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Herb Crusted Halibut with Minted Sweet Pea Purée
This herb crusted halibut recipe might look like a lot of work, but it's really not. And the reward is huge—a very tasty, yet very healthy dish awaits. Just break it down into two parts: make the pea purée, then make the fish.
Our family have been Omaha Steaks customers for years because we used to live 2 blocks away from a store in Colorado. I also met their social media team at SXSW this year and asked if there was a way we could create some wine+food geekery because I believe in the products.
They said, "sure, we'll send you a few items to experiment with". The seafood was the first thing I wanted to try because I'm dubious that seafood can be shipped successfully and still taste good. In the past we've only had their steaks, so we were going to watch for quality.
When the halibut arrived, it was thawed in the refrigerator over night and made this dish the next day. The resulting dish was better than expected. We thought the fish would be rubbery, but it came out moist and flaky with little intervention.
- Halibut Filets - 4 (we used the Omaha Steaks Alaskan Halibut)
- sweet peas - 2 x 10oz. bags, frozen
- greek yogurt - 2 TBSP
- Half & Half - 2 TBSP
- mint leaves - 1/2 cup
- butter - 1 TBSP
- grape seed oil - 1 TBSP
- lemon - 1, large
- Dijon mustard - 3 TBSP
- fresh dill - 2 TBSP, finely chopped
- parsley - 2 TBSP, finely chopped
- tarragon - 2, TBSP, finely chopped
- extra virgin olive oil - 2 TBSP
- salt & pepper -
Pea Purée:
1. In a medium saucepan, add frozen peas and enough water to cover peas. Bring to a boil and boil until peas are tender—5-10 minutes.
2. Drain peas and rinse with cold water. Add peas along with mint leaves, greek yogurt, half & half to a blender or food processor. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Purée until it has a texture of guacamole. You can also use an immersion blender for easier cleanup. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to use.
Herb Crusted Halibut:
1. Season both sides of fish with salt and pepper.
2. In a small bowl combine finely chopped herbs and zest from one lemon.
3. Cover one side of halibut with Dijon mustard. Sprinkle herb mixture onto Dijon side of halibut, and pat herb mixture into fish so it sticks to the mustard.
4. Heat 1 TBSP butter and 1 TBSP grape seed oil a large skillet over medium high heat until oil is about to start smoking. Cook herb side of halibut down 3-5 minutes, than flip halibut over and cook fish on the other side for 3-5 minutes.
5. Plate the dish by spooning a stripe of warm pea purée on the plate, then place halibut on top of purée. I finished it with some capers and some baby arugula but it's up to you.
You'll have fun picking a wine because there's so many ways you can go. Immediate flavors to pick out are lemon zest, herbs, mint and sweet pea which gives you plenty of wine pairing options. Grape varietals like Sauvignon Blanc, Soave, Pinot Gris and even Grüner Veltliner can work. Here's a few of my picks for the dish:
Safe Pick: 2010 Chateau St. Jean Fumé Blanc, Sonoma
For about thirteen bucks you really can't go wrong. Chateau St. Jean has an impressive track record of consistently well made wines that are reasonably priced. There aren't many domestic wineries make one Fumé Blanc let alone three. But this is where Chateau St. Jean shows their strength by offering a wide range of wines both white and red that are inherently Sonoma down to the core.
This Fumé offering is a generous blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon that exhibits both mouthfeel and acidity in its structure. A kiss of French and American oak aging adds the proverbial "smokiness" to the wine...which for me plays off the pea purée nicely. Like many CSJ wines, this is an exceptional value.
Adventurous Pick: 2008 A.A. Badenhorst Family White - Paardeberg, South Africa
Buckle up and get ready for this—Chenin Blanc, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Verdehlo, Colombar, Viognier, Chardonnay and a partridge in a pear tree. Self described "handsome cousins" Hein and Adi Badenhorst restored a 1930's farm house into its former natural wine producing glory. All vines are farmed as biologically and naturally as possible.
Small parcels were selected, cooled over night then pressed as whole clusters the following day allowing free run juice to flow directly into old casks and cement fermentation tanks where they went through natural fermentation. The result? A wine with great complexity to match the complexity in the dish. Gorgeous perfume notes of stone fruit, white peach pit, citrus tea, spice box and wet river rock spread out across a generous legnthy finish.
Wine Geek Pick: 2008 von Buhl Deidesheimer Pechstein Riesling, GG, Pfalz
We should be past the "Riesling is too sweet" conversation, but in the event you know someone who still thinks this is true, break out the Wine Geek pick and blow their pants off. Master Sommelier, Ron Edwards had the best description:
"Ripe pineapple and baked apple greet your nose, maybe a little botrytis note as well. Then comes beeswax, lime candy, and passion fruit puree; a very compact flavor with an oppulence that develops through the wonderfully tart finish. Lots of passion fruit and lime with tart red apple and then mineral, lavender, and clean mushrooms. Just incredible potential in this wine…would love to try it in 15 years."


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032c Cosmic Workshop Reversible T-Shirt, Red
Reversible short sleeve cotton jersey t-shirt in red. Rib knit crewneck collar. Logo printed in white at chest. Tonal stitching. Reverse in white cotton jersey. Rib knit crewneck collar in black. Logo printed in black at chest. Text printed in black at waist. Tonal stitching. Part of the Cosmic Workshop collection. 100% cotton. Imported.
Model is 6'1 wearing a size Medium.

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Ipsy is an online beauty subscription where you sample five different products (mascara, eyeshadows, etc.) mailed in a collectible bag. There's a lovely theme each month and the products you receive are personalized according to your answers in a quiz, which is taken at the beginning of the subscription.
Hello everyone! Happy Thursday ❤
My spring break has come to an end, so I am back at University. I can't believe there are three months left in the school year! Where has the time gone?! As I mentioned in my last post, I took a mini break from blogging so I could spend time with my family on holiday. I received my lovely Ipsy bag during this break and I'm so excited to share it with you all. The theme this month is "Hello Spring" and the glam bag has a fresh floral print. What's new this time around though, is the bag comes in three different colors (orange, mint, and blue!). I received the lovely orange with mint glam bag, which you can see below, and various beauty products.
The products I received March 2016:
- LIP LACQUER Lip Gloss (Socialite) by ModelCo – I normally reach for matte lip products (in natural shades) on a regular basis. Lip glosses and I just don't get along very well. But when I received this lippy, which promised to be "non-sticky and long-lasting," I kept an open mind. Sadly, the lip gloss didn't wear very well throughout the day and I found it pretty sticky. The gloss smells like a fruity candy though and the color is pretty (more orange than red).
- Rose Gold Short Shader (Brush 223) by Luxie Beauty – I absolutely love brushes (especially when they're durable and have soft bristles)! This brush by Luxie has high quality bristles that applies eyeshadow like a dream and is fully vegan. The pink and rose gold brush is cruelty-free and extremely practical.
- Step 1 Skin Equalizer (Hydrating Primer) by MAKE UP FOR EVER – The Make Up For Ever primer I received is ideal for normal skin and works to balance the skin's texture. This is probably the product I was excited to try the most and I wasn't disappointed. The formula is lightweight, kept my face hydrated, and made my make-up last longer.
- Bake Bronzer (Heat Wave) by Be A Bombshell Cosmetics – I like the idea of a baked bronzer with a more natural tone for the spring time, which is what this product was meant for. Unfortunately, the bronzer doesn't have a great color-payoff and I personally think its better used as highlighter.
- Nourishing Argan Oil of Morocco by Marc Anthony – This product is used when blow drying your hair and works to keep hair straight (and eliminate frizz!) for up to three days. I hardly ever blow dry my hair so I don't see myself using this product often. It has a pleasant smell though and leaves your hair very soft.
View last months Ipsy glam bag here!


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Ghosts Wins!!!
November 17, 2010
Ghosts in the form of gifts is the winner of the inaugural award for Open Source in the Arts.
The Open Source Awards recognise New Zealanders' contributions to open source projects, use of open source products, and promotion of the free and open philosophy.
Read an article about the work & award by Courtney Johnston on Best of 3: http://best-of-3.blogspot.com/2010/11/congratulations.html
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith will speak about the work at the Girl Geek Christmas Dinner on 15 December.
A second print of the work is scheduled to be exhibited in early 2011 – stay tuned!
Written by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith who is an artist in Wellington, New Zealand. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter


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Chobani Yogurt And US Air Force Fiasco Exposes Dark Underbelly Of The Drug War
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by Chris Conrad
It's easy to understand why Chobani added hemp seeds to its Blueberry Power Flip brand of Greek yogurt. Hempseed is an amazingly nutritious and meaty fruit. It has a crunchy texture, a nutty flavor and a wide array of essential fatty acids, essential proteins and minerals, as well as some rare digestive benefits.
Oh, and big news to anyone who has been asleep for the past 15 or 20 years, hempseed comes from the same plant species as marijuana, i.e., Cannabis sativa, L. That was big excitement back in the 1990s, when someone failed a drug test after having eaten a hemp snack. It turned out that Hungry Bear Hemp Foods hempseed treats were made with whole-grain hempseed that had somehow retained enough flower residue to cross the invisible threshold set by the very profitable drug testing industry. That led to the adoption of the TestPledge program to meet the most rigorous drug testing standards, with not one false positive since.
Hempseed products are lining the shelves of grocery stores across America — breads, cereals, vegetable oil, etc., — so it was just natural for the Chobani website to announce that its Blueberry Power Flip came with a side of walnuts, hemp seeds and chia that its customers could "flip" to mix in with a healthy serving of Greek yogurt.
It is not as easy to understand why Chobani flip-flopped and took hempseed back out of its Power Flip — or it's as easy as following the smell of old urine down an alleyway. It turns out that the company had run afoul of the US Air Force's war on food.
In an August 26, 2013 report, the Air Force Times portrayed the yogurt as a victim of the "policy barring consumption of any product that contains or is derived from hempseed or hempseed oil." Capt. Adam Koudelka, legal adviser for an Air Force drug testing facility in Texas, told the Times, "The Air Force has not restricted military members from consuming Chobani Greek yogurt; rather, only Chobani yogurt that contains hempseed or hempseed oil is prohibited, just as any product which contains or is derived from hempseed or hemp seed oil is prohibited."
The very next day, the Times quoted an email from Chobani's director of public relations, Amy Juaristi, saying, "We're committed to giving our fans what they want and are in the process of removing the ingredient from our Blueberry Power Chobani Flip." Their fans? More like, their military contracts. There wasn't enough time between the two statements for the company to have surveyed its civilian customer base or distributors.
Talk about a flip! The Air Force hadn't banned any products, threatened the company or even asked it to remove hempseeds from its product. It simply advised members of the armed forces not to eat that one particular item.
"It's too bad that Chobani took the easy out instead of standing up for its customers, its products, or even the facts," mused David Bronner, President of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, which uses hemp oil in its top-selling products. "There is no possible drug test interference because when it's been deep cleaned and de-hulled, a person can't eat enough hempseed to trigger a false positive."
The hemp foods industry has grown steadily as consumers have become aware of its high nutritional value, especially in the area of essential fatty acids (EFAs). These omega dietary compounds are the "good cholesterol" people try to get from fish oil. However, as the planet's waters become more polluted, the fish oils now carry a heavy price: heavy metals. Hempseed grown as a food crop provides the same omegas without the risk of toxic contamination. The seed oil has many dietary and industrial applications.
Among its many benefits is that hempseed contains edestin, a protein similar to the human body's own globular proteins found in blood plasma, which is easy to digest and makes the seed's other components readily available as nutrition. Edestin produces antibodies that are vital to maintain a healthy immune system. Hempseed also contains gamma linolenic acid (GLA), a compound rarely found other than in human mothers' breast milk, probably the easiest food to digest. The seed oil also lubricates the gastrointestinal tract, soothes the stomach and helps soften stool and smoothes bowel movements.
While it is often compared to soybean and flax oil, hempseed is actually more nutritious, easier to grow, and more closely resembles the protein and EFA ratios that the human body needs for nourishment. This striking physical similarity led noted scientist Carl Sagan to suggest that hempseed was perhaps the first food crop to be gathered and domesticated. Either way, the anthropological evidence of ancient hemp products in Europe, Africa and Asia points to cannabis as one of the very first cultivated crops. Of course, it was agriculture that laid the basis for human settlements, culture and civilization as we know it.
Its global industrial value up through the mid-19th century was so great that it led U.S. President-to-be Thomas Jefferson to write in 1791 that, hemp "is of first necessity to the commerce and marine, in other words to the wealth and protection of the country." Today's military relies on piss testing, instead, and hemp is illegal to grow under current federal policy. The president has legal authority to change that under rescheduling law.
Every recent President, including Barak Obama, has signed an executive order calling on the nation to maintain a supply of hemp for national security, and 2013 marked the first time in more than 50 years that the U.S. Congress has voted to allow for industrial hemp to be grown in the domestic states. Some 14 states have state-legislation in place that will allow research to move forward once the long-stalled Farm Bill is passed and signed. A number of others have legislation waiting in the wings. The State of Kentucky has convened a commission on how to capitalize on the return of hemp as a cash crop.
The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), a non-profit trade association with hundreds of member businesses, released economic estimates of the size of the U.S. retail market for hemp products in 2011 showing that retail sales of hemp food and body care products continued to set records. Sales of popular hemp items like non-dairy milk, shelled hemp seed, vegetable oil, soaps and lotions in conventional retailers grew by an estimated 11% that year alone. Transactions included in the SPINS data hit $43.5 million in 2011. Double that amount can further be attributed to the excluded retailers, like The Body Shop and Whole Foods Market, restaurants and all the unreported leading mass-market brands of suntan lotion and sunscreen products that include hemp oil as an ingredient.
"The total U.S. hemp food and body care market over the year 2011 accounted for at least $130 million in retail sales," noted Bronner. Those figures grew in 2012 and 2013, as well, but more current figures will not be available until later this year.
"It's time for the Air Force to get with the program now that even Cosco and Walmart have hempseed foods," he added. "When poppy seeds were found to trigger false positives, they simply raised the threshold to accommodate the fact that there was no impairment, but with hemp they did just the opposite, dropped the level to a third of what it is elsewhere. Hemp should be free on the land, sea, air and in space."
So, what's the big deal about eating a product that doesn't cause people to fail drug tests? To get this into perspective, good marijuana has about 10% THC or 100,000 parts per million. Hash is often 250,000 ppm or more, and hash oil 750,000 ppm and up. TestPledge limits THC in hemp nut to 1.5 ppm, which allows a typical adult to eat up to 14 ounces (not quite a pound but more than 342 grams) of hemp nut daily without failing a standard drug test. The federal government's self-imposed threshold for failing a drug test, however, is 0.05 ppm — three times below industry standards. The yogurt had about 10 grams of hempseed per serving. At a less than 1.5 parts per million for 10 grams of hemp seeds, the maximum amount of THC in the yogurt comes to 0.000,015 grams per serving. Take whatever part of that survives the digestive system and is stored in the urine at any given time, and voila, you get a sense of the scope of the danger posed. Divide that by 10,000 (number of milliliters of blood in the human body) and you get the idea.
Boiling the math down, this means that a 150-pound soldier would have to eat more than 34.2 servings of Blueberry Flip every day to come close to breeching the Air Force's most extreme drug test threshold, perhaps much more, and it might not be possible to eat enough to cross the invisible threshold of doom.
So if hempseed is not psychoactive and not detectable in drug tests, what is the problem exactly? The whole thing amounts to military overkill. The irrational Regulation AFI 44-120, paragraph 1.1.5, states that, "studies have shown that products made with hemp seed and hemp seed oil may contain varying levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active ingredient of marijuana which is detectable under the Air Force Drug Testing Program. In order to ensure military readiness, the ingestion of products containing or products derived from hemp seed or hemp seed oil is prohibited. Failure to comply with the mandatory provisions of this paragraph by military personnel is a violation of Article 92, UCMJ."
"The whole thing amounts to military overkill."
The armed forces face one insurmountable problem in achieving zero tolerance of cannabinoids in the bodily fluids of our servicemen and women is that the human anatomy makes its own cannabinoids. That's how important they are to human health and well being. The endo-cannabinoid system was first revealed in the early 1990s and extensive research since has shown that it is an important modulator of other human body systems, such as the gastro-intestinal and neurological systems. So at some point every person has detectable cannabinoids in their system.
That's a good thing, however. Just ask the mice who had their cannabinoid receptors knocked out by researchers in Israel. The poor little things couldn't take in nourishment, did not take on weight, stunted and then died.
Or consider the saga of Acomplia, one of a new class of prescription pharmaceuticals known as cannabinoid 1 receptor blockers. It went into the brain to block the CB1 receptor so people would lose weight and stop smoking at the same time. Unfortunately, it did not actually prove to be all that effective for weight loss, it was never accepted by the American FDA and its manufacturer, Sanofi Aventis, stopped making it after such a number of bigger countries banned the product following reports of suicide, suicidal tendencies, depression and other dangerous side effects.
When cannabis interacts with the human endo-cannabinoid system, however, the plant's phyto-cannabinoids can both bolster cannabinoid deficiencies and desensitize overstimulated receptors. Research suggests that this is why smoking cannabis may make one person feel sleepy but another person feel exhilarated, or one person loses their appetite after smoking while another gets a ravishing appetite, and it simultaneously soothes both the spasms and the ataxia of multiple sclerosis.
The cannabinoids affect the neurological system helping assorted human ills from chronic pain to PTSD and recent research suggests that they can help repair and regrow nerves damaged by concussions and other injuries, as well as killing both cancer and virus cells. So we may not want to eliminate cannabinoids all together.
In fact, CNN's medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta noted in Why I changed my mind on weed, August 8, 2013, that the Israeli armed forces are providing cannabis to some of its injured veterans.
Despite overwhelming evidence that hempseed has many health benefits for veterans, among others, and while there is no evidence that the natural product could cause any problems or even cause anyone to fail a screening of their body fluids for cannabinoids, the problem is an irrational policy of zero tolerance for cannabis.
Yet, there is not one shred of scientific evidence to support the claim that cannabinoid testing is safe, effective or necessary as a mechanism to protect national security or determine impairment. It's just taken as a bit of gospel that people should joyfully submit their body fluids to be tested to ensure complete subservience to the DEA's inquisitorial enforcement of the federal credo that cannabis is bad but alcohol, tobacco and firearms are good. Amen.
"It's just taken as a bit of gospel that people should joyfully submit their body fluids to be tested to ensure complete subservience to the DEA's inquisitorial enforcement of the federal credo that cannabis is bad but alcohol, tobacco and firearms are good. Amen."
From whence does this zealous infatuation with seizing and wallowing in human bodily fluids derive? Funny story, that. It seems that the National Institute on Drug Abuse once admitted that marijuana was not physically addictive, so it did a study to find out why. The reason it identified is that physically addictive drugs are purged from the body very quickly, and that causes a powerful craving for more, but cannabis metabolites are flushed through the blood stream, absorbed into fatty tissues, then slowly eliminated or excreted through human urine, fecal matter and hair. As a result, it does not cause strong cravings. The physical withdrawal found for marijuana was less than that found for coffee.
In general, if a person uses marijuana just one time, a urine test can detect metabolites for 48 to 72 hours afterwards. For a daily or regular user, urine contains traces of cannabis for up to 12 weeks depending on how long, how much and how often it is used. Testing a hair follicle can spot marijuana use back as far back as 90 days. With a saliva test, detection goes back about 24 hours, and blood tests are the most accurate for marijuana and can narrow a person's past usage down to just the past few hours.
The insidious Carlton Turner, who headed the research program, realized that if a test can find traces of THC metabolite in people's urine and hair for months after they use it, bureaucrats can use that to screen and keep marijuana users unemployed, take away educational opportunities and stigmatize them.
All that discrimination would take a lot of urine, follicle and other types of drug tests. So, Turner left NIDA and made a fortune in the testing industry. Over the years, Peter Bensinger and other federal Drug War officials have enjoyed the rotating doors between federal policymaker and corporate profit taker.
This is by no means the US government's first attack on hemp foods. As soon as the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was passed, the US Treasury arrested farmers rather than giving them licenses to grow hemp. Throughout the 1990s US Customs interfered with legal imports of hemp products. As recently as 2001 the DEA unilaterally attempted to rewrite the definition of marijuana to include non-psychoactive hempseed foods. That got shot down when the HIA sued DEA and proved in court that it will take an act of Congress to revise the definition of "marihuana" adopted in 1970, when it passed the Controlled Substances Act, which was adopted the year after the Supreme Court struck down the MTA.
So the Air Force debacle is merely the latest shot across the bough in the federal government's desperate struggle to prop up the profits the drug testing and prison industrial complex industries derived from waging an unwinnable war against a plant that was perhaps the first domesticated food crop and may turn out to be our last best hope for a sustainable future for this and future generations of people.
Meanwhile, the conservative Israeli government's armed forces provide medical marijuana for its veterans who suffer from PTSD and nerve damage.
In a bit of blowback karma, Chobani's Greek yogurt faced a nationwide recall on September 5, 2013 for product contamination. Undeterred, the U.S. continues to relentlessly taste its soldiers' bodily excretions as a litmus test to select who is allowed to serve their nation's armed forces.
Chris Conrad is the founder of the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp and author of Hemp: Lifeline to the Future and Hemp for Health. He works as a cannabis expert witness in the courts and teaches at Oaksterdam University.


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Frequently Asked Questions about Montessori
WHAT is The Montessori Method?
Education Guided by Natural Development
The Montessori approach to education was named after the Italian physician who developed it, early in the 20th century. In short, the method stems from an understanding that children are no different from the young of any other species: they are "hard-wired" (and therefore naturally eager) to interact with the environment in ways that will help them build the skills and capacities of high functioning adulthood. Different kinds of activity are important to children's growth at different stages of development, and children are naturally motivated to seek out the work that will help them complete the essential tasks of their particular developmental stage. Montessori called this "self-construction."
Teachers who bring this understanding have a very different role in the learning environment. Montessori teachers (we call them "guides") are trained to have a detailed understanding of children's development, and to be keen observers of the many subtle signs of each individual child's development.
The Montessori guide's job is to prepare the environment and provide the opportunities for children to engage in developmentally meaningful activity, which we call "work." We recognize that children's work is developmentally meaningful when it creates deep focus and the desire for repetition. We look for "meaningful work, freely chosen."
Children in Montessori environments are active, self-regulated and joyful learners, who are able to achieve their own unique potential because they are learning at their own pace in their own rhythm, drawn to work that has been made available to serve their developmental needs.
"Follow the Child" vs. "Standardize the Child"
In traditional education, committees of expert adults decide and define exactly what children need to learn, in what sequence, and on what timetables. Teachers deliver the prescribed instruction on the approved schedules. All children receive the accepted knowledge obediently, and in unison. Tests are administered regularly to prove that officially sanctioned learning is taking place at the approved pace.
Standardized curriculum decisions are made with good intentions, but they are a tragic disservice to both children and teachers. Though standardized curricula are arrived at through educated discussion and debate, they are presented unambiguously as definitive bodies of culturally necessary knowledge and skills. Neither teachers nor students are encouraged to develop the skills of inquiry and critical deliberation that allow human beings to navigate their lives confidently and self-sufficiently.
The Montessori guide is committed first and foremost to serving as a student of the child and as an assistant to each child's individual and natural development. In contrast to the obedience and passivity that are cultivated in traditional schools, in a Montessori learning community, the child's work requires active, intelligent, and freely chosen interaction with the environment. Montessori education is structured to serve – always – as preparation for life.
"Work is the cornerstone of freedom. The freedom of our children has as its limit the community, for freedom does not mean doing what one wants, but being the master of oneself." – Dr. Maria Montessori.
Who was Maria Montessori?
Physician & Anthropologist
Dr. Maria Montessori, born in Italy in 1870, was among the first Italian women ever to receive a medical degree. Dr. Montessori was also a passionate student of Anthropology. For a number of years after receiving her diploma, she put this unique skill set to work, scientifically observing and thoroughly documenting the development of children. She recognized that at each stage of development, children exhibit extraordinary sensitivities and interests in experience and activity that serves their particular developmental needs. Once she had developed a thorough understanding and complete mapping of the predictable patterns of child development, Dr. Montessori became curious about what schools might look like if they were designed to anticipate and respond to children's clear and distinct developmental needs.
She had the opportunity to try out her ideas in a housing tenement in the slums of San Lorenzo, where she started what she called a "Children's House" for children between the ages of 3 and 6. Before long, the learning community she created in San Lorenzo was attracting the attention of educators from all over the globe. Dr. Montessori spent the rest of her life devising an integrated body of developmentally meaningful materials and learning environments, and preparing practitioners to serve children in those settings. Though many educators came to study and borrow from Montessori's ideas and materials, she remained adamant throughout her life that her method was, by necessity, an integrated whole, and would lose its effectiveness if applied in piecemeal fashion.
What is Scientific Pedagogy?
The Scientific Method Applied by Trained Educators
American book publishers refused to use Dr. Montessori's term, "Scientific Pedagogy," in the titles of her published work. Dr. Montessori thought the preferred marketing term "The Montessori Method" diminished the importance of the scientific perspective that made her method powerful and universally applicable.
Scientific Pedagogy is the systematic application of an understanding of the universal characteristics of children to the preparation of environments, materials, and learning cultures that serve the unique development of each individual child. Scientific Pedagogy is the close observation of the individual child within a reflective practice, in which the actions of the guide are responsive to phenomena observed in the personality of the child.
In the years since Dr. Montessori's death, the materials and lessons she developed as an integrated body of work have been implemented unsystematically, resulting in an enormous range of quality and authenticity in Montessori schools and classrooms. Though no one has the standing to judge the authenticity of another's interpretation, we ore convinced that scientific pedagogy is the essential"pedagogical DNA" without which authentic Montessori practice is quite impossible. Even with a fully equipped classroom and a knowledgeable guide, "The Method" can't be implemented without a transformed understanding of the adult's role in the classroom.
One of Maria Montessori's most often-repeated admonitions is: "Follow the child." This statement is a reminder of the transformed orientation to teaching and learning that is necessary for the Montessori practitioner… a commitment to serving as a student of development, as a discerning observer of the child, and as a humble assistant to each child's unique and idiosyncratic internal self-construction.


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A couple of weeks ago I went to the BAD, first crime writing festival here in Sydney and sat in on an entertaining session with Catherine Overington and Megan Goldin. Both are former journalists, now turned crime writers. I've been mulling over something Catherine said especially in light of finishing Did You See Melody? about technology and crime.
She said technology makes it harder to write mysteries and crime now because basically there should be cameras about and people have cameras and video cameras in their hands every day – and she's right.
Did You See Melody? is an example of this, I think – the first half is pretty entertaining and the author uses Youtube to get readers and the "main" character up to speed on the Melody Chapa case there. The author uses the Youtube vidoes quite well I thought, and Cara as the main character was entertaining enough for me to stick with the book and get through Part 1 — which is in essence a massive (and entertaining) info dump about the case driving this book. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Things got unstuck for several reasons in part 2 for me, some detailed in my review. But most of all was Cara's use of technology — especially at a tense moment when she should actually have been focused on getting mobile instead of getting a message out to her family through Instagram, which as she successfully does get mobile and does return to the spa where all this is going down anyway, why did she stop to write a message to her daughter? Surely there could have been easier ways to get her family into the book.
The situation was awkward and it didn't make sense because Cara escaped anyway, so the consequences of the message could have been gotten in an entirely different way, than having her stop her escape to send a message via Instagram. Instagram. It wasn't even a message, it was a post on one of her kid's pictures… and it befuddled me, and it befuddles me still. I wondered if in the rush to use technology, the author found herself in the most awkward of situations.
The other thing I wondered was, where were the cameras in the spa?? Why didn't anyone want to check them out to find other characters? Shouldn't a spa have cameras?
But then I got to wondering — is it me? Am I too conditioned to think of technology like that that these situations seem strange? Has tech changed who I am as a reader?
What experience have you had with technology in the books you read?


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The ICM calculations in MTT before the final table will help to improve your poker skills with short stacks on the bubble, on the pre-final table, and in the other situations.
ICMIZER allows you to review situations and find optimal plays in MTTs with up to 100 players remaining.
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Photo: The purpose of boyhood is to make a mess. The purpose of rain slickers is to help facilitate that. The purpose of motherhood is to turn a blind eye so that the magic can happen. The purpose of clawfoot tubs is to warm little bodies and rinse off the mud. The purpose of Clorox is to help clean up the muddy footprints. The purpose of Advil is to help with the inevitable backpain that comes after all of this. The purpose of quiet moments is to smile at the joyful memory.
What a glorious Friday after the three days of clouds and rain! The colors are popping on the trees and are even more vibrant thanks to the much needed moisture. The brilliant sunlight certainly enhances their hue as well! I got to sit at my desk this morning with my feet up, the house quiet and baby free, and stare out at the barn and the maple tree that hangs over it, graciously adorning my yard with ruby red leaves.
And my Quiet Thoughts are on exactly that: Quiet Thought and how precious it is. Quiet, indeed, is a narrative theme that is emerging for me this year.
I noticed it last week when I started my morning lap swimming. My local community has a pool at the high school and they let community members sign up for lap swim at a reasonable fee. Twice a week, I get up at 5, I write for 50 minutes then I get in my car and drive over there for 40 minutes of lap swimming.
The world is perfectly still at 6 in the morning.
And so is the pool: empty locker room, empty pool but for a lifeguard and 2 others that I've seen.
And when I'm in the water, my brain is empty, too. No task lists, no worries, no muse whispering to me about some story… I hear water, I hear my breathing, I hear my heartbeat. That's it.
When I first started doing this, I hadn't noticed just how beautifully quiet my morning was until I was sitting in the empty locker room getting dressed. A voice in my head said, "sit here. Enjoy this. You're always begging for this and here it is… so sit here a moment and enjoy it." But I was already thinking about the things I needed to do, and I was anxious to get home so that The Husband would have plenty of wiggle room to catch his train. I dressed quickly and stepped out into the emerging morning, dashed home and had a cup of coffee. The boys were still sleeping, so I hopped into a good long shower, and stepped out feeling awesome and refreshed. When I didn't hear anything from the nursery, I thought I was getting away with something! I'd be able to grease my scalp? Leisurely get some lotion on my skin? I practically danced into my bedroom to do these things, leaving the bathroom door open, letting out all of that steam from the shower
and setting off the hallway fire alarm
and all of the fire alarms in the house, because they are all hardwired.
Screaming boys. Ringing ears. No escape in any corner of the house. No husband to come help. Had to be a self-saving princess.
40 minutes later, I'm sitting with ringing ears and two unhappy children (but silent alarms, thank God) and that voice came back to me: "I told you so."
There have been multiple moments since then when I've had opportunity to stop and think, or stop and listen, or to simply notice the peace and quiet. I've been sure to take them… including giving myself an extra five minutes in that locker room after each session to close my eyes and hear nothing before stepping back out into the world. Lately, during non-school days, I find myself looking up and realizing that the boys are playing happily without making a peep, or that nothing needs to be done and I can sit for a moment. I find myself stopping and staring at a remarkable view or enjoying the call of the migrating geese overhead. Though I thought I'd done that before, I feel more conscious about it now. It's an interesting new narrative theme: to stop, to enjoy, to relish the moment.
It is hard to focus when it feels like all tasks and requests have the same level of priority. There are times when I feel like I'm going from crisis to crisis without a lot of room to rest in between. Or worse, I've got an ongoing task, something that requires a bit of focus and skill, and then everything else invades my mental space. After sustaining that for a while, the mind gets scattered: It's hard to prioritize which thoughts/ideas/tasks are important and what can wait. To have these mornings of nothingness has brought back something I'd lost along the way. Allowing the body to work while the brain lies fallow has given me back a clarity and focus that I haven't had for a long time.
I know that I wrote about "bringing the noise" last week in my last panic of 20hood, but I meant that in a different kind of way: To relish in the quiet is to bring relief to an overworked mind, to bring the noise to my tasks is to keep up the momentum. Finishing this book has been harder than I thought it would be. I'm pushing, but the progress is slow (I'm calling it a case of "the middles"). I am slowly getting out of the slog, and recommitting myself over and over to finishing this thing. I've been bringing the noise every morning: up at 5 and writing. Every morning. No excuses. I'm averaging only 600 words a day right now… but that's 600 closer to The End. If I can continue to combine the necessity and relief of the quiet and use that to energize the moments of loud creativity, I'll meet my goal. Maybe even exceed it. Here's hoping.
To wake up on this beautiful Friday and observe, quietly and thoughtfully, its beauty brings me warmth and wishes. It makes me wish for apple dumplings, warm with a bit of whipped cream on top and presented to you by someone who loves you with an eager smile. I wish you a sip of good tea with a few drops of honey in it, enjoyed in the light of the morning with a view of the changing landscape. I wish you the sight of rustic things: scarecrows and hay bales, decorative pumpkins and corn stalks, the things that take your mind to childhood field-trips to the farm. I wish you a dry pile of leaves and the playful spirit to jump into it. I wish you your first bowl of soup, preferably tomato with just a touch of cream and basil and maybe a bit of salty cheese. Bonus points if it is served with bread, and extra bonus points if that bread is baked by hands that you know and love. I wish you a whisper in your ear; something sweet and surprising that will stick with you for days and make you smile in the quiet moments of your day. I wish you two quiet moments: one in the morning for contemplation or reflection and another in the evening for dreaming and staring at the beautiful moon. I wish you the warmth of a blanket, a good book, and sweet slumber. And I wish you the joy of knowing that you are known and loved. You deserve it.
Until Monday, take care.


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Morning Scoop
NASA has poop handled, Hot Mugshot Guy goes legit – your Morning Scoop
Salutations, fellow sentients. It's Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 and here's your Morning Scoop of news and other stuff. Subscribe to add the Scoop to your email inbox. It's easy.
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"We think it'll help [minimize] cases where maybe one specific story goes viral even if there might not be something real going on in the world about that story," – Facebook VP Will Cathcart on the social media platform's effort to reduce fake news in your feed.
What You Need to Know
• Is Rep. Devin Nunes' stance on ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn politically astute or tone-deaf? You decide.
• Fresno Unified's school board – a telenovela filmed largely behind closed doors – wrapped another episode in the "Adios, Michael Hanson" story arc, approving an old face as interim superintendent.
• NASA says it has its poop problem ... handled. We're not sure we want to read more about this, but if you do ...
• The Oroville Dam crisis appears to be winding down, even as the weather winds up. Let the finger-pointing begin.
What You Want to Know
• Raiders quarterback Derek Carr shows signs of an impressive bounceback from that broken leg. #BulldogStrong, No. 4.
• Remember this man? Hot Mugshot Guy is living large, walking the runway for New York Fashion Week. Wow. Crime does pay.
• Fig Garden Village grabs a boutique clothing store from Fashion Fair and attracts a source of fancy paper airplanes.
• Sorry, Oceano Dunes will be closed on Presidents Day weekend. Go be wet and cold someplace else.
• Bonnie Raitt talked to our music writer, Josh Tehee (she's coming to Warnors Theatre next week). Please enjoy the result while we quiver with jealousy.
• "Firefall" is an incredible and fleeting trick of sunlight in Yosemite National Park. It's happening now. Photographers have come a-runnin'.
What You Wish You Didn't Know
• A crime lab technician in Tulare County is in hot water after stuff stolen from an evidence room forced the district attorney to drop three drug cases.
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Copart Inc. CPRT, +0.44% added 20 million shares to its stock repurchase plan, joining several companies that are expanding their buyback programs to reassure investors amid a volatile stock market.
The country's largest auctioneer of damaged and recovered stolen vehicles can now buyback up to 28.5 million more shares, including prior authorizations. The company has 67.6 million shares outstanding.
Copart has posted improved earnings in recent quarters, usually on stronger revenue from service fees. On Tuesday, Copart said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 12% as strong vehicle sales contributed to a 13% rise in revenue.
Shares closed Thursday at $37.03 and were inactive premarket. The stock is 23% off its $47.97 high set on July 7.


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Ontario's best plan is a move to 100 per cent renewable energy
A group of fourteen organizations, including environmentalists, doctors and nurses, says that Ontario's next energy plan should empower citizens and communities to join the global movement toward 100 per cent renewable energy.
"Ontario's energy plan needs a major make-over to take advantage of technological innovation and declining costs in the renewable energy industry. The province should follow the lead of communities, such as Oxford County, that are transitioning to clean and healthy 100 per cent renewable energy," said Keith Brooks, Programs Director with Environmental Defence.
On the heels of a decision to suspend the procurement of additional renewable energy supplies, the Ontario Ministry of Energy recently announced it will tour the province over the next two months to seek input on its next Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP).
The fourteen organizations say that as the province looks ahead to update the LTEP, it must acknowledge where cost trends are headed – down for renewables, up for nuclear.
"With the cost of renewable energy declining so rapidly, Ontario's next energy plan needs to ensure we can take advantage of fast-moving innovation in the clean energy sector to lower our energy bills, greenhouse gas emissions and nuclear risks," said Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director with the Canadian Environmental Law Association.
The group says the province's next energy plan must prioritize and empower citizen- and community-focused energy generation and move away from the current top-down approach to energy planning; and it needs to come clean on the true cost of nuclear power.
"Currently, there's no requirement in Ontario's energy plan for nuclear megaprojects to be cost effective or to be independently reviewed. This is one of the biggest barriers to Ontario taking advantage of the rapidly declining cost of renewables," said Shawn-Patrick Stensil, a senior energy analyst with Greenpeace.
The group is asking other organizations and citizens to endorse their 100 per cent Renewable Energy Declaration and participate in the province's Long-Term Energy Plan consultations. The declaration can be found at 100REOntario.org.
The organizations who have endorsed the statement include: the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, the David Suzuki Foundation, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Environmental Defence, Greenpeace, the Federation of Renewable Energy Cooperatives, the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative, Ecology Ottawa, the Pembina Institute, Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Northwatch and the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
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Allen Braude, Environmental Defence, (416) 323-9521 ext. 247; (416) 356-2587 (cell); firstname.lastname@example.com
Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director, Canadian Environmental Law Association, (416) 960-2284 ext 7219;
(416) 662-8341(cell)
Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Senior Energy Analyst, Greenpeace, 416-884-7053
Collection of materials on achieving a renewable energy future for Ontario
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Bernardo Moya
CEO / Founder
Bernardo would like to think of himself as the "Chief Inspiring Officer". He's an NLP Trainer and author and loves how The Best You is "shaking up" the world of self improvement. When he does manage to tear himself away from The Best You, you will find him travelling the world on motorbikes!
Steve Kelly
The Best You Advisor
Stevie G, mental Liverpool fan, Yoga instructor and Master NLP Practitioner. We love Steve's undying positivity and his zest for life!
Katie Wright
A global traveler and communicator
Personal and professional development has always been important to me as it helped me to understand the needs of different people and cultures . Mother of 4 children, means I am generally happy to give a listening ear, to gain a better understand in order to find a solution, as everyone is unique and requires different things to grow. Business development, sales and marketing are the skill sets I bring to The Best You. My best asset – rising to the challenge and finding a way to a win win solution.
Obeda Qazi
Obeda is our numbers queen. Nothing gets past her! She's bubbly, outgoing and loves to meet the new people.
Matt Wingett
Associate Editor
Matt Wingett is a writer with experience in television, newspapers, magazines, web media, advertising and books.
Dipak Shah
Financial Controller
Dipak's job is not easy, he tries to keep Bernardo's vision inline with our cash flow expectations.
Pollyanna Lindley
Pollyanna Lindley is an eLearning specialist. She has over 10 years experience in online learning and 20 years in film, education and training. Having made the painful transition from delivering classroom training to online learning – she now helps others with that journey. She started working in eLearning for Westminster Kingsway College and Ravensbourne University – building and delivering online courses. She went on to work as an eLearning Consultant and Instructional Designer for Pearson (the world's largest education provider). Polly now works with The Best You as a consultant helping to design, build and deliver their online learning.
Gigi Moya
NLP Talks Manager and Content Curator
Gigi is a recent graduate from Met Film School and has a passion for anything relating to film and media. Her experience at University has given her the necessary tools to excel in a challenging position within the creative industries. Currently Gigi works for The Best You as the NLP Talks Manager and content curator. She does this alongside her colleague Mia, the duo help in the running of the membership side of NLP Life Talks.
Mia Asante
Video Editor
Mia Asante is a highly passionate and enthusiastic video editor who over the past five years has taken every opportunity to study and produce films. Mia loves exploring the world around her through filmmaking.
Her courses, training, and experience have provided valuable knowledge in creative & technical filmmaking and editing. Mia works as the video editor at The Best You and helps to run the e-learning site alongside Gigi and Polly.


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The brief required that a representative cross section of the Dutch population should be somehow connected by a strong visual technique. Each person would say either 'yes' or 'no' to being an organ donor and yeses and nos would be integrated into the Dutch happy birthday song. The idea from the camera juggling sequence in the Bluetones video fitted very well.
This was shot in South Africa for weather and suitable locations. Relaxed, easy crowd surfing was harder than it looks.
Many plate spinners were gathered together to achieve this ident. It was on the edge of the crane capability to make this geometric move. We extended the arm to get high enough for the framing of the 2.
Casting for this commercial was done by putting up notices in swimming pools. We filmed for 2 days at a pool and Jamie, who appears in 'Waterwork' came over to Holland to help teach people to blow circular bubbles.
This commercial was realised in post production. The people were filmed walking on a treadmill in a green screen studio with the camera on a dolly on circular tracks. Some elements such as posts and small bushes were also in the studio. The background was constructed out of locked off camera shots at the various locations and then joined together as a very long digital movie strip. Finally the strip was moved past behind the people at the right speed to match the circular tracking.
Taking ideas from my early film 'Expanded Movie', this commercial was shot by combining two lenses designed for cinemascope shooting. Looking through the camera the image is squashed or squeezed by a factor of 4 in one direction. At one point a tram comes round a corner leaning over and passes a vertical red post. In reality the post was leaning at an angle of about 40 degrees to the ground. It was quite bizarre to compare the reality with the camera view. In a very early experiment of this technique I used a Frank Zappa track for the sound which greatly influenced the music recording we made for the commercial.
Having used the Satelite crane on several commercials I wanted to push the idea further by using cross-over wipes, where one scene appears to linger into the next. Also we did not always position the camera so that it looks straight down in the centre of the arc. The concept seemed to be perfect for the technique, bringing together a great variety of locations and uniting them with movement.
These one-shot spots for the Dutch mobile phone network, Ben, were part of a very large campaign by Dutch agency Kessels Kramer. They were low budget with simple set-ups and no post production apart from the text. The launderette spot was quite difficult to achieve. Cables for zoom control and monitor had to be wrapped around the drum before being unravelled in the take. The girl in the jacket with tassels is in the 'Orbal' that features in the film 'Geometry & Gravity'.
This was shot on location in Morocco and France. The film camera was mounted on a rigid sheath, cast to fit the arm of the performer. Not the most comfortable rig. The narrow footbridge was cantilevered off the side of a truck parked on a road bridge.
This commercial was shot on large sets at Pinewood Studios. The camera was mounted on a Super Technocrane, a large jib crane that can also extend in length. We raised the crane up onto a platform so that we could maximise the reach vertically. Six people were operating the camera, pan & tilt, zoom, focus and three on the crane. They were able to repeat the move, positions and timing incredibly accurately. Each shot is about 13 seconds, which is long in a commercial, and some people thought it would be too long, but when we started shooting we found it nearly impossible to achieve in the time. The clients hated the result and chopped it up with stock footage of cities at night.
We shot this in Almeria, Southern Spain. We had two BMW cars for the end shots, they arrived in a big truck and were not supposed to be driven more than 20km or the agency would have to pay for them. The agency producer worried about this and we enjoyed exaggerating the mileage when he asked after each take.
This was filmed in Australia and New Zealand, partly justified because we needed a corn field in February. The underwater shot was made on the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns. While we filmed a shoal of jellyfish came by which looked amazing but freaked out the swimmer. Quite often people fail to notice the woman rising up off the ground in the beach shot.
This was the first commercial I directed. It was shot in a studio in Milan on big cyclorama sets. I was trying to quickly figure out exactly what was expected of me as director and what the job was. I soon realised that it was not much different to making work on my own, I had to make a lot of decisions as usual but now other people carried them out. During the shoot I had to invent a way to achieve the last shot and ended up sending for my own tripod which could make the 90degree tilt.
This was filmed at the Brewery in Brick Lane, London and at a North London park. We set up in the park in pouring rain with the crane getting stuck in the mud. I remember asking the band members to run at one point and they complained that they were always asked to run in their videos. At the time many music videos featured bands running around. My favourite shot, with the guy juggling the camera, I developed further in the recent organ donation TV spot for Holland.
I had just bought a 35mm film camera and this was the first thing I used it for. The rolling shape I originally made as a student, it was filmed rolling on a mirror with the camera upside down. We travelled around with the big mirror on the roof of my car looking for suitable locations. 'The Orb' put us in touch with the brilliant juggler. I like to show it on a big screen so that the film becomes a changing light source.
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A music video for Strange Billy The Saint and Bernadette. Two people see each other for the first time and want to 'bottle' the feeling. Watery images lead to a chorus of the sea breaking over us as they finally come together.


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NJ Transit bus and rail riders started paying more to reach their destinations today -- and whether you ride the bus, light rail or train, chances are you're already feeling the pinch.
Fares went up to 25 percent for rail and intercity bus service and by 10 percent for local bus and light rail. Off-peak discounts have been eliminated.
The agency has said the increases -- the first since fares went up about 9 percent in 2007 -- were made necessary by a $300 million budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year.
But some NJ Transit riders think the prices are going up too fast.
"I am really frustrated because it was $1.90 at first and then it was $2.10 all of a sudden," said Geraldine Lopez, a light rail user from Jersey City.
The fare increase will be especially painful for some. Considering the elimination of off peak round trip discounts, the hike can mean the equivalent of a 45 percent increase for those who travel during those times, according to NJ Transit.
"It was $30 to come in from Hamilton, N.J.," said Joanne Jeffers of Bucks County, Penn. How much did it used to be? $20.50."
While most people already feel the pinch, there was an exception.
"We bought our ticket last week so we were smart," said Jan Kirk of Princeton, N.J.
But unless you have a stockpile of tickets you may have to come up with another option. And one NJ Transit rider has a suggestion.
"Start carpooling," says Bob Zinsman.


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Time Lapse Shows 9 Months of Curiosity's Mars Mission in 1 Minute
In what he claims is his first attempt at the time-lapse process, Karl Sanford has compiled raw images from Curiosity's mission, creating a stunning visual chronicle of the rover's movements on Mars. He even posted the code he used to create the video on GitHub.To assemble the time lapse, Sanford used images taken by Curiosity's Front Hazard Avoidance Cameras, or Front Hazcams, which were snapped from Sol 0 to Sol 281. (Sol is the term used to refer to a Martian day.) The resulting video covers some nine Earth-months of the rover's data-gathering mission on Mars.
As each sol begins, NASA scientists play a different "rover wake-up song" to usher in a new day. On Sol 5, for instance, engineers blasted Wagner's portentous "Ride of the Valkyries" while on Sol 27, "Stronger" by Kanye West was deemed a more appropriate melody. To get the full Mars experience, we suggest you queue up one of the tunes while you watch the rover at work in the video, above. The full playlist, categorized by sol, is visible here.
Curiosity, an avid Twitter user, even tweeted Sanford's video to its 1.3 million followers:
Just a minute! That's all it takes to see 9 months of my mission thanks to fan @krsanford's time lapse youtu.be/3FH6QPAD-BU
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) May 24, 2013
If you're wondering what, exactly, Curiosity is doing on Mars, Avi Okon, lead hardware engineer for the rover's drill, explains the mechanics of gathering samples on the planet's surface in this video.
The rover itself is the result of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif.
SEE ALSO: Stunning Mars Panoramas Show Curiosity Rover at Work
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 26, 2011, Curiosity successfully landed in the Red Planet's Gale Crater on Aug. 6, 2012 UTC. The rover's radioisotope thermoelectric power-generator, supplied by the U.S. Department of Energy, produces electricity for its journey on the planet's surface. Drawing from that long-lasting energy source, Curiosity is expected to be operational for at least a full Mars year, or 687 Earth days.
The rover has already achieved its chief goal, which was to find out whether Mars could have once sustained microbial life. As determined by the mix of compounds in a recent sample, it could have.
Despite technically completing its mission, Curiosity will stay on the planet gathering data, and continuing to examine our distant neighbor. As Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program told Space.com, "Mars has written its autobiography in the rocks of Gale Crater, and we've just started deciphering that story.
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
Karl Sanford is a thirteen year veteran of the Information Technology field, currently working as an Application Developer for Open Systems Technologies (OST) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During his career, Karl has worked in numerous technology disciplines, including: networking, infrastructure, administration, support, business intelligence, systems analysis, and software development. When he isn't working or tinkering with new technologies, Karl spends his time with his wife Tovah, and their dogs and cats. You can connect with Karl via LinkedIn or Twitter


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Hi everyone!
This post is to hopefully committing and posting a lot more often.
My purpose and objective is to really commit to practicing and improving my art level for all art forms I love doing really. Being sketching, drawing, painting, sculpting (real life and 3D sculpting) and anything in between. And at the same time, receiving feedback to have a better view of all angles to how I can improve.
To restart my posts in my sketchbook, I've decided to finish this piece. It was originally an exercise from a seminar I attended in Mexico called "Objective, Hollywood: the 10 techniques used in visual effects for the film industry". Basically the goal of this exercise was to try and achieve realism, painting from a photo reference as a guide and try to get it as close to the real photo as possible. This was made in Photoshop.
I know it's not the most amazing piece, nor the most original thing out there (the original picture has been seen so many times all over the place). But I decided I should finish what I've started, and start like that with all other projects that I've left pending overtime. And then from there pick it up and do more ambitious projects one step at a time.
C&C are most welcome.
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DIABOLO aims at producing better knowledge of forest resources and their ability to sustainably supply forest ecosystem goods and services as required by a broad range of relevant stakeholders. This knowledge will create new opportunities for an innovative, sustainable and inclusive bio-economy in Europe.
To deliver high impact, beyond state-of-the-art results, the trans-disciplinary research project DIABOLO involves experts from 25 European countries, in quantitative modelling, policy and social science, and national forest inventories, committed to provide new methodologies and information for a variety of end-uses within the ecological, social and economic diversity in Europe.
DIABOLO is a four-year EU H2020 collaborative project, with a total budget of EUR 5 million. The European Commission contribution is EUR 4.7 million. The project runs from March 2014 to February 2019.
The project consortium includes 33 partners from 26 European countries:
A special feature of this project is the ENFIN network. The objective of ENFIN is to promote the national forest inventories as comprehensive monitoring systems by collecting harmonised information on forest ecosystems and landscapes changes.
The Coordinator is Luke, the Natural Resources Institute Finland.


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To make things a little easier for shoppers, we thought we'd make a few suggestions. Here is a selection of our vendors that feature fashion forward items. Whether it's a gift for a loved one, or the perfect item for your next holiday party, add these goodies to your list! There's so much more to discover at Crafty Mart @ Goodyear on Friday, Dec. 23rd.
All APE MADE clothing items are hand printed using eco-friendly inks. Our classic Ohio State on Red Piped Fleece Track Jackets are a hit during the holidays for both guys and girls, featuring super soft fabric with a relaxed fit, cadet collar, raglan sleeves, front zipper and contrast white piping.
Our neckties are a unique gift favorite for your local (or ex-pat) Akronite, hand screen printed with original designs, available in both standard and skinny and in a variety of colors.
We can also recommend items from a couple of featured artists & makers who have worked with us in the past.
Tidal Cool designs sophisticated fashions for men and women--perfect for the holidays.
And, Liza Michelle Jewelry shows an attention to detail that is sure to impress.
We'll see everyone on Friday, Dec 23rd from noon-7pm at Crafty Mart @ Goodyear.
Did you see the previous #GoodyearCM shopping guides on holiday entertaining and stocking stuffers?


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Greetings and Blessings!
I wanted you all to know about an upcoming program I am so excited about hosting in the vibrant country of Panama, Central America.
The two sequential 4-Night/5Day Retreats will feature a celebration of food, health, culture, nature, medicine and one love. My life's goal is to share with the world a higher side of livity. Everyone has the right to access and know a good life. I will lead with daily workshops and fill the days with top local experts in traditional indigenous medicine and well being. Please join me in one or two of my 4-Night/5 Day sequential retreats.
Sequence 1 is in the lush blue mountains of Panama, Central America, in the retreat known as "The Tree House", in Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park.
Sequence 2 will be hosted on our private island retreat and Native Like Water Rainforest project on the Island of Cebaco on the Pacific Ocean.
Both locations, nature does much of the work and I help usher the experience along with fine food and local experts. The Native Like Water team has been doing cultural exchanges for 10 years in Panama, and I am so glad I will now have the opportunity to host you for days of inspiration and love.
I hope to inspire you to join me on one or both of the retreats. We have kept the cost down to a minimum, and proceeds go to Native Like Water programming which continues to do great work with youth and the human family. We are all one.
I cant wait to spend a magical time with you in Panama!
All My Love, Mama T
(Sequence 1)
February 11-15: "Tree House" Private Retreat, Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park (see video below)
(Sequence 2)
February 16-20 "Cocobolo" Private Island Retreat and Rainforest Project, Cebaco Island, Veraguas, Panama (see video below)
Each Sequence is $1800 each for "early bird" special with registration before Nov. 1st.
After November 1st Price is $200O.
Enroll in both Sequence 1 and 2 together: $3300
Airfare is separate.
Sequence 1 at Cerro Azul Includes:
- Daily Food as Medicine Workshops (Introduction/Intermediate Cooked and Raw Prepared Food)
- All Meals. Carefully planned food menu options to fit each persons, needs, wants and interests. Wine available.
- Beautiful Accommodations nestled in tropical mountains with perfect cool climate.
- Welcome Massage
- Daily Guided Water Fall and Sacred Places Hikes
- Daily Yoga Instruction
- Traditional Embera* Botanical Medicine Walk and Gathering
- Embera Health Diagnosis
- Personal Healthy Eating/Wellness Plan
- Fresh Juices and Coconut Water
- Airport Transfer
- Surprise Guest Chef Visits
*Embera are one of Panama's local indigenous ethnic groups. They are known as Embera, "Healing People", and our female healer, Irma Caisimo practice is passed on from generation to generation. She is a full time healer with a daily practice which uses rain forest and plant based medicine.
As the birds from the southern and northern hemisphere continue to do, we too travel to exchange and gather knowledge, nutrients at the center of "The Americas." It is said "birds of a feather flock together". Pono, ital and vital.
Sequence 1: Mama T Food as Medicine Retreat at Cerro Azul (Blue Mountains) of the Chagres National Forest. We take time to rest our wings as do the world's largest bird population does.
After picking you up at the airport we will drive 40 minutes into the cool climate of Cerro Azul. We are given time to rest and unwind, before embarking upon hikes in the mountains where rainforests, waterfalls, monkeys, sloths, and toucans abound.
The world's largest list of birds is documented in Panama, and it continues to grow. The Chagres National Park is the largest reserve forest in Panama and the natural water shed that fills the Panama Canal. Cerro Azul "cloud forest" is inspiring, amazing and the only vantage point you can see the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean at the same time.
See the video program (right) done on the Cerro Azul retreat hosting site, featuring Native Like Water Director, Marc Chavez and Guest Chef Ras Joe.
Sequence 2: Cebaco Island and Coiba National Park, Pacific Ocean
Island of Cebaco and Montijo Bay is life as we know it, or should know it and was the home to pre-colombian indigenous king and anti-colonial warrior. Today, this area is of global importance and recognized for its infinite biodiversity. On both the list of the United Nations World Heritage and Ramsy World Report on protected areas, Montijo Bay and the islands give all and ask only for kindness in return. We are blessed to co-exist within this sacred life force and remain in awe, humility at nature's perfect state.
Sequence 2 Includes
- Daily Food as Medicine Workshops (Introduction/Intermediate Cooked and Raw Prepared Food)
- All Meals. Carefully planned food menu options to fit each persons, needs, wants and interests. Wine not included but available.
- Oceanfront Beautiful Accommodations nestled against the back drop of a tropical rainforest project.
- Welcome Massage
- Daily Guided Water Fall and Sacred Places Hikes
- Daily Yoga Instruction
- Boat excursion around Cebaco Island, beach hoping, snorkel
- Personal Healthy Eating/Wellness Plan
- Fresh Juices and Coconut Water
- Airport Transfer
- Surprise Guest Chef Visits
By small boat, we explore deep inlets of mangroves and bare witness to rare birds, reptiles and monkeys in abundance. Montijo Bay or "Gulfo" is the conversion of sweet water (agua dulce) and the open sea, the transition between land and ocean life. A cradle of life.
Dolphins, sea turtles, and whales are often seen and birds circling the grounds under light blue skies. Water instills a deeper sense and meditation. Like everything, fine food is served, pure and fresh. The options of snorkeling, horseback riding, surfing, kayaking, fishing, island hoping, and exploration of the greatest and newest biological find in the world- Coiba National Park - and more are at your leisure. One is immersed in the rhythm of nature: one vibe.
Early Bird Special: Enroll in both Sequence 1 and Sequence 2 and you will also explore Panama City, Panama Canal, Embera Nation, and tropical beaches of Guna Yala (San Blas, Caribbean) at no additional cost.
Extra Excursions Options (not included in retreat price if enrolling a singular Sequence):
February 15/20 Option: Panama City Tour, Panama Canal Tour, Night Out!
Here we have time to tour around Panama City, and see the famous Panama Canal and Colonial Town of Casco Viejo. Night Clubs, World-class restaurants and shopping malls. 1/2 Day and Full Night Tour: $75 per person (Food and Drink not Included)
Febuary 15: Guna Yala, aka Archipelago of San Blas, Caribbean Sea
A model of Sovereignty and Autonomy, Guna Yala People hold it down on the colors of the Caribbean, which are highlighted in the traditional textiles of las molas. This is the safe zone of the Caribbean; Panama's coast is hurricane free. San Blas / Guna Yala is a sacred paradise, as visitors must receive permission to enter this territory. We have built a good relationship with the Native people of this community, and they open their houses, tribal councils and traditional ways to us. We share with them the calm, comforting blue waters of the Caribbean Sea—Earth's nourishing swimming pool—and trade stories about our ancestral roots. Cultural Presentation and discourse are shared here at this UNESCO "World Heritage" Site. $150 Per Person (Food and Drink Included)
Early program registration is highly encouraged. November 1st is the deadline for early registration.
Early program registration is highly encouraged.
This is small group travel, not to exceed 15 people. Price is kept to a minimum. With the amount of personal attention and experience each participant receives compared to commercial tours, cost is very reasonable. We are a non-profit 501c3 organization and a gifted educational donation or sponsored participant is Tax-Deductible
This program does not include air fair. Flights from LAX or major hubs range from $500-$600 and flight duration are either 3 1/2 hours (Houston, Atlanta, Denver) or 6 hour direct flights from LAX, NYC, D.C. or SFO (connection).
More questions? Please email:
or call: 858- 314-8821
The fertile land known as Turtle Island, is joined in Panama at - the "Bridge of the Americas." Known as friendly city people welcome you in Spanish, English, Creole, Island English, Chinese and Indigenous Dialects. This is where World Trade Routes were realized and where Balboa Vasquez Nuñez / Panama American World Fair, inspired San Diego's Balboa Park on the grounds of the Kumeyaay Villages to the North.
Panama Frequently Asked Questions
* Daily itinerary subject to change.
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Biggest Line Up of the Year this Saturday at Southern Raceway!
We are expecting our largest field of the year with more cars, more races and more fun! Join us on Saturday, July 22nd for 7 racing classes including a $1,000 to Win NeSmith Street Stock Feature along with Pure Stock, Vintage, Open Wheel Modified, 602 Sportsman, Stingers and Slingshots!
All Gates Open at 4:00 PM, Racing Starts at 7:00 PM, Drivers Must Be Signed In by 5:30 PM
Adults $10, Military/Senior $9, Students (13-18) $7, Children (6-12) $5, Kids 5 & Under FREE


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Are you a backup procrastinator? Don't deny it! You've probably never backed up a single byte in your whole miserable life! You know what I mean. You have important files on your computer, and you create new ones and update old ones every day. You know you need to have backups in case somehow you lose those vital documents, but dang it, you just never get around to it. You know who you are. When the time comes when your computer betrays you, and it will, I promise you, you will bawl like an eviscerated swine, because you didn't do the right thing.
But backing up is a pain in the a$$. I understand. Except it doesn't have to be. Let me tell you what I do. I've got a free account with an outfit called Mozy. The exist somewhere on the Internet. I don't know where they are and I don't care. The point is, they do a weekly backup of my important data (I could set it up to do backups more or less often), and it's all stored on their servers, available for me to restore at any time. You can store up to 2 GB with them for zero dollars. Every Sunday night my data gets backed up, and I don't have to lift a finger, or anything else. (I also copy an image of my hard drive to an external unit every week, in case my drive goes kablooey; for that I use Acronis True Image.)
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2012 has been a year dominated by interesting collaborations between fashion and makeup brands and one of the most pleasant collaborations is definitely the one between popular discount brand Target and luxury chain Neiman Marcus. Numerous designers pitched-in to put together the Target + Neiman Marcus holiday 2012 lookbook making this collection even more exciting and a fab find for true fashionistas. Covering a wide range of items, the collection that unveils the talent of no less that 24 internationally renowned designers will test your a... Read More


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Favourite word of the day (via Wordsmith's Word-a-day):
spurtle – a Scottish tool used for stirring porridge.
I have since discovered there is a competition called 'The Golden Spurtle', which appears to bring porridge cooks out of the woodwork from all over the place.
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The Arkansas Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) is responsible for establishing the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), the statewide interoperable health information exchange, and for coordinating health information technology activities throughout the state. Through the use of federal and state resources, OHIT and SHARE will improve the quality of health for Arkansans by enabling the more effective use of electronic health information technology to improve the delivery of healthcare services.
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An Electronic Health Record is an electronic record of health-related information that can be shared across many health care organizations.
Allowing a physician to retrieve patient's records quickly and completely speeds the delivery of appropriate care, and avoids unnecessary duplicative testing, medical errors and extra costs.
By using HIT, the Cowherd Family Medical Center in Heber Springs has received $50,000 in incentive payments for improving care patients receive.
Use of an EHR by ARCare in Augusta has increased patient satisfaction in the care they receive.
The average American has seen 18.7 different doctors, and each doctor keeps his or her own unique piece of a patient's health record.
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Weight loss guru Richard Simmons taught the world how to sweat, and now he wants to teach it how to sing. Jumping into the music business with his first single, "Piece of My Heart," Simmons couldn't hold back the tears when discussing his tribute to America's soldiers.
"I have an exercise studio, and I have about 20 women in my class who have husbands deployed to Afghanistan. So I get up very early in the morning -- at 3 a.m. -- and answer my emails, and this one lady wrote and said that she couldn't stop eating because her husband was going for the fourth time. It just got to me, and I sat at my butcher block with my 16-year old Dalmatian and wrote a song," Richard tells The Huffington Post.
This isn't the first time Richard has jumped into the recording booth. In 1983, he recorded an exercise song called "Reach." But this new single and album, he says, is more important.
Richard added that he is impacted by the hardships facing people who are trying to lose weight.
"The number-one reason people put on weight is low self-worth. When your husband isn't making love to you and can't find a job, when your children don't treat you with respect, when you get called names when you're walking down the street," he says. "I know this is part of our society, but it really brings a tear to my eye.
Proceeds from "Piece of My Heart" will go to a fund benefiting U.S. Armed Forces.
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that proceeds from "Piece of My Heart" would benefit Project HOPE, Richard's new workout program.


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Queen Victoria's Bow Brooches were among the pieces of jewellery made for Queen Victoria in 1858, following the loss of her grandmother Queen Charlotte's jewels (which included her diamond bows) to the King of Hanover. The new brooches, of much livelier outline than Queen Charlotte's rather stiff and flat bows, were made using the Queen's own stones - 497 brilliants and nine roses - taken from redundant jewelled pieces in her collection. They were left by Queen Victoria a an heirloom of the Crown, and thus passed in 1901 to Queen Alexandra and in 1910 to Queen Mary. Queen Mary tended to wear all three in a vertical row (for example at her coronation in 1911, as Queen Alexandra had done in 1902), and, on occasions, with the 94.4 carat Cullinan III suspended from the top brooch, and two smaller pear-shaped drops from the other two. Queen Elizabeth, to whom they passed in 1936, usually worn them singly, as does The Queen, who inherited them in 1952.
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Academic Departments
The Upper School's seven academic departments offer more than 100 required courses and electives in mathematics, science, English, journalism and publications, debate, world languages, physical education, music, and the fine arts. Graduation requirements and links to course descriptions for 2019-20 are below.
Graduation Requirements: Successful completion of four full years of English with at least one-half credit per semester: Journeys in Literature (Grade 9), American Literature (grade 10), and four semester English courses (grades 11–12).
History and Social Studies
Graduation Requirements: Successful completion of World History I (Grade 9), World History II (Grade 10), and U.S. History (Grade 11); 96% of students take history/social studies all four years.
Graduation requirements: Successful completion of a third-level course in mathematics: Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, Pre-calculus or Honors Pre-calculus; 97% complete four years of mathematics, with 65% in calculus or post-calculus.
Successful completion of three years of the following lab sciences, taken in sequence: Physics 9, Biology, Chemistry; 97% complete four years of lab science.
Computer Science and Engineering Courses
Upper School computer science courses are housed within the Science Department.
Computer Science and Engineering course descriptions | 2019-20
World Language
Successful completion of level III of a world language or, by permission, level II of two languages. Enrollment in a language required through Grade 10; 91% take world language through level IV, with 65% continuing through level V or Senior Seminar.
Fine Arts
Graduation requirements: Three-fourths credit of fine arts completed in Grades 9–12.
Graduation requirements: Participation in Fitness for Life class for one semester (Grade 9). Participation in one quarter of Wellness (Grade 10).
Senior Year Capstone Projects
During the senior year, all students must successfully complete the two senior year capstone projects: the writing and delivery of the Senior Speech and completion of the Senior Project.


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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
1h43m | Directed by Peter Landesman | USA | Drama, history
Rated PG-13
Based on a true story of the most famous anonymous man in American history: Mark Felt, the FBI second-in-command who was the "Deep Throat" whistleblower in the 1970s Watergate scandal. The identity of the secret informant remained a source of intense public curiosity and speculation for over thirty years, until Felt revealed himself through an article in Vanity Fair in 2005.
While his name has been public for a decade, few know about the personal and professional life of the brilliant and uncompromising Felt, who risked and ultimately sacrificed everything, including his family, career, and ultimately his freedom, to bring what he knew to light.
Mark Felt shows us Watergate as we've never seen it before, flipping the perspective from All the President's Men's journalists-on-the-street to a view from the highest offices of power, an extraordinary window into a government in turmoil. The story of far-reaching White House corruption, of which the Watergate break-in was only a lone example.
As current events strike startling parallels to the political turmoil of the Watergate era— including power struggles between the executive branch and the FBI, evidence of election dirty tricks, and renewed White House challenges to the veracity of the media—Mark Felt's story could not be more timely. (c) Sony Pictures Classics


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A winter wander inspires Rosemary Verey to consider her favourite plants for that all-important colour and fragrance to brighten up cold, frosty days
Why not plan a winter walk around your garden so that at every turn or pausing place there will be a scent to greet you. Remember that some flowers hold fast to their scent and you must almost bury your nose in them to discover their fragrance. Others are more outgoing and will astonish you as they waft their perfume for several yards towards you.
East walls can be difficult because the early sun on a frosty morning can damage precocious flowers. Think of the viburnums, their scent rivalling that of any daphnes. Viburnum x bodnantense 'Deben', raised by Notcutt�s nurseries, flowers before shedding its leaves. It is vigorous and hardy, with masses of frost-resistant flowers between late autumn and winter. V. farreri (fragrans) a 9-12 ft shrub has pink buds opening to reveal white flowers with an almond scent.
South and south-east facing walls are easier to cover. The ivory white wintersweet Chimonanthus praecox and the yellow C. p. �Grandiflorus� are outstanding as winter-flowering shrubs. The rounded buds open to reveal starry yellow flowers with central rings of shorter purple petals. Richly scented, a few sprigs will fill a room with their presence.
An evergreen winter-flowering clematis for any wall (except north) is Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica. Reaching 6 metres (20 feet), it must have support. A good place is on your house by a door, then you can watch it carefully as the small creamy-white scented bells decide to open in January. Never be tempted to prune back the long bare arms, which may get in your way and look untidy. The flower buds will develop and open on these. Prune it after it has given you its full display of flowers.
Daphnes are accommodating and will fit into a space in your border, but they are not long-lived. Nurture any seedlings you find around the parent plant of Daphne mezereum. One of my less usual treasures is D. laureola, the spurge laurel, with yellow-green tubular blooms in February and March. They seed in unexpected places and must be kept for the benefit of winter moths, which come to pollinate them as the light fades.
I have chosen three less-known shrubs. Oemleria cerasiformis (Osmaronia c.) flowers in February and March when racemes of fragrant white flowers, with green calyces and a distinctive almond scent. We have it beside the temple where we sit in winter and it perfumes the air and the gardener has to be persuaded that it is not the scent of the azara growing nearby. I recommend it for every garden, planted where the midday sun will catch it and bring out its strong scent. Two azaras, A. integrifolia and A. petiolaris are reliable winter flowerers, both with yellow blooms. They can be grown freestanding or against a wall. They are easily recognized by their leaves: one very small leaf nestles between the shrub�s stem and the axil of the main leaf.
I wonder if some plants fail to become popular because of their tongue twisting names. Could Abeliophyllum distichum be one of these? It came from Korea in 1924 where it is known as white forsythia. The best place for it in your garden is in front of a south-facing wall. The honey-scented flowers open as the crocuses do so will entice the bees from their pollen gathering.
If you decide to be even more adventuresome and are prepared to give some winter protection, then here are a few names. Acacia dealbata, the mimosa you will get in a florist�s winter bunch. William Frederick, the garden architect from Pennsylvania, says every garden should have Magnolia denudata (syn. heptapetala)*p>. Plant several mahonias in different aspects, M. lomariifolia and M. x media varieties raised by Lionel Fortescue. Arbutus x andrachnoides and Buddleja auriculata are doubtfully hardy, the latter should brought into a greenhouse as frost sets in. Crataegus monogyna �Biflora� a form of the common thorn is the Glastonbury thorn legend has it that Joseph of Arimathea thrust his hawthorn staff into the ground, where it immediately grew and flowers on Christmas day.
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