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day at the park
Israel had to be wondering why this hadn't happened sooner. I'll tell him why, because it's been the longest Winter ever. It's been cold and rainy and windy for what feels like weeks on end, so when you get a day with sun and some warmth, you go to the park.
Israel is a big fan of running, walking, climbing and just general curiosity.
How classy is that chocolate stain on his strap? I promise you it's only been there since yesterday because it's gross!
I also like how he felt compelled to point out and explain to us what grass is. He's very knowledgeable about these things, if we were just fluent in baby-ese.
We had a little picnic which consisted of Jeremiah and I taking turns inhaling food while the other walked behind Israel as he chased innocent birds around the lawn.
Afterwards, we went for a long walk, thinking we could tire him out for a nap. He ended up walking us.
And everything was right with the world.


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Nov. 19, 2003
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Nov. 19, 2003
Few teams have adjusted to life in the NCAA Tournament as well as the Seminoles have. This is just the squad's fourth ever trip to the NCAA Tournament and they are already heading to the Sweet 16 for the third time. Only eight of 297 schools have been to three of the last four Sweet 16's, which is amazing. Even more amazing though if you consider that FSU is the only school of the eight that made its first NCAA Tournament appearance during that four-year span. The Tribe under head coach Patrick Baker is one of the more remarkable postseason stories. The team is 7-3 all-time in their four NCAA Tournament appearances for a .700 winning percentage. That is the sixth-best winning percentage all-time in the tournament. The Tribe's first four NCAA trips have been special as they have averaged 1.75 wins per tournament appearance. That is the sixth-best average of wins per appearance in NCAA Tournament history. While all of that success is impressive, it isn't even close to the most astounding number when it comes to success at the NCAA Tournament. Florida State's seven wins in their first four trips ranks fourth all-time for wins in a team's first four trips to the NCAA's. Only North Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida have more victories in their first four postseason appearances than FSU. In every one of those categories FSU now joins the ranks of North Carolina, Portland, Santa Clara, Notre Dame and Florida when it comes to postseason success. The only thing FSU can't boast is a national title, yet.
Florida State's 5-0 opening round win over Dartmouth was the team's fourth consecutive win to open the NCAA Tournament. Only 12 teams in the nation have won the last four opening round games. That is impressive in but even more so when you look at the NCAA Tournament's history. Only six schools have ever won their opening game in the program's first four trips to the NCAA Tournament. Of that group of six only four have done it in consecutive seasons like Florida State has. The Seminoles join North Carolina, Nebraska and Massachusetts as the only Division I schools to win four straight tournament openers in their first four years of NCAA Tournament play.
Making it to the program's third Sweet 16 in the last four years is a huge accomplishment and is a really big deal for the FSU program but it isn't the last goal for the 2003 squad. This year's team knows advancing to the school's first-ever Elite Eight will be tough especially versus a great West Virginia side. They won't only be fighting the Mountaineers but they will be fighting history. On top of being 0-2 in the third round, FSU has yet to score a goal in a Sweet 16 game. They have gotten progressively closer each time out. In 2000 they fell to the Tigers 2-0 in Clemson. Last season it was a 1-0 loss to UConn in Storrs, CT.
The win over Auburn was big because it sent FSU to its third Sweet 16 in four years but it was monumental in another way as well. The victory was the 15th of the year for FSU, which tied the record for victories is a single season. The record was set in 2001 when FSU went 15-8-1. That team also played in the ACC Championship final but didn't make the Sweet 16 after falling to Clemson 1-0 in the second round. Baker's last four teams have all won 13 or more games. Amazing since the program had never won 13 games in a season before he arrived in 1999.
Every freshman of FSU's 2003 roster has played in an NCAA Tournament game this year with most of the minutes coming against Dartmouth. The 5-0 win allowed head coach Patrick Baker to remove some starters and get some experience for his first year players, not that they need it. Of the six players that have scored goals for FSU in this year's NCAA's, three are freshmen. India Trotter, Rachel McDowell and Julia Schnugg have all scored their first ever NCAA Tournament goals this season.
With seven goals in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament, the 2003 Seminoles tied the team record for single-season goals. The Tribe has scored 55 goals this year marking just the third time in team history that a Seminole squad has surpassed 50 goals in a season. The team is also currently tied for the fewest goals allowed in a season with 23. No team in FSU history has ever possessed the goal scoring prowess and as stingy a defense as this year's squad. Florida State is a plus 32 in goals scored versus goals allowed. That is nine goals better than the previous record of 23 set by the 1996 squad. Florida State had just one season in the first four were they scored more goals than they allowed but since head coach Patrick Baker took over FSU has done it every year and has been at least a plus 15 for four consecutive seasons.
You can't blame FSU for being a little shocked when Auburn jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 29:08 into the second round NCAA game. In 23 games this season, FSU has trailed in the first half on just six occasions. Even more amazingly, of the 1035 first half minutes played by the Tribe they have only been behind for 71:12. That means they have trailed in the first half just 6.8% of the season. On three of those six occasions FSU has trailed for five minutes or less and five of the six times they have been behind for 16:00 or less. Almost half of that 71:12 came in one game versus Florida (33:38). In fact, in the last 18 games, FSU has been trailing in the first half for just over 21 of 810 minutes or 2.5% of the time. One of the reasons FSU has been behind so little in the first half is because of their stellar defensive play in the first 45:00. The Seminoles have allowed just nine first half goals in 2003, which is five fewer than the record 14 first half goals they allowed in 2002. The team's first half GAA is a miniscule 0.39. If you want just one example of how well FSU has played defensively in the first half you just need to look to the two games versus No. 1 North Carolina and the nation's top scoring offense where the Seminoles gave up just one goal in 90 first half minutes. The Seminoles will be challenged by a West Virginia squad, which has been more productive in the first half scoring 26 of their 49 goals in the first period.
Nobody really likes to come in second but when the team you are finishing behind is 17-time National Champion North Carolina, its not so bad. Last year was the first time Florida State ever finished second in the region behind North Carolina. A big accomplishment for a young program. Some may have written that off to one good year or other teams in the southeast having off seasons. If there were any doubts about FSU being right behind Carolina in the ACC, they have been erased this year. Florida State finished second in the ACC regular season, they finished second in the conference tournament and FSU and UNC are the last two teams from the ACC still playing in the Sweet 16. This is the first time ever FSU has played in the NCAA Tournament when every other ACC school except for UNC was knocked out. Last season FSU was one of three still playing this year one of just two.
Anybody else noticing a pattern when it comes to the Tribe's Sweet 16 games the last two years? For the second consecutive season the Seminoles will have to travel north to face a BIG EAST school in an attempt to secure their first-ever Sweet 16 victory against a team they have never faced before. Last season FSU had to bring winter coats with them as they faced Connecticut in Storrs while braving 40-degree temperatures. This year's Sweet 16 also finds the Tribe heading north to face a BIG EAST school in West Virginia. While the temperatures won't be as low (predicted to be around 60 degrees) the team will be just as tough. The Mountaineers are a national No. 6 seed while UConn was the fourth-seed in last year's tourney. It will once again be a tall order on the road to say the least.
When you play one of the two toughest schedules in the nation you are going to see great players but this is getting a little out of hand. West Virginia's Chrissie Abbott is the seventh Hermann Award semifinalist the Seminoles will see this season. If you include the two games versus Carolina, FSU has played a Hermann semifinalist 10 times this season. In those 10 meetings, FSU has allowed just three of the Hermann semifinalists to score a goal and one of the goals came via a Cat Reddick penalty kick. Overall, FSU allowed five goals to that group but three came in one game against Kansas' Caroline Smith.
If you live in Tallahassee or follow Seminole soccer, it is hard to understand how Leah Gallegos was passed over for Hermann recognition. The super sophomore is having a remarkable season where she has tied the record for single season goals (17), game-winning goals in a season (6) and multi-goal games in a career (6). She has also set the record for multi-goal games in a season (5), shots (97) and shots on goal (53). In less than two seasons she has moved within two goals of the career mark for game-winners at FSU and at her current pace she is a season away from the career goals, points, shots, shots on goal and game-winning goal records with two years still to play. When you look at Gallegos' numbers compared to the nine goal scorers up for the Hermann Award, the Heisman of soccer, it is hard to argue Gallegos didn't deserve a nod. She is fifth among the group in goals, fifth in points and third in game-winning goals. So there is no argument as far as her stats go. She was an All-ACC first team selection just like Carolina's Lindsay Tarpley, Lori Chalupny and Cat Reddick so that can't be the reason. Her team has gone as far as anyone on the list and farther than Texas (Kelly Wilson) and Notre Dame (Amy Warner & Melissa Tancredi). She didn't put up big numbers against weak teams as FSU not only played in the ACC they went to the tournament championship and played one of the two toughest schedules in America this year. She also recorded at least one point in 11 of FSU's 23 games so her numbers weren't based on a few good weeks. She also has points against five NCAA Tournament teams Duke, Wake Forest, Maryland, Dartmouth and Auburn. She leads the ACC in game-winning goals and is second in the ACC in goals, goals per game, points, points per game, shots and shots per game.
In it's 5-0 win over Dartmouth, FSU either set or tied 10 records. Sunday's second round win over Auburn wasn't as historic as far as records go but there were a few milestones reached in the game. Leah Gallegos' goal was her 17th of the year, which tied the single season record at Florida State. The goal came in dramatic fashion, as it was a 102nd minute golden goal, which led to another record. Gallegos is now the only Seminole to ever record two golden goals in her career and the first to ever score a golden goal in back to back seasons. It was also her record-tying sixth game-winner of the season. Amber Tollefson's game-winning assist gave her 24 in her illustrious career as she now holds the career assists record all by herself. The assist was her 10th of the season, which ties freshman Julia Schnugg and alumna Maren Vik Edvardsen for the single season record. The game was the first ever OT game for Florida State in the NCAA Tournament and obviously the first ever OT win in the tournament as well. It was also the first come-from-behind win for FSU in NCAA Tournament play.
The opening round of the NCAA Tournament wasn't only record-breaking on the pitch but also in the stands for FSU. The Tribe drew back-to-back 1000+ crowds, which put the Tallahassee regional fifth of the 16 regionals for overall attendance at 2009. It was the fifth time in the last six games that FSU has played at home in front of more than 1000 fans and five crowds of more than 1000 fans in a single season is a new Seminole Soccer Complex record. The 2009 fans that showed up not only helped cheer FSU to two wins but they were part of setting the all-time single season record for average attendance (865) as well. In the last two seasons FSU has drawn over 21,000 fans, which is more than the first five years in program history combined. Sunday's crowd for the Auburn game (1006) was the largest daytime crowd in Seminole Soccer Complex history.
Florida State proved against Dartmouth that they are capable of winning even when top scorer Leah Gallegos is held without a goal. To Gallegos' credit she came up with two assists in that game but it was four other Seminoles that tallied the five goals. The 2003 edition of Seminole soccer is the most balanced group when it comes to scoring. They are the first Florida State team ever to have seven players with four or more goals, five players with 15 or more points and three players with 20 or more points. Each one of those marks is an FSU record. The seven players with four or more goals sets a new mark and the five players with 15 or more points and two players with 20 or more points ties the record set in 2001.
Florida State in the NCAA Tournament (Team Records)
Most goals scored: 5 vs. Dartmouth (2003)
Most goals allowed: 2 vs. Clemson (2000)
Least goals scored: 0 (three times) vs. UCONN (2002), Clemson (2001, 2000)
Least goals allowed: 0 (three times) vs. Dartmouth (2003), Ole Miss (2002), Auburn (2001)
Most shots taken: 20 vs. Jacksonville (2000)
Most shots allowed: 21 vs. Clemson (2001)
Least shots taken: 2 vs. Clemson (2000)
Least shots allowed: 3 vs. Auburn (2002)
Most corner kicks: 8 (twice) vs. Auburn (2001), Jacksonville (2000)
Most corner kicks allowed: 8 vs. Clemson (2000)
Least corner kicks: 1 (twice) vs. Ole Miss (2002), Clemson (2000)
Least corner kicks allowed: 2 (five times) vs. Dartmouth (2003), Auburn (2003, 2001), UCONN (2002), Florida (2000)
Most saves: 9 vs. Clemson (2000)
Least saves: 1 vs. Auburn (2002)
Most fouls committed: 15 (twice) vs. Auburn (2001), Florida (2000)
Least fouls committed: 6 vs. Jacksonville (2000)
Consecutive minutes without allowing a goal: 90:00 (three times) vs. UCONN (2002), Clemson (2001, 2000)
Most shots in 1st half: 12 vs. Jacksonville (2000)
Least shots in 1st half: 1 (twice) vs. Clemson (2000), UCONN (2003)
Most shots in 2nd half: 10 (twice) vs. Auburn (2003), Dartmouth (2003)
Least shots in 2nd half: 1 vs. Clemson
Most goals in overtime periods: 1 vs. Auburn (2003)
Most goals scored in 1st half: 1 (four times) vs. Dartmouth (2003), Auburn (2002), Ole Miss (2002), Florida (2000)
Most goals allowed in 1st half: 1 (four times) vs. Auburn (2003), UCONN (2002), Florida (2000), Clemson (2000)
Most goals scored in 2nd half: 4 vs. Dartmouth (2003)
Most goals allowed in 2nd half: 1 (four times) vs. Auburn (2002), Clemson (2001, 2000), Jacksonville (2000)
Least goals scored in 1st half: 0 (six times) vs. Auburn (2003, 2001), UCONN (2002), Clemson (2001, 2000), Jacksonville (2000)
Least goals allowed in 1st half: 0 (six times) vs. Dartmouth (2003), Ole Miss (2002), Auburn (2002, 2001), Clemson (2001), Jacksonville (2000)
Least goals scored in 2nd half: 0 (three times) vs. UCONN (2002), Clemson (2001, 2000)
Least goals allowed in 2nd half: 0 (six times) vs. Dartmouth (2003), Auburn (2003, 2001), UCONN (2002), Ole Miss (2002), Florida (2000)
Most goals scored, defeat: 0 (three times) vs. UCONN (2002), Clemson (2001, 2000)
Most goals allowed, victory: 1 (four times) vs. Auburn (2003, 2002), Jacksonville (2000), Florida (2000)
Largest margin of victory: 5 vs. Dartmouth (2003)
Largest margin of defeat: 2 vs. Clemson (2000)
Quickest goal 1st half: 4:55 vs. Florida (2000)
Quickest goal allowed 1st half: 1:10 vs. UCONN (2002)
Quickest goal 2nd half: 45:34 vs. Auburn (2003)
Quickest goal allowed 2nd half: 63:34 vs. Auburn (2002)
Quickest time answered opponent's goal: 16:26 vs. Auburn (2003)
Quickest time in between FSU goals: 3:27 vs. Dartmouth (2003)
Quickest time in between opponent goals: 24:37 vs. Clemson (2000)
Consecutive minutes without allowing a goal in overtime: 11:04 vs. Auburn (2003)
Record when scoring first: 6-0
Record when opponents score first: 1-3
Record in overtime games: 1-0
Record in overtime P.K.'s: 000
Record when out shooting opponents: 5-2
Record when opponents out shoot FSU: 2-1

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PHILIPPI, W.Va. – The King University men's wrestling team bounced back from their tough loss at #2 Newberry on Thursday with a dominant performance at Alderson-Broaddus University on Saturday. The Tornado had three pins in their 35-9 victory over the Battlers.
Alderson-Broaddus jumped ahead early as Cody Buchanan took a narrow 9-7 decision over Reed Jacks at 125 pounds, giving the Battlers a 3-0 lead. However, D'Marcus Spencer brought the momentum to King as he pinned Jason West at 133 pounds to give the Tornado a 6-3 advantage. Bryce Killian took a tech fall win, 16-1 in 5:00 over Samuel Jones at 141 to stretch the lead to 11-3.
Frank Yattoni IV and JA Jones followed with decisions at 149 and 157 pounds, respectively. Yattoni won a tight 1-0 bout over Tyler Cross and Jones defeated Spinks 6-5, and the Tornado held a 17-3 lead. Nevertheless, the Battlers cut into the Tornado lead with wins at 165 and 174 pounds before Blaike Henry answered at 184 pounds. Henry pinned Garrett Onderko in 3:00 to give King a 23-9 lead. Eldon Valery, Jr. followed with another pin, topping Nicholas Nester in 3:00 minutes. King took a forfeit at 285 to make the final score 35-9 in favor of the Tornado.
King will be in action again when they travel to Belmont Abbey College. The dual match is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m.


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The goat was first spotted running on Fulton Avenue just before 1am. Passersby who called police said the goat appeared disoriented and ran through the streets, banging into building doors.
The goat was finally cornered in a parking lot on Herkimer Street, across from Interfaith Medical Center.
A hospital security guard named Seydou, originally from West Africa, grabbed a rope and tried to lasso the goat.
The goat went behind several cars, hiding from police and thwarting the attempts of the guard.
The security guard finally grabbed the goat by the horns and held him as police tied up the animal.
Authorities put the goat in the back seat of their police cruiser and took it to Animal Care and Control.
The goat had a tag on it, indicating it apparently escaped from a nearby slaughterhouse.
Along with making for an amusing night shift, the goat's break out paid off. Instead of returning to the slaughterhouse, it will be sent to a farm santuary in upstate New York.


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Karen McMahon
Karen McMahon has been editor of Farm Industry News since 2000. She joined the staff in 1998 as senior editor and previously worked on the company's National Hog Farmer magazine.
Karen grew up on a crop and livestock farm outside of LeMars, IA, and earned her journalism degree from South Dakota State University. After college, she worked on the local newspaper as farm editor and later started writing for various livestock and crop magazines.
She has written extensively about trends and technology related to corn and soybean production, the equipment needed for row-crop farming, and livestock production.


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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (US - BD)
Gabe reviews failed Harry Potter cash-in #382, and is generally unimpressed...
Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) leads a somewhat difficult life thanks to acute problems with dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, and an incredibly rude stepfather who treats his mother like garbage. One day, on a class field trip to view a Greek mythology exhibit Percy is attacked by a monster disguised as his English teacher, who demands he tell her the whereabouts of Zeus' (Sean Bean) lightning. After being rescued by another teacher, Mr. Brunner (Pierce Brosnan), Percy discovers that he is the son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), and that he has been framed for the theft of Zeus' lightning. If the lightning is not found and returned by midnight on the summer solstice, Zeus will declare war, and might bring about the end of the world. After escaping to 'Half Blood Camp', where he undergoes some training, Percy and his friends Annabeth Chase (Alexandra Daddario), daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood (Brandon T. Jackson), a satyr sworn to protect him, set off to find the lightning, save Percy's mother, and stop Armageddon.
I vividly remember the early teaser trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which made the comic book geek in me assume I was watching an ad for Captain Marvel: The Movie right up until the moment the excruciatingly long title flashed onto the screen. Then came the director's name. Not 'Chris Columbus', we're talking the director's public persona name – 'The Director of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers (Philosopher's) Stone'. These two items clued me in to what Percy Jackson really was – yet another in the never ending cavalcade of big studio attempts at capturing the lightning of the Harry Potter series (pun intended, of course). So many films fall into this category it's practically a genre unto itself, and the one unifying element among them, outside of being based on popular children's novels, is that none of them even approach Harry Potter's box office. Most of these films are intended as a series, but don't make it beyond the first release (exception: Chronicles of Narnia, which Disney still dropped after two films).
Percy Jackson follows the formula to a tee, and manages to be even more derivative than Star Wars or Harry Potter. George Lucas and J.K. Rowling lifted plenty of classic storytelling and fairy tale elements for their unoriginal little tales, but writer Nick Riordan doesn't even take efforts to develop his own mythology, he takes it wholesale from an elementary school Greek mythology book, and the Cliff's Notes version of Homer's Odyssey. This doesn't only make for weak, lazy writing, but it pretty much erases any possibility of dramatic tension or mystery, assuming you're one of the many people that are generally aware of the 'borrowed' source material (ie: we know how to stop a Medusa, and how to recognize a Lotus Eater). The main character arc doesn't exactly match Hercules, but fits into the modern adaptation mould a little too snugly. Percy isn't as meek as Peter Parker, and he isn't as wide-eyed as Harry Potter, but he's certainly as bitchy as New Hope Luke Skywalker, and he more than fits the Jesus bill, since he's literally the product of a God and human union. His basic personality screams Spider-Man and Star Wars, and the rest of his story screams Harry Potter, especially the fantasy world hidden in the periphery of our real world aspects, and 'Camp Half Blood', which is the summer camp equivalent to Hogwarts. Before seeing the film I'd given Riordan the benefit of the doubt, but this really is the most blatant appropriation of Rowling's formula yet.
Like some of the Harry Potter films (specifically Goblet of Fire), and The Golden Compass, the overall storyline of the first Percy Jackson book has very obviously been slashed to ribbons in the name of a manageable runtime (I make this statement having never read any books from any of the series'). I'm thankful to not endure too much unneeded story, especially since Columbus' slavish devotion to every single piece of Harry Potter made the first two films nearly unbearable, but Percy's home life is a total blur, he requires no real battle training (not even a montage!), and he strikes out on his first mission with his new best friends less than halfway through the film. From here the film is a series of fractured set-pieces set to a very video game friendly version of The Hero's Journey, where the protagonists are forced to collect things like Link from The Legend of Zelda. It all builds to the expected (and in this case weak) 'boss battle', and open ended promise of more adventures to come. There's no time for real character development, and none of the emotional beats hit with any weight thanks to this streamlined, single minded approach.
Speaking in the broadest of terms I tend to think Columbus is a pretty dismal director, at least in comparison to his big budget Hollywood counterparts. He has no concept of action geography, his camera movement is occasionally flabbergasting, and he needs some long lessons in story editing. He has his strengths, however, specifically his eye for production design, and his work with actors, especially child actors. These two strengths, along with his arguable skill as a screenwriter (anyone who wrote Gremlins can't be all bad), make his films perfectly watchable piles of fluff. Percy Jackson features a rougher edge than Columbus' Harry Potter movies, and his grasp on action and special effects have actually improved, but his usual strengths are weakened. There's very little sense of visual wonderment, even if the overall look is relatively attractive, and none of the actors really stand out. I suppose Uma Thurman is reasonably entertaining as a scenery chewing Medusa, and Rosario Dawson makes an effectively sexy Persephone, but the rest of the adult cast, many of whom are normally dependable sources of entertainment like Sean Bean, Ray Winstone, Kevin McKidd, and Steve Coogan, appear to only be involved for the easy paycheck. The kids are okay, but don't overcome their dialogue, which is either made up of unfunny jokes (poor Brandon T. Jackson…), or droning exposition.
Percy Jackson isn't a particularly good movie, but it has a big enough budget, and pretty enough production design to make this 1080p high definition transfer worth your eyeball time. Columbus takes the whole 'darker than Harry Potter' thing a little too literally, so the overall presentation is actually quite dark, and depends on contrast to express fine details much of the time. Occasionally the darkness is a bit overdone, and it's certainly a problem for the included DVD version, but in HD the majority of the film is plenty discernable. The high definition video doesn't do the wonky digital effects any favours, but the whole thing is clean and smooth enough to ensure they don't stick out any more then they need too. The brief scenes atop Olympus are curiously grainier than the rest of the film, but on the whole things are very clean, with only the finest grain, and almost no noticeable artefacts or edge-enhancements. The Las Vegas scenes are the big visual highlight, with their neon colours, and tiny flashing lights set against deep, black backgrounds. Hades is another highlight for pretty much the same reason. Wide shots of spinning carnival rides, and the flaming establishing shots of Hell are swimming in fine details, perfect contrasts, and pure hues.
Like most Fox Blu-rays, and most Blu-rays in general these days, Percy Jackson comes fitted with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 main track. This track features every manner of booming thunder, cracking lightning, rushing water, and roaring, fire-breathing monsters, along with real world sound effects, and basic folley that aren't much softer. Battle scenes feature swishing, clanging weapons in every channel, natural, subtle sound effects are set up in an effectively immersive manner, and in general every little footstep and wrench of leather is a explosive celebration of noise. The Hydra fighting scene is probably the most expressively impressive sequence in terms of sonic strength and diversity, especially the 'cherry on the top' rear channel crackle of flesh turning to stone. The climatic battle features quite a bit of noise as well, but it's a little less pin-pointed and clean. Throughout the entire film the LFE is a consistent and punchy piece of the mix, from basic fist to face punches, to the guttural rumble of hellhounds and Percy's magical waves. Dialogue is never lost in the tussle, and occasionally punches through all channels in the form of Hades' booming monster voice. The musical score, which does everything it can to recall John Williams, is mixed noticeably softer on the track than expected, but still features a strong bass presence, which throws it a bit out of balance. The pop music flourishes, which mostly feature in the tonally off Las Vegas scene, are usually louder, and a central aural element to a given scene.
The special features begin with ten deleted/extended scenes, which expectedly exposition heavy, and less expectedly dance heavy (considering how much made the final cut). I wouldn't want the movie any longer, since I didn't really enjoy it, but it did need some character development, and general information. Curiously only one scene covers Percy's real world home life, which means the filmmakers probably never intended on making it a coherent part of the story. 'Secrets of the Gods' is an interactive menu system with selectable images of the film's Gods, demigods and creatures. Clicking on the images reveals a brief series of clips from the film, complete with narrative explanations of possibly unexplained back-story. 'Discover Your Powers Quiz' uses the same background elements, and is generally a waste of time.
'The Book Comes to Life' (4:20, HD) sees author Rick Riordan discussing his book, and covers the basic inception of the film. 'Inside Camp Half-Blood' (5:00, HD) fluffily covers the production behind the summer camp part of the story, including conception and construction. 'On Set with Brandon T. Jackson' (6:00, HD) is another fluff-fest following the supporting actor around the various New York sets. Obnoxious. 'Meet the Demigods' (3:50, HD) is more of a general EPK, though it does feature some spoilers. 'Composing for the Gods' (3:20, SD) is a brief conversation with composer Christophe Beck, who discusses his music. Things end with a trailer, and trailers for other Fox releases.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is yet another failed attempt to cash-in on the Harry Potter phenomenon, and generally not a good movie all around. It's certainly watchable, but the characters aren't intriguing, the plot is taken wholesale from Greek mythology sources, and the action scenes fall short of spectacular. In other words, it's pretty much exactly what I'm assuming most folks were expecting from director Chris Columbus working from derivative material. The Blu-ray looks nearly perfect, and the DTS-HD Master Audio sound will give your system a decent workout, but the extras amount to little more than advertising material.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I am interested in the books after seeing this though...
Does anyone know why the underworld was portrayed as a Christian hell, complete with tortured souls, and Hades acted like he was supposed to be Satan? That made no sense to me, they weren't even close to the actual Greek myths about them. Were they like that in the book?
I thought this movie was alright. It certainly wasn't that bad. It was decent, but yes, it sure doesn't live up to Harry Potter.
Had to rush this one. I got the disc late (Fox, amirite?), so I proofed my own work. We all know how that turns out.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 29th June 2010
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Spanish and Portuguese
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Deleted Scenes, Secrets of the Gods, Discover Your Powers Quiz, The Book Comes to Life, Inside Camp Half-Blood, Meet the Demigods, On Set with Brandon T. Jackson, Composing for the Gods, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Logan Lerman, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson, Kevin McKidd, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Uma Thurman,
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family and Fantasy
Length: 118 minutes
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from Arrows SC
on Tue 8/18 6:08 ET
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We made the turn and started the back nine. Mohawks played a perfect par four, tenth hole with a par, and leads the pack at twelve under. Behind Mohawks, things got a bit tighter. FC Byrd Turgler took advantage of a monster drive and got in the hole in three for a birdie. FCBT gains a stroke and sits five back in second place. Wierder Bremen and Laws of Lalas are tied for third at five under, while Macross is in a three way tie for fourth at four under.
Things went from bad to worse for Avengers. He was obviously distracted at the tee when Plattsburgh, waiting for his turn, had a coughing fit just as Avengers went into his back stroke. Avengers topped the ball and it rolled down the tee and under a bush. When it was Plattsburgh�s turn to tee off, Avengers made a timely reach into his bag of Doritos as Plattsburgh was on his down stroke, and the distraction caused him to duff his shot as well. They glared at each other for the rest of the hole. Avengers finished with a triple bogey and Plattsburgh with a double bogey. Both are now at the bottom of the table. When they picked up, they laughed it off on their way to the next hole.
from Arrows SC
on Tue 8/25 7:44 ET
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On the eleventh hole, Plattsburgh United muttered �enough is enough�. Languishing in last place, Plattsburgh smacked a drive that people will be talking about for years to come, nearly landing a hole in one on the par five. A tap in gave Plattsburgh a double-eagle. Though still at the bottom of the board, his six over for the round is a lot more respectable, and makes that part of the leaderboard a lot tighter.
In a strange feature of the nature of the scoring of this tournament, no team registered an eagle, as three golfers tied with the next best score. Instead, five golfers left the eleventh with a birdie. Among those was the leader, Mohawks, now at twelve under. FC Byrd Turgler fell two strokes with a bogey on eleven, but is still in second place, now tied with Laws of Lalas, who birdied the hole. Wierder Bremen managed only a par and is now in a tie for fourth with Top Shelf at five under.
El f�tbol es as� found the eleventh hole not so easy. His tee shot found the small bunker on the right of the fairway. His escape shot took him into the tall grass just off the lawn. El f�tbol finally found the bottom of the cup after a triple bogey.
from Seattle SC
on Tue 8/25 16:19 ET
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Said it the last couple years and still holds true, I'm the most boring golfer in this tournament every year. Never do anything interesting - I'm not sure I've even made the highlights once. Just par, -1 or +1, every hole. from Arrows SC
on Tue 9/1 7:04 ET
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Mohawks continues to lead the back by a wide margin. A textbook par on the 420 yard par four maintains his six stroke lead over everyone else. The fun stuff happened with all the golfers chasing the leader. FC Byrd Turgler and Laws of Lalas, each tied for second at six under, both parred the hole. Brew City�s Wierder Bremen and Top Shelf were both one stroke behind them, and they both birdied the twelfth hole. Then Real New Britski got in the cup in two strokes for an eagle, bringing him to six under as well. We now have five golfers tied for second place at six under, waiting for the leader to slip up.
Redneck SC was languishing at the bottom end of the leaderboard, but caught the wind on his tee shot and drained a hole-in-one for a double-eagle. Redneck is now one stroke over, in the middle of the pack. Seattle, on the other side, fell from the middle of the pack toward the bottom. After a textbook tee shot, his approach shot found the cart path. His ball skipped playfully down the path, over the hill, and onto the green of the fourth hole. His ordeal ended with a triple-bogey.
The tournament will continue in MFLS week twenty-seven, with a very short par three.
from Weirder Bremen
on Tue 9/1 9:30 ET
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Way to end the boring streak and make the
highlights, Matt.
from Seattle SC
on Tue 9/1 15:57 ET
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About time! ha, figures I bring up how I've never been in the highlights and the next week I have my worst week of the year. Sounds about right. from Arrows SC
on Mon 9/7 14:03 ET
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The thirteenth hole was a short one. If you�re a golfer who relies on the big club, you were going to get schooled by those who have a better short game. Mohawks was unfazed by the change of pace, and landed in the cup with a perfect par. Mohawks remains in front at twelve strokes under, but out of nowhere comes Real New Britski to offer a serious challenge to the leader. Fresh off of an eagle on twelve, RNB amazed everyone with a double-eagle on the par three thirteenth. (The scorekeepers are still trying to figure that one out, but for sure the score counts.) RNB is now three strokes behind at nine under and has made a game of it.
Brew City brethren Laws Of Lalas and Top Shelf each posted a birdie and are now within five strokes of the lead, tied for third. SDFC Macross is also offering a challenge, chipping off two strokes with a hole-in-one eagle, and is at six under.
Wierder Bremen badly misplayed his tee shot, opting for a nine iron, despite the low hanging branches in front of the tee. His shot struck one of them and was swatted straight down into the tall grass in front of the tee. It took two more strokes to emerge from the jungle, before landing with a plunk after six strokes and a triple bogey.
from Weirder Bremen
on Mon 9/7 21:50 ET
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My turn in the highlights this week. I was the one
who suggested a par 3 hole IIRC. Hoisted on my own
from Weirder Bremen
on Mon 9/7 21:51 ET
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That's what I get for making fun of Matt last week. from Seattle SC
on Mon 9/7 21:57 ET
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Nice work, Fred. Karma. from Arrows SC
on Mon 9/14 19:45 ET
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This was a really boring hole, a long par five, straight down the field, a clear shot at the pin, with few traps along the way. Not much at all happened. In fact, the top thirteen golfers did not move up or down the leaderboard. Mohawks still leads by three over Real New Britski. Laws Of Lalas and Top Shelf are tied at five strokes back. It is interesting to note that Mohawks is twelve under par for the round, but only at even par for the back nine.
cYber warriors was the only golfer to make a move, playing a masterful double-eagle. The warriors leap from twenty-first place up to fourteenth. The Busdrivers and Port City Navigators, both at the bottom of the table, shared a double-bogey for the hole.
As I said, it was a really boring hole.
from Arrows SC
on Tue 9/22 7:26 ET
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Another golfer has asserted himself in the race to don the green jacket. FC Byrd Turgler stepped up to the tee on the par five, fifteenth hole and crushed a drive that some believe could still keep going if it did not hit a branch overhanging the green to swat it down. A tap in gave FCBT a double-eagle minus three, which lands the Turgler in a tie for second place with Real New Britski. Both are three strokes behind the leader, Mohawks. Mohawks and RNB both shot par.
The Shaolin Mystigods returned from a trip across the pond in style, chipping in from long distance for an eagle. The shot sent the Mystigods into a tie for third place with fellow Brew City mate Top Shelf at six under.
The Laws of Lalas may have played himself out of contention, with a costly double-bogey. His Brew City teammate, Canicas, may have played himself straight to the bottom of the card. Things looked good until his approach shot landed with a poof, deep into the kitty litter in front of the green. The high lip of the trap proved too much for him, as two attempts to chip out failed. Canicas reversed course and chipped out backwards to finish the hole with a triple bogey.
from Shaolin Mystigods
on Tue 9/22 16:08 ET
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I should skip out of town and leave things with my staff more often. Now to figure out a way to get Todd to sleep in past his tee time. from Mohawks
on Tue 9/22 16:40 ET
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I'm just trying as hard as I can to hold on right now! from Arrows SC
on Thu 10/1 6:29 ET
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The leader, Mohawks, had left the door open for a challenger, playing even par the entire back nine so far. However, no one has stepped close enough to walk through. Mohawks still leads by three strokes over Real New Britski, with two holes left to play. FC Byrd Turgler dropped a stroke and is now four back.
The hot club on this hole was in the hands of Grass Pitch Please. His double-eagle on the par five, sixteenth hole was impressive, but not enough to lift him into contention. Plattsburgh United climbed out of the basement with an eagle. Redneck SC also posted an eagle, enough to get him below par for the round.
Dynamo Salem showed us the meaning of futility for this hole, after whiffing on his tee shot not once, but twice. He scored a triple-bogey after he finally got off the tee.
Hole 17 will be played on MFLS week 31. We will take a break on MFLS week 32, and then play the final hole on MFLS week 33.
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For a brand whose name literally translates to life in Greek, it's fitting that Zoës Kitchen's new mobile L.I.F.E app is meant to help consumers get the most out of theirs.
The L.I.F.E. app features four primary components: A goal-setting option that allows guests to set and track personal goals, while earning free prizes from Zoës when those goals are reached; a nutrition calculator; a store locator; and a rewards program that allows guests to upload their Zoës receipt to earn prizes and discounts for future store visits.
The Zoës team went to work on the app nearly a year ago, but Rachel Phillips-Luther—Zoës Kitchen's vice president of marketing—says the brand spent a lot of time questioning whether it even needed one in the first place.
"There's a lot of marketing teams and businesses that assume because others in their vertical are moving toward a particular piece of technology that perhaps they need to, as well," Phillips-Luther says, adding that Zoës didn't want to be this type of company.
But once it reached out to consumers and realized their desire for a Zoës app, it decided to dive headfirst into the project.
To begin, the brand looked at mobile apps that its core demographic—busy women with families—regularly downloaded and used, including apps like Pinterest, Pandora, and banking apps.
From this discovery, Phillips-Luther says the brand knew it wanted to create an easy-to-navigate and practical app that "helps make life a little easier."
In addition, Zoës made it a priority to create an enjoyable app. "We knew that our consumer was looking for something that's going to make them smile," she says.
"That's really been what makes Zoës so unique in its space," Phillips-Luther adds. "There's a warmth and a genuine element to what we do every day that I think people really feel, so we didn't want to create a piece of technology that didn't share that same kind of warmth."
Phillips-Luther says the chain came across several challenges along the way, most of which could be attributed to the small brand's limited budget. This made it difficult to find a partner who could create the concept's vision without a high price tag.
"But when you're aggressive and young and driven—as a concept, those are the things we are—that you'll eventually meet partners like yourself," she says.
Fortunately, it found the perfect partner in Relevant Mobile, a developer of customized mobile apps for chain restaurants.
Another challenge stemmed from the brand's desire to create a rewards-based component that would be lucrative, meaningful, and allow the brand to show the guests how much it appreciates them while "not being detrimental from a financial perspective," Phillips-Luther says.
"There were competing demands from the guests and from the operations perspective," she adds. "Finding and navigating that path and trying to arrive at real projections … was a tough one."
But Phillips-Luther and the rest of the Zoës team expect their time and financial investments to pay off, and in multiple ways.
"I'd love to see one to two additional visits per year from each of these app users," she says. However, an additional component of the L.I.F.E. app—a guest satisfaction survey users are asked to complete upon submitting Zoës receipts for prizes—could have more far-reaching effects.
"We previously did not have a guest satisfaction tool in place, and to go out and purchase one … is costly," Phillips-Luther says, adding that the brand's typically affluent customer made it hard to use conventional satisfaction surveys prompted by receipts.
"Because we deal with a more affluent customer, the likelihood that they would go back to their desk or their home and actually log in and complete something for a chance to win a $100 gift card … was slim to none," she says.
"So this provided a really easy way to deliver those guest satisfaction metrics to our operators and allow us to continue to stay at the leading edge of providing incredible service without having to go out and engage an additional third party to provide that for us."
Phillips-Luther says it's this advantage in particular that will help the brand recoup the cost of investment and giving away free and discounted food on the app.
In the end, it also satisfies both customers and the brand's team members, she adds. "We wanted to deliver goodness to our guests and to our operators by giving them the information they craved and needed."
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Though on layout and what to use where as we'll be pulling data in from an API via http://uk.shopping.com/xFS?KW=mobil…es&CLT=SCH
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We are redeveloping http://www.phones2u.com using an API connected via http://uk.shopping.com/xFS?KW=mobil…es&CLT=SCH – please visit this site and type in "mobile phones" what you see on this page is what we can pull in via the API. The idea of the site is that users can search for mobile phones / deals and compare them, see reviews and click on the links which will open another window to the advertisers site.
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|2009-04-23, 16:16
|Link #441
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 29
It's really funny so far, but this is KEY and I'm wondering how it handles more emotional stuff.
|2009-04-24, 04:41
|Link #442
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
That said, i would suggest you do continue for a while. Personally i haven't finished all the routes yet (though i do know what to expect from all of them), but i can say that Komari's route is probably the weakest of them all, and a fair bit of people seem less than impressed with it, so you are not alone in the crowd there. Kudo's was not all that impressive either, though it did have some nice parts ... not the end though.
If you want to see how it handles more emotional stuff, i suggest you go for Haruka's route - which is a quite emotional ride from beginning to end, and probably the most emotion-inducting of LB routes. Yuiko's is not bad on that aspect as well, and Mio's route has a pretty nice melancholic mood to it.
All that said, are you going to enjoy LB ? I am not sure, and neither can anyone else be - just don't give up on the game yet. It is no masterpiece, but it is generally quite good enough, you just happened to stumble in to worst of it from the get go
|2009-04-24, 05:05
|Link #443
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 29
Thanks, although you're somewhat mistaken...
It wasn't me who was disappointed by Komari's route. Was a couple of posters above me.
I tend to have a high latitude of enjoyment for things I already like, so I'm sure I'll love this game then. Thanks for your advice.
|2009-04-28, 20:17
|Link #444
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Age: 29
Well I just finished Haruka's route! I enjoyed it MUUUUCH more than Komari's route that's for sure, lol. It don't think its anywhere near the level of Clannad though, I still had this feeling that the game tried to make things more emotional than they really were; no tears for me Q.Q
How is Kanata's route, should I play that next? I'd really like to unlock the ending but I'm not interested enough in the other characters to play through their routes just yet (looking at you Mio >.>)... Maybe Kudo's route next but I've heard terrible things about her's, lol. Sasami and Saya both interest me much more than the main cast but I've no clue how to unlock their routes (pretty sure they don't help me unlock the ending either)! Please give me some route recommendations!
|2009-04-29, 17:56
|Link #447
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NYC, NY
Age: 40
|2009-04-30, 08:47
|Link #448
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
|2009-04-30, 10:34
|Link #449
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NYC, NY
Age: 40
|2009-04-30, 14:15
|Link #450
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Age: 29
BTW, did Komari's route change all that much in EX? I had beat her's on the original game so I was going to hold CTRL through the entire thing in EX.
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|2009-05-03, 21:58
|Link #451
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Age: 29
OK, just beat Kudo's route.
WTF? Just WTF?
The whole route was on the verge of putting me to sleep and then... I am hit with an ending that made absolutely no sense, LOL! I don't know what I just played!
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|2009-05-04, 04:11
|Link #453
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
|2009-05-05, 06:18
|Link #455
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Age: 29
Aha, sorry if I came off really negative; I'm not trying to discourage people from playing the game! In fact, out of the 3 routes I've played so far the only really bad thing I can say about the game is Kudo's route (I actually enjoyed Haruka's route A LOT). From what I've read, all of the individual routes are supposed to be pretty disappointing anyway. Refrain is supposed to be good enough to more than make up for the mediocre routes. Yuiko and Mio left until I can finally get to Rin!
I've heard that getting Rin's bad end affects her behavior in the other individual routes but I haven't done that... Shouldn't be a big deal, should it?
Also, I've been using a text hooker to play the game so there were a couple of details I wasn't clear on in Kudo's route...
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|2009-05-05, 11:58
|Link #456
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
The routes are "disappointing" if you have too much expectations.
From a neutral point of view, if you cast aside Kudo and Komari, the rest is pretty fine, so long you have an interest/fancy about the character. If you start to compare however, it is sure weaker compared to some routes of previous Key games.
And Refrain is just the real dish.
As for Rin, yes she will have some subtle but noticeable changes, and Riki will have the same treatment, but more scarce (though the start is pretty blunt).
|2009-05-09, 07:52
|Link #458
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Age: 29
OK, just beat Yuiko's route!
I enjoyed the route very much! I like how the members of little busters played a bigger role and the interaction between the male characters and Yuiko's teasing had me laughing out loud many many times! Art wise Yuiko didn't really attract me, but having played the route, she is such an awesome character. ^^
With that said, I'm left wondering if the game will give any better explanations for these mysterious endings... Haruka and Kudo's routes were pretty straight forward story-wise, but Kudo and Yukio's endings left me confused and clueless, lol.
Spoiler for Yuiko ending:
BTW, 雨のち晴れ is such a great song!
|2009-05-15, 02:21
|Link #459
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Age: 29
Just beat the game~
I NEVER cry watching movies or anime or reading a book but oh my god...
Spoiler for refrain:
Refrain had me so damn confused until "that scene" but wow, all of the secrets were so unexpected to me; I guess I suck at picking up the hints through the routes, lol.
With that said, refrain made me a stronger believer in how weak the side characters were, lol. The epilogue scenes not involving the main 5 failed to affect me, though refrain convinced me that this is a very small issue! The male characters were so amazing~
Saya, Sasami, Kanata... Wonder which I should play first!
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Smith has tried to teach a few friends and family members how to recreate her salmon cakes made from fresh salmon, but "they always say it doesn�t turn out the same way, so I just make it for them."
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1 green pepper
1 large onion
2 medium-size tomatoes
1 cup plain Panko bread crumbs
2 eggs
1/3 cup skim milk
� cup olive oil
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon original creole seasoning
1 tablespoon black pepper
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Green Beans
1 16-ounce bag of green beans
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/8 teaspoon fresh garlic
A pinch of garlic salt
Wash green beans and cut off the tips. In a pot, place olive oil in bottom along with fresh-cut garlic and green beans. Cook for about 10 minutes and add the garlic salt. Makes 5 servings.
� Cook�s note: I use fresh green beans.
Homemade Broccoli and Cheese Soup
1 family-size bag of cut-up broccoli
2 cups skim milk
2 pounds Velveeta Cheese
4 cups vegetable broth
In a 5-quart pot, add broccoli and a half pot of water. Cook broccoli for about 20 minutes or so; drain remaining water from the pot. If the broccoli isn�t soft enough, blend the broccoli for a second in a food processor or blender. Place the broccoli back into the pot and add the skim milk, vegetable broth and cheese. Mix the soup together and let it cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat or until cheese is completely melted. Makes 12 servings.
Homemade Carrot Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting
Cake ingredients:
3 cups organic sugar
1� cups olive oil
4 fresh Eggland Best whole eggs
3 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups raw finely ground shredded carrots
4-ounce finely chopped walnuts
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1� pounds powdered sugar
12 ounces room temperature fat-free cream cheese
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 ounces room temperature smart butter
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, olive oil and eggs. In another bowl, sift together wheat flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix dry ingredients into wet mixture and blend well. Mix in carrots and chopped walnuts until well-blended. Distribute batter evenly into three 9-inch cake layer pans or Bundt pan, which have been generously sprayed with Pam or Baking Joy. There will be approximately 1 pound, 5 ounces of batter per pan.
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Filling or icing:
In a suitable bowl or large mixer, place powdered sugar, fat-free cream cheese, vanilla and butter. Beat at second speed until thoroughly blended.
Evenly spread approximately 3� ounces of frosting on the layer. Center second layer on top of first layer with topside down. Again with a spatula, evenly spread approximately 3� ounces of frosting on the layer. Center third layer on top of second layer with topside down. Using both hands, press firmly, but gently, all layers together to get one firm cake. With spatula, spread remainder of frosting to cover top and sides of cake.
Refrigerate rest of frosting until needed. Display on counter or cake stand with plastic or glass cover.
Homemade Garlic Mashed Potatoes
6 red potatoes
1 tablespoon garlic
1 cup skim milk
1 tablespoon Smart Butter
2 tablespoons Kraft Light Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon parsley flakes
Wash and scrub red potatoes, then put the potatoes in a medium pot filled with water.
Let potatoes cook until they are very soft. Drain the remaining water from the potatoes. In the same pot of potatoes, add the butter, garlic, skim milk and mayonnaise. Once you have all the ingredients in the pot, begin to mash the potatoes to your liking. After the potatoes are mashed, add the parsley flakes to the top of the potatoes.
Makes 5 servings.


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New England Bouillabaisse with Rouille and Croutons
A steaming bowl of this fragrant bouillabaisse is a truly comforting meal. Seafood lovers will adore this succulent feast.
For the Broth:
2-3 tbsp. olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1 med. leek, roots and all (trim off 1 in. of green part), diced, washed, and dried well
1 fennel bulb, top stalks and any tough outer layers removed, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tsp. saffron
Pinch red pepper flakes
1 tsp. kosher salt
4 tomatoes, stemmed, seeded, and chopped
2 tbsp. tomato paste
2 cups dry white wine
Juice of 1 orange
For the Fish:
12 littleneck clams, washed well in cold water
1/2 lb. monkfish, trimmed and cut into 2-in. chunks
1/2 lb. haddock filet, skin removed, cut into 2-in. pieces
1/2 lb. cleaned squid bodies, cut into thin rings
12 mussels, scrubbed
12 small shrimp, shelled and deveined
2 tbsp. anisette, (optional)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup rouille
1 loaf French bread, sliced and toasted
- For broth: Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over med.-high heat. Add onion, leek, fennel, celery, garlic, saffron, red pepper flakes, and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 min.
- Add the tomatoes and tomato paste and stir to combine. Add 2 qt. water, white wine, and orange juice; bring to a boil. Lower the heat to just bubbling and cook for 3 min. (Can be made the day ahead, refrigerated, and reheated when needed. It can also be frozen.)
- To cook and serve the fish: Add the clams to the broth and cook for 6-8 min. Add the monkfish and stir gently. Simmer for 5 more min. When the clams open and the monkfish is almost cooked, add the haddock, squid, mussels, and shrimp. Add the anisette, if using. Cook for an additional 5 min., or until the haddock is cooked and the mussels open. All the fish should be delicately cooked.
- Carefully remove fish from broth with a slotted spoon and divide it among 4 large, heated bowls. Bring the broth to a boil and whisk in the 1/4 cup of olive oil. Ladle broth over fish. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve the bouillabaisse with rouille spread on the croutons.


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|United States
|satellite or probe
|date launched
|Explorer 1
|Jan. 31, 1958
|first United States artificial satellite
|Pioneer 4
|March 3, 1959
|first United States lunar probe; missed Moon by 37,300 miles
|Explorer 6
|Aug. 7, 1959
|returned first television photo of Earth
|Tiros 1
|April 1, 1960
|first weather satellite; transmitted 22,952 cloud-cover pictures
|Discoverer 13
|Aug. 10, 1960
|carried first payload to be recovered from orbit
|Ranger 4
|April 23, 1962
|first United States lunar probe to reach Moon; crashed
|Syncom 2
|July 26, 1963
|first synchronous-orbit communications satellite
|Ranger 7
|July 28, 1964
|took first close-up photographs of lunar surface
|Mariner 4
|Nov. 28, 1964
|first successful Mars probe; returned 21 pictures
|Surveyor 1
|May 30, 1966
|first of Surveyor series to land softly on Moon
|Lunar Orbiter 1
|Aug. 10, 1966
|first of series; photographed potential lunar-landing sites
|Mariner 5
|June 14, 1967
|successful probe passed within 2,480 miles of Venus
|Mariner 6; Mariner 7
|Feb. 24, 1969; March 27, 1969
|twin Mars probes; transmitted photographs and other data
|Pioneer 10
|March 3, 1972
|first Jupiter probe; sent close-up photographs; in 1983 became first man-made object to escape solar system
|Pioneer 11
|April 5, 1973
|first Saturn probe; showed Saturn's rings to be made of ice and discovered new ring
|Mariner 10
|Nov. 3, 1973
|first flyby of Mercury; discovered light atmosphere and magnetic field
|Viking 1; Viking 2
|Aug. 20, 1975; Sept. 9, 1975
|twin Mars probes; both placed landing vehicles on Mars that transmitted photographs and other data; neither confirmed nor absolutely ruled out the existence of life on the planet
|Oct. 16, 1975
|first in series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites for meteorologic data
|Voyager 1; Voyager 2
|Aug. 20, 1977; Sept. 5, 1977
|twin probes transmitted detailed photographs of gas giants before flying out of solar system; Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter and Saturn; Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
|Pioneer Venus 1
|May 20, 1978
|orbited Venus, taking photographs and readings
|Pioneer Venus 2
|Aug. 8, 1978
|sent four probes onto the surface of Venus to analyze atmospheric conditions
|Feb. 14, 1980
|Solar Maximum Mission satellite; observed Sun during height of sunspot cycle
|May 4, 1989
|flew past Venus and recorded ancient, hardened lava flows, fault lines, sand dunes, impact craters, and cinder cones
|Oct. 18, 1989
|first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter; studied planet, moons, and magnetic field; released probe that parachuted through atmosphere of Jupiter; returned close-up photos of asteroids Gaspra and Ida
|Hubble Space Telescope
|April 24, 1990
|first large optical space telescope put into orbit around Earth (by crew of space shuttle Discovery)
|Feb. 17, 1996
|first probe to orbit asteroid, Eros; first probe to land on asteroid; renamed NEAR Shoemaker in 2000
|Mars Pathfinder
|Dec. 4, 1996
|lander carried robotic roving vehicle Sojourner to Mars; Sojourner explored surface
|Oct. 15, 1997
|first spacecraft to orbit Saturn; released ESA's Huygens probe, which landed on Saturn's moon Titan, becoming first craft to land on moon other than Earth's Moon
|Mars Climate Orbiter
|Dec. 11, 1998
|designed to track Martian weather; miscalculations sent craft off course; most likely burned up in planet's atmosphere
|Mars Polar Lander
|Jan. 3, 1999
|scheduled to survey south polar region of Mars; contact with craft lost as it readied for landing
|Feb. 7, 1999
|first mission devoted solely to studying a comet, Wild 2
|Spirit; Opportunity
|June 10, 2003; July 7, 2003
|twin robotic roving vehicles that landed on Mars at different spots; found evidence suggesting there was liquid water on parts of Martian surface in past
|Aug. 3, 2004
|first spacecraft to orbit Mercury
|Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
|Aug. 12, 2005
|Mars orbiter; studied planet's geology and climate
|New Horizons
|Jan. 19, 2006
|first mission to Pluto; flew by Pluto and its moon Charon
|Aug. 4, 2007
|landed in the north polar region of Mars; discovered water ice beneath the surface there
|Sept. 27, 2007
|orbited two largest asteroids, Ceres (which is also dwarf planet) and Vesta; first craft to orbit dwarf planet
|June 18, 2009
|craft was deliberately crashed into surface of Moon, resulting in discovery of subsurface water
|Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
|June 18, 2009
|mapped surface of Moon to aid in selection of landing sites for future missions
|Aug. 5, 2011
|orbited Jupiter in highly elliptical orbit over planet's poles
|Nov. 26, 2011
|robotic roving vehicle that landed in Gale crater on Mars
|Soviet Union
|satellite or probe
|date launched
|Sputnik 1
|Oct. 4, 1957
|first artificial satellite of Earth
|Sputnik 2
|Nov. 3, 1957
|first biological satellite; carried dog Laika
|Luna 1
|Jan. 2, 1959
|first lunar probe; missed Moon by 4,660 miles
|Molniya 1
|April 23, 1965
|first Soviet communications satellite; capable of color TV
|Venera 3
|Nov. 16, 1965
|first man-made object to land on another planet (Venus)
|Luna 9
|Jan. 31, 1966
|first probe to land softly on Moon; returned surface pictures
|Luna 10
|March 31, 1966
|first Moon-orbiting satellite
|Venera 7
|Aug. 17, 1970
|first spacecraft to make soft landing on Venus
|Luna 16
|Sept. 12, 1970
|first unmanned spacecraft to return lunar material to Earth
|Luna 17
|Nov. 11, 1970
|carried first unmanned lunar roving vehicle, Lunokhod 1
|Mars 2
|May 19, 1971
|Mars probe; instrument package first man-made object to land on Mars
|Venera 9; Venera 10
|June 8, 1975; June 14, 1975
|twin Venus probes; both deployed; descent capsules that returned data, including the first photographs taken on the surface of another planet
|Venera 13; Venera 14
|Oct. 30, 1981; Nov. 4, 1981
|twin Venus probes; found evidence of two major active volcanic areas; determined that Venus' crust is thicker than Earth's and that the planet once had oceans
|Phobos 1; Phobos 2
|July 7, 1988; July 12, 1988
|twin Mars probes; scheduled to study Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons; Phobos 1 disabled by computer error; Phobos 2 lost radio contact in March 1989, after orbiting Mars
|Aug. 15, 1991
|Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (American-made) on board to monitor ozone layer
|other nations
|satellite or probe
|date launched
|Ariel 1
|April 26, 1962
|first international satellite; made in England, launched by United States
|Alouette 1
|Sept. 28, 1962
|first Canadian satellite; launched by United States
|San Marco 1
|Dec. 15, 1964
|first Italian satellite; launched by United States
|Nov. 26, 1965
|first French satellite
|Nov. 29, 1967
|first Australian satellite
|May 17, 1968
|first successful satellite built by European Space Research Organization; launched by United States
|Feb. 11, 1970
|first Japanese satellite; fourth stage of launch vehicle
|China 1
|April 24, 1970
|first Chinese satellite
|Oct. 28, 1971
|first all-British satellite
|Helios 1
|Dec. 10, 1974
|joint solar probe by West Germany and United States; closest approach to Sun to date
|Magion 1
|Oct. 24, 1978
|first Czechoslovakian satellite; launched by Soviet Union
|July 2, 1985
|ESA probe made closest flyby (335 miles) of Halley's comet nucleus
|Spot 1
|Feb. 22, 1986
|Earth-resources mapping satellite launched by France; highest-resolution civilian remote-sensing satellite
|Sept. 19, 1989
|first Israeli satellite, launched using Shavit (Comet) booster rocket
|Jan. 24, 1990
|first Japanese lunar probe
|Dec. 2, 1995
|Solar and Heliospheric Observatory launched by ESA and NASA to observe Sun's activity
|July 4, 1998
|first Japanese Mars orbiter; dedicated to studying planet's upper atmosphere
|Cluster II
|July 16, 2000; Aug. 9, 2000
|international mission of four identical spacecraft to study the solar wind and Earth's magnetic field
|Shenzhou II
|Jan. 10, 2001
|first Chinese biological satellite; carried monkey, dog, rabbit, and snails
|May 9, 2003
|Japanese spacecraft that landed on asteroid Itokawa; first spacecraft to return samples from asteroid
|Sept. 27, 2003
|probe that orbited Moon; ESA's first lunar mission
|March 2, 2004
|ESA spacecraft that orbited Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko; carried Philae, first space probe to land on comet
|Venus Express
|Nov. 9, 2005
|ESA probe that orbited Venus, studying middle and upper atmosphere
|Sept. 23, 2006
|Japanese-U.S.-U.K. satellite that carried solar optical telescope; discovered magnetic waves in solar atmosphere that drive the solar wind
|Kaguya (SELENE)
|Sept. 14, 2007
|Japanese lunar orbiter
|Chang'e 1
|Oct. 24, 2007
|orbited Moon; first Chinese spacecraft to travel beyond Earth orbit
|Oct. 22, 2008
|Indian probe that found water on Moon; first Indian lunar mission
|May 21, 2010
|Venus orbiter; first successful Japanese mission to another planet
|Mars Orbiter Mission
|Nov. 5, 2013
|Mars orbiter; first Indian mission to another planet
|Chang'e 3
|Dec. 2, 2013
|first Chinese probe to land on Moon; released rover on lunar surface
|Soviet Union/Russia
|date launched
|Vostok 1
|Y. Gagarin
|April 12, 1961
|first manned spaceflight
|Vostok 3 Vostok 4
|A. Nikolayev, P. Popovich
|Aug. 12, 1962; Aug. 11, 1962
|first dual space mission (with Vostok 4); spacecraft passed within 4 feet of each other
|Vostok 6
|V. Tereshkova
|June 16, 1963
|first woman in space
|Voskhod 1
|V. Komarov, K. Feoktistov, B. Yegorov
|Oct. 12, 1964
|first spacecraft with multi-person crew
|Voskhod 2
|P. Belyayev, A. Leonov
|March 18, 1965
|Leonov became first spacewalker
|Soyuz 3
|G. Beregovoy
|Oct. 26, 1968
|rendezvoused with unmanned Soyuz 2
|Soyuz 4 Soyuz 5
|V. Shatalov B., Volynov, A. Yeliseyev, Y. Khrunov
|Jan. 14, 1969 Jan. 15, 1969
|first docking of Soviet manned spacecraft; Yeliseyev, Khrunov made extravehicular transfer, returned to Earth in Soyuz 4
|Soyuz 6, Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8
|G. Shonin, V. Kubasov, A. Filipchenko, V. Volkov, V. Gorbatko, V. Shatalov, A. Yeliseyev
|Oct. 11, 1969; Oct. 12, 1969; Oct. 13, 1969
|group flight of three spacecraft (Soyuz 6, 7, and 8); experimented with control techniques, welding in space; performed Earth resources survey work
|Soyuz 11
|G. Dobrovolsky, V. Volkov, V. Patsayev
|June 6, 1971
|docked with Salyut 1; crew entered and conducted experiments for more than 23 days; crew killed during reentry because of improperly sealed hatch
|Soyuz 19
|A. Leonov, V. Kubasov
|July 15, 1975
|first docking of two spacecraft from different nations (with United States Apollo 18); conducted joint experiments
|Soyuz 26
|G. Grechko, Y. Romanenko
|Dec. 10, 1977
|docked with Salyut 6 space station; crew set new endurance record, returned on Soyuz 27
|Soyuz 27
|V. Dzhanibekov, O. Makarov
|Jan. 10, 1978
|docked with Salyut 6 and joined Soyuz 26 crew in first double docking; crew returned on Soyuz 26
|Soyuz T-7
|L. Popov, A. Serebrov, S. Savitskaya
|Aug. 19, 1982
|docked with Salyut 7 and Soyuz T-5; Savitskaya first woman to walk in space; crew returned on Soyuz T-5
|Soyuz T-10
|L. Kizim, V. Solovyev, D. Atkov
|Feb. 8, 1984
|Kizim, Solovyev repaired Salyut 7 during series of four space walks; crew set new endurance record
|Soyuz T-15
|L. Kizim, V. Solovyev
|March 13, 1986
|first crew to occupy new Mir space station; first craft to rendezvous with second space station (Salyut 7)
|Soyuz TM-3
|V. Titov, M. Manarov, A. Levchenko
|Dec. 21, 1987
|docked with Mir; Titov, Manarov set new endurance record, returned on Soyuz TM-6
|Soyuz TM-14
|A. Viktorenko, A. Kaleri, K.-D. Flade
|March 17, 1992
|docked with Mir; first Russian spaceflight after breakup of the U.S.S.R.
|Soyuz TM-30
|S. Zalyotin, A. Kaleri
|April 4, 2000
|last occupants of Mir
|Soyuz TM-31
|Y. Gidzenko, W. Shepherd, S. Krikalyov
|Oct. 31, 2000
|first crew of International Space Station (ISS)
|Soyuz TM-32
|T. Musabayev, Y. Baturin, D. Tito
|April 28, 2001
|Tito was first space tourist; supply mission to ISS
|Soyuz TMA-15
|R. Romanenko, F. de Winne, R. Thirsk
|May 27, 2009
|brought ISS to full crew of six
|United States
|date launched
|Mercury 3
|A. Shepard
|May 5, 1961
|first American in space (suborbital flight)
|Mercury 6
|J. Glenn
|Feb. 20, 1962
|first American to orbit Earth
|Gemini 3
|V. Grissom, J. Young
|March 23, 1965
|first American multi-person crew
|Gemini 4
|J. McDivitt, E. White
|June 3, 1965
|White was first American spacewalker
|Gemini 7
|F. Borman, J. Lovell
|Dec. 4, 1965
|first U.S. space rendezvous (with Gemini 6)
|Gemini 6
|W. Schirra, T. Stafford
|Dec. 15, 1965
|rendezvoused within 1 foot of Gemini 7
|Gemini 8
|N. Armstrong, D. Scott
|March 16, 1966
|first spacecraft to dock with another (unmanned Agena 8 target)
|Apollo 7
|W. Schirra, D. Eisele, W. Cunningham
|Oct. 11, 1968
|first manned flight of Apollo command module (in Earth orbit)
|Apollo 8
|F. Borman, J. Lovell, W. Anders
|Dec. 21, 1968
|first manned craft to orbit Moon
|Apollo 11
|N. Armstrong, E. Aldrin, M. Collins
|July 16, 1969
|Armstrong, Aldrin first people to land on Moon; deployed experiments, collected soil samples
|Apollo 15
|D. Scott, J. Irwin, A. Worden
|July 26, 1971
|Scott, Irwin landed on Moon near Hadley Rille; employed first manned Lunar Roving Vehicle
|Apollo 17
|E. Cernan, R. Evans, H. Schmitt
|Dec. 7, 1972
|last Apollo Moon landing
|Skylab 2
|C. Conrad, J. Kerwin, P. Weitz
|May 25, 1973
|first crew to occupy Skylab 1; set new endurance record
|Skylab 4
|G. Carr, W. Pogue, E. Gibson
|Nov. 16, 1973
|last Skylab mission; Carr made record single space walk of seven hours; crew set endurance record
|Apollo 18
|V. Brand, T. Stafford, D. Slayton
|July 15, 1975
|first docking of two spacecraft from different nations (with Soviet Soyuz 19)
|J. Young, R. Crippen
|April 12, 1981
|first space shuttle flight
|P. Weitz, K. Bobko, D. Peterson, S. Musgrave
|April 4, 1983
|first flight of space shuttle Challenger; first U.S. space walks since 1974
|J. Young, B. Shaw, O. Garriott, R. Parker, B. Lichtenberg, U. Merbold
|Nov. 28, 1983
|carried European-built Spacelab into space; first joint U.S.-European manned space mission
|R. Crippen, F. Scobee, G. Nelson, J. van Hoften, T. Hart
|April 6, 1984
|first crew to retrieve and repair an unmanned satellite in orbit; launched experimental facility station
|R. Crippen, J. McBride, K. Sullivan, S. Ride, D. Leestma, P. Scully-Power, M. Garneau
|Oct. 5, 1984
|carried Earth-observation radar and camera and deployed radiation-research satellite; Sullivan first American woman to walk in space; Garneau first Canadian astronaut
|F. Scobee, M. Smith, E. Onizuka, S.C. McAuliffe, G. Jarvis, R. McNair, J. Resnik
|Jan. 28, 1986
|First U.S. in-flight disaster; Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff as the result of a faulty rocket-booster seal.
|F. Hauck, R. Covey, G. Nelson, D. Hilmers, J. Lounge
|Sept. 29, 1988
|near-perfect flight marked the return of U.S. space shuttle to flight status
|L. Shriver, C. Bolden, B. McCandless, K. Sullivan, S. Hawley
|April 24, 1990
|deployment of Hubble Space Telescope
|R. Richards, R. Cabana, W. Shepherd, B. Melnick, T. Akers
|Oct. 6, 1990
|launched international Ulysses probe that was the first probe ever to study the Sun's poles
|R. Cabana, F. Struckow, N. Currie, S. Krikalev, J. Newmann, J. Ross
|Dec. 4, 1998
|crew began assembly of ISS; linked Russian Zarya control module and U.S. Unity connecting module in orbit
|R. Husband, W. McCool, M. Anderson, D. Brown, L. Clark, K. Chawla, I. Ramon
|Jan. 16, 2003
|shuttle broke apart on Feb. 1 on return from scientific research mission to ISS, killing crew; Ramon first Israeli astronaut; space shuttles returned to flight in 2005
|C. Ferguson, D. Hurley, S. Magnus, R. Walheim
|July 8, 2011
|last space shuttle flight
|date launched
|Shenzhou 5
|Yang Liwei
|Oct. 15, 2003
|first Chinese manned space mission; orbited Earth 14 times
|Shenzhou 6
|Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng
|Oct. 12, 2005
|first two-person Chinese spaceflight
|Shenzhou 7
|Zhai Zigang, Liu Boming, Jing Haipeng
|Sept. 25, 2008
|first Chinese spacewalk (Zhai)
|Shenzhou 9/ Tiangong 1
|Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang, Liu Yang
|June 16, 2012
|first Chinese woman in space (Liu Yang); first manned Chinese space docking
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
how-to: woven circles trivet
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Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorial. I just adore the retro look of the trivet.ReplyDelete
Cool. I remember making these when I was a kid for various elementary school teacher xmas gifts.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to try this... am going to try with Lavender and lime green and try and see if I can square it off after and use this as the center of a baby blanket I am making for a friend. Thanks!ReplyDelete
If you're having trouble getting started, check out my Flickr set for making the trivet. I made all of the photos from each and every little step public. Hope this helps! :)ReplyDelete
You do NOT have to begin with the plastic rings. Instead, you can substitute rings made by chaining 20 and then slip stitching to the first ch stitch to form a ring. Use that as the base instead of a plastic ring. Email me at adaiha @ gmail.com if you need more one-on-one advice! :)
What a great pattern! I can hardly wait to make it!!!ReplyDelete
I have some plastic bracelets that I intend to try instead of the drink rings.
Thanks for an easy pattern that looks very complicated !!
The only thing remotely similar (& free) I currently have to experiment with are plastic soda cup lids from QT. I'm cutting the insides of the lids out to make rings. Will try to return to let you know how it works. I've been looking for a way to recycle those darn things. They also come in different sizes. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Cutting the center & the outer lip of the lid worked. I made 2 of them with different sizes. The blue rings make for a good sized one that would fit a large pot. It's a little over 12" in diameter.Delete
Haven't had any trouble with it melting yet & I don't wait for a pot or pan to cool to use it. Just to clarify, these cup lids are the thick plastic colored ones that can be washed & reused.
I remember my grandmother and her sisters making these in the 1970s. I think I still have some of their originals around. Even back then they had difficulty finding enough truely round rings to crochet around. I can remember them discussing which brand sodas to buy so they would have the shape they wanted. Thanks for the memories!ReplyDelete
I found one of these in a box of crochet stuff my step-grandmother had made when she was still around. I thought I'd have to take it apart to see how she made it. Thanks for saving me from frogging her work!ReplyDelete
A lady at church asked today if I could make her one of these. She has one that is square. I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to make one. The only problem is the rings as I don't drink soft drinks or beer.ReplyDelete
Do you think round plastic canvas would work?Replies
I'm not sure if that would work, but I have made trivets without the plastic rings at all. Instead, just make 20 chain stitches and join with a slip stitch, then proceed with the tutorial by making dc stitches into the ring. This rainbow one was made that way and it came out great! :)Delete
LOVE IT! Going to share on my FB page. I hope that's OK?ReplyDelete
Precioso trabajo, con la explicaciòn un 10!!!! Gracias, desde Bs.As. RenèeReplyDelete
This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely try to make one, although I don't really understand how to begin with each circle...ReplyDelete
I have a suggestion, though, to make the final, center ring. Instead of figuring out what length the stripe should be, use the Tunisian crochet method to work from the bottom up. This way you don't have to measure, and just stop when the length is right.
I hope this helps.


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Marist names Bowers men's basketball coach
Poughkeepsie, NY – Marist College hired Jeff Bowers to serve as head coach of the men's basketball team on Wednesday.
"I would like to welcome Jeff and his family back to the Marist College community and the Hudson River Valley," Marist director of athletics Tim Murray said. "I am confident in his ability to evaluate talent and character given his breadth of experience at the collegiate and NBA levels. Jeff understands Marist's values and the high academic standards that are expected of our student-athletes. Our goal is to win MAAC championships, and we feel that Jeff has both the leadership and management skills to reach this standard."
Bowers brings 30 years of coaching experience at both the collegiate and NBA levels. Bower spent nine seasons as an assistant coach for the Red Foxes from 1986-1995 before moving to the NBA. Over 15 years in the NBA with the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets he has served as head coach and general manager, among other positions.
Most recently, Bower served as a consultant to the NBA league office and various NBA teams.