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6CRRM Ch. 84
Kang Xing Luo: "…"
Who would have thought that such a sentence would come out of Xiao Shizi's mouth at this time.
His face became hot, Kang Xing Luo pulled on the quilt, and covered himself again with a swish.
Kang Lai Yin kicked the quilt off, then holding Kang Xing Luo's hand, he refused to let it go. "Xing Luo, can you or can't you?"
Just now, he was still cowardly, but after fighting it out, he had become a little shameless. Kang Xing Luo was caught by him and had nowhere to hide, so he could only stumble and say: "No, not now."
Hearing the first half of the sentence, Kang Lai Yin's heart skipped a beat, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he immediately understood on the spot.
Could not do it now? Kang Lai Yin hurriedly said: "After that, is it ok after that?"
Kang Xing Luo was too thin-skinned and too shy to speak, Xiao Shizi's cat eyes were big and bright, he hurriedly reached out to cover Kang Lai Yin's eyes, not allowing him to look at him.
"Why did you tell me this… It's too fast."
The meaning of these words was particularly profound, and the tone was more coquettish as between lovers.
Kang Lai Yin himself had never heard humans talk about love, but when after chasing "XX Love Story" from beginning to end, it could be said that even though he had never eaten dog meat, but he had seen dogs run[1].
As soon as this passed through his mind, a surprise hit him immediately.
Xing Luo was this, was this a silent acceptance of his feelings?
The 'intimate contact' last night was not Xing Luo's passive choice due to his identity as his master, but an active decision?
Kang Lai Yin was stunned by the surprise, talking like an old man, he continued: "Yes, yes, it's too fast, it's a bit fast, let's take it slow, take it slow."
Kang Xing Luo wanted to cover his face with shame.
Kang Xing Luo twitched his hand and said, "Let's loosen this first."
Kang Lai Yin hummed, shook his head and said, "Wait a while, I have to slow down."
When going slow, what's the point of holding his hand?
Kang Lai Yin replied, "I'm afraid that if I let go, you will be gone. And this would all be a dream."
Kang Xing Luo pursed his lips, feeling distressed and embarrassed.
Kang Lai Yin calmed down for a while, looked at Xing Luo, and looked at their intertwined hands, but still felt that this progress was too sudden, and it felt like a pie had fallen from the sky.
The layer of window paper between him and Xing Luo was pierced, and everything seemed a little unusual.
Kang Lai Yin hesitated and said: "Xing Luo, I lost my cool last night, you don't hate me, right?"
Kang Xing Luo didn't even dare to think about the topic of last night, he shook his head vigorously and lowered his head to reply: "No."
It was also very difficult for Kang Lai Yin to ask. He nodded hurriedly and said, "That's good then."
Kang Xing Luo was embarrassed, but he liked seeing Xiao Shizi so flustered. It looked too cute, it might be addicting if he saw it too much.
He endured it and asked, "Xiao Shizi, when did you start treating me differently…"
Kang Lai Yin suddenly smiled and said, "All the time."
Kang Xing Luo fell silent for a moment, his eyes deep, "Even though I am a human?"
"From the moment you said you wanted to give me a home, I decided that as long as you are in my life, no matter if you are a human or a cat, I want you."
Kang Xing Luo really had no defenses against such a straightforward confession. Unable to hold back, he was immersed in Kang Lai Yin's eyes, and the next second was almost melted by his affection.
Before he melted, Kang Lai Yin put his head back on the bed, his face flushed, and said, "No, don't look at me, this is really too fast, my heart can't take it anymore, meow."
Kang Xing Luo tilted his head, trying to keep himself from laughing.
If someone's heart couldn't stand it, that person was obviously him!
His cat, the cat he liked, was so cute!
The first love in his life was long overdue, and the object of his belated affection was also very special, Kang Xing Luo felt a little dizzy without knowing it.
Fortunately, Li Hongming appeared in time and pulled Kang Xing Luo, who was about to float, back to the ground.
"Doofus!! Doofus!! It's all done, we can start selling!"
Kang Xing Luo looked at this old friend who he hadn't seen for two days, and then he remembered the business. Li Hongming took over as the artist of the online store. He had been busy with the design tasks these two days.
Thinking that when Lao Li was busy, so many things had happened to him, Kang Xing Luo was a little embarrassed.
Li Hongming just glanced at him and saw that something was wrong with Kang Xing Luo. He looked at him and said, "Why are you glowing? What good things happened?"
Another voice coming from behind said: "Fucking good things! A cat is not a good thing."
It was Prince Kang who spoke, the orange cat knew nothing about Kang Lai Yin and Kang Xing Luo, and was full of anger that he was the last one to see the civet cat and even 'lost' after drinking.
Chai Ke Nai was kicked out by him, and now he could only take out his anger on Kang Xue.
Li Hongming said blankly, "One more cat? Ah? Doofus, you finally got the balls?"
Kang Xing Luo exclaimed, helplessly, "What did you say?"
Li Hongming smiled and said, "Then what's the situation? What? One more cat."
Prince Kang said, "Didn't you read Weibo?"
Li Hongming was reminded so he took a look at it, it would have been better if he hadn't, only after looking at it did he realize that so many things had happened, then after first confirming that Kang Xing Luo's body had no problem after falling in the water, Li Hongming had time to be shocked.
"You went out to dinner with God SNOW??? Still playing games together? Damn, hey wait, shouldn't there be one more cat…"
Li Hongming was in shock when the main person in question, the civet cat, came down lazily from the second floor and met Li Hongming's big eyes.
Li Hongming: "…"?????
Li Hongming looked at the face he had seen in the video, and then at Kang Xing Luo, his calves trembling in shock.
Kang Xue had never seen this human being, but he had seen pictures of this human being at home. He raised his hand lazily and said, "Hello."
Li Hongming: "…Hello, hello!!!"
Oh my God!! SNOW! Live SNOW!! Right in front of him, talking to him!!
What the hell?? SNOW was also Doofus's cat???
So, four… four evolutionary species???
Father Lai Yin, superstar Prince, supermodel Miao, plus great god SNOW???
Li Hongming was shocked to the point of numbness.
"You want to go to the sky, Doofus?? You continue like this, and one day if you tell me that your other two cats have also evolved, I might still feel normal! You are a bug in the evolution world!"
Kang Xing Luo hesitated: "Yeah. My family, Da Hei and Xiao Hua, seem to have also evolved, but I don't know when they will be able to come home."
Li Hongming: "…"
Li Hongming fell into a madness, and his mind was full of news that all six evolved in a loop.
Grand Slam????
So there was such a grand slam in the world???
Li Hongming seemed to be poisoned, and his thinking and speech were half a beat delayed.
Doofus's back-up team was too strong, and he was beginning to suspect that he was a male supporting character in a novel!!
However, according to the development of the routine, the four known ones were all so powerful, then the remaining two should probably also be arrogant cats.
But he knew the names of Da Hei and Xiao Hua early on, and it seemed that there were no traces of this pseudo-brother and sister in the current famous cat evolutionary species.
"Lao Li?"
Li Hongming hurriedly returned to his senses, watching Kang Xue, he was still a little dazed, but at the end, he went up to shake hands with Kang Xue, and asked, "Can you take me with you in the game?"
Kang Xue: "As long as you listen to my words, there is no problem with taking you to the top."
Li Hongming clenched his fists, "From now on you are my boss, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west."
Kang Xue gave a satisfied nod, and Prince Kang turned to stare at him with dark eyes.
What! Even the closest human being around Xing Luo was captured by the civet cat!
Fortunately, he was naturally beautiful, otherwise he would definitely not be able to live!
Prince Kang abandoned the boredom in his heart and put on a mentality of watching the fun.
Miao was a female cat and had a gender advantage. He didn't need to compare with her, but since the civet cat had come back, Kang Lai Yin's status might plummet.
He was just waiting to see Kang Lai Yin's jokes!
Just as he was thinking about it, Kang Lai Yin sat next to Xing Luo, the two looked at each other, and Kang Lai Yin quietly took Xing Luo's hand under the chair.
Prince Kang: "…"
What a mess!!!
Impossible!!
Prince Kang jumped up and down in a hurry but was stopped by Kang Miao before he could jump twice.
The whole family was present, and everyone expressed their positive opinions on the news brought back by Li Hongming.
Although the online store was Xing Luo's business, the whole family of cats was willing to accompany him in taking this first step.
On the first day Kang Xing Luo was ready to go online, the four cats quietly accompanied him.
Lao Li's announcement meant that everything was ready. What Kang Xing Luo had to do was to announce the news of the opening of his online store to the world.
Kang Xing Luo said, "Then I just post a Weibo?"
Kang Lai Yin, Prince Kang, Kang Miao and Kang Xue all nodded one after another.
Kang Xing Luo was full of confidence and logged on to Weibo to send out the news.
And at this time on Weibo, the entire network was still filled with news of the mysterious man.
Not long ago, SNOW publicly stated that he would pursue legal responsibility for the harmful behavior of illegitimate fans, and Prince and Miao followed suit.
The hot search list was occupied by SNOW, Prince and Miao with the mysterious man lingering around the center. Netizens from all walks of life were waiting for the statement of the mysterious man.
After this incident, many people expressed sympathy for the mysterious man, and the trend of public opinion changed, and many people began to gossip.
How did the mysterious man and SNOW progress?
Did Prince and Miao take the opportunity to accompany him intimately?
After falling into the water, which one will the mysterious man have a further relationship with?
Will he forward SNOW's Weibo or reply to the concern of Prince and Miao??
It could be said that although no one mentioned it on the surface, netizens were waiting for the microblog trend of 'the stars never fall'.
Finally, under the spotlight, the mysterious man's Weibo was updated.
——The stars never fall: [My cat food store 'Cat World' will open its online store today. I hope cats all over the world can have a full stomach. (Web link: XXXX)]
Netizens on the whole network: "…"
[The whole world is paying attention to who you are in love with, but you are actually taking the opportunity to sell something???]
[My God!! I didn't expect this operation…]
[When I saw this Weibo post, I thought I was dazzled. After reading it, I was stunned. I'm not blind, I'm blind!!!]
[Ah ah ah ah ah impossible!!! Did you suddenly open a store after doing so many things??? You fucking pay attention to my brother Prince first!!!]
[Sister Miao should learn about it!!]
[The longest road I have traveled in my life is the routine of the mysterious man.]
[My TM began to suspect that brother Prince, Miao and SNOW charged you advertising fees!! …if only it were true!!! QAQ]
[Mysterious man: Since you insist on taking me on the hot search, don't blame me for taking the opportunity to make money!]
[1] A play on the phrase "not eaten pig meat, but had seen pigs run" meaning even though he himself had not done it he was still aware of the basics.
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We are a young couple with some experience on self-sufficient-living that in 2015 got a piece of land close to a small growing community of close friends in a beautiful valley at the highest mountains inside the biggest natural park of our country. We need help on creating a Natural Farm to support our small eco-community!
Rita (33) is a health-food enthusiast and loves to work with different kinds of art-craft. She likes to explore with Medicinal plants, Fermented food, ways of preserving food and appreciates doing basketry, wool-work and book-binding. Also likes to produce cleaning and hygiene products like natural detergents, soaps and salves. Walking in the nature, singing with friends and doing yoga are some of the other things she enjoys.
What I do is Natural Agriculture (PERMACULTURE) (holistic) and technics a learned along the road, i like to keep things simple in general.
Small stone house with studio, various workshops and outbuildings in need of care and basic decoration and maintenance. Garden, future small scale smallholding possibilities.
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Q: How do I toggle between a Vertical and a Horizontal split in vimdiff? I already know how to use the diffopt variable to start diff mode with horizontal/vertical splits but not how to toggle between the two when I already have two files open for comparison.
I tried the accepted answer found in this older post, but to no avail. The Ctrl+W commands didn't work for me. Perhaps because I'm running gVim in Windows-friendly mode?

A: The following command will change a vertical split into a horizontal split:
ctrl+w then J
To change back to a vertical split use either:
ctrl+w H or ctrl+w L
For more information about moving windows:
:h window-moving
:h ctrl-w_J
:h ctrl-w_K
:h ctrl-w_H
:h ctrl-w_L

A: I'm rly late, but maybe this is an interesting solution. The solution by @PeterRincker only works if u have just a few windows open without inner windows.
I found this (useful) function in my runtime configuration I like to share with u. It is meant to be mapped as keybinding and let the user switch the current split to a specified one. Mark that it does not toggle between vertical and horizontal, but the user tell which one he likes (Could be currently active one too, also if this scenario doesn't make sense.) The Vim window tree always have two windows as "partners". Effects of this are also observable when resizing windows. What I want to say: Trigger the function, if applies to the currently active window and its "partner" window.
" Switch to a vertical or horizontal split between two windows.
" Switching to currently used split results into the equal split.
" This is between the current window and the one window which is focused, when close the active window.
" This function does not adjust the windows height after the switch, cause this can't work correctly.
"
" Arguments:
"   horizontal - Boolean to differ between both layouts.
"
function! s:switch_window_split(horizontal) abort
  let l:bufnr = bufnr('%')  " Get current buffer number to restore it in the new window.
  if a:horizontal | let l:vert = '' | else | let l:vert = 'vert ' | endif

  " Close current window and open new split with the cached buffer number.
  wincmd c
  execute l:vert . 'sbuffer ' . l:bufnr
endfunction

" Switch split layout.
nnoremap <leader>wS :<C-u>call <SID>switch_window_split(v:true)<CR>
nnoremap <leader>wV :<C-u>call <SID>switch_window_split(v:false)<CR>

Unfortunately it currently still change the size of the window and don't leave the shape as it is. I'm working on it, but it isn't that easy to achive, cause I have to know the shape of the "partner" window.

A: You can also do ctrl-w + <arrow key> to select the window.

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Microsoft on Monday issued an update to the company's latest Office for Mac suite of productivity software, fixing an issue caused by a recent bug fix released at the end of January.
The Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 update brings the software up to version 14.3.1, fixing a licensing problem that would display a warning to users without affecting the programs' operations.
Monday's bug fix repairs the issue first seen when Microsoft last updated Office for Mac less than two weeks ago. In that version, the company patched known problems and added compatibility with an online subscription service called Office 365.
This update fixes an issue that may cause Office 2011 applications to report a problem with Licensing even though the applications continue to run unaffected.
The Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 update requires Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later, while Office 365 needs OS X 10.6 or later to run.
Have they fixed the bug which causes the "Office365Service" daemon to crash repeatedly? No mention of this although it COULD be covered within the description of "Stability is improved" which is quite a broad catch-all.


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Très Étrange: Amazon's Black Spot
In the real world, you might leave the big city and move to a small, picturesque town in the countryside to find peace and quiet. Maybe one with a nearby forest would be nice—the majestic trees, the woodland critters, the wind rustling through the leaves … how restful.
In the film/TV world, going to that small town surrounded by forest is like settling next door to a meth lab or a satanic death cult; you just know that all hell is going to break loose (maybe literally). Remember Twin Peaks? Silent Hill? Covington (from the M. Night Shyamalan movie The Village)? And it's not just an American thing. Case in point: Zone Blanche, renamed Black Spot for Amazon Prime.
Villefranche is a picturesque small town surrounded by the forest primeval in a mountainous area in France. The trees dislike electronics, so don't expect your cell phone or GPS to work properly there. The Steiner family owns half the town; patriarch Gérald Steiner (Olivier Bonjour, In Bruges) is just one step away from being a gangster, while his somewhat-more-respectable son Bertrand (Samuel Jouy, various French films and TV series) is the mayor. Major Laurène Weiss (Suliane Brahim, French TV work you probably haven't seen) and her small band of gendarmes represent the forces of law and order. They're needed—Villefranche has a murder rate six times that of France as a whole.
Each of the series' eight episodes features a different murder, most of which start or end up in the forest. The cases are suitably twisty and strange and not too easy to figure out ahead of time. Throughout the series runs another lingering tragedy: the mayor's daughter Marion disappeared two years ago on her "overnighter," a rite of passage for local 18-year-olds in which they spend the night in the spooky forest and (usually) come out alive the next morning.
Laurène hasn't been able to solve Marion's case yet, which causes understandable tension between her and Bertrand even as they carry on a sporadic affair. On her own overnighter, Laurène was kidnapped and ended up losing two fingers in a manner that everyone concerned decided to hush up. In between chasing down each episode's murder, she goes for inadvisably long hikes in the woods looking for Marion and, perhaps, her own salvation.
Like Top of the Lake (another series centered on a small town surrounded by a hostile forest), nobody's happy here, and those who do manage to briefly attain happiness are punished for it later on. Laurène, the central character, frequently seems overmatched by her job, her life, and her rebellious teenaged daughter, Cora (Camille Aguilar), who soon launches her own investigation into her friend Marion's disappearance. Bertrand has a temper and an unhappy wife; the new prosecutor, Franck Siriani (Laurent Capelluto: The Returned), has not only a semi-hidden agenda but also an allergy to almost anything that lives in the woods; and Laurène's three other gendarmes deal with a grab bag of issues. The performances are solid, and the lack of familiar (to us) faces makes it easier to go along with the characters on their own terms.
The setting is appropriately gloomy. Even the weather's morose, gray, damp, and frequently foggy. Villefranche looks like a lumber town in the U.S. Pacific Northwest after the mill's shut down. The kind of near-poverty and decay that Top of the Lake trafficked in is equally apparent here. The forest is practically a co-star, what with the mists hanging just so off the pine boughs, the bogs that yield more than bullfrogs, and winds that seem to have voices. The score is full of mournful, plinking banjos that evoke Deliverance, even though it's a nonsequitur given the location.
About those voices: the forest isn't just a bunch of trees. There may or may not be someone/something living out there. Our Heroes find ghoulish shrines and catch glimpses of shapes in the fog. Nobody ever caught Laurène's abductor, who may have had a hand in taking Marion too. The proceedings never get as freaky as they do in The Kettering Incident, yet another town-in-a-feral-forest tale and Black Spot's closest relative in tone. However, there were several times when I was seriously expecting smoke monsters or misplaced polar bears to appear. The ending is so out of left field that the only appropriate reaction is WTF?
A co-production between France Télévisions and RTBF Télévision Belge, Black Spot premiered in March-April 2017 in seven northwest European countries, becoming the #1 Monday primetime series on France2 that year. It's the first French TV series to stream on Amazon Prime. A second season is in the works.
Did you like Top of the Lake or The Kettering Incident? If so, you'll love Black Spot. Do you take your murder mysteries with a side order of Gallic shrugs? Do you like reading your TV (French dialog, English subtitles)? Tune in here. If you have a low tolerance for the downbeat or for the possibly paranormal, however, you may want to hold out for the BBC's upcoming Maigret adaptations and get your French crime in a place where the sun also shines.
See also: A Vague Unease: Reviewing The Kettering Incident
Lance Charnes is an emergency manager and former Air Force intelligence officer. The closest his standalone international thriller Doha 12 gets to a forest is Central Park. Though his art-crime novels The Collection and Stealing Ghosts don't visit any small, isolated towns, they still include plenty of trouble. His Facebook author page features spies, art crime and archaeology, but no trees.
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Below are two resources that Mrs. Rivard, our Coffin School Nurse, has passed along from the Maine Department of Education.
An interesting site referenced in this week's 'Marshall Memo' summary put out by the Maine Principals' Association. Supporting 'growth mindsets' is an important component of our work at Coffin School.


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Subhash Rukmaiah Guttedar  (Guttedar Subhash Rukmayya ) is an Indian politician and current Member of the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Aland (Vidhana Sabha constituency) in Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. He was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly (MLA)  from Aland vidhana sabha constituency in the year 2008, 1999 and 1994 and in 2013 and 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly he lost from Aland vidhana sabha constituency  . He has two sons, Santosh S Guttedar and Harshanand S Guttedar (Three times ZP Member) and one daughter.

Political career
2018 MLA Aland Vidhana Sabha constituency as BJP candidate.
2008 - 2013 MLA Aland Vidhana Sabha constituency as Janata Dal (Secular)
1999 - 2004 MLA Aland constituency as Janata Dal (Secular)
1994- 1999 MLA Aland constituency as Karnataka Congress Party
2013 contested from Aland constituency to Karnataka Legislative Assembly as JD(S) candidate and lost.
2004 contested from Aland constituency to Karnataka Legislative Assembly as INC candidate and lost.

References

Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka
People from Kalaburagi
1951 births
Karnataka MLAs 1999–2004
Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013
Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023

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After a brief delay, it looks like AT&T's Digital Life service is finally ready for prime time. The service, which promises extensive home automation from temperature control to security monitoring to door lock control, will launch first in fifteen markets including Atlanta GA, Austin, Houston, and Dallas TX, Boulder and Denver CO, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Riverside CA, Miami FL, Philadelphia PA, Seattle WA, St Louis MI, and "select areas of the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area." By the end of the year, AT&T says it plans to expand the service to fifty markets.


Do you go all out to market your properties and differentiate your agency? Most of us are going with the flow from the US, moving away from simply window, web and print advertising to open days in a bid to remain competitive.
Some of us go even a little further than that, however – which is why these property agents turned into event organisers.
I read with interest and not a little humour recently, about the lavish bash that was held, to market a new property development on the site of Battersea Power Station.
The developers laid on food and free champagne in an effort no doubt to attract the "right sort of purchaser". But it didn't end there. Celebrity guests including Sharleen Spiteri and Will Young were also in attendance, to drive interest and add a touch of glamour.
The showstopper of the event however, had to be the appearance of none other than Sir Elton John, who kindly sang a few of his tunes to the delight of his audience.
Now, as the journalist wryly pointed out, all this glitz and glamour must surely have cost the developers a pretty penny. Or to put it into his words, Sir Elton was probably being: "…paid the equivalent of the national debt of Liberia".
Of course, we're looking at properties at the extreme end of the scale here, which evidently required very specific and grandiose marketing. And it works. An Evening Standard article from two days ago reads: "£500m worth of homes sell in days at Battersea Power Station". Apparently, after only five days of marketing, less than a dozen flats and houses of the 254 built are still available.
Prices for these properties begin at £800,000 for studio flats, rising to £4 million for four bed townhouses.
Does your estate agency go all out to showcase special properties and developments? Which events proved most successful and why?


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While studying in Italy, Gordon learned the process of creating handmade fresh pasta for incredible Italian dishes. Now, he's sharing what he's learned with you.
This was my first Masterclass and I absolutely loved it! its given me a ton of inspiration in the kitchen and elevated my skills in many ways. I can't wait to do more of these classes.
It was fascinating to hear Gordon's story. Watching his techniques and seeing his passion was inspiring. I am looking forward to preparing the dishes he taught!
Its wonderful! I am lost for words, except perhaps for one: inspired!
Fantastic course. I was already sound in the culinary arts. This course perpetuated my learning and inspired me to be better and have "finesse".
Gordon Ramsay is an unbelievable teacher! I've been making my own pasta for a while. I learned on YouTube, but I was always feeling like I was doing something wrong. After watching this, I see exactly what I was missing! So many little tips that I can't wait to try!
Not moving but have same questions. Have a very tiny kitchen with formica counter top, Do surfaces really matter?
I have 2 questions - 1. We are moving - the old countertops were Granite, the new ones will be Quartz. Will this work differently on quartz tops (different temperature properties than marble and granite)? 2. White flour vs Wheat vs Semolina for fresh pasta...thoughts?
Jason, your tip was absolutely right. By letting the pasta dry on the marble surface, we were able to prepare better ravioli. This time, it was spinach and ricotta with sage butter, which was much tastier than the shop bought filled pasta. Thank you.
Our first attempt was fun, but needed a sense of humour. I bought the Atlas 150 that Gordon uses. We did get to level 8 depth, but much of it just stuck together. So, in the end, we re-rolled half of the dough and stopped at level 6, which was more manageable and we enjoyed prawn and crab ravoli with a seafood bisque. Really enjoyed it - a bit like making pastry. Looking forward to other pasta shapes.
My dough is in the fridge! Can't wait to roll out the dough and make some pasta, this is my first time!
It's not ravioli, but here is my pasta with a creamy mizithra herb sauce. Turned out so so good. Can't wait to get that dough roller so my noodles are thinner and consistent!
Loved this information. It seemed like I had to add quite a bit of 'dusting' flour to keep it dough from being sticky. Okahy, waituing my 20 mins then will begin to make some actual pasta.
My final Pasta recipe to this lesson from Serious Eats....Perfect Tortellini from Scratch with a Mushroom Filling and a Brown Butter Sauce. Delicious! There were plenty of additional lessons in this pasta lesson and I have completed them all and wow....I can make Pasta!


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Huawei closing the gap, gets closer to Samsung in Q1
By Anton D. Nagy May 29, 2019, 8:00 am
Huawei, according to Gartner, managed to hold on to its second place, after Samsung and in front of Apple, in the smartphone game. The numbers are referring to the first quarter, before the U.S. issued a ban on the company, and 70 of its affiliates.
Furthermore, Gartner also found that Huawei not only managed to secure its second spot, but has indeed managed to close the gap for the first place, currently held by Samsung. The number one smartphone vendor spot is a goal Huawei publicly discussed several times recently.
Gartner said Samsung retained its top spot in worldwide smartphone sales, achieving a 19.2% market share in the first quarter of 2019. Huawei achieved the highest year-over-year growth among the world's top five – Samsung, Huawei, Apple and Chinese smartphone makers OPPO and Vivo — Reuters reports
Huawei individually managed to sell 58.4 million smartphones in the first three months of the year, "with growth across all regions".
Huawei did particularly well in two of its biggest markets, Europe and Greater China, where its smartphone sales grew by 69% and 33%, respectively
The outlook is difficult, to say the least, for Huawei moving forward. As a direct effect of the U.S. ban, many companies have limited, or ceased collaboration with the Chinese tech giant. Some of these companies are crucial for Huawei's smartphone business, and include Google, Arm, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and others.


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Approval of Jon & Tracey Stewart's farm sanctuary delayed
Karen Yi
@karen_yi
COLTS NECK - Jon and Tracey Stewart's plan to convert the historic Hockhockson Farm into an animal and farm sanctuary will have to wait another month.
After three hours of testimony outlining the farm's proposed landscaping, construction and traffic impact Tuesday, the Colts Neck Planning Board postponed preliminary approval of the project until its next meeting, Jan. 10.
READ: Jon & Tracey Stewart farm's previous postponement
Tracey Stewart, a former vet technician, said the farm sanctuary will provide after-school programs, agriculture lectures for adults and trips for school-aged children to learn about sustainable farming and animal care.
"We would like all of our local schools to come. All the schools that are in this area," Stewart told planning officials. The delayed approval will likely push back the farm's opening until 2018. Stewart's original plan was to open the space next year.
The 45-acre farm on Route 537 will house animals saved from slaughterhouses, roadsides and live markets. The additions to the property will include:
A new visitor center to greet tour groups and students
A greenhouse to extend the growing season
A 60-car gravel parking lot west of the visitor's center
A reinforced turf field for overflow parking to allow 69 parked cars
READ: Jon and Tracey Stewart buy Hockhockson farm
Some farm employees and their families will live in two existing cottages. Tracey and Jon Stewart will use the main house on the property but not as a main residence. The land, which belonged to the Cooke family for 200 years, will retain its name as Hockhockson Farm. Farmer Robert Laurino, who leases about 11 acres of the property to grow squash, peppers, eggplant, sunflowers and other items, will continue running his farm stand.
A good neighbor
The project was delayed last month after couple that live behind the farm raised concerns about lighting and evening events. The planning board agreed to postpone the hearing until Tuesday to allow the Stewarts to work out any concerns with their new neighbors.
Tracey Stewart told the planning board the parties signed an agreement addressing the neighbor's concerns. "We're good friends now," she said. If neighbors feel the landscaping is insufficient and not enough of a buffer, additional plants will be installed.
READ: Jon Stewart's farm sanctuary gets OK
To reduce disturbances to neighboring properties, new lighting will be minimal and installed in the parking lot, the pedestrian walkway and around the reconstructed barn. Visitors will only be allowed on the property through appointments Wednesday through Sunday.
Guided tours will be offered Wednesday through Sunday from 9 - 3 p.m. with a maximum of 30 people per group. No more than 150 visitors will be allowed on the farm each day. After-school programs will take place from 4 - 6 p.m. School buses will bring no more than 25 children for the programs. The kids will be picked up individually by their parents.
READ: What did Tracey Stewart say to the Agriculture Board?
At most 20 employees, including volunteers, will be working on the farm each day. Tracey Stewart says she hopes to hold four fundraising events a year with a maximum of 250 guests. The Tinton Falls Fire Department and the Luther Memorial Church will allow additional parking on event nights, increasing the total capacity for cars to 249. Patrons who park at the fire department or church will be shuttled to the farm; police will be on hand to direct traffic.
Tracey Stewart was adamant the space would not be rented out for other events such as weddings or graduation parties. She also reiterated her husband, Jon Stewart, would not bring his video production studio to the farm as originally proposed.
"We started with two different ideas. His is up and running. My idea is taking a little longer," Stewart laughed.
The next planning board meeting is Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. If the Stewarts are granted preliminary site plan approval, they will have to return for final site plan approval next year.
Karen Yi: 732-643-4277; kyi@gannettnj.com


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It's also a tradition in the Ozarks. Vance Randolph mentions several uses of plugs in "Ozark Magic and Folklore".
Thanks Brandon! I do remember it in Randolph's work (I didn't include him in this article partly because I reference him so much already and largely because I didn't have his book handy while writing it, lol). But yes, definitely a good resource for plugging lore!
You see Gypsies using this method in order to rid one of diseases.
Thank Jose! I knew this had some roots going back into at least Europe, and hadn't remembered it in Leland. Well spotted!