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Bret Stephens has a devastating column in today's Wall Street Journal questioning the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton has been a good secretary of state. He goes down a litany of trouble spots and shows that the strategic position of the United States has declined as a direct result of Clinton's decisions, policy, and direction.
So what will Clinton's legacy be? Early on in her term, when it appeared that President Obama was delegating primary responsibility for foreign policy crisis management to Vice President Biden and Senator John Kerry, press reports suggested Clinton was prioritizing women's issues.
As Clinton's term winds down, women will form the central pillar of her legacy. Alas, Clinton will be remembered not for women's empowerment, but rather for their betrayal. In short remarks to a gathering of Egyptian women, Clinton said she told Mohammad Morsi, Egypt's new president and a longtime Muslim Brotherhood activist, that democracy has to be inclusive. In her press conference following her meeting, however, her talking points about inclusion seemed to be little more than throw away lines. The fact of the matter is that while feminists might be fighting for new rights, Egyptians feminists appear to now be fighting for rights that are being stripped away.
Clinton's actions regarding the rehabilitation of the Taliban are far more shameful. Clinton has made reconciliation of the Taliban a central pillar of her political strategy to end the Afghanistan war. Wars can end in either victory or defeat. Reinstalling the Taliban—who remain as ferociously opposed to women's rights as ever—is nothing other than embracing defeat. The idea promoted by her diplomats in emails to Afghan officials that the Taliban simply reflect Pushtun culture is an argument less rooted in fact than in a desire to excuse the Taliban's worst excesses by embracing cultural relativism.
President Obama has named Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as among his closest international friends. That's all well and good. But it should be no reason to speak out against the purging of women from the civil society, or a murder rate of women that, according to Turkey's own statistics, has increased more than 1,000 percent during Erdoğan's rule.
Clinton may cloak herself in the feminist mantle, but her record is something else. Legacies rest more on fact than on handlers and sympathetic journalists. The simple fact is that under Clinton's watch—and largely because of her policies and silence—women in the Islamic world have suffered their worst setbacks in generations.


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Issho-mochi: The 1.8kg of rice cake ritual for the 1st year celebration
Issho (1 sho):一升 is a volume ratio and equals to 1.8 kg of rice cake.
To celebrate the 1st year birthday of their babies, Japanese people prepare a round rice cake (mochi) of 1.8 kg known as "issho-mochi".
The baby carries the issho-mochi on one's back and tries to walk or to crawl.
As the volume "issho (一升)" sounds simmilar to the word "for life (一生)", by letting the baby to carry issho-mochi, they wish that he or she will be fed for life. Also this ritual embraces the wish of the baby's physical and mental strength in his or her own life.
In some regions, fortune telling is involved at this ritual. They put an abacus, some note money and a calligraphy brush at the goal. Once the baby grabs abacus, it suggests that he or she will be a successful merchant. If the money is grabbed, it means he or she will be rich. In the case of brush, it is a sign that the baby will be intelligent.
Apart from the money and a brush, we put a computer key board and a rice scoop. The former idea is from Mr. husband who wishes his daughter to succeed his career as a computer programmer. The latter is my wish that she may love cooking.
And then.....
She made an ordinary start with some struggles and tears.
Then she grabbed the brush at the goal.

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Walks to Lulworth and Durdle Door
There are some super walks directly from the Wynards farmhouse. They vary in difficulty and we can give you local advice.
- Five Marys - straight from here across the fields with lovely views.
- Village Trail - a circular walk from here walking along the village Stream and passes very near the shop.
- Moreton - a pretty ford with flat walking through woods. Also a tea Rooms, gardens and church with Laurence Whistler engraved windows.
- Daggers Gate - a very pretty valley close to here. Hilly walking.
- Tyneham- walk down from the old ruined village, vacated during the Second world war, to the beach. Flat easy walk.
- Thornicombe Woods - lovely old woods near Hardy's cottage.Undulating walk.
- Winfrith Heath - Thomas Hardy's Egdon Heath. Different walks over the heath land.
- Lower Bockhampton - walk along the riverside to Stinsford church where Thomas Hardy is buried.
- Water Meadows East Burton- pretty walk over natural water meadows.
We would also recommend when planning your stay, if you are particularly interested in walking the sights and sounds of the Jurrasic coast we can recommend the AA website which has some really good resources for planning walks and is generally well maintained and up to date. The link below, when you click on it will open up a new window showing the AA information available so that you can view this and keep your browser window on our website open as well.


text: Lowry offers both inspiration and technical help in this upbeat guide for young writers. Strong on enthusiasm and Zen spirit, the manual lacks much in the way of literary models but offers many gimmicks—inventing new religions, writing about a day in the life of a shoe and writing your life as a fairy tale. Chapter four is the strength of the guide, offering solid advice on such narrative elements as character, plot, form, point of view and dialogue—and the ever-important, "Why you have to make your characters miserable." Readers will absorb a sense of what it means to be a writer, especially through such sections as "The best and worst things about being a writer." The final chapter leads readers to the Internet's wealth of resources for young writers, including blogs, author websites and organizations. Though the author doesn't do enough to exhort young writers to be readers, she offers a healthy sampling of writing ideas useful to motivated students and their teachers. (Nonfiction. 12 & up)


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The Hangover III Trailer [Video]
One of the funniest movie franchise is back, and from the trailer it looks as funny as ever.
With all of the memorable cast members back, this will sure to be a summer blockbuster showcasing the usual brash outlandish comedy that we are all use to and all love.
From the trailer it seems like this 2nd sequel to The Hangover doesn't differ much from the last two, but why fix it if it is broke.
Even though the plot seems the same I'm sure the chemistry between all of the actors and the actual comedy will make up for that, especially if i features the comedy genius of Zach Galifianakis.


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Vera and Pauline surveying © Jane LunnonUWHG members can now focus on a summer of the farm buildings survey, excavations at Chapel House Wood, the Wilderness Beck Grotto project in Skipton, and the production of our report on the Whitfield project in Embsay. Jane Lunnon
Friday, 15 April 2011
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34. Tuesday March 22, 2011
By this time everyone else had finished their allotted tasks, so Roger was able to say that this particular field is now completed and next week we move back to the other side of the wall.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
33. Tuesday 15 March 2011
Pauline and Jane set to with the alidade – 2 vague figures in the mist on the far side of the field, while Ruth and Paul, assisted by 'Bob' attacked the banks in the top corner.
Having sorted us all out, Roger proceeded to plot a digital terrain map with the dGPS.
The tricky business of setting up the alidade © Jane Lunnon
After an early lunch, having struggled all morning with the visibility, and with both the lens and the prism repeatedly misting up, 'Bob' decided he had had enough and refused to focus on the prism.
Jane and Pauline were also struggling with the visibility, so we decided to call it a day and retired to that nice tea-shop in Cracoe, leaving Roger alone on the hill-side to finish his map.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
32. Tuesday 8 March 2011
We began by looking at the results of last week's work, with Total Station results now plotted and the geophysical survey available. Ruth and Paul then set out careful "hachuring" of last week's work with the Total Station, before extending their topographical survey. Jane and Peter continued their work with alidade and drawing table. Helen, Pauline and Vera did more geophys.
It often seems to be the case that getting the equipment set up is the most difficult (and longest-lasting) part of the day. Getting the grid properly measured for geophys. on hilly terrain, getting the alidade perfectly level on the drawing table and in exactly the right position....it's not as easy as it looks, and they never show it on Time Team! Roger's expertise was heavily in demand.
Vera Brearey
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
31. Tuesday, 1st March 2011
© Jane Lunnon
Having satisfied ourselves on that score, we dispersed to our various tasks – a geophysics survey, a topographical survey using the alidade, and another using "Bob", our total station. Soon, the site was full of fluttering flags of all colours as the three teams set out their markers. The blue skies gave us a lovely background and we appreciated the warm sunshine all day! Jane Lunnon


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Today is the 38th
Great American Smokeout, which is charmingly abbreviated to
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And if you're trying to
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your best not to nag, judge, or scold.


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This is about life in my gardens. One is an acre on a hillside in Laguna Beach, California and the other is an acre in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Radishes are All Right!
I am a passionate gardener, have been all my life, but I will admit that I am a lousy vegetable gardener. Which is kind of ironic since I am a vegetarian. Somehow the thrill I get from gardening is more associated with the experience I get from being in a beautiful setting and not from eating the plants. I always grow vegetables and fruits and I have lots of herbs I use all the time (I also love to cook), but they are just not a priority. That being said, I am experiencing great joy from my little radishes that are ready for eating right now in the garden. They were planted from seed last fall and quite happily they are thriving with few problems! Most of my edible crops are enjoyed by the native inhabitants of the garden, rabbits, raccoons, opossums, birds, mice and even our dogs. But I am the only one that is a fan of radishes as it turns out. Works for me!
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Labels: veggies
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Daylilies Have Arrived
The daylilies I ordered from Oakes Daylilies arrived last week and are waiting to go into the ground. There are about two dozen of three varieties. 'Barbara Mitchell' is a pretty pink one that I have grown before along with 'Chorus Line', also pink but a smaller bloom. 'Louis Manelis**' is a small peachy colored one that was recommended in place of one that I ordered that does not do well in our area. We have to have the evergreen or semi-evergreen varieties because it doesn't get cold enough here for the dormant ones and the people at Oakes are good about contacting me if I order one that will be too challanging to grow in our area. I like to order from the Internet or a catalog because we don't seem to have a great variety of daylilies in the nurseries here. It is nice to have something in my garden that is not seen in every other yard on the block and I seem to be much more disciplined about sticking to one variety and ordering in bulk when I do it in my office as opposed to when I get to the nursery and get distracted with all the other plants! Now to wait for them to bloom!
** I had these down as 'Apricot Sparkles' which was the one I had originally ordered. Sorry!
** I had these down as 'Apricot Sparkles' which was the one I had originally ordered. Sorry!
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Labels: Color, Drought tolerant, flowers, perennials, Spring
Monday, March 29, 2010
Aiming for Symmetry
I have flower beds on either end of the patio outside our SJC living room. They are for the most part very different with different plants and color schemes, however I have been trying to add a bit of symmetry at the very edges that face each other and wrap around the large pots on the patio which are mirror images. On the right side is a healthy and robust perennial, Blue Marguerite (felicia amelloides). It is quite pretty and I had put one in last year at the same time in the opposite bed that didn't make it due to the fact that it is in the direct path that the dogs take when they come bounding out of the house into the yard. I am trying again this year with this little one, after creating a bit of an obstacle for the dogs, however in review, maybe I should put in a much bigger one or maybe a couple more because it looks like it is going to be a while before it resembles the one on the other side and it is looking a little sad.
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Labels: garden beds, perennials, Plant Problems
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sea of Blue Groundcover
My goal in life (at least my gardening goal) is to not see the soil in my garden beds. A good groundcover keeps the moisture in the ground, the weeds at bay, and just looks tidy. I am constantly adding groundcovers, spreading plants, mulch and whatever I can to cover that dirt. In this little planter in the front of my SJC house my son added this fine gravel as a groundcover among the succulents and grasses and as I walked by the other day it caught my eye. I really like the soft, cool, blue hue that it adds to the green and burgundy plants that live there. It is a bit different than the gray and gold colored gravels I use in other parts of the garden. I am going to keep it in mind for some of my other beds that have an issue with exposed dirt!
Posted by Sheila at 11:21 AM 1 comment:
Labels: garden beds, Garden Maintenance, groundcovers
Saturday, March 27, 2010
It Smells Like Spring
Southern California has a scent all it's own in the spring. It is the smell of orange tree blossoms. They are just starting to open and fill the air with the sweet, sweet fragrance that is so wonderful.
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Labels: Fragrance, Fruit, Scented Plants, Trees
Friday, March 26, 2010
I Want More
I want more of these 'Green Goddess' calla lilies! Luckily the garden show I bought the bulbs at last year is coming up next month and I will be there to get a bunch. It is a dramatic flower that grows in the shade with no problems. It even does well with little water, makes a great cut flower and I can think of a number of shady spots in the garden that can be enhanced with this pretty plant.
Posted by Sheila at 4:22 AM 7 comments:
Labels: Bulbs, flowers, Shade Plants
Thursday, March 25, 2010
An International Show in My Front Yard
Finally! Spring is official underway now that I have roses, lavender and wisteria blooming in SJC! This climbing rose is an old-fashioned rose called Scotch Rose (rosa spinosissima), the lavender is Spanish lavender and the Japanese wisteria is a common one sold in our area called Texas Purple. Quite the international bed which was not intentionally planned, at least not the regional interpretation, the roses, lavender and wisteria are one of my favorite combinations for spring. Luckily I am having a gathering at our home this weekend for a local non-profit group that I can casually show off this beautiful display! The roses will only bloom once and the wisteria will be done in a few weeks so I need to appreciate it while I can. Isn't that what makes gardening so intriguing? The overwhelming yet fleeting beauty? Would we appreciate it so much if it was a daily occurrence?
Posted by Sheila at 8:00 AM 9 comments:
Labels: Color, Combination Plants, garden beds, Herbs, perennials, roses, San Juan Capistrano, Spring, Vines
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Not Really an Avalanche
Clematis are not a plant you see in every garden here in Southern California. It may be because they are a bit temperamental to grow and there are so many other colorful vines that do well and are very easy to grow that opt for their place. They are not drought tolerant, which may also be an issue for some gardens. I am always up for a challenge and have grown them for many years, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. I doubt I have spent more money on any other type of plant that I have so little to show for the expense than clematis. I still love them. One that does well for us here is an evergreen type with white flowers called 'Avalanche'. It is covered with an "avalanche" of blooms in the spring - usually. I have grown it successfully in Laguna and was quick to put it in my all white garden in SJC. This is the first year it is really blooming and is a bit disappointing so far. I'm afraid it may not be getting enough light. Or maybe not enough water. Or fertilizer. As I said, they can be a bit temperamental, but lovely all the same. I do have a Madagascar jasmine on the same trellis, so maybe that will take up the slack.
Posted by Sheila at 7:16 AM 5 comments:
Labels: flowers, Moonlight Garden, Plant Problems, Vines
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
There's Always a First Time
I like to think that I am not a plant snob. You know, one of those gardeners that turn up their noses at 'common' plants that are often overused in strip mall parking lot planters and such. I try to appreciate each specimen for their own unique characteristics and if being durable and prolific is one of them, that's okay with me. As long as I like them personally, I try not to hold being easy against them.
Gazania is a perennial groundcover that is part of the asteraceae plant family and it grows like crazy in our area. This time of year you can see it everywhere growing like a native wildflower that belongs along side of freeway on ramps. It is actually native to South Africa and tolerates the dry, unamended soil and coastal conditions. I have never been particularly crazy about it and have never had it in my gardens. Until now. For some reason I was enticed to buy a couple (most likely because the bloom color was perfect for the bed I was creating) last year and I must say, they are putting on quite a show in an area that was a problem getting anything to fill in before. They have completely covered the ground and enveloped this iris quite happily. They close their flowers in the evening or on cloudy days and open them when the sun hits them. The foliage is a lovely blue-gray and I just hope that iris is a color that goes well with the hot-pink and orange flowers!
Gazania is a perennial groundcover that is part of the asteraceae plant family and it grows like crazy in our area. This time of year you can see it everywhere growing like a native wildflower that belongs along side of freeway on ramps. It is actually native to South Africa and tolerates the dry, unamended soil and coastal conditions. I have never been particularly crazy about it and have never had it in my gardens. Until now. For some reason I was enticed to buy a couple (most likely because the bloom color was perfect for the bed I was creating) last year and I must say, they are putting on quite a show in an area that was a problem getting anything to fill in before. They have completely covered the ground and enveloped this iris quite happily. They close their flowers in the evening or on cloudy days and open them when the sun hits them. The foliage is a lovely blue-gray and I just hope that iris is a color that goes well with the hot-pink and orange flowers!
Posted by Sheila at 8:08 AM 3 comments:
Labels: Color, Combination Plants, Drought tolerant, groundcovers, perennials
Monday, March 22, 2010
Red? Really?
There is a saying in interior decorating that every room needs a touch of red. The same may hold true for the garden. A bit of red draws the eye and sets off other colors. Think of how red and purple vibrate. Or red and yellow jump. Just a touch of red. That was most likely what I had in mind when I planted this 'salvia elegans' in the SJC backyard. Somehow it has grown into the dominate color in this bed, overshadowing all the other purples, blues and grays. The other day I was sitting looking over the yard and had to wonder when I put in a "red" bed. It is in front of the window in the dining room and I know I was looking for fall colors to create a lovely autumn scene at Thanksgiving. Somehow I got Christmas instead!
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
My Piet Oudolf Moment
When I planted this bed last year I was reading a couple garden design books by Piet Oudolf and was in love with his natural swaths of tall plants blended together. You can see his influence here a year later where everything has grown into a lovely mixture. Of course I cannot stick to one design philosophy very well and I went ahead and threw in some roses and other singular plants that mess up the intended look. I better go back and reread those books!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Hello Hellebore
The first hellebores are blooming here. I love these sweet little perennials, although they aren't a big splashy landscaping plant, but a delicate little one that perhaps only gardeners love. Their little 'faces' point down and they don't grow much higher than mid-calf, but I find them very charming. I have seen people on television showing them reseeding and filling in shady spaces with abandon, but that is not the case for me. After years of growing them I just noticed my first seedling. I love them because they make sweet cut flowers in tiny little vases and they last for a long time on my bedside table, welcoming spring indoors.
Posted by Sheila at 10:23 AM 2 comments:
Labels: flowers, perennials, Shade Plants, Spring
Friday, March 19, 2010
Dog Daze
After what has been a wet, cold winter, we are enjoying a very warm week to kick off spring. We are not the only ones that are glad to be outside again! It has been along time since we were sitting outside in the evenings, enjoying the gardens and the dogs are loving it too!
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tree Trimming Time
It's tree trimming time for our SJC yard. The trees in Laguna were trimmed last fall. It took two days to trim those trees (we were rewarded with many messages of thanks from our neighbors whose view looks past those trees). They only need trimming once every two or three years. It is another story with the palm trees in SJC. They need to be trimmed every year and it takes three whole days. They develop very large, heavy seed pods that make a mess as well as many dead fronds that hang down and eventually fall off. Some of the fronds from the queen palms are 12 to 15 feet long, quite heavy and can do considerable damage to the plants below when they land on them. My tree trimmer estimated that he took almost five tons of debris from the palm trees to the dump. Unfortunately palm fronds and pods do not break down and will not compost and we just aren't into that much basket weaving around here!
Posted by Sheila at 8:21 AM 1 comment:
Labels: Garden Maintenance, Palms, Spring, Trees
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
When I first started my Laguna garden many years ago I put in this little shed to store my tools. Over the years it has been replaced by a large potting area under the deck where most of my tools are kept now. Perhaps more practical, not not quite as charming.
Posted by Sheila at 7:22 AM 7 comments:
Labels: garden adornment, Garden Maintenance, Laguna Beach
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Pretty Little Cranesbills
Hardy geraniums (cranesbills) are a staple in both of my gardens. This one has been growing for years in a wild spot in the Laguna garden with little attention and no problems at all. This is the time of year they start their show and will continue on throughout the summer and into fall. An amazingly resilient plant for such a dainty and sweet look.
Posted by Sheila at 8:27 AM 7 comments:
Labels: flowers, perennials
Monday, March 15, 2010
Chocolate Mint
This is the time of year when I spend time walking around the gardens looking for spots that need improvement. I don't like to see any bare ground which usually means having to put in more plants. Rather than going to the nursery and strolling through the aisles looking for candidates, I try to start in the garden itself, looking for what already does well. One of those plants in my garden is this scented geranium (pelargonium Chocolate Mint). Not only does it grow like crazy, it is ridiculously easy to propagate with cuttings. It does bloom, but the flowers are insignificant white blooms. I grow it for the blotchy foliage and the great scent. Yes, it does smell just like chocolate mint! It even grows in semi-shady areas, but it will lose the dark markings if it doesn't get enough sun. I have about a half-a-dozen new spots for it this year!
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Labels: Foliage, Fragrance, perennials, Scented Plants
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Stepping on Leaves
I bought these leaf steps made of copper many years ago from a catalog. They have little posts on them that penetrate the ground making them secure. I thought for sure they would rot away after a few years, but not so. They are just as charming as the day I put them in this little path around the rose garden in Laguna.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Time in the Garden
With daylight savings time upon us I always wonder if there are people who actually adjust their sundials. We have had this one that was a gift from a friend when we first started transforming our vacant hillside into a garden, for about fifteen years. I can't remember once adjusting it, probably because I rarely even think of it as a timepiece, not just a garden ornament that I love dearly.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Snowdrops? No, Snowflakes!
For many years I called these Snowdrops (Galanthus spp.), which I believe they were labeled when I bought them. But through the wonder of blogging, I have learned that they are actually Snowflakes (Leucojum aestivum)! The difference? Snowdrops have three tepals, Snowflakes have six with green dots on the tips. Regardless of what you call them, I love them. They do very well here is spite of the fact they are listed as cold season bulbs (they do come from Mediteranian climites though, which is what we have here). I planted these many years ago and then just forgot about them and they put on a spectacular show every year when little else is blooming yet. I just need to remember to plant some of them in my SJG Moonlight Garden this fall!
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Losing a Tree
There are many things in life that are more important than trees in our yards, but losing one is so sad. It comes somewhere in line after losing loved ones and pets, at least for a gardener. This year we lost an old myoporum tree that was one of the original 'scrap' trees in the vacant lot that eventually became our garden. It was a large shrub that I limbed-up into a tree to provide a much needed break from the summer sun while we worked in the garden. It wasn't a good looking tree shape-wise, but it had lovely spring flowers that were very fragrant and it cast a huge shadow of shady relief. I couldn't even find one picture of it in my archives, it was just an old standard that we took for granted. Last year most of the myoporums in our area were hard hit with thrips. I have about five more at the bottom of the garden that look like they are going to pull through, but this one was old in what is a relatively short life for a tree and eventually succumbed and had to be taken down. Where there once a shady retreat is now flooded with sun, to the delight of some of the ground covers and plants that struggled for light and nutrients under the tree. My heart aches a bit when I walk down the east steps into the garden past the stump, but gardening, like life, goes on.
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Labels: Laguna Beach, Plant Problems, Trees
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A Generous Plant
This is aeonuim arboreum 'Zwartkopt' that lives on the west side of my Laguna garden. It has been there for many years and has spawned most of my other 'Zwartkopts' that are spread throughout both gardens. It is ridiculously easy to root, just break off a rosette and stick it in the ground. It thrives on neglect and adds drama wherever it is planted. I love to mix it in with ornamental grasses for contrast. Definately one of my favorite plants!
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Labels: Color, Combination Plants, Propagation, succulents
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Results of Rain
Although this is not technically my garden in Laguna, it is the open field next door as seen from our deck. It is totally wild and is only green in the spring from all the rainfall we have been having. One of the lovely silver linings to all this wet!
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Labels: Laguna Beach, Winter
Monday, March 8, 2010
Deep Purple
Heliotrope is one of my favorite plants because of its sweet scent. I also love the color of this variety (sorry, I forget the name) which is one of the deepest purples with dark velvety foliage. It is not drought tolerant so it must go where it will not dry out too much and always has a good covering of mulch on the soil. It will get rangy if not pinched back and needs deadheading to keep blooming. I grow this bunch at the feet of my Iceberg roses where it makes a fragrant and colorful combination.
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Labels: Foliage, Fragrance, perennials, roses, Scented Plants
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Forecast: Wet
Our wet weather continues. I am not complaining because I know the rest of the country is suffering much more than we are, but I have been away for a couple weeks and was dreaming of coming home to walk through the garden in what would normally be a beautiful early spring morning. I need to buy some real rain boots. List of chores to be done is growing long. I have a party coming up for a support group of the local symphony and I am itching to put in some annuals for the event and finish the gravel garden project that was put on the back burner when the holidays arrived. For now I will have to be content with just adding to the to-do lists and waiting out the rain.
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Labels: Winter
Friday, March 5, 2010
What Was That Name Again
I have long forgotten what kind of bush this is with the coral-pink flowers, but I bought it because its color complemented the tile obelisk in the Laguna garden.
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Labels: art, Color, focal points, Laguna Beach, Shrubs
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Grape Hyacinth
I love these charming little blue grape hyacinths that have naturalized along the steps in Laguna. Because it is on a hillside, small details like this are closer to the eye and add charm that can be lost in a large, flat garden.
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Labels: Bulbs, Color, Laguna Beach
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Naturalized Daffodils
Years ago I planted daffodils in the Laguna garden and they have continued to naturalize and multiply every year. There are a number of different kinds that bloom late winter all the way through to early summer. They are one of my favorite plants because they are like a surprise every year.
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Labels: Bulbs, flowers, garden beds, Laguna Beach, Spring
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The Bird Gates
I was on my way down to the garden the other day and I realized I have never posted pictures of my beautiful gates in Laguna. They were custom made for me by artist David Wolf many years ago. These gates have 17 different kinds of birds on them, all from our area and life size. It is hard to photograph them so that they show the beauty and workmanship that went into them, but take my word for it, they are lovely!
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Bare Pomegranate
This is what the pomegranate bush looks like in Laguna this time of year. It is starting to break dormancy and will fill in flush in a couple weeks. Pomegranates will be ready to eat in the fall. I have tried and tried to prune it into a tree, but it insists on being a shrub!
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Labels: Fruit, Laguna Beach, Shrubs
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A proposed withdrawal of 262 million gallons of water per day from the St. Johns River in northeast Florida -- intended to help satisfy increasing demand on public water supplies -- may not decrease the river's average flow and water level, according to research conducted by the St. Johns River Water Management District. The unexpected finding assumes management of the upper river basin to bring water back into the system and depends on projecte... More >>


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Q: My auto insurance was supposed to pay for medical expenses under my Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage, but my insurer didn't pay all the bills. They waited for two months before making a decision. What's going on?"
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Michael and I enjoy eating Japanese food, and one of my favorites is sushi. While sushi may seem intimidating to make, it's actually not that difficult — it just takes a little time and patience. This recipe is for nori-maki (with the nori wrapped around the outside), which is one of the easiest types of sushi to make.
I usually make California rolls, which is the recipe I'm sharing below, but we've also tried other varieties, like the Philly roll made with smoked salmon. The sky's the limit — you can try any filling combination that you like!


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As Toronto continues to steam up, we thought it would be good time to take a refresher and see how city citizens spent the lazy, hazy days of summer in days of yore. Though Hog Town residents are a lot less likely to take a dip in Lake Ontario than we were back then, some things, like the popularity of playing the midway at the Ex, never change. Here's our roundup of our favourite summer pictures of Toronto.
If you thought Trinity Bellwoods Park was crazy-busy on warm weekends, Sunnyside Park was the place to be in 1925.
The Humber River was fair game for swimming too. The water levels look higher than they are today in this photo of the Bloor Street Bridge from the mid-1920s.
Turn of the 20th century Torontonians often enjoyed water sports on the Toronto Islands, such as rowing out to Hanlan's Point. Back then, it was equipped with a pretty impressive looking hotel (as seen in this postcard from the 1910) so you didn't have to run for the last ferry into the city at night. Naturally, this was way before Hanlan's was famous for having a "clothing optional" beach.
Etobicoke was also prime for canoeing. This shot was taken in 1911 and is believed to be the Etobicoke Creek.
Back in the day, Etobicoke was cottage country. Seriously, you could buy yourself a wooded lot along Lake Ontario in Long Branch, 64 miles away from the dust and heat of Yonge Street and, as the ad from 1887 points out, only "40 minutes sail by steamer." The resort included amenities such as a "commodious modern summer hotel, picnic pavillion, rustic summer arbours" and a whole lot more.
Though that didn't stop famous residents, like Lady Flora Eaton, booting it up to Muskoka for the hotter months. Here she is with family, at Lake Rosseau, in 1929. We can only hope that weekend traffic to cottage country was better back then, even if the rickety cottage furniture wasn't.
Nothing says summer (or the end of summer vacation) quite like a trip to the CNE, seen here in 1939.
Though these unfortunate children, pictured in July 1922, didn't seem to have a summer vacation at all. They did get to attend the admittedly awesome "Forest School" in High Park at least.
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When dynamic power is analyzed the switching component of power consumption, an instantaneous rise time was assumed, which insures that only one of the transistors is ON. In practice, finite rise and fall times results in a direct current path between the supply and ground, GND, this exists for a short period of time during switching.
Short circuit power [3]
When the input rising voltage exceeds the threshold voltage of NMOS transistor, it starts conducting. Similarly until input voltage reaches Vdd-|Vt,p| PMOS transistor remains ON. Thus for some time both transistors are ON. Similar event causes short circuit current to flow when signal is falling. Short circuit current terminates when transition is completed.
Assuming symmetric inverter with Kn=Kp=K and Vt,n=|Vt,p|=Vt and very small capacitive load and both rise and fall times are same we can write,
Pavg(short circuit) = 1/12.k.τ.Fclk.(Vdd-2Vt)3 [1]
Thus short circuit power is directly proportional to rise time, fall time and k. Therefore reducing the input transition times will decrease the short circuit current component. But propagation delay requirements have to be considered while doing so.
Short circuit currents are significant when the rise/fall time at the input of a gate is much larger than the output rise/ fall time. This is because the short-circuit path will be active for a longer period of time. To minimize the total average short-circuits current, it is desirable to have equal input and output edge times [2]. In this case, the power consumed by the short-circuit currents is typically less than 10% of the total dynamic power. An important point to note is that if the supply is lowered to be below
[1] Sung Mo Kang and Yusuf Leblebici, "CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits-Analysis and Design", Tata McGraw Hill, Third Edition, New Delhi, 2003
[2] Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Samuel Sheng and Robert W.Broadersen, "Low Power CMOS Digital Design", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 472-484, April 1992
[3] Michael Keating, David Flynn, Robert Aitken, Alan Gibsons and Kaijian Shi, "Low Power Methodology Manual for System on Chip Design", Springer Publications, NewYork, 2007, www.lpmm-book.org, 4/9/2007


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text: DigitalJurgen Bey Gets Down to Business in 'Fantasy' OfficeBy Stephanie Murg|February 27, 2013 ShareBy Stephanie Murg|February 27, 2013 ShareRotterdam-based Studio Makkink & Bey, led by architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey, has long envisioned a progressive office in which the multitasking extends to the furnishings: a seat that doubles as a self-contained desk and cupboard, a flexible "WorkSofa," a cozy chair that can be coupled up to create instant meeting space (the "EarChair," pictured above). The studio is showcasing these designs and more as part of "Fantasy Room for Working," an exhibition on view through Sunday within the Creative Lounge MOV, a huge shared office space in Tokyo. Earlier this week, among the KadE Chair, Vacuum Cleaner Chair, stools, and aprons, was Bey himself–he put his designs to the test by working from the flexible fantasy office for eight days. Studio Makkink & Bey's Prooff (Progressive Office) "working and living landscape" interior was also recently acquired by Utrecht's Centraal Museum, where parts of it are on view through May 25. Take note, Marissa Meyer. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kcrYIM copy Adweek Adweek


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"Origami Killer" is the fiftieth chapter in Heavy Rain.
In this chapter, the Origami Killer's identity is confirmed.
Scott Shelby is shown alone in his office, shedding a tear as he remembers John. If Madison survived "The Doc," he will be looking at the photo of himself and John that Madison found; if Madison was killed, he will simply be staring at his desk. Scott lights a book of matches on fire and tosses them into a metal wastebasket. The player is then prompted to destroy the following pieces of evidence Shelby has collected:
- The phone from "Suicide Baby."
- The envelope Lauren gives him in "A Visitor."
- The box from Hassan in "Hassan's Shop." (If the player allowed Hassan to die, the box will not be available to dispose of.)
- An address book Shelby took from Paco's office after killing him in "Fish Tank." (If Norman Jayden was killed in "Mad Jack," "Fish Tank" will be skipped and the book will not be available since the player would not know what it is.)
- A list of clients that Scott took from Manfred's Antiques. It is revealed in a flashback that while Lauren was distracted by an antique, Scott killed Manfred with a typewriter, wiped his prints, took the list of clients, and called the police.
- The photo of himself and John if Madison survived, which Scott apparently took after visiting his mother sometime after Madison did.
- This is the final chapter where Scott Shelby is playable since he is unmasked as the Origami Killer.
- If Norman Jayden and Madison Paige were killed and Ethan Mars has been arrested, then this will be the final level chapter. This is because everybody would have failed in saving Shaun Mars not counting Scott, who has no intent whatsoever to save the boy's life.
- There are some inconsistencies between the flashback to Manfred's shop and the events in "Manfred."
- During the flashback, it is shown that Manfred was still wearing his glasses after Scott killed him with the typewriter. However, in "Manfred," his glasses are off.
- When Manfred was originally killed, the window was open (causing players to think that the killer escaped through it). However, in the flashback in this chapter, it was clearly closed. Shelby could have opened it by himself, but considering the amount of time he had to kill Manfred, wipe his prints, take the evidence and call the police, this may have been a mistake.
- In the flashback to Paco's "office" the lamp is set on the table. While this seems odd to players who remember Madison using it to bludgeon Paco in "Sexy Girl," the lamp can be seen on the table right before she wakes Paco after tying him up. Furthermore, in the flashback, Scott shoots Paco before his fight with Norman in "Fish Tank," during which the lamp is knocked on the floor.
- Shelby will not have the address book if Norman died during "Fish Tank" or "Solving the Puzzle," which could be considered an oversight.
- In Heavy Rain: Cutting Room Floor it is revealed that Scott originally murdered his mother by smothering her with a pillow. The creators later removed this and simply had him visit her, as it seemed gratuitous to have a character so obsessed with fathers brutally murder his elderly mother, particularly as her mental faculties were diminished due to her illness.


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There is some focus on cooling property prices in Malaysia in this new Budget announced today. If anyone who has bought properties and are looking at flipping upon completion (as many do...) - they're fucked!
The new tax scheme is now a whopping 30% if sold within the 1st 3 years:
1st to 3rd year : 30%
4th year : 20%
5th year : 15%
Beyond 5th year : no tax
Those above are for Malaysians only. Non-citizens pay 30% for selling their properties within the 1st 5 years and 5% beyond that. Expect the higher end properties to suffer in sales because of this as foreigners start to find other markets more attractive to invest in - for example Thailand where there is no RPGT. Also, the minimum price that can be purchased by foreigners now is RM1million (up from RM500k). Those studio units, SOHO, SOFO, SOVO usually priced between RM600k to RM1million are expected to suffer. Developers should build less of these in the 1st place as they are not sustainable although they are popular due to the pricing.
Perhaps what will hit developers most is the abolishment of DIBS (Developer Interests Bearing Scheme). While the original intention of DIBS is to promote home ownership by making homes easier to own, the reality is, DIBS has become a haven for speculators to the extent every developer and his dog has been offering DIBS.
But it will be interesting to see how this will really affect property prices as all previous efforts such as reintroduction of RPGT and the 70% capping on 3rd property loan seems to be not as effective. Instead, I think the property prices are already cooling anyway due to over-building especially those priced over RM500k. We rarely or never see any HOMES in decent locations that are priced below the affordable threshold of RM350k for most wage earning Malaysians these days.
Friday, October 25, 2013
2 comments:
- Patch said...
I think service apartments in KL City and Mount Kiara in the range of RM500K to RM1 million to particularly suffer. Hit by low occupancy rates and now foreigners unable to buy them.
Service apartments in PJ may be less hit especially for those in good locations (except for the new incoming supply)....
- November 9, 2013 at 3:53 PM
- sinleong said...
but i see serviced apartments in PJ have even lower occupancy than KLCC
- November 9, 2013 at 10:07 PM
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – October 5, 2010 – AppDynamics, Inc., the next-generation Application Performance Management (APM) company, announced today the release of AppDynamics 3.0. Designed specifically for highly distributed Java applications in cloud, virtual and hybrid environments, AppDynamics 3.0 sets new standards for cloud application performance management as well as automatic memory leak detection for Java applications in production.
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THE GREAT jazz drummer Elvin Jones carried on a constant musical conversation with John Coltrane. It inspired me to have that kind of dialogue with Jim Morrison. Not that I was in Elvin's league, but his courage gave me the "huevos" to stop the steady rhythm on the Doors' "When the Music's Over," and just jab at my kit during Jim's rap about "What have they done to the Earth, what have they done to our fair sister, rip her and bit her, stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn, and dragged her down."
As a teenager, I saw Elvin play many times at these "sacred gin joints" (jazz clubs) in Los Angeles. I was too young to make the Central Avenue scene, but I knew it was much more than a major thoroughfare.
On an off night from the Orbit, a Santa Monica bar gig I got with my very lame fake ID from Tijuana, I stumbled into the Renaissance Club on the Sunset Strip, where Lenny Bruce had performed. It was my first time in a jazz club, and I was ushered to a table in the back behind a pole. I was one of very few white people in the place, and the Renaissance Club was intimidatingly cool. It had an attitude. I hadn't cultivated one yet.
Pretty soon I was hitting all the great haunts: The Lighthouse, the Bit, the Parisian Room and Melody Lane down on Adams Boulevard. Some teenagers were dragged to church by their parents to get a dose of religion. . . . I found it with jazz.
This music has brought me back to these clubs, only this time I'm on stage! It is with great humility that I step onto the same stages that my early mentors commanded. Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Oscar Peterson. There probably isn't a jazz musician you could name that I haven't seen play live.
The first time I saw Elvin Jones was in 1963 at Shelly's Manne-Hole, the jazz club in Hollywood. The doorman knew I was underage but let me pass because of the addiction to sound he could see in my eyes. Jones sat behind one of the greatest jazz quartets in the history of the art form, and he did it with a huge grin. The Beatles hadn't hit yet, and he was my muse.
Between sets I went to the bathroom, just because I knew it was across from the dressing room. Hearing voices and laughter, I occupied myself washing my hands, until I heard the voices drift out into the hallway. I spun around and, wiping my hands on my pants, turned the knob. John Coltrane was standing right in front of me. I quickly shunned eye contact. I noticed that everyone sort of quieted down when he passed. I then looked at Elvin's face, and he smiled at me!
Coltrane and Miles seemed to be the culmination of years of evolution from be-bop to cool to free form. They were "out there," searching for unknowns, playing in the cracks between the chord structure. It was a kind of raw spiritual anarchy . . . just the food for a hungry teenager. Besides, my parents thought it sounded "like someone stepping on a cat." That was cool with me.
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IN THE '90s, it was the old Catalina's (on Cahuenga) where I mustered up the courage to go backstage and introduce myself to Elvin Jones. In a piece for the Utne Reader, I had described him as "blazing a new trail for all us timekeepers. He was the first to free up the job of clockwork, improvising continually, but never sacrificing a strong sense of pulse."
I'd brought my autobiography, "Riders on the Storm," as an offering and quickly said that "in here, I wrote that 'you gave me my hands.' " My worry about criticism from a practitioner of the "higher art" was quickly defused when I realized he didn't even know who the Doors were!
Elvin was extremely gracious, and over the years we became friends, me carrying his cymbal bag to his car the last few years of his life. Now playing these youthful haunts feels like "completion" because I've come full circle.
The "press roll" in the Doors' "Wild Child" is from sitting right next to Art Blakey at the Manne-Hole. The groove on "The End" is influenced by seeing Chico Hamilton down at Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse at the Sunday afternoon jazz sessions. The free-form drumming behind Jim's poetry is watching Elvin and Coltrane battle it out in "Chasin' the Trane."
Each time I humbly mount the pulpit to give the sermon with the group I founded with reedman Art Ellis, a quartet fuel-injected by two master African drummers, I hope that the knowledge I garnered from the "early years" will help me. This global village of musicians certainly does. Both genders are present here (Cristina Berio on percussion), and several shades of color (Aziz Faye and Marcel Adjibi from Africa).
It was 45 years ago that I mouthed off about being a "jazz" drummer (even before the Doors). Tribaljazz has finally given me the courage to put my sticks where my mouth has been.
John Densmore is an author, essayist and the former drummer of the Doors. His quartet Tribaljazz is scheduled to perform at 2:30 p.m. today as a part of the UCLA Jazz Fest.


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Saturday, September 21, 2013
never quite right
It was getting confusing. Juggling the 3 blondes.
What if they knew each other? It was always on Zac's mind.
And then it happened. He saw them together at the mall getting yogurt after a manicure. Somehow, Zac slipped away unharmed.
He couldn't let himself get in a sticky situation, after that. Of course, he usually had lunch with Luna, everyday at school. It was OK. She wasn't seeing Van anymore. But she was so sad. Zac didn't really want to listen. Yet she was there and well, he'd nod ever so often, wondering just when either of them would get lucky.
Of course, it was a new kind of luck. Not as in hooking up. Just finding someone who could make you happy with one smile. That kind of thing didn't exist. Zac decided.
Perhaps, he didn't work enough for it. True, being on stage did make him intoxicated with happiness, but it didn't exactly transcend on the everyday stuff. Instead, it made him nervous when he was around the three blondes. He couldn't live up to any of their expectations. Evidently.
No, he really wasn't a rockstar. He really wasn't much of anything. Not even a real friend to Luna. It was even harder accepting the fact that Fish was with Shan now. That bothered him too. Yet, the naked truth was Zac was certain he was just selfish. Always would be.
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"Great." Zac smiled with a certainty. It was like a clean slate. Of course, he didn't eat lunch with her. They exchanged phone numbers. He went on his way with his salad lunch to sit with Luna.
When he sat down. He was pretty sure he'd made a mistake. He really should have asked Luna to the Homecoming dance.
4 comments:
- Cafe Fashionista said...
Luna would have liked that. :/
- September 21, 2013 at 9:00 AM
- ivy said...
Maybe Zac will figure it out.
- September 21, 2013 at 9:15 AM
- mazzymay said...
Oh, Zac..I hope he will be a good date.
- September 21, 2013 at 10:31 AM
- Alicia Mackin said...
How nice it would be to have nothing to worry about except hanging out at the mall having yogurt and getting manicures ha ha! : )
Ali of Dressing Ken
- September 21, 2013 at 11:56 AM
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'Canvas under the stars'. That's the direct translation of La Toile Sous Les Étoiles and an appropriate one given the dark skies that this rural part of East Limousin affords. When the sun sets and only the campfires flicker at this brand new glamping retreat, the Milky Way dazzles with its full display. Even the furtherest stars seem to wink at you.
Created by British ex-pats Nigel and Olivia Stanton, who first fell in love with the region on holidays of their own, this comfortable take on camping offers an enchanting mix of luxury and ol' fashioned outdoor fun. In a wildflower meadow, flanked by mature trees, mown pathways weave their way between the six different bell tents, each pitched on a flat wooden deck where garden chairs call out for you to sit down in the sun with a good book. Inside, the bell tents are bunting-clad beauties – think vintage chests, oak-framed beds and marble-topped cabinets – where the tiniest touches show real attention to detail. An up-cycled pastis bottle has been turned into a bedside lamp, freshly picked flowers fill a vase and complimentary tea and coffee await. There's no denying this is camping done right.
The same thoughtfulness has been given to the rest of the space. Walk past the swimming pool to old farm buildings, where you'll find bathroom facilities and a kitchen, which, though plush, still have a wonderful sense of place. The charmingly rustic washing-up sinks, for example, are made out of deep wooden buckets, while the stone ablutions barn feature exposed corrugated iron along the walls. The kitchen, well equipped for the maximum of 20 guests the site allows, has a range oven, wood-fired bread (or pizza) oven and a private fridge for every bell tent.
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We are Nigel and Olivia Stanton, who have recently bought a property in France with a big vision of a new future! We have spent many years living and working in the Oxfordshire area in England. Since we married in 1991, every year we have spent holidays camping, caravanning, boating, motorhoming and self-catering, mainly in the UK but also in France. We have learnt to live in bijou spaces without compromising on creature comforts.
Over the past couple of years life has dealt us a new set of cards – Nigel was offered redundancy after 26 years in the same company, family responsibilities have lessened and it's time to escape the daily commute and to realise a long held dream to open a campsite! We began the search for a suitable property and considered all sorts of options along the way, finally deciding upon the Glamping route.
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