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Velvet can be made from several different kinds of fibers, traditionally, the most expensive of which is silk. Much of the velvet sold today as "silk velvet" is actually a mix of rayon and silk. Cotton is also used to make velvet, though this often results in a less luxurious fabric.
Velvet can also be made from fibers such as linen , mohair , and wool. A cloth made by the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo from raffia is often referred to as "Kuba velvet". More recently, synthetic velvets have been developed, mostly from polyester , nylon , viscose , acetate , and from either mixtures of different synthetics or from combined synthetics and natural fibers for example viscose mixed with silk produces a very soft, reflective fabric.
A small percentage of spandex is sometimes added to give the final material a certain amount of stretch hence "stretch velvet".
Because of its unusual softness and appearance as well as its high cost of production, velvet has often been associated with nobility. In the Mamluk era, Cairo was the world's largest producer of velvet. Many Arab velvet makers accompanied him back to Timbuktu. Later Ibn Battuta mentions how Suleyman mansa , the ruler of Mali, wore a locally produced complete crimson velvet caftan on Eid.
King Richard II of England directed in his will that his body should be clothed in velveto in In all probability the art of velvet-weaving originated in the Far East; and it is not till about the beginning of the 14th century that we find any mention of the textile. The peculiar properties of velvet, the splendid yet softened depth of dye-colour it exhibited, at once marked it out as a fit material for ecclesiastical vestments , royal and state robes, and sumptuous hangings; and the most magnificent textures of medieval times were Italian velvets.
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Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Put the baking chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and melt it in the microwave. Stir and let cool.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the granulated sugar and butter until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, slowly drizzle in the cooled chocolate.
Scrape the bowl and mix again. Mix in the eggs one at a time, then add the buttermilk, food coloring and vanilla. Scrape the bowl and mix once more. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and stir together. Add the flour mixture in 2 increments into the mixing bowl with the mixer on low.
Scrape the bowl once and mix a final time until well combined. Fold in the chunked white chocolate. Scoop generous tablespoons of the dough, roll in the confectioners' sugar until generously coated and transfer them to the prepared baking sheets. Bake until the cookies are poufy and set, about 12 minutes.
This release contains the new Pebble algorithm which now replaces the BreadCrumb paired-end module. This release allows the use of sparse long reads to resolve repeats. This release provides functionalities for downstream analysis and visualization. This release drastically reduces memory costs, at roughly the same calculation speed. This release of Velvet now deals with paired end information to resolve repeats. A mailing list has been set up to notify users of patches and releases, but also to collect feedback.
Velvet currently takes in short read sequences, removes errors then produces high quality unique contigs. It then uses paired-end read and long read information, when available, to retrieve the repeated areas between contigs. The Velvet source code is freely available under the GPL agreement.
Velvet was designed with a 64bit Linux-compatible environment in mind, with gcc. Hopefully, it should compile and run on other systems. It should compile and run on a bit machine albeit with a few secondary compiler warnings , but you might find memory to be a limiting factor. Just download this tarball , and follow the instructions within.
Alternately, you can use Git to keep up with the updates. After installing the git package, go to the desired location and upload the project:. No it currently does not, although it would be easy to implement.