![]() ![]() Top photo: Kids decorate heart-shaped pretzels at a Chocolate Works workshop. Of course, you can throw a birthday party for your little one here, too!ĭon't want to make your own, but loooovvvveee chocolate? Check out Morris Museum's Chocolate Festival each February. You might have enjoyed a gorgeous birthday cake from this bakery, but did you know they also offer workshops and drop-in classes for kids? Recent events have included a snowman-themed decorating class and a Super Bowl-themed cupcake decorating session. Hands-on workshops and classes for both kids and adults are also offered on site. And if your kids are itching to make their own, Chocolate Works offers “Chocolatier for the Day” parties where they can mold and decorate their own candy. Custom gifts and seasonal treats, such as Easter goodies and chocolate Matzoh, are also featured. You can also grab a bag of pick-your-own goodies by the pound. If you’re lucky, you may get to sample the merchandise. Display cases boast beautiful chocolate creations, such as decorated pretzels, chocolate-covered fruit and a variety of truffles. When you walk into Chocolate Works, even adults feel like a kid in a candy store. Kids get ready for chocolate-crafting at a Chocolate Works! Photo courtesy the store.Ĭhocolate Works - Millburn, Livingston, Montclair, Red Bank, Fair Lawn, West Windsor Aside from parties, Chocolate Etc offers custom and personalized chocolate gifts and baskets. Make-your-own events are also available for scout troops, camps and social outings. The birthday kid even brings home a personalized plaque with his or her name in chocolate. Tasty 90 minute packages options include molded chocolates, chocolate pizza and cupcake creations. ![]() Throw a super sweet birthday party at Bergen County’s Chocolate Etc. Keep an eye out for free children’s workshops throughout the year. Birthday party packages feature dipping stations, edible plaque-decorating and lollipop-creating. Chocolatier-wannabes can attend The Mini-Chocolatier’s Academy and create edible art. Aside from gifts, favors, and other custom orders, 2 Chicks with Chocolate present multiple opportunities for kids to play chocolate chef. This mom-and-daughter-run chocolate empire boasts three locations in New Jersey, with plenty of yummy treats to go ‘round. Stick the popsicle sticks into the top of the Styrofoam block. Glue a variety of candy bars, like Snickers, Hershey's, Crunch bars, or Butterfingers, to popsicle sticks so that about 2 inches (5 cm) of the popsicle stick is glued to the candy bar. 2 Chicks with Chocolate - East Brunswick, Metuchen, Middletown Glue at least 6-8 candy bars to popsicle sticks. ![]()
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The administrator of your personal data is the owner of the website: 13 section 1 and item 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, abbreviated GDPR. ![]() This Privacy Policy is in accordance with the provisions arising from art. ![]() ![]() 1807 The British Parliament makes it illegal for British ships to transport slaves and for British colonies to import them.1803 Denmark-Norway becomes the first country in Europe to ban the African slave trade, forbidding trading in slaves and ending the importation of slaves into Danish dominions.1791 Slaves in Haiti revolt, leading to Haiti’s independence from France in 1804 and the history’s only example of a slave rebellion leading to the creation of an independent nation where slavery was banned.The first of 17 articles states: “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” 1789 During the French Revolution, the National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man, one of the fundamental charters of human liberties.1787 The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade is founded in Britain.1781 Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II abolishes serfdom in the Austrian Habsburg dominions.1641 Massachusetts becomes the first British colony to legalize slavery.1550 Slaves are depicted as objects of conspicuous consumption in much Renaissance art.These first African-Americans stage the first known slave revolt in the Americas. 1526 Spanish explorers bring the first African slaves to settlements in what would become the United States.1444 Portuguese traders bring the first large cargo of slaves from West Africa to Europe by sea-establishing the Atlantic slave trade.Slaves pour in from all over the continent, the Middle East, and North Africa. 1380 In the aftermath of the Black Plague, Europe’s slave trade thrives in response to a labor shortage.1000 Slavery is a normal practice in England’s rural, agricultural economy, as destitute workers place themselves and their families in a form of debt bondage to landowners.500 Anglo-Saxons enslave the native Britons after invading England.Some estimate the population of Rome is more than half slave. ![]() ![]() Roman military campaigns capture slaves by the thousands. The city-state of Athens uses as many as 30,000 slaves in its silver mines. Egyptians capture slaves by sending special expeditions up the Nile River. Temple art celebrates the capture of slaves in battle. Land ownership and the early stages of technology bring war-in which enemies are captured and forced to work: slavery. The world’s first city-state emerges in Mesopotamia. ![]() ![]() If you're in his path when he's using his chainsaw, you'll be cut down in an instant. The Cannibal, aka Leatherface, is great at using his chainsaw.The Cenobite can also bind survivors, which allows him to inflict punishment. If a chain hunt begins, survivors must find the Lament Configuration otherwise they will be taken over by shackles. The Cenobite, AKA Pinhead is great at map-wide pain and suffering.By using this, you can down survivors with Victor and hook them with Charlotte.Ĭlick to enlarge Freddy Kreuger in Dead by Daylight Tier 2 - average at best The Twins are a powerful duo, allowing Charlotte to unleash her twin brother Victor to move at high speeds where he can then hunt and strike with a pounce attack.When they do this, it turns the pools red and ultimately makes the Plague more powerful. However, there are pools of devotion around the map that survivors can heal in. If she uses her vile Purge and it affects a survivor then they are then infected with the plague. The Plague is a great killer because traditional healing methods don't work against her.When he roars, he gains the ability to charge, which will down survivors in one shot if they're hit. When survivors are injured, they leave behind a trail of blood orbs, which make the Oni more powerful over time. ![]() The Oni is an incredibly powerful killer. ![]() She can send a hatchet out across great distances and end a chase in seconds. The Huntress is a deadly killer using ranged hatchets, making her a constant threat to survivors.By doing this, they can lock down key areas, have great map awareness, and end chases quickly. If they are triggered, she can instantly teleport them and hit the survivor who triggered the trap. The Hag revolves around creating phantasm traps.Hooks are a very effective tool for the Executioner, and he gets to torment survivors a lot around the map with his various tools.Ĭlick to enlarge Some of the killers in custom skins from Dead by Daylight The Executioner torments survivors using hazards around the map, such as pools of shards of glass.If she uses three crows in an effective position, they can shut down areas, cause lethalities and gain map-wide advantages. The Artist and her crows are a constant threat to survivors.This makes it a hard fight, but one full of mind-games. The Spirit is a powerful killer if she uses her Yamaoka's Haunting Power as both the killer and survivors can't see each other and are instead revealed by scratch marks and breath sounds and environment interactions.The Nurse is a very high risk, high reward killer. However, mess up a blink and you're hit with a wave of fatigue that takes a moment to recover from which can give survivors a lot of time to get away. Great blinks can allow her to travel far distances and cut off survivors. The Nurse also has a pretty hefty learning curve with her blink, as you have to be able to time it well.He does have a harsh learning curve, but he's worth the trouble. He's incredibly fast, and very dangerous, so watch out. The Blight is a very powerful killer as he's able to bounce off surfaces and gain ground on survivors very quickly, meaning Survivors have to make quick decisions that may impact their survival.Explore the war-ravaged lands in a world filled with secrets and hidden treasures waiting to be discovered.Click to enlarge Pinhead in Dead by Daylight Tier 1 - the best killers. ![]()
![]() ![]() This can be your account on the local machine, or an external email address. Redirect mail going to system accounts (at least root) to an address that you read regularly. All distributions come with suitable MTAs, pick anything (but not nullmailer if you want the email to be delivered locally). The MTA must be set up at least to allow local mail delivery. Test this by sending root a mail: echo hello | mail -s test Usually, a proper email setup requires two things: ![]() Make sure that you do receive mail send to root on the local machine (some modern distributions omit this, because they consider that all email goes through external providers - but receiving local mail is necessary for any serious system administrator). Then you will receive an email notification as soon as an error (a degraded array) occurs. Make sure that you have MAILADDR root in /etc/nf (some distributions (e.g. In addition to these spot checks, mdadm can notify you as soon as something bad happens. Some /sys entries are writable as well for example you can trigger a full check of md0 with echo check >/sys/class/block/md0/md/sync_action. You can get information about a RAID device in /sys/class/block/md*/md/* as well see Documentation/md.txt in the kernel documentation. You can also get a quick summary of all RAID device status by looking at /proc/mdstat. You can show the current status of an array with mdadm -detail (abbreviated as mdadm -D): # mdadm -D /dev/md0įurthermore the return status of mdadm -D is nonzero if there is any problem such as a failed component (1 indicates an error that the RAID mode compensates for, and 2 indicates a complete failure). The point of RAID with redundancy is that it will keep going as long as it can, but obviously it will detect errors that put it into a degraded mode, such as a failing disk. I monitor SMART on all the drives and also have mdadm set to email me in case of failure but I'd like to know my drives occasionally "check" themselves too. How would you check a running RAID to make sure all disks are still preforming normally? However looking for these scripts again now I'm finding it hard to find anything which seems similar to what I ran before and I feel I'm out of date and not understanding whatever has changed. Obviously backups are important and I'm taking care of that also, however I know I've previously seen scripts which claim to help against this problem and allow you to check your RAID while its running. However I've heard various stories about data getting corrupted on one drive and you never noticing due to the other drive being used, up until the point when the first drive fails, and you find your second drive is also screwed (and 3rd, 4th, 5th drive). ![]() Its currently mdadm RAID-1, going to RAID-5 once I have more drives (and then RAID-6 I'm hoping for). I'm starting to get a collection of computers at home and to support them I have my "server" linux box running a RAID array. ![]() ![]() Boxee was able to use DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) on Windows Vista and newer Microsoft operating-systems to utilize GPU accelerated video decoding to assist with process of video decoding of high-definition videos. When run on modern PC hardware, Boxee was able to decode high-definition video up to 1080p. As a media center, Boxee could play most audio and video file containers, as well as display images from many sources, including CD/DVD-ROM drives, USB flash drives, the Internet, and local area network shares. Overview īoxee supported a wide range of popularly used multimedia formats, and it included features such as playlists, audio visualizations, slideshows, weather forecasts reporting, and an array of third-party plugins. Samsung confirmed the acquisition with The New York Times, but did not disclose the amount. On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 online media sources revealed Samsung would hire key employees and purchase Boxee's assets for around $30M. By the end of 2012 the developers had discontinued all desktop versions and support.īoxee co-developed a dedicated set-top box (hardware) called " Boxee Box by D-Link" in cooperation with D-Link which was the first " Powered by Boxee" branded device to be announced and launched, as well as a similar media player device called "Iomega TV with Boxee" (available in the UK & Europe) in cooperation with Iomega and a 46" high-definition television from ViewSonic with integrated Boxee software.īoxee was owned and developed by a single for-profit startup company, (Boxee, Inc.), which began as a high tech stealth startup based in Israel and the United States with seed money from several angel investors, & was then known to be financially backed by venture capital firms such as General Catalyst Partners, Union Square Ventures, Softbank, Pitango, Spark Capital and Globis Capital Partners. Boxee gained the ability to watch live TV on the Boxee Box using a live TV stick in January 2012. The first public beta version was officially released for all previously supported platforms on 7 January 2010. The UI design of the Alpha prototype was designed with design firm Method Incorporated, who also created Boxee's brand identity. ![]() Marketed as the first ever "Social Media Center", the first public alpha of Boxee was made available on 16 June 2008. ![]() ![]() It enabled its users to view, rate and recommend content to their friends through many social network services and interactive media related features.īoxee was originally a fork of the free and open source XBMC (now Kodi) media center software which Boxee used as an application framework for its GUI and media player core platform, together with some custom and proprietary additions. ![]() GNU GPL and Closed Source (Proprietary Software)īoxee was a cross-platform freeware HTPC (Home Theater PC) software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV. Media Player / Home theater PC (limited)/ Digital media receiver ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare loot from Budgie Buddy Adventurer's Chests.Rare loot from Phoenix Adventurer's Boxes.Īlthough touched by darkness, this legendary mount will never stay down.No matter how long the road, it is always ready to ride. Rare loot from Eggster Adventurer's Boxes.Īlways up to some sort of mischief-making.Still has a scar from some close encounter with some Candorian predator. Rare loot from Cookiephant Adventurer's Chests.Its previous owner took a bite out of it, and is no more. This tough girl has plenty of pep in their step. Bought from the Club Merchant, Travelling Club Merchant, and/or Club Merchant Prince using 6,000 Adventurine. ![]() Bought from the Club Merchant Prince using 6,000 Adventurine.ĭeclair your sweet presence on this sugary mount.Just the right vehicle for when you need to be blasting off elsewhere. Bought from the Travelling Club Merchant and/or Club Merchant Prince using 6,000 Adventurine.The ride may be bumpy, but the refreshments go down smooth. Drops very rarely from Dark Chaos Vaults.Drops very rarely from Light Chaos Vaults.įlight, shows player's currently equipped wings.Soar and prance and dance into the glint of dawn.įlight, shows player's currently equipped wings while mounted. Unless otherwise stated, all mounts have a Movement Speed of 90.Īll boat mounts give 110 Movement Speed, 80 Turning Rate, and 16 Acceleration while in the water.Ī slow mount. Pressing Z will allow you to mount and dismount at will with your equipped mount you will also be dismounted if you perform an action not supported by the mount. Pressing C will open your Character Sheet, you can then click on the image above the text "Mount" and from there choose a mount. Mounts are used by players to increase their speed. They're useful for covering a lot of ground quickly, and it's recommended for new players to equip a mount as soon as possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() 345 in the 84 games that remained after that particular column appeared. Heck, he went on a tear after I wrote a column that was critical of him.įor argument’s sake, let’s say the first one, which was published online on July 1. In his first at-bat against his former team, Freddie Freeman hit a home run and helped power the Dodgers to a 7-4 win over the Atlanta Braves. ![]() (He was later added as a replacement for a player who dropped out.)ĭodgers Freddie Freeman, Kenley Jansen share spotlight against former teams in Dodgers’ win He collected four hits on the day the original list of All-Stars was released and he was excluded from the National League team. He was four for 12 with three walks in the Dodgers’ three-game series in Atlanta two months later. He homered in his first at-bat against his former team, which was at Dodger Stadium in mid-April. He exhibited a flair for the dramatic, hitting whenever he had something to prove. He has become one of the most popular players on the team, alongside Betts, Clayton Kershaw and Julio Urias.įreeman offered audiences reasons to cheer. By the time the Dodgers staged FanFest earlier this month, fans were chanting not only his name but also his 6-year-old son Charlie’s. The chants continued throughout the season. “It was a relief that all the fans took to me and my family.” “It’s almost like they knew I needed a little oomph to get going,” he said. “That’s not me,” Freeman said with a laugh.įreeman received the reassurance he was looking for last year in the Dodgers’ home opener, when pretty much everyone in the stadium started chanting his name after he doubled in the eighth inning of a win over the Cincinnati Reds. Yasiel Puig walked into the same room and right away behaved as if he owned the place. Manny Ramirez walked into the Dodgers clubhouse and right away behaved as if he owned the place. 305 in his final six years with the Braves. In the world of competition, results lead to acceptance, and there aren’t many safer bets in baseball to produce results than Freddie Freeman, who batted a cumulative. You’re always going to be a little unsettled your first couple of days.” ![]() “The first day I walked in here not knowing anybody in this clubhouse, other than the guys I played against, that it’s a little unnerving. “I think anybody that goes into a new job, you never really know what’s going to happen or how it’s going to go,” Freeman said. He acknowledged it was “very fair” to assume that part of him made moving from the Braves to the Dodgers particularly difficult. What was very noticeable last year, and again here, was how much Freeman wants to be liked.įreeman didn’t disagree with the characterization. Talk of Freddie Freeman’s celebrated divorce from the Braves just won’t die, despite the Dodgers first baseman’s campaign to paint himself as the victim. Dodgers Hernández: Beneath the tears, Freddie Freeman plays the role of entitled athlete perfectly ![]() ![]() ![]() Also, what made matters worse was I heard that people have died from eating raw oysters! The way oysters looked terrified me, and the thought of eating one raw made me cringe. The funny thing was I loved all kinds of seafood but stayed clear from oysters. My husband, Tomasi, is one of them! The only time he would ever steal an oyster from me is when it’s Kilpatrick because they’re covered in bacon. People who are not oyster fans probably think we’re crazy for paying crazy amounts for such little feed. Suckers like me would happily pay for this. To have the privilege to slurp on a dozen oysters in a restaurant can us back from $30-$50 (USD 23-38). The only painful thing about ordering oysters is the price tag. ![]() Every time oysters are on the menu, I would order them, and it doesn’t even matter how it’s cooked or what it’s served with. Is there such a thing as an ‘Oysteraholic’? because I think I need professional intervention for my addiction to these molluscs. How elegant, impressive, and easy was that?Īfter all, New Year’s celebration means less time in the kitchen and more time for eating and drinking! We just scatter the oysters over plenty of rock salt and plonk the bowl of mignonette sauce next to it. We need only a few ingredients and there’s hardly any prep work at all. Mignonette sauce is tart and refreshing, which beautifully complements the flavours of creamy, briny oysters.įor me, serving oysters with mignonette sauce at a New Year gathering is a no must. On lazy days when I am preparing raw oysters for my guests, I serve them just with lemon wedges or with Mignonette Sauce because both are ways effortless and delicious. That means we can help ourselves to 2 or 3 dozen without feeling guilty, right? Oysters are indulgent and fancy but low in fat, especially when served raw with a simple but sophisticated mignonette sauce. ![]() Luckily, indulgent eating doesn’t always have to be unhealthy or high in calories. I say that now, but watch me continue to stuff my face in until the end of January! I seriously have little control and easily give in to temptation with rich and indulgent foods. ![]() We are not able to take orders via email.Last updated 11 September 2021 Happy New Year!Īfter stuffing my gob with plenty of binge eating during the Christmas holidays, it’s time for lighter, healthier foods. 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