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Comtesse du Cayla
class: Hybrid China
breeding: Guillot, 1902
photographed by Daphne Filiberti in her garden
'Comtesse du Cayla' is a rose, raised by Pierre Guillot in 1902, that looks like fine hand painted silk. The rose can tolerate some shade, which
seems to bring out the glowing beauty of her colors. The young shoots are a plum purple, which complements
the golden and coppery sheen to the rose's coral or salmon pink colors. The plants are a beautiful and a natural
companion to 'Mutabilis' which shares some of the same colors. Some of the Hybrid Musks like
'Cornelia' and 'Felicia' also pair together well with 'Comtesse du Cayla'. These Hybrid Musks have a grace and free flowing ease, possibly a
bit of an angular habit, that seems to work well with Chinas of complimentary coloring. 'Comtesse du Cayla' has fine features. The leaves,
thorns, and stems, are elegant. The scent is softly reminiscent of sweet peas, maybe tea. The scent of Hybrid Musks,
saturates the border, and ties it all together. My plants are about four feet tall and look nice in groups. They are healthy and easily maintained. Click here to see a marble bust of the Comtesse du Cayla by Houdon with an interesting commentary. (click on to the thumbnail to go to a page with information in both English and French)


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Originally Posted by LovelyGemini
WOW!!! MissJali, they look AMAZING!! you can really tell how much work and time you put into them. I've been on the fence about doing this myself to avoid spending $500 on invitations. Do you feel like the savings were worth it?
Aww thanks Lovely Gemini,
Yes I totally feel the savings were worth it and i got exactly what i wanted!! I hated assembling them but once they were all done, i felt this satisfaction of giving my guests a personal invitation (literally). I think you should def try to make them, it's not hard at all, just takes time. you could make it your summer project and i'm here if you need any tips or advice.

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For many actors, typecasting is a massive fear they spend entire careers battling. Sean Connery fought to be someone other than James Bond, Daniel Radcliffe is still fighting to be someone other than Harry Potter, and Steven Seagal is…no, actually, he seems pretty happy to just play Steven Seagal.
My point is typecasting is a big deal to a lot of movie stars, but for others it turns out to be a blessing. Take Reginald VelJohnson. He landed a role in what turned out to be the greatest action movie ever made, Die Hard, as LAPD Sgt. Al Powell, then successfully transitioned into playing a cop again on the small screen as Carl Winslow in Family Matters. He hasn't always played cops, wearing a badge in two hit action movies and nine seasons of hit TV means that, to this day, he gets a lot of offers to keep playing cops and even gets mistaken for a real officer from time to time.
So, how does VelJohnson feel about this? Well, The Hollywood Reporter asked him, and his answer was basically: Hey, as long as the check clears, baby.
"I don't know what it is about me and this cop thing, but I get a lot of cop offers," the 63-year-old says with a chuckle. "Everyone always assumes that I'm someone on the force, but as long as they are paying me, I will play a cop until the day I die."
In fact, VelJohnson is so game to keep putting on the badge that he'd even be willing to pop up in another Die Hard sequel, if Bruce Willis will have him.
"How many times can this guy get into trouble and then get out of it on his own?" he says. "So it would have to be something unique. Maybe you could have John McClane fighting zombies, that could work."
Reginald VelJohnson: The Most Dedicated Movie Cop on the Beat.


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Here are a few stars looking to celebrate Memorial Day with a sizzling smack-down.
According to reports, these two blonde stunners are fighting it out over their exes and they're both furious the other hooked up with a former flame.
We guess it might be that these ladies are seeking revenge, but what seems more likely is that both Timberlake and A-Rod share a thing for skinny, beautiful, bubbly blondes and both Cam and Kate fit the bill.
Lindsay Lohan is so well adjusted.
Even though she used every excuse under the sun, from "I lost my passport" to "That Icelandic volcano is erupting," on Thursday, after she failed to appear at a mandatory probation hearing stemming from one of her two DUI charges in 2007, a judge issued a bench warrant for Lohan, revoking her probation and setting bail at $100,000. Why wasn't Lohan in court? Lohan missed her all-important court date because she was partying in Cannes under the pretense of publicizing her new role in a biopic about porn star Linda Lovelace, the woman who starred in the porn flick, Deep Throat.
Lohan hasn't had a hit since 2004's Mean Girls and the idea of her tackling the role of a porn star seems sadly destined for late night Cinemax -- not the best reason to skip out on court.
It's just the latest in a long string of troubles for Lohan, including her most recent well publicized and Twitter-tastic episode in the feud with her father, Michael. After Michael showed up at Lohan's apartment with the LAPD saying he was "concerned" for the welfare of Lindsay's younger sister, Lohan retaliated on the web, calling her father crazy and a drug addict. "My father is a lunatic and doesn't even deserve such a title since he's never been around in my life other than when he'd threaten me and my family," Lohan later said.
If her mother, her father or any of her so-called friends really cared about Lohan, they'd pack her up, move her to Utah or Oregon and get her some serious help.
There's nothing like a good online feud and Chelsea Lately star Chelsea Handler has been slugging it out with super skank, Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, ever since she announced she was the mistress of Sandra Bullock's ex-husband Jesse James.
Things started getting nasty when McGee went on Facebook and wrote, "Dear Chelsea, glad to see my grandma's old clothes put to good use in your wardrobe. Her mu-mu's look amazing on you. PS You need to hire another midget to hold up those saggy boobies of yours...all that breast feeding from [your sidekick] Chuy has really taken its toll." Isn't McGee classy?
In response, Handler wrote on her blog, "Michelle really believed that Sandra [Bullock] and Jesse were separated and was shocked to see them together at the Oscars. I guess she doesn't read magazines, which makes sense since she basically has one on her face."
McGee retaliated on Facebook, making fun of Handler's arms, saying, "I've seen better wings in a bucket of KFC chicken." Leading Handler to proudly flap her very toned arms on her show later that night.
We say the only way to solve this is a cage match to the death. And we've got $20 on Handler.
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Philadelphia 76ers coaching search continuesPosted by Inside Hoops
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The 76ers coaching search continues to percolate.
The team interviewed Boston Celtics assistant Jay Larranaga on Tuesday, Yahoo Sports reported. The Sixers are also reportedly going to interview Atlanta Hawks assistants Quin Snyder and Kenny Atkinson for the job vacated by Doug Collins in April.
Larranaga, whose father, Jim Larranaga, is the University of Miami coach, was considered a candidate for the Celtics coaching job before Brad Stevens was hired as Doc Rivers' replacement.
The 38-year-old was the coach of the Erie BayHawks for the NBA Development League for two seasons before joining the Celtics staff. Larranaga also had a two-year stint as the Irish national team coach.
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His mother and I drove the 550 miles to the event to surprise him, and I was honored to speak for him as a Laurel. We spent the afternoon being hidden whenever he started to come near. His Highness was the head cook for the event and prepared food for some 250 people. The recipes came from a period German cookbook.
During the feast, he walked past both of us more than half-a-dozen times but never noticed. Our table mates provided a skillful choreography of "stand up and be a wall" or "place napkin over mouth and pretend to converse" so that we couldn't be seen. At the end of feast all the kitchen staff were called forth to the applause of the diners. When the applause died down, the Crown opened another court and called forth the Order of the Laurel. His mother and I stood at the front of them, and when he finally noticed her he was gobsmacked. He had never seen either of us and was totally surprised.
It was one of the few feasts I have attended where there was nothing that didn't taste good. The food and the presentation were excellent. Earlier in the day, His Highness won the A&S competition with his documentation for the Coronation feast he had cooked at an earlier event. Atlantia is the richer for their newest Laurel!


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Staff writer Robert Gavin reports:
A Bloods gang member from Columbia County who was secretly recorded telling a friend how his crack cocaine "blew up" on him received 10 years in federal prison Monday for dealing cocaine and possessing three handguns in his home.Martin "Party" Devine, 28, of Hudson, also known as "P," was among 22 defendants charged in 2010 on allegations of selling heroin, cocaine and marijuana around the Capital Region.
On Monday, Devine received concurrent 120-month sentences from U.S. District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby for selling an ounce of cocaine to an undercover investigator in Schenectady for $1,250 on Nov. 10, 2009 — and another ounce at the same price to an undercover cop in Colonie on Dec. 3, 2009.
Investigators found two semi-automatic pistols and a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol when they raided his home on June 28, 2010. They were found inside an express delivery package, authorities said.
Devine, whose rap sheet includes two prior felonies for attempted gun possession in 2002 and drug dealing in 2005, was arrested in Buffalo in July 2010. He was identified as a member of the Bloods street gang in court papers.
"This defendant is a menace and a danger and has long been involved in narcotics trafficking and illegal gun possession," federal prosecutors wrote to the judge in a pre-sentencing recommendation.
Devine pleaded guilty in January facing evidence that included wiretaps of him talking to two co-defendants. In one June 14, 2010 conversation, he spoke about breaking a bowl as he cooked powdered cocaine into crack.
On the other end of the phone was his friend since childhood, Rasheed "Screw" Daniels, 34, of Rensselaer, the reputed leader of an outfit called the "All State All Stars," which sold members to members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs, court papers said.
Devine told Daniels his crack "blew up on me" and the drugs "went in the sink," according to his plea agreement.
"Daniels asked if it 'went down the drain on you' and Devine answered, 'Hell yeah'" federal prosecutors stated in the document. "Daniels told Devine … that is why he puts his stuff 'in a bowl and don't take it out until that (expletive) cool. Devine described that he was using a bowl but that it blew up. Devine described that he thought his bowl might have a crack in it and Daniels told Devine he should 'always use a metal bowl.'"
Devine told Daniels he lost a "dollar" worth of the drugs and only had "37 left." Prosecutors believe Devine meant he lost 100 grams of cocaine in his sink after dropping his bowl, but still had 37 grams left.
Devine and Daniels were both later arrested and charged. Court papers show Daniels agreed to change his plea from not guilty to guilty in August.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich has extended the state's energy emergency declaration by two weeks to allow continued speedy shipments of propane gas to ease a cold-weather shortage.
The order extends until March 1 Kasich's original declaration of Jan. 18 allowing propane shippers to temporarily drive more hours and consecutive days than usual.
Propane availability is more limited and prices are higher this year for several reasons including stretches of extreme cold that drained an already depleted supply.
The federal government has issued a similar declaration to speed up interstate shipments.
About 6 percent of Ohio households are heated primarily using propane, most of them rural homes.
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Last week in our referdendum item we featured questions put to the Yes Scotland campaign. The Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael, supporting the Better Together campaign, visited Arbroath and we quizzed him on the issues you have raised over the past few months.
The rise of availability of legal highs, or NPS, are a concern for the local Community. What is the Government doing about the growing issue?
"It is a real concern and especially when you see the tragedies that have come out of the use of these things but it will be a problem whether we vote for Independence or not. One of the most dangerous aspects of this debate is people are being encouraged to think that all our problems can be left by cutting the link with the UK. The truth of the matter is the experience of the families in Arbroath are not that different from the experiences of families in Liverpool, Cardiff and Belfast, so if you can tackle these problems you do it by reaching out across the borders in the UK and making common cause with people who share these problems rather than just drawing a line on a map."
Currency is key topic for people in this area.
"The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is an independent Civil Servant, in advice to the Chancellor said he would not recommend a currency union because it leaves people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland exposed to the risk of banks over which they have no control, regulated in a foreign country, as Scotland would be. If it's so important that we take control of our own affairs, why would we on day one hand them back to the Bank of England? That's what we're being offered, it's a contradiction in terms.
"They know that keeping the pound is one of the things that really matters to people in Scotland, so they come up with this convoluted mechanism of a currency union which goes to great lengths to recreate what we already have. If you want to keep the UK pound keep the UK. Nobody should vote on the basis that you will keep the pound and the Bank of England because frankly that would be reckless."


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Cultivating a life / Rafael Rodriguez's life is intertwined with Niebaum Estate
Published 4:00 am, Friday, April 12, 2002
Rafael Rodriguez grew up in the slums of Mexico City. He came to Napa Valley during World War II as a bracero at the age of 22. Within two decades, he rose from a lowly field hand to a ranch and vineyard manager at one of Napa Valley's most exclusive vineyards.
He was also one of the valley's first Hispanics to become a prominent community and business leader. Today, the silver-haired gentleman serves as historian for the Niebaum-Coppola Estate.
Rodriguez arrived in Salinas in 1943 on a train with thousands of other braceros, but he had never worked in the fields before. He was the son of an unemployed textile worker and peddler who sold trinkets, clothes, fruits and wooden spoons on the streets of Mexico City.
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"My family in Mexico was very, very poor," said Rodriguez, 81, who speaks with the humility and bravado of a man who has lived a full life. "There were days when we had nothing to eat at the table. It was very difficult to live in Mexico during those years."
His hands were so frail that a friend gave him a piece of lead to rub against his palms to build up calluses. He also learned what to say to convince the bosses of his experience in the fields.
Months later, another friend who worked for the federal government's War Food Administration brought him to Napa Valley. His first job was picking prunes at Charlie Wagner's farm, which later became the Caymus Winery. Wagner's wife set up a bed for him in what used to be a one-room schoolhouse in the hamlet of Rutherford. "That was the first time in my life I slept on a bed," he said.
Wagner also became the first and last grower to fire him.
"I wasn't aware that agricultural work was so physically demanding," Rodriguez said. "My hands were bleeding from using a wooden pole to shake prunes off the tree. There were people behind me, waiting. I couldn't keep up."
In those days, he belonged to a trio that played popular Mexican tunes. The trio never went into business, but performed at charity and social events for the Rotarians, Elks and other groups. Rodriguez remembers the night his trio appeared at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and played one of his favorite songs, "Solamente Una Vez" (Only Once).
"In those years, segregation was so strong. When we were invited to the Palace Hotel, we couldn't believe it," he said.
Eventually, he landed a job at the Inglenook Estate in Rutherford, where he has remained for 50 years -- working for a succession of owners that includes filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.
"My training was in the textile industry," said Rodriguez. "I was excited to come to America, but I learned that in California, the textile industry does not exist."
In those days, there were few automobiles on the two-lane highway that bisected the valley. Steelhead could still be seen in Bear Creek. Today, the valley is a haven for tourists. There are around 200 wineries. On weekends, Highway 29 is clogged with cars.
"My first impression was that everything was dead in Napa County, because I arrived when all the vines were dormant. I saw nothing but trunks," Rodriguez said. "So I said, 'What do these people do?' There were maybe 20 vineyards. The rest were orchards -- walnuts, prunes. There were two dairies and cattle."
He had escaped the rigid caste system of Mexican society, but feared discrimination in the United States. In those days, Mexicans were hired for the most menial jobs. He was pleasantly surprised by the people of Napa Valley.
"The Italians and Portuguese were receptive to Mexicans," he said. "After harvest, they would invite you to family dinners."
In 1947, he married his first wife, Sally, a U.S. citizen. They had two children. Sally died of chronic heart failure in 1953.
A year earlier, he had taken a job at the Inglenook ranch, where a Portuguese foreman taught him to drive a big D4 Caterpillar tractor and also how to prune the vines. In 1955, Rodriguez became a U.S. citizen.
Rodriguez recalls that he met his second wife, Tila, at a concert where his trio was playing.
"I knew him from sight," said Tila, whose family had immigrated from Mexico when she was 2 years old and had settled in Live Oak near Sacramento. "I knew of him. It took a while for us to get acquainted."
They married in 1956, moved into a clapboard house on the vineyard on Navalle Creek, and had two daughters. Today, they have four children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
"After getting married, there was no time to dillydally," said Rodriguez, explaining why he stopped singing in the trio. "You just get up early in the morning, work, and then come home."
Along the way, Rodriguez learned everything related to viticulture -- how to take care of the soil as well as the vine.
Finnish sea captain Gustave Niebaum made a fortune in the Alaskan fur trade,
but he wanted a place to call home. In 1880, he bought the Inglenook farm just south of Rutherford, which he developed into one of the valley's first commercial vineyards.
The Inglenook Estate was a swath of 1,000 acres from the valley's main road to the top of Mount St. John. Bear Creek runs through the middle of the property to the Napa River, draining the volcanic and alluvial soils and allowing the roots of vines to dry in the valley's warmer months.
Niebaum resolved to make fine-quality wines. At that time, most California wines were shipped by cask. Inglenook wines were available only in bottles corked at the vineyard. He built a magnificent stone winery at the site. He died in 1908.
One of Niebaum's descendants, John Daniel Jr., took over the winery. He sought to carry on the vineyard's tradition of using only true French varietals.
"This man John Daniel never made money out of his wine business," Rodriguez said. "The type of wine he was producing was very unique. Society at that time was drinking whiskey, hard liquor. Wine was not as popular as it is today. John Daniel was subsidizing that winery through the canneries he had in Alaska. "
The wines Daniel made at Inglenook from 1936 to 1964 are legendary, including his vintage-dated Cabernets. His efforts changed the American wine industry and established Napa Valley as a region for world-class wines. Only his finest wines were bottled under the Inglenook label. Others were sold under a separate label or on the bulk market.
Daniel had a big hand in helping Rodriguez become a U.S. citizen. In 1954, the government's bracero program ended, and Rodriguez was ordered back to Mexico, where he stayed for a year without his two children. Daniel lobbied the U.S. government to allow Rodriguez to return permanently to Napa Valley.
"He was concerned that the children were already orphans, and I was the only breadwinner. He was very conscientious," Rodriquez said. "And he was meticulous in the production of wine. All the labels had to be straight. He wanted everything to be first-class."
Rodriguez and his family lived on the Inglenook property for three decades before moving to nearby St. Helena.
"All of my children were born right here," said Rodriguez, pointing to his former home, a cottage-style, two-bedroom house overlooking the vineyards. "They used to run naked right here along the creek. Every morning, we'd take them to the highway, where the bus would take them to school in St. Helena."
Daniel also divided the Inglenook estate, selling a portion of it in 1965 to United Vintners, who chose Rodriguez to manage the 100-acre vineyard. He had about 20 people working for him.
In 1969, the property was sold to Heublein Corp. The new owners used pesticides on the vines and ordered Rodriguez to replace some vines that were not as commercial. In 1972, Rodriguez quit. "I was not satisfied with the way they were doing business," he said.
Rodriguez campaigned and won a seat on the St. Helena School Board. He served on the board for eight years and became school board president.
"Mexicans were beginning to get established in the area," he said. "Prior to 1960, there was nothing but migrant Mexican families who came for the season and then went back to their point of origin."
In 1972, He took a job as president of the controversial Growers Foundation,
which gave workers an alternative to Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers. Rodriguez's job was to talk with field hands.
"Many workers did not even know they had a choice of who would represent them," wrote James Conaway in his book, "Napa." "Rafael pointed out to them, in groups and in private, the advantages of the foundation's program, and took heat from members of the United Farm Workers. They and their allies called his home when he was there and when he was away; they cajoled, then threatened. His family was frightened but would not admit it, and Rafael never discussed the dangers with them."
Rodriguez worked for the foundation until 1976.
"Being Mexican and working against Cesar Chavez, it created a lot of friction," he said. "The foundation was offering the same or better benefits offered by Cesar Chavez's union. At the time, I represented close to 2,000 workers. People realized that things were not as rosy as they were told it would be if they joined the UFW."
Rodriguez also became a part-time teacher at Napa Junior College, where he taught viticulture. Ranchers and growers would attend his classes. He trained Mexican workers in Mendocino and Solano counties.
In 1975, Coppola purchased the Niebaum estate, including the Victorian mansion that was Niebaum's original home and the surrounding vineyards. Coppola paid about $2.5 million -- with money he had raked in from "The Godfather, Part II." He offered Rodriguez a salary of $40,000 a year to manage the vineyard.
"He fell in love with that property and he thought that the history of Niebaum was very important and similar to his family history," Rodriguez said. "Gustave Niebaum, being a trader, dreamed of making a wine similar to the French wines. The Coppolas are also immigrants. Francis had a big dream. He wanted to bring the property together and keep it as it was 120 years ago."
Coppola and his wife, filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, also wished to transform the Niebaum-Coppola Estate into a classic winery -- similar to the estates they had visited in France. But they faced early losses from his Vietnam War movie, "Apocalypse Now," and came close to losing the vineyard. He took a series of commercial directing jobs to get out of debt. In 1995, he paid $10 million for the rest of the Inglenook property, including the Niebaum-built chateau.
"I've lived here for 25 years, surrounded by my family and beautiful nature, " wrote Coppola in the forward to Steven Kolpan's book, "A Sense of Place," a history of the Niebaum-Coppola Winery. "There are mushrooms on the mountains, vegetables in the garden, and fruit on the trees within arm's reach. This place is truly heaven on earth."
Coppola built a plaza with fountains and gardens at the winery. He turned the vineyard's old carriage house into a film-and-research library and sound- mixing facility. Rodriguez's former home on the vineyard became Coppola's private studio and office.
The Niebaum-Coppola Estate is 1,460 acres. All of the grapes for its wines are grown on the property. Coppola tastes the new wines.
Rodriguez recalls how the filmmaker surprised his employees in 1983 when he rejected the winery's flagship bottling, a Cabernet Sauvignon blend in the Bordeaux style.
"Personally, I felt it was superb. But he didn't like it," Rodriguez said. "So, we had no 1983 Rubicon . . .
"The way he likes to do things is first class. And first class costs money, because labor is expensive here. How he does it, I don't know. Once he sets his mind on something he achieves it, sooner or later. I know his love for the Rubicon label is tremendous. He wants to keep it at all costs. He is a very innovative person. But he's not making money out of the winery, either."
Strolling around the Niebaum-Coppola Estate, gazing at the vines, pausing under the shade of a century-old oak, sipping on a soda in the winery's cafe, Rodriguez seems like a man at peace.
"I am 81 years old. Everything has contributed to a good, relaxed life," said Rodriguez, his hands leathery from decades of work. "This is like your home after so many years. You begin to grow here. You begin to love it, to sense it. You grow to love this place. Everything is so quiet, so beautiful. You just hate to get out of this place. It has not been happiness and good things every day, but I think that is part of the trade. I have never had any regrets of being in the wine industry. You learn things every day."
He speaks with authority about the rigors of winemaking. He notes that the soils and climate are different from France's.
"We have sun all the time, supposedly," he said. "They are 2,000 years old. We are 200 years old. We can't compete with them, but we are catching up."
Rodriguez also knows what he likes. His favorite Niebaum-Coppola wine is the Zinfandel.
Napa Valley growers maintain a spirit of friendly cooperation, but actively compete with vintners from Sonoma County, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo -- hoping to keep their Cabernets and other varietals on top.
For many years, Rodriguez served as the property manager of the Niebaum- Coppola estate. He oversaw the planting of grapes on 200 acres. He was sent to France and Spain to study their viticulture practices. In 1991, he became the vineyard and winery historian.
Rodriguez points out how different quadrants are planted with Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Cabernet and Merlot grapes. One plot, the Gio vineyard, was named after Coppola's eldest child, Giovanni, who died in a 1986 boating accident when he was 23 years old. The Gio vineyard produces grapes for the Rubicon.
He shows how rows of fava beans are planted between the vines to supply nitrogen to the soil. The soil is organically treated, with no fumigation. The vines have a drip-irrigation system, but it is only used if the vines become too dry. Rodriguez describes with excitement how a bud on a vine begins to swell and the first leaves burst forth.
He explains how after 50 years, a vine's production may drop off in efficiency, but it's grapes become all the more rich and potent. Vintners can control the amount of fruit produced through pruning; trellises control their exposure to sunlight.
These days, everything seems to be falling into place for Rodriguez, who provides guided tours of the winery and vineyard.
A few weeks ago, when temperatures threatened to frost the vineyards, he and other vineyard employees were in the fields at 2 a.m. -- watching the thermometer. They lit smudge pots filled with diesel fuel. Huge wind machines helped circulate the warm air. But the acrid smoke pollutes the valley, and the smudge pots will probably be phased out next year.
Rodriguez served as a technical adviser on the 1995 movie, "A Walk in the Clouds," which was set in the Napa Valley in the late 1940s. The film includes a romantic scene in which farmworkers flap their arms like birds to move hot air from smudge pots. Rodriguez said he told director Alfonso Arau that it was inappropriate because vintners in the 1940s did not understand the effects of frost on vineyards, but Arau chose to film the scene anyway. Rodriguez' favorite film about the valley was "This Earth is Mine," with Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons.
A mural was recently unveiled in the town of Napa that depicts the history of Napa County from the 1600s to today -- from the Wappo tribe through Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo. Rodrgiuez's image is depicted as one of the prominent Latinos who settled in the valley.
When he left Mexico City in 1943, Rodriguez left behind his father and four brothers. His father died 10 years later, and he lost touch with his brothers. Last month, his brother Rodolfo, of Mexico City, telephoned him. He has since spoken on the phone with all of his brothers.
"It's like I'm opening another page of my book," Rodriguez said. "So now Tila and I are making plans to go back to Mexico, maybe next month, for a reunification with my family."


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Skip to comments.A Letter from Israel
Posted on 11/20/2012 11:38:20 AM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost
Dear friends,
First, thanks to everyone who has expressed their concern for our safety. We live between Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi in a small kind of village for want of a better word (yishuv in Hebrew). This means that we get the sirens when rockets are sent in the direction of Kiryat Malachi and also hear Ashkelon and Ashdod sirens and booms from a distance.
Yesterday, there were seven sirens here and this morning two so far. In the cities, there are tens of sirens (and attacks or successful interceptions) per day and through the night. Families without fortified rooms have to run to a safe area. In Sderot, they have 15 seconds to do that, here we have 40 seconds.
Try and imagine: 2am waking up, grabbing your children and running out of your front door down a few flights of stairs or stopping your car and trying to release all the childrens safety belts (same children may be hysterical from the siren because they know to expect the explosion any second) and run to shelter. In 15 seconds. Or 40 seconds. How long should a country ask its civilians to put up with that? How long would you put up with that for?
Living under the threat of rocket fire is not a bowl of cherries by any means, it certainly runs havoc with any kind of routine or normal lifestyle, like, when can I dare go into the shower? where are our children at any given moment (especially people with young children)? dare I venture going in to my doctors appointment in Ashkelon or Ashdod? if theres a siren on my way to the supermarket, will I stop the car and lie on the ground with my hands over my head these are the instructions if you are nowhere near a building to take refuge in. These are times of stress, tension and confusion but our situation is nowhere near as traumatic as that of our friends in Kibbutz Saad or Kibbutz Alumim on the border with Gaza or the cities : Sderot, Netivot (where Haim works), Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beer Sheva, Kiryat Malachi (where 3 people were killed by a direct hit on their way to a safe area yesterday: Aharon Smajda, 49, who was helping his neighbours down the stairs with their young children, Itzik Amsalem, 24, and Mirah Sharf, 27, who had returned to Israel from New Delhi where she and her husband were Chabad (Lubavitch) emissaries, in order to give birth in Israel. Her husband and other children are wounded). This news is heartbreaking for Israelis and a reason for celebration for our enemies. They rejoice in death and violence, we rejoice in life and saving life.
Who needs Jews as best friends? Were the best enemy you could hope for! A new line they can use instead of Some of my best friends are Jews, how about Some of my best enemies are Jews or With enemies like Jews, who needs friends? The terrorists can go to mosque and funerals of terrorist chiefs knowing they wont be harmed even though we know exactly who they are and where they are. Did you know that the IDF made thousands of phone calls to Gaza households and dispatched thousands of fliers in Gaza warning people to stay away from where the terrorists are because we are targeting them?
Do people in the west realize that the Jewish enemy cares more about the welfare of the population of Gaza than the cynical, cruel terrorist entity who is supposedly meant to be taking care of them? Do people understand that if and when civilians are hurt in Gaza it is because all our attempts to protect them have been thwarted mainly by the insistence of their protectors to act from densely populated areas and specifically mosques, kindergartens, schools, you get the picture? Do they understand that misrepresenting Israel in the world means strengthening the oppression of women in Gazan society and the abuse of children, being brought up with hatred 24/7 on TV, in schools, trained to be shahidim (martyrs ie mass murderers of the Israeli or western enemy) as an ideal?
I see a demonstration of Jewish Homosexuals and Lesbians for Gaza and rub my eyes. Where is the only place in the Middle East where Jews / homosexuals / lesbians can live freely or live at all (let alone if youre both!) ? Gaza perhaps?
Even after 12 years of living under fire, my friend, Esther, in Kibbutz Alumim on the border, says Cant we brainwash them with All we are saying is give peace a chance? But the problem is that their aim is not for peace and quiet and a good education and future for their population but to keep their population ignorant , needy and resolute to anihilate us and cause us pain. havoc and despair. We are not talking about neighbours like Canada here, or New Zealand. We are talking about a fundamentalist Muslim terrorist entity.
Our aim is to stop the attacks on our civilians. In the west, people seem to preoccupy themselves with the numbers killed on each side. So I am stating the obvious,. and please do the same, state the obvious, when speaking with people who dont understand: Israel is a sovereign state under attack by terrorists. The enlightened western world should be unshiftingly on Israels side and in awe at the wondrous brilliant way Israel is surgically attacking the root of evil there. Please make it clear to people that If not for the amazing Iron Dome missile interceptor and the safe rooms and safety zones, there would be hundreds of Israelis killed and thousands maimed from the hundreds of rockets over the past few days. That Hamas is committing crimes against humanity and war crimes. Israels retaliation is surgical, brilliantly avoiding civilian injuries, taking out the terrorist chief of staff and sending him to his 72 virgins. In 3 days of Israeli attacks, 19 Palestinians have been killed. All terrorists or people standing way too close to them.
Anyone who thinks the IDF is trying to kill civilians needs to wake up and smell the humus. The IDF must be an incredibly rotten army if in 3 days of air attacks, it only manages to kill 19 people! If our aim were to kill Palestinians, surely it would be more likely for there to be 19 left, rather than 19 killed.
Israels only crime against humanity if any was the restraint she has shown time and time again so as not to escalate violence in the region, her only crime was against her own civilians. Which country in the world would (or should) tolerate 12000 rockets on their civilians and 12 years of trauma and fear for children in Sderot, in the kibbutzim and moshavim in the south and more recently, over a million Israelis hostages to the whims of the terrorist entity controlling Gaza? Percentage wise, that is like London being bombed for 12 years. or this area of NY.
Please pray for Israel, support Israel and stand up for Israel. We are not the Goliath in this story, we are David up against Islamic fundamentalist terror supported by Iran.
Love to all, Leonie
The Gates of Jerusalem are today's Gates of Vienna- Daniel Greenfield aka Sultan Knish
"Hear us O' Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One."
Israel Forever. Hamas Never.
"Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD.
"And many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you."
"And the Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."
"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His holy habitation."
[Zechariah 2:10-13]
Praying for Jerusalem and Israel and looking forward to the fulfillment of these words from the LORD of hosts.
Israel ,
the Apple of Gods Eye.
pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Those "innocent civilians" that she mentions aren't as innocent as they seem since they, too, support jihad against Israel. I really hate to say this but in order to quell the death and destruction, that the Palies (and the other Muzzies) worship from generation to generation, you have to kill all of them or forcibly convert them to another religion.
Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.
Forever means Forever in the Bible. The Holy Land belongs to Israel -forever- and Israel is God's people -forever-. What part of -Forever- do the PLO's do not understand?
So far as we know, not one of God's promises to Israel has failed, as God is not a man that He should lie. The Lord YHWH is unchanging, as not even the twinkling of an eye the scripture says.
Note below the ancient territory of "Thebes", although in Egypt, this religion of idol worship was exported to Gaza and this territory is under a curse:
Jeremiah 46:25 -
The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh.
Jeremiah 46:27-28 -
"But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
You will note in the preceding verse God's corrective discipline is applied exclusively to Israel. God disciplines those He loves. Israel's enemies are brought into judgement, not discipline.
Joshua 21:45
45Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
1 Kings 8:56-61
56Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. 57May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us. 58May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers. 59And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day's need, 60so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other. 61But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time."
Psalm 85:8
8I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints-but let them not return to folly.
Psalm 119:140
140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Psalm 119:147-150
147I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. 148My eyes stay open through the watches of the night that I may meditate on your promises. 149Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your laws. 50My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
Psalm 145:13-14
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. 14The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Baruch Hashem Adonai.
Shalom y'Israel
Bulldoze Gaza. It optional is the vermin living there flee to the Sinai.
Darn tablet ... It is optional if the vermin living there flee to the Sinai .
One vote for an edit button.
Thank You for You're letter.
I can't imagine the horror that strikes with a siren.
The Restraint of You're Leaders,undeniable.
The looming nightmare of a madman with mushroom clouds in His eyes.
You're request to Stand for Israel ,
count on it.
Lifting up Israel in prayer Daily!
Said the deluded Israeli Libtard: " Did you know that the IDF made thousands of phone calls to Gaza households and dispatched thousands of fliers in Gaza warning people to stay away from where the terrorists are because we are targeting them?"
Do not warn Muslims, just kill all of them. Read the Koran, know the Koran, and thus know the mind of the Koranimal.
Muslims - to know them is to loath them.
Jerimiah 31:
31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
My prayer for Israel:
May Hashem bless you and guard you
May Hashem shine the light of His face on you and be Gracious to you
May G-d turn His face to you and establish peace for you.
Many of us in the US have a G-d given love your your people and your country. And we do pray for you. Please continue to pray for us, as well.
Letter to Israel: Stop fooling around with the Terrorist and stop worrying about civilian casualties. Do you remember the gas chambers, do you think they'd put you in there again? Well the answer is YES.
It would take one week to move everyone out of Gaza into Egypt. Do it. Or.......you will find the Iranians delivering modern Davy Crocket Warheads into your midst.
Time is not on your side. Crush Gaza, Crush Hezzbolah and Crush Iran. Mobilize the entire Country....this bullshiite of going to war while other parts of the country act as if there is no war is a losing strategy.
Don't expect any help....and you know what......you don't need help, you have more nuclear weapons among your 4 million people than all the 1 billion moslums combined. USE THEM BEFORE DAVY CROCKETT SHOWS UP.
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You may remember tearing sheets into 3- to 4-inch strips and rolling them tightly to form simple bandages. At one time, these were an important part of the Together in Service program. They were sent to medical clinics in developing countries. However, that project has outlived its usefulness. The bandages now sit in boxes in the Brethren Service Center in Maryland, awaiting a new purpose. With that in mind, PW's Churchwide Coordinating Team and the Brethren Service Center have made an agreement to offer the fabric strips to anyone who wants them.
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I'm studying with RPMI cell line and it is suspension cell line but my cells adhere to flask and grow so slowly. I tried to use suspension-specific flasks but this couldn't help me. Because of this problem, I can not even change our cells into new flask, in every time the live cells stayed at old flask. What would you suggest?
Thanks for your responding....
Don't have any experience with your cell line, but worked with supension cells, and in our case they tended to become adherent when the passage number was high. What's your passage number ?


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Passing through the produce aisle at Whole Foods, on the way to pick up a store made dessert, the fresh figs on sale caught my eye. Yes, during the middle of a busy week, I was trying to keep our 20th anniversary dinner pretty simple. But my mind quickly got racing to pairing ideas…a dessert featuring grilled figs paired with a Sauternes sounded worthy of a special occasion, I thought. (we already had a special bottle lined up for our main course…stay tuned for a post about that soon!)
So I grabbed the figs and came up with a simple yet tasty recipe, recapped below. Then I headed to the wine shop to grab a bottle we've enjoyed before, the 2007 Chateau de Malle Sauternes.
6 fresh figs, stems trimmed and sliced in half lengthwise
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1 cup mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup honey plus 1 extra tbsp honey
pinch of cinnamon
dash of dried sage
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds, toasted lightly (optional)
Preheat a grill to medium high. Combine the olive oil, 1 tablespoon of the balsamic and the sugar in a bowl. Gently toss the figs in this mixture, and set aside while the grill heats up.
Combine the mascarpone with 1 tablespoon of honey in a bowl and set aside.
Heat the remaining 1/2 cup of honey in a small pan on medium heat, and stir in the cinnamon and sage. Once the honey has liquefied a bit, turn the heat to low keep warm while the figs are grilled.
Grill the figs. If you have a grill pan, use that to avoid losing any figs to the grill. Set the figs skin side down the grill pan, or carefully set them directly onto the grill. Grill about 4 minutes on the skin side, then carefully turn over to sear the other side by grill for about 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove the figs to a plate.
Serve the dessert by adding a tablespoon or two of the mascarpone to each plate. Then place several figs on top of each plate of mascarpone. Finish the dish by drizzling the heated honey over the figs and cheese, and sprinkle the pumpkin seeds on top if you are using them.
Enjoy with a Sauternes! Sure, a lot of things go well with a Sauternes. But this grilled fig with honey and mascarpone with a Sauternes is definitely a great pairing! The 2007 Chateau de Malle Sauternes has notes of honey and hazelnut, and a super-long, luscious finish. It could be a nice dessert on its own, but pairing the Sauternes with this sweet and savory dessert is a great combination.
If you're not familiar with Sauternes yet, I encourage you to get acquainted! This wine from Bordeaux is made from a blend of made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, known as "noble rot". There is surely a lot of interesting info on the web about it, but the Wikipedia entry is a good starting point.


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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wake Up and Smell the Beer
This is a problem. I wasn't calling about obscure products from an obscure company. Boulevard is the hometown brewer, I think, at the very least, liquor store employees should be able to speak intelligently about Boulevard products' availability. Instead, every beer geek in town is introduced to a liquor store's apathy towards having educated employees. How hard is it to make sure your employees know what Boulevard products are in the pipeline? I really understand if they don't know anything about the newest Bear Republic or Goose Island products, but to not know the Boulevard lineup is kinda inexcusable. At the very least they should know when their Boulevard delivery is coming.
Liquor stores be warned, I'm going to start calling stores out by name when I'm not satisfied with the employee's knowledge of products. I'll spread around my phone calls, but Gomer's of Lenexa and Tipsy's in Mission should be prepared because I almost always call them because I'm most likely to buy from those 2 stores (both stores are usually pretty good on the phone).
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Why don't you just ask to talk to the manager/owner who would know? You sound like a crusty old bastard.ReplyDelete
Try Charlie @ Metcalf Discount Liquor in OP, he knows his beer and has it organized very well. It is surprising how well the beer is displayed considering the space limitation.ReplyDelete
I run into this all the time North of the river. The Berbiglia in Liberty is hopeless. Their staff tends to be clueless and HyVee has as good or better selection.ReplyDelete
Gomers in Parkville is mixed bag. They at least know what you're talking about, but their stock lags well behind the other stores. I've given up on going there on or even near a release days because it will take them at least another week or two to get it in stock.
The Gladstone HyVee is pretty good. Their Wine/Spirits manager gets it, but they gave me the run around on BBQ earlier this week. They sent an email to their beer club saying it was in stock and to come get some, but whn I drove in from Liberty, they told be that Boulevard told them it was illelgal to sell it before Friday (WTF? Hello, Gomers South??).
When is Luks going to open a store in North KC? They're leaving a lot of money on the table for mediocre providers.
Given only about 5% of beer drinkers even drink something other than BMC, and a much smaller % of that drink niche beers from craft breweries (even local ones), I'm on the fence about this. While it'd be nice that they knew about seasonal arrivals, I don't expect the average liquor store employee to know about Boulevard's specialty line arrivals simply because it's not a significant portion of their total sales.ReplyDelete
Now, if you called & asked for the beer buyer and they didn't know, I'd agree with you. But, when you call, the person who answers is probably someone who earns close to minimum wage stocking shelves and running the cash register.
I've had pretty good luck getting info when I talk to the beer buyers at Gomer's & Lukas, but I *always* get good information when I talk to the guys at Royal (on State Line).
Wort Hog, I would agree with you if I was asking for them to know about all their specialty beers, I'm just asking them to know about the local beer company.ReplyDelete
There simply is not that much to know at a liquor store, new products is the only thing that really changes. Employees should know of high profile beer and wine releases at the very least if they're going to answer the phone. The only phone calls they get are keg/price and new product inquiries. Before they pick up the phone they should know what Boulevard products are release/going to be released. I don't think I'm asking too much.
- HomeBrewHawkDecember 3, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Ask for Nate at the Kansas Gomer's, he'll know what he's talking about.ReplyDelete
Bubbles in Gladstone is pretty knowedgable, however they do seem to get shipments later than others. That's ok, I know I'll get something eventually.ReplyDelete
The Beer Buyer at Red X seems to know her stuff, if you can catch her.
Parkville Gomer's does not seem up to speed
+1 for Nate at Gomer's Lenexa. He always knows what is going on. Others there however can be hit or miss. I was in last night to get BBQ (they limit 4 bottles per person btw) and asked when they would get Tank 7 in. He said he was just the night guy and didn't know. Honest answer, ok, I can handle that.ReplyDelete
The family that owns Bubbles is super nice and is usually pretty in the know about their beer selection, their selection is pretty good too.
The smaller stores can be really bad, there's one I stop at close to my house and it's usually the same guy, whenever I ask about any of the special release Smokestacks he never has any idea. They only get a case or two though, so it's not like they do a ton of volume.
Personally I think Blvd could bypass this whole issue if they had a little better communication coming out directly from them. They've been doing a bit better on FaceBook, but their blog hasn't been updated in months, and not everyone is on FaceBook. There is a decent and growing beer geek community that most of these releases cater too, so they could do a bit better in this area. We're interested in what they are doing because what they are doing is really good. Let us know how the aging process is going for the Imperial Stout and Rye on Rye. Let us know how the Imperial Pilsner is going. Let us know when we can expect to see stuff like that on the shelves. Let us know when the Luncheon series starts back up without having to watch your website all the time. Stuff like that will only help them in the long run.
- AnonymousDecember 3, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Berbiglia at 31st and Gillham knew last night that they had gotten the BBQ, but were unfamiliar with the fact that Tank 7 was due out soon - -and this wasn't even their top guy working last night, just someone who likes his beer (I think his other job is at 75th Street brewery, so he works his passion).ReplyDelete
Per some other comments, Bubbles has the best service I've experienced in KC liquor stores. The owner generally knows when everything is coming in, and if he doesn't, he will make multiple calls to find out. Bubbles also generally gets their Boulevard in on Wednesday, in case you are looking for Tank 7 in the Northland next week.ReplyDelete
I tend to agree that a little knowledge on the HOMETOWN brewery shouldn't be too much to ask, especially concerning this whole Smokestack thing. It's kind of a big deal. We're not talking about some obscure brewery with a 3 county distribution range. Never even heard of Tank 7? Shaaaaaaaame on you, sir.ReplyDelete
The couple that runs Bubbles on N. Oak seem fairly knowledgeable and are always friendly and willing to help you dig around for something if you can't find it.
Also, seconded about the lady at Red X. She's busy as hell every time I go in but always makes small talk about whatever I'm looking at and is a damn sight more knowledgeable than the suits I've encountered at any Gomer's location.
And Berbiglia? Please.
Blvd. doesn't even have stats up on their site about Smokestack beers. This is criminal. Economy sucks, so what's the IT dept. doing? Washing bottles? C'mon. Any reputable brewer that wants to remain relevant w/ their beer needs to have up to date #'s on their beers on the website. As for talking to liquor store chimps(no offense, I'm sure some of you are worth the air you breath) phhh, I get in and get out. If I want to talk beer I'll hit the internet.ReplyDelete
I would say that educating the Liquor Store on new releases is the job of the distributor. For the record, I think that Aaron at Gomers in Lees Summit is one of the most beer knowledgeable people in the KC area. He is also way ahead of most stores on whats new. His variety is stellar considering its not the size of Lukas, which is a good store too.ReplyDelete
Rimann in PV has BBQ in stock. They got them in on Tuesday. They didn't know when Tank 7 was coming, but they thought it would be soon. Rimann typically gets first deliveries from the distributor around KC, so check the Rimann in Lenexa if you're a bit wester of me. And yes, I know wester isn't a word, but it means 'more west'...ReplyDelete
I am glad you brought this up. This is definitely something that annoys me."My store" is terrible about this. It's only "my store" because it is the closest one to where I live, and yes I suppose it is my own fault for living in southwest Olathe. However, they have little or no clue about upcoming releases or beers that have already been released. And worse yet, they usually try and make me out to be the one who has no clue. If they don't have it, it must not be available or must not exist. That is why I usually end up driving to Lukas in OP or Gomers on 87th.ReplyDelete
Tipsy's ran out of BBQ last night, but Batson's in Mission just got a case in today and has at least a few left. Batson's also has a couple of Harvest Dance bottles left, if that's your thing.ReplyDelete
"My store" is Gomer's in Lee's Summit. They have one of the best selections I've seen around town; Aaron is super-knowledgeable. I was there Thursday night for the weekly beer tasting, and was surprised not to see any BBQ or Tank 7 (they have Harvest Dance). Is it mostly KS stores that have those?ReplyDelete
Call Gomer's south, we all know the whole boulevard line-up smokestack series, seasonals and year-round beers. We still have BBQ in stock and Irish Ale is arriving today or tomorrow.ReplyDelete


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Rather than having all that garbage clog up your in-box and make it unusable for real work, you can now use procmail to filter it out. Earlier I mentioned that spammers try to obscure headers to make it hard to trace. By doing so, they sometimes give inadvertent "signatures" that you can tell procmail to filter on. For instance, a popular bulk e-mailer, the Stealth Mailer, inserts a false Received: line to deter flames. However, both versions generate the wrong time zone. Armed with this knowledge, you can now filter out a great deal of spam. I have yet to see a false positive on this one.
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Another great spam filter looks for a "Comments: Authenticated sender is" header. Unfortunately, filtering on that alone does not do the trick because Pegasus Mail (a popular mail client for the Windows operating system) uses this header legitimately. Fortunately, Pegasus adds an X-Mailer: header in addition to the Comments: header. If both the Comments: and the X-Mailer: exist, then a Pegasus Mail user sent the message (and is probably legitimate); otherwise, it is a bulk mailer. The following recipe will filter this situation. (Note that there is a space and a tab between the square brackets. Unfortunately, procmail does not have a whitespace escape sequence as Perl does.)
# Only Pegasus Mail for the WinOS generates a # valid "Comments: Authenticated sender is ..." # header. If this is present and the X-Mailer is # not; then the message in the question is almost # certainly spam. :0 * ^Comments:[ ]*Authenticated sender * !^X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail spamThese two recipes alone filter out a majority of my spam. You can quickly see that a list of these recipes strung together would be beneficial. This is exactly what several free packages have done. My personal choice came down to Alcor's filters (http://alcor.concordia.ca/topics/email/auto/procmail/spam), which I found to be non-intrusive, easy to understand and quite flexible. Alcor's filters work by applying over 1300 filters to the message. If a filter is matched, the message is tagged with a special header. Then, all you have to do is take whatever action (e.g., delete, write sender, etc.) you deem appropriate for these messages with the special headers. I personally avoid "reply" because I dislike using auto-responders, and "delete" because I believe in checking for false positives (of which you will unavoidably get a few).
I recommend downloading all of the tag recipes (use the "save as source" [not text] feature on your browser). I placed the filters in a new directory, cleverly called ~/.procmail. You will most likely need to edit the file tag-radical in order to comment out (using a # at the beginning of the line) or change the three uncommented INCLUDERC lines. Otherwise, you will see annoying "Couldn't read xxxx" errors in your $LOGFILE each time you process a message. Once that is done, add the following recipe in your ~/.procmailrc at the point you wish to check the incoming message for spam. I check mine at the very top before I do any kind of filtering and have found that this works well.
# This enables Alcor's tagging filters INCDIR=$HOME/.procmail INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-agis INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-aol INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-contents INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-jdfalk-cyberpromo INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-jdfalk-llv INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-jdfalk-nancynet INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-panix INCLUDERC=$INCDIR/tag-radical :0: * $ ^$special_header spam
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Alcor's tagging system might catch legitimate mail, so I do not recommend deleting anything before you look at it. Once you have verified that it is spam, you have two options: complain or delete. If you want to fight spam, I recommend you to read the SPAM-L FAQ (http://www.ot.com/~dmuth/spam-l/) and possibly join the mailing list. Instructions on how to do so are in the FAQ.
This article is only the tip of the iceberg on using procmail and its accompanying programs. If you are interested in the continued use of procmail to filter your e-mail, I recommend the procmail mailing list. The regulars there are knowledgable and willing to help. You may also want to search out other procmail solutions. To put these filters through a stress test and to help further develop them, I have subscribed to a special mailing list that sends nothing but spam that is forwarded through it, which takes special care to try and filter duplicates. At the time of this writing, 83% of mail I have received from this list was properly filtered.


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On August 10, a convoy of 14 ships, protected by heavy escort Force Z, which consisted of 2 Battleships (Flagship Nelson and Rodney), 3 aircraft carriers (Indomitable, Victorious and Eagle with 46 Hurricanes, 10 Martlets and 16 Fulmers), passed through the straits of Gibraltar. Their main escort was made up of 3 antiaircraft cruisers (Charybdis, Phoebe and Sirius) and 14 destroyers. A close escort named Force X was provided by the heavy cruiser Nigeria, Kenya and Manchester, antiaircraft cruiser Cairo and 11 destroyers once Force Z turned back.
Operation Pedestal was the most important convoy to set sail for Malta. At this point in time, Malta was on the verge of losing all capability of resisting Axis air attacks. It's oil supply had run to dangerously low levels and ammunition was scarce. The 14 ship convoy consisted of the Ohio, Santa Elisa, Almeria Lykes, Wairangi, Waimarama, Empire Hope, Brisbane Star, Melbourne Star, Dorset, Rochester Castle, Deucalion, Glenorchy and Clan Ferguson. The Axis knew the importance of this convoy, and they already made plans to ensure that it never reached its intended destination. A total 700 Axis aircraft were stationed in Sardinia and Sicily specifically for this attack, including 18 Italian submarines patrolling the expected route, Italian E-Boats and MBT's on station and 3 German U-boats.
The initial sighting occurred on August 11 by the Italian submarine Smg. Uarsciek, which attacked it without causing any damage. However, the entire Axis force was alerted to the Convoys location.
The U-73 German U-Boat was one of these vessels, which managed to get near the escorting warships and sink the aircraft carrier Eagle. Only 4 aircraft were saved and 200 men were lost with her. That evening, once the convoy came within reach of land based aircraft, German Junkers 88 and Heinkel Torpedo Planes attacked the convoy, but this time, no damage was instilled.
On the afternoon of August 12, 5 waves of Axis planes attacked the convoy, the first wave consisted of Savoia Bombers, escorted by Macchi fighters and fighter bombers. This attack utilized a new weapon known as the Motobomba, an Italian invention in which a highly explosive bomb is dropped with a parachute causing a zig zag descent. The bomb was intended to disrupt the convoy and make them break into separate directions for easier destruction.
Unfortunately, this weapon only works in close range and the Savoia bombers dropped it too early and too high. The convoy quickly regained its formation.
The second wave consisted of 40 Torpedo Bombers that were not able to strike the convoy effectively because of the fighter air cover and the immense anti aircraft fire. The third wave included German Dive Bombers which managed to sink the first convoy ship Deucalion. The Fourth wave was another Italian weapon, a remote operated Cant Seaplane loaded with explosives, this was another failure once the remote operations failed and the aircraft eventually exploded over North Africa.
The final wave consisted of 2 Italian Reggiane fighters, which were not met by enemy fire (they resembled the Hurricanes). Each dropped a heavy bomb on the H.M.S. Victorious, one narrowly missing the bow and the other landing square on the flight deck. The crew was relieved and the pilot understandably angered when it failed to explode. Later that evening, the Italian submarine Emo was damaged by depth charges and the Italian submarine Ithuriel was sunk.
The last attack of the evening proved to be the most successful for the Axis. A group of Savoia Torpedo Bombers and Stuka dive-bombers were finally able to get close enough to the ships to attack. It became a chaotic scenario as the Savoia's dropped their torpedo's in the water and the Stukas dive bombed the Victorious. Her flight deck was so damaged that her aircraft had to be diverted to the Indomitable, which was already burdened with extra aircraft by the loss of the Eagle. By the end of this raid, the Foresight was also sunk due to heavy damage. When it was all over, Force Z broke from the convoy and returned west. Force X took over.
At 7:45 P.M. that evening, the cruiser Nigeria, under the command of Admiral Burrough, was the first to enter the Skerki Channel, followed shortly by the Cairo. There waiting for them was the Smg. Axum commanded by LT. Renato Ferrini and the Smg. Dessie. At 7:55 P.M. both Italian submarines fired their full load of torpedoes. The Nigeria was hit amidships and the Cairo was hit aft, destroying her screws and then sunk.
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A coordinated aerial attack then followed, possibly hitting the Brisbane Star and sinking the Clan Ferguson (it is unknown if they were hit by submarine or aerial attack). The Empire Hope was then hit by a dive bomber and had to be abandoned. The Nigeria, the flagship of the convoy, was no longer capable of escorting the convoy. Admiral Burrough ordered her back to Gibraltar and he assumed command on board the destroyer Ashanti.
Off of Cape Bon, in the middle of the night, Italian E-Boats launched their angry attack on the convoy. Their first victim was the cruiser Manchester, which was immobilized after a direct hit by 2 torpedoes. She had to be scuttled the next day. The Manchester was soon followed by the Almeria Lykes, the Glenorchy, Santa Elisa and the Wairangi. The moonless night was lit by the burning fuel and glowing metal. Italian E-Boats sank 5 ships that evening.
The next morning, some 200 miles west of Malta, a final attack by Junkers 88 claimed the Waimarama and damaged other ships, including the crippled Ohio, which was already damaged by an Italian submarine attack. The Dorset was hit a few hours later and eventually sunk.
Finally, on August 13, The Port Chalmers, Rochester Castle and the Melbourne Star, followed behind by the severely damaged and most important merchant ship Ohio, made port in Malta. The Ohio was barely kept afloat by 3 destroyers. Malta was saved once again and this was the last chance the Axis had of defeating her.
Source: Siege: Malta 1940-1943


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sys_set_tls_area() is being renamed to set_tls_area() sys_get_tls_area() is being renamed to get_tls_area() I did a google search and it didn't come up with any uses. A number of people have noted the confusion that adding a sys_ prefix to a system call name creates (from the point of view of userland). I agree. This is different from the sys_ prefix used in the kernel sources for system call implementation procedures, which of course were a great idea and are sticking around. In anycase, when I make the commit, anyone building HEAD should be sure to completely rebuild both the kernel and the world. Old libraries will remain compatible, since the syscall number and function arguments haven't changed. -Matt Matthew Dillon <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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