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When you are running short on space in your UTV and just wanting to run your music via Bluetooth instead of a traditional head unit, a sound bar for your UTV may be just what you’re looking for. The best sound bars on the market are able to recreate the highs of you music while still giving great mid-range response and decent hits for the bass. While no sound bar at any cost will be able to match a full custom system, these options on our list will be allow you to blast your tunes as you’re blasting through the trails.
JBL Stadium UB4100
JBL has been one of the premier names in audio for years and when it comes to the powersports market, the JBL Stadium UB4100 is no exception. This amplified soundbar lets you bring the JBL precision sound to your UTV. Bluetooth connectivity, plus 3.5mm and RCA inputs, lets you stream all kinds of music, while the built-in amp pumps out 160 watts of power for incredible sound, even at wide open throttle. Many sound bars are capable of being loud, but the JBL has nailed it on being able to be loud and keep the sound crystal clear.
The 160 watts of power isn’t just some normally inflated number. JBL rates their systems by their true optimal power with the RMS output. The ultra-efficient Class D amp kicks out 80 watts RMS to each channel, and includes intelligent priority switching so it’s easy to connect and enjoy your various devices. The 3.5mm jack overrides the Bluetooth, which in turn overrides the RCA inputs. That simplicity is invaluable when on the trail.
The JBL Stadium UB4100 features four long-excursion 4″ mid/woofers and a pair of high-output tweeters, so there’s plenty of volume on demand. If that’s not enough, a set of preamp outputs lets you add additional amps and speakers or even a subwoofer to your system if you’re wanting some hard hitting bass.
The JBL comes with a versatile mounting system that allows you to install it on a vast variety of roll bars and cages. The system includes universal mounting clamps, inserts, and quick-release brackets. The detachable RF remote lets you control your music from wherever you are, and there’s even a GoPro shoe so you can mount your action camera and capture when you’re ready to get rowdy.
The JBL Stadium UB4100 comes standard with a one year manufacturer’s warranty.
Wet Sounds Stealth-10 Ultra HD
The Wet Sounds Stealth-10 Ultra HD soundbar is a 10 speaker-300 watt unit with eight full range 3 inch drivers and two 1 inch titanium tweeters. If you’re looking for loud and clear, this is the system for you. The clarity of the system is only surpassed by the JBL system, but the Wet Sounds is even louder.
The ten speaker array is powered by a built-in, DSP-controlled Class-D amplifier that is rated at 300 watts RMS. It delivers clear sound and solid bass for its size at nearly every volume level. The Stealth 10 Ultra HD amplified soundbar utilizes D-Bass technology for improved low-end bass response, especially when playing music at lower volumes. incorporates built-in Bluetooth for wireless music streaming of stored music and music apps from your Bluetooth-enabled Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad, Android smartphone/tablet, Windows Phone, Blackberry, and other Bluetooth source devices through the amplified soundbar speaker system. In addition to wireless Bluetooth connectivity, the Wet Sounds soundbar is fitted with a 3.5mm auxiliary input for a wired connection of portable audio devices that feature an analog audio output or headphone jack.
The Stealth 10 Ultra HD soundbar employs an extruded aluminum housing enclosure with a powder coat finish that is IP67-rated for extra durability and resistance from the elements. If you’re needing even more sound, the Stealth 10 Ultra HD also includes a 3.5mm line output to connect an additional external amplifier and speakers. The Line output is covered by a waterproof connector to protect it from the elements when not in use. The Stealth 10 Ultra HD comes with a RF remote for wireless operation of the amplified soundbar speaker and your connected Bluetooth source device. The one downside of the system with how it is packaged is that it comes with two “L” brackets that will require you to drill into your roof or another flat surface. However, if you want to mount it to a roll cage or other tubing, then you can purchase optional adapters.
Wet Sounds covers the Stealth 10 Ultra HD with a two years warranty.
Bazooka BPB36-G2 Party Bar
Between the sound and the multiple lights and multiple colors, the Bazooka BPB36-G2 Party Bar is aptly named. It is literally a party wrapped in a small round tube. Not only do you get a great-sounding system with cool lighting for your UTV, but it also comes with a USB input, easy to use buttons, and can be controlled from an app on your smartphone.
The speaker array includes four 2″ midrange speakers, four high-efficiency 1″ tweeters, and two 4-1/2″ end-loaded woofers. The bass response for the party bar is among the best we’ve heard. It’s not going to compare to dedicated subwoofer systems, but the full range of sound is impressive for its size. The sound is incredible from the party bar, with minimal distortion throughout most of its range of volume.
When it’s time to light things up, the Party Bar’s RGB LED illumination system will put on a show. The Bazooka features back-lighted tweeters, LED rings on the ends, and a dual LED strip running the full length of the back of the unit. The Party Bar can be set to flash multiple colors at any speed you choose with the included RF remote. The remote gives you wireless control over both your Bluetooth audio and the lights, plus any aftermarket LED light bar that you connect to the Party Bar’s accessory SAE power port. All these features can be controlled via your phone’s app as well.
Like the Wet Sounds system. the Bazooka BPB36-G2 Party Bar comes with “L” brackets to mount to a flat surface, but if you’re wanting to mount to your cage, then Bazooka offers optional universal tube adapters to make mounting quick and easy.
The Bazooka BPB36-G2 Party Bar is backed by a one year warranty.
The PowerBass XL-800 Bluetooth soundbar delivers crisp and clean sound with eight speakers driven by 300 watts RMS. PowerBass packs it all into a rugged, water-tight aluminum body built for the the most harsh conditions going offroad. It gets a serviceable amount of bass, but really shines on midrange and highs. Even cranked up, there is minimal distortion in the sound.
The soundbar’s circuit board has been conformal coated with a layer of transparent material that protects the parts against moisture, dust and temperature extremes. In addition, stainless steel hardware is supplied to resist rust and corrosion. A 3.5mm Aux input (250mv-3V) allows you to make a wired audio connection to your smartphone, tablet, or portable digital audio player. However, if you’re ready to ditch the wires, The built-in Bluetooth 4.0 with support for A2DP/AVRCP allows you to wirelessly stream stored music, music apps, and other audio content from your phone to the PowerBass Xtreme XL-800 amplified powersports soundbar speaker. Controls for the volume and tracks are done directly from the sound bar itself. However, if you’re wanting to mount the sound bar behind you, it would be best to purchase the optional wireless controller.
Universal “L” mount brackets offer easy installation for flat surfaces. Optional mounting brackets are available if you’re wanting to mount it to your roll cage. For the money, this is one of the nicest sounding sound bars available.
PowerBass offers a one year limited warranty on the Xtreme XL-800.
MB Quart Nautic NSB10V1
The MB Quart Nautic NSB10V1 10-speaker sound bar is a great budget option for your UTV if you’re looking for quality sound. Designed specifically for powersports applications, the NSB10V1 includes a built-in Class-D amplifier that can deliver up to 30% more SPL than standard amplifier technology. The high-power digital amp powers eight 3″ mid/bass drivers, with poly composite cones and butyl rubber surrounds, and two 1″ titanium dome tweeters with neodymium magnets.
The NSB10V1 includes built-in Bluetooth technology for streaming music from a Bluetooth enabled device. The soundbar’s Memory Sync feature will remember the most recently connected device and will automatically re-connect to it when powered up with the device in range. In addition to Bluetooth audio streaming, the NSB10V1 also includes a 3.5mm stereo auxiliary input jack for running audio from a portable media player or headphone output jack. A pair of RCA outputs are also included for passing a full-range signal out to an additional amplifier or optional powered subwoofer. A Remote Out wire on the Power harness can be used for activating an outboard amp.
The NSB10V1 features large, center-mounted controls for Power, Track Forward/Back, Volume +/-, Play/Pause, and a Map Light button for illuminating the built-in LED map light. All buttons are rubberized for all-weather control, and are large enough to easily be used with riding gloves on. A row of RGB LEDs above each speaker section can be activated by a single press of the Map Light button and you can easily cycle between all the different colors available.
The Nautic NSB10V1 features a marine grade chassis made of heavy-duty extruded aluminum and a perforated steel grill, offering maximum protection from the elements, bumps, and impacts. All wiring connections and mounting points are sealed, providing an IPX68 weatherproof rating. The MB Quart soundbar offers two mounting methods with hardware included for both. You can flat surface mount using the included “L” brackets or you can mount to your roll cage with the included tube clamps.
MB Quart backs the Nautic NSB10V1 with a one year warranty.

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The DPM Mechanical Recoil Reduction System is a direct replacement for the stock recoil rod and does not change the configuration of the pistol. As always, DPM products are designed and developed with user’s safety as a priority. Exceptional manufacturing and engineering using high-end materials.
Compatible for A1 A3 F-FS-G 92-96-98 & Clone models 9mm 40s&w.
12 adjustable settings.
DPM Mechanical Recoil Reduction System for Beretta 92X Performance & Old Version 92/92FS
This system works due to the multi spring intricate rod (three springs) and controls the functionality of the pistol. The third spring which is contained within the rod controls the movement of the slide so it never rams on the frame.
The system includes three different spring plugs and four different external springs.
The spring plug with the marked groove is offering a heavier buffer effect and the spring plug with flat surface offers a lighter buffer effect (slide full open position). The external springs are different in length so the shooter can fine tune the pistol on the opening and locking positions (slide on the battery) according his/hers personal standards. The longer spring (more coils) is stronger and has a heavier pound rating than the shorter spring.
The spring plug must always be installed when the DPM Recoil Rod and springs are used.
- Faster follow up shots
- Improved firing speed
- Slide and Frame Protection
- Elimination of jams
- Significant recoil reduction
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'Pharma exports declined by 4% up to Aug on pricing pressure'
Pharma exports to other countries witnessed a decline of 7.9 per cent during the April-July period while recovered to 4 per cent in August leaving the over all growth at minus four per cent till August this year.
Hyderabad, Oct 9 () Pharma exports from India registered a negative growth of 4 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal owing to increased regulatory issues coupled with pricing pressure in global markets, a Pharmexcil official said today.
According to Udaya Bhaskar, the Director General of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), a Ministry of Commerce and Industry body, the pharma exports to other countries witnessed a decline of 7.9 per cent during the April-July period while recovered to 4 per cent in August leaving the over all growth at minus four per cent till August this year.
He, however, hoped that the overall exports will recover and come into positive zone for the full year as exports are expected to take an uptick from September.
"We expect the overall growth for the year would be in the positive. Implementation of GST also created initially some confusion among the manufacturers leading to stoppage of production by some companies. Now we are seeing some growth," he further said.
According to statistics, India exported USD 16.90 billion worth of pharma products during 2015-16 and the same was slightly declined in 2016-17 to USD 16.64 billion in 2016-17.


text: Do you guys remember that music video of Mariah Carey roller skating around in itty bitty little daisy dukes looking like a fucking dream? Well she doesn’t exactly look quite that hot anymore but she’s still pretty foxy and her titties have gotten incredible, just look at these red carpet shots and see what I mean! Can you imaging that incredible cleavage shoved into your face? I sure can. She’s gone from being a red hot sex symbol to being a gorgeous busty MILF and I guess that’s a great way to do things, I mean time marches on for all of us am I right? Mariah is still bringing the sexy, that’s for sure, not so sure about the robocop gloves though.

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Social Movement: Scope
Movements dedicated to changing some norms, usually legal ones.
Legal strikes by union workers for better pay and benefits.
Green movement advocating stricter environmental laws.
Appeals for societal restrictions on smoking, alcohol abuse, pornography.
Appeals for repeal of Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision, permitting abortion.
Appeals for enforcement of existing laws (e.g., deportation of illegal workers).
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Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Mausam' is in trouble as the Indian Air Force (IAF) has objected to certain action scenes in the film, where the actor essays the role of a fighter pilot.
The IAF has raised objection to an action scene in the film and has held back the No Objection Certificate (NOC) until the changes are made.
Director Pankaj Kapur said, "Right now I am busy with the completion of the film and frankly speaking all these things are looked into by the producer. He would be the better person to answer it. The producers need to get back to me regarding the deletion of scenes for me to consider."
However, Shahid seemed unfazed by the possible delay in the release following the objections.
"I think what we can commit is we are releasing the movie on September 16. The fact is that IAF has been extremely kind and supportive and very helpful throughout the making of the film. Whatever will be the final outcome the idea is to do something with which they are happy and comfortable. And there is something that is being worked out. I am sure we will come out with an amicable solution," Shahid told reporters here at the music success party, last evening.
The film is a love story starring Shahid and Sonam Kapoor. Shahid plays the role of a F-16 fighter jet plane pilot in the movie, which is scheduled to hit the screens on September 16.
'Mausam': IAF Objects to Action Scene, Holds Back NOC
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"A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent"
by Anne Rockwell (Author) and Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette—an enslaved person who spied for George Washington’s army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn’t qualified him for the release he’d been hoping for. For James the fight wasn’t over; he’d already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own.
Read by Bryson Bruce, who is Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the North American Tour of Hamilton.
“A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent” written by Anne F. Rockwell and illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Text copyright © 2016 by Anne F. Rockwell. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Floyd Cooper. Reprinted with the permission of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
To see the full archive of Hamilton Cast Read Alongs, visit gilderlehrman.org/readalong.

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Not a few of the world’s inspiring rags-to-riches success stories through the ages are talented immigrants who traversed geographic distances, overcame poverty and socio-cultural challenges, then excelled as outstanding nation-builders and trailblazers.
Unknown to many people, some of the world’s most accomplished achievers were former teachers. Perhaps this vocation teaches infinite patience, flexibility, people skills, understanding others and the importance of creativity.
The first and last impression of a country shown to tourists and investors is the airport, so no wonder there’s now a frenetic race among Asian countries to modernize and expand their showcase airports like Singapore’s Changi airport with its new Terminal 4, as well as developing a new Terminal 5.
Self-made realty developer of Megaworld and Resorts World Manila, Alliance Global Group founder and McDonald’s Philippines major shareholder, Emperador/Dalmore/Fundador “Alcohol King” Andrew Tan was, on Sept. 9, again ranked among the world’s wealthiest by Forbes.
Sending kids to study in Ivy League schools for an MBA or to earn degrees from famous universities isn’t the best way to train future great leaders.
Not all heirs and heiresses have the intelligence or interest to run a family business, but all families should understand it is crucial to train them to at least be good and smart inheritors of wealth.
Humility, strategic thinking, integrity, straightforward efficiency, savvy marketing, customer focus, and traditional family values. All these were highlighted at the unforgettable Aug.16 dinner forum of the Anvil Business Club with Unilever Philippines’ first-ever homegrown chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) in 30 years, the 43-year-old engineer Benjie Yap.
This August, two film festivals are once again seeking to promote better quality Filipino films with the ongoing Cinemalaya Festival from Aug. 4 to 12 and the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (“Fiesta of Filipino Films”) organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) from Aug. 15 to 21.
What are the secrets to happiness of one of the Philippines’ modern self-made success stories, visionary industrialist and philanthropist Ramon S. Ang of the 128-year-old San Miguel Corp. (SMC), Eagle Cement, Petron, and many other top companies?
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Modding in Cossacks 3: The who, what, and how.
The Editor is a fully-featured map and scenario editor that's available with Cossacks 3. The sparse (well, non-existent) documentation means that all information has to be gleaned manually or reverse-engineered from the game itself. What we know is listed in the linked-to article.
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Cossacks 3 has a largely open file structure, allowing for direct modding of the game's various functions. However, due to a lack of comments within the files themselves, exercise caution when modifying. For specific files, see the following articles:


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Want to grab a great and classy looking gift for either a man or woman and that keep all your keys in one stylish key chain? Well, we have this wonderful matted silver tone or gold plated valet key ring. The rectangular part is elegantly matted with a silver tone finish that has a smooth touch to it. This matted silver tone valet key ring can also be engraved with a name or initials. This matted satin silver finish had 2 parts where one can be given to the valet and one for you to keep your entire key safe. The matted silver tone valet key ring is one of our best prized key rings. So no more handing the valet keys to your home and cause you less stress on whose handling your keys. The approximate length of this matted silver tone valet key ring is about 4” It is small and sturdy and won’t take up a lot of space. So come and get this memorable gift that will last a lifetime. It is great for all occasions and events.
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Wed, 29 Jan – Thu, 30 Jan (1 Night) | 1 Room | 1 Guest
Near Volvo Bus Stand, Gompa Road, Kullu, Manali , 175131 | Show on Map
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Placed at an approximate distance of 3 km from Hadimba Devi Temple, R R Villa offers internet access to its guests. This property in Manali is accessible from the Manali Bus Depot, which is 0.6 km away.This hotel in Manali has 30 well-appointed rooms, equipped with essential requisites.
Rooms include amenities like a cabinet, television, makeup mirror, telephone and attached bathroom with hot/cold running water.R R Villa offers basic conveniences such as laundry, medical assistance and room service to its guest.
It also has a restaurant, luggage storage area, and travel counter within the premises.A list of transport modes that offer ease of access includes Bus Stand (0.7 km) and Kullu Manali Airport (50 km). Visitors can explore tourist spots like Mall Road (0.3 km), Solang Valley (12 km) and Vashishtha Temple (4 km).
Save your money now by making a reservation today.
by karunarai on June 25, 2019
I booked this hotel a month before my stay but when I reached the hotel, the owner didn't allow us to stay as there was no room available because the guest who were already staying there extended their stay. MMT asked us to stay in other hotel which was even worse. Really bad experience with MMT RR Villa and Nirmal chhaya hotel.
by yashnahar on August 5, 2018
This is one of the best hotel for stay..I dint taste hotel food as i am pure Vegetarian..We met with fraud by are car driver..! & he dint turn up till the end of the trip.. In that time Mr Vicky the MD of the hotel helped us in all possible ways..! He personally took his car & showed us the sight seeing not only that he took us to the perfect river rafting which is one of the best..! & later he booked another cab for us to go return.. & i swear that driver was too good Mr Rajender (Black Xylo Car) while getting back to Amritsar he took us to perfect paragliding ..! So i totally recommend every one
by RaghavendarK1 on May 24, 2018
Never book this hotel.One of the worst properties in manali.Gives one towel for 3 memebrs and says we dont have and coming to breakfast if we ask arrogantly says "ya ha pey kitchen 9 ke bad start hota hai" never respect customers.Even for drinking water we have to remind them multiple times.With family i suffered a lot with hotel food and amenities.Breakfast is strictly only one item depends on hotelier mood sandwich or breadbutter only one item.
by Milind_Pande_Pune on May 15, 2018
This is best budget hotel in Manali and trust me it has got very tasty food in their restaurant. Proximity to main market is an added advantage. We enjoyed our stay. Only problem we faced is non availability of card swapping machine / paytm / bank transfer. Rest everything was perfect and no space to point a finger at them.
by Rishikesh P on October 20, 2017
Never come to this hotel, no good facilities, they don't even provide breakfast correctly ,we booked room but they told to us to wait more than 2 hours, I'm not satisfied with this ,plz improve the facilities
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to room type. Please check what room conditions may apply when selecting your room above.
Is there a H/C running water in this hotel?By Mithi on Apr 06,2018
Yes, this hotel provides H/C running water during your accommodation. By Dilshad on Apr 06,2018
Does this hotel have a laundry facility?By Vibhaas on Apr 05,2018
If you surf through a travel website, you can find amenities tab right below the hotel name. Try clicking this tab to check the availability of laundry facility in this hotel. By Jinesh on Apr 05,2018
Is there a travel counter in this hotel?By Mrtyumjaya on Apr 04,2018
I am new to this city. The travel counter of this hotel guided me and helped me though all my travel in this city. By Lily on Apr 04,2018
Can you find me an option to check whether this hotel is suitable for children?By Satvamohan on Apr 03,2018
This hotel is absolutely suitable for children. My kids had great fun in this hotel. The facilities offered by this hotel are perfect. By Teerthankar on Apr 03,2018
I need to check cancellation policy of this hotel. Please give me an option!!By Martand on Apr 02,2018
Most of the hotels have similar cancellation policy. Check their dedicated website or any top travel portal to know better. By Tatini on Apr 02,2018
Please guide me to check for landmarks near this hotel.By Naggar on Apr 01,2018
All the prominent landmarks nearby this hotel are clearly listed in the hotel website. Check them and know more about it. By Shyam on Apr 01,2018
Can you help me check the locality of this hotel?By Kirik on Mar 31,2018
All the travel portals will have the overview of the hotel. You can go through them before making the booking. By Diliso on Mar 31,2018
Give me an option to provide check out date for this hotel.By Shashikant on Mar 30,2018
Providing the check out date for this hotel is quiet easy. Go to the hotel website and enter the check out date. By Kshaunish on Mar 30,2018
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We applaud the leadership shown by Councilmember Girmay Zahilay in his response to the despicable and racist campaign mailer sent out by Republican Kathy Lambert in her campaign against Sarah Perry for the King County Council District 3 seat. We thank his Democratic colleagues on the King County Council for standing with him, and we thank Sarah Perry for her courage in taking on this campaign. Our democracy counts on leaders like these, and we are so proud of them. All King County voters owe them a debt of gratitude.
We also want to recognize the Seattle Times Editorial Board for responding to these mailers with a strong and immediate statement in opposition to them and to endorse Sarah Perry’s campaign. It’s important that voices like these step up and say “no” when conservative politicians use this sort of rhetoric and imagery. To the Times editorial board – thank you for your strong action.
But this mailer is emblematic of a problem larger than just Kathy Lambert’s campaign. This is far from the first time that Republicans have used racist imagery against Democratic candidates. Sen. Manka Dhingra of Redmond was subject to similar attacks as these mail pieces in her 2017 special election campaign, comparing her to Kshama Sawant because they are both South Asian. Sen. T’wina Nobles of University Place had her skin intentionally darkened in attack mailers during her 2020 campaign. And Sen. Claire Wilson of Auburn had mail sent against her in 2018 with photoshopped images of her grasping money, playing on anti-Semitic stereotypes. These examples are not from eras of the past, they are happening currently right here, in Washington state.
We must all come together to agree that these practices and this imagery should have no place in our politics. The Washington State and King County Republican Parties and their leaders Caleb Heimlich and Joshua Freed, the Republican state legislative caucuses, and conservative political action committees like Enterprise Washington, MUST put a stop to this behavior. We demand better from the Republican party, its candidates, and its supporters, and we continue to demand an apology from Kathy Lambert. While we won’t hold our breath, we can also show her the door on November 2nd. We encourage voters in King County Council District 3 to consider this when they fill out their ballots this year – do they want to support racism and hate, or to say that this has no place in the politics of our community. These despicable acts by Lambert demand accountability, and that’s ultimately in the hands of the voters. We look forward to seeing District 3 voters step up and do the right thing.
Washington State Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski
King County Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad


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Charlie goes back with fresh hentai parody which this time will be"The Tokes Of Hazard"! Which is obviously the parody over"The Dukes of Hazzrd" in case you didn't get it. However, not only this one - there'll be more of recognizable charcteres as guest stars in this sequence as well. And today when you know everything you need to know join Charlie in the moment when her truck has died on the side of the road and now she will need to get herself some sort of transport. Ofcourse there is going to be a great deal of unique campers stopping by but most of them won't be considering supporting Charlie... well, not until she'll provide the a really great fucking in comeback. You as a player can love all the funny and sexy situations Charlie can play and get some really elementary minigames from time to time.
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Get ready to fall in love! This cozy White Chocolate Bread Pudding is not only delicious but very simple to make. It is a dessert that the whole family will enjoy!
With its rich and silky texture to its tart and rosy red sauce, this comfort dessert is not only at home on the family table but would also make an excellent dessert for those times you are entertaining.
As pretty as it is tasty!
This White Chocolate Bread Pudding Is the Perfect Comfort Dessert
Bread puddings are famous for being comfort desserts. They are quite welcome in these colder winter months when your body not only craves extra warmth and sustenance but your eyes also long for something pretty and colorful to break up the cold, dank and dark days we all experience.
The alchemy of cookery has always fascinated me. I have always been intrigued that the combination of a few simple ingredients can bring about something astonishingly, fabulously delicious!
The ingredients for this fabulous pudding are very ordinary. Bread. Sugar. Egg yolks. Whipping Cream. Half and Half. Vanilla. White Chocolate.
When they get together in the proper way, however, they create a dessert that is anything but ordinary. And that sauce. WOWSA!
Make Sure to Grease Your Baking Dish
You will want to use a large shallow baking dish for this recipe. Ideally it should hold 3 quarts of liquid. Mine is a large oval dish, measuring about 13-inches in length and 8-inches at its widest part. I sprayed it with some low-fat non-stick cooking spray, but you can also grease it with butter or shortening. You don’t want your pudding to stick to the dish, so this is an essential step.
Bread puddings are one of the simplest desserts to make. You are basically creating a flavorful egg custard mix that you pour over bread, allow to soak in, and then bake in an oven until the custard sets. So very beautiful and silky, with a bit of crunch on top.
Choose Your White Chocolate Carefully
This pudding uses a white chocolate custard mixture for soaking the bread. Any good white baking chocolate will work well. Mine was already conveniently coming into pre-marked small squares. You will want to chop your chocolate into smaller pieces for ease of melting.
The custard itself is very easy to make. You will need both whipping cream and a half and half cream which you combine in a saucepan. Bring them to boil over medium-high heat on top of the stove. Use a large saucepan, just in case (Milk ingredients can very quickly double in size!) and stir it constantly to help prevent it from catching on the bottom.
Once you have the creams to the right temperature you will want to whisk in your white chocolate. Remove the pan from the heat and keep whisking it in until the chocolate has completely melted, then set it aside to cool slightly before proceeding.
Try and Use Organic Ingredients
You will need 8 large free-range egg yolks for this recipe. I only ever use free-range eggs in my kitchen and if I can get them RSPCA approved. My reasoning for this is because I want to promote humane animal practices in the production of the food we choose to eat. Don’t worry about having 8 egg whites left around. These can be frozen and used at a later date for meringues, etc.
How to Make the White Chocolate Bread Pudding Step by Step
Beat the egg yolks thoroughly with the sugar and vanilla, using an electric mixer, until they are nice and creamy. I like to use a finer granulated sugar for this as it melts quicker and more easily without leaving behind any granular texture. Once you have this at the right texture you can begin ladling in the cream and white chocolate mix.
Keep beating it the whole time. I like to use a ladle because it is easier and the reason for adding it a bit at a time is to help prevent the eggs from cooking if your cream is still a bit on the warmer side. The last thing you want is a custard containing sugary scrambled eggs.
Now that you have the custard made it is time to begin assembling your pudding.
Stale Bread Works Perfectly for this White Chocolate Bread Pudding
The bread that is a bit on the stale side works better than fresh bread when you are making a bread pudding. Stale bread soaks up the custard quicker and better. Cut your bread into thin slices. I cut mine about 1/3 of an inch thick. Layer the bread slices around the edges of the dish and cover the bottom with them as well.
Once you have done that you can start to ladle on the custard. I start with two cups and let that soak in, and then I add another layer of bread, more custard and bread, etc. until I have used up all my bread and custard, allowing it to soak in a bit before each time before adding more.
Don’t Forget to Decorate
Once you have layered all your bread and custard, you can sprinkle some flaked almonds on top. They aren’t an absolute, but they add a bit of crunch and color to the finished dish.
Pop the casserole dish into a roasting pan large enough to hold it with a bit of space all around the dish, and then fill the roasting pan carefully with boiling water just to come halfway up the sides of your baking dish.
This is called a Bain Marie and helps to create that beautiful silky texture that we all enjoy in a good bread pudding. Carefully transfer the roasting pan to the preheated oven. I find it helpful to use a roaster with handles on the ends, for ease of transferring.
Baking the White Chocolate Bread Pudding
You will be baking the pudding for 45 minutes uncovered, and then covering it tightly with aluminum foil for a further hour of bake time. I just cover the whole roasting tin with the foil. This helps to keep the pudding moist and prevents it from getting overly browned in the long bake time. The pudding is done when a knife inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean.
Doesn’t that look pretty? It is just nicely golden brown without being overly so and the texture is lovely and souffle-like.
The Raspberry Sauce for this White Chocolate Bread Pudding: Steps and Tips
I like to create a Raspberry Coulis sauce to serve with the finished pudding. It’s also very simple to make. You just blitz a bag of thawed frozen raspberries in a blender at a high speed, along with some lemon juice (to help preserve that lovely red color) and some sugar to counteract the tartness of the berries and lemon juice. If you feel like making a lemon-based recipe now, I can only recommend the Lemon Mousse Recipe for endless joy!
You will want to get it as smooth as you can. The tedious part is pressing the blitzed mixture through a sieve to remove all of the seeds when it is done. This can take a bit of time, but do persevere as it will be more than worth it at the end. Once you have it all sieved you can transfer the finished sauce into an attractive sauce boat/jug to pass at the table.
The two together are a beautiful visual combination and incredibly tasty together. You have the rich and sweet flavor of that light-as-air pudding which contrasts beautifully with the tartness of that bright and colorful raspberry sauce. The crunch of the toasted almonds on top is an added sensory pleasure that we really enjoy.
Serve this White Chocolate Bread Pudding Warm
This lovely pudding is gorgeous served warm, spooned into bowls with some of the sauce drizzled over top. I have served it in my best pink cut glass bowls, set on top of a pressed glass plate, but it would also be beautiful spooned into and served in pretty china teacups on saucers for a special ladies’ luncheon.
If you are feeling particularly indulgent you can top each serving with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream before drizzling the sauce over top.Print
- For the pudding:
- – 2 cups whipping cream
- – 2 cups half and half
- – 8 ounces of white baking chocolate, cut into ¼ to ½ inch pieces
- – 1 ½ cups sugar
- – 8 large free-range egg yolks (freeze the whites for another day)
- – 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- – ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- – 1 large (25 inches) or two small French baguettes, thinly sliced
- – 2 TBS flaked almonds
- For the raspberry sauce:
- – 1 12-oz bag of frozen raspberries, thawed
- – 1 TBS fresh lemon juice
- – 2 TBS fine fruit sugar
- Preheat the oven to 325*C. You will need a 3-quart shallow baking dish. Spray this with non-stick cooking spray or grease with some soft shortening. Set aside.
- Place the half and half and the whipping cream into a large saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it comes just to the boil. Add the white chocolate pieces and remove from heat. Stir to melt the chocolate completely. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Place the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and salt into a large bowl. Beat with an electric whisk until thick and creamy. Slowly add the cream/chocolate mixture, one ladleful at a time, beating constantly until smooth. (I use a ladle as its easier to control.)
- Line the bottom and sides of your baking dish with slices of baguette. Ladle 2 cups of the custard mixture over top of the bread. Let sit for a few minutes for it to be absorbed. Add the remaining slices of bread to the dish. Ladle on the remaining custard mixture, 2 cups at a time, waiting for it to be absorbed until all of the custard is used up and has been pretty much absorbed. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
- Place the baking dish into a roasting dish large enough to hold it with some space remaining around it. Fill the roasting dish with boiling water until it comes just halfway up the edge of the baking dish. Place carefully into the preheated oven and bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
- Cover with aluminium foil and bake for a further 1 hour and 5 minutes, until a knife inserted 1 inch from the edge of the pudding comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set aside while you make the sauce.
- To make the sauce put the raspberries into a blender along with the lemon juice and the 2 TBS of sugar. Blend on high speed until smooth. Strain through a sieve to remove the seeds. Pour into a sauce boat and serve alongside of the warm pudding.
- To serve spoon the pudding into individual bowls and pass the raspberry sauce so that people can pour some over top.
- Prep Time: 1 hours
- Cook Time: 1 hours
- Calories: 933
One thing is for certain, that no matter how you choose to serve this wonderful pudding, it is sure to be received with applause and plenty of oohs and ahhs from all around the table!
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Marie Rayner is a retired Chef, freelance writer, recipe developer, food blogger, and Cookbook author. She makes her home in Chester, UK, where she lives with her husband, Todd, and their much beloved English Cocker, Mitzie. Her motto is “Life is far too short to eat bad food,” and her goal is to share delicious and easy recipes which anyone can enjoy and cook in the comfort of their own home.

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It’s creamy, it’s delicious and it’s fat burning!! There is a lot of talk about bulletproof coffee these days or keto coffee or butter coffee as it is also known.
What’s the big deal?
Well there are lots of good reasons to add it to your morning routine and below we share the classic bulletproof coffee recipe as well as the benefits of drinking it.
I drink bulletproof coffee most days and it is the beverage of choice for Ketogenic Dieters. It’s also very popular with people who want to hack their energy levels and lose weight.
Created by Dave Asprey of the bulletproofexec.com, bulletproof coffee is an energy boosting drink that is full of good fats and has zero carbs.
Many people swap their breakfast for bulletproof coffee and because it contains no protein or carbs, they don’t experience the insulin spike you get after eating a high carb breakfast. This means you’re not hungry two or three hours later.
What are the ingredients in bulletproof coffee?
The MCT oil gives you an extra mental boost as it gets converted quickly into energy for the brain and body.
Drinking it helps increase good fats in the diet and can keep you feeling satiated for hours. It is also a creamy and delicious drink.
You can make a dairy-free version of bulletproof coffee here.
How to make Bulletproof Coffee
- Start by making coffee using your preferred method. You will need around 2 cups of black coffee. I use a french press (pre-warmed with warm water) and add 2 tablespoons of ground coffee to the flask. Pour 2 cups of boiling water over the coffee and allow to brew for 4 minutes. After 4 minutes, press the plunger down. [image 1]
- While the coffee is brewing, add 1 tablespoon of MCT oil or MCT oil powder and 1 tablespoon of butter to your blender (heatproof). Go for a high quality, grass-fed butter like Kerrygold if you can. I make bulletproof coffee in my Nutri-ninja because the clean up is easy. The cup & blade can both go in the dishwasher. Otherwise, use a blender or hand-held (immersion) blender and a tall jug. [images 2-3]
Pour the hot coffee into the blender, over the butter and MCT oil. [image 4]
- Blend for 20 seconds and enjoy hot! [images 5-6]
Tips & Tricks for Making Bulletproof Coffee
- Dairy-free? Use ghee instead of butter or try this dairy-free recipe
- Not sweet enough? Add 2-3 drops of liquid stevia to the blender
- In a hurry? Skip the butter and MCT oil and use Omega Power Creamer instead. This genius product is an all-in-one blendable creamer. It is basically grass-fed ghee and MCT oil, ready to go straight into your coffee! Blend it up with an aerolatte or use your blender if at home. Sometimes I don’t even blend it!
- Traveling? Bulletproof coffee isn’t the most travel-friendly beverage so take Omega Power Creamer with you and an aerolatte and you’re set. It comes in a few flavors including Original, Vanilla, Cacao, and Cinnamon. Original flavor is ideal (my favorite) if you don’t sweeten your coffee whereas the other flavors are lightly sweetened with stevia. To make life even easier, pack Perfect Keto’s Instant Keto Coffee sachets and simply add the sachet to boiling water. UPDATE: Get 10% off Omega Power creamer with our code APPETITE10!
- New to MCT oil? Start with 1 tsp and gradually increase to 1 tbsp over several days. Taking too much can lead to stomach upset and what is known in keto circles as “disaster pants”!
- No caffeine? Decaf coffee can be used.
- Don’t drink coffee? Instead of coffee, use 2 cups of hot water, 2-3 drops of liquid stevia and 1 tsp vanilla powder (optional) to give flavor. This recipe can be made with tea though the flavor is very different.
Intermittent fasting for weight-loss plateaus
Intermittent fasting is a technique that has been used very successfully by people experiencing a weight loss plateau.
This type of fasting seems to kick off weight loss, whether you are struggling to lose weight full stop or have lost weight and are stalled at your current weight. It’s also great as an ongoing weight maintenance strategy.
Intermittent fasting is a technique in which you fast for a number of hours during a 24 hour period but not for the whole day.
In other words – eat keto or low-carb food during a short window of 6-8 hours. Choose the eating window that suits your lifestyle best.
A common fasting period that works for many people is 9pm – 1pm. Stop eating at 9pm and then your next meal is at 1pm the following day.
Using bulletproof coffee for weight loss
I drink my keto butter coffee instead of breakfast – this is a type of intermittent fasting where you only consume fats during a fasting period and no carbohydrates or protein.
The theory behind this is that many of the benefits of fasting are a result of the body producing less insulin. Insulin is produced in response to carbs and protein and excess insulin production is thought to be the cause of the diabesity problem in western countries.
When consuming fats ONLY, you kick off a much smaller insulin effect. This signals the body to start burning fat.
Intermittent fasting also allows your digestive system to repair as it gets a break from the constant work of digesting food. Fasting allows the body to produce the hormones motilin and ghrelin. These hormones improve digestion and can relieve gastrointestinal stress.
Note – consuming no fat and only drinking water, black coffee & tea will also have an insulin reducing effect. Drinking butter coffee though, helps us to feel satiated during the fasting window and makes fasting easier.
Benefits of bulletproof coffee and intermittent fasting
- Reduced insulin levels
- Improved insulin sensitivity
- Reduced blood pressure
- Kicks off fat burning
- Reduced bloating
- Improved mental clarity
- Increased energy
- Lowers blood cholesterol
- Reduced inflammation
Bulletproof coffee recipe extras
I always add 1 tbsp Collagen Protein to the coffee mixture. It’s an important supplement which also helps give the coffee that delicious, frothy texture.
Collagen is great for great for regulating the metabolism, repairing connective tissue such as bone, hair, skin, nails. The body’s ability to produce collagen starts to diminish in our mid-twenties, so supplementing is a good idea.
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On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 pm a magnitude M6.9 earthquake struck near Loma Prieta, California. It was a tragic reminder of the destructive power of earthquakes. However, it was also a watershed moment in seismic research. 30 years later, we revisit the earthquake through the eyes of the scientists who experienced it. And studied it. These are their stories. In Part 3 (of 4-part series), scientists discuss what impact the Loma Prieta earthquake had on seismic research, what they learned from experiencing it firsthand, and how society responded with emergency preparedness to the threat of future earthquakes.


It has been reported this morning that Target will be recalling some of their Heyday 3ft Lightning cables. Approximately 90,000 cables are going to be recalled.
The issue involves the metal around the cord which can electrically be charged if it contacts the USD wall charger plug prongs while charging, according to NBC News.
Target has gotten 14 reports of the cables burning users’ fingers, as well as the cables smoking, catching fire and sparks flying while in use.
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12 October 2019, 16:44
Two people have been shot at a wedding in New Hampshire after a gunman opened fire inside a church.
The incident has unfolded at New England Pentecostal Ministries in Bridge Street, Pelham, just after 10am.
It is understood the shooter was restrained by wedding guests before being taken into custody by police.
The victims have been taken to hospital, but the extent of their injuries has not yet been disclosed.
There have been no deaths recorded.
A police spokesperson said: ""Preliminary investigation of the matter indicates that this incident does not appear to be a random event."
The added: "A wedding was occurring at the church during the time of the call. Initial officers arrived on scene within 3 minutes and discovered two individuals suffering from gunshot wounds within the church.
"Additionally the suspected shooter was being subdued by guests of the wedding.
"Responding officers placed the suspect under arrest and rendered medical aid to the wounded individuals. The two individuals were then transported to area hospitals by Pelham Fire Department ambulances."
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North Dakota Supreme Court rules against Gov. Doug Burgum in fight to fill dead candidate's state House seat
The North Dakota Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Gov. Doug Burgumdoes not have authority to fill a state House seat won by a man who died before Election Day.
The court unanimously ruled Burgum "does not have statutory or constitutional authority to make an appointment to fill the vacancy in this case." Instead, the vacancy will be filled by Jeff Delzer, who has clashed with Burgum in the past, according to the Bismarck Tribune.
Burgum had argued the Constitution gave him the right to appoint someone to a state House seat won on Nov. 3 by David Andahl, who died Oct. 5 from coronavirus complications. The House district represents a sprawling rural area north of Bismarck.
Delzer, who has spent nearly 30 years in the state Legislature, was appointed last week by Republicans in the district, the Tribune reported.
'He was looking forward to it':Republican state legislature candidate in North Dakota who died of COVID-19 in October wins election
Andahl, 55, remained on the ballot, in part because early voting had begun weeks before his death.
“I feel sorry for the Andahl family for having to go through all this,” Delzer said. “It’s a shame he passed away and could not fill the seat. I am honored to be chosen to fill the seat and will do the best I can for the district and the state of North Dakota.”
Burgum, also a Republican, had originally appointed Wade Boeshans, a coal executive, to fill the seat on the day after Election Day.
“After extensive research, it became clear that the only legal and constitutionally viable way to fill the District 8 seat is through gubernatorial appointment,” Burgum said in a statement issued at the time.
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North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the court's decision reaffirmed his earlier opinion. The court "agreed with the Attorney General that a mechanism to fill the vacancy existed in current law and the District 8 Republican Executive Committee had the authority to fill the vacancy," Stenehjem's office said in a statement.
“This entire exercise was a waste of taxpayer dollars and time, all of which could have been avoided had the Governor come across the hall to receive legal advice from the person who was elected by the citizens of North Dakota to provide legal advice to state officials,” Stenehjem said in a statement.
In a statement, Burgum said he disagreed with the findings but added, "we respect the Court’s opinion and will continue to do our best every day to serve the citizens of North Dakota."
Burgum gave more than $3.1 million to a political action committee that targeted Delzer. Backed by Burgum’s campaign cash, Andahl and Dave Nehring won the Republicans’ endorsements and voters’ nominations in the June primary.
Democrats also argued that Burgum lacked authority to fill the seat. They said Democrat Kathrin Volochenko should be the district’s next representative because she received the next-highest number of votes.
The Supreme Court dismissed that argument.
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Foster family opens clothing boutique for kids in need
GLENNVILLE, Ga. (WTOC) - A foster family is on a mission to help children in need across the Coastal Empire starting with a clothing boutique.
Linda Durrence knows the ins and outs of the foster care system by fostering kids of her own so she’s using her boutique to plant hope for kids in need.
The Durrence family has been through a lot together. Their journey together blossomed out of grief.
“Our oldest daughter...I didn’t give birth to her, but she had been in my life since she was about 5 years old....she died when she was 27,” said the mother, Linda Durrence.
The Durrence family still had two daughters and they all moved back home to Glennville.
When they moved back they met foster kids at church at risk of being separated.
“What God knew that we didn’t is that we needed them as much as they needed us,” the mother said.
Still grieving the loss of their daughter, the family decided to temporarily take them in.
“When they came to me they had a trash bag that was not even full of clothes and the clothes really didn’t fit them,” she said.
Linda said they were all in a broken place. The girls tragically lost their mother and moved from foster home to foster home.
She said they needed a family and now Linda’s couldn’t let them go..
“She explained to me we finally have peace and we know y’all love us.”
She said her and her husband planted a love the girls had never felt before.
“And I couldn’t imagine life without any of them. It’s like they’ve been here all along.”
They treated the girls like their own with clothing, hygiene products and an education.
“We noticed that they went from very broken and transitioned into...we watched them blossom.”
And now she wants other kids in need to blossom too by giving clothes and hygiene products to kids in need at Blossom Boutique.
“It hit me that not everybody could do that and what did those foster parents do?”
So for those who can’t, Blossom Boutique will be there.
Until each kid, one by one, gets the help they need.
“We just keep our eyes focused on Jesus and just do and be His hands and feet.”
Blossom Boutique is not only for foster kids. Infants through 12th grade who come by will get 7 full sets of clothing each quarter as the seasons change.
The store is family-run so they need monetary donations, as well as, new or gently used clothing for boys and girls, hygiene products, coats, shoes and school supplies.
You can find them at 902 N. Veterans Blvd in Glennville from 9am to 4pm during the week.
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Another of the wonderful writers I’ve met here on this binary world . . . so appreciate her thoughts on platform and writing. I think you will, too – Faye Rapoport DesPres.
My first book, Message from a Blue Jay, was published on May 14 by an independent press in New Jersey called Buddhapuss Ink. Initially the manuscript was a collection of individual personal essays, but as I went through the process of working with an agent and submitting to publishers I received some advice to edit it into more of a chronological narrative. I took two pieces out, added two more, and edited the manuscript into a more cohesive book. The final result is what is sometimes called a “Memoir-in-Essays” – it reads as a memoir tied together by an introduction but maintains the individuality, to an extent, of the personal essays. The pieces work together to form a narrative of my “middle decade,” the years between 40 and 50 (but the audience of the book is definitely not limited to people in that decade). The book starts in the backyard of a rented house in Boulder, Colorado, at a moment when I began to re-evaluate my life, which had been somewhat rootless and nomadic up to that point. I hadn’t followed the “usual” path. The text explores a few important memories, then follows me through some travels back to places where I’d lived (England and Israel, for example) and through the discovery and experiences of some key relationships. I also write a lot about the natural world and how it informs the moments in the book, as nature and animals have always inspired me.
2. What role, if any, did books, writing, and reading play in your childhood?
I often say that I was a restless child, which is true, so it was difficult for me to sit still and read a lot. I did have favorite series of young adult mysteries that I read faithfully (Trixie Belden comes to mind) and I read all of James Herriot’s books and some other classics, like Black Beauty (as you can tell, my love for animals started at a young age). I started a diary when I was very young and still have years of my old diaries on my shelves (now I write a “journal”). I also began reading and writing poems when I was in high school and fell in love with poetry. High school English classes introduced me to classics like Shakespeare. I have always been drawn to classic literature.
3. What is your writing practice, your writing routine?
It varies. During my studies at the low-residency Solstice MFA Program (at Pine Manor College near Boston), I did my freelance writing work in the mornings (I’ve done a lot of business, PR, and marketing writing, social media work, and manuscript editing to bring in a paycheck) and then worked on my creative reading and writing in the afternoons. A lot of the pieces that are in Message from a Blue Jay started as individual essays I wrote during the MFA program and then later submitted to literary journals. While I was working on the full manuscript for Message from a Blue Jay, I woke up early and wrote from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. every morning before the rest of the world intruded. I’m still trying to figure out a post-Message from a Blue Jay routine!
4. Who are you reading now?
5. What are three of your all-time favorite books? Why do you love those?
As everyone probably says, this is a tough question. Just three? I am a Jane Austen fan, and I love Pride and Prejudice and her other work. I also was deeply affected by the Russian classics War and Peace and Anna Karenina. I’ve really enjoyed some modern work, too, including The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. Of course, I love personal essayists, too, so…truly, the list could go on.
6. How do you balance “building a writing platform” and the actual writing to set on that platform?
I find this to be a bit of a struggle as I work to promote Message from a Blue Jay. Because I have done social media work for businesses as a freelancer, I have been on social media for some time. I enjoy interacting and connecting with interesting people, and if you want to do this successfully through social media, you have to be present on a regular basis. This has helped me as an author and writer – it helped to connect with other writers and with editors, and to have that “platform” and following when I was shopping my manuscript. In fact, I met my publisher on Twitter (which was ironic, because my agent had been sending out my manuscript for months the “old-fashioned” way before it was requested over Twitter). But social media can be a bit too time consuming – all of those interesting people to meet and conversations to take part in and links to read! — and can really eat into your writing and just plain real-life living time. I now limit my time on the Internet (even if I have to use a timer) so that I can focus more on my writing again. When I am writing, I usually turn on the Freedom software to block the Internet.
7.What is a typical day like for you?
I don’t really have a typical day (much as Message from a Blue Jay shows that I haven’t really had a “typical” life!). Right now I have an office job in the mornings four days a week, and in the afternoons I juggle freelance work, writing, reading, working out, feeling restless, taking photos of the birds and wildlife in our backyard, humanely trapping homeless cats to get them to a vet and adopted to give them a better life, pacing, running errands, trying to figure out the rest of my life…in the evenings I spend time hanging out with my husband.
8. Describe your dream writing space?
I’ve written in all kinds of spaces, but I notice that I do best in a quiet, natural, outdoor environment…or in a space with a window where I can see a quiet, natural, outdoor environment.
9. What is the hardest writing critique you ever received? How did you respond?
When I started the MFA program, I had been writing as a journalist for many years. I hadn’t done much creative writing during those years, and I had never been in a creative writing workshop. The students in the group liked the vignettes I had presented as my first try at a creative manuscript, but one of the faculty members called the writing “flat.” I think I teared up a little bit. What I didn’t realize was that I had no idea yet how to “fashion a text” (to quote Annie Dillard, I think) in a creative way. That same faculty member approached me after the workshop and told me not to be upset and offered to explain what she meant. We met one afternoon, and she introduced me to some of the basic concepts of creative writing (which I needed after years of journalism – don’t get me wrong, I love journalism, but it’s different). Things took off after that, and I never looked back.
10. What is the best wisdom you have to share with other writers?
Work hard. Don’t give up. Listen to critique from people you admire and respect, and take other critique lightly. In the end, if you believe in something, stick with it. Expect rejection, and don’t let it stop you. Don’t let anything stop you. All that’s really important is that you can look back one day and say, “I gave it my all.”
Faye Rapoport DesPres earned her M.F.A. from the Solstice Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College, and she is an Adjunct Professor of English at Lasell College. Her essays, fiction, poetry, interviews, and reviews have appeared in a number of literary journals and magazines, including Ascent, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Eleven Eleven, Hamilton Stone Review, Platte Valley Review, Prime Number Magazine, Superstition Review, In the Arts, Fourth Genre, and the Writer’s Chronicle. Her website is www.fayerapoportdespres.com, and you can also find her on Twitter and Facebook.

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Just in time to search for wild turkey recipes, OSG obtains the best in outdoor lifestyle programming for its video on-demand service MyOutdoorTV.
The Outdoor Sportsman Awards are presented each year and are among the most coveted accolades for outdoor-lifestyle programming.
Game & Fish Magazine enlisted Outdoor Channel’s Chad Belding and Major League Fishing’s (MLF) Ish Monroe to help create the magazine’s 2017 Gear Issue.
OSG announces the acquisition of the programming library of Sportsman Channel host and one of the outdoor industry’s truest characters.
Outdoor Sportsman Group (OSG) announces the promotion of Bill Osborn to Executive Vice President of Networks Group effective immediately.
OSG stepped up to the plate with the first-ever outdoor global subscription video-on-demand service for outdoor lifestyle enthusiasts – MyOutdoorTV (MOTV).
Outdoor Sportsman Group Networks announced today the addition of Senior Publicist, Erin Erickson, to the communications team.
Outdoor Sportsman Group – Networks announced today the continuation of its multi-platform partnership with The Revolution with Jim & Trav (The Revolution)…
Beginning on Monday, December 26, celebrate “boxing day” with fresh, original content and more than 1,620 new episodes from returning series across all three networks.
In-Fisherman Senior Editor Steve Quinn will be inducted into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum as a Legendary Communicator during ceremonies held during the 2016International…..
The Outfitters Built by Ford F-Series, an adventure outdoor series exclusively on Sportsman Channel, returns for its fourth season beginning Sunday, July 3 at 11 a.m. ET.
Summer means new, original sizzling, outdoor adventure and lifestyle series, Friday night movies, fishing galore and fall hunting season prep on Outdoor Sportsman Group – Networks (Outdoor…..
Outdoor Sportsman Group – Networks (OSG) will once again have a presence at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) 2016 Annual Meetings & Exhibits, taking place in Louisville, Kentucky on…..
World Fishing Network offers viewers some serious rod-bending action throughout the week of May 16–22.
From finding one of nature’s hidden gems to feasting on insects to a family expedition in Africa, Outdoor Channel is chock-full of exhilarating outdoor programming throughout the week of May 16–22.
Sportsman Channel will air a marathon of the fan-favorite series, Just Junie beginning on Saturday, May 7 at 5 p.m. ET.
Suspenseful, gripping and vigorous outdoor lifestyle television highlights Sportsman Channel this week with all new episodes on May 2–8.
Viewers of World Fishing Network during the week of May 2–8 won’t want to miss secret fishing tactics revealed on Timmy Horton Outdoors by a professional angler who is full of helpful fishing…..
Outdoor Channel is all about outdoor fun and the network will mix some older fun episodes with all new episodes of original, attention-grabbing programming throughout the week of May 2–8.
When it’s time to play, more than 134 million Americans head to the great outdoors to relax, compete and find adventure.


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MAXWAN, in collaboration with Antea Group, won the international competition to redesign the primary shopping axis of the City of Mechelen, BE. It is one of the seven priority projects designated by the Flemish government to exemplify excellence in urban development in the coming years. It will be a three phase design and execution project, reconnecting central station and the main market square via an over 1km pedestrian boulevard.
The vision is to form a true central city axis, seamlessly integrating the various streets, knitting together the five major squares, and all the while maximizing space for green, water, bikes, and art. Pedestrian space is paramount, enlivening the shopping experience. The materials choice is envisioned to be simple, providing comfort and quality, allowing the users to be the highlight of the space.
It will be a place to live, play, shop and stroll. This city gateway will reconnect Mechelen with its rich history and fulfil its ambition of becoming the most significant shopping boulevard in Flanders.
And this project is awarded "Vlaamse Prijs Publieke Ruimte 2018 - Flemish Public Space Award 2018"
reconstruction of a shopping street
City of Mechelen
partner in charge
Rients Dijkstra, Hiroki Matsuura
Rene Sangers, Olivier Vet
Artur Borejszo , Aleksandar Hrib, Veronika Kommova, Nobuki Ogasahara, Ignas Uogintas
ANTWERP – sep '15
Strategic vision, masterplan and landscape design for Antwerp Expo within the Culture Park
ROTTERDAM – jan '08
Supervision and masterplan for the area around Rotterdam Central Station.
MOSCOW – jan '06
A New Town for 320'000 residents South-West of Moscow
LONDON – jan '09
Urban Master plan and supervision for a new town of 11'000 houses at the river Thames in London
ROTTERDAM – jan '03
Design for an exhibition of Dutch fashion, industrial- and graphics design,
architecture and photography at the NAi
KIEV – jan '08
How to build 2000 new houses while preserving the natural beauty of the site.


PC is picking up the pace when it comes to releases. Starting near the end of October, Microsoft’s new operating system is going to flood the market with over fifty new products, including laptops, tablets, all-in-ones, netbooks and more.
Only fifteen or so of these new products have had official announcements, and a good number of them are scheduled to be announced in early October. The majority of the new products, however, are just going to hit the market and go up for sale when Windows 8 does on October 26th.
Since there are going to be literally dozens of new choices flooding the market, it’s important to know a couple of things if you may be in the market for buying a new machine in the next few months.
Touchscreens on Clamshell Laptops are Trending
Everyone has seen and probably used your typical laptop with a “clamshell” screen that is opened and closed for use. What many people have not used or seen, however, is something that Windows 8 is bringing to the market in droves – the clamshell touchscreen. Almost every single PC maker is going to start offering an option to add touch screen to your new laptop (at an additional price) when you buy a computer with Windows 8 on it. Some companies, such as HP and Dell, are even building new models that are meant exclusively to be touchscreens.
You may think that it’s overkill, but the feature is actually quite useful, especially since most of us are used to it due to smartphone design.
There Will be Tons of Hybrids and Convertibles Coming to Market
There’s some new technology being introduced, and a lot of it has to do with hybrids and convertible technologies. Both involve taking your new tablet and connecting it to a keyboard of your choice, effectively making your tablet a laptop. When you get sick of it or are on the go, you simply disconnect the keyboard with the click of a button and take the tablet with you instead.
Most PC makers are also releasing their own takes on these technologies, and the vast majority of them are exactly the same as the company next door. You’ll see a couple of unique designs, such as the “slider” laptops, which has a screen that slides down over a keyboard or has a screen that will flip a full 360 degrees around its keyboard, however.
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Talking about the Windows version, installing and running it unter Fedora Linux 16, wine-1.5.17, DirectX9 completely installed via winetricks. The game is marked as "working fine" in the Wine-AppDB so I bought it.
The game installs fine, however, after entering my details the game tells me, that there is no Internet connection even if there definitely is Internet connection (and wine-gecko is properly installed, just in case). Unfortunately my PC isn't strong enough to run the game in a Virtual Machine. I worry seriously having spent $25 for a maybe great game which doesn't run just for one click in the copy-protection.
Anyone else having this issue or maybe even a solution?
[I already posted a similiar comment in the Walking Dead Discussion section, but the correct category for my issue seems to be here as it is a strictly technical issue]

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CLAY COUNTY, Minn. -- A Sabin man has been sentenced for a crash that killed a two-year-old boy. Forty–two–year Jeremy Sagvold is given 3 years and 6 months in prison for criminal vehicular homicide and a misdemeanor count of careless…
Man Killed In Whiteout Crash On I-29 Monday Is Identified
Speed and weather conditions were contributing factors in the crash
CASS COUNTY, ND — North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a crash in whiteout conditions on I-29 on Monday afternoon.
He is Delmar Ruff of Fargo.
Ruff’s van was hit from behind by a semi which also hit a pickup.
He was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.
The drivers of the pickup and semi were both wearing seat belts and were not hurt.
The crash happened just before 2 near the Kindred exit on I-29, about 12 miles south of Fargo.
Speed and weather conditions were contributing factors in the crash.


First and second law analysis of a gasoline engine for various compression ratios Online publication date: Mon, 30-Mar-2009
by Adnan Parlak, Yavuz Erbas, Halit Yasar, Hakan Soyhan, Cengiz Deniz
International Journal of Vehicle Design (IJVD), Vol. 49, No. 1/2/3, 2009
Abstract: This article presents a comparative energy and exergy analyses of a single cylinder, four-stroke spark-ignition engine for three compression ratios. A Petter engine with variable compression ratio and ignition timing was used to obtain the experimental data at full load conditions for six engine speeds between 1,300 and 2,800 rpm. It was found that the first and the second law efficiencies increased with increasing compression ratio. The maximum extractable power was obtained at the compression ratio 6.2 and observed inversely proportional to the compression ratio.
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MinnPost has assembled a panel of leadership experts and scholars, who are rotating in commenting on each of the examples of leadership profiled in our series, “Driving Change: A Lens on Leadership.” Today, Mary Angela Baker, director of St. Catherine University’s Leadership Institute, comments on aspects of leadership presented in “Going local: Dean Engelmann, Scott Endres and the craft of small-scale farming.”
Mary Angela Baker grew up in Glencoe, just seven miles down the road from Plato, where Dean Engelmann grows plants and vegetables and raises livestock for the business venture he runs with his friend and partner Scott Endres.
So she knows the value of agriculture to small towns and the need for farmers to have a broad market for their goods.
Moreover, Baker – the director of the Leadership Institute at St. Catherine University – understands the role Engelmann and Endres are playing in stretching the imagination of growers across Minnesota. The two have formed a unique venture – a garden center and a restaurant in Minneapolis that are both supported primarily with what they can grow and raise on their 100-acre farm.
Their garden center, Tangletown Gardens, opened in 2002 and has become a destination for Twin Cities gardeners and landscapers; Wise Acre Eatery, meanwhile, opened about two years ago across the street from the garden center.
Engelmann and Endres grow plants and vegetables and raise livestock that are tailored to meet the needs of their business outlets; they don’t sell to middlemen or other retailers and they follow their own whims. It’s a self-sustaining model that has proven to be successful for them.
“Leadership and role modeling doesn’t have to be loud and noisy,” said Baker, who responded to a profile of Engelmann and Endres for MinnPost. “Often, the most effective ones are those who are quietly doing the right things.”
Such a farm-to-consumer venture, Baker said, brings to mind the mission statement of the university, which is, in part, “to lead and influence.”
“That’s exactly what they seem to be doing,” she said. “What I take away from this (article) is that they are living their vocation and they are living their mission, so to speak. And by doing so they can influence others.”
Support for locally grown food is growing in Minnesota. State agriculture officials report that nearly 1,000 Minnesota growers now sell their produce directly to consumers through nearby farmers markets and other local businesses. Engelmann and Endres get their goods to consumers through their own markets – the garden center and restaurant. (Engelmann calls it “vertical integration taken to a whole new level.”)
Commitment to customers and to the land
Baker said that what sticks out most to her about the venture is its social entrepreneurship – in particular the men’s commitment to both their customers and their land. They are filling a demand for locally grown food and plants, for instance – often traveling the country in search of unusual plants that they can grow for the garden center – while adhering to a sustainable form of agriculture that includes rotating sections of land.
The Leadership Institute was created about two years ago at the university, a Catholic women’s school in St. Paul with an enrollment of about 5,000 students. Besides heading the institute, Baker also works as an adjunct instructor and recently taught a course that emphasizes emerging leadership.
The leadership canon at St. Catherine includes a book called “The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations,” which focuses on five areas of leadership, broadly categorized as: inspiring a shared vision; enabling others to act; challenging the process; modeling the way; and encouraging the heart.
Baker said she sees many of those elements at work in the Tangletown-Wise Acre enterprise, which, if nothing else, challenges the conventional wisdom about what growers can do.
Interests outside of farming
Engelmann and Endres have always had an outsiders’ feel for agriculture. Though both grew up on farms – Engelmann on the Plato farm that now forms the heart of their business and Endres on a farm near Hampton – neither was much interested in traditional farming.
That shows in their interests outside of work. Engelmann, for instance, currently serves on boards for both the Minneapolis Parks Foundation and the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association Foundation. Endres, meanwhile, has taught and has written for the magazine Fine Gardening and other publications.
“By serving on boards and doing other things they are expanding their network and their social capital and enhancing their leadership skills in ways that they might not be able to do in their day job,” Baker said. “They are spreading their message.”


An editorial recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine is getting a lot of press. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/health/saturated-fat-arteries-study/index.html Why? It’s throwing conventional wisdom about heart disease up in the air. The main point of the writers is this: Our focus on saturated fat (red meat, butter, full fat dairy) is misguided. We shouldn’t worry as much about the saturated fat, we should focus instead on a different set of proven strategies to reduce the impact of coronary artery disease on public health.
There are many that might raise an eyebrow that this editorial was published in the relatively obscure British Journal of Sports Medicine. It wasn’t published in prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, or Circulation, the journal for the American Heart Association. Keep in mind, sometimes major journals, and the people that run them, aren't ready for a shake-up.
I will say as I write this that I am not a cardiologist. However, I do try and keep up with the literature on preventive health, and in my practice I implement innovative strategies to combat the risk of heart disease in my patients. All of us, as primary care doctors, are on the front lines of keeping people out of the hospital and away from the cardiologists.
Here are my initial thoughts on the editorial:
1. The editorial writers may be cherry-picking data to prove their point. This is an important criticism, but shouldn’t completely invalidate their premise.
2. The editorialists’ key point isn't a bad one, and one we have been hearing about for a while: sugar/refined carbohydrates are really bad for us. It IS the bun, fries and sweetened beverage that are significantly contributing to worsening public health outcomes.
3. The editorialists and the critics may both be right. Think of it this way: coronary artery disease has two outcomes. A. Blockage of the heart artery that can lead to chest pain (angina) when we exercise and B. Acute clots that suddenly emerge in a heart artery that directly lead to what we call a heart attack. We need to think of them as two different issues, with potentially two different treatment approaches. This editorial may prompt this conversation.
Look, no one wants chest pain. Angina is uncomfortable and unpleasant. But a heart attack? This is different. Heart attacks kill people. So, it’s an important question as to what drives the heart attack, the widow(er) maker? Evidence seems to be pointing toward inflammation, an idea that goes back as far as a 2005 review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, an article that has been referenced by other authors over 7000 times. High levels of inflammation inside the arteries = higher risk of death.
I believe the editorial authors' focus on inflammation is NOT unfounded. I also believe the criticism of the authors' analysis is NOT completely unfounded. Can they both be correct? I say yes, particularly if you think of coronary artery disease as these two different processes.
What are the authors’ recommendations, then?
1. Eat healthy: Consume fewer processed foods. We can't argue there (unless you're "Big Food"). The closer we are to the food that we eat, the better off we are likely to be. Here in Chicago, for example, there is a company that grows great tasting tomatoes all year around. Let’s do more of this.
2. Exercise: Can't argue there. We sit too much and don't exercise enough. We all know that. And the data suggests that all we need is a brisk walk a few times a week.
3. Manage stress: Can't argue with this, either. There is a lot of emerging data on the value of meditation/mindfulness/relaxation. It doesn't mean we can't have stress; we all have stress. It just means we need to have an active strategy to manage it.
So, my take on this editorial is that we should listen. Listen to the outliers who are finding fault with conventional wisdom. If people are still dropping dead of heart attacks while on cholesterol medication, do we have the right treatment plan? Also, let’s not underestimate the influence that Big Pharma plays in this whole conversation. In the three recommendations the authors make, we don’t see a drug, do we?
Another way of saying this is to put the challenge to you and me. You and I can’t outsource our health to the maker of a pill. We need to take accountability for what we’re putting into our mouths, how we move our bodies, and how we calm our minds. The power to control the future of our health is in our control. How will we respond?
William Harper MD is the founder of Harper Health Streeterville, a membership-based primary care practice based in Chicago.


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IMPHAL, January 11: The five-day long Brajachand Theatre Festival, organised by the Khundrakpam Brajachand Memorial Trust, commenced today at the auditorium of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy
The inaugural begin with people paying floral tributes to the portrait of the late playwright. Thangmeiband A/C MLA Khumukcham Joykishan and Khurai A/C MLA Dr Ng Bijoy were among those who paid the floral tribute.
Speaking at the function as the chief guest, Ksh Ibohal Singh, president of the Manipur Dramatic Union, said the condition of theatre in the State remains poor and need to be improved which however doesn`™t mean that the people lack potential.
Many talented people in the field of theatre and arts emerged but they disappeared abruptly from the field of theatre and arts. Such a trend has been continuing from many years and it baffles, he added.
Ibohal appealed the people to support them in their endeavour for uplifting arts in the State.
In her speech as a guest of honour, Arts & Culture director Dr K Sobita Devi said people should try to follow the ideals contained in the plays written by Khundrakpam Brajachand to better the society.
It is learnt that people who are working in theatres are facing financial difficulties so the Arts and Culture department is trying to provide best possible help for the development of theatre, she said.
After today`™s inaugural session, a play written by Khundrakpam Brajachand title `Mathangee Yenningthada` was enacted by the Cosmopolitan Dramatic Union.


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Even in his first movie Martin Scorsese had a lot of the fundamentals of filmmaking down. His camerawork is roving but precise, meaning that he often uses a lot of flashy shots but he knows when to pull back because frenetic movement would ruin the sincerity of the moment. His sense of shadow was strong enough to make the compositions in this black and white film look starkly compelling but not underlit. His ability to match music to a scene is also on full display, as is his ability to cut his images so that they match the music precisely.
What he doesn't have much of is a grasp on is story. He has a character – J.R., played by Harvey Keitel – who could be interesting to explore, and there are some big themes that the movie hints at – religious themes that Scorsese would return to over and over again in his career – but he doesn't know how to put the pieces together quite yet. There are big sections of the movie where it feels like there isn't any forward momentum storywise, and the contrast that Scorsese wants to build between J.R. when he's with his friends and J.R. when he's with his girlfriend isn't as sharp as it should be.
The film has enough strong elements that Scorsese's latent talent was obvious, but he was probably more capable of doing a killer music video at this point in his life than he was of doing a feature film. That might sound harsh, but I don't mean it that way; some of the best directors from the last twenty to thirty years cut their teeth on music videos, and by the time that Spike Jonze or David Fincher started to make full length movies they had already learned how to take their natural talent for striking images and wed it with a story. The best section of this movie is a long montage of J.R.'s trysts with some prostitutes set to a Doors song, and while it does do some important work establishing his Madonna / whore complex it also would have worked totally fine as a stand alone video.
There are certainly worse debuts, and anyone who has a deep familiarity with Scorsese's work will find that this early effort provides an interesting contrast to his later works. But Scorsese just has too many great movies that explore similar themes with similar characters but with more skill to recommend this to a casual viewer.
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People carry an injured person after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A State Department spokesman says there's going to be "serious loss of life" in Haiti following a major earthquake.
The U.S. is dispatching rescue teams. Spokesman P.J. Crowley says American officials say they've seen bodies in streets and on sidewalks in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The 7.0 quake and several strong aftershocks collapsed a hospital and damaged other buildings.
An aid official describes the scene as "total disaster and chaos." The chaos was reported by a Catholic Relief Services representative in Port-au-Prince, who spoke to U.S. colleagues before the phone service failed. A spokeswoman for the aid group in Maryland says the representative speculated that "there must be thousands of people dead."
The toll-free number to call for information about family members in Haiti is 1-888-407-4747. The State Department advises that some callers may receive a recording because of heavy volume of calls.
Donate to relief groups helping Haiti
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The release of Hiroko Moriguchi’s 35th anniversary original album! The first original album in 24 years. The album title is “Aoi Seimei”, and the theme of the album is the connection of life between Mother Earth and all things living there.
This is a collection of original works by Hiroko Moriguchi, who has sung and spun many Gundam songs about peace in the universe and on earth. In addition to the three newly-recorded original songs, Moriguchi’s debut song, “Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete”, the intro theme of the TV animation “Mobile Suit Z Gundam”, has been newly-recorded in a 2021 version with a new arrangement! Other songs include “Torikago no Shonen,” a song featured in SANKYO’s “CR Fever Mobile Suit Z Gundam,” whose music video has been viewed over 5.3 million times on YouTube, “Hoshiyori Sakini Mitsukete Ageru” , the outro theme song for the TV anime “One Pan Man,” and “I wish – Kimi ga iru kono machi de”, an insert song for the movie “Egao no Mukoni” and many other hit singles by Hiroko Moriguchi in recent years!
Release Date: 2021.09.08
3.I wish ～君がいるこの街で～
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars


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