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The video tag is probably the HTML5 feature that has been discussed the most in blogs, forums and news. Often presented as a replacement for flash the video tag goes beyond that. At the same time that it's recently joined the family of the ubiquitous HTML tags its capabilities and support across browsers have increased at an amazing speed. As you will see in this tutorial its main advantage is the natural integration with the other layers of the web development stack such as CSS and Javascript as well as the other HTML tags.
In this tutorial you will get the code and necessary understanding to start using the video tag right away, as well as to see some of the integration examples I mentioned before.
To make the HTML video work in your site the following lines should be sufficient.
This snippet uses the source tag which let's you have multiple formats as fallback in case the user's browser doesn't support one of them. More about this in the next section.
You can also use one single video format which makes the syntax very similar to the image tag. This syntax will be the most used one in the near future when all browsers support one common video format.
For now, we'll focus on the former case which is currently more common. The most important thing to remember is to make sure the server is serving the correct MIME type in the Content-Type HTTP header. Otherwise, we'll have to setup our server to do it right or else the videos might not work even if they were working on a local copy of your site. In an Apache httpd.conf it's enough by adding these lines:
If your app is being served in a Google App Engine app then you would need to add these lines to the app.yaml (one for each format):
In order to improve the client side performance it's important to not forget to specify the type attributes the source tags when dealing with multiple formats. This way, the browser can decide which format can download and play. In other words, it won't download the ones it can't play in order to increase the performance of the site.
The speed of evolution of the video tag is really encouraging. Just a year ago the only browser that supported the video tag in its stable version was Safari. Right now all modern browsers already support the video tag and IE has included its support in their dev version, IE9. As for the codecs, Firefox, Chrome and Opera have agreed to include the support for .webm as the common video format. Internet Explorer will support it too if the codec is installed on the computer (we hope they don't make this a requirement in the future).
Are we missing any browser vendor? Yes. Ironically, Safari which was the first browser to support the video tag is now left behind in the agreement for the support of a common format.
At the time of this writing (July 2010) the safest combination of formats is the following:
As a quick note and for better understanding, think of a video format as a zip file which contains the encoded video stream and audio stream. The three formats you should care for the web are:
As I mentioned before, almost all browser vendors agreed to support a common video format. So a less than year from now this is the code which will be most likely used everywhere:
One of the main concerns about using the mp4 format is that its video codec (h.264) is not an open codec and the licenses that a company would have to pay for using it are very complex to understand. There's more information about this format in this video chapter.
Another issue with the mp4 format is that the type attribute needs to be more specific than other formats depending on the profile used to encode the video. Although the most common is "avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2", you should double check this profile list to be sure.
Here you can quickly see which ones of the three formats are supported by your browser:Introduction
1. The code
<video>
<source src="movie.mp4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' />
<source src="movie.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"' />
</video>
<video src="movie.webm"></video>
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm
- url: /(.*\.ogv)
static_files: videos_folder/\1
mime_type: video/ogg
upload: videos_folder/(.*\.ogv)
2. Video Formats
<video>
<source src="movie.mp4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' />
<source src="movie.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"' />
<source src="movie.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"' />
Video tag not supported. Download the video here.
<video>
<video>
<source src="movie.mp4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' />
<source src="movie.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"' />
Video tag not supported. Download the video here.
<video>
Even though Microsoft announced the support of the video tag, as well as other HTML5 elements, in the upcoming IE version (i.e. IE9), its migration rate for new versions is way lower than the other 4 major browsers. Hence the following section:
There are two plugins that can be used as possible solutions:
The advantage of using the Chrome Frame plugin is that, once it's installed, Internet Explorer will have the support for the last HTML, JavaScript and CSS standard features that old versions of IE don't. This plugin has a side effect goal for web developers, as it will allow them to code applications with modern web features without leaving the IE users behind. Just think the amount of time that a web developer saves without having to code hacks and workarounds for IE.
You can also use flash as a fallback case. Depending on the format of your video you might need to encode it again to a compatible format for the flash player. The good news is that Adobe has committed to support the webm format in their flash player although it's still not clear the timeline for it. The biggest drawback of this solution compared to the Chrome Frame plugin is that you will get the flash player as the degraded version of what ever custom UI or enhanced features you have built for your video tag. The details of this technique can be seen in this tutorial which was meant for the audio element.
If you need to encode your existing videos to the formats we mentioned in the previous section you can use Miro Converter both for Windows and Mac to easily get the format you need. The program doesn't allow to tweak many settings but comes with the most common outputs for the web, including the three formats we use in this tutorial. Under the hood, this software is actually a wrapper of ffmpeg and ffmpeg2theora which you can use in both windows, mac and linux from the command line and specify more parameters. You can read more info in this other tutorial.
As we said in the introduction the main advantage of the video tag being one more of the HTML family is the integration with the other layers of web development stack. In the following examples we'll give you an overview of what's possible to do with it.
All the common HTML attributes you already know can now be used in the video player. For instance, in the following snippet we are using the tabindex to make the player keyboard accessible. There are new attributes that can be used in the video tag which are also common to the audio tag such as loop and autoplay, which are self explanatory. The attribute poster indicates what image will be shown while the video is initially loading and finally, controls is used to indicate that instead of building our custom controls we want the browser to render ones automatically for us. There's also a preload attribute we can use in case we want the content to be downloaded in the background as soon as the page loads even if the video hasn't started playing.
<video poster="star.png" autoplay loop controls tabindex="0"> <source src="movie.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"' /> <source src="movie.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"' /> </video>
The full level of integration of the video tag as a native browser element deprecates some issues you might have had in the past with third party embedded players such as drop down menus and iframes overlaying on the player or weird layout behavior when the other HTML elements surrounding the video were dynamically resized.
Since the video is not treated as an embedded foreign object, there are some other benefits that affect the user experience. For instance, even if the focus is on the player itself actions like page scrolling or keyboard key strokes will be completely functional.
The video tag comes with an API which allows to control things from JS.
As any other HTML element you can attach common events to the video tag such as drag events, mouse events, focus events, etc. But the video element comes with a bunch of new events to detect (and control) when the video is playing, paused or finished. Since loading a video resource can have many caveats there are many events to have a fine control of the loading process both at network level (loadstart, progress, suspend, abort, error, emptied, stalled) and at buffering level (loadedmetadata, loadeddata, waiting, playing, canplay, canplaythrough).
At its simplest level you can attach the canplay event to start doing stuff with the video.
video.addEventListener('canplay', function() { this.volume = 0.4; this.currentTime = 10; this.play(); }, false);
There are several custom player controls available on the internet right now. In the following sample we are using some elements to control two videos simultaneously and also emulate the fast forward effect with the playbackRate attribute.
As you could have imagined at this point you can style the video tag with the traditional CSS like border, opacity, and such. But the cool thing is that you can also style it with the latest CSS3 properties like reflections, masks, gradients, transforms, transitions and animations.
Hover over the next video to see some of them in action. Can you guess how the circle is done?
#video-css.pimped { border: 1px solid white; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #ffffff; /* FF3.5+ */ -webkit-box-shadow: 5px 44px 28px #333; /* Saf3.0+, Chrome */ box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #ffffff; /* Opera 10.5, IE 9.0 */ -moz-transform: translate(0, 10px); /* FF3.5+ */ -o-transform: translate(0, 10px); /* Opera 10.5 */ -webkit-transform: translate(0, 10px); /* Saf3.1+, Chrome */ }
Canvas is in fact another HTML element. But given its extraordinary capabilities we wanted to give it its own section. We have seen many developer samples which use these two technologies in a very smart way and we are sure that this is only the beginning.
In the following sample we are taking advantage of two features of the canvas element to import and export images. The first one is the drawImage method which let's you import images from three different sources: an image element, another canvas element and a video element! This means that every time we run this method the current frame in the video will be imported and rendered into the canvas.
The second feature of the canvas tag we are using is the toDataURL method which let's you export the content of the canvas to an image. Click play in the following video to see how an image is created from the video every 1.5 seconds. The canvas we use to import/export is actually hidden.
You can see in the following code how we are simply creating an interval which runs every 1.5 seconds with the drawImage method which takes the video element as the source.
video_dom.addEventListener('play', function() { video_dom.width = canvas_draw.width = video_dom.offsetWidth; video_dom.height = canvas_draw.height = video_dom.offsetHeight; var ctx_draw = canvas_draw.getContext('2d'); inter = setInterval(function() { // import the image from the video ctx_draw.drawImage(video_dom, 0, 0, video_dom.width, video_dom.height); // export the image from the canvas var img = new Image(); img.src = canvas_draw.toDataURL('image/png'); img.width = 40; screenshots.appendChild(img); }, 1500) }, false);
In the following sample we are going another step further. If you increase the frequency at which you import and render the image from the video you can really emulate the same video frame rate in the canvas. This let's you do all sorts of fancy transforms in the canvas as if you were doing it in the video.
On the left side you can see the original video playing. In the middle there's a canvas we are using to import the images every 33 milliseconds. On the right side there's a second canvas which will "suffer" all the transforms at the same time it imports the images from the first canvas. The only reason we are using two canvases is because the performance is much better than using a single one which imports the images and transforms at the same time.
The same technique of importing images you have seen so far can be also applied to WebGL. With WebGL you would be able, for instance, to import the frames of a video and render them on a spinning 3D cube. There are more details about such implementation on the MDC website.
SVG provides a programatic way to render and manipulate vector graphics but it also comes with more features such as SVG filter effects. With these filters you can target a specific DOM element and apply some out of the box effects such as blur, composite, tiles, etc. At the time of this writing (July 2010), Firefox 4 and IE9 support inline SVG which allows to target the video element with HTML and CSS (for this sample we are using JavaScript and canvas to make it also work for browsers which don't support inline SVG yet):
<svg id='image' version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <defs> <filter id="myblur"> <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="1" /> </filter> </defs> </svg>
There's no doubt that having the video tag as a native element gives the best environment to integrate video with the rest of your web application. More and more samples, video controls and related UI components are being created everyday.
It's almost inevitable that comparisons arise between the video element and other technologies which have been around much longer and provide capabilities like fullscreen view, access to microphone and camera, or support for streaming. All these capabilities are currently being addressed both in the specification and browser support. If the video capabilities evolve as fast as they have done so far it won't be rare that, in less than a year from now, we have all these features ready for production and supported across the modern browsers.
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"X-Men" – Not Enough to Marvel by Homer Yen (c) 2000
Rogue (Anna Paquin) has the power to absorb a person's living energy merely by touch. She can't control this power or its intensity. Cyclops (James Marsden) must wear a special visor; otherwise, opening his eyes will create an explosive burst of deadly energy. Thus, he can never look upon the one that he loves with his own eyes. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is an embittered and belligerent soul. He can't remember his past, and worst of all, he has no idea how his body was transformed into some kind of walking Ginsu knife.
These are the X-Men, specially gifted people who are psychologically conflicted. "X-Men" the movie also seems somewhat conflicted and unbalanced. Yes, it has some style and it's very cool to watch these wild powers being unleashed. And it's impossible not to like Patrick Stewart as the benevolent Charles Xavier and Ian McKellen as the bent-on-world-domination Magneto. But beyond this, there is little to marvel. It is conspicuously devoid of action sequences, though the finale is impressive. It lacks the color and the energy that has propelled this comic book series into the stratospheric best seller that it is. And, there are just so many characters that many of them speak no more than two or three lines (though to be fair, this series has introduced more than 300 since it first appeared in 1963, and in this film, there are only eight.)
Unfortunately, this movie is more about background than anything else. It's a 100-minute introduction into the world of the X-Men, and this is exposition that fans would probably rather do without. "Every few millennia," the narrator says, "evolution leaps forward." The result can be both wondrous and a curse. For example, some may develop telekinesis, telepathic ability, or even the ability to control weather.  At this moment in time, a zealous Senator (Bruce Davison) is proposing a mutant registration program. He pleads to the people, "they are among us. We must know who they are and what they can do."
Although this worries the sagacious Xavier, he believes that mutants and humans can peacefully co-exist. Magneto thinks otherwise. From personal experience, he knows what it's like to be an outsider and the destructive rage of a bigoted society. So, he decides to show the human race firsthand what it's truly like to be a mutant even if its consequences might mean large-scale death of Holy War proportions. Supporting his efforts are Sabretooth (Tyler Mane), who has the strength of 20 men and the speed of a gazelle; The Toad (Ray Park), who creatively uses his 12-foot projectile-like tongue; and the colorful Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), who can assume the likeness of just about anyone and does so with reckless abandon. But Xavier and his X-Men are well trained in the use of their powers and are prepared to do battle on behalf of mankind.
The problem with "X-Men" is that it doesn't provide sufficient power and pathos. The average moviegoer and especially the fans will be somewhat disappointed with the generic plot line. Many characters, especially Storm (Halle Berry), are fairly flat and only look cool when they summon up their powers. The one exception was Wolverine. This walking switchblade is probably the most popular character among fans. Newcomer Hugh Jackman understands the fan's appreciation for Wolverine's testy nature. To properly motivate himself, he took a cold shower prior to shooting. He even gets the best line of the movie when he turns to Cyclops and warns him to "keep your eye open." The film has its visual pleasures and some amusing moments. However, this limp adaptation does this comic book sensation very little justice.
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Women Making History at UCSF
Below is a collection of profiles of some of the extraordinary women who contributed to the rich history of UCSF. These are only a few of the stories of our inspiring faculty, staff, and alumnae.
Aiko (Grace) Obata Amemiya, RN
Amemiya was a nursing student at UCSF in 1942 when she and her family were forcibly detained in an Arizona internment camp alongside thousands of other Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals. In 2009, Amemiya was instrumental in persuading UC Regents to grant honorary degrees to the 700 UC students who were denied education due to their internment during World War II.
Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD
The first woman to perform a liver transplant, Ascher established the liver-transplantation program at UCSF and was the first woman to chair the Department of Surgery. An author of many scientific papers, she served on Presidential and Surgeon General task forces for organ transplantation and donation and was named one of America's Top Doctors by U.S. News.
Dorothy Ford Bainton, MD
Bainton was the first woman to chair a department in the UCSF School of Medicine's Department of Pathology, and later became the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. Her research focused on the development and function of white blood cells in defense against infection. (Photo credit: David Powers)
Josephine Eugenia Barbat, MD
In 1884, Barbat was the first female graduate of UCSF's College of Pharmacy and went on to become its first female instructor. In 1903, she graduated from the School of Medicine.
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD
An expert in the study of telomeres — the part of chromosomes essential to preserving genetic information — Blackburn won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work. At UCSF, she has served as Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. In 2007 she was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. (Photo credit: David Powers)
Mary Botsford, MD
A pioneer in the use of anesthesia, Botsford in 1897 became the first physician on the West Coast known to practice its use. Her career included many such firsts, including championing the law that required anesthesia be taught in medical schools. In 1932, she became the first faculty member and clinical professor of anesthesia at UC.
Maria Angelina Burch, DDS
The first female graduate of the College of Dentistry (later the UCSF School of Dentistry), Burch established her own private practice in San Francisco in 1884.
Priscilla Chan, MD
Chan is a pediatrician who earned her medical degree at UCSF, and an entrepreneur focused on children's issues. With her husband Mark Zuckerberg, she co-founded the $1 billion Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, which supports science research and education. (Photo credit: Drew Altizer Photography)
Shirley Chater, PhD, RN, FAAN
A former UCSF Professor and Vice Chancellor, Chater was named a "Living Legend" by the American Academy of Nursing for her contributions to the field. She also served as Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration during the Clinton Administration.
Lillian Cohen, RN
In 1909, Cohen became the first female graduate of the Training School for Nurses, which was created only two years before.
Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH
A UCSF alumna, Desmond-Hellmann served as the university's ninth Chancellor and the first woman to hold that post. During her tenure, she co-led a National Academy of Sciences Committee that recommended the creation of an extensive data network to revolutionize medical discovery, diagnosis, and treatment, coining the term “precision medicine.”
Emma O. Dong (Chong), MD
The world’s first Chinese woman ophthalmic surgeon, she earned her UCSF medical degree in 1939 and was the first woman accepted to the residency program in the Department of Ophthalmology.
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
Esserman's breast cancer research, she says, "spans the spectrum from public-policy issues to basic science and the impact of both on the delivery of clinical care." The Director of the Breast Care Center and the Clinical Leader of the NCI-designated Breast Oncology Program, she was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2016.
Carroll Estes, PhD, FAAN
A founding scholar and policymaker in the field of the political economy of aging, Estes also launched the Aging Health Policy Center at UCSF, which later became the Institute for Health and Aging.
Ella Mae Ferneil, RN
Working against discriminatory hiring practices, Ferneil moved to the Bay Area after World War II and became the first African American registered nurse, public health nurse, visiting nurse, and school nurse in the state of California.
Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH
A former associate professor of medicine at UCSF and physician at San Francisco General Hospital, Gerberding in 2002 became the first female director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kathy Giacomini, PhD
Giacomini's research into membrane transporters has had profound implications for drug delivery and response. One of her team's goals is improving drug design for patients who do not respond to standard treatments.
Sarah Gomez Erlach, RN
Gomez Erlach was a UCSF School of Nursing alumna who developed public health services for migrant farm workers in California. Her advocacy led to the development of primary care in the state, with a focus on community participation. During World War II, she helped establish medical-nursing care services for nine reserve hospitals and was later chief nurse of two army hospitals in Oakland and the Presidio.
Deborah Greenspan, DSc, BDS
Greenspan's research identified oral lesions as one of the first signs of AIDS, a breakthrough in the oral aspects of AIDS and the role of viruses in oral lesions. She served as the Clinical Director of UCSF's Oral AIDS Center and Chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences at the School of Dentistry.
Victoria Hale, PhD
Hale is a School of Pharmacy alumnus in pharmaceutical chemistry. She is Founder and CEO of One World Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the U.S. Its purpose is to develop affordable medicines for people in the developing world. Her work led to her being named a MacArthur Fellow in 2006.
Diane Havlir, MD
A UCSF resident alumna, she co-authored the “Washington D.C. Declaration,” a nine-point plan to end the AIDS epidemic. In 2013, she co-founded San Francisco’s Getting to Zero Coalition, which aims to help the city reduce stigma and reach zero new HIV infections and zero deaths by 2020. (Photo credit: Marco Sanchez)
Dorothy Horstmann, MD
Horstmann earned her medical degree from UCSF in 1940. She went on to become the first woman appointed as a professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Her research on the spread of poliovirus in the bloodstream helped in the development of the polio vaccine.
Nola Hylton, PhD
Hylton pioneered using MRI for the detection, diagnosis, and staging of breast cancer. A leader in the field of breast MRI, she is a Professor in Residence in UCSF's Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Director of the Breast Imaging Research Group.
Cynthia Kenyon, PhD
An authority on the science of aging, molecular biologist Kenyon's research into longevity discovered genes that doubled the lifespan of the roundworm C. elegans. She is now the director of the Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging at UCSF.
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD
A UCSF alumna and author, Koda-Kimble was the first female dean of the School of Pharmacy. During her tenure, she increased the school's faculty by more than 25 percent and increased funding from the National Institutes of Health from $4 million to $27 million per year.
Lucile Petry Leone, RN, FAPHA
A School of Nursing professor emerita who was the founding director of the Cadet Nurse Corps, Leone's organization supported the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II. She was also the first woman — and the first nurse — to serve as the U.S. assistant surgeon general.
Joanne Lewis
A co-founder of the UCSF Black Caucus, Lewis was also California’s first director of Fair Employment and Housing in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown. In 1998, she received the UCSF Medal, the university's highest award.
Marilyn Reed Lucia, MD
Lucia was the first woman division chief in a medical department at UCSF: In 1985 she was named Chief of the Division of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology. She also served as the first Chair of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Child Care. Her groundbreaking work led to the development of the statewide University of California child-care system.
Tippi MacKenzie, MD
MacKenzie's research focuses on treating fetal conditions before birth. She led the world’s first clinical trial using blood stem cells transplanted prior to birth, leading to the successful live birth of an infant with a normally fatal condition called alpha thalassemia.
Gail Martin, PhD
Martin was one of the co-discoverers of embryonic stem cells in mice (for which she coined the term "embryonic stem cells"). Her research laid the groundwork for worldwide research on human embryonic stem cells to treat disease.
Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN
An expert on chronic pain as a condition rather than just a symptom, Miaskowski helped develop improved pain-management strategies. She was also the first nurse scientist to be named an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor.
Nancy Milliken, MD
Milliken, an expert on reproductive health, is Founding Director of the National Center of Excellence on Women's Health.
Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD, FAAN
A School of Nursing faculty member who was the first to publish a study illuminating the pay gap between male and female RNs.
Virginia Olesen, PhD
Oleson's groundbreaking research on the importance of gender-based health care was instrumental in shaping the field of women's health. Her sociological work focused on gender issues, nursing, and the "gig economy" decades before it became a mainstream issue. (Photo credit: Tom F. Walters)
Mary Olney, MD
Olney was a female pediatrician, social advocate, and Co-Creator and Director of the Diabetic Youth Foundation (DYF) and its summer wilderness camps for diabetic children, Camp Whitaker and Bearskin Meadow Camp.
Jacquelin Perry, MD
A polio specialist and pioneer in the field of orthopedic surgery, Perry was one of the first 10 women orthopedic surgeons in the country. She was the first woman to graduate from the UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program in 1954. In 1966, she was one of 35 spine specialists, and the only woman, to establish the Scoliosis Research Society.
Jennifer Puck, MD
An authority in the field of immunology, Puck 's research into human immune disorders led to the development of a newborn screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). She directs the UCSF Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies.
Rita Redberg, MD, MS
Redberg, a cardiologist, studies the regulatory process for medical devices and is Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Internal Medicine.
Dorothy Rice
A School of Nursing professor emerita, Rice was a pioneer in health economics and statistics whose work led to the creation of Medicare. As director of the National Center for Health Statistics, she also created the National Death Index. (Photo credit: David Powers)
Shane Snowdon, MA
In 1999, Snowdon founded and led the Center for LGBT Health and Equity at UCSF, for 14 years the nation’s only LGBT office in a health-care or health-education setting. She also helped develop the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), the annual U.S. hospital “scorecard," now used annually by nearly 700 hospitals nationwide to measure how well they are serving LGBT people.
Florence Stroud, RN
Stroud was the first African American to serve as health director for Berkeley. A former UCSF professor, she authored guidelines concerning the prevention of prenatal transmission of HIV and the care of mothers and children infected with AIDS.
Margretta Madden Styles, RN, EdD, FAAN
Styles conceived and helped establish the national standards for certifying and credentialing nurses in pediatrics, cardiology, and other specialties. She held numerous leadership positions as well, including dean and professor of the School of Nursing, past president of the American Nurses Association, and the first American to serve as president of the International Council of Nurses.
Lucy Field Wanzer, MD
A pioneer for women in medicine, in 1876 she became the first female graduate of the Medical Department of the University of California, which later became UCSF.
Diane Wara, MD
Wara was the first associate dean for women’s affairs at any medical school, and the first woman fellow in allergy-immunology at UCSF. In the early 1980s she was on the team that first identified HIV-positive babies. (Photo credit: David Powers)
Mabel Weed
A social worker and pioneering public-health nurse, she worked with many social-welfare organizations in the Bay Area. With Berta Wright, she founded Children’s Hospital Oakland, which is now UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
Constance (Connie) Wofsy, MD
A leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Wofsy co-founded the first-in-the-country outpatient clinic for AIDS patients at San Francisco General Hospital. The UCSF Professor of Medicine also created a program to train AIDS caregivers around the world.
Berta Wright, RN
A nursing pioneer who treated patients in a tent in Golden Gate Park after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Wright was the first school nurse in Alameda County and the county's first public-health nurse. With Mabel Weed, she founded Children's Hospital Oakland, which is now UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.


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This week we worked with soldering. Soldering is melting wire to bond a wire to a conductive surface on the motherboard. We worked with premade kits to make spinning led wheels.
It was very frustrating at first trying to get it to go smoothly, but by the end, I was able to do it quickly, efficiently, and properly. The result is shown below along with a
soldering iron.


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Artistic statement
My work revolves around a performative practice in the urban space that consists of perching myself in the trees of the city, establishing a naive and spontaneous presence. This simple dispositive, this poetic image allows me to question the notions of productivity and subjectivity, by developing a mode of urban sociability freed from power and merchant relationships, outside the logics of capital.
The impulse that guides me is an act of revolt against the forces that dominate the mode of existence imposed by the current neoliberal economical and ideological paradigm1. In the heart of the city, I trace a line of active resistance inscribed in a field of relationality distinct from the mechanics of power. Simply, it is a search for freedom.
Without label, indulged in contemplation, my character discovers through his encounters the richness, tensions, challenges and diversity of our cities and their inhabitants. I then derive from it stories, a mixture of observations and reflections inspired by my implantation in a localized social fabric, supported by my theoretical and philosophical readings. As a whole, these stories constitute a sort of diary, the narrative deconstruction of my own subjectivity.
The themes that naturally emerge throughout my journey include discrimination and gentrification, the notions of subjectivation2, assimilation3, sovereignty4 and collectivity. Borrowing from different registers, my writings are accessible but without compromise in the face of the complex world they depict. Through a study of the bourgeois condition, I’m rejecting the capitalist axiom in order to defend a radically internationalist and egalitarian line of thought.
My agenda is feminist, intersectional5, anti-capitalist and decolonial6. My aim is to make these ideas approachable and extend their audience. Among my strategies are the use of proximity and oral transmission. My presence in the streets is an invitation to discover and discuss these notions often confined to elitist circles. Through accessibility and dialogue, I cautiously take parts of my audience outside of their comfort zone, to raise awareness and curiosity in a benevolent way.
This work develops in parallel with my interrogations on the ethics of creation7, the legitimization of the artist8 and the production of knowledge9 in today’s society. These issues emerge and intertwine in my writings, sketching out an incarnate philosophical discourse concerned with the political stakes of art.
My texts are available on this website in French and English. I may share them in paper format when I meet an audience, but they are never sold.
my lectures and performances are adapted to the settings where they take place, technically and formally. This can range from an intimate reverie in the grass to an ambitious theatrical setup with sound, video and light work. In all cases, they are followed by a phase of conversation with the audience, introduced by some principles of collective intelligence and ideally assisted by a facilitator10.
It is also imperative that they are free, open to all and advertised in an inclusive and considered manner. My intervention on this last point, based on my experience in communication for the cultural sector11, seeks to reach new audiences and to shake up the entre-soi characteristic of bourgeois12 artistic institutions. Without any misplaced pretensions, this intervention is done according to its contextual relevance and the time I can invest in it.
My performances are always non-remunerated, on the one hand, to allow the institutions that wish to welcome me to do so independently of their financial capacities, and on the other hand to develop a mode of operation where the free pursuit of my work is not determined by the political issues related to the financing of culture and the arts13.
The financing of my practice is based on the patronage model. This principle allows me to keep my artistic research free from any production imperative and to choose my partners in accordance with my ethical and political values. I am aware of the paradoxes inherent in the choice of patronage as a method of financing. For lack of a better way, this is the model that provides me with the independence and security necessary for the pursuit of a fundamentally anti-capitalist practice.
Patronage is an incentive to support me in the long term, including for institutions that could not integrate me into their programming but wish to support my work. Non-monetary donations are also favored, as well as the use of currencies independent of state and banking systems.
Robin14
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For the most precise philosophical perspective on the current state of neoliberalism, I strongly recommend the reading of Brian Massumi, especially The Power at the End of the Economy (2015) ↩
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See for example, Michel Foucault, The subject and Power (1982) ↩
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Here I’m talking about capitalist assimilation. For an essential reading on this topic, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, The Anti-Œdipus (1972) – this is one of the books that can change your life. ↩
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Against subjectivism, eternally inspiring for his anti-reductionism : Georges Bataille, La Souveraineté ↩
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Until I find a better source, this wikipedia page will do the trick. ↩
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The question of racism and decolonization is a major challenge to the questioning of capitalism. For meaningful insight on this question, see the work of Olivier Marboeuf. ↩
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For this aspect of my reflection, I’m mostly inspired by the work of Paul Audi. See for example, Créer : Introduction à l’esth/éthique (2010) ↩
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Again, see Paul Audi’s discours sur la légitimation actuelle de l’artiste (2012), and Nathalie Heinich’s Face à l’art contemporain (2003) ↩
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for a very acid and straightforward take on the current knowledge industry, I recommend this short article from 2018 by Hammam Aldouri and Scott Jenkins on Damage. ↩
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If you don’t know what this is, the wikipedia page should do the trick. ↩
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I worked as a graphic designer in a studio for a few years, mostly for institutional clients like theaters and cultural centers. There I took part in the development of many successful communication campaigns, this expertise I still value nowadays. ↩
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Here I’m using the term bourgeois in a litteral sense. It’s not a mean word ! ↩
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It’s not an insider secret that art that doesn’t fit into the commercial or the entertainment model is struggling more and more to get financed. It’s a very complex topic but as a quick act, you could read and sign this petition. ↩
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As aesthetically pleasing as it is, my last name which I’m forced to use for administrative and legal matters comes as a quite heavy patriarchal baggage that I’m not so fond of using as a vehicle for my work’s communication. On the other hand, I enjoy my first name as it comes with an evident evocation of autonomy and civil disobedience, as well as being gender fluid. Therefore it’s just Robin! ↩


THE CORRUPTOR
** 1/2 (out of 4) - an enjoyable movie
Release Date: March 12, 1999 Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young, Jon Kit Lee, Elizabeth Lindsey, Byron Mann Directed by: James Foley Distributed by: New Line Cinema MPAA Rating: R (strong violence, language, sexuality) URL: http://www.execpc.com/~kinnopio/reviews/1999/corruptor.htm
THE CORRUPTOR can best be summarized as a movie about individuals who are stuck in the gray areas of life. Many a film has been made about this dubious ground which lacks morals and order, and survival is easily half chance. But try as it might, THE CORRUPTOR, directed by James Foley (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS) cannot reach the level of intelligence necessary to skillfully carry this theme. Instead, it's simply a plain old detective thriller with neon lights and naked women put in for "atmosphere."
Chow Yun-Fat, making his sophomore domestic effort here after last year's action thriller THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, stars as NYPD Asian Gang Unit officer Nick Chen. On the payroll of a local Chinatown mobster (Ric Young) and faced with a surging wave of crime in his territory Nick is also in the company of a new partner, Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg). Although Danny reeks of inexperience, Nick takes him under his wing and the two go on a mission of vengeance to clean up Chinatown -- despite emotional baggage and an interesting plot twist.
The script for this story is clever but not excessively so, the first such piece written for the screen by Robert Pucci. It demands a lot of energy from the director and the cast, hidden amongst awesome pyrotechnics and furious gun battles, and unfortunately neither Foley nor Wahlberg and Chow can deliver on that promise. Instead, the movie comes off feeling like a fake, which pretends to have its supply of adrenaline wound taut like a tennis net but never delivers on that promise. Camera tricks and editing room finesse can only go so far to hide these shortcomings.
The rest of the script devotes itself to a detective story which is not skillfully written. Although the plot may have been orderly and clear to Pucci, on the screen it plays out in an unrefined fashion. Bits of crucial information are bookended by half-finished subplots and become lost among the flashiness of THE CORRUPTOR's visual side. This last bit, the visuals, is perhaps the movie's most redeeming value, for there are moments when the action is good and the plot is straightforward. Put simply, THE CORRUPTOR falls into its own gray area: it does not succeed and it does not fail, giving it the unfortunate disposition of being easily forgotten.
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Six puppies of three and a half months are looking for a home after having lost their mother in a car accident. His owner gave them up because he could not take care of them. It's race is Bernese Cowherd and they are very healthy. They still do not have microchip but they are delivered with it.
These are two greyhounds that were abandoned in a meadow in Soria because they were not good for hunting. It is preferable that they are adopted together because of everything they have gone through. Approximately, their age is between 1 and 2 years. Thor broke a leg several months ago but he is already recovered. Both have already microchips.
Mr. Miau is a cat that was found in the street with another cat, Kayla, but she has been already adopted. We don't know his exact age but we think he has approximately 5 years old. He doesn't suffer any disease but needs a microchip.


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For the spiced lamb, in a large bowl, mix together the garlic and cumin until well combined. Add the cubes of lamb leg to the spice mixture and stir until completely coated. Set aside for at least two hours, or chill in the fridge overnight.
Heat a griddle pan over a high heat until smoking hot. Add the coated lamb cubes to the hot pan, in batches, and season, to taste, with salt. Grill for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until golden-brown griddle marks appear on both sides of the meat cubes and the lamb is cooked to your liking. Remove the lamb from the pan and set aside (keep warm). Repeat the process with the remaining coated lamb cubes.
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Couple arrested for alleged child molestation
Reno Gazette-Journal | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
"A couple who allegedly videotaped and photographed themselves molesting girls as young as 3 have been charged with numerous felony counts in connection with the assaults. ... Police found more than 100 videotapes and pictures of 3- to 9-year-old children being molested, officials said. ... While filming, Hwang allegedly gave the children video games and distracted them with candy." [When are we finally going to ban camcorders, candy, and video games?]
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Tourist dollars trump homeland security
dailystar.com | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
"The Bush administration has decided to postpone enforcement of new anti-terrorism regulations that had threatened to block millions of Western Europeans and citizens of other developed nations from traveling to the United States unless they obtained new, computer-coded passports, senior administration officials said Monday. The new passport rules, which were supposed to take effect Oct. 1 and were mandated by Congress as an anti-terrorism measure, will not be enforced until October 2004. ... The rules, arising after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, were intended to stop terrorists from trying to use false passports to enter the United States. ... 'I wouldn't characterize it as State Department vs. Homeland Security, but it's been a subject of some discussion,' said a State Department official." [Clearly, protecting the nation from terrorism is less important than helping the economy.]
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Anti-terror program co-opted by Big Brother
Wire Services | Submitted by: Winston Smith
"The federal government and the airlines will phase in a computer system next year to measure the risk posed by every passenger on every flight in the United States. The new Transportation Security Administration system seeks to probe deeper into each passenger's identity than is currently possible, comparing personal information against criminal records and intelligence information. ... 'Not only should we keep passengers from sitting next to a terrorist, we should keep them from sitting next to wanted ax murderers.' [Thank God they're finally doing something to prevent in-flight hatchet murders.] ... 'This system is not designed just to get potential terrorists,' [David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union] said. 'It's a law enforcement tool.'"
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RIAA swings hammer of God down on 12-year-old
New York Post | Submitted by: Mr. Ramon
"Brianna LaHara said she was frightened to learn she was among the hundreds of people sued yesterday by giant music companies in federal courts around the country. 'I got really scared. My stomach is all turning,' Brianna said last night at the city Housing Authority apartment where she lives with her mom and her 9-year-old brother. 'I thought it was OK to download music because my mom paid a service fee for it. Out of all people, why did they pick me?'"
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Healthcare provider forces woman to sleep in wheelchair
BBC | Submitted by: Uncle Jimjam
"A disabled woman has had to sleep in her wheelchair for a year because her local health trust would not allow staff to lift her into bed, a court has heard. Lorraine Wolstenholme, 50, of Monkston, Milton Keynes, has multiple sclerosis and is unable to get in or out of bed by herself. ... nurses who had been helping her out of bed were banned from doing so by Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust in June last year because of the perceived dangers of lifting her, though she weighs only eight-and-a-half stone. Mrs Wolstenholme has pressure sores on her body from sleeping awkwardly in the wheelchair."
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Black kid accused of writing KKK letter
St. Petersburg Times | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
"The note contained all the markings of a hate threat.  The guilty party was, they say, a black Hudson freshman. ... 'I don't believe it,' said the 17-year-old junior who first contacted administrators and Rouson about the notes. ... The 17-year-old and his mother both said they believe the freshman was pressured into confessing. ... 'I don't believe it,' the mother of the threatened junior said. 'I've got the gut feeling the young man was pushed in a corner. Why would another black student -- with all we've gone through -- write a letter like that?'"
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Black boxes proliferating in domestic cars
Baltimore Sun | Submitted by: Reid Fleming
"In the world of accident reconstruction and safety analysis, the automobile 'black box,' a small silver-colored device located under seats or in the center console, has emerged in recent years as a valued technical resource, albeit one with limitations. ... Plugging into the system in GM cars from the 1994 model year forward will reward an investigator with concise charts and graphs that show speed, brake activation, throttle use, changes in velocity and seat belt use in the five seconds before a crash. Beginning with the 2001 model year, Ford cars with the technology offer more limited information about the crash."
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Britons love David Blaine
Independent | Submitted by: whatsnew74
"Yesterday, with cloth and cleaner to hand, his girlfriend, Manon von Gerkan, was hoisted up 40ft for a brief reunion with the illusionist -- albeit separated by perspex -- to wipe away the yolks that have impaired his view of the river Thames. ... 'I find it quite bizarre that people here have felt it necessary to throw eggs and other things at David,' she said, peeved.  I must say I find these kind of people really strange.' The reaction of Britons to Blaine's widely self-publicised feat of survival and mind control has also included a volley of golf balls."
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Crack dealers busted after navigational error
Tampa Tribune | Submitted by: Neil
"Three men carrying [$3,800 worth of] crack cocaine in plain view found themselves in jail Sunday after they mistook the gate at MacDill Air Force Base for a toll booth and drove up to the armed guards, police said. ... A search of the car revealed three 'cookies,' or large discs of crack, which would have been broken into smaller rocks for sale... Police said the men also had a scale, drug paraphernalia and more than $1,000 in cash."
 The woman was charged with child neglect. ... At 9 a.m., he emerged, well-rested, from his mother's bedroom. The boy showed police where he had been asleep, walking over stacks of trash to a corner of the bedroom where he had curled up under a pile of clothing and other debris. 'It's amazing -- the interior of this house was so cluttered and dirty that we couldn't find him in it,' Tampa police spokesman Joe Durkin said. The four-bedroom, 1,300-square-foot concrete block home had urine-stained floors and was covered with mounds of garbage, clothing, debris and cat feces, police said."
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cGELVertex implement a cVertex class with a mass particle for simulating deformable objects More...
#include <CGELVertex.h>
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| cGELVertex (cVertex *a_vertex) | |
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| virtual | ~cGELVertex () |
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| cVertex * | m_vertex |
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| cGELMassParticle * | m_massParticle |
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| cGELSkeletonLink * | m_link |
| Skeleton link to which this vertex may be linked to. | |
| cGELSkeletonNode * | m_node |
| Skeleton node to which this vertex may be linked to. |
cGELVertex implement a cVertex class with a mass particle for simulating deformable objects


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| controls/ | 82.09% | 55/67 | 75% | 9/12 | 62.5% | 10/16 | 83.61% | 51/61 | |
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| controls/vg-quality-selector/ | 47.62% | 10/21 | 0% | 0/6 | 12.5% | 1/8 | 55.56% | 10/18 | |
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Enter names to include in your feed. These are names in the text
field, which is what is displayed on the map in GR Level 3 when viewing
the full feed from spotter network.
If you want to change the text you
see on the map, enter a colon (:) and the text you want to replace the
name with.
Tip: use the original feed link at the top of the page to view the
the full feed in your browser. Use Ctrl+F (find) function of the browser
to search for the names you need.
Use the to delete a
name from the feed.
Use the other links at the upper right to consume the filtered data.
Right click and select and select "copy link location" on the GR Level 3
link, then paste into your placefile manager in GR Level 3.
If you intend to use the data for commercial purposes, you must
contact spotter network and get permission!
You can paste the following string as the nameslist argument to the
snfilter-cli tool.


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Bucknell surges past Seattle U men in 2nd half
by Seattle Times staffORLANDO, Fla. – The Seattle University men’s basketball team built a six-point halftime lead, but couldn’t hold off a charge by Bucknell and lost 77-70 on Monday in an NIT Season Tip-Off regional game.
Terrell Brown scored 29 points for Seattle U (2-5), making 10 of 22 shots from the field and 9 of 11 free throws. Morgan Means added 13 points and eight rebounds and Aaron Nettles scored 10 points. Myles Carter contributed nine points and a team-high nine boards.
The Redhawks will play Western Michigan at 9 a.m. PT on Tuesday.
Andrew Funk scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half for Bucknell (3-4), which outscored the Redhawks 46-33 in the second half.
Bruce Moore and Avi Toomer scored 18 points each for the Bison, who will play Yale in the title game Tuesday.
“This was a really good basketball game,” said Seattle U coach Jim Hayford. “Bucknell is a really good team. They came out strong in the second half and we missed some really good looks that got them back in the game.
“We did a lot of things better today and our guys played better. We played well against a good opponent, but they were a little bit better than us today. We have to just keep fighting our way through.”
Bucknell scored the first nine points of the second half to take a 40-37 lead.
A basket by Brown tied the score at 59 with 5:14 remaining, but the Redhawks proceeded to miss nine of their last 11 shots.
Bucknell outshot Seattle U from the field, 44.8% to 38.7%, and had a 39-32 rebounding advantage.
The Redhawks were 5 for 12 on three-pointers in the first half and a mere 1 for 5 in the second half.
Both teams took care of the ball, as Bucknell made six turnovers and SU had eight.
Seattle Times staff


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the artistic creations the previous baristas created in the summer courses. Not to mention the lovely
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Preparation time
less than 30 mins
Cooking time
30 mins to 1 hour
Serves
Serves 4
Dietary
Paul Merrett makes a traditional crème brûlée. Copy the picture and serve in small ramekins, or make in a large ovenproof dish.
Equipment and preparation: You'll need a shallow ovenproof dish (to make one large crème brûlée) or four brûlée dishes or large ramekins (for individual brulees). You'll also need a mini-blowtorch to caramelise the top.
Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2. Pour the cream and the milk into a heavy-bottomed pan over a medium heat and bring to a simmer.
Split the vanilla pods down the middle with a sharp knife. Scrape out the seeds with the knife and add the seeds and the pods (or the vanilla extract) to the cream and milk mixture. Stir well to combine.
Separate the egg yolks and egg whites. Only the yolks are used in this recipe, so you can use the egg whites for another dish or freeze them for future use.
Pour the caster sugar into the bowl with the yolks. Whisk together the egg yolks and the caster sugar until well combined.
When the cream and milk mixture is coming up to a simmer, pour it (including the vanilla pods, if using) into the bowl with the egg yolk mixture. Stir thoroughly for a minute or two to dissolve the sugar. At this stage, you can chill the mixture in the fridge and make the brulees the following day, or carry on with the recipe.
Ladle the brûlée mixture into the serving dish (or dishes). Discard the vanilla pods.
Place the crème brûlée dishes into a deep baking tray and pour hot water into the tray, until the water reaches halfway up the sides of the dishes (this is called a bain-marie).
Place the bain-marie into the preheated oven and cook the creme brulees for about 30-35 minutes, until set firm but still with a slight wobble. Allow to cool. You can place the brûlées in the fridge at this stage if you're not serving them immediately.
For the topping, sprinkle half of the remaining caster sugar on top of the brûlées. Heat the surface with a mini-blowtorch until it forms a thin layer of caramel.
Sprinkle over the rest of the sugar in a final layer and caramelise with the mini-blowtorch once again, to form a thick crunchy layer. The crème brûlées are ready to serve immediately or in 2-3 hours.


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Whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. Matthew 7:24
If you want your deeds to be blessed, if you want to see supernatural results in your life, you'll have to do more than simply read the Word of God. You'll have to put it into action.
Years ago when I realized that God was the one who had the answers to all my problems, that He was the one who could supply all my needs, I committed myself to do everything His Word told me to do. I made a quality decision to step out in faith on every command I saw there.
When I found out, for example, that God's Word instructed me to tithe, Gloria and I were already trying to stretch what little money we had further than it could possibly go. We were up to our necks in debt! We couldn't possibly afford to give away ten percent. But we did it anyway. We stepped out on faith and kept our commitment to do every command we saw. Before long we began to see financial increase.
Keep on reading and studying the Bible. Listen to teaching tapes. Go to church and hear the Word preached. But don't stop there. Go one crucial step further by taking the Word you've heard and put it into ACTION!
Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:17-27