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5.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Sword deserves ten stars!
This is my absoloutly favorite book in the world!! And I have read a lot of books. I read about a book a day and over the summer I usually read around 2 hundred books, I'm not joking. And this is my favorite out of them all. In the story, Harry (who's real name is Angharad) moves out to Istan, the last Homelander settlement on the border of the Homeland and Daria, after...
Published on Oct. 12 2005
2.0 out of 5 stars vague and far-fetched
This is a typical case of good against evil fantasy story, set in a land called Daria -which reminds me of India- colonized by a country called Homeland -which inevitably makes me think of England. The plot of the story is quite ordinary, with the unsurprising story of a girl-heroine as she changes from the pennyless, lonely orphan Harry Crewe to the powerful warrior-maid...
Published on Dec 16 2001 by ex nihilo
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Sword deserves ten stars!,
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This review is from: The Blue Sword (School & Library Binding)
This is my absoloutly favorite book in the world!! And I have read a lot of books. I read about a book a day and over the summer I usually read around 2 hundred books, I'm not joking. And this is my favorite out of them all. In the story, Harry (who's real name is Angharad) moves out to Istan, the last Homelander settlement on the border of the Homeland and Daria, after the deaths of her parents. Her brother Richard (also called Dickie) is stationed at the military outpost (the General Leonard Ernest Mundy) in Istan. She finds friends in her cheerful hosts Sir Charles and Lady Amelia and the commander of the fort Colonel Jack Dedham. Harry has always had a longing for adventure and action and she soon gets her wish. A diplomatic party from the Damarians (called Hillfolk by Homelanders) arrive in Istan and when they leave they secretly kidnap Harry. All of the sudden Harry is thrust into the adventure she longs for and she discovers some suprising things about her past. Trying to find her way in an a world so very different from her own she finds friends in the Kings Riders, an elite group of warriors serving the Hillking Corlath. Harry soons finds herself the wieldier of the legendary sword Guntarun (once belonging to the Lady Aerin from "The Hero and The Crown") and possesser of the magical gift of Kelar. As the Damarians prepare for the coming war with the Northeners Harry is faced with a difficult descision. Should she ride to war with the People of the Hills, who have accepted her for who she is and made her one of their own? Or should she risk exile from her new home to warn the Homelanders of the coming attack? With the help of the wiseman Luthe, her teacher Mathin, her friends Terim and Senay, the foltsza Narnkon and her faithful Hill-horse Tsornin, Harry fights for her life and the things she believes in. Robin McKinnley is a master storyteller and "The Blue Sword" is an amazing gripping book. You can't put it down.
4.0 out of 5 stars Magic, Mystery, and Adventure,
Ryan (Kaneohe, Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews
The Blue Sword brings to life, the sense of wanting and desire. In this great tale of of insightful adventure, nothing is ever what it might seem. Harry Crewe lived a normal life in what could only be paradise. But all that changed when she found herself in the middle of nowhere with her brother Richard. After being abducted in the middle of the night by Corlath the last King of Damar, Harry must find a way to fit in her new suroundings. Harry, while training to be a Damar warrior or King's Rider, learns more about the Hillfolk's culture and discovers startling secrets about her own past. Caught between feuding armies in an age old battle that could determine the fate of whether humans or demons would rule the last habital paradise in Damar, Harry must bring together the Homelanders and the last of the free Hillfolk to stop the monsterous invasion. I felt a sense of yearning to place myself in this epic story. Even though the story started out slow, I was more than glad to finish what I was reading. Robin McKinley is a great author that describes in great detail what is going on so that you feel like a part of story. I recommend if you start to read this book that you continue on through to the end. You will not be disappointed in this book.
4.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Sword,
Connor Finley (USA) - See all my reviews
Imagine first being a happy young girl, content with your quiet life in her home country along with your family; your mother, father, and your brother Richard. Then imagine reaching a certain age and having your only companion, your brother, abruptly taken away to military school. Following this, you're forced to take on a much more sheltered lifestyle. Before you know it, you become and orphan and are shipped out penniless to the continent of Daria, a mysterious place which your now distant brother is stationed on. With all of this, you could assume this wouldn't be a pleasant experience, but this is the intriguing tale of the young lady Harry in the book The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley, which left me with feelings of triumph and really made me cheer on the characters.
I felt intrigued and had feelings of triumph by the way the true attitude of harry slowly progresses in showing her true strength, but she never loses her original care for others. In the first few chapters, Harry seems timid and seem dependent on others. By the end of the book, Harry is withholding the flank of the King of the Damarians against thousands of Northlander savages. She puts an end to the relentless attack when she unlocks the power of her kelar, or magic power, to cause the surrounding mountains to crumble, crushing the Northlander forces. Despite her growing separation between her original people and country, she maintains her deep connections with her friends and family. This specific developments is shown all throughout the book, but a clear moment of this is between she and her brother, who both had grown apart over the long years. While desperately trying to outlast the invaders, Richard arrives on the field. As the Northeners close in, she and her brother have a moment of redsicovering the once close connection they had as children. With her recent abduction, Richard expresses his feelings, and has the courage to say what he couldn't before, this being that they are both of Damarian descent, when she first arrived in Daria. This shows that despite all that is happening around her at the current time, she never forgets those she loves. This is an example that shows how the author made Harry unique through the development of her character, but made it so that she never lost sight of her origins.
While I did feel triumph for Harry in all her exploist, another event that is a good example is her training to become one of the King's Riders. During this six week long period she starts out as a woman knowing nothing of war, and she goes through a great many hardships to achieve her goal. I felt triumph especially in this chapter when she was sparring with Mathin, her trainer in war. During this she succeeds in knocking Mathin down, a long time experienced warrior. This is a crucial point when she first begins to tap into her kelar powers. I couldn't help but feel great for Harry when she took her first leap at finding her true niche in life.
In conclusion, I would normally declare a book worthwile when I feel emotion from the events of the story, and the achievements of Harry did exactly that by making me feel triumph for them. I also particularly liked this book because of Harry's unique development throughout the story, and never forgot the ones she loved.
4.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Sword,
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This review is from: The Blue Sword (Paperback)
The Blue Sword is about this girl named Harry; Harry's dad dies in the war. She moves out east of Darmar. In three months she came back and everything was different; her friends and people she knew looked older. When she got had got there she saw her best friends, Beth and Carrie. She asked them what been going on around Darmar, and they said it had been different. When she left, it was quiet and they didn't know where she was. She said she had to get away when her father had died; it was too painful. She had told them that she had trained for the war, and she trained hard so she would be strong like a man. So they walked around the town; when they were walking around, they heard these rumors that there was a magic sword that contained powers.
Harry had asked where this sword was located, and they said it was supposed to be located in the desert. Harry said how about we go and check it out; the rest of the rest of them said ok. The next day they started their trip. On their journey, they ran into this evil guy that also was looking to find the sword, but he wanted to use the sword for bad things. Harry and her friends tried to stop him, but his army was waiting; Harry had to use all her skills to take this guy's army and to take him out before he reached the magical sword.
5.0 out of 5 stars This REALLY deserves 6 Stars! Or 7, or 8......,
Trekkintheplains "Take a sad song and make it... (South Dakota, USA) - See all my reviews
Hey, this is a FANSASTIC book, I just need to clear something up before hand. Unlike many people think, The Blue Sword isn't the sequel to the Hero and the Crown, it was actually written before hand and the Hero and the Crown is its prequel.
But I must say, this book is THE book for any fantasy reader of a higher than average intelligence, and who loves horses. Personally, it is my all time favorite! This book first belonged to my mother, who had never read it and was about to give it away. I saw it, read the inside flaps (mine is hardcover) and rescued it in time. But, it sat in my closet for several months. Running across it again, I decided to read. The beginning didn't look promising, talking about orange juice! But as I kept on, after a few pages I couldn't put it down! I regretted leaving it unread for so long! Corlath just seemed sooo interesting and I could really relate to our heroine Harry's awkwardness and her childhood of never quite fitting in. I would get a caged-lion feeling at the General Mundy too. The adventures across the desert and Harry's strange not-quite-her-own visions and talents led me on for more. The hints of a developing romance (there are hints, you just have to look for them) and the agony of unsuredness gave just the right spice to all other events. The ending will NOT let you down!
McKinley has such a vivid imagination and a way with her words. She is always hinting. She takes you almost in to the supernatural and with a twist can bring you back to a wondering reality. Harry and Corlath are human, they struggle, they have their faults and failings too and can feel lost just as easily as anyone. They aren't some far off perfect characters with dazzling powers that make you jealous, they have a real pinch of that certain something that we all know in ourselves.
Again, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend The Blue Sword! This shouldn't be listed in a kids catagory though, I was in high school when I first read it. I think most kids younger than maybe 13 or 14 won't be able to grasp all the important concepts. But you MUST read this book! You'll enjoy it for a lifetime!
5.0 out of 5 stars Hmm...,
"hahaha38" (Here in PA, USA) - See all my reviews
I was searching along, search, search, search, in the library, when I stumbled upon a fantasy book called the Blue Sword. Fantasy happened to be my favorite genre at the time, so I picked it up and checked it out. It was the first book that I read by Robin McKinley, and I found out that I loved it. It was suspenseful, aciton packed, a nice love story, and just a great story line. It is about some girl (I'm so stupid that I've forgotten her name again) who gets caught up with a group of people believed to have magical powers of some sort, and she is found to be a hero, or so they believe. Is she a real hero? Will she return to her homeland after her adventures? Will she fall in love with the leader of the band, a king? This book was great, and if you find out that you love this book as much as I did, read the prequel, or The Hero and the Crown, which is about the hero that bequeathed the actual blue sword (haha, sort of) to Aerin or whatever her name is. I think Aerin is from the Hero and the Crown. Time to read The Blue Sword over again...YAY!!!
4.0 out of 5 stars Really a 4.5 rating,
Erik1988 (Folsom, CA) - See all my reviews
The story felt like the following but in a fantasy world:
--A British lady finds herself stationed with her foster parents and brother out in a far off African desert post. The lady finds herself swept away with the desert tribes by a brave, handsome, powerful desert king. She finds that legends and magic of old are calling to her as she rises to more than simply a hostage within the desert king's court. She finds herself a leader in a war against the invading horde of Northern armies that threaten not only the desert people but that of the British as well.--
Kind of a female, fantasy version of Lawrence of Arabia.
The story had a wonderful magical feel to it.
The story progressed very well, leaving no part feeling short-handed nor the writing long-winded.
Enjoyable characters with a sense of honor and loyalty
Wonderful setting with just the right touch of details and description.
My only complaint is similar to Hero & the Crown (story which takes place before this one in the world of Damar) in that the "love" story is forced and not built up throughout the book. Kind of like the author threw it in at the end just so the publisher could market the book as having action, adventure AND romance.
OVERALL: I felt this book flowed better and was better written than the Hero & the Crown. If you can't read both books, it is totally worth reading this as a standalone novel. You won't be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Review of a Great Book,
By A Customer
A Review by Tara
The book follows the adventures and awakening of Harry Crewe, a girl with past even stranger than her name. Taken from her boring life in a desert manor by the wild Hillfolk, she awakens to her past and a strange �¿gift�¿ only found in native Hillfolk. Upon visions of a great battle, she is taken into the desert for training for an epic battle to come�¿
This was an excellent book. I�¿ve no complaints, save that it got a bit slow in the middle as the party was journeying towards the battle. The male characters were definitely well developed. For example, the writer delves into a bit of Corlath�¿s (a supporting character) history and his struggles with his �¿gift�¿. The way that it was written virtually painted a whole new world in front of the reader�¿s eyes, yet leaving just enough familiarity as to not leave one feeling alienated. For example, they live on a completely different world, but still have trains, radios, and etcetera. The writer did a very good job with this.
I recommend this book to a slightly older audience because of large words and perhaps concepts the younger readers might not understand. I think generally around the high school level would be a age range. People who like epics, such as Lord of the rings or Dune would most likely enjoy this book as well as those simply looking for an involved adventure. Having both male and female main characters makes this book desirable to both genders. Over all a great book. Read it.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all-time favorites!,
An intoxicating world is summoned by Robin McKinley's evocative writing. The Blue Sword concludes the historical fantasy of Damar. This story takes place a few centuries after Aerin and her adventures in The Hero and the Crown, but the same spirit haunts its sequel. Our heroine extraordinaire is Harry, an ordinary, bored orphan living Daria with a military officer and his family. A political meeting with the rogue king of the Hills leads to Harry's reluctant kidnapping.
King Corlath, whose sixth sense, called kelar, tells him his people need Harry. So he trains her as a warrior as the Damarians/Darians prepare for war. Harry's loyalties are tested as she grows and flourishes in her new role as Harimad-sol and find she cannot follow Corlath. Her choice carries massive repercussions for both her people and Corlath's people, who she has come to honor.
This is an amazing story that layers itself into a breath-taking trip of empowerment and adventure. One of my all-time favorite fantasies, I return to this book for it's comforting, entertaining qualities. Its prequel is much more intense and heavy with realism. Critically, The Hero and the Crown is the superior, but the feel-good and fairy tale aura of The Blue Sword is much more accessible than the rich, but mature world of Aerin.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best fantasy books I've ever encountered,
Brittney Reed "garnet17" (Dothan, Alabama) - See all my reviews
At first Harry Crewe is not so different than a number of heroines you've probably met in your reading adventures. She's an orphan who must make a new life in a new place. This is difficult for a girl who has never really seemed to fit in anywhere. She longs constantly for something she can't quite name. All that sounds typical, right?
Well, it's what happens next that will make this a book you won't soon forget...and it's nothing even close to typical.
Almost by accident, Harry catches the eye of Corlath, King of the Hillfolk, who cannot seem to forget the woman. He returns for her and carries her off across the desert. Harry finds the culture strangely second nature and herself connecting with the King as no one else appears able to. Harry is surprised when the King begins having her trained as a warrior, and downright shocked when she becomes one of the best warriors in her new country's history. As war looms on the horizon and Harry finds herself falling in love with her King, she risks his wrath and her life on a daring mission she was forbidden to undertake. And all that is only a scratch on the surface of a truly engaging fantasy novel that kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.
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nvidia 1.0-97.55 on Ubuntu
I currently have Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 LTS installed on a compaq presario V3000.
I installed the 1.0-9755 version, and it installed wonderfully at first. Upon rebooting however, I encountered these problems:
1. A blue screen comes up stating X cannot be loaded and takes me back to prompt
2. "NVIDIA kernel module has the version 1.0-7174 but this X module has the version 1.0-9755"
at this point I have to re-install the 9755 drivers every time I boot in order to get into gnome.
3. Upon installing the drivers the shut down menu has lost its shut down and reboot buttongs, and only gives me log-out, lock, switch user, and hibernate as options.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Re: nvidia 1.0-97.55 on Ubuntu
Follow every step of this howto:
I would bet you did not clean out the old driver fully.
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Wild Mushrooms En Papillote
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|Fresh mushrooms
|1 Pound (Cepes / Shiitakes / Morels)
|Olive oil
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Creme fraiche
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped fresh tarragon/1 teaspoon dried tarragon
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|2 Clove (10 gm), minced
|1 Teaspoon
|Freshly ground pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Unsalted butter
|1 Tablespoon, melted
1. Preheat the oven to 400°. Rinse the mushrooms thoroughly and dry them on paper towels. If they are very large, quarter them; otherwise leave them whole.
2. In a large bowl, combine the oil, creme fraiche, tarragon, garlic, salt and pepper. Add the mushrooms and toss to coat.
3. Cut a 12-inch heart out of parchment paper or heavy-duty aluminum foil. Brush melted butter over the paper. Put the mushrooms on one half of the heart. Fold the other half over the morels and with a series of overlapping crimp folds, seal the papillote. Place on a baking sheet.
4. Bake the papillote in the center of the oven for 20 minutes. Serve at once, cutting the paper open at the table.
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Place beans in large pot. Add enough water to cover beans by 2 inches. Soak beans overnight. Drain well.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place garlic heads in small dish. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil. Wrap dish in foil. Bake until garlic is very tender and golden brown, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Remove garlic from oven. Cool; peel garlic cloves.
Place beans, 5 cups water, broth, sage, rosemary and 1 tablespoon chopped garlic in large pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until beans are tender, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Drain beans, reserving cooking liquid.
Combine beans, roasted garlic, remaining 3 tablespoons oil and lemon juice in processor. Blend until coarse puree forms. Thin to desired consistency with some reserved cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper.


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Development of a software tool for prediction of ready-to-eat food product shelf life, quality and safety (Food Quality and Safety)
Project acronym: SOPHY
Title of project: Development of a software tool for prediction of ready-to-eat food product shelf life, quality and safety
Research area: Food Quality and Safety
Contract No: 289053
EU contribution: €2 879 156
Start date: February 2012
Duration: 36 months
Status: on-going
The market for convenience and ready-to-eat food products is growing constantly – not only in Europe but globally. The trend to combine convenience and healthy nutrition has driven sales of pre-packed leafy salads in recent years.
Food producers must balance meeting consumer demand for innovative, healthy and low priced products with ensuring food safety and an appropriate shelf life for their products. This puts the food industry, of which are 99.1 % are SMEs, under enormous pressure. Many are looking to reduce costs without reducing quality and safety by optimising processes.
Using fresh-cut salads and deli salads as its model, the SOPHY project is developing a web-based software tool to predict the safety, quality and shelf life of ready-to-eat products. Food producers will be able to optimise their raw material selection, product formulation and processing steps virtually. The software estimates the effect of each production step on the safety (growth or survival of relevant pathogens) and shelf life (growth of specific spoilage organisms and/or formation of undesirable by-products) while considering quality (organoleptic characteristics and other quality parameters).
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The objective of this project is not only to develop predictive and probabilistic models, but also to compile information about different processing techniques, product formulations (e.g. clean label), environmental conditions (e.g. modified atmosphere packaging), and about hygiene, quality and safety management. These information sheets aim to educate food producers and help them to understand the different factors affecting shelf life and pathogen growth. This increased awareness is crucial to improving overall food safety and quality.
The SOPHY software could be a useful tool to support food producers during risk analysis and assessment, promoting science based food safety management systems.
An Advisory Platform consisting of external experts from research and industry is providing the project team with continuous feedback.
Website of project:www.sophy-project.eu/
Coordinator: Christine Jewan, firstname.lastname@example.com
Organisation: ttz Bremerhaven, Research and technology transfer centre, Germany, www.ttz-bremerhaven.de
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We were disappointed that many of the facilities were not available or on during week days. The swimming pool was good but the changing rooms not as good as others for dealing with young children.
We arrived early and booked in which saved time on paperwork later, but could not pick the key up until 16:00.
Massive site good points there are 3 clubs on site if you want to drink kids club although can't say if any good as we did not use either a mini supermarket and as well as the main restaurant you have an Indian takeaway on site which was lovely fishing lakes mini go karts pedal boats so as a camp a few things to do bad points we stayed in a caravan and told it was between a silver and gold standard no it was at best bronze very tatty and old no laminate left on doors or even the table it was a 6 berth but had cutlery for only 2 and frying pan etc was so bad you couldn't even use it swimming pool has an extra charge and then if it's busy you can only book an hour slot per day which left kids disappointed if your camping be prepared to be very close to the next campers we found a few staff rude and unhelpful note you also need to leave a 40.00 deposit when checking in which eventually gets paid back to your account if no damage
not happy we had to wait for hour and a half for keys after booking in time and also not advised that we had to pay 40 deposit for key upon arrival
Double booked our caravan and none of the facilities were open. Wouldn't stay there again
Location is lovely however the caravan was poor. Dirty stains on carpet, curtain hanging off rail and generally shabby.
Caravan described for 6, but only 4 of most crockery and no stools for table. No cooking equipment-could not even warm up a meal.
Told things were missing as people 'pinch' them, but not replaced for us......why do we have to go without? Also not cleaned properly, found empty packet of cigarettes and USED cotton buds...yuck
Nowhere in the advertising were we told that access to the pool was limited to a90minute slot a day, very important when the children want to play at the site all day.
The caravan was fine for the cost of it and was clean on arrival so no complaints there.
The problem with this park is the entertainment for kids is very poor my boys are 11 and 8 and they asked to leave the entertainment was that poor.
Everything was pretty much closed after 1700 hrs go karting fair amusements ect the only thing that was open in an evening was swimming for a short while and the two bars not good enough during Easter holidays I didn't go there to sit in a bar every night with my kids might be someone's idea of a good time but not mine.
The cost of swimming is terrible it cost £26 for my boys to go swimming for a hour each day during the 5 day stay don't mind paying the money if they are allowed to stay in the pool a bit longer but for a hour I thought was expensive the go karting is well overpriced for what it is although my boys did enjoy it they wanted to be on it longer, also the shop on there is a rip off too the only thing that was good about the stay was the caravan we ended up travelling out to other places around Northampton for things to do as the park itself was very poor for my boys to do anything.
So basically if you don't mind sitting about in a caravan all day or travelling out a bit further to do things then I wouldn't recommend this holiday park to anyone.
On arrival, our caravan was falling apart. We complained, and were quickly moved. Most of the attractions at the park seemed to be closed while we were there, so can't comment on them. We were looking forward to using them, but,alas, twas not to be.
We would like to go back sometime in the future.
Stayed during off season so we could not fully enjoy all the park has to offer.
regular visitors, love the place but puzzled about the pricing, lots of empty hire vans but no last minute discounts offered!
We enjoyed ourselves but, we did have a problem with the caravan that was reported but never fixed. Staff did not greet us on arrival in reception, their heads remained stuck in whatever they were doing. Even a nod would have been appreciated. The facilities we barely used, only went to the bar one night but every thing seemed OK. You could hear the traffic from the main road in the evening. Cars on site travelled far to fast on the roads on site, one nearly running my wife down as he skidded around a corner. This was reported with the comment, "yes people do drive too fast"!!!! Overall a good break. Would not like to stay here in the summer months as this site is huge and would probably be very noisey.
Stayed in silver accommodation as had a dog with us. The caravan was excellent.It only needed a baking tray and a grill pan that fit in the grill better but we managed to improvise.
The accommodation had everything we needed,it was clean and warm. Only thing we missed was wifi and a cheese grate!
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|3 Cup (48 tbs) (6 slices)
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs), chopped
|Romano cheese
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|Green onions
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|1 Clove (5 gm), crushed
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|1 Dash
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2. Chop off the stems from the base of artichoke, slice a piece from its top and nip off the spiny leaf tips. Open the leaves very carefully. Scrape out the small yellow leaves from the center and using teaspoon scrape out the fuzzy chokes. Wash the artichokes in cold water.
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Around the year 2000, we began to import solid wood dining and bedroom furniture. The domestic factory was closed at the end of 2003, and the import line was discontinued in 2007.
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CHICAGO -- So, NBA commish David Stern, we took a vote and decided this Chicago Bulls-Boston Celtics series deserves better than a best-of-7. We'd like a best of 9 ... 11 ... infinity. Anything but an end.
I don't know if this is the greatest NBA series of all time, but it's the greatest something. At what point do you bronze these games and put them on eBay?
Thursday night it was a 128-127 Bulls win in triple overtime at the United Center. Game 6 was so intense, so compelling and so exhausting that the crowd of 23,430 needed a post-victory IV transfusion -- and they only watched.
"Every game I've been saying this is the best game I've ever played in,'' said the Bulls' John Salmons, who scored 35 points and was on the court longer (59:56 of the 63 total minutes) than anyone else.
Nothing personal, but unless Jesus suits up for the Orlando Magic, there's no way the Eastern Conference semis can be better than this. Four of the six Bulls-Celtics games have gone to overtime, two of them have gone to multiple OTs. There have been 106 lead changes, and that includes the Game 3 Boston blowout when there were zero.
Seriously, I don't know where to start. Ray Allen scores 51 points for the Celtics and it becomes a footnote? Boston's Rajon Rondo wins the Fling-Kirk-Hinrich-Into-The Scorer's-Table competition and it's basically forgotten three quarters and three overtimes later? The Bulls' Ben Gordon plays on one hamstring again and the gutty effort has to stand in a long bathroom line for attention?
"Unbelievable,'' said the Bulls' Joakim Noah. "I feel blessed to be a part of it. This is some special stuff.''
If there is such a thing, Noah made the play of the game. Actually, it was four plays.
With the game tied 123-123, and 38.9 seconds remaining in the third OT, Noah stole a pass by Paul Pierce. (That's one.) He drove about three-quarters of the court ahead of everyone and flushed the jam. (That's two.) He got Pierce to commit his sixth and final foul on the play. (That's three.) And then Noah sank the free throw. (That's four.) The Bulls never trailed again.
Brad Miller had his moments too. His two free throws with 28.3 seconds left kept the Bulls' lead at 3. Two nights earlier, a woozy Miller missed two crucial free throws (one of them intentionally) after Rondo meat-hooked him on a playoff foul late in overtime. This time he stepped to the line and didn't look like he needed a CT scan.
"When I can see straight, it helps a little bit,'' said Miller, 8-of-9 from the field and 5-of-5 on free throws.
And then there's Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, who blocked Rondo's fadeaway, possible game-winning 12-footer with 8.2 seconds remaining. And by the way, Rose scored 28 points to Rondo's 8.
"It's a fun series,'' said Rose. "It's crazy, but you got to love it.''
Love it? I want to give it an engagement ring. I want to honeymoon in Aruba with it. This is a series that absolutely deserves a Game 7.
"You guys still here?'' said Celtics coach Doc Rivers to reporters afterward. "I was going to leave. How many overtimes was it? Honestly, I lost count.''
The defending NBA champions knew the Bulls weren't going to be a gimme playoff putt, but nobody expected a series for the ages. One way or the other, Saturday evening's game in Boston becomes a defining moment for these teams.
For the Celtics, you wonder how many more minutes Rivers can squeeze out of his starters. Boston's bench is shorter than Mini-Me, but at least it's entertaining. For instance, you can keep a running total of how many open shots Stephon Marbury passes up during his brief and mostly useless appearances.
Then there's Rondo, who keeps making friends in Chicago. He could have been called for a flagrant in Game 5. And he could have been tossed from Game 6 after treating Hinrich like his personal hammer throw.
"He just grabbed my arm and threw me away,'' said Hinrich, who got a technical foul for shoving back. And for the record, Hinrich said he didn't think Rondo should have been ejected.
Even more interesting is the rumor, nothing more, that the injured Kevin Garnett might attempt a Game 7 return.
"You must be one of those conspiracy theorists,'' said Allen, when asked to divulge any secret Garnett-will-play scenarios.
Allen has acted in movies, but he seemed to play it straight on the possibility of a Garnett return. He said Garnett is "anxious,'' but wouldn't you be if you had to watch Marbury?
Nope, all Allen knows is that Garnett spends his game on the bench in street clothes, "which I don't like.''
Of course, the Bulls have their own issues. Rose still commits too many turnovers, but it feels like nitpicking when you're talking about the rookie of the year. Gordon shot 4-of-14, but that happens when only one of your legs fully works. And the Bulls have a habit of blowing double-digit leads.
It would also help if the Bulls could find someone to guard Allen. Easy for me to say. Trying to chase Allen through those screens is like trying to chase a squirrel through tree branches. Allen made 18-of-32 shots, nine of them from the Land of Treys, which tied an all-time playoff record.
"So far, it's one of the best series I've ever been a part of,'' said Allen.
One of the best? Can we see the video of the others?
Anyway, the best thing about this series is that there will be a Game 7.
The worst thing? There won't be a Game 8.
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Adult stem cells are narrowly focused on replenishing specific types of tissue that wear out over a lifetime, such as skin, hair and blood. Researchers around the world are looking for ways to expand the cells' range of capabilities.
Amniotic-fluid stem cells, which are sloughed off by the fetus, are "a different kind of a stem cell," Atala said. "It's not as early as a human embryonic stem cell and it's not as late as the adult stem cells."
Atala and his colleagues set out to determine just how plentiful and flexible the stem cells might be.
The researchers studied 10-milliliter samples of fluid extracted from pregnant women who had amniocentesis to screen fetuses for genetic abnormalities. Those tests are commonly performed early in the second trimester.
Of the myriad cells that make up amniotic fluid, the researchers found that about 1% had a surface marker that is a hallmark of embryonic stem cells. They took it as a signal that these cells might be pluripotent.
The researchers from Wake Forest and Harvard Medical School biochemically prompted the cells to transform into all of the main categories of embryonic tissue.
A key test was to see whether the cells functioned like normal cells.
Stem cells induced to become neural cells were able to secrete a neurotransmitter when stimulated by potassium ions, mimicking conditions inside the brain, the researchers reported. They also induced stem cells to develop into liver cells that were able to secrete urea, a compound produced in the liver.
Other stem cells that had been coaxed into becoming osteoblasts, which build up bone, were implanted in mice. The cells formed a tissue that was more dense than normal mouse bone, he said.
"You may be able to obtain the same medical benefits — and cure the same diseases — without the risks or controversy associated with embryonic stem cells," said Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology. "It's just what the doctor ordered."
The cells were easy to grow and maintain, and they did not form the tumors — jumbles of tissue that can include bits of fat, hair and teeth — that are common with embryonic stem cells, the researchers said.
"That's one of the biggest issues the FDA will be concerned about when it comes time to approve stem-cell-based therapies," said the University of Pittsburgh's Russell.
But Larry Goldstein, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego who studies embryonic stem cells, said the absence of tumors might signal a limitation of amniotic stem cells. "It makes me wonder how pluripotent they are," said Goldstein, who was not involved in the study.
Though the cells might prove useful in some circumstances, Goldstein said, they aren't a substitute for embryonic stem cells. "They built a screwdriver here, but I need a wrench," he said.
The technology described in the study is owned by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and controlled by Plureon Corp., a biotech start-up in Winston-Salem.
Atala serves on Plureon's board and directs its scientific advisory panel.
The researchers, whose study was primarily funded by the Joshua Frase Foundation and the Crown Foundation of the March of Dimes, reported they had found similar stem cells in samples of chorionic villi — a part of the placenta sometimes biopsied as an alternative to amniocentesis — and of placentas obtained after birth.
Stem cells could one day be routinely extracted from placentas and stored in case they are needed to create genetically matched tissues during a baby's lifetime, Atala said. Because the cells would be a perfect match, the transplanted tissues would not be rejected.
Amniotic-fluid stem cells could also be used to build a stem cell bank. It would take about 100,000 cell samples to obtain enough genetic diversity to cover 99% of the U.S. population, he said.


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Thomas Moody Jr. Recalls the Painful Tragedy that Altered Many Lives in A SWIFT AND DEADLY MAELSTROM
The winter of 1962-63 in Norwich, Connecticut, had been unbearable. Snow, ice, and subfreezing temperatures added to an already gloomy and drawn-out New England winter, one that had seen its onset begin virtually at the end of the summer of 1962. Spaulding Pond in Mohegan Park, a large wooded enclave in the northern section of town, was again abundantly full this Wednesday, March 6. So full in fact that it again challenged the 110-year-old dam by which it was held in place and where a small leak, another in an ever-growing line of recent "seepages," was discovered this afternoon by park workers and reported up to the Public Works director, himself a witness to these myriad other leaks and who would summarily dismiss it this day as understood leakage.
This time, unfortunately, it would be different.
A Swift and Deadly Maelstrom is the true story of a horrible tragedy borne out of ignorance and naivety. It is also the story, conversely, of life-saving heroics, of the efforts of two young men, suddenly trapped in the ensuing floodwaters, to rescue three very young children, those that would tragically lose their mother in this disaster. Also, it is the fascinating account of how this family would pull itself back together and how the children's father and one of that evening's heroes would subsequently and slowly fall apart emotionally and physically over his lifetime. All of this is juxtaposed onto the real-time reportage of how the town would also recover and how the families of the six people who would ultimately succumb to the raging dam break would perceive themselves to be unfairly and unjustly recompensed in the follow-up litigation.
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Thomas R. Moody Jr. is one of the young children who experienced the "Great Norwich Flood" firsthand and who tragically lost his mother that horrific evening of March 6 1963. He provides now, for the first time, a revealing history of this catastrophic event and, with the benefit of nearly a lifetime of saved and newly discovered documentation, along with numerous first-person intimate conversations with family members and other key participants, becomes, with this work, the first to fully integrate all the disparate, and sometimes controversial, facts into one cogent story. He is a nuclear power plant supervisor and lives in Texas with his wife, D'Ann, and children, Brooklyn and Evan.
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