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A grill roars at 725 degrees Fahrenheit, the all-natural mesquite wood charcoal igniting flames that tenderly kiss the fresh cuts of meat and seafood. This centuries-old practice remains preserved in Mesquite Grill Steak & Seafood, owned since 1988 by Robert and Wendy Zamani. The couple are now celebrating the restaurant's 25th anniversary, as well as its 2012 designation as a Top Rated Restaurant by Restaurant.com. Chefs flash grill entrees such as tenderloin until they are deemed worthy to join optional supplements of fried shrimp, lobster tail, or king-crab legs on diners' plates. At lunchtime, the chefs slip grilled specialties such as hand-patted burger meat, gyros, and calamari steak between two slices of bread.
As the smells of grilled salmon, grouper, and clam chowder waft into the dining space, an air of New England emanates from the walls, which are dotted with seaside paintings, ship nets and rigging, and a colossal stuffed marlin that offers menu suggestions to picky eaters. Mesquite Grill Steak & Seafood also showcases Wendy's own hand-painted glassware, which customers can purchase, including wineglasses, decanters, and candleholders, all adorned with nontoxic paints.
Though lunchtime showcases classic Mexican dishes such as flautas, enchiladas, and quesadillas, Las Brisas' dinner menu features a whole new level of inspiration and taste. For more than two decades, the kitchen—under the direction of Chef Ricardo—has churned out inventive Latin-fusion cuisine that draws on flavors from the Mexican coast, as well as Spain, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean. He concocts a cavalcade of entrees, ranging from swordfish enchiladas to saffron-infused Spanish paella and fresh Mediterranean salmon. Friday and Saturday nights are as special as a puppy's first words, with his crew flooding the dining room with the smoky aromas of slow-roasted baby-back ribs and succulent Spanish prime rib. Though many of their menu items are wheat-free by nature, Las Brisas caters to dietary restrictions with a special gluten-free menu that's available upon request.
For The Creek Seafood Grill owners Paul Stickler and Erin Abromeit, the menu was of the utmost importance. That's because the pair aren't just owners, but lauded chefs in their own right. They put together their years of experience?Paul was operations chef for McCormick?s Fish House and Erin is an award-winning pastry chef?to create artfully paired flavors, such as the shrimp served with Andouille sausage and cheddar grits. They specialize in seafood, with larger portions of favorites such as Cajun-seared tuna steaks and small plates of mix-and-match fare such as P.E.I. mussels steamed in craft beer. Unlike a movie about sharks in tuxedos, the restaurant even has less formal fish options. They incorporate oysters into po' boys and toss shrimp into bowls of penne in a tomato-basil sauce.
When Max Gill and Grill moved into its current location?a building constructed in the early 1900s?it joined a neighborhood institution. The building was originally home to a marine-themed tavern, a popular spot in the Washington Park neighborhood. The restaurant's throwback decor is in keeping with the spirit of the building, while also evoking seafood shack that was plucked right from the beaches of Key West. Today, the restaurant?s rustic, waterfront feel creates the ideal atmosphere in which to bring a homesick pirate, or enjoy surf and turf and Alaska king crabs. You can even build your own seafood dishes and customize it right down to the cooking technique, such as pan-roasted, grilled, or blackened.
If you want seafood, steak or just a few cocktails in Denver, Ocean Prime is where you want to be. Featuring all your surf-and-turf favorites as well as signature cocktails, Ocean Prime can quench your thirst and end your hunger with a meal that's worth every penny paid. Try the filet mignon paired with black truffle butter for an unforgettable entrée that practically melts in your mouth, or if it's seafood you're after, sample the teriyaki salmon served with a side of shiitake sticky rice. Balance out the meal with a refreshing cucumber gimlet. Ocean Prime is open seven days a week, so come by when you feel the need for a savory dining experience.


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By Christopher Kaufman, Clinic Manager at Emperor's College Acupuncture Clinic
Being located in Los Angeles means you can't get around the LA Lakers. As a result, many members of our school's staff, faculty and student body are die-hard Lakers fans. It's not unusual to see one of us dressed in purple and gold on campus, especially during playoff season.
But these are trying times for Lakers fans. Remember how, at the beginning of this year's NBA season, we were all eagerly anticipating what this team was capable of? Almost halfway through the season, we have our answer: not much. As Lakers fans everywhere struggle with an upside-down basketball landscape where right (the Lakers) is wrong and wrong (the Clippers) is right, my mind centers on one person – Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant.
If the team is to improve in the near future and make its way back to immediate prominence, it will start with Kobe. Thankfully, I have the solution! All Kobe needs is a little bit of acupuncture, and he'll be right as rain in no time! Don't believe me? Read on!
But first: Here in Los Angeles, everyone knows someone. So I'm appealing to you, dear reader. I'm sure you know Kobe Bryant's dad's cousin's florist or something like that, so your job is to get this article to that florist. I'll take care of the rest.
Why Kobe Bryant needs acupuncture right now
1. Back Pain
In the next year-and-a-half, Kobe Bryant is set to make 45 million dollars. While he has been making this kind of money for some time now, he isn't as young as he used to be. Carrying that much money around eventually takes its toll on one's back. Lucky for him (and all of us), acupuncture can do wonders for back pain! All we have to do is get Kobe on the acupuncture table, stick a few needles in him, and voila: Back pain reduced = easier to carry around his vast millions = better performance on the court = NBA titles = we can go to sleep without crying.
2. Stress Relief
Have you ever had to shoulder the burden of being the centerpiece of a team you just knew didn't have what it takes? Kobe has. Ever had to embroil yourself in an on/off feud with the best player on your team, eventually leading to that team's demise? Kobe has.
Ever had to play basketball with a guy named "Smush" on your team? Kobe has. Ever had to cheer for this team through all of that? I have, and things like this can lead to one's stress level going through the roof! Luckily for Kobe (and me, as my stress level is getting higher just writing this), anyone who's had a treatment can attest that acupuncture can leave one with a sense of inner calm.
3. Addiction
Yes, acupuncture has been known to treat addiction, i.e. Kobe's addiction to winning NBA Titles. On second thought, let's forget I ever mentioned this one…
4. Immune system
Picture this: You go on the road to play a pivotal playoff game. The night before the game, you order room service from the hotel you're staying at- maybe a nice, juicy steak. Dinner is delicious, and you eventually drift off to sleep. Three hours later, you are awoken by extreme stomach discomfort. You spend the rest of the night using the toilet as a pillow, and go into the game the next day at about 20% strength. You lose this pivotal road playoff game due to a "mystery" bout of food poisoning. We've all been there, right?
Well, guess what? Acupuncture is great at relieving intestinal discomfort and strengthening the immune system to prevent future mishaps (whatever they might be). So is not losing a bunch of players due to injury, playing defense, and looking like an NBA team instead of a YMCA team, but someone else is going to have to take care of that.
5. Because I said so
I have to apologize, dear reader. This has all been one big ruse. If you remember back at the beginning of the article, I asked for your help in pulling the strings necessary to get this article back to Kobe. Undoubtedly, that has happened, and Kobe Bryant himself is currently reading this paragraph.
I'm sure he's currently saying something along the lines of, "No one tells Kobe Bryant what to do (yes, the Kobe I imagine does indeed speak in the third person)! Who wrote this article?! I must speak to him IN PERSON and give him a piece of my mind!" It's at this point that he'll fly his helicopter over to see me and during our confrontation, we'll become friends over our mutual love of basketball and snakes (he will nickname me, "Black Mamba No. 5″), and I'll be sitting next to Jack Nicholson with my gifted season tickets before you know it…
…I'll be wearing an Emperor's College t-shirt when shown on TV, of course.
Featured image photo credit: Keith Allison via photopin cc

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Because it focuses on the goods produced within a specific country, gross domestic product is a better indicator of the health of a country's economy than gross national product.
Decisions on money lending and investment risk are based on a company's actual performance, not on the output of the individuals within that company.
In short, if a company's products are selling, investors are happy and the economy is happy.


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OCLR > SEC Filings for OCLR > Form 8-K on 10-Jan-2014 | All Recent SEC Filings |
Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Other Events
As previously announced, Kate Rundle resigned as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Oclaro, Inc. (the "Company"), effective as of January 10, 2014. In connection with such resignation, Ms. Rundle and the Company entered into a Separation Agreement on January 9, 2014, under which Ms. Rundle is entitled to (i) a cash payment equal to $410,300, and outplacement assistance, subject to Ms. Rundle executing a release under the terms of the Separation Agreement and (ii) the amount of any accrued base salary and/or vacation pay to the date of termination to the extent not previously paid.
On January 1, 2014, David L. Teichmann joined the Company, and is succeeding Ms. Rundle as its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Teichmann, 57, is a seasoned legal executive with over 25 years of experience providing counsel and leadership to Silicon Valley companies operating globally. Prior to joining Oclaro, he served from April 2007 to December 2012 as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Trident Microsystems, Inc., a public fabless semiconductor company that sold television and set top box integrated circuits. From August 1998 to February 2006, he served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc., a secure managed global remote access solutions provider, guiding the company through its initial public offering in 1999 and its acquisition by iPass, Inc. in 2006. From 1993 to July 1998, he served in various positions at Sybase, Inc., an enterprise software company, including Vice President, International Law as well as Director of European Legal Affairs based in The Netherlands. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Teichmann was Assistant General Counsel for Tandem Computers Corporation, a fault tolerant computer company, handling legal matters in Asia-Pacific, Japan, Canada and Latin America. He began his legal career as an attorney with the Silicon Valley-based Fenwick & West LLP. Mr. Teichmann holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Trinity College, an M.A.L.D. degree in Law & Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a J.D. degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. He was also a Rotary Foundation Scholar at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, where he did post-graduate work in Latin American Economics and Law.


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Shame on you! You're God's children - put some clothes on! You are sacred and beloved. Clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness and patience. Put up with each other. If someone gossips about you, forgive them - just as your Father has forgiven you, so too must you forgive your brothers and sisters by holy fiat. Wear your finest clothes! Dress yourself in love, for love goes with everything.
Surrender your hate and fear to the peace of Christ, for you are together his incarnate body. You are Emanuel!
Let Christ's words live abundantly in you and through you. Mentor and coach each other.
Release your hoarded gratitude with joyous songs of the heart, painful psalms, binding and instructing hymns, cleansing and freeing spirituals.
But whatever you do, be it word or act, do it in Jesus' name and give thanks to your Father.
And put some clothes on! We don't want to see your nasty bits...
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Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video, new releases, Jason | 23 Jun 2010 12:02 PM |
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship:
Werewolves of Montpellier
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Sven, a semi-aimless Scandinavian artist who has ended up in Montpellier, France on a futile romantic pursuit, enjoys nocturnal raids into other people's homes, disguised as a werewolf. The way he figures it, the disguise will give him an extra few moments' advantage vis-à-vis any startled home owner if things get ugly... but he hasn't taken into account the existence of a society of real Montpellier-based werewolves who do not take kindly to this new pretender.
So while Sven spends his days playing chess and poker with his friends, sketching his way through his picturesque chosen hometown, and coping with romantic dilemmas — both his and those of his best friend, the Breakfast-at-Tiffany's-obsessed Audrey, who has girl troubles of her own — little does he realize that a genuine threat to his life, and for that matter his humanity, is closing in on him.
Werewolves of Montpellier is a lycanthropic thriller, a romantic comedy, and an existential drama — basically, your typical Jason book. Beware the full moon!
"Another werewolf story to warm the cockles of your heart!" – John Landis
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Now available in a new 3rd Printing with a recolored cover!
After his existential thriller (Why Are You Doing This?), his Parisian famous-writers crime caper (The Left Bank Gang), and his time-travel story (I Killed Adolf Hitler), Jason's fourth full-color album may feature his loopiest premise yet. Set in the present time, The Last Musketeer stars the by-now centuries old musketeer Athos, who has been reduced to a suavely dressed but useless near-panhandler trading on his now almost extinct fame. All this changes when one day the Martians attack Earth. Suddenly there is a need for swashes to be buckled, and Athos leaps back into the fray with a vengeance. The Last Musketeer is a vintage sci-fi adventure with a unique twist from an internationally acclaimed cartoonist.
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Welcome to England – A majestic destination sure to impress its visitors. From the charming and elegant links of the North West & South East, Golf in England will certainly present a challenge to those who grace its fairways. Courses such as the Belfry, Walton Heath, and Royal Liverpool are truly a golfers dream.
So, delay no longer and call today to reserve your custom designed England golf Experience. Continue...
London has the greatest concentration of major attractions in Britain and boasts four World Heritage Sites. Over two hundred attractions are free to enter, so there's nowhere else in the world where you can see so much for so little! Choose from top attractions like the British Airways London Eye or the Tower of London, join a tour or perhaps relax in one of the capital's beautiful parks and gardens.
With Southport as it's capital, England's Golf coast has a rich and diverse golfing pedigree. With three famous 'Royal' courses and over 20 other superb courses within a short drive, many of them championship standard, Southport has all the ingredients for the perfect golfing break. The world-famous Royal Birkdale course has held the open eight times, and will host it again in 2008. Less than an hour's drive lie, to the north, Royal Lytham St Annes and on Wirral to the south, Royal Liverpool Golf clubs.
With over 30,000 shops and stores to choose from, as well as a burgeoning reputation in the fashion world, shoppers will not be disappointed - from designer labels in Bond Street to bustling street markets in Camden, Notting Hill or Brick Lane. The capital also has 400 live music venues, catering for everything from opera to Brit pop and sports fans will not be short of excitement whenever they come. The summer sees the world's largest classical musical festival at the Royal Albert Hall – the Proms.
In the 21st century, London has reinvented itself on a monumental scale. Don't miss the amazing views from the ultra modern British Airways London Eye, the world's most visited modern art gallery, Tate Modern, or the staggering scale of the British Museum Great Court. Newcomers this year include the Firepower artillery museum in Woolwich and the Museum in Docklands.
This is the region for city breaks, exploring famously fashionable haunts, historic streets and buildings. It's a region to walk, cycle and discover the landscapes and wildlife of unspoilt villages. There is always a feast of sporting entertainment including international cricket, championship golf courses and Premiership football.
England's Northwest is also bursting with cultural confidence, from outstanding national museums and galleries to magical sculptures and blockbuster theatre events.
There are great places to stay in chic city centre hotels, rural retreats, country houses and cosy pubs.
The multi-award wining Beatles Story exhibition at the Albert Dock is a must see for all Beatles fans. Re-live the Fab Four's meteoric rise to fame from the early days in Hamburg and the Cavern Club, through Beatle-mania and the Yellow Submarine.


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To Scent or Not to Scent, Part II
Essential oils require much more knowledge than fragrance oils and thus, more due diligence before using them.
Is the scent skin safe? Is the percentage rate limited? Will it survive cold process soap? Is it permissible for soap but not for bath or leave-on products? Will it work in candles? All of these factors must be known before one can safely use essential oils in candles or skincare products and thus, require the user to do research on each oil he hopes to use. Be sure to seek out reputable sources of information regarding essential oils. Unfortunately, too much misinformation is found out there that is inadvisable, if not dangerous. One of my favorite non-vendor sites for reliable essential oil information is www.aromaweb.com.
How much fragrance oil should I use? The answer is simple. First of all, check with the vendor for proper usage rates for your product. That not being possible, the rule of thumb for cold process soap is .7 oz. per pound of soapmaking oils. For instance, if you are making a two pound batch of soap and have measured out two pounds of oils, you will use about 1.4 oz. of fragrance oil. You may safely go up to 1 oz. per pound if necessary, and some scents will perform beautifully at .5 oz. per pound. Hot process will require less scent than cold process soap. Most other products use less scent than soap. Start at .5 or 1% and add a bit more if necessary. This works for most anything outside of cold or hot process soap. Be careful if making cp soap, however, because not all fragrance oils are suitable. Some rice or accelerate, which can be tolerated, but others seize like a motor without oil and require emergency measures to deal with. Save yourself the hassle and inquire about your oils prior to using them in cp and make sure of their usage in other products you intend to make, as well. Note: some fragrance oils, such as those you find in craft stores are not suitable for cold process soap at all; they are meant for potpourri and body products. Additionally, some are sold for use in candles and potpourri, not for products meant to be used on the skin.
As you can see, fragrance oils are much simpler to use than essential oils, provided you check the usage information; but don't let that be an obstacle to using these wonderful, natural gifts of nature! Just be sure to thoroughly research any oil you care to use and use them properly.
Want to know whether your colleagues use more fragrance oil or essential oil? Check out the Raves for Faves issue just released today! Need a subscription? http://saponifier.com/subscriptions/
Until next time, may your days be filled with bubbles and wax.
Beth Byrne for the Saponifier
Design Mania, Cosmetics Issue and a Job Offer
I've been hinting for awhile now, and it's time to announce our Design Mania contest!
I trust that many of you have been trying your hand at the designs presented in the May/June 2014 issue, and I'll bet that you have one or two to show off. Now is the time. Here's what you do: try the designs if you haven't already and submit photos of your best one or two. Your photos will be uploaded and voted on by the public. The person who gets the most votes overall will win the grand prize, and it is grand, indeed! The winners after that in each technique category will win a package of prizes that you will be thrilled to receive. Complete details and the entry form may be found here: http://saponifier.com/enter-design-mania-contest-2014/
I am so excited to see what you have to offer, I can hardly wait! Once the entry deadline is reached, I'll be back with voting information. Take a look at the prizes; they are awesome. Many, many thanks to our generous vendor partners who are participating with us.
Speaking of soap, I could look at soap designs all day long. The artistry of some of my soapmaking colleagues is nothing short of jaw-dropping–far more intricate and creative than I could ever hope to attain. Even so, I am just as pleased to use a rather Plain Jane or primitive looking bar as long as it performs well. I guess it's true that if you love soap, you love all of it. Well, almost all of it, anyway. It never ceases to delight me that we can combine various oils and lye to get a bar of soap. I hope it never does.
What about you? Will a plain bar of well-made soap be as pleasing to you as a fancy, artistic one?
Also, it's just a short time until July 1st, when our next issue comes out. I can't describe to you how I anticipate actually seeing the magazine! I'm like a kid at Christmas. This issue concentrates on cosmetics, an important subject to many of us, so I hope you'll enjoy it if you're a subscriber. If not, we'd love to have you aboard. http://saponifier.com/subscriptions/
Finally, we have an opening for a writer at the Saponifier. This person's regular column would center on the "That's Life" and "Wit & Whimsy" side of soap, bath and body and candlemaking. You see the humor in everyday life with your craft and don't mind sharing. This might include your mistakes or crazy things that happen when you're selling or other events that we can all relate to. Interested? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Until next time, may your days be filled with bubbles and wax.
Beth Byrne, for the Saponifier
Learning the Hard Way
Have you been enjoying your January/February 2014 issue of the Saponifier? Safety and GMP aren't always the most popular of topics, but I do believe that they are vitally important to the growth and survival of our industry. Many of us only think of safety in regards to soapmaking, and to be sure, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are dangerous caustics that we need to respect. Nevertheless, it behooves us to be aware of safety precautions in regards to bath and body manufacturing and candle making, as well. I applaud our writers for writing articles that we love to read, but are filled with important information.
I know that GMP, standing for, "good manufacturing practice" is another area of concern for those with businesses making soap and bath and body products, so we appreciate Marie Gale's article, "An Introduction to Good Manufacturing Processes," introducing us to the topic if we aren't already familiar.
I hope this issue has caused you to review your safety and GMP processes! Share with us what you have learned.
If you are as yet not a subscriber of the Saponifier, you can rectify that! http://saponifier.com/subscriptions/
This next story is related to GMP, and my failure to properly institute a process. I recently made a five color, swirled soap. I printed out my formula, prepared my surfaces and molds, measured out my ingredients and mixed my colorants. I proceeded to make my soap and was so pleased with the colors and design. I placed my soap in my properly pre-heated oven for a CPOP (cold process/oven process) batch and congratulated myself on a spectacular session. A short time later, I noticed my carefully measured essential oil still sitting on the counter. My elation turned to despair. It was too late to add the essential oil and even if it weren't, mixing in the oil would mix all five colors together, producing a soap only a mother of said soap could love. As a result, I have a very pretty batch of soap with no scent.
Who hasn't forgotten their scent at least once? Nevertheless, I learned an important lesson. Had I had my GMP properly in place, I would have a procedure posted that included the exact step of adding my essential or fragrance oil at the right time and thus, would not have missed it. I confess to being too complacent since I print out my formula each time, thinking it's almost as good. I now know that almost isn't good enough.
Have you begun instituting GMP in your business? Share with us your experiences thus far.
Until next time, may your days be filled with bubbles and wax.
Beth Byrne for the Saponifier
Hope That Works
Hope. What do you think of? Generally, we think of it as fulfilling a desire of some kind. For instance, I hope you had a great holiday season, that you made the amount of money you projected, that you enjoyed the season and that you remained sane. I hope you didn't gain weight.
I was reminded, however, of a more archaic definition: trust and confidence. I find that I like that definition even better. We have a trust and confidence in something coming to pass, whether it be in our businesses, our relationships, our bodies, spirituality or any number of facets of our lives. Rather than a pleasant, but ineffective kind of "best wishes" hope, we have trust in the future. I call it, "hope that works."
I then ponder what it takes to produce confidence in the future. Is it merely an idea of what we'd like see come to pass? "I'd like to sell more product in 2014." How far will that get us? Like most of our New Year's Resolutions, they're nice ideas, but not enough to move us, especially not for the long haul that 2014 will prove to be.
Therefore, rather than uttering general hopes, let us make them concrete and attainable. Instead of, "I'd like to sell more product in 2014," set a goal and a plan for getting there. How much soap would you like to sell? How will you accomplish it? What do you need to do to get ready? Don't forget to set realistic dates for each activity to keep yourself moving!
It's more work than a wish, but it's hope that works.
Don't forget to put a Saponifier subscription on your to-do list for 2014. You have just a few hours left to subscribe for a 25% discount: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Saponifier
Until next time, may your days be filled with bubbles and wax.
Beth Byrne for the Saponifier
Five Ways to Survive the Silly Season
The Silly Season is upon us.
Silly Season, in case you don't know, is roughly that period of time between November and Christmas when many businesses do the bulk of their sales. Add that to the busyness that most of us find ourselves immersed in with friends and family obligations and other activities, and you have a Silly Season, indeed. Even hobbyists find themselves in a similar situation with their desire to create lovely gifts for all of those fortunate people on their lists.
We all need to cope with this season and create ways to make our way through and come out the other side, victorious, having neither damaged theirs or their families' health and sanity, so ideas to get the discussion going follow:
1. Plan ahead. Take a bit of time to sit down with your calendar and plan what you can do between now and the date you want to cease production by. Take into consideration your other obligations and your health and sanity. Even those among us who find planning to be sheer agony can benefit. You might not write, "Nov. 4, make Peppermint Soap," but you might make a list of what you want to make and think about how much time it will take you to accomplish it and then decide how much fits into your timeframe. If you need supplies, order now. Don't put yourself in the position of stressing over whether your order will arrive in time for you to make the products your customer wants. Allowing two weeks for shipping to you is a good idea at this time of year.
2. Bring in holiday help. Every retail store that is busy during the holidays does it. It may be worth the cost in order to have the product your customer wants. If you're lucky enough to have good friends and family who will help, don't be a hero. Let them! Reward them, of course, but take any good help you can get.
3. Encourage your customers to order early. Don't expect that they will automatically take into account your busy schedule or the fact that you have limited supplies. Instead, head those last-minute shoppers off by making it attractive to order early. Offer a coupon for a November purchase, feature weekly sales in November, or promise a freebie with their order, anything that will compel them to order now rather than later.
4. Limit your offerings. I know, I know, you want to offer every holiday scent candle or soap shape that you and your customers like, but resist the temptation. Instead, offer just a few holiday products. It's less confusing for your customers and for you, and keep in mind how much easier it is to make three large batches of scents/colors than it is to make thirteen. Even for regular stock, you might consider cutting back to your most popular products and scents for the season. If you find that you don't have time to keep up with your regular line, don't bother to offer holiday products. It's better to end up with twenty lavender candles after December 25th than to end up with twenty Balsam Fir candles that are in low demand the rest of the year.
5. Set a "last date to order" date and a "last day to purchase" date, along with any other rules that will make the season tolerable. Set specific times of the day for phone orders, a cut-off date for special orders and gift baskets, or an "in stock products only" date that will work for you. Don't find yourself stressing and losing sleep for a bar of soap!
If we think about it, we can brainstorm a multitude of ideas to keep us on track and sane through the holiday season. I'm not suggesting that we can make the next two months stress-free, but I am suggesting that we exercise some control over the season and not let it defeat us by looking realistically at our individual situations and planning how we will deal with them to only do what we can reasonably do and by finding ways, big and small, to make our goals attainable.
What do you do? How do you manage Silly Season? We'd love to hear your ideas. Let's help each other get through 2012!
Until next time, may your days be filled with bubbles and wax.
Beth Byrne for the Saponifier
Suited Up and Suitable for Soaping (and Candlemaking)
How do you dress to make soap or candles? Are you covered head to toe in protective gear or are you be found in a t-shirt, shorts, and bare feet?
If it's the former, you'll want to read on to feel good about yourself or to make sure you're doing things the right way. If the latter, well, consider this a lecture.
Making soap and candles comes with inherent dangers, mainly pertaining to heat and caustic substances. We've all heard stories about people being burned by lye, caustic soap getting in the eye, burns from a forgotten pan of wax. To be sure, things happen. Soap gets spilled on the floor, unnoticed. A pot volcanoes, sending soap lava out of the pot and all over the surface it's sitting on. The candle wax heated up faster than you thought it would and flames appear. A properly suited up person is in a better position to react quickly and safely than one who isn't.
If it seems like overkill, think about it as if you were an employee of a company or that one of your loved ones was. What if that company allowed its workers to be barefoot, making soap? What if your child or other loved one were put to work in that environment without access to safety gear? I can predict that you would rightfully expect that both you and your loved ones would be properly protected, so offer the same to yourself.
Chandlers, think you're off the hook? Not so fast!. Hot wax is dangerous and cannot be removed easily, so as with soapmaking, shoes and socks and a heavy apron are essential equipment for protecting from splashes. Long sleeves and eyewear are also important.
Even in creating bath and body products, certainly safety rules must be obeyed. The first one that comes to mind is a mask to filter out particulates from powders such as cornstarch and powdered herbs. The second is to protect the skin from scent by wearing gloves.
Finally, wearing a respirator mask when working with scent, whether fragrance oils or essential oils, is just plain smart. We often worry about scent in regards to our customers, but tend to forget that we are exposed to much stronger scents, more frequently and for longer time periods than the average user and thus, are more likely to develop problems with scent than the general public.
My advice: get yourself suited up so you can safely pursue your craft!
Until next time,
May your days be filled with bubbles & wax.
Beth Byrne
Remember When? A Request of the Experienced
Remember back to the days when you first began to make soap or candles. For some of you, it's a distant memory. For others, it's easily recaptured. Regardless of the time and path traveled from then until now, try to remember how "green" you were– maybe far enough back that "green" only meant the color or that you were new to the craft! Are you remembering how confusing everything was, how many terms you had to learn, how to procure the equipment and supplies? Remember carefully studying the safety tips others gave you? I want you to put yourself in that place again for a moment.
Why? I have a couple of reasons in mind; one of them is empathy. If you can remember how much there was to learn and the trepidation that you felt at the beginning, you can feel empathy for the newbies you run across. Yes, it may feel as if you've answered a certain question a hundred times and yes, it might seem obvious what the answer is to another. Nevertheless, you can answer that question or help the person figure out the answer, paying back what has been given to you.
I don't have to tell you that soap and candlemaking have been serious industries and crafts for centuries, their secrets closely protected and passed on to future generations. Just as in the past, this vital information must be passed on to others now, so the crafts will be preserved for the future, which is my second reason for asking you to think about where you began. I personally remember many teachers I had–Rita Scheu of TLC Soaps and many others I "met" online who taught and encouraged me along the way. Indeed, I'm not finished learning. Just a few days ago, I asked a question which other soap makers helped me with, and that knowledge will make me a better soapmaker.
Potential and beginning soap and candle makers these days face a different challenge than many of us faced. Before the explosion of the internet, instruction was difficult to find. Today, they are barraged with information, much of it inaccurate at best, and dangerous at worst. If you can lend some encouragement along the way and show newbies where they can find good information (Saponifier), you'll be doing them, the craft, and you, a world of good!
Until next time, bubbles up!
Beth Byrne
Scents of Summer
Scents of summer. . . what are your most popular scents from June – August?
I have a two-pronged purpose here. The first is to get an idea of what's hot; the second is to put scent selection into perspective.
Some soapmakers and chandlers like to offer special scents for seasonal sales. Do you make product with special summer scents, for instance? This tactic can be a great way of creating anticipation and consequently, demand. It may offer you a chance to test out scents for a permanent place on your scent list. On the other hand, however, it could distract you from your core business and become an expensive proposition if you're always chasing after new scents to offer.
I have seen fellow crafters of scented products own so many scents that they can barely count them all, and they strive to have product for each one in stock! Their goal is usually to make sure they have whatever scent the customer might desire. Of course, we all want more business and we want to make our customers happy, hating to turn away a sale. While that's understandable, it isn't likely to be part of a smart business plan. Even large companies limit their offerings.
That's not to say that offering a seasonal scents is a poor idea , just that taking a good look at your business plan and checkbook should be number one on your list!
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Looking at a blood orange on corrizo rootstock. I am not overly familiar with this rootstock and have not seen a lot of posts or data. Has anyone had any expience with this rootstock or can point me in the correct direction (my current plants are all flying dragon). It will be a container grown plant. |
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I have considerable experience with carrizo; it is susceptible to Phytophera... not a problem in containers; it is a full size rootstock, not dwarfing like flying dragon. For a container orange I would opt for FD, or Cuban Shaddock, which Four Winds Growers uses. There are others; but for a container I don't think you want a full size orange tree...of course that could depend on the size of your "container". |
I have a Moro blood orange on Carrizo, it was in a 5 gal container and, since I don't have a spot in the ground for it yet, I just moved it to a 15 gal container. The trunk is 1 1/2" just above the base. Johnmerr, do you have any idea how this tree would do if I left it in the 15 gal container for a year or more? It's healthy looking, has about 5 fruit on it. The potting soil in the original container was pretty heavy, sand and something else. I washed some of that off, and am using a Supersoil and pumice mix in the 15 gal container. |
jb... I am not a container genius... lots of people here are. I am sure they will answer here to help you. John |
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In the first two installments of Chop Shop, we looked at some arpeggio-based runs that were spiced up with octaves, finger taps, pinch harmonics and behind-the-nut bends. This time, as promised, I'm going to talk about the ways in which I've employed ideas I've learned from guitarists in different genres to my own playing.
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I start off with an Amaj7 arpeggio, beginning on the seventh, G#. The first three beats incorporate legato phrasing [hammer-ons and pull-offs used in combination]. I play a total of five notes using the "2-2" form [two notes per string]. I then move to a D augmented arpeggio with a #11, again using the 2-2 form but only playing a group of four notes this time.
In this lesson, I'll be taking the most common pentatonic positions and showing you how to string them together to create ripping-fast riffs and runs. It's a great way to break out of typical pentatonic licks and is easy to visualize all over the neck.
Next up is a B fully diminished seventh (over E7b9) with notes from the B half-whole scale thrown in for some percussive and melodic flavor. Finally, I end on what I would barely call an altered E dominant seventh, over which I actually play an A whole-half scale, before finally ending the entire thing on E.
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Another great thing about this spread-fingering shape is that, from a theoretical perspective, it makes it much easier to visualize your scale intervals and to navigate across them. Say, for instance, you want to figure out how your I, III and V intervals sound when played together. You can do so easily by using this spread fingering position.
What I'm essentially doing here is stringing together groups of 16th notes played in four-note shapes, or modules, and playing mostly two notes per string, with a couple of exceptions here and there wherein I stay on the G string and repeat the first two notes instead of crossing over to the D string.
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In its first semester, the Montana Digital Academy has demonstrated the value of statewide access to high-quality online learning for high school students.
Across Montana, 1,430 students from 137 high schools have enrolled in one or more of 45 high school classes or five college courses, according to a report from the academy. Altogether, the 1,430 students have 1,951 course enrollments this fall.
A list of the 11 most popular classes shows the need for access to distance learning:
Many schools don't have a foreign language teacher. But more than 300 Montana high school students are taking Spanish 1, French 1 or Latin 1 this semester through the academy.
Electives that aren't otherwise widely available can be accessed: Digital photography and web design courses are serving 200 students online.
The rest of the top academy courses are core classes, such as English 1, Earth Science, U.S. History and Health. Through the academy, students who need to make up classes can complete them online.
The high school courses are taught by 67 Montana licensed teachers from 29 districts, including Baker, Billings, Bozeman, Colstrip, Columbus, Hardin and Roundup.
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The five college courses are offered for dual college and high school credits. The University of Montana College of Technology in Missoula is offering pre-calculus while the Montana State University College of Technology in Great Falls is offering classes in anthropology, Montana's American Indians, psychology and writing.
A key feature of the Montana Digital Academy is that all classes are offered at no charge to students, their families or high schools.
We call upon the Montana Legislature to renew support for the Digital Academy for the upcoming biennium. To be successful, the academy needs enough funding to offer classes at no charge to the students or local school districts.
The academy's governing board has recommended level funding: $2.3 million for the biennium. Board members are Chairman Bruce Messinger, Helena superintendent, Dennis Parman, deputy superintendent of public instruction, Commissioner of Higher Education Sheila Stearns, Billings teacher Barbara Fettig, Geraldine school trustee Bryan Duvall and Roberta Evans, dean of the University of Montana College of Education.
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.NET 1.1 SP1 and Vault scare -- a false alarm
According to Eric Sink, this morning's warning about NOT installing .NET Framework version 1.1 Service Pack 1 on a Vault machine was a false alarm. I am glad they checked and double checked to make sure. I hadn't installed the new service pack yet, but it does point out the importance of taking time to install new service packs, plus making sure to test and retest first. The great thing is that with blogs and other sources, we get information like this quickly.
Upcoming events
I have a couple more events I will be involved in the next two months:
Developing software as non-admin on DNR
Don Kiely was featured on Dot Net Rocks last week talking about one of my favorite topics: Programming with Least Privilege.
Code Camp II is really looking good
Code Camp II is getting a lot of great speakers lined up for the October 17-18 weekend. Several of the speakers are coming from outside of the New England area: Kent Tegels, Don Demsak (DonXML), and Scott Watermasysk
Windows XP Security reading
Looking for some fun reading today?
Stopping email identity spoofing
Over the last few months, I have seen my company's web site domain used as the originator of a lot of spam. I know this because I get the spam email bounced back, and checking the header information, I verify that my domain name is part of the email address. I know the spammers are not using my mail server as the relay point, but they are using my domain name as if it is coming from me (or "someone" at my company -- they always come up with clever names as if that person works for me).
CAS sample in Mono
My friend Andrew just pointed me to this interesting post on a first CAS sample in Mono. That's great that someone is testing and working with CAS (Code Access Security) in Mono as has been done with .NET.
Mobility Day at Microsoft, Waltham
Like Sam, I was at the Windows Mobile Developer Day at Microsoft, Waltham today. This was a great event put together by Thom Robbins. I have only played around with the Compact Framework with my Pocket PC device, nothing serious, so this was a good introduction to some new topics (remember, I love to learn new things!).
A view of the Indigo team
I just watched and enjoyed Channel 9's view of the Indigo team (a video tour through the offices with Don Box). This was a fun video, especially getting to see the COM+/ES group (I got to know some of these guys earlier this year -- they rock!) and the XML/Messaging group responsible for much of what we take for granted in unmanaged and managed code.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2.1 Released
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CLR Hosting Blog
Brad Abrams points to a new blog by Dino Viehland (rss). In particular, Dino is the QA guy for CLR Hosting. Check out his post on Cooperative Fiber Mode Sample - Day 1. Subscribed.
C# Tools
Aaron Weiker points to a nice set of C# Tools. Always good to have link to these.
Interesting information on going independent
James Avery has formed his own company, Infozerk, and has been chronicling his journey into being an independent consultant. Scott Mitchell has also added his thoughts on going independent along with James.
Congrats to Beantown .NET User Group
Congratulations are in order for the new Downtown Boston .NET User Group (or as it is also referred to as the Beantown .NET User Group) as they are now an official INETA user group. See more information in Sam Gentile's post. Sam is doing a great job as the user group leader, and also mentions many of the other people who have helped make this a reality.
Chris Sells' Applied XML Developer's Conference
I had been waiting for this one. Chris Sells' Applied XML Developer's Conference is now scheduled for October 20-21 outside of Portland, OR . Register here: https://www.pluralsight.com/events/devcon/secure/register.aspx (and hurry, the last four of these conferences sold out quickly!) I am all set to go, and really looking forward to it.
Speaking at Microsoft's Code Camp II
I will be speaking at Code Camp II, a Microsoft event coordinated by Thom Robbins at the local Microsoft Waltham, MA office on October 16-17. The first Code Camp was a great success, and we are sure this one will be as well.
nmap and XP SP2
There are some interesting discussions about the loss of raw socket support in the new Windows XP SP2.
A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers
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Advanced Data Access with ADO.NET and Oracle
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ASP.NET 2.0 Internals
By way of Doug Reilly:
The MSDN ASP.NET Developer Center has a new post on ASP.NET 2.0 internals. Especially cool is the very clean code in the codebehind in 2.0 vs. 1.x.
This looks good.
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I just noticed one of my favorite SysInternals tools, DebugView, popped up a message saying it doesn't work on the current version of Windows XP (which was patched yesterday to the new SP2).
Fortunately, they have upgraded their tool to work with SP2. Get the latest 4.3 version.
I wonder if they have updated their other tools as well to reflect changes made with SP2?
Windows XP SP2 experiences
I am also commenting on Scoble's request about how XP SP2 is working out so far.
I installed it on one of my clean VPC Windows XP install (only had SP1 installed previously and no other software), and everything worked without a hitch. I will be putting it on my other VPC slices tonight.
I also tried to install it on one of my laptop's OS slices, and it failed. I now can not boot up that slice (when I do, it simply reboots itself). I had a little bit of everything on there, with XP SP2 RC2, SQL Server 2005 Beta 2, Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1, etc. It was in the process of installing the new service pack when everything froze. Not a big deal as I can easily reinstall a fresh OS. I did have a message saying I was running out of disk space (at around 180 meg) so that could have been the culprit, but I also wonder if there was an issue with installing the new service pack on top of all the other beta software?
Simple and interesting solution for hidden root kits
By way of Sergey:
Microsoft Research has a short paper on using hackers' tricks against them, including using differential file system scans (using WinDiff) from infected vs. clean OS boots to detect hidden files [via G. Andrew Duthie]
Follow the link to Andrew Duthie's post as well for more comments. This is a great tool in the fight against malware.
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As mentioned here:
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Miguel on .NET Rocks
If you missed it, the recording of Miguel de Icasa (of Mono fame) is on .NET Rocks this week.
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I have been collecting new blogs on SQL Server 2005 lately. Here are a few I know about:
NUnit 2.2 Final
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Jason Whittington is blogging again
By way of Craig Andera:
Speaking on CAS tonight in Boston
Just a reminder, I will be speaking on Code Access Security (CAS) to the new Downtown Boston .NET User Group in Boston tonight at 5:30 pm. If you are in the area, I hope to see you there.
Threat Modeling review
I mentioned a couple of months ago I finally received my copy of the new Threat Modeling book. I was going to post a mini-review as it is excellent, but in the meantime I noticed Dana Epp has posted a great review. Read his for a great overview of this much needed developer resource.
WinDbg review
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IronPython and new hires
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Fister will get the start in Tigers' home opener
The Detroit Tigers announced their starting rotation to start the season, and there was a bit of a surprise with former Mariner Doug Fister...
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers announced their starting rotation to start the season, and there was a bit of a surprise with former Mariner Doug Fister getting the nod over Max Scherzer for the home opener against the New York Yankees next Friday.
Scherzer is at the back of the rotation but doesn't mind. The Tigers have been careful with him this spring due to the soreness he experienced last season in his right throwing shoulder.
"For me, Skip just tells me the day I pitch, I just show up," Scherzer said. "It doesn't matter. If you're the fifth starter, you get the same amount of starts as the first starter. It's really arbitrary. You guys get to have fun calling the numbers out. Call me the No. 5, I love it."
Justin Verlander will start Monday's opener at Minnesota, followed by Anibal Sanchez on Wednesday and Rick Porcello on Thursday.
That sets up the Tigers to have Fister, Scherzer and Verlander against the Yankees at home.
"The significance of Fister throwing the home opener is he's a strike-thrower — he works fast and he can put the ball in play," manager Jim Leyland said. "He should be able to keep that game going, hopefully."
Fister understands pitching the home opener is a big deal. If anything, it'll give him less of a chance to soak up the scenery because he'll be focused on the task at hand.
"It doesn't go unnoticed, by any means," Fister said. "It's something I don't take lightly, but it doesn't change anything about how I approach a game. Whether it's the first start or the last start, it's all the same.
"It's an honor and it's a very humbling experience to pitch in front of the home fans."
Fister was 10-10 with a 3.45 earned-run average last season.
• New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana is set for another shoulder surgery that he hopes will save his career.
The former ace will have surgery Tuesday to repair the re-torn anterior capsule in his pitching shoulder.
Santana is likely to miss the entire season for the second time in three years. The two-time Cy Young Award winner is in the final year of a $137.5 million contract.
• Bob Turley, a hard-throwing right-hander who won the Orioles' first home game, died of liver cancer early Saturday morning, according to his son, Terry Turley. He was 82.
Turley pitched one season for the Orioles in 1954, their first in Baltimore, and he started the first big-league game at Memorial Stadium. He was traded to the New York Yankees, with whom he won the Cy Young Award in 1958.
Turley left the Yankees in 1962, playing a season with the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox. In 12 seasons, he went 101-85 with a 3.64 ERA.
• Arizona completed a five-year, $32 million contract agreement with first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
The contract runs through the 2018 season, with a $14.5 million club option for 2019.


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WIC has always received strong bipartisan support. It is a proven program which over the past 38 years has been shown to improve consumption of key nutrients, at-risk children's health, growth and development, and reduce hunger.
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Hello i have been a map designer for awhile now and have been working on some good sized maps for Unreal Tournament. I have alot of ideas that would be fun to do with the Infiltration mod. I'm in the stages of doing a web site, and alot of other things. I also have made scripts for the game Tribes on the pc and can be checked out at fileplanet . Alot of my maps will work with Infiltration, and will be using the textures that was found on the Infiltration web site. I don't like to put out bad maps at all, i feel once the map is made i will go back play it and see what changes need to be done before posting it on the net. My biggest dream is oneday to be a member of the Infiltration group??
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============== WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 28, 2012) – The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) is proud to announce the Donald G. and Darel Stein Fellowship winners. This fellowship promotes the study of sex differences in neuroscience by affording four students the opportunity to attend and present a poster on neuroscience and sex differences at a scientific meeting. The four winners are: Allison Anacker, Oregon Health & Sciences University, will present "Neuropeptide levels associated with sex differences in the effect of alcohol on social bonding behavior" at the Society for Neuroscience meeting. Margaret Blattner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present "Sex differences in circadian rhythm parameters in transgenic mice with altered responsiveness to estrogen at estrogen receptor subtype 1" at the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology meeting. Shannon Blume, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, will present "Neuronal activity in the female basolateral amygdala and the impact of chronic stress" at the Society for Neuroscience meeting. Jessica Bolton, Duke University, will present "Sexually dimorphic placental responses to maternal air pollutant exposure: the root of sex differences in behavioral and metabolic outcomes of adult offspring" at the Society for Neuroscience meeting. "Darel and I are delighted to be able to support this fellowship program," said Donald Stein, fellowship sponsor. "It was extremely generous and farsighted for SWHR to give awards to young investigators to attend any major national meeting they chose. This is a very unique way to help support research on sex differences and women's health, and we congratulate the winners and SWHR for this novel use of the fellowship award." The four fellows will receive a $1000 reimbursement for travel, hotel, food, and registration and other expenses associated with their chosen scientific meeting in 2012. "SWHR is proud to award the Donald G. and Darel Stein Fellowship to these deserving young scientists for their work in advancing sex differences research in neuroscience," said Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, President and CEO of SWHR. SWHR congratulates the four winners on this achievement.


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I read that apples release ethylene gas that will trigger the pineapple to fruit. My pineapple is 3 years old and has never fruited so I put the pot in a grocery bag and then put 10 apples in it. I tied the bag tight around the bottom couple inches of the plant. I didn't have a clear bag big enough for the entire plant so I wasn't sure this would work or not just exposing that little amount of the plant. I left it for about 3 weeks then took the plant out and discarded the apples. About a month later I have a pineapple fruit forming from the centre. I will update with pictures as the fruit develops. |
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- Posted by trianglejohn z7b NC (email@example.com) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 10:04
I've had success just putting the apples on top of the soil in the pot. It only takes a tiny amount of ethylene to initiate blooming. Sometimes it's quick and sometimes it's slow. |
Thanks for sharing your success! I've got a couple plants just starting so will be trying this down the road, maybe next spring depending on how big my plants are by then. Does anyone know about how long it takes the fruit to mature from the size shown above? I assume this is the right time to force fruit. Thanks! |
- Posted by gonebananas 7/8 (My Page) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 12:39
I've done it with just a sliver of ripe apple with skin put down in the center with no other care. |
- Posted by steve_in_los_osos CA 9b/Sunset 16/17 (My Page) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 14:21
I have a pair of 3-year olds which are rapidly outgrowing their space in my small greenhouse. I was going to wait, but reading this, I think I should try forcing them, perhaps a month apart. It will be very impractical to bag the whole plant. I thought about an apple (or piece) in the center and maybe just tenting the central whorl of leaves? Kinda worried about heat buildup and mold since it gets pretty warm in the GH..... |
Update on the fruit... this is about 3 weeks later. The pineapple fruit is flowering right now with simple purple flowers starting at the bottom. Its obviously not going to turn into anything big but still interesting to grow. |
Here is a couple more pics. The first one the fruit has almost completely bloomed. The second pic was just taken today. The fruit section is only about 2" tall. |
Looks like it will be a small fruit. Nonetheless quite a feat. And your top was a nice size. I guess commercially the tops are probably huge at flowering. Keep posting especially about eating quality. |
Here is an updated picture. I had the plant outside all summer. Just recently brought it back in with the cooler nights here. The fruit has filled out nicely but still hard and not ripening just yet. Its about 4" round now. |
Interesting, I have a lot of dropped apples that are only good as animal feed. I'll try a bucketful on my pineapples and bananas. Dan |
One final post... I probably should have waited a few more days to let it ripen more but it tasted good. Cut the top off and starting again :) |
- Posted by Vegetable_man none (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 4:07
Thanks for the detailed explanation and photos. I have a few adult pineapple plants on which I'd like to try this method. I plan to leave a piece of ripe apple on the soil of the pot, but the plant is too big to be contained in a plastic bag (clear or not). would the process be effective even without plastic bags? Thanks in advance! |
First, that is great to get your pineapple. As a side note, forcing pineapples to fruit will make them smaller than normal if the plant is not ready. |
- Posted by steve_in_los_osos CA 10a/Sunset 17 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 17:26
When I persuaded one of my pineapples (already a large plant) to bloom, all I did was put a slice of apple on a skewer and place the slice gently down in the central whorl. Then I used a piece of plastic wrap to sort of close up the center area. No need to encase the entire plant. And yes, if a plant is forced to bloom too early, the fruit will be smaller. Mine ended up just under 5 lb, but again, the plant was quite large and just shy about blooming. |
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Bruce, I have just read your article in the Canberra Times of 17 September and I would like to offer a few comments, even from this distance and although it is no longer my task to attempt to assist the media in Australia.1 I must say that I do not, myself, regard the Government's policy on Timor as a 'nasty, narrow, cynical, obtuse and wholly dishonourable exercise'. Nor can I regard it as a blunder as serious as the manoeuvres involving Australia in Vietnam, as your article suggests. That all seems rather emotionally charged stuff and, knowing your objectivity, I am sure that you will not mind my putting a few ideas on this subject to you personally.
The core of the Timor problem for Australia lies in its ramifications for our future relationship with Indonesia and the South East Asian region as a whole. The situation is complicated in that there would appear to be a conflict between the principle of self-determination, which is enshrined in the United Nations Charter and is part of the ALP platform and what is, logically, the most sensible long term future for East Timor, namely its incorporation in Indonesia, which is regarded by all of the Governments in this neighbourhood as the best outcome of its decolonisation.
This potential conflict between principle, on the one hand, and national and regional interest, on the other, often overlooks the fact that Indonesia, and in particular the President, has wanted association with Indonesia to be the outcome of an act of self-determination, which would be prepared over a sufficient period of time to allow genuine East Timorese political forces to emerge.
Parts of our media tend to overlook this and cast the situation in rather crude black and white terms as a clash between a romanticised image ofFretilin as a progressive, anti-colonial, genuine, widely supported, national liberation movement, and an equally misleading image of Indonesia as a large, evil, fascist, expansionist brown-colonialist power intent on denying, by force, the former its right to self-determination. In the same over-simplified manner those, including members of the government and the department, who probe beyond these over-simplifications and see the case for integration, especially if it can be brought about in an acceptable manner, tend to be branded as dishonourable anti-self-determinationists. Some of this is based on latent fears of Indonesia, some on a delayed bad conscience about our acquiescence over West Irian, some on genuine left wing sentiments and some on political ill will towards the Prime Minister, mainly within his own party.
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I do not for one moment think we should be obsequious towards Indonesia or that our policies towards Indonesia should be based on the assumption that we should not adopt policies which might offend Indonesia. We should always weigh carefully our responses in terms of our national interest. I was a supporter of our opposition to Indonesia at the time of 'konfrontasi' when Indonesia itself sought to stop the incorporation of Sarawak and Sabah into Malaysia. I feel that we earned some Indonesian respect for the stand we took then. Equally, we should not romanticise Fretilin into a genuine, broadly based national movement. It is of some interest that Fretilin has so far received no response to its various messages to the United Nations and no messages of support or congratulations on its 'victory' from any government, communist or non-communist. Strangely such support as it receives comes mainly from individual Australians.
There is no doubt in my mind that, in the long-term, the Australian/Indonesian relationship, along with our relations with Japan, the United States and possibly China, are destined to be the most important of our foreign policy relationships. We should not therefore lightly oppose what Indonesia, supported by all other countries in the region, sees as its national security interest. Long after Timor is settled one way or the other this will remain true.
Does anybody—except possibly a handful of Fretilin leaders—really want to see a weak, unstable, non-viable and impoverished mini-state in South East Asia? Naturally, none of the ASEAN countries want this and, whether or not their fears turn out to be justified, none of them want to see opportunities created for an extension of the Sino/Soviet conflict in the ASEAN region. While the Indonesians may exaggerate the dangers of this they are determined not to permit either an Angolan or Cuban type situation to develop in the middle of the Indonesian Archipelago; nor would Australia want such situations on its northern doorstep.
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You refer to the lip service which the Government has given to the principle of self-determination. Self-determination is, of course, a principle which we all support and one is saddened by how often it is honoured in the breech and by its failures in Africa. But let us be honest. It is now highly unlikely that there will be a genuine act of self-determination in East Timor. This is a fact which we may not like but with which, as realists, we need to come to grips. The alternatives now seem to be a de facto Fretilin Government or the integration of East Timor into Indonesia. Neither will involve a genuine act of self-determination although both results could be achieved through what could appear to be such an act. Basically, this situation is Portugal's-not Indonesia's-fault. Given this Hobson's choice, I believe Australia's interests are better served by association with Indonesia than by independence. I know that what I am writing is pragmatic rather than principled; but that is what national interest and foreign policy is all about, as even those countries with established ideological bases for their foreign policies have acknowledged. Let us not play the role of the naive conscience of Asia, seeking to preserve our virtues by placing the fig leaf of self-determination-when we know it is unlikely to happen anyway-over the geopolitical realities of the situation. Inevitably Timor will be part of Indonesia.
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I would not normally use the objectives which you use to describe myself but, as a pragmatist and a realist making the best assessment I can of Australia's real long-term national interest in the South East Asian region, I must endorse the view-shared by the Prime Minister and, albeit with some reservations, by Senator Willesee and, as far as I know, by the alternative Prime Minister and now by the shadow Foreign Minister-that in the long-term the Australian/ Indonesian relationship is of overriding importance. Even if Indonesia were to move openly against Timor—which I do not believe it will-then I would still believe that it would be in our national interest to remain as uninvolved as possible and do our best to contain damage to the long-term Australian/Indonesian relationship as a result of a recrudescence of latent hostility to and fears of Indonesia in the Australian community. I believe influential persons-politicians, journalists, academics—who stimulate these fears and hostility are not doing Australia a service. Nobody likes to see big countries pushing small territories around or groups, however small, being denied self-determination but it is all much more complicated than that. And in the end our national interest and the inevitable geopolitical realities are bound to prevail over echoes of Wilsonian idealism.
There is a danger in this situation that, through the activities of a relatively small number of members of Parliament, journalists, and unionists, we shall come to be regarded in Indonesia as the only country in the region which is taking an unhelpful anti-Indonesian stand on this issue. Let us not lose our sense of perspective; let us not lose sight of Australia's fundamental interests.
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I regret this letter has become so long but this problem does need to be treated in more depth and with more objectivity than I believe it was in your article of 17 September. Indonesia deserves more understanding of its response to the unwanted dilemma which, mainly due to Portugal, it now finds on its doorstep, than it has been receiving in our media.
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[16] The Histopathology of the Liver in HIV+ and Acquired Immunodeficiency Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Individuals in the HAART Era
Jonathan L Yao, Peter Schiano, Susan Morgello, Maria Isabel Fiel. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY
Background: Histopathological changes in the liver of AIDS patients have not been well documented in the HAART era. With longer survival, patients are now developing more advanced and varied liver disease without the opportunistic infections that they once had. Recently, an association between didanosine and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) due to either nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) or hepatoportal sclerosis (HPS) in HIV patients has been described.
Design: Since 1999, our institution has accrued over 250 HIV+/AIDS autopsy cases via an NIH-funded Manhattan Brain Bank database. These individuals volunteer to donate their organs at post-mortem. From this cohort, we selected 77 archival liver autopsy specimens that were available for review and performed a detailed clinicopathological analysis. Grade and stage for chronic hepatitis was based on Batts and Ludwig scheme and grade and stage for steatohepatitis was based on the Brunt classification. Hepatoportal sclerosis was noted when there was phlebosclerosis and concurrent signs of portal hypertension such as splenomegaly were present.
Results: There were 40 males and 37 females; average age was 49 years (range = 20-84). Mean HIV infection duration was 11.7 years (range = 2 months-20 years). Six patients had recent (< 1 year) of HAART treatment. CD4 counts were documented for 39 patients: 14 with 0-100, 19 with 100-399, and 6 more than 400 CD4+ cells. Twenty-seven of 77 (35%) were (+) for viral hepatitis (19 HCV; 7 HCV+HBV; 1 HBV). Cirrhosis was seen in 15/27 (55%); 8 (30%) had NCPH (3NRH, 5 HPS); 4 (15%) had steatohepatitis. Only 1 of 8 patients with NCPH and positive viral hepatitis was taking HAART at the time of death. Of the 50 cases with negative viral hepatitis, 15/50 (30%) had cirrhosis; 19/50 (38%) had cryptogenic chronic hepatitis with fibrosis ranging from mild to advanced fibrosis; 11/50 (22%) had NCPH; 5/50 (10%) had steatohepatitis.
Conclusions: This study documents that significant liver disease occurs in HIV/AIDS. Our series shows that the incidence of noncirrhotic portal hypertension is high in this patient population and that chronic idiopathic hepatitis in the absence of HCV or HBV infection, and alcohol use is common. The etiology of this hepatitis remains to be elucidated. Patient involved in this study may have taken pre-HAART era medications such as didanosine, but was not documented.
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After graduating from Jackson State University, Twyner earned his JD from Ohio State University. While he was the managing attorney for Southeast Mississippi Legal Services, where he worked with low-income clients, Twyner decided that he needed to attend business school — he thought that many nonprofit organizations lacked people with business expertise, specifically, an MBA.
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