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CYPRESS, Calif. June, 2012—As a semi-vegetarian, Ive made dozens of plant based dishes but am delighted to discover new ones in Dev Roussou,s new cookbook, 350 Best Vegan Recipes. Her chapters include everything from starters to desserts plus drinks, from scratch and spice blends. Seasoning is key to the bright flavors in her food.
Her approach makes substitutions easy for purists and the less committed alike. She devised a vegetable bouillon, done largely in the food processor for ease in preparation. The vegetable bouillon recipe, is in the section called Vegan From Scratch. It is for dedicated vegans who may not have access to vegan versions of ingredients such as mayonnaise, sweetened condensed milk, sour cream and seitan.
For those in a hurry her salads are fast, easy and fresh. The sweet mini peppers and broccoli slaw is dressed with mayo, lemon, agave, dry mustard and salt. Raisins or grapes are suggested add-ins. I threw one together quickly and was pleased with a much revitalized slaw.
Chesapeake bay cakes, a kind of vegan crab cake don't taste especially crab-like but are a veggie burger revelation. Hers are so much better than any commercial ones available, you'll eat them as snacks.
The other recipe I tried was the one for Chocolte espresso cookies. Amazing yumminess without butter or eggs. Ground flax seeds, espresso powder and cinnamon make the difference. Throughout the book substitutions are given making life easier. Her replacement for espresso powder in the cookies for example is to pulverize ground coffee into a fine powder. Useful since espresso powder never appears on the shelves of supermarkets in my area.
Other recipes to try include a spinach pumpkin curry soup, a Swiss chard ravioli, mushroom topped polenta tart with mushroom sauce, Mandarin rice and walnut stuffed acorn squash.
Ms. Roussou took the time to answer some questions.
What was the inspiration behind book?
Due to the lack of an active labor board in our town I was raised in my family's restaurant with a very strong work ethic. When I was asked by Robert Rose Publishing to write a "Best" book with 350 recipes my work ethic compelled me to write a book that really did have 350 great recipes with no fillers.
I think inspiration builds upon itself. As I got into writing the book I found it sometimes difficult and expensive to source vegan recipe ingredients and that lead me to develop the Vegan From Scratch chapter. I was determined to create a vegan Irish cream recipe and had a hard time finding vegan heavy cream, vegan dark chocolate sauce and vegan sweetened condensed milk so I decided to make my own.
My kitchen became my science lab and after much experimenting I ended up with recipes for kitchen staples sans fillers and preservatives. I loved the results so much—the chocolate sauce is to die for and the heavy cream gets thicker and thicker as it refrigerates—that I was inspired to create a whole chapter of Vegan From Scratch.
2) Why vegan?
My lovely grandmother, Sunny, believed you are what you eat and at a young age I was introduced to the teachings of early health gurus like Jethro Kloss and Dr. Bernard Jensen. I grew-up with a heightened awareness of healthy eating, living and environmental issues. In the early 70s this meant hiding wheat germ and spirulina in my children's smoothies.
The world has changed and it is essential that we each seek out information and take responsibility for what we put into our bodies. I do see an expanding awareness. I live in a small northern California town and even here doctors are recommending a vegan diet to their patients.
In my cooking classes I see more aging baby boomers looking to change their diets as a way to control or reverse diseases. I have just started teaching a vegan cooking class series, which would have been hard to fill a year ago.
3) How do friends that aren't vegetarians respond to the dishes?
I feel that good food is good food no matter what the label. Because flavor is so important to me I did not try to get cute and re-create dishes that would not benefit from the omission of a very small range of foods. Rather, I developed tons of dishes using a huge range of foods that can be enjoyed by everyone and the result is a cookbook filled with great recipes!
My friends know they can count on me to serve really tasty dishes so most were more than willing to be testers. Some crowd favorites are the Maple Bourbon Tempehacon, Almond Bear Claw Muffins, Greek Herbed Soy Feta in Olive Oil, Korean BBQ, Stuffed Sopapillas, Shallot Saffron Soup and of course the cocktails. The Mexican Velvet Elvis is delish!
I included Suggested Menus to help plan any occasion for all in attendance, even your non-vegan or vegetarian friends. Like I said in the introduction, 'From artisan breads to fresh summertime grills, this cookbook offers 350 great recipes to choose from and I feel certain you will find just the right ones. You can always start with the cocktails."
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TUCSON - The powerful dust storm that swept across Maricopa County last week likely will produce a large increase in new Valley Fever infections over the next two to three months, an expert at the University of Arizona predicts.
John Galgiani, MD, Director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, said such an increase in cases occurred following a similar huge blow in California's Central Valley.
Years ago, a Santa Ana wind storm blew dust from the Central Valley as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area. Kern County in California, like Maricopa County, is heavily endemic for the fungus that causes Valley Fever. As published in a medical journal, that storm resulted in 120 extra Valley Fever infections in Kern County, mostly in the subsequent two months. (Pappagianis D. "Tempest from Tehachapi takes toll or Coccidioides aloft from afar." Western Journal of Medicine, 129:527-530, 1978).
"Because Maricopa County has ten times the number of people and three times the proportion of the population susceptible to first Valley Fever infections, we should expect 3,600 additional Valley Fever infections in Maricopa County for a total of 5,000 infections in July and August," Dr. Galgiani said.
Public health officials and other medical professionals recently raised the concern that Valley Fever infections would increase as a result of the July 5 wind storm. By using the past experience in California as a guide, Dr. Galgiani points out that we can estimate just how large that increase may be.
"People living in Phoenix and the surrounding areas should know about this risk and seek medical attention if they develop symptoms of pneumonia during that time," Dr. Galgiani said. It would also be important for the medical community to be on heightened alert for the possibility of Valley Fever in their patients with new illnesses. Early diagnosis and management should reduce the overall severity of the infections.
Valley Fever is a fungal infection that develops after inhaling a spore that is released from the dirt by wind or other disturbances. Many individuals experience no illness and become immune. Others develop a pneumonia-like illness, joint pains, rashes or severe fatigue. A small number of people experience severe - even life-threatening - spread of the infection from the lungs to other parts of the body.
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Combat Training 102
Anatomy of a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay combat turn |
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay | Published 16 October 2009 |
As mentioned in Combat Training 101, the Old World is a dangerous place. Sometimes, despite the characters' best efforts to avoid conflict, they find themselves fighting for their lives. And when backed into a fight (or when they choose to take the fight to their enemies) the characters perform their actions in a specific order to determine if their attacks are successful, and if so, how much damage they inflict.
This is the second in a series of designer diaries that will provide an in-depth look at how combat is resolved in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. This installment takes a closer look at an individual player turn, and the steps a character goes through to make an attack. The previous installment in this series, Combat Training 101, discusses initiative, rounds, and player turns in the game.
The Combat Sequence
The combat sequence occurs as part of the active player's turn, in a specific order. Each step in the sequence has a specific purpose. A character can perform manoeuvres before or after this sequence, but not in the middle of this sequence unless a specific effect says otherwise.
In the steps below, the term active player refers to the player currently taking the turn for his character. The GM is the active player when he is performing the actions for NPCs or monsters. This sequence looks at how a player uses one of his character's special action cards to attack an opponent.
1. Active player selects an action card
If the active player wants his character to perform an attack of some sort, generate a spell effect that attacks or impairs a target, or perform a specific activity, then often the first step is selecting the corresponding action card. The player's character must be able to fulfil all the requirements listed on the card. The player announces which action card he is using, and places it in front of his character, face up based on the character's current stance.
2. Active player announces his target
Once the player has announced which action his character is performing, he announces the action's target. In many cases, this is who is being attacked or affected by the card. When there are multiple available targets, clearly announcing the target of the action is very important. The characteristics, abilities, or equipment of the target may influence the action's challenge level or results.
3. Active player generates starting dice pool
The action card indicates the type of check required to perform the action. The active player assembles his dice pool based on the related characteristic, and any applicable skills, specialisations, talents, or other abilities. Certain conditions, such as the effect of a critical wound or an environmental effect, may also contribute dice to the dice pool.
If the character wishes to add bonus fortune dice to his dice pool, he may spend fortune points to do so. Each fortune point spent adds one fortune die to the pool. Spent fortune points are returned to the general supply.
During this step, a player converts characteristic dice into stance dice. The player converts a number of characteristic dice into stance dice equal to the number of spaces deep into a stance his character is. Converting characteristic dice into stance dice is not optional. Depending on his character's related characteristic rating and stance, a player may not be able to convert all available dice, or may run out of dice to convert.
4. GM assigns challenge or misfortune dice
Next the GM assigns any relevant challenge or misfortune dice to the pool. The default difficulty for Melee Attack and Ranged Attack actions is Easy (1d), but may be modified by a variety of factors. Based on the situation, the GM may decide the action in question is better served as an unopposed or opposed check.
This step is where the target's Defence value is added to the dice pool. One misfortune die is added for every point of the target's Defence. A target's Defence value is generally determined by its armour or innate abilities to avoid or shrug off attacks.
After seeing how many challenge dice or misfortune dice the GM adds to the dice pool, the player has one more opportunity to spend fortune points to add fortune dice to the pool. Each fortune point spent adds one fortune die to the pool. Spent fortune points are returned to the general supply.
5. Dice pool is rolled and evaluated
The active player takes all the dice in the dice pool and rolls them. The symbols showing on the top-most face of each die are collectively referred to as the results of the check. The results are evaluated to determine if the task succeeds or fails, whether any bane or boon effects are triggered, and if any other special effects are generated.
In order for the task to succeed, at least one success symbol must remain after challenge symbols cancel an equal number of success symbols. The active player then finds the success line matching the number of successes generated to see how the action is resolved. Some actions have several different effects that may be triggered, depending on the total number of successes generated by the dice pool.
Bane symbols cancel out an equal number of boon symbols. If there are any bane or boon symbols remaining, some additional effects may be triggered.
6. If the action is an attack, attacker calculates damage
Assuming the action succeeds, attacks generally inflict "normal" damage (as opposed to critical damage). Normal damage is based on the weapon's inherent damage value and the attacker's Strength (for melee attacks) or Agility (for ranged attacks). Some specific action cards may indicate modifiers to the normal damage. Spells or other abilities that inflict damage generally have the damage listed on the individual action card, which may be modified by the active player's characteristics.
The total value of the attacker's key characteristic (Strength for melee attacks, for example), the damage value of the weapon, and any extra damage added by the action card or other special effects are combined to achieve the attack's damage potential.
The target's Toughness, the soak value of its armour or equipment, or the effects of special abilities or talents may reduce the damage it takes. These numbers are combined to calculate the target's damage reduction.
The target's damage reduction is subtracted from the attack's damage potential. If the difference is a positive number, that number indicates how many normal wounds are inflicted. For each critical damage effect triggered during the attack, one of the inflicted normal wounds is placed face up as a critical wound.
Minimum Wound Result
If the difference is zero or a negative number, the attack still inflicts one normal wound – the minimum result for a successful attack. If one or more critical damage effects are triggered when the difference is zero or a negative number, then the attack inflicts a number of normal wounds equal to the total number of critical damage effects generated.
Even if an effect is triggered that would convert normal damage into critical damage, if the only wounds inflicted are due to the minimum wound result, the wounds are all normal wounds.
Damage & Critical Damage
Many attacks have the potential to inflict damage to the target. Damage is a representation of the potential wounds the target may suffer from. When an effect lists a result such as +1 damage, that modifies the attack's damage potential.
When an effect lists a result such as critical damage or +1 critical damage, that does not modify the attack's damage potential. Rather, it influences how many of the normal wounds inflicted are turned face up as critical wounds. Therefore, a result of +1 critical means one additional wound among those inflicted becomes a critical wound, cumulative with any other critical effects.
7. Resolve all remaining effects of the combat action
Some combat actions have additional effects, as listed on the card. Certain actions may allow the active player to perform an additional manoeuvre after the action is resolved. Some actions may have boon or bane effects that still need to be resolved, such as causing the attacker to fall prone, or disengaging from the target.
Any remaining effects from the combat action are resolved now, before the active player's turn continues. Once all outstanding effects have been resolved, the active player may resume his turn.
Dodge, Parry, and Block
Characters have a number of options at their disposal during combat. Some of these options are defensive reactions to incoming attacks. The three most common examples of these reactions are the Dodge, Parry, and Block active defences.
An active defence is represented by its own action card. In order to gain the benefit listed on the card, the player must actively use the ability. Each type of active defence has its own requirements or restrictions. For example, to use the Dodge active defence, a character must have an Agility of 3 or higher, and cannot currently be encumbered. To use the Block active defence, the character must have a shield equipped. Other restrictions or guidelines may also apply, depending on the active defence.
Active defences add dice to the incoming attack pool. Most active defences complicate the attack by adding misfortune dice. Advanced versions of some of the core active defences, or some of the more specialised defences, may add challenge dice.
Several active defences can be activated against the same incoming attack. If a stout dwarf mercenary has his axe in one hand and a sturdy shield strapped to the other, he could choose to attempt to Parry and Block the same incoming attack.
Active defences require some effort and exertion to use – a character cannot attempt to dodge every single attack coming his way, for example. When a character uses one of his active defences, the player places recharge tokens on the card. While that card is recharging, the character cannot use that active defence against another attack.
Set in the grim setting of Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy world, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is a roleplaying game that sets unlikely heroes on the road to perilous adventure. Players will venture into the dark corners of the Empire, guided by luck and Fate, and challenge the threats that others cannot or will not face.
Eclipse Phase has some neat ideas - especially how your character changes when his or her body changes. I like some of the skill roll mechanics. It definitely has some improvements over past concepts and the setting is definitely innovative.
Well, Feng Shui is the one rpg system I don't have looked at, yet. I've heard about it precisely because it seems to be the origin of the 4E minion 'idea'.
My latest acquisition has been [url=http://www.eclipsephase.com/]Eclipse Phase[/url]. It's the first sci-fi rpg for ages that looked interesting to me. There doesn't seem anything new regarding game mechanics but the setting is quite out there. The variety in character concepts is something I've only seen in free-form systems before (think: Over the Edge). I haven't had time to do more than give it a short thumb through, though.
Nope - not a one. RPGs have all been a rehash of older ideas or ideas from other games for quite some time. Truly innovative RPGs have all come and gone and we are left with a process of evolution.
Some would say that D&D4E was innovative but it was just a rehash of MMORPG conventions that have been around for some time know.
Innovation in PNP RPGs started with D&D, Traveller, and RuneQuest and then began to trail off over the years. There have been bright blips like the first WFRP and its career system, GURPS and its portability, Amber and its diceless mechanics, and the White Wolf narrative system. In recent years Hero Wars/HeroQuest has done some unique things with mechanics, Feng Shui did some interesting things with mooks, but there have not been many innovations for PNP RPGs since the 1980s.
My main concern with the new WFRP is the same concern I had with 4E - they both suffer from a proliferation of gimmicks. I hope it does well. I will buy it, try it, and may even like it. However, I have my doubts.
"It just seems like too many gimmicks and too few real innovations."
Wow, really? Do you know of any new rpg (or new edition of an older rpg) that has more 'real' innovations? I'd really like to know, since I'm sort of collecting innovative or 'exotic' rpg systems.
Another meh.
Initiative looked like a solution looking for a problem. This second article makes the new WFRP look like a D&D 4E wannabe.
I will still likely buy the new WFRP just like I bought the core books for 4E but I now expect the result will be the same - a fine read, a few sessions to figure out the mechanics, but little chance of long term play.
It just seems like too many gimmicks and too few real innovations.
I am trying to keep my mind as open as possible but the more I see the less I like.
Thank you for not telling me "you are wrong". I do love civil debates. I hate getting angry and saying stuff I regret later.
You make a great point and I cannot argue with that. I will leave it at that. If you enjoy playing with a tweaked lore then by all means go right on ahead. I will not tell you that "you are doing it wrong" because their is no right or wrong way to RPG unless the only words out of your mouth are "I kick the door in what happens next?" Then we have problems =P.
Not going do that road lol. We already have the war between players....I will stay away from any holy war topic.
As always, if you two feel happy and have found your niche, then I am honestly glad for you. I unfortunately have a "must stick to cannon" mind set from my White Wolf books that are filled with 200+ pages each of lore that I feel I MUST know. Some times its a bad thing but then there are times where knowing a region inside out (history and all) is welcomed for setting the mood.
"Sigmar priest are just as corrupt as the church once was in our world."
This made me giggle a bit. As if the church isn't still that corrupt, if not more so now.
I do feel that the Old World is rife with RPG goodness. Think of it like Paranoia, because that's how lethal it should be. Not that the GM should give the players clones...or should they? Hrmmmmm....
@ Darkkami,
Well, I've read a few novels, the Mathias Thulmann ones in particular, which didn't feel as nihilistic to me as you describe the Old World. Nevertheless, you've obviously read many more of them than I have so I'll assume that the big picture you get when you read the novels is indeed one of a world so corrupted that evil always wins. But to be honest, that doesn't really matter to me. If the developers deliberately made the lore less nihilistic to suit a playable RPG, so much the better as far as I'm concerned. I just accept what I like and leave what I don't like anyway. Why wouldn't I? That's the freedom an RPG offers you.
I play regularly Harn (by years now), with many additions, just to give that feel of danger.
Rolemaster isn't very interesting, since is a random combat system.
BTW, I'm of the advise that a "believable" (not realistic) combat system can be scaled up to accomodate Epic Fantay Combat, while being fast. Also you can use good sense in it.
You will have an easy time envisioning the scene and pondering your options.
Imho, It's not true the contrary. Using game mechanics alien to our world (designed for Epic Fantay Combat from the ground up) will complicate the matter, since you must explain, adapt and reasoning on why this or that doesn't work like you expect it or you must develop a new mental pattern to achive that result.
To me, the latter case is V3. Of course this is my persional opinion.
OF COURSE the system isn't meant to be a realistic simulation of combat! This is where this game is similar to D&D: combat is meant to evoke the feeling of over-the-top cinematic action while using game mechanics that arer first and foremost easy to use (and the latter is where WHFRPG 3E will have to prove if it achieves this goal or not).
If you're looking for a realistic simulation, go play Rolemaster or (even better) Harn. Especially the latter is an excellent rpg system, albeit with a completely different focus and target audience.
Myself, I prefer switching between different systems, each of which scratches a certain itch. Sometimes I'm in the mood for beer&pretzl style fun, sometimes I'm looking for something with a bit more depth. There are many rpg systems available for both extremes and everything inbetween.
Thanks, glad you like the idea of sticking to an FFG original license, but it should not be me pointing out the obvious to FFG. Fans want it so why not give it to them. Heck, they could even make the minis cross compatible.
As for the Fellowship. Lord of the rings has ONE main villain. The Dark Lord. In Warhammer the enemy is all around. Whether it is the orcs from the high mountains, the undead vampire counts, the underground ratmen creating a black plague, the dark elf pirates on the high seas, or even the corruption hiding in plain sight. There is no light to retreat to only fear used to uphold survival. Read the novels not the RPG books to get a feel of just how nasty the world is. Wood elves hang the bodies of intruders from the forest edge. Get to close to the forest and be prepared to eat a cloud of arrows from the way watchers. They tend to take questions regarding your trespassing after you are dead, even if you had a legit reason and never actually entered the elf lands. Wood elves let their arrows judge where their boundaries end. Sigmar priest are just as corrupt as the church once was in our world. The world is so dark and evil that the citizens are raised to fear everything and trust no one. Those that can use fear to overcome obstacles are the ones that join armies. ... sigh I give up. I could go on for hours. The Lizardmen are just like the Mayans...for instance. The world is not a tamed place. In Warhammer the ring would have twisted Frodo into becoming the lord of an army of undead hobbits that he raised from a raid he organized on the Shire. In Warhammer evil wins. It has to in order for the armies to be produced. So that GW can make more money on new editions. BAH!! you will never understand why Warhammer makes no sense to be an RPG in the first place. Maybe you do. I'm going to go crazy if people keep referencing the stuff int he RPG books as lore. The only reason GW approved it was so that they could make money off it. The novels however don't lie.


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Features By Brian Salisbury on February 24, 2012 | Comments (2)Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; we take our Coffy black…and with six spoonfuls of Häagen-Dazs. You have just stumbled Across 110th Street and Hit! the internet's most Boss bad movie column like a Hammer, and there's No Way Back. Every Friday (Foster), we Drum up another Jive Turkey, becoming Mr Mean as we Savage! and Slaughter the movie right In Your Face. But then, as if we were a Thing with Two Heads we lay aside all our Hangups to tell you why we think the film is actually Super Fly. Then, for The Final Comedown, we'll offer a Big Time delicious themed snack food item for you to cram down your food Shaft. This week's big score: Hell Up in Harlem Alas it is time once again to bid farewell to Blaxploitation History Month, and this third incarnation in which we've focused on the best of the best worst blaxploitation sequels. We may not have broken any new ground or radically advanced the medium of irreverent film journalism, but some how, against all odds, we managed to undeniably not get sued. So please enjoy this chicken we just counted well before it hatched.
'I Am Legend' Sequel Deal Set, But Don't Call It a Prequel
In Development By Kate Erbland on February 17, 2012 | Comments (7)The news that Warner Bros. has just made deals with Akiva Goldsman and Overbrook Entertainment to bring us an I Am Legend sequel is not surprising (as it's been chattered about for years now), but it does somewhat confoundingly smack of an article from The Onion yesterday. That article, titled "Moviegoers Not Interested In Hearing What Is, Isn't Possible, Demand Heath Ledger 'Dark Knight Rises' Appearance" might focus on the impossibility of bringing back the deceased Ledger for The Dark Knight Rises, but it does remind of the impossibility of bringing back the central character of I Am Legend: Will Smith's Robert Neville, who (spoiler alert?) crocked off at the end of the first film. But no matter in Hollywoodland! Though a second film has been talked about ever since the first film did big business at the box office (making $584m worldwide), it was long thought that the new film would be a prequel, but today's report from Deadline Staten Island refutes that: "the film is not being called a prequel." Well, alrighty! Maybe if they can bring back Neville, they can bring back his charming German Shepard, too. The new film is set to be penned by Arash Amel (the scribe behind the new Grace Kelly biopic, Grace of Monaco). Smith is reportedly waiting until the script is ready before he commits, and director Francis Lawrence has yet to weigh in on his potential involvement.
Junkfood Cinema: The Human Tornado (Blaxploitation History Month)
Features By Brian Salisbury on February 11, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWelcome back to Junkfood Cinema; Truck Turner isn't just what we call Brian when Tacos-On-Wheels runs out of Baja sauce. Welcome back suckas, to the Internet's freshest bad movie column; this month featuring a funky twist. This is Blaxploitation History Month: Sequel Edition. Every week in February, we'll be rolling out another super bad blaxploitation sequel that's so whack we can't help but dig it. We'll lay down some cold-blooded mockery on said film, going upside its head with its own numerous faults, but then will jump back, kiss ourselves, and get hip to all the reasons we think these movies are dy-no-mite. To top it off, we'll serve you with a badass, and bad for you, snack food item themed to the movie. Today's jive turkey: The Human Tornado.
Boiling Point: What 'The Devil Inside' Teaches Us
Boiling Point By Robert Fure on January 9, 2012 | Comments (4)The Devil Inside is the talk of the town for two reasons: number one, it made around $35 million in its opening weekend, which is big no matter what qualifier you tack on, but when that qualifier is a reported $1 million acquisition cost, it's gigantic. Number two (heheh), it sucks. It sucks bad. That's nothing new, really, as everything about The Devil Inside screams shitty movie. First of all, it's from the team that brought you Stay Alive. Second, it's found footage. Third, it's an exorcism movie. I'm surprised that people went to see it, because you list those three qualities and I am about as far from interested as possible. But rather than just throw another voice on the "what the fuck" bonfire, I wanted to take a few minutes and examine what we can learn from this situation.
Vin Diesel: The 'Fast and Furious' Franchise Must Be Expanded to 7 Movies to Serve the Story
In Development By Scott Beggs on December 21, 2011 | Comments (3)While writing F6st and the Furious, director Justin Lin, screenwriter Chris Morgan and star/producer Vin Diesel just couldn't jam in all the story and character development they needed. Nay, that the story itself demanded. According to Diesel (via THR), they've decided to add a seventh movie into the franchise. "We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages," said Diesel. "The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'" Well, what were they expecting? The movies in this franchise have always been primarily about character arcs, emotional evolution, and providing audiences with a keyhole look into the soul of humanity. Plus, it's helpful that Fast Five has made $626m worldwide so far. It seems crazy, but it's wonderful to see such a dialogue-based, mature story being such a smash blockbuster commercially. Let's all raise a glass to the intellectually nuanced F7st 7nd F7r777s! That is, if you can hear yourself thinking over the crunching of popcorn and revving engines.
Liam Neeson's Family Will Be 'Taken' Again in October
Movie News By Nathan Adams on August 25, 2011 | Comments (3)After getting my hair blown back by all the awesome old man violence in the first Taken, I've been following the development of the sequel pretty closely. The idea of making a sequel to a film where a guy's daughter gets kidnapped is a tricky one. What do you do, have her get kidnapped again? Have somebody else in the family get kidnapped? It's pretty easy with a concept like this to get into ridiculous, "how does the same thing happen to the same guy twice" territory. But as long as they don't dwell on the improbabilities and instead just focus on Liam Neeson brutally exacting his vengeance on bad guys, I don't really mind. When Neeson first started talking about a sequel to Taken, I cheered. When it was announced that the film had found itself a director, I was cautiously optimistic. And now that word has come down the pipe that shooting will start soon, I'm officially getting excited. Producer Luc Besson had a chat with Coming Soon, and revealed that new director Olivier Megaton had been spending some time on a recent trip to LA to begin scouting for the film, that shooting would most likely begin in October, and that the entire cast of the first film would be back for the sequel. Wait. didn't Liam Neeson kill everyone in the first movie? No, apparently Famke Janssen played his wife and she'll be returning. I must have missed that while I was concentrating on all the […]
Nothing is Over! 'Conan the Barbarian' Writer Penning 'Rambo 5'
In Development By Nathan Adams on August 19, 2011 | Be the First To CommentIt's been a pretty hard life for John Rambo ever since he signed up to go overseas and serve his country in Vietnam. He was turned into an expert in guerrilla warfare. Made the best with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. He was trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land. To eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel, to kill, period. Win by attrition. And after a rough patch where the guy just couldn't adjust to life after Nam, we sent him back there to slaughter hundreds more and get our POWs. Then we sent him to Afghanistan, where he killed about a thousand more people. I thought that was it for the guy, but then he ended up having to do the same in Burma. Isn't it about time we let this guy live out his final years in peace? No. You just don't turn it off. There's a segment of the population out there who think that First Blood is a decent movie, but the subsequent Rambo sequels are cheesy and exploitative and lame. Those people are ridiculous. The Rambo sequels are cheesy and exploitative and awesome. Even 2008's Rambo, where we get Rambo as an old man, is completely amazing. He tears out throats with his bare hand and explodes guys by hitting them with close range high caliber machine gun fire. What more do you want? Well, I […]
Hugh Jackman and 'The Wolverine' Are Heading to Canada, Bub
Movie News By Nathan Adams on August 18, 2011 | Comments (3)It didn't take long after the character of Wolverine got added to the X-Men back in 1975's "Giant Size X-Men #1" for him to take the pop culture world by storm and become one of the most beloved and prolific characters in comic book history. By the time 1982 rolled around, the character was so big that he was ready for his first solo title, and so a Chris Claremont-penned Frank Miller-penciled four issue mini-series was released seeing the character travel to Japan, get engaged to a woman named Mariko, and battle some modern day samurai. That first Wolverine in Japan storyline showed the most human side of the character we had seen yet, and over time it has become pretty seminal. That's why the upcoming sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, adapted to the screen by The Usual Suspects writer Christopher McQuarrie and simply titled The Wolverine, will be drawing on it heavily for inspiration. But we've known all of that for a while. What is the new news on the development of this project? The Wolverine used to be a highly anticipated upcoming film back when Darren Aronofsky was attached to direct, but once he dropped off the hype machine died down quite a bit. The last we heard about it, 3:10 to Yuma director James Mangold was most likely to be stepping into Aronofsky's shoes, and shooting would most likely begin in fall. That news was met with a collective "meh" from the online world, so we haven't […]
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Pack for 'The Trip' Sequel
Movie News By Nathan Adams on July 18, 2011 | Comments (2)The Trip was a Michael Winterbottom-directed independent comedy that recently opened in the US to pretty decent critical buzz. It featured comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as less than happy bedfellows traveling the countryside of northern England and eating at fancy restaurants. The story was that they were writing reviews for a magazine, but really the plot was just an excuse to get Coogan and Brydon together to riff on comedy bits, duel with Michael Caine impressions, and get on each other's nerves. The results were rather humorous, and it's looking like there is going to be a sequel. Or, at least, there will be a sequel to the BBC series. You see, The Trip actually started as a six part series on BBC2. In a kind of strange move, the six episodes were edited down to one feature length release for US theaters. In a Q&A at this week's Latitude Festival, producer Andrew Eaton revealed that Winterbottom was going to send Coogan and Brydon on another trip, this time to Italy. This guarantees that the original fans of the series in the UK will be getting more odd couple action from the duo, and points to the fact that we might be getting another movie here in the US as well. If the content is there, and all you have to do is pay someone to make an alternate edit, why not give it another go in the US? Or maybe they'll strike a deal to get the […]
Paul Feig Might Take the Girl Comedy Movement Back 10 Years with 'Bridget Jones' Sequel
Movie News By Nathan Adams on July 8, 2011 | Comments (1)Not only has director Paul Feig's latest film Bridesmaids been both a critical and financial success, it has also started a lot of talk about women's place in the film world and how their potential to bring in big box office dollars hasn't ever been fully exploited. Now that Bridesmaids has pulled in $189 million worldwide, will it mark the beginning of a huge trend where movies aimed at women are given the chance to be released with big budgets and huge marketing campaigns on par with the latest things-blow-up-real-loud movies? Only if Hollywood plays it right and chooses the perfect projects to put out as Bridesmaids follow-ups. And right now they're playing the situation exactly the same way they always do; by taking a new thing and trying to shoe horn it into something they already know. What does that mean in concrete terms? It means that they are looking for a new film to aim at women, so instead of looking for original scripts that might appeal to women they're trying to rekindle success from the past. It means they're going to make a new Bridget Jones movie. And they're even trying to get Paul Feig to direct it. Do you see the logic here? Bridget Jones' Diary made a lot of money with women, Paul Feig made a lot of money with women, put them together and you get double money! Do you ever get the feeling that you could be a Hollywood executive, no problem? I […]
Johnny Depp Is Negotiating For 'Pirates 5', Script Be Damned
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on July 6, 2011 | Be the First To CommentIt was in early May that we reported Disney was ready to get another Pirates of the Caribbean film off the ground, but that the series' star Johnny Depp wanted them to hold off a little bit. He seemed to want a chance to do other things, but also intimated that he would come back for a Pirates 5 only if the right director and script were in place. Well, just two months later, On Strange Tides has made one billion dollars at the box office and The Wrap is reporting that Depp is already in negotiations to appear in a fifth film. It's amazing how fast a billion dollars can move things along. The Wrap seems to be talking to sources close to the production (their cousin knows this guy who knows a guy) and apparently a rough draft for Pirates 5 has already been written, and Jerry Bruckheimer and his team of chained up screenwriters are meeting 3 to 4 times a week to get it up to snuff and make sure that it passes muster with Captain Jack. Perhaps that's a bit of overkill on Bruckheimer's part. The fact that the last two had terrible scripts didn't seem to deter anybody from making these movies or going to see them in droves. Screw Pirates 5, I'm already getting excited for Pirates 17. I just hope they can get Depp back for it.
'Rise of the Silver Surfer' Scribe Don Payne Will Wield a Mighty Pen to Write 'Thor 2′
Movie News By Nathan Adams on July 1, 2011 | Comments (4)The Thor franchise may have hit a snag when it lost Kenneth Branagh, the director of the first film in the series, but that doesn't mean it's going to let one little setback get it down. Heck no! As a matter of fact, right on the heels of that disappointing news springs forth hope for a new day. Thor 2 may not yet have a director, but it does already have a screenwriter. So we can rest assured that the film set for July 2013 is well on its way to being delivered on time. Who did they get to write the continued adventures of our favorite hammer-wielding maniac, you might ask? A guy named Don Payne. There's some good news and some bad news about Payne doing the scripting for Thor 2. The good news is that he's had plenty of experience writing in the super hero genre before. The bad news is that said experience was for writing movies like My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I'd try to bring up the fact that he was a Simpsons writer to sugar-coat things, but it was for later years Simpsons, so that's a no-go. Hey, wait! He wrote an episode of The Brian Benben Show! How about that? Okay, okay, let's all just try to keep an open mind. [Deadline Chesterton]
The '300' Sequel-Prequel Gets a New Title and a Director… Short List
Movie News By Nathan Adams on June 28, 2011 | Comments (1)We've known for a while that since Zack Snyder is directing Man of Steel, somebody else will have to come on board to direct the sequel to 300 and that it probably won't end up being called Xerxes, like Frank Miller's graphic novel sequel was. Things seem to be progressing on both those fronts. We now have word of what that new title is going to be and that the suits have narrowed the candidates to direct down to two choices.
'G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes' Casts The Rock, The RZA, and a D.J.
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on June 28, 2011 | Comments (2)Most of the toy-to-film talk that goes on this week will probably be about the new Transformers movie tearing things up at the box office, but the guys over at that other 80s franchise G.I. Joe aren't taking the matter lying down. In the midst of Bay-mania they have done a whole host of casting for their second film, and the guys they've got to join their elite team include a grappler, a rapper, and… some white dude. Star of the recent Fast Five, Dwayne Johnson, or The Rock if you will, has become quite the source of news over the past few months. First he knew about the death of Osama bin Laden before everyone else, and now he managed to scoop the world with the announcement of his own casting in G.I. Joe. On his website Johnson posted a mockup picture of himself beside the Joe Logo and added the caption, "It's official: Call the Pentagon, get me my big ass gun – Rocks a JOE!" Johnson had been previously rumored as playing the character of Roadblock, the rhyme talking, gourmet cooking, Joe who carries around a gigantic gun, so these comments seem to help confirm that suspicion. Word has also leaked, this time from The Hollywood Reporter and not Dwayne Johnson, that famed rapper the RZA will also be joining the cast. RZA may be best known for his position in the legendary rap troupe The Wu-Tang Clan, but he's also dipped his toe into acting by […]
Mike Mignola Says 'Hellboy 3' Won't Happen Under the Watch of Guillermo del Toro
Movie News By Nathan Adams on June 20, 2011 | Comments (4)I can't say that I had any fondness for the original Hellboy film that director Guillermo del Toro made, but I thought he picked things up quite a bit for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. It came off a lot less as a studio driven project and showed more of the imagination and scope of something like del Toro's masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth. It was enough to make me a fan of the series, and ever since, like a lot of people I'm sure, I've been waiting for word about del Toro doing a third. But, we film fans have grown accustomed to waiting for things when it comes to del Toro's next project. Originally he was scheduled to be the director of The Hobbit, but then scheduling issues took him off of that film. Then we all got excited about him doing monster movie At the Mountains of Madness, but Universal decided they didn't want to fund the project. Instead, they wanted him to do Pacific Rim, another monster movie about a creature coming out of the Pacific Ocean. But even that project got thrown into question once the horrific earthquakes took place in Japan. It's beginning to feel like Guillermo del Toro might never direct another film. And now, just in case we were wondering, there's confirmation of another project that the director will definitely not be doing. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola had some more than discouraging words to say about a possible Hellboy 3 when talking on a […]
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Beautiful photo...a rock garden with a "plus"....great idea and superb photo. Thanks for sharing it. |
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Mechanical Techniques - CNC Setup
- Credential:
- Ontario College Certificate
- College Code:
- School:
- Trades & Apprenticeship
- Program Code:
- 1302
- Accelerated Delivery:
- No
- Campus:
- Academic Year:
- 2014 / 2015
About the Program
Mechanical Techniques - CNC Setup is a 36-week full-time program with a combination of theoretical and practical instruction. Fully mastering the use of a CNC machine tool requires an understanding of distinctly different disciplines. First, a CNC program must be developed. This is the responsibility of a CNC programmer. Second, the machine must be made ready to run workpieces. This is the responsibility of a CNC setup person and the focus of this program. The CNC setup person will also be trained to instruct the operator on the operation of the setup once the setup is completed. With an emphasis on setting up CNC equipment for production, this program also teaches students how to create and edit programs and optimize production. Students will learn both CNC and operator skills in one program.
Program Information
Length: 36-week Ontario College Certificate program
Delivery Sequence: Doon (Kitchener) - September/2014 (Suspended) - Fall | Winter
Location: Doon (Kitchener)
Start: September
First-Year Capacity: 35
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or 19 years of age or older with mature student status (See Mature Student definition for details.)
- Grade 11 compulsory English, C or U, or equivalent, OR Conestoga Preparatory Communications for Trades (COMM1280)
- Grade 11 Mathematics, C, M (U/C), or U, or equivalent, OR Conestoga College Preparatory Mathematics for Trades (MATH1420)
- For more information on preparatory programs, visit Academic Upgrading
Admission Procedures
- An academic strength is calculated by averaging all submitted marks of required subjects. If more than one mark is received for a required subject, the highest mark will be used in the calculation.
- Ten (10) additional marks are added to each Advanced level, OAC, U, U/C, and post-secondary course used in the calculation of academic strength.
- A sound mathematical and English background is important for success in this program and is considered during the admission selection process. Minimum cutoffs apply.
Tuition & Fees
Tuition: Fees are currently unavailable; please check back at a later time.
*Fees are higher for international students on a Student Visa. International Fees are currently unavailable; please check back at a later time.
*Books and supplies are additional.
Financial Assistance
The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) is a needs-based program designed to help Ontario students cover the cost of post-secondary education. Funded by the federal and provincial governments, OSAP is intended to promote equality of opportunity for post-secondary studies through direct financial assistance for educational costs and living expenses. These interest-free loans are intended to supplement your financial resources and those of your family. The majority of students apply for loan assistance via the OSAP website. Students can also print the application booklet through the OSAP website.For more information, please visit Financial Services/Awards.
Graduate Opportunities
For more details on related occupations, job market information and career opportunities, see the Government of Canada website: http://www.workingincanada.gc.caPathways & Credit Transfer
Conestoga pathways enable students to build on their academic achievements in order to earn a degree or additional credential. Pathways are formed through agreements between Conestoga programs or partner institutions.
Often applicants have earned credits from another college or university that may allow a student to be granted advanced standing or exemption. Learn more about credit transfer opportunities at Conestoga.
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
Conestoga recognizes prior learning of skills, knowledge or competencies that have been acquired through employment, formal and informal education, non-formal learning or other life experiences. Prior learning must be measurable at the required academic level and meet Conestoga standards of achievement for current courses. Challenge exams and portfolio development are the primary methods of assessment. Other methods of assessment may be available depending upon the nature of the course objectives. Successful completion of the assessment results in an official course credit that will be recorded on the student's Conestoga transcript. PLAR cannot be used by registered Conestoga students for the clearance of academic deficiencies, to improve grades or to obtain admission into a program.
For more information on the PLAR process, please visit the testing website.
Program Outcomes
- Solve routine technical problems relating to CNC setup in the shop environments using a variety of systematic approaches.
- Interpret and produce basic graphics and other standard technical documents needed to complete CNC setup and operations.
- Create and edit CNC programs to optimize production.
- Complete all work in compliance with health and safety legislation and prescribed organizational practices and procedures to ensure safety of self and others.
- Perform basic technical measurements using appropriate tools specific to CNC setup and operations.
- Guide coworkers in the operations of CNC setup practices, procedures, and associated tools and equipment.
- Work responsibly and effectively within a shop environment in accordance with appropriate practices and procedures.
- Utilize application software to create and present effective documentation.
Program Advisory Consortia
The College appoints Program Advisory Consortia members for apprenticeship programs. The committee acts as a sponsor group to register student apprentices in some of the programs they oversee. Committees are composed of employers, practitioners and recent program graduates. College representatives (students, faculty, and administrators) are resource persons. Each committee advises the Board on the development of new programs, the monitoring of existing programs and community acceptance of programs.For a list of the current members, please visit our Program Advisory Consortia.
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International students should apply online using a Conestoga College International Application Form. Please note: not all programs are open to international students. Interested students should check the listing of open programs on our international students web page before applying.
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Why would a Troy-Built 4 Cycle Temps Cyclo Big Red TB575SS be on the curb full of gas with screws removed tapped to it?
1. I got the trimmer thinking it was a 2 Cycle Blues initially "but d/n need a big challenge". LOL
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Near as i can figger, somebody with two left feet was probably messing with it, and got it all gooberred up. If you can't figger it out, take it to somebody who is smart about this stuff, and let him figger it out! Might get yerself a good machine! RJ |
The Trimmer Is Working WOT! Searching for causes of No High Throttle, I found two good rational reasons (since the engine would idle or burn off a prime at higher throttle). 1. Vacuum in the fuel tank starving the engine of fuel allowed it to work by leaving the cap loose. Info found at: http://www.fixya.com/support/t2345011-troy_bilt_trimmer_model_tb575ss_no Good Luck With Your Experimenting And Adapting!! |
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On Monday, May 20, a small ceremony will be held at the Memorial Wall on Edwards Street to honor a fallen officer locally, then Cleveland 100 will present awards for outstanding service to local emergency service employees at its annual banquet.
A plaque will be presented to officials at Cleveland Police Department that will hang in the roll-call room as a reminder of the loss of a fellow officer, according to Evie West, CPD information officer.
Cleveland Police officer Justin Maples died May 20, 2012.
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 will make the presentation of the plaque.
Chief Wes Snyder, West and several other officers are in Washington, D.C., this week in honor of fallen officers and Maples.
According to West, Honor Guards from various departments across the globe welcomed the Maples family at Reagan National Airport Sunday.
A candlelight vigil was held at the National Law Enforcement Memorial Monday evening. Today, the Maples family and CPD officers will attend the annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service in honor of Justin Maples and other officers who died in the line of duty in 2012.
Maples was responding to back up other officers in a felony pursuit when he reportedly lost control of his police cruiser and crashed into a utility pole.
Cleveland 100 officials stepped in to aid the family during their time of need.
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Maples name was added Monday to the Memorial Wall, according to Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland.
The CPD Honor Guard will leave the police department Monday at 10 a.m., proceed on foot to the Memorial Wall and place a wreath in honor of Maples and the other local responders who have died in the line of duty in the city of Cleveland and Bradley County.
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We'll kiss the first of a million kisses
and let the past fall away
~From Allelujah by Fairground Attraction
…then I did the simplest thing in the world.
I leaned down… and kissed him.
And the world cracked open.
~Agnes de Mille
Julie1 and I needed eight years to get from our first meeting to our first kiss.
To get from our first kiss to our first home together took four months.
Well, it was a pretty good kiss.
In those four months before we were finally moved in together,
- I had (another) I want a divorce confrontation with my wife, filed divorce papers, and moved into an apartment.
- Julie gave notice at her job, arranged to end the lease on her apartment, packed the belongings essential to her (i.e., clothes and books), and sold or gave away the rest.
- Julie and I spent a couple of hectic, wonderful weekends together in Chicago.
- We called every two or three times a week and exchanged letters (in that benighted pre-email era) daily.2
Of course, a series of bullet points cannot convey the anxiety, guilt, frustration, excitement, and happiness we experienced during this time. Everything was happening and happening fast.
Julie still had job responsibilities until she actually left her position at the end of this period, and the demands of my residency were unabated. Because my wife and I had no children and no money the legalities of our divorce were relatively simple, but there were tears, mutual insults, accusations, and counter-accusations aplenty. My soon-to-be ex-wife's obligatory suicide threat was followed two days later by a polite, if urgent, request that I talk to the movers who were insisting that it was physically impossible to move a large sofa from her apartment to the moving van.3 I needed money so I was working extra hours in my part-time job at a halfway house for recently discharged state hospital patients. That such arrangements were officially forbidden but traditionally winked at by the residency added one more unit of ambiguous risk. Yada, yada, yada, …
Neither Julie or I ran this gauntlet unscathed (that's not how gauntlets work), but we were sustained by our belief that we were, finally, destined to succeed. This conviction was, I now realize, a fallacy, albeit a fallacy with anodyne properties for which I'm grateful.
And, that element of faith may explain my current difficulty describing this period of alternating (and sometimes simultaneous) angst and excitement in a way that communicates the experience. I've tried a half-dozen approaches to express the emotional roller coaster ride of those four months in this posting, but this effort has been unrequited. When all this was going on, my life was hectic and unsettled but – and this appears to be the key – never in doubt. I knew what I wanted was to be with Julie; everything else was secondary.
So, this is, I suppose, an apology of sorts.
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- The built-in USPS delay resulted in three or four parallel mail conversations. The response to a joke mailed today would arrive perhaps four days later; in the meantime, two or three notes responding to other letters would arrive. One had to be on the ball. [↩]
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Randy is a very generous trader with great communication. Thank you! |
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- Posted by amandapanda920 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 26, 09 at 13:03
Randy is one of the BEST people to trade with and an even better friend. He is considerate,kind,generous and extremely intelligent! His plants/seeds are healthy,well packed and always arrive quickly.He always puts others needs before his and communication is always on point. Thank you for everything Randy! |
- Posted by rosepedal Four seasons zone4/5 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Jun 10, 09 at 16:26
He is the best! Very nice and knows his plants...He shared some of his plants with me and taught me too....Wonderful person and gardener..His plants are so healthy! and packaged great...Thank you for your kindness..Barb |
- Posted by donperkins MS z8 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 17, 09 at 19:41
I answered a plants for postage offer from Randy & they arrived VERY well packaged and in GREAT condition. He is full of great conversation & lots of useful information. I absolutely recommend trading with Randy if given the chance. Thank you again for sharing your garden with me. |
- Posted by poisondartfrog 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 18, 09 at 17:03
I took advantage of a plants for postage offer also and I have never received a better looking plant! Randy's packaging skills are top notch. Thanks for the great plant! Alana |
Another high mark for Randy! I happen to be in close enough proximity to meet with Randy in person. He IS very generous and loves to share and talk about his unique plants. It is rare to find someone so horticulturally educated who is also fun to talk to! When we met, most of the things I gave him were things that he wanted to give to other people! Talk about altruistic... Anyone trading with Randy is sure to not be disappointed. ...and since we live so close, if you trade with Randy, maybe I'll get something out of it too! Just kidding...... kinda'. Eric |
- Posted by rosepedal Four seasons zone4/5 (email@example.com) on Thu, Jul 9, 09 at 16:59
Lol Eric! So true Mark thanks of so many others before himself...I was one he traded his plants for to receive yours for me! That has never been done on Gw before! Not only that but he is fun to talk with and teaches so much (I told him he should be a teacher)... I hope he likes my corny jokes..:) lol I now have the best gh in WI! because of his caring heart about others....Okay he is mine and no one can have him! (evil laugh in the background)....Just kidding he is one of a kind! cant say enough great things...Other than the tape comapany is getting rich...hahhahhah smiles Barb |
- Posted by rosepedal Four seasons zone4/5 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Jul 9, 09 at 17:01
I meant thinks...hahah dork here...Barb |
I took Randy up on his offer for a plant for postage. It arrived very fast, well packaged and healthy. It was very generous of him to offer his plants in such a way. I feel lucky and honored. Awesome job thank you so much! |
- Posted by sherrih 8La (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 21:19
I just recieved a box of plants from Randy for postage. Awesome plants, communication #1. Could not ask for better!! Thanks |
Received a great box of plants from Randy. They were very healthy and packaged great. He is very generous with his plants and also helped me find another plant with someone else on Garden Web. Would highly recommend trading with him if you get the chance. Nancy retsec |
- Posted by cashclan 7 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sat, Jul 21, 12 at 13:23
Ohhh my GOODNESS, I'm still doing the Happy dance. Randy offered plants for postage and I JUMPED at the opportunity. boy oh boy am I GLAD I did. Wonderful plants!!! Wonderful communication!!! Wonderful Trade!!! Thank you Randy!!! |
- Posted by roper2008 7a-8 (email@example.com) on Wed, Aug 22, 12 at 19:55
Received cuttings and seeds from Randy. Very generous in offering me all different kinds of cuttings. He made my day today!!! Thanks Randy! |
Received my seeds for postage today from Randy and wow for the little bit of postage I paid there is well worth the seeds :)...thanks for the trade Randy and thanks also for the plant advice you sent in email...it's good to meet you and thanks for sharing with me, Dianne |
- Posted by greengirl2009 7b (My Page) on Sat, Oct 6, 12 at 13:54
Package I receiced from Randy would make one (garden) green with envy. He went beyond....! Pleasurable & informative exchanges allowed me to prepare for the package in advance. I spent time googling the unique and eclectic selections he made...enjoyed every minute of it. Package arrived with each plant clearly labeled and protectively wrapped. Something for all the senses. It is abundantly clear that he enjoys plants and sharing with others. Would welcome ANY opportunity to trade with Randy! |
I had a very enjoyable trade experience with Randy and would be happy to trade with him again. |
Posted by RetiredFlorida 9 (email@example.com) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 23:29 An amazing trader, who has incredible taste and knowledge of a wide variety of plants. Freely shares that information and will help you succeed with your plants too. Highly recommend this trader. Don't ever pass up an offer from him, that would be your loss. (copied from another thread) |
I received an incredible mothers day for postage, everything was so well packaged and the box was chuck full!! And he sent links to help with rooting and planting~Awesome trader!! |
Like others before me, I answered a plants-for-postage....First time I replied to anyones offering for free items. His post and flower varieties offered captured my interest and besides it was Christmas, so I sent an e-mail. I have never been so pleased, surprised, grateful, humbled at someone I don't even knows generosity, and learned so much in the last two weeks... Thank you just doesn't seem enough.. So I will pay what I learned forward.. And I will use this trade as a standard in how to Conduct my exchanges. From packaging and sending (loved how those potted plants were wrapped) to the communication via emails and care of cuttings. Thank you so much. |
- Posted by lovesblooms z7 MD (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 13:00
Like Lorabell says, Randy pays it forward without a murmur, and set the standard for me in plant trading so far. I'd emailed him out of the blue last year because I found a post from him from months before that he had one particular plant I'd been searching for and I just hoped he still had it--but after sending postage, I didn't follow through even after he emailed me more than once (having become so busy with other things I was barely even checking emails), and later forgot about it. This year when I emailed him in response to his plants-for-postage post, having forgotten his username and about the postage I'd sent, he remembered both and treated me to a wondrous selection of plants I'd never even heard of AND the one I'd wanted last year. And took the time to give me info not only regarding the plants, but whether they would even do well in my area (I live in a colder zone than he does) and who to contact on gardenweb who lives in my area and has them to learn more. Wow. Randy, thanks for taking trading to a whole other, far more cherished level: sharing. Not everyone can be as good at it as you are, but I certainly hope to be! |
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Hi guys,
I have been studying Al's gritty mix for a long time and have tried repotting a couple of my tropical fruit trees in the gritty mix. So far, I found that the younger seedlings take the barerooting and the new mix really well. However, more mature trees don't. I barerooted two five gallon mango trees with water jets and potted them in gritty mix and after a week now they are whiltering.
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- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 0:03
Hello! First, where do you locate the trees once they've been re-potted? Secondly, since you mention not completely bare-rooting evergreens, you must Once the plant has been completely re-potted, future re-potting is much less of The first bare-rooting is, generally, the hardest.
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I've had similar experience when I first repotted my first mango tree to the Gritty mix(Fall 2007)...I bare rooted the entire root ball using a hose end sprayer with water...removed 98% of the mix (few bark pieces of bark that were clinging to the roots I left)and within a few hours the tree starting to wilt. I live in FL and I did this late Oct. or early Nov 2007. I didn't put it in the shade or protected it...so I'm sure looking back on it now that may have had a role in it...slowly I lost green healthy leaves...TONS of them. I thought I had killed the tree...but within several weeks the leaf drop slowly stopped and within a couple of months or so new leaves emerged. I've done this to another mango last year and have had no problems the second time around...gave it some shade and shelter and had no problems. Like Josh said, the second repotting is SO much easier...Guess what I'm saying is don't give up. Something about mango trees...they don't seem to like drastic root disturbances? Hang it there...this is the tree taken a few weeks ago...notice the pot is broken hence the dolly is tied to it. I will have to repot it when the flowers/blooms are done this summer. Good luck! Don't give up on the gritty mix its the next best thing to sliced bread,lol...maybe even better! BTW, I did the same thing to my Calamondin...and yet it had NO problems at all...didn't skip a beat. Didn't lose blooms or fruit! Maybe Mango trees are a little more sensitive to root disturbances? Below is the link of when I repotted my Calamondin with pictures... Hi Josh!! Glenn and Pickering in Gritty mix. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Calamondin Root Pruning...
- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 9:00
Ok,ok!! I was just browsing before my shower and I just had to say.WOWOWOWIWIWIOWO!!! Look at the size of that tree and all those flowers. I am getting one. Great work Nanvy:-))) Beautiful. We need to talk.lol Ok I will be back later to actually read this thread. |
Nice, Nancy! Beautiful tree with very lovely, interesting flowers! |
Wonderful work, Nancy! I can't say if you do or not (I can guess, though), ;o) but your plants always have the look of being pampered or doted on. You've become so accomplished! Thanks for offering such positive encouragement, too. I'm going to link Julie (repotting woes) to this thread so she can read your offering. YPA |
Thanks Mike, Jodi and Al...it means a lot! I absolutely love the Gritty Mix and I will always be very grateful for meeting Al here, for introducing me to the best potting mix I've ever used! I hate to think what my plants and I would have missed out on if I didn't discover the Gritty Mix...Thanks again Al! |
Thank you guys for your responses. Josh, thank you very much for your detailed answer. how much soil mass would you remove from the football when you repot mangos for the first time? Half? The other half in the second year probably? |
Thank you for your encouragement puglvr1! I have more hope now! Thank you Al for sharing the mix with us and helping me along the way! Thank you all! |
Almost everyone here has the encouragement bone. For the most part, it's an amiable and very helpful group you can count on for positive support. We're glad you're here. Al |
- Posted by loveplants2 8 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 23:01
Hello Everyone... Nancy...i am speechless..that Mango is just gorgeous...I decided to "pug" my Carrie and My Glenn...i hoping that i have 1/4 of the results as you!!!...Pretty Work!!! Take care everyone.. Laura in VB |
Thanks GTW and Laura! GTW, I wish you the best with your trees. Good luck with the mango trees Laura...hope you get the results your wanting. |
- Posted by CoryMiamiBeach 10 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 28, 11 at 22:27
Hello- I've been researching Al's mix all day - I'll execute in 2 weeks. :) I'm new to this - so a few basic questions I can't seem to find (and this is the closest thread). When I repot the 5 fruit trees I just bought, I need to remove all the soil and just have the tree and roots, right? From this thread, it seems like I do this by washing the roots with a hose to loosen the dirt. Then, once I've repotted in the new mix, do I need to keep all the plants in the shade for 3-4 weeks? Or just the pot in the shade, and the plant in full sun? Alternatively, should I wait until a specific time (i see people posting for mature plants when it's fall/spring from active/non active growth seasons)? I just bought from nursery, and will keep all trees in containers for years, but nursery said I needed to "upgrade" to the next size in 1-3 months for all trees. Thanks in advance... ! Cory |
- Posted by redshirtcat 6a MO StL (My Page) on Wed, Jun 29, 11 at 17:57
Al advises against repotting in the middle of the summer. I would wait. I have enough difficulty pulling it off in mild 60-70 degree situations. I wouldn't try it mid-summer unless you have to. I would suggest using a large container of water and submerging the root ball to wash off the soil rather than the hose/sprayer. I've found that I lose less roots that way. Just don't keep the roots submerged for too long (ie: don't wash all 5 at once and leave them all sitting in water while you try to pot each one). Some people might be fine keeping their plants in sun after repotting but I find it's best to move them to filtered shade for a few weeks. It's not the pot temperature that is the immediate concern (though it does matter) - it's that you will lose roots in the repotting process and hinder the plant's ability to transpire. If it sits in full sun and there is more evaporation from the leaves than the roots can keep up with you will have leaf drop and maybe some dead branches. |
Cory - find more repotting info at the link below. Al |
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