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Here are 10 things you may not know about our favorite video game character Mario:· Mario was first seen in the video game Donkey Kong, but he was called "Jumpman." He was also a carpenter then, not a plumber.
· Mario was named after Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo of America’s office, who barged in on a company meeting demanding an overdue rent.
· Shigeru Miyamoto drew Mario as wearing a cap because he found drawing hair difficult. He also drew in the moustache, because it was easier to see than a mouth in the crude video game screen resolution back then.
· Mario and his younger brother Luigi are known as the "Mario Brothers." This means that Mario’s last name is also Mario, so his full name is Mario Mario.
· Mario is voice-acted by Charles Martinet, who crashed the audition for "an Italian plumber from Brooklyn " character.
· Mario’s nemesis is Wario (a combination of “warui”, the Japanese word for bad, and Mario). Similarly, Luigi’s rival is Waluigi. Both are also voiced by Charles Martinet.
· Mario has appeared in over 200 video games so far, has sold over 193 million units of games (all of the Mario series) and even has his own TV cartoon show. Super Mario Bros. 3 alone grossed over $500 million in USA
· TV Schmeve, you’re nothing till there’s an opera done on you. In 2003, Jonathan Mann of California Institute of Arts created The Mario Opera, a rock opera:
· Super Mario Bros. theme music, written by Koji Kondo, is known worldwide. It has inspired countless fan-renditions, including one played by Zack Kim on two guitars (viewed over 4 million times on YouTube!), played by Jean Baudin on 11 string bass, beatboxed by Greg Patillo on the flute, and played by the Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra on the trombones.
But my favorite is this one by Play! symphony orchestra:
· Mario is the most famous character in the history of video games, and perhaps is the most famous character ever. In a 1990 poll by Marketing Evaluations, Mario was found to be more popular (and recognizable) among children than Mickey Mouse.
Ever looked at the pizza on supermarket frozen shelves and wondered why your pizza doesn't look like that? Or maybe it does look like that, but the taste bores your family stiff. Now the pizza genie comes to your rescue. Secrets to a better tasting homemade pizza are below.
1. The secret's in the sauce.
Go to the grocery store and look at the variety of tomato sauce. Then look at the variety of pasta sauce. Italian tastes can go "high" or "low", ranging from kid's-lunch quality to company dinner level flavor. Sneaky pizza chefs dress up the sauce.
Don't skimp on sauce unless you have a real balanced savory adventure happening on top of the pie. Pizza tops are made up of sweet and sour. Peppers can be sweet and cured Italian meats can bring sourness. The sauce can bring up whatever else is on top of the pie, even plain mushrooms.
Keeping tomato paste on the shelf is fine, but cut in some fresh tomatoes or peppers when using it on pizza at home. Heating up pizza sauce and adding in spices can really enrich the taste of the pizza. Think about the last pizza you had. Do you remember the meat, the cheese, the sauce, or the crust??
2. It's not about more dough
Budget frozen pizzas in the market have a secret built in. They just provide more dough. Pound for pound more bread is a simple starch that overbalances flavor and is very heavy to eat. It makes shoppers think they are getting more value than they are. Thin crusts have a much finer finish and toast properly.
Many home pizza chefs go mad trying to make a pizza that cooks the dough properly while not burning the top ingredients. Fatty cheese if the only thing a chef can apply on top to stop the overcooking. Unless you are making a super pizza with no stops, skip the self rising or extra deep dish crust. it's just bread.
3. Experiment with cheesiness
Work with your ingredients and sauce to get the most from the tomato layer. Milder sauce goes with tangier cheese. Put more garlic based tomato sauce on a "thinner" pizza top. Most frozen pizzas skimp on this step and rely on spiced meats and additives to hoist the flavor. This sets up the cheese.
If you have American or cheddar, think about a cheeseburger pizza. Even a few shakes of parmesan gets the job done in a hurry. If you have a good quality mozzarella, don't bury it under 5 other ingredients. Make a country style pie with tomatoes and sauce and concentrated blobs of cheeses to really wow the diners.
4. Make courses of pizza, not all the same kind
Not every topping is best represented by every crust. Thin crispy crusts show off highly spiced combinations like chicken with red onions and barbeque sauce, or pecorino romano cheese sprinkled with fresh tomatoes sitting in blobs of cheese. Five cheese pizza should have a heftier crust to support the goo.
5. Use lower salt, less sugar ingredients
Grocery stores offer all kinds of less salt, lower sugar products. If you and yours love family pizza night from the takeout place, work on making the same result with healthier ingredients. Half and half cheese, no salt tomato sauce, and natural Italian sausage cuts down on additives.
6. Fresh trumps frozen any time of day or night.
Getting in the hang of home pizza making means being comfortable with the steps. Having tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, sausage or pepperoni, and tomatoes and mushrooms is just a start. Invest the same time in preparing pizza you would a gourmet salad.
7. Cut with scissors
Cutting pizza with a bad knife can ruin the toppings and disappoint diners. Weird or unattractive slice shapes make recipients either very happy or depressed because of too-denuded pizza slices. Cut very soon after pizza comes out of the oven with clean sharp scissors. The crust will be the toughest part to cut through as the pie cools off.
Cutting with scissors means all the cheese stays where it's supposed to. Make smaller pieces for smaller appetites and snackers. Some people like more crust, some only want the middle. Serving up can happen in the kitchen when table room won't accommodate a huge pie pan.
8. The magic phrase is "bite-size"
Pizza can be easy to overeat because human teeth can't puncture two inch round pepperoni slices, knuckle-duster broccoli florets, and gummy cheese mesas. Use scissors to cut tomatoes smaller and pepperoni into flavor dots. When's the last time you saw someone snacking on a huge slice of pepperoni in one gulp?
Make an edible pie. Cut chicken and green onions small when using them. Chop mushrooms and onions as if for a salad. Keep cheese layers somewhat even across the entire pie. Press down crust overages. Distribute the ingredients all over the pie, so it won't sink or slide to the middle while cooking.
9. Steal ideas from frozen pizzas
Shop for gourmet home pizza ideas by reading the ingredients on the back of frozen pizza boxes. See what you have and what you need. Home pizza making has more leverage over frozen in that you can sprinkle more cheese or anchovies or whatever on one of the pie, so everyone is happy. Or start with a budget frozen pizza and add the things your family like, with less of a cooking burden.
10. Serve with complimentary drinks & sides
Ah, the secret to a really successful pizza meal at home is what's served on the side. Smart chefs will not serve cola or kid's fizz to distract from the taste of the pizzas. Overly sweetened coffee drinks and sugary punch will rob your meal of the impact and reduce the payoff for your effort.
Think about what Italians drink while dining. Limoncello is a smart lemon liqueur whose citric power refreshes and emphasizes strong garlic and spices. Even beer is good with some Italian dishes.
1. Rather than have one specific truck, I’m going to show a whole group of them for this one. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Dekotora trucks of Japan. An abbreviation of “decoration truck”, these are heavily customized and garishly decorated giant trucks. Owned and operated either by genuine transport truckers or even by your average hobbyist, they feature a multitude of embellishments, including shiny paint, flashing lights, and detailed artwork being amongst the most common.
2. Not much is known about this next truck, apart from that it hails from Russia and is apparently called the Dragon Tank Truck. It seems to be made from large sheets of metal that have been artfully arranged and welded together. Fully functional and still capable of hauling, it would certainly be a sight to see when cruising down the roads!
3. In Pakistan, they love to over-decorate their trucks as well. It started out slowly, with just a garish decoration here and there, but rapidly spiraled into a nationwide truck phenomenon, a competition for each person to try and outdo the other. The result is an assortment of decoration styles, each one stranger than the last.
4. Compared to the other trucks show here, it might not seem so outlandish, but the fact that it’s driven by the UPS makes up for that! They’re calling it the most cost-effective and fuel-efficient delivery truck in the world, which is quite a claim to make. Apparently it’ll lower greenhouse gas emissions and increase fuel efficiency dramatically, making it much more of an eco-friendly ride. Not to mention it’ll also carry your deliveries!
5. Quite possibly not a completely working set of trucks, but a piece of outrageous truckery for certain! Displayed at the Burning Man Festival in 2007, it’s titled the Big Rig Jig and was designed by New Yorker Mike Ross. Sculpted from two 18-wheeler tankers, it’s definitely one exhibition that you wouldn’t want knocked over!
6. Luigi Colani is a Swiss-German industrial designer who happened to design this fantastic truck. Rather than calling himself a designer he calls himself a “three-dimensional philosopher of the future” and believes that fluidity of shape and form, and smooth, ergonomic appearances are the true way forward with design.
7. The Walking Truck was made by the General Electric company in 1968. Built as a quadruped, it was made this way so that it could easily carry heavy equipment over harsh terrain. Weighing roughly 1.5 tons, it had a top speed of 4mph.
8. Liebherr, a heavy equipment manufacturer in Germany, are designers of the largest earth-hauling truck in the world, the T 282B. It weighs in at 203 tons empty, has a maximum operating weight of 592 tons, and can carry 365 tons. This beast of a truck will set you back around $3.5 million, but CD-player and air-con are optional.
9. Another German creation, the Rotel, or Das Rollende Hotel (the Rolling Hotel), is a mobile hotel in the form of a truck. I imagine that it would be like a mobile home; except that you’re sharing it was a lot more people. Hopefully there aren’t arguments over whose turn it is for the shower/bathroom this time.
10. No truck compilation is without the main factor in making trucks appeal to everyone: Optimus Prime. Having risen to fame and popularized in the Transformer cartoons of many years ago (and also having resurfaced in more contemporary cartoon shows), he was lately the star of his very own live-action movie. Appearing as a giant humanoid robot in his true form, he possessed the remarkable ability to transform into a trailer-hauling truck. Many have pondered as to where his trailer appears from during this transformation period, but unfortunately at the time of going to press, Prime was unavailable for comment.
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read it!!
Just a picture
How many legs three or two!
Picture says it all
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Stare in the middle dots will disappear
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Its moving watch carefully
Square in the middle is moving watch carefully
read it!!
Just a picture
How many legs three or two!
Picture says it all
Its moving
Stare in the middle dots will disappear
ist moving watch it closely.
Solitaire
[1]. Open Solitaire and Select Start a New Game . Or press F2 .
[2]. Now Simultaneous press these keys : ALT+SHIFT+2
[2]. Now Simultaneous press these keys : ALT+SHIFT+2
FreeCell
[1]. Open FreeCell and Select Start a New Game . Or press F2 .
[2]. Now Simultaneous press these keys : CTRL+SHIFT+F10
[3]. Now hit Abort , and after Double click on any card .
[2]. Now Simultaneous press these keys : CTRL+SHIFT+F10
[3]. Now hit Abort , and after Double click on any card .
See what happens? Tell me if you like it . 
Anyone interested in having a unique dining experience? You can have breakfast, lunch, dinner or cocktails.
Invite your boss for a meeting while enjoying your meal 50 meters above ground. Dining events arranged by a professional event arranger of Benji Fun company.
It provides 22 seating complete with Chef, server, musician and you can select your own location, without limitation. Guaranteed safety with the hoisting crane, which can accommodate the whole band of musicians, or for making a presentation to your customers. Invite your boss for a meeting while enjoying your meal 50 meters above ground. Dining events arranged by a professional event arranger of Benji Fun company.
This restaurant is in Belgium.
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