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Starting from today, I'm going to share with you the delicacies that I had the opportunity of enjoying while I'm here in the UK.
The other day, I shared with you about Giraffe Restaurant at Brunswick Shopping Centre. So today, the restaurant is located at the same place (just beside Giraffe).
It's called Strada. It's an Italian restaurant with many vegetarian choices cuisines to choose from (especially if you're a Muslim). They also wrote on the menu if the food is prepared with alcohol.
The place was packed when I went there. So, usually it won't' look like this. Service was nice and quick. But the food was slow. We waited for almost 15 to 20 minutes. I counted because I had to be run back to the lab for my samples.
I ordered Penne Pomodoro, which looks like this:
My friends ordered the pizza (which you can see in the picture). The portion is quite large, so if you're starving, choose the pizza.
The taste was nice, the tomato did not overwhelm the taste of the avocado, cheese and olive oil of the pasta.
Speaking of Italian, in my department there are a few Italians. So one day, suddenly, they asked if I wanted coffee, because they were making some. So I said yes. I wanted to try their authentic Italian coffee. They even had a coffee maker in the office.
They serve it in a such a cute cup...=3
It was craaaazy strong. So if you're planning not to sleep the whole night, have a cup. =P
So that's it for today...
Until Next time......TTFN


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Monday, January 11, 2010
Surfacing for air.
Here's a picture of the allotment. No, I have not been working up there over the holidays! I can't even get the produce out the ground. I just went up to get a better snow shovel from the hut.
This is the pond. No, I didn't try walking on it to see if the ice was solid!
On the knitting front, I have been knitting hats. The family is now kitted out in a trio of earflap hats...Lad's you've seen, Princess has one in a very bright turquoise and even OH is sporting one (complete with dangling braids and pom-pom) in the local rugby club colours. He's taken it to wear today though, so no picture.
And, in keeping with the weather, I have started to knit a blanket.
I bought a lot of RYC Soft Tweed in various colours at a dirt cheap price a couple of years back but then couldn't find the right pattern for it. I did try a cardigan and then a hat, but the resultant fabric always looked like wool blankets to me. Finally though the penny dropped...why not make it into a blanket then? So then I tiddled around a bit with the thought of cable patterns etc, until I realised that really, with this stuff the simpler the better. So I've sized it so that one ball = one square, alternate squares of Thistle and Slate Blue, put a garter stitch/reversed stocking stitch border round the edge of each square and am knitting it in strips, five squares to a strip and four strips across to give minimal sewing up. As I'm using 7.5mm needles it's knitting up really quickly and it's going to be cosy, cosy, cosy. The squares are 13"x13", so twenty balls/squares will give me a good sized blanket.
The cats don't like the cold weather. I am mean so I turn the central heating off during the morning and early afternoon, normally, and this means they don't have too many cosy corners to cloose from then. During the night time they usually come and sleep with Hubby and I, or lad, but during the day the warmest spot in the house is the platform bed in the study. The heat from the PCs rises up there and makes the temperature just about tolerable for pampered cats.
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Good Morning! I find you from my search for knitting shops in Edinburgh, first found gourdongirl, which lead me to you (she had a link on her blog to you). I am traveling to Scotland next week, I was hoping to find a knit/yarn shop either in Edinburgh or Glasgow...are there any? Thanks for any help!
- 1:57 pm
- Linda said...
Your Oliver reminds me of my Jaspurr who went missing one month ago today. Good to see your kitty warm & safe:)
- 3:46 pm
- Helen said...
I was on the verge of dropping you a line to see if you'd run away, and here you were, knitting blankets. I expect the cats can't wait for you to be finished. Happy New Year :)
- 9:40 pm
I'm reading your Post to keep cool here. Just viewing the pictures of snow are making me feel better. it's 28 degrees C downstairs, about 33 upstairs and outside has got to be higher still.
The dogs are sitting in front of the fan, or the bathroom tiles trying to get cool.
You reminded me that I need to start knitting a baby blanket for friend;s grandchild number 3 but I just can't face knitting wool in this heat. I do have some merino bamboo that I could have a go with, and actually that's not a bad idea for a baby blanket!
- 4:08 am
- Cathy R said...
The blanket is lovely and the cat picture is soooo cozy!
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Originally on Gigwise.com's 'New Moon Soundtrack Preview
Proof that Twilight has truly crossed over lies in the calibre of the artists involved in this album. A duet between Justin Vernon and Annie Clarke would have been a big deal under any circumstances so the fact that New Moon have managed to get the exclusive gives them an extra cool cache. Bon Iver, of course, is most famous for his album 'For Emma, Forever Ago' which details the painful break up between him and a lover. The album was recorded in isolation during a stay at a Wisconsin log cabin . Annie Clarke (St Vincent) is a Brooklyn based singer songwriter and has released two albums, 'Marry Me' in 2007 and this years 'Actor'
Monday, October 19
Bon Iver/ St Vincent- 'Roslyn'
Originally on Gigwise.com's 'New Moon Soundtrack Preview
2 comments:
- jillian-anne said...
- 19 October 2009 at 15:25
- Gabriel V said...
Sounds great. It's just odd that such a teenagers movie can reunite so many good artists.
- 20 October 2009 at 17:16


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The timezone in Hinckley Point is America/Pangnirtung
Morning Sunrise at 07:35 and Evening Sunset at 16:56. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 44.1501°, Longitude. -76.3494°
Morning Sunrise at 07:35 and Evening Sunset at 16:56. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 44.1501°, Longitude. -76.3494°
Weather near Hinckley Point Last report from Kingston, Ont., 25.2km awayTemperature: -10°C / 14°F
Wind: 4.6km/h Northeast
Cloud: Broken at 4900ft Solid Overcast at 10000ft
Satellite map of Hinckley Point and it's surroudings...
Geographic features & Photographs around Hinckley Point in Ontario, Canada
bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Button Bay (2.7km)
- Feather Bed Shoal (3.1km)
- Bayfield Bay (4.3km)
- North Bay (4.5km)
- South Bay (4.7km)
- Poplar Tree Bay (5.2km)
- Fuller Bay (6.8km)
- Grass Bay (7km)
- McGregor Bay (7.2km)
- Woodman Bay (8km)
- Wilson Bay (8.3km)
- McDonell Bay (9.2km)
- Peos Bay (9.6km)
- Browns Bay (9.9km)
- Millen Bay (10km)
- Lewis Bay (10.2km)
point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
- Hinckley Point (0km)
- Point Alexandria (2.2km)
- Carpenter Point (4.6km)
- Macandie Point (6.7km)
- Irvine Point (7.2km)
- Bear Point (10.2km)
Local Feature A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Anchor Marina (3.2km)
- Leading Light (4.3km)
- Lawrence J Docteur Dock (4.7km)
- Willow Shores Marina (4.8km)
- Snug Harbor Marina (9.5km)
- Martins Marina (10km)
area a tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries.
- Wolfe Island (3.8km)
- Scotch Settlement (8.7km)
- Marysville (8.9km)
- Wolfe Island (8.9km)
Accommodation around Hinckley Point
Residence Inn Kingston Water's Edge 7 Earl St, Kingston
Delta Kingston Waterfront Hotel 1 Johnson Street, Kingston
Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront 2 Princess St, Kingston
island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- Roxy Islands (3.6km)
- Bayfield Island (6.7km)
- Wolfe Island (6.7km)
- Carleton Island (6.9km)
cemetery a burial place or ground.
- Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery (3.9km)
- Riverside Cemetery (4.1km)
- Judd Cemetery (5km)
- Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery (10.1km)
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Cape Vincent (3.3km)
- Sunnybank (9.2km)
- Millen Bay (10.2km)
stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Scotch Brook (3.9km)
- Shanty Creek (4.6km)
- Reeds Creek (9.4km)
administrative division an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
- Frontenac Islands (6.7km)
- Cape Vincent, Town of (6.9km)
cape a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.
- Tibbetts Point (6.7km)
- Wilson Point (8.1km)
bar a shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts.
- Hinckley Flats Shoal (1.1km)
- Feather Bed Shoal (4.1km)
park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Burnham Point State Park (8.1km)
- Dablon Monument (10.1km)
ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.
- The Ridge (8.1km)
populated locality an area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings.
- Point Alexandria (2.2km)
airport a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- John Gonzales Field (6km)
shoals hazards to surface navigation composed of unconsolidated material.
- Hinckley Flats Shoal (0km)
tower a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
- WKGG-FM (Cape Vincent) (4.5km)
peninsula an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water.
- Hornes Point (2.7km)
meteorological station a station at which weather elements are recorded.
Wikipedia entries close to Hinckley Point
- Cape Vincent (village), New York city o city
- Burnham Point State Park city o city
- Cedar Point State Park city o city
- Fort Frontenac fortress landmark
- Kingston (Ontario) city e city
- Queen's University landmark landmark
- Long Point State Park - Thousand Islands city o city
- Chaumont (New York)
- Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport airport airport
- Clayton (village), New York city o city
- Depauville, New York city o city
- Gananoque Water Aerodrome airport airport
- Gananoque, Ontario city o city
- Canoe-Picnic Point State Park city o city
- Dexter, New York city o city
- Gananoque Airport airport airport
Airports close to Hinckley PointKingston(YGK), Kingston, Canada (25.2km)
Watertown international(ART), Watertown, Usa (37.1km)
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Ogdensburg international(OGS), Ogdensburg, Usa (107.5km)
Trenton(YTR), Trenton, Canada (110.6km)


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Perry scored three runs in a wild scramble in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday at Progressive Field against Raccoon River Conference foe DC-G. Unfortunately for the Bluejays, the two unearned runs they allowed in the top of the inning proved to be the difference as the Mustangs held on for an 8-6 win, their 13th victory over Perry in the last 16 games between the two teams.
The Bluejays trailed, 6-3, when the visitors used Perry defensive lapses to add what proved to be a pair of critical insurance runs for an 8-3 lead.
Mustang southpaw Jake Lewis had allowed three runs (two earned) on two hits and three walks while striking out eight in six innings when he was lifted for Cole Baker to start the bottom of the seventh.
Two hit batsmen and a walk loaded the bases, with a throwing error and another defensive miscue sending three Bluejays across the plate with no one out and runners still on base.
Nate Kearney replaced Baker and promptly struck out the number 3-4-5 hitters in the Perry lineup to silence the rally and collect a save.
In contrast, the 7-8-9 hitters in the DC-G lineup had entered the contest a combined 4-for-43 on the season but went 5-of-8 with two walks to lift the Mustangs.
Perry had jumped to a 2-0 lead when Jeremiah Ellett walked and avoided being picked off in a rundown thanks to a throwing error. Will Whiton followed with a walk with the runners moving up on a ground out. Both scored when Michael Lansing reached on a bunt hit, with an overthrow of first base allowing the runs to race home.
Whiton started for Perry and struggled with his control. He walked a batter in each of the first three innings but was able to avoid damage thanks in part to four strikeouts in the same span.
The fourth inning was another matter entirely, as 11 Mustangs came to plate. The guests had three singles and two doubles to go with a trio of walks as six runs scored for a 6-2 lead.
The damage would have been worse had it not been for a fine play early in the frame from second baseman Nic Wilhelmi, who gathered in a bloop single deep behind first base and fired a long strike across the diamond to third baseman Blake Lansing to nail Lewis, who was trying to advance from second after holding up to see if the ball would be caught.
Perry added a run in the fifth to trim their deficit to 6-3, with Cavan Finn replacing Whiton on the mound. Neither team scored in the sixth, setting the stage for a wild final frame from both teams. Official pitching stats for Perry were not available.
Thursday, June 6
SLATER — Perry had just four hits and surrendered four unearned runs in a 6-0 loss to Ballard in RRC play June 6.
Ballard received a strong pitching performance from junior Coy Baker, who walked just two batters while striking out eight in tossing a complete game.
The Bombers gave their starter the only support he would need by plating four runs in the bottom of the second inning, with two additional runs in the fifth frame assuring victory.
Clean-up hitter Collin Fopma had a double for the hosts, as did pinch-hitter Jacob Nethers, with the ninth hitter in the lineup, Jacob Bernholtz, recording two hits and driving in two runs.
Ellett threw all six innings for Perry in a losing cause. He allowed six runs (two earned) on 11 hits and two walks while striking out three.
Whiton, Wilhelmi, Levi Halling and Michael Pentico had singles for the Bluejays, with Ben Daniels and Blake Lansing reaching base by drawing walks.
Wednesday, June 5
BONDURANT — The first of two RRC battles between two of the three teams using the nickname "Bluejays" in Iowa went to the hosts, as Bondurant-Farrar scored once in the bottom of the sixth to win a close battle with Perry.
Michael Lansing put Perry on the board first with a solo home run in the first inning, but B-F answered with a tally of their own in their first at-bat.
The rest of the contest developed into a pitching duel between Whiton and B-F senior Tyler Ramus. The former went six innings, yielding two runs — one of them, critically, unearned — on six hits and two walks while the latter scattered three hits while walking only one and yielding just the lone run on Lansing's homer. Whiton finished with three strikeouts and Ramus with six.
Cavan Finn, Blake Lansing and Ellett had singles for Perry, with Ellett also drawing a walk.


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Springfield, IL – State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has teamed up with Will, Kendall and DuPage County State's Attorneys James Glasgow, Eric Weis and Robert Berlin to strengthen the state's Sex Offender Registry. House Bill 2548, also known as "Stephanie's Law," enhances the discretionary authority of judges to require that offenders convicted of battery be added to the registry of sex offenders if the crime is found to be sexually motivated.
"As a father, I feel it's imperative that we do everything we can to protect all citizens from sexual predators. Stephanie's Law would close a loophole in the current statute and give our judges additional discretion in placing those who commit sexually motivated batteries on the Sex Offender Registry," said Batinick.
Stephanie's Law would amend the Sex Offender Registry Statute allowing a judge to order a criminal defendant to register as a sex offender for a 10-year period if the offender's intent was to commit the crime for purposes of sexual gratification. Prosecutors would be required to offer proof of this motivation at trial. In the event that a conviction is found, the judge would have the full discretion to add the convicted criminal to the registry.


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Well-designed kitchens make a home, so you really need to consider the essential details when planning. Well-designed and organized kitchens also make for sustainable design, as they will last for generations and outlast years of trends.
Take a look at these fantastic kitchens in the homes of top designers and notice the similarities:
1. Good lighting. This includes both natural light through ample windows plus task lighting. There is a focus on ample stylish pendants over islands, tables and work areas. Lighting needs to be super-functional in kitchens, but can also be the place to make a style statement.
2. Lots of prep space. Again, function is key here, but counters are another place that can make or break a kitchen. Countertops are such a great way to make an impact. See my previous post on choosing stylish eco-friendly countertops.
3. Taking advantage of vertical space. In addition to extra storage, cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling are more visually appealing and give a custom look. Or forgo upper cabinets for open shelving that also takes advantage of the full height of your walls.
4. In-kitchen eating areas. Whether at islands or tables, well-designed kitchens have comfortable spots for the family and guests to mingle with the cook and do everything from have a glass of wine to finish homework. Check out my previous post on eat-in kitchens.
5. Personality. Whether through collectibles, colour, interesting lighting or unique and unexpected accessories, designers know how to inject personality and character into rooms, even kitchens.
So do you have these elements in your own kitchen?
(All photos courtesty of House Beautiful, where you can see even more designer kitchens).


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Off the coast of Sweden is a tiny island. Living alone on this island in a delapadated house is retired physician Fredrik Welin. To say Fredrik is a hermit or a recluse would be grossly understating the situation. He has chosen to live alone with only an aging dog and cat (and an ant hill which is taking over his living room). His only contact with the outside world are the semi-frequent visits from the postman who services his island.
His world is shattered when his lost love who he abandoned years earlier shows up on the frozen ice. She requests that he fufill the promise he made to her those many years ago.
I liked this book. There were beautiful descriptions of the frozen country side. The charecters were interesting and true to life. It was quirky which I chalk up to the fact that it is a book written in Swedish and translated into english.
Henning Mankell is a Swedish author best known for his mystery series featuring Kurt Wallander.


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1968 Corvette L88 Tops Desirability at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale
Gorgeous award-winning Le Mans Blue C3 with monster factory engine should bring a premium at the big auction in Arizona.
One of just 216 original L88 Corvettes heads to the auction block in January at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale. This '68 L88 comes highly decorated and should bring a healthy six-figure total to its owner when it rolls across the stage at the January 13-21 auction.
Chevrolet offered the L88 version of the 427 engine from 1967 to 1969. At the time, Chevy marketed the small-batch package as making 430 horsepower, but the reality was far crazier. The engine came with aluminum heads, 12.5:1 compression, a special ultra high-performance camshaft, and a single four-barrel Holley 850 cfm carburetor. The real figure was likely 560 ponies, which is an astounding number even in the midst of today's horsepower boom.
That engine package cost a grand total of $947.90. That alone was not significant on a car with a $4,600 base price. However, Chevy was interested in slinging a ton of cars with what were basically race engines to the general public. Total production ended up being just 216 cars: 20 in 1967, 80 in 1968, and 116 in 1969.
This Le Mans Blue '68 L88 sold in Chicago when it was new and it comes with all the original documentation. That means the original Build Sheet and NCRS Shipping Data Report. The car also still wears its original VIN and trim tags. This one is all original and would probably at least bring close to the $330,000 that another '68 L88 brought in 2015.
However, this car has won a pile of awards and recognition that could push that number up even farther. According to Barrett-Jackson: "The car has achieved many awards, including the prestigious NCRS Duntov Mark of Excellence Award; NCRS Performance Verification Award; national, regional and chapter Top Flight awards; the coveted Bloomington Gold and the MCACN Triple Diamond Award."
Expect a big sale price on this one.
If the L88 isn't up your alley, an L89 also heads across the block at Scottsdale. That Corvette — one of 390 from 1969 — has received both a number of similar awards and a recent $200,000 frame-off restoration.


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The Spire
The Academy
Run by the Sages' Guild, the Academy teaches all forms of Arcane magic and lore to practitioners and interested laity alike. It also sells a number of (low-level?) magic items to all comers.
The campus includes lecture halls, dormitories, laboratories, forges, etc.; everything an aspiring wizard could need to further his craft.
Tuition is based in part on ability to pay and in part on ability; the school from the Kingslayer series is probably closer than, say, Diskworld.


text: Inventory Please take time to view the items in the Inventory. If there is something in particular you are looking for please get in touch. Search Inventory Prev Item The Lance with Five Points Place of Origin: Tibet Date: 17th-18th century Reference: 027 Status: Sold Full Description:An important five-bladed spearhead from Tibet, which matches the description of a spear in Nebesky-Wojkowitz's classic book, Oracles and Demons of Tibet: The Cult and Iconography of the Tibetan Protective Deities de. The 1975 Graz edition (page 15) contains a discussion of weapons carried by protective deities and the list contains 'the lance with five points'. There appears to be no other similar spear known, and so it is plausible that this is the one and the same mentioned by Nebesky-Wojkowitz. It was likely made to place in the chapel of a protective deity, where arms and armour were often deposited as votive objects. Nebesky-Wojkowitz also identifies the term of 'mdung' to describe the lances used by oracles. The five, near identical blades, take the general form of a spearhead in the Metropolitan museum, see LaRocca, P.176, it is also relatively flat in profile, double edged with a slight medial ridge and rounded tip. The five spear heads are decorated on a dark background with striking gold flames, and ju-i shaped clouds sit at the base of each blade; each is connected to a square section arm which is covered in sheet silver and all merge into a faceted gilt knop where it joins a two-stage russet iron socket. My thanks to Donald La Rocca for pointing out the Nebesky-Wojkowitz reference. Back to Inventory


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Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves addressed several issues at his first news conference on Tuesday 2nd January.
Dr. Gonsalves prefaced his first press conference with New Year's greetings. He wished everyone, "a happy, productive, prosperous, and peaceful New Year. If we bear in mind each of these words, I think we will be in good shape," the Prime Minister said.
He urged persons in the private and public sectors to "make greater effort to be productive" and to "work hard and smart". On the other hand, he acknowledged that some persons do not choose peace, which leads to confusion, pain and suffering, so the result is "too many persons are getting unlawfully killed in our region and Saint Vincent".
Prime Minister Gonsalves also made the following announcements: the budgetary estimates are scheduled for Monday 29th January and the Budget Address by the Minister of Finance, Hon. Camillo Gonsalves, on Monday 5th February; the extension of duty free concessions on Christmas barrels to 15th January; the appointment of several graduate teachers; the visit of Taiwan's Foreign Minister, Dr. David Lee, on Thursday, 1st February; the Government's interest in medical marijuana; the country's bid for a seat at the United Nations Security Council, and other diplomatic affairs; and the upcoming first anniversary of the Argyle International Airport.
Dr. Gonsalves referred to his Independence message where he had announced the appointment of several graduate teachers. In this regard, Dr. Gonsalves said he has already notified the Director General of Finance and the Accountant General to begin this process to come on schedule this year. According to Dr. Gonsalves, over 100 teachers will be appointed as Graduate Teachers at a cost over $2 million additional expenditure.
In agriculture, Prime Minister Gonsalves disclosed that he recently held a meeting with Senior Legislative Drafting Consultant-Commonwealth Secretariat (assigned to the Government of Jamaica), Mrs. Petrona Sealey-Browne, and Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Saboto Caesar. "I want to see us have a business in medical marijuana", Dr. Gonsalves affirmed.
Prime Minister Gonsalves said he wanted to see foreign and domestic investment in it. He noted that marijuana as a plant has beneficial uses but it is a plant, because of its narcotic properties, that has "been misused and abused". Dr. Gonsalves made it clear that he was "not talking about the decriminalization of marijuana", that the "Government is serious about it" and there is unanimity in the country about its medicinal uses. As a consequence, Prime Minister Gonsalves is hoping that a bill will be tabled in Parliament by the end of the first quarter this year.
Next year, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will "ramp up its campaign to become a member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council", according to Dr. Gonsalves. If elected, Dr. Gonsalves stated, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will be the smallest country to have a seat on the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council deals with matters of war and peace in the world; in light of this, Dr. Gonsalves said that it is only fitting that this country should have a voice for world peace and other matters including climate change.
With reference to two incidents involving Vincentian Diplomats within recent times, Dr. Gonsalves said that over the years Diplomats have given a good account of themselves and this country at the Organization of American States and the United Nations. He referred to a colonial mindset that seems to affect Vincentians to the point where they see a need to "beat" up on themselves and take delight in making a bad situation worse.
Overall, Prime Minister Gonsalves stated that he is pleased with the work and conduct of Vincentian Diplomats abroad. He further stated that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a good showing at several international organisations for example, "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was the Chair, up to September 2016, of the 5th Committee which deals with the budget and administration at the UN" and "less than two months ago in Paris, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was elected to the 54 member Executive Committee of UNESCO".
With just one month before the 1st anniversary of the Argyle International Airport (AIA), Prime Minister Gonsalves said the AIA has had "immense progress" for an airport which has just been opened. He mentioned chartered flights from several destinations, and the onset of regular flights from "an important capital", Toronto. Prime Minister Gonsalves has responsibility for Air and Seaports in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He disclosed that soon there will be flights to and from New York and Miami.


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'I Am First Gen'
An Arizona community college wants to tackle poverty by helping its students and faculty members celebrate being the first in their families to attend college.
Many first-generation students don't see themselves as belonging in college.
At Arizona Western College, that doubt is one of the biggest barriers to getting students in and through the two-year institution. The college, which enrolls 8,000 students, has the highest proportion of first-generation students -- 66 percent -- in the state.
"They sometimes don't have a role model at home. They doubt they truly belong in a college environment. Financial aid is daunting. Registration is daunting," said Daniel Corr, Arizona Western's president.
Those challenges haven't stopped the college from thinking big.
"We wanted to very deliberately and proactively and quite audaciously say it would be the vision of this college to seek to eliminate poverty, and in order to do that, it's through education and attention on first-generation students," Corr said.
Roughly 40 percent of Arizona Western's faculty and staff members self-identify as being first-generation students.
So the college launched its I Am First Gen campaign last year. Corr, who was a first-generation student as well, said the college's administration and faculty members wanted to broadcast in a very public way how proud they were to be first-generation students by encouraging one another and students to wear "I Am First Gen" T-shirts and later creating a First-Generation College Student Day in November.
"We wanted to turn first-generation student status into a badge of honor," he said, adding that in May, hundreds of graduating students from the college will wear stoles that identify them as first generation. "We wanted to let our students know when you're in that class of 21 [students], 14 of them, on average, [are] first-generation. You're not alone."
Another reason the college wanted to push for students -- and the larger Yuma County community -- to feel accepted on campus is because of the administration's mission to eliminate poverty and the belief that can happen through education.
According to data the college received from the Community College Benchmark Project, 22 percent of Arizona Western's students had annual family incomes of less $20,000, with a median family income of $34,200.
"It became clear that we had students impacted in a profound way around poverty," Corr said.
But the same report showed that Arizona Western was among national leaders in facilitating social mobility, he said, ranking 17th among all community colleges in social mobility.
"Thirty-one percent of our students who earn a credential, degree or certificate move up two quintiles on income," Corr said. "If they were on the very bottom 20 percent, they moved into the middle 20 percent. The point is that earning that credential will go a long way toward eliminating poverty, and it is that stepping-stone to creating thriving communities."
Arizona Western didn't just have numbers to back up how it helps people move up in social and economic mobility. Its first-generation students can look at their own faculty members, alumni or even the governing board for inspiration.
"We all went through Arizona Western College," said Olivia Zepeda, a trustee who is a first-generation graduate from the college.
Zepeda arrived in the United States as a child from Mexico. She worked in agriculture and later became the first in her family to graduate from college. Zepeda came back to the Yuma area as a community leader, a teacher and an associate superintendent of an elementary school district. Now, she sits on the governing board of her alma mater.
Her story is familiar to many students and faculty members at Arizona Western.
Aryca Arizaga Marron was also the first in her family to go to college. She earned a degree at Arizona Western and is now a professor of family studies and psychology -- a career she decided on because of her colleagues, who were once her professors.
"If they're first generation out of high school or first-generation adult learners, they have a place here," Marron said. "I see students wearing the 'I Am First-Gen' shirts, and I think that's cool. They're proud. I'm proud to be here."
Marron said just as her instructors made her feel comfortable as an undergraduate and helped her on the path to becoming an instructor, she hopes to do the same for her students. For example, she's been working with one student on a transfer application to an Ivy League institution.
"In-state schools are amazing, but she wants to go Ivy League," Marron said. "So I said, 'Let's do it.' She's first generation, too. She's a success story."
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What are the criteria by which England teams wish to be judged these days? Throughout another year of drift and ambiguity, punctuated by three headline-grabbing losses (two on the field and one in the street) it became clear that no one was entirely clear.
At least, not at this precise moment of English cricket's regeneration they are not. As 2017 unfolded, two dates and two formats loomed large in the ECB's collective conscience, and neither had much to do with the here and now. Ashes, what Ashes?
The first was the fast-approaching 2019 World Cup - an event that is being regarded by the ECB as a once-in-a-lifetime panacea for a sport that has existed in the margins of the public conscience ever since the move from terrestrial TV in the mid-2000s.
Unusually, in the context of England's habitual disdain for one-day cricket (but very much in keeping with their post-2015 renaissance), the first six months of the 2017 English season were set aside to prepare for England's World Cup dress rehearsal - the ICC Champions Trophy, a tournament on home soil which they entered as favourites but exited with a whimper, after being stunningly outgunned by the eventual winners, Pakistan, in Cardiff.
England, it has to be said, had their moments in that tournament, and in white-ball cricket in general. Three impressive group-stage wins, including the elimination of Australia in a statement victory at Edgbaston, heightened anticipation of a maiden title in a global 50-over event. But then Hasan Ali's howling reverse swing torpedoed their hopes on an abrasive deck (another hint of the squad's vulnerability in non-"English" conditions, albeit one that went under-noticed at the time).
England attempted to mitigate that loss by claiming that the event had come too soon in the gestation period of England's new-look white-ball squad - and there may have been a grain of truth in that assessment. Nevertheless, for a semi-final exit to be considered a failure, after two decades of non-engagement with ICC events, was both an encouraging hint at England's raised expectation levels, and a chilling reminder that the best-laid plans and knockout tournaments rarely work in harmony.
It was probably unhelpful in the circumstances, therefore, that one month later, England's women cricketers seized their own transformative moment in front of a packed and enthralled full house at Lord's, delivering both the World Cup trophy in a sensational nine-run win over India, and the spin-off glory. They finished the year with a glut of Sports Personality of the Year publicity and New Year's Honours gongs, and have no doubt redoubled the ECB's eagerness to bet the farm on the men doing likewise.
The other date - and format - that dominated the agenda this year was 2020, as the groundwork for the ECB's new T20 tournament advanced significantly (if not decisively) with a historic and controversial reframing of the board's ancient articles of association. That was followed, in June, by a groundbreaking £1.1 billion rights deal, for 2020 to '24, in which the twin pursuits of reach and revenue were somehow persuaded not to be mutually exclusive.
That deal represented a rare level of personal fulfilment for the ECB's chief executive, Tom Harrison, who pulled off precisely the sort of coup for which he had been appointed back in 2015. And yet, such boardroom morsels won't be bringing back the Ashes in a hurry, nor will they address the structural flaws in English cricket that prompted yet another round of festive-season navel-gazing as the news from down under started to filter home through the winter nights.
As last year's 4-0 defeat in India segued gruesomely into the loss of the first three Tests in Australia, it became abundantly clear that England lack the bowling resources - pace and spin alike - to be competitive overseas. But it was also increasingly apparent that there is little will to change this status quo in a hurry.
The County Championship will continue to be pushed to the margins of the season to make way for more lucrative forms of the game at the height of the English summer, which means that while no England team has ever possessed a senior trio with more individual experience than Alastair Cook, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, the chances of replacing those men with a new generation of Test superstars are receding by the season.
That's not to say that the Test team did not enjoy some significant moments of acclaim in 2017. Joe Root launched his Test captaincy with a laudable 3-1 series win over an ever-dangerous South Africa in July and August, before backing that up with victory over West Indies in the late summer. And in surging past the 500-wicket mark at the age of 35, Anderson in particular attained levels of threat and consistency to rival the very best form he has ever produced.
But the gulf between England's best Test performances and the rest was as extreme as the year's weather patterns. Even before they reached Australia, two crushing reality checks hinted at the struggles they would endure down under: the series-levelling flogging they received from South Africa on a flat deck at Trent Bridge, and West Indies' astonishing run-chase in the second Test, at Headingley, a performance that was made all the more incredible given that it followed an abject surrender in the inaugural pink-ball Test, at Edgbaston a week earlier.
That day-night Test, incidentally, was not deemed enough of a success for the ECB to be tempted into a repeat for the Ashes in 2019 - the underlying implication being that England are quite content with their formula for balm-application in home conditions. The sort of labels that India attracted in the early 2000s - tigers at home and pussycats abroad - can now be hung around England's necks instead. They have won 14 of their 18 home Test series since 2009, and have not lost the Ashes on home soil since 2001. However, their draw in last week's Boxing Day Test was the first time in nine Tests down under that they have emerged without defeat.
High point
Coronations tend to be happy and glorious events, and Root's ascension to the Test captaincy was no exception. He had spent seven long months waiting in the wings, following Cook's resignation in the New Year and Eoin Morgan's marshalling of the one-day squad, but at Lord's in his first Test as England captain, Root led from the front to triumphant effect - trampling South Africa with 190 from 234 balls, en route to a 211-run win. His efforts were aided and abetted by a startling performance from Moeen Ali, who launched the series of his life by claiming ten wickets (and clobbering a rampant 87 from No. 8), to claim the title of England's leading allrounder from a certain Ben Stokes. By the end of the winter, alas, Moeen had handed that title back in spades - further proof that, sometimes, reputations can rocket in absentia.
Low point
The full details of what occurred outside Mbargo nightclub at 2.30am on the morning of September 25 will remain shrouded in innuendo until the findings of Avon and Somerset's police investigation are made public. But it would prove to be a disastrously self-inflicted wound, for Stokes himself and for the England team that was being built around his pugnacious on-field derring-do. Who knows how his presence in Australia would have reframed the Ashes narrative - but you suspect he may have wrestled the initiative at least once during the pivotal moments of England's defeats in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
More pertinently, the incident shrouded the rest of England's year in paranoia and barely disguised desperation. The message from the very top was that England's players remain good role models (headbutts and beer-dunkings notwithstanding) and when Harrison implied that Stokes' rehabilitation would take place "on the field", it set in motion a second wave of frenzied speculation when he was spotted boarding a flight to New Zealand in a bid to ready himself for the recall that never came. His omission from the ODI squad for the campaigns in Australia and New Zealand extends a period of purgatory that threatens to define and destabilise the team well into 2018.
New kid on the block
Dawid Malan was just another name out of the hat when he was drafted into England's middle order towards the end of the South Africa series in July - a replacement for Gary Ballance (remember him?) On initial evidence, he was another less-than-convincing pick from a thin gruel of batting options, a further indictment of the current malaise in England's Test development. But Malan had shown mettle that impressed the England head coach, Trevor Bayliss - albeit in a one-off T20 appearance against the same opponents at Cardiff - and a pair of hard-fought 60s against West Indies were enough to earn him his air fare to Australia.
What followed was a brilliantly combative century in Perth, undoubtedly England's batting high point of the competitive end of the Ashes (sorry Alastair… ), in which Malan showcased a range of strokes and tempos that augured well for his long-term development in the side. At the start of the year, he had also been one of the few England cricketers willing to travel to Lahore to take part in the Pakistan Super League final - a trivial detail, perhaps, but maybe an indication of a player with hidden mental depths. Either way, in a year of slim Test pickings, his progress was encouraging.
Fading star
Australia is no country for old men, which had many pundits secretly fearing for the future of Anderson as he embarked on his fourth Ashes tour. But while he has held his own with probing spells throughout the series, including a maiden five-wicket haul down under in Adelaide, it has been his new-ball partner Stuart Broad who has been under the greater long-term scrutiny. An improved showing in the drawn fourth Test assuaged the fears to a degree, but Broad's self-confessed struggles with his wrist position have robbed him of that enviable habit of getting "on a roll", which he had so famously done to seal each of England's last three Ashes wins on home soil. Allied to that was the state of his batting. Again that was mitigated by a battling fifty on a slow deck in Melbourne, but his ticker against quick bowling has never recovered from his nose-squashing against Varun Aaron in 2014, and you wonder how much that inability to front up has impacted on his inner mongrel. He was England's saving grace on the 2013-14 tour, but this time around, he has been symptomatic of their surrender at key moments.
What 2018 holds
In spite of the Ashes failure, it's hard to see much change to England's Test team in the immediate future. A lack of options will prevent too much tinkering, while Cook's Kraken-like awakening at the MCG will surely end any speculation that he's about to be put (or put himself) out to pasture.
The tour of New Zealand could yet offer a low-key opportunity for Stokes to ease himself back into the reckoning, but the wheels of justice continue to grind on that front. But if any campaign is going to focus England's minds in the short term, a five-Test home summer against India will surely do the job. Anderson, for one, will see their return to his backyard as a chance to have the final say in a grudge match that has defined much of the latter part of his career. On the one-day front, final preparations for the 2019 World Cup will dominate - Australia, India and the Champions Trophy winners Pakistan will provide suitably stiff opposition.
Andrew Miller is UK editor of ESPNcricinfo @miller_cricket


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Critic Consensus: Its trappings are nothing new and Its lurid combination of violence and sex will likely turn away some viewers, but Banshee can be entertaining in some distinctive ways.
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Banshee had almost everything for me to fell in love with it from the start. It's pulpy over the top vibe was my cup of tea if stayed that way. Unfortunately, this shows also tries to be drama and... well, it's a marriage that doesn't make much sense. You have a couple of characters talking about deep things in their lives, just so they can quickly swift into an outrageous fight scene that lasts 5 minutes, with gallons of blood and broken bones. Damn, show! Let either the drama or the punching soak in a bit at first, cause these mood swings are nuts. All in all, it's fairly decent entertainment for the nutty aspect of things. The rest is just over the top unnecessarily so. And I'm talking about the drama! Not the violence.
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Doing Family God's Way, Part 21 — Ephesians 6:4 (Revive the Family, Revive the Church, Awaken the Nation, O Lord #45)
A series of homilies on Ephesians 5 & 6
A homily is "a short talk on a religious or moral topic; a usually short sermon; a lecture or discourse on or of a biblical theme."
I am sharing a verse-by-verse series of short messages on Ephesians 5 & 6 (as well as other passages of Scripture) specifically targeted at reviving families and encouraging and exhorting husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, and children to do what God has commanded them to do, for if the church is to be revived and the country is to be awakened, the family must be revived first.
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4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Charles Spurgeon said, "Train up a child in the way he should go — but be sure you go that way yourself."
Leonard Ravenhill said, "Almost every Bible conference majors on today's Church being like the Ephesian Church. We are told that, despite our sin and carnality, we are seated with Christ. Alas, what a lie! We are Ephesians all right; but, as the Ephesian Church in the Revelation, we have 'left our first love!' We appease sin— and do not oppose it. To such a cold, carnal, critical, care-cowed Church, this lax, loose, lustful, licentious age will never capitulate. Let us stop looking for scapegoats. The fault in declining morality is not radio or television. The whole blame for the present international degeneration and corruption lies at the door of the Church!"
Please take note of these verses regarding fatherhood and children:
Proverbs 23:13-14: "Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell."
Proverbs 29:15: "The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."
Proverbs 29:17: "Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul."
Deuteronomy 6:6-7: "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up."
Psalm 119:9: "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word."
Today, we are going to continue looking at four principles regarding God's command to Christian fathers from Warren Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Commentary. These commands are especially relevant in a time when fatherlessness is described as an "epidemic." Many men who have committed to staying with their families simply do not know how to be a good, godly father because they never saw that in their own young life. Thankfully, we can look to God's Word for guidance. I am sharing the third of four powerful points that Warren Wiersbe brings out of this passage so clearly that it's not worth the time to try to improve upon it. He states:
A father must discipline his children. "The word 'nurture' carries with it the idea of learning through discipline. It is translated 'chastening' in Hebrews 12. Some modern psychologists oppose the old-fashioned idea of discipline, and many educators follow their philosophy. 'Let the children express themselves!' they tell us. 'If you discipline them, you may warp their characters.' Yet discipline is a basic principle of life and an evidence of love. 'Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth.' Proverbs 13:24 says, 'He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.'
"We must be sure, however, that we discipline our children in the right manner. To begin with, we must discipline in love and not in anger, lest we injure either the body or the spirit of the child, or possibly both. If we are not disciplined, we surely cannot discipline others, and 'flying off the handle' never made either a better child or a better parent.
"Also, our discipline must be fair and consistent. 'My father would use a cannon to kill a mosquito!' a teenager once told me. 'I either get away with murder, or get blamed for everything!' Consistent, loving discipline gives assurance to the child. He may not agree with us, but at least he knows that we care enough to build some protective walls around him until he can take care of himself.
"'I never knew how far I could go,' a wayward girl told me, 'because my parents never cared enough to discipline me. I figured that if it wasn't important to them, why should it be important to me?'"


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China needs its own dream
On November 8, China is set to hold the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. We already know who will be the next leader: Vice-President Xi Jinping. Thomas L Friedman writes.india Updated: Oct 04, 2012 22:48 IST
On November 8, China is set to hold the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. We already know who will be the next leader: Vice-President Xi Jinping. What we don't know is what matters: does Xi have a 'Chinese Dream' that is different from the 'American Dream?' Because if Xi's dream for China's emerging middle class — 300 million people expected to grow to 800 million by 2025 — is just like the American Dream (a big car, a big house and Big Macs for all) then we need another planet.
Spend a week in China and you'll see why. Here's a Shanghai Daily headline: 'City Warned of Water Resource Shortage.' The article said: "Shanghai may face a shortage of water resources if the population continues to soar. . . . The current capacity of the city's water supply was about 16 million tons per day, which is able to cover the demand of 26 million people. However, once the population reaches 30 million, the demand would rise to 18 million tons per day, exceeding the current capacity." Shanghai will hit 30 million in about seven years!
"Success in the 'American Dream,"' notes Peggy Liu, the founder of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, or Juccce, "used to just mean a house, a family of four and two cars, but now it's escalated to conspicuous consumption. China simply cannot follow that path — or the planet will be stripped bare of natural resources to make all that the Chinese consumers want to consume."
Liu, an MIT graduate, argues that Chinese today are yearning to create a new national identity, one that merges traditional Chinese values, like balance, respect and flow, with its modern urban reality. She believes that the creation of a sustainable "Chinese Dream" that breaks the historic link between income growth and rising resource consumption could be a part of that new identity, one that could resonate around the world.
So Juccce has been working with Chinese mayors and social networks, sustainability experts and Western advertising agencies to catalyse sustainable habits in the emergent consuming class by redefining personal prosperity as "more access to better products and services, not necessarily by owning them, but also by sharing — so everyone gets a piece of a better pie."
That means better public transportation, better public spaces and better housing that encourages dense vertical buildings, which are more energy efficient and make shared services easier to deliver, and more e-learning opportunities that reduce commuting. Emphasising access versus ownership isn't just more sustainable, it helps ease friction from the differences between rich and poor.
Chinese are more open to this than ever. A decade ago, the prevailing attitude was, "Hey, you Americans got to grow dirty for 150 years. Now it is our turn." A couple of weeks ago, though, I took part in the opening day of Tongji University's Urban Planning and Design Institute in Shanghai and asked students whether they still felt that way. I got a very different answer. Zhou Lin, a graduate student studying energy systems, stood up and declared, with classmates nodding, "You can politicise this issue as much as you want, but, in the end, it doesn't do us any good." It is not about fairness anymore, he said. It is in China's best interest to find a "cleaner" growth path.
To say China needs its own dream in no way excuses Americans or Europeans from redefining theirs. We all need to be rethinking how we sustain rising middle classes with rising incomes in a warming world, otherwise the convergence of warming, consuming and crowding will mean we grow ourselves to death.
The New York Times
First Published: Oct 04, 2012 22:47 IST


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Call us for all your lawn and landscape needs… thank you from Tim, Trevor, Mike, Miss Ryla, Kathleen and baby Ashlyn.
Originally this job was supposed to be completed before Christmas. There were 300 plus bulbs that needed to be planted once the garden was built. However, Mother Nature disagreed and so the bulbs had to wait. There was also a boxwood hedge to plant along a newly installed walkway. That is if Mother Nature could ever release her icy grip!
The spring garden design was a simple one. Clean the garden area along the driveway, install garden ties, amend the soil and plant the spring bulbs. Simple right? Wrong! Previously there were coniferous trees growing on that side of the property and had been taken down long before my arrival. Their stumps were in the garden bed area and the roots were everywhere. Some had traveled underneath the paved driveway bulging the tarmac upwards. Intertwined with the tree roots grew english ivy…everywhere. I never ever thought there would be something more difficult to remove then english ivy. But I was wrong again. When I originally looked at the job last fall the ground was covered in leaves and did not give a clear picture of the labour that would be involved to beautify the area. And so the work begins. A pic axe was purchased to chop the roots out and a chain saw was used to cut the roots off at the driveway edge. The easiest part of the job was planting the boxwood hedge.
Organic soil was purchased from Milan at HighLine 250-667-1029 located on Brenton-Page Road near Ladysmith. You won't find a better soil. Milan creates the soil himself from organic matter. The soil is well balanced with sand and rich organic compost. I added bone and blood meal, peat moss to retain moisture and triple steer manure to enhance the growing medium. However, this soil is so rich that you could just plant and grow. I amended it to minimize the work for the garden owner. She is not an avid gardener so this will allow her to have a no fuss garden for a couple years. She will not have to add anything. I planted over 300 bulbs of daffodils, tulips, narcissus and crocus'. I am looking forward to seeing this garden in full bloom this spring. stay tuned for the update in a couple of months.
Warning: If you are using a pic axe or any other equipment for digging or cutting, make sure you know if there are water lines, hydro lines, gas lines or telephone lines in the area!
Last year in our community two derelict houses were being demolished so we approached the project manager on site and ask about the cedar fence. It was red cedar and was still in excellent condition after years of standing. It has weathered beautifully and I knew it would be perfect for garden projects. He happily gave us the fence if we were willing to remove it, after the homes were demolished.
After removing it, one box was built and the rest of the wood stored for future projects. The original plan was to build garden boxes and sell them. Then after the move to the new home, I realized that I was not willing to part with it. The wood is perfect for my garden plan. Working out the amount of wood required for my Garden Labyrinth, I realized I had enough wood for 10 garden boxes, not including the one already built.
My biggest concern with my Labyrinth design was what wood to use in the garden. I need something that will stand up to the elements of weather here on Vancouver Island. The red cedar is perfect. It has a life span of about 20 years. The garden boxes will be built and put in place without a bottom. In order for me to utilize the gray water in my yard, it is necessary to leave the bottom open so it can draw up the ground water.
The yard which is so overgrown is actually a blessing in disguise…a labour intensive blessing, but a blessing just the same. As I prune each shrub and tree, I will chip the waste and put it in the bottom of each box. It will draw up the moisture and it will slowly break down and enrich the soil, as well as keeping it aerated. Keep in mind it does not have to be chipped, it could actually be cut in smaller pieces by hand and added to the bottom. Wood chips will be added on top of the chipped garden waste as it will retain water and minimize the need for watering. The garden boxes will be approximately 20 inches high so each box will require approximately 10 inches of waste and wood chips before the organic soil is added. The soil will be 2 inches below the top of the box.
I have not measured the yard for exact measurements as it is still covered in snow. So I know my garden plan will have to be tweaked after measuring.
Soil has an ecosystem all its own. It is very much alive and supports many life forms. From the tiny microscopic organisms we cannot see to the plants we grow, and of course to the bugs and insects we can see. Earthworms, insects, reptiles, nematodes, bacteria and fungus all reside in your soil. This ecosystem of life supports the soil composition helping with decay and nutrient cycles.
You have probably heard people say that earthworms in the garden soil is healthy. This is true. Earthworms tunnel through the soil. As they feed, organic matter passes through their bodies and is excreted as granular, dark castings. This enhances and adds to the soil structure as it mixes with the soil and breaks down. Earthworms also eat microorganisms that cause plant disease.
You will probably be surprised to find out what soil is made of. Beneath the ground surface the soil is full of living organisms that interact in a finely tuned living system but on a percentage basis, soil is mostly minerals weighing in at a whopping 45%, followed by air at 25% and water at 25%. The biological component (the balance of nutrients that is required to support healthy plant growth) is only 5%. But it is a very significant 5%.
When your soil is out of balance, you will see it through the plants. They will show signs of stress through discoloured leaves, wilting, blight, insect infestation, disease or fungus. You will definitely be able to see it if the soil is poor or seriously lacking something. Keeping in mind that factors in poor plant health can also be poor drainage or a lack of oxygen.
A thriving garden starts with knowing your soil type. Plants require food (nutrients) to thrive just as we do, promoting healthy growth and giving us that colourful display or bumper crop of fruit or vegetables we desire. For the better matched the plant is to the growing medium the healthier it will be, helping to avoid disease, insects or fungus.
It is never too soon or too late to test your soil composition and is so easy. I purchased a soil kit from Buckerfields country store for under $30. It comes complete with everything you need. Everything is colour coded, including the comparator films and capsules for easy use. Also included is a plant pH preference list for the gardener.
Soil should be tested periodically to ensure there is a balance of nutrients to support plant life. It is especially important in the spring before you plant to see if you need to amend the soil for better growing results. If your current garden is showing signs of stress then it is equally important to test it, after you have eliminated other problems that could correlate to plant stress. eg…poor soil drainage, insufficient sunlight, insects or disease. These issues will also cause leaf discolouration and stunted growth as well, so rule them out first before you conclude it is the soil. Most gardens do require amendments periodically as the nutrients are used up by plant consumption and nutrients leaching out from natural seasonal changes, such as seasonal rains. A periodic soil test will let you catch nutrient deficiencies before they adversely affect your plants. Besides indicating nutrient deficiencies, a soil test can also provide information on soil acidity, the percentage of organic matter in your soil, and your soil's texture.
Proper testing = True Validity of Results
The results validity depends on your soil sample collection. If you are testing your lawn area then only take samples from the lawn. Do not take samples from the vegetable or flower garden areas as the soil could and probably is different. To test your lawn, use a shovel and slice through the grass up to 6 inches deep. Roots naturally grow 4 to 6 inches deep so digging this deep will give you a true picture of the nutrient base. Make sure to take several samples throughout your lawn area and mix them in a clean container. A typical soil sample requires 1 cup of soil so mix your samples together and add bottled, distilled or spring water. Do not use treated tap water as it will skew your test results.
If you are testing your vegetable or flower garden area, then repeat the above instructions and yes, these samples can be added together to give you an accurate picture of your soil composition. Making sure to discard stones, sticks, insects or other debris in your samples before you test.
At the very least, test your soil's pH, which is a measure of how acidic your soil is. If the pH level isn't in the correct range, plants cannot take up nutrients in the soil. You should also test for phosphorus and potassium because plants require both of these nutrients in relatively large amounts. A complete checkup would include tests for nutrients that are essential but needed only in minute quantities, such as iron, manganese, and zinc. If you regularly enrich your soil with an abundance of compost and other organic materials, micro nutrient problems are unlikely.
pH testing – to ensure an accurate test result do not touch the soil with bare hands. Add soil to the pH compartment container to the fill line. Then add the PH test powder capsule to the container and add water to the fill line. Shake it and let it sit for a minimum of 30 minutes. I try and leave it overnight for up to 24 hours to let it settle.
The other three test compartments are for testing Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash. For these tests with the remaining soil test samples you have mixed together, add 5 cups of water. Use the 1 part soil to 5 parts water as a basis for true test results. Shake or stir well to ensure it is well mixed and then let it settle until the sediments have settled to the bottom. I try and leave this mixture to settle overnight to give a true result. Use the dropper provided and add the liquid only from the soil and water mix to each compartment matching it to the colour coded capsule. Add the capsule to the test compartment and shake throughly…it will settle within 10 minutes and allow you to read the colour coded results of your soil.
The test kit comes complete with easy to follow instructions and easy colour coding to read the results. Knowing your soil composition correlations to a happy growth for any lawn or garden area. It takes the guess work out, saving you time and money and helping to ensure your plants have the nutrients they need.
pH – Plants need the correct pH level (which is a test of its acidity/alkalinity) which controls how well the plants will utilize the nutrients available in your soil. All plants have a pH preference so it is important to know your ph reading in order to either amend the existing soil or match the correct plants to the pH soil level.
P – Phosphorus is required for growing plants…it is the major constituent of plant genetics and seed develop0ment. A deficiency causes stunted growth and seed sterility. It aids the plant in maturity, increase plant yield and maturity, increases vitamin content and aids in staving off pest, diseases and winter kill.
K – Potash strengthens the plant, it helps form carbohydrates and promotes plant synthesis…better tasting fruits and vegetables, more vivid flower colours, aids in early growth, aids in maturity, stem strength and cold hardiness. Plants deficient in potash are usually stunted in size, growth, poor yields, have poor root systems and may have leaves that are spotted, curled and/or dried out.
N – Nitrogen is synonymous with plant nutrition. It is directly responsible for producing leaf growth and green leaves. A deficiency cause yellow leaves and stunted growth. Too much nitrogen causes overabundant foliage with delayed flowering; the plant becomes subject to disease and its fruit is of poor quality.
Plants are very forgiving and will recover quickly from deficiencies if caught early. The best way to ensure a healthy plant is to test before planting and/or test regularly. Organic amendments regularly will help to ensure a natural balance in the soils.
See you in the garden or the garden centre! 🙂
Last year an unfortunate accident took place that I am sure many of you have experienced. I dropped my phone in water and had to have it replaced. Lost were many garden photos…563 to be exact. I replaced my phone the next day and left the old one sitting in rice. After a few days I put it in my desk drawer and forgot about it. Moving in the fall, the old phone stayed in a box until yesterday. I charged it and like magic it took the charge and I accessed all of the 563 pictures.
Each year I volunteer landscaping hours…sometimes I advertise free landscaping for seniors and other times the job just seems to appear. I believe it is important to give something back. In my lifetime so many many people have helped me on my journey; I certainly wouldn't be the person I am today without all of those helping hands and hearts that have reached out to me. I believe one of the reasons we are on this earth is to help each other out along the way. The intrinsic rewards are priceless for me. For me no amount of money can replace the feeling of helping others.
A few years ago while gardening for one of my regular customers I was introduced to Les. He was a very kind man as is his wife Lorraine. He owned a small farm near Cedar BC where he grew garlic for the local health food store. He offered me some work, helping him with his garlic crop. Which I was happy to oblige, not only for the work, but the knowledge I would gain.
I was very blessed to meet him and his lovely wife Lorraine. Wonderful people…so caring and so down to earth. That first garden season after meeting them, they offered to let me grow a garden along side the garlic. It was a God send to me as I was living in a suite with no garden area. That season was so busy I had to rely on Les to let me know when my garden needed watering. We watered my garden and the garlic regularly. I grew many vegetables and herbs that year…eating and canning everything I could. There is such a sense of accomplishment that comes with eating an entire meal from your own garden, which I did enjoy many times that summer! Thank you Les & Lorraine 🙂
Tragedy struck 1 1/2 years ago when Les passed away from an unfortunate accident; leaving his wife and a daughter who was engaged to be married. The bride, Heather had her heart set on a country wedding.
So we set to work. The property is a beautiful farm over looking the Nanaimo River. It is a place where time seems to stand still. The farm is 10 acres, complete with a large home, detached garage, detached shop and a barn overlooking a meadow.
I was so busy last summer that I did not even get to the farm to work until 3 weeks before the wedding so it was a stretch…one that I was not sure I could fulfill. Lorraine had worked tirelessly year after year gardening and had beautiful gardens everywhere. There were beautiful rhododendron gardens surrounding the house where she had incorporated peach trees, raspberries and other edibles into the garden space. The gardens just needed some elbow grease to get things in order.
The driveway was a winding lane over a 1/4 mile long from the road to the house with fruit trees on one side and a fenced pasture lined with black berry brambles on the other. Years previous had seen the addition of a rock garden along the driveway closer to the house. It was beautiful but overgrown with weeds and grass.
The bride had her heart set on getting married on the lawn and then having her wedding photos taken near the barn and pasture. There was a considerable amount of work to be done. The area where the guests would park was overgrown with weeds and grass also. And work we did. There were dozens of volunteers that helped every step of the way. The landscaping was my expertise and thankfully I met the challenge and finished two days before the wedding.
Driveway before
Driveway after
Lorraine seeded the lawn area where Heather wanted the ceremony and watered daily for the lawn to thrive. I added my landscaping touches weeding and mulching everything in sight.
Even Sheeba, the family pet helped by chasing the rabbits away!
The pasture needed to be cut down around the barn and beyond for the wedding photos. I used a weed eater to get it down to about 8 inches…cleaned the area of all rocks, trees and branches, then I took the lawnmower to it twice…the last time two days before the wedding. I also trimmed and pruned all shrubs and trees giving each a hair cut to tidy things up.
The three weeks flew by…I cleared my calendar of other jobs to finish this one…at the exasperation of some of my customers…it wasn't that their gardens weren't important to me…it was that this was something I had to do…and the wedding turned out beautiful. A gorgeous summer day for a beautiful bride & groom! In total I put in 49.5 hours and am so very grateful that I could do something nice for this family!
Congratulations Heather & Ray! Have a wonderful life!
If we are to enjoy, protect and benefit from the earth and all that it creates, then it is necessary to engage children…the younger the better to teach them the joy of gardening, the sacredness of the earth and all that it offers. For they will grow just as plants do and they will become caretakers of earth, for we are all part of something so much greater then our own individuality.
There is nothing more satisfying then growing your own flowers, trees, plants, fruits and vegetables with a child and experience their joy, enthusiasm and wonder…so incredibly precious through the eyes of a child. Gardening is magical, we have only to experience children in the garden with us to see and feel the magic of being part of the ecosystem of the earth. These two little girls are my beautiful granddaughters. They are almost 2 & 4 and are the perfect age to garden. My oldest granddaughter has been gardening with mommy since she could walk so she is well versed with watering…it is her favourite activity besides making mud pies for daddy!
It is important to be safe in the garden. So we purchased childrens' garden gloves at the local store. We put on our gum boots and we only have organic soils to use. Which is important since my youngest granddaughter, Ashlyn decided she needed to taste the soil to see if it passed inspection. And of course safety also means never leaving them unattended or unsupervised.
Gardening with them was an incredibly satisfying and fun adventure, watching them laugh and learn about all living things.
Each of the girls helped to plant a cedar tree in a pot to put on daddy's deck. Ryla who is almost four ask if the tree would grow today. I explained to her that it grows like she does from the food and water we feed it and the sunshine it receives…slowly but surely getting bigger and bigger…just like her.
Then we watered the strawberries making a liquid organic fertilizer from the organic soil and water and added it to the strawberries which have not woken up for the season.
The garden owner wanted her garden enlarged to be able to plant spring bulbs. Her challenge is to have colour all year long in the garden. Her back yard is fenced so deer are not a problem. She also has a beautiful cat who helps to keep the squirrels and other critters from digging and feasting on anything she plants. The existing garden gets plenty of sun fall to spring so it is a perfect location for her to extend. She also has a problem with her grass…a serious lack of top soil limits the grass from growing but allows the weeds to multiply exponentially. A common problem with lawns today.
I brought in 1/2 yard of organic garden soil, 1 bale of coconut peat, 1 pail of bone meal and 1 pail of blood meal. It is important to amend any soil added so there is a balance of nutrients for an optimum growing medium. The soil was unloaded one wheelbarrow at a time. As mentioned her entire yard is fenced so the soil must be brought in one wheelbarrow at a time from her driveway. Each wheelbarrow was mixed with the soil amendments using a pitch fork then added to the existing garden. Remember to add enough soil so that it is approximately 2 inches higher then what you require. The soil will settle considerably over time once you have added it.
For a small garden extension like this one, I use an edger to cut through the sod for a guide to follow the edge of the new garden area. For a larger area or a new garden, I often use a garden hose to lay out for a guide. A garden hose is perfect as you can adjust or rearrange it for the curves you want. Then I use the edger to cut through the soil or sod to follow as a guide.
I took all of the sod out first and then used a pitch fork (my favorite tool) to work up the existing soil to about 4 to 6 inches. Then I added the new amendment of soil and worked it into the existing soil making sure it was well blended. Carrollyne is very happy with her new garden. She loves how rich the soil is and said it was a pleasure to plant with bulbs. Her only challenge was her beautiful kitty…who thought the new garden was for her, so Carrollnye used chicken wire over the top to keep her kitty out!
Cheers! See you in the garden or the garden centre! 🙂
Well we are now into several months of clean up and re-design on this diamond in the rough. It is a big project and is turning out beautiful! We work away part-time at it when the weather permits! Fall rains arrived in October so it is a matter of working around the weather now. We recently tackled the back path area and are very happy with the results. The back garden area is planted with a cultivated broom and had been overgrown for years. We did have to take out a few of the broom plants that were dead but the rest has shaped up very nicely!


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- Redfin Corporation15.Dec 2015
- Employee
Suggestions for improvement
- Focus less on the real estate sales side (which seemed to have pretty stagnant growth), and focus on the software and tools side.
What I like about the company
They provided occasional training programs to help their realtors improve sales and advance. Your hours are pretty flexible, and they have some outstanding CRM tools to help you manage clients and sale prospects.
What I dislike about the company
In the office I worked in, I perceived a pretty cutthroat environment...I was instructed to perform a certain way based on parameters defined by Redfin, but I was pretty much the only person doing that. I was a newly licensed realtor, but hired in a position that normally required an extensive background and many sales. I had a lot of people (area manager, team lead, other agents) in the team who consistently told me to ask them for help, but I never really got any...I'd schedule a meeting, they'd be too busy and reschedule; I'd send email asking for some guidance, I'd get a "get back to you soon" email with no followup. Overall, a very frustrating experience.
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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Pfizer's board of directors on Thursday approved the repatriation of $8.6 billion in additional foreign profits and the buyback of up to $5 billion of its common stock.
Pfizer PFE, +0.85% said the $8.6 billion would be in addition to its previously announced $28.3 billion repatriation. As a result, the pharmaceutical giant indicated that it will take a $365 million charge, or 5 cents a share, for the second quarter.
Pfizer's board also approved a $5 billion stock-buyback plan, having completed another $5 billion plan in October 2004. The company said the buyback is intended to increase shareholder value.
As part of the repatriation of the $28.3 billion, Pfizer said it will record a reversal of at least $850 million of the $2.19 billion tax charge it recorded in the first quarter.
At its directors' meeting Thursday, Pfizer's board also declared a quarterly dividend of 19 cents a share, payable on Sept. 6 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 12.
Pfizer also amended its corporate governance principles to require any director who receives a majority of "withheld" shareholder votes to tender his or her resignation. The board will then meet to decide whether to accept the resignation.