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DJs in Thomaston, CT for Thomaston weddings & events
Disc Jockey (DJ) Services in Thomaston, Connecticut
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Apple Scones
I don't know about you, but I like to have a slightly more luxurious breakfast on the weekends. Maybe something hearty like bacon and scrambled eggs, an omelette or frittata, perhaps pancakes, or simply some nice, warm-from-the-oven bread. These scones are real easy to put together, but will definitely add that special touch to a breakfast. They're delightfully crumbly and very apple-y. I love them with a fairly sharp cheese, and a slice of smoked turkey.
Apple Scones
Makes 6 large scones
150 g white flour
100 g wholemeal spelt flour (or regular wholewheat)
50 g sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
75 g butter
1 apple, coarsely grated (no need to peel it beforehand if you don't want to)
1 egg
Mix all the dry ingredients. Add the butter, cold and diced, and pinch with your fingertips until well distributed. Or use a food processor - that's what I generally do.
Add the egg and the apple, and quickly shape into scones. You can use a muffni tin (well greased!) if you don't want to make them free-form.
Bake at 200°C for about 10-12 minutes, or until they are cooked through and lightly golden.
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12 comments:
- daphne said...
Sweet! I try to cook something up for breakfast on weekends but usually I'm too lazy and roll over to sleep instead. LOL.
Those scones look wonderful! and apple scones-that's something different.
- January 24, 2008 9:40 AM
- Cinnamonda said...
Nice recipe! I will definitely try this.
- January 24, 2008 7:30 PM
Ah! Love scones. So simple and yet so good. Perfect for a weekend breakfast.
- January 24, 2008 8:38 PM
- Annemarie said...
Scones - wonderful. Apple scones - sound even better. Apple scones with cheese and turkey - get me into the kitchen so I can make me some.
- January 24, 2008 11:41 PM
- Linn said...
The scones look nice and crumbly on the outside and they are perfect that way! Then you know they aren't too dry. I have never made apple scones, but I certainly feel like trying these out now...
- January 25, 2008 5:10 AM
- Katie said...
Ohh yum. These sound perfect for a weekend breakfast. Wish I could ahve one now, maybe tomorrow hey. Thanks for the inspiration.
- January 25, 2008 7:38 AM
- Sorina said...
Oh definately going on my must try list!!! Sounds yummy!!!
- January 25, 2008 1:11 PM
- kellypea said...
I've been eyeing those bags of spelt in Whole Foods lately. This looks like a perfect recipe to give it a try. Thanks!
- January 26, 2008 12:16 AM
Hi Anne - I am a newcomer to your blog and have been enjoying it. This scone recipe has had my mouth watering for days, so I thought I'd try it out on this snowy Sunday. And I can't believe you made this recipe work without adding milk or cream! Please let me know if there's an error. I used two smallish juicy apples but even then there wasn't nearly enough liquid (including the egg) to make a dough. So I added milk (not sure how much) quickly to try to get the right consistency, and then they needed an extra 5 minutes or so to bake. The good news is the scones turned out beautifully (we had them with ham and 4-year-old Canadian cheddar). Very yummy!
- January 27, 2008 6:30 PM
- Anne said...
Amy, that's weird! I do indeed make them without any additional liquid, the egg seems to be plenty to get me a really sticky dough - anything more and it'd be liquid! Strange! But glad they turned out tasty anyway :)
- January 27, 2008 6:47 PM
- BigAndiD said...
Hi Anne,
These were very tasty, made a nice change to my normal breakfast.
One small question though, mine seemed a little on the crumbly side, is there something i have done wrong?
- January 28, 2008 10:06 AM
- Heide M (TM) said...
Wish I had one of your yummy scones. Thanks for posting this.
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County
, the Supreme Court explains the requirements for a lawful voluntary affirmative action plan. The Court explains that in order for an affirmative action plan to be valid, an employer must show a conspicuous under representation of minorities or women in traditionally segregated job categories and that the plan does not unnecessarily restrict the rights of male or non-minority employees, or create an absolute barrier to their advancement.
EEOC sponsors its largest single outreach effort, a six hour interactive Satellite Teleconference permitting viewers to call in their questions live to Commissioners and the General Counsel. The telecast is broadcast to 50 sites across the country with an audience of approximately 5,000 individuals. In addition to video simulations of actual charges covering race, national origin, age, and sexual harassment, there are taped messages on fair employment laws from President Ronald Reagan; Senator John Heinz, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aging; and Congressman Claude Pepper, Chairman of the House Committee on Aging.
Following EEOC's decision in the federal sector case
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CHL Playoffs Game Night: 4-5-10
East-5 Brampton Battalion 1 @ East-1 Barrie Colts 5
Conference Semifinals, Game 3. Barrie leads Best of 7 Series 3-0
LW/C Alex Hutchings, BAR: Did not play.
Playoff Totals: 4 GP, 1-5-6, +6, 8 PIM
Season Totals: 68 GP, 47-34-81, +44, 58 PIM
Barrie improved to 7-0 in the playoffs despite missing Alex Hutchings for the third straight game. Hutchings, who reportedly may be able to play if the Colts were in danger of losing the series, remains out with a groin injury. With Barrie now on the verge of a sweep, speculation is Hutchings will be given additional time to heal before Barrie faces the winner of Ottawa and Mississauga (2-1 Ottawa). In Game 3, Barrie had a 4-0 lead after two as the outcome was never really in doubt. Alexander Burmistrov, a forward for Barrie who will likely be picked in the top-10 this summer, had a goal for the Colts. He has 13 points (7 goals) in seven playoff games so far. The Russian had 65 points (22 goals) in 62 regular season games. This was his first season in North America. In the West, Taylor Hall is winning the battle of the 2010 top prospects as he had Windsor are up 3-0 on Tyler Seguin and Plymouth. One of those two will be an Edmonton Oiler this time next year, barring a trade.
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IdeaExpert needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Munch Monkey
Munch Monkey is an online food ordering system, the website has already been designed but we cant seem to agree on the logo..... This is where we need your help!
The personality of the company needs to portray a fun and modern way to order food.
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Office workers & General Public for both lunch and evening food orders.
We want the monkey to be cheeky, memorable and versatile
The monkey logo needs to grab peoples attention
We want to use the monkey in various poses within our marketing campaigns so make sure its versatile enough please
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Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to Bill C-10, an act respecting the national marine conservation areas of Canada.
I very much enjoyed hearing the comments of my colleague from Edmonton North. She mentioned the pleasure she derived from driving her Honda GoldWing through Canada's national parks, always on the pavement though, not through the woods and trails. That would not be possible in one of Canada's new marine parks. While it would not be possible, it would not be politically advisable either to do it on a Sea-Doo or perhaps a pumpkin, but that is another story.
The legislation in general makes a great deal of sense. For generations we have recognized the importance of protecting our parklands and national parks. These have been a source of pride for Canadians, as we recognize the importance of protecting our ecosystem and our natural environment, not simply for the sustainability of that environment but also for the pleasure that we and future generations derive from that national environment.
We recognize that we have the same responsibility over our coastlines and our water areas as we have over our lands. If we compare our responsibilities up to the 200 mile limit with those responsibilities we have over our terrain, they are almost identical. It is only intuitive that we move in the direction of recognizing the importance of protecting marine conservation areas in the same way we protect our national parks in Canada.
This is particularly important as we enter an age where ecotourism is becoming increasingly important. Many people who travel to Canada and its coastlines are not coming for theme parks or shopping. However, with the Canadian dollar having been bludgeoned so consistently by this government, perhaps shopping would not be a bad alternative.
In many cases, tourists who come here from other parts of the world come because of our unique, important and very special ecosystem and environment.
We have seen many examples of bad environmental policy in Canada in the past, in part, because we have taken for granted the wealth of our natural resources. Canada has wide open spaces and much natural beauty. In many ways we have taken that for granted over the years. We have seen bad environmental policy ultimately become bad economic policy. The cost to fix some of the catastrophic effects of decades of neglect does not take into account the sanctity of our lands and our natural resources.
Canadians can be united under the vision that bad environmental policy ultimately is bad economic policy. This becomes increasingly self-evident as ecotourism becomes a more important industry in Canada. That is certainly the case in our national parks and their surrounding areas and is obviously will be the case in our marine conservation areas.
I heard some concerns expressed in the House today, including some by the member for Dewdney--Alouette who has stewarded this legislation at committee for our caucus.
Some concerns that I share are the degree to which the federal government has a habit of consistently running roughshod over provincial jurisdictional boundaries. Instead of working with the provinces or with some subnational governments in a pre-emptive way to develop legislation that fully respects the sanctity of provincial and subnational jurisdictional boundaries, the government tends to create the legislation. Then, during the post-implementation period, it determines exactly how far it can push and trample on the legitimate jurisdictional responsibilities of provinces and other governments.
It would make far more sense for the government to sit down with provinces and subnational governments, consult pre-emptively and develop legislation as partners, as opposed to presenting legislation and ultimately creating what would and could very easily become an adversarial environment. It is unfortunate the government does not take that opportunity and take its responsibility more seriously to consult with and work with the provinces in a more genuine way.
The member for Edmonton North made a great point earlier. She said that if the federal government took a proactive role and worked with the provinces, this could be an initiative of which all Canadians could feel proud and which would be a uniting initiative as opposed to what ultimately can be a divisive initiative of the government.
Some other concerns I have heard expressed in the House have been addressed by the government. The government has moved somewhat and there has been some success at the committee level and beyond.
In terms of order in council powers, this government, more than any government before it, has abused those powers and that authority. As the power has become increasingly concentrated, not just in cabinet any more but in the Prime Minister's Office, we have seen a significant reduction in the role parliament and in the role of members of parliament in determining the priorities of legislation like this and in helping shape this type of very important legislation. That is unfortunate not just for members of the House, but it is unfortunate for every Canadian represented by members in the House. When we reduce the rights of parliament and the rights of individual members of parliament, we ultimately reduce the democratic rights of individual Canadians.
If there is something that can unite almost every member of the House, regardless of whether they are on the government side, in the back benches or in opposition, it is the need for greater parliamentary input. This is not just lip service to legislation to make the television viewers happy when watching our deliberations. It involves genuine input that shapes legislation which will have a significant effect on future generations. Institutional reform is something to which we ought to devote far greater effort.
We support in principle the direction of the legislation. It makes a great deal of sense at this juncture to move in this direction. However we believe that the provinces and other subnational governments should have been, and should be, consulted in a more vigorous way prior to the formation of this legislation. If we expect the subnational governments to be part of the solution, we cannot impose this type of legislation on them. We need to work with them to build legislation that will impact significantly on their general business.


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Real Advice is a series where we turn to the employees here at our home office for some answers. Just like anyone else, they need to balance time on the bike with full time jobs and families. Over the years they've gotten pretty good at getting the most out of their rides. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Today we asked Robert, one of our copywriters and dedicated lover of the road ride, to give us some tips on how to get better at climbing.
I learned a hard lesson about climbing a few years ago after moving to North Carolina from a certain Midwestern city known for ferocious winds and two-dimensional topography. I thought I was in pretty good shape—until I decided to join the Thursday night group ride my first week of work at Performance Bicycle. I doubt I had actually ridden a bicycle up a hill before (unless bridges count), but I didn't think it could be too hard. After 5 miles of rolling hills, I was utterly exhausted, and had long since been dropped. My ego was deflated, but thankfully there's nothing like a reality check to get you motivated. Here are some of the tips and tricks I used to improve my climbing:
- PRACTICE. This seems obvious, but there are no silver bullets here. The only way to get better is to go out and find hills to ride up. Don't overdo it, but adding challenging vertical mileage to your rides will do wonders.
- BUDDY RIDES. After my embarrassment on the group ride, I found a strong climber at the office and rode with him a few times a week. It was painful, but forcing myself to match his faster pace helped me make huge gains in a short amount of time.
- YOUR FRONT DERAILLEUR. Use it. You're not going to impress anybody by big-ringing it up the local hardman hill, and you may even hurt yourself. If you find yourself struggling and out of the saddle from the start of the climb, you need to get into the habit of shifting to the little ring sooner. Since it's almost impossible to shift the front derailleur once you're actually climbing, it's better to shift five minutes too early than five seconds too late.
- STANDING vs. SITTING. This one is divisive, but it honestly depends on the type of climb. If the climb is, say, 2 miles at a 6% grade, you're better off staying in the saddle and pedaling at a higher cadence. If it's a short, steep climb you can probably just stand up and stomp on the pedals to power up it. In general standing makes you work harder than sitting and pedaling at a higher cadence. If you do need to stand, make sure to shift to a harder gear to compensate for the extra force on the pedals.
- RELAX. Climbing is hard, but we subconsciously make it harder than it needs to be. Next time you head uphill, pay attention to your upper body. I bet you're clenching your abs, tensing your shoulders and white knuckling your handlebars. All this saps your energy and makes it harder to breath. Next time, try to keep things loose and relaxed, control your breathing, and let your legs do the work.
- EQUIPMENT. Yes, nothing can really take the place of saddle time—but there are some equipment upgrades that can make climbing a little easier. If you're really struggling on the hills, consider changing your cassette to a 12-28T, or switching to a compact crankset—both of which can make things a little easier. But the most important upgrade you can make for climbing is your wheelset. Wheels add both raw weight and rotational weight to your bike, making climbing more difficult. Finding a good pair of lightweight wheels is a very personal matter, and much can depend on budget and personal preference, but we offer a huge selection of wheels for every rider.
If you already have a pair of wheels you love but still want to go lighter, then take a look at your cranks, seatpost or saddle. There are many places on a bicycle where grams can hide. For more ideas on how to improve your performance or shave some weight from the bike, check out the "Upgrade Yourself" article in the Performance Bicycle Learning Center.


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Chiroben1180 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Multicare Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Centre
A chiropractic and rehabilitation based clinic that provides a wide range of chiropractic techniques, electronic therapy, soft tissue skills, and acupuncture to patients who were involved in motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, athletic injuries, and normal everyday wear and tear injuries.
I need a logo design that really represents the Multicare aspect of my business. I want my patients to know that chiropractic is not just about the spine but its about the entire body as a whole (i.e. muscles, bones, nerves, head, neck, arms, you get my point!). The image should show chiropractic but in a way that also indicates how incorporating rehabilitation can help them.
I would like the art in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. I want the image to be crisp, clear, free of clutter and to the point. Please feel free to use your imagination and creativity. A maximum of 2-3 colours should be used; however, use your discretion based upon your design. The logo needs to come with a version that is also white on black, and white on whatever other colours are utilized. If the logo itself is an icon plus text, then there needs to be a "square" or "circle" version that has the icon and text incorporated together inside the shape for future use onto uniforms and promotional items.
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Adding HSU HIW-1 or HB-1 speakers for Dolby Atmos 5.1.4 question
I have the Hybrid 15 - 5.1 package installed in my 15x13 sized HT along with utilizing a pair of ceiling mounted Polk 8" speakers (model unknown) the previous home owner left behind to make a 7.1 setup. I am in the process of purchasing a new receiver to setup a Dolby Atmos 5.1.4 setup in the room and had a question regarding the HSU HIW-1 speaker; how wide of dispersion is the sound from that speaker if mounted in my ceiling? My ceiling is at two heights (8.5' for the first 8 feet of the room and 7' for the remaining 5 feet). The Polks are mounted in the lower portion of the ceiling just behind the seating row (under the lower ceiling) and would be excellent location for the rearward Atmos speakers. The front speaker location might be a concern due to the 18" ceiling transition to cover a duct. If the HIW-1 dispersion is not great, I could always surface mount another pair of black HB-1 speakers on the ceiling and angle them towards the seating area. Also, I prefer just leaving and using the Polk speakers in the rear Atmos setup as I would have to do drywall repair to install a second set of HIW-1 speakers due to the different size and the chances of getting the ceiling texture perfect where I couldn't see the repair would be slim.
What are your thoughts on the HIW-1 being paired with a set of Polks for Atmos duty? What about the speaker dispersion for those front HIW-1? Would a Atmos setup sound better with a pair of HB-1's forward mounted on the ceiling and angled towards the seating?
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this is a discussion within the College Community Forum; There are now multiple local reports that Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was on the verge of transferring after being suspended following last August's preseason arrest. I don't care how close this came to actually happening (and daaamn sure don't ...
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Okay, what if Johnny Manziel hadn't played for Texas A&M in 2012?
There are now multiple local reports that Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was on the verge of transferring after being suspended following last August's preseason arrest. I don't care how close this came to actually happening (and daaamn sure don't care about Parking Ticket Tweetgate or its fallout), but couldn't help thinking about how different college football would be right now if Johnny Football became Johnny JUCO for a year.
Let's review the calendar. It gets weirder as we go.
Sept. 8: Jameill Showers, Texas A&M starting quarterback.
We shouldn't assume Showers would've been a terrible downgrade. He would've been an above-average quarterback at worst, one who would've scored many touchdowns for Kevin Sumlin's air raid on SEC defenses. He would've been the good quarterback of a good team with an excellent offensive line and excellent head coach, and by the end of the year, the Aggies would be bombing on folks.
He doesn't have Manziel's wheels or escapeability, but just about nobody else does, either. He also would've inspired fewer dumbass newspaper columns.
Texas A&M loses to Florida in its first game of the season, with Showers' previous game experience (he'd appeared in five 2011 games, throwing a handful passes) giving him one small advantage Manziel didn't have.
Oct. 6: Texas A&M loses to Ole Miss?
Iffy, since Manziel's two picks and a fumble helped create the need for a Manziel comeback (two touchdowns in the final six minutes) in the first place. The Rebels weren't especially tough in Oxford, losing to Vanderbilt and getting splattered by Texas, but a SEC road game is a SEC road game. A&M very well could've been 3-2 instead of 4-1. For the sake of argument, let's mark it an L.
Oct. 13: Texas A&M loses to Louisiana Tech.
Hurricane Isaac made its Gulf Coast landfall on August 28, postponing A&M's game in Shreveport against LA Tech. I don't believe this would've changed whether Manziel had transferred or not.
Manziel did, however, put up 576 yards worth of offense against the Bulldogs, breaking his own record for the highest output in SEC history. A 72-yard Manziel run was the final difference in a 59-57 hot-gunnin' victory for the Aggies.
He also made a touchdown-saving tackle -- this play had already been blown dead, but still:
The Aggies are now 3-3 instead of 5-1.
Oct. 20: Texas A&M probably loses to LSU.
The Tigers coming to town likely means 3-4, unless we think Showers could've either avoided throwing three picks or thrown a few more than 276 yards. He might've, but I'm fine with calling it 3-4.
Nov. 10: Texas A&M does not beat Alabama.
Alabama remains No. 1. Regarding spread offenses, certain SEC fans and analysts get to leave their heads in the sand a little longer. A&M's record is now 5-5.
Will both new SEC teams miss bowl games? Is the SEC just one big sucker? How far doth Jim Delany's conference realignment plan surpass Mike Slive's? An emboldened Gordon Gee clears his throat.
More: Can the Aggies do it again? Visit A&M site Good Bull Hunting
Nov. 17: Nothing matters.
No. 1 2 Kansas State loses to Baylor. No. 2 3 Oregon loses to Stanford. Nobody's mad about Alabama ranking in the top two before, during, or after this.
Nov. 19ish: Nobody makes fun of the Big Ten adding Maryland.
Delany's the one who knows what he's doing here. How ya gonna respond to this one, Slive? Maybe add Iowa State? Heh! Try and catch up, hillbillies! You hillbillies!
Everybody still makes fun of the Rutgers part, though.
Dec. 2: Revising the SEC's bowl lineup:
BCS National Championship: Alabama vs. Notre Dame
Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. Louisville (Even though the Gators' resume would now be absent one of its wins over a ranked team, boosting Georgia's case for the SEC's final BCS spot.)
Capital One: Georgia vs. Nebraska (Florida could go here.)
Outback: South Carolina vs. Michigan
Cotton: Texas A&M LSU vs. Oklahoma (With A&M out, the 10-2 Tigers are the clear choice, especially since the Cotton has preferred SEC West teams.)
Chick-fil-A: LSU Ole Miss vs. Clemson (Fans of a 6-6 Rebels team were fired up enough to fill up Legion damn Field. Who would pass up a 7-5 Rebels team?)
Gator: Mississippi State Texas A&M vs. Northwestern (7-5 A&M, 8-4 Vandy, or 7-5 Mississippi State? Perhaps the new guys, but MSU could feel like a safer bet.)
Music City: Vanderbilt vs. N.C. State (The Nashville bowl can't pass up the Dores here either.)
Compass: Ole Miss Mississippi State vs. Pitt (I'm sorry.)
Also, some Texas JUCO beats Iowa Western for the NJCAA national title thanks to its quarterback, who's kind of short and likes Drake and got suspended by Texas A&M.
Dec. 8: Somebody wins the Heisman.
The non-Manziel top 10, in our dimension: Notre Dame LB Manti Te'o, Kansas State QB Collin Klein, USC WR Marqise Lee, Ohio State QB Braxton Miller, South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney, NIU QB Jordan Lynch, West Virginia WR Tavon Austin, Oregon RB Kenjon Barner, and Georgia LB Jarvis Jones, with Te'o and Klein as the only other finalists.
How do we edit that?
You'd have to think someone from a 13-0 Alabama team would be represented. Before A&M beat the Tide, QB AJ McCarron was being mentioned by some as a Heisman longshot, thanks in part to that comeback drive against LSU and his impressive efficiency numbers. Could an unbeaten McCarron be a finalist?
Let's go a full five: Te'o, Klein, Lee, Miller, and McCarron. It comes down to Te'o over McCarron, making the title game even more fun.
Dec. 19: Baylor welcomes three JUCO transfers, instead of two.
Where would Johnny Manziel end up?
Some of the teams he was recruited by would either have a quarterback for the future in place (Oregon, Stanford) or be in coaching transition (Louisiana Tech). But he was also recruited by Art Briles, who'd have an in-state connection and tends to bring on a few JUCOs every December. With Nick Florence on the way out, why not set up a competition?
Jan. 1: Texas A&M finishes 8-5.
All in all, a successful SEC debut, with close losses to LSU and Florida and an entertaining January victory over nine-win Northwestern, with Showers earning bowl MVP honors. Northwestern fans are already bolt-throwing furious about the previous sentence.
It feels stupid to claim one player made a three-win difference in a team's season, but it's pretty hard to argue A&M could've beaten Alabama and Louisiana Tech without Manziel. A win over Ole Miss could've happened and likely would've probably meant a Chick-fil-A Bowl against Clemson, but that's best-case.
Jan. 4: The Oklahoma-LSU Cotton Bowl is pretty good.
Bob Stoops is pleasant for the rest of the offseason and doesn't offer especially noteworthy opinions about the SEC. Mike Stoops doesn't imply any opposing quarterbacks are future inmates. Mark Stoops just recruits his ass off.
That "Hello" commercial doesn't become a punchline.
Jan. 16: The Heisman Trophy winner's dead girlfriend was fake.
Feb. 1: Robert Nkemdiche might sign with Clemson or Alabama.
Remember how we have Ole Miss beating Texas A&M? Read this on the impact watching his brother lose to Manziel had on the younger Nkemdiche:
Among the stunned and inconsolable was Denzel, who operated as a spy on Manziel during some plays and was one of the few defenders quick enough to catch up with the phenom. The elder Nkemdiche had actually tackled Manziel by the foot to prevent a first down conversion in the first quarter. Yet on each of Manziel's explosive plays in the fourth quarter, the quarterback broke contain first from the defensive end, something that was not lost on the younger Nkedmiche, who watched his brother and teammates unravel in devastation.
Also, the Aggies still do very well, but without "come play for a 10-win team with the reigning Heisman winner" as a closing pitch, a top-10 247 Composite class is not in the cards.
Feb 27: Jameill Showers does not transfer to UTEP.
You thus likely do not think about UTEP for a full offseason.
All offseason: No newspaper columnists write finger-gnawingly stupid columns about Texas A&M's quarterback.
This almost makes the whole thing worth it.
April 25: A&M LT Luke Joeckel maybe doesn't get drafted No. 2.
Maybe he does. Eric Fisher didn't block for Johnny Manziel either, and he got drafted No. 1. But maybe.
May 1: Everyone laughs at Texas A&M's stadium expansion plan.
The plan might be a little bit less ostentatious, though.
Actually, knowing Aggies, it would probably be even more over the top.
June 20: Texas A&M does not have the country's No. 1 recruiting class.
Meaning Tennessee and Kentucky probably rank even closer to the top of the Composite. Told you this got weirder as we went along.
Sept. 14: Alabama at Texas A&M is another SEC West game.
It's a pretty big deal. Full house and everything. It's named the 3:30 p.m. ET CBS game a couple weeks in advance, not four months in advance. Four months in advance? For a Texas A&M game? That would never happen.
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Re: Okay, what if Johnny Manziel hadn't played for Texas A&M in 2012?
If Johnny Manziel hadn't played for Texas A&M, he wouldn't have been able to outkick his coverage.
I can't believe he's been whining about playing there and can't waiting until he leaves the place. The dude is living the dream and he hasn't played a single down in the NFL yet. He's pulling high end tail, living large at the biggest events, and pretty much does whatever whenever he feels like doing it. If he can't handle being a college superstar, what if he makes it big in the NFL?
Oh the horror.
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
All little common sense goes a long way.
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Re: Okay, what if Johnny Manziel hadn't played for Texas A&M in 2012?
typical yuppie scum. spoild brat, just like teepro.
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Re: Okay, what if Johnny Manziel hadn't played for Texas A&M in 2012?
Very talented. Believes everything is everybody else's fault. No Johnny. If you act like a douche and a dumbass and the consequences of those actions presents you to the world as a douche and a dumbass, that's all on you.
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Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this guest blog post, Scott celebrates the Fourth of July holiday by researching old newspaper articles to discover some July 4th reunions celebrated in times past.
I love holidays and I especially love the 4th of July! Fireworks, picnics, and family reunions! What a great combination for all of us, and especially those of us who are genealogy "infected"! All my life July 4th was a time to gather family around and have a wonderful long weekend while celebrating the birth of the United States!
I hope you and your family had fun this past holiday weekend celebrating our great nation and enjoying quality time together.
When I began planning my picnic menu for this year's 4th of July party (should I go with hamburgers, hot dogs, or brats?) I decided to spend a few moments searching GenealogyBank.com's historical newspaper archives to see what some of the past July Fourth celebrations were like that "made the papers."
The first article I found in my search, published in the "Society" column of a 1912 Pennsylvania newspaper, really perked up my interest as a genealogist. The historical news article listed the names of dozens of the reportedly more than 100 family members of three of the oldest families of the county who gathered for their annual 4th of July reunion. Seeing all those persons' names and hometowns made me wish I were related!
Next, I enjoyed another family reunion article and wished I had ancestors who lived in Mason, Fleming, and/or Lewis counties in Kentucky. This 1912 Kentucky newspaper reported on a nice assortment of many of the "Old Settlers" of the area.
I became a bit envious when I read an article from a 1913 Oklahoma newspaper. This piece explained that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson had changed his mind and agreed to go to the Gettysburg battlefield and address the Veterans Encampment there. Can you imagine being at Gettysburg and walking amongst Civil War veterans, hearing their first-hand stories? Wow, what a 4th of July that would make for anyone who loves genealogy and history!
Then I got a good chuckle from an article in an 1875 Ohio newspaper. This enjoyable item recounted the 4th of July festivities surrounding the annual gathering of telegraphers. I enjoyed reading that this group knew "how to have a frolic in a sensible and respectable manner" and sported badges with coded messages. Despite their apparent good manners and fun times, I'd be willing to bet that this is a group that doesn't meet anymore.
Of course reading all these wonderful old newspaper articles about 4th of July family reunions and gatherings only made me pine a bit for some of my family reunions in times gone by. The last several decades or so have found us in a cabin in the north woods of Minnesota where we enjoy the holiday, often in its weather extremes. I have great memories ranging from the incredibly HOT 4th of July when the beach sand was so burning we couldn't walk on it barefoot to get to our clambake fire—all the way to the other extreme of the 4th of July in 1996, when we all watched the fireworks in winter jackets, hats, and mittens after trimming a small, nearby pine tree with Christmas lights to celebrate the cold!
Before wrapping up my Fourth of July reunion research, I took a few more minutes to look in our old family photo albums for some more memories of the holiday. Aside from a whole lot of my really bad photos of fireworks that didn't quite work out (thank goodness for digital photography now), I did find two photos that really took me back. One is of my dad and mom enjoying the 4th in their favorite place—a swimming pool.
The second photo was from a 1986 4th of July reunion with my in-laws in northern Minnesota.
Both these family photos bring memories of happy, happy times gone by. I hope you enjoy them; I have included them here as my way of saying: I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July holiday—and Happy Birthday to the United States of America!
By the way—what did you grill this 4th of July? Tell us in the comments.


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Oregon State (0-1) at No. 9 Wisconsin (1-0)
Beavers fans, let's sit in a circle and hold hands. We're in dark times…and it appears they're about to get much worse.
Utter disaster struck for Oregon State in Week 1. The Beavers fell 29-28 to Sacramento State. SACRAMENTO STATE!
As in, Sacramento State from the FCS! A school so obscure that it takes forever just to find information about them online! And they edged the Pac-12's Beavers by a point.
If Sacramento State could make life so miserable for OSU – what will a clash at No. 11 Wisconsin do?
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Favorite: Wisconsin -20
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Perhaps the most frightening thing about the loss to Sacramento State was that it was less about the little school playing way over its head and more about the big school playing down.
Wasn't quarterback Ryan Katz supposed to be the stabilizing presence with the team playing eight true freshmen in Week 1? He was a disaster, bad enough that he was chased in favor for backup Sean Mannion. After one game, do we have a full-fledged quarterback controversy? Mannion looked reasonably poised for someone getting his first game action and has reportedly looked solid in practice this week.
I'd expect Katz to get at least one more shot this week. Beavers coach Mike Riley suggested as much. Also, as shaky as he looked, Katz didn't deserve all the blame last week. His line didn't protect him very well and his receivers were jittery. At least running back Malcolm Agnew had a strong debut.
Still – the Beavers have to play much better this week to avoid total embarrassment against a powerhouse like Wisconsin. The No. 11 Badgers don't let up against underdogs or non-rivals; they've won 29 straight non-conference games. That active streak is second only to LSU's 33 wins.
Wisconsin's "D" will give Oregon State more pressure than it faced last week. Also, Wisconsin's power running game could give the Beavers fits.
Oregon State has trouble against mobile quarterbacks and new import Russell Wilson fits the bill.
The N.C. State arrival made a huge first splash with the Badgers, earning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors with 317 total yards and three touchdowns.
Are you seeing the theme here? I hate to be the spoilsport but things look grim for Oregon State this week. Even if they had walloped Sacramento State convincingly, Wisconsin on the road would be a huge challenge.
With Katz struggling and the young team lacking confidence after Week 1, it could get very ugly, very quickly for OSU.
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The Sedition Act is now clearly used as an instrument of gross injustice and a weapon of mass oppression. The recent spate of arbitrary arrests and selective prosecution of Pakatan Rakyat leadersrepresents a gross affront to the democratic process and signifies a breakdown in the rule of law.
The dragnet
To date, five Members of Parliament and two State Assemblymen as well as several other Pakatan leaders have been prosecuted. It is a long list whichis growing even longer with no one being spared except UMNO leaders and their right-wing racist cohorts.
They are PKR MP for Pandan Rafizi Ramli, PKR MP for Padang Serai N Surendran, PKR Youth chiefand Deputy Selangor State Assembly Speaker Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, DAP MP for Seputeh Teresa Kok, PKR MP for Batu Tian Chua, PAS MP for Shah Alam Khalid Samad, and DAP Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer and former Perak MP and Changkat Jering assemblyman Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
Today, this wave of repression has taken on the hue of an outrageous farce with the prosecution of law professor Azmi Sharom for expressing his academic opinion on the Selangor MB crisis. Incidentally, though it was not a view that was pro-UMNO, neither was it pro-PKR in any way. But as a firm believer in academic freedom, I maintain that Azmi has every right to express his views.
Hijacking democracy and the electoral process
If the prosecutions are successful, it is likely that at least six parliamentary by-elections and three state assembly by-elections will ensue, if we include myown impending Federal Court appeal which, going by the current state of the judiciary, holds not much promise that justice will prevail.
What we are seeing is thus a blatant and shameless attempt by Najib to hijack democracy by having duly elected law makers from Pakatan to be stripped of their democratic entitlements and disqualified from contesting in the subsequent by-elections. This will be a grave perversion of justice via the back door of the Attorney-General's chambers.
Yesterday, the dragnet of repression was extended to haul in members of civil society with the police arresting 156 Penang Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) members – essentially citizens who have volunteered to perform their civic responsibilities to keep the peace. There is also the audacious threat by the Home Minister to take action against PAS's Unit Amal which has been for years recognised by the people as effective in crowd control during opposition rallies apart from its other humanitarian and welfare work.
The statement from the Prime Minister's Office that the Sedition Act will be repealed is not only hollow but a gross lie considering the spate of prosecutions being carried. How can such flagrant use of an archaic and repressive law convince anyone that the government is serious about legislative reform?
On the contrary, it nails the lie to the elaborate game of deception played by Najib when in July 2012, he proclaimed with much fanfare and PR blitz, his National Transformation Plan.
By holding out such a big promise to the people of making Malaysia the "best democracy in the world", while in reality imposing a new reign of Executiveterror, Najib has therefore perpetrated a gross and reckless fraud on the people.
The volley ball blame game being played by the Home Ministry in tossing the blame on the Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail for this heightened pace of prosecutions is futile because at the end of the day,all are culpable in this despicable enterprise as they are part and parcel of the Executive.
Attack on justice and freedom
In a fully functioning democracy, such abuse of power by the Executive can and will be checked by the judiciary by summary dismissal of the chargesfor they are not just frivolous and an abuse of legal process but constitute a general affront to our basic sense of justice and freedom.
These are attacks on the very foundation of our constitution which guarantees freedom from arbitrary arrests and prosecution. They are direct assaults on the democratic process which renders elected representatives to be duty-bound to speak for the people against injustice and abuse of power.
The question is: Do we have a strong, independent and vibrant judiciary that believes that politicians and their appointees who hold high executive office must act according to the rule of law, and not the rule of political expediency?
Do we have the requisite number of judges who will judge without fear or favour according to the criterion of justice? Will they have the moral courage and conviction to send a clear message that they will not be party to the Executive's attempt to pervert the course of justice and violate the liberties and rights of the people as enshrined in the Constitution?
A government must not only administer efficiently though in this regard the Najib government has failed miserably. But even more profound is the moral obligation to administer justly.
Racist speeches by UMNO ministers and MPs, given full media coverage by UMNO's propaganda network machine, are on the uptake. Extreme right-wing groups and countless other racist organizations continue to spread and incite communal hatred.
But what does it say for justice and democracy whenthese racists and purveyors of religious extremism get off scot free while those who speak the truth for the sake of a better, more harmonious Malaysia are treated as criminals?
Merdeka Day has just come and gone and two days ago the Malaysian people were treated to a grand show to mark our day of independence. It is supposed to be a celebration from the yoke of colonialism for our new found freedoms and rights.
Indeed, what a tragic irony it is that we are in fact witnessing the unbridled use of the Sedition Act that is nothing but a relic of this era of colonialism. TrueMerdeka means that we must reject this law, not use it as what the Najib government is doing, with renewed vigour and determination as an instrument of injustice and a weapon of mass oppression.
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This is my year to be fearless.
Strong, courageous, bold, intentional. Oh, you're going to hear a roar from the north country and the song I'm singing is freedom.
I've worked and prayed and cried and scrabbled and confessed and repented my way out of being a people-pleasing approval addict, all glory to the Ancient of Days, these past three years. Every regret, almost every sin or wrong of my life has its roots in that stronghold. Now this year, that stronghold will be ground into a powder. Now, my identity firmly fixed in God alone, secure, my voice is getting stronger, my heart is beating faster, my thumbs are pricking with Holy Spirit awareness that this is the time, the time to leap into the unknown, leaving all fear behind me.
God has not given me a spirit of fear. No, this spirit is of love, power and a strong mind.
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So this is my year to be brave.
My year to say yes to all that He asks of me. To love fearlessly. To lavish grace without expectation. To speak the truth even if my voice shakes. To step out of the boat, in the middle of the storm, onto rough waters, and know that I will stand, eyes fixed on the author and perfect of my faith. To mother these beautiful tinies out of my best hopes instead of my worst fears. To confront evil, to speak out for my sisters that are silenced, to work and rabble-rouse, to piss a few people off and sing freedom to the rest, to give from everything that I have. This is my year for walls-crumbling-down, for wholehearted living, for art and yes and mess and doing it scared. If we're all crowded on the wall, waiting for something to change, I'll be the first one to jump, you can watch me go.
This is my year for guts.
I'm going to create redemptive art and send it out into the world. I won't be constructing my life to live without risk, to mitigate any chance of failure.
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BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian rebels captured the country's largest dam on Monday after days of intense clashes, giving them control over water and electricity supplies for much of the country in a major blow to President Bashar Assad's regime.
The rebels had already seized two other dams on the Euphrates River. But the latest conquest, the al-Furat dam in northeastern Raqqa province, was a major coup for the opposition. It handed them control over water and electricity supplies for both government-held areas and large swathes of land the opposition has captured over the past 22 months of fighting.
Two separate car bombings in northern Syria killed a total of 26 people. Both were blamed on al-Qaida-linked militant group Jabhat al-Nusra.
The rebels have had their biggest success in the civil war across Syria's north including Idlib, Raqqa and Aleppo provinces, all bordering Turkey.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, a Britain-based activist with the group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said rebels took control of al-Furat dam around midday after successfully pushing out a group of Assad loyalist from the control room. Most of the regime troops in the area had stopped fighting on Sunday following the fall of the nearby town of al-Thawra, Abdul-Rahman said.
The rebel assault on the dam was led by al-Qaida-linked militant group Jabhat al-Nusra.
The government did not confirm it has lost control of the dam.
Earlier this month, the Observatory said rebels seized another smaller dam in Raqqa province, the Baath dam, named after Syria's ruling party. In November, Syrian opposition fighters captured Tishrin hydroelectric dam near the town of Manbij in northern Aleppo province, which borders Raqqa.
Members of al-Nusra, which the U.S. has branded a terrorist organization, have been among the most effective fighters in the battle to oust Assad. The group had led battles for the other two dams, and was also a decisive force in the opposition's successful attacks on regime army bases outside major cities, including the capital, Damascus, and Aleppo in the north.
The group was also believed to be behind two car bombings on Monday.
One exploded near a border crossing with Turkey in Idlib province. Bulent Arinc, Turkey's deputy prime minister, said 12 people were killed _ nine Syrians and three Turks. He said 28 people were wounded, nine of them Turks. The vehicle that exploded had a Syrian license plate, he added.
Turkey's NTV said most of the victims were Syrians who had been waiting to enter Turkey. It cited Huseyin Sanverdi, mayor of the nearby Turkish town of Reyhanli, as saying the explosion occurred in a "buffer zone," an area straddling the frontier where travelers are processed while crossing between the two countries.
Witnesses said it struck a spot where humanitarian aid is loaded onto Syrian vehicles.
The border area between the two countries has been the scene of fierce fighting in the civil war. Tensions have also flared between the Syrian regime and Turkey in the past months after shells fired from Syria landed on the Turkish side.
As a result, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States decided to send two batteries of Patriot air defense missiles each to protect Turkey, their NATO ally.
In the second car bombing, the Observatory said members of Jabhat al-Nusra blew themselves up in two car bombs outside an intelligence office in the city of Shadadah in the northeastern province of Hasaka, killing at least 14 security agents.
The Observatory said Shadadah has been the scene of heavy clashes between troops and rebels.
Diplomatic efforts to stop the carnage in Syria have failed, leaving the international community at a loss for ways to end the civil war.
Assad presented a plan last month, offering a national dialogue. The opposition rejected it, saying no to talks unless the president relinquishes power.
Former Prime Minister Riyad Hijab, one of the highest ranking officials to defect from Assad's regime, met Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby and asked him to let the Syrian opposition take over the country's seat in the pan-Arab organization.
The Arab League has suspended Syria's membership over its military crackdown against protesters calling for regime change.
Hijab, speaking to reporters, did not say whether Elaraby has agreed to the request and there was no immediate comment by the Cairo-based League.
Assad was quoted by state-run news agency SANA as saying Syria will not give up its principles "regardless of how strong the pressures and conspiracies" are against it.
The report said Assad met in Damascus Monday with John Yazigi, the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
Associated Press writers Chris Torchia in Istanbul and Ezgi Akin contributed in Ankara, Turkey contributed to this report.
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CHICAGO (AP) Nick Markakis preserved the lead on defense and then enlarged it at the plate.
The right fielder hit a two-run homer after preventing one with a leaping catch, sending the Baltimore Orioles to an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
While offense usually is the focus, Markakis didn't hesitate when asked which moment felt better.
''Robbing a two-run homer,'' he said, ''especially in that situation.''
Nelson Cruz and J.J. Hardy each added a solo shot as the Orioles upped their AL East lead to 7 1/2 games over the idle New York Yankees.
Cruz hit his 32nd homer, passing White Sox rookie Jose Abreu for the American League lead. Cruz is tied with Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins for most in the majors.
Markakis was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs, but everyone in the Baltimore locker room was talking about his clutch catch.
''That was big,'' manager Buck Showalter said. ''The score won't look like it, but obviously it was a big play.''
The Orioles entered the bottom of the seventh with a 3-0 lead after starter Bud Norris (11-7) retired 17 of his first 18 batters.
But he quickly found himself in trouble in the seventh after hitting Alejandro De Aza with a pitch and giving up a double to Alexei Ramirez that put runners on second and third with the heart of the Chicago lineup coming up.
Abreu flied out to shallow center and Adam Dunn struck out. It appeared Norris might escape with his shutout intact, but Avisail Garcia's two-run single made it 3-2.
Conor Gillaspie followed with a drive to deep right field, where Markakis raced back to the fence and made a leaping grab.
''I thought I had a shot at it all the way,'' he said. ''I was going after it. I was doing everything I can to catch it, with the situation of the game and the way Bud was pitching.
''It helped us out tremendously and kind of took the wind out of their sails a little bit.''
The Orioles then broke it open with a five-run eighth. Jonathan Schoop doubled in three runs and Markakis hit a two-run homer to cap the rally.
Chicago ace Chris Sale (10-3) took the loss, yielding three runs and eight hits in six innings. He has dropped two straight decisions.
The Orioles are the only AL team he hasn't beaten in his career.
''We were a great outfielder away from potentially winning that game,'' Sale said.
Orioles: 3B Manny Machado will miss at least another week with a sprained right knee he sustained while taking a swing last Monday. There's no timetable for his return. Machado didn't play this season until May 1 because of surgery on his left knee in the offseason.
White Sox: CF Adam Eaton (strained right oblique) continues to make progress and the hope is he'll be ready to return when he's eligible to be activated from the 15-day disabled list Sunday. Eaton, though, is likely to go to the minors for a rehab stint before then.
In the second game of the series Tuesday night, Orioles RHP Chris Tillman (9-5, 3.68 ERA) faces LHP Jose Quintana (6-9, 3.14).
Adam Dunn's four-year, $40 million contract is up at the end of this season and the White Sox slugger hinted Monday there is a possibility he could retire.
Dunn, who turns 35 in November, has 459 homers and could move way up the career list by sticking around a few more years (he's just three from tying Jose Canseco for 34th place). But he said numbers, even the possibility of hitting 500 homers, won't be a determining factor.
''It's going to be a decision where I'm going to sit down with the people who are important to me and make a quick decision,'' Dunn said. ''Whether it's tomorrow (or) whether it's February, I don't know.''
RHP Miguel Gonzalez, sent to the minors Aug. 9, is expected to be back with the Orioles this weekend to start against the Cubs. Gonzalez threw a simulated game in the minors Monday - Double-A Bowie had the day off - to prepare for the potential assignment.


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Lately I've been inspired by the talented kids of Masterchef Junior. I just had a marathon of the TV series last weekend which is why I my creative brain wanted to do something extra fancy for breakfast. Instead of the usual oatmeal or cereal, I made soft boiled egg on blanched asparagus, with baked tomatoes and herbed rice. I'm not a chef so please excuse the plating. I tried. Haha!
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Thank you all in advance for sharing!
When you can, post a url for your picture rather than hotlinking the picture .... there are several reasons for this:
Many people have limited bandwidth. If a hotlink pops their picture up every time some opens the thread, they may quickly exceed their bandwidth, and then nobody gets to see their picture.
Its nice to see your picture in the context of the rest of your work!
The page will open more quickly for everyone if the sharing is done with text links rather than hotlinks.
There are some people who love to harvest other people's henna pictures to hotlink to their own forums, or fill up their photobuckets. The text link may add some slight deterrance to this. I recommend you check your stats a week after you post your pictures to see if they're getting hotlinked onto another forum. If so .... you're having to pay for the bandwidth while they get their jollies.
If you don't know how to size your picture to less than 800 px wide, please post a text link rather than hotlinking the picture. When there are very large pictures, it makes the whole thread difficult to read.
You can use the quote comment to talk about one particular person's pictures
Please post your Thursday Sharing for May 13 into this thread!
Thank you all in advance for sharing!
We got in a new shipment, sent it in for testing and .... 3.4% lawsone!
It smells different from other hennas (rich, spicy aroma). It mixes different (it's THIRSTY and has a sweet tooth!). It sure LOOKS different from other hennas!
(Yes, its henna, and nothing BUT henna)
I couldn't get a good pic, because it was overcast and stormy all week. I put this on last Saturday, and now its Thursday. Fading, but still glorious. A1 on palm, B3 brown up the arm. The lighter areas on the palm were 2 minute applications.
Wow -- that's intense! Are you selling some? ;)
Yes, it'll be ready to go out the door by Monday, I think.
My share for this week : a back + chest piece ...the best part - a sparrow on the shoulder!:
Just a little craft share from me this week...they are little canvasses i painted first with yellow nail varnish,then put the henna over that.I quite like how they came out and would like to keep them with the paste on.Could anyone give me some tips on whats best to fix henna to canvas?Any help would be greatly appreciated!
A mix of stuff I did from previous shows
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Lovely shares from everybody, as usual! CCJ, I'm seriously considering buying some of that new stuff as soon as June gets here and my funds are no longer depleted.
Well, I was hoping to have a new one to post today, but I got too busy getting lost in a book and forgot :-/ And it's too late to start now. I'd be awake far too late (like I'm not already, lol) waiting for it to dry. So I'll apply it tomorrow.
Odd thing about my shares from last week; the swirly on my finger faded in three days - barely got to its most mature stain - while the flower in my ankle is still going strong with just a hint of fading. Not sure what caused its demise, but the pattern I have planned for tomorrow is more elaborate and covers the entire palm. Hope it doesn't fade off in a couple days too. And I hope I can figure out a way of henna-ing my dominant hand with my non-dominant hand, just so I don't look all lopsided with one covered palm and one blank one!
I am so happy that I didn't order more henna this week. I will hold out until that 3.4% Celebration is available, I can't wait to try it! (not that I have ever had any complaints with Jamila or Raj Monsoon).
I have three shares this week:
a dragon for my son:
and my palm which I did last night (actually early this morning :)
I forgot to post shares last week, so there are several in my photostream that I never shared, feel free to poke around if you are interested.
I have been out of the henna loop for a while, but I thought I would share some of the mirrors I have been doing lately. I have been doing a lot of custom made mirrors (no pics!) with designs for the kids at my son's school. Most of them have been for the girls, but I did do a couple of more masculine designs. All of them wanted their names in Arabic on them, also. That has kept me busy for a while.
I also have a few others in my stream, so check them out also, insh'Allah.
LOVE the new forum, by the way.
WOW, Maryam. That mirror is fantastic!
Thank you, Sarah! I love it too, but I am having a hard time selling it. Everyone says they love it, but nobody wants to buy. I will blame the economy. People are just not as willing to part with money (myself included!)
Hello, below is a link to the most recent designs my daughter and I have worked on. We are super newbies with only ourselves and our family to practice on. I thought it would be fun to share anyway.
The tribal-esque design on my son was sketched by him, outlined by me and my daughter helped fill it in. We did it last night and I really hope he keeps it taped all night!
There's my contribution, last one for a few weeks. Unfortunately, I will just have to be lopsided - I used the very last of my henna paste for this project, and low on funds for more supplies until June!
This one took me a couple hours. I started it at 11ish and wasn't done applying henna till nearly 1:30. This was probably my most difficult project yet. I hadn't realized how notoriously difficult it would be to roll a depleted henna cone down with one hand and a houseful of sleeping folks.
Sealed with three coats of lemon-sugar sealant - this one isn't going ANYWHERE. By the way, wood floors don't seem very fond of such sealant.. I had to scrub, HARD, to get the sticky off, because I was silly and forgot to seal over something to catch the excess spray.
I covered the sealed henna in unrolled cotton balls, and wrapped my arm in a scarf. No gloves that fit over the cotton, not enough tape to wrap it all, and no oven mitt in the house. So I have a use for those scarves I seldom use in Florida. Henna wraps! My hand vaguely resembles a hunter-green sock puppet with no mouth.
I was very lucky that Kidlet decided to sleep tonight instead of waking up annoyed after kicking his covers off the bed. Else I'd never have finished it.
My mix is getting better, it is still falling off faster than I would like but the stain I got this time was better. I was missing the constant heat so I bought a little thermometer and made sure I had the right heat. It was funny I was up checking my henna at 3am it made me giggle. I did check on the kids too since I was up.
So many nice shares this week! I had some paste left over from an appointment yesterday, so decided to do a little something on my arm. It just kept going and I had to thaw out another cone!
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University of California plant pathologists are trying some new methods for early detection of potential contamination of deadly E. Coli O157:H7 in irrigation water used in lettuce production.
Trevor Suslow, a specialist in postharvest pathology at UC, Davis and leader of a team of investigators, told a recent meeting in Seaside of the California Lettuce Research Board (CLRB), that scientists are taking irrigation water samples from Salinas Valley fields.
He said the on-farm investigations of soil, lettuce plants, and irrigation water thus far have not found the harmful bacterium in samples collected from production blocks.
The samples are being used in evaluations of a novel, membrane-based method, which he said is superior to existing practices, to trap and identify pathogenic forms of E. Coli.
Additional samples, including runoff water and surface water, will be gathered from other lettuce districts.
Parallel research will seek ways to simultaneously determine fecal pollution and its source.
Recent investigations by federal and state agencies, Suslow reported, suggest that fecal contamination from domestic animals and wildlife, as well as human sources such as municipal waste or septic drain field effluent, "may contaminate shallow aquifers, surface water, irrigation reservoirs, or farmed land and crops due to seasonal flooding."
Goals of the research are to re-examine the potential of irrigation water as a risk factor for E. Coli O157:H7 contamination and find a practical way for the lettuce industry to monitor for that contamination.
Other researchers, Suslow said, have found low dosages of chlorine to be effective in reducing populations of the bacterium, depending on the water quality. Another mitigating technique is treatment of water with copper, but the treatment has been shown to lose effect over time.
Heat treatments of contaminated lettuce seed, at temperatures low enough to allow germination, have had little impact on the pathogen.
On other fronts, an experimental project is looking into how generic E. Coli survives a seed coating process, while USDA-ARS scientists in Beltsville, Md. evaluate ways to detect E. Coli on airborne particles.
In other approaches to management of E. Coli, Steve Koike and Michael Cahn, Monterey County farm advisors, say their field trials with beds sprayed with nonpathogenic strains of E. Coli showed no significant difference between drip and sprinkler irrigation with respect to persistence of the bacteria.
Before describing the trials, Koike pointed out that although the 2006 outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 was in spinach, the pathogen is also an issue for lettuce, so pathologists are looking at it in both crops.
The nonpathogenic strains, selected for natural resistance to rifampicin, an antibiotic used in the recovery and identification process for E. Coli, were collected from central coast sources of soil, irrigation water, and lettuce.
"Our simulation of a one-time, high-level contamination event resulted in very short persistence" of the E. Coli strains used in the trials, Koike said.
In one trial, which was not planted, eight days after inoculation the bacteria in the soil declined to or near the detectable level, and by 14 days none was detected. In the second trial, planted to romaine grown to harvestable size, none was detected six days after inoculation, either in the soil or plants.
Linda Harris, a food microbiologist at the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at UC, Davis, said the thrust of investigations is focusing on how harmful E. Coli bacteria behave in the environment.
The institute was established in 2002 as a joint program of the university, state and federal agencies, and the food industry. It includes the Produce Safety Center formed in the spring of 2007 to research E. Coli.
"We have data on how the bacteria behave in the laboratory, but very few studies have been done in a natural setting," she said.
At the present, she added, persistence of the pathogen remains an issue, "but there is nothing from a single experiment that shows anything that a grower should do differently."
She said her work thus far confirms existing knowledge that although a rapid die-off of the pathogen occurs initially, it does persist.
Reporting on another concern in the 2007 growing season, Koike said impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) has shown up in Salinas Valley lettuce and the exact reasons for the outbreak are not known.
More familiar as a greenhouse disease of flowering ornamental plants, it was not known to go to lettuce until it was first identified in valley fields in September of 2006. It is vectored by thrips.
INSV infections have been found in fields in Castroville, Salinas, Chualar, Gonzales, Soledad, and Greenfield and confirmed on iceberg, romaine, and green leaf lettuce.
Of the some 20 fields confirmed with the disease this year, Koike said most had limited disease incidence of less than 5 percent.
"However," he said, "in several fields disease incidence was 30 percent to 50 percent or higher, and significant crop loss was experienced. Because of this apparently new problem and the fact that affected plants are unmarketable, growers, PCAs, and field personnel should be aware of this disease."
It is related to tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), a disease found in the Salinas Valley in previous years, but only a minor concern until now. Koike said the wide distribution of both this year "appears to be a novel development."
Symptoms of INSV-infected plants are leaves with brown to dark-brown spots and dead areas, resembling burn damage by pesticides or fertilizer. Spotting and yellowing can be seen on newer leaves near the center of the plant's growing point. Young plants infected with it may show overall stunted growth.
Koike, who hopes to investigate the disease with Robert Gilbertson, a UC, Davis plant pathologist, asked that anyone finding possible INSV cases submit samples to his diagnostic lab at the Cooperative Extension Office in Salinas.
W. K. Frankie Lam, entomology staff research associate for Monterey County, gave an account of his trials in managing aphids and thrips in romaine. In the aphid study in Salinas, he found the several insecticides used effectively managed the pests, which were mostly lettuce aphid, and no phytotoxicity to the plants was observed.
In his Greenfield trial on thrips including Assail and several experimental insecticides, he concluded that the products were effective against thrips for seven to 10 days after application.
However, he added, the plot was adjacent to an onion field and the insects moved continuously from the onions to the romaine, suggesting that to control high thrips populations in such a situation, weekly application of insecticide may be required.