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Tree roses in containers (R.I.P.) and strawberries circa 1996
Though I am personally rather natural and unkempt, my taste in ornamental gardens runs to the super-formal and intensely artificial. Filoli, which employs an army of smart young gardeners and has been the training ground for several Friends of Rant, including designer Michelle Derviss, is the garden I would make if I had a billion dollars and nothing better to do.
Of course, I have lots to do, including a big vegetable garden, and more debt than funds, so I am unlikely to ever live up to my own desire for formality and weirdness in the garden.
But that doesn't mean that I can't plant boxwoods in my flower beds and try, ineptly, to prune them into balls. Or that I can't attempt to make my own tree roses.
Last year, I posted about how I was inspired by the advent of the first Zone 4-hardy tree rose, Bailey Nurseries' 'Polar Joy,' to manufacture my own rose lollipops.
For this experiment, I ordered two of a Hybrid Perpetual named 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain' last spring from the Antique Rose Emporium, which has been sending me big, healthy roses for the last 17 years.
I selected the Good Doctor because Hybrid Perpetuals, the precursors to Hybrid Teas, have the most beautiful of flowers–as gigantic as Hybrid Tea blooms but with a flatter old rose shape that's much prettier as they unfold–on the stupidest-looking bushes.
In fact, to call a Hybrid Perpetual a "bush" is to pay it a compliment it probably doesn't deserve. These roses tend to send out one or two strong and inconveniently long canes and then throw up a mess of spindly little non-flowering twigs at their feet.
In other words, they are perfect candidates for a ruthless pruning to a single stem, which has now been perpetrated on poor Dr. Jamain and his brother across the path, Dr. Jamain.
In the spirit of scientific inquiry, I thought I should consult this year with Bailey Nurseries horticulturalist Peggy Montgomery. She confirmed that yes, the reason 'Polar Joy' is hardy in Zone 4 is because it's not grafted at its neck like most tree roses. And she confirmed that yes, it began life as just another shrub rose from their breeding program, until it sent out the kind of thick canes that convinced rose breeder Ping Lim to get out his pruners and give it a snip.
"But why hasn't anybody else done this, made ungrafted tree roses?" I said. "Isn't it obvious?"
"Well, it's a pretty limited market," says Peggy. "Since grafted tree roses grow perfectly well in warmer climates, an ungrafted tree rose is only going to be of interest to Zone 4 or 5 gardeners."
I'm not sure about that. Some people recommend protecting grafted rose standards if the temperature drops below 25 degrees F. In what zone, then, are they really a safe bet? 8? 9?
However, the perception that only Northern gardeners want hardy tree roses may well explain why nurseries have not focused like a laser on them.
But it doesn't explain why rose gardeners–especially those lunatics digging trenches to overwinter their tree roses or building little insulated suits for them out of PVC pipes–aren't instead out there experimenting with every hardy rose they can find to see which ones can be turned into standards.
Rose gardeners, I have now concluded, are just sheep.
Rather rudely, I tell Peggy that I was inspired by 'Polar Joy' but didn't order it because I didn't think its single pink flowers were interesting enough. "If I am going to have a tree rose, I want gigantic double blooms on it!"
"Oh yeah! Who doesn't?" laughs Peggy, instantly endearing herself to me.
Still, she defends her product. "'Polar Joy' is a very pretty plant. I have three of them in my yard in Minnesota. Its flowers are very sweet, like apple blossoms."
"That's very nice, if you want apple blossoms. I want humongous double blooms on my tree roses!" I reiterate tediously but passionately.
"Absolutely!" Peggy says. "That's what I'd want, too."
She promises that Bailey's is working on it, but adds that it can take ten years to bring a rose from seed to market, years of purposefully exposing it to blackspot and seeing if the Minnesota winter will kill it dead and propagating it, before it's really ready to be rolled out into your yard.
In the meanwhile, my pruners are itching for another victim, preferably among the tried and true stalwarts that seem to do much better for me than anything contemporary.
'New Dawn' maybe? The canes are strong enough, but it's so aggressive that I'm afraid that if I tried to clip it into a pompom, it might sink its vicious thorns into me when my back is turned.
It would be an exquisite death straight out of Kafka's story "In the Penal Colony," where I'd be stuck over and over with those barbed thorns until, just before expiring, epiphany. I'd finally understand the message being written on my body: "Shoulda ordered 'Polar Joy' instead."


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Rising Star Stresses 'Spiritual Health'
Chongqing Communist Party boss and rising political star Bo Xilai is stepping up his populist campaign, with a call for the country's development to extend beyond materialism and to a greater focus on "spiritual" health.
"Improving people's livelihood doesn't only mean eating braised pork in brown sauce or wearing pretty clothes," he said in a speech last week, which has won praise from Party-run websites as well as online citizen-commentators. "A healthy spiritual life is also very important."
Bo isn't challenging the Chinese Communist Party's official atheism — he's using "spiritual" not in reference to religion per se but in the broader sense of emotional, mental and cultural issues that the party has long employed. Nor is his populism out of line with party tradition — Mao, whom Bo cited several times in his speech, was the ultimate populist — or with the stance of the current leadership. Party chief Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao — himself the cultivator of a populist image as a sort of grandfather-in-chief — have made efforts to reduce China's decades-old emphasis on growth-at-all-costs and stressed the importance of reducing socioeconomic inequality, environmental issues and corruption — all aimed at ensuring that China's increasingly complex and fragmented society remains stable.
"We have to carry forward the party's old tradition of making friends with the workers and peasants and those with difficulties," Bo said in the speech, according to coverage of it in the Chongqing Evening News.
Still, Bo's rhetoric seems to take it a step further, reinforcing his reputation as a leader of what some academics are calling "New Maoism." (The term is hotly debated since few of those in China said to be participating in the movement — including Bo — embody Mao's ruthless social standards.) Indeed, in some ways his speech seems like a throwback to an earlier era when the party was more focused on equality and morality than on exports and other economic issues.
"Safeguarding the livelihood of the people should be the ruling party's long-term cornerstone," he said.
In his speech, Bo discusses the idea of the "happiness index" — the idea of measuring development by something other than GDP, which has been gaining attention internationally and has started to be discussed in China in recent years. Bo describes a number of factors — from living conditions to traffic congestion — that he says more directly impact people's happiness than GDP, according to the news report from Chongqing.
"Wholeheartedly for the people, our party will be invincible, our cause will be ambitious and promising. If we are insensitive to the sufferings of ordinary people, and instead only focused on economic development…the road will become narrower and narrower, and full of complaints," Bo said in the speech to city party officials.
All of this can be seen as part of Bo's broader effort to woo the masses and leverage popular appeal to win a position in the Politburo Standing Committee, the Party's all-powerful decision-making body (currently composed of nine men), when China's fifth generation of leaders takes over in 2012. Bo is already one of 25 members of the larger Politburo. His populist push for promotion is unusual given the party's normally top-down power structure.
The major element of the campaign has been a sweeping crackdown on organized crime in his own jurisdiction, the sprawling metropolis of Chongqing in southwest China, that has netted several senior city officials. Those actions, coupled with charisma unusual for normally dour Chinese politicians, have won Bo popularity among his constituents.
Political analysts say Bo's approach has ruffled feathers in the party, but there's no sign that his ascent has slowed. His high-profile meeting on Wednesday with key negotiators in the Taiwan-China trade talks also might suggest the leadership will to let him play a greater role in national affairs.
If Bo's speech is something of an homage to Chairman Mao, it wasn't the first time. In an earlier effort, millions of mobile phone users in Chongqing began receiving so-called red-text messages from the party chief, which contained famous quotes from the Great Helmsman. Bo's speech last week appeared to be another wave in the New Mao offensive, an indication that China's leaders-to-be have more than money on their minds.
– Brian Spegele
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Glossy Pearl Spring Shower Origami Lucky Star Paper Strips - flat pack of 60 strips
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Both sides of aisle rip MSNBC
EmptyIn a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC on Monday for what some were calling its lopsidedly liberal coverage of the presidential election.
The cable news channel is "completely out of control," said writer-producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat.
She added that she would prefer a lunch date with right-leaning Fox News star Sean Hannity over left-leaning MSNBC star Keith Olbermann.
Olbermann was criticized by several in the room at Monday's luncheon sponsored by the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event was dubbed "Hollywood, America and Election '08."
Bloodworth-Thomason and others seemed especially critical of the way MSNBC — and other media — have attacked Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin while demeaning her supporters.
"We should stop the demonizing," she said, adding that Democrats have been worse than Republicans as far as personal attacks on candidates are concerned. "It diminishes us," she said of her fellow Democrats.
Bloodworth-Thomason even suggested a defense of Palin and her supporters should be written into TV programming, just as she went out of her way to portray Southern women as smart in her hit TV show "Designing Women."
Attendee Michael Reagan, the radio talk-show host and son of President Reagan, said he no longer will appear as a guest on MSNBC because "I actually get death threats."
"I'll stop sending them," joked Larry Gelbart, the writer, producer and director best known for the "M*A*S*H" television series and such movie screenplays as "Tootsie" and "Oh, God!"
Pollster Frank Luntz, a regular guest on Fox News, joked that MSNBC is "the only network with more letters in its name than viewers." (He even queried the 200-odd attendees as to which cable newsie they most watched; only a few raised their hands when MSNBC was mentioned.)
On a more serious note, Luntz said it's a problem that the electorate chooses to watch news programs not for information but to confirm already-held beliefs, and that applies to viewers of CNN and Fox News as well.
Luntz predicted a Barack Obama victory and said that one of the many reasons the Democrats have been more effective with their message is because, while Republicans dominate talk radio, Democrats have begun to dominate the Internet.
"I'd rather have the Internet," he said.
Obama also gets credit because he's a better communicator than past Democrats, Luntz said, comparing the previous Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, to one of those trees that threw apples at Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
Actress Patricia Heaton noted that Hollywood workers too often just assume everyone they work with is a like-minded liberal. When those around her belittle John McCain or Palin, she politely reminds them that she's a Republican.
"That's what you have to do in our town," she said.
Actor Beau Bridges lamented that there is "too much entertainment" in elections nowadays. "Just put 'em in a room — like we are now — and let 'em talk about the issues," he said.
Some of the most spirited debate came from the panel's moderator, outspoken conservative Lionel Chetwynd. The writer, director and producer passionately defended the Iraq War and Palin, whom he called "the ideal Jeffersonian political figure."
Chetwynd's performance prompted Gelbart to joke that Chetwynd was the most "immoderate moderator" he had ever seen.
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A few weeks ago we heard the legendary graphic novelist read a snippet from Unearthing, an audio biography of fellow comics-writer Steve Moore, and now we get another. His accent is still impenetrable (the boxed set comes with a transcript), but now there's a mouth/beard close-up to compensate.


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Could you please tell me what the normal range a child's blood sugar levels should be? My son is four. Is the range the same as for an adult, 70 mg/dl [3.9 mmol/L] to 120 mg/dl [6.7 mmol/L]? Are their levels higher due to other hormones in their body?
Although my son does not have any of the symptoms of diabetes, his blood sugars are not in that range. Do I have reason to be concerned? His levels first thing in the morning for the past two days have been 124 mg/dl [6.9 mmol/L] and 137 mg/dl [7.6 mmol/L]. Both obviously are higher than 120 mg/dl [6.7 mmol/L]. Do these levels suggest my son could have diabetes?
Please review many similar questions about the Diagnosis and Symptoms of diabetes.
In general terms, "normal" fasting serum glucose concentrations (from a vein, not a home glucose meter), regardless of age, ranges from 60 mg/dl [3.3 mmol/L] to 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L]. Values greater than 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L], but less than 126 mg/dl [7.0 mmol/L] are now often classified as being "impaired fasting glucose." A confirmed fasting serum glucose concentration (from a vein, not a home glucose meter) of more than 125 ("greater or equal to 126 mg/dl [7.0 mmol/L]") is consistent with diabetes mellitus.
Home glucose meters are very good..but not "good enough" to ESTABLISH a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. They also are not as accurate for lower glucose readings. For practical reasons, some clinicians (including this one), "cheat" by relaying to families that, in general, non-worrisome fasting serum glucose levels can be 60 mg/dl [3.3 mmol/L] to 120 mg/dl [6.7 mmol/L]. The ranges that you gave, 70 mg/dl [3.9 mmol/L] to 120 mg/dl [6.7 mmol/L], may be a statistical range from your local laboratory.
Typically, serum glucose levels in the non-diabetic of less than 40 mg/dl [2.2 mmol/L] are thought to be more likely worrisome. Some studies suggest that values less than or equal to 47 mg/dl [2.6 mmol/L] may have clinical impact, so some clinicians begin to explore further for serum glucose levels less than 50 mg/dl [2.8 mmol/L].
Depending on the method used to check your son's glucose levels, and I am assuming you are using a home glucose meter, you need to be assured that the child's skin was very clean and very dry prior to pricking for blood. The meter should be coded (if required, depending on the type of meter) to match with the glucose test strips, assess with the test solution, etc.
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If you find yourself in London and in need of a drink, perhaps you should stop by The Foo Fighters Arms, a pop-up pub launching in the English capital to celebrate the release of the band's new album, Concrete and Gold.
The Foo Fighters Arms will open this Friday, September 15, the same day Concrete and Gold arrives. The pub will be offering exclusive merchandise and plenty of Foo-themed beer until it closes one week later, on September 20.
For more info, visit FooFightersArms.com.
In other Foo Fighters happenings, the band has launched a new website featuring clips from Concrete and Gold. Leading up to its release, different vaults will open up to reveal "secrets" of the album. You can check that out now via Vault.FooFighters.com.
Concrete and Gold features the singles "Run" and "The Sky Is a Neighborhood." The album is stacked with guests, including Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, The Kills' Alison Mosshart and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men.
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SUGAR LAND, TX --The minor league baseball team that's considering calling Sugar Land home could be part of the Atlantic League. That league has eight teams in the northeast and its main offices are in New Jersey. Representatives from the Atlantic League visited Sugar Land and believe expanding to the Houston area would be good.
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Big Brother's Jayne Connery rushed to hospital
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Jayne Connery has been rushed to hospital after she injured herself during a bridge building task
'Big Brother's Jayne Connery has been rushed to hospital.
The 49-year-old beauty has been forced to leave the infamous house in order to seek urgent medical care after she injured herself taking part in a 'bridge building' task.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, Jayne was knocked to the floor after her fellow housemates pelted her with water balloons and wet sponges as part of a gripping challenge.
The other concerned contestants lunged into the pool to pull the fragile star out of the water before calling for assistance.
Jayne was taken to hospital as a precaution but was given the all clear and later returned to the Channel 5 abode.
The frightening accident will play out on Thursday's (21.07.16) episode and viewers will later see Jackson Blyton take responsibility for Jayne's minor injuries.
Prior to her return to the house, Jayne was pulled into the diary to discuss the incident, before telling Big Brother that she is "feeling good" after seeking medical assistance.
Once she's released back into the abode with her housemates later on, Jackson apologises for hurting her and the pair throw their arms around one another in a bid to settle the feud.


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Julia Cameron Quotes About ListeningQuotes about: Listening
When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.
Balance is the key to my serenity. I attain balance by listening to my inner wisdom and to the wisdom of others. There is no situation in which I cannot find a point of balance. There is no circumstance in which I cannot find inner harmony. As I ask to be led into equilibrium and clarity, I will find that my answers come to me. I am wiser than I know, more capable of right action and attitudes than I yet believe. In every event, I seek the balance point of God's action through me.
We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today.
Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I follow it and lay it down. I can pare it, shape it, and polish it later...My job is to take down the dribs and drabs - to free-associate, if you will, knowing that the associations have their own plans for where we're going with all this.
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Before you even start to create your own blog, it is necessary to know what a blog really is. The term blog is actually derived from the word Weblog or Web log. Back in the days, around the late 1990's, these Web logs were utilized by individuals to track updates and references to other resources online. They served as journals, which made them useful as a publishing tool for the user's stream of consciousness. Of course, the readers can still comment and share their thoughts on just about anything under the sun.
Technically, blogs are also known as CMS or Content Management Systems. Being a CMS, blogs allow the writers to easily publish to a specific Web site and manage the content without the need of having to deal with the program code. Publishing software also provides users with a GUI or Graphical User Interface for easy pointing and clicking of their articles. Through the use of easy-to-do procedures, you can perform configurations and set up, which can ease your job as a blogger since the tool can automatically organize your published articles the next time you publish.
The Advantage of Blogging
The main question is; why should you start blogging? The first thing you need to know is that blogging can enhance and support your online communications. However, you must first understand the outcome of your blog that you desire in order to attain success. The main reason why you should start blogging, is that it can be both an excellent outlet for your frustrations or excitement. What you are passionate about and profitable at the same time. It does not mean that if you are not into blogging, you should not blog. Being in a business, especially those with dealings on the Internet, requires you to establish a clientele that are actually interested in your products or services.
Blogs can do this easily due to its accessibility and being an excellent medium for marketing that it is, blogs are essential for businesses. More so, if you are handling a business, there is a good chance that your competition is blogging about their products and services. This is an easy method for you to examine the competition and what their clients' preferences are. Additionally, blogs can create strong customer relationships since your target market can easily and directly communicate with the authority within your business. This kind of opportunity is hard to resist since a strong customer relationship can eventually lead to lasting trust to your product and services; hence, eventual increase in your revenue.
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People love something for nothing. If you provide regular advice and helpful tips on your blog about something, then it is likely to draw regular visitors. Free helpful information – even if it's a collection of links to other sites/blogs can still attract lots of visitors. The key here is to find such information on a regular basis to attract many repeat visitors.
This will also result in increase in popularity of your blog through natural linking – the equivalent of marketing through word of mouth. Links, especially on other high traffic sites or blogs about your blog will lead to a steady stream of traffic from these links, but they will also boost your search engine rankings because major search engines put a lot of weight onto natural linking patterns.
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This is VERY Important step when you are starting a blog! You want to provide your readers with good quality information – and you'll want to have a minimum of 30 pages, but 50+ is much better to get started with. Each of your pages should be between 350 – 500+ words (<350 are not enough to provide valuable information to your readers).
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JRS acquires pet care products company Absorption Corp.
Pet care brands include CareFRESH, Healthy Pet, CritterCare.
Private-equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC sold the parent and operating companies of Absorption Corp., an American manufacturer of cellulose-based absorbent products for pets, to manufacturing company J. Rettenmaier & Söhne Group.
Absorption Corp., a company of Kinderhook since 2010, includes the pet care brands CareFRESH, Healthy Pet and CritterCare. JRS, a manufacturer of pet care products like litter and bedding, will use Absorption Corp. as a platform for consumer products growth in North America.


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(PRWEB) May 11, 2015
A.G. McNair, a womens psychology major, former Senior Executive and Office Manager for two Fortune 500 firms, writer and author, has completed her new book Rabbi and Me: The Forbidden Affair: a gripping and potent tale of a couple's fate when faced with the audacities and ridicule of the world regarding their love.
"When life throws you negativity; embrace with a positive touch, said author A.G. McNair.
Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, A.G. McNairs poignant tale is a profound love story that explores the personal believes and strengths of the main characters when their love is questioned.
Love transcends time and distance, but can it transcend religion and race as well? Can love truly conquer all? A Hasidic Jew and an African-American meet and fall in love. An affair against all odds, they fought for their love. But will they win the war they waged? Will Raietha and Douglas be invincible, as the strength of their devotion carries them through trying times, or will fate be cruel as love to them was once kind?
Readers who wish to experience this gripping work can purchase Rabbi and Me: The Forbidden Affair at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play or Barnes and Noble.
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Page Publishing is a traditional New York based full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors books, including distribution in the worlds largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex and time consuming issues, and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at http://www.pagepublishing.com.
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Barefoot Friends Episode 7: The Lowdown (1/3)
Part 1 Jong-shin's House and the Recorders — Cherry CordialWe start at Jong-shin's house where they tease his wife about being unprepared for company, and she finally asks, "Why did you come here?" (very good question) and admits she's upset at the surprise visit. Everyone agrees Jong-shin's in trouble, and he says, "She is an athlete, so she beats me up really good." During the tour of house, Se-yoon and Bum-soo try out the kid's playhouse, only to be dragged back out by Jong-shin's son, since they didn't ask permission. While looking at family photos, Ho-dong claims he was the matchmaker for Jong-shin and his wife, which is confirmed by Jong-shin, "She and I weren't proactive types." Next, the teams are given their mission: play a children's song on recorders in a relay without anyone messing up. Hyori proceeds to harass Ho-dong about the fact that he's never played a recorder before until he finally goes off by himself to pout and practice. Among other issues, Si-yoon and Hyun-joong have problems hitting the "do" note, Jong-shin runs out of breath, Ho-dong's hands are too big for the recorder, and Bum-soo hits a flat. Finally, after eight rounds, Team Hyori gets it right and takes the prize money. Jong-shin's wife very nicely feeds the cast as they randomly choose the next house to visit.
Part 2 Uee's House and Animal Charades — kfangurlThe group heads over to Uee's house next, where her mother is so astonished that she hides behind Uee in stunned surprise. As they chat, Mum is asked to rank the male members of the Barefoot team in terms of son-in-law material. Poor Se-yoon is immediately picked as #7 (aw) while Hyun-joong gets pronounced #1 potential son-in-law. Omo! We then get a peek at Uee's room, where everyone is impressed at her neatness. They also discover Bum-soo's gift of perfume, which he'd apparently given to Uee for her birthday. (Omo?) Then, the teams face their next challenge to win 30,000 won for their trip: animal charades! The gung-ho members take turns to contort themselves like this: in order to enact the imaginative phrases that include: A scarf lizard going over a speed bump (!) An alligator that had a dental implant (!!) Both teams do admirably, with Uee & potential husband #1 Hyun-joong showing some good synergy. To Hyun-joong's awkward mime, Uee guesses correctly, "A mandarin duck that was caught cheating!" (Omo?) Eventually, Hyori's team emerges the winner and everyone settles down for lunch, which Mum ordered. Uee points at the winning team, "Mum, collect money from the five of them." Yep. They've got all the money!
Part 3 Bum-soo's House and the Not-So Love Connection — StephanieBum-soo officially has the most orderly house — Ev-ar! The team takes time to poke around, mocking him on his perfectly symmetrical beauty products, bedding, and refrigerator. My favorite is a tossup between auxiliary beauty supplies kept in the refrigerator and Hyori finding the girl's toothbrush in the bathroom. Task: Get Bum-soo a blind date! Given back their phones, the two teams have to call girl-stars in their phones and get them to agree to a blind date with Bum-soo. Well, this won't be embarrassing at all for him. But we shouldn't feel too bad for him considering how picky he is about his ideal woman. First up? Hyori, whose friend Jung Ryeo-won says yes! It only goes downhill from there. Not only is Bum-soo rejected by Hyun-joong's choice, but so is Eunhyuk. Si-yoon's the man and totally scores the girl meant for Bum-soo. Down to our last chance, Uee calls on the Bum-soo approved G.Na who quickly agrees to the date. Now comes the hard part — Bum-soo has to choose between G.Na and Ryeo-won. Though it costs his own team the point, he goes with G.Na. Off to Si-yoon's house where we're met by his mom — who is totally psyched to meet the team. So. Cute. Which Barefoot Friend do you think is the best son-in-law material? Read other hilarious posts in the Barefoot Friends Drama Club series:
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- Episode 6 [ Lowdown ] [ Throwdown ] [ Scorecard ]
- Episode 5 [ Lowdown ] [ Throwdown ] [ Scorecard ]
- Episode 4 [ Lowdown ] [ Throwdown ] [ Scorecard ]
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With the holiday season setting in, your time may be stretched thin. The last thing you need is to worry about what you are making for dinner.
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After a successful career in retail, John Elliott achieved his lifelong dream of designing clothes by launching his namesake menswear label in 2012. Best known for his Villain sweatshirt, a hoodie with a concealed kangaroo zip pocket, the California native turns out L.A.-made streetwear essentials like loose-fitting T-shirts and hand-distressed denim.
Realizing a lifelong dream of designing his own clothing line, John Elliott launched his namesake menswear label in 2012. Made in Los Angeles, the collection is renowned for its elevated take on streetwear essentials like loose-fitting T-shirts, comfortable sweats, and hand-distressed denim.


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This spectacularly located headland ruin is thought to date from the 14th century.
Grosnez Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in St Ouen, situated in Grosnez in the north-west corner of the island ofJersey in the Channel Islands. Philippe de Carteret held it against the French when they held half of Jersey between 1461 and 1467, but it has been a ruin since the mid-16th century,
Sir John des Roches ordered the castle built around 1330, about the time of the start of the Hundred Years' War. The castle's purpose was to provide local farmers with a place of refugee from French attacks.
The ruins are open to the public free of charge
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Inspired by boutique hotels, headboards are a key trend in contemporary bedroom designs. If you want to follow the interiors professionals' lead, Simon Horn now offer custom headboards, made to order in the UK, allowing customers to specify everything from style and size to their own upholstery fabrics and finishing detailing.
Shown here, Simon Horn's Winged Beaufort headboard was specified by RFR Property's Interior Design Team for this elegant loft-style London apartment. The custom-made Beaufort with its classic studded detailing was upholstered in Kirkby Designs' Oxford in 'Midnight', creating a cool, sophisticated, yet welcoming look.
Grand Palais, Paris: June 16th - 26th
Superstar Chef Jean Imbert is presiding over La Cornue's sky-high Pop Up restaurant at the Cinema Paradiso film festival.
Showcasing classic films and cult favourites, the festival is being held in Paris' dramatic Grand Palais building, under the largest glass roof in Europe.
Equally dramatic, the specially-built La Cornue W. kitchen, designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, is situated in a gallery 10 metres above floor level, giving diners balcony seats with a spectacular view of the giant screen. It's an amazing combination of treats from La Cornue: dinner with France's best known young chef and the best seats in the house!
Last Thursday was the annual Chelsea Design Quarter Summer Street Party, held along the stretch of the Kings Road between New Kings Road and Lots Road. An interior design hub, the showrooms stayed open late, with food, drinks and entertainment on offer – even the sun came out!
Drummonds got the party started at their flagship showroom, with The Twisted Soul Collective on the decks. The Rhythm Parlour Barber Shop, named 'London's best pop up' by Time Out, snipped and styled guests whilst G&Ts were on hand courtesy of Sipsmith.
Photography by Carl Wilson.
A popular Georgian shade, Lead Colour takes its name from the natural element. Edward notes that lead "changes colour with weathering and if you could stop it at the moment when it has the most pleasing shade it would reflect our colour."
Drummonds' products have been specified for tennis champ Andy Murray's luxury hotel, the Cromlix, located near his hometown of Dunblane. Opened in spring last year, the five-Star Victorian villa is set in 34 acres of woodland and gardens, with its own private loch. The hotel boasts a Chez Roux restaurant, five suites, ten bedrooms, a Gate Lodge and two tennis courts decked out in Wimbledon's famous green and purple.
The Murrays remain loyal to Dunblane and in April this year Andy and bride Kim Sears married at Dunblane Cathedral, before holding their wedding reception at the Cromlix. Andy Murray oversaw the redesign of the hotel, which aimed to stay true to the house's heritage. Bedrooms are luxuriously decorated and five of the bathrooms feature Drummonds' Usk or Torridge baths.
The image below shows Drummonds' classic Torridge bath in situ at the Cromlix. The Torridge is based on the 18th century 'boat bath', with decorative ball and claw feet. This elegant roll top bath is the perfect complement to the hotel's sophisticated country house style.
Simon Horn's Rouen sofa bed, a classic lit bateau design, is now available in a new Biedermeier finish. 19th century Biedermeier style prized sophisticated simplicity and the Rouen embodies this, with honey coloured cherry wood panels highlighting the natural wood grain. The Rouen converts into two single beds for flexible sleeping arrangements.
Handmade and hand finished, Simon Horn's famous sofa beds have a unique mechanism and mattress, giving the smoothest transition to a bed. The functional sofa bed is transformed into a beautiful piece of furniture in its own right, providing elegant seating by day and a comfortable place for guests to sleep by night.
Marble is one of the most luxurious stones and, although undeniably timeless, is also a top trend for 2015. Each piece is completely unique, bringing warmth and depth to interiors. Hardwearing as well as highly decorative, marble is the perfect choice for bathrooms.
Lapicida sources stone from all over the world and selected a dramatically veined Calacatta Oro marble for the walls and floors of this bathroom and wet room. The honed finish creates a satin-smooth matt surface whilst the floor has been book matched for an elegant, perfectly symmetrical effect, highlighting the natural beauty of this classic white marble.
Originally designed in 2014 as a one-off piece to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of La Cornue's emblematic Château 150 model, the carbon finish proved so popular that it is now available to order. Matt black carbon fibre panels are paired with a stainless steel trim in black-tinted finish, below left, or traditional stainless steel trim, below right - creating a dramatic new signature stove.
New at Alternative Bathrooms, the Cape Cod Series has a breezy, modernist charm.
Designed by Philippe Starck for Duravit, the range focuses on natural materials including real wood and bright white ceramics. Strong, architectural shapes confidently combine linear and curved elements in a collection of baths, basins and an iconic steel framed 'console' vanity with timber elements in white or weathered finishes. The console is available with or without an integrated cupboard.
Simon Horn's Summer Sale runs from July 1st - August 14th 2015 with discounts ranging from 20% to 40% off selected lines. Choose from the classic French beds for which the company first became famous or charismatic retro and contemporary designs. Shown here, the Electra bed in a metal electroform finish has been reduced by 40% from £4995 to £2997.


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When director/co-writer James Gray shot Two Lovers, his third film with Joaquin Phoenix, he had no idea it might be the two-time Oscar nominee's last. Phoenix, 34, never hinted that he was contemplating retirement, says Gray, although the film did take an emotional toll on the star. "I'd get to the set at 6 a.m. and Joaquin would be in a corner of a room with tears running down his cheeks," recalls Gray. "I'd say, 'What's the matter?' He'd say, 'Nothing. I'm preparing for the day.' At the end of the shoot, he said, 'Man, I'm so tired. I don't know how much longer I can do this."'
As for Phoenix's future — and speculation that his fledgling rap career may be an elaborate hoax — Gray seems as befuddled as the rest of us. "I hope he's not serious. I think he might be," says Gray, 39, noting that Phoenix built a recording studio in his house. "I'm hoping that his batteries get recharged and he gets the desire to act again. Sean Penn has announced he's retiring about 30,000 times. So who knows?"


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The WordPress popup plugins are very powerful tools that are used by many people. They are effective in the sense that they help visitors connect to the mailing record. They are also able to show the adverts in an attractive way and are very fast thus can never annoy the readers as they go about with their work.
There are a lot of related tools in WordPress, and many of them are very easy-to-use. Below are the ten best WordPress popup plugins:
WP Super Popup
This popup plugin helps in the easy creation and management of the model and unpreventable popups for the WordPress blog. It is a fact that any popup that has a model and is graphically attractive has a high conversion. The popup can be used to promote products virally across the network or create some registration forms. This popup content is recovered from external URLs or sometimes with the help of WYSIWYG editor; it is directly edited inline.
Lightbox Pop
This plugin allows someone to create lightbox popups that contain custom contents. The users can customize the display of the popups by adjusting some measurements on the settings panel. The minor adjustments include the position, that is, the height, length and width; display of the logic settings which include the delaying time a page takes after reloading or when browsing numerous pages; and stylist settings which include color, border, etc.
You can use this plugin in the display of registration forms, icons for social media, special promotions and many more.
Optin Revolution
This plugin is one of the most common plugins. There are several option revolution popup widgets. They include the Option Revolution Lite and OR Pro, with the Lite being more used of the two. It is said to be the best popup plugin which is used to create supercharged and unpreventable WordPress popups in order to grow a list for the subscribers to your business.
It is a smashing plugin which people prefer since it provides unlimited service for customizing of their option popups. This popup plugin is highly creative even without the need to know the code.
WPMUdev WordPress PopUp
It is one of the most efficient popup plugins, which is useable for advertising. It can be used to show the products on the special offer or adverts through the JavaScript "pop over". It is very easy to use and is always guaranteed to work. It contains a link that allows the users to click on it and not see the popover ever. After installation, it is easy to use.
WP Popup Plugin
There are a lot of irritations with the current popup plugins, but the new plugin has come to rectify all that. After months of development, the WP Popup Plugin has been created for both free and premium versions. The premium version has all the best services such as unlimited creation of popups and many more.
Yith Newsletter Popup
It is very simple to configure and is very useful for websites. It presents clean design popups which allow insertion of images, some messages and newsletter forms. This plugin can also support WooCommerce function. Thus, the user can just choose a single or various products, and this plugin can automatically add the product info.
Super Slider-Media-Pop
This plugin provides a lot of image adjusters to the admin panels helping you take control of the media around you. It can display all the attached files in the posting page. It is also able to add the sizes of the images to the upload pages.
Arty Popup
It is a designer-preferred popup plugin which helps anyone design their popups that integrate with optional forms. The user can load any background images of his choice making it easy for the user to have a complete control of the creation. This popup plugin is for those people who want to bring out their artistic items out.
Gopiplus Popup
It helps create popup messages to your website. Popups are better-used in advertising and when offering special advertisements and offers. This plugin helps create popups that don't hinder. It is dynamic and also can be configured easily to suit your site. It is also very helpful in sending messages to people.
ITRO Popup Plugin
It is a lightweight plugin which can be used to provide perfectly centered and customizable popups. The user interface is friendly allowing WordPress users to modify the default settings easily. It has an age restriction thus one can be able to write adult content. Anyone can use this plugin with basic skills to technology.
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Everyone in this world has the right to be happy and pursue their happiness, and stress can be a major roadblock to that right. Stress can come from many different sources; really it can come from anything that aggravates you or pressures you into doing a difficult or strenuous task. Stress can lead to a multitude of different problems, with depression and decreased productivity as the two biggest problems. In order to regain your happiness and regain that driving force in your life you need to reduce your stress levels, and taking good care of your body is the perfect stress reducer no matter what the situation is.
Helping your self-image and your energy levels
Taking good care of your body directly affects your self-image positively, which puts you in a better mood and gives you that needed confidence to break out of that stressful habit. Exercising, a healthy diet, and just taking care of yourself in general will also increase your energy level and help balance your mind chemically. This will not only help you think clearly, but it will also help you get many more things done in the limit amount of time you have each day. Both your physical and mental health are significantly improved when you decide to live a healthier lifestyle and take care of your body, which is what makes it such a great stress reducer.
Getting started with your new healthy lifestyle
Living a healthy lifestyle Is fairly simple once you start taking action. Don't over think it, just stick to the standard basics and you'll find yourself getting fit and healthy in no time. Here are the healthy lifestyle basic essentials:
- Nutrition: Probably the most important aspect of a healthy lifestyle is how you eat. In order for your new lifestyle to act as a stress reducer you need to be eating healthy foods that will fuel your body with all the nutrients it needs to properly function. A 6-meal diet it usually recommended to help speed up your metabolism, which in turn will drastically reduce your body fat percentage as well as give you significantly more energy throughout the day. You can never eat enough fruits and veggies. Try to eat as many whole grains as you can since they are complex carbohydrates which digest slower and leave you full longer. Check out the articles Don't Ignore What You Eat and Nutrition Advice for a Stress Free Life.
- Exercise is the second most important aspect; weight lifting is recommended with 10-20 minutes of cardio daily. When starting out stick to standard full body workouts to get your tendons and ligaments accustomed to weight-lifting – from there you can modify your workout plan to meet your specific goals.
- Dedication: the only way this new healthy lifestyle will work out is if you stick with it. That mean's stick to your plan and don't deviate from it, even on the days you're feeling down and out.


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It's finished! My first pattern! It's available for free download so enjoy!
Kitty Cupcake Magnets Amigurumi Pattern (it's a pretty big file so might take a minute or so to download)
This pattern is perfect for beginners because it's both simple and quick to crochet. Pros looking for a quick project would like this too. It includes both diagram and written instructions to make the whole process even easier. There are lots of pictures too with explanations on how to join rounds, thread eyes and make up etc.
They were inspired by my kitchen drawer full of muffin cups and my desire to give my amigurumi projects a function - other than looking cute. Thus the addition of a magnet to make the cupcakes useful around the house! Of course if you don't have a magnet to hand and are happy for them just to be cute, I wouldn't mind in the slightest. Feel free to send me pictures of your finished cupcakes too I'd love to hear from you.
Thank you Brooke, Stella, Carla and Jana for your help with the pattern, you ladies rock!
Monday, July 23, 2012
Kitty Cupcake Magnets Pattern - for free download!
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Stuff Susie Made for Babies!
My first project was Katze for Faye:
Then it was Bunny for Juno:
Pink Giraffe was for the hungry Kleo:
And these two lovelies were for baby girls born on the opposite sides of the world:
So many newly arrived little girls inspired me to make more baby stuff. Friends of mine have also complained that I don't post baby things on my blog so I decided to make some flower headbands. I went through a phase of crocheting flowers just to try out the patterns so I had a few flowers to hand. After rummaging in my local Spotlight, I found some gorgeously soft and stretchy bands that were perfect.
I didn't have a model for these headbands... well, the only baby I had easy access to was my son... so I bribed him with TV to get a few shots.
His daddy was not pleased. I have a feeling I'll pay for these when he's old enough to complain.
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BISSAU (Reuters) - Former Guinea Bissau President Kumba Yala, who ruled the West African nation from 2000 to 2003, has died at the age of 61, a statement from the country's military hospital said on Friday.
A veteran of Bissau's turbulent political scene, Yala came to power in 2000 after the country's second multi-party election following a brief civil war in 1999.
He was ousted in a bloodless military coup in September 2003.
"President Kumba Yala is dead. He died around midnight during the night of April 3 of a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest," the statement said.
Yala's death comes 10 days before a legislative and presidential election intended to draw a line under a 2012 military coup. He was not a contender in the election.
(Reporting by Alberto Dabo; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Alison Williams)