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Two Way Monologues and The Indie Machine are thrilled to jointly announce our first wave of acts for October's TWiMFeST – the new artist/fan-centred festival with no fees, no radius clause, and paid gigs for performers. After countless hours of listening and internal debate, we can proudly share the initial lineup. There are many more acceptances to come, but this is truly a powerhouse start. More details on the St. John's side of TWiMFeST will be released later this week, but a few confirmed bands are announced below as well.
Some of the early TWiMFeST highlights include the hardest working CHUD in show business – alt-troubadour B.A. Johnston (who will be returning to Rancho Relaxo for the first time in years), one of the best rising bands in the country, Montreal electro indie-pop outfit Diamond Bones, an incredible U.S. psych surf-pop band out of Buffalo by the name of Aircraft, and local favourites such as Persian Rugs, Trevor James & the Perfect Gentlemen, and Sun Stone Revolvers. An alphabetical and linked list can be found below!
Toronto Dates (Oct 23-26th)
The '92 Jays (Toronto)
Aircraft (Buffalo)
Ally Mode (Toronto, debut show featuring Jason Legge of the Skirt Chasers)
B.A. Johnston (Hamilton)
Matt Bahen (Toronto, solo set from lead singer of the Schomberg Fair)
The Blue Stones (Windsor)
Buffalo (Toronto)
Carnival Moon (Toronto)
Connoiseurs of Porn (Toronto)
Convoys (Toronto)
Diamond Bones (Montreal)
The Do Good Badlies (Lindsay)
The Do Good Badlies (Lindsay)
Drunk Lips (Toronto)
Give Me Something Beautiful (Montreal)
The Gnarly Ones (Toronto)
Christian Hansen (Toronto)
Hue (Toronto)
Human Bodies (Toronto)
The Kerouacs (Niagara Falls)
Mikey Chuck Rivers (Clinton)
Number One Babe (Toronto)
Paint (Toronto)
Persian Rugs (Toronto)
Port of Call (St. John's)
The Rickaneers (Toronto)
Royal Creatures (Toronto/Montreal)
Rulers of the Moon (Toronto)
Run Coyote (London/Kitchener)
Paul Sheppard (St. John's)
Sun Stone Revolvers (Toronto)
Trevor James & the Perfect Gentlemen (Toronto)
St. John's Dates Oct 16-18th
Chris Martin Trio (Halifax)
Port of Call (St. John's)
Rivals (St. John's)
Twerp (St. John's)
Undesirables (St. John's)
Waterfront Fire (St. John's)
Stay tuned for more artist announcements coming soon!
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So when it comes to make-up it's important to remember where these products are going. You're literally covering your face and letting these potions and lotions soak into your skin so remembering that, hygiene is pretty important. I was speaking to some of my friends and they weren't sure why their make-up was changing colour or consistency or if make-up went off at all. But after having trouble with my skin when I was younger I learnt quickly the importance of cleaning your brushes, replacing products and about product expiration dates. So I thought I'd write a quick little post about make-up upkeep, trust me, your face will thank you for it.
Ok so the simplest way to find a products exportation is by looking at the packaging. Every item of make-up has a little symbol somewhere on it which indicates the expirey date and it looks like a little open tub. The number inside the tub represents the number of months after exposing the product to oxygen that you should be using it. Products like foundations last between six to twelve months, though you may notice some changes in your products. Once you open a foundation it mixes with the air and oxidises, the more/longer the exposure to oxygen it can change the colour and the general way the product applies and wears. I know some foundations which after a certain point can really turn and become very orange, even in the fair shades due to oxidisation. So if you're having issues with your foundation and it's a little older then maybe try swapping it out for a new one.
Not surprising that products like mascara and liners have the shortest shelf life due to there nature. These products harbour bacteria like any other but when coming into such close contact with your eyes the risk of infection and conjunctivitis is heightened, so replenishing them is essential. Mascara is good for around three months where liners will last around six to twelve. However unlike other eye products shadow pallets will last palettes around two years, if you don't hit pan beforehand that is. Similarly facial powders and setting powders will last about two years. As will other set or baked products like bronzer, blush and highlight. For that reason I feel it makes much more sense to splurge on a high-end products that will last for longer, and won't expire after a few months. For me splurging on Champagne Pop by Jaclyn Hill X Becca (£32) makes much more sense than the YSL Flash Effect Mascara (£25). While both are amazing products one lasts around three times as long as the other. For that extra little bit of money you're really getting a lot more when you consider how much longer its considered hygienic to use.
However some products like brushes and beauty blenders don't have that symbol so how do you know then? With brushes it's obvious as soon as lots of the hair starts falling out its probably time to say goodbye. It's more important to be giving your brushes a deep clean than be replacing them constantly. When it comes to beauty blenders it's pretty easy to tell when they have peaked, they start to break off or rip like the ones in the photo below and I think they become denser. I'm waiting on my new one to arrive because these are dead! With any sponges you should be replacing them about two times a year, every six months but washing them after every use. I'm terrible for washing my brushes and blender but recently after breaking out heavily and not knowing why I stepped up my game and started cleaning everything properly and since, my skin has been sooooo clear! I't's important to remember exactly what your using to put make-up on your skin and that it does harbour bacteria so cleaning your tools is vital!
So go grab you're make-up collection and have a sort through, throw out that clumpy dried up mascara and I promise you your skin will thank you for it. I know throwing away products can be sad, I'm such a make-up hoarder, but when you consider the hygiene side of things and how much this bacteria might be effecting your skin or just the general application of products. For individual products check the back of each individual product, however for a general idea of how long products last there's a handy little list below. Now I'm going to go and sort my collection now, cry, but I know how much better my face will be because of it.
Did you know products expired? Does keeping to expirations help your skin?
Let me know in the comments below.

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Slugs and Their Destruction
I have had enough and my method of coping with these situations is to do research and document so I will try to do both related to slugs. My plants have suffered relentless destruction this year and I have had enough. This lupin was looking beautiful June 11th - multiple flower spikes, 2 pink flowers visible and numerous green ones before they changed colour.
lupin BEFORE destruction
lupin AFTER destruction
this is on the patio next door and I hadn't gone over there for a few days but looked over the wall by chance (June 21st) and I could see, even without my glasses, how severely damaged it was
I found various slugs and snails under it and around it:
Spanish slug
the underside of those Spanish slugs
out-stretched spanish slug
grey field slug
leopard slug on the right (grey slug from above on the left), I'm not sure how damaging the leopard slugs are, apparently they eat other slugs, as well as our young plants
yellow slug
I have used slug pellets in the past but I hate seeing that massive gooey mess of dying slugs afterwards and apparently not all the slugs that are attracted are damaging, some of the slugs eat decaying material (will research which ones), aside from the fact I don't want to poison my froglets, birds or any other animals in my garden. Bob Flowerdew cuts his slugs in half - I tried it recently - not for the faint-hearted, but he also feeds them to his chickens so not sure when the cutting is required.
I pruned some ivy yesterday and it was full of snails (Cornu aspersum). I realised I didn't have a decent pic of the snails I see in the garden as I usually stamp on them (an easier disposal than slugs) as soon as I find them so I threw a few from the ladder into this container that happened to be on the patio table. They're trying to make their escape but I was off the ladder with the camera before they disappeared.
I found these eggs on the top of the compost in a pot. I don't know if they are slug or snail eggs. This group of eggs is bout 2 x 3 cm.
I've had cirsiums before and the slugs had not destroyed them like this (those are untouched globe thistles in the background).
I have managed to save some plants by keeping them in pots and off the ground. There's been some slug damage but not catastrophic for some plants that have managed to get large enough before the slugs attacked.
but I am running out of tables, shelves and places to put plants off the ground away from the slugs so I'm trying putting the sea holly on this upturned pot
some plants are fighting back hard when they can
this sea holly is growing new leaves after being slug-damaged and then moved off the ground to a table on the patio
The sea holly have self-seeded a lot over the last few years but - getting them to bloom is a mystery to me and - the slugs are eating them, a lot. This pot has a number of sea hollies, only 1 flower stalk (brown stem, middle top edge of the pot).
some extensive slug munching
sea holly self-seeds so much and so easily, there are 2 plants self-seeded between the slabs of the patio next door
I just noticed another seedling
2 stalks, left and right, show where leaves were eaten off this delphinium small plant but more are growing in the center now
even one of that lupin's surviving flowers is growing after the slugs were removed
one plant that does not seem to be bothered much by slugs, verbena bonariensis, close-up of the flower
white foxglove and fox and cubs
The verbena bonariensis I bought a few years ago were slow to self-seed but last year (or the year before) they started to. I had these 3 seedlings which were getting large enough and ready to be planted in the flowerbed. On the left is a woody remnant of one of last year's plants which has fresh growth. That tall plant in the middle is shown to its full height in the next pic.
The stem is quite long (62 cm). That slanted stem in the background is 125 cm and has buds at the top just beginning to open (pic to follow).
I had 2 more large-ish verbena bonariensis seedlings to put in the front garden which I did yesterday. The slugs don't seem to trouble them much but they didn't tale long to start on these. I think they're getting desperate.
I had a verbena bonariensis self-seed in this pot. It is now too large and too well-established to move it without damaging it or the lupin - and I daren't put it in the ground or the slugs will destroy the lupin, as they did with one of the flower spikes, on the left.
to show the entire height (92 cm) of the verbena bonariensis
I put those 5 scabious ("Ebony and Ivory" and "House's Novelty Mix" but not sure how many of each) small plants in a pot together. I hope the flowers will be indicative of which variety. That unknown plant in the black pot on the left (number 19 of the unknowns in the Plant Identification) I thought looked similar but on careful examination I can see it is similar but not a scabious or not one of these.
I also put all the poppies together in their own pot, not a lot from 2 packets of seeds.
the first borage flower bud is open
update on the chinese lanterns in the front garden
1. on the far right of the flower bed
2. going left
3. next view going left, blank spot in the middle
4. far left
Some flower buds (such as these knautia) will open even after the stems are cut, but some like hollyhocks don't like being cut at all, this hollyhock stem was broken that's why it ended up in a vase, I would never cut a hollyhock - they don't like it!
In rearranging some pots I inadvertently created a slug stairway to the plants on this table. I lost the seedlings on the left. The foxgloves survive the slugs, as do the globe thistles in the pic below.
These globe thistle seedlings have been just fine on the ground - at slug level.
I wanted a pic of the tadpole with front legs. I had to scoop him out of his bowl to show the 4 legs clearly.
not a great pic but I wanted to show how long his tail still is
a few days before I was excited about the hind legs developing
Until recently this hosta had escaped much damage but it has been discovered! I think the slugs have climbed up the Japanese anemone behind it.
this doesn't look like a hosta as the slugs have eaten all of the leaves, leaving the spines
they were eating the dahlia's leaves as soon as they appeared until I picked the pot up off the ground and put it on this table, it's given the leaves a chance to grow
The poppy on the left (probably too far gone to recover now) has been stripped by the slugs, it had been large and full like the one on the right which just started to be eaten by the slugs and I hope I've rescued it in time. The one in the middle has 2 leaves, one on either side, eaten. I hope it will fully recover.
the 2 borage at the back have not been eaten by the slugs but I guess they got desperate and ate the one at the bottom
they also ate this sea holly but the foxglove, forget-me-nots and verbena bonariensis have escaped with their lives
tall sea holly and small one without a flower spike, both undamaged by the slugs
2 packets of scabious seeds (Ebony and Ivory and House Novelty) and I have 5 plants, I don't think that's a very good result but at least I have some plants. I've planted packets of seeds where I got NO plants. I need to give up on certain things (in addition to what I already have on that list) and accept I cannot grow them from seed: monkshood and dierama, both languishing in seed trays, as are the polyanthus seeds but I shouldn't pronounce on those quite yet.
getting the moisture balance right for the seeds trays is challenging in the mini greenhouse (in the background of the delphinium pic below) but I see it's made those sprouting broccoli seeds germinate
I have more flowers on this B+Q Johnson's Blue hardy geranium than I ever had (in total) from the "plant of the century" Rozanne - what a misnomer! give me this classic anyday
This delphium from B+Q (also £2.50 for a small plant) is looking quite promising as well with buds that look like they will be blooming soon.
an orange ranunculus (I think)
I think I take this rose (Young Lycidas) for granted sometimes but this year, after a prune last year, it is looking magnificent and covered with flowers. It was one of 3 I bought when I first started working on this garden 10+ years ago. Another of the roses is quite small but still alive, see pic below. The third one (Brother Cadfael I think) is dead and gone.
a close-up of the view above with that small rose in the centre at the bottom
Better results with seeds is and always has been a major goal for me with gardening. Some have worked brilliantly and I have the resulting plants blooming in my garden, others have sunk into oblivion. I planted some sprouting broccoli seeds yesterday in different media to evaluate which is the best.
seeds sown in: on the left vermiculite, middle all-purpose compost, right perlite, all 3 say on the packages that they can be used on their own for sowing seeds
all 3 mixed together which I guess is the usual way to use them
the grown-from-seed lupins have been hit and miss, lupins are relatively easy to grow from seed but keeping them away from the slugs and snails is difficult, I put this one on this plant stand off the ground but the snails have still gotten to it, I removed 2 from the pot yesterday and the damage is visible
another lupin from one side, there are 3 flower spikes but the 2 on the right one is in front of another and make it look like only 2, the slugs and snails do not seem to have gotten to this one, which like the one above, is in a pot
those lupins from the other side
6 zantedeschia flowers and buds, it loves this hot weather
not a bad buy from B+Q (small plant for £2.50), Johnson's Blue hardy geranium, first 2 flowers and I see buds!
I think this soft rush is fully in bloom now. This self-seeded in a (dry) pot last year. When I found out it was a water plant I put it in the water in this container (tin bath which I've used as a water feature).
ten days later and I DO see legs at last
be careful what you wish for
I wanted frogs and therefore frogspawn and tadpoles but now that I have them, I worry about them! am I feeding them the right thing? in the right environment? are they developing as they should? can my garden support a dozen frogs (I have about 15 tadpoles)? should I leave them in this bowl or put them in the pond? They seem to be growing quite slowly but it has been quite cold and I've read that can affect their growth. They do *seem* to be developing legs but I can't see them that clearly.
a week or so later (after the pic below) and both zantedeschia buds in bloom and another iris in bloom after the first one wilted
I do love irises. Two buds have appeared in the clump to the right of the pond. I can't remember if these were "marginals" when I bought them. They are *near* the pond but not in any kind of dampness from the pond (which is a preformed plastic one).
I've started to tidy up the pond. I thinned the zantedeschia (leaving the 2 flower buds) and put the recent plant purchases (cat-tail and iris) in the pond. The previous cat-tail seems to have died but I put the new one in the same basket as the old one in case the old one decides to start growing again.
I love anemones and ranunculus, I'm still not sure of the difference between them and got confused which one this was as it was growing.
a day later and fully open, I was going to say anemone but the next one in bloom below in orange makes me thinkg that's anemone - so I guess this is ranunculus?
another anemone in bloom
another anemone/ranunculus bud
the back of the garden is covered with green alkanet - I love it! I also see comfrey, aquilegia, raspberries and hydrangea petiolaris
a close-up of the hydrangea petiolaris, just visible on the right above
a wider view of the shrub
the first artichoke flower
In addition to the centaurea montana self-seeding in this large pot (which has a large lupin), a lesser knapweed (notched leaves) has self-seeded there. I've never seen the lesser knapweed self-seed before even though I've had it in the garden for at least a few years.
common vetch in the front garden next door where I did plant some "green manure" seeds (vetch and phacelia), a few years ago, I haven't seen any phacelia for a while and the vetch has suddenly started self-seeding extensively
my over-zealous removal of the bluebells in the front garden seems to have damaged some of the chinese lanterns, I was relieved to see I still have some growing this summer, I think they spread via the roots under the ground
a patch of the chinese lanterns on one side of the flowerbed (above) and the other side (below), in the middle not many
I wanted to plant some nasturtium seeds. A pot makes them easy to move around and enjoy those vibrant orange flowers. This pot has a head start with various self-seeders (totally unplanned): honesty, forget-me-not, deadnettle, nigella and aquilegia.
I planted some polyanthus seeds and this is the only seedling that looks like it might be a polyanthus, as I don't recognise it. That leaf at the bottom is accordioned. I don't recall seeing a leaf like that before.
I decided I had to do a bit of weeding next door. Although I love thistles, they get out of control in a small garden. I also thought I should tackle the creeping buttercup which I did at the front end of the garden but this clump, below right, seemed to be somewhat limited so I left them.
The main goal is the hollyhocks which have always been the star of this garden.
the foxglove in the back garden continues to look fabulous as more buds open
still lots of buds and flowers on the fox and cubs
the centaurea montana has taken a few years but it has self-seeded magnificently, even in that pot on the right at the back, those red anemone buds on the right look like they will open soon
first fox and cubs flower and some wonderful fat buds underneath, forget-me-nots behind
foxglove in bloom a few days after the pic below
foxglove still in bud a few days before
iris foetidissima tightly furled bud
another iris nearby which is in bloom
lupin bud
raindrops on the lupin leaves
this is in the pond, in the ranunculus family, will need to check the name
this fern was in the back garden when I moved in but only recently I tried to tidy up around it and remove the dried brown spent stems, I love those round sprouts which I will take another photo of today
Black Parrot tulips, just by the front door
in one of the other tulip pots are these poppies (?), we threw in seeds on the top after planting the bulbs, of course, I lost track of what seeds were in each pot
further down the front path with Victor, the honesty on the left is showing those round seed "coins", on the right a brilliant purple aquilegia
and a little bit further back up the path there's a pink aquilegia, I never know which aquilegia are coming up where, they just appear
the iris foetidissima has masses of flowers
moving to the back garden, I can just see the buds in the fox and cubs
centaurea montana - first blooms
one of my favourite garden views: some of my favourite plants (centaurea montana), one of my favourite self-seeding plants (forget-me-nots), experiments with weeds (teasels), experiments with seeds (globe thistles) and a cat!
I have realised something that's shown in the pic above. That large pot near Victor is mostly bare. There's one ranunculus and one anemone whereas the smaller terracotta pots that have the overflow ranunculus are full with them. The pots (including that one) which I got from freecycle need a good clean and disinfecting. I knocked out some of that compost and found some unpleasant stuff. I've been too lazy (and cheap) about clearing out a pot if it has some compost. Jeyes Fluid and fresh compost are now on my shopping list.
Grandpa Otts Morning Glory seedlings
Now these are the seeds I like - super fast germination, sowed on the 9th, pictured here on the 11th.
and 3 days later on the 14th they have beautiful purple stems and leaves
At first glance the large-leaved seedlings on the left are foxgloves but I thought they aren't quite right so put a foxglove next to them (terracotta pot on the right) for comparison. I suspect those large seedlings on the left are scrophularia grandiflora.
the wild buckwheat is back and it's early in the season so hope to have some distinguishing flowers this summer
as I was trying to tidy up the seedlings I discovered this little clump directly on the table, not sure what they are yet, put them in another pot and watered them as a priority
The builders have struck! They put some new bricks on the top of that wall, knocking quite a lot of mortar into my garden (well they didn't want it in their garden as they just landscaped it - much easier to push the crap into my garden). The honesty have been pounded to the ground. When I tried to discuss with them, I was told my garden was a "f**cking mess", as if it didn't matter. I cleared up the mortar myself as I didn't trust them and I didn't want them in my garden. They might not appreciate it but this area is where I have a lot of wildflowers: aquilegia, green alkanet, comfrey, foxgloves and ferns, framed by this wall on one side and a hydragea petiolaris and pyracantha on the other and ivy and campanula at the back. London, like everywhere else, has its pros and cons.
I am trying to rejuvenate this scabiosa Barocca, the green growth is all at the ends of woody branches, maybe it would benefit from cutting back to ground level?
as I tried to cut the dry wood, a lot of the green branches broke off, I will try to get them to root in water
first colour on the knautia buds
comfrey flowers
comfrey buds
lily of the valley
The idea was to honour the memory of my grandmother with one of her favourite flowers around this tree, marked by bricks (now sunken into the ground). Their growth is inconsistent - great bare patches and extending - but outside the bricks! Very uncooperative of them. I have to clear out other plants periodically, even if I love green alkanet I want a small patch of the lily of the valley.
late bergenia flower
I pulled this pot of cerinthe out of the flowerbed. The mild winter has been great for cerinthe - too great - I will allow these flowers to develop seeds and then plant out somewhere or cut back.
the only surviving (from the slug attack) milk thistle, hidden by the green alkanet or I would have snapped sooner, I hope I can get some seeds from these to grow more - maybe with slug pellets??
tulips still looking great, some on the left have lost their petals and pot at the back is still in bud
the iris in this pot are looking good, along with foxglove and ornamental artichoke which have self-seeded, not sure how they'll all cope in this pot but I don't have any room for it in the front garden to put it in the ground
not sure what these are or where they came from (freecycle pot?) but look a little iris-like, will try to grow them on to flower and therefore identification - and flowers to enjoy
moving teasels - and other plants with strong taproots
In the past when I've tried to move teasels, green alkanet and hollyhocks which have strong taproots, they've proved impossible to keep alive, the latest try being the potted teasel in the pot on the right. I like teasels and want to grow them but they are aggressive self-seeders so sometimes they end up in the wrong place. I wanted to try again to move one and had a spare pot handy so popped it in. Result: unhappiness. I had another teasel I really wanted to move so dug it up but didn't have a spare pot but did have that trug with wet strulch handy so just put it in temporarily. Result: happiness.
various things have self-seeded around the tulips, I wonder if those thin seedlings are muscari, they look similar, only thinner, than the muscari following
I had excellent muscari flowers in recent years, on the shelves near these pots. The wooden trough many were in literally fell apart so I re-potted them, about 2 single flowers only this year. I don't know what's happened with them all. I guess they don't like being disturbed. I took all the bulblets I had from various sources and potted them up. No idea how long until they flower, if ever.
muscari bulblets
I was sweeping up the patio and noticed some seedlings (below), I rescued them and put them in a pot, I *think* that lesser knapweed dried seedhead has a lesser knapweed seedling growing from it, I'm just surprised as I've never seen one self-seeding before
Scabious seedlings, very disappointing, from an end of March sowing: on the left only 3 seedlings from a packet of Scabiosa House's Novelty Mix of 35 seeds for £2.99 from T+M, on the right only 6 seedlings from a packet of Scabiosa Ebony & Ivory of 100 seeds for 99p also from T+M. At this point it's not just the cost but the waste of time at this crucial time when I've lost the chance for more flowers this year.
not sure of these, maybe honesty? will confirm
I've put markers by the cornflower seedlings
a close-up of those cornflower seedlings
large seedling is foxglove, on the right is a cornflower as above
the tiniest agastache seedlings (I think, will watch as they develop)
I trimmed back the cat grass in this tray which has been on the windowsill inside. How did all these plants self-seed when it wasn't even outside? Large middle left (and smaller below it and middle right) verbena bonariensis, largest globe thistle, under globe thistle nigella, top towards the left oxalis, bottom towards the left and middle foxglove, top edge cornflower?
dahlia tuber or so I've discovered, I've not grown dahlias before but had a pot from a neighbour and when I was cleaning it out found this, those are tiny white sprouts in the middle
when digging weeds up with a spade just cannot be avoided
When confronted by a monster like this dockweed, one can easily see the advantage of identifying weed seedlings when they are small and easy to pull up rather than when they have grown into an enormous multi-stemmed shrub that requires digging out with a full-size spade and wrestling with tenacious taproots. This weekend, so far, I have tackled this and 1 small dockweed in this back garden next door, about half a dozen in the front garden next door and at least a dozen in the next garden along. I know how difficult this task is to get round to doing so am happy to do it for neighbours who are working full-time while I'm not working.
some of the Little Princess tulips - open in the sun and I was warm enough to be outside to take a pic
The borage seedlings are looking great. I started separating the compartments of the egg carton, the roots are growing right through the cardboard - which is the idea - then the roots do not get so disturbed.
I don't think the slugs eat them so I'm able to keep the small pots on the ground, in the tray just to make them easier to carry.
I love lupins and, aside from the slugs, seem easy enough to grow. The seeds germinate well. Unfortunately I managed to drop this tray with the seedlings.
I picked them up from the ground and in spite of the breakages planted them in these 5 pots, 3 to a pot. I put them on the patio next door which is drier than mine and I think the slugs will struggle to get to them. After these pots I plan to put them in larger pots, keeping them on the patio. After recent disasters I never plan on putting lupins in the ground again.
from an entire packet of delphinium seeds sown last summer I have one seedling, I had about 4 at one time but this is the only one around and it hasn't really grown or it's a new seedling from a seed that did not germinate last year, it's in the pot with that unknown small plant which I thought had died but it's back!
I have two lupins from last year which I grew from seed. Getting them to this point is not difficult in a pot - as long as the slugs cannot get to them. This first pot is huge. The lupin I transplanted here had self-seeders around it, eg centaurea montana and foxgloves and then I added more foxgloves as the pot had room, not that the foxgloves need slug protection, they seem to cope okay. Victor there on the path above it.
This pot also has a verbena bonariensis and I had put some crocus bulbs around it. That plant stand has 3 shelves and the lupin is in the middle. When it was on top the pigeons landed on it numerous times and I see the leaves still have not fully recovered.
I have quite variable success with seeds. These globe thistle seedlings, from seed I collected from my own plants are looking great, germination has been great - too great - I have way too many seedlings.
I started potting up 1 to a pot, then made it 2 and I have lots of seedlings left.
these are some globe thistles from last summer, they are great for bees, there are 3 bees on that one flower alone
centaurea montana
This is what I dreamt of when I planned and executed the rearranging of this flowerbed, moving the globe thistles to the back along the fence (left) and removing any remaining bluebell clumps: room for the centaurea montana (right front) to expand and hopefully self-seed. They seem to have self-seeded but I haven't seen those small plants bloom yet. I look forward to those flowers soon. Close-up of buds in the next pic and subsequent pic the knautia from the centre. Self-seeded forget-me-nots back right, lesser knapweed front left.
I see buds! they look like black balls
and there are also buds on the self-seeded ones in the lupin pot
knautia with those pincushion buds on the taller stems on the left, times like this I wish I knew more about plants, why do the knautia have those pincushion buds and flowers but are completely different from scabious? to an amateur gardener (like me) they seem closely related, 3 important things I do know: I love them, the bees love them, the slugs don't love them - the essential criteria for any garden plant! (and I grew these from seed so cannot be very difficult)
One thing I'm not seeing in that flowerbed is any trace of the veronicas I've bought from the garden centre as plants. Like the centaurea montana I've had difficulty growing them from seed so thought I'd treat myself with one full-size plant at the garden centre. As far as I know they're perennials so an investment (yea, right). I have bought so many veronicas now in the past 10 years because they don't come back. I guess I'm doing something wrong but don't know what or maybe, what the British horticultural industry is doing is wrong.
close-up of those Comfrey buds from a week or so ago which I forgot to post, will post an update on progress this week
I heard about the plant sale at B+Q and couldn't resist going but wish I hadn't bothered. The quality was quite poor but I managed to impulse buy 4 plants (which I didn't need) for £10. This lupin (back left) actually looks pretty good and for only £2.50 I thought it was worth it for a plant to flower this summer whereas my new seedlings probably won't flower until next year. The delphiniums look ok but when I potted them up they hardly had any roots so will need to wait and see if they establish themselves. The Johnsons Blue hardy geranium (front right) I will put in the back garden. I have some in the front but none in the back. I have a Rozanne hardy geranium but it's been totally pathetic and I'm not sure it's still alive so would prefer a known variety.
potted up that lupin is looking pretty good I must admit
It seems I've been cold for weeks but it's probably not been that long. When the sun is shining, you want to go outside and do some gardening or walking to look at gardens and plants but it's too cold! unless you steel yourself.
I have no idea what kind of tulip the red and yellow one is as I did not actually choose it and think it was included in a pack by mistake. It's bloomed well both last year (the first I recall it being in the front garden) and this year. Looks like there's a small snail or something inside it at the top which I did not notice when I took the pic.
these Little Princess tulips have been very confused, sun comes out and they open then next day cold and they close up
the Honesty is fab this year, I've had some very very small plants that are blooming before they go through the usual stages with the large leaves, etc so wanted to have some better pics of the flowers so I can identify the plants earlier
here is that very small honesty, about 12 cm tall
same small honesty showing a large honesty in the background
a view of that large honesty from the other side, about 60 cm tall
the large honestys above and below, they developed large heart-shaped leaves on the bottom half of the plant before flowers were even considered, unlike that small one above with very few leaves and certainly no heart-shaped ones, about 80 cm tall
I ordered 5 bulbs of tulipa whittallii, but I only have 4 that have grown, to me they are indistinguishable from the Little Princess tulips
a close-up of those 2 on the left
some of the Little Princess tulips in bloom, that pot on the right still has one in bud
will add a pic of the remaining 5 flowers today (bought a pack of 10, half in bloom above)
new Taylors Narcissus Green Eyes - how very unimpressive! from a pack of 10, 5 have grown, 2 buds visible, it's almost May, shouldn't narcissus be in bloom by now??
a tiny, tiny chinese lantern sprout which I didn't notice until I stepped on while pruning, still growing - I think - will try to look out for them better
update on the hostas, still amazed I have some, in spite of the slugs
as it's so cold, everything is late this year, including the hostas, they are the spikey purple sprouts, the small green plants are green alkanet
hosta 1 think it might be Sum and Substance
hosta 2
hosta 3, seems to be doing the best of the ones I have
hosta 4 is the one sharing a pot with a large foxglove, which unfortunately provides shelter for the slugs, last I checked the slugs had eaten the tops of the sprouts, will take another pic and add it here
hosta 5 still in a small plastic pot but doing well, will repot it this summer
hosta 6 was in a small plastic pot last summer and I don't see it right now, I must have planted it in the garden or in another pot, not sure where right now but I'll find it and add a pic
the Honesty has been fantastic this year; the green alkanet is always fantastic! but compared to a neighbour's garden in the sun (shown at the bottom of the bluebell page) my Honesty flowers are sparse
They were talking on Gardeners Question Time about the difference between comfrey and foxglove. I happen to have them near each other, also with green alkanet which is sometimes confused with foxglove so all 3 for comparison, left to right foxglove, green alkanet, comfrey:
right in the middle of those textured comfrey leaves some buds can be seen
close-up of those buds
I haven't sown cerinthe seeds for years but they are appearing regularly and fabuously
these flowers are usually visited regularly by bees but it's so cold I'm not seeing many, sure when it warms up there will be lots of bees
I think these are Little Princess tulips but I must check. I guess being in the cans has warmed the roots and they are blooming earlier than the pots.
the tulips in the terracotta pots are still in bud
I see a fat ripe pincushion! I've got lots of these new scabious 'Melton Pastels' (Knautia macedonica) from seeds I sowed the end of last summer but this is the first one with buds. I'll love them as will the bees and butterflies.
Early flowers are blooming in the garden: honesty and green alkanet:
A deadnettle (the bees love them) has self-seeded in this pot which I had planted up with a foxglove seedling. Foxgloves are bienniel so will bloom the following year and I did sow the seeds last year but many of the seedlings are so small I think they may well consider this year to be their first and I won't have flowers from them until next year (2017). Luckily I have some much larger foxgloves which will bloom this summer. I must have planted them in 2014. Foxgloves are one of those self-seeders which will give you fab flowers every year if you just leave them to get on with it.
the cerinthe self-seeded from last year is looking magnificent, in additon to those purple flowers which the bees love, the leaves are a gorgeous glaucous green with shades of purple
looking forward to the tulips blooming, I've pressed into bulb service lots of containers
some mushrooms have been encouraged by recent rain
all about forcing bulbs to have a garden withindoors
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Ethan Nicholas and iShoot have enjoyed some great media exposure recently, with the article The iPhone Gold Rush giving a great overview of iShoot's development. Ethan was also interviewed by Fox Business News following President Obama's speech on Tuesday, April 14th.
iShoot has also been named by Apple as one of the Top 20 Paid Apps of All Time! Don't let it's position at #19 fool you — the list is sorted by number of copies, not by revenue, and at three times the price of most apps on the list (iShoot was $2.99 for most of its life) it would rank much higher if the list were sorted by revenue.


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This song has a history and I'll try to keep it short. The first time I heard it was early 1970, when I and my pregnant wife, Joyce, were living in Farmington NM. I had just gotten out of the army and we were pondering our future. I had an offer of an electronics job from National Cash Register but it was in Gallup NM. We were living in a $50 a month rent house on Vine Street, about three blocks north of Main, and right there on Main Street was The Copper Penny, a bar once owned by a good friend of the Tucker family.
So one Friday night I walked down to the Penny and checked out the band. Before I went into the army in March of 1967 I had played in a couple of bars in town. I asked if I could sit in on a couple of numbers and it was fun. I hadn't played in a bar in over three years. At the break the bass player, Max Herrera, came over and spoke the immortal words, "Hey Fenner, wanna play some lead?" Of course I wanted to play some lead.
The job was in Cortez CO, about 70 miles away. Friday and Saturday night, $35 a night. The band was Max, a drummer, me and the front man, Smoky Stover. None of us knew the other, but Smoky knew many old C&W songs that were quite easy to follow. It was an excellent, low-pressure opportunity for me to teach myself some C&W licks.
The job lasted for the rest of the year and I got to know Smoky. He had been a "lawman" most of his life, but loved to sing so he did them both somehow. He even wrote some tunes and one of them was recorded by George Jones.
Smoky and his wife and I would drive up to Cortez every Friday and Saturday and she'd sit next to the bandstand, and Smoky would put on his huge cowboy hat and start singing. On the breaks I'd go out and smoke. It was a great way to spend those nights and $280 a month wasn't bad, either.
Later on, Linda Ronstadt sang the song on an album and my daughter, Naomi, used to sing it around the house when we were living on Gallagher Street in Las Cruces NM. I happen to have a recording we made on the 4th of July when Naomi was a teenager. Maybe 1985? You can tell it's the 4th because on the recording is the sound of a bottle rocket going off in the street outside the house.


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New York fashion week is over and I think that all the street style photos have been published. So, this is the right time for this post. This is my favourite photos. This doesn't mean that are the best ot you have to like them. Also, there are tons of photos out there, but as you can see the post is already huge, yeah yeah for one more time. But this is me! I don't like a small taste, I want to be full! The same happens with food too! Darn!
I should not forget to make a conclusion. For one more time I have realised that the style was more minimal from Europe's fashion weeks and sometimes truly casual, this include sneakers to the outfit. Not bad if you think that you have to run from one show to another and at the same time be beautiful and relaxed! Of course you won't find any photos with sneakers here!! Yes, I am not a big fan or a fan at all!
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Oh, yes, England have qualified to the knockout stages. Phew. Didn't look like the Three Lions had any claws for a while. They'd been so lousy up until now — no heart in the game (too much roast beef and not enough puddin'). Here are lauded some of the best players in the game, and they couldn't even beat Algeria. But now, with the Scepter'd Isle on the line, they started playing some serious football, looking like they mean it.
I'm not a football fanatic or even a mild supporter, but this World Cup has drawn me in. I think it's because there's so much depressing news to rankle and raise one's hackles about, it's refreshing to get excited over a simple pleasure like a home team stomping out a rival team. It's not even patriotism at work, it's more a feeling of happiness, because competition between nations doesn't mean confrontation with arms.
And it must be said, football is a real sport: it's 90 minutes of hard action. Not like US football where it stalls every second for the minotaurs to adjust their groins. And baseball where the pajama boys wait on bases as if they're expecting a bus.


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City of Eagle River officials this week held a special meeting and took the action required to apply for federal funds to make needed improvements to Division and Main streets in downtown Eagle River. The city wants to make repairs to the street, storm sewer and utilities between Railroad and Third streets, which includes the intersection with Main street.
The price tag on the first phase of the project is $1,l67,000. If the application is successful, nearly half the cost would be paid through a Community Development Block Grant. The grant would provide $500,000.
Jim Bollman, engineer with MSA Professional Services, which prepared the grant application for the city, speculated that the water lines under Division street are at least 80 years.
If the city's application for funding is denied, the council indicated it will look into alternative ways to fund the project--including reapplying for funding. Ultimately, the project would extend as far as Trig's.


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Hundreds of One Direction fans descended on Doncaster today to catch a glimpse of homegrown boy band ace Louis Tomlinson as he took to the football field once more.
And while the star singer might have been attracting all the selfies and screams at the Keepmoat Stadium, the real star of the show wasn't the 1D favourite, but rather an unassuming, 30-something footballer from the North East who, quite rightly, took centre stage.
Today saw long-serving Doncaster Rovers midfielder James Coppinger kick-off a string of events to mark 11 years at the club - and when the special Legends game got underway he was surrounded by a host of familiar faces.
A string of players, managers and even former club chairman John Ryan were in attendance to see the 34-year-old given a fitting party as he closes in on the club's all time appearance record, currently held by 80s favourite Colin Douglas.
And while scores of fans of 1D star Louis were cheering on their idol, skippering one of the two teams of Rovers greats, today's game was all about giving Coppinger his well-deserved time in the spotlight.


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I've stamped Ratatouille rubber stamp using Cloudy Blue Adirondack ink, and using a cotton bud I put black Stazon on her facial features. I also find it easier if I have a properly stamped image to use to refer to.
The papers are from Maja Design Shall We Have Coffee Collection. The edges have been distressed with Walnut Stain ink.
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Published on May 8, 2008
Author: Sebastiana
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THE WTO, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: THE WTO, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Presentation to the Select Committee on Economic and Foreign Affairs 26 August 2003 PRESENTATION OUTLINE: PRESENTATION OUTLINE Brief introduction to the WTO Context and background South Africa's objectives in Doha Areas of negotiation and discussion Implications of the Doha outcomes for South Africa Challenges for South Africa Opportunities for South Africa 1. Brief introduction to the WTO: 1. Brief introduction to the WTO Established 1 January 1995 as successor to the GATT Deals with the rules of trade between nations Three main purposes: To help trade flow as freely as possible To serve as a forum for trade negotiations To settle trade disputes The main principles: Trade without discrimination (MFN, NT) Barriers to come down through negotiations System should be predictable (rules-based) Trading system should be more competitive (by discouraging "unfair" practices (e.g. export subsidies and dumping) 2. Context and background: 2. Context and background Addressing the legacies of apartheid Uneven development Skewed ownership/income patterns Appalling poverty in its many ugly faces Unemployment Job creation Attracting investment Market access Improving competitiveness Economic growth 3. South Africa's objectives in Doha: 3. South Africa's objectives in Doha To ensure that developmental issues are at the centre of WTO agenda and the MTS To address the imbalances in existing WTO agreements To strengthen the rules-based MTS vs Unilateralism To reduce protectionism against products of exports interest to SA and other developing countries, esp. in agriculture To ensure meaningful African participation 4. Areas of negotiation: 4. Areas of negotiation Between 2001 and 2005 Agriculture Implementation of existing WTO obligations Services (more than 10 sectors) Industrial Tariffs TRIPS Anti-dumping Subsidies (incl. Fisheries subsidies) & CVDs Relationship btwn RTAs and the WTO Dispute Settlement Trade and Environment 4. Areas of substantive discussions with view to launch negotiations: 4. Areas of substantive discussions with view to launch negotiations Trade and Investment Trade and Competition Transparency in Government Procurement Trade facilitation (CTG) 5. Implications of Doha outcomes: 5. Implications of Doha outcomes In agriculture This is a 'grandfather' sector in developed countries Agreement on comprehensive negotiations aimed at: substantial improvements in market access reduction and eventual "phasing out" of export subsidies substantial reductions in trade-distorting domestic support Implications: break EU CAP; unlock developing country potential and comparative advantage; market access opportunities; 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont.: 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont. In intellectual property rights and public health TRIPS Agreement does/should not prevent members from taking measures to protect public health TRIPS Agreement should support the right of countries to protect public health To promote access to medicines for all (compulsory licensing) Implications: strengthen govt. hand to address public health issues; access to medicines for all 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont.: 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont. Antidumping and other rules Agreement to clarify and improve disciplines (antidumping, subsidies & countervailing measures) Identify trade distorting practices Clarify and improve disciplines on fisheries subsidies Implications: Scope to address the abuse of AD and S&CVMs address protectionism promote market access fair competition 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont.: 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont. Industrial tariffs Agreement to reduce/ eliminate tariff peaks, tariff escalation, high tariffs, and NTBs Market access particularly for DC exports Implications: address protectionism open markets for DC exports unlock comparative advantage of SA and other DCs positive spin-offs on job creation, economic diversification, product beneficiation, 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont.: 5. Implications of Doha outcomes Cont. Services Negotiations to be conducted with a view to promoting economic growth and development Implications: further liberalisation focus on developmental issues support economic growth of DCs and LDCs market access opportunities for DC services 6. SA preparatory process: 6. SA preparatory process Two-staged preparatory process Domestic consultations with stakeholders, incl. Various government departments Parliament Labour Business NEDLAC Service providers/regulators, etc Actual negotiations in WTO Bodies, e.g. TRIPS and public health Industrial tariffs Agriculture 6. SA's negotiating positions: 6. SA's negotiating positions 6.1 On rules, e.g. Cumulation rules to be addressed Negligible margins to be raised 6.2 On services SA received requests from many countries, Mining, engineering & construction, telecoms, health, education, architecture, insurance, etc SA has developed requests to other countries Mining & engineering, communications, energy, financial, etc 6. SA's negotiating positions Cont.: 6. SA's negotiating positions Cont. 6.3 On agriculture, e.g. Domestic support Fully support development of historically disadvantaged farmers, rural & farming communities Support commercial farmers thru non-distorting measures Substantial market access for agric products of export interest/potential to SA Improve fair trade conditions for agric products 6. SA's negotiating positions Cont.: 6. SA's negotiating positions Cont. 6.4 On TRIPS & Public health Chair's text of 16 Dec 2002 as basis for consensus No limitation on scope of diseases Members to be allowed the flexibility to decide for themselves the grounds for granting compulsory licenses Domestic market to also include the "regional market" 6.5 On geographical indications Voluntary system of registration No extension of protection to other products 6. Challenges for South Africa: 6. Challenges for South Africa Preparing for and participating in a complex set of multi-layered negotiations Developing SA's 'negotiating positions' thru effective consultations with all relevant stakeholders Providing leadership Building coalitions Defining what 'development agenda' means in hardcore negotiations (NEPAD?) Capacity (human & institutional) constraints 7. Opportunities for South Africa: 7. Opportunities for South Africa Relative strength/health of the economy Sufficiently developed institutions with memory Availability of expertise/ skills Better understanding of WTO in govt. and social partners Position of leadership Relative clarity of policy and policy framework (e.g. SAGES, NEPAD) Road to Cancun: Road to Cancun 5th Ministerial Conference, Cancun, 10-14 September 2003 Midterm review Take stock of developments to date Ministers to provide guidance Draft Ministerial Text is out (24 August 2003) Very ambitious on investment, competition, transparency in government procurement, and trade facilitation Accelerated progress on services Ambitious tariff cuts on industrial products Non-committal on S&DT Offers the recent EU-US deal on agriculture as the deal Cancun meeting is going to be very tough! .: . KE A LEBOHA!


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Unfortunately, this is a little too involved and specific for this
discussion group. However, I will leave it posted in case anyone has a
suggestion for you.
Nina Thayer
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> hi everybody..
> i'm a science enthusiast and working in embedde s/w
> development..
> i have some problem with some ir related project.. i was searching
> for some solution on the net got hooke with u guys..
> hope i can explain my problem over here..this was a project
> started by someon else and got into my hand later ..so i won't be
> able to change anything in the mechanical design which is already
> freezed long back..
> here it is ..
> there is a rotaing body inside an emclosed cicular column..i have
> to measure the spped of the rotaing body through a small thick
> glass window ..on the rotaitng drum ther are some silver
> reflectors to represent therotations..
> there is an existing cicuit to amplifyt he whole signal..my real
> problem is the power consumption by this two stage amplifier.as i
> observethe signal from the ir transcievers i could see signal
> glitching downwords corresponding to the reflectors..that means
> the ir transmitted are more reflecting back from the rotating body
> and the glitch could be because of the reflector ,in some angle
> the ir stream is out of focussed..
> since the rotaing body is very close to the window ,its abt 25mm
> away,ther is alway a chance the ir reflects more..so thought if
> ther is an aborber rather than a reflector icould use some samll
> transistor amplifiers and save power..
> hope you will be able to help me..
> regards
> jemmy
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Letterkenny charity events to helps Sarah's Smile
THIS week sees the start of a number of charity events taking place thanks to a Letterkenny bar to help a young girl travel to receive treatment for Cerebral Palsy in Hungary.
Three-year-old Sarah McFeely suffers from a form of Cerebral Palsy and is due to travel to the Peto Institute in Hungary to have treatment. She is the daughter of Ray McFeely and Bronagh Colhoun from Letterkenny. The younger the child is the better the treatment, which costs €6,000, and Bronagh and Ray hope to take Sarah in June of this year. The fundraising initiative is called 'Sarah's Smile.'
On Friday night, the Swilly Inn in Ballyraine, Letterkenny, are hosting a ladies charity night in aid of Sarah's Smile. Tickets are €5 and the night commences at 8pm with an Ann Summers Party followed by the 'The Full Monty' by local rugby players, followed by a striptease show and the night will end with a disco by the Klassy Karen. The evening will be hosted by the one and only Lucy Lashes and there will also be a raffle on the night.
Then, on Thursday, February 23, the Swilly Inn are running a five-a-side football event at Letterkenny Institute of Technology and there are 16 men's teams and eight women's teams arranged, again at €5 per person, with a presentation in The Swilly Inn afterwards, where there will also be a raffle.
On Saturday, March 10, the bar will run a cyclethon organised from 12 noon to 12 midnight with teams of four cycling for an hour at a time, 15 minutes per person. Anyone interested in entering a team please contact the Swilly Inn on 074-9125944 - the teams are €20 each and the team who has clocked the most miles in their hour will receive a prize on the night.
Everyone at the Swilly Inn would like to take this opportunity to wish Sarah all the best and thank all those who are helping to run these events and those who have sponsored raffle prizes - Letterkenny Century Cinemas, Tin Tai Restaurant, Wassons Garage, Paul McBrearty Plumbing, Laura Dolan Hair Design and The Pin Tavern.


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This morning we woke up to the horrific news of an explosion at the Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariane Grande gig. that happened in the foyer area. Twenty two innocent people lost their lives and over fifty innocent people were injured. Amongst them were teenagers and youngsters who had been getting ready to leave and go home after what should have been an exciting evening out. Sadly it has been reported that an 8 year old girl is one of those killed a young child who should have been going home excited, buzzing and looking forward to talking about it with friends today. A family has lost a dear little girl and her friends have lost one of their group. Adults can deal with such things but how can you tell friends who are around the same age that their friend is has died. It is not something that anyone should have to deal with.
The explosion was declared a terrorist attack by the police. Once more it appears an individual was responsible for this sickening act although it is not fully known at this time. The police are aware of his id but have not released any details. Whoever that person is, he speaks for no one but himself. He does certainly not speak for any religion. People will of course start pointing the finger at Muslims and the religion of Islam. Im sure many Muslims up and down the country and around the world will be appalled at the acts of this one person. Muslims children and teenagers may have been there enjoying the gig along with parents.
Individuals today on social media have come out with the usual tosh including one who said that we dont need anymore Islamic jihadist imported into the UK and would also like the Koran banned. Katie Hopkins spouting off once more apparently. Im all for free speech, but she undoubtedly pushes barriers and seriously oversteps the mark. Her words are not helpful one bit. Spouting the anti Islam and Muslim rubbish is not helpful to anyone and quite frankly offensive to all the decent Muslims that make a great contribution to this country. We have doctors and police officers amongst other roles who put themselves first to help others.
Whilst we of course mourn the loss of those killed and wish those injured a quick recovery and hope that those who are missing are reunited with their families as quick as possible.
Today will be a sad day for many, but it is interesting to see that once more a country is united. The United Kingdom has seen undoubtedly more terrorist attacks than other nations but like in this nation, we remain united and resolute. I have read posts of people offering to help with getting children home, hotels putting up children without parents, taxi drivers from Liverpool driving all the way to Manchester, people giving drinks to the police as they do their duty. Whilst we differ on political issues, these are forgotten as we come to each others aid.
Once the police have done their jobs, you will see Manchester flourishing busy again getting on with life just as they were doing on Sunday. They may initially be wary, but they will not stay at home, not change their ways just like the people of London didn't after Westminster Bridge or the 7/7 bombings.
Those who choose to attack our freedoms will continue to fail whilst we stand together regardless of religious beliefs, sexuality, colour of skin, nationality.


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Elo from LessWrong suggested this problem:
I write a sequence of n heads or tails on paper.
I then start flipping a sequence of n coins. If next coin does not match my sequence, I restart a new sequence of n coins.
What is the rule for the relationship between how many coins I need to flip to get the sequence I have pre-committed to and the length of the sequence of?
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Monday, July 25, 2011
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Kitty Kantilla
This major retrospective from the National Gallery of Victoria – featuring a number of significant works from the Art Gallery of NSW's own collection – pays tribute to the renowned Tiwi artist Kitty Kantilla (Kutuwalumi Purawarrumpatu).
It highlights her extraordinary artistic vision over the last decades of the 20th century, from works on paper and canvas to bark paintings and sculptures, which brought her distinctive island culture to a national audience.
7 Dec 2007 – 20 Jan 2008
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The FS2G monkey class have been learning all about fairytales for the last few weeks, so to finish off a fantastic topic they held a Fairytale Ball to celebrate.
Every child dressed up in their favourite Fairytale or hero costume and they had a day to remember. Snack took place as a mini-banquet, complete with goblets of magical fairy juice, along with games, dancing, activities, singing and lots of fun.
Making magical memories for our young children helps them to develop motivation, a love of learning and a positive approach to school!


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Worth every cent
I did a lot of research before buying the Vitamix blender. For a change everything they advertise are correct and true. It is the most versatile appliance I bought so far. I've been making almond butter, peanut butter, soup, cocktails, hummus etc. It is amazing that its a matter of seconds and you've got your fresh product. Fresh free of preservatives and coloring and all those harmful substances Read more
I would recommend this product to a friend.
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Yay Baltimore!
Congrats and thanks to Todd Blatt and his team at We The Builders for this work and picture of the final sculpture.
As part of the Walters Art Gallery Hackathon, they've scanned and recreated a 3d printed replica of the statue of George Washington from the Baltimore Washington Monument. Very exciting. It's on view now at the 3D Printing show in NYC.


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Neural mechanism that help adapt to new situations discovered
Washington, April 29 (ANI): A new research has offered intriguing insight into the way humans approach novel situations.
The new study by David Badre, assistant professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences at Brown University, and colleagues at the University of California-Berkeley suggests that the brain's frontal cortex may have a larger role in decision-making in unfamiliar situations than previously believed.
Scientists have long known that the brain's frontal cortex supports concrete rule learning. Less clear is how the brain processes more complex and unfamiliar knowledge.
In the study new study, the research team tested whether the frontal lobe has the ability to process more abstract knowledge and how this ability could help navigate new situations and stimuli.
The researchers believed that the brain's frontal cortex could be organized in a front-to-back hierarchy in which the neurons at the front of the frontal cortex have the ability to process more progressively abstract knowledge.
This part of the brain, therefore, would be more important in planning and deciding what to do when a person is faced with an unfamiliar problem.
To test this hypothesis, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study participants during two unfamiliar tasks, one with concrete rules and the other with more abstract rules.
"The average person can easily determine how to open a door by pulling a rope rather than turning a knob, even if they have not seen the rope handle previously," said David Badre, assistant professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences at Brown.
"We wanted to investigate how the brain achieves this remarkable flexibility and test whether we use generalized forms of past knowledge to solve current problems," he added.
The researchers found that the activity in an anterior part of the frontal cortex predicted individual differences in participants' success at discovering abstract relationships.
Based on their observations, the researchers suggest that when faced with a new situation, people may search for relationships between context and action that involve multiple levels of abstraction simultaneously.
This capability could underlie the ability to adapt behaviours based on the generalization of separate, past learning.
"How we face new problems and the reasoning, decision-making and action that we take in an uncertain situation may have more to do with the functional organization of the frontal cortex than we previously realized," said Badre.
The study appears in the current edition of Neuron. (ANI)


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