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River Light Gallery
Commercial Business; Fashion; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Retail; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
River Light Gallery features contemporary art & craft, hand-created clothing, and personal care products set in the historic Woods Store building.
Ro3
Gallery/Museum; Media; Music; Special Events; Theatre; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
Rule of Thirds Art Gallery is located in the historic cultural district of Akron, Ohio. We focus on, but are not limited to, early to mid-career artists, giving them a platform from which to be seen and understood. Ro3 is designed to help our artists build their portfolio, sell their work and make connections to advance their career. The gallery serves as a hub for artists, organizations, and the public to mix. We collaborate with businesses of all types and sizes, inform audiences of the work we show and its importance and welcome everyone – from art enthusiasts to newcomers. We encourage everyone to be a part of the community we are building through art.
Rubber City Prints, Inc.
Art Services; Educational; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Nonprofit; Special Events; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
Akron's Educational Fine Art Print Shop! Rubber City Prints is a educational fine art print shop offering core workshops and family oriented workshops. We are here to spread the knowledge of printmaking with the Akron Community through educational opportunities and provide a creative workspace for artists of all ages. We are dedicated to strengthening the local artist-printmaker community and help printmakers to gain recognition as artists in the Akron area. We promote a creative environment for all individuals that encourages a free exchange of ideas. It is the vision of Rubber City Prints to strengthen the local art community through educational workshops, internship opportunities, and professional fine art printing services while drawing attention to the Akron area through local, regional, and national residency programs. Our services are available for community members, students, and artists of all mediums at different stages in their careers.
Saint Pio Fine Arts Institute And Conservatory
Art Services; Arts Council/Alliance; Association/Club/Group; Educational; Festivals; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Nonprofit; Retail; Special Events; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
"We are unique as an art gallery as we hold weekly "events" and welcome new talent all the time, whether it be painting, mixed-media, literary, musical, photographic, or other art forms. The people who have visited the gallery have been duly impressed and have told others who then come to see what we're all about. It is an inviting atmosphere and I challenge you to stop by to see for yourself." – Pamela Wolf (Board Member) "It's a part time art gallery that features local artists displaying their work. The folks were friendly and the work was enjoyable. It's a senior daycare during the daytime so it's not like most other galleries. The price is right too – free!" – James S., Yelp ADVISORY BOARD Executive Director – Thomas R. Jenney Ph.D. Assistant Director – Jen Pezzo Board Member – Felix Huang Board Member – Kiki Plesha Board Member – Yuyutsu Sharma Board Member – Pamela Wolf Board Member – James Harmon Board Member – Marcus Calvert Board Member – Kathleen Gallagher Board Member – Jonathan Laslo *Barberton Gallery of Fine Arts was renamed Saint Pio in 2016
SENN-SATIONAL DESIGNS
Fashion; Festivals; Food/Drink; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Retail; Visual Arts
Custom-made industrial jewelry made from hardware and findings! Necklaces, bracelets, and earrings available. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SennSationalDesignsIndustrialJewelery/
Shannon Casey Studio
Gallery/Museum; Visual Arts
Imaginative realism best describes Shannon Casey's artwork. After years in advertising, she now tells her stories in oil and pastel. Her narrative paintings feature whimsical moons, starry nights and silvery beach scenes. Her quick-sketch charcoal portraits capture the moment for sitters of all ages. Open Studio hours Thursday and Friday: noon-6pm Saturday, noon-5pm or by appointment
Spectrum Gallery
Art Services; Gallery/Museum; Special Events; Visual Arts
Art Gallery in Akron, Ohio
Square Records
Art Services; Commercial Business; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Library; Media; Music; Retail; Special Events; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
An independent record shop in Akron, OH specializing in new music, be it overexposed or nearly unknown. Square Records opened August 9th 2003 in the Highland Square area of Akron, Ohio, former rubber capital of the world. We're proud to be part of the unique music and art scene in our home city. Our specialty is new music from independent artists and labels with our main focus on rock. However, we continue to extend our selection into experimental/noise/hip-hop/jazz/classic/r&b/soul music, music DVDs and magazines. Square is also the best place in Akron to find vinyl in all genres. New inventory comes in every week and if you are in a local band, we will happily sell your CD/record on consignment. In the 200 sq ft dedicated gallery space at the back of the store you will find work by local artists in all mediums. Square sponsors art openings nearly every month. The space has also been the location of music performances from groups such as: The Evens, Six Parts Seven, Make Believe, Houseguest, Don Austin, Teeth of the Hydra and dozens of other bands.
Educational; Faith Based/Religious; Gallery/Museum; Music; Nonprofit
At St. Paul's Episcopal Church, our most important project is to build lives that respond faithfully and fully to the good news of Jesus Christ, and to delight in doing so together. Through our pastoral care and our mission efforts, we reach out to those in need and offer worship, learning and prayer opportunities. Whether they are in our midst or far beyond the walls of our building, everyone is deserving of our help and Christian love.
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Gallery/Museum; History/Heritage; Nonprofit
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, located in Akron, Ohio, is the former home of F.A. Seiberling, the founder of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and his family. Completed in 1915, it is one of the most important remaining examples of an American Country Estate built by the wealth created during the Industrial Age at the turn of the twentieth century, when the emergence of modern America made Akron the "Rubber Capital of the World." Open from April through December, Stan Hywet includes a 65-room Manor House, a conservatory and more than 70 acres of artfully landscaped ground. It is Akron's oldest National Historic Landmark and is accredited by the American Association of Museums. The theme of the 2019 season is "Art, Lasting Impressions," a look at one of Akron's most visible, influential and cultural champions in the early 20th Century, Stan Hywet matriarch Gertrude Seiberling.
Summit Artspace
Educational; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Nonprofit; Special Events; Theatre; Visual Arts
Summit Artspace is a nonprofit community art center bringing together some of the best local artists, art education and arts organizations of the Greater Akron area. Our vision is to provide a welcoming place where the public and artists can meet and interact; to offer programming and events that encourage active participation in the arts; to showcase and promote more work by local visual and performing artists; and to provide an environment that is accessible to all who wish to create, educate and participate in arts-related activities and creative endeavors. Summit Artspace is a creative community housing several art galleries, exhibition spaces, artist studios, a creative business center, performance and event spaces, and offering a variety of art education workshops, lectures, demonstrations, performances and other art-related activities to people of all ages and ability.
Summit Artspace on Tusc
Educational; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Nonprofit; Special Events; Visual Arts
Summit Artspace is a non-profit community art center organization that provides studio, exhibit and programming spaces in Summit County and the surrounding area for local artists and arts organizations; and is a center for art education open to all residents. It is a joint project with the County of Summit. Summit Artspace is committed to promoting arts and cultural activities and to building public awareness of the value of arts and culture to the quality of life and the local economy. Summit Artspace buildings include the main location, Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 E. Market Street, Akron, and Summit Artspace on Tusc, 571 W. Tuscarawas Ave., Barberton. Formerly the first site of the Akron Beacon Journal, the downtown Akron building houses galleries, artist studios, administrative offices and offices for several arts organizations as well as performance space, workshop areas and meeting rooms. The Akron center is owned by the County of Summit, which has been a significant and valued supporter of Summit Artspace as community space. The Barberton location provides gallery spaces, artist studios, workshop areas and meeting spaces. It is a project of the City of Barberton and Summit Artspace. Contact Summit Artspace at 330-376-8480. On the Web at www.summitartspace.org. Find us on Facebook, on Twitter @AkronAreaArts, Instagram and Snapchat.
Summit County Historical Society
Association/Club/Group; Educational; Gallery/Museum; History/Heritage; Kids/Family; Nonprofit; Special Events; Storytelling; Visual Arts
Founded in 1924, the mission of Summit County Historical Society, a 501(c)3 corporation, is to preserve and interpret the history of Summit County and Akron, and to educate regional communities about the people and events that have shaped our rich history. The Society owns and manages several properties including the Perkins Stone Mansion, home of Akron's founding family; John Brown House, home of the internationally recognized abolitionist; and Old Stone School in downtown Akron – a partnership with Akron Public Schools. Two of the properties are open to visitors, the John Brown Home and the Perkins Stone Mansion. The Summit County Historical Society is a member of the Akron Area Arts Alliance, The Ohio Local History Alliance, and The American Association for State and Local History.
The Spirits of Farnam Manor
Association/Club/Group; Educational; Environmental; Faith Based/Religious; Festivals; Foundation; Gallery/Museum; History/Heritage; Kids/Family; Nonprofit; Special Events; Sports/Outdoors; Storytelling; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
Farnam Manor is a mysterious place where the Spirits seem to gather and linger. According to urban legend, many spirits remain here. We promote the message of Love and Everlasting Life.
Uncommon Art Hudson
Art Services; Association/Club/Group; Commercial Business; Educational; Gallery/Museum; Kids/Family; Special Events; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
Three Hudson artists – Shannon Casey, Dana Giel-Ray, and Karen Koch – have combined their creative talents to form Uncommon Art, a space for studios, gallery, and art classes right on historic Main Street in Hudson, Ohio. Uncommon Art is located at the corner of Clinton and North Main Streets, upstairs from Hudson Oriental Rugs. Regular hours are Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Zeber-Martell Gallery & Clay Studio
Commercial Business; Gallery/Museum; Retail; Special Events; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts
From hip to handcrafted … Objects for the Home. Collaboration can be an enriching process for two artists, and by challenging each other a balance is achieved, and the contribution of each person's particular skills has here resulted in a product that surpasses what each could achieve alone. "We enjoy the daily overlapping of our personal and professional lives, and we believe it enhances our individual creativity." Claudia Zeber-Martell began as a painter, and surface decoration is a dominant element in her work, with images balanced between internal visualization and external stimuli. "My focus often combines forms, colors and dimensions found in nature, from the organic and geometric to the whimsical, and I concentrate on developing positive images that enrich the environment and create harmony."Michael Martell's pottery has evolved over two decades from traditional salt-glazed and wood-fired stoneware to expressive graceful pieces with contemporary form. "Form is so much a part of our everyday lives, and I've been fortunate to explore it through clay; the slightest movement of the hands creates subtle changes in the shape of the pot. That is constantly amazing to me."Gallery HoursMonday-Friday 11am-6pmSaturday 11am-6pm Closed SundayAkron Artwalk – 1st Saturday of the month 11am-10pm (no Artwalk in Jan.)Ordering InformationRetail/wholesale customers:Please contact us directly regarding pricing, commissions and ordering.
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I've just finished my second watching of a great video posted this week by the Stanford Center for the Legal Profession titled "Implementing Innovation: The Challenges to Changing Big Law" (embedded below, h/t to Steph Kimbro). It features Stephen Poor, Chair of Seyfarth Shaw, Ron Dolin, Research Fellow with the Center on the Legal Profession, and Thomas Buley, JD/MBA candidate at Stanford.
The whole thing is fascinating, but I'm going to skip over the bit where Dolin and Buley present their paper discussing whether the "Innovator's Dilemma" will lead to large-scale incumbent failure in Big Law. (Margaret Hagan has a good set of tweets about it.) I'm also going to skip Poor's discussion of the incredible perception/behavior gap exposed by the recent Altman Weil "Law Firms in Transition" report (the one where 93% of law firm leaders say that a focus on practice efficiency is a permanent trend yet only 37% say they are changing their strategic approach to efficiency).
More interesting to me, probably because this is a drum I've been beating a lot lately, is Mr. Poor's take on the role of technology in legal innovation (or, more accurately, the oft-neglected role of process). Starting at the 36:04 mark in the video, Poor says:
"We tend to focus a lot on technology solutions. And they're cool: Ravel's very cool, and I love what Lex Machina's doing. . . . But the crux of all of this is thinking about it as a process; thinking about this legal supply chain as an end-to-end process that can be designed and redesigned to drive the outcomes—the efficiencies, the effectiveness—that the underlying consumer needs for the business. There's a role for technology; I'm as entranced with AI as anybody else, I hang with the Watson guys and its all really cool. I'm sure one day we're going to be sitting in the office and the voice is going to come over and say "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."* . . . But we're not there yet. We [Seyfarth Shaw] view technology as an enabler. We view technology as a part and parcel to making people better, more efficient, faster, and more effective. And it is all tied together, in our judgment, with process and rethinking the process engineering and the redesign of the services.
Because if you think about it, the legal supply chain is a process. And by process I mean the choreographed nature of the delivery of art. Yes there are moments where the inspiration, the spark, the magic that happens with great lawyers needs to happen, and it needs to be recognized and it needs to be celebrated. And yes, in a for-profit organization it needs to be paid for. But it is part of an overall process of delivery. And as we remix services and we think about it as a process it gives us the ability to begin to put pieces back together. And for law firms that are able to play in that environment and shift their thinking, and to be able to adopt a way of delivering services in a new design set, I think there is tremendous opportunity, tremendous potential.
There is so much that strikes me as spot-on in those few sentences that it is hard for me to decide where to begin, but let's start with some basics. Anyone who has been in business for any length of time will have had some discussion about the interplay of People, Process, and Tools, and their respective roles in driving business outcomes. Of course the three are inseparable, but that doesn't prevent (more likely it causes) tension among them in any discussion of how to improve an enterprise.
And let's face it, we humans are enamored with our tools. We like how they look and how they feel, but most of all we like to think about how much better we could be . . . if only we had the right tool. There is something about a tool that causes us to engage in a sort of magical thinking, like a Harry Potter mirror that reflects a more desirable version of ourselves. We endow our tools with our dreams and aspirations and, often bolstered by a healthy dose of marketing, convince ourselves that the tool is the key to achieving them.
This is reinforced, of course, by the fact that tools are sometimes magical. Imagine the first craftsperson who used an electric drill after a lifetime of hand cranking, or the first pole vaulter who transitioned from wood or steel to a fiberglass pole. We've all had experiences where finding the right tool has made all the difference in our ability to do a thing well, or maybe enabled us to do it at all. But the power of these magical experiences masks a few truths that we need to acknowledge.
First is that truly disruptive technology is rare. Electric drills were revolutionary, cordless drills slightly less so, but most other "innovations" since then are incremental and pedestrian by comparison. Most of the progress between rare disruptive events comes from process improvements more than technological ones. Incremental technology improvements can lead to incremental gains, but rarely are they earth-shattering.
Second, an improved tool can be a liability just as easily as it can be a benefit. An electric drill in the hands of a professional craftsperson will make one component of the building process more efficient (though it won't necessarily improve his or her ability to build quality products). But an untalented or untrained worker who is suddenly empowered to make more holes more quickly could cause real trouble.
At the end of the day, the biggest impact a tool can have comes from its ability to enable and empower the people and processes that use it. I've talked with dozens of people from legal tech companies over the past few months and they all admit to a fundamental truth: The success or failure of their products hinges on whether their customers make the necessary process changes to improve their practices. The tool can be an impetus and an enabler, but ultimately it is process change that matters.
Of course, the right people can be helpful too. Sometimes only a few individuals are able to make dramatic improvements toward achieving a particular goal even though they use the exact same tools that everyone else does.
Take the pole vault (I was a mediocre college vaulter, thus my interest). The progression of the men's pole vault world record shows only one period of a tool-induced performance spike, beginning when George Davies first broke the record using a fiberglass pole. But while the world record has improved 71 times since 1912, only 33 individuals have held it. Several of them have been singlehandedly responsible for significant gains over the years. Most recently, Sergey Bubka's streak of 17 world records was interrupted by only one other vaulter, Thierry Vigneron (who himself held the record five times), and Bubka's final record stood for 20 years.
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Of course these people didn't do it alone—a network of coaches and trainers and nutritionists provided critical support. But the fact remains that a small handful of athletes who improved their techniques and abilities are responsible for substantially more advancement than even the most disruptive tool the sport has ever seen. And those individuals are rare.
All of which is to say that the spate of recent talk about disruptive technology in the legal industry is almost certainly misplaced (which I think is the point of the Doley & Bulin paper). Sure we are seeing, and will continue to see, technological progress. But the overall gains from improved tools are unlikely to be anything but incremental. And, as with the case of an amateur wielding power tools, there's no guarantee that all changes will result in net benefits.
Pinning your hopes on finding great people is equally challenging. Sure it is a noble and important endeavor, but real game changers are almost as rare as truly disruptive tools. Hardly a strategy most firms can count on. Better, I think, to engage and empower the people we have to improve our overall outcomes.
In the mean time, as Poor points out, there is substantial opportunity to make gains in the process of legal services delivery. Our workflows are ripe for examination and measurement and challenge to the status quo. Only by understanding the end goals of the customer, and then experimenting with new and better pathways for achieving those goals, will we make significant progress. It won't be easy, and it won't be quick, but it is the surest path to improvement.
And yes, I said "experiment." Lawyers find that notion troubling since an experiment, by its nature, implies the possibility—nay the likelihood—of failure. But progress without experimentation and failure is impossible. I'm not saying we should be engaging in bet-the-company type initiatives or that we should put our clients' interests at risk. In fact I'd argue quite the opposite. But we do need to start engaging in small-scale, low-risk trials where we hypothesize some potential outcome, make a change, and then measure to see whether that outcome is achieved. Then wash, rinse, and repeat. When done intelligently, we can even run experiments with the blessing and involvement of our clients.
Which gets to one other great part of Poor's lecture, where he talks about the role of data in legal practice (at 38:50):
"Yeah, we got big data problems in the law, but they're not "Big Data" problems, they're big "Data Problems" . . . We may get the big data—these pools of data that are out there that we can manage and look for trends and do predictive analytics on—but the legal industry is so far behind. Part of it is resource allocation into legal departments, part of it is just the dinosaur effect of lawyers.
We need to solve this problem, and our advice to clients is "let's start counting stuff." If it is important, you start counting it. Cycle time may matter, so lets start counting cycle time and begin to measure. Begin to develop metrics. As you do that over time you can come up with metrics and analyses that both evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the work. Measure it against outcomes required by the client. But you can also move into more interesting stuff—the predictive analytics—the type of data that can allow you to anticipate and avoid problems.
Measurement is essential to improvement, so I agree—let's start counting stuff. And if technology can help us with the counting, all the better.
But more than anything I think lawyers need to learn, or bring in people who can teach them, the tools of business process innovation like Lean and Agile and Design Thinking. And this goes for all lawyers: solos and big-firm players, government and in-house counsel, and even judges and mediators (oh the judges!). The productivity gains of the manufacturing industry in the 70s and 80s, and those of the computer industry in the 2000s through today, were not due to disruptive tools. They came from new ways of understanding how to improve processes: Lean in manufacturing and Agile in software.
The methods that work for those industries can, and do, work for the law. Seyfarth is the prime example, but there is a growing number firms large and small that are adopting Lean and Agile methods to measure and improve their outcomes. These methods are working for them, and they can work for you too.
I'll leave it at that for now. There are a ton of other great insights in the video below—I highly recommend it.
And whether you watch it or not, I'd love to talk with you about how Lean and Agile can help you improve your practice. You can easily schedule a call with me to discuss your own legal operations, or subscribe to my newsletter to get my latest thoughts on becoming a more Agile attorney.
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* Poor was a little surprised at this point at the number of people in the room, mostly, I think, current law students, who missed this reference that is the embodiment of cautionary AI for at least a couple of generations.
© 2015, John E. Grant
Greg McLawsen says:
Great post, John. Good idea for us to be thinking – *with the help of our clients* – how we could better track our goals. Not that most of us do a great job of tracking just basic business metrics. But good to think about how data can be part of a collaborative conversation with clients about tracking performance, outcomes.

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Posted in Cooking, Craftiness, Creativity, Miscellany, Things I Like	by Sarky T.
Weird, I know. But I love this kitchen gadget and I use it more often than I ever thought I would! It is useful, does what it is supposed to, and takes up very little space. And check out the King Arthur Flour site too, they have amazing goodies for baking, cooking, and everything in between. Definitely worth a visit.
As usual, krakacraft and King Arthur Flour don't know me from Adam. I just love their schtuff. So there.


The Marina Palace Prestige Apartments are located on a glorious spot on the seafront where guests can enjoy the views out to sea and can listen to the sounds of the waves as they crash against the rocks.
The Marina Palace Prestige Apartment's spacious lobby area is bright with modern furnishings has a 24 hour reception desk offering services such as currency exchange, luggage storage, babysitting service, rental of safety deposit boxes, tourist information and excursion ticket sales for some great days out.
There are many other facilities and services within the hotel grounds including a chargeable laundry room, supermarket, a porter are available to assist through the summer season and there is now a 24 hour security system to ensure that guests can enjoy their holiday in a safe environment.
Guests wanting to keep updated with friends and family back home or catch up on the latest gossip can take advantage of the free Wi-Fi that is available throughout the whole complex including the apartments.
For those wanting to still keep in shape there is a gym with all of the latest fitness equipment, a tennis court and for the children, there is table tennis, a billiards table, a children's playground and fun filled days organised by the kids clubs.
The outside sun terrace has a large amount of sun loungers with parasols and which surrounds the very inviting swimming pool, where the fun happens with games of waterpolo and the children can have fun in the sun in the children's section of the pool.
The pool bar is open until the sun goes down, offering an abundance of cold refreshing drinks and hot and cold food at your request. Guests can enjoy this on the patio furnished with tables and chairs, or at the comfort of their own sun lounger.
After tans are topped and a fun time has been had by the children, guests can then look forward to a lovely evening meal at the buffet style restaurant, with a large selection of delicious dishes for the whole family to enjoy and the desserts which are a real hit with the little holiday makers.
You do not need to go looking for entertainment in the resort as the hotels entertainments team have a daily program of fun shows for everyone, which starts off with the mini disco for the children and cabarets, live music, quiz nights will follow on to ensure all guest have a fun night.
The apartments are bright and modern with traditional style furniture and have summer colours throughout. All apartments have a double or twin beds, living area with a sofa bed, satellite TV, telephone. air-conditioning, chargeable safe, free Wi-Fi, fully equipped kitchen, private bathroom with a bath or shower, hairdryer and a balcony or terrace with street, pool or sea views.
The Marina Palace Prestige Apartments have luxury, location, facilities and also service on its side to appeal to families, couples and groups of friends wanting something a bit special for their trip to Ibiza.


Introduction: What is 'Problem Analysis' ?
A brief introduction to the course, and a discussion of why it is important that we analyse the problem before assuming or implementing a solution.
A discussion of the range of possible solution approaches that are generally available.
Recap of the core course themes and discussion of how a one-page Project Concept Summary can be used to convey information about a potential project idea.


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Funny Odd Nice
By kyomaclear Blog
Thank you to Quill and Quire for mentioning Virginia Wolf in their round-up of 15 Books that Mattered in 2012. I was really happy to see the book acknowledged, even if I found their text to be a bit funny-odd:
"Could anyone have foreseen how divisive this seemingly innocuous picture book would turn out to be?…reactions to the book were surprisingly vehement. Some found the premise abhorrent: how could author Kyo Maclear base a children's story on a woman who was tormented by mental illness and eventually committed suicide? Others came to its defence…"
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind being polarizing and I'm all for a little controversy but I thought it was funny-odd because the only review I saw that openly "abhorred" the Woolf shadow narrative was the one in…Q&Q. Go figure.
In other news, the book received a lovely mention from our friends at Drawn. Thank you to John Martz for including us on his list of the best. For those unfamiliar with his work, I suggest you check out his portfolio and blog. He is a very talented and funny-odd-nice man.
(Image from "Heaven All Day" by John Martz.)
"I wanted to suggest, not describe."
"I am attracted to deeper work, not to bright, funny or commercial art. I feel I'm much more underground than mainstream…I like bringing the text to another level through its visuals. It's a way to create images that can be appreciated by the eyes, but also by the brain."—Isabelle Arsenault, The Walrus Magazine's Governor General's Literary Awards interview series.
(Artwork from Virginia Wolf.)
You Gotta Dance
"Yougottadance. Aslongasthemusicplays. Yougotta dance. Don'teventhinkwhy. Starttothink, yourfeetstop. Yourfeetstop, wegetstuck. Wegetstuck, you'restuck. Sodon'tpayanymind, nomatterhowdumb. Yougottakeepthestep. Yougottalimberup. Yougottaloosenwhatyoubolteddown. Yougottauseallyougot. Weknowyou're tired, tiredandscared. Happenstoeveryone, okay? Justdon'tletyourfeetstop."—Haruki Murakami (from Dance Dance Dance)
(Clip from Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part.)
Finally Falling
Maybe I'm a bit slow but it always takes me a while to catch on to seasonal shifts. This weekend, I finally felt myself really sinking into autumn. There are a few gardens on my street that are enjoying a farewell flourish. I love the slow wither and drift. I love the look of something, once grand and complete, gently falling away.
Lost Thing, I Think I Love You
One of my favorite stories is The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. It takes place in a weird post-industrial landscape. A boy finds a bizarre and mammoth creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it. ("Nobody else seemed to notice it was there. Too busy doing beach stuff, I guess.")
There is a deep melancholy in The Lost Thing about what gets left behind. People who read the story may have different ideas about what it all means. For example, does the lost thing represent the imagination? Is it meant to be a paean to society's castoffs? An indictment of capitalism? Is it about our tendency to categorize and pigeonhole the foreign and unfamiliar? (Responding to the story's ambiguity, Shaun Tan has said: "I guess the concept of a 'lost thing' is quite philosophical, but not in any specific way.")
What remains interesting to me about The Lost Thing, and what I missed on my first reading of the story, is the disposition of the main character: i.e. he is a scavenger. When the story begins he is busy collecting bottle-caps on the beach. On the one hand, there is this streamlined world where people are forever self-occupied and, on the other hand, there is this boy who is dawdling along, scouring the wayside of the world for useless bits-and-bobs. In fact, it could be argued that the only reason he alone spots the lost thing and responds to its presence, is that he is already somewhat stopped or slowed by his scavenging.
There is a whole underground of people combing the world for lost and remaindered things: the dumpster divers, the woman with the rattling cart, the freegans, and the archivists of our surplus. (I wrote about some of them here.) I see the hero of The Lost Thing as belonging to this tribe of urban gleaners. Where others proceed myopically, moving through narrow corridors of experience, he sees the world laterally, moving unbriskly, always taking in the periphery.
Last night I spoke at a museum in Brampton that is hosting an exhibition of personal artifacts selected by the local community. "What objects have you kept from your past and why?" There was an old chair, a medallion necklace, a Royal Doulton figurine, an old airline ticket—each object embedded in a story. As I wandered about, taking a glimpse into other people's lives, I was reminded of the power of museums to sacralize the everyday. What might have been random bric-a-brac in another context suddenly carried the air of "worthiness."
But what about those things that don't really come from anywhere, or have an existing relationship to anything or anyone, and are 'just plain lost'? What about the objects that have been stranded without a story?
In Shaun Tan's modest allegory, lost things are portals. They are the doors through which we encounter worlds and creatures we might rarely meet in the normal run of things. It is dedicated to "Those Who Have More Important Things to Pay Attention To." Yet for all its small epiphanies, it ends on a somewhat disheartening note. The boy-narrator concludes:
"I still think about that lost thing from time to time. Especially when I see something out of the corner of my eye that doesn't quite fit. You know, something with a weird, sad, lost sort of look. I see that sort of thing less and less these days though. Maybe there aren't many lost things around anymore. Or maybe I've just stopped noticing them. Too busy doing other stuff, I guess."
How do we stay open when the temptation is to close down to others, to feel overwhelmed by the too-muchness of our digital age? The story offers no pat answers but it does show that the world is an infinite and whimsical place for anyone willing to embrace strangeness and mystery.
Whole and Entire
"For some reason, we know not what, his childhood was sharply severed. It lodged in him whole and entire. He could not disperse it."
—Virginia Woolf writing about Lewis Carroll.
(Glass lantern slide based on based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustration.)


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Q: Is including ng-binding in your css selectors a bad practice? I just ran across this piece of code in our code base
li.ng-binding span {
    font-size: 13px;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
}

and this selector doesnt apply to one of the li elements it was meant to apply to because of the .ng-binding present in the selector. Though this code works, isnt including ng-binding in a CSS selector a bad practice?

A: I agree with your hesitation. CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content from the document presentation (separation of structure), Since Angular is essentially a middleman for binding to the attributes of HTML DOM elements, standard directives (like ngStyle) or custom directives should be used to help style DOM elements
In addition;  after some initial investigation there is a class="ng-binding" which is used internally by Angular. Examining the ngBind source there are a few lines that adds the class and associates the binding with .data:
In Angular < 1.3 there is a reference to this:
 element.addClass('ng-binding').data('$binding', attr.ngBindHtml);

I would not use this class.

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Return to Vietnam: Brothers recount emotional time served in war
By Jeff Alexander |
Posted: Sun 9:06 PM, Mar 03, 2019 |
DA NANG, VIETNAM (WBAY) -- When Old Glory Honor Flight launched the idea to become the first honor flight hub in the country to return to Vietnam. The inspiration was simple to give veterans an opportunity to heal and find closure.
"This is where we were almost 50 years," said Dale Van Lanen.
On a desolate road, west of Da Nang, decades of bottled up feelings are finally ready for release.
"Coming here, I knew it was gonna be hard, but soon as I touched the ground, as soon as I stepped off the bus, it call came out," said Dale Van Lanen.
With his rosary in hand, his brother Tom by his side and his 51 Vietnam brothers surrounding him, the tears flow as Dale Van Lanen weeps, uncontrollably.
"When I was here back then I hated these people, I hate to say that, it hurts," said Dale Van Lanen. "At the time you train to do your job and years down the road you're a different person. You grow up, you mature more and I did not like the way I was back then. The way I was toward these people and these people are just as nice as can be."
Bitterness over the Vietnam War is some both Van Lanen brothers kept secretly inside for years.
"Oh I was angry. I was angry that they pulled out, they could not win the war. I almost threw all my medals away and I kept all the memories of Vietnam deep inside my brain," said Tom Van Lanen.
Both marines, older brother tom served first.
"I'm lucky I came back in one piece," said Tom Van Lanen
Dale, essentially replaced him.
"I served here 13 months. I got back to California, I met my brother for one day and then he went over," said Tom Van Lanen.
"First day we got here from Da Nang, we had a makeshift classroom outside made out of empty ammo boxes and probably 50 yards away we had incoming," said Dale Van Lanen. "It's like you're thinking what the heck is going on here."
Along with guilt over the way he treated the Vietnamese people, Dale suffers nightmares from the chaos of warand the unknown fate of many friends.
"You have your fellow GI's get injured and hurt, you carry them on the helicopter and you have no clue how bad they are, or if they're dead or what, you have no clue. You don't have time for your emotions, you don't have time to cry," said Dale Van Lanen.
Sunday though, on this journey back to Vietnam, Dale finally has all the time he needs to cry in the arms of men who understand.
"I've cried a few times, oh yes, you gotta get it out," said Tom Van Lanen. "It's just great to be with him on this trip."
"This trip has been just—unbelievable," said Dale Van Lanen.
Operation Fireworks heading to local soldiers in Afghanistan
Hundreds greet 50th Old Glory Honor Flight veterans
Where to watch the "Return to Nam" documentary again
Gallery Walk to feature Old Glory Honor Flight "Return to Nam" exhibit
Honor Flight vets get long overdue welcome home from Vietnam


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The CEO of Coral Yachting featured in Boat Exclusive magazine
Every summer Ibiza attracts all kinds of A-List celebrities ranging form athletes, actors and musicians to CEOs and monarchies from all over the world. The silent island as we knew it, has become a centre for the jet set with luxury tourism rivalling destinations such as Saint-Tropez, Monaco and Portofino.
Michael Leifheit gives us his point of view on this situation and predicts a very positive future for us.The hippie island or the silent island as it used to be known, has evolved into an exclusive luxury tourism destination, yet without compromising its hippie and rebellious essence that has characterised it in the 70s and 80s when Coral Yachting was founded. From the marine point of view, these changes have been reflected in the development of infrastructures and services offering moorings for mega yachts of up to 185 meters long at the very foot of Dalt Vila located in the old part of Ibiza town.
It seems that Ibiza is replacing the French Riviera as one of the most desired destinations for the wealthy, famous and ultra-demanding audience that is looking for the most exclusive services.
Among the most significant ports we can find Marina Botafoch with moorings of up to 30m, Marina Ibiza and Ibiza Magna with spots of up to 60m as well as the newly opened Sovren Ibiza with moorings of up to 185m lenght. The ports do have mooring spots, the problem is to find the available ones. At the beginning of the year, most ports on the island would put out a "July and August full" sign. With the highest price per square metre in Europe, next to Monaco, Ibiza has turned into a real focal point of the Superyacht scene of the Mediterranean, both for boat owners and rental clients.
The luxury hotel deals have also been expanded with more than 15 five-star hotels on the island in 2018. The most notable is the 2016 inauguration of the Gran Hotel Montesol (by Hilton 5*) in Ibiza town centre as well as the newly opened Nobu Hotel in Talamanca Bay. At the beginning of the coming season, Seven Pines Resort will open its doors in Cala Compte and in 2020 a luxury brand Six Senses will open a new complex in the area of Cala Xarraca. Several world-renowned
chefs have also moved to the island to develop their menus and match the high expectations of their clients .
Chef Paco Roncero who is in charge of Sublimotion at the Hard Rock Hotel. He promises a culinary journey for all the senses with a "gastronomic show" that costs €1,500 per person and a single table for 12 guests. Other examples of the haute cuisine and leisure are unique concepts that mix performance and dining, such as Heart at Ibiza Gran Hotel or Lío which is a club-restaurant-cabaret in Marina Ibiza where you finish your night to the rhythm of the most fashionable DJ's.
Behind this luxury and exclusivity scene, it is still possible to find charming and authentic places where the upper-class tourists are unnoticed or can appear as locals. It is precisely this essence and magical energy that each year attracts thousands of tourists that still encounter places on the island where they can find a physical and mental escape.
At Coral Yachting and Coral Marine, we continue to provide our customers with the highest quality standards possible, due to the work of our team consisting of more than 20 members, offering you our professionalism and knowledge of the island. The truth is, Ibiza can be a paradise in the middle of the desert but to find water you need to have a good knowledge of the terrain.	Contact us
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Gamepressure.com News 14 February 2019
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Astral Chain – New Project by Nier Automata Devs
PlatinumGames, the studio, known from Nier: Automata and Bayonetta series, has announced the Astral Chain project, which is an action adventure game in the atmosphere of science fiction.
Nintendo Direct Summary
Frozen, 14 February 2019, 17:07
Yesterday evening, we've seen the first Nintendo Direct presentation of the year. We've gathered for you the essential points of the event in one place.
Wrestler Sues Activision in Connection with His Character in Black Ops 4
Bart Swiatek, 14 February 2019, 17:01
Wrestler Booker T. Huffman filed a case against Activision publisher for alleged copyright infringement in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in connection with the creation of Prophet's character. His image was to be copied from a character developed by him.
Kingdom Come Deliverance Sold 2 Million Copies
Warhorse Studio summarized the first year of Kingdom Come: Deliverance on the market, discussing both the sales of the core version of the game and the DLCs.
Hollow Knight Silksong - Sequel of 2017 Hit Announced
Team Cherry studio has announced the Hollow Knight: Silksong, a continuation of the excellent two-dimensional platformer from 2017.
Far Cry: New Dawn Reviews
Agnes Adamus, 14 February 2019, 16:37
Far Cry: New Dawn, the latest installment of Ubisoft's FPS series, launches today. The title was the first direct sequel in the history of the franchise. Did it do the game any good? Let's listen to the reviewers.
Dangerous Driving an Epic Store Exclusive, Release Date Revealed
Milosz Szubert, 14 February 2019, 16:26
Dangerous Driving is a spiritual successor to the legendary Burnout series. Dangerous Driving will be released on 9 April on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the PC, as another Epic Store exclusive.
New Nvidia Drivers - Ray Tracing and DLSS Support in Battlefield v and Metro Exodus
Nvidia has released the 418.91 GPU driver package. Drivers allow you to use ray tracing in Metro Exodus and enable DLSS in Metro and Battlefield V.
Resident Evil 2 DLC Release Date, Assassin's Creed 3 on Switch and Other News
Today: Resident Evil 2 DLC Release Date, Assassin's Creed 3 on Switch, Final Fantasy VII and IX ports, and other daily news.
Metro Exodus Performance Tests and Graphics Comparison
The first Metro Exodus performance tests appeared on the web. The game seems to have been optimized well, even with ray-tracking on. In addition, a video with graphical comparison of the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions has been released.
Samsung Galaxy S10 Spartphones Full Specs Leaked
Conrad Hazi, 14 February 2019, 15:04
gsmarena.com published full specifications of Samsung's new flagships - Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+. Documents allegedly come from an informant of a portal closely related to Samsung. At the moment, however, the information's not confirmed.
Darksiders 3 Breaks Even as Expected
THQ Nordic has informed that the sales of Darksiders III, an action game with RPG elements developed by Gunfire Games, have met the publisher's expectations.
God of War Awarded D.I.C.E. GoTY
This year's D.I.C.E. Awards have just been announced. God of War turned out to be unstoppable, winning in nine categories, including Game of the Year.
Pre-Order The Division 2, Get a Free Game from Ubisoft
Ubisoft decided to present a new "carrot" to PC gamers, encouraging them to pre-order The Division 2. Those who decide to do so will receive a free game.
The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening Remake Announced
Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake, the classic version of the series, which was originally released for the Game Boy portable console, is heading for Switch.
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Japan's holdings of US Treasuries dipped below $1.2 trillion for the first time since 2013 even as purchases of the government debt accelerated among foreigners as a whole.
Japan, the second-largest foreign holder, saw its holdings fall by $17.8 billion in June, the biggest drop in two years, to $1.197 trillion, according to treasury department data released late Monday in Washington. China's holdings of treasuries rose by about $900 million to $1.27 trillion.
Net foreign purchases of treasuries were $69.8 billion in June, the most since February 2014, after $53.4 billion in buying in May, the report showed. Foreigners sold US equities, pared purchases of corporate debt and increased buying of US agency bonds.
The treasury's report, which also contains data on international capital flows, showed net foreign purchases of long-term securities of $103.1 billion in June. It showed a total cross-border outflow, including short-term securities such as Treasury bills and stock swaps, of $110.3 billion.
Meanwhile, foreign inflows to US Treasuries climbed in June to their highest level in 16 months, data from the US Treasury Department showed, as worries about Greece and Chinese equities prompted a flight to safe havens.
Offshore purchases of US Treasuries totaled $69.8 billion in June, the largest since February 2014, when inflows hit $90.5 billion.
Foreign investors bought US government debt for a fourth consecutive month in June. Benchmark US Treasuries, however, ended the month with a yield of 2.33%, higher than the 2.12% at the beginning of the month.


Alan is selected for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme!
Alan gets his fellowship extended for three more years! His Wellcome and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship now runs to March 2022.
Our latest [review] paper comes out in Transcription.
Karen Fung joins the lab as a UCL MSci student. Welcome Karen!
Alan gives a talk at the EMBO meeting "Gene transcription in yeast: From global analyses to single cells" in St Feliu, Spain.
Our work with Finn Werner's lab on the archaeal transcription factor TFS4 is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Thomas Fouqeau!
Alan gives a talk at the EMBL in Heidelberg, as part of the EMBO conference: "The Nucleosome: from atoms to genomes"
We've published our first paper in eLife! A high resolution Cryo-EM structure of the Tra1 protein, a huge subunit from coactivators SAGA and NuA4. Congratulations to Luis Miguel!
Luis Miguel starts his UCL PhD in the lab.
Emir Aciyan joins the lab as a ISMB MRC-funded PhD student. Welcome Emir!
Our work with Jens Michaelis' lab on the architecture of the archaeal RNAP open complex is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Julia Nagy!
Luis Miguel Diaz-Santin joins the lab as a technician. Welcome Luis Miguel!
Alan starts his Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
Alan starts his UCL Excellence Fellowship in the joint UCL/Birkbeck Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology.


Tuesday morning, was the big day of the sleepover! In the morning I woke up very early, I packed all of my clothes and my toothbrush. When it was school time, I packed 3 things: my bag of clothes, my pillow and my sleeping bag.
We left to go to Sydney at 8:45am. The bus trip was nice because it had a movie on. When we hopped off the bus, we found ourselves at a bus stop in the middle of the city. The place where we were was interesting because all of the buildings were very old and very big, and a few of them were modern. We walked to the barracks and put our bags in a big room in the back. After that, we walked to the Botanical Gardens. There was a big water fountain with statues of people on it. We walked over to the Museum of Sydney. I learned that Indigenous women were fishers and the men were the hunters. I loved the huge Lego statue of the city. After the museum we went back to the Botanical Gardens. Ethan and I played a game that whenever I touched his head he would change who he was. We played the game for 3 hours. We finally went back to the barracks for dinner. We got in our convict clothes, which were ripped up shirts and we were given a convict to be, my name was James Cook and I was a convict because I stole bacon. Read the full recount here.
Our next assembly is scheduled for next Monday 29 August, at 1:50pm. Our item will be presented by Year 2/3 and streamed live to Facebook for anyone who is unable to make it. We hope to see you there!
Stuart House donation bags were sent home last Friday and should be returned to school by the morning of Monday 29 August.
The Olympic spirit was certainly alive and strong at Lake Heights last Thursday, when we hosted our Mini-Olympics, International Food Fair and Open Day. The atmosphere was electric as students assembled for the Parade of Nations at 11am.
Each class dressed in their nation's colours and created accessories to match their outfits in class. The result was a spectacular wash of colour and there was certainly no doubt about which countries were being represented. The parade was led by Amber Chase of Year 2/3, carrying the Olympic flag. Amber has the second best attendance record for the year so far.
The parade was followed by a Torch Relay, led by the students from each class with the best Olympic torch design, and an athlete's ode, powerfully read by Year 6 student and public speaking finalist, Liam O'Hare.
The Olympic cauldron was then lit by Darnell Te Ahuru, who declared the games officially open. Darnell has the best attendance record for 2016, so far.
Students had an amazing time participating in all of the activities, from volleyball to noodle toss and everything in between.
Of course, after the events were finished, students loved sampling all of the many delicious cuisines on offer at the International Food Fair and showing parents around their classrooms. Thank you so much to all of the wonderful parents, grandparents and carers who contributed to the amazing spread. For more pictures of our celebrations, check out our album on Facebook.
It is a big week for our Southern Stars performers with rehearsals and performances scattered throughout the week. All the information you need can be found here, but for a quick breakdown: Wed 24 Aug - rehearsal at Smith's Hill High School. Students should wear their school uniform and bring their lunch and recess for the day. Bus departs from school at 7:45am and will return by 4pm. Thu 25 Aug - dress rehearsal at Win Entertainment Centre. Students should wear black dress pants, black shoes and socks and their school shirt. Costume shirts will be provided on the day and students will need to change. Please ensure school shirts are clearly labelled with your child's name to prevent loss. Students should bring lunch and recess, as there will not be a canteen available. Bus departs from school at 6:30am and will return at 6:45pm. Fri 26 Aug - Morning performance at Win Entertainment Centre. Students should come dressed in their costume. Bus will depart school at 7:45am and return at 1:45pm. Students will be allowed to go home for a break before the second performance. The bus for the afternoon performance will leave school at 5:45pm and return at 11:00pm. Sat 27 Aug - Evening performance at Win Entertainment Centre. The bus will leave school at 12:30pm and return to school at 11:45pm. Students are permitted to bring phones or devices on the Thursday and Friday for daytime performances, but do so at their own risk. The safety of devices cannot be guaranteed and teachers will not be able to mind valuable possessions. We wish all of the students involved in Southern Stars, the best of luck and know that they will do Lake Heights proud!
Well done to the Junior and Senior Boys Soccer Teams on successfully completing two rounds of PSSA Soccer against our neighbouring schools. It has been a great opportunity for students to not only get active and learn new skills, but also to work as a team to achieve a common goal.
In their first round, the Junior Boys lost their first game, but lifted their spirits and came back to win their second game. The first game for the Senior Boys ended in a two-all draw.
In round two, both the Junior Boys and Senior Boys won both their games. Both teams should be commended on their overall achievement so far. The Senior Boys Team displayed exceptional sportsmanship against their opponent in the second round and were commended highly for their manners and teamwork by the teacher that was in charge of their game.
There is only one round left of PSSA for this term, Friday 9 September (Week 8). We wish both teams all the best for the final round. Go Lake Heights Public School!
Students in Years 3 and 5 will receive their NAPLAN results today. The testing took place between May 10-12 and assessed aspects of literacy and numeracy. The report shows the National average and Lake Heights' average and will allow parents to see how their child's performance compares with that of others who completed the tests. Additional information to assist parent's understanding of the results can be found here.
Is your child missing jumpers or containers? With the return of warmer weather over the past few weeks, we have lots of jumpers and containers beginning to accumulate in lost property. Lost property is located right next to 'The Hub'. Please collect anything that your child owns and remember to label all items of clothing so that lost items can be returned. Unclaimed items are donated to charity bins at the end of each term.


This Carrot and Cauliflower Puree was the perfect side dish for Christmas dinner this year.
It was my turn to host the annual family Christmas Eve soiree. On the dinner menu? Ribeye roast beef, red wine dijon cream sauce, spinach gratin, goat cheese mashed potatoes (contributed by my cousin), and this carrot and cauliflower puree.
Everyone who came brought appetizers or desserts, so other than making this cranberry crackle tart, I was set. It's so nice when you don't have to do it all. My sister brought a ginger bundt cake, my cousin brought a beautiful vegetable platter, and my nephew made some amazing chocolate crackle cookies that tasted like the most moist brownies ever. Folks also brought dinner rolls, crab canapés, and lots of cheese and crackers.
Dinner for 23? Piece of cake. Especially when you have lots of help.
This vegetable is perfect for making a day in advance and reheating on the stove top when you are ready to serve dinner, freeing your oven for other dishes.
The secret to the deliciousness of this dish is browned butter, or beurre noisette. It adds a richness to the usually bland vegetables. This is an amazingly simple side dish that is also elegant and tasty.
This recipe can easily be doubled or halved. To puree the carrots and cauliflower, I used the medium grind disk from this food mill. It was super easy to use and even easier to clean.
This recipe served 22 when accompanied by two other sides.
Fill a 4 quart saucepan of water to a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of salt.
Add the cauliflower and boil for 20 minutes, until tender.
With a slotted spoon or spider strainer, remove the cauliflower to colander.
Add the carrots, and boil for 20 more minutes until tender.
With a slotted spoon or spider strainer, remove the carrots to the colander.
Puree the vegetables with a food mill into a stove top safe serving dish (if you don't have one, puree the vegetables into a saucepan and move them into a serving dish when ready to serve).
In a 10 inch saute pan, heat the butter over medium low heat. The butter will begin to "boil."
When the butter just begins to turn brown (be careful not to over brown the butter), remove it from the heat, and pour it into the vegetable puree. Stir, add the salt and pepper, and stir again.
When ready to serve, reheat on the stove top.
Adapted from Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, by Ina Garten.
Great recipe, Karen! And what a coincidence, we had a ribeye steak roast for our Christmas dinner, that turned out delicious with a broccoli soufflee type side dish.
I love this cauli-carrot puree, the use of browned butter is perfect, I should do that next time - I sometiems mix and match root veggies for a puree, often using cauliflower, but the butter would make any combination shine!
I tried this today & all I tasted was butter. Very bland. What did I do wrong?
Did you use enough salt and pepper? Did you brown the butter? Sometimes carrots can be bland too.


Owning and managing a restaurant can be a very daunting task, especially when it comes to staying within your budget. Purchasing ingredients, marketing the restaurant, and general operational costs can all affect your budget, but did you know your energy consumption does as well?
According to ENERGY STAR, restaurants use about 2.5 times more energy per square foot than any other type of commercial building. The most significant factor attributing to this is the use of energy in the kitchen. Learn how to reduce energy consumption and lower overall energy costs with these helpful tips below.
Did you know that natural gas is more cost-effective and efficient than both propane and electricity? Operating your restaurant and its kitchen solely off of natural gas has three essential benefits that propane and electricity cannot offer – reduced operational costs, reliable access to power, and it's a clean and efficient fuel source.
Not only is natural gas an incredibly efficient source of power, but it's also domestic – as in the largest source is found in Pennsylvania, which makes the price more stable and affordable because it isn't inflated with additional shipping and processing fees.
Optimizing your restaurant's energy use – from the light fixtures to the grill – can help prolong the life of your energy and reduce costs, which could allow you to reallocate funds to other areas of your restaurant. Check out these tips to get the most out of your energy supply.
Changing all light bulbs to LED light bulbs can save you 6-8 watts of power per light bulb. That's thousands of watts of power in savings, which translates into cost savings. LED light bulbs also have an average lifespan of over 50,000 hours, nearly 40 times longer than traditional incandescent bulbs.
For restaurants, one of the best ways to conserve energy is by shutting off idling equipment or unnecessary lighting. Turning off the dining room lighting, computers, and cooking equipment when not in use can help trim down your energy consumption.
Do you have an efficient layout of the kitchen? For some restaurants, their ice maker is next to the grill, which causes the ice maker to run longer due to the heat of grill melting or slowing the ice being made. Take a look at your layout and make sure equipment isn't hindering the function of the machine next to it.
Switching to energy-efficient equipment and trying to reduce the overall consumption of energy sounds great, but what's the true statistical impact of those changes? Take a look at these energy facts for restaurants.
Restaurants can save up to 30 percent on their energy bills by switching to ENERGY STAR equipment.
ENERGY STAR LED light bulbs use at least 75 percent less energy than incandescent light bulbs.
58 percent of customers favor eco-friendly, energy-efficient restaurants, according to the National Restaurant Association.
Switching your current energy source to natural gas can be a smooth and seamless process. A common misconception is that when switching energy sources, there will be an interruption in service. UGI EnergyLink takes the extra step in communicating with your current energy provider to switch your energy source on the next available date that best suits you. Ready to shop for your energy? Visit our Shopping for Rates page to learn more about the process and to receive a free quote.
Knowing the terminology and what they mean will help make you a smarter energy saver. Check out some key energy terms and definitions below.
Watt: The basic unit of electricity demand, equivalent to one joule per second.
British Thermal Unit (BTU): The amount of heat needed to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
Customer Choice/Deregulation: Allows customers to purchase energy directly from energy suppliers. This allows customers to shop around for the best price for their energy needs.
Get your copy of the Restaurant Energy Guide today! For more information on commercial energy, switching your energy provider, or which energy source is right for you, visit the Commercial Energy section of our website or call 1-800-427-8545.


8.00pm Diocesan M.U. 'Children's Internet Safety' in Zion Parish Hall.
7.30pm Sunday School Socienty Bi-Centenary Celebration Concert in Rathfarnham Parish Church, in aid of Sightsavers. €10 / children free.
11.00am Family Service. Logos crew members coming to talk about the Logos (floating Christian Book Shop, Sir John Rogerson's Quay).
10.00am CAR BOOT SALE in the car park of the parish centre. Volunteers needed especially to man the gate. Please contact the Rector 086 803 0239.
2.45pm 'Hands Around Tallaght Hospital' 1500 adults and children needed to protest for the retention of the Children's Hospital in Tallaght which is planned to move to the new Mater Hospital site.
11.00am Jobstown Community College 6th Yr trip to help the Boston Projects.
Bank Holiday. Rector available on his mobile phone 086 803 0239.
10.00 am SUMMER SALE in the parish centre. All the usual stalls, raffle, etc. Come along on the day, have a coffee and bring your family and friends to our main fundraising event of the year!


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\section{Introduction}

Astrocladistics is a methodology of data analysis that groups objects according to their evolutionary history (Fraix-Burnet 2004; Fraix-Burnet et al. 2003, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c). It is particularly suited to complex objects in evolution. It is based on \emph{all} available observables. These properties are a priori considered as characterizing the evolutionary behaviour of a particular component of a galaxy, and are thus divided into several evolutionary states. Any change between two states is a progress in the evolution that is transmitted to the subsequent, hence more evolved, kinds of objects. Using all of these evolutionary properties, the cladistic analysis groups objects by estimating how much evolution is required between them. The final picture is depicted on a hierarchical tree, called a cladogram, in which the distance between two branches reflects the level of diversification that occurred during evolution. This is
unlike trees obtained from multivariate distance analyses that only show differences averaged over all properties without any consideration of the detailed evolution of the different components in a galaxy. But this has a cost because the cladistic analysis is much longer to perform. The cladistic analyses can be performed on evolutionary groups of objects rather than individuals. This is obviously the key to deal with data from big surveys, in which hundreds of thousands galaxies are described by about a hundred observables at most. Up to now, we have obtained results on still modest samples of close galaxies, and we progressively resolve the challenge of including more and more objects and combining samples described by non-matching sets of observables.

\section{Diversity of the dwarf galaxies of the Local Group}

The astrocladistics analysis of the 36 dwarf galaxies of the Local Group, described by 24 characters, successfully yields a robust tree, demonstrating that all these objects have diversified from an ancestral common kind of objects (Fraix-Burnet et al. 2006c). This result is already important because it confirms the applicability of cladistics to galaxies, and more importantly, opens the way toward determining, in the future, the nature of the very first objects of the Universe.

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   \includegraphics[width=9cm]{SF2A2006_fig1.eps}
      \caption{Cladogram for the Dwarf Galaxies of the Local Group. Three evolutionary groups are identified on the tree and characterized from their properties.}
       \label{fignaines}
   \end{figure}

Several astrophysical results are derived from this study. The galaxy SagDIG is the less diversified from an ancestral stage common to all this sample. Interestingly, SagDIG happens to be at the edge of the Local Group. By projecting values of the observables onto the tree, we conclude that the evolutions of the properties are rather complex in this sample of the Local Group, showing that the dwarf galaxies are certainly easily influenced by their environment. We also derive the characteristics of some groups corresponding to structures in the tree. Three are obvious and identified on Fig.~\ref{fignaines}. The group that we call ``dynamic'', gathers galaxies showing a lot of gas, strong star formation, and a complicated kinematics. The second one, called ``brilliant'', gathers galaxies which are rather luminous but with a gentle kinematics and not much star formation. The last one, the ``dying'' group, has objects which seem to be the dead-end of dwarf galaxies, with no gas and a low luminosity. These three groups are all well differentiated from SagDIG, they all evolved in their own way.

This work can be certainly improved by incorporating new data which are much more detailed, both spectroscopically and spatially. However, it is already clear from Fig.~\ref{fignaines} that the traditional morphological dichotomy is too simplistic to describe the diversity and the evolution of dwarf galaxies. We rather find that the ancestral group is of irregular shape (dIrr), but some other kinds of dIrrs appeared during evolution (the ``dynamic'' group), while there are two very distinct groups of spheroidal galaxies (dSph). The three groups that we have identified reveal a more physical insight into the origin of the diversity of these galaxies.

\section{Evolutionary history of Virgo galaxies}

In a subsequent study, Fraix-Burnet \& Davoust (2006) analysed 222 galaxies of the Virgo cluster, described by 48 observables. Again, a nicely resolved tree is found, demonstrating that all these galaxies derive from the same kind of objects. This tree depicts the probable evolutionary scenario for these galaxies.

\begin{figure}[h]
   \centering
   \includegraphics[width=9cm]{SF2A2006_fig2.eps}
      \caption{Evolution of the morphology of Virgo galaxies, represented by the de Vaucouleurs index as a function of the rank of galaxies along the tree.}
       \label{figvirgo1}
   \end{figure}

One of the most interesting results is that the tree is relatively regular (unbalanced), meaning that the diversification of the Virgo galaxies has been somewhat gentle. The behaviours of all characters confirm that the main drivers of evolution for these objects are soft processes like secular (i.e. isolated) evolution, weak interactions and minor mergers and accretion (see Fraix-Burnet et al. 2006b).

Several properties indicate that galaxies become bigger and more massive. It is interesting to note that the total amount of HI gas remains nearly constant, with a significant dispersion, while the central surface density of this gas decreases as expected if it forms stars and is then processed. This points toward a continuous income of gas in the outer parts of the galaxies. Also, there is a small evolutionary group of galaxies that is well diversified from the common ancestral group, but shows less massive objects. This could correspond to galaxies that have evolved but have not accreted much matter, maybe because of their particular environment. Galaxy harassment may possibly be invoked as well.

With such an unbalanced cladogram, it is possible to represent the evolutionary scenario by plotting the parameters versus the rank of the galaxies along the tree. For instance, the de Vaucouleurs index of morphology, is plotted in Fig.~\ref{figvirgo1}. Obviously, the Hubble mophological type is not an evolution indicator because no ancestral state can be identified. All types (Irr, S and E) are present at the beginning of the evolution (left side), while there is a clear lack of Irr and S at the end. Hence, we conclude that galaxies mostly become elliptical through evolution. However, since ellipticals are also present on the bottom left of the diagram, the rates for this morphological evolution are diverse. They can be grossly classified into two families: a regular and lengthy process, through accretion, minor mergers or weak interactions, and a more brutal one that corresponds to major mergers and strong interactions. Galaxies all tend to become elliptical, but more or less rapidly depending mainly on their environment. Henceforth, for the morphological parameter, there are several evolutionary paths to achieve the same result.

 \begin{figure}[h]
   \centering
   \includegraphics[width=9cm]{SF2A2006_fig3.eps}
      \caption{Same as Fig.~\ref{figvirgo1} but with indication of galaxy activity and its onset in the evolutionary scenario. }
       \label{figvirgo2}
   \end{figure}

In Fig.~\ref{figvirgo2} we show the same diagram as Fig.~\ref{figvirgo1} but with the shape of the points indicating the activity properties of galaxies, such as nuclear starbursts, LINERs and Seyferts phenomena. It is obvious that the AGN activity appears only on the right side of the diagram, but not in all the corresponding galaxies. We interpret this fact as an evidence that something is acquired by galaxies during the course of evolution, something that allows AGN phenomena and that is transmitted to more evolved kinds of galaxies. This is probably linked to the central black hole but may be not only. We call these galaxies as activable because they form a true evolutionary group, sharing a derived property. In contrast, the nuclear starbursts are present all along the evolutionary history of the Virgo galaxies.

\section{Astrocladistics and big surveys}

Astrocladistics is the only methodology that can fully exploit data of large catalogues and big surveys, by using all available observables at all wavelengths, and by taking into account the evolutionary nature of galaxies. We are finishing the study of about 300 close gas-poor galaxies (Fraix-Burnet \& Davoust in prep.) in different environments. The evolutionary scenario is here more complicated, several evolutionary groups seem to be present. We will use these groups to combine the three samples studied so far, in order to provide an evolutionary scenario of about 500 objects. This work is a prerequisite for our next project to analyse a very large sample of SDSS galaxies. The challenge is important, but the reward can be huge. For the first time, we will be able to depict the diversification of galaxies with a true evolutionary perspective by including objects of the past (at non-zero redshifts).

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Q: json deserialization in c# I am trying to deserialize the json string in C#. Following is jsonstring and classes I used. But after deserialize it is giving null value. So what's going wrong with me?
 string jsonString = @"{'status':1,'data':[{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'000ebc7d-d9fc-4822-923e-c7ac6027f5cd','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'0013eeb2-54e3-4ef1-9fff-9bc5c146858e','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'002c3efc-cf82-466e-a94b-994f548c27fc','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'003bac5b-81a7-4042-8e4c-b882c4d31534','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'00626129-c888-45c0-8401-c44f64d0e1c2','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'007da905-e053-48e5-800a-9815d3da6a34','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'ff8011fb-0dfd-4336-b3f3-0a915100767d','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'},{'report_date':'2012-10-16','subid':'ff855a9e-3f39-48fd-b27b-5eb15221acbd','revenue':'0.00','clicks':'0'}],'messages':[],'errors':[],'code':200,'time':{'click':1350456414}}";

     System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
     PM.AdknowledgeRevenue.Entities.RevenueList collection = serializer.Deserialize<PM.AdknowledgeRevenue.Entities.RevenueList>(jsonString);

Classes i used
     public class Revenue
        {
            #region private members
            string _reportDate;
            Guid subId;
            Decimal revenue;
            int clicks;
            int status;

            #endregion

            #region public members
            public int Status
            {
                get { return status; }
                set { status = value; }
            }
            public string ReportDate
            {
                get { return _reportDate; }
                set { _reportDate = value; }
            }
            public Guid SubId
            {
                get { return subId; }
                set { subId = value; }
            }
            public Decimal Revenue1
            {
                get { return revenue; }
                set { revenue = value; }
            }
            public int Clicks
            {
                get { return clicks; }
                set { clicks = value; }
            }
            #endregion
     }

    public class RevenueList
   {
     public IEnumerable<Revenue> RevenueCollection { get; set; }
   }

Thanks in advance

A: I think the json is not in the right format. String should be wrapped in double quotes.
You can validate your json here.

A: Below code works..
var result = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<Result>(jsonString);

public class Result
{
    public int status;
    public List<Item> data;
}

public class Item
{
    public string report_date;
    public string subid;
    public string revenue;
    public string clicks;
}

or using Json.Net
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Result>(jsonString);

public class Result
{
    [JsonProperty("status")]
    public int Status;
    [JsonProperty("data")]
    public List<Item> Data;
}

public class Item
{
    [JsonProperty("report_date")]
    public string ReportDate;
    [JsonProperty("subid")]
    public string SubId;
    [JsonProperty("revenue")]
    public string Revenue;
    [JsonProperty("clicks")]
    public string Clicks;
}


A trademark used with Chef'sChoice® cutlery, signifying that it stays sharp up to 10 times longer than most other American or European cutlery because of the toughness and resiliency of the steel from which the knives are made (the cutlery contains up to ten times the molybdenum and twice the carbon than other stainless steel cutlery and stays sharper up to ten times longer!).
The typical angle of each bevel that forms the edge of conventional Asian style, many European and other 15° edge knives.
The typical degree angle of each bevel that forms the edge of a traditional American/European style knife.
A registered trademark used for select Chef'sChoice® sharpeners that are designed to sharpen both 15 and 20 degree knives by applying either a 15 or 20 degree edge.
The sharpening disks found in many Chef'sChoice® sharpeners that are coated with 100% diamond abrasives. Diamonds are the most versatile and efficient abrasives. They are also the hardest known material and will therefore abrade any other materials. Because of their extreme hardness, diamonds sharpen more quickly without overheating or damaging the blade edge.
A trademark used for Chef'sChoice® sharpeners that are designed to sharpen both a 15° and 20° knife edge in one multiple stage sharpening system.
A knife edge that has two or more bevels on each side of the edge, shaped to the microscopic appearance of an arch. This type of arch-edge is typical of edges created by Chef'sChoice® multi-stage sharpeners. An arch-shaped edge is much stronger, and longer-lasting than conventional or hollow ground edges.
A lighter, thinner (double or single faceted) knife with the cutting edge typically angled at 15° on each side of the blade, for a total angle of 30°. Single-sided Asian style knives typically have the edge bevel on only one side of the blade with a total edge angle of 15°.
Found in original models of Chef'sChoice® professional electric knife sharpeners such as the Model 110 and Model 310. These magnetic guides position the knife at a predetermined sharpening angle while controlling the amount of sharpening pressure of the knife's edge against the diamond abrasives.
The rough and bent extension of the knife edge that occurs during the sharpening process. A burr forms on the tip of the edge where the planes of the bevels intersect. The presence of a burr along the knife edge during the Chef'sChoice® sharpening process indicates it is time to move on to the next sharpening stage.
A knife blade that has been ground to create a characteristic concave, beveled cutting edge. This can yield a sharp but weaker edge that folds over and gets dull quickly, requiring more frequent sharpening.
A sharpening technique found in several Chef'sChoice® sharpener models in which two 100% diamond abrasive disks sharpen simultaneously "into" and "out of" the knife edge during the sharpening process. This creates a highly effective, extremely sharp, burr-free edge with microscopic "teeth" along the cutting edge. These tiny teeth provide the "bite" in the edge and work to engage and stabilize the food for effortless cutting.
Japanese style kitchen knives that are thicker, heavier, and have more durable edges designed for harder use.
To overheat a knife edge during sharpening, which can cause the steel edge to become softer and more prone to chipping, folding over on itself and eventually breaking off.
Refers to the two distinct bevels forming the edge on each side of the knife, when sharpened on a Chef'sChoice® two-stage sharpener. This edge is also known as a double beveled, arch-shaped edge.
The trademark applied to a feature of the Chef'sChoice® Model 120 electric knife sharpener. The advantage of EdgeSelect® is that the user can customize the edge to give optimal performance depending on the type of material being cut. An edge can be precisely sharpened to effortlessly cut a wide variety of different foods.
For instance, when cutting fibrous foods like pumpkin, squash or fibrous meats, the user may choose to sharpen the knife in Stage 1, followed by Stage 3 (only two of the three sharpening stages) so the edge has more 'bite' and can slice cleanly through tough fibers. Or, the user may sharpen the knife in all three stages, stropping the edge to an ultra-fine straight edge finish in Stage 3, so it glides through more tender foods. This is especially useful for delicate tasks such as filleting fish or slicing smoked salmon or prosciutto ham where presentation is highly important.
Built-in, elastomeric guide springs that are positioned over each sharpening stage to provide a spring action that holds the face of the knife securely against the precision angle guide planes in the right and left slot of each stage. These flexible guides adapt to blade thickness and eliminate all guesswork to creating a superior and uniform edge. They are found in newer models of Chef'sChoice® sharpeners.
Thicker knife edges typically sharpened with sturdy 20 degree facets on each side of the knife (which is a 40 degree total angle).
Lower cost knife guide system used in some manual sharpeners. These guides are used as an effective alternative to the rotating guides used in many Chef'sChoice® manual sharpeners.
The upper plate of select Chef'sChoice® waffle makers that is part of a unique suspension system that allows the lid to raise evenly during the baking cycle. This ensures a uniform thickness of the waffle as it bakes and rises.
The arch-shaped edge, with precise, multiple bevels on both sides of the edge provides more metal to support the sharp cutting edge of a knife. Chef'sChoice® two and three-stage sharpeners create this kind of edge, which is much stronger and lasts longer than traditional "v" shaped or hollow ground edges.
Honing is an abrasive process that works to produce a precise and uniform surface on a knife edge by using a very fine abrasive material.
The family of Chef'sChoice® knife sharpeners that combine electric and manual sharpening stages.
A feature on most Chef'sChoice® waffle makers that allows the baking plates to recover the set baking temperature so quickly, the user can bake batches of waffles with no interruption.
The magnetic surface of the Chef'sChoice® Diamond File that holds the chosen abrasive pad in place and ensures a flat filing/sharpening surface.
A sharpener having successive sharpening stages (precisely set at sequentially larger angles) to form an arch-shaped edge that is stronger and more durable than conventional V-shaped or hollow ground edges.
Knives that have serrated edges, like a saw blade. A common misconception is that these knives, as their name implies, never need to be sharpened. A serrated knife does get dull because the teeth become bent and misaligned.
A commercial-use product that meets the National Sanitation Foundation's standards for consumer safety through rigorous testing. Chef'sChoice® Commercial sharpener Model 2100, 2100 15° Module, 2100 20° Module, Model 2000, 2000 Module, Model 125 and Model 325 are NSF certified.
The diamond abrasives on the Model 110, Model 310 and other Chef'sChoice® knife sharpeners that move with a unique, orbital motion, honing the knife edge to extreme sharpness.
Chef'sChoice® patented system of cooling the motor of electric food slicers so that they can be used continuously—unlike other brands of slicers that operate for only a few minutes and then need to be shut-off to cool.
Refers to the sharpening guides in Chef'sChoice® knife sharpeners that are preset for accurate and uniform control of sharpening angles. Precision guides are important for predictable and foolproof sharpening and also minimize metal removal during re-sharpening.
Refers to the Chef'sChoice® Model 130; a knife sharpening system that sharpens, strops and steels all kinds of knives on one unit.
A feature of some Chef'sChoice® waffle makers using highly advanced electronic circuitry and four heating elements that allow user to select the ideal flavor, texture and color of each waffle.
A feature of the Chef'sChoice® Model 850Chef'sChoice® Professional Belgian WafflePro® Model 850SE waffle maker the provides twice the heating elements of conventional waffle makers and a separate Texture Control button. Users simply press the button to choose either fast bake for crisper waffles with a soft, oven fresh moist interior or deep bake for a more uniform texture. Users can also adjust the baking time to the nearest second.
The blade hardness of Chef'sChoice® Trizor® cutlery. Higher, and therefore, harder than other leading brands, whose knives' hardness measure around 55, it is one of the keys to Chef'sChoice cutlery's sharper edges and superior edge retention. Trizor® knives stay sharper up to 10 times longer than other U.S. or German cutlery.
Knife sharpening guides in the shape of a roller found on many Chef'sChoice® manual sharpeners. These roller guides turn as the knife is being pulled back and forth, confirming that the blade is properly positioned and the correct angle maintained.
A general-purpose kitchen knife style originating in Japan. Its blade is typically between five and eight inches long, and has a flat edge profile and a sheepsfoot blade that curves in an angle approaching 60 degrees at the point. The top of the Santoku's handle is in line with the top of the blade. The word refers to the three cutting tasks the knife performs well; slicing, dicing and mincing.
A knife with notched, saw-like teeth on the edge.
Refers to the Chef'sChoice® Model 688 Cordless Electric Kettle, which heats water directly to the desired temperature with an accuracy of 1°C and maintains that temperature until ready to pour.
The finishing or last step in sharpening a knife and uses an ultrafine abrasive. The stropping stage can be used by itself to maintain the knife edge in between regular sharpenings. With Chef'sChoice® sharpeners, the stropping stage is also used to sharpen serrated knives. The term stropping comes from the traditional barber strop, which was a leather belt impregnated with very fine abrasives, used to keep barbers' straight razors sharp.
A unique feature found in most Chef'sChoice® waffle makers that allows you to bake waffles to the color and texture of your choice. With a simple flip of a switch, choose either a fast bake for crispier waffles with a soft, oven fresh interior or a slow bake for a crunchy, more uniform texture.
Refers to the three separate bevels (set at different angles) on both sides of a knife edge, when sharpened on a Chef'sChoice® 3-Stage Sharpener. This edge is also known as a triple beveled arch-shaped edge.
The ultra-sharp, strong and durable edge that is formed on a knife when sharpened on a Chef'sChoice® 3-Stage knife sharpener.
The proprietary steel alloy used to make Chef'sChoice® cutlery. Trizor steel knives stay sharp up to 10 times longer than other cutlery.
A feature on several Chef'sChoice® Electric Food Slicers that offers a 30 degree incline slicing option (usually found in costly commercial slicers) for a wide variety of foods including meat, cheeses, vegetables, fruits and breads—such that the sliced food falls, unassisted, into a serving tray.
A knife edge that has been ground to create a characteristic flat, beveled cutting edge. This yields a weaker edge that folds over on itself and requires frequent maintenance and re-sharpening.
Refers to a feature of the Chef'sChoice® Gourmet Egg Cooker that allows the user to cook up to seven eggs to different degrees of doneness in the same batch.
A feature of several Chef'sChoice® Electric Food Slicers that allows the user to operate the slicer in an upright or tilted position, providing a true gravity feed (3 degree incline) option. This dual-mode option makes the electric food slicer a workhorse, giving the user expanded slicing capabilities. True gravity feed enhances the slicing of fruits, vegetables, bread and other foods that can self-feed during slicing, and the slices fall unassisted into a serving tray.


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Back in February, I appeared on a panel at the London Graphic Novel Network's S.M.A.S.H. event. There were a lot of great speakers at those events (including our own Maid of Nails, friend of the website Kieron Gillen, America's next top comics critic J.A. Micheline, Mazin off the Kraken podcast, and Jam Trap poet Chrissy Williams), staggered across three panels focusing on MEANING, ART and REPRESENTATION in comics.
The plan was to write series of posts inspired by these talks, but then this happened.
Trying to appear big and clever on the internet has never felt less important to me than it did in the aftermath.
Anyway, I spoke on the art panel at S.M.A.S.H. and as a comics critic in the company of artists/editors, I figured I would be the least qualified person to talk about the subject so I did what I always do: I overcompensated. Only Mister Attack will ever see the first draft of my introductory talk, the charmingly titled "COMICS ARTISTS ARE WASTING THEIR LIVES". In the end, I settled for a slightly less arsey approach that focused on different modes of reading, and how we might want to develop our understanding of our own biases so we can better make them fight to prove which opinions are best.
You can listen to what I actually said and the subsequent panel debate here (headphones recommended, audio's a but quiet!), read the version of this pitch I submitted here, or if you fancy getting the right mix of depth and brevity you can now read the text I brought with me on the day below.
None of these versions are quite the same. None of them quite get across what I thought I was trying to say. I wouldn't have it any other way.


A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to a six-month prison term for breaching a string of criminal behaviour orders.
Michael Joseph Smith, of no fixed address, was arrested on Thursday, December 6, on suspicion of theft and taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.
He was subsequently charged with theft as well as breach on five occasions of community behaviour orders in the areas of St Stephens Lane and breach of a community protection notice in the Old Cattle Market bus station during October and November this year.
He was also charged with three counts of theft from shops, including the theft of five handbags totalling over £400 in value from Joules and breach of a three-year criminal behaviour order between October 23 and November 25.
He also breached a suspended sentence order and consequently, at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday (Friday, December 7), Smith was given a six-month prison sentence that was activated as a result of these offences.