, our tendency is to consciously or unconsciously adopt behaviour that will naturally be interpreted as positive by our colleagues. In other words, in normal circumstances, we promote a positive reputation or Bright Side of our personality, which will seek the acceptance and recognition of peers – and try and avoid their criticism or rejection.
Extensive validation research of has provided very reliable correlations of occupational competencies with the HPI personality scales. This allows us to tailor selection and development reports to address competencies specific to the job role of an individual.


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In 2004, Gretchen Wilson shot to popularity with her country anthem, "Redneck Woman." But after years of performing and putting out new music, she stepped away from the business in 2014 to focus on her raising her daughter. Now, she's ready to make her comeback with her brand new single, "Rowdy."
Wilson took the country by storm with her 2004 debut record, Here For the Party. Interestingly enough, "Redneck Woman" was the first No. 1 country song by a female artist in two years to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
Her decision to step away from the spotlight to focus on raising her daughter was important to her. "As a single mom," she tells Broadway World, "I knew I could never get the time back with my daughter if I continued the pace I was on."
She's ready to get back in action and has been working with producer Blake Chancey on a new album. You can get a sneak preview of what's to come with her rocking new single below.
Wilson plans to release a new album that will be out some time in 2017. There are even rumors swirling that a 2017 tour is currently being booked.
Wilson expressed that this new album felt just as exciting to create as her first one did. "I can't wait to get back on the road to share it with everyone," the singer shared.
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Wow! Talk about propaganda. And liberals really want to believe that Obama is not trying his hardest to become a dictator? Guess what? I PLEDGE TO NEVER BE A SERVICE TO BARACK HUESSEIN OBAMA! How about that? I pledge to NEVER allow my children to become indoctrinated by this filth. I make certain that my children know that celebrities are just people! They are nothing special to be idolized and fawned over. If there is any idolizing going on in my house, it is for Jesus Christ! These people make me sick. I was already over Demi and Ashton….now I can call it quits with the Red (Lame) Chili Peppers. Hey Anthony Kiedis, why don't you go and tattoo Obama on your ass. Seems fitting to me that the loser should have to stare at the bottom of the toilet on a daily basis. Get over yourselves people, you aren't that special and you have just made colossal asses out of yourselves. Even more than usual. Don't you have a picture to take Ashton? Or how about some younger woman to throw in Demi's face? Demi? Aren't you depressed because your old? Go away losers. We are sick of seeing your stupid face!
Remember that "I Pledge" video produced by Oprah Winfrey's production company after President Obama took office in 2009?
It features a gaggle of celebrities telling viewers all the good they promise to do for humanity. But toward the end, it drifts into a pledge of support for Obama — the kind of rhetoric that befits a political convention spot as opposed to a public service message.
Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis says, "I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama," kissing his biceps in the process.
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After a number of other celebs staring invoking their intentions to "be the change" (sound familiar?), Demi Moore finishes things by saying, "I pledge to be a servant to our president."
(Credit: Harpo Productions via YouTube)
For some reason the Hudson (Wis.) School District unearthed the "I Pledge" video for its middle school's Peace One Day event a few days back, and a number parents in attendance were outraged.
District and school officials made a quick backpedal, apologizing to those offended by the video, reports KMSP-TV.
"The reason the video was used was to show students small ways to make a difference in their communities," the district wrote in its apology. "Unfortunately, the video also had a political slant. The district is non-partisan and does not endorse the political messages found in this video. This video will not be used in the district again."
Middle School Principal Dan Koch this announcement to students Thursday afternoon:
"The 'I Pledge' video we viewed yesterday included some messages about serving President Barack Obama. We apologize for any part of the video that was offensive to students, their families and staff. The video conveyed a message that people serve the presidency when in fact our elected officials serve the people. We respect the Office of the President of the United States but like all of our other elected officials, that office serves each of us as well. I sincerely hope that as participants in Wednesday's event what you took away from the experience was to choose to make a difference in your world."
The district wouldn't disclose whose idea it was to show the "I Pledge" video to students, KMSP reports, but people on the streets weren't thrilled by offering the video's message to middle schoolers.
"It looks a little 1940s Germany," says one interviewee, who agrees that its essentially propaganda. Another adds, "It doesn't seem right."
(Credit: KMSP)
Peace One Day was started by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley in 1999 as "an annual day of global unity, a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity has never known."


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The current financial crisis began when the American Dream of home ownership was planted in the hearts of millions, even those that didn't have the fiscal discipline or financial wherewithal to be homeowners.
To combat the economic aftermath of 9/11, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. Greenspan & Company badly miscalculated by keeping rates too low for too long.
Home prices rose anyway, reinforcing the American dream.
Artificially low interest rates created cheap mortgages which created a speculative boom in real estate.
Aggressive mortgage brokers capitalized by selling doomed subprime mortgages to unqualified borrowers. Despite a fundamental breakdown of lending standards and regulatory oversight, no one noticed. Banks and brokers collected billions.
Home prices continued to soar. From 2002 to 2007, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 metropolitan cities outpaced the stock market and jumped by 75 percent. Inflated real estate lured consumers, homebuilders and investors into a false sense of financial security.
Consumers continued to binge on real estate and home equity lines.
Instead of holding mortgages and collecting the interest on the yield from the loans, lenders pooled them into securitized burritos. The packaged loans were sold with the help of inflated ratings from Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
Wall Street's underwriters collected billions in fees and rating agencies got their cut. Earnings and profits rose, but executive compensation rose faster.
Investment banks like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers devolved into highly leveraged hedge fund-like entities. Both firms collapsed.
Mutual funds, hedge funds and other financial institutions that overdosed on risky mortgage securities that were once deemed safe began to falter.
Ailing mortgage borrowers set off a tsunami of defaults, which triggered a collapse in the value of mortgage-backed securities. Financial institutions were forced to write down more than $1 trillion from their balance sheets.
Other opaque financial instruments like auction rate securities and credit default swaps blew up.
Home foreclosures accelerated, which created a glut of residential real estate pushing home prices down further.
Financial giants like AIG, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, IndyMac, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual collapsed. Others followed.
The financial chaos even took its toll on "safe" investments. The $62 billion Reserve Primary Fund, one of the first money market mutual funds, was forced to liquidate.
Consumers panicked by withdrawing money from their banks and mutual funds.
FDIC increased its coverage of bank deposits to $250,000 per customer from $100,000 through 2009.
Home prices crumbled even further.
Financial stocks within the S&P 500 fell by 45 percent.
The meltdown demolished America's retirement plans by some $2 trillion.
Banks and financial institutions fought for survival by hoarding cash. They stopped lending to their clients and to each other.
Without cash flowing from banks, businesses couldn't carry on their daily operations, much less grow.
Liquidity in the financial system dried up.
Congress passed into law a $700 billion rescue package to help the U.S. financial industry.
The stock market fell and the future prospects of earnings and GDP growth dimmed.
And here we are.
Ron DeLegge is the San Diego-based editor of www.etfguide.com.


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As Chad Collins told his council colleagues last month, if there had been a vote at the end of the April 19th marathon 13-hour LRT meeting the LRT would have likely lost by a 9-6 margin. Instead, following a week of furious behind-the-scenes lobbying coupled with a host of conflicting media statements, Hamilton city council voted 10-5 to allow an Environmental Assessment to go forward, meaning more money will be spent by the time the next milestone in the LRT saga occurs: the actual operating and maintenance agreement between Metrolinx and the City of Hamilton.
Prior to the April 19th all-day session that saw 50 citizens make presentations to the committee, Forum Research of Toronto released the results of a poll commissioned by several councillors that showed a plurality (48% to 40%) opposed to the LRT with 12 percent undecided. The poll was immediately attacked by LRT supporters who said the poll was too light in counting millennials who use cellphones. Actually the raw numbers reportedly came out at 62 percent against LRT and 38 percent in favour. Forum then applied weighting to the poll to account for millennials and ended up with the 48 to 40 total. As forum indicated in its letter presenting the results to council said, "Where appropriate, data has been statistically weighted by age and gender, and regardless of whether respondents were reached by landline or cellphone, ensures that the overall sample reflects the actual population of Hamilton." 3324 voters were contacted via Interactive Voice Response between March 30th and April 4th and Forum said the results had a margin of error of 1.7% 19 times out of 20. While Forum adjusted the poll to account for the actual demographic profile of Hamilton, some observers noted that "Older people with landlines" as poll participants were derisively dubbed, are far more likely to vote in municipal elections than younger persons, and the 62 to 38 percentage spread might actually be a more accurate gauge of the voting public's attitude. In any event the Forum poll showed that even among respondents 18-34 years of age, the LRT lost by a narrow margin. The poll also showed a plurality against LRT in all parts of the city including the lower city where LRT will run.
In the days leading up to the marathon Ted McMeekin, MPP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale repeated his previous statements that if the $1 Billion was not used for the LRT project it would go back into the dedicated rapid transit pot for "reallocation." Several councillors opposed to LRT told the Bay Observer that it was the fear of being responsible for the loss of the $1 Billion that was making them hesitate about voting against LRT. The day after the LRT marathon meeting CHCH reporter Randy Rath tried three times to get Premier Kathleen Wynne to clarify whether the LRT money could be diverted to Bus Rapid Transit in this exchange:
Q: If they don't build the LRT is the Billion gone?
A: The money that is on the table for Hamilton is for building transit, for building transit. There has been a discussion in Hamilton as you well know for years about Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail. We want to build transit in Hamilton to improve the quality of life for people in Hamilton. I really hope we can come to an agreement. I was very pleased when there appeared to be a decision on the LRT, I think that's the way to go and I hope we can move in that direction but that money is for building transit in Hamilton.
Q: But it's not specifically for LRT?
A: It's for building transit in Hamilton and weț're going to continue to work with the council.
Q: If it's for increased bus transit are they still going to get the money?
A: you know what, I don't know what the resolution was last night and what their discussion is right now. I had thought that they had made a decision on the LRT so it is disappointing to me that there is a back and forth on this I'll be honest….and I hope we can get it resolved very quickly.
In May of 2016 Wynne was much more explicit, telling CBC :"It was never LRT or nothing." That audio can be found here:
Nonetheless the "LRT or nothing" narrative had taken hold with some councillors; and the day following Wynne's refusal of three opportunities to make a clear statement, on the matter, McMeekin was "clarifying" the premier's remarks saying. "the billion dollars was for — and let me make this categorically clear — the light rail transit project," If they have another plan down the road, they'll have to … make another request." He went on to say such a move would put Hamilton in competition with "seven other cities" asking for transit money. He did not name those seven cities, nor how much cash they were requesting. When Councillor Terry Whitehead who appeared to be a staunch opponent of LRT until recently, said he would support LRT only if it extended easterly to Eastgate. McMeekin was quick to say the province would look favourably on the proposal.
On the day of the crucial vote on the EA, Transport Minister Steve Del Duca (who was spotted in Hamilton recently drumming up support for a possible leadership bid should Premier Wynne step down) issued a letter to Mayor Fred Eisenberger saying that the province would entertain extending the line to Eastgate, but suggested funding would have to be found in the $1Billion envelope. A few minutes after council voted 10-5 to proceed with the project, Del Duca's staff in response to a question from the Bay Observer issued a statement that said in part, ", I confirmed that the Province will work to add the Eastgate extension to the current project scope and procurement, so long as it receives Council support and there is consideration of available funding to address the gap, if necessary. (emphasis ours); suggesting that Hamilton might be expected to pay something if there was a shortfall to fund the extension. Sources at Queen's Park say the Treasury Board has determined that there "won't be another nickel" allocated to Hamilton for LRT.
In the days leading up to the crucial vote it became clear that several councillors who previously had been LRT skeptics or outright opponents were wavering. The first being Terry Whitehead who, to the surprise of many introduced the Eastgate extension into the scheme as the price of his vote. Sources told the Bay Observer that Ward 6 Councillor Tom Jackson was starting to turn as well. Arlene Vanderbeek was reportedly getting a lot of pressure from constituents in her Dundas ward who are referred to as the "McMaster crowd." The biggest surprise was the about-face of Chad Collins of Ward 5 who had categorically expressed his opposition on numerous occasions; but who, in an eloquent speech prior to the vote calling for council unity, did not offer any reason for his change of heart. This was a blow to the anti-LRT faction as Collins had, for a long time, appeared to be the leader of that group.
Jackson, in casting his vote to allow the project to proceed, declared that he could still vote against the project if the cost numbers didn't add up; but few took him seriously. As Collins had said earlier, by the time the next milestone in the LRT timeline is reached a lot more money will have been poured into the scheme. Of the five votes cast against the project, four—Donna Skelly, Maria Pearson, Brenda Johnson and Judi Partridge were women, prompting one long-time council observer to say "the women on council have more balls than the men."
Time will tell what the political fallout will be with both provincial and municipal elections coming next year. Provincially, sources told the Bay Observer that in recent polling in the five Hamilton ridings which includes McMeekin's Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, the Liberals are running in third place in all five. At the municipal level, the Forum Poll showed strongest opposition to LRT in the mountain wards of Jackson and Whitehead, and in Ancaster-Dundas –Flamborough. Businesswoman Carol Lasich who organized the NO LRT group said, "We feel that this is just a bump in the road as there is still a lot that needs to be done where the proponents will be held accountable for every aspect." Lasich told the Bay Observer that her group will start looking for candidates to run in the next municipal election, which, like the 2010 election will be dominated by a wedge issue, this time LRT, last time, the stadium.


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The Miss Whatcom County Scholarship Program is open to young women in the State of Washington who are interested in serving in a leadership role that fosters community service.
To participate, candidates must meet the following criteria:
Candidate must be a citizen of the United States.
Candidate must be at least 17 years of age, and no more than 25 years of age. Candidate must be no less than a high school senior graduating in June 2019.
Candidates must meet one of the following criteria:
Resident of Whatcom County
Full-time high school or college student in Whatcom County.
Work full time in Whatcom County (40 hrs. per week).
If candidate does not currently attend school and has recently moved to Washington, they must have at least six months of residency prior to November 2018.
Candidates must be single, never been married, nor had a marriage annulled, nor be living with a male in lieu of legal marriage. Candidate must not be, nor ever have been pregnant.
Candidate must be in good health.


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Bryan Hay
BRYAN HAY, trombone, is a graduate of Moravian College, where he received a bachelors degree in journalism and pursued trombone performance with a concentration in music. At Moravian, he was a brass ensemble student of Lawrence Wright. Bryan has performed at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival with Don Hughes and with the Pottstown Symphony, Schuylkill Symphony, the Bethlehem Bach Festival Orchestra, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the Central Jersey Symphony, the Hunterdon Symphony Orchestra, the Moravian Music Festival Orchestra, the Lehigh Valley Pops, the Allentown Band and the Appalachian Brass. Bryan, whose love of Gabrieli and Schutz is not equally appreciated by his Mainstreet Brass colleagues, is a charter member of the Mainstreet Brass and the Silver and Brass Trombone Quartet. When he's not playing trombone, he's singing bass in the Chancel Choir at the First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem. Bryan and his wife, Jen, also enjoy hiking in the southern Appalachians, the Adirondacks and the Chic-Choc mountains of Quebec. Their American Eskimo, Tundra, and mischievous border collie, Peatie, also love to hit the trails.


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Citrus Sorbet
makes about 1 quart
1½ cups pink grapefruit juice (approx. 2 grapefruits)
1 ½ cups tangerine juice (6 – 10 tangelos)
1 cup of sugar
1 orange
Combine ¼ cup of tangerine juice and ¼ cup of pink grapefruit juice with the sugar in a small pan. Over low heat, cook until the sugar is dissolved, then stir the syrup into the remaining 2½ cups of tangerine juice and grapefruit juice in a medium bowl. Add orange zest into the mixture.
Chill the mixture thoroughly, transfer the mixture to ice cream maker then freeze it in your ice cream maker.
Mascarpone Ice Cream
makes about 1 quart
1½ cups whole milk
½ cup heavy cream
½ cup mascarpone
pinch of salt
¾ cup sugar
4 large egg yolks
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until fluffy, approximately 3 minutes. In a medium saucepan warm the milk, sugar, and salt over medium low heat. Slowly pour the warm milk mixture into the egg yolks, whisking constantly. Then pour the custard into the saucepan.
Cooking over a moderate heat, stir the custard constantly with a wooden spoon, until it's thick enough to coat the back, approximately 2-5 minutes. Be careful not to let it boil. Pour the custard through a mesh strainer and whisk in the mascarpone and salt. Let stand until cooled.
Chill the mixture in the refrigerator, until cold, at least 3 hours. Freeze it in your ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
Coffee Ice Cream
Makes about 1 quart
¼ cup instant coffee powder
2 tablespoons hot water
¾ cup sugar
5 large egg yolks
1 vanilla bean
1½ cups of heavy cream
1½ cups of whole milk
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon finely ground coffee
In a small bowl combine instant coffee powder, and hot water.
Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and gently scrape out the seeds. Combine the vanilla bean and scrapings with the coffee mixture, milk, sugar, salt, and ½ cup of heavy cream and warm in a medium saucepan. Once the mixture is warmed, cover and remove from heat. In a separate heatproof bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Slowly pour the cream mixture into the egg yolks, whisking to combine.
Transfer the mixture back to the saucepan, whisking constantly, cook over medium-low heat until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, 8-10 minutes.
Pour the custard through the strainer and stir it into the cream. Discard vanilla bean. Mix in the finely ground coffee, and stir until cool over an ice bath. Chill the mixture for at least one hour in the refrigerator, before freezing it in your ice cream maker.
To assemble the Neapolitan:
Inside of a loaf pan, fold aluminum foil into walls, dividing into three areas for each kind of ice cream. With a spatula, spread the citrus sorbet into the first block. Freeze until firm at least 1 hour. Remove the foil wall, and add the mascarpone ice cream into the second block. Freeze it again for another 1 hour or until firm. Remove the final foil and spread the coffee ice cream into the last block. Let them freeze until all is set.
*Note: If you do not have a loaf pan, you can also use a large bowl to layer ice cream.


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Celebrate Celtic Ebook
Patterns and ideas for baskets, hearts, and stars..for celtic quilts and projects.
Create your own impressive interlaced Celtic baskets, hearts and Stars with these easy to use patterns for quilts.
No artistic expertise necessary for great results. Just print the pattern of your choice straight from the CD and follow the clear instructions.
12 different basket bases can be combined with 6 alternative handles
5 heart patterns and a versatile star can be used individually or combined to create more complex patterns.
Lots of illustrated possibilities provide ideas to get you going. There are also many examples of finished work to help those with important decisions about which quilting or needlework techniques will provide the looks you are seeking.
High resolution photos allow you to enlarge any section of a design that interest you for a close up look. The Ebook was produced by Rainbowdisks.com
This is the ideal collection for anyone who loves Celtic style. It comes as a CD ROM disc.
Price. £12.00
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Programs and Events
Check out our events here!
Pacific Feminists Student Club
Pacific Feminists (PacFem) is a student-led organization dedicated to discussing issues and raising awareness about women's status in society. PacFem strives to be intersectional in its focus on social justice, and folks from all gender identities are encouraged to join. Contact us to get connected.
Women in Computing Student Club
WiC is an organization for women in STEM, with a particular focus on all aspects of computing. WiC will provide support and mentoring for students and organize special events to promote the advancement and achievements of women in STEM. Please contact Dr. Jinzhu Gao for more information.
Stitch n' Bitch
Stitch n' Bitch is a consciousness-raising group disguised as a knitting circle! Students are invited to join us twice a month to talk, share, and support each other as we work on our skills. Don't know how to stitch? We can teach you! Want to draw, paint, or work on another artsy project? That's cool, too! Please contact us for dates and times.
Women's HERstory Month
Pacific celebrates Women's "Herstory" Month with lectures, film screenings, discussions, and various other events throughout the month of March as a way to celebrate women's achievements as leaders and forces of change throughout history. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to help plan, carry out, and attend events. Please contact us to get involved and check out past events here.
Cultural Heritage Months
The WRC is proud to collaborate with organizations to carry out programming for heritage months, including but not limited to Black History Month, Native Heritage Month, and National Hispanic Heritage Month. Please contact us to collaborate!
The Vagina Monologues (TVM) at Pacific is a student organization that promotes Eve Ensler's Broadway play, The Vagina Monologues, and the mission of Vday (a non profit organization dedicated to ending violence against women and girls). TVM not only puts on the play each year, but they also partner with the campus and Stockton communities to promote gender equity. Any funds raised through the production benefit Stockton's Women's Center - Youth and Family Services. If you would like to get involved with TVM, please contact us!


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Announcing JuntoIII/
We are thrilled to announce JuntoIII, the third cohort of companies to enroll in The Junto Institute.
software development agency
data retrieval and visualization software
management software for assisted living centers
training platform for retail traders to become professional traders
Yesterday was JuntoIII kick-off day, which included a program orientation for the apprentices, a town hall conversation with JuntoAlumni, and our Opening Night reception, a Mardi Gras-themed event at Catapult Chicago that drew 100 members of the JuntoTribe.
During the next nine months, the founders and leaders of the companies - JuntoApprentices - will participate in an intensive program through which they will learn from the wisdom of people who have "been there, done that". The program includes four key components:
Leadership Forums: A peer-to-peer experience that focuses on improving leadership and emotional intelligence behaviors.
Monthly Classes: Twelve classes on leadership and management topics that combine practical learning as a team, with immediate implementation and accountability.
Professional Tutoring: One-on-one sessions with seasoned experts in human resources, branding/marketing, legal issues, and financial management.;
Structured Mentoring: Learning from the experiences of seasoned entrepreneurs and executives, in the areas of company operations, team management, and leadership.
We're grateful to the dozens of seasoned entrepreneurs, CEOs, and executives who will serve as JuntoIII mentors and instructors, as well as partners who host the program and conduct the tutoring. Their collective wisdom, generosity, and humanity are what help make the Junto program compelling and impactful.
Our first class of five companies, JuntoI, graduated in 2013: Briteseed, Eclipse Telecom, Music Dealers, Tiesta Tea, and Weave the People. Our second class, JuntoII, graduated in December 2014: Forte, GetMaineLobster, Solid Interactive, Spikeball Inc., and ThreadMeUp.


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Set Sip Serve and Angeleno Magazine Feature/
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I had the pleasure of being featured on setsipserve.com alongside Mary Alice Haney, the personality behind the new high end, luxury clothing line, Haney.
"On this night for Mary Alice, Lulu Powers, The Entertainologist, created a beautiful dinner party with a chic colorful table. Lulu has designed the most fun, creative party tents/canopies that she set up in Mary Alice's backyard where we all gathered to enjoy Lulu's "Sneeky". From there, we all got to sit at the dining room table that was filled with eclectic small vases holding colorful flowers. Lulu is a genius when setting a table. Her flair for originality comes out in the details such as the gold objects on each of our plates."
Lulu's Tarragon and Mint Frozen Lemonade with Vodka
1 Can or 12 oz Frozen Lemonade 1 1/2 Cans vodka (use the can as your measuring cup) 1/2 can chopped cucumber 1/2 can pulled tarragon 1/2 can pulled mint 1 can club soda
Step 1: Put the lemonade,vodka,cucumber,tarragon,mint and ice into a blender and blend well.
Step 2: Pour the contents into a pitcher, add the club soda and stir
Step 3: Pour over a glass filled with ice, and add a fun straw, a slice of clementine,cucmber or whatever fruit you have on hand. Enjoy!!
*Recipe Courtesy of Lulu Powers
*Photo by Stefanie Keenan
Lulus Spinach Kale Bites with Sweet Potato Aioli Adorned with Armenian Labne
For Kale Bites: 1 medium chopped onion 2 cloves minced garlic 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 2 Tbsp. salted butter 6 ounce fresh baby spinach (5 oz. of frozen) 2 cups packed fresh kale 2 scallions thinly sliced 1 egg 2/3 cup panko breadcrumbs, plus extra for coating ( I toast Udi's bread then put in food processor and pulse for gluten free) 3⁄4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese Salt and pepper to taste Dash of Cholula (my fav hot sauce) more if you want Olive oil cooking spray
For Sweet Potato Tapenade: 3 Sweet potatoes baked and peeled 3/4 cup almonds 2 cloves garlic 3/4 cup parmesan 1 lemon juiced and zested 1/4 cup canola oil or olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Optional: 1 stp or more of Cholula
For Armenian Labne: 1/2 cup lane or sour cream 1 tsp pomegranate molasses 1/2 tsp Za'tar
For Kale Bites: Step 1: Preheat Oven to 375 Degrees F
Step 2: In a frying pan, heat and melt butter with olive oil. Add onion and garlic. Saute until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add spinach and kale and cook until they wilt, about 1 to 2 minutes.
Step 3: Place cooked contents into a food processor along with scallions and pulse for several seconds. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl.
Step 4: Add one egg, ⅔ cup breadcrumbs, and Parmesan cheese. Mix with a spoon until well combined. Add salt and black pepper to taste and a dash of Cholula.
Step 5: In a small bowl or flat dish, put some bread crumbs. Take a teaspoon full of the spinach and kale mixture into your hand. Make small ball with your hands. You can use mini ice cream scoop too. It's up to you to decide what size you would like to make them.
Step 6: Gently roll ball into panko bread crumbs to coat evenly.
Step 7: Lightly spray baking sheet with cooking spray. Place the spinach and kale bites onto baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve warm
For Sweet Potato Tapenade: Step 1: Put everything in the Cuisinart but the sweet potatoes.
Step 2: Pulse till chunky, then add peeled sweet potatoes. Pulse to your likeness.
Notes: Bake sweet potatoes and pull skin off when hot, it's easier. Add the sweet potatoes when they are warm. It seems to mix better this way and enhance all the flavors.
For Armenian Labne: Step 1: Mix all together
To Serve: Put a dollop of the sweet potato aioli on your spinach kale bite and finish with the armenian labne. Please substitute if you do not have the Za'tar and maybe add finely chopped scallions or chives.
*Photo by Stefanie Keenan
Check out the spread in Angeleno magazine below featuring Kale Salad with Mint Pistachio Pesto
Pesto: 2 cups Mint 1 cups pistachio Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Pulse the pesto ingredients in a good processor.
Salad: One head of kale, washed, dried, and julianned.
Toss kale with one tsp. olive oil, one tsp. lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add pesto and toss.
Stevie's Salad Dressing: 1 cup olive oil 1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar 2 tsp. Dijon mustard 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 lemon juiced 1 tsp. Tabasco 5 cloves garlic, pressed
Pull out a glass jar, add ingredients, and shake, shake, shake!


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Two British playwrights are staging productions in a temporary space inside the Calais refugee camp known as the "Jungle".
Good Chance theatre says it aims to provide a safe place for migrants based there.
It comes as French authorities weigh up whether to evict the southern side of the camp.
Joe Murphy is one of those behind the project and spoke to London Live's Alison Earle via videolink.


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The VinoPlank™ Story
VinoPlank™ represents a manufacturing and construction material of truly rare vintage. Made exclusively in Healdsburg, California by Sonoma Millworks.
With VinoPlank™, we have developed an entirely new breed of wood product for furniture, cabinetry, flooring, countertops, bars, wall panels, room dividers—the list of applications goes on and on. Vinoplank™ begins with the toasted oak tasting sticks inserted into the industrial-sized stainless steel tanks during the fermentation process. The basic idea is that the strips imbue a prized "woody" flavor that enhances a wine's bouquet. As with most things, the tasting sticks need to be replaced over time.
Where everyone else only saw a discarded material—strips of oak scarcely wider than a grape stake and stained red or white, from submersion in fermenting grapes—Sonoma Millworks recognized the chance to realize a superior wood product. When combined together the oak sticks produce a material of uncommon structural integrity.
Vinoplank™, however, isn't only a stronger piece of oak. It's also a more beautiful piece of wood. A lot of that is due to being pickled in world class wine for months on end. The grain is rendered vivid and bold, with striking variations in color and texture from differing winemaker specifications. The result is an all-wood product more stunning and versatile than an ordinary piece of oak. It's a single material with the capability to accommodate a multitude of distinctive patterns and layouts.
Of course, there's a lot more to Vinoplank™ than that, which is where Sonoma Millworks comes in with its considerable manufacturing capabilities in Sonoma County's wine country, appropriately enough. Sonoma Millworks, with its large-scale production capacity and proprietary manufacturing techniques, is able to bring a superior wood product to market in quantity. In addition to Vinoplank™, Sonoma Millworks features a broad selection of vintage and reclaimed lumber and is able to transform those into stories of sustainability and inspiring elegance.


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Once again, I thank MilvArt for this beautiful opportunity they gave me, and above all Arina for her kindness and for all her help! :-)
MilvArt is a russian company from Saint-Petersburg that produces nail art products. On their website, in their catalog you can find water decals, rhinestones, nail stencils, tattoos, and soon there will also be some new nail wraps :-)
As I like all kinds of nail art, I was very interested in water decals, nail stencils and rhinestones, and browsing their website was such a pleasure, they have a big choice of various nail stencils, high quality rhinestones of all dimensions and colours, and so many water decals that the only problem is how to choose "only" 10 or 15 of them and get them as sample products!
Believe me, it's not easy at all, they offer some really amazing patterns and designs, black & white, gold & silver, animal patterns, multicolored, floral patterns...! :-)
Take some time to browse their website, I assure you that you will find a lot of beautiful products that you like! :-)
You can find MilvArt here:
MilvArt website
MilvArt YouTube channel
MilvArt instagram
MilvArt facebook
I remind you that MilvArt water decals can be used with normal nail polish and also with UV gel polish. Also this time I used them with UV gel polish and I confirm that all the procedure went smoothly, I didn't have any problem and I was very happy with the results! :-)
You can see my first try with MilvArt water decals in combination with UV gel in my post MilvArt water decals review - UV gel manicure with water decals - Black floral pattern on white and Blue roses pattern on white :-)
MilvArt water decals are high quality water decals, they are not too hard, not too delicate, they have the right resistance that allows you to manage them on your nail until you fix them in the right position, but they are soft enough to adapt nicely to the shape of your nail.
Every possible small wrinkle disappears after protecting your manicure with the final layer of UV gel top coat! :-)
Here is the procedure how to make a water decal manicure with UV gel polish:
1. apply UV gel base coat, cure 2 minutes in UV lamp
You can also follow MilvArt video tutorial Full nail under gel polish, I find it very useful! :-)
I strongly recommend MilvArt water decals, for their high quality, easy application and amazing patterns that are definitely very eye-catching, and that give us the opportunity to wear a real pieces of art on our nails..! :-)
These water decals also have a very reasonable price and MilvArt has a world wide delivery, so no matter where you live, MilvArt can reach you! :-)
Today I'm showing two manicures that I made using two beautiful floral designs water decals, N 736p and S 338! :-)
They are not "full nail" water decals, you can cut them as you like and place them on your nails as you desire, just let your imagination guide you! :-)
I used both water decals on the same base UV gel polish, I only changed the finish, so the first manicure is shiny and the second manicure is matte. I like both of them and I am really happy how they came out, on my opinion the final effect is very eye-catching! :-)
Let me know what you think about MilvArt water decals and about both manicures! :-)
In next days and weeks "stay tuned", follow my posts, I still have a lot of beautiful new MilvArt products to show you! :-)
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The charity organization Lephelp that provides support and funding to sufferers of leprosy and their families has today put out a call for more lepers.
"Lepers in western society are a dying breed," claims leper lover Tom Flake who runs Lephelp. "It's great that people are being cured of leprosy, but we are running out of people to support. If the number of people covered with pus filled sores dries up completely, so will our organization. That is why we have launched the 'Lick a Leper' campaign."
Lephelp are calling for volunteers to 'Lick a Leper'.
"It's easy, just grab your nearest leper and lick him," smiled Mr Flake. And if you don't have a leper handy, Lephelp have provided the easy and convenient mail scheme, 'Lick a Leper by Post,' where for as little as $2 per month you will receive your very own infected body part. All you have to do is wait for your very own bit of leper to be dropped off at your home or office and once received, you need to locate a good juicy lesion and simply lick it.
If you have a conscience, don't turn your back on this charity. Join the 'Lick a Leper' campaign today and help Lephelp to continue to help lepers like you.


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Entitled 'The Great Reckoning: Why the European ideal is under threat', written by Mark Mazower for The Centenary Issue of the New Statesman, this essay is an insightful critique of the ongoing economic crisis in the Eurozone. It questions Europe's dependence on the financial sector for economic and social stability, arguing that money, since The Second World War, has generally been used 'to make money and not things', whilst it also examines the paradoxical role of globalisation in Europe's financial influence worldwide, culminating with the global economic crisis that begun with the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers in 2008, more commonly known as The Great Recession. Consequently, having thoroughly enjoyed reading it, I have quoted what I think is the crux of the essay's argument, a small section of fantastic political prose that might make you, in the same way that it made me, think about the financial situation of the Eurozone.
'Today the consequences of financialisation, within and outside Europe, are clear enough. Look at average growth rates during the Trente Glorieuses and during the past 30 years: the comparison makes sobering reading. Banks and hedge funds may have increased their profitability, but national and continental economic performance have lagged sharply behind. One reason for this is that globalisation has made the world more crisis-prone, not less so: nostalgia for the dictator António Salazar in Portugal or communism in Russia reflects how the greater self-sufficiency of the years before 1980 brought greater predictability and stability. And it has also made the world much less equal or fair. The trend towards equalisation of wealth and incomes that occurred within European societies between 1945 and 1975 has been stopped, and the curve, without exception in Europe, now points the other way, towards an ever-widening income gap, which is forcing large sections of the population to recalibrate their social expectations for themselves and their children.
In so far as the EU stands for the defence of the single currency, it thus finds itself aligned against those very priorities – stability, solidarity, equality – that helped restore the legitimacy of democracy to the western half of the continent after 1945. The recent divide between creditor north and debtor south makes these problems far more acute, but in fact they existed before the crisis hit. Even then, they lay at the heart of the fundamental political challenge that financialisation has produced, the challenge posed by the decoupling of political from economic power. The euro-crisis has made this challenge evident, and more morally troubling.
In these circumstances, what demands explanation is not the emergence of organised protest, but the lack of it. Why, we need to ask, do people find it so hard to imagine alternatives? Taxpayers are bailing out the financial sector. So why haven't they demanded more regulation, more control of pay, and ultimately a rebalancing of relationships between finance and manufacturing, between global liquidity and nationally rooted communities?
The main reason is the absence of widely believed alternatives. The revolutionary left, whether communist or anarchist, has failed at the ballot box, which may not matter to its adherents but signals its lack of political weight. In the few cases where it has succeeded, as in austerity-riven Greece (with Syriza), its recipes for the crisis are scarcely revolutionary. People may have soured on the globalisation dream but politicians continue to regard the financial markets as indispensable in more or less their present form. Domestically, what is striking is the degree to which recovery programmes today rely simply on expanding liquidity through the banking system rather than by means of the kind of ambitious public works projects that characterised recovery across Europe after 1945. Thus, while the left hand of Whitehall chastens the banks, its right hand begs them to kick-start a new boom'.


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We love our beer-guzzling guru David Kirkpatrick. But the dude sure comes up with some wacky ways to say, "Drink this. It's good." While we'd usually keep from ingesting anything that provokes comparisons to musty barnyard animals, we can never refuse Kirkpatrick's drunken double dares. Thank you, sir, may we have another?
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Exhausted parents often hear that sleep when the baby sleeps. Well, it is true to those who have small babies and have to take care of them so that they have a sound sleep. If he will sleep well and for the required amount of time then only he will be able to remain healthy and happy. According to scientists, good sleep may be one of the biggest health crises of the modern age. But, there are some other constraints required by a baby so that he is well groomed and well brought up.
If you are looking for baby health nurturing products then go for it. Here, this blog is for all the mummies who really care for their child and look up every other thing and read every stuff that can be helpful for their child. Yes, being a new mother is a new thing which she is not aware of how to do and what to do, so it requires that you look out for every best product available in the market that will drive you to be the best mommy.
So next time make sure when you go to bed to sleep, emphasize that your baby has the best sleep and you have all the basic things available which a mother need at some point of the time. Just check out here, what essential things you are missing out which you must have it for your baby. Lazada has some of the essentials and the most important baby products which often a mother forget and not give much emphasis to but is required generally.
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Baby Non-Contact Infrared LCD Thermometer
This thermometer has a body mode and object mode, it is also suitable for Pet and poultry with advanced infrared detection, precision result. It is easy to use, one key to measure, non-contact thermometer, safe and clean. Body mode and object mode available. The large LCD with back-lit adopts reliable sensor made in German.
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Check out the weekly collection of picture of machines…….
1. I see r/MachinePorn loves soviet-era machinery. Here's a rare beast: Zil-4904 screw-drive all-terrain vehicle
2. The "Ditch Witch" Track Trencher
3. It's a simple machine, but I just got my grandfathers 1932 Royal 11 typewriter restored to perfect functional condition and I am absolutely in love with it.
4. The biggest engine that CAT has ever built. It is a V20, for a generator
5. Tatra T955, an air-cooled 22-liter W18 diesel engine prototype from 1943
6. Detail of Bletchley Park Bombe (WW II Deciphering Machine)
7. The 43 Meter (140 Foot) Telescope, a radio observatory equipped with the world's largest equatorial mount, located in Green Bank, West Virginia
8. udi 3.7l Monoturbo V6 diesel from the R18 e-tron Quattro Le Mans racer.
9. Return bullwheel at top of ski lift [Tsakhkadzor, Armenia]
10. By far the smallest machine this forklift has ever lifted. Our maintenance team leader/engineer has balls of steel driving across old bumpy uneven asphalt between three facilities almost daily. Vehicle details available fri. afternoon after i pick his brain.
11. Otis Steel Co. employees stand next to a ladle crane, circa 1930s
12. 1937 Caterpillar D8 – 132 HP of New Deal Funded Iron.
13. Gossamer Condor in Flight
14. A monstrous rotating mining shovel, circa 1950s
15. Brew Kettles @ Anheuser-Busch. Merrimack – New Hampshire
16. TT2300C Crawler Chain Trencher
17. Thread Gauges in 3D (crossview)
18. Rear of the SR-71 Blackbird at IWM Duxford
19. The BAT-M (БАТ-М) – a soviet-era engineering vehicle. A hybrid of a tank, a truck and a snow plow
20. The Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument inside the Mars Rover Curiosity
21. Gigantic abandoned Tesla coils in Russia
22. PAR MR-125 5-axis Gantry Robot. This is a really big CNC machine.
23. Another Soviet Vehicle – ZiL E167 – Twin 90HP 3.5L Engines
24. [OC] 1976 Parsons 150MW steam turbine: high pressure section reheat return end (1800psi)
25. CAT 797 Dump Truck Being Assembled


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After months of saving up for this blow dryer I FINALLY got my hands on this glorious machine. The Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer is unlike any hair tool I have ever used. Not only did it cut my blow dry time in half, if not more, the results were long lasting.
I kept it in the box for a couple weeks after I bought it because it just looked too beautiful use. Soon as I finally unpackaged it I knew I was amidst an extraordinary device. All of the attachments are magnetic. It comes with two nozzles, one slightly wider than the other. The narrower nozzle directs more concentrated air flow and heat onto your hair shaft. Then there's the diffuser for natural curls and waves. There is also a heat pad to rest the blow-dryer on counter top surfaces. AND my favorite feature, the 9ft extra-long cord (heaven sent) that is absolutely IDEAL behind the chair at work.
There are 3 temperature settings and 3 airflow settings as well as a cool air setting, which is all pretty standard for any blow-dryer. What's not standard, is the sheer power that spews out once you turn it on. I generally blow dry my course, curly… frizzy hair on full blast- high heat and high air. To my surprise the air setting on this blow-dryer was making me lose total control while styling my hair. I mean there was some SERIOUS air-flow. So I used medium air and high heat to blow dry my hair.
I was able to get each section nice and smooth very quickly. I then wrapped each section around my round brush and utilized the cool button to set the waves into place. It worked gloriously. The switch from hot to cold usually takes several seconds with blow-dryers I have used in the past. But with this blow dryer the transition was made instantly.
The Dyson dryer was noticeably quieter compared to my regular hair dryer and lighter in weight. Generic hair dryers tend to be top heavy and this is the only hair dryer with the motor in the handle. So you are able to achieve optimum balance while using this tool. It was VERY comfortable to use, which is ideal for someone suffering from carpal tunnel such as myself, and thousands of fellow hairdressers. Ergonomically it is top-notch.
As a hair dresser, I feel like it worth the hefty price tag because I know I will be able to make my money back on it very quickly. In the amount of time it takes me to accommodate one client, I'll probably be able to accommodate two. And maybe one day when I'm ballin' I will buy one to use just for myself at home. Until then, I'll be blow drying my hair at work.


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You could say that Portal and Portal 2 are games about game design. GLaDOS is, of course, our game designer, piecing together test chambers for her test subject(s) to solve, helplessly addicted to the process. She lives for it. The idea is bolstered when Wheatley takes the reins in Portal 2 (that was a spoiler, I guess) and creates a laughably bad level– complete with the caveat that it will be much cooler very, very soon. And you could say that those constant tests, institutionally performed by Aperture Laboratories, mirror the gameplay testing that Valve, in the real world, is famous for practicing as an integral part of its development process.
You could go further: consider that our relationship with GLaDOS as players captures, in some way, a player's relationship to the game designer. GLaDOS possesses an uncontrollable urge to set out a series of exquisitely crafted challenges; we are driven by the urge to conquer them. She taunts us, tells us it can't be done, but every test chamber is actually very carefully tuned (through those playtests) to be solvable, to click magically after a certain amount of time, to preserve the player's state of flow. Valve needs them to be able to be solved.
A most enterprising theorist might even go so far as to suggest that GLaDOS' arch commentary and barbed insults, cushioned for our ears by their diverting cleverness, is Valve talking back to its fans– saying, in a coded way, the kinds of things they have always wanted to say after the trauma of the dark period around 2003-2004, when Steam wasn't the powerhouse it is now but a nascent, buggy thing that regularly sparked some of the bitterest online tirades imaginable, when Half-Life 2 was stolen by a hacker and then delayed. Game developers tend to claim confidently that they never feel pressure from "the fans," and that the vicious snake dens of their own forums do not periodically wound them. But those rants do get read. It would be naïve to claim they really had no effect.
Finally, there is Cave Johnson's character. He, clearly, represents the designer of a game (or a game industry) in its embryonic stages: the period where the developers are just winging it, trying random things to see what they do and to assess if they might be worth anything ("Science isn't about 'why,' it's about 'why not?'" he says). Here's something that makes you bounce. You can throw it on the floor. Can we do something with this? Can we make a game from it?
Let's run a test.


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Welcome to the Weekly Guest Blogger series.
Tonight's guest blogger is DC McMillen, author of the Nauti-Lust series. For more about DC, click on her photo to visit her website.
So, Halloween is coming.
In case you were wondering, I plan to go out this year as a Fly Girl. You remember Fly Girls, right? Those scantily clad dancers from the 90's TV show, In Living Colour? The show that gave Jennifer Lopez her start? Yeah, I am going to make an awesome fly girl. I know, because Jennifer Lopez and I have approximately the same size ass. Now only if we had the same size waist. But I digress.
Now that I think about it, the last time I went out trick-or-treating was when In Living Colour was still on the air. If you do the math, that would make me a trick-or-treating teenager. That's right, I trick or treated well into my teen years. See, I recognised a good deal when I saw one. Free candy is free candy. And it is surprisingly easy to get loads and loads of free candy if your boobs have developed to the size of mangos (ripe, firm, super hot mangos, in case you were thinking something different) and you are not shy about going door to door begging for the good stuff.
Now, here is a fun fact. It does not actually have to be Halloween for a girl with mango boobs to get free candy from neighbourhood strangers. And I do know this is a fact. See, the last time I went out trick-or-treating I was 16 years old and it was one full week before Halloween. The stupid grocery store I worked at scheduled me to work on Halloween and since I was the lowest member on the totem pole in both the company and the union, there was not a damn thing I could do about it. So, I improvised.
I held my annual Halloween costume party the weekend prior to Halloween. After my guests had ample time to get drunk off fruit flavoured beer (it was a real thing in Canada, not sure if it still is) and wine coolers, I cajoled my entire party into going trick-or-treating. After all, I would be damned if being a grown up would stop me from being a child!
The first house that we arrived at, my friends held back, suddenly overcome with shyness. So it was up to me. In full hippie dress, which consisted of bell bottoms, a halter top, giant peace pendant, rose coloured glasses and head band, I knocked on the door.
No answer.
I knocked again.
I heard some shuffling and then a plume of sweet smoke assailed my nostrils as a man with red eyes and dumfounded expression opened the door.
"Trick or treat!" I said with beer induced enthusiasm.
The man's expression did not change as he stared intently at my breasts. In his defence, he was not a tall man so my breasts were pretty much at his eye level. Finally, without a word, the stoner shuffled away, leaving the door open. Patiently waiting, I heard cupboards opening and items presumably landing on the floor. I even watched a box of cereal sail past the open doorway. Then he returned with an entire, unopened bag of O'Henry's, which he dropped into my pillow case.
"Thanks dude, you rock!" I bounded down the steps to show my shy friends my spoils.
Well, now my friends were completely on board. We ran around my neighbourhood knocking on doors until about 2am. And no one got upset! A group of ladies playing bridge gave us hard candy and then asked us to pose for photos with them, which we did. Creepy men with no candy dropped bottles of beer into our pillow cases. Some man who was drunker than any of my friends handed out full packs of cigarettes. One lady even woke up her kid and brought him to the door to prove that trick or treating was still cool. Someone gave us popsicles and ice cream sandwiches. People went to their windows or the bottom of their driveways to watch the reactions of other homeowners. By the end of the night we practically had a block party going on.
It was obvious to me that I would not be able to top this trick-or-treating experience no matter how hard I tried. So the following year, I did not feel even a hint of sadness when the grocery store booked me for every Saturday in October (those pricks).
D.C. McMillen lives in Toronto, Canada. She enjoys writing about dirty sex in questionable places, but occasionally writes about other subjects. Please visit her blog (click on the photo above) for info about her latest and upcoming releases. Oh, and D.C. is obsessed with Twitter and invites you to look her up at @mcmillendc, or on Facebook, where she goes sometimes.
Until the next time…I'll be working on Sunday's Daywalkers. Have you been bitten yet?


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What are the comic book genres and how do the comic book genres differ from their prose cousins? At one point, I would have said that the superhero genre was the only genre found in comic books but not in novels. A few minutes at any bookstore will show that superheroes aren't just for comic books any more. Besides the novels featuring traditional superheroes such as Spider-Man and Batman, more and more novels are being published featuring characters never before seen in comic books. The most recent such book I've read (well, listened to as an audio book) is Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. I've also seen a book about a therapist who works exclusively with superheroes, though I cannot remember the title or author. There are many more examples.
Given that comic books and traditional prose touch on all the same genres, perhaps it would be better to discuss the general differences between writing comic books and writing prose. I've never written a novel, but you all know I've written plenty of short stories. I'll be contrasting how I approach writing a short story to writing a comic book.
Comic books, like movies, are a visual medium. Two people just sitting at a table and talking through out the entire comic book is likely to be boring. Yes, I know that this was done in a movie but I wouldn't recommend trying it in a comic book without a truly amazing script. However, "action" doesn't have mean page after page of fights and car chases. You can make a visually interesting character development scene by applying some imagination.
In one issue of the Southern Knights, I used a backyard cookout as the setting for a character development scene. I made sure the backyard had a swimming pool so the characters were wearing bathing suits. (Based on my fan mail, that made my female readers just as happy as my male readers.) While two characters were talking, the background had other characters diving or flipping burgers. None of the action was exactly exciting, but it was much more visually interesting than a typical "talking heads" scene.
This doesn't mean you can't use talking heads every now and then. It just means you should use them sparingly.
Suspension of Disbelief
Reading science fiction is said to require a willing suspension of disbelief. Within reason, science fiction fans are quite willing to suspend their disbelief. There are limits beyond which even science fiction fans are unwilling to go, at least where traditional prose is concerned. Comic book fans may have limits to their suspension of disbelief, but those limits do not restrict a comic book writer's imagination very much.
As an example, let's use the story we developed in the third, fourth and fifth columns. The story opens with the Southern Knights battling against two Battlemech style walking weapons of mass destruction. In the third column, I wrote the following:
Why are the big robots attacking? I don't know nor do I care.Just think about that. The "big robots" that are attacking represent an amazingly advanced technology. They would require vast resources -- money, manpower and manufacturing -- to create. We're talking about rich first-world government resource levels here. Even if you assume some major criminal organization could manage to create something like the mechs, why in God's name would they attack Atlanta, GA? Despite that, no reader would have even wondered where the mechs came from, much less their motivation for attacking Atlanta. We're not talking about a mere suspension of disbelief. This is more like the complete removal of the part of the brain that governs disbelief.
Want another example? Superman takes off the tights and cape, puts on a suit and a pair of glasses then goes to work at a newspaper. Despite being surrounded by intrepid investigative reporters, not one of them sees through this "disguise."
Comic book readers are sticklers about certain things. If a writer messes with the a character's continuity, they'll scream bloody murder. But they won't get particularly worked up about "reality" as long as your book is internally consistent.
A Picture Really Is Worth 1000 Words
Consider the following lines from my Friday Challenge short story The Nomod:
"That's enough, Guard," I said sharply. "You may wait outside the office. I'll call should this man start to get any of your ideas."The line conveys the character's tone and emotion without any problems. How would you write that same line for a comic book?
Sure, you can write the same words spoken by the character. They'll work just fine in a word balloon. What you cannot write in a comic book are the words "...I said sharply." Exactly how do you convey to the reader the same tone and emotion in a comic book? You don't. Your artist does. Sure, your plot or script will tell the artist that the character is speaking sharply, but passing that tone and emotion on the reader is completely out of your control. I suppose you could have the character who was spoken to respond with something along the lines of "There's no need to speak so sharply!" or have a caption that reads "The sharp words stung the guard's ears." Frankly, both of those options suck.
When writing comic books, you simply cannot identify all of the emotions and tones that a prose writer conveys with a simple word or two. Your script would be clunky and rather irritating to read if you tried. You can get away with describing tone and emotions every now and then, but it's got to be natural. Something like "Don't take that tone with me, young man!" or "Are you always this sarcastic?" are fine every now and then. But only every now and then. Other than working with a really good artist -- always recommended -- what can you do to convey tone and emotion?
First, avoid subtle emotions as much as possible. There's little chance your artist will be able to convey such subtlety and we've already discussed the pitfalls of trying to describe emotions in a comic book script. I'm not saying subtle emotions are impossible to convey in a comic book, but prepare for confused readers if the subtly is vital to the plot.
Second, write your script to isolate lines when a specific tone is required. Let's take a look at the line from The Nomod, this time written for a comic book script.
Tanner 1: That's enough, Guard!By separating Tanner's lines into two word balloons, I can call attention to the sharply spoken line. As the two words balloons are directed to the same character and involve the same subject, you imply a difference in tone between the two word balloons. Most readers will automatically read the sharp tone into the first word balloon because that tone fits their real life experiences.
Tanner 2: You may wait outside the office. I'll call should this man start to get any of your ideas.
Third, emphasize words and use punctuation to your advantage. Consider the two lines below. (Note that I'm using bold text for emphasis as that's the way it is handled in comic books.)
Oh dear, how dreadful.
Oh dear, how dreadful!
In the first example, the emphasis on "dear" and the simple period at the end should imply sarcasm to your readers. At the very least, the lack of an exclamation point will indicate the statement doesn't really mean what the words say. In the second example, the emphasis on "dreadful" implies that something dreadful did happen. The exclamation point implies real sincerity.
Emphasis and punctuation are wonderful tools if used properly. At times, they even put the lie to my earlier statement that you cannot convey emotion with your script. Still, the easiest way to convey emotion is to make sure you're working with a very good artist!
Well, here's another column that didn't end up going as I had planned. I hope you found it useful. As usual, post any questions you may have in the comments. Suggestions for future columns will continue to be welcome, as well.


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Welcome to Chanukah Mahjong! This game integrates the Jewish Holiday of Chanukah into the ancient Chinese tile game of Mahjong. Chanukah, also often spelled Hanukkah, is also known as the Festival of Lights. Chanukah is celebrated for eight days starting on the 25th day of Kislev. Chanukah Mahjong incorporates many of the traditional symbols of Chanukah in place of the typical Chinese characters. You will find the Menorah, Dreidels, Chanukah Gelt, Latkes, Sufganiyot and other Jewish symbols represented on the Mahjong tiles.
Mahjong is an ancient Chinese tile game generally played with four people. This is a solitaire version of the game as it can be played by one person by clicking on two tiles with the same image. The goal is to clear all of the tiles to win the game. In addition to the version below, we offer Chinese Fan, Diamond Mine, Infinity and Pyramid Mahjong layouts.


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Family's thanks for sensory help
A youngster is enjoying a calmer life, thanks to the support of a national charity.
Andrew Young, from Longbenton, has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and hyperkinetic disorder (HKD), resulting in him becoming anxious due to his high level of sensory needs.
The seven-year-old can now relax in a sensory area within the family's homes thanks to Caudwell Children, which supplied a light sensory pack.
Andrew's father Jonathan, 33, said: "His condition can leave him frustrated and he doesn't know how to calm down.
"This can sometimes make him appear aggressive or disruptive, but it's just the way that he copes.
"Benton Dene School, which Andrew attends, has specialised, dedicated sensory areas where he can retreat to if everything is getting a bit too much for him.
"It works really well and it helps him to refocus."
"We were desperate to buy some sensory equipment to see if we could recreate the environment at home, but the cost of £1,327 was simply too much for us."
The family had already accessed Caudwell Children's Family Support Service and the charity agreed to provide fundraising support to raise the money needed to buy the equipment.
Andrew's mother, Gemma said: "We couldn't believe it when just before Christmas the pack arrived.
"It was the perfect present for Andrew. Now he's got a bubble tube, acrylic mirrors, an LED light source, a fibre optic side glow and a dark den where he can escape to if needed."
Jonathan and Gemma intend to create a 'Sensory Area' in the family living room.
Jonathan said: "By creating a space here Andrew won't have to leave the room when he is becoming anxious. Hopefully, he will begin to identify it as a haven for him when he feels himself becoming frustrated or overwhelmed.
"The kit is a great distraction for Andrew and will improve his well-being immeasurably. We can't thank Michelle and Caudwell Children enough!"
Michelle Dias, regional family services coordinator for Caudwell Children, said: "This equipment can't be secured through statutory funding so it's really important that Caudwell Children fills this gap in provision.
"Each feature in the light sensory pack has been designed to engage and calm children with ASD and it will allow Andrew respite from his condition.
"This is the second time that the charity has supported the family as we also raised £375 in October last year to purchase a specialist therapy tricycle for Andrew."


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|NTF has committed all its available funds, and as of May 2018 is making no further grants, except to continue the Selfridge Prize.
The Number Theory Foundation (NTF) is an organization whose aim is to collect donations from supporters of number theory and to disburse these donations to encourage research, purchase computing equipment connected with research, help sponsor appropriate conferences, and work to foster a spirit of cooperation and goodwill among the family of number theorists. The NTF does not seek to be the sole sponsor of projects, but rather to share in their support. Contributors of substantial donations to the NTF have the opportunity to decide which area or areas of number theory they wish to support and to specify how the support should be made: individuals, computational projects, conferences, or all of these.
Right now our supporters have directed available funds toward activities in computational and combinatorial number theory, and also toward general number theory conferences.
The NTF is at present a very small foundation and does not have the resources to singlehandly underwrite costly undertakings. We hope that grants from us can be used to help leverage support from other sources.
The NTF prefers that its conference grants be used for junior attendees who do not have other support, and that the grants be applied for and administered by the conference itself, not by individual participants.
The NTF is a non-profit public charity which holds its tax status through its association with the University of Illinois Foundation, Urbana, IL. Contributions to the NTF are fully tax deductible in the U.S. We hope soon to have a similar arrangement in Canada. Contributions may be made by a check to the Number Theory Foundation and sent in care of
Number Theory Foundation
Department of Mathematics
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-646-3723
Fax: 603-646-1312
The following are members of the Board of the Number Theory Foundation:
Michael A. Bennett, University of British Columbia
Richard Blecksmith (Secretary), Northern Illinois University
John D. Brillhart, University of Arizona
Brian Conrey, American Institute of Mathematics
Chantal David, Concordia University
Harold G. Diamond (Vice President), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Edward F. Ewald (ex-officio), University of Illinois Foundation
Kevin Ford, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ronald L. Graham, University of California at San Diego
Richard K. Guy (Emeritus) , University of Calgary
Carl Pomerance (President), Dartmouth College
Bruce Reznick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Sutherland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr., Purdue University
Hugh C. Williams, University of Calgary
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All applications for funding from the NTF should be accompanied by a brief summary of the project and an outline of the budget. This information should not exceed one page in length and should be submitted by email to email@example.com.
All applications will be reviewed by the Board of Directors. Quick funding decisions may be made on requests not exceeding $500.00.
Applicants requesting over $500.00 whose project the Board judges to be of sufficient interest will be invited to submit a more detailed funding proposal. This second application, which also should be submitted electronically, must, where applicable, contain the following information.
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- Name, Position, and Address of applicant
- Employment record over the last three years
- List of up to three refereed publications most relevant to the application
- Grants and contracts currently held and applied for
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- Major awards
- A short summary of the proposal
- A detailed budget, including explanations of line items, description of cost sharing (where appropriate) and additional sources of funding
- A detailed description of the project, which, according to the nature of the request, should include the following information
For Conference Support
- Theme of conference
- Length of conference
- Estimated number of attendees
- Invited speakers, indicating those who have committed to attend
- Details on other sources of support sought
- List of recent conferences having related themes
Selected Past Grants
NTF was a partial sponsor of the following meetings and events:
- University of Illinois Special Year in Number Theory (1999-2000)
- Millennial Conference in Number Theory, May 2000
- Canadian Number Theory Association (many recent meetings)
- West Coast Coast Number Theory Conference
- South Eastern Regional Meeting on Numbers (SERMON) (recent meetings)
- Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference (many recent meetings)
- University of Florida Number Theory Meetings (recent meetings)
- Maine/Quebec Number Theory Conference (recent meetings)
- Combinatorial and Additive Number Theory (many recent meetings)
- Selfridge Prize for the best paper presented at each year's ANTS conference
- Journees Arithmetiques (many recent meetings)
- Play authored by Andrew Granville. "MSI: Anatomy", 2009 (pdf of playbill)
- Mid Atlantic Seminar On Numbers (many recent meetings)
- CIMPA (many recent meetings)
- Women In Numbers (many recent meetings)
- Erdos 100 Conference, Budapest, July 2013
- University of Illinois Bateman-Halberstam Conference, June 2014


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Social Skills Training
Social skills are a culturally constructed set of guidelines that we use to understand our interactions with others. As an adult, you are expected to adhere to certain social scripts and behaviors. Consider the social scripts of work: how are they different from the social scripts of online dating? Social Skills Training is the process of learning, practicing and reflecting on our social behavior.
Our Approach
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Police pursuit results in fatal crash
THREE RIVERS — A motorcyclist died Thursday evening after being pursued by police, according to the Three Rivers Police Department.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Broadway and South Main Street.
Officers noticed a motorcycle driving at a high rate of speed on South Main Street near West Michigan Avenue, failing to yield to a traffic control device. The motorcyclist continued to speed recklessly south on South Main Street.
The officer pursing the motorcyclist was able to catch up to the motorcyclist at South Main Street/M86. The motorcyclist turned on 8th Street heading northbound where the officer activated his emergency light to execute a traffic stop.
The motorcyclist accelerated at a high rate of speed, failing to stop at a stop sign at 8th Street and Broadway. The motorcyclist proceeded back towards South Main Street where he ran the red light, striking a semi-truck. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
TRPD is withholding the driver's name until next of kin are notified.
The accident is being investigated by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department. Assisting the TRPD were the Three Rivers Fire Department and the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department.