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Star Trek Discovery season 3 finally gets a release dateJuly 28th, 2020 by Marc Comments
Star Trek Discovery loses two major character for Season 3March 25th, 2019 by Marc Comments
Boldly going… to another show?
Star Trek: Discovery gets third season as producer Kurtzman takes step backMarch 1st, 2019 by Marc Comments
Moving boldly into another season…
WATCH: The Cast of Star Trek: Discovery singing about how awesome Nerds areFebruary 5th, 2019 by Marc Comments
Well, thanks guys… that means a lot?
Paramount pushing ahead with Tarantino's Star Trek movieJanuary 28th, 2019 by Marc Comments
What exactly is happening on the USS Enterprise?
New Star Trek Discovery character posters arriveJanuary 3rd, 2019 by Marc Comments
The journey continues…
Michelle Yeoh's Captain Philippa Georgiou set for her own Star Trek series?November 12th, 2018 by Marc Comments
Captain, my captain…
WATCH: Trailer and air dates for Star Trek micro series Short Treks arrivesSeptember 22nd, 2018 by Marc Comments
Beam us up for these!
Star Trek: Discovery has cast its new Spock and it's a very different version of the characterAugust 18th, 2018 by Marc Comments
This seems curiously… logical
SDCC 2018 WATCH: Teaser arrives for Star Trek Discovery Season 2July 21st, 2018 by Marc Comments
Going boldly once again…
Star Trek: Discovery has cast the USS Enterprise's Captain Christopher PikeApril 10th, 2018 by Marc Comments
Boldly going where three actors have gone before…
Get ready for a much more classic feel for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2April 4th, 2018 by Marc Comments
Boldly going where the original series has gone before?
Star Trek: Discovery renewed for a second seasonOctober 23rd, 2017 by Dave Bowling Comments
No cadet, it is f**king cool!
WATCH: Here's the opening credits to Star Trek: Discovery… and they're beautiful!September 24th, 2017 by Marc Comments
Tune in later tonight for the full episode…
Jonathan Frakes drops Star Trek: Discovery spoilerSeptember 19th, 2017 by Dave Bowling Comments
Through the looking glass, Commander…
LISTEN: Want to hear the theme music to Star Trek: Discovery? Yeah you do…September 12th, 2017 by Marc Comments
A bunch of new posters arrive for Star Trek: DiscoveryAugust 5th, 2017 by Marc Comments
The eyes have it…
SDCC 2017: WATCH: New trailer for Star Trek: Discovery PLUS Spock has a sister?!July 22nd, 2017 by Marc Comments
Oh, we can already hear the kerfuffle among the fans…
Star Trek: Discovery to discard chief Roddenberry ruleJuly 3rd, 2017 by Marc Comments
No arguments in space?!
Star Trek: Discovery gets release date PLUS first look at Jason Isaacs as a Starfleet captainJune 21st, 2017 by Marc Comments
To boldly go… to a streaming service


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Slavia Mozyr vs Torpedo Zhodino
Belarus – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 9 May 2020
Kick-off at 13:00 UK/ 14:00 CET
Venue: Stadion Junosť (Mozyr).
Mihail Martsinovich's men have been going through a tough period, while their counterparts have been thriving. On top of that, Yuri Puntus's men have a phenomenal h2h record against this opponent in h2h clashes. Considering these facts, we are inclined to pick out Torpedo Zhodino as the likely winners for the day.
Slavia Mozyr vs Torpedo Zhodino Head-to-head (h2h)
- Puntus's men had won six of the past seven match-ups.
- Martsinovich's men conceded two or more goals in five of the previous seven games.
- 12 of the prior 16 overall wins had gone to Puntus's men.
- At this venue, the guests are on a five-game winning run.
- Since 2001, disregarding two encounters, the visitors have scored two or more goals in every single match-up.
Slavia Mozyr vs Torpedo Zhodino Prediction
Martsinovich's men were winless in four of their past five overall match-ups, and they had lost three of their prior four such games. In the process, they had also conceded two or more goals in all four of these fixtures. At home, they failed to win a single league match in the whole of April.
On the other hand, Puntus's men had won their latest fixture 2-5, and that too on the road. They are also unbeaten in their past four overall matches, and remained so in six of their preceding seven overall games.
Most importantly, Puntus's men won six of their prior seven overall h2h clashes, and managed to score two or more goals in five of those. At this venue, they are on a five-game winning run, and in the previous two decades, only twice have they failed to score two or more goals at this ground.
On the contrary, the hosts could score a total of just two goals here since 2012. Analyzing these findings, it's concluded that the guests Torpedo Zhodino are the favorites for the day.
Slavia Mozyr vs Torpedo Zhodino Betting Tips
Double Chance: Torpedo Zhodino or Draw @ 1.40 (2/5)
Torpedo Zhodino +0.5 Asian Handicap @ 1.40 (2/5).
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Russian tourist in coma after Patong hotel four-storey fall1 min read
PHUKET: A 23-year-old Russian tourist remains unconscious in the ICU at Vachira Phuket Hospital after falling from the fourth floor of a hotel in Patong on Sunday morning (Jan 12).
Capt Nareupon Taewlae of the Patong Police said that the man, Daniil Solovev, was in a serious but stable condition.
Full story: thephuketnews.com
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It's freezing cold, cloudless and blue skies: why not slip off to the Lake District for another Imaginary Holiday.
This time, we're definitely heading for Keswick for the start of the week, the early Sunday drive up the Penrith section of the M6, Blencathra's profile overlooking the A656. I've had my return to the hotel overlooking the park, let's update my nostalgia and rebook for two nights on good old Bridgedale, on the main street, just past the mini-roundabout.
The name of the game is to not use the same book of Wainwright twice in the same week, and to try to go to as many different areas as I can from last time. So, since I didn't actually do any Patterdale walking last time out, let's do that.
I've climbed Gowbarrow Fell a couple of times in the past, from the Hause, below Little Mell Fell. It's a lovely, low, rural fell, of gentle gradients. The first time I did it, I parked at the Hause on a Sunday afternoon of gentle sun. There was a wide path leading directly from that spot that Wainwright didn't mention. I strolled along it, checking my position by his map, curling round a low, green bump and picking up a path onto the summit from behind. Then I returned by the same route.
When I came back with an old friend, recently separated from her husband and children and in need of distraction, we had a Sunday out. I thought of Gowbarrow, but in the meantime, the landowner had padlocked the gate and put up signs very fiercely forbidding access. Instead, we took the car down a bit further towards Patterdale, parking near Watermillock Church.
There was a mostly level path along the flank of the fell, overlooking Ullswater, and we wandered along, chatting. There's only been a few times since I broke with my family that I've gone walking with a companion, and Linda wasn't a girlfriend (or wife). Indeed, given her current frame of mind with her husband, I was sternly warned about making a pass!
At the ruins of the former refreshment hut we sideslipped up towards the broad back of the fell, and made our way up its back, from a different angle than before.
I could choose an ascent from a direction I've not walked before, via Aira Force and Yew Crag, but I'm in the mood for a lazy and undemanding stroll, and the route from Watermillock Church will remind me of older times and a long friendship long broken.
So I'll stroll along the flank of the fell, through the increasing plantations, until the route via Yew Crag joins from the left and then turn uphill, through an easy tuck, and those who have chosen to assert their rights to roam under the Countryside Rights of Way Act would arrive here over untracked ground, having passed behind the hummock of Great Meldrum, and nothing left but the easy ascent up the back of the summit.
There are three ways back: by the same route, by the farmer's route, or the longest way round, by descending towards Dockray and following a path above the intake wall, until it reaches a quiet road leading back to just below the Hause. Ordinarily, I wouldn't give myself so much road walking, but this quiet hinterland behind Gowbarrow Fell is beautiful, perfect for a Lazy Sunday afternoon stroll ('ere, mustn't grumble…), when the exercise is minimal and the atmosphere is the point of the day.
Of course, I've still got to get up and over the Hause. but it's neither high, nor steep, nor far before I'm trotting downhill again. I think I'll sit in the car with the door open and all the windows down for a while before driving off.
There should be time for another stroll, back in Keswick, though the town and down towards Derwent Water, turning into the Park and finding a little hummock from which to gaze down the lake towards the Jaws.
But let's do some serious walking on Monday. My pursuit of the missing views kept me out of the North Western Fells, but there's a matter I'd like to clear up just to the west of Newlands that should make for an entertaining day using the leg muscles seriously.
I finished off one holiday with an extended Newlands Round – Maiden Moor, Dale Head, Robinson, Hindscarth – in which I rather over-extended myself. I started a nasty headache, under the sun, struggling up the final slopes onto Robinson's top, and by the time I'd circuited Little Dale to Hindscarth, I was completely drained. The long descent over Scope End was wasted on me as all my focus was on not falling over.
So let's go back. But rather than repeat the walk, let's just restrict it to those last two fells, for I wasn't in the best state to take in Robinson by the time I got there. Call it a circuit of Little Dale, about which Wainwright was so negative, though it looked alright to me on the day. Ridges run in parallel from Newlands. Well supplied with barms and liquid, I'll hunt out an offroad space close to the lane to Newlands Church, convenient for both.
Re-imagining what it's like to go up (or down) a ridge I've never walked is far from easy. Studying Wainwright, or internet walking sites, or photos of the ground cannot make up for grass and rock under your boots, nor can it tell me what views I will enjoy along the way.
And which way do I walk? Surely Scope End demands ascending? It may be familiar territory, though by the time I descended it I was blurred by headache and exhaustion. But the thought of a new ridge, and one that Wainwright recommends as the best way up Robinson (as well as being anti-clockwise) is almost irresistible, and the thought of having to repeat that tedious, draining slog to the summit off the ridge from Hindscarth settles it.
There's an easy, pedestrian route into Little Dale, and a trackless climb onto the ridge beyond High Snab Bank, but I have never been inclined to soft ways round, so once I reach the end of the road past Low High Snab, I take to the open fellside, cutting upwards steeply on a well-defined path. This is the way of the North Western Fells: short, steep ascents on grass to gain long, airy ridges, and I curve leftwards into High Snab Bank itself, where the gradient is gentle and the walking can be brisk, until I near the edge of Blea Crags.
Here are three rock steps in succession, across the path, each twenty to thirty feet in height and requiring my scrambling head to get up. I wonder what real-life exertions they'd require, but I think of Stirrup Crag and Lining Crag, and the fun I had on these, and get up them.
Above lies the meat of the ridge, following the edge of Robinson Crags, overlooking the neighbouring valley of Keskadale Beck, where care is needed with an unfenced edge. There's a rock step on this, just below 1,800 feet, but I think I'd do what I tended to do when I could, and hove a little 'inland', far enough not to let my incipient vertigo turn me into a bag of nerves.
As the ground eases, the prominent cairn that suggests it's the summit is revealed to be a third of a gentle mile off the actual, somewhat sprawling top. This time, I arrive in the same kind of sunshine but without the grinding headache that marred my visit.
It's a fell-filled view, if the wide top shuts off valley sights, and Floutern Tarn is visible just beyond Hen Comb, but apart from the eating of those barm cakes, this isn't a summit to inspire an extended stay. Hindscarth is the nearest thing, just across Little Dale, and once refreshed, I am back on actual trodden ground, crossing the top towards the Littledale Edge fence, and following it around east, to the choice of paths: whether to bear left and shortcut across the depression, or continue to the highest point on the ridge to Dale Head and approaching Hindscarth from behind with the benefit of being a purist.
This time, I'll take it easy, take the 'shortcut', avoiding the unnecessary regaining and losing of height.
Let me imagine now that Hindscarth, reached much earlier in the afternoon than before, has other walkers in its summit. Usually, I refer my summits in solitude, when I can get them, but I had that last time, and it felt unwelcome and frightening. No necessity for conversations, perhaps, but a bit of company would restore a psychic balance.
Then off, downhill, on a clear, almost grooved path, with Newlands to the right and below. I can take my time, walk with ease and regularity, enjoy the view rather than concentrate ferociously on where my feet fall, until I cross Scope End and turn downhill, remembering how relieved I was to have gotten here safely.
At the very foot of the ridge, I have a choice: a long contour back left into the valley of Scope Beck, to cross and regain the lane past Low High Snab, or the lane ahead from Low Snab to Newlands Church and, somewhere close by, my car. I think I'll do it the easy way.
Tuesday begins by packing the car and heading south over Dunmail Raise to lodge in Ambleside until the week ends: where to today?
I've already used The Eastern Fells, so how about somewhere Central? I park at somewhere like the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, in the little car park on the opposite side of the Great Langdale Road. The black wood of the Hotel stands out away from the road and behind it, Mill Gill tumbles joyously down the fellside. I know they call it Stickle Ghyll these days, but we are walking inside my head now. The sun sparkles down from above, I change into my trusty boots, tuck my walking jeans into my socks and shrug my Dad's old rucksack onto my back.
I couldn't begin to work out the number of times I have been up and down Mill Gill, above the New Hotel, Dungeon Ghyll. The first time goes back to the middle Sixties, when we used the path to the west of the Gill, before it was closed due to erosion, and the last would have been somewhere during the Nineties, maybe even for the original walk of which this imaginary ascent is an extended repeat.
The only highest fell in any of the Wainwright books that I never visited a second time is the Central Fells' High Raise. Most of the available routes are from the top of Greenup Edge Pass, reached from three different valleys, but no-one wants to go up Greenup Edge if they can help it. When the time came to collect High Raise, I approached from Great Langdale and I propose to do that again.
From the New Hotel, that means crossing the beck by the footbridge to gain access to the east bank of Mill Gill. This is the route I have taken more often than I can remember, but on that last visit, knowing the congested stony stair ahead of me, I was intrigued to see a narrow path head away to the right that was not in Wainwright. Out of curiosity, I followed it.
It proved to be another path, running in parallel to the main drag, about ten yards up the hill. It was narrow and unspoiled and I was completely alone. The walking was a little easier, because the ground had not been broken by overuse, and instead of the walking in this section being a grind, I felt refreshed and cheerful.
The path's now marked in Hutchby's Third Edition Wainwright, and it may no longer be the quiet alternative it was when I found it for myself, nor as discrete underfoot, but that's the route I plan to tread, away from the numbers, as Mr Weller once put it, in his youth.
Given that I'm not aiming for the Langdale Pikes in any way, it would be completely legitimate to take the short cut zigzag route to the east of Tarn Crag (not the one beneath Sergeant Man), but that would be to do myself out of the supreme purpose of climbing to Stickle Tarn: the sight of Pavey Ark rising gradually but majestically over the lip of the final channel, and providing the glorious backdrop to the Tarn itself. No amount of climbing saved can justify passing this sight by.
For High Raise, it's necessary to follow the shore of the tarn round, paralleling the great cliff-face, and following its feeder, Bright Beck, around the end of Pavey Ark. The crossing to the North Rake on the Ark is passed, and any first time visitor here will mark where it diverges, as did I.
But we are bound for ahead. Wainwright is not impressed by the ascent after Stickle Tarn, but before too long the route drops into the channel of Bright Beck, and there is a long straight scramble beside the water. I can't recall, but this may have been my first extended scramble, and I had a whale of a time, hauling myself along by hand and foot.
Ahead, at the top of the channel, was a strange white thing. I was climbing in either late April or early May, a bright, sunny day, but it was clear from a long way down that this was some deposit of snow, sheltered from the spring sun. When I finally got to it, the snow was extensive in depth, at least some ten feet and nearly six feet wide, and it was supported by a mass of long grasses. It looked like a natural ice igloo, that you could wriggle under, though I wasn't about to try that, because it looked easily fatal if the damned thing collapsed on me.
Actually, the worst part of the walk was getting out of the gully on trackless grass. This brought me out into the open, onto the wide plateau that stands behind the front of the Langdale Pikes, filling the horizon from Grasmere to Langstrath. The sun was high and there was nothing left but an uphill walk to the bare top of High Raise.
In terms of the sheer extent of the flatlands, there isn't another place in the Lakes that feels so exposed and yet so secure. The views are limited so far as valleys are concerned, but there is nothing for a long way around that overshadows High Raise and diminishes its isolation.
Sergeant Man, a rocky outcrop on the edge of High Raise's top, is not geographically a separate fell, any more than is Pavey Ark, but on the same basis that Wainwright separated the Ark from Thunacar Knott, he divorces the Man to make it a separate destination, though it would be odd for anyone climbing either fell to ignore the other. The crossing is nothing but a downhill walk, without features, and indeed Sergeant Man is one of the very few Wainwrights about which I have no easily available mental image to call upon when I think of it.
From here, it's a cross-country walk, downhill all the way, to the edge of the basin that contains Stickle Tarn, and that's the way I retreated, because I was still bagging Wainwrights and I had already added all those around. But the point of these imaginary holidays is not to simply repeat what I've done.
So, instead of bearing off for Stickle Tarn, I shall turn my steps towards the broad ridge between Langdale and Easedale, until I reach the walkers crossroads on the moderate skyline, where the path beyond Easedale Tarn crossed the watershed. I came this way from Easedale once, gaining the ridge here aware that I was actually higher than the next summit along, Blea Rigg.
There's nothing particularly exciting either at Blea Rigg or on the way to it, but it's a variation on a walk done, and a change is always welcome. Blea Rigg then, and a slow stroll back, until paths start to lead down towards the Tarn, and then the short cut that doesn't matter on the return journey, into the channel of Mill Gill, and back along the old familiar path, where twice I was headachey and sick in the same place, on the day of my O-Level results, and the day of the O-Level results two years later, when I'd already had my A-Level results.
For Wednesday, I want to head east, into the lonely country that's as far away as Lakeland gets. This isn't going to be an exciting walk, and neither will Thursday's be, but there's a thematic continuity between the two that link them. And these are places I have only been once, and thus are territory I want to revisit.
I'm planning a trip to Longsleddale, rounding from Kendal onto the Shap Road, and slipping off into that narrow road along that long, straight, unspoiled valley, as far as Sadgill. Once, there used to be a small parking space, easily filled on a busy day, but the last time I looked into Longsleddale, it looked as if this has swelled into a full-scale car park. Convenient though that would be, I'd rather I was wrong.
Walks along one ridge of a valley have the drawback of ending a long way from where they start. Revisiting Grey Crag and Tarn Crag means a long walk, either way, from the Head of Longsleddale to Sadgill, unless I want the walk to take place in a very small compass. Given the attraction of the Head of Longsleddale, I'd rather not.
This time, in the peace and quiet, I'm putting the long valley walk first. The farm lane rolls on, between drystone walls, level and straight, with the narrowing jaws of the valley and the rising packhorse track visible all the way. Up cobbled steps, where the horses hauled carts to the quarries, the steepening way into that quiet hinterland, that indefinite country where Gatescarth Pass continues to its summit, and the Mosedale valley opens up on the right, suggesting a country far removed from human habitation.
This is the way to go. Not into Mosedale itself, which on my one visit here struck me as a place where the miles are far longer than a mile and where people could disappear forever, melting into the landscape. For Tarn Crag, take the Mosedale path, with an eye to where the ascent of Branstree, left, begins alongside a mounting fence, and instead turn right, over featureless slopes, increasingly pitted with peat-bogs, through which the path threads until it reaches the lonely cairn.
There is only one site in Lakeland, as defined by Wainwright, that lies east of here, and that summit it a half hour on, at best, along a dull, damp, peaty ridge, before we reach Grey Crag.
There is no other distinction to this fell that its geographical position. It's a flat, grassy top, with good views down into Longsleddale, but insufficient height to look at fells beyond the valley rim. Eastwards, the ground dissolves into rounded ridges, where at some point the Lake District comes to an end and indeterminate ground separates the walker who braves this isolation from the Howgill Fells, on the other side of Tebay Gorge. There is no real looking out, only the knowledge that you are looking out, out and away where nothing stirs the eye or the mind.
Descent to Longsleddale is marked by a patchy path, first west across the summit on a slow gradient to find the fence and the stile that permits progress, then a turn almost due south on a clear line descending the shallow green ridge to Great Howe, with its survey pillar off-route to the left, and its Longsleddale views, up and down. The escape off Great Howe isn't worth risking in mist, with scarps and rock to thread through, as the ground gets steeper and the path a little less clear. But I should be able to safely get to the second stile, where wall and fence meet, and follow the wall towards the valley head until the path breaks and descends the easy gully that leaves you in the upper field. One more stile, and just the lower field to cross to the gate opposite the Sadgill parking facilities.
There was one curiosity I observed, ascending here long ago that should be clear to see in descent. Across the valley, on the flank of Shipman Knotts, I saw an intriguing path, a thing of zigzags, angles and reversals, snaking up the fellside, about halfway between the Kentmere 'pass' and Kentmere Pike's Goat Crag. I instantly wanted to walk it, test it underfoot, but I couldn't see where it went, up or down. I don't believe so defined a route can only exist halfway up a fell, but neither Jesty nor Hutchby have teased it out, so either I suffered a sustained optical delusion or it's a purely private farm path. This one attracts but frustrates the imagination.
From Longsleddale in the east to the furthest west. For the final day of this imaginary holiday, I've selected for myself a long walk, of the kind I used to reserve.
It's long-distance in two senses, first in the drive from Ambleside to reach the starting point, on the crossing of Cold Fell, from Calder Bridge to Ennerdale Bridge, and in the walk itself, twelve miles, there and back. I've done longer walks, even on days when I've driven from Manchester first, and been returning the same day, but Wainwright warns that the miles are long on this ascent, long and empty. This is more of an endurance test than a walk for pleasure, because I intend to climb Caw Fell.
Six miles there, on the skyline south of Ennerdale, and six miles back, a long way from anywhere else. My only previous visit to Caw Fell was as an adjunct to ascending Haycock from Nether Beck, Wasdale, the nearest point involving the shortest incursion onto this unloved, wide-spreading fell.
And I've walked the beginning of this route, when I set out to collect the westerly group of Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg, parking on the Cold Fell road and setting off along the old miner's road through the forests. That was easy underfoot, although badly slutchy in at least one point, and if I'm going for the big one, there's no need to waste time and effort on visiting those first two summits again.
So I can make good time over the first two to three miles of the exercise, on easy gradients that end up dipping to the bottom of the first serious rise. This is where the real walking starts.
And as with Robinson, I can't recreate a walk never walked. I can only look at Wainwright's map, and his contours. The dip at the end of the mine road, after passing beside Crag Fell, can't realistically be called a col, but this is the first of two depressions to be passed as a Ridge Route from the fell. At this point, I'd be about halfway to my destination, with little or no difficulty walking to date.
From here though, I'll be passing into the unoccupied open, the bare, grassy, unfrequented ridges that prompted me to class this region, from Nether Wasdale to the Loweswater fells, as the Western Margins. From the depression, the path starts to climb, initially quite steeply but then merely inexorably, as I start to scale Iron Crag.
The path is broad, and if it were needed, there's a wall to the left that runs all the way to Caw Fell and beyond. It's not a near neighbour as you grind out the ascent onto Iron Crag's bareback top. I saw that part of the route from Caw Fell, Iron Crag running pretty much south to north, wide and empty. It looked lonely, and paradoxically something that might trigger my incipient vertigo. It's the building roof/aircraft carrier syndrome, wide flat places with no walls or fences guarding their edges, leaving me uneasy about going over them, no matter how distant I am from anything I can fall over.
Across Iron Crag, there is another dip, a depression to cross, with streams descending westwards towards the grasslands of Whoap and Lank Rigg. Above that, the ridge is gained, and Caw Fell's final bulk, lying on an east – west axis, the wall still the guide to the flat and exposed highest point. Where exactly that is is a matter of trusting the cairn builders: the cairn is north of the wall, which can be easily crossed to touch it. One half of the job is done.
All that remains is to return. Six miles have got me there, six more will get me back. On peak form, which is always the case in Imaginary Holidays, I've a couple of miles and a bit more in reserve, and a couple of thousand feet of untried, and this is not the kind of demanding walking as is involved in Scafell Pike from Seathwaite ascending via Sty Head and the Corridor Route and returning over the other two Pikes, Esk Hause and Grains Gill. Just stride out, ignore the monotony of the walking and the scenery, and who knows: by the time I'm back at the foot of the ascent to Crag Fell, I'll have enough energy left to vary the return by traversing Crag Fell and Grike again, or maybe even Whoap and Lank Rigg.
Or maybe I'll just maintain the purity of the only kind of walk I went out of my way to avoid, the pure There and Back Again, where every step of retreat is over the ground crossed in ascent. Back to the Cold Fell road, back to the long drive home by dying sunlight, and into Ambleside. Chicken and chips, eaten out of the paper on a bench beside the Park? It's been a brilliant week.


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Leeds-based commercial pest control company Key West Pest Control has relocated to a new head office following a successful year of business and the expansion of its existing team.
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An Australian company, Competitive Pest Services, is currently recruiting two technicians to assist during their peak summer season (October 2019 - April 2020).
Published: 24 July 2019
If you have type A blood, the second most common type in the UK, then, you may want to take extra precautions to protect yourself from ticks. New research from the University of Masaryk in the Czech Republic reveals that ticks have a preference for blood type A!
Published: 07 August 2018
Here in the Pest office we've picked up on a number of big fines being levied on household companies for breaches in food safety. We're hoping these might make customers take pest management more seriously.
Published: 08 September 2017
PestEx 2017 staged a wide-ranging programme of seminars split between two separate areas, one dedicated to technical topics, the other to business matters. Over the two days there was something for everyone.
Published: 03 April 2017
Pest control is a very varied industry but hardly one that is likely to spring to the front of mind of many career guidance advisers. Yet it offers a whole range of opportunities and ways of working to suit most individuals. So what made you take pest control up as a profession? We would like to hear.
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The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) has issued an updated list detailing the nine farm assurance schemes that are now approved by the CRRU UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime. Readers may recall that under special interim arrangements farmers who are members of an approved scheme will continue to have access to the new 'stewardship-labelled' professional rodenticides which will begin appearing for sale from tomorrow, 1 April 2016.
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Ryan Keller has it all: a great supportive family, friends, and no limit to his self-confidence. Coming out of the closet was not as traumatic as he would have thought. In fact, it was glitter, unicorns, and rainbows. Navigating through life isn't easy for any man, let alone a gay one. Rest assured that Ryan has it handled. Brandon Ford comes from the wrong side of the tracks. With a dark past, he doesn't have much going for him, no money, no friends, definitely no charisma, and his family makes people on Jerry Springer look like total winners. Life can't be worse—until it becomes unbearable. When Ryan helps Brandon out of a bad situation, chemistry sparks between them. Only Brandon has one problem: He's hiding in the closet with no way of finding his way out. After years apart, Ryan runs into Brandon as he has his head between his friend's lady business to deliver her baby. This spells emotional turmoil for both Ryan and Brandon. Can years of resentment and bad feelings pull them apart or force them to work on their relationship so they can end up Tied Together. No Amazonian Hybrid Anaconda Turtles were harmed in the making of this book. I was outed by accident when I was seventeen years old. I had a whole elaborate plan how I was going to tell my parents I was gay. I was going to decorate my family's living room with rainbow-colored flags, cook up some rainbow Jell-O, and have a Cher CD playing. I didn't even like Cher, but from what I heard, she was a gay idol. My outing was going to be the baddest bitch of a coming-out party known to man. Even though I had the elaborate plan in my head, the other part of my mind had horrible images of my parents sobbing on the couch, holding each other for support. They would ask themselves what they did wrong in raising me to make me want to stick my dick up another guy's pooper. I imagined my baby sister, Cara, would point and laugh at me, asking if I wanted to wear her high heels to homecoming. The answer would be no, I was a flats only kind of guy. Just because I was gay didn't mean I dressed in drag. My folks would then throw me out of the house, and I would be forced to live on the streets and turn tricks for some pimp named Rocco with diamond-studded grills. I was in my father's woodshed making out with Peter Collins. We were both seniors but went to different high schools. Peter was the definition of California Valley girl—but the male counterpoint. He was hot, sexy, blond, and built, but as bright as a broken light bulb. His lack of brain cells worked in my favor because, unfortunately, I was a complete moron when it came to anything that had to do with sex. The only relationship my dick had was with my hand and a bunch of gay porn sites. For some miraculous reason, there I was, sticking my tongue down Peter's throat. I would never forget the conversation we had in that shed. "You have the sweetest lips," I said. I tried to sound as romantic as I possibly could because what does one say when one is lying on dirt and concrete. I was also trying to distract Peter with my lack of sexual experience by whispering sweet nothings in his ear. "Peter, I love the way you smell." Or: "Peter, you have such beautiful eyes; they're the color of a blooming iris." And my favorite: "Peter your breath smells so minty sweet. What toothpaste do you use?" I didn't get much of a reaction. "I could kiss you all day." I was going with the sweet nothings and threw in some dreamy eye action for good measure. I watched a lot of gay porn. Sometimes the actors would say romantic stuff like that to further the mood. Okay, that's a lie. I had no idea if they...Read More
What makes up a good antagonist? There are a variety of aspects that make a antagonist great. Incorporating certain key factors you'll read about below can help develop your "bad guy" into a believable and workable villain. Just as in my article "Five Things Every Protagonist Needs," I'll explain what you can do to motivate and make your villain credible. Some other good articles to reference are "25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists" by Chuck Wendig and "6 Ways To Better Bad Guys" by Laura Disilverio. Both have comprehensive lists that are helpful for any writer. Here is my take, so let's begin! 1. Every Villain Is Human Both Wendig and Disilverio both start off their articles with this very important factor: Bad guys are people too. I couldn't agree more. If you thought a villain never had hurt feelings, you're sadly mistaken. Most antagonists are bad because of something so catastrophic happened to them that it led them to become the villain they are. They have feelings, cares, wants, desires, and dreams just like a protagonist. The difference is how they perceive and handle things that sets them apart from their better counterparts. It's their choices that led them down their destined character path. Whether it's a jealous cheerleader, an evil stepmonster, a sinister warlord or a possessed demon, the humanity of the antagonist should always be present in some form to allow the reader to identity with their struggle. 2. No Wimps Allowed How fun is it to read about a super awesome protag who can scale mountains, rescue damsels, and cook a 10-course meal without an antagonist that can rival his greatness? Not too much fun, I tell you. I want a rival that can hold a candle to any good guy for the duration of the story I'm reading. If the villain is wimpy, there is essentially no struggle since the protag can overcome anything the antag throws at them. Make sure while writing your bad guy that they are a clear competitor to your good guy. 3. A Sense Of Boundaries Writing a villain can be really fun. But don't let your antag go to overboard. I'm talking about reining in their badness when the situation applies. Okay, true, some bad guys can be over the top devilish. They are bad guys, after all. The finesse is knowing how bad they can truly be to make it work in your story. For instance a mustache twirling, muhahahahaha-laughing, black hat wearing killer isn't going to carry the proper tone in a modern-day suspense than it would in, say, a campy crime drama. It just doesn't fit. Make sure your bad guy fits the tone of your story. 4. Knowing When To Shut Up I know you've all read one of these books where the villain spills the beans in a massive verbal dump around the arc of the story and explains everything they did and why they did it to the reader. Sigh. So boring. It reminds me of Scooby-Doo when the bad guy either explains why they kidnapped Old Man Clemens or lets one of the gang do it for them. It's the "I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids" speech that writers seem to like to insert into their work. I like the method of using bread crumbs to lead the reader to the reasons villains act the way they do. Meaning, bits and pieces of the story come together as the arc draws to a crest. Don't tell the reader, let them figure it out. 5. Give Them A Break Even bad guys need a little redemption. It can be big or small, but the reader needs to feel for the villain, no matter how bad they are. Call it a moment of clarity for the antag that the reader gets to witness. It's important because it lets the reader know that the villain can fall—not just by the protagonist's doing, but by their own faults—and they can see it for themselves. And hand in hand...Read More
You're writing a book, and you have a main character you love. You take this character on a journey, and you think your plot is solid. All the hard work shows as you reread your story and give yourself a pat on the back. When you send your manuscript to beta readers or a critique group, you get feedback you weren't expecting: Your protagonist is weak. The horror! How could this possibly be? It could be reasonable that you are missing some key points when developing a strong main character. I'm here to break down five things every protagonist needs to help keep your main character on point. 1. Comfort Is your character comfortable? In other words, are you writing a character the reader will be comfortable getting to know? Is your character likable or interesting? A dull main character is not going to engage your reader if you don't make him or her favorable enough to carry the book. Make sure that your MC has qualities that will let the reader cheer for them when faced with difficult situations or empathize with them when they don't achieve their goals. Your MC needs to be your reader's "friend." 2. Clear Goals The protag isn't worth a lick if they don't have a clear goal. Make sure to set the stage for a dream or goal the main character wants to fulfill. Whether it be small or big, they have to have some kind of motivation to move the plot of the book forward. Or else they are left spinning their wheels. 3. Reality You must create a character that is real. This goes hand and hand with comfort. Show your character's weaknesses, their downfalls, personality flaws, and little things that set them apart from the rest. Nobody is perfect, or you'll have a Mary Sue or Marty Stu on your hands. If you have an MC who looks like an Adonis but has a chipped front tooth, that's realistic. Give your character a workable personality so your readers view him as a hero and a real person at the same time. Mr. or Mrs. Perfect can get old very fast. 4. Conflict is Key If everything is hunky-dory in your story, what's the point of reading it? You need conflict to keep the reader interested and willing to see how your protagonist will overcome it. Everyone wants to root for their hero, so give them a reason to. Conflict can happen because of the choices your characters make or something they can't prevent from happening. I like to label them as motivated conflict and unmotivated conflict. Motivated conflict is based on a character's personal weakness that could be preventable. For instance, your protagonist is an arrogant star quarterback who expects to win the big game, but conflict happens when said character misses a key play, letting down his whole team and losing his scholarship in the process. Unmotivated conflict is when your main character is happy; just landed the perfect job, has the perfect house, the perfect significant other. Everything is great for them. Until they find out they lost their job, their spouse leaves them, and the bank threatens to foreclose on their house. This is something the character has no control over happening. 5. Growth This is the most vital aspect a protagonist needs in any book. If your main character doesn't exhibit some kind of growth—whether it's learning from their weaknesses or overcoming their earlier conflict—the reader will be left unsatisfied. It's like eating a large, delicious meal but being left starving afterward. Show your characters overcoming their obstacles and emotionally growing as they do. I hope this helps. Please share with us what you think of this article....Read More
If any of you follow my articles, you know by now that I'm an editor and a struggling writer. And let me tell you, I struggle. A lot. I don't know why I can't get past my hump. Let me rethink what I just wrote. I do know what it is killing my writing dreams—excuses. I get hung up on so many things like self-doubt; it's a constant battle in my head when I sit down to my computer. I know I'm not alone. There are so many people out there that I've spoken with, met, or wrote with who struggle just as much, if not more, as I do. So I ask this question to you all: What's killing your writing dreams? Here's some of mine. The Dreaded Chapter Five I have written about ten stories all the way up to chapter five and then fall on my face. What is up with that? The stories themselves are perfectly fine. I've retweaked them about a bajillion times, I've edited and reedited them another bajillion, and I let some friends read the chapters for critique. But why do I get to only chapter five? The answer is easy: I'm over thinking my work too soon. Do you find that this kills your mojo just as bad as it does mine? I focus too much on the start of my book, and I fail to look at the big picture or even down the road. My perfectionism is misplaced. I tell myself not to focus on the first five so much, just to let the words flow, but man, it's hard. Time, Oh, Blessed Time Another thing I don't give myself is time. What the heck is that, right? And it's not like I don't have time, I do. I have oodles sometimes. It's making the time just for writing that I have no idea how to do. There are too many excuses we face that make it so easy for us to bail on our writing dreams. Mine usually include: I want to read, I'll write later, I'm tired, it's Friday, or whatever else I fool myself into thinking. I'm constantly putting it off. I told myself at the beginning of summer that I would finish my short story before the kids go back to school. Guess where I'm at? Chapter five. The Grass Is Always Greener I tell you what, I will see authors pump out book after book, have critical acclaim, land a deal, get national attention, or whatever it is, and I get in a pissy mood. It should be me by now, right? Why is looking at someone else's achievements holding me back? It's author envy. It sucks, and I haven't realized that it's holding me back until recently. So there's that… My Husband Is So Darn Cute Oh, I'm so going there. I'll be the first to admit that he's bad for my writing. Not that he knows it. In fact, he thinks he's like my writing cheerleader. To him I can write a 700-page book in two days. He doesn't understand why I haven't done it already. Well, that stud muffin is so unaware of how stinking cute he is when he's being all supportive. It's so distracting. Work Will Happen If I Ikea What? Really? Am I'm going to blame Ikea? Yup. I can't work because I don't have a perfect office supplied by Ikea. I found this cool office set up on Pinterest. I've convinced myself that I write more productively when my office is organized. And only then. Do I clean my office and hippety-hop to Ikea? Nope. When I look at my office I hyperventilate. Summer Vacay Isn't Really A Vacay Last but not least, it's summer. Which would be totes awesome for any other writer but to this gal it's totes not. I love my kids, I really do, but they suck every last drop of my energy and creative juices. From the time school ended I promised myself I would work around my kiddos. That didn't happen. Trips to the pool or the zoo...Read More
"Yowza! Priest by Sierra Simone is one taboo but highly addicting read." –Diva Lauren Yep, I just quoted myself. I finished this book and literally said, "Yowza!" Priest by Sierra Simone is the hot book circulating in the indie world right now. Promotion was all over the place on my Facebook for a good week before it released. Since I'm a fan of the forbidden love thing, I took a chance. I have to say that being Catholic, it was hard to read in places. Well, many places. If you can think of a place in a church a priest could have sex, then it was done in this book. But there is a true love story underneath it all which appealed to me. Without further ado, congrats to Sierra Simone, you're the Diva Spotlight. *jumpy claps by myself* Summary: There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. My name is Tyler Anselm Bell. I'm twenty-nine years old. Six months ago, I broke my vow of celibacy on the altar of my own church, and God help me, I would do it again. I am a priest and this is my confession. Yowza again, amirite? So this book isn't for the faint of heart. If you can stand a priest doing some erotic and very hot things to one of his parishioners, this book is for you. If you can't, well, don't read it. Sometimes I like to read books that make me uncomfortable. It gets boring while reading the same kind of romance again and again. Priest isn't your run-of-the-mill romance. Father Bell struggles with his devotion to his church, his family, and to Poppy. It's almost like God sent her to him. His forbidden fruit. The way he navigates through his passion for God and his passion for Poppy is well done even if it does make you a little squeamish. Granted, this book is an erotic romance, and true to form we get that, but there is a heart to the book that really comes to the forefront. Father Bell is human. We see men and women of God as infallible far too often—almost as if they aren't real people. In Priest, we see that Father Bell is as human and as male as they come. It's nice to read that a man like him isn't perfect, he's tempted with many things in life. Whether it be his love of The Walking Dead or working out, he's very human and very vulnerable. It makes him identifiable for the reader, which I would think would be hard to do considering your main character is a priest. Ninety-nine percent won't identify with him based on that fact alone, but with this character you see him, the real man behind the collar. Poppy, on the other hand, is a hard nut to crack. What makes her tick? I wasn't so sure for a long time in this book. The story is told from Father Bell's point of view, but we get snippets of her confessions in her point of view, which gives us a little insight to her mentality. Is she sent from God to be with Father Bell or is she sent from Satan as a way to make him fall? It's all about the what-ifs, the taboo. She too struggles with her faith and her role in Father Bell's life. I love that you saw her find her faith in this story. That aspect is something I can appreciate and understand. Simone paints the scene so well of Poppy standing at the altar, looking and talking to Christ on the Cross. I love that even though this book is very sexual, it's very spiritual as well. Father Bell is always giving advice to her and she's learning from him. The growth of the characters is very well done. What is great about this book is that it appears to be accurate. Although, there were...Read More
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The Roots of Extremism in Bangladesh
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Sipah-e-Sahaba: Fomenting Sectarian Violence in Pakistan
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Bangladesh Sitting on a Fundamentalist Volcano
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Sectarian Violence Rooted in Pakistan
On February 15, police in the Pakistani province of Balochistan arrested six suspected members of the outlawed militant Sunni group, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), for attacks against Shi'a Muslims in March of last year and in July 2003 that claimed 100 victims. The arrests were a... MORE
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TORONTO—The first question from reporters at an auto parts factory in Markham was probably the last one Conservative leader Stephen Harper wanted to hear, though he didn't really answer it anyway.
After Harper announced a new student loan program for immigrants trying to get their foreign credentials recognized in Canada, a reporter asked if his party was researching people through Facebook and what Harper thought about people being ejected from his rallies in London and Guelph, Ontario.
Harper responded by suggesting people were being turned away rather than ejected.
"We have had thousands of people, far more people come out to hear us than the other guys have," Harper said.
"I think when the other guys are complaining we're turning people away, and they can't get people, I think that tells you how this campaign is going," he said, adding that it was better to be turning people away than unable to get them out.
University of Western Ontario student Awish Aslam, 19, was among those ejected from a Conservative rally in London over a Facebook photo that showed her with Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.
While Harper said he was not aware of the specifics, his spokesperson Dimitri Soudas has apologized to the girl and is arranging for her to have a chance to meet Mr. Harper, reports the Globe and Mail.
The Liberals countered with a press release later that day quoting news reports that cited figures from Conservative and Liberal events in the same cities where the Liberals had higher turnouts. The statement accused the Conservatives of "Facebook creeping."
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff faced his own difficulty Wednesday when a Liberal candidate in Quebec was accused in an NDP press release of making racist remarks.
Manicouagan candidate André Forbes is the founder and former spokesperson for l'Association des Droits des Blancs (the Association for the Rights of Whites) in Sept-Iles, Quebec and is the spokesperson of Métis Côte-Nord. The NDP release listed denigrating remarks he and his associated groups made about aboriginals and other minority groups.
Ignatieff announced on Wednesday that Forbes was told he was no longer the candidate for the Liberals in Manicouagan.
"The Liberal Party of Canada has always stood for equality among all citizens, including First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and non-Aboriginal Canadians. We categorically condemn any comments that seek to divide Canadians on the basis of their culture or ethnicity," he said in a statement.
The NDP issued another press release after Forbes was ejected saying the Liberals should have known about Forbes' background.


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The human brain is fascinating. It works in mysterious ways, and for every person, this may be different. Psychology allows students to delve further into it, and there is no denying it's one of the most challenging yet rewarding subjects that you can consider for college. In this post, we are discussing further on why you should consider psychology for…Read More »
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Most of us aim for a career that's financially and emotionally rewarding. Unfortunately, not many people enjoy the jobs they do. If you want a job that is anything but ordinary, you can consider commercial driving as an option. CDL trucking jobs are in great demand, and in this post, we are sharing why you should consider a career in…Read More »
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These days a lot of people are choosing a career as a medical assistant. Most of them have passion for health care and want to help people around them. Also, they want to get into the medical field faster and have a great career, early in life. Being a medical assistant requires two or even a year less of diploma…Read More »
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The world of digital marketing has seen a huge surge in the past few years. This can very well be attributed to the fact that many businesses are now choosing the online medium to promote its products or services. Be it that of marketing and technological fields, there is no dearth for talents. However, one needs to understand that it…Read More »
How Candidate Feedback Can Transform Your Interview Process
As a company who is always looking to hire, you'll understand that the recruitment process can often be convoluted, unreasonable, end prematurely, or end without you finding the right candidate at all. It is hard to know whether your interview process in particular is effective and that is why designing and implementing a candidate feedback process could help to transform…Read More »
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Joanita and husband Muganga ring in 25 years of marriage
- Written by David Lumu
On July 22, 1995, Christopher Muganga Kagolo and Afrigo band's Joanita Kawalya got married amid huge fanfare. Last weekend, the couple marked their golden jubilee in a simple celebration at Grand Global hotel, attended by a few family members and friends.
Muganga is a curriculum specialist at the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) while Kawalya is famous for hits such as Jim, Mp'eddembe, Ssemuwemba, Julie, Vincent and many more. She is also the daughter of the legendary Eclas Kawalya. The couple talked to David Lumu.
Did you ever imagine your union would last this long?
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Christopher: To be sincere, all I thought about at the time was the wedding. I was the luckiest man in Uganda when I wedded Joanita.
Joanita: It was never in my mind. Most of my focus was to get the event done in the most beautiful way and I spent a lot of time asking our wedding coordinator, Dr Gordon Sematiko, whether everything was fine. This is the only time I felt a lot of pressure on stage because I had to perform my songs, Jim and Mundeke.
What is so memorable about your wedding?
Joanita: I was so surprised to learn that some patients at Lubaga hospital left their wards to come and witness the wedding in Lubaga cathedral. The media had already hyped the wedding for weeks; so, seeing several high-profile individuals in attendance was quite fulfilling.
Christopher: Put aside the glamour of the event in church and later at Lugogo indoor stadium. What blew my mind that day were mostly people who came eager to see the kind of man who had wedded Joanita. Most of them had never even heard about me. They had never seen me at Afrigo shows because I always kept a low profile. I even eavesdropped a debate about whether the marriage would last, given that music stars hardly keep their marriages.
What is it like to be called 'Joanita's husband'?
Christopher: Ho! This is perhaps the most uncomfortable thing in our marriage. Do you know that to this day, some friends do not even know my name but refer to me as Joanita Kawalya's husband? It can really be embarrassing sometimes. Even at work, some colleagues prefer to call me Joanita's hubby and I always caution them about my credentials. The funniest bit is when some people call me Mr Kawalya.
Academia and music are quite detached; how have you kept the harmony?
Christopher: In my profession, there are barriers I cannot cross. I'm a public servant; so, I tread very carefully in all my ways. Our families have also played a big part to keep us glued, because we have an obligation to be role models.
Joanita: Getting married was the best thing I did at the time because it saved me from the temptations that come with stardom. My marriage has instilled limits to everything I do; what I sing, how I dress or even what I say because my first role model is Mr Muganga.
What has changed between then and now?
Christopher: Things change, of course. When we got married, we were free souls. She was very outspoken. At home, we used to argue a lot but today, she is the humble one and I'm the vocal one. We only debate about issues. We have an obligation to be role models for our children.
Joanita: The longer we have stayed together, some things have been reversed. He was the doting dad to the children but these days, they run to me first.
In 25 years, what is your fondest memory?
Joanita: I move a lot when I go to perform, often leaving him to take care of the children. I'm glad he has been understanding. I remember after the birth of our first born [Wangi], he would come to my shows and stay in the car nursing the baby. Between performances, I would steal a few minutes to join him and breastfeed the baby.
What is it like spending most public holidays and weekends apart?
Christopher: Honestly, I went into the marriage expecting this scenario. Luckily, it was a norm for my family to converge in the village; so, it didn't really hurt me when Joanita travelled to perform with Afrigo. With time, however, most of the elders passed on; so, the village gatherings became boring and that is when the loneliness set in.
Besides, this is a union I entered with dedication and I expected her to continue with her career. It has taught me not to be a prisoner of my thoughts.
Joanita: Music is my calling and much as I miss being with the family while on duty, it doesn't affect me a lot.
How do the children appreciate your different professions and lifestyles?
Christopher: We agreed to push them to my side of profession but, surprisingly, they confide more in their mother because I ask them many questions.
Joanita: They support me a lot and even attend my performances. However, they also tease us a lot. In times of tension, they put up a spirited effort to remind us of the vows we made in church.
What is your biggest bond?
Christopher: Respect. We fully appreciate each other. Also, she gives people joy through music and counseling. She provides a warm heart to all relatives and friends.
Joanita: We basically complement each other well in all aspects of life. I'm glad he let me retain my music career and we disproved many doubters who thought my career would be over after marriage. So, seeing each flourish is a blessing.
How do you overcome misunderstandings?
Christopher: I learnt from my father never to keep grudges, especially with a woman. I move on quickly, even if it means stepping away for some time.
Joanita: I had a tendency of acting and informing him later, which used to greatly disturb him but we talked about it and got to understand each other. We are a prayerful family and resort to God each time there is a disagreement.
Looking forward…what's the plan?
Joanita: I'm glad we have given our children the best education and opportunities. We've also looked after many other children. But in five years, we expect the children to start their own lives and we will be back to where we started from. We plan to visit people and places and catch up on the things we have missed while raising our children.
How does the home function?
Joanita: I'm always the boss at home and my presence has to be felt. I'm the shortest at home and it puts me off when I cannot reach things in the kitchen.
It all started at the Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo (ITEK), where both were pursuing diplomas in Education.
"I already knew Joanita was a musician. Even after graduating, I followed her up," recalls Christopher. "Communication was a problem because I was staying in Mityana, while she was in Bulange…I knew I faced stiff competition to win her heart. She tried to be like any other student, but everyone knew she was a singer and also her famous father."
The turning point came when Joanita travelled to see Christopher in Mityana. "The Education ministry had released placements for teachers but I realized Chris had not picked his…I knew he didn't know about it; so, I boarded a UTC bus to Mityana to inform him. Luckily, he had told me the village where he hails from and I didn't find much trouble to locate him," says Joanita.
"In fact, when I arrived, they had to call him from the garden where he was digging."
Christopher recalls that when his sister saw Joanita, she immediately remarked that he had hit a jackpot and needed to do everything to win over the daughter of a legend.
Christopher was initially designated to teach in Mityana but the then head teacher of Makerere College School persuaded him to join the school. That meant moving back to Kampala to be closer to Joanita, who was teaching at Lubiri SS.
In later years, as Joanita's music career shot through the roof, their romance also blossomed, although Christopher preferred to stay in the background, and still does.


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A huge salvage yard, the real-life "Ramone's" from the movie Cars, a Route 66 Museum, and an incredible collection of vintage race cars and pre-war beauties… All on Day 3 of the Goodguys Road Tour…
Heading out of Amarillo with Team Mustang Girls for Day 3 of the 2015 Goodguys Hall of Fame Tour, our first stop was just a short drive into the Texas countryside to see Bob Owens' Salvage Yard in Wellington, TX.
To say Owens Salvage Co. is massive would be an understatement. This place has to be one of the largest salvage yards in the country as rusty cars stretch for as far as the eye can see. In fact, the place is so big they let us borrow some of their vehicles to tour the place.
While the outside is certainly big, the inside at Owens Salvage Co. isn't exactly small. The warehouse seems to go on forever with rows upon rows of engines, transmissions, and every other part you might need to get your ride back on the road.
After touring the yard, we run up the street to see Bob's collection of cars and automobilia. A man cave of man caves, it's a downright impressive place.
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From Wellington, TX, we shot back toward I-40, but first made a stop in Shamrock, TX for one of our all-time favorite Route 66 stops: Tower Service Station and the U-Drop Inn Cafe.
Once a vital Route 66 stop for weary road travelers, the Tower Service Station and U-Drop Inn has even served Elvis Presley during his travels across the country. Today, the Route 66 icon offers a great spot for photos along with a full gift shop and free wi-fi in the beautifully restored cafe.
If the place looks familiar, you're probably thinking about "Ramone's" from the Disney Pixar movie Cars. Ramone's is based on Tower Service Station and the U-Drop Inn Cafe.
Next, Team Mustang Girls and Two Lane America crossed into Oklahoma and stopped at the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. Thoughtfully curated, the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum is arguably the best Route 66 museum we've ever toured. Each display tells a different aspect of the Mother Road's history from its creation to its resurgence as a tourist destination.
Finally, we ended day 3 of the Goodguys Road Tour with dinner at Ted Davis's shop in Oklahoma City.
For those of you unfamiliar with Ted Davis, he's pretty much a legend in the world of early race cars, Packards, rare pre-war cars, and even land speed record racing. When he's not hanging out with Jay Leno at Pebble Beach or taking one of his early roadsters to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he's here in Oklahoma City restoring some of the rarest and most beautiful cars in the country.
Day 3 of the Goodguys Hall of Fame Tour had a little bit of everything… Rusty cars, race cars, show cars, and even a place from the movie Cars.


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I'll be seeing you on Tuesday, my friend! Thanks for this.
Whatever 2011 Shopping Guide Schedule: Get Ready to Promote
Now that it's officially December, I'm going to get my Ho Ho Ho on and announce that next week, each week day, I am going to post a specific entry for authors, creators and others to promote books, creations and charities. Why? Because I have a big damn readership, full of people who are looking for interesting stuff to give (and get!) for the holidays. And because, you know, I shop for the holidays myself. I could use an idea or two. Or three. Or many.
To give you folks time to prepare, here's the schedule of what to promote and by whom:
Monday December 5: Traditionally Published Authors — If your work is being published by a publisher a) who is not you and b) gets your books into actual, physical bookstores on a returnable basis, this is your day to tell people about your books. Includes comics/graphic novels.
Tuesday December 6: Non-Traditionally Published Authors — Self published? Electronically published? Or other? This is your day.
Wednesday December 7: Other Creators — Artists, knitters, jewelers, musicians, and anyone who has cool stuff to sell this holiday season, this will be the day to show off your creations.
Thursday December 8: Fan Favorite Day — Not an author/artist/musician/other creator but know about some really cool stuff you think people will want to know about for the holidays? Share! Share with the crowd!
Friday December 9: Charities — If you are involved in a charity, or have a favorite charity you'd like to let people know about, this is the day to do it.
Any questions? Leave them in the comments. Note I'm running about this afternoon so I may not respond immediately but I'll get through the thread eventually.
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As a small press publisher who wants to promote the books we've published, which day do I get to post? Fan Favorite doesn't seem quite right since I have an interest.
This is a great idea! I look forward to getting lots of recommendations for wonderful new books.
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Actually do the Christmas shopping.
Now I'm wondering whether writing on the subway walls is a traditional
way to publish.
Great idea, John, though I am posting mainly to congratulate you and Wil Wheaton on Fuzzy Nation being one of Audible's best of 2011. Wil has you down. Best wishes.
What a fantastic idea! I look forward to reading all of them and participating a couple of the days, too.
Promote how? Are you looking for guest blog posts? Links to books? Tell me what to do so I can do it!
Fuzzy Nation was named one of the 2011 best sci fi reads by Aaudible.com. Way to go.
I should have spell checked. Audible.com
This year I saw signs for "Buy Local" and want to do that, but supporting the Wednesday artists will be equally supportive. Thanks for doing this.
I look forward to my opportunity on Wednesday to Sell Out To The Man…which would be a change, because a significant majority of my customers are women.
What a wonderful idea. Thank you.
Grey Gecko Press (www.greygeckopress.com) is in for Tuesday!


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Begonias Are Back (and Grandma's Other Favorite Houseplants Are Next)
It's not just old ladies who love geraniums and African violets—retro flowers and plants are trending again
Covered in bright orange, red, or pink flowers, it used to be that begonias were the houseplants that every little old lady had in her window. Well, they're not just for the Golden Girls anymore! Begonias have never been more popular (your grandma is freaking psyched) and now foliage is snatching flowers' spotlight—some varieties even have leaves that reflect iridescent blue in bright light. With more than a quarter-million posts tagged #begonia, these sexy houseplants are blowing up on Instagram (this video of a shiny begonia leaf has nearly 2 million views), and giving us a major case of the #BegoniaMondays.
Escargot Begonia (Begonia rex) — #curlyhairdontcare
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As you can tell we've been into begonias for a couple months now and we want to continue spreading the love for the fantastic and diverse family of Begoniaceae. Might not be a species begonia but this breathtaking rex cultorum called Begonia "escargot" is a great example of how fun and intriguing they can be. The name comes from its signature swirl and markings. Plus to top it off in certain light will reflect blue from cells called iridoplasts which help capture more light, especially since a lot of Begonias are understory tropical plants. We will have a ton of these available on Thursday including plenty of other fantastic tropicals.
Until relatively recently, only a few begonias were readily available. The "tuberous" type of begonias have traditionally been grown for their flashy flowers, filling in outdoor planters and hanging baskets in shady spaces. These days, though, everyone's drooling over the shrub-like, cane, and rex begonias, grown as houseplants for their intense and mind-bogglingly diverse foliage.
Exotica Begonia (B. brevirimosa exotica) — Woke Up Like This
Begonias' popularity as houseplants is earned: they're gorgeous, easy to grow, and tons of new species keep coming out.
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B. nahangensis — Texture for Days
For crying out loud, look at this:
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Begonia nahangensis, bullate rhizomatous species from Vietnam described in 2012. Limestone-endemic lithophyte, section Coelocentrum. . . 📷: @spacemai . 🌱: #begonianahangensis . . . #begoniabrigade #begoniamonday #begonia #sfbegonia #begoniaceae #spacemaiplants #begonias #begoniaclub #begoniagäris #species #rareplants #begonialove #begoniasociety #begonialovers #begoniasofvietnam #plantconservation #베고니아 #秋海棠 #ベゴニア #бегония
B. ferox — ✔Savage ✔Sickening ✔Fierce
This little beastie is definitely not your grandma's begonia! (And its name means "ferocious," which is unbelievably on point.)
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Begonia ferox is a pretty slow grower for me. It does however seem to always grow two or a few leaves per growth point and then it takes a break again, so it takes quite a while for it to become a large plant. In my opinion, the lower side of the leaves is almost as interesting as the upper wide. All 'spikes' on the leaves are hollow! #begonia #begoniabrigade #spikes #spikyplants #weirdplants #funkyplants #foliage #texture #texturedleaf
B. 'White Ice' — Mood Intensifier
This angel wing-type begonia is serious houseplant goals.
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The newest and most intriguing begonias can be a bit expensive as far as houseplants go. Luckily, the new varieties are just as easy to grow as the old ones, and you can even propagate your own babies from simple leaf cuttings.
Since everything old is always new again, this got us thinking: What other old-lady plants have been waiting for their comebacks? These are the ones we're betting on.
Plasticky-red anthuriums were always the go-to plant to give a generic flower arrangement some South Seas island magic, but now they're basically the Beyoncé of this situation and don't need Destiny's Child, m'kay? Behold the glory of this Anthurium 'Shibori.'
And the leaves on this A. clarinervium are a velvety masterpiece.
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ANTHURIUM CLARINERVIUM 💚 This one is on position 1 on my plantwishlist but our paths haven't crossed yet! What's on your position 1? . . . . . #anthurium #anthuriumclarinervium #houseplants #indoorplants #urbanjunglebloggers #plantart #plantmom #plantlady #plantparenthood #houseplantclub #houseplantlove #house_plant_community #plantlovers #plantsplantsplants #houseplantsofinstagram #plantaddict #leaflove #iloveplants #plantsarefriends #planthoarder #botanicalart #indoorjungle #plantobsessed #foliage #plantgoals #pottedplants #instaplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #slowdownartcomp2019
African Violets
Instagram still has some catching up to do, but African violets (Saintpaulia spp.), the ultimate old lady plants, are all over the Russian houseplant pages. Look at this absolutely sickening 'Emerald Lace.' Ruffles everywhere AND variegated leaves? 🤤🤤🤤
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Доброго дня! Стандарт ЕК-Изумрудное Кружево #senpolia #senpoliaminsk #fialkaminsk #fialki #flowers #fialkaby #africanviolet #africanviolets #african_violets #цветы #куплюфиалкиминск #сенполияминск #сенполиябеларусь #сенполия #фиалкипочтой #фиалкиназаказ #фиалкинаокне #фиалкиминск #фиалкиек #фиалкивподарок #фиалки #фиалкивминске #фиалкинапродажу #фиалкибеларусь
Another member of the Gesneriaceae family (which African violet belongs to as well), gloxinia (Sinningia) is poised for popularity. Florist's gloxinia were all over houseplant books in the 1960s and '70s, but now they're primarily spotted next to the mylar "get well" balloons and plastic-tubed single red roses at grocery store flower cases. They were all big hair and flounce. Well, mark our words, they're gonna come back in a big way! The teeny-tiny 'White Sprite' looks positively magical in this terrarium.
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I loved sowing more of these #Sinningia 'White Sprite', this week. Such an easy, quick-growing houseplant that never grows more than a few centimetres high and across, I can't believe it is still so hard to track down. To me, the perfect #terrarium plant, even in the tiniest containers. Definitely something magical about it. #tinyterrariums #gesneriads #houseplants #houseplantclub #plantsofinstagram #plantsmakepeoplehappy #terrariumdreams
Like begonias, this houseplant—a striking silver-haired Brazilian edelweiss (Sinningia leucotricha)—doesn't even need flowers to hold our attention (but it gets scarlet blooms anyway, because it's so extra).
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I've never bought any plants for their flowers.. because flowers are non-lasting and too mainstream 🤭! What I really love admiring has always been the leaves of each plant! They may all look the same at first glance but when observed closely, the hues, shapes, patterns and texture are always unique like a finger print. So if you're like me, with a habit to stroke your plants like they are your pets, a Sinningia Leucotricha is what you need!! 🐰 • #sinningia #sinningiacanescens #sinningialeucotricha #caudiciform #caudexlove #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantselfie #plantshelfie #plantsplantsplants #houseplantlove #houseplants
It might sound far-fetched, but Our Queen of the Tragically Unhip, geranium (Pelargonium) could be on the upswing. Geraniums are already scenting bougie hand soap and they're all over Dolce & Gabbana's Fall/Winter 2019 collection. We predict a relaunch of this easy-to-grow old lady plant into internet stardom—you saw it here first.


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iOS App: Issues https://bugs.amahi.org/ https://bugs.amahi.org/favicon.ico 2016-12-08T16:46:22Z Amahi Home Server Tracker Redmine Feature #2191 (Assigned): Thumbnails for Amahi Mobile App https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/2191 2016-12-08T16:46:22Z epedrego
Would it be possible to add thumbnail previews to the picture share in the Amahi mobile app? Having to go through every single picture to find the right one makes that feature almost unusable.

Thank you
 Bug #1687 (New): Sample server is not removed https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1687 2015-05-27T20:02:00Z Lincee
I have added my HDA to the app, however the sample server still remains listed.
 Bug #1686 (New): Design flaw? https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1686 2015-05-27T20:01:30Z Lincee
When you open the app, the "main" file listing has a shadow under it.
This is out of line with most other apps, certainly those created by Apple itself.
 Feature #1685 (New): Sharing menu https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1685 2015-05-27T19:59:15Z Lincee
Most, if not all iOS apps are integrated with the iOS sharing menu.
This app is missing. Since the idea is to be able to access data at home, why not allow this data to be shared to others?

Say for instance, i am underway to work, and i want to access a document from home and share it with my collegue.
 Feature #1591 (Assigned): .MOV video files https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1591 2014-12-17T01:59:48Z thehurns
Hello all, i'm unable to play .MOV video files created with an iPhone. (imported with iPhoto, and then copied to the server share as flat, .mov files)
it would be great to play home movies from the amahi app without doing any file conversion.

thanks!
 Feature #1572 (New): Add srt subtitles to movie playing https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1572 2014-11-03T21:23:33Z cpg
Feature request from a user: is it possible to add .srt formated subtitles to ios device streaming?

i managed to watch them but can't add subtitles.
 Feature #1310 (New): "open with" feature https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1310 2014-02-28T01:20:24Z InteNsity
I think it would be usefull to have a "open with" feature with amahi anywhere,this feature already exists in services like dropbox
it has to download the file and open it in the suitable app.
this can be usefull for example: opening E-books in the iBooks app.
 Feature #1288 (New): Suggestion: add chromecast support to ios app if possible. https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1288 2014-02-05T00:18:55Z dano5
Chromecast SDK is now released, maybe add chromecast support if it's possible :)

iOS Sender API libraries for iOS:

https://developers.google.com/cast/downloads/GoogleCastFramework-2.0-Release.zip

more info and downloads: https://developers.google.com/cast/
 Bug #1275 (New): aggregated feedback from users of the iOS app https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1275 2014-01-21T10:14:33Z cpg
(as of verison 1.5)
 planned

pull files and photos and share with other apps (4)

make it more attractive, fancier interface (3)

add local user logins (3)

add apps

add server controls

search for files

 more ideas/tbd

more options, too stripped down

more sorting options

use/make playlists

show pictures as thumbnails or gallery

native compression for video streaming (remote)

make it faster (esp. remotely)

download from server to device

print files (e.g. PDF) with AirPrint

 Bug #1249 (New): shares available are cached in the iOS app https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1249 2013-12-30T09:02:04Z cpg
changing share visibility, adding shares or deleting shares is not picked up in the app right away -- there is some caching going on.

this should not be. updates should be automatic.
 Feature #1248 (New): User login https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1248 2013-12-30T08:53:26Z FuNKeR
I would like to be able to personalize the login. Currently I can only access the whole server with my Amahi credentials, but if it is up to multiple user accounts on the HDA the possibilities are limited.

My wife has a share only she can access and I have some shares only accessible by me. I cannot seperate it with the app right now.

Would be a great feature so every user has its own files.
 Feature #1246 (Assigned): support local users and their access https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1246 2013-12-30T08:44:37Z FuNKeR
we should support the ability for users to "lower" from admin (the default with Amahi login) to any other (local) user in the machine.

this in turn includes customizing the access for that local user, for example, hidden shares, share access permissions, etc.

a simple way to do this, the only other way to change users would be to log out this user and ask the admin to log in again.
 Bug #1244 (New): Ability to read ePub (and other format?) book files https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1244 2013-12-28T23:57:01Z cpg
User request: able to open any ePub files.

Need to insert the ability to open these epub and other files (mobi? what others?) in external viewers.
 Feature #1243 (New): Ability to upload from the device https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1243 2013-12-28T23:55:06Z cpg
User request: I would like the ability to upload from the iOS device to my HDA.

[This one has heavier security implications]
 Feature #1242 (New): Ability to download into the device https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1242 2013-12-28T23:53:52Z cpg
User feedback: I would like the ability to download to the iOS device.

[this is being worked on in the form of sharing]


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There's lots to like about VA financial loans, the home loan product guaranteed because of the U.S. division of Veterans matters and offered to existing and previous people in the U.S. military. The biggest draw of a VA loan? You can easily be eligible for one without supplying any advance payment dollars, a thing that tends to make this system particularly appealing to homebuyers that are first-time consumers without any crammed bank account. (more…)