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I'm looking for a recipe for a tomato and leek soup. We go to this restaurant where the owner's wife makes all the soups homemade. My daughter absolutely LOVES this soup! At $5 a bowl, it better be good! LOL I've never cooked with leeks. All I know is that you cut them in half lengthwise and open it up a little to get the sand out. Any help in making this soup would be appreciated.
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Was it a creamy soup? Or a clear broth? Linda C |
There was no cream in it. Was like a clear tomatoee broth, if that makes any sense! LOL There were no "chunks" of tomato, it was I figured pureed... maybe in a beef broth? Not sure. |
I would clean the leeks (2 small...about 1 inch around) by washing well, cutting in half length wise and washing. Then cut them into 1/4 inch chunks aross the leek. only thwe white part and the very pale green.. You ahould have about 1 1/4 cups... Cut up about 3 stalks of celery the same way...to equal about 1;/2 a cup. Sautee leeks and celery in half a stick of butter until soft....when almost done add 3 cloves of minced garlic ( don't use powder or garlic salt) When the veggies are soft add the tomatoes from a 32 oz can of diced tomatoes ( SAVE THE JUICE!!) Stir and continut sauteeing for about 5 to 7 minutes, stirring often....then add the tomato juice from the can and a can of chicken broth and 1/4 cup of a dry red wine ( not port!) like a shiraz, merlot or a burgundy or cabernet... simmer another 15 minutes or so and add a generous teaspoon of chopped fresh basil. When I do it I also add about 1/2 cup of roasted red peppers. If you are using your own...that would be 1 large pepper, roasted peeled and sliced...or a 6 oz jar of roasted red peppers, drained if you are buying. If you do it in tomato juice, your broth will be cloudy...like tomato juice. This will be mostly a clear broth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Linda C |
Thanks. It sounds good to me! Re "a can of chicken broth", are you talking about a 10 ounce can? - sometimes regular product sizes are different from U.S. and Canada. |
- Posted by dances_in_garden (My Page) on Wed, Feb 7, 07 at 19:33
Just a note, I use the green part of the leek too (just not the very tips, which are usually tough and dried or damaged). If you slice them across the fibers, they are more than tender. I think we are always told not to use them simply because they are dark green, and "leek" items are usually white/cream to pale green concoctions where dark green flecks might not be as pretty. And when it comes to leeks, "a bit of sand" is like saying there is a bit of sand at the beach! Especially in the green and light green portions. |
Yeah....10 oz can...or in home made terms...a cup and a half. Linda C |
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The Black List is back. But this time, screenwriters are fighting to get their names on it. Why? This version has nothing to do with anticommunist hysteria. It's actually a hush-hush report that ranks 2005's ''most liked'' screenplays, as voted on by more than 90 influential insiders at talent agencies, management companies, and film studios. Heavily circulated among the creative and business classes in Hollywood, the document has taken on a life of its own, catapulting careers and becoming something of an informal Tinseltown secret.
The author a development executive at a powerful production company who agreed to speak to EW anonymously hatched the idea last December. ''A large part of my job is reading really bad scripts,'' he says. ''I wanted to figure out how I could read as many good scripts as possible.'' Turning to his Rolodex, the Black Lister asked friends to nominate the 10 best unproduced screenplays they'd read that year. Then he pored over almost 300 titles, ordering the list according to popularity. (Only 13 received more than five votes.) The resulting document blazed a path through Hollywood, turning somewhat anonymous scribes into minor sensations. ''The Black List was a great nod to Juno, '' says Sarah Self of the Gersh Agency, who signed the screenplay's stripper-turned-scribe Diablo Cody in August 2004. ''We were thrilled.''
''I've had managers calling not knowing that I'm the person who did it telling me, 'I've got these great clients, they were on the Black List this year!''' says the List author. ''I hope at some point to be able to look back and say, 'The 2005 Black List, where are they now?' Maybe they've become Best Picture winners.'' Is there a hope in hell of that happening? EW reviewed not only the list but the three highest-rated screenplays. Our take on the winners, below.
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She says the desire for people to know where their food came from is a good starting point for communication, especially because the hydroponic growing method allows for reduced water use and no ground water contamination.
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Looks as though my choices for seeing Fantasmic during our week in September, 9/20-9/27) are either Sunday or Friday. I'm wondering which to expect to have the higher crowd level.
Sunday 9/27 is also day 1 of Food & Wine, do you suppose that would relieve the crowd at DHS and Fantasmic?
I am not a fan of only 2 nights of Fantasmic. Really makes you do more planning for your time and your meals. Can't see Fantasmic as 8 if you're eating in Epcot at 7.
I also see that I only have 3 opportunities to see Spectromagic. I don't much care for that either. Oh well, it is what it is.


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Margus Hunt is unlike other prospects — he's older. He'll be 26 years old this July, making him the oldest prospect in this year's draft class. You can tell his maturity by his interviews, which was obvious when he talked with NFL Network following his impressive showing at the NFL Scouting Combine. He was cool and calm while telling his fascinating journey to the sport of football.
You can also tell his age by his Twitter account. While many young prospects tweet about their fresh new shoes and how hard their working in the gym, he tweets about his new "double up" windshield wipers. It's that kind of life for Hunt.
While he has seniority in age, he doesn't have it on the football field. He's one of the rawest prospects, lacking great footwork, hand usage, and pad level. He stands too tall at the snap and doesn't bend his knees consistently — both negatives that are detrimental to successful pass-rushing. It doesn't help that he's 6-foot-8, size that many pass rushers don't have. That's a natural disadvantage, but not one that is impossible to overcome.
To the surprise of many, Hunt bends his knees fairly well, even though it's not done consistently. He shows the ability to dip his pads when splitting combination blocks or chasing quarterbacks around the edge. He doesn't dip his shoulder when turning the corner, but that raises another question: why was he on the edge to begin with?
He is far from an edge-rusher no matter how experienced he ends up being. He's a defensive end, yes, but a 3-4 end, which is more of a three technique as opposed to the typical five technique. He is at his best when he's collapsing the pocket from an inside alignment, where he can use his quickness to beat blockers at the snap and slice between linemen for a tackle in the backfield.
This raises one of the million-dollar questions with Hunt. He flashes the traits that will lead to success at the next level, but will he ever do it consistently? An argument can be made that he's one of riskiest prospects in recent memory simply because of how raw he is. Little experience is always a concern, especially for a guy who didn't know how to put his pads on a few years ago and, to this day, sometimes looks like he has zero awareness when on the field. His defensive line coach at SMU, Bert Hill, alluded to this in a recent interview, when he also noted that the light came on for Hunt later in the season.
"There are times when he's unblockable," Hill said. "Then there were times on film when it looked like he didn't really know he was playing football. The lights came on for him about halfway through his senior year. The guy just started playing lights out. He kept his pads down. He kept his hands on people. He got off of them. And he made a lot of plays.
Perhaps Hill was referring to his bowl game against Fresno State, when he had two sacks and three tackles for a loss. It was his best game of the season — albeit against a questionable at best opponent — and many took notice, even if they didn't know his name. A good friend of mine said he wanted his favorite team, the Oakland Raiders, to select him after he saw a dominant second quarter performance in the bowl game. He couldn't remember Hunt's name, though.
During that game, Hunt recorded a very impressive pressure on the quarterback that led to a sack. The sack wasn't added to his name, but he was largely responsible for it. He was lined up at defensive end, and at the snap he charged forward, attacking the B-gap between the right guard and tackle. When he went through the gap, he was met by both linemen, and in order to beat them, there was only one option: get his pads lower.
He did just that despite his towering stature.
It wasn't just a combination block from the offensive line, it was a triple block. The running back was involved on the play as well, but he wasn't much of a factor. Hunt slid past him after passing by the linemen, and he forced the quarterback to step up in the pocket, which eventually led to the sack.
The play wasn't just an example of Hunt's flashes of proper pad level; it was also an example of his knee-bend. It's not often that an athlete of his size has that kind of flexibility, and that's why he's being considered a first-round prospect. There's been many plays like the one above where he's shown what kind of potential he has, and another example came against Texas Christian University.
It's second-and-goal and TCU is in the red zone. Hunt is the five technique defensive stance on the strong-side of the play, which ultimately becomes the back-side. The play begins and the running back takes a handoff to the left, opposite of Hunt. That makes him the weak-side defender, where he's responsible for the back-side of the play and is required to be disciplined. Immediately upon exploding off the line of scrimmage, he jars the right tackle back and bends his knees. His pad level is slightly high, but again, it's always going to be considered a bit high when one remembers his daunting height.
The play goes away from him and he has little involvement in it at the end. It's not one that will go down in the stat keeper's box score, but it shows his potential nonetheless.
Later in the game — specifically the beginning of the fourth quarter — Hunt is defending another run, only this time it's in his direction. He's on the weak-side and it's a Wildcat play. The trigger-man fakes the handoff to the jet sweep, and takes it himself. Hunt is there waiting for it, using his length, flexibility, and patience to defend it. It's another snapshot that shows the potentially impressive NFL career of the former shot put gold medalist.
You might be wondering what all this really means. He had eight sacks last season — more than his three previous seasons combined (7.5) — and not many of them were eye-popping. His tape wasn't entirely impressive, and many that consider drafting him will think about his future, not his present.
It's about what he can become, which is a grand risk for general managers. His flashes of flexibility, strength, and length means that he has the upside to develop into a cornerstone of the defense, depending on which position he plays. He's best suited as a three technique in a three man front, but he'll need a lot of developing to get to that point. What if he doesn't develop though? What if the aforementioned traits never amount to anything? There's a chance they don't, which is the risk a GM runs while drafting him.
And if they do? Well, they'll have a very good player on their hands. Despite many saying Hunt will be a bust and is only worthy of a mid-round selection, he has the potential that makes worthy of a higher pick. And he also has the potential to become a very good player in time, even if he doesn't ever rack up half a dozen sacks in a season.
GMs always talk about what a prospect can do. But for Hunt, it's about what he could do. That alone makes him worthy of a first-round selection.


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Medical marijuana dispensary review: Boulder Wellness
A few months back, after we checked out Root Organic in Boulder, several readers urged us to go back and visit Boulder Wellness next door. The herb is better quality and worth the drive up from Denver, they said.Boulder Wellness.
Whereas Root Organic (on the right) takes the more slick, modern approach to its operation, Boulder Wellness (on the left) falls more into the laid-back, Eastern-inspired, new-age, crunchy Boulder vibe. The two may share space in the same shopping center, but the difference between them is worlds apart.
Boulder WellnessThe waiting room of Boulder Wellness is done up with a hindu/Buddhist/zen theme, which is probably a zoning requirement in Boulder at this point for any store operating in the natural-health-and-wellness industry. You could easily be walking into a yoga studio, an acupuncturist's office or a natural herbalist's place. Bamboo floors balance the loud red furniture and blue walls on the outside of the bud bar in the back of the house. It's a spacious area, with a leather couch and chairs set up off to the side near an ATM and a water cooler.5420 Arapahoe Ave.
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Other types of medicine: BHO, shatter oil, bubble hash, edibles, drinks.
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Another memorable item is near the bud bar: a framed, signed Thomas Benton marijuana poster -- a gift from a patient who found it in a garage. Aspen local Benton is probably best known for creating Hunter S. Thompson's famous posters for his 1970 Pitkin County sheriff campaign.
The center was near-silent when I walked in. The guy behind the small receptionist desk directly in front of the doors gave me a quiet "Hey, how's it going," emphasizing the tranquility of the whole shop. I don't think it was necessarily on purpose, but it certainly matched the strip-center day-spa peacefulness surrounding him. He copied over my information while we chatted about the failure of the D.A.R.E. program we all went through as kids, noting how all the cops did was pique our interest and how it no doubt contributed to us sitting right there in a legal medical marijuana dispensary.
Compared to shops I've been in recently, the dozen or so strains Boulder Wellness had on the shelf seemed like a small, manageable amount to get through. But fewer strains didn't make the selection much easier when pretty much every one on display was top-tier quality. Fighting it out to come home with me were a near-perfect Golden Goat, a nose-tickling Sour Kush and a chunky, trichome-loaded Pre-'98 x Buddha's Sister that had the borderline grapey kushiness of the former mixed with the tartness of the latter.
My budtender also pulled out a jar of Headband that wasn't on display yet, and it immediately took the lead. The lemony-leathery-earthy-smelling buds had a good density without feeling artificially plumped and were coated in fat amber trichome glands. Delicious out of a clean pipe or vape, the half-eighth I brought home disappeared way too quickly due to both its mouthwateringly full flavor and the instant appetite it gave me. With the patient pricing, an eighth would have only been about $30 with tax -- a great value for the quality.Headband from Boulder Wellness.
I've had a personal aversion to Bubblegum for years after seeing way too much of it back in college, and I usually pass it over. But not this batch. It was easily some of the best Bubblegum I've seen, and I forgot about my bias instantly. Instead of the leafy buds of my youth, this was perfectly plump -- dried and cured to perfection. The near dead-on Bubblegum smell and flavor oozed from the buds like the glassy crystals coating the calyxes. A much heavier, nap-time indica than I remember, this Bubblegum would be solid for pain relief, soothing anxiety and putting your ass to sleep.
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A white female had been stabbed multiple times. She was pronounced dead on the scene.
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Red Bulls Mark Webber once again took the top grid slot during qualifying for Sundays Turkish Grand Prix. But with McLarens Lewis Hamilton in second, Sebastian Vettel found himself down in third in the other RB6. Reigning world champion Jenson Button and Mercedes GPs Michael Schumacher make up the top five. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed
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Mark Webber, 1m 26.295s, P1
Sebastian Vettel, 1m 26.760s, P3
Webber said he was delighted with his third consecutive pole and Red Bulls seventh from the seven 2010 races. He admitted that hed gone into Q1 slightly on his back foot after Saturdays engine blow-up and some small technical issues on Saturday morning, but that the car got better with each session. At the end, a great lap was enough to pip Hamilton. Vettel was fastest in Q1 and Q2, but suffered a brake locking problem with the inside front wheel in Turns 12 and 14 on his best lap, and on a subsequent attempt to go quicker.
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 26.433s, P3
Jenson Button, 1m 26.781s, P4
Hamilton was very happy with a great lap that gave him his best-ever qualifying position here. He set purple times in Sector One and Sector Three of his best Q3 lap, but in comparison with the Red Bulls his Sector Two time, through Turn Eight, was four-tenths down. Button was the last fast runner out for the final Q3 runs, but lost the lap when Schumacher went off in Turn Eight and brought out the yellows. Nevertheless, he was happy with fourth on the grid.
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Michael Schumacher, 1m 26.857s, P5
Nico Rosberg, 1m 26.952s, P6
Schumacher looked strong in qualifying and admitted that he was pushing extra hard in Turn Eight when he spun there on his final effort in Q3, because he knew hed already got a decent lap in the bag from his first run. Rosberg said he was satisfied with sixth, even though he failed to improve on his second Q3 run. Both felt that the MGP W01 had taken a good step forward here.
Robert Kubica, 1m 27.039s, P7
Vitaly Petrov, 1m 27.430s, P9
Having been pushed hard by Petrov all through practice and in Q1 and Q2, Kubica put it over team mate Petrov in Q3. He reported that seventh was about what theyd expected after free practice, and that the only issue he had was with the option tyre, on which he didnt feel totally comfortable. Petrov did a convincingly good job and said hed had a nice, smooth weekend thus far thanks to a car that was easy to drive.
Felipe Massa, 1m 27.082s, P8
Fernando Alonso, 1m 27.612s, P12
Massa loves this track, but it was still a surprise to see the best-placed Ferrari only eighth. Alonso screwed his chances of beating his team mates time when he got into a little oversteer slide at the end of a good lap and ruined it. The subsequent one wasnt any better. Interestingly, the Spaniard said that 12th was what they deserved! And that he expects a very tough race.
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Kamui Kobayashi, 1m 28.122s, P10
Pedro de la Rosa, 1m 27.879s, P13
Kobayashi was very pleased to get through to Q3 for the first time, and that it was a significant boost for the team after Monaco. He said he was driving much better than he had on Friday, and that set-up changes had also been beneficial. But once he got to Q3 he couldnt fight for better than 10th because hed used up all his option tyres getting there. De la Rosa said the balance of his C29 was generally good, but that his had been at its best on the prime tyre. He admitted that his last lap wasnt brilliant as he lost time in the final sector.
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Adrian Sutil 1m 27.525s, P11
Vitantonio Liuzzi 1m 28.958s, P18
After missing all of FP3 with a hydraulic problem Sutil was unlucky to get squeezed out of Q3 by Schumacher, having done a great job for Force India. Liuzzi was again completely mystified by his cars lack of traction and snap oversteer, and reported that while he lost four-tenths to Sutil in the first few corners, he was quicker through Turn Eight. Only Liuzzi used the SRW today.
Toro Rosso
Sebastien Buemi, 1m 28.273s, P14
Jaime Alguersuari 1m 28.540s, P16
Buemi said that Q3 was beyond the teams reach here, but that hed expected better than 14th as hed been ahead of the BMW Saubers in FP3. Alguersuari also felt there had been potential to do better, especially as hed been blocked by De la Rosa in Turn Seven and had to change his line in a hurry.
Rubens Barrichello, 1m 28.392s, P15
Nico Hulkenberg, 1m 28.841s, P17
After playing second fiddle to Hulkenberg through practice, Barrichello jumped ahead when it mattered but said that the FW32 seriously lacked straightline speed here and that the car was less suited to Istanbul Park than it had been Monaco. Hulkenberg reported a tough day, with oversteer on the exit to Turn 7 his second Q2 run.
Jarno Trulli, 1m 30.237s, P19
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 30.519s, P20
Yet again, Lotus were top of the new teams, and they keep moving closer to the established midfield runners. Trulli had a few minor problems on Saturday morning, but was happy with the way he used his two sets of prime Bridgestones. Kovalainen found the track too slippery for his first run on the option tyre, but was happy with his second go on the prime and especially praised the balance and stability in the high-speed corners.
Timo Glock, 1m 30.744s, P21
Lucas di Grassi, 1m 31.989, P23
After their difficult day yesterday, a lot of overnight data analysis put Virgin right back on track and Glock was very close to the Lotuses and described the difference in his car as night and day. But for a mistake in the second sector, he felt he should have split the green and yellow cars. Di Grassi, however, had a tough day, a power loss in Q1 frustrating his efforts to do better than 23rd.
Bruno Senna, 1m 31.266s, P22
Karun Chandhok, 1m 32.060s, P24
Senna was fairly happy with his performance as he was able to split the Virgins. Chandhok said that his car was slower than his team mates on the straight, and that using the prime tyre instead of the option that Senna went for cost him another chunk of time.
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I have a blank wall on my house that faces my driveway, but since it is on the north side of my house, it's almost always shady. The area is not dark because it gets reflected light from the driveway. I would like to put a trellis there to dress up the wall, but almost everything I have looked at that would be suitable says it's for sun or sun/part shade. Does anyone know if there is a variety of clematis or honeysuckle that will tolerate shade? |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 14:52
Unless there are wide overhangs, the north side of a structure is usually quite bright - the light is indirect rather than direct :-) There are a number of vines that could work for you - Clematis armandii, Arctic kiwi (Actinidia kolomitka), akebia, holboelia, and various climbing hydrangeas. Keep in mind that most of these vines have the ability to get pretty darn big and that pruning is not always advised as it can limit flowering. If you have limited space, I'd look to the kiwi or the akebia first. |
- Posted by OregonGrape none (My Page) on Wed, Aug 14, 13 at 11:34
Lonicera hipsidula (California honeysuckle) is a climbing shrub that will do well in shade. If this is a drier area or an area that you don't want to water regularly in the summer, Keckiella cordifolia (Heart-leaved penstemon) might be a good choice. |
Might I suggest Morning Glory? It does exceptionally well in my yard, no matter how much it is shaded by the pines, maples, and arborvitaes. (I am joking. Morning Glory is a miserable beast here. Notice its caps? In the PNW, it has earned the them. So, please don't plant any more of it. If you do decide to plant it though, you won't have to start from seed--I am sure your neighbors have plenty of starts they will gladly send your way. I bet that just one 2-inch root segment shoved into a Starbucks cup full of the worst dirt possible would probably still cover your entire wall in Morning Glory within one month....Actually, I like the honeysuckle idea.) |
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In a Chicken Little-like incident that flew under virtually every computer security experts' radar, the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center bravely predicted and monitored a ferocious cyberattack Tuesday morning on U.S. computer systems, launched by an army of European enemy hackers.
Never mind that no independent Internet traffic monitoring service or security expert had even noticed that any sort of cyberattack had occurred.
The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center warned of the impending widescale hacker attacks in an alert issued on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, according to wire reports, Richard Clarke -- the Bush administration's top official for cyber-security -- said, "There was a real spike in Internet traffic at odd hours. It was clearly unusual because it was five-times and seven-times normal, but it didn't take anything down."
Perhaps there may have been a brief rise in Internet traffic early Tuesday morning -- but it was a mere blip on the screen if anything, security experts said. But the general consensus is that Monday's alert was a self-created crisis caused by an over-reactive, publicity-seeking government agency, sparked by the idle online conversations of a band of young and aspiring "hackers" who had threatened to attack U.S. sites in retaliation for the Aug. 1 arrest of 14 Italian hackers in Milan.
"It is bizarre," ventured Vern Paxton, senior scientist with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. "And if there were political cyberattacks, then they appear miserably unsuccessful. What sort of politically motivated attacker targets East Coast sites at 2 a.m., EDT?"
The "enemy" combatants appear to be a half-dozen, evidently clueless Italian youngsters who couldn't even sort out the time difference between Italy and the East Coast of the United States.
Last week, Italian police arrested 14 local hackers, acting on tips received from American officials. The Italian hackers are charged with attacking U.S. government sites, including those belonging to the Army and NASA.
And some published news reports indicated that the NIPC's hack attack alert on Monday was based on information provided by Italian authorities.
Italian computer security experts said that they had noticed "vague threats" about retaliatory hacks, but dismissed them since the threats appeared to be originating from youngsters.
"There was some talk on Italian Internet chat channels about DOSing and defacing American websites last week in response to the Milano arrests," Augustine DelFalco, a security consultant based in Rome, said. "But to me it was apparent that the conversations were being conducted by young teenagers. It's odd that such nonsense should concern your government."
"At one point, the kids said they would attack at 9 in the morning, when the American business was just getting started," DelFalco added. "Young children who perhaps didn't know of the time difference?"
George Smith, editor of virus and computer security information site vMyths, wondered whether the "spike" in Internet activity that Richard Clarke alluded to occurred before or after the NIPC issued its warning.
The Associated Press story, Smith said, gives the impression that the alleged attack occurred a few hours after the NIPC posted its alert.
"Knowing the average cyber-ankle-biter, people known to stay up at odd hours, it's not at all unreasonable to entertain the idea that the NIPC alert might have precipitated some nincompoops who had nothing better to do with their time except create a statistical blip in someone's Internet monitoring service," Smith said.


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I bought a beautiful fuschia back in May. It was loaded with buds and flowers and has continued to look gorgeous. Recently, most of the buds seemed to have finished blooming and I don't see any more coming. Should I prune it back? It is healthy, nice green foliage, not too spindly, maybe a couple of long stems, but that is it. I have been good with watering and have only fertilized once since I got it (I've had it about a month). Any suggestions to get this baby blooming again? Thanks. |
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>>have only fertilized once since I got it How did you fertilize it? Frequent feedings with a water-soluble type fertilizer will encourage new growth, and new growth encourages blooming because they bloom on new growth. Fuchsias are more or less "everblooming" as long as conditions are good (not too hot, not too cold), but sometimes they need a rest after heavy bloom. If temperatures are too high as they are in many parts of the country at the moment, they will get sluggish. |
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"John Travolta is being sued in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by a masseur, named only as John Doe, who accuses the star of sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He is seeking $2 million in damages"
All torts. Unlawful, of course, but not crimes.
Dude, there's a difference between torts and crimes. If he were being charged with a crime, the state of California would prosecute him. He's being sued by another man for damages. This is a civil action. The tort of assault (in some states assault and battery) can include sexual assault.
I can't sue another person for a crime, the state decides to prosecute. I can, however, sue them in a court of equity (civil court) for damages.
*Nothing he did was a crime
He's not being charged with crimes by the state, he's being sued in tort for damages. Nothing he did was "illegal," it was just a civil wrong committed by Travolta against the masseurs, allegedly (he probably did it.)
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I'd like to buy a pound of sunn hemp seeds and get them in the ground right away. I'd prefer to buy them locally, rather than order them online.
Anybody know where I should look? I don't think I'll find them a Home Depot, etc. |
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- Posted by loufloralcityz9 Z 9 (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 16:04
Brute, I can't help you on where to find it locally (I bought it online with the inoculant), but I want to tell you to be sure to inoculate the seeds with Bradyrhizobium inoculant before planting for best results. Wet the seeds with milk (it feeds & activates the inoculant) then dust the wet seeds with the inoculant immediately before planting. Lou |
- Posted by FLgardenmom 10 (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 16:59
Lou, Do you have a good online source? I just got mine off of ebay last year. Becca |
- Posted by loufloralcityz9 Z 9 (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 20:44
Becca, I also get mine off eBay from a Florida seller. I never see it sold anywhere locally in stores. Lou |
Hey Lou, thanks for the info! I found the Florida eBay guy (in Clearwater, right?) and sent in my order. Up till now I've never even heard about sunn hemp, but the more I read about it, the better I like it. How long have you been using it? Any other tips on using it? |
Some of the on-line places seem pricey. I have purchased from Petcher Seed and its about $4/LB and he does sell smaller quantities.I will be planting about 3 acres of it soon so I hope it performs as published. |
- Posted by loufloralcityz9 Z 9 (My Page) on Wed, May 16, 12 at 17:24
Brute, I previously did a test area that was too small to be conclusive, yet it showed promise. I've since cleared a large area of oak & pine trees (over an acre) where I want to make my vegetable garden and orchard. Yes, this year I found the seeds on eBay (from Clearwater sold with the inoculant) in ample quantity for a test to be effective. I'm plagued with nematodes in my soil and have been trying all kinds of home remedies to get rid of them. A good test of how well it is working will be to plant okra once the Sun Hemp is fully established and has cleared the soil. Okra is extremely susceptible to nematode damage. Lou |
Okay, just got my sunn hemp seeds in the mail. There is also a packet of inoculant. This "inoculant" stuff is new to me. I wonder what it does, exactly? Anyway, I'll plant the stuff tomorrow. I've been googling this subject and learning as much as I can as fast as I can. I've never used a ground cover before. Am I supposed to plow this stuff under later? What if I just pull it out when I want to plant my veggies? Can I let the sunn hemp go to seed, then harvest the seeds for next time? So much to learn! |
- Posted by thonotorose FL 9 (My Page) on Thu, May 24, 12 at 19:43
When you plow it in it provides green manure for the soil and I think I heard that is where the beneficial nematode action happens. I'd like to know more about the inoculant action myself. Should be plowed at it greatest height just before full bloom and before seeds are set. |
- Posted by FLgardenmom 10 (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 11:53
I didn't plow or pull out. I simply cut the plants off at the base and let them lie. I do a sort of modified lasagna garden anyhow. Seems like I remember that there's some benefits to cutting them down before they go to seed, but the only one I remember at the moment is that they can reseed very easily in your garden and then become a nuisance. If you successfully collect seeds, though, be sure at let us know. They are pricey, but of course, I have a tiny garden, so it's not that big of a deal for me personally. I just did this last summer, on about 2/3 of my garden. I did not really see the benefits in terms of weed suppression, but that might have been just a spacing issue. I did however, pull everything up by the roots this fall and spring to check them out and the only nematode action I had was in a far corner where the sunn hemp wasn't planted. That's hardly conclusive proof, I know, but enough for me to spend $10 to do it again this summer. :) Becca |
- Posted by imagardener2 9-10 (My Page) on Sun, May 27, 12 at 11:38
Thanks for the Sunn Hemp idea. I ordered them from the Clearwater ebay guy and he is very generous with quantity. Auction says 100 IIRC but I think I got 200 in the pack with inoculant. I planted them3 days ago and their seedling heads are up already! I soaked them all day like I was sprouting them and put them in the former collard bed and covered lightly with shredded mulch to retain water. Before planting I thoroughly wet the area which is harder than it sounds, just using a hose and rake was not enough. Had to use my hands, my "soil" (AKA sand) is water repellent and water does not sink below the surface. I'll post photos when it gets some height. :-) Denise |
I wonder if the guy in Clearwater selling the stuff sells outside of E-Bay, I'll send him a check... can someone give me a name and/or address, please, so I can contact him? also, I wonder how it would work in my rose-beds as a fertilizer organic mulch, on the Rose Forum they seem to think it would work good, so I'd like to try it, also in my meagre veggie-bed... anything helps ! Thanks, sally |
His name is Daniel and his e-mail address is: email@example.com And yes, he'll take a check as payment. |
Thanks Brute, I'll try and find out more ,and see if he sells a small amt. of seed, I found a few places on Google but it appears it is for large farm operations, w/50 lbs. of seed, etc., which is kind of out of my sphere.... thanks, sally |
- Posted by loufloralcityz9 Z 9 (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 21:59
Just like the bees work with the plants above ground to pollinate the flowers while the bees gather nectar and pollen, the inoculants work below ground on and around the roots to help the plant break down the nutrients in the soil needed for the plant to use as food. The nitrogen fixing inoculants are rhizobacteria that live symbiotically with legumes such as peas, beans, etc. These bacteria live within specialized nodules on the root systems of legumes, where they process atmospheric nitrogen into a form available for the plants to use. Another group of common soil inoculants are mycorrhizal fungi, which attach to the roots of many plant species and help conduct water and nutrients for the plants to use. I hope this helps explain the relationships of the inoculant. Lou |
Hey, thanks Lou! Very interesting. Should I use tiny amounts of the inoculant while giving my seeds the "milk treatment", in the hopes of not running out of inoculant ahead the seeds? If I do run out, will the seeds still sprout without it? What soil PH does sunn hemp like? Sorry for all the questions. All this stuff is new to me. |
- Posted by imagardener2 9-10 (My Page) on Tue, May 29, 12 at 10:47
AAargh. Snails love sunn hemp seedlings. I even went out with a flashlight last night to try and catch them but they have mowed down about 80% of the sprouted seeds. Only caught one. Today in daylight I searched for sleeping snails and dispatched 5 fat ones. Maybe I should make escargot? I love that but these snails look diff. than the shells I see with a fancy dinner. Denise |
- Posted by loufloralcityz9 Z 9 (My Page) on Tue, May 29, 12 at 13:52
Brute, Once the inoculant is in the dirt and you've plowed under a harvest it should stay viable for a few years so you could replant the same section without having to inoculate again, but a new area would need the inoculant applied to the seed. Lou |
I sure hope you guys are getting a better germination rate than I am! I don't think even 5% of the sunn hemp seeds I planted have sprouted. This is pathetic! I tried every trick I know, even soaking them. |
Has anyone had success with this cover crop this summer? I was driving around Dover yesterday and saw lots of farms planted. Some looked better than others. One farm had them very thick and three or four feet high. I usually use field peas, but I was impressed with the sunn hemp. Maybe next summer. |
shuffles, my sunn hemp finally sprouted in satisfactory numbers and now the tallest plants are more than four feet tall. Looking good so far. |
Okay, here's the latest: Once the sunn hemp finally got going, it really took off! Most of them are over 6' tall and beginning to flower. I read somewhere that if you cut them off a foot from the ground, the stem will re-grow new leaves. So, that's what I did. Then I chopped up the cut off stems and leaves and plowed it under. We'll see if I get a "second crop" before Fall. |
Just curious - has any of you folks that grow this stuff noticed a lot of black helicopters hovering overhead lately??? I know it's not the hemp that us old hippies used to refer to, but I Googled it and it sure looks similar. |
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Valve has moved to debunk a Half-Life 3 listing on the Gamescom 2012 site, telling CVG: "We are not showing any games in Cologne this year."
As we reported earlier today, Valve is set to have a presence at the German convention - which officially kicks off tomorrow - though CVG understands this is restrained to just private meetings.
Earlier this year supposed Half-Life 3 concept art appeared online, showing key character Alyx Vance in a winter setting.
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blurry image with olaf My guess is it could be a Tosca (with little white at tip only) |
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I hope you will show us how it changes over time. It is interesting. |
- Posted by joshy46013 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 21, 11 at 11:01
I think it looks like 'Tosca' but I could be wrong as it hasn't bloomed for me yet. |
David, On this wonderful website at the top of the page is a Tosca that looks (to me) very similar to yours.. Donna |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tosca
- Posted by david_tky75 13 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 23, 11 at 21:01
Hi Donna, yes, that website photo looks exactly like mine. 7"+ but when i go back to RC for official photo, the curling petal and red veining look different. Again, when i look at Hatta's Tosca, my petal is less pointed. Anyway, it's really, really nice. |
Looking much more beautiful now... |
- Posted by david_tky75 13 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 25, 11 at 22:39
Yes, Hatta. i agreed with you. pretty close but not totally the same. my flower stay almost the same after few days. Didn't get frilly. I also noted your Tosca has an somewhat green eye, and mine is totally dark red. The veining is less profound. a very close sibling, i guess. BTW, your Tosca is lovely. |
- Posted by david_tky75 13 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 25, 11 at 23:10
Here's the other photo i took with a taiwanese double Solo of the taiwanese double, 'qi li' 3 buds from a small bulb. still manage to produce 3 layers of petal. i hope it will improve next week as it's not suppose to be a mini. |
- Posted by david_tky75 13 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 9, 11 at 4:37
This one is definitely a keeper. one of the taiwanese website named it as showmaster, and, my supplier said it's a charisma. so whatever it's, it will be my 'keeper' |
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