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Photo Essay: North London Markets

So, Saturday, instead of studying for exams, I wandered through North and East London, visiting markets and gawking at street art along the way.

Notting Hill Farmers’ Market

notting hill gate farmers' market

notting hill farmers’ market

yes, i did buy some of that spectacular looking rhubarb

walking through the market

this mushroom man has the most amazing mushrooms I have ever seen. and they taste great too!

this mushroom man has the most amazing mushrooms I have ever seen. and they taste great too!

Picking out a Chelsea Bun. S said it's the best she's had in London! (and for only £1!)

Picking out a Chelsea Bun. S said it’s the best she’s had in London! (and for only £1!)

Flourish Bakery

Flourish Bakery – doesn’t it all just look great? i wish they did more wheat-free breads

Walking from Bethnal Green Station to Broadway Market

stik. on mare st, cambridge heath.

stik. on mare st, cambridge heath.

more street (roof?) art on mare st, cambridge heath

more street (roof?) art on mare st, cambridge heath

by the Andrews Rd entrance to the Regent's Canal Towpath

by the Andrews Rd entrance to the Regent’s Canal Towpath

Regent’s Canal Towpath

the floating bookshop. regent's canal

the floating bookshop. regent’s canal

word on the water

word on the water

Broadway Market

Fiendish & Goode.

fiendish & goode – their gluten free selection was outrageous. definitely going back for more.

violet cakes. i managed to snag a vegan spelt chocolate cupcake w/ violet frosting

violet cakes. i managed to snag a vegan spelt chocolate cupcake w/ violet frosting

Market in the Schoolyard (London Fields)

getting my smoothie fix at the schoolyard market

getting my smoothie fix at the schoolyard market

Netil Market

Cooking Cooks.

cooking cooks

cooking cooks

Breddo’s Taco Shack.

street taco brunch - the rave from breddo's taco shack

street taco brunch – the rave from breddo’s taco shack

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Perfect Pizza

I never liked pizza when I could have it, but as soon as I found out that I was allergic to wheat and cow dairy, it seemed the greatest injustice in the world to be unable to indulge in everyone’s favourite fast food – pizza.  Even then, I understood the irony.  The grass is always greener, right?

topped and ready to go

topped and ready to go

Luckily, my mom – always game for anything baking related, especially if it contained yeast – took up her dough hook and would make homemade pizza dough for the occasional treat.  I don’t think I helped once in this process, while still at home.  So that once I got to school and had that pizza craving, it was inextricably linked to a longing for home.

Four years later, I no longer get so homesick, but I’ve made pizza quite a few times – mostly using our trusty recipe from the New Balance Cookbook – and I wonder what took me so long to join in the fun.  If you have never played around with yeasted dough before, do it.  Seriously, what’s stopping you?  Is it the kneading and rising and the instructions that say that the dough should be ‘springy’?  I’ll be the first to admit, having only become fully comfortable with breads and other doughs after working in the bakery, that it’s easier to learn these things from an experienced hand.  In person.  The in person bit can be key.  But, pizza dough is a great place to start.  It’s extremely forgiving and sometimes even no-knead, like this one from Jim Lahey of Sullivan St Bakery.  If you’re ever in New York, GO!  And try his take on a sourdough – it’s out of this world.

fresh from the oven

fresh from the oven

Plus, you get fresh, homemade pizza at the end of your experiment, and a compliment from your Italian (former) flatmate.  What could be better?

Jim Lahey’s Pizza Crust
from My Bread.  I found it on Dinner: A Love Story [which is a fantastic blog – you should check it out!]

Yield: 2 balls of dough for 2 thin pizza crusts

3 3/4 cups flour (I use a mixture of 2/3 white and 1/3 whole spelt)
2 1/2 teaspoons instant or other active dry yeast
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon sugar
1 1/3 cup room-temperature water

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar. Add the water and, using a wooden spoon or your hand, mix until blended, at least 30 seconds. The dough will be stiff, not wet and sticky.

Cover the bowl and let sit at room temperature until the dough has more than doubled in volume, about 2 hours.

Divide the dough in two and shape each into flattened balls. (Dough can be frozen at this point.)

When you are ready to make a pizza, preheat oven to 500°F (260C) roll out one ball of dough in a rectangular shape and place on an oiled cookie sheet.  I generally sprinkle some cornmeal on the bottom of mine, instead of oil, and it works fine.

Top with desired toppings (my personal favourite is just a tiny bit of sauce with sautéed mushrooms and onions, topped with fresh tomatoes mozzarella and basil) and bake at 500°F (260C) for about 15-20 minutes.  Keep an eye on the cheese and crust while it bakes to make sure it doesn’t burn.

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Seven-Fruit Fruit Salad

My mom, Gil, and I are all gathered in the living of our doublewide trailer, home away from home, in Virginia.  I’m standing at the bar separating the kitchen from the dining room (if it can be called that – it’s really just a table and some chairs with a few feet separating it from the couch in the so-called living room), on the kitchen side, slicing banana into three bowls, already nearly overflowing with fruits.  It has probably taken me upwards of twenty minutes just to cut the fruit.   What can I say?  I have a meticulous eye for equal portions.  Plus, it’s just plain relaxing.  The rhythm of knife and thumb working in harmony pushes any stressful thoughts into the farthest reaches of my mind.  And when you finally put that first spoonful into your mouth and the sour of the kiwi mixes with the cool-fresh-picked taste of blueberries and the sugary sweet strawberries… throw in some peaches and banana, maybe some mango, what the hell, throw in any and every fruit you can dream up.  It’s heaven; in it’s simplest sense.  It tastes of sun and fresh starts.  It tastes of summer breezes and auspiciousness.

Sorry, was I saying something?  Oh right!  I was just putting the finishing touches on our fruit salads for consumption on a particularly summery March morning.  ‘How many fruits are there in it?’ asked Gil.  ‘Four.‘  ‘Then it’s not a fruit salad.  Gotta have five fruits to be a fruit salad.’  I protest that we can only use what we have and we only have blueberries, bananas, strawberries, and clementines.  So, sorry if that’s not five fruits.  I know it is a fruitless (sorry!) road to go down, as I’ve been hearing the same story since I was seven years old.  Suddenly I have a thought – well, do you not want yours then, Gil?  I’ll gladly take one for the team…

As you might have guessed, he sucked it up and ate his [gasp!] four-fruit-salad.  I mean, who’s going to turn down a fruit salad?  Unless it’s one of those desperate fruit cups sadly resigned to a life in the refrigerator section of the local market or the airport café.  I will admit to having succumbed to these specimen in moments of weakness – aka waiting for a flight and not wanting to partake in any of the baked goods that would inevitably mean death by wheat for me.  And you know what?  They’re not that bad.  Still, I’ll take the fresh, real version any day.

Guess what, Gil!  Today, not only did I have five fruits for my fruit salad, I had seven.  That’s right, seven!!  Thank goodness for the coming of summer!  Oh, and, perhaps, globalisation for bringing me kiwis from Italy and nectarines from South Africa…

What follows is a recipe for one BIG bowl of fruit – aka a fruit salad.  You could share, but trust me you won’t want to.  If there are multiple yous that want to partake, just make twice as much and employ that meticulous eye to make sure none of your portion accidentally ends up in someone else’s bowl…

7-Fruit Fruit Salad

1 kiwi
1 nectarine
1 banana
A handful of blueberries
4 or 5 small strawberries
1/3 of a mango
1 small pear
¼ cup nonfat Greek yoghurt
Your favourite granola

Slice all fruit into a bowl (It’s okay to day dream a bit, but don’t cut yourself!).  Top with yoghurt (I usually use Greek or sheep) and some of your favourite granola.  Mine is Kazzie’s, but it’s not available outside of the Shenandoah Valley yet, so some great alternatives are Lizi’s Original and (if you’re in the mood for a particularly sweet treat) Belgian Chocolate granola.

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I purposefully stopped eating hummus 9 days before leaving for Israel so that I would be able to indulge without feeling the effects of an overdose.  Yes, even I can overdose on hummus.  The theme of this trip, though, turned out to be shakshuka.  What’s that, you ask?  The best way I can think to describe it is as eggs poached in a thick, spiced (and slightly spicy) tomato sauce.  But that really doesn’t do it justice.

Here – a picture is worth a thousand words…

The young girl who piled grated parmesan onto her pasta to mask the taste of even a teaspoon of tomato sauce (if she let that sauce even touch her dish) would hardly recognise the one sitting here writing that one of her new favourite dishes is entirely tomato-based!  I am living proof that taste buds evolve.  And thank goodness for that, because otherwise I wouldn’t be able to appreciate the delights of blue cheese, olives, or … shakshuka!

poaching the eggs

I have been playing around with a couple of different recipes for shakshuka since September, mostly relying on the many variations by Yotam Ottolenghi.  Last week, however, in googling shakshuka recipes for what must have been the hundredth time, I came across David Lebovitz’s blog on the subject.  Already a frequenter of his ‘sweet life in Paris’ site for all things desert related, his description of the lingering nature of the seasoning in this remarkable dish rung true for me.  I decided to give his attempt at recreating the flavours we had both fallen in love with a try.

I invited MC over for dinner and told her we were going to make my new favourite food.  She’d never tried it, let along heard of it.  No pressure.

The spices that make shakshuka so delicious are common in the Middle East and North Africa, but only recently becoming known to me.  I must admit that as I putzed around in the kitchen, chopping, sautéing, and smelling spices, it was not immediately clear to me that this was going to recreate the dish I was so craving.  But as the sauce simmered and eggs cooked, the scent wafting from the pan brought me back to a hot afternoon sitting in Bacci Café mopping up thickly simmered tomatoes married together by a soft, persistent web of spices.

It brought me back even further to a warm evening last August, in HaMarakia in Jerusalem, when I took my first bite from a still steaming pain, too hot to touch, slightly confused by the presence of a fork in my hand instead of a spoon (because it had been described to me as a soup).  Mmmm.  Shakshuka.

shakshuka at hamarakia

shakshuka at hamarakia

Shakshuka it the perfect one pot meal.  It should be served with warm, crusty bread.  Trust me, you’ll want it to help you wipe your bowl/pan clean.  Tonight I also decided to make tahina, a sauce made from tahini, lemon, garlic, and water, to dip the bread in.  And thanks to MC, I discovered that the tahina and shakshuka go really well together.

You can find David Lebovitz’s inspired recipe here.

dinkelbrot + tahina

dinkelbrot + tahina

a simple + delicious dinner

Tahina (tahini sauce)
from Jerusalem, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi

150g light tahini paste
120 ml water
2 TBSP lemon juice
1 medium garlic clove, crushed
¼ tsp salt

The fat and solids of the tahini tend to separate, so before starting make sure you’ve mixed the tahini well in its tub.

Put the paste into a medium mixing bowl and add the water, lemon juice, garlic and salt. Stir with a small whisk (or fork) until you get a thick sauce, the consistency of clear honey or just a bit runnier.  I actually, sometimes keep it a bit on the thicker side.  If you want it runnier, add a couple extra drops of water.  Don’t be alarmed if it seems to separate at first, all the ingredients will come together.

This makes approximately 350ml of sauce, which will keep in the fridge for about 1 week.  Before using from the fridge, stir again to loosen it up and add a little liquid if necessary.

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Avocado + Tomato Quinoa Salad

Flavours have a remarkable ability to evoke memories of people, places, events, feelings from times gone by, as well as hope for times to come.  We all have our comfort foods.  Have you ever stopped to think about why you find that macaroni & cheese so comforting?  Or that broccoli flatbread?  Or that special bar of Fazer chocolate?  Next time, think about it.  Chances are it subconsciously brings you back to some happy memory.  And sometimes it’s not such a subconscious choice – like my liberal use of tahini in the past few weeks, to bring my tastebuds back to sun-kissed Tel Aviv.

bread fresh from the oven at lehamim bakery

Travelling with me usually turns into a food tour of whichever country, city, town I happen to be in.  However, since my last trip to Israel was for research, I made a conscious decision to not allow food to distract me.  I was there to work!  Now that does not mean that I suddenly practiced food tourism abstinence.  Can you imagine?  I certainly can’t.  Talk about food bringing you to happier places – in my opinion, a certain amount of food discovery is necessary for life!  That said, it doesn’t have to mean spending all day traipsing north, south, east, west, through various neighbourhoods and markets, sampling the best halva here, the best hummus there, and seeking out the best spices and fresh dates over there.  It can also happen through one of the simplest of foods – the sandwich.

What?  You say, the sandwich?  What could possibly be so novel about a sandwich that it satisfies my thirst for new flavours at every turn?  Well, delicious rye bread from Lehamim Bakery, a Tel Aviv stalwart, certainly helps.  Everything they turn out from their various locations across the city is delicious.  My favourite, though, is their flagship shop cum café on Rechov Ha’hashmona’im.  The atmosphere is electric with fresh baked goods produced 24 hours a day.  That’s right 24 hours a day, all week, except for Saturday.  A morning spent there chatting with friends and family over a coffee and almond croissant is hard to beat.  And best of all, they make a spelt challah and quite a few products that are 100% rye!

lehamim almond croissant

lehamim’s almond croissant (with Y’s sneaking fingers!)

lehamim rugelach

oh and their rugelach are seriously to die for. just looking at them is making my mouth water!

So, yes, the first ingredient to a truly special sandwich is obviously the bread.  But what really transports the eater is the flavour combination, because it is something unique to each culture.  The particular combination that has been haunting me ever since Y first made me this sandwich is tomato, avocado, and tahini.  Tomato and avocado are delicious no matter what (although I didn’t always think so, as muchomonisia could tell you), but it is the tahini that transports it to the next level.  Tahini.  All it is is sesame paste and yet it has the power to take ordinary ingredients and make them exceptional.  Without tahini, for example, there would be no hummus or baba ghanoush!  And – there would be no sandwich!

avocado + tomato quinoa salad w/ tahini

When I had to decide what to bring to a potluck dinner on Friday the answer was immediately obvious to me.  No, not the sandwich (which I have been eating practically every day since being back from Israel), but I would utilise the same flavour combination to make a delicious quinoa salad.  The result satisfied all my cravings and disappeared rather quickly from the dinner table, so I’d say it was a success!

avocado + tomato quinoa salad w/ tahini

Below is the recipe, so you can try it yourself.  Or, just top a slice of your favourite bread with some avocado and tomato and a drizzle of tahini to spice up your usual lunchtime sandwich.

Avocado + Tomato Quinoa Salad

Serves 4 as main or 6-8 as side

1½ cups quinoa
3 cups water
1 cube of low-sodium veg. stock
1½ avocados
2 tomatoes
¼ toasted almonds (optional)
2-3 TBSP tahini (start with less and add more to taste)
juice from ¼-½ of a lemon (start with less and add more to taste)

Combine quinoa, water, and vegetable stock cube in a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer.  Simmer until the quinoa has unfurled and the water is soaked up, about 15 minutes.  Be careful not to burn the bottom.

Remove the cooked quinoa to a bowl and allow to cool.  If you don’t have time to allow it to cool, it’s okay to skip this.

While the quinoa is cooling, cube the avocados and tomatoes.

Drizzle the tahini and lemon juice over the quinoa and mix well.  Taste to make sure the flavour is to your liking.  Add the avocado and tomato and almonds and mix again.

Apple and Pear Crumble (or an initiation into intuitive baking)

I have always wanted to be one of those people who could look at ingredients and intuitively combine them to create something wonderfully delicious, no recipe needed.  I have combined recipes before, taking and leaving different pieces of up to 7 or 8 different recipes, thus creating my own.  I’ve always been slightly intimidated to simply go forth without any reference point, though.

Last month, while in Israel, I received a special request to make apple pie.  I was there doing research and visiting my cousin J who moved to Tel Aviv to marry Y, an Israeli girl who has since become more like a big sister to me.  It seems that one of the things J missed most from the US was apple pie!  (Is there anything more quintessentially American?)

apple and pear crumble 1

apple and pear crumble

Now, I’m not a huge apple pie maker – there are usually blueberries or peaches, or both! (why not go wild?!) involved – and to find spelt flour in Tel Aviv at such late notice, while certainly possible, was a task made that much more challenging by the fact that it was Shabbat.  So, I improvised.  Despite Tel Aviv’s ardent refusal to jump on the religious bandwagon and shut down for Shabbat, the only grocery stores open are AMPM, so, of course, a trip there was necessitated.

J and I had a fabulous hummus dinner (more on that later), after which I scoured the meagre, though sufficient, selections of the nearby AMPM to see what I could do about this apple pie.  No Meghan-friendly flour, so…. How about a crumble?  No whole almonds – that’s okay, they had bags of chopped and crumbled almonds and walnuts.  No brown sugar?  Demerara will do – just adds a bit of an extra crunch.  The apples looked “meh”, but the pears looked pretty “all right”, so why not combine the two?  Plus, they’re getting cooked, so who really cares about a few surface-level blemishes.  What we care about is flavour!

apple and pear crumble 3

getting up close and personal with the crumble

Ingredients bought we headed home.  It was already quite late, but that’s never stopped me before.  I think J & Y were a bit surprised that I was baking at such a late hour (we actually fell asleep and didn’t even try it until the next morning!), but after being robbed by the AMPM’s monopoly on Shabbat grocery shopping, there was no way I was going to wait until the next day to be faced with the knowledge that I could have made this crumble for half, or even a third, of the price… [Note to self – don’t let Shabbat get the better of you, next time think ahead!]

The recipe below is the result of this late night endeavour as well as two subsequent trials and tweakings.  It’s still lacking a certain something, which if you figure out what it is, I’d love to hear it!  But, I am particularly proud of this recipe, because it has inaugurated me into the club of intuitive, recipe-less bakers. So, yay!

apple and pear crumble 2

the crumble topped with plain sheep yoghurt – delicious!

apple and pear crumble4

3 hungry people can make a good dent pretty quickly!

Apple & Pear Crumble
Preheat oven to 180C

4 medium-sized tart apples, chopped in large chunks
3 pears, chopped in large chunks
~ 1 inch of ginger, grated
juice from 1 orange
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg (optional)
¼ tsp ground ginger (if you don’t have fresh ginger)
juice from 3-4 passion fruits (optional)
3-4 TBSP date syrup (depending on how sweet the fruit is)
juice from about half a lemon (depending on how sour the fruit is)

Combine above ingredients in a bowl, making sure the fruit is well coated with the spices and juices. Pour into pie pan or whatever vessel you’re using.

~ 1 ½ cups rolled oats
¾ cup chopped nuts (any combination you like – I generally do almonds and walnuts)
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
½ – ¾ cup brown sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)
5-6 TBSP (or glugs) melted butter or vegetable oil

Combine the dry ingredients in another bowl and then add the butter or oil and mix with your fingers until you have a sand-like consistency.  Crumble the mixture on top of the fruit mixture.

Bake for 30-40 minutes in an oven that has been preheated to 180C. It should be bubbling, the fruit should be tender (if stick a knife or fork into it), and the top should be brown. If the top browns before it is finished cooking, cover with foil. Alternatively, if the top is not crisp or brown enough for your liking, you can turn the oven heat up to 200C for 5 minutes to brown it.


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Lost Family

In Deacon, My Genealogy on January 28, 2010 at 8:52 PM

Watching Ancestors in the Attic (History Channel) tonight reminded me of my grandaunt’s baby girl.  The story goes that she was adopted out through, possibly, the Catholic Children’s Aid Society.  The family who adopted her may have moved to Victoria.  I have searched, off and on, to find her or any family she may have had.  No luck yet.

It’s another tragic story in the Deacon recent-history.  My grandaunt loved and was engaged to the baby’s father either at the time or shortly afterwards, however the baby was born out of wedlock, and being a good Catholic family, that was a no-no.  As it happens, the baby’s father died of pneumonia within a short time, before they had married, at the tender age of 21.

The story continues.  My grandaunt loved kids.  She did marry later, but it ended up  she could not conceive–she had ovarian cancer.  That cancer took more than a decade before it claimed her life at the age of 38.

Her brother, my grandfather, died of Banti’s disease at age 24.

This is my brick wall family.  My grandfather and grandaunt’s mother was Beatrice Annie (or Anne).  Paperwork I have says her maiden name was Walsh, and that she was born in “Dublin, Ireland”.  She had only the two children, and one stillborn in between, that I am aware of.  Their father, her husband, died in 1926 at age 45 (intestinal blockage–can you imagine?) when the kids were just young.  She herself lived to 75 or 85, depending on which document you believe regarding her birthdate.  They seem to me to be a family who went through more tragedies than many.

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#145 - Christmas Eve Tapas With '98 Heredia Tondonia Reserva

Merry Christmas and all that stuff to all.

Well...a few months ago, I got all cocky and said that there are few things better in this world than a tapas meal served with any Heredia.

When I said that, it was with a delicious 2001 Bosconia, a wine with a long life ahead of it.

I was wrong.

Last night's Heredia never got out of the hangar and probably doesn't have much far to go.

Food: Tapas Spread of...

Serrano Ham
Smoked Paprika Artichoke Spread
Machego marinated in Greek olive oil and rosemary
Asparagus in walnut oil and sherry vinegar
Castelvetrano Green Olives
Marcona Almonds
Spanish-style Tomato Bread

Great combinations made with this meal. The linguiça with manchego together made for something great. Ditto with the tomato bread and the great smoky artichoke spread.

New brand of marcona almonds from Trader Joe's that are better than the old version. More creamy almond essence, less reliance on salt. Castelvetrano olives from Gene's, always good. Tastes like almond soy milk and green olive had a baby. Didn't really touch the dates. The Greek olive oil in the manchego brought an unexpected lemony quality, adding much. Went with pre-packaged Serrano ham from Paulina. Not as good as fresh sliced but still better than most (and better than some sliced). Just tons of deep flavor that went on forever.

We can never go wrong with tapas and haven't. It's what we like.

Wine: 1998 López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva ($35 - WDC)

Grape: Tempranillo (75%), Garnacho (15%), Graciano and Mazuelo (10%)
Vintage (WS): 79 Cold, rainy harvest. Tough wines with structure but little charm

Closed nose right away (kinda smelled like garden garbage in a good sense) but offered little on the first sip so we decanted for an hour (per some internet recommendations). A bit weak, delicate and somewhat tired after decant by itself. Didn't necessarily taste too old, just a touch diluted and middle-aged. Wet tobacco leaf doused with orange blossom water and a hint of spice dominated with very little fruit. What fruit did come forth needed the food to excite it and then it was dried red berries that didn't offer much depth or lasting presence. At times, it was a dead ringer for a watered-down Cubillo. Some welcome iron play on the back-end but the tannins felt tired, making for a hollow, uninspired finish.

Probably in the bottom 20% of Heredias I've had. Still enough substance to jettison it out of mediocre bland wine territory and had some of the typical Heredia notes that we wanted but nothing great here. We've always loved the vitality and explosion that comes from the Bosconia blends over the Tondonias for the most part, which makes me think we should have revisited the 2001 Bosconia drank in August with tapas for this meal to see how it's progressing. This one, from a bad vintage, didn't offer much. Even the winery talks about how the vintage never allowed the Garnacha to get off the ground.

It did find something resembling decent with some of the food, though.

Pairing: 84 But odd things happened with food typically tough to pair

A dud with many of the elements and bullied around with the linguiça and Serrano ham (on Serrano, I'm beginning to think that wine served with such delicious ham - a ham that beats any Italian prosciutto in my world - needs a well-structured Spanish one from a hot vintage all its balanced peak. The fruit's needed and the tannins need to be integrated. This isn't the first time a more delicate Spanish offering was destroyed by the unique depth of Serrano for me, tasting like I was licking a rusty barrel filled with manure).

But with the walnut oil and sherry vinegar asparagus and the smoked paprika driven artichoke spread, the Heredia found a stride of sorts. Fruit came forth and something like a pleasing structure with a proper delineation and finish popped up. With both of them. And with asparagus and artichokes, two foods very difficult to pair with wine. Didn't expect such things.

Probably had something to do with the Spanish preparation of the ingredients but it certainly came alive to a degree. Without that interplay, we would have cracked something else.

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Discussion in 'iPod touch' started by chrisl123, Sep 21, 2013.

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    I have an iPod touch 4th gen which started acting up yesterday. I had turned the iPod on (lock screen), and as I unplugged it, the screen went into standby. I tried to turn it on, but it didn't turn on. I plugged it into iTunes (latest version) and it found my iPod in DFU mode, so I just restored it to iOS 6.1.3, thinking it was a weird glitch. However, after the restore, both iTunes and redsn0w have found my iPod, but the iPod screen does not turn on at all. This iPod has been jailbroken but it lost its jb when I restored it. There has been no water damage that I know of (white sticker in headphone jack) and it has never been dropped. Any ideas?
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Tablets Nexus 7 (2013) Non Functional GPS Issue

Discussion in 'Alternatives to iOS and iOS Devices' started by robert996, Aug 8, 2013.

  1. robert996 macrumors newbie

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    The new Nexus 7 (2013) device has a defect where the GPS will lose the location fix after a period time, usually about 30 minutes to an hour, and cannot be restored without a shutdown/restart cycle, but the problem remains. Apparently, this applies to all new Nexus 7 (2013) devices and Google has not provided an ETA of a fix. Check the following links for users with this problem, even after returning N7, the new N7 tablets they've received also have the same problem.

    I really like my new N7 but this GPS problem is very aggravating.!category-topic/mobile/android-devices/prfUDZA7M2s
  2. Markdek macrumors member

    Mar 21, 2012
    Yes, I have the Nexus 7 2013, and I have this issue, like every owner has, but they may not know it yet. Thanks for spreading concerns about this issue so that we may get a response/fix from Google faster.

    This has been a big disappointment for me considering this is my 1st move to Android and Google for hardware. And yes, I have Apple products too and now I'm well versed in both universes.
  3. onthecouchagain macrumors 604

    Mar 29, 2011
    I have to believe it's software related. The new Google Maps update, honestly, seems a bit off. It doesn't always keep up with your location and it, indeed, does lose tracking here and there, but gains it back when you turn on your screen. I've almost missed a turn or two while using navigation on my One.
  4. AppleRobert macrumors 603

    Nov 12, 2012
    There is a thread on xda with it working after some disabling and perhaps some other things that need to be done.

    I have not tried it and it may only be a fix temporary and not happening with all folks but take a look see over there as far as progress made.

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    majorcedar macrumors newbie

    Jun 25, 2013
    Greetings community; I've a challenge for you. I've got a Macbook Pro3, 1. It came with iOS 10.6 (Leopard). Since having it, I upgraded: 1) to Snow Leopard and then 2) Mountain Lion. Too, I had to have it serviced for an issue having to do with the NVidia 8600 (Rosetta thing), which I hardly understood then or now.

    Now, I need to restore it factory settings. I've got the original "Install Disk 1 and 2." When I put Disk 1 into the drive and restart holding "C," it takes me to a utility screen that I cannot see. The screen is covered in horizontal blue, white and black lines. I can make out only some of the text, hence I cannot perform the reformat and reinstall procedures.

    I tried the same steps with my Snow Leopard (Upgrade) CD, and it takes me directly to the Utility screen and it has no blue, black or white lines. Problem is, I cannot install "Snow Leopard," I suppose because it is an upgrade CD.

    What can I do? Can I go around the graphical display and use the command prompt to perform factor reset. Like I said, I have the seems like, however, that when the Mac reads the disks, something affects the graphic display. (I suppose the Install Disks are in the form of DVDs).

    Help please!!!!! Thanks in advance!!
  2. majorcedar thread starter macrumors newbie

    Jun 25, 2013
  3. Freyqq macrumors 68040

    Dec 13, 2004
    does it boot into osx otherwise? How is the display then?
  4. majorcedar thread starter macrumors newbie

    Jun 25, 2013
    Yes, if I leave it alone it boots into OS 10x with no hitches.
  5. majorcedar thread starter macrumors newbie

    Jun 25, 2013
    Surely someone out there has heard of such a thing.

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Discussion in 'Mac Accessories' started by tuareg, Jul 15, 2013.

  1. tuareg macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009
    Hi there!

    I received an Apple Wireless keyboard as a gift. I started to use it with my Windows 7 PC and I quite liked it. To use it with a PC I had to buy a Bluetooth adapter. It was crappy and the communication between the PC and the keyboard used to crash constantly, so I had to restart the keyboard each time, and the performance was poor and I suffered from constant lags. Eventually the adapter itself died.

    So, what is the most recommended BT adapter when using a PC + Apple wireless keyboard combination? Reliability and performance are the most important factors, of course. I also play online shooters occasionally, so keyboard performance and reliability are crucial.

    Besides, while using the Apple keyboard I missed some of the functions of my old PC keyboard, while some Apple features were useless to me. Is there a program that I can program the keyboard with and make custom key bindings?

    Thanks in advance.
  2. tuareg thread starter macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009
    I've searched thoroughly throughout the internet, including this forum and Apple's official communities, but couldn't find a definitive answer. Most questions that revolve around this issue refer to working with an Apple Wireless Keyboard and BootCamp, and not an actual PC. Before I even try to pair the keyboard with my PC properly I need to buy a third-party Bluetooth adapter.
    That's why I really need your help and advice.
  3. DewGuy1999 macrumors 68040

    Jan 25, 2009
    I don't have an answer but a suggestion, find a bluetooth adapter that has a majority of positive reviews and give it a try. I don't think there is anything special about Apple's implementation of bluetooth (since it's a standard). To get full functionality you would need Apple's Boot Camp keyboard driver for the particular version of Windows that you're running, which I believe that you can find out there on the net with instructions on installing it.
  4. jdechko macrumors 68040

    Jul 1, 2004
    I'm not at home, so I can't be sure, but I think I purchased a Targus Travel bluetooth adapter and it has done pretty well. Sometimes it takes a couple of seconds to recognize the keyboard after sleeping. Sometimes I have to cycle the power on the keyboard. Both of those issues happen less than 1% of the time, though.

    Definitely grab the Apple BT Keyboard driver from the latest bootcamp. It helps with some of the function keys (at least the media ones).

    As far as custom key-bindings, I don't use anything like that, so I can't make a recommendation.
  5. Sir Ruben macrumors 65816

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    Jul 3, 2010
    I have to say, Im not sure why you would want to use the keyboard with a PC.

    Aside from the fact that it looks pretty I think its a very cheap feeling, below average, limited keyboard.

    When I bought a Mac Mini I also got the trackpad and keyboard. The trackpad I really like but the keyboard not so much. Plus using it when working out money etc is rubbish due to the fact that it doesnt have a dedicated number pad.

    I love Apple but very often they can be style over functionality and I think the keyboard is a good example of this.
  6. tuareg thread starter macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009
    Thanks for the help.

    If there's anyone else with additional recommendations of solid adapter I'll be more than glad to hear. Regarding that Targus adapter, those were the exact same issues I had with the terrible generic adapter I had (they were awful, and even if they rarely occur they tend to do that at the worst possible occasions, like when gaming online), and I have to avoid them this time around.

    Sir Ruben - that's exactly the reason I'm using it, the looks. Although I have to say that I really like how it feels, reminds me of a laptop keyboard.
  7. tuareg thread starter macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009
  8. ehfz macrumors member

    Jul 24, 2013
    I've been using the apple bluetooth keyboard with PCs for years and have had success with both PCs with built-in BT and with an IOGear bluetooth adapter. Two related points:
    1. There doesn't seem to be a reliable way to do control+alt+delete using this keyboard (some people have success with it, some don't, certain windows settings can be changed to make it less necessary)
    2. To get it to work in windows, you right click it when it shows up in bluetooth devices that are possible to connect to and check the HID box in properties. after hitting OK it will pair and work correctly.

    I really love the apple bluetooth keyboard, but I have recently also bought a Logitech K810 which I like just as well, and the K810 is make for Windows, can toggle between 3 devices all using bluetooth, and has backlit keys.
  9. jdechko macrumors 68040

    Jul 1, 2004
    Not at home at the moment, so I can't test this, but I think that Fn+Ctrl+Alt+Del works.
  10. John Kotches macrumors 6502

    Jan 19, 2010
    Troy, IL (STL Area)
    Like ehfz, I replaced my Apple wireless keyboard with Logitech.

    For ctl+alt+Del I use the onscreen keyboard. I'll have to try the fn+CTL+alt +del combo on Monday.
  11. tuareg thread starter macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009
    Thanks for the replies. More input is very much welcomed.

    Anyone had experience with one of the top rated adapter over at Newegg?

    Any other sites with user reviews I should check out?
  12. tuareg thread starter macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009
    Now that I've settled on the hardware, there's the software side.
    Usually every adapter requires some kind of driver or software in order to communicate with the PC.

    What software would you recommend?
    Is there a certain software that is considered the best?

    Sorry for the bump. I really couldn't find a definite answer around the web.
  13. jdechko macrumors 68040

    Jul 1, 2004
    I think Apple's website has the drivers available for download (the Bootcamp drivers). Once you download them, browse to the correct folder (32 or 64 bit). You should install the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Driver and I think the Bootcamp control panel. The keyboard driver will enable some of the special function keys (iTunes control) and, if I recall correctly, the control panel gives a few options including whether the function keys are special or regular by default.
  14. tuareg thread starter macrumors newbie

    Dec 29, 2009

    Will the Apple Bootcamp driver and Bluetooth keyboard driver be enough?
    No need for a software for the 3rd-party adapter?
  15. jdechko macrumors 68040

    Jul 1, 2004
    That's all I have installed.

    I think windows already has a generic bluetooth driver, so there's probably no need to install one. The adapter should just be plug & play.

    Here are a couple of good links with respect to boot camp drivers, windows versions and supported machines.

    Make sure you download the proper version of bootcamp drivers that matches your Windows version. For instance, version 5 only supports 64-bit installations of Win7 & Win8. Version 4 supports 32 & 64-bit versions of XP, Vista and 7.
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    sbpetrack macrumors newbie

    Oct 16, 2013
    special purpose apple wireless keyboard utility -- but need to map just one key!!

    Perhaps this is well known, but I found the following utility while hunting around the Net:

    I found it to be extremely valuable in making the Apple Wireless Keyboard really "sing" when attached to my Win 7 PC.

    Among other things, this utility mapped Fn-backspace into Delete, so that I can finally send and alt-ctrl-delete from my Apple keyboard, by typing alt-ctrl-Fn-backspace. I see from this thread that others had this functionality without this utility, but I did not, and i sorely needed it.

    It does quite a few other things as well, including (for example) let you choose between the mac or PC versions of Fn-key functionality.

    Edit: I also just found the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator: --
    which looks like it will solve the remaining key remapping problems I have.

    hope this helps
  17. thelightkeeper macrumors newbie

    Jan 20, 2014
    How to use Apple wireless keyboard on PC

    I found out the way and blog about it:

    The key is to use the correct drivers:

    1.Download latest Bootcamp drivers (as of now it is v5.0.5033 from
    2.Extract the file, then open folder \BootCamp5.0.5033\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple
    Run BootCamp.msi (do NOT run setup.exe as it will say it is unsupported on this computer model)
    3.Wait for the driver installation finish, then restart your PC.
    4.On next bootup, run Bootcamp (surprisingly you can !!!), go to Keyboard and choose whether you want F1,F2,etc as standard keyboard function. For more info, check the Apple Wireless Keyboard keyboard mapping in Windows kb

    That's it. No need extra software, just latest drivers from Apple.
  18. drsox macrumors 65816

    Apr 29, 2011
    What about the BT issue ? What spec/make of BT dongle did you use ?
  19. thelightkeeper macrumors newbie

    Jan 20, 2014

    I have a Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1 dongle.
  20. pschauer12 macrumors newbie

    Aug 28, 2015
    Question for everyone- I'm trying to use my Magic Mouse and Apple Keyboard with Windows 7. I'm able to connect both devices via Bluetooth (and I know it's working because I'm able to type in the code to connect the wireless keyboard to the computer), but once connected, the devices blink as if they're not paired, and they don't work.. Any suggestions?

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    Jun 7, 2013
    So today I finally got around to installing my USB3 card in my Macpro 5,1. I installed the splitter off the 2nd bay SATA connecter and all that. When I powered it on my MACVIDCARDS hacked ATI 7970 card decided to run its' fan at max. At first I didn't realize it was the video card running it's fan at max and I ended up without anymore ideas as to what was causing my fans to run at max. So I figured what the hell, why not and I called Apple. My system is still under Apple care so why not! I got a tech who was more then willing to help out. Once we (rather I) figured out it was just the video card running its' fan at max he continued to try and help! Seriously Apple! You're helping me trouble shoot a hacked video card! It didn't bother him and he continued to come up with ideas. He escalated to a senior tech for help. Meanwhile, while I was on hold I moved my 7970 to my old Macpro 3,1 to try and figure out if it was the video card or the Macpro. Well, the fans in the ATI card behaved normally in the Macpro 3,1. So I put it back in the Macpro 5,1 and well suddenly it was back to normal. Yet the tech from Apple is still trying to figure out a root cause. I'm like wow, that's support! So ya he totally didn't figure it out but he wanted to and is willing to stick to the problem and figure it out. Mind you by this time we've been on the phone for 2 hours.

    In the end, Apple didn't figure out squat. I was coming up with all the ideas of moving the card from 1 Macpro to another. The Apple tech had no clue and was putting me on hold all the time to talk with senior support. However, I must applaud there willingness to try. He even offered to replace my video card! Now that was a tempting thought, replace my MACVIDCARDS ATI HD Radeon 7970 with an official one! But alas I resolved the issue by moving the card and resetting the EFI bios. I'm still left thinking OH MY he almost replaced me hacked card with a real one!

    I recently tried to resolve another problem with my wife's Windows 7 pc and Microshit wouldn't even try and help. Yet Apple in my case here wants to go seriously beyond! This is what keeps me as an Apple customer and this is what finally got my wife to dump her Windows laptop and get a Macbook Pro.
  2. OS6-OSX macrumors 6502a

    Jun 13, 2004
    My MacPro, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways....:D
  3. crjackson2134 macrumors 68020

    Mar 6, 2013
    Charlotte, NC
    Great story, but I'm curious about a couple of things. Did Apple know you were using a modified card, and did they offer to replace it with another 3rd party card that they don't even offer?

    I'm guessing they didn't know the card was hacked, and that they would have only replaced it with one of their regular offerings.

    If they offered to buy you a card they don't even offer.... Well that would be really impressive.
  4. chrono1081 macrumors 604

    Jan 26, 2008
    Isla Nublar
    I too had amazing service with Apple. I remember when I bought a cinema display that was a refurb and it was defective. It was past the 30 day return period so I would have had to send it into repair.

    I called Apple where they overnighted me a new one ( ! ), accepted the old one back, CREDITED me $200 for the inconvenience and when my new one arrived it was brand new in the box not a refurb, AND they added my monitor to my purchase of a Macbook Pro the month before so both were covered under my Applecare warranty.

    Amazing company. I didn't even ask for any of the above, they just did it.

    Also on a side note usually if you reset your PRAM when changing video cards you'll avoid crazy weird things like fans running and such.

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    Is anyone else having frustrating Phone OFF frustration with the Treo 650? Specifically, the Phone randomly turns itself OFF and when I try to turn it on I get the message:

    Phone is off. Would you like to turn it on?

    When I select YES, nothing happens and the phone remains off. The only way I can get the phone to turn back on is to perform a hard reset.
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    I don't have any problems with that. The only thing I can think of is you might be going out of coverage area, and the phone gives up and turns off? Sounds like you have a bug.
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    The phone is not out of range, I am in San Francisco and have 3-4 bars at all times. This phone off thing is a pain in the A$$.

    Please let me know:
    - if anyone else is having this problem
    - if you have any suggested fixes
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    Don't have this problem with my T650. In fact...have NO problems at all.
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    Yes , I had that problem show up while I was trying to use Agendus Ver 9.0 beta and Zlauncher. Eventually had to do a Hard reset and now without the 2 afore metioned items I'm back to normal
  6. #6
    I'm in San Francisco downtown area, but never had that problem even around my apartment where treo gets only a bar. I do have trouble with agendus 9 beta though. (treo reset itself every time I try to sync. It's only happenning when I have agendus installed.)
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The municipality of Niel (8,922 inhabitants on 1 January 2007; 527 ha) is located south of Antwerp, on the northern (right) bank of river Rupel.

Niel was mentioned for the first time in 1150. Until the 1970s, it was known for its bricks and shoes. The industrial decline led to reclaim by nature of several abandoned places and clay pits, so that Niel is known today as a green town.

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The flag of Niel is vertically divided yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow (seven stripes) with a yellow letter "n" in the top of the first red stripe.
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According to Servais, the arms of Niel were granted by Royal Decree on 23 June 1877. They are based on the arms of the famous Berthout family, and differ from the arms of the neighbouring municipality of Mortsel only by the "n" crest, so that the flag of Niel differs from the flag of Mortsel only by the letter "n".

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Its heartening to see that Exxaro makes the effort of keeping communication channels open, which is more than can be said of some junior mining companies I am currently researching (new post to follow soon).

After evaluating the received documentation for completeness, I will start studying it, measuring for legal and company policy compliance. I will also compare it to what I know and observed of the operation in person.

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Hello out there – anyone listening to the consumers?  I DO NOT want to buy markers and notebooks and backpacks in July!!!!!  I don’t want to see them in your flyers, littering my mailbox with unwanted thoughts of the back to school madness.  Your one day only sales that pressure me into buying things long before class lists are ready because now I am wondering: if you are doing this in July does that mean it will all be gone by late August and I will be facing isles of Christmas wreaths and Menorahs when instead I need protractors and pencil cases?

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Do you know what I want to buy now?  Bathing suits and flip-flops and fun things that float in the water.  You know – all the things that are harder to find IN THE SUMMER than Jimmy Hoffa’s body. PLEASE  – stop forcing the seasons to change months ahead of time.  Let us, the poor consumers, have a rest.  Let us enjoy the sunshine and saltwater for the brief time it lasts.

Trust me, we will be back – we love your ten-cent pencil cases.   But we don’t love them until school starts.

Sincerely your very tired and in desperate need of a break from your onslaught of marketing gimmicks (and in need of sunscreen and a beach towel) consumer,

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Twenty Important Things

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Awhile back I saw a post on Julie Balzer’s blog where she listed twelve self care tips for Valentine’s Day.  I like the way she presented the list in a visual way. I randomly drew squarish shapes on a pre-painted background in my art journal, and painted around them, letting the background show through on the squares.  I happened to make twenty spaces, in addition to the title spot, so the next step was to start thinking of twenty things that I think are important in life, or that I want to be important in my life. I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about it, just started filling in my boxes.

This is the page I ended up with.  What would be on your list of twenty?

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  1. Lovely page. I love the lettering, and how it’s personal! (I’m a bit of a scrapbooking/ art-journalling maniac).

  2. Ooh, great idea – your page looks fab. I am going to start thinking of my twenty important things now 🙂

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Garland Gathering! New card preview!
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Daniel, Olivia, Chessie, and Strawberry are preparing for the Marr festival! It's been over 100 years since the elder tribes came together as a community, and Strawberry has been working hard to revive the tradition!

Garland Gathering is a Male card that lets you grab Female, Herm, and Otherkind Furres straight from your deck! You don't have to find all three in your deck (you can find one or two -- that's just fine), but it's certainly very powerful if you maximize its potential! The downside is that you have to have a quadruple-gender deck, which is nearly impossible, but some people have made it work.

That brings up a good question: how does this card work with multi-gender Furres? For example, Behemoth, Voice of Gluttony is a Herm and Otherkind Furre:

You can find Behemoth in Fortune booster packs!

Behemoth is a Herm Furre, so it can satisfy the "find a Herm Furre" condition. It can also satisfy the "find an Otherkind Furre" condition! In fact, you could find two Behemoths using Garland Gathering!

If your harem is 100% Male, Garland Gathering probably won't be in your deck, but once you add more genders to your harem, it's a great choice!

Garland Gathering can be found in Caramel Booster Packs!

Caramel is available! Get your cards now!

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bluephoenix on Apr 10th, 2015 @ 10:29 PM
awesome cards wish i could a fford to get more

Zeneth_Starr on Apr 7th, 2015 @ 09:44 PM
Definitely need another of these.

ezekiel_tyr on Apr 6th, 2015 @ 11:06 PM
so play a that card and get two or three cards really nice

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Jobs Done!

(Click image to play, Game only runs in IE, No clue why)

So me and Reign finally finished it, Our final submission for this class, Courage’s Gate a turn based exploration game, It’s a take on both Pokemon and final fantasy With our own distinct art style, drawn by Reign, Granted not everything was completed to the highest level that we wanted, we feel it is both a great piece of work and hope that you enjoy playing it.

Maybe I’ll revisit this project at a later date, it is pretty feature complete and we could do a lot more to it if we wanted, anyway i’m going to be guy’s sorry its such a short read but i hope you all enjoy it, please leave feedback below!.

The Final Prototype!

Hi everyone! So as I said the last time is that I am working in conjunction with another student at SAE Qantm by the name of Reign! on our final prototype for our rapid prototyping class, we decided on this so as to make sure that we can produce as high a quality product within four weeks as possible with myself as the programmer and Reign as the artist.

Now prepare yourself as currently none of the art assets being created have been implemented as were only at the start of the second week however, this is currently what I’ve got in terms of the programming side, you can also click on the image to open up the web player demo of what this actually does so far.

Prototype 3 map

So currently in the project the player is able to re-roll their characters statistics and then set them, currently this just re-rolls set random values which means you could potentially get a character with “OP” stats, I’m considering redoing this so that it takes stats points from a “pool” so that you never get an “OP” character however that is dependent on whether or not i have enough time for it.

You are also able to navigate around the level by moving your mouse, the camera is clamped so that you cannot fly off forever and potentially “lose” the level. What isn’t but is currently in the works of being implemented is the actual combat, what happens currently is the player clicks to move to a tile next to there current tile to move to it, Once they have moved to said tile it then does a random check to see if there is an enemy on this tile, if there is an enemy the combat phase starts.

What happens in the combat phase is that the characters team is the displayed on the right hand side of the screen (Or left, haven’t decided yet) and the enemy is then spawned on the opposite side, Then the player engages in a Pokemon/final fantasy style battle system were each side takes a turn selecting what to do.

I’d say this is my first real attempt into designing a “smart” AI as i usually don’t put that much thought into how i want to program them to do, But i’m feeling hopeful about it!.

Anyhow I’ve used up enough of everyone’s time here and i’ll write some more about this project either this week or the next, Enjoy!

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Hey guys! blog update!

I’ve finished the second brief which I’ve gotta say was a bit of a pain, i didn’t really like the brief outline and it didn’t really work with what in wanted to do so the project didn’t up being that great, it still worked for the most part but could have been better i think, and am now onto the third and final rapid prototype, the brief says it has to be a game with either grid based combat and movement or have final fantasy style combat.

So I’ve decided to work in a group for this final project, myself as the programmer and the other as the artist, were hoping to create a really high quality final prototype that is something that we can eventually turn into either a good piece of portfolio work or an actual game for release, either way im looking forward to this final assessment.

I’m not going to post any images for this post as currently theirs no real artwork to show of as were in the first week of the project, however so far it is going pretty well, we’ve got grid based movement working as well as the beginning of our combat system so all should be good.

Anyway that’s all for now, ill post some stuff with some actually screenshots next week hopefully, Enjoy!

Project 2!

So here’s the next update, I’m now working on my second project for my scripting class, For this project i’ve decided to create a two player game were one player play’s as a Hunter and the other plays as the Seeker.

The seeker’s goal is to find all the orbs in the level and then escape with there life while the Hunter has to find the Seeker before they can collect all the orb’s, currently the game is two player split-screen like some of the older games that you’ll see on Nintendo 64, GameCube, PS1 and PS2, you control the characters with the use of an Xbox 360 controller as I’ve been wanting to try using one in one of my projects for a long time now and I’ve finally been able to purchase one.

Aesthetically speaking i’m trying to create a semi horror feeling within the game to try and make the Seeker feel as tense as possible while trying to find the orbs, The Hunter has the ability to scare the Seeker with use of a scream mechanic which startles the Seeker and causes his screen to shake, while the Seeker has the use of a torch which they can point at the Hunter to stun them for a short amount of time.

Everything currently within the game except for the character models has been created by myself as i cant be bothered to fully model, texture, rig and animate two separate characters as it would take to much time in the 4 week time span i have to create this prototype, Anyway hope you’ve all enjoyed reading this and ill see you later.

Lastly here’s a recording of what I’ve currently got

Hi all!, so were on to our next prototypes and this time i’m working as a two man team with Nick Phipps who’s blog you can find here!,

Anyway, we’ve started production of our prototype game Wisp!, a game were you the player interprets whats happening, with this we hope that each player get’s there own experience that is special to them and they can share these with other’s.

it can also be played as many times over as you want  for different outcomes seeing as every game only lasts 3 minutes.

So myself and Nick decided to group together on this project as it was more tailored towards visuals, sound and emotion than game mechanics which meant that we had to make it look good and get the programming done really fast seeing as how each prototype has to be done within two week’s, as for the brief of the prototype we have to make a game that uses three different camera angles, four separate emotions and indirect control of the player (so you couldn’t control the players movement’s but you could control the player’s cameras).

as allways hoped you enjoyed this quick post and except more soon seeing as how its got to be done next week! bye!.

Hi everyone I’ve finished the first prototype and you can find a link to it below!
People Construct

This was a really fun prototype and I’ve learned a lot from it to, anyway not much to post here other than i’m starting my next prototype brief today and i’ll probably post about it later this week seeing as how instead of having to produce a prototype in three weeks i only have two so it will be made a lot fast. enjoy!

People Construct

Hi everybody, today i’m presenting to you a prototype that I’ve been working on for the past week during the rapid prototyping phase of my course.

So the brief for the rapid prototype meant that i had to make a game that was entirely keyboard operated and could only use 4 color’s, it sounded challenge at the start but it was actually very easy to be honest.

The first problem that i had though was designing an economy for my prototype game (pictured below) basically i modeled my prototype of the movie The Matrix but redesigned it to work as it’s own title, i’ll explain a little as to how the diagram works now.
– People produce power.

– power runs to the factory and nursery.

– the factory produces nursery robots which along with the factory produce more people.

– and every now and then the resistance steal humans.

So from that i went in to Photoshop and designed with an idea of what i wanted the game to look like and seeing as how you’re going to be playing as a robot it sort of made sense to not have any visuals (why would a robot need visuals?),anyway this is the design that i came up with.

As you can see from the design I’ve tried to design the game to look like an old DOS computer as i wanted it to have that retro feel.

And finally here is what i’m up to with the actual game, I’ve actually finished the prototype and still have a week left before the next brief so i’m going to get a week to spend polishing my game and optimizing the script, anyway here’s the current version of my game, hope you enjoy!

Web Friendly Version!

People Construct Beta Download

As usual please leave a comment, they really help me improve on my designs.


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Gelert Wilderness Rucksack Review

As an avid outdoor traveler, it’s an important factor for me to own the best items in I could find – from gears to rucksacks to proper clothing. Unfortunately, I was slightly wrong with the backpacks. I purchased a new pack as my birthday gift to myself but it only lasted for about 3 months. I was able to use it twice only plus one minor travelling adventure with my child. Hence, I ended up searching a new one.

This was when I found the Gelert Wilderness Rucksack. The brand is known for me but I haven’t purchased anything from the company yet. Since the rucksack is quite affordable, I decided to give it a try. Now, I have already traveled China, Japan, Cambodia, and 2 more countries in Asia and nearly continents with this backpack.

Blueprint and system design

I consider the Cool Air Design as this backpack’s main feature. This highly effective back system provides you a cooler trip no matter how hot the place is. Aside from sparing you from too much sweat, the back system also provides a high level of comfort due to the materials used and how it is carefully designed. This item also acquires VTS back system that assists the entire back system for more coziness.

Lumbar support is at the highest level with the Gelert Wilderness Rucksack‘s padded and adjustable waist strap. Now that’s really helpful especially if you’re unsure of your itinerary. The pull forward hip belt adjustment system and the adjustable chest strap are two more factors that assist the carrier ands help provide stability and balance when travelling rough or even smooth terrains.

Organizing part

Of course, a rucksack won’t be complete without the efficiency in organizing your items. The Gelert Wilderness Rucksack has an internal bivy organizer that helps you segregate your items. There’s also the bellow pockets that are positioned on both sides of the bag; expandable and can carry more items without looking too over-stuffed. It also has a zip hood pocket and a front pocket mainly used for maps. Most zippers of this rucksack are unique and waterproof.

Small aspects

Although considered as a small aspect, I consider the rain cover as something important, especially that I’m not always sure about the weather of my destination. Luckily, the Gelert Wilderness Rucksack has its own rain cover. It also comes with loops where I can attach my walking poles. Lastly, this item is hydration compatible, which means you can slip in a water bladder and you don’t have to bring a bigger water bottle.

Where it can be improved

Technically, not all items are made perfectly. Gelert Wilderness Rucksack also has its fair share of drawbacks such as the webbing. On the downside, this rucksack has no front webbing which is very useful in terms of attaching more items and gears. You might want to consider another bag that can serve as your gear bag, instead. You can also bring extra stretchable strings for easier attachment of gears.

Product variations

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The Gelert Wilderness Rucksack is the perfect synonym of high quality rucksacks. With all the mentioned features, no wonder why many people purchase it. The price is also not that bothersome. You can already get your own Gelert Wilderness at an affordable rate of Â£50 and maximum rate of Â£65-Â£67. Indeed, a good investment for both avid and first-time travelers.

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Dead Man¹s Cell Phone By: Sarah Ruhl Directed By: Martin Katz Oct. 6,7,8,12,13,14,15 at 7:30PM Oct.8 & 15 at 2:00PM 2011 A café. A dead man. And a cell phone that won¹t stop ringing. When Jean, a stranger from the next table, decides to answer it she sets in motion a chain of events that is, by turns, baffling, mysterious, comic, and grim. And as Jean becomes involved with the dead man¹s wife, mother, mistress, and brother she begins to suspect that her life will never be the same again.


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Last website update of any real content was many years ago.

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Heritage Press – Two Plays by Anton Chekhov (1966, NY and Connecticut)

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Two Plays (Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard) by Anton Chekhov (1966/1966* [NY/Conn]))
Sandglass Number: None (weird…a Connecticut-era omission, mayhaps?)
Artwork – Illustrated by Lajos Szalay
Translated by Constance Garnett, Introduced by John Gielgud
Reprint of LEC #385/34th Series V. 11 in 1966

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Front Binding – Ah, now I can update this post for some comparisons!  The Connecticut binding (on the right) is a fairly sterile binding job, although the three cherries is a clever homage to the two Anton Chekhov plays it contains – The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.  The New York printing is with a maroon cloth, with a nice centerpiece of Chekhov’s initials.  Bert Clarke of Clarke and Way (aka The Thistle Press) handled the design duties of the original book – I’m not sure if Cardevon recruited him to do the Connecticut binding as well.

As for Chekhov, he got recognition from the Limited Editions Club rather late in its history – this was the first collection of his work, in this case, his two great dramas, and in 1973 Cardevon would put out a compilation of his short stories.  Apparently Macy didn’t think much of Chekhov during his tenure, or merely forgot to include him alongside the other Russian legends like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Pushkin that did receive lovely editions in the heyday of the LEC.

Title Page – Sir John Gielgud, very well known for his Shakespearean performances, provides an Introduction to Chekhov’s dramas, and Lajos Szalay is its illustrator.  I must admit, Szalay’s art style isn’t really to my taste.  However, it was to Cardevon, who hired him to perform artistic embellishment to the Stories of Chekhov I mentioned above as well as Turgenev’s The Torrents of Spring in 1976.  Perhaps you will see something that pleases you in my examples.  The color pieces are tempura paintings.

Clarke utilized 12 point English Monotype Garamond for its text, but that’s all the Sandglass lets out of its production notes.  It instead goes for a near page on Gielgud’s storied career, which is all well and good, but makes it hard to document books on this blog!

Page 6 – One of Szalay’s tempura paintings.  I think the linework is what distracts me from enjoyment – it’s almost a little too rough for me.  Anyway, the printings seem fairly comparable – the Connecticut print is a little fuzzier, but I may have zoomed in a bit closer and it wasn’t quite as focused.

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Personal Notes – I bought this copy at my current book employment years before I was employed there.  I didn’t realize the Connecticut/New York distinction at the time, which I have now fully comprehended and rarely buy Connecticut titles these days.  I sold that one off to get some other HP titles in 2011.  I was given a copy of the New York edition in January 2012 by my good friend John.  It was incomplete, but in very good shape.  The Connecticut slipcase doesn’t quite squeeze around it as nicely as it did for its original host, but it’s better than nothing!

* -A strong piece of evidence that Cardevon rarely changed the dates of the Macy’s initial printings to reflect their reprint.

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Gero-Punk Anniversary Celebration: We’ve Gone Global!

This Thursday will be the two year anniversary of the Gero-Punk Project! Hooray!

Over the past twelve months I’ve published 50 Gero-Punk essays of various sorts, for a total of 116 essays published since the birth of this project. These essays have been written by me and by several guest essayists, including my best friend, many dear current and former students and colleagues, not to mention new comrades of all life-course stages and ages.  What’s really cool is that several of the guest essayists are new to gerontology, not to mention new to the Gero-Punk ethos of being present to our experiences of age, aging and the times, places and spaces in and through which we travel through the life-course.

And — guess what?!?!?: The Gero-Punk Project now has readers who live in 80 different countries and on all continents on the planet earth except for Antarctica! (If any of you have any friends living in Antarctica, will you turn them on to the Project? Thanks!)

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On this auspicious occasion, please accept my gratitude for supporting the Gerontological anarchy, exploration, and play that we’ve been engaging in together in the Gero-Punk Project! And please accept my invitation to participate in the Gero-Punk Project by submitting an essay about your own experiences traveling through the life-course, wherever you may find yourself in time, place and space (Where do you find yourself? I’ll put a gold star on my map if you let me know. You can reach me at

Perhaps you need to know a bit more about what’s what before you will feel willing to venture further.  That’s understandable.

The Gero-Punk Project provides a venue for sharing stories about our travels through the life-course. Together we create a space for trying out alternative ways of experiencing and writing about age and aging in particular times, spaces and places, and about the complexities of being human beings.

We take seriously the idea that we are time-travelers: simultaneously a particular age, all ages, and no age at all.

We give voice to our flummoxing, fascinating, mundane and profound, odd and perhaps transgressive thoughts, feelings, and experiences related to this grand and strange adventure of being and becoming human in and through and outside of time.

We legitimize confusion, uncertainty, and vulnerability, states of no-sense.

As well, we harness our inner authority, our sovereignty, our growing expertise about our own inside experiences and our curiosity about the inside experiences of others.

We ask questions such as:

Where does age reside?

What does it feel like to be the embodied creatures we are right now in this present moment? (And what might it feel like to be a differently embodied creature?)

What assumptions are we holding about what a particular age should be like, or look like, and where did these assumptions come from? (And are we served well by these assumptions or do we want to blow them up and create new ways of thinking and being?)

How might our confusions, mishaps and missteps as we muddle through this life be sources of learning and wisdom, for ourselves and, by sharing them, for others?

And for those of us who are formally engaged in the work of gerontology, we ask to what extent do we see our aging experiences reflected in the official Gerontological theory, research, and practice? And to what extent are our aging experiences and our capacities to support others with their aging experiences informed by Gerontological theory and research? What are the connections and disconnections? What is missing and what might we add? What new questions might we ask?

As well, we ask: What capacities for self-care and intentional aging do we want to develop so that we can live vibrant and purposeful lives, no matter what challenges we might face as we continue our travels through the life-course?

Also this: What are the ways in which we might be of service to others, to the larger community, and to the world that allow us to enact our deepest longings and commitments,  to help us grow in all directions as human beings as we continue to ripen?

And perhaps most important of all, we ask: If we had play-dates with our 8 year old selves, what would we do? If we invited our future older selves over for a glass of wine, what would we talk about?

This is by no means an exhaustive list. But it is a good start.

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How are things where you are in Mexico, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Ireland and Egypt?

How would you describe the dominant cultural attitudes towards aging and later life in Iceland, Armenia, Syria, Tunisia, Thailand, Argentina?

Wherever you are located in time, place or space — Denmark, Pakistan, Malaysia, Kenya, Columbia, Israel, Peru, Mongolia, Fiji, Nigeria, or somewhere else — what’s your experience of traveling through the life-course?

Will you join us?

About Jenny Sasser, Ph.D.

I am a freelance educational gerontologist, writer, community activist and facilitator. As of 12/21/15, I am former Chair of the Department of Human Sciences and Director of Gerontology at Marylhurst University. I joined the faculty as an adjunct member of the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program in 1997 and since that time, I've been involved in designing many on-campus and web-based courses and programs for adult learners, including in Gerontology. As an undergraduate I attended Willamette University, graduating Cum Laude in Psychology and Music; my interdisciplinary graduate studies at University of Oregon and Oregon State University focused on the Human Sciences, with specialization areas in adult development and aging, women’s studies, and critical social theory and alternative research methodologies. My dissertation became part of a book published in 1996 and co-authored with Dr. Janet Lee--Blood Stories: Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary US Society. Over the past fifteen years I have been involved in inquiry in the areas of creativity in later life; older women's embodiment; sexuality and aging; critical Gerontological theory; transformational adult learning practices; and cross-generational collaborative inquiry. I am co-author, with Dr. Harry R. Moody of Aging: Concepts and Controversies (8th edition). I live in Portland, Oregon with my dog Happy. My daughter Isobel is a Sophomore at Bard College in New York state. I have been on the planet 49 years.
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2 Responses to Gero-Punk Anniversary Celebration: We’ve Gone Global!

  1. Erica Wells says:

    Cheers to making the 2-year milestone. Here’s to many more years of gero-punking together!
    xo erica

  2. helenfern says:

    You go Jenny!! This is really exciting!!

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2017 Week 1 Picks

It is year 4 of GTC and we have had 3 straight years of winning seasons though last year was the worst record of the 3 after a bad run to close the year. The format of the blog will continue to be mostly the same with weekly picks going up usually Saturday Night and then the review post in the middle of the week. Last year we started with a perfect week 1, here’s hoping we can take it back for a similar start this year.

Previous 3 Seasons

2016 Regular Season: 53-37-3

2017 Playoffs: 3-3

2016-2017 NFL Season Overall (Playoffs and Reg Season) : 56 – 40- 3 or 53%

2015 Reg Season: 57-35-3

2016 NFL Playoffs including SB: 6-2

2015-16 NFL Season Overall (Playoffs and Reg Season): 63-37-3 or 63%

2014 Reg Season 60W-42L

2015 Playoffs & Superbowl 4-6

2014-2015 Total season 64-48 = 57%

Week 1 Picks

Game 1: Phi -1 @ Was

Bet % Phi 58%  Was 42%

This game opened with Was -3 which seems like the right opening number for any NFC East game but it has been basically unanimous that sharp money on the Eagles has moved this line, so why are they all on Eagles?

Both teams remade their receiving groups this offseason. For Washington they lost Desean Jackson and Pierre Garcon and replaced them with Tyrell Pryor and moving Jamison Crowder and Dotson up to bigger roles. Desean Jackson is a major loss as he is basically singular in his ability to stretch the field and open the field up for his teammates. Kirk Cousins was a different QB with Jackson in lineup vs without and while Pryor looks to be a very nice addition, at least early on there may be an adjustment period for Cousins. Add to this that Crowder who many expect to take a major role in this offense has been questionable all week and is not likely to be 100%.

Not only will Cousins have to adjust to new receivers but he will also be without his OC from last year Sean Mcvay and in the preseason at least it looked the offense was still adjusting to the coaching change.

On the Eagles, Carson Wentz will also have to adjust to new receivers but the difference for him is that the Eagles had the worst receivers in the NFL last year and even if there is an adjustment period, Alshon Jeffrey and Tory Smith will still be major upgrades.

The Eagles bring one of the best 2 or 3 defensive lines in the NFL and if they are going to win this game, this group is going to have to get pressure on Cousins. I think they will. The addition of Timmy Jernigan should help Fletcher Cox get more 1 on 1’s and I think the rookie Barnett could be big here as well.

Last year when these teams met it was the first game of Lane Johnsons’ suspension and Ryan Kerrigan destroyed Eagles rookie Vaitai in his first career start. This year the Eagles come in with their line intact including both tackles and because of that the offense should fare much better than last year.

Game 2: Atl @ Chi +6.5

Bet% Atl 80% Chi 20%

There a number of games on the board where I think if we look at last years versions of these teams the games seem obvious. Here we have the NFC champs, a team that was about 10 minutes away from a Superbowl, playing the Bears who won 3 games last year. When we look at the Bet% split on this game it’s clear that the public sees this game as a gimme and those are usually the ones to look at backing the unpopular home dog.

I actually think the Bears are live here, last year they were decimated by injuries they finished dead last in Adjusted Games Lost according to Football outsiders but still finished 17th in offensive DVOA and that’s with Matt Barkley starting 6 games. Whatever you think of Mike Glennon and he may not finish the season as the starter but he is miles ahead of Barkley.  The Falcons keep adding great athletes to their defense but in this one it wouldn’t surprise me to see the Bears have success moving the ball.

On the flip side I think there is something to the Superbowl loser hangover thing. If the Falcons were at home or playing another top team or divisional opponent I might not be against them here but playing a team that everyone expects them to walk, on the road, and playing their first game without OC Kyle Shanahan.  I could definitely see them look past the Bears to the next week and the opening of their new stadium and end up in a struggle here that they might even drop straight up.

Game 3: Ari -2 @ Det

Bet% Ari 65%  Det 35%

Betting week 1 is always about perception, we don’t have any real data to go on so it is basically left to what we thought of these teams last year and do we expect that to continue this year.

The Lions last year went 9-7 and made the playoffs, the Cards who went into 2016 as a legit Superbowl contender finished 7-8-1 and were a huge disappointment but were the Lions really better than the Cards last year? I don’t think so.

For me the Lions are one of the teams I expect to regress the most this year. In 2016 despite going 9-7 the Lions finished -12 in point differential and 8 of their 9 wins were the result of 4th Quarter comebacks which doesn’t seem like a sustainable way to win games. The Cards meanwhile were +56 in point differential and finished 16th in DVOA, the Lions btw  finished 27th.

The big mismatch for me in his game is the Lions defense vs the Cards offense. Detroit finished 32nd in defensive DVOA last year and were not able to add much to improve that group in the offseason. Arizona bring one of the 2 best RBs in the league and if they can protect Palmer he should be able to exploit the Lions in the middle of the field with Fitzgerald as the defense keys on Johnson.

Getting Arizona under a FG here is a real bargain, to me they are a much better team than the Lions and the reason we are getting them this cheap is because of last years records which I don’t think were indicative of either teams performance last year.

Game 4: Ind @ LAR -4

Bet% Ind 27% LAR 23%

There isn’t a lot to write about here, the Colts completely mishandled their offseason with the Andrew Luck shoulder doubts and are forced to start Scott Tolzien in an NFL game on the road. The Colts have been sporting one of the thinnest rosters in the league and now without Luck that roster is going to be exposed. The Colts will also be without their best defensive player CB Vontae Davis and starting Center Ryan Kelly.

Obviously betting on Jared Goff doesn’t exactly make me feel great but last year the Colts were last in run defense DVOA so the Rams should be able to protect Goff with a heavy dose of Todd Gurley. I certainly wish Aaron Donald was playing because he would dominate vs the Colts line but even without him I fully expect the Rams defense to handle the Colts offense.

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