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Monday, June 16, 2014
Spring: Edible Perennials Wild And Domestic
Dependable Perennial Domestic Food
While the annual food plants are still in babyhood and nowhere near big enough to start eating my perennial rhubarb is entering middle age and the garlic, asparagus, arugula and sorrel are gangly adolescents. We've been eating the perennials daily for more than a month. Perennial vegetable plants grow quickly providing me with food before the annual seeds have even been planted. Once established these plants are an easy source of early spring food. I have a master list of perennial food plants, hardy in short season gardens over here. I've updated the list to include the perennial Arugula I wrote about in this post
Wild Food
The other day I found out, via a link on twitter, that the new shoots of spruce, pine and fir trees are edible. After reading the article I realized they are not consumed like a vegetable as I assumed but used as a flavouring like one would use herbs.
Other common native plants that I eat include fiddleheads AKA Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), saskatoon berries (Amelanchier alnifolia), wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana), blueberries (Vaccinium myrilloides) and huckleberries, (Vaccinium membranaceum).
Do you eat any native plants?
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I purchased three saskatoon berry starts at the DDBS plant sale, then found one large and one small bush growing along my road - I'm looking forward to picking those when they ripen!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey that's awesome that , A, you went to the DDBS plant sale and, B, you found free food growing all by itself in the hedgerow! :)Delete
We love foraging over here. We've used dandelions in all sorts of ways, but a new favourite is fireweed. When it is just coming up, you can pick the whole shoot and eat it like asparagus. When the plant is older you can use the leaves in stir frys and what not.ReplyDeleteReplies
I didn't know fireweed was edible, I have an enormous stand that attract bees. It's great to have another use for it. Sadly I'll have to wait till next year to taste the shoots but I already have plans for incorporating the leaves into my lunch menu tomorrow.Delete
Sadly, my forays into native plants are extremely limited. My mother had us pick dandelion greens, saskatoon and huckleberries as kids but since then I don't think I've eaten a single wild plant. I purchased native serviceberry (saskatoon by another name) a couple years ago but haven't harvested any berries yet. One day I'd love to give fiddleheads a try.ReplyDeleteReplies
Foraging for food especially in the spring when the garden isn't producing much adds extra flavour to my diet. Now if only I knew more about mushrooms, edible ones.Delete
Hi Melanie,ReplyDelete
I'd like to make jelly out of the manzanita berries here. I hear it's wonderful. Also elderberry wine, but I wouldn't even know where to start there. Careful with those mushrooms!Replies
Manzanita berries sound so exotic :) We have elderberries up here. I'm working on finding out about the mushrooms.Delete


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Episode: Queens
Awesome place!
Its a welcoming restaurarant with a pleasant homelike atmosphere. I fell in love with the humble yet rich egyptian decor. Food is great, we had the appetizer with baba ganoush and hummus, yum!!
fluffiest, most fine-grained couscous ever.
Food is great here but they don't have tap water the bottled water is a buck a bottle
i'm trying to holler at the lamb cheeks at this place
Lamb Tajeen is a must...
Check out Mombar as seen on Unique Eats
This place is absolutely incredible, not sure why it has such a low rating!
Lamb cheeks, glazed duck, and rabbit. Awesome, must try.
Feels like you are having food at home, very nice, calm and relaxing enviroment. The food will definitely make you speechless. They cook fresh, take their time, but the wait is worth it.


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Join, Body By X co-owner, Xavier McClinton, for a moderate to high-intensity fun filled cycling class. As a former dance instructor and choreographer, Xavier weaves the cycling and music together to create a great workout. Join him at 6 AM Monday, Wednesday and Friday and you will leave feeling like you've danced the night away.
Body By X co-owner, Nadia McClinton, brings her own special flair and passion to the Center. Gym phobic until she met her husband, Xavier, she is now a huge supporter of the keeping fit lifestyle. She teaches Indoor Cycling and, as a fan of Aruna Andes' Fly Gym, she has brought aerial fitness/yoga to Body By X, heading up a Fly Gym Core Strengthening Class. With a Masters Degree in Psychology, five years in retail management and four as a Project Manager for a software company, Nadia combines her talent for creating safe, fun exercise classes with the business skills necessary to manage Body By X.
Teri Bauer: Teri turned her lifelong passion for fitness and health into a career as a group instructor and personal trainer. As an athlete, parent, (young) grandparent, busy working professional, Teri understands the challenges to incorporating a fitness regimen in your life. Teri provides 1:1 personal training, small group instruction, TRX, yoga and indoor cycling classes throughout the Bay Area. In all her classes,Teri creates a supportive environment welcoming to all those who want to improve their fitness and health. Her motivational teaching style and use of mental training encourages you to reach your optimum fitness goals. As a group fitness instructor, Teri creates a fun and energetic environment. Her indoor cycling classes offer realistic rides and classes that focus on endurance, strength, and interval training, both for the weekend warrior and spinning enthusiast. Teri teaches beginning and intermediate TRX classes. Her blended Vinyasa flow yoga class provides a powerful workout while accommodating all skill levels. Teri continually challenges herself to learn the new techniques and skills to share with her clients. She earned certifications in Primary Group Fitness and Personal Training. Teri holds certifications in TRX, yoga and indoor cycling and CPR.
Eileen Hansen, a competitive sculler, has participated in flat water and open water races throughout the country. She has won the Catalina Crossing, a 32-mile race from Marina del Rey to Catalina, twice in a single racing shell and once in a mixed double. Her most recent win was the 2011 Open Ocean Regatta, a race that goes out the Golden Gate Bridge to Point Diablo and back to Sausalito. She rowed that race in a mixed double with Stefan Benton, former UCSB crew member.
Katy Boyd has been teaching movement to individuals and groups since 1997. She has taught Pilates, yoga, dance conditioning and authentic movement classes on the music and dance faculties of the Idyllwild Arts Academy and the Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Festival. She has also served as a guest lecturer/instructor at several colleges. Katy's background in figure skating and dance, as both a soloist and choreographer, initiated her interest in alignment and the physical principles of movement. These movement forms demand a strong center body with flexible arms and legs along a stable spine. Exercises for core support, alignment and flexibility benefit people/movers of all interests and ages. This inspired Katy to receive teaching certification from Long Beach Dance Conditioning in applied principals of movement and advanced Pilates technique, training certification from Body Kinetics M.V., and certification in bodywork from the Heartwood Institute. Before joining the team of instructors at Body by X, Katy has been a private and group instructor at Frogs Gym and Milagros Movement Arts in San Diego and the Mill Valley Health Club. Her classes and work with individuals emphasize body alignment and direction and flow of movement to facilitate efficient, safe, enjoyable and embodied physical training.
Laura Diana Lopez, Fly Gym instructor at Body By X, and owner of her own Integrative Wellness Coaching Practice, is passionate about choosing a nourishing life. Certifications in Intuitive Energy Medicine, Conscious Bodywork, Reiki, Yin Yoga and Holistic Health Coaching, and advanced degrees in psychology give her a multi-faceted approach to transformation. Laura mentors her clients in daily living in alignment with their best self, through implementing choices today that create a lifetime of balance in their tomorrows. She can help you reach your health goals in areas such as releasing extra weight, reducing food cravings, managing stress, and maximizing energy. Her clients say they are motivated by working with a coach who has firsthand experience of shifting to a healthier lifestyle
Patrick Caron: Patrick Hold a B.Sc degree in Physical Activity Science from University Laval, in Quebec, Canada. He has been involved in training a wide variety of clients since1992 when he started to worked at the University Laval training center. He has been a Marin resident since 2002. In just recent months, Patrick created Touché Fitness with the objective of offering a wider range of services in collaboration with selected local businesses.
"I have worked with a handful of great trainers when preparing for Olympic, World Cup and X Games competition. Although I am retired from competing, I consider Patrick to be one of them. I work with Patrick because I trust his judgment and know he understands body mechanics, strength training, and sport specific fitness. In addition to being a great skier and incredibly strong, Patrick is creative and passionate about fitness. His passion comes through every time I work out with him, which is very motivational. All of these attributes more than make up for his thick French Canadian accent!" -Jonny Moseley, Olympic Gold Medal Moguls, Nagano, 1998, X Games Silver Medalist
Andrea Devaux: Originally from New Zealand, Ms. Andrea Devaux has become both a business and community leader in the San Francisco Bay area for the past 25 years. She is the President & Co-founder of N.E.W. of Marin, an entrepreneurial group for like minded business women; she has expanded a global business into 7 countries; for several years she directed theater & sketch comedy in the San Francisco Theater District, and over 2 decades in film production ~ specializing in feature films, episodic television & commercials. In between film gigs, she & teaches fitness at local gyms including 24 hour fitness, the Dojo in San Anselmo, Elan Fitness & now she is delighted to be returning to body by X; Her fitness formats are cardio kickboxing, spin, weight lifting/sculpt & pilates/yoga. The most challenging job so far: being a mother of 2 girls (one teen, one preteen...)
Leslie Ford has been an athlete and active body since childhood. After the birth of her first child in 2001, she became a Certified Personal Trainer and started training full time. "My goal as a personal trainer is to help clients realize they are much stronger than they think by motivating them to push past their comfort zone. I teach proper technique and want to help you gain strength, mobility, flexibility and balance. But also have fun while doing it." Her high intensity spinning and TRX classes will leave you pumped up and feeling positive. What better way to start your day?
Barry Segal has been training and developing Track Athletes and Soccer Referees since 1983. He's trained more the 1200 Referees for the stress and pace of high level Soccer games devising interval training and weight training long before those concepts words were in vogue. Although he is relatively new to rowing, Barry is a certified personal trainer through the NASM and a Concept2© Certified Indoor Rowing Instructor as well as a certified Instructor with the American Senior Fitness Association (SFA). He emphasizes Heart-Rate-Monitor training and brings a unique and lively approach to Indoor Rowing where students & participants find an hour-long class moving by quickly.


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Des Moines Arts Festivalâ Wins Coveted Gold Grand Pinnacle Award from the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA)
Des Moines, Iowa - The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) paid tribute to the Des Moines Arts Festival® on September 29, 2014, during the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Ceremony held at the IFEA's 59th Annual Convention & Expo, in Kansas City, Missouri. The Des Moines Arts Festival was presented with 21 awards in the prestigious IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards competition. The ceremony culminated with the presentation of the coveted Gold Grand Pinnacle Award to the annual festival of arts and culture. The Grand Pinnacle Award is the industries highest professional honor and represents recognition across all platforms. Awards were won in the following categories:
Sponsored by industry leader Haas & Wilkerson Insurance, the professional competition draws entries from among the world's top festivals and events. Winning entries came from organizations as diverse as Bumbershoot in Seattle, Washington; Boulevardia in Kansas City, MO; Denver Comic Con in Denver, CO; Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, PA; Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival in Temecula, CA; National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC and Luminato Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada.
International contenders included such diverse event organizations as the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands; Misteria Paschalia Festival in Krakow, Poland; Hero Insolito in New Delhi, India; World Gourmet Summit, Singapore; Festival Lent, Maribor, Slovenia and the Seoul Cartoon & Animation Festival in Seoul, South Korea.
"We would like to congratulate all of our Pinnacle winners for their outstanding entries into this year's competition," said IFEA President & CEO, Steven Wood Schmader, CFEE. "The IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Competition recognizes the outstanding accomplishments and top quality creative, promotional, operational and community outreach programs and materials produced by festivals and events around the world. Striving for the highest degree of excellence in festival and event promotions and operations in every budget level and every corner of the globe, this competition has not only raised the standards and quality of the festivals and events industry to new levels, but also shows how event producers can use innovation and creativity to achieve a higher level of success."
For a complete list of winners and more information on the IFEA, go to www.ifea.com.
Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) is The Premiere Association Supporting and Enabling Festival & Event Professionals Worldwide. In partnership with global affiliates under the umbrellas of IFEA Africa, IFEA Asia, IFEA Australia, IFEA Europe, IFEA Latin America, IFEA Middle East (MENASA), and IFEA North America, the organization's common vision is for "A Globally United Industry that Touches Lives in a Positive Way through Celebration." The Association offers the most complete source of ideas, resources, information, education and networking for festival and event professionals worldwide.
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The Interrobang Film Festival Presented by The Des Moines Arts® Festival Promises a High Quality Film Experince
Des Moines, IA June 18, 2014 - The Interrobang Film Festival presented by the Des Moines Arts Festival® combines a traditional film production Festival with a public screening. Twenty-Nine films will be screened at various times throughout the three days of the Festival June 27 – 29 at Des Moines Central Library's South Wing.
"This year's Interrobang has some of the highest quality films we have ever had. From socially important documentaries to high budget independent gems, you will not want to miss this year's festival." – Kristian Day, Interrobang Film Festival Producer
Highlights of the Interrobang Film Festival will include: a Best of 48 Hour Film Project screening and mixer at 7PM on Friday June 27th at Des Moines Central Library. The 48 Hour Film Project is celebrating their 10th season in Des Moines with a free screening of some favorites from their first nine years. The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and your team have a blast making a movie. All writing, shooting, editing and scoring must be completed in just 48 hours.
Reps from the 48 Hour Film Project will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about upcoming events.
48 Hour Screening Order Friday June 27th
"Rise of The Wuffins" by Shrieking Tree, 2013 (Vacation/Holiday)
"Illegal Tender" by Japanese Tractor Company Films, 2010 (Film Noir)
"Smart Phone" by Danger Beach Entertainment, 2012 (Comedy)
"1-800-Catalog" by Baseball Team, 2013 (Mistaken Identity)
"The Shiz" by Thirthy9one, 2012 (Buddy Film)
"The West Excursion" by Napkin Sketch Productions, 2008 (Fantasy)
"Two in the Chamber; The Movie" by Musgrave Co-Prosperity Sphere 2012 (Musical/Western)
"Unpublished" by Slater Maxwell Productions 2011 (Dark Comedy)
"Somewhere" by White Poison Industries, 2013 (Fantasy)
"The Case" by Team. 2012 (Dark Comedy)
"S.T.U.F.F.E.D" BY ONE GENOME SHORT, 2013 (Vacation/Holiday Fim)
"Mimes of the Prairie" by Team Last To Enter, 2005 (Musical/Western)
Behind the Scenes: "Mimes of the Prairie" by Team Last To Enter (Special)
For more information on the 48 Hour Film Project visit:www.48hourfilm.com/desmoines
Other Interrobang highlights include the Iowa premiere Blake Eckard's Ghosts of Empire Prairie featuring cinematography from acclaimed independent filmmaker Jon Jost; a Midwest filmmaker discussion panel on Saturday at 3PM; and a Saturday screening of the film The Best Bar In America, a feature film financed through crowd funding.
For a complete synopsis of each of the 29 films and information about filmmakers, go to interrobangfilm.org
Des Moines Arts Festival® invites you to 'go where it takes you...' in 2014 by experiencing the creative energy of the 195 invited artists, the cutting-edge Interrobang Film Festival, national acts on the Hy-Vee Main Stage, the GuideOne Performing Arts Stage, interactive arts opportunities and artisan food and beverages. Your journey will take place around the renowned Pappajohn Sculpture Park in the heart of Downtown Des Moines June 27-29. Catch the spirit of Des Moines as you experience one of the nation's best arts festivals. For more information on the Festival please visit, www.desmoinesartsfestival.org, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DesMoinesArtsFestival, twitter at @DMArtsFestival and Instagram at desmoinesartsfestival.
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What: The three day FREE 2014 Des Moines Arts Festival kicks off this Friday, June 27th at 11:00 am
When: Friday, June 27th 11am-10pm, Saturday 11am - 10pm(fireworks at 10pm) and Sunday 11am- 5pm
Where: Downtown Des Moines Western Gateway Park
Why: The 2014 Festival will feature the best visual artists in the country, along with interactive arts-related activities, live music, film, and performing arts.
Visuals: We invite you to 'go where it takes you…by experiencing the creative energy of the 195 invited artists, the cutting-edge Interrobang Film Festival, national acts on the Hy-Vee Main Stage, the GuideOne Performing Arts Stage, interactive arts opportunities and artisan food and beverages.
Interviews: Stephen King, Executive Director Des Moines Arts Festival, James Bruton Production Manager Des Moines Arts Festival, Liz Adelman, Marketing and Communications, Ben Schuh 2014 Invited Artist
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The Des Moines Arts Festival® is set to host one of the nation's most competitive visual arts jury processes on December 4-6, 2013 in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Five members of the local and national arts community will serve as jurors to select the 185 artists from the 1,125 applicants who will be invited to exhibit their work in the Juried Art Fair presented by Bank of America on June 27-29, 2014, in downtown Des Moines' Western Gateway Park.
Carla Fox, Ann Pifer, Aaron Tinder, Don McWhorter, and R. Michael Wommack will view over 6,700 images over the three-day jury. Applications were received in 12 mediums from artists in 44 states and five countries. In addition to the professional visual artists, the jury will select those artists to be invited to exhibit as part of the Emerging Iowa Artist program. The Emerging Iowa Artist (EIA) program, presented by Principal Financial Group®, offers a unique opportunity for visual artists who are Iowa residents and currently enrolled in an institution of higher education to showcase their talents at one of the nation's most decorated arts festivals.
McWhorter and Wommack were invited to be part of the five-person panel because they were award winners at the 2013 Festival and are automatically invited to return as a result. Both were Award of Excellence winners. These two will jury the entire field of applicants with the full panel this week. The remaining three jurors will also return in June to adjudicate those exhibiting to determine awards.
The Festival invites applying artists to view their images as part of the projected ZAPPlication system on Wednesday evening at the Arthur Davis Conference Center inside the Greater Des Moines Partnership building. Jurors will begin the three-day process by previewing all images and applications in an evening session open to applying artists. The entire jury process will take place over three days beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 4. During this time, the five-person jury will view and score 6,708 artist images. Selected artists for next year's Festival will be announced on December 12.
The Festival process involves the preview, along with scoring artists through the first round. The jury uses a 1 - 7 scoring system for the first round. After the first round, artists are "voted" through by the jury to the next round. The rounds continue until the final show is composed. Jurors view a set of six images that are projected through high-powered projectors. Five of the images are of the artist's work and the sixth is the artist's booth. The entire process will be updated throughout the three days on the Festival's Facebook page - Facebook.com/DesMoinesArtsFestival.
The Jury -
Carla Fox has been a jewelry & show artist for over 20 years. Previous to that she owned a company designing and installing fabric and metal sculptures in commercial spaces. She has been the director of a Portland, Oregon art guild's show and sale-for 3 years, helped produce an all-metals show, and for the past six years has been director of Art in the High Desert Art Show, in Bend, Oregon. She is active in metal's guilds, an advocate & community organizer for the visual arts in Bend, Oregon.
Ann Ruhr Pifer is the owner of The Grand Hand Gallery in St. Paul, MN. The gallery focuses on fine American craft in mediums including clay, metal, wood, fiber (including wearable art), glass and jewelry. The gallery has been named a "Top Retailer" of American craft by NICHE magazine, and has been featured in American Craft, NICHE, Minnesota Monthly, and Midwest Home.
Aaron Tinder is an artist and educator working in the Des Moines area. He received a BA in Art Education from Simpson College and an MFA in Painting & Drawing from Northern Illinois University, and has taught art at all levels from elementary to undergraduate. He is currently employed as Professor of Art at Grand View University, where he teaches primarily drawing, painting and art education courses. Aaron's work has been shown in many juried exhibitions locally and nationally; recent highlights include the Quad-State Biennial at the Quincy Art Center in Illinois, and the International Drawing Annual at Manifest Gallery in Ohio.
Don McWhorter has been a full time independent studio clay artist since 1973. In 1975, he graduated with a BA in studio art with a concentration in ceramics from the University of West Georgia. Working most recently with wheelthrown and altered forms, Don has won, over the past two years, seven Best of Clay awards and two for Best in Show, as well as an Award of Excellence at the 2013 Des Moines Arts Festival®. In his home community of Carrollton, Georgia, Don serves as a board member for The Cultural Arts Alliance and was named the 2010 Georgia Volunteer of the Year for the Arts.
R. Michael Wommack received his BFA from the Tyler School of Art after attending the first session of the Pennsylvania Governor's School of the Arts. Early in his career he worked as a muralist for many private and governmental clients, many of the murals measuring 15 x 60 feet. His most recent exhibits include one person shows at Rowan University and The George School, and the most recent "Bucks County Artists – a Cross Section at BCCC" as well as the juried "Victory for Tyler/ Works on Paper at the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. His work is included in many private collections across the country and has received multiple awards, including a 2013 Award of Excellence from the Des Moines Arts Festival®.
The Des Moines Arts Festival® is presented by Register Media, founded by the Des Moines Art Center and produced by Downtown Events Group and sponsored by Bravo Greater Des Moines, Prairie Meadows and Principal Financial Group®. The Juried Art Fair is sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. For more information on the Des Moines Arts Festival® visit www.desmoinesartsfestival.org.
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Chief Justice John Minton Junior tells says it's the worst financial situation the Kentucky court system has ever faced.
Thirty-three hundred state employees will be required to take three furlough days after deep budget cuts.
All courthouses throughout the state will be closed on August 6th, September 4th, and October 15th, 2012.
"In the modern history of the commonwealth , I do not know of a time when a service to the public has been interrupted because there is not enough money to keep the courts open," says Minton.
Judicial Branch employees found out about their days off without pay through an email, that Minton believes most saw coming,"We have cut and cut and cut. We've cut fat before and we're now cutting bone."
The Kentucky General Assembly reduced fund availability to the Judicial Branch by $25.2 million dollars for Fiscal Year 2013.
The deep budgets cuts will also result in new hiring restrictions where most vacancies will not be filled. It will also impact 122 part- time employees with benefits. They will be losing 20 hours of work as well as their health benefits.
Chief Justice Minton says the state will re-evaluate the financial situation in January, hoping for no additional furlough days but not ruling out the possibility.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- If you still need to register to vote, registration for the state's gubernatorial primary election ends next Tuesday, Feb. 18.
This is also a reminder for residents to update information if they've changed names or moved. The primary election is set for Mar. 18, about five weeks from now.
State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, businessman Bruce Rauner, and state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard are running for the Republican nomination for governor. Tio Hardimann, the former director of an anti-violence group, is taking on Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
The primary election is also allowing 17-year-olds to vote for the first time if they'll be 18 by the general election in November.
Make sure two forms of identifications to register, including one with a current address.
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The eight-person jury aks for evidence to address four questions about what the leaders of Apple and Samsung were thinking. Judge Lucy Koh shoots down the request.
Samsung argues it didn't copy Apple's patents because Google created the tech first -- says it doesn't "owe Apple a nickel," let alone the $2.2 billion in damages Apple is seeking.
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Shinji Kagawa was the centre of attention at a packed press conference in Yokohama on Monday night, hours after joining up with his Manchester United team-mates for the first time in pre-season.
The Japan star was given time off after summer international commitments and missed the start of Tour 2013 presented by Aon, which comprised stops in Bangkok and Sydney.
But he's now linked up with his team-mates – and, for the first time, his manager – and is looking forward to Tuesday night's Kagome Re:Generation Challenge against Yokohama F•Marinos, in which he could play some part.
"I'm very happy to be a member of Manchester United and to be playing in Japan for them," Kagawa said. "I'm looking forward to meeting the fans tomorrow and I hope we have a very good game. I'd like to give them my very best.
"Today I met David Moyes for the first time. We had a good talk in the car. We still need to spend more time to get to know each other but I'm looking forward to building our relationship. As a player, I want to give my best in each game and give a good impression to the manager."
One topic of debate surrounds the role Shinji will ultimately play for United; he played both as a withdrawn forward and a winger in his maiden season, which began slowly but ended strongly.
"It's true I had some difficulties last year but gradually through the season, I was able to participate for longer periods," Kagawa said. "It doesn't matter if I play as a no.10 or not. I'm very confident I can play in any position for the team."
Shinji was asked for his opinion on former team Borussia Dortmund's run to the Champions League final in 2011/12.
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Numerous buyers in Japan were said to have stepped up their procurement for July, as the prices further out on the curve are rising, with initial H1 August offers already in the high $18.00s/MMBtu.
Sources close to Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) said the utility had taken July volumes at slightly below $18.00/MMBtu.
However, there is no clear indication of who the seller was as yet.
The buyer was likely to require at least one more cargo in May, according to numerous sources, while both Kansai Electric Power (Kansai) and Kyushu Electric Power (Kyushu) were also said to be firmly in the market for July deliveries, although no deals were heard to have taken place as yet.
Despite this flurry of activity, several Japan-based traders said demand had been weaker than expected for July, as inventories of numerous gas distributors appeared to be adequately covering demand.
This was largely attributed to the number of maintenance shutdowns at power facilities over the spring months and temperate weather conditions which had eased the need for both heating and air conditioning in the country.
However, with the last nuclear reactor - Hokkaido Electric Power's No 3 reactor at its Tomari power plant - now down for maintenance as of 5 May, the demand for LNG is expected to increase once again.
Other utilities are expected to take additional cargoes to fulfil power supply requirements from the island, while the peak summer season will see the intake of LNG rising to maximum capacity, sources said.
Despite this, numerous sellers said that buyers were still hesitant to commit to cargoes ahead of anticipated improvements to supply for August deliveries.
"The very prompt deliveries are high right now, but we expect there to be more supply for August," a Japan-based trader said. "The high prices are making buyers hesitant."
Sellers, in turn, pointed to extremely tight supply on the FOB (free on board) market, as well as limited opportunities to charter in vessels for cross-basin haul.
However, some sellers were concerned that the market is peaking.
"I don't think that the pricing that we are seeing now is sustainable. The market has reached its peak as far as I can tell," the seller said. A portfolio seller said that the recent increase in prices has been too rapid and too sharp.
"The market could see a significant downside soon. I don't think that such dramatic rises in prices that we have seen are justified by any means," he said.
Japan's LNG buyers are working with demand profiles in the context of mid-term weather forecasts.
"Should the summer temperatures turn out milder than expected, we are likely to see inventory surplus as we did in the end of summer 2011 in Japan," a trader said.
Repsol markets volumes in Asia
As many as 10 additional cargoes could come from Repsol's Peru LNG facility, while reloads out of Spain could also provide some supply into Japan.
Traders active in Asia confirmed that Respol has been actively marketing volumes in Asia. "I think some of these volumes were originally intended for Argentina's ENARSA," a trader said.
Sources also said that the company chartered in the 140,000m³ Golar Viking for a period of one year.
Some traders suggested that the new shipping position is likely to be taken by Repsol to deliver volumes to Asian customers. "I think that Repsol is more active in Asia now than they've ever been. Whether all of ten cargoes originally scheduled for Argentina will be diverted to Asia remains to be seen, however," the trader said.
Longer Brazilian supply could see Petrobras sell some of the five spot cargoes recently purchased, according to one Singapore-based trader, who said that volumes from Oman were also available for late July delivery through portfolio players.
Indonesia's Tangguh tender for as many as eight cargoes was still expected to go ahead despite delays, the trader added, which would add some length to the market ahead of the Angola LNG start up.
Q-max heads for the US
The 266,000m³ Umm Slal is destined for the US, according to ship tracking data.
The vessel is expected to arrive in the US in early May, but a specific terminal was not identified. The Q-Max vessel discharged a Qatari cargo at Golden Pass LNG in March last year.
Another Q-category vessel is heading to North America, with Mexico's Altamira terminal expecting the 216,200m³ Mesaimeer on 13 May, according to the local port authority.
A Nigerian cargo will come on the heels of the Qatari volumes at Altamira.
The 122,000m³ LNG Port Harcourt is scheduled to begin discharging around 15 May, the Port of Altamira said.
On the west coast of North America, the 155,000m³ Tangguh Sago is headed toward Sempra Energy's Energia Costa Azul terminal in Mexico.
The Tangguh Sago destined to arrive by 1 June, vessel data showed.
The arrival of vessels to the Sempra terminal in northwest Mexico has been rare as Sempra and the Tangguh consortium, where the most recent cargo originated, has amended the terms of its 20-year LNG sales and purchase agreement.
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