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This week's verse is Philippians 2:14.
First, let's break this verse down:
- All - God doesn't leave a lot of confusion about this word. "Do all things" means everything we do - every.single.thing.
- Complaining - According to Merriam-Webster, to complain means "to express grief, pain, or discontent."
- Disputing - Merriam-Webster says to dispute means "to engage in argument."
God wants us to do every thing we do without being discontent or arguing about it. Sometimes our complaining and disputing is aimed at others in our lives, but most of the time (if we're honest), it's aimed at God. We complain to Him that we aren't happy with our circumstances or we argue with Him about what we think would be best for us.
If it said, do good things without complaining and disputing OR do most things OR do easy thiings, I'd be fine. It's that 3-letter word all that gets me every time.
It's really hard for me to do all things without complaining. When things are tough or not working out the way I want them to, my default position is to complain about it.
So how do I change my default position? By being thankful. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says "In every thing give thanks." It's next to impossible to be both complaining and thankful at the same time. If I look at my circumstances with thankfulness, I won't have the time or the desire to complain or argue with God. It requires some intentional thought on my part; I have to consciously decide to be thankful when things are hard.
There have been some times when I've thought, "How in the world can I be thankful for this?" Have you been there? When things are so tough that you look around and see absolutely nothing that looks like anything you would ever be thankful for? Looking back on those times, I can now see God's hand in those situations, working all things for good like He says in Romans 8:28. It makes it much easier now for me to be thankful in and for the hard times now because I know that, when I come out on the other side of whatever it is I'm going through, He will have carried me through in His strength and His power. How can I not be thankful for that?
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A - All Scripture Is...
B - Be Still
C - A Clean Heart
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There are many different choices when it comes to choosing which bodybuilding routine is right for you and your lifestyle. You will never know for sure what works best until you get started and actually start experimenting to find out.
When you do find a workout routine that you do like it is still good to mix it up now and again. It is not a good idea to keep using the same workout over and over again for a long period of time.
This is because your body becomes conditioned to the workout and it does not really add any challenge for your body any more. Don't think that you need to switch out your routine on a daily or weekly basis. Changing things up every month or so is plenty to keep all the benefits of your workouts.
One fantastic bodybuilding routine you should try is called the pyramid workout. To do this you start your first set with really light weights. At the end of each set, you increase the weights more and more.
The idea behind this is that as your muscles become fatigued, they need to work harder and harder and as they do you are increasing the weight. You keep going until you get to the point that you can only lift one rep of the ending weight.
Here is an great example of what a lower body pyramid workout would look like:
* Squats: 2 warm-up sets then 1x10,1x7,1x4 (increasing weight each set)
* Stiff-Leg Deadlifts - 1x10,1x7,1x4 (increasing weight each set)
* The same routine would apply to other parts of the body; you just change the weight according to your limits.
Keep track of what you complete each workout. In fact, it is better to have everything planned out ahead of time. Keeping a logbook or notebook with what you did and how you felt is a great idea.
This lets you track your progress and gains over a long period of time. This will help you know when you hit a plateau and need to up your workouts some more. Keeping a routine is the best way to build that body and make the most of your workouts.
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The price of Brent Crude has crossed $50/barrel, and it still has some way to fall. This is not a temporary short term drop in the price; it is the middle of a long-term price movement.There are huge reasons to think that the low price of oil is here to stay – at least for the next few years.
Analysts say that the Saudis are out to get the shale oil producers by keeping the oil price lower than their production costs. Sounds logical. But let's take a look at the actual production prices.The production cost of oil shale is between $35 and $50/barrel – and this is the average production cost. But the bulk of the production cost is up front – when the well is being set up. The marginal production cost (i.e. the additional cost for prducing every additional barrel of oil) is lower – perhaps as low as $10/barrel. This means that shale oil wells that are already producing will continue producing as long as the oil price does not dip below $10/barrel. However, new wells will not be opened if the price of oil is less than $35/barrel (because investment decisions are made based on marginal production cost).
Offshore oil wells produce oil at $50/barrel. There are a lot of these wells in operation, e.g. in the Gulf south of the US. Their marginal cost of production is a mere $10/barrel, and will thus continue to produce inspite of the low price. However, it costs a lot to sink them ($40/barrel of the cost is from the exploration and development of wells). A price below $50/barrel will mean that new offshore wells will not be developed.
Oil from oil sands costs from $50 to $80/barrel to produce, and most of this is in everyday production cost. This means that this kind of oil will probably be frozen (figuratively and literally), if the price remains below $50/barrel. And there are other marginal producers, e.g. US small-scale drillers (e.g. producing less than 10 barrels/day) which may close down because production has stopped being profitable.
A price below $50/barrel means that offshore and shale oil will thus continue production in existing wells and even sink new wells. Specific economics will determine which wells will be sunk, and which will be deferred. As the price goes further below $50/barrel, fewer new wells will be started, and then not enough will go online to replace older wells that get depleted.
At the same time, oil continues to come from 'traditional' sources. Neither OPEC nor the other oil-producing countries are willing to reduce their production. Some are actually increasing production, e.g. Russia and Iraq; while some OPEC countries may also increase theirs e.g. Venezuela and Nigeria.
In the short term, the oil price will continue to drop because there is a lot more oil produced than is needed. The price will go even lower than $30/barrel. It will settle somewhere around $35/barrel.Below this point, it would not be profitable to open new shale oil wells.
In the next 3 to 5 years, the price will range between $30 and $40. After this, economic growth will push up the demand for oil to the point that the price will gradually rise again.


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We are in HPUX 10.20, SAP 4.0b, Oracle 806. We are planning to upgrade the OS only to 11X 32 or 64 bit versions.
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This recital features piano works by international award-winning contemporary Chinese composers Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Alexina Louie and Tan Dun, including two recently commissioned pieces by Zhou and Chen Yi from 2012 and 2013 respectively.
The program includes Zhou Long's Pianobells, Chen Yi's Northern Scenes, Alexina Louie's Music for Piano, and Tan Dun's Eight Memories in Watercolor. It mixes old and new, and East and West.
While these four Chinese composers were born in Beijing, Guangzhou, Vancouver and Changsha respectively, their music shares the common thread of embracing a blend of Chinese and western traditions, and transcends cultural and musical boundaries.
Spanning from 1979 to 2013, these pieces contain an amalgamation of Chinese and western elements. One can hear echoes of Chinese music, art and literature, as well as western elements of impressionism and church chimes in these compositions.
These internationally recognized composers have received numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize in Music, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Canadian Music Council.
Susan Chan's CD "Echoes of China: Contemporary Piano Music," which contains this program with additional piano works, was released by Naxos in August 2015. Zhou and Chen's commissioned works have been published by Oxford University Press and Theodore Presser Company respectively. More information on the pianist can be found at susanchanpiano.com
The program will be performed with verbal program notes.
Susan Chan: Echoes of China Piano Recital
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Now things regarding Whitney's death are starting to make sense. According to TMZ, cocaine was found in Whitney's room. It was previously reported that items were taken out of Whitney's room prior to her death. Now police have confirmed that they found 'white remnants of a powdery substance' which tested positive as cocaine. The drug is in the possession of authorities. This investigation is set to be closed in about week. There is still no evidence of foul play.
Crack truly is wack. Sigh.
I just hope Whitney has finally found the peace she never had in life. We will always love you Nippy. I will end my personal investigation into her demise with my favorite Whitney song.
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What oils are best to get our omega 369s?
Before I answer your question directly, let's do a little review. When we talk about dietary fats, most of the time we are referring to triglycerides, which are three fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone.
Sometimes the fatty acids are all the same type, but most often there is some natural variation. Fatty acids are made up of carbon chains bonded to together, and due to the unique properties of carbon, leaves a space on the sides of the carbon atoms to accept hydrogen atoms on either side of the chain. A fatty acid carbon chain with all the side spots filled with hydrogen is a saturated fatty acid, whereas if one spot is empty, the fatty acid is unsaturated. If there is only one spot available, then the fatty acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid, and if there is more than one spot open it becomes a polyunsaturated fatty acid. Where there is no hydrogen bond to the a carbon, the two adjacent carbons will form a weak double bond. Thus for omega 3 fatty acids, which are polyunsaturated, the first double-bond occurs at the third carbon from the end, whereas for omega 6 it is at the sixth carbon, and for omega 9, indicates that the first double-bond in the fatty acid chain is at the ninth carbon. So let us not make too much hay from these terms.
What is more important is the fact that we do not synthesize the omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids, and thus need to get them in our diet. Omega 9, however, which is oleic acid, is typically found in abundance in our diet in the form of fats like olive oil, so taking a supplement of omega 9 is not only silly but a very expensive way to get something which is easy to find. Omega 3 and 6 oils refer to linolenic and linoleic acid respectively, each the mother of two biosynthetic pathways that result in a number of different types of fatty acid. Linolenic acid, or the omega 3 fatty acid, gives rise to both eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acids (DHA), whereas omega 6, or linoleic acid, is the mother of gamma linoleic acid (GLA).
All of these fatty acids have been well-studied, and apart from the fact that we need them in our diet, a number of effects have been noted in our physiology, particularly in the synthesis of locally acting hormone-like compounds called eicosanoids, which include a diverse group of compounds including prostaglandins, leukotrienes and thromboxanes. Both omega 3 and 6 oils have been shown to exert regulatory activities on eicosanoid production, and hence are regulators of physiological elements such as inflammation.
While both linolenic acid (omega 3) and linoleic acid (omega 6) have antiinflammatory properties, the omega 6 fatty acids can also be converted to arachidonic acid (AA), which is generally pro-inflammatory. What prevents the omega 6 oils from being converted into AA are numerous, but the key factor is the presence of omega 3s in our diet that act as a counter balance. The traditional human diet contained about equal proportions of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, all in all, about 2:1 in favor of omega 6. Nowadays, with the advent of industrial agriculture and the modern diet, this ratio is skewed in favor of omega 6 fats such that many people are consuming 5, 10, 25 and even 50 times too much omega 6 fatty acids relative to omega 3s. This huge imbalance means that we really only need to supplement for omega 3s in a diet that is otherwise rich in omega 6s, which are found in most seed oils (e.g. safflower, sunflower), grains and cereals, as well as all animal produce that has been fed grain. Consuming a "balanced" 3-6-9 oil only makes sense (minus the omega 9) if this is our only source of fat – otherwise, it won't function to balance essential fatty acid intake ratios that have been skewed through the modern diet. Once we avoid the pitfalls of the modern diet, and switch back to eating grass-fed animal products, small oily fish (smelts, sardines, herring), as well as lots of leafy greens and sea vegetables, our EFA ratios will be naturally balanced, and we can dispense with the EFA supplements all together.


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Monday, December 20, 2010
Frobot is officially available on the Wii Shop Channel!
Frobot has finally arrived! You can purchase Frobot on the Wii Shop Channel. The game is only 1000 Wii Points. Check out our review on NintendoLife!
Frobot Review on NintendoLife!
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Getting into the Games Industry...
I've had a lot of people ask me how I got started in the games industry. I took a non-traditional path. From over 1000 applicants I was one of the lucky 8 chosen to be a Nintendo Street Team member. Here's my audition video which got me the job.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Frobot is launching Dec 20th on WiiWare!
We have an official launch date!
On December 20th Frobot is beaming out of another dimension straight into your living room on Nintendo's WiiWareTM service! You can either get the full Frobot experience for 1000 points or just try a taste of that sweet action with the free demo comin' out the same day. Livin' it up in Europe? Frobot's got yer back there when he invades the European Wii Shop Channel in 2011. So if you got friends, call em, and if you don't, make some, cause it's gonna be a party!
Frobot has been rated "Everyone 10+" with Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes by the ESRB.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
We are officially on Nintendo.com!
Well the game hasn't officially launched yet but we are officially on the Nintendo Website.
We'll be annoucing the launch date for Frobot very soon. Stay tuned!
We'll be annoucing the launch date for Frobot very soon. Stay tuned!
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Whether you're a garden enthusiast or you a novice gardener, if your home has a garden you cannot escape garden waste – and even worse, having to remove this garden waste from your home. Now, removing garden waste can be a messy and time-consuming affair, and if you choose to dispose of it yourself, then it can also be quite expensive.
Fortunately, there's an easy solution – our garden bags service here at 4 Waste Removals. Simply hire one of our garden bags, add your garden waste, and we'll collect and dispose of it for you.
Today, I'll provide you with a comprehensive breakdown our garden bags service. After reading through this article, you'll know just how useful our service can be for you.
What is a garden bag?
A garden bag a large hessian bag which is fitted to a metal frame. When you hire a garden bag from us, we deliver it to your premises ready for use. All you have to do is to decide on a waste collection schedule and fill it before your collection date. Our rubbish removers collect the garden bag on the scheduled collection date, leaving your home free of garden waste.
What makes our garden bag service different from council green bins?
Our garden bag service works similar to the local council's green bin service. However, our bags are about 2.5 times larger than council bins. Because of this, our bags are easier to use as you won't need to break up large twigs or branches to get them to fit. Also, the extra size offered by our bags ensure that you'll never have waste that won't fit into the bag.
What can a garden bag be useful for?
Our garden bags can come in very handy if you maintain your garden on a frequent basis or you're looking for an occasional clean-up. Simply decide on whether you need a one-off service or a regular hire and place an order with us.
Our garden bag service is an affordable, efficient and effective way of disposing of garden waste. Whether you're giving your garden a one-off clean-up or you're regularly maintaining it, our garden bags will come in incredibly useful to you.
Garden bag pickup and payment options
At 4 Waste Removals, we offer flexible pickup options with our garden bag service. You can choose a collection cycle according to your needs and requirements. You can get waste collected weekly or once in two, four or eight weeks as per your needs.
We also allow you to change your collection cycle to suit your changing needs during different seasons. For example, you can choose an eight-week collection cycle in winter and a two/four-week collection cycle in spring.
We charge a standard $20 as the cost of collection of rubbish from our garden bags. This charge is fixed, regardless of the amount of waste in the bag. In case our rubbish removers find a bag to be empty on the collection date, the bag will be left onsite along with an invoice if applicable.
Our one-off cleaning service is available for $60. This includes the charge for delivery and pickup of 2 garden bags.
Hiring a garden bag from us at 4 Waste Removals is an efficient and affordable way to remove rubbish from your garden. Our garden bags are large hessian bags which are 2.5 times larger than council green bins. Whether you maintain your garden regularly or you're giving your yard an occasional clean-up, you can use our garden bags to get rid of your waste. Our service is very affordable, and we even offer flexible pickup and payment options.
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Caribbean Must Do's and How to Get a Hickey in Grand Cayman
May 30, 2017 -
John Heald
Hello everyone. I'm back again and today I want to talk about some of the destinations we sail to and obviously that means talking about the Caribbean where most of our ships sail year-round.
A friend of mine returned recently from a land based vacation in the Cayman Islands. "So how was it?" I asked, expecting to hear about the food, the hotel, the beach etc. But no. Instead he told me he'd seen something called Jay Z……..which I think is a tropical bird? Seriously, though, the Caribbean is so beautiful even the stars spend their vacations there.
Columbus said it first. When he reached the Caribbean in 1492 (he was looking for India but the West Indies got in the way), he wrote this in his journal: "I saw so many islands that bugger me I hardly knew to which I should go first." OK, I added the "bugger me" bit but you can understand how he felt.
Today, first-time visitors face the same problem. They're often uncertain about which dot of land to head to. It's no wonder. One of the great attractions of the Caribbean is its diversity, but for the uninitiated, the amount of choice can be overwhelming.
So, I thought I might list some of my "must see" places in the Caribbean that can all be visited on a Carnival cruise which allows you to travel to many different destinations and only pack and unpack once as I discussed in my recent packing blog post.
Some of the below include specific shore excursions available from our ships and some are things you just should do. So, here in no particular order are some of the things that I look back on with fond memories and some of which I hope you get to experience for yourself very soon.
Visit Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Men and women with beards will point out that Seven Mile Beach is actually 5½ miles long. But, in any case, it's long and there is little need for early morning towels placed on sun loungers to hold your spot as there is room enough for the entire population of Germany along this enormous crescent of white sand. It's on the western shore of Grand Cayman, home to most of the island's luxury resorts and hotels, so there is no shortage of things to do. Remember that if you are not specific, your cab driver will take you to a hotel/resort where you will have to pay at least $10 to enter. Therefore, either take our ship excursion to a private area of the beach which includes lunch or ask for Seven Mile Public Beach where there is no entrance fee. Remember, there is little or no snorkeling here as Seven Mile Beach rests on a huge sandbar. So, you can take a snorkel and mask with you if you have a foot fetish as that's all you will see………..other people's feet.
Swim with Stingrays in Grand Cayman
Stingray City trips will take you to a sandbar where you can feed and interact with dozens of southern stingrays. Interacting with these creatures is simply extraordinary. They love to taste the salt on your skin from the water and will on occasion start sucking on your thigh. Therefore, you may see some people getting back onto the boats with hickeys the size of Texas on their legs.
Seriously….this is a great experience and you will be standing in the middle of the ocean in the bluest water you have ever seen lapping gently around you. Remember you can ask your cruise director or the dedicated shore excursion team on the ship and they will be happy to tell you more.
Snorkel…………….anywhere in the Caribbean.
The sea is a deep blue and crystal clear, with thousands of fish lazing around – being entertained by the amateur snorkelers pointing at them and trying to speak to each other in bubbles: "Lkkkk is mpror fsh."
But what a view. I remember the first time I went snorkeling in Trunk Bay on the Island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This was the first time I had snorkeled and I am sure the look on my face when I spotted all the beautiful Caribbean fish was surely priceless. I spent a sublime hour drifting past schools of trumpetfish, angelfish, squirrelfish and an occasional barracuda along with multicolored things whose names I couldn't tell you. Eventually, I waddled back to shore and flopped down on the sand to spend time taking in the extraordinary view. All was perfect until a few local citizens tried to drag me back into the water as I shouted: "Stop! I'm not a whale!!"
Travel beneath the waves – take an Atlantis submarine tour in St. Thomas, Cozumel, Grand Cayman and many other locations
The subs, which are specially designed for underwater sightseeing, descend to 120 feet then spend 45 minutes among the coral, fish and sunken wrecks. This is a special treat for non-swimmers and children. Just don't drink too much liquid before-hand as there are no bathrooms. This is something you will never forget, though. How many people can actually say they went beneath the Caribbean waves in a submarine?
Eat Jerk Chicken in Ocho Rios
Close to where our ships dock in Ocho Rios is The Jerk Center. It looks like a circle of huts with a big hole in the middle and that's because it is a circle of huts with a big hole in the middle. It is not a five-star restaurant. There are no linen cloths on the tables and no silver service. This, though, is the place to eat jerk chicken. It is very tourist friendly and the people who own it have been serving our passengers for many years. It may look slightly intimidating but really it is as friendly a place as you can imagine. The food is cheap and is absolutely ethnically brilliant. So, next time you are in Ocho Rios, buy a box of jerk chicken and wash it down with a Red Stripe Beer or a bottle of local soda called Ting………this place is, as they say in Jamaica, "Irie mon."
OK, I haven't done this as me and heights go together like me and kale salad. However, everyone I have spoken to tells me it is just astonishing. The excursion takes you through the forest canopy, 30 to 50 feet above the ground, on 500-foot runs of cable. Helmets, hairnets, gloves and harnesses are provided as is toilet paper. Again, speak to the excursion staff onboard who will fill you in with the rest of the details.
Bathe in light in Puerto Rico
I love San Juan and while many of our guests bugger off and go shopping, some head on our kayak tour to Mosquito Bay in Vieques. It is full of tiny bioluminescent orgasms …..ooopps … I mean organisms, which dart away from moving objects leaving phosphorescent blue-white trails like microscopic underwater glow-worms. Magical for all ages and honestly it will leave you breathless.
Gaze at the Caribbean Stars
Even when Mars is shining brilliantly in the southeast quadrant of the night sky, when viewing from land, there is so much city light distracting from the view. Not so in the Caribbean when looking up from the deck of a Carnival ship. I remember once when Mars was shining so bright there was seemingly enough light read by. Everyone was telling me about it so I went outside and there it was — a reddish orb in the inky black velvet drape of night.
And that was just the start. On the opposite side of the sky was the Plough, pointing me to the equally visible North Star. And right overhead, like a dribble of saliva, was the edge of the Milky Way. It was like a Pink Floyd concert and I was out there for hours thinking, like you do at times such as this, about our very tiny place in the spectacular universe. Before giant movie screens, waterslides and all the other iconic features on our ships today, people would always walk on deck at night and gaze at the stars. They are so bright and ooze romance. So, at least once, take a walk on the deck at night and reach for the stars.
So, there you have it. There is, of course, so much more I could write about the Caribbean and indeed I will in future blogs but these are places that will leave everlasting memories on you and your family and I hope you get to experience them very soon.


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Scientists have developed a silicon solar cell with a geometry of holes with diameters of about 500-600 nanometers, according to a recent post on Physorg.com. The new design achieves an increased power efficiency of 9.5 percent, compared to the 5 percent efficiency of silicon cells that use optically active nanostructures such as nanowires and nanotubes.
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This is an attempt to translate chapters 20-22, which covered the Zhang WuJi learning Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi and his heroics of saving the Ming sect at Brightness Peak. I actually started the translation earlier, but never got around to it after a while. But with Spring Break coming up and I need to save some money, I won't be vacationing. So I think this is as good a time as ever to get aroud to this. Yeah, I know I have the XLFD to translate, but I kind of needed a break from it.
Keep in mind that my Chinese is nowhere near the level of Moinellion, Lanny Lin, or Athena(the other people who have translated JY works). So my details would be lacking, and some parts will be fudged. So don't be overly critical.
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Advert 60112Greosabhagh - Outer Hebrides (western Isles) - Scotland
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Description "Stone-Built House" Gîte - Self Catering VisitScotland 4 stars & VisitBritain 4 stars in Greosabhagh
Well furnished 2 bedroom cottage, double bedroom and a twin, kitchen with cooker, microwave, dishwasher, wash dryer, with small sun porch facing the bay.
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Interior Stone-Built House with View: panoramic, unobscured, not overlooked, ...
Receive up to : from 1 to 4 person(s) (2 adults, 2 children)
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Leisure activities less than 20 km / 12 miles : Surfing, sailing, tennis, pathway, coastal/forest paths, rock climbing, boat trips, fishing
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Hi guys, and welcome to day 7 of this 10 day guitar starter course!
Today, we're looking at how we can play 100s of songs with the same 4 chords- very useful for anyone wanting to get a large number of songs in a short space of time!
Click the 'Chords' icon above for the online chord sheet for this '4 chord song' or 'Songbooks' to checkout my recommended paperback songbooks for beginners!
This lesson is inspired by this video by the copy rock band - The Axis of Awesome. My tutorial, which does work as a standalone video, is below.
When changing between the following chords, we keep the 3rd and little finger down the entire time. This makes the changes between them MUCH easier for most people, though you can play them using a standard D major, E minor and C major also if you prefer.
Photos & diagrams from Andy's Beginners Course Book, available in paperback & to download now!
The pattern used here is the most common strumming pattern EVER - useful when we want to play 100s of songs!
Once you've completed the lesson from the video above, watch Andy demonstrate the full song and play along using this video!
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If you've successfully played along with Andy in the full demo video above, you're ready to move on to Day 8 of this acoustic guitar course where we'll learn an awesome riff for the song 'The Joker' by the Steve Miller Band!
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International Range Bowling Day
As I announced last week, today is International Range Bowling Day. I spent the day with family and friends playing the Next Olympic Sport. Over 200 Crayola ® rounds were expended, and at the end of the day I didn't win a single game. I placed last in the first game (which D.W. won), and second in the last game. (The last game was won by my brother's girlfriend, who had never fired a gun in her life).
As we played, it occurred to me that to the general public its origins are clouded in mystery. This is the story of how it was developed to become the phenomenon it is today.
First, a word...
I rarely mention Range Bowling without being accosted by somebody about how terrible it is that we're promoting weapons, we're encouraging killing, yada, yada, yada. To those people I say, "Get a life, you ignorant putz." Football doesn't encourage mugging, though quarterbacks get sacked; baseball doesn't encourage stealing, though bases are stolen; Range Bowling doesn't encourage killing, though shots are fired.
First of all, we have extensively tested the equipment. It is safer than a pellet gun. One look at the pins after using pellet guns tells the story. The pins struck by crayons are always and invariably undamaged. Those struck by pellets are dented. Those struck by BBs are punctured.
We use a real gun in part because the irony of using a weapon for entertainment isn't lost on us. It's ludicrous, and fun. But it's also safer than the "safe" alternatives I mention above. Finally – and importantly – it gives us an opportunity to teach gun safety with real guns. We treat the guns at all times as if they are loaded with live ammunition, though live ammunition is banned from the premises. There are penalties if you fail to follow gun safety rules (namely, you're ejected from the game). We wear eye protection. We use the safeties on the guns. All this for wax pellets fired without a charge. You probably stand a better chance of getting injured playing catch in the front yard.
As a result of all of this, Range Bowling isn't just fun; it's educational. Our kids are responsible around weapons. They're not fearful, ignorant, or frivolous.
The History
I've always had a habit of opening my house to strays, strangers, and temporary guests. The "guest" at this time, around 1994-1995, was my brother Robert. One of Robert's skills is reloading ammunition, so when he moved in he brought his reloading equipment with him. Basically, this sort of thing consists of casings (the stuff you put the powder in; primers (the thing that blows up when the hammer hits it, causing the powder to ignite; bullets (the lead part that kills or injures); and a press mechanism for putting this stuff together.
Also at that time my son William was about 8 or 9 years old, and like most young kids he owned crayons. He had a tendency to leave them around the house.
One day I idly picked up a casing while talking to Robert. In my other hand I had a Crayola ® crayon that had been left on the floor. Noticing that they were about the same size, I casually slipped the crayon into the empty casing and broke it off flush with the end of the casing. When I wondered aloud whether the wax pellet could be used as a bullet, Robert surmised that the charge would most likely melt it completely, but that the primer alone should expel it from the barrel of the pistol. He proceeded to load the casing I was holding into his .38 revolver and fired it at a corrugated cardboard box across the room.
It bounced harmlessly off the cardboard. From about 3 feet away a crayon fired at the box penetrated the first layer of the box, but did not penetrate the corrugation. As it turned out, this is pretty safe, so long as you don't point it at somebody's eyes. In fact, it's safer than a BB gun or even a plastic pellet gun. The wax doesn't damage the revolver either, though you most assuredly should clean your gun before putting it away. It was safe enough that we could envision an indoor shooting range.
The next order of business was finding appropriate targets. The crayon won't travel more than 40 feet, and has such a low velocity that paper targets are invulnerable at that range. William had some plastic bowling pins, though, and they did fall over when struck properly.
From there it was a short step from target practice to actually bowling for point.
Why now?
It's time, that's why.
Actually, this is the best time of year to introduce people to the sport. I live in South Carolina, so my rules of weather apply, but barring the occasional hurricane, this is the least blustery time of year. That makes it a lot easier to play outdoors, if firing crayons in the house makes you way too nervous.
Secondly, it's the best time to get the proper equipment. Those plastic bowling pins are pretty much seasonal items. At the end of September the stores have put away their Back To School specials and have started to put out Christmas merchandise. The decorations may be for Halloween, but the seasonal aisles in Wal-Mart are starting to fill with toys, toys, toys... including plastic bowling pins Don't worry if you can't find the pins. Just use ten empty 2-litre soda bottles. Just get some pins when you get the chance... they're better.
Sadly, this year I couldn't find the pins! I had given away the set I used previously, thinking they'd be easily replaced, and then I couldn't find a set to save my life. So, it was the Dr. Pepper company to the rescue. I sucked down ten Diet Dr. Peppers over the last couple of days, and spray-painted them With the caps on you get a lot of pin action, so set them a little bit further apart than you would place bowling pins.


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Facebook usage: a local perspective
Posted on July 11, 2012 by Mark Braggins
Continued from last time… In my previous post, I explained that I'm trying to gather data on the number of social media users within a geographic area. I'm basically attempting to answer the question: "what is the actual take-up of social … Continue reading →
Posted in Facebook, Hampshire, Social Media, weekly blog club | Tagged age group, analysis, analytics, Facebook, geographic, reporting, social media, statistics, technology, usage, users | 3 Comments
Estimating Social Media usage within a geographic area
Posted on July 5, 2012 by Mark Braggins
I'm an enthusiastic supporter of the adage "go where the people go" if you want to connect with customers and service users. I believe it applies equally – if not more – in the virtual world, than the physical world. I don't … Continue reading →
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Ten (more) of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter
Posted on March 27, 2012 by Mark Braggins
A couple of months ago I blogged about ten of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter. I didn't – and still don't – pretend to have any great expertise but, as I'd tried a bunch of different products, … Continue reading →
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Ten of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter
Posted on January 1, 2012 by Mark Braggins
I've been tweeting for just over a year during which time I've tried a variety of tools for reporting and analysis. Some have been quite impressive, but many have been pretty awful. Here's a quick look at ten of my … Continue reading →
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My first year on Twitter
Posted on December 30, 2011 by Mark Braggins
Until just over a year ago I thought Twitter was a place celebrities go to announce what they've had for breakfast. That's certainly the impression I got from newspapers. I can't remember what prompted me to take a look at … Continue reading →
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Alexandra Legouix
Alexandra Legouix wears a number of hats. She is a well know Sports TV Presenter and among various other shows, she is best known as the main face and pitlane presenter of the World Touring Car Championship which broadcasts live on Eurosport, Fox Sports and on a number of other channels globally.
Other TV duties include being one of the main Fitness Presenters on Bestfit Magazine's TV channel on SKY and for this same magazine she is also the resident Yoga Columnist.
She is the owner of thriving yoga, meditation & pilates studio 'Konasana Dome' which is based in Surrey for which she teaches many of the classes herself when she is free and in the UK.
Additionally, Alexandra is the writer and presenter of two top selling Yoga DVDs ('Yoga Made Simple') which are stocked by Amazon, in WHSmiths and HMV and in various supermarkets.
Having trained at Redroofs Theatre School, Alexandra spent many years as a professional actress, singer and dancer before a big fall in 2014 resulted in her not only breaking her spine but dislocation of her pelvis and three prolapsed discs. After scans showed she was also suffering from a degenerative disc disease and facet joint syndrome, doctors advise she stop exercise altogether.
However, not one to give up and fiercely adamant she could self heal, Alexandra started yoga and after two sessions was totally hooked on not only the physical benefits but the mental benefits she reaped too. After a year of regular classes, Alexandra went to India and submersed herself in the yogi world and spent two months gaining her qualifications at a renowned ashram in Kerala.
On her return she began teaching and combined her yoga with her travel and started to teach in various centres around the world.
She opened her own studio www.konasana.co.uk this year in January and it is already doing extremely well. Starting online classes seemed a sensible next step to take, hence her new link with FitSwarm!
Alexandra will begin her 500RYT training this April.
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USAT's Environmental Commitment | Green Initiatives
Our company is composed of employees that are very concerned about preserving the earth for our children's children. That's why we've decided to make specific environmental commitments. Because of our stewardship responsibilities as good world citizens, we have committed to finding innovative and effective ways to conserve, recycle, and mitigate our impact on the planet.
At USAT we have in place, or are pursuing corporate programs that:
- Conserve water, paper, and fossil fuels. Use distributed generation of energy to offset transmission losses.
- Recycle and re-purpose metal mounts, computers and communications technologies. Harvest raw materials from scrapped equipment to minimize landfill usage.
- Mitigate our usage of limited fuels by encouraging alternate forms of transportation, improving lumens per watt with lighting, reducing electric usage, sourcing electricity from renewables and heating or cooling office spaces more efficiently.
Special Highlight:
As of March 2017, USAT's Chapel Hill headquarters is now a "net zero energy" facility. Combining efforts to reduce consumption with generating solar electricity in SITU, we net consume no externally produced energy. No natural gas, and no net electricity from the electric grid!
Environmental Commitment 1
- In 2017, we expanded into an additional warehouse space in which we promptly replaced hundreds of T12 florescent tubes, fixtures and aging ballasts, with LED troffer light fixtures from Cree. Each new troffer uses 44 watts down from 160 watts—a 72.5% reduction in energy consumed—and a 10 fold increase in lifespan further reducing waste into landfills!
- In 2017, we installed 26 independently addressable, IoT enabled lights around the exterior of our facility. These lights turn on based on the sunrise and sunset for any given day. They also leverage IFTTT (If This Then That) so that they also turn on when a nearby weather monitor reports precipitation at our facility.
- In 2016, we installed a 60-kilowatt solar array at our HQ. The ~200 panel system occupies both our roof, and a canopy we built to support the panels so we could maximize solar production at the facility. Fronius Symo smart invertors let us use the Internet of Things to constantly monitor production. By using stylish Lumos all tempered glass solar panels, we have built not only an effective system, but an architecturally appealing one as well. The largest parts of the system, the custom aluminum support structure by DAC Awning and the Lumos photovoltaic panels, are manufactured in the USA.
- In 2016, we replaced hundreds of fluorescent fixtures with dimmable Cree LED light fixtures. This not only cuts energy consumption by 40-70%, we also deployed 90+ CRI (Color Rendition Index) technology to improve the light quality throughout out facility. All exit lights and 24-hour security lights also were replaced with efficient LEDs.
- In 2015, we replaced commodes in our headquarters with pressurized low flow systems to reduce the water demand placed on our municipal water system.
- In 2015, we upgraded the HVAC to use IoT connected systems which monitor weather and run the HVAC systems with greater efficiency.
- In 2013, we completed the installation of a 50 kilowatt roof mounted photovoltaic solar system on one of our facilities. The capital investment for the 176 panel array will offset a significant portion of our energy consumption at the facility for the next 25 years as well as buffer us from energy price fluctuations. On the day the solar system went live, the photovoltaic arrays were monitored by using a USAT M2M wireless router running on USAT's Express M2M network. In May of 2014, the building produced about 9 megawatts of electricity.
- In 2013, we replaced many bay doors through our warehouse will full view, floor to ceiling glass doors. This floods the area with natural light, reducing the need for supplemental electric lighting.
- In 2013, USAT began migrating to solid ink printers for marketing department projects. The minimal packaging ink blocks greatly reduce the excess container packaging needed with toner based laser printers. The impact is magnified with volume color printing, which typically use 4 or more toner cartridges simultaneously.
- In 2011, we completed a conversion of over 135 florescent ballasts used with office lights. By switching to new, high efficiency electronic ballasts and matched bulbs we have decreased electric consumption by 30-35%.
- In 2011, we replaced all incandescent exit signs and emergency lighting with high efficiency LED based lights. The exits signs consume electricity 24 x 7 x 365. The switch to LED dropped consumption from 40 watts to 4 watts; a 10 fold decrease in consumption.
- Smart Thermostats. USAT has installed smart scheduling thermostats throughout our facilities. With these we are able to reduce HVAC demands when offices are vacant. In 2011 we updated all scheduling thermostats to wireless scheduling thermostats. This enables us to even more precisely manage the thermostats leveraging the power of the internet cloud for conservation.
- Energy Star 5 Requirement. As of 2011, all computer monitors purchases are required to meet or exceed the Energy Star 5 These monitors are LED backlit, have non-use sleep modes and are tested and certified to consume less electricity. Traditional LCD displays we have replaced under this initiative consumed 75-85 watts, while their replacements consume 15-20 watts; a five-fold reduction in electricity consumption.
- Paperless Office Initiative: In 2006, USAT transformed into a paperless office. This initiative provided guidelines to phasing out paper usage at USAT wherever plausible. Our Accounting Department is mandated to request paperless invoicing via EFT with our clients, and to use digital forms internally. In addition, USAT provides quotes to clients digitally, using Adobe Acrobat forms. Marketing materials are also mandated to be digital, instead of paper, whenever possible. Printouts are used sparingly, and when possible are printed in duplex-front and back- to reduce paper usage.
- Preference for Diesel Fueled Vehicles for high mileage equipment. USAT has standardized our van purchases on Mercedes Turbo-Diesel Sprinters. This decision was driven by gas mileage metrics, in order to make sure that our company was doing its part to conserve fossil fuels.
- Low Flow Toilet Plan. USAT replaced our toilets in our corporate headquarters with modern, "low-flow" toilets to reduce water usage by 40%.
- Incandescent Lighting Switch-out. In 2008, USAT replaced all recessed incandescent lighting in our headquarters with compact florescent fixtures. In 2011, USAT replaced dimmable incandescent with dimmable LED lights, cutting the wattage from 50 watts to 8 watts with each bulb.
Environmental Commitment 2
In 2015, when USAT relocated its headquarters to a larger facility, commercial recycling did not exist at the facility. Working with Orange County Recycling, we brought these service to the facility, so that we now have on premises recycling for office waste.
Equipment Recycling
Many times, USAT is tasked with updating older field computing and communications systems with new products that our clients purchase from us. We are committed to keeping old technology from the land-fill. For nominal costs, USAT will remove from our clients' premises and recycle old vehicle computing and communications technology, and 'bent metal' technology mounts. We thoroughly sanitize all removable media storage to comply with our clients' privacy concerns using prevailing NISC data sanitizations standards. Following client requests, we either scrap and recycle, or refurbish for reuse.
Laptop Donation
USAT Corp. has collected many ruggedized laptops acquired from customers during upgrades. We refurbish, rebuild, and update the OS, and gift some of these laptops to different schools and social organizations such as the YMCA, WiderNet, and the Human Rights Center. The units are given a new purpose and are not in a landfill, while benefiting people who otherwise may not have access to computers.
Scrap Material
USAT has partnered with a metal scrapping and recycling specialist. We use this approach for equipment taken out of service including refrigerators, kitchen appliances, and file cabinets, and for unsellable, out-of-date equipment collected from customers. The material is separated into material types and smelted for the raw resources.
Environmental Commitment 3
- In 2014, we installed a DC Fast Charging system for electric vehicle charging. A level-3 DC charger is designed to recharge the majority of an electric vehicle's battery within one hour. On sunny days, our solar arrays will fully offset the demand of our electric vehicle supercharging.
- In 2013, we replaced all HVAC units in one of our larger facilities to high efficiency 16 seer variable speed, dual stage HVAC units with web enabled automatic setback thermostats.
- In 2011, USAT pursued a Lumens-Per-Watt Improvement Program. In this we switched out 270 40watt T-12 style florescent bulbs for new, more efficient 28 watt T-8 bulbs and new hi-efficiency ballasts resulting in equal light volume with 30%-35% decreased electrical consumption.
- By 2011, over 95% of our invoices deliver electronically. This reduces paper consumption, ink consumption, printer replacement, and trips to the post office.
- Renewable Material Flooring. When a new floor was needed in our conference facility in 2006, we used a woven grass carpet, which is a readily renewable resource. The material did not withstand a subsequent water leak, and we replaced it with a bamboo hardwood floor. Another readily renewable resource.
- Bicycle Hub [2010]. USAT's corporate headquarters are located in Chapel Hill, NC, a town that is very forward-thinking. Chapel Hill's Blue Urban Bikes (BUB) Hub initiative provides bicycles to its citizens free of cost, in order to encourage people to ride bikes instead of driving in cars. The way the program works is that the bikes are left at various high-traffic hubs and you ride the bike anywhere you want but are morally obligated to drop it off at a Hub once you are done with it. USAT Corp. is an ideal BUB Hub since our office is located in the urban center. The hub location is administrated out of USAT's corporate office.
- HVAC Impact Reduction Initiative. USAT's corporate server room emits so much heat that air-conditioners are required to keep the room cool, even during cold winter months. In order to mitigate the waste of this heat, USAT has designed a duct and fan system that removes the heat from the server room during the winter time and funnels it out to the offices nearby. This effort to capture the heat created by the servers saves on energy bills and helps USAT reduce fossil fuel usage. During warmer months, we now use ducting to funnel the heat from the servers out of the cooled office space, which keeps the room 10 degrees cooler, reducing the amount of time per day the Air Conditioning system must run.


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YOUR NEW PERSONAL TRAINING BUSINESS: Here's news: you're a PERSONALITY trainer too!
Let's get to the point here: you're not just training bodies as a personal trainer, you're also training people's minds. To succeed as a masterful mind motivator, you've got to understand personalities. If you can do this, you will get more out of your clients, and avoid the frustrations that comes with dealing with all types of people in a day. Let's look at some common personality types so you can be as prepared as possible for the mental, as well as the physical, rigours of training your clients.
Always punctual, the overachiever will always show, even when caught up in last-minute business meetings, harpsichord tuition or Mandarin lessons. Plus, once she is with you she wants to do the same, if not more (reps, weight, distance) than everyone around her. The overachiever will keep striving, even if she's fighting off a bad case of gastro.
The best news is that the overachiever is easy to train as they have no shortage of get up and go!
Pro tip: Put some rules in place to prevent her from working out too hard, and emphasise that everyone is different and needs to work at their own pace. Try complementing her on her achievements. If she knows she's doing great, she may relax a bit.
Complainers are clever. They manage to be a bit of hard work and a bit of a bore – often at the same time. 'The complainer' doesn't want a solution to the problem, he wants emotional validation and empathy. He may also be looking for attention, and can even think he is funny or cute by telling you how hard everything is.
"You want me to do ten of those? You've got to be kidding. Ughhhh…"
These joke gets old very quickly. In order to ensure you run to schedule and your clients achieve what you want them to achieve, you have to learn to tune out his complaints.
Pro tip: Steer him on the right track by reminding him what he has to do to make progress, and ensure that there is little time for talk. If he insists on talking about problems outside his exercise regime, empathise with him, and then get on with the show.
"Wow, that must be difficult. Ok, let's warm up…"
"Can you pick up my weights for me? They're just out of my reach".
Sound familiar? Sloths are everywhere and come from all backgrounds. They may be the cashed up type and think that everything can be bought, including lifestyles, social status and good health. Quite possibly they're also the ones who drive two blocks to their personal training session – on a sunny day. Alternatively, some sloths have a lot less cash but still manage to have an excess of entitlement.
It's confronting for the sloth to learn to take responsibility. But, they must learn that doing things for themselves is part of getting fit.
Pro tip: Act with tact when dealing with the sloth, because Mr or Ms Sloth can be quite sensitive. The positive side is that if you teach the sloth the joys of working hard and reaping the rewards, you may have opened up a completely new world for them.
The genius knows way more than you – or anyone else. They have the answers for everything, with fitness and anatomy holding no exception. They will tell you how to do an exercise, inform others how to improve their routines and never grow tired of torturing any lucky listener with their advice.
Sometimes this additional input is inappropriate and can be very unhelpful in your professional environment, so you do need to watch and if necessary, curb this person's behaviour.
Pro tip: There are a couple of great suggestions for this one:
A: Challenge the genius more than you would the average client (without hurting him).
B: Mentally stimulate him, allowing little time for rest.
C: Pander to his ego a bit by telling him how well he is doing.
This number cruncher is never happy unless he completes a full set, even if his body is on fire. For his own protection, he needs to be taught to 'tune in' and listen to his body more. Help him to understand that he is human, not a machine.
Pro tip: Box tickers work things through to the end, so best approach is to let him do this, where possible. As long as he is working within his ability, you can give him sets of exercise and let him count. Audibly. Counting out loud will motivate him marvellously and make your job a lot easier.
"But enough about me. What do you think about me?"
The narcissist is an insecure character who has a grandiose sense of self-importance. She is preoccupied with her appearance, capabilities and achievements, with little or no empathy for others.
Narcissistic personalities can be quite troublesome to teach. They may fail to understand that others are entitled to your time as well. Make sure you divide your time fairly amongst your clients and clarify the rules with the narcissist.
Pro tip: Let the narcissist look good, and let her win (as long as it doesn't compromise the needs of others). Praise her when she is doing well – that's motivating, because fundamentally, narcissists are insecure.
The competitor needs to come first. Bowling over the granny in the car park as he strides his way up the street to get to class first is standard fare for this competi-dude. He might also yell "finished" at the end of every set, asks others for their score and be keen to relate the stories of his successes to anyone who looks like they might listen. Although frustrating, the competitor is like the overachiever, and has plenty of energy and enthusiasm.
Pro tip: Make the most of his uber competitive spirit by teaming him up with other like-minded exercisers. Use numbers and goals to motivate him, and then back off and watch him go. Just make sure he doesn't work beyond his ability and do damage to himself – or those who try to keep up with him.
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Vicki Tuchtan
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10 Jun Classic Garden Plants Reign Supreme!
'Linda Campbell' is an amazing rose. Look at all those buds on each branch!
Foxgloves are also quite stunning this week. On the left is my new love Digitalis 'Polka Dot Pippa'. Last year I couldn't believe this variety- it kept blooming from June until fall. It turns out that she is sterile and won't set seed or stop flowering. Truly impressive, and a gorgeous color to boot! Digitalis thapsi is a perennial form. Along with creamy yellow D. grandiflora (and the wonderful compact form 'Carillon'), these not only come back for many years, they also self sow. But most people think of the biennial Digitalis purpurea when they think of foxgloves.
The trick to them is to understand the biennial lifecycle. If you buy them in flower, DON'T deadhead them. Instead, let the seed pods ripen. The next spring, watch for baby plants to appear, not necessarily in the same spot in the garden. If they are in the wrong place, move them around in early spring. The following year you will have a large stand of blooming biennial foxgloves. If you want to break the every other year blooming cycle of this classic biennial, plant blooming plants, baby plants, AND seeds at the same time. Eventually they will become a welcome addition to your garden beds. For the next two weeks, all of our foxglove plants will be on sale.
Check out our 'Black Satin' thornless blackberry bushes. We also have Jostaberries, Goji berries, blueberries, and strawberries including insanely sweet new French varieties of Fraise de Bois (alpine strawberries that bear little berries all season and don't send out runners). Plant more fruit in your yard this year!
This Thursday evening is Ladies Night! We are finally going to have a Ladies Night IN the gardens in the spring! We have many guests coming to help all of us learn about An Organic Approach to Woman's Health. This event is free and you can simply show up but we would really love it if you called or emailed us if you are coming so we can make sure we have enough refreshments.
I know I just told you how important it is to base your garden design on classic plants, but sometimes an unusual bright blue flowering perennial on the edges is just the ticket. This is Dracocephalum ruyschianum and it is irresistible!
This Saturday is another extremely popular garden walk: The June Prune. NOW is the time to prune any woody plants that bloom in early-mid spring on last year's wood. This can be quite a complicated subject for many folks. My goal is to explain and demonstrate how this works. Plants that should be pruned now (within 4 weeks of blooming) include lilacs, rhododendrons, azaleas, andromedas, quince, and many more. Click here to download our handout Old Wood New Wood. This walk will be repeated again on Thursday evening, June 18th. Get here early either day, this walk is REALLY popular!
This Saturday is also our June Earlybird Sale. Once a month we open at 7 in the morning and if you arrive between 7 and 9 am you will be given a $5 gift card to be used towards a $20 or greater purchase. It's a lovely time to relax in the gardens with a cup of organic coffee and chat with me and my staff. Beginning June 21st we will reduce our hours a bit. If you want to take advantage of our extended hours, for now you can still shop Monday through Saturday 8-6 pm;Thursday nights we are open until 7; and Sunday you'll find us here 9-5 pm.
Betsy Williams is coming to Natureworks for our first Mid-Summer's Eve festival on June 20th. Reserve your spot today.
I am thrilled to announce that author and lecturer Betsy Williams will be here on Saturday, June 20th for a two part mid-summer night's eve festival. Betsy is an amazing herbalist, combining her extensive plant knowledge with history, plant lore, and seasonal celebrations using herbs. Betsy was the creator of the first Fairy Festival in 1987 at her shop in Massachusetts that was later featured in Victoria magazine. Her herb gardens and floral works have been in Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living Gardener, Colonial Homes, The Herb Companion, and the New York Times. She has appeared on the Discovery Channel, many greater Boston television stations, and local and national radio talk shows. She has authored many books about herbs and will be selling and signing her delightful book There are Fairies at the Bottom of my Garden throughout the day and evening. The afternoon event is a VERY special Fairy Festival for children. At 6 pm, we will have our first ever Mid-summer's Eve Festival with herbal refreshments. Betsy will share the history, folklore, and magical lore of plants and herbs as well as their traditional uses. For registration information, please see the Calendar of Events box below.
Beautiful plants, beautiful gardens, birds singing and flitting about, butterflies, hummingbirds, bees… they are all here awaiting your visit. Natureworks truly is a wonderland of delight this week. Come and celebrate with us.