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Rossignol wrote:I've done weiner dog sized...
about 10" neck size...but he can carry a pretty hefty collar...
Rossignol wrote:I've done weiner dog sized...
Rossignol wrote:10"? I can do!
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I hadn't seen that last pic before! That's beautiful! Is it a tapered one?
RhysMom wrote:pitbullmamaliz wrote:I hadn't seen that last pic before! That's beautiful! Is it a tapered one?
That one's mine!! Oooh, I can't wait to get it! neither can Rhys, his current collar is looking sooo sad.
Malli wrote:the skull n' cross bones with the heart eyes and nurse hat is awesome, makes me want a girl dog
WackyJacki wrote:Niiice!
Hmmm.... could you do a little Boston sized one then? Her neck is about 12.5" and she wears a 1" wide collar. However, I think 3/4" would be best if it's a hefty leather collar. Could her name be put on it with some cute rhinestones??? OooOooohhh!!!!
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What has ST come to? Where will it go from here? I'll never live it down, it will be like, "Wheres my cute collar?" ! Seriously though, I can handle it... I'm still tough, right?
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Lands' End Press Release:
DODGEVILLE, Wis., Sept 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- From antique hunting in a parents' attic to digging up old treasures on the family farm, everyone is getting excited about items from long ago - including Lands' End. The company is celebrating its rich, storied past with the Lands' End Heritage Collection - well-known, classic pieces that are synonymous go-to favorites by virtue of their authenticity. Inspired by this collection, Lands' End is inviting everyone to share their own heritage with the "Heritage Stories" contest.
Beginning Sept. 8 through Sept. 30, submit a short description of the most unique thing from your family's past. Perhaps an authentic family heirloom, quality advice, or a valued family motto - that has been treasured and counted on over time.
"The things people treasure and hold dear are those that stand the test of time, much like the classic items found in the Lands' End Heritage Collection," said Shawn Colley, senior merchandise manager, Lands' End Heritage. "Staying true to our rich roots and continuing to hold on to those time-tested values that have defined us since 1963 is very important and continues to guide us today. We're excited to hear similar stories about family heirlooms or passed-down traditions have guided others."
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To enter the "Heritage Stories" contest, please submit an essay, in 300 words or less, explaining the most unique thing saved from your family's history. All entries must be submitted to landsend.com/thehub by Sept. 30, 2010, 11:59pm CDT. This contest is open to United States and Canadian residents. The official contest rules can be found at landsend.com/thehub. Winners will be notified on or around October 15, 2010.
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Picked up a used automag classic and looking for suggestions. It is sputtering only when I release the trigger. Sputter stops relatively quickly and can fire again. When I tried the valve out in my ule mag it seems good. Sear seems to have the proper gap to trigger.
Sear doesn't seem to have much wear but can that be the problem?? Any suggestions? A bit rusty so I don't know where to start


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LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the second straight season, the MIT women's volleyball team was recognized on the national level as senior Kristine Bunker (Falmouth, Mass.) earned All-America honorable mention accolades from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The award comes a week after she was voted to the AVCA Division III New England All-Region Team and was named to the NEWMAC All-Conference first team.
Bunker was the NEWMAC leader in hitting percentage (.374) while ranking 15th in the country in the same category. She also finished fourth in the league in block assists (58), sixth in total blocks (69), eighth in solo blocks (11), ninth in blocks per set (0.60), and 10th in kills (272). In the MIT record book, Bunker placed fourth in blocks (350), fifth in hitting percentage (.320), and tied for sixth in career blocks per set (0.82).


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Panorama universel de la haute carrosserie et sellerie, exposition de Londres en 1851, par Guillon. This composition by Françoise de la Perrière is inspired by a grandly named volume in the collection of Émile Hermès – a catalogue of colour plates enhanced with gouache, presenting fine, convertible horse-drawn carriages and saddlery. In the mid-nineteenth century, French and international carriage designs were especially dynamic and inventive, combining aesthetic appeal and technical innovations to fine effect. At the London World's Fair of 1851, for example, a Paris workshop presented a modular carriage, and a coupé whose protective rain-hood could be raised or lowered at the touch of a button… Convertible carriages were very much in vogue in France, as evidenced by the forerunners of the 'soft-top' car seen here, surrounding a central motif inspired by the cane panels frequently used to decorate the bodies of vehicles at the time.
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Superman's city of Metropolis lies in ruins, with flames bursting out all over, in this piece of concept art from the forthcoming Mortal Kombat Versus DC Universe. crossover video game. The Daily Planet is mere rubble. Another piece of new concept art from Worlds Collide shows a new version of "Hell" from Mortal Kombat, populated by some DC and MK characters slugging it out. Below the fold, a gallery of concept art, a few new characters from the game including Superman, plus the games trailer after the jump (see Batman duke it out with Sub-Zero).
The Mortal Kombat Versus DC Universe video game has only released four characters including Batman, Superman, Sub-Zero and Scorpion. According to Kokatu, they'll be modifying fatalities. So no you probably won't be able to see Scorpion rip out Superman's spine. Which is kind of crap, I can't remember any other reason for playing Mortal Kombat other than to watch all buckets of blood gush out of each competitor. The PG version sucked because the blood was sweat, and nobody wanted to hang out with that kid. That being said, I hope they at least keep Scorpion's spear throw code as back, back, low punch. There is no release date set in stone yet for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 games (though many believe is will be out in November), but there should be a preview in July.
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SOURCE: Vantage Communications
November 20, 2012 10:09 ET
Full-Service PR Agency Is Recognized for Global Product Launches
Full-Service PR Agency Is Recognized for Global Product Launches
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 20, 2012) - Vantage Communications, a global tech PR firm, was awarded the 2012 platinum MarCom award for communications/public relations and the 2012 gold MarCom award for marketing/promo campaign.
The MarCom Awards honor excellence and recognize the creativity, hard work and generosity of marketing and communication professionals. There were over 6,000 entries from throughout the United States, Canada and several other countries in the 2012 competition.
The platinum MarCom award for "The Apollo Launch PR Plan Prepares for Successful Lift-Off" provided ECI Telecom with a global PR campaign resulting in 20 top feature articles; 13 contributed articles; video interviews; 31 press and analysts briefings in global telecommunications media and blogs.
"I don't remember ever, ever getting that kind of exposure. Even during our last launch it was a bit less," said Sandra Welfeld, associate vice president of corporate communications at ECI. "Can't thank the Vantage team enough -- you guys ROCK!!!"
The gold MarCom award for the IDE PROGREEN™ Product Launch "Going Global, Going Green, Keeping Green," provided IDE with press coverage and features in top-tier water technology media around the globe including China, Australia, India and more.
Vantage Communications was founded over 20 year ago and has offices in San Francisco, Orlando and New York. Vantage offers public relations, digital content and social media consultancy for its broad range of technology and green clients.
"We strive to exceed our clients' expectations. The IDE PROGREEN™ and Apollo product launch campaigns are great examples of the work we do for our clients and the global results we achieve," said Ilene Adler, chief executive officer of Vantage Communications. "We are honored to be recognized by MarCom for both prestigious awards."
About Vantage Communications
With offices in San Francisco, New York and Orlando, Vantage Communications is an award-winning tech public relations agency. With 22 years of public relations expertise, Vantage Communications brings both passion and senior-level technology experience that help companies succeed. Vantage leverages established connections and business savvy to get our clients' stories maximum exposure. These high-impact results also generate raised awareness and increased sales. Vantage was recently recognized as a 2012 Top 10 Agency for Startups by the Agency Post. It has also held its "Superstar" status for the last two years as 'Mobile PR Firm of the Year' by MobileVillage. The agency has also been recognized for other results-focused campaigns and has received awards from Golden Bridge, Stevie, Magellan, International GALAXY, and Hermes as well as many other awards.
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Inspired by Joe Perry's query about pig roasting, I just had to go and dig through the FLDG archives to find this classic by Mike Filigenzi.
Date: 09-Jun-2004 04:59
Author: Mike Filigenzi
Subject: Adventures pig, Part II - Le Mort d'Hernie (very long, gory)
Sometimes, what starts as a fairly simple idea snowballs into something you never expected, and that's how Nilo and I ended up spending a Saturday morning in Amador County killing and butchering a pig named Hernie. It started when six of us bought a whole pig-cooker from a firm in Miami. It was not an expensive item (especially after splitting the cost) and it would allow us to have big ol' drinking and pig roasting parties without having to dig holes in our back yards. We figured getting roastable pigs would be easy - we'd just ask around the local markets and butcher shops and we'd be in business. Well, turns out it's not quite that simple and that whole pigs at reasonable prices are not easy to find in the big city. We had a line on one from a Mexican grocery store, but when we went to pick it up we received nothing more than a lengthy explanation which we did not understand as none of us speak Spanish. Then we heard from our friends Ayla and Jim. They have a place on 5 acres up near Fiddletown in Amador County and they had run into someone who had three little piglets for sale. Ayla and Jim wanted one for themselves, so that left two for our nefarious purposes. Ayla offered to keep them up at their place if we wanted them and the price was a grand total of $60 each, so we took her up on her offer.
Piglets grow very quickly, so we decided to use one of them for roasting whole while it was still a little guy and let the other one fatten up for use in sausage, prosciutto, etc. We calculated that by the middle of May, we'd have a nice 70-lb pig all ready for the roaster. Only problem was how to kill and slaughter the pig. We initially figured that there had to be someone in Amador County who had a pig-killing business, and sure enough, we were put in touch with Ernie. He will quickly and efficiently deal with such matters for a very reasonable price. Only problem was that part of Ernie's deal is skinning the pig. We most certainly did not want our pig skinned - losing the delicious crunchy skin and the lovely auto-basting fat would defeat the purpose of roasting the thing whole. Time was a-wastin' (as they reportedly say in rural areas), so we told Ernie thanks but we'd do Hernie ourselves.
The idea of killing and gutting a pig would cause little concern to those who've grown up on farms and who've done this sort of thing frequently. To us, it was a big deal. The thought of taking a large friendly animal that's reputed to be smarter than your average dog, ending its life, cutting its head off, and yanking its guts out while its blood spills out in pools on the ground was a little daunting. On the other hand, there's that whole school of thought that says one should never eat anything one is not willing to take personal responsibility for killing. Being a progressive, thoughtful kind of guy, this angle had some appeal for me and I figured that my five progressive thoughtful pals would feel the same. I was wrong on this count - four out of the five made it clear that they had no problem whatsoever with failing to take personal responsibility for killing their dinner. That left Nilo and me. And of course, neither of us had ever hunted anything bigger than a rabbit nor killed and gutted anything bigger than a lab rat or a duck. We therefore did what the early pioneers would have done when faced with a new challenge - we hit the internet. Turns out that the preferred method for hog killing is a .22 slug in the forehead. Actually, "killing" is a little strong. The applicable word is "stunning". (More on this, later.) I also spoke with my sister-in-law who is a veterinarian and who has accordingly killed many more large animals than anyone who doesn't work for a slaughterhouse (120 cows for her master's thesis alone). She was very reassuring.
"So you're going to shoot it in the head?" she asked.
"That's the best way, but sometimes it doesn't work. Then they seize and run around and it gets really really bad."
"Whatever you do, don't rupture the intestines! Have you ever smelled pig shit?"
"Um, a little, I guess..."
"Oh my God, it's so horrible. It will taint the meat. You should bring some Vick's Vapo-rub and put it under your nose."
Other friends and relatives were equally reassuring. "This sounds like some really bad sit-com plot", my wife told me. "Tonight on channel 3, the boys buy a pig and decide to slaughter it themselves. Hilarity ensues!" When I told my brother, he laughed loudly and immediately offered odds on me ending up with a very live pig as a permanent addition to my back yard. I noted that my image as a tough guy apparently needed some work, but I was not dissuaded. So early on a cool May Saturday morning, Nilo came by with a truck full of gear and his grubbiest clothes and we headed up to Fiddletown.
Hernie was a three-month old gelded male (don't know the breed) named for his very prominent umbilical hernia. He was a Babe look-alike - white all over with pink nose, ears, and tail. He had been separated from the other two pigs and kept off feed for a couple of days when we arrived with knives, saws, torches, a turkey fryer, and tequila. We set up behind Ayla's studio. There was a long portable table that we covered with paper and set on a slope for draining. There was a small block and tackle that Jim hung from a tree. The propane turkey fryer was set up to heat a big pot of water. Knives were laid out. And then it was time to say goodbye to Hernie. Jim did the honors with a .22 rifle, and this did indeed seem to work. The shot was placed between and above the eyes and there was only a slight struggle from Hernie before he was limp and quiet. We went right to work, dragging him over to the table and lifting him onto it with his head on the downslope. (We noticed that Hernie seemed to have gone a bit beyond 70 pounds.) I was given the task of bleeding him and it was at this point that we understood why the pig is considered to be only stunned from the rifle shot. Although I'm pretty sure Hernie had little left in the way of complex brain activity, he had enough of the more primitive reflexes remaining to nearly jump off the table as I was doing the throat cutting. We had to hold him down for a minute or so before he was finally still. It took about five minutes before we had the majority of blood drained out, and it was then time for scraping.
When you slaughter a pig and do not plan to skin it, the bristles, hair, and a very thin layer of the skin must be removed from the hide. We found two methods for doing this. The first involves burning the hair off with a torch. In the second method, you pour hot water over the skin and then use metal scrapers to remove the hair. Nilo had procured a huge propane torch that looked more like a flame thrower, but we didn't like the idea of accidentally cooking the skin (not to mention the lovely odor of burning hair) so we decided to try the hot water method first. We poured the hot water from the turkey fryer over Hernie and were surprised to find that the hair easily came off with minimal scraping, leaving soft, white, hairless skin. After scraping him clean, we ran a line behind one of his Achilles tendons and hoisted him up (again noting that he was something more than 70 pounds). Nilo took the lead in the gutting process. He had brought some incredibly sharp knives, and did a great job in removing everything with no intestinal punctures. This was actually a pretty interesting process for a couple of old biology majors, and we got a nice anatomy review out of it. Once the head was removed, Hernie had clearly crossed the line from pig to pork. All that remained was to put the carcass on ice in the back of the truck, clean up the mess, and toast our success with a gulp of tequila. All told it was two hours from gunshot to cleanup.
We drove Hernie down to Clarksburg, where Nilo rents an old hardware store for furniture-and-wine-making purposes. We ended up having to cut him in half down the backbone as he was obviously too big for the cooker. One of the halves weighed in at 45 lbs, so we're guessing Hernie was in the 100-120 lb range while still among the living (that comes out to $0.66/lb for what went into the roaster). We put one half in the freezer and the other in a big plastic bag filled with brine. The pig half went into the cooker at 7:00 the next morning and people started showing up at the shop around 2:00 that afternoon. It was one of the best parties I've been to in a long time, with plenty of wine, food, and good friends. At 4:30, the pork came out of the cooker, and it was marvelous. Richly flavored and incredibly tender, it made for quite a feast. I don't think any of the ribs ever made it onto a plate - they were consumed as soon as they were cut from the carcass. I left at 9:00 that evening, and by then there was not a single bite of pork left.
Overall, I'd rank this as a very good experience. The connection between living animal and what went into my mouth was certainly never more evident. What was really satisfying, though was to be able to put on a really exceptional get-together. As everyone here knows, cooking for one's friends and loved ones is always a satisfying thing.
And in three weeks or so, we'll be doing Pig II - the Sequel. This one will be way too big to roast whole, but we're thinking pancetta, ham, guanciale... I'll let y'all know when we have the party.


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This second week of September, the sixth graders of Davis Waldorf School spent three days in magnificent Lassen Volcanic Park. The feel of cinders crunching at our feet as we climbed Cinder Cone or inhaling the sulfur from fumaroles at Bumpass Hell allows their study of geology to live in their hearts. Our itinerary included a picnic at serene Lake Helen, a hike into steamy Bumpass Hell, and an epic climb up Cinder Cone.
The following images, taken by me, were inspired by B.F. Loomis' photographs of the 1915 eruption of Mount Lassen, on display as giant black and white photos in the Loomis Museum at the northern entrance of the park.
Lassen is rich in geological treasures.
Our campsite may have had forest nymphs watching over us!
As we hiked on trails, there were amazing views in all directions...
And lots of rocks.
This is on the way to Bumpass Hell.
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Lorri Shank 9/24/2005 11:50:41 AMJean-Francois--Congrats on FINALIST!
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As President Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton's first secretary of Defense, Les Aspin.
In 1993, the Clinton administration was wrestling with a seemingly insoluble conflict in Bosnia, where Serbian-backed troops were besieging cities and slaughtering civilians.
Aspin's advice was straightforward: Let's bomb the Serbs and see what happens.
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Critics objected that military action would put the United States on a slippery slope toward deeper intervention, but Aspin rejected that thinking as outmoded.
"If it doesn't work," he said, the United States could simply "back off." "Take it one step at a time, and see where we end up," he said.
That's the Aspin Doctrine: Military intervention doesn't have to be a slippery slope as long as you keep the option of walking away.
At first, Clinton rejected Aspin's suggestion. But two years later, he changed his mind and launched airstrikes that helped bring the Bosnian Serbs to the negotiating table — while insisting that he would not send U.S. soldiers into combat there.
Obama's decision last week to send weapons and ammunition to the rebels fighting Bashar Assad's regime in Syria carried a distant echo of Clinton's experience in Bosnia.
Like Clinton, Obama initially rejected proposals for lethal military aid (and still rejects direct military action such as airstrikes or the establishment of a no-fly zone over rebel-held areas). But he announced Thursday that he has decided to help arm the rebels, beginning with modest measures: a gradual escalation of aid including small arms and ammunition now, and perhaps eventually the antitank and antiaircraft missiles the rebels say they need most.
That's a significant change from Obama's position six months ago, when then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed sending weapons and was turned down.
Why the policy change? For one thing, moderate factions among the rebels have organized a Supreme Military Council headed by a former Syrian Army general who has inspired a measure of wary confidence in U.S. officials. For another, the CIA finally concluded that Assad's troops have used chemical weapons against the opposition, crossing a "red line" Obama proclaimed last year.
Probably most important, though, is this: The rebels were in danger of losing. Thousands of fighters from Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah have streamed into Syria over the last three months, and they have helped Assad's regime regain the upper hand on the battlefield.
Obama's decision won't transform the situation on the ground. The rebels may well suffer more reverses in coming weeks. But with similar aid from Britain, France and other countries, the U.S help could speed the process of turning the rebels into a more effective army — one the Assad regime won't be able to destroy.
But the strategy has a weakness: It's hard to see how this still-modest level of aid will bring about Obama's chief goal of forcing Assad to step down.
Strategy is all about matching ends and means; but in Syria, Obama's goals have been ambitious and his means have been meager.
Assad has rejected the advice to quit, and his principal ally, Russia's Vladimir Putin, has supported him. The rebels have been too disorganized to prevail on the battlefield and too divided to negotiate.
Obama was left with two unpalatable options: escalate or accept defeat. Doing nothing might have led to irreversible results, the collapse of the rebels, so he chose to escalate — but only a little and with a vow to put no U.S. boots on the ground.
Some critics will still warn that he has stepped onto a slippery slope that leads to direct military intervention. But that's where the Aspin Doctrine comes in. There are plenty of examples of the United States aiding one faction in a civil war, only to disengage if our client army failed (Ronald Reagan's Contras in Nicaragua, for example).
Obama's gradual escalation doesn't preclude military intervention later — and could even pave the way for it.
In 1995, Clinton began airstrikes only after the Bosnian army, strengthened by help from neighboring Croatia, had begun to hold its own against the Serbs.
The experience appears to have left Clinton a devotee of the Aspin Doctrine (though the unlucky Aspin was gone by the time Clinton intervened in Bosnia). "Some people say, 'OK, see what a big mess it is? Stay out!' I think that's a big mistake," Clinton said of Syria last week in comments reported by Politico. "Sometimes it's just best to get caught trying, as long as you don't overcommit."
Increased aid to the rebels, in other words, doesn't need to be a slippery slope — as long as the president remembers to keep his footing.
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Need to Know RAY SUAREZ ANCHORS. This week Need to Know travels to Tucson, Arizona, where a years-long dispute over a Mexican-American studies program has tensions high; supporters say it has helped re-engage at risk students and improved their test scores. Opponents contend it encourages subversive thinking. D
2:30 pm
McLaughlin Group Topics: G-8 Speaks Out on Syria; Did Ben Bernanke Get the Boot? Panelists: Pat Buchanan, Author & Columnist; Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner; Mort Zuckerman, US News & World Report; Eleanor Clift, Newsweek. D
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Biz Kid$ "Money Math - Who Needs It?" Math is a true building block in the business of your life. Whether you are calculating the tip on the restaurant bill, making change at your lemonade stand, or figuring out how to quickly grow your savings, it's all about the math in money. Visit with a handbag designer and meet students who are helping to save the environment. D
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Oregon Field Guide "Mt. St. Helens Glacier-Caves/High Cascade Springs" A precarious glacier in the volcano's crater is growing at an unprecedented rate, posing danger to the valley below.G
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Hearty Autumn Dinner" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the best Smothered Pork Chops. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of breakfast sausage. Next, Chris answers questions from viewers. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Venice and Its Lagoon" Rick samples sumptuous art treasures, and explores back-street wonders. He cruises its lagoon, stopping in fiery Murano for glass, pastel Burano for lace, and murky Torcello for a sense of where Venice was born. Part 2 of 2G
5:00 pm
NOVA "Extreme Cave Diving" Cave diver and environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad heads an interdisciplinary team of climatologists, paleontologists and anthropologists into underwater caves, or blue holes, formed during the last ice age. Broad is investigating the hidden history of Earth's climate as revealed by finds in this "alternate universe."G
6:00 pm
Cave People of the Himalaya Everest climber Pete Athans belays archaeologist Mark Aldenerfer down an 800-foot-cliff to a cave 700 feet down from the top. The two of them are on a mission in the world's highest mountains to find ancient mummies and uncover secrets hidden thousands of years in these cliff-top graves.G
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Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony In the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal gave 202 destitute Midwestern farm families a chance to start over in Alaska, then just a U.S. territory. ALASKA FAR AWAY tells the absorbing story of this bold government experiment and of the unsuspecting families thrust into the national spotlight. D
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North Pole Promise Narrated by James Earl Jones, North Pole Promise is a timeless story of two American explorers and their secret legacy left behind at the North Pole 100 years ago. Admiral Robert E. Peary, and his associate Matthew Henson both fathered sons with Greenlandic Inuit (Eskimo) women during their attempts to reach the North Pole in 1906. Peary and Henson last saw their young sons as 3-year-olds in 1909, after they successfully reached the North Pole and left Greenland never to return. D
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John D. Rockefeller: American Experience John D. Rockefeller Jr. dedicates his life to recasting the family image, which for decades is associated with his father's feared monopoly, Standard Oil, and predatory business practices. As the elder Rockefeller's only son, he dedicates his life to recasting the family image, giving away hundreds of millions of dollars and insisting his six children behave impeccably. He leaves an invaluable inheritance: a name that stood for "the well-being of mankind."G
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The Dreamcast isn't dead. It's resting. The Sega console keeps getting new games thanks to homebrew developers like Redspotgames and NG:DEV.TEAM who continue to support the Dreamcast, years after Sega gave up.
According to these devs, the best part about developing Dreamcast titles is that you don't have to worry about getting a license for games and the game development tools are still fairly modern.
"The first time we asked for a license for a new game was in 2003, but Sega of Europe had no interest in new titles, and we could not release [games] officially," Redspotgames boss Max Scharl told website Gamasutra. "We tried a couple of times to do the same in Japan, but Sega of Japan does not give licenses out to non-Japanese developers or publishers—even though we have tried several times and even gave them a visit."
But Redspotgames continued to support Dreamcast after Sega no longer did. In 2007, Germany's Redspotgames released its first DC game, shoot 'em up Last Hope. Sega withdrew from the console business in 2001 and finally stopped supporting (and fixing) Dreamcasts in Japan in 2006.
Check out the rest of the Gamasutra piece for a long at what might not seem like the most profitable way to make games, but sure is the most passionate.
Keeping the Dream Alive: The Men Behind Dreamcast Homebrew [Gamasutra]
(Top photo: Jamie McDonald | Getty)


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20 Games Like Scorched Tanks(TBA)
Anno 1800
Welcome to the dawn of the industrial age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you renovator or exploiter? Suppressor or liberator? It's up to you how the world will remember your name.
In Anno 1800, players will take charge of their own fortune as they navigate the rapidly evolving technological and malicious political landscape of the 19th century in their quest to build an empire that will stand the test of time.
Combining beloved features with innovative gameplay in a memorable new setting, Anno 1800 marks the beginning of a new era for the Anno franchise.
Cthulhu Realms
Star Realms has gone insane! Introducing Cthulhu Realms! Are you zany enough to play the crazier and creepier cousin of Star Realms?
Download and play today to find out why Cthulhu Realms is so crazily addictive!
Castle Burn - RTS Revolution
Lead the armies to victory in a fantasy RTS game.
Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
The old Empire is crumbling. Younger hungrier realms wait like vultures for their chance to pick at the carcass. Thus begins the grand campaign of Sovereignty. Rule your realm wisely and decisively. Play as the Boruvian Empire and try to recapture former Imperial glories. Or play any of 34 other realms, each with their own rich history, culture and play-style.
50 / 10002.5
PUBG Mobile
Officially licensed PUBG MOBILE, the original battle royale style game is coming! Unreal Engine 4 brings smooth, next-generation graphics to your mobile device, and produces a graphical and audio experience that perfectly recreates the PC version.
【Game Features】
1. Officially licensed PUBG on Mobile
An authentic port of the PC version. 100 players are dropped on an enormous 8x8 km battlefield. Players fight to survive and eliminate each other through strategy and skill. The last one standing wins! Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
2. Realistic Graphics and HD Audio
Unreal Engine 4 brings a phenomenal visual experience with detail rendering, an expansive HD map, and realistic scenes.
High-quality audio with 3D sound effects and 7.1 channel surround sound makes players feel like they are on the real battlefield.
3. Realistic Shooting
With a large selection of firearms, melee weapons, and throwables with realistic ballistics and trajectories, this is the perfect combat experience on mobile.
4. Travel in Style
Drive one of a variety of vehicles to escape from your foes or to stalk your prey.
5. Team-Up with Friends and Use Voice Chat
Invite friends to team-up, head into battle together and collaborate over voice chat.
6. Fair Gaming Environment
Armed with powerful anti-cheating mechanisms and optimized for many devices, ensuring a fun and fair environment for players.
42 / 100192.1
Startup Company
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game. You play as the CEO of a newly formed software company. Your job is to either complete client contracts to make money, or build your very own products.
60 / 10043.0
GreedFall is the latest RPG from Spiders, currently in development for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Revealed at "le What's Next de Focus" event last week, GreedFall today unveil a first teaser trailer, hinting at the 17th century setting of the game and its ambiance embedded in magic.
Explore a fresh new world as you set foot - alongside many other settlers, mercenaries and treasure hunters - on a remote island seeping with magic, rumored to be filled with riches and lost secrets. A grand journey filled with mystery follows, as you find yourself in the middle of ever-increasing tensions between the invading settlers and the locals, protected by supernatural beings, manifestation of the island's earthly magic.
Medieval Kingdom Wars
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat and grand strategy. Rule, build, and wage war as one of the minor lords of medieval Europe… Medieval Kingdom Wars redefines Medieval Grand Strategy. Build your cities, wage your wars, serve your king, and experience siege combat with a degree of brutality never seen before
80 / 10004.0
Star Control: Origins
The Earthlings have joined the interstellar club. The galaxy will never be the same.
The year is 2086 and Earth has detected an alien distress call originating from the surface of Triton. In response, Star Control is formed with you as The Captain of Earth's first prototype starship.
80 / 10044.0
Sorcerer King
Sorcerer King is a new direction for 4X game design, pitting the player against a single overwhelmingly powerful enemy instead of a set of evenly matched factions racing for abstract victory conditions.
Think of the Sorcerer King as the evil mage who won the last traditional 4X game. He has already conquered the world. His enemies (including you) are scattered, their armies broken and cities torn down. His dark minions have free reign to terrorize the survivors everywhere except a few tiny outposts of civilization (like the one you start in) too insignificant to crush.
The Horus Heresy: Betrayal At Calth
The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth is a tactical-turn-based strategy game based on Games Workshop's fan-favorite Betrayal at Calth board game set during the era of Horus Heresy. Gameplay includes a single player campaign and multiplayer PvP skirmish mode, both can be experienced either on PC or in Virtual Reality.
70 / 10003.5
Victory and Glory: Napoleon
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
60 / 10003.0
Clicker Guild
Clicker Guild is a beautifully animated free to play clicker, with a special take on the genre by adding randomly generating loot for the characters.
40 / 10002.0
Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
60 / 10013.0
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70 / 10003.5
Sol 0: Mars Colonization
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades. Make use of minerals and resources across the Martian surface to expand from the first exploratory rover to an independent frontier.
60 / 10023.0
Mobile Legends: Bang bang
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90 / 10034.5
Life is Feudal: Forest Village
Life is Feudal: Forest Village is RTS city builder game with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around. Become a leader of the newly arrived settlers and lead them to peace and prosperity.


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"Sacre bleu, we have to make French Bread!" I declared on seeing February's Daring Baker challenge.
"Sacre bleu!" echoed Mr A&N.
(Now if I'm honest, we didn't so much utter 'sacre bleu' as have another form of French escape our lips, but this is a family-friendly blog and I've given up bad language for Lent.)
The French bread recipe wasn't for the feint of heart or fleet of food - or those with a short attention span. At 15 pages, this was a recipe to either break you or make you respect Julia Child for her commitment to helping you create France's food classics. With 3 risings taking at least an hour each, and kneadings and shapings in between, this was also a commitment to spending the best part of your day elbow-deep in yeast.
And so the work began. I always struggle when kneading dough, fighting against adding more flour to keep the dough from sticking to my hands or the work top. I fought that instinct and respected Julia, and despite some profound stickiness saw through the tactile stages just with the amounts proscribed.
My dough rose beautifully. It had achieved its first rise in about 2 hours but due to one thing and another I didn't get to take it out and knead it again until almost the 3 hour mark. It rose beautifully again in the second rise, and again I had to leave it for the outer-edge of the suggested rise-time since I was busy with other things.The shaping stage was now upon me, and though I had to read the directions several times through and practice my hand formations before bringing out the dough, this also proved fairly easy and I emerged with 6 loaves of batons, waiting for their final rise before they could become real French bread.
And this was when my flawless Daring Bakers experience caved in on me. Or, more punningly, failed to rise to the occasion. On the third rise, nothing happened. The first hour passed, and they hadn't budged from their thin cigar shapes. Thinking that perhaps the kitchen temperature had gone down from earlier in the day (it was 8pm by this stage), I popped the dough in a barely-heated oven to encourage any yeast that was getting the shivers. I can't tell if it was my imagination or that the dough did make a feeble stab at rising, but come 9pm and still not being in possession of puffy baguettes, I baked them anyway.
The bread was beautiful in flavor, well crusted and had been the best dough I've yet worked with, so emerging from 9 hours of heavy flour and wrist action with only 6 flat breads to show for it was disappointing. The charcouterie and pate I bought in anticipation of stuffing them into my own French bread had to instead by eaten either on these bread-crackers or just eaten plain (gosh life's difficult). I asked other DB'ers for advice about what may have gone wrong, and the popular suggestion was that my poor yeast simply ran out of food.
On the bright side, I defrosted the potato bread dough I had rushed into the freezer during our November challenge. It seemed to somehow be more glutinous and yeasty than what I remember the fresh dough to be, and it baked into an absolutely fantastic loaf. Hooray for Daring Bakers bread making.
Please do visit our valiant hosts for the month - Mary/BreadChick from The Sour Dough and Sara of I Like to Cook.
Friday, 29 February 2008
Daring Bakers: French Bread
"Sacre bleu, we have to make French Bread!" I declared on seeing February's Daring Baker challenge.
Posted by Annemarie at 08:32
Labels: bread, daring bakers
43 comments:
- LizG said...
They still look great, Anne Marie! The third rise was also my Waterloo. I gave up after an hour and a half. Unfortunately, I couldn't put it in the oven to cox it further, as it had been pre-heated in anticipation of the bread. Cheers!
- 29 February 2008 at 08:20
- Joy said...
I agree, they still look great and flatbreads are tasty too...
Mine didn't rise much in the final session either. Although I was so desparate just to get them in the oven that this was probably down to me rushing rather than a lack of food for the poor yeast.
- 29 February 2008 at 12:02
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- 29 February 2008 at 12:02
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
Your opening reminds me of a few years back when I was on an Alexander Dumas reading binge. After reading The Three Musketeers, I kept saying things like "sacre bleu!" I don't know how Jeff didn't stick a whole baguette in my mouth to shut me up.
I'm sorry to hear about the trouble with the rising. As I've been commenting this morning, I have seen several daring bakers mentioning similar experiences. It sounds like it was one serious challenge this month. Kudos for completing it and for making it look so delicious! :)
- 29 February 2008 at 13:05
- L Vanel said...
Beautiful bread despite the last rising. It looks delicious!
- 29 February 2008 at 13:57
- Ilva said...
oh what a disappointment it must have been! But do give it another go, it's a wonderful bread!
- 29 February 2008 at 14:17
- marye said...
they do look nice.. :)
- 29 February 2008 at 14:46
- Marie said...
OHhh Anne Marie, your loaves look picture perfect and so crunchy and delicious! Well done!
- 29 February 2008 at 14:54
- Passionate baker...& beyond said...
Lovely loafs & great post Anne Marie! How I laughed at the feeble rise! Ye Gads...that's what we DB's are all about I guess! Cheers Deeba
- 29 February 2008 at 15:30
- Big Boys Oven said...
I tink you did sowell, all tose hard work does pay at the end! well done!
- 29 February 2008 at 16:27
- Judy @ No Fear Entertaining said...
Great job. I was a challenge well done! Even bad bread tastes good in my book!
- 29 February 2008 at 16:35
- Cynthia said...
I am inspired to try this.
- 29 February 2008 at 17:23
- Quellia said...
Now those look like they would make amazingly good croutons! Vite! Vite! Go make a big salad with them!
- 29 February 2008 at 17:56
- Mary said...
I really like flatbreads and these might be really tasty flatbreads...
And maybe I should start saying "sacre blue!" It is a nice alternative to the cussing (or maybe it was whimpering in the sticky phase) I was doing!
- 29 February 2008 at 18:06
- Lis said...
So I came here with high hopes that I'd think of something witty to say because I fakkin love the comments you leave me.. (Nigella one made me about choke on my tea.. bless you) but I'm freakin' out cuz I'm at work and my boss is here.. but dammit I'm not going to have time later or tomorrow.. and OH MY GOD like you and your readers need to hear this shite!
Anyhoo.. I'm sorry they ended up being on the anorexic side.. although dipping them into pate sounds like something I'd be up for!
When are you coming back to the states? We should try baking this again together! hehe
- 29 February 2008 at 18:38
- Andrea said...
Oh, I can sympathize! When challenged by a recipe, there can be all sorts of colorful language in my kitchen, sometimes before I shoo the children away! Ooops!
Your breads still look good!
- 29 February 2008 at 18:41
- DawnsRecipes said...
The photography is beautiful! Sorry to hear your poor yeast went hungry, but the bread looks lovely anyway.
- 29 February 2008 at 20:46
- Brilynn said...
I wish I still had some of that potato dough leftover! Glad you got to enjoy some bread regardless!
- 29 February 2008 at 20:55
- Baking Soda said...
Anorex breadsticks and hungry yeastybeasties, all in one foodblog? Sacre Bleu!
I'm sorry you were disappointed in the last instant, still they look yummy to me.
- 29 February 2008 at 22:49
- glamah16 said...
We had identical first experinces. I do believe it was the temp dropping that time of night and no sunshine in the kitchen. That potatoe bread was good!
- 29 February 2008 at 23:48
- Emiline said...
I think I'm the only person that's not a Daring Baker.
How I feel for you guys!
That's so disappointing to put in all of that work, and not get the results you want.
But I guess that's the price you pay as a Daring Baker...
- 1 March 2008 at 00:58
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
It looks like beautiful loaves!. . . just never know when life or yeast will play tricks on us.
And the potato bread was even better, guess those yeasties still loved you. At any rate you didn't go hungry and had good things to eat!
- 1 March 2008 at 01:06
- jasmine said...
Ils sont magnifiques!
Puffy baguettes are overrated :)
- 1 March 2008 at 01:28
- Molly Loves Paris said...
Isn't it nice that bread tastes good no matter what. My bread slowed down on the last rising, which was actually the forth due to things I had to do. Good effort.
- 1 March 2008 at 02:05
- Jaime said...
even though they didn't rise the 3rd time, they still look great!
- 1 March 2008 at 04:36
- breadchick said...
I'd say even though the yeasties didn't have any strength left at the end your bread still looks lovely
Thanks for baking with Sara and I
- 1 March 2008 at 04:38
- Princess of the kitchen said...
lovely rusctic baguettes. Bet they tasted fgood
- 1 March 2008 at 11:55
- Sheltie Girl said...
Your loves look beautiful. I'm sorry that they didn't rise more for you on the final rising. My breads never rose all that much...it's the whole yeast/gluten free thing. However they tasted great.
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
- 1 March 2008 at 13:37
- Gretchen Noelle said...
Bummer that the last rise sort of gave out. How fun that you still had potato bread dough in the freezer!
- 1 March 2008 at 14:23
- Pixie said...
I'm not sure I had much rising the third time either. Your bread turned out great!
- 1 March 2008 at 19:51
- Lore said...
They look great to me!
Hope I'm not making a sacrilege when I say that I would gladly eat a slice topped with just a thin lard layer and a tomato salad. Very paysan of me, isn't it?
- 1 March 2008 at 22:11
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Wonderful looking breads despite your little problem! Very well done!
- 2 March 2008 at 00:09
- Sara said...
Your pictures are beautiful!
- 2 March 2008 at 06:31
- Shandy said...
Your bread still looks wonderful and what a long process! I have to admit, though, that I loved learning so many new and different tips for baking a great loaf of bread. I also had to fight the urge to continually add more flour. Great job and beautiful photos =D
Shandy@Pastry Heaven
- 2 March 2008 at 06:47
- zorra said...
I'm sorry you did not get a healthy yeast, but your bread sticks looks great anyway.
- 2 March 2008 at 07:01
- Peabody said...
Bummer about the third rise...but they still look good to me.
- 2 March 2008 at 10:32
my bread was also a bit "lazy" with the final rise!
I still think your bread looks gorgeos though!
- 2 March 2008 at 11:02
- Jenny said...
You are lucky your potato bread challenge went better than mine, then. Hehe.
I hope you get an opportunity to try this recipe again - maybe your yeast was just being stubborn!
- 2 March 2008 at 20:18
- Elle said...
That third rise was not easy...mine didn't rise as much as I thought they should either...poor starving loaves! Your look great even if they are not puffy.
- 3 March 2008 at 00:39
- Lesley said...
ohhhhh, I know it's disappointing to put that much work into something and have it not work out. But you know, I thought on just looking at the pictures that you had made ficelles that turned out perfectly!!!
- 3 March 2008 at 02:36
- Deborah said...
Sorry you didn't love it, but it still looks great!
- 3 March 2008 at 17:14
- Kate / Kajal said...
ok all of you expert bread bakers ... u are absolutely putting e to shame. I still cant bake bread. But so many french loaves around ... who need to bake ... honey just send some over :)
- 3 March 2008 at 22:45
- Claire said...
Too bad they weren't what you wanted! They still look great.
- 4 March 2008 at 03:05


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Raw Beauty Tips to Prevent Wrinkles!
"Free radical damage causes wrinkles by activating the
metalloproteinases that break down collagen."– Heather Brannon, MD
Eat Raw, Living Foods
The more raw, living foods you consume the better your chances are of feeling—and looking—your best. With all of those phytochemicals, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and nutrients your body absorbs from quality organic produce, you'll be ensuring that your skin is receiving the nutrients it may be lacking in and/or needing. It's no wonder you'll find yourself glowing radiantly inside and out!
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What can you do to protect yourself against those harmful UV rays? Wear a hat and apply organic (raw) coconut oil to your face, neck, arms, legs (any exposed skin) before going out—especially if you plan on being out in the sun for a significant amount of time. The organic coconut oil protects your precious skin against those damaging UV rays.
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Always be sure to drink enough water—especially ionized water. By giving your body what it's truly thirsting for, you're not only drinking water, you're hydrating your body. It's common sense, really. If your body is dehydrated, your skin will be, too. Not only that, but by flushing your system with water, you'll be eliminating pesky toxins and going the extra mile to prevent wrinkles from forming!
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By moving your body regularly and keeping your blood pumping, you'll be supplying your skin with nourishment (your skin's main source of nourishment is provided by your bloodstream) because exercising enhances the circulation process and sends blood to your skin. This is extremely helpful in preventing those dreaded wrinkles. That's right! You can walk, jog, swim, bike—whatever sport or movement you personally enjoy—just get moving!
Note: You can also do those old-fashioned facial exercises like your grandmother did. They really do help!
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Organic (raw) apple cider vinegar with Mother (the living enzymes that settle in the bottom of the glass bottle) is another natural ingredient for skin care and wrinkle prevention. You can even make your very own skin toner!
Apple Cider Vinegar Toner Recipe
What you'll need:
• Water (preferably ionized water)
• Organic (raw) apple cider vinegar with Mother
• A bottle or container (with a lid)
• Cotton ball or make-up pads (optional)
What you'll do:
• Add 1 part vinegar
• To 4 parts water
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• Close the lid and shake
• Apply once or twice daily
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In previous articles, we've looked at how raw organic coconut oil is excellent for beauty such as when I shared tips and tricks in Organic Coconut Oil = Raw Beauty and we also learned how it's an excellent tool for losing weight in Organic Coconut Oil for Weight Loss. Today let's talk about organic coconut oil for wrinkle prevention. I've already mentioned how you can apply it before going out into the sun to protect yourself against harmful UV rays. You can also apply it once you've come in or even if you've already been sunburned. Add a dollop in your bathwater and enjoy how it will leave your skin feeling silky smooth. Use organic coconut oil in your vinaigrette recipes or just drizzle over your salad (or any other food). Some people even eat it straight from the spoon! By gobbling up organic coconut oil (a healthy fat), you're caring for your skin as if it were royalty.
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Ever wonder if there was any truth to this theory? "I'm going to get my beauty rest" my aunts and grandmother always said. I often wondered what on earth they were talking about because I never could understand how sleeping could make you beautiful. I do believe this theory now, though. Let me miss sleep and I can see a huge difference in my skin, eyes, and those dark circles creep up, too. Get a healthy amount of sleep (true rest) so your body can do what it needs to at night: rejuvenate you through and through!
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Why not attempt raw beauty the old-fashioned way! Discover more beauty tips by perusing the growing list of Raw People's Health & Beauty articles.
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Balch, Phyllis A., CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing (Third Edition), New York: Avery Publishing, 2000. Pgs.688-691
Brannon, Heather MD (About.com Guide to Dermatology since 2002) Effects of Sun on the Skin, Cellular Skin Changes Caused by UV Radiation, About.com: http://dermatology.about.com/cs/beauty/a/suneffect.htm
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King, the maker of wildly popular online and mobile game Candy Crush Saga, is reportedly laying the groundwork for an initial public offering in the U.S. despite the recent struggles of rival Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA).
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According to The Wall Street Journal, King has hired Wall Street firms including J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) to pursue the IPO.
King, which is formally known as Midasplayer International Holding, is best known for its Candy Crush Saga game, which launched on Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) in April 2012 and is now among the top downloads on Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android devices.
Representatives from London-based King didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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An IPO by King would represent the first major debut by an online game maker in the wake of the struggles of Zynga, the maker of FarmVille that has seen its stock plummet 70% since debuting in December 2011.
Zynga recently reported a 30% slide in revenue amid a 13% dip in monthly active users to 253 million. The company also issued a gloomy outlook and cut another 18% of its workforce.
Like Zynga, King would be striking while the iron is hot as its Candy Crush Saga is the most popular app on Facebook, sporting an estimated 15.4 million average daily users, the Journal said, citing statistics from AppData.


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A while back I made a PL TQ and UQ using a 7oz weight PL. At the time, an accurate temperature formula had not been devised. I've been out of the loop and wondered if anyone came up with anything?
I plan on running a few tests since its getting pretty cold over the next few days. Just to get an estimate, I'll hang outside during the day and see if I am able to remain warm. I'm hoping that with some clothes I'll be good to around 20F.
We'll see.


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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
VeganMoFo 11: Fennel Taralli
13 comments:
- Anonymous9:49 AM
I've had that recipe bookmarked since I saw it on the Wild Yeast blog. Yours looks really good!ReplyDelete
Yum! I thought they were bagels at first. I am extra intrigued by crispiness!ReplyDelete
Fennel's one of my favorite spices but I just don't use it that often. It's such a character that I can never tell what it's going to pair well with and what it's going to completely overpower. So it's cool to see a dish where fennel is *supposed* to be the star!
- susan6:12 AM
For all the people who contribute to this blog. I can feel your addictions to vegan junk food from reading your posts.ReplyDelete
You are only fooling yourselves continuing to eat this way.
It takes a matter of time to adjust to a whole food plant based healthy vegan diet, with out any salt, oil or sugar. It can be done and it also can be very enjoyable too.
I do love your drawing, they are soooo cute!
Please read this article and check out the whole web site.
Hi Susan,ReplyDelete
You seem really passionate about healthy vegan eating, which is great. I think you should start a blog! It would be great to see your photos and recipes. My inspiration for eating vegan is really based on compassion toward the animals, but over the years I have really diversified my diet and I have gradually included more veggies, whole grains, less oil, fewer treats, etc. I appreciate your encouragement to continue to become healthier in my eating.
- susan11:51 AM
Hi AmeyReplyDelete
I see I got your attention, thank you very much for responding.
I do enjoy your blog, and the hard work you put into it.
As I have mentioned I love your drawing, which sets your blog way apart from all the other ones I have visited. I also love the way you write.
The reason I have made a few posts on your blog is because a friend who just loves your blog. She brought it to my attention.
Without getting into a lot details. She eats a very unhealthy vegan diet.(my opinion) She is very over weight and starting to showing signs health problems.
Your blog and other blogs that make vegan foods look so delicious. She has a very hard time giving up these addictive foods. Because all the foods are vegan, she assumes they are all healthy. Which is not the case.
I hate to see people start going to doctors and start taking medication when 90% of the time all they have to do is change their diet.
This is what some of the vegan doctors are saying.
I am saying your blog and the many others out there just like yours.(but not as good) do save animals lives by encouraging people to eat vegan diets. But most of you recipes, in the long run, effects peoples health in a negative way.
I know this is not your intention, you want to make a positive difference for yourself and others you come in contact with.
I don't have the time or know how to make a blog like you suggest, but thanks for the encouragement. It would be weak compared to yours. I am also very busy with my family.
I won't comment again unless you ask, you can have the last word.I hope my comments did not come across hurtful, I truly wish you the very best.
I don't know if you did check out my link
She states what I am trying to say much better than. Also read the comments, they are very enlightening and positive.
Hi Miss Amey! Greetings from Portland! Sadie & I just returned from our walk... and I'm checking out all my favorite hotspots online. I love checking out all these new spices. Fennel is one of my favorites.. I think your secret hiding spot is out. It's certainly the first spot I'm going to check out the next time I visit. Love to you!!!ReplyDelete
I think I am a little bit in love with your blog!! And I am totally going to try these.ReplyDelete
Okay, who's the artist here? I keep seeing these AMAZING cartoon sketches all over your blog and I must know who is behind all of this!!!ReplyDelete
thanks Cara! Those are my little doodles/self portraits! And my little dog Snoopy really does sit on my lap while I blog -just like in my facebook doodle. In fact, he's all cozy on my lap right now!ReplyDelete
That is the cutest thing I have ever heard of! You are so super talented, Amey!! I love your doodles :)ReplyDelete
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text: Matsumoto, Japan, November 2, 2010 – Germany overcame Croatia with a straight-sets victory (26-24, 25-18, 25-21) in Group C at the FIVB Women's World Championship in Matsumoto on Tuesday, improving their record to 3-1 while Croatia dropped to 1-3.Margareta Kozuch carried most of the offensive load for Germany, registering 19 points including one block and two serving aces. Senna Usic and Jelena Alajbeg scored 15 and 11 respectively for Croatia. The Germans had the advantage in blocks (8-4) and also dominated from the service line, producing eight aces against four from their opponents.Croatia caught Germany by surprise with some slick play at the start of the match, picking up the first four points but spikes by Kozuch and Maren Brinker helped Germany get back level at 8-8. Germany then crept ahead, but back came the Croats with four straight points including a good block by Senna Usic Jogunica on Corina Ssuschke before Germany responded in kind. A massive thump by Usic Jogunica gave Croatia a one-point lead but two gargantuan blows by Kozuch evened the scores at 17-17. It remained nip and tuck until, at 24-24, Kozuch blasted a spike through the Croatian defence and at set-point Kathleen Weiss's serve was too hot for Croatia to handle.Weiss was back in the action at the start of the second set when the 1.71m setter put the block on Ana Grbac to start a four-point run for the Germans, from which Croatia never really recovered. At 10-5 down things went from bad to worse as Mirela Bareš committed two receiving errors while big server Jelena Alajbeg was penalised for a foot fault. Coach Miroslav Aksenijevic then called a timeout before realising he didn't have any left, and a terrific block by Ssuschke on Usic Jogunica gave the Germans a nine-point lead at the second TTO. The Croatians rediscovered some of their form, but they were still making too many errors. A mistake at the net by Mirela Delic brought up set-point and Kathy Radzuweit – the tallest player in Group C at 1.96m – finished things off for Germany with an unreturnable hit. Croatia held the Germans to 6-6 at the start of the third set, but fell four points behind at 11-7. Alajbeg came up with two trademark thumps to keep Croatia close, but Germany still had a three-point cushion at the second TTO. The Germans were six points ahead at 23-17, but went off the boil and coach Giovanni Guidetti was forced to call a timeout on matchpoint as the gap was reduced to three. Brinker then slammed down a final spike to end the match.


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Just like when Christmas decorations begin popping up at your local grocery store, critics know they're on the home stretch when record labels begin sending out reminders of releases to consider in their year-end "best of" lists. Ah, but it's still only the November. We've two months left for records to hit the shelves (digital or otherwise). That said, I think we've probably already heard the best of '11. Below are some of the third quarter releases that have been burning up my earphones. Who knows if any of them will make the "best of" final cut. By the time we find out, the labels will be lauding the first releases of 2012, and the grocery stores will be replacing those Christmas decorations with Valentine's Day candy
A.A. Bondy, Believers (Fat Possum) -- The former Verbena frontman may be best known as an opening act for Bon Iver a few years ago. Since then, Bon Iver has ascended to indie rock sainthood, while Bondy continues to toil in the clubs, waiting for the attention he deserves. With a voice strangely resembling Jackson Browne's, Bondy's music is a moody midnight throb headed to 3 a.m. all alone. There's a simplicity in the music's loneliness -- both in sound and lyrics -- that his fellow loners will find both familiar and comforting. Inspirational lines like "You didn't know there was a killer inside / Won't get to heaven tonight" from the title track are part of the reason why I like this better than Bon Iver's latest (Sacrilege!). Who knows, maybe someday Bon Iver will open for Bondy (though he won't be when A.A. Bondy plays at The Waiting Room this Friday night. You should go.).
Eleanor Friedberger, Last Summer (Merge) -- Has the distinction of being the first album I purchased after discovering it on Spotify (Merge doesn't send me promos, the cheap bastards). Those who expect the wonky art rock of her main gig, Fiery Furnaces, are in for a big surprise. Friedberger has left the proggy chord/key changes behind for a collection of songs that are SONGS, complete with melodies and choruses and playful lyrics that bounce atop piano chords, hand claps and the occasional sax riff. I'm reminded (strangely) of smart, laid back Hunky Dory-era David Bowie. My wife thinks she sounds like Carly Simon. She might be right (again). Has the distinction of being one of the best records of 2011.
PUJOL, Nasty, Brutish, And Short EP (Saddle Creek) -- Saddle Creek surprised all of us when it announced it signed this Nashville phenom back in August. Who was PUJOL? The only thing we knew was that Jack White liked him and that Nashville Scene called him "The Socrates of the house show circuit" (whatever that means). Creek's first stab at releasing anything resembling garage, PUJOL embraces a '60s psych aesthetic on this slim 7-song collection that clocks in at just under 18 minutes. Its stripped down, grinding guitar rock owes a lot to early Beatles and is oh so catchy, probably the catchiest thing the Creek has released since... well, ever.
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, Mirror Traffic (Matador) -- With all the Pavement reunion talk earlier this year, a few of us were worried that Malkmus may be leaving his solo work behind. Silly rabbits. After a couple brilliant out-there releases ('08's Real Emotional Trash, '05's Face the Truth) Malkmus returns to the more straight-forward, less adventurous and more tuneful style that marked his '01 solo debut. In fact, Malkmus always came off (to me, anyway) as a more tuneful version of Lou Reed -- deceptively simple melodies that belie some of the smartest (and this time, strangest) lyrics that cynically capture a life lived in America. Now that he's "40 with a kid / Living on the grid," his lyrics are more obtuse than ever. You may not understand what he's singing about, but you'll sing along anyway.
Matthew Sweet, Modern Art (Missing Piece) -- Matthew Sweet returns after... wait a minute, Sweet didn't go anywhere. He's been steadily releasing music on Shout! Factory since '06, though two of the last three releases were covers albums made with Susanna Hoffs. One would think reworking all those classic hits would put the pop back into Sweet's step. Instead, there's a psychedelic tang and guitar-noodling quality that recall the Altered Beast years (the meandering "My Ass is Grass" and "A Little Death," the layered, synth-symphonic title track). Still, Sweet knows his sweet spot lies in pure, sing-along tracks like the pretty "Baltimore," and the Byrds-ish "She Walks the Night," which he could have used more of this time 'round.
M83, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute) - Sprawling, ambitious to a fault at 74 minutes, Hurry Up takes M83's penchant for dreamy, ghostly pop and blows it up to sonic mountains. Like any great epic, it has its perfect moments, like dance floor chestnut "Claudia Lewis," and triumphant "Steve McQueen." But there's also a lot of tonal fluff designed to build cinematic Tangerine Dream-flavored drama ("Another Wave from You," "When Will You Come Home" "Klaus I Love You") that lie somewhere between aural interlude and filler. It's as if M83 is trying to become a modern generation's version of The Cure, but skipped over the Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me era and went straight for Disintegration. Or maybe they're just reversing the order. I'm willing to wait and see.
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Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment"
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 and Feb. 1; 2 p.m. Feb. 3 Where: San Diego Civic Theatre, 1200 Third Ave., downtown Admission: $45 to $275 Phone: (619) 533-7000 Online:
It's just not fair. ■ Donizetti's comic opera "The Daughter of the Regiment" features a soprano lead who sings a number of brilliant arias and shoulders the responsibility for much of the opera's success. ■ But it's the tenor — in the role of her suitor, Tonio — who takes the prize. ■ He only has two big arias, but one of those arias is "Ah, mes amis." With its nine high C's, it's considered one of the pinnacles of the tenor art. Luciano Pavarotti's career shot into the stratosphere after his "Ah, mes amis" literally brought a production of "Daughter of the Regiment" at the Metropolitan Opera to a halt. His recording of the opera with Joan Sutherland became an instant classic. ■ Juan Diego Flórez achieved a similar feat at La Scala, when he sang the aria twice, breaking a seven-decade embargo on encores at the legendary opera house. He did something similar when he brought the role to the Met, and he's also made a recording. ■ Now tenor Stephen Costello is trying out the role of Tonio, singing it for the first time with the San Diego Opera (opposite soprano L'Ubica Vargicova in the title role), and he knows Saturday's season opening at the Civic Theatre won't be a business-as-usual night.
"There are a lot of challenges," said Costello during a rehearsal break. "One is getting out of the shadow of Luciano Pavarotti. That's what people expect to hear. They expect to hear that sound. Or even Juan Diego. That creates a lot of pressure."
San Diego Opera general director Ian Campbell, who prides himself on building a company that makes singers a priority, is certain Costello will be equal to the task. Campbell has a card file of observations on every singer he has ever engaged (and some he hasn't), and the card he created nearly six years ago for Costello when the young tenor auditioned for him fresh out of Philadelphia's acclaimed Academy of Vocal Arts notes Costello's "virile sound" and his strength in his upper register.
Campbell quickly signed him to do "Romeo and Juliet" in 2010, "Faust" in 2012 (his first time in that role as well), and now "Daughter of the Regiment."
"Anybody would have seen he had something special," said Campbell of hearing Costello for the first time. "There are lots of men who sing 'Daughter of the Regiment,' but they tend to have narrower sounds. Stephen has greater amplitude because he sings 'Boheme' (recently at the Berlin Opera) and (heavier) operas like that, which others don't do," including Flórez.
That additional vocal weight makes Costello's debut in the role especially intriguing.
"The tenors we associate with that repertoire are lighter voices, because to sustain those high C's it's easier for a voice of lighter weight," said John Craig Johnson, vocal arts coordinator at Point Loma Nazarene University who works with some of the opera chorus singers. "But Costello, which is why I was so excited by his voice when I first heard it, is one of these young tenors who isn't afraid to sing with cajones. ... And to sing in that range, with that sized voice, audiences are not used to that. It is going to be super exciting."
Vocal quality
In part because of their ability to sing those seemingly unreachable high notes, tenors have a special allure. Certainly there have been revered basses, mezzo-sopranos and especially sopranos, but it is the tenor that is the most rare and cherished of operatic voices. It's no accident The Three Tenors were a worldwide sensation while you never heard much about The Three Sopranos.
But constantly singing on the edge of the body's physical capabilities takes its toll.
"We're all crazy," said Costello, who has already been to the doctor once since arriving in San Diego. "Tenors are always worried about their voice and their top notes. If you get too much sun, it can lower your voice. If you go swimming in chorine, it lowers your voice. You can't eat after a certain time, you can't really drink alcohol, because it messes with your voice. It's the little things."
Costello's wife, soprano Ailyn Pérez, who was with Costello during his first week in San Diego (playing the role, she explained, of supportive wife), is sympathetic to her husband's predilections, just as Costello seems sympathetic for what she had to deal with being married to a tenor.
"His instrument is probably the most vulnerable of all the voice types because its not a mixed voice," Pérez said, "It's full chest from the bottom up." A lyric soprano like Pérez employs chest voice and head voice and uses a technique called covering to make the transitions. And she doesn't even think about testing her voice in the morning, while a tenor, as Costello affirmed, is always checking his voice.
"When I vocalize, at least when I'm in my right mind, I start low and I give it time before I go high," Pérez said. "He'll get up in the morning (and vocalize) and for a while, it was high C-sharps. When they aren't there, he's worried the whole day. 'Oh my God, it's not there; it's not going to be there.' "
Costello said he's come to understand the necessity of warming up and being patient with his voice, but when your entire livelihood depends on your body responding in a specific way, it's difficult not to be concerned.
"Singers are a different psychology, different animal, than your typical violinist, bassoonist, oboist or other instrumentalist," Johnson said. "Because our instrument is our body; our body is our instrument. And it's constantly changing."
Confidence men
If tenors are a little neurotic about protecting their voices, they also tend to be supremely confident. In the world of opera, reticence is rarely rewarded.
"Tenors tend to be A type personality," Johnson said. "They are very driven, very focused, very organized; they have all their ducks in a row. Because there's a lot a stake and so they have to."
Costello is leaving nothing to chance for "Daughter of the Regiment."
As he typically does when he first learns a new work, he went over the role with his former mentor at the Academy of Vocal Arts, the highly regarded voice teacher Bill Schuman. Then he worked on it further with a vocal coach, Danielle Orlando, who teaches at AVA and Curtis Institute of Music.
"It's almost like the way you work with a trainer," Costello said. "You work to find out how many repetitions you should do, which muscles you should be focusing on, how many times a day you should do it."
Then he worked on his own, singing daily to move the part from the page into his muscles. While in San Diego, he's asked for a coach (who is also an accompanist) to continue his daily routine, in addition to his scheduled rehearsals. And Schuman will be in town the week before the opening to help him fine-tune the role.
He will be singing more Donizetti soon, as he and Pérez are scheduled to sing an "Elixir of Love" together at the Vienna State Opera in March. But he has not agreed to sing any more Tonios. He wants to see how the opera works with his voice in San Diego.
"I'll know for sure by the end of the run," he said. "If it works, it works." Then he'll add it to his repertoire. And as the 31-year-old tenor is already singing in major houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, and as they are always looking for a Tonio, he would likely take the role global.
If it doesn't work?
"I'll never do it again," he said.
Fair enough.
Voice lessons: Singers and the art of singing
If you really want to hear "The Voice," don't bother watching TV. It's opera season, and the San Diego Opera is bringing in more than a dozen singers whose pipes will blow away anything you've seen on the tube.
This year, we're going to focus on four of them, representing each voice type (soprano, mezzo-soprano/alto, tenor and bass), and talk to them about their craft.
Today: Tenor Stephen Costello (Tonio in "Daughter of the Regiment")
Feb. 10: Mezzo-soprano Nadia Krasteva (Delilah in "Samson and Delilah")
March 24: Bass Ferruccio Furlanetto (Thomas Becket in "Murder in the Cathedral")
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Hi, my name is Tony Ross and I'm one of the Program Managers for Internet Explorer. As JP mentioned in an earlier post, the IE Team has been working to make IE8 the most accessible web browser possible. We have also been working on improving interoperability and making things easier for web developers. Following these goals, I want to introduce you to a change we've made in the RC aimed at improving our support for ARIA, a syntax for making dynamic web content accessible. I'll walk you through what IE did before, what IE does now, and what this change means overall.
What did IE do before?
We added support for ARIA in Beta 1, but some differences in syntax existed depending on the browser mode. In IE8 Standards Mode you could access ARIA attributes from script using the syntax defined in the standard:
value = elm.getAttribute("aria-checked");
In the compatibility modes, IE7 Mode and Quirks Mode, you needed to use a camelCased version of the attribute name:
value = elm.getAttribute("ariaChecked");
You may find the different syntax odd at first, but it results from how IE handles attributes and properties. Properties exist on script objects and are of the form elm.property. As a convenience to developers, IE automatically maps attributes to properties. When the name of a native attribute contains a dash, IE adjusts it to produce acceptable property syntax:
value = elm.ariaChecked;
Without this adjustment, each dash in the name would be treated as a minus sign by the script interpreter:
value = elm.aria-checked; // Attempting to access a dashed property
value = elm.aria – checked; // What the dash means to the script interpreter
Older versions of IE and the compatibility modes in IE8 use the same name for both properties and attributes. Consequently, adjusting the name for properties affects the getAttribute syntax as well. This adjustment applies to all native attributes with dashed names, not just those that are part of ARIA. IE does not alter unrecognized attributes, and will leave names like "foo-bar" alone. IE8 Standards Mode avoids this conflict altogether by maintaining separate names for attributes and properties.
What does IE do now?
We did not initially support the standardized ARIA syntax in IE7 Mode or Quirks Mode due to the issue mentioned above. Backwards compatibility is paramount for these modes, so we are cautious about making changes to their behavior.
Later we received feedback expressing concerns about having different syntaxes for ARIA. This feedback came from web developers, Assistive Technology Vendors, and members of the standards community. Their concerns primarily focused on pages not ready to run in IE8 Standards Mode, where adding ARIA support would require choosing one of the syntaxes or doing extra work to support both.
Based on this feedback, we reexamined IE's handling of ARIA. Older versions of IE do not have ARIA support. They treat ARIA attributes as unknown and do not camelCase their names. This means that script can manipulate ARIA in these versions using the standardized syntax, although the information is not exposed via APIs like Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA).
Taking this information into consideration along with the feedback we received, we decided changing IE8's behavior was the best option. IE8 will now preserve the dash for ARIA attribute names in all modes. As part of this change, we are eliminating camelCased ARIA properties to avoid the naming conflict discussed above. You now only need to use the standardized syntax to add ARIA support in IE8, no matter which browser mode is being used:
value = elm.getAttribute("aria-checked");
What does this change mean?
For Web Developers
This change should make using ARIA in your pages even easier. We have removed the need to support multiple syntaxes for ARIA and have left you with just one.
- One syntax that works across all IE8 modes
- One syntax that is interoperable with other browsers
- One syntax that is consistent with the standard
For End Users
This change should make even more sites accessible in IE8 because all IE8 modes now support the ARIA standard.
For ARIA
This change should help increase the adoption of the standardized syntax for ARIA, since developers no longer have to worry about dealing with an alternate syntax.
We've taken the multiple syntaxes for ARIA supported by IE8 since Beta 1 and reduced them down to one that is consistent with the standard. We've made this change because we believe it will have a positive impact on developers, end users, and ARIA in general. As always, we are grateful for the feedback we receive from the community as it plays a key role in making these types of decisions.
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US Department of Labor awards grant to Vermont to enhance state's Self-Employment Assistance program
BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded a grant of $49,329 to the state of Vermont to create and promote a Self-Employment Assistance program for individuals who are eligible to receive Emergency Unemployment Compensation. The Vermont SEA program will connect EUC claimants to self-employment and training services through referrals to the Vermont Small Business Development Center.
"The funding announced today will make it easier for unemployed residents in Vermont to realize their dream to start their own business," said Eric Seleznow, acting assistant secretary of labor for employment and training. "Eligible residents will receive financial support while they access the resources, information and training they need to get a business off the ground."
Funding for this initiative is part of a series of innovative reforms to the federal Unemployment Insurance program made possible through the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. The grant includes $42,328 for development and implementation of the program and $7,001 for promotion and enrollment activities.
Participants in voluntary Self-Employment Assistance programs are provided with financial assistance equal to their Unemployment Insurance benefits while they receive entrepreneurial training and access to resources to help launch their businesses. In order to allow participants to devote full-time attention to creating new businesses that have the potential to create additional jobs, state work search requirements are waived.
For more information about Self-Employment Assistance programs, read the Unemployment Insurance program letter at http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3919.


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Emily Ratajkowski Wows in Frederick's of Hollywood Lingerie
Not a whole lot is known about 19 year old model Emily Ratajkowski other than she appeared on a couple episodes of iCarly and was in a couple movies we've never seen.
According to ModelMayhem, she's from Brooklyn and she wants everyone to respect her privacy. Yet, we get these extremely intimate pics of her posing in lingerie for Frederick's of Hollywood. Women, right? Anyway, in addition to her work for FOH, she's also shown off what she sleeps in for Princess Lingerie.
Unfortunately, she doesn't have a Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or official site that we know of. So, is she like the Bobby Fischer or JD Salinger of hot models? Don't hide from us too long! We're already getting the shakes.
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Hi everyone, this time I choose that look to express my feelings about something that is really touching me recently, are we on the right path ? what direction are we interested to take in our life ? does it will work for us or not ? I know we are a lot to have the same problem and it's pratically impossible to know everything before hand, but if you wait until you have all information life will pass you by in the mean time, so all we can do is some research on what are the areas of your life where you seem to lack direction, grab some paper and start a list. It could be anything so just write it down. Clothing style, hair, job or career, friends, purchases, sales, or whatever it may be, and after that ask more questions, gain some practical experience, then make a decision and act on it, and that's the hard point, it's when do you know when it's time to quit researching and time to start the field work ? That will vary depending on the person. I'm still not sure what I want to be when I grow up. I study computer network, but somehow, I think my future is in fashion blog or other things about clothes of some sort. But without anything more specific, how can I possibly move forward? What road will take me to a destination that I can't specify?
Anyway in this look I wanted to thank all those street artists who unleach their imagination on the walls of Rabat by their participation in the Jidar Festival, so if you want to check out these murals for yourself, you can find them on the following streets: Avenue Hassan II, Avenue Tadla, Avenue Ibn Sina, Avenue Al Alaouyine, Avenue Hamman El Fatwaki, Avenue Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Avenue Al Moukawama, Avenue Madagascar, Rue Abdelmoumen and Avenue Allal Al Fassi.
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Jacket / Levi's
Sweater / Harley Davidson
Jeans / H&M
Shoes / Dr. Martens
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Maeve Peillon Apron Jumpsuit
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Maeve Peillon Apron Jumpsuit
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