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Imperial units
The system of imperial units or the imperial system (also known as British Imperial[1]) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced. The system came into official use across the British Empire. By the late 20th century, most nations of the former empire had officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement; however some imperial units are still used in the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries from the British Empire. The imperial system developed from what were first known as English units, as did the separate system of United States customary units.
The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 was initially scheduled to go into effect on 1 May 1825.[2] However, the Weights and Measures Act of 1825 pushed back the date to 1 January 1826.[3] The 1824 Act allowed the continued use of pre-imperial units provided that they were customary, widely known, and clearly marked with imperial equivalents.[2]
Apothecaries' units[edit]
Apothecaries' units are mentioned neither in the act of 1824 nor 1825. At the time, apothecaries' weights and measures were regulated "in England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed" by the London College of Physicians, and in Ireland by the Dublin College of Physicians. In Scotland, apothecaries' units were unofficially regulated by the Edinburgh College of Physicians. The three colleges published, at infrequent intervals, pharmacopoeiae, the London and Dublin editions having the force of law.[4][5]
Imperial apothecaries' measures, based on the imperial pint of 20 fluid ounces, were introduced by the publication of the London Pharmacopoeia of 1836,[6][7] the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia of 1839,[8] and the Dublin Pharmacopoeia of 1850.[9] The Medical Act of 1858 transferred to the The Crown the right to publish the official pharmacopoeia and to regulate apothecaries' weights and measures.[10]
Metric equivalents in this article usually assume the latest official definition. Before this date, the most precise measurement of the Imperial Standard Yard was 0.914398416 metres.[11]
Unit | Relative to previous | Feet | Millimetres | Metres | Notes |
thou (th) | 1/12000 | 0.0254 | 0.0000254 |
inch (in) | 1000 thou | 1/12 | 25.4 | 0.0254 | |
foot (ft) | 12 inches | 1 | 304.8 | 0.3048 | |
yard (yd) | 3 feet | 3 | 914.4 | 0.9144 |
chain (ch) | 22 yards | 66 | 20,116.8 | 20.1168 |
furlong (fur) | 10 chains | 660 | 201.168 |
mile (mi) | 8 furlongs | 5,280 | 1,609.344 |
league (lea) | 3 miles | 15,840 | 4,828.032 |
Maritime units | |||||
fathom (ftm) | ~2 yards | 6 | 1,828.8 | 1.8288 | |
cable | 100 fathoms | 608 | 185.3184 |
nautical mile | 10 cables | 6,080 | 1,853.184 |
Gunter's survey units (17th century onwards) | |||||
link | 7.92 inches | 66/100 | 201.168 | 0.201168 |
rod | 25 links | 66/4 | 5,029.2 | 5.0292 |
chain | 4 rods | 66 | 20.1168 |
Unit | Relation to units of length |
Square feet | Square rods | Square miles | Square metres | Hectares | Notes |
perch | 1 rod × 1 rod | 272.25 | 1 | 1/102400 | 25.29285264 | 0.002529 |
rood | 1 furlong × 1 rod[14] | 10,890 | 40 | 1/2560 | 1,011.7141056 | 0.1012 |
acre | 1 furlong × 1 chain | 43,560 | 160 | 1/640 | 4,046.8564224 | 0.4047 |
Note: All equivalences are exact except hectares, which are accurate to 4 significant figures. |
In 1824, the various different gallons in use in the British Empire were replaced by the imperial gallon, a unit close in volume to the ale gallon. It was originally defined as the volume of 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of distilled water weighed in air with brass weights with the barometer standing at 30 inches of mercury (102 kPa) at a temperature of 62 °F (17 °C). In 1963, the gallon was redefined as the volume of 10 pounds of distilled water of density 0.998859 g/mL weighed in air of density 0.001217 g/mL against weights of density 8.136 g/mL, which works out to 4.546096 L or 277.4198 cu in. The Weights and Measures Act of 1985 switched to a gallon of exactly 4.54609 L (approximately 277.4194 cu in).[15]
Unit | Imperial ounce |
Imperial pint |
Millilitres | Cubic inches | US ounces | US pints |
fluid ounce (fl oz) | 1 | 1/20 | 28.4130625 | 1.7339 | 0.96076 | 0.060047 |
gill (gi) | 5 | 1/4 | 142.0653125 | 8.6694 | 4.8038 | 0.30024 |
pint (pt) | 20 | 1 | 568.26125 | 34.677 | 19.215 | 1.2009 |
quart (qt) | 40 | 2 | 1,136.5225 | 69.355 | 38.430 | 2.4019 |
gallon (gal) | 160 | 8 | 4,546.09 | 277.42 | 153.72 | 9.6076 |
Note: The millilitre equivalences are exact, but cubic-inch and US measures are correct to 5 significant figures. |
British apothecaries' volume measures[edit]
These measurements were in use from 1824, when the new imperial gallon was defined, but were officially abolished in the United Kingdom on 1 January 1971.[16][17] In the USA, though no longer recommended, the apothecaries' system is still used occasionally in medicine, especially in prescriptions for older medications.[18][19]
Unit | Symbols & abbreviations |
Relative to previous |
Exact metric value* |
minim | ♏, , m, m., min | 59.1938802083 µl | |
fluid scruple | fl ℈, fl s | 20 minims | 1.18387760416 ml |
fluid drachm (fluid dram, fluidram) |
ʒ, fl ʒ, fʒ, ƒ 3, fl dr | 3 fluid scruples | 3.5516328125 ml |
fluid ounce | ℥, fl ℥, f℥, ƒ ℥, fl oz | 8 fluid drachms | 28.4130625 ml |
pint | O, pt | 20 fluid ounces | 568.26125 ml |
gallon | C, gal | 8 pints | 4.54609 L |
* The vinculum over numbers (e.g. 3) represents a repeating decimal. |
Mass and weight[edit]
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the UK used three different systems for mass and weight:[26]
- troy weight, used for precious metals;
- avoirdupois weight, used for most other purposes; and
- apothecaries' weight, now virtually unused since the metric system is used for all scientific purposes.
The troy pound (373.2417216 g) was made the primary unit of mass by the 1824 Act; however, its use was abolished in the UK on 1 January 1879,[27] with only the troy ounce (31.1034768 g) and its decimal subdivisions retained.[28] The Weights and Measures Act 1855 (18 & 19 Victoria C72) made the avoirdupois pound the primary unit of mass[29] In all the systems, the fundamental unit is the pound, and all other units are defined as fractions or multiples of it.
Unit | Pounds | grams | kilograms | Notes |
grain (gr) | 1/7000 | 0.06479891 |
drachm (dr) | 1/256 | 1.7718451953125 | ||
ounce (oz) | 1/16 | 28.349523125 | ||
pound (lb) | 1 | 453.59237 | 0.45359237 |
stone (st) | 14 | 6,350.29318 | 6.35029318 |
quarter (qr/qtr) | 28 | 12.70058636 |
hundredweight (cwt) | 112 | 50.80234544 |
ton (t) | 2240 | 1,016.0469088 |
Natural equivalents[edit]
Although the 1824 act defined the yard and pound by reference to the prototype standards, it also defined the values of certain physical constants, to make provision for re-creation of the standards if they were to be damaged. For the yard, the length of a pendulum beating seconds at the latitude of Greenwich at Mean Sea Level in vacuo was defined as 39.013 93 inches, and, for the pound, the mass of a cubic inch of distilled water at an atmospheric pressure of 30 inches of mercury and a temperature of 62° Fahrenheit was defined as 252.458 grains.[2] However, following the destruction of the original prototypes in the 1834 Houses of Parliament fire, it proved impossible to recreate the standards from these definitions, and a new Weights and Measures Act (18 & 19 Victoria. Cap. 72) was passed in 1855 which permitted the recreation of the prototypes from recognized secondary standards.[29]
Relation to other systems[edit]
The imperial system is one of many systems of English units. Although most of the units are defined in more than one system, some subsidiary units were used to a much greater extent, or for different purposes, in one area rather than the other. The distinctions between these systems are often not drawn precisely.
One such distinction is that between these systems and older British/English units/systems or newer additions. The term imperial should not be applied to English units that were outlawed in the Weights and Measures Act 1824 or earlier, or which had fallen out of use by that time, nor to post-imperial inventions, such as the slug or poundal.
The US customary system is historically derived from the English units that were in use at the time of settlement. Because the United States was already independent at the time, these units were unaffected by the introduction of the imperial system.
Current use of imperial units[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
British law now defines each imperial unit in terms of the metric equivalent. The metric system is in official use within the United Kingdom for most applications; however, use of Imperial units is still widespread amongst the public and all UK roads still primarily use the imperial system except for tonnage on main roads.[31]
The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 require that all measuring devices used in trade or retail shall display measurements in metric quantities. This has been proven in court against the so-called "Metric Martyrs", a small group of market traders who insisted on trading in imperial units only. Contrary to the impression given by some press reports, these regulations do not currently place any obstacle in the way of using imperial units alongside metric units. Almost all traders in the UK will accept requests from customers specified in imperial units, and scales which display in both unit systems are commonplace in the retail trade. Metric price signs may be accompanied by imperial price signs (known as supplementary indicators) provided that the imperial signs are no larger and no more prominent than the official metric ones. The EU units of measurement directive (directive 80/181/EEC) had previously permitted the use of supplementary indicators (imperial measurements) until 31 December 2009, but a revision of the directive published on 11 March 2009 permitted their use indefinitely.[32]
The United Kingdom completed its legal partial transition to the metric system (sometimes referred to as "SI" from the French Système International d'Unités) in 1995, with some imperial units still legally mandated for certain applications; draught beer and cider must be sold in pints,[33] road-sign distances must be in yards and miles,[34] length and width (but not weight) restrictions must be in feet and inches on road signs (although an equivalent in metres may be shown as well),[34] and road speed limits must be in miles per hour,[34] therefore instruments in vehicles sold in the UK must be capable of displaying miles per hour. Foreign vehicles, such as all post-2005 Irish vehicles, may legally have instruments displayed only in kilometres per hour. Even though the troy pound was outlawed in the UK in the Weights and Measures Act of 1878, the troy ounce still may be used for the weight of precious stones and metals. The original railways (many built in the Victorian era) are a big user of imperial units, with distances officially measured in miles and yards or miles and chains, and also feet and inches, and speeds are in miles per hour, although many modern metro and tram systems are entirely metric, and London Underground uses both metric (for distances) and imperial (for speeds).[citation needed] Metric is also used for the Channel Tunnel and on High Speed 1. Adjacent to Ashford International railway station and Dollands Moor Freight Yard, railway speeds are given in both metric and imperial units.
Most British people still use imperial units in everyday life for distance (miles, yards, feet and inches), body weight (stones and pounds for adults, pounds and ounces for babies though use of kilogrammes is increasing) and volume (especially pints and rational fractions thereof).[31][35] Regardless of how people measure their weight or height, these must be recorded in metric officially, for example in medical records. Petrol is occasionally quoted as being so much per gallon (despite having been sold exclusively in litres for nearly three decades). Fuel consumption for vehicles is often discussed in miles per gallon, though official figures always include litres per 100 km equivalents. When sold "draught" in licenced premises, beer and cider is measured out and sold in pints and half-pints. Cow's milk is available in both litre- and pint-based containers. Non-metric nuts and bolts etc., are available, but usually only from specialist suppliers. Areas of land associated with farming, forestry and real estate are often advertised measured in acres and square feet, but for official government purposes the unit is always hectares and square metres. Office space and industrial units are often advertised in square feet, despite carpet and flooring products being sold in square metres with equivalents in square yards. Steel pipe sizes are sold in increments of inches, while copper pipe is sold in increments of millimetres. Road bicycles have their frames measured in centimetres, while off-road bicycles have their frames measured in inches. The size (diagonal) of television and computer monitor screens is denominated in inches.
During the 1970s, the metric system and SI units were introduced in Canada to replace the imperial system. Within the government, efforts to implement the metric system were extensive; almost any agency, institution, or function provided by the government uses SI units exclusively. Imperial units were eliminated from all road signs, although both systems of measurement will still be found on privately owned signs, such as the height warnings at the entrance of a parkade. In the 1980s, momentum to fully convert to the metric system stalled when the government of Brian Mulroney was elected. There was heavy opposition to metrication and as a compromise the government maintains legal definitions for and allows use of imperial units as long as metric units are shown as well.[36][37][38][39] The law requires that measured products (such as fuel and meat) be priced in metric units, although an imperial price can be shown if a metric price is present.[40][41] However, there tends to be leniency in regards to fruits and vegetables being priced in imperial units only.[41] Unlike the rest of Canada, metrication in the Francophone province of Quebec has been more fully implemented and metric measures are more consistently used in Quebec than elsewhere in Canada, both officially and among the population.[dubious ]
Environment Canada still offers an imperial unit option beside metric units, even though weather is typically measured and reported in metric units in the Canadian media. However, some radio stations near the United States border (such as CIMX and CIDR) primarily use imperial units to report the weather. Railways in Canada also continue to use Imperial units.
Imperial units are still used in ordinary conversation. Today, Canadians typically use a mix of metric and imperial measurements in their daily lives. However, the use of the metric and imperial systems varies by age. The older generation mostly uses the imperial system, while the younger generation more often uses the metric system. Newborns are measured in SI at hospitals, but the birth weight and length is also announced to family and friends in imperial units. Drivers' licences use SI units. In livestock auction markets, cattle are sold in dollars per hundredweight (short), whereas hogs are sold in dollars per hundred kilograms. Imperial units still dominate in recipes, construction, house renovation and gardening.[42][43][44][45][46] Land is now surveyed and registered in metric units, although initial surveys used imperial units. For example, partitioning of farm land on the prairies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was done in imperial units; this accounts for imperial units of distance and area retaining wide use in the Prairie Provinces. The size of most apartments, condominiums and houses continues to be described in square feet rather than square metres, and carpet or flooring tile is purchased by the square foot. Motor-vehicle fuel consumption is reported in both litres per 100 km and statute miles per imperial gallon,[47] leading to the erroneous impression that Canadian vehicles are 20% more fuel-efficient than their apparently identical American counterparts for which fuel economy is reported in statute miles per US gallon (neither country specifies which gallon is used). Canadian railways maintain exclusive use of imperial measurements to describe train length (feet), train height (feet), capacity (tons), speed (mph), and trackage (miles).[48]
Imperial units also retain common use in firearms and ammunition. Imperial measures are still used in the description of cartridge types, even when the cartridge is of relatively recent invention (e.g., 0.204 Ruger, 0.17 HMR, where the calibre is expressed in decimal fractions of an inch). However, ammunition that is already classified in metric is still kept metric (e.g., 9 mm). In the manufacture of ammunition, bullet and powder weights are expressed in terms of grains for both metric and imperial cartridges.
As in most of the western world, air navigation is based on nautical units, e.g., the nautical mile, which is neither imperial nor metric, though altitude is still measured in imperial feet[49] in keeping with the international standard.
Australia and New Zealand[edit]
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In Australia and New Zealand, metrication is mostly complete, although imperial units remain current in some areas, generally where international standards remain non-metricated (as in the use of inches for television and computer screens, feet for aviation altitudes,[citation needed] etc.).
Ireland has officially changed over to the metric system since entering the European Union, with distances on new road signs being metric since 1997 and speed limits being metric since 2005. The imperial system remains in limited use – for sales of beer in pubs (traditionally sold by the pint). All other goods are required by law to be sold in metric units, although old quantities are retained for some goods like butter and sausages, which are sold in 454-gram (1 lb) packaging. The majority of cars sold pre-2005 feature speedometers with miles per hour as the primary unit, but with a kilometres per hour display as well.
Other countries[edit]
Some imperial measurements remain in limited use in Canada, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong. Real estate agents continue to use acres and square feet to describe area, rarely in conjunction with hectares and square metres.[citation needed] Measurements in feet and inches, especially for a person's height, are frequently met in conversation and non-governmental publications. In India, inches, feet, yards and degrees Fahrenheit are often used in conjunction with their metric counterparts, while area is often still measured in acres though hectares are used in government documents; the Celsius scale is used for weather readings and forecasts, but the Fahrenheit scale is often used for body temperatures.[50]
Towns and villages in Malaysia with no proper names had adopted the Malay word batu (meaning "rock") to indicate their locations along a main road before the use of metric system (for example, batu enam means "6th mile" or "mile 6"). Many of their names remain unchanged even after the adoption of the metric system for distance in the country.
Petrol is still sold by the imperial gallon in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Burma, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The United Arab Emirates Cabinet in 2009 issued the Decree No. (270 / 3) specifying that, from 1 January 2010, the new unit sale price for petrol will be the litre and not the gallon. This in line with the UAE Cabinet Decision No. 31 of 2006 on the national system of measurement, which mandates the use of International System of units as a basis for the legal units of measurement in the country.[51][52] Sierra Leone switched to selling fuel by the litre in May 2011.[53]
In October 2011, the Antigua and Barbuda government announced the re-launch of the Metrication Programme in accordance with the Metrology Act 2007, which established the International System of Units as the legal system of units. The Antigua and Barbuda government has committed to a full conversion from the imperial system by the first quarter of 2015.[54]
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V.F. Portrait
Robert Harris
Since his 1992 fiction debut, Fatherland, Robert Harris has been on a tear, writing internationally best-selling, voraciously researched novels that clarify complex worlds, such as the global financial markets in his latest thriller, The Fear Index. His brother-in-law, Nick Hornby, admits that Harris had him a bit worried at first—the number of swastikas in the library, for instance—before the man's obsessions started making perfect sense.
The man who would one day become my sister's husband ticked all the right boxes, when I first met him. He was clearly smart. He looked as though he would prefer to spend the evening in an expensive but unpretentious London restaurant than in a crack house. He was warm, friendly, funny. If there was one tiny thing that might give a concerned brother pause for thought, it was the enormous bookshelf given over more or less entirely to books about the Third Reich: there were more swastikas in his one-bedroom Shepherd's Bush flat than in the whole of occupied France. But what was a brother supposed to do? It wasn't as though he was hiding them from my sister. She'd presumably seen them. I decided not to interfere. A few years later, in 1992, his first novel, Fatherland, was published, to enormous acclaim and grotesque international success, and it all started to make sense.
Before anyone becomes alarmed, it turned out that he had easily as many books about Churchill and the Allies, and Robert, 54, probably knows as much about World War II as anyone under the age of 80. His knowledge is so extensive that his analogies are a running joke in the family: a shortage of biscuits for his cheese may remind him inescapably of the Siege of Leningrad; a sunny day on the beach, of Montgomery's North African campaign. But then he started turning himself into an expert on other, equally vast subjects, and it became harder (although not, thankfully, impossible) to mock him for his eccentricities. Research for his 2003 novel, Pompeii, turned into an obsession with the Roman Empire and carried on into two novels of a planned trilogy about Cicero; for his terrific new thriller, The Fear Index, he has got to grips with the incomprehensible mechanics of the global market. There's no contradiction in the choice of subject matter, by the way. Both The Fear Index and the Cicero novels are about the world we live in now.
One of Harris's enormous strengths as a writer is that he makes the most unpromisingly complicated material accessible and compelling. Sooner or later, someone will recognize that he is quietly and quickly racking up a backlist that bears comparison to the work of, say, H. G. Wells, who also wrote a lot of genre fiction, and whose work also contained a political dimension. (Robert was the political editor of The Observer newspaper, and was with Tony Blair on the night he was elected in 1997. The Ghost—turned into the film The Ghost Writer, by Roman Polanski—will turn out to be one of the best and most astute books about the Blair years.)
How does one compete with a brother-in-law like this? I don't, and I don't have to, although I'm extremely glad that I don't write thrillers—our conversations about our work might be extremely painful if I did. I know, however, that despite his enormous success, and the benefits that have come from it, he writes because he's a writer and has no choice: he has a curiosity about the world and how it works, and that won't go away, no matter how many copies he sells.


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on August 24, 2012As I pointed out the other day, Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts has a bulletproof approval rating because, fundamentally, he really is a nice guy. However, as I also said, he is firmly of the opinion that his freakish election in 2010 was a world-shattering event. History was found, gold and gleaming, right there in the pockets of his barn coat. It is the most singularly unattractive part of his persona, and also the most hilarious. As can be seen in how McDreamy has reacted since Todd Akin gave us all a lesson in secret ladyparts secretions and Elizabeth Warren used the teachable moment to remind us that Scott Brown is a Republican, which Brown himself would rather not mention, thank you very much. This sent the chronic self-mythologizing back to high tide....
"Gail and I were laying in bed last night and talking a little bit, as we do every night," he said, "and I said: Honey, can you imagine? Here I am, Scott Brown from Wrentham, and I've got a truck that's got 238,000 miles on it and, you know, something like this comes up and I'm the first guy in the country to even bring it up and tell the guy to step down,' " Mr. Brown said.
Oh, Jesus, put a sock in it, will you?
(And congrats to "Kit" Seelye for reliving the reportorial genius that was her coverage of the Gore campaign in 2000 by quoting one pollster Brown's who talks about women generally voting "Democrat." Well-done, "Kit"!)
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Humane Society Hosts Pet Adoption Promotion
EL PASO — The Humane Society of El Paso hopes 100 animals get doggone this weekend.
The organization hosts its 3rd annual Memorial Day adoption promotion to help local dogs and cats find forever homes.
All dogs one-year or older and all cats and kittens will have a special adoption fee of $60.
"The new pet owners get everything for the dog. If they need assistance with training then we'll give them some information on training. All adoptions include spaying and neutering, the microchipping and the age-appropriate vaccinations," said Patricia Malpica, Client Care Associate with the Humane Society.
So far... about 20 animals have found a home.
The promotion continues on Memorial Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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First off, I would like to thank you for taking the time to visit my website. I am pleased to announce that I have established the John Bray Boxing Foundation, a non-profit organization steered towards keeping at-risk youth off the streets while creating a safe haven for them to pursue their dreams.
I know first hand how hard it is to grow up in a tough neighborhood where kids are not sure if they're going to be successful, however, success can be obtained through hard-work, discipline and giving grace to God.
What I am trying to accomplish through the John Bray Boxing Foundation is providing children and teens a youth center in the San Fernando Valley where they can achieve their educational goals and provide scholarships to students with your help. My colleagues and I are planning to build a boxing gym within the youth center so that young boys and girls can continue to box for the John Bray Boxing Club. In my opinion, it is essential that we give back to the communities and ensure that young kids do something with their lives and make their families proud.
I would like to thank all of you who have made the John Bray Boxing Club a success and look forward to the success of the John Bray Boxing Foundation with your continuing support. By working together, nothing is impossible.
John Bray
John Bray Boxing Foundation
-SATURDAY - October 12th, 2013
The 4th Annual John Bray Free Youth Boxing Clinic takes place on Saturday, October 12, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. At the House of Boxing Training Center located at 2304 Reo Drive, San Diego, California.
Related News - The John Bray Boxing Foundation teams up with the City of Orange Cove for the Grand Opening of the Orange Cove Boxing Club!


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And do they usually follow this up with another question which they again answer themselves?
Yes they do.
Your starter blog.
I don't know -- does it drive me crazy?
I think it does.
Do you think it drives me crazy?
You are probably right.
OMG! I am sitting here reading all your posts and cracking up! Where do you come up with all this stuff?????


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The Iceland Nude Home Magazine published their Holiday issue this weekend. In their e-magazine you´ll find lovely Christmas inspiration as well as decoration ideas for your home. On page 40-51 you´ll also find an interview with me (if you understand Icelandic *smile*), together with some pictures from our home.
Find more inspiration as well as more photos from our home in their magazine. I hope you will enjoy it!
//Images: Nina Holst / Portrait: Anne Grete Nogva //


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Why Denmark, why? Just when I start to think the winters in Tulsa are dark and bitter cold, I learn about Denmark...and my heart breaks a little. You see, Denmark beats anything we've got going on in Tulsa. Situated way up in northern Europe, winter is not just a season in their great country, but a state of being. In the time up to Christmas, sunlight is scarce. The winter solstice on 22 December marks the shortest day of the year where the sun rises as late as 8:39 and sets as early as … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Review: Czech Republic
"Mraaaoooowwww." Kitty Cat shrieked. I flew backwards, arms in the air, desperately trying to keep the tray of Koblaneskys upright. The steaming buns, filled with spicy keilbasa, slid from one side of the tray to the other. Tripped up on his "always in the way" tail, I lunged and twisted, straining my back - not so much to avoid falling, as to avoid dropping the food. "Please, no, please no..." I prayed. I landed up against the counter, with the tray barely … [Read more...]
Recipe: Sweet Prune Buns/Kolaches (Slivkové Koláče)
Makes 2 Dozen This mildly sweet prune filling can easily be modified to suit your tastes - add more spices, thin it out with extra water... the options are endless. Ingredients: 12 oz prunes (or dried apricots) 1/2 cup water 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup sugar (or to taste) 1 batch Refrigerator Dough for Kolaches & Klobasneks Method: Roll up your sleeves and grab a 12 oz bag of prunes... Hello Mr. & Mrs. Newman! NOTE: If you don't like the word prune, feel free to say … [Read more...]
Recipe: Spicy Kielbasa Buns/Klobasneks/Klobasnikis (Klobásové Buchty)
Serves 6 NOTE: Exact portion sizes depend on the dimensions you choose for the sausage. If you like Pigs in a Blanket, you'll love this authentic snack from the Czech Republic. Be sure to use high quality sausage and you'll be on cloud 9 in no time. Ingredients: 2 kielbasa sausages (about a pound each) 1 Refrigerator Dough for Czech Desserts & Snacks Method: Gather the Kielbasa - if you are using all the dough, you will probably need two packages like this one... This … [Read more...]
Recipe: Czech Potato & Pickle Soup (Polévka okurková)
Serves 6-8 One bowl of this soup takes the bite out of winter. Thick, creamy, and vegetarian, you'll be amazed at how well the flavors meld. Special thanks to Clifford A. Wright who shared a version of this recipe in his book, The Best Soups in the World. As he states in the recipe introduction: As they spoon some soup, your guests won't be able to put their finger on what they like so much... Ingredients: 2 lbs potatoes *I used Yukon Gold, peeled & diced 2 1/2 quarts water 1 tsp … [Read more...]
Interview: Clifford A. Wright
Right out of college I bought a cookbook with a really, really long name. Today the spine is cracked from years of use and comfy-chair reading. I don't know about you, but one of my favorite things to do is "read" cookbooks - especially ones filled with good stories. The much cherished book even won the James Beard/KitchenAid Cookbook of the Year award and the James Beard Award for the Best Writing on Food in 2000. It is called... A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the … [Read more...]
Recipe: Refrigerator Dough for Czech Desserts & Snacks
Makes 1 large batch of dough for... - 2 dozen Sweet Prune Buns/Kolaches (Slivkové Koláče) - a dozen Spicy Kielbasa Buns/Klobasneks/Klobasnikis (Klobásové Buchty) Refrigerator Dough takes the stress out of party prep work. This Czech recipe is slightly sweet and tender. According to LaVina Vanorny-Barcus, in My Czech Heritage Cookbook, there are four ways to shape this dough. The first three are for sweets, the last one is for savory, or Klobasneks. 1. Cut a square; add filling in … [Read more...]


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| Cathy Wang Dissertation Topic/Title: Cost estimates to the state of health disparity in the field of child and family policy Advisor: Dr. Henry Coleman Previous Degrees: Bachelor of Philosophy, Hebei University; Master of Western Philosophy, Nankai University; Master of Public Policy, Duke University; PhD degree expected in 2014 |
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Public budgeting and finance, social policies that particularly address poverty, inequality, and child and family issues, and health policy in the area of health disparity.
Cathy Wang is finishing the last two years of her PhD study at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University while working as a Graduate Assistant. She was a 2012 Eagleton Fellow - Governor's Executive Fellow, and interned with the Office of Management and Budget at the New Jersey Department of the Treasury.
Wang received her Master of Public Policy from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy (now Sanford School of Public Policy) at Duke University in 2002. She has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Hebei University and a Master's degree in Western Philosophy from Nankai University, both located in China. She was also trained in the field of International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies.
Wang's employment with the Association for Children of New Jersey took her to New Jersey shortly after her graduation from Duke. She first worked as a Budget Policy Analyst and then as a Ford Foundation Fellow. She also served as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' State Fiscal Analysis Initiative coordinator in New Jersey, and was a member of U.S. National Tax Association and a member of the Economic Analysis and Research Network which is administered by the Economic Policy Institute.
Fluent in English and Chinese, Wang has publications in both languages in her research field. The Chinese version of her book on American Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Mechanisms was published by Shanghai People's Publishing House, and is a bestseller in China.


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Uniquely positioned in the 'heart' of Covent Garden and London's main theatre and entertainment district, Shelton Street is only 2 minutes walk from Covent Garden market with its famous Victorian architecture and vibrant mix of craft stalls, boutique shops and street entertainment and of course the Royal Opera House. For Jazz fans Ronnie Scott's Club and the Spice of Life pub are within strolling distance. As Artists ourselves we can direct you to all the latest live music events (including our own!).
Covent Garden Underground Station (Piccadilly line direct from/to Heathrow Airport) is within a short walk from the apartment (approx. 3 minutes). There are so many restaurants (Carluccio's, The Ivy to name two), famous theatres and bars close by that we can't name them all here! In fact, there is so much to see on-foot, within your immediate vicinity, you won't need to use the Underground at all if you choose not to!
If you do want to travel further afield there are a number of Underground stations close by, taking you to for example, London's premier shopping streets, Oxford Street, Knightsbridge and Kensington, or to visit St. James Park and Buckingham Palace. Also within easy walking distance is Piccadilly Circus, the River Thames and its South Bank attractions, Trafalgar Square and 10 Downing Street. For a day trip further afield, Charing Cross Mainline Station, is within easy walking distance and will take you to the South coast of England in under 2 hours.
The apartment itself is within a small development of recently built apartments constructed within a small, traditional Victorian warehouse building, which retains a wealth of traditional, architectural character and benefits from modern easy-to-clean facilities such as wide oak flooring and the latest kitchen and bathroom designs. Appliances include: washer/drier; microwave; hob; oven and fridge-freezer. Being located in a quiet street behind Long Acre, (one of the main shopping streets in Covent Garden), means you can keep popping back home to drop off your shopping, or before going out to the theatre in the evening, to put your feet-up and have a cup of tea!
The apartment interior and furnishings are new and contemporary in design and furnishings, with multi-channel television, DVD/video player and Hi Fi available for your entertainment (with a selection of CDs, DVDs and videos). Sleeping arrangements (for up to six adults) include two bedrooms, one with a king size bed and one a zip & link super king size bed, which can be easily transformed into twin beds (ideal for children). There is further accommodation on a double sofa-bed in the living room. All linen is included. Tesco Metro and Marks and Spencer are both within 2 minutes walk for grocery supplies. China crockery cooking utensils, bed linen and towels are all provided.
If you are looking for the perfect mixture of location and facilities, our apartment is the ideal. We know you won't be disappointed!
Covent Garden is at the centre of ' theatre land'. it is one of the cultural focusses of London with the major West End Theatres, Royal Opera House and Art Galleries within a few minutes walk of the apartment. The traditional Victorian Covent Garden Market is approximately 3 minutes walk away and Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square and the River Thames only 10 minutes walk.
You won't need a car because there is so much to see on foot with countless clubs, bars and restaurants on your door step. Moving around the rest of London is easy too from Covent Garden tube (Piccadilly Line) approx 2 minutes walk away.


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'Serious concerns' raised in Waldo Canyon Fire Emergency Notification System After Action Report
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The author of an after action report on the functioning of emergency notification systems in El Paso and Teller Counties during the Waldo Canyon Fire had "serious concerns" with the system.
The Waldo Canyon Fire stormed over a ridge and into Colorado Springs on June 26. Approximately 32,000 homes were evacuated on the western side of the city, leading to panicked traffic jams under an orange sky.
When the smoke cleared, two lives and 345 homes had been lost.
One of the systems utilized by the county, called MassCall, was added in August 2011. According to the report authored by Gary Klug, it was never properly tested.
"In May, 2012, a 50,000-minute calling block was purchased in anticipation of testing the MassCall system, but the Waldo Canyon Fire occurred before the test could be done," the report said. "Hence, the MassCall system was not tested and 'fine-tuned' prior to its use during the June 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire."
7NEWS reporter Amanda Kost asked if the system had been tested since the fire, and was told it hadn't been. She also asked when a test would be conducted, but was not given a specific date.
Kost was told, however, the system would be tested.
The report also highlighted another problem with the MassCall system:
"The Authority was not made aware by the vendor that it needed to review and modify default settings in the MassCall system based on the calling capacities of the central office switches in its area," the report said.
"I have serious concerns about the performance of the MassCall system," the author of the report wrote.
That issue was unknown to the 911 authorities until the after action report.
Another problem mentioned in the report specifically impacted customers of Comcast telephone service. A total of 10,507 messages from 49 separate activations of the emergency notification system were not delivered to Comcast customers during the fire.
According to the report, the agency only realized there was a problem after a surge in calls from Comcast customers.
Klug revealed during a press conference that the couple killed in the fire, William and Barbara Everett, did not have a phone number or location registered in the emergency notification database. Therefore, they did not receive the call to evacuate.
The report doesn't suggest the counties change systems. Instead, it pushes for a statewide database and regulations for emergency notifications.
The after action report also includes a disclaimer that residents should not rely on one source for emergency notifications.
The report also found several problems described as outside the control of El Paso-Teller County E911.
At the top of the list was the fact that Colorado Springs Utilities was forced to disable electricity in the Mountain Shadows area. That decision was made to protect people from downed power lines and prevent additional fires, but had the side effect of disabling all cordless phones that rely on electricity.
The findings also pointed out that fires and wind can destroy distribution technology, such as cell phone towers and neighborhood equipment cabinets that connect customers to the telephone network.
"All of these situations, which are beyond the control of the El Paso-Teller Counties E911 Authority, prevented ENS notifications from reaching telephone and cellular customers were present during the Waldo Canyon Fire and resulted in many of the reported 'failures' of the ENS system to provide emergency notifications."
An earlier after action report by the City of Colorado Springs found city officials were undertrained for the fire. In the examination of the 19 days of work against the fire, the report found room for improvement in improving communication among police and fire agencies and disaster training of city employees.


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Geomagnetism, the study and use of the magnetic field of the Earth, is one of the oldest branches of science and can be said to have begun with the discovery that a piece of lodestone (a naturally occurring, and usually naturally magnetized, form of magnetite, Fe3O4), when freely suspended or supported in some manner, always came to rest in a roughly north-south direction. The fact that lodestone attracts small pieces of iron was widely known by about the middle of the first millennium B.C., but its directional property in the Earth's magnetic field was not discovered until much later.
This article is a roughly chronological sketch of the most significant events in the history of geomagnetism from the discovery of this directive property until the end of the nineteenth century. For the present century no attempt has been made to be at all comprehensive and the choice of topics is no doubt strongly influenced by my own interests.


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InfoComm to Release Global Market Definition and Strategy Study
May 15, 2012 10:49 AM
At InfoComm 2012 InfoComm will be releasing the Market Definition and Strategy Study. Prepared by The Global AV Market Definition and Strategy Study series answers the following questions and more about the pro AV market:
- How big is the global pro-AV market?
- Which markets are rapidly expanding, and which are maturing?
- What are the trends around the world?
- What percentage of the AV industry does your business segment occupy?
The series also shows forecasts by product segment and discusses trends that will drive the market. The report series covers the regions including Global, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa and Latin America.
The 2012 Global AV Market Definition and Strategy Study is available for pre-order at infocomm.org/store, for delivery mid- June 2012. Member pricing is available.
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Shock and awe in the Arena {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2008 11:21AM For what?
Shock and awe in the Arena {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2008 11:20AM What undocumented feature or bug is he exploiting, exactly? he has 5 computers. He rapidly switches between 5 wireless keyboards. He uses in-game macros.
Battleground fallacies {WoW}
Jun 23rd 2008 4:53PM Don't get your hopes up too high. If you're in a moderate battlegroup, you will get maybe 1000 honor per hour of constant work and queuing. That's 11 hours of solid work per day for the entire week.
Even if you somehow manage to avoid the hour-long turtle matches, or are in a favorably unbalanced battlegroup, or get lucky with a favorable weekend, you're still looking at a whole lot of work.
I hope you packed your Hot Pockets.
Battleground fallacies {WoW}
Jun 23rd 2008 4:24PM Yeah, sure, go farm badges instead.
Because it's easy to get into a heroic group when you have limited time, aren't a healer/tank, don't have the epic gear in the first place, and/or don't want to wait for 2 hours for the PuG to finally start.
BGs are the only viable way for many people to gear up.
Ask WoW Insider: When to gem and enchant? {WoW}
Jun 23rd 2008 9:12AM There is an overabundance of melee DPS available to raids. Because of this, it is important to squeeze every possible drop out of your gear to make you the top contender for the precious few slots available.
A raid slot is a privilege, not a right. If you don't go out of your way to be the best you can be, then don't expect a raid guild to go out of their way to accommodate you.
Blizzard deals Alpha leak site a potential killing blow {WoW}
Jun 20th 2008 3:45PM It's not a crime to break an NDA in almost any case. It's a tort, which can become the basis for a lawsuit in civil, not criminal, court.


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Interesting title… Isn't it? Well, in this article, I'll guide you through a tutorial wherein you'll add few blocks of code/CSS that shall automatically add icons next to your links based on the type of file that is linked to (For example – .pdf, .txt, etc…). The catch here is that, we'll be using pure CSS to achieve this – no javascript, no jquery. Still confused about the article? Then, have a look at the screen shot below.
So, without wasting time, let me begin my tutorial. I would like to explain this tutorial based on one file type – ".pdf" files. Later, I'll explain about extending the same CSS codes for other file types. WordPress Users may add the following codes to your custom.css file and upload the same to your host servers while users on blogspot shall add the following codes before ]]></b:skin> on your blogger template.
a[href$=".pdf"]:before { padding: 5px 15px; margin: 0 5px 0 10px; content: ""; background: url(http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pdficon.png) no-repeat; }
Well, that's it! Save your template/theme. To realize this effect, just include a link which ends with the extension .pdf in your article. You should be able to realize the effect on publishing the article. Possible customizations include swapping the position of the icon (before/after the link) and changing image icon from the one I used in the CSS with one of your choice.
To swap the position of the icon, replace a[href$=".pdf"]:before { with a[href$=".pdf"]:after { in the first line of the CSS mentioned earlier. To change the image, just replace the URL of image with your URL. It's pretty self-explanatory.
As mentioned earlier, you may extend this effect to various other file types like .txt or .psd or any file type of your choice. To do so, all you need to change in the codes are to replace ".pdf" with the file type of your choice and correspondingly change the image as well. For example, if you wish to add icons next to links that have the extension .txt, then use the following CSS.
a[href$=".txt"]:before { padding: 5px 15px; margin: 0 5px 0 10px; content: ""; background: url(http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/text-file-icon.png) no-repeat; }
You can extend this simple CSS to add icons to external links on your blog like you see on Wikipedia. Similarly, you can enjoy a purely CSS based Tooltip on your blog with slight modifications in the above CSS. I'll explain them in the upcoming articles that I post on SML, provided you like the current one. So, shout your opinions via comments. :)


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I have some growing from a seedling bought on line, haven't tried to wintersow it yet. |
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Nothing is happening in my jug yet, but neither is my buddleia. I'm hoping they just take longer. |
Pony, where did you get your seed? I got a couple divisions of F. rubra in a swap years ago, and it is a huge patch now. These spread quite vigorously! They're duking it out with the Monarda didyma and 'Raspberry Wine' - all of which are going to swallow the Hummingbird garden if they aren't culled back. I've never even looked for the seed on these. What do they look like? |
- Posted by ponyexpress_1 6a Lancaster NY (My Page) on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 16:54
I purchased them from Georgia vines. They are really thin seeds about a quarter inch long. They looked like the Buddleia seeds if you have ever seen those. BTW, those have not sprouted yet either. |
I have Filipendula vulgaris sprouting for me and Buddleia seeds as well. Both are from a trade. Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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Moonwolf, how long have they been sprouting? Maybe mine are just behind? |
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It's What's for Dinner
Cannibal - a different kind of BBQ
So, Memorial Day has come and gone. While memories of hosting the revelry, good company and spirits will not be soon forgotten (or already forgotten if you were celebrating a trifle too hard) the grueling cleanup process isn't something you'll be rushing to recreate any time soon.
If you live in an urban area, getting propane for the grill is a chore in itself. If you live in the 'burbs, not only maintaining your grill but surrounding deck space is another slew of tasks. Honestly, when all the prep work and clean-up time is taken into account, grilling isn't everything it's cracked up to be. And, to be perfectly blunt, you won't lose any of your credibility as a red blooded, meat eating gentleman if you prefer to go out for your barbecue fix.
And that's what the editors of #ORG set out to do. Rather than test out a tried and true Southern barbecue place (as near and dear to our hearts as they are) we decided to go off the beaten path and acquaint ourselves with one of Manhattan's meat loving gems: Cannibal.
Aside from being a butchery and hosting an alarmingly well-stocked variety of beer (over 550 different varieties between Cannibal and its big brother restaurant next door, Resto) Cannibal's relaxed vibe and elevated taste is perfect for a group outing or testing your date's penchant for adventure. Whether you're in the mood for lamb rillette, pork liver mousse or the oxford button-down equivalent of dishes — the country ham board — you can choose an entree based on how daring you're feeling that day.
Our picks? The editors were quite enamored with the bone marrow. The rich spread is thickly applied to crusty loaves of bread and served as a decadent pre-cursor for the rest of the night. A close favorite, the steak tartare, is literally a rare treat. Blended with smooth bernaise sauce and hints of sharp shallot, it can be amply applied to toast points or simply enjoyed on its own . The steak (we preferred ours medium-rare) was perfectly juicy and tender, probably even more so because we didn't have to cook it ourselves. To round out the flavor, attentive servers offered their sage opinion concerning which beer, wine or cider would pair best with the meat selection. And with such a wide array of beverages their advice was more than necessary.
Although it was a tad too cold to enjoy our meal outdoors, this bike friendly restaurant (Cannibal actually wasn't named after its obvious connotations towards meat, but after the Belgian cyclist Eddie Merzx's nickname) is the perfect restaurant to enjoy a fine cut of veal or, even, a roasted pigs head while toasting to a summer in Manhattan.
Of course we subjected Mr. Pappanicholas, the man behind it all, to our OR&G questionnaire on our last visit:
Connery or Craig: Connery
Favorite Bond Film: For Your Eyes Only because it features Greece where my family is from
Regular or Slim Tie: Regular
Pleat or Plain Front Trousers: Plain
Single or Double Breasted: Two-button single breasted jacket
Where is home in your heart: The French Open, Rolangeros, or with my family
If you were trapped on a desert island with only three foods, what would they be: Broccoli rabe, dry aged steak, and peanuts
White or Red: Typically white, but I'll drink anything good
Favorite Wine: Sagrintino Di Montefalco Pallo Bella
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Valentine Horoscope 2014 |
Aries: Lively Aries get ready for shaking things up! Valentine's Day will be steamy for you as one of you wants commitment, but the other one is happy to take it lightly, or at least have all options open when it comes to making commitments. All those flowers and kisses might make you feel loved but it's time to push for a long term commitment. Don't wait for things to happen only at the last minute. It is important that you wake before it is late.Valentine Tip for Aries: Shower praises on your partner and never try to dominate. | |
Taurus : It is the perfect day to close the door, put on the music, and do some dance, just the two of you. If the weather does not permit watching a beautiful sunset, a quiet snuggle in a cozy place can be heaven. Sensual and romantic Venus rules your sign. It is a perfect day to charm your beloved with your magical powers. Be in a place where you are not disturbed by others. Life is for fun so keep things simple.Valentine Tip for Taurus: Don't be jealous and suspicious and you shall never regret. | |
Gemini : Today is your day to light the fires of passion. The biggest gift you can give to your partner is your full attention. Gemini's Mercury rules intellect, but it is the day to listen to the heart more than your mind. Perfect day to do something unexpected, exciting and also possibly crazy that you will remember in times to come. Don't have to the climb the wall to please your beloved, but a gift would do the magic.Valentine Tip for Gemini: Talk intelligently in front of your beloved always as that is your big strength. | |
Cancer: Despite not getting the desired results in your relationship, this is a day for optimism and hope. It is the day to remember past vows and forget issues that have been created differences in the heart. Keep things simple and clear. Avoid controversies and false promises. Try to energize your relationship in a new way. Doing on a long walk and listening to some good romantic music would certainly help.Valentine Tip for Cancer: As Moon is your strength; do not hide your emotions. Let your lover know exactly how strongly you feel. | |
Leo: A great day to hold hands and stare into each other's eyes and share what you like best about each other. Leo like to have their way everywhere, but today is the day to make your beloved take the lead. If you are willing to adjust together you can build a mansion of happiness and companionship with mutual benefits accruing to both.Valentine Tip for Leo: Your strength is the support that you can give to your beloved from behind. | |
Virgo: A perfect day to get rid of all distractions, get ready, put on a attractive outfit, and set the music rolling. Time to do things that you know will make your partner happy. Today you will know if your relationship is working. If this looks like a match made in heaven then say so. Go out and enjoy the day just the two of you to its best.Valentine Tip for Virgo: You have the strong ability to look inside your lovers mind. Use to your advantage. | |
Libra: Everyone is looking forward to Valentine day, but not as much as Librans. As Venus is your ruling planet, no one knows about matters of the heart more than you. You should keep in mind that there are very few people in world that the Cupid strikes so severely, and one of them is you. Therefore without wasting your time you should reciprocate by taking your beloved to a romantic place to celebrate this wonderful day.Valentine Tip for Libra: Even if you have any differences then avoid raising any issues. Enjoy the day thoroughly and it will cement your relationship further. | |
Scorpio: Scorpios yours is a good relationship but highly unpredictable one as you are a very demanding lover, you looking for complete attention from your lover. You don't appreciate affection unless it is from the heart. This is a perfect day to resolve all issues that have been bothering you for long and take step to the next level. Expensive perfume, exotic flowers, jewellery, a romantic dinner just the two of you would do the magic for you.Valentine Tip for Scorpio: Be honest and open and get your way. | |
Sagittarius: Go for a movie, eat in an expensive restaurant, someplace where you will not go often or get in the car and go for a long drive. Try to bring small things back to your life if you feel you have lost due to passage of time. Be sincere, open and surely similar feelings will be reciprocated. Touch the heart of your beloved with good times that you have had in the past. Strengthen the relationship for better tomorrow.Valentine Tip for Scorpio: Demonstrate your feelings and today you will find good results. | |
Capricorn: Today you should avoid doing things that are unromantic and could harm your relationship. Valentine's Day requires your most passionate words and actions. A perfect romantic day can be either terrifying or a waste of time, depends how you handle it. You have no idea how much natural magnetic charisma you possess, use it to charm your beloved and avoid doing something that could bring pain later.Valentine Tip for Capricorn: Do not be stubborn in your behavior. Use your charming ability to please your beloved. | |
Aquarius: Stop concentrating on other things and focus on your relationship today. Even with small things you can plenty of fun. Your beloved may be demanding but don't worry of putting this to perfection, your beloved will appreciate you purely for your intention. This will be a perfect day to listen to your heart than your mind.Valentine Tip for Aquarius: Understanding and commitment will be the seed for your relationship tree. | |
Pisces: A perfect day to plan a candlelit dinner or a long romantic walk. You will be truly engulfed with romantic feelings. No matter what sign you are with, being ruled by Jupiter you will match quite well. Today you should play your favorite romantic music and let the feelings pass on to your beloved. The strong influence that Pisces can have over other signs you will pave the way to a life full of fun and pleasure.Valentine Tip for Pisces: Be honest and open in your relationship and take your relationship to new heights. | |
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Happy wedding anniversary to my husband and best friend of 8 years.
Thank you for always being positive, understanding, and loving. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your never-ending support, and the encouragement to keep searching for that perfect position this past year.
You're the absolute best husband a girl could ask for:)
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34 I will defend this city and save it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David." | 34 I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant." |
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Things to do in Napa + Sonoma
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Our international team of editors and writers handpick the best things to do in Napa + Sonoma to help travelers discover authentic, local experiences. Whether a hidden boutique with handcrafted products, a popular local festival, a bakery with a cult following, or a picnic-worthy park, Travel + Leisure guides the way, providing information and inspiration. From beaches and bars to cultural attractions and up-and-coming neighborhoods, our list will help you make the most of your romantic getaway, family vacation, or trip with friends. Below find Travel + Leisure's top picks for what to do in Napa + Sonoma.
21 Arrondissement
The pea-sized 21 Arrondissement showcases interior designer Myra Hoefer's best French flea-market and estate-sale finds: a pair of gilt-and-velvet ... More -
A. Rafanelli Winery
With 85 acres of vineyards in the Dry Creek Valley, this small production winery has been family owned and operated for four generations. In the ea... More -
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Alla Prima Studio
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Andrew Lane Wines
Four miles northeast of downtown St. Helena, Andrew Lane winery doubles as the personal residence of owner Andrew Dickson. Established in 1978 by A... More -
Anette's Chocolate Factory
Established by siblings Anette and Brent Madsen, this downtown sweet shop is housed in a yellow-walled, wood-floored space that was formerly Patric... More -
Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve
Located in Sonoma County three miles north of Guerneville, Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve preserves more than 800 acres of coast redwood trees, w... More -
Artesa Vineyards & Winery
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August Briggs Winery
Another great option: The family-run August Briggs, housed within a simple barnlike building on the south edge of town, offers free tastings. More -
Bacchus Glass
If you've never seen glassblowing in person, stop by this shop a few miles south of downtown Sonoma and watch artist and master glassblower Frank C... More -
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Once the sommelier at The French Laundry, owner Daniel Dawson now brings his expertise to Back Room Wines. The shop nearly doubled in size when it ... More
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The Christmas spirit has got me itching to once again want to grow my own Fraser Fir trees. Every year, when I bring in a Fraser Fir Christmas tree, I think of the joy it would be to grow my own (not to mention, the savings from growing my own). Does anyone know of a nursery that sells Fraser Fir transplants in small quantities? I saw a few online, but the are all expensive. The best options I have found so far are Cold Stream Farm and Forest View Nursery. Does anyone have any experience with either? I saw many good reviews on Dave's Garden Watchdog for Cold Stream Farm, but I couldn't find any for Forest View Nursery. Merry Christmas |
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 7:32
Try the University of Idaho's Pitkin forest nursery. You can buy nice, containerized seedlings (3 year) for $2.25. (Actually, they are shipped as a un-potted plant with the root ball intact) I bought a few Canaan firs this year, and they look great. You could also try the New Hampshire State Forest Nursery - You can get 10 seedlings for $15, but I prefer containers for fir. Bareroot firs take a while to establish, only growing a few inches for the first couple years. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Frasers from UIdaho
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 8:24
Does anyone know of a nursery that sells Fraser Fir transplants in small quantities? ==>>> how big is your yard???? i would like to consider.. how many you need to plant ... to get a couple 'good' trees in a decade or so ... i would think at least ten ... two or 3 will die in the first year or two ... two or 3 more.. in the next 3 years ... or develop so ugly.. you will kill them ... for lack of space [actually.. the death of some.. gives you space.. to plant new ones.. a year or two down the line ... to extend your harvest in the out years.. presuming you can plant them 8 to 10 feet apart] leaving 5 lets say .. and then 5 to 7 years later.. you can harvest a couple years worth ... and reduce all numbers if you have deer ... if you are thinking.. you can plant one.. and win on the odds.. well you are a supreme tree grower ... so.. in my world.. i would order 10 to 25 ... for $20 ... realizing the odds of failure ... rather than buy 2 or 3 at $15 a piece.. if you get my concept ... [and by the way.. in a 25 pack ... 20 will be nice seedlings .. and 5 runts] ... all that said.. do NOT let it stop you.. live your dream ... maybe you can do it with one or two ... ken ps: and if you have the room ... you would plant 5 this year.. and in 3 years.. plant 5 more.. etc .. no use planting 20 all in one year.. unless your mansion needs 20 trees during ONE Xmas ... think of the time line ... |
Here is a link that might be useful: somewhere like this .. dax would probably know other such suppliers
The challenge with those in your area are those damn wooly adelgids or whatever they're called. |
Jim - thanks for the links. Those were great prices for potted plants. Do you know of any source that offers bigger trees, preferably seedlings. If not, I will probably go with one of those two sources.? Ken - Space is not a problem. I have twelve acres to work with. I have grown them before, but deer ARE a problem. I lost every single one of mine five years ago to deer. This time, I am either going to do a mass planting of 100 trees or a smaller planting of 15-20 trees with wire cages around them. Which idea would you recommend? Joe - I have heard of this issue, but I live in a part of the state (just east of the Blue Ridge) where there are not many Christmas trees grown. The places that do have trees carry either canaan fir, white pine, or Norway Spruce, but they are so few and far between I don't think I will have a problem. Our wild conifer trees are mainly Virginia Pine and Red Ceder. Do wooly agelids bother those trees? |
Jim, my mistake. I meant to ask: do you know any places that offer bigger trees, preferably TRANSPLANTS, not seedlings as I had written? Sorry for the confusion. If not, I will be ordering from one of your two sources. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 19:12
the source i gave you.. offers them in 2.. 3..4... and 5 year old trees ... i dont think i would go much beyond a 5 year old tree.. younger trees get established.. and return to the proper annual growth rate much faster than larger transplants ... as to your other question ... first.. contact your local county extension office ... and ask if there is a forester on staff.. or who rolls thru .. see link e.g. MI xmas trees is BIG!! biz.. and they have all kinds of information.. right on point to what you are doing.. including.. PRUNING... you know they really dont grow in perfect xmas tree shape.. and pruning is timed out [one of the few instances where i would argue FOR precise pruning time, based on the bulk.. and the investment].. and done with a machete ... i once saw such.. almost crashed the car driving off the road.. lol .. and why do 100 right now ... will you need 100 one year down the line .. i guess.. totally guessing ... buy a couple larger specimens.. so they can be harvested in 3 to 5 years ... plant 20 or 25 .. whatever multiple they sell them in .... ..... 5 year olds next year.. same with 4 year olds.. etc.. spacing.. how big a tree do you want.. width-wise.. then add 5 or 6 feet .. so you have room to machete them.. and harvest them.. etc ... and if you happen to know of any xmas tree farms in your area ... go check them out ... they might be busy as heck thru 12/25 or so.. but i bet a phone call in january.. will get you a conversation with someone who has little to do ... and they will very quickly know.. if this tree will grow/thrive.. in your area ... and dont forget.. you will be going back and filling in holes .. as some die.. do NOT presume.. when you work in bulk.. with trees.. that they all live ... ken |
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In the summer of 2007, many of you gave me excellent advice and links to great resouces for learning to properly prune an apple tree. Thank you! That fall, with a city clean up on the way, I threw out the advice and got out the pruners. If you've been bitten by the pruning bug, you know that a little here leads to a little more there, etc.
Long story short, after removing more than 30% of the tree, at the wrong time of year, last summer I had a fruitless, sucker-producing machine. Now that I've created the overenergized state, what do I do? The pruning bug is telling me to take off what must be 50 tall, vertical suckers and get back to the great shape I originally created! I expect that's NOT the right thing to do! HELP! Thanks, Mags |
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- Posted by dan_staley USDA 5/S 2b (My Page) on Thu, Feb 26, 09 at 10:16
after removing more than 30% of the tree, at the wrong time of year, last summer I had a fruitless, sucker-producing machine...Now that I've created the overenergized state, what do I do? Ouch. OK, so you have a pruning reaction. Don't rush to correct it all at once, you will do more harm than good. It's hard to give advice on how to correct a shocked tree without actually being there; I'm an arborist and I usually tell folks not to do anything and I'll be over there to do it, and have them watch me. Now. Suckers arise from the roots - you almost certainly have a tree grafted onto different rootstock. If there are suckers coming out of the ground or below the graft, cut every one of these out. If this is the case, your tree is in severe shock. Water sprouts arise out of the trunk or large branches, from latent buds. These all need to be removed, but not all at once. If you have 3-4-5 branches arising around your pruning cuts, this is a sign you removed too much wood; many of these arose from latent buds too, and should be removed, but not all at once. Bottom line: you should correct this deficiency over two to three years. The strongest water sprouts (tallest) should be removed first, so the wind doesn't break them and expose the tissue to pathogens. Make proper cuts on these as well so callus can form. Good luck, be patient. Dan |
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hello and happy Monday - the last one of April..... yes I know, the weeks go by and here we are. Thanks always to my Flickr contacts for sharing their brilliant, inspiring images. Please follow each link to discover more about each artist/photographer.
I am typing this early on a sunny Monday morning - there is much to do and packages to be sent. Many thanks always to you for visiting my shop.
I am hoping to work on new embroidery and paintings this week - I also have a few ideas to explore for my artist book series. The update for this week will be on Friday and I hope to preview beforehand if time allows. Remember I am happy to give more details and reserve an item (for up to one week), just contact me over at my shop. Please note that this weekend coming is a bank holiday for us in the UK so any packages needing to be sent will be shipped Tuesday onwards. Thanks for your understanding.
This past weekend I shared a few new poems over at my poetry notes blog nevering. You are welcome to read - there are three new ones, part of a sequence I am working on as inspiration comes. I'm a 'bout' writer, which means that weeks go by and nothing gets written and then several pages of notes come along and perhaps something interesting evolves. Years ago I was very keen to get my work in print and to be 'a poet. I did my Masters degree in Creative Writing and much of my thinking was about being a writer. But time has changed that. I love to write and always hope I will. Nevering has become an important little space for me, a way to continue.
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Joss Whedon (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly) has teamed up with the excellent John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) to present the explosive, all-new flagship X-Men series - marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men!
There has been loads of hype surrounding this title but it really is pretty good, with solid script and excellent dialogue (as you'ld expect from the man who put all those clever one liners in the Vampire Slayer's mouth) and Cassaday's attractive brand of art.
Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the "mutant cure" reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally - and some unexpected adversaries -- tipping the scales! Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-6.
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Y Combinator Grad COLOURlovers Launches an Etsy-Like Marketplace for Selling 'Mousemade' Designs
If you haven't heard of COLOURlovers, you're probably not a design fiend. Judging by its traffic growth over the past seven years, however, it's built a pretty loyal following among its one million right-brained registered members. The Y Combinator grad also counts community-building experts, like Matt Mullenweg from WordPress and Alexis Ohanian from Reddit, as angel investors. They joined Founder Collective, Charles River Ventures, 500 Startups and others in a $1 million seed round last March.
Today on the company's blog, "Chief Lover" Darius A. Monsef IV (who goes by the name Bubs and founded the site while still working at Microsoft) announced the private beta launch of an Etsy-like exchange called CreativeMarket that will enable its users to share and sell their "mousemade goods" like patterns, shapes, photos, fonts, and gradients. Although the team works remotely, co-founder Aaron Epstein, the brains behind ColorSchemer.com which eventually merged with COLOURlovers, lives right here in New York. "We've been trying to get as many New York people as possible," Mr. Epstein told Betabeat.
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Tropical Fruit Parfait
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A dairy-free white cashew cream is topped with a tropical fruit sauce made by blending your favorite fruits, such as pineapple, mango, and kiwi. Fresh is always best, but if using frozen fruit, defrost first. Liquefy solid coconut oil by heating gently until clear and smooth.
Serves 4
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2 cups fruit (pineapple, mango, kiwi, or a combination of your favorite fruits), cubed |
1/4 cup NOW Real Food® Agave Nectar* |
2 cups NOW Real Food® Organic Raw Cashews* |
2 tablespoons NOW Real Food® Vanilla Extract* |
2 tablespoons liquefied NOW Real Food® Extra Virgin Coconut Oil* |
1/2 cup filtered water, as needed |
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I thought Frank was well below his normal standards, compared to his spot on Jimmy Fallon last summer the Grammy performance was pedestrian. I wonder why he chose "Forrest Gump," its a good track but not really build for awards shows
My favorite moment was after Jack White obliterated the world with his set and all the people in the audience were looking around like "yup, Jack White obliterated the world"
I'm with you. I have no idea why people are bashing this track
The list's synopsis of "Wrecking Ball" spends 80% of its time on politics, which is slowly becoming one of RS' most-covered topics. Combining the two topics seems to be the reason they put him #1, not music
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that David was just stating a fact, that's not smug at all. Telling someone they are beyond saving for not having the same interpretation as you is a much better example of smugness.
Well said, there's been a pretty good level of consensus this year
I Listened to !Dos! all the way through, hearing a 40 year old man singing songs called "Fuck Time" and "Makeout Party" is pretty damn disturbing.
This list would have been even funnier if they had all three of Green Day's albums on it
Perfume Genius was one of my favorites too, not sure why it didn't get more support
Even if it doesn't speak to you personally, there has to be some level of respect for a songwriter that can get so many people to identify with her.