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Norwich poised to become an innovation hub
PUBLISHED: 12:17 15 February 2013 | UPDATED: 14:09 15 February 2013
We already have the coffee shops and the music scene to compete with Seattle, but very soon Norwich could also have an "innovation hub" to rival the American city, according to an expert in the field.
Mal Fletcher, who lectures and broadcasts on innovation leadership for the think tank 2020 Plus, believes the city has many of the right factors to position itself as a magnet for innovators alongside the likes of Seattle, Cambridge, Eindhoven and Zelenograd but what is needs is leadership to push it forward.
"Innovation is always born out of connections between existing ideas and if ideas are going to connect, people must connect in an atmosphere of trust. That process begins with leaders who can take the long view, creating a generous culture in which inventive people flourish, for the common good," he said.
Mr Fletcher believes the combination of relatively high graduate retention rates, quality of life, and grants for research in cutting-edge areas such as genomics make Norwich a perfect candidate – something many of the city's education and enterprise leaders agree with.
Prof David Richardson, pro-vice-chancellor for Research, Enterprise and Engagement at the University of East Anglia, said: "I am delighted that Norwich is being recognised as an international centre of excellence for cutting edge research and innovation – particularly as UEA celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
"More than 100,000 students have graduated from UEA and I am very pleased that the city's graduate retention rates are acknowledged by Mr Fletcher, alongside grants for research."
Prof Richardson believes a £26m project to expand and develop the Norwich Research Park will help cement the city's position as a leading international research hub.
Matthew Jones, Norwich Research Park's chief operating officer agreed. He said: "Recent government investment has kick-started the development and expansion of the Park which will increase our offering to commercial occupiers and allow us to nurture collaboration between business and academia."
But former Norwich MP Ian Gibson, who was also Dean of the School of Biological Sciences at UEA, believes it will take leadership to make Norwich an innovation hub. "We need to be thinking about it more along the lines of the way people would in America. We need a go getter philosophy rather than what we see which is people who find reasons why it would not work."
Dr Gibson, who worked at the University of Washington in Seattle before moving to UEA, has been a long term campaigner for Norwich to become a science city.
"I think we need a completely new initiative with a figurehead willing to keep people together and keep the vision going. We need someone prepared to take risks to succeed and that is what we don't have at the moment," he said.
Norwich City Council should hear any day whether a bid submitted to government last month to be part of the second wave of City Deals – giving it the ability to unlock new and innovative ways to drive growth – is successful.
Mr Fletcher will be speaking about Creating Innovation Hubs at a 2020Plus Event in the city on Thursday . For more details visit http://2020plus.net/Norwich

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Our Natchez Bend Riding Team Consists Of All Level Students From Beginner Levels Through Advanced That Show In Our Regular Season Horse Shows. We Recruit Sponsorships And Donations For Our Riding Team For The Purpose Of Providing Funding To Assist In The Care Of The Lesson Horses, Equipment And Show Expenses For Those Students That Need Scholarships.
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Don't miss this amazing night as we bring all the support and love of a school auction together with the excitement and thrill of Las Vegas Casino games.
The 34rd annual St. Joseph School benefit gala will take place at Illahe Country Club on Saturday, April 27, 2019.
Our evening will begin with beverages, appetizers, and the silent auction. Dinner and oral auction will follow. This will be an entire evening dedicated to supporting our wonderful school! You will not want to miss out on this spectacular evening filled with food, fun and fantastic auction items.
The proceeds from the auctions and dinner go to support the students and their education at St Joseph School by fulfilling our general operating budget needs. Tuition at St. Joseph School is one of the lowest in the state and in order for this to continue, our auction, as our main fundraiser, must assist in raising the funds necessary to fulfill our budget needs.
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Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, in association with GeoSlope International, Canada and Avantech Engineering Consortium Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, organized a 3-day short training program/course on "Geotechnical Modeling using GeoStudio"(GMUG-2017) at IIT Delhi from 18th to 20th December 2017.
This was the first-time ever the developers of the software Dr. Curtis Kelln and Prof. Jit Sharma, York University-Canada, visited India to provide a short course. The program was a huge success under the support and guidance of Dr. Ayuthiraman and Dr. GV Ramana from IIT Delhi.
The workshop was concluded with thanks speech followed by Certificate distribution to the participants. We hope to conduct more such programs on Geotechnical Modeling using GeoStudio Software in near future.


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"Be Who You Are"
Break all societal rules and traditions and play with the ILLEST apparel silhouettes for the SS16 season. Those are the words to emphasize on. Connoisseurs will recognize that the film features women's wear pieces, but you will just see a person dressed in beautiful clothes in a not so ordinary way. This vision is to spread, in an effort to inspire the viewer to shop and dress for the sake of self-expression and not to reinstate the image that the world has crafted for you.
The debut of ILL CLICKS's first Fashion Future Editorial. Camera & edit by Jan Willem Kok, produced by Vigics, Styled by Richenny "Ryfa" Felicia, Hair x Make Up by Monique Brinkhorst @MoniqueBrinkhorst.com @EricElenbaasagency, Model Brian Lachenal @MaxModels and the Creative concept by ILL Click's owner Bionda Sno. Music 'In Love' by the Latest Son.
Big Thanks: Public Pr, Dorstlust, FruitfulOffice, ProperCorn, Iconicstudios, Vigics, Angelique Hoorn Management, Eric Elenbaas agency.
CLICK TO SHOP on the label>>LOOK 1: Top-Scotch and Soda, Waist Pack- Daily Paper, Denim Bucket Hat- Herschel Supply, Denim- Scotch and soda "Amsterdams Blauw", Short 1- Bjorn Borg, Short 2- Tommy Hilfiger– Short 3 Shoulder- Scotch and soda, Shoes Clarks x Good Hood. LOOK 2: Bucket Hat- Stussy, Denim jacket-Stussy, Short- Carhartt WIP, Pant Carhartt WIP, Jersey- Carhatt WIP, Sneakers-Article number. LOOK3: Bomber jacket-Scotch and Soda, Bodywarmer- Tommy Hilfiger, Denim jacket- Carhartt WIP, Shorts- Carhartt WIP Socks- Carharrt WIP Shoes- Clarks x Good Hood. LOOK4: Overall- Carhartt WIP, Boxershort- Tommy Hilfiger, Vest 1 printed- Scotch and Soda, Vest 2 black- Eksept via Shoeby, Snapback Cap 1- Baskets, Cap 2- Stussy, Sneakers- Diadora, Socks Carhartt WIP. LOOK 5: Pant- Won Hundred, Tunic- House of Dagmar Denim Trenchcoat- House of Dagmar, Five panel Cap- New Black Sweden, Shoes- Clarks Trigenic Flex , Duffel Bag- Herschel Supply x Coca Cola Sneakers- Kswiss
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Magazines will always and forever be inspiring but digital is the future. Think about the fact how many hours we spent behind or laptops and phones each day. Most important we buy with our eyes and how easy would it be that you could immediately shop what you see in the video with just a simple click to the brand or fashion house's e-commerce website?
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Thy Kingdom Come
Wednesday 13th April 2016
Thy Kingdom Come is encouraging Churches across England to join together with a specific prayer in the days leading up to Pentecost between 8 and 16 May this year: For every Christian to receive new confidence and joy in sharing their faith. It's an incredible opportunity to join together and pray for transformation.
The Archbishops have taken the unprecedented step of writing to every serving parish priest in the Church of England inviting them and their congregations to join us in a week of prayer for the evangelisation of our nation.
Our hope is
- for all Christians to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ
- for all of us to have confidence to share the Gospel
- for all to respond to the call of Jesus Christ to follow Him as disciples, to live out the Gospel and to seek God's Kingdom from day to day
But how? What this will look like place by place and church by church will be wonderfully different. For us it is most important that churches and Christians engage, together, in calling out to God: If you go to the website: www.thykingdom.co.uk you will find many ideas and resources to inspire you. Amongst them are the following suggestions:
As a parish, team, or deanery commit to a week of 24-7 prayer
- 'Help my church to pray' guide
- Special prayers in Sunday worship
- Prayer walking
- An hour of prayer before Jesus Christ in the Eucharist
- A novena prayer card handed out to every member of your congregation
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The email you type when you create a client record in NutriAdmin is very important. This email will be used when you click to send a questionnaire/appointment slots for the client. If you type the wrong email, or your client changes their address, you will need to update your record so that your client can continue to receive your messages.
Changing your client's emails is very simple. You can watch this video, or follow the steps below.
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Step-by-step guide to change your client's email
Step 1: Click on My clients on the left menu.
Step 2: Find the client record you want to edit, and click on View client.
Step 3: Make sure you are on the Overview tab in the client record.
Step 4: Change your client's email in the email box as highlighted in the image below.
Step 5: Don't forget to click on Save Changes on the top right of the screen.
That's all! Your client's email is now updated, any notifications from NutriAdmin, appointments, questionnaires, etc. will now we sent to the new email you've set.
Note: It's possible you have other email data fields for a client, for example, under the Questionnaire data category. The only email data field that NutriAdmin uses for sending messages to your client is the box under the Overview tab, which is linked to the field you fill in when you create a client record.


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"Dimwit" Defies Death to Work On LittleBigPlanet 2
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A new Media Molecule employee tells a heartwarming tale that saw him go from construction worker to videogame designer.
For John Beech's entire life, all he'd known was backbreaking construction work. Now, 27, he works at Media Molecule doing construction on titles like LittleBigPlanet 2 instead. Beech was one of the lucky LittleBigPlanet community members hired by Media Molecule for exemplary amateur creations, but the story of how he got there is anything but average.
Beech is a self-described "dimwit on paper," because terrible migraines prevented him from taking exams in school. He left at 16 with little qualifications and moved right into construction. Through a lifelong gaming habit, he became interested in LittleBigPlanet, and the game's construction tools changed his life.
Creating LittleBigPlanet content was something that came naturally to Beech, known as "Johnee" on the PlayStation Network, whose levels such as "Future Warzone" were universally praised by players checking them out online. Before he got the guts to publish them, Beech had to deal with a girlfriend that budgeted his playing time and made him get under a quilt with the television at night so he could build while she slept. However, a disapproving girlfriend was the least of Beech's troubles before ending up at Media Molecule.
Just a few days after publicly publishing his first LittleBigPlanet works, Beech was nearly crushed on the job. A factory extension's foundation had partially collapsed, so Beech jumped into a trench 8 feet deep and only the width of a man to fix it. "So I was digging it away and then suddenly one entire half of the trench instantly collapsed," he says. "I managed to jump as it happened, but it pinned me down and the concrete wall it was supporting slipped and hit me straight in the back. By all rights it would have chopped me in half, if it wasn't for a tiny alcove about the size of my waist that I somehow managed to slip into."
Beech narrowly survived, and when he came home from the hospital noticed that hundreds of people were playing his LittleBigPlanet creations online. People immediately said that Beech should work for Media Molecule, so Beech eventually attempted to contact the developer. Not being a PC user, he missed Media Molecule's initial interest, but thanks to an outpouring of support from fans Media Molecule eventually got into contact with Beech and invited him to their studios.
Beech showed up in a beat-up van, sweating profusely and lugging a PlayStation 3 that held his unpublished future creations within it. He evidently surprised Media Molecule with his use of their own tools so much that the employees sitting in on his demonstration gave him a standing ovation. Further, Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey gave him a job on the spot. With absolutely no previous design experience, Beech's hire almost seems like a miracle, as did his survival of the construction incident. Nevertheless, Beech is an example of the fact that anyone can break into the videogame industry if they try.
Source: CVG
What a great story, I'm happy for him.
Wow, thats pretty awesome! :D Good for him!
Wow. LittleBigPlanet and the people at Media Molecule are great.
such a nice story.
makes a change to see a story thats actually nice and not snide remarks people in the games industry toss at each other.
or something kotick related.
Great story :) now he will be happy knowing a lot more gamers will play his creations.
Yeah, give a community the tools and they'll surpass the developers.
I'm happy for the dude, but when I read:
I thought BITCH WHAT!! fuck that shit, no one tells me when I can and cannot play.
Heartwarming story, but weird article title.
That makes me happy :)
Glad to see he finally got a break.
Got a new job...now for a new girlfriend.
Oh, that's cool.
That's a really great story.
Makes me consider buying LBP2 now... for some reason.
The best "rags to riches" story I've ever heard.
And so close to Christmas aswell.
best story i've read in a while,
Always good to hear about people trimphing despite their personal problems or handicaps. Really makes you believe that a man's attitude determines, to a large extent, how his life will be.
(Of course this is all just luck /Cynicism)
I feel happier now thanks to that story. I love it when happy news like this is reported.
Good stuff, I knew the days of being hired without degrees weren't gone... it's just really difficult.
That just makes me feel quite happy. *quiet sob*
More stories about the people and how they got into the industry like this. They don't have to be positive really, but there is no substitute for them in the end I think.
Even so...heartwarming story indeed. :)
Great story and his levels are awesome. Best on the PSN for sure.
What does his girlfriend have to say on this matter? Just interested is all.
And good for him.
*doubleposted, sorry*
Nothing like a story like this to restore one's faith in the world somewhat.
Good on him, I hope he has a long productive experience in the games industry.
Yup beautiful stuff, and proof that hard work and creativity trump just having a good grade in history and french.
I'd personally like to see academic results take a bit less importance in life, anyway, what does what you did when you were developing at 16 tell you about a 30something guy? I'm just glad they didn't have some boxticker getting in the way saying 'We like your stuff, it's borderline genius, but we don't hire anyone without at least 5 A grades'.
But that still can't earn him an understanding girlfriend :/
Indeed. I can't get past online "checks" with some jobs which means that whilst I might be good for the job, I can't get anywhere with them because this crappy little questionnaire blocks me out.
It's a nice story, and I'm happy for the guy (Especially with respect to everything else), but I think it's important to note that if you want to work in the gaming industry, this way of getting in is not going to work unless you get a chance to prove yourself - And those chances are few and far between. Use this story to inspire yourself and get your modding gloves on, but just don't expect anything from it. For every modder who gets a job in the industry, there's hundreds more who don't.
That was a great story, it makes me feel a lot better about my chances of getting into the game industry. I don't have a copy of LBP anymore , but i'll be sure to look up his creations as soon as I get LBP2.
Nice to see that talent really gets rewarded. Good for you "Dimwit"! ;)
I got tears in my eyes after reading this. It just goes to show that everyone has hidden talents and this guy was rewarded for his hard work. LBP2 will better with a regular Joe like John on the Media Media Molocule team.
Wow, yeah he beat my shitty little creations hands down...
This only further pushes my love for Media Molecule, and goes on the list of "Why I support the developers on my 'List of Developers to support' list".
My dad used to work in construction, so I can see how hard the work is. This is truly worthy of a "This made my day" badge.
Film rights are being divvied up, and scripts written!
Seriously though, good on him. Hopefully either the girlfriend has eaten her words or is out on her ass, though.
Rock on, John.
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My Online Encounter with Michael Schiavo
You never know who you're going to get the opportunity to chat with when you belong to an online community.
Last July, Michael Schiavo bashed U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave at a campaign event for "inserting herself in the wrenching national debate" over the prolonged death of his wife, Terri Schiavo.
This week, Rep. Musgrave had authorities physically remove Mr. Schiavo from a public campaign rally, a long-practiced and extremely undemocratic George W. Bush tactic.
Musgrave could make a three ring circus out of Mr. Schiavo and his family, but she couldn't take public accountability for doing so. Instead, like a coward, she asked others to remove the man from her queen-like sight.
Who knew I'd get an opportunity to tell Mr. Schaivo directly that I'm sorry for what he had to go through - then and now -and that he would send an acknowledgment back?
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Picture: Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton leaving a building in South Beach Miami Beach, Florida - 12.01.12
Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio showed off his daredevil skills during a holiday in Mexico with his new love Erin Heatherton by enjoying a terrifying zip wire ride.
The Titanic star was pictured wearing a safety harness and protective headwear as he zoomed along at a stomach-churning height of up to 300 feet (91 metres).
And lingerie model Heatherton proved she's an ideal match for her actor beau by grinning with delight as she followed him down the Tortuga Zip Line ride at the Wild Canyon adventure park in Cabo San Lucas.
An onlooker tells British magazine Hello!, "Leo pulled some comical faces as he shot across the zip wire, but there was a hint of fear visible in his expression. But Erin appeared relaxed and carefree as she confidently sped along, while leaning back as far as she could to make herself more streamlined."
DiCaprio began dating Victoria's Secret model Heatherton following his split from Gossip Girl star Blake Lively in October (11).


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Marines might soon see the world the way the Terminator does. Screencap: Atari via IGN
The Marines of the future are all about communication.
The Leathernecks want data networks that can keep them connected all the way from the decks of their ships to the beaches they storm. They want online search tools that rely on natural language instead of keywords (like the rest of us). And they want software that can sift through the oceans of data their wartime sensors and cameras collect — including tools that can scan through faces in a crowd, like the Terminator, and alert Marines to danger.
That's according to the Corps' blueprint for its science and technology needs over the next 20 years. Communications are a big, gaping hole for the Marines of the present, and the Marines want to hand their successors more seamless, networked ways of talking. That's on top of other wish-list material, like advanced sensors that can sniff drugs and homemade bombs — oh, and laser-stopping goggles.
The blueprint (.pdf), first published by Inside Defense, doesn't come out and criticize the Corps' current suite of communications tools and sensors. But there's a yawning technological chasm in-between the present-day Marines and where the Leathernecks want to be in 2025.
From "flagpole to fighting hole," the blueprint writes, Marines need to be in constant communication: "The objective is to provide a holistic, end-to-end, turnkey [command-and-control] capability to execute commander's intent, facilitate implicit communications, visualize battlespace reality, promote initiative, enable centralized command and decentralized control, and ultimately accomplish the mission."
There's a tyranny of distance here. It's easier for Marines to stay in radio contact while on patrol in Helmand or Anbar province than it is for them to talk to a mothership hundreds of nautical miles away. That's why the Corps is already testing out experimental long-range networks to share text, voice, data and imagery from way, way offshore. That prototyped network, the Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS), saw its first major test in February during a huge wargame.
The blueprint doesn't necessarily endorse DTCS — which works via satellite communications — just the concept of long-range communications. The Corps must "develop technologies that allow bandwidth limited sensors to exchange data and information with bandwidth restricted tactical users," it reads, as well as to "develop technologies to enable small unit leaders to set their own intelligence requirements (IRs) and receive intelligence feeds."
In other words: the more networked a Marine unit is, the more autonomous it can be. Especially if it has tools to sift through all the intelligence data it needs to operate.
Drinking from the fire hose of data risks "overwhelming" Marines who need to rapidly make sense of full-motion video and sensor data. "The ability to intelligently and precisely filter and
automate processing of much of this data is critical to our capacity to ingest it into our decision-making cycle," the blueprint reads. Alas, it doesn't come up with any suggestions for how to solve the problem — by contrast, the far-out Pentagon researchers at Darpa are working on a camera suite that uses analgorithm to determine what's important and what's not — but the Corps has very specific ideas for what it wants its next-generation sensors to collect.
automate processing of much of this data is critical to our capacity to ingest it into our decision-making cycle," the blueprint reads. Alas, it doesn't come up with any suggestions for how to solve the problem — by contrast, the far-out Pentagon researchers at Darpa are working on a camera suite that uses analgorithm to determine what's important and what's not — but the Corps has very specific ideas for what it wants its next-generation sensors to collect.
New "aerial and terrestrial sensors" should distinguish "armed and unarmed personnel" — modified metal detectors, perhaps? — as well as spot "Homemade Explosives (HME) and narcotics precursors." It should crunch data into sizes small enough to port over networks in low-bandwidth environments like chaotic warzones. And the databases that store all this intel should "provide question answering andsemantic search capabilities to warfighters and intelligence analysts." Siri, does that guy have an AK-47?
But perhaps the most ambitious sensing requirement contained in the blueprint would have the Marines "seeing" the world much as the Terminator does.
New sensors should identify "individuals of interest that could pose threats." Not so far out there, theoretically speaking: The U.S. military takes a trove of biometric data from people in warzones that it uses to classify friend and foe; similar facial-recognition tech has already piqued Facebook's interest.
This is way next-step, though. The system would sit on a Marine's helmet "and then transmit the data to where it can be assessed in near real time." It would then use a "feedback mechanism" to alert Marines to an identified threat. "The system is needed specifically to identify any person-of-interest within a crowd, approaching a checkpoint, etc. that requires closer inspection but ideally would be sufficiently portable to be used by patrolling dismounted Marines. Threat detection beyond 30 meters is desirable." Just add an eyepiece — hey, Darpa's working on one — and suddenly Marines see things like Arnold.
That may not be so far fetched. Other Marine ideas are more questionable. "Eye protection — to include optics — is needed to counter the emerging threat of multi-spectral battlefield lasers," the blueprint says. Anti-laser goggles would be quite a thing to behold. But if anyone's investing in battlefield lasers, andspecifically dazzlers, it's the U.S. military, not its rivals. Unless the Marines are worried about friendly laser fire.
All this is perhaps more of a wish list than a blueprint. It's going to be a long, long time before most of these technologies make it to prototyping, let alone deploying with a Marine air-ground task force. Still, the Marines couldn't express their future communications needs any clearer.
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Team TR's Folding production has been moving upward since our recent call to arms, I'm happy to report.
But, I must sheepishly admit that I haven't been Folding on my main PC since building myself a new system. I'd like to install the right clients on my PC and schedule them to run when I'm not around, but I have an honest question that some other folks seem to be asking, too. Here it is:
My PC has a multi-core (quad Core 2, in my case) processor and a graphics card (Radeon HD 3850 512MB) capable of running the Folding@Home GPU client. What mix of clients should I be installing to get the most points out of this box? One instance of the SMP client and one of the GPU client? Two SMP and one GPU? Or is that too much?
How would things change if I had a dual-core CPU?
Also, if I want to schedule the clients to start and stop a certain times of the day, does that complicate matters?
We need to have a clear sense of what folks should be running so we can encourage best practices and max points. Team leaders and other vets, what do you recommend? Any installation tips to make the best combos work together smoothly? Thanks.


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Click here to see our peanut sauce recipe video!
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
How to Make Fresh Spring Rolls – Authentic is as Authentic Does
Click here to see our peanut sauce recipe video!
9 comments:
- Yue LI said...
Hi Chef John, thank you for this method for authenticity! I am gonna try it with my grilled beef form this past weekend.
By the way, I wonder if you could post your way of making beef Wellington?
- August 25, 2015 at 4:16 PM
- Food Junkie said...
Oh these things are awesome and so tasty. Marinated, grilled pork strips are a favourite of mine with nice crunchy veggies like carrots and bean sprouts. Peanut sauce is good but I prefer Nuoc Cham.
- August 25, 2015 at 7:27 PM
- Bryan Soto said...
Sally Bowles. Have you considered a part time gig as a stand up comedian? I see a lot of possibilities for you as a world renown funnyman Chef John. I'm not even close to kidding.
- August 25, 2015 at 9:49 PM
- Anto Nello said...
Can I double the rice paper and fry them?
- August 27, 2015 at 7:32 AM
- Gretchen inNOLA said...
Oh WOW! You have no idea how helpful this is! I've been doing the warm water, dealing with sticky/teary rice paper wrappings for so long. LOVE the double-fill part - genius! Thanks Dude
- August 27, 2015 at 7:43 PM
- Rachel ZHANG said...
do you know how to make the pickled carrots they serve with open face sandwich at Tartine bakery? any thoughts Chef?
- August 28, 2015 at 2:07 AM
- Clara said...
I always thought that these were called salad rolls, and that the deep fried ones were called spring rolls?
But either way, yummy!
- September 2, 2015 at 3:43 PM
- Marc said...
Chef John,
Thank you for bringing such a tremendous amount of joy to so many people's lives.
Wishing you all the very best of continued success and happiness!!
- September 7, 2015 at 9:29 PM
- Kathleen said...
I am going to try a Banh Mi inspired version of this. I have all the ingredients for the sandwich except the bread, but I do have rice paper!
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I was dubious too—do nail strengtheners work? Well, as I type this, I'm looking down at the evidence. After years of having flaky, flimsy and ridged nails that would break and chip even just opening an envelope, I now have 10 sparkling nail beds that feel thick and strong.
No, I haven't really let up on my Shellac habit, but what I have done is spent the downtime between gel manicures religiously applying a nail strengthener as though my life depended on it. Not only has it made my bare nails look shinier and a bit more, well, manicured, but the best formulas reinforce nails with a potent mix of keratin, protein and/or calcium—that good stuff that weak nails tend to lack.
The nail strengthener that really worked for me was CND's Rescue RXx (£21), which I'll go into further detail on in just a minute, but there are a handful of other formulas at a range of price points that have the same effect on nails as a HIIT session has on your body—I've laid them out below for you.
More like a nail oil than a polish, there's a load of keratin in this formula that takes all of about half an hour to penetrate the nail. There, it plumps up the nail fibres and fills in any areas of severe damage. And, as it contains jojoba and sweet almond oil, it will get to work on those frayed cuticles too. It's one for extreme cases like mine.
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With 2102 meters Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden and a highlight of any hiking trip in Laponia.
There are two optionsclimbing Kebnekaise, both possible as day hikes from Kebnekaise Lodge:
Östre ledan (The Eastern Trail): The shorter of the two options crossing the Björling glacier and climbing a (moderate) via ferrata. Daily guided tours (incl. equipment) from Kebnekaise lodge.
Västre leden (The Western Trail): A straightforward, though long and exhausting hiking route of 22 km and more than 2000 meters ascent with no need for technical equipment. I have summited Kebnekaise twice, in 2014 and 2016, on both occasions via Västra leden.
The track feel as long as it is. It is however very beautiful, almost all of it above the tree level passing a wonderful cirque with hanging glaciers as well as the curiously shaped Tuolpagorni on the way. Around halfway up, it is quite a psychological challenge having to climb and descend Vierramvare on the way, adding 300 meters to the ascend, making the total ascent 2100 meter. While the trail is straight-forward and not technical, the scree slopes, however are quite steep. The last 50 meters ascent is on snow, though normally crampons are not needed. The summit is quite small with room for no more than 5-6 people and quite exposed, and since it is on top of a glacier the actual height may vary a bit from year to year. In 2016 it looks like at hut will be build immediately below the summit, a place where helicopters taking sightseeing tourists land as well.
Difficulty: 4.
Information and maps: Summitpost,
Click here for a photogallery of the Kebnekaise Summit Climb (July 2014) on flickr.


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Fix : External USB Hard Disk drive not detecting / not working properly problem in Windows 8 , 7 , Vista & XP
After reading this article you will be able to fix some of the problems that stop a user from using their external USB hard disk drives properly & will also help in the situation where your Windows Operating system based computer does not detect your external Hard disk drive.
There are quite a few explanations for this problem & I have compiled this guide to address almost all of the known issues & help a user get rid of these problems for a smoother computing experience.
This guide addresses the most basic & the complex procedures to resolve some problems with your external hard disk drive. Follow the steps below:
Checking USB Connection
- If you External drive is USB powered, make sure that your cable is connected properly and the USB slot is a powered slot.
- Try replacing the USB Cable
- If your external drive is powered through an adapter, make sure your adapter is working fine, replace and check, if necessary.
- Try plugging your drive into another USB port
USB Drivers
- Always make sure that you have the latest USB & Chipset drivers installed in your computer.
- To check, run windows update to update your computer
- or
- Go to your motherboard / system manufacturer's support website, download & install the latest drivers from there.
Device Management
- If you plug-in your device & it does not show up in my computer. The first thing to check is that whether your device has been detected in your computer or not.
- To check
- Go to start menu & type Device Manager
- Now, there are two things to check here. The first thing is whether your device is listed within disk drives of not. Check the screenshot above to confirm that my Seagate Go Flex USB device is listed there. In a similar way, you external USB device should be listed here.
- Just to make sure click the last button, just under Help menu, to refresh the hardware listed there & to install any newly added device.
- Second, thing to check is your Universal Serial Bus Controllers, list therein ( device manager ) & make sure all USB ports and enabled and are working properly.
- Go to start menu and type device management or right click the computer icon and click on device management ( you might have to provide administrator password here )
- Double click on storage
- Double Click on Disk Management
- Refer the screenshot above and make sure all of your drives listed here have a drive letter assigned to them,
- if you see a drive that does not has a drive letter assigned to them
- Right Click that drive
- Click on Change Drive letters & paths
- Now, add a drive letter here.
Running Disk Diagnostics
- Sometimes due to a error in file system or on the disk, your hard disk might just fail to detect in your computer system.
- An easy way is to gain access to a diagnostic software that might be available free to you on the hard disk manufacturer's website.
- Download & install such software.
- Run the software to detect issues with your drive
Using a Live Disk, just to check
- If you have any live disk with you, you can boot from that disk to check if it detects external drive.
- Gparted live CD is a good tool to start with
- If a Live CD detects your drive, it's time to repair your Windows installation.
- Check your disk for errors before exiting the live CD
Repairing Windows File System
- If you have a Windows CD / DVD with you or if you have a Windows 7 repair disc, boot from it
- On the first menu press Shift + F10
- This will open up the command prompt
- type diskpart
- type list disk
- If you see your external disk here
- type select disk n ( n being the no. example 0 , 1 ,2 listed besides your disk )
- if everything seems fine here ( size, file system etc. )
- type exit
- type exit again
- Run CHKDSK with the drive letter
- Boot back into Windows
- Go to, Run ( Windows key + R )
- Type, SFC /SCANNOW
- wait for the process to complete
IF this does not solve your problem
- check if you can open up your external enclosure
- Take your drive out and plug it directly into your computer system
- If your drive works, backup your data
- Buy another External enclosure
- Plugin your drive to check if it works
- Make sure you backup your data before doing any of this.
- Format your drive ( repartitioning is also recommended )
- NOTE: Do any of the above said steps at your own risk. Do not open your computer hardware or your HDD external enclosure, if you are not comfortable with it. Hire a professional to do it instead. If any damage or warranty violations occur, the author of this article will not be held responsible for it.
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when I right click on a USB to format it "L" for instance it shuts down windows explorer and returns to the desktop after a few minutes I have installedd all Vista service packs and updates. Any Idea's?
Thanks for the info.
I've just had a PC die on me, so I extracted the HDD from it, in an attempt to save all my data. I then went out and bought a new portable PC (it was long overdue anyway), and ended up with… Windows 8. I bought an empty SATA disk case, mounted the old HDD in it and plugged it to the *new* and shiny portable PC. And the (now external) HDD seems to be running, its diod is lit (meanig there's power going through), but the drive doesn't show anywhere – AT ALL. Help, please?
hey dude..my extenal hard disk was woring prpoerly since yesterday…but now it shows that it needs to be formatted…but it is not formatting also…what should i do now??
i have removed my external hdd without safe removal..now it shows that it needs to be formtted..but it is still not formatting…what should i do now??please suggest me some ideas…
My seagate free agent 500gb hard disk is not getting detected, everytime i connect, it shows USB not recognized. Even in device manager its showing unknown device. I have data in my HDD which i want to restore, please provide me a solution how can i restore my data.
Still Win8 can' t detect my usb hard disk drive but on my other laptops, i have no problem accessing it. Even my usb flash disks are not detected by Win 8, but on Win 7 everything is okay! Why does Microsoft let this thing happening despite many complaints on similar issues?
i still experiencing it today. i have 500gb hdd that is in my enclosure, it is working in other pc, xp and windows 7. but in my latest laptop toshiba p875-s7102 pre installed win 8 it does not recognize it. it is a hassle that i need to use my old computer just to use it.
i thought new gadget are always much better and convenient.
i hope there will be answer for this.
My hdd is listed in my device manager, but I can't open it. it just doesn't react.
What to do?
Win 7…
Its a 1TB hdd and Elements hdd…
Thanks a lot it worked!!
my external hard disk is completely recognised by my comp……but cant play the contents like videos or music files from it….can't even copy the contents of the external hard disk….can u plz help me out???
I have a toshiba external HDD canvio basics. It shows up in device manager but when i try to access it, windows says that drive is corrupted or unreadable. I have really important data on it that i dont want to lose. Also, it worked fine on my brother's win8 pc yesterday. But today in my winxp, it is showing probs. Plzz help me
it says that my device is unknown in the device manager ….. and i cant see it in my computer but the device is working and when i plug it the computer makes a sound….. so what shoul i do ?
the problem with my Avante hdd is when connect it will make sound but when i open my computer it does not show pls help to repair it.
hi I got a problem with my USB flash , today in winxp appears like unknown device and the problem is that I need the files. how I can take files . thanks for your time
ps data recovery keeps names of files ?,if not is like to search a screw in whole space …. I have a lot files and this is important for my Job please help me thanks again
ps I can't find like disk or flash or storage space
only like unknown device appears thank you
Hi, I a total of 3 eHDDs.One of it is USB 3.0.
I reformated my notebook and my 2 USB 2.0 eHDDs works fine except for my USB 3.0 eHDD.
The system detects it as a CD Drive.
Any solution?
Hi, I got a Buffalo Ministation extreme USB 3.0 eHDD.
I was able to access the disk before I reformatted my notebook, after I reformatted my note book, the system detects it as a CD Drive and I can't access my disk to access my important files.
I have a lot of pictures and other stuff inside the disk that I need to use for my project.
Your help would be appreciated.TQ!
Have a laptop with usb 2.0 ports (win XP SP3) and an external 3.0 hdd. The transfer speed seemed slow so I bought an express card adapter with 2 usb 3.0 ports and installed the associated software, "renesas electronics usb 3.0 host controller driver"; since then my external hdd is not seen at all when connected to the usb 2.0 ports, not even in the Computer management. All other flash disks and usb 2.0 hdd's are working ok, except this 3.0 hdd.
Any idea of what may have happened?
Thanks for help.
With a problem of this kind, the first step is to check the physical connections. Unplug and reconnect the drive in each available USB socket one after another, keeping an eye on the drives list in My Computer. Try swapping out the USB cable with a spare.
If no luck, then attach the drive to a different computer. If it doesn't show up there then the problem is almost certainly related to the hardware or the connection. If it does appear on the second computer then it's a system problem and you should then use the configuration tools mentioned above, beginning with scanning for hardware changes in Device Management.
If nothing works then you might consider rolling back recent changes to the operating system using System Restore. With such a common piece of plug-and-play equipment as an external hard drive updating drivers is really clutching at straws.
As a last resort reinstalling Windows is practically guaranteed to clear the problem.
Hi, I have an old Hitachi HDD SATA which I converted to an external drive. I use it for backup (mostly MS and flv files) accessing it via USB.
Recently I am unable to access it. My old ACER PC running on Windows VISTA says it needs to be formatted which I can't afford (to lose all my files). The Hitachi Help Desk recommends to run chkdsk /f /r, but I'm concerned it may corrupt all the files in the HDD. Help please.
Thanks for your help.
Hard Disk Access Problem:
When I connect my hard disk to the usb port, it does not show any drive letter and I cannot access my files. But in the "Safely remove hardware" button in the taskbar area the disk connection shows "00@ETE-00A0HT0" and I can dismount my drive from there.
Can you help me in this regard?
I tride all the procedures but my external hdd tell me that usb not recognized and when i go to disk management it doesnt appear also so what is the problem. help me
what if my external hard drive cannot be detected? but sometimes my laptop reads it but i cant access it. my pc hangs whenever im trying to access/repair it. please help all my files are ther
in my system display drives are not working properly when i open an internet this prompt is displaying what i have to do pls help me
I have a Hitachi 1Tb hdd and when I plug it into my Hp laptop for windows 8 it doesn't show up. Before it was working fine and I don't have that much data on there. Yesterday, before it stopped showing up completely on my computer it said cyclic redundancy check error. I looked some solutions and figured I try to do it today, however its just not even being recognized. The power is on and I hear it running whenever I plug it up and its getting frustrating. Plz help.
After reading all the issues I do not have a very good feeling after buying this new laptop with windows 8 on it. I want to get some information off the old hard drive and want to know what adaptor to buy, but from the sound of it, nothing is going to work. I need some way to get the information off the OLD hard drive and onto the NEW computer, has windows 8 made this impossible? It not what cables should I buy?
I feel like I have been dooped buying this computer with windows 8 on it.
Please help.
Hi, i have problem with my external hard disk. This is the thing. When i try to copy files on Hard disk everything is normall, but when i try to get them back, they will not be copied. I tried to copy on another pc, its all the same. But there is one catch, when I put to copy smaller files up to 400 MB then all works. Im confused, obviously my hard is working, but i dont understand why cant copy big files, like more then 400 Mb, can you help me with this?
Yeah, im using NTFS(Deafault) system, my Hard disk is Toshiba, with 320GB capacity… What should i do? Thanks in front.
have a new hard drive sonnics 1TB not in device manager not working on other laptops or p.c have swapped cables and tested usb ports on another sonnics hard drive(400gb). does not appear when touble shotted either.
Any thoughts?
Thanks for the note but still I couldn't fix my hard drive. My hard drive is WD ( My Passport) when I plug it I am not able to open it and I have a message saying my hard drive is corrupted and I should format but it so hard for me to format I have too much data on it. If thereis another solution please to tell me, thanks.
Hi shantanu, i have tried again but i couldn;t fix because i have some problems to follow you: i have device manager instead of device management and USB mass storage device instead of storage thanks very much.
Worked like I charm for me, dude. Thank you very much for sharing this!
Best regards,
hi shantanu.,
i have 2 TB 3,5 toshiba canvio external harddisk,
it detect well until last day i forgot to "safely Remove hardware",
now it's undetectable in any PC/notebook, not seen in "device manager" even listed as unknown device (no noticed device seen, all work correctly) . 🙁 ,
any suggestion sir?
thank u
Sorry my external hard disk is not working I open the disk management but it was just loading saying connecting to virtual disk I even try and open my computer it was just loading but the disk pls what can I do is HP invent
Hi ! I just used your troubleshooting guide for my new Toshiba USB 3.0 External HD . It wasn't being shown by Windows and I thought it was dead. But then I followed your steps and it works now ! Thanks a lot ….:)
My external hard disk's fan is not running so my computer cannot detect the external HDD. So what can I do?
I have a Toshiba 500 G Mass storage it is NTFS format and now I want to back it up and fromat it in ex-fat or any other to be used in macbook right now in windows 8 it is showed but nothing can be done because it is not openining it it is say 4700 MB RAW and so on.. how can I fix the problem.


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Posted by Tobias Davidsson Wed, November 09, 2016 22:35:50
So we have a republican party that is not afraid to openly use non-democratic tactics to win a democratic election. Restricted voting access in many states and areas where non-whites live, restricted access to registration to vote through voter id-laws that specifically targets non-whites, laws banning registration for felons that targets non-whites, refusal to change early voting rights that targets non-whites, gerrymandering that targets non-whites, openly using the branches of goverment on state and federal levels to push partisan agendas with nominations and blocks that targets non-whites, etc.
And the party is open about it too, bragging in front of crowds on TV even.
Its very clear that what the republican party wants is a white America. They reject all liberal notions of a different world order because that white community is a stronger and more appealing dream/fantasy/vision than what socialists or liberals offer. Stop looking for excuses in economics or class when its so simple. People voted for what they wanted, a racist state and a racist president. There is no hidden circumstance. That "white christian nation" is what people want and they dont care about the liberal values that are trampled to get it. Its the same in USA, UK, France, Hungrary, Poland and soon maybe here in Sweden too.
During the last couple of decades though there was a shift where the political tent expanded to include people of whatever color into that bigger label and the parties more or less either drove that change or followed it. Most of the things Trump or Le Pen were saying were included in the package before and now they weren't. For a long time there was no organized political movement for white power that wasn't just drunk nazis or that old racist uncle. That has changed in a big way in country after country and depending on the political system of the country it meant either changing a big party or forming a new one. In Sweden we now have a solid third big party for white power. In the UK it was sort of a mix with a new party that drove change in the big conservative party and in US it meant changing one of the big parties completely over time.
Can the socialist, conservative and liberal parties adapt to let some of the people back into the old tent where you could be white and conservative/liberal/socialist without losing their spirit? Conservative parties have tried to walk the line to include the old and the new and more or less all of them are failing or have already failed. Liberal parties cannot really change to include the old without ceasing to be liberal parties. Socialist parties can without a doubt adapt to "socialism in one country", several of those isolationist tendencies could be seen in Sanders or Corbyn. But most socialist parties have gone the other route of more "true" left-wing policies to "re-awaken the class-concioussness" and caused upheavals internally and thus political irrelevance almost everywhere. Democratic socialism is more less dead as a majority player in Europe now.
So can liberal parties defend the liberal world order of democracy and universal human rights in the face of this? Well, they clearly couldn't in the US, so what hope do we have for other countries?


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Following a proposed fine of almost $34,000 to an Ohio construction company, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently fined a mechanical services company more than $12,600 after the December death of an employee. Investigators determined the fatality resulted from a safety violation. Authorities graded the violation as serious.
On Dec. 1, an employee of the Toledo company returned to the machine shop at approximately 5 p.m. to check on a co-worker who continued working on his own when other workers left. He was shocked to find his 49-year-old colleague dead on top of the lathe. No one was around to witness the incident, and OSHA investigators had to use security footage to document what caused the tragic death.
What they discovered was that the machine has interlock doors that must be closed while the lathe spins. However, surveillance footage showed that these doors were open, and inspectors determined that they had been disabled. This exposed the worker to the spinning lathe and caused him to become entangled in it.
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Designed to operate from aircraft carriers and/or land-based facilities, the F4U-1D Corsair was a force to be reckoned with to the Japanese during WWII. With its gull wing design, impressive looks and power, the Corsair was one of the most recognizable WWII aircraft.
The Hangar 9® F4U-1D Corsair is a giant-scale masterpiece for 60cc power plants that delivers scale details worthy of being called competition grade. Its scale outline, impressive scale appearance, and Hangar 9 performance, make this an exciting warbird to show off at the field. The construction is primarily wood with fully balsa-sheeted areas, but the outer wing panels and control surfaces (except the three-panel flaps) feature exposed ribs like was done with the full-scale fighter. The three-piece wing features a robust fiberglass structure in the center which houses the custom main retracts built by Robart Mfg. (sold separately). A retractable tail wheel option is available from Hangar 9 as well as aluminum spoke wheels that set off this amazing model in an inspirational way.
Out of the box, it comes finished in genuine UltraCote® covering, fiberglass cowling and wing center section that are painted to match. You also get scale details like a full depth cockpit, hidden tail and flap control linkages, scale rib detail, scale 3-panel flaps, dummy radial engine, sliding canopy and so much more. Optional scale accessories include scale tail wheel, main wheels and retracts that operate with pneumatic or electric mechanisms, droppable bombs or fuel tanks, scale 3-blade display prop and optional navigation lights. A wide range of choices are available for power; there's the ease and economy of a 50–60cc two-stroke gas engine, sound and torque of a twin-cylinder 57cc four-stroke, or the realism of an Evolution 777 four-stroke radial. The hardware package included is very high-quality and complete as possible no matter power system you favor so you can get to flying this magnificent warbird quickly.
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|Control Throw (Ailerons):
|Low: 12mm up/down, 10% expo; High: 22mm up/down, 10% expo
|Control Throw (Elevator):
|Low: 17mm up, 12mm down, 15% expo; High: 30mm up, 22mm down, 15% expo
|Control Throw (Flaps):
|Mid: 30mm down; Landing: 70mm down
|Control Throw (Rudder):
|Low: 30mm right/left, 15% expo; High: 55mm right/left, 15% expo
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|85.5 in (2171 cm)
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Pixar & Comics - Ronnie del Carmen on 'And There Your Are'
And There You AreFor several years, AdHouse Books has been the purveyor of high-end comic books and art books With art books by James Jean and Paul Pope as well comic books such as Skyscraper of the Midwest and Project: Superior, some might think of them as an "art house" comic publisher.
They continue that trend with the new book And There You Are by Ronnie Del Carmen. Carmen is a long-time artist at Pixar and was the story supervisor for the upcoming film Up, but while movies are his day job, he's had his feet in comics for some time with his series Paper Biscuit.
In this new book And There You Are, Carmen documents the life of a woman named Nina, whom he's established in his previous works. This book is told via journals and art featuring Nina and discusses both real events and those imagined and unexplained. With his work on Up complete and the book just reaching shelves, we talked with Ronnie Del Carmen for more.
Newsarama: Thanks for taking to us, Ronnie. What can you tell us about And There You Are?
Ronnie Del Carmen: I notice that I gravitate towards books that have a controlling idea behind them, no matter how slight. I think it makes the editing process easier but more than that it makes the book about something. The question I deal with in my day job as story supervisor is: "What is--insert project here--about?" So, rather than just having a series of images that can run the gamut of drawings and scribbles I have in my sketchbooks I thought about what I was experiencing over time with my sketchbooks. What could a compilation of my drawings be about?
Since animation work takes the lion share of my creating time I only have found time to devote to Nina's story. Naturally these short snippets of found time happen around coffee breaks and in airplanes and such. That is also when I log into one of five or so journals I carry. The observations of the world and the seasons of my daily life are written and sketched in there. Along side those are my notes on Nina. That proximity does something. Details of Nina's story are from my observations. She walks the same streets I walk and frequents a coffee shop very much like the one I've been going to for the last nine years. Scarves, coats, traffic, overheard conversations and interesting folks--all seem to migrate into her story.
After a few year of this I find that she's grown added dimensions. She is become more of a real person to me over time. And that is what this book trail: the entries in journals and sketchbook, side by side with my entries about my plain days. They converge and somehow one steps over to join the other. A mystical thing, I believe. I gave her enough parts and minutiae from my life that she is becoming more solid in this world. It is a curious experience and very fascinating for me. I hope others find it interesting as well.
NRAMA: What initially set you off to create this book?
RDC: After losing a couple of sketchbooks I had to face up to the reality that you run the risk of losing it if you carry them around. I'm always losing stuff around airports or airplanes. Devastating. But I love having them so I can show them. That's why I wanted to compile these entries in book form--that way I can have something of my drawings from these sketchbooks and not have to carry the original books with me.
NRAMA: In our email leading up to this, you mentioned you're working on pieces for a Paris gallery. [Editor's Note: This interview took place before the Paris gallery show]. Can you tell us about that?
RDC: At Galerie Arludik in Paris! I did seven original pieces for it and maybe, if I have a modicum of free time, I can hustle me up two more before I leave and take them with me. This is a re-convening of the same protagonists of the "Three Trees Make a Forest" gallery show we did at Nucleus. A very successful show for us and a way for Tadahiro to join Enrico and I for a bit of catching up, it's been a while since all three's been together in one place. As you know Tadahiro is one phenomenal illustrator -- the real deal--and any time we can hang out with with him is such an honor and a treat. Diane and Jean Jacques Launier of Galerie Arludik had graciously offered us a show a while back and we've been trying to make it work ever since. I mean, come on! A gallery show in Paris? Diane and J.J. are so supportive and very helpful to us that it was a no-brainer that we do this show. I've visited the gallery before and it's an amazing location.
I'm swamped with so many projects at work and my own stuff that I have to make every free moment be dedicated to saving something from falling off the table. It's was no different for making the pieces for this show. I just finished a children's book for the Disney/ Pixar movie Up and I was still in illustration mode when I had to jump into making these images so that kept me in a mindset that is not my usual. All of them were done with acrylic ink and gouache on illustration board. I also had the good fortune of renewing a study of the abstract expressionist, Robert Motherwell. I'm nowhere near being an abstract expressionist but I used that inspiration to delve into a more graphic look to my illustrations, a way to visualize the pages of a Nina illustrated story book. That helped me a lot and made the work move faster.
NRAMA: Will these pieces end up in And There You Are?
RDC: I've mocked the entire book up and there are three pieces from the show in there right now. I might also include the thumbnails I did in my sketchbooks for it. The book is moving to a finish soon.
NRAMA: Did you have a specific goal (or goals) in mind to accomplish through the creation of this book?
RDC: I've done books of my work before and though most of them will have Nina in it I don't really talk about her story much. It's a laboratory of sorts. It shows me aspects of her story that I'm trying to fit into the books. Mind you I've yet to do a longer form of Nina's story and given my schedule it won't happen soon. This way I keep the fires burning until I can get to it as well as make discoveries about Nina along the way.
NRAMA: Correct me If I'm wrong, but this is the first time you're going with an outside company for help in publishing and distribution. Why'd you decide to go with AdHouse instead of self-publishing like you have previously?
RDC: We had Gingko Press as publisher of the Three Trees Make a Forest book before. Gingko had taken on the entire publishing duties, including hiring a designer for the book. All the attendant responsibilities of getting the book to market they take care of - the stuff that I'm not very good at. Given the pressures of being a Story Supervisor on a Pixar movie I've no more energies left to deal with all that-let alone making a book.
I've known Chris Pitzer since he invited me to do a story for Project Superior and we've stayed in touch since. He's a big supporter of independent voices out there. Scott Morse has a deal with him that works this way: Scott is the publisher and Adhouse distributes. I thought, "Great! I want to do that!" Of course, I really didn't have the time to devote to even make a book so I had to wait. Then Enrico put out The Venice Chronicles thru Adhouse as well. Meanwhile my duties with UP were just starting to ease up, not a lot but enough that I just had to have the book ready. The part of publishing that I like--creating, designing and dreaming insane dreams--I finally get back to. I'm really glad that Chris was open to having me on board at Adhouse with And There You Are and in fact it was his vote for the title of the book that made me keep it. It was just a working title months ago when I was still doing studies.
NRAMA: Previous to this you self-published several comics under the banner of Paper Biscuit. Will any of that work be in this new book?
RDC: Not in the direct storytelling comic book. That will stay with the Paper Biscuit books. The idea for And There You Are is to gather these images and drawn phrases of the work behind the stage that already seems to tell Nina's story. I think too much and I really should pay attention to the work being generated--even if they are just sketchy ideas and notes--that is telling me what Nina's doing.
I am amazed all the time that there's a mystical thing about capturing real people in my sketchbooks. I write and draw on the same journals I make my real world impressions as well as notes on Nina's story.
So, my observations of real people are there side by side with my notes on Nina. She will naturally hang out in the same places that I will be at and be around the same people I will draw in my sketchbooks. Somehow that equation, over the years, is accumulating these real details and nuances. Okay, I'm getting into it. But really, it's a fascinating journey and I share the images and hopefully communicate this impression in the book.
NRAMA: Do you have plans to publish any future issues of Paper Biscuit?
RDC: I have an ongoing story path for Nina that will continue. My day job keeps me from jumping into the continuity of Nina's story right now but I hope to pick this up again this year. I have offers to collect the story into one big book from France. It would be a curios path to see the story told fully in French first but they are very supportive and encouraging. I go where that positive energy takes me. So, the answer is, YES! I'll keep at it till someone stops me.
NRAMA: You mentioned your day job as Story Supervisor for Disney/Pixar's Up movie. What does that job entail?
RDC: As a Story Supervisor I am the first among equals of a fantastic story artist crew (Enrico Casarosa is part of this crew as well, along with Bill Presing). They number about 6 to 8 people for the entire life cycle of the story reels, which could be anywhere from 1 1/2 years to 3 years, depending on the story's complexity, director regard and luck. The story reels are the drawn dramatization of the movie. That means we create the entire movie story experience, complete with sound, temp music and camera work, almost like the real movie. We get to experience our storytelling before we spend the really expensive endeavor of producing the actual film. This way we can fix our story before we make it. I work with the director(s) on how to do this. We write, re-write, stage and re-stage, haggle, argue, laugh, go crazy with the story and we hand these as sequences to the story artists to realize in storyboards. Then we do it over and over again for a couple of years till we get it right--or run out of time. Likely it's a mix of both. I try to do as much on any movie as I can and this movie I did more. I believe that we can contribute to all aspects of the movie so I get to contribute to the art, cinematography, production design and layout of the movie on top of my duties as Story Supe.
NRAMA: Pixar has quite a sizeable and notable comics community within its walls. What's that like?
RDC: Well, there's a bunch of us here now and we all got to have an outlet for that part of our artistic lives. When Enrico and I started early this decade making our books we probably looked strange. Self-publishing then was rather new to us sometime comic book dabblers.
All my experience about creating your own book can be discouraging in most studios. We didn't know it at the time but Pixar did not have the same stance as other studios. We find out that Pixar sees this as a way to encourage creativity and passion that in turn funnels back into our day job. It does keep us plowing along with the same energies on or off the picture. All that legal caution a studio does to protect itself can backfire I think. Protecting yourself from the prospective bad employee who will turn around, sue and gum up millions of dollars worth of movie will mean that you regard ALL your employees as would-be traitors. Not a positive reinforcement move, I think. You create a culture of non-trust. The best that they can offer will be withheld as well.
Besides that we all tend to support and encourage each other in all our endeavors. We're not in this for the money right now. We have day jobs still. So we can develop and make mistakes as well as journey far afield to where most cannot go. We see now how other studios have their own large illustration/comic book troupes going to San Diego and making books. I like to think that we had a small part to play in that. As well as showing other studios that they can relax about their legal binds imposed on artists. I think that it all works together well and everyone benefits. There are likely very good stories, storytellers and new outlooks that can be mined from these ventures. As they say, "It's all good."
NRAMA: And lastly, do you have any appearances or signings to coincide with the release of the book?
RDC: I will be at San Diego this summer signing with my partner-in-crime, Enrico Casarosa. It will be a big return for me after being gone for so many years. I am looking forward to seeing all the familiar faces in that sea of madness and spectacle that is Comic-con. Hope to see you all there.Newsarama Note: del Carmen has just announced his latest work, My Name is Dug, which he drew, at his blog. The younger-ages book stars the talking dog as seen in the Up trailer.


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Tulips at Cheekwood — The gardeners at Cheekwood have planted a variety called Colour Spectacle dedicated to District 18. Other districts also have their own special varieties. Take the opportunity to enjoy the emergence of Spring and the official District 18 tulip.
Street Sweeping Schedule — Metro Water Services has a regular schedule for cleaning streets to keep leaves and other debris from clogging the storm water system. Residents can increase the effectiveness of this by moving their cars off the street on sweeping days. The Street Sweeping Schedule is published monthly here.
Annual Preservation Awards — The Metro Historical Commission is now accepting nominations for the Annual Preservation Awards program. This award recognizes excellence in preservation of historic homes and other properties. The deadline is March 11 for this year's Preservation Awards. Winners will be announced at our Awards Program on Wednesday, May 4 at the Downtown Nashville Library. The nomination form is found here.
Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic — The Metro Public Health Department is making a change to the annual rabies vaccination clinics. Metro Public Health Department will host a low-cost rabies vaccination clinic once a month at Metro Animal Care and Control from February-November in 2016. These will take place the third Saturday of each month. The monthly rabies clinics will replace the annual rabies clinics previously held each March at area Metro Schools and Metro Parks. The change to monthly vaccination clinics will allow community members more flexibility to obtain low-cost rabies vaccinations throughout the year. To minimize wait time pet owners should fill out the Rabies Information Form before attending a clinic. Forms are available here. The next clinic will be on March 19.
Metro Schools' students will be in school on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 to make up for days lost due to winter weather in February, according to the recently updated district calendar. The Metro Schools district calendar included five built-in snow days in the 2015-2016 school year. Due to inclement weather, seven snow days have been used, and make-up days must be scheduled for the two additional snow days beyond the calendar allotment. Because March 16 and March 17 are now instructional days, the district's Intersession is now only on Friday, March 18.
Brush Pick-up in BHN, 12th S, and Sunnyside on March 15 and in HWEN on March 22.
Nashville Reads — Neighbors are invited to join hosts Bob Berstein and Irma Paz for a Nashville Reads book discussion of The Color of Water at 6pm March 24 at Bongo Java on Belmont. This year's book is the fascinating dual autobiography of Andrew McBride, a noted African American journalist/musician, and his Jewish mother. The story is told in alternating chapters from both points of view and offers wonderful insights into growing up with different types of discrimination and obstacles.
Update on Village 21, project at the corner of 21st and Wedgewood. The excavation is about 25% completed. The first level of drilling and blasting is completed and haul off is continuing. The next round of drilling and blasting should resume in the next two weeks. The contractor is estimating the excavation process would be completed by the end of April, then production would start on the Parking Garage. Jersey Barriers are placed around the site adjacent to the public's area. The council members are working to get the sidewalks on 21st Avenue open again as soon as possible, but we are currently told it could be as late as June.
A 12th South water main replacement project will begin in April. This will proceed in phases, with the first phase including Linden, Elmwood, Beechwood, and Sweetbriar between Belmont and 12th S. This will involve temporary loss of parking on some streets. Metro Water will hold a community meeting in April to talk about the process and the schedule.
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If you spend any time around people who define themselves as part of the "reformed" stream of Christian faith, then you'll probably sense an admiration for Charles Spurgeon (d. 1892) and a not-so-favorable opinion of Andy Stanley. That's not always the case, but I have found to be true in almost 100 conversations now.
Of course, there are several points of contention between those who lean toward Spurgeon and those who lean toward Stanley. Based on their doctrinal systems, the two sides will always have quibbles about soteriology (thoughts about salvation), ecclesiology (thoughts about the church), and eschatology (thoughts about the end).
Beyond those debates, however, both of these men are known for their great preaching ability. (Spurgeon is actually referred to as "The Prince of Preachers.") And so I find it amusing when I encounter the reformed critique of Andy Stanley that hangs him out to dry based on one of the things he said, namely:
"While I'm a firm believer that all Scripture is equally inspired, observation tells me that all Scripture is not equally applicable" (Communicating for a Change, 96).
And the reformed guys (who pride themselves on verse-by-verse expository preaching) get all up in arms: "How dare you disregard Scripture! Haven't you read 2 Timothy 3:16-17?"
Settle down guys. I'm sure Andy has read those verses.
And before you right him off as a heretic while proclaiming the virtues of Spurgeon's preaching, you should know that Spurgeon himself said exactly the same thing:
"Although all Scripture is good and profitable, it is not all equally appropriate for every occasion" (Lectures to My Students, 81).
Did you hear that? They said the same thing.
And still I've seen Spurgeon praised in the exact same blog posts that take issue with Stanley's statement!
How about one more?
Andy Stanley: "Preaching for life change involves picking those passages that are more appropriate for and applicable to our target audience" (page 96).
Charles Spurgeon: "Among many gems we have to select the jewel most appropriate for the setting of the occasion" (page 82).
So there is at least one thing that Charles Spurgeon and Andy Stanley have in common:
They both believe that the selection of biblical text(s) is very important. And that every text, though equally inspired, is not equally applicable or appropriate for every occasion.
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Written By Brandon Warne (ColdOmaha.com)
Photo Credit: Brian Curski
It's easy to look at the numbers and say Joe Mauer underperformed last season. Maybe underperformed isn't exactly the right word. Overall, Mauer was better in 2016 than in 2015, and not by a small margin. Though he didn't stay on the field as much — 158 games down to 134 — two of his three triple-slash marks increased last season while he moved back toward career norms in walk and strikeout rate.
In fact, Mauer's walk rate in 2016 (13.7 percent) was actually better than his career mark (12.1 percent) and the second-best of his entire career. Even though this isn't the Mauer of yore, the eye remains very, very good at the plate.
But what if Mauer was better than we thought, or at the very least, there was a way to make him better without much of a drastic change? Sound radical? Perhaps. But is it something that sounds worth exploring? Of course.
When the Minnesota Twins returned from the All-Star break, one of the first things manager Paul Molitor said was that he wasn't going to run Mauer into the ground. Molitor said he spent his entire break working through scenarios where he could improve the team's play but at the same time do what was right for his players. Part of that was pulling back from Mauer's playing time, and it appeared to show some benefits.
Let's take a look, shall we? In the first half, Mauer hit .271/.372/.381 while playing in 84 games (79 starts) out of a total of 88. That comes out to playing in 95.5 percent of the team's games and starting 89.7 percent. That slash line isn't terrible, but it also lacks the sort of power you might like to see from someone hitting lower than first or second in the order.
Basically, Joe was like a powerless Dexter Fowler.
For about the next month after the All-Star break, Molitor was fairly true to his promise. Mauer appeared in 28 games and started 26 of a possible 31 games. That's down to appearing in 90.3 percent of games and starting 83.9 percent. Now, whether subtracting roughly 6.0 percent of games is enough to make a substantive difference could be up for debate, it does correlate with Mauer's finest stretch of the season.
From July 15 to Aug. 16, Mauer hit .324/.420/.529 with as many walks as strikeouts (17) in 119 plate appearances. That's basically vintage Joe.
So why the wonky, strangely specific time frame?
On the first-inning double from Trevor Plouffe above, Mauer reportedly strained his quad, and it was an injury that dogged him the rest of the year. At the end of that day, Mauer was hitting .284/.384/.417 — his first day with an OPS over .800 in over two months — and had been rolling on the aforementioned streak. Now even if Mauer's ceiling at this point is .284/.384/.417 — or in other words, basically an .800 OPS — that's not going to make anyone forget about the Joe of old times, but it's enough to make him a useful player, considering he's become a fairly adept defensive first baseman. The names of first basemen types around that mark were the likes of Wil Myers (.797), Chris Davis (.792), Brad Miller (.786), Adrian Gonzalez (.784) and Eric Hosmer (.761).
In short, that's not terrible company to be in.
Mauer hit the skids hard the rest of the way, batting just .146/.255/.244 (.499 OPS) while playing in just 22 games (20 starts) over the final six weeks (a total of 43 games). Now this wasn't exactly an avoidable injury, but it sure does seem that Mauer was much better when given ample time off between starts. Is that crazy to say?
Again, playing Mauer in a way to avoid that injury — or any other coming up — moving forward is a fool's errand. But finding ways to keep Mauer fresh shouldn't be difficult. Mauer struggled against lefties last season (.610 OPS) while hitting righties rather well (.793). Could the platoon of Mauer and Kennys Vargas (1.262 OPS v. LHP in very limited MLB sample last year) be the right move? That would free up DH time against lefties for Robbie Grossman (.994 OPS v. LHP in 2016) while also letting Eddie Rosario play more frequently to find out what his future role is on this team.
Is it too simple to say less is more with Joe Mauer?


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Thompson, R. (2014). A retrospective, cross-sectional study of an in-home breastfeeding programme (Thesis, Australian Catholic University). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4226/66/5a976ad93bab2
Background: Breastfeeding complications impact on the woman's ability to initiate and sustain breastfeeding. A local government in-home breastfeeding programme was established to provide support for breastfeeding women after hospital discharge. A purpose built database to record maternal-infant data was piloted during 2001-2003 and data continued to be collected until 2007. This thesis reports on the analysis of the data collection 2003-2007, including demographic information, presenting complications, observational, diagnostic and photographic data. Research Questions: What were the main characteristics and experiences of the women with breastfeeding complications who presented for professional assistance through the Darebin In-Home Breastfeeding programme? What are the implications for breastfeeding women and midwifery practice, from the analysis and findings of this data? ...
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Chile's rescued miners enjoyed the spotlight once again on Friday when they met Antonio Banderas and the other actors who will portray them in the Hollywood film The 33.
During the 2010 ordeal, the 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground drank oil-contaminated water to survive and set off explosives in a desperate bid to alert rescuers. After 69 days underground, they were lifted one by one to the surface in a spectacle that entranced viewers around the globe.
"I was one of the many millions obsessed with the story," said Banderas at a ceremony with Chilean President Sebastian Piñera and miners held at the presidential palace to greet the actors who have just arrived in Chile for shooting.
"It reflects the value of life in a confused and violent world," the Spanish actor added, before high-fiving Mario Sepulveda, the de facto spiritual leader of the 33 miners who he portrays in the film.
A laughing Sepulveda, known as "Super Mario," jokingly asked "we really look alike, don't we?" as he stood arm-in-arm with a dapper Banderas.
While the rescued miners became celebrities and heroes, several have failed to significantly benefit financially from the media hoopla and some have wrestled with drugs, alcohol and psychological demons.
Luis Urzua, the last miner to be hoisted out of the bowels of the earth, has told local media he is unhappy with the terms of the film contract and is seeking a new lawyer.
But Carlos Barrios, the thirteenth miner to see the light, was pleased that their story was going up on the silver screen.
"It's such an honour for us," a beaming Barrios said after the ceremony.
Mexican filmmaker Patricia Riggen directs the English-language film, which is being shot in the northern desert region of Copiapo, near where the small copper and gold mine San Jose mine is located, and in Colombia.
In addition to Banderas, it will star French actress Juliette Binoche and Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, who were also present on Friday.
"This is a story of human courage," said producer Mike Medavoy, who lived in Chile during his youth and went on to produce such acclaimed films as Black Swan and Shutter Island. "There isn't a place I go where people don't know about the 33 miners, added Medavoy, who bought the rights to the film and is founder of Phoenix Pictures.
Outgoing conservative president Pinera, who enjoyed a huge — albeit short-lived — spike in popularity after the rescue, said the ordeal stoked hope around the world.
"I've asked myself so many times why an accident in an unknown mine in a desert at the end of the world in a country so far from the centre of the world generated so much emotion," Pinera said.
"The world needs hope; most stories end badly. This story began as a tragedy and ended as a blessing," he added.