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There remains a large number of laws that touch on resource management (see Table 4.1). An outline of the major pieces of environmental legislation is set out below.
Resource Management Act 1991
By bringing together laws governing land, air and water resources, the Resource Management Act (RMA) introduces a totally new approach to environmental management. The Act's 'eco-system' approach recognises that elements of the environment do not stand alone, and that effects of human activities on the environment are not discrete.
Sustainable management
The Resource Management Act has a single, overarching purpose: to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. In the Act, 'sustainable management' means managing the use, development and protection of natural and physical resources in a way, or at a rate, which enables people and communities to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being and for their health and safety while:
- sustaining the potential of natural and physical resources (excluding minerals) to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations;
- safeguarding the life-supporting capacity of air, water, soil and ecosystems; and
- avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects on the environment.
This recognises that people need to use resources for their welfare, but that in doing so we must not, either singly or cumulatively, compromise the ability of the environment to continue to provide those resources, or other indirect services (such as erosion control) to the community.
The concept of sustainable management is derived from that of sustainable development. Sustainable development was coined in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987), and developed at the 1992 Rio 'Earth Summit' (see Box 4.4). It is a widely embracing concept, requiring environmental sustainability as well as economic viability and social justice.
In comparison, the concept of sustainable management in the Resource Management Act leaves the pursuit of economic and social goals to other mechanisms available to government and the community, e.g. our taxation and welfare systems. While recognising that there are social and economic consequences from the use of resources, the Act attempts to ensure that the environment's sustainability is not compromised by the pursuit of those concerns.
Table 4.1: New Zealand's environmental and related legislation.
Key laws relating to the environment
- Biosecurity Act 1993
- Conservation Act 1987
- Crown Minerals Act 1991
- Environment Act 1986
- Fisheries Act 1996
- Forests Act 1949 (with 1993 amendment)
- Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
- Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996
- Resource Management Act 1991
- Wildlife Act 1953
Other laws relating to the environment *
- Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908
- Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act 1934
- Animal Control Products Ltd Act 1991
- Animal Identification Act 1993
- Animal Remedies Act 1967
- Animals Act 1967
- Animals Protection Act 1960
- Antarctic Marine Living Resources Act 1981
- Antarctica Act 1960
- Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act 1994
- Atomic Energy Act 1945
- Building Act 1991
- Continental Shelf Act 1964
- Crown Forest Assets Act 1989
- Crown Grants Act 1908
- Crown Research Institutes Act 1992
- Customs Act 1966
- Dangerous Goods Act 1974
- Dog Control and Hydatids Act 1982
- Driftnet Prohibition Act 1991
- Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988
- Electricity Act 1992
- Energy Companies Act 1992
- Energy Resources Levy Act 1976
- Explosives Act 1957
- Fertilisers Acts 1960 and 1982
- Foreshore and Seabed Endowment Revesting Act 1991
- Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
- Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Act 1990
- Franklin-Manukau Pests Destruction Act 1971
- Gas Act 1992
- Harbour Boards Dry Land Endowment Revesting Act 1991
- Harbours Act 1950
- Historic Places Act 1993
- Import Control Act 1988
- International Energy Agreement Act 1976
- Irrigation Schemes Act 1990
- Lake Wanaka Preservation Act 1973
- Land Act 1948
- Land Drainage Act 1908
- Land Transport Act 1993
- Litter Act 1979
- Local Government Act 1974
- Manapouri-Te Anau Development Act 1963
- Māori Fisheries Act 1989
- Māori Land Act/Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993
- Māori Reserved Land Act 1955
- Māori Vested Lands Administration Act 1954
- Marine Farming Act 1971
- Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978
- Marine Pollution Act 1974
- Marine Reserves Act 1971
- Maritime Transport Act 1994
- National Parks Act 1980
- Native Plants Protection Act 1934
- New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament
- and Arms Control Act 1987
- New Zealand Walkways Act 1990
- Pesticides Act 1979
- Plant Variety Rights Act 1987
- Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act 1977
- Radiation Protection Act 1965
- Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act 1956
- Reserves Act 1977
- Road User Charges Act 1977
- Scientific and Industrial Research Act 1974
- Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941
- Southland Electricity Act 1993
- Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area Act 1991
- Synthetic Fuels Plant (Effluent Disposal) EMP Act
- Taranaki Harbours Act 1965
- Tarawera Forest Act 1967
- Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977
- Toxic Substances Act 1979
- Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989
- Transit New Zealand Act 1989
- Transport Act 1962
- Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
- Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992
- Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995
- Wild Animal Control Act 1977
*A further 18 laws (along with their 40 amending acts) were repealed by the Resource Management Act in 1991.
Figure 4.3: Resource Management Act
Textual description of figure 4.3
The purpose and principals of the Resource Management Act are "Sustainable management of natural and physical resources".
Under the Act, Central Government deals with resource issues of national importance, Regional Councils deal with soil, water, air, pollution and coast, and District Councils deal with land, subdivision and noise.
From the Act comes National Environmental Standards (optional), National Policy Statements (optional), and the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (mandatory). These all lead to Regional Policy Statements (mandatory) which integrate land, air and water.
Environmental standards lead to regional plans (optional), and the Coastal Policy Statement leads to Regional Coastal Plans (mandatory). With Regional Policy Statements, these lead to District Plans (mandatory). Individually they lead to Resource Consents and Permits associated with water, coast, discharge, land and subdivision.
Effects-based approach
The RMA's approach differs from the approach of previous legislation by concentrating on the environmental effects of human activities, rather than on the activities themselves. This means that, regardless of who carries out an activity, it is the environmental effects that result from the activity that are the determining factor as to whether the activity is permitted in any particular location. It also means that, if a particular industrial activity can meet a community's environmental standards, that business should be able to operate in the area. Resource users must consider how their activity will affect the environment.
Focusing on environmental outcomes rather than activities also provides incentives for resource users to come up with efficient and creative ways to achieve good environmental results. People can be rewarded for devising new ways to use resources while promoting environmental sustainability.
Management controls
The Resource Management Act embodies three conceptually separate but related functions:
- it allocates access to, and use of,common property natural resources (fresh, coastal and ground water, geothermal energy and water, the surface of lakes and rivers, riverbeds, the foreshore and the seabed);
- it controls the discharge of contaminants (pollutants) to air, land and all water including ground, fresh and coastal water; and
- it manages the adverse affects of all activities using land, air, or water.
The RMA sets out a series of duties and restrictions. Under the Act, everyone has a duty to avoid, remedy, or mitigate adverse effects on the environment, notwithstanding the requirements of consent permits. The duties and restrictions also mean that nobody can use natural resources such as water, air or the coast unless the RMA or a consent under it says so.
No-one may discharge any contaminant to water or onto land in a way which might enter water. In the case of air and land discharges, any person operating industrial or trade premises is prohibited from discharging any contaminant without a consent (permit).
Although the presumption for the use of natural common property resources is very strict, the ropposite applies to the use of private land. Here, activities such as the right to erect a building, are deemed to be permitted unless constrained by provisions in statutory plans under the Act.
Responsibilities for environmental decision making under the Act are allocated to the community most closely affected by the use of that resource. A decision is therefore made by the community that will deal with the effects and that can best understand the environmental issues at stake. This means that the government, and district and regional authorities, are required to identify the environmental risks in their area, and develop policy statements and plans containing ways to regulate activities in response to those threats. These plans and policies are constructed in a hierarchy, depending on the degree of action needed to address the perceived threat. (see Figure 4.3) Regional councils and territorial authorities use a common process for developing all plans and policy statements.
Central government can develop national policy statements and environmental standards to address environmental issues affecting the whole nation (such as management of the coastal zone or minimum ambient air quality to protect health -see Box 4.2). The government's statements and standards set policy boundaries from which local authorities develop their own policies and regulations.
Under the Act, Regional councils are charged with achieving 'integrated management of the natural and physical resources of the region'. Each council is required to draft a Regional Policy Statement identifying environmental issues and responses of significance for its region. It must also draft and administer a Regional Coastal Plan and may draft and administer other regional plans. All regional policy statements and plans must be drafted so they 'are not inconsistent' with any national policy statements or environmental standards in place at the time.
Regional councils also have responsibility for granting resource consents to occupy the coast; to carry out activities in river beds; to use natural water including underground, geothermal and coastal waters; to discharge contaminants to air, water or land; and to control certain activities on land for the purposes of soil conservation, hazard mitigation, and to protect the quantity and quality of natural water in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Regional Policy Statement, and any regional plans.
Under the Resource Management Act, territorial authorities are charged with achieving "integrated management of the effects of the use, development, or protection of land and associated natural and physical resources of the district" (emphasis added). Territorial authorities must draft district plans identifying environmental issues of significance relating to land use for the district, and setting down any restrictions and controls on land use and subdivision taking into account the issues identified in the Regional Policy Statements and any regional plans that affect that area, and in national policy statements or environmental standards.
The territorial authorities also grant resource consents for subdivision of land and for activities on land where these have been determined as necessary in the district plan in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the district plan.
Analysis of alternative mechanisms
The Resource Management Act does not presume regulation is the only, or necessarily the best, way of dealing with environmental problems. Built into it is a requirement for decision-makers to carry out an appropriate assessment of alternative mechanisms. These include providing information, undertaking works and services, providing subsidies and the use of economic instruments-for example, tradeable water permits.
The Act sets a strict requirement that, before adopting a policy statement or plan or national environmental standard, decision-makers under the Act must analyse the alternative means of achieving the environmental outcomes sought, and choose the most cost effective one (or combination) in the circumstances.
The RMA has a common process for all consents, whether for land, subdivision, water, the coast, or the discharge of contaminants.
Rules in plans also provide for the degree and type of scrutiny of proposals for resource consents (permits). There are five levels of consents: permitted, controlled, discretionary, non-complying and prohibited. Anyone proposing an action requiring a consent must carry out an impact assessment of the effects of that proposal. Plans can set out the particular impacts that the community wishes to examine and control. If there is no plan, or if the plan does not contain environmental criteria, the applicant must ensure that all adverse impacts on the environment are identified and measures to avoid, remedy or mitigate them are identified and developed.
Where a proposal needs more than one consent, these will be dealt with concurrently and by a joint hearing where necessary. This mechanism applies within and between agencies also.
The RMA requires local authorities to monitor:
- the state of the environment in their jurisdiction or area;
- whether their policy statements or plans are working as intended;
- whether resource consents and their related conditions are being properly carried out.
Where this monitoring indicates a discrepancy from the original target, the local authority must act to resolve this-either by changing the target or the measures needed to achieve compliance.
For further information about the RMA, see Ministry for the Environment, 1994b, 1994c, 1994d, 1994e.
Box 4.2: Environmental standards and guidelines
The Ministry for the Environment coordinates development of environmental standards and guidelines to help local authorities and resource users implement their responsibilities under the Resource Management Act (RMA). Standards and guidelines help define the 'environmental bottom line' of sustainable management described by the Act by setting values and targets for environmental quality.
Guidelines contain recommendations for the attainment of certain aspects of environmental quality. They can identify specific targets for environmental outcomes, incentives for resource managers to work towards those outcomes, different means for achieving them, and ways of measuring progress towards them. They are not legally enforceable in themselves, but provide a useful means for standardising practice. They can be incorporated into local authorities' policies and plans (and then become legally enforceable), and some can be translated into codes of practice for industry groups.
Standards differ from guidelines in that they are legally enforceable and apply nation-wide. The RMA provides for national environmental standards to be enacted in the form of regulations. Standards for the use, development and protection of natural and physical resources can relate to:
- noise
- contaminants
- water quality, level, or flow
- air quality
- soil quality in relation to the discharge of contaminants.
In October 1995, the Ministry for the Environment published a paper detailing the principles and processes for developing standards and guidelines (Ministry for the Environment, 1995c). These include the principle that standards and guidelines should prescribe the minimum amount of regulation to best achieve the desired environmental outcome, that they should consider impacts on other parts of the ecosystem, and that they should employ a precautionary approach which takes account of the uncertainty in the measures prescribing environmental quality. The paper also states that standards should be developed only where the advantages of protecting national values or providing national consistency outweigh the advantages of regional resource management.
The process for developing standards and guidelines aims to ensure widespread public consultation and peer review. Several drafts, and submissions on them, are called for at several stages in the development process. A significant element of the process for developing standards is a formal 'section 32' report, which is an evaluation of the alternatives to, benefits and costs of, adoption of the proposed standard.
To date, no national environmental standards have been enacted. However, several guidelines have been developed, some of which may be enacted as standards in future. To date, guidelines developed by the Ministry for the Environment are:
- Guidelines for Subdivision, October 1991
- Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites, January 1992
- Ambient Air Quality Guidelines, June 1994
- Water Quality Guidelines No 1, June 1994: control of undesirable biological growths in water
- Water Quality Guidelines No 2, June 1994: water colour and clarity
- Above-Ground Bulk Storage Containment Systems Guide, July 1995
- Odour Management Under the Resource Management Act, June 1995
- Cleaner Production Guidelines, May 1994: an update of case studies was published in October 1995
- Landfill Full Costing Guide, June 1996.
The Ministry for the Environment is also coordinating development of guidelines on coastal and fresh water bathing quality, toxic contaminants in water, stock drinking water, instream flows, organochlorines management, air emissions source testing, and marine pollution.
The Ministry of Health also develops guidelines, especially where use of resources can have effects on human health. Guidelines published by the Ministry of Health to date include:
- Draft Health and Environmental Guidelines for Selected Timber Treatment Chemicals Ministry for the Environment and Ministry of Health, 1993
- Air Pollution Monitoring in New Zealand 1960 - 1992 Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited, 1994
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities from PCB Phase-Out Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority and Ministry of Health, 1994
- Microbiological Methods for Monitoring Saline Recreational Waters, 1994
- Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand, 1995
- A Guide to Health Impact Assessment: Guidelines for public health services and resource management consent agencies and consent applicants Public Health Commission, 1995
- Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality Management, 1995
- Guidelines on the Management of Leadbased Paint Joint Public Health Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Service, 1995
- Risk Assessment: a 'user friendly' guide: Guidelines for public health services and resource management agencies and consent applicants Public Health Commission, 1995
- Interim National Quality Standards, 1995
- Guidelines for Management of Asbestos in the Non-occupational Environment, 1996
- Information about Selling, Packing, Handling and Storing Poisons, 1996
- Priorities and Procedures for Contaminated Site Investigation Version 1, Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited, 1996
- Protocol for Drinking Water Monitoring Programmes Based on Rapid Test Systems such as Colilert/Colisure, 1996.
Crown Minerals Act 1991
The Crown Minerals Act controls mining rights to Crown-owned minerals. It deals with the allocation of property rights. It establishes minerals programmes and sets royalty regimes for the various mineral ores. Permits are granted for prospecting, exploring and mining in accordance with these programmes and subject to the royalty regimes and appropriate conditions.
Three permissions are required before mining can start:
- a right to the mineral resource
- a right to access to the land on which or under which the mining will take place
- environmental consents to carry out the activity.
A mining permit does not confer any right to access-this must be negotiated between the permit holder and the landowner. In the case of Crown land, access conditions are determined in accordance with the legislation under which the land is being managed.
The Resource Management Act controls the environmental effects resulting from the use of those rights. Mineral depletion is therefore exempt from the sustainability provisions of the RMA, but the environmental impacts of the mining and use of minerals on other resources may be addressed under the RMA.
Environment Act 1986
The Environment Act 1986 established the Ministry for the Environment and authorised appointment of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. In addition to establishing these new administrative agencies, it entrenched the Government's commitment to include environmental issues as a key element in its policy-making formula. One of its objectives is to ensure that, in the management of natural and physical resources, full and balanced account is taken of:
- the intrinsic values of ecosystems
- all values which are placed by individuals and groups on the quality of the environment
- the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi
- the sustainability of natural and physical resources
- the needs of future generations.
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
The passing of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act in June 1996 represents one of the most significant reforms of environmental legislation since the Resource Management Act. The Act has a strong focus on environmental protection, although the actual level of environmental and human health protection will be set through regulations yet to be developed. The Act establishes the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) to assess and decide on applications to introduce hazardous substances or new organisms into New Zealand.
Biosecurity Act 1993
The Biosecurity Act was introduced in 1993 to restate and reform the laws relating to pests and unwanted organisms. It covers the quarantine, importation and monitoring of pests and unwanted organisms, and provides for pest management through regional or national pest management strategies. Any minister can recommend development of a national pest management strategy for an organism that is a pest 'of national importance', and regional councils can propose a strategy for controlling pests 'of regional importance'.
Criteria for identifying the need for a strategy are not just environmental; they include considerations of economic well-being, cultural concerns, as well as the viability of rare or endangered species, soil structure and water quality. The Act provides for cost-benefit analyses to be made of the pest's potential impacts before strategies are implemented. The roles and responsibilities of land-owners, regional councils and others and the cost-sharing for the management of the pest are then allocated on the basis of the nature and extent of the threats posed by the pest.
Conservation Act 1987
The Conservation Act 1987 establishes the Department of Conservation, and defines its mandate for managing and promoting the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historic resources on Crown-owned land. These resources include plants and animals; the air, water and soil they live upon or within; landscapes and landforms; and historic resources as defined under the Historic Places Act 1980. The Act sets up a system of land protection, and describes the variety of lands held for conservation purposes. These include ecological, sanctuary or wilderness areas and conservation parks. The Act also makes the Department of Conservation responsible for managing the recreational and tourist use of natural and historic resources within the protected estate.
Fisheries Act 1996
The Fisheries Act 1996 implements a system for ensuring sustainability of New Zealand's fishing resources. The Act aims to provide for the use, conservation, enhancement and development of fisheries resources so that people can provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being while:
- ensuring that the potential of those resources to meet the foreseeable needs of future generations is maintained; and
- avoiding, remedying or mitigating any adverse effects of fishing on the aquatic environment.
The Act therefore incorporates sustainability as its underlying principle. This means that the long-term viability of stocks for each species, the biological diversity of the aquatic environment, and human interests in using fishing resources are all considerations under the management system. A Quota Management System provides for the sustainability of fisheries resources. Under this system, the Minister of Fisheries can put in place fishing quotas for specific stock.
Under the Act, a Total Allowable Catch is set for species managed under the Quota Management System (covering commercial, recreational and traditional Māori fishing activity). This is reviewed annually for each species covered by the system. From this, a Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) is established and commercial fishers acquire rights to harvest fish by purchasing or leasing Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs). ITQs are expressed as a proportion of the TACC for each fishery, and therefore change as the TACC increases or decreases in response to the assessed health of the fishery.
Forests Amendment Act 1993
The 1993 amendments to the Forests Act 1949 affected the management of natural forests. The Amendment does not apply to land controlled by the Department of Conservation, but applies to most other private and public natural forests. Its purpose is to promote the sustainable forestry management of indigenous forest land. The Act defines sustainable forestry management as "the management of an area of indigenous forest land in a way that maintains the ability of the forest growing on that land to continue to provide a full range of products and amenities in perpetuity while retaining the forest's natural values". It requires areas of natural forest available for timber production to be managed under sustainable management plans defining, among other things, rates of harvest calculated on the forest's capacity for regeneration. It also provided for unsustainable logging in natural forests to be phased out by July 1996.
Wildlife Act 1953
This is the main law protecting wildlife on land and in New Zealand's territorial waters. It provides that wildlife sanctuaries, management reserves and refuges can be established for the protection of wildlife and their habitats. Species are classed under schedules to the Act according to their need for protection.
Ozone Layer Protection Amendment Act 1996
The 1990 Ozone Layer Protection Act was amended in June 1996 to bring New Zealand's ozone laws up to date with changes to the Montreal Protocol. Instead of specifying particular controls, the new Act enables controls to be imposed through regulations. This means that it is now easier to meet changing obligations under the Protocol. The new Act also sets up a system for accreditation of workers dealing with ozone-depleting substances. This will require these workers to have sufficient technical knowledge to comply with their obligations under the new Act.


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Statistics Canada has recently linked the 2016 Census of Agriculture data with household data to come up with several demographic portraits of Canadian farmers.
Here is a look at what the data says on birth origin and education of farmers.
Dutch farmers continue to move to Canada
Canadian farmers overwhelmingly identify themselves as Canadian by birth, according to Statistics Canada data.
The data shows, however, the significant influence that Dutch immigrants have on Canadian farming as the largest contributor of farmers born outside of Canada for most farming segments.
The data also show that the leading areas of birth other than Canadian, for fruit and tree nut farming and greenhouse production are increasingly Asian.
The immigration information confirms what many farmers likely already know. Of the 270,720 farmers that Statistics Canada has recorded, 246,605 of them identify as being Canadian at birth.
Unsurprisingly, Dutch immigrants by birth make up the second largest group, at 4,780. Farmers from the United Kingdom are next at 3,145, then the United States at 2,690 and Germany at 2,225. Next are farmers from India at 1,805.
An examination of the farmer numbers from different production sectors shows the influence of farmers who bring certain skillsets from their countries of origin.
In dairy farming, there are 1,080 farmers born in the Netherlands of the 17,840 dairy farmers in Canada. Dutch farmers are also the largest group born outside of Canada in hog farming as well at 275 of the 4,620 hog farmers in Canada. Dutch farmers are also the largest foreign birth group for poultry, sheep and goat, oilseed and grain and greenhouse production. They are also the highest immigrant group for vegetable and melon farming at 165 of 8,010 farmers in Canada, but Chinese immigrant farmers are a close second at 150.
In tree fruit and nut farming, immigrant farmers from India are well ahead, at 1,420 of 11,895 farmers in Canada
High school diploma still most common level of education
Statistics Canada looked at education level of farmers and out of 270,715 farmers, found that 77,705 of them, or 29 per cent of farmers have a secondary school diploma or equivalent. There are 56,735 farmers, or 21 per cent with a college or CEGEP diploma and 39,125 or 15 per cent with a university degree or diploma at the bachelor's level or above. Farmers with an apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma make up about 14 per cent of farmers.
And in what sectors do the highest educated farmers work?
About 29 per cent of fruit and tree nut farmers, 25 per cent of greenhouse growers, 24 per cent of vegetable and melon farmers, 18 per cent of sheep and goat farmers and 17 per cent of poultry farmers have a university education.

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Of the 376,890 accounts Twitter suspended for posting terrorism-related content, just two percent were the result of government requests to remove data. Twitter said 74% of extremist accounts were found by "internal, proprietary spam-fighting tools."
This marks the first time Twitter included its efforts to combat violent extremism in its transparency posts since the company began publishing the reports in 2012.
In total, Twitter has suspended 636,248 accounts for extremism between August 2015 and December 2016.


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Hello, my name is Nancy. Welcome to my little corner of the world. Join me in a cup of coffee/tea, and come back often to see what is 'New to Me'. My sister has taught me the joy of sharing...and this is from Me to You. Relax and I hope you enjoy. Leave a message so I know you were here!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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5 comments:
- Unknown said...
Awww...that is sweet. Happy Easter, Nancy! Thanks so much for your very sweet comment you just left on my blog! I really appreciate it! :)
- April 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- Jane said...
What a beautiful picture, isn't it wonderful when they love what you do for them
- April 12, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Sandy said...
"Mom" said that she had to take all other covering off of his bed the birthday night, so that he could cover with just this one!
He is loving it, but not very willing to share at the tender age of 3. Unfortunatly, I think that "Mom" just skinned his head. LOL!!!
By the way, this is Hank(ie), as he calls himself.
- April 12, 2009 at 4:11 PM
- Linda said...
Cute....It's nice when they like your work. You did a great job...hugs, Linda
- April 13, 2009 at 10:12 PM
- CJ STITCHING AND BLOOMS said...
Hello Nancy, Yes, that blanket is adorable as is the wee tike. Hugs Judy
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|Agent-based modeling and simulation tools provide a mature platform for development of complex simulations. They however, have not been applied much in the domain of mainstream modeling and simulation of computer networks. In this article, we evaluate how and if these tools can offer any value-addition in the modeling & simulation of complex networks such as pervasive computing, large-scale peer-to-peer systems, and networks involving considerable environment and human/animal/habitat interaction. Specifically, we demonstrate the effectiveness of NetLogo — a tool that has been widely used in the area of agent-based social simulation.
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1-D 'wires' could advance quantum electronics
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|Electron microscope image of a 1-D channel molybdenum disulfide embedded in 2-D tungsten selenide. The blue/green dots are tungsten and selenium atoms; the magenta dots are sulfur atoms. The entire film is three atoms thick.
"If I want to make an atom-sized feature, and I don't have atom-size control, it's not going to work," said David Muller, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering in the Department of Applied and Engineering Physics.
Muller and his research collaborators have discovered - a little bit by accident - a method for basically inserting a 1-D semiconductor channel into the "fabric" of a 2-D material. The electronic band structures of these channels exhibit the properties necessary for future electronics applications.
Doctoral student Yimo Han is co-lead author of the group's paper, "Sub-Nanometer Channels Embedded in Two-Dimensional Materials," which published Dec. 4 in Nature Materials. Muller and Lance Li of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology are co-senior authors.
Muller, co-director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell For Nanoscale Science, said the seed for this work was analysis of 2-D materials for the purpose of making computer circuits. In examining the interface of two atomically thin materials - such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten selenide (WSe2) - Muller and Han noticed that the atomic structures didn't line up perfectly, that there were defects where the materials joined.
Muller likened the interface to that of sheets of different thread counts.
"If I look at the two materials with different thread counts, they don't match up when you put them together," he said. "If I line up my two sheets parallel, that's where you're going to get the closest match. But what if I took the one sheet and I cut it at a 45-degree angle? Now, when I rotate it to line up with the other one, the spacing between the mismatches is going to be very different."
It's at these mismatches called dislocations - the "loose threads" at the interface of the two materials - where the 1-D wires form. The chemical reactivity of the materials is higher at these defects than in the rest of the material, so when subjected to certain growth conditions, the defects didn't just stay at the interface - they tended to migrate.
"We were kind of surprised that the little loose threads didn't stay at the interface," Muller said, "and what we saw instead were these wonderful little wires."
The higher reactivity at the dislocations allowed the molybdenum and sulfur atoms (Mo and S) effectively to grow, away from the original interface. That had the effect of forming 1-D MoS2 "wires" in a trail behind the advancing core in the WSe2.
And by controlling the angle at which the two materials are put together, "we can control how many 'loose threads,' how many starting points, we have for growing these wires," Muller said.
These 1-D wires could play a role in future quantum electronics, Muller said.
"If I want to build a computer chip at this scale, I need a couple of different components," he said. "I need a good conductor, like [single-atom-thick] graphene, and I need a good semiconductor. That would be these MoS2 's and WSe2' s."
Han said further work will look at other materials, for which their computational collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology already have predictions for future candidate systems.
Researchers from Academica Sinica (Taipei) also contributed to this work.
Electron microscopy for this work was done at the Cornell Center for Materials Research, which is supported by the National Science Foundation's Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers program.
Support also came from the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives and the Office of Naval Research.
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How to make a Peg Bundy costume
The uber-tacky wife of long-suffering shoe salsman, Al Bundy, Peg Bundy is a sleazy style icon with her signature BIG red hair. The "Married… With Children" mom's hobbies include avoiding parenting kids Bud and Kelly, watching Oprah, and scarfing bon-bons in between scheming with next-door-neighbor Marcy. Additionally, Peg enjoys lifting an extra $20 out of Al's wallet to spend at will!
You don't have to break the bank to look as cheap as Peg Bundy! Most of the stuff you will need can be bought cheaply from a thrift store, could be lying around your hous (kinda like Peg herself!), or purchsed at a department store thanks to the comeback of '80s fashion! Pull off a fun look with this easy to make DIY costume that everyone will recognize!
##Things You'll Need##
* Red wig (with bangs)
* Hairspray
* Comb
* Animal print top
* Plastic necklace
* Wide belt
* Black leggings
##Putting together your Peg Bundy costume##
Step 1: Pick up the key to your costume, a long red wig with bangs.
Step 2: Chances are, your wig might not come styled like Peg's hair. You can easily acheive this look by "back-combing" the top layer of red hair. Take your comb and pick up the top layer of hair, starting midway at the hair shaft and scrunching the hair so that it stands up. Spray it in place with your hairspray so it stays that way. You can also take an empty roll of toilet paper (or rollers) and situate it under the hair to give a similar effect, spraying it in place for additional height.
Step 3: Once you've got your wig and makeup on, the rest is a cinch! Peg favors animal print tops. Find a long-sleeve leopard or zebra print top and put it on. Belt it around the waist with a wide belt of either leather or elastic fabric.
Step 4: Pull on a pair of tight-fitting leggings and either tuck your top into it, or let it hang over the top for a tunic/peplum effect with your belt.
Step 5: Put on a pair of tacky high heels in a neon color or a distinctive pattern.
Step 6: Add the finishing touches with an armful of plastic bangles and a splashy platic necklace.
Step 7: Practice your best whine! This makes a great couple's costume with someone dressed as Al Bundy!


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As the boom in business continues to grow, multiple industry opportunities are discovered every day. With the splurge of small businesses and entrepreneurial activity across the globe and new enterprise creations, industries continue to flourish. With booming business comes the challenge of real-estate, setting up operations and scaling to growth and expansion across regions.
Coworking has been the much-anticipated solution – taking the hassle out of finding spaces for yourself, leaving it with experts who set up well-furbished offices to suit every stage of business growth – be it a single desk, private offices to complete office management for 500+ employees. 2018 Global Coworking Survey estimates that 1.7 million people will be working in around 19,000 coworking spaces around the world by the end of 2018.
Christie Spaces is 100% Aussie owned and operated since its inception in 1980 – way before coworking was a thing. Architect-designed workspaces with a variety of large shared areas and amenities give members flexibility in how and where they work representing true business freedom for the business, team and clients.
Christie Spaces launched their newest coworking space at 240 Queen Street in Brisbane with 3500 square meters of office space across three podium levels.
How does Christie's expand and enhance their coworking solutions to their clients?
To support local and international business that are constantly on the lookout for bigger and better opportunities, Christie's must first address their own operational management, adapt to evolving business models that put community first.
According to every second coworking operator from the Global Coworking Survey, gaining new members remains the biggest challenge for coworking spaces. Another problem listed by operators is the general workload.
Partnering with technology to provide the best turn-around for Christie's clients
Christie Spaces embarked on a truly ambitious digital program, completely revamping their internal business support systems and providing innovative solutions to their client including mobile app to book your spaces conveniently on the go.
On the promise to "discover a space that grows with your ideas", starting with a personal desk, moving to a private office, then expanding into an office cluster; technology has transformed business growth solutions. The digital program kicked in advance of physical office design and architecture and leaping into technological solutions has provided record turn-around times and service for their clients.
Mobility, agility, collaboration and employee motivation are now key success factors. This is why the Christie's model of 24/7 access and fast, intuitive technology throughout the space creates an environment of unparalleled engagement, productivity and community for all members.
Mitra Innovation leverages AWS partnership to enable rapid expansion at Christie Spaces
Drawing from the expertise with Mitra Innovation's partner eco-system, AWS was the go-to provider to host, deploy and scale all Christie's IT infrastructure requirements. Christie's business support systems to enable marketing, client acquisition, reservations, contracting, billing and service fulfillment all required a well-designed and structured solution that would be scalable, secure, available, and easy to manage.
AWS Components used in Christie's Deployment Architecture
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- AWS Cloudwatch to aggregate logs
- AWS Cloudformation to create the infrastructure stack AWS ELB to balance the load across instances
- AWS VPC as private cloud
- AWS RDS as database
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- AWS Code Deploy to enable automated deployment and availability on upgrades (minimum downtime on new release) using Blue/Green deployment strategy to deploy all the application components to maintain zero downtime throughout the deployment process.
- Deploying solution to scale by running on a clustered environment with auto scale groups to handle the higher load and user activity.
- All application components have at least two instances located in different availability zones to ensure high availability .
- All infrastructure components are secured by VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) where inter resources access is handled via IAM roles.
- AWS CloudWatch is used to aggregate all application components logs where each instance are configured for immediate notifications whenever something fishy is detected based on a highly attuned escalation protocol.
- AWS Database backup and recovery options is enabled to ensure business continuity.
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Initial Coin Offering is the best fundraising mechanism for cryptocurrency startups. This mechanism has assisted most of the startups to raise their funds in a hassle-free way. If you are one such startup looking to launch ICO, you have landed at the right place.
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How to find the best ICO Launch Services?
Launching an ICO is not an easy task. In this case, you need to go with the superfine solution provider for the ICO launch.
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- Best service and quality support
The initial criteria to be considered while hiring the best ICO Development Company is the quality service and customer support they render. You need to make sure that, the product should have a good quality to integrate features.
In addition to this, customer support is also a strategy to be considered. As you may face any issues after the deployment, a team of customer support should always be available to resolve them instantly.
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Blockchain technology has evolved to higher heights. When it comes to ICO Projects, it is important to implement Blockchain in it. While hiring a company for ICO launch services, you need to consider experts who have rich experience in Blockchain Technology.
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Your solution providers must have a great passion for being part of cryptocurrency technology influencers across the globe. Your team should have a great work commitment to the project.
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While taking the ICO project, they ask you to allocate for a dedicated resource or not. You need to choose the required resources based on the expertise, the previous projects handled, the diligence in work, etc.
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In order to hire the best solution provider for your business, you need to check for the past feedbacks and reviews. Make sure they have a very good history of reviews and feedback from the previous clients.
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ICO Tokens to be created. They are different types of tokens which may vary with a standard such as ERC20.
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You should come up with a top-notch ICO Landing Page to perform Token Sales on the platform. Make sure it is intuitive and user-friendly.
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Integrate Cryptocurrency Wallet on the ICO Platform to instantly store and retrieve the funds whenever needed.
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This music video for "Hey Child" by pop duo Korbee is making us long for summer
Ever get a song stuck in your head for weeks on end? If it's a bad song, it can often seem like a nightmare. But if it's a good song, it gives your day a bit of a positive boost. So, fair warning that after you listen to "Hey Child" by the pop band Korbee, it'll be hard to shake. (And for the record, it falls into the latter category.)
Korbee — a Los Angeles-based pop/folk band that consists of musicians Jenn Korbee and Tom Korbee — have been playing together since 2013. Prior to, they were part of the act "Korbee Jones," which had them play alongside Daniel Jones of Savage Garden. As a duo, they were quick to release their first 6-song EP, Great Escape, which came out in 2014.
From what we can tell, they're big fans of releasing acoustic versions of their songs. And for good reason.
"Hey Child" isn't the first, and likely not the last, song that the band has experimented with. The original version, without surprise, debuted this summer. All in all, the band managed to put out two very different, yet very beautiful variants of the same tune.
Not only does the acoustic rendition truly emphasize the band's impressive vocals, but it's the first to get a music video.
We're pretty lucky to be able to exclusively premiere the video of "Hey Child." Watch, listen, and truly see why these two talented individuals have blossomed in the music industry.
Presented as a film, we're loving that the end even has its own closing credits.
If watching that made you feel like going on a cross-country road trip this summer, trust us — you're not alone. (At the very least, we want to invest in a tambourine.)
As a band, Korbee is set on making sure their fans "stay wild." Not only is the positive message scrolled across their merchandise, but this adrenaline-pumping footage of their live performances is pretty much living proof.
Even better, 2017 dates will be announced soon. Without a doubt, their music will definitely help brighten up the year.


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Family Advocacy Summit 2017
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Sign up to our list to join the movement for high-quality, affordable child care for all. You'll be one of the first to know when we put out our next call for family advocates. You'll also get action alerts — ways you can make a difference right from home.
Thank you. We're all in this together.
Nearly 80 family advocates from across the U.S. joined us for the Child Care Works Family Advocacy Summit, a part of the Child Care Aware® of America Policy Summit, April 23-25, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Read a recap of the CCAoA Policy Summit.
The parent advocates received training and guidance on advocating for child care policies with their members of Congress, learned how to tell their personal child care story, and studied the federal child care and early education landscape.
Attendees then met with their Congressional representatives and Congressional staff in almost 300 visits, to advocate for the necessary policy initiatives needed from Congress to bring safe, affordable, high-quality child care to families across the country.
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Amber Jones – Marana, AZ
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Maybe it was love at first sight, but when Chris saw Julia for the first time, he was actually taking Julia's sister out on a blind date and Julia was there when Chris picked up her sister. After the date, Julia's sister told her that she thought Chris was more her type and her feeling proved to be true. Later on that year, Julia and Chris had some dates, but it took them a while to figure out that it was more than just a friendship. Julia moved to another city and the two had been pen pals for a couple of months until Chris finally told her his feelings and the rest is history. In 2008 the couple were married and welcomed their first daughter a little over one year later. During that time, she started her blog called Chris Loves Julia. At first, it was a newlywed blog where Julia shared stories and photos of her family life with close friends and family members.
A lot has changed since back then but the name hasn't. In April 2011, when the two bought their first home, a fixer-upper, Julia began documenting their home renovations. At that time Chris was working as a marketing consultant and when he came home, the two put all their time into completing their home. The blog kept on growing and the two kept on filling it with their decor, design, DIY projects and personal stories. Just two years later, Chris and Julia Marcum sold the house and moved to Idaho. They bought their second home, and to no one's surprise, the house also needed some updating. With some major changes to their new house, the couple put a lot effort into turning an ordinary, dark, and outdated building into a family-friendly and functional, both modern and traditional home – which they did all by themselves in just three years.
"We're not a before and after blog. We're a process blog. We're a messy, dusty, paint-in-my-hair-at-all-times, always course-correcting blog."Julia & Chris Marcum | Source: Instagram
The little family has grown and after the birth of their first child Greta in 2010, they also welcomed a large Saint Pyrenees named Charly and their second daughter Faye in 2014. So it was unavoidable for Julia and Chris to create a space that the whole family would feel comfortable in. Usability is evident in their home, yet the partners in design managed to maintain a traditional, modern aesthetic with clean lines, gorgeous patterns and bright colors enhanced with beautiful decor and paintings.
"I would say my style is casual, comfortable, sophisticated, and family-friendly. I lean towards traditional modern, and I like the traditional elements to come through, but I'm not overly modern either. It's a happy medium."Julia Marcum | Source: domino.com
What started out with a passion for renovating and designing their homes ventured into a full-time job of running their blog and documenting the daily details of their DIY feats and home stories. Chris decided to quit his job in July 2016 and fully focus on blogging and realizing new projects. Chris Loves Julia was named the Best Renovation Blog in the 2017 Domino Design Blog Awards and in August 2017, Julia gave birth to their third daughter Polly.
With their family-friendly, budget-conscious and inspiring home projects and renovations, the couple has shown us how important it is to create your own welcoming space for everyone to feel at home. After almost completing their home, they want to take more time to enjoy, but there are already new renovation plans for an A-frame cabin in Idaho which they just recently bought. So we are definitely looking forward to seeing how their holiday retreat turns out.
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The Death Ball is a planet-destroying space station where Dark Laser commands his Dark Troopers. It is a clearly parody of the Death Star.
The Death Ball is a giant spaceship which serves as Dark Laser's evil lair and mobile command base. It has attempted to destroy Earth numerous times, but the attacks are always foiled by Timmy Turner and his fairies oddparents.
Althought currently Death Ball is shaped like Dark Laser's head, in its first appearance, more closely resembles its Star Wars counterpart, although the sphere is halved by a second larger trench running from pole to pole, and it also has a large sign reading "Eat" on the side of it.
The Death Ball made its first appearance in the episode "Movie Magic" when Timmy had wished himself into a parody of Star Wars to capture scenes of it for his own film. It had a significantly different appearance, as Dark Laser himself had not been introduced at this point yet. It also apparently doubles as a restaurant.
The Death Ball made its first appearance as evil lair in the episode "Mission: Responsible" in its construction stage but was destroyed by Timmy and Poof. Somehow, Dark Laser finished construction anyways, and tried to destroy the Earth in the episode "The End of the Universe-ity": only to be destroyed by Timmy again three times.
In an sixth attempt to destroy the Earth, Dark Laser tried to convince Timmy to work with him since he granted him a scholarship for his college, the Dark Mouth University, and had a Dark Suit that used Dark Powers that could do things that Fairy Magic couldn't do. It nearly worked since Timmy liked how he was able to use the Dark Suit for his own advantages, but right when Timmy was about to press the 'Destroy Earth' button, he snapped out of it and used Dark Laser's weapon against him, destroying the Death Ball for the fifth time.
The Death Ball reappeared in the episode "Wishology", where two of Dark Laser's workers were watching a video that Timmy posted on TooYube to attract his attention. Dark Laser, upon finding out about the video, was angered so much that he confronted Timmy directly. However Timmy claimed that he needed Dark Laser's help in fighting the Darkness, so he spared Timmy from being killed and went to assist Timmy on defeating the Darkness.
Even though Timmy didn't destroy the Death Ball in the episode "Please Don't Feed The Turners", Dark Laser trapped him and his family in a zoo as payback for Timmy destroying it eleven times. He was shown to have installed a zoo and mall to make money ro pay for repairs. The new places were so popular that they raised 100 Million Death Dollars for Laser to pay for the repairs. However, Timmy ended up destroying it again.
Dark Mouth University
The Dark Mouth University is Dark Laser's university, a reference to Dartmouth College. Dark Laser, who was tired of being continuously defeated Timmy Turner in his plans to destroy the Earth decided, along with his advisers and Flipsy, to recruit him in their evil empire, so Dark Laser offered Timmy a scholarship to study at his university. He said him that didn't want to fight, only wanted he joined to him and ruled the universe together. As proof of his peaceful and nonviolent offer, he showed him the greatness of dark powers, gave him a suit with the same powers for his own use and promised him that if Timmy returned it after 24 hours, then he wouldn't to attack Earth again.
Timmy proceeded to uses the powers with of a Dark Suit Manual, which showed him that could break Da Rules. Taking advange of that oportunity Timmy sought vengeance against they who made him miserable. When Francis was going to bull him he used his telekinesis to shake and undress him in front of people. In Science Bowl Dimmsdale School, he showed a poorly roll of toilet paper and, when Crocker was going to hive him a F, he destroyed all other projects wetting it with water from an artificial wave, thus earning the first prize and shaking and undressing after in front of people his abusive teacher. In the cafeteria of Dimmsdale School, when Timmy was going to launch and Trixie Tang, his unrequited love, approached to the table where he was and showed him contempt for their teeth dubbing him "buckteeth" Timmy hypnotized her and forced her to kiss and loves him. In his home, when his parents let him alone with Vicky, he used his powers to enslave her and forced her to hit himself with a skillet. After all his vengeance, Timmy finally succumbed to the dark side.
Later, in Dark Laser's Death Ball, Dark Timmy enrolled in Dark Mouth University and, how first lesson, he had to destroy the Earth activating lasers station. Timmy was going to press the button delighted, willing to take revenge once and for all from all Earth's habitats, when Wanda stopped him and supplicated him to think in his family. Dark Timmy was redeemed, took off the suit and demanded that Dark Laser hold up to his end of the bargain. However, Dark Laser forgot to mention that he could lying with dark powers. Dark Laser had no intention of doing so and assembled his army of robots. Unfortunately for him, he forgot to reclaim the suit, which Timmy used to contain his army in cages, conjured up by his fairies. However, Dark Laser managed to reclaim the button to fire the laser. Timmy then simply wished the laser to go in reverse, destroying the Death Ball instead.
Death Ball Alien Zoo
The Alien Zoo is the place were Dark Laser kept rare aliens caged and tried to raise 100 Billion Death Dollars to repair the Death Ball, after which he would then cast the Turner family into space.
Dark Laser built this zoo in his Death Ball to house Timmy and his parents in a habitat that resembled their Earth home. Dark Laser planned to use the income from the human exhibit attraction to refinance the rebuilding of his Death Ball, which Timmy had destroyed a multitude of times already in the episode.
The place also has other Caged Alien Animals, and a water show stage for a alien whale named "Orcatron". There were alien tourists as zoo's primary customers.
Death Mall
The Death Mall is a shopping mall next to the Death Ball Alien Zoo that was filled with retail stores.
The Death Mall was a mall built on the Death Ball. Dark Laser pointed out, in his quote, "I call it 'The Death Mall on The Death Ball'. It was built by my best friend Saul last Fall; He's tall, I should give him a call". When Cosmo, Wanda and Poof came to rescue Timmy, they got distracted and went on a spending spree in it.
- In the episode "Please Don't Feed The Turners", it is revealed Timmy has destroyed the Death Ball eleven times. It then became twelve times since Timmy destroyed it at the end of the episode.
- The Death Ball is the parody of the Death Star in the Star Wars universe.


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July 2015: Assos
Yes, we are in Assos, the ancient village known nowadays as Behramkale which overlooks the beautiful Aegean and the Greek island of Lesbos.
Friday was market day. It is held every Friday, rain or shine, summer or winter, simultaneously in the nearby towns of Ayvacık and Küçükküyü which are equidistant from here. I find them both very attractive in their different ways: the former is much more traditional and there you will find colourful Yörük women often with their children bound to their backs in age-old fashion who enrich the scene considerably. The latter market in the small seaside town of Küçükküyü is a totally different scene. For a start the local population consists mostly of retirees from the big cities eg teachers so the market has a more upbeat feel to it. I wouldn't like to call it sophisticated but it definitely has a different vibe to the first market.
Guess which one I prefer to go to? Yes, you guessed it! I almost always shop at Ayvacık market as I love the buzz and colour of market day which the villagers who come in from miles around bring to it. It's as traditional as it gets.
What does this new, warmer season have to offer?
The sign says Local barbun – which is what these attractive red beans are called. They are very popular cooked the traditional way in olive oil.
Fruit-wise, there are still loads of cherries but now we are starting to see peaches and nectarines. The apricots are absolutely delicious – buy them now and make some tarts. That's what I am doing. You will see melons around as well but in my experience, you either have to have a well-trusted source or just be plain lucky. Most of them are pretty tasteless. And if you disagree with me, you don't know how fabulous melons used to taste.
The prices at both markets are fantastic, especially in Ayvacık. Everything costs more or less one lira per kilo, per bunch etc.
And re my fridge situation which I briefly touched on in a recent post: new Bosch is on its way… can't wait. Watch this space.
Here in Assos we are eating fresh fish when we go out. As I am sure you are aware, there is an official fishing ban on at the moment (it will end in September) so most fish in restaurants in Istanbul will be either frozen or farmed. Here, it is caught in local waters by fishermen in their little fishing boats, which is fine. Tonight we had iskorpit, apparently called scorpion fish in English. Distinctive taste and very well cooked in a broth: buğlama. However, I do think my favourite way of cooking – and eating – fish is grilled/ızgara.
So at last, everything has changed and we are truly into summer vegetables and fruits. No more greenhouse tomatoes or eggplants from Antalya. Summer is late this year but at long last, everything is responding to the season.


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Having lost seven out of ten league matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently placed seventh on the points table and a defeat in this match will knock them out of the race for the playoffs. After beating the Mumbai Indians at home, RCB failed to take advantage of the momentum and suffered back-to-back defeats against Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad.Delhi Daredevils are set to face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 45th fixture of the IPL 2018. Dream11 Prediction of DEL VS BLR 45th T20 is given in this post.
Delhi Daredevils' IPL 2018 campaign has all but ended after their crushing nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last match. They are languishing at the bottom of the league standings with eight defeats and just three wins from eleven matches.
Pitch Report:
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi .
Match Details: DEL VS BLR , May 12 , 20:00:00 GMT +5:30
Venue Stats: As per stats of last last 64 matches Played in which 30 won by 1st batting and 33 matches won by chasing.
|Highest Score Chased
|214/3 (17.3 Ov) by DD vs GL
|Lowest Score Defended
|118/4 (11 Ov) by DD vs KXIP
|Average 1st Inns scores
|Average 2nd Inns scores
|Highest total recorded
|231/4 (20 Ov) by DD vs KXIP
|Lowest Total Recorded
|66/10 (13.4 Ov) by DD vs MI
Delhi vs Bangalore Team News :
Delhi :
- Despite being thrashed by SRH last time, the Daredevils may not make any changes to their line-up and so we expect them to go in unchanged for this match.
Bangalore :
- Quinton de Kock Might be back in place of Moeen Ali.
- That would mean Washington Sundar, most likely, would be in for Manan Vohra.
Squad :
Delhi :
Glenn Maxwell,Prithvi Shaw, Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer(c), Vijay Shankar, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Nadeem,Rishabh Pant(w), Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Rahul Tewatia, Avesh Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Shami, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Junior Dala
Bangalore :
Parthiv Patel(w), , Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Quinton de Kock, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Murugan Ashwin,Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Manan Vohra, Corey Anderson, Sarfaraz Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Pawan Negi, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande
Delhi :
Prithvi Shaw, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Harshal Patel, Trent Boult, Shahbaz Nadeem,Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk).
Bangalore :
Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers,Quinton de Kock/Brendon McCullum, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.
Players To Watch out for DEL VS BLR :
Delhi :
- Prithvi Shaw
- S Iyer
- R Pant
- Amit Mishra
Bangalore :
- Quinton De Kock (if play)
- Virat Kohli
- AB de Villiers
- Y Chahal
Facts & Fixtures DEL VS BLR :
- R pant has the orange cap in his possession after his thundering 63-ball 128 in the last match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- T Boult has taken 13 wickets so far and is more likely to provide his team the early breakthroughs.
- Virat Kohli together with AB de Villiers hold the key to RCB's slim chances of making it through to the playoffs.
Head To Head Stats:
For Delhi vs Bangalore ,Delhi Daredevils have faced Royal Challengers Bangalore 19 times in the history of the Indian Premier League with the latter having emerged victorious on 12 of those occasions.
- Virat Kohli (C*), AB de Villiers(C), Mandeep Singh, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer(c), R pant(VC), Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, T Boult, Liam Plunkett, G Maxwell(VC*)
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So! Who Will Win DD VS RCB . Virat Kohli and his troops will give their all when they face the Daredevils on Saturday. Considering team composition & other factors chances of RCB looks better. So according to our betting prediction prediction Bangalore [55%] will win this match.
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i HAVE 4108 perkins engine which I have always intended to attach a callorifier and when the engine was installed a hose linking the input and output water flow was added rather tahn blanking nuts to facilitate this. I have now decided that there is no place for a callorifier, but would like to connect radiators directly to the cooling system of the engine via the calorifier connection. To me this raisies a number of questions: 1. Is it possible to have radiators connected directly. 2. Does there need to be some independent header or pressure release or will the engine header tank and radiator cap do. 3. When the radiators are turned off do I have to have a pipe(and taps) tp bipass the radiators to maintain a flow of water. paul


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Double Wrist Chopper
A blade is shown and partially inserted into a frame. A spectator puts his wrists into the holes at the center of the frame, just below the blade. Suddenly the blade is pushed down right through the wrists of the spectator. After a moment's pause the frame is opened up to show that the spectators wrists are now trapped by the blade.
For added effect, have 2 spectators each place one wrist into the hole, lock their wrists together, and SLAM! The blade performs it's double penetration, leaving them trapped within the holes of the blade.
Easy to do and in no way dangerous to perform, the viewers will be left speechless.
- Length and Width: 35cm x 30cm
- Diameter of Holes: 8cm
Comes with a Double Wrist Chopper and video instruction.
The dimensional weight (shippment): 2.5kg
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813 Remington Street
Nearly perfect when it comes to boutique suites designed for the complete local experience of extra privacy, comfort, peace and style. Each room is a studio apartment, complete with an array of amenities.
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Very close to perfect when it comes to hotel suites, Studio A is situated on the second floor with a sunny bay window and a private balcony overlooking the gardens below. The queen bed, walk-in shower, full kitchen and dining area make it comfortable. The unique décor, with that unique Colorado blend of energy and ease, makes it special. A perfect weekend getaway for couples, Studio A accommodates two adults with no crowding. A rollaway bed can be added for parties of three, if reserved in advance
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Like all the best boutique hotels, Studio C is the perfect blend of special-occasion luxury and at-home comfort. Large windows overlook the tree-lined street of this quiet neighborhood near downtown Fort Collins. Inside, the mid-century décor feels both opulent and cozy. Furnished with a queen bed and walk-in shower, the spacious studio accommodates two comfortably and easy accommodates a rollaway bed for an additional guest. And the full kitchen and dining area make it a fun and convenient base for both business travel and vacation.
It's an urban-industrial studio. It's a rustic garden suite. It's a pet-friendly hotel. Studio D is all these and more, a small luxury hotel with a quintessential Colorado vibe. This ground-floor unit's large windows overlook the garden and it offers easy access to our outdoor entertaining area. Studio D is a comfortable fit for two adults (and a four-legged companion) and can comfortable accommodate three by way of a rollaway bed. Furnished with a queen bed, it has a walk-in shower, full kitchen and dining area.
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706 East Stuart
Expect to be transported to the tropics! We offer hostel-style dorms and private suites. Located in mid-town Fort Collins, Colorado. The Solarium is inspired by our international community and caters to those seeking socially inspired travel
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