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Peavy threw a great 25 pitches in his side today, then fatigue set in for 15. He's all-in for a 40-pitch/2 IP outing for White Sox on Friday.
Q. Know what speed he was pitching at?
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Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson Mmusi Maimane poured cold water on claims that stacks of textbooks that were found at a warehouse on Friday were a result of overstocking by the department.
"Education department spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi claimed to Sapa yesterday that these books are merely additional stock … This simply cannot be the truth," he said.
Lesufi said they had overstocked so that they could deliver books within 24-hours if the need arose.
Maimane said the DA was in possession of a letter from a principal apologising to parents for the school not receiving any textbooks for core subjects.
"If the department can deliver books within 24 hours to any school in need as Mr Lesufi claimed, then why is this principal writing desperate letters to parents a month into the school year?" Maimane asked.
The DA alleged that they performed telephonic surveys with several schools around Limpopo and found that 56 of them had not received all the textbooks they needed.
Maimane said he believed there were hundreds of schools still without the relevant books.
A DA Limpopo legislature member was detained on Friday for allegedly trespassing at the warehouse where they textbooks were found, said the party.
The party's provincial leader Jacques Smalle said police refused to release DA MPL Meisie Kennedy until she had deleted photos from her phone.
"The DA made a surprise visit to the warehouse this morning after pursuing the reasons for book shortages in schools this week," Smalle said.
Limpopo police could not comment on the incident because no charges were laid.
'Still in shock'
Kennedy said the books were stacked from the ground to the ceiling in the warehouse.
"I introduced myself [and said] I wanted to conduct an oversight at the warehouse," she said.
"I was allowed in, but while taking pictures I was manhandled. I screamed, I wanted to get help. They grabbed me. I'm still in shock."
Kennedy said she would not lay a charge with the police because she was not injured. Her driver's licence, identity document, and camera were confiscated, but were returned after the photos had been deleted.
The department of education said it did not own the property in the warehouse.
"The DA impersonated a government official and that property does not belong to the department, it belongs to a private company," spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi said.
"They must sort [these issues] out with the private company."
He said the warehouse belonged to distribution company UTI.
Overstocked books
The DA said it had heard from schools with textbook shortages that the education department had failed to deliver because of problems with a tender.
Smalle said the department had attempted to move the textbooks to another location on Friday morning after hearing of the DA's visit.
"A delegation including Mmusi Maimane, Desiree van der Walt, and myself arrived in time to witness this," said Smalle.
"The warehouse was immediately put into lockdown and thousands of books are still inside."
Lesufi explained that some of the overstock was because the department's database had not been updated since 2011 and some schools had gone from being just Afrikaans to Afrikaans and English medium schools.
"That is why we have overstocked the books, so if there is a delay we can deliver. We can also use those books next year.
"We have delivered books in Limpopo. Yes, there might be shortages, but it's because of our database," he said. – Sapa.

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House committee amends governor's gas tax proposal
Committee seeks lower increases than governor proposed
A House committee taking up the governor's plan to raise the wholesale tax on gasoline made several changes before sending the measure to the floor Wednesday.
The bill on the House floor applies a 1 percent sales tax at the wholesale level starting in July. The governor wanted a 2-percent increase.
The sales tax would increase by another 2 percent in 2015 under the committee changes. The governor wanted to increase it by 4 percent.
The House committee voted to eliminate the governor's plan to cut five cents from the state's 23.5-cent-per-gallon tax on gas.
The House committee also changed what happens if Congress fails to act on a bill allowing states to collect a tax on Internet sales. The governor wanted to use that money for transportation, but under the House proposal, if Congress fails to act, the sales tax would jump from 3 to 4 percent in January 2016 and up to 5 percent in July 2016. The governor had proposed a higher increase. The bill on the House floor also retains a mechanism to link the gas tax to inflation.
The bottom line, according to the Department of Legislative Services and the Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Association, the total taxes on the price per gallon of gas by 2017 will be 41 cents.
The House GOP caucus held a news conference late Wednesday afternoon blasting Democrats for picking the pockets of consumers.
"(They're) pushing for a gas tax increase that will remove over $2 billion from their wallets over the next six years," said House Minority Leader Tony O'Donnell, R-District 29C.
"It will be a double whammy, a double punch to the gut of the Maryland taxpayer," said Anne Arundel County Delegate Herb McMillan, R-District 30.
"The gas tax has been indexed to inflation. It is both the first and worst time, perhaps, for the governor and General Assembly to hoist this onto Maryland citizens. Indexing makes taxes increase automatically without any input from the General Assembly," said Anne Arundel County Delegate Ron George, R-District 30.
The bottom line is that if the price of gas holds steady and if Congress doesn't act, consumers will pay 16 to 18 cents more per gallon of gas in 2016.
Tax hike opponents contend the increase isn't necessary, saying mismanagement of the Transportation Trust Fund is the problem.
"House Bill 1515 does nothing to protect the Transportation Trust Fund from being raided," said Baltimore County Delegate Sue Aumann, R-District 42.
The bill changes still brings in roughly $800 million, the same amount of money supporters believe is needed to fund transportation projects, including the Purple Line in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, and the Red Line in Baltimore City.


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Grady Ranch is still a bad idea
December 27, 2012 1 Comment
Last Thursday, the IJ published an editorial defending the Grady Ranch affordable housing project from critics. If we don't know what the project will look like, asks the editorial board, how can we criticize? Perhaps it will include a bike lane and sidewalks all the way to 101. Perhaps there will be a place for Marin Transit to run a shuttle, never mind the cost. And perhaps there will be a small grocery store so residents will be able to do at least one errand without getting in the car.
While it's true that we don't know how the project will look, the arguments in defense of the project don't address the fundamental flaw of "affordable" sprawl: the burden of car-dependence on residents, and the burden of maintenance on the County.
Grady Ranch isn't "a rare opportunity to help meet Marin's need for affordable housing." To the contrary, it would doom hundreds of low-income people to an expensive existence of car-dependance. The whole point of creating a walkable, bikeable mix of jobs and housing, which the IJ dismisses so easily, is to free people from the burden of car ownership. A car should be an option for those who want it, not a necessity for those who can't afford it. Why we would want to give our poor another burden they cannot carry is beyond me.
If car ownership will be residents' burden, services and infrastructure will be the County's. MCF, as a nonprofit, doesn't pay any taxes on any of its land or developments, meaning new residents won't have to pay. And, even if supervisors could foist the cost of extending services and infrastructure onto developers, that still leaves ongoing costs. Infrastructure needs maintenance and services have payrolls. Will Lucas, or MCF, or "possible grant providers" be willing to pay that expense for the next 50 years? Somehow, I don't think even George Lucas would be that generous.
These problems and the others I raised before need to be addressed in the first draft of the plan, not later. We cannot give MCF and Lucas "the opportunity to come up with a detailed plan before going on the attack." Supervisors, citizens, and the two Grady Ranch partners must answer these problems now.
Besides, even if Grady Ranch is an irredeemable project, that doesn't mean the end result can't be less terrible. Given how bad the project is just on its face, we need to start to shape it before they've put time into a detailed plan. If the county pushes forward, this may be the only chance we'll get.


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Thought this may be of help to others.
First off a disclaimer of sorts. There are many different ways to pack and ship shrimp or other inverts/fish. Everyone has their own way. This is just my way and it works for me. I ship fish the same way for the most part.
I use USPS for shipping shrimp. It is the least costly. I use Priority mail shipping boxes. The boxes are free at the post office, you can ask for as many as you want. Alternatively you can use any sort of box you want, some people even use small styrofoam boxes, which work well. I can never find enough of them.
The cost for shipping is based on weight and how far the package is going. Typically costs anywhere from $5 to $8. The delivery confirmation is $0.75. If you have a scale at home to weigh the package, you can print a shipping label off the usps or paypal website, then delivery confirmation is free.
In some cases depending on how much you are shipping it may be more worthwhile to use a medium or large flat rate shipping boxes. The cost is going up on these sometime next year so not including prices on them. Look on the usps.com website for pricing.
No matter how well you package the shrimp, you need to look at the weather both where you are and where you are shipping to will be. Many times I have waited to ship or receive shrimp/fish when temperatures are a bit extreme. Know the temperatures that are safe for shipping. For red cherry shrimp I have shipped from the 50F to 80F range.


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No matter what language she's speaking, Marion Cotillard is utterly fluent in fine acting.
The 37-year-old French stunner took home an Academy Award as Best Actress for her immersive performance as singer Edith Piaf in 2007's "La Vie en Rose" and has crafted an impressive list of Hollywood credentials in the aftermath, most notably working with director Christopher Nolan in "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Rises."
Cotillard returns to performing in her native language with the unpredictable drama "Rust and Bone," playing a whale trainer whose life is upended after a shocking accident, placing her on a journey of redefinition alongside an unlikely potential soul mate (Matthias Schoenarts).
Already topping many critics' lists as a leading contender to take home another Oscar trophy, Cotillard provides a look into how she crafted her performance.
On delving into her complicated character:
What was different from the other thing I did before was that when I read the script, even at the end of it, Stephanie was still a mystery. And that was a mystery that [director] Jacques Audiard and I needed to solve. But I also found out that, usually when I work, I need to explore every bit of a character. I need to know who this person is entirely, and I realize that that mystery that she was not to be solved entirely because it was part of who she is. When we started working, before we started shooting, and even when we started shooting, Stephanie was a big mystery and we tried many things. And that one day, Jacques told me, 'Yeah, I know now: she's a cowboy.' I thought it was kind of genius, and from there everything found its place. At the end of it, I didn't expect to be so moved by her. She turned anger into power. That's a cowboy thing, right?
On playing scenes in which her character's lost limbs are exposed:
The physicality was never an issue. First of all, the CGI guys were really talented. They went really fast. They were very discrete on set when they were with us every day. But the fact that I actually have legs never got in our way. It was never an issue. Basically, it's very technical: I wore green socks and they [digitally] erased my legs, so we had funny moments because I had to put my legs in this certain position so I would not cast some shadows on Matthias' back, for example, in some scenes. So we actually had fun doing it.
On the most challenging physical demand of the role:
I had to swim in the sea – it was freezing, it was late October and I got bit by a jellyfish. The camera was not working and I knew that if I would go back on the boat, it would take longer, so I stayed in the water with the jellyfish biting me. And man, it burns! And I didn't allow anyone to pee on myself.
On the most challenging mental demand:
What was the most difficult for me was to go to Marineland, because I don't feel comfortable in a place like this. And I needed to consider the animals as an actual animal and not as something that was turned from an animal into a clown or something, an animal who does a flip-flop when you ask the Orca to do it.
And the first day, I thought it was kind of horrifying, when I would ask them to do something and they would actually do it. And I thought the connection was easy to have because I would give them some fish, and they would do whatever I wanted them to do, if I did the correct gesture. But then on the second day, I had this rehearsal for the scene behind the glass, and that was not choreographed like the show is. And that was basically improvisation with the gesture that I knew, and that day, I had a real communication with the whale, and that changed everything for me.
On facing her own strong personal feelings about aquatic theme parks:
On my first day, I arrived five minutes before the show and I watched it. And I thought it was horrifying. And my trainer turned to me after the show and said, 'Did you like it?' And I thought, 'Okay – What am I going to answer? Am I going to lie? Am I going to tell the truth?' I couldn't lie, and I said, 'Well, no – I hated it. But I don't want you to think I'm disrespectful.' Those people, they have a passion. They're passionate about what they do. They love the animals, so they made my job easy because passion is contagious.
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I will never go back to Marineland. This is an open question because some people's children won't ever have the possibility, because of money, to go and see the whales in their environment, and sometimes it can raise an awareness and the desire to save those animals. But then again, I have this example and maybe it's silly, but I remember when 'Finding Nemo' came out. This is a story about not taking those fish out of their environment, and there was an explosion of sales of clownfish after this movie. And that was something that I really couldn't understand because the story of that movie is telling the opposite: DON'T take them out to put them in an aquarium. And that's exactly what happened. So sometimes, I don't know – I'm really wondering if those Sea World, Marineland, however you call them, really make a difference.
On tackling the role after just becoming a new mother:
I usually never talk about my personal life, but my personal life was totally stuck to this project because, yes, I had my baby with me. And he was very, very young, and all the crew was really amazing with me because it was not easy – neither for me nor for everybody!
On moving between smaller-scale films and big-budget blockbusters:
I feel very lucky that I can travel from one very special universe to another very special universe. My experience in Hollywood with the big blockbuster, though, is very special too, because it's a blockbuster directed, written, produced by Christopher Nolan, who's not a studio director. I had some propositions of big movies, and I met the director, and I thought, 'This guy is just here because they need a director, but it's not the most important thing in his life to tell this story.' I need to work with directors who have the need to tell a story – and Christopher Nolan is definitely a director who needs to tell stories.


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A Complete Guide to Heraldry
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1909. Illustrated with nine plates and nearly 800 other designs. Contents: The Origin of Armory; The Status and the Meaning of a Coat of Arms in Great Britain; The Heralds and Officers of Arms; Heraldic Brasses; The Component Parts of an Achievement; The Shield; The Field of a Shield; The Field of a Shield and the Heraldic Tinctures; The Rules of Blazon; The So-Called Ordinaries and Sub-Ordinaries; The Human Figure in Heraldry; The Heraldic Lion; Beasts; Monsters; Birds; Fish; Reptiles; Insects; Trees, Leaves, Fruits, and Flowers; Inanimate Objects; The Heraldic Helmet; The Crest; Crowns and Coronets; Crest Coronets and Chapeaux; The Mantling or Lambrequin; The Torse or Wreath; Supporters; The Compartment; Mottoes; Badges; Heraldic Flags, Banners, and Standards; Marks of Cadency; Marks of Bastardy; The Marshalling of Arms; The Armorial Insignia of Knighthood; the Armorial Bearings of a Lady; Official Heraldic Insignia; Augmentations of Honour; Ecclesiastical Heraldry; Arms of Dominion and Sovereignty; Hatchments; The Union Jack; and Seize-Quartiers.
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A recent study finds that a new horse park remains vital to growing Maryland's equine industry and suggests linking a network of existing facilities rather than creating a large singular facility.
"Phase One of a new study conducted by the Maryland Horse Industry Board and the Maryland Stadium Authority finds that the concept of developing a horse park continues to be vital to the growth of the state's equine industry, but adds some new approaches to an initial study conducted in 2005," a news release says.
"The original study recommended building a large central facility similar to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., for about $120 million," the release says. "The new study finds that Maryland already has many of the essential components for such a park at existing facilities."
"The new study suggests," the release says, "that a horse park can be made up of a system of existing and perhaps upgraded equine facilities across the state that can be linked together and operate cooperatively rather than as strictly individual venues."
Several horse owners familiar with the study said Maryland has been horse-friendly since the Free State's founding, and they welcomed any measure to maintain a thriving equine industry.
Dale Clabaugh has been a proponent and activist in the commission of a Maryland equestrian park since the 1980s, she said, and she had hoped it would one day come to the rolling fields of Frederick County.
"I have been following the new study commissioned by the MHIB and the MSA, and I am frankly thrilled with the resurgence of interest in the matter," said Clabaugh, co-founder of the Woodvale Farms boarding facility in Frederick and the Menfelt Horse Trials.
When the revised study suggesting a network of facilities across Maryland was proposed, "I thought the idea was brilliant," Clabaugh said. "Maryland is a compact-enough state to successfully manage and coordinate such a system, and it would create both an economic boon to the various communities where the sites were located, as well as offer diversity to equine competitors and enthusiasts."
The park system could offer activities for multiple disciplines — Western, English, endurance, trail, polo — occurring on the same date at different locations, Clabaugh said.
Clabaugh supports a system of recognized independent facilities that would operate in harmony under a unified organization, she said.
"By utilizing a network of facilities we enhance the communities all over the state and at the same time that unity strengthens the entire equestrian community and allows it to become much greater in the whole," Clabaugh said.
"Phase Two of the study will investigate exactly what needs to be done to maximize use of the state's existing equine facilities and study the potential these facilities have for attracting national and international events, competitions, and visitors to Maryland," the news release says. "Phase Two is scheduled to begin early in 2013 and be completed by the fall."
A horse park is a step in the right direction for Maryland, said Judy Smith, who owns Good Friday Farm in Ijamsville with her husband, Tom.
"This state needs to be able to showcase its strong equine industry, and this is a step forward," Judy Smith said. "Of course, there are pros and cons to both having everything in one place, or in various locations around the state."
While some duplication in equipment, such as fencing, footing, jumps and stalls, is inevitable, the overall cost to the state should be lower, Smith said.
"This also will be a financial enhancement to the various localities by creating more 'nonhorse' revenue to various parts of the state in terms of restaurants, hotels and shops," she said.


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Aches. Coughs. Fevers. Nebulizers. Inhalers. Pain meds. Cough meds. Antibiotics. Sleepless nights. More coughs. More aches. More pains. Less sleep.
It's been a rough week at our house. Last Wednesday, Col was feeling a but puny, so I kept him home from school. What has taken place since that day has been nothing short of a downward spiral of sickness.
Wednesday night--6:15 p.m. Sheer exhaustion
It's passed from Colin to Cameron to Ethan to me and back around a few more times. We're dealing with fevers, coughs, general achiness, and poor Colin has an ear infection.
To top it all off, just when we thought he was over the hump, Tuesday night Colin woke up screaming around midnight, saying he was "super itchy". We pulled him out of bed and did a once over--to discover hives the size of my hand covering his entire body. Apparently, Colin shares his Daddy's allergy to penicillin. So, we've since switched meds, and all is much better.
Whatever it is is viral, so the boys are just waiting it out. I have a pretty severe case of bronchitis (which, if you've hung around this blog for very long, you know we all suffer from every March and every October) and it's still kicking my booty pretty badly, even with a steroid shot and antibiotics. The boys are having a hard time breathing and so we've basically all been hooked up to the nebulizer for a week.
It's been a long week.
Truly, though, in writing this post, I have to say the first emotion that comes to my mind is gratefulness and thankfulness. That may sound weird, but other than our strep issues over Christmas, we've been pretty dern healthy this winter--while most everyone else I know has been sick (some for weeks on end). Since Spring is right around the corner, I am hopeful that this is the last wave of germs that's going to be floating through our house in a while--and I'm so thankful that God has kept us as healthy as we have been.
But, I have to say, I'll be happy when Mr. Nebulizer is put away for the season.
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Note, as for foobar2000 mobile 1.0.50 beta, the built-in FTP server makes these things much easier. If you're running the newest beta, you should probably look into FTP functionality first.
How to trasnfer music to foobar2000 mobile over wifi / UPnP
Compatible with: all versions of foobar2000 mobile.
Particularly relevant to iOS version as it lets you transfer media without using iTunes.
Step 1: install one of supported UPnP music servers
- foo_upnp: http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_upnp
- Asset UPnP: https://www.dbpoweramp.com/asset-upnp-dlna.htm
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Or a whole larger folder, such as whole artist. Careful with transferring too much at once - see notes at the bottom about long-running transfers.
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Some UPnP servers serve content in multiple formats, you will typically want to download in original format such as MP3.
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Lobster Roll Rumble: 19 Lobster Rolls We Ate Last Night
If you're a lobster, you should be pretty nervous around this time of year when TastingTable throws its annual Lobster Roll Rumble. Many pounds of lobster were consumed last night—boatloads, in fact, and that really isn't an exaggeration in this case. Lobster shacks and restaurants from across the country participated to show off their versions of the lobster roll.
Some went the mayo route; others stuck to melty butter. Sea salt sprinkled on some, chopped chives on others, and of course bacon made a cameo. Pepperidge Farm hot dog buns, Martin's potato rolls, and baked-fresh-that-morning brioche rolls. "Everyone's getting all wackadoodle with their rolls in here," said Marc Murphy of Ditch Plains, who said he likes his more traditional.
The lobster roll leaders of New York competed against visitors from the New England coast, San Francisco, Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and even Minneapolis (they get their lobster shipped in from Boston).
The Rumble winners this year:
Tasting Table Fan Favorite (tallied up votes from eventgoers): The Clam Shack Editor's Choice (chosen by a panel of TT editors): The John Dory Oyster Bar
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Meet the new John Tortorella: Canucks introduce coach
John Tortorella is still John Tortorella, but if his first set of public addresses as coach of the Vancouver Canucks is any indication, he's going to take the whole "stop being mean to everyone" thing pretty seriously. If he has any sense of self-preservation, he should.
Speaking on Tuesday, first in an Internet question-and-answer session with fans, then with Vancouver media, Tortorella acknowledged mistakes, noted the need to approach things differently and generally projected a warmer, fuzzier version of the guy who got fired as Rangers coach after wearing out his players and maintaining horrible working relationships with the people who covered them. In the end, that mattered more than the fact that he took New York to the 2012 Eastern Conference finals and 2013 semifinals.
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"I do come with some baggage," Tortorella said. "I've made some mistakes along the way. I'm compelled to make this work."
GM Mike Gillis said Tortorella had the demeanor, approach and expectations he was looking for, and that he "had absolutely no concerns"
"At this particular time, it was the voice I wanted to hear," Gillis said—implying that he doesn't want Tortorella to change his stripes, and in the process indicting the relatively laid-back Alain Vigneault, who, ironically enough, replaced Tortorella in New York.
Gillis has noted the need for a "two-way street" between coach and media, and making that navigable is now a major part of Tortorella's job. By the end of his tenure in New York, his tactics with the media were creating problems for the players. And really, short of a PR disaster, that's all that should matter—coach vs. media isn't an issue until it reaches a certain critical mass. Tortorella may have been there—with an assist from his hard-driving style.
Saying over and over in a press conference that Carl Hagelin "stinks" comes to mind. That happened shortly before player exit meetings with GM Glen Sather sealed Tortorella's fate.
"I put a couple of players in bad situations. That's what hit home to me. It will be rectified," Tortorella said.
"This is the mess I put myself into, and it's a mess I need to get out of. But you know what? I'm a pretty good coach, too."
Now he's the coach of a Canadian team, something that clearly was a draw for him. If you question that, for whatever reason, go watch video of the press conference and count how many times he says the word "province." He says he knows what he's getting into—New York was big, but it's not Canada—and that he embraces it, saying that he'd enjoyed speaking to people on walks through the city (that's New Torts).
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Other talking points from Tortorella:
— He's focused on developing young players and brought up Hagelin and Derek Stepan as success stories. He's generally right—when he started coaching the Rangers, they were relying largely on old, expensive guys—but in 2013, he failed to figure out a way to work forwards Chris Kreider and J.T. Miller into an offensively brutal lineup. Still, on Tuesday: "I love the kids." That's also New Torts.
— He takes over a talented, veteran team that came within a game of the Stanley Cup. He views himself as the guy who pushes them over the top. "I think it's the next level (the team) needs to get to," Tortorella said. "(My) job is to push athletes to positions and levels that they maybe don't think they can get to."
— He said he spoke to Vigneault throughout the process and predicted big things for him with the Rangers. "He leaves me with a situation that's a pretty good situation," Tortorella. "Yeah, it is a little bizarre … but at this stage of my career, to have this opportunity in Canada, this city, this province, I'm pinching myself."
— He talked a lot about mental toughness—and it's fair to wonder whether that's lacking, given Vancouver's flameouts since the 2011 Cup finals. "It's about getting over just another notch mentally," he said.
— And, of course, he broke out the warm and fuzzies, talking extensively about his work with animal shelters, saying hello to reporters and, at one point, thanking one for asking a question about his dogs. Then, he showed a flash of the guy he's been—and probably still will be, on a smaller scale: "I think if you're a good loser, you're a loser."


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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 17:35
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Puppy-to-Puppy LAN with Samba
Here is the scenario:
Two Windows 2000 machines running Puppy 1.09CE from CD. If I have either machine running Windows and the other one running Puppy, I can easily use LinNeighborhood from the Puppy machine to browse all my files on the Windows machine. That part is easy. Now I would like to find the easiest way to allow one machine running Puppy to browse the other machine running Puppy. I've done some poking around and there are posts about NFS, ssh, httpd, fuse, etc., etc. but it is all a bit confusing to me. One post (http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=5797&highlight=) talks about setting up Samba for Puppy-to-Puppy sharing but it is not quite clear just exactly how to do this. I'm guessing that I will have to change my samba.conf on both computers but there is so much in there that it is a bit daunting.
The post I refer to above has this:
I've had Samba on my computer, with a harddrive2 installed on puppy 1.0.7, since the first of the year, all seams well. I have KDE 3.5 and tried smb4k, but i found that the standard LinNeighborhood worked great. After compiling samba 3.0.21a, just started smbd & nmbd with LinNeighborhood. Configured smb.config and all puppies see each other on the home net. Also linked smb.config to /etc/samba/smb.config from /usr/lib. Also compiled with --prefix=/usr. duke
How does one do this? How does one start smbd and nmbd with LinNeihbourhood? Is this done from the Programs tab of Preferences? How does one link smb.config to /etc/samba.config from /use/lib? What is it that needs to be compiled?
Is there an easier way? I guess ftp would work but then I would have to send the files from the machine where they reside instead of being able to browse them on the remote machine.
Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.[/quote]
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 19:38
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Sparky2; There's a Samba server DotPup package that MU has on his site, I tried to get the url but couldn't find it.
ADDENDUM: I found it! ... http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Network/
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Good old MU to the rescue again, what a guy! As he would say, "Woof, woof!"
I'll try it a little later and post back here about how it worked. I'm guessing I'll still have to do some fiddling in the samba.conf file but we'll tackle that when I get there.
Thanks, sunburnt.
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 20:31
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Well, I downloaded MU's Samba Server dotpup and installed it. I think I installed it anyway, I doubled clicked on the .pup file, unzipped it and ran the installer. What do I do now? I suspect that I have to do the samba.conf thing now. I would guess that I have to start by creating a group for my Puppy machines. How do I do this? I have changed the hostnames (machines) but I think maybe I need a workgroup (like in Windows) so that LinNeighborhood will successfully query the host. Please be patient with me - I don't really know what I'm doing.......
I did google for samba server setup but I suspect the info is either disto-specific or meant for conventional Linux installations - Puppy isn't quite conventional, is it?
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 21:07
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Sparky2 wrote:
What do I do now?
#smbd --help
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 21:49
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Yikes! There's no simple step-by-step there, is there? I guess I've got some reading and some homework to do, eh? No matter, I will get it, eventually .......
Easy boy, easy!
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 22:09
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swat sounds pretty cool (Samba Web Administration Tool) - is it available in Puppy or is there a dotpup? I've tried it from the console but it doesn't seem to work (in 1.09CE) - not even in a browser from http://localhost:901
if not, too bad, so sad, maybe I will have to figure out how to configure samba server manualy.
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 22:16
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Poke around in that directory where the help file is. There are a couple big html help files. They don't link off the main one I posted.
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You are cruel, John Doe, very cruel. You have sentenced me to another lost evening poking the Puppy !
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Blame Mark, he put the package together
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Posted: Mon 05 Jun 2006, 01:01
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You can read how to config samba, you might want to download samba 3.0.22. IF you have any Questions you can ask. There is a minor problem with mu 's dotput , you might want to save your rc.samba file so you can put it back.:
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Thanks, duke, and thanks, sunburnt. I have given up for tonight but I will try your solutions tomorrow, they look promising .......
Thanks for responding.
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Posted: Mon 05 Jun 2006, 14:06
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Actually it was jmarsden that made the Samba server dotpup package, MU was nice enough to host it.
duke93535 is correct about the rc.samba file, I replaced it with the std. one, ask & I'll post it for download.
Sparky2; Just look at the /etc/samba/smb.conf file & at the bottom you'll see the share definitions.
path = /home/public
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
Just change it to what you want, also you must decide on using passwords or not, I don't... not secure.
There's only a few things in smb.conf to change, servername, domain name, share access, hostsallow, etc.
Reading on the key words like those above is a good idea & not hard (easier than most stuff).
It's a good idea to learn to edit smb.conf as Swat is weard, tricky to setup, & wipes smb.conf.
Just ask if your having trouble & someone or myself can write a simple smb.conf file for you.
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Posted: Mon 05 Jun 2006, 20:50
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Gee, thanks - now I ask
A ready config (that includes those "private" sections that it creates at startup if not found) will be very useful, especially with comments about how to get things working.
In two occasions, I tried to use it, but it always asks for a password (I was accessing it from Windows machines). I could not disable that password requirement.
The manual is ready and long, but I guess I did not find (or had no time to find) the solution to that problem.
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Here is my smb.conf from testparm, just copy and paste into text editor. Save as text and name it "smb.conf". In /etc/samba/ save your old smb.conf in a hold folder or rename.
Drop the new one in place. Make a folder in /root call it "Downloads" and it should work after a reboot. Just tried going to Puppy with XP, no problem. I am sure there is much better, but this is a starting point.
workgroup = MSHOME
server string = Samba Server %v
security = SHARE
log file = /var/log.%m
max log size = 50
server signing = auto
paranoid server security = No
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
preferred master = No
domain master = No
dns proxy = No
ldap ssl = no
message command = /usr/local/bin/LinPopUp "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s
read only = No
case sensitive = No
msdfs proxy = no
comment = All Printers
path = /usr/spool/samba/
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No
path = /root/Downloads
#you need a /root/Downloads folder for this to work exactly
guest ok = Yes
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For the second installment of my bra wardrobe-building series for the New Year, I want to focus on the push-up bra. I like to think of push-ups in the same way I do about a hot pair of high-heeled shoes. They may not be the most comfortable garment to wear, but, let's face it, they give us a highly desirable effect. You know what they say, we pay a price for glamour. It's also about how we feel about ourselves. What girl doesn't want a little help now and then? Push-up bras produce different levels of enhancement. Depending on our personal taste, a push-up can give us a nice lift that supports and flatters us in a fitted top or dress or make us a strong contender for a part-time gig at the local Hooters. My point is that push-ups are like makeup for the bustline. Construction is important. On average, no two push-up bras are built the same way so it's good to try out a few styles from different brands to find out which one offers the best fit for you. I have three brands that I like to recommend to customers depending on their needs.
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What a great post. It's nice to know that there are other crazy people out there who troll the AH looking at pets, mounts etc. And what a great blog! Reached this blog from reading Glow's Branches (I swear I keep finding new posts in Glow's that I hadn't read before). Check out his Poseidus it is just so awesome. I know I would be excited as hell if I had one. Another blog added to my blogroll!
Red Cow Rise - Day 10: WoW Crew
Red is doing Saz's screenshot challenge now and her pics are really great! She had 2 in particular that I really liked - and this is the one I liked the best. Having all your friends on your AQ mounts in all their different colours was a really cool idea. Makes me want to make a pic like that too! The other great pic was a balloon one against a sun. I am not sure where that's from, I'll have to ask her.
Revive and Rejuvenate - Get the Look Part 2 - Other Leather Sets
and Get the Look Part 3 - PVP Sets
Great Transmog posts again from Ang, I love how she has put all the time and effort in to give the rest of us who don't have model viewer an idea of what to Transmogrify our gear into. My only bugbear is that everything seems to look good on Worgens and Nightelves, I kinda wish she had done them all as Tauren females :P but maybe I should stop being lazy and do some model viewing!


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Lew Rockwell: Rhetoric is a political ruse to make Ron Paul appear as a sell out
Paul Joseph Watson
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Former Ron Paul staffer Lew Rockwell says that talk of an alliance between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul is an "establishment trick" to smear Paul by making him appear as a sell out.
Rockwell, who served as Ron Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 to 1982 and remains close to Paul and several campaign insiders, told the Alex Jones Show that rhetoric about a potential partnership wherein Ron Paul would be granted a VP slot was merely a political ruse to "make Ron Paul supporters like Romney".
The controversy received fresh impetus earlier this week when Rick Santorum and his campaign manager claimed Paul and Romney were in cahoots to shoot down Santorum's candidacy. The talking point has subsequently been pushed by the mainstream media, including a Washington Post article today that speculates on whether the alliance is genuine.
Rockwell said that although Romney may be a pleasant person, his political positions are anathema to Ron Paul given the fact that he is a globalist, a big government advocate and a warmonger.
"Just because he looks good in a suit doesn't mean that he's not one of the top creeps, otherwise he wouldn't be supported by the Republican establishment and by the establishment in general, so no we don't want anything to do with him except to oppose him," said Rockwell.
"They would never let Ron Paul be Vice President…the idea that the regime would invite him into office is just science fiction," said Rockwell, explaining that the only way for Paul to be on the Republican ticket would for for his supporters to vote him in.
Rockwell explained that the motivation behind the rhetoric was founded in the establishment's fear of Ron Paul gathering enough delegates to influence the Republican convention.
"They want to diminish him, they want to smear him, this is smear number 185 and I'm sure they'll be others to come, it's just another trick, they're not going to ask him to become vice president, it's just not going to happen," said Rockwell, adding that the risk of Ron Paul using the office of vice president to derail a Romney administration was too big a risk to take for the establishment.
As we highlighted in our previous article, considerations of a political alliance with Romney, if they exist at all, are likely coming from misguided advisors within the Paul campaign and are not embraced by Paul himself.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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The Planet Fitness and World Gym clubs in Tuscaloosa, AL, were destroyed Wednesday by one of several devastating tornadoes that ripped through the town, the state of Alabama and across the South.
The most severe tornado hit Tuscaloosa at around 5 p.m. local time. A few members of the Planet Fitness took cover in the locker room of the club during the tornado, but no one was hurt, says Planet Fitness spokesperson John Craig.
Planet Fitness sent the following message to the members of the Tuscaloosa club and also posted the message on the company's Facebook page:
"We are working to rebuild/relocate our Tuscaloosa, AL, gym and will have more details soon. Stay tuned to our website for updates, and feel free to send an e-mail through the 'Contact Us' link as well. At this time, member billing will be frozen until we have a facility up and running. Thank you for your patience. Our thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by the devastating storms."
Another Facebook page shows photos of the damage to the Planet Fitness.
World Gym Chief Operating Officer Helen Rockey confirmed that the World Gym in Tuscaloosa was destroyed but that no members were injured.
The phone line to the Gold's Gym in Tuscaloosa was down. Dave Reiseman, vice president of communications for Gold's Gym International, says that the corporate office had not been able to reach the franchisee to see if there were any injuries or damages.
David Leverett, owner of Fitness South in Tuscaloosa, says his club was without power from 6 p.m. Wednesday until 8 a.m. Thursday. Leverett says the most severe tornado ripped through the central part of town, about a mile north of his club in the Hillcrest Center shopping center.
"The city in general is absolutely devastated," Leverett says. "It's indescribable. It's like a bomb went off right where Planet Fitness and World Gym were. It's hard to fathom. People now are in shock. They're still pulling bodies out of rubble downtown even as we speak."
Leverett says he has tried to contact a local church and the American Red Cross to lend support or a place of shelter for displaced victims. Fitness South, which Leverett has owned since its inception in 1997, is a 16,000-square-foot facility that includes locker room facilities and a full-sized basketball court.
Leverett also says he contacted World Gym owner Dan Marlar and is offering non-contract memberships to World Gym members.
"I'm not going to take advantage of this situation," says Leverett, whose club has more than 1,000 members. "But the fact is, I'm in business, too. I'd be lying if I said I'm not looking forward to getting the new revenue from additional memberships."
Temple Gym and Tanning 24/7 in nearby Northport, AL, posted a note on its website offering condolences to the club owners who lost their businesses. Temple Gym also is offering a month-to-month membership to those clubs' displaced members.
Temple Gym owner Shannon Cook estimates that there are 15,000 members between Planet Fitness and World Gym. Cook says he began receiving calls at 6 a.m. Thursday from displaced members who wanted to join his club.
"I tried to figure out a way not to sound like I was trying to make money off of the stuff that happened," Cook says of his note on the club's website. "We just wanted to try to help out any way we could and not lock members [into a contract]. We cut our price in half to do that."
Fitness One, also in Northport, did not suffer damage. The 32,000-square-foot club, which has been in operation since 1989, is offering the use of its locker rooms for members, former members and nonmembers to take showers, manager Linda Keisler says.
"Where there used to be homes, there's nothing but rubble," Keisler says.
Northridge Fitness in Tuscaloosa did not suffer damage and is open.
The University of Alabama's student recreation center in Tuscaloosa also did not have damage. Its website says that students whose off-campus housing was damaged can stay at the rec center.
Late Thursday afternoon, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said the death toll in his state had risen to almost 200.
At least 280 people have died in Alabama, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia due to this week's storms.
President Barack Obama is expected to tour the storm damage in Alabama on Friday.


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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:01 am
Post subject: Peach and Jasmine Tea Sorbet
I had a fun time with the ice cream maker this weekend...
4 large peaches, peeled and pureed in blender
2 tablespoons Absolut Citron vodka
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup severely strong brewed jasmine tea
1/2 cup Splenda or sugar
Blend all until smooth and process in your own ice cream machine/ self crank/ snow ball until its set.
Its VERY worth the exercise or electricity. Wait for that finish of Jasmine after you swallow...its divine!
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:20 am
Post subject: base recipe from trial and error...
I've been enjoying my ice cream maker this summer as well. My base recipe is to puree fruit, add ~1/3c splenda (I'm diabetic), often ~2T lemon juice (or lime juice, or balsamic vinegar), perhaps ~2T-1/3c alcohol (brandy or rum, if the flavors lend--it also helps keep a low-sugar recipe from turning into an ice cube, aside from just being a little more scandalous than your average frozen confection), and 1/2t-1t xanthan gum (it helps smooth out the sorbet and keep it from being rock hard if there isn't much sugar or fruit pulp). Add water (or more flavorful fluid if you like, such as tea, wine, or flavored sparkling water) until the volume is ~3c (for my 1.5qt Cuisinart), and blend--it should be the consistency of a runny custard. Strain if necessary (a must if you're using berries), chill, and toss in the ice cream freezer.
I've made chocolate-raspberry, blackberry-vanilla-balsamic, coconut lime, blueberry-lemon-sauvignon blanc, basil-lime (with light rum--pleasantly perfumey, but it needed the full tsp xanthan to keep it manageable), apricot-brandy-lavender (inspired by the compote from the cookbook), and banana chocolate. All lovely. I was thinking about trying a saffron-rose sorbet next (after a gelato I saw in Whole Foods)... peach-chai-rooibos would also be good...
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:57 pm
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You took the flavors right outta my mouth!
When I got back last night, I informed my man that we have to get an ice cream maker.
"We NEED this?" he replied.
"Oh. Very much so." I said.
His eyebrow went wonky until I mentioned all the espresso possibilities, at which point the brows were at full attention.
I had no idea about the Xanthan gum- will relay that to Sorbet Central back in Portland. I assume I can get this at some sort of healthy-type food store? I, too refuse to eat sugar if completely avoidable, and I did notice a few chunks in the batch. Had no idea the alcohol and gum did the trick!
Some flavors were meant to be done: Mojito, espresso and orange, blackberry ginger, strawberry balsamic syrup, and watermelon mint.
I applaud your batches of wonderfulness- let me know if you branch out into savory sorbets like tomato basil, chili lime, spicy thai coconut cream, etc... some fantasies will have to wait!
Happy churning!
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Location: London, UK
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:39 am
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I purchased an icecream maker a little while back and l have come to believe that it is an essential item, at least in MY kitchen. It is the middle of winter here so I am getting a few raised eyebrows (but no complaints). I have been working my way through David Lebovitz's 'the perfect scoop' and I have put on about 5 kilos as a result.
So far I've stuck to the relatively usual (read 'wimpy') flavours like raspberry, chocolate, roasted banana, vanilla and fresh mint but I am about to branch out into some more daring combinations- next on my list is orange and szechuan pepper and chocolate chilli (from David's book) but I am considering strawberry basil- inspired by Clotilde's pesto a few months back- will have to wait until Spring to make that one though. I love your ideas though Mandysu - especially the apricot and lavender and the blueberry-lemon-Sav Blanc. I wish I was as creative.
I had a tomato sorbet in a restaurant the other day but I am not sure it is the sort of thing you could eat gallons of so I have shied away from making savory icecreams and sorbets at home.
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:15 am
Post subject: frozen goodness...
I grew up with an ice cream maker (electric, but requiring ice and salt), so I *had* to get one when I moved out on my own--and the freezer bowl makes it really easy. I recently reclaimed it from my sister (I have a small apartment kitchen, and thought I could live without it, but just couldn't help myself in the recent heat-which-has-now-turned-to-Seattle-gray-damp). I love frozen desserts, and it's so easy to just whip up whatever you feel like (so long as the base tastes good, it'll be fine--which is great, as I don't recall ever having used a recipe!).
The xanthan gum was a trick I learned from looking at ingredient lists and consulting my food science sister. I bought Bob's Red Mill brand at my local grocery store ($12 for aan 8oz bag large enough to last quite a while--they advocate it for general thickening and low-gluten baking). I tried guar gum once, but didn't like the texture (it was a bit slimier, I recall). As I understand it, anything you add that will disrupt the ice crystals will help keep your ice cream/sorbet softer (sugar, fat, fruit pulp, alcohol, fiber, gums, extra air content).
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:16 pm
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Emilyj and Mandysu- you are inspiring!
As the mercury climbed, even the borrowed dog pooped out after a few rounds of Chuck-The Squirrel (a brand of dog toy, not the real thing). We needed help, and it was on the shelf at Target.
I got all kinds of whines and groans until Brian saw what I put into our new ice cream maker...a few kiwis, some lime zest and juice, Splenda, some Xanthan gum and a splash of Absolut. He suggested I toss in a container of vanilla yogurt. Methinks I have created a monster!!
The texture was lovely, the flavor very strong and cooling, and the vanilla yogurt brought a nice warmth to the whole thing. I am so appreciative of you ladies and your help! I hope to rip through all the list of flavors you both have listed and create a few more!!
I did cheat on the ice thing, though- in the operating room, we pour ice and a few bottles of rubbing alcohol together to freeze saline to make slush. I used alcohol and ice- but just a little to get the bottom of the canister submerged, merely as a starter. I had two cups of icy goodness in about fifteen minutes. I don't really recommend this daredevil stunt unless you are really sure your maker is new enough to not spark, and don't use more than a cup of alcohol or two if you can- its just to chill the floor of the container until the ice melts.
Gonna go stick my head in the fridge and see what I can come up with for tonight- was thinking Vanilla Chai Bolthouse and Ranier cherries. Just a funny thought- has anyone done grape sorbet? I know its cliche' to peel grapes for your man, but he's worth it!
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:53 pm
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Knifethrower, this recipe
lets you process the grapes, then press to leave solids behind. Looks like it's a gorgeous tri-color dessert, and as easy as--way easier than--pie.
The cold grape treat I have tried in my ice cream machine is a mix including Welch's grape juice and sweetened condensed milk--kids (and I) love it, it's very flavorful, very sweet, and very purple. (But not, I think, what you're looking for!)
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:18 pm
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Thanks for the link! The three grape dessert looks like one I will DEFINITLEY make when harvest season arrives back in Oregon-mmmm...Pinot noir grapes, chardonnay, champagne...WOW!
We settled on plain old watermelon for this evening, and have a bottle of organic Concorde grape juice for later in the week. I might throw in some whole milk yogurt to make it more playful instead of condensed milk- it does sound TOTALLY wicked, though. I'll just live vicariously through you.
The logical part of me will have to kick in at some point when I consider borscht and sour cream sorbet.... "Step awaaaaaay from the blender!"
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:18 pm
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I forgot to ask you for more on that roasted banana sorbet, if you please.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:56 am
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Hi Jen,
Here's the recipe for the roasted banana icecream.
Roasted Banana Icecream
From David Lebovitz 'The Perfect Scoop'
3 Ripe bananas
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tblsp butter, cut into cubes
1 1/2 cups whole milk
2 tblsp white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract or 1/4 tsp of vanilla paste
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
Toss the bananas together with the sugar and butter and bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 200 degrees C/ 400 degrees F.
Scrape the bananas and their syrup into the food processor and add all the other ingredients. Process until smooth.
Chill it in the fridge for about 4 hours or overnight then freeze it in your icecream maker.
I haven't tried this with splenda but I would imagine that you could use that instead of the white sugar without too many issues.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:56 am
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Oh, Heavens to Betsy!
This sounds marvelous...once it cools down enough to use the oven, or I get back to PDX (whichever comes first), I'll let you know how the Splenda version works.
Merci, merci, merci!
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:27 am
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Arrgh- I just realised that I should have said bake the bananas with the brown sugar- you add the white sugar afterwards in the food processor with the rest of the ingredients. Hopefully it turned out anyway!
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| 13th March 2012
Markets you will love in Vietnam
Cai Rang Floating Market
Cai Rang Floating Market - 6 kilometres from Can Tho in Mekong river; Phong Dien Floating Market 20 kilometres southwest of Can Tho, the best floating market in the Mekong Delta; Phung Hiep Market close by Can Tho (Soc Trang direction). Bustling floating markets on the Hau River at Con Khuong, Con Son and further afield, Con Tan Loc in the more prosperous Thot Not District.
Cai Rang is the largest floating market in the Mekong and the traders are more motorized, but the markets at Phung Hiep and Phong Dien are more relaxed and less crowded. Floating Market in Can Tho City is one of the three biggest in the Mekong Delta. The shops and stalls at these markets are boats of different sizes.
Cai Rang Floating Market is open all day, but it is busiest from sunrise to about 9am. The main items sold there are farm products and specialties of Cai Rang Town, Chau Thanh District and neighboring areas. Every boat has a long upright pole at its bow on which samples of the goods for sale are hung.
During the early morning market hours, larger sized boats anchor and create lanes that smaller boats weave in and out of. The waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of boats packed with mango, bananas, papaya, pineapple, and even smuggled goods like cigarettes. Sellers do not have to cry out about their goods because their goods can be seen in a distance and their cries would not be heard in the vastness of the river and the noise of boat engines. Small boats that sell beer, soft drinks and wine go among the other boats to serve market-goers and visitors. Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole so that buyers can see from a distance what they are selling.
Each boat is loaded with plenty of seasonal goods. Activities at the market are also an occasion for tourists to study the cultural aspects of southerners.
Khau Vai Love Market
Khau Vai commune, located in Meo Vac district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang, is home to ethnic minority groups of Giay, Nung and Muong. Each year, there is a market session on lunar March 26th (often falling on calendar May), but it is not a farming produce trading market but a love market. The name and activities of the market have common things with love market in Sapa.
What's different is that Khau Vai is a love market for various ethnic minority groups from four mountainous districts in Dong Van Plateau and ethnic minority groups in communes adjacent to Bao Lam and Bao Loc districts of Cao Bang province.
In the market area, there are two temples called Ong and Ba (Mr and Mrs). A story tells that, once upon a time, there was a boy and a girl born in two different places of the Dong Van Plateau. The boy's surname is Linh and the girl's surname is Loc. They love each other very much despite being hindered by deep streams and high rock mountains.
Because their families prevented their marriage, they together came to Khau Vai, a prosperous land with rich plants which they could live on. Although they did not have a child but they lived happily until they died. In honor of their merits in cultivating the wild land into a rich land, the local people built the two temples to worship them.
Therefore, on every lunar March 26th and 27th, Khau Vai attracts couples of different ages, including those who seek their partners for the first time. However, most of them are those who love each other very much but cannot wed together because of many different reasons.
The love market festival is held on lunar March 26th and 27th with the participation of a large number of locals. The festival features food and drink culture, song performances and folk games. Ethnic costumes, jewellery, ethnic musical instruments and culture and art publications are on display at the market, reflecting activities of the local people.
Dong Xuan Market
Dong Xuan Market, or Cho Dong Xuan, is the oldest and largest market in Hanoi. It is located at Dong Xuan Street, at the end of Hang Dao Street, on the northern part of the Old Quarters. The original building was constructed in 1889, on the site of one of Hanoi's lakes. It is a street market spreading over a surface of 600 square meters, occupying half of the street. Approximately fifty businesses are operating the forty stands selling food, artifacts, souvenirs and tour packages among others.
If you want to shop and at the same time peep into the corridors of history, then Dong Xuan Market in Hanoi is the place for you. This large multi- storied market sells anything and everything. From fresh foods to home appliances, you will have it all here. But, what is more fascinating about this market is its historical significance which you still can experience if you visit this place. It witnessed fierce battle between the Vietnamese resistance units and the French. Dong Xuan Market is also a historical place where there was a combat of soldiers of "Quy?t t? quân" ("Deciding to die") against the French attack to the heroic zone I, in February 1947. Being the biggest market and locating in the downtown, Dong Xuan Market is a crowded and bustling exchanging, tracsaction, business place of the capital.
Unlike other Hanoi night markets selling agricultural products in Long Bien and Quang Ba, Dong Xuan Market has been mainly created for tourists. With its eleven stalls, the brightly-lit food zone is the most animated, serving late night guests until early morning. There are numerous kinds of goods and products selling in the market. The crowded and dense situation of Dong Xuan Market was highly praised in many old folk song of Hanoi. This large three-story market to the north of Hanoi's Old Quarter offers a varied cornucopia of goods of all sorts. Hundreds of stalls, with thousands of workers, trade extremely fresh produce, dried foods, household goods, appliances and more. The market has an interesting history. It saw fierce fighting between Vietnamese resistance units and the French. Later, in 1994, the market was destroyed in a fire that resulted in the death of five people and the loss of an estimated USD4.5 million in stock.
You might have your curiosity and appetite titillated as you try to choose from a wide selection of exotic Hanoi dishes: fried frog or fish meat pastes, rice and duck meat soup, fried rice, tiet canh (duck blood uncooked, only if you have a brave heart and strong stomach!), rice vermicelli and beef cooked in the south Vietnamese style and even just beefsteak and bread. Here you can find real Hanoi food, as favored by true-blue Hanoians. The dishes might cost a little more than elsewhere but, you have to taste it to believe it, they are truly delicious, such as a steamy hot dish of pho cuon (beef wrapped in long wispy strips of rice vermicelli, served with aromatic herbs and spicy sweet-sour fish sauce).
Vieng Market
Held in Nam Truc and Vu Ban Districts, Nam Dinh Province, Vieng market festival is launched on the annual 8th day of the first lunar month, only once in a year, when people have just finished their Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Legend has it that Vieng market is linked somehow to the person who brought copper casting to the area, Nguyen Minh Khong, so people who go the market feel that they will get lucky if they buy something made of copper at Vieng market on this day.
The market opens on the 8th of lunar January; nevertheless, the most spiritual moment falls on the night of the 7th and early 8th. That is the moment of heavenly-earthly, positive-negative exchange. According to the popular belief, at the time, men and Gods could reach together and all the prayers could be perceived more clearly. Trade could at the time take place smoothly. Consequently, there are 40,000-50,000 people coming to the market on the night of 7th let alone. The market on the night of 7th is called "Cho am phu" (Hades Market). There are about 10,000-12,000 people coming to the market on the following 8th. The market-goers not only just enjoy the market atmosphere but also bring along the feeling toward Mother, praying for fortune and favorable nature, rich crops, happy family. They buy and sell just for aspiration at luck in the rest of the year.
Vieng market is actually typical to an agricultural countryside that is rich in natural products, a kind of radiant open-air "fair" produced by the local farmers, especially ornamental plants, specialty crops, subtle craft articles, utensils, bronze and iron-made tools, etc. This spring market displays handicraft products, antiquities and false antiquities, utensils, tools for agriculture production, and many kinds of ornamental plants. Specialties are barbecued beef and "bánh dày" (sticky rice cake).
The cheapest things at Vieng would be flowers and trees, which bring both the buyer and seller happiness and luck. From around 2a.m, deals are done under the light of candles or flash-lights. Deals are agreed quickly, as people believe, to keep the luck. From 6a.m, local people bring farming tools such as hoes and sickles to sell, which relate closely to their lives. Buyers believe that the tools will bring them health and richness. Vieng market also is also a place to relax. Lovers would find themselves or their happy future here.
Ben Thanh Market
Ben Thanh market has long been one of Saigon's most famous landmarks. The market has been in existence since the French occupation. The original market was located on the shores of Ben Nghe River by old fort Gia Dinh. Its proximity to the fort and the river where merchants and soldiers would land was reason for its name (Ben meaning pier or port and Thanh meaning fort). In 1859, when the French invaded Saigon and overtook fort Gia Dinh, Ben Thanh Market was destroyed. It was rebuilt shortly thereafter and remained standing until it was moved to its present location in 1899.
Built on a landfill of what was once a swamp named Bo Ret (Marais Boresse), the new Ben Thanh Market is located in the center of the city. Under the French government, the area around Ben Thanh Market was called Cu Nhac circle (Rond point Cuniac), named after Mr. Cuniac, the person who proposed filling the swamp to create this area. The area was later renamed Cong truong Dien Hong.


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Baby born at Minden Subway
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A brand new Minden native was born Friday morning in the Minden Subway.
East Fork paramedics responded at about 9:25 a.m. to a report of a 21-year-old woman in her third trimester with contractions two minutes apart.
The woman came in to the restaurant, located at 1680 Highway 395, and said she was in labor, according to a spokesman for the Subway.
Not long after paramedics arrived, the woman gave birth. She was transported to Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center by medics.
There is no word on the gender or weight of the child.


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I mentioned before that we went to PBR Rock Bar for lunch. Saturday they were celebrating Horny Halloween, but the crowd was gathered for college football. It took us a few minutes to be seated. We looked over the menu and got started with their pepper poppers. They looked unappealing, and they were very greasy. The pepper was very tough, when you tried to cut into it, the filling spilled out.
Next, came our entrees the Big Bossman salad and the Bloomin' Onion burger. The burger is topped with cheese and fried, and then served with grilled onions, tomato and bacon. It was dry, dry, dry. How can that be? After the peppers the grease was too much to bear so Frank and I switched a few bites in. The salad was wilted. It seemed like a bowl of mush. I was not a fan. Frank also asked for their house cornbread muffins. The texture was off, but the flavor was decent, I liked addition of diced jalapeno. They were the highlight of the meal.
Service was average, an overall the place had an odd vibe. Frank said it best when he mentioned the place has an identity crisis. It's a great place to watch games, lots of great TVs, but stick to drinks because the food is weak. PBR makes you think country, but much of the music was rock. I suppose it is a rock bar, but then they threw in pop like Katy Perry. Not sure how that fits. Yep, an identity crisis.