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- Posted by lovetogarden2008 SF Bay Area (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 16:27
Awwwww. :) |
Are you saving "seeds" from those sports? Bets |
- Posted by myron26155 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 16:53
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing the photo! |
Awww...the quail really do love your tomatoes. Ania |
- Posted by lazygardens Sunset Zone 13 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 18:56
The quail will sit on the nest while I harvest tomatoes all around her. I would probably have to touch her to make her move. |
- Posted by organic_dusty 9 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 21:50
How totally cool is that??? I am an avid bird watcher and this is really an incredible picture. Good luck on the maters and the quail babies.....soon to come. Thank you for sharing with all of us.......... Dusty |
We have quail but they just sit on our fence. I think are afraid of my 21 month old son. |
- Posted by lazygardens Sunset Zone 13 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 4, 09 at 12:22
So it's time to eat the big ones? ;) |
Guess that means no tomatoes and quail eggs for breakfast??? hehe!! That really was incredibly cool! |
I was gonna say to go and try this recipe but I guess I'm too late! ;) |
Thank you for posting both of those photos. What a beautiful sight!! |
Oh, how neat! I'm so glad you were able to get a shot of the hatchlings. Thank you for sharing with us!! Edie |
Do you think they help with bug control around your plants? Might have to get me a few, either way :) |
- Posted by vera_eastern_wa 5b-6a (My Page) on Mon, Jul 6, 09 at 22:48
Way to go with the pictures! I've never been able to snap one yet in the 7 years I've lived here!! Good for you :)) Our quail around here have been running around with their chicks for a good 3 weeks now. They are so cute to watch run with their little heads bobbing up and down LOL! |
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casey - I love the crow photo. There is a flock of crows(they're called something else I think) that routinely glean the harvested soybean and corn fields around here and I never have my camera. A photo would make a great Fall or Halloween card - yours too. Moni - that church reminds me of my house! All it needs is a tall door on the front where the window and air conditioner are. In fact I think I see the shadow of what must have been a wide door. bob - another great photo. Love it. |
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How to Quit Smoking when You Don't Really Want to
If you are feeling pressured to quit from an outside source, such as friends and/or family, and you don't really want to quit yourself, there's not really any reason to bother. Even if you manage to quit as a result of their pestering--well meaning or not, that's what it is--you will find yourself actively looking for reasons to blame them personally so you can relapse and start smoking again. It is the way addictions work.
1Figure out whether you have a will to follow through. If you are weak-willed and have an addictive personality, you may want to work on that aspect first.Ad
2When you've finally decided that you can't stand the guilt, set a date and tell the person you are with that you are quitting. Let them know you need their support regardless of what you do. You will accomplish your goal with time and patience.
3Prepare for quitting.
4Slowly whittle down your habit, aim for once a day
5Go for 3 days without tobacco. After 3 days, you should have lost any urges to smoke, and are good to go.
6Keep busy on your first day of not smoking. Throw any remaining cigarettes away, or give them to a smoker friend. Keep your gum/water handy. When day one is done, remember that today and the next week are going to be really hard. Treat yourself to an ice cream, but continue not to smoke.
7Let your friends know you passed day two, three, a week, etc., of not smoking. Their praise will help.
8For the first month, avoid social smoking gatherings, big parties and eating outdoors. Keep busy and remind yourself with each passing hour and day, that you are non-smoker! You are doing it!
9After the first month, and maybe for the rest of your life, you will still think of how nice a cigarette will be after a good meal, but the thoughts are easy to repress. Your life as a non-smoker will be healthier and hopefully more enjoyable without the constant torment of being told not to smoke.Ad
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- Don't have that ONE cigarette. Cutting down your smoking intake only gives cigarettes their appeal. If you have one cigarette a day, you make that cigarette seem more enjoyable, and make yourself miserable in the process.*
- Be proud of your willpower and ability to break a habit you enjoy!
- See How to Quit Smoking instead to get some ideas on why you might want to quit, for your own benefit. Remember you don't need to actually quit just yet, saying "yes, I would like to quit" is what you need to say first. When you quit you do all the work and you get all the credit. It is not about someone else. It is not about their reasons.
- Reward yourself. Use rewards as a motivation to keep you from smoking. If you have something exciting to look forward to, it will encourage and motivate you to not smoke.
- Don't lie to your muse. If you sneak a cigarette, let them know. Don't hide your weaknesses.
- Use a small object (such as a stone or coin or charm) to give form to your craving. Many psychological studies suggest that by physically visualizing your fears and problems you attain a power over them.
- Have something to snack on. i.e. keep a baggy of baby carrots with you for the day and have your healthy snack while filling/subsiding a craving.
- Many of us have developed associations between smoking and other activities like drinking alcohol or coffee. Do what you can to avoid those things you associate with smoking during that first month, or for as long as it takes for you. Don't test yourself until you're ready.
- DO NOT REGRET: If you quit (even due to pestering) you must understand that no one forced you to quit. Otherwise you'll resent the person every time you crave a cigarette.
- Think about the long run. If you need more help, ask for and seek it. Get patches, herbal supplements, or nicotine gum. Look up pictures of lung cancer victims and read stories from surviving families.
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- Alternative "cigarettes"
- Cinnamon flavored gum, mouthwash and dental floss to get the taste out of your mouth.
- A pen or small rock or string of beads in which to fill the place of the physical action of holding the cigarettes.
- The phone number of someone who will support you during those moments.
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Over 400 million households worldwide to have some form of Smart TV by 2016
April 17, 2012
The next few years will see a major effort among companies to control entertainment services delivered to television sets. This "battle for the living room" is the subject of a series of new research reports from DFC Intelligence. These reports cover the efforts of content owners, video aggregators, and CE manufacturers to develop an alternative market for distribution of TV shows and movies.
"While PCs, tablets, and smartphones routinely offer online access, the TV, the most important entertainment device in the home, until recently has not been connected to the Internet," said Michael Goodman, lead analyst of the research.  "Going forward, however, a variety of devices such as video game consoles, media players, and Blu-ray players enable the TV to connect to the Internet. In addition, a growing number of connected or smart TVs can connect to the Internet out of the box.â€
DFC Intelligence forecasts that the number of devices that connect television sets to the Internet will explode to over 1.5 billion worldwide by 2016, a nearly five-fold increase from where it is today. InÂ
A major issue in the connected living room space is which companies will control the hardware devices and more importantly the operating systems that provide interactive services via the television. "In the mobile space we see Apple and Google dominate the delivery of services," said Michael Goodman. "In comparison, competition in the television market is wide open but companies like Sony and Microsoft are off to a strong start with their built in video game console installed bases and well developed platforms for content delivery."
In the, Video Game Consoles as Entertainment Hubs Report, DFC Intelligence looks at the potential for systems like the Microsoft Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii and future game systems to act as the primary device to deliver not just games but music, movies and other entertainment services to the living room. "A service like Xbox LIVE now sees more than 50% of its online usage in non-game related activities such as watching movies from Netflix," said David Cole.  "Especially in North America and
This new DFC research service launches with a series of reports including The Connected Home: The Battle for Dominance in the Digital Living Room, Â Cord Cutting in the Digital Living Room: Fact or Fiction? Video Game Consoles as Entertainment Hubs and a complete Excel spreadsheet with global forecasts for in-home connected devices broken down by region and device.
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Film: Chef
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Driving home from my screening of Chef, I briefly considered writing one of those fun little reviews filled with more cheesy food puns than you can shake a drumstick at. I could knock it out in 15 minutes. You'd chuckle a few times. And we'd all go home happy. But you know what? You're not going to get that here. Rotten Tomatoes tells me there are plenty of other sites for that anyway.
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After a year of using expensive cleaners, scrubbing my fingers off and no doubt absorbing many dangerous chemicals, I suddenly remembered how I had always cleaned regular stove-top rings, racks, etc. I would put them in a plastic bag, pour in about a half-cup of ammonia, tie the bag and leave it overnight -- either in the sink or on the back porch. In the morning the grease and burnt materials were easily removed with just a light pass of an SOS pad. So one night I poured about a quarter cup of ammonia on to my glass range top, spread it evenly around and covered it lightly with saran wrap. In the morning I easily wiped off most of the residue with paper towel and used a glass scraper (razor blade type) to get rid of a few more stubborn charred bits (be sure that there is some liquid, either ammonia or water under the blade, i.e., don't use the blade on a dry surface. I had come to hate the glass top because of the difficulty of cleaning it but now it's no problem. Just remember: don't let bleach come in contact with ammonia as it will create a poisonous gas. |
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Hi Alzhi, I saw an entry about just this subject on Pinerest today. The writer filled a pan/dish with warm soapy water and wrung out a cloth in it until it was sorta spongy (not too wet). She laid the cloth on top of the glass and let it sit there for a while to soften the spills. Then she took baking SODA and sprinkled it on quite heavily. She used circular motions to wipe up the baking soda and was very pleased to see that the glass was completely clean. This might be a good alternative because there is no strong chemicals to worry about. |
Both methods sound great. I know I use Ammonia to clean burned pots. I buy cheap store brand "sudsy lemon" ammonia for about $1-$2 a bottle, pour it into the burnt pot, put on the lid and hide it for 24 hours. The next day, most of the crud is liquified, the rest comes off easily with Brillo or SOS. Again, I don't mix with other cleaners. |
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In concert: Simon Shaheen at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
By Mark Jenkins
New York-based Palestinian performer Simon Shaheen's work is generally categorized as "world music," despite his Western classical training.
Saturday at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Shaheen moved easily between worlds, playing both violin and oud, a teardrop-shaped lute. But the liveliest moments were rooted in traditional Arab music.
The concert was sponsored by the Library of Congress, which commissioned the evening's world premiere, "The Call." Shaheen played violin in a melancholy mode that suggested Eastern European folk music, his melodic phrases alternately echoed or doubled by pianist Jason Lindner. The piece was inspired, its composer explained, by a desire to compel a statue of a woman to dance. Despite Michel Merhej's cantering percussion, however, the composition didn't kick up its heels until its brief coda.
Also stately and mournful, in large part, were two pieces alluding to events in the Middle East: "The Wall," inspired by the Israeli-Palestinian separation barrier, and "Iraq," the name of both a country and a classical Arab maqam (a melodic motif similar in purpose to an Indian raga). Now joined by Shaheen's brother William (also on oud and violin), the musicians conjured a sense of loss that was more wistful than angry.
These numbers were flanked by more upbeat ones, both showcases for improvisation. In the opener, Shaheen played the oud alone, sometimes bending notes in the Indo-Persian style. The encore allowed all four players to solo, gave Shaheen a chance to play the tambourine-like tar and spurred audience members to clap along. The result came much closer to the sort of music that might compel a statue to dance.
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The deal will see the California-based company offer existing Box customers (of two months or more) free cloud storage for the rest of the year, with the firm also promising to help with data migration.
Prior to the deal, the company spoke with a number customers who had already made the switch, and identified five scenarios where businesses might still use Box for file sharing solution. These scenarios essentially act as a thinly veiled attack on Box;
You don't need to ask permission: Users can side-step IT, and Egnyte says that Box is a great solution if you 'aren't concerned with who sees folders or what types of access they have to a file'.
Your head is always in the clouds: Egnyte says that Box is ideal if users are content using a web interface and not access to mapped drives with desktop access, or a local copy of their files, which are continuously synced with the cloud.
You think size doesn't matter: Box is fine for those with relatively small files, argues Egnyte.
You don't mind a long distance relationship: The firm says that Box is OK if users don't need to have a local version, and are content to have everything stored in the cloud.
You're a trusting soul: Egnyte claims that Box is fine for those with a small circle of employees or trusted friends. The firm then argues that there then should be no need to turn off access at any point.
Egnyte didn't stop there, and turned to these same customers to gather more opinions on why they chose Egnyte's HybridCloud file sharing service over Box. "We wanted to put in a file sharing solution that would give players, coaches and staff alike the fast ubiquitous access they need, regardless of whether they were using a laptop or tablet", said Kerry Keating, head coach of men's basketball at Santa Clare University.
"Box and Egnyte went head to head, and in the end, Egnyte won because it provided secure reliable access to files while giving our IT department the controls they would expect out of a world class solution."
Another customer said that they looked at Dropbox, Box, Sharefile and Egnyte, but chose Egnyte's HybridCloud for the ability to quickly deploy and give different levels of access to people, from employees to customers.
Those looking to transfer from Box to Egnyte's HybridCloud File Sharing should visit www.egnyte.com/ms/egnyte-vs-box/. The offer is available for those wishing to sign up to the Group Plan (five employees, 150GB of storage, $24.99/month), the Office Plan (10 employees, 1TB of storage, $44.99/month), or the Enterprise Plan (25 employees at $12.99 per employee/per month, for 3TB of storage), although larger packages are also available.
Box was contacted by Venture Beat over the issue, but chose not to comment.
The cloud computing market is becoming increasingly competitive at the moment, with Dropbox (which is said to have around 50 million users) and Box currently leading in the consumer space. However, more recently, enterprise-focused companies like Accellion, GroupLogic and YouSendIt have come forward with similar solutions for businesses. with Accellion and GroupLogic vocal in criticizing Dropbox in particular over a lack of content control.


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Gawker posted this video of the world's stupidest robbers who robbed a man on a bike trail of everything except the most important thing — the GoPro camera attached to his head that filmed the entire ordeal. Luckily, the crooks were apprehended later due to the video evidence.
The Gun Maker from Michael Shipman on Vimeo.
Beautiful. And even more amazing that this guy was self-taught on how to make guns. Check out William Shipman's guns here.
Whoa, this is such a neat video. Amazing clarity for 18,000 fps.
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Outrage as radio host tells Sandy Hook victims' families to 'go to hell' for infringing on his gun rights
Submitted by P. Nicholson on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 10:50A Minnesota radio host has sparked an online firestorm after he said live on air that he'd like to tell the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting victims to 'go to hell' for infringing on his rights to own a gun.
Bob Davis, one half of the outspoken 'Davis & Emmer,' show on Twin Cities News Talk AM, was discussing gun control when he made the outrageous comment about the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy earlier this month.
'I'm sick and tired of seeing these victims trotted out, given rides on Air Force One, hauled into the Senate well, and everyone is just afraid -- they're terrified of these victims,' he said. '... I would stand in front of them and tell them, "Go to hell."'
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How dare he talk like that to
How dare he talk like that to the Sandy Hook actors!
Resist the temptation to feed the trolls.
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I think this is one of 3 things
1. He got carried away and said something stupid, instead of correctly articulating the absurdness of the exploitation of these victoms.
2. He is as an operation mockingbird type that likes to make gun owners look irrational, crazy, and unsympathetic.
3. He is a combination of the two - a good hearted idiot that gets his job because of his tendency to say stupid things.
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Look at the shabby way 911 survivors have been treated....
for requesting a new investigation. I am tired of people letting themselves be used to push a political agenda by the very people responsible for for the tragedy. How many remember how often they trotted out James and Sarah Brady, when it was George H. W. Bush behind the "hit"? It is gratifying someone in the media is willing to take a "hit" on this.
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I don't like them Sandy Hook
I don't like them Sandy Hook families trying to rule me with their emotions. I'd tell them to their face to go to hell too and I would add, "Stop waving your bloody dead children in front of my face too".
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you want to be a pawn for the Obummer administration. Don't cry when your treated like one.
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So what? aren't we all jaded who cares .. If a victim uses a
tragedy to push a political agenda against the will of the people than yeah, they can go to hell.
the media has been terrorizing the constitution with these b.s. stories.
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I can't help but to agree
If there is any group of people on this earth who ought to know that gun laws and gun-free zones don't keep one safe, its these parents.
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The same goes for ANYBODY
Phony victims, real victims, sweet little old ladies, ANYBODY who tries to infringe my rights can go STRAIGHT TO HELL!
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I didn't listen to him, but...
...He can be both SYMPATHETIC and OUTRAGED at the same time.
And REALLY outraged if they are just actors and there were no deaths, as has been documented elsewhere.
But the fiction or non fiction of the shooting aside, if these liberal parents care so much about their evil, authoritarian philosophy to dance on the graves of their dead children while giving the middle finger to Liberty and the rights our Founding Father died for, then they should be called out openly.
Why don't they just all move to Cuba or some hardcore communist country where they've been enforcing gun confiscation for years, where the people are slaves, and where there is abject poverty everywhere because all the United Nations' and U.S. foreign aid goes to prop up the lavish lifestyle of the dictator's family and friends.
"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a rEVOLution before tomorrow morning." - Henry Ford
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The families of Sandy Hook
put themselves out there as proponents of a political agenda to deny people their 2nd amendment right under the United States Constitution. This places them in the public domain.
If they can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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Agreed. If someone is going to take themselves beyond...
...being a grieving family member and try to infringe on rights like this and assault liberties and freedoms, they make themselves fair game and bear responsibility for what they're doing.
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I am not outraged.
This is a completely altogether DIFFERENT discussion. When it becomes gun control vs. the possible loss of a child we are talking two different actions.
So, no, I am not outraged in the least. In fact, I agree. ANYONE that wants to take away my second amendment or infringe on it in ANY way can go straight to hell.
ANYONE who suffers the loss of a child has my deepest and heartfelt condolences.
its 'cos I owe ya, my young friend...
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9/11 Truth.
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I sure hope this guy doesn't
I sure hope this guy doesn't back-peddle and apologize. Nothing worse than saying what is on your mind, then apologizing because of a little 'blowback'.
"yeah, I said it...so what. It's called the 1st Amendment. You don't like it, don't listen".
It's usually celebrities and politicians that start apologizing as soon as the words come out of their mouths.
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy."
― Ron Paul
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It's not the fault of the victims.
Call out the people using them as political props, not the victims.
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still waiting on the video evidence of Sandy Hook.
still waiting on the video evidence of Sandy Hook.
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy."
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About time
someone said it.
getting in front of the cameras and preaching banning weapons is beyond personal grieving and you open yourself up to candid comments.
Good for this guy. I need to go call his station and voice support.
Liberty = Responsibility
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Hey...you think Glen Beck
would get a duplicate salary deal by being this honest on the air?
"Give a man a gun, and he could rob a bank. Give a man a bank, and he could rob the world."
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Poor choice of..
Poor choice of words but the right sentiment.
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Needless to say Adam Lanza
Needless to say Adam Lanza wouldn't have been stopped by stricter background checks because he got his guns from his mom, who had no trouble passing background checks. But facts have never got in the way of the gun grabbers.
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I agree with this guy...
I feel terrible for these families who lost their children, if in fact any children were killed. I mean I know people who say they know people who lost children there... but I've yet to see any hard evidence of any criminal act at that school presented in the media. That aside, even if they had pictures of Adam Lanza shooting these innocent children, I think after the exploitation I've seen, I'd be tempted to tell these parents to go to hell too. If someone lost their kids in a car crash and then wanted to start outlawing motor vehicles, I'd tell them to go to hell too. This guy's anger isn't misplaced, these parents are being exploited and obviously have no respect for MY freedom... so yeah, to hell with them. I heard one of the Sandy Hook parents speaking before Obama's press conference the other day, and I was so disgusted I wanted to puke. Anytime I hear a Sandy Hook parent speaking to the entire nation, telling us we need to give up our guns, all I can think of is Robbie Parker's sly grin and carefree laughter. I hope this host keeps his job, I know exactly how he feels.
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That's a hard pill to swallow
That's a hard pill to swallow but the line has to be drawn somewhere.
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His Anger is Misdirected
Innocent people were killed at Sandy Hook. No need to make other people who had nothing to do with the crime, victims as well, by depriving them of the tools with which to protect themselves from the same crime. But that's being done by politicians and lots of public figures; the families of the victims would seem to be, at worst, pawns in the game.
You're right - the line has to be drawn somewhere, and this is it. Stop punishing the innocent many for the crimes of the guilty few.
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I Agree wholeheartdly.
Strangely, I was massively downvoted for saying the same thing.
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hundreds of people die everyday from drunk driving
im sorry for them, it's life. But you don't see the media that gets big bucks from booze companies pushing to outlaw beer or vodka.
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Everyone is responsible for his own behavior.
The families of the victims are pawns, to be sure, but that does not absolve them of responsibility for their own actions.
I have lost sympathy for them because of their actions to deprive me of my God given and Constitutionally protected right to have the means to protect myself, and to eventually fight the thugs that have taken over the federal government, when that becomes necessary and advantageous.
I understand that many people have reacted negatively to this broadcast, and that is just a reflection of their own absent or shallow thinking.
"Bend over and grab your ankles" should be etched in stone at the entrance to every government building and every government office.
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What does the end of the world look like in the Marvel Universe? Judging by The Avengers, it is one spirit-breaking catastrophe after another. First a demi-god with a magic cube declares war on earth; then alien shock troops and monstrous leviathans invade New York; then it gets worse as a U.S. nuclear warhead is fired at Manhattan. It builds up to a crescendo the most unthinkable disaster of all (especially if you're a Marvel Studios executive): The moment Robert Downey Jr.flies up, up and away from Earth, maybe never to return.
Yes, Downey and his Tony Stark character have considerable magnetic appeal and it's difficult to imagine Marvel asking the 47-year-old to do anything less anytime soon. (In fact, there's a lot of chatter that Marvel may send Stark back to the far ends of the cosmos as a cast member in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy.) Downey, like his clanging alter ego, has been machine-like the past five years. Set aside his summer Marvel job and it's still impressive: two Sherlock Holmes films; an Oscar nomination for Tropic Thunder; an evocative performance in The Soloist; and the comedy hit Due Date (which he once told me he views as "one of the most privately joyful experiences in history"). I caught up with Downey for a lengthy phone interview recently and we'll be running installments right here all this week. We started with Part 1 yesterday, here's Part 2.


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Market Watch: The latest farmers market news by David Karp
August 3, 2013
Farmers Markets: Redlands' Saturday morning gathering impresses
Redlands is one of the last agricultural zones left in the Inland Empire, and its Saturday morning farmers market — though overshadowed by its giant Thursday brother — is thriving. But while the Thursday market seems to be primarily a social event, dominated by prepared foods, music and crafts, the Saturday morning market features many small, local growers who sell in person and offer a good balance of basic and specialty produce.
2:08 PM EDT, June 28, 2013
Farmers Markets: The best peaches at the best time
Great peaches are available at local markets from June well into the fall, but July is really the heart of the season for the San Joaquin Valley, the state's largest growing area. Early peaches tend to be small, watery and clingstone, and late varieties can be dry and mealy, but right now we're in the sweet spot when many standard commercial varieties are freestone, with luscious melting texture and rich aroma.
June 7, 2013
Farmers Markets: High-flavored fruit varieties sell fast
This week may be the best of the year for high-flavored fruit that's worth a special trip to local farmers markets, because it's almost never available elsewhere.
May 31, 2013
Farmers Markets: It's prime time for apricots
After a month of mediocre early-season apricots, the prime varieties, sweet, juicy and flavorful, are here or will be soon. Beyond the celebrated Blenheim, there are other worthwhile varieties, and a few are even better. Here are the leading apricots and apricot-like hybrids, in order of ripening, rated on a scale of 1 to 10 for flavor. The crop is about a week early this year and looks good in size and quality.
6:02 PM EDT, May 17, 2013
Farmers Markets: For May peaches, royalty found among the sports
Among the most intriguing May peaches are three patented by Alan and Lori Asdoorian of Kingsburg, whose century-old Island Farms lies between two branches of the Kings River, southeast of Fresno.
May 10, 2013
Farmers Markets: A CSA model for seafood in Santa Monica
Fishermen selling their own catch at Southern California farmers markets are vanishing. An attractive alternative is Community Seafood, a "community-supported fishery" that started selling last Sunday at the Santa Monica Main Street farmers market. Founded by two marine scientists, Sarah Rathbone and Kim Selkoe, it seeks to support local fisheries and provide ultra-fresh, sustainably caught fish to subscribers.
May 3, 2013
Farmers Markets: Bruins like to feed on fresh fruit and vegetables
In some ways farmers markets are a natural fit at universities, where many students crave healthful, local and organic produce. However, schools are largely closed during summer, the busiest season for markets, and the managers — if students run the market — move on regularly, when they graduate. Such are the challenges at the recently established UCLA market, which is small and operates just twice each academic quarter but is a hit with students and staff.
April 27, 2013
Farmers Markets: From the LAPD to artisanal olive oil
Traditionally, working folk dreamed of retiring to California to grow citrus, or more recently wine grapes, but these days the second career crop of choice appears to be artisanal olive oil. Fresh, local oil is all the rage; universities and industry groups help guide aspiring growers, and once their groves start bearing, many sell at farmers markets, where they earn premium prices and enjoy schmoozing with shoppers. Mark Mooring of Buon Gusto Farms followed an unusual version of this path, from starting the Los Angeles Police Department K-9 Platoon to growing olives in Ventura, where he produces richly flavored, award-winning oils.
April 20, 2013
Farmers Markets: The family behind Maggie's and Kenter Canyon farms
For many years, Maggie's Farm, based in Agoura Hills, has sold top-quality salad greens and herbs exclusively at farmers markets. Kenter Canyon Farms offers a wider range of similar produce, at a few farmers markets, but mostly wholesale and on a much larger scale. Many shoppers know that the two farms are owned by members of the same family, but few realize that they offer two versions, boutique and commercial, of production that now comes mostly from the same land.
2:04 PM EDT, April 5, 2013
Farmers markets: Be aware of the rhythm of the season
April is generally the least abundant month for locally grown fruits, with nothing like the profusion of stone fruits in summer, apples in autumn and citrus in winter. But there's still plenty of great choices at farmers markets, particularly for shoppers alert to the rhythm of seasons and growing areas.
March 29, 2013
Helping farmers markets managers manage better
As certified farmers markets have proliferated in California over the past decade, it has become clear that many of their managers lack crucial knowledge of their responsibilities. In response to this problem, veteran managers and the California Department of Food and Agriculture have devised a new program that will shortly hold training sessions for managers around the state.
March 22, 2013
Farmers Markets: State bill would bring big changes
A bill recently introduced in the California Assembly, AB 996, would substantially change the operations and governance of the state's certified farmers markets, strengthening some enforcement provisions and weakening others. The bill would renew authorization for the state's role in the program, including penalties for cheaters, which are now scheduled to expire at the end of 2013. Its provisions, which will likely be modified in coming months, currently include:
2:21 PM EDT, March 15, 2013
Farmers Markets: Rhubarb worth stalking in early spring
Rhubarb is one of the great joys of spring, with its rosy color, earthy tang and old-fashioned allure, and the story of its local rise and fall is as intriguing as its flavor. Just a generation or two ago, it was widely cultivated in Southern California, but now local rhubarb is available almost exclusively at farmers markets, and just from a handful of vendors.
1:07 PM EST, March 8, 2013
Farmers Markets: Oliver Woolley's pork is a hit in Santa Monica
Locally raised pork is rare in Southern California, but in a hilly grapefruit grove north of San Diego, fenced to exclude mountain lions, 14 tasty piglets luxuriate, fattening for sale at the Santa Monica farmers market. They're the dream or folly of Oliver Woolley, who raises heritage pigs.
March 1, 2013
Farmers Markets: Odd-looking cherimoya is a sublime find
— The cherimoya is a peculiar-looking, almost intimidating fruit — "like a pre-Columbian jade pine cone or the finial for a giant Inca four-poster bed," in Elizabeth Schneider's memorable words. But at its best it tastes sublime, with sweet, juicy, flan-like flesh and rich flavor blending papaya, banana and pineapple. Mark Twain famously called it "the most delicious fruit known to men," and if taste were all that counted, cherimoyas might outsell apples.
February 23, 2013
Farmers Markets: Irvine's Saturday farmers market is O.C.'s sweet spot
The Irvine Saturday farmers market is the largest and best in Orange County, but it's a mixed bag. It has some worthy local small farmers who come in person, along with more commercial farms, and even a few who have been sanctioned previously for cheating by agricultural authorities or other managers.
February 16, 2013
Farmers markets: Kosher dishes
The prepared food vendors at local farmers markets cater to a world of tastes and ethnicities, from Filipino balut to halal shawarma, but until recently none served observant Jews who follow kosher dietary laws. It fell to a secular Jew, Michele Grant, fresh off the success of her Grilled Cheese Truck, to fill that niche, offering a flavorful, healthy twist on traditional kosher cooking, strictly supervised by the Rabbinical Council of California.
February 9, 2013
Farmers Markets: Paso Gold rides the olive oil boom
As part of a great California olive oil boom, now at least a dozen olive oil vendors are selling at local farmers markets, up from only a couple a decade ago. Most offer a good product, but there are few who, like Michael O'Brien of Paso Gold, provide local, fresh, high-quality, certified organic oil, sold by the farmer himself in the agricultural section of the market.
February 3, 2013
Farmers Markets: With respected leader back in L.A. County, attention turns to inspections on shoestring budget
For many years, when managers grew frustrated about lax enforcement at Los Angeles farmers markets, they would cry, "If only Ed Williams were here!"
January 25, 2013
Farmers Markets: A guide to the best winter citrus
Midwinter is peak time for citrus to be eaten fresh, and this year quality has been superb, probably because of the extended heat earlier in the growing season. Here are tips about which varieties to look for now and from which growing areas, including recommended growers, tips for choosing and using, and potential pitfalls. For each type there's also a peek at what the future has to offer.
January 18, 2013
Farmers Markets: California keeps its sweet spot in macadamias
FALLBROOK — Jim Russell's macadamia orchard looks like a park, 3 acres of holly-like evergreens growing above closely cropped grass. A casual observer would never suspect that it represents a relic of a bygone boom, a source of uniquely delicious nuts and one man's triumph over paralysis.
January 11, 2013
Farmers Markets: Exotic fruits, exciting harvests in De Luz
DE LUZ — High on a hill overlooking an idyllic vista of citrus, avocados and chaparral, Bill Vogel spied a tree loaded with an unexpected bounty and started to holler.
December 29, 2012
Farmers Markets: The best of early winter
Although summer claims many of the sexiest, most attention-grabbing vegetables, such as eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini, in Southern California the vegetables that thrive in winter are equally abundant and alluring. Roots, crucifers and peas may be available year-round, but winter is their time to shine. In the spirit of the many award ceremonies held in this season, here are some of my favorite early winter vegetables and producers who do an extraordinary job with them, based on notes, photos and tastings over the last 14 years.
December 21, 2012
Farmers Markets: Look for Page and Lee mandarins
Mandarins at their best are the noblest of citrus, with intense, complex aromatics and fascinating varietal identities. Two clementine-tangelo crosses prized for their rich flavor, Page and Lee, are now in peak season and well worth searching out. Page long been a favorite at farmers markets, and recently commercial growers have caught on and planted them on a larger scale. Its half-sister, Lee, is rare in California but arguably has even more extraordinary flavor.
December 14, 2012
Farmers Markets: Seasons do matter in Southern California
The great advantage of Southern California farmers markets — year-round availability of fresh, local produce — can sometimes backfire by obscuring the seasonal rhythm of crops and growing areas. For example, carrots, grapefruits, nuts and avocados are always available from somewhere but not always at their best; it's up to shoppers to learn the difference.
December 7, 2012
Though no longer trendy, kiwis can still be quite tasty
Kiwi are now plentiful at farmers markets, but they're not always easy to find in prime condition. To produce high-quality kiwis, growers need to apply crop-specific expertise in pollination, pruning, irrigation, ripening and storage. Many farmers market vendors are generalists for whom kiwis are a minor sideline, so they sometimes bring rock-hard fruit that never ripens, or improperly stored specimens that have shriveled, softened and developed off flavors. At their best, however, local recently harvested kiwis have an intense vibrancy that is often missing in long-stored commercial fruit.
2:06 PM EST, November 30, 2012
Farmers Markets: How to be choosy with clementines
At their best, clementines are among the finest of citrus fruits, easy to peel, seedless, with firm but juicy flesh and a rich, well-balanced flavor. However, they can vary dramatically in quality, depending on the exact variety, the season, where they're grown, how they're grown and how they're packed and stored. For anyone who has fallen in love with this fruit only to be disappointed later, it is worth understanding these factors before shopping, whether at grocery stores or at farmers markets.
5:11 PM EST, November 23, 2012
Tracking down the parents of sweet orange
Valencia, Spain – Detailing the ancestry of sweet orange has been a long-sought prize for citrus scientists. On Friday, the leader of a group that has been analyzing the genetic makeup of citrus said in a scientific talk that the ponkan -- a large, loose-skinned type of mandarin widely cultivated in Asia and Brazil -- was the likely father of the sweet orange.
November 17, 2012
Farmers Markets: Satsumas, a sweet sign of the holidays
OROSI, Calif. — Easy to peel and nearly seedless, with tender flesh and tangy mandarin flavor, satsumas are one of the most popular farmers market fruits around Thanksgiving. Farmers like them too, especially growers in cold, low-lying areas, because they ripen early, before frosts usually strike, and the tree is exceptionally cold-hardy for citrus.
12:53 PM EST, November 9, 2012
Farmers Markets: The Produce Project repackages the bounty
While farmers markets have proliferated in recent years, demand for fresh, local, seasonal produce has increased even faster. Several types of entrepreneurs have arisen to satisfy this demand, including specialty produce distributors, shopping services and stores that emulate the farmers market experience, such as Atwater Village Farm. One intriguing variation is the Produce Project, which buys from farmers markets and sells at "pop-up farm stands" in downtown L.A. and Mid-City.
1:01 PM EDT, November 2, 2012
Farmers Markets: Stokes Purple is a sweet potato of mystery
When the Stokes Purple sweet potato shows up in markets next week, it's hard to say what will be more intriguing: its look, with dramatically deep purple skin and flesh, its flavor or the mystery of its origins.
2:48 PM EDT, October 26, 2012
Farmers Markets: Red-letter day for Robert Livermore walnuts
One of the most surprising recent produce introductions is the Robert Livermore walnut, which will be coming into season in the next few weeks. The trees and the whole nuts look like conventional walnuts, but the thin seedcoat covering the kernel is vivid scarlet.
October 20, 2012
Farmers Markets: Santa Barbara Pistachio Co.'s green nuts popping up
VENTUCOPA, Calif. — Pistachios are available from storage year-round, but for the next week or so, ultra-seasonal green nuts, freshly harvested and still encased in their hulls, will appear at farmers markets. Moister, softer and sweeter than regular pistachios, they have their own flavor that hints at citrus and eucalyptus. They are sold by Santa Barbara Pistachio Co., owned by the Zannon family, who started last Sunday to harvest 400 acres in the remote, pristine Cuyama Valley, midway between Santa Barbara and Bakersfield.
October 12, 2012
Farmers Markets: Raisins, outside the box
REEDLEY, Calif. -- Raisins are the neglected icon of California agriculture, perceived as an old-fashioned industrial commodity, devoid of seasonal sizzle. At farmers markets, however, it's well worth searching out special varieties, freshly harvested and processed by small growers.
October 5, 2012
Farmers Markets: Almonds at the stands
WASCO, Calif. — California's almond harvest, which takes place from August through October, is a dusty, noisy affair, vast in scale and fascinating in its blend of agricultural and industrial processes. Sixty years ago California grew 100,000 acres of almonds, 85% of them in the northern Central Valley, from Madera to Butte counties. Mechanization, increased irrigation in the southern San Joaquin Valley (at least until recent water cutbacks) and booming exports have boosted production, and California now raises some 760,000 acres of almonds, its third largest farm commodity, after dairy and grapes. Two of the top three almond counties are Kern and Fresno, where endless vistas of almonds line the highways.
September 29, 2012
Farmers Markets: Damson plums worth preserving
With dark blue, astringent skins, and dry, sour flesh, the ancient plums called damsons aren't good for eating fresh. When submitted to a process akin to alchemy, however, their tartness and spiciness are ideal for making preserves. Cooked down, the damson's astringency disappears, and its tannic skin imparts a gorgeous magenta color and rich, spicy flavor, while its abundant pectin confers a lusciously thick and smooth consistency.
September 22, 2012
No consensus from state panel on farmers market enforcement
SACRAMENTO -- More than two years after reports of widespread cheating at farmers markets, the latest state group designated to solve the problem has ended its sessions without reaching a decision about crucial enforcement issues, though it may have made enough progress to help spark legislative interest.
September 14, 2012
Farmers Markets: Changes in South Pasadena, Westwood
Two popular and successful farmers markets, in South Pasadena and Westwood, are in the process of replacing the veteran managers who helped build them.
September 7, 2012
Market News: Palms launches first farmers market
As farmers markets have proliferated in the past decade, many communities now consider a local venue to be an essential amenity, for social as well as culinary purposes. Such was the feeling in Palms, where the Motor Avenue Improvement Assn., comprised of business owners and residents, opened a market last Sunday. It's managed by Diana Ionescu, a UCLA graduate student in urban and Latin American studies, who received advice from Pompea Smith, former director of the Hollywood market. Ionescu recruited 20 vendors, evenly split between farmers and prepared foods, and of better than average quality for a new market.
August 31, 2012
Blum Ranch in Acton keeps it old school
For a vision from a century ago, when farms covered Los Angeles County, there's no better time machine than Blum Ranch in Acton, southwest of Palmdale. Just off the 14 freeway, about an hour north of downtown, its 40 acres of peach and pear orchards are the largest deciduous fruit planting so close to the city. The century-old stone house, the streamlined 1940 tractor, the ancient, creaky trees and the fruit they produce are as defiantly old school as the owners, Ray and Elizabeth Billet.
August 24, 2012
Beverly Glen farmers market makes a comeback
The Beverly Glen farmers market, which had a soft opening last Saturday at the Glen Centre shopping mall just south of Mulholland Drive, revives an event that debuted 11 years ago. That version folded due to a lack of parking, but the reincarnation offers a new lot and free valet service. The sponsor remains Raw Inspiration a nonprofit that has in the interim grown from 5 to 21 farmers markets in the Los Angeles area, run through an operating affiliate, California Certified Farmers Markets. The Beverly Glen market has 40 stands, 16 of them farmers, with a mix of large and small growers, including veterans and novices.
August 17, 2012
New beef vendor at Santa Monica farmers market has history on its side
LOMPOC, Calif. — A new beef vendor at the Santa Monica farmers market, Rancho San Julian is very likely the oldest continuously operated family farm in California, dating to 1816, when José de la Guerra began to raise meat for the presidio at Santa Barbara. In 1837, the governor of Alta California granted him title to the ranch, which has remained in his family for nine generations. It currently extends over 13,000 acres of grasslands and oak forest, roamed by cougars, bears and hawks, and home to 500 Angus cows and their calves. All the cattle are born and raised on the ranch, fed chiefly on its dry-farmed grass, and not given corn, hormones or antibiotics.
3:15 PM EDT, August 10, 2012
From Ojai, crops of Gala apples and Howard Miracle plums
Most California apples are grown either well north of Los Angeles, in mountains, or near the coast, where cool winters and nights boost production and quality. Ojai, atrociously hot in summer, is better known for its citrus, but in some of its valleys where cold air pools, the microclimate is surprisingly suitable for apples, which were grown there on a modest scale in decades past. The possibility was clear on Monday when Cecilio Marquez and his crew harvested Galas from an 8-acre orchard, leased from a couple who bought the property from Otis Chandler, publisher of The Times from 1960 to 1980.
August 3, 2012
Farmers Markets: Gravensteins make special appearance
Among the most lamented casualties of industrial fruit commerce is the Gravenstein apple, whose intense, distinctive aroma, honeyed, floral and fruity, has lodged in the memories of many Californians, emblematic of the careless rapture of childhood. Most plantings in Sonoma, where the variety reaches perfection, have given way to wine grapes and showier, longer-storing and milder-flavored apples, but a few farmers and a Slow Food group have striven to preserve the variety. Still, few Sonoma Gravensteins show up in Southern California, which makes it all the more special that on Aug. 5 and 19, Paul Kolling of Nana Mae's Organics, who tends 75 acres of Gravensteins in Sebastopol, will be selling at the Mar Vista farmers market.
July 27, 2012
Farmers Markets: Indigo Rose tomato, a dark beauty
Of the dozen tomato varieties displayed at Vang Thao's stand last Saturday, one, with purplish black skin over a flaming orange ground color, stood out spectacularly. It's a new variety, Indigo Rose, pigmented by anthocyanins, the same compounds responsible for the dark color in cherries, blood oranges and red cabbages, but not previously significant in cultivated tomatoes.
2:58 PM EDT, July 20, 2012
Farmers Markets: Downtown L.A. gets a Sunday market
Flanked by low-income housing, recently renovated lofts, offices and art galleries, the Historic Downtown Los Angeles farmers market, which opened two weeks ago, is a study in contrasts. Rehabilitated skid row denizens wash away stains in front of a new ballet school, while classically ornamented white buildings loom above tourists, hipsters and longtime residents of diverse ethnicities and incomes.
July 13, 2012
Farmers Market News: Harry Nicholas turns sweet 90
Harry Nicholas, who celebrates his 90th birthday Saturday, drives round-trip twice a week from southeast of Fresno to Los Angeles area farmers markets, where he is likely the oldest farmer to participate actively. As if that weren't enough, he's got the goofiest, most lovable grin in the markets, he's a snazzy dresser (partial to bolo ties and purple pimp hats) and he grows extraordinary produce.
July 6, 2012
Market Watch: Passion for gardening leads to Beverly Hills
Is it possible to turn a passion for home gardening into a career growing for farmers markets? Such is the hope of Jennifer Little and James Imhoff, who gave up successful jobs to start Little Farm Fresh in their San Gabriel yard. They have gained a cult following for their unusual heirloom produce, including cape gooseberries, Black Cobra chiles and Richmond Green Apple cucumbers, and believe that their goal — "spending time together doing what we love" — is within sight.
June 30, 2012
Market Watch: Plum-cherry hybrids find a sweet spot
HANFORD, Calif. — Combining the high sugar and flavor of cherries with the larger fruit size and extended season of plums has been a longstanding dream for fruit breeders, but such crosses are difficult to make successfully so that the hybrids yield abundant high-quality fruit. Zaiger's Genetics of Modesto, the inventors of Pluots and Apriums, managed the trick, and the fruit started showing up several years ago in very small quantities at upstate farmers markets; this year vendors at local farmers markets have begun offering plum-cherry hybrids, and the first commercial orchard has started bearing fruit.
4:51 PM EDT, June 22, 2012
Market Watch: On Sunset Strip, an all-star farmers market premieres
Spider-Manlooms incongruously on a billboard above the new Sunset Strip farmers market, which opened last Thursday in a parking lot next to the ghosts of Tower Records and Spago Hollywood. No superheroes participated in the event's gestation — just Diana Rodgers, manager of the Mar Vista market, and the sponsor, the Sunset Strip Business Assn., which has assembled an all-star roster of 26 certified farmers and 16 prepared foods stalls.
4:55 PM EDT, June 18, 2012
Market Watch: Takikawas' the Garden of ..... connects the dots to quality
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. — In recent months, there's been a new farm in town with the enigmatic name the Garden of ..... and an almost mystical reputation for superb quality. From lettuce to potatoes, everything that the owners, Shu and Debby Takikawa, have offered at the Altadena and Mar Vista markets has more than lived up to the buzz.
June 8, 2012
Market Watch: Kinnows make a sweet citrus juice
Amid the seasonal abundance of apricots, cherries, peaches and Boysenberries, it is hard to imagine that a citrus juice would become an object of craving, but few shoppers have any idea just how sweet and flavorful late-harvest Kinnow mandarins can be. Their juice, squeezed fresh at markets by Lucio Trinidad of Piru, is shockingly deep yellow-orange, almost syrupy in texture, and intensely aromatic and sweet, with just enough balancing acidity to forestall insipidity.
5:08 PM EDT, June 1, 2012
Market Watch: New Altadena farmers market takes an urban approach
The Altadena certified farmers market, which opened last Wednesday afternoon after weeks of anticipatory buzz, is innovative and deeply idealistic. It showcases more than half a dozen small urban farms, most of which are selling at a farmers market for the first time, and the quality of its more established farms is high enough to draw shoppers from across the region.
May 26, 2012
Market Watch: Frog Hollow's rock star apricot farmer
— It's always an event when "Farmer Al" Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm shows up at the Santa Monica farmers market, where he'll be selling apricots and cherries for the next month. He's a celebrity farmer in the Bay Area, folksy yet sophisticated, and his fruit often matches his charisma.
4:33 PM EDT, May 18, 2012
Market Watch: New cherry varieties worth a pit stop
— Early cherries are reason enough to head to the farmers market, but be careful. Erratic winter chill, freezes during bloom, hail and late rains have made for a short crop of early cherries from the southern San Joaquin Valley. But there's still plenty of great fruit available at farmers markets for those who take care to select fresh, ripe cherries of the best varieties. In the last decade, the task has become trickier, but potentially more rewarding, with the arrival of new and unfamiliar varieties.
May 11, 2012
Market Watch: Above the ocean in Malibu, a rare orchard of loquats
High on a steep, terraced mountainside in Malibu, with a spectacular view of the Pacific, perches the largest and probably the only commercial planting of loquats in the United States. A pome fruit related to apples and pears, the loquat is one of the great pleasures of spring in Southern California. It has firm but juicy flesh with the texture of cantaloupe and a sweet-tart flavor evoking cherry. The irony is that it is so well-adapted and common as a backyard tree that there's little local demand for the fruit.
May 4, 2012
Market Watch: Mystique of the Temecula Sweet
The intense sweetness, distinctive knobbly appearance and mysterious provenance of the Temecula Sweet mandarin have endowed the fruit with a mystique. Farmers market citrus vendors from De Luz, just a few miles from where the fruit is grown, say customers often ask for the variety and wonder what it is, but there's only one source, and that's a most secretive and gorgeous citrus farm, just west over the mountain from the suburban sprawl of Temecula. In a pristine valley of chaparral and oaks along the Santa Margarita River, the last free-flowing waterway in Southern California, across from a nature reserve where mountain lions prowl, is a 24-acre grove of Temecula Sweet.
3:55 PM EDT, April 27, 2012
Market Watch: In Mar Vista, an aquaponics farm just down the street
Many growers proudly advertise their local origins, but when David Rosenstein of Evo Farm sells his produce on Sunday for the first time at the Mar Vista farmers market, he says he will be talking "not about food miles, but food feet."
1:27 PM EDT, April 20, 2012
County Line Harvest's fruitful foray into Coachella farming
THERMAL, Calif. — One of the most highly regarded farms in Northern California, Petaluma-based County Line Harvest started growing organic vegetables in the Coachella desert to extend its production in the winter and spring. For owner David Retsky, who grew up in Beverly Hills, selling to Southern California was the logical next step, and almost like coming home.
April 13, 2012
Market Watch: A backyard dream mushrooms in Hacienda Heights
Of the many Southern Californians starting urban farms these days, few have stories more colorful than Brett and Tanya Wyatt of B&T Farm. Brett, 53, was an observant Jew studying geography at UC Davis, then a Buddhist monk in Myanmar, where he managed to flee just before the regime raided his monastery. He then earned a doctorate analyzing organic farming concepts in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he met Tanya, 44, who supervised a farm group and grew mushrooms. A year ago he returned to California to teach computer skills at a public high school in Watts, and they promptly decided to establish an urban farm.
April 6, 2012
Hollywood farmers market CEO is fired
After Pompea Smith, who has led the Hollywood farmers market since she founded it 21 years ago, was fired Tuesday night, many questions remained as to just what had happened, and why. Official details were scant, but it is clear that the story involved financial issues, office politics and conflicting visions for the organization.
March 23, 2012
Market Watch: Return of the Chandler strawberries
"Oh, strawberries don't taste as they used to," wrote John Steinbeck in "East of Eden." Never mind that the chapter was set a century ago; many foodies believe that industrial varieties and practices have degraded the flavor of modern strawberries. This spring we have an opportunity to test that hypothesis, as Harry's Berries has resumed growing the Chandler variety, a longtime favorite at farmers markets for its tender, juicy flesh and classic strawberry flavor.
March 8, 2012
Market Watch: Mud Creek Ranch's cornucopia of produce
Located in a narrow canyon four miles north of Santa Paula, Mud Creek Ranch combines a historic family homestead, a commercial organic citrus and avocado orchard and a mystery zone where the usual rules of farming do not apply. It is a one-family experiment station where Steven and Robin Smith grow all manner of fruits, from apples to wampees, in some 400 varieties, very likely the most of any vendor at farmers markets.
6:04 PM EST, March 2, 2012
Market Watch: An urban farmer's passion blooms again
When Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms returned to the Hollywood farmers market last Sunday for the first time in three years, her flower stand was a riot of color, with sweet peas, ranunculus and snapdragons, and her customers were rapturous, but her eyes were rimmed with tears.
February 17, 2012
Market Watch: Some farmers pulling up stakes
As certified farmers markets have proliferated in recent years, it may appear as if everyone and his uncle is getting into the game. Some vendors indeed are flourishing, but others have been stretched thin by the expansion and resulting dilution of farmers markets. Selling at farmers markets has always involved manifold risks, inefficiencies and frustrations, but in the last year, likely because of the weak economy, quite a few longtime or prominent vendors have withdrawn from the markets or are considering doing so. Each has his own reasons, but together they tell a story: Surviving at farmers markets is increasingly tough for many growers.
February 10, 2012
Market Watch: Prized Dekopons arriving
The Dekopon, a Japanese hybrid of mandarin and orange reputed to be the most delicious citrus in the world, created a sensation last year when California-grown fruit showed up at local groceries under the marketing name Sumo, after a dozen years of secrecy and intrigue. The new crop has started arriving at stores and will be available at the Santa Monica farmers market starting next Wednesday from the Dekopon kingpin himself, Mike George of Lindsay, who grows 16 acres of the variety and organized the group that secured the rights to it.
February 3, 2012
Market Watch: Hothouse tomatoes from Ridgecrest, flavor included
The desolate, scrubby plain around Ridgecrest, where the Sierra Nevada meets the Great Basin and the Mojave desert, might seem an incongruous source for tomatoes, especially in the middle of winter. Nevertheless, Scott and Gale Shacklett, who go by the name of TomatoMan, manage to produce superior, flavorful tomatoes in more than half an acre of greenhouses here, where sonic booms from the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station shatter the silence.
January 27, 2012
Market Watch: On the cusp of grapefruit season
Midwinter is prime citrus season for both the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California districts, with an abundance of excellent mandarins, oranges, tangelos and lemons. The one laggard is conventional grapefruit, which, as grown in these two areas will be too sour for most palates for a couple of months or more. By compensation, we have three fine locally adapted grapefruit-like hybrids, Oroblanco, Melogold and Cocktail "grapefruit," which are at their peak right now.
1:47 PM EST, January 20, 2012
Market Watch: Mushroom vender's crop fits in a trailer
Although most of the larger farmers markets in Southern California have at least one vendor of cultivated mushrooms, the great majority of these buy from large commercial producers and so must sell in the non-certified section or under a second certificate arrangement. There's not necessarily anything wrong with that, but it takes just a glance at the pristine and tender shiitake and oyster mushrooms that Fred Ellrott grows and picks himself, to see that there is a real advantage to the consumer in buying mushrooms direct from the producer.
2:36 PM EST, January 13, 2012
Market Watch: Goatherd's life a rugged climb
— One of very few goat dairies in Southern California, and one of the newest and best cheese vendors at local certified farmers markets, is Drake Family Farms, which started selling an excellent fresh, mild chevre cheese a little over a year ago. It remains to be seen, however, whether its high quality and local production will allow it to overcome the brutal economics of artisanal, farmstead cheesemaking in a world of cheap commodity cheese.
January 6, 2012
Market Watch: Citrus shoppers need to be alert to cold damage
While Southern Californians have enjoyed balmy weather over the last week, some citrus growers in the San Joaquin Valley are still coping with the aftermath of harrowing cold last month, the longest stretch of subfreezing temperatures on record in the area. In general, the state's commercial citrus industry appears to have escaped without disastrous losses, and this season is shaping up as a good one, but some of the small growers who sell at farmers markets lost significant portions of their crops, and it behooves shoppers to be alert for damaged fruit over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2012
Jerry Dimitman dies at 91; professor grew prized Asian fruit
Jerry Dimitman, a retired professor of plant pathology at Cal Poly Pomona who regularly caused an uproar when he showed up to sell his exotic fruit at the Alhambra farmers market, died Dec. 14 of a stroke at his home overlooking the San Gabriel Valley. He was 91.
December 23, 2011
Market Watch: The cold beauty of colored kale
Colored kale plants with red or purple centers and greenish outer leaves have long been popular as ornamental plants, for home gardens and street landscaping. Although edible, they were really more beautiful than delicious; but several newer varieties that have become available at farmers markets in recent years offer exceptionally sweet flavor and tender texture in addition to striking appearance. They're at their best in midwinter and add festive color to holiday tables.
December 16, 2011
Market Watch: Olive oil, from the hills of Topanga
In the last two decades, there's been a tremendous surge in production of artisanal olive oil in California as consumers have developed an appreciation for the freshness, high quality and distinctive flavors that good locally produced oil can provide. This boom has carried over into farmers markets, where there has been a rush of new vendors, although many of them are not certified producers who are required to grow what they sell. Of the olive growers who are, one of the most intriguingly local is Joyce Lukon of Robinson Road Olive Ranch, who harvested her small crop last Sunday from a hillside next to her home in Topanga.
3:09 PM EST, December 9, 2011
Market Watch: Mangoes grown locally, really
A few California farmers have long pushed the envelope by trying to grow crops like pineapples or lychees that are really a bit too tropical for local conditions but still tantalizing in their possibilities. A case in point is the mango, which just barely gets enough heat in the scorching Coachella desert to merit being grown commercially; all the more amazing that Markov Farms of Valley Center, located in a coastal climate zone even less well adapted to the fruit, is finally starting to market its crop at farmers markets, albeit with a catch.
December 2, 2011
Market Watch: Boom times for limes
The last decade or so has seen a remarkable boom in the quantity and variety of limes and lime-like fruits available in the United States. California has become the leading domestic producer, albeit by default, and late autumn is prime season for limes, especially at farmers markets, where the ripeness, freshness and diversity of limes is unbeatable. But the interplay of variety, growing areas and seasons can be confusing, and the nomenclature, as well as the very concept of what is a "lime," is unclear.
5:49 PM EST, November 25, 2011
Market Watch: The magnificent Warren pear
With the partial exception of Bartletts, great locally grown pears are scarce at farmers markets in Southern California, where warm winters and disease render cultivation problematic. This makes it all the more special that Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm, a rock star organic fruit grower from Brentwood, Calif., an hour east of San Francisco, will make a cameo appearance the next two Wednesdays at the Santa Monica farmers market to sell his legendary Warren pears.
November 18, 2011
Market Watch: Cuyama, the perfect hideaway for Pink Lady apples
The Cuyama Valley is just 30 miles northeast of Santa Barbara and two hours from downtown Los Angeles, but it's a world of its own, rimmed by stark, rugged mountains, sparsely populated and little known. At the extreme southern end of the valley, the location where Cuyama Orchards grows apples is particularly remote, surrounded by the Los Padres National Forest, with only bobcats and bears as neighbors; it has no telephone lines or cellphone reception, and when it rains hard, the adjacent Cuyama River floods the only incoming road for a week or more.
1:56 PM EST, November 11, 2011
Market Watch: A new fish vendor at the farmers market
— Southern California lies along an ocean that once abounded in seafood and still produces a catch of considerable quantity and diversity. Why is it, then, that so little of the fish at farmers markets is sold directly by those who catch it?
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Sneak Peek: Carly Reaches Out to Michael
"I'm not going to give up on you Michael."
Dante and Lulu walk in to find Dr. Obrecht with baby Ben..and a knife.
"I'm not going to give up on you Michael."
Julian catches Ava up on his Bill Eckert theory.
Nina makes a new friend at Shadybrook...Heather Webber.
Nancy quizzes people on Hollywood Blvd.
We don't do finales!
Sonny comes up with an idea to stop Fluke.
Nancy plays a game with her panel of guests.
The staff at GH just got a little big hotter.
Nancy searches Hollywood for new blood.
Jake starts to remember his life with Sam.
"Hey baby, I've got a moat."
Robin pleads with Jake not to kill Sam.
Dante wants Lulu to stay away from Johnny.
Find out who has an online dating profile in Port Charles!
Carly & Liz talk about Jake's bizarre behavior.
The art of crying on cue!
Sam & Patrick head upstairs...just as Jake arrives.
Johnny breaks some news to Lulu.
Nikolas destroys the real ballots from the election.
What is Patrick Drake turned on by?
"Where's the freakiest place you've ever done it?"
Guess the soap star's hot, hunky chest!
Meet Port Charles' most eligible singles!
The worst date set up ever!
Daytime divas attempt to cry on cue.
Nancy hits Hollywood Blvd!
What the GH cast really thinks!
Helena wants Jake to kill Sam.
Maxie tells Nathan the story of Sam& Jason.
Julian explains to Sonny that Faison is not the Luke imposter.
Fluke checks on his prisoner, Luke.
Sam thinks that there is a connection between Helena & Jake.
Sonny saves Julian's life.
Johnny flirts with Lulu while Julian confesses to murder.
Scandal & Revenge!
After the ball drops, the drama begins.
Nathan makes omelets with a side of hotness.
Ava is allowed to hold her baby before she is transferred to Pentonville.
Maxie & Nathan ring in 2015 in the best way possible...in bed.
"Walking away from the business is never an option."
Shocking kisses at the stroke of midnight!
Sam & Patrick decide to explore a relationship together.
"Mistletoe is like Las Vegas. What happens there stays there."
Will Maxie & Nathan be able to spend New Year's Eve together?
Will Patrick & Sam take their relationship to the next level?
Nathan makes his way to Portland to surprise Maxie.
Liesl Obrecht ends the year with a beautiful Christmas song.
Maxie receives the greatest gift of all- seeing her daughter Georgie.
Obrecht tells the tale of Krampus, the Christmas devil who eats children.
Sing along to our holiday song "The 12 Days of GH."
Alexis is about to tell Molly the truth...just as Ric arrives.
Maxie is granted shared custody of Georgie.
In a moment of grief, Morgan kisses Kiki.
Carly blames herself for the destruction of her family.
Frank Valentini gets into the holiday spirit by giving to Toys for Tots.
Present wrapping takes a sour turn when Alexis arrives.
The results are in and Sonny is the father of Ava's baby.
Sam questions Liz about her feelings for Jake.
Judge Walters makes a decision in Maxie's visitation hearing.
Alexis confronts Julian about returning to the mob.
Sonny refuses to hand over his territory to Johnny.
Stuck in jail, Ava and Nina have it out behind bars.
Silas finds Nina and tricks her into giving him the baby.
Dante places Ava under arrest for the murder of Connie Falconeri.
Sonny surprises Carly by telling her that their relationship is over.
Sam & Jason chat while Sonny drops a bombshell on Carly.
Obrecht bids Britt and Faison an emotional goodbye.
Nikolas is concerned about the stranger living with Liz.
Carly reacts to the news that Jason was alive.
Carlos is free & Sonny crosses paths with his old enemy.
A new talk show with your favorite GH stars dishing about daytime drama!
Anna and Dante unmask Fluke to reveal Faison.
Ava begs Silas not to turn her in.
Larry runs away and hops into a getaway car.
"Enjoy your last moments of happiness with the Prince!"
Franco tries to convince Nina to turn the baby over to the authorities.
Alexis surprises everyone with a Thanksgiving miracle...Luke Spencer.
Carly is heartbroken that Michael is changing his name.
Julian admits to Alexis that Ric was framed.
After his shower, Liz helps Jason find a shirt to wear.
The cast of General Hospital wish you a safe and happy Halloween!
Magic Milo & The Magic Wands striptease.


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Museum of Occupation and Fight for Freedom
The period between 1940 and 1991, when hopes for independence were quashed and the country shifted hands from the Soviets to the Nazis and back again, is particularly troubling for Estonians. The era is brought into high relief through artful audiovisual installations of political speeches and protests, artifacts such as suitcases symbolizing the flight of 70,000 people, and grim photographs of Siberian and Russian gulags.
Created by the editors of T+L for Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
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A Spectator's Guide to Race Walk Judging by Ron Daniel, IAAF Race Walk Judge
Introduction: As in most sports events, the officials play an important role in maintaining a balanced field for all contestants. The following should help the spectator that is unfamiliar with the Athletics event of Race Walking become familiar with the superb athleticism of the walkers and the actions of the judges.
How Fast Are They Going: With the race walking world records at 1:16:43 for the men's 20k, 1:25:41 for the women's 20k and 3:34:14 for the 50K, the regular weekend runner should be impressed with a sub 40 minute 10K and sub 3Hr marathon while on the way to the longer distance. Perhaps even more amazing is the turnover rate of 3.5 steps per second for the men in a 20k and over 3.0 steps per second for the 20k women and 50k men. By comparison, a 100m runner turns over approximately 4.5 steps per second for 10 seconds, not for over one hour. Those men and women race walkers are quick and strong!
Definition (IAAF Rule 230): "Race Walking is a progression of steps so taken that the walker makes contact with the ground, so that no visible (to the human eye) loss of contact occurs. The advancing leg shall be straightened (i.e. not bent at the knee) from the moment of first contact with the ground until the vertical upright position." Simply stated, without any visual aide assistance, the judges watch the walkers for both feet off the ground or the failure to straighten the support leg at the knee from the moment of contact with the ground until it passes under the torso.
Judge's Actions: While observing the walkers, the judges take care to watch a 'progression of steps' before deciding if a walker is not complying with the definition. Also, it is important that the judges work independently. The eight judges on the course have yellow paddles with the symbols ~ and >. A judge will show a walker a yellow paddle when the athlete is 'in danger' of failing to comply with the definition. The ~ represents loss of contact and > represents a bent knee.
If a judge observes a walker failing to comply with the definition, the judge writes a Red Card (a proposal for disqualification). With the help of an assistant, that proposal is electronically transmitted to a Recorder (stationed near the stadium) where the information is displayed on a large Red Card Posting Board. When it is verified that at least three separate judges (three different countries) have written a Red Card against a walker, that walker is notified of his or her disqualification by being shown a Red Paddle by the Chief Judge or one of his Assistant Chief Judges (this accelerates the notification process). It is only the Chief Judge or Assistants that have the authority to notify a walker of their disqualification. It is important to understand that multiple yellow paddles do NOT add up to Red Cards.
In the stadium, during the last 100m, the Chief Judge has the authority to disqualify a walker who is obviously not complying with the definition regardless of any prior Red Cards, IAAF Rule 230.3a.


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This is a lovely twist on chicken salad. The secret ingredients are celery seed and lemon zest, and they really perk things up, and are a nifty complement to the cranberries and apples
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Originally Posted by AKQJ10 I have just uploaded some great 20,0000 Leagues Under the Sea audio files to the Downloads section Yeah, they're great tracks. Everyone should check them out!
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Prot Paladin LF a guild, geared for TotGC 25
My wow-armory is in signature. This is my wow-heroes. I am looking for a guild that runs at 7:30 PST. Currently I cannot find a guild on my server that runs later than that that is at my current level of gear or progression. Boulderfist is a 70% horde server lol and we are alliance. The population on alliance is small enough to actually remember peoples names in pugs and see them on a regular basis in other raids lol. I need a better server and a competent guild. I am pretty laid back, I dont swear in vent (not that its required by guilds not to i just dont). I greatly enjoy tanking and I visit maintankadin regularly so u at least know i try to improve myself. If you want anymore information, just ask away in this thread, I will be checking back regularly and have e-mail notifications enabled. Thank you!
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Well, This Mortal Coil of the Shadowsong server is in dire need of a paladin who can make some decent threat. Head on over to tmc-guild.com to apply, or find Thwacker in game for more information. Our current progression is 2/9 ulduar hardmodes and 5/5 normal ToC, we need to recruit a few more competent folks to enter TotGC and you sound like you fit the bill nicely if you can make some TPS!
We raid wed thurs sat sun 7:15-11:30 (7:30 pull) pacific time (server time) And use and epgp loot system.
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About Clearwater Vacation Rentals - 808 Reflections-on-the-Gulf
There's nothing that says Rest and Relaxation better! Enjoy the spectacular, panoramic views of the beach and sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico from your private balcony. Soak up the sun poolside. Relax in the hot tub. Or catch a game of tennis. This tastefully furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bath is spacious, with 1275 sq. ft. The master bedroom has a king bed, personal full bathroom with a walk-in shower. You also have a gorgeous view and access to the balcony from this master suite. The second bedroom has a queen bed, and a TV. The kitchen is fully equipped and ready for that gourmet meal. Enjoy the views from your dining room and living room while watching the ball game from your flat screen TV. Other conveniences include free wifi, washer and dryer, cable TV, linens and towels (no beach towels), A/C and ceiling fans, designated covered parking with room for guest parking too. This unit is located on the 8th floor.
This complex is just south of Clearwater Beach on the beautiful Indian Rocks Beach, FL. Walk to restaurants and shops. Visit the Clearwater Beach area for award winning beaches, amazing restaurants, nightlife, our local star "Winter" from "Winter's Tale" at the Clearwater Aquarium. Enjoy wave runners, para-sailing, Segway, dolphin tours, deep sea fishing, dinner cruises at the Clearwater Marina. Make sure to go to the Pier 60 for the nightly sunset celebration. Go to Johns Pass to experience their waterfront restaurants, fabulous shopping and water excursions. St Pete/Clearwater airport is 20 minutes away and Tampa International Airport is 30 minutes away. Busch Gardens, Adventure Island and the Florida Aquarium is only 45 minutes away. Orlando, Disney, Universal and Sea World, are all only 90 minutes away. Local sports include the Tampa Bay Rays baseball, Buccaneers football, Lightning hockey, the St Pete Indy Car Race, and the MLB spring training facilities. The Clearwater Beach area is a wonderful place to spend the winter, visit spring training, have a blast during spring break, a perfect wedding retreat, a romantic honeymoon or a much needed family summer vacation.
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A VERY Chilly Ride
A bit tardy since I've already completed a subsequent ride but...comprehensiveness is important, right?
Ride Number Two of the South Bay Distance Training Series was described as "easier than last week's with the same amount of climbing over a longer distance." Which didn't mean there wasn't plenty of climbing. And--for the Bay Area at least--it was cold, though sunny and in fact really not unpleasant despite the chilly temperatures. And despite the chilly temperatures we had as many riders this week as last week--35.
To mix things up, this week's ride went south instead of north. From Mountain View we headed south through Cupertino and Saratoga (atypically for most of these rides a good portion of the route consisted of traveling the same roads in both directions), hopped onto Highway 9 into Los Gatos for our first stop. Once in Los Gatos we took care of the biggest climbs--Shannon Road, followed by Kennedy Road. The turn from one to the other was tricky, a sharp, hidden right turn followed by a brief but very steep uphill. Because I wasn't prepared for the turn I ended up walking the first 20 feet; a fellow-rider had lost dropped his chain trying to make the transition so I stopped to help him anyway and thus it turned out to be for the best. One road took us out of downtown Los Gatos while the other dumped us perhaps a half mile away from where we'd started climbing. We returned to Highway 9 again but turned off onto Quito Road, which we'd ridden on many previous occasions but not in this direction. Then we turned off onto some residential streets which had brief but, let us say, bracing climbs and downhills before returning to Saratoga, where we had our lunch stop.
After lunch we continued our return to Mountain View, by way of Prospect, Stelling, McClellan and Foothill. But we turned off once again, onto Cristo Rey Drive, taking us up a a couple more hills, eventually returning us to Loyola Road and around the Los Altos Golf and Country Club in the opposite direction we'd circled it last week...but still with the requisite climbs. Our return was back along other roads we've often traveled but in a direction we're not accustomed to.
This week we covered 45 miles; on our next ride, in two weeks, we've been promised an easy fifty-miler with very little climbing, which I am looking forward to, followed by something already described as sufficiently challenging that walking a portion of the hills is almost expected. I'll be praying for rain. Not really of course.
Today's stats:
Ride time: 3:26:29
Mileage: 45.08
Average speed: 13.0 mph
Maximum speed: 33.3 mph
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