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The best way to enjoy tomatoes in the middle of Winter is to use a canned product like those by Muir Glen.
Recently, OnSugar blog FreshTart attended a Muir Glen tomato demo; here she shares the experience.
It's no secret that Corner Table Restaurant is one of my favorite spots in town — I wouldn't have chosen to spend my birthday dinner there several weeks ago if it weren't. So when I received an invitation for a promotional cooking demonstration and dinner at Corner Table, for the Muir Glen Tomato Vine Dining Tour, I was happy to accept.
I suspect that local foods advocate and chef/owner Scott Pampuch was well aware that he'd raise a few eyebrows when he signed on for the tour. Even though Muir Glen — a division of General Mills — is locally owned, the tomatoes are grown in California.
For those of you who pay attention to where your food comes from, buy the highest quality food you can afford, shop farmers markets and local co-ops when you can, and happily eat canned organic California tomatoes in the middle of a Minnesota winter — I'm with you. I received a few cans of tomatoes as a parting gift after the dinner, but it's not like I don't have a cupboard full of — as it turns out — Muir Glen tomatoes anyhow.
I do not have, however, the Muir Glen Reserve tomatoes, a limited-edition variety available only online, which The Vine Dining Tour specifically promotes. Pampuch and four other national chefs toured the 3-acre field where the tomatoes are grown, picked at peak ripeness, and canned within hours.


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I purchased the Billabong SG5 5/4/3 neck entry last weekend 4th September as my new winter suit. Great you might think, and so did I..... then I got in the water.
The first wave that washed over me as I was walking out went straight down my neck, not a good start. I ended up with water going down my front as well and wasn't even duck diving as the surf was 1 - 2 ft. I was really dissapointed as it was very comfortable, flexible and amazingly bouyant (and it looked cool)
Within 24 hours I took it back to Shore Watersports in East Wittering and told them what had happened. To save a long story they basically said "tuff luck, there's no obvious fault so we can't do anything". My argument was that it's not fit for purpose and that eventually every suit will leak a bit but not on the first outing. I also e-mailed Billabong Europe and they haven't got back to me and I don't know what to do now as I can find no more contact details for them!
Since then I have been out at Sennen in some more powerfull waves and have had water forced up the sleeves and ankles and also the sleeve rolled itself up an inch or so.............. this is on top of the front and back flushing. I was going to buy the O'Neil Mutant from Shore but was advised that it wasn't that good!!!!!!!!
Now I'm stuck with a £250 winter wetsuit that looks great but doesn't even keep me warm in Autumn Cornish seas for long.
Has anyone else had any probs with their SG5 or know what I can do about it?
For info I bought the small and I am 5'8" and roughly 10 stone.

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Our breaking news let's take you back the North American auto show where Fox Business is now confirming Jeep.
Is close to a deal to build some of its vehicles in China the company's president.
Things are very and Jeff Flock.
Indeed it's a been a big show for Chrysler this was the truck of the year the ram.
A truck 15100 and now big news also from G they already have big news and they had some big unveils but -- Bentley.
Thanks a manly man to run cheap.
You just have confirmed to us that you have a deal to build jeeps in China correct.
You have always -- really is the beginning of the process we have signed a corporation expansion agreement with its joint venture prominent ones -- it's.
To incorporate Jeep into the joint venture now tell me we have -- went through this with presidential candidate Romney saying they're gonna take jeeps jobs and move -- to China.
Explain to me how this works are you moving jobs from the US to China and now -- -- in on I think we've been very clear on the on that topic.
And this is volume that's not available to us because we just -- with a mind that this local production full China in China's only jeeps to be made in China sold in China.
Yes that's right okay well.
The -- -- they're gonna sell there -- updated ones that.
That they have a -- introduced at the show three different new updates.
I guess the biggest sexiest one for you was a Grand Cherokee but first.
Your compass and patriots also updated.
Yeah absolutely yeah I mean spending reflects these two years ago but we updated them again -- -- styling welcome front and rear as well as some interior work for the big news on compass is.
Only six -- electronic automatic transmission.
I was aside and the -- gonna -- new transmission to the side side issue.
But the Grand Cherokee to -- the big news on that has to do with diesel power correct.
Yet we've done a massive update on Grand Cherokee -- -- 2000 full tank.
We bring the diesel engine to the US so we've been here before with these -- known in this -- and now we've got thirty miles per gallon.
730 miles from a single -- of -- those big news for this vehicle and -- not to beat divorce on on these subjects being made in China but -- Marchionne your boss who.
Probably works harder the new but you guys both work pretty hard.
-- has said.
The Grand Cherokee is -- US made vehicle the Wrangler which we just saw a moment ago is a US made vehicle you're not gonna make those.
Now I think you have to look at whether segments are around the world in the biggest segments of these vehicles -- -- in North America and but the Jeep is an American brand is that it's a global law -- and everybody recognize where it's come from -- They -- homes on the one hand their Wrangler and grand cherokees very important for us that they have to heritage in the roots here in the US.
Before we get away you've got a lot of competition in the space the Grand Cherokee has been deemed most awarded SUV ever.
Obviously the explorer is a big one but now VW just introduced now -- own version you -- you haven't seen any yet.
I'll show it to -- right now we got pictures -- it it is called the cross blue.
They also want a piece of this -- what about the competition.
Well you know we've we've been I would do it could very well over the last two years -- this vehicle in terms of the competition -- more than doubled -- segment share with the appetites.
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This is very interesting. The race as a whole seems balanced, since you offset their regenerative properties with the moisture dependency.
If I were to make any changes to the race, I would consider replacing their darkvision with either a short-range tremorsense or blindsense, maybe even blindsight, given that they are a burrowing creature that presumably is going to spend a lot of time in non-cavernous parts of the underground, they would get more use out of it than darkvision, and it fits with their worm origins.
As for whether it is ridiculous, I wouldn't say so. Sure, it would rarely see play as a PC unless someone in your group likes playing non-core races.
Worm people have been done before, (see: Psurlons from 3.5) but never really as a PC-compatible race.
You have my approval, for what it's worth.
That's a good idea with the tremor sense, I can't believe I didn't think of it. What range do you think would be balanced? 30 ft?
That sounds about right, though if you took another penalty ability like light sensitivity, you could probably bump it to 60 ft.
I could do that. So give it light sensitivity, lose darkvision, and throw in tremorsense 60 ft.
I'm also curious to see what culture and backstory you have written for these guys.
Not really backstory, but I've got lots of culture and such. At least for a day's work. It's a little disorganized and I'll add more, but tell me what you think.
Annelidian culture is a complicated hierarchy determined by a combination of ancestry and ability. Despite this complexity, it is a very flexible and adaptive system that creates a mostly even balance between law and chaos species-wide, although individual populations can differ in either direction. On the good-evil axis, annelidians tend to lean towards good. Generally, they are a neutral race. Whether this arises out of a commitment to balance or an indifference towards alignment differs from annelidian to annelidian.
Annelidians have a deep reverence for nature, earth, and the cycle of life and death. In particular, Annelidians' views on deaths are starkly different from most other creatures. Because they feed entirely on rotting matter, they strongly believe that death is not an end but a recycling of both physical and spiritual essence. Death is not a thing to be mourned. Instead, death rituals typically include the consumption of the deceased once their body has begun to break down several weeks after expiring. They view death as essential to the continuity of life.
Annelidians worship Lumbricin, a neutral outsider who resides on the Elemental Plane of Earth. It appears as a gigantic, powerful worm made of stone and with massive crystals for eyes. Lumbricin is often referred to as 'the Recycler' by its worshippers and other denizens of the Plane of Earth. Its clerics wield special flexible spears with the distract and finesse special qualities. They have access to the Death (no subdomains), Repose, Earth, and Plant (especially the Decay subdomain) domains. In the death domain, certain spells are different because Lumbricin is opposed to undeath, as it interrupts the cycle of life. 3rd-level domain spell: Replace animate dead with speak with dead. 6th-level domain spell: Replace create undead with antilife shell. 8th-level domain spell: Replace create greater undead with symbol of death. Lumbricin's portfolio includes burrowing beasts, reuse, decay, and annelidians.
Annelidian settlements are large but well hidden. They are typically found in caves excavated by the worm folk and separate from the natural cave systems and artificial mines of other species, with no direct connection to the surface. Because their food is often so easy to find and manage, annelidians are capable of supporting large populations. Foraging parties head to the surface to gather any dead plant or animal matter they can find. Typically consisting of five to twenty annelidians, these groups prefer to voyage after heavy rains. Druids and rangers usually lead these excursions. They will bring back everything from animal carcasses to piles of leave and rotted wood in specialized sacks that run the length of the body so as to not impede while burrowing. This food is placed in one of four to seven large public chambers. Each chamber has food at a specific stage of decay, managed by a cyclical system. Little work needs to be done once the food is gathered; it simply needs to sit while it rots.
An annelidian population is usually led by a druid or cleric of Lumbricin and a small council of accomplished citizens. This council has little to do other than manage food and knowledge excursions to the surface. Since there is almost no need to hunt or to fight off invaders, annelidians are a very peaceful people. They are not necessarily opposed to violence; it simply has no relevance to their culture. When they do need to defend themselves, annelidians prefer tactics of infiltration and sabotage. They disrupt food sources, destroy roads, and slowly pick off enemy soldiers, using their ability to retreat underground to their advantage. Few annelidians are dedicated warriors; rogues, wizards, druids, clerics, alchemists, and rangers are the classes typically favored by annelidians, as these classes value either secrecy, knowledge, or nature, the primary factors in annelidian society. Certain bard archetypes, such as archaeologists, archivists, and detectives, are also present.
Annelidians generally keep their society hidden from other humanoids, preferring to stay between and below other kingdoms and only coming above ground at night, if possible. They willingly interact exclusively with gnomes and elves on a societal level, although even this is rare. They are willing to speak with individuals, however. Only when foraging for food or when they need to defend themselves are they seen by others. Very few non-annelidians even know of their existence. They are interested in other cultures, though, as annelidians are strongly curious. This combination of secrecy and inquisitiveness creates a unique psyche in annelidians. Their risk-reward processes are often considered strange by other creatures. Not concerned much about dying, annelidians will often go through great personal danger to sate their curiosity, but are rarely willing to give up personal and societal secrets for anything but an especially craved bit of knowledge.
How do they fight fight? Kinda like a snake with arms, standing up?
Basically. But tentacles instead of arms.
I'm now imagining what a grapple-specialist monk of this race would look like, wrapping its body around foes.
Wait! Better yet, a Deep-Earth sorcerer annelidean would be as devastating as it would be thematic.
I was considering giving them a bonus to grapple checks, what with being all tentacly. And a deep-earth sorcerer would be all sorts of cool, if only for that damn charisma penalty! I spent a lot of time trying to decide what they would have a penalty to. Charisma seemed like the best choice.
Deep Earth sorcery, near-alien appearance - what an awesome colony to stumble across on a subterrrean journey. Any natural enemies? (avoiding the aquatic just to get away from the jokes that would surely follow). I can very easily imagine their tunnels undermining a Deep Orc complex....
Well, they don't really need to compete for food or land... So who would their enemies be? They keep hidden. I suppose they would be persecuted a lot when encountered, but they're so enigmatic I just don't see anybody viewing them as enemies. Unless you've got some ideas. I suppose big burrowing beasts that come across their lairs and want some tasty munchies. But enemy societies, I don't know.
How about bird-based humanoids like tengu and strix, or giant bird monsters? How many of those would have access to their society?
Probably very few, at least in the part of the world I'mfocsuing onrightnow. Although that could change, to be sure, and if I found compelling enough reason I'm open to it, but I just don't see it right now. I like the idea of a bird humanoid hunting them, but I'm trying to move beyond 'giant earthworm with a brain' and really think about how a creature like this would live and think. Secrecy is the path I see.
Burrowing Predators would be their biggest threat, as their main advantage is negated. Enemies with sharp senses also will be dangerous if they can see the annelidians from outside the range of their tremorsense.
wizard wormpeople seem quit strong, can hide in the earth, got good stats, regenerate well.
Downside would probably be that they can't wear shoes, one less slot.
Delvers, Purple Worms, Snakemen, and Blindhiems
Delvers have all the same abilities and more with better senses, mobility and natural weapons. Yet keep an eerie similarity of form.
Purple Worms are the classic underground Juggernaut
Snakemen seem to be predatory, and less used in existing rivalries.
Blindhiems have the flashlight eyes. Bad to the light sensitivity.
a direbat on the wing would not be seen by tremorsense.
[coughs] "Their primary threats come from giants who want to use Annelidians as bait when fishing."
Aha! The fishing jokes begin!
Seriously, though, all you have to do is compete for space to be a rival/enemy race. I like the idea of intelligent oozes, or Borg-minded fungi. Fungus can make you do weird stuff...
I'm really liking some of these predator suggestions. Especially the purple worm and the dire bats. I'm not familiar with delvers.
Delver Statblock
Delvers are huge sized, acid coated, slug creatures. Though upon further look, they have burrow speed 10, not 30, making them a bit slower than a worm folk. :(
A subrace of leech people would be very frightening.
I remember a horror story about such a people. They were cursed to be leech men so they kidnapped women to breed and lived in the sewers.
Could make for an interesting offshoot.
I just wonder -- why a PC race? I mean, do people really want to play an earthworm?
I have always wanted to play as Earthworm Jim!
Are you seriously opening up this can of Annelidians?
Yes. Probably a bomber or gunslinger.
Now if we can get helborn lawyers, bad elevator music, and a cat devil.
Diff'rent strokes, plus many players revel in the alien.
Heck, I might be inclined to use these guys in some way depending on their aesthetics.
Called phistophilus (contract devil), dirge bard music, and Rakshasas respectively...
Who wants to play as them? I don't know, a bunch of weirdos, and this is an RPG forum, so I'm sure there's plenty. I'm a little tired of all the races being perfectly two-armed two-legged humanoids who are physiologically so similar to humans. So, worm people. Burrowing, moisture dependency, regenerative abilities, eats rotting matter instead of beef and bread, no legs. These are different. A stretch for verisimilitude, but in Pathfinder that's pretty irrelevant, I think. I wanted to create something strange and alien that anyone could play as and that live differently.
Amen, friend. Golarion claims to have a little bit of everything, but it ends up being human-centric.
I'm all for elves and dwarves, but this is fantasy and they're no longer that fantastic.
As they are now, I'd have to agree with you. I suppose its up to a GM to make old races feel new again, and to help players accept new ones.
So what are the thoughts on the culture I posted? Criticisms, suggestions, adoring praise?
I like what you've come up with, especially their worship of an elemental being that is so very much like them.
I would like to add my two cents on the lack of warriors due to no competition for resources thing. That's all fine and dandy, but the thing is, the Underdark/Darklands/World-within-the-world underground place is pretty harsh, and not a lot of food grows down there. In other words, while other races may not directly compete with the worm-people for resources, that doesn't mean that more savage races wouldn't treat them AS a resource if they feel they can get away with it.
That's a good point. They also generally live in their own, separately dug caves, but they'd be bound to encounter other creatures, and they should be prepared for encounters with those.
Definitely neat. I like them. May even use them at some point.
I'm stating the obvious here, but as described the Annelidian's would probably be mostly grappling fighters. Just be prepared for the reactions of your female PCs when you describe the scene.
Not gonna touch that one...
Anyway, I like the idea of a fungi race. Maybe they cohabitate with the annelidians? Mutual economies, the annelidians are payed for soil work while the fungi-men reap the benefits by sharing the stocks of food and selling whatever's extra?
Oh and they band together for defense against the delver and purple worm incursions of course. And maybe the annelidians are in charge of defending the nurseries while the fungi-men are general town guards?
Would the fungus folk be a PC level race? And I like the idea, because it could go both ways with fungus folk and annelidians working together of mutual benefit or as competitors for food. Although their food is in such great supply (dead plants) that competition could be irrelevant. So maybe just allies.
when you mentioned fungus, my mind jumped to the parasitic fungus that feeds on invertebrates, sometimes even taking over their mind. I can see worm folk fearing a "mind rot fungus"
but i digress.
I could throw together a PC race in a bit. It would certainly be interesting. I'm thinking a small race as a place to start?
I'd believe them to be allies, the annelidians not only increase the size and habitability of the caves but also dig out dead plants from the ceiling. I'd believe the fungi-men to be the "face" of this underground civilization, benevolent and slow to rouse but ferocious when angered, valuable allies with earth-based sorcery, hefty warriors, and fine, if not unusual, cratfsmanship of weapons and armor.
Like a strange sort of dwarf, if I get what you're saying? Just off the top of my head,a few ideas (do with them what you will) +2 Con, +2 Wis, -2 Int. Tough, attuned with nature, but not terribly bright. The plant type in the ARG play test is a little too powerful, I think, to add much else unique. But possibly a +2 save bonus on everything plants are immune to, and maybe one immunity (I'm thinking poison). They should still have the plant type for the purpose of spells, but not necessarily all the plant traits. I'm blanking for unique abilities. What're you thinking? Keep it weird.
Holy crap, I want to try out one of these. Dotted for future reference!!
I was actually thinking they'd be the ones dealing with other races, so they'd have +2 Con, +2 Cha, -2 Int. Generally friendly, but not all that bright to learning outside their villages.
Definitely poison immunity, I'm thinking of this:
Spores (Ex): As a standard action 3/day, a fungimen may release potent spores to daze opponents. All creatures within 10 feet of the fungimen must make a fortitude save or be dazed for 1 round. The save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the fungimen's HD + the fungimen's Charisma modifier.
Also, they'd use sporebearing weapons, which allow them to use their spores through a weapon attack?
As a child I picked up a many rock in my day and I can tell you I always found these 2 spices hanging out with worms
woodlouse aka PillBug aka Rolly Polly
I want a PillBug PC i love the thought of them hanging with caster/alchemist worms and being the frontline In combat.
Idk if they barrow. I'm not saying live together Everywhere but a joint community and a common alliance with one another would be cool
And if not a PillBug PC how about a mount or some kind of domesticated combat animal
Somewhere there is a pathfinderized snail man from a 3PP I believe. I'll look later.
I was actually thinking they'd be the ones dealing with other races, so they'd have +2 Con, +2 Cha, -2 Int. Generally friendly, but not all that bright to learning outside their villages. Definitely poison immunity, I'm thinking of this: Spores wrote: Spores (Ex): As a standard action 3/day, a fungimen may release potent spores to daze opponents. All creatures within 10 feet of the fungimen must make a fortitude save or be dazed for 1 round. The save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the fungimen's HD + the fungimen's Charisma modifier.Also, they'd use sporebearing weapons, which allow them to use their spores through a weapon attack?
Any progress on the silly little fungus men?
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Title text: I've been trying for a couple years now but I haven't been able to come up with a name dumber than 'Renesmee'. |
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The punchline for this one is in the title text as Renesmee is the name of Renesmee Cullen, who is the baby born in the book and movie, Breaking Dawn to parents Edward and Bella. Edward and Bella get "Renesmee" from an amalgamation of the names of Bella's mother, Renée, and Edward's adoptive mother, Esme.
Randall's point above stands. All those names are terrible, but not nearly as terrible as the name Renesmee.
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- [Cueball sits at a desk, thinking with his hand on his chin, his other hand holding a pen over a piece of paper. Megan stands behind him, looking over his shoulder, also with her hand on her chin.]
- [Above the drawing is the list they are writing by hand.]
- Names for daughter
- Ponzi
- Eeemily
- Fire Fire
- Chipotla
- Astamouthe
- Eggsperm
- [sound of record scratch]
- Parsley
- Hot'n'Juicy Ann
- Ovari
- Friendly
- Sean (pronounced "seen")
- Joyst
"Old lady" names like Edith or Margaret are also pretty awful for a girl. She's gonna have to live her early years with a name that makes her sound like she's 50. Davidy22[talk] 13:13, 18 February 2013 (UTC)


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does it add up
let me start by saying i am not totally convinced about global warming being man made, some of the reasons are (maybe some of the scientific community can answer these)
1. carbon dioxide is supposed to be a greenhouse gas, but with my little understanding of chemistry it is heavier than air. so given the figures that have been produced about the billions of tons we are emmitting into the atmosphere we should be wading around in a co2 soup, however the co2 content in air is still around 4% which has not altered in the last 20 years. 2. current emmisions for uk cars is to be under 135g of carbon per km. if this is the case we are somehow producing more in emissions than we are actually feeding in in feul and air? if this is true we are well on the way to inventing perpetual motion. Please do not take these as cynical remarks, but somehow the math does not add up. for global warming and climate change to be believable, the information being given has to be plausable. I welcome your response Graham |
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Hi Graham,
Yes it does all add up - though it's not all totally intuitive, so maybe doesn't seem to add up. 1/ You're quite right carbon dioxide is heavier than air and so on a totally motionless planet not affected by any external or internal forces, over time the gases in the atmosphere might be expected to settle out into layers. However the atmosphere is constantly under a whole range of forces mainly from the sun that produces our weather and so the CO2 is well mixed into the atmosphere and pretty evenly distributed. The atmosphere consists of a VAST amount of air, so even billions of tons of CO2 doesn't push the actual portion up that much. Unfortunately though CO2 is incredibly effective at being a greenhouse gas and so tiny amounts make big differences. The figure is closer to 0.04% - not 4%. There's also the fact that the oceans have been absorbing a lot of the CO2 produced, so all of that extra produced is not actually in the atmosphere. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air certainly has increased in the last 20 years: it has been doing so since the industrial revolution and is currently outside of any observed natural cycle: 2/ I don't know where you got your figures for car emmisions from, but some straightforwards if long winded calculations support other published figures. The data is usually presented as mass of CO2 - not of just carbon. Working backwards from the figure of 135g/km of CO2 and assuming perfect combustion of octane (mostly what petrol is made of C8H18), this figure is equivalent to 59 miles per gallon, which is actually pretty optimistic, even accounting for some imperfect combustion! 1g of octane takes 3.5g of oxygen to burn it fully. This is 1 molecule of octane and 12.5 molecules of oxygen. This produces just over 3g of CO2 and 1.42g of water, respectively 8 and 9 molecules of each. This is probably the counter-intuitive part in that 1g of a tangible substance (petrol - octane - an easily visible liquid) is producing more than 3g of CO2 an invisible, odourless, colourless gas. But the science all adds up correctly. I've not completed any similar calculation myself before this, but it effectively means that for a petrol (gasoline) car, the mass of CO2 emmitted is 3 times the mass of petrol burnt! Worth thinking about next time you're standing by the pump as all the fuel goes flooding into the cars tank! |
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Thanks for your indepth reply, although my initial post may have sounded cynical ,that was not intended, and you rational and in depth response answers my question clearly.
many thanks Graham |
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First of all, let me say that there has been a global cooling which started in winter 1939/40 (4 decades!), a big warming which started in 1918, etc etc. And you can't say people drove cars and stuff like that. It's weird to say that the warming now is provoqued by us driving cars and keeping the computers on and back then it was natural.
Now, wait a second to let me explain. I am no skeptic. The global warming is obvious to me. But I have a different view on the cause. As I see it, oceans have a big word in the global warming. And our naval wars affected oceans so much that this affected climate. To see more proof of that, go to <link removed> It may be a new theory, but I strongly encourrage you to read about it. Last edited by Paul Ward : 12th February 2007 at 08:04 PM. Reason: Link removed, you need to build up some degree of reputation before linking to your own website from here |
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It was something to do with WW2 naval battles being the cause of global warming - I got bored and stopped reading. I am currently a science teacher, previously I was a research scientist, it matters to me that the principles of science are upheld. I have a particular distaste for pseudo-science by those who just don't understand how it all works. Having an idea or "theory" alone counts for little. It reminds me of a sketch in Monty Python; "I have a theory (ahem). My theory is about dinosaurs. They were thin at one end, fat in the middle and thin at the other end" (or words to that effect). To the charlatans - Get your own website - don't piggy-back off this one, I work very hard at I and have done for several years now. I moderate this forum quite closely and have an open - but critical - mind. I don't give webspace, and especially links to just anything! |
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I get tired of pseudo-science. I get tired that for some reason people will disbelieve things like global warming, (most recently) 9/11 (conspiracy theories), the moon landing and many other verifiable events, but somehow believe in ufos, angels and the like which are pretty much all faith-based - or fingers-crossed-behind-my-back, turn-round-3-times-and-spit "truths". |
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If you are expecting for me to praise the IPCC report and say that they found the source of all evil, I must be in tre wrong place.
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IPCC - obviously a bunch of crackpots who know nothing.
Now unsubstantiated claims and theories by people with no reasonable background in science or anything that would indicate some critical thinking. Maybe they're the ones to listen to? History is littered with clear-thinking mavericks who push the envelope - however for every one of these, there are 1,000 - 10,000 - 100,000 who just simply got it all gloriously wrong and so were forgotten. "One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour"Yes - I think you're in the wrong place. |
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It's the lack of critical thinking that I keep coming across that's bugging me. I hear what you say and substantially agree, however:
There seems to be an increasing number of people who disbelieve what is continually being proven beyond doubt and then suggest some crack-pot theory or half remembered or half understood facts they heard somewhere and deciding that this must be true - all the better if they feel they're some kind of maverick free-thinker. Far too often, they're just wrong and the joy of promoting their new-found idea clouds the fact that they fail to provide any tiny particle of proof beyond "I reckon" - unlike the theories (or facts - scientists have an irritating habit of using language which is frequently misinterpreted) that they so readily dismiss. Not all ideas are equal and worthy of promotion. If someone has an idea, as you say, the onus of proof is on them - not of disproof on others (if you see what I mean). |
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On a public forum? Maybe you are expecting too much critical thinking Paul?
Its up to you scientist types to put the less cerebral amongst us on the right track, to educate and to point out the crack-pot theories then hope they will listen and understand. You do open yourself up to pointless arguments just by moderating a public forum. This forum is by far the quietist and polite I've come across in ages. Most are full of abusive brainless individuals who are a waste of good food, who I'm sure just post on public forums to give people grief! I come here to learn and have searching questions answered. I do hope the more brainy types can give me a little patience when I put forward some theoretical thoughts of my own. I'm not mad honest! |
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Salsa Verde Chicken Casserole Recipe
- 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1-1/2 cups salsa verde, divided
- 8 corn tortillas (6 inches)
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- Optional toppings: avocado slices, thinly sliced green onions or fresh cilantro leaves
- Combine the chicken, sour cream and 3/4 cup salsa in a small bowl. Spread 1/4 cup salsa on the bottom of a greased 8-in.-square baking dish.
- Layer with half of the tortillas and chicken mixture; sprinkle with the tomatoes, minced cilantro and half of the cheese. Repeat layers with remaining tortillas, chicken mixture and cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until bubbly. Serve with remaining salsa and, if desired, optional toppings. Yield: 6 servings.
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Have made this at least 4 times and loved it. It works for both my husband and my picky 6 year old. Fast and easy too. It's a nice change of pace.
This already looked like a great recipe, but I love spicy, so I added some heat to it. I poured nearly a jar and a half of 2 (12oz) jars of salsa verde into the bottom of the pan to make sure it was well coated. I substituted 2 (14.5oz) cans fire roasted diced tomatoes w/ green chilies (drained) in place of the tomatoes, added chili powder to taste to the sour cream/chx/salsa mixture and used 12oz of pepper jack in place of the monterey. I also omitted the cilantro (not a fan of it) and used 3-4 large flour tortillas in place of the corn tortillas since they're less tough and rubbery, and cut them into large pieces (makes it easier and less of a hassle to slice when it's all done) Gave some to my mom and took the leftovers to work and got rave reviews all around! I also look forward to making the original version for those members of my family that can't handle heat!
Great recipe. Even our 3 1/2 yr old loved it. Although we didn't use quite 2 cups of chicken ....it still turned out great!
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On Wednesday, December 12th, members of (de)Occupy Honolulu filed a lawsuit against the City & County of Honolulu, Wesley Chun (Director & Chief Engineer of Department of Facilities Maintenance), Trish Morikawa (County Housing Coordinator), and Sergeant Larry Santos (Honolulu Police Department), over deprivation of civil rights during raids on the encampment, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i. On Monday, December 17th, a Temporary Restraining Order has been issued, until the Preliminary Injunction hearing in a month, dealing with raids of Thomas Square. All defendants have either quit their jobs or retired since the last raid at Thomas Square, the day before Thanksgiving.
The lawsuit focus on the city & county's abuse of Ordinance 10-29 (AKA Bill 39), which limits the use of sidewalks after pushing (de)Occupy to the sidewalk, and Ordinance 11-029 (AKA Bill 54), which allows the Department of Facility Maintenance, Housing, Parks, and HPD to traumatize, steal, and brutalize the vulnerable houseless population
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Art Blakey at Jacob's Pillow
The two most memorable experiences I had hearing Art Blakey, whose 94th birthday anniversary is today, occurred in Western Massachusetts. The first took place at the Pines Theater Jazz Festival in Northampton in 1981 when Wynton Marsalis made his area debut with the Jazz Messengers. (Here's the Messengers at the Smithsonian in 1982 with the Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Billy Pierce, Donald Brown, and Charles Fambrough.)
The second was almost more memorable, but not so much for the music as for the circumstances. This involved Blakey's appearance at Jacob's Pillow in 1986. The renowned dance theater in Becket presented a jazz series for several years in the mid-80's at which Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Susannah McCorkle, and other jazz greats appeared.
The Blakey concert took place on a Sunday afternoon in September; I'm certain of the month because it was hurricane season and on that day everything about the weather felt ominous. At one point while sitting at a traffic light on Route 20 in Westfield, we were in dry sunshine while the car directly behind us was clearing rain from its windshield, the only time I've experienced that strange phenomenon. When we arrived at the Pillow, the scene was unpromising. Power was out on the grounds, and the theater, even with its wide front and back doors opened, was completely dark. Becket Fire Department officials arrived to get a backup generator operating, and after awhile there was enough current to power the stage lights and a bass amp, but the sound system was out for the afternoon.
Art Blakey was undeterred. After all, he was the ultimate Jazz Messenger. When he took the stage he thanked us for coming out and for our patience, then in his inimitably gruff way said, "Max Roach and Buddy Rich wouldn't put up with this, but we've got a message to deliver." Blakey introduced his sidemen, which on that occasion included pianist Mulgrew Miller, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, tenor saxophonist Jean Toussaint, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico. For the next hour and a half, the Messengers made us forget about the weather.
Here's that same Messengers lineup a year earlier at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy.
As I recalled in a memorial tribute to Mulgrew Miller in May, I first saw the pianist in 1978 when he was at UMass with the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington's leadership, and two years later with Betty Carter. But it wasn't until his appearance with Blakey in Becket that I really took notice of this powerhouse pianist with a lyrical touch. Over the next 25 years, I never missed a chance to see Grew in person. Here he is recalling how "blessed" he felt to work with Blakey and the "significance of being called a messenger" who made music "for the betterment of mankind."
Speaking of Western Mass, John Ramsay attended UMass in the 70's before joining Blakey as a second drummer and road manager. Ramsay has been the Chair of the Percussion Department at Berklee for many years. In this interview, he recalls a "huge lesson" he learned from Blakey. Unbeknownst to Ramsay, Art heard him sitting in one night at the 1369 Jazz Club in Cambridge and afterward told him, "John, when you're on the bandstand, you don't have to prove nothin'. All you have to do is swing."


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the Mad Machinist Matt McMurfin spent the night and this morning tearing down and rebuilding a Hynautic steering pump and 950PSI relief valve. These pumps cost over $1,200 new, so I went on eBay and after about 9 months found this one for $50 that had been on a sunken boat for a while, enough time for the pump's anodized aluminium faceplate to corrode badly. After purchasing a couple of seal rebuild kits for $39 each, Matt took the pump apart after much working at it with anti-seize solvents and swearwords, then cleaned it up and rebuilt it! This is an extremely complicated axial piston pump with various check valves and other jiggery-pokery (to use a technical term).
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