Add a dash of cognac and light it up to 'flambé'. In the same casserole dish, cook the vegetables from the marinade for a few minutes before adding the chicken back to the dish. To cook the chicken, add a mix of butter and oil to a casserole dish and brown the chicken pieces on a medium heat until golden, then transfer to a plate. Before the marinade boils remove any scum appearing on the surface.Ĭarry out the same process with the chicken stock unless you're using a readymade stock, in which case warm it up in a pan and let it simmer gently while you start cooking your chicken. Do the same with the garnish from the marinade but keep separate from the chicken.įilter the marinade through a sieve into a sauce pan and bring the liquid to the boil then reduce the heat. Take the chicken pieces out of the marinade and pat dry with a kitchen towel. Make a brown chicken stock or use a good quality readymade brown chicken stock (in liquid form, not stock cubes). Mix with a clotted spoon and cover with a lid and place in the fridge leave for at least 6 hours, turning the pieces of chicken from time to time. Then pour in the red wine and oil over the chicken. Marinate your chicken pieces in red wine by putting chicken pieces in a large bowl with the carrot, onion, shallot, garlic and the bouquet garni. Scatter the ventrèche and mushrooms over the chicken and serve right away, passing the sauce separately.One whole chicken deboned or 1kg of chicken pieces (tights works best)ĥ0 ml (1.7 fl oz) of Cognac (I used Courvoisier)Ģ0 ml (0.7 fl oz) of peanut or sunflower oilġ bouquet garni (or a bay leaf a few twigs of thyme)ĥ00 ml (2 cups) of premium chicken stock (of the shelf)ġ25 g (4.4 oz) of smoke pork belly, bacon or pancetta in cubesġ25 g (4.4 oz) of button mushrooms (you can use other forest mushrooms too) Add 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat to the skillet along with the mushrooms and cook over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, until softened and golden, about 7 minutes. Pour the fat into a glass measuring cup and wipe out the skillet. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook the ventrèche over moderate heat until crisp, 6 to 7 minutes.Season with salt and pepper, and keep warm. Skim the fat from the side that isn’t boiling and continue to boil until the sauce is reduced to about 2 cups and slightly thickened, about 15 minutes. Set half of the casserole over the heat and bring the sauce to a boil.Transfer the chicken to a large platter as it is done cover loosely with foil and keep warm. Cover and cook over low heat until the chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes for the breasts and 35 minutes for the drumsticks, thighs and wings. Tuck in the bouquet garni and bring to a simmer. Pour the liquid over the chicken in the casserole. Add the demi-glace, water and wine and bring to a boil, whisking. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons of the fat in the skillet and whisk in the flour cook over moderate heat, whisking occasionally, until chestnut colored, about 4 minutes.Repeat with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the rest of the chicken pieces. Add half of the chicken to the skillet and cook over moderately high heat until lightly browned all over, about 12 minutes transfer to a large enameled cast-iron casserole. Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in another large skillet.When the flames subside, whisk in the tomato paste. Remove the skillet from the heat and, using a long match, ignite the wine. In a large skillet, bring the wine to a boil over high heat.
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The barrier works to keep good stuff in and bad stuff out. In a nutshell, the skin's moisture barrier helps the skin to retain moisture, specifically water. In short, you’ll know your barrier is on the mend when those above symptoms (flakiness, roughness, and itchiness) start to disappear. How do I know if my moisture barrier is r epaired? A complex of 5 barrier boosting… Read More For comfortable, dewy skin that’s drenched in moisture, healthy, restored and glowing.ĭrench skin in a cooling veil of hydration that instantly soothes irritation… Replenishing, restorative and all about strengthening the moisture barrier, help comfort and rebuild stressed-out skin with this protective ceramide-rich skin rescue balm. Mother Nature brings Jojoba, Watermelon, Aloe, Baobab and Kalahari Melon to help plump and smooth, improving elasticity whilst rebuilding the skin’s protective layer. 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It works to keep good stuff in and bad stuff out. The outermost layer is the stratum corneum, actively shedding dead skin cells. The skin epidermis is made up of five layers. Your moisture barrier is the outermost layer of the skin that provides protection, h elping to retain natural oils and nutrients, and moisture, preventing moisture loss (which can lead to dehydration) ensuring skin looks and feels supple, plump and ultimately… hydrated. A thin, weak or damaged skin barrier allows irritants in, or simply irritates more easily, so keeping that barrier strong and building it up is vital for skin health. There to protect your skin and shield it from potential problems, when this barrier gets weak, skin gets sensitive. It probably doesn’t seem like it, but your skin is constantly hard at work and that uppermost layer, the moisture barrier, is the one that works the hardest. It’s the buzzword everyone’s going on about right now- the moisture barrier- but what actually is it and can you repair your moisture barrier if it gets damaged?īeing thick skinned… it’s a great metaphor for a way of being, but it’s also pretty literal when we're talking about your moisture barrier. (The Wretch Lands are mostly obscured by that loading screen tip box.)ĭetails on all of these places will come mainly as I find Codex Entries, but I can give away a few minor things. The Farlands that are most likely meant to be the five points of the black star? Khemeria, the Tawon Empire, Svorgald, the Titan Peaks, and the Wretch Lands. The members of the Pact are the Wyldrylm, Holklanda, the Kva, Kellemderiel, and Dharam. I'll take this time to show off a few extras. They just put an uppercase "A" in the center of the white star. It's almost exactly the same as the symbol used for the Pact. (Avadon has teleporters.)Īlso, if you look closely you can see the symbol of Avadon. There's another way in and out of the fortress that's pretty damn quick. Oh, and I guess there's another spoiler for you. So attacking head on would suck if you were aiming to bring this bitch down. If you want to reach the fortress without dealing with chasms and other such bullshit, you need to cross a narrow bridge to do so. Our character is crossing the bridge that serves as the only means of accessing Avadon, and the gates open up at our approach. I'll eat up space by saying that Redbeard certainly lives up to his name. Didn't really need to grab this bit, but meh. Oh, and how you'll obviously be meeting him. (A bit of a spoiler, but each of these rumors has some basis in fact.)Ī quick blurb about how if outsiders are lucky, they'll never get the opportunity to learn the truth. Three deadly warrior women as wives, constant assassination attempts, and the ability to see inside your dreams. We'll be getting background information in the form of Codex Entries, and from those I'm pretty sure Avadon is only supposed to be around sixty years old.Īnyways, outside of the expected best of the best crap, we get a few of the most common rumors circulating about Redbeard. I'm going to go ahead and say it, but I think this is a goof. And it's all lead by a man known only as Redbeard.ĭespite the intro just a little bit ago saying that Avadon was a new fort, it's apparently watched over the Pact for centuries. The way it's supposed to work out is that Avadon takes care of shit before it can snowball into a problem that would require the Pact's regular military forces. If you're an enemy of the Pact, whether it be from without or within, Avadon is going to fuck you up. It has the authority to do pretty much whatever the hell it wants, so long as it's ostensibly in the service of the Pact. You trained super hard and someone noticed how awesome you are, so you've been sent to join the ranks of Avadon.Īvadon is essentially an extralegal force staffed by the best each member of the Pact has to offer. Getting invaded sucks so they kick the shit out of anyone that looks at them funny.Īs for who you play as. The Pact's primary purpose is to keep the Farlands weak and subservient, as well as to make sure they stay divided so that they can never again pose a meaningful threat to the members of the Pact. (There are technically six Farlands, but I'll explain that when we get to the map of Lynaeus.) The white star is supposed to represent the Pact, while the black star is supposed to represent the Farlands. It calls all territory not under it's control the Farlands, and thus all it's enemies tend to be called Farlanders. This continent is dominated by an alliance of nations officially called the Midlands Pact. I'll go ahead and start talking about what Avadon is actually about as I dish out the game's intro.Īvadon takes place on the continent of Lynaeus. As they're also releasing remakes of the Avernum games, Avadon 3 probably won't come out until around 2015. As for the planned for Avadon 3? Well, Spiderweb tends to alternate between series when releasing games. When it does, I might give it the LP treatment too. (They also have a one off game called Nethergate about the Roman conquest of Celtic Britain.)Īvadon is thus far meant to be a trilogy, with Avadon 2 set to come out this Fall. Though you can pretty much think of Exile and Avernum as the same series, as the Avernum games are remakes of the Exile games plus a few additional sequels. Their previous series being Exile, Avernum, and Geneforge. As the above screenshot shows, I will now be doing Avadon: The Black Fortress.Īvadon is the newest series from Spiderweb Software. I'd previously covered all five of the Geneforge games. 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By using this website ("Web Site"), you are agreeing to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions as set out in these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, and all applicable laws. Movie starring Gippy Grewal, Jasmin Bhasin having music label T-Series.The following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use") govern the relationship between you and Tribute Publishing Inc. Jhaanjar lyrics by B Praak is a Punjabi song from movie Honeymoon composed by B Praak while penned by Jaani. The Zigbee Alliance works to simplify wireless product integration to help product manufacturers introduce energy-efficient wireless control into their products faster and more cost-effectively. End devices can be low-power or battery-powered devices, which can talk to the coordinator or a router, but can't relay data from other devices. Routers are intermediate nodes, relaying data from other devices. 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Zigbee IP optimizes the standard for IPv6-based full wireless mesh networks, offering internet connections to control low-power, low-cost devices. Zigbee RF4CE is designed for simple, two-way device-to-device control applications that don't need the full-featured mesh networking functionalities offered by the Zigbee specification. Zigbee PRO also offers Green Power, a new feature that supports energy harvesting or self-powered devices that don't require batteries or AC power supply. Zigbee PRO aims to provide the foundation for IoT with features to support low-cost, highly reliable networks for device-to-device communication. Manufacturers that are developing custom applications that don't need to operate with the applications of other manufacturers can create their own specific variations and extensions.Īs of this writing, there are three Zigbee specifications: Zigbee PRO, Zigbee RF4CE and Zigbee IP. The standards created by the alliance can be used to create multivendor interoperable offerings. The Zigbee specifications, which are maintained and updated by the Zigbee Alliance, boost the IEEE 802.15.4 standard by adding network and security layers in addition to an application framework. The Zigbee WPANs operate on 2.4 Ghz, 900 MHz and 868 MHz frequencies. Zigbee is built for control and sensor networks on the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs). Zigbee is based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association's 802.15 specification. In contrast to Wi-Fi networks used to connect endpoints to high-speed networks, Zigbee supports much lower data rates and uses a mesh networking protocol to avoid hub devices and create a self-healing architecture. This, theoretically, enables the mixing of implementations from different manufacturers, but in practice, Zigbee products have been extended and customized by vendors and, thus, plagued by interoperability issues. Zigbee is for low-data rate, low-power applications and is an open standard. Zigbee is a standards-based wireless technology developed to enable low-cost, low-power wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) networks. Terminal Service Engine also comes with some configurable parameters. Sets the path to the folder where Softros LAN Messenger stores its settings. Sets the title of the main Softros LAN Messenger window. These settings are applied to all users of the computer. TCP port used to receive messages and service information.Ĭertain settings can be edited in the Custom.ini file, which needs to be put into the Softros LAN Messenger installation folder. If you decide to do so, please make sure you do it on all computers as otherwise communication between instances using different ports will be lost. You can change the network ports used by Softros LAN Messenger. Network settings can be exported from or imported to the Network.cfg file. If the parameter is set to 2, the encryption is always enabled except when Softros LAN Messenger is running through Terminal Service Engine. If the parameter is set to 0 on either side (sender’s or recipient’s), the encryption is disabled for both. Sets a time period (in seconds) after which the Conversation window with a new incoming message closes automatically if the message has not been replied to.Įnables (1)/disables (0)/sets automatic (2) file transfer encryption. Shows (1)/hides (0) one's own user name in the user list. Sets the number of pixels for snapping to the desktop edges. Sets the automatic refresh time (in seconds).Įnables (1)/disables (0) snapping the main window to the desktop edges. SectionĮnables (1)/disables (0) refreshing the user list automatically. Listed below are the configurable parameters not available through the interface. Please note that AppData and Application Data are hidden folders. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\ (in older versions of Windows).C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ (in Windows Vista and later).%appdata% is unique for each user and usually stands for: Most settings of the application are stored in the General.ini file found in the Those options are still accessible through several. Interface or removed from it for legacy reasons. Over the years different options have either been added to Softros LAN Messenger without appearing in the On a warm and very humid Monday evening, Louisvillians started piling into The Limbo, a small retro style Tiki bar, not wanting to miss any part of the evening. What do you get when you mix Igor & The Red Elvises, Louisville’s only tiki bar, an anniversary party, clowns and a burlesque show? A fun and truly unforgettable evening! Currently the goal is to make and give 300 masks to a nursing home in Radcliffe, Kentucky that does not have any PPEs and who Griffin said “won’t be getting any allocations from the government.” Griffin and her team have also donated masks to The Forgotten Louisville, which is a group that brings food and supplies to the local homeless population.Igor & The Red Elvises provide a for a fun and memorable evening at the Limbo. Griffin said she has had help from her sister, who also relocated to Louisville, and handful of rotating staff and volunteers. “Nursing homes are not the first in line (to receive Personal Protective Equipment) and they are a vulnerable population.” She said she is also developing another version of a face mask that is waterproof for medical professionals and nursing home staff. “Most of the cases and deaths in Kentucky due to Coronavirus originate in nursing homes who are receiving little to no PPEs,” said Griffin, who is sewing her own design of face mask that includes a pocket for a filter. She started a Go Fund Me account to help raise money to pay people to help construct the masks, and she’s also selling masks online as a fundraiser for more supplies. Another source said this will be the first time since the event will take place outside of the month of May since 1945 when it was rescheduled due to World War II.īeing a woman of action, Griffin immediately switched gears and developed a new, albeit temporary, business model and began sewing fabric face masks for local nursing homes. This year, however, the grand event was rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Griffin had to temporarily close both of her businesses and her main source of income, the Kentucky Derby, was postponed for the same reason.Īccording the official website, the 2020 Kentucky Derby will be the 146th Kentucky Derby, which is regularly scheduled to be held on the first Saturday in May. And, it wasn’t long before Griffin also became part owner of the only tiki bar in Louisville – The Limbo. Griffin is no longer a partner in Paul’s Hat Works, but is now the owner of The Mysterious Rack – a hat shop that also features locally made apparel and jewelry. Each partner ran the business for three months at a time while living on site, however before Griffin completed her first rotation, she fell in love with Louisville and decided to stay. The new business venture was so successful that the friends decided to open a second location in Louisville, Kentucky. Luckily, the current owner of Paul’s Hat Works was willing to train the new owners for six months before handing it over. Although experienced in clothing and fashion design, she admitted that she had never constructed a hat. Because owning a hat shop had always been a dream of hers and because a couple of friends agreed to be business partners, Griffin purchased her first business in 2009. While in San Francisco, she said she came across an historic hat shop – Paul’s Hat Works, established in 1918 – that happened to be for sale. The story of how Griffin came to live across the country is as interesting as her head-covering creations. These days, Griffin is using her sewing skills to make fabric face masks to help nursing homes in her new hometown of Lousiville, Kentucky combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly thereafter, Griffin moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State University where she studied dance, costume design and fashion design as a triple-major. Although born in the Bay Area, Olivia Griffin moved to Willits when she was four years old and lived out her childhood in our friendly city, before graduating from Willits Charter School in 2004. Artists who want a break from subscription models Artists in a time crunch – the biggest benefits of CSP are focused on reducing production time and making art creation more efficient Artists who want to streamline their creation process What kind of artist benefits from CSP the most? Thanks to a streamlined code, the application is stable and won’t crash Cloud services allow interoperability between your desktop, mobile and tablet versions We created the drawing engine to be among the most powerful on the market The drawing and painting engine is as intuitive as traditional media You can create almost any type of art, including comics, manga, anime, animation, illustration, painting and concept art The PRO version at $50 has more features when compared to the full version of Adobe Photoshop It’s inexpensive: there’s no subscription and the license is perpetual We asked Fahim Niaz, founder of Graphixly and official CSP partner, why CSP stands out among other digital painting software. For Wacom, this offer is a natural extension of a years’ long friendship with the Clip Studio Paint crew.īut what makes the new Wacom One and Clip Studio Paint a match made in heaven? To find out, we need to understand each of them individually. What's even sweeter is anyone who buys a Wacom One gets up to six months of Clip Studio Paint for free. Truth is, when you use a Wacom product to put pen to screen in Clip Studio Paint, there’s no denying the chemistry between us. Not only did we tour all of the cons with their team last year, we continue to do webinars together and serve the same creative audience. It’s no secret we have a huge crush on Wacom. More information on nato's codes, signals and standards can be found on the nato . Phonetic transcription is based on english pronunciation. The international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, commonly known as the nato phonetic alphabet, nato spelling alphabet, icao phonetic alphabet or icao . The phonetic alphabet should be used for clarification of a spelling or when a series of digits and letters is given. The nato phonetic alphabet is an alphabet developed by the international civil aviation organization (icao) and used for the sending of voice messages. Please visit the relocated phonetic alphabet page on the msars website here: Similarly, there is a standard method . Phonetic transcription is based on english pronunciation.Ĭonsonants_fr – Yeolshimi from 306101 (england and wales) and sc038437 (scotland) 1119. Please visit the relocated phonetic alphabet page on the msars website here: The international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, commonly known as the nato phonetic alphabet, nato spelling alphabet, icao phonetic alphabet or icao . Perhaps even more confusingly, the NATO phonetic alphabet is coincidently also known as the ‘ITU phonetic alphabet’ after the International Telecommunications Union, now a UN Specialised Agency, which introduced the first internationally adopted version in 1927.Similarly, there is a standard method . This raises the question as to whether junior doctors and medical students should be taught this as part of their communication skills curriculum and/or whether the NHS or other international medical organisations should adopt their own local variant of the NATO alphabet as a standard. Fortunately, whilst most hospitals have a radiology department, few have enough space for an ‘X block’ (X = x-ray). In my experience, ‘E block’ (E = echo) is rarely synonymous with ‘Echocardiography Department'. Many hospitals in the UK and internationally use an alphanumeric system to name wards and departments (which has additional benefits for site navigation). There are several potential conflicts in medical use. In other areas such as civil aviation, it is not unknown to use variants of the standard NATO phonetic alphabet if there are specific issues that might cause confusion, or to avoid use of those letters where possible (e.g. Despite this being a daily occurrence for most other clinical staff too, and heavy emphasis placed on structuring tools such as SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation), this seems rarely taught to NHS doctors working in hospital-based acute care specialties. UK military and emergency service personnel are routinely taught standardised spelling alphabets for use in radio communications. Secondly, some of the terms used for maximum clarity in general use may be confused in a medical context. Firstly, not all clinical staff are familiar with international spelling alphabets. The reasons for this error were multifactorial but the case highlights certain issues pervading the NHS. The others (some of whom did not know there was a Ward N2) were confused by the topical male health charity foundation, Movember (see and went to Ward M2 – at the other end of the hospital site. Unfortunately, only one doctor in the on-call team heard this correctly and went straight there. This was announced over the hospital bleep system as “Ward November Two”, as is standard according to the NATO phonetic alphabet. The event in question was a ‘crash call’ for the hospital medical emergency team to attend a patient on Ward N2. A critical incident occurred recently at my hospital, involving miscommunication of a patient's location. Launching the podcastīefore launching to the public, we first introduced Past Lives within our Spotify Design community because we thought the podcast would be a great way for everyone to learn more about each other. In addition to visual branding, Eda crafted the show titles and descriptions for each of the episodes, giving just enough information away to draw listeners in. Each piece of show art showcased a significant part of the guests’ experience, while bringing a fun human element to the cover. We worked with illustrator Simon Child to create personable illustrations of objects that represented the focus of each episode. We realized that quality artwork would be crucial for this podcast, since we want it to feel part of our overall Spotify Design brand and also stand out on various platforms. Having exports of each person’s individual audio available to download on Soundtrap helped streamline the process. Shamik edited each episode, which took about 4-6 hours, and Eda cut together the intro, trailers, and outros. We used an audio transcription tool to generate transcripts of each recording, so we could easily understand which parts to cut and the focus area of each story. Different sound effects could break up the cadence of each episode, making it feel more dynamic. Looking back, we could have benefited from incorporating more sound design elements throughout each show. We went with a simpler approach, rather than investing heavily in more immersive sound design. We were fortunate to have the support of Andreas Pejler, an Associate Product Manager at Soundtrap, who helped us put together the intro and outro for our episodes. Post-production: Editing and sound design For future recordings, we learned that it’s helpful to provide more guidance to participants around setting up the microphone before the interview starts or to walk through setting up their audio equipment with them at the beginning of each recording session. We shipped microphones to all of our guests, which made a huge difference in how they sounded. Since we couldn’t meet in-person with the ongoing pandemic, we had to figure out the best way to record quality audio of our guests’ voices. Throughout the series, Rhiannon did a great job of steering the conversation and making participants feel comfortable, which helped us create an environment where our guests felt free to share openly and honestly. We gave her discussion guides, but as the series progressed, she began freestyling more-adding in her own follow-ups and questions to conversation points that stuck out to her. And because she didn't work at Spotify, she had no prior knowledge of the interviewees. Rhiannon's voice and style were perfect for the light, casual nature of the show. To get started, we created a formal proposal for the podcast that included an outline of our production process, an interview discussion guide, and a potential episode list.įor this pilot, we chose an interview host who didn’t work at Spotify, Rhiannon Atkins. Our core goal on Spotify.Design is to raise up and amplify individuals in our design org, and Past Lives felt like a great opportunity for the wider design community to get to know our team. He wanted to explore what people on our design team did before joining the tech industry. The idea for the series first came to Shamik early this year. We also used Spotify tools, skilling up on Soundtrap and Anchor from scratch and using them for different parts of the process from recording to distribution, which helped turn our podcast dream into a reality. With the help of Maggie Zhang as project manager, we navigated creating our first-ever podcast for Spotify.Design, learning about production, live interviewing, and podcast branding along the way. Co-produced by Shamik Ray, Principal Designer and Eda Yu, UX Writer, Past Lives was a new, exciting project to work on. |
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