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When everyone else was waiting on line to get into the Mark Ryden exhibit across the street, I was in the newest addition to the Paul Kasmin Gallery empire taking photos of Eric Parker's latest show (and third solo-exhibition with the gallery), which had opened the previous night. Because timing is everything.
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Erik Parker's Undertow is an exhibition of new paintings which represent a confluence of ideas and styles explored in previous bodies of work including the Maps, Heads, Landscapes and Hieroglyphics. Parker's iconic, highly-saturated palette and intricate compositions are amplified by collage and airbrush techniques that create a balance of density and open space.
Undertow offers insight into the evolution of Parker's work over the last two decades. Here, the artist continues to critically chart the world's current political, social, and economic landscapes with compositions brimming with references to media, popular culture, music, and art history. Synthesizing multiple elements from his myriad styles into new dynamic compositions, the artist works at breaking down the metanarratives of late modernist painting while simultaneously digesting the pictorial chatter of scrolling feeds of social media.
Highlighted in the exhibition are Parker's new shaped canvases with which he develops the narrative possibilities of form. In Offshore the support structure of the canvas takes the shape of binocular lenses, framing the action as if seen from afar.
Parker's large-scale, two-part shaped canvas titled Disconnected, features a Pyramid representing the global elite. The pyramid is physically separated from the second canvas – literally leaving the rest of the picture, or perhaps, society behind.
Erik Parker's Undertow will be on Exhibit Through January 23rd, 2016 at Paul Kasmin Gallery, Located at 297 Tenth Avenue in the Chelsea Gallery. District.


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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Sketch N Scrap card #51
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Gorgeous card and I love that sketch!ReplyDelete
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Just beautiful, Hillary, I love the unique color combo you chose...quite stunning! Have a terrific Thursday and happy hopping1ReplyDelete
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Who doesn't love a card with a coffee theme?!! I love the colors as well! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!ReplyDelete
Fab! Love the washi background!ReplyDelete
great take on the sketch and so much fun!! thanks for sharing with us at Sketch N Scrap this month!ReplyDelete
Love this one! That cup is amazing, and the sentiment is even more so! Those papers are fantastic, and your take on the sketch is spot on. Great card. BevReplyDelete
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Super cool card and great sketch interpretation! Thanks for sharing your awesome card with us at Sketch N Scrap. xxReplyDelete
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What Factors Affect a Sufficient Methocarbamol Dose?
Methocarbamol is a muscle relaxer used to treat muscle spasm and pain, and it has slight sedative effects as well. This compound may be prescribed not only for muscle conditions, but also for tetanus in both children and adults. The condition being treated is the main variable that determines an appropriate methocarbamol dose for an individual. Other factors such as the age and weight of a person, as well as certain pre-existing medical conditions, may also influence the dosage used.
Adults taking this drug as part of a therapy for muscle spasms generally take an initial methocarbamol dose for the first few days, followed by a lower maintenance dose for a more prolonged amount of time. An initial dose starts at 1,500 milligrams (mg) taken orally every six hours for two to three days. For severe spasms, up to 2,000 mg per dose may be taken, but no more than that. Afterward, doses of 4,000 mg to 4,500 mg each day may be taken, divided into three or four separate dosing times. Injections totaling no more than 3,000 mg a day can be given instead, but oral dosing is preferred.
Tetanus, an infectious disease, uses an initial intravenous (IV) methocarbamol dose of 1 gram (g) to 2 g immediately, with another 1 g to 2 g given right afterward, for a sum of 3 g. The IV dose is repeated at six-hour intervals until the patient can receive oral doses through a nasogastric tube, since their jaw may not be functioning. Oral dosages of up to 24 g a day are given through this route, until symptoms subside.
Children may receive tetanus relief with a methocarbamol dose based on weight. The initial IV dose is 15 mg per kilogram (kg), or 2.2 pounds (lb), of body weight. This dose is repeated at six-hour intervals as well. Unlike with adults, children do not use a nasogastric tube for their maintenance dose, instead receiving smaller maintenance doses through the IV route as well.
Other medical conditions can influence the methocarbamol dose that person receives. Kidney, or renal, damage may necessitate use of oral dosages of this medication, since the IV preparation contains polyethylene glycol, a compound that the body may be unable to excrete when the kidneys are not functioning properly. Individuals with epilepsy may have to use lower IV doses as well, if the drug cannot be given orally, because there is a risk of seizures in response to the injection.


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Saad arrived with his force of 4,000 at Zarud and went into camp. The troops were spread in the region, and couriers were sent to all the tribes in Northern Arabia calling the tribesmen to war in the name of Allah. As a result of these efforts about 7,000 warriors were recruited from the tribes particularly the Bani Asad and Bani Tameem. Among those who joined the Muslim forces was Taleaha who had during the apostasy campaigns of the time of Abu Bakr claimed to be a prophet and had fought against the Muslims. He had escaped to Syria where he was converted to Islam. Those who had once apostated were not allowed by Abu Bakr to be recruited to the Muslim forces. Hazrat Umar, because of the large scale campaigns to be undertaken lifted the ban. Availing of this concession Taleaha and his tribesmen joined the Muslim forces in Iraq in large numbers.
Umar sent another force of 4,000 men to join the main army at Zarud. The strength of the army at Zarud now rose to 15,000. Muthanna with 3,000 men was stationed at Sharaf some sixty miles from Zarud on the main route to Iraq.
From Zarud the main Muslim army marched to Sharaf, and they arrived there in July 636 A.D. Before Saad arrived, Muthanna was dead. In his will Musanna had desired that Saad bin Abi Waqas should marry his widow Salma bint Khasfa. He also left a message for Saad which ran as follows:
"The Muslims should not fight the Persians when they are concentrated in their homeland, but should fight them on the boundary near the desert. Thus if Allah should give the Muslims victory, they will have whatever lies behind the Persians, and if the result is otherwise, they can withdraw into a region the routes whereof they know best and of which they are masters-until Allah decides that they should return to battle."
Saad prayed for the soul of Muthanna. He paid rich tributes to his bravery. In fulfilment of the will of Muthanna, Saad married his widow Salma. He was impressed with the parting advice of Muthanna, and decided to follow it. He reported this advice to Umar who approved of it.
Umar instructed Saad as follows:
"Organise the army into tens and let the men know their units.
Appoint the commanders of the corps and let them see and know their men.
Give the contingents Qadisiyya as the meeting point.
Get Mugheera bin Shu'ba to join you with his cavalry.
Comply with these instructions and then write to me."
Saad organised the army in accordance with the instructions of Umar. From the Uballa sector Mugheera bin Shu'ba joined Sad with his cavalry of 800 horse.
Umar next instructed Saad as follows:
"March with the Muslims from Sharaf towards the Persians.
Place your faith in Allah and seek His help, and know that you are advancing against a people whose numbers are vast, whose equipment is superb, whose strength is great and whose land is difficult. Even its plains consist of rivers and heavily-watered land. When you meet them or any of them, attack them fiercely, but beware of facing them if they are all together. Let them not trick you, for they are wily plotters and their ways are not your ways.
When you get to Qadisiyya, remain there and leave not your place. They will find your continued stay intolerable and will come out against you with all their strength of horse and foot. And if you stand fast against them, you shall overcome them, and should they ever assemble again in great numbers, they shall do so without hearts.
And should the result be otherwise, you will have the desert behind you and can withdraw into a region which you know and control and of which they are ignorant and afraid. And there you should stay until Allah decides victory for you and you return to battle."


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|Daniel Schmittzehe sent us this photo of a metal recruitment sign.
It was appropriate for us during the Vietnam War and it is also appropriate now.
|You can save the graphic on the left to your desktop and then print the label out. That way you could add it to a package that you are sending to our men and women on active duty.
|This type of wallet could be purchased from the Airmen's Open Mess at Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
|Tan Son Nhut Military Banking Facility, Bank of America Check.
|A Vietnamese web site that is written in english.
It speaks of the last hours, at Tan Son Nhut Main Gate and the Joint Chief of Staff's gate. April 1975.
Please click on the URL on the left.


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The arrival of eight and 12-core x86 chips may make per socket software licensing seem like a good deal for users of Microsoft server software. The new multicore technology promises to let them increase chip capacity while theoretically reducing the number of sockets.
At this point, Microsoft doesn't seem particularly worried that its server licensing revenue will melt away as its customers move to the increasingly powerful chips. However, analysts wonder how long that will last as chip makers add more and more cores to each processor.
Indeed, Microsoft officials today say there are no plans to change the per socket pricing approach the company uses today, even as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. promises to start shipping 16-core chips next year.
Eric Jewitt, director of Windows server marketing at Microsoft, said the company looks at core increases as a continuation of Moore's Law, a doubling of capacity every 18 months or so.
A company could increase compute capacity by migrating from quad-core to 12 cores, which would consequentially reduce its sockets and software licensing costs.
However, that only works if the user is taking a mirror of the database onto the new chips, said Jewitt. While chip capacity increases, so is the amount of data, roughly doubling every year and creating a need for more capacity, he said.
The gains in compute power aren't necessarily matched by software.
As chip makers add more cores per chip, it creates a need for software that can perform in increasingly parallel environments, said Scott Rosenberg, CEO of Miro Consulting, Inc., a Woodbridge, N.J.-based firm that advises companies on software licensing issues. "The software industry needs to catch up right now to the hardware industry," he said.
Still, the chip vendors are making a point of showing that users can reduce the number of servers by moving to their high capacity chips.
Not all vendors use the per-socket pricing schedule.
Oracle Corp., for instance, instead assigns a value for each by chip manufacturer. In the case of AMD and Intel chips, for example, Oracle has set a processor factor of .50 per core, meaning a quad core is counted as two chips.
Analysts wonder if per-socket, or even per-core pricing, will survive over the long term.
On the issue of the per-socket model, Rosenberg believes that as core counts increase it is inevitable that Microsoft will move to some other pricing scheme. Per-core pricing, he said, "has got to be a consideration."
Christopher Voce, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc., said that software vendors may start charging more for supporting tools to offset the impact of the increasing cores. He added that with the increasing abstraction of the hardware layer to virtualized environments, it will be increasingly harder for vendors to price based on physical assets.
"The traditional approaches to licensing won't hold up," said Voce, who sees the industry moving to business-based metrics, such as per user pricing.
Northern Illinois University IT director Walter Czerniak said that based on 40 years of experience in the business, he doesn't expect that vendors will lose money because of chip improvements.
"If any vendor starts to lose too much revenue based on hardware technology, it won't take long to change their software licensing agreements,"Czerniak said. What keeps them in check is competition, he added.
Scott Archibald, managing director of Bender Consulting, a Houston-based management consulting firm, said that he expects companies running mega data centers and large cloud providers to quickly adopt the new large chips. Most Fortune 100 IT shops, he added, are under cost pressure and prone not to take unnecessary risks with mission critical servers are are likely to move at a much slower pace.
Over the next two years, he expects a lot of testing by users and "assuming that initial testing proves benefits in these areas, expect larger IT shops to migrate towards multi-core chipset Servers over the next three to five years," said Archibald.
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- All conversations are written, translated to Hungarian, SCRIPTED and tested at least once (512.000+ words of interactive conversation using 1330 conversation files, including companion banter). Additional text (one-liners, journals, descriptions, messages, unit speech) is about 200.000+ more words.
- NPC one-liners are written and coded for hundreds of NPCs: at least 13 random lines for characters moving around in their idle cycles
- All quests done and tested.
- Script driven conversation system in Unity works 100%- Unit Speech for protagonist and companions has been written, using 75 categories, 3700+ lines
- Using proprietary Toon Shader, courtesy of János Strasszer
- Assigning item properties to named equippables (100 %)
- Writing and Assigning Combat and Non-combat GUI tooltips, Placeable/Door object descriptions (This covers almost 1000 interactive objects), NPC/Creature descriptions (This covers slightly more than 1000 instances), descriptions for non-equippable items (Plot items, gems, sideline items, consumables: 600+ items), descriptions for named equippable items (weapons, armor, accessories), Item Property descriptions (100% in both languages)
- Finalizing journal entries for the entire game (100 %, 1345 journal entries altogether)
- Main screen 3D scene with animation and buttons
- Hungarian translation (100 %) Conversations, Item Properties, One-Liners, Non-Combat Tooltips, Unit Speech, Journal, NPC/Creature Descriptions, Placeable Descriptions, Inventory Item Descriptions, Buff/Debuff Descriptions, Item Randomizer texts, Map Pins, Area Names, Doors, Item Property Descriptions
- Conversion of prototype to Unity 3D (object xml's and script commands), Journal code, In-game Debug Console features, Item Modifier System, Buff/Debuff icon management, Non-Combat and Combat GUI code, Options Coding, NPC Scheduler, In-Game Cutscene system, Stealing & Picklock & Telepathy (100 %)
- All musics assigned to areas (135 musical scores) + a couple of short situational ones- Assigning Converted NWN data to Unity game objects (100 %) (Plot Items/Consumables/Gems/Food/Crafting Ingredients/Gifts/Accessories/Weapons/Armor, Area Properties, Musics, Creatures/Doors/Placeables with placeholder models, Encounter Triggers, Common Triggers, Shops, Waypoints with map pin data)
- Terrain painting (100%)
- Visual Effects, Sound Effects (100 %)
- Buff/Debuff/Modifier icons (100 %, using 349 icons)
- Character Animation System (100 %)
- Areas done: 185/185 (These are either Terrain-using exteriors and Modelled Interiors. This respectively includes geometry, water/lava, VFX, sky, story objects (also doors), lights, teleporters, sounds (including footstep setting), pathfinding set-up, blockers, geometry occlusion & music.)
- All interactive placeables done (1000 instances)
- All inventory inventory items done (1664 instances)
- Character models and animations (1019 instances)
- Character Generator Screen
- Tutorial System (100 %)
- Combat System (100 %)
- Testing creatures in combat situations (100%)
- 100 % of GUI graphics created.
- Save/Load System (100 %)
- Voice (100%) These are the mobs and NPCs (combat and selection). PC and Companion unit speeches can only be realized through a crowdfunding campaign.
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A Muslim cleric accused of planting evidence against a teenage Christian girl in a landmark blasphemy case was acquitted by a Pakistani court on Saturday.
An Islamabad court found Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Jadoon Chishti not guilty a year after he was arrested, following witness statements from his assistants who said they saw him putting the pages of a burned Qu'ran in the bag of 14-year-old Rimsha Masih.
"Prosecutors failed to produce any evidence against Jadoon and witnesses also retracted their statements," said Jadoon's lawyer Wajid Ali Gilani.
The case has been viewed as a litmus test of Pakistan's treatment of religious minorities and its use of a contentious blasphemy law.
Jadoon, a prayer leader, had accused Masih of burning pages of a Qu'ran in a village on the outskirts of Islamabad in August last year.
He was alleged to have made announcements on the local mosque's loudspeaker system, inciting Muslims to burn the houses of Christians. There were fears of widespread mob violence as Christians fled the area.
Rimsha was arrested the next day after an angry mob gathered outside her house but was freed on bail three weeks later – after she was found to be a minor suffering from Down syndrome – following accusations against Jadoon.
In November, all charges against Rimsha were dropped. Media have since reported that she has relocated to Canada with her family.
Hafiz Mohammed Zubai, a prayer caller, testified before a magistrate that Jadoon had tampered with evidence to strengthen the case against the Christian girl.
Allama Tahir Ashrafi, chief of the Pakistan Ulema Council, an umbrella Islamist group including clerics and legal scholars, voiced his disappointment at the court decision on Saturday via Twitter.
"The judgment and acquittal of this liar in the Rimsha blasphemy case will further encourage misusers of the blasphemy law against minorities," he said.
In 2011, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and Minority Affairs Minister Shabhaz Bhatti were assassinated for speaking out against misuse of the controversial law.
Originally published at UCAnews on 19 August 2013. Used by permission, all other rights reserved.


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New this year we have our 'bright and cheerful' ribbon range. Ths ribbon has been a great success and we are planning some special Haloween and Christmas ribbons. The instructions for making a 'supersize' rosette are attached. If you are asked to make a giant rosette just follow the instructions. Don't under estimate the time when you give a price. We had all the gear to hand, and this one still took one and a half hours.
The little ribbon awards have done better this year. These ribbons are sold in millions in the USA and should be a really good earner here. Have another look at the awards photo attached. These will sell well for you if you give them a try.
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Help and support is available for every stage of your rosette making. We are a family business, you can speak with the owners, or you are welcome to visit us and see first hand how we work.
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Evening Prayer
During the time of national crisis we will be saying Evening Prayer in our homes, our hidden houses of prayer, every evening at 8 p.m. The form of service is a short one, and is set out below. Please join us from your own home, knowing that we are lifting our voices together for mercy upon us all. If you have specific prayer requests or someone you would like to be remembered in prayer, please email email@example.com
V: O God, make speed to save us; R O Lord, make haste to help us.
R: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen.
Psalm 130
To be read together
Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.
O let your ears consider well: the voice of my supplication.
If you, Lord, should note what we do wrong: who then, O Lord, could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you: so that you shall be feared.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits for him: and in his word is my hope.
My soul looks for the Lord:
more than watchmen for the morning, more, I say, than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: and with him is ample redemption.
He will redeem Israel:
from the multitude of his sins.
V: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.
R: Amen.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we, an imperishable. (1 Corinthians 9.24–25)
Followed by Silence
To be read together:
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord: my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
for he has looked with favour on his lowly servant: from this day all generations will call me blessed;
the Almighty has done great things for me: and holy is his name.
He has mercy on those who fear him: in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm:
He has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones: and has lifted up the lowly
He has filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel: for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers: to Abraham and his children for ever.
V: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning is now, and shall be for ever.
R: Amen.
To be read together:
Lord have mercy upon us.
Christ have mercy upon us.
Lord have mercy upon us.
The Lord's Prayer:
To be prayed together:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us. Do not bring us to the time of trial
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever.
To be prayed together:
Lord, God almighty, come and dispel the darkness from our hearts, that in the radiance of your brightness we may know you, the only unfading light, glorious in all eternity.


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- Serving
- Serves 4
|150g white chocolate, chopped
|4 egg whites
|⅓ cup caster sugar
|160ml Devondale Long Life Thickened Cream
|100g raspberries (fresh or frozen)
Step 1
Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan half filled with simmering water and stir until melted. Remove from heat.
Step 2
Beat egg whites in a clean, dry bowl to firm peaks. Add half the sugar and beat until the sugar dissolves. Continue to add the remaining sugar and beat until glossy. Combine with cream and beat until the mixture thickens. Fold in the melted white chocolate, using a metal spoon, until just combined.
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Divide mixture between 4 serving glasses, chill to set for approximately 30 minutes and serve with raspberries and a little shaved chocolate.


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In How To Write Page-Turning Scenes, Holly Lisle tells the story of a writer who lived SF. He decided to write a fantasy-comedy, just because he thought he could sell it. And sell it he did. And then he sold another one, and then again and again and again… ten titles. Except it made him miserable.
As Holly tells the story, "he hated the book, hated the readers for being so stupid that they liked that crap (his words, not mine), hated the fact that fantasy comedy was the thing that had done well for him, because he hated fantasy, he hated comedy, and he'd just done it because Robert Asprin and Piers Anthony were at the time raking in the dough with fantasy comedies… When I talked to him at a con one year, he was one miserable dude. He's doing work-for-hire now."
I've never forgotten that story.
Holly has filled Page-Turning Scenes with excellent advice about how to, uh, write page-turning scenes. Ironic, that in the midst of it all, this sidebar story has glued itself to my memory.
Then today, R.A. Evans told his story, with a flip-side theme:
There was a time when I ran from the label of being a "horror writerâ€. It's tough enough as a self-published author to be taken seriously, but adding the extra burden of a horror tag to my bio made the chances of people rolling the dice on my projects even scarier – and not in a good way!
Like Holly's mystery-author, R.A. thought about switching genres. In his case, it didn't even require writing another book.
My plan was to adjust my author platform, but instead of labeling my books as horror I would check the box next to Urban Fantasy. I just couldn't pull the trigger on it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not nearly the genre snob I appear to be – to each their own is my philosophy. But then a funny thing started happening – my books started selling…
The problem hadn't been that I had written a horror novel. The problem was that I hadn't embraced being a horror author.
(Go read his entire story over at Joanna Penn's blog: "The Stigma Of Writing Horror: How The Genre You Write Matters As Much As The Story".)
At some point, at some level, we all identify with the stories we write. How to do that safely and successfully is a different post. But to do it, period…
How can we help but be what we write? What do you think?
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Private jets from London Luton to Riyadh King Khaled | Riyadh King Khaled to London Luton
The private flight from London Luton to Riyadh King Khaled has a distance of about 4949 km and a flying time of about 6 hours and 34 minutes. This flight can not be flown with a light jet given the total distance of the flight and the number of flight hours. We recommend to use a medium jet or large jet aircraft. Both airports have a long runways and allow the landing of any aircraft. The flight may require a fuel stop with a medium jet aircraft, with a large jet aircraft a fuel stop is not required.
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Last week, Mike Nithavrianakis accompanied the High Commissioner, James Bevan to Trivandrum. Although this was Sir James's first visit to Trivandrum, he has visited Kerala before; most prominently when he led the largest ever trade delegation to the State for Emerging Kerala in September last year. Last week's visit included calls on the Chief Minister, the Director-General of Police and ISRO. The High Commissioner also visited Technopark and had a very good meeting with UK firms and Indian investors. Many thanks to BBG committee member Vijay Kumar (Test House) for organising the gathering and to Rakesh Gupta of Allianz Cornhill (ACIS) for hosting it at their premises.
The High Commissioner was delighted not only to meet lots of UK firms doing business in Kerala, but he was very happy to see BBG Chairman, Christie and several Chennai-based colleagues, including R. Jeevanandham, R. Balajee, Dev Nair and Shajee Varghese present. The networking reception on the evening of 27th February was a very useful opportunity for the High Commission to reach a wider section of the business community and it was to terrific to see the BBG strongly represented. As James Bevan later tweeted "Great visit last week to Thiruvananthapuram. Saw Indian Space Research Organisation & Padmanabhaswamy temple, 2 sides of incredible India"


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Batista will be appearing on Monday Night Raw live next week on the post-Fastlane episode.
Batista appeared on Raw yesterday via a video but next week live in Pittsburgh, the former World Heavyweight champion will be in the house for a face-to-face encounter with Triple H.
While their match for WrestleMania has not been officially announced yet, this segment next week is designed to officially kick off their program. Batista returned last week and spoiled the Ric Flair birthday bash, dragging Flair out of his locker room after attacking him. He then asked Triple H if he got his attention now.
Batista and WWE had been in discussions over a possible WrestleMania program and the now Hollywood actor has expressed his desire to have another go at WrestleMania against Triple H. Batista last appeared at WrestleMania five years ago at WrestleMania XXX, tapping out to Daniel Bryan in the main event. He was in contention to be Ronda Rousey's tag team partner last year but that role eventually went to Kurt Angle.


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Mariner, a division of Mercury Marine, has a great line of outboard motors, and we offer a large selection of repair manuals for Mariner outboards ranging from 2 h.p. to 275 h.p., published by Clymer and Seloc. These manuals are intended for DIY mechanics and provide clear instructions that enable anyone with good basic mechanical ability and a decent selection of tools, to take care of their Mercury boat motor, from scheduled maintenance to more advanced service tasks all the way to repairs involving component teardown and reassembly.


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Heat pumps are a good alternative if natural gas or propane are not readily available or are not an option at all. They are more popular in areas that have moderate climates and can be very efficient as they simply transfer heat, rather than burn fuel to create heat.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
Pretty sure leaving a Christmas Day post up for weeks at a time does very little to build-up blog readership. Might as well have included some Maria Carey/Christina Agulera Christmas duets playing on a loop. If anyone out there needs any tips on increasing traffic at your blog...you know who *not* to call! Giggle!
Seriously. Do exactly the opposite of everything I do here. Guaranteed instant blogging success. Personally, I prefer sabotaging myself, which keeps pressure---and not surprisingly, readership exceptionally low. Tip of the day: Always, always cultivate a sense of disappointment in your readers. Then, BE the disappointment.
Believe it or not, the Xmas tree has been down for weeks. The decorations have been put away. The Christmas music has been silenced. Thank God. Most, if not all, of the Christmas chocolate has been consumed in very few sittings. In short, it's business as usual here.
It was a wonderful Christmas, though, with my sister B and her handsome hubby here. Spent a few days here at home, then drove down to Garmisch for five days--where we played in the snow and ate too much.
As always, it was filled with laughter, occasional sledding-induced injuries/slight losses of bladder control...and complete exhaustion.
The sledding was incredible--as always.
After taking the cable car up to the top, it takes us about 45 minutes to sled down the mountain. It's exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. We've only managed to get two full runs in before we're all wiped.
This was our lunch the day we sledded down Eckbauer Mountain:
Leberknoedelsuppe. Translation? Liverball soup. At least, that's how I translate it. And you know what? It wasn't half-bad. I was starving, of course. And freezing. And desperate to put something in the empty cavernous black hole that is my stomach. So there was that. Jesus. I really did eat that? Should've made THAT photo the header at the top of this post. Then, the few readers who actually showed up would turn away with disgust. Hahaha! There's another tip! I should get paid for these.
Anyhow, I did have the added bonus of emailing back and forth with Paola while I was in Bavaria. She was in Tirol, playing in the snow--which wasn't far from where we were. We waved to one another from the highest mountain tops and toasted each other with our beers. Prost, Paola!
Will be back soon with more photos from our trip...beautiful Oberammergau and amazing Munich. Just wait till you see the shop I saw in Munich FILLED WITH MUSHROOMS. You KNOW YOU CAN'T RESIST SEEING THE MUSHROOMS.


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Fudoh-Gama is a small family-owned studio, situated in Toki, the heart of historic Mino-yaki pottery area in Gifu Prefecture. One of the specialties of Fudoh-Gama is Oribe style Mino-yaki earthenware, characterized by its iconic deep green glaze.
Mino-yaki Earthenware and Its Iconic Oribe Style
Mino-yaki earthenware is specialty pottery produced in the Mino Region (around current Toki City) of Gifu prefecture which began in the 7th century. Mino-yaki continues to adapt to modern lifestyles while preserving its history and tradition. One of the signature characteristics of Mino-yaki earthenware is its diversity. Mino-yaki does not adhere to a single form, as it has over 15 registered types of traditional handicraft in Japan. The best-known form is Oribe Ware, which was created by Oribe Furuta, a disciple of the influential tea ceremony master, Sen no Rikyu, at the beginning of the Edo Period in the 17th century.
Oribe Ware's signature is its deep green glaze. The artists limit excessive decoration to express the identity of each product through beauty in simplicity. Fudoh-Gama aims to create pieces that embody both grace and boldness through their color and design.
Oribe-Nagashi Matcha Bowl
This Matcha Bowl is a traditional and timeless piece that is used to prepare matcha tea. Its design incorporates the sweeping brushstrokes reminiscent of Japanese calligraphy. The hand painted design of the matcha bowl means no two bowls are exactly the same. This is the essence of the principle of wabi-sabi.
Material: Clay Producer: Fudoh-Gama Origin: Gifu, Japan


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Alaska Fish & Wildlife News
July 2007
Russell Sandstrom
Fish and Game's musical visionary boat officer
"Hello Nome!"
Antonio Diaz' voice rang out from the stage. The house was packed and the Latin band Salsa Borealis was about to start their performance as the guest artist at the seventh annual Nome Folk Festival.
The solstice-week event was a big deal for Nome, and for the Juneau-based band as well. Nome had booked them solid for their entire four-day stay. "We realized the impact we had at the first afternoon workshop for kids," said guitarist Russell Sandstrom. "The whole room ... Musical Boat Officer ArticleContinued
Giant North Pacific Octopus
Charismatic mollusk are not words that are generally used together, but that's exactly how researcher James Browning describes the giant north Pacific octopus. Biologists are exploring the potential for a commercial fishery for these fascinating, short-lived and abundant creatures.
The giant north Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is the largest species of octopus in the world. The animals grow to 70 or 100 pounds in their three-to-five year life span. It's unusual to find an animal ... Giant Octopus ArticleContinued
New Tool for Alaska Birders
Alaska bird lovers have a powerful new tool called eBird.
The interactive website benefits backyard birders and biologists, said Rich Capitan, an education specialist with Audubon Alaska. A real-time online monitoring tool that allows citizens and scientists to look at trends, abundance, distribution and seasonal activity of birds, eBird also helps birders of all skill levels compile and better understand their own observations.
"You can do as much as you want with eBird," Capitan ... eBird ArticleContinued
Northern Pike
An Unwelcome Invader
If you talk to anglers in Southcentral Alaska, you will inevitably hear stories about lakes that used to provide good fishing for rainbows and salmon – that is until northern pike were introduced. This is the problem with northern pike in Southcentral. They destroy fisheries.
The northern pike is actually native to most of the state, but it does not naturally occur south of the Alaska Range except for a small population near Yakutat. Pike are top-level predators in aquatic food chains, ... Northern Pike ArticleContinued
Sharing Halibut
Alaskans and visitors to our state value halibut fishing, whether it's done for commercial, sport, or subsistence purposes. Halibut fishing is also an important element of Alaska's economy, contributing to significantly to economies of Alaska's numerous coastal communities.
Fortunately, unlike many other highly sought after fish, there are no significant conservation concerns with halibut. However, they are fully allocated and, because they are highly sought after, their allocation ... Halibut Editorial ArticleContinued
Halibut Fajitas
A delicious one-pan recipe that can be prepared in the galley of a fishing boat or a well-equipped kitchen. There are a couple tricks to success: don't over stir, and remove the onions when cooking the halibut. Read on.
One pound halibut
One onion
One bell pepper
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup ketchup
Olive oil
Marinade the halibut. Cube the halibut, about one pound for four people. Marinade in ½ cup soy sauce, ½ cup ketchup, 3 tablespoons crushed ... Halibut Fajitas ArticleContinued


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WhichSchoolAdvisor.com gets the latest from the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO)...
The IBO says that the majority of IB schools (73%) will be able to run the exams in November using local guidelines social distancing.
Only 27% of schools will be unlikely to offer the exams as a result of governmental mandate or local conditions; students in these schools are asked to consider deferring to the May 2021 session. Alternatively, if schools are closed due to Covid-19 "an alternative grade awarding approach will be triggered, using coursework and other evidence".
The IBO is running a dual-assessment model for the Diploma Programme (DP)/Career-related Programme (CP) November exam session, and results will be published slightly later than planned – on January 2, 2021.
Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS), in which students complete a project related to those three concepts, is at the heart of the IB Diploma Programme. "During these unusual times of social distancing and lockdowns, completing CAS may be difficult for many students". While students will still be expected to complete this requirement, the IBO says it will be "flexible in how this looks".
"We have every confidence that schools will guide students in making their best endeavours to meet CAS requirements with modifications so as not to compromise their health and safety."
The IBO has announced several changes to next year's exams for its Diploma and Career-related programmes in response to concerns about loss of teaching time throughout 2020.
While the core exams of both programmes remain unchanged, 28 exams including science and arts subjects have either had components removed or amended. The IBO will also adjust the marking, standardization and grade awarding processes for some subject.
The IBO said:
"Adaptations are intended to address disruptions associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) by ensuring more manageable, practical, achievable teaching and learning experiences in advance of the May 2021 session.
"Schools and teachers are encouraged to incorporate these adaptations in their planning and delivery as appropriate to their needs and contexts. This may include, for instance, re-prioritizing time and resources to best meet the needs of their students as well as the different demands of each subject or programme area."


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Spain = the European paradise for cycling.
Locations like Mallorca, Barcelona and its surroundings, Girona, La Rioja, or Canary Islands, are just few examples of the massive offer for every keen cyclist willing to ride on amazing roads, climb some of the most known and iconic mountain climbs from La Vuelta or Tour de France, while enjoying privileged weather and one of the best gastronomic offer which suits everybody's taste.
Aware of the increasing number of cyclists on the road the Spanish administration during the last years has been making a phenomenal effort to organize and make the safety of urban and leisure cyclists their priority.
The most evident results can be already seen by the number of different signals which we now can find in the majority of roads and paths around our country.
In general drivers in Spain are quite respectful with cyclist but we also have their support with this signs recalling drivers to have precaution in several roads. Roads where in some cases you may find more people biking than driving. And of course, recalling them to leave the 1.5m. when they want to pass a cycling group or just a single biker
This is the SIGNAL by excellence, is the signal of warning cars to keep 1,5 meters distance when overtaking a cyclist, and now a usual sight in some Spanish roads and the plans are to install many more of these across the country's road network. Luckily enough not only this very important signal starts to abound, there are some other types which can be found in our country and it is worthwhile to comment as these also are part of the effort of making our routes safer which is what we need when enjoying our beloved sport. These signals are:
Start and end of bike path.
Bike path shared with circulation lane, this indicates with the warning signal and the speed limit on one of the lanes the frequent presence of cyclists. The number of arrows indicate the number of lanes and their direction.
Bike path signals: urban and off road, the urban path signal ( left image ) is painted on the tarmac and is a familiar sight in most Spanish cities and show the lane which cyclist have to stay on. The green signal indicates a greenway path which usually is off road and it is cyclable.
This is a summary of the main signals which we need to observe when cycling in Spain and we must stress the importance of respecting these in order to avoid accidents.
We would not like to end this report without explaining some other signals which are starting to predominate in hilly mountain roads and ironically "warn" about other type of dangers such us the gradient of the slope, the kilometres left to reach the summit and all other details which can help us in measuring our efforts when tackling some of the best climbs which can be found in our country.
Some of the signals which can be found are:
Signal on the infamous ANGLIRU probably the hardest climb in Spain, 21,5 % ¡¡¡
At some climbs in Catalonia you will fnd signal showing distance, slope or height of the climb. In this case this is Rocacorba one of the famous climbs near Girona where many pro-riders who live in this sity north of Barcelona, use it as a test.


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Breast-feeding reduced the risk for estrogen receptor-negative and progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer, according to results presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held in Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 16-19, 2012.
"We found an increased risk for estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor- (ER/PR) negative breast cancer in women who do not breast-feed, but in women who have children and breast-feed, there is no increased risk," said Meghan Work, M.P.H., doctoral student in the department of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York, N.Y.
Work and colleagues examined the relationship between reproductive risk factors — such as the number of children a woman delivers, breast-feeding and oral contraceptive use — and ER/PR-negative breast cancer. ER/PR-negative breast cancer often affects younger women and has a poor prognosis, according to Work.
The researchers used data from three sites of the Breast Cancer Family Registry, which includes women with and without breast cancer from the United States, Canada and Australia. This study included 4,011 women with breast cancer and 2,997 population-based controls.
The results indicated that having three or more children without breast-feeding was associated with an increased risk for ER/PR-negative breast cancer.
"Women who had children but did not breast-feed had about 1.5 times the risk for ER/PR-negative breast cancer when compared with a control population," Work said. "If women breast-fed their children, there was no increased risk for ER/PR-negative cancer."
Further, the researchers found that oral contraceptive use was not associated with ER/PR-negative cancer risk, with the exception of those formulations available before 1975. "These earlier formulations contained higher doses of estrogen and progestin than more recent versions," Work said.
These findings are in line with previous findings that have demonstrated breast-feeding benefit in triple-negative breast cancer. "This is particularly important as breast-feeding is a modifiable factor that can be promoted and supported through health policy," Work said.
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Furness Peninsula Self Catering cottage, Driftwood, 23 Roa Island, Roa Island, sleeps 6
Areas: Furness Peninsula
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01244 352 197
Sleeps a maximum of: 6
Pricing From: £403.00
A semi-detached cottage on Roa Island, near Rampside in Cumbria, it can sleep six people in three bedrooms.
Driftwood, 23 Roa Island is a semi-detached property on Roa Island in southern Cumbria. The property comes with three bedrooms including a double with an en-suite, a twin and a bunk room, as well as a family shower room, the property can sleep six people. Also inside there is a kitchen/diner and a sitting room with a woodburning stove.
To the outside you will find plenty of off road parking and a rear enclosed garden with a lawn and a patio with furniture. A stylish cottage in a stunning, remote location.
Linen provided
Towels provided
Washing Machine
Single Beds
Double Beds
Twin Beds
Bunk Beds
Gas central heating, woodburning stove
Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with freeview, WiFi, selection of books, games and DVDs
Fuel, power and starter pack inc in rent
Bed linen and towels inc in rent
Bed linen and towels inc in rent
travel cot available on request
Off road parking and free public car park nearby
Rear enclosed garden with lawn and patio with furniture
Sorry, no pets and no smoking
Pub 1 mile, shop 4 miles
Note: Property does not have a freezer
Get an Ordnance Survey map covering the Roa Island area.
Nearest AttractionsHeritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest
Piel Castle - 0.9 miles (Castle)
Dock Museum - 3.7 miles (Museum)
Bow Bridge - 4 miles (Historic Building)
Gleaston Mill - 4.1 miles (Historic Building)
Furness Abbey - 4.3 miles (Abbey)
Gleaston Castle - 4.4 miles (Castle)
Dalton-in-Furness, St Mary's Church - 5.6 miles (Historic Church)
Dalton Castle - 5.6 miles (Castle)
Swarthmoor Hall - 8.3 miles (Historic House)
Laurel and Hardy Museum - 8.9 miles (Museum)
Nearest Alternative Cottages
Roa Island, Cumbria
Sleeps: 16
Stay from: £1937.00 - 9532.00
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Sleeps: 10
Stay from: £1154.00 - 7197.00
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Sleeps: 6
Stay from: £601.00 - 3608.00
Details of facilities are believed correct at time of publication, but may be subject to change by the cottage proprietor. Up-to-the-minute facility listings will be always presented during the booking process for your approval.
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"Tashiro-no Furyu" is a traditional event that takes place in Tashiro, Kurogi-machi in Yame City, located in the southern parts of Fukuoka Prefecture. The festival originated as a Furyu (a dance participated by many, wearing lavish attire and backed by sounds of flutes and Taiko drums) performed approximately 240 years ago during the Edo period when Hachiryu Shrine was rebuilt.
The procession consists of only men with their faces powdered white—and most dressed as women—entertaining viewers in a variety of roles. The reason to why only the men participate, is said to be due to Hachiryu Shrine's deity being a goddess.
The festival begins with the sound of Taiko drums, before the Mikoshi float and the Daimyo procession leaves the house known as the year's "Zamoto" (a rotating role) and heading to Hachiryu Shrine. The festival comes to an end when the procession arrives at the shrine and a Taiko drum dance is performed as an offering. The winter day in a mountainous village becomes filled with laughter.
In "Tashiro-no Furyu," men dress up in disguise and dance their way to Hachiryu Shrine. The procession of approximately 50 includes those in drag as well as others wearing comical makeup, and are a fun bunch just to even look at.
Please pay attention to the two clowns leading the parade as man and woman. Viewers cannot help but giggle, for this traditional dance and chanting passed down through generations actually comes with explicit sexual content!
The clowns sometimes share Sake with the viewers as well, poured from a Hyotan (a gourd: traditionally used for storing liquid) tied to his waist. Try getting a drink when the opportunity arrives.
During the costume parade, men exchange their Keyari (4m long spears with their tips decorated with fluffy balls) to the sounds of energetic calls by tossing them to each other in unison. The sight of them throwing the Keyari back and forth in perfect timing without knocking them over resembles a circus show. Don't miss this spectacle under winter skies.
The seriousness seen in the powerful dance of the Taiko drummers comes as quite a contrast to the cheerful atmosphere of the costume parade. The drummers strike their drums with powerful steps while swinging their ornamental headgear called "Shaguma".
Please witness this energetic Mai (dance) performed holding drum sticks with tassels attached on their ends. The intense energy level required for the vigorous performance—rotated among a few men—leaves the performers breathing heavily with their shoulders.
Yame City's website
Please watch out for the passing vehicles while viewing the festival
Access to Yame City
[nearest station]
Hainuzuka Station, JR Kagoshima Main Line
Festival Location
In the area of Tashiro, Kurogi-machi, Yame City
Approximately 50 min by taxi from JR Hainuzuka Station
Hachiryu Shrine
Address: 1269 Tashiro, Kurogi-machi, Yame City


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10 Sustainable Gardening hacks to ensure your garden is quick and easy to maintain for sustainable long-term growth. Do you want to grow an edible garden and harvest delicious organic food straight from your own backyard but… you don't have enough time in the day? Whether you are a busy parent or your spare time is already devoted to hobbies, sports, growing your business, or other priorities and you want to ensure your garden is easy to maintain for sustainable long-term growth, then these Sustainable Gardening Hacks are perfect for you!
Lazy gardening is actually an amazing thing! It means you are working smarter, not harder, and have systems in place to work with nature to get abundant harvests.
So let's not waste any time and get straight into it…
1. Plant Perennials
Perennial plants are ones that you plant once and they will continue to give you harvests for many years to come. They are the ultimate hack for sustainable gardening! So this is probably my number one tip for lazy or time-poor gardeners.
Perennials are plants such as Fruit Trees, Berries, Bananas, Sweet Potatoes, Rhubarb, Artichoke, and Asparagus. Aromatics such as Ginger and Tumeric, and Herbs such as Rosemary, Lemon Verbena, and Mint. These you plant once and each year they will produce more and more food. There are also many perennial versions of our much-loved annuals such as Perennial Basil, and Perpetual Spinach. This year I have added Egyptian Walking Onions, more Berries, Fruit Trees, Asparagus and Artichoke.
I am converting more and more of my gardens to perennials because not only does that mean I have more time to spend developing new gardens or pouring hours into creating more gardening content but, Perennial Plants also allow a seamless transition and continuous supply of food. Perennials will either produce all year round or they will have certain times of the year when they are fruiting or producing. If you want to really level it up you can plan out when your perennials are ready and ripe and plan to fill in the gaps with other perennials that will be productive during these gaps in the season. For example, my citrus are ready in winter, then over summer I have berries, and in autumn I have Feijoas. My plan is to have a continuous supply of fruit all year round so I will continue to select plants that are ready during the gaps.
2. Chop and Drop
This is a technique of mulching and composting that I use in my urban food forest. Any time I trim my plants or remove any annuals I simply chop up the leaves and branches and drop them around the garden allowing the plant matter to break down and feed my plants. This is very easy to do and I don't have to move plant material anywhere. It protects the soil from the sun, suppresses weeds and it feeds my soil to help grow more and more food! It's a win-win situation and saves a lot of time. Fruit trees also love the fungal properties that rotting sticks and branches provide.
This technique works best with a food forest situation rather than a veggie patch, as it would be much harder to spread the plant matter and not cover small seedlings. This may also attract slaters or woodlice which will help break down the plant matter but these little critters are not something you want in your veggie patch.
3. Direct Sow Seeds
This is my favourite way to plant seeds. No, it's not the most effective, but it saves a lot of time. I find direct sowing seeds straight into the garden can take a bit longer for them to germinate because it might not be the right soil temperatures but once they pop up they will usually be stronger plants. Sowing in seed trays means you can control the conditions and bring them inside which will encourage them to pop up sooner but you need to baby them and care for them. Harden them off by taking them outside so they can get used to outside temperatures before you plant them in the garden. They are just more fiddly and do require more attention. So where I can I go with the survival of the fittest approach and plant a few extra seeds.
4. Grow Soil
If you are time-poor and only have small amounts of time to allocate to your gardens, I would definitely put a big chunk of that into improving your soil and creating soil-improving systems. This will go a long way in creating sustainable gardens. Healthy nutrient-rich soil means your plants will grow faster, they will be stronger and more resilient and they will not succumb to pests and diseases as easily. If your soil is poor and lacks nutrients you will end up spending more time trying to keep your plants alive, more time watering and more time babying your plants.
- Composting
- Mulching
- Natural Fertilizers
- Chop and Drop
5. Mulch
Following on from growing soil – keeping your gardens well mulched is a great system to help build soil for sustainable gardens. Mulch will start to break down over time and feed your soil. Mulching also helps keep moisture in so your gardens won't need as much watering and they help suppress weeds. Weeds are not friends with time-poor or lazy gardeners. So having a thick layer of mulch will help reduce the time needed for weeding and also the weeds that do grow will be so much easier to pull out.
6. Make it Close and Convenient
Choosing a location for your garden can be a make or break for the time-poor or lazy gardener. If you decide to grow your veggie patch or garden down the back of your property or behind the shed, it may start off okay whilst you are full of enthusiasm and feeling inspired, but eventually it will be out of sight and out of mind…. this happens to me all the time and my property is just a suburban block. I plant all my low-maintenance plants such as perennials and fruit trees all in the outer parts of my property and the annuals or plants that require more attention or regular harvesting, within view of my kitchen. In permaculture, we call these zones and it makes so much sense. When it's raining, dark or you have had a long day, traipsing out to the veggie patch might not be high on the list. But, if you have your gardens close to your house and within view, you might notice something that needs harvesting or attention, and your garden will naturally receive more love and attention because of that. Therefore it will be more productive.
Even If this means you start off with small container gardens and once you master that move on to larger more permanent spaces.
7. Grow Wild
Creating diversity and growing lots of plants all together will not only do amazing things for the number of beneficial insects in your garden, but it can also be a lot more low maintenance. Conventional gardens with neat edges, straight rows, and symmetrical layouts will take a lot more time to maintain. By creating a garden that is a little wilder it will look lush and have less room for weeds to take up home. Even if you do get some weeds they blend in and don't look too messy and hey, some of them may even be edible or provide flowers for the bees. Edible ground covers are great for this.
8. Let Plants go to Seed
If you let some of your plants go to flower and seed you will have plants popping up all on their own next season. This is another way you can create sustainable garden systems. The great thing about self-sown seeds is that they stay dormant in the soil until they get the right conditions to grow and then they shoot up. With absolutely no effort on your behalf. I have lettuce, tomatoes, basil, and edible flowers pop up nearly every year. Free FOOD! This technique can be amazing but it can also be a little wild at times. It's important to try to contain the seeds on your property. I let a celery plant go to seed once and I had celery popping up in everywhere!
9. Easy Watering
Watering can take up a lot of time, especially during the warmer months. And if you run out of time or can't be bothered then you could lose your plants after just one day in the peak of summer (especially if you live here in Perth!). Thinking about watering and creating sustainable watering systems will go such a long way to saving time in the garden.
Some great tips are to install automatic timers and drip lines. Another is to ensure you have a hose nearby to your gardens and make it a retractable hose! Nothing puts you off watering than thinking about unraveling and putting away a hose. A retractable hose can be out and back in seconds and it has honestly been a game-changer for me in my garden!
Mulching will also help with water retention.
10. Get the Plant Selection Right
Selecting the right plants will go a long way toward creating a low-maintenance sustainable garden. We talked about choosing perennials earlier but there are also other plant selection criteria than can really help you grow an abundant garden with less effort.
- Choose local or native plants. Plants that thrive in your local area will be much more adapted to the conditions and will be easier to grow. Native edible plants are often interesting and unique additions to your garden. They will also attract your local pollinators and wildlife which is a bonus!
- Choose low-maintenance plants. Some plants require more care and upkeep than others. And some will have a lot more pests and diseases than others. This will vary from place to place.
- Tomatoes – require staking and tying and are susceptible to pests and diseases. I often grow cherry tomatoes as I find them a lot easier to grow.
- Stone fruit – Trees such as Nectarines, Peaches, and Plums have soft skin and can be vulnerable to many pests and diseases. Birds, fruit flies, rats, bats, etc. They may require netting or individually bagging fruit to ensure you get a harvest. I have chosen citrus as they have thicker skins and I find them a little more hardy and low maintenance. I have a lot of citrus for that reason such as Lemon, Lime, Blood Orange, Finger Limes, Blood Limes, Kumquat, and Lemonade.
- Herbs and fragrant plants such as Lemon Verbena, Rosemary, and Ginger are often left alone by pests and are easy to grow.
This is where it is a great idea to visit small local nurseries where you can get helpful advice on what grows well in your local climate.


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Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter Hildegarde (1871-1952), a prolific author of ghost stories, garden books, biographies and travel narratives as well as an ardent feminist and suffragist, returned to her ancestral city the year after its great fire (which she mistakenly dates to 1913 rather than 1914) so that she might gather material for her forthcoming book, Old Seaport Towns of New England. With "Sister" in tow, she disembarks into a bustling city which she clearly does not find as charming as Newburyport to the north or Newport to the south. The "insistent present" is bothersome in Salem, and she feels much closer to the spirit of her illustrious grandfather when she looks at the "tenements" of Union Street than the new House of the Seven Gables, "which used to belong to some relatives of ours". She does, of course, love Chestnut Street.
Chestnut Street and the Beverly Bridge, Salem Side, by John Albert Seaford, from Old Seaport Towns of New England (1916)
And there's lots more to see obviously, BUT (it seems like there is a but hanging over every sentence) new Salem or invented Salem seems to be intruding on old Salem too much: You can easily spend a couple of days looking up the houses where famous men were born in this solid old city (for a feminist, she doesn't seem to care about the house of famous Salem women). They seem to have had had an extraordinary hankering for the place. Not but what Salem must have been a particularly beautiful place in the days when these notable births were most common. It is now, in many spots, though it has lost much of its looks with advancing age. For, oddly enough,as it becomes older it becomes younger, and the youth is not an improvement. After two days in town, Hildegarde left Salem at sunset, over the Beverly Bridge, vaguely disturbed by the conflicting impressions of her noisy, commercial present, that will not let you be, and the obstinate power of her past, equally insistent. It seems to me as if these last lines could have been written in 2016 as easily as 1916.
Two of Hildegarde's other titles; Hildegarde, second from left, at the New York Womens' Suffrage Parade, 1913, ©Paul Thompson, Getty Images.


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Walt Disney World offers guests a great deal of dining choices. Although quick service restaurants are plentiful, there are a variety of Walt Disney World Two Table Service Credit Restaurants which offer unique dining experiences. Signature dining requires 2 dining credits, as does room service at the resorts and select showings of Disney's popular dinner shows.
Signature restaurants are the more upscale and expensive restaurants found throughout the resort. Dinner shows offer both a meal and special entertainment. And of course room service is a special treat at a Disney hotel. To offset the pricing of these experiences, there are Disney World Two Table Service Credit Restaurants.
Theme Park Signature Dining Resort Signature Dining & Dinner Shows Dinner Shows Resort Room Service options
Theme Park Signature Dining – Two Table Service Credit Restaurants
Animal Kingdom has the newest signature dining option with Tiffins, featuring food from around the world. Tiffin's also offers some dining packages that include reserved seating for River's of Light and Festival of the Lion King, but you need to be booked WITH that dining package so make sure and double check.
Tiffin's Menu
Magic Kingdom has only one option for signature dining, but it is most likely one of the most sought after and famous, Cinderella's Royal Table located in Cinderella's Castle.
Cinderella's Royal Table Menu
Disney's Hollywood Studios offers The Hollywood Brown Derby, well known by foodies as a place to get the Cobb Salad and many other great entrees.
Hollywood Brown Derby Menu
Epcot, a diner's dream, offer's two upscale dining venues. Le Cellier, located in the Canada pavilion, is known for their beer cheese soup, pretzel bread and steaks. Also at Epcot is Monsieur Paul, serving fine French cuisine located in France.
Le Cellier Menu
Monsieur Paul Menu
Resort Signature Dining – Two Table Service Credit Restaurants
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge offers Jiko – The Cooking Place. Jiko is a truly unique culinary experience with a modern African flare.
Jiko Menu
Disney's Boardwalk Inn offers the Flying Fish Cafe. This favorite is currently undergoing some renovations, but plans to come back better than ever!
Flying Fish Cafe Menu
Disney's Contemporary Resort offers another favorite of both locals and frequent Disney World Guests, the innovative California Grill located at the very top with stunning views of the Magic Kingdom.
California Grill Menu
The Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, Disney's flagship hotel, offers two signature dining experiences available on the dining plan – both Citricos and Narcoossee's. Citricos options come to you from the fragrant hillsides of the Mediterranean coast and with the right view you might be able to see the action in the open kitchen, or catch a glimpse of the fireworks from the Magic Kingdom. Narcoossee's cuisine is more concentrated on creative seafood with some North American Favorites.
Citricos Menu
Narcoossee's Menu
Disney's Yacht Club offers Yachtsman Steakhouse, defended by many Disney fans as the best steak on property.
Dinner Shows – Two Table Service Credit Restaurants
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground offers a hootin' and hollerin' time at Hoop De Doo Musical Revue dinner show. Use 2 dining credits per person for category 2 or 3 seating for the early shows, or category 1, 2 of 3 for the 8:30pm show only. Category 1 seating is available for the earlier shows but you would be required to pay out of pocket at the time of booking. Reminder to pick up your tickets at the concierge desk of your Disney hotel prior to the show.
Hoop De Doo Menu
In Room Dining
Need some quiet down time and just want to eat in your room? This are also options at Disney resorts.
The following resorts offer pizza delivery. Like two table service credit restaurants, two credits here will get you a large pizza, 2 desserts and a 2 litre bottle of soda. Gratuities included. There are also other limited dining options on the pizza delivery menu that can be paid for out of pocket.
*The Mouse for Less Tip – our experts report that the large pizza deal can feed 3-4 guests depending on individual appetites.
Disney's All Star Resorts Pizza Delivery Menu
Disney's Art of Animation and Pop Century Pizza Delivery Menu
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort Pizza Delivery Menu
Port Orleans Pizza Delivery (Delivered by Sassagoula Pizza Express Delivery)
Old Key West Resort Sassagoula Pizza Express Menu
The following resorts offer a room service menu. Each in room dining experience requires 2 table service credits and includes 1 appetizer, 1 entree, 1 dessert (lunch or dinner only) and 1 non alcoholic beverage. Gratuities included.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge Room Service Menu
Disney's Boardwalk Inn and Villas Room Service Menu
Disney's Contemporary Resort Room Service Menu
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa Room Service Menu
Disney's Polynesian Village Room Service Menu
Disney's Wilderness Lodge Room Service Menu
Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Room Service Menu