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[The Luton Reporter: Tuesday, July 22nd, 1919]
Whatever else may be said concerning Luton's peace celebrations, it will probably be agreed that one of the happiest and most pleasing features has been the solicitous care taken to make the occasion a memorable one for the aged poor and children doomed by circumstances to spend their days in the drab surroundings of the local Poor Law institutions or to rely upon assistance from the rates to eke out anything by a luxuriant existence in these hard times of costly living.
The Guardians took full advantage of the Government relaxation of official regulations to grant extra fare to the inmates of the Union House and Beech Hill Children's Homes for the celebration day, and extra out-relief of two shillings for each adult and one shilling for each child, including the boarded out children.
Besides, the Waste Paper Scheme have undertaken the responsibility for a peace outing for the inmates, and these old and young folks also had a surprise treat – perhaps the biggest surprise of their lives – on Wednesday afternoon [July 16th] when the proprietors and management of the Palace Theatre, with the co-operation of a number of enthusiastic and generous friends, entertained them in a fashion that can only be described as royal.
It was typical of the happy knack the Palace management have displayed right from the commencement of the war of putting their finger on the right spot and coming to the aid of the deserving, that it should have occurred to them to celebrate an historic occasion by a peace party to the old folks and youngsters under the care of the Poor Law authorities, and it was equally typical that having struck a happy idea they should have carried it into operation with a thoroughness that left nothing forgotten.
The invitation to attend Wednesday's matinee performance was quite a spontaneous one and represented such a delightful change for young and old that it was readily seized upon by the Master, Mr A. B. Richmond, but in accepting the invitation neither he nor any of the guests had the slightest conception of the treat in store for them, and, if their heads swelled with pride and their hearts overflowed with gratitude, there was every justification for it in the practical pains taken by deeds rather than words to make feel they were really welcome and honoured guests.
The Palace directors, Messrs L. Lyons and Joe Hart, spared no expense to give the guests something to talk about and remember for many a day, manager Mr Mark Lorne surpassed even his customary restless energy and enterprise in organising and stage managing the treat with minute attention to the smallest details, and from the heads down to the youngest and humblest member of the staff there was manifest a sense of personal pleasure in doing anything they could to help in the visitors' enjoyment, that struck the true note of sympathetic brotherhood and sisterhood. "I never enjoyed anything so much in my life," said one of the helpers, and this was the spirit animating them all.
There were something like 90 guests. Mrs Mather and Miss Willetts brought along 26 boys and girls of varying ages from the Beech Hill Homes, and about 55 men and women came from the Union House, accompanied by the Master and labour Master, engineer, cook and several of the nurses. All carrying with them hand flags of the Union Jack presented by the Palace Theatre.
The children walked along from Beech Hill, but the old folks did things in style. Brakes were sent to fetch them, and they drove along waving their flags, two cornets and a trombone from the Palace orchestra kept them in good humour with 'Auld Lang Syne' and 'Dear Old Pals,' winding up with a fanfare of trumpets as they alighted at the Palace.
When they were seated inside the theatre the full orchestra struck up ' Auld Lang Syne' and then the guests settled down to the enjoyment of the full Palace programme, with a break during which Mr Lyons, the managing director, and members of the staff took a hand in giving out whiffs to the 'old boys' and sweets to the old ladies and children.
And how they did revel in it all. They chuckled at the comedy picture, roared at the productions of the comedy violinist and ventriloquist, and marvelled at the singing, artistic dancing, feats of magic and mental telepathy, and the wonders of the picture drama. Some of them had never seen a picture play before and could scarcely believe their own eyes.
When the show was over they were escorted up to the Palace tea rooms, where they were seated at two long tables, one for the adults and one for the children. This was where the surprises began.
First there was a tea – and it was a tea, too. Mrs Dearman had put her back into it with a will, and the tables looked a treat in more senses than one. There were sandwiches, brown and white bread and butter, lettuces, jam, cake, doughnuts and other sweetmeat specialities, and a host of willing helpers saw to it that the guests had little time for small tea-table talk while music was discoursed at the grand piano.
Someone well described it when he said: "It is the banquet of banquets and yet the ladies are here!"
Ad lib was the order of things and ample time was allowed for the enjoyment of them before more surprises came along. First there were clay pipes, tobacco and whiffs for the men, tea, scent sachets and hairpins for the women, and sweets and picture postcards of Luton for the children, and then all had silk buttonhole flags as a memento.
To wind up with, the 'old boys' were sent home with a cigar apiece, and what pipes, tobacco whiffs, cigars and tea were surplus were taken along to the Union House for the old folks unable to take part in the treat.
The Town Clerk (Mr William Smith) was among the visitors and, before the party broke up, remarked that although he had nothing whatever to do with the Board of Guardians, Mr Lorne probably thought that as he had had to do with the other peace celebrations he would be interested to see how well they were being able to enjoy themselves.
He thought the Palace Theatre proprietors and Mr Lorne, as their manager, deserving of every praise and thanks for the very nice meal they had provided at the end of a very good entertainment. It was an exceedingly nice thought on their part to remember them and give them some entertainment in connection with the celebration of peace, and he hoped it would be a day they would remember quite as much as any other day in connection with the history of the war.
They had every reason to remember it with satisfaction, because it was not to end there. Mr Lorne was so pleased and delighted with the whole function that he authorised him to say the Palace Theatre proprietors would be most happy to entertain them in that way once a year.
This announcement naturally met with a hearty round of applause, and on the Town Clerk's call three rousing cheers were given for the Palace Theatre proprietors and an extra one for Mr Lorne.
Mr Lorne's reply was characteristically brief. "I am just as pleased and delighted as you are to see you all happy and enjoying yourselves," he said. "This day next year the proprietors, Messrs L. Lyons and J. Hart, will be pleased to see you all again." And the cheers rang out again.
Included in the thanks also were various donors of gifts mentioned by the Town Clerk. Mr Charles Barker sent the tobacco, Mrs Charles Barker packets of tea. Mr A. E. Nicholls, whiffs' Mr Leoni Clark a box of cigars, Mr A. E. Yde-Poulsen (Messrs Woolworth) silk buttonhole flags, scent sachets, hairpins, picture postcards and clay pipes, while the Palace Theatre provided the sweets in addition to the good things for the tea.
Mr W. H. Miles, of the George Hotel, was a great factor in the carrying out of the arrangements by providing brakes for the conveyance of the old people to and from the Union House, and Messrs Faunch and Flitton also rendered greatly appreciated assistance in voluntarily loaning their vehicles to help take the old folks home.
It was indeed a jolly party that left the Palace. One helpless old fellow who had to be literally carried about, said: "What a change it has been. I've often wanted to see the inside of the Palace, but I never thought the first time I came I should have such a treat. We have never had such a time."


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The Poll Tax was a fair system where each individual paid for the public services he/she enjoyed. We are now back to the idea of the householder paying the full community charge whack for everyone under his roof. Yet he may have offspring whose income is higher than is his or hers! Hardly fair.
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And the winner is…
(Although since this is the end, is it really a spoiler?)
In 2010, two people who could be charitably described as morons started a blog. The blog was based around a frankly stupid bet to see who could get married first. Real life married. There were rules, but it took them a while to work out what they would be.
What followed was a catalogue of errors, mishaps, foolish endeavours (If you are new to the blog. Get a cup of tea, and then start at the beginning) and quite a lot of dates.
The berks even went to America to meet ladies but in the end the both found love a lot closer to home. One way of looking at it is that both of them won because they both grew-up and found the perfect person for them.
But that's not entirely correct because Toast won the bet. In your face, Biscuit of 2010.
The Big Day for Toast
The Theatre Producer and I had decided to keep things as casual and calm as possible in the run up to the wedding. Even with a strict, 'no getting stressed' policy things got a bit fraught towards the end. We'd both had very little sleep because we'd been doing things in the evenings.
Fun things like making our rings, having intensive dance lessons for our first dance and making other wedding related flim-flam, but were both extremely tired.
We'd had a flurry of last-minute ideas for the wedding which required careful designing of crosswords, pouring things into tiny bottles or coming up with an interesting conversation starting fact about every single guest. Neither of us managed to to sleep before 2am for a week before.
On wedding-eve TP went to her parents house. I stayed at our home, enjoying my final night as a single chap with my brother.
We drank cider and ate dirty fried chicken while watching telly. There was a plan to go the pub but a footballery match was on so the local pub was all shouty.
Off to the wedding
The next day I woke up reasonably early and forced my brother to go for a run with me. I like running, he's not 100% on-board with it, but understands it's a thing he has to do with me.
After only a small amount of grumbling we set off, stomping through monsoon style rain to Regent's Park and back. Chatting occasionally but mostly wheezing. The final section was limped but we managed it. As a reward for our good work we went for a posh brunch and ate a lot of bacon.
Once we'd cooled off a bit we got changed, washed, and bundled up all the things we'd need for the wedding (suits, shoes, ties, tie-pins and various other bits and bobs) before headed to Waterloo to get the train.
We arrived at the station ten minutes before our train left but the queues were huge and full of people who couldn't understand how ticket machines work. Luckily at the station we bumped into a few of the wedding guests who were in a very jolly mood.
One of the guests decided to skip the ticket queue by loudly declaring that I was going to miss my wedding if I didn't get a ticket right this minute. People smiled and stood aside to let her buy tickets for all of us. I felt like a king, a slightly sheepish one but thanks to the wedding guest's actions we did get on the train in time.
On the train the guests and my brother drank booze while I fidgeted and told myself off for not having written my speech yet.
When we arrived everyone disappeared off to their hotels to change. My brother scampered off to his hotel to get into his suit and I sat down and finally wrote out my speech.
I had a good few jokes already worked out but I've was struggling with sentimentality. It makes me uncomfortable so I tend to go for silly instead. Most of my time spent hunched over the little desk in the room was spent trying to put feelings into the speech. I sort of managed it in the end.
My brother appeared sooner than I expected. I had to jump into my suit and we got a lift off MyLoveLifeInYourHands to the venue.
It was at this point that it felt real. Not just a blog. Not just a silly idea, but real. There were people there, and a really big room to put them in.
There was only a brief moment to chat to official types and make sure the people doing readings had their notes before I had to go and stand at the front of a room with my back to everyone. My bother and MyLoveLifeInYourHands were stood next to me in coordinating suits for moral support.
The rest of the venue was packed out with our friends and relatives. The room rumbled with the sound of 130 people trying to be as quiet as possible while they waited for the music to start.
Of course someone's phone went off, with a comedy ringtone.
The long pause
We were waiting for a while. TP was late, but there was also a minor issue with the music for her to walk in with. Biscuit couldn't get it to play. After some swearing and a bit of hitting the grumpy sound system sprang into life and started honking out the appropriate tunes.
The doors opened and The Theatre Producer walked in looking amazing. Only I didn't know this because the photographer had told me to not turn around and look so I could only hear sighs and the soft rustle as she approached the front of the room.
It was only then that I noticed the beautiful medieval tapestries lining the room were actually depicting a pig being slaughtered. How romantic!
After what felt like forever, I was finally given clearance to look at TP. Only she wasn't TP any more, she was the person who was about to become my wife.
The ceremony was short but perfect. If you cut all the religious nonsense out of the way it's a fairly simple job of repeating some lines and then signing a book. It was lightly spiced with three excellent readings. I'll put the links to them here.
- A Lovely Love Story
- Love Hat Relationship
- The other one that I can't remember
There was a lot of giggling, because the situation was so strange. The Theatre Producer and I do many interesting things together, but one of them is not solemnly look at each other, holding hands and loudly declare things.
We managed it with only the absolute minimum of giggling and everyone cheered. There was even a kiss.
After the ceremony we walked out and people blew loads of bubbles. Confetti was banned at the venue so we went with bubbles instead. Bubbles worked.
The guests finally got to have a drink and TP and I posed for a range of pictures. Some sensible (various mixes of family and ushers/bridesmaids) and the silly, including a couple posing with axes and one where TP was being a bridezilla chasing the entire wedding party. I can't wait to see that shot.
While this was happening the guests milled around the gardens drinking cocktails, eating ice-cream and playing some extremely aggressive games of croquet.
The Party
The next stage lovely meal with all my favourite people in a room. We'd spent hours, no days working on the table settings.
People were carefully sat next to strangers, ones we were sure would become firm friends and whole tables were designed to have a good mix of interesting types. During the meal I didn't sit down much and instead walked from table to table catching up with people, some of whom I don't get to see very often.
It was lovely, but also a little strange because you don't really get to talk to anyone for very long. Just flit around having snatched conversations.
It may be your wedding, but it some ways it feels like you're not really there.
After the meal were the speeches, which were all excellent, short and extremely funny.
People had been briefed that bad speeches would be interrupted with a klaxon. They all performed brilliantly, mine went okay. I wasn't that stressed about it, the thing I really feared was the first dance. I was terrified of the first dance.
Foxtrot time
I hate the awkward shuffle of the traditional first dance, so TP and I had got dance lessons. 5 hours of dance lessons, we'd learned the foxtrot.
Our instructor was forgiving and seem pleased with our progress but I was terrified of messing up the steps.To make things worse, TP's dress was considerably larger than the one we'd practised with. It kept pushing me away.
We managed it though, even the fancy moves we'd requested in a fit of overconfidence and while I don't think we would have won a dancing contest we would have been comfortably mid-pack, in the beginners section, of a small seaside town, where people don't dance, and the judges are drunk, and short-sighted and we've bribed them.
Now that dance out of the way I could relax a bit more and catch up with old friends over drinks and observe the construction of the least impressive bomb I think I've ever seen. It was made out of party poppers so it didn't have much to go on but I don't think there is much a future in fireworks for the people who made it. Still it kept them amused for a few hours.
There was a lot more dancing. Dance cards were supplied for every guest and people were enjoying filling them out. Everyone seemed to have lovely time, apart from the people organising the ceilidh who had to physically herd people around the dance floor. Everyone was very enthusiastic but not very competent.
The end
At about midnight the party stopped, or at least paused.
The venue closed. We got a car back to our honeymoon suite but the rest of the gang got a bus to their hotel and bravely partied on until at least 4.30am. Including a final burst of champagne when a minimum spend was needed at the last-minute and one guest splashed out on a few bottles to get the bar tab high enough.
The next day most of the party joined us for a bacon-based brunch and to re-cap what happened the night before. This was the time when most people signed the guest book, they'd been too smashed the night before. We also spent some time examining the photos and trying to piece together events from the last 12 hours.
All in all it was an excellent day. 10/10, A+, Would recommend to friends.
Lessons learned (over the course of the whole blog)
- If you want to meet someone right you have to meet a lot of people, like loads, and go on many dates.
- Even if those dates don't work out, you'll make lots of friends.
- Complete strangers will help you out with stuff if it's in the name of marriage.
- Internet dating is the normal now.
- But everyone pretends on dates that they are new to it and they're just trying it out because a friend insisted they do.
- If I make a bet with someone, I'm going to win it.
- Writing a blog really can change your life.


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It's all perception and how you choose to take on the world. I don't have everything, yet my life is full, and I'm in a happy place in life. But life isn't perfect.
I walked into Church today after much debate of why I should crawl out of bed. I can't tell you the last time I slept in and last night I found myself awake until 2am – extra sleep was tempting. February has felt like a marathon, it's been non-stop, but it's kept my heart in such a full and happy place, so I pulled myself out of bed because I knew I needed to hear the message today to keep me here.
If heaven came to earth….
The message itself was great, whether you believe in God or not. "Love each other as you love yourself" (just like you expect in heaven). I go through many of my days full of love and I try my best to treat others exactly how I like to be treated, even though some days it's very hard. What I often remind myself is everyone is fighting some sort of battle, everyone has their own stuff going on which means we all need to have a little bit more compassion and change our mindset's to not be rude, or not only focus on ourselves. Build people up, rather then push them down.
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5 Ways Retailers Can Inspire Shopper Loyalty
By Aptaris / December 2015Insights
Retail Trends and Supermarket Promotional Vehicles Elevating the Customer Experience
Inspiring shopper loyalty is paramount to the success of supermarkets today and in the future. It's all about customer experience and convenience.
Smart grocers are taking a cue from larger retail trends, such as this list from RetailNext, a provider of Big Data solutions and in-store analytics.
1. Merging Digital and Physical Channels
To entice Millennials and accommodate time-strapped consumers, retailers must make shopping more accessible and deliverable 24/7. Optimizing an omni-channel approach, leveraging strong CRM and loyalty programs across digital and brick and mortar will increase performance and engage loyal customers.
2. Inspirational In-Store Shopping Journey
The shopping experience must be captivating and relevant to the consumer. Forget trying to keep her in-store longer with the hope that she'll buy more. Now the mantra is to make shopping easy and efficient. Offering differentiated products in a simplified, easy to find environment is the key to getting her to come back again and again.
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Communications need to take place before, during and after the store visit to inspire customer commitment. Retailers must harness in-store messaging and iBeacons, as well as social media, loyalty programs and other technology touchpoints to enhance customer engagement.
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The popularity of pop-up stores and more customized merchandising to accommodate local preferences is revolutionizing retail. In fact, online only retailers are now opening physical stores to showcase their brand experience to customers.
5. Make it Convenient
With less time and patience, convenience is a priority for the consumer of today and tomorrow. Retailers' offerings must be easy to find and relevant to shoppers' needs with quick and simple check out.
Promotional Vehicle Traffic Drivers
To get more shoppers in-store for a full brand experience, food retailers communicate promotions using an average of 14 media and advertising vehicles. According to the "Advertising and Promotional Practices of U.S. Supermarket Retailers", report the most commonly used media continues to be the printed circular, along with shelf tags and signs.
Despite the prevalence of printed media used today, 90 percent of supermarkets expect growth in email, website outreach, and digital and mobile coupons. And as many as 70 percent of grocers expect to increase their use of Facebook and Twitter to announce promotions.
By elevating the customer experience, engaging consumers and simplifying shopping, supermarkets will captivate their audience and capture share of mind as well as share of wallet.
* The information in this article was gathered and analyzed as part of a study sponsored by Aptaris and Topco. You can obtain the full report at: GoAptaris.com/AdStudy2015.


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The one motivation Horn needs to shock the world
THE world's bookmakers will tell you that Brisbane's Jeff Horn has as much chance of beating American challenger Terence Crawford at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 15 as a three-legged horse in the Melbourne Cup.
But our world champ says his three-week-old baby Isabelle is all the motivation he needs to score another stunning upset on the world stage.
Horn is set to follow his massive victory over Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium on July 2 with a defence of his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against the American many regard as the world's best fighter.
Crawford is so tough he once won a major fight only a few weeks after being shot in the back of the head with a 9mm pistol.
The fight underlines the incredible journey from a timid, geeky teenager who first ventured into a boxing gym to learn self-defence in 2006 because he was being targeted by bullies. He had his first amateur fight in 2008 and was such an instant hit he made the quarter-finals of the London Olympics four years later.
But he was largely unknown as he punched his way through the professional ranks over the next four years while at the same working part-time as a relief school teacher around Brisbane. He is such a modest champion that his personal Facebook page "JC Horn'' still lists his profession as "relief teacher'' even though he is now the undefeated world welterweight boxing champion.
And while the mild-mannered Horn is as much as a $9 underdog with some online bookmakers, Crawford's American promoter Bob Arum says regardless of who wins the New York superfight, Suncorp Stadium could host a rematch if it proves to be a thrilling battle.
Horn, his wife Jo and baby Isabelle are likely to arrive in New York two weeks before fight time.
"I can't fight without Jo and Isabelle by my side,'' Horn told The Courier-Mail in an exclusive interview last night after jumping off the treadmill in the back shed of his modest Acacia Ridge home.
"I'm not going to change my routine even if the fight is on the other side of the world. Jo came with me when I had my very first amateur fight at the Acacia Ridge Hotel in 2008 and we've been a terrific team all these years.
"Crawford is a great boxer, a good puncher and slick. But I'm bigger and I hit harder so I'm confident I can do Queensland and Australia proud.''
Horn faces one major handicap for the fight, though, as his trainer Glenn Rushton has four of his other boxers involved in a major fight card in Brisbane on April 7 and Horn may have to train in New York for a few days without the man who first taught him to throw a punch 12 years ago.
The world champ said he could have played safe and picked up an easy $2 million by battering Anthony Mundine but his whole career has been about defying the odds and facing the best in the world.
He will earn well in excess of that $2 million against Crawford but against a vastly more dangerous fighter than Mundine.
The slick and slippery American, from the mid-west city of Omaha, Nebraska, is undefeated in 32 fights, is a former world lightweight (61kg) champion and the only man since Australian great Kostya Tszyu to unify the super-lightweight (63.5kg) division. He will face Horn at the 66.68kg welterweight limit.
In September 2008, Crawford was shot in the back of the head after a late-night dice game under a streetlight in Omaha. He recovered to win his fifth pro fight a few weeks later.
Horn says he knows exactly how tough Crawford will be but that living on the edge makes him feel alive.
"I like proving people wrong,'' Horn says about the fight that will likely make him a huge star in the US, the world's biggest boxing market.
"Ever since I started boxing I've wanted to fight the very best. People have always written me off. Most people thought Manny Pacquiao was going to destroy me but they all got a big shock.
"I'm a huge underdog for this fight but that only makes me more determined to show what I can do. With Jo and Isabelle I have all the motivation I need to provide them with a great future by beating Crawford in his own country at the most famous boxing stadium in the world.''
Horn has already started light training but will begin his preparations in earnest on January 29 at Rushton's Stretton gym.
He was set to face Crawford on April 21 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas but because of a clash of dates with the Las Vegas National Hockey League team the Golden Knights, promoter Arum made the change of date and venue.
Madison Square Garden, in mid-town Manhattan, is the spiritual home of big-time boxing. With a seating capacity nudging 20,000 it was the venue for such great battles as the first two Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fights and the first Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield battle. It has been a boxing graveyard for Australians, though, in recent years with Queensland's Darren Obah and Sydney's Daniel Geale and Kali Meehan all being stopped there in major battles.


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Project Description
Barbados (Cynodon)
Cynodon dactylon Barbados/Hollywood
It is best planting during growing season in frosty areas – Spring until Autumn, but can be done all year round.
Warm Season
Drought Tolerant
Heat Resistant
Disease Tolerant
Accommodate Higher Levels of Traffic
Salt Tolerant
Grass Variety Description
What types of lawn will you have?
Pristine high value lawn with fairway like qualities
Where is Africa Lawns Barbados best suited?
Domestic lawns mowed 32mm and shorter. Sports fields – hockey, soccer, netball and athletics tracks.
Barbados will grow actively within all grassland biomes in South Africa. It will outcompete most other grasses in sandy soils and will tolerate high saline conditions.
It is suitable to mowing heights as close as 4.5mm. Beautiful striping, deep olive-green colour and fine leaf texture
Barbados has excellent turf qualities. This is a fine textured Bermuda hybrid, which compares excellently and is on par, with vegetative propagated Cynodon hybrids and is finer than Kikuyu.
Barbadosis even more dwarfed with an upright growth habit, providing a dense stand that tolerates low mowing (minimum 7mm). Summer leaf density is high compared to seeded varieties and similar to the vegetative varieties. Due to good wear tolerance the turf can withstand high traffic levels and will recover fast from damage.
Barbados has good drought resistance with decreased water usage (19% – 29% less than kikuyu). It adapts to varying soil conditions and at maturity needs approximately half as much water as cool season varieties do to survive. Barbados exhibits the highest percentage recovery rate of all the tested varieties from drought due to less leaf wilting. Recovery from drought induced dormancy is also fast.
Maintenance Tips
Water Wise
How much water – 25mm per week during growing season.
This grass can be maintained without an irrigation system. A shortage of water will result in the grass going dormant (brown). If water remains unavailable for a protracted period the grass may die.
Although this is a relatively drought tolerant grass at maturity, it still needs regular watering during establishment. Irrigation can be reduced once the root system is established.
50 g (approximately one handful) per m² of 5:1:5 or 3:1:5 three times a year.
Slow release formulations are recommended, as lawns do best when fertilised little and often.
Fertilizer Requirements: Kgs/100m²/year – 5kg/100m²/year
Pests and Diseases
Take careful note of the symptoms, i.e. spots on leaves, size and location of patches etc. and phone Africa Lawns and speak to their specialist in this field. Remember that insects and fungal diseases know nothing about straight lines, so if you see straight lines look for a man-made problem!
Healthy, actively growing lawn is less susceptible to diseases and insects so don't skimp on fertilising (you can't avoid regular mowing!)
Good air flow reduces humidity and helps to avoid disease. Don't over water or underwater – both cause stress to all grasses.
Where traffic is excessive the pressure can be reduced by setting paving stones or sleepers into the grass and just mow over the top. This is a creeping grass and possess the ability to cover bare patches.
The best way to avoid weeds is to have actively growing grass forming a dense canopy that does not allow light through to the soil surface. Fertilise and mow regularly and you will literally "cut out" the majority of problems. Ask a specialist before spraying an herbicide.
- When grass is 50 mm long. Set the mower at its highest setting (no less than 32mm)
- Sunny areas 5mm to 32mm (lower heights necessitate twice weekly mowing).
1/3 rd. RULE – Never remove more than 1/3 of the leaf blade at a time.
Mowing Frequency (days):
Depending on mowing height. The shorter turf is mown, the more frequent the mowing frequency.
Mowing Height (mm):
7mm – 32mm
Mower Type:
Rotary/Reel? Both, depending on clients need
Aerating and Top Dressing
Spiking or hollow tining: Use a garden fork or tining fork on highly compacted areas. Push the whole length of the tine into the soil to get good water and air penetration.
Top dressing: Creeping grasses may be covered with a layer of soil or compost. This activity is primarily done to level areas.
Suitable for uses:
- Residential
- Golf Courses
- Specialized Sports Fields
- Commercial
- Road Construction – Nutrient poor soils
- Re-Vegetation Projects
Mowing Frequency (days): Depending on mowing height. The shorter turf is mown, the more frequent the mowing frequency.
Mowing Height (mm): 4.5mm – 32mm
Mower Type: Rotary/Reel? Both, depending on clients need
Fertilizer Requirements: Kgs/100m²/year – 5kg/100m²/year


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If there is any justification at all in the comparison, it is that both writers are concerned primarily with descriptions of what might be called ordinary people and their relationships. In fact, Johanna is (to my eyes) the much more skillful of the two. I think it would be easy for readers who insist on serious, substantive literature to overlook Joanna Trollope. After all, her novels are best sellers; they read with the flow and ease of a good mystery, and they can be read as a kind of dessert. Indeed, I have to confess that I put aside whatever else I am reading when one of her novels comes into my hands, and I feel a kind of guilt at the sheer enjoyment I experience in reading her flowing novels.
However, I never get far into her novels without realizing that I am learning important things about relationships from someone who has an excellent and trained eye for observing. Although discursive essay has an important role in informing us about relationships, about how they go right, how they go wrong, how deceit inevitably erodes and corrupts them, really good novels do something that essays cannot do. This has to do partly with the fact that lots of people who read novels would not, by choice, pick up a heavy discursive essay, but there is more to it than that. What Trollope wants to show us in this novel (among other things) is how families weather broken marriages, or, more accurately, broken primary relationships. The best of friends after whom this novel is named are two families—two families so close as to almost be one.
As usual, I will insist on giving away as little of the plot as possible (since I have always hated book reviews that tell me more of the story than I want to know). However, the reader will very quickly learn in this little novel that one of the marriages is going badly. Trollope is, I think, almost as astute as Iris Murdoch in seeing just how destructive relationships can be when they start to go bad. I would be very surprised if Trollope has not carefully read Murdoch's work; her attention to detail and her meticulous creation of rich, complicated and believable characters seems very much in the Murdochian tradition. In the name of loyalty, one of the two couples in this story remain together long after they have ceased to strengthen and support one another. Indeed, as Trollope so clearly sees, the very thing that makes good relationships so enriching (namely, that each member of the partnership likes and values the other more than her/himself—so that the reflection given back enhances and vivifies the self), not only lessens as the relationship declines, but reverses itself. This is a difficult thing to say clearly. As the people begin to distance from each other, each new interest of the other, indeed, even old interests and activities, become threatening to the other. And again, in the name of loyalty, it occurs often enough that each person grows smaller by the day as they limit and conform themselves to the expectations of the other.
Let me try to use a passage from the book to make this point. Gina, the wife in the relationship going bad, is trying to explain to her old friend Laurence, the husband in the other relationship, what transpired in the fateful confrontation that is now leading to the dissolution of her marriage.
Laurence replies to this that her husband, Fergus, seems simply to be building a raft of excuses to sail away on, and his comment is to the point. Nevertheless, and in spite of the unfairness of Fergus' attack, Trollope allows us to see that there is a lot of truth in what he says. Fergus and Gina have changed; interests they had in common have been abandoned by one while accented by the other. No harm in that unless each begins to see every difference as either a threat or a condemnation.
He said I'd allowed myself to wither so that I'd not only not got any new horizons, but I wasn't interested in having any. He said I ran round after him and Sophy [their daughter] trying to claw out little bits of their lives and that I was showing every sign of becoming a hysteric with a craving for rows and scenes. He said I play emotional games and that my best energies are now devoted to manipulating people.
Not to continue on too long with the downward spiral of this relationship, the reader quickly comes to see that were this simply a matter of whether these two people should stay together, the answer is clearly "No!". But, again like Murdoch, Trollope will not let us off so easily. After all, this is real life she is describing, not a novel. While it is true that each of these people is daily diminishing both in their own eyes and in the eyes of the other, there are families involved here, not simply their happiness, or even their potential as people. A bit of honesty and communication might help—less fighting and accusation and more real attempts to understand. But Trollope wants to move on now and to move the reader on. Suppose it is 'best' in some sense for these two to go their own ways, what of their daughter? And suppose now that Gina turns to her oldest friend (and probably her first love) Laurence for help and succor, and that he, out of real love and concern, reaches out for her. Is it enough that their love for one another is real? That they have, when they pause to consider, loved each other always?
Almost all of the rest of the novel is directed towards the consequences for both families of the dissolution of the marriage of Gina and Fergus. Each of four children as well as Gina's aging mother gives us their story, a picture of just how far-ranging the consequences can be of one divorce. We hear Fergus attempting to explain to his daughter, Sophy, why the lack of harmony between him and Gina forced him to leave, though she 'explains' just as clearly how the desertion is of her as well as of her mother. And when he insists that she could have come with him, that he did not choose to leave her, it is the child who has to explain how that would simply compound the desertion of Gina.
Again, I think I will not be giving away too much if I say that the original best of friends are Gina and Laurence, and that Gina's agony calls forth from Laurence a sympathetic response, a genuine loving response, that begins to threaten the marriage of Laurence and his wife, Hilary. Again reminding me of Murdoch, Trollope will not allow us as readers to oversimplify; the love between Laurence and Gina is real and deep, but it does not negate his love for his wife, nor does it justify his abandoning his family.
Let me end by quoting one more scene from the novel, one that I think gets at some of the complexities Trollope sees. As Laurence attempts to explain to Gina why, in spite of his love, he cannot leave or abandon his family, Gina retorts:
"We can't use our children as excuses for what we do. They'd never forgive us. They may hate us just now but they'd hate us even more later if we said that you'd only stayed on in your marriage for their sakes. It isn't fair to burden them with that. That's our burden."
I don't want to pretend that Trollope sums up so neatly, or even that she thinks there is a right answer here. What she does see is the enormous complexity of relationships and of families, and she describes this complexity in an interesting and compelling and (I think) enlightening way. She writes as if she knew me, as if she can name my blindness, my excuses, my selfishness. I think you will see that she names you as well.
Laurence said softly, "Don't you make excuses."
"I'm not--"
"Yes, your are. You're trying to justify things. The only justification we have, Gina, is that we want to do this thing, and it's not a justification that has, or can possibly have, any appeal for anyone but us."


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Queen of Thrones
Game of Thrones Episode Companion – Season 5 Episode 6
Littlefinger….what is your endgame? You crazy man.
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken, or, Burning Cersei, is the sixth episode of season 5. Gosh we're already over half way through! Interestingly, this is the third episode to feature a house's words as its title, the first being the very first episode Winter is Coming, and the second being the end of the first season Fire and Blood. Fun fact. Anyway. Whilst some argue that season 5 has been a bit slow, I think the biggest disappointment is some of the plot changes. Now, this isn't a book-fan complaining because there are changes; this is a book-fan complaining because some of the changes are absolute crap. For example, Loras' trial. I have already expressed how they have ruined this bad-ass knight's character, but what the hell was the trial? Granted, the outcome is interesting, and leads itself into a book-based plotline. However, the way it was executed was absurd: let's listen to this one lower-class brothel worker against the whole of the royal family. Squires may be required to bathe their knights, which is a perfectly plausible reason for seeing this birthmark. The whole scene just felt rushed for the sake of moving the plot along. And what will happen to OlyvAR now that he has confessed? The Sparrows are ridiculously militant – which means that they should probably kill or torture him (the latter being part of their confession technique, in a fashion). And what was OlyvAR's motif for confessing? Perhaps Cersei (or maybe Littlefinger?) paid him off? Nevertheless, one man against the entire royal family with no real proof? Not even the Sparrows are that insane. Guess we will see how this plays out… We alsoOl once again got to see how wet Tommen is, bless him.
My next aggression is with the Sand Snakes, again. Bronn aptly sums it up: "oh, for fuck's sake". These daughters of Oberyn are just ridiculous. Book Sand Snakes, whilst equally annoying, do at least have some logic behind what they want to do – albeit flawed. These guys? No idea. Oberyn repeatedly said that in Dorne, they do not hurt little girls. What do the Sand Snakes want to do? Hurt Myrcella. I think. I don't even know. What I do know is that fight scene was all a bit too silly. Yes, yes, we understand that these are your trademark weapons, you two-dimensional shits, but really? A whip? REALLY? And Obara, the spear one…Jesus it's just a bit cringey really! And if that cut somehow festers and kills Bronn, I swear down…! They're misguided, I get that, but to the extent that I just want them all to die – Ellaria included. The Martells are my favourite family…in the books, but now it just seems to be show-Doran I like. Their resilience, patience and cunning has been replaced by misplaced vengeance and bad acting. As a side note, the setting of the Dornish scenes, the Water Gardens, is a small palace just down the road from Dorne's capital, Sunspear. Oh, also, how the hell did Jaime and Bronn sneak into the Martell's PRIVATE gardens in blood stained uniforms? JUST as, coincidentally, the Sand Snakes were doing their…thing. God I'm angry.
Moving on. Tyrion appeared to be the voice of reason, raising many good points as to how Daenerys would probably suck at ruling in Westeros. Jorah's luck seems to go from bad to worse; not only did he learn about the death of his father, but has also contracted greyscale and been captured. 'Tis not a good day to be a Mormont (though not as bad as Stark….). If you remember, the reason why Jorah fled Westeros to Essos was because he sold poachers into slavery – so it's a somewhat ironic twist of fate given the position he is now in. His father was Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Jorah's crimes brought dishonour to his family, much to his father's disappointment. In fact, the sword that Jon wields, Longclaw, was originally Jorah's before he left.
Some quite interesting parallels can be drawn between Cersei and Tywin in this scene. Firstly, we see that she has taken up residence in his old office (is she acting as Hand of the King now…?). Additionally, during her scene with Olenna, the Queen of Thorns (yay!), she uses the Jack Donaghy technique of making her opponent wait, mimicking Tywin's letter writing performance. However, this doesn't stop her from getting burned by both Olenna and Littlefinger!
Before we discuss the ending I thought that I would touch on the Faceless Men. Essentially, these guys are elite assassins. This makes me doubt the Waif's (the other girl in the House of Black and White) story, as Faceless Men cost an arm and a leg to employ. Only the richest can afford them. They can be hired to kill anyone, but at a lofty price. Furthermore, there is a theory that the Jaqen we see here is not the same as the one Arya met before; rather, Jaqen is just one of many faces! Oooh!
The climax of the episode (no pun intended) saw an emotional end to Ramsay and Sansa's dream wedding. Poor Sansa can't catch a break. Her character has gone a long way since she was last at Winterfell – to the point where she is beginning to become a player. We saw how brilliantly she handled Myranda earlier in the episode. Whilst the consummation of the marriage was awful, I think that she knew what was coming (no pun intended). Now, I'm in no way saying that what we saw wasn't rape; it was, and it was horrible. But I think that it is important to note that Sansa, to quote producer Bryan Cogman, "isn't a timid little girl walking into a wedding night with Joffrey. This is a hardened woman making a choice and she sees this as the way to get back her homeland." It was horrible, unfair and quite emotional to watch (give Alfie Allen an emmy!) but she isn't a silly little girl any more…she knew what to expect. The next question is, how will she react? I am just thankful that they changed this scene from the books, in which Ramsay makes Reek sexually…interact with his new wife (a cut character), which is extremely disturbing.
To conclude, it seems like episode most counterbalance one good scene with one bad. As I said before, I'm completely happy with a lot of the changes being made (you know, because my opinion matters), just not when they are replaced with flawed, badly written shite. Bring on episode 7, which looks a lot colder…


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A group of parents whose children attend Chicago Public Schools slated for "turnarounds," closures or other adjustments protested the plan with a sit-in at City Hall Thursday, where they vowed to stay until Mayor Rahm Emanuel granted them a meeting to discuss alternatives.
CPS announced in late November that a record number of struggling elementary and high schools would be revamped, with multiple tracks to improvement that include total closure, mergers with charter schools, and "turnarounds"--the controversial practice of gutting a failing school and bringing in new staff and curricula, often overseen by an outside consulting agency.
But members of the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) say alternatives to closure should be considered, and want city and school officials to get input from community members, and consider several alternative plans advocates have drawn up to combat school failure, before making such sweeping overhauls, according to NBC Chicago.
"We are here to once again demand that the mayor hear the voices of those who will be most impacted by proposed school actions by the Chicago public schools," said Shannon Bennett with the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization. "And if we don't get what we want with this process, we have a lot of other means." (See full video above)
KOCO hopes the mayor will consider their "Neighborhood Agenda for Schools," a plan designed in collaboration with seven other community groups that would allot more resources to traditional public schools than alternatives, like charter and selective enrollment schools, that CPS has increasingly favored, Progress Illinois reports. The "Bronzeville Achievers Village Plan" also promoted at the demonstration makes similar recommendations.
Previously scheduled public hearings on the proposed school closings kicked off Friday and will continue throughout the month, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Parents' calls for CPS to be more accountable to community members than administrators are particularly resonant after the district's Inspector General released a report Wednesday detailing multiple counts of employee fraud and misconduct, including improper benefit payouts that cost the cash-strapped school system $1.13 million.
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text: Back to Basics: C# 4 method overloading and dynamic types February 12, '10 Comments [30] Posted in Back to Basics | Learning .NET | Programming | VS2010 Sponsored By C# 3.0 introduced the implicit type "var". I've explained var as saying: "I'm too lazy to tell you the type of this variable, so you figure it out, compiler." However, it's more useful than just promoting terseness or laziness: var i = 10; // implicitly typedint i = 10; //explicitly typed Although var is a great way to start arguments about coding standards at your work, there are times when it is required around anonymous types. Here's an example from MSDN: / Example: var is required because// the select clause specifies an anonymous typevar custQuery = from cust in customers where cust.City == "Phoenix" select new { cust.Name, cust.Phone };// var must be used because each item // in the sequence is an anonymous typeforeach (var item in custQuery){ Console.WriteLine("Name={0}, Phone={1}", item.Name, item.Phone);} C# 4 (not 4.0, the marketing folks say it's .NET 4, etc.) adds the dynamic keyword. I've explained this saying: "There's no way for you or I to know the type of this now, compiler, so let's hope that the runtime figures it out." Here's how this looks from an Intellisense point of view. Here I'm hovering over the dynamic keyword: And here is the tooltip after pressing "." after "calc." Now, to the interesting question of the day. Christoff Turner asked this question, essentially: "I noticed the following while doing some research within C# 4.0:" using System;namespace ConsoleApplication1{ class Program { static void f(Int32 x) { } static void f(dynamic x) {} static void f(Int32 x, dynamic y) {} static void f(dynamic x, Int32 y) {} static void f(Int32 x, dynamic y, Int32 z) {} static void f(dynamic x, Int32 y, dynamic z) {} static void Main(string[] args) { f(10); // Works - obvious f(10, 10); // Ambiguous - obvious f(10, 10, 10); // Ambiguous - not so obvious - since it should be possible to resolve } }} "Looking at f(10,10,10), what is the reasoning behind this call being ambiguous?" I stared it it a while longer, then realized what is happening, and called Mads Torgersen to confirm. Mads says this. In short, the behavior is totally by design: dynamic in method signatures doesn't come into it: it behaves like System.Object does. Given that, neither of the ternary signatures is better because each fits better than the other on some arguments (Int32 fits 10 better than object does) The key point here, in bold, because it's significant is: having the type dynamic means "use my runtime type for binding". The problem in the context of method calls is that you can't use the runtime type of something until, um, runtime. ;) Binding with dynamic expressions (dynamic binding) happens at runtime. In this case, we're compiling against method signatures that are known at compile type and we're compiling with a (mostly) static language, so there's no dynamic method dispatching happening that could select a different method overload at runtime. The dynamic type is statically-typed as dynamic. The compile-time type is "dynamic" (but really it's object, hence the method overloading trouble.) Another way to look at this is with Reflector. This C# code: static void f(Int32 x, dynamic y, Int32 z) {} is essentially this, from a method signature point of view: static void f(int x, [Dynamic] object y, int z) {} and if there was a method that returned dynamic, it'd look like this: [return: Dynamic]private static object GetCalculator() {} So, given how dynamic works as a type, how the DLR works in the context of method dispatching, etc, you can see why things didn't work like Christoff thought they would. Enjoy! Related Links Back to Basics: var != Dim C# 4 and the dynamic keyword « The Weekly Source Code 49 - SmallBasic i... | Blog Home | Hanselminutes Podcast 200 - Jon Skeet! » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [30] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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The interiors of modern palaces in the east retain all the splendor and grandeur of traditions. At the same time, modern interiors are filled with new technologies. Comfort becomes an absolute concept. Interior Design Dubai UAE by Katrina Antonovich is the creation of exclusive luxury for elite real estate. The design of the bathroom completely reflects the palace style with all the attributes of the decor. In this version, the interior designer perfectly beat space and filled it with beauty. Each square centimeter radiates magnificent grandeur and brilliance. This is an interior for those who can afford the very best and understand what eternal beauty is.
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This blog started out about seven years ago mainly as a photography how-to blog. I ended up deleting about five years worth of posts and started fresh.
I write about my journey through photography. My life. My feelings. It is more of a public diary for my children to read when I pass so that they might know who their father really is inside.


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|Jeet Kune Moe - The Art of the Intercepting Stooge
/-------Unleashing the Might of the Bone of the Head
/ /-------->The Jaws of Life------->Go Boom!------->Righteous Mess
/ /
Armour of Ignoramus---> Armor of Sabotoogie ---> Whirlwind of the Ignoramuses
\ \ ^
\ \ -----------> The Shedding Porcupine /
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\-->Gibbering Cry of the Untouched Master /
/ --Call of the Ignorant Wolf /
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Hands of the Brilliant Idiot ------->Circling Fist of the Idiot --> In the Land of the Blind, the Two-Eyed Moe is Master
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\ \---------> The Obedient Ear
\--------------->The Bouncing Fool
|As always, X is the amount of Fu or Chi spent on the Fu power.
|Armor of Ignoramus Chi Cost: X Shot Cost: 3.
|Subtract X from any hand-to-hand attack against you.
|Path: Armor of Sabotoogie, Gibbering Cry of the Untouched Master
|Armor of Sabotoogie Chi Cost: X+3 Shot Cost: 6
|Subtract X from the damage of any hand-to-hand weapon attack and subtract X from the future damage potential of said weapon on a successful Martial Arts Check. Signature weapons can be repaired the next sequence, but others are ruined. (Sabotoogie!!) Also, subtract 3 from the actions of the attacker by holding attacked body part and go "OH! OH! OHhhhhh, look!" and pointing to the damaged weapon.
|Prerequisite: Armor of Ignoramus, Unleashing the Might of the Bone of the Head,
|Path: Whirlwind of Ignoramus.
|Jaws of Life Chi Cost: 2 Shot Cost: 2
|Making a Martial Arts Check, and spending a Fortune point in addition to the Fu cost, the character can catch a bullet in his teeth with no harm to himself, and a shiny new addition to his smile.
|Prerequisite:Armor of Sabotoogie Path: Go Boom!
|Go Boom! Chi Cost: All Shot Cost: All
|Character can take the full 9 points of Chi from the next phase, and
lose the appropriate number of actions in the next round if necessary.
When caught in a huge calamity: avalanche, explosion, car crash, being
stuck in a trailer being shot up by the bad guys, or a trunk being jabbed
with swords, the character spends every ounce of luck he has to lessen
the danger to himself, and only take cosmetic damage, than stagger out
to safety with the appropriate look.
For Example: Sword incident, stagger off, drink a gallon of water, then turn into a human sprinkler. Same for a massive wave of gunfire. In an avalanche, the character comes out only a few feet tall (subtract 1/2 d6 from height), or has his head scrunched down to his shoes. Explosions usually leave the character half naked and completely blackened and bald (the hair grows back within a few scenes), and Car wrecks invariably leave the steering wheel lodged around the hero's head, even if he wasn't driving (other Stooges with Go Boom! can use tires or seat cushions as substitutes in the same car wreck).
|Prerequisite: Jaws of Life Path: Righteous Mess.
|Righteous Mess Chi Cost: X (see below) Shot Cost: Several Scenes
|By spending exorbitant amounts of Fu and Fortune, and with several scenes of set-up (usually delivering things and setting them about), the character can disrupt a group and even scramble a Feng Shui Site. The key here is to make the biggest mess possible. Then, by sheer coincidence, the character sets in motion a chain reaction which ends up totaling an entire area. Not a combat trick, but a very useful, and powerful Fu power (and often used without the knowledge of the character). A perfect example is the Three Stooges episode where they are plumbers, wrecking a huge picnic, although dinner parties and construction sites have fallen prey easily to this. (another excellent example was Wayne's World II: the watermelon, window glass and chickens scene.)
|Prerequisite: Jaws of Life
|Hands of the Brilliant Idiot Chi Cost: X Shot Cost: 3
|Subtract X from the shot total of an opponent by fluttering your hand in front of his face. Resisted by Chi or Fu, or whichever is Higher.
|Path: Circling Fist of the Idiot, The Bouncing Fool, Call of the Ignorant Wolf, The Obedient Ear
|The Bouncing Fool Chi Cost: 5 Shot Cost: 6
|Engaging opponent as Hands of the Brilliant Idiot, the Character then brings the opponent, whose head is already bobbing, close to one or more surfaces (floor, table, wall, ceiling, etc.) and repeatedly hammer his own head into the surface. Damage is the Character's Martial Arts AV plus 5, and the opponent loses 12 shots as he's staggered, dazed or bewildered.
|Prerequisite:Hands of the Brilliant Idiot
|The Circling Fist of the Idiot Chi Cost: 5 Shot Cost: 6
|Make a Martial Arts check, then bait an opponent to strike an offered fist. If successfully, add the amount of the foe's Martial Arts AV to your own and strike him with no defenses. However, if your foe boxcars positive, or you boxcar negative, the attack's full outcome is made against your skull. Foes resist with Mind, Int, or Knowledge:Slapstick Comedy. The Mind and Int rolls are at -2.
|Prerequisite: Hands of the Brilliant Idiot Path: Whirlwind of the Ignoramuses.
|Whirlwind of the Ignoramuses Chi Cost: Special Shot Cost: Special
|By spending all Chi/Fu and all shots of the round, the user then makes a successful Martial Arts action to hook one foe (preferably through the sleeve of a soon to be doffed jacket, but a hooked arm will do), and use him as a shield. For that sequence, and every subsequent sequence afterwards where the shots and chi are spent, anyone who makes a hand to hand attack against the Martial Artist strikes the hooked opponent, who then spins around and the initial Martial Arts AV value is used against the attacker to damage him. Named Characters must make a Knowledge: Slapstick Comedy, or a Mind-2 roll to figure out that they have to hit the shield to strike the user, but the Martial Artist will then abort and be limited to only 3 shots for the rest of the turn, and cannot reinitiate the Whirlwind of the Ignoramuses for a sequences equal to the Outcome of the successful attack.
|Prerequisite: Armor of Sabotoogie, Circling Fist of the Idiot
Arguably, one of the Greatest Masters of Jeet Kune Moe was Jerome Horowitz
(nee, the Great Master Kur Li, or Lun Ked), to the point where many believe
that the Path of Lun Ked is a totally new and brilliant path in itself,
although the Great Master Kur Li was responsible for the Hands of the Brilliant
Idiot and the Bouncing Idiot attacks, which both he and the
Master Hei Mo practiced on fellow founding Monk Shem Po.
The Path of Lun Ked are actually a series of rather medium level Fu
powers, unrelated except as being created by the same brilliant (?) mind,
thus none is a prerequisite for the other, rather it is a more fluid and
versatile path.
|Unleashing the Might of the Bone of the Head
|Chi Cost: 4 Shot Cost: 5
|By striking your head against an opponent or object, up to a raging bull, the Lun Ked may add his Fu rating to the rating of any Martial Arts Check Outcome for the purpose of damage. If the result is at least 10, inanimate objects give way, allowing passage for the Fu Master.
|Prerequisite: Armor of Sabotoogie
|Gibbering Cry of the Untouched Master.
|Chi Cost: 4 Shot Cost: All.
|When encountering a poisonous substance (gas, injested liquid) the Lun Ked Master immediately knows it and begins the process of cleansing his body with his Chi. The Lun Ked must spend the entire round making strange gibbering noises, and rotating on the ground with one shoulder as a pivot. This counts as an active dodge as the master spins about on the floor in a circle, but the Lun Ked must not make any other actions for the round.
|Prerequisite: Armor of Ignoramus.
|Call of the Ignorant Wolf
|Chi Cost: X Shot Cost: 3
|A quick, brilliant attack which causes one impairment point per point of Chi spent for the battle. It is an unnerving attack in which the Lun Ked must make a loud, intimidating bark right in the face of his foe. When used in concert with Hands of the Brilliant Idiot, in combat, it is simply devastating.
|Prerequisite: Hands of the Brilliant Idiot.
The Great Master Por Ku Pin also developed a pair of singular Fu Abilities.
|Way of the Intercepting Moe
|Chi Cost: X Shot Cost: 3
|The martial artist must make a Martial Arts Knowledge Check (or Slapstick Comedy Check) and then, using a common object (the more mundane, the funnier) the artist may defend himself against any Fu power. Acceptable items are frying pans, pies, brooms. The only attacks that the Way of the Intercepting Moe may be used in barehanded defense against are attacks of Jeet Kune Moe.
|Prerequisite: Armor of Sabotoogie
|The Shedding Porcupine
|Chi Cost: 1 Shot Cost: 1
|If grabbed by the hair, the martial artist spends the chi, spends the shot, and immediately with a loud ripping sound sheds his hair, escaping the hold, and in a position to strike back. However, it is unwise to gloat over this fact, as even the Great Por Ku Pin has been "murtilized" by an upset Master Hei Mo.
|Prerequisite:Armor of Ignoramus
Hei Mo also had two more Fu powers which were legendary.
|The Obedient Ear
|Chi Cost: 5 Shot Cost: 3
|Making a Martial Arts Check, the master grabs the ear of his opponent and can guide him along as if on a leash. The Character's Fu rating is added to the outcome and can be resisted by a Mind or Will Check.
|Prerequisite: Hands of the Brilliant Idiot
|In the Land of the Blind, the Two-Eyed Moe is Master
|Chi Cost: X Shot Cost: 6
|The Character makes a Martial Arts Check. If successfull, the master baits his opponent to pick out two fingers, and then is poked in the eyes by both fingers picked, and suffers X impairment points for the remainder of the scene.
|Prerequisite: Circling Fist of the Idiot.
(Special Three Stooges Fun Facts: The Horowitz brothers, Moe, Curly
and Shemp, used the stage names Howard to fend off an underlying edge of
anti-semitism which was much more subtle, but just as mean, back in the
30's and 40's. For an example of this in real life, watch "The Gentleman's
Agreement." However, I being a Polish Roman Catholic, only mention this
due to the related neuroticism inherited from Judaism Moe,
Curly, and Shemp were originally supposed to be the original Three Stooges,
but Shemp had a contract with a rival studio that he had to complete, so
Larry was recruited to join the Fab Three, and the rest was history.
In two movies did all four of the Great Ones appear, but I forget their
names, as Curly dropped out due to health reasons. After Shemp left,
came the dread time of Joe, which lasted many centuries (or it felt like
it), until Joe moved on, and Curly Joe did return, filled unto himself
with the spirit of the Great Master Kur Li.)
The Boob
Quote: "Soitenly!"
You're a typical, average joe, working odd jobs here and there, never really able to hold down one for very long. Is it really your fault that the rug ended up stapled to Mrs. Korchweiller's prized poodle, who then ended up turning her fund raiser party into a gigantic food fight? Oh, yeah, it was. But then, there were those kids you managed to rescue from the mean old kidnappers (never mind the fact that you were blown up three times in the course of the adventure, t'was a mere flesh wound). All you want to do is help someone, and as your cat once taught you, "It never hurts to help.. much." Poor little purple cat, you'll miss him. Sometimes, however, you're with your friends, and they're either as smart as you, or maybe even smarter and now they're mixed up in this thing called the Secret War. Since you've become involved, you've learned that you could help save the world. Granted, you're still picking cactus needles out of your butt since that last trip to Egypt, and your eyebrows are growing back from the incident that have the Techie that nervous tick when he's around clocks, but you're helping save the world, or being murdelized along the way.
Bod: 5 (Tgh = 12), Chi = 9, Mnd = 12/5/1*,
Ref: 5
Add five points between Body or Ref. Add 2 points to one secondary attribute, except toughness.
Detective: +2 (14/7/3, as above)
Driving: +5 (10)
Fix-It: +2 (14/7/3, depending on Mind Check) (Yes, -2 on Fix-It!)
Info: Obscure, but Plot Helpful Trivia: +1 (13/6/4)
Intrusion: +2 (7)
Martial Arts: +7 (12) (Max = 14)
Medicine: +2 (14/7/3)
Add +6 in skill bonuses.
Unique Schtick:
Conditional Intelligence : To duplicate brilliant ignorance, the character has three mind ratings, 12 which lasts long enough to complete one task, 1 for when he really blows it, and 5 for the rest of the time. In order to use the higher intelligence, the Boob must roll two AV's, the first being Smart, the second being Stupid. If the first is higher, things go well and his skill is in the higher rank. If Stupid wins, then the third skill rank is used, because he just goofed. Normally, the middle skill level is used.
Pick three schticks from the path of Jeet Kune Moe, plus Inevitable Comeback x 2.
Usually the Boob doesn't use conventional weapons, although there have been exceptions - Sledge Hammer, Tackleberry (from Police Academy), or Keenan Ivory Wayans' character in I'm Gonna Get You Sucka. But, even the Three Stooges have picked up swords, revolvers and rifles in harm's way. Plus, they're super accurate with blobs of goop.
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A lot of the time when our children go to parties they come back with plastic toys that break the next day. I wanted to send them home with something that would last a bit longer.
I came across this Felt Dragon pattern on Etsy and although I had never worked with felt before I immediately purchased it. The pattern specified that you need beginner/intermediate sewing skills. Basically if you know how to thread a needle and sew you should be fine. The pattern has step by step pictures and is really simple to understand. She also has many other felt patterns in her Etsy store.
The dragon masks were based on masks I found on Google. I couldn't find a pattern and the originals were done with embroidery instead of felt.
To make the patterns for the masks I printed out the photo's I found.
When printing these please make sure you don't change the sizes. They should be printed landscape.
Once you have done this you want to trace around each part on a separate piece of paper. This will give you your pattern pieces.
For Toothless I cut out two main black parts. I hand sewed the green under the eyes and the blue forehead triangles to one piece. I then joined them together so the back stitching was hidden on the first piece and used a sewing machine to go around the outside of the mask and around the eyes.
Stormfly was a bit more work. When cutting out the felt you want to add a cm to the bottom of the yellow spikes and a cm to the top of the white. This makes it easier when it comes to sewing it together.
To start with you want to cut out two yellow spikes, one yellow forehead triangle, one white bottom, one blue top. You will also want one complete blue piece. This is for the back of the mask. To get this pattern piece you want to trace around the entire mask excluding the spikes.
Then you want to sew the two yellow spike pieces together, Sew the forehead triangle to the blue top and stitch in the nostrils. Once this is done you need to sew the white bottom to the blue top. This makes the front of your mask. You then want to join the back which was the one complete blue piece to the front piece.
While you are stitching around you want to sandwich the yellow spikes between the layers. If you take a look at the picture you will notice that I kept my thread the same colour as the felt I was sewing. I think this keeps it looking sharp.
These toys were a big hit on the day, the kids just loved them.
More How to Train Your Dragon Party Ideas:
Astrid Costume - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-astrid-costume.html
Dragon Wings - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-dragon-wings.html
Pin the Fire on the Dragon - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-pin-fire-on.html
Felt Toy Dragons - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-felt-toy.html
Dragon Eggs - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-dragon-eggs.html
How to Train Your Dragon Cake - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-cake.html
Viking Helmets - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-viking-helmets.html
Feed the Dragons - http://littlesliceofhome.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-feeding-time.html


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A "chef-driven bar" from Toledo that hosts national cover bands several nights a week is planning to open a Columbus location in the next few weeks.
A �chef-driven bar� from Toledo that hosts national cover bands several nights a week is planning to open a Columbus location in the next few weeks.
Bar 145 will open its third location at 955 W. Fifth Ave. with limited hours as early as next weekend, but it won�t be �in full swing until after Christmas,� said owner Jeremy Fitzgerald. When fully open, Bar 145�s hours will be 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Fitzgerald started the bar/restaurant that specializes in burgers, bands and bourbon in Toledo in 2011 and opened a second location in Kent this year.
�We label ourselves as the 21st-century hybrid gastropub,� said Fitzgerald, who grew up at his family�s Mr. Ed�s Bar & Grille in the Lake Erie resort town of Put-in-Bay.
Gastropubs have been one of the fastest-growing concepts in the restaurant industry for the past three years, said Tim Powell, founder and principal of business management firm Think Research and Consulting in Dublin.
�In Chicago, there is an original called Publican that offers a huge variety of in-house draft beers and culinary delicacies like duck hearts and suckling pig,� Powell said in an email.
Bar 145�s gastronomic specialty is burgers.
�We have this thing called a Stack Your Own,� Fitzgerald said. It�s a burger built from a sushi-like menu on which customers check off their protein (beef, turkey, chicken, veggie or salmon), bun, toppings and sauces. The burger goes for $9.
Diners also pick the temperature at which their protein is cooked. The perfect medium-rare hamburger is cooked to 145 degrees, Fitzgerald said. That�s where he got the name for his bar, which carries 40 craft beers and 30 bourbons.
The Columbus location is the largest of the three, at 5,400 square feet, including a 1,200-square-foot mezzanine and private bar, and a 1,200-square-foot patio that eventually will be enclosed for year-round use.
�We�ve been looking in Columbus for a year and a half,� Fitzgerald said, choosing a location that�s near the Short North and University District, as well as Grandview Heights.
�It�s a destination spot,� he said. �You can have a great dinner, and then stay all night and party with the band.�


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Grant Money Available From HUD For Sustainable Housing Projects
HUD Grants available !! $95 million is available to support local initiatives to expand housing choices.
Home Sales Contracts Rise, But Cancellations Run High
The chief economist at the National Association of Realtors said he was baffled by it, but ask any agent working the nation's neighborhoods, and they'll tell you it is all about confidence and financing—specifically, a lack of both.
Vacant Homes Will Drown Housing Recovery
A new study found, "foreclosed homes go through more than a year of very high vacancy rates following the auction and are substantially more likely to be vacant up to 60 months after the foreclosure."
The Debt Crisis and Mortgage Rates
As we edge ever closer to next Tuesday, August 2nd, those of us who cover the housing market are trying to figure out what this will mean to mortgage interest rates. They are currently bouncing around historic lows and have been for some time. Refinanc…
Mortgage Interest Deduction Big in Budget Play
It's not like the housing market needs any more headwinds, so here's the government potentially giving us another: The mortgage interest deduction is back in big play in the budget deal.
Mortgage Bankers Reverse Course on Loan Limits
Lowering the current loan limits (a maximum of $729,750 in the most expensive markets) would really affect just 5 percent of the housing market, although that percentage is far higher in certain local markets. David Stevens says that's enough to hurt t…
Cancellations Roil Realtors
Forecasters expected sales of existing homes to rise in June because the pending home sales index, which measures signed contracts, rose in May. If you consider it takes 1-2 months to close, then there's your indicator. But that was not the case.
Huge Jump in Housing Starts Does Not Point to Solid Recovery
How could anyone take pot shots at a nearly 15 percent monthly jump in anything, not to mention housing starts, which have been mired in the mud for ages now? Apparently pretty easily. I knew the moment I saw the number that there would be those arguin…
Housing Crash Crushes Green Movement
Green costs more, and today's already-skittish potential home buyers are not willing to shell out more cash for a greener standard of living, according to a new survey.
Consumer Prices Reflect Growing Rental Market
What does the consumer price index have to tell us about the future of the housing market? Apparently a lot.keep looking »


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Video Description:
In Dr. Eeg's presentation he discusses various ailments including the thyroid issues and others and the affect on behavior problems. He stresses the importance of trainers and veterinarians communicating with each other on specific issues. This communication can lead to a better overall understanding of an animal's situation.
Presentation by: Dr. Peter Eeg
Copyright © 2011, Tawzer Dog LLC
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Peter Eeg is a 1987 graduate of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. He took the reins of ownership at Poolesville Veterinary Clinic in 1990 and although he found enjoyment in large animal medicine, he decided to concentrate solely and specialize in small animal medicine and hasn't looked back since.
Dr. Eeg lectures routinely to colleagues on issues ranging from laser tissue interactions and types of lasers; pain management, patient quality of life and behaviors impact on the human-animal bond, surgery and medicine and the importance of new technology in veterinary medicine and he has pioneered new techniques in the use of laser energy for surgery.
When not involved at the clinic or lecturing, Dr. Eeg enjoys his small farm that he shares with his wife Cindy and daughter Jaime as well as their 6 dogs, 8 cats, 7 horses, 2 goats, and 3 chickens.
No CEU's offered for this video per CCPDT.


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Amazing things often happen when we don't look out for them. By 'amazing' I mean to focus on the tiny details of interactions and other instances of a day. Do you believe in magic? This is not the grand Fantasia magic or the wizardry of epics I'm talking about here: this is the ordinary magic of the world.
Artists gather other artists about them. They just can't help it. There is Artist A, minding his or her own business, just taking a coffee or a beer or reading, when Artist B's magnetic filings align. This happens too often to be co-incidence. I meet other writers, designers, poets, and singers this way. Beware, however, because trying to force such links will only repel them from you (or so I find). What happens, happens, or so we could believe. When the time is right, because of magnets, a gathering for some readings might take place . . .
Odd other instances take place which are unexpected, and which ordinarily may just seem matter-of-fact: I take three years to write thirty stories and find, somehow, that they all connect (other than the connections I've also engineered). This isn't just a way of saying that themes run through; this is a way of saying that stories connect in unexpected ways. Magic has a way of being stealthy.
What of the great and unexpected occurrences though? What of the fabulous and weird and strange? Meteors land on Earth all the time, and what if one should come rolling down the hill outside my street? What if a plane should crash land, carving up the houses on either side, leaving mine unscathed? I'm on the flight path after all. One night, the moon shone in through my window, bright as day: I woke up to darkness. What happens, happens, or so we could believe.
I've been nominated for a writer's award, apparently, out there in 'meatspace' (I do like that phrase!). It happens, though it was unexpected, like crash landings and light. What shall happen, shall happen.
I trust my words, my books, will find their magnetic filing others and — if they do, whoever they find — they will be the right people to have found them.
(Now, that writer I was talking to for several hours the other day — you know who you are — you seem to have crystallised some thoughts in me).


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As one of The Longwood Event Venues, Wychmere Beach Club is absolutely one of the top Cape Cod wedding venues. Located in Harwich Port, it has a combination of upscale elegance mixed with classic Cape Cod and only steps to the beach you can't go wrong.
I still remember booking this Cape Cod wedding and how excited I was to photograph it. I mean yes, I was psyched to photograph a wedding at Wychmere, to work at another Longwood Event Venues, but above all of those positives was the amazing wedding couple. They have style and class and good taste, but also are simply very down to earth wonderful people. I knew they trusted me and valued the photography I could provide and that is always the recipe for success.
Living only about one hour from Cape Cod I am lucky enough to get down there frequently to photography engagement sessions and a lot of weddings. Weddings on Cape Cod are truly unique and have much more of a destination wedding feel than anything else. Photographing this bride at Wychmere Beach Club was a dream day for me and any Cape Cod wedding photographer. The ceremony had just finished, I was working with the bride and groom in the tall grasses next to the beach and the afternoon light was absolutely perfect. I knew the bride would be up for any idea as she was so happy and excited so I asked her if we could use her beautiful long veil to drape over her. The wind picked up, and she completely embraced the idea and this is the resulting image. One of my favorite bridal portraits of all time. I think it truly captures her personality and excitement in that moment and on her wedding day and I know they'll treasure that forever.
Location: 23 Snow Inn Rd, Harwich Port, MA 02646.