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Stunning classic dresses and original occasion wear are in abundance in boutiques. Many of the boutique shops have handpicked the dresses especially for their store, meaning that many of them will be exclusive and sophisticated. And you can choose the best one among them online. Visiting a boutique is all about elegantly combining style and functionality in feminine clothing, including boutique dress. When you shop for a boutique dress, you have the advantage of purchasing from a shop that specializes in a relatively small segment of the market.
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Improving your credit score can get you better options on credit card interest rates as well as help in receiving a loan. First off, get a copy of your credit report. There are sites available that allow you to get one for free and this will give you an idea of your credit score. I say 'idea' because most companies do not go off of these results so your score may be slightly different from what they tell you but it should be very close. This will allow you to see what creditors are looking at and you can check if there are any errors in the report. If you want a more exact copy then you will have to pay a small fee to receive it. This does not hurt your credit score to receive one. If there are errors you need to dispute them with the credit bureau or collections that filed it. In many cases older listings that aren't a great amount will not even be checked by the company so it doesn't hurt to try. I suppose this needs to be said, though it will not apply to most of you reading this, get a credit card if you don't have one. You don't need to carry a balance to improve your scores just use it responsibly and in moderation and pay your bills on time and you can build credit quickly.
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Paying your bills on time is always a big deal when trying to keep your credit score moving in the right direction. Late payments can make your score take a dive if you have good credit so dispute them if you can should any of them be on your credit report. In many cases if you have been a good customer and have a late payment in the past the lender may agree to erase it for you, so it doesn't hurt to ask. If you have decent credit and are able to get a loan, then you should get one as this shows your responsibility with both types of credit beyond just the card.
Bonus Tip: Identity theft can cause your credit score to drop dramatically. Consider signing up for a credit monitoring service to make sure your identity is secure and stays out of the wrong hands.
You don't have to buy a car or a house, you can get a small personal loan for whatever you desire and pay it back on time to build you credit very quickly. Only do this if you can afford it or you'll just end up with more debt. This is only even feasible for those who have decent credit and want to build their scores since if you have bad credit you won't get the loan in the first place. Do not over use your cards as this will not make your score better and may actually make it worse, use them sparingly. Having a high credit limit with a balance that is around thirty percent or less also helps your credit score, so don't go buck wild on spending just because you have a high credit limit. If you have an old card you haven't bothered to use in awhile, then use it. They may have stopped reporting to the credit bureaus because of it and using it again will have them doing so to boost your credit, since old credit looks good and shows you have been responsible for quite some time. Other than that the key elements on how to improve my credit score are the most obvious as far as being responsible with payments and making them on time and spending in moderation.

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XBox One S Leaked ahead of Microsoft's E3 2016
Microsoft E3 2016 has been one of the most talked about things in recent few weeks. Though, it still has a few hours before the event starts, we have some more information about one of it's announcements.
XBox One S, the new XBox which was supposed to be launching at E3 2016, has been rumored to be a slim device with a lot more powerful features. Well, we do not have much information about the feature yet, but thanks to NeoGAF user KawabataSan, we now know, how the new XBox looks.
If the leaked image is to be believed, then the new XBox is going to be over 40% slimmer and smaller than the usual XBox and it going to be featured by a 2TB internal hard disk drive. Also, it will be accompanied with a streamlined controller. Another feature leaked with the image confirms that the new XBox can stand vertically unlike the traditional XBox and it might be another reason to be overjoyed for the users.
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New Delhi: Beverage major PepsiCo, which pulled out as title sponsors of the BCCI backed IPL in October, on Thursday entered into a four-year partnership with the apex cricket body as an associate sponsor for all its international matches at home.
This would make PepsiCo as BCCI's official partner for refreshment, snacks and drinks besides grounds right where the beverage firm would have visibility on the field.
The announcement comes four months after PepsiCo had withdrawn as title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by walking out from five year contract which was due to expire in 2017.
The agreement also gives PepsiCo benefits of prominence in In-Stadia branding and On-Ground advertising for 80 matches in four years across the three formats.
"Pepsico which has been our long term partner are back on the board again as a partner again us as official associate sponsor," said BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur in Delhi.
Besides, Pepsico, there would be two other official associate sponsors of BCCI, from which the cricket body would get Rs 150 crore for the next four years, Thakur said.
Names of the other two sponsors will be announced in the next 7-10 days, he added. Mobile commerce platform Paytm is the official title sponsor of the BCCI.
"We have title sponsor which is Paytm. But we have opened up new revenue streams to get three more sponsors for us as official associate sponsor," said Thakur. This would not only increase the engagement but enhance the revenue stream of BCCI also at the same time, he added.
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Shivakumar further added: "I am sure that whatsoever needs to be done in order to improve the game that is something Manohar (BCCI president) and Thakur is fully aware of that and we have absolute confidence on them."
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April 8, 2016
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced that its Board of Governors has approved both OT Sports and K1 Sportswear as the Official Jersey Suppliers to the NAHL beginning in the 2016-17 season. The terms of the agreement are for the next three seasons.
All NAHL teams beginning in the 2016-17 season, will be required to wear jerseys that are made and supplied from either OT Sports or K1. The NAHL will also use OT Sports and K1 for their special event jerseys, such as the 2017 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament.
"We are very fortunate of have two experienced jersey suppliers with the proven track record such as OT Sports and K1 Sportswear to represent the NAHL," said NAHL Commissioner
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As part of the agreements, OT Sports and K1 Sportswear will be recognized as partners of all league-wide events, including the NAHL and NA3HL Showcase Tournaments, NAHL/NA3HL/NAPHL Top Prospects Tournaments and all North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) events. In addition, OT Sports and K1 Sportswear will have the ability to promote their products to all teams in both the NA3HL and NAPHL.
"With the number of events we have across the board for all three leagues, we feel like the inclusion of both OT Sports and K1 Sportswear will provide our players in the NAHL, NA3HL and NAPHL with some great looking, high quality jerseys that are a special part of playing in an All-Star Game or Top Prospects Tournament," continued Frankenfeld.
OT Sports is a manufacturing company located in Burlington, North Carolina, which specializes in the design, manufacturing, sale and distribution of custom team uniforms, licensed replica jerseys and sideline apparel. Since the 2004-05 season, OT Sports as been the Official Jersey Supplier of the NAHL.
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When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced he would shortly be part of a magnificent film trilogy, there was much excitement in New Zealand's capital, Wellington, which was to become home-base and principle filming location. (The biggest thrill the notoriously breezy city at the bottom of the North Island had hitherto experienced was the time it went four days without a puff of wind.)
Home to the nation's Parliament, and subsequently home to more than a healthy share of briefcase-toting public servants, the opportunity to see celebrities, or anyone slightly more interesting than a politician, raised the adrenalin levels of the city's café, film, art and fashion set.
It was logical that hometown director Peter Jackson (The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures and a swag of cult special-effect movies you wouldn't necessarily take granny to), shot his dream film in Wellington and around New Zealand. His Camperdown studios are situated in suburban Miramar, not far from internationally acclaimed Weta Ltd, comprising Jackson's ground-breaking digital studios Weta FX, Weta Workshop and Wingnut Films. When Jackson was 18, he had taken a 12-hour train journey from Wellington to New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, during which he began reading Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He finished it while staying in Auckland, and kept imagining what a film of the story would be like.
'I thought at the time, 'Wow this would make a great movie',' says Jackson, now 39. 'I was looking forward to someone making it. An animated version came out, but I wasn't happy with it. I ended up waiting so long I decided to make it myself.'
His extraordinary undertaking typifies Kiwi ingenuity, in a country where 'fixing it yourself, mate' is an intrinsic part of the collective psyche.
Rejecting the original proposal by Miramax to cram the trilogy into a single feature, Jackson stuck to his dream, boldly presenting the three-movie package to New Line, a division of AOL Time Warner, which agreed to back it.
That saw Wellington - a hilly, harbour-side city built on an earthquake fault line - become Middle Earth. In the process, around 2000 people were employed during production, many of whom were New Zealanders, and around $NZ250m was pumped into the local economy. Artisans including prop builders, costume designers and set creators worked like little elves for 18 months. Even the local army played a part - not that they have much else to do in this neck of the woods - helping lay 5000 cubic metres of soil, plough fields, plant a Hobbit vegetable garden (a year before filming began to make it look more credible as insisted upon by Jackson) and build sets. The army also got their 15 minutes of fame in battle scenes at Mordor.
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Although the capital city's residents were excited about having big movie names in town and the media eye trained on their earthquake-prone location, when it came down to it, they were typically laid-back Kiwis about rubbing shoulders with the Lord of the Ringers. Unlike Aucklanders, Wellington's inhabitants are not easily star-struck. At any rate, they have their own Hollywood star in Academy Award winner Anna Paquin, who hails from Wellington's Hutt area. And they have rugby star Jonah Lomu playing on their team, although he hasn't quite made it to Hollywood yet.
There were reports in newspapers of Liv Tyler (who plays Arwen) being turned away from trendy upmarket bar Motel because management didn't recognise her, but it was urban legend stuff. Tyler had been a regular at Motel for some time before being turned away one night, simply because she was in a group of 15-20 people and the intimate venue 'doesn't do groups'. Motel's manager says Tyler was happily back in there the next week, holding a party in the separate private room known as Room Service.
'We know her. She actually came here with a group of stars a lot bigger than her,' he says. 'We get all the celebrities here and we don't treat them any differently.'
Early on, when Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Tyler were visiting Karaka Bay café The Chocolate Fish, not far from where they called home during filming, Wood told her: 'You don't need your sunglasses and your collar turned up here Liv, it's quite casual'. As such, it became popular with cast and crew, and a few out-of-towners trying their best to star-spot. The Chocolate Fish had never had it so good, especially with LA actor Sean Astin being ordered to eat a lot, for his part as the portly Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee.
The Lord of the Rings cast certainly had plenty of choices in eating establishments. Wellington is known as the 'café capital', with more than 300 cafés and restaurants in the inner city area, which spans just 2km (1.24 miles) in diameter. It has the highest concentration of eating establishments in New Zealand and, per capita, more food haunts than New York.
New Yorker Tyler, 24, said she loved the city, but admitted to missing family and friends during the 15 months of filming. During that time, her home was the rented abode of a member of one of New Zealand's wealthiest families, the Todd dynasty, in the seaside suburb of Seatoun. She moved in after Stuart Townsend (who had played Aragorn for one week) moved out, having been dumped and replaced by the capable and easy-on-the-eye Viggo Mortensen (A Perfect Murder, GI Jane, 28 Days).
Neighbours describe Tyler as 'friendly' and 'girly', with one neighbour saying she not only fell in love with the country, but took a liking to his cat, declaring she'd like to take it back to New York.
Astin, 30, brought his wife Christine and daughter Alexandra to New Zealand for the duration of shooting, returning to LA for a brief holiday midway through filming. Despite being forced to put on weight, he fell in love with the location. His daughter attended school in New Zealand, picking up a bit of a Kiwi twang along the way. He told John Forde of eOnline: 'My wife and daughter are with me, so that's a great luxury. We're getting to spend an awful lot of time together and travel around … New Zealand is one of the last unspoiled places on earth… I'm glad my daughter's starting to sound like a Kiwi.'
Tyler's fiancé Royston Langdon (lead singer and bassist for Spacehog) visited her while she was down under and the pair became engaged on Valentine's Day this year. When the daughter of Aerosmith's Steve Tyler wasn't bolted up in the house during Langdon's visits, she spent any spare time surfing in Wellington's nippy southern beach waters, at the surfie hang-out of Lyall Bay. Others in the cast to take to the waters included Elijah Wood, Sean Bean (Boromir), Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck), Billy Boyd (Peregrin 'Pippin' Took) and Orlando Bloom (Legolas).
'They became surfing fanatics in Wellington,' laughs Peter Jackson. 'I don't think any of them had surfed in their lives before this.'
Tyler also enjoyed looking out over the sea while eating at The White House restaurant, a fine dining establishment on Wellington's Oriental Parade. There, the menu includes lacquered quail and roasted kumara (sweet potato) salad or the quintessential New Zealand Bluff oysters (reputed to have aphrodisiac qualities!).
Another favourite eating spot for Tyler, Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and many of the crew was Two Rooms, in the Miramar/Strathmore area, not far from Weta. Two Rooms was one of several hospitality businesses in the area to set up in direct response to Lord of the Rings and was frequented by many of the film's cast and crew. The other was Eva Dixon's Place in Miramar, an offshoot of a well-established deli in Wellington's Dixon Street.
While in New Zealand, Wood told eOnline: 'I don't feel that far from home. I know I am, but I'm so at home here. I feel like Wellington is my home away from home. I just got a house - I had an apartment for a while - so I'm totally settling in, and I've got a second family here as well, with Dom and Billy and Sean and the other actors and the crew and everyone. I feel so comfortable. And New Zealand's just a great place to work, it's a really relaxed and constantly beautiful atmosphere, so it's a lot of fun.'
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As well as adding to the coffers of the local hospitality industry, Tyler took a liking to New Zealand fashion, which has been steadily making a name on the world stage since the New Zealand Four (Karen Walker, Zambesi, World and Nom D) showed at London Fashion Week in 1999. Tyler turned up at a function in New York recently wearing a Zambesi jacket, and bought many items in the label's Wellington store while she was in town. She also supported funky up-and-coming Wellington fashion label Starfish, buying several items each time she visited.
Sir Ian McKellen supported the community in other ways. The gay actor, who plays wizard Gandalf, became involved in the local gay community, even willingly opening the city's annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival while he was there. He was also impressed by the talent in the New Zealand film industry, telling journalists: 'This is a Kiwi movie and that's what's astonishing for me. This is not an American movie that is being made here because it's cheap and there's some pleasant scenery.'
He loved New Zealand from the moment he arrived, and residents who met McKellen described him as charming and warm. But McKellen openly admits his original excitement about working down under was because it was so close to Australia. However, after one trip to Sydney, for the Mardi Gras, in which it rained all weekend, he changed his tune markedly.
At the final press conference after filming had concluded he said: 'New Zealand is now deep in my heart. I've had the most sensational year. I didn't expect it. I didn't know the place.' On the wall of his home in London now hangs a painting to remember his time in New Zealand, by Irish-born New Zealand artist Michael McCormack, which McKellen saw at an exhibition in Wellington.
'My favourite was a large work recording a windy, sunny day along Oriental Parade, with three women turning a corner by a red-bloomed pohutukawa tree, the New Zealand Christmas tree, and it's now in London,' McKellen told Auckland newspaper The New Zealand Herald.
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Australian-born actress Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) put aside traditional trans-Tasman rivalry when describing her love of the location. She flew in to shoot her part in 10 days, eight months after filming began, so could have felt like she'd joined a dinner party as dessert was being served. Instead, she spoke enthusiastically of her experience, telling the New Zealand Herald: 'I landed in Wellington - my husband Andrew [Upton] and I - and within probably about two hours and 15 minutes of being there we said we've got to move here. I feel like I should be enlisted by the Tourism Board of New Zealand. I really did have an extraordinary time there. Obviously on the film as well. You couldn't have made those films anywhere else.'
Screen legend Christopher Lee, 79, who plays Saruman, was unreserved in his praise for the setting too.
'Every country is different in terms of filming, because of language, culture and tradition,' he says on his official website. 'I have filmed in many, many countries all over the world - in many languages. But as a result of working on The Lord of the Rings, I would say it would be difficult to top New Zealand. The beauty of the country, the kindness, efficiency and friendliness of the people and their relaxed way of life is unsurpassable.'
Certainly cast and crew enjoyed the relaxed environment that allowed them to walk down main streets and not be harassed. An industry source says that the cone of secrecy surrounding the movie locations had, in part, been a determined effort by Jackson to protect his cast, who were working long hours, a long way from home and often under difficult conditions.
'If they [the film's producers] stuffed it up and pushed the actors, thereby risking the stars' privacy, then they would have destroyed a very precious thing,' says the insider. 'That would have taken away one of the special reasons for working in New Zealand.'
The other 'special' reason for filming there was of course the low value of the New Zealand dollar, making it more economical than shooting in England or - perish the thought - Hollywood. Wellywood, as it has become known, was just the ticket.
Beautiful, But No Limousines Here…
It was by no means all sun, surf, shopping and scenery for the cast. Most days began with them being picked up to go into make-up at 5:00am, which could take upward of two hours. Those ears take a lot of affixing. And while Wellington and Queenstown provided many of the comforts normally associated with being a movie star, on set in such stunningly beautiful but remote places as Poolburn in Central Otago, things were a lot tougher. One extra, for the Poolburn (Edoras) scenes, which are from the second part of the trilogy, says the going was fairly tough for stars like the slightly-built Tyler.
'She didn't always look comfortable, but personally the location blew me away,' says Charles Cramp from Golden Fox tours in Queenstown.
'We spent 10 days there as Uruk-hai warriors. And it was breathtaking.'
The cast then moved to the picturesque village of Glenorchy, 40 minutes from Queenstown, which became their base camp, population 200. They travelled up the world heritage area on Lake Wakatipu by jet boat, to film scenes in an area revered by local Maori for its pounamu (greenstone or jade) in days gone by. Greenstone Valley became Lothlorien, and no closer to pristine wilderness could you get. They rode horses through the wild from Dart Stables. The area is so stunning, the crew almost managed to forgive Mother Nature for completely destroying their set in a flash flood before filming had even begun there.
Similarly, filming battle scenes in Tongariro National Park in the North Island required stamina and respect for the environment and natural forces. Four weeks were spent filming on the Whakapapa side of Mount Ruapehu. Cast including Elijah Wood and Sean Astin sat on hot-water bottles in between takes to keep warm! While many of the cast stayed in the historic Chateau Lodge at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, other crew members hunkered down at Ohakune - a town popular in the ski-season, but whose main claim to fame is growing carrots.
Meanwhile, Jackson is growing a few grey hairs, putting the finishing touches on the final parts of the trilogy at his special effects unit.
'It has taken 45 years for filmmaking technology to finally catch up with Tolkien's imagination,' he says. 'We are fortunate down here in New Zealand to have both the computer technology and the natural landscapes to bring the unique world of Middle Earth to life.' And Tolkien fans are fortunate to have as dedicated and as visionary a director as Jackson.
What They Got Up To
Ian McKellen and Liv Tyler went to a one-day cricket match in Wellington.
Sean Astin went to an All Blacks game where a local news crew interviewed him about his (limited) knowledge of rugby.
All the Hobbits entered the annual Dragon Boat Festival on Wellington harbour - entering in a bath-tub 'boat' that sank, leaving them to swim back to shore.
Viggo Mortensen rented a motorhome during the Christmas break from shooting, and spent a couple of weeks exploring the South Island.
Some of the cast and crew including Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd went bungy jumping with AJ Hackett at the Kawarau Bridge site, just out of Queenstown.
A party of 2000 lasted the distance at the wrap party for Lord of the Rings, held at Wellington's Shed 21 on the waterfront. Director Peter Jackson was among the revellers, and kept things Kiwi with the music of one of New Zealand's most popular rockers, Dave Dobbyn.
When New Zealand Became Middle Earth.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was shot in many locations around New Zealand, with Port Waikato being the furthest location north, and Te Anau the furthest location south. Others included:
Hobbiton: In Matamata, near Hamilton in the upper North Island.
Mordor, Gorgorath Plains, Emyn Muil: At Whakapapa in the Tongariro National Park, central North Island.
Mordor, Slopes of Mount Doom: At Tukino Ski Field, Tongariro National Park.
Rivendell, River Anduin: In Kaitoke, 90 minutes' north of Wellington.
The Wellington region was location for many places including outer Shire, Chetwood Forest, Helms Deep and Minas Tirith.
Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith: In Dry Creek Quarry, Upper Hutt.
Edoras: Mount Sunday, Methven, South Island.
Lothlorien: Paradise, Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu, South Island.
Plains of Rohan: Poolburn Lake, Ida Valley.


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TED, one of the top producers of technology and industry conferences in the world, today announced the new TEDtalks app. With the new app Android users can choose from over 1100 industry related keynotes, conference lectures and fireside chats to view across multiple Android devices.
According to TED the app is optimized for a wide range of screens including the new Sony Tablet P and the Kindle Fire, leaving virtually every Android owner, with access to the myriad of content found from many of TED's top conference over the past few years.
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Android users can benefit from the fact that TED has also included audio only engagement which makes listening to the conferences, lectures, fireside chats and keynotes as easy as watching them. There is also an off-line viewing mode which allows the lecture or content you are watching to be cached to your device so you can view it on the go away from a signal.
Other features of the TEDTalks app include:
Up-to-the-minute videos: TEDTalks are published daily, and Android app users can see the latest TEDTalks videos as soon as they're available online.
Browse + search: Whether they're online or off, users can browse the TED library – by theme, tag, rating or popularity – and search for a talk by speaker name or topic.
Easy sharing: Users who are inspired by a talk can share it easily over Facebook, Twitter or email.
Bookmarks: Users can mark and save talks for viewing later within their "My Talks" tab.
Offline viewing: The app is designed to support a mobile lifestyle, in which users move fluidly between online and offline use. Users can download video and audio directly to the device to watch on the plane or other locations where Internet connectivity may not possible. The full library is searchable in offline mode.
Curated audio stream: Out for a jog, multi-tasking, or just interested in listening, TED app users can listen to TEDTalks, either on an individual basis or through TED's curated audio stream.
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LAFCU Letter Art Exhibit
The LAFCU Art, Growth & Community Series is a traveling art exhibit combining the talents of 5 Michigan artists, Derek Allmendinger, Sam "Samskee" DeBourbon, Laura Gajewski, Jeremy Coats, and Brian Whitfield.
Through the expression of art, these 5 artists have showcased the possibilities when Art, Growth & Community come together as one.
Artist: Derek Allmendinger
Style: Warhol Inspired
Materials: Acrylics
Derek Allmendinger's letter "L" was inspired by his surroundings, or lack thereof. Allmendinger regularly visits LAFCU and looks at all its history throughout the branches. Allmendinger noticed LAFCU's mascot, LAFF-E the Cow, doesn't get much love and wanted to fix that. His piece depicts LAFF-E having a photo shoot. As Allmendinger put it, "We all know LAFF-E wouldn't stand still for a photo shoot." After viewing his piece, Allmendinger wants people to learn to let it go and have no fear.
Artist: Sam "Samskee" DeBourbon
Style: Graffiti
Materials: Spray Paint
Sam "Samskee" DeBourbon's letter "A" is influenced by his love for patterns and colors. Samskee says his piece embodies "happy color fusion – happy family". While viewing his artwork, Samskee hopes people learn to just have fun. He believes art is therapy for himself and can be for others who don't even realize it.
Artist: Laura Gajewski
Style: Mixed media
Materials: Spray Paint, Acrylics
Laura Gajewski's letter "F" is influenced by vintage REO Flying Cloud advertisements from 1927 and 1929. These advertisements pictured many clouds which inspired Gajewski to create her own rendition. Gajewski hopes those viewing her piece see it as her best self.
Artist: Jeremy Coats
Style: Surrealism
Materials: Acrylics
Jeremy Coats' letter "C" is influenced by his interest in surrealism and hidden images. Coats incorporated the ideas of growth and community into his art. He wants people to be intrigued and feel some sense of mystery when viewing his piece.
Artist: Brian Whitfield
Style: Cubism
Materials: Acrylics, Paint Markers
Brian Whitfield's letter "U" is influenced by the letter itself. Whitfield saw the two sides of the "U" as the two different Lansings we know and love - Lansing the Capitol and Lansing our home. Whitfield creates art for himself but hopes people feel good when viewing it.


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JOB DESCRIPTIONJob Description:
As the Store Manager, you will be responsible and accountable for all operational aspects of the assigned store. You must be committed to ensuring outstanding service by creating an environment that is focused on providing an experience that exceeds customer expectations.
You will establish and maintain superior professional standards in the areas of sales, customer service, visual presentation, inventory management, operations, personnel management and development, while demonstrating and upholding the values and vision of the company. The position requires a minimum of 2-5 years management experience, 2+ year s prior consultative sales experience, and prior customer service experience. 1-3 years experience working in a retail business and prior experience working in the cosmetic industry preferred.
If you are 18 years of age or older, meet the requirements as stated, and have a passion for customer service and cosmetics, we encourage you to apply.
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By Tom Knighton
A Washington state man was sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison for manslaughter after he killed a neighbor while shooting at a car thief. Tobin Panton, age 40, accidentally shot and killed 61-year-old Linda Green when he exited his home after noticing his Jeep leaving his driveway.
Tobin Panton, 40, of Bonney Lake in the Tacoma area, was sentenced last week in Pierce County Superior Court on one count of manslaughter in the first degree for the death of 61-year-old Linda Green.
"Instead of calling 911 he took matters into his own hands," said Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Erika Nohavec. "He didn't think of any of his neighbors and Linda Green lost her life that day."
The incident, which occurred last November, happened just after Tobin was getting out of the shower and saw his Jeep leaving his driveway. Retrieving his .40-caliber Glock, Tobin fired at the departing vehicle from his porch until he ran out of ammunition. Pierce County deputies were called a brief time later to a home two blocks away from the man's residence, where Green was found shot in the head in her sleep.
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ProsDelicious, well-prepared food in a festive Victorian holiday ambiance with live Christmas music.
ConsAt $43.02 per person, the dinner is a bit pricey, but well worth it.
Full ReviewLocated in a historic old home in the Germantown area of Nashville, Monell's specializes in great Southern food served family style on large tables where guests join other diners for meals like chicken and dumplings, spinach lasagna, pork chops, catfish and of course, fried chicken, all served in Monell's homey environment. However, once a year the old house is transformed. Garlands and wreaths are hung, candles and ornaments are placed, and a Victorian Christmas tree is put up. A quartet of carolers dresses up in their Christmas apparel and the menu changes into a sumptuous feast. The fried chicken is passed over for more elegant fare for Monell's Victorian Christmas.
Monell's has been hosting their Victorian Christmas for fifteen years, and the restaurant pulls out all the stops. The menu for the 2009 feast starts with appetizers - artichoke dip served with crisp pita bread, jalapenos stuffed with cheese, and sweet & smoky salmon; followed by strawberry bisque; three-leaf salad with roasted pecans, cranberries, & orange vinaigrette dressing; fresh-baked dinner rolls; stuffed chicken Monell's; filet of beef with Bernaise sauce; several versatile vegetable and rice dishes; and for dessert a white chocolate mousse.
I couldn't find fault with the thing - the food was delicious with surprises like the strawberry bisque. I was expecting a soup but this was a cold, sweet, creamy, unexpected surprise. I am not a big fan of salmon, but the sweet & smokey salmon was just what the name implied - sweet in just the right degree to be delicious. I can't mention sweet without praising the white chocolate mousse, which was light, creamy and oh-so-sweet.
The fruit punch and cider offered as beverages were both tart and sweet and more than satisfying accompaniments to the multi-course meal.
To top off a delightful dinner, carolers entertained by singing Christmas songs while the guests dined. Diners were invited to join in between mouthfuls and many did just that. The Victorian Christmas evening ended with a short, seasonal devotional by candlelight.


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Christmas Anime and Holiday Manga Cartoon Art and Drawing
Big appealing eyes and cute cartoon like characters with expressive faces.
You've probably seen them and didn't realize you were actually viewing an old art form that originated in Japan. Referred to by a couple of different names: "Anime" and/or "Manga" (often used interchangeably) are a fun art-form that is mostly popular with the younger generation. This unique art style has garnered many followers, with whole websites and forums dedicated to this budding art. Although Japanese in origin, Manga and Anime are becoming more and more popular around the world.
I recently attended and taught an art class at a fun event in Fremont, Ca. called the "Holiday Anime Fair", which was a special event dedicated to Anime and Manga art, its followers and artists. I learned a lot and was taken in by the cute Anime characters with their large expressive eyes.
This particular Anime and Manga fair had a holiday twist - the halls were decked with hand rendered anime art of cats, dogs and characters adorned with various holiday themes.
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Did you know what Anime or Manga was before reading this hub?
What is Anime and Manga art?
The word "anime", which we call it in the U.S., actually originated in Japan and describes Japanese cartoons and computer animation.The word itself is actually an abbreviation of the Japanese word "animation".
The colorful art often consists of colorful graphics, vibrant characters and action-filled plots with fantastic or futuristic themes. You could say that Anime and Manga are the equivalent of our modern day comic books. In Japan, these characters are widely popular, with their own story-lines, comics, movies and followings.
In its simplest from, the word Manga (pronounced MAHN-gah or MANG-ah) is part of the anime art, where adult characters often have large prominent eyes. In it's more complex form, Manga covers a whole spectrum of characters in novels, comic books and animated movies. The definition of Manga in Japanese literally means "whimsical characters".
Although around for quite sometime, both Anime art and Manga art have begun to be quite popular not only in Japan, but around the world.
Holiday Anime characters
Trademarks of Manga style art
How can you tell if you are looking at Manga art as opposed to other forms of cartooning? Here are some of the hallmarks of Manga Art:
- Characters have large and prominent eyes. Eyes are often shaped like saucers. The large eyes usually convey feelings and emotions. Interesting side note here is that "evil" or "unfriendly" Manga characters are usually characterized with small eyes, portraying the "bad guys".
- Manga art tends to follow a "cinematic technique" - and they look like cartoons that would be developed for a storyboard or cartoon. They often show characters in transition, as if they were part of a larger story (which they often are)
- Manga art often shows extreme expressions on the characters faces. It's easy to spot emotion and know what the character is feeling. Although somewhat unrealistic at times, Manga can get across the characters feelings through art.
- Most, but not all traditional Manga, is done in black and white. As Manga has developed however, and especially in Western Countries, Manga has become more colorful.
Manga characters celebrate the holidays too!
Considering the storybook and comic book appeal of Anime and Manga art, it's not surprising that the characters are even treated to their own holiday celebrations.
At the Holiday Anime Fair held in Fremont, Ca., Anime and Manga lovers come from all over. They come not only to learn how to draw Manga eyes, but are even treated to the best Manga and Anime Costume Contest, where kids and both adults dress up as their favorite Anime/Manga characters.
Large expressive eyes are adorned with Holiday hats and vendors sell Manga wares like hand-made purses, bookmarks and artwork. Anime and Manga artists give demonstrations on the art of Anime and Manga and teach children and adults various art techniques.


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The newest addition to the property is the Suite. The Upper Suite room which is located directly behind our 2 bedroom bungalow at the south end of our property.
It's a secluded, reclaimed hardwood accommodation that is set back into jungles, along side the riverbed and the treetops.
The Upper Suite has a king ben in the ACed room, it's own private bathroom and shower, and extended wood porch for your leisure activities.
There are no kitchen facilities but there are simple amenities such as a coffee press, refrigerator and drinking water dispenser.
To enjoy the quietness and tranquility for this unique area of the property, there is no TV or radio provided. This also helps to respect your lower level neighbors.
If there is an existing booking on the lower level please note that our beautiful suite room is constructed entirely of reclaimed teak wood so sound may travel between upper and lower levels.
There is no swimming pool access, but the Upper Suite has access to the front lawn though the property's garden pathways.
• Access to lawn & cliff
• Refrigerator
• Air Conditioning
• Wifi
• Electronic in room safe


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The continuing advances in production methods in the metalworking industry has created a need for precision workholding devices capable of automatic clamping in component bores. In addition, the equipment must transmit the high accuracy of the latest machine tools and develop sufficient holding power to resist the cutting forces imposed on the work-piece.
Such capabilities are possible by using a mandrel system. The expanding mandrels, double angle principle for precision expansion, have been proven over a number of years as the most versatile and trouble-free systems for applications requiring internal chucking where accuracy and positive grip are necessary.
Alternatively, you may order workholding products by detailing your requirements. Begin by choosing your required workholding type:
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Ghent PDF Workgroup Debuts First Job Ticket
Friday, June 23, 2006
Press release from the issuing companyGHENT, BELGIUM – June 22, 2006 – The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), an international organization comprised of users, associations & developers building best practices for publishing workflows; today announces the availability of the first in a series of Job Tickets to come from the group. This first deliverable from the GWG Job Ticket subcommittee is an AdsML-compatible GWG Ad Ticket component available free at: www.gwg.org. The GWG Job Ticket Subcommittee investigates and defines best practices regarding different forms of job tickets. In addition to the implementation of the first Ad Ticket, the group will focus on future implementations of XMP and JDF. The GWG Ad Ticket is an Adobe Acrobat custom XMP panel that attaches to a PDF file, and is designed to provide comprehensive meta data about the ad represented by the PDF. Using the GWG Ad Ticket, detailed and useful information such as media agency (buyer name); creative agency; prepress name and contact information including phone/email; advertiser name; first publication date as well as production information (publication; color description, size, width, bleed, and correction remarks), all follow a PDF ad from creation through production. Each GWG Ad Ticket includes 13 required and 9 optional fields that are compatible with AdsML, the initiative supported by Ifra, an international association for media publishing, the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) and IDEAlliance, a leader in XML-based standards development for the graphic communications industry. GWG Ad Tickets share the same "tags" as AdsML. Similarly, the group will continue to maintain close contact regarding developments within standards organizations and develop compatible solutions. Stéphane Georges, Dalim Software, and Chairperson for the GWG Job Ticket Subcommittee says, "There is a strong need for stakeholders to get more information about the files they exchange, especially in the advertising segment. By promoting the standard that is already compatible with AdsML, we expect a quick adoption of our best practice specifications." The GWG Ad Ticket was successfully developed with active collaboration and technical support from GWG member Medibel+, the organization that unites the Belgian advertising sector. The GWG Ad Ticket is an extension of the existing Medibel+ Ad ticket, conforming 100% with Medibel+ ad content. "We've taken the concepts for Medibel+ job tickets and we matched to AdsML job tickets, creating a truly open format that can be shared and used by as many users globally as possible," explains Georges.
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Welcome to the Dark Alleys wiki!
The Dark Alleys was conceived in the very beginning as a collaborative effort between players (and GM) and this collaboration should continue here on the wiki. Feel free and comfortable here adding and editing entries. The world is ours to create (and in case of the players recreate with their Entropic and Axiomatic powers.)
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How much will Windows hate me if I don't use RemoveProp
px replied to incertia's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingWhile I've never used these properties I would imagine the property list automatically get cleaned up when the associated window closes. Just to be on the safe side though I would be inclined to remove properties as part of the windows close code at the very least.
Universal OpenGL Version
px replied to IggyZuk's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingYou could always take a look at the Steam Hardware Survey. They don't directly check OpenGL support (not sure why not) but you can at least get an idea of what cards are being used by gamers more by checking the video card results. That might give you a bit of insight anyways.
Help me find the library I'm thinking of
px replied to Calneon's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingSounds like World Machine to me. Good program that one.
boost filesystem iterate
px replied to multiversicationist's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingJust a quick note about your solution there... You should either remove the 'int loopcounter' from the start of the code or remove the 'int' from the for loop. right now you're creating two variables with the same name. What's the value of loopcounter after the loop is done? ;)
What can you do with the UDK?
px replied to ReDespawn's topic in Engines and MiddlewareHere's a sampling of what the Unreal engine is capable of. Scroll down to the Unreal engine 3 section for more current titles. Basically, if you can imagine it, you can build it with UDK... and as an added bonus it's pretty nice to work with and is updated often.
Chests in Random Dungeons
px replied to CBreinholt's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingThis doesn't really do anything to help you with your problem, but... How about having the quality of the items in the chest depend on the distance the chest is away from the shortest path. That way people who want to just rip through a dungeon fast will still have some chance of finding goodies and people who take their time and explore get a better chance. Just a thought...
Template Overriding
px replied to Geometrian's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingPerhaps it's because your template is a good match for you function call. If you had used a regular function (int pow(int, int)) rather than a template then it wouldn't match for floats and thus use the one in math.h. Also, one should use <cmath> rather than <math.h> ;) Edit: interesting... doing it either way seems to work with Visual Studio though.
Stanford AI Class this Semester for Free
px replied to Tsuki no Hikari's topic in Artificial IntelligenceSounds cool. Thanks for the heads-up.
do I learn directX or directx version XX?
px replied to ryan mccabe's topic in For Beginners's ForumI would say go with DX11. DX10 will only run on DX10 (and up) hardware whereas DX11 will run on DX9 (and up) hardware. It should be noted though that both (officially) require Windows Vista or higher so if you want to develop for Windows XP you'll have to stick with DX9. But that's just my 2 cents and I'm by no means and DX expert ;]
Why is this code not moving the cube correctly?
px replied to thyrgle's topic in For Beginners's ForumI believe you should be adding the current movement to the previous movement. So when setting z_cam you should be do something like z_cam += 1; (or -= 1 as the case may be) and not resetting it to 0 after drawing.
Reading different lines in text file
px replied to D-Schade's topic in For Beginners's ForumThe problem you're having here is that you've created an array of size 1 (ie. just 1 string) to hold each line of the file. When you're reading the file you reset the counter (variable i) whenever it exceeds the size (variable size). Single-stepping through the code with your debugger should give a clear view of what's going on. I would recommend replacing that array with a vector<> of strings.This way you don't need to worry about overflowing a buffer because the vector worries about that for you
Ogre3d vs Irrlicht vs Horde3d vs ?
px replied to arasmussen's topic in Engines and MiddlewareAs NewBreed said, Ogre is a very powerful engine. That power comes with a fairly steep learning curve so you'll need to be prepared to spend some time just playing with things and learning the ropes. It's we laid out, has tons of features an active and helpful community. Irrlicht is very easy to get up and running with. I don't think it's considered as powerful as Ogre but you can still get some great results out of it. It still seems to be fairly actively developed and last time I was there (a long time ago admittedly) the community was very helpful. Horde3D kind of surprised me when I first used it. It seemed very small (it's basically just a C wrapper around some OpenGL stuff) compared to the other yet I managed to get some good results (they would have been better results if I actually had any artistic talent ) I really liked the way it's rendering pipelines worked. Unfortunately it seems like development on it has stalled out. But perhaps that's because the devs already brought it as far as they had planned *shrug* My recommendation to you would actually be to give each of them a try and see what works best for you and your needs.I'm sure that's not really the answer you were hoping for but that's really the best way to ensure you get what's right for you.
Is there a way?
px replied to l jsym l's topic in For Beginners's Forumfloor(log(n)) + 1 to be exact
Flash GUI in Direct3D
px replied to sipickles's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingIMHO:\/ use abstract thought. if company not agree with use product in project they contact with team. If team need get Eval-they contact with company and in email agree with license/ correcting for individual Why you is very correct on Copyright? For Example: I have Unreal Engine 3 source ->i use this is engine only for my NOT commercical projects-this is my right,udk me not interested.=if i not get money=i not have problems-i dont have publisher,not share Engine src and etc. If i not right.please correct me [/quote] Is there a difference between stealing a car and driving it on the road to go to work/shopping/etc VS. stealing a car and only driving it in your yard? @sipickles: Not sure if this old thread will be any help or not but here it is anyways.
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Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Mercedes-Benz F-Cell won the poll we ran in December as the vehicle that should have won the Green Car Journal's Green Car Vision Award, but it was the Nissan Leaf that received that honor today at the Washington Auto Show. The Leaf (read full details on the car) was selected over Coda Automotive's electric sedan, the Ford Focus BEV, the F-Cell and Toyota's plug-in Prius for the award.
After accepting the award, Nissan held a short press conference, during which we learned that 38,000 people have signed up for Nissan's Leaf interest list. This is higher than previous numbers we've heard from Nissan about early interest (around 20,000 pre-orders expected) and production volumes (just 5,000), but we know it's also much easier to raise a hand than sign a lease. Still, it's a strong signal that the company vision could soon be a popular vehicle. As one Nissan representative said, "We're serious when we say mass market." In the near future, Nissan will announce detailed pricing information (the vehicle is still 11 months away, after all) and more information on markets where the all-electric car will be available.
Photos copyright ©2010 Sebastian Blanco / Weblogs, Inc.
Nissan Leaf Electric Car Wins 2010 Green Car Vision Award™
Electric Hatchback a Significant Step for Automaker, Green Car Journal Says
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Nissan Leaf battery electric car has been named Green Car Journal's 2010 Green Car Vision Award™ winner at The Washington Auto Show. The innovative Leaf is scheduled to go on sale later this year.
Along with the Leaf, this year's Green Car Vision Award™ nominees included the Coda electric sedan, Ford Focus BEV electric car, Mercedes-Benz F-Cell hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and Toyota Prius PHV plug-in hybrid. Each of these nominees, in its own way, presents a strong vision for the future of the automobile.
"Nissan's move to offer a stylish battery electric vehicle as part of its model line is significant," says Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of the Green Car Journal and editor of GreenCar.com. "This coming electric model will provide the features, the styling, and the driving experience that will meet the needs of a sophisticated and demanding market, while producing zero localized emissions and requiring no petroleum fuels."
The vehicle's cost does not exceed that of a comparable internal combustion model and the gas to run it.
"This kind of price parity is crucial to the success of any mass market advanced technology model," Cogan says.
To be considered for the Green Car Vision Award™, vehicles must be in their early stages of commercialization but not yet on sale, in small volume production with more than one functional prototype in existence, or operating as part of a demonstration fleet. A nominee may be an all-new model or an advanced adaptation of an existing model, such as a conversion to another type of power like electric drive.
About Green Car Journal
The award-winning Green Car Journal has focused on the intersection of automobiles, energy, and environment since its launch in 1992. The Green Car Vision Award™ is a trademark of Green Car Journal and RJ Cogan Specialty Publications Group, Inc.
About WANADA and The Washington Auto Show®
The Washington Auto Show® is considered the Public Policy Show on the industry's global circuit. As producers of the auto show, the Washington Area New Auto Dealers Association (WANADA) represents nearly all franchised new car dealers in and around the Washington metropolitan region. For more information, contact www.washingtonautoshow.com and www.wanada.org.
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ice-chests-msg - 7/4/10
Using ice chests at SCA events. Hiding them. Keeping things cool and safe.
NOTE: See also the files: camp-kitchens-msg, camp-ovens-msg, firepits-msg, trash-storage-msg, campfood-msg, drying-foods-msg, food-storage-msg.
This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday.
This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org
I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter.
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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:54:39 -0500
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
From: Ted Eisenstein <Alban at socket.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Boxes for coolers
> Sometime in the recent past, the list was discussing coolers/ice boxes.
> Someone posted the web address for boxes that hold Coleman coolers, or
> are themselves coolers. These boxes were wonderfully painted.
. . . . by the way, a small hint: keep these box coolers a bit off the
ground, if you can. I use a cooler similar to these (i.e., a styrofoam cooler inside a nifty wood box) at Pennsic, and used to have problems with water collecting underneath it. It wasn't until I figured out it was condensation, not
leakage, that I did something about it. It now sits on a small stand that allows
for air circulation all around it _and_ underneath: no drippage, no wet
spots, no dampness at all this year. And with it being raised, it's a lot easier to get into for those of us with strong minds and weak backs. <grin>
Oh, also: put the ice in a large garbage bag that's inside another garbage
bag. Easier to dispose of the water, and you won't wind up soaking the food.
From: alchem at en.com (James Koch)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Pennsic "Freezers"
Date: 15 Jul 2003 20:19:23 -0700
You could build your own. I have a huge box with carrying poles. If
you have ever attended one of our parties (Pentwyvern Goes To Hell),
you may have seen it. During our parties it serves as the bar "The
Ark Of Pentwyvern". In Boy Scouts we called these a wanigan(sp?). I
believe the name is Algonquinian and literally means "hole". You
build it from plywood with reinforced corners and edges. Think of an
old fashioned steamer trunk. Build it to fit in the back of a van or
on a trailer. Line it with that pink insulation foam. You can fill
it with your pavilion and all of the stuff you regularly haul to
Pennsic. Mine sits in my garage most of the year as a big Pennsic
only storage box. Once you get to the event you remove the contents
and fill it with block ice. Presto chango, you have an instant
cooler. At the end of the event just dump the ice and dry the
interior for transport home.
Jim Koch (Gladius The Alchemist)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:28:13 -0500
From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] canvas covers for coolers for just 2.49
To: "SCA-Cooks" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
This came across my Leather List, and I thought perhaps so9me of you
Might be interested in using these to disguise coolers....
I'm thinking, that if they're natural colored canvas, as described, they
might be easily dyed to personal or group colors, too...
I ordered some stuff from harbor freight and they had canvas covers for
abrasive blast cabinet for 2.49 so I ordered them and they fit nicely on the 56
quart cooler by igloo .The overall dimension is 24 l by 18 w by 22 deep and
there made out of the natural canvas like the canvas i used to make my
chairs just lighterweight canvas if you would like to gt some go to
harborfreight.com and the item # is 47934-2HCB. If you can do a group order
for people in you area go ahead so everyone don't get nailed with the 4.95
handling fee
Saint Phlip,
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:49:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Huette von Ahrens <ahrenshav at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] things they dont explain about Pennsic
To: Kirsten Houseknecht <kirsten at fabricdragon.com>, Cooks within the
SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
--- Kirsten Houseknecht <kirsten at fabricdragon.com> wrote:
> Things no one told me about Pennsic until I was
> there.....
> 10. food storage and eating
> ice, lots of ice. replace/add ice frequently.
> buy the best cooler you can
> get. even if you do not plan on cooking store
> at least drinks in there....
> freeze all meats solid before leaving home.
> use them as they thaw out in the cooler.
> if the heat makes you lose your appetite, at
> least eat something salty and
> drink water. you MUST eat some salt in hot
> weather. this does not have to
> be a lot, but some!
Thank you Kirsten.
I have never been to Pennsic. I have always
dreamed of going, but now I am beginning to
change my dream, after reading your list.
However, I have been to quite a few Caidan and
Atenveldt wars and so I wish to talk about ice
at wars.
Ice comes in four versions. Crushed, cubes,
blocks and dry. The greater the surface that
you have on your ice the faster it melts.
Therefore, crushed ice is all surface and melts
the fastest. Cubes melts pretty fast. Block
ice melts pretty slowly. Dry ice doesn't melt,
it evaporates, but its evaporation time is the
slowest of all.
Crushed and cubed ice is best for putting in
drinks and for quick chilling. A bag of either
usually will not last more than 5-7 hours by
itself in an ice chest. This depends a lot on
the outside weather temps. The hotter it is the
faster they melt. The cooler it is the slower
they melt.
Block and dry ice are best for keeping your
ice chests cool/cold long term.
There are several ways of getting block ice.
1) buy it from an ice merchant. Usually in 10 lbs
blocks, although my local ice merchant is willing
to cut blocks in half for me.
2) take clean plastic milk bottles and fill them
with water and freeze them in your freezer [if
you have room].
Usually, a 10 lbs block of ice will take 2-3 days
to melt completely in an ice chest. If cut in
half, the 5 lbs blocks will last only two days.
Home made milk bottle ice blocks usually last
one day, but can give you cold drinking water
at the same time.
My local ice merchant sells dry ice in 7 lbs
blocks. However, because dry ice is so cold, it
freezes anything that it touches for long periods
of time. A 7 lbs block of ice usually lasts
4 days, depending on the outside temps. The
neat thing about dry ice is that when it
evaporates it doesn't leave water behind, so
your ice chest doesn't need to be drained.
When I go to a war, I usually bring two ice
chests. One for immediate use and for items
that should not be frozen. The second for
use later in the war and for items that need
to be kept frozen. I have been known to bring
ice cream and frozen juice bars to wars.
In the first ice chest, I put one 5 lbs block
of ice and one bag of cubed ice. In the second
chest, I put one 7 lbs block of dry ice and
the other 5 lbs block of ice. The block of ice
is kept next to and frozen by the dry ice and
buffers the intense cold from the food. I then
put things in like ice cream or meats I don't
mind having frozen until I need them. I once put
a carton of fresh orange juice in this chest and
had to remove it every day one or two hours
before breakfast so that we would be able to
drink it for breakfast. I think I served the
coldest orange juice at that war.
If I were going to camp at Pennsic, I would
bring three ice chests. The third would contain
another block of dry ice and two more 10 lbs
blocks of ice cut in half. This would not be
opened until the first chest needed new ice.
This would also keep you from having to make
an ice run into town too often. Although you
still would have to buy drinking ice on a daily
basis from the camp store.
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:28:42 -0400
From: "grizly" <grizly at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pennsic on a shoestring
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Dry ice is your friend for coolers designed for long term storage and not
daily/hourly in and out. Set a good cooler up with frozen foods and dry
ice, and you can keep food frozen then cold for a week on one load, easy.
Gotta keep it closed as much as possible, keep it full as possible as long
as possible, and keep the dry ice dry. Padded gloves and your off. Use a
different cooler for in and out access through the day.
Dry ice is pretty affordable around here last time I bought it (yikes, 2+
years ago). By the pound, you can get good deal if you can find it near
you. Saves on buying ice every day. And will reduce overall expence of
cooler use.
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:10:43 -0400
From: Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pennsic on a shoestring
To: grizly at mindspring.com, Cooks within the SCA
<sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
And...whatever kind of ice you use, keep the cooler in a shady spot in
your camp...and keep a nice, thick white or very light colored bath
towel on top. Someone told me this secret several years ago...I didn't
believe them, but tried it anyway...and it worked! ice seemed to last
much longer.
We also use frozen bottles of water to help keep food cold on the way
up...when it thaws, you have nice, fresh water that's drinkable! Try to
find bottles that are square in shape rather than round...they take up
less room in the cooler.
From: Jeanne Carter <jeanne.c at sbcglobal.net>
Date: October 10, 2009 12:26:33 PM CDT
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Ansteorra] helpful tip
This tip is from a Yahoo news story on recycling or reusing packing peanuts today:
Make ice last longer:
Put packing peanuts in a sealable plastic bag and place on top of the ice in your ice chest. The ice will last longer and everything will stay colder.
From: "William Meriic" <wmeriic at tx.rr.com>
Date: October 10, 2009 3:02:37 PM CDT
To: "'Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.'" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] helpful tip
This should work a lot better than my previous attempt in which I used R30 Fiberglass insulation (the pink stuff). That made a mess.
<<< Make ice last longer:
Put packing peanuts in a sealable plastic bag and place on top of the ice in your ice chest. The ice will last longer and everything will stay colder.
~Sibri >>>
From: "willowdewisp at juno.com" <willowdewisp at juno.com>
Date: December 28, 2009 11:05:59 PM CST
To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra] a cooler that will impress people
This is really great. I am going to try it when I get better. I wonder how well it holds up??
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:59:57 -0700
From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at jeffnet.org>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pennsic queries....
On 6/29/2010 11:50 AM, Sam Wallace wrote:
<<< Another possibility is to use dry ice. As long as your cooler is not
stored in someone's tent, this should work well. Also, a very large
cooler might not be the best way to go. Opening coolers up repeatedly
over the course of the day will cause their contents to heat up
significantly faster than if left closed. Segregating each day's food
into different coolers helps to mitigate this.
Guillaume >>>
I have to second the last. I keep meat in a separate cooler, and open it
only to retrieve what I have to. I've had things in the bottom stay
completely frozen, even on Sunday of a three-day weekend.
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:13:07 -0500
From: "otsisto" <otsisto at socket.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pennsic queries....
I have found that lining a cooler for meats with aluminum foil helps.
Separate coolers as others have recommended.
Create a layer that will go inside on top so that as the food is removed you
condense the area needed to be cooled. This can be achieved by getting the
freezable ice cube sheets cut to fit. Or styrofoam covered in aluminum foil
with a finger hole for lift out. Another way is to take a bunch of
washcloths, dampen them and fold them, put them in individual ziplock bags,
freeze them and then layer them on top. This helps to insulate and when
needed on a hot day, pull a washcloth out and cool down.
Added to the above is to cover the cooler. If you or someone is creative you
can make a "quilted" cover the lining would be the vinyl felt backed
material which you can either get at a fabric store or a vinyl tablecloth,
the outer material needs to be light coloured and can be vinyl felt backed
or canvas, something fairly durable. Fabric should be medium to thick as the
more layers and thickness the better the insulation. But also take into
account washability.
Try to keep it in as much shade during the day as possible. Placing it in a
tent that is closed up and doesn't get a draft is not good because even
though it is technically not getting direct sunlight but you are "baking"
the cooler (unless it is a muggy day then it's steaming it).
Dry ice is your friend but if you mix the dry ice and regular ice you will
find that the regular ice will melt and reform into ice around the dry ice
enveloping any and all items next to the dry ice.
Pack the cooler with foods for the last meal at the bottom and layer up to
the foods for the first meal (best you can) this way you get in and out
quickly. (unless you have someone that holds the cooler open and stares for
5 mins. like he's at home looking in the frig. for something.
Sometimes if you have the room, a cooler specifically designated for
leftovers. You pack kitchen items that will not need to be stored in the
cooler for the trip there, add the ice (or you add ice and pack pots and
pans in it) when you have leftovers you can place in the cooler this will
lessen the need to open the cooler with the foods that need to stay cold
when ready. Or place leftovers in your snack and beverage cooler.
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:19:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Huette von Ahrens <ahrenshav at yahoo.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pennsic queries....
I have used dry ice in good quality Igloos all the time. We have to in Caid, especially in the summer.
I do not put the dry ice in the bottom, but rather, I put it on either the left or right side of the Igloo. In front of the dry ice, I place a big block of ice. This buffering the dry ice is so that everything is kept very, very cold, but not necessarily frozen. Since there will be room next to the dry ice that isn't buffered, I keep the things I want frozen there.
I managed to keep that block of regular ice frozen for five days, using dry ice. It only started to melt after the dry ice evaporated the last day.
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If you're the poor slob who always gets stuck making a trip to the drive-thru with a list of value meals and a fistful of cash, the following important announcement is for you:
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The fast food giant is beta testing their delivery service before a
nation-wide roll out in 2013. Maryland, Virginia, New York, and Miami
have all been guinea pigs of a sort, trying out the service. Now Broward
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- There's a $10 minimum purchase and a $2 delivery fee (not including tip).
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- Delivery hours vary, but generally the hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
- A delivery locator will determine whether a BK in your area delivers.
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- Other BK locations in south Florida will be coming online soon. Check the website often to see if your local BK has started delivery service.
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- 2301 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard,
- 2631 So. State Road 7,
- 1725 East Sunrise Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale
- 6125 West Sunrise Boulevard,
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