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If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you have probably picked up on the fact that I love art in games. That’s because, depending on the game, it’s like you are playing through a painting. You are fully immersing yourself in someone else’s artwork and seeing how it intertwines with the themes and gameplay is a joy to see.
Having recently played through Sable again, I couldn’t help but marvel at how much the art style does to make that game continue to be engaging throughout the player’s expedition through its sandy planet.
That’s when I got to thinking what other games where the art was just as important to me. What art styles made me stop and say “whoa, this is magnificent.” So I made a list of the ones that have stuck in my mind over the years. Come with me and let’s peruse some of the best art styles in gaming today.
I’ve talked about it profusely but the art in Sable is phenomenal. The world was created to be explored and making it something reminiscent of French artist Jean Giraud’s (Moebius) artwork is just a perfect pairing. Giraud imbues his work with surreal otherworldly images that once you see them, feel right at home on a planet exploring adventure.
Sable uses the aesthetic and even some direct examples of his work to create its scenes. There is a prominent mask statue that shows up periodically throughout the game and this is directly from a Moebius scene.
It makes this journey feel all the more memorable to the player too. Choosing a more mainstream art style like realism might have made this game feel bland and forgettable in the long run. By choosing to use Giraud’s work as inspiration, the developers were not only using it as a jumping-off point for their themes but creating a more memorable experience for the player.
Noir uses light and shadow to emphasize the dynamics between good, evil, and the conflict of both within characters. The developers of Genesis Noir wanted to create a space noir story based off of Italo Calvino’s Cosmicomics. However, they chose to wrap these elements around an internet video by Buck called “Umbro Blackout.”
The piece uses a lot of the techniques that the final game of Genesis Noir will use such as the smooth transitions to new scenes, white lines to create the objects in a black space, and using direct scenes as inspiration.
All of these elements combine together to create a very unique experience that, while not the most entertaining game, is one of the best visually and thematically.
I was blown away by Cuphead’s animation reveal. It was using an art and animation style that was reminiscent of the original Disney cartoons with stuff like ‘Steam Boat Willy.”
This combined with its watercolor aesthetic makes it a very unique-looking game. The bombastic animation helps to translate to some very expressive characters that make them feel like they have more personality than the typical side scroller with text-based cut scenes.
The game centers around boss fights, so there isn’t a lot of exposition or exploring the worlds. Cuphead’s world is expressed through its art, and Cuphead nails the presentation here. Seeing the bosses in all their fiery is so entertaining with this art style, and it makes me wish that we were able to see more of this kind of aesthetic, but I understand that it takes an incredible amount of time to get it done correctly.
Limbo was a standout back in the days of Summer of Arcade on the Xbox 360. These were the days where indie games were just beginning to shine on a console marketplace, and Limbo immediately garnered headlines due to its unique art style.
The game uses shadow to accentuate the isolation of the boy as he wanders through the dark settings. The dark silhouettes of the enemies, objects of interest, and landmarks give everything an extra eerie feel and make it seem like you are struggling to see in the dark.
I say struggling because, once you understand the next objective, it becomes obvious where everything is. Like the box that needs to be moved. You might think that it isn’t important that blocky black space, but then you notice you need to progress by finding a boost up, and it becomes clear.
Okami is inspired by traditional Japanese watercolor and wood carving art called Ukiyo-e. As this is an Eastern game that deals with the themes and traditions of that region, it’s very appropriate. Okami uses a bunch of Japanese mythologies to fill its world, so it’s more than appropriate that such a traditional style would be used for its visuals.
It’s almost a celebration of the traditions, and the developers went as far as to allow the player to participate in the art creation themselves by allowing the player to make ink wash art through the combat and puzzles.
While this style has been used in a few other games, the style is most appropriately used in Okami and makes it feel like it’s trying to at least make the player appreciation the traditions rather than making it just window washing.
Journey’s art style isn’t as easy to pin down because what it does best is how it chooses to emphasize the light. The entire point of Journey is to cross a desert and climb a mountain for the end of the adventure.
The light that spills through ruined pillars and over sand dunes helps to show the beauty of this desolate land. You are living for these moments in this cross country expedition, and they help to stick specific moments in the player’s mind when they finally do reach the end.
I still think back to the moment when I was sliding down the sand in some ruins, a stranger had joined in, and we were zig-zagging between one another as the light spilled across us. Making each of us pronounced as we zigged and zagged. It‘s nothing mind-blowing, but it made the moment extra special that I still remember it all these years later and wonder how that stranger is doing.
For me, a world needs to be interesting for me to want to explore it thoroughly, especially if that world is difficult to traverse. Hollow Knight managed to keep me in its clutches until I was able to master its mechanics because of how beautiful it was.
The melancholy feeling of the lost kingdom of Hollownest has a tragic beauty to it. From the rainy steps to the entrance of the kingdom to the darkest depths of the nest, there is just so much to see and experience.
I fought not to liberate the Hollow Knight but to feast my eyes on everything that Hollownest had to offer me. That may not be the noblest answer, but I saved the knight eventually, so I think it all works out. Hollow Knight could also feel like a Studio Ghibli movie at times with an emphasis on nature and secret worlds. Just my kind of final aesthetic.
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest left me with my jaw on the table throughout most of the gameplay. Ori prances through the forests so quickly and efficiently, and you would think that the background might be simple to match the speed.
No. They are beautiful and almost make you want to stop to soak them all in, but the game says, “no, you need to keep going.” Some of the most beautiful scenes in the game won’t let stand still for a second, like in the Ginso Tree escape.
Here, the tree is beginning to flood with water, so Ori needs to hightail it to the top to escape, but the water effects juxtaposed with the moss of the tree just looks so good. I think this does play back into the themes of Ori, though. It’s about returning to the original state of nature, and nature doesn’t care if you want to gaze at it or not. It’s going to live as violently as it pleases, and you better not get in its way.
Everyone talks about Psychonauts for its level design, themes, and characters, but I feel like we don’t appreciate the art itself nearly as much as we should. The style itself is like if Tim Burton made a children’s movie, especially in the first entry in the series. Assets use odd angles and asymmetry to give characters and environments a stranger appearance.
The second game retains this overall aesthetic but begins to implement additional styles on top of them like 60s hippie rock, Las Vegas casinos, and even a dash of Disney. It’s a fulfilling experience to play through these games, and everyone should give at least one of them a chance. I would actually love to see Tim Burton-directed Psychonauts film (with Tim Schafer involved, of course).
The Legend of Zelda: Wind waker
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker initially came as a great disappointment to players when it was finally shown off. The “kiddy” graphics that people saw with its cel-shaded environments and childlike appearances of the characters made it come off like it was made for children.
Which, of course, it was, but people had been wanting a more realistic Zelda for years and had hoped this would finally be it. Ironically, Wind Waker had continued to gain in popularity post-launch and has aged extremely well due to the artistic style that the developers chose to develop the game in.
The cell-shaded style proves to hold up generation after generation compared to a more realistic style like Twilight Princess tried to do. Zelda is a franchise that is revisited frequently by its fans, so having a style that can stand the test of time is appropriate for such a timeless franchise.
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Some great picks! Another one you might enjoy is Gris, which has a stunning art style and colour palette.
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Gris is beautiful. I’d love to see more done with its style actually
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Sunday, June 11
2:00 - 4:00PM
The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. - Jack Hanna
This public class will be held at the Tulsa Zoo! The price of the class includes admission into the zoo, a zoo train ride, 2 hour Rockin Rhino painting class and a special visit from a zoo staff member with an exciting, up close experience with an animal. There will be a cash bar with Beer, Wine and Sodas available for purchase. So come early and enjoy the zoo before class and then sit back and have a blast painting with Pinot's Palette! **There is $2 off entrance fee for those coming along with a painter but not painting. *** Due to the number of painters in this class all seats are reserved for reservation holders only. This class will be held in the Chapman Event Lodge building in the back of the zoo in front of the Lions. You can ride the train around to the back of the zoo to arrive at the building or walk thru the zoo before class. Just be sure to arrive at 1:30 so you can get your apron, find your seat and get a beverage before we begin painting promptly at 2pm.

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A Kauai Engagement Overlooking the Ocean at Sunrise
This was an absolutely gorgeous sunrise Kauai engagement session. Bianca and Russell live on Kauai and are getting married this year. We started out in the dark and hiked along cliffs overlooking the coast. It was so peaceful listening to the ocean waves and waiting for the day to begin. We got absolutely gorgeous light when the sun came out. It’s mornings like this that make me love my job so much. Cheers to photographing new friends in amazing places.

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At a time of heightened concern about agency overreach, this Article highlights a less appreciated development in agency equality regulation. Moving beyond traditional bureaucratic forms of regulation, civil rights agencies in recent years have experimented with new forms of regulation to advance inclusion. This new “inclusive regulation” can be described as more open ended, less coercive, and more reliant on rewards, collaboration, flexibility, and interactive assessment than traditional modes of civil rights regulation. This Article examines the power and limits of this new inclusive regulation and suggests a framework for increasing the efficacy of these new modes of regulation.
Olatunde C.A. Johnson,
Overreach and Innovation in Equality Regulation,
66 Duke Law Journal
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol66/iss8/3

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In the world of the social Web, product recommendations by individuals seems to be gaining more credibility that those by the product producers. But do employees tend to recommend the products that their company produces? This is a question that Matt Brown asks in the Forrester report, Do Your Employees Advocate For Your Company? It would seem that this should be in their best interest.
However, Matt found that 49% of information workers are detractors, and only 27% were promoters, however in North America, workers are three times as likely to advocate as European workers. We could speculate about the reasons for this geographic variation. Canada had the best scores in our survey, France the worst. I wonder what the French Canadians do?
There was another interesting finding that relates more to the focus of this blog. Forrester found that, “advocacy correlates with work technology attitudes and behaviors in North America. This means employees who are optimistic about technology and well-equipped with information and communications technology (ICT) are more likely to be net advocates than those who are not.”
So what can companies do to improve their employees’ advocacy? Josh Bernoff addresses this in his post, How many of your employees love your products? (And why it matters). He suggests that you could empower people. In fact workers who use social media are among the most positive. 48% would strongly recommend a company's products and services and only 22% were detractors, for a net score of 26% -- among the highest of the groups they surveyed.
So get employees engaged in social media both on the Web and within the enterprise. This encouragement to be engaged in product discussions should have a positive impact on what employees will say. It shows that the company trusts them. Part of this is providing the technology that enables these discussions and the policy that permits the use of this technology in an open way. Restrictions will only promote resentment. I was pleased to receive a review copy of this report and there is much more within it to help formulate policies to promote employee advocacy.

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From first glance they all seem to be doing the same thing. The overwhelming gathering of the breath. What do I do? Ekam in-then Dwe exhale? Jump back? Float where? A bit of a grip. Wow, what I'm doing is not what she's doing. Look where? The teachers guide us with hand, foot, and voice. Deepening this personal adventure. From a quick glance it may seem like warm up for our circus performance. In a way, we are but we mold this practice to suit that body. This eight-limb path of mind and body entices our strengths and parades our weaknesses, chipping at both to bring balance. A balance achieved through regular practice. Ashtanga is what I call my practice. Ashtanga is what I do.
My path to Yoga starts with Hung Kung Action. Watching the films and playing the parts of classic heroes in my head led me to Martial Arts. Life got in the way, as it does. Soon I found Yoga. "I can bend in funny ways. I can do this." So I did, off and on, until Ashtanga. My lady leads me to my first teacher. Through the generic glass door; up the dark, stale stairwell; and through a plain wooden door. The lobby's warm and welcoming and the owner's just the same. To the changing room! The practice space: soft and bright. Ganesha standing at the front of the students all lined up in their rows. Class is world changing. I have never sweated so but the urge to return wells inside. I found a Yoga that fits and changes me for the better. I have been practicing Ashtanga since 2009 and teach since 2014.
Most of my training hours have been spent between Kino Macgregor and Tim Feldmann, over 200 hours. But there are so many others to listen to. Some I have had the privilege of learning from include: David Swenson, David Williams, David Kiel, David Garrigues(Okay I just wanted to list all the Davids because it's funny). I have trained with them and others. Take away something from everyone. If I'm not i'm not listening.
Jonathan Harrah 200-RYT

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An MP has revealed she was recovering from treatment for breast cancer during the recent general election campaign.
Barbara Keeley, 67, said she was diagnosed in April, had surgery in May and radiotherapy in July.
Speaking at a party meeting on Thursday, the Labour MP for Worsley and Eccles South stressed the importance of “self-checking” for lumps.
She also thanked her colleagues and family for their support and the medical team at Guys Hospital, London.
“It was deeply shocking no-one else in my family has had breast cancer – it was the last thing I was expecting,” she told the BBC.
Ms Keeley added: “You are told this could be fatal but I got great treatment and it needs to be stressed, breast cancer can be treated.”
‘Waves of fatigue’
The MP said fighting the election in the aftermath of surgery and radiotherapy was “about as far away from the ideal circumstances for campaigning as you can get.”
“The radiotherapy leaves you feeling very fatigued and you are never quite sure when one of those waves of fatigue is going to hit you.
Ms Keeley said she had gone public about her illness to raise awareness about self-examination for breast cancer.
“It was difficult to talk about it during the election because personal health issues are not something you talk while you are trying to be elected as an MP.
‘Hats off to her’
“We’re coming up to world cancer day on 4 February – it was doing a self-check that I found the tumour and I managed to find it when it could bed dealt with at an early stage.
“Through surgery and radiotherapy I am now hopefully cancer free.”
She added: “It is very easy to think this will never happen to me. It is quite important for those of us who have had cancer to talk about how we discovered it.”
Ms Keeley, who has been an MP since 2005, retained the seat in December with a 3,219 majority.
Her Tory opponent, Rabbi Arnold Saunders, said he was “very shocked” at the revelation.
“Hats off to her. I am full of admiration for Barbara. I hope she stays well,” he added.
Fellow Labour MP Diana Johnson tweeted: “An amazing MP, I am proud to call a good friend, who has always worked so hard for her constituents.”

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ZDNet's David Berlind reports on the new Sprint PCS two-way radio cell service, which aim to take on Nextel Communications' push-to-talk network.
By ZDNet Staff
| November 20, 2003 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)
| Topic: Telcos
Hong Kong media giants push piracy block
AT&T Labs' Mazin Gilbert on AI, quantum computing, data collaboration and 5G
Singtel and Ericsson hit 4G gigabit speeds with LAA
Verizon picks Ericsson for 5G networks

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BTS, TXT, BLACKPINK, NCT, And SEVENTEEN Rank High On Billboard’s World Albums Chart
This article is from #soompi.com
Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on August 21!
Two months after its release, BTS’s Japanese compilation album “BTS, The Best” reentered the World Albums chart at No. 1 this week—marking its very first time topping the chart.
Overall, BTS landed a total of seven albums in the top 15: in addition to topping the chart with “BTS, The Best,” BTS also claimed No. 2 with “Map of the Soul: 7,” No. 5 with “BE,” No. 8 with “Love Yourself: Answer,” No. 10 with “Map of the Soul: Persona,” No. 13 with “Skool Luv Affair,” and No. 15 with “Love Yourself: Her.”
Meanwhile, TXT’s “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” stayed strong at No. 6 in its 11th week on the chart, extending its own record as the longest-charting K-pop album of 2021.
BLACKPINK’s “THE ALBUM” came in at No. 7 in its 45th week on the chart, while NCT’s “RESONANCE Pt. 1” rose to No. 11 in its 39th.
Finally, SEVENTEEN’s “Your Choice” held onto its spot at No. 12 in its eighth week on the chart.


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- Community Blog
- San Diego - No Longer America's Finest City
Spin, Spin, Spin
As I watched Kevin Faulconer and Tony Young on KUSI this morning, it struck me how dishonest they both were. They both seem to deny the things they and the Mayor have done to strip protection from the citizens of San Diego. They say "No fire dept. personnel have been laid off." While this is technically correct, it's not the reality. I ask for clarification between laying off and forcing retirement by changing the terms of retirement, then not replacing those people. To me, when you cut hundreds of people from the department, by whatever means you use, you have still cut hundreds of people. Then the idea that the 2 people who have already died due to these cuts weren't really dead because of response time. Hey, Tony & Kevin, these 2 people are still dead! The fact that some people even think it could be because of response time should be a signal that it's time to reconsider your actions! To simply deny this out of hand is just crazy. The possibility of legal action arising from the reduction in public safety could cost the city more than all of the savings combined, even if the city wins! When the Mayor was confronted with the possibility of law suits, his response was "Bring it on ...... I'll be gone before they get to court anyway" Way to go Mr. Strong Mayor.
In another area of spin, this just in. We are learning more about the new "Health Care" bill. It seems that it's also the "Hire More IRS Agents" bill and the "Grants for Black Colleges" bill. If the IRS needs more agents, we need to hire them, but that's not part of health care, is it? As for more college funding, it's a vital part of our entire educational system, but black colleges only? Why not spread that money between all races and all schools? Oh, one other thing - is that part of health care? In my last blog I mentioned that congress hides things that embarass them in other bills. This is the perfect example.
Finally, today, I am really worried about this City and our Country. It seems that folks here just don't get too excited about bad government, corruption, and criminal activity in our government. The Reader has run a story about the Mayor's office being investigated by the FBI for criminal activities, yet no other news media in the area has picked this up. There is actually a PAC in favor of the strong Mayor vote, but no group opposed. How can an entire City ignore a criminal being given more and more power making it even easier to steal from the people. Now, in the latest news, the Mayor has become the authority over other corrupt City officials. Isn't that akin to making Al Capone head of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Chicago? Of course it could just be the "it takes one to know one" mentality. I don't know, folks, but I'd love to know what you think.
More like this:
- Thieves, Liars and Politicians — March 20, 2010
- It's All About The Money! — Feb. 11, 2010
- Mayor Jerry Sanders — Feb. 8, 2010
- City Admits Error, To Include Information on Pension Overpayments in Documents — Dec. 5, 2007
- Does Big Money Doubt Murphy? — April 22, 2004


Hands Off and Give Us the Money
Dan Hodges. Wrong on AV. Right about the Big Society. His post at Labour Uncut is excellent:
The prime minister announced, with a flourish, his ‘big idea’. ‘Our purse is empty. But do not worry. The voluntary sector will shoulder the burden.’ The volunteers looked up with a start. ‘But we can’t. You’ve taken all our money as well,’ they cried. ‘Taken your money?’ replied the prime minister, ‘But I thought you were volunteers?’ ‘We are,’ they responded, ‘and we expect to be well paid for it.’
Hodges writes from experience:
I worked as a consultant to a number of charities. They all wanted two things. Total independence. And a shed load of taxpayer’s cash.
And he has a go at Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of ACEVO, the association of chief executives of voluntary organisations (above), who sounded like a gangster when he said: “We are trusted. Politicians are not. Attack us at your peril.”
Tagged in: big society, charities
David Cameron has manifestly failed to sell his big society vision to the country. The third sector should be careful it doesn’t do the job for him.
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Lenticular Street Fighter II cases, etc. ⊟
I love these Street Fighter II accessories – card cases, iPad covers, wallets, etc. with tiled lenticular patterns on them. One pattern has tiled Guile flash kicks, and the other has Blanka surrounded by electrocuted fighters.
All are available on Amazon Japan, via Miki800.
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eShop deals: SteamWorld Dig, Street Fighter IV 3D ⊟
More eShop sales that are totally contingent upon the eShop working! Through January 2, SteamWorld Dig is $6.99, down from $8.99. And Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, the first 3DS game Eric and I played together online back in small times – we were but children, Hundred Hand Slapping one another! – is just ten bucks!
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Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting on Virtual Boy ⊟
This is nuts. Mr. Anon created and posted a playable demo ROM of Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting for the Virtual Boy (modding a fighting engine created by M.K.). How is this possible? Wait, is this actually possible?
Yes, somehow. Video proof:
Game Boy and Game Gear photos by Aled Evans
Two-button Street Fighter does not sound fun (from what I remember, Mortal Kombat for Game Boy was straight-up basura), but these old sprites overlaid into real-world environments would be a dream to see on handhelds.
Miyazaki x Street Fighter: Spirit Fighter by Drew Wise
This, along with a Snorlax x Totoro design, is available as a shirt for on The Yeetee today. The tees aren’t actually animated, but they are super cheap at $11 each.
Vega’s V-day card to Sagat
I think the Champion Edition cabinet is out of service — I can’t see any reason why you’d play the original version otherwise.
Mega Man 1-6 coming to 3DS Virtual Console
The biggest Mega Man news today is Street Fighter X Mega Man, out free today on PC, but there’s cool stuff for 3DS too! Capcom’s going to release Mega Man 1-6 on 3DS Virtual Console starting December 27.
Mega Man 2 will be out on Feb. 7, and the rest will be distributed throughout 2013. I will buy all of them, because that’s the kind of sucker I am.
Street Fighter X Mega Man!
Huh? Okay! This surprise Capcom crossover releases as a free PC download on December 17. Instead of fighting eight Robot Masters, Mega Man takes on eight Street Fighters this time, gaining their powers with each victory.
This is all very weird! Maybe it’s awesome too? We can all agree, though, that it’s a thing with Mega Man. And it looks a lot better than a lot of the other Mega Man stuff Capcom has released lately.
Street Fighter dudes and meatbuns rolled into a shirt
The LA Game Space continues to trot out some ridiculous rewards for its Kickstarter — along with the 30 games you can get by chipping in just $15, you can get this shirt, a tee from Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, or other designs when you throw in some extra cash.
This shirt comes from stylish apparel shop Meatbun and the good-hearted Nina Matsumoto (yes, of Game Center CX translations fame). LA Game Space is just a few thousand bucks away from hitting its pledge goal, so do your part to fund the project and get this tee!
“I am Street Fighter” by Randis Albion (click for a larger image). I missed this a couple months ago when Albion originally posted it online, but the piece was created for Capcom’s Street Fighter 25th Anniversary art book.
Buy: SSFIV 3D Edition, 25th Anniversary Collector's Set
See also: More Street Fighter posts
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Guile gets some gaming in while he’s stuck in a tree, illustrated by Lee Chang-Woo (click for larger image).
Hopefully he remembers he’s holding a lit cigarette there, and not his stylus — a common mistake apparently.
Buy: Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition See also: More Street Fighter posts [Via Lee Chang-Woo]

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Microphone Masters Radio Show #252 with J-Luv and Starr Saxxxon returns after a break with a dope new interview
Uber talented artist, Lyric Jones joins the show to talk hip hop and music in general. Not one to be placed in a convenient box, Lyric is diverse and focused as she makes her way in the music business.
Check out songs from Lyric Jones, BP Mercenaries, MURS and Locksmith.
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Microphone Masters Radio Episode 252 (12-17-20) Tracklist
Murs & DJ Fresh – The D.O.C.
Black Moon – Headz Ain’t Redee
Lyric Jones Conversation Part 1
Lyric Jones – Spectacle
Busta Rhymes – Respect My Conglomerate 2
Lyric Jones Conversation Part 2
Lyric Jones & Nameless – Beantown
BP Mercenaries – Clink Mercenaries
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The above exhibit is part of the Metro Arts Network series that ran throughout last year and is winding down with the submission of our final full-color Metro Arts of 2018, “The Duel. They’re Bitter. The Ashes Are Too Much.”
Also featured were interviews with Metro Arts artists and participants, including Francisco Dominguez, Patrice Lane, Gloria Huch and John Lee.
We ask a lot of artists.
What are you giving us? What’s your gift? How about within you?
What makes your creation beautiful? Who is being served?
Here are some reflections from the Metro Arts Network on closing with our beautiful annual show, Metro Pictures, which ran from Feb. 16 to June 9.
“This is such a personal story for me. When I was little, the first time I ever saw a portraiture series I’m thinking about it now because you do something that you know is different. You do something that you have never done. It’s a subliminal lesson. And it’s a great feeling.” — James Smith, founder of Metro Arts Network, speaking about an exhibit of 11 works — more than any other artist — that he’s worked on.
“Frequently, at home for what we call the ‘gingerbread crash,’ my partner and I are huddled around the laptop looking at images and learning how to better understand them. I never realized at first that a presentation and quality of content is a far more valuable and influential part of the artist equation. That’s what I’ve really been learning from having people like the Metro Arts Network at my disposal.” — Ruth Goodrich, who has exhibited six series of photographs to meet Metro Arts’ creative standards, as well as its knowledge and attention to detail.
“I’m very proud of the fact that Metro Arts of Washington has only about 10 pieces in here. This year, I think that really makes it stand out and you see the work of the artist and particularly the quality of the student work really shine through.” — Lindsay Vonn, a Metro Arts member who put together a series of 16 black-and-white, raw images from her photography courses at the Community College of Baltimore County as part of this year’s show.
Metro Arts has been one of the metro’s premier venues for over 20 years. It evolved from an event focused on showcasing local talent into a national online resource where artists submit work in projects of up to 12 by 12 inches, 25 by 26 inches, and several other different sizes. Metro Artists curate the show each year, and Alex Megson, executive director, curates, along with DC Arts News Director Shreya Singha.
Metro Arts Network and CivicArtists, Inc. are proud of the comprehensive curatorial and exhibition strategy that we’ve initiated over the past 20 years in order to better support regional artists.


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Pop sensation Adele has said goodbye to alcohol on doctor’s orders – amid fears that it could ruin her voice.
The 27-year-old, who topped the charts with comeback single Hello in October, is determined not to cancel any shows after her last full tour was called off in 2011 so that she could have surgery to tackle throat problems.
She said: “I am not allowed to drink as it dehydrates my vocal chords.
“Alcohol blocks your ears when you get drunk and you get lairy, which makes you talk louder. I might raise my voice and my voice might go again.”
Adele previously joked that she used to drink “from Monday morning to Sunday night” and recently admitted alcohol was not her only vice.
She said: “I used to drink 10 cups of tea a day with two sugars – 20 sugars a day. But I don’t now and have more energy than ever.”
Adele, who has son Angelo, three, with partner Simon Konecki, has also recently spoken of how motherhood changed her.
She said: “The other day I was saying, ‘Oh God, I’m finding this really hard again with a kid.
"I have no time for myself because in between doing this, all my spare time is with him.
“But then I realised, he’s been keeping me totally cool and calm about the whole thing.”
She explained: “He makes me so proud of myself, and he makes me like myself so much.
"And I’ve always liked myself. I’ve never not liked myself. I don’t have hang-ups like that.
“But I’m so proud of myself that I made him in my belly. Cooked him in my belly and then he came out of me!
"This human who’s suddenly walking around and doing his own thing.
“I can’t wait to know who his best friends are going to be, who his girlfriend or his boyfriend is going to be or what movies he likes.
"Whatever my kid wants to do or be I will always support him no matter what.”
Despite writing about previous relationships, she has also opted not to write about her partnership with Konecki.
“We’re in a grown-up, adult, mature relationship,” she said.
“I didn’t want to write about us, because I didn’t want to make us feel uncomfortable.”

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In a groundbreaking leap into the future of military technology, the United States has recently conducted successful tests of deadly LASER weapons on its fighter jets.
This significant development ushers in a new era of precision and innovation in aerial warfare, with implications that extend far beyond the realm of traditional weaponry. Join us as we explore the details of this cutting-edge test and the potential impact of integrating LASER technology into the United States’ fighter jet arsenal.
The successful tests of deadly LASER weapons mark a pivotal moment in the evolution of military capabilities. Leveraging the power of focused light, these weapons offer unprecedented precision and speed, promising a paradigm shift in how aerial engagements are conducted. The United States’ foray into LASER warfare showcases a commitment to staying at the forefront of technological advancements in the defense sector.
LASER weapons bring a unique set of advantages to the battlefield, emphasizing precision and speed. Unlike traditional munitions, LASER beams travel at the speed of light, enabling near-instantaneous target engagement. This attribute, combined with the pinpoint accuracy of LASER technology, enhances the effectiveness of fighter jets in engaging and neutralizing threats with unprecedented efficiency.
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The successful tests of LASER weapons on fighter jets introduce strategic implications on the global stage. The United States’ demonstration of this advanced technology serves as a deterrent force, signaling to potential adversaries that it possesses cutting-edge weaponry capable of reshaping the dynamics of aerial warfare. The LASER-equipped fighter jets add a layer of complexity to the calculus of nations seeking to challenge or compete with the United States in the air.
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In conclusion, the United States’ successful tests of deadly LASER weapons on its fighter jets mark a monumental stride in military technology. With precision, speed, and strategic implications, LASER-equipped fighter jets herald a new era in aerial warfare. As the world watches and assesses the impact of this transformative development, the United States solidifies its position at the forefront of innovation in the dynamic landscape of defense capabilities


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In the first major Phnom Penh “street sweep” of 2015, 80 people in Daun Penh district were rounded up by force in the early hours of yesterday morning, with many sent on to the city’s notorious Prey Speu Social Affairs Centre.
Daun Penh District Governor Kouch Chamroeun said mixed security forces rounded up the group, which included “49 homeless people, 19 sex workers and 12 drug users”.
“We collected them from the places they stay – along the street near the pagodas, and in the parks,” he said.
Chamroeun said the roundup was part of an effort to “prepare public order” for a major event in the city. While he did not comment further, former Senate President Chea Sim’s funeral and the Queen Mother’s birthday are both upcoming events.
Sos Vat, a 40-year-old homeless man who stays next to the Royal Palace, said he narrowly avoided arrest.
“While I was sleeping at the park, my son told me that there are many guards coming. I was so worried,” he said.
“I brought my son to run away. I was scared because I don’t want to go to Prey Speu again,” he added, explaining that he was sent to the facility after being arrested last year.
Son Sophal, director of Phnom Penh’s Social Affairs Department, said he was contacting NGOs to offer “shelter and education” for the group.
But Pour un Sourire d’Enfant (PSE), one of two NGOs partnered with the city’s efforts, said it had heard no reports of recent “street sweeps”.
“Last year, November 2014, was our last time to welcome children from streets,” said PSE’s deputy program director Ouk Sovan.
The other NGO, Mith Samlanh, could not be reached yesterday.
A member of staff at Prey Speu, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said two trucks arrived at the facility yesterday morning with more than 55 people on board. “A lot homeless people [arrived] today. Now they are in Prey Speu,” he said yesterday. “They haven’t escaped yet – most of them are staying in a room together.”
Over the past year, hundreds of people have been sent to the notorious facility after being rounded up as part of the city’s efforts to “clean” the streets.
Since it opened in 2004, numerous allegations of abuse, rape and even murder have emerged from the centre.
In December, Post reporters witnessed a “resident” at the centre being beaten by a member of staff, while just days earlier, a man who had been detained there for weeks died after allegedly being denied medical treatment.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ALICE CUDDY


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Sergio Ramos has officially joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from Real Madrid. The Andalusian leaves the Santiago Bernabeu after 16 years and 22 titles, signing a two-year deal with the French club that will take him up to the summer of 2023. “The best place to keep dreaming,” he posted on Twitter. “We’ll fight with everything and for everything.”
— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) July 8, 2021
Ramos will be pleased to have been able to sign the two-year deal in Paris he was denied in Madrid. Florentino Perez was clear from the jump that the 35-year-old centre-back would only get a single-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu due to his age and injury record. Ramos believed he had earned a multi-year option, something PSG evidently agree with.
The French giants are moving aggressively this window, responding to the blow of losing Ligue Un to Lille last season. Neymar has been tied down to a long-term deal, while negotiations with Kylian Mbappe are ongoing. Georginio Wijnaldum, Achraf Hakimi and Gianluigi Donnarumma have all been brought in alongside Ramos to bolster the squad.


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Tencent CEO and Chairman Pony Ma Huateng attends Tencent’s 2018 Annual Outcomes Announcement on March 21, 2019 in Hong Kong.
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The inventory later pared some losses and was down round 3% at 14:14 a.m. HK/SIN. That equated to round $12.four billion of worth being worn out.
Income rose 21% year-on-year to 88.82 billion yuan ($12.92 billion, in response to the change fee printed within the earnings assertion). That missed market estimates. Nonetheless, revenue attributable to shareholders beat analyst forecasts, rising 35% year-on-year to 24.14 billion yuan.
The corporate’s gaming division returned to progress, posting income of 27.Three billion yuan, up 8% year-on-year. Cell video games particularly have been up 26%.
That was welcomed on condition that the Chinese language authorities froze online game approvals final yr, hurting Tencent’s enterprise badly and wiping billions off the company’s market capitalization. Video games have to be accredited by the Chinese language regulators earlier than they are often launched and monetized.
Gaming is Tencent’s largest division, accounting for round 30% of income within the second quarter.
One other vibrant spot was the corporate’s monetary expertise and enterprise providers division, which incorporates revenues from WeChat Pay, Tencent’s wealth administration product and cloud computing. That enterprise was up 37% year-on-year to 22.9 billion yuan.
However administration struck a word of warning for quite a few areas. One was the promoting enterprise, which noticed a slowdown. Headwinds in that space are prone to proceed, in response to James Mitchell, chief technique officer at Tencent.
“Our assumption is that the macro setting will stay troublesome for the remainder of the yr and that the state of affairs of the heavy provide of promoting stock will proceed for the remainder of the yr and probably into subsequent yr,” he stated on the corporate’s earnings name on Wednesday.
Tencent additionally reined in spending within the second quarter. Capital expenditure was down 38% in comparison with the year-ago interval. Money stream used for investing additionally dropped sharply within the first half of the yr in contrast with the identical interval in 2018.
Mitchell stated that was as a result of the primary half of 2018 had an “unusually speedy tempo” of funding, however he did say the corporate was being extra “measured” in the way it deploys capital.


Since few people have asked me to make my tool public, I’ve decided to move it to its own domain separated from my corp’s internal website.
Introducing EVE Cookbook, an EVE industry build calculator tool with cookbook style approach
- list all required materials from any blueprints
- detailed components breakdown, including each required build steps
- supports calculation of reaction jobs
- market price fetch based on both Jita buy price and sell price
- structure & rig ME bonus, system multiplier, and index cost calculation to determine exact job cost and material reduction
- supports the build cost calculation for the current blueprints on Tranquility, as well as the new ship blueprints in the upcoming patch (just switch the “Blueprint version” toggle)
- API endpoint that returns build cost of a blueprint. Detail can be seen on this page: https://evecookbook.com/api/index.html
You can access the tool from the following URL: https://www.evecookbook.com/
More screenshot: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Any suggestions are appreciated
For improving the first user experience I would suggest:
- use default values in the input fields to be able to just select a blueprint and go
- no matter if component breakdown selected or not, you want the see the final result aka total ISK needed immediately and not having to scroll down for it, it is still a key information
Thanks for the valuable inputs o7
I just updated the page with both of your suggestions.
Thanks for sharing a great tool.
I firstly assume the tool considers the new build requirements post patch where faction battleships (amongst others) will require BPCs, adjusted minerals and ADDITIONAL components including gas and reactions.
If I select the “Calculate reaction jobs” option = “On” when calculating the “Orca Blueprint”, “Rattlesnake” etc. costs:
A) It looks like an Orca (excluding BPC costs) will cost ± 2,645B ISK and a Rattlesnake 1.26B after the industry patch.
B) If I don’t select the “Calculate reaction costs” option, the Orca’s estimates price is 2,29B and the Rattlesnake’s price is 529M ISK.
Is it correct to select the “Calculate reactions” = “On” option to see estimated prices based on today’s buy and sell values ( I see yiu get these near realtime APIs) and if so, what are the important assumptions?
I assume this excludes BPC costs?
In addition, some of the new components like “AG-Composite Molecular Condensor” have zero cost and are listed against, for example’ the Rattlesnake. I assume this is because they don’t exist yet and once they are established, they would further impact the prices or are they zero because one does not this this component?
I understand mineral prices are already inflated (at least 10%) and PI, Moon goo + Gas supply might increase but still looks like we have significant margin atm.
I would really appreciateyour view on the above.
Hi, I’ll try to answer your questions below:
1.) yes, turning on the reaction jobs calculation option would make the build cost estimation to be closer to the actual intrinsic value of the produced item. Without having the option turned on, you will get much lower estimated build cost simply because some components that are needed are not in the market yet. However, the current estimated build cost is based on today’s market rates. Who knows if later after the patch some of those materials will get heavily adjusted in the market.
2.) BPC cost is excluded as there’s no easy way to easily fetch the BPC cost. You can manually enter some number in “Additional cost” field to enter additional costs such as BPC, transport cost, etc which will be incorporated in the final build cost.
3.) they have zero costs because they are not live yet on TQ, so there’s really no way to actually determine their prices.
Sorry for my English, I hope my answer makes sense
Your answers are 100% clear!
Thanks again for the hard work you put into a great tool!
Probably quire a big ask, but as part of the “cookbook” could you toggle a most efficient way to obtain ore based on current market price?
Buy the following compressed ores to achieve XYZ
I would like to suggest the possibility to link to a specific blueprint, something like:
Unfortunately I don’t plan to implement that feature. It’s not something that I am familiar with for now.
But I’d suggest you to look for an existing tool that does that calculation, such as Fuzzwork’s compression calculator @ Compression Calculator - Mineral Selection
Thanks. I just added that feature.
Feel free to try it (e.g.
Many thanks for sharing this tool. It is very well done. How difficult would it be to add at least the option of finding out if it is cheaper to buy or build each component of an item without having to do it manually? That would make it even more awesome than it is.
I’ve thought about this but I wasn’t sure if it would look good on the UI as it is cluttered already with so many options.
I will think about how to implement this in the next version (soon), but I wouldn’t make any changes until the upcoming industry patch is live already on Tranquility
The webapp is now powered with API
Anyone who are interested to utilize the API can have a look at our Swagger documentation @ https://evecookbook.com/api/index.html
I have added evecookbook.com to the jEveAssets lookup menu (from version 6.9.0)
Your SSH certificate is not valid for https://www.evecookbook.com (note the www) only for https://evecookbook.com
This tool looks awesome ! Thanks for all sharing it ! Here’s 3 suggestions that I think would make it even more awesome:
- When we toggle Calculate reaction jobs and Show detailed build steps:
Would it be possible to toggle off a particular step ?
I.E I don’t wanna produce some fuel blocks for a reaction because I already have them or because it is not not efficient…
The div could then collapse and the multi-buy list would be updated accordingly ?
Also, it would be great if the website could tell us if a particular step is profitable or not by showing us how much the mats would cost to build a fuel block and how much it would cost to buy the fuel blocks directly.
Finally but I’m not sure how you can do that but that would be life saving:
Let’s take a Rhea blueprint
At the moment on the website we can read:
Ingredients for 152096 x Carbon Fiber Reaction Formula:
||Hydrogen Fuel Block|3172|4|
Those number are accurate in theory but in practice they are not. The problem with those numbers is that, while they are accurate, a JF producer will always end up with inaccuracies at the end of his production. The problem comes from the fact that to produce 152k Carbon Fiber we need 760 runs of the formula so we’re in the ballpark of ~700 hours of prod. To prevent that we need to split the 760 runs into 10 batches of 76 runs. The problem is that it requires more mats to do 10x76 runs than 1x760 runs.
In my craziest dreams we would have a text input where we could enter a number of runs we want i.e 30 and it would gives us the number of mats we need to buy for said number of runs.
so 25 runs of 30 + one run of 10.
What do you think ?
Thanks again for this tool !!
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- Papa John’s sales during NFL games have reportedly fallen since Trump slammed players for national anthem protests.
- The pizza chain and other top sponsors have brought up concerns with the NFL.
- Papa John’s relies on its “exceptional” partnership with the NFL for sales, as viewers buy pizza to eat at home.
The NFL protests might be hurting Papa John’s pizza sales.
NFL spokesperson Joe Lockhart confirmed to Sports Business Journal that Papa John’s had expressed concerns with the league. Further, Lockhart said that other top sponsors have expressed similar concerns as the NFL’s TV ratings slump and political battles play out in the league.
This season, many players have knelt during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality.
Declining viewership isn’t a new problem for the NFL, as ratings were down an average of 8% over the course of last season. The league has struggled in recent years to attract viewers, with people blaming everything from the 2016 presidential election, to millennial cord-cutters, to excessive commercials.
The NFL is crucial to Papa John’s business. The company began its partnership with the NFL in 2010 and has “Preferred Pizza” partnerships with 23 NFL teams. Last year, the company signed a multi-year partnership with the NFL and the Super Bowl.
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That all said, the market for various chemicals used in oilfield production has expanded in recent years and should continue to do so. Products such as industrial degreaser sprays will remain in high demand as production expands globally, particularly in the United States.
What Products the Industry Uses
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These chemical products mainly ensure that equipment remains clean and lubricated as it drills for and extracts oil.
State of the Industry
As American production continues to elevate the United States into the top rank of oil and gas producers, most experts predict that the price of oil will remain under $100 a barrel. In many cases, this means that the price of oil is less than the cost of production. Low prices mean thin profit margins, which pushes companies toward adopting measures for efficiency and cost savings.
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Oil exploration and field development will continue to move into nontraditional fields, especially offshore and deepwater environments. This new direction in oil extraction will require increasing use of chemicals that are different from traditional vertical land well development.
The use of horizontal drilling, often associated with deep wells that use hydrofracturing, will continue to expand in the United States. Although the shale sources of oil and gas in Texas, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere promise large scale production for generations, the industry will continue to focus on efficiency and optimizing production from each individual well. As was stated before, this commitment requires the use of high-quality oilfield chemical products to ensure the best possible functioning of equipment and other resources.
Another major challenge, or opportunity, lies in the increasing global demand for more eco-friendly chemicals, especially in oil and gas production. The new environmentalism not only focuses on the impact of the final product but also its production process. How big of an impact does the company make when making its chemical products will increasingly factor into regulation and awareness. Companies will face tremendous pressure, especially from Europe, to create products that will affect the environment less than has been the case in the past.
While challenges abound in the field, companies that look ahead should continue to prosper and even thrive in an admittedly difficult and uncertain environment.

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We are the generation of nostalgia, and it’s no wonder why that is. We’ve lived through so many incredible technological advances in our lifetime alone. It was only in 1990 that the online world started taking on a more recognizable form, and now we’ve got self-driving tech and artificial intelligence that can beat a human less than 3 decades later.
I find myself, as I think most people do, nostalgic even for times that I haven’t lived. Even as I’m surrounded by all these electronic devices and making use of them (at this very moment, in fact!). It’s a strange world we live in. It’s a strange, strange world indeed.
Here we have Aquilo, whose soft, calm electronic instrumentals accompany words of yearning — a happy marriage of both.
This place feels just the same
Old and forgotten
This frozen sound
So close to home.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s City Council announced a proclamation that has declared Jan. 20 as Angelo Leo Day. “I just want to thank everyone and all of my supporters and the City Councilor Klarissa Pena for putting this all together. You know, I am extremely honored and blessed to be apart of history in the city of Albuquerque. This is the City that made me who I am, and on January 23 I will bring another win back to Albuquerque,” said Angelo Leo.
Leo is the 6th World Champion out of New Mexico and joined the ranks of Bob Foster, Johnny Tapia, Danny Romero, Austin Trout, and Holly Holm. Leo will defend his World Title for the first time on Saturday against Stephen Fulton jr, and that fight card will be shown on Showtime starting at 7 p.m.


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Happy Monday, everyone! As you can see, I’m posting – that means the migration to the new webhost went smoothly this weekend. Much more smoothly, in fact, than I could have hoped for.
There were a few glitches of course; if you came here looking for the printable version of one of the older recipes, you may get a “404 – Page Not Found” error. I had to rename the folder containing those older .pdf files, and am having to go in and change the URL pointing to each by hand – this is probably going to take a couple of days; there are a LOT of recipes there. On the good side, the recipe plugin I use is now working properly, and you can print the newer recipes by clicking on the “print” link contained in each once more.
Aside from a few other minor problems I’m still ironing out, the one major issue that must be addressed is I believe my RSS feed was screwed up in the migration, so if you read this blog via an RSS reader, you will probably have to resubscribe. I do apologize for that.
Among the nice things that happened this weekend is my Delicata Squash with Apples and Chili Spices made Mark Sisson’s Weekend Link Love. Welcome if you found your way here via Mark’s Daily Apple! I have literally hundreds of paleo/primal-friendly recipes here (including the occasional dessert, as you can see); I hope you find them useful – to say nothing of delicious.
And speaking of nice things happening this weekend, some of you probably already know about this particular nice thing, since I spoke of it last week on my personal Facebook page. Yes, this is the recipe for the peach cobbler I couldn’t stop eating; in fact, calling it “nice” is something of an understatement. It was awesomely delicious as part of the Breakfast for Dinner we had last Thursday.
I used the last of the fresh peaches from the farmer’s market for the cobbler, but frozen sliced peaches will probably work just fine (do I even need to mention that canned peaches are not acceptable?). I was also very happy with the biscuit dough topping, too, especially since I was just sort of winging it when I put it together – with tweaking, it will make a marvelous savory grain-free biscuit.
I did pull out the potato flour for this, but if you’d prefer to use coconut flour instead, I think it will be fine, although it will probably take even less coconut flour – I’d cut it down to 2 tablespoons, but whatever works best for you.
The nicest thing about the cobbler is it’s not cloyingly sweet, just fruity and warm and comforting. It would be dynamite splashed with a little heavy cream, if you can tolerate the dairy.
- 5 cups sliced peaches
- 1/2 cup evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar
- 3 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons ghee or clarified butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour
- 4 tablespoons potato flour
- In a large bowl, stir together the sliced peaches and evaporated cane juice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes. Stir in the tapioca flour until well-blended and set aside again.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, ghee, vanilla and evaporated cane juice. Stir in the almond flour, then the tapioca flour and baking soda until a smooth batter forms. Stir in the potato flour, one tablespoon at a time, until a soft dough is formed (you may not need all 4 tablespoons).
- Spread the macerated peaches into a 1 1/2 quart glass baking dish; using a spoon, drop the biscuit dough topping over the surface of the peaches. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the peach mixture has thickened and the biscuit topping is golden brown.
- Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- Nutrition (per serving): 238 calories, 7.4g total fat, 54.1mg cholesterol, 178.9mg sodium, 320mg potassium, 39.7g carbohydrates, 3g fiber, 24g sugar, 3g protein

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Dial in your grip and enhance the feel of your narrow tail board with the Dakine Launch Pad. This three-piece pad has maximum cutouts to keep it light and full of confidence-inspiring grip. It features a 7 mm center arch and 25 mm vert wedge tail kick with drag-reducing beveled edges in a narrow 10.75-inch width. It features biodegradable foam and marine-grade 3M® adhesive.
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Medical CPT Coding are codes that you and other medical professionals and laboratory personnel use to document the medical services and procedures you provide to patients. CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology, and the five-digit codes are recorded by medical billing specialists who process laboratory billing claims. Each unique code corresponds to a designated service, translated into a numeric, or alphanumeric code, depending on the procedure or service. Medical CPT coding divided into three different categories, simply named Category 1, Category 2, and Category 3.
Category 1 CPT Codes
Category 1 CPT codes correspond to specific procedures and services offered by medical providers and laboratories. Many medical coders focus on and most frequently use these codes because it’s one of the more important categories of the three. Category 1 is divided into six different sections, which consist of the following:
Smaller details or services are also documented and coded. For example, extra materials used, such as sterilization or drugs could be coded. Along with codes, come modifiers. Modifiers are two-character extensions (usually numbers) added to the end of a CPT code to provide additional information about the services or procedures. These modifiers are essential to successful laboratory billing because they provide details that insurance companies need to approve claims.
Category 2 CPT Codes
Category 2 CPT Codes record extra information provided by you. These codes never replace Category 1 or Category 3 codes; they simply provide supplemental information. For example, extra recorded information could be in regard to patient management, patient medical history, and follow-ups. There are numerous details you could include with Category 2 CPT codes, but those are just a few examples. In Category 2, the alphanumeric codes always end in “F,” to ensure they are categorized correctly. These (and all the codes in the other categories) are organized in very specific classifications based on the information or details given by providers.
Category 3 CPT Codes
The last category, Category 3 CPT Codes, are designated for new and developing technologies and services. Category 3 is made up of temporary codes for emergent and experimental services. They help track the best emergency medical procedures for health services and the government. Many of the Category 3 codes eventually get reclassified as Category 1, but only after the CPT Editorial Panel approves the codes. The codes in Category 3 are alphanumeric codes that always end in T. Many of the codes within these three categories are continually updated, revised, and even discarded if they’re not used or relevant. To ensure you receive the maximum reimbursement for services provided, you need knowledgeable laboratory billing specialists who stay current on changing CPT codes and understand the importance of accurate coding. The certified medical billing specialist at Medcare MSO specializes in the unique aspects of laboratory billing and changing CPT codes. Accurate and timely billing practices are essential for labs, and our services are tailored to each client to ensure maximum reimbursement and success.


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Early German Lutherans Left Their Mark on Niagara County
Young Niagara County added another ingredient to its ethnic “melting pot” in the 1830s and 40s with the arrival of hundreds of German Lutherans who took up residence in the county. These men and women left Germany to seek religious freedom after King Frederick William III of Prussia decreed that all Lutheran followers of Martin Luther must accept the edicts of the “Reformed” Lutheran Church.
About two hundred families in Bergholtz, Prussia formed the “Lutheran Evangelican” and appointed three men, John Williams, John Sy and Frederick Moll to serve as land agents to prepare for the resettlement. They purchased 2,100 acres from Washington Hunt and set up 121 lots of one-acre each. This was completed in 1843 and each arriving family received one lot in the new village. The site of New Bergholtz was very swampy due to beaver dams that occupied all of the area creeks and streams. This made the site almost inaccessible so an early task for the settlers was to cut a road through the virgin forest. A large communal barn was erected for use of the arriving families and many lived in the barn until their log cabins were completed on the original 121 lots. Washington Hunt gave the settlers a team of oxen and took a strong interest in the success of the settlement. The street names in the new village reflected this with names like Hunt Street, Washington Street, Sy Road, Luther Street, Niagara Street and the like.
Timber was one of the first products produced by the settlers. The Erie Canal running through Tonawanda Creek and the Niagara River provided cheap transportation for timber and later products. Being deeply religious, the settlers held their religious services in the large barn until 1846 when they erected the largest church in Niagara County at that time, called Holy Ghost Church. The same land agents also bought land for Prussian settlers coming to St. Johnsburg in 1843. These settlers, however, purchased larger lots and the community grew as an extension of New Bergholtz. In the same year, Martinsville, a community separated from the other German Lutherans, was settled by about 30 families. In 1897, Martinsville was absorbed by North Tonawanda. In similar fashion, the site of New Walmore was laid out in small farm lots of about 25 to 50 acres. Over the years, “New” was dropped in both New Walmore and New Bergholtz and the village names took on their simpler form.
In 1847-48, Anson Wolcott purchased 2,000 acres of land in the Town of Royalton. By 1875, a large part of the acreage had been cleared of timber and the Wolcott tract was subdivided for 75 additional families from Prussia. Like their counterparts in the Wheatfield settlements, once the timber was cleared the land was usually planted in wheat. Formed to provide religious freedom for their families, all of the German Lutheran communities in Niagara County built churches for their worship. Originally, services were offered exclusively in the German language, and eventually churches added an English service as the need arose. Most of these early churches still have active congregations.
Douglas Farley, Director
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Lockport NY 14094

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He had been drinking for the last four days straight
A Russian working in Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) project has died reportedly after drinking excessive alcohol.
The deceased, Sergei Smolnikov, 43, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the CDM Hospital in Rajshahi around 6 pm Thursday.
CDM Hospital Director Dr Twaki Chowdhury said: "He was brought from Ishwardi and was admitted to the hospital around 5:15pm.”
His physical condition deteriorated further right after he was brought to the hospital, he added.
Those who came with Sergei to the hospital told the physician that Sergei had been drinking for the last four days straight. He did not eat any other food during the time, said Dr Twaki.
The body was been sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue, he added.


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Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Treasures
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Yayıncı Canterbury Classics ( 10 / 2013 ) ISBN 9781607109440 | 13,21x19x3,2 cm. | İngilizce | 540 Sayfa | Türler Roman Öykü
Most famous in the realm of holiday literature for his 1843 publication, "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens was in fact a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release of "A Christmas Carol," Dickens released "The Chimes: A Christmas Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In." This story combined his usual sympathy for the poor with the notion that we must always strive to live in nobler ways. In 1845 came "The Cricket on the Hearth," a novella that, in its time, surpassed even "A Christmas Carol" in popularity for stage productions. The years 1846 and 1848 respectively saw published "The Battle of Life" and "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain." Given this wealth of Christmas-themed works, it is no wonder that Dickens is sometime referred to as "the man who invented Christmas." Perfect for both fans of Dickens' work and those who just find special pleasure in the holiday spirit, these five Christmas stories are now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, providing a chic, inexpensive introduction to timeless tales.

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How to Install Sitecore 9 for Development
Sitecore 9 has recently been released, and many things have changed, including the way you install it in your local machine for development. The Sitecore Install Framework is a very flexible tool that automates the installation and configuration of a Sitecore instance in any of the supported environments (XM1, XP0, XP1, Cloud XM1, Cloud XP1). The following guide will focus on a local XP0 development environment (Sitecore with xDB and xConnect).
[Update: Some of these steps have been improved in the general release.]
This guide is intended for development environments based on Microsoft Windows 10. We will be using the New-SelfSignedCertificate enhanced command that is included with Windows 10 to generate the certificates for Sitecore, Solr and xConnect. Remember that these certificates are self-signed, and not intended for a Production or public-facing environment. The additional tools you will need in your machine are:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or later, with the latest updates installed.
- .NET Framework 4.6.2
- SQL Server 2014 or later. If using SQL Server for xDB, make sure you have version 2016 SP1.
- Apache Solr 6.6.0 with SSL enabled. We have a post that guides you on how to install a Solr instance with an SSL certificate for secure connections (https), so please check it out before proceeding.
- IIS with the following add-ons installed using Web Platform Installer (WebPI):
- Web Deploy 3.6 for Hosting Servers
- Microsoft SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx)
If using SQL Server 2016 SP1 for xDB, set the contained database authentication in SQL Server by running this SQL script:
Contained database authentication
sp_configure'contained database authentication', 1; GO RECONFIGURE; GO
Sitecore 9 REQUIRES that everything is secured using SSL certificates, even in local development environments. Unless you or your team has paid for certificates to use in your machine, most developers need to generate their own self-signed certificates. You can check our guide on how to use the New-SelfSignedCertificate PowerShell command, and generate one certificate for your Sitecore development site. You will need a certificate also for your local Solr instance, for this please refer to our Apache Solr with SSL guide. Finally, you will need a special certificate for xConnect. Follow these steps to create this certificate:
Open a PowerShell window in Administrator mode and enter:
New-SelfSignedCertificate -CertStoreLocation cert:\LocalMachine\My -Subject "<YOUR-COMPUTER-NAME>" -FriendlyName "xConnectCert" -KeyExportPolicy Exportable -KeyProtection None -Provider "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" -NotAfter (Get-Date).AddYears(10)
In the response of this command, make sure to copy the Thumbprint of the new certificate. You will need it for the installation process.
- Open the “Manage computer certificates” admin panel in Windows, and locate the certificate under Personal/Certificates
- Copy the certificate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities/Certificates
Sitecore 9 Installation
Install the Sitecore Install Framework. In the distribution ZIP file, locate the SitecoreInstallFramework x.x.x rev xxxxx.zip file, and unzip it under
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SitecoreInstallFramework. Validate the install by starting a PowerShell session in admin mode, and execute:
Get-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -ListAvailable
From the distribution ZIP file, locate the Sitecore WDP OnPrem XP0 packages ZIP file, usually located under Software/Sitecore Experience Platform
Extract the contents of the file to your source installation folder (for this example, C:\Projects\Sitecore9)
From the distribution ZIP file, locate the deployment configurations ZIP under
Deployment/On-premise deployment - Sitecore Install Framework/Configurations
In the configurations ZIP, extract to the source installation folder. Refer to documentation for details, but for XP0 locate and extract the following configurations:
- Make sure you have a valid license.xml, and copy it to the source installation folder.
- Edit the JSON files with your installation information. Add default values to parameters if needed to avoid entering those values during the install process.
In the source installation folder, you will want to execute first the Solr configurations, and after the configurations for Sitecore and xConnect:
Invoke-SitecoreInstall -Path .\sitecore-solr.json Invoke-SitecoreInstall -Path .\xconnect-solr.json Invoke-SitecoreInstall -Path .\sitecore-XP0.json Invoke-SitecoreInstall -Path .\xconnect-XP0.json
NOTE: when executing the Solr configurations, the script will stop and start the Solr service. But Solr might not come up and running fast enough for the scripts, and it might cause an error when trying to create the cores in Solr admin. If this happens, after the error, wait some time (so Solr finishes starting up) and execute the task that creates the cores:
Invoke-SitecoreInstall -Path .\sitecore-solr.json -Tasks "CreateCores" Invoke-SitecoreInstall -Path .\xconnect-solr.json -Tasks "CreateCores"
Another solution is to edit the -solr.json files and look for the “StartSolr” task. Increase the “PostDelay” value.


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Psamathe wrote:mark a. wrote:... OSM ... It's easy to do (their new editor is excellent) ...
Which editor and where can you get it (Windows and/or Mac and/or Linux ...)
Just the standard in-browser iD editor.
mark a. wrote:I'm bringing up an older thread in case Richard is listening:
cycle.travel often struggles to generate a circular route. I thought I was just unlucky with a particular start/end point but for me it seems to be more often than not I get a "Sorry - couldn't find a circular route. Try a different destination or a longer route." message.
Let's say Woking to Dorking (anywhere in those towns) - no luck. Or to Ashtead (so I can try out Bike Beans café).
Is it me, a bug or just the massive difficulties to get an algorithm to find something good?
andrew_s wrote:I tried a route from Aviemore to Braemar, just to see what it did, and it came up with a crossing of the Lairig Ghru.
Richard Fairhurst wrote:andrew_s wrote:I tried a route from Aviemore to Braemar, just to see what it did, and it came up with a crossing of the Lairig Ghru.
As of half an hour ago, it won't send you that way - it'll go round via Nethy Bridge instead. I'll write more about why in due course, but suffice it to say that it should now be better at finding sensible routes in rural Scotland.
Richard Fairhurst wrote:Here's the full story!
Yep, exactly that.andrew_s wrote:Do I assume that the traffic data is the most recent available from some government source, rather than using the live phone tracking data that shows up on Google Maps?
That's a brilliant idea. Will try and work that in.jamesgilbert wrote:As there seems to be no limit to what you can do, it would be nice if there was a link to the ferry details (for the Oban to Fort William example on your website), in the route directions...
andrew_s wrote:The next step would be to ask for a time/day of week to avoid roads that were busy at commuting time, but fairly quiet otherwise
Have to admit there is a limit to what I can do and it's that...!sore thumb wrote:Is there anyway to put in my average speed so the planner removes slow routes but keep me off the 'main busy road sections' ?


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Description:This is an exciting opportunity to further develop a new role in Tower Hamlets! We are looking for an experienced mental health pharmacist with a passion for improving access to mental health care in the community setting.Working alongside the Trust Community Transformation Lead Pharmacist you will work initially with locally identified Community Mental Health Teams in the pilot Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Tower Hamlets to scope and map the mental health pharmacy roles and responsibilities in new and emerging areas. You will be part of an ELFT community based mental health multi-disciplinary team and support medicines optimisation and safety. You will train and offer support to community pharmacists, PCN pharmacists and the wider primary care team to increase confidence in mental health care at a time when the coronavirus pandemic impacts both the need and delivery of services. We are looking for candidates that can display innovation and extend the boundaries of the pharmacy profession. You should bring ideas of how you will promote parity of esteem and reduce mental health stigma.
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In News: the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2022 has been listed by the government for introduction and passing in the monsoon session.
- The planned revision to Section 20 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act is
- In a current law, Section 20 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act of 1958, last amended in 2010, prohibits construction within a 100 metre radius of all Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected monuments and regulates activities within another 300 metre radius.
- The new Bill proposes to revise this section.
- Henceforth, expert committees will decide on the extent of the prohibited and regulated areas around each monument and activities permitted herein.
- The ASI would be given enforcement powers such as in the Forest Act which would empower it to act against those encroaching at protested sites.
- Archaeological Sites across India have become commons for human and animal communities.
- Altering land around ASI-protected monuments into industrial, commercial, or even residential plots will thus deprive human and animal communities of much-needed commons.
- Permitting construction work risks weakening the foundations of centuries-old edifices.
- Also construction machines may disturb the art facets near the site, thus making the task of undertaking new research more difficult
- Domestic waste and greywater regularly seep into ancient sites any changes in protection status now will aggravate this problems.
- In recent years, the Government has built new highways, metro-rail systems, and industrial parks without methodical archaeological impact assessments.
- These projects have led to the shattering of an untold number of historical artefacts and the casual collection of many others. We cannot afford to lose more of our tangible heritage.
Now is the time to learn from painstaking efforts to preserve our composite tangible heritage and the ecosystems that they are in. Any modification to the present act requires proper examination with the involvement of various stakeholder and proper analysis of its consequences.
Source: The Hindu