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At least eight years ago, an old beat up manual typewriter provided a platform to compose poetry and other writings.1 It was an effort to return to an intentional practice of crafting poetry and prose without distraction of disruptive media.
For years and years, a notebook, journal or sketchbook was never far from reach. But one night after a long night of poetry and music at Beanstreets followed by an even longer time of coffee and conversation at Old Europe, a friend convinced me to try blogging.
The immediate response to blogging was infections.2 Connecting with people all over the country, sharing writing samples or books read and being part of an active digital community was exciting. And the feedback on written work was quick — sometimes within a couple days or hours. The practice of writing allowed me to hone the craft of creative writing and exposed me to other writers across the country. One of those bloggers actually showed up at a poetry gig I did. She was on a cross-country trip to visit friends and wanted to visit in real life.
Over time, I noticed that my practice of writing notes, daily sketches and other activities had all but disappeared. Relying on keyboards, display screens, hard drives and servers presented became a crutch. My writing drafts and sketches appeared deceptively crisp and final in neatly formatted text documents and web blog interface windows.
So, I pulled the plug. Returned to handwriting and typing as practice.3 Some friends and fellow poets saw a few samples of typewritten work and suggested I post it on my blog. It was a novelty. A curiosity. So, I did.
One of the first photographs of a poem I composed on a typewriter was written for a friend. It was posted about this time of year — in 2011.4 A few days later I followed up with another poem5 that was later read at poetry event where I and other poets were dubbed “the next generation” of Asheville poets.6
I do not claim to be the first person to post an image of a poem typed on a manual typewriter. But I noticed a trend in that direction about a year after posting those images of typed poem sketches.7 Not sure exactly if I started the trend. Probably not. Maybe other like-minded individuals who sought to return an organic practice of handwriting and typing as a mode of composing their visions and ideas.
After relocating to the southern boarder of the Great White North8, I continued using the manual typewriter as a mode of composing new work — both poetry and prose. Some of this was due to the original intent of the practice — crafting content without distraction of disruptive media. Some of the use of the manual typewriter was due to a period of time that I was without a functional laptop and no internet access. A local writers group saw a lot of typed first drafts from that manual typewriter. One of those typed drafts was later published as a short story.9
Most recent first drafts have all been handwritten if not typed on one — of now two — of the manual typewriters. Blogging. Well, that has atrophied. Maybe I’ll post some photos of typewritten drafts this year as a way to keep the blog active. But, to celebrate an eight year anniversary of analog writing — I’ll keep most of it offline and on paper.10
Keep your stick on the ice and remember to use the lowercase L key when typing the numeral one.
 In truth, I composed poems on an electric typewriter prior to that. Did it for decades. Did not own a personal computer until… well, that is another story.
 That was when there were a mere couple million web blogs in the world. Now, there are some platforms, like Tumblr, boasting 100 million blogs. The blogosphere has become quite congested.
 Examples of some the 30 poems in 30 days journal posts with photos: here, here and here.
 April 1, 2011, blog post.
 Poem: “Never Look A Doughnut Dealer in the Eyes”
 “Rhyme and reason” by Alli Marshall, Mountain Xpress, April 6, 2011. Accessed April 2, 2018. “https://mountainx.com/arts/art-news/040611rhyme-and-reason/”
 Examples include Typewriter Poetry (though it seems the web site has not been active since March 19, 2015), Remington Typewriter Poetry (this site too has become inactive with the last entry posted June 2016), and the most popular is Tyler Knott (though his web page has an archive going back to 2003 (which is odd because he uses Tumblr as a platform and Tumblr was launched in early 2007… maybe he migrated his content from some other source to Tumblr… but I digress) the posted images do not begin until 2012 (unless I am mistaken).
 A reference to Bob and Doug McKenzie, fictional brothers who hosted the show Great White North (a reference to Canada, aye). For sample episode view Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pPRaD6TKLc
 Left of the Lake published “Mortal Coil” in 2015. https://coffeehousejunkie.net/2015/08/31/publication-of-mortal-coil/
 Original post published on April 21, 2015 https://coffeehousejunkie.net/2015/04/21/typewriter-poetry-and-blogging/

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not present a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through a specific task. Instead, it offers a narrative of the author's experiences with writing and blogging, without detailed procedural instructions. Additionally, the lack of structured guidance means it would not be effective for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as there are no well-defined processes or methods to analyze and learn from.


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Seriously, just make 2 batches.
1 to 1.5 sleeves salted Saltine crackers
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
3 cups chocolate chips
1 cup creamy peanut butter, melted
1 cup candy and/or sprinkles
Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper, making sure it comes up all sides of the pan.
While you melt the butter and sugar together on medium heat, spread the crackers in a single layer across the entire cookie sheet. Just as the butter and sugar begin to boil, leave it alone without stirring for 3-4 minutes to make the toffee. Then pour the boiling mixture over the crackers. Bake for 5 minutes while you melt the peanut butter.
When toffee is done, remove from oven and allow it to settle (stop bubbling) before spreading the peanut butter over it. Sprinkle with chocolate chips, then pop back in the oven for a minute or two to melt them. Smooth the chocolate layer, add candy and sprinkles, and freeze for an hour or two to set the toffee. Then break into pieces and let the addiction begin!
There are a ton of variations on this you can try, like Pretzel Crack, Rice Krispie Square Crack, and more! Click here for Crack 2.0.
I modified this recipe slightly from the original found here.

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Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through the process of making a dessert, leading them logically from one task to the next. However, the instructions lack the detail and structure necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as they do not explain the rationale behind each step or offer broader context that could enhance understanding.


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Are you ready for Summer vacation? We are counting down the days until school is out…only 5 left to go! With Summer comes homemade popsicles around here and my kids always enjoy trying new recipes. Our favorite berry lemonade popsicle recipe will definitely make an appearance but I’m looking forward to trying new recipes over the next few months. Today I’m sharing 15 homemade popsicle recipes to try this Summer!
I’m a sucker for beautiful food photography and I think I like this picture just as much as I like the idea of eating Peanut Butter & Banana Popsicles
One of my blog bbf’s Melissa made these yummy Patriotic Pudding Pops
Kellie from Nest of Posies made these Yogurt Popsicles with homemade magic shell..yum!
Berries, bananas, and coconut are used to make these popsicles – yum!
These chocolate covered peanut butter popsicles are low carb and gluten-free
My son would love these Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Popsicles
I have seen these Watermelon Freezer Pops all around blogland in the last few years. They’re definitely on our Summer bucket list, the kids will love them!
Here’s a popsicle recipe just for mom..iced coffee popsicles! You know in case you need a little pick me up during those long Summer days. :)
I tried Biscoff cookies for the first time last year on a trip to New York and have been obsessed ever since! These Chocolate & Biscoff popsicles sound delicious!
What’s your favorite homemade popsicle recipe?

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, as it simply lists various homemade popsicle recipes without detailed instructions on how to make them. Additionally, there are no well-structured procedural instructions that could facilitate the training of a language model for deeper reasoning; instead, it offers a collection of ideas and personal anecdotes without specific methodologies or logical frameworks.


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Hurricanes 5 Rebels 3
LETHBRIDGE — The sixth straight WHL win for the Lethbridge Hurricanes produced the same old problems for the Red Deer Rebels.
While the Rebels captured two points on Wednesday in an effort that left a lot to be desired, the Hurricanes did no such favours in a dominant 5-3 win at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge Friday night.
Rebels GM and head coach Brent Sutter said once again it was an inconsistent performance that caused problems for his squad.
“In the second period it was 26 minutes of not very good hockey and you can’t play that way if you are going to have success. When you play like that, you take bad penalties and it compounds things,” Sutter said. “We lose our focus, and it’s not something that you want to do as a player because when that happens, and you’re playing good teams, you get nailed for it. It was a good team we were playing and they played hard, if they’re prepared to do that for 60 minutes we’re in trouble.”
The Rebels got on the board early after a Colton Bobyk point shot was stopped before Akash Bains collected the rebound and potted his fifth goal of the season at 6:06 of the first period. The assist was Bobyk’s 100th career WHL point and extended his streak to 12 straight games with a helper. The streak is the longest in the WHL this season and the Rebels longest since Martin Erat had assists in 11, 16 years ago.
Defenceman Carson Sass scored his third of the year less than three minutes later. Rebels new addition Matthew Campese contributed his first point with an assist on the Rebels second goal.
The early lead didn’t last long, as the Hurricanes responded in a fury with four unanswered goals.
The collection of tallies marked the third straight game Rebels have given up three or more unanswered goals.
“I’ve seen it for a while now,” Sutter said. “We’re giving up way too many goals. We have to take a lot more pride in not wanting to get scored against. That’s something that this group has struggled with all year. That happens when you’re not playing hard enough, you aren’t blocking shots and you aren’t competing and you’re soft. In today’s game, there are so many good teams, you play that way you are going to get in trouble.”
Adam Musil redirected an Evan Polei shot at 13:13 of the third period for his ninth goal of the season to cut the Hurricanes lead to one. Lethbridge added an empty net goal to finish the scoring.
The Rebels have also been torched by two Hurricanes in particular, with Jordy Bellerive putting up six points in the two contests and Tyler Wong contributing seven.
The win for Lethbridge also means there is just one point separating the clubs in the Central Division standings.
The two teams will be back at it Saturday night when the Hurricanes travel to Red Deer. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. at the Centrium and it will be the Rebels annual Tuque Toss Night and Books on the Bus.
Ice chips: Rebels added forward Matt Campese,19, to their roster on Thursday and also recalled defenceman Jacob Herauf from the midget AAA Sherwood Park Kings.
Campese was playing with the West Kelowna Warriors of Junior A BCHL, after being released by the Kamloops Blazers in late September. The five-foot-10, 180-pound forward played one game as a 16-year-old with the Victoria Royals and 14 games the following season before being dealt to the Blazers. In 93 career games in the WHL, Campese had 10 goals and 16 points. In his short stint this season in West Kelowna, the forward had 17 points in 15 games.
Herauf, 16, was with the Rebels in training camp and to start the season before he was sent back to midget AAA. He has played nine games with Red Deer this season and has one assist.
Fifteen-year-old goalie Byron Fancy, a Lethbridge product dressed as the Rebels backup goalie on Friday night. He was the Rebels second round pick in the WHL Bantam Draft in 2016.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps or procedural instructions for completing a task. Instead, it primarily summarizes a hockey game, discussing the performance of the teams and individual players without structuring the information in a way that would foster deep reasoning or instructional training. The content lacks detail and organization typically found in step-by-step guidelines, making it unsuitable for training a language model for in-depth reasoning.


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Together with my former colleagues Ravi, Patrick, Jean-Pierre from
TU Berlin / SecT I have
been working on an enhancement for mobile phones in order
to protect SMS messages especially mTANs against trojans.
We investigated several ways to improve mTAN security and finally
came to the conclusion that we just need to change the SMS routing
on the mobile phone itself.
Basically we remove SMS messages
that contain mTANs from the normal delivery queue and only deliver them
to a special application. This way no other program (including trojans)
can access the SMS message.
NoSuchCon finally released their agenda.They have an interesting lineup but no mobile talk.
SourceDublin Android application reverse engineering & defensesi by Patrick Schulz & Felix Matenaar.
SummerCon has posted it's schedule. I'll present some work I've done on Dynamic Dalvik Instrumentation.
REcon has stared to post talks. Reversing HLR, HSS and SPR: rooting the heart of the Network and Mobile cores from Huawei to Ericsson by Philippe Langlois. Reversing and Auditing Android's Proprietary Bits by Joshua J. Drake.
Shakacon Deviant Ollam - Android Phones Can Do That?!? Custom Tweaking for Power Security Users. Max Sobell - Android 4.0: Ice Cream "Sudo Make Me a" Sandwich. Andreas Kutz - Pentesting iOS Apps - Runtime Analysis & Manipulation.
Some interesting upcoming talks! I guess everybody else an their moms are waiting to hear back from the Black Hat USA CfP.
SyScan was a totally awesome event. Really good talks and lots of them.
My favorite talk was: Bochspwn: Exploiting Kernel Race Conditions Found via Memory Access Patterns by Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind.
Android Apps: What are they doing with your precious Internet?
The majority of Android apps are not malicious, but use internet access in ways that are not compatible with the user's interests.
Amy Tang (University of California Berkeley), Ashwin Rao (INRIA), Justine Sherry (University of California Berkeley), Dave Choffnes (University of Washington)

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task; instead, it mainly discusses various topics related to mobile phone security and events in the industry without detailed instructions. Moreover, the procedural elements that could guide a language model in deep reasoning are absent, as there are no comprehensive processes or structured frameworks outlined for enhancing mobile SMS security or any other technical topic discussed.


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Introduction to Mining
If you are reading this you probabily are interested in mining and unsure on how to get started.
Hopefully the following article will help you to understand a little more abuot Cryptocurrency and how to start mining.
Cryptocurrency is a digital form of money so rather than having physical peaces of paper the currency is virtual and stored in a digital walet instead of the walet in your pocket.
Whats The diffrence between Bitcoin (SHA256) and Litecoin (Scrypt)
SHA256 and Scrypt are the systems used by cryptocurrency to authenticate blocks of transactional data.
This is the more complex algorithm proves to be the slower when mining and has less margin for errors with higher data security, currently the only real way to mine SHA256 is by having dedicated hardware (ASIC) altho you can still use your CPU or GPU the return would not cover the cost of having your computer turned on, if you dont have a lot of hardware the best way to mine is to be part of a minning pool like ghash.io
This is a much simpler algorithem and there are much more diffent types of Scrypt coins, when mining Scrypt coins this is still posible to do with a CPU and GPU and get a return but with the new ASICS for scrypt this will go the way of SHA256 where you will want to have dedicated hardware specifaclly for mining Scrypt coins.
Since writing this there has been a lot of changes in the mining landscape and a lot of new alt coins release, if you do not want to go down the route of spending lots of money on expensive dedicated mining hardware then you may want to look at the coins you want to mine, alt coins (cryptonote) are currently to popular coins for mining due to them currently being ASIC resistant and most can be CPU mined.
Mining SHA256 Coins
The first thing that you will want to do is get your self some mining hardware currently one of the best ASICS to get is the Antminer U1/U2 as this is cheap and wont break the bank, altho you may not make your money back on this hardware you will find it is a good way of understanding and getting into mining, check on ebay and find yourself some hardware.
Once you have an ASIC you will want to signup to a mining pool, follow the link and sign up at https://cex.io/r/0/Ragolz/0/ once you have signed up and made yourself an account the next step will be to get yourself a copy of cgminer this is the software that you use to connect to a pool and mine SHA256 coins.
Download current Windows version http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/cgminer-4.2.3-windows.7z
You can also get a linx version from http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/ please see documentation on how to compile for your Linux OS.
In windows you may also need the driver for your miner http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx
Once you have downloaded cgminer unzip the archive to a folder, plugin your ASIC and then run cgminner.exe
you will then be prompted in a dos window for the url username and password for your mining pool, you will have this in your ghash.io account with ghash.io a password is not required.
after you have entered in the details your software should then connect and start mining for you.
If you dont want to type this every time then you can create a .bat file which will auto start for you.
in the folder that you extracted cgminer create a new file and name it startminer.bat, once you have created the file right click and edit the file and enter in a single line
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u accountname.<WORKERID> -p 1
save the file and then run it, you should see that cgminer starts and running
if you are using an ant miner you can overclock this to 2GHs you can do this by adding –anu-freq 250 as follows.
cgminer --anu-freq 250 -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u accountname.<WORKERID> -p 1
Mining Scrypt Coins
The first thing that you will want to do is get your self some mining hardware currently AMD GPUs are best for mining Scrypt coins if you don’y have a Scrypt ASIC.
If you are using your GPU then you will want to get cgminer 3.7.2 (do not get the latest release as GPU support has been removed) install the AMD-APP-SDK-v2.9-Windows-641.exe from the AMD site http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/
create a startminer.bat file and add the following line.
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://doge.ghash.io:3333 -u accountname.<WORKERID> -p 1 -I11
You can then use this to start mining Scrypt coins, take note that the line to start Scrypt mining is slightly diffrent where you have to tell cgminer that you want mine Scrypt coins, you can also set the intensity for your GPU in this example I have used intensity 11 (-i11) this can be changed depending on your hardware or completely removed and you can then let cgminer work at what it thinks is best for your hardware.
Videos may follow shortly when I get time.

response:
1. Step-by-step: **Yes**
2. Training: **No**

The article does provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for setting up mining hardware and software, allowing the reader to follow along with specific actions. However, the instructions are somewhat informal and lack the structured detail necessary for effective training of a language model capable of deeper reasoning, such as explanations of terminology or the rationale behind each step.


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As the winner of the prediction contest for the first round of the playoffs, AJR79 gets to write up his predictions for the second round and post a little about a political issue that interests him. So, here are his thoughts.
Remember, get your predictions in before 9 PM eastern time to be eligible for the same prize after the second round. I need winners, and the amount of games. Post your predictions as a response to this post or the one before it.
While there was lots of exciting hockey in round one, it should be noted that the Washington/Montreal series was the most exciting, and watchable. Jaroslav Halak deserves his props for being outstanding in the last three games, but the Habs as a whole played extremely gritty (over 40 blocked shots in Game Seven!), and are playing better defensively then I’ve seen in Montreal for over a decade. If they could keep playing this way, they would be serious contenders for Lord Stanley’s Mug…
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal Canadians
Unfortunately I don’t believe they can keep playing that way. While they no doubt got a boost from winning the series, it probably took a lot out of them emotionally and physically to face three elimination games in a row. They are facing a much more proven team, and will not have the luxury of firing pucks at Semyon Varlamov.
Pittsburgh Penguins in six.
Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Picking Philly is probably the reason I won the pool. I’ll be sticking with them this round. They are big, physical, and skilled. They’ve been playing to their potential these past couple of weeks, and will be too much for the Bruins. Brian Boucher is making great strides towards being considered a legitimate #1 NHL goaltender. Looks good on him.
Philadelphia Flyers in six.
San Jose Sharks vs. Detroit Red Wings
I have to believe that the “choking dogs” will be showing up in San Jose this round. It’s just a hunch. I am assuming that Detroit’s goalie Jimmy Howard is the real deal, and I have no reason to think he isn’t.
Detroit Red Wings in six.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Blackhawks
I think this will be the most entertaining hockey of the round. There is some serious bad blood here, and my Canucks are out for revenge. With Vancouver’s offence being more high-powered this year then last, I don’t think they’ll have the same trouble putting pucks in the net. Unless catastrophe strikes the Canucks’ blueline (possible), I think this will come down to the goalies, and special teams. Getting centre Ryan Johnson back will be huge plus for Vancouver’s penalty kill.
Vancouver Canucks in seven.
I’m sure all the hockey talk has half the people reading this bored, so I’ll do my best to bore the other half with my political topic: financial reform in the U.S. I’m interested what different commentators think about the causes of the economic collapse, and what can be done to fix it.
Conservative types usually like to point to the government, and the Federal Reserve as the problem.
My view is that there is more then enough blame to go around in the Private banking sector. Just in case your eyes aren’t properly glazed over yet here is an esoteric but informative article about how private banks manipulate interest rates and monetary supply through the derivatives market.
The “money shot” (pun intended): “We have taken future tax streams similar to "receivables" and turned them into securitization products. The government gets upfront cash today along with tax streams going to cover needed principle/interest payments. They face balloon payments in the future. The real benefit to the banks is they get the full value of the asset today which they can use as capital ratios along with ability to fractional lend out 10 times the value of the deposit streams. The deposit streams would be similar to the deposits you make from your payroll and then spend. The banks float is increased and thereby its lending facility is increased. PRESTO - Money is created into existence!”
Reading this has given me a better understanding of how the derivatives market went from 273 trillion in 2004 to over 600 trillion today, and the looming economic disaster towards which we are headed.
Thanks for your thoughts AJR79! Everyone else, get your predictions in!

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; it primarily discusses a context for predictions in a hockey playoffs and shares opinions on political issues without structured instructions. Additionally, the procedural instructions that are present, such as submitting predictions, are not detailed enough to be useful for training a language model, as they lack clarity and depth necessary for deep reasoning. The overall lack of structured guidance and comprehensive detail limits its effectiveness for that purpose.


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What Is Your Biggest Challenge With Google AdSense?
Over the past six months or so I started relying more and more on Google AdSense as a source of income. In fact today it represents close to 50% of my total income (the other 50% comes from my own products and affiliate marketing).
Why is that? For several reasons, including:
- I don’t need to waste time selling/managing ads.
- The ads match the content of my sites.
- The advertisers are large and credible companies.
- The earnings (i.e., the eCPM rates) are top notch).
- I can monetize global traffic (most CPM networks monetize your US traffic only).
- Payments are always on time, and you can trust Google will pay 100% of what they owe you (this is not the case with some networks around…)
So yeah, I think AdSense is one of the best monetization strategies around.
Still I see many bloggers and webmasters complaining about it. That is why I decided to run this post. I want to know what challenges you face when trying to make money with Google AdSense. Maybe you had problems getting accepted? Maybe the amount you earn per click is too small? Let me know in a comment below.
As for why I am asking this, well, stay tuned. I have a related project coming up in around two weeks, and I’ll write about it here.
Side note: Do you earn over $2,000 monthly with AdSense? If so please email me at firstname.lastname@example.org, as I might have something for you with my new project.
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50 Responses to “What Is Your Biggest Challenge With Google AdSense?”
Naveen | Winning Ideas
I love Google adsense. I must say that to get a decent earnings from Google adsense, one should have good traffic. Say at least 2000 page views a day.
But if one is monetizing his blog in other ways like selling eBooks then even with less traffic, his blog can be profitable.
It all depends on the strategy of monetization and of course the lifeblood of blogging, traffic.
What people most complaint about Google Adsense is getting banned.
Most of people greedy and think of trick to lie on Google Adsense to get more click on Google Adsense.
And lot of way get banned like duplicate register member and so on.
So is there any method to request to google to shorten the banned duration which was too long.
I would like to say that google adsense is the best way to monetize from ypu site or blog . It pay some time less and it fully depends on the niche of your website
I was leery of using adsense by some recommendations but have been reading that other bloggers are doing well with it. I may have to reconsider and use more of it on my site
A/B split testing is the most difficult thing. It takes time, patience and you have to be methodical to do it.
Setting it up can be quite challenging, and then getting enough data for the results to be meaningful can take some time. It is worth it in the end though as you slowly learn what works and what doesn’t.
Wish I can earn half of that per month….How do people earn so much per month?
adsense is the best monetizing………nice info..thanks for sharing….
Large traffic and being in the right niche(To get high paying clicks ) would make things far easier to achieve success with ad-sense.
And you have gotta admit, Google have made Ad-sense supa dupa easy to get up and running(Once approved, of course).
Much of the leg work has already been done.
Also, there are quite a few things you can do to improve the ad units.
So, full marks to Google(Ad-sense) in this regard.
On the other hand, I have been skeptical in the past as to just how well ad-sense really works.
This was due to in part, to many people exaggerating their level of success regarding ad-sense.
Or often not mentioning that they had actually achieved this great result, not just with ad-sense but with a whole bunch of things combined(Affiliates, Article sales and marketing, Selling ad space on their site, etc,etc) .
I was accepted the next day after I applied with Adsense. The ads do match my content which I’m happy with. But the traffic isn’t there yet, so I’m posting and commenting regularly. Please involve me in your new project, I want to build crazy traffic and learn more.
I have made a whole $1.47 from Adsense in 2 months. But then my traffic is pretty low as the site is only those 2 months old. I intend to keep just plugging along and hope my Adsense revenue goes up.
I haven’t put it on 2 of my 4 sites because I am trying to keep them ad free (sensitive topics) but I am wondering if in reality it won’t make any difference.
Would love to see $2k from Adsense but my optimism is failing me today.
And my monthly earning is not any close to $2000 ($690 last month May). So guess I’m out.
Google adsense really simplified income generation for bloggers. I was lucky to be accepted on first trial. My biggest challenge is with late cashing in on payment. It takes up to 4 weeks for my check to deliver (for standard delivery that is) and 3 to 4weeks for my bank to clear the check. That involves a lot of patience on my part.. Other than that, Adsense Rocks..
I have no problem with the earnings per click. It’s just that I don’t get many clicks on the ads. Some of the ads are relevant and clever, but others seem far afield of what my articles are about.
You need lots of content plus ad blindness is a factor. If you write about technology, hardly any people will click on the ads.
You will earn more money with an affiliate sale than a click in Google Adsense.
my problem is that my ctr and ecpm is very low
secondly adsense are on policy to block your account or websites i mean they are very strict on this policy
My site has been up for 3 months, I’ve gotten 3 dollars, at this pace I don’t see 2000 dollars soon. I am going to keep writting in my blogs and see what happens in a year. I guess because I am not on Facebook, I am not on twitter. And yes my site in in Spanish.
Really enjoying the comments. I don’t use adsense but I have been curious about it. Thanks to everyone for the insights.
I made $70 in my first 2 months.. Is that good or still i need improvement?
You are different. Most of the make money online bloggers such as John Chow, Darren Rowse and Yaro are not using Adsense currently. But you do.
I like Adsense but it has shown me some issues. With my own site Eating In Bed I’ll get around $1.00 a click, which I’m fine with, but my passive income from the site Triond varies erratically. I could have 2 clicks from Eating In Bed bringing me between $1.75 and $2.25, but I’ll have 7 click from Triond bringing me $00.05. That’s my biggest issue, though I do like that occasionally you get random pennies on days with no clicks, and the adsense for feeds seems to be set at a rate of $00.15 per click, but it’s brought in some revenue as well.
I wish they made the advertisers selectable though, because while they can get close to my niche there are some days I’ll check out my site and there’s architecture links next to a recipe of mine. Those are my only beefs with it
The ads match the content of my sites. This really improve content and increase clicks 🙂
Shane from Genuine Internet Marketing
I’ve had great success with AdSense over the last 5 years and love it. The only real “challenge” I face is not being able to see what ads my users are clicking. It would be nice to capture so I could see what my visitors are interested in…also, it would open the door to reaching out to those advertisers to work out other deals (but Google probably wouldn’t like that and is most likely the reason they don’t show which ads are clicked).
For me, getting the most out of AdSense came down to 2 things:
1) Keyword Research – In order to make the most money, you need to know which keywords are worth the most CPC AND offer the most opportunity to rank for (if search engines are your promary source of traffic). I use Market Samurai mostly to find high-paying keywords with low competition.
2) Layout & Design – There isn’t really a “one-size-fits-all” when it comes to where to put your ads or how to make them look, but common practices of using the same color as other links, placing ads within content, using large ad blocks, etc absolutely helped me increase CTR and earnings.
Google Adsense monetizes well for a technical site that I own. But for a personal/ travel related site, the CPC is very less. Also, the demography of the users are an important consideration – People from certain countries pay more for each click, but people from other countries pay very less.
There is one real problem with GAS – If someone wants to abuse your site – they can just go and click repeatedly on your ads. It happened twice with mine from some African country – Ethiopia, I guess. Of course, I was not punished for that – perhaps because GAS looked at my performance history and this was a one time aberration. But what if some competitor networks with others and does it in the intention of getting you out of GAS network?
Sometimes I wonder how GAS is so consistent month on month with the revenue part? Its good, but Its also possible that no one clicks on an ad even for a single day in the whole month. So, its risky and cannot be used as a single source of income supporting your online venture.
That’s so true..Adsense is still the best. But mine still not reach $2k/mo 🙁
I love Google Adsense! While I don’t yet quite make $2K/mo I’m working on it and think I can do it relatively easily. I just have to spend more time on my best ones to keep them fresh and relevant, which I’m just starting to do. I’ve been working with Adsense for about ten years now and my income keeps going up. Love that!
I think I’m qualified for your new project. I just sent you an e-mail Daniel. 🙂
ei jehz, good to see you here. you’re more than qualified I think. 🙂
I also sent you an email Daniel.
I agree with you.
I think Google Adsense is one of the best and easiest way to make money. My own blog is still rather small and new so I will fight on!
Keep up the good work with your excellent blog!
I also like google adsense. I’m having a decent CPC and CTR, however I’m having problems in getting traffic…
Adsense is profitable only if you have a high paying niche, on the other hand, you must forget making decent money from it.
I really don’t have idea how some people are able to make thousands per month from adsense… I also wish to make $2k, ot at least half of it.
SEO Tip Off
I wish I can make $2000/month. Just starting out I find Google Adsense pretty good so far. It’s pretty flexible in setting up. Maybe it would be nice to be able to use more than three ads per page. A good idea for Google, and this can bring some competition is to use the Kontera system of highlighting keywords in posts with ads. Overall, Google seems pretty simple to me. I suppose there could always be improvements in anything.
They rejected me… and it’s impossible to get in when you get rejected once. They also don’t tell you why they rejected you.
I got rejected about 20 times but then -after 2 months- they accepted the submission. So all I can say is: BE PATIENT!
This is called PATIENT!
@Tanja – When i was blogging in blogspot platform i got adsense account easily and guess what the time i applied for Google Adsense i didn’t have any idea about what Adsense is for but fortunately i got the account.
I have heard somewhere that Google Adsense doesn’t give authority if you’re blogging on blogspot platform.
Adam @ ThisIsWhyImBroke
Wow were you given a reason why you were rejected? I got accepted almost immediately (though this was years ago, don’t know if things are different now).
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**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing a specific task related to Google AdSense. Instead, it consists of anecdotal responses and general discussion about challenges faced with AdSense, lacking the structure and detail necessary for a procedural guide. Additionally, the instructions and insights presented do not build a foundation for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as they lack a methodical approach or comprehensive insight into the processes involved in effectively using AdSense.


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What I Blog About
After years working in healthcare, I retired as a nurse practitioner to be a full time writer, co-author, and blogger. From the blog’s beginning in 2014, Before Sundown has been honored with awards, and blog tours. I’m ever grateful, and appreciative of dedicated worldwide followers who like, comment, share and tweet posts.
I started the blog to connect with other bloggers, and in a way to learn more about writing. I also wanted to support other bloggers, friends and family by writing blog posts about them, their books, interests, professions and travels.
The collections of sunsets/sunrises on the Welcome page came from bloggers all over the world. I wanted visitors to remember what made you smile Before Sundown. What better way then to offer breathtaking sunsets or sunrises? A monthly featured sunset continues.
I’m writing Sunset Inn, a historical fiction book based on real and made up events and people during the period from 1859 to 1961. The research consumed many hours to get accurate history. The narrative and dialogue a continual challenge with different people at different ages telling the history related to them. I knew people wanted to read the story, not an information dump of historical facts. That wasn’t an easy task to show the political, social, and cultural environments. I’m grateful a professional researcher helped and sent me New York Times and Boston Herald articles, photos, and he created timelines of grandfather and his step-brother.
The book theme follows an inquisitive nine-year-old granddaughter’s long search to uncover secrets in her famous German grandfather’s life. She overhears talk of her grandfather’s dying words, no one is to look into my life, that history dies with me, and wants to find out why. She has little help from her family, but, a lot of help from a local librarian, and her beau, a Jewish medical doctor. Together, the doctor and the granddaughter (a nurse) travel to Germany and uncover grandfather’s history, with a surprising link to her. The granddaughter is the real me. The “beau” is made up. With all the historical parts, the story needs a sparked up nurse/doctor romance.
Fun Facts About Me
I’m old as dirt, born in 1939, and plan to live beyond the 100-year mark.
I love whimsy and humor. I try to interject both into blog posts and writing.
I modeled for an Illustrator Photographer as a teenager, and was featured on east coast billboards; Give Life a Lift in West Palm Beach – Tropical Florida’s First Resort. I had jet-black hair and violet eyes, just like Elizabeth Taylor.
I published poetry years ago, and that led me to write “free rein for the brain” fiction.
I attended the same university as my sons, and at the same time. I also knew their girlfriends there (now wives). I was an honorary Frat Mom, and a designated driver.
I lived in Italy, Greece and Japan (5 years in each country). The highlights: Travels through Italy, skiing the Matterhorn (Italian Alps), and ski slopes in France, Austria and Switzerland. Travels through Greece and to the Greek islands. Travels through Japan and to the temples in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Kamakura.
I was a tech challenged blogger at the beginning in 2014, and I “learned by fire” how to put the WordPress site together and keep it “blazing” with published posts, and The Sunrise and Sunset Photo Gallery.
Sunset Inn- Wish You Were Here – Your Friend, Elizabeth
Christine Elizabeth’s Gallery

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task; rather, it primarily shares personal experiences and reflections without structured instructions. Additionally, the procedural information is lacking in detail and organization, making it unsuitable for training a language model to perform deeper reasoning or structured tasks. The content focuses more on narrative and anecdotal elements rather than instructional clarity.


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Facebook has a "Build Audience" feature available for its Pages users which allows them import a VerticalResponse mailing list and invite those contacts to "Like" or "Follow" that Page.
To import your VR list into Facebook and utilize the Build Audience feature:
-Access the Admin panel on your Facebook Page.
-Click the "Build Audience" dropdown, then choose "Invite Email Contacts"
-Click on the VerticalResponse dropdown, and follow the directions to download a .csv of your Master List.
-Click the "Browse" and select the downloaded Master List file. Click Upload Contacts.
-Select the contacts you would like to invite. Uncheck the box next to a contact to avoid inviting that contact.
-Click "Preview Invitation"
-Preview the invitation and check the box in the lower left corner to agree that you are authorized to contact the email addresses you've imported.
The "Build Audience" feature is entirely supported and maintained by Facebook, and the invites are not sent out through VerticalResponse. We are happy to assist in downloading your Master List, but any technical support or troubleshooting should be directed to Facebook Support.
You can view the Facebook Support website at https://www.facebook.com/help/220217228006012

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through completing the task of importing a mailing list into Facebook's "Build Audience" feature. However, the instructions lack sufficient detail and context that would encourage deeper reasoning, as they do not explain the rationale behind each step or include any insights that might help a language model understand the broader implications of the procedure.


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Authoring formulas with dynamic schema in Power Apps
We are excited to announce the experimental feature release of the ability to work with dynamic schema in Power Apps formulas. Power Apps formulas traditionally require that the set of fields returned by a data source call is fixed. However, there are a number of services that may return a different set of fields based on the specific parameter values in the service call. These service calls are said to have “dynamic schema” because the schema, or set of returned fields, changes dynamically based on how the service is called. For instance, with Azure Dev Ops users may add custom fields to work items. Because these custom fields are not available on all work items, some calls to Azure Dev Ops are considered dynamic. You will potentially get a different set of fields depending on which team’s work items you query. Power Apps, until this point, could not work directly with these types of service calls.
Now, as part of the formula authoring experience, when a formula author encounters an warning indicating the return schema of a call is dynamic, an author may “capture schema”. This will lock the schema for that particular call with the set of values it is called with. And, you will be able to use the dynamic schema service call as part of your Power App.
Authoring a formula with dynamic schema
1. Turn on the “Dynamic schema” feature switch in Settings > Advanced Settings > Experimental feature.
Note: If you are on an older version of the platform, you may need to also enable the “Enhanced formula bar.”
2. A. Save your app B. Close your app. C. Refresh your browser and then D. Re-load your app.
3. Use the capture schema button to capture dynamic schema in your formula. The capture schema button appears as part of the formula bar when you encounter an expression that returns dynamic schema.
Azure DevOps has a mix of calls that are static and dynamic. For example, the return value for “ListQueriesInFolder” is listed as “VstsList[QueryHierarchyItem]“. However, the return value for the GetQueryResultsV2 has a note that the output of the operation is “dynamic“. We’ll use both of these to illustrate how to work with dynamic schema.
A. We can use the first query (ListQueriesInFolder) to get a list of queries in our environment. Insert a gallery and then author a formula for the Items property like the following:
B. Then use the results of this query in a second gallery that gets the detailed work items for the second query (GetQueryResultsV2) using a formula that handles dynamic schema. Insert a second gallery and author a formula for the Items property like the following:
Note the warning here. At this point, depending on the nature of the specific query you are using, you might not get any results. However, in the case of Azure DevOps, there are a set standard (“system”) values that are always present – regardless of any custom columns that may, or may not be present. So, if you look at the values you can assign for the gallery at this point, note that they are all prefixed by the word “System”. See the image below. What is missing are any dynamic or custom values.
C. Expand the formula bar and then use the Capture schema button at the bottom of the formula bar.
Press the “Capture schema” button at the bottom of the formula bar and the warning goes away. Inspecting the list of properties now available for assignment (via This. … in the formula bar) shows the following.
First note the new property “Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Priority. This is a custom property that did not appear in our first list.
Second note that we did not get all of the same fields we got in the first non-dynamic query. We’re not seeing all of the system fields we first saw. This is because when we captured schema, those other columns were not returned. Most likely because there was not data for those columns and the system simply didn’t return them.
D. Assign the new property to a field. Here we have assigned Priority to a gallery field.
A gallery is, by default, a read-only control. And it is important to note that Power Apps will not automatically handle updates for this field. You can assign the property in a gallery but you cannot simply assign the value in a data card because data cards automatically handle both reads and creates/updates. Data cards need a tabular data source where their built-in behavior works with tabular data sources. All dynamic schema data sources are non-tabular (i.e., action.)
E. Use a custom field to show values in a Display Form.
- Add a Display Form.
- Assign the DataSource property to the full set of records in the target gallery (e.g., DataSource = Gallery2.AllItems).
- Set the Item property to something like “Gallery2.Selected“.
- Add a custom data card.
- Add a label to your data card.
- Set the Text property of the label to the field you want in your data card.
The request to handle dynamic schema is a long standing one. We’re happy to finally release it first in an experimental feature state and eventually a preview and GA release. This is a good time to provide feedback. Please feel free to reach out in our product forums.
The Power Apps development team.

response:
**Step-by-step: Yes**
**Training: Yes**

The article does provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through the process of authoring formulas with dynamic schema in Power Apps. Each step is logically structured, detailing what needs to be done and often including additional context or notes that enhance understanding. Furthermore, the instructions include sufficient detail and examples, which would be useful for training a language model in reasoning through the procedural tasks involved in working with dynamic schema.


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Published by Blaze
OUR DARK STARS Blog Tour
About The Book:
Title: OUR DARK STARS
Author: Audrey Grey and Krystal Wade
Pub. Date: March 6, 2018
Publisher: Blaze Publishing, LLC
Formats: Paperback, eBook
While she sleeps, the whole universe changes.
Princess Talia Starchaser has it all. Wealth. Status. Adoring citizens. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she’s forced to publicly betray her best friend, a companion mock she’s had since birth, setting events into motion that lead to the destruction of the humans, and the princess floating through space, a remnant of a time when humans ruled over droids.
One hundred years later, half-mock captain Will Perrault and his ragtag crew discover a device floating in space. When a very human Talia emerges from its depths, Will suspects she’s the key to buying his way back into the regiment he once commanded against the last remaining rebel humans—and the ruling mock queen’s good graces.
Both Talia and Will would rather get space-tossed than trust one another, but with the queen’s forces chasing them across the galaxy and the fate of both worlds hanging in the balance, they’ll forge the unlikeliest of alliances to survive.
Hi! I’m an award winning and USA Today bestselling author of several books, including the Moonbeam Children’s Award bronze finalist, SHADOW FALL. I live in the charming state of Oklahoma with my crew: one husband, two little people, four mischievous dogs, and one poor cat. You can usually find me hiding out in my office from said crew, surrounded by books and sipping kombucha while dreaming up wondrous worlds for my characters to live in.
In between the chaos—What’s for dinner? Stop pinching your sister! Homework! Dishes!— and my writing, I make time for various projects. An admitted paintaholic, I’ve painted, sprayed or transformed nearly every piece of my house at least once. I even painted my husband’s beloved fabric chair. Oops!
I thrive on creation: starting from an idea, a blank canvas, or perhaps an outdated room, and using my imagination to create something new and emotionally engaging that’s all my own. But stories have always been my first love. Weaving together complex worlds full of flawed, conflicted characters allows me to express myself in a way I could never do otherwise.
I started creating stories during the sweltering Oklahoma summers spent laboring in my father’s wheat fields. Alone and bored, I dreamed up wild fables of vampires (the Anne Rice kind), cave men, and love-torn ghosts. By college my tales had grown more persistent, and I started to actually write them down.
Now, fiction is my life, and I look forward to sharing my characters and their stories with all of you.
I’m happily married to the love of my life (don’t gag) and raising three beautiful children in the gorgeous state of Virginia. We live just outside Washington, D.C., and every day I wake up to find myself stuck in traffic trying to get there.
The horrid commute gives me plenty of time to zone out and think about my characters in full, brilliant details (I’m a safe driver; don’t worry). Stories give me a way to forget about the sometimes smelly strangers sitting next to me on the fifty mile trek into town (I pick up hitchhikers every day. True story. Check out www.slug-lines.com if you don’t believe me).
I’ve been a part of organized hitchhiking for nearly fifteen years, but that’s just one small aspect of my oh-so-large life. When I’m not working, commuting, or chasing after my three children (four if you count the man), you can usually find me outside talking to my chickens like they’re the cutest things in the world (they are), or training my amazing dogs how to herd said chickens (which they love), or curled up on the sofa with a good book (why can’t that be 100% of the time?).
I hope you love my stories (or just like them a little; that would be okay, too). And I hope that one day you find your passion, because there’s nothing in life better than doing what you love while surrounded by people you love.
- What is on your nightstand?
Currently, I’m reading An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson, Feversong by Karen Marie Moning, and I’m about to start To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo. I tend to read at least three books at a time!
- What author would you totally fan?
I’m actually a huge George R. R. Martin fan. His ability to weave together complex, fully-realized worlds is beyond amazing, and I aspire to someday have a smidgen of his talent!
- What makes you cringe?
In the writing world or in general? Old sponges, old toothbrushes, and bug guts make me cringe in the real world, but in literature it’s bad metaphors and too-perfect characters! I like my metaphors beautiful and my characters messy.
- Do you obsessively plot out each point or just go with the flow?
Total pantser here! I try super hard to plot and then blow everything by changing things last minute, so now I just throw together a macro plot knowing it will change dramatically as I write. I feel like stories are more organic and thrilling that way.
- Is there a word you love to use?
Have you been talking to my editor? Erm . . . according to her, I overuse glittery/sparkling.
Well, I just happen to have four rescue dogs, so I have tons of pictures! I don’t have a picture of all of them together, but here are Forge, Beeker, and Eddie. Beeker wears a donut around his neck because it keeps him from slipping through our wrought iron fence and escaping!
1 winner will receive a $30 Amazon GC and a hardcover copy of Cinder, US Only.

response:
**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task. It primarily consists of a personal narrative and promotional content related to the author and her book, lacking procedural instructions. Additionally, the content is not structured in a way that would serve as useful training for a language model; it does not contain detailed, logical processes or reasoning frameworks to encourage deeper analysis.


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Exclusive! Here's Exactly How to Get Gugu Mbatha-Raw's 2014 Governor's Awards Makeup
When donning a red dress, the obvious makeup pairing would be a red lip, but Gugu Mbatha-Raw and makeup artist Nick Barose steered clear of the matchy-matchy route, and the results were nothing short of fabulous. Over the weekend, the Belle star, who is also the leading lady in the upcoming Beyond the Lights film, attended the Motion Picture Academy's Governor's Awards in a stunning Oscar de la Renta number, which Barose used as his jumping-off point to create her understated, yet elegant, look.
"When uber-stylist Cristina Ehrlich showed me Gugu's beautiful red Oscar de la Renta dress, I wanted the makeup to be playful and fresh to show off her beautiful golden skin, with a touch of drama on the eyes for a bit of a sexy Sophia Loren vibe," he tells InStyle. "Red-carpet magic always comes together at the last minute---sometimes I'll tweak the lip color, and we have to decide what goes in the clutch, like a powder, blotting paper, and lip color for the night." Even if you aren't hitting up a red carpet event, you may need to be ready for your close-up with all the upcoming holiday parties on your radar, and Mbatha-Raw's gorgeous look is perfect for just about any occasion. Read on to find out exactly how you can recreate it, with pro tips from Barose himself!
Barose wanted to keep a glowing, dewy finish, so to avoid an all-over dusting of powder, he began by using a mattifying primer only on the star's T-zone, then layered Tom Ford’s Traceless Perfecting Foundation ($80; nordstrom.com) on top. "I applied it with a brush, then used a damp BeautyBlender ($20; sephora.com) to blot and blend so that the effect is really sheer," he says. "Foundation should add a nice, polished look to your skin without looking makeup-y." Going easy on the eyes, Barose defined Mbatha-Raw's brows with the Tom Ford Brow Sculptor in Taupe ($44; nordstrom.com), and skipped the shadow entirely. "When doing intense liner, don't use eye shadow. The effect is more graphic and modern, but not too overdone and calculated," says Barose, who used the Defining Liquid Liner in Deeper ($55; nordstrom.com) to impart the dramatic wing. He traced the upper and lower lash lines with the pen-shaped stylo, then defined the inner rims of her eyes to give off a sexy, smoldering effect. Two coats of mascara topped off the eye.
"Since there's a lot of color on the dress already, go easy on the cheek and lip colors," says Barose. "Anything too red will also make your face look red." To avoid a ruddy complexion, he picked up Tom Ford's soft pink blush in Ravish ($57; nordstrom.com) and blended it onto the apples of her cheeks. A peach-toned petal hue like Tom Ford's Lip Color Sheer in Summer Fling ($49; tomford.com) mimicked Mbatha-Raw's natural lip color, and held a slight nude finish to balance the dramatic eye. The finishing touch? A few well-blended drops of the Skin Illuminator in Fire Lust ($65; tomford.com). "It's the perfect amount of shimmer to ad don the bridge of the nose, and the top of the cheeks," Barose adds.

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: Yes

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through the process of recreating Gugu Mbatha-Raw's makeup look, detailing each product and method used. Each instruction builds on the previous one, which would be useful for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as the steps are not only straightforward but also include reasoning behind choices made in the makeup application process.


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The last time we discussed LG’s place in the mobile payments ecosystem, it was reported that the company’s White Card would feature an IC chip. That was in May. Well, it’s late October now, and apparently, LG has abandoned all plans for that payments system, and instead, will simply incorporate MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) into the upcoming G6.
MST was introduced by Samsung for Samsung Pay, one of the most useful payment solutions available on the market. The technology replicates a card swipe at essentially any terminal inside of a merchant, allowing you to use it practically anywhere. While the idea of White Card seemed cool, which was a similar technology to Coin, MST will be much better suited for the fast-paced market that is mobile payment solutions.
As you could image, Samsung holds patents on certain aspects of MST technology, and it is noted that LG will look to incorporate MST technology that will not infringe on those. This means, more or less, that LG’s implementation of MST could be different from Samsung’s. Hopefully, it’s just as useful, though.
LG G6. No modules. MST. My body is ready.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing any task; rather, it discusses LG's decision-making regarding mobile payment technologies in a narrative format. Additionally, the article lacks detailed procedural instructions that would facilitate deeper reasoning or understanding, focusing instead on a broad overview of technology and market implications without engaging in step-by-step analysis.


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Welcome to BelizeApril 02, 2020
Belize is the true definition of a melting pot, a land where many different cultures have blended together to form the special laid-back identity of a Belizean. With an open-minded attitude towards interracial unions, several distinct cultures still exist in Belize today, a mix of Creoles, European Mennonites, East Indians, Chinese, Garifuna, Maya, and Mestizo peoples. Despite their very unique origins, today these traditions and cultures have blended together in Belize to create a harmonious society.
After we successfully crossed the Belizean border in under 2 hours, we headed to Orange Walk 30 miles south of the border. At the Lamanai Riverside Resort located in the centre of the city of Orange Walk and
next to New River, we spend our first night
Parked by the New River
Enjoying bird watching and river life
This spot is well known by tourists where you can board a water taxi to bring you to the Lamanai Ruins down the river,
Water taxi picking up tourists at the side of the riverbank
but we opted out on this and enjoyed just the bird watching, crocodiles, iguana and we even saw some manatees swimming in the river. It was a great start to discover the beauty of Belize.
Altun Ha Archeological Reserve
Think about what would happen if Indiana Jones and Google Earth had a love child. I use high-resolution and NASA satellites and look for subtle differences on the surface of the earth that locate buried ancient pyramids and towns and ancient tombs, which we then go and excavate.
Altun Ha means Water of the Rock. It was here at these ruins that the largest carved jade object in the whole Maya area, a Jade Head, was found. This Jade Head represents the Sun God, Kinich Ahau, and can be seen at the museum at this site and in the corner of every Belizean banknote.
Altun Ha is located just 31 miles north of Belize City on a two-mile-long dirt road that connects the site to the Old Northern Highway and is only six miles away from the Caribbean Sea. It covers an area of about five square miles and was once a major ceremonial and trading center. Once home to as many as 10,000 inhabitants over a 1,000 year-long period of occupation dating back as early as 200BC, it was occupied as recently as the 10th century.
This site allowed us to bring our dogs along, which was a great surprise and made our visit so much more enjoyable. From climbing the pyramids to walking through the jungle, even though the site is relatively small, the details of the excavation were pristine. This site is one of the less-visited pyramids in this area even though the monument and the jade head are a national symbol.
Altun Ha Ruins
Dog friendly and climbable
What a view
surrounded by jungle
Chateau de Pralines
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.
Every so often, you stumble on a place you thought you stop for a night, and then you find a little piece of paradise with an owner who shows a passion for teaching you and the world about his small piece of heaven. Chateau de Pradines Camping is located 1 km from Altun Ha. Enrique and Belinda, our amazing hosts, welcomed us into their home and eagerly taught us about organic growing self-sufficient food.
Their whole garden was open for us to pick and eat, and we learned about soil and local fruits and vegetables. In the evening, we had long conversations about the world while we were all eating our harvest of that day. Belize is showing us the people’s generosity and the incredible knowledge of growing food.
Enrique our amazing host

response:
**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through a specific task. Instead, it narrates a journey and personal experiences in Belize without structured procedural instructions. Additionally, the absence of detailed, clear instructions prevents the content from being useful for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as it lacks the necessary framework for task completion.


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From WHITE LILY
Makes 16 servings
Candy Bar Cake – Enough Said!
Baking Spray with Flour
2 2/3 cups WHITE LILY Enriched Bleached All-Purpose Flour
2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
5 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 (6 ounce) milk chocolate candy bar, melted
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Vanilla ice cream
Hot Fudge Microwaveable Topping
1.HEAT oven to 300 degrees. Coat 10-inch tube pan with flour no-stick cooking spray.
2.COMBINE all ingredients except hot fudge sauce in large bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until just mixed and no lumps remain. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3.BAKE 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. (Do not overbake.)
4.COOL on wire rack 15 minutes before removing from pan. Remove to plate; cover with plastic wrap until just warm.
5.SERVE warm with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce.
Find this recipe and more at whitelily.com

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: Yes

The article provides a clear and sequential list of steps for making the Candy Bar Cake, which allows the reader to follow along easily while baking. Each step is ordered logically, detailing specific actions to be taken, which is valuable for training a language model as it encourages deeper reasoning by requiring understanding of the relationships between the ingredients and the baking process. The instructions contain sufficient detail to ensure clarity and facilitate successful execution of the recipe.


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This article demonstrates how to add a Page selector in widget's designer view.
To add a Page selector, in your
DesignerView.YourView.cshtml file, place one of the following tags anywhere in the HTML code:
Single item selection:
Multiple items selection:
The values of the attributes are scope properties that you define in the MVC widget controller.
||Single select only. Stores the ID of the selected item.
||Single select only. Stores the serialized information of the selected item.
||Multi select only. Stores the IDs of the selected items.
||Multi select only. Stores the serialized information of the selected items.
||Configures the provider to use when retrieving the items to display.
|Defines whether the selector displays pages and their statues, such as Draft, Locked, and so on, or only published pages. By default, the Page selector displays master items, that is, all pages, independently of their status. To display only live pages, set the sf-master="false".

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

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Are you acquainted with mujadara? It’s a lovely meal layered with lentils and rice at the bottom, followed by caramelized onions (the more, the much better), and ideally a number of velvety or hot sauces on the side. It is among my preferred products to purchase at Middle Eastern dining establishments, and this dish tastes much like it.
Mujadara is served throughout the Middle East in numerous kinds and passes varying names, depending upon where you are. It has numerous spelling variations: mujadarra, mujadarah, majadra, mejadra, moujadara, mudardara, and megadarra.
Mujadara is a seriously affordable vegetarian meal that would make a declaration at your next party.
It’s likewise unique diet-friendly, given that it’s gluten totally free and quickly vegan/dairy totally free (merely serve hummus or tahini sauce on the side rather of yogurt).
Last but not least, mujadara is enjoyable to make! Wish to find out how?
I have actually been wishing to master this dish for a long time. When the March-April concern of Milk Street showed up in my mail box with mujaddara on the cover, it appeared like an indication. I got actually thrilled when I check out that their dish cooks both the rice and the lentils in the exact same pot genius.
For my variation, I began with Milk Street’s dish and made a number of modifications to fit my own choices and make the dish a bit more healthy. I replaced wild rice for the white rice, which was basic once I changed the cooking times. Wild rice makes this mujadarra dish additional hearty and tasty.
I likewise prepared my onions in extra-virgin olive oil rather of peanut oil, and it worked excellent. Lastly, I included more fresh herbs to perk up the ended up meal.
How to Prepare Mujaddara
Here’s what you must understand prior to you begin:
This mujaddara dish is incredible due to the fact that you can prepare the rice and lentils in the exact same pot! The technique is to let the rice cook for about 10 minutes prior to including the lentils. This simple cooking approach is a video game changer, and I make certain you’ll see it once again quickly.
While the lentils and rice simmer, you’ll begin caramelizing the onions. Whether you desire soft caramelized onions (displayed in images) or more crispy caramelized onions (more standard), your mujaddara will end up excellent.
For softer onions, simply lower the heat to medium-low after 10 minutes at medium-high. For more crisp onions, leave the heat at medium-high the entire time and stir minimally, simply every couple of minutes when the onions are beginning to brown. With either approach, cook up until the onions are deeply caramelized and packed with taste. You can’t fail!
When your elements are done, spread them throughout a big serving plate. Serve with a bowl of yogurt on the side. Its velvety, abundant texture and tasty taste joins the pilaf and onions.
I likewise enjoy serving my mujaddara with a fresh and hot sauce, such as shatta (displayed in images) or zhoug. Those are both made with jalapeños and fresh herbs. Store-bought chili-garlic sauce is a great choice, too. If you desire a more moderate taste increase, attempt a handful of sliced up cherry tomatoes.
Watch How to Make Mujadara
Essential Notes & Tips
This dish is created for particular, easy-to-find ranges of rice and lentils.
If you select a various range, you will require to change the cooking times and approach. The most convenient workaround is to prepare the lentils and rice individually up until tender, drain well, then stir them together.
This dish is composed for brown basmati rice, not white rice, not quick-cooking rice. Any kind of regular-cooking wild rice will in theory work, however brown basmati rice is most standard. If you wish to utilize white basmati rice, you’ll discover assistance in the dish notes. Otherwise, you’ll wish to prepare your favored range of rice individually.
It is likewise created for requirement, raw brown or green lentils (not canned lentils or red/yellow/black beluga/French green lentils). Wish to replace canned lentils? You can wash and drain pipes 2 cans of lentils and stir them into the prepared rice. Wish to replace another range of lentil? Your best choice would be to prepare it individually and stir it into the prepared rice. Here’s my guide to cooking lentils.
Wondering what to serve with your mujaddara? I have actually got you covered:
- Fattoush Salad, or an easy green salad topped with Fresh Mint Dressing
- Ultra Creamy Hummus, Baba Ganoush and/or Tahini Sauce
- Crispy Baked Falafel
- Mediterranean Tomato & Feta Dip
View all Mediterranean dishes here or read my guide to cooking lentils if you have an interest in integrating more lentils in your diet plan.
Please let me understand how your mujaddara ends up in the remarks! I hope you definitely enjoy it.
Mujadara (Lentils and Rice with Caramelized Onions)
- Preparation Time: 25 minutes
- Prepare Time: 35 minutes
- Overall Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 generous portions 1 x
- Classification: Main Course
- Technique: Stovetop
- Food: Middle Eastern
Mujadara is a timeless Arabic dish including prepared lentils and rice, caramelized onions, herbs and yogurt. It’s a tasty vegetarian main course! This variation requires wild rice rather of white (if you wish to utilize white, see dish notes). Dish yields 4 generous portions.
- 4 medium cloves garlic, smashed and peeled
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 3/4 teaspoons great sea salt, divided
- Newly ground black pepper
- 5 cups water
- 1 cup brown * basmati rice (routine, not quick-cooking), rinsed and drained pipes
- 1 cup routine brown or green lentils **, selected over for particles, rinsed and drained pipes
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 medium-to-large yellow onions, cut in half and very finely sliced
- 1/2 cup very finely sliced green onions (from 1 lot), divided
- 1/2 cup sliced fresh cilantro or flat-leaf parsley, divided
- Plain whole-milk or Greek yogurt, for serving
- Spicy sauce, for serving (optional): shatta or zhoug or store-bought chili-garlic sauce or perhaps sriracha
- In a big Dutch oven or soup pot, integrate the garlic, bay leaves, cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the salt and about 20 twists of newly ground black pepper. Include the water and bring the mix to a boil over medium-high heat.
- When boiling, stir in the rice and lower the heat to medium. Cover and prepare, stirring sometimes and changing the heat as needed to preserve a regulated simmer, for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the lentils and let the mix go back to a simmer. Cover once again, lower the heat to medium-low, and cook up until the liquid is soaked up and the rice and lentils hurt, about 20 to 23 minutes.
- On the other hand, warm the olive oil in a big (12-inch) frying pan over medium-high heat. When it’s warm enough that a piece of onion sizzles on contact, include the staying onions. Stir to integrate.
- Stir just every 3 minutes approximately initially, then regularly when the onions at the edges of the pan start browning. If the onions are browning prior to they have actually softened, call down the heat to provide more time. Prepare up until the onions are deeply caramelized and beginning to crisp at the edges, about 20 to thirty minutes. In the meantime, line a big plate or cutting board with a couple paper towels.
- Utilizing a slotted spoon or fish spatula, move the onions to the lined plate and spread them equally throughout. Spray the staying 1/4 teaspoon salt over the onions. They’ll crisp up as they cool.
- When the lentils and rice are done cooking, drain pipes off any excess water (if there is any) and return the mix to the pot, off the heat. Lay a cooking area towel throughout the top of the pot to take in steam, then cover the pot and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Eliminate the cover, dispose of the bay leaves, and smash the garlic cloves versus the side of the pan with a fork. Include about 3/4 ths of the green onions and cilantro, scheduling the rest for garnish. Carefully stir and fluff the rice with a fork. Season to taste with extra salt and pepper, if needed.
- Transfer the rice and lentil mix to a big serving plate or bowl. Leading with the caramelized onions and the staying green onions and cilantro. Serve hot, warm or at space temperature level, with yogurt and spicy sauce (optional) on the side.
Dish adjusted from Milk Street.
* Wild rice notes: This dish is particularly created for routine (not quick-cooking) wild rice. Any range of routine wild rice will in theory work, though basmati is the most standard option. You can discover brown basmati rice (Lundberg brand name) at a lot of well-stocked supermarket, or you can purchase it at Trader Joe’s (they offer both routine and quick-cooking brown basmati, so make certain to purchase the routine).
* To make this dish with white basmati rice rather: Prepare the lentils in the boiling water initially for about 10 minutes (up until rather softened on the outside/still company in the middle), then include the rice and cook up until both lentils and rice hurt, about 25 minutes.
** Lentil notes: You wish to utilize standard-issue raw brown or green lentils, not red or yellow lentils or expensive French green or black beluga lentils or canned lentils. Those all have various cooking times, which will not deal with these guidelines. If you wish to utilize a various kind of lentil for this dish, prepare it in a different pot from the rice, then stir them together prior to serving (canned lentils would merely require to be washed and drained pipes prior to utilizing).
Make it dairy free/vegan: This is simple! Change the yogurt with something likewise velvety and tasty, like traditional hummus or tahini sauce.
Prepare beforehand: This dish is an excellent prospect for making ahead. You might carefully reheat the lentil and rice mix and onions (reserve fresh herbs for completion), or simply let it warm to space temperature level.
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Blogust isn't going so well. I'm not doing so well either.
Here's the truth of it.
It's late in August, and despite dogged efforts to bolster page views, I'm still roughly 400 per day shy of the maniacal goals of Blog. At first that number was easy to face with a sort of "Make it up next week!" type of enthusiasm, but as we cruise into August's 20th day, we are almost ten thousand page views behind where we would need to be. I can keep doing what I'm doing, and I'm going to put on a show, but at the end of the day, unless something I write in the next eleven days goes viral (and there's no way to know what's going to go viral before it does), I'm going to be about 15,000-20,000 page views shy of my goal.
Don't worry. I'm not going to stop blogging or anything. I haven't tossed my Macair into a full bathtub and screamed, "Screw this Popsicle stand!" The wind is just out of my sails a bit. While it's possible to go all night like a lumberjack (so to speak) when one is winning, the fact that I haven't had a day off* in over three weeks is harder to grin through when it looks like I'm just pedaling a flying machine that isn't aerodynamic as it crashes to the ground.
*From blogging anyway. I write every day even when I don't have a scheduled post.
I also did something that I haven't done since Hurricane Katrina and before that during the aftermath of 9/11. I sat around and read everything I could find about current events–specifically in this case the aftermath of Michael Brown's killing and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. There's a lot I could say about how we are NOT in a post racial world, efforts to control the narratives, and how the stories we tell get repeated in event after event (I think a post like that might be coming), but I'll spare you most of it except to say that the suppression of the media has been chilling. And that I want to punch everyone in the face who says the innocent have nothing to hide when the NSA spies on its own citizens but can't see the fucking irony when police confiscate cameras.
Still, I just kept reading. Hours and hours. One story after another. Dozens of them. My head hurt. My eyes burned. But I couldn't stop. I simply couldn't stop.
I can usually hold back the flood of care. My empathy doesn't have a kill switch, but I can usually remember the good things in the world too. I'm like a Facebook feed. One minute there's outrage and then there's a kitten and an ice-bucket challenge.
But today I got stuck. I got stuck in a moment that is going to define us for probably a generation. A moment like Katrina and like 9/11 where we dangle on the edge of a spiderweb-thin thread and our whole society will lurch one way or another. For better or for worse, these are the moments that make us who we are.
Will we have yet another generation of race riots and victim blaming? Will suppressing our civil rights become commonplace when we're too "uppity." Will law enforcement black out the media so that their actions can go unobserved? Is that the kind of people we will become? Or will we embrace the uncomfortable truths that systemic injustice, unequal treatment, that unearned advantages are very real, and that things are deeply, systematically unfair in a country whose principle selling point is a meritocracy.
We are facing ourselves in the mirror these last 11 days and many have realized what some have been screaming all along: that we have a very real racial equality problem in this country. And this is one of those rare moments where we can choose to listen and talk and do something about it.
And I'm terrified that we won't.
So I didn't do much writing today. I just stared at the screen--at story after story after story--and pressed my lips together and hoped beyond hope that the better angels of our natures would, finally, make some real progress in overcoming a bloody and sordid history, and that we could experience that painful progress that is so frustratingly, mind-numbingly slow.
I look down the road and I see a smear campaign against protesters, a young man essentially on trial for his own murder, an exonerated officer, and riots like 92 when I lived near Los Angeles. Then we can blame "those people" for "destroying their own neighborhoods," ignore that patterns of police brutality and the criminal justice system disproportionately affect people of color, and start it all over again. Welcome to post-racial America.
I hope we can consider this instead:
Fidel Lopez was attacked (at the same intersection where Reginald Denny was pulled from HIS car, but a few minutes later). He was eventually rescued by Rev. Bennie Newton. Newton told the rioters: "Kill him, and you have to kill me too."
And then he stood there, keeping a total stranger safe by physically standing in the way of every person that came along, preaching non-violence, even as the riot raged around him.
Newton is as much "Those people" as anyone.
We lose part of our humanity when we paint everyone with the same brush. But mostly we lose entirely too much of our humanity when we chose which brush we paint with, and which we ignore. When a community that stands vigil over its businesses during a protest, throws tear gas away from children, and just wants some fucking answers is lumped in with out of town provocateurs, because that makes it easier and more comfortable to dismiss the whole thing, we have fallen into one of our worst human failings.
We're better than that.
If you are reading this late at night on the 19th (though technically after midnight on the 20th) I will be taking tomorrow off. And if you are reading this early in the morning on the 20th, I'm taking today off. I just wasted too much writing time reading, and too much emotion caring. There's just nothing left for twisted threesome jokes today.
I hope you all take a moment to care about the events happening right now that may shape your world for years to come, whether they are happening in your back yard or Missouri or half way across the world in a desert you've never seen, but mostly I hope you don't reduce anyone to blocks of "those people."
If you are a writer, you know that every single one of them has a story that matters.
And I confess, knowing that makes it harder sometimes to hate or blame or dismiss. But you'll be a better writer for it. A better artist.
A better person.
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I have been trying to write this post for a while now but I always seem to be stuck on pizza for some reason. Well, actually pizzas are more fun to make and really delicious if you ask me but I guess it is a personal thing. Anyway, here it is, one of my favorite pastries though the list of my preferences in this case is not that long, I am more inclined to love store bought cakes and sweets instead of homemade ones. I know, weird but I have been like this since childhood and no matter how much I like baking things, I still go out every now and then and buy some decadent cake or who knows what other unhealthy thing. lol
OK a bit of history, apple strudel is a traditional Viennese strudel, a popular pastry in Austria and seems in many other countries in Europe though I only visited a few to be honest. Still, everybody is making it and the variations seem to be endless as far as shape and filling goes. The thing consists of an oblong strudel pastry jacket with an apple filling inside, made of grated cooking apples (usually of a tart, crisp, and aromatic variety such as Winesap apples), sugar, cinnamon, raisins, and bread crumbs. The dough is pretty simple, consists of flour, butter and salt but to actually make it from scratch is a pain which is why I went the easy way and I bought phyllo. lol
First step is getting the filling ready. Not a big deal though, start with apples, cored, peeled and sliced into as small pieces as you can, place them into a large pan/pot along with pineapple, sugar, water and salt and cook over medium to high heat for 30 to 35 minutes.
When you are ready to assemble your strudels start laying the phyllo one sheet at a time and gently brush each one with butter and sprinkle with some breadcrumb mixture over the entire surface. Repeat this procedure with 5 sheets. When you have those 5 sheets stacked, “swimming” in butter and breadcrumb mixture, add a row of apple filling the way you see it in my picture. Do not over-stuff or the strudel will burst when baking. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes and you are done.
You can use a wax paper underneath the phyllo to help a bit with rolling which I forgot, so roll it up jellyroll style and as you roll fold the sides inward to form sealed edges. It was somewhat difficult but I managed to get some nice strudels going at which point you place them on a buttered baking pan and brush them with butter again.
It was a success! You can even freeze the baked ones (tested!) but they need some time in the oven to heat up and get crisp again.
- 10 to 12 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin strips
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 large can pineapple, drained and diced
- ¾ cup sugar
- pinch salt
- ½ cup finely chopped walnut
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 pound package phyllo dough
- Mixture of 1 large freshly ground cinnamon stick, ⅓ cup sugar and 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- As you peel and dice the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice and mix frequently to prevent browning, or toss in iced water with some lemon juice.
- Place the apples into a large pot on the stove over medium-high heat. Add the pineapple, sugar, 1 cup water and salt. Cook until the moisture evaporates and consistency of the remaining fruit is thicker than preserves, 30 to 35 minutes. Stir often to prevent burning on the bottom. Cool, then stir in walnuts.
- Refrigerate the apple filling at least overnight. Filling will last in the refrigerator for up to a week in an airtight container.
- Preheat the oven to 350° F / 175° C.
- Melt the butter in the microwave.
- On a sheet of waxed paper, lay out the first layer of phyllo dough. (Dough dries out quickly, so keep other layers not in use covered with a damp cloth over a sheet of waxed paper.) Using a pastry brush, gently brush butter onto the entire sheet of dough. Sprinkle with the breadcrumb mixture over the entire surface. Repeat for an additional 4 layers so each roll has a total of 5 layers of phyllo dough.
- Using a spoon, add a row of apple filling an inch or two from the bottom of the dough. Do not over-stuff or the strudel will burst when baking. Lift the bottom edge of the waxed paper with both hands, each about a third of the way in from the outer edges to support the phyllo as you roll up the dough, jellyroll style. As you roll, fold the sides inwards to form sealed edges as you continue to the end. End with the seam-side down.
- Coat a baking pan with butter and place the first rolled dough onto the pan with the seam facing down. Then brush the roll all over with the butter/oil mixture.
- Repeat the steps above until you have filled the cookie pan with the rolls but keep at least a roll's width between each. Keep at least 2 to 3 inches between the rolls on the baking sheet to ensure even browning.
- Bake until golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes, depending on your oven. During baking, baste 4 to 5 times with butter.
- Cut into pieces while still hot so the crust won't break.

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At this moment, Akina sees Darin becoming something beyond himself as we end Chapter 9.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
I Love Italy Reading Challenge 2012 - Link Your Reviews
This is the place to link your reviews for the I Love Italy Reading Challenge 2012 as of January 1, 2012. Leave the link directly to your review post and not your blog URL. Include the name of your blog and the title of the book or your name and the book title.

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