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ENCYCLOPIZZA - Dough Ingredients. Many pizzeria owners — and at-home pizza-makers, too — desire to create the finest pizza possible. If you’re one of these persons, this book is for you. It’s 440 pages jam-packed with thousands of pizza technology facts, tips, procedures, ideas, and solutions. Using just one of these bits of information could further enhance the quality of your pizza … or solve a nagging problem … or make your pizza life easier and more enjoyable.

This alone would repay your investment in this book ten times over. To view the 15-page Table of Contents, click here. (To view chapter samples, see the “Look Inside” section below.) This is the definitive guide on purchasing and preparing the ingredients that make up a quality pizza. It is a redesigned and republished edition of the seminal pizza guide created by John Correll in 1992. It includes a detailed 15-page Table of Contents — making it easy to find any bit of desired information in a few seconds. 600-Million-Year-Old Microscopic Fossils Upend Evolution Theory | Science and Technology. A remarkable new fossil discovery of amoeba-like micro-organisms that lived 570 million years ago could make scientists rethink some widely-accepted theories about how complex life on Earth first evolved from a single-celled universal common ancestor. An international team of researchers analyzed the rock-encased fossils in precise computer models created from high high-energy X-rays generated using a particle accelerator.

The scientists say they were surprised when the results indicated the fossilized cell clusters were not animals or embryos. That is because it had long been thought that fossils showing this apparent pattern cell division represented the embryos of the earliest animals. Instead, they say the finely detailed X-ray images exposed features pattern that led them to conclude the organisms were, “the reproductive spore bodies of single-celled ancestors of animals.” The new study is published in the journal, Science.

How to Cancel or Delete a Stuck Print Job in the Windows Print Queue. If you tried to print, but the job just got stuck in the queue without being able to cancel it, you’re experiencing a stuck print job. There’s a simple way to clear out the print queue, but it’s not always the most obvious thing. Here’s how to do it. Note: we encountered this problem earlier today but forgot to take a screenshot of the print queue with a stuck job, so we substituted with a picture of a regular job sitting in the queue. Clearing a Stuck Print Job in Windows The first thing you’re going to want to do is open up Services through the start menu search, find Print Spooler in the list, and click the Stop button.

Now open up Windows Explorer and put this into the location bar: %windir%\System32\spool\PRINTERS You might be prompted for UAC to allow access to the folder, which you’ll want to accept. Now go back to Services and click the Start button to start up the service again. At this point your stuck print job should be gone. The Best How-To Geek Guides of 2011. How-To Geek teaches you all kinds of useful and interesting things. Sometimes we publish special How-To Guides, which are detailed articles about how to do something. Here are the best ones that we published in 2011. The How-To Geek Guide to Getting Started with LastPass Do you tend to create passwords that are not strong enough and not varied enough?

It’s a big hassle to remember a different complex password for every website you visit. However, LastPass can solve the problem. The How-To Geek Guide to Getting Started with LastPass The How-To Geek Guide to XBMC Add-Ons XBMC is a robust, open-source media center program. The How-To Geek Guide to XBMC Add-Ons The How-To Geek Guide to Making Your Own Custom Ethernet Cables Have you set up your home network only to find that the Ethernet cables you have are either too short or too long? The How-To Geek Guide to Making Your Own Custom Ethernet Cables The How-To Geek Guide to Getting Started with Usenet The Beginner’s Guide to Shell Scripting. Update 4.9.8 - Video DownloadHelper. How To Add (and Remove!) Watermarks, Text, or Logos To And From Images. Today, we’ll take a look at how to quickly add complex watermarks to hundreds of images at once—and some devious ways to remove these watermarks from other people’s images.

Is it wrong do this? Keep reading and decide for yourself. Lots of professional artists and photographers use watermarks to make sample photographs unusable by casual downloaders. For you aspiring artists, you can create watermarks and logos either for protection or for promotion, and add them to hundreds (or even thousands) of images in seconds with these simple methods. While this can give you the feeling of some protection, it’s important to understand just how easy it can be to remove a watermark with Photoshop (or other graphics software).

Keep reading for an easy article on how to do both! Making A Big Job Much Easier With Automation When preparing a large dump of files that need watermarks, it can seem daunting to think about individually editing all those hundreds of photographs at once. In the panel, click the. Traditional fish ceviche or ceviche de pescado tradicional | Laylita's recipes. Some of the previous recipes for fish ceviche that I posted here include my friend Mafi’s recipe as well as my brother’s version of fish ceviche. This fish ceviche recipe is a more traditional version; it is very simple and basic, allowing the fish to be the true star of the dish. This ceviche is also a fusion of Peruvian and Ecuadorian methods; while the fish “cooks” in the lime it is also infused with cilantro, garlic and hot peppers – this is something more common to Peruvian ceviche.

However, I stay true to my Ecuadorian ceviche by serving it with the juice that it marinated in, if you are used to eating Peruvian ceviche – especially the modern Japanese influenced ceviche – then you are probably used to having it served with the liquid removed. You are missing out. There is nothing better than drinking the lime juice mix infused with the taste of fish, cilantro, onions, and peppers. Add some tostado or chifles and you’ll have the perfect crunch to go with it. Ingredients. Justin (shitmydadsays) Top 10 “Must-Have” Android Apps. I recently switched to Android and was wondering what applications should I get started with, which led me to dozens of posts on the web claiming their own “must-haves” and I ended up installing lots of them.

So now that I am reasonably well-experienced with Android and its apps, I’m encouraged to list my own set of top 10 Android apps. All free! This list is my personal opinion, which I have prepared keeping in mind the magnitude of utility of each app. But according to me, they’re the perfect ones to get started off with. Irrespective of you being a newbie or a developer, the following are a must have in your arsenal. 1. You have several options to choose from when it comes to online music streaming service.

You simply have to download the Google Music Manager on your computer which lets you upload all your local tracks to your Google Music Account and these can then be listened to from your internet-enable Android phone with the Google Music app installed. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. Mo-Chica: The Best Peruvian Ceviche Might Be in a Warehouse South of Downtown - Page 1 - Eat+Drink. View more photos in the "Mo-Chica: Best Peruvian Ceviche - Soft, Tart, Brutally Spicy" slideshow. The first time I visited Lima, not long after the capture of guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán, the capital was still naked of tourists and businessmen, the grand Hotel Bolívar near downtown was as empty as the hotel in The Shining, and beat policemen, nervous under the best of circumstances, dandled their automatic weapons as if they were sick infants on the way to the emergency room.

At such times, when a country is trying to get back to normal life, there is nothing for an outsider to do but eat ceviche, drink bottles of Cusqueña and try to search out the few anticucho vendors whose grilled skewers of beef heart still scented the street corners. Peruvian ceviche, tart with citrus, is one of the greatest raw-seafood preparations in the world, a dish that ranks with crudo and sushi in inspiration. But it is not all straightforward Peruvian cooking here. Mo-Chica: Mon. -Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Peruvian Ceviche. Peruvian Ceviche Featuring South American aji amarillo chiles, freshly grated ginger, and lime, this ceviche is an ambassador to the exotic flavors of Peru. But you don't have to travel around the world to get it. We serve it up in a crispy corn tortilla cone on the Border Grill Truck! Serves 4 1 pound skinless, boneless sustainable fish*, cut in 1/4-inch dice 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice 1/2 red onion, diced 1 aji amarillo chile, stem and seeds removed, minced 1 jalapeño, stem and seeds removed, diced 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and minced or grated 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped 1 1/2 teaspoons aji amarillo paste Salt, to taste Plantain chips or tortilla chips, for garnish Pickled Red Onions (see recipe below), for garnish Sliced California avocado, for garnish In a large bowl, combine fish and enough lime juice to cover.

Pickled Red Onions Makes 5 1/2 cups Place the onions in a medium saucepan and pour in enough water to cover. Living Pictures, Magic Realism, and Peruvian Ceviche in Laguna | Wandermelon: The ultimate travel companion featuring news you can use by professional travel writers. Enjoy the last days of summer with a trip to the Festival of Arts and a stay at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Tom Swimm: Mediterranean Harmony Every summer, the Southern California art scene blossoms when Laguna’s Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters brings art to life. Festival of the Arts features 140 award-winning local artists who display and sell their original works. Adding more local colors, each night, the Pageant of the Masters occurs, a unique art show that creates the stunning artistry of “living pictures” as real people are transformed into life-sized recreations of classical and contemporary paintings, sculptures and other works of art.

This year’s theme, “Only Make Believe,” showcases the creative expressions of artists devoting themselves to conjuring everything from Victorian historical fantasies, to illustrations for fairytales and futuristic visions of things to come. The festival also spotlights groundbreaking artists who are true talents in their own right. Dried Chiles. Arbol chile See chile de arbol.bola chile See cascabel pepper. cayenne pepper = Ginnie pepper Notes: These are very hot, bright red chiles.

Recipes that call for cayenne pepper may be referring to a ground powder that goes by the same name, or to the fresh version of the pepper. Substitutes: chile de Arbol OR guajillo chile bola See cascabel pepper. Chile negro See pasilla chile. chiles de ristra See New Mexico red chile. chile seco See chipotle pepper chiltecpin See tepin. Chiltepin See tepin. Secrets to Using Facebook to Market Your Business. Your business can't afford to not have a Facebook presence.

The social networking site now has more than half a billion users--despite users' privacy concerns, and a recent survey suggesting that customer satisfaction is abysmal. Here are some tips to follow if you want your business to tap into that audience of half a billion potential customers. Build It First, you need to set up a page. They were once known as Fan Pages, and those that wanted to follow had to elect to be a "fan", but Facebook changed them to simply Pages, and members can now "like" the page rather than becoming a fan of it.

This was a good move because being a fan of a business or its products or services intimidated some users who felt it sounded like too much of a commitment. However, most members don't have any qualms with sharing which products and services they like. You can create a Facebook page for a company, or for a specific brand or product offered by the business. Attract Customers. Finds of the Week (December 5, 2011) Finds of the week is a variety of web sites that I've stumbled over recently that are fun, interesting, or useful. allSongsBy is a site music lovers will enjoy. "...allSongsBy gives you an easy way to quickly list all songs by a music artist and play them if they are available on YouTube. If an artist is not available on iTunes, a complete discography may not be available. " BioDigital Human is a site that allows you to view the human body in 3D. It's best viewed using newer browser versions that support HTML 5 and WebGL.

Global Disaster and Emergency AlertMap I like to know what's going on around the world. How to Burn Files and Folders to a Disc in Windows Explorer There are bunches of free and paid programs for burning files and folders to a disc. EarthCam My love of earth cams started some years ago when I stumbled across a web site called Africam. Enjoy, Rhiannon Click here for more items like this. How to See What Web Sites Your Computer is Secretly Connecting To. Has your Internet connection become slower than it should be? There may be a chance that you have some malware, spyware, or adware that is using your Internet connection in the background without your knowledge. Here’s how to see what’s going on under the hood. It’s worth noting that most third-party firewalls will probably give you this same type of information as well as block things that are trying to connect… unless the applications managed to add an exclusion already.

Better check anyway. How to Check What Your Computer is Connecting To So, how do you find out what the problem is? There is an easy method using the netstat command from a command prompt window. We will use the netstat command to generate a list of everything that has made an Internet connection in a specified amount of time. If you are using Windows 8.x you can right-click on the Start Button and choose the Command Prompt (Admin) option.

If the User Account Control dialog box displays, click Yes to continue. How to Clean Your Dirty Smartphone (Without Breaking Something) We have already shown you how to clean your keyboard without breaking it, but did you know your smartphone can be just as dirty and covered with bacteria? Here is how to properly clean your smartphone. Cell Phones have been repeatedly found to be one of the most disgusting things we regularly touch. In many tests, cell phones have tested to contain more germs than a toilet seat. Can you hear me now? Created by Oatmeal Tools You’ll need To get started you will need to collect a few supplies: Lint free microfiber cloth - You should be able to pick up a microfiber cloth from an eyeglass store or pharmacy if you don’t have one.

Household chemicals and disinfectants are too harsh for most smartphones. Cleaning Your Phone Start by turning off your phone by holding the power button or finding an option in the phone to turn off or swap the battery. You should also remove any case or cover on your phone if you use one. If you have the ability, remove your battery from the phone prior to cleaning. 10 must-have Android apps. Week in Geek: Japan Developing a Malware Cyberweapon. Home | What's My Cap. Loudtalks Walkie Talkie (beta) - Apps on Android Market. Mapping out Your Place on the Mobile Web. Social Media Report.

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