Grace, clip a whole rosette from the aloe with stem tissue. sprinkle cinnamon on the fresh cut and then mist it every once and a while. till you see the yellow roots forming. Then dirt and gentle watering. One Can not water it till it has roots. I have had the rosettes out in the air in shade for months till the roots formed and they are still alive. Sometimes it takes awhile and sometimes it is quick. It depends on the time of year. Springtime is the best. I have clipped in late fall and they hung around till spring to root. I have placed them in piled rocks because that gives a damp atmosphere, but perfect drainage. some will put it in a gritty dirt and mist till they feel resistance to a gentle tug. I am not talking about your specific aloe , but aloes in general.

If you read the whole interview, what she is saying philosophical. The media blew it out of proportion. They lifted quotes out of context and used them in headlines. She is saying that the people around MJ in his camp, used and manipulated him, overprescribed drugs, and worked him to death, much like the situation with Brittany Spears, Judy Garland and other musical child stars who were controlled by their "handlers" their whole life. She is not saying that there was any planned homicide orchestrated. There was no limo ride through a dark tunnel in a Paris on a Saturday night, with witnesses reporting "explosions" and mysterious automobiles speeding away from the scene. There won't be any books or made for television movies trying to "get to the bottom" of the "mystery".

I like Joe and applaud his creativity. However he does have a, shall we say, few marks on his record that are questionable to many too. I won't go into it but people can do some research and decide if they want to worship him or hate him. I choose to respect the good things he's done but not go overboard in unwarranted praise. He's definitely a "different person" both is good ways and in bad but all in all, he's done a lot of good there. That said, there's a lot of things people don't understand. Again, there's a big difference between jail and prison. People need to educate themselves on the differences before making a lot of the comments out of misinformation. Joe is successful mostly because he's in Maricopa Co, AZ. I seriously doubt he'd be successful in Wisconsin, New York or Washington, DC. I liked the way of the tent cities but they wouldn't work in St. Louis. Joe's point on them is, you're in the middle of the desert - you want to run? RUN! How far do you think you'll get? You think you could leave them essentially unguarded in the suburbs of Lincoln, NE? Now the "chain gangs". There's a lot of misconception on that too. Joe affectionately calls them "chain gangs" but don't kid yourself that it's the 1950s gangs where they're building private projects for the warden, being beaten with whips and pipes and the like. They're simply in CHAINS, (hence the term chain gangs!) out cleaning graffiti, picking up garbage in the ditches and the like. What's wrong with that? If they weren't secured people would scream that their children, pets and wine coolers wouldn't be safe. Also, for good or bad and I'm not entering or encouraging the debate, but Arizona has laws conducive to this type of system. Other states DO require a full library, weights, TV with full cable lineup and the like so they can't take it away. Plus often people only look at the cost savings of the green balogna, and overlook the millions spent defending the lawsuits against Joe and the system which they feel they want to spend but many if not most other places won't spend that money. So when you look at the big picture, I truly doubt Joe could be successful outside of Arizona or at lest in more moderate climates of varying types. I always question people when they throw out "they're HUMAN BEINGS!". Yes. So am I and so are you. What's your point? They DESERVE full cable because they're humans? I don't have cable. When will you give me my cable, additional education, steak & lobster meals, etc? The idea of punishing is to deprive certain things as an incentive to not do that again. But in today's world it's felt that when little Jimmy steals a candy bar, he should be rewarded with more candy since he probably was deprived at home. I also don't understand the chant of "humiliation". People who do that simply don't know what humiliation is. By definition, I cannot "humiliate" you. Only you can feel humiliated. I can only assume that those people feel tha prisoners shouldn't feel shame, remorse or anything for the crimes they committed. And for anyone who thinks a beat cop makes big bucks, ROFL. Why don't you go become a cop then? All this notwithstanding, there are some bad cops. And they should be prosecuted and jailed/imprisoned too in my opinion. But it's certainly irrational to condemn a whole system because one person was mistreated one time. That's not even worth commenting on further. As I said though, the system could certainly use a good healthy infusion of creativity to cut costs and increase effectiveness.

atk, hurrah, another fan! I actually love a lot of the songs on his Taylor Swift cover album...such an unlikely matchup. CindyMac, I also love Brandi Carlile. I had never heard of her until we saw Sheryl Crow several years ago and Brandi was the opening act...I actually enjoyed her performance better than Sheryl Crow's. Since then, I have seen Brandi C. a couple more times in concert and she puts on a fantastic show.