Archive for August, 2010
we got a little corn cob pipe and we couldnt find any pipe tobacco but we found Hookah Hookah Tobacco stuff that comes in these little plastic containers and its kind of wet and we werent sure if we could just put it in the pipe and smoke it or if it specifically needed a hookah pipe. anyone know if i can use a normal pipe with it?
Basil Pesto with Pasta and Summer Vegetables
Ingredients2 cups roughly chopped basil2 cloves of garlic1/4 cup chopped walnuts (or pine nuts)1/3 cup parmesan cheese1 zucchini 1 large bell pepper1 Lb pasta of your choice, cooked according to package directions 1-2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes cut in half
Originating in northern Italy, pesto is a basil-based sauce that can accompany anything from sandwiches to grilled veggies to pasta. though traditionally made by crushing the ingredients with a mortar and pestle, from which pesto got its name, it is common practice to use either a food processor or blender. It may sound impressive, but in fact this pesto dish is easy to make and can serve four people for about $10.
Roughly chop basil, garlic and walnuts and put them in the food processor. Turn on and slowly stream in the olive oil. Next add 1/3 cup parmesan cheese to the mixture. Blend until all the ingredients come together to form a thick sauce.
Place the bell pepper over the open flame of the gas stove (alternatively you may roast in the oven). using tongs, rotate the pepper every few minutes until the outside is charred. Remove the pepper from flame and place it in a small paper bag or other sealable container to steam for about 10 minutes. Once the pepper is cool, the skin should be loose and easy to peel away. After the pepper is peeled and the seeds are removed, slice it into 1/4-inch-wide strips.
Slice the zucchini in half, lengthwise. Remove both ends and slice in 1/4-inch pieces. Add about a tablespoon of olive oil to a small skillet over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the zucchini slices. Sautee for three to five minutes or until zucchini starts to soften.
Place cooked pasta, pesto, zucchini, roasted bell pepper and halved tomatoes in a large bowl. Toss until pasta has an even coating of sauce. Garnish with extra walnuts, tomatoes and parmesan cheese.
Other hot stories around the Bay Area include a big pot bust where more than 200 plants are confiscated:
Danville family packs up, heading to Uganda
Few people are lucky enough to have job options after getting laid off. And, likely, fewer still choose to turn them all down.
But one Danville man has done just that. Paul Gibson is taking his family but leaving everything else behind to spend the next two years in Uganda.
Gibson, 55, had worked in the information technology world for more than 33 years before his position at Hewlett Packard was eliminated earlier this year. He said it was very hard to make the decision to leave his field – and “to let go.”
But Paul and Janet Gibson have leased their house, sold their boat, and found a new home for the family dog so they and their youngest daughter, Cassidy, can work with Children of Grace, a nonprofit that helps children orphaned by HIV or AIDS.
Read more of Kimberly a. Chua’s story at ContraCostaTimes.com.
Palo Alto hookah bar owner held to answer in former girlfriend’s death
Bulos “Paul” Zumot will be tried on charges of strangling his former girlfriend and setting their Palo Alto home on fire to hide the crime, a Santa Clara County judge decided today.
Superior Court Judge David a. Cena issued the ruling at the end of Zumot’s 1 1/2-day preliminary hearing, which began Monday. Zumot will return to the San Jose court on July 26 to be arraigned.
The body of his girlfriend, Jennifer Schipsi, was found Oct. 15, 2009 when firefighters fought a blaze at the Addison Avenue cottage she shared with Zumot. four days later, Zumot was arrested. Zumot, owner of Da Hookah Spot in downtown Palo Alto at the time, is represented by high-profile attorney mark Geragos, whose clients have included Michael Jackson and Scott Peterson.
Read Jesse Dungan’s Palo Alto Daily News article at MercuryNews.com.
San Mateo neighbors riled over church expansion plans
A Catholic church that plans to expand near downtown San Mateo has drawn the wrath of some neighbors who worry parishioners will claim the parking on residential streets during Masses.
St. Matthew Church has submitted plans to build a 12,000-square-foot gymnasium for its 600-student K-8 school, one of the largest schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. the 2,600-family parish across El Camino Real from Central Park in San Mateo, near Ninth Avenue, expects to hold athletic practices and games there.
Members of the Aragon and Parrot Park neighborhoods, which surround the church, plan to submit a petition with 100 to 150 signatures opposing the project. They estimate there are some 250 homes in the immediate area, and about 1,000 residences in the two neighborhoods.
Read more of Mike Rosenberg’s San Mateo County Times article.
S.F. pot bust results in 222 plants
San Francisco police have recovered more than 200 marijuana plants at homes in Laurel Heights and the Outer Richmond neighborhoods, authorities said Tuesday to the S.F. Chronicle. more than 175 pounds of dried marijuana were also found at the two locations, which were searched as part of a three-week investigation, police said. two San Francisco men were arrested, but their names were not immediately released.
Read more here.
Schaefer sentenced 24 years to life in Melody Osheroff case
One day after Melody Osheroff would have celebrated her 11th birthday, her convicted killer was handed the maximum sentence in Marin County Superior Court.
Novato resident Edward Schaefer, 44, showed no emotion Tuesday afternoon as he received a sentence of 24 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Osheroff and the maiming of her father, Aaron Osheroff, in May 2009. the sentence came after a hearing that lasted 3 hours, 25 minutes, most of which was emotional pleas for the maximum sentence by Osheroff friends and family.
Schaefer was drunk when he threaded his motorcycle between two cars stopped at a Novato crosswalk and blew through the intersection at more than 60 miles an hour, striking the Osheroffs, who lived a few blocks away. Melody, who was 9 at the time, died of her injuries the next day, and her father had one leg amputated and nearly lost the other.
Read more of Brent Ainsworth’s Marin Independent Journal story here.
Two homeless men injured, one seriously, near Vallejo encampment
A homeless man in his 50s was flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek on Tuesday after suffering serious head trauma in an overnight attack, police said.
Another homeless man also received facial injuries and was taken to Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on Sereno Drive, just steps from the encampment where the men were discovered this morning.
Police have not released the victims’ identities, although several people on the scene said they were familiar with the men.
Read more of Shauntel Lowe’s Vallejo Times-Herald story here.
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The Green Hornet is a fictional crime fighter which is originally created by Fran Striker for an American radio program in the 1930s, the character appeared in other media including it’s television appearance in the 1960s. Inspired by the success of the Batman series, ABC brought the Green Hornet to television in 1966-67, an adaptation which introduced martial arts master Bruce Lee to American audiences and starred Van Williams as the Green Hornet.
Green Hornet is Britt (or “Brit”) Reid, a newspaper publisher by day who by night goes out in his masked “Green Hornet” identity to fight crime as a vigilante. While the police and public believe the Hornet to be a ruthless criminal, the District Attorney knows Reid’s secret identity, and welcomes his assistance in fighting racketeers and criminals. also assisting Reid in his crusade are his secretary, Lenore Case, and his faithful valet, Kato (played by none other than the best in the business Bruce Lee), who is a Kung Fu expert and who drives the sleek “Black Beauty”, the Hornet’s well armed car. the Black Beauty could fire explosive charges from tubes at its bumpers, which were said to be rockets with explosive warheads, had a concealed-when-not-in-use, drop-down knock-out gas nozzle in the center of the front grille, and could launch a small flying video/audio surveillance device through the trunk lid. one relatively minor aspect of the character which tends to be given limited exposure in the actual productions is his blood relationship to The Lone Ranger, another character created by Striker. the Western property was sold to another company in the 1950s, a legal complication that resulted in the identity of the Masked Rider of the Plains being obscured when it has been dealt with at all in Green Hornet depictions.
The first episode of the series entitled, “The silent Gun”, aired at 730pm on Friday 9th September 1966 and was followed by the fantasy/time travel series “Time Tunnel”. A few weeks later, on 28th September 1966, both the Green Hornet and Kato made guest appearances on the “Batman” episode “The Spell of Tut” in what was the first of two crossover plots in three episodes (the others being “A Piece of the Action” -1st March 1967 and “Batman’s Satisfaction” -2nd March 1967). the music of “Flight of the Bumblebee” was so strongly identified with the Green Hornet that it was retained as the theme, orchestrated by Billy May (who also composed the new background scores) and conducted by Lionel Newman, with trumpet solo by Al Hirt.
