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Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate and a sweet Birbet sparkling wine makes a delicious pairing to enjoy with you Valentine. This is my featured post for the February Wine Pairing Weekend event. We received the wine as complimentary sample from the winery. As always, the opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
I don't make desserts very often, but I do rise to the occasion from time to time. Valentine's Day would certainly seem like an occasion to make a dessert! Plus, I had a bottle of Birbet that fellow #winePW blogger Val Quintanilla suggested would make for a good Valentine's Day pairing.
We have been enjoying Florida strawberry season lately, which brings a bit of warm flavors north to our (finally) cold New England winter. I've been serving up some creative strawberry themed meals such as Quinoa with Salmon and Strawberries. But of course, strawberries are excellent for making desserts, too, so I came up with today's Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate recipe.
I love fresh strawberries served with melted chocolate. I was almost going to just do that for this dessert, but then figured I would try to do something a bit more creative. But I didn't want to veer too far from that successful flavor combo.
My approach here was to puree some fresh strawberries, then reduced them with some sugar. Then the sweet strawberry mixture gets added to some cream. I plated the strawberry cream mixture, then added a few dollops of melted chocolate, and slices of fresh strawberries. Voila, Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate! We definitely enjoyed the creation for a pre-Valentine's Day family treat.
I used fromage blanc for the creamy aspect of the dish, as it happened to be on sale when I was coming up with the recipe. I hadn't used it before, but from the label gathered it doesn't have a lot of flavor on its own. I figured it would be a nice background to showcase the sweet strawberry flavor, adding some weight to the dish. You can use crème fraîche here if you like, instead of the fromage blanc. It may be easier to find. Now, let's talk about that wine for Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate…
Wine Pairing for Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate: I had the bottle of Demarie Birbet (non-vintage, 6.5% ABV, appx. $20) when I came up with this dessert recipe. What is Birbet, you might ask? I wondered the same thing. I had received several different bottles of Piedmont wine from Demarie to sample this past fall. Wines like the Barolo, I knew all about and what to make–Wild Mushroom Risotto! But I needed to do some research about Birbet. I learned that Birbet is a sweet sparkling wine made from Brachetto grapes. To be called a "Brachetto" on the label, the wine must be produced in designated areas of the Piedmont. Some producers outside those designated regions that produces sweet wine from Brachetto took to calling the wine Birbet, which means "little rogue".
The Demarie Birbet comes from the Roero region. Roero is in the heart of the Piedmont, halfway between Asti and Cuneo. The sandy soils of the region are conducive to growing Brachetto. The winery's technical notes on the their Birbet can be found on this page.
Light red in the glass, the Demarie Birbet is perfect aesthetically for Valentine's Day! I got the sweet smell of an early spring day on the nose of the wine. Taste of honey, with the bubbles creating a pleasant sweet effervescence on the tongue. Though I describe the wine as sweet, I would say it is a subdued sweetness, which is more to my liking than a rich syrupy sweet you can get in some dessert wines. The restrained sweetness also goes along well with the Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate, which is moderately sweet with a bit of savory element from the cream. The low alchohol content makes for light, easy sipping after a good meal. A very good pairing to enjoy with your Valentine!Print
Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate
Sweet strawberry cream with melted chocolate is a delicious dessert for Valentine's Day or any time you are looking for an easy, homemade treat.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
- 1 cup strawberries,
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup sugar
- 6 ozs fromage blanc (or crème fraîche)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1.5 ozs dark chocolate, broken or chopped into small pieces
- 3 additional strawberries, sliced for finishing the dessert
- Puree the strawberries in a food processor. Set aside.
- Add the water and sugar to a sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Heat while stirring, a couple of minutes until the sugar is dissolved.
- Transfer the pureed strawberries to the sauce pan. Simmer for 10 minutes, reducing the strawberry mixture.
- Meanwhile, pour the cream into another saucepan, bring to a boil. Stir in the chocolate, stirring regularly. The chocolate will melt after a few minutes, keep warm on very low heat.
- Add the fromage blanc or crème fraîche to a mixing bowl. Stir in the strawberry mixture after it has done its 10 minutes of cooking.
- Plate a portion of the strawberry cream mixture, the add dollops of the melted chocolate around the top of the strawberry cream. Add a few slices of strawberries, and serve.
- Note: You can get the strawberry cream mixture and the chocolate ready in advance, and refrigerate. Gently reheat the chocolate immediately prior to plating.
Be sure to check out all the wonderful Valentine's Week #winePW Pairings!
Jade from Tasting Pour:
– Love Letter Pastries and Brandborg Winery Pinot Noir
Jeff from Food Wine Click – Perfect Wine for a Sparkling Valentine's Day Celebration
Martin of Enofylz Wine Blog – Valentine's Surf and Turf with a Twist and Champagne Pairing
Nancy from Pull That Cork – Shepherd's Pie and Burgundy: A Cozy Valentine's Day Pairing
Kirsten of The Armchair Sommelier – My Squashy Valentine
Jennifer from Vino Travels – Sparkle Your Valentine's Day with Brachetto from the Roero with Demarie
David of Cooking Chat –
–Cauliflower Kale Soup paired with Pinot
–Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate and Wine Pairing (You are here!)
Michelle from Rockin Red Blog – Valentine's Day in the South of France with #WinePW
Sarah from Curious Cuisiniere – Gougeres (French Cheese Puffs) and Blanquette de Limoux
Cindy from Grape Experiences:
– A Valentine's Gift: Elegant Anaba Wines
–Cava and Crave Worthy Chocolate Cookies for Valentine's Day
Lori from Draceana Wines – Need a Valentine's Wine? As You Wish.
Diana from Wine Pass shares – Valentine Risotto and Rich Chocolate Beet Cake with Brachetto d'Acqui
Valerie of Girls Gotta Drink – A Moscato Food Pairing: Moscato for Breakfast Anyone?
Wendy from A Day in the Life on A Farm – Asian Tuna and Noodles with Rodney Strong Pinot Noir
Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla :
-Cherry-Glazed Chicken with Hahn's Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
-Barley Stuffed Acorn Squash & Zesty Crayfish with Landmark Vineyards' Overlook Chardonnay
-Wild Boar Mushroom Pot Pies with Landmark Vineyards' Overlook Pinot Noir
-Seared Venison Medallions with Justin's Cabernet Sauvignon
-Rosé-Cured Salmon with Balletto Vineyards' Brut Rosé
-Epoisses, Crackers, & Cremant de Limoux
Christy from Confessions of a Culinary Diva:
-Valentine's Day Steakhouse Dinner at Home
-50 Oysters a Day & Other Tales of Seduction
-Pick a Picpoul de Pinet for Your Valentine
-Apple of My Eye Pork Chops & Pinot
-Lobster, Corn Fritters & Balletto
Join us for a live Valentine's Wine Pairing Twitter chat at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, February 13, using the hashtag #winePW. And get ready for the March #winePW, where we will share our Open That Bottle Night experiences. Check out the upcoming and past Wine Pairing Weekend events on this page.


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After I bought a mortar and pestle for my kitchen, I almost stopped using the blender, because the texture of the sauces made by my own hands goes out ten times better.
I began to make different pestos and dressings for salads and almost every one of them went better than the other. At some point, my refrigerator was full of jars with labels of homemade sauces with some instructions
Today I want to share with you my favorite green sauces, which are included in my notebook of recipes.
I should say that the mortar pestle is not an easy tool, as it requires some physical effort. If you tried to cook with it and realized that this is not for you, use a blender at medium or minimum speed.
If you are using a blender add olive oil with all other ingredients right away.
Pistachio Pesto
Traditional pesto is made with pine nuts. However, I do not like their taste, and very often I use toasted, unsalted pistachios for my sauce.
- Large bunch of basil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 50 grams of toasted pistachios
- 30 grams of grated Parmesan
- 0.5 cups of good olive oil
- Salt to taste
How to make:
Pick basil leaves from the stems. Smash garlic in a mortar and pestle or blender. Add basil and crush until small leaves remain. Add the nuts, Parmesan, break or blend again, add olive oil and salt.
Pesto is good for almost everything. I made a snack of baked mini-zucchini and put some sauce on it.
Green salsa with parsley, anchovies and capers
The original version of this recipe contained basil and mint and was kindly provided to me in the cooking school. However, over time, I made changes to it, considering that curly leaf parsley, like in no other sauce, reveals its taste.
- Medium bunch of curly leaf parsley
- 2 green onions
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 anchovy fillets
- 1 tbsp. capers
- 0.5 tbsp. lemon juice
- 0.5 cups of olive oil
How to make:
Pick the leaves of curly leaf parsley from the stems. Combine garlic, capers, and anchovies in a blender or mortar and pestle and smash. Add the green onions, parsley, and crush until the mass comes together. Add the lemon juice and olive oil.
Salsa is good because it is universal does not require salt so that it can be added to any salad.
Four herbs Dressing
Like the green salsa, a dressing of four herbs perfectly fits everything from roasted vegetables to a steak. It will be an excellent addition to the festive table for any occasion since it has a very bright green color. The shopping list for it is quite extensive, but it's worth the effort!
- A handful of chives
- 0.5 cup of watercress
- 0.5 cup mint leaves
- 1 cup of parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
- 5 peppercorns
- Salt
- 0.5 cups of good olive oil
- 1 tbsp. Greek yoghurt
- Juice half a lemon
How to make:
Combine all the ingredients, except lemon juice, yogurt and olive oil in a blender or mortar and pestle and mix until combined. Add yogurt, juice, oil, stir with a spoon and move into a container.
I like to add this dressing to crispy and fresh salads with fennel and cucumbers.

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Thank you so much to Natascha's Palace and A Taste of Two Cities for nominating me for the versatile blogger award, I'm very flattered as you both have such fantastic blogs with loads of delicious recipes! I only started my blog a few months ago, and I'm really enjoying sharing all my cooking and baking experiments, but its also very nice to know that there are some people who are actually interested!
These are the rules of the Versatile blogger award:
1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Include a link to their blog.
3. Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you've recently discovered or follow regularly.
4. Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award
5. Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
So I've already done number one and two, so here are the 15 blogs that I have discovered recently that I particularly enjoy reading:
1. Nisha.Chokraborty at Hungerstruck!! – she has some delicious looking cake recipes and some amazing indian recipes!
2. Twinbutterfly at Confessions of a Food Tourist – delicious recipes like chocolate mocha brownies, and great some great photos!
3. The Rumbly Tumbly – Loads and loads of amazing dessert recipes
4. Little Parcels of Joy – Tons of lovely baking recipes
5. Holly Rachel Bakes – Lots of lovely food, including some really unusual recipes, like trench cake,
6. Jane's Patisserie – I want to bake everything she bakes!
7. Gingerbread Jenn – So many amazing looking cakes.
8. Cafe Garima – Really exciting and interesting flavour combinations, that look delicious!
9. Lili's Cakes – Really delicious looking cakes and treats, always makes me very hungry!
10. I Need a Feed – Discovered this blog on fiesta Friday – Vanilla and salted caramel macaroons – need I say more?
11. Foodlattio – All the dessert recipes on this blog look heavenly!
12. Spiced and Sliced – loads of really unusual recipes, really interesting to read!
13. Life in a Teacup – delicious looking bakes, and some exciting flavour combinations like strawberry coffee cake!
14. FOODMAP! Glorious FOODMAP! – This blog manages to make healthy food look absolutely delicious, well done!
15. At Home with Arwen – Great mix of baking and crafting! very inspiring!
So now for number five – 7 things about myself – here goes!
1. I'm a PhD student – I suppose I should include what I actually spend most of my time doing! I'm currently in the second year of my PhD, which is looking at improving the yields of wheat. I really enjoy my work, but its nice to come home and do something completely different like baking!
2. I'm a massive geek – I mean massive, I love all the geeky books, TV shows and films. Last year I went to my first Comic Convention in Manchester (UK) , and had my first experience of cosplaying – I went as Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones. I had SO much fun, I loved having everyone call me Cersei all day! This year I'm going again to a ComicCon in London, dressed and Lagertha from Vikings.
3. I also love crafting – I also knit and crochet in my spare time, and we even have a craft club at work! if you like crafting too, you should check out my friends crafting blogs: Pretty Column and H's Handcrafts
4. HUGE disney fan – I really really like disney, a lot! I have almost every classic disney film on DVD – I think my favourite is either Beauty and the Beast or The Little Mermaid! Here is a picture of me and my friends dressed up as Disney Princesses for a party! We had Pocahontas, Ariel, Meg, Rapunzel (me!), Brave, Belle and Tinkerbell.
5. I love dogs – I got my first dog – Gus when I was 13/14 and I loved him SO much, look how cute he is!
Since then I have always loved dogs, and my parents recently got a new puppy, here is a picture of him in a jumper I knitted him:
6. I love walking – I think I discovered my love of walking through my love of dogs! My favourite place to walk is the Alps, and I have been on waling holidays in the German, Italian and Austrian Alps, for the past few years. I love the walking and the scenery, hopefully I will get to go again this summer! These are some pictures of me in Austria last summer.
7. I read, A LOT – I think the first set of books I read was either Narnia or Harry Potter, (I can't remember which one came first), but ever since then I have really loved reading. I like pretty much every book genre, but my favourite books at the moment are definitely the Game of Thrones books.
So there you go, hope you enjoyed reading, and check out some of the blogs I have nominated, they are great!
Also to those who I have nominated, participation is optional!


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There are definitely the first hints of autumn in the air. Night temperatures have started to drop and there are the beginnings of colour changes in the arboretums. I hope we still get to see a little sunshine in September. The borders are starting to fade in places and we have to start tidying and cutting back as required. We are also taking cuttings of a lot of our more tender plants as insurance against possible winter losses. A good number of our borderline hardy plants in the tropical border and jungle areas will survive our typical winter but there's always a risk of a particularly cold snap. There are quite a few plants that we have to overwinter in our glasshouses and polytunnels, and I will be watching the weather carefully in the coming weeks as I hate to lift them prematurely but equally can't take a risk that they will be killed by frost. We will shortly be building a new polytunnel in our walled garden to help house our growing collection, as well as providing much needed propagation space. It's the time of year for pruning hedges, mulching beds and general tidying up. In the vegetable garden we have been cutting back our old raspberry and loganberry canes and tying in the new ones for next year's crop. We have dug up the last of the potatoes. Lifted shallots, garlic and onions and planted out brassicas and leeks. Now is the time to sow spinach, winter lettuce and rocket to take you through to the autumn. Our Irish orchard is finally starting to mature and we have a huge crop this year. We will be using most of the apples to make our own juice which is very popular in our cafe, but this year we are starting experimenting with in house cider production. It will be an interesting project! Most of the trees in our orchard are old Irish heritage varieties and it is very interesting to compare the differences between them. We also have honey from the walled garden for the first time. We installed two hives in the spring and we will shortly be finding out just how much our busy little friends have produced. Very exciting times! It's not too early to start thinking about bulbs. Bulb planting can be started in the next few weeks. The fresher they are when you plant them, the better they perform. Make a few notes as to where you would like some extra colour in the garden, then select bulbs that suit. Too often bulbs end up as an impulse buy that get stuck in a corner and forgotten about, so don't forget to label them. We add to our collection every year and this year's main project is to plant large drifts of narcissus under our Cherry Walk to compliment the spring blossom. We are also planning our winter projects at the moment, which include some planting of semi-mature trees. I will be taking a trip to Nangle & Niesen tree nursery in the coming days to select specimens from their substantial stock. It is much better to see the trees while they are in leaf and select the actual ones you want, than to simply order from a list.
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there she was with her crossed hands, yelling no paw-ee! (potty)
before her very first soccer game this weekend, i was so nervous for her. will they accept her? the night before, she slept in her cleats squealing with excitement. she turned my face to hers with her hand and said, mom. socc-ah!(soccer!). i laid in bed thinking of all the ways i could make it easier for her to be accepted. what do we tell the coach? she looks completely normal but she doesn't talk much and when she does, you might not understand her. she's severely developmentally delayed. she does not understand this game but she's going to be really happy about a bunch of kids chasing a ball. also she pees in her pants sometimes. a lot lately? and she might drop a deuce? she's really excited though and i want to hover over her to make sure she knows what to do. ok great!
before the game, she was running around in her cleats and i was feeling emotional and weighed down by our circumstances. the verse, "my grace is sufficient for you" popped into my head and i didn't understand it. i don't need grace. she needs healed. what does that have to do with anything?
a little whisper in my heart said, because my grace is sufficient for her too. and i just cried there. why in my ugliness does God come down in tenderness and pull my face towards his and say, mother, i'm enough for this.
watching lila play that afternoon, i laughed so hard. she ran with the mob but didn't ever make contact with the ball. we just kept yelling, get the ball, lila! and she would belly laugh and chase it. when someone made a goal, she would cheer like she made the goal and sometimes run off the field to give us a hug. she is not delayed in sportsmanship, that's for sure.
and i realized later that day that i need God to change my heart. i keep trying to heal my daughter because i don't think that He is enough. i get lost in my circumstances and forget this life isn't about my plans getting fulfilled, it's about glorifying Christ. i see lila in the sunlight, running on a field,laughing and playing with no worries and there i am on the sidelines with a dark heart, sulking, crossing my hands in defiance...i want it my way!
i needed all of this: the peeing on the couch, the soccer, the endless clothes washing, the exhaustion of a very busy child with lots of needs and a passion for coloring skin and furniture with markers. i needed it all to see Jesus as my only hope. my hope can not be in lila being healed or in her successfully potty training. those are failing me. God does not. He is calling me and using my daughter so that i would see his kindness and say, oh. this life is a breath. it will not be like this forever.
my job today is glorifying Christ... heal my unbelief! not just our sweet lila. heal our wicked hearts so that we can see you more.
*today lila has done much better with potty training. i decided to just start over with it and it has been leaps and bounds better. i forget that developmentally she is a 2 and a 1/2 year old, practicing defiance and independence. i forget because visually, she is 4 and a 1/2. so i'm praying for new eyes and a new heart so that i won't get lost in this hardship. it's so easy to stray out of an eternal perspective. pray for us if you think about it!


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Snap to it! Windows 10's Snap Feature
With Windows 10's Snap feature you can snap up to four windows on the same screen/desktop. You can work in each window while the others stay in view. You might say…why would I want to do this? Well, think about it for minute. We think you'll find Windows Snap handy for a lot of things.
When you snap a window to one side of the desktop, on the other side you'll see the open Windows you could snap to the that side of your desktop. Above you can see we have a Windows File Explorer window snapped to the right side of our desktop. Look on the left, and you'll see 3 thumbnails. We can snap any one of these windows to the left sides of the screen and next to the snapped window on the right.
If you you have ever needed to drag a folder or a file from one drive/directory to another, it makes it a lot easier if you have two file explorer windows open side by side in front of you. You can drag files & folders from one directory/drive to another with ease if you can see what you're doing.
See? Look up! As an example (above) we show you how we can move a video from the "Pictures" folder (on the right) to any other folder on this computer – or any other drive on this computer. It's a "snap" to move files if you know how to snap windows. Snap to it, EB! When I snap my fingers I expect you to get busy or bring me a beer!
So how do you do this Windows magic? It's easy, but it does take some practice.
Your can snap any window, up/down/right/left by dragging the window until it snaps (hard way), or you can use the Windows Key + the Arrow Keys (the easy-peasy way!)
Try it. You might need to play around with it before you get the hang of it, but once you learn it, you'll use it a lot – especially for moving files from one folder to another or working in two windows and you need to keep a reference handy on the screen while you work in another window.
Snap is different than virtual desktops. You can learn more about virtual desktops here.
OK snap to it & learn to do it!
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Hello friends, hop over to CSI and see these gorgeous colors.
The background is actually coral but it appears red than it seems. Oh well....
I played with gesso and olive paints.
i am loving my distressed and torn edges.
Hope you have a great week ahead.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Case file 34 is open
Posted by Wendy Kwok at 2:18 AM
2 comments:
- Audrey Pettit said...
I love your distressed and torn edges, too. And love the paint and pretty chevron background. The fussy cut flowers behind the photos really catch my eye, too. This is beautiful, Wendy!
- August 26, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- Unknown said...
always lovely to see your creations Wendy! Catch you again soon! :)
- August 30, 2012 at 6:48 PM
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John Wilkinson posted a topic in Led Zeppelin NewbiesHi all. I am a relative latecomer to the Led Zeppelin worshippers I just feel so lucky to have found their music after such a long time not being really that interested. You can imagine how excited I am listening to all the albums for the first time and hearing songs like Friends/In My Time Of Dying/That's The Way/The Rain Song/Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and many more for the first time in a lot of cases. I have just started reading about the band as well in several books (Hammer Of The Gods and Trampled Underfoot) so any suggestions for better books are more than welcome. Stupid now but I just thought they were just a heavy rock band in much the same way as Sabbath/Purple etc (not that I don't like those bands but Zeppelin SO much more) Total convert here and looking forward to starting on the live recordings now Best wishes John
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John Wilkinson posted a topic in Led Zeppelin NewbiesHi all LONG time reader of this forum but my first ever post here. Just wanted to say hi to all the fans and looking forward to finding out much more about the band. My own history with Led Zeppelin: Casual fan since heard "IV" when I was first getting into my rock music around 1977 and pretty much stayed in my "Good band but nothering special" file UNTIL.... Last year my eldest bought me Mothership for Father's day and started playing it in the car...WOW. Been on repeat pretty much since and have started buying the CD's but stopped as soon as I read (here funny enough) about the re-issues. I intend to buy all of them in CD form and complete my collection the easy way. Favourite songs? Far too many to mention but...... Achilles Last Stand Kashmir Trampled Underfoot The Song Remains The Same Loving the bootleg/live section along with reading the wealth of knowledge here. Got Celebration Day on DVD not long after I "got into" the band Loving that show..... Hope to be able to contribute from the perspective of someone who is new to all of this and learning your insights into this great band. best wishes John
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lost-weekend posted a topic in Meet & GreetHi everyone! Well, joining this forum was a really good decison! I'm a college student who has gotten into led zeppelin this past year, and wow... I would have never have thought i would love a band as much as i love the beatles hahaha I'm excited to meet some people and have some awesome discussions! What are some of your favorite albums? For me it's a tie between iii, iv, and houses of the holy


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You may (or may not have) noticed that we haven't posted in a while. That's because we've been too busy cycling! Seriously folks, we are not kidding. Since we last posted, we have started riding on both Saturdays and Sundays. It's officially that time to see what it feels like to ride two days in a row. We are also officially getting stronger. And that feels good.
We've been getting cozy with Marin County as of late. We've been up and around the towns of Mill Valley, Larkspur, Fairfax, Corte Madera, Point Reyes, Nicasio, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael....well, the list goes on. Let's just say it's official: we love Marin (good thing we chose Mill Valley as our wedding location next year!).
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This is Kas Neteler with Lisa. We love Kas! She's been part of the ALC community for many, many years. I met Kas on an Orinda training ride 5 years ago (and we did the ride together in 2007 and have been friends since), and Lisa actually met Kas ages ago through friends. We love hanging out with Kas and her partner Joy and just talking for hours. Kas does great impressions and always makes us laugh. We are excited to tent next to her this year on the ride —it's her first ALC ride in 5 years, too. Oh, and she she was so generous to lend us her double sized Aerobed for the ride!
This is Bob Golden. Bob is our newest friend. We started training with him several months ago. Bob is a dentist living in Alameda. And he never exercised much at all until his 24-year old daughter (Eryn, on his right), introduced him to the AIDS/Lifecycle community. He did his first ALC ride ever last year, and tells us that his first training ride led to the longest incident report ALC ever had to fill out (flat tire, accident, getting lost....you name it!). Now, Bob is hands down one of the strongest riders in ALC. He is consistently one of the first riders to finish, and he's become Lisa's favorite training partner (besides me, of course). He is helpful, friendly, silly, and super fun to ride with.
This is Matty Millspaugh. We love Matty! I have been friends with Matty for years and it's so great to be able to ride with him again this year. Matty was the driving force behind my first triathlon (Wildflower) two years ago. What can I say? He inspires me. Matty has been riding AIDS/Lifecycle now for 11 years. He's a top fundraiser and at this stage, he's about to reach the $50,000 mark for all the fundraising he has done for the Foundation over 11 years. We're so impressed with all he does and we love riding with him, too (though, we really can't keep up anymore). And he's also one of the most generous and caring people we know.
Here are our other friends on the road -- we so love enjoy saying hello to the cows as we bike by.
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Emily's Christening at the Anglican Church in Moonan
The day after the Ellerston Carnival, we went to Emily's Christening, which was held in the Anglian Church in Moonan, and afterwards at Alice and Matt's home. The tiny church was filled with Ellerston families, there to celebrate this happy occasion. Katelyn was an angel and behaved so beautifully throughout the service, that I was a very proud granny.
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Every morning, Suzi goes to feed some of the mares with foals at Ellerston, then checks others to make sure they are OK, and haven't come to grief somewhere. This take about two hours as there are lots of horses spread over a large number of paddocks.
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There is some stunning scenery at Ellerston
This week, we also watched Neil play polo for Ellerston in The Kerry Packer Challenge Cup; the final is on Sunday. It was a great game and there was lots of cheering and encouragement for Neil from us, and from his fellow Ellerstonians.
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Daniel Webster Hester, Loving Father and Grandfather, Called Pop by Many
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 08-09-2017
My guest writer this week is my nephew Dan Hall….
Daniel " Preacher, Sonny Boy" Webster Hester
By Dan Hall
Pop had two nicknames as I remember, I asked him one time as young fellow why some of the men called him "Preacher". He said it started when he was in about the 4th grade, he said it was getting late in the fall and he didn't have a coat. One Saturday he and his Dad walked over to the store in McShan to get him a used coat. The only one that was close to fitting him was a hammer tailed frock coat like some preachers wore. When he wore it to school the boys got to calling him "Preacher", I ask if this made him mad. He said no, he didn't care because now he had a good warm coat.
Sonny Boy was given to him at Mr. Reid's sawmill (in Reform, Al) shorty after he went to work there, by an older gentleman working there. I was working there before going into the Air Force, and one day I called him Sonny Boy, I got a look that I had seen before, I was thinking, boy I'm fixing to get it. But all of sudden he began to smile that wonderful smile of his, from then on if I called him "Sonny Boy" I said it in joking way…..
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LU researchers create model robotic hand
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Sumit Piya of Lalitpur, Nepal, a master's student studying industrial engineering at Lamar University, shows the 3D printed hand that is part of the research project.
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BEAUMONT - Thanks to a grant from LU's Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (CICE), the university's Department of Industrial Engineering has made headway in a long-term project to develop a hybrid, brain-computer interface based rehabilitation system for victims of a neurological disease to regain their mobility.
The first step towards the broader goal is a three-month period in which the project team conducts research, development, and improvement of a prosthetic hand using an open-source design and the department's 3D printer.
"The idea started with my collaboration with Dr. Yueqing Li," said Weihang Zhu, associate professor and graduate advisor for the Department of Industrial Engineering with a background in robotics. Li is an assistant professor in the department.
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The project begins with 3D printing of robot hand parts using PLA, a type of plastic. After the numerous, intricate pieces have been printed, a process totaling about 14 hours, the team determines how to assemble the parts and the several motors needed to make them move.
"It's an open source design published on the Internet, and it includes instructions on how to put it together. Open source projects aren't perfect. When I started to put it together, I had some problems. It took a lot of work because the design was really not user-friendly in terms of the assembly process," said Zhu.
Besides correcting design flaws, the team is mindful of the end goal of the project to help increase all-over hand mobility. The current model for the prosthetic hand does not allow for precise movements, so the team is learning to work with the hardware and software to imitate the capabilities of a real hand.
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The development of a prosthetic hand and a working interface concludes the first segment of the overall rehabilitation project. The next steps include the incorporation of technology to interpret muscle signals, which operates the prosthetic hand. After that, the team may move on to using a helmet capable of collecting and deciphering brain signals to move the parts of the prosthetic hand.
The technology developed in the first steps of the project advances the overall goal of rehabilitation because similar methods will be used to build a device to reactivate an existing limb that no longer has mobility. The robotic parts which move the hand according to the brain's signals will help to strengthen the weak connections between the patient's brain and hand, increasing motor function.
"Being hit by a stroke is very common, and the victims all need to have rehabilitation to help them recover their motor functions. The movement of the hand is extremely critical. This is also helpful for other conditions, like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). There are millions of people who can be helped by this, and it all starts with just one hand," said Zhu.
The project is one of eight unique research projects being supported by the CICE through gifts from three LU alumni. Alumnus Jack Gill, Larry Lawson and Anthony George each contributed $10,000 toward eight short-term projects that have expected completion dates of October 1, 2016.
A successful technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator and philanthropist Gill is a 1958 graduate of LU, a Distinguished Alumnus, and holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Indiana University.
Lawson attended LU in the 1960s, and, after switching careers from music to health care, founded eCardio Diagnostics in 2004, which became one of the Top 500 fastest-growing in America, 2009-2012.
Ernst & Young tapped Lawson as its Health Science Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009.
George, a 1988 graduate of LU, was the founder and president of Control Dynamics a company he sold in 2010.
He is CEO of Nautical Control Solutions a provider of integrated marine fuel management and vessel monitoring in real-time worldwide.


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Like the proverbial elephant described by blind men, company performance and value are parts of the same beast but feel vastly different to managers and investors. In Performance Dashboards and Analysis for Value Creation, former public-company CFO Jack Alexander, now head of Value Advisory Group LLC, shows how they fit together. While the dashboard metaphor of the title may be familiar to many readers, the book goes beyond management assessment to demystify finance and link it to business operations, with an emphasis on long-term sustainable growth.
The first section covers metrics of business fundamentals—many of them basic but some, like economic value added and return on invested capital, especially useful in building what Alexander in the middle section expounds as a "value performance framework." He then describes tools to promote performance and value simultaneously. Often in many companies, obvious factors such as sales growth are overemphasized at the expense of operating and capital efficiency, cost of capital and intangibles, all of which can be crucial in contracting markets.
Alexander strives to bridge what often is a chasm between finance and performance management. Where other books might dwell on the accounting niceties of a capital assets pricing model, for example, he offers a common-sense explanation of how cost of capital affects value.
An accompanying CD-ROM contains more than 30 Microsoft Excel workbook models and exercises in which readers can plug in their own financial data to put the book's concepts into practice.


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Following our 2012 Voyage of Recovery, over 80% of participants completed their treatment programme compared to a national average across the sector of 55%.
Our Recovery through Sport projects provide opportunities for those with drug and alcohol problems to develop skills and build confidence through participating in sports activities. It is part of the Recovery through.. series which also includes Recovery through Sports and Recovery through Art.
These activities can help reduce the risk of relapse, deepen engagement with treatment and encourage participants to think about living. They open doors to a life without drink and drugs.
Reins to Recovery
Reins to Recovery is a ten week equine therapy programme we have run in Barnsley. Over the ten weeks participants, who are in the early stages of recovery, carry out a variety of tasks with horses. These tasks are specifically designed to help boost participants' self-esteem and build confidence.
Fit2Play is a football based health and well-being programme we ran in partnership with Tranmere Rovers and the Livewell Team in the Wirral. The programme runs over 10 weeks. Each week participants attend a health and wellbeing workshop before taking part in football and training. Fit2Play creates an environment where participants can socialise and build friendships without drugs or alcohol.
Voyage of Recovery
The Voyage of Recovery offers people using our services the opportunity to take part in a working sailing trip. Participants become active members of the boat crew - literally learning the ropes.
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"When it rains it's the same for everyone, you don't tend to run. Today the car felt ok, we wanted to test a couple more things but time went out. We have to wait and see until Saturday to understand more and we'll only find out on Sunday how close we are to Mercedes.
I think we can't take Monaco as a reference, it's for the nature of the track that everybody is a bit closer, but for sure I hope to reduce the gap even more. This is why everybody went out in the end of the session. There was no reason to do more laps, we don't have unlimited tires and if the rain comes again we need them, even if the forecast looks dry. It's a shame we could not get an idea on the Supersoft tires but I think we will see on Saturday."
First Session P4 1.19.134 31 laps
Weather: air 17/18 °C, track 21/22 °C. Sunny
Second Session P3 1.18.295 14 laps
Weather: air 17 °C, track 23/24 °C. Rain
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Facilities Hire
As part of its 400-year-old commitment to the community, Woodbridge School is always delighted to welcome private groups, companies and charities to use the wide variety of facilities. The historic setting, lovely gardens and easy parking are an ideal combination for many different events.
Should you wish to book our facilities for any event, please click here.
Events and Occasions
The Abbey
With the tower of St Mary's Church providing the perfect backdrop for photographs and the walled terrace being the ideal place to greet guests, The Abbey and its stunning grounds is truly an exceptional and adaptable venue for a whole host of functions.
The Abbey Hall
The Abbey Hall is suitable for a wedding reception, dinner, concert or disco; this delightful and adaptable venue can cater for up to 180 people or seat up to 200. With an inbuilt stage and an area for bar facilities this facility has everything needed for your special event.
The Ambrose Room
Located in the main Abbey building this atmospheric panelled building is ideal for a smaller, intimate gathering, perhaps a musical soiree or dinner party for 30 people.
Senior School
Whether outside in the fifty acres of spectacular grounds or inside one of the many venues that Woodbridge School has available to hire, your event will be tailored to meet your exact requirements.
Senior School Hall
A traditional yet striking hall that lends itself to presentation evenings and formal occasions. It can comfortably seat 100 people at a recital. As this facility is adjacent to the Tuckwell Room it lends itself beautifully as an "added extra" for wedding receptions.
Tuckwell Room
The School's newly refurbished dining hall and a very popular venue for weddings particularly when used in conjunction with the School Hall. Hired on its own it can cater for up to 180 people seated or for 300 guests in a more relaxed buffet style.
The Dome
A modern, spacious sports hall that has been used over the years with outstanding success for gala balls and larger functions, comfortably catering for up to 500 people.
Seckford Theatre
The theatre forms the hub of an array of facilities which provide a reception area, dressing rooms, technical gallery, stage dock and the theatre itself. With the versatile stage, excellent backstage facilities and state of the art lighting and sound equipment, the Seckford Theatre is a fantastic venue for any theatrical or musical event.
Science Lecture Theatre
With tiered seating for 100 people, this well equipped resource is the perfect place to hold a seminar, lecture or meeting. It is fully equipped with a 3m square screen, ceiling video projector and full stereo and public address speaker system.
Queen's House
Set on the edge of the Senior School site, this elegant building has room to host events such as lectures, concerts or exercise classes.
Sports Facilities
The Dome
A purpose built sports hall with a floor marked for the following sports:
- 5-a-side Football
- Badminton courts
- 2 Basketball courts
- 2 Netball courts
- 2 Indoor Cricket nets
- Indoor Hockey
All Weather Pitch
This astro surface is available to hire for hockey during the winter months and tennis during the summer ones. With access to floodlighting too, this is a superb outdoor facility.
Other Outside Facilities
Woodbridge School has various other facilities and these are listed below. For further details on hiring please contact the Functions Officer.
- Rugby Field
- Swimming Pool (outdoor)
- Cricket Pitches
- Tennis Courts (outdoor)
- Netball Courts (outdoor)
- Cricket Nets
- Cricket Pavilion
- Athletic Facilities
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School House
The School House is Woodbridge School's main boarding house. During school holidays the facility is available for hire, coupled with other facilities if needed.


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It is likely that there has been a mill on this site for centuries but despite this, no early images of the mill have been found. Although we have descriptions of the mill from some of the surveys that were carried out by St. Thomas's Hospital, the earliest image we have dates from c. 1890 and shows the Peters family (from the neighbouring village of Orwell) standing outside the mill.
Below is a selection of photographs of the mill, outbuildings and house. The house was converted from the mill granary by the then owner, Miss Maud Bowen, in 1948. It was extensively renovated and extended by Andrew and Valerie Emerson in the 1980s, who also renovated the mill.
If you have any other photographs of Topcliffe Mill, please email us or add a comment to this page.
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Can anyone tell me if Johnnie Rayner pictured outside Topcliffe Mill (c1890) is the same John Rayner living with Charles William and Isabel on the High Street in 1921. Also how Jim Rayner pictured in the Post Office (c1960) and Charles (Jim) Rayner the Postman are connected? Thanks.
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#Every6seconds a child under five dies. Most of these deaths are entirely preventable. We could save millions of lives by providing illiterate mothers with accessible health education.
But how can you efficiently achieve this goal in rural areas without electricity? Our answer is: with a rugged, solar powered audio-player. This is why we developed the MP3forLife Player.
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Rural Woman listening to her MP3forLife Player in Kisarawe district, Tanzania
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So by sponsoring only one MP3forLife Player, you already make an important difference for these women: You enable them to change their living conditions. You help them to increase their health awareness, to improve their family's situation and to discover their own potential. And by doing so, you make a difference not only for them, but for their children and their future, too.
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Employer Off-Duty Access Rule Roadmap (Kinda): NLRB Approves Off-Duty Access Rule But Finds Discrimination In Employer Application of That Rule
In Marina Del Ray Hospital, 31-CA-029929 (Oct. 22, 2015), the NLRB upheld a hospital's off-duty access policy as lawful on its face, but then concluded that the hospital applied the policy in a discriminatory manner by permitting social events while barring meetings with union representatives. Relying upon Tri-County Medical Center, 222 NLRB 1089 (1976), the NLRB confirmed that employers may maintain off-duty employee access policies so long as they are "limited to the interior of the facility, clearly disseminated to all employees, and apply to off-duty access for all purposes, not just union activity." In the case at hand, the hospital's policy restricted off-duty employees from entering the hospital except for visiting a patient, receiving medical treatment, or hospital-related business as follows:
Off-duty employees may access the Hospital only as expressly authorized by this policy. An off-duty employee is any employee who has completed or not yet commenced his/her shift.
An off-duty employee is not allowed to enter or re-enter the interior of the Hospital or any Hospital work area, except to visit a patient, receive medical treatment, or conduct hospital-related business. "Hospital related-business" is defined as the pursuit of an employee's normal duties or duties as specifically directed by management.
An off-duty employee may have access to non-working, exterior areas of the Hospital, including exterior building entry and exit areas and parking lots.
Any employee who violates this Policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.
The NLRB majority concluded the policy was identical to a policy upheld in Sodexho America LLC, 391 NLRB 97 (2014), and was therefore lawful. But, (and this is the cautionary tale to this post) the NLRB majority also concluded that because the hospital used the off-duty access policy to prevent employees from meeting with union representatives, while permitting access for social events such as retirement parties, the hospital's actions discriminated against union activity in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA.
The dissenting member agreed the off-duty policy was lawful, and that the hospital applied it discriminatorily, but differed in his reasoning. He argued the majority was misinterpreting Tri-County. Saint John's Health Center, 357 NLRB No. 170 (2011) concluded that under Tri-County, any exception to an off-duty restriction was enough to invalidate the policy, and subsequent cases, such as Sodexho, had to create "exceptions" to the rule. Instead, the dissenting member argued, the Tri-County rule should be read merely as prohibiting policies directly restricting union access, and allowing policies which contained reasonable exceptions "unrelated to union or other protected concerted activity." For that reason, instead of the Board-related exceptions in Sodexho, the hospital's policy was lawful.
This case demonstrates the terms of an enforceable off-duty access policy, but also points out the significant practical challenges employers face in enforcing even facially legal policies of this type.


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The historic City Hall and Police Station buildings facing one another in bucolic, downtown Calistoga belie the increasing energy efficiency and creature comforts of those facilities, thanks to projects initiated by Sustainable Napa's Project Manager, Bill Bennett, and Calistoga's City Manager, Dylan Feik. After retrofitting the city's street lights in 2016, the following year, Calistoga implemented LED lighting upgrades to these two buildings as well as to the Department of Public Works.
"Our primary goal was to improve the workplace setting for our employees with new, environmentally friendly equipment," said Dylan Feik. "Our Council is passionate about doing the right thing and being leaders on the environment. And, above all, we found that this made even more business sense. We anticipate saving over $2,200 annually in electricity costs at just our Police Station alone."
Feik and the City plan to undertake one project each year to contribute to city, county, and state climate action plan goals. Calistoga was an early adopter of Napa County's community-wide climate action plan and, last year, issued a resolution in support of the Paris Climate Action agreement.
To learn more about how your facility can improve the energy performance of your building equipment and save money while hitting sustainability targets, please contact Joey Lande, Customer Programs Manager at 415.464.6049.
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Reading 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card is like taking a personal workshop from Mary Greer, who probably knows more about the history, theory, and practice of the tarot than anyone else on the planet. "Pick a card," she begins. Find a deck whose minor arcana cards have pictures on them, relax into your meditative state, shuffle the cards, and select three cards. Which appeals most to you? That's the card you'll work with. You can be a master tarot reader or a beginner, you can be reading for a querent or yourself—after you complete this course of study, you'll be able to take what you've learned and apply your knowledge to the rest of the cards in the deck. (Which is a good idea.) By the time you've finished the activities in Step 21, you'll have progressed beyond mere theory and entered the land of opportunity, ritual, and real work in your real life.
Each of the twenty-one steps is the subject of a chapter that includes things to actually do. You're not just sitting there and reading a book. You're getting into the tarot. Step 1: name the card. Say the name of the card out loud. Saying the name out loud establishes a connection between you and the card. Step 2: describe the card. What's in the picture? What details do you see? What do they mean to you? Step 3: what emotions do you project into the card or are suggested by the card? Step 4: tell a story about the card. Make it a myth or fairy tale, and, Greer advises, "be spontaneous, wild and a little crazy" in telling your story. Let animals and inanimate objects speak. The story doesn't have to make sense, Greer adds, because as we follow the twenty-one steps we're following the path of the Fool, which—yes, indeed—does not always make sense. Step 5: what is the symbolism of the card's number? (Greer presents a mini-course in numerology.) Step 6: what do the card's mode, suit, and elemental correspondences signify? After we synthesize what we've learned so far (Step 7), we step through the gate to the path of deeper knowledge.
The chapters include sections titled "The Way of the Apprentice," which is the basic, introductory material, and "The Way of the Adept," in which we listen to someone who knows the theory behind what she teaches. We already know, for example, that stories have enormous power; here we also learn what that power can be and how the picture on a tarot card can have correspondences with our lives, how we may act them out in our lives. In Step 18, we imagine ourselves inside the card and Greer provides a guided visualization. We become a character drawn on the card, feel the card's archetypal energies, speak with or listen to a character on the card. Imagine hearing what the Empress or the Hanged Man might say. What would it feel like to ride in the Chariot? To fall out of the Tower or travel under the Moon?
The book also includes nine appendixes and a glossary. This may be the only book you'll really need on the tarot. All the other books are, so to speak, icing on the cake baked by Mary K. Greer.
~review by Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D.
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tonyhughes: I have a VE Commodore. I put 91 in it, and am only assuming thats what it needs!
Empty now, might put some 98 in it and see how it goes!
My VX SS was dyno tuned on 98, and suffered noticeable power loss on 91/95.
Running my VE on 98. Runs noticeably cleaner than it did on 95 and I've never run it on 91. I'm sure I get (slightly) better mileage on a tank of gas. Always ran the old VT on 98 also.
Pretty sure my VE doesn't like the Bio fuel (E85 petrol/ethanol blend), but I believe the 3.0-litre V6 and 6.0-litre V8 VE Series II SIDI engines handle it. Mine is an older 3.6-litre model (2007).


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Cost reduction and technology management was on the minds of those who attended a workshop held in Troy Michigan on October 26th hosted by Autumn Land Company. Attendees included business managers from several parishes across the Archdiocese of Detroit. The topics covered included energy sourcing alternatives, telecommunications options, teleconferencing and effective technology utilization.
As part of the event, Scott Simpson, Managing Principal of Vector Associates LLC, shared a presentation with the group covering the following topics:
- Cost Reduction – Start with the Basics
- Managing Existing Technology
- Planning Technology Upgrades
- Preparing for Future Technology
Although this presentation was targeted at a specific audience, there are a number of "takeaways" that apply to any business or organization:
Start by Asking the Right Questions
The first step in any successful cost reduction effort or technology implementation process is to gain a clear understanding of where you stand and where you are trying to go. If your goal is cost reduction, start with a "deep dive" into your current financial details. Key questions to answer include:
- "Where and how are we spending our dollars today?"
- "Are we getting competitive value?"
- "What could we do differently that can have a positive impact, both from an operations and a financial perspective?"
A key consideration is to not let "this is how we always have done it" or "we tried that once before and it didn't work" stand in your way.
Effective Technology Management Today and Into the Future
Defining and implementing an effective technology strategy also begins with asking the right questions and through the application of several key concepts:
- Start from the end and work backwards – "What are we trying to accomplish?"
- View technology as a means not an end
- Look for the technology "pull" from users within your business or organization
- Tackle the process in manageable steps using a robust, flexible technology plan
- If you don't have all of the answers, hire an advisor to help guide you
Learn more about cost reduction, effective technology management and how to implement a successful technology upgrade by downloading the full presentation. Click here to access the file in pdf format.
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Switch is now out and in the open, with loads of new information trickling in. Last night, gamers learned the new system will launch on March 3, 2017 and for the price of $299.99. Additional announcements have since been made and we have the rest of that information for you here.
Some additional news and notes worth reporting is that all Nintendo online subscribers will receive a free NES/SNES game download each month. The company is not saying how much the service will cost just yet. It is fair to assume until the service becomes a paid one, it'll exist as a free trial. The free game program is similar to the programs Microsoft and Sony run, which also provide free games monthly.
As far as how much Nintendo Switch games will cost, they're sticking to what is normal nowadays. Games like Arms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be available for $60. Separately, the new IP 1, 2 Switch will only run folks $50.
Nintendo Switch will launch with a 32GB internal storage capacity. Gamers will be able to upgrade it through external devices such as microSDXC cards. This is a far cry from the standard storages we see in the base PS4 and Xbox One models, which have 500GB of storage.
Yesterday, Nintendo confirmed the Switch's Pro controller will not be included when people purchase a console. If you wish to purchase a Pro controller for your Switch, you will have to cough up $70. Comparatively, looking at a store like Target, you can buy a DualShock 4 for $47.99 right now. That said, its standard price is $60. Xbox One controllers can be bought for $60 as well.
Looking at the Joy Con controllers for the Switch, a set of two (a left and a right stick) will run you $80. If you want to pick one up separately, a single Joy Con controller will cost $50. The Joy Con charging grip will cost $30, while the Joy Con wheel checks in at $15. Finally, the Nintendo Switch dock set will come in at $90.
You are probably looking for a complete list of games that are coming to Nintendo Switch. So without further adieu on my part, the confirmed Switch games are as follows:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (March 3rd)
- 1-2-Switch (March 3rd)
- Just Dance 2017 (March 3rd)
- Skylanders Imaginators (March 3rd)
- Super Bomberman R (March 3rd)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (April 28)
- ARMS (Spring 2017)
- Splatoon 2 (Summer 2017)
- Fire Emblem Warriors (late 2017)
- Pokémon Stars (late 2017)
- Super Mario Odyssey (late 2017)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (TBC)
- I Am Setsuna (March 2017)
- Has Been Heroes (March 2017)
- Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! (March 2017)
- Rime (May 2017)
- Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ (Spring 2017)
- LEGO City Undercover (Spring 2017)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris (Spring 2017)
- Redout (TBC)
- Sonic Mania (Spring 2017)
- Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (late 2017)
- NBA 2K18 (September 2017)
- Project Sonic 2017 (late 2017)
- Shovel Knight (2017)
- Arcade Archives by Hamster (TBC)
- Constructor (TBC)
- Dragon Quest XI (TBC)
- Cube Life: Island Survival (TBC)
- Dragon Quest X (TBC)
- Disgaea 5 Complete (TBC)
- Dragon Quest Heroes I and II (TBC)
- Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (TBC)
- EA Sports FIFA (TBC)
- Farming Simulator (TBC)
- Fast RMX (TBC)
- Minecraft: Story Mode – The Compete Adventure (TBC)
- Rayman Legends: Definite Edition (TBC)
- Seasons of Heaven (TBC)
- New Shin Megami Tensei (TBC, Western release unknown)
- Stardew Valley (TBC)
- Steep (TBC)
- Syberia 3 (TBC)
- Project Octopath Traveller by Square Enix (TBC)
- Taiko Drum Master (TBC)
- New Travis Touchdown game by Suda 51 and Grasshopper (TBC)
- New 'Tales of' RPG (TBC)
- Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers (TBC)
TBC means to be confirmed, as in the release date of the game. These are confirmed games coming to Switch eventually.
Switch is receiving bundles for pre-order over on GameStop's website. The Starter Bundle for Switch includes the basic console setup, plus The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1, 2 Switch and Has Been Heroes. This will cost $437.99. If you want more, there's the Comprehensive Bundle which includes everything from the Starter Bundle, plus Redout and Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. This bundle will end up running you $509.99.
Finally, the top-shelf bundle, as it were, is the Ultimate Bundle. This includes everything from the Comprehensive Bundle, plus Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Just Dance 2017. You should know, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will not be available until April 28, 2017, nearly two months after Switch launches. This will remove $637.99 from you wallet. Both the Starter Bundle and Comprehensive Bundle have an option with gray Joy Con controllers, and separate option with neon red and neon blue controllers.
If you want to pick up The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you have a few options. The standard $60 edition is of course available. Then there is the Special Edition for $100 and the Master Edition for $130. Details for the last two editions can be found through their respective links.
That about wraps up peripheral details you need to know about Switch. I'm sure there are still other games coming to Switch this year, but they just have yet to be announced. The new console launches on March 3, 2017. Stick around here at We Write Things for more on Nintendo Switch.
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