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Friday, November 16, 2012
Houseplants in Our Home and Shop
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Stunning Loi. You make everything look so effortless and breathtakingly beautiful. Houseplants in a suburban house like mine seem to look like grandma's house, but you elevate yours to the look of art in your airy, dreamy world!ReplyDelete
You're a styling god Loi.
xo Terri
Gosh Loi I'm sooooo glad you joined us in Bloggie Wonderland, your scrumptious posts make my blood pressure resume normal parameters! We of course, are moving into Summer & my house plants are going outside to get some much needed Aussie sun. Terri is spot on, you are a styling god!ReplyDelete
Millie xx
Gorgeous topiaries. Can't grow them here, but used to have a pair of gardenias on torcheres in the dining room in Scotland. It wasn't an exercise repeated very easily!ReplyDelete
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Such a lovely plants Loi! I love your topiaries, especially triple ones and cyclamen. Everything looks gorgeous!!Delete
Have a great weekend!
Beautiful and inspiring! I love plants in the home, they bring so much life.ReplyDelete
Loi your styling is sublime, it is early morning here and the skies are dark and it is raining (of course) I switched on my laptop and found your post, a burst of perfect beauty and sunshine to drive away the clouds.ReplyDelete
Hello Loi, These plants complement so well your white-toned interiors. They add a touch of formality (especially the topiaries), of life, and of non-violent color. I love the old garden pots and paraphernalia--it would almost be worth starting a garden just to be able to use some of those. I also admired the seascape paintings shown, especially the small one behind the cast-iron urn.ReplyDelete
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Mr Loi, I take great pleasure seeing the refined spaces you create and especially here decorated with such a calming collection of greenery. The variegated creeping fig with its tricoloured mutations is utterly delicious!ReplyDelete
A beautiful and sophisticated display of green plants, with a delicate touch of white here and there. However, this is not achieved without quite a lot of effort on your part. I know because we bring many plants indoors too, it is hard work. Sometimes I wonder why we, in particular bother, but I love plants in the house, and I like unusual plants in the garden.ReplyDelete
What gorgeous photos, Loi. And beautiful styling. I would love to have more plants in the house but I find it hard to get them through the winter with so little light and humidity. Yours all look so perfect. Beautiful post!ReplyDelete
Absolutely amazing Loi! This is how I discovered you...by seeing an image of your conservatory myrtles on Pinterest that jumped off the page at me. Thank you for sharing your home and life with your readers with the blog and gifting us with such beauty! I was working on holiday bulbs yesterday here at our house. Planted a large Guy Wolff green pot with paperwhites and a terra cotta with a light green amaryllis. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
You have a gift, that's for sure.. truly inspirational. I love your curated plants, just like your impeccable style. Have a wonderful weekend my friend.ReplyDelete
xo Nancy
I love all these topiaries and plants. The green just pops against your neutral background. I need to find some of these for my home and cross my fingers that I don't kill them.ReplyDelete
loi, it was a pleasure to see this post. the first image alone is stunning with its soft shadows and lovely composition. seeing beauty through your eyes is a real treat for us all.ReplyDelete
happiest of thanksgiving, loi. donna
You bring spring to us even in winter! I love everything here, and I am dying over the green water urn!
Of course I love everything you have done here.
Happy Saturday.
Loi your images make me sigh they bring such a sense of peace and calm. Your home and shop are beautiful and I'm jealous I can't keep myrtle alive in our dry home during the winter months. So I'll dream and look at your gorgeous pictures.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your weekend!
Your plants are so much prettier than mine but at least I have not killed any this year! I really need to get some potted ivy it is quite lovely.ReplyDelete
What I wouldn't give to have a green thumb! Your plants are amazing…I can almost since that they know you take care of them! The pictures throughout are gorgeous, Loi! I need to go out and get some new plants myself…they really do make a shop or a home so much warmer…and so full of life! Thanks for sharing these beautiful images! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
The green of the plants is such a great combination with the grey tones...I love how you decorate with them. The variegated creeping fig is beautiful! That makes mine very plain...plants do need time and proper care but it is so worth the effort!
Have a great weekend!
Happy Thanksgiving to you ....you have been a joy and MC and I Thank You!ReplyDelete
Your plants and your home are a Wonderland! I simply marvel at the beauty.
Hi Loi,ReplyDelete
I would love any advice you could give on getting my topiaries to thrive. Are they just slow growing or should I be using some fertilizer? I think I need to put a table in a sunny window.
Beautiful photos as always and I love getting a peek into the shop!
Thanks, Phyllis. Definitely a sunnier window and liquid fertilizer like Miracle-Gro. Also, constant trimming will keep the form tight and full. Good luck! LoiDelete
Hi Loi, beautiful!!! Your plants are gorgeous and every single inch is too! I love houseplants and you're so right, especially in the winter. Working on keeping mine longer :) I'm excited if cyclamen reblooms and in awe of keeping for years! I'll look for your pretty low light ivy. I brought home a buggy full of gorgeousness from Whole Foods this week and you're inspiring my arranging!ReplyDelete
have a wonderful weekend & Thanksgiving! xo Robin
Hi Loi,ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing and inspiring us with your fantastic plant life. I have aspirations of developing a green thumb such as yours... but it seems to be a bit more of a challenge than I anticipated! Your home and shop never fail to leave me sighing and dreamy!
Beautiful and inspiring photos Loi. I love plants for their healing properties too. Thanks for the tip on watering:) Have a wonderful weekend, we are thankful for you!xobReplyDelete
Hi Loi,ReplyDelete
I do have one Myrtle topiary inspired by your blog. I would love to find an antique pot to display it in.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
I just lugged my two gardenias inside when I knew it would frost down here in Happy Valley. The frost and cold air just seems to roll down and settle here. They don't like it in the house, but since they're 5 and 15 years old, it seems that i should protect them as well as i can.ReplyDelete
Loi....your shop looks beautiful......I wish I had a green thumb...I don't have a good track record with living plants. I just bought a tree for my living room and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't kill it! I would love to get a Myrtle topiary. I love the look they have in a home.ReplyDelete
Since seeing your beautiful myrtles earlier this year, I longed for some of my own. I did find two small topiaries, but nothing to match your beautifully tall and slender ones. I managed to keep them going and then one day, the leaves started to fall of of one. I recently found others, but nothing to match yours. The lady in the store told me not to keep them inside until there is a frost and only then bring inside. I live in Belgium, so the climate is obviously different to yours, but I wonder? I so wish I could buy ones such as your beauties Loy, they really are swoon-worthy.ReplyDelete
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Hi, Angela - Many thanks for your visit all the way from beautiful Belgium! I just adore all the gardens in Belgium....especially all the hedges and pleached trees. Cheers, LoiDelete
Loi, I am in awe of all your beautiful greenery and attention to detail. I have pinned away for my boxwood/topiary board. One gorgeous image after another. It is always like taking a deep breath to visit your blog. Thank you for sharing your many talents with us.ReplyDelete
Happy weekend!!
I don't think it could get any more perfect!ReplyDelete
Dear Loi, this is serendipity !! Love, love green plants and you have shown every single one of my faves !! They look so gorgeous with your monochromatic colour scheme!ReplyDelete
My personal best one is maidenhair fern....it is so delicate and beautiful and I have managed to winter them over in my garden in certain spots....Beautiful post, and I wish you and your loved ones a most Happy Thanksgiving , N.xo
By golly Loi...you have done it again! I am INSPIRED!ReplyDelete
The fluted column is a wonderful indoor display (I use mine for plants, then a gazing ball, then an armillary, etc :) ENJOY your Thanksgiving! frankiReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Franki. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! LoiDelete
In one word : AWESOME !!!! You are so talented!! Love the ivy plants!!
Have a nice weekend!
I JUST ordered the RH shades (in sand!) :) They were recently 20% off so I decided to try them. Yours look great! I agree about the cyclamen .. perfect as a gift or a festive holiday plant. Added to a topiary with ivy, they are so pretty. I've been waiting for you to post more about your topiaries ~ so I will flag this post! You are always so generous with your inspirational ideas, thank you! The tall topiary at the top is so pretty. Your area rugs are gorgeous and I am looking for one just like that!ReplyDelete
what a luscious post loi; your plants, your home and your magazine quality images, all stunning! i found much inspiration here to add to my home and to my shops. now i am off to see your previous posts.ReplyDelete
thank you for sharing
So beautiful! Love every photo especially the maidenhair fern! Happy Thanksgiving to you Loi!ReplyDelete
Your topiaries are amazing. You've reminded me I need to bring in a bit more greenery to my house besides my fiddle leaf fig.ReplyDelete
Hi Loi - Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! The plants are amazing and I'm in awe of your 7' topiary. How do you do it?! I couldn't bring myself to purchase any of the beauties at SHF as I was concerned about keeping them alive through the winter. Everything in your home and shop is just completely beautiful--calm, serene, tasteful. Laurel is right---it is time for a BOOK!ReplyDelete
I love cyclamen. In California, they grow outside and I miss that. I think I will pick some up, too. I love your topiary.ReplyDelete
Hi Loi,ReplyDelete
So pretty! I agree, houseplants are the icing on a room. You have some real beauties. I've never seen a creeping fig with a strand of white, but I love it, it looks like a white flower growing on the side of the plant. Cyclamen is my go to winter plant, they are lovely in the yard here in California as well.
Enjoy your weekend.
Karen at Garden, Home and Party
Dear Loi,ReplyDelete
A very nice post. I have to admit that I am not a fan of indoor plants except for the odd Cyclamen or two however AGA loves them and so . . .
Now winter approaches and more of them are coming inside - including a miniature fig tree. I have been accused of killing various indoor plants in the past but I assure you it was in all 'innocence' - especially the Mother-in-law tongue and the two yucca plant thingies that I always disliked.
But having seen your photographs I see that in a large house they can be set out stylishly. I particularly like the Algerian Ivy. I am going to make a note of that.
Bye for now,
Hi Loi, Beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!ReplyDeleteReplies
Many thanks for your visit, Anne. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Take care, LoiDelete
Loi you have the perfect mix of houseplants!ReplyDelete
I adore your topiaries!!
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I have always loved and kept maidenhair ferns, ivies, orchids and kentia palms but, funnily enough, I am now coveting a myrtle or two - you seem to have this strange effect on us all Loi :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
I love your topiaries Loi. They are simply stunning! Your sense of style is amazing. Now about that book....xoxo! Cheers.ReplyDelete
Sigh... so dreamy!! I agree - plants brighten and cheer up any home! I cannot get over that triple myrtle topiary in your dining room... to die for!!! Absolutely stunning Loi! I hope you have a fabulous Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
Hi, Loi - You definitely have a green thumb! I've enjoyed this posting for the additional details of your house, like that fantastic green urn — gorgeous! I agree with Laurel and Susan - BOOK!ReplyDelete
Happy Thanksgiving from Mark
Loi, you had me at....topiary!!! My little heart went pitter pat. Just as everyone else here said, the touches of green throughout your monochromatic home look magazine drool worthy. That picture with the Algerian Ivy next to that little iron bench is absolutely too perfect. Please tell me these are fake pictures and you don't really live here, or I might not be able to stand it. Too much talent for one person, not fair at all. But we love you anyway, because you're so generous to share with the rest of us.ReplyDelete
Love your home.
Happy Thanksgiving Dear Friend.
So beautiful. I especially love the topiaries and the ivy in mossy pots, but what I love most is the fabulous green-glazed terra cotta water urn from Provence. I have never owned cyclamen but they look so lovely in your home, I think I will give them a try. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Loi. I love the greenery. The idea of bringing the garden indoors is thrilling to me. You have so many shapes and sizes! And my compliments to the gardener, as caring for these plants takes a certain finesse . xoReplyDelete
I love the life and energy real plants give to a room. I just wish I could manage to keep mine alive! :) Your last photo just reminded me...when I lived in Houston, I went all out with Cyclamen in the front yard. Snowy white with those dark green leaves...bordered with small ornamental kale that had purple centers. So pretty! It was my treat to myself and to my many clients who came to my house during the holiday season. On the farm, we won't be so fancy, but I'm sure there will be other wonderful things about our first holiday season here. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Loi. You are a most kind blogger.ReplyDelete
Hi Loi,ReplyDelete
Paintings, pure and perfect works of art. Each photo is a still life, in this case, of beautiful greenery, thriving, and ultimately, reviving and enriching the space around it.
Thank you for sharing.
Have a great weekend.
Poppy :)Replies
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Such beautiful images! You and my mother would have gotten along famously, she had 10 green thumbs. I really should work harder at keeping plants alive in our house. I can keep them alive just fine outside, but once they cross that threshold there's no telling how long they will live. Thanks for this lovely respite from my very hectic week!ReplyDelete
xo Kat
So much greenery in your home and in mine I'm looking a few shabby stragglers that are in need of replacing! Have a happy Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
Hi Loi--I'm jealous for perhaps the first time in my life. I want all of these beautiful plants.ReplyDelete
xoxo Mary
Loi, that blue in your shop's kitchen-that's swoon worthy color :)ReplyDelete
I also agree with Laurel-time for a BOOK!
I'm currently coaxing a poinsettia to do it's thing next month...
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2012 at 11:03 PM
You have no idea what a green thumb you have!ReplyDelete
It is my theory that most people who are born with "gifts"; do not realize that other people "don't have them"!
In your case; you have many gifts (the ability to "visualize " (2% of the population); "color memory " 2% again!
And you got the extra bonus of "green thumb" (I don't know that statistic!!
You are a "lucky duck"!!
And we are so lucky to be able to follow your beautiful blog!
Everything you do is with love and it shows. I am wondering if you have a staff or do everything yourself? The time alone to care for all those plants let alone the watering. I am always so inspired by all the beauty you share.
Thank you, Patricia! No staff....just us and our doggies. Actually, we are their staff :)Delete
All beautiful Loi, but I particularly love the myrtle topiaries, beautiful!ReplyDelete
Dearest Loi!ReplyDelete
I am rather late since I participated in my first art show yesterday, leaving me so busy! But I am enjoying your BEAUTIFUL HOME HERE! You have the same color choices running throughout your home as I do! BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO! I particularly love how you have captured such light. Though I have white walls with gray trim, the way the house is situated does not allow for the optimum amount of light. But your cheery greenery and subdued tones are JUST PERFECT! ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING! Anita
Hi Loi: must admit the computer was not turned on till Sunday AM. Adore all your houseplants. Living in LA is such a treat...The weather is delicious. Yesterday it rained(yes, it rained) so rushed my houseplants outside to take a drink. Love all your sweet comments on my blog. xxpeggybraswelldesign.comReplyDelete
Grazie Loi,per questa meravigliosa collezione di immagini e grazie infinite per la gradita visita sul mio blog.ReplyDelete
Ti auguro una dolce serata!:)
Ciao Luci@
Beautiful photos of lovely plants in your gracious and elegant home.ReplyDelete
Just love visiting here Loi...
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Laura :)
How lovely and tranquil it is to be here. With the holidays coming your blog is a nice place to come to for one to become "centered". Your passion for living greens and things is contagious :-)
Your photos are so perfect they can be lovely framed art. You should consider printing and placing them in frames and sell them in your shop too. A little holiday exclusive for the holiday shopper they will sell. We all seek peace and a visual is the quickest way to achieve it...the eyes see, the voice speaks, and the ears believe what the voice has spoken.
FYI I just picked up a copy of Traditional Home Nov. / Dec. issue (pillow request from a client) and Tone on Tone Antiques is listed in (Readers Resourses) starting on pg 156 from article titled: Lovely & Light (Virginia Home of Judy Jeffres). What nice pieces were used in this home. YaY!
Have a lovely Thanksgiving Holiday and Thank You for always sharing and caring about others you are simply the Best Loi.
impressed not only with your topiaries.....but also also with the cleanliness of your home and shop! How do you manage? It's all immaculate. And what does it look like after all of the nieces and nephews have come to visit? Hope you will be with all of them for ThanksgivingReplyDelete
This post is such a treat Loi! Love all the wonderful plants! I am trying to add more and more houseplants to my home. They do add so much. It seems to be a lot of trial and error figuring out how to keep each one happy and healthy. I am amazed by your 7ft topiary!! It is incredible! You have two of them? Wow! I really love the variegated fig. I'm going to have to look for one. It is so pretty!ReplyDelete
Your plants look so happy. I love those topiaries! We brought some of our plants in too and I am hoping I can keep them alive.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Loi!
oh my lord, loi. i am so glad i saved this post in my email to savor it right now. what a feast! who needs thanksgiving dinner with all this rich goodness? i love your decor sensibilities and art and plants! this is just what i needed to see to get inspired to add a couple or a dozen to our rooms.ReplyDelete
thank you for bringing so much lovely to my inbox. i cannot wait to visit your shop someday.
I love pants as well, I have to re route the heat to our green house so I may start planting in it again! Meanwhile I have two ive topiaries in my dining room, starting to look a bit sparse and yellow edged.. what am I doing wrong? Any suggestions? Love your post!ReplyDelete
xo Karolyn- The Relished Roost
Love all of them. I think you must be the King of Topiaries! Thanks for the tip on watering ivy - I didn't know that - perhaps mine will be happier now. x SharonReplyDelete
And a most happy Thanksgiving to you dear Loi! Oh how I love your home! AnitaReplyDelete
Obrigada pela carinhosa lembrança de meu aniversário. Linda sua casa, as plantas dão um vida a qualquer ambiente. Adoro vir aqui admirar suas lindas decorações. Meu filho faz topiaria, acho lindíssima essa técnica, agora ele está fazendo bonsai.ReplyDelete
Tenha uma ótima semana.
oh loi- as always your pics are fantastic. however, your home and the greenery is the perfect canvas. id really love to try one of those myrtle topiaries. im not sure i have enough of a green thumb not to kill it though, so maybe ill leave it to you. but it really is the perfect addition. i hope you and T are well! I heard you got your sofa for the basement - would love to see what you picked! ta ta for now. Oh - PS - HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you all!ReplyDelete
Hello Loi,ReplyDelete
No one and I mean NO ONE makes house plants looks as amazing as you do my friend!
Everything you touch turns to gold. It is such a gift to be let into your life and creativity!
Thank you for inspiring me :)
Happy Thanksgiving,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy your day!
I am in awe of these beautiful plants, you make it look so, so, easy! I have never seen such beautiful plants. You have inspired me to try again with a house plant although I hate for such a things of beauty to be sacrificed. I am always over watering, the poor things drown after a week.
Have a beautiful day and thank you for brightening my day, Elizabeth
Hello Loi,ReplyDelete
Happy Thanksgiving!
Your Myrtle topiaries make me smile.
Have a lovely day,
Liz x
Hi Loi! Your plants are all so pretty and beautifully potted! You definitely have "the touch". I have been the ruin of so many ivy plants in my day, but still love them and wish I could keep some indoors. I have a small group of indoor plants that have been with me a long time, that are apparently hardy enough to withstand me! You say to let dry out between waterings, I wonder if that help with aphids -- I think that's what mine died from complications of eventually. Anyway, yours are gorgeous and full of life! I may decide to try again one of these days when I have the time to properly devote to their care! Thanks for the tips and wonderful inspiration! As always, a gift to be thoroughly enjoyed! Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!! DianeReplyDelete
Loi, love all of your marvelous Myrtle plants in the simple terra cotta pots! Especially the big guy! So beautiful, with all of your wonderful furniture pieces. Oh my.ReplyDelete
I may have to pick up a few Myrtles of my own :) Thank you for the inspiration and have a lovely Thanksgiving, Monica
This is gorgeous! You are my personal Sunset magazine!! I adore everything you do!! Have a fantastic Thanksgiving! I have been behind in all my blogs and blogging and hope to get back on track. xoxo, KReplyDelete
You amaze me with the longevity that you are able to maintain with your topiaries. I adore them I just can't seem to keep some of them alive. I have had good luck with olive standards...myrtle not so much. I wonder if it is the difference in climate...or the keeper? Hmmmmm
Dear Loi, what a pleasant surprise to receive a visit from you, I love your blog! Your home is breathtaking I am inspired by the many rooms, geenery and furnitures. The collection of mytles, wow I smiled and smiled, Very Beautiful to the eye.ReplyDelete
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Dear LoiReplyDelete
Your home and shop are very beautiful. All you plants are breath-taking and so healthy and beautifully potted.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I have put you on my side bar, so shall not miss any future postings.
A very Happy Thanksgiving
I love the 3 ball topiaries. soooo beautiful! i have bad luck with them. makes me want to try one more timeReplyDelete
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Your plants are all so beautiful and I love the life that greenery breathes in to any room not to mention the health benefits. The myrtle topiaries are gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Your myrtles are all spectacular....perfectly manicured! And, I'm loving your little blue kitchen sink at the shop. Everything looks like it's straight out of a magazine!
Have the MOST wonderful Thanksgiving!!! Definitely thankful to have found you this year!
xoxo Elizabeth
Dear Loi, I thank you for your always wonderfully kind visits!!ReplyDelete
And thank YOU for sharing all of this exquisite beauty....oh my...the ivy, the fern...happiness.
And now I'm off to Copenhagen (via you, of course ;)
I'm sorry for the infrequent visits, our computer connection has not been too smooth lately...posting is ok, but visiting blogs, for some reason, has been problematic...
A beautiful Thanksgiving to you!
- Irina
Hi Loi,ReplyDelete
You are so talented. Both the shop and your home looks stunning. Candy for my eyes..
Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog. yes your talented eye had seen it right, Its an old swedish chest from around 1800 in its original paint.
Wishing you a lovely evening.
xoxo Rozmeen
We are grateful for YOU! You are one of the best.
Walking the streets of Stockholm. Happy to report on simple, pretty myrtle trees in handsome gray pots everywhere. Very you - and me! (Not a pumpkin pie in sight though...)
Happy Thanksgiving to you.
ox, Mon
P.S I will be here until the 29th. Can I pick anything up for you?
Your home is absolutely superb Loi, thank you so much for sharing the beauty. May I ask have you used a technique to age the gorgeous terracotta pots or is that just genuine "look at me I've been out in the garden" patina? Kind regards ... FelicityReplyDelete
I applaud your use of plants. Loi. Every topiary I have ever had suffered premature, leaf-crinkle death. Tried misting them, leaving them in steamy bathrooms, watering religiously, but all suffered the same fate. I'm sticking with hardier specimens - clivia, succulents, pencil cactus, and christmas cactus. Also love orchids, but several of them are in my critical care unit. All of your plants, on the other hand, look healthy and thriving. How green is your thumb??ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful post...Wish I lived near you...Can you believe I can't find any fresh green ivy in this town right now?...I love to mix it in with my poinsettias...I stay frustrated when searching for those details of all sorts that make such a difference...as much as I love Little Rock, it can be so difficult...ReplyDelete
Man...I am speechless. Every single one of your plants are gorgeous and the images just bring them to life. Shabam!ReplyDelete
This post is right up my alley, and I managed to miss it. Your plants look the way mine do in my dreams. I'm bookmarking it for later reference. I didn't know that Yellow Ripple ivy could take low light. That's great to learn! Thanks for the beauty & inspiration.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2012 at 6:36 PM
What an exquisite post! I love all these plants!! And what a great eye and a green thumb! Excellent combination!! Bravo!ReplyDelete
I want plates like your white leaf shaped ones! I've seen them, or soe like them, but can't remember where or who makes them. Any suggestions or info? Great post. Always enjoy what you have to say along with the wonderful photos.ReplyDelete
You have a beautiful house Loi, we have indoor plants too. I believe indoor plants bring balance and beauty in the house too. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Hello Loi, I am rather "green" with envy at your success with myrtle topiaries. I have written several posts about my inability to do anything but murder them, despite a great love for them (and having spent thousands of dollars on buying them over the years!). I commend you, Sir! ReggieReplyDelete
Everything is looking gorgeous.Green & white. Perfectly combinable colours. I've found great tips for those who're searching for plants which are unpretentious concerning care:ReplyDelete
By the way, I followed you up with GFC, it'd be great if you follow me back.
As a fellow plant curator I love your passion for them - and your exquisite styleReplyDelete
Many thanks for your visit! If you have a question, please leave a comment and I will do my best to answer. Loi


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WASHINGTON — Art Liscano knows he's an endangered species in the job market: He's a meter reader in Fresno, Calif. For 26 years, he's driven from house to house, checking how much electricity Pacific Gas & Electric customers have used.
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From giant corporations to university libraries to startup businesses, employers are using rapidly improving technology to do tasks that humans used to do. That means millions of workers are caught in a competition they can't win against machines that keep getting more powerful, cheaper and easier to use.
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In the United States, half of the 7.5 million jobs lost during the Great Recession paid middle-class wages, and the numbers are even more grim in the 17 European countries that use the euro as their currency. A total of 7.6 million midpay jobs disappeared in those countries from January 2008 through last June.
Those jobs are being replaced in many cases by machines and software that can do the same work better and cheaper.
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Does technology also create jobs? Of course. But at nowhere near the rate that it's killing them off — at least for the foreseeable future.
Here's a look at three technological factors reshaping the economies and job markets in developed countries:
At the heart of the biggest technological changes today is what computer scientists call "Big Data." Computers thrive on information, and they're feasting on an unprecedented amount of it — from the Internet, from Twitter messages and other social media sources, from the barcodes and sensors being slapped on everything from boxes of Huggies diapers to stamping machines in car plants.
According to a Harvard Business Review article by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more information now crosses the Internet every second than the entire Internet stored 20 years ago. Every hour, they note, Wal-Mart collects 50 million filing cabinets' worth of information from its dealings with customers.
No human could make sense of so much data. But computers can. They can sift through mountains of information and deliver valuable insights to decision-makers in businesses and government agencies.
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In the old days — say, five years ago — businesses that had to track lots of information needed to install servers in their offices and hire technical staff to run them. "Cloud computing" has changed everything.
Now, companies can store information on the Internet — perhaps through Amazon Web Services or Google App Engine — and grab it when they need it. And they don't need to hire experts to do it.
Cloud computing "is a catch-all term for the ability to rent as much computer power as you need without having to buy it, without having to know a lot about it," McAfee says. "It really has opened up very high-powered computing to the masses."
Hilliard's Beer in Seattle, founded in October 2011, bought software from the German company SAP that allows it to use cloud computing to track sales and inventory and to produce the reports that federal regulators require.
"It automates a lot of the stuff that we do," owner Ryan Hilliard says. "I know what it takes to run a server. I didn't want to hire an IT guy."
Though many are still working out the kinks, software is making machines and devices smarter every year. They can learn your habits, recognize your voice, do the things that travel agents, secretaries and interpreters have traditionally done.
Microsoft has unveiled a system that can translate what you say into Mandarin and play it back — in your voice. The Google Now personal assistant can tell you if there's a traffic jam on your regular route home and suggest an alternative. Talk to Apple's Siri and she can reschedule an appointment.
Besides becoming more powerful and creative, machines and their software are becoming easier to use. That has made consumers increasingly comfortable relying on them to transact business. As well as eliminated jobs of bank tellers, ticket agents and checkout cashiers.
People who used to say "Let me talk to a person. I don't want to deal with this machine" are now using check-in kiosks at airports and self-checkout lanes at supermarkets and drugstores, says Jeff Connally, CEO of CMIT Solutions, a technology consultancy.
The most important change in technology, he says, is "the profound simplification of the user interface."
So machines are getting smarter and people are more comfortable using them. Those factors, combined with the financial pressures of the Great Recession, have led companies and government agencies to cut jobs the past five years, yet continue to operate just as well.
How is that happening?
— When the Great Recession struck, the Seattle police department didn't have money to replace retiring officers. So it turned to technology — a new software system that lets police officers file crime-scene reports from laptops in their patrol cars.
The software was nothing fancy, just a collection of forms and pull-down menus, but the impact was huge. The shift from paper eliminated the need for two dozen transcribers and filing staff at police headquarters, and freed desk-bound officers to return to the streets.
Thanks to the software, the department has been able to maintain the number of cops patrolling the streets at 600 the past five years by reassigning 55 non-patrol officers to beats.
— In South Korea, Standard Chartered is expanding "smart banking" branches that employ a staff of three, compared with an average of about eight in traditional branches. The bank has closed a dozen full-service branches, replacing them with the smart branches, and expects to have 30 more by the end of this year. Customers do most of their banking on computer screens, and can connect with Standard Chartered specialists by video-conference if they need help.
— The British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto announced plans last year to invest $518 million in the world's first long-haul, heavy-duty driverless train system at its Pilbara iron ore mines in Western Australia. The trains are part of what Rio Tinto calls its "Mine of the Future" program, which includes 150 driverless trucks and automated drills.
— A driverless car introduced by Google in 2010 and the Pentagon's drone aircraft are raising the specter of highways and skies filled with cars and planes that can get around by themselves.
"A pilotless airliner is going to come; it's just a question of when," James Albaugh, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airlines, said in 2011 to IEEE Spectrum magazine. "You'll see it in freighters first, over water probably, landing very close to the shore."
Unmanned trains already have arrived. The United Arab Emirates introduced the world's longest automated rail system — 32 miles — in Dubai in 2009.
Driverless cars will have a revolutionary impact on traffic one day — and the job market. In the United States alone, 3.1 million people drive trucks for a living, 573,000 drive buses, 342,000 drive taxis or limousines. All those jobs will be threatened by automated vehicles.
— Phone companies and gas and electric utilities are using technology to reduce their payrolls. Since 2007, for instance, telecommunications giant Verizon has increased its annual revenue 19 percent — while employing 17 percent fewer workers.
Verizon also makes it easier for customers to deal with problems themselves without calling a repairman. From their homes, consumers can open Verizon's In-home Agent software on their computers. The system can determine why a cable TV box isn't working or why the Internet connection broke — and fix the problem in minutes. The program has been downloaded more than 2 million times, Verizon says.
And then there are the meter readers like PG&E's Liscano. Their future looks grim.
Southern California Edison finished its digital meter installation program late last year. All but 20,000 of its 5.3 million customers have their power usage beamed directly to the utility.
Nearly all of the 972 meter readers in Southern California Edison's territory accepted retirement packages or were transferred within the company, says Pat Lavin of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. But 92 workers are being laid off this month.
"Trying to keep it from happening would have been like the Teamsters in the early 1900s trying to stop the combustion engine," Lavin says. "You can't stand in the way of technology."


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Skate park protests resort to double-think
Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.
The online home for all things Brockley (SE4), Deptford, Ladywell, Lewisham and New Cross
Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.
Posted by Brockley Nick on 12.10.10
Labels: sport, Telegraph Hill
what is wrong with people. seriously, they're the worst.
I've just started a Philosophy course at Birbeck. This particular rant would suggest that they do not subscribe to argument od "Equal Consideration of Interests" as espoused by Peter Singer.
They are of course MAD.
Having said that I'm only two chapters in and he's already questioning the moral basis of a bacon sandwich...bastard.
@Monkeyboy You haven't been reading Peter Singer's Animal Liberation, have you?!
bin them.
bit dramatic - anyone would think the skating is going to take over the whole park.
Although I don't agree with everything these opponents have said I still think a few of those points stand:
The skate park was originally suposed to eliminate the problem of kids skating in the street after dusk/dark. Locating the skate park in the lower park does not solve this problem as it's locked at dusk.
Use of the word "trekking" to Ladywell and Peckham is ridiculous, it's about a mile? May be 2? There are also buses.
At a time when Lewisham BC is considering closing public libraries useful to everyone from 8-80 of both sexes, it's considering blowing £40? 50k? on a skate park, which will provide for teenage boys and erm, that's about it... Doesn't seem a useful application of funds.
I see Nick's coverage of this has steadily moved from fairly neutral to downright condemning of opponents!
@HH - well spotted!
I respect that some people might think it not a particularly good idea, but I think this campaign has become absolutely scandalous.
I think the public money argument is a bit of a red herring. The money was secured some time ago and has been allocated for sports provision for kids. This does what was intended.
There is a whole different consultation going on about public spending priorities right now and it's valid to question whether similar projects should be funded in future, but you can't retrospectively take away funding.
Just glad it's not in my back yard.
The prospect of diverting funds from this project to saving a library is immaterial. Everything is so ring-fenced that local authorities simply do not have this flexibility. You will recall from the Your Lewisham Your Say presentation (if you've been to a Ward Assembly) that the capital spend for the next few years is a part of LBL's budget that is set aside as untouchable.
It does, however, have to be said (or at least, I want to say it) that the skateboard area promoters have also exhibited some double-think. I have gone boring on about how I personally believe that the patch of land on the corner of Dennetts Road and Mona Road should at least have been considered to the extent of having a full consultation with residents and the local residents assocation, but it seems this never happened.
The answers I was given as to why the idea was dismissed at so out of hand were firstly that it was not central enough - but, hang on, it is closer to what I understood to be the original problem area of on-street skateboarding (i.e. the juntion of Arbuthnot and Waller) than either of the parks. The second argument, also adhered to by the Ward Councillors, is that it is not suitable because this is already an area of crime and anti-social behaviour. So either the presence of skateboarders would make it worse - which rather contradicts the constant contention that skateboarding does not encourage or give rise to anti-social behaviour - or that these middle-class kids would be scared to go there, thus undermining the plea that skateboarding is all inclusive and breaks down such barriers.
It also seems a wasted opportunity to provide an outdoor informal activity that would bring with it a promised CPSO casual presence and opportunities for NXDC Trust funded outreach youth-work. But so be it. The chap from the Somverville Residents Assocation and talked of it between ourselves at the last Ward Assembly but have given up on the notion.
PS @ Monkeyboy. Bacon and coffee are both immoral because they smell so much better than they taste. They taste good enough (unlike burgers) but don't live up to their false promises.
@Tamsin - the "perhaps it could be somewhere else" argument is also a valid one and there has been plenty of time for options to be weighed and measured.
But it is not a reason to oppose these plans.
I think there is a good argument for not spending this money, ring-fenced or not, but dislike the anti-skate camapaign to such an extent that I am now fully behind this.
There are some very angry NIMBYs on Telegraph Hill
Yes, and I don't oppose the plans. I'm neutral on the issue and as I said publicly at the Ward Assembly meeting, a skateboard area in the Lower Park - child and play oriented as it is - is an asset. I have also since been convinced that certain remaining qualms I had about safety can most of them be met.
It does, though, remain in my view a pity that in the whole long consultation process the only sites in the Ward ever seriously considered were the Upper Park, the closure of Kitto Road and now the Lower Park, and the Mona/Dennetts corner never got a look-in.
But, boring, boring, I must shut up now and get on with some work.
Oh, someone is bitter all right.
Those in favour just need to email the mayor and councillors to voice their support for the park.
Given the wild accusations of 11 year old ringers asking mummy to go to New Cross to sway the vote, amongst other nonsense, I almost wish I had access to the mayor's inbox so I could read the drivel coming in against it.
Cant remember when I last saw a kid on a skate board.
Yesterday, 4pm Hilly Fields. Last time I saw a kid on a skateboard.
These divisive local issues always lead to hot tempers and intemperate words. Historically I have generally felt a bit negative towards SPAG - I do think they represent a vested minority interest in a small, already crowded recreational area.
I feel fairly neutral (even possibly positive) now, towards the project and think I can hear both sides reasonably objectively. Both sides seem to be losing it a little, but on balance at the moment I think those in favour seem to be losing it the most (the reproduced leaflet doesn't seem *that* wild-eyed or accusatory) - and there is something really embarrassing about 30 and 40-somethings wanting to appear 'down with it' - SPAG do seem to adopt a haughty moral tone that probably infuriates those who for all sorts of reasons (some good) feel negative towards the whole idea.
And, for the record, I live on Vesta, comfortably less than 300 metres from the park and have never (ever) received any leaflets from SPAG or had anyone visit to talk through the issues.
"In a survey of 11-14 year-olds it was found that rollerblading and skateboarding were the
highest in terms of participation, for both genders."
- A report to Sport England about Lifestyle Sports (2005)
If you build it.... they will come.
The opponents have missed a trick by not titling their leaflets 'Spag Balls'.
Anyhow, as local campaginers who have fought many local battles, winning some and losing some, they should realise when they have lost.
Last time I saw a kid on a skateboard was Sunday morning at Brockley station. He was trying to go down the small slope at the side of the steps (what is that for?) rather unsuccessfully.
Being up near Hilly Fields I've not had particularly strong views about the skate park, but I do wonder why people can't just accept graciously.
@TA - I don't suppose this is what the little ramp is for, but you can just about wheel a normal size pushchair up and down it, which is quite handy.
@TA I assumed the little ramp was for pushing your bike up
"In a survey of 11-14 year-olds it was found that rollerblading and skateboarding were the
highest in terms of participation, for both genders."
- A report to Sport England about Lifestyle Sports (2005)
That's surprising to me but it's still only 11-14 years olds, still a pretty limited audience...
That doesn't mean that they're the only ones who do it!
I'm sure if there was research of young people aged between 8 and 18, you'd find it in the top five participation sports (outside of school), somewhere below football, cycling and swimming, but higher up than rugby, athletics or cricket.
I love that the leflet speaks of "children as young as 11" being encouraged to vote.
It makes it sound like someone has been corrupting young minds, there's most definitely a seedy undertone there.
I'm happy to bet a small sum that the author is a Daily Mail subscriber.
PPH at BBK is FAB.
And when it mentions "a small group with outside assistance" it uses the most classic fear of the alien tecnique.
I like the way it says "If you value your park and don't want environment" oppose these plans.
True, so evident you don't notice it.
11- to 14-year-olds don't actually exist and are merely a skateboarding, ciggie-smoking, barbed-quip-wielding construct invented to scare reactionary old folks. Now that is scientific fact. There's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.
..and there is something really embarrassing about 30 and 40-somethings wanting to appear 'down with it'..
That is the sort of comment you would expect from someone squinting at 40 through a rear-view mirror.
I imagine lots of the 30-40 year olds in favour are parents or just remember what it is like to have fun.
Minty you sound like Dr Fox!
I am against the skate park, but as you said, the popular vote was in favour of the project.
So that is it.
Personally i think it is waste of money but maybe one day my children will enjoy the skate park.
I am against the skate park, but as you said, the popular vote was in favour of the project.
So that is it.
Personally i think it is waste of money but maybe one day my children will enjoy the skate park.
they do have a serious point about noise.
why wasn't Friendly Gardens considered?
if it is that popular why not have one in each park that is large enough for one?
Hilly Fields?
Ladywell Fields?
Um... There is one in Ladywell Fields.
as Telegraph Hill (lower park) is so narrow there may well be a noise issue.
Suddenly everyone is an acoustics expert. It's a park, kids play in parks, kids are noisey. Get over it.
Why doesn't the council just do a test for noise levels? That way it's sorted and it stops all the debate, it's either at acceptable levels or it's not.
I live opposite, I have no problem with kids being noisy and I haven't voted against the skatepark. I'm hoping the noise will blend into all the others. A test would show if this is likely, I hope it is.
It is, however, really bugging when people who probably don't live as close and so are less likely to be affected by noise say just get over it.
Doesn't need the council to do that. A reasonable test would be for someone to take a skateboard to the basketball court while someone else stands out of the park on the other side of the street to see how much noise there is.
Bearing in mind that people affected will have further sound insulation thanks to the walls of their homes and that the skatepark has a sound-damping surface the actual noise should be even less.
We live in an inner city area - yet people want the privelige of living opposite a park, and peace and tranquility at the same time?
The sound of kids busting ollies, is nowhere near as noisy as estate cars pulling out to do the paper run.
The lower park is my back garden. I have spend many sunny afternoons reading the paper or just enjoying the sun in there and I think I would find the noise quite irritating. I'm thinking of the skate area in the South Bank, if the same materials are used they don't really seem to insulate the noise that well. That said I have never noticed the kids or the baketball court being particularly loud, although I'm not sure it is the same kind of noise.
The skating area on the South Bank is a resonance chamber, I think a more appropriate comparison is with Ladywell Fields where you don't have to walk much away from it to stop hearing it.
@THroses - there is an alternative back garden (and with better views) in the Upper Park to which you could retire if you find the Lower Park noisy when you get there. And moves to keep the peace and tranquillity of this park did get public support at the June Assembly. SPAG then graciously compromised their ideas and pitched on a smaller area with more limited access in the Lower Park.
This park is already noisy at times with (o horror!) children and young people playing on the five-a-side / basket ball area. A skateboard area banana-shape around it will not make much, if any, difference to that.
It is not fair to judge the noise of the boards (as opposed to the children) by comparisons with trundling over the present tarmac paths or even with facilities at the South Bank or Ladywell. From the beginning it has been made clear that it is a different type of concrete being used. Go to Croydon (or Bristol) to assess it.
My understanding is that the park was supposed to eliminate the problem of kids skating after dusk, endangering themselves, other's and annoying local residences.
I think that this aim might have got lost somewhere in the "we want it"..."well you can't have it" debate.
Who will be in charge of making sure the skate park is not used when the park is locked?
Also at all the meetings I have attended representatives of SPAG have referred to taking a zero tolerance stance to graffiti and misuse of the skate park and therefore lower park, may I ask how they plan to do this?
"In a survey of 11-14 year-olds it was found that rollerblading and skateboarding were the
highest in terms of participation, for both genders."
- A report to Sport England about Lifestyle Sports (2005)" - Brockley Nick.
On the one hand you accuse someone of putting forward "hopeless, illogical and contradictory arguments", and then you selectively quote from a 5 year old report. You numbers come from the "extreme Sports" section, and you clump rollerblading in with skateboarding. It looks like SPAGs opponents aren't the only ones who are prepared to stray from the straight and narrow to push their views forward.
but both rollerbladers AND skateboarders can use the park. not to mention BMXers. i can only imagine that all those sports have increased in popularity over the last five years
@Anon - what Ross said. Plus, I made it perfectly clear that the study is from 2005 - it's the most recent one I could find. I suspect, as Ross said, that the participation rates will have risen over the last five years.
In 2007/08 I did a small bit of work for Sport England, around their focus on lifestyle sports, which they said were vital to maintaining a sporty young population. Skating is popular and growing in popularity, precisely because it is so easy to play - you can do it on your own and in small groups in small bursts, you don't need huge pitches, referees or lots of expensive equipment, which make many other sports relatively inaccessible. Skateboarding is very popular - there's no denying that.
Ross said...
but both rollerbladers AND skateboarders can use the park. not to mention BMXers. i can only imagine that all those sports have increased in popularity over the last five years
Hang on a minute - this park is now designed for rollerbladers, skaters and cyclists to use? No mention of any of that on the SPAG comms?
Why does that matter? Surely the more people that use the facility the better value for money it is. Plus, rollerblading and BMX are a lot quieter than skateboarding so that should please you too.
No cycling is allowed in the lower park - for good reason.
The addition of a skatepark shouldn't be allowed to change that.
fear cyclists?
I sincerely hope you manage to pull your face out of the daily mail soon enough to breathe :)
Since Herne Hill Velodrome is under threat once again it is good to know that we can now use Telegraph Hill Lower Park instead. This is good to know. Excellent!
Debaser ... I did appreciate (and smart somewhat) from your earlier response about how I may have slipped into becoming a post-40something curmudgeon (though, indeed, it is not too far distant in the rearview - and I might possibly be a groovy libertarian lefty (?)).
But the "Daily Mail" joke is as bad as the equally specious "mung"-based jibe. There is a completely fallacious assumption that those who don't think the skatepark is a particularly inspired idea in the geographical context are somehow boring,stuck-up, old, right-wing, nimbyists ... this position seems to be missing the complexities and subtleties of the situation ... and it's a shame to miss things.
However, I don't fear the skaters (though would be pissed off if any wheeled person knocked down my children on the hill) - and the debate seems to be one ... so best of luck to the SPAGsters.
... 'Won' I meant ...
This is is an age issue for some, a cultural divide for others and a class war for a minority of opposers. The parents of those skateboarders should be applauded for their support - and I witnessed a lot of support at the assembly meet.
Many parents still - in the age of the X-Games and skateboarding being used in TV ads and the like -still, do not 'get skateboarding' and are dissapointed their kid is not on the football/rugby/cycling team (like they were - and failed at).
Street skating does not allow parents to come and sit and watch the 'team' play and cheer their offspring winning a medal or award and that is a hard fact for many to deal with - even in these enlightened times.
It's white middle-class parents wanting to provide a controlled facility where their white middle-class kids are doing a white middle-class approved activity
see the common theme here?
You'll be in the 'class war' section then.
Grow up.
Perhaps you are a groovy left-leaning libertarian Vesta Curry, just as any 30 or 40 something in favour of the skate park isn't necessarily trying to be 'down with it.
Did you pen the name 'Fear Cyclists' as well?
To be clear, my response to the name wasn't intended as a joke, I think the name 'Fear Cyclists' betrays an astonishing lack of reason, so typical of the many articles that the daily mail churns out, destined to aggravate people it doesn't like. Swap the word cyclist for Irish, Gay or Blacks and suddenly the name is not only offensive but completely irrational.
I am not sure why you have chosen to conflate the issue of riding a bicycle with the skate park, NIBYISM, right wing politics etc... Cycling is not allowed in the lower park and, as far as I know, no one does cycle in the park so I cannot see the problem.
And to be clear, I too would be pissed off if anyone knocked me or my, as yet unborn, children to the ground but I would rather live and hope that doesn't happen than spend my time finger wagging at various groups of society that I believe may be out to get me.
It's white middle-class parents wanting to provide a controlled facility where their white middle-class kids are doing a white middle-class approved activity
see the common theme here?
I must go and see the optician because I keep seeing a tall black teenager skating around the hill. Thankfully for him, the lack of any discernible chip on his shoulder to weigh him down means he is also able to do tricks.
I like white middle class skateboarders and I also like white middle class nimby people, but which one is better? There's only one way to find out.... FIGHT!!!!!
would it be possible for someone to say something so I can bring this theme around to dogging?
I'd just like to say I'm not "Fear Cyclists" ... but my name is Lobby Lud and you can claim your fiver.
I was only conflating to the same extent as you. i.e. if you don't really fancy the skatepark you must be a curtain-twitching Mail reader - and the cyclist comment was, I think, because someone started saying that BMXers would use the area too ... I'm gonna duck out now ... it's all just getting too crazy, man ... zzzzzzz
No, the mail retort was in response to the 'Fear Cyclists' name which to me is a completely separate issue to the skate park. Same thread, different beef. I'm sorry you cannot see that.
I was against the facility in the upper park so can understand some reasons to object/ be concerned however, in my view, objections on the basis of anti - social behaviour, minority interest group, class, back ground etc scrape the barrel somewhat.
I can't collect the fiver because I never knew what the password was.
It's a fair cop ... I promise I'll shaddup now
It's a fair cop ... I promise I'll shaddup now
My apologies for implying you were old by the way.
... look in most people's eyes I am freaking old (but thanks) ... I do love my bike and cycling too by the way ... though a lot of cyclists freak me out .... zzzzzz
Noise- I assume skateboarding is still largely a daytime activity and the no flood lights are proposed. As such, no night disturbance.
As for during the day.... It's a bloody park for goodness sake.
I don't get this white middle class thing that people keep bringing up. My boy is a skater and involved with SPAG and he's mixed race and I don't think we are middle class. I work like a dog and live in a housing association place. His best mate, also a spagger, is muslim. People should take a close look at the photographs of the kids involved before making offensive remarks.


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Spring is shaping up to be a fairly decent season so far for Morgan Stanley's (MS) recruiting team.
The firm, which is led by James Gorman, said Monday that it successfully recruited four advisors from rival firms with a total of $3.7 million in yearly fees and commissions and more than $425 million in client assets under management.
The latest recruits include Mark Pentella, who joined Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's office in Akron, Ohio, from Merrill Lynch (BAC). He moved with fellow advisor Jessica Palmer.
The group, which has about $1.13 million in annual production and $125 million of client assets, now reports to branch manager Jason Haines.
In Riverwoods, Ill., David and Kirsten Gordon joined Morgan Stanley from Wells Fargo Advisors (WFC). The Gordon Financial Group, which has about $2.6 million in yearly production and more than $300 million in client assets, now reports to branch manager Mark Boersma.
In March, Morgan Stanley said it hired CNBC co-anchor Gary Kaminsky to serve as vice chairman of its wealth management unit. In this role, Kaminsky is working with financial advisors on client relations and business development.
Morgan Stanley hired ex-Merrill Lynch technology leader Chris Randazzo to lead the technology focus for its wealth unit last month, as well. Randazzo has close to 20 years of technology experience.
In the fourth quarter, Morgan Stanley said it had 16,780 advisors, down 29 reps from the prior quarter and off 4% from last year's tally of 17,512. Average annualized revenue per rep, though, was $824,000, an improvement of 4% from the prior quarter and 13% from last year.
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A feral cat that's terrorizing students has forced an elementary school in Maryland to close.
The ferocious feline is on the loose at Richard Henry Lee Elementary School in Glen Burnie. Animal control officers have set traps for the animal, but have been unable to catch it, Washington, D.C., TV station WUSA reported.
The school was forced to close at 9:45 a.m. ET Friday.
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According to the Capital Gazette, "the kitty hasn't scratched yet." But school officials weren't taking any chances.
Traps will be set up for the kitty through the holiday weekend.


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Participation in the Colorado School Readiness Program shows a commitment to providing quality care for children and paves the way for achievement in school as well as success in later life. The state of Colorado provides school readiness participants coaching and a detailed quality performance profile that identifies strengths and areas for improvement in the overall programs of preschools. Any program that boasts a Qualistar banner outside of their building, or displays a 1, 2, 3 or 4-star certificate on their wall, has worked very hard to achieve the rating and is dedicated to providing the best learning environment for your child.
The rating process is intensive and examines all aspects at work in a learning environment. The schools work to achieve the highest standards adopted by specialists in the field of early childhood. The components within the rating scales support best practices for early childhood learning. Teachers attend workshops that enhance their teaching, practice interactions that promote positive self-esteem in young children, prepare their classroom and structure their day so that each child experiences success in the classroom. After months of preparation, a Qualistar Rater comes to the school; information about the learning environment is collected and assessed by these trained observers. The rater spends several hours in each classroom collecting information and evaluating four components of the program. Many environmental factors are examined, ranging from the health and safety of the program to the teacher and child interactions. Other pieces that make up the rating include family partnerships, training and education, group sizes, and adult/child ratios.
The process of providing outstanding care for our children is continuous; every day with every child is important in their overall development. Every year that a facility participates in the program enhances the overall quality of the program. Nine schools in Cortez have signed up to participate in the school readiness program, and school readiness sites are evaluated once a year in a six year cycle. A school may earn provisional status or a score that gives them 1, 2, 3 or 4 stars. When choosing a place to care for your child, a Qualistar rating gives assurance that the school is committed to working towards obtaining or maintaining an environment that will promote your child's physical, academic and social growth.
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Strawberry season is in full swing across most of the country, so chances are you're buying lots of them. You are, aren't you? Then that also means you likely have a few soft or slightly bruised berries -- good enough to eat but not pristine enough to showcase on the top of a strawberry shortcake.
Well I'm not going to suggest you use them to make sweet jam or a smoothie (though I love both). I'm going savory with strawberries. That's right. If you've never paired strawberries with meat, then expect to be wowed. Succulent strawberries and creamy mango are enhanced with aromatic anise seed in this simple yet flavorful salsa. The fruits' sweetness provides the perfect balance to the savory, buttery flavor of the pork tenderloin.
I hope Jeanne of Cook Sister! likes savory strawberries because this is my entry for this month's WTSIM: Berried Treasure.
Pork Tenderloin with Strawberry-Mango Salsa
Serves 4
Print recipe only here.
1 1/4 pound pork tenderloin
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 teaspoons butter
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup sweet onion, such as Vidalia
1 teaspoon anise seed
1 cup diced mango
2 cups chopped strawberries
salt and freshly ground back pepper, to taste
2 cups cooked grain of your choice, such as cous-cous, quinoa, or white rice.
Cut the tenderloin into medallions, and season with salt and pepper. Let stand for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, for the salsa, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the sweet onion for 3-4 minutes, or until slightly softened and browned. Stir in the anise seed and diced mango, cooking for 2 minutes more. Add strawberries and cook 2-3 minutes, until slightly softened. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt 2 teaspoons olive oil and 2 teaspoons butter. Add the pork; cook for 3-4 minutes, until crispy and browned, then flip and cook until browned all over and just cooked through (the meat should be tender).
Place cooked grain on a platter, add cooked pork, and cover with warm fruit salsa. Serve immediately.Other meat dishes you might like:
Lamb Kebabs
Savory Sausage and Fennel Galette
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Skinny Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
All the flavor of buffalo wings without messy hands! Perfect for your Superbowl Party. I lightened this using low fat and fat free ingredients. Adjust the heat to your liking and serve this with celery, chips or crackers.
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 9 • Serving Size: 1/3 cup • Points +: 3 pts • Smart Points: 3
Calories: 107.9 • Fat: 4.9 g • Carbs: 5.4 g • Fiber: 0 g • Protein: 10.3 g
4 oz reduced fat cream cheese, softened
1 cup fat free sour cream
1/2 cup Franks hot sauce (or whatever hot sauce you like)
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
1 tsp white wine vinegar
2 cups (14 oz raw) cooked shredded chicken
Mix the first 5 ingredients together until smooth. Add the chicken and put this in the crock pot on low for 3-4 hours. Serve warm.
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Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Clinical/Laboratory Predictors of Tropical Diseases In Patients With Persistent Fever in Cambodia, Nepal, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan (NIDIAG-Fever)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01766830
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 11, 2013
Last Update Posted : October 27, 2016
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Tropical fevers have been a diagnostic challenge from the antiquity. Nowadays, despite the availability of good diagnostic capacities, undifferentiated febrile illnesses continue to be a thorny problem for travel physicians. In developing countries, the scarcity of skilled personnel and adequate laboratory facilities makes the differential diagnosis of fevers even more complex. Health care workers must often rely on syndrome-oriented empirical approaches to treatment and might overestimate or underestimate the likelihood of certain diseases. For instance Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) contribute substantially to the burden of persistent (more than 1 week) fevers in the Tropics, causing considerable mortality and major disability. These diseases are however rarely diagnosed at primary health care (PHC) level. The difficulty in establishing the cause of febrile illnesses has resulted in omission or delays in treatment, irrational prescriptions with polytherapy, increasing cost and development of drug resistance.
In resource-limited settings, clinical algorithms constitute a valuable aid to health workers, as they facilitate the therapeutic decision in the absence of good laboratory capacities. There is a critical lack of appropriate diagnostic tools to guide treatment of NTDs. While clinical algorithms have been developed for some NTDs, in most cases they remain empirical. Besides, they rarely take into account local prevalence data, do not adequately represent the spectrum of patients and differential diagnosis at the primary care level and often have not been properly validated. The purpose of the study is to develop evidence-based Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT)-supported diagnostic guidelines for patients with persistent fever (≥ 1 week) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan, Cambodia and Nepal.
|Condition or disease
|Visceral Leishmaniasis Human African Trypanosomiasis Enteric Fever Melioidosis Brucellosis Leptospirosis Relapsing Fever Rickettsial Diseases HIV Tuberculosis Malaria Amoebic Liver Abscess
|Device: rk28 ICT Device: IT LEISH (rK39) Device: Immunochromatographic HAT test Device: HAT Serostrip Device: Card Agglutination Trypanosoma Test (CATT)-10 Device: Typhidot M Device: S. typhi IgM/IgG Device: Test-it Typhoid IgM Device: Test-it Leptospirosis IgM Device: Leptospira IgG/IgM
|Not Applicable
This study is part of a large European Union (EU)-funded research project called NIDIAG that aims at developing integrated, evidence-based syndromic approach to improve management of NTD-related clinical syndromes. NIDIAG targets three non-specific clinical syndromes: the persistent fever, neurological, and intestinal syndrome. The objective of the project is to establish diagnostic guidelines for each of this syndrome, with a particular focus on severe and treatable neglected infectious diseases. The developed guidelines should integrate relevant Point-of-Care (POC)tests.
The persistent fever syndrome targeted by NIDIAG is defined as presence of fever for at least one week. The list of diseases - both NTD and other Infectious Diseases (ID) - that frequently cause persistent (≥1 week) fever in the study countries includes: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Human Africa Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Enteric (typhoid, paratyphoid) fever, Malaria, Brucellosis, Melioidosis, Tuberculosis, Amoebic liver abscess, Relapsing fever, HIV, Rickettsial diseases, and Leptospirosis. The study will try to identify clinical and laboratory predictors of these diseases as well as validate existing RDTs.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1927 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) in Association With Clinical and Laboratory Predictors for the Diagnosis of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in Patients Presenting With Persistent Fever (≥1 Week) in Cambodia, Nepal, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan
|Study Start Date :
|January 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2016
Experimental: Phase 3 Diagnostic
A total of 10 RDTs will be assessed in the patients cohort for the respective target condition
Device: rk28 ICT
rk28 ICT is an immunochromatographic assay intended for qualitative detection of IgG antibodies directed towards VL in human serum, plasma or whole blood. It is manufactured by EASE-Medtrend (Shanghai, China)
Device: IT LEISH (rK39)
IT LEISH is an immuno-chromatographic test, using the recombinant antigen K39, to detect the presence of antibodies against Leishmania spp. It is manufactured by BioRad laboratories, USA.
Device: Immunochromatographic HAT test
This is a lateral flow immunochromatographic test manufactured by Standard Diagnostics (Korea) in collaboration with FIND.
Device: HAT Serostrip
The HAT Serostrip is an immunochromatographic assay developed by Coris BioConcept, France, which is designed for remote field use in individual HAT suspects.
Device: Card Agglutination Trypanosoma Test (CATT)-10
The Card Agglutination Trypanosoma test (CATT) has been used for many years at large scale for mass screening of mostly asymptomatic individuals (CATT-R250). Unfortunately, its operating characteristics have only been evaluated in the context of patients with persistent fever. Although it is not strictly an RDT, the CATT is rather easily performed in remote settings, in particular since a new and more robust format (CATT-D10) allows to test a lower number of patients in peripheral health facilities. It is manufactured by the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp, Belgium.
Device: Typhidot M
The Typhidot M test is a dot enzyme immunoassay that detects IgM and IgG directed against Salmonella typhi. It is manufactured by Reszon Diagnostics International, Malaysia
Device: S. typhi IgM/IgG
The Salmonella typhi IgG/IgM Rapid Test is an immunochromatographic assay for the qualitative differential detection of IgG and IgM antibodies to Salmonella typhi in human serum, plasma or whole blood. It is manufactured by Standard Diagnostics (Korea)
Device: Test-it Typhoid IgM
Test-it Typhoid IgM lateral flow assay is a one-step immunochromatographic assay which uses a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigen derived from salmonella typhi for the detection of specific IgM antibodies. It is manufactured by Life Assay, South Africa.
Device: Test-it Leptospirosis IgM
The Test-it™ Leptospira lateral flow device detects IgM antibodies in humans against Leptospira in whole blood or serum. It is manufactured by Life Assay, South Africa
Device: Leptospira IgG/IgM
This test enables the differential detection of IgG and IgM antibodies to Leptospira interrogans. It is manufactured by Standard Diagnostics, Korea
- Prevalence of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Number of patients diagnosed with VL, HAT and other NTDs among those presenting with persistent(≥ 1 week) fever in one of the study sites
- Identification of clinical and laboratory diagnostic indicators [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Sensitivity, specificity, crude and adjusted likelihoods ratios (LR), and predictive values (post-test probabilities) of clinical and first-line laboratory predictors for the diagnosis of VL, HAT and other NTDs
- Identification of reliable Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Assessment of sensitivity, likelihood ratios and performances (diagnostic accuracy) of the novel study RDTs for VL, HAT, enteric fever and
- Predictive values of RDTs [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Predictive values (post-test probabilities) of RDTs, alone and in combination, for the respective target conditions within the multi-disease approach
- Cost-effectiveness of the diagnostic tests [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Unit costs of diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of HAT and other priority NTDs/IDs in the setting
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- fever for ≥ 1 week
- ≥ 5 years old (18 years onward in Cambodia)
Exclusion Criteria:
- unwilling or unable to give written informed consent
- unable in the study physician's opinion to comply with the study requirements
- existing laboratory confirmed diagnosis
- need of immediate intensive care due to shock or respiratory distress
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01766830
|Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
|Reference Hospital Mosango and Kasay Health Centre
|Mosango, Bandundu, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
|Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale
|Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
|Dhankuta District hospital
|Dhankuta, Koshi Zone, Nepal
|BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
|Dharan, Nepal
|Tabarak Allah Hospital
|Tabarak Allah, Gedaref, Sudan
|University of Khartoum
|Khartoum, Sudan
|Study Director:
|François Chappuis, MD, PhD
|University Hospital, Geneva
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Francois CHAPPUIS, Professor, University Hospital, Geneva
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
260260 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: European Commission )
|First Posted:
|January 11, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 27, 2016
|Last Verified:
|October 2016
Liver Abscess
Typhoid Fever
Rickettsia Infections
Relapsing Fever
Liver Abscess, Amebic
Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Trypanosomiasis, African
Protozoan Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Mycobacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Body Temperature Changes
Signs and Symptoms
Euglenozoa Infections
Skin Diseases, Parasitic
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Skin Diseases
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections


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Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
That Carpenters song is sometimes hard to kick when the beginning of the week goes something like this: rainy Monday, rainy Tuesday, rainy Wednesday, rainy Thursday…
I like songs that go with my mood, but there's a problem when that mood sticks around for too long. And, I don't need to tell you how hard it is to get a song out of your head once its stuck.
But then there's the power of music to change your surroundings. My friend Tammie suggested a song yesterday when we were chatting, and I liked its title, "Shake It Off" and its chill beat. (Apologies for not embedding, but Mariah's business team seems to be blocking all embed abilities – which I can respect – protect those artists' dollars!).
The best part of yesterday was my decision to take a modern jazz dance class. And it was a great class. Just what I needed and long overdue. The teacher (more info below the recipe) focused on technique and positioning and placement. Her warm-up and choreography were organic and felt good. And there was no rush to end class – the 90 minute class ran well over 2 hours. We finished the evening with a several minute cool-down and stretch. I returned home feeling great.
Knowing that I would be ravenous after class, I was thankfully prepared. I made a salad that required several hours of marinating. So it was waiting patiently to replenish my body after the music and dance class had replenished my spirit.
Panzanella is a bit like a savory Italian version of pain perdu (French toast) — coming up with a use for one- or two-day old, stale bread. I make it with baguette because that's what tends to go stale on me these days. There are endless varieties and I found a few that I've tucked away in my files, such as an artichoke version from Sam at Becks & Posh and Giada De Laurentiis' traditional version with capers, olives, and peppers in addition to tomatoes. I just stuck to what I had in my fridge and pantry – the cucumbers give it a nice crunch. This can be tossed atop a bed of greens, or eaten as is.
Makes 3-4 servings, depending on how hungry you are. All measurements are very approximate.
Slice stale baguette and then cube (~3/4 inch).
Toss in olive oil, salt and pepper and toast in oven for 5-10 minutes (250ºF).
Prepare remaining vegetables that you will add to salad by cutting into bite-sized pieces. I decided to use 1 cucumber for crunch, 1 yellow tomato, and about 3/4 C of slow roasted tomatoes (the remains of a pint that I had roasted the other day – directions here). Chiffonade some basil as well.
Place the toasted bread cubes in a large bowl with the cut vegetables and basil. Toss with ~ 2-3 T extra virgin olive oil and ~2-3 T good balsamic vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to marinate for 1-3 hours at room temperature, adding additional oil and vinegar (in equal quantities) if necessary to help bread soak up (but not drown in) the vegetable juices.
As usual, in any post that mentions dance, I must leave you with a video. I chose my class carefully based on location (so that I could hopefully return) and the reputation of the teacher. Andy Taylor-Blenis teaches at the premier Boston jazz dance school – the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio where I took classes when I was in college (I only took with Jeannette) — so I knew she was quality. She is a senior company member with Prometheus Dance and has a history in folk dance which I explored last year when I performed with Nishmat Hatzafon. This seemed like a great blend of where my dance has come from and where it's heading, since I want to start a Nishmat-like group up here mixing lyrical jazz, emotion, Jewish and Israeli themes, hopes of peace, and a rich sense of history. I found this excerpt of some Prometheus pieces to share.


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By now, many of you are busy making the final push towards the holidays. But what are your crafty plans as we enter 2011? Well, clear your plate, because we have a great quilt-along planned that will begin in January!
18 quilt bloggers have collaborated to bring you the first-ever Bloggers' Block-a-palooza. We'll jump from blog to blog making 2 quilt blocks per week, wrapping up with a custom setting and layout design to help complete your quilt. I am so excited to be one of the participating bloggers.
We're calling this quilt-along "Waiting for Spring" because we'll be using the brand new Sunkissed line by Sweetwater for Moda, and the bright colors and botanical prints should help you (or at least those of you in the Northern hemisphere!) push through the cold winter months and have a fresh new quilt ready for the Spring.
More details will be available soon, but in the meantime feel free to grab our button below and spread the word.
Edited to add: click on my blog page here to learn more. I'll be adding information as it becomes available. I have already attempted to answer a few frequently asked questions!