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Wednesday's painful radio appearance may have been the day when Bobby Valentine's petty-controversy-a-week season in Boston stopped being a source of Schadenfreude outside of New England. It revealed too much raw emotion to be lightly amusing to rubberneckers -- though it is still fascinating.
Managers of a baseball team have rough gigs. Not coal-miner rough, obviously, but not cushy. They are held responsible for the performance of employees they usually did not hire, and who make many times their salary. The hours and travel are brutal, their every mistake is scrutinized. And with only a handful of exceptions, even the absolute best among them will be fired, no matter how good a job they have done, usually more than once. For all that, it's not at all clear exactly how much difference the world's greatest manager could make for a bad team.
Still, since coming to the Red Sox, Bobby Valentine has set more fires than he has put out. How did things go so wrong at this particular stop? Is Boston really so different from other cities, so much harder? Did Valentine just misstep so awkwardly that he couldn't catch himself?
I thought Valentine was a smart hire for the Red Sox. In fact, I took pains to reassure my Boston friends that he would be a good fit (friends who have now mostly stopped asking for my opinion on baseball or, indeed, anything). Like a lot of New Yorkers, I've been fond of Valentine since his stint as Mets manager. He squeezed a lot of juice out of the 1999 and 2000 Mets, he gave sharp and entertaining interviews, he claimed to have invented the wrap -- he was a good time. He handled a demanding fan base and media well. And it's not just Mets fans who liked the guy: He finished second in the Manager of the Year voting with the Rangers in 1986, and was by all accounts beloved in Japan. As manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines, he led the team to a Japan Series victory, offered pre-game ballroom dancing lessons to fans and appeared in a music video. When he was fired, fans protested and delivered a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to the team.
It's hard to reconcile the hopelessly unhappy Valentine of this week with the guy who so famously donned Groucho Marx glasses and a fake mustache to sneak back into the Mets dugout after being ejected. That incident may have become overblown over the years, but it's emblematic of a kind of un-self-serious, Bill Veeck-ian flair that I find a welcome relief in the majors (even if it did incur a two-game suspension and a fine for "the violation of rule 5.1"). No one around the Red Sox seems to be enjoying themselves right now, except possibly sports radio hosts, which is always a bad sign.
To be clear, the Red Sox's record is not primarily Valentine's fault -- a baseball team's record is almost never primarily the manager's fault. Red Sox management recognizes that, and has repeated it again and again this summer. If the team's pitchers had performed better, no one would be discussing players texting complaints to ownership, a saga that does not exactly evoke "Field of Dreams." How much does any manager actually affect a team's record? It seems clear that unless their in-game moves are insanely poor, most managers will swing a team's record by only a handful of games; even the worst possible lineup construction, for example, will result in only a few extra losses. Those games might be critical, the difference between a playoff berth and going home in October, which is why managers do, in fact, matter -- and possibly quite a bit.
But the greatest in-game maneuvers of all time would not have turned the current Red Sox roster into a contender, nor would the worst be enough to turn these Texas Rangers into bottom-dwellers (though some Rangers fans might argue that Ron Washington seems determined to put this to the test). Buck Showalter deserves extra credit for his Orioles having won so many one-run games -- 24 at last count -- in which those managerial moves can make all the difference. But on the whole, what a manager can accomplish on the field is massively dependent on the quality of his personnel.
What's less clear are areas of psychology, personality and morale. There is obviously no way to measure this -- no hard evidence, no numbers, nothing to prove the impact of an unhappy clubhouse. Still, many of us have had bosses who inspired us to do our best work, and others who were so disliked that the entire office became distracted and dysfunctional. It's unknowable how many losses, if any, unhappiness and clubhouse conflict contribute. That number might be zero … but it might not be. It's not unreasonable for teams to want a pleasant working environment for their employees. And the public relations and personnel management of the Boston job could hardly have gone worse.
The headline from Wednesday's interview was Valentine saying, when asked if he had "checked out": "If I were there right now, I'd punch you right in the mouth. Ha, ha. How's that sound? Is that like I checked out?" He was kidding, albeit angrily and inappropriately (that "Ha, ha" was a bitter bark, not an actual laugh). The interview has been described as "unhinged," but that's overdramatic. Mostly, it was dispirited and unhappy. "I think it's been miserable," he said of his time with the Red Sox, "but it's also been part of my life's journey. You learn from misery." These are words that might be applied to a serious medical condition.
And, asked if he wanted to come back next year: "Of course, if that's what I'm asked to do, that's what I'm going to get paid to do." Go team.
These comments came after a week of "Who cares?" and "What difference does it make?" and batting Scott Podsednik third, then saying that it was an accident (and maybe he was kidding or, the way he'd been talking, maybe he figured that the earth would crash into the sun eventually anyway, so what does it matter?). Too much was made of Valentine being late to the ballpark after picking up his son at the airport, a nothing story, but Valentine had been talking with all the joy and optimism of a T.S. Eliot poem, and you could see why people would wonder whether his heart was really in it anymore.
According to Casey Stengel, "The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." (Of course, even Stengel got the boot eventually.) Remember Todd Hundley, the catcher who seemed to rub Valentine the wrong way from the start of his New York tenure and who, years later, would pop up in the Mitchell Report? In 1997, in a classic example of what we would now call concern trolling, Valentine speculated to reporters that Hundley "doesn't sleep enough. He's a nocturnal person and he needs to get more rest." Later he stuck Hundley in the outfield for the first time in his career, which went about as well as you'd expect. Finally the catcher was shipped off to the Dodgers for Roger Cedeno.
This was among the first things I thought of when Valentine similarly singled out Kevin Youkilis this spring. (To wit: "I don't think he's as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason." Maybe Youk just needed to get more rest!) But this time it backfired. Players publicly questioned Valentine, the media wondered what he thought he was doing, and the fans didn't buy it. It seems hard to believe that such a relatively small thing could be the turning point for a manager's whole season. But Valentine never regained his bearings. By the time three of the team's highest-paid players were sent to, again, the Dodgers, it was too late for Stengel's tactics.
Beleaguered Red Sox GM Ben Cherington apparently had a brief chat with Valentine after his radio interview, the content of which was not disclosed, but presumably went something like "please don't threaten to punch members of the media in the nose." It seems hard to believe at this point that Valentine will be back next season, but if he is, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, he "learns from misery" -- and whether he'll ever get another shot to recapture the fun of his earlier managing jobs. Here's hoping he does.


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Standard investment industry warnings about reading the prospectus would have done little good to investors in two Oppenheimer bond mutual funds, whose misleading statements cost the fund company $35 million in SEC sanctions.
According to an SEC investigation, OppenheimerFunds got caught on the wrong side of a bet on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) in the depths of the credit crisis in late 2008.
In findings announced Wednesday, the SEC said Oppenheimer used total return swaps (TRS) to gain leveraged exposure to CMBS in two of the company's funds: the Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund, a high-yield bond fund, and the Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund, an intermediate-term bond fund.
"When declines in the CMBS market triggered large cash liabilities on the TRS contracts in both funds and forced Oppenheimer to reduce CMBS exposure, Oppenheimer disseminated misleading statements about the funds' losses and their recovery prospects," the SEC said in a release.
The release quotes SEC Associate Director Julie Lutz saying, "These Oppenheimer funds had to sell bonds at the worst possible time to raise cash for TRS contract payments and cut their CMBS exposure to limit future losses. Yet, the message that Oppenheimer conveyed to investors was that the funds were maintaining their positions and the losses were recoverable."
The SEC's order said the two funds assured financial advisors and fund shareholders that the funds only suffered paper losses and that absent bond defaults, the funds would continue to collect interest payments while awaiting a market recovery. But "these communications were materially misleading because the funds were committed to substantially reducing their CMBS exposure, which dampened their prospects for recovering CMBS-induced losses," the SEC said. "Moreover, the funds had been forced to sell significant portions of their bond holdings to raise cash for anticipated TRS contract payments, resulting in realized investment losses and lost future income from the bonds."
The SEC also faulted the Champion fund's prospectus for inadequately disclosing the high-yield bond fund's reliance on the leveraged total return swaps to the extent that "the fund's total investment exposure could far exceed the value of its portfolio securities and, therefore, that its investment returns could depend primarily upon the performance of bonds that it did not own."
Oppenheimer had no comment, but referred AdvisorOne to a statement in which the company said it neither admitted nor denied the SEC's allegations. The statement quoted CEO Bill Glavin saying Oppenheimer was "pleased" with the settlement and was working to "enhance our fund disclosure, risk management and compliance controls." Glavin added, "We attach the utmost importance to our regulatory obligations and our fiduciary duties to our advisory clients."
In reaching the settlement with Oppenheimer, the SEC followed its longstanding policy of settling actions with securities firms neither admitting nor denying wrongdoing, a practice publicly criticized by U.S. Disctrict Court Judge Jed Rakoff.

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Glenn McGrath is at it again, proclaiming Australia will win the forthcoming Ashes series 5-0 despite being left red-faced after the same prediction 18 months ago in England.
McGrath, who is continuing his return to action after taking time out of the game to care for his wife, refused to concede any chance for England in the series that starts on November 23 in Brisbane.
"I reckon it will be 5-0 this time, as well,'' he said in the Mail on Sunday. "To say anything else would be negative. If we're going to win 2-1, or 3-2, which games are we going to lose?'' Last time around he said rain would be the only factor that would stop Australia winning all five Tests.
Now he says he is disappointed at the current England side, claiming that they are a lesser unit than during the last Ashes series when Michael Vaughan, Simon Jones and Ashley Giles - who have since had long-term injuries - played crucial roles. He also claims that it was his injuries in the last series, which forced him to miss Australia's two defeats at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge, which were the deciding issue.
"England are not as strong as they were last year,'' he added. "But Australia are a lot stronger. And I'm fit, unlike last time. Put it this way, in the three Tests I played in last time, we drew two and won one.
"England are not the same team as they were. I'm disappointed in them. I expected them to kick on after beating us and conquer the world but it just goes to show how losing players through injury can unsettle the side.''
Typically, McGrath then proceeded to dissect the England team and pinpoint where he believes they will struggle during the series. "Michael Vaughan and Simon Jones are huge losses for them. There are doubts over the fitness of Freddie Flintoff, Steve Harmison and Ashley Giles, while things are not too good for Marcus Trescothick.
"They have new guys who have done well but have never played in the Ashes series, let alone one in Australia. We'll see how the likes of Alastair Cook get on down here and we'll try and open up old wounds with Ian Bell."
To round off his blow-by-blow account of the opposition he downplayed the problems Australia could face from Kevin Pietersen and Monty Panesar, who both played vital roles for England during their series win against Pakistan.
"Pietersen will find a second season in international cricket is always harder than the first and I'm sure our batsmen will plan to get after Monty Panesar. As for me, I'll be paying attention to their openers, and to their new boys.''
The contest between McGrath and England's batsmen will start before the opening Test at Brisbane after he revealed he'll be lining up for New South Wales, who play England in a warm-up match at the SCG starting on November 12.
"I'm going to the Champions Trophy at 75-80 percent and believe that by the time I play for New South Wales against England in the tour game before the first Test I'll be up to 90 percent.
"That should give me the perfect opportunity to fine-tune and be completely ready for the start of the Ashes."


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Exit Polls Predict Landslide Victory for Modi
"Ekmat Gujarat, Bane Bhajap Sarkar" (Gujarat Unanimously Wants A Bharatiya Janata Party Government), says a slogan on the personal website of Narendra Modi, the charismatic and polarizing politician who has been at the helm of the state since 2002.
And exit polls released after voting ended Monday evening, suggest the people in Gujarat agree, wholeheartedly. They expect the BJP is set to win two-thirds or more of the 182 state assembly seats up for grabs. This expected landslide verdict, some argue, is just the tonic Mr. Modi needs to project himself not just as a state-level chief minister, but also as a potential prime ministerial candidate as the next general elections, in 2014, draw closer.
Four separate exit polls commissioned by television news channels ABP News, Times Now, News 24 and Headlines Today said the BJP was likely to win between 118 and 140 seats, the Congress party a distant second with between 40 to 59 seats. The newly-formed Gujarat Parivartan Party, headed by former BJP leader and known Modi baiter Keshubhai Patel, may get only 2 to 4 seats, failing to make any dent in the BJP's or Mr. Modi's armor. Last time around, in 2007, the BJP had won 117 seats against the Congress's 59.
If these results are confirmed, on Thursday, when the results are unveiled, the BJP looks set for its fourth successive victory in this western Indian state.
While the BJP's victory was largely taken for granted by many –Congress top leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, as well as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh campaigned in the state only towards the end – many have their eyes set on the BJP's margin of victory. They want to know whether the BJP under Mr. Modi will be able to win more seats in Gujarat than it did in 2007, at the last state elections. If the margin is significantly wider, the likelihood of Mr. Modi's becoming the BJP's prime ministerial candidate increases, experts say.
The elections have been less about Gujarat than about him personally, about whether he has what it takes to get the country's top job.
Supporters point to rapid economic growth in Gujarat. Gross domestic product in the state has grown at an average of 9.59% in the five years to March 31, 2012, compared to the national average of 7.9%, according to government data. India as a whole could benefit from Mr. Modi's approach, especially at a time when the country's economic growth has significantly slowed down. Gujarat is home to several of India's largest industrial projects, including the world's largest oil refinery, run by Reliance Industries Ltd., and Tata Motors' factory for its Nano mini-car.
Critics point to his links with Hindu right-wing groups and his administration's failure to stop communal violence in his state in 2002 that killed over 1,000 people, mostly Muslim. This, they say, makes him unfit to lead a state, let alone a country as diverse as India. Mr. Modi has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. He has tried to win over more of Gujarat's Muslims through initiatives like last year's three-day public fast for social harmony.
Mr. Modi himself has never publicly stated his ambition to become prime minister. But senior BJP politicians – including Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and L.K. Advani – have publicly backed his possible candidacy.
But divisions remain within his party. "Mr. Modi will surely emerge the tallest among BJP leaders. This will surely bolster his claim for being the BJP's prime ministerial candidate but whether he will be accepted within the party and among allies is highly debatable," said Sanjay Kumar, a political analyst with the Center for Study of Developing Societies, a Delhi-based research institute.
There may also be opposition from other parties in the National Democratic Alliance, the BJP-led center-right wing coalition. "My impression is that he will not be acceptable. Other political parties in the NDA are not prepared to go with a person whom not a single Muslim will vote for" as candidate for the post of prime minister, said Prem Shankar Jha, a political analyst and columnist.
Current BJP allies such as the Janata Dal (United) and the Telugu Desam Party are staunchly against him as a PM candidate because of his alleged links to the 2002 communal riots. Putting Mr. Modi as the BJP's candidate for Prime Minister, may push these parties in the hands of the rival Congress party-led alliance. Officials at both parties couldn't be reached for a comment.
-- Khushita Vasant contributed to this post.
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Toxic Black Mold Removal Tips and Tricks from the Pros
Living with mold can be harmful to one's health.
Black mold can grow in the lungs and attach itself becoming a problem to the body.
The immune system can break down and even mold has been known to be found in the blood stream.
Also one should be aware of the symptoms:So many symptoms are common in mold and colds.
A mold symptom can be similar to a flu.
Both will affect the immune system and cause problems to the body.
A lot of folks will paint the areas and wipe them down with bleach or some cleaning solution.
A couple of weeks go by and they see it grows back and the mildew starts to be a bigger problem.
For the mold remediation there are two types of scenarios First type of attack would be is the removal of water damaged and visibly moldy material.
This is done best by abatement mold specialist professionals, and recommend to hiring a contractor to assist you.
Now back to black mold and effective mold removal, you will need to follow some simple steps.
Try to apply a mold cleaning solution that is organic and kills and blocks mold These natural solutions will clean and break apart mold and mildew to prevent it's growth.
It is important to have the right materials, as this becomes the biggest problem when cleaning mildew and black mold.
The area may be very bad and then you will need to remediate the area and remove the material.
You now are getting into the nuts and bolts of mold removal.
Effective getting rid of damaged material.
If you need assistance you may want to look at a professional mold abatement specialist.
Do it yourself mold removal Use protective gear.
Get prepped with the correct tools and supplies such as visqueen, mold cleaning solutions, and drywall cutting tools.
After done with phase one you are prepared to get down to the nuts an bolts of work.
You will want to prep your area and begin removing mold and mildew that is visible.
A common problem arises after this since some will find more mold in the cavities they open.
When opening inner walls and cavities, sometime people are in for a surprise.
To be safe your next step should be complete removal of black mold and mildew staining.
Helpful tip for your procedures is to remove all visible moisture stains and mold and mildew, but also 5 feet from last visible trace.
Lastly, once all pieces are done you will want to spray it down with a mold spray.
Using an organic solution and one that kills and prevents mold is the best choice.
Organic solutions will not affect your breathing and indoor air quality and are safe for use.
Be sure to have a solution that kills and blocks to prevent just to be extra sure.
So in a brief summary remove all visible traces, water damaged areas, and then spray it down entirely.


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I'm going to use this thread to share a few of my personal favorite colonies that I've built during my time developing and testing the game. Scores of colonies have come and gone over the course of development, but a few occupy a special place in my heart.
The first one I'll share is my Dagoroth settlement on Ruswono 2. Straddling the divide between badlands and frigid wastes, this is one of the most prosperous settlements I've ever built, despite its inhospitable location. The cold, dry weather is offset by an extreme abundance of mineral wealth, and a source of fresh water makes irrigation feasible for farming during the region's short growing season.
Here's a view of the whole colony from above:
And I'll just give a brief tour of some of the colony's most important features.
In the NE corner of the colony, you can see all the pipes that serve as irrigation for an agricultural area. The first apartment block for the colony, a 4 story structure, can be seen just east of that area, and the interior of its top floor is visible. The colony's extensive machinery grid, with its all-important chemical power generator, can also be seen, as well as the marksmanship targets and military training area.
The colony's NW corner can be seen here. A graveyard with a minor monument is surrounded by a moat, as is the colony's primary monument, The Iron Tower. The top-down view only shows the highest floor, but the tower near the river is 20 stories high and filled with opulent furnishing. The hospital can be seen in the SW corner of the screenshot, but it's currently over-filled with patients suffering from corpse rot.
The colony's SW corner is somewhat sparse, containing the settlement's landing zone for ships, a two story prison, and and a pasture area for holding and training captured creatures:
The colony's SE corner, however, contains its great hall. This is a 6 story structure with a well furnished socialization area at its base, a secondary hospital area, luxury apartments, and elegant office space, for the colony's bureaucracy, on its top floor. Some old, single-family dwellings from the colony's early days are also located here.
The socialization area:
The child care area:
The secondary hospital:
The colony thrived and grew to a population of nearly 200, within less than two planetary years:
Unfortunately, its great material wealth attracted the attention of a covetous foe, causing a great battle occurred during the colony's second summer. Barbarian raiders sought to plunder the colony's extensive material reserves and supplies of consumer goods. Despite heroic resistance, its defenders succumbed in the face of overwhelmingly superior enemy forces. All the colony's citizens were massacred, and civilization came to an end on Ruswono 2.
I'll aim to post some of my other favorite colonies when I get the chance, but I'll always miss this one.
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The episode was to contain a scene in which Harry tries to convince Uhura to take the Venus drug. It was though too long and wordy and was dropped.
The four rescued crew comprise a man, Leo Francis Walsh, and three young, very attractive women - Eve McHuron, Magda Kovacs, and Ruth Bonaventure. Wlash states that the women are being transported to a mining planet as wives for the male miners there. He blames the Enterprise and Kirk for the loss of his vessel, stating that he only ran out of fear that they were hostile. Kirk confines him to quarters pending a hearing.
Scotty reports that they have a single lithium crystal remaining, and even that one has a hairline crack and might give out at any moment. Replacements are needed urgently, so the ship heads to the nearby mining colony on Rigel XII. In his quarters Walsh advises the three women not to lie when asked questions, but not to submit to any medical examination aboard the ship. At the inquiry they volunteer that they were bound for the mine on Ophiucus III, each having left a world where the prospects for marriage are slim. Walsh himself proves to be lying about his identity, as his name is really Harcourt Fenton Mudd - a known criminal who has convictions for smuggling, transporting stolen goods, and purchasing of a space vessel with counterfeit currency. Psychiatric treatment was ineffective in curing his criminal ways. Since he has no ship's master's license Kirk decides to detain him until he can be handed to the authorities.
The final lithium crystal gives out. Harry learns of the Rigel XII destination and muses that the men there will also need wives, which will work to their benefit given the wealth lithium miners are known for. It might even net enough money for Harry to buy his way out of trouble.
The women use their beauty to learn some details about the miners, and are able to secure a communicator to contact them. But when visiting Harry in his quarters, all three women begin to suddenly lose their looks and youth. Harry gives each woman a small pill which rapidly restores their appearance.
The ship arrives at the planet only to find the miners demanding to Mudd's women and all charges against him dropped as the price for their crystals. Kirk is furious, but he appears to have no choice - the ship will become a dead hulk within hours unless he can secure the crystals. Everybody beams down, but the miners seem in no hurry to pass the crystals over - they are too busy enjoying the company of the women. Ruth and Magda are very popular, leaving Eve - the oldest of the three - feeling left out. She becomes angry and flees onto the harsh surface of the planet. The miner Childress goes to find her, as the officers return to the ship.
Childress returns to his dwelling with Eve, and the two begin to bond. When her looks once more begin to fade Childress is amazed; as Kirk and Spock arrive she confesses that Harry has been giving them a drug which makes them more beautiful, albeit temporarily. Childress is angry at the deception but Eve angrily points out that there is more to a real relationship than physical attraction, before taking the pill and becoming beautiful once more, asking bitterly if this is what Childress really wants. Kirk reveals that he switched Eve's pills for a placebo, and she is only perceived as more beautiful because of the self confidence it gave her. Childress and Eve decide to stay together and he gives Kirk the crystals the Enterprise needs to continue operating.
Further, this isn't something they can arrange for themselves. Rather, they are transported by a man who sells them pretty much as one might sell inanimate cargo. He even refers to them as cargo, right in front of them!
Again, it's not that there's really anything inherently wrong with taking a woman to find a husband in principle... if a woman wants desperately to be married that's a perfectly valid desire, but the episode doesn't really present this as just something they could do or not do, as they please. Rather it's implied that if they don't do it they will be unfulfilled, incomplete. Are husbands not so much desired as required in this society? And there's nothing wrong with somebody acting as an agent to hook up hopeful men with hopeful women, either - there are any number of people who do just that today via websites of one sort or another. But again, it's more how the idea is used than anything, with the implication being that this is only a step or so short of slavery. Just imagine a dating website that arranged your travel and got you half way there only to say "Hey, I can't get you all the way there, but here's a random rich guy now - marry him instead!"
It all comes across as very much the kind of story that looked bad even in the 60s, and looked at through the lens of today's standards it can be quite awkward to watch.
That said, kudos goes to the episode for having Eve standing up for the idea that looks aren't the important thing. Her impassioned speech towards the end is at least part right, and a welcome note to the episode. However, one can't help but notice that even here she puts forth the idea of a gorgeous wife as being somebody who is "Selfish, vain, useless." whilst a plain wife can be somebody who can "cook and sew and cry and need". Um, where does it follow that a beautiful woman must be selfish, vain and useless? Or that a plain or even ugly woman must not be? Admittedly one can argue that a woman who spent all her time on her looks must be pretty vain to do so, and would be less useful for the time so spent, but even so, what kind of argument is that? Take... oh, Angelina Jolie. Widely considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, if not the most beautiful. And yet she donates considerable time and money as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador, along with being active in various other humanitarian causes. She's more recently become a Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner António Guterres, working to facilitate long-term solutions for people displaced by large-scale crises, such as Afghanistan and Somalia. Oh, and she's also adopted children out of the third world to make them part of her own family. Could you get any further away from being selfish, vain and useless?
Eve talks a good game in some ways, but in reality she's promoting the exact same stereotype that everyone else is using, just from the opposite side. It's especially strange as Eve is talking about herself both times - is she saying that she will automatically become selfish and useless if she takes the pill? Or that her normal caring and loving personality is a direct result of her not being beautiful? Surely this is just nonsensical!
Regarding the Venus drug... well, what can we say? It's a rather absurd idea that couldn't really work, but at the end of the day it's a plot device that you just have to accept and move on. However, whilst no doubt a beautiful woman can turn heads, can we really believe that one can leave a man as a gormless idiot the way we see it here? They're practically drooling on the floor!
It falls down even worse with the idea that, having accepted that a magic pill can make a woman look so gorgeous, simply having self confidence can do the same. This is clumsy and rather absurd - self confidence can't radically change your physical appearance! It would have been subtler to keep the women looking the same throughout, but just claim that the drug made them feel a lot sexier themselves, or emit an aura that made men go ga-ga with lust or something. Put the change in the mental sphere rather than physical, so that the pill or the confidence make the woman attractive despite the wrinkles, rather than erasing them - then the conclusion can follow. As it is, that idea they go with just looks kind of trite.
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A Peek At Beyond Yoga
Yesterday I had the pleasure (and honor, I must add :)) of checking out Beyond Yoga, one of the newest yoga studios to open it's doors in the metro. My dear Yin Yoga teacher, Dona Tumacder-Esteban (who also happens to teach there), took me along for the ride and I got to attend two classes in this pretty, pretty space.
Classes start as early as 7am and there are about3-5 different schedules and an array of yoga styles to choose from. I got to attend the Hatha class with Johan and the Yin class with Dona. Other classes include power yoga, vinyasa, hot yoga, ashtanga and yoga basics. Drop in rates are Php 450 per session. Weekly, monthly, and yearly unlimited packages are also available.
In between yoga classes, the studio also offers dance classes, such as Belly Pop, Belly Dance and Zumba. Lockers and showers are available for your convenience, and should you be hungry after the practice, they also have a little cafe in the premises.
As for my experience, well, the yoga I loved, the dancing…well, I don't dance, right? Haha. I skipped that even though Dona was cajoling me like all hell to try it out. It looked fun though. I will write more about my experience of the hatha class (I've already written much about yin after all!) in my diet and fitness blog, so do watch out for that 🙂 I'm just a little too achey to do it now, hehe. Kinda rediscovered my core yesterday and well, suffice it to say I kinda forgot how that felt!!!
I must admit that Beyond Yoga is (pardon the pun) beyond far for me, especially since I live in Parañaque, but it surely was well worth braving the distance to check it out. I am soooo looking forward to the opening of their Antigravity Yoga classes and even if it is very far, I would definitely, definitely love to try that one out. Let's just hope I don't get too hooked…I can't afford the gas and toll expenses harhar. Then again, as my friend said yesterday, kung nakakagimick naman tayo sa Morato, why not come for yoga diba? HEHEHE!!! So, yes, maybe now I have a new reason for going to Tomas Morato! 🙂
Beyond Yoga is located at the 3F Il Terrazzo, Tomas Morato Avenue corner Scout Madrinian St., QC
Check out their website at www.igobeyondyoga.com or contact them via mobile at 0917-5BEYOND (0917-5239663). You can also follow them on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/IGoBeyondYoga) or like them on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/IGoBeyondYoga)
Oh…and on a random note….yesterdays practice at Beyond Yoga made me soooo want to get a Manduka mat….I so wanted to roll one of them up after the practice and tuck it in to my bag hehe. Joke 🙂 They do, however, sell mats and other yoga merchandise. I made it a point to not even ask how much that maroon mat was because knowing me, I would have given in to impulse 🙂


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HTC unveils Windows Vista handheld
Vendor Shifts up a gear
Mobile device maker HTC has shifted up a gear and announced a handheld based not on Windows Mobile but Windows Vista. Dubbed Shift, the sub sub-notebook boasts the full array of wireless connectivity, including 3G HSPDA.
Shift is essentially a step up from the X7500 Advantage HTC unveiled in February this year. The new model is slightly larger, with a 7in widescreen display and a 30GB hard drive. Since it runs Windows Vista Business, presumably it has a decent CPU and GPU, though HTC declined to provide a detailed specification for the machine.
It did say Shift will feature Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS HSDPA connectivity. Although HTC didn't say so, the device also has a front-mounted webcam for video calls, and fingerprint scanner. It has at least one full-size USB port.
When closed the machine measures around 19 x 13.5 x 3cm, the manufacturer indicated - or "about the size of two DVD cases", as it put it.
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U.S. Soccer announced today the potential fourth round matchups for the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
If the Dynamo advance past PDL club FC Tucson on May 29, they would face the winner of the third-round match between FC Dallas and the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers. The June 12 match would be played at FC Dallas Stadium if the MLS club advances or in Houston if the NASL club pulls off the upset. If the Dynamo host, the match would kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT. If the match is played in Dallas, the kickoff time would be 8 p.m. CT.
This is the 100th edition of the U.S. Open Cup. The Dynamo entered the tournament in the third round along with the 15 other American-based MLS clubs. In addition to a berth in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League, the winning team receives $250,000 in prize money, up from $100,000 in recent years.
The Dynamo are 5-6-1 all-time in the tournament. Their best finishes came in 2006 and 2009 when they advanced to the semifinals.
Tickets for next Wednesday's match are on sale now and can be purchased at HoustonDynamo.com/Tickets or by calling (713) 276-GOAL. General admission tickets are $10, while general admission club tickets are $20.


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A Basic skill of any survivalist, woodsman, naturalist, herbalist, apocalypticist, hobbyist or hunter. Being able to identify wild edible plants has an almost mystic image because throughout history this skill done correctly leads to life and incorrectly could lead to illness or death. This is one of the oldest and most respected skills worldwide. Foraging for wild edible plants has always been one of the foundations for mankind's ability to survive and thrive in different climates.


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THP-1 Cells differentiation
Posted 28 June 2010 - 08:46 PM
I am working on P2X7 receptors, if that helps, and am going to be stimulating the adherent cells with ATP with or without an antagonist after applying various dyes (Yo-Pro or Fluo-4 AM). Thanks for any suggestions!
Posted 29 June 2010 - 12:45 AM
I worked with THP-1 macrophages for a couple of years and never used poly-d-lysine coated plates. I simply used the conventional 12 well plates without any problems. You also mentioend that you were told to induce the macrophage phenotype by hitting them with LPS-IFNg combination. This would induce a classically activated phenotype and not a naive phenotype. If you wanted to induce a naive type macrophage hit 250,000 cells/ml with 20 nM PMA for 2-3 days.
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I have read that the coating on the plates helps to upregulate various membrane proteins and I'm not sure how this will affect my assays. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help!
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What is the difference between a classical phenotype and a naive phenotype?
Good question. It's a dynamic paradigm with different trains of thought depending on who you are talking to. I suggest to pour through the literature and read about macrophage differentiation (polarization) ie. Classically activated vs Alternatively activated macrophages. Also M1 vs M2 (M2a, M2b, M2c). The problems with these classifications when working in vitro though, are their heavy plasticity and the fact that their markers can be temporally dependent on your various induction cues.
I'm no immunologist by any means, and I am pretty much learning as I go working with these guys. Depending on how in depth you need to go into this polarization paradigm, be ready to read lots of papers.
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Could anybody tell me how long I should keep my THP-1 in fresh RPMI medium after treating with PMA? 3 days will be ok??
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Thank you lamaksha!
Could anybody tell me how long I should keep my THP-1 in fresh RPMI medium after treating with PMA? 3 days will be ok??
At certain concentrations, the cells will respond as macrophages within 2 hours. See the Fernandes-Alnemri 2007 and 2009 papers about the pyroptosome for more info on that.
From personal experience, 1-3 days (longer being better) is the norm for getting proper morphology of differentiate macrophages. You can change the medium as needed without the addition of PMA after the first day and it should still be OK.
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Underneath the streets of London, a team of more than ten thousand construction workers race to build a brand new metro line—Crossrail. Costing almost $23 billion, it's the biggest engineering project in Europe and must link into the existing metro system. As they burrow the 26 miles of tunnels, engineers battle to ensure historic buildings don't crack and London Underground trains keep running.
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"Simply put: we don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services."
Those 16 words are from a letter Mark Zuckerberg wrote, included in Facebook's IPO filing.
On the one hand, investors have to be happy to see this attitude.
It's the same one Steve Jobs professed. He did pretty well.
On the other hand, Facebook is already a HUGE site with almost a billion users; its growth is probably going to come through increased monetization, not adding more users. There's nothing wrong with making products to make money. Amazon's Jeff Bezos does, and he's clearly not held hostage by the short term needs of investors.


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More and more employers are making it possible for employees to connect their personal smartphones to their corporate email, because it's good for business and is also considered a benefit to employees that want to manage their work and life on BlackBerry. Research In Motion (RIM) is running a series of learning sessions in cities across North America designed to help IT managers embrace the reality of personal-liable smartphones in the enterprise space.
Analyst Maribel Lopez will walk attendees through the risks and rewards of bringing employee's personal smartphones into the business world and share tactics for management success. Attendees will be able to share best practices with fellow leaders and ask questions of RIM and other industry experts. There will also be a demonstration of the recently released BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express software for all who attend!
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Proper Air Filtration--See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Such was the case at agricultural-industry supplier Fast Manufacturing, Mountain Lake, MN, a manufacturer of pull-type sprayers and liquid-fertilizer application equipment. As the market for such equipment has surged since 2008, according to Fast general manager Clay Roll, so has the firm's fabrication and welding capacity.
Ducting from Fast Manufacturing's Mazak laser tube-cutting machine leads to a Farr Gold Series GS8 dust collector, located outdoors.
In 2009 the firm added 4800 sq. ft. to its main fabrication building, which houses 25 manual arc-welding booths. In 2011, a second adjoining production facility welcomed a new plasma-arc-cutting table, and in January 2012 a new 4500-W laser-cutting machine. Finally, in December of 2012 the firm acquired a second 4500-W laser-cutting machine, replacing the plasma table. And, a third adjoining building features a 4000-W laser-cutting machine designed to cut tubes and structural sections. Fast processes structural-steel plate and sheet 16 gauge to 2 in. thick, and tube ¾- to 10-in. square.
Air Handling—Undersized, and Loud
Such rapid growth taxed the firm's aging and undersized air-handling equipment, installed when it launched operations in 1990. "We really took note of this in 2009," says Roll, "when we built the addition to our weld shop to make room for five new booths. Our existing horizontal cartridge dust collector couldn't meet demands, and we were sending a large amount of money in heat right outside the building. So we went in search of an air-exchange system that could filter the air and bring it back inside, to minimize heat loss."
The fume-collection unit of choice: a Farr Gold Series GS8 (eight filter cartridges) from Camfil APC, Jonesboro, AR, added to a ducted exhaust system provided by Glacier Technology Inc., Plymouth, MN. Along with significantly cleaner air that "our welders really notice and appreciate," Roll says, "the new system provided a 3-yr. return on investment based solely on reduced heat loss."
"The old horizontal-style cartridge unit," says Ladwig, "not only was undersized but created a lot of noise, which can be very fatiguing in the tight confines of a factory. We installed a better silencer on the exhaust and optimized the design of the ductwork to minimize air velocity of the clean air reentering the plant. All of this added up to an effective solution—cost- and performance-wise—that keeps the air clean and the noise to a minimum."
Low-Pressure-Drop Filters
When Fast cleared the air of its weld shop, it also tackled the tube-production area by installing another GS8 dust collector. Gold Series units feature vertically mounted cartridges with a cone in the center of the cartridge that, says Schreier, expands the amount of usable media in the filter by as much as 25 percent compared to other horizontal cartridge-filter models.
"Fast also uses the new HemiPleat eXtreme fire-retardant media filter," Schreier notes, "designed specifically for cutting and metal-dust filtration. It further reduces energy use at Fast by operating with a low pressure drop, and achieves high filtration efficiency, to 15-16 MERV (minimum efficiency reporting value) rating."
In 2011, Fast added a GS16 (16 filters) dust collector to its plasma-cutting table (since removed from the factory floor), which, says Roll, "als had a haze nearby. With the new system, air quality in that building improved dramatically. The same can be said of the GS6 unit installed with our newest flat-bed three-axis laser-cutting machine in December 2012, where we're pulling cutting dust and fumes through a downdraft table."
Filter Life
As if the improved environment and energy savings (all four dust and fume collectors allow warm, clean air to recirculate back inside the adjoining buildings) weren't enough to justify its air-handling investment, Fast appreciates the low maintenance requirements associated with the new equipment—specifically, filter life."For example," says Justin Herrington, the firm's weld- and fab-shop manager, "Camfil recommends changing the filter on the system clearing the air from our tube laser once per year, but we ran it for 3 yr. before the gauge on the machine indicated that the filter needed to be changed. And in the weld shop, we expected to have to change the filters every 9 months, but they've lasted longer than a year." MF
See also: Camfil Air Pollution Control
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Flames' hockey teams to don new jerseys for 2013-14 season
May 29, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Taking advantage of Liberty University's recently refined brand to create a fresh new look, former Division I men's hockey players Josh Tucker and Mike Binnie are introducing new jersey designs for Liberty's three men's and two women's hockey teams that compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.
"The university has allowed us to purchase new jerseys because of the logo change," Division I men's head coach Kirk Handy said. "The design's more of a contemporary look. That's a real positive for all five teams and we're super excited about moving forward with a new generation of Flames hockey here for all five of the divisions."
Tucker, who serves as assistant director of the LaHaye Student Union, utilized his talents in graphic design and creative input from Binnie, an assistant coach for Liberty's DI men's team, to develop the new fashion statement for the Flames, produced by the Canadian company Athletic Knit (AK).
"Josh works with marketing with his job with Campus Recreation a lot," Handy said. "He came up with multiple different versions of it and we decided on the best one that we thought would reflect all the programs in a positive light."
|These are graphic representations of what Liberty's DI men's and women's home jerseys will look like starting this fall.
"It's a new-and-improved traditional way of doing hockey jerseys," Tucker added. "It has the traditional look to it, but encompassing what Liberty's trying to do with the new branding, it also gives the hockey program a fresh look."
The Division I men's and women's teams will share the same design, with white (home) and university blue (away) options featuring the new Flames Athletics logo as the central image. Jerseys for the Division II and III men's and Division II women's programs also will match, with the "Liberty Flames" wordmark printed on the chests.
"One of the big things we wanted to do was to try to bring the five teams together on this," Handy said. "Instead of creating different identities for all of them, we created two different identities here but also ones that are in collaboration with what the university wants to do moving forward. Every single player that comes in is going to be excited about a brand new home and away jersey they're going to get."
The logos on the front of the Division I jerseys will match the design beneath center ice at Liberty's LaHaye Ice Center, which will be painted the week of July 20-26.
The Flames' DI men's team will debut their home white jerseys Sept. 6-7 against the Atlanta Jr. A Knights and the away blues in their Sept. 20-21 ACHA opening series at West Virginia.


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Reworking and cleaning up your firewall to cleanse it of all the ugly barbs is kind of like taking a visit to the plastic surgeon. By the time they're done drawing lines all over you, you look like a roadmap with all the potential revisions mapped out for change. It's pretty similar once you step back and gaze at the updates needed to clean up your firewall by the time you're done with the old "nip-tuck."
With project Orange Krate moving full-steam ahead at Competition Specialties in Walpole, Massachusetts, it was time to address the ugly truth regarding the firewall. Since it was already picked clean from when it was media blasted, shop owner Peter Newell broke out the black marker to outline what needed to be addressed. His goal was to remove any unnecessary openings and mounts on the firewall in order to clean up the area and smooth it out for a nice crisp show appearance. Just because the car was designed for brutal aggressiveness on the race track doesn't mean it can't look good, too. Wanting to retain as much of the original car as possible, Newell opted away from simply cutting a large section of the firewall out and replacing it with plate steel.
We still are working out the details about what hookups will come through the firewall, so we held off from any final bodywork until everything is all dialed in. To seal the freshly minted steel, a healthy coating of SEM self-etching primer from a rattle can completed the deal. Stepping back and checking out the firewall, it was obvious that Orange Krate would be more than just another pretty face.
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Published on the centenary of the artist's first one-man exhibition mounted in Paris, this catalogue contains more than 240 colorplates of works by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), illuminated by thoughtful commentaries by an array of international scholars. Numerous black-and-white illustrations of paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sketchbook pages represent all aspects of his oeuvre. This volume's comprehensive review of the critical response evoked by Cézanne's work, both during his lifetime and afterward, is unprecedented in the literature on the artist. Also included are a fully documented, illustrated chronology and an annotated glossary of the collectors who acquired the work of the nineteenth-century master.
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Display manufacturers have been showing us a variety of flexible and foldable screens for years now, and they're always just around the corner. One of the reasons that we've never managed to turn that corner is that there's not a good way to attach a battery to a screen that folds. Perhaps a new flexible battery developed at the Korean Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology will finally make flexible devices a reality.
The cells used to power all your electronic gadgets are rather heavy and tend to explode or leak acid when folded in half. The super-thin battery created at the Korean Advanced Institute is just a proof of concept, but researchers were able to demonstrate that it outputs a constant voltage while being flexed, folded, and twisted. Even when it is folded completely in half, it is still able to power a blue LED without interruption.
The flexible battery is based on lithium-ion technology; the same as the batteries in most portable devices. However, this one was printed on a thin film, which could be affixed to a flexible display. As tends to be the case with such things, the researchers were not prepared to discuss any commercial applications. Power storage capacities are currently unknown, but I'd wager it would be much lower than conventional lithium-ion cells.
We've all been disappointed time and time again by promises of the next big leap in battery technology. This one does at least seem more plausible, and it would make a long time impractical tradeshow demo (flexible screens) a real possibility.
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Poppy seedheads can be hung upside down to finish air-drying and are beautiful in arrangements.
Hate saying goodbye every year to your beautiful flowers? Dry those blossoms and you can keep them for years to come. I've always been intrigued with flower drying; in fact I used strawflowers (Xerochrysum bracteatum), statice (Limonium spp.) and baby's breath (Gypsophila spp.) in my bridal bouquet so I could keep them along with my memories of that eventful day. I even had strawflowers placed on the wedding cake instead of flowers made of icing. I still have those flowers, though they are fading a bit. And they still make me chuckle when I think how my mom bartered manure for them from a neighbor.
Flowers are easy to preserve and they don't have to be any particular type of flower – you can dry almost any bloom, though it might take a couple of tries to get it right.
I like air-drying and using silica gel the best. Both are easy to use with usually good results. White cornmeal, sand and even kitty litter can be used, but after trying them all, I prefer the results I get with silica gel.
Remember to have fun with the process and take notes so you can recreate your successes.
Hang bunches in dark, dry, well-ventilated area. Winged everlasting, 'Strawberry Fields' globe amaranth and 'Caradonna' salvia hang from the rafters.
Air-drying with stems up
Air-drying is an age-old technique that our grandmothers used. They simply cut flowers, tied them in bundles, and hung them up (by the stems) to dry in a warm, dark place with plenty of air circulation. Attics and barn haylofts were popular spots back in the day.
I don't use the barn loft (too hot and humid for me), but I have used the attic, the garage, the family room, closets and even doorknobs in the kitchen. A fan helps move the air, promotes quicker drying and it's portable.
In summer, I'll often use folding clothes-drying racks; they fold up and can be put out of the way when they are not in use. I have a few wooden pegs near the ceiling in a couple of rooms and not solely for drying: I think drying flowers and herbs are beautiful and I like to see them year round.
Hydrangeas and Mexican sage drying in the garage.
Air-drying with stems down
Some flowers do best if you pick them and stand them up in a vase or bucket with or without a little water in the bottom. This gives the blooms the opportunity to dry slowly. Hydrangeas and peonies are good examples of flowers that do well using this method.
A screen is also helpful when drying flowers such as black-eyed Susans or coneflowers – by pushing the stem through the screen, the flower head lies flat against the screen, preventing it from curling.
Clockwise: Place a rubber band around bunches of yarrow and hang up to dry. • Feverfew blooms dry well left in a vase without water. • Larkspur comes in many colors and is easy to dry by air-drying or in silica gel. • Pick hydrangea blooms as they mature and start to change colors for the best results.
Some of the flowers I have dried using both methods
Lavender (Lavandula spp.), chamomile (Matricaria recutita), Santolina, Mexican sage (Salvia leucantha), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), Mexican marigold (Tagetes lucida), Victoria blue salvia (S. farinacea 'Victoria'), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), chives (Allium schoenoprasum), bee balm (Monarda spp.), strawflowers, globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa), statice, baby's breath, roses (Rosa spp.), cockscomb (Celosia spp.), peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum), Hydrangea, Verbena, cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), larkspur (Consolida ajacis), teasel (Dipsacus spp.), heather (Calluna vulgaris), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia spp.), coneflowers (Echinacea spp.), gayfeather (Liatris spp.), grape hyacinth (Muscari spp.), Nigella (flowers and seedheads), Chinese lanterns (Physalis alkekengi), peony (Paeonia spp.), Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota), poppy (Papaver spp.) seedpods, rose hips, Scabiosa flower heads, Baptisia seedheads, etc.
The best time to pick flowers for drying is in the morning after the dew has dried off, but before the sun gets hot.
Dried flowers should have good color.
Silica gel in the microwave
Silica gel can be purchased at flower or craft stores and can be used over and over.** Silica is a white sand-like substance with blue flecks that pulls moisture out of flowers quickly without fading the colors. Use caution when pouring silica gel. Pour very slowly: You don't want to breathe it in.
• In a shallow glass dish, pour enough silica gel to cover the bottom.
• Snip the stems ½-1 inch from the flower head.
• Lay the flower heads on top of the silica gel (stems up or down) so the petals don't touch each other.
• Cover with silica gel.
• Place dish in the microwave with a small glass of water.
• Cook at one-minute intervals at half-power until dry. It doesn't take long, usually only two or three minutes total. Adjust time as needed after first batch.
• I use a popsicle stick to gently push back the gel and get under and lift out flowers.
• Use a small, fine brush (such as a small paintbrush) to gently brush away any leftover silica gel on blooms.
**When the blue crystals turn pink, put the silica gel in a glass baking dish in the oven at 250 F for about five hours – until the crystals are blue again. Then it is ready to dry more flowers.
Several different flower heads dried in silica gel: Zinnia, Queen Anne's lace, cornflower, nigella, roses and black-eyed Susan.
Silica gel traditional method
Any container with a tight-fitting lid is fair game for drying flowers in silica gel. I save large tins and disposable plastic containers with tight lids. Plastic shoeboxes also work well.
• Pour enough silica gel to cover bottom of container – about 1 inch is good.
• Place flower heads as previously described in the gel, or whole spiky bloom stems, such as those of larkspur, can be laid lengthwise.
• Cover blooms so no plant material is showing.
• Put the lid on.
• Put it away in a closet.
• Depending on the thickness of the petals, they are usually dry in two to seven days. Check periodically. It's better to leave them a little longer than not long enough.
Fill pretty pedestal dishes or cake plates with dried blooms for a colorful centerpiece.
Putting the flowers back together to use in an arrangement
Once the flower heads are dry, use small pliers to bend over one end of green floral wire to form a small hook. Starting with the straight end of wire, push through the center of the flower head (at the top) all the way through so that the hook is pressed into the flower head.
To hide the wires, either place the flowers close together or use dried filler material such as Artemisia. To keep dried flower arrangements from shattering, spray flowers with a light coating of hairspray.
Other uses for dried flowers
• Fill a pretty pedestal dish or cake plate with flower heads.
• Hot-glue dried blooms onto a wreath.
• Lay a river of colorful dried blooms on the dinner table to get a lot of oohs and aahs at your next dinner party.
• Glue dried flower heads onto a canvas to create a 3-D work of art.
Dried flowers can be used in so many projects, such as this wreath.
Once you start down the path of drying flowers, you won't be able to look at blooms, seedheads, plumes, leaves or any other plant part without wondering what it would look like dried.
A version of this article appeared in a September 2014 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Cindy Shapton and Jeanne Hilinske-Christensen.


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At Spencer, Katie asks Brooke if she's talked to Ridge about her being matron of honor. Brooke says no, but assumes he'll be thrilled. Brooke presses Katie to accept, but she says she can't. Brooke knows she failed her; made a mistake that Katie would never make, but she's trying to get past it. Brooke goes on about Katie being the symbol of all that's honest and pure - they need her there. "Do this for all of us." Katie continues to resist and Brooke becomes agitated. She tells her if she ever wants to be bonded as sisters again she'll do this. Katie gives in. Brooke hugs her.
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Quinn grills Bill, Brooke pressures Katie, and Katie warns Ridge.
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Quinn finds Bill shirtless at the beach house. She wonders what's going on in his dark, twisted mind and if it has to do with Brooke Logan. Bill suggests she go find Wyatt at work. Quinn notes how moody he is - she really thinks it must be Brooke. He says it's not, it's Ridge. Quinn tries to get to the root of what is bothering him - is it control...or love? Bill talks about his feelings for Brooke. Quinn thinks there's someone else out there for him. He doesn't want anyone else.
Ridge arrives at Katie's office. She thanks him for coming and warns she'll be at the wedding tomorrow. She scoffs about Brooke thinking she's a paragon of virtue. Ridge wants her there. She says she'll be there to see the brand new beginning. They hug.
Brooke returns to Forrester and tells Hope that Katie reluctantly agreed to be her matron of honor. She thinks it will be good for Katie to see her marry Ridge.
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I cannot even remember what year it was when my one and only visit to Tosa was. Maybe it was in 2006 or 2007? Who knows? But ever since then I have constantly said "I have to return". But alas I never ever did.
But ever since we began this A – Z of London restaurants J was always going to be Japanese and Tosa was always going to get a mention.
I was thinking that it would have been pretty predictable to go for your normal sushi bar. I am really wanting to try Atari, but kinda nervous as Sushi Hiro could be a hard act to follow. But this time I wanted something different.
I kind of stacked Tosa in my favour as I wrote a gleaming email about it, whilst the other options didn't quite get a glowing report.
Tosa specialises in grilled meats on sticks over charcoal. This we had many a time in bars in Japan, especially Tokyo, which after dark were full of salary men relaxing after a hard days work with a few beers with some co workers and a few grilled sticks of meat. Hey that I think should be everyone's after work chill out.
Tosa's menu is pretty vast, and where the grilled skewers take centre stage, there are some of the favourites that will satisfy all tastes if the skewers do not float your boat.
I wanted one thing and one thing only. Yes, what they are famous for.
I think between the four of us we ordered a vast amount of food that just kept coming and coming. Yes this was dangerous territory as if I have had another beer or two we would have at least doubled the bill. But it would have been worth it.
As Tosa does not really do main meals as such, it's best to order a bit of everything, which I think we did.
There are too many dishes that we ordered to go over, so my favourites were the Chicken Liver, Ox Tongue, Uzura (Quails eggs), Tebasaki (Grilled Chicken Tips). Sadly the Torikawa (Grilled Chicken Skin) was unavailable.
There is something I love about grilled offal. Ever since my first trip to Argentina and eating grilled innards, I have become addicted.
The Grill Master cooked everything I tasted to perfection, and the liver was perfectly juicy. Delish, really delish.
I was really tempted to have the Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles with a Bonito based Special Sauce), but I think I had ordered enough for this time and the noodles may have pushed me over the edge.
I noticed on the website afterwards that if you send them your email address, there are promotions to be had, like 15% off the food bill this month for Sunday to Thursday evenings. Nice. That means you can order extra skewers.
Next time I'm going all out on the grilled fish. Let's just hope it isn't another 5 or 6 years till my next visit.
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