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I'm getting some hot sauces shipped to me over the next couple of days, and wanted to get some opinions from folks who have either tried them or in some ways experienced them. One set I'm getting is from Dave's Gourmet, i.e. the guy who created the "Insanity sauce" and the "ultimate insanity sauce". The batch I'm getting is the spicy 6 pack which is Roasted Pepper & Chipotle Sauce, Roasted Garlic Hot Sauce, Scotch Bonnet Sauce, Insanity Sauce, Cool Cayenne Sauce and Hurtin Jalapeno Sauce. Has anyone here ever tried any of these sauces and does anyone have an...

This is an animated video revealing a magnificent moment of a hummingbird amidst a flowerily scene and has been redone to appear more realistic and peaceful.

2. The Cinema - $559.00 at Savvy Decorator Happy Father’s Day. A time to celebrate the presence of your father, stepfather, dad, husband, grandfather, or boyfriend in your life. And what better way to please him, than with a very classy gift? One that will make him say, “Wow, thanks Honey, son, kids, stepchildren, girlfriend, grandchildren, or partner, this is the best Father’s Day gift I’ve ever received. ”

Please remember folks --- this article is from 2006! June is here, and along with it, summer. Gone are the soft pastels of flowering vines such as jasmine and wisteria. The bolder, brighter summer colors of orange trumpet vine and the tropical colors of mandevillas are on their way. The soft, new greens of spring have been replaced by the harder greens of maturing leaves. Crepe myrtles and gardenias and hydrangeas are showing off their colors. Now that the things we hate about warm weather are back in full force-all the mosquitoes, sand gnats, yellow flies, and various other nasty...

The number of fatal firearms accidents for the last five years of record are: 2002 - 762; 2003 - 730; 2004 - 649; 2005 - 630; 2006 - 680. I had to hunt a bit for this information, which I think many are interested in. The accidental firearm death rate is down 94% since 1905. You have to scroll down a bit on the link to find the figures in the source.

New age philosophy! False gods! Violence on the walls! Slaves in the cotton fields! Scandalous, I tell you. “When she showed it to me, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ � said Hansell, who added that the mural presents a new age idea of peace and unity that could be confusing to Christian students. Hansell said she’d also like a more positive image of African Americans. “It doesn’t even represent even a fingernail of the faith here in Bastrop County and what (residents) believe.�Among the images on the mural are an Aztec sun, ancient Egypt’s King Tutankhamen, Buddha and Shiva,...

5 foods it's cheaper to grow If grocery prices have you thinking about cutting costs with a garden, you may be on the right track. But be careful what you plant; a garden could raise your food costs. Whether you save by gardening depends largely on where you live, what you grow and how well you resist slick gadgets and miracle solutions. If you're looking to save money rather than to start a hobby, here are five garden crops likely to give you the best return: What about tomatoes? They require moderate care and vigilance, and in short-season climates, you...

For the harried office worker, the life of a Welfare recipient must seem like an eternal vacation. Not so, as the number of networks increase and the number of online porn outlets multiply, people on welfare are finding less time to drink booze and take drugs separately. This compressed schedule has made multi-tasking necessary. “I swear to God, it’s like I got two jobs,” George Wallace Foreman, of Tyrone, said. “I thought technology would make my substance abuse easier. Boy, was I misled!”

Artorius Engineers are back at the Artorius Space Flight Center (KAFC) in Hangar 18, trying to determine why the Drone can't acquire lift. We will get it right, we have to, next week is the test launch of the Artorius Surface to Air Missile prototype, and we need a working drone for targeting purposes. Stay tuned, we will have video of that, too..

May is a wondrous month, bursting with life and growth and energy, with color and scent and sound, a bittersweet taste of what the Garden of Eden must have been like before the fall from grace. Flowers are coming into their own, birds are nesting and hatching their young, puddles are full of tadpoles. Everything is celebrating the passing of winter and preparing for the long, hot summer ahead. With it’s perfect weather, May is the month to enjoy just being alive. May is time to plant the vegetables that need warmer weather. The soil temperature needs to be at...

I have had a week from Hades and will be perfectly honest with you all.........I completely and totally FORGOT about this thread yesterday. And so you all have my heartfelt apologies. My brain is pretty much just mush at the moment and so I am just going to share some of my favorite links.Edible LandscapingYou Grow GirlNational Home Gardening Club

This is an animated video of two Red-Tailed chicken hawks that sing their songs and talk about what the younger hawk has just learned, that chickens are birds just like him. The voices of the hawks are, grandson and myself, o7jimmy. Background is the song of wild birds.

This video was arranged an animated to the song, Hallelujah, sung by: The Five Blind Boys of Alabama. The video pictures are of a Merlin falcon and its song, in autumn scenery, the background photo is of Butchart Gardens; Canada. Autumn is my favorite time of the year.

Summary: Microsoft are disabling WebDAV access to all hotmail.com accounts. This means Hotmail Pop Links and Outlook Express access to hotmail.com accounts will stop working at the end of June 2008. {snip} ...Microsoft have changed to using a new protocol. Rather than offering an open and standard protocol such as POP or IMAP, they’re using a new one they call DeltaSync for their live.com and new hotmail.com accounts. This protocol is not an open or standardised protocol. It’s a Microsoft proprietary one and only works with their Windows Live Mail, Vista Mail and Outlook Office Outlook Connector.

Taking an early morning walk this time of year is a singular treat, like Dorothy stepping out of Auntie Em’s house into the color and sound of Oz. The same things that are always there, only instead of Winter‘s drabness, Spring’s full and glorious color. Each walk is accompanied by a symphony of birdsong, a riot of color bursting everywhere. Fallen jasmine blossoms scatter themselves on the ground like the famed yellow brick road, and blooming things pop up everywhere like the fabled Munchkins. And then, as if the colors and sounds aren’t enough, just to add a little spice,...

This is an animated video of the Merlin falcon and it’s song. This is created to give you a close up view and the Merlin falcon singing its song.

Check out the link. There are plenty of instructional videos if you don't like this particular one. Kids all over America have been converting old film cameras into functional Tazers.

April is a debutante’s ball for green and growing things! Young foliage garbs the trees in gauzy, pastel gowns of gold and green and russet, like a watercolor by an old master. Their subtle color is a poignant reminder and a future foretaste of the fall’s bold leaves of orange and yellow and rust. The wild azaleas will be blooming soon, their delicate apple blossom pink petals shining through here and there and their honey sweet fragrance filling the air. The violets, from the large purple ones with heart shaped leaves to the tiny, almost invisible white ones with lance...

Seeing how I live in China and one of the main things I can do to kill the boredom is watch movies I have started a movie review section. However, this is China so the movies I buy are all pirated. Do I feel like a thief, hmm No not really. Do I feel a little guilty at all. NOPE not one bit. To tell the truth I enjoy the 5 rmb(75 cent) move purchase. So on to the first review. DVD Title: "The Golden Compass" Director: Chris Weitz Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards

I have a Tablet PC. A Toshiba R15-S829. I bought it new, and it, and all software on it, is legal. Tablet PC's come with a recovery CD, not an unlocked or unbranded version of the O/S. I would like to have an unbranded version of the WinXP/Tablet PC O/S. Historically, Microsoft only sold these to system builders. Now they are selling them to online retailers, also. I have found it for sale on four different retail websites, and marketed as either..."WIN XP PRO TABLET SP2B" or "Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 W/SP2B". In the Product info sections, it...

This video is of a family watching a red-shoulder hawk and the voices are from o7jimmy, wife and grandson. The hawk sound is of a red-shoulder hawk.

This is a video of some of earth’s universe grandeur. The song is, God Is So Good, sung by children. The pictures and images were taken by Hubble telescope and the last image is called the Cat’s Eye Nebula.

Hear the sound of a Merlin Falcon when it sings. This falcon also has killed chickens and has been called a chicken hawk but is really a falcon. This falcon is a very majestic and beautiful bird of prey.

This animated video is presented with bird watchers that one of witch can’t keep quiet.

This animated video is presented with bird watchers that one of witch can’t keep quiet.

This video is good footage of a Red Tailed Hawk, also known as a Chicken Hawk and it’s Song. I redid this video with a little more effects. I'm sure you will enjoy this animated video.

Seed swapping Q. I have a backyard vegetable/fruit/herb garden, and every year I wind up with lots of leftover seeds, more than I can possibly plant next time around, yet throwing them away seems like an awful waste. Is there any established way to share, trade, or recycle seeds? - Jacey, WY A. Absolutely. Seed-sharing has been an officially time-honored tradition since at least 1989, when Canada and Britain founded their respective “Seedy Saturday” and “Seedy Sunday” swaps. And in the US, the last Saturday in January is “National Seed Swap Day,” so start saving your seeds up for January...

This is a short animation of a red tailed hawk and a cut song, sung by the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, the song is called, Good Religion. Some of the voices of this video are from Looney tunes.

<p>This animated video is presented with a Red Tailed Hawk and Song, also bird watchers that run into a divided scenario that result in verbal declaration.</p> <p>I am ramping up creating videos and this may be the last one for awhile but if you wish to see all or some of my videos go to my web-page revski.org at the link below and on YouTube - o7jimmy or YouTube - lotis333 my wife Cheryl's page and her videos.</p>

This animated dove speaks with expounding joy. With Loony tune voices for humor.

Hear the sound of a Merlin Falcon when it sings. This falcon also has killed chickens and has been called a chicken hawk but is really a falcon.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A gun carried by a US Airways pilot accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to a statement released by the airline. The statement said the discharge happened on Flight 1536, which left Denver at approximately 6:45 a.m. and arrived in Charlotte at approximately 11:51 a.m. The Airbus A319 plane landed safely and none of the flight’s 124 passengers or five crew members was injured, according to the statement. It was a full flight. An airline spokeswoman said the plane has been taken out of service to make sure it is safe to return...

It was a scary ride aboard a U.S. Airways flight over the weekend. Some passengers said they saw parts of their plane's wing come off in midair. The plane took off from Orlando on Saturday. Officials at U.S. Airways said a small part of the wing came off and hit the plane while in flight.

It is not easy being a bird!

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I know.......many folks are still covered in snow others are facing other horrendous weather issues. They are all in our thoughts and prayers. HOWEVER - at 1:26 Eastern this afternoon Spring officially begins. Trying to find articles about the first day of spring was practically an impossibility. Oh sure, there were some out there but most of them were real downers, so I decided today might be a great share some of our favorite gardening websites. The categories of gardening and seed catalogs on my favorites list are both as long as my arm, but I grabbed...

This is an extremely rare creature, has very large ears and has been captured on camera in its native habitat for the first time.

Well, the votes are finally tallied, the lawsuits settled, and the Highest Court has finally ruled on what to with the uncounted ballots. Finally, three months later, we have a clear winner. Before we get to the story, we would like to pass on that we were very discerning in our choice of Best Article. We looked for a story with significant social impact, as well as "newsworthiness". We felt that our choice not only met those benchmarks, but far exceeded them. There were many stories to choose from, over 500, and certainly some deserve more than honorable mention. But...

TWO KILLED IN SIX-MOTORCYCLE PILE-UP Bernama Bernama - Monday, March 17 KLANG, March 16 (Bernama) -- A predawn, six-motorcycle pile-up left two motorcyclists dead and four others injured, one seriously, at Batu 3, Jalan Kampung Jawa near Telok Menegun today. B. Jayanathan, 27, and Mohd Shahrudin Kamaruddin, 18, who sustained head and body injuries, died on the way to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR). Mohamad Nizam Zulpata, 18, has been warded at the hospital's intensive care unit in a critical condition. The rest sought out-patient treatment. Klang traffic police and public order chief DSP Rosly Abd Rahman said all...

Hey all! Since my computer decided to eat a couple years worth of my articles, and I’m too lazy to dig out the papers and retype them, I thought I’d just give you a rundown on my greenhouse and answer some of the questions a few of you have been kind enough to ask! I don’t have any formal training, other than a few years of horticulture classes in high school FFA. My grandparents and parents gardened, and I grew up following them around on the farm. I do have a great love for the land and of growing things,...

All these year's Muslim females have faced the problem of finding an appropriate swimwear which adheres to the Koran, which requires a woman to cover everything except her face, hands and feet. The swimwears available in the market were either not targeted for the Muslim women as they led to show of skin or were unpractical for swimming. To aptly describe how uncomfortable the swimwear designed for Muslimahs was I shall quote Aheda Zanetti who wrote to the National Geographic News stating "As an active Muslim girl, I found it difficult to participate in most sports, because of all the...

EVERY WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENT THAT IS READING THIS Please email everyone on this list right now and ask them to support ESHB 3148. For all legal residents, green card holders etcetera, please contact or email everyone on the list and tell them you do not want to be discriminated against like I did. From Joe Waldon Under RCW 9.41.170, resident aliens residing in Washington must acquire an Alien Firearms License (AFL) before being allowed to possess a firearm. Washington is one of only a couple of states that still retain this holdover from “immigrant Jim Crow” days, despite the fact...

Web report To help gardeners plan for the coming season, the editors of The Old Farmer's Almanac's annual All-Seasons Garden Guide ($3.99) forecast several trends for this year. "More gardeners want to be environmentally friendly. They want to work with Mother Nature instead of fighting against her. This includes using more natural products, more indigenous plants, less water," says Janice Stillman, editor. Also: -Low maintenance, high-drama gardens: Gardeners are looking for ways to make the most out of their time in the garden. Some solutions include easy-care or self-sufficient plants that are natural beauties. -Lawn-free landscapes: More and more people...

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Americans finding soaring food prices hard to stomach are battling back by growing their own food. Home vegetable gardens appear to be booming as a result of the twin movements to eat local and pinch pennies. Although the 2008 planting season is still largely in the planning stages, it appears vegetable seed sales will be up significantly from year-ago figures, said Barb Melera, president of D. Landreth Seed Co., in New Freedom, Pa. "I just came back from the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta and we sold three- to four times the amount of seed packets we did the previous...

February used to be close to the tail end of our cold weather, any more it seems to be the beginning, with the cold often lasting into May. Enjoying our mild January brings to mind first—thankfulness—and then—memories and tales of past years when the weather was not so nice, and how very fast it can change. Christmas of 1989 comes to mind—shirtsleeves and bare feet in the morning and snow by nightfall, with temperatures staying well below freezing for a good many days. Tales of even colder times, and people’s helplessness against it. January brings memories of the Chrissie Wright...

Freeper fantasy nascar league on nascar.com needs two more participants. this will be a LIVE DRIVER DRAFT scheduled for 2/10/08 at 1 p.m. eastern time. pick your own drivers. You have to open an account on nascar.com (free) and join the private league (free).. if interested, please freepmail me; I'll give you instructions on how to join. it's time to GO RACIN...

I seriously tried to cheat this week, because I'm running late, but the only source I found for the article I wanted to post is a prohibitted source, so I'm winging it! My 9 year old daughter loves to help in the garden and has her own spots for whatever she wants to plant (she is much better with flowers than mom!) The National Gardening Association has lots of ideas for getting kids interested in gardening at its Web site, Kids Gardening. This month's feature on the website is a "Parents' Primer" which is chock full of ideas...."find out how...

I run Ubuntu on several machines. 7.04 Feisty, 7.10 Gutsy, and 8.04 Hardy, running Gnome on all. I'd like to hear viewpoints on the merits, or lack of merits, on the various Desktops others use and have experience with.

I keep getting asked how I download and convert youtube and other videos, so I offer you this tutorial. You will need Ubuntu 6.06 or higher (this was done on 7.10), as I haven't attempted this with anything lower. I refer to Mozilla, but any Mozilla derivative, such as FireFox, will work. All Terminal COMMANDS will be in red. You will need to have ffmpeg installed. Open up your Synaptic Package Manager... Type in your password to access the Manager... Type in ffmpeg... Click on the box, and mark it for installation... Click Accept, to confirm installation... Good. Now close...

Hi, Does anyone remember the "Vector Graphic" computers from the late 1970's and early 1980's? I just restored one and have gotten interested in their history. If anyone has one, remembers using one, has parts they'd like to sell or just discuss using these vintage computers, please reply here or contact me. Thanks! Andrew Lynch