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VCs Score in Priceline's Kayak Buy
With the ups and downs of the stock market, unloading shares of a freshly public company can be tricky for VCs.
But investors in Kayak Software, which held its IPO in July, got a gift when Priceline.com said Thursday that it would buy the travel-search company for $1.8 billion.
The four main venture investors in Kayak are very familiar names in the industry: Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Sequoia Capital. They and others put more than $200 million into the company. Kayak used much of it to acquire a competitor, SideStep, in 2007.
The cash and stock deal, expected to close early next year, would value Kayak at $40 a share, with Priceline paying about $500 million in cash and $1.3 billion in equity and assumed stock options. Kayak went public at $26 per share.
The VCs are under a 180-day lockup post-IPO so they couldn't sell even if they wanted to. Sitting tight, however, paid off.
General Catalyst, the largest shareholder, holding 26.7% of the company's outstanding stock after the IPO, stands to reap about $417 million from its 10.4 million shares.
Sequoia would make about $252 million, Accel about $195 million and Oak about $166 million.
It's been a long road for investors. Kayak got its first round, led by General Catalyst, back in 2004. And the company's IPO sat on the runway for months after Kayak filed its paperwork in November 2010.
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By Julia Prodis Sulek
BURLINGAME -- Nearly 200 parents of children with a complicated, mysterious brain illness called PANS gathered over the weekend to seek advice and support from each other as they navigate the disease, which triggers psychotic and compulsive behaviors.
The sold-out symposium came a week after this newspaper profiled the nightmarish ordeal of 16-year-old Tessa Gallo, of San Jose, who in 2011 was misdiagnosed as having bipolar disorder. She spent nearly a year in and out of psych wards and group homes before doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital diagnosed her with PANS -- pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome -- and began aggressive treatment that improved her health dramatically.
"I have my daughter back again," Tessa's mother, Teresa Gallo, told the crowd Saturday at the Embassy Suites in Burlingame. "My passion is to bring awareness to this disease."
PANS is believed to be caused by an infection or other trigger that causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the brain and swell it, resulting in extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder, cognitive regression, sleeplessness and other disabling behaviors.
Tessa's was a severe case. She didn't speak for nine months, drank water nonstop, became catatonic at times and often tried to escape from her house and hide in neighbors' bushes or leap out of the family car. She also went through a hitting streak, even pummeling her doctors.
A subset of the disease called PANDAS is believed to be triggered specifically by strep. If caught early enough, the disease can be cured by a common antibiotic. (PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with strep.)
But a diagnosis of PANS is so new and controversial that most pediatricians across the country haven't even heard of the afflictions, leaving many children locked in psych wards or wreaking havoc at home. A small group of critics suggest the disease doesn't exist and argue that any improvements children see might be caused by the placebo effect. At the very least, they say, more research is needed to prove that strep or other infections can cause what appears to be extreme forms of bipolar disorder.
But Dr. Susan Swedo from the National Institute of Mental Health, who has been studying the condition since the 1980s, and Dr. Jenny Frankovich, a rheumatologist at Lucile Packard at Stanford who treats Tessa, say the disease is very real. The PANS clinic at Stanford, which Frankovich recently opened with child psychiatrist Kiki Chang, needs funding for research, Frankovich said, and the clinic is seeking donors.
Both Swedo and Frankovich, at the forefront of PANS research and treatment, received standing ovations from the crowd.
"This is not a psychiatric problem. It's a medical problem," Frankovich told the crowd. When treated with steroids and other anti-inflammatories and immunosuppressants -- the same way patients with other autoimmune diseases like lupus are treated -- the children often improve.
But suppressing the immune system can be dangerous and leave the body vulnerable to fatal infections, Frankovich warned, and should be carefully considered.
Still, she said, "We need to take care of these children so they can live a normal life."
Parents from 16 states and four countries, including China and Scotland, made the pilgrimage to the conference, sponsored by the PANDAS Network, a parent support group.
"You're way ahead here," said Grant Timothy, who traveled with his wife, Gillian, from Scotland to learn more about the disease they believe their 8-year-old son is suffering from. "We went through 12 doctors. My wife and I long suspected he had to have an immune problem. The doctors refused even a simple blood test."
Last November, they flew to New York, where the boy tested positive for a multitude of infections that his parents believe caused his problems, including Tourette syndrome. But in the United Kingdom, Timothy said, no doctor will write a prescription for a prolonged dose of antibiotics.
"The U.K. just won't give it," he said. "It's now almost May, and there's been no treatment."
Many gathered at the weekend conference don't think awareness is much better in most of the United States.
Jim and Jill Kemp, of Eureka, said they've lived through two decades of misdiagnoses for their daughter, Amanda.
"After 20 years, everything we were told was wrong. They gave her 37 medications that weren't doing anything," Jim Kemp said.
"It's been a try and fail my whole life," said Amanda Kemp, 20, who attended the conference with her parents. "I have treatments now that will hopefully work. If they don't, I might as well give up."
Her mother is more optimistic.
"I feel elated here," Jill Kemp said. "There's hope, especially because people here put their necks out."
Contact Julia Prodis Sulek at 408-278-3409. Follow her at Twitter.com/juliasulek.
To find out more about PANS, go to the parent support group website at http://pandasnetwork.org or the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital question-and-answer page at http://healthier.stanfordchildrens.org/q-sudden-symptoms-first-sign-pans-pandas, or call 650-497-9063.
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I've written before and I'll write again — that we should've been out of Afghanistan years ago! What a disgrace! Afghanistan is a third world country; it's never going to be solidified. As soon as we leave, they're going to have a civil war. There's nothing we can do to prevent it. The people there do not like us and want us to get out.
History has shown that when countries go to war, they destroy the whole dream that their country was founded on. That's what has happened with America. We should never have been involved with the Korean War, and we definitely should have stayed out of Vietnam. Look at all of the American lives that have been lost and all the money we have wasted on these two wars that we never should have been involved with. The same goes for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars — countless lives lost and trillions of dollars wasted for no reason. We are going to destroy ourselves!
I hope our veterans' organizations who ask for money for wounded and disabled veterans would say "Enough!" to the Afghanistan war. President Obama said in 2008 that this was Bush's war and that we were going to get out — but we never did! The Iraq war cost us $4 trillion and thousands of men. Why?
We need to change the proceedings which allow the United States to go to war if three-fourths of Congress agree with such a military strike. There should be no wars involving the United States unless the United States is actually attacked, like what happened with Pearl Harbor.
You who read this — I hope you will voice your opinion about the Afghanistan war and what I have mentioned in this letter. Everyone is affected by this war. The national debt affects everyone. Money no longer has the same value as it did. Everything is becoming so expensive. People can't get jobs in this country because they're not qualified for them, but they can't go to college to become qualified for a job because college costs too much money to attend! You can no longer come to this country with just the clothes on your back and expect to survive and thrive!
This is supposed to be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. We need to make our voices and opinions known. If we let the government do everything, we will lose our democracy. Our children and grandchildren will suffer under strong government control without a proper democracy.
Please voice your opinions and show that you are against the war! Don't wait for Congress to make up your mind! You are the backbone of democracy and it's about time that we put an end to this Afghanistan war.
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NORTHPORT | The Northport City Council will meet on Monday, with its regular pre-meeting at 5 p.m. at the Northport City Hall.
But the semi-monthly council meeting time has been moved up and will be held at 5:30 p.m. instead of 6 p.m., after the council's pre-meeting.
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The popular myth has been debunked: you can't blow on cartridges to make them work. Actually, blowing on the cartridge might damage it. Sorry, folks. It's true.
But, apparently the myth never needed to be debunked in the first place. Nintendo has kind of been telling us all along. We just weren't paying attention. Luke Plunkett wrote about this before, but here's photographic evidence.
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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: Numbers 8:1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 "Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.'"
3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses. (NIV)
Observation: The Lord gave instructions to Moses. Moses relayed them to Aaron. Aaron did "just as the Lord commanded Moses." It is part of God's design for His body that we need each other in order to complete His plans. If we are unable to let others speak into our lives, we will fail to completely understand and fully accomplish God's perfect plans for us.
Application: Although the emphasis in the New Testament is on a personal relationship with the Lord who dwells inside each believer, it is important for me to be able to hear what God is speaking to me through others.
Prayer: Lord, let there be no resentment or un-forgiveness in my heart that would hinder me from hearing what you would speak to me through others. Amen
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As with any traditional Advent Calendar, each day reveals a treat. Just click on the current day and you'll be linked to a neat comic-related Christmas treat (and obviously you can click on any of the past days for what was revealed on those days). This year, we're counting down the 24 Greatest Christmas Comic Book Stories of All-Time, based on YOUR votes!
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Parents, caregivers and their children ages birth to 3 years are invited to attend an informal come-and-go Book Fair from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Infant-Toddler Center, 1106 Hospital Drive. Siblings are welcome.
MCKIDS (McPherson County Kansas Infant Development Services), a tiny-k network, will be hosting the community book fair.
Some of the activities will include puzzles, cereal wreaths and a take-home sticker tree.
A free book, provided by the Lindsborg Kiwanis and Knights of Columbus, will be given to each child under 3 years of age. A DK book representative will be available for those who wish to purchase books.
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RICHMOND -- The city is in the running for a $1 million federal grant to start a neighborhood revitalization program that targets areas struggling with theft, prostitution and blight.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a $17,600 contract with The Glen Price Group, an El Cerrito-based consulting firm, to develop and submit an application for the grant by the end of this month.
"This is an opportunity for us to compete on a national level for Department of Justice money," said Richmond police Chief Chris Magnus, adding that the application's complexity required expert help.
The grant is through the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program and is aimed at funding a "neighborhood revitalization program that targets distressed neighborhoods with significant crime challenges that generate a significant proportion of crime or type of crime within the larger community," according to a city staff report.
Magnus said Richmond was well positioned to be one of the six cities nationwide that will win the grant.
"We think this is a worthwhile risk-to-benefit ratio," Magnus said.
Richmond's application will be aimed at an area comprising Belding Woods, the 23rd Street corridor, Richmond High School and part of the North and East Neighborhood, Magnus said.
Residential burglaries and auto thefts have been rising in those areas, Magnus said, and prostitution and human trafficking remain a problem on some stretches of the 23rd Street corridor, which has emerged as a thriving business district. Foreclosures and blighted property also dot the area, which is populated with aging housing stock.
"I picked the neighborhood that we thought was best tailored to the proposal," Magnus said.
The grant would be aimed at fostering better community engagement and gives police officials latitude to innovate in "increasing the number of active Neighborhood Watch groups, improving communication between residents, fortifying residential and commercial properties, and improving the overall look and feel of the area to make it less attractive to criminals, addressing blight issues more effectively," according to the staff report.
The contract was approved without opposition. Councilman Tom Butt abstained.
Councilman Corky Boozé voted for the measure but told Magnus he wanted to see more efforts to get grant funds to the crime-plagued south side of the city.
"I am putting you on notice," Boozé told the chief. "This year something has got to happen on the south side."
Councilman Jael Myrick, who was sworn in Tuesday, took his first official action as a City Council member, seconding the motion to approve the contract.
Myrick said he understood the crime troubles because as a resident of Belding Woods, his house "has been broken into three times in the past year."
Myrick also looked to assuage Boozé, the only council member to oppose Myrick's appointment on Monday. Myrick takes the seat won in November by Gary Bell, who was medically unable to serve.
"I've got mad love for the south side," Myrick said, smiling at Boozé.
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Jerry has posted an excellent summary of the work he and Steve Lawrence architected as part of Project Duckhorn. The project encompassed a number of new features which are detailed here (see the quoted proposal in Jeff Victor's message), here and here. As Jerry discusses, zones and OpenSolaris resource management previously could be combined but it required quite a bit of knowledge to integrate these technologies together. The team was able to define some sensible yet powerful abstractions that really bring to fruition the notion of a container.
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text: "ISIS, Iran and Israel" is an updated edition of the book, "Iran and Israel" by prophecy scholar Dr. Mark Hitchcock, with all-new information on ISIS, Russian involvement in Syria and Iran, and the state of relations between Israel and Iran. Hitchcock brings a strong biblical perspective to the latest conflicts in the region. What can we expect in the days to come? How do these events affect America? Hitchcock is one of our speakers at our fall conference October 15.


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Geothermal Energy: Using the Earth to Heat and Cool Buildings
Phillip Oberdorfer | May 23, 2014
The use of geothermal heat for building climatization is a cost-effective and sustainable method. In part three of our Geothermal Energy series, we will have a closer look at shallow tubing heat collectors. An accurate prediction of their thermal performance, considering both the piping layout and local thermal properties, turns out to be an appropriate job for the Pipe Flow Module.Read More
Phillip Oberdorfer | April 24, 2014
In the second part of our Geothermal Energy series, we focus on the coupled heat transport and subsurface flow processes that determine the thermal development of the subsurface due to geothermal heat production. The described processes are demonstrated in an example model of a hydrothermal doublet system.Read More
Walter Frei | April 14, 2014
One of the questions we get asked all the time is: "Can I use COMSOL Multiphysics for solving my fluid-structure interactions problems?" Of course the answer is yes, so let's talk a little about the various fluid-structure interaction (FSI) modeling techniques. Along the way, we will introduce the add-on modules you will need for these various types of analyses.Read More
Amelia Halliday | April 1, 2014
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is regarded as one of the most famous landmarks in the world, although geotechnical engineers probably view it more as a construction gaffe. To prevent such a leaning fate, it could be useful to run an analysis in order to predict possible subsidence due to poroelastic deformation.Read More
Valerio Marra | March 18, 2014
What do heated soap bubbles, wavy clouds, and Jupiter's Great Red Spot have in common? Their formation depends on the dynamics of the shear layer existing between two parallel streams moving at different velocities. This unstable motion, called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, is ubiquitous and plays an important role in the dynamics of climate, for example. Let's take a closer look at the onset and evolution of this instability with the help of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis.Read More
Andrew Griesmer | February 25, 2014
A circulating fluidized bed (CFB) is used to create a homogeneous mixture of gas (usually air) and solid particles to increase the efficiency of the combustion process in boilers. A better understanding of this process will help engineers to optimize their design parameters based on their individual needs. The Circulating Fluidized Bed model in COMSOL does just this, simulating a CFB with a given set of parameters that are easily interchangeable, depending on the needs of the user.Read More
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The Wall Distance interface is used to calculate the distance to a wall in the turbulent flow interfaces available in COMSOL Multiphysics. It can be combined with any other interface and comes in handy when we need to calculate the distance to the nearest wall or detect, as part of a dynamic model, when a moving object will hit a wall. Today, we will study how the Wall Distance interface works and how other interfaces can benefit from its capabilities.Read More
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Fluid flow is involved in many engineering applications. In addition to typical CFD simulations, which replace experiments in wind tunnels, flow must also be considered in the cooling of electronic devices or in the chemical industry, where reacting species are transported by a fluid. COMSOL Multiphysics offers dedicated interfaces for various flow types. When should we use the Laminar Flow or Turbulent Flow interface?Read More
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In this first entry of our new Geothermal Energy series, we introduce the concept of modeling geothermal processes and the many physical phenomena involved. We also show you an example model of a borehole heat exchanger.Read More
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Just got through reading Friday's paper. Your article is a great follow-up on the bag ban. Thanks for your input. If there were a fund to help those who couldn't afford purchasing canvas bags, we would like to contribute to a fund that would help doing that. Now let's hope your article and others will make a difference. It was good also seeing that the council didn't deliberate for another three months on making their appointment or replacement to the vacant seat on the Council. Maybe we just might start seeing some changes in the not-too-distant future. Thanks again for you support.
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John Leguizamo first exploded onto the stage in the '90s. The motormouth writer/performer became famous for his high-octane brand of autobiographical solo shows. Part stand-up, part confessional, his monologues were as memorable as they were raunchy.
After a string of hits including "Mambo Mouth," "Spic-O-Rama" and "Freak," Leguizamo became synonymous with a badass night at the theater. Imagine a Latino Spalding Gray on crack and you get close to Leguizamo's raucously uninhibited attitude towards the theat-uh. Then after "Sexaholix" closed on Broadway in 2002, he walked away from the stage and vowed never to return. Until now.
We recently chatted up the hyperactive actor about why he decided to make a comeback to the realm of solo performance with "Ghetto Klown" and what he enjoys about this cheeky expose of life in Hollywood ("Ice Age," "ER"). The Tony nominee, who workshopped this solo at Berkeley Rep before taking it to Broadway, holds court at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre April 26-27.
Q: "Sexaholix" was supposed to be your swan song to the solo genre. What happened?
A: I guess you could say I was disillusioned. I had a panic attack and I didn't want to do it anymore. I got more into movies and TV and it took me 10 years to get over that.
Q: It's hard to believe you have anxiety about performing, you seem so confident, even cocky, on stage.
A: It actually happens to a lot of comedians. You start to feel like you can't live up to expectations, like you've always got to top yourself. That can freak you out, man. It took me this long to find the peace and joy of it again.
Q: Is it harder to create dramatic tension telling your life story when you are no longer an outsider? Now you're more of a Hollywood staple.
A: No. I hear what you're saying but the thing about life is that is doesn't care who you are. Life brings tragedy to everybody, it doesn't matter how famous you are. We all have our issues. That's life. I just thank God for my art. That's what saves me.
Q: Do you feel more pressure when you're working in the theater than in other mediums?
A: On stage you have got to really bring it. You can't fake it or the audience can tell. You've got to cough it up.
Q: What's been your favorite part of this journey so far?
A: It was amazing doing the show in London. I never thought that they would get me because they don't usually approve of people being too personal and I am always honest and raw. I don't leave anything out. No holding back. But they gave me a standing ovation, a begrudging one, but it was there.
Q: You take on a lot of celebrities in this piece. Has anyone been really offended?
A: Well, Steven Seagal said he wanted to punch me out, and Pacino's people came to the show and told him not to see it but Baz Luhrman said he only wished there was more of him in there.
Q: Where do you go from here? I know you've got a TV pilot cooking for ABC.
A: Yeah, I also want to do another show but one that's not about me. I want to touch on politics and social issues and all sorts of crazy stuff.
Q: Have you run out of stores to tell about yourself?
A: No, but I think this is my last personal show. I went really raw and deep this time. Usually I go after a lot of other people in my shows but this time I went after myself. That's for sure.
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza, follow her at Twitter.com/KarenDSouza4 and like her at Facebook.com/Dsouzatheaterpage
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Where: Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market, San Francisco
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—The Princeton Ringers offers holiday
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Princeton, NJ, November 19, 2013–Princeton Theological Seminary will present a holiday
handbell concert "Christmas Celebrations" featuring sacred and secular music
for the Christmas season for the Seminary and Princeton communities on Saturday,
December 7 at 3:00 p.m. in Miller Chapel on the Seminary campus. The Princeton
Ringers Christmas Concert, under the direction of Rachel Barker, will feature Princeton
Seminary and Princeton University students, spouses, staff, alumni/ae, and
Brothers Robert and William Cor of Aldbourne, Wiltshire,
England, developed the first tuned handbells between 1696 and 1724. Originally
used by change ringers (who rang a set of tuned bells in a series of
mathematical patterns called "changes") to rehearse outside their towers, the
handbell sets had the same number of bells as did the towers (usually six to
twelve handbells tuned to a diatonic scale).
Margaret Shurcliff brought the first handbells from
England to the United States in 1902. She was presented a set of ten handbells
in London by Arthur Hughes, the general manager of the Whitechapel Bell
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Why I had never heard of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? before last week, I don't know. But I loved it.
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Definition of plant in English:
- Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.
- The satellites monitor the green pigment in plants, or chlorophyll, which leads to estimates of phytoplankton amounts.
- As they grow, green plants and trees fix carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it to tissue.
- Still, the same rule can be applied in a household garden when planting herbaceous plants and smaller shrubs.
- However, in a few cases, seeds of plants cultivated in botanical gardens were also used.
- The front garden also has numerous plants and shrubs.
Plants differ from animals in lacking specialized sense organs, having no capacity for voluntary movement, having cell walls, and growing to suit their surroundings rather than having a fixed body plan.
- The tariffs that protected these industries also encouraged heavy manufacturing, so that giant car plants were located on the fringe of the postwar city.
- One of the most expensive departments in a car plant is the paint shop, so DeLorean saved the money and pretended that the brushed stainless steel finish was a style feature.
- Avoid the oil refineries and industrial plants around the commercial shipping channel.
- The company auctions excess inventory such as industrial plant and machinery online, and claims the process is secure for both vendors and bidders.
- The appellants were involved in the design, manufacture, supply and installation of plant and machinery for the steel manufacturing industry.
- He says it has also set annual targets for operational efficiency, including plant and machinery downtime.
- Elizabeth was convinced that Paul was a CIA plant there to spy on her.
- I could tell she was a plant the minute she started speaking.
- Within two days they were exploring the possibility that the note was a plant and that the saboteurs might not be a terrorist group after all, but possibly a disgruntled railroad employee.
verb[with object]
- For the last two years Joshua, a year four pupil at Moorhouse Primary School, has helped her to plant seeds, bulbs and plants and to tidy the garden.
- In this paper we report on patterns of growth rings formed in four species of alpine forbs that were grown from seed and were planted in a restoration experiment on an alpine ski run in the Swiss Alps.
- Now is the time to plan and plant flower bulbs for the holidays for both gifts and decorations.
- In August, open areas can be planted with perennial cover crops such as clover or sainfoin, sometimes called esparcet or holy clover.
- We had a large kitchen garden and occasionally planted a small field of corn but we did not maintain a high operation farm like the majority of our neighbors.
- A bit of a waste of a resource when we could be planting plantations on cleared land, instead of chopping down magnificent forests.
- She has threatened him, who apparently is a very nice chap, that if he takes any more of our votes, she's going to plant him in the ground with his trees.
- He won't be mentioned too very much here due to the fact that we planted him 13 years ago and he's just been no fun since.
- Next thing I know a quite attractive dark haired woman, in her late twenties I think, has wrapped her arms around my neck and planted a very solid kiss on my lips.
- Then he grabbed me by the head and planted an enormous red kiss on my cheek.
- He swivels his head towards her, planting a light sweet kiss on her lips.
- Klaxons and alarums rang out, and soldiers and archers and mages by the thousands surrounded the castle and planted themselves in prearranged positions.
- The woman hands a bag of food to her daughter, strides up to the swings, plants herself directly before her son and in one motion wraps her arms around the boy's legs, tackling him in mid-air.
- And, while you have little control over random run-ins at school, you must stop strategically planting yourself in the bleachers during his soccer practice.
- After the germ of the idea was first planted in her mind by the deserted camp at Spring Hill, she set to researching Cotswold life during wartime years.
- This new idea which had been planted subconsciously in his mind by a man with no reading or writing skills, began to give him a healthy respect for himself.
- I could accidentally plant suggestions in your mind, or take you someplace dangerous.
- In a separate incident in Jebaliya, the army said it shot a man who was throwing grenades and planting a bomb.
- Sources said that two time bombs were planted to destroy the antenna which exploded simultaneously.
- His plan failed when he ran out of money for explosives and his conspirators planted the bomb next to the wrong support structure within the basement of the building.
- I decided to plant an imposter cava among the seven authentic champagnes.
- After all, if someone has gained control of a suspect's computer couldn't incriminated material be planted?
- She probably made him plant false evidence to hide what really happened that day.
- He was in fact an undercover officer planted by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.
- As for him, he's convinced that he is an agent who's been planted to subvert India.
- They combined nobility of thought with practical incapacity; they did not spot the Gestapo informer planted on them.
- Mission groups travel outside the city to plant and nurture new faith communities.
- At the same time, however, Alexander planted new Greek cities across his empire.
- They talked occasionally of planting colonies, but were diverted by the war.
- This indicated that some of the original fifteen thousand young fish planted in 1871 had survived and matured.
- Later, he did not take it for granted that the fish in a river could simply be planted as needed.
- Crawfish has been planted in many lakes in Sweden, to ensure some fun times and some home-cooked crawfish.
plantable adjective
- Example sentences
- Available in four colors (exposed aggregate, buff/tan, gray, and terra cotta), the system consists of different plantable retaining blocks and a Posi-Dura geosynthetic fabric system.
- Ferretti says all vine crops can be transplanted if plantable containers or plastic pop-out containers are used, so gardeners can buy starter plants from garden centers or grow their own from seed.
- The increasingly popular living trees are in short supply, so growth prospects for this business are strong, especially since the farm uses only 100 of its 250 plantable acres.
- Example sentences
- When the plantlets are ready to transplant, they are simply removed by pushing the base of the cell and dislodging soil and rootball together, avoiding tedious pricking out and minimising root disturbance.
- Watering will eventually cause cardboard egg boxes to disintegrate, but by then, the young plantlets' roots should have grown sufficiently to bond everything together.
- Even back in my days as a horticultural hooligan, I only ever used peat to create a home-made compost for sowing seeds, never for potting plantlets or decorating borders.
- Example sentences
- Because both groups include organisms that have both animal-like and plant-like characteristics, the classification and phylogentic relationships within the groups are beset with complexities.
- Red tide, she says, is a natural phenomenon caused by a microscopic plant-like single cell organism (a dinoflagellate) that blooms annually as part of its growth cycle.
- The cellulose cell walls formed during their development, and the presence of reproductive spores are plant-like, whereas the cell movements involved in their morphogenesis are animal-like.
Old English plante 'seedling', plantian (verb), from Latin planta 'sprout, cutting' (later influenced by French plante) and plantare 'plant, fix in a place'.
Old English plante meant 'seedling' from Latin planta 'sprout, cutting'. Use of the word in the phrase plant yourself somewhere dates from the early 18th century. Later that century plant came to be used for 'things installed', such as machinery or large pieces of apparatus. The related plantation (Late Middle English) described the action of planting seeds. It came to be an 'estate for the cultivation of crops such as coffee or tobacco' (early 18th century), then 'the settling of people in a conquered or dominated country': in the late 19th century it described the establishment of English landowners in Ireland.
Words that rhyme with plantaren't, aslant, aunt, can't, chant, courante, détente, enchant, entente, grant, implant, Nantes, shan't, slant, supplant, transplant, underplant
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Charges have been dropped in the case of a teen who was charged last November in the death of his mother's boyfriend.
Justin L. Bates, of Sulphur Springs, Ark., was arrested in November in rural Noel and charged with the death of Mark Leroy Pettry, 47, of Noel.
However, according to McDonald County prosecuting attorney Jonathan Pierce, due to a jury decision those charges have now been dropped.
"In this case, they didn't feel there was sufficient evidence of murder or assault," Pierce said.
According to the probable cause statement, written by McDonald County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Barrett, Bates entered Pettry's residence around 6:10 p.m. Nov. 26 to pick up his younger sibling. Upon his arrival, an altercation allegedly began between he and Pettry.
Pettry was later pronounced dead by paramedics.
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Abilene man sentenced to life for 2010 fatal shooting
ABILENE, Texas - A 35-year-old Abilene man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the 2010 murder of another man. Family members have said the death was the result of an argument over $10 of owed drug money.
The sentence came down shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Danny Calamaco, 35, received the sentence for the fatal shooting of Steven McCain, 29. McCain was shot in the leg and chest outside of Calamaco's house at the corner of Ambler and Bridge streets.
Testimony in the trial revealed the shooting stemmed from an argument over drug money. Originally the incident was thought to have started over a broken tattoo gun, but recent testimony changed that motive.
Judge John Weeks sentenced Calamaco to life in prison. Calamaco had two prior felony convictions for burglary of a habitation and robbery felony, which resulted in a minimum of 25 years behind bars.
Yllanda Jones, McCain's sister, said she believes justice was served.
"We can grieve, we can deal with it and we can now move on," Jones said.
Calamaco turned himself in to police three days after the shooting. He was indicted in 2011. His trial began Tuesday.
During jury selection, Calamaco insisted on questioning the potential jurors himself and refused to change out of his orange jumpsuit.


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Police on Friday were searching for a third suspect thought to be involved with a firearm theft, according to a media release from the department.
Anyone with information about Canton resident Launadica M. G. Britton was asked to call the Jackson Township Police Department at 330-834-3960 or Crime Stoppers at 330-834-3967.
Between Nov. 23 and Dec. 5, fradulent checks were used to steal merchandise and five firearms from two retailers, according to the release.
Two Canton residents, Jaymei P. Peterson and Quenel D. Hines, have been arrested in connection with the thefts.
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Wilder set for fight in Mexico
Published: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:35 p.m.
The promoter wanted Deontay Wilder. The problem? The fight was in 10 days.
After a conversation with Golden Boy Promotions, the promoter made his best pitch to Wilder and his co-trainer, Jay Deas, on why to accept the fight. Just like that, the fight was made.
Wilder squares off against Matt Greer tonight at Centro de Convenciones in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The fight is scheduled to be broadcast on Fox Sports Espanol.
Greer is 15-8 with 13 of his wins coming by knockout. The St. Louis native measured in at 6-foot-2, 240 pounds. The 6-7 Wilder weighed in at 225.
"They already had a fighter set to go when they called us," Deas said. "They had a Cuban heavyweight, but they really wanted Deontay. We decided to do it."
Wilder enters tonight's fight with a record of 26-0 with 26 knockouts.
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Creating a new CAPS 6-ready GlassFish domain
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Oh dear! You've just grabbed CAPS 6 and in an effort to see what makes the new stuff tick, you've only gone and deleted some files and corrupted your app server domain with no idea of how to get it back. Or perhaps you want a second domain so you can deploy to multiple GlassFish instances? Whatever your reasons, if you want to create a domain in CAPS 6 that is the same as the "out of the box" installed domain, there's a few things you need to be aware of first...[Read More]


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The 2013 Women Managing the Farm Conference is scheduled Feb. 7-8 and will be held in Manhattan, Kan. at the Hilton Garden Inn.
The popular agriculture conference for women will be the eighth in a series. It began as a regional offering before becoming a multi-day conference held in Hutchinson, Kan., and, in recent years, in Wichita, Kan.
The conference is recommended for women who are land owners, farm or ranch managers, partners or employees, absentee landlords, or career women engaged in agricultural careers.
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A few hours later my mom calls back & said they found an old child bike seat (the plastic one that straps onto the end of an adult bicycle) & that dad thinks he can strap it into his truck, put a towel in so DS is more comfortable, & put blankets on the sides to cushion him.
My first reaction was to laugh. I thought it was a joke! Then I realized she was serious. I said absolutely not! Then my dad face timed with me to show me the seat. I still said no, I don't feel comfortable with the idea.
My mom calls back a while later & says she's going to go buy a car seat for them to have, but makes it a point to let me know it's out of their way. She then mentions the bike seat again & that it's not a bad idea & my dad is a slow & very safe driver & nothing would happen. That's when I lost it & basically flipped my lid. :)
I told her there's no way they can serious,y think its safe for my son to ride in a bike seat in an hour long drive. Regardless how safe a driver dad is, if anything happens the changes of my son surviving are slim. She takes offense & literally says "you can't say that b/c you don't know what the outcome would be if something did happen". I also said if they were to get pulled over, they'd probably get arrested, make it on the evening news, & LO would be taken by CPS! The conversation just got ugly from there.
They did end up buying a car seat (although dad couldn't figure out how to get it rear facing, so they drove with him front facing...DS is 13 mos).
I know my parents wouldn't intentionally do anything to hurt my kid or put him in danger, but this situation makes me question if they realize what's safe & what's not.
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Book your room at Hotel Parque 97 Suites
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Situated in the entertainment district, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Park 93, Virrey Park, and World Trade Center. Del Chico Park and Iserra 100 Shopping Mall are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features 2 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a rooftop terrace. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, a conference center, and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
All 75 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and Select Comfort beds. For a bit of entertainment, LCD TVs come with cable channels, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like pillow menus and slippers.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Hotel Parque 97 SuitesCalle 97 No 19 - 15 Bogota Distrito Capital 57
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Hotel Amenities
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, multilingual staff, and concierge services. For a surcharge, the property provides an area shuttle within 100 km and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request). Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hotel Parque 97 Suites is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference center
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 8
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Porter/bellhop
- Rooftop terrace
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Total number of rooms - 75
- Wedding services
- Year Built 1998
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Soundproofed rooms
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Down comforter
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Phone
- Pillow menu
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Rainfall showerhead
- Refrigerator
- Room service (24 hours)
- Shower/tub combination
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Slippers
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Pomarrosa - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
Terraza - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
24-hour room service is available.
Start your day with a free buffet breakfast, available daily from 6 AM to 10 AM. Room service is available around the clock.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
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Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at noon
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Check-out time is noon
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- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
- The national sales tax (16%) is charged upon check-out to citizens of Colombia regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying 60 consecutive days or more. Foreigners on a tourist visa are exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.
- Resort fee: USD 3 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 23 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 50 per night
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If you are traveling with a child your hotel may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Birmingham, AL -- The Valdosta State spring sports represented VSU at its best with a Gulf South Conference high 11 student-athletes named to the GSC's All-Academic Team. Thirty-four VSU student-athletes earned a high enough grade point average to be listed on the GSC Academic Honor Roll.
Valdosta State softball led the way with five players earning All-Academic Team honors. Marti Littlefield earned her third consecutive Academic All-GSC award while Natalia Morozova was a unanimous selection this season. Littlefield earned a 3.29 in exercise physiology while Morozova earned a 3.63 GPA in international business.
Another VSU senior infielder to make the list was April Hutchens. She finished with a 3.36 in deaf education. Outside of the softball seniors, two underclassmen made the list with junior outfielder Morgan Johnson earning a 3.66 in nursing while sophomore pitcher and Elite 89 Award winner Brianna Hancock notched a 3.95 in business administration.
Women's tennis placed three on the squad with Juliana Boehm, Michelle Fischer and Alina Nagel. All three were All-GSC selections this season but still managed strong GPAs. Boehm earned a 3.34 in exercise physiology. Fischer notched a 3.82 in psychology and Nagel earned a 3.76 in business administration.
Each of the men's sports placed one student-athlete on the squad. Men's tennis player Konstantin Kutschenko was a unanimous selection with a 3.71 GPA in psychology for his second honor on the All-Academic GSC squad. Representing baseball was Chaz Bagwell, another unanimous selection making his second team. He earned a 3.53 in marketing. Rounding out the VSU representatives on the All-Academic GSC squad was Austin Graham. The sophomore earned a 3.37 in finance.
In addition to leading the conference in All-Academic GSC selections, Valdosta State also led the GSC in softball and women's tennis Academic Honor Roll honorees.
Below are all VSU student-athletes to be named to the GSC Academic Honor Roll:
Junior Chaz Bagwell – 3.53 in Marketing
Junior Zack John – 3.50 in Graphic Design
Sophomore Brent Nelson – 3.65 in Marketing
Junior Ben Watson – 3.50 in Business Management
Freshman Courtney Albritton – 4.00 in Middle Grades Education
Sophomore April Collins – 3.04 in Physical Education
Senior Julia Fink – 3.82 in Biology
Sophomore Brianna Hancock – 3.95 in Business Administration
Senior April Hutchens – 3.36 in Deaf Education
Freshman Fran Johnson – 4.00 in Chemistry
Junior Morgan Johnson – 3.66 in Nursing
Senior Marti Littlefield – 3.29 in Exercise Physiology
Senior Natalia Morozova – 3.63 in International Business
Freshman Angela O'Connor – 3.58 in Interior Design
Junior Ashley Steinhilber – 3.55 in Biology
Sophomore Erika Trojan – 3.46 in Psychology
Junior Sarah Vaughn – 3.07 in Exercise Physiology
Senior Clare Wamsley – 3.20 in Early Childhood Special Ed
Men's Tennis
Freshman Tammo Haake – 3.25 in International Business
Senior Christian Hansen – 3.04 in Business Management
Freshman Sebastian Jasyk – 3.29 in International Business
Junior Konstantin Kutschenko – 3.71 in Psychology
Women's Tennis
Sophomore Juliana Boehm – 3.34 in Exercise Physiology
Freshman Michelle Fischer – 3.82 in Psychology
Junior Nicole Hernandez – 3.56 in Nursing
Sophomore Alina Nagel – 3.76 in Business Management
Junior Leslie Roberge – 3.82 in Exercise Physiology
Senior Tina Trautmann – 3.77 in Biology
Sophomore Jessica Tuggle – 3.84 in Sociology
Men's Golf
Junior Nate Anderson – 3.18 in Accounting
Freshman John Fordham – 3.05 in Political Science
Sophomore Austin Graham – 3.37 in Finance
Freshman Michael Nutter – 3.03 as Undecided
Senior Michael Rafalowicz – 3.18 in Communications


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Community briefs: March 27
Published: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 8:14 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 8:14 a.m.
'Beyond Coal' presented April 4
The Pisgah Group of the North Carolina Sierra Club will present "Beyond Coal" from 6-7:30 p.m. April 4 at the Henderson County Public Library's main branch in Hendersonville, in the Kaplan Auditorium.
The speaker, Kelly Martin, is the North Carolina Beyond Coal Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club. Coal is the country's dirtiest energy source: from mining, to burning, to its impacts on climate disruption, to the disposing of coal waste.
The Asheville Beyond Coal campaign is part of a nationwide movement that is uniting grassroots activists across the country to move America beyond coal. Call 828-694-3738 for more informaiton.
Golf tournament set for May 18
The 12th annual Hendersonville High School Golf Tournament is set for 8 a.m. May 18 at Cummings Cove Golf and County Club, 3000 Cummings Road, Hendersonville.
Hendersonville High's tournament benefits the high school's academic and extracurricular programs, as well as the "Fore Scholarship" given to a graduating senior.
Captain's Choice, 4 Person Team, $85 per person includes cart, greens fee, food and drinks. Call 828-697-4802 for more information.
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Herbal Persian Cuisine Recipes:
• Green Herb Rice (Sabzi Pollo)
• Dill, Fava Beans, and Rice with Lamb (Baqala Pollo)
• Persian-Style Noodle Soup (Ash-e reshteh)
• Stuffed Peppers (Dolmeh Felfel Sabz)
• Yogurt and Cucumber Soup (Mast-o-Khiar)
• Green Herb and Meat Stew (Ghormeh-Sabzi)
Persian cooking has evolved over thousands of years but was brought to the United States by Iranian immigrants only in the past few decades. Persian chef and cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij notes, "Americans are surprised when they find how much herb I use in Persian dishes, but all of them love the food." Writer Nesta Ramazani says that most Persian cuisine is readily accessible to Americans and Europeans. "The ingredients, for the most part, are not unusual," she says.
Black pepper, chile peppers, and strong spices are not common in Persian cuisine; instead, the key is a gentle balance of herbal flavors. Dill and parsley are often used, along with fenugreek leaf, which has a distinct fresh hay aroma and a clean green flavor somewhat like that of parsley. "These herbs are not just used as a dash or garnish but become substantial ingredients, the main flavoring and seasoning of a dish. This is a very different approach than the European one of sprinkling a little herb over the dish," Ramazani says.
Many Persian dishes are associated with seasonal and other rituals. For instance, green herbs, called sabzi, are symbols of renewal and particularly important during the celebration of the Persian New Year, observed during the vernal equinox, March 21.
The herbs most favored in Persian cooking include flat-leaved parsley, dill, mint, cilantro, fenugreek leaf, chives and garlic chives, basil, tarragon, summer savory, and marjoram. Basil, always eaten raw, is grown in greenhouses year-round for use in two classic dishes: kabobs and Persian herb salad. Fresh or dried angelica and rose petals are also used in many dishes. A leaf or two of bay is tossed into soups and stews.
Persian cooks prefer fresh herbs but don't disdain dried ones. For rice dishes, they add dried herbs to the boiling water. Otherwise, they soak them in warm water for 15 minutes, discard the water, and proceed with the recipe.
Stuffed chard, cabbage, and grape leaves, called dolmeh in Persian, are filled with rice and subtle herb combinations that include tarragon, marjoram, savory parsley, dill, and mint. Whole vegetables and fruits are also stuffed with an herb-scented mixture of legumes, rice, and often ground meat. Popular dried herb blends for dolmehs and khoresh are sold ready to use.
Sabzi khordan, a platter of fresh herbs intended to refresh the palate, nearly always accompanies main dishes. Chosen for their availability and compatibility, the herbs may include flat-leaved parsley, basil, mint, tarragon, cilantro, and garden cress or watercress. With bread and feta cheese, sabzi khordan can be the mainstay of a summer meal, perhaps served with cold yogurt soup, and Persian sherbet—an iced fruit drink made with orange, lemon, lime, sour cherry, or pomegranate syrup.
For chopping the large amounts of herbs called for in Persian recipes, I use a full-sized mezzaluna with a curved blade about 10 inches long. Many Iranian cooks in America use a food processor.
Rice is a staple used generously in Iranian kitchens. The amounts given below will yield leftovers for many American diners; however, the Persian method of cooking ensures that leftovers are tasty and easy to reheat.
The recipes that follow are adapted from Najmieh Batmanglij's New Food of Life (Mage, 1992), Nesta Ramazani's Persian Cooking (Ibex, 1997), and interviews with Seddigheh Mozaffari. I present them as I've adapted them for my family, and I trust that they're as authentic as transplanted dishes can be. I am grateful to all these cooks for introducing me to classic Persian cooking.
When I walk into the Mozaffaris' wedge-shaped suburban backyard at summer's peak, I feel as if I've been transported to a Persian garden paradise. Scented beds of basil, mint, and savory hum with bees, and patches of parsley and tarragon are sheltered from San Jose's strong summer sun by many fruit and nut trees. Marjoram has its place in the sun, and rectangular beds of Persian leeks and summer savory stretch the length of the garden. Dill, cilantro, garden cress, and fenugreek are in various stages of growth. Hossein Mozaffari sows fenugreek seed in August for leaf harvest in October and November, and in February for a crop in April and May.
Mozaffari began growing herbs here not only as a hobby but also to provide his family and others with the herbs they knew and loved in Iran. Now retired, his work in the herb garden has become a cherished occupation. He rises with the sun to harvest, sort, and bundle his herbs for the market.
Dinner at the Mozaffaris' is a warm display of Persian hospitality and home cooking. The entire family, including three sons, a daughter, and their spouses and children, sit down to a meal of classic Persian dishes that Seddigheh has prepared. A platter of fresh herbs from the garden is on the table along with the traditional green herb stew, mounds of aromatic rice, and stuffed peppers. Platters of a sweet, pale orange Persian melon are passed. At the end of the meal, the Mozaffaris bring on home-grown peaches, apricots, mulberries, and sour cherries, which they serve with sour cherry jam, tea, and lively conversation that makes me feel like part of the family.
• Batmanglij, Najmieh. New Food of Life. Washington, D.C.: Mage, 1992.
• _____. Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen. Washington, D.C.: Mage, 1994.
• _____. A Taste of Persia. Washington, D.C.: Mage, 1999.
• Ramazani, Nesta. Persian Cooking. Bethesda, Maryland: Ibex, 1997.
Longtime Herb Companion contributor Carolyn Dille is the author of several cookbooks, gardens, cooks, and writes in San Jose, California.
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Debra: Our hiking group is about 15 members of our bicycle club. We park the bikes and hike before the snow comes and we can get out the snowshoes and cross-country skis.
I tried again to post a picture of our granddaughter, but again I got kicked offline when I clicked on the "Insert Image" icon. Any ideas as to what the problem is?
Completed in 2012:
The Qualifier HM, Midland MI, May 2012, 2:58, 80+ degrees
Dam to Dam 20K, Des Moines, IA, June 2012, 2:17, PR for this race
Garry Bjorklund HM, Duluth, MN, June 2012, 2:20
Fox Valley HM, St. Charles, IL, 9/16/12, 2:23
Des Moines HM, 10/21/12, 2:19
Tentative plans for 2013:
Wisconsin (Half) Marathon, Kenosha, WI 5/4/2013 (registered)
Dam To Dam 20K, Des Moines, 6/2/2013 (registration opens March 20th)
Grandma's (Half) Marathon, Duluth, MN, 6/22/2013 (if I get picked again in the lottery)
Des Moines HM, 10/20/2013 (registered)
Hi everyone!!
I hope everyone had a blessed and joyous holiday with family and friends!! And hope Santa brought what you 'needed' ...........
After my 10 mile race on the 16th, I had to travel to NM for a couple of days for work.
Came home for a day and had to drive back down to Phoenix on Saturday, another false alarm.
Just had enough time to run 5.5 miles before it got dark on trail, 59 minutes!
Sunday: 10.1 miles on rocky and a couple of good incline trail, 2:02.
Monday: rested.
Tuesday, Christmas Day: 10.2 miles on different trail with at least 5% degree incline and I ran three of them without stopping, YAY!! 2:11.
today: watching 1st grandbaby .......... much more fun!! need a rest anyway.
Daughter's due date is SUNDAY and she finally decided TODAY is her last day of work!!!
She is SOOOO ready, LOL!!!
So I am staying close and will not miss this grandbaby's entrance into the world. Exciting!!
Take care and be safe and warm everyone!!
Trail runner
I have a 5 mile New Years Day run coming up so I figured I needed to brave the elements to prepare. Most of my 'winter' outdoor running has been above 30 degrees. This morning it was 15 when I did 3 miles on the river walk in our town. I may have overdressed slightly, so I'll have to make some adjustments depending on what the weather throws at us next Tuesday.
Debra- glad you didn't get hit too hard last week. It's nice that paths are mostly melted already. I'll be in Milwaukee February 7-9 when DW is at the state reading association convention. Last year it was warm enough to run along the lake front; we will see what February brings this year.
Run strong and safe into the New Year friends!
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Dan~All the best with your 5 miler on NYD! Hopefully we will be experiencing a February "thaw" when you visit MKE. There is always the track at the Pettit Ice Center if the weather is bad or trails icy. It is located at I-94 and 84th St., near the State Fair Grounds. The 400+ meter 2-lane indoor track surrounds the speed skating oval. It's cold inside the center, but no wind. Always something to watch: figure skaters, hockey games, and Olympic speed skaters. It's the only running track with a Zamboni crossing!
az2mn~Great to read you have been able to enjoy all the trail running. I pray "labor day" goes easy-breezy for your daughter. Can't wait to hear the news!
Steve~Thanks, I may check with my local REI about hiking groups. I'm heading out for a trek on the ravines along Lake Michigan today with my sons. Not sure about the photo posting issue.....have you tried a different browser (Mozilla Firefox, maybe)?
Ran a 6 mile tempo run at the indoor track last night. I'm running a 5k on New Year's Eve as part of the winter running series. To date, over 2000 folks have signed up! Many more will sign up on race day depending on the weather. Hopeful to come in under 30 minutes again!
Run strong, run bold into the New Year friends!
Best of luck to all on your New Years runs. Dress warmly, but not too warmly!!
I'm just trying to wrap up 2012. I noticed today that I've logged just under 1,100 miles this year. So of course I'm going to run it out the next few days to make sure I hit 1,100. My last injury was February so I'm also going to try and make it to February 2013 injury free. Since my marathon in November I don't think I've run more that eight miles at a time. Quality over quantity!
May 2013 bring wonderful experiences to all. Stay safe and stay strong!
Good Morning everyone!
Rest day today.
Yesterday, finally did a double run I have been wanting to do sometime this week.
9.3 miles in the AM, 1:48. Incorporated 45 seconds walk break after each mile on trail with a couple of steady long inclines, rocky and dirt packed.
4.1 miles in the PM just before sunset, 47 minutes with only one 30 seconds walk break at 2 miles.
Total of about 13.4 miles!!! yippee!!
Thought about running 6 miles once legs started to feel better after 2 miles, but thunder and distant rain, slippery/muddy trail, pregnant daughter alone with napping 1st granddaughter, and left cell phone at the house ("it's only a short run") forced me to stick to my plan.
Slight soreness this morning but yoga stretches really helped!!
So far this week, about 38 miles!!
Can't imagine how long I might need to adapt to the winter conditions once back in MN but until then, getting in the mileage when I can!!
No snow during December just doesn't seem/feel 'right' but I it's nice to know I can be in the middle of it just 2 hours north of here.
Stay healthy, warm and strong everyone!! You are my motivation!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
Trail runner
az2mn~Happy you could get the double run in!
urun2me~1,100 miles - Nicely done! Great you have stayed injury free, too!!!
Sleety-snow falling this morning, which helped to keep my 4 mile run pretty slow and cautious. Saw a lone coyote hunting for breakfast on the path. It is still unique to see coyotes in the city. They are getting used to people on the bike path, and don't take off into the wooded areas as they have in the past. Returned home with a bit of pain in my shins. Iced, elevated,and tabulated my mileage for the year on my Brooks Pure Flows. At 375 miles it is definitely time for a new pair. I usually get 500+ miles out of my Brooks Defyance. When I purchased the Flows at my LRS, the fitter mentioned to expect about 250 - 300 miles out of them. A new version came out in November which I will try on, but I have been extremely happy with the original. Maybe I'll choose one of the bright color combos!
Run strong, friends!
az2mn- Nice job on the double run! Arizona is being very good to you. Hang in there when you head back north!
urun2me- Excellent job on the 2012 miles!! I've gotten in about 680 this year, and am happy with that, all things considered. Now for some goal setting for 2013.
Debra-great to see wildlife in the city. I have a little over 400 on my Brooks Ghost4 shoes and am thinking I should replace them in the next month. I sent you a PM with a few questions about the track at the Pettit Center.
Good luck to all as you run into 2013- may it be a year of new goals achieved and new friends made, all without injury!! Run strong and safe friends.
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Damn. I just checked the stats and I am five miles short of 700 miles for the year. It couldn't be something harder like 25. I feel like crap (DD's cold) but I've got give this a try.
Steve - Nice Christmas! Mine was a struggle but could have been worse. Your problem is probably the browser. It's hard to use a diff one but easiest way is at your local library or Apple store.
Deb - so I just bought Yaktrax. Should I wait until we are completely snow-covered? I found my hiking group through Meetup. It's a national organization online with local organizers. There's no fee and it's really well supported here. That could vary according to cities, though. Good luck w your 5k!
Urun - 1100 mi. and injury free for a year! You have figured out how to do this right. That. Is . Awesome!!!!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
MaryKay~I prefer using the YakTraxs on at least 2 - 3 inches of packed snow. For.me, they do not work as well on ice or bare pavement. When we get snow the DPW does plow the bike trails, The plows actually compress the snow and it isn't too bad running on it with or without the YakTrax. Thanks for the tip on Meetup!
Ran the 3rd race of the Winter Running Series to benefit childhood cancer research with my older son. The route was a tad over 5k at 3.17miles and the finish times were slower due to the crowds. The route was run through our State Fair grounds. It isn't very scenic, but a good spectator course. The course was cleared of the recent snowfall, and only a few slushy puddle remained. I woke up not feeling tip-top, a virus has been speading through our household, and too many nights of merry making during the holiday had left me a bit sluggish. The weather was overcast, 25 degrees and a slight NW wind causing a windchill of 19 degrees. Nice winter running actually, and it helped to have about 2000 runners to huddle with at the start. Decided to just run the event as a training run, but that could have been my rationilization for not pushing it. Ended up with negative splits which is a good thing, and took 1:24 off my time in this same race last year. Always a great group of folks and a festive post-race atmosphere. Runners received the traditonal post race goodies including THE best chocolate chip cookies, plus choice of either short/long sleeve tech or cotton t-shirt and commemorative 2012 and 2013 bottle of locally brewed beer/soda. Total 2012 mileage after today's race was 839.76. There had to be a missing quarter mile run during the year somewhere!!!
Happy New Year to the Mighty Masters! May you have a 2013 filled with new PR's, no injuries and miles and miles of strong running!
First race of 2013 is in the books. It was 5 degrees at race time, up 10 from the 5 below when I woke!! I was able to persuade a slightly younger friend to run this with me, so we did the 5 miles together and the cold wasn't too much of a problem. It was run on dry streets except for about 1.5 miles on snowy paths. I finished in 54:23, about where I expected for the little running I've done since the marathon. Overall a very nice race and a great way to start the new year. Now on to more serious training for the future races.
Run strong and safe in 2013 friends!
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Dan~Great way to begin the New Year! Congratulations on getting out there in the frigid temps. It probably helped to have the sunshine yesterday, didn't it? All the best on training for your spring races. What training plan are you using for DCHM?
Yesterday, ran an easy 4 miles to bring in 2013. As Dan mentioned, it was cold in Wisconsin, and "colder" after our beloved Badgers lost the Rose Bowl.....again. Celebrating my 2 year running anniversary with a 45 minute tempo run at the indoor track today. When I read my journal from those first few weeks of c25k, I am amazed how far I've come. Thank you to all on this thread for your encouragement, advice and the kick out the door when I needed it!
Goals for 2013:
Run strong friends!
Debra: I was hoping that the Badgers would win the Rose Bowl to add another Big 10 win to those of Michigan State (my wife's school) and Northwestern (my school, Go Cats!). Otherwise, not a good bowl season for the conference (Purdue, Michigan and Nebraska).
Did my usual New Year's Eve (three miles) and New Year's Day (five miles) runs Monday and yesterday. Unlike you hardy souls, I did not venture outdoors, preferring to bail to my warm health club (which was packed to the rafters both days).
I had just over 400 running miles in 2012, plus 90 hiking miles with my bike club group and another 40 of treadmill walking (hill intervals). Not the higher totals that many of you racked up, but my finishing times were consistent with previous years. I don't have any HMs before early May, so I can focus on core strengthening and hiking the hills in our area parks and forest preserves with my friends.
My wife made bean soup yesterday for us to have after we got home from the health club. Started it in the slow cooker overnight and kept it on warm while we were gone. A bit of molasses for sweetening, soooo good. I think there's still some left.........
Completed in 2012:
The Qualifier HM, Midland MI, May 2012, 2:58, 80+ degrees
Dam to Dam 20K, Des Moines, IA, June 2012, 2:17, PR for this race
Garry Bjorklund HM, Duluth, MN, June 2012, 2:20
Fox Valley HM, St. Charles, IL, 9/16/12, 2:23
Des Moines HM, 10/21/12, 2:19
Tentative plans for 2013:
Wisconsin (Half) Marathon, Kenosha, WI 5/4/2013 (registered)
Dam To Dam 20K, Des Moines, 6/2/2013 (registration opens March 20th)
Grandma's (Half) Marathon, Duluth, MN, 6/22/2013 (if I get picked again in the lottery)
Des Moines HM, 10/20/2013 (registered)
Great goals for 2013 Debra and I cannot wait for you to run your Marathon in 2014!!
Like you and Steve, I did get out for 5 mile New Year's Day run, but like Steve it was in the warmth and in my case dryness of the gym! I will go out for a run in the rain, but not when it is literally pouring down rain all day long and cold to boot! So, I wimped and went to the gym, but I did get out in the dark cold world very early this morning for a 3 mile shake out run so not a total wimp! LOL
Happy New Year to all the Mighty Masters!!! We are an AWESOME group of people and I know we are going to have a wonderful 2013 running year!
Marie~ I do not know if you have already left for Disney World or not, but good luck to you and your daughter in the Goofy Challenge!!! I cannot imagine running a HM on Sat and then a FM on Sunday! YIKES!!! But, I am sure that you and your daughter will do it and do it well!!!!
I have a HM this weekend and one next weekend to kick off 2013! I have no idea how these runs will go. My Morton's Neuroma has been acting up for the past couple of weeks and it is still 4 months until I can get another injection in it. Sooo... the goal of these HM's will be a high level on the Fred Standard meter which is FUN!!!!! Fun no matter what the time or pace is what it takes to make it to the Fred Standards Meter! I have finally realized that the only way that I am ever going to be free of the pain from the MN is to have surgery and I really do not want to have surgery on my foot, but it may be my only way to run without pain, sometimes even walk without pain and to ever be able to wear a pair of heels again. Big decsion.
FM! 3/4/2012 New Orlean RnR - 5:49:55! PR!
10K PR 1:11:22 ( 11:49 mm)
Ran 4 HM's in 2011
HM 11/13/2011 PR!!! (2:35:53) Pensacola, FL
HM 12/3/2011 (2;39:27) Ran for fun and training St. Judes, Memphis, Tn
HM 01/07/2011 (2:48:23) First Light HM - Mobile, AL (My very first HM)
HM 02/14/2011 (2:40:23) Mercedes Benz - Birmingham, AL
2013 Events:
1-5-13 Ms. Blues HM 2:44:57
1-13-13 Gulf HM 2:40:xx
2-24-13 Disney Princess Half Marathon
3/20/2013 Azalea TR 10K
4-7-2013 Pensacola Beach Half Marathon
HAPPY NEW YEAR my running friends!
It was a false alarm on the 30th (actual due date) which had me at the hospital from midnight till 2:30 am.
Constant contractions throughout the 31st, water finally broke around 11 pm.
Son-in-law and mother-in-law managed to get some sleep on hospital chairs. I stayed awake, keeping daughter company as she tried to sleep while the world celebrated 2013!!
Finally, at 10:47 am, Isabella made a quiet entrance into the world on NEW YEAR'S DAY, 2013!!
8 lbs, 10 oz and 20 3/4 inches.
Daughter was calm and delivery was much less painful than the first grandbaby, YAY for epidural .
It was very emotional for all of us.
The gift of a healthy grandbaby is more than we could have wished for, and to share that glorious event on our 10th anniversary on NEW YEAR'S DAY!!
Daughter and baby Isabella are doing well and getting to know each other and big sister !!!
My husband flew in Saturday and we have been enjoying the warm temps of Phoenix anticipating Isabella's arrival.
We are in awe of the wondrous beauty of winter in northern AZ now at our home before returning to our other home in the frigid conditions of MN!!
It's not so bad but I will miss running my trails.
I have not run since last week.
Just reeling in the joy and gratitude of the events.
I don't make resolutions.
I do wish each of you a safe and healthy 2013 filled with joy, great adventures, peace and kindness.
Trail runner
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About the Book
In Undercurrent, Paul Blackwell's fast-paced YA thriller, sixteen-year-old Callum Harris survives a plummet over a waterfall, but wakes to find himself in a life that's totally different from the one he knew.
His parents were separated. Now they're together. His brother Cole was a sports star. Now he's paralyzed. And Callum, who used to be quiet and sort of unpopular, is suddenly a jock with two hot girls after him.
But there's one difference that matters more than all the others combined: His former best friend wants Callum dead. And he isn't the only one.
Tense and original, Undercurrent is a psychological thrill-ride with sci-fi elements that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Neal Shusterman.
A shadowy figure. An intense roar. The sensation of falling—fast.
That's all Callum Harris remembers from his tumble over the waterfall. But when he wakes up in a hospital bed and finds his best friend trying to kill him, Callum knows something is seriously wrong. Unfortunately for him, the mysteries are just getting started.
Why are his parents acting like he's some big sports star all of a sudden? And why are all the buildings in town more run-down than Callum remembers? Worst of all . . . what happened to Callum's brother? Either Callum has gone seriously crazy or something happened when he went over the edge of the falls. Something impossible. Callum needs answers, and now. Because in this twisted new version of the life Callum knew, his former best friend isn't the only one who wants to see him dead.
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Critical Praise
"A menacing, suspenseful thriller. Hand this to fans of Mary Pearson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox (2008), Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate's Eve and Adam (2012), and the novels of Neal Shusterman." — Booklist
"Blackwell writes with a crisp, clean style, keeping up suspense and providing nicely off-kilter elements in character and detail." — Toronto Star
"A pure concept thriller…the riveting opening and intense final scene will keep genre fans satisfied and breathless." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Thoroughly enjoyable. A page-turner." — VOYA
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperTeen
- On Sale: 07/23/2013
- Trimsize: 5.5 in (w) x 8.25 in (h) x 1.05 in (d)
- Pages: 320
- List Price: 17.99 USD
- BISAC1: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Horror
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