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This 1965 printing of "Great Detective Stories" (which belonged to my cousin Robert, and is one of my kids' favorite books) was positive for lead at levels as high as 255 ppm. Since I tested this book I have stopped letting my children read it, although I might read it to them with thorough hand washing.
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Brad is fuming that his horse lost. Lauren says that Brad shouldn't expect to win every single time he bets. Lauren explains that horses are temperamental creatures and that a lot can happen between the saddling paddock and the track. Brad is grumbling as he only backed her tip as his horse was a non-runner. Lauren advises him to give the race a miss the next time that happens.
BRAD: There's got to be a sure fire system out there somewhere.
LAUREN: Then how come the TAB makes such a nice profit?!
Brad answers the door to Wayne, who's looking for Gaby. Brad and Lauren explain that she's doing a business deal at Lassiter's. Brad wants to know if Gaby and Wayne are on or off, and Wayne tells him that's what he's come around to find out! Lauren tells Wayne that Gaby took a cab, so she'd probably appreciate a lift home. Wayne isn't keen on hanging around Lassiter's, but when Brad thinks that she shouldn't be late, he says he might go to pick her up.
Wayne asks how Brad's going with the horses. Brad tells him that he's just made an important discovery - never listen to the experts! Lauren hits him with the paper!
Jack has made drinks for himself and Gaby. He tells Gaby that he got the impression that she didn't like him from their first meeting. Gaby brushes it off and says that the dinner party was just a poor one - doomed from the start as Julie was in a filthy mood and business meals aren't Wayne's cup of tea!
Jack presses Gaby for how serious her relationship with Wayne is. Gaby brushes it off, saying they go out occasionally. Jack notes that Wayne seemed interested in her. Jack has rather turned the charm on at this point! Gaby thinks that Wayne would've been happier at home watching the football on the telly. Jack guesses that Gaby isn't the sporty type.
JACK: On whom you're playing with, right?
GABY: I suppose so. How about you?
JACK: It'd be a shame to waste that outfit on room service.
(Double ooo err!) Jack wants to know what to order and Gaby says she'll leave the decision to him.
Hannah and Julie are gushing over some new clothes that Julie has bought for her. Debbie walks in, and Julie talks about getting rid of some of Hannah's old stuff that she's grown out of. Debbie asks when they're going shopping to get her some new clothes.
JULIE: Oh, for goodness sakes, Deb, you've got stacks of clothes!
DEBBIE: Most of it's older than I am!
Julie tells her not to exaggerate. Debbie stresses that she does need some new things and Julie agrees to go through her stuff when she's sorted Hannah out. Debbie tells her that she doesn't need to sort through - Debbie already knows what needs buying.
JULIE: Seems to me, Deb, you've always got your hand out. You drove your father mad for a new dress for the dance. And you always want extra money for a film or excursion or some such thing.
DEBBIE: I don't cost you half of what Hannah does!
DEBBIE: (annoyed) Oh right, so everyone else can go jump as long as little Hannah gets everything she wants!
JULIE: That's not true. I don't show favouritism, and you know it.
DEBBIE: Tell that to Michael.
JULIE: (after her) The way you're whinging, Debbie, you're beginnning to sound like that brother of yours.
Debbie angrily turns back and glares at Julie and Hannah. Hannah sticks her tongue out at her.
Michael is mopping the floor. An officer comes over to him and tells him that he's got good news - the superintendent has approved Michael's weekend release. Michael is absolutely stoked. The officer tells him that he has to arrange it with his parents to see if they approve. Michael excitedly asks if he can call them, but the officer tells him to do it tomorrow.
Michael waxes lyrical about how great it'll be to see them and to finally get out of the detention centre for a while. He realises that he's insulted the centre and almost looking scared, breaks off and starts his mopping again. The officer stops him and tells him to relax. He tells Michael that he's made a huge effort and he's earnt his reward. Michael worries that his parents might not be ok with him being home, but the officer is certain that they'll be looking forward to it as much as he is.
The officer leaves and Michael carries on mopping, with a huge grin on his face.
Helen is eating her dinner alone and is drinking wine. She's pretty miserable, and then Debbie bursts in.
HELEN: (coldly) No, she had better things to do.
Helen says she'll tell Annalise that she called around, but Debbie says that she came to see Helen. Helen perks up and offers Debbie some food, but Debbie declines. Debbie tells Helen that she had to get out of 32 - Julie's been driving her up the wall since she came home from Queensland.
HELEN: Why would she do that?
DEBBIE: She just seems different. She's all over Hannah but as far as she's concerned, the rest of us can drop dead!
HELEN: Oh well, Hannah's still very young. Your mother probably realised that she fretted whilst she was away.
DEBBIE: No, she's being really awful to Dad too.
HELEN: (sternly) Now *that* is a subject neither of us should be discussing.
DEBBIE: She's being the pits, Gran! She's bought Hannah a whole heap of new things but there's no way she's going to get me anything new!
HELEN: (coldly) Do you know, Debbie, I'm getting a little bored with people who only come to see me because they have problems. (angrily) Quite frankly I'm beginning to think that no company at all is better than being used as the Ramsay Street wailing wall!
Helen storms off. Debbie looks stunned!
Michael is mopping a bedroom. His roommate - Freddo - swings in and asks if Michael's clear for the weekend. Michael tells him that he just has to clear it with his parents. Freddo is pleased and talks about how happy he is to be getting out. Michael points out that when Freddo goes, he'll be gone forever - Michael's only getting weekend release.
FREDDO: Still, better than a poke in the eye!
Michael agrees. He asks Freddo what his plans are. Freddo tells him he's heard stories of a guy going to Darwin and getting work on the prawn boats. He thinks that's the best way to make a lot of cash quickly. Michael thinks it sounds like hard work but Freddo reckons that if you get in with the right crowd it'll be ok!
Freddo carries on dreaming as they walk through to the next room. Freddo tells him that once he gets the cash together he's going to go to Thailand and see all of the 'neat places that we see on telly'. He says he can live real cheap in Thailand so he's just going to lie around on beaches until the cash runs out!
Freddo seems to think that just being able to speak English will be his sure fire way to pick up money from tourists. As Michael's about to start mopping the next room, another lad appears in the doorway and interrupts them.
DARREN: You talk a load of rubbish.
Michael drops his mop and strides over to Darren.
He shuts the door in Darren's face. Darren merely opens it again!
DARREN: Why do you let him rave on? Everyone knows Freddo's a liar. He couldn't lie straight in bed if he tried!
FREDDO: (indignantly) I am so going up north!
DARREN: Yeah, flying first class, chatting up the hosties(!) I can see it now, mate(!) Now, if we're talking about me, there'd be some sense in it. It's more my style.
MICHAEL: How you got release, I'll never know.
DARREN: (winking) It's not what you know, mate, it's who you know.
MICHAEL: (angrily) So what?! You'll be back here as fast as you went out.
DARREN: Yeah, but at least I get to do my own thing. Not like you, getting sent home to Mummy and Daddy.
Darren strides into the room and kicks Michael's bucket of water over Michael's feet. Darren walks out, turns back to see the mess and laughs to himself. Michael and Freddo look at him with pure hatred.
Jack and Gaby are having a meal together. Jack is clearly chatting up Gaby and remarks on her feline qualities(!) and wonders if she'll scratch or purr(!). He talks about the mystery and challenge, and Gaby seems uncomfortable. She turns the question of 'how do you like to drink champagne?' back on him, and he tells her in the spa! Gaby looks very uncomfortable! Jack gets up and approaches her.
JACK: Nothing more sensual than letting those hot jets set your naked skin tingling while you sip a glass of iced Bollinger. In the right company, of course.
GABY: (tightly) It sounds wonderful.
JACK: Well, don't take my word for it.
Gaby bolts! She gets up and tells him that she should be making tracks. Jack beams and as she goes through the door, he laughs loudly.
Gaby hears him and returns.
JACK: You couldn't go through with it. I've met ladies who would go a lot further than champagne in a spa to get what they wanted. Somehow I didn't think it was your style.
GABY: Was that a compliment or not?
Gaby is upset and thinks that she's blown things. Jack tells her that's not the way he likes to operate and he knew what was going on from the moment she turned up.
JACK: I'm really glad you changed your mind.
We see Wayne walking around the corner. He sees Gaby and Jack in the doorway of Jack's room, where Gaby thanks Jack for the champagne. He gives her a friendly kiss goodbye and shuts the door. Gaby turns and is stunned to see Wayne.
WAYNE: I could ask you the same. But I don't need to, do I?
It's the next morning and Brad, Gaby and Lauren are arranging breakfast. Gaby grumbles about Brad letting the cat out of the bag to Wayne. Brad protests that he didn't know she was off chasing another bloke. Gaby insists that she wasn't - and she didn't appreciate them sending Wayne to spy on her! Lauren points out that Wayne was only going to give her a lift home.
GABY: That's his story! I don't need Mr Teacher telling me what I should and shouldn't do!
LAUREN: (unsure) I thought you really liked him?
GABY: (annoyed) ...oh, well, think again!
BRAD: (chirpily) I bet you were up to something, otherwise you wouldn't be so mad at yourself!
Gaby flies at Brad! She tells him that it was strictly business and if he'd kept his mouth shut, Wayne would've been none the wiser. Brad shrugs and tells her to sort it out with Wayne. He leaves. Lauren confides in Gaby that she's worried about Brad's gambling.
GABY: If little brother Bradley has a problem, he can sort it out himself.
Lauren says she doesn't know who else to talk to. Gaby tells Lauren that Pam and Doug have tried to talk to him and if they can't make him see sense, there's no point her trying. Lauren looks worried.
Julie is brushing Hannah's hair. Debbie walks in. Julie comments on how pleased she is they've tried a new shampoo - it's given Hannah's hair a lovely shine.
HANNAH: (pointedly) Debbie wants to use it but you bought it for *me*, didn't you?
Debbie asks for some pocket money. Julie rolls her eyes, thinking that Debbie is always asking for money, and says that Debbie will only blow it on junk food. Debbie thinks it's unfair that Hannah and Julie are going out for the day - she should have something as well. Julie tells Debbie that she can go to the fun park too, but Debbie scornfully tells her that it's not her idea of a good time!
The phone rings. Philip yells (from offscreen) that he'll get it.
Philip picks up the phone. To his surprise, it's Michael.
MICHAEL: I got weekend release coming up.
MICHAEL: Is it ok to come home?
Philip pauses as he can hear an argument going on in the kitchen, where Julie is rebuking Debbie for spilling some juice.
MICHAEL: ...Dad, are you there?
PHILIP: ...yeah. (stumbling) Look, there's nothing I want more than to have you home... but it's complicated.
MICHAEL: I really have changed. They only give you leave if you're doing ok.
PHILIP: Yeah, I know that, son. I'm really proud of you. I'll see what I can do.
MICHAEL: (begging) I've been counting the days, Dad! *Try* to make Julie understand.
PHILIP: I will. I promise.
PHILIP: All right. I'll ring you back as soon as I can. You take care. And I meant what I said - I really am proud of you.
MICHAEL: (deflated) Yeah. Bye Dad.
Michael sadly hangs the phone up. Philip looks miserable as he hangs up too.
Philip walks in and tells the rest of the family that Michael is allowed home for the weekend. Debbie is excited.
JULIE: Not to this home.
PHILIP: Well, he's got nowhere else to go.
DEBBIE: You have to let him come home, Mum.
JULIE: As far as I'm concerned, Michael is where he belongs.
PHILIP: Two days! Is that too much to ask?!
HANNAH: I don't want him here. He'll start scaring me, like he used to.
DEBBIE: Nobody's asking you, nerd!
JULIE: See! You only have to mention Michael's name and everybody's at each other's throats.
PHILIP: (astonished) Julie, have a heart!
JULIE: Philip, he is not setting one foot inside that door.
PHILIP: He's my son, he's got rights too!
JULIE: Not in this house.
PHILIP: (appalled) What am I going to say to him?!
JULIE: I don't know and I don't care.
Wayne is making breakfast. Helen comes in, looking worse for wear. Wayne comments on her appearance and says that it looks like he wasn't the only one who had a sleepless night.
HELEN: What kept you awake?
Wayne angrily rants about how he can't believe that Gaby - the dedicated feminist and business executive - was selling herself off to the highest bidder. He details how he found her having champagne in Jack's hotel suite.
WAYNE: She wants Philip's job. And what's the one thing she's got going for her that he can't match? She's a female!
Helen doesn't think that sounds like Gaby. Wayne insists that she had every intention - and whether she went the whole hog or not isn't the point. Wayne notes that Helen doesn't look too chipper and suggests she take some aspirin and go back to bed. Helen does so.
Freddo is shooting some baskets. Michael comes over and grabs the ball out of the air. Freddo wonders if everything's cool for Michael to go home. Michael starts bouncing the ball towards the basket at the opposite end of the court. Michael explains that Philip's going to call him back later as he has to check out some things. In the background, Darren and his gang approach the unknowing pair.
FREDDO: But he won't knock you back?
MICHAEL: Nah, should be all right.
Michael turns with the ball, and Darren takes it off him.
DARREN: Doesn't sound like you rate too high with your old man.
MICHAEL: He's got a big job. He has to organise himself so he can be around while I'm home.
DARREN: Get real! He doesn't want you around. You'll never hear from him.
Michael angrily snatches the ball back out of Darren's hands.
MICHAEL: (angrily) Shut up! What would you know?!
Darren laughs softly and walks away. His gang follow. Michael continues bouncing the ball.
FREDDO: I thought you and your dad were good mates?
FREDDO: Well, why's he giving you such a hard time?
MICHAEL: It's not my dad. It's Julie. My stepmother. She hates my guts.
Michael lines up a shot. It misses and bounces off the backboard.
There's an insistent knocking at the door. Helen comes out of the bedroom and answers it - it's Julie.
JULIE: Oh Gran, you look awful!
Julie wonders what's wrong and Helen tells her that she probably has a touch of flu. Julie thinks that's a blessing. Helen is confused.
JULIE: (triumphantly) It means you can't take Michael in.
Julie explains that Michael has been given weekend leave and she's made it clear to Philip that Michael won't be allowed back into Number 32. Julie thinks that if Helen has flu, he can't stay at 26 either. Helen thinks that it's fine to have Michael, especially as it's only for a couple of days.
JULIE: Gran, you know what he's like. Leopards don't change their spots - I learnt that the hard way.
HELEN: He must be behaving if they've given him leave.
JULIE: That's what we thought when he came back last time.
HELEN: Oh, darling, he *is* Philip's son!
JULIE: (angrily) Exactly. And his responsibility. Now there is no way Michael ever gets inside my home again. And Gran, I won't forgive you if you agree to take him in.
Jack is sitting in Philip's chair. Gaby comes in and Jack hands her back her handbag. Gaby seems ashamed, and thinks Jack will want to talk about what happened the night before.
Philip gives her a level stare and then turns to Jack. Philip explains that his son is in a detention centre and it's paramount that he sees him that afternoon. Jack understands. Philip approaches Gaby and tells her that he's expecting a client to call. He wonders if she'll look after his client without poaching the sale. Gaby agrees, saying that sales poaching isn't her scene.
Brad is hoovering and chatting to Wayne. Brad says that Gaby spat the dummy that morning, and Wayne doesn't know why he bothers with her. Brad thinks that women are more temperamental than the nags! Wayne is surprised - he thought Brad had got the racing game sewn up. Brad tells him that he thought he had!
BRAD: Man, I had this great little system going! And then all of a sudden...bang! Stops working for me. I've been losing a bundle.
Wayne says that he had an uncle who used to do ok - and his system was to forget the horses and you should study the people - trainers, jockeys, owners etc - the people in the know. Wayne then talks about how it's all to do with body language too - so it's a good sign if the people around the horse are smiling. Brad seems stoked at having a new plan.
Philip and Debbie are walking around the outside perimeter of the basketball court.
DEBBIE: This place gives me the creeps.
Philip thinks that the sooner Michael gets out, the better. Debbie is upset and can't believe that Julie couldn't put up with Michael for a weekend.
PHILIP: She doesn't feel the same about him as we do, Deb.
DEBBIE: Sometimes I wonder how you even put up with her.
PHILIP: (shooting an odd look at Debbie) She's my wife. I love her.
DEBBIE: (upset) But this is Michael, Dad! It's your home too!
They're interrupted by an officer who's with Michael. Debbie excitedly runs over and embraces him. Philip, Michael and Debbie chat about the centre, and Michael reveals that he shares his room with Freddo - who's a bit of a fibber, but he's a pretty good bloke. Michael mentions that Freddo will soon be out. Debbie wishes that Michael was. Michael agrees!
DEBBIE: As big a drag as ever!
MICHAEL: So...what did Julie say, Dad? Can I come home?
Philip looks very uncomfortable. He apologises and says that he did his best. Michael looks hurt.
Wayne, Brad and Lauren are watching a race on the television. Brad excitedly points out a horse that he's put $50 on, and Lauren can't believe it - the horse is a 25/1 shot. Brad says that he liked the name! Wayne and Brad chat about how it's a sure thing as the jockey is smiling and Lauren is aghast - she thinks the pair are crazy!
BRAD: Hey, that must be the trainer! Man, HAVE a look at the grin on his face!
LAUREN: (as if she can't believe her ears) Brad, the favourite is a top horse!
Her protests fall on deaf ears, as Brad is convinced that he's going to make a packet. Lauren is dumbfounded.
Michael asks Debbie if she still sees Rick. She explains that they're no longer an item; just friends. Debbie raves about how he'll love Hannah's puppy as it's grown, and then winces, realising that they don't have a release date for him.
Philip has been listening to the conversation and then interjects, pulling Michael to a stop. Philip apologises for him not being allowed home and says that he has to respect Julie's feelings too. Michael says that he understands. Philip repeats what the superintendent told him - that Michael's kept himself out of trouble and got his head down.
MICHAEL: Yeah, I've grown up a bit. This place makes you do that.
PHILIP: I'm really proud of the way you're handling it, son.
In the background, Darren is lurking, eavesdropping.
MICHAEL: Don't make too many waves. I had it coming with her.
DEBBIE: I'm glad you've got your friend, Freddo, to talk to.
MICHAEL: Yeah, I'm going to miss him when he gets out.
The officer comes over and tells them that their time is up. Michael says it was good to see them. Debbie and Michael hug. Michael and Philip shake hands, and then Philip grabs him in a hug. He tells Michael to hang in there, and he and Debbie sadly watch as he's walked away by the officer.
Gaby is dealing with a client on the phone. She's confident but then stumbles in the closing stages. She hangs up and admits to Jack that she thinks that client got away. Jack tells her that she can't win them all. Gaby stares despondently at the sales poster on the wall and remarks that she has to win a big account - she can't let Philip beat her.
Jack compliments her on her drive and stamina, but Gaby doesn't think that's enough. Jack tells her that she needs some luck, and Gaby talks about making her own luck.
The phone goes, and Gaby answers. Jack goes off to make a drink. It transpires that the person on the phone is Philip's client that he asked Gaby to look after earlier. Gaby gushes about how she can go around and get his signature that afternoon, and sets up an appointment. She smiles.
Philip and Debbie are confronting Julie.
PHILIP: My son's in a detention centre with God knows what sort of people around him. All he needs is his parents' permission for him to come home at the weekend and I have to say no! Forget about whether I'd like him here - don't you think he has the right to come home?
Julie looks at Philip, unimpressed.
DEBBIE: (pleading) Mum, it's such an awful place! Two days wouldn't mean a thing to you but it'd mean everything to Michael.
PHILIP: He's trying so hard; he needs all the encouragement and help he can get!
JULIE: (calmly) I ran out of sympathy for Michael a long time ago.
DEBBIE: How can you be so heartless, Mum?!
JULIE: And how can you be so naive as to think he'd ever change?
She stalks out of the back door. Philip and Debbie look distraught.
PHILIP: (softly) I can't forget the look on his face.
DEBBIE: I thought he'd go berserk. ...a year ago, he would have, wouldn't he?
Philip nods and says that Michael's trying his best to stay on the right side. Debbie guesses that Michael didn't raise his hopes too much knowing how Julie felt about him.
PHILIP: I can understand how she feels, but Michael has to have something to look forward to.
DEBBIE: At least he's got his mate there. Freddo - the guy he shares with.
Darren is sitting. Michael is walking past him.
PHILIP: (voice over, cont) ...Michael must feel very alone.
As Michael walks past Darren, Darren stands and starts to follow him.
DARREN: (aggressively) Your old man really is a smart cookie. There's no way he's having you hanging around his big job and his fancy house!
MICHAEL: We haven't got a fancy house.
DARREN: Yeah? Well, it doesn't look like you've got any kind of home to go to, does it, mate?! Ohhh, what happened to your old lady? Couldn't be bothered to visit, hey?
DARREN: (nastily) They must really think you're slime. Couldn't put up with you for a weekend.
MICHAEL: (angrier) I said shut up!
Michael walks into the basketball court. Darren follows him.
DARREN: They don't care if you rot here, mate. No-one wants ya! No-one cares!
Michael flips at Darren's taunts, turns around and grabs Darren. Michael throws Darren up against the wire mesh fence and angrily forces his face into it.


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Canada's Cassie Sharpe won silver at the halfpipe skiing World Cup in Copper Mountain, Colo., on Friday.
The Comox, B.C., native rebounded after a tough first run, scoring 89.75 in her second before her final — and best — run clocked in at 90.50 points.
Sharpe, 26, won Olympic gold in February in Pyeongchang and also took home last season's FIS Crystal Globe. She finished first in qualifiers in Colorado.
Estonia's Kelly Sildaru edged out Sharpe for gold by scoring 93 points in her middle run. American Brita Sigourney took bronze with 88 points.
"I'm really excited to start the season off with a podium. It was a good contest, and it was really fun to have Kelly [Sildaru] there and put some fire under the skis," said Sharpe.
Another Canadian, 21-year-old Rachael Karker, burst onto the scene with two solid runs, including a final run scored at 86 points, good enough for fourth place.
On the men's side, Simon D'Artois was Canada's lone finals qualifier after Noah Bowman failed to advance. D'Artois, the 26-year-old Whistler, B.C., native, finished sixth with a high score of 79.50 points.
Americans Aaron Blunck and David Wise won gold and bronze, while New Zealand's Miguel Porteous snuck between them for silver.
Copper Mountain has traditionally proved a tough event for Sharpe, who called the halfpipe there her "nemesis."
Three years ago she took a tumble on the Copper Mountain course while doing one of her easier tricks and has had trouble turning off those negative feelings associated with it since.
"I think coming into last year I was only thinking about that [fall] and I wasn't aggressive, I wasn't enjoying skiing it, I had so much on the back of my mind," said Sharpe, who's spent the last few weeks training in Austria for the upcoming season.


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A Mosaic of Vigna hosei (Craib) Back, a Common Weed in Puerto Rico
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Vol. 57 No. 1 (1973), Articles
https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v57i1.10755
J. Enrique Pérez
Julio Bird
Enrique Pérez, J., & Bird, J. (1973). A Mosaic of Vigna hosei (Craib) Back, a Common Weed in Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 57(1), 56–64. https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v57i1.10755
A mosaic virus of Vigna hosei (Craib) Back is described. The virus was transmitted by mechanical means to several varieties or selections of Phaseolus vulgaris and to Cassia occidentalis and P. lathyroides. It was transmitted to seven different plant species by means of Aphis craccivora. It resembled somewhat the mosaic virus of V. repens on the basis of symptoms produced on several bean varieties and selections.
Julio Bird, Josefina Sánchez, Karl Maramorosch, DEVELOPMENT OF WOUND TUMORS BY DIFFERENT VARIETIES AND LINES OF THE COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) , The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico: Vol. 54 No. 3 (1970): Vol. 54, No. 3, July 1970
J. Enrique Pérez, A Strain of Squash-Mosaic Virus and other Cucurbit Viruses Found in Puerto Rico, During 1958-62 , The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico: Vol. 47 No. 3 (1963): Vol. 47, No. 3, July 1963
J. Enrique Pérez, CONTROL OF BACTERIAL WILT OF TOMATO BY STREPTOMYCIN IN A HYDROPONIC FARM , The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico: Vol. 45 No. 3 (1961): Vol. 45, No. 3, July 1961
J. Enrique Pérez, ABSENCE OF HEMAGGLUTININS FROM BUFFER EXTRACTS OF VIRUS-INFECTED LEAVES , The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico: Vol. 43 No. 2 (1959): Vol. 43, No. 2, April 1959
J. Enrique Pérez, Amelia Cortés-Monllor, Further Studies on a Mosaic Virus of Cowpea from Puerto Rico , The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico: Vol. 55 No. 2 (1971): Vol. 55, No. 2, April 1971
Julio Bird, Inoculation of Sugarcane Plants with the Mosaic Virus Using the Airbrush , The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico: Vol. 45 No. 1 (1961): Vol. 45, No. 1, January 1961

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I like looking at kids' comics.
It's the teacher in me and I can't help it. I like to see what kids are reading to get a better handle on how to introduce literature into my class; to discover what new tactics or enticements that the text that a kid has in front of his nose will get him to read it … and I think Spaced Out by Brent Sprecher and Ramon Salas at Bluewater Comics has the right tricks. Let`s take a look at what these guys did.
First of all, the art is appealing to young kids. The penciling is wide and attainable for them to appreciate. Comprised of fairly simple layouts and basic frames, there isn`t a lot of distracting visual information that interferes with a young reader`s ability to decode or decipher graphic cues. Also, the lettering is also fairly wide and expansive, which makes it easier to read the dialogue. Basically, the drawing in this comic makes it easier for kids to appreciate it.
I also like the angle of a space chimpanzee from Earth as a space hero. There`s a lot of hidden backstory to this: how did he get there? What's Bops the Monkey's origin story and how does he relate to the space chimpanzee experiments of the 1970's? These are all good talking points to bring up with kids to further engage their thinking and literacy skills.
The dialogue is snappy and to the point. Again, it's vital to make the text attainable for your audience. The sci-fi terminology isn't too complicated for a kid to understand but it's at the right general level to describe technology and the purpose Bops wants to use it for. It's straightforward enough with enough action that can keep a kid's attention. Ending on a cliff-hanger is always a great tactic in continuing a kid's reading habit – it gets his imagination going and kids love to speculate.
It's an active and engaging comic that doesn't have any grandiose aspirations or complicated meaning. It is what it is: a story about a space monkey with a cool sidekick and some sort of scheme going on. It's definitely the fun type of story that a kid would like to read. Talking animals in space are always a success; I can't see why this should be any different?
This is a book that's a great match for its audience. It doesn't take itself too seriously and that's something that a kid can sense. If the writer and artist can convey to their reader that they're having fun, it'll come out in their work. Kids can be pretty astute at detecting authenticity. If something is forced or seems awkward, it'll register with a young reader on a subliminal level. They may not know how to express their reaction in an effective or sophisticated manner, but trust me, if it's no good, they'll know it. But I'd say that Spaced Out has the right qualities for a kid to appreciate and enjoy.
Speaking as a teacher, I think I can safely say that this is a book I'd recommend for any kid who enjoys a good space story with a unique hero. Speaking as a comic reader, it's got dynamism, a totally appropriate story and is engaging enough for a kid to immerse himself in without feeling intimidated.
Oh … and it's got poop-bombs. What kid doesn't like a good poop-bomb joke?


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News PlayStation Portable PSP Previews
Spider-Man 2 Preview
March 14, 2005 Aaron-Thomas — No Comments
Scheduled release date:
Fans of Spider-Man are in for a treat, because not only does anyone who buys one of the first million PSP's receive a UMD of Spider-Man 2 the movie, but there's an all-new game coming out at launch as well. Vicarious Visions, who recently worked on Crash Nitro Kart and Shark Tales is developing the title, and it looks like they are poised to bring all the action from the movie to the PSP.
Spider-Man 2 will follow the basic movie plot, and it will culminate with a battle against the evil Doc. Ock, but there are plenty of other bad guys to fight while you try to protect Manhattan. Mysterio, Rhino, Shocker and Vulture are just a few of the Rogue's Gallery of villains that will try their hand at taking down Spidey.
The game will feature 19 original levels, and will actually play like a cross between the last two Spider-Man console games. There are 3D levels where Spidey will have to swing around the city trying to defuse a bomb, and other levels that are viewed from a sideways perspective, like one that takes place with Spider-Man brawling atop a moving train.
All of the web-slinging moves that you'd expect to be in the game are here, like wall crawling, web yanking and capture webbing, but Spider-Man 2 PSP brings a host of new moves to the handheld as well, such as the "cocoon," "web net" and "heavy web ball." These new moves will be a part of the combo system that promises to make combat more rewarding than in previous games.
Spider-Man 2 will feature several fully 3D environments that are some of the most impressive the PSP has seen to date. The game will have a variety of locations, each one with a unique look and a visual standard that won't disappoint just because it's on a handheld.
The game will have full voice-acting, and Tobey Maguire will provide the voice of Spider-Man himself. The game will feature familiar themes from the movie soundtrack which was scored by the legendary Danny Elfman, of Batman, The Simpsons, and Mission Impossible fame.
It looks like combining the strengths of the previous two games is going to work out well for the latest game in the Spider-Man Franchise. The game is rated T for "Teen" and will be available as early as March 15th. Check back for our review of the game shortly.


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COMMENTS: There is hardly an ounce of reality in Metropolis, which is set in an amazingly realized yet dreamlike art deco world of tomorrow full of strange and sinister machines, evil robots, mad scientists and apocalyptic Bible imagery. The entire movie is a symbol, or a series of interlocking symbols. The city of Metropolis is a dualistic, hierarchical setting, with a sunlit world of intellect above and a shadow world of sweat below. This setup creates a structure with layers of allegorical resonances that, together with its astounding Futurist visuals and melodramatic leaps in logic, help the movie feel monumental, even when its explicit message ("the mediator between the head and hands must be the heart") seems pedantic and naive. The movie shuttles us between the sunlit upper world, where oligarch Joh Fredersen and his Rotwang plot their crimes, and the cavernous mysteries of the undercity, and as we do so we also move between levels of political, religious and psychological meaning.
The political allegory of Metropolis is primary, and easy to grasp if we put ourselves in a Weimar Republic mindset. This brief flowering of German democracy between the World Wars was a fertile time for artists, but an anxious time politically. Capitalism flourished in Germany but it was under assault from Marxist intellectuals. The Russian Revolution of 1917 which brought the Bolsheviks to power had put the status quo in Europe on edge; although the Germans were generally favorable to socialist ideas, they were not inclined to violence and had no wish to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat. Metropolis, while clearly sympathetic to the plight of workers and hostile to greedy capitalists, in large part looks like a reaction to the Russian Revolution, and a fear that an unwise rebellion would wreck the country. Although Russia had not yet quite succumbed to totalitarianism when Metropolis was being made—Stalin would seize power and institute one-party rule in 1927, the year of the film's release—Lang and his screenwriter wife must have had their suspicions about the ultimate end of a proletarian revolution. Maria, the voice of reason and the true friend of the workers, preaches caution and reconciliation. She recognizes the evil of the rulers of Metropolis but, using the metaphor of the Tower of Babel, she argues that the hands (laborers) and the head (management) are both necessary and must speak the same language. Here, the "workers' revolution" is not a noble goal, but a suicidal mission to destroy the machines that make Metropolis live, and to flood their own homes. The instigator is not a well-meaning ideologue, but an impostor sent to foment revolution, specifically to give the rulers an excuse to use force against them. Metropolis' message to the working classes is, essentially: we sympathize, but don't rise up and seize power or you will destroy society. Just wait and eventually things will work out. But what is the "heart" that will serve as a "mediator" between the classes? Metropolis doesn't supply the working classes with an answer—just, whatever you do, don't take up arms, you'll wreck everything!
The second level of symbolism in Metropolis, the religious/Christ allegory, is also deliberate, and is perhaps included for cynical reasons, to reinforce the political message with an emotional response. The workers are advised to be long-suffering and patient (and meek) and to wait for the coming of the promised Messiah. Not surprisingly, their female prophet is named Maria, after Christianity's go-to gal, although Maria's romantic relationship with Christ figure Freder is accidentally Oedipal. Joh Fredersen is the vengeful God of Metropolis, spitefully bent on destroying the sinful and rebellious people of the city (though a flood, no less!) until the intervention of his Son. As for Freder's position as a Christ figure, how much more evident could it be than when, taking the people's torments onto himself as he works turning the hands on an absurd clock-like machine, he is symbolically crucified and cries out "Father! Father! Will ten hours never end?" ("My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?") Besides the Christ allegory, Lang liberally sprinkles the tale with Biblical allusions—the aforementioned Tower of Babel story, which is acted out in grandiose fashion with thousands of extras, a reference to the workers' machines as Moloch, and the parade of the Seven Deadly Sins, among others. These references reinforce the story's mythical qualities, lending it a symbolic aspect that merges its political ambitions into religious sentiments.
Freudian psychology forms a third allegorical resonance, which is less obvious and calculated than the metaphors previously discussed, but shows how far the head-heart-hands metaphor can be carried. The city Metropolis is explicitly likened to a human being, with the upper classes with the knowledge, money and power as the "head" and the lower classes, who supply the labor necessary to support them, as the "hands." What is missing from the equation is the "heart," the mediator necessary to reconcile the competing needs of each. While the "head" here is not a perfect image of Freud's superego, the "hands" look an awful lot like his id, and Freud's entire concept of the "ego" is as his mediator between the two competing agendas. The id, of course, is the reservoir of bodily desires, and it is purely unconscious; how appropriate, then, that the "hands" are to be found under the surface, in a carnal geography full of pipes, machines and fluids. This symbolism, of course, is not entirely consistent; it's just that the city's structure of higher functions/lower functions with a mediator suggests it. As a pure allegory, the Freudian reading falls apart with Maria, who is a part of the id (workers) but urges caution like a mediating ego. Interestingly, the false Maria created by Rotwang acts precisely like an id, invading the superego's pleasure center (the Yoshiwara nightclub) and inspiring chaos with her lewd "Whore of Babylon" belly dance. (Perhaps we shouldn't criticize this sequence for not fitting into the Freudian allegory, however, because it makes little sense even in the context of the surface story—Fredersen wanted the false Maria to spread discord among the workers, not the men of the upper city). Regardless, the mediating function of the Freudian ego fits in with Metropolis' overall structure. Metropolis' internal ethics suggests balance, compromise and moderation are the key virtues, with the triumph of extremes leading to catastrophic imbalance, either Fredersen's paranoid neurosis or the mob's senseless rampage.
This non-specific psychological subtext of the movie, the idea of an unintegrated self trying to achieve a healthy balance just as the city of Metropolis must, is probably unintended, but it does help explain some of Metropolis' strange flavors. Our hero, Freder, is thrown into violent hallucinations at the slightest shock. The first time this happens is when he sees the workers scalded while working at his father's giant machine; he immediately visualizes the apparatus as "MOLOCH!," a steaming maw of full of grinding gears into which workers are thrown as human sacrifices. And upon seeing the False Maria (with her delightfully devilish wink!) in the arms of his father, he instantly falls to the ground and launches the film's most elaborate dream sequence. It's a delirium that goes on for more than five minutes, without which we probably would not have enough to latch onto to claim this movie as part of the "weird" genre. But what a demented dream it is! It is either intercut with false Maria's "Whore of Babylon" dance, or the entire lascivious striptease occurs in Freder's imagination. Freder hallucinates a mad monk warning of the apocalypse, followed by more gyrations from the sexbot disguised as a showgirl. Freder stares in horror, then we see the faces of Maria's admirers contorted in almost comical lust; their faces optically overlap then dissolve into a mosaic of juicy, leering eyeballs (the scene is thick enough for an undergraduate thesis on "male gaze"). This segues into a parade where statues of the Seven Deadly Sins come to life, conjured by Death, who pipes on a femur bone. Is this a prophecy of Freder's, his vision of the looming troubles of Metropolis? Hearkening back to the Christ allegory, does it represent his harrowing, his descent into Hell before his resurrection? Or is it just a fever dream by our high-strung hero, distressed by jealousy and his unfulfilled desire for Maria? All three levels of allegory may be operating at once, in series, which is what makes Metropolis stick in the mind as myth long after contemporary critics complaints of the "silly" plot and "naive" message have faded away.
DVD INFO: For years Metropolis was available in public domain releases of wildly varying quality. This is no longer the case, as the film's copyright was restored in 1996. Now, the definitive North American release is Kino Lorber's "Complete Metropolis" 2 DVD set (buy ). The restored film looks fantastic, although the footage discovered in 2008 is in poor condition, scratchy, covered in vertical lines, and in a slightly different aspect ratio. This is fine, however, because it lets you clearly identify the new scenes, and true vintage film fans find the artifacting of old film stock to be one of its charms. Along with the visuals, the original 1927 Gottfried Huppertz score has been restored and is heard for the first time outside the film's German premiere. The second disc contains two features on the restoration process and the new footage. The exact same content is available on a single Blu-ray disc (buy ).
Metropolis is also available for rent or download on-demand (rent or buy ).


Rick began his career in the construction industry and founded his company, Richard Henry Construction, in 1990. His company has received many building awards, for both residential and commercial projects, as well as a Best Small Business Award. His firm was also ranked as one of the Top 500 Remodeling Companies in the US. In addition he founded a real estate investment company, and he was a partner in two other real estate investment groups.
In 2005 Rick visited the Upstate of South Carolina. He continued to revisit the area over the next several years, and he obtained his South Carolina residential builders license. In 2012 he decided to move to SC. Throughout his career he has always been involved with Real Estate and currently has an SC Real Estate license.
Rick has served in many capacities as a volunteer. He served on The United Way Board for Fund Distribution and The Center For Vision Loss Board. He was also a volunteer fireman for 11 years. His focus for giving is pointed toward helping children and supporting the fight against cancer. He has also coached and umpired games for all of his six children.


The Uvalde Board of REALTORS® works to ensure that our members have access to the best tools and resources to exceed client expectations. For that reason, we've partnered wth AceableAgent to give TREC-approved continuing education and pre-license coursework.
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Q: using wildcards in ServiceRoute I have a WCF app that used to have multiple services, but now we have refactored them into a single service, however the clients are still going to call them on their older urls.
To acommodate this i use the RouteTable to route them to the single implementation like this
RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("Services/MyoldService.svc",
                             new MyServiceFactory("MyoldService"), typeof(Service1)));

Is it possible to specify that all services go to a single implementation by using some kind of wildcard in the url Pattern of the ServiceRoute ?
So something like
RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("Services/*.svc",
                             new MyServiceFactory("MyoldService"), typeof(Service1)));

or any other way of accomplishing the same goal.

A: try using {dontcare} instead of *
Since ServiceRoute inherits from Route this seems like it should work based on MSDN documentation

A: My suggestion is to do this through IIS url re-writing, which does allow wildcards:
http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/url-rewrite-module/using-the-url-rewrite-module

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Trump's plans for 2ed term; reduce Medicare and Social Security
by timuin | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Paul Brandus, Opinion columnist,USA TODAY Opinion 3 hours ago
Let's say we had a president who did the following: Redistributed wealth by taxing the rich and giving to the poor. Boosted entitlements. Signed a law to strengthen workplace safety. Poured money into cleaning up the environment. Even helped finance National Public Radio. Liberals would be pleased, right?
We did have such a president. His name was Richard Nixon.
Of course, all this is largely forgotten today, overshadowed by Nixon's involvement in Watergate — the scandal that drove him from office in 1974, as impeachment and possibly even Senate conviction were nipping at his heels.
Because of this mixed legacy, Nixon ranks as the 28th best president (or the 16th worst, depending on how you look at it) in a 2017 C-SPAN survey of historians. In 10 categories, he scores near the middle for most, though 10th for "International Relations." But in terms of "Moral Authority" he's near the bottom, ranked 42nd. Lying to the American people and covering up a Constitution-shredding crime will do that to a guy.
How will historians rate Trump?
President Donald Trump will be included in the next survey, which is taken every time we have a new president. Where do you think he'll rank? For starters, let's compare his actions with all the Nixon accomplishments mentioned above. Trump is the anti-Nixon. After lying through his teeth in 2017 about how "the rich will not be gaining at all with this plan," he gave them (and himself) a huge tax break.
Entitlements? He has reportedly told Senate Republicans that cutting Social Security and Medicare could be a second-term project. We got a preview of his plans to do just that in his 2020 budget blueprint in which he proposed cuts. Funny, Trump likes to run his mouth on Twitter and at his rallies, but this is something he hasn't blabbed to his wide-eyed, believe-whatever-he-says base…… to read more, click here


Quarantine Rules For Moving Interstate Using Shipping Containers ""
The best thing about moving using a self packing container is that you will save on expenses as you safely transport your household items interstate within Australia. However, since you will be doing the move alone, there is some few safety precautions and in some states quarantine restrictions that you will need to take into consideration. When moving your home, it is very easy to carry Pests, diseases, and even weeds from your previous state to your new state. This is why there are restrictions on what you can move interstate using shipping containers. Since you will be doing the move yourself, it is very important to familiarize yourself with these regulations and know what not to pack. To help you avoid possible surprises and save you time during the process, here is a list of hazardous stuff that you shouldn't pack in self pack containers when moving.
Flammable materials like gas bottles should not transported in a shipping container due to the temperature fluctuations which can occur. If you have LPG gas bottles, ensure that they are emptied safely by a qualified professional and they are stored away from any ignition sources.
Due to the risk of fire and explosion, chemicals and any other items that have an explosive or combustible nature should not be moved interstate using a shipping container. These might include fertilizers, fuels, pool chemicals, cleaning chemicals, fireworks, motor oils, paint thinners, acids, aerosols and lighter fluids, munitions, chemistry sets, car batteries, lamp oils, paints, weed killers and anything else that is highly flammable and combustible.
If you have any firearms that you own lawfully, you may only have them in a container when they are unloaded and out of reach or better still, locked somewhere. This also applies when you are moving ammunition.
If you have any gardening equipments, you should ensure that they have petrol totally drained from their tanks. They will also need to be steam cleaned.
If you have a wine collection and is planning to take it with you, you should be aware that most Australian states enforce some variation of the open container policy. Since some states prohibit the possession of open alcoholic containers in certain areas of a motor vehicle, ensure that you know the policies for the states you are planning to travel through.
To prevent the spread of various pests and diseases, there are certain plants that are prohibited in movement. Other plants may require a certificate of inspection to be transported. Most states, especially the states in Western Australia, have their own regulations for importing plants and vegetation from other states.
Transporting exotic pets such as certain kinds of snakes and large felines is also prohibited in some Australian states. In fact, some states have completely banned the possession of such animals.
While perishables goods are not dangerous to the state, they can cause damage to your household items if they are not packed and stored properly. Therefore, you should always include perishable foods and plants in your list of things-not-to-pack in a shipping container. Even though they are not toxic, they can attract pests like bug and rats which will in turn damage your property. Some of the most common perishable goods include frozen or refrigerated food, farm produce, open food items, fresh herbs, flowers, and liquids. You should avoid moving interstate with liquids unless they are packed correctly. Liquids such as red wine can also cause a great damage to your other household items in case the bottles fracture.
Most probably, you are surprised to see some of the items listed above as hazardous. However, there are usually very good reasons to have them in the list. Apart from the above items, you can freely pack anything else comfortably in your self-pack shipping container. To avoid disappointment during your move, ensure that you have begun dealing with all items that need to be properly prepared before they are loaded onto a vehicle. For the dangerous items including flammable, corrosive, and explosive materials, you can call your local recycling pickup service, closest Environmental Protection Agency, or fire station to find out ways on how you can properly dispose them. For the items that can be sold, you can plan a yard or garage sale on weekends when most families are free to visit. Another good option is to sell them online using websites like eBay, craigslist, or Facebook market places.


Creating a plan is an important and often overlooked part of the fraud investigation. It takes time, but it keeps investigations focused and organised with the numerous documents often involved in fraud cases. The team must identify the chronological events leading up to the actual fraud.
Conducting backgrounds checks is a good start. Who are the parties involved? Have they been a victim of fraud in the past? Was it a similar type of fraud? Start your interview with an open-ended question designed to prompt a story and then let them tell it.
Since these cases can be so complicated, the team cannot afford to miss out on any details.
Fraud investigations pose serious issues for collecting and preserving evidence. Depending on the case, the team must ensure that they obtain copies of credit statements, emails, bank accounts, phone records, social media posts, etc.
Evidence is often obtained electronically. This virtual dimension of the evidence often creates frustration if passwords are forgotten, accounts have been frozen etc.
Once the evidence is obtained, it must be analyzed, secured and documented in the case file.


This tutorial describes how to use Windows Password Rescuer to create a new user for your Windows operation system. If you cannot log on your Windows as administrator, and do not have the privilege to create a new user, this tool can help create new user with administrator privilege. Here we take Windows Password Rescuer Advanced to create a new user.
NOTE: Windows Password Rescuer full version supports creating user with Administrator privilege.
NOTE: Windows Password Rescuer trial version only supports creating user with common user privilege. The test user will expire immediately after being created.
Follow four steps to create a new user for your Windows operation system.
step 1. Download and install Windows Password Rescuer on an available computer and run it.
step 2. Use Windows Password Rescuer to create a Windows password recovery disk with CD/DVD or USB drive.
step 3. Insert the newly Windows password recovery disk to your locked computer, boot the computer from CD/DVD-ROM or USB drive.
step 4. Create a new Windows user.
Step 1. Install Windows Password Rescuer on an available computer and run it.
After purchasing the software, you can download the full version of Windows Password Rescuer by a link from your email box, and then install it in any available computer. So you need another computer you have access to and a blank CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive.
1. Insert a writable CD/DVD disc.
1. Plug in a writable USB drive.
For more details about creating Windows password recovery disk, please refer to How to create a Windows password recovery disk.
Step 4: Create a new Windows user .
2. Select a Windows system you want to add new user to.
3. Click Add User button to add a new user.
4. Then a dialog pop up, input user name and password, and click OK.
Note: If your Windows is 2000/XP/Vista/Win7, you can leave password to blank or set one for it.
If your Windows is Server 2000/2003/2008, Windows Password Rescuer will set the password to Hello@2011 by default. Please remember it.
5. Now click Reboot button to restart your computer.
6. When following dialog pop up, eject Windows password recovery disk, and click Yes to restart your computer.
After rebooting, you can log on your windows with new user.


In a bowl beat flax-seed, salt and water.
Start adding flour, mixing with a spoon. When you feel you can handle the dough, dig in with your hands. Knead, roll into a ball and let develop for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile boil potatoes until done. Drain them and mash with chopped dill/parley, onion and vegan buttery spread (if using). Do not cook your onion or the filling will poignant. Add salt, pepper and seasonings of your choice. I like to use 'potato seasoning', which contains dried onion, salt, coriander etc. This should be a lot thicker and spicier than regular mashed potatoes.
Now it's time to make Pelmeni. You can use a ravioli maker or Pelmeni maker, which is a rack with holes. You roll out half of the dough, put it on this `rack`, then put filling in holes, cover with another rolled dough and roll over. You can also make Pelmeni by hand. Use a glass to cut circles from the rolled dough, put the filling in the middle and seal the edges. Then freeze them. They keep for about 6 month that way.
COOKING:[br] Bring water to boil. Add bullion cube (or use bullion instead of water) and a halved onion. Add your pelmenis (still frozen) and stir. Cook for 15 minutes, making sure they don't stick to the bottom, until the dough is cooked through.
Serve with sauce made of vegan mayo and mustard. Garnish with fresh parsley.
I was very happy to find a vegan pel'meni recipe. Having a very traditional slavic diet and Russian girlfriend, this is a good find as both of us are going vegan. I did have to use more water but otherwise the entire process went easily and yieled delicious results. I stuck to a more traditional method of preparing them, that being no bullion, no sauce and instead eating them with a hotter dry spice and sour cream. Also, as I have learned from preparing them many times before, you can eliminate the risk of overboiling and exploding the pel'meni in the water by taking them out of the water about five minutes after they start floating and then cook them in a sautee pan with sliced onions, salt, pepper and non-dairy butter or cooking oil for another five to ten minutes longer on low heat. Other traditional fillings include cabbage, mushrooms, farmer's cheese (tvorog) and cherries if you wanted to try a dessert version.
The plural form is pel'meni for those who were wondering.
i definitely should have used more spices and stuff in the filling because they came out a little bland. the mayo mustard sauce helped (it was awesome)..but they still lacked something.
could you cook the pelminis in vegetable broth instead, if so how much..and how long to freeze them?
of course you can. the cooking time is ~15 minutes, but may vary depending on the thickness of your dough.
you freeze the leftovers (uncooked) overnight or so. when ready to eat, drop them in boiling water (still frozen) and cook. you can store them frozen for about 3-4 month.
so we made an afternoon out of it... rolled out the dough with a rolling pin, having doubled the recipe, and used various glasses to make various sized circles. we made three different fillings, one of the potato filling (amazing!), another of sauteed portabellos, spinach, cayenne, garlic and onion (also phenomenal), and for the sweet one, we used four plums, a cup of dried tart cherries, and more or less than a half cup of sugar and cooking it all together for a while. soooooooooooo delicious! i didn't have the vegan mayo, so we used a creamy corn and pepper soup as the sauce for the savory ones. i think we made about 50 pelmeni and ate a whole lot of it right away. fantastic recipe! thank you so much!
This was time consuming, but worth every second of work. I did have to add a little more water to the dough--i couldn't get it to form a ball. The dough was the very very firm. I don't know if would recommend making this recipe without a pasta roller. I tried to roll it out by hand first and couldn't get it very thin with a rolling pin. This yielded 31 pelmenis (is that the plural form?). Next time I'll double it so I can have some on hand in the freezer. The mustard mayo sauce was excellent on this--I had never had it before. Thank you for the killer recipe.
To make this, is the flax-seed crucial? Could I possibly use some other alternative or something?
the flax works as an 'egg', so it's very important, otherwise the dough won't stick together. you could use any other egg substitutes (no soda), but i don't know the amount you have to use.
I could've eaten a scrumptious meal, but looking at your photos make me hungry! You should seriously get copyrights to publish the photos alongside the recipes and make the non-vegan world drool with jealousy. I'm sure the original recipe submitters would be happy to have their names in a cookbook with your photos... P.S. if you ever did that, please let me know!!!


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Eagles vs. Jets game updates
It's the team's final game of the preseason!
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Good news, bad news. The good news is that the third and final preseason game will kick off Friday night between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets. The bad news is that if this game is anything like last week's matchup against the Patriots, it's not exactly going to be the most enjoyable experience.
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We likely won't see many — if any — of the starters. This will be the final push for some of the guys on the bubble to make a case for one of those 53 roster spots (or a spot on the practice squad).
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Here's hoping we get out of Friday night's game without any major injuries, with a better sense of the offense's potential, and having seen some improvement by the second and third team defense — because, whew, it's been rough.
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U.S. bid for battery metals has Africa blind spot
Helen Reid and Nelson Banya
December 9, 2022, 12:03 AM ·3 min read
FILE PHOTO: DRC minister of mines at African Mining Indaba 2022, in Cape Town
By Helen Reid and Nelson Banya
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mining companies and governments in Africa are calling for stronger trade ties with the United States after a new climate law set out incentives for U.S. carmakers sourcing battery materials from trade partners.
The $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been criticised by the European Union and South Korea, who say it could hurt their car industries.
It could also negatively impact African nations that produce battery materials.
The United States has a Free Trade Agreement in place with only one African country, Morocco. Yet the continent is a key copper producer and Democratic Republic of Congo produces most of the world's cobalt.
Battery materials and trade are set to be a focus at next week's U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit in Washington where President Joe Biden will meet presidents of African countries including Congo.
"The IRA was intended to push out China, and what it's ended up doing is pushing out the DRC, and the EU, and South Korea," said Indigo Ellis, managing director at consultancy Africa Matters Limited, who will attend the Dec. 13-15 summit.
Under IRA, U.S. carmakers will get tax credits if they source at least 40% of battery materials domestically or from American free-trade partners. This risks carmakers replacing Congolese cobalt with Australian, Canadian, Moroccan, or U.S. cobalt.
Congo produced 74% of the world's mined cobalt last year while the next-biggest single producer, Australia, was responsible for just 3%, according to a Cobalt Institute report.
An adviser to Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi said a USA-DRC Free Trade Agreement "is an option for the medium to long-term, but in the short term other avenues will be explored".
A spokesperson for the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said "we look forward to discussing ways to strengthen and deepen our trade and investment ties with our partners throughout Africa" during the summit.
The IRA aims to boost U.S. mining and processing, which some companies fear could come at the expense of value-added processing in Africa.
"The West needs to work with us to build some value-add," said George Roach, CEO of Premier African Minerals, which has a lithium project in Zimbabwe.
His is one of many projects across sub-Saharan Africa aiming to produce battery materials like lithium, nickel and graphite.
Joe Walsh, managing director at Australia-listed Lepidico, which is building a lithium mine in Namibia and chemical plant in Abu Dhabi, said the IRA makes the United States a more attractive location for a planned second plant.
"The U.S. is not going to be able to incentivise the development of a significant battery raw material production base of its own without ruffling a few feathers along the way."
(Reporting by Helen Reid and Nelson Banya, Additional Reporting by Sonia Rolley in Paris, Nuzulack Dausen in Dar es Salaam, Ernest Scheyder in Houston, Daphne Psaledakis in Washington DC, Chris Mfula in Lusaka, Manuel Mucari in Maputo, Nyasha Nyaungwa in Windhoek, Editing by Pratima Desai and David Evans)
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Q: Perturbations around backgrounds with no symmetries It is well-known that in perturbation theory around an FLRW spacetime, one can decompose any perturbation in terms of scalars, divergence-free vectors and a traceless symmetric tensor, known as the scalar-vector-tensor decomposition.
Moreover, for Schwarzschild-like backgrounds, with the same spherical symmetry, it is possible to decompose perturbations similarly.
The convenience is that the perturbation equations decouple. However, when dealing with a background with no obvious symmetry to exploit, is there still some convenient decomposition that can be applied or somehow derived which facilitates finding solutions?

A: For perturbation theory one always needs a nearby exactly solvable (completely integrable) theory; otherwise one cannot perform the computations. But completely integrable theories are always theories with large symmetry, though the symmetry need not always be manifest. This explains why one never sees perturbation theory done on concrete problems without symmetry.
Existence and stability statements for backgrounds without symmetry are based on general theorems for symmetric hyperbolic systems. These are proved using local inverse function theorems in infinite dimensions. In a very general sense (only), inverse function theorems are also perturbation theory, around the linearized equations at an approximate solution.


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Awkwafina & Karen Gillan To Star In Action-Comedy 'Shelly' From Amazon Studios
Christian Hubbard Posted On September 2, 2020
Over the last few months, Amazon Studios positioned itself as a front runner in streaming wars. Its upcoming projects include the George Clooney-directed The Tender Bar and a Randall Park/Daniel Dae Kim-starring heist film. According to Deadline, the studio acquired the rights to distribute an action-comedy titled Shelly starring Jumanji: The Next Level stars Awkwafina and Karen Gillan.
The film's script is a collaboration between screenwriters by Michael Doneger (The Escort) and Liz Storm (Awkward Expressions of Love). Moreover, Jude Weng is on-board to direct the upcoming feature. Weng is a fast-rising filmmaker whose recent directing gigs include episodes of hit shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Good Place, and Black-ish.
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The plot focuses on a young woman named Shelly. Played by Awkwafina, Shelly is tormented in high school and flees her hometown following a cruel Prom night prank. For the next decade, Shelly trains and serves as an ice-cold hit-woman for hire. Her latest job leads her back to the hometown she fled to target her former bully Dianna Park, played by Gillan. However, as the old adage goes: "time heals all". Shelly and Donne become friends as Shelly gets her first glimpse of running with the in-crowd. The action-comedy will mix elements similar to Mean Girls and HBO's Barry as they run from hitmen coming to eliminate them both.
The film will be financed and distributed by Amazon with Ian Bryce (Return of the Jedi) on-board to executive produce.
Following an award-winning turn in the celebrated film The Farewell, Awkwafina continues to bolster her already impressive résumé. Up next for the actress is starring roles in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Marvel's Shang Chi. Meanwhile, her Jumanji co-star Karen Gillan plays a big role as Nebula in Avengers: Endgame. She last appeared alongside Harrison Ford in The Call of the Wild and she will next star in the assassin thriller Gunpowder Milkshake.
What do you think? Are you excited to see Awkwafina and Karen Gillan team-up again? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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Perris City Councilman Julio Rodriguez pleaded guilty Monday to a felony drug charge and has resigned his council seat.
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NY Empire avoided losing three matches in a row by defeating the Orange County Breakers in a dramatic match, that saw the teams switch venues due to the rain. Empire was looking to get back on the winning side after suffering defeats to the Washington Kastles and Philadelphia Freedom the two previous nights. Players before the match admitted that they were "tired" and "sluggish" against the Freedom and were feeling much better a good night's rest. Mardy Fish alluded to his distaste for the schedule (This match would be Empire's fifth straight game) and which he said players were tired from having to play "back to back to back to back to back".
Empire were off to a great start winning the mixed doubles and ladies singles events handily. Kristen Flipkens and Neal Skupski defeated Andrea Klepac and Ken Skupski (Neal's brother) in the mixed doubles 5-2. Flipkens then took out compatriot Yanina Wickmayer in the singles 5-3.
The ladies' doubles was topsy-turvy with the teams trading breaks in the early games. With the Breakers leading 4-3 and serving for the set mother nature intervened, halting play with rain. Sensing that the rain delay might be long or that the courts wouldn't dry fast enough after the rain, tournament officials decided to move the remaining matches to the indoor courts in the Chase Center.
Players had to wait through a near hour rain delay before resuming play, in which they were sandwiched between fans sitting in white folded chairs. Once back on court Empire broke Orange County and forced the tiebreaker.
The Breakers immediately took control winning both points on the Empire serve. With some strong hitting from Flipkens and good net play from Sanchez, Empire got back both breaks and tied it all up at 3-3 but the Breakers were too strong and won the next two games to take the set.
In the men's doubles Mardy Fish and Neal Skupski appeared to be heading for the set win when they broke at 3-2 to take a 4-2 lead against Teymuraz Gabashvili and Ken Skupski). However, the Breakers were not having it, winning the next two games to force the tiebreaker.
Empire immediately drew blood, taking the mini-break from the Orange County on their second service point. Strong serving from Mardy along with an another mini-break allowed the Empire to win the tiebreaker 5-2.
Going into the final set, Mardy just had to win the set to get the win for Empire. Gabashvili came out aggressive making it clear to Mardy that it would not be easy. Gabashvili had two break opportunities because of his hitting but Fish used his serve to get out of trouble and hold for the 1-0 lead. The next couple of games Fish and Gabashvili exchange heavy groundstrokes and held on their serves to tie it all at 3-3. At this point Gabashvili would put the pressure on Fish with his hitting to get the break. He would then serve it out forcing extended play. The total games were Empire 22 games, Breakers 19 games.
Anytime a team that is in the lead fails to win the final set, the match goes into extended play. In extended play, the leading team (in terms of total games won) just must win one game before the total games are even. In this case Mardy just had to hold serve, since he served first. However once again Gabashvili applied the pressure and Fish cracked, giving up another break and bringing the total games Empire 22 to Breakers 20.
Showing monumental heart Gabashvili held his serve, putting the Breakers just one game behind Empire (23-21). But proving he also has heart and an ability to recovery, Mardy held his serve easily giving the Empire the win 23 games to 21 games. A wild finish for a night that had to be altered because of the rain.
*Empire returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center next Thursday with WTA star Eugenie Bouchard leading the charge
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