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A pair of 4-2 aggregate wins on Sunday sent the Houston Dynamo and the LA Galaxy back to an unexpected rematch of the MLS Cup 2011 final. The Dynamo got a first-half goal from Boniek García and absorbed a late strike by D.C. midfielder Branko Boskovic to professionally see out a 1-1 draw that was good enough to advance.
LA saw their 3-0 aggregate lead threatened by a fired-up Seattle side, which took a 2-0 lead before a disputed penalty delivered a pivotal goal to the visitors, who advanced despite losing the second leg 2-1.
In today's Monday Postgame, John Bolster takes a closer look at that penalty decision, and the handball rule in general, which is surprisingly misunderstood.
There's no rule more fundamental to the sport of soccer than the rule against using your hands. It's the first thing small children are taught when they take up the sport. It's the primary law of the game, one you internalize and then essentially forget because it becomes second nature.
The trouble is, most fans, coaches, and players — even some at the professional level — really do forget all about it. Or, more accurately, they've never looked at the letter of the law as it's written.
In fact, after Sunday night's Western Conference Championship second leg between Seattle and LA, I'm not sure that anyone — including the referees, and the authors of the law — can give a satisfactory answer to the question the guys at ExtraTime Radio tacked up on their After Hours set following the Sounders–Galaxy tilt:
What is a handball?
By the Book
The Laws of the Game are pretty direct (and brief) on the subject: The infraction is covered in Law 12, on page 36, which states that a player is in violation if he "handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)."
WATCH: Johansson whistled for handball
That's all the law says about handballs. There's no rule against unintentionally handling the ball.
In FIFA's official Interpretation of the Laws of the Game, a handball is defined as "a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with his hand or arm."
That document advises refs to look at other factors — such as ball-to-hand versus hand-to-ball movement, the distance between the player and the ball ("unexpected ball"), and the position of the hand (or arm) — to determine if the contact was deliberate. (See page 115 of the Laws.)
But the fundamental idea remains the same: The handling must be deliberate. That seems pretty clear, doesn't it?
In Practice
The law does seem clear — but it also seems to rule out roughly 60 percent of the handballs that are routinely called in the game.
WATCH: Schmid reacts to Sounders' loss
When was the last time you saw a player deliberately handle the ball? Sure, there's the occasional Hand of God incident, along with a Thierry Henry-vs.-Ireland moment (or Luis Suárez vs. Ghana).
And there are times when a player will extend an elbow at his side to block a shot, or use his upper arm during a chest trap.
But it's not something that happens very often (and that goes double for defenders in their own box). See the opening sentence of this article for the reason why.
Yet, while deliberate handballs are relatively rare, whistles for handballs occur fairly often.
This discrepancy suggests that the letter of the law differs significantly from how it's enforced.
Spirit of the Law
Consider last night's crucial decision on Adam Johansson that led to Robbie Keane's penalty, which essentially booked LA's return to the MLS Cup final. (Well, that, and their 3-0 rout in the first leg.)
Many Seattle fans, um, took issue with the call, citing the ball-to-hand nature of the play, and Johansson's close proximity to Keane (i.e., he couldn't have gotten out of the way) as clear evidence that the handball was not intentional.
READ: Keane finally on the right side of handball history
But many neutral fans — and all Galaxy fans — didn't have a problem with the decision, pointing out, rightly, that it would be given more often than not in most leagues around the world.
I really have to question whether following sports is healthy for ones spirituality. Because lately it just makes me hate people.— Drew Carey (@DrewFromTV) November 19, 2012
The ball clearly contacted Johansson's left hand (and may also have hit his right hand afterward), and that contact prevented Keane's cross from reaching its destination.
That consideration — whether the handball benefits the potential offender — is not supposed to factor into the decision, but it's safe to say that it does (and probably should). If that play happens in midfield, and stops a Galaxy counterattack, do you think LA get the call? You bet they do, even though the play was clearly ball-to-hand.
It's also safe to say that the position of a player's arms is a widely misinterpreted element of the handball rule. Some observers invoked it last night to explain why a penalty wasn't given when the ball contacted Seattle defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado's arm in the box earlier in the game. His arms were against his body, the reasoning went, so he wasn't reaching out to contact the ball deliberately.
READ: Controversial penalty killed Sounders' momentum
Referee Mark Geiger cited Johansson's arms as a reason he did give the penalty in the second instance, saying the defender had extended his arms outside his body, making himself bigger.
Note that he didn't suggest the extended arms proved the handball was deliberate. No, Geiger implied that the arms being out to block the pass gave Johansson an unfair advantage. You can't use your hands in soccer, and whether he intended it or not, Johansson's hand clearly came into play, in the box, and blocked a Galaxy pass.
As one commenter suggested, if the Seattle fans who feel wronged had been on the other side of the equation, and their team had not gotten the call, wouldn't they be equally outraged?


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DIY: Lavender Honey Soda by Gardenista
First, harvest from five to six lavender flowers, leaving a few inches of stem with leaves on each.
Next, make a simple syrup. Bring two cups of water to a boil, and add 1/2+ cup of honey.
Add your lavender flowers to the syrup and turn off the heat. Let them steep for from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on how floral you prefer your soda.
Pour one or two inches of simple syrup into a glass, add ice, club soda, and a generous squeeze of lemon.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
abbie + tanner, bridals
16 comments:
- crave photography said...
Yes! Swoooon!!! Beautifully done!
- November 3, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- Sweet Shibui Photography said...
I love these!!
- November 3, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Unknown said...
wow! these are beautiful! i wish it were summer too!
- November 3, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Chris & Stephanie said...
Wow, these are SO beautiful!! Great job!!
- November 3, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Lazy Daisy Design: Photography by Teresa Henrie said...
Those are gorgeous! Makes me miss summer too!
- November 3, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Unknown said...
So BEAUTIFUL!!!! Love them all :)
- November 3, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Rachel said...
gorgeous! I love amorology weddings too! So so fun!
- November 3, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- Tyra said...
I stumbled across your work a while ago and oh my gosh! I think you are my idol:) Plus, it looks like you are from Seattle I am too! (well from little Puyallup) Beautiful work!
- November 4, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Kelty said...
LOVE the black and white photo peeking through the bushes! So dreamy.
- November 5, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Jennie Smithson said...
these are soooooooooooooo. beautiful!!!!! seriously you are AMAZING!!
- November 8, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Abbie O. said...
I haven't checked your blog for a bit and look what I found when I peeked in:) Thanks for posting these, they really turned out great, thanks to your wonderful talent!! We are still sorting through ALL the pictures from the wedding, it has been a CRAZY couple of months with a new puppy, applying to grad school, ANOTHER family wedding, and more. We will talk soon...these pics make me miss the wedding and that fabulous belt, I need to bust that thing out again!
- November 10, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Unknown said...
Okay, that is definitely my dream wedding dress...
- November 11, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Carly said...
ok gorgeous.
i was just looking at wppi pics from TWO years ago and i miss you!! we have to do something asap. haha
- November 12, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- Alex said...
Oh my gosh these are STUNNING! I love them!
- November 18, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Alex said...
Oh my gosh these are STUNNING! I love them!
- November 18, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- Jen Herem said...
ahhhh, i went to school with tanner. he looks awesome! great work jess!
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September 8, 2008 in Hamilton-based stories | Tags: Al Bair, Barbara Milne, Beautiful Needs Mobile Spa, Bob Johnston, book launch, book readings, bookmarks, Brian Griffith, Bromelias in Monteverde, Bruce MacLean, cancer, Cat and the Fiddle, Chris Houston, Christine Carleton, Cleave Anderson, Cocky Ingwersen, Costa Rica, creative writing classes, dancing, Deb Holahan, designing books, Doug Agnew, Dr. Ralph Meyer, Edgar Breau, editor, Evelyn Dicks, femme fatales, Freda Cole, frying pan, Gary Diller, Gary Santucci, gratitude, hamilton365.com, house concerts, index, Jane Pavanel, Janice Agnew, Jean Bair, Jean Trickey, Jeff GLen, Jimmy Vapid, Joanne Levy, JP Riemens, Judith Sandford, jungle, Kathryn Johnston, Kelly White, Ken Kroesser, Larry Strung, Laurie Hollis-Walker, Laurientian University, Linda Duemo, Little ROck, Locke Street Festival, Lori Yates, Lynda Lehman, Lynn Buckshot Beebe, Mike Cole, Mohawk College, Monteverde, Montreal, murderess, omelettes, painter, Patricia Haines, pearls, photographs, printer, Robert E. Ross, Ron Weihs, self-publishing, Shirley Klement, snakes, Sudbury, The Pearl Company, Tory Byers, urban, Walking with Wolf, Wolf Guindon, writer, writing | 1 comment
It is a joyous occasion when your hard work and your good friends come together to create an event that is exactly what you want. This was what happened on Saturday night at the Pearl Company here in Hamilton – the official Canadian launch of Walking with Wolf was a magical evening. Just like the first presentation that Wolf and I did for the book in Monteverde at Bromelias, it was a full house, very positive, fun, successful – yes, magical.
It took place at the beautiful Pearl Company, a three-story brick building that originally housed a coffin factory and later a costume jewelry business which left pearls inbedded in the cracks between the wide pine floorboards. The bottom floor is a stunning art gallery space with a boutique that sells locally-produced art and books, including Walking with Wolf; the second floor is this large acoustically-live performance space; the third floor is the studio apartment of Gary Santucci and Barbara Milne, the owners. They bought the building about three years ago and have restored it to the glorious gem that it is now, and have started spreading that renewal around the neighbourhood with an association they got started to bring some unity to this rather marginalized city barrio.
Recently they joined forces with Ron Weihs and Judith Sandford, who are transplants from the Toronto theatre scene. They are now the artistic directors of the performance space. They helped with the physical set up of the room for our event. They are introducing a whole new program to the Pearl, regularly scheduled theatrical, musical and spoken word evenings. The Pearl continues to grow into a great cultural community situated in this grand old building which deserves this chance at a renewed life. There was never any doubt in my mind that this would be the perfect place for a book launch and it truly was.
With the help of my friends – Cocky who was here visiting me and helped me get my act together; Freda and Mike Cole who did almost all the food (I threw in a bean dip and some marinated mushrooms, but otherwise Freda, as usual, fed the masses her delicious creations); Kathryn and Bob Johnston who took care of the sales table – the evening went off without a glitch.
People estimate that there were maybe up to 130 people there – we charged $5 at the door to cover expenses, and it did! The important thing is the building was filled with friends, old and new, all enthusiastic and supportive – there was a lot of love in the room that night. How lucky am I? I ask that, but I know that this book project has been surrounded by love and support since it started, particularly in the last year of getting the book done and now getting it out to the reading public.
My wonderful friends Al and Jean Bair (on the left in the photo), along with their daughter Sandy and her husband Bruce and their sons Ben and Jacob, came from Petawawa. A long time ago I asked Al if he would do me the honor of introducing me when the day came to present the book. I met Al and Jean in Monteverde in 1995 when they had a house in the area and, like me, spent a lot of time there each year. Our friendship grew here in Canada. I love this couple and admire how they live and most of all the strength of their family-bond. They have five very successful children, who with their spouses and the grandchildren, make a very tight unit with Al and Jean. It is one of the most dynamic, smart and colourful families I have known (like the Guindons, but different). Al and Jean are not like parents to me, mentors is a better word, friends is the best. When my parents died in the late 90s, Al and Jean provided great comfort and guidance, but most of all made me laugh and made me feel that everything would be okay. When I have the chance to spend time with them, whether in their home or traveling together somewhere, the conversation is always interesting and honest and hugely entertaining.
Al gave an introduction that brought me to tears with his kind words about how we had met, about our travels together, and how I am almost more Costa Rican than many Costa Ricans he knows. I sure picked the right person to introduce me – as many people said to me later in the evening, that man sure loves you. The feeling is very mutual.
There was a small technical glitch with my laptop as the room was filling up and I was wanting to start the images on the screen. Thankfully the computer geeks in the crowd stepped in and took over, including Bruce who has helped me every step of the way with the book, and Al's grandsons. I stayed calm, kept greeting people, and believed everything would work out, and it did. One must love their geek friends.
Ben and Jacob, the Bair grandsons, geeks of glory
The crowd who came out represented many periods of my life and communities that I've been part of. Doug Agnew, who was my teacher from Grade 5 to Grade 8, and his wife Janice came. I reconnected about ten years ago with them and stay in touch, having dinner together once every couple of years. Doug was my absolutely favorite teacher from all my schooling years. It was just a huge shock when we reconnected and got talking and found out that this man, whose word we took as law, who we looked up to as our guide when we were about ten years old, was only 21 himself when he started teaching us! Twenty-one! And we thought he was this wise old man! I have always felt that his four years of teaching played a huge part, along with my parents, in my formation and so I have to give some credit to him for who I am and what I do now. That may or may not please him (depending on what he thinks of who I am now), but it is meant with the greatest of respect and affection.
Christine Carleton and I took a couple of creative writing classes together at Mohawk College back in 2001 when I was prepping myself for writing the book. We then joined with Joanne Levy and Kelly White and a couple of other aspiring writers to form a writing group, to read and critique each other's writing. Although eventually our group fell apart, I did receive some great feedback from them on the early chapters in the early stages. Christine and Kelly came to the Pearl – we all just shake ourselves, me included, that one of us has actually published something! Christine particularly was a very supportive writing mate and has offered much encouragement over the years. It was great to see her.
Besides Cocky from Maine and the Bairs from Petawawa, there were friends from Toronto like Deb Holahan and Tory Byers and Lynda Lehman from Guelph brought my editor Jane Pavanel down. She came all the way from Montreal (via Guelph) for the occasion and wo-manned the entrance, extracting $5 out of everybody without exception – good work Jane! She also brought me six of the best butter tarts in the world! It was wonderful to see her, to have her there to celebrate this book, as she played a huge role in its creation. The relationship between editor and writer is a difficult one, as they just want to mess with your words, throw them around, throw them out, but the end product has as much do to their diligence as the writer's. So Jane deserves much credit for the flow and clarity of the writing in Walking with Wolf. And I'm very happy to call her a friend and that she was able to come to Hamilton for the book launch.
Ken Kroesser, who did the cover and maps, and Bruce MacLean, who did the index, and prepared the photographs and the copy for the printer, also came from Toronto. I am in awe of these men. I can't say enough about how much help they have given me in all aspects of designing, finishing and now marketing the book. Ken lives in anonymity (he worries that my blog will bring him undue notoriety) but is a very successful designer and brand-man – and a very recently married man – and brought me a belated birthday gift of Walking with Wolf bookmarks – my new calling card. How lucky have I been to get to know these two and benefit from their knowledge and professionalism. I just adore them and was thrilled that they too came out. I was only sorry that the last person in the team who helped me turn my manuscript into a book, Laurie Hollis-Walker, couldn't make it. She should have been there to receive her share of my praise.
It was wonderful to see friends from the Bruce Trail – Bill and Barb Cannon, Barbara and Ian Reid, Ivor Mansell, and of course Shirley Klement. They were good friends of my parents who became good friends of mine. Also the Poag and Johnston family – besides Bob and Kathryn, her mom, Doreen, and their daughters Marianne and Sarah (along with Joe, the about to be husband), came out in support. They are as close to family as anyone can get without having a drop of genetic blood in our veins.
My Uncle Paul and Aunt Lois, along with my cousins Barbara (in the picture with me) (and John) and Stephen (and Laurie) showed up, coming from Mississauga and Fergus. I haven't seen any of these Chornooks in a long time and I was sorry that I didn't have more time to actually chat, but I was very touched that they would all come and support me – they had already bought and read the book this summer, but I was able to sign their copies.
Wendy and Robert E. Ross showed up. Robert is a very established painter in Hamilton who I met many years ago and happened to run into recently. I had invited him to the launch and was very happy that he and Wendy showed up. Receiving support from people in the arts community here is important – and I try to go out and support people in the various arts myself. There were also a number of people from the musical community, including JP (Paul) Riemens, a great singer-songwriter and music producer in Hamilton. He is a friend of Lori Yates, of the Evelyn Dicks, who performed that night at the Pearl, and I've met him a couple of times.
Judith Sandford, JP Riemens, Edgar Breau
On Thursday night Cocky and I went to see him play at a local bar. We got into a discussion about house parties that hire musicians to play – there is a whole circuit across Canada that musicians get linked into. He was telling us about playing a house concert in northern Ontario near Sudbury, which was put on by Laurientian University professors to celebrate people who were receiving honorary degrees that day. As he said this, Cocky and I both piped up "Jean Trickey" – our friend from Little Rock (refer to blog: 50 and Kstock 2008) – and sure enough when she was in Sudbury to receive her honorary degree, she had ended up at this party that Paul and his band the Barflies played at. He had talked with her and told us how the whole tour could have ended right there for him, that was the highlight, speaking with this civil rights icon and fascinating woman. When he found out that she had just been in Hamilton last week for my birthday he was disappointed that we hadn't had this conversation a week earlier, as he could have seen her again. It's a big big country, our Canada, but it's a small small world.
My former primary nurse from my cancer days, Trish Haines, came as well – another person who is thanked in the book, along with my doctor Dr. Ralph Meyer, for the great care they provided during my cancer-fighting days. I'm proud to call her my friend still and was very happy to see her. Another Patricia, the one I go to for the occasional facial or massage – actually now she comes to me with her Beautiful Needs mobile spa – showed up with a lovely flower arrangement that she had made, full of best wishes and kind thoughts. This is her with Mike and Freda Cole, taking a break from the food table
Cocky, who has been staying with me (she has fallen in love with the Hammer and is looking for excuses to come here now), and I managed to get everything together, along with Mike and Freda, and got to the Pearl on time, but managed to leave my cheat sheets at home. I don't have a problem talking in front of a crowd, and I always wing it, never read it, but I am sensible enough to write down a few points on a paper, in case I lose my way. But since I left the paper at home, I was on my own. People were very kind with their praise afterward, so I guess it all went well enough. I only stumbled once, when I looked up and saw my friend Wendy reacting to a picture on the screen behind me, but other than that I pretty much said what I wanted to.
I read from a couple of chapters in the book – the end of the first chapter that introduces Wolf and how this project began, and then a couple pages about snakes. As I do book events and readings, I like to read something from both my own narration and Wolf's dialogue but also like to add one of the stories that other people provided me with. It gives a fair representation of the book, an idea as to how it is composed. I figured that in this urban crowd, many people would be icky about snakes and I was right. So I read Gary Diller's great story about Wolf bringing a fer-de-lance out of the jungle and setting him up for a fall in front of his clients as well as a number of Wolf's stories about snakes. Well, what better way to take the city folk on a literary trip to the jungle than by talking about snakes! I could hear people squirming in their seats, just the reaction I wanted.
Well, as I said there were well over a hundred people there, I can't mention them all, but suffice it to say that the room was filled with friendly faces, supportive souls and classy characters. We sold 39 books and I signed others that people had bought elsewhere. Did I feel like a queen? You betcha! It was a wonderful feeling to celebrate in Hamilton with all these people.
And when my little talk was finished, that irreverent band of Hammer superstars, the Evelyn Dicks, stepped up and blew the roof off the building. Their songs are all written around the notorious Evelyn Dick, serial murderess of Hamilton's past, femme fatale. Lori Yates and Lynn Buckshot Beebe, dressed the part – femme fatales themselves – in classic red and black vintage dresses – the boys in the band, Chris Houston, Cleave Anderson and Jimmy Vapid, provide the rockin rhythm section to these two front women (and Chris steps up and growls out a few songs as well). But the attitude that exudes out of these ladies, and the humor they toss around like balls looking for a bat, amused the audience and kept those of us who are keen to be dancing on our feet. Lori gave me this band as a gift for the night – my abundant appreciation goes out to her for topping off an already successful literary-type evening with the Dicks brand of musical mayhem. The Dicks rocked the house, sent some folks right out the door, but thoroughly entertained those of us who stayed on.
My new friend Larry Strung, who has been documenting the faces of Hamilton, one day at a time, each day of 2008, and creating a photographic record on his website http://hamilton365.com also showed up and took some photos, including this great shot of the Dicks in all their glory.
When the party was over, a number of us moved on to a local pub, The Cat and Fiddle, to hear JP Riemens bandmates, Linda Duemo, Brian Griffith and friends, playing rockabilly kinda music that kept us all dancing. They had to kick us out. The musicians were all tired, having played at the Locke Street Festival that was also on that day. But it didn't show in their music and no doubt the infusion of this gang of happy post-book-launch celebrants helped spike their energy back up.
Cocky, my friends Shirley, Jeff and I came home by 3 a.m. Cocky decided we were hungry and she would make us an omelet. Now I have to say that we were all fine from a night of minimal drinking and maximum dancing, but my pal Jeff was slightly inebriated unlike the rest of us. When he saw that Cocky was cooking, he decided that he would step up and take over. He has fed me many great meals, I know that he is a good cook, but I was a little concerned that he should be driving that frying pan in his condition. Shirley and I sat back and watched the two of them negotiating in the kitchen, Cocky (very unlike herself) letting him take over, bringing him ingredients. I wondered how long it would be before he was kicked to the curb and she took control of the frying pan. The three of us women were rolling our eyeballs wondering what he was going to concoct, and I must say without belief that he was going to be able to prepare much of anything.
And then, as we sat in our silent cynism, that man picked up that great big frying pan and did the most perfect flip of a multi-egged omelet that I have ever seen! WOW we all blurted out! Anyone who could make that great big omelet do a perfect back flip in the air and back into the pan can drive my frying pan any day! We lost our disbelief immediately and a couple minutes later bit into the best omelet I've had in years. So here I publicly apologize to Jeff for doubting him and thank him for his culinary prowess. And Cocky for being so mellow in her old age and letting him take over. We ate our omelet breakfast at 4 in the morning and then went to bed, beyond satisfied at the perfection of the whole night.
I'm very proud of Walking with Wolf, and the great response to it affirms my own belief in its value. I can't really express, even though I guess I'm a writer now and should be able to, how thankful I am that people are liking it. I can't imagine all the years of work Wolf and I put into it ending with a sub-standard result, when people wouldn't be able to look me in the eye after they've read it, if they even had. But now I can look people in their eye and talk about my book and know that it is as good as I could make it. Not only was I given the privilege and pleasure of getting to know Wolf and telling his story, but I managed to do it right, and I get teary every time I even think about that (I am teary now). I am so thankful that this is how this project turned out, as I said, I can't even begin to express my amazement and my gratitude.


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It's that time of year again!
Strawberry season is in full swing here in the Northeast. The arrival of the juicy little berries ushers in summer and marks a delicious occasion to celebrate the fruit of the season! With my birthday at the end of June, I don't think there's been one year that I haven't devoured strawberries and fresh cream on biscuits (in lieu of shortcake), made strawberry-rhubarb pie for picnics, or preserved strawberry jam to use for the rest of the year. My local farmers' markets use this season as a fundraising opportunity – local chefs create strawberry-inspired desserts and donate the proceeds to Massachusetts Farmers Markets Association. It gives me a good reason to stuff myself with dessert this month!
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It's prime pickin' time for these rubies. Where are you picking them? Do you grow your own or take the family to the local patch? What are you making with your cache? I'm calling on you - yes YOU! dear members of our many fantastic groups - to share your photos, recipes, and projects with the rest of us when we still have more than we can eat!
Check out what some of our dedicated HOMEGROWNers have done in past seasons:
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Strawberry wine and vinegars, jams and syrups and jellies (oh my!) in Food Preservation
Growing tips to combat pests in your patch in Aspiring Farmers and Urban Gardeners
Recipes GALORE (apart from just strawberry-rhubarb crisps) in Recipe Sharing and Homegrown Cookin'
And lots of HOMEGROWNers, like Kristen, who share helpful hints on strawberry growing, canning, and cooking!
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Be sure to ask where to get the freshest strawberries in Favorite Farmers' Market or which patch to take the kids to on the weekend in Earth Mamas and Papas: HOMEGROWN Parenting
Those who are now in the thick of the season, get out there and eat your zip code (and lots and lots of berries) - and be sure to tell us all about it!
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Caroline: I grow them in an 4X16 foot raised bed and I also manage the Colusa Farmers Market and I usually pick up about 12 pints every Monday. After I get all my *strawberry* needs met, I pass along the fruit to friends and the local food pantry. My strawberries weren't that sweet this year, they just didn't get the heat they needed to sugar-up. We've had cool overcast weather...but now that it's heating up the berries coming on are sweeter.
I use the dehydrated berries in cereal, yogurt, cookies, cakes, granola...and the grandkids eat them instead of candy.
Awesome! Sounds like you definitely get your fill every season -- and get to enjoy the fruit all year long!
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Seasoning Mix (3 packets)
Ingredients: Saigon Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Nutmeg
Apple Pie Spice Seasoning Mix (3 packets)
Ingredients: Saigon Cinnamon, Ginger, Allspice, Cardamom, Nutmeg
Gingersnap Seasoning Mix (3 packets)
Ingredients: Ginger, Maple Sugar, Saigon Cinnamon, Allspice.
Cinnamon Sugar Cookie Seasoning Mix (3 packets)
Ingredients: Maple Sugar, Saigon Cinnamon
Our NEW Party Pack mixes are an easy and delicious way to serve healthy food to your guests for any party or gathering. For our dip mixes, all you need is a packet of mix, and some sour cream (or your choice of a non-dairy equivalent), and for the our Taco mix, you just need ground meat, water, and our spice mix! From there you can add all of the fixings you would like. These are true crowd pleasers, and will make your party planning that much easier!
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Ingredients: Chipotle Chili Powder, Pink Himalayan Salt, Paprika, Black Pepper, Cumin, Garlic
French Onion Seasoning Mix – (3 packets)
Ingredients: Onion, Pink Himalayan Salt, Garlic, Chives, Parsley
Our Food Lovers Pack turns up the heat on your everyday cooking. This pack of three includes:
New Bae Seasoning: This blend is a fiery new flavor in your life, giving quite the kick to anything from seafood to roast vegetables to epic potatoes. Reach for it Before Anything Else. (This blend is FODMAP-free)
Ingredients: Himalayan Pink Salt, Paprika, Celery Seed, Black Pepper, Ancho Chili Powder, Cayenne, Cardamom, Allspice, Mace, Bay Leaves.
Amore: Our take on Italian seasoning, this blend delivers bold and savory flavors to your favorite chicken, soup, or pasta dish! (This blend is salt-free)
Ingredients: Garlic, Rosemary, Onion, Oregano, Thyme, Basil, Parsley, Red Chili Flakes.
Jerk Seasoning: This is one Jerk you'll be happy to have in your kitchen. Give depth to your favorite chicken and pork dishes with its smoky complexity, warmth, and well-rounded flavor.
Ingredients: Himalayan Pink Salt, Onion, Smoked Paprika, Allspice, White Pepper, Cinnamon, Thyme, Chives, Ginger
(available in 3-bottle resealable bags)
Our Signature Blends are just magic for all types of cooking. The trio pack of seasonings include:
Adobo Seasoning: One of our favorite spice blends, Adobo is versatile, and brings all sorts of dishes to life. Try it on grilled meats and sautéed vegetables. Recipes using our Adobo Seasoning
Ingredients: Pink Himalayan Salt, Garlic, Onion, Black Pepper, Oregano, Turmeric
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Ingredients: Pink Himalayan Salt, Onion, Garlic, Paprika, Oregano, Turmeric, Black Pepper, Ginger, Cumin, Cayenne, Coriander
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Ingredients: Pink Himalayan Salt, Paprika, Onion, Garlic, Black Pepper, Oregano
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Our Everyday AIP Blends are not only AIP- friendly, but blends anyone could use in everyday cooking. This trio of blends are the perfect complement to any meal!
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Ingredients: Himalayan Pink Salt, Oregano, Marjoram, Thyme, Garlic
Garlic & Herb: This spice blend tastes great on just about any dish, although it's perfection for poultry. This wonderfully balanced blend is a great way to enhance the flavors of your daily meals. Recipes using our Garlic & Herb
Ingredients: Garlic, Himalayan Pink Salt, Onion, Oregano, Thyme, Sage
Breakfast Blend: From meat to vegetables, this blend will awaken your dishes with a zesty and warm flavor. Perfect to start your day! Recipes using our Breakfast Blend
Ingredients: Himalayan Pink Salt, Garlic, Onion, Oregano, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Sage
(available in 3-bottle resealable bags)
Our Griddle & Grill Pack brings together big and bold flavors for a wide variety of dishes. This pack of three includes:
Steak Seasoning: Not just for grilling steaks, the coarse textured blend of salt, spices, and herbs brings a unique and bold flavor to your favorite beef, pork, chicken, or vegetable dishes. Recipes using our Steak Seasoning
Ingredients: Coarse Sea Salt, Onion, Black Pepper, Garlic, Chilies, Thyme, Rosemary, Dill, Coriander
Taco Seasoning: Taco Tuesday is everyday with this tasty seasoning. This perfect blend spices up ground beef, carnitas, and chicken. Try it on your next taco, fajita, or salad. Recipes using our Taco Seasoning
Ingredients: Chipotle Chili Powder, Pink Himalayan Salt, Paprika, Black Pepper, Cumin, Garlic
Seafood Seasoning: The lemon peel and chives in this blend provide a wonderfully bright, citrus forward flavor to make your seafood dishes really shine, especially shrimp, salmon, and scallops. Recipes using our Seafood Seasoning
Ingredients: Pink Himalayan Salt, Onion, Black Pepper, Lemon Peel, Garlic, Bay Leaves, Parsley, Chives
(available in 3-bottle resealable bags)
Our Taste of Asia Pack is your ticket to the delicious flavors of faraway places. This pack of three includes:
Our organic Sweet Pack brings together three of our favorite spice blends, perfect for all the familiar dishes of fall gatherings. The trio pack of seasonings include:
Apple Pie Spice: This harvest season favorite is a great addition to pies, cakes and muffins. Our unique blend of exotic spices will make any dish instantly feel cozy with warm and bright flavors. Recipes using our Apple Pie Spice
Ingredients: Saigon Cinnamon, Ginger, Allspice, Cardamom, Nutmeg
Gingersnap: Your secret ingredient for holiday baking. Enjoy it with cookies, cakes, or add it to your favorite drink for a festive twist. Recipes using our Gingersnap Spice
Ingredients: Ginger, Maple Sugar, Saigon Cinnamon, Allspice.
Pumpkin Pie Spice: The pinnacle of fall flavors, our Pumpkin Pie Spice is fantastic for pies, muffins, cheesecake, custards, sweet potatoes and winter squash, or even your pumpkin spice latte! Recipes using our Pumpkin Pie Spice
Ingredients: Saigon Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Nutmeg
Selections now include our seasonal flavors: Apple Pie Spice, Cinnamon Sugar Cookie, Gingersnap, and Pumpkin Pie Spice
Selections now include our seasonal flavors: Apple Pie Spice, Cinnamon Sugar Cookie, Gingersnap, and Pumpkin Pie Spice
(Also includes: Cinnamon, Basil, Parsley, Truffle Salt, Cumin)
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As we begin 2014, so many of us are planning. Planning for our families, our careers, our companies and our communities. We're attempting to build something bigger for ourselves and those we care about. We focus on tactics and strategies. We focus on technologies and tools.
This session of TEDxSiouxFalls is focusing on something different. We're focusing on how we can "build with generosity and gratitude." How might our communities be different if approached through a perspective of generosity? How might our families be different if we communicate with gratitude?
The stories we'll hear, from five local speakers, will range from deeply personal to broadly philosophical. All will provide a glimpse of how we might build through generosity and gratitude.
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Brockton's Al Louis-Jean and Nnamdi Obukwelu and Bridgewater State University product Rob Ruggiero are all released during the league's final cuts to 53.
Their paths to NFL training camps weren't easy.
So why should their paths to permanent employment in the league (if it's to come) be any different?
The names of all three of the players with ties to the Brockton area who were in camps with teams this summer appeared on the league's transactions list as rosters were pared to the regular-season limit of 53 on Saturday.
Brockton's Al Louis-Jean was cut by the Chicago Bears; Brockton's Nnamdi Obukwelu and Bridgewater State University's Rob Ruggiero each suffered the same fate with the Indianapolis Colts.
All three players were signed by their teams earlier this year as undrafted free agents.
Assuming they pass through waivers, all three would be eligible to be signed to the practice squad of any team in the league. Practice squad limits were expanded from eight to 10 earlier this year.
Earning a contract after impressing the Bears while attending their rookie mini-camp on a tryout basis, Louis-Jean made the biggest impact of the three – and it was immediate.
The cornerback intercepted Philadelphia quarterback Matt Barkley in the third quarter of his debut, the Bears' 34-28 preseason-opening win over the Eagles on Aug. 8.
Over the next three games, Louis-Jean registered eight tackles and forced a fumble, five tackles and the forced fumble coming on Thursday night when he got a starting nod in the Bears' 33-13 loss in their preseason finale at Cleveland.
Given his performance this summer and the fact that time is on his side – as an early entry into the draft out of Boston College, the Brockton High School product won't turn 21 until October – Louis-Jean is a development-type prospect who would seem to be a solid practice squad candidate in Chicago.
Obukwelu was contacted by the Colts immediately after the draft and was in Indy the following day.
Like Louis-Jean, Obukwelu made a favorable impression in his debut, assisting on stops from his defensive tackle position in the Colts' 13-10 loss to the New York Jets on Aug. 7.
Obukwelu closed out the preseason by recording two tackles in the Colts' 35-7 loss at Cincinnati in their preseason finale on Thursday night.
An Acton resident, Ruggiero had a tryout at the Colts' rookie mini-camp in mid-May, but he wasn't called back to Indianapolis until earlier this month when a need at the inside linebacker position arose during training camp.
Ruggiero participated in the last two games of the Colts' preseason, but he didn't register any statistics.


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This is the time of year to find great deals on boots. Our sis-in-law, Jen, turned us onto Mona Moore, the super chic Montreal designer shoe boutique with a huge selection. The advantage to using their website is there's no sales tax and all of our picks were 50% off.
These dark grey suede Jil Sander boots would look good with everything from dresses to jeans:
Jen bought these Marni boots :
Still looking for booties? These Dries Van Noten would be great for day or night.


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A man asked his wife what she'd like for her birthday. I'd love to be eight again" she replied. On the morning of her birthday he rose early, made her a nice big bowl of Coco Pops and then took her off to the local theme park.
What a Day! He put her on every ride in the park:
* The Death Slide
* The Wall of Fear
* The Screaming Monster Roller Coaster
Five hours later she staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. Right away they journeyed to a McDonalds where her loving husband ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a refreshing chocolate milk shake.
Then it was off to the movies: the latest Star Wars epic, a hot dog, popcorn, all the Coke she could drink, her favorite lolly and M&Ms.
What a fabulous adventure! Finally she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed onto the bed exhausted.
He leaned over his precious wife with a big smile and lovingly asked "Well Dear, what was it like being eight again?"
Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed "I meant my dress size, you twit"
The moral of this story: Even when a man is listening, he's still going to get it wrong...
Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
Q: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
A: DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the road What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his "CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.
OPRAH: Well I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DONALD RUMSFELD: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
ANDERSON COOPER/CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am for it now, and will remain against it.
JUDGE JUDY: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call it the "other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that!
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together in peace.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2006, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The Platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^( C \..... reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?


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View our location and service times to find the one that is best for you. Join us any Sunday and you will likely hear our motto: "Love God, love people, and have a blast."
We have all types of ministries to meet your specific spiritual needs and also give you opportunities to get involved in serving. Our ministry specific pages will give you a glimpse into the style, feel, events and general information of our ministries.
Please contact us if you can't find something or have a question about any of our ministries.
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To be a community of Christ followers where God is changing lives and through us changing our world.
God has given each one of us specific gifts in order to serve the church and the community. Each gift is different and special, none more important than the other, and when used together they form the Body of Christ.
Please find an area to serve in using the list on the right. If you can't find a ministry that is suited for your spiritual gifting, please contact us and let us know.
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The new Castle line has 4 sets with Gold "Pieces".
70400 Forest Ambush
70401 Gold Getaway sets have gold colored 1x1 round tile
70403 Dragon Mountain
70404 King's Castle sets have both a gold bar and 4 gold coins
hmmm..... a strategy by set designers to induce the public to buy the $50 and $100 sets vs the cheaper ones.
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Josh Shipp kicks off the Pillars of America Speaker Series
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The Glacier Valley Rotary Club is hosting its 20th annual Pillars of America Speaker Series. It kicked off this week with its first speaker Josh Shipp, a teen communications expert, Host of the Halogen cable TV Show Jump Shipp and Author of The Teens Guide to World Domination. We sat in while he was interviewed by Sharon Gaiptman on KINY's Capital Chat who asked him that Quintessential question, "Who Are You?"
VIDEO: The Glacier Valley Rotary Club's Pillars of America Speaker Series kicked off this week with its first speaker Josh Shipp, Host of the TV Show Jump Shipp and Author of The Teens Guide to World Domination. (Image: Rik Pruett)
Lt. Colonel Ret. Kevin Sweeney continues the Pillars of America Speaker Series
Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines wraps up the Pillars of America Speaker Series
"So basically I'm a guy that had a pretty rough childhood, I was left at the hospital by my birth parents, grew up in a dozen different foster homes, I was abused, I was raped, I was suicidal, I was a teenage drunk. You know but a handful of adults refused to give up on me and now I see that as sort of what I do is that I'm sort of repaying that. You know I think sometimes the things in our life that have hurt us the most are actually the things we can use to help other people. You know that handful of adults that refused to give up on me as a kid is why I believe I do what I do now; you know working with young people, working with parents of young people, and anyone that cares about a young person. I truly believe that every young person is one adult away from being a success story, you know someone that can see that kid and say 'Look I know you're screwing up, I know you're causing problems, I know sometimes you drive me crazy and I want to strangle you but I'm not going to see you for who you were, rather I'm going to think about who you could be, and really invest in that and believe in that.' And for me that's made a huge difference, you know I ended up with a great set of foster parents, they weren't perfect, no parent is, but they refused to give up on me, unconditional support, unconditional love, those things that anyone can give to a kid and that made a huge difference."
Next Week's featured speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Kevin Sweeney, a Desert Storm Combat Pilot who has a rather dramatic story to tell; at the Pillars of America Speaker Series.
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Many people are surprised to hear that running Java on Windows Azure is even possible, but there are already large Java-based financial services and scheduling applications running in production.
Microsoft has committed to making Java a "first class citizen on Windows Azure". In this article I explore the motivations behind Java on Windows Azure and weighs up the pros and cons.
Why choose Windows Azure?
Java has been a popular platform for Enterprise development for over ten years. Many organisations have large investments in Java code with applications representing hundreds of man years of development.
Java applications can be difficult and expensive to host, needing dedicated servers and data centre resources. Cloud computing can help to simplify and consolidate IT infrastructure and there are large potential cost savings in moving to the Cloud.
With the demise of Sun Microsystems, Windows Server and SQL Server have become a common choice of hosting platform. Windows Azure and SQL Azure can be a natural next step.
Java web applications
Typically Java web applications are implemented using servlets and/or Java Server Pages running in a servlet container such as Tomcat, JBOSS or Jetty.
Microsoft provides a number of solution accelerators to help install these web stacks, including the Windows Azure Tomcat Solution Accelerator and the Windows Azure Jetty Solution Accelerator.
[AzureRunMe] is also a popular choice because it provide a more general purpose, customisable and extensible framework. It works with a variety of technologies and application frameworks.
Cloud based web applications should ideally be stateless, but Java applications often use shared session state. One approach is to use the Atomus TomcatAzureSessionManager which persists session information to Windows Azure table storage.
Sticky sessions are not supported on Windows Azure (they inhibit horizontal scale out) but there are some workarounds, including Ryan Dunn's [Windows Azure Sticky HTTP Session Router]. Optionally, IIS Application Request Routing can be used as a reverse proxy in front of your web application to provide additional security.
Relational databases
Java applications are encouraged to be database agnostic, so moving to Microsoft's SQL Azure database-as-a-service offering can be as straightforward as changing a JDBC driver. The Microsoft JDBC Driver now officially supports SQL Azure. Most SQL Server databases can be moved to SQL Azure with tools such as the SQL Azure Migration Wizard. I've also seen successful conversions from MySQL.
Windows Azure Storage includes blobs, tables and queues. All are available programmatically using the Windows Azure SDK for Java.
Blobs are often a cheap and scalable alternative to file storage for documents, and can easily be incorporated into the Windows Azure CDN.
Tables can be a cheaper and more scalable alternative to relational databases for tabular data.
Queues are a useful way to distribute work to worker roles.
It is technically possible to develop Azure applications on Mac OS X or Linux, but it's still easier to use a Windows machine for build and packaging. The Windows Azure management portal requires Silverlight and seems to work best in Internet Explorer.
Microsoft and Soyatec have provided the Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse.
If you are familiar with PowerShell, then the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell Cmdlets are useful management and administration tools.
If you prefer a GUI, then I recommend the Cerebrata tools.
What are the cons?
At the time of writing, the maximum size of a SQL Azure database is 50 GB – Not a huge amount for an enterprise application.
You're only allowed five external TCP ports per VM in your service definition. [This has recently changed to 25 - see Microsoft's announcement.] Many Java stacks use ports liberally for everything from JMX, JCA, clustering etc.
You can't use the Windows Azure AppFabric Cache service yet – there is no suitable API for Java.
You need to be careful about IP address configuration in your application stack and understand the way that the Windows firewall works.
It's still hard to get support from Java vendors who question whether Windows Azure is the same as Windows Server.
Embracing the cloud
Moving your Java application to the cloud is just the first step. To really benefit from cloud economics you need to make use of cloud features and cloud architecture. A small amount of rework in your application can often allow better scale out and better use of smaller, cheaper Virtual Machines.
The Windows Azure APIs and libraries allow you to access cheaper and more scalable storage (blobs, tables and queues) as well as features such as the Windows Azure Content Distribution Network (CDN). The Windows Azure AbbFabric provides cloud based middleware services that make it easier to build hybrid cloud / on-premises solutions.
Microsoft is clearly committed to interoperability on the Windows Azure Platform, and support for Java in particular. Java on Windows Azure not only works, but can form part of a cost effective strategy for Java applications.
Rob Blackwell is R&D Director at Two10degrees, a UK based Microsoft Partner specialising in Windows Azure architecture and software development.


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Thanks to Google, most people know who Eric Arthur Blair is. Doesn't ring a bell?
You might know him better by his pen name, George Orwell. You know — 1984, Animal Farm? The question is, if he were alive today, what would he think of Google, and its power to spread information — sometimes very personal — to anyone who can type? Would he have a Facebook page or a Twitter account? Or would he be writing furiously (on paper), protesting that they're all evil forces of dystopian ruin?
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Ischia. After traveling via train and ferry (with a stop in Naples), we finally made it to Ischia, where we stayed for the next 3 nights. The day couldn't have been better with blue skies and lots of sunshine. Our hotel (Poggio Del Sol http://www.hotelpoggiodelsole.com/) was quite a hike up the mountain, and our legs and glutes were feeling it by the end of the trip, but the view was well worth all the trips up and down the mountain. The hotel staff were wonderful and at 60 euro a night, it was a great deal. nce we got settled, we set off to explore the island. We wore ourselves out from all the walking and were disappointed to find that most of the restaurants don't open until 7pm or 8pm. Fortunately, we found a place that opened at 6:45pm and arrived with hunger-stricken faces. I finally got a real Italian meal – linguine with muscles in a light tomato and wine sauce. It was delicious. We managed to clean ourselves up and get in a nap before having a fantastic dinner at our hotel's restaurant. The mom and dad who own the place are the cooks and made the incredible dishes. Katharine had gnocchi with fresh basil and pesto from their garden and I had a whole piece of sea bass. We were in heaven and in complete relaxation….the wine probably helped as well. 1/2 carafe's of vino at 4 euro is one deal we didn't pass up.
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Ischia Hotel Poggio del Sole (Hotel of the Sunny Hill) is a cosy, charming, family-owned and operated hotel at the foot of Mount Epomeo on the beautiful Italian Island of Ischia. The hotel is perfectly positioned for quiet and peaceful afternoons spent gazing at the panorama of lush greenery, dramatic cliffs and sparkling blue waters and is walking distance from both the center of Forio and the sea. Hotel Poggio del Sole provides everything you might need to make your vacation perfect: comfortable rooms with unlimited views of the Mediterranean sea, pool, solarium, internal parking and most of all the warm hospitality of the owners and staff. When you leave your only desire will be to return soon!


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DPNR BEACH ADVISORY: Four Beaches In The Territory Should Be Avoided By Swimmers and Fisherman This Weekend
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CHRISTIANSTED — Four beaches in the territory failed water quality testing and should be avoided by swimmers and fishermen, according to the latest Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) Beach Advisory.
DPNR said that three beaches on St. Croix and one on St. John are not considered safe to swim or fish in.
Cane Bay, Dorsch and Shoys beaches on St. Croix each tested unsafe for swimming or fishing, the agency said. It said that Johnson Bay on St. John should also be avoided by swimmers and fishermen.
DPNR said that it tested 26 "designated" beaches from December 11 to 15 on St. Croix and St. Thomas.
It said that it did not test Stoney Ground, Protestant Cay, Cramer's Park and Cheney Bay "could not be sampled because access to them or the use of their waters pose a risk to health and safety."
"All persons should also be aware that storm water runoff due to hurricanes and tropical storms may also contain contaminants or pollutants harmful to human health due to storm debris and therefore all persons should use one's own discretion when swimming or fishing and avoid areas of storm water runoff (i.e. guts, puddles, and drainage basins)," DPNR said. "If the waters appear muddy or murky or have foul odors, do not swim or fish. DPNR will continue to monitor the impacted areas and waters."
DPNR has been testing the ocean waters in Tier 1 Coastal Zone Management areas since 2004 after the federal Beach Act was passed by Congress as an extension to the clean water act in 2000, DPNR Environmental Engineer Benjamin Keularts said.
The local agency tests ocean waters in areas that are used by the greatest number of people, are popular with water enthusiasts and have the greatest accessibility to the public, Keularts, who is the TPDES Permit Administrator in the Water Pollution Control Program for DPNR, said.
DPNR has been testing the waters in the territory out of a "concern for human health" and because it is mandated by the U.S. government under the Clean Water Act, he said.
Rainwater runoff is the greatest threat to clean ocean water in the Virgin Islands and DPNR is testing for ocean waters that "do not meet water quality standards because they exceed the established Enterococci bacteria threshold."
Enterococci are potentially-infectious bacteria common in the feces of warm-blooded animals, including humans. In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended using enterococci in place of fecal coliform bacteria as the preferred indicator of fecal pollution and health risk in marine water.
High levels of Enterococci bacteria and turbidity may be caused by runoff due to heavy rains, heavy marine vessel traffic, high wave activity near the shoreline, irresponsible recreational use, etc. Runoff can consist of sediment, pesticides, animal feces and oil & grease, all of which are harmful to the waters of the territory.
DPNR said it will continue to monitor these popular swimming and also recommends that you use your own discretion when swimming or fishing at the designated beaches.
If the waters appear muddy or murky or have foul odors, do not swim or fish. For additional information regarding water quality call the Division of Environmental Protection at (340) 773-1082 in St. Croix.
The following beaches meet established water quality standards and ARE considered safe for swimming or fishing:
St. Croix
Buccaneer, Pelican Cove (Cormorant), Frederiksted Public Beach, Gentle Winds, New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta), Rainbow and Halfpenny
St. Thomas
Bluebeard's, Bolongo Bay, Coki Point, Lindquist, Magens Bay, Sapphire and Vessup Bay
St. John
Cruz Bay, Oppenheimer, Great Cruz Bay and Frank Bay


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[LINUX] HOW-TO install XBMC for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and 8.10 (Intrepid) - Printable Version
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[LINUX] HOW-TO install XBMC for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and 8.10 (Intrepid) - olympia - 2009-01-18
The GUIDE HAS BEEN REMOVED!
Some explanation:
New official guide can be found here:
Old removed unofficial guide has been archived here:
- dirtylion - 2009-01-18
great work, thank you i will test it soon
- megacrypto - 2009-01-18
Very nice I will try this later tonight, I was going to go for the server install, but this looks much smaller than the server one.
How long does it take to boot into xbmc?
- alanwww1 - 2009-01-18
Thanks for this great guide !
The only problem now with Intrepid is still that it's using only one core of a dual (or multi) core processor. This way it has a very degraded performance with 720p or 1080p videos.
It would be great to solve this problem. Than Intrepid could be the best soulution.
- olympia - 2009-01-18
alanwww1 Wrote:Thanks for this great guide !
Yes, I am aware about that, this is a big pain at this moment.
I will include aron's patch as a workaround later into the guide.
- lcapriotti - 2009-01-18
olympia Wrote:How to avoid the gray dithered background of X, which pops up for a second before XBMC starts? We would need to change this to black, but how?
startx -- -br
XBMCLive docet...
- olympia - 2009-01-18
l.capriotti Wrote:
Thank you very much Luigi, you're my man
l.capriotti Wrote:XBMCLive docet...
I am not sure what do you mean by that...
Thanks again!
- spozen - 2009-01-18
Awesome XBMC is up and running!
But i have some minor problems:
When i boot up there is a blue window: "There seems to be another X running on this display to you want GDM to run on another display or do you want to try again"
NOTE: This is not the original text it's just a crappy translation from Swedish, but you get the point.
Then XBMC runs in tty 2(if i remember correctly) and Gnome runs in tty 7.
XBMC works like a charm but i do have one problem:
Playing DTS SACD .wav files the only thing i hear is noise. I tried Movies with DTS they work without any problems.
Thanks for all the work you put down making this guide, it's guys like you who makes this community so great!
- megacrypto - 2009-01-19
Great work .. it took some time to finish setup, but amazingly one of the few guides that went through exactly like they were written. Very nice work
I do though have a problem with the sound.. im not getting any I have a creative soundblaster installed... i will do some research on this issue (im new to linux).
btw, im using one of my rather old pc's for this which has an ati rv280 radeon 9200, so i skipped the nvidia part of the guide and did the follwoing:
# sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dr
which i will have to do with for now until i get my new htpc next month
thanks and great job .. and btw the system on my P4 2.6GHz w/ 512MB RAM boots into xbmc in approx. 20 seconds )
edit 1: movies info are not working (was just trying to get info from imdb but its not getting any data back) ?!
edit 2: got sound back by reinstalling alsa:
#wget http://18.104.22.168/AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15-Ben.sh
#chmod 777 AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15-Ben.sh
#sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15-Ben.sh -di
#sudo nano /etc/group
[actually i found xbmc still added to user from first install]
#sudo reboot
and that's it, i skipped the remaining part concerning alsa since im not using any HD out or anything.
- draggy - 2009-01-19
First thing I'd check is to make sure your channels aren't muted.
From a terminal:
Type in alsamixer
turn up the channels you need and unmute them by pressing the m key. Once you're done, press escape, and type in
to save the settings.
sudo alsactl store 0
Edit: didn't see your edits =)
- lcapriotti - 2009-01-19
olympia Wrote:I am not sure what do you mean by that...
that is the way XBMC is started in XBMCLive, you can find the init.d script in the SVN.
You may want to take a look there since you may find additional inspiration...
- olympia - 2009-01-19
l.capriotti Wrote:that is the way XBMC is started in XBMCLive, you can find the init.d script in the SVN.
Ahhh, OK.
I found it. Thanks!
- rodercot - 2009-01-19
olympia Wrote:Ahhh, OK.
You can actually get it from the tools sections of your svn checkout.
/XBMC/Tools/XBMCLive I think is the path.
- megacrypto - 2009-01-19
startx -- -br
Im sorry, but i dont understand this part? where is that edited? (and kindly could u give me full path - i really dont know anything about the dir structure in linux - trying my best to learn as fast as i can) I know this should hide the 'x' that shows up for like 2 seconds when xbmc boots up (which would be nice to remove if possible) .. did i understand it right?
Sound is back, but i discovered that i only have center and rear L&R working. both front speakers are not working. I have creative SB 5.1 Live which is using SigmaTel STAC9708,11 chip (according to the alsamixer). What can I do for this?
Another thing, is there a way to hide all the echoed stuff that shows during booting up?
- rodercot - 2009-01-19
Usplash Theme installation.
there are a few ways to do this:
This is how I did it
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-artwork-usplash
Now download the xbmc-theme from here or you can use the themes from dudkes blog as well.
xbmc them is here : http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=87054&use_mirror=heanet&filename=usplash-xbmc-theme.zip&31322968
dudkes blog is here: http://du-duke.blogspot.com/
Now once you have dwnlded the above to your pc extract it and copy the folder over to your xbmc machine.
Now we will compile it and make the .so file
do this:
sudo apt-get install libbogl-dev libusplash-dev make gcc
Then change into your theme directory:
cd /dir you saved the file in/usplash-xbmc-theme
This will make an file called XBMC-theme.so
Then copy and rename the XBMC-theme.so file to /usr/lib/usplash.
sudo cp XBMC-theme.so /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-xubuntu.so
Now you can reboot and check out your new splash.
This is for the XBMC-theme-so method, if you want to use one of dudukes splashes then the steps are the same to make the .so file you, dudukes splashes create a different named .so file. so when you copy it over to replace the file in /usr/lib you need to make sure the name is the same as listed in the directory for the splash file you downloaded.
IE spinner-blue file = xbmc-splash.so
usplash-xbmc-theme = XBMC-theme.so
Once this is done, if you are using dudukes splashes then you need to force the res.
sudo vim /etc/usplash.conf
press i to insert text then type
match the xxxx with the supported res for the splash you are running these are listed on the blog link above.
now hit esc to get out of edit mode then :wq to save the file
now update intramfs to make the changes
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot to enjoy your new splash.


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Police shoot and kill an accused rapist who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman before she managed to escape and hide in a home where a 14-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister sheltered her. WEYI's Jane Park reports.
It was a night of mayhem and bravery that central Michigan will not soon forget.
A young woman who was abducted at gunpoint made a daring escape Wednesday night from her rapist into a house full of kids that was later set on fire by her attacker, police said.
The suspect, identified as Eric Lee Ramsey, 30, of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., was later fatally shot by police after he got into a series of hit and runs with police vehicles in a sanitation truck he had stolen. But before he died, he apparently tweeted that he was going to be shot.
The incident began Wednesday when Ramsey allegedly kidnapped the woman from Central Michigan University's campus, and brought her to a home where he bound and sexually assaulted her, according to a statement from Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski.
Ramsey then put the woman in the back of a car, retrieved two gas cans and began driving. He purportedly told the woman "he was going to take her life," Mioduszewski said. After hearing that, the woman jumped out of the car and ran to a nearby home, she told police.
Michigan Department of Corrections via AP
Eric Ramsey, a Michigan Dept. of Corrections parolee, was shot and killed by police after allegedly abducting and sexually assaulting a CMU student, setting a house on fire and stealing a sanitation truck that he rammed into police vehicles.
Alone inside that Lincoln Township home were a 14-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister and 2-year-old brother. The teenager, James Persyn III, told Mlive.com that he let the woman in, locked the door and grabbed his hunting knife.
While the woman called 911 from inside the home, the suspect "ended up pouring gasoline on the house and then lit it on fire," and fled the scene, Mioduszewski said. One of the homeowners arrived soon after and was able to extinguish the fire.
Mioduszewski said police were given a description of the suspect's vehicle and obtained a search warrant for the house where the sexual assault occurred.
Several hours later, a vehicle matching the description rammed a Michigan state trooper's car. The suspect fled the scene, stole a sanitation truck and then rammed another state police trooper's car.
A short time later, a Crawford County deputy located the sanitation truck and his vehicle also was rammed by the suspect. The deputy got out of the car, ran up to the cab of the pickup and fired shots, fatally wounding Ramsey.
On Thursday, CMU Campus Police Chief Bill Yeagley told The Associated Press that the suspect told the woman that he chose her at random outside the Student Activity Center on campus. The chief said the woman saved her own life by fleeing from the car.
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James Persyn III, right, 14, was in his Lincoln Township home with his 11 year-old sister and 2 year-old brother when an abducted CMU student banged on their door.
"I believe she made all the right choices," Yeagley said. "She's the true hero in this."
In a statement on the CMU website, President George Ross said students, faculty and staff received texts and emails of the "horrible but isolated incident" shortly after midnight Thursday, and that the university would bolster campus security.
"Each of us needs to be prepared, to be wise, to look out for each other," Ross said. "Not only do we want you to be safe, we want you to feel safe and we will continue to work hard to maintain a safe environment."
Ramsey had been on parole since last summer after serving the minimum five-year prison sentence for assault with the intent to do great bodily harm, according to the Michigan State Department of Corrections.
"The parole board generally doesn't give a rationale for why or why they don't parole (an inmate)," Russ Marlan, a Corrections Department spokesman told the AP. "I looked at his behavior in prison. He was pretty good. He had six misconducts over five years. That's a small amount. He was in minimum security the entire time."
Ramsey had a job, regularly met with his parole officer and had tested negative for drugs, Marlan said.
His record also included convictions for destruction of police or fire property, resisting police and assault with a dangerous weapon.
The case remains under investigation by the Isabella County Sheriff's Department and the Central Michigan University Police Department and the Michigan State Police.


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The last time Eddie Murphy showed up at an awards show, to pick up his Comedy Icon trophy earlier this year at the first annual Comedy Awards (broadcast, appropriately enough, on Comedy Central), a couple things stood out.
First, his acceptance speech came across as uncharacteristically low-key, as if he were a tad embarrassed at receiving what he called an "old guy" honor, just days before his 50th birthday. But far more striking was the realization his phenomenal career has spanned some 35 years, beginning with teenage stand-up gigs that landed him his breakout role on "Saturday Night Live."
Still, Murphy, save for lending his voice to the "Shrek" flicks, hasn't been a major force in movie comedy for a decade. His decision to sign on as host of the next Academy Awards suggests this "icon" believes he has something to prove – if not to his comedy peers, then to Hollywood.
Five years after he reportedly stormed out of the Kodak Theatre, apparently furious his dramatic turn in "Dreamgirls" wasn't enough to earn him an Oscar, Murphy has a chance to steal the show. We're expecting a big comeback for the comic actor – and for the Academy Awards.
Murphy wasn't our first choice as Oscars host – we were hoping for irreverent star-basher Ricky Gervais – but he was on our list.
If he's not a radical pick, he's a logical one: Murphy's a scene-stealing sketch player and a master stand-up comedian who can sing to great comedic effect (remember "James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party?"). He's also an undeniably huge player Hollywood history who helped create the modern comedy blockbuster, beginning with "48 Hours" nearly 30 years ago – a legacy that stretches to "The Hangover" flicks.
Filmmaker Brett Ratner, who was brought in to liven up this February's broadcast, presumably enjoys a strong relationship with Murphy, the co-star of his upcoming film, "Tower Heist." But anything – even no host – would represent an upgrade over the lackluster job put in this year by the seemingly sleepy James Franco and the overly perky Anne Hathaway, who were enlisted in a failed attempt to draw a younger crowd.
Murphy's appeal spans generation, and his bad blood with the Oscars offers a compelling back story. The Hollywood establishment hasn't always treated Murphy well, even if his movies have brought in more than $3.7 billion over the years, tops for a film comedian. But the Oscar folks generally aren't kind to comedies or comedians – even when (or especially when) they tackle dramatic roles, as Murphy did playing a self-destructive 1960s R&B star in "Dreamgirls," possibly his finest screen role (though it's hard to begrudge the great Alan Arkin for winning that year for "Little Miss Sunshine").
Some 27 years removed from "SNL," Murphy has an opportunity to put on the greatest live television show of his life while getting the last laugh on Hollywood – and potentially rescuing what's becoming a moribund ceremony.
We're betting Murphy, already declared an icon, has another award-worthy performance in him yet.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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I'm doing some recreational programming. I'm trying to display a semi-transparent form (overlay) over a control. (The purpose of the overlay is to show that a control can be a target for drag & drop.) I've whipped-up a quick code to determine size and position of the overlay, and then display it. Here it is:
In this code, new Bounds are set before Show(). Overlay form is displayed with default Top & Left (as set in the form designer), not the new Top & Left. Is it possible to set Top & Left before the form is shown ?Code:private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { m_frmOverlay.Bounds = treeView1.RectangleToScreen(treeView1.ClientRectangle); m_frmOverlay.Show(); m_frmOverlay.BringToFront(); }
If I change the code and set Bounds after Show(), overlay is displayed with correct top & left. Unfortunately, the overlay form still flickers for a moment at the default position. What would be a good way of getting rid of this flicker ?
I'm using .NET 3.5 / VS 2008.
Any suggestion, insight or reference is really appreciated!
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July 2003
Managerial mindset, including such misconceptions as women are too aggressive/not aggressive enough, are unwilling to relocate, or are not as committed to their jobs once they have children, are barriers to the advancement of women. Other barriers include lack of leadership resources.
Some companies have sponsored leadership retreats encouraging open dialogue, established diversity councils to promote initiatives to advance women, and begun to require the creation of diversity plans that are tied to compensation. These strategies tend to succeed when strengthened by participation and accountability of senior management.