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Joining a CSA
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Joining a CSA
In case some of you don't know a CSA is Community Supported Agriculture. Hubby and I joined one this year for the first time and are so excited. Starting next month we will be getting fresh locally grown produce every week from a farm here in our area. I don't know exactly what we will be getting each week right now, but we do have the option of customizing it each week to suit our tastes. (sorry no beets coming into this house - yuck)
I will keep you posted as to what we get and I do recommend that you look into CSA's in your own areas. Many go to local farmers markets and the one we joined actually delivers to our house. Many of the smaller farms are disappearing fast, being pushed out of business by the large conglomerate farms. By supporting farms in your area, you also will get the freshest and best food for your family. |
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That is so true about buying local. I didn't know they had something one could join. I haven't taken the time to shop at the local outlets nearly enough the last while, used to do it all the time. I am planning on doing more this year and definitely agree they need our support and the food tastes so much better and is way more healthy because it's fresh. I'm sick and tired of going to the grocery store only to find half rotten produce to purchase. I can't see paying for something I'm going to have to throw away within the week. It's just ridiculous. Of course, then there's the stuff that is just plain tasteless. . .
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Homegrown is so much nicer than the half rotted stuff you can find in supermarkets, I definitely agree. We have a lot of roadside stands out here in the country, based on the honesty system. A farmer will leave sacks of potatoes for example, out by the side of the road with a donation tin next to it, asking that people drop a few dollars into it if they take a sack of veggies.
I am fed up with our market here ( even though its only a small town ) providing horrible produce. The fellow who runs it is a money hungry jackass, and freezes a lot of the veggies, only to thaw them when stock needs refilling, and having the fruit or vegetables go soft and rotten within one or two days. I went to buy some avocado's a couple of weeks ago, and passed by the oranges, stopped and looked because a blue-green ball caught my eye. It was once an orange that had become nothing more than a ball of mold. My son poked at it with a carrot and it just disintegrated in a shower of spores, I was utterly disgusted. My youngest son grows vegetables for us. He's only just turned thirteen but he adores gardening. This summer he grew us his own tomatoes and silver beet ( which is all we gave him to plant - I wasn't sure if it was something he would keep up with ) and they were delicious. He's proven really dedicated, he weeds his garden every week, waters it every day, and if I can't find him in the house, I know he'll be out in the yard fiddling around with his garden. Its really nice to see him enjoy it so much, and it benefits our family too, with fresh produce that also has no pesticides or chemicals sprayed all over it either. |
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It sounds very disgusting the way the fellow runs that market with the produce, Pary. It is great that your son likes to garden so much; what a wonderful way to start his life. I used to grow a huge garden and I miss it terribly. Maybe someday, it will be possible to start a new one; I just need to be able to afford to buy some fencing that keeps deer and elk from eating it where I now live. I've tried planting a few things only to have them gobbled up before they were very big at all. :bounce:
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(04-30-2012 10:41 AM)tontrin Wrote: [...] I just need to be able to afford to buy some fencing that keeps deer and elk from eating it where I now live. I've tried planting a few things only to have them gobbled up before they were very big at all. :bounce: Consider container gardening? You can start small, protect plants by bringing them in overnight or, I dunno, covering a small area or covering them individually? Or at least put them on a porch or deck (assuming you have one) that you can close with a baby gate if it's the sort that deer would otherwise reach? Just a few thoughts |
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Deer will jump over a baby gate. I'm not sure about elk, but they probably jump rather well also. You need tall fencing to keep them out if they think there is something tasty on the other side. I've seen deer raiding orchards that had waist-high stone walls around them.
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Oh, Pary, you have a gem of a son there! Since he enjoys it so much he might also be able to turn it into a money-making endeavor by growing extra and selling it. For some reason none of my kids have a true love for gardening. Of course I hated gardening for my mom but loved doing it for myself. Then hubby decided a few years ago to start playing around with it and now it's one of his favorite hobbies because it's so relaxing. I told him when he started it that he ought to try no-till gardening with it (it was something I always wanted to try but never got to it). Tillers are really hard on soil and the stuff that lives in the soil plus eventually create a hard-pan below where the tines reach, so basically you just pile a bunch of organic matter on the garden area, plant in it, water then watch it grow. He doesn't have time for pesky chores like weeding, so the weeds are generally two feet tall around and through the whole thing and often when bugs come through they eat the weeds instead of the garden. Every evening he meanders around out there and checks for dry spots and waters accordingly. Last year he planted all the wrong varieties of tomatoes so they were just barely even ripening by the time we had to pick them so they didn't get frosted (most tomatoes can't take our dry climate so drop most of their blossoms until sometime in August when they finally start setting fruit), and we pulled more tomatoes off his one row of tomato plants that I'd ever seen come out of my garden at one time. We filled ten five-gallon buckets plus a wheel barrow with them. He likes growing the Fordhook Giant chard (silver beet) but I told him if he grows chard this year to go with a smaller variety. I love chard but the giant variety has way too large of stems for my taste. We had more than enough butternut squash to last all winter and I put a lot of summer squash in the freezer as well. I am hoping he'll grow some green beans this year even if I have to help him get them planted. I was hoping last year I'd be able to get back into the garden this spring but that's not looking real good so far but maybe by the time harvest is ready I'll have enough stuff done it won't be a problem taking care of it. :D
I wrote a long e-mail to one of our oldest grocery stores a week or so ago letting them know just how far downhill the stuff they're selling has gone. Aside from a couple of things I can't get anywhere else I've quit shopping there because of the garbage they're selling. The meat is tough and tastes bad, the produce spoils within a few days, and many of the things they sell in bulk are rancid before they reach the store, then they switched to a cheap brand of dairy products that has horrid quality. I can buy some things cheaper at Costco and I don't care if I have to pay more for better stuff at other places because in the end it's more economical because I'm not throwing stuff away all the time. I bought cheap bacon there a while back and it was so salty we could barely even eat it. What was left in the package went stale after about three days in the fridge. Someone replied saying they'd let their buyers know but I really doubt anything will change. BogSims Institute, where you won't find much, but what you do find may be useful. |
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We're planning on pulling out half of our current "garden" to make room for more fruits and vegetables. I loathe gardening, I really hate it, and I'm hopeless at it. I can't honestly tell the difference between a plant and a weed. Most of the garden around our house is a cottage type garden ( really a term for overgrown gardens like mine LOL ) and I just can't do anything with it. Not that I really want to. All the bushes need trimming, the ivy's gone mad over the old decorative stone bbq, and my roses all look terribly shabby, but the place is so big, to have someone do it would cost a fortune.
We have some terrific lime trees, kiwi fruit bushes ( so we were told when we bought the place - though in nearly three years of living here, I've not been able to find the kiwi bush anywhere on the property though I wouldn't even know what it looks like ) lemon, apple and pear trees. We got some lovely apples this year, really huge, tart crispy green ones ,they were lovely. My son recently had a birthday, so we gave him vouchers to the local nursery / hardware which is what he asked for, and he took himself off and bought a whole load of gardening tools and some seedlings. I think he's planted cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes and pumpkin this time. He also does love to make money LOL. His school recently had enterprise day, and he won an award for young entrepreneur; he earned the most money and was the most dedicated to his product, so I expect I'll see him out selling veggies sooner or later ;) |
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(05-01-2012 07:16 AM)Jaguwar Wrote: Consider container gardening? You can start small, protect plants by bringing them in overnight or, I dunno, covering a small area or covering them individually? Or at least put them on a porch or deck (assuming you have one) that you can close with a baby gate if it's the sort that deer would otherwise reach? Just a few thoughts You know, a few things in containers actually sounds like a good idea; it's certainly something I'd like to try. Even a few things that aren't from the grocery store would be worth the time. Oh, Pary, it sounds like your son is just a peach! Good for him. I have one sim at Simlogical.com. You will find the rest of my creations here at CS3. Happy Simming! |
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It is beginning to sound like I won't be the only person with fresh veggies this summer. Containers would be great, there are so many veggies that do well in them. Pary, your son is so cool! I am looking forward to hearing about his success.
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Local Harvest is a web site that you can use to find not only CSA'a in your area, but Farms, Farmer's Markets, Restaurants, Grocery/Co-Op's and other places. This was the site we found while still living in Georgia when we wanted to find a Farmer's Market that sold local produce.
I highly recommend you check the site out just to fins out what gem might be in your own back yard. Man This post must look like a spammer made it. :bag: |
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Burppe's seeds now have a little pot on their seed for items that do well in pots. There are varieties of most every veggie commonly grown in the garden, from tomatoes to carrots to beets.
Sookie, thanks for the link, I'll go look it up! |
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I am so wanting to do several herbs, but can never seem to find the time to go to the nursery to pick some nice ones up and get pots or something to grow them in. Like they say "one of these days, one of these days"
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Thanks for the information. Boy, do I know that "one of these days" thing!
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There are a number of plants that have been developed to do well in containers, especially peppers and tomatoes. Then a lot of herbs will grow in them anyway. If a person has the place to do it, it's much more economical to buy the seeds and start them, although if you only want a plant or two it's much easier not to have to mess around with that.
I like to buy from small, locally owned seed companies (even if they're not owned where I live) rather than the big ones like Gurneys and Burpees because I try not to support corporate nonsense as much as possible, and smaller companies often have a better selection of organically-grown and open-pollinated support rather than hybrids and chemicals. When all of a sudden Gurneys, Henry Fields and Gardens Alive catalogs all started appearing in my mail with the exact same 50% off sale through the end of February I stopped buying from them. I still get the Gurney's catalog and I was looking through it this year and it looked to me like everything cost normal prices up until the end of February, then after that were twice the price they should have cost. My top choices for mail order are: (in no particular order) Pinetree Garden Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Territorial Seed Company Nichols Garden Nursery Nichols and Pinetree have awesome herb selections and all of these companies have a lot of fun varieties of veggies you don't often see. Plus, gardening where we live can be a huge pain because of the aridity and heat and it just is not easy finding varieties that will thrive here (we often can't even grow varieties that thrive ten miles away) so any time I can find a company that sells non-mainstream veggies I try a lot of what they have to offer. A good amount of it is still going to fail but I'll end up with several favorites almost every time. Besides that, who wouldn't want to grow carrots big enough that all you need is one or two for a whole meal? :D Totally Tomatoes Vermont Bean Seed Co. (Those two are owned by the same company. TT has a nice selection of tomatoes and peppers and I actually found seeds for green beans from Vermont Bean Seed Co. that were developed in my home state in a very similar climate which produce way better than any of the seeds I can find in the local stores.) I don't know if this company is still in business since they don't have a website but I did find a phone number for them, but it's called Le Jardin Du Gourmet. They were my absolute TOP favorite for herb seeds. When I know exactly what I'm after I sometimes I buy seeds from sellers on eBay. They often have extremely low or free shipping. I love open-pollinated so we can save our own seeds. Saving seed from things like peppers, tomatoes, chard, beets, carrots and onions is super easy to do. Saving seeds from herbs is even easier than those are. BogSims Institute, where you won't find much, but what you do find may be useful. |
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Dear parents
Please can you help us with a University of Leeds research project? This means completing a questionnaire twice, if you have a child with cerebral palsy aged between 5 and 16 years old. Please see http://www.researchstudy.co.uk/ for more details and to obtain the questionnaire, which can be completed online or on paper.
I am a children's physiotherapist by background. The questionnaire is a new measure of upper limb function for children with cerebral palsy aged 5 - 16 years old, designed to overcome the limitations in the measures available to us. The new measure will also be beneficial to clinical staff e.g. physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
There are 40 questions, plus some other information is requested that is essential for testing the questionnaire. It should take no more than 20 minutes to complete. The reason I am asking is that we need hundreds of questionnaires completed by parents for their child so that we can complete testing of the new measure to determine that it is scientifically robust, and accurately and responsively measuring upper limb function of children with cerebral palsy.
You can contact me through the website.
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Welcome to the Social Studies Hub!
updated October 19, 2011 Here is a list of websites you should explore: - ABC-Clio Databases - Google Accounts - Power Videos - CSCOPE - Changing Educational Paradigms
Social Studies Hub
This website is designed to facilitate activities and resources related to LHS Social Studies Cluster and to encourage greater use of multi-media resources.
How to turn in your assignments:
1. All Unit Notes should be kept in your Binder. 2. Keep all Economic Bell Work on the same sheet of paper and turn in to the teacher on Fridays. 3. All weekly assignments should be completed and turned in to the teacher every MONDAY. For example, assignments for January 23-27 are due to the teacher on MONDAY January 30 UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE. (See DUE DATES DOCUMENT). 4. Complete your daily assignments during class to save yourself time. You should have time to complete all work DURING class. |
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There seems to be some debate about whether Daniel senior pitcher Carley Hoover turned in the best performance of her career in Tuesday night's 4-0 victory over Darlington to clinch the Class AAA softball state championship.
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Robby Bell won four state championships as a wrestler at Hillcrest High. As an assistant coach he helped the Rams to their first two team championships.
Corey Cromer began his golf career with plastic clubs at the age of 3, and after years of hard work finally achieved his dream of becoming a collegiate golfer.
St. Joseph's Nick Leonard has been named the Class A Player of the Year by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association, the organization announced today.
Mauldin's Cory Thompson has been named to the Class AAAA All-State Baseball Team by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association, the organization announced today
Greenville High's Glenn Batson has been named the Class AAA Player of the Year and Eastside's Scott Erwin was selected as the Class AAA Coach of the Year by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association, the organization announced today.
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Abbeville's Travis New has been named to the Class AA All-State Baseball Team by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association, the organization announced today
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The North rolled to a 13.5-2.5 victory in the North-South all-star golf match at the Golden Bear Course at Indigo Run on Hilton Head Island this past weekend.
The second game of the three-game series to determine the Class AAA state softball championship between Daniel and Darlington has been postponed due to rain, according to a report by the Florence Morning News.
Greenville High held a signing day Monday at the school.
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Greenville High held a signing day Monday at the school.
Greenville High held a signing day Monday at the school.
With an avalanche of goals in the second half, St. Joseph's completed a dominant run to a second straight championship with a 12-0 rout of Blackville-Hilda in the Class A boys soccer state final at Gilbert High School on Saturday afternoon.
For more than 73 minutes Saturday, Eastside and Hilton Head Island remained in a scoreless tie while battling for the Class AAA boys soccer state championship.
Doug Shaw is leaving Mauldin High to take over as athletic director and football coach at Palmetto.
The St. Joseph's Knights are two time South Carolina Class A State Baseball Champions.
Five Greenville County teams will vie for state soccer championships beginning today at Gilbert High School, but only one of the five is a newcomer to the finals.
Doug Shaw is leaving Mauldin High School to take over as athletic director and football coach at Palmetto High next school year.
The Eastside girls soccer team is unable to grab the Class AAA crown after spotting Hilton Head Island a three-goal lead.
Academic Magnet scores late to send the Class AA girls soccer state championship game into overtime and then tops Christ Church on penalty kicks.
One step closer. Daniel High defeated Darlington 4-0 in Game One of the Class AAA state softball championship series Friday night at Glenda Stone Field at Nettles Park, moving one game closer to earning the title.
The Daniel Lions scored four runs in the first inning and would never relinquish the lead on the way to their second consecutive Class AAA Upper State Championship.
Prior to the Class A state championship baseball series, no one expected St. Joseph's Graham Roberts to get the ball in game two. But when he took it on Wednesday at Lasorda Field, the top-ranked Knights didn't miss a beat.
St. Joseph's senior Bradley Kauffman, a two-time Class A all-state golfer, has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his career at Winthrop University.
The North-South all-star high school tennis match is scheduled for May 24-25 at the Kroc Center in Greenville.
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Brashier Middle College senior Seth Howe, who twice made the Class A all-state team, has signed to continue his cross country career at Newberry College.
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Seniors Pietro Bottari and Davis Osborn combined for five goals Tuesday night as defending state champion St. Joseph's defeated visiting Greenville Tech 5-2 in the Class A boys soccer upper-state championship game.
In the 75th Kiwanis South Carolina Class AAAA state tournament at the Furman University Golf Course, Ashley Ridge's Zak Butt finished at 2-under par 214 to win by three shots over Riverside's Jonathan Hardee.
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I'm used to November being a gray, cold month. Bare branches except a few orange leaves that refuse to fall, and a good chance of the year's first snow. November in Charleston was completely different. It was bright foliage and crimson-bowed garland, yellow leaf-lined streets with no need for long sleeves. Orange, yellow, red, and green…and more than enough sunshine to enjoy all of it. I doubt I could survive a summer in South Carolina, but November…yes.
A few images from our trip to Charleston and Savannah, ooohhh, 5 months ago. Better late than never? We only spent a morning in Savannah, stopping first at the Bonaventure Cemetery before visiting Flannery O'Connor's childhood home (which Jason wrote about here.) It was grey, quiet, completely empty, and I took too many pictures of red autumn leaves tangled with spanish moss. Naturally.
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Missing October today.
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In an effort to let less images just gather dust on my hard drive, I'm doing a new monthly feature on lindseyocker.com. First one: Our October. It's rough, but it's a start: http://lindseyocker.com/2012/11/our-october/
These days are almost gone, but not quite.
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Esme, enjoying these last few weeks of sweater weather.
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The happiest little family in Boston, featuring Melissa of Isela Maria Photography!
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Vermont, early October.
Last Sunday we went to the Topsfield Fair. It was October perfection. Jason wrote about it for his Halloween blog (which of course you're following…), so I won't try to describe it. I'll just copy what he wrote and you can read the rest on his blog:
Honestly, I secretly believe that these places aren't set up. That they're unexplained alternate dimensional phenomena that just happen to line up with our own inclinations at this time of year. I can't explain it otherwise. Their pumpkins grow to mind-bogglingly monstrous sizes. You have to do a currency exchange for tickets in order to participate in anything. Copyright doesn't exist. Ordinary farm animals demand queuing up and gawking at. Cheap toys are the pinnacle of material excess and are suddenly worth all your efforts, industries, and ambitions. Complicated rides that in our world take multiple engineers, manufacturers, safety inspectors, and testing go up in minutes and are entrusted with our precious children. The massive staff that is needed to run one of these come out of nowhere like Oompa Loompas expatriated from hidden shores. You can survive on sugar and fat for longer than the FDA would lead us to believe. Read more
She's still talking about that corn on the cob.
After almost three weeks away, she is home. And every single thing is better now.
More film back. More apples. (For sale here.)
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There was a feeling of autumn coming to last a million years.
On the road before sun-up for today's 12-hour Vermont road trip. Not a second of sunshine all day, but gorgeous back roads full of orange trees, fog, tiny towns, and everything I could want for a Fall day. Amazing.


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A cat wakes up surrounded by water and must learn to survive.
My Blog: http://gzilbalodis.tumblr .com/
This has been my passion project for the last year an a half. It started as vague ideas of a cat, ocean and overcoming fear. Then through numerous battles with the script it shaped up to something similar you can see now. After seven drafts I felt that it was ready to start storyboarding, but the film kept evolving all the way until the sound mix was done. I kept learning about filmmaking everyday, going through all of the different processes.
I chose the cat as the main character mainly to save time with exposition, because people know that generally cats are afraid of water. So I could just jump right into action. Plus cat is a fairly small creature and the ocean seems even bigger to him. And of course cats are much easier to draw than humans.
The music is by my friend Bertrams Pauls Purviskis who helped a great deal to tell the story the way it was intended. Music had a lot of to convey in very little time and it came out much better than I could have ever expected.
I have been delaying the release for quite some time, because as I learned by making it, a lot of mistakes made earlier when I did not have the experience had to be remade from scratch. I am glad it is finally done and I can show it to the world.
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I love it! I just love it! I had a cat and that reminds me on her! I wanna see more of it! ^^
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Mazar-e-Qaid Under Construction. Karachi, Pakistan
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Scuba diving off the coast of Karachi
Meet Yousuf Ali of the Karachi Scuba Diving Centre (KSDC) and his daughter Rosheen – both teach people how to scuba dive and snorkel in Karachi. A breezy hour-long drive from the city and on towards the Mubarak Village is where the duo take Karachi's adventure seeking crowds.
From Mubarak Village, people are taken to Charna Island on a boat, where they can experience diving, snorkeling and exploring the extensive marine life the Arabian Sea has to offer. However, as Ali explains in the video, the operations of an oil refinery are about to start in the area, which might just destroy this marine haven.
The KSDC has been in existence for the last 30 years, they promote environmental protection of all kind, especially underwater protection, and take groups for reef cleaning and conservation of the extensive coral reef life down below.
Recently Ali has worked with the WWF to catalog the different kinds of species the sea has to offer – they have compared the species cariation off the coast of sandy beaches versus rocky beaches in the country as well.
View the video to see exclusive footage of the various fish species, corals, plants and other marine life and hear the stories of beginners, amateur and veteran divers of the city.
The other side of the story
There is a marked difference between questions raised by artists and those put by other important figures such as politicians and social scientists regarding society's shortcomings. The latter seek tangible, physical change within geographical confines whereas the former look to revolutionise society on a psychosomatic level, that is, they investigate the relation between the mind and the body to resolve or understand individual and collective conflicts.
An exhibition of artist Donia Kaiser's works titled 'The Other Side' opened at the Chawkandi Art Gallery on Tuesday. (Complete news)
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Parkour in Karachi
Vernin U'Chong started jumping around at home at an early age – around when he was six or seven. It was only when he watched a documentary on parkour and free running later in life did he realize that what he was doing was an actual sport. After a little research he took his passion to a whole different level. He is the one of the pioneers of parkour and free running in Pakistan and has inspired many youth into the sport. Vernin is also a professional athlete and has taken part in many national and provincial games. In the recent Sindh games in 2012, Vernin took the gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay races.
Meanwhile his brother, Neil U'Chong, who also practices parkour, has also been break dancing in Pakistan for many years now and has been teaching it to children from his community for around half a decade. He now teaches at the Body Beat Recreational Centre and trains various people in break dance. Neil is also a graffiti artist, who practices the mantra that it's not vandalism if someone wants it to be done on their property. He has been appointed to do graffiti for various television commercials and also promotes the activity if it is done legally.
For those who are new to this urban sport, parkour was developed in the 1990's by David Belle in France. The sport is a training discipline that has been developed out of military obstacle training courses. The point is to move from point A to point B, overcoming all obstacles in between. It is a non-competitive sport and all one needs is a good pair of sneakers and the city is your playground.
Free running on the other hand is described by its creator Sébastien Foucan as "the art of expressing yourself in your environment without limitations: It is the art of movement and action". Foucan explains that free running developed from parkour when he started making the sport more personal — by adapting it to each person's strengths and weaknesses.
Both the brothers have done various parkour, free running, break dancing, and graffiti commercials and projects and intend on promoting the sport as much as they can in the city and hopefully the country. - Text by Kurt Menezes
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Young, talented and expressive
There is no need to lose heart. Those who believe Pakistan brims with talent may have a point, at least in the field of fine art. It's such a heartening experience to witness an exhibition of artworks of the graduating class of 2012 of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture that opened in different sections of the institution on Monday.
The marked feature of the students' effort, as one would expect, is the diversity of ideas and techniques. The good thing about the 'diversity' element is that it seems to be dictated by the heart. There are very few signs of building on pre-determined thoughts. Some students astound the viewer with their concepts and others use techniques that are quite difficult to get a grip on. (complete article)
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Renowned columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee passes away
One man who had the courage to say it all is no more. RIP. (news item, via umalik)
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Paragliding over Karachi
Away from clutches of smartphones, computers and social circle, these people paraglide their way to peace in Karachi! (complete photoset)
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Symt feat. Sanam Marvi - Koi Labda (Coke Studio Pakistan, S05E05 / 2012)
ہر کسے نوں مکمل جہان نئیں ملدا
har kise noon mukammal jahaan naeen milda
Nobody gets a perfect world
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This is most likely a dumb question... I need to build a shop. I already have an implement shed 12x33 that could be built onto and would kinda be a shame to tear down... Maybe I could build onto that... There is no time limit... And I would LIKE to build it myself... I need 1500 to 1800 Sq Ft. I also have limited footprint space, the ideal shape would be a max of 30-36' wide. Length I can go... I have been pricing metal buildings, and then people have told me you can get wood frame barns built cheaper. I may start another thread later after I have some plans... I am not asking whteher steel is better or stronger, or what is the easiest material to work with... I really like the lofted barn design. My art studio would be perfect in the 10x36 loft. The attachment shown is 36x36 with 10x36 loft $13,500 no concrete (turn key) and $22,500 with concrete and lean to turnkey. I have seen shops built any number of ways: Steel building kits, DIY Fabrication steel bldg, Wood Frame, Wood Pole Barns, and also I saw a welder's (man I knew) barn build from steel pipe (just the frame) and he used Wood for the purlins and roof purlins...
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Our breeder was extremely busy with not only her newborn pups but a part time job as well. She was honestly too exhausted to spend much time with emailing or pics. She was however, extremely gracious about our visiting the pups. We went once sometimes twice weekly from the time the pups turned five weeks up until we took our boy home at eight weeks.
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Apparently that detail was something I should have discussed at the time of putting down a deposit but, given this is the first dog we've bought I'm not too stressed over missing something that's relatively minor when compared to making sure we chose the right breed, breeder, trainer, etc... |
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I think also what may happen is that someone contacts a breeder and puts a deposit down on a planned litter, then they join the board and see all the updates that some other people are getting from their breeder and then think that is standard procedure, and feel somehow cheated if their breeder of choice is not following suite.
Some breeders do regular updates, others don't. Doesn't mean anything.
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One thing I really liked (but would not expect) was Beau came with a log sheet of various socialization experiences....she did a lot with the pups before they went to their new homes....some pix, some videos all nice but the log sheet was the first time I ever got something like that.
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Whether you're tucked up safe in bed, sleeping round a friend's house or spending time with your family abroad on your yearly walking holidays, sleepwalking could occur at any unconscious moment.
Frequent travellers beware, listen carefully to these worst case scenarios before you go on holiday, sleep walking abroad could get you into some incredibly sticky situations.
Here are some of the more exciting sleepwalking related mishaps:
Teenager Falls 25ft out of a Bedroom Window
Back in 2009, Rachel Ward, 18 years old at the time was living with her parents at their lavish 1820's home. Rachel had decided to retire early that night, at around 9:30PM she made her way upstairs to get some rest, due to her having an Art Exam final the following day.
At some point during the evening Rachel awoke in a semi-conscious state, put on a jumper and clambered out of her 1st story bedroom window. Luckily she landed on a narrow patch of grass, just below her window, otherwise surrounded by gravel and concrete. Possibly one of the stranger things that occurred that evening was that the fall itself did not wake her.
After she had fallen on the grass she frantically shouted for her mother who quickly came outside to see what was going on. She remained in a sleep like trance even as her Mother's husband carried her upstairs.
Rachel was then taken to hospital to be X-rayed for potential broken bones, although the doctors were completely stunned when they found that she had not broken a single one. The doctors theorised that this was because she had fallen from her window in a completely relaxed state.
Sleepwalker Shoots Himself
63 year old, Sandford Rothman, from Colorado gave himself an unexpected wake-up call, as well as a particularly harsh lesson in gun safety. Sandford frequently sleeps with his 9mm pistol on his bedside presumably for "protection".
Although on this particular evening he woke to a loud bang followed by a sharp pain to his leg. No doubt he will be more careful with his handgun in the future.
Sleep Snacking Your Way to Obesity
Anna had always struggled with her weight even though she constantly stuck to a strict regime of just 1,200 calories a day and regular exercise. Despite this the mystery pounds kept pilling on and Anna had no idea why. The mystery continued until one day Anna noticed crumbs in between the sheets of her bed. Further investigation of the kitchen proved that she had been eating in her sleep.
After seeing a sleep therapist she was diagnosed with SRED (Sleep Related Eating Disorder). This would cause Anna to get out of bed in the middle of the night and gorge herself on anything her fridge had to offer.
To examine how serious Anna's problem was the sleep therapist setup cameras in her home. After reviewing the footage it suddenly dawned on Anna and her husband just how serious her sleep disorder was. She watched in horror as she watched herself devour an entire jar of peanut butter (which she detested) and packets of cream cakes.
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Hockey Gods are Angry
Clank! We hit the post. Clank! We hit the post again.
We lost by one goal. We lost yet another player to injury.
Last year, we were fourth in man games lost to injury. We are giving it a good run again this season to be a leader in man games lost.
Tom Poti was hurt in the first period. Hence we didn't have Poti, Jurcina and Morrisonn on D in the lineup. We didn't have Semin, Knuble, Gordon, Laing and Nylander in the lineup front. We didn't have Theodore either in goal. That is goofy, huh? $25 million in payroll NOT playing.
We still could have won that game but missing this many players does scramble the game plan and the rhythm of the team. No one feels sorry for us. We can't use injuries as an excuse. We just have to tough it out.
And because the hockey gods are angry, we play yet tonight - in Toronto - back to back games.
I shall make my sacrifices to the hockey gods this afternoon. Try to appease them and make them take pity on our mortal souls. As is said, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Go Caps!
"I'm not allowed to comment on penalties and why," Anderson said. "Obviously I didn't agree with them. … If you saw what happened in front of our bench, Cooke went by and slew-footed him. That's what started it. At some point you have to say that's enough. I don't mind what he did."
The standoff continues. Trust us, we are committed to our Bourque demands. wW'll make the Waco standoff look like a charity event
P.S. how come no one told us Don Cannon got arrested week? [kiss fm]
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We swear. We were ready to end our little hissy fit and recap a game.
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Buck accuses Bennet of distorting his positions and spending too much money.
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Bennet and Buck debated for the first time last weekend in Grand Junction.
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From sun-bleached terrazzos overlooking the Mediterranean to cobbled piazzas lined with gelato shops, Italy does summer right. Many visitors flock to the country's most notable sights -- the Colosseum in Rome, the Leaning Tower in Pisa, the Duomo in Florence and the Grand Canal in Venice. Others head away from the city, sampling food and wine in the Tuscan countryside, hopping from village to village in the Cinque Terre or paying homage to art in historic churches.
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Of the 30 Major League Baseball parks that light up the country every spring and summer, a few stand out for history - Camden Yards and Cal Ripken, Jr., anyone - while others shine for their sparkling new waterfront property, such as Miami's Marlins Park. But then there are those that have fielded the dream team of thrilling views, rich lore and even richer food and drink for the ideal day out. Here they are.
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This time last week, I was already many hours into my day at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. A 4 a.m. wakeup call startled me out of bed, and by 5 a.m. I was outside the park with thousands of guests, counting down to the 6 a.m. early opening. In celebration of the start of a self-proclaimed "Monstrous Summer," Disney kept the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure open for 24 hours straight, while promoting the release of its new movie, Monsters University. I was on-site – first in Orlando, then in Anaheim – for some live reporting.
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Posted by Brian Loring Every year presents its own unique set of challenges. Whether it's heat spells, rain or frost, it's always something. This year we've seen it all. Starting with one of the worst frosts in California in decades, to the crazy heat spell we saw at the end of August, to the potential for some nasty rain in Oregon, 2008 maybe be one of the weirdest vintages in recent memory.
Posted by Dave Phinney Thank God for fog. We all enjoyed waking up to fog a couple of weeks ago. It was exactly the type of weather we needed. The grapes have enjoyed an extended period of cool to mild temperatures that has realigned the flavors and sugars.
Posted by Josh Bergström For the first time in ten vintages, I have not harvested any fruit in the month of September. Usually our young vines are ready to come in around the week of September 20th. Currently, our ripest fruit is sitting at 22.
Posted by Jeremy Seysses Right. It's decided. We will begin picking on Saturday. Another two days and we are throwing ourselves into it, a decision that was a long time coming. But first, let me give you a quick summary of the story so far.
Posted by Stéphane Ogier The vintage has just begun in Côte-Rôtie; the ban des vendanges commenced on the 18th of September. It has been a difficult vintage for the region, with a cool summer and above-average rainfall.
Posted by Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer After last weekend's rain we have been enjoying the sun this week, which gives us tranquility while completing the harvest in the Maremma and finishing picking the Merlot in Chianti Classico.
Posted by Adam Lee Currently, there is a movement in California backing away from the bigger, higher alcohol wines that seemed to become the norm sometime in the late 1990s. Some of this is due to a string of cooler vintages, but some of it is a deliberate decision by a number of winemakers to necessarily take a step back from always pushing the envelope on ripeness.
Posted by Bob Betz Washington wine growers endured a minor scare beginning Monday night, September 22, through the morning of Tuesday the 23rd. Temperatures dipped dangerously close to freezing just before sunrise Tuesday, with potentially serious consequences, considering how much fruit remains to be harvested.
Posted by Jean-Charles Cazes Smiles are back on vintners' faces in Bordeaux, because we have been enjoying continuous sunny weather with cool northern winds for almost two weeks. The maturity of our red varietals is approximately one week behind normal, but the present, favorable conditions mean that we'll be able to wait for maturity before picking, without much risk of rot or other problems.
Posted by David Whiting The 2008 vintage is upon us, and what an exciting vintage it is. In truth, every vintage rolls in on wheels of excitement. Every year in New York's Finger Lakes is different. This summer was quite warm, in fact about as warm as 2007, one of the ripest vintages of the decade.
Posted by Josh Bergström Every one of Oregon's last 12 vintages that I have been involved with have been marked by unique climactic events—the kind of natural, agricultural-driven events that force the best wineries to put in extra efforts and expenses to ensure a great vintage despite Mother Nature.
Posted by Bob Betz All the planning, praying, cleaning and shouting is over; harvest 2008 is in full swing in Washington's Columbia Valley. There was some apprehension rounding the final turn in August: a cool spring followed by temperature peaks and valleys isn't what Mother Nature typically throws at us.
Posted by Tim Perr One of my dominant personality traits is that I am an impulsive buyer (which, according to my wife, is more of a fault than a trait). So a few months ago, when I was visiting French Camp Vineyard (east of Paso Robles) to check out a block of Zinafandel they had for sale, it was no surprise to anyone that knows me that in addition to the Zinfandel, I came back with an agreement to buy some Barbera as well.
Posted by Julien Barrot Tuesday we started harvesting for Domaine la Barroche after five days of a strong mistral wind, which is once again this year our strongest ally. We have picked the Syrah from Cabrières, a mostly limestone parcel in the northwest corner of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.
Posted by Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer The weather here in Tuscany has not been as stable as we expected—we had some heavy rainfall, but luckily none of the threatening hail. Since last Friday afternoon, we have been picking on all estates, and during the periods without rain, we have been pulling some leaves off the unharvested vines.
Posted by Josh Bergström Pinot Noir follows an interesting curve when it is sitting on the vine, ripening. The ultimate goal of hang time is, of course, perfection—which, in my mind, means balanced flavors and structure, as well as purity of fruit.
Posted by Adam Lee In case you haven't been following along, Harvey Steiman, James Laube and I have been talking about ripeness in some of our recent blog posts. Jim started the discussion by talking about how ripeness shows itself in a number of different wines.
Posted by Tim Perr Our 2008 harvest is already underway. Most of our Pinot Noir from Sonoma and Monterey counties (about 27 tons) has been crushed in the last few days and is presently undergoing cold soak—a process whereby the crushed grapes and their juice soak at low temperatures in order to extract flavor and color prior to the beginning of fermentation.
Posted by Dave Phinney Well, it started off with a bang! An extended period of heat here in California got things ripe quickly. The Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon from Tofanelli Vineyard in Napa Valley, for Orin Swift's Veladora bottling, are in and look great.
Posted by Brian Loring My sister Kimberly and I love to be at vineyards when our fruit is being picked. Many mornings start off foggy, and then give way to a beautiful sunrise. Since we don't own any vineyards, being able to spend that time in the vineyard gives us the connection to the site that we don't get the rest of the year.
Posted by Jean-Charles Cazes The harvest has slowly started in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where, since 2006, we have owned the 67 acres of Domaine des Sénéchaux. We bought the estate from Monsieur Pascal Roux, who had started to restructure the vineyard in 1993 and equipped the winery with state-of-the-art equipment.
Posted by Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer The Chianti weather continues to be dreamlike. If the days were not getting shorter, you would not realize that it is almost mid-September. Moreover, the weather forecast for the coming weeks promises stable temperatures, despite the fact that the risk of thunderstorms is supposed to increase heavily in the next 15 days.
Posted by Josh Bergström As I traveled up California's Highway 101 through Santa Rosa last week, I couldn't help but notice all of the deeply colored fruit hanging on tired vines, the picking bins stacked in vineyard rows and the harvest trucks with juicy payloads cruising back and forth between busy wineries.
Posted by Brian Loring You can pick your friends, and you can pick your vineyards, though you can't pick your friends' vineyards—but it turns out you CAN pick with your friends' bins! And you can also borrow your friend's intros.
Posted by Adam Lee I was fascinated to read James Laube's blog this week, Chime in On What's Overripe , and the subsequent comments by readers and a couple of winemakers alike. From my point of view, the timing couldn't be more perfect as I think ripeness (and overripeness) begins in the vineyard, and that's where Dianna and I are spending a good bit of our time right now.
Posted by Brian Loring Since this is our 10th harvest at Loring Wine Company, my sister, Kimberly, and I were recently reminiscing about the past. So many amazing things have happened during that time–things that dreams are made of.
Posted by Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer The weather in Tuscany is absolutely perfect for the time being–during the day, we enjoy highs of 86 degrees F, and at night the temperatures decrease to below 68 degrees F.
Posted by Adam Lee You can pick your friends, and you can pick your vineyards, but you can't pick your friends' vineyards. Deciding when to pick is one of the more personal decisions that we make as winemakers.
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Hi everyone,
i'm currently doing my master thesis in Biztalk and i was trying to get it to send a email with a simple text in the body instead of inside a XML node, but i can't manage to work it out. The main idea is that i receive a XML file and i have to use 2 node values from that file to write my string that will be sent on the email body message. For example:
- Let's asume that i have the following XML:
<ns0:Message xmlns:ns0="http://..."> <SenderID>123</SenderID> <ReceiverID>456</ReceiverID> <RequestDateTimeStamp>1999-05-31T13:20:00.000-05:00</RequestDateTimeStamp> <RequestMessageVersion>1.0</RequestMessageVersion> <TransactionType>Booking</TransactionType> <TransactionVersion>1.0</TransactionVersion> <TransactionStatus>Accepted</TransactionStatus></ns0:Message>
What i wanna do is send an email with a single string in the mesage body saying something like: "The booking made by sender 123 was Accepted", where the underlined words are the values of the nodes SenderID and TransactionStatus on the XML.
I've read a bit about the RawString code but i'm not sure if it help me to do what i need. Furthermore, since i'm quite the noob on Biztalk, i've read that this type is not in the SDK, so you have to build it yourself, compile the class as a separate assembly, GAC it, and add its reference to your project. But i have no idea of how to do all that or even where to begin. Can anyone help me out please?
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You will need to use a Orchestration to set the body of the message.
This link can help you get a good start
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So you dont want to send any attachments in the email. Just a string text body.
These 2 links should help you.
Hi Pedro,Since you need toend only plain text emails, I feel using a Dynamic send port for email should work for you.You may set the body of the email by using the property Message_Email(SMTP.EmailBodyText) where Message_Email is a message of type System.String.
Please let me know if you have further queries
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Hi NISHIL,
thanks for your reply and i'm sorry i couldn't reply sooner. I already have it working, I currently receiving emails but my problem is that i can't receive an email with a simple string on the body instead of a XML file as an attachment. Even when i try to send a string i always get something like:
<String>Here appears the string i send</String>
I want to receive a simple email with just a string on the body saying something like: "The booking made by sender 123 was Accepted". I've been reading stuff about the RawString but i have no idea how to add it to my project or even where should i add the code.
I appreciate any help you can give.


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Video shows two cops pepper spraying nonviolent demonstrators
Due to the outrage, the Chancellor, who lauded their restrained actions earlier has now placed the two on leave. However, every cop who was there and stood by is complicit. And the Chancelor who called them in after seeing the violence by UC Berkeley police earlier had to know that such violence was a likely possibility. She is responsible. If she had ordered that violence not be used, the results might have been different. She must go as well as these brutal officers. The fish stinks from the top.