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Finally, you've done with an idea and ready to put that idea online. Means you're ready to join the online bandwagon where your classmates are already doing good.
You've bought a domain name from a domain name registrar.
You've decided on a theme to install.
You're ready with a basket of fresh content.
Your website is running.
This is where you've just begun, competition ahead.
For an enthusiastic entrepreneur like you, a running website is just a beginning. You need to give it a search engine advantage, moreover, you need to give it an exposure.
Planning and running a website might be easy, but seeing it ranked top is something that requires a strategy, ideally, a workable strategy.
An SEO agency can throw inflated claims of giving you higher rankings in Google, Yahoo and Bing. But let me remind you, it's more than impossible. Search engine optimization is no more a stand alone practice but turns to be an active component of digital marketing. Now, that solely link -driven ranking approach has been shifted to content-driven user-focused approach to SEO to get your website noticed.
How To Get Your Website Noticed By Search Engines?
So, I'll suggest you to start preparing for the success from the very beginning. Here are the tips that might help you to fix the deal.
Know The Keywords You Want Rankings For:I believe your website is there to deliver a specific goal, so try rankings for particular keywords. You can't run high for all keywords, thus choose those keywords that resonate to your business vertical. For instance, if you deal in clothing range for men, plan it around that rather running for winter clothing keywords. My recommendation would be choosing log tail keywords, as they provide best level of focus and concentration for your site's SEO. Moz says that 80% of all organic traffic generated on internet is due to long tail keywords.
Be Prepared For SEO From Beginning:
Hiring an SEO agency is the last thing you should think at. You can create foundation for a SEO friendly website from very beginning. While you're out to choose a platform for the website, I'll suggest you WordPress CMS, a content management system that accounts for almost 24% of website running today.
I recommend you build your site using WordPress. WordPress is the world's most popular CMS for plenty of good reason. It's intuitive, powerful, customizable, and provides a great platform for SEO WordPress has a theme gallery comprising thousands of business SEO themes of your choice. Once you're ready with a WordPress theme, install Yoast SEO plug-in (you may choose one that you prefer) that provides full functionality for most of the critical SEO elements.
Until You're Complete, Don't Invite Google For Indexing:
Your website is just like a recipe, until it has all the ingredients stirred and cooked well, don't let anyone taste it. Don't go live until you have all the website components in place. Using robots.txt, you can stop Google and other search engines from indexing your site. There are setting within the WordPress that allow you to do so. Incomplete or partially optimized website may hurt your search ranking prospects. Go live only when you're ready to get indexed.
Plan And Create Quality Content:
At the very end, what really matters for your website ranking is the content you produce. More the content your website consumes, higher the ranking it achieves. Quality content dispensation will be a great strategy to keep your website rankings rollings. Digital marketing experts recommend creation of long form content span across two thousand words. Its impact on search results may be debated, however, what remains true is that long form content engages the audience more. Make the content focused, relevant and of high quality. Use keywords or semantic variants in the page titles to get your website noticed.
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At optimum combustion temperature in the diesel engine, fuel consumption and emission levels are lowered considerably. In order to achieve this optimum combustion temperature, extremely high demands are placed on cooling circuit management. Hydrostatic fan drives are ideally suited for this purpose, as they are controllable and can, thus, provide the desired cooling power to meet every need.
The latest generations of combustion engines require considerably more complex control systems with more than two parameters. Four elements are cooled: water, oil, charge air and the recirculated exhaust gas. Rexroth meets this requirement profile, consisting of control requirements and cooling power, with system solutions for hydrostatic fan drives in which axial piston pumps and external gear motors are combined with CAN-bus-capable control electronics that are optimized for fan drives. By means of the steplessly controllable fan speed, which is independent of the combustion engine speed, the required cooling power is provided even at low combustion engine speed.
The power is generated by an A10VO axial piston variable pump. Rexroth developed the ED control especially for fan drives. The electrohydraulic pressure controller controls the system pressure according to the valve current that the electronic control unit specifies.
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets are going through significant change in the form of increased customer focus.
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is witnessing a big shift towards buyer power fuelled by the following converging and compounding forces.
These changes are reorienting the industry around customer value and the role of gas in an affordable, reliable and lower carbon energy system.
Substantial, lasting changes in the LNG market are radicalising traditional ways of working. Businesses need to respond swiftly and decisively.
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text: Interview with Fortune Teller! May 6, 2015Micah 1 Comment Facebook – Genre(s): Hardcore/Metal – Location: Cascais PSAB: Why was the name "Fortune Teller" used for your band? FT: There's no special reason to why we chose that name to be honest, it just sounded cool and we were tired of thinking about band names so we just decided to go with it.PSAB: You recently released a music video for your song "I, The Silent." How was the process filming the music video? FT: Doing a music video was a first for everyone in the band so we were super stoked to do it. It all went down smoothly and it was just a great time overall. PSAB: If you had the choice to have a musician featured on one of your tracks. Which musician would that be and why? FT: That's such hard question because the list is never ending, there are so many talented people that we would love to collaborate with but Sam Carter from architects, Ahren Stringer from The Amitty Affliction and Marcus Bridge from Northlane are definitely on the top of that list just because we are huge fans of their bands. PSAB: How's the metal scene in Cascais? FT: Cascais is probably one of the least Metal places on earth. It is a small sunny town with lots of beaches and surfers and absolutely no music scene. There are some cover bands who play the same venue every other week but nothing more than that, we are probably the only metal/hardcore band from there. With that being said if you go to Lisbon, which is very close to Cascais, you can find a growing music scene with a lot of talented bands and a decent number of venues to play. PSAB: What bands play the most influence on your music? FT: That list goes on and on too but Northlane, Parkway Drive, Architects, Being as an ocean, The Amitty Affliction and A Day To Remember are probably our biggest inspirations. PSAB: Do you have any shout outs to give? FT: Yeah, Shout out to Bernardo Neves for being the first person who believed in us; Shout out to Guilherme Baptista for making our EP possible and for being a proper lad; Shout out to Manuel Casanova for being an amazing photographer and for making us look good and shout out to some portuguese bands like Dharma and Borderlands. Interviewfortune teller, hardcore, MetalcoreShare : Tweet ‹ Interview with Mud Factory! Nexilva Talks New Album With The Circle Pit ›


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Full Force Percussion Performing At Staples Center January 19th
Full Force Percussion, a division of VK Youth Arts Organization, is proud to announce that they will be performing at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA this coming Monday January 19, 2009, for the LA Clippers vs.Minnesota Timberwolves basketball game, beginning at 12:30pm.
Full Force Percussion is the current SCPA Independent "A" Gold Medalist and Champion and the WGI Independent "A Silver Medalist.
FFP, for short, will be heading out to Dayton for their second appearance at the WGI World Championships in April 2009, hoping once again to bring home a medal. This performance will mark the 4th time that a group from the VK Youth Arts Organization has performed at such a prestige venue as is the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
If you can, come check out the drumline, and catch a good game.


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Tanya's backstory is as close as you can get to the recipe for how to create an indie-Country/Americana sensation – born in Nashville (a real native), daughter of the infamous David Allan Coe and owner/operator of trendsetting Goodbuy Girls clothing store – except the music on her first album, Silver Bullet, is anything but Country.
Raised by a single mother, helping to raise her younger siblings, motivated by a constant state of concern over financial security, Tanya worked service industry jobs to pay her way through an MTSU Accounting B.A., only to end up with a lucrative corporate gig that more often than not found Tanya holed up in her cubicle, pretending to work while writing down what would become the lyrics to the songs on Silver Bullet. After much soul-searching, Tanya decided to roll the dice, leaving behind the stability of that desk job and opening Goodbuy Girls with her best friend. Having received international publicity for its one-of-a-kind aesthetic (and the wall of cowboy boots), against all odds, Goodbuy Girls has been running strong for six years.
Although Tanya has always been a writer, she didn't pick up a guitar until her early 20s. The first song she learned was Neil Young's Cortez the Killer, followed by some Blues standards and Country classics. As soon as she had the "cowboy chords" down, Tanya was writing her own songs, the first one being the title track Silver Bullet. Over the course of a few years and several attempts to develop her sound with various producers and co-writers later, she eventually found the right collaborator in Seattle-native songwriter/producer, Shane Tutmarc. With the help of multi-instrumentalist Tutmarc, Tanya was able to flesh out her vision of combining her Country and Blues roots with Ethereal Pop and a touch of R&B. Coe spent six months recording Silver Bullet in the same East Nashville studio where Jack White produced Loretta Lynn's 2004 Grammy-winning LP, Van Lear Rose.
Silver Bullet finds the 28-year old putting a distinctly personal spin on universal themes like love, loss, conflict, family and desire. Silver Bullet is heavy with references to hard lessons learned from an unconventional childhood, relationships gone wrong, and her spiritual journey. Her vocals are breathy and smooth, at times tinged with back-of-the-throat resonance. She is making up for lost time with the honesty and scope of her music, as Tanya recently told the 5280 Roots Review, "my songs are the first and only creative and emotional outlet I've ever had so holding back just isn't an option, these songs are coming out the way they want to come out whether I like it or not." All in all, it's an impressive debut (and statement) from a young woman whose chosen to remain true to her own vision for her life, work & art.
Since completing Silver Bullet in late 2014, Tanya has been developing a strong live show, opening for artists such as Shooter Jennings and Jamey Johnson, as well as, headlining gigs around Nashville and the regional South.


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"National Novel Writing Month, what an excellent idea," I thought out loud. Talk about a senior moment; I totally forgot Sandy was in the room. He'd come over for a little quality time with his attitude in tow. Normally we'd spend every night together, snuggled under the blankets, remote control in hand, half watching something on the Discovery Channel. That was before I got a second chance at a writing career. Since then, a lot has changed between us.
"Uh uh, not this again. Between work, the kids and your on-and-off again movie nights, I hardly get to see you anymore." Hurt battled with hopefulness over his normally gentle and seductive expression. After forty-two years on the back burner, he'd more than served his time. Though he wasn't ready to call our relationship quits, enough was enough.
Sandy stood in the middle of my bedroom like some mythological god. His arms folded over his chest with legs parted in a warrior stance, I knew this argument was going to the mat, or my pillow-top mattress if he had anything to do with it, which of course he did.
"Hon, don't be that way. It's really not going to be all that bad. I've already done my research and outlining. The scene sketches were done weeks ago, and I've dreamed of these characters for so long, I know every pimple on their collective butts."
"Damn." Sometimes it's easy to forget, especially when we disagree, how very sensitive he can be. I didn't need to see the sudden glisten of his eyes or stillness of his hand-tooled pecs to know I'd wounded him deeply. We had a long-standing agreement that unless he invited them, no one else could visit with me on his time. How ugly this was going to get, I wasn't sure. It didn't really matter. I had it coming.
With teeth clenched so tightly, air barely passed through, he reached for the overnight bag he'd earlier flung to the floor. Quicker than a blink he snatched out a blackish-blue velvet pouch, and without even a sideways glimpse at me, stomped through the bedroom sabotaging my newly acquired determination.
First, he sprinkled my laptop with doze-ease, professional strength. He then spritzed every pen and pencil with a violet colored solution, I immediately recognized as essence of daydream. Next, he used a peacock feather coated with procrastination to dust the pillows. As if this weren't enough, he slathered my bed with crème-de la-fatiguetigue. Only then was he satisfied and returned his attention to me.
Before I'd inhaled my next breath, he'd stripped out of his clothes, ripped the cellophane off a small silver flask and sauntered toward the bathroom. Just as he was about the go through the door, he turned and nailed me with the sexiest lopsided smirk I've ever seen. Afraid to move, I waited until I heard the shower before I chanced a peek at the discarded label on the floor.
"Wet-dream by Phantastique? Aw, hell no!"


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The weather has been gorgeous and perfect for working in the garden...
which is just where I will be and what I look forward to this weekend.
Happy Friday Friends!
Whatever you may do, have a wonderful time doing it.
I am loving my Tulips right now. :)
I am going to try to spend some time outside in my Flower beds as well this weekend. :) They need a good weeding!
Have a lovely weekend!
It sounds wonderful! Here it is cold and rainy, summer seems far away. We had a terrible cold winter and and a lot of snow (here in the south of Sweden we do not have very much snow) so now I am longing for summer.
Sweet roses!
xo Poppins
Hey Girls ~
I'm glad you stopped by ~ I'm ready to get my finger nails dirty today!
To both of you on different continents, have a wonderful weekend.
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Search Engines Top Best Online Brands Report
In a battle of users' favorite online brands, search engines Google and Yahoo topped a recent Jupiter Research poll that surveyed Internet users' preferred Web sites of choice. When broken out by age, however, MySpace proved just as popular among younger respondents.
Of the 3,500 people polled by Jupiter analysts, 36 percent cited Google as their favorite online brand, with 32 percent selecting Yahoo and 20 percent choosing online retailer Amazon.com. eBay and MySpace ranked fourth and fifth, with Microsoft/MSN, AOL and Apple trailing them, according to the report.
Broken down by gender, there was a slight preference among men for Google while women chose Yahoo.
Among the 18-24 set, Google still reigned supreme with 35 percent of the vote, but Yahoo and MySpace tied in second place with 32 percent.
MySpace barely registered for users 55 years of age and over, garnering only 1 percent of the vote. They preferred Google (39 percent) and Yahoo (30 percent), though 21 percent of these respondents said they did not even have a favorite online brand.
Jupiter also requested that respondents select more than one favorite online destination. They found that Google was popular among users of Apple and Amazon.com, though the search engine was not favored as much among MySpace and AOL fans.
In that case, however, "that just means Google has to share paid search revenues, as it powers both those companies' search offerings," the report said.


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About ASOLO
They were the dark years, the years of the war, the years in which people lived in a terror atmosphere. They were the years in which everyone wanted to help their own country. Years in which people fought for the freedom of our country. Years which are unforgettable, years that now are described in school's books, but they are still alive and clear in the memories of who survived. They were the years in which everything started for the Zanatta family.
In 1946 the Zanatta family which is originally from Nervesa della Battaglia (Italy) decided to take a new street to help their country. An uphill street, a street full of obstacles, a street which no one knew the destination, the aim, a street which would have feed their passion for shoes. Everything started in a small shop in which worked only the members of the family. By years the request of their accurate creations increased and consequently also their little shop developed.
At the end of the war the economy context of Italy changed and people looked at the flowering of the economy, at the time of rising, at the passion for shoes which between the hands of the Zanatta family continued to grow. The second generation of shoes makers walked slowly and carried in the hands the tradition of their parents.
In 1998 took place the third generation and in that year the brothers Anna, Marco and Luca sons of Ambrosiano Zanatta bought the Asolo brand. A brand which respected their values as men and shoes makers. In fact, Asolo was founded in 1975 by the Tanzi family which created something innovative, something which changed not only the market, but also the way of looking at the outdoor world, they invented the first mountaineering boots with the cordura material.
Marco and Luca who represent the third generation of shoes makers and owners of Asolo together with the sister Anna.
The commitment of the Zanatta family, which till now count four generation of shoes makers, has the goal to find the perfect tuning between tradition, which is handed down from generation to generation, and innovation.


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This Thursday Thoughts post is kind of all over the place today, but alas, here we go!
Last Thursday the Groupies had a fun and humid run! We are all still getting used to the warm weather and humidity. So here's a story for you: Monday, I ran on my own near my apartment, and spent the entire run thinking about how much I wanted to jump in the pool. I had planned on taking off my running skirt and shoes and jumping in after my run, and the pool was closed! What to do, what to do?! I found a strategically placed rock (boulder), and was able to scale the fence! That water felt so good. I had a bit of a hard time trying to get back over the fence when I was all wet, and had no rock to step on!The food truck came to work last Friday! Carmen and I walked over and were able to get some delicious cherry smoked chicken nachos. They were delicious. I wish I could have them again this week! The food truck stops by occasionally, and we will definitely have to watch their schedule and eat there again!I was eating some kiwi and berries the other day, and Jasper jumped up and was interested. I held out the kiwi slice to him, and to my great surprise, he licked an licked that kiwi! I later learned (Thanks Hector), that cats are attracted to kiwi, and there is a chemical in the kiwi plant that is also in a catnip plant. No wonder he loved it so much!
Belle and I had an IKEA date over the weekend! We had never been to IKEA before, so we definitely had to check it out! The IKEA in KC opened last fall, and it was a blast to visit! It took us about an hour and a half to walk through the showroom and marketplace. We knew it would be a maze-like layout, and it was, but it didn't feel crowded or overly maze-like. It was really fun to look at all the rooms and decorations.Another Jazzy picture… He was playing with his goldfish, and I grabbed it and tossed it on the floor in front of him. This is as far as he made it. He just looked at for several seconds, then rolled over and went to sleep.I tagged along to the pool with Amy and her family last weekend too, which was a blast! We went to Black Bob Bay, spent some time on the lazy river, jumped off the diving boards, and went down the slides. I was proud of Amy for going down the slides for the first time ever!One last Jazzy pic for the week. We spent about an hour outside Tuesday night. It rained really hard Tuesday afternoon, and the rain cooled everything off. After a 5 mile Groupie run, Jasper and I enjoyed the evening on the balcony.This morning, I planned to get up and run 4 miles at 5:00am. I didn't. I did wake up at 5:00, and when I looked at the weather, I realized it would be cooler and perfect to run tomorrow! I usually take Friday's off running, but I switched my rest day to today and got another hour of sleep! I was going to get up and run early because I have dinner plans with a second cousin on my Dad's side, we are going to Oklahoma Joe's! He's from Lincoln, Nebraska, and was in KC for a conference, and I'm excited to share in his first Oklahoma Joe's experience!
Have a great Thursday, friends.


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- Iligan City, Mindanao, Lanao del Norte, Philippines
Tinago Falls is a fabulous and very beautiful waterfall located in Iligan City. This is one of the most popular and most visited waterfalls in Iligan City known for its outstanding and mesmerizing natural beauty. Tinago means 'hidden' in local dialect and it is named so as it is hidden in deep gorge. It requires five hundred descending steps to go through in order to reach the waterfall. The water of the fall is very clean, clear and cold that cascades down into basin like pool offering great opportunities for swimming. Another major attraction of the fall is an exciting small cave which can be reached and explore the beauty of the nature. This is a great place to visit with entire family if you want to enjoy the fascinating natural beauty.
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I wish I could take credit for the oh-so-creative recipe title, but that was the Pampered Chef. I was looking through a bunch of old recipe cards and found this gem from 1999. Twelve years on someone's I-should-try-this-sometime list isn't too long, right? Plus, I get a pass for being in high school and college. Welcome to a recipe I'm doing for the first time on the blog. While this is more common than I care to admit, it explains why my results aren't very cute. I wasn't prepared for how gooey these were going to be... you know, because they're just covered in marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers. Speaking of all that, let's talk about how to bring those elements together into a fabulous brownie recipe!
"Give Me S'More" Brownies
4 whole graham crackers
2 Hershey bars
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 box brownie mix (plus ingredients)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare brownies according to package directions, and bake 25 minutes in Square Baker.
Coarsely chop graham crackers and candy bars. Mix with marshmallows, and spread over brownies as soon as they come out of the oven. Gently press mixture down. Return to oven, and bake another 5-7 minutes or until chocolate begins to melt.
Learning to make brownies from scratch is on my to-do list, but for now I have to stick with box mixes. I attempted scratch brownies a few months ago, but the results were more like fudge than brownies, and they weren't worth the labor. That said, I'm still experimenting, or at least looking to experiment again eventually. For now, my good friend Ghirardelli is ready in the Classic Batter Bowl with a Stainless Whisk prepared to make mixing quick and easy. Oil is measured into an Easy Read Measuring Cup, and eggs are in a Prep Bowl. Both of these little items are on a Cutting Board, of course. Then there's the Square Baker, a Stoneware piece known and loved by many. It's only available in cranberry now, but I have an old school version.
This is how easy it is to make these. Three things, two of which are going to get buddy-buddy with the Food Chopper. Do you have a Food Chopper? I hope so because it's easy to use, and it comes apart to go in the dishwasher. Ok, my mixture of items is in the 4-Cup Easy Read Measuring Cup, which is perfect because I can measure in my marshmallows and then add everything else. Give it a quick stir, and you're good to go! Notice my leftover marshmallows are closed with a Twixit! Clip. I can't say enough about these, but I'll just mention that these marshmallows will still be fresh months from now. That's saying a lot.
Bake the brownies, and pour the fun stuff on top. Pouring with an Easy Read Measuring Cups is simple because of its shape. This is starting to look delicious!
I need to stop and take this picture in for a second. See, it's been two months since I baked these, and I'm reliving it all through this post. This was a good day in my little kitchen.
You can see how the Mini-Serving Spatula aids in brownie removal. Without this little tool, I'd have even more of a mess on my hands.
Yumyumyumyum... Make these soon. April is a perfect month for brownies. So is May if you don't get around to it in the next week. Then, of course, there's June... or twelve years from now.
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Today I brought another 16 samples into the DNA extraction pipeline. These were subjected to 30 minute ProK digestion at 60C as opposed to overnight.
It became clear the number scheme was complicated thus I converted to 1-32. Will keep this running fwd and cross-referencing.
In the future the number scheme will be simpler, but here is the actual run down.
Approximately 300ul of aqueous solution was recovered and taken through the protocol by Sam.
First look seems pretty good.
Sam will run a gel tomorrow. Note the Katherine is a bit ahead of us, but we have something to compare to.


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November 10, 2006
Ok, I have strated my exercise regime off slowly today. I did a little bit of a fitness video, however I am not feeling well today so I couldn't get thru it all
For breakfast I had a small tin of baked beans on toast and for lunch I had 3 rice caks with ham. I also had some chocolate -as I couldnt help myself
I have to work tonight so I have made a nice sald for tea -that way I dont get the urge to sneak up to the shops and buy hot chips, like all my other work mates do!


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — LFP founder Larry Flynt goes on the road next week for a six-city, six-day book-signing tour.
Flynt will appear at Hustler Hollywood stores to meet, greet and sign for customers "One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History."
Flynt and David Eisenbach, a professor of American political history at Columbia University, argue in "One Nation Under Sex" that sex scandals have influenced American history since the beginning of the nation. The co-authors in the well-sourced book say that Benjamin Franklin's womanizing ways helped win him favor with the French and gain the country's support during the Revolutionary War.
They also claim that James Buchanan's same-sex relationship with a slave owner might have influenced his secessionist support on the brink of the Civil War and discuss Thomas Jefferson's relationship with a 14-year-old slave
Flynt will be appearing at the Hustler Hollywood stores in the following cities and dates:
New Orleans Thursday, April 19
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Friday, April 20
Nashville: Saturday, April 21
Monroe, Ohio: Monday, April 23
Lexington, Ky.: Tuesday, April 24
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Far View Lodge is located 15 miles inside Mesa Verde National Park. The traditional Western decor of the lobby and dining room, fantastic views, warm hospitality and superb dining welcome you for an unforgettable vacation. The lodge comprises of 150 rooms in 2 room types, Kiva and Kiva Deluxe View. Far View Lodge features 60 newly renovated rooms. The lodge was designed to reflect the true essence of Mesa Verde, with solitude all around you and freedom from the distraction of in-room TVs or cell phone service but plenty of wildlife watching. From your private balcony there are fabulous stargazing opportunities to enhance your vacation. For your convenience, our guest rooms and lobby feature free wireless Internet.
I stayed for one night here at the Far View Lodge and had overall had a very good experience. The room with a view was a wonderful perk and had a great view of the sunrise. Everything was clean in the room including the showers. The only complaint I had was there were gaps in the top and bottoms of the doors that a join rooms and we could hear our neighbors chatter clearly. The Lounge had some good beer and snacks with a great view of thunderstorms rolling in the distance.
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How to Listen to This Song: "In My Life" by The Beatles
You'll use this song to review different verb tenses.
First, listen to the song "In My Life" by The Beatles. You can listen here or here or here.
Now, let's quickly review some verb tenses. (These explanations and examples are just quick reminders. For much better explanations, visit perfect-english-grammar.com.)
Future Simple: will+base form of the verb*, used for things that happen at one specific time in the future
Examples: I will go to the party at 7pm. I'll meet you on Saturday
Present Simple: base verb + s/es, used for things that are generally true and the specific times aren't important because they're always true/false or the same.
Examples: I love pizza! He sleeps on the floor.
Past Simple: base verb + -ed (2nd form), used for things that happen at one specific time in the past (and we know when).
Examples: I walked home yesterday. I called her at 5pm.
Present Continuous: base verb + -ing (present participle), used for temporary (non-permanent) situations
Examples: I am eating, but I'll finish soon. I am working as a waiter, but I want to change jobs.
Present Perfect: have/has + base verb+ed, used for things that happened and finished in the past, but we don't know (or don't care) when they happened.
Examples: I have already watched that movie, so let's see a different movie. I've visited Canada. I've baked a cake!
* The base form of the verb is the form you find in the dictionary. For example the base form of "go" is "go". The base form of "went" is also "go".
Next, listen to the song and read the lyrics
There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
In my life, I love you more.
After Listening Now, looking at the lyrics, make a list of all the examples of each verb tense you can find. (Answers below)
Three more things…
Can you memorize this song? If you can, then you'll always remember your verb tenses.
Listen to the song and try to sing it too.
Finally, use each verb tense to write three practice sentences (three Future Simple, three Present Simple, etc.)
Future Simple: I'll never lose affection, I'll often stop and think
Present Simple: There are places, I remember, Some remain, Some are dead, There is no one, No one compares with you, These memories lose their meaning, I think of love, I know, I love you
Past Simple: These places had their moments, People and things…went before
Present Progressive: Some are living
Present Perfect: Some have changed, Some have gone, I've loved them all


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#SmarketingWeekly helps you catch up on the latest news, research, and opinions. Whether you have a minute or an hour, we'll fill you in on trending topics, stories, and all things "smarketing."
This week's edition includes stories on Pinterest and Instagram advertising, ad-blocking, empathy, long-form content, what business leaders really think about digital marketing, and more.
Wall Street Journal: Pinterest Broadens Ad Sales Focus Once Again
Have you been paying attention to Pinterest and their ad sales ambitions? After saying late last year that they'd only seek arrangements with consumer goods and retail advertisers, Jack Marshall reports the company has performed an about-face and is re-broadening their horizons to target all advertiser verticals in the U.S. market, "with a particular focus on financial services, travel, automotive, and quick-serve restaurant marketers." It seems Pinterest has as much trouble selling ads to businesses as business have using the ads to drive demand.
The Verge: Instagram is Testing a Contact Button to Let Users Interact With Businesses
While Pinterest may be struggling with an advertising sales model, Instagram is following in parent company Facebook's footsteps. According to Nick Statt, Instagram's new dedicated brand pages for companies "adopt some of the functions of Facebook pages by categorizing companies by type and letting users reach out using a contact button." With over 200,000 advertisers on the platform, it was only a matter of time before brands began using Instagram as yet another direct communication channel.
MarketingProfs: How Business Leaders View Digital Marketing
Marketing automation firm Act-On and research organization Ascend2 recently partnered on a survey of 73 owners, partners, and C-level executives at companies in the United States. The goal? Establish what perception leadership has of digital marketing efforts at B2B, B2C, or mixed-focus companies. Ayaz Nanji reports that a large majority (78 percent) say their company's efforts are somewhat or very successful; only 22 percent said their efforts were not successful. Check out the article for more graphs and insights.
CMI: The Audience Takes Charge
Ad-blocking software is reaching critical mass in the marketplace, and it's "just one sign of the recent popular rebellion against advertising," Kirk Cheyfitz writes. "Such signs suggest irrelevance is where much of the ad business has been headed for the last 20 years," he continues. On the Internet, the consumer is in charge, and "if you don't create stuff that really matters to people — stuff they actually want to see and hear — you will be ignored, avoided, and blocked." If you don't want to be ignored, avoided, or blocked, now is the time to start delivering on what the consumer truly craves. This article is a must-read for any marketing strategist.
Marketing Insider Group: Empathy is the Marketer's Greatest Tool for Success
According to Michael Brenner, advertisers only have themselves to blame for the ad-blocking epidemic. For far too long, marketers have marketed at consumers, rather than try to understand their needs and market to them. The key to re-engaging consumers? Humanity. Ad executives, marketers, and sales professionals have to remember that behind those "conversions" and "uniques" are people — people with hopes, dreams, fears, and desires. Only then can we as smarketers hope to create true engagement.
SiriusDecisions: Onboarding: Start Right to Maximize Partner Performance
Every savvy sales and marketing professional knows (or should know) that customer retention is a relatively low-cost, low-effort way to maintain and grow revenues. But many companies fail to onboard clients and partners effectively, which "can lead to poor partner performance, dissatisfied end customers, partner disengagement," and ultimately, a lost client. Stephanie Sissler has identified eight tactics that will help you improve your partnerships by investing in their success.
HubSpot: Why You Should Talk to Lower-Level Employees Before Calling Decision Makers
Pete Caputa wants you to ignore the "classic sales advice [that] instructs reps to 'call high' in the organization by reaching out directly to decision makers." Why? Because in today's complex sales environment, "meeting with salespeople is usually something decision makers do once they've decided to investigate something." In other words, they aren't interested in your sales pitch until they've already initiated communication. Instead, he takes a page from the account-based marketing playbook and recommends you start with the rank-and-file. Internal advocates can provide insight that will help you close deals faster. Check out the article for examples, tips, and more.
TechnologyAdvice: Infographic: A Breakdown of B2B Sales Pipeline Stages
As we mentioned in the last piece, today's sales environment is extremely complex — so much so, we decided to create this handy infographic to explain what a modern B2B sales pipeline looks like and how you should define your own sales stages. Data compiled by our very own Aleks Peterson.
Pew Research Center: Long-Form Reading Shows Signs of Life in Our Mobile News World
In our last piece of the week, Amy Mitchell, Galen Stocking, and Katerina Matsa have good news: despite rumors to the contrary, long-form content is not dead. Despite the increasing trend towards a mobile-first Internet experience, consumers show signs of real engagement with long-form articles on smartphones. The Pew Center researchers spent months analyzing the details of 117 million anonymized cellphone interactions with nearly 75,000 articles on 30 news websites during September of 2015. See the article for key findings, including metrics from web analytics firm Parse.ly, how time of day affects engagement, and more.
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Best Audience: College students age 18 to 28
Our millennial's are struggling in the workplace and they shouldn't have to with all of the advantages they have at their disposal. This workshop will give them what they need to make workplace choices that will keep them on a successful career path.
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• How to avoid the biggest mistake young adults make!
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• How perception can either sink or propel a career!
• The pearls of social media in forging a great future.
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This keynote is filled with concrete techniques that audience members can begin to use immediately to make a difference in their own lives and the organization. Nicole provides both humor and storytelling to make each point come to life and create long lasting change. It's what is called a "Game Changer." Don't wait one more minute to share Professional Intelligence with your organization!!
Just Some of What They Will Learn:
What Professional Intelligence looks like and how to achieve it by understanding:
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• How self-awareness is a must for any employee wanting to move forward in an organization.
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For the first time in history we have four generations working together! Having such a diverse workforce allows for many different perspectives to enhance creativity. It can also raise a lot of issues of confusion and frustration because of the a lack of understanding. This workshop allows generations to gain a better appreciation of the events that have shaped us all so differently. Participants will also see what unites them to make a better working environment.
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Key World Stock, Crude, Gold and Silver Markets Briefing
Commentary: After the poor US NFPs data, the weak ISM data in US has diminished even the last chances of any rate hike in September dead, increasing the risk appetite. PE
DJIA at 18526.14, -11.98, but the sideways mode in the range of 18250-700 continues and the setup may remain unchanged for the week.
DAX at 10752.98, +0.62%) has been trading in a wider range of 10400-800 with no sign of any immediate breakout.
Nikkei at 16852.17, -0.94% was rejected exactly from the resistance of 17150-250, and now it may trade sideways in the range of 16700-17150 for the next few sessions.
Shanghai at 3336.62, -0.13% is showing signs of resuming the uptrend soon if it can stay above the support at 3090-80.
Crude Oil, Gold, Silver & Copper
Commentary: Fresh risk appetite has not prevented money from flowing in safe havens like Gold, as the lack of fresh central bank stimulants may keep Crude Oil range bound. PE
Gold at 1349 made the initial target at 1340-50, but sees some resistance at 1355-60. It requires a clear break above 1360 to extend the rally to a fresh high above 1370-75.
Silver at 19.85 made the 1st target of 20.00. Now it may consolidate in the higher range of 19.85-20.50 for the rest of this week.
Brent Crude at 47.51, and WTI Crude Oil at 45.48 remains almost unchanged in the last 48 hours and may trade sideways for the rest of the week. The range for Brent may be 46.50-48.50 and for WTI Crude Oil, 44.00-46.00.
Copper at 2.10 is tracking the Chinese markets in here. After making the target of 2.10, now it can rise towards 2.14-15.
Stay tuned…
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Baur au Lac Vins is synonymous with premium wines and arranges exclusive wine experiences backed by well over 170 years in the wine trade. Baur au Lac Vins offers quality that is second to none and an uncompromisingly high standard of service. In keeping with this, the online store now also offers Masterpass as a payment option.
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Let's face it, everybody has an addiction to succulents. These unique little plants are everybody's favourite even though we know we don't live in the desert southwest and we know they won't survive outside over winter. It doesn't matter you say… they will be brought indoors before frost comes, just like the animals lining up two by two for Noah's Ark.
Yes, we all have the best intentions, but we are here to relieve you of that burden. Let's just admit it. I love succulents, you love succulents, we know they won't survive outside – but they are just soooo cool!
Buy them, enjoy them, and if one or two survive on the windowsill over winter then great. Their chances of survival indoors are better than that geranium you bought in Spring! Ok, enough with the self-help zone denial chatter, here are 13 super cool special succulents that we just love and we hope will continue to fuel your plant addiction.
Euphorbia tirucalli
Firesticks is a fast growing upright succulent with green to yellow stems growing pinkish red as they mature. It's drought tolerant once established but grows best in well-drained soil and regular watering once the soil becomes dry. Protect from frost, for that matter, bring it indoors if you want it to survive over winter. White sap can be irritating and can burn skin and eyes so use caution and wear protection when pruning and handling the plant. Very architectural when combined with other succulents. In the desert southwest, these plants are considered weeds growing several feet in height, but we don't have to worry about them doing that outdoors here.
Echeveria nodulosa
This unique succulent from Monrovia provides great contrast with rosettes of absinthe green, vividly painted with red on the margins and mid-leaf. Hummingbirds adore the coral-pink and yellow flowers that appear atop tall bracts in summer. Originally from Mexico, this low growing spreader thrives in dry, sandy soil, preferring cool sun to light shade. Grows rosettes to 5 inches wide and clumps 1-2ft tall and 2-3ft wide. Hardy in USDA zones 9-11. In our climate, bring it indoors if you want it to survive over winter.
Aeonium 'Zwartkop'
This always popular succulent is a clump forming plant grown for its incredibly attractive dark black to dark red foliage. It is an easy care plant ideal for containers and seasonal landscapes. It is both heat and drought tolerant. Best grown in full to part sun. Reaches 12-24 inches in height. Annual unless in zones 9-11.
Crassula muscosa pseudolycopodioides
Princess Pine Crassula is a small succulent plant with tiny light green leaves vaguely reminiscent of a needle-like conifer foliage. Foliage is densely packed around thin stems forming a square mass. It can reach up to 12inches tall with little yellow-green flowers. They are easy to grow, but over-watering can be fatal. It is both heat tolerant and requires very little water. Best in full to part sun. Make sure to bring it indoors over winter if you want it to survive. Hardy in zones 9-11
Echeveria runyonii
This intriguing succulent features thick blue-gray leaves that curve upwards at unruly angles. Bright orange and yellow flowers rise above the foliage on tall arching inflorescence in late summer and into fall. Adds a unique texture to rock gardens, borders and container gardens. Performs well in lean soils and is drought tolerant once established. Fast growing to 8-12 inches in height and spread. Prefers full to part sun. Bring it indoors if you want it to survive over winter. Hardy in USDA zones 9-11
Pachyphytum hookeri This lovely little succulent with an unfortunate name is an evergreen in warm climates but must be brought indoors to over winter here in the Pacific Northwest. It forms rosettes of elongated silver-green fleshy foliage with pink tips. It is both heat and drought tolerant and only needs the occasional watering. Clump forming to 4 inches high and 6 inches wide. Excellent for containers, succulent bowls and as a houseplant. Best in full to part sun. Hardy in zone 9.
Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'
One of our personal favourites! This wonderful succulent forms beautiful rosettes of soft grey-brown leaves with deep pink highlights that are dusted to powdery white. Bright coral flowers emerge in summer on foot long reddish stems. Adds beauty to rock gardens and succulent collections. It is tolerant of heat and drought. Its an evergreen in warm climates but must be brought indoors over winter if you want it to survive. Hardy in USDA zones 9-11. Grows 8-10 inches in height and 6-8 inches wide. Best in full to part sun.
Echeveria agavoides 'Lipstick'
Lipstick Echeveria features bright green leaves with vivid reddish pink edges and forms dense rosettes. Reminiscent of an Agave, each leaf is tipped with a small spine. Accented with red blooms in spring. Compact and ground hugging, this clumping succulent is beautiful in rock gardens and mixed succulent plantings. Needs full to part sun and only an occasional watering. Forms rosettes to 6 inches tall and 6-12 inches wide. Bring it indoors if you want it to survive the winter. Hardy in USDA zones 9-11.
Portulaca molokiniensis
Hawaiian Portulaca is a darling succulent that is very similar to prostrate sedums in form; medium green foliage and succulent leaves are bunched at the end of stems. Terminal flowers appear occasionally but are not showy. Prefers dry soil and full sun. Bring it indoors if you want it to survive the winter. Hardy in zone 9. In perfect conditions it can reach 12 inches in height and up to 24 inches across.
Huernia zebrina
No that's not a wayward candy in the photograph. This amazing tender succulent has a mounding habit and beautiful, exotic, star-shaped spotted flowers with a prominent red center that looks like a life saver candy. While it looks suspiciously like a cactus, it is not overly pointy or sharp. Its an excellent plant for terrariums, cactus gardens, succulent bowls or as a houseplant. The Life Saver Plant is both heat and drought tolerant. Water only occasionally and do not over water. Can reach 6 inches in height and prefers full sun. Bring it indoors if you want it to survive the winter. Hardy in zone 9.
Kalanchoe luciae
This unique looking tender succulent features aqua, large round leaves blush red on the edges. It produces small flowers on a tall stalk. Its native to South Africa and is drought tolerant once established. Water thoroughly when the soil is dry to the touch. Provides dramatic color and texture in rock gardens, xeriscapes and containers. Protect from frost by bringing it indoors. Hardy in zones 9-11
Haworthia attenuate
Big Band Haworthia is a highly sought after succulent for terrariums, succulent gardens and as a low maintenance houseplant. It's a tender evergreen with a clumping habit. Stemless succulent looking slightly like an Aloe has upright narrow dark green leaves with horizontal white bands. Heat and drought tolerant. Water only occasionally and do not over water. Prefers full sun to light shade and can reach 3-5 inches tall and up to 6-12 inches wide. Bring it indoors if you want it to over winter. Hardy in zone 10.
Kalanchoe tomentosa
This unique succulent features fuzzy gray leaves on a clump forming plant. Green-yellow, bell shaped flowers bloom in spring to early summer. Excellent for providing texture and colour to containers, succulent bowls or use it as a houseplant. Prefers full sun to part shade and can grow to 24 inches in height and spread. Bring it indoors over winter if you want it to survive. Hardy in zone 9.
These 13 succulents represent just a few of the hundreds of succulents we stock at Arts Nursery. The best selection is from late spring into early Fall, but we carry some all year round for indoor use. Visit us to pick up your succulent treasures, but as always call ahead to confirm availability if you are looking for specific plants. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Succulents are some of the most versatile and easy plants to care for in the garden. They require little water and average to sandy soil. If given the right amount of light they pretty much take care of themselves!
They can be planted up to fill an old leaky birdbath to create a riot of texture and colour. They can be used vertically in a frame to create living art. They can grace the gravelly, dry soil at the end of your driveway and they can more than hold their own in a perennial bed!
The flowers of many sedums are well loved by pollinators and you will often find butterflies and native bee species hovering around the flowers. Succulents are some of my favorite go-to plants for garden design. Here is my list of fun and easy go to succulents… or as I like to call them, the illustrious eleven!
Orostachys iwarenge
This entertaining little succulent grows to about 5-6 inches in height and about 10 inches wide. The little rosettes begin to flower and form little caps. It is a lovely blue-ish grey with some pink overtones. Each rosette that flowers dies back but other non-flowering rosettes will become next year's crop. Can be hardy to zone 6 with very well- draining and almost dry conditions but I think it might get too wet here in the winter as I haven't had much luck overwintering it. It's a lot of fun especially in planters or planted in broken halves of pottery and mixed with other succulents. Even if it is too wet here to overwinter it (I'll try it this time under an overhang), will definitely add it again next spring!
Sempervivum arachnoidium 'Cebenese'
THIS is a hardy must have…especially for any upcoming Halloween planters!! This Hen and Chick plant looks like it is covered in cobwebs. It is AWESOME paired with Dragon's Blood Sedum! It has been gracing the nooks and crannies by my steps for a few years now. When you get the odd baby hen and chick, I just stick the little rosette onto the ground and away it grows. Hardy to zone 4, Sempervivum arachniodium loves a dry, average, neutral to slightly alkaline soil in a sunny spot for best colour. It grows 3-6 inches in height and about 12 inches wide. Evergreen.
Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'
This is a tough-as-nails sedum that forms a low dense mat in poor and dry soil. The bright red flowers and the greenish with purple red edging of the leaves add a fantastic colour contrast against the other lighter coloured succulents. This plant is hardy to zone 4, for infertile, dry sites in the sun.Evergreen.
Sedum album chloroticum 'Babys Tears'
Not only does this plant have an awesome name but it is amazingly cool. It has attractive little round leaves in a fresh glossy green that will form a dense carpet and drape down over the sides of the pot. There are more than enough of these little ball-like leaves which are as addictively fun to squish as bubble wrap! It is hardy to zone 4 and has delicate little white flowers in late spring to summer. I love using this little sedum in a container mixed with other plants and grasses at the containers edge to highlight the cascading effect or in rockeries or stepped gardens. It grows in full sun and grows to about 3-4 inches in height and about 12 inches wide. Evergreen.
This is an attractive floriferous new sedum with a compact habit and great fresh lime coloured green leaves edged in burgundy. It forms almost a mat of pinky white flowers later summer. It grows to about 6 inches high and forms clumps approximately 18 inches wide. Grow in full sun, in average, well draining soil. Hardy to zone 4.
Another favourite hen and chick selection with a rich burgundy red edging, to complete burgundy in the sun. So don't ask me why it is called 'black' hens and chicks. Maybe they named it at night. If you want to make a sempervivum quilt groundcover in your garden it is a lot of fun to mix it with the cobweb hens and chicks. Hardy to zone 4. Plant in full sun in average well drained to dry soil. Evergreen.
Another fantastically coloured succulent to mix in a succulent planter is Sedum 'Angelina'. Also awesome if you have a face container…it kind of looks like golden medusa hair. In early summer it is a bright lime chartreuse and then with more sun it becomes a golden yellow and then golden yellow with red edging at the end of summer and into fall. If you thought that was enough, you thought wrong…it also has clusters of starry yellow flowers in summer too! This clumping groundcover sedum grows to about 4-6 inches in height and will spread to about 18 inches. It is hardy to zone 5 and will grow in full to part sun in well-draining average soil. Evergreen.
This lovely, taller growing sedum graces my perennial garden. I actually do a little pinching back of this succulent in late spring when it is about 6 inches tall, that way I get a more compact floriferous plant. If you want taller you can skip this step. Sedum 'Autumn Joy' is a reliable and beautiful later summer and fall bloomer. The blooms are held above the plant like broccoli and are a dusky pink. They work well with the gentle grey green of the leaves and are absolutely spectacular when paired with Rudbeckia and Perovskia for a fall display. Plant in full sun in an average well drained soil. It will grow to about 2 feet tall and wide and is hardy to zone 3.
This lovely sedum variety forms mounds of silvery olive-grey leaves which give rise to pink-red clusters of flowers in late summer. Flowers are held above the foliage on slender burgundy stems. A breathtaking flower display! It grows to about 12 inches high and about 2 feet wide. It is hardy to zone 4. Plant in sun in well drained soil.
This sedum makes a pretty awesome startlingly powdery grey-green mat of tiny leaves which create amazing contrast against the starry sunshine-yellow flowers in later summer. This evergreen succulent needs a very well draining site in the winter. It grows to about 2-3 inches high and forms a mat about 18 inches wide. It is hardy to zone 6. Evergreen.
Another great Medusa-haired specimen. This sedum forms little succulent 'branches' that look like small evergreens. It forms a mat of blue-green leaves with yellow flowers held above the leaves in later summer. The blue leaves become tinged with red in cooler weather. A great groundcover sedum or lovely hanging over the side of a planter! Hardy to zone 4. Plant in sun in a very well drained average soil. Evergreen.
These are just a few of the many great sedums and succulent available at Art's Nursery. Drop by today and check them out. Our selection is always changing so call ahead, 604.882.1201, if you are looking for a specific variety.
On a recent trip to the southern California desert area of Palm Springs, we couldn't help but fall in love with the incredible architectural fascinating Agave plants. They are literally everywhere in the landscape. Blue ones, green ones and even variegated varieties.
Agave's are also known as Century Plants, most likely getting their name from their extremely slow growth rate. They are succulents well adapted for desert conditions and can struggle in our wet climate. They do well in areas of full sun and very well drained soil. We suggest planting them in naturally dry areas like under the eaves of a house or on a hillside sheltered from winter cold and snow. Allow agaves to dry out between waterings. Over watering can rot the roots. Feed Agave's once every 3-4 months during the spring and summer. These plants are not for the faint of heart. One wrong move means a pin-pricked finger, scratch or wound. Position them in a place away from frequently travelled paths, walkways or areas where you, kids or pets may brush against them. They are also ideal for use in terrariums and as houseplants.
Upon coming home from California in early January, one of our incredible suppliers asked us to consider carrying some of their succulents and desert plants. Their timing was impeccable – how could I resist! Here are 6 deadly agave's that we've brought in for the plant collections out there.
This native of western Mexico features rigid, dark green leaves with silver accents and filiferous edges. A compact growth habit makes it an excellent plant for containers or as specimen in a south-west garden. Grows to 1ft in height and 18 inches across at maturity. Hardy in zones 8-10. Provide winter protection in the pacific northwest or bring it inside. If planted outside, provide the brightest, driest, warmest space possible.
This agave features narrow dark green leaves with a lighter central mid-stripe. Foliage ends with a dark terminal spine. This small agave is great for containers or grouped plantings. Needs good drainage. May grow 1-2ft in height and spread. If planted outside, provide the brightest, driest, warmest space possible. Hardy to zone 8.
Glossy dark green, concave and heavily toothed leaves and a fantastic shape give this attractive Agave its name. Uniform orange-brown teeth. Over time 'Jaws' will form a clump 2ft tall and 4ft wide. If planted outside, provide the brightest, driest, warmest space possible. Needs good drainage. Great in a container or a rock garden. Leaf impressions persist on undersides of unfurled leaves. Hardy in zones 7-10
This agave forms one beautifully symmetrical solitary rosette rather than forming clusters of many smaller rosettes. Rosettes have smooth, spineless foliage with red margins. Great in containers or very well drained area of the garden. Needs full sun and good drainage. Water infrequently. Grows 1-2ft high and 1-2ft wide. Hardy in zones 8-10
This clump-forming century plant offers dramatic wide, silver-blue leaves and teeth along the margins. Great for containers, xeriscape and rock gardens. Can grow to 5ft in height and 9ft wide. Needs full sun and very well drained soil. Hardy to zone 7.
This agave forms a tight solitary rosette of glaucous blue-green leaves that are lined with sharks teeth and have a spine on the end of them. Easy care plant that is great in landscapes, rock gardens and containers. Can also be used as a houseplant. Needs full sun and very well drained soil. Grows 18-36 inches high and 18-36 inches wide. Hardy in zones 7-10. Water infrequently.
Art's Nursery carries a wide variety of cacti, succulents and tropical plants. Our selection is always changing, so always please call ahead to confirm availability. If you need and information or advice, visit us in person or call 604.882.1201.
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Post with bopperthijs Superfly shadow catcher.
Thanks for the hint, thats basically what I was looking for.
You have to rotate the texture by PI/2 to match the mapping of the EnvSphere.
But a problem is to get the HSV right, especially since the material is lit by the EnvSphere, that is, by itself.
So the texture projection matches but the colors and brightness are totally off for me.
Also the projections on the plane and the sphere don't match 100%, the sphere appears to be slightly too small, but you can't make it larger since its already max. dimensions allowed.
here's an example
It's cool but the colors and the alignment don't match.
You dont see it at first glance when you don't know where to look for the border
but at a second glance it's very obvious and annyoing.
I want to improve this if possible.
Maybe its helpful if the plane would fade towards it's borders?
Or maybe this would worsen things.
Then maybe you could combine this with the shadow catcher mentioned previously.
The surface projection from bagginsbill uses Cycle nodes but these also work with the Poser Surface in Superfly and vice versa for many nodes
So maybe there is a way around to have the shadow catcher in SF in combination with the projected environment map? Bascially fade the map, like in the Shadow Catcher, with the shadow.
If you use my setup there is a possibility to change the strength (value) and colour of the map on the shadowplane.
The problem is that the groundplan get lighted by the background lighting (or skydome) and it becomes lighther ( or darker) and the colour changes, especially with a blue sky.
By changing the value and the colour you adapt the plane to the background.
It's a bit of trial and error and you will need some testrenders to get the best result.
Best regards,
sorry, I am still confusing names on this board, I was using your setup with the HSV corrections and a ground plate disk and
with the Environment Sphere from bagginsbill but with a different material,
just the image into ambient color and everything else black/off.
And with this sphere the projections dont match up with the ground plate since the sphere is slightly too small for the projection on the ground plate
I think you are using a slightly different setup for lighting? A different dome and or material?
Anyway it's pretty cool and probably the best we can have in SF.
Yesterday I tried all possible things to combine this with a shadow catching material like bagginsbill had for Firefly, that fades to transparent where there is no shadow in SF, and it seems its just impossible.
I plugged a DiffuseBsdf shader into a TransparentBsdf Shader and used AddClosure to mix both, and the strange thing is that this gave a material that was always transparent at the shadows and opaque everywhere else
(when it should be just the opposite way) even when you inverted the output of the Diffuse shader.
And this worked for an hour or so and dindt change no matter what I did and than it stopped working all together and I couldnt reproduce the effect.
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@starlingblue if the plane is not matching up to the sphere maybe changing the camera's focal length will fix that.
Yes, maybe, have to try that a little bit
But I prefer to be flexible with the focal length and often like to use 50mm.
Also I am not sure if it will solve this, or just make the difference slightly smaller.
It also has an effect where the camera is located, the more you move it off center the more difference I think.
Ok, now I followed more closely what @bopperthijs did with the background for lighting and now it works.
Great. I am pretty happy.
I would have preferred the dome since you can see it in the preview, but you can still use it in parallel and then switch it off
Now I used a circular groundplate, scaled, and
Wave2D -> MathFunctions Gain -> MathFunctions 1-x -> Transparency to fade it towards the borders,
works nicely, you dont see the borders even if colors or luminance are off.
However I had to use the Surface Node, the Cycles TransparentBsdf gave me strange results again in combination with the DiffuseBsdf and AddClosure.
Maybe I wasn't doing it right?
Don't you use the AddClosure to add a transparancy to another shader?
When I do that I get off color pixels where there had been no pixels at all when using the TransparentBsdf alone.
And I found a disadvantage with using the Background for illumination:
it's not reflected. So you need something else for reflections.
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For transparency you have to use a mixclosure node and not an addclosure. I show you how if poser is available again ( I'm in the middle of a massive render)
Thanks, I think I'll manage without a demo if you cant find the time, now that I know what I was doing wrong.
Hm, I think I do need an example - I dont get it to work either way.
With Add Closure it seems buggy, with MixClosure I get a 50/50 mix which is semi transparent where the color for transparency is white.
Also, I am not sure how you set up your background lit scene.
Do you still use an IBL light? Or set the backgroud material to cast light?
Sorry for my late respond, but it got a little late last night
Here are some screenshots how a simple mixclosure works:
With a mixclosure you can mix between two different shaders : Diffuse, Glossy, transpant, emission translucent etc.
With the fac input you can modulate between the two shaders. I have made a simple one with two diffuse shaders, one red, one blue. For the modulator I used a simple tile-function, but this can be anything: formula;s , 3d-functions, transparencymaps. (besides the new cycle-nodes, you can also use the old poser-functions.
Here is the result:
Perhaps you ask what this has to do transparancy? Replace just one of the diffuse shaders with a transparency shader
and this is the result:
You can also replace the tile function with an transparencymap.
Here is the setting for a mirrorbal. Very simple.
Just add a Glossy , be sure the color is almost white. With roughness you control the blurryness of the reflection.
If you more questions, just ask. If I have time I answer.
Thanks for your time, this was really helpful.
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@bagginsbill Besides the Primitive prop image. How did you set the actual background to have that sky?
On the background material you have switch on "cast light".
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@authintix Same way. The surrounding prop is the built-in ground (aka the Construct) and I attached an image to it same as I did on the rectangle.
Images for surrounds like the Construct or my EnvSphere are arranged in a certain way but how they are attached is the same.
I'm not sure if you're asking how to map the image data for a 360-degree environment or if you're asking literally how did I load it onto the surrounding prop.
The mapping or layout of the pixels in the image is called equirectangular for my EnvSphere. The exact mapping for the construct is NOT equirectangular but it is close enough that people get away with using those images. However, they don't lay quite right on the construct and tend to look squashed.


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