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Is this leaf normal?
This spring I have leaves unfurled, and while it may be the texture of maturing leaves, I don't know. Last year around this time I had several of my more mature fragrant hosta come down with some sort of virus, not HVX, but something.....and I had to toss them in the trash. This year I want to catch such problems at the earliest point so I may avoid contaminating any clean hosta which may be a tad too close to that neighbor.
But here is the picture I took yesterday of Holy Mole I think it is.
Yes, Holy Mole. Now, it could be signs of maturation, which is what I'm hoping. Or, it could be some awful virus. I await responses with my fingers crossed, holding my breath.
Holy Mole
you are really stretching the ability of these old eyes ...
all the guacamole progeny are slow to color up ... but i dont know if you are asking about color
puckering is a maturity issue ... all looks normal.. but i cant focus on the one at 9 oclock ... and i cant tell if it looks wonky [new term!!!1] .... or if its a camera/light thingee ...
actually.. i cant really focus on any of the puckering ... and hitting the link doesnt get me a bigger pic.. or i am a dullard this morn ...
And, here is a picture of Red Dragon, which may have some cold damage, not sure about this.
Can you tell anything from this picture? Or do I need closeups of both the above plants?
Your advice is always appreciated.
ya know .. only chris can answer ... as he and i have spent a decade arguing about cold damage versus virus ...
i might suggest.. that you at least await a new leaf .. to rule out the cold damage issue ...
ps: the heck with RD.. whats the streaker next to it... ???
Ah yes. Ken, the streaker next to Red Dragon is SWEET STANDARD. Isn't it a beaut? Looks better this year than before, the streaks are very pronounced. If you take a step forward or backward or left or right in my garden, you will find yourself viewing FRAGRANT HOSTA. They are everywhere.
Thanks for your response. I will be sure to take better pictures and all, but not sure the changes to Flickr will allow bigger pictures any more.
Here is the whole Sweet Standard. Not adding many eyes, perhaps a change of pots will help keep the crown in better shape, because most fragrants grow with vigor. I've had this one since 2012 and it is always nicely streaked, just not a vigorous grower.
It looks like early weather damage to me but I'd watch them through the summer.
Here are a couple I was worried about several years ago. They definitely looked odd to me and I watched them like a hawk. The later leaves were just fine and they have stayed fine in the years since. I think HVX becomes more obvious as the season progresses - doesn't get less.
McTavish, your pictures appear to be the same sort of ....distortion I guess is a good word....that I was seeing with my Holy Mole too. Good grief, if that is not a virus then I should have kept one of my hosta from last year that I threw out.
It occurred to me that I may be destined for a hosta garden of immature plants....if I cannot tell a natural maturing plant from a virused one. Now wouldn't that be a painful state! I'm thinking this year I'll have some which will be showing mature leaves...which I've never had....and I wouldn't know the difference. How distressing.
if that is not a virus then I should have kept one of my hosta from last year that I threw out.
==>>> i remember that ... this year.. if you get the throwing bug.. throw them in a box and send them to me. .. lol ...
this is how i understand it works ...
the cold.. SOMETIMES ...damages individual cells ... not the whole leaf ... and not enough damage.. to make them brown and dry ... [and its usually on the leaf that is wrapping the younger interior leaves .... and by second flush.. they are the ones near touching the ground .. as the new ones pop up the center ...]
so as the unaffected parts continue to grow and extend.. the damaged parts dont ... or are slower.... so what do you get.. puckering... i suppose its sorta like the drawstring effect where the white edge doesnt grow as fast as the green center ....
or its virus ... lol ...
but doesnt it seem ridiculously coincidental ... that it is all the first leaves of the year.. the first ones to pop out when its cold???? .. and that is why i would wait to see what the second flush looks like...
sure wouldnt hurt to isolate them ....
or its virus.. lol ..
Mocc, mine look worse. A few look really bad. It has to be the cold, though. Some of these were new last fall, so could have a disease. Others, I've had for years and others are somewhere in between. They aren't close to each other, so it's unlikely they caught a disease and it spread. The damaged ones have nothing in common. They came from different sources, at different times and are across the way from each other.
It seems the worst damage was on those that had no pips showing. Sugar and Cream is probably one of the worst damaged, and it had nothing showing on that 16 degree morning. I've included a photo of how it looked last year on March 16. None of these had any pips showing, except Guacamole, which was put under sheets in the shed.
Fortunately, many are already covering up the ugly leaves.
Dancing Queen - New Last Year (Walter's start)
Hyacinthia (?) 15 or so years old
HOney Bells - New last fall from Green Mountain
Sugar and Cream 3rd year from a local nursery
Sugar and Cream March 16, 2013
Guacamole 5 years old at least
Sum and Substance 5 years old, at least
I don't think it looks virused, Mocc. (Holy Mole). Of course, I use my very 'UN-expert' eyes to make that statement. 'Red Dragon' even less so. THAT one really looks like it was cold-nipped to me.
Your 'Sweet Standard' looks fantastic! I have one on order from Sebright. Can't wait, can't wait.
I assume you're feeling a lot better than 1-2 weeks ago. Glad for that.
Don B.
P.S. Was your jaunt to Iowa a 'practice run' for the National AHS Convention this summer? : )
This post was edited by Don_in_Colorado on Thu, Apr 3, 14 at 18:13
Yep, and thank you Ken. It sounds like a plan I can live with to me. I can isolate the two mentioned and any others which might turn up. It is doing nothing that makes me crazy.
And as I look at the other leaf samples with distortions, I may have sent my Fried Bananas to an early grave for nothing. It was early in the season, and it was fully leafed out when THAT showed up, and me being paranoid about virus, I jumped the gun. It was a regrettable mistake, apparently, but I'm learning.
Thanks for all the sample pictures. Glad I asked about NORMAL.
I don't know, Mocc, you may very well have been on target with your 'Fried Bananas'. I admit, I saw those pics of your FB a long time ago, but from what I remember, it's leaves looked kinda spooky, kinda 'yuck', (don't you love my technical jargon?) unlike pictures I'm seeing on this here thread. Even if you did jump the gun, like you said, you (and a lot of us, as well) are learning.
Don B.
BKay, I sure appreciate your pictures. Worth more than 1000 words. I'm saving it and if you do not mind, downloading the photos with your name on them?
Don, I sure do miss my big fine gold Fried Bananas though. I'd had it since 2011, and at first I thought it was showing signs of maturity. My delight turned to alarm, and out it went.
This time, I can play much cooler than that, at least I know how to keep the usual suspects isolated. With tool sterilization at the top of the list of reminders.
What your Holy Moly is showing, I often see on my Guacamole. I've noticed my Guac's pips seem to get twisted looking while unfurling, and then the leaves have that same look as your Holy Moly's "9 o'clock" leaf. Later leaves look fine though and cover up the early ones. It happens every year, so I've quit worrying about virus and have decided it's an unfurling issue with this particular plant. Maybe it's "all in the family?"
I would also not be alarmed with that Holy Mole, probably cold damage. In the Hosta Library are photos of HM with similar looking leaves, take a look. Also since you are buying very new hostas (not Holy M), some of them have even nothing yet in the Hosta Library, you will not know how that hosta will look when mature. Bernd
You make a valid point there, Bernd. In fact, the Hosta Library accepted some of my photos of new hosta as sort of interim since no mature plant pictures were offered to them.
I have another hosta with damaged leaves to share. It was not beneath the sasanqua protection, so it caught the effects of the cold after I up tipped its pot about 3 weeks ago. Now I see its damage.
None Lovelier....and it was looking so GOOD this year!
Emerging mid March 2014
and this week the results
cold damage I presume, but it is isolated now.
Okay, I sent an email to Chris at Hallson. Thru their form.
And here is another fragrant, my replacement for the Fried Bananas I lost LAST year. Now this......
Oh mercy, I'm not ready for it to be my beloved Fried Bananas! Say it isn't a virus!
From what I can see I'd also say cold damage. Eyes that are swelling to start to unfurl that then get frosted or frozen can crinkle up and cause leaves like this. Some of the pots might be too dry also or getting too root bound. In pots you probably need to repot every couple years, 3 at the most, to keep them moving along.
If you see more issues with the next couple flushes of foliage then post closeups.
I'm beginning to take my claws out of the ceiling where I jumped when the word VIRUS came into my brain. OH NO!!!
But now it seems the latest group of plants received DORMANT from Hallson and Green Mt are emerging perfectly fine. I have 3 Guacamole from Chris, and 3 plantaginea, all of which are now emerging in warmer weather with no problem. Even the big Avocado showed some cold burn and the heavy rains earlier in the week washed the damaged parts away. So now the leaves have the centers gone on only the damaged portions. I think it is time to see about taking a few of them away.
Mary, thanks for the note. It isn't bad damage. We don't get so icy cold like your zone does. I'd say less than 10% show any kind of damage from cold. MY damage came from too much rain and too poor drainage during dormancy. Plus squirrels.
When I look at cold damaged leaves I see a leaf "cringing" when the cold hits it ... kind of like us turning our shoulders inward to huddle against the cold. Considering the reputable sources where your hosta come from, Mocc virus is the last suspect on the list IMO. :-). Not saying its impossible, just not as probable.


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Oh yeah, I read "Identity Crisis", I thought it was TERRIBLE, although for totally different reasons than are the subject of this thread. Meltzer, in the TPB notes, mentioned his endearing love of superheroes and the Silver Age and how he wanted to write a story that bolstered those conventions against what he perceived to be unfair attacks on them. Which is ironic, since a lot of critics think that "Identity Crisis" did more to crap all over those characters and the legacy of the Silver Age than anything else in the last twenty years of comics.
IC was a really ugly little story, and in my opinion it wasn't really worth the damage it did to the product overall, and that, I think, is the problem with it. "Identity Crisis" subtracts something from the DC formula, something really quite intrinsic, but it promises to give back something more valuable, presumably a more mature, complex, nuanced style of story-telling. Except that it didn't really deliver, as far as I'm concerned anyway. The series is a bad bargain. Maybe "IC" was more mature than your standard DC crossover, but not in any way that makes for a good read.
Now, I acknowledge that the series did dare to be unconventional, but you'll notice that it does that not by altering the formula but just by how altering we perceive it, by casting the shadow of doubt over the characters and their modus operandi. And really, does the hero genre really need another "Dark and edgy" turn? Was there a lack of that going around? Was anyone really asking for more?
"Identity Crisis" doesn't feel like a superhero story to me. There's little heroism to speak of, and the tone and structure of the plot seem totally at odds with the cast. This felt like a Jeph Loeb Batman story with the entire Justice League just crowbarred into it, and it's about as awkward of a fit as can be imagined. The reveal of the villain struck me as pretty ridiculous, and the resolution was annoying ambiguous (though I can see how that's hard to avoid in this case). The best thing about "Identity Crisis", I would say, is that it opened doors for some much better stories later in "52".
Several people here have cited that the formula in hero comics is just the natural form of the medium and that it's the execution that really matters. And I agree. However, I still think there's a point to be made, namely that, as stories like "Identity Crisis" show, modern comics aren't necessarily suited for that formula.
It's a story structure that's now eighty years old and was created back when comics were meant to be one-dimensional filler that pandered to grade schoolers. Modern hero comics want to try to tell more complex, intelligent stories, but they're still married to the rules of a latter age, and that disconnect spells trouble for the genre. Just saying "That's the nature of the beast" I don't think is a way to really address the problem, because the nature of the beast
the problem. When you try to pair the complex moral ramifications of an adult-oriented story with the easily repeatable formulae of a children's story, the results aren't really palatable.
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For what's its worth, I dropped IC after the first issue. I felt like the "big reveal" was a waste. However, to DC's credit, they've done a lot in the years that have passed to bring up Sue Digby. Then, I hopped back on IC with issue #4 (an issue which has, for me, the greatest comic book cover of all time) A bit after, I read the other two issues that I missed. I will agree with you on several things about IC, but there are several points of disagreement:
-I actually wouldn't call IC "Dark and edgey", anyone who read comics in the era from the mid eighties, to the late nineties, can point you in the direction of stuff that is very "dark and edgey". Comics tried that, and it didn't really work out very well. That was the era when everyone was trying to be the dark knight returns and watchmen. I actually wasn't holding up Metzer's work as a paragon of great comics, I enjoyed IC myself, and I think Metzer is a pretty good writer. What I was really trying to drive at is that what happened in IC #6 is something that delivered on the promise to "change the universe forever" in a very real way. Whether or not you agree with the decision to break up a classic friendship, or not (a LOT of people didn't like it for that very reason) it was a change. Now, while change for the sake of change is never a good reason for change (that too happens all too often, when sales sink) I felt like this change, in many ways, made sense. It drove the story forward.
Here's what I will agree with you on, If Metzer loves the Silver Age, and wants to refute some of the unfair attacks on it, he does have a funny way of showing it. The Silver Age, IMHO, is unpallatable in comics, these days. I love it, with a burning passion, as a fan, but I'm not going to say that its going to sell any books in this day and age. Nobody wants to see a return to the Joker-mobile, to cite but one example. So, if that's what you want, you're going to have to go back to that era to get stuff from it. What you see a lot of today are writers and artists who were children during the silver age, as well as vet writers and artists who worked during it. These people understand that you can't just flip a switch and go back there. What they've been trying to do (and Geoff Johns is the best at this, IMHO) is give you a new interpretation on a silver age concept. Its not something that fans who grew up reading Silver Age comics generally care for (or at least, not those on the internet), but that's true of every generation. The big difference today, is that these are silver age concepts that are being re-invented (and, for people like you, crapped on) so there's more of a hurt factor. I understand, when I was a kid, I loved the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard", and when I saw the movie, I felt they crapped on my childhood.
In my opinion, the critics of the silver age also have a point, no one whose past the age of 10 would ever read those comics, and that's the audience they were designed for. I personally love the bat snow-mobile and the phantom zone arrow, but that's just me. I do think there's a huge difference between what I cited above, and what happened to the "Dukes of Hazzard" and what happened with IC. There's is plenty of what happened with the Dukes going around in comics (**cough** War Games **cough, **cough** scare-beast **cough**) so I don't feel the need to cite that. There will always be people in this world who are bad at their jobs, and who shouldn't be writing comics. I personally wouldn't put Metzer in that class, but I would put guys like Judd Winnick and AJ Lieberman, and Chuck Austen, I won't touch anything by Liebermann. My Comic Book Store guy has a vested hatred of Tom DeFalco, and won't hear of anything positive about him.
You know what I would compare modern hero comics to? I get the wants to be more intelligent but still wedded to the children's stories angle. There's no doubt that Silver Age Comics were meant for children, after the collapse of the industry in the late fifties, after the congressional witch hunt, and the rise of the comics code authority. The Dark and edgy comics of the fifties, and the early fifties in particular, which saw an explosion of styles, was out.
However, to me, comics reminds me most of what was going on in ancient greece. Each year, during the city dionysuius, (named after the God of wine, man, those ancients knew how to party) playwrites would present plays that are very much like a modern comic book. The mythology of ancient Greece is something that we still recite to this day, and the plays were generally stories taken out of the mythological folklore, and the intent was to give a new twist on it. Everyone in the audience knew how the story went, and knew where things would end up, the cool part came from how well executed that play was. These stories, to the ancients, were things that they'd been exposed to all their lives, from the time they were young, to the end of life.
There is this growing of the stock mythology that these play spoke to, and I think comics speaks to the same need. Its been around forever, and I doubt its going anywhere. Its one of the reasons why I have problems with the idea of the rights to Superman reverting to the estate of Seigel and Schuster. They created the character, back in the day, and they deserve credit for that (and money), but the character from Action Comics #1 is unrecognizable today. So many people over the decades have contributed to the Superman mythology, so many people have told stories and built it up, changed it, tweeked it, give it a direction, or a spin. Where are those people's rights?
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I'm growing these for the first time, due to weather and circumstances these were planted late this year. They were growing just fine and when they should have been flowering we hit a patch of hot weather. Since it has cooled down they're growing vigorously, flowering like mad and there's lots of small beans forming. Can someone tell me how big they should be to be picked as snap beans, strings are not a problem but would like to pick them before they get tough.
Thanks for the input, this is the way I've picked Tennessee Cutshorts and Tobacco Worm and we've really enjoyed them, I'll wait until they fill their pods.
Looks like we still have some good weather coming our way, I'm hoping it carries on into October.
Update, these beans have been coming on gangbusters they might not get as big as some but talk about prolific, I think they're the most prolific bean I've grown this year. I'm going to have to freeze some, don't want to waste them.
I'll leave a few for seed but this will depend on the warm weather hanging around for awhile. The next time I grow them I'll make sure they're planted earlier.
Speaking of Tobacco Worm, Gardenlad (Brook Elliott) used to say that this was his favorite. "The standard against which all others are compared." I enjoyed a mess of them last night. The pods were plump and yellow and I have to admit that it would be hard to find a finer bean. Sort of a slimmer and later version of Tennessee Cutshort.
For those who are interested, I found a photo of him along with Billl Best, Rodger and Fusion Power at the Kentucky gathering. That would be a great event to be able to attend.
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They produced really well for me too. Good to hear they did the same for you.
You might have missed my post last year with photos from Berea. It was funny since Gardenlad/Brook was close by, and I realized it was him. I got all excited like it was a long lost relative. It was really nice to meet him in person.
Here is a link that might be useful: Photos from Berea 2011
Remy, hope you take lots of pictures this year and post them, it's great being able to put names to faces:) Sure wish it was possible to go myself, if only I was a few years younger and then there's that must have a passport thingy. I'm afraid this old gal's traveling days are over :(.
Dreams are made to flourish even when traveling is difficult.
Blue Greasy should be plump with beans, about 4 to 5 inches long, but picked just before the beans turn from white to blue/black. They have ripcord strings that are easily removed. The best way to cook is to snap them into a pan, cover with water, and put in a pan on the stove. Stir often as the water evaporates. Let the beans sizzle for about a minute in the bottom of the pan after the water has evaporated. This slightly caramelizes the bottom beans which gives them a delicious flavor. If you want it, add some chipped ham just before they finish cooking.
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What: Seed Swap and General Get Together
When: Saturday October 6th
Where: Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, 1033 Pilot Knob Cemetery Road, Berea, Kentucky 40403
The annual heirloom seed-swap and meet-n-greet at the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center is firm for this year. Bill Best will again be hosting the event on Saturday, October 6th, at the SMAC farm in Berea, Kentucky.
To me you are young :) Funny how the computer can do things like that. I'll be sure to take a lot of pics. I just emptied out my memory card so I won't run out of space this year! My SIL is coming with me too so I know she'll take some too.
You coming this year? I was hoping to meet you last year.
I also have a question about Blue Greasy Grits. This is the first year I have grown any greasy beans. There are the Blue Greasy Grits and a No-Name Greasy. The pods on the No-Name look distinctly glossy and shiny; the pods on the Blue Greasy Grit look matte and dull, even when filled out.
I got the Blue Greasy Grits seeds in a swap and was concerned that they aren't true to type because they don't look greasy. But they are prolific little darlings. Do your Blue Greasy Grits look glossy and greasy? Frost may get here tomorrow night and the answer may decide how well I try to protect them, because I don't want to save a lot of seeds for sharing if they aren't growing true.
A simple test is to drag a piece of tissue paper up a greasy bean vs up a regular bean. See what the tissue does.
I pulled the vines about a week ago and hung them in the greenhouse, I can't believe the amount of seed I'm getting off them, threw a handful of shellies in with some carrots I was steaming for supper the other night, they were delicious.
Here's a sample of the seed I'm getting, most pods have 8 seeds some have nine. This bean does extremely well in my location. Annette


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Coupland's captivating ride takes readers back to the start
Player One: What Is to Become of Us
By Douglas Coupland
House of Anansi, 246 pages, $20
In his latest offering, Vancouver-based Renaissance man Douglas Coupland takes readers on a captivating ride, but ultimately he leaves them back at the start, full of profound ideas and wondering exactly where they've been.
Coupland is probably best know for his 1991 debut novel, Generation X. Since then he has published more than 15 books of fiction and non-fiction, including the novels Microserfs (1995), Miss Wyoming (1999), All Families Are Psychotic (2001) and Hey Nostradamus! (2003). Earlier this year, he also released a biography of media visionary Marshall McLuhan as part of Penguin's Extraordinary Canadians series.
His latest novel, Player One, has been designated as this year's Massey Lectures, the first time that this series has been devoted to a work of fiction. The lectures are slated for broadcast on CBC Radio One, Nov. 8 -12.
Player One's setting is the cocktail lounge of a somewhat seedy airport hotel. As in Coupland's earlier work Generation A, the characters are introduced one at a time through their first-person narrations.
Karen, a divorced mom, is there to meet her online connection, Warren. Luke is a small-town preacher with a secret. Rachel is a beautiful young woman who has the emotional response of Mr. Spock. Rick is the bartender, a recovering alcoholic who is desperately hoping to change his luck by investing all his money in a business he found on an infomercial.
When a world crisis occurs and they find themselves marooned in the bar, the characters must learn to deal with each other, and with a profoundly changed world outside.
The format allows for an exploration of the themes that Coupland has introduced in his works before -- such as time, religion and the possibility of an afterlife.
Coupland frequently plays with the notion of time. Time speeds up, slows down, and even appears to stop entirely. The same events are even repeated from a different character's point of view, as if switching to a camera across the room.
He also addresses our ability to communicate. Without the Internet, cable TV and telephones, are we still ourselves? Is someone who is not capable of handling this technology able to survive in the 21st century?
Here is where Coupland reveals himself to be a "child of McLuhan." What will become of us if our "global village" breaks down, leaving us to do our communicating in person -- and forcing us to face our own fears and weaknesses.
The characters reveal much of themselves to each other as events unfold. The most interesting character, however, may be the one who appears to be the least "human."
Rachel is definitely not your average beautiful young woman. She breeds white mice for a living, doesn't understand humour or poetry, and knows pi down to just over 1,000 digits. The possibility exists that Coupland even had McLuhan in mind when developing the character.
They share certain traits such as an obliviousness to practical reality, and a dislike of being touched, which Coupland notes in his biography of McLuhan. But will Rachel be the group's undoing? Or will she be the new Eve?
The insular setting works to emphasize how reliant we are on our forms of mass communication. But the storyline -- which involves world oil prices skyrocketing -- is somewhat irrelevant, serving primarily as the plot device and not playing a larger role. It's unfortunate, because it holds potential as an event worth further exploration.
The characters ably personify Coupland's major themes. The events are extraordinary, and imply a permanently altered world. Which is why the book's ending, unfortunately -- after all that has gone before -- is a bit of a let down. The conclusion is too conventional, in a world where conventions have broken down.
Donna Harris is editor of the Humanist Association of Manitoba's newsletter.
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It's true that the Angels bottomed out in the rankings at the end of April, falling to 24th, at which point they finally called up Mike Trout. It's also true that since his call-up he's been the Angels' most valuable position player -- and that they never should have sent him to the minors in the first place. But the decision to play Trout hasn't come without a cost for the Angels, because in doing so they chose to marginalize Peter Bourjos.
In the 22 games between when Trout was called up and Vernon Wells injured his thumb, Bourjos started just six times while Wells started 18 times, despite the fact that he is one of the worst players in the game. Entering Sunday's action, only eight position players in baseball have been more of a drag on their teams, according to win probability added. Bourjos hasn't played nearly as well, but even in his limited action, he's been more valuable than Wells.
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Was in town shopping today and dropped in a poundstore where everything costs 1 pound- I dont know if you have similar in the states (dollar store?)
Anyway I have a plant that Ive long wanted for a steal!
Here is a link that might be useful: New plant- Peace Lilly
Peace Lilies are easy, As you can read on this board there are numerous ways to care for them too.
Are they really expensive over there or just more then you've wanted to pay for them? They're not what I would consider an expensive plant with the exceptions of very large forms.
Very Nice! It has so many blooms and was such a good price. I just bought one last weekend and paid $10. I probably could have found one cheaper but I had been waiting for the stores to get some fresh ones. The ones I had seen before were not looking so good.


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With its curiously-timed release this week – months into her campaign – GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann's new book, "Core of Conviction: My Story," seems to aim for all three.
"Biographical books from presidential candidates typically come out early in a campaign, not seven weeks before the Iowa Caucuses," writes USNews. "But Bachmann, who writes that she was late to the election, feels that it can help to begin her campaign anew in part by explaining what inspired her to run and what in her past gives her the confidence she'll win."
Early reviews suggest the memoir, which is published by Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Group, paints a picture of a resilient Midwestern IRS tax attorney-turned-politician who was spiritually called to bring her conservative values to America's highest office.


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This was pretty good. They stuck to the muffin pan really bad though. I would suggest using Pam spray with flour in it. We dipped them in ranch and they were really good like that. Next time I am going to try them with jalapenos in them too.
We are eating these right now and really like them. used regular pam and they came out of the pan just fine. added garlic salt and tabasco sauce. these are great, like little cheesy salsa muffins!
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I made these for a Fiesta themed party. Everyone enjoyed them. I did use some tips from the previous reviews like plenty of Pam to prevent sticking (not a problem) and I threw in one chopped jalapeno for a double batch as well as a little garlic salt and a tiny bit of taco seasoning. They consistency is a lost like a quiche without the crust.
I reviewed this recipe earlier,I took to the dinner party. People ate them but no one when WOW can I have the recipe. Don't think I'll make again.
Prepped these for my best friend's Bridal Shower that I was catering and hosting, but never actually made them until two days after I prepped them. When I finally did make them, I was pleasantly surprised by their flavor. I remember adding some extra spices and taco seasoning, and they had a very pleasant kick. Not AMAZING, but pretty darn good. Will for sure make these again. Thank you!
The texture of these are way way off. The ingredients sounded like it would be good, but just not for us.
Perfect bite size apps. I used some regular onion rather than scallions and it was fine. Definitely will make again, perfect for a party
These were really good!!! They weren't too difficult to get out of the pan... just needed patience! I am trying them now with both ranch and salsa!!
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Lakers president Jeanie Buss has a message for any player who doesn't want to play with Kobe Bryant: Good riddance. "Any free agent that would be afraid to play with Kobe Bryant is probably a loser, and I'm glad they wouldn't come to the team," Buss said during a "SportsCenter" interview Thursday. ESPN.com
"I read the story," Buss said Thursday. "I don't agree with any of it. If there is somebody that's on our payroll who is saying things like that, I'll soon get to the bottom of it and they won't be working for us anymore." In fact, Buss has a warning for all of Bryant's detractors: "I have no doubt that Kobe will make people regret ever saying" those comments, she said. ESPN.com
Nothing is more important to Jeanie Buss than the Lakers, including longtime fiancé Phil Jackson. The Lakers president, who met with Carmelo Anthony during the summer in hopes of luring the free agent away from New York, said it was strange to be pursuing a player who was also being courted by Jackson — the new Knicks president — but Buss said helping the Lakers get back to greatness is her biggest priority. "It was a bit awkward during that time," Buss said. "Carmelo is a player who's worth fighting for. In basketball, family, love, relationships, nothing is more important to me than the Lakers, so I'll do it again." New York Post
Abbott's piece de resistance is a rarely-attempted defense of Jim Buss, suggesting that he gave Bryant that $48.5 million last winter—before Kobe played, after which he came back and lasted six games—to avoid a public squabble over a new contract. Actually, Jeanie Buss made that call, not her brother. After losing Howard, they were terrified of losing Kobe, although at his pay scale, he had nowhere to go. The real key for the Buss kids was it was what their father did, as in 1991 when he gave Magic Johnson a one-year $14.6 million extension, bigger than half the NBA payrolls at the time. Forbes.com
One person who is not worried about Kobe is Lakers' part-owner and President, Jeanie Buss, who revealed her thoughts on Kobe's return to Time Warner Cable SportsNet on their 'Inside The Lens' series: Phil told me when Kobe got hurt, he said 'Jeanie it's gonna take a year, but he will come back.' And I know Kobe. He put a lot of pressure on himself to help the team out last season [...] He came back after six months, but now I know he's healed, and he's ready to play, so I'm really not worried about him coming back and contributing. Lakers Nation
When the team gave Bryant that extension–at the prompting of Jeanie Buss, the popular member of the family, in December, before Kobe returned from injury, lasted six games and left for the season– the word going around the organization was: We did this knowing that James and Anthony aren't likely to be on the market and if they are, we're not likely to have a shot at them. The Buss kids, who weren't capable of thinking the Kobe extension through, are now desperate to make a big score, no matter how unlikely that is with so few big free agents–really ony Bron and Melo–and so little likelihood that either would leave his team. What the Lakers are doing now no longer qualifies as planning. It's panic. Forbes.com
The Anthony pitch will be spearheaded by Lakers president Jeanie Buss, executive vice president of player personnel Jim Buss and Kupchak, according to a source with knowledge of the Lakers' plan. One key difference in the Lakers' pitch meeting with Anthony from the one they had with Dwight Howard last year will be the presence of Jeanie Buss, who has made it clear to the front office that she will do whatever is helpful to sell free agents on the franchise. The relationship between Jeanie Buss and brother Jim Buss has vastly improved in recent months, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne. ESPN.com
Phil Jackson has a lot of motivation to get his coaching search done in the next 10 days. According to an NBA source, Jackson is flying to Turkey in mid-June with his fiancée, Lakers president Jeanie Buss, for nearly a week to attend his son Ben's wedding. New York Post
Jackson desperately wants the coaching search wrapped up before his European vacation with Buss, who has some interest in Derek Fisher for the Lakers' front office, if not as head coach. The NBA source said Jackson, who has five kids, originally planned to make it a two-week Turkish holiday before he had accepted the Knicks presidency in mid-March. Jackson, however, didn't want to miss the NBA Draft on June 26, though he never figured he would still be searching for a coach in early June. New York Post
According to an NBA source, Jackson is flying to Turkey in mid-June with his fiancée/Lakers president Jeanie Buss for nearly a week to attend his son Ben's wedding. Jackson desperately wants the coaching search wrapped up before his European vacation with Buss, who has some interest in Derek Fisher for the Lakers' front office, if not as head coach. New York Post
Lakers executives Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak will do the majority of the work via phone calls and interviews with numerous candidates but Jeanie Buss will be updated continually and offer feedback if she feels the need. "Jeanie's involved in the process of finding him," said a person familiar with the situation. As team governor, Jeanie holds the highest position in the franchise, a role she assumed after her father's death. Los Angeles Times
The Lakers could ultimately meet with 10 coaching candidates but once the two Buss siblings and Kupchak narrow the field dramatically, a recommendation will be presented to the other four Buss siblings — Joey, Jesse, Johnny Buss and Janie Buss Drexel. There will not necessarily be a vote, but it will be a time for the other siblings to ask questions or voice any vehement objections. "This process is going to involve the Buss family," said the person with knowledge of the arrangement. Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, the Lakers have cap space but sources maintain they aren't too interested in Anthony as a fit with Kobe Bryant. Nor is Lakers president Jeanie Buss enthralled with stealing Anthony from Jackson, her fiancé. New York Post
Mike Trudell: Kobe on Kimmel: "Jimmy and Jeanie both are really determined and excited about the possibilities of next season and rebuilding this. Building on (Dr. Buss') legacy and everything that he's accomplished. They're taking the challenge extremely, extremely seriously. (Jim and Jeanie Buss are) on the same page and they want nothing but excellence here, so I have no doubt that we'll make it happen." Twitter @LakersReporter
"(Bryant) was a great investment for the organization," Buss said. "To me, he is worth every dime that we're paying him, and we're going to have the opportunity to show how much we appreciate everything he's done." Daily Bruin
"My dad felt comfortable with what he saw in terms of a basketball vision (in Jim)," Jeanie Buss said. "I don't think it's fair to know what that vision is because we haven't really seen it. The team never got to play together." Daily Bruin
Bill Reiter: Members of NBA committee that will begin process of trying to strip Sterling of team: Micky Arison, Jeanie Buss, Clay Bennett, Jim Dolan Wyc Grousbeck, Peter Holt, Robert Sarver, Herb Simon, Larry Tanenbaum and Glen Taylor. Twitter @foxsportsreiter
The following statement was issued today by Lakers President Jeanie Buss in response to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's announcement regarding Clippers owner Donald Sterling: "In my statement yesterday, I said I had full confidence in Adam Silver and how he and the NBA would handle this situation. In today's announcement Adam was decisive, firm and compelling and showed great leadership in his condemnation of the horrible and offensive comments that have led to this action." NBA.com
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I don't know if this really counts as trash, since I paid for them, but they were very cheap!
I found a cool lamp at Goodwill for $5.00 with no shade. Added a shade and hot glued some gems on for my daughter's room. it is completed.
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Because it's provably wrong, impossible, and stupid, all at once.
Look: state spending (primarily health care and education) rises and falls according to population trends, while revenue from taxes rises and falls according to state GDP. Once population starts growing faster than GDP, the state starts falling further and further behind the revenue curve, with no way out except to borrow like crazy and increase the mill rate on taxes (both of which NYS has done to death already).
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As a joke I am going to decorate a pair of birkenstock sandals for my friend. She is very glitzy - I know of course that I could use rhinestones, but does anyone else have any ideas or has anyone ever done something similar to this? Thanks for any help.
Someone here did the sandals with the fuzzy yarn on them. It's like a mohair (soft). Go to Joann's or Michael's craft store and they have setups for the sandals (if not taken down already) and/or ask the clerks for help. I'm sure they'll know what you're talking about. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. (Or look up decorated sandals on the web.)
Thank you Sal for your reply. I did do a search on the internet, but kept coming up with rhinestone studded or handpainted - nothing different. The mohair yarn sounds interesting - I will search that and ask at Joannes. Thanks so much.


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3-way timers for bath fan
Hi everyone,
I would like to replace 3-way switches for a bath exhaust fan with a timer. The fan is 50W, no lights (we have a separate light fixture). I've seen Lutron Maestro timer (with a companion switch) and a similar Leviton LTB60 timer (with a remote switch) that would do the job. Wiring is not an issue, we can easily modify our existing system to provide neutral etc.
I like the simplicity of the Leviton timer, just simply push how long the fan should run and that's all. The question I have is: what happens when you turn on the Leviton remote switch? What setting does it use? The last used or the maximum?
What happens if the fan runs and the remote switch is turned? Does it stop the fan, resets the timing, or does nothing?
Any reason to prefer Lutron or Levitron?
I like the SmartExhaust type (turn on to start, then off with a preset delay) but haven�t seen it made for 3-way applications. Is there something similar we could use as 3-way?
When all else fails, read the instructions:
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The Timer can be turned ON or OFF from any of the Vizia +î Remote Switch locations. The default ON time when a remote is pressed to turn the load ON will be the last countdown time chosen. The timer can be controlled from up to 10 locations using Vizia + Coordinating Remote Switches or up to 5 locations using Vizia + Matching Remote Switches.
Here is a link that might be useful: Look at instruction sheet
Have you considered using a humidity sensor or humidity-motion sensor fan?
I can't believe I missed that, I looked at the instructions several times ... must be the early morning kitty alarm.
I thought about the humidity sensor but living in midwest, the outside humidity can be pretty high. I'm not sure how well it would work, especially considering I keep the A/C on only when necessary.


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The Starnex CamBall SG-31 Wearable Camcorder with Motion Detection is a tiny camera – the size and shape of a golf ball, minus the dimples – that lets you record hands-free in a number of different useful modes. The CamBall SG-31 features motion detection, so it can be set up as a security camera. It also can be set for interval recording (for instance, it can be set to record for 10 seconds once every ten minutes) in its "Angel Recording" mode – a useful feature for those who want an affordable, discreet "nanny cam."
In any case, the camera records MPEG-4 video to a microSD card (a 2 GB card is included) for extremely efficient video and audio capture. When it's connected to a USB power source, the CamBall SG-31 can record up to 48 hours of continuous 320 x 240 (30 fps) video to a 16 GB card (not included). For recording motion detection, that figure jumps to 64-576 hours, depending on how much motion is detected by the tiny, spherical SG-31 camera.
The CamBall also comes with a full complement of cables, including a USB/AV cable for powering the device, transferring files to a computer, and outputting the recorded video to a monitor. There's also included headphones and an adapter for plugging the headphones into the mini-USB port of the camera. This serves the CamBall's MP3 playback mode; just load up one of the SG-31's file folders with your favorite tunes, and you're ready to rock.
For action-sports enthusiasts, the CamBall's status as a wearable device holds special promise: using the included rubber-lined sports band, you can secure the CamBall to your helmet, letting you record your body's adventures at the outer limits of Newtonian physics. There's also a necklace mount for carrying the CamBall more casually around your neck.
Playback is possible using the included USB/AV cable. Connect the familiar red and yellow plugs to your compatible TV or PC monitor, and review the day's recorded files. Using the same cable, live monitoring is also possible to the optional SG-94 LCD monitor (not included).
- Included holder lets you position the camera securely on a flat surface
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Pickles confirms plan to change electronic agenda rules
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It is widely believed that the health benefits of diets high in fruits and vegetables are likely to be due partly to the presence of phytochemicals. For instance, several act as antioxidants, preventing oxidative damage to cells, proteins, and DNA. It is likely that other bioactive phytochemicals have yet to be identified, and those that are known may have additional properties in the body that are not yet understood. But it is thought that nutrients, phytochemicals, and other, as yet unknown, bioactive components act together to influence physiological responses.
Although many phytochemicals are bioactive, they are not essential in the diet and there is no daily requirement, so they are not classed as nutrients. Humans have developed tastes for some phytochemicals, such as the hot flavors of mustard oil, bitter alkaloids, and irritating capsaicins. There is genetically inherited variation in sensitivity to some tastes, for example, the bitter taste of isothiocynates in cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage.
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East meets West
Why Japanese fishing village proudly flies a Canadian flag
MIO, Wakayama, Japan The bright mid-morning sun shone across the garden and on to the sliding doors of Komiyoji Temple. I stood there in silence in a village far from the tourist-filled gardens of Kyoto and the car-jammed avenues of Osaka. Removing my shoes, I entered the temple's front vestibule to meet Obon-san (Reverend) Miwa.
Last spring, I had come from Gobo train station to this small fishing village in Wakayama prefecture, with its panoramic views over the Pacific.
Part of the town of Mihama proper, you won't find Mio listed in any guidebook outside Japan, yet here it has modest notoriety due to a TV documentary some years ago about Mio, known more commonly as America-mura.
America-mura? Translated it means American village, because there's a story that leads to North America.
That story also leads to my family and brought me here on my second trip to Wakayama. My late mother, who was born in Prince Rupert, B.C., and spent her childhood on Vancouver's Powell Street, was born of parents from this village. Miwa-san was to show me to a graveyard a short drive away where I could pay respects to grandparents I never knew.
My maternal grandparents were hardly lone pioneers from this remote village though, and Canadians have long visited this place. Mio is linked as with an umbilical cord to B.C., specifically the town of Steveston, now a part of Richmond.
From the late 19th century, Mio immigrants in Steveston were predominant in the traditional Japanese-Canadian fishing community. Until the 1980s, you could stroll Moncton Street and regularly run into their descendants. Since 1973, Richmond has been twinned to a city near Mio.
"It was remarkable, over 2,000 immigrants from Mio were in Canada (in 1940)," said local historian Hisakazu Nishihama. "In Mio less than 2,000 were left."
The first Mio immigrant, Gihei Kuno, arrived on his own in 1888, according to Nishihama, who is a retired teacher and an expert on Canada's Mio story. I met him through local town official Masafumi Morishita whose help was indispensable during my stay.
During the latter half of the 19th century, Mio, with little arable land and a dependency on fishing, suffered a long string of droughts, typhoons and tsunamis causing famine and epidemics.
Gihei Kuno, a prominent master carpenter, had gone to Kobe and then Yokohama to earn money to construct a seawall in Mio's bay. In Yokohama, he heard of the promise of Canada. At 34, he came to this country and found, in Steveston, a handful of Japanese fishermen and boat builders. When he wrote home extolling the Fraser River's extraordinary salmon-fishing potential, small groups of immigrants began to follow his lead, most to fish. My grandfather arrived in 1892.
At a time when contact between the rest of Japan and North America remained limited, people from Mio would regularly wear western fashions and English words were not uncommon in the village.
It is easy to see what lured so many to settle in B.C. Wakayama Prefecture is a spectacular wild inland area of lush forested mountains surrounded on three sides by fish-abundant sea. Mio was a village that lived on the harvests from sea and forested mountains. These mountains became home to important Buddhist communities.
On the edge of Mio village, I ascended a small asphalt path to a two-level graveyard set against wooded hills of juniper, pine, sumac, cedar and bamboo. Soft hued, like brushed watercolour, it looked like a typical Japanese landscape painting.
Most foreigners familiar with Wakayama prefecture know it because of Mount Koya, headquarters of esoteric Shingon Buddhism.
Mio itself has no big tourist draws. Yet it offers a glimpse of everyday rural Japan and extends a wonderful welcome to Canadians -- especially British Columbians. Mio, on a rocky Pacific hillside rising from Wada Bay, has only a single main road hugging the coastline. On the beach, villagers, some quite elderly, step over jagged black rocks to collect and dry hijiki (stringy dark seaweed common in B.C.'s Japanese and health food shops) as locals always have.
Leading off this road are narrow paved paths not much more than a metre wide where villagers young and old climb and descend the terrain on foot or ride bikes and scooters. Each day, I passed women crouched over small gardens and roadside fields, tending their vegetables and flowers. There are many modern and tidy homes in the village, but dominating from any vantage point are the charcoal slate roof tiles over old houses with weathered dark plank walls. Inside the front doors of these wooden houses, the floor is raised off the sandy ground. You remove shoes, and climb to the floor.
The two lovely Buddhist temples, Komiyoji and Hozenji, were established in 1563 and 1672 respectively.
In the entrance way of Hozenji, I gazed at one of the many small natural wood plaques brushed with black calligraphy hung on the wall. It bore the name of my late uncle -- he spent much of his youth here -- one of many Canadians with Mio roots who had donated money to maintain its temples.
One day, I accompanied Nishihama-san up the main road that first skirts the shoreline and then ascends to Hinomisaki, above Mio, through a wooded hillside overlooking the sea, lush with tall verdant grasses, palms, bamboo and cherry trees.
Incongruously, the red maple leaf of a Canadian flag blew on its tall flagpole alongside the scarlet disc of the flag of Japan.
I followed Nishihama and through a plain door stepped into something surprising in off-the-beaten-path Japan: a modest museum of Canadian artifacts.
Here were scratched leather steamer trunks, a lumberjack shirt, dented pots, vintage photos and documents and even a mounted moose head. Prized among these were coastal First Nations pieces -- carved masks, a sweater and a small totem pole.
A photo of pioneer Gihei Kuno hung prominently at the museum's entrance.
Near that were pictures from the commemoration of the centenary of Kuno's arrival. That celebration has inspired an ongoing friendship between Mio and Canada.
-- Canwest News Service
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 16, 2009 E5
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