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Yoav By Dave Flynn Published April 21, 2008 On tour with Tori Amos, South African singer-songwriter Yoav looks to break out in North America with the domestic release of his latest album Charmed & Strange.
Growing up in Cape Town in the 1980s can really isolate an aspiring pop musician. With apartheid still a way of life in South Africa at the time, there weren't many bands willing to perform in the country, but a teenaged Yoav found a way to soak up the music by stealing away to a neighbor's house to hear the latest British pop hits. At home, he butted heads with parents who wanted him to play piano and cello instead of guitar, so he taught himself clandestinely, strumming his battered acoustic and writing songs while his family slept. He dropped out of college after only a year, moving first to London and then to New York City. With such influences as the Cure, Crowded House and Nirvana lighting the way, Yoav sent out demos and came close to signing a record deal, but it wasn't until 2006 that luck shined upon him a move back to London led to work with a few producers who helped him fashion an acoustic guitar-based sound that included beats, loops and electronic textures.Yoav's debut Charmed & Strange (Verve Forecast) recalls the calliope atmosphere of Joseph Arthur and the poetic quality of Damien Rice. All the sounds on the album come from the acoustic guitar—not only the strums and riffs, but also the percussion, which Yoav gets by tapping various parts of the instrument. Fueled by his raspy but melodic voice, highlights include a subdued version of the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" and the biographical "One By One," which is about friends growing up and drifting into the "real world" of responsibility. And with soul-searching gems like these, the kid from Cape Town seems to have struck a nerve Tori Amos chose Yoav to be her opening act on her entire North American tour. After years of playing small gigs in various dives, this uncommonly talented songwriter finally has his moment.


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Although located in downtown Mendoza's Plaza Independencia, Park Hyatt knows how to please wine lovers: the vinoteca lounge features more than 100 boutique Argentinian wines; the spa offers Malbec-based treatments; and guests can book bodega packages ranging from tasting tours to private lunches. The 186 sleek rooms and suites face either the Andes foothills or the hotel's expansive gardens and showcase local bounty of another sort: photographs and sculptures by area artists.


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Blue Rooster Rose Cast Aluminum Chiminea with Gas Conversion Kit
Give your garden that final touch with the Blue Rooster Rose Style Cast Aluminum Chiminea (ALCH012GK). Use the Rose chiminea as a sensational centerpiece for your dinner party or enjoy the peaceful quiet of lounging on the patio while the rose radiates its warmth. The intricate Rose design makes a great conversation piece while entertaining in front of a roaring fire.
The gas conversion, with deluxe seven piece set of ceramic logs, provides the enjoyment of an outdoor fireplace, with the convenience of gas operation. The deluxe ceramic fire logs glow when heated similar to an actual fire and can be positioned individually according to your personal preference. The Rose chiminea can be converted to a wood burning fireplace by removing the gas components and converted back again by simple installation. Propane and Natural gas not recommended for outdoor cooking. Due to different natural gas configurations, contact your local Gas Company for natural gas installations. Propane installations can hook directly to propane tank or grill.
The Blue Rooster Company is a designer and manufacturer of Chiminea outdoor fireplaces based out of Nevis, Minnesota. All of their Chiminea designs burn clean with little or no smoke, and the excellent qualities of cast aluminum construction ensures years of worry free use with very little maintenance.


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I posted them in the deck 7 thread at one point. Think this link will take you straight there: The Deck 7 Disney Dream Neighbors.... Please see post #3841
Turn in your Dream Cruise Flag
Are you excited about the WDW Radio Disney Dream Cruise? Well here's your chance to "strike your colors" and create your own unique flag representing your cabin, family, friends, deck, favorite character – whatever!
Flags should be no larger than 2' x 3' on cloth or paper and may include your own logo, slogan, images – anything at all!
If you would like a copy of the WDW Radio logo (not necessary, but here for your convenience), you can download it from here: http://bit.ly/wdwrlogo1
Flags must be turned in at the WDW Radio Dream Cruise Welcome Center on Sun. Feb. 27 after you board the Dream. Flags will be judged by a panel on design, originality and creativity.
Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 flags
Good luck, have fun, and we'll see you on the Dream!!!
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4 Touching and well crafted, but predictablePosted: 17/11/2012Acted superbly, and played from the view of a "survivor" telling the story to future generations, "Perfect Sense" gives us the love story of two people learning to feel in a world where the human senses are disappearing one by one.Edinburgh, present day. The two characters start the movie alone, unfeeling and emotionally distant from the world, simply falling into their jobs, each with their own heavy emotional baggage, leaving them excuse to avoid intimacy.Society is unaware that a virus is spreading, taking human senses away one by one, the only sign of each attack coming is an overwhelming emotion. Circumstances bring together our two main characters, and they start to feel love again, but will the constantly changing balance of our senses shake the relationship loose?While there are multiple scenarios and plot turns which fail to sizzle due to being over-used in other movies, the film contains a real sense of tenderness, in spite of having bleached tones, and quite unpleasant behaviour at times - this is massively helped by a beautiful score which is worth buying alongside the film.The movie is a great romantic drama (albeit predictable), and is worth watching for a night in, but may just be a tad too serious for some romance lovers.
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4 Upscale, downscale, is it worth it?Posted: 15/11/2012Tetsuo and Tetsuo II - classics of their domain (the first one more so) have been transferred from high-resolution source material, supervised by Shinya Tsukamoto (creator, director and actor) himself .Unfortunately for humble DVD viewers (like myself), the high-definition transfer has to be downscaled back to our simple 576p (or thereabouts), and one side-effect of this is that the image is softened; a gentle blur, if you will. The grain of the original is still there, but somewhat softened. For quality purposes, this is a much better outcome - an easier image, no sharp edges, etc.I can't help but feel this detracts from Tetsuo though - to me it's about being on a videotape, or camcorder-filmed; rough, dirty and raw.The discs are split oddly - extras being the second disc, and both films being on the first - although this is merely a superficial complaint, the quality is fine.Blu-ray viewers may find more of the raw visual elements which have been filtered out of the DVD version, but for the movies alone - I'll stick with my original releases.Extras include trailers and the 45-minute "electric rod boy" movie which led Tsukamoto into the Tetsuo realm. A collector's treat, but if you can get it on Blu-Ray, the real treats will come in the films themselves.
3 A heterosexual movie by Greg ArakiPosted: 26/08/2012"A heterosexual movie by Greg Araki" is the subtitle for this movie, and after watching it, the sexuality is only one of the few things that linger. Stylish, nihilistic, aimless and violent (yes, it's about young people), the movie runs just under a fast pace to tell a modern-day bonnie and clyde story with a higher portrayal of sex and strong language.Visually, the film is sensational, with tight shots of anything araki wishes to derail, and colour saturation and lighting shifted into overdrive. Fast-cutting made-up TV shows and news bulletins with the main events of the film give the movie a social voice against the view of youth, politics and other such cultures. The term "666" will often appear, a nod to the level of self-destruction and condemnation brought by the movie.The soundtrack to the movie has a great sarcastic and nihilistic edge, sleek and fast moving with a voice of its own, if you can peel the music away from course dialog or misunderstandings and firearms.The movie is a slick ride throughout, not too long or short, and fits in well with Araki's other work, as well as alongside the work of Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and even arthouse cinema.
4 A staple of "weird" movie fan collectionsPosted: 06/08/2012The electric dragon is a reptile investigator, playing his guitar at night, and strapping himself into his electrically conductive bed at night - as a childhood electrocution has left him with a constant excess of 80,000v flowing through his body.Thunderbolt Buddha is a TV service man, with electrical powers and his own plans for the world (carried out while wearing half a buddha mask), and must be stopped - but does anyone have the juice to stop him?The battle is to be waged, in a low-budget hyperactive monochrome action flick which has all the charm and fun of any of the top of hollywood action flicks. Told in a comic-book style, this off-the-wall movie won't fail to entertain and deliver on its crazy promise.The limited edition includes many extras and a soundtrack CD, including frame-by-frame FX walkthroughs, commentaries and sketches.Highly recommended for asian cinema fans, especially those who like a little punk influence.
4 Entering the void - if you darePosted: 06/08/2012A traumatic orphaning leaves Oscar and Linda (who swore never to be parted during the event) separated as children, longing to be back with one another. When of age, Oscar (etching out a living in Tokyo selling and using drugs, hanging out with artistic friends and dealers) manages to unscrupulously gathers the money to pay for Linda's ticket, re-joining them. Time has passed, and Linda is a stripper in a club, partnered with the selfish owner called Mario, and Oscar has done little more than further experiment with drugs, and leave a trail of emotional and financial scars in doing so.One night, after a bust-up with a friend and "business" partner, Oscar finds himself in trouble with the police, and threatening them with a nonexistent gun, is shot through the chest. A dying Oscar mutters to himself internally and dies in a toilet cubicle.What follows is the camera taking the role of a floating spectator, with internal noises and music to itself, watching the consequences of Oscar's recent life unfold, and flashing back to tell the story of how Oscar and Linda ended up where they are, as well as surreally diving between these situations. Although references to the Tibetan book of the dead are made early on, no direct explanation is given as to what this perspective means - is this Oscar's spirit refusing to leave Linda, is it his spirit watching over everyone, or being forced to watch by punishment, or is it Oscar's dying brain trying to piece together his life and his bodily trauma by producing such dream-like sequences? Director Gaspar Noe states he made the film to be the latter of these, but allows for suggestion.The camerawork and visual effects are astounding in their use - some may find nothing groundbreaking, but the real effect is in internalising all these effects - making them seem like they're happening to a damaged, high or dying brain, ensuring a slight hallucinatory state, which is further helped by a very eclectic soundtrack.Some may find this film boring (one version breaching 155 min), some may gain only travel sickness, and some may call it the best drugs movie ever made, but it's not fully any of these; it's a finite journey which likes to tickle at your perceptions, and if watched properly should leave you with a small moment of wondering if you've just watched a movie or if you're in a hallucinatory state.Not for the easily shocked or upset, featuring scenes of first-person death, drug use, abortion and a rather miserable life (with language to match), the film is ultimately rewarding, and should stick with you - like it or not.
5 A favourite. A very strange but rewarding favourite.Posted: 30/04/2012"The unfilmable book" has been made into a film by one of cinema's only celluloid smiths capable of doing so - David Cronenberg.But - readers of the book beware - this isn't the book, this is a film about writing the book, but it's not, but it is.Taking parts from the book, and parts from the life of Burroughs, the film compiles a story of what is basically the writing process to an addict (I do apologise for what is probably a very reductive attempt at a description).Shocking, daring, and definitely very technical, the story gives a feeling of eventual detachment from reality, and welcomes you into a world where the animatronic rubberized creatures from Cronenberg's mind seem to have more soul than the human characters.This is a very odd movie with very odd subject matter, but ultimately, an excellent one. Buy it if you like weird thinky movies.
3 Odd, but compellingPosted: 30/04/2012Pinocchio 964 is a Japanese cyberpunk film, strongly relying on themes of human transformation, so if you've had a recommendation from someone who saw a "Tetsuo" movie in your collection, you're at the right place.Set in a world where a company secretly supplies mind-wiped sex slaves, pinocchio is thrown out by his owner to the streets after being mind-wiped again. He survives thanks to a new found friend who maps the streets for similar cases. As he learns how to be human once more, he undergoes a transformation, and his friend undertakes her own, while avoiding the sex slave company, who are trying to silence them both (permanently) to cover their dealings.It's not an easy watch, there isn't a great deal of dialogue in the movie, and there are some strong scenes (a literal 5 minutes of vomiting in one scene, and some violent effects alongside deliberately ugly photography), the movie stands in its own world, with its own sense of logic and works.It takes a particular frame of mind to watch (the lack of dialogue, or at least meaningful dialogue) makes it at points makes it uncomfortable to watch, but gives a definite sense of achievement and purpose from watching it.Allegedly unavailable in many places, this is a rare find, and worth the investment if you have a taste for such film.
4 The tetsuo project lives onPosted: 30/04/2012Tetsuo II is a "re-imagining" of Tetsuo - taking the same concepts from the awesome first movie (which sits in pride of place in my collection next to this movie) and moving them into a different context.Filmed in colour but with shifted hues and lighting, the concept at the heart of Tetsuo remains, but the story turns to higher conspiracy, and the transformation more through the manipulation of pure fury.Although improvements are made on the visual aspects of the movie as well as the plot, the film doesn't quite feel the same for its shift into another context, and has a cooler feel throughout. It's still an excellent movie standalone or not, and should be bought at the same time as the first movie to complement it, I feel like its predecessor just can't be overshadowed.
4 How love fits in between life and deathPosted: 30/04/2012Very softly filmed, with a tender soundtrack and great performances from the young talent (one of whom is the son of the great Dennis Hopper), the film is less a "coming-of-age" drama, and more of tale of how the fear of death can numb someone to their life, and how love copes with the inevitable fact which unites us all.Although sometimes a little too twee, and feeling a touch over-long, the film is touching and warm while looking at a cold subject, and should melt the hearts of anyone hoping for a tear-jerker. Frankly, I was skeptical, but the movie has proven itself.Neither a chick-flick or a dude-fest, but something good for couples to snuggle in and watch on a cold night.
4 New Lineup, great sound, greater potentialPosted: 09/04/2011Fear factory have returned, with another new lineup, focusing the return of Dino Cazares on guitar, and Gene Holgan on Drums. The sound has partially returned to the beauty of "Demanufacture", but also holds a more modern sound. There are more variations on the riffs and licks used (as opposed to overstretching a few riffs), a solo or two, and the keyboards have returned to widen the sound. As a bonus, the UK 'digipak' has a re-recording of 1992's "Crash Test" (from "Soul of a new machine"), and it plays very well, although the Japanese release features a re-recording of "Martyr", which I would have preferred. All in all, watch this lineup, they're gonna be big if they keep this up.


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WHO ARE THEY: The Real Men of Scores is a male revue that is featured exclusively at the Blue Velvet Theater in Scores Atlantic City. The Theater features two stages, a full bar, tableside seating, cocktail and bottle service. Various packages are available on the official website to fit every budget, party and night out.
WHO ARE THEY: Savage Men is a male revue that has been featured on "So You Think You Can Dance," "America's Got Talent," "Entertainment Tonight," "The Today Show," "Mob Wives" and "Jerseylicious." The show features male model dancers as well as male ensemble dancers.
Some of the old magic — and a little new — is back in Atlantic City. "Masters of Illusion Live!" — a stage version of the TV magic performance series — will open 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at The Concert Venue at Harrah's Resort, with a lineup that features Wayne native Michael Turco (known for his "Wonder" performances in A.C.), veteran illusionist Jonathan Pendragon and comedian-magician Michael Finney.
1 Watch all four quarters at The Quarter at Tropicana. Broadway Burger Bar is extending happy hour until 10 p.m. for patrons watching the Big Game. It includes select $5 martinis, house wines and craft beers. At Firewaters' Super Bowl Bash, their specials, such as $3 16-ounce domestic drafts, $7 4-ounce flights of winter drafts and $3 nachos and sliders, will be available all day and night with giveaways. Carmine's will offer $5 Peronis, Trebbiano and Montepulciano, $7 Black Cherry Cokes and frozen margaritas at the bar, along with food specials such as $8 eggplant rollatini, $6 artichoke dip and $5 fried ravioli. Chickie's and Pete's, already a great place to watch sports, gets even better with all-day drink specials such as $3.50 Bud and Bud Light drafts, $4.50 Shock Top drafts and $5 Southern Comfort. Watch the action from any of their 53 TVs and enjoy an all-you-can-eat menu for $49.99. Purchase a package to guarantee a table. After the game, hit up Anthem Lounge's "Big Game After Party" for half-priced cocktails, beers and shots.
"There's no rule to music," exclaims Rusty Shackleford, who seems almost offended by the very concept. "No one ever made a rule to music."
A Jersey Shore restaurant with an old-time train station theme? Sure, why not? With all the generic bars and grills popping up on every block, it's nice to find a bit of a change of pace from a thematic standpoint. Rio Station nails it from the minute you walk in the door.
Actor Anthony Anderson, star of his own hit ABC sitcom "Black-ish" and co-star of movies including "Transformers" and "Scream 4," hosted a party at The Pool After Dark at Harrah's Resort.
1 Happy hour? Try "happy day!" From Mondays through Fridays, the Atlantic City Bar & Grill, a local favorite, has happy hour from noon to 6 p.m. with martinis such as the Orange Crush — fresh-squeezed OJ, triple sec and 7-Up — cosmos or the Key Lime for only $5 (regularly $10), wines priced at $4 and beers at $2. You can also take advantage on deep discounts on their seafood — their house specialties — such as clams, mussels, snow crabs and oysters. Or maybe try one of their most popular items, crab pizza ($9) with a homemade scampi sauce, cheese and crab meat, a huge seller during happy hour. If you're really hungry, go for the $25 lobster dinner — which is the price whether it's happy hour or not. It's a whole 1¼ pound lobster that includes a house salad, veggie and bread.
It's 5:30 a.m. on a Friday. You suddenly awake with a profound and desperate thirst, the kind that can only be quenched by a parade of ice-cold Budweisers straight out of the tap. Only trouble is, you live in Absecon and can't seem to muster up the desire to schlep all the way into A.C. at this time of night. The solution? Skelly's Hi Point Pub.
1 "Lights go down, music comes up and inhibitions disappear." This phrase, found on their website, perfectly sums up the experience at MIXX. With a dance floor that can hold about 500 revelers, two bars, plush seating and private table service, MIXX is a high-energy, two floor, extra large nightclub that makes you feel as if you are in the middle of a hip, urban metropolis and nowhere near the breezy Jersey shore. It's a place where you can let yourself go wild while having the time of your life.
When you think of nightlife on Long Beach Island, images of wild summer revelers downing frosty margaritas in the warm summer breeze may immediately pop into your head. Fair enough. That is summer at the shore, after all. But for many, Long Beach Island is more than just a summer getaway, it's home — and like most great hometowns, it boasts a great local watering hole: The Gateway Restaurant and Lounge.
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has been a leader in nightlife not just in the city, but the East Coast since it opened more than 10 years ago.
1 Enjoy happy hours Wednesdays through Sundays. On most nights that Dos Caminos, the fabulous upscale Mexican restaurant at Harrah's Resort, is open, they have a terrific happy hour deal. It all starts with "Cinco de Wednesday," when from 5 to 10 p.m. you can enjoy select appetizers and drink specials for $5.55. Next comes "Thirsty Thursday," which takes place 5 to 7 p.m., where guests can take advantage of $3 tequila shots, $5 margaritas and complimentary chips and salsa at the bar. Start your weekend off at "Viva la Friday" from 5 to 8 p.m., munching on half-priced tacos and washing them down with either $4 beers, $5 margaritas or $19 Coronita buckets. Sunday ushers in "La Hora Bueno" — i.e., happy hour — with $5 margaritas and specialty cocktails and complimentary chips and salsa from 5 to 7 p.m.
With winter in full swing and a chill in the air stinging the skin, some will seek the comforts of a classic, cozy pub. With its twinkly lighting and warm atmosphere, The Anchorage Tavern and Restaurant in Somers Point hits all the marks.
If the name "Tomatoe's," with its oddly incorrect spelling, has you picturing one of the dozens of unremarkable "red sauce and ravioli" joints scattered throughout the Garden State, you could not be further from the mark. But who doesn't love a good surprise? Expectation-shattering Tomatoe's in Margate is definitely a good one.
Ahh, Millville — sure, it's off the beaten path a bit, the type of town you might not venture to unless you had a specific reason for going there. Well, now you do: the Old Oar House Irish Pub.
Capriccio inside Resorts Casino Hotel has always been a fabulous Italian restaurant in Atlantic City. Now it has an equally impressive wine bar to complement it.
When it comes right down to it, a classic local bar needs three key ingredients to work: great drinks, great food and a great vibe. Hit all three of those and folks will keep coming back. Testa's Good Guys Pub in Mays Landing is living proof of that.
Somers Point has always been a very jazz-friendly town, from the frequent Jazz Society events to the open-mic jams and featured performers. Tim Lekan has been a mainstay in the field and has been hosting a weekly jazz concert series at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro every Tuesday night for several years now.
If you're a fan of DJ Pauly D, here's some good news: the former star of MTV's "Jersey Shore" will return as a resident DJ at The Pool After Dark at Harrah's Resort for an unprecedented fourth year in 2015.
1 Sing along with a piano player every night. From around 6 p.m. to close daily, Dock's Oyster House in Atlantic City has a piano player.
With the rate that bars seem to go out of business these days, there is something comforting about walking into a place that has been open for 31 years. It means the bar has "earned its stripes," so to speak, and all you need is a burger and a beer from Rocco's Town House to know why.
1 Resorts Hotel Casino's bars have a very loyal customer following. Despite being inside a casino, Gallagher's Steak House and Burger Bar have a regular clientele. Sure, these places are conveniently located near Resorts' showroom, but those who frequent these bars don't necessarily hit the shows — although many do tend to hang out at the bars beforehand or afterward. The Burger Bar is casual and relaxed, while Gallagher's is a typical steakhouse bar to the hilt — cozy, classic and comfortable. Folks enjoy sitting and eating at either, as you can order from the full menu at both. Additionally, the bartenders have been here since the Steak House and Burger Bar opened in '05, and they know their customers as well as those in any episode of "Cheers."
The annual At The Shore Wine Tasting Art Show fundraiser sponsored by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, the Greater Atlantic City Concierge Association and At The Shore magazine has moved around some in the past few years, but that's only because each year it seriously becomes bigger and better.
Generations of moviegoers have found the life of organized crime strangely intriguing. Just look at the myriad of films that have been produced portraying the lifestyle and the people behind the culture.
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"Speed" and "acceleration" are not usually associated with the slow winter season in South Jersey, but for two nights in January locals can expect a burst of adrenaline to help propel them through the remaining cold months.
If you didn't know, February is Heart Month, and the Tropicana Casino and Resort is not only creating awareness but celebrating with specials all month long,
"Sips and Strokes," originally scheduled for Jan. 27, has been postponed until Feb. 10.
Those who frequent casinos know that the Top 2 restaurants in every casino are usually the steakhouse and the Italian joint.
Barista's Coffee House's slogan — "Time stands still at Barista's" — is, much like the frothy cappuccino they serve, a tall order. But when you visit this corner java joint in Linwood's Central Square, opened by Mark and Debbie Becker just last summer, that's really how it feels.
The Iron Room, the amazing speakeasy on Albany Avenue in Atlantic City located behind Atlantic City Bottle Company, will offer another special wine dinner 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, that should not be missed.
Roberto Diaz almost didn't relocate his restaurant El Mariachi Loco to the corner of Bellevue Avenue and South Egg Harbor Road in Hammonton. The space, on the first floor of an ornate and elaborately painted 110-year-old building, the most photographed building in town, had been vacant for a while, but the owner was taking his time deciding who to rent it to.
Ask anyone to name their favorite steakhouse in Atlantic City, and The Palm always seems to be one of their top recommendations.
Like many casino restaurant employees, Adrian Roman and his wife Olga of Egg Harbor Township were affected by the recent closures. So when the opportunity came up to open a restaurant of their own, Roman says it was quite literally "an offer we couldn't refuse."
When it comes to sushi in Atlantic City, it doesn't get better than Oshi Sushi & Sake. And that credit can be placed squarely on Armiyanto "Harry" Setiyaki.
Everyone loves a good burger. So much so that you can basically find one in every restaurant.
Resorts Atlantic City's Quick Bites food court came together slowly but surely with The Original Soupman, Famous Famiglia Pizzeria, Haagen Dazs ice cream and Dunkin' Donuts Express, but it was missing that last substantial piece.
A kitchen supervisor from Winter Haven, Florida, is the winner of the latest season of "Hell's Kitchen" and will be a head chef at the new Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill when it opens in February at Caesars Atlantic City.
Chef Joe Muldoon is a perfectionist, so when he says he's pleased with the current menu at his Northfield restaurant, Roberta's by Joe Muldoon, it must be really good.
The Twenties is unapologetically old school in its appearance.
Lifelong Millville residents Rick Abbott and his wife Lois have always loved good food. But — with no disrespect to his hometown, with its adorably artsy main street — there weren't many options when it came to experiencing fine dining in the area.
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Programs and Events
January 30, 2015 by Webmaster
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What's Up at the Library
January 05, 2015 by pjorgensen
Be sure to also keep an eye on these special events for kids and Programs and Events for everyone!
Lego Sundays BEAST Creative teens advise library staff about materials, programs and services they would like to see in the library. This is your chance to make a difference! If you are interested in joining a Teen Advisory Board, please contact us at these e-mail addresses:
Todd Sparkles Presents the Bennett Martin Public Library Take a look at how members of Gere Branch Library's Teen Advisory Board have been working to make the Library better! Teen Advisory Board Podcast
Need Help With Homework? Downloadable Audiobooks and e-Books Video Games Now Available for Checkout Here's some information about them. The Continuing Adventures of Library Girl and Volunteer Boy A new episode of Library Girl and Volunteer Boy has been added! Don't miss our earlier video, The Continuing Adventures of Library Girl and Volunteer Boy! (QuickTime format, 16.8 MB) These sequels to the original Adventures of Library Girl and Volunteer Boy were created to thank our volunteers for all the work they do. Thank you, volunteers! After-School Gaming @ Walt Branch Library 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Walt Branch Library For adults and teens Walt Trivia Night!: Join us for an evening of free trivia fun. You never know what you just might know! Decide as a team what the correct answer is to the themed questions. The team with the highest score at the end of ten rounds becomes the reigning champion. Preregister a team of up to 6 people or preregister yourself now and form a team at the event. Check-in from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Questions begin a 6 pm.
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Final 2011 One Book One Lincoln program announced!
December 01, 2011 by sdc
The 2011 One Book - One Lincoln selection, Cutting for Stone, is set in large part in a mission hospital located in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. Missing Hospital, as it is known to locals, is staffed primarily by "ferengi" or foreigners: doctors and nurses from Britain and India and support staff from the neighboring region of Eritrea. Abraham Verghese's novel is set against political unrest and the theme of belonging.
Program panelists include Dr. Yvonne Davenport, MD (Ob-Gyn) and 2011 One Book-One Lincoln selection committee member; Elizabeth Jacobs-Fitzgerald, RNC-OB, BSN; Karen McGivney-Liechti, CNM, MSN; and Jearlyn Schumacher, CNM
This event is free and open to the public. Because of the subject matter of this program, some material may not be suitable for young children.
Come join us for this final 2011 One Book - One Lincoln program!
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Teen Read Week 2011
October 13, 2011 by sdc
Teen Read Week is officially Oct. 16-22, but we're extending the celebration to the middle of November with these special upcoming events at Bennett Martin, Eiseley, and Walt Libraries!
Teen Read Week Read-In
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bennett Martin Public Library
For all ages
In celebration of Teen Read Week, Bennett Martin Public Library Teen Advisory Board members invite members of the public of all ages to participate in a "Read-In" any time between 2:30 and 4:30.
Teen Costume Party
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Walt Branch Library
For 6th through 12th graders
Dig out that costume in the back of your closet and get to Walt Branch Library for an "after-hours" teen party in celebration of Teen Read Week. Enjoy food and beverages, hang out, watch a spooky movie or make a cool mask and take part in the costume contest. 6th-12th graders only please. A costume isn't required, but we will have prizes!
Altered Books
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Eiseley Branch Library
For ages 10 - 17
Release your inner artist in celebration of Teen Read Week and create a piece of unique art, using old books. Materials will be provided but feel free to bring your own book, postcards, photos or other items you would like to use in your piece.
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Summer Reading Events 2011
July 22, 2011 by Webmaster
Here are photos of some of the events from this year's Summer Reading Program.
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Here's a video from juggler Jason Huneke's June 7 performance at Bennett Martin Public Library:
Here's a video clip of the Kokyo Taiko Drummers performing at Walt Branch Library on June 29:
Here is a brief video from newsNetNebraska about our recent Sky Watching program at Gere Branch Library!
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Karen's clean eating recipes
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From Oxygen magazine Submitted by FIT_ARTIST Carbs: 23.1g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 13.6g | Calories: 192.8
Very Good 4.6/5
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Submitted by FIT_ARTIST Carbs: 20.4g | Fat: 1.1g | Fiber: 4.3g | Protein: 1.4g | Calories: 91.8
Very Good 4.5/5
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A sweet treat. Don't tell the kids they're made out of beans; they will never know! Submitted by FIT_ARTIST Carbs: 12.3g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 2g | Calories: 70.7
An experiment with leftovers yields a delightful, filling vegetarian meal. Submitted by STEPFANIER Carbs: 31.7g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 9.1g | Protein: 13.8g | Calories: 204.5
This hummus and feta wrap is so quick and easy if you store pre-cut vegetables in your fridge. It is a great, lowfat, heart healthy lunch! Carbs: 31.5g | Fat: 14.2g | Fiber: 11.7g | Protein: 21.1g | Calories: 295.2
Very Good 4.2/5
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2 cups of this stew makes a filling and nutrutious lunch. Submitted by REVASEAN Carbs: 11.3g | Fat: 1.6g | Fiber: 3.8g | Protein: 2.2g | Calories: 61.6
These cheesy stuffed mushrooms are a light vegetarian meal or a hearty side dish. Carbs: 10.1g | Fat: 3.9g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 6.9g | Calories: 93.7
Very Good 4.2/5
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Pair this delicious pasta with a green salad and you've got a great low-sodium meal (providing almost half your fiber!) for less than 300 calories! Submitted by TEHAMMER Carbs: 53.9g | Fat: 3.6g | Fiber: 9.2g | Protein: 8.5g | Calories: 252.3
Very Good 4.7/5
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Submitted by SUNSHINE_AB Carbs: 22.9g | Fat: 6.9g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 4.7g | Calories: 152.9
Fresh and juicy during spring and summer months, strawberries are delicious when combined with tender spinach, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 6.4g | Fat: 16.6g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 4g | Calories: 181.2
I found a great recipe for Hamburger Buns that I altered to make vegan. They turned out soft and Delicious! Submitted by IMVEGAN Carbs: 37.6g | Fat: 2.8g | Fiber: 4.3g | Protein: 6.1g | Calories: 190.5


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Written by Lewis Carroll
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Harry N. Abrams, 1989
32 pages
Graeme Base's take on this classic poem is eye-poppingly good. His pop-up book rendition of Jabberwocky fire-breathes new life into the old tale. The paper cut-out are layered three times, each time with new imagery and scene. This triple-imagery creates not only more complex imagery, but also more layering to the poem, as it were. Base's vision of the Jabberwocky seems more absurd than scary, but, seeing as this is a children's book, that's probably a good idea. That said, with bulging eyes and a huge orange beak, with sharp white fangs and repitalian claws, Base does in fact create a monster. But alas: we forgot the language! I forgot how lively and interesting, how sound based and folly based is his language. It's a treat for the ears:
'Twas briilig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were teh borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The fruminous Bandersnatch!"
Monster Poems
Written by John Foster
Illustrated by Korky Paul
Oxford University Press, 2004
32 pages
This is a collection of playful and fun monster poems; some poems are written by Foster, while some from other authors, like Jack Prelutsky, Michaela Morgan, Brian Moses, and Judith Nicholls.
The opening poem, "Question Time," is quite the opener. Witty and wild, Michaela Morgan answers questions about monsters:
Q: What does a monster look like?
A: Well...hairy
and scary,
and furry
and burly and pimply and dimply and warty and naughty and wrinkled and
That's what a monster looks like.
My favorite monster in the book is depicted so imaginatively by Korky Paul in Paul Cookson's poem "It." The image is unforgettable: a purple headed monster with the mouth of an alligator, filled with thousands of white, jagged teeth. Socks and dresses hang from his teeth like from a clothesline. His nose is long, accordion like, with tuba-like end, covered in boils and spots. His body is curly and fuzzy, very hairy, and a pair of underwear hang off his nose.
Trupp: A Fuzzhead Tale
Written and Illustrated by Janell Cannon
HMH Books for Young Readers, 1998
48 pages
Janell Cannon hits a home run again with Trupp, a tale of a tall, cat-like creature called a "Fuzzhead." The story starts to move after we learn that Trupp is tired of hiding out in a cave with his family, and wants to see what the world--filled with humans and other interesting creaturs--is like. After Trupp has this realization, makes this decision, that's when his journey begins. Even though this character is fictional, it's hard not to believe that, in some alternate reality, this animal could be real. One of the reasons that he seems so alive is because of Cannon's love for this creature. This love is shown through the thoughtful prose, but also through the careful and beautiful illustrations. There are pictures and phrases that so lovingly rendered that they give me little heartaches, bring awws to my mouth:
"'Funny, isn't it? I wear all this bright stuff to keep me from feeling invisible. When people stare at me, it helps me know I'm here. But Trupp puts on clothes so he will disappear.'
Trupp sighed, 'I'm glad you saw me. But I'm getting tired of wearing all these clothes. I want to go home.'
'I know what you mean,' Bernice said."
Written by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Peter Sis
Greenwillow Books, 2006
48 pages
In Scranimals, we encounter hybrids animals, mixtures of fruit and animal, plant and animal. The poems from Prelutsky are imaginative and outrageous, playful and adorable. We meet rhinoceroses, spinachickens, cambelberta peaches, and potatoads, among others. The bizarre combinations often made me wonder: what if these animals could cross breed with these fruits, these plants, these other animals? What if there were such a thing as a sharp and pointy porcupineapple? What if radisharks swam in the sea? What if broccolions roared throughout the forests and hills?
Some favorite poem excerpts from the collection:
A clutch of SPINACHICKENS
Is fussing in the yard,
They peck their meager pickings,
Their lives are dull and hard.
Except for paltry feathers,
They're mostly leafy green,
Their heads are smooth as leather,
Their brains are not too keen.
Sweet PORCUPINEAPPLE,
Unflappable chap,
You happily amble
All over the map.
Sharp prickles protect
Your subtropical hide,
Not many could chew you,
Not many have tried.
Pish, Posh, said Hieronymus Bosch
Written by Nancy Willard
Illustrated by The Dillons
HMH Books for Young Readers, 1991
32 pages
This book imagines what it would be like for a housekeeper to take care of Hieronymus Bosch's house. Bosch, who "loved odd creatures," continued to create these creatures through his artwork. "Not a day passed that the good woman who looked after his house didn't find a new creature lurking in a corner or sleeping in a cupboard." The housekeeper, as imagined, gets fed up with the wild house and retorts:
"I'm quitting your service, I've had quite enough
Of your three-legged thistles aslleep in my wash,
Of scrubbing the millstone you use for a dish,
And riding to shops on a pickle-winged fish."
The story takes a nice turn when--after the housekeeper leaves Bosch's home, fed-up with the craziness--the oddball animals come along in her suitcase. After discovering that they can't live without her, she concludes:
"They're not what I wished for. When women are young
They want curly-haired daughters and raven-haired sons.
In this vale of tears we must take what we're sent,
Feathery, leathery, lovely, or bent."
Allie Leach is the Poetry Center's Education Programs Assistant and co-editor of the Wordplay blog.


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Welcome to the World, Baby Meatball
Two Guidos and a baby -- Snooki's baby is born!
It's been a little more than a year since Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi first announced to the world she was pregnant. Thursday night on Snooki & JWoww, the junior meatball finally came out of the oven for the world at large to see.
Most of the episode involved Snooki and Jionni oohing and aahing over their new addition, and rightly so. Lorenzo is a cutie patootey. It's really hard to put into words how new parents feel when a baby is born, but never at a loss for words, Snooki managed to find several ways.
– "He is my new best friend," she said. "Even his farts smell good. I love the smell of his farts, is that weird? I love the smell of his sh*t."
– Before the doctor performed the circumcision, Snooki was all, "Can we keep the foreskin? …. I really like scrapbooking."
– "I don't mind Lorenzo peeing in my face as long as his pee pee doesn't get in my mouth," she said.
The worst part, though, was that the doctor actually DID bring her the foreskin to inspect, and I almost threw up in my mouth a little.
After Jenni and Roger met baby Lorenzo, they went back home to get ready for their road trip to Maine to see Roger's dad. Although their entire visit was to be spent in the woods, JWoww carefully listed off the thing she'd need to pack: "A couple of pairs of Shore Store sweats, some spandex and a couple of hoochie outfits. You never know when you're going to need a hoochie outfit."
Definitely at your potential father-in-law's house in the boonies. Definitely.
Before Rog-Woww left, they discovered they had a mouse in the house, and also, at least one bug, which they suspected was a cockroach. Jenni's reaction was the same one I'd have under the those circumstances. "Can we go to a hotel, please?" Or maybe to Maine, where there are more critters and bugs per capita than any other state on the mainland.
They woke up at 4:45 a.m. to roll out, and Jenni spent most of the road trip asleep. Roger got bored, so he cut a huge fart and waved it over to her, which was enough to wake her up so he had someone to talk to.
Once they arrived, Roger was getting double- and triple-teamed about marriage. His dad, step mom and Jenni were all dropping not-so-subtle hints about getting engaged, and making a meaty little baby nugget of their own. I'm no doctor or anything, but I think you actually have to have sex for the latter to happen.
When Snooki and Jionni arrived home with the baby, they discovered that Jionni's mom had set up the entire nursery for them, washed and sterilized all the bottles — pretty much rocked out their living space for the baby. They all gave each other hugs, then Snooki set down the sleeping baby and said, "Now what?"
Turns out babies don't come with an owner's manual.
"Would it be bad if we pout some sort of hair gel or hair spray?" Jionni to his doctor.
"Is that a real question?," doctor to Jionni.
"If she eats a lot of chocolate, can she make chocolate milk?," Jionni to lactation consultant.
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Full of dairy farms and eccentric hamlets, Aveyron is la France profonde, the heartland that Parisians seldom visit and cannot fathom, but where there is some of the world's most stunning, diverse countryside, most of it unspoiled. Peaceful lakes are an hour's drive from vertiginous peaks; deep valleys edge eerie limestone plateaus; a thousand castles jog alongside Gallo-Roman ruins. Rodez, the region's hub, is the most dormant of towns.
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Hi there fellow PNWerners. I garden in north of Seattle, Redmond area. Now I want to know when do you locals start you spring cool crops and what is the best time, what are the dangers and benefits. BTW: I have also have a cold frame to use. I look forward to reading your comments. |
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Let's say you want to go pick some greens outdoors soon. I'm not that good at starting things at this time, but the kale, collards, turnips, and winter radishes that I started last summer by July 15, and that gave me greens in the late summer and fall, will start making new greens soon, leading up to making flower buds that I harvest like broccoli, then I eventually let them go to seed, the bees love the yellow flowers. Maybe someone else starts early vegetables now. It will probably be like March before I try to plant peas and fava beans. |
Welp, I can tell you that there is a saying in Portland: Plant peas by presidents day. Average last frost for my area is March 15th, I think. So I usually look at the seed packet and calculate from there. I think the cool crops can usually be sown 2 or 3 weeks before last frost. I have always been a wuss about planting out too early, though. Right now I am starting some lettuce and spinach seed in the windowsill, and will probably go ahead and start hardening off after I plant my peas....on President's day. But, knowing me, I will probably use the cold frame until around March, which may not even be necessary. So, find out your average last frost date, and try not to be a scaredey-cat (like I am) about planting out in the cold. If it worries you too much, then you can always start half indoors and half out, right? |
Plant early, but it's a gamble: I was able to plant before Valentine's Day in 2010 because we made raised beds using Sq.Ft Gardening soil mix in 2009. The weather had been nice previously in January, so it was easy to prepare the beds & another days of good weather in early Feb, so I went ahead. Late Feb wasn't so nice, so some seeds rotted in cold soil, but others sprouted fine. Our daughter lives in the Kent Valley & plants much earlier than us in the foothills. She has large pots on a concrete patio that are warmer, so can plant peas around a tomato cage & have pods showing in late April. Amazing microclimate difference! Try multiple plantings 2 weeks apart. One of them surely will sprout & grow. Then use the other failed planting areas for other vegetables without turning the soil -- just poke or sprinkle & plant. Better yet... Check the soil temp 1st (see the link below) I use a digital therm inside a baggie. They're less than $10 at a business center Costco in the restaurant supply bins. Speed things up by presprouting peas: Prewarm planting area: Protect the area after planting Ann Lovejoy suggested that in a book & it worked well with empty water bottles over sticks then the netting on top. She also suggested orange peels as a cat deterrent, so we decorated our soil so to speak because we had a neighbor cat that insisted on using my nice raised beds as a toilet especially after I turned over the mulch. When I stopped turning the soil the cat stopped digging, but still soiled right on top even on burlap bags as mulch. I like cats, so when it kept coming back even when I scared it off or sprayed it with a water bottle I was glad to discover the netting trick. Fortunately, they moved away. Hope that helps, |
Here is a link that might be useful: temp hits 40, plant peas
- Posted by briergardener 7 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 14, 14 at 10:25
You can start planting in cold frame now, you can outside as well if you have raised beds, cover bed with black plastic for several days to warm soil a little bit, plant seeds and use some kind of protection. Read book "Year-round vegetable gardener" by Niki Jabbour. |
- Posted by plantslayer 8 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 16, 14 at 19:53
You can definitely plant snow peas now, if you protect with clear plastic. You don't need an elaborate setup, just put up whatever stakes you are going to build support on, plant the peas in rows on either side according to whatever good practice you follow, and drape some clear plastic over the support so that the plantings are protected but not smothered. Weigh the plastic down at the edges of course. If you don't mind using slug bait, put some sluggo next to the plantings as well. Some people don't like the idea using what is basically a kind of pesticide, but even OMRI considers this stuff "organic". Slugs are the number 2 problem around here after the weather, they can utterly annihilate a row a new plantings, so be ready for them. If you think a cold frame is too much trouble, you can also probably get some lettuce and brassicas started directly in the ground now by simply using clear plastic containers as cloches. You can get cake holder lids at the dollar store at 1$ each, or save some stuff from daily use, such as the plastic domes that go on top of supermarket roast chicken. ;) The cloche protects from slugs as well, and if you spring a bit of sluggo inside, those plantings are pretty much invulnerable to the nasty critters. The February weather here is usually just cool enough that planting stuff exposed does not work, but a simple plastic cloche makes all the difference. I suppose a freak frost could still wipe your stuff out, but gardening is always a bit of a gamble, and the odds will be in your favor if you use a little bit of protection. |
I planted a small group of pre-sprouted snow peas in my raised beds yesterday. They were pre-sprouted by laying on damp paper towels and then placed in a sandwich baggie. I will probably cover that bed with some heavy duty remay for a couple of weeks since we're expecting below freezing temperatures later this week and my various thicknesses of remay have been great to extend my garden both spring and winter. We've had unusually cold temperatures this winter, far lower than normal for the Rogue Valley and our zone, so planting this winter and spring is going to be interesting. I'm just happy I have all this remay on hand. |
- Posted by briergardener 7 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 18, 14 at 13:05
One year I have planted some peas early (with light protection) and some later. They gave me crop at the same time. Maybe my protection was not heavy enough or weather was too bad, but I am not sure if it worse to plant earlier. I have planted radishes in unheated small GH and they are not growing, too cold. |
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Name: Tom R. Status: other Age: 30s Location: N/A Country: N/A Date: 1999-2001
I would like to know the definition (botanically) of what makes a Fruit versus a vegetable versus a herb or a nut. I know the tomato can sometimes be considered a bit of both fruit and vegetable and I have also read somewhere that the banana is not a fruit but a herb. Is there a clear cut definition etc for clarification?
This is a tough one. Technically, a tomato is a berry. Just for further enjoyment, an apple is a fluid-filled hypanthium. :)
The particular item you are discussing will determine the specific best term to describe it.
Generally you can safely call the product of a fertilization a "fruit". (We routinely, in the supermarket, call the structure bearing fruits "fruit"). Generally fruits will germinate into plants which will again flower, offering another opportunity for fertilization. (Note that bananas we find in the store bear tiny almost-remnants of seeds which will not germinate...in the wild, banana "fruits" have seeds (fruits, being the products of fertilization) which are much larger which will germinate). If one discusses a part of a plant which is not the direct product of a fertilization nor the structure bearing it, then one could safely call the item an herb. For example, basil leaves are vegetative structures not specifically the result of a fertilization and are most easily described as herbs.
I do not have an adequate definition for 'vegetable', but my feeling for its routine meaning is any part of a plant consumed whether a stem (celery), a leaf (lettuce), a root or tuber (radish, or potato, respectively), and in some cases the fruit of fertilization or structures bearing them (cucumbers, yes-tomatoes). Add to this such items as mushrooms (basidiocarps of fungi) and you get the idea....the term vegetable has come to mean most anything which is not animal or mineral which we find in the 'produce' section of the supermarket. Thus, the term vegetable has somewhat lost a botanical usefulness in that there are more specific terms to use depending on the particular structure being discussed.
Note that there are specific botanical definitions for berries which can be found in any good plant classification text; you can see this is essential, for example, in distinguishing between raspberries, blueberries, and tomatoes (also berries).
I hope this shed some light on the challenge of plant classification and gave some insight as to why scientific names were established to pin down a particular organism to prevent confusion with many common names or possibly similar terms for different organisms.
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Botanically speaking, anything that bears or is a seed is considered a fruit. There are different kinds of fruit, ie nuts are a kind of fruit. Vegetables are any part of the plant that doesn't have to do with making new plants. Lettuce is a leaf, carrot is a root, celery is a stem. I think I heard a story of how the legal definition of a fruit vs. veggie was established as a way of avoiding taxes or tarifs or something.
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I saw this tip on a TV show, won't say the name but the host should wear pajamas. To kill weeds and errant grass, etc, any herbiage you don't want, mix up water, vinegar and clove. Put in a spray bottle and spray the plants you don't like. The mixture gets absorbed into the plant and will kill it within days. I have both dried cloves and ground powdered cloves. I am just looking around for an empty spray bottle. I'm too cheap to buy anything new. I'll report back after I spray. |
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another thing that will kill tree stumps and brush is used vegetable oil. pour it on the stump/brush and it is dead with in days. i have used this method several times. for general weeds killing, i just use my trusty glyphosphate, as it has never failed me yet. |
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"By ensuring that many new products will receive patent protection more quickly, we can encourage our brightest innovators to invest needed resources in developing new technologies and help bring those technologies to market more quickly," explained U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Adding to Locke's comments, USPTO Director David Kappos further explained why this program is needed. "Every day an important green tech innovation is hindered from coming to market is another day we harm our planet and another day lost in creating green businesses and green jobs."
Only the first 3,000 petitions will be accepted into the pilot program (and, unless extended, the program will expire no later than December 7, 2010). Director Kappos estimates that about 25,000 applications are eligible, so act fast. Unlike the USPTO's previously existing accelerated examination program, this pilot program for green technologies does not require a dreaded "examination support document" and no separate petition fee is required.
Applications accepted into the accelerated pilot program will be placed on an examiner's accelerated docket (i.e., the examiner's "special docket") prior to issuance of a first Office Action, which should shorten the delay between filing and substantive examination, and the application will have special (accelerated) status on Appeal, if Appeal is needed.
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Additionally, in your petition, you must pledge that, if the USPTO determines that the claims are directed to multiple inventions (e.g., in a restriction requirement), you will agree to make an election without traverse in a telephonic interview. Your petition must also be filed via the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Electronic Filing System, and the petition to make special must be accompanied by a request for early publication (and payment of the $300 publication fee). Further still, If the application does not clearly disclose that the claimed invention falls within one of the above green categories, the petition must be accompanied by a statement signed by the applicant, assignee, or a patent attorney/agent explaining how the materiality standard is met.
The petition form provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a simple one-page document.
Beyond the advantage of potentially obtaining an issued patent much faster, I see at least a couple other less obvious advantage of taking advantage of this program. If your application is accepted into this green technology accelerated examination program, it (a) tells the examiner that you are serious about getting your green technology on the market to help save our environment and that you are anxious to obtain your patent, which can help establish a favorable rapport and (b) provides an imprimatur from the USPTO that your invention is a green technology worthy of accelerated attention to serve the nation's key goals in protecting our environment, which may impress judges, juries, investors, licensees, customers, etc.
Robert J. Sayre of Modern Times Legal has a keen interest in sustainability and green technologies and has experience in many of these fields. Joining the USPTO in promoting green technologies, Modern Times is offering a corollary special deal for green patent applications: Bob will gladly offer a free consultation for existing and potential new clients alike to help you evaluate whether to file a Petition for Accelerated Examination. Contact Bob now to find out if your patent application may be eligible.
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At MIT yesterday, venture capitalists Bob Metcalfe (left) and Hemant Tenaja as well as Peter Diamandis of the X PRIZE Foundation offered interesting insights on promoting the development of energy storage breakthroughs in America.
Developing improved devices for storing energy presents a critical ongoing challenge in expanding the use of sustainable energy sources and building a "smart" electrical grid and is a field that will be subject to many more innovations and patents. Whether by batteries, capacitors, chemistry, etc., a variety of options are available depending on energy/power needs and operational contexts. Today, we see an intense push to build better batteries for laptops and other portable electronics; and local companies, such as A123 Systems (which is moving toward an IPO) and Boston Power, are among the leading American companies, though energy storage is needed in a wide variety of contexts.
Policy --> Capital --> Innovation
Hemant Teneja (managing director or General Catalyst Partners) framed the path to innovation on this front as beginning with government policy leading to investment and the flow of capital to fund innovation. Teneja indicated, however, that he believes that this cycle toward innovation will take longer than expected, given that Congress is now so focused on health care reform. Meanwhile, developing markets, such as China, are moving much faster by throwing lots of money at energy-storage R&D. America's comparative lag may threaten our competitiveness (Tom Friedman at the New York Times often writes about the criticality of establishing leadership in clean energy technology).
Path to a Smart Grid may Mirror Path to the Internet
Bob Metcalfe (founder of 3Com and now general partner at Polaris Ventures) views advances in energy storage in comparison with the development of the internet, where breakthrough developments in electronic memory paved the way to shared, distributed computing. Likewise, in the context of energy, breakthrough advances in energy storage to provide distributed storage capacity will pave the way to a "smart" distributed power grid. In particular, distributed micro-storage media (such as that provided by Polaris-backed Infinite Power Solutions) will enhance the distribution and locality of energy storage to the furthest reaches of our automated world. Metcalfe also emphasized the need to look toward a wide range of potential solutions (beyond lithium-ion storage); Metcalfe's Polaris Ventures also is an investor in MIT Professor Daniel Nocera's Sun Catalytix, which aims to store energy by splitting the hydrogen and oxygen atoms from water using solar energy.
Future for Cars
Metcalfe also boldly forecast that within his lifetime (he is 63), (a) all cars will be electric; (b) people will no longer drive the cars, as driving will be automated; and (c) we will no longer own cars (Zipcar for everyone?).
Challenges of Investing in Energy/Materials Technologies
Teneja also highlighted the challenges of investing in energy technologies, where a $300-$400 million investment may be needed to develop a new technology, which may provide a 20% improvement against a high risk of failure and against intense global competition that may present alternative leapfrog technologies at any time. In the face of these challenges, Teneja noted that General Catalyst had not yet made any investments in energy storage companies, though he indicated they are still looking for the right opportunity.
Teneja correctly noted that the challenge of energy storage is largely a materials science challenge--finding materials system with the desired power/energy storage density. When asked what level of improvement we should be targeting, Metcalfe pitched in that we could shoot as high as a million-fold improvement if we could leap beyond the energy stored in chemical bonds and instead store energy in nuclear bonds (e.g., via uranium). Might we someday see desktop cold fusion as a means for energy storage--who knows? Though Metcalfe noted that there is a researcher in Acton currently working on nuclear fusion in his garage (I hadn't heard this before, so I am not sure who this person is).
One of the issues with materials science innovations is that they often take at least a decade to develop (MIT materials science professor Gerd Ceder once told me that twenty years is a reasonable timeline for developing many innovations in materials science, which incidentally is the standard term for a patent, measured from filing date), which is at odds both with the urgent near-term focus of our government in addressing these problems and with the two-to-three-year time frame with which VC's were spoiled when sponsoring internet startups. Wheres internet startups often require comparatively little cash, may offer little risk and provide quick payback, innovations in the realm of materials science rarely offer any of these advantages. Consequently, there tyipically are fewer venture capitalysts interested in funding companies pursuing innovations in materials.
Nevertheless, Metcalfe noted that Polaris had backed American Superconductor, one of the leading companies focused on high-temperature superconductors, which may have been the biggest innovation in materials (or at least in the field of high-tech ceramics) of the 1980's. "We did American Superconductor, . . . and 20 years later, we regret it," quipped Metcalfe.
Will Energy Investment Ecosystem Mirror That for Drug Discovery?
Metcalfe noted, however, that a different model ecosystem for such high-capital, long-term investments already exists--the model for discovery, which also may have a 20-year timeline and may cost a billion dollars. The drug discovery ecosystem relies heavily on partnering, acquisitions and mergers to move from one stage to the next. Perhaps a similar model can develop for carrying far-flung approaches for improving energy storage along the long and difficult road of development.
A New Apollo Program
Starting with proper policies advanced by federal legislation, Peter Diamandis (Chairman & CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation) urged that we should adopt a long-term mission similar to the Apollo program for placing a man on the moon in terms of audicity and commitment. Diamandis asked, what if the Bush administration (in 2000) invested the money that was spent in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on instead developing technologies that would make America energy independent, thereby greatly improving our security and cutting off funding to enemies in the middle east? And what if the Obama administration, instead of shoveling vast sums of money to prop up our failing automakers in Detroit, allowed the American auto industry to succumb to a natural death and invested money in reeducating our workers in Detroit for next-generation technologies?
In emerging markets, Diamandis talked about the need to provide an improved solution for distributed storage stations over the use of stationery diesel generators. The basis for this forum discussion was the discussion of a new X Prize challenge to reward a breakthrough advance in energy storage. The acoustics in 54-100 were not the best and speaker volume was low, so it is possible that there may be an error or two in what I heard and transcribed.
if you wish to secure patent protection on your energy-storage or other clean-energy technology, which is a step best initiated before you seek funding.