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DIA Opens Islamic Art Section
February 28, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Adil James, MMNS
As Muslims we always have great appreciation when our religion and the various expressions of our religion garner positive recognition and interest from respected non-Muslim institutions—sometimes in fact we take more pleasure from their taking notice than we do from recognition from our own Muslim institutions. And so we Muslims take great pleasure in the recent exhibition at the Detroit Institute of the Arts (DIA), called the "Gallery of Islamic Art," which was opened in a very exclusive event this past Saturday at the DIA at 5200 Woodward Ave. in Detroit. This event was by invitation, with valet parking and a $250 fee for dinner, a black tie event attended by ambassadors and museum officials, and important and well-connected people from Detroit's Muslim community.
The Islamic gallery itself is very interesting, and important as an expression of respect for Islam, however it is somewhat small, with about 1,000 square feet devoted to Islamic art—another slight detraction is that it seems to be a smorgasbord of Islamic art rather than an exhaustive or even organized look at Islamic art. There is one large Persian rug, many examples of pottery and ceramics, several copies of Qur`an, and some collections of ahadith, but surprisingly without translations, and a video demonstrating the art of Islamic calligraphy. There is perhaps as much space given to Christian and Jewish scripture (included as examples of Muslim tolerance, since they were made by Arabic speaking Jews and Christians living under Muslim rule) as there is to Muslim scripture in the exhibit.
There was some modern art which focused on Muslim themes, for example one painting by a modern Iranian painter on Sayyidinal Khadr (as)—who is mentioned in Qur`an. Modern art on Muslim themes, however, is not strictly Islamic art.
There is nothing in the exhibit on Qur`anic recitation, which is a vital Islamic art. There was to my noticing nothing from east Asia, or from central Asia, or from Africa. There were no modern devotional musical forms represented. There was to my noticing no poetry—one page of Rumi's poetry in the original text would have been beautiful. There was not clothing either—the entire exhibit could have been on Muslim turbans of various kinds and their meaning. Or on kufis from around the world. Or on any of many rich and different clothing traditions from around the Muslim world.
There is very minimal calligraphy, which by itself could fill the entire museum with many different and beautiful forms of expression, from Chinese to Arabic to Turkish and even Japanese forms. In fact, likely 1,000 square feet would not be enough space to do a thorough exhibit of any one of several Islamic art forms, such as calligraphy, carpets, architecture, or pottery.
But on the positive side, as a general approach the exhibit does show a long range of historical works up to the present, covering the past 600 years (including a Qur`an from the 1400s). And the exhibit does show materials from several countries, although perhaps it centers on Iran a little bit more heavily than elsewhere.
The striking thing about this exhibit is first that Islamic art is in reality something that is in use in daily life, not something that Muslims hide from daily view, from the prayer carpets Muslims use, to the recitation they perform at specified intervals, to the buildings they live in and gardens they nurture, and the clothing they create. And the natural and intrinsic beauty of this is different at a fundamental level from the concept of art as an icon that is produced and then ensconced in a museum for occasional admiration.
And, perhaps, another lesson from the exhibit is that Islamic art is something best demonstrated by Muslims themselves. Still, the DIA has done something very gracious and important by devoting a substantial and expensive portion of its real estate to opening the world of Islamic art to museum visitors.
The DIA also opened itself to Muslims from around Detroit, including TMO, which is a very important gesture–when we as Muslims still face tremendous pressure from prejudice and ignorance–it is an enlightened act to show an Islamic art exhibit in this time.
The Ritual Prayer of the Spiritual Elite
November 19, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
The traditional report (hadith) of Abu Hazim al-Araj (R)…
One day, while I was at the seashore, one of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) came up to me and said: "O Abu Hazim, do you know how to perform the ritual prayer?"
"How could I not know how to perform the ritual prayer", said I, "since I am thoroughly familiar with its strictly obligatory elements, as well as with the customary observances [ma 'stanna] established by Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace)?"
"He said: 'With what do you mark the opening of the ritual prayer'
"I said: 'With the affirmation of Allah's Supreme Greatness [bi't'takblr].'
"He said: 'And what [element of the prayer] is its manifest proof [burhan]?"
"I said: 'Its Qur'anic recitation [qira'a].'
"He said: 'And what is its jewel, its very essence [jawhar]?'
"1 said: 'Its glorification [of the Lord] [tasbih].'
"He said: 'And what is its animation [ihya]
"I said: 'Its humble submission [khushu ].'
"He said: 'And what is its humble submission [khushu']?'
"I said: 'Fixing one's gaze on the spot where the act of prostration [sujud] is to be performed.'
'He said: 'And what is its solemn dignity [waqar]
"I said: 'Its state of calm tranquility [sukun].'
"He said: 'And what is its consecration [tahrim]?'
"I said: 'The [initial] declaration of Allah's Supreme Greatness takbir].'
"He said: 'And what is its deconsecration [tahlil].'
"I said: 'The [concluding] salutation [taslim].'
"He said: 'And what is its emblem [shi ar]?
"I said: 'The glorification [of the Lord] [tasbih] when its performance has been duly completed.'
"He said: 'And what is the key to all of that, O Abu Hazim?'
"I said: 'The ritual ablution [wudu].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to the ritual ablution [miftah al-wudu]?"
"I said: The invocation of Allah's Name [tasmiya (Bismillah)].
"He said: 'And what is the key to the invocation of Allah's Name [miftah at-tasmiya]'!'
"I said: The intention [niyya].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to the intention [miftah an-niyyaj]?
"I said: 'Certitude [yaqin].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to certitude [miftah al-yaqin]?.'
"I said: 'Absolute trust [in the Lord] [tawakkul].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to absolute trust [miftah at-tawakkul]"
"I said: 'Fear [khawf]"
"He said: 'And what is the key to fear [miftah al-khawf]?
"I said: 'Hope [raja'].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to hope [miftah ar-raja]?
"I said: 'Patience [sabr].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to patience [miftah as-sabr]?'
"I said: 'Contentment [rida].'
"He said: 'And what is the key to contentment [miftah ar-rida]'!'
"I said: 'Worshipful obedience [ta'a]
"He said: 'And what is the key to worshipful obedience [miftah at-ta'a]?"
"I said: 'Acknowledgment [of truth and reality] [i'tiraf]'
"He said: 'And what is the key to acknowledgment [of truth and reality] [miftah al-i'tiraf]?
"I said: 'Acknowledgment of the Divine Oneness and Lordship [at-i'tiraf bi'l-wahdaniyya wa r-rububiyya]'
"He said: 'And by what means did you become acquainted with all of that?'
"I said: Through knowledge [ilm].'
"He said: 'And by what means did you acquire knowledge [ilm]?
"I said: Through the process of learning [ta allum].'
"He said: 'And by what means did you pursue the process of le [ta allum].'
"I said: Through intelligence [aql]
"He said: "And by what means did you acquire intelligence [aql]?"
"I said: There are two kinds of intelligence. For the making of one kind of intelligence, Allah is solely responsible, to the exclusion of His creatures. The other kind of intelligence is one that human beings can develop, through the discipline of training and education. When the two kinds are combined together as a team, each of them assists and supports the other."
"He said: 'And by what means did you accomplish all of that?"
I said: "Through the enabling grace of Allah. May Allah enable us, and you, to succeed in achieving that which is worthy of love and approval'
Excerpted from Al Ghunya li Talibi Tariq al-Haqq Vol 4


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…I am another story about a remake of The Prisoner…
Yes, the long mentioned, never made remount of cult classic The Prisoner is apparently back on, according to the fan club of the Patrick McGoohan original. In an "exclusive" news item on the website of Six of One, it is claimed that the remake will enter production in South Africa sometime in August and star Hollywood actor Jim Caviezel (The Count of Monte Cristo) as Number Six, with Sir Ian McKellen (summat about Hobbits) as Number 2.
The series, a joint venture between ITV Productions and American Movie Channel, is said to comprise six one hour episodes, all written by Lark Rise to Candleford scribe Bill Gallagher and directed by Jon Jones (Northanger Abbey).
Erm… this is a bit leftfield, isn't it? Sure, there has been talk of a The Prisoner remake for years now, with everybody from Mel Gibson to Christopher Eccleston touted to don Number 6's white piped jacket and comfy deck shoes. The fact it's never seen the light of day has come as no great surprise - and really, I'm not sure we need it anyway. The Prisoner was a unique piece of work, a strike of TV lightning never to be repeated… Until now, perhaps.
Still, Six of One do seem very sure of the facts, although in lieu of a more definite announcement from those in the know I shall sit looking sceptically over glasses and checking my watch every few minutes. Perhaps this one deserves the benefit of the doubt…
Casting wise, if true, I can see Ian McKellen making a superb Number 2 - although to embrace the spirit of the original, there should be a new Number 2 each week. Sadly I'm not so sure about Caviezel - he has a brooding intensity, but he could be a touch subtle for some of Number 6's more outward displays of anger at being banged up in The Village. But then, this is a new Number 6; he's not Patrick McGoohan.
Will there be Mini Mokes and filming at Portmeirion? Will Number 2 have a little butler? Will there be a giant bouncing balloon called Rover? I do hope so, it just wouldn't be The Prisoner without them.
TV Today will, of course, be watching developments on this story with interest.
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Montreal Canadiens versus Washington Capitals
November 28, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Musings and In-Game Scribbles
My English is as good as yours, I just write these in a stream-of-consciousness mode that I insist excuses me from small things like rules of grammar or general etiquette. Let's call it conversational English, hopped up on beans. You know what kind of beans (no, Carl Mellesmoen, not the magic ones)
Montreal Canadiens (12-12-1) host Washington Capitals (14-5-6)
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Game Twenty-Six (score posted following scribbles)
Musings and In-Game Scribbles are a "live blogging" of the game that are compiled (typed, actually) during the game and edited and posted shortly after the game.
Washington is in town. Semyon Varlamov is back in the house. Carey Price is in net for Montreal.
First Period
Caps win the faceoff and we start out with the lighting looking rather greenish. Caps control like it's a power-play early but the puck bounces to Cammalleri who clears it off the boards in the neutral zone and both teams make changes.
Metropolit backhands it for the first chance, in the slot.
Pacioretty takes a holding call. Houde tells us it is the 12th time in some appalling number of games that the Habs have taken the first penalty.
Canadiens kill it. No scoring chances for either team.
Now a puck caroms twice and squeaks to a stop in front of Price who traps it.
Backstrom turns in a jungle. Shoulders up left over the blue line, now a small half-moon turn. Eventually loses it but we see some beauty.
Caps start to carry the play. They're faster, they're healthier.
High shot goes wide and over Price's right shoulder. Puck jettisons to the blue line where an opposing diagonal results in a pinball goal.
Washington 1, Montreal 0
Within a minute, Washington scores again. Three-on-two. Backstrom drops it for Ovie and he blasts it in on a one-timer.
Washington 2, Montreal 0
Ovechkin's shot is an ordained one.
We see Vladislav Tretiak in the crowd. He's here because of Varlamov. But I miss the significance.
Pyatt is down to the left of Varlamov. Gets some support but it doesn't last. Now Giroux is in the box. After some early bouquets for the young player, who is temporarily promoted to the first line with Ovie and Bacsktrom we hear nothing on his penalty,
Canadiens first wave controls but can't generate a quality chance. Second wave enters with just thirty seconds left in the penalty.
Chipchura is on this wave.
Sergei Kostitsyn sends a lovely pass across the high crease. Fanned puck.
Canadiens are out of position often but hitting and determined. It's almost enough. But it isn't. Washington is slowly bleeding the momentum.
Varlamov makes a classic seventies toe-save on a busted pair break-in by Montreal.
Just three minutes left in the first period and we get a view of Jose Theodore, the former Hart trophy-winning Montreal Canadien (2001-02). Jose was the team's most valuable player in that two-round run that ended against Paul Maurice's Carolina Hurricanes in six games. Doug Gilmour, the former Leaf captain was wearing the "A" for alternate for Montreal at that time.
Backstrom follows up on a shot as Washington gets an extended stay in Montreal's zone. Giroux' careless cross-ice pass is intercepted and iced.
Washington is in again. Gorges' body-check relieves the puck-carrier of the disc. And out we go.
With seventeen seconds left, Washington is in yet again. They are the more skilled team tonight. And noticeably so. Montreal matches and sets the intensity level.
Montreal leads on shot, 7-4 but time of possession is surely in favour of Washington but that stat is never flashed.
Period ends.
First Intermission
Washington 2, Montreal 0
Was in the Hockey Hall of Fame today and noticed that the Canadiens' 100th anniversary display was down. Why would you dismantle it prior to the actual anniversary? Montreal celebrates their centennial on December 4th, 2009. That's in one week. So the Hockey Hall of Fame won't have anything to show for that day. What a blunder.
We see some dangerous-looking hits. Francois Gagnon's filmwork inspires a debate in my own living room as my secretly iconoclast buddy from Wainwright (by way of Melville) submits me to his educational hockey jargon. I admit he has some points.
Ottawa is beating Boston. I look for Kovalev in the highlights but he is not to be seen. Steve Ayotte would say "I told you so. See? See?"
Ah, the vagaries of invisibility. Is he crafty and secretive like Gretzky? Or is he lazy and oafish like Chester McGlockton?
Second Period
Washington 2, Montreal 0
Semyon Varlamov is 12-1-1 in his first 14 games. Only the sixth goaltender in NHL history to win twelve of his first fourteen games. Great stat from RDS.
Puck bings to the front and Varlamov has to play dead in the crease. What a chance, says Houde.
Now Ovechkin gets in alone, starts click-clicking, stick and puck multi-deking. Seems to lose control but gets a back-hand in the crease and Price extends his pad to stop it. Made Price look better than he was on the play. But that's fine. Isn't it?
Pace has picked up. Montreal's physical chase style, ending many with checks is working. They are winning more of the board and space battles.
They control and move it but can't get into the Washington zone. Another similar effort from Chipchura results in his getting taken down by Beagle behind Price.
Montreal goes to their first power-play.
Replay of the Ovechkin entry is from behind Price and this replay makes the save seem more impressive. Ovie had better control, seemingly than first impression.
Canadiens can't establish their square in the first sixty seconds.
Second wave with Bergeron at the point do get it in but keep it there for only three seconds.
With ten seconds Montreal gets one more chance. Pass skims from Hamrlik along the blue line and Spacek fires from a distance. Scores.
Washington 2, Montreal 1.
Canadiens are warmed and the ice melts. We see a two-Hab on one Cap bun-crush on the back-boards. The hitting increases.
We see Tretiak talking to his seatmate. He is wearing a black jacket and a violet-mauve dress shirt. He is looking about his age. He is in his mid-fifties. Tretiak was the dominant goaltender in Russian hockey through the seventies and eighties. He is perhaps Russia's single greatest hockey legend. Valeri Kharlamov and Slava Fetisov are also in that group.
Price freezes the puck after a long skating period.
Nearly twelve minutes left in the second period. Lapierre leads a three-on-two, coasts to a less-high speed as he scrolls over the hash … passes through to the right corner of the crease and it is just too far.
Moen line is on. Metropolit and Pacioretty. They are matched against the Ovechkin line.
Quick look on the bench. Montreal looks business-like. Calm. Focused. Paul Mara and Josh Gorges were the faces seen most closely.
Crowd is ebullient and on low crest.
Bergeron keeps the action in the cauldron. Sergei Kostitsyn is on with Plekanec and the younger brother shows his distinctive stick-handling style.
Action goes the other way and we see Price sprawled and saviour. (It's my site, it's my sentence) Puck does not get in. Houde thinks it's the post. Crowd chants Carey-Carey, they think he was the difference-maker. It was a goalmouth maw with arm and red legpad. Almost and never.
Shot came about from an Ovechkin one-on-one move that resulted in a solo shot with Capital follow-up. First shot butt-seated Price, second shot made him a flat-back V. And somehow a save. Replay doesn't show it from this angle. Again, we need that helicopter coach's view.
Shot of Hamrlik and the minutes are making him young. He is a vital part of the defence again. The most vital part. With number-one man Andrei Markov injured for at least another three months, Hamrlik has seen his minutes climb. He was ranked in the top ten in the NHL for minutes played per game. Though he has been in the league since 1992, he is logging a younger man's minutes.
Plekanec makes an entry. Slows. Left. Tries to beat his man right. Retains the puck. Finally loses it. Houde and the crowd held our attention with their voices.
Another entry. Cammalleri. In front. Plekanec. Missed assignments by the Caps. Cammalleri stumbles backward. Another Cap misses. Plekanec backhands. Stopped. Takes it. Backhands again. In.
Plekanec scores.
Montreal 2, Washington 2
The goal-scoring skirmish was put in motion by Sergei Kostitsyn and we hear Roman Hamrlik's name mentioned as getting an assist.
Over five minutes left in the second. Montreal is in again. My guest says it's offside. I don't see it.
Varlamov crouches like an auto mechanic as he readies for the faceoff to his right. He reminds me of a snow batman sans cape. That crouch, with his stick lifted slightly off the ice, both arms nervy and wavering, staunch and alert. The glove, high and ready.
White and Pyatt hold it in and Mara helps by coming up to the hash and chipping it to the rear. Nine seconds of control. Puck leaves. Now it stops on the boards in the neutral zone.
The ice is white with the sklished snow. Rising flakes are white sparks.
Canadiens make it look like a better moment from 08-09. Varlamov is on his knees. Caps are hurly and burly. Varlamov on his side. On his scream. But Bergeron's slot shot in a wretched crowd goes wide. Wrister, too. Tsk. Houde says it was a certain goal.
Hamrlik pass bounces off the back of an unseeing skate.
Mara takes it from behind the net.
Some forechecking from Washington fails and the Canadiens exit with a brief two-on-two. Pyatt can't make anything worthwhile happen. This time.
Just under a minute in the second period.
Sergei Kostitsyn is making another name for himself. Eighteen seconds left.
Price to Hamrlik to this left. Over to Gorges.
Three on two but Moen loses it. Period ends.
Second Intermission
Montreal 2, Washington 2
Bouchard says something irritating for the first time in months. Maybe ever. He says if he wants the Stanley Cup, he'll go with Crosby. If he wants to sell t-shirts and the like, he'll go with Ovechkin. At the end of their respective careers, Ovie will have more hardware and more Stanley. Oh. And more chocolate bar deals. Stop smiling, Joel.
Joel Bouchard works with Jean-Sebastien Giguere on another Francophone-only segment where we get some cool hockey education.
Bouchard still has wheels and balance.
Highlights. Boston scores. And again. Krejci and Chara. A Czech cab-driver assured me last winter that David Krejci will be better than Jaromir Jagr when their careers are done. He was quite confident. He was about 49 years old.
Bouchard and Demers say that they need to keep playing the same way they played in the second period. Crete is very pleased to ask his boothmates which of three unlikely teams (including Atlanta and Tampa Bay) will make the playoffs and Bouchard goes with the Lightning.
Demers says that Price has played very well. My detail-oriented (and rebellious) guest says that Price is giving up long rebounds and that it will catch up to the team if it continues. He says that goalies give up these kinds of rebounds when they cheat and don't square to the puck or if they are losing concentration.
My Maverick's prediction: 4-3 Washington in a shootout. "I think you're going to see a big hit by Washington that changes the complexities of this game. I think he means complexion. He assures me that he means complexities and that being from the West allows him this word-luxury.
Third Period
Montreal 2, Washington 2
Caps get an early shot. Wild and alive. Also high and off a defender's foot.
We resume with 90 seconds elapsed. Was that the big hit, I wonder? No.
Slot pass misses all sticks and the Canadiens are retrieving the puck from the corner to the left of Price.
Beagle centres it after Washington re-establishes their superiority.
Now Giroux takes his second penalty. No bouquets.
Brooks Laich takes a penalty while Montreal controlled deep. Bergeron was behind Varlamov.
Five on three with one minute and fifteen seconds to use.
Puck is not moving fast enough. Two shots. Nothing serious. Now it's pushed out. First penalty comes to an end in ten seconds as Montreal regroups.
Montreal gets some late pressure. Thirty seconds.
Shot. Slot. Shot again. Moen can't get it. To the point. Bergeron. Wrister. In. Bergeron.
Maverick: "Goalie never saw it"
Montreal 3, Washington 2.
Hamrlik, looking like an old and slow and tall Lafleur, goes around two guys as he moves to the Washington blue line. Washington takes it back eventually and moves it down.
Metropolit makes his way, with the puck, through two defenders and gets a shot. Gets a shot. How. Rebound is out to Moen who shoots into the cookie dough that is Simeon Varlamov. Sculpted, athletic goalie that he is.
Puck goes into play and then out of play very quickly.
Price falls as he clears it. Gets back up.
I am told by Maverick, soon afterward, that Price is in the zone. Cross-ice pass deflection and Price's didn't-have-to-think-about-it blocker save indicates his frame of mind. He is in a syntactic, semantic, synaptic, fluid state.
Pacioretty takes a penalty. Ten and a half minutes left in the period.
White blocks a shot. Lies on it. Gets away with it. Should have been a delay of game. He's on the Montreal bench and his glee is apparent. Got it. Got away with it. Hell of a blocked shot, though. Haven't seen a forward block a shot more than four times this season. It's a stat casualty form the change-over. Attitude casualty? That one is more complex to answer.
And I have one commercial to address it. The team is more consistent, works harder, but doesn't yet go above and beyond. I'm going to say that once the trust is there for this team, we will see a more robust, risk-taking and mentally and emotionally resilient team than the last incarnation, miss it though I do.
We resume outside the Montreal zone to the right of Price (offside faceoff dot).
Washington comes up with it. Long pass is intercepted. Pyatt is in. To Kostitsyn. Cammalleri has it. He is knocked down. Crowd. Boos a bit. Houde acknowledges it.
Caps exit. Set up. Pass to the slot. Price is time-machine ready. Pads flat and spread in the butterfly.
Out and back in. And more of the same.
Pyatt works to keep it in to the left of Varlamov. Lapierre supports and his flounder and net, his stick and slow-down keep the puck in seaweed for an icy while. About nine seconds.
We're back in Montreal territory as the ice gets sticky and the resolve wanes on both sides. Washington has skated miles for not much sugar. And the energy is dropping.
O'Byrne keeps it away using his reach and keeps it on his back-hand. This is new for me. I didn't know he had that kind of control and grace, awkward as it looks. And it works.
Ovie is getting booed. I'm surprised. Every time he touches the puck, it happens. Any great enemy player gets that treatment. And any perceived "bad guys". Knuckleheads in the potato section.
Just two and a half minutes left. The last time Washington played Montreal, the game went into overtime and then to the shootout. Same thing this time?
Faceoff. Ovechkin benefits. Carries up against a square of four Canadiens inside the blue line. Can't complete his bold ambition.
Now Fleischmann is sent in by Clark. Blast from inside the blue line.
Ovechkin is getting booed again (don't boo him, he's the best this league has to offer). Long shift. Caps are stopped again. Can't get set up.
Now with just under a minute Backstrom captures it deep to the left of Price. To the point. Shot. Stopped. To the point again. Shot. Wide. Behind. Carey gives it away. Along the boards. Montreal survives it. Price saved the almost instant shot result. Pad to the ice
Backstrom gets it.
Whistle. Net off. Penalty. Mara says "What?!"
It's a high stick call against Mara.
Washington power-play.
Caps scores. Quickly off the faceoff.
Eleven seconds left. Plekanec got a draw on the faceoff. Went to the back. Shot. Rebound. Eric Fehr backhanded it in on the five-hole. As Price slid across, left to right.
Period ends with some forechecking from Montreal but nothing more.
Montreal leads on shots on goal 22-20.
We see Ryan White and Sergei Kostitsyn. Head coach Jacques Martin is behind them. Three versions of concern. (And all you young kids out there, you young hockey writers, never capitalize "head coach". [Cherry tone] And doing so is a bit of a misplacement, as well)
Plekanec is on with Cammalleri.
Shot by Cammalleri. From the circle. Plekanec gathers the rebound and goes around. Looks very promising. Big gap. But then he backhands the pass right onto a Capital blade.
Caps create their own chance. Price has to be very sharp. And he loses sight of it. But his pads make the save for him. Puck bounces left.
Ovechkin sails in and passes to the slot, leading, leading his teammate. No.
Whistle after a harmless shot by Pacioretty.
O'Byrne. In the corner. With an ape. Keeps it. Plays the ape himself. Rolls it to the other side. And it goes out. Many more O'Byrne encounters end well these days.
Cammalleri little-mans it to keep the puck alive deep. Plekanec arrives but the puck goes too far for him. Plekanec gives it away with a backhand pass again.
Pacioretty takes it in. Total dead move. Lost it.
He gets it in front on his backhand, loping out of the corner. He's mildly tripped as he takes another threatless shot.
On the other end, Price is asked to make another high quality stop. He remains noticeably better than in October.
Cammalleri is up first. Skates. A coast. Waits. One foot up. Shot. That's it? That's all? (God nods yes. No goal.)
Fleischmann. Price. Snake. It's a pad save, readers.
Lapierre. Brakes on bicycle. Baseball shot. Post. Brunet said Varlamov was beaten.
Ovie. Not a great effort. Or something. It fails. Fakes the shot. Deke is slow.
Does that 45-angle start again (goes in from the far side at the blue line and angles in). Long forehand to long backhand deke. Two hands on the stick. Varlamov extends. Stops it.
Backstrom goes in. Shoots. High. Blocker side. Scores.
Washington 3
Montreal 2 (SO)
HDS Stars; Nicklas Backstrom, Carey Price, Tomas Plekanec
RDS Stars: Alexander Ovechkin, Roman Hamrlik, Eric Fehr
maverick's prediction comes true … he said at the beginning of the third that Montreal would lose to Washington in the shootout … earlier today he was dead wrong when he said that Steve Smith's own-goal came in the second period (it was the third) … 1985-86 playoffs Calgary Flames defeated Edmonton Oilers in seven games … google it …
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Thank you for taking the time to read my post! I am moving and need to sell a few items. One of which is this armoire. I am told it is either English or Irish, around 1900. The dimensions are: Height-6 ft. 10 in., Width-6 ft. 4 in. and Depth-1 ft. 7 in. It is in great condition with one exception - the left side door is unhinged. Some of the woodwork is damaged. I just lift it off to use the inside. So, would any of you hazard a guess as to what I should ask? Is Craigslist the best option? I am in San Francisco. Thanks so much! Maggie |
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Nice. I have a friend who has a similar one she lugged to LA from London. CL is your best bet and I dunno--$300? $400? Search around and see what's the going rate for these. |
Thanks, ideefixe! Was hoping to get a bit more but maybe I am completely off the mark. I am waiting to hear from a dealer here to see what he thinks. From there I will probably post on CL. Appreciate your help! |
Around here in Vancouver I think that would count as a fairly unusual piece due to the carving. Quite nice. But the damage will reduce the value considerably. Plus the middle doesn't open, that would reduce its attraction. $300-400 is probably realistic. You can always start by being optimistic if you list it! But check other listings and look into stores first. The way price works is that people shopping on craigslist expect to pay about half what they would in a store. Since the store will pay you about half if they take it on consignment, you'll more or less get the same price either way. If you're in a rush to get it out, then you'd have to hope you can find a dealer who'll take it - often a household consignment store will if a "real" antiques dealer won't. If you're not in a rush, then you can post it on craigslist and wait... sometimes for a long time, sometimes having to repost a few times. So how you sell is really more about time than about money. KarinL |
- Posted by patty_cakes (My Page) on Fri, Mar 18, 11 at 12:59
I've seen very similar armoires at auctions go for as little as $250 since there isn't any carving. Even the beautiful carved ones go for as little as $400. Seems these days people find them too bulky, but I have 3, two of which house tv's. ;o) |
Thanks for your responses! I am going to list on CL and hope for the best. Maggie |
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When you leave college and start playing professionally, the amount of down time seems mind-boggling. Being without a car in an unfamiliar city as Goepfert is must really pile on the available hours.
At least we know what he's been using it for. Here's GeffMan, asking the hard-hitting questions on TV.
After grinding out years in the minors and now being on a European tour, I can tell you that the lifestyle of a pro hockey player away from the rink isn't as glamorous as one may think. Given, I've never spent a day in the NHL besides my two week training camp (my first year pro) where I pulled my groin on day two. I spent the rest of the camp biking next to JS Giguere as he recovered from his hernia surgery. (I was in awe, and became socially awkward during our conversations. Perhaps that's a story for another blog.)
The schedules are normally pretty light during the season. Practice in the morning, then you are pretty much done by the early afternoon. Here in Germany, I only get two english channels, so my TV consumption is mainly TV shows, DVDs and the movies.
Now most of you are thinking, "why not bounce around and check out the sights or travel?" Well for one, this year I didn't ask the team to provide me with a car, as I'm centrally located and the inner New Yorker in me doesn't mind walking around…though grocery shopping is a pain.
I have seen so many series and movies that for this blog I thought I would rant about some things in movies or shows I have watched that have irked me and left me with unanswered questions. I have posted some of these on Twitter, so if you are reading them again, then they weren't answered. There will be no rhyme or reason to this next rant.
1) 24: Why are Jack Bauer's theories and methods questioned? The guy gets results and pretty much single-handedly brings down terrorist plot after terrorist plot despite the constant change in leadership. It seems every 7 hours, CTU has a new asshole commander. And when does he pee or eat? I would love just a small shot of JB, like in those four screened shots they do, in the top right at McD's just mowing down a Big Mac.
2. Signs: You're telling me this intelligent alien life form invades earth which is 80% water (didn't fact check that one but it has to be close to 80 right?) not knowing that A) it is 80% water and B) that water kills them. I'll tell you one thing, somebody on the Alien Research and Development team got fired. And I'll tell you a second thing. Joaquin Phoenix swings a baseball bat like a middle school girl. And for the minor league home run leader, he really choked up on that bat, so much so that I thought he was going to sacrifice bunt the Alien. Enough M. Knight….
3. Lord of the Rings: Couldn't Gandolf summon one of those eagles that picked up Frodo and Sam at the end and SEND them on their backs to Mordor and destroy the ring in the first place? And if everyone else in Middle Earth knows how to destroy the ring, I assume Sauron does too. You would think he would put some guards around the one place that destroys the ring. Or at least a periodic gaze every minute over there to check it out. And can we talk about how many chicks Legolas probably got in Rivendell? Geffman-esque….
4. House: Why is it never Lupus? Every episode it seems Lupus is always a possibility, but it never is. You can always bank on House's first 3 guesses being wrong too.
5. Paranormal Activity: Everyone has secrets. I get it. But it takes a real bitch of a person not to tell your boyfriend before you move in with him that a demon has been following you since you were six. I don't know when that conversation would come up, probably a deal breaker, but it is a conversation that needs to be had none the less. And honestly, if I am filming my house and get footage of my girlfriend standing at the foot of the bed from 1am-4am, rocking back and forth in a trance, I am gone like the wind. Call me heartless, call me all the names in the book, but no chance that relationship works out. 10 minutes after I see that footage, I am on a beach somewhere with a pina colada in my hand having left a note with two words, "Good Luck."
6. Sons of Anarchy: Jax, I know you have captured the hearts of the female population with your bad boy biker routine, but your "tough guy" walk needs work. Too much arm swaying and your strides are too long.
7. The Wicker Man: Where's my refund?
I can go on and on – my TV addiction might be something that needs looking into – but I do have an editor (@jtbourne) that is a stickler for my word count. I hope you enjoyed reading, and feel free to add some of your "irks", "questions," or "peeves."
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A computer-based speech training system has been developed for children. The system is able to perform diagnostics and training in Malay language at both syllable and word level. The system allows children with difficulty in articulating plosive sounds to train with the computer to correct their speech articulation problems. Besides that, the system also provides audio and visual feedback to make the children aware of their errors of articulation. Sixteen Malay monosyllables and 16 bisyllabic Malay words are selected as the stimulus items. All these syllables and words have a plosive consonant-vowel structure (CV or CVCV). The system tests showed that it has the potential to be used in schools, homes and speech therapy clinics.
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3. After Earth
This is really in here to make a point, that any product of M. Night Shamalamadingdong is an unbearable future contained all within itself.
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Likelihood: It was bad enough that the movie happened.
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2. Robocop
It's the future in Detroit and a mega-corporation called OCP owns and controls everything. People are constantly bombarded with commercials for ridiculous products on TV. The unemployment rate is soaring. Crime is rife due to non-existent gun regulation and an overtaxed police force. The city is run by white collar criminals constantly coming up with new schemes to exploit the system and profit off the backs of the gullible masses.
Likelihood: As a YouTube comment put so succinctly "All came true in Detroit - except the technical advance". True, as a future for mankind as a whole it doesn't suck all the much, but the movie so accurately predicted the current decrepit state of Detroit so many years ago based on one principle - crap floats, that's why the worst people rise to the top. That makes for a very real and very crappy future.
1. Elysium
All the super rich people live off-planet, in an artificial ring-shaped environment named Elysium. All the poor people are stuck on Earth, which has effectively just become a garbage dump. What scarce resources left are mined for the benefit of the off-worlders, who are bereft of disease and imperfection due to super medical pods that heal everything, including a blown-off face.
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Likelihood: The main traits of this sombre vision already take place in the present. 80% of the world's population live in places where the income gap is steadily widening. 22,000 children die daily due to poverty. The richest 20% of the world make up 75% of total world income. 50% of the world population survives on less than $2.50 a day. 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water. The super-rich might not live in space yet, but from those sequestered away in their skyscrapers and penthouses, they might as well be.
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I was looking for something little different for the house I just completed. I was replacing the doors and using a simple craftsman type door and shaker cabinets. I used an idea from a 1920's house I owned which was back banding a 1X4 and then I just used plain 1x4's for the base.
I am moving and currently renovating the new house. I am using the craftsman doors again but found 1x4's I used in the last house to be a little too heavy looking once I got them all in so I ordered all the moldings for the new house from a lumber yard and went with a similar look but the backband is built into the molding and the base is thinner. I chose 420 for my door and window casings and 433LM for my base from the attached catalogue. Both very simple but different from what you get at the big box stores and see in most houses. No pictures to show, I have 1000 sq ft in the garage waiting to be installed. I negotiated the price and got it for less than I would have paid at the big box store. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Millworks catalogue
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The Hiawatha Valley Marines will meet on Thursday, August 4, at the Winona Area Veterans Center at 7:00 p.m. All Marines and Corpsmen who served with the USMC are urged to attend. Agenda items will include Identification of the speaker for the USMC birthday dinner, finalization of plans for the Goodview Days Parade and the annual picnic, involvement of spouses/significant others in the HVMs, and the focus of the Hiawatha Valley Marines as a social or community service organization.
Cathedrals Young At Heart group will meet on August 4, starting with a 12:10 p.m. Mass. It will be followed by a lunch at 12:45 p.m. of baked chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, fruit salad, peach desert and beverage. The cost of the meal is $3.00. After lunch we will be entertained by singer and musician Patti Darbo. Reservations are a MUST. Please call Marge at 454-3433 no later than August 1st for reservations and if you need a ride. All are welcome.
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"I design closets and dressing rooms for a living — but I haven't had time to work on my own! It's a basic 8-by-8-foot space with two long walls of storage. The trick in any closet is to maximize space. I designed these velvet hangers, which are flat rather than curved, so you can fit more on the rod. Even though my closet is nothing special, it still illustrates my core philosophy: You should feel like you're 'shopping' when you're in your closet, and that means being able to see all your options. Organization is the key to finding what's in there. Arranging clothing by colors helps. Being neat is essential. And you should store off-season items up high, or in some other space, so they don't get in your way." -MELANIE CHARLTON FASCITELLI


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Ubisoft Reveals Pax Prime Lineup
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Posted by DaRipp3r on August 21, 2014 under Euro, Mac, News, PCParadox Interactive today revealed that Ancient Space, a new story-driven real-time strategy (RTS) game from developer CreativeForge Games, will be coming to Windows and Mac PCs in Fall 2014. Ancient Space is a single-player, real-time strategy title that puts the player in command of a fleet conducting a scientific mission on the edge of the known universe, charting what lies beyond in '... more. -
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Posted by STGuy1040 on August 20, 2014 under Featured Review 2, PS4, ReviewsJust when you thought those adorable worms couldn't inflict anymore damage, Team 17 steps into the next gen arena with Worms Battlegrounds for Playstation 4. A port of Worms Clan Wars for PC, Battlegrounds includes twenty-five single-player story missions, ten 'Worm-Up' time attack missions, and five new era-specific environments (i.e. Inca, Feudal Japan, Viking, Industrial Revolution and Prehisto... more. -
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Wycliffe (WYC) | New International Version (NIV) |
25 Jeremy most (of all), of whom all [the] singers and singeresses till into [the] present day rehearse (his) lamentations, either wailings, on Josiah (and Jeremiah bewailed him most of all, and all the singers and singeresses recite his lamentations, or his wailings, upon Josiah unto this present day); and it came forth as a law in Israel, Lo! it is said written in [the] Lamentations. | 25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the men and women singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments. |
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These are a dollar well-spent if you're looking for a pretty, slightly sticky, highly-pigmented gloss. The colors are all nice, very pigmented.
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This is a photo-tutorial in PDF form on 3-loop braids that I made last year for another site. You can scroll through the tutorial in the thumbnail window to view it. It can also be downloaded as a free pdf file. Videos and suggestions for materials are below the photo-tutorial. Enjoy!


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Save the Date: 2011 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Prostate Cancer Course
Dr. Lepor will be the director for this course for practicing and academic urologists and radiologists, to be held in New York City, June 24-25.
The primary goal is to provide the urologist and radiologist with a comprehensive review of the issues and technology pertinent to minimally invasive therapy for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Prostate cancer represents the second most common cause of cancer deaths in American men. Despite these daunting mortality statistics, a significant subset of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will suffer no consequences from their disease if untreated. Today, the range of treatment offered for localized prostate cancer includes active surveillance, radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy and cryoablation. There is increasing interest in new minimally invasive ablative technologies for the treatment of prostate cancer including high intensity focused ultrasound and phototherapy which are being developed to minimize the complications of treatment. The challenge is to individualize treatment based upon life expectancy and expectations of the patient, and the risk profile of the cancer.


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According to James Cameron, Avatar's homeworld of Pandora contains a rich, complex heritage and culture. Step away from the sales-speak, and it's an old-fashioned tale of progress versus tradition, science versus spiritualism, bullets versus spears, and humans versus 10-foot-tall blue blokes. It's basically cowboys and Indians, with helicopters and dragons.
This isn't the same story as the movie - you'll have to choose which side you're on pretty quickly. After a brief controls tutorial, you'll be forced into a stark decision, and it's a permanent decision that decides the entire course of the game.
Playing as the opposing factions is as similar as it is different: choose Na'vi, and you'll be low on ammo, and rely more heavily on your special powers. As a human, you'll be able to construct ammo depots on your progress through a level, allowing you to rely much more heavily on flamethrowers. As a human you also get a remarkably similar set of special powers, so it's considerably easier. And the Na'vi have to deal with the agonising flight controls of the Banshee: the only system to make us hold our hands in front of our face and scream at them for 20 seconds.
Avatar's controls are often frustrating: the third-person combat works fine when you're engaged in gun combat, but indoors and in melee, there's a fat-thumbed clumsiness to the game. It's all tilted towards the human side: being a hippy blue dude is hard work.
Either way, you'll have access to the War Room sub-game - a modified version of the Risk board game that feeds from your in-game XP earnings, and offers rewards that plug straight back into the real-world running and shooting. It's a peculiar addition, as the War Room world map seems completely divorced from the real world - but it's also an intriguing diversion, and it's good to see your XP earnings going somewhere more interesting than an arbitrary level-up.
Avatar is a strange game. It's beautiful, and it does things in its own way, which is actually something of a rarity for direct movie licences these days. Sometimes, this works beautifully. Often, it's awkward and unfriendly. It's a beautiful duckling that doesn't turn into a swan.
Stands alone from the film, proud and awkward
- Does old things in a new way
- Pandora is a beautiful and filled world
- Tons of challenges to keep you busy
- Riding a Banshee is dire
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Vancouver park board to hold meeting on proposed community centre agreement
The Vancouver park board will hold a special meeting on Monday (February 4) about a contentious proposal to change its operating agreement with community centre associations.
Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Niki Sharma said the meeting is intended to provide board members with an update on its discussions with presidents of community associations on the issue.
The proposed new operating agreement, which would see revenues generated from programs and room rentals at park board facilities collected and distributed by the park board, has been drawing increased opposition, with hundreds of people packing the Kerrisdale Community Centre earlier this week.
Park board staff say the proposed new agreement is intended to ensure equity across the city's "have and have not" community centres. But critics see the proposed funding model as a "cash grab," according to Non-Partisan Association park board commissioner Melissa De Genova.
"This is Vision Vancouver's idea of stripping the public of their money, and in a sense, their power in their own communities," she charged in a phone interview.
De Genova has submitted a motion for the next park board meeting at the end of February regarding the operating agreement, and is hoping to have the discussion moved to Monday's meeting. The motion calls for the park board to set up public meetings in communities throughout Vancouver to consult on the new operating agreement, and for the board to direct staff to retain a third-party facilitator for further discussions with community centre associations.
Sharma said the board has already been working to set up a facilitated negotiation with the associations. She noted that a group of 13 community centre associations submitted a proposal to the park board in early January indicating they are prepared to accept memberships purchased at any community centres, and to accept Leisure Access Cards at association-run fitness centres.
"One of the things that I feel very positive about is the fact that there seems to be an acceptance for I'm not sure all but at least the majority of centres to accept our LAC pass for low-income residents, and that's fabulous, because now that's one huge step that we've been working towards," Sharma told the Straight by phone. "The next step is figuring out how to fund that—how do we share and how do we fund a system like that."
Kate Perkins, the chair of the community association presidents group, said facilitated negotiations were part of the proposal submitted by the 13 associations.
"That was our ask, and they have responded that they would like to come to the table," she said in a phone interview. "I'll be sending a response back to say that those centres signed onto this would like to move forward with negotiations. We're just vetting a facilitator that we said would be mutually agreed upon, and look forward to sitting down at the table and getting this done."
"There's a lot of common ground there, and I think that we can work together to achieve that," she added. "But what that takes is dialogue."
According to a presentation from Vancouver park board staff, the new operating agreement for community centres is intended to ensure that a single membership card can be accepted at community centres across the system, in addition to the low-income LAC card, that programming and fees are optimized across communities, and that resources are allocated among associations "to optimize the whole network of centres".
The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 4 at the West End Community Centre.
Centralized control will further split the haves from the have-nots, increase costs for those least able to pay, benefit those who have the luxury and carbon footprint to drive across town to use another centre, and starve our neighbourhoods of the voluntarism that builds strong community ties and delivers the most caring and responsive programs.
Vancouver is a livable and wonderful place to call home in large part because of our hard-working, independent and diverse community associations.
Since Vision Vancouver took power of our city in 2008, Vancouver has steadily slipped down in the world rankings of livability. Are these blatant attacks on our communities perhaps the reason why? Is this the reason why sales of homes in Vancouver last year plummeted by 20-40%?
Is this part of the political sell-out of everything we once loved about our city: our views, our street life, affordability, plentiful jobs, accessible recreation, and our heritage buildings? How much longer will we take this blatant disrespect, and watch our communities suffer?
Also, who pays for the operation of the programs and the centre - the city or the Boards - if I pay taxes to operate a community centre - then the city should get the money and determine how to spend, if the boards pay for the operation (heat,light, admin, supervision) of the centres, then they are certainly entitled to their money!


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Are you growing that as a house plant? It looks like a fantastically healthy Chenopodium album - mugwort, fat hen or lambs quarters. But if the stems are a bit woody and the leaves a bit felty it could be an Atriplex of some kind. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Chenopodium album
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 20, 14 at 15:11
i was going to suggest that was the healthiest weed i ever saw ... lambs quarter.. lol ... please.. favor us with the history ... pot outside in summer... friend with a bizarre sense of humor??? regardless.. its healthy.. and rather pretty .. so what if its a weed .. enjoy it ... just dont let it go to seed... it will be all over the house.. lol .. ken |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Jan 20, 14 at 17:27
Hope it doesn't ruin that wood table, is that water all around the bottom of the pot? |
- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 20, 14 at 17:36
Flora - I've never seen lamb's quarters called "mugwort." Mugwort to me is Artemisia vulgaris. Gotta love common names - there are so many and they are such a source of confusion since we all have different ones! :) FataMorgana |
Fatamorgana - you are dead right. I got my mugworts and my fat hens mixed up. I only learned Lambs Quarters from GW. Do we all think it is C album? It looks so hefty and bushy, I have a needling doubt. Maybe it's been pinched back by someone? |
- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 14 at 18:16
A well-tended lamb's quarters to be sure. I suspect someone sowed seed and this grew as opposed to the seed that was sown. Wouldn't be the first time tell-tended weeds were thought to be something else. OP- A "weed" is in the eye of the beholder. If you enjoy the plant, please keep it. Chenopodiums, including this one, have been cultivated for their edible leaves and seeds. Quinoa is a sister species that looks very similar (I couldn't tell the young plants apart in the garden!) and it is a tasty and nutritious gourmet grain. So enjoy the beauty and useful nature of the species. Flora- I have seen plants other than A. vulgaris as mugwort so I thought this may be another example. I love the confusion of common names! :) FataMorgana |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 9:39
I had no idea this plant (assuming Chenopodium) had the potential to be so attractive. Wish all of my house plants looked this great after being stuck inside for a couple months. A lot of the house plants I dragged down here from OH are just noxious weeds here but I still have some of them in a pot. If you like it, more power to you! I can see how this could make a valuable/interesting contribution to a mixed outdoor planter. AFAIK, it's a true annual, so it could be an interesting experiment to see how long you can keep this alive. |
- Posted by SpermFeather none (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 11:03
Thanks everyone. Lamb Quarters. Yes it did look like a seedling of something else I was trying to plant and that's why I let it live... It's planted in no-smell manure and I give it dynamic TLC that's why it looks so healthy. Believe it or not that's about 45 days of growth. Its roots completely took over all the soil and are coming out of the bottom hole and it inhales water so I've been flooding it all day and it has insane growth. Pretty for a weed! |
- Posted by SpermFeather none (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 11:05
By the way - this plant came from a bag of no-smell manure. |
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26 Healthiest Summer Sides
by Toby Amidor in Grilling, Healthy Recipes, May 17, 2012Fat-drenched side salads are the norm when it comes to cook-outs. But lighten up the dressing and you'll be able to savor those delicious spring flavors—fresh fruit, veggies, and herbs—in every bite. Here are 26 side dishes that'll make your mouth water– all for less than 250 calories per serving.
Grilled Veggie Sides
Toss those farmers' market finds or extra veggies in your CSA box right on the grill. It's a perfectly simple way to enjoy fresh veggies.
- Grilled Bok Choy
- Grilled Scallions
- Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta and Mint (pictured above)
- Grilled Shiitake Mushroom Salad on Mizuna with Ponzu Style Dressing
- Grilled Brussels Sprouts
- Grilled Asparagus
- "Old Bay" Grilled Steak Fries
- Garlic and Herb Sweet Potato Fries
- Marinated Grilled Cherry Tomato Skewers
- Grilled Summer Squash
Cold Veggie Salads
Dress up your salads by tossing them in your favorite dressing—just don't drown the veggies! Aim for 2 tablespoons of dressing per serving.
- Snow Pea, Radish and Scallion Salad
- Corn and Asparagus Salad
- Cucumber Salad
- Creamy Broccoli Slaw
- Chopped Salad with Lemon and Dill
- Spinach and Strawberry Salad
- Cucumber and Watercress Salad
- Tomato Fennel Salad
- Black-Eyed Pea and Spinach Salad
Grain Salads
Grain salads are the perfect way to enjoy whole grains and get your daily dose of fiber. These salads have less than 250 calories each because portions are kept to about ¾-cup servings.
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With Feta and Mint? Wow, looks great. I can't wait to try out some of these salads for summer.
Not as healthy as a salad, but come check out the Bacon Waffles I had last weekend. http://www.becauseofmadalene.com/2012/05/gf-bacon…
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The grill is an excellent way to prepare all types of food, and perfect for the warm months when you want to give your oven a little bit of a break. Here's a luscious and simply elegant dessert made with grilled plums: http://thecozyapron.com/cozy-cameo-a-plum-pick-fo…
I just love the recipe about apricots, the sweet, golden orange, and fragrant rich fruit does not just taste good, but is giving us a vast array of benefits including, mainly vitamin A,C, carotenes, and Zeaxanthin, and not mentioning that eating fresh fruits like these contains plenty of anti-oxidants.
I love hearing about the recipes you are going to try! I always love a great tabbouleh salad at a barbecue.
I love doing huge summer salads with beans as the base (use froze edamame and it will thaw on the way to the cookout!) and seasonal produce to add other colors and flavors. Beyond that, often just a bit of lemon juice, salt and pepper is all that needed!
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Computed Tomography (CT) uses an x-ray tube and detectors to obtain image data 360 degrees around the body. The data is sent to a computer that processes the information into a cross-sectional slice of body tissue, organs and blood vessels.
Meriter Radiology department utilizes multidector CT technology or MDCT. This technology allows very fast scanning. An entire scan of the chest can be acquired in one breath hold (25 seconds). The ability to scan a large part of the body in a matter of seconds allows imaging of the heart and blood vessels throughout the body.
CT imaging is particularly useful because it can show several types of tissue, including lung, bone, soft tissue and blood vessels, with great clarity. This allows the radiologists to more easily diagnose cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. The most common procedures are: