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Allah Hafiz vs. Khuda Hafiz
By Almas Kiran Shamim
I am a Muslim and I am an Indian. I was born and brought up in this country, speaking Urdu/Hindi and using terms like 'Namaaz' and 'Roza'. I have no desire to suddenly change my language because 'some' people find it inappropriate. I absolutely hate the de-Indianization of Indian Muslims, saying, for example, "Ramadan Kareem" instead of "Ramzaan Mubarak", and "salaat" instead of "namaaz."
Today, someone told me that 'Khuda hafiz' is not the correct word to be used, and we should rather say 'Allah hafiz'. The reason given was that "Parsis also use Khuda hafiz". I have heard the same ridiculous notion earlier as well. I am very sure that a lot of people reading this also have similar views. In any case, I make it clear to anyone and everyone reading this post, that I, Almas, will not stop saying 'Khuda hafiz'.
Firstly, for the benefit of the readers, 'Khuda' is a word incorporated into Urdu from Persian (like many other Urdu words). If you do a thorough search, you will find that the word 'Khuda' has a very elaborate meaning – from 'the powerful one' to 'the one to whom sacrifices are offered'. To keep it simple, we shall use the commonest meaning for which the term 'Khuda' is used, i.e., 'God'.
When I say Khuda, I mean my God, my Creator, the One to whom I shall return. When I say Khuda, I mean my Allah. However, obviously, not everyone in the world speaks Urdu, and not everyone in the world calls Allah 'Khuda.' Just like not everyone in the world speaks English, not everyone in the world would call Allah 'God'. However, I am not 'everyone in the world', and I do call my God 'Khuda'. It doesn't matter to me who uses this word for what other purposes. There are people who say that 'Khuda' should not be used because a lot of other people use this term for their God.
Urdu is a language, so is Persian, and anyone who speaks in this language can use 'Khuda' for his God. A Christian from Pakistan can use 'Khuda', a Zoroastrian from Iran can use 'Khuda'. This, by no means, implies that a Muslim from either Pakistan or Iran cannot use 'Khuda'.
When you say that 'Khuda' can also mean the Christian God or the Parsi God or even the Sikh or Hindu God, you are actually trying to say that there IS a Christian God, a Parsi God, a Sikh God, a Hindu God besides a Muslim God Allah.
Tell me, is this what you believe in?
Does this make you a Muslim?
Tell me, what is the most important thing to be a Muslim?
The belief in one God.
La ilaha illallah.
There is no God but Allah.
So, when anyone says 'God', what should come to your mind?
Allah, because who is Allah but Allah?
There is one God who created us all, who provides for us all, whether we be Muslim or Hindu or Parsi or whatever. Then what exactly do you mean when you say that 'so and so people also call their God 'Khuda'?
Do you realize that a Christian Arab also uses the word 'Allah' but for him Allah is the father of Jesus. So, now, shouldn't I stop using the term 'Allah' too? Do you realize that when Huzur (Salallaho alaihe wasallam) became a Prophet, Arabs belonging to the Jahiliya also worshipped Allah, only that they also worshipped Uzza, Lat, and Manat? So, doesn't this also mean that I should stop using 'Allah'?
A lot of Non-Muslims believe that Allah is some 'other' God, i.e, a God other than their own God. So, doesn't 'Allah' too conjure images other than what we, as Muslims, know 'Allah' means? Now, if 'Allah' despite being used by other sects means Allah then I am sure 'Khuda' too can mean 'Allah' for me.
When a Christian says 'Khuda hafiz', he might be leaving you in the protection of God the Father. However, when I, or any other Muslim, say 'Khuda hafiz', we are leaving you in the protection of Al-Ilah – The God.
There are definitely reasons why you can tell me to use 'Allah hafiz' instead of 'Khuda hafiz'. The best being that Allah calls Himself Allah in the Qur'an. Also, that saying the 'word' Allah itself brings blessings and that it binds the Ummati in a common thread. If you give me these reasons I will agree with you. However, if you give me the stupid reason that a Parsi also calls God 'khuda' than you are going to get a piece of my mind.
Besides, Allah created us all differently – there are Muslims with golden hair and blue eyes, Muslims with black skin and curly hair and Muslims with brown skin and black eyes. We eat different food, speak different languages and have different cultures. We are united in our belief and our belief doesn't include us becoming Arabs. No, I don't mean that 'Allah' is for Arabs alone. What I mean is that this sudden need among Indian Muslims to switch over from 'namaaz' to 'salaah' and the like, and also a sudden defilement of 'Khuda hafiz', have all arisen (I believe) from that same misconception that Muslim and Arab is synonymous.
It is NOT.
I live in Kerala (at present) and the Muslims here use the term 'Niskkaram' or 'Namaskkaram' for 'Namaaz' / 'Salaah'. Yet, I don't find huge forums on the Internet debating the usage of the term. Nor do I find Keralite Muslims with any sense of shame in their usage of a word that is well known to have Hindu origins (if I can call them that) to refer to the second pillar of Islam. Yet, 'namaaz', 'roza', and 'khuda' are so vehemently opposed. The only explanation that I can find for this absurd phenomenon is the huge population of Hindi/Urdu Muslims.
Keralite Muslims form a small population and their 'terms' are not so apparent to the larger Muslim world, nor are they a threat. Urdu/Hindi Muslims are a huge group of people and since we have become part of a global community the Urdu/ Hindi Muslim 'terms' have somehow stood as competitors to their 'Arabic' counterparts.
With an increasing Western Muslim population, due to an unprecedented rise in reversions, Arabic in its chaste form is being embraced as the sole language of Islam.
In such a scenario, naturally, the older Indian/Pakistani Muslims who use Urdu/Hindi in its various forms, present the single largest 'alienation'. Thus, there is this need to extol the usage of 'Arabic' terms, or rather deprecate the usage of Urdu/Hindi terms that the larger Muslim World cannot understand.
I feel that this is ridiculous. Trust me, my God can understand all the languages he created. He really does. The need to de-Indianize us (Urdu/Hindi Muslims) stems from the belief that how can anything Muslim be non-Arab? It is very similar to the Urdu/Hindi Muslim belief that how can anything Muslim be non-Urdu/Hindi (within India)?
Since most Muslims in India know one or the other form of Urdu/Hindi, even if their mother tongue is something totally different (for example, Tamil), there is a common belief that all Indian Muslims speak Urdu. This is not true. I know Keralite Muslims who don't know the 'alif' of Urdu and yet they are beautiful Muslims.
We need to realize that the pulse of the Ummati, the golden thread that binds us as Muslims, is our belief and not our language. We need to understand that 'your God and my God and his God and her God and that God and this God and their God' is for people who believe that there can possibly be more than one God.
What makes us Muslims is our proclamation: "There is One God."
Now, whether I call him God, or 'Rabb' or 'Khuda' or 'Bhagwaan' or 'Maalik' or 'Parwar dighaar', is not of as much importance as that I call Him and Him alone.
There is only One who can possibly be God
Him – Al-Ilah – The God
Wahadahu la shareek
Allahu Akbar.
Almas is a medical student in Kerala and blogs at http://almasshamim.blogspot.com/
December 31, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
To expand somewhat on the definition of rock, the term may be said to describe an aggregate of minerals or organic material, which may or may not appear in consolidated form. Consolidation, which we will explore further within the context of sedimentary rock, is a process whereby materials become compacted, or experience an increase in density. It is likely that the image that comes to mind when the word rock is mentioned is that of a consolidated one, but it is important to remember that the term also can apply to loose particles.
The role of organic material in forming rocks also belongs primarily within the context of sedimentary, as opposed to igneous or meta-morphic, rocks. There are, indeed, a handful of rocks that include organic material, an example being coal, but the vast majority are purely inorganic in origin. The inorganic materials that make up rocks are minerals, discussed in the next section. Rocks and minerals of economic value are called ores, which are examined in greater depth elsewhere, within the context of Economic Geology.
The definition of a mineral includes four components: it must appear in nature and therefore not be artificial, it must be inorganic in origin, it must have a definite chemical composition, and it must have a crystalline internal structure. The first of these stipulations clearly indicates that there is no such thing as a man-made mineral; as for the other three parts of the definition, they deserve a bit of clarification.
At one time, the term organic, even within the realm of chemistry, referred to all living or formerly living things, their parts, and substances that come from them. Today, however, chemists use the word to describe any compound that contains carbon and hydrogen, thus excluding carbonates (which are a type of mineral) and oxides such as carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide.
Farouk Shami To Vie For Democratic Party Nomination To Run For The Governor Of Texas
November 25, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
History was made this past week, when famous Owner of Farouk Systems (Brand: CHI-USA) Farouk Shami, a Palestinian-American entrepreneur, announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party Nomination to run for the Governor of Texas. Since James Pinckney Henderson of Democratic Party became the first Governor of Texas on February 19, 1846, Thirty-Nine (39) Governors of Texas have come from Democratic Party; Six (6) from Republican Party; One (1) Unionist; and One (1) Independent [Sam Houston]. If nominated by Democratic Party and then elected, Farouk Shami will become the 48th Governor of Texas. More details at www.FaroukForGovernor.Com
Amidst slogans of "Farouk – Farouk: Yes We Can – Yes We Can", under the huge white tent in the parking lot of Farouk Systems, Mr. Shami announced that he will be vying for the nomination of his Democratic Party on March 02, 2010 during the Texas Primaries, to run for the Governor of Texas in November 2010. Other candidates within Democratic Party include businessman Tom Schieffer, Fort Worth; schoolteacher Felix Alvarado, Fort Worth; rancher Hank Gilbert, Tyler; and satirist Kinky Friedman, Austin.
Farouk Shami tabled his issues during the campaign to be: Spending more money to make people of other States of USA and countries look at Texas as the place with the highest standard of education (not merely on the basis of standardized examinations); Support entrepreneurship by lowering tariffs and as such creating manufacturing jobs for Texans along the Texas-Mexico border and utilizing the skills and zeal of both Americans and Mexicans; Make Texas a State that exports Food; Reforming Health Care; and Preserving the Environment.
Attendees at this event said they are supporting Farouk Shami because despite several odds against him, he has always persevered to not only succeed himself, but also bring positive change to the lives of thousands. We do not need a career politician to be the next Governor: We need a problem solver; a person who understands the grassroots issues of diverse communities of Texas; and has a track record of providing practical solutions for our problems here in Texas: Mr. Shami is that person and most interestingly the present Governor of Texas Rick Perry has publicly acknowledged that.
Based on the past experience, it is estimated that a minimum of $10 million will be needed to run this campaign (if not $20 million) and Farrouk Shami, who has pledged to take a $1/Year Salary as Governor, is planning to some of his own and some of the money as donations from individuals of various communities.
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election will be held on Tuesday, November 02nd, 2010 to elect the Governor of Texas, who will serve a four-year term to begin on January 15th, 2011. The winning candidate need only garner a plurality of votes, not a majority, to be elected Governor (as was the case with the 2006 election).
The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is elected on a separate ticket; as a result, the Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-elect may be (and have been) of different political parties.
Texas does not have term limits for its governors. As such, the incumbent Governor (Rick Perry), who has already set the record for total and consecutive time served as Governor, is free to seek re-election for what would be an unprecedented third four-year term (and has announced his intent to do so).
The Republicans and Democrats will select their nominees based on the results of primary votes held on March 02nd, 2010 (the first Tuesday in March) and, if needed, runoff elections will be held on April 13th, 2010 (the second Tuesday in April).
Perry has announced his intention to run for an unprecedented third consecutive four-year term in 2010. He faces a challenge in the Republican primary election from U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Wharton County Republican Party Chairwoman Debra Medina.
As for Farouk Shami, he has worked for decades in the field of hair-care products development, and attended cosmetology school at the University of Arkansas. He is notable for having invented the first ammonia-free hair-color, after developing an allergy to the chemical that initially led doctors to encourage him to leave his profession.
His company, the Houston-based Farouk Systems, currently employs 2,000 Americans, and exports its line of hair and skin care products under the BioSilk, SunGlitz and Cationic Hydration Interlink (CHI) brands to over 50 countries worldwide.
Shami plans to build a hair products factory in Palestine that will employ a projected 500 people.
On July 27th, 2009 Farouk Systems announced they will be bringing back jobs to America by opening a new plant in Houston that will employ approximately 5,000 people. They plan to market the products as made in the USA. Shami is a member of the board of the American Task Force on Palestine.


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Singapore-SME.com was set up in November 1998 to support the vision of Singapore-Business.com (August 1997) - "a website for every business in Singapore" and her objectives, namely to encourage all companies in Singapore to use the Internet and their website to promote their products and services.
This on-going process is gaining momentum as we move into the 21st Century. To achieve our vision, strategic alliances and supporters must be garnered and worked in tandem, with "cooperation" being the operative word.
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Fanfair: Cool Weather Exhibitions
Rudy Bruckhart Exhibition at the MET
Snapping back to a simpler time, the work of the late American photographer Rudy Burckhardt captures the lyrical and blithe of everyday New York City living in a 67-image exhibition, "New York, N. Why? Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, 1937-1940," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(9/23-1/4; metmuseum.org)
Yousef Karsh Exhibit at MFA Boston
To celebrate his 100th birthday, Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh will be honored by Boston's Museum of Fine arts with an exhibition of his work which includes portraits of some of the 20th century's most famous personalities—Winston Churchill, Pablo Picasso, and Albert Einstein, among others. (9/23-1/18; mfa.org)


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Curried Chickpea Spread
Submitted by: Courtney (from The Vegan Chef-makes a big batch!)
2 - 15 oz. cans chickpeas, rinsed, and drained
1/4 C. chickpea cooking liquid, water, or vegetable broth
2 T. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. curry powder
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 C. freshly chopped cilantroIn a food processor, place the chickpeas, liquid, lemon juice, curry powder, cumin, garlic powder, and salt, and process until smooth. Add the cilantro and pulse a few times to combine. Transfer the curried chickpea spread to a bowl. Serve as a dip or spread for vegetables, crackers, pita crisps, or bread, or as a sandwich filling.
Yield: 4 Cups
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text: The clean out and inspection work in the arch chambers of the bridge is complete. These chambers are located where the arches intersect with the bridge piers and they had not been opened since the bridge was built. Barges served as the work platforms for this phase of the project and they carried away the debris from inside the chambers for proper disposal. The barges have left and will return in November to start the preparation for the major work which will begin mid-January. Bicycle/Pedestrian Shuttle: A task force has been meeting to finalize the specifications for the bicycle pedestrian shuttle bus service. The task force consists of representatives from the cities of West Linn and Oregon City, Clackamas County, Downtown Oregon City, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, ODOT's Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator and ODOT Community Affairs staff. The group met in 2009 to develop recommendations for how to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians during the bridge closure. Now this task force has refined their recommendations for the shuttle's time schedule, stop locations, amenities and publicity. We expect the request for proposals to go out, in late October, for a contractor to provide the shuttle bus service. Service details will be publicized in December. ODOT staff gave project updates to the Oregon City Commission and the Oregon City Citizen Involvement Council. In addition, staff shared information at the First Night Art Walk in Oregon City. An update for the West Linn City Council is being scheduled. Traffic impacts: There may be intermittent single lane closures this fall. The bridge will not close to all traffic until mid-January 2011. It will remain closed for two years while the contractor Wildish Standard Paving of Eugene replaces and repairs the deck, joints, rails, lighting and protective coating on this famous arch span. Please contact me, if: • You have any questions about the project. • You are interested in hosting a presentation by ODOT staff at your neighborhood or business group meeting. • You or others would like to be added to the email list to receive these updates. Susan Hanson Community Affairs Coordinator Oregon Department of Transportation - Region 1 123 NW Flanders | Portland, OR | 97209 503-731-3490 (desk) | 503-706-9814 (cell) | 503-731-3266 (fax) firstname.lastname@example.com [1] Visit the ODOT Region 1 Web site: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/ [2]


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Plenty of my friends are looking
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My name is Marty in MD!
Facts about Marty in MD
- Breed: American Pit Bull Terrier
- Color: Black
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
Marty in MD's Info...
I am already neutered, purebred, and up to date with shots.
Everyone, meet Marty, a 10 month old black Pitbull puppy.. Marty was rescued from the Philadelphia SPCA, where he was treated for wounds suffered as a "bait" dog. Unfortunately, a rear leg was so badly wounded, it couldn't be saved and had to be amputated. But that doesn't slow him down one bit. Marty is pure happiness on three legs! His stump is healing nicely, so now CSAC is trying to find this little guy a new family where he will be safe, cared for, and loved forever!
He is getting around great on 3 legs. He is a cuddler…loves to lay right next to you. We are working on crate training, and on walking up and down stairs. He is a very active puppy, needs a yard with a fence so he can run. He loves to play. No food issues observed, as he is fed with 3 other foster dogs. He does well with the cat, while curious, he hasn't bothered her at all. And, did I mention, he was a snuggler? Sleeps all night on the bed, doesn't move at all, although we are crate training also. He's just overall a very sweet, loving puppy. He does pull on a leash, obviously has spent little time on one. We will start working on that with walks. He loves everyone he meets, and everyone he's come in contact with, whether children, men or women, he is great!
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I know this is slightly off-topic because the item I want to put a label on isn't a quilt. It's a soft, plush cuddle blanket with sleeves my book group friends purchased to include in a comfort basket for another member whose husband recently died from cancer. We decided we wanted to put a label on it. I'm probably the only one who does any sewing or handwork so I volunteered. The blanketis made of a soft, plush fabric, somewhat stretchy. I', thinking it would be best put label on a lower back corner (others tags are near there). The corner is kind of rounded off and the blanket edges are bound with a satiny, stretchy binding. I wondered if I should shape the label to fit into the corner or just make a shape (like an oval one and sew it close to the edge. I'm concerned that I will have problems getting it to "fit" just right if I try to make it to exactly fill the corner. I will use cotton for the label (pigma pens for writing) so not stretchy. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sleeved cuddle blanket
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I think it would look better to make the oval. If you try to match and it doesn't work, it will look odd. If it is intended to look different, it will be better. By putting it in the corner, it will not matter if a small section is not stretchy. Be very careful sewing and it should be just fine. What a wonderful thing to do do for your friend. beverly |
What a thoughtful gift! I would go with the oval; it will look great and you won't have to worry about making it fit. Kate |
I agree!!! I sewed an embroidered Bible verse as a gift for someone in Hospice care and the fabric was the same. The stitches get lost in the plush top and really don't show. It is a very thoughtful gift. Rosa |
Thanks for the help. I could use some more opinions: Should I put a fabric backing on the label and turn so the seams are enclosed or should I use press a piece of slightly smaller Timtex on the back and turn label edges under before I stitch it label on? The Timtex didn't seem that stiff when I used it for making fabric postcards. However, I don't know if it'll stay attached through repeated washings. I think she'll appreciate the sleeved cuddle blanket. It just so happened that Brookstone had a buy one-get one sale so I got hers at half price. More amazing to me was that shipping (via UPS) and handling was slightly less than $4.00 for both. The other is my gift to myself and I know I will love it when it weather gets colder. Often have trouble sleeping so I read in bed a lot. It's hard to keep my shoulders warm and still have freedom of movement of arms for turning pages. This will save me from having to get up and put on a robe or sweater. Of course, the idea of comfort blanket or quilt isn't original. I simply love cuddling in my comfort quilt made by friends at the 2010 Camp Cheerio Retreat. It is always on my couch ready to cuddle under while watching tv or reading in my living room or just looking pretty and reminding me of the wonderful warmth of quilting friends. There are eight of us chipping in and so we also are completing the basket with six 1/4- to 1/3-pound packages of various chocolate-covered nuts, fruits and fillings (amaretto, Irish Cream), some chocolate "rocks" (actually look more like gravel), a variety of hot cocoa packets (like dark, milk, and white chocolate, truffle, hazelnut...), a mug with beautiful picture of Lake Superior agates (she is a geologist as was her DH), a pretty bookmark, and a nice gift certificate to a book store. Oh, and I made Jackson, their dog, some homemade doggie biscuits. |
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For those of you who were in the chat Thursday night, this is the link I provided to the site which has the lyrics and the song on it.
For those of you who weren't in the chat and would like to listen to a very different, hilarious take on WDW's Magic Kingdom, I highly suggest you click this site and listen to the song carefully and feel free to read the lyrics with it as some of it may sound confusing.
Enjoy this as I know I always do. I loved this song so much that I wrote a 5 page paper for my college English class last year about what the song means to me and then broke it down into every little detail. I have this site bookmarked into my favorites as well now.
Let me know what you think of it, I'd love to hear other comments on the song.
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Perfusion Technology Program
UI Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
200 Hawkins Dr. SE545 GH
Iowa City, IA 52242-1062
Tel: 319-356-8496
Fax: 319-353-7174
Thomas E. Rath MPS, CCP
Program Director
Perfusion Technology Education Program
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jean Fobian BA
Perfusion Technology
Blurring the line between simulation and reality
Students are able to manipulate "patient" parameters such as blood gases and temperatures just as they will be doing in the operating room.
Simulation instills confidence, allows for repetitive practice and prepares students for clinical activity. What lies beneath the drapes is not a living being but a tool that is tolerant of mistakes and is designed to foster learning.


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A West Side Market vendor will open on Wednesday for the first time since the fire on Jan. 30.
Clean up to start at site of West Side Market fire in Cleveland
CLEVELAND - City officials say work is to start Sunday to clean up Cleveland's historic West Side Market after it was damaged by fire.
The city hired RestorX MD of Mentor to handle the cleanup that is expected to take five to 10 days. The $276,000 for the cleaning contract will come from capital funds previously identified for market upgrades and improvements.
The fire apparently started in an electrical connection early Wednesday. No one was injured, but soot blackened parts of the walls and ceiling.
Officials have allowed outdoor produce vendors to open, but the inside of the market remains closed.
Customers, nearby restaurants and a bank are raising money for those who lost wages and sales.
The landmark is marking its 100th anniversary this year.
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A meat vendor reopens at the West Side Market Wednesday after the fire that started at his stand.
Sebastian's Meats, one of the indoor stalls damaged in the West Side Market fire last January, reopened Wednesday morning at 7 a.m.
A mob of people Saturday at Cleveland's West Side Market - took part in a cash mob for the first Saturday the market was open since a fire shut down part of it for a few weeks.
Customers flocked to the West Side Market on Monday when it reopened for the first time since a fire damaged the historic landmark.
Visitors can expect to see a clean-as-can-be facility after the January fire.
West Side Market vendors spent Wednesday cleaning, baking and prepping ahead of the market's scheduled reopening on Monday.
President's Day will be a big day at the West Side Market as the Cleveland landmark gets set to reopen.
Cleanup has been completed on the West Side Market, and while the building is deemed structurally safe, the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
The company hired to handle clean-up at Cleveland's West Side Market will be done on Tuesday, but there is still more work before it can reopen.


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Presented in Partnership with Kamloops Multicultural Society, Kamloops Arts Council and the City of Kamloops.
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VALPARAISO — Line by line, the Porter County Council spent much of its meeting last week fulfilling — though not completely — funding requests from the Board of Commissioners.
The requests, totaling almost $8.1 million, were for county economic development income tax, or CEDIT, funds.
Council members have said they want better accounting of how commissioners spend that money, and they got it, though the matter was complicated by state-mandated changes earlier this year in how the county's many funds are divvied up.
The council reappropriated some funds from last year, and went through fresh appropriations for this year. There were some snags, as many of the funding requests were for consultants because Commissioners President John Evans, R-North, said under the new accounting system, there is no category for contractors.
Noting that the new system is like "putting square pegs in round holes," Evans said commissioners made the requests so they can move money around as needed.
"All we want to do is continue CEDIT projects so we can pay people and move forward," Evans said.
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2 months away from home!! What to do with my 20 Gall goldfish tank?
hi all -- this is my very first post. emergency!!
i have to leave unexpectedly for 2 months, I have a sick son in another state.
I have no time to arrange for a person to come and take care of my goldfish, one thats knowledgeable enough to make the necesarry H20 Changes, filter changes, feeding correct amts, etc. I experience alot of power outages here, as its tropical storm season. If power goes out and the person can't get the filters up and running again, that would be bad. Water evap is another issue.
how do I manage this? We will be going up in an motorhome RV so I will have electricity and water, that's not a problem. My problem is I dont have room for this large a tank. there is very little space. I will have 2 large dogs with me and another person.
i'm thinking this:
buy a good size cooler with a lid from Rubbermaid.
take the 3 small goldies out of their tank with most of their water and place in the cooler.
Change the water every 1-3 days, 25-50%
use a bubbler stone w/ airpump for aeration and /or possibly one LG filter
Make sure the water is always dechlorinated/treated same way I treat at each change....
does this sound feasable? any suggestions? Has anyone ever gone away for a long time? I'm frantic with worry about my beloved goldies.
thank you.
0When I go fishing I just place a sharp rock in the water and sit there waiting for all the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
Brutal honesty will be shown on this screen.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
Tolerance is a great thing to have, so is the ability to shut up.
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
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+1 to this."Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan
~ 350 Litre Tank Journal ~ ~ 30 Litre Tank Journal ~
0Alternatively, anyone with a decent pond in the area?
My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
0also a 20 gallon isn't a large tank, most type of goldfish need at least 70 gallons.
you could return the gold fish and take the 20 gallon with you and get fish who don't get huge and live in a 20 gallon tank.
do you know how to cycle?i hear some people say, "i kept a goldfish in a bowl and it lived for a year."
they don't know how lucky they were and all goldfish live at least 15 years in proper conditions.
that is equal to saying my human lived in his closet for 5 years!
0+ to Honeybadger. You've worked out a good solution
another option that might be less stressful for you and your fish, is there any chance your local fish store would take the fish in for you while you're gone? i know that in an emergency like this, mine LFS would work something out.
Any chance there's a local fish club that might have a member who'd be capable and willing to come to your home and take care of them?
In any event - good luck on all counts. Hope everything goes well with you son.30 g FW planted:corys, ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, kribs, & nerite snails
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posted by: garden60 on 10.24.2008 at 08:17 am in Shrubs Forum I have a huge perennial garden that wraps around the outside of my back yard (100'x30', plus 75'x10'). I am tired of perennials, cutting, dividing, etc. I want a more maintenance-free garden using a variety of shrubs, various texture and leaf color w/flowering, and then add more color with annuals. I live in Minnesota. Any suggestions?
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RE: Need help with raised bed plan (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: Ray_Scheel on 06.23.2005 at 03:21 pm in Square Foot Gardening Forum For the best durability, the posts are going to have to extend to the top of the bed.
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RE: Plans for a homemade vermicomposter?? (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: boreal_wormer on 04.04.2005 at 01:48 pm in Vermicomposting Forum Hi
Here's a plan by Kelly Slocum a frequent contributor to these forums. To build a home made Rubbermaid style worm bin: Materials: Opaque plastic bin with lid. Half-inch drill bit suitable for drilling through plastic. Enough foam packing peanuts (not the cornstarch variety!) to cover the bin floor 2" deep. Two pieces of half-inch hardware cloth cut to fit inside the bin. One piece of landscape fabric (shade cloth) cut to fit between the hardware cloth sheets. Enough rotted manure, compost or vermicompost to cover the bin floor 4" deep as your initial bedding layer. Drill half-inch holes two inches apart in the sides of the bin 2" below the upper lip and 1.5" up from the bin floor. These holes ensure sufficient aeration in the bedding. They do not need to be covered to prevent worms escaping or flies from entering the system. There is no way to make a healthy worm bin either contain worms who don't want to be there or prevent other bugs from entering the system, regardless of what you might hear to the contrary, and we neither need nor want to do so anyway. We're creating worm heaven, not worm prison, and the other organisms which will find their way into the bin are beneficial to the process and do not harm plants, animals or people. Spread the packing peanuts over the bin floor. This peanut layer will create space beneath the bedding in the bin where excess moisture can drain, and creates a space through which oxygen can easily move. Drain rock can be used in place of packing peanuts, but they make the bin very heavy if you decide you want to move it later! Sandwich the landscape fabric between the two pieces of hardware cloth and lay it on top of the packing peanuts. This hardware cloth acts as a false floor that supports the bedding but through which water and air can pass. The landscape fabric sandwiched between prevents finished vermicompost from filtering down into the peanut layer. Spread the material for the initial bedding layer over the hardware cloth floor; add your worms and you're good to go! Feed the system by spreading whatever feedstock you choose in a 1-2" layer over the initial bedding material. Cover the feedstock with an equally thin layer of compost, or shredded brown leaves, paper or cardboard (leaves are my personal favorite), which we'll call working bedding. Each time you feed, cover the feedstock with your choice of working bedding material. The working bedding balances the relatively high nitrogen in the feedstock with a rich source of carbon, ensuring good microbial activity in the system. Because it's a bulky material it helps to maintain space for oxygen movement through the bedding and because it tends to hold moisture well it helps to maintain a relatively constant moisture level. If the feedstock you're using is rather dry then the working bedding should be dampened before being added to the bin. If the feedstock is wet then the working bedding does not need to be moistened, but will absorb the moisture released by the feedstock as it breaks down. How often to feed the system will depend on the worms. The next addition of food should be made when the worms are actively working in the previously added feed stock layer. The layer does not have to be gone, the worms just have to be working in it. As the system becomes more mature the amount of material you'll be able to feed will increase. Initially you may find that you can make only one or two additions of feedstock per week. In a fully charged, mature system it's not unusual to find you're able to feed it the same volume of material daily. When the bin is filled to the top it's time to harvest. Once the worms have moved into the last feed stock addition, remove the top six inches of material from the system and set it aside. The vast majority of your worms will likely be in this material. The remaining vermicompost is then removed from the bin for use in the garden. The worm rich material you set aside goes into the bottom of the now empty bin, right on top of the hardware cloth layer just as you did with the initial bedding when you first started the bin. Feedstock is spread in a thin layer over the top of it and covered with working bedding. Thus, the system begins again! The total cash outlay for a system like this is less than $15. Once you've gotten a taste of what home vermicomposting is like and determined it's a project you'd like to make a regular part of your home recycling regimen you can look into the more expensive units. Some of the commercial units do have bona fide advantages over home made units, but it's best to know the project is one you're going to want to continue before plunking down your hard earned cash! For those who prefer to purchase a commercial unit right away, look at the bin reviews provided by Worm Digest and consider which concept most appeals to you. The worms don't care which bin you put them in provided their particular needs are met. You'll simply need to decide which concept you feel most comfortable working with. Good luck! Kelly Slocum NOTES: <none>
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RE: vermicompost vs. composting... (Follow-Up #9)
posted by: joe.jr317 on 04.20.2009 at 01:16 pm in Vermicomposting Forum Do both. I don't recommend a tumbler, personally, unless you have no other options. A commercial tumbler is too expensive in my opinion. And I have not heard any good reviews from people that actually have them, including Franklin College who uses them in their compost system. They said last year that the tumblers were a terrible disappointment considering the piles that were waiting to be placed in the tumblers were decomposing faster than the material in the actual tumblers. Essentially, my understanding is that the claim on 21 days is based on having all the materials at once. Not based on the feed as you go systems that you would use for kitchen scraps.
I have a family of 4 all week. 6 on weekends when my teenage son and daughter come over. My worms handle all the food waste, plus. Except those items I don't want them eating. Those go to the outside compost bin. Things like potato parts and onions, for example. I use compost from my hot bins that has gone past the thermophilic stage for bedding in my worm bins. I have 5 worm bins. The tiered one sucks in comparison. It is a 5 level worm factory. It does the job of composting (slower), but not with results that are to my liking. My homemade bins have me spoiled now. The castings in the tiered bins grow anaerobic easily as the moisture from the upper levels seeps down and keeps the lower levels from getting as much oxygen. Not the kind of bacteria you really want. It's not going to hurt your garden, but the fresh castings that have aerobic microbes thriving will better inoculate your garden with the beneficial bacteria annuals (most veges) love. I started out with approximately 1200 worms. 1000 were put in the worm factory. I ordered them online. As an experiment I started a homemade bin from a 14 gallon rubbermaid container and gathered worms from my uncle's horse manure spread. Long story short: My 200 free worms (if you don't count the labor of finding them) multiplied faster and eat more voraciously than the ones in the worm factory. Just to be sure it wasn't a matter of species difference, which there appeared to be none to me as they all had the same length and tell-tale yellow end (I'm no taxonomist), three months or so into it I made another homemade bin and used worms from the ones I originally ordered. In the homemade bin they did much better and have out paced those in the worm factory. I now have 4 homemade ones that could use dividing further while the worm factory still has yet to require dividing. One is specifically a breeding bin. My guess is that the free worms were more used to having to adapt because of the elemental issues they contend with that farmed worms are often protected from. That's just a guess, though. Don't be discouraged by slow eating. Worms will eat best if the temps are at 70 degrees or so. They will also breed best in that range. Want them to breed faster? Use cornmeal. I have read several times that this is a "misconception". I'm convinced by my own eyes otherwise. The worms you order are used to a certain diet (which usually contains cornmeal and other grains) and environment. Your best activity will actually come from their children as they will be born into this new environment and won't have to adapt at all, so the first goal should be to get the ones you bought to breed. That is, after all, why you purchase breeders. One last thing: Freeze your compostable kitchen scraps for worms. We put our scraps in a coffee can. Each day we put it in the freezer. The next day I take it out and let if thaw. The slow freezing breaks the cell walls of plants, which is why freezing your own food doesn't compare to the flash frozen food from the grocery. As it thaws, the tissue is softened for the worms and much of the excess moisture can be drained. This helps to control the ammonia produced by the decomposing food which can cause a bin to go "sour" (acidic). NOTES: <none>
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RE: Worm Bin (Follow-Up #9)
posted by: joe.jr317 on 04.20.2009 at 01:49 pm in Vermicomposting Forum I just posted my experiences comparing the two types of bins in the "vermicomposting vs. composting" thread. A worm factory and the totes. I neglected to mention the totes are nested for drainage, though.
For your situation, if ease is preferred over function, go with the tiered worm factory. I'm in the same boat as Fagopher. My wife wanted something a little more aesthetic. My other bins are hidden away in my man cave. I use the dump and sort method, but I don't dump the entire contents. You should plan your bin out to allow one side to become the new safe haven when it becomes time to harvest castings. Only feed from one side for a month or so. Let the food dwindle. Switch to the other side. Harvest the side that has castings when the food is gone. I make piles and use a light bulb to get the cacoons and any worms. The older worms will often try to use the old side for breeding, so don't assume that they are stragglers or stressed or dying. Breeders will sometimes separate themselves from the young if they can. I'm guessing because they can't mate with the young, but I don't know the exact reason. Maybe they are just annoyed by those crazy kids. If you want to attract the breeders, use cornmeal. Then you can set up another bed if you want to concentrate on propagation of more worms. Use the harvested breeders for a cacoon production bed and harvest cacoons every 2 to 3 weeks. Put the cacoons back in the bins for composting and you will see your composting take off in a couple of months. Or throw them in a cool compost pile to speed that process. Then again, you could just put them all back in the bin after replacing what you took out with new bedding. Like mbetts, I even separate cacoons and worms from castings with the worm factory and I find it enjoyable. It's therapeutic. My wife and kids think it's disgusting. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Worm Bin (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: african on 04.20.2009 at 02:29 am in Vermicomposting Forum Don't waste your money! For a very easy to make and effective DIY worm farm, complete with a tap spigot, check the link below.You don't have to be a handyman to construct this one.
Here is a link that might be useful: Hoe to Make your Own Worm Farm NOTES: <none>
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How I built my Tiered Wormary
posted by: vagas on 10.01.2007 at 06:53 am in Vermicomposting Forum Ingredients
4 Stackable Storage tub (I uses 24ltrs) Ł2.50ea from Asda 1 Storage tub Lid Ł2.50 from Asda (Asda sells them separately) 1 sheet of fine mesh (I used old net Curtain) 2 house bricks (I found) 500g Dendra Worms and a tub of worm food around Ł12 including Del (from ebay) Draft excluding tape (Found in my garage) 2 large handfuls of compost 3 sheets of news paper (tear up the newspaper into strips). Water tap (Nice but not necessary, I haven't) DO NOT OVERFEED YOU WILL KILL YOUR WORMS Method: 1. Place the first tub on the floor. Fit the water tape if you are going to use it. Put the 2 bricks inside that tub.
DO NOT OVERFEED YOU WILL KILL YOUR WORMS Feeding:
In time you will find you can put more in at a time. Let your scraps decompose for a bit before putting the in. What I do is have a container in your kitchen for a week filling up. Then put it in the frezzer for a week (to kill fly eggs) then leave it in the garage for a week (all with the lid on tight) and then on the third week put it in the wormery. How's that?
Paul NOTES: <none>
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Read this too. Is this really true in zone 5?
Karen |
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Karen, some species can grow 15 ft. in ground in a year so 6-8' doesn't sound too unreasonable. I expect their growth would be more constrained in a pot, particularly if you don't have a heated greenhouse. Ryan |
- Posted by CelebrityMD z7 baltimore md (My Page) on Mon, Jan 2, 06 at 23:12
im not sure about from seed, but i started with a 1 ft seedling and it is currently about 6 feet maybe 7 in one growing season, although i assume my season is a bit longer then yours? |
Karen, Yes this is true. Eucs can grow up to 10' per year given the right conditions (i.e. lots of sun and moderate water and very little fert, average garden soil). I got 23' of growth from mine in 4 years. I got about 6-8' per year. Give them a try. Many garden centers are carrying Euc cineria in spring in small pots for very little money. They are not easy from seed for a beginner. Boca Joe |
I would think after the first season - the initial seedlings are like thread. As far as a method, I have started red ironbark in peat. |
- Posted by cheerpeople 5a (My Page) on Sat, Jan 7, 06 at 8:13
I want to thank you all for your input. Joe- I went to the website. I have looked there and on the web for a pic of one in a pot . All I can find is a tree sized plant or a close-up of teh branch. Can someone show me what it looks like in a pot? I have no idea of teh overall shape of this plant. I've only seen it in dried bundles at walmart. I'm guessing it wouldn't look like a tree in zone 5 in a pot- that I bring in the house each winter... Karen |
There are over 1000 type of Eucs, with almost as many variations in growth behavior, over a fairly wide range of native habitats. Some are very fast, some slow. If yours is a slow grower and/or not happy in your environment, it could slow, to dead. :) Do you which type of Euc your seeds are? |
- Posted by cheerpeople 5a (My Page) on Sun, Jan 8, 06 at 18:03
Actually I don't have any. I was checking out if it would work here after reading it was suggested in a book. Karen |
- Posted by eucalyptusman Zone 8 Oregon (My Page) on Tue, Jan 17, 06 at 14:30
Karen If you want to grow them inside your best choice would be the Lemon scented gum.... very fragrant! |
Karen, I don't think they'd grow this big in the first year from seed no matter how good the conditions are. In the 2nd year maybe. I've got some self sown eucalypts in my yard (Zone 8) right now and they are at the most 8 inches tall and we're already into Autumn here. |
I just saw this old post, wondering if you planted your eucalyptus or not. I'm in Chicago, zone 5, so don't think there is any type of eucalyptus that would survive our cold wet winters. But, after one winter seeing lots of eucalyptus grow in the English Garden of the Chicago Botanical Garden, I thought it was interesting. It was the blue eucalyptus that you see in your dry arrangements. I tried it the same year in the spring from seed. It is the blue leaf eucalyptus that you see in dry arrangements. The seeds are tiny, but most have sprouted in regular potting soil. I planted those when they were 1-inch high into pots, then put them in the ground in the garden. At the end of the year, in the fall, they were maybe 2ft tall, cut them down and I believe I still have some great-smelling twigs in the house. I think in our climate they're grown as annuals... they won't survive the winters here. If someone knows otherwise, I'd love to find out. I hear southern Illinois grows eucalyptus... but that's 2 zones warmer. |
I grew deglupta from 12 inch seedlings to 20 feet in 18 months. Slower than Schizolobium parahybum but quick enuff. LOL |
- Posted by cheerpeople 5a (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 18:38
Thx for sharing your thoughts of this plant and its growth. Ferrous, decided that book was full of it- will stick with castor beans. |
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Strict guidelines.Each project our volunteers contribute towards, from projects as simple as cooking and helping kids, to empowering the massai or building a school, EE has been involved directly.
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Uganda Projects
Read about where we work in Uganda and our projects!
O'ciens Childrren's Home
The O'ciens Children's Home was founded by EE's inspirational Ritzer. In May 2011. Ritzer, the organization founder, came across 11 children that were living to the streets of Bwaise Slum.
After hearing their story of how they came together as a group on the streets and lived for 5 months without clothing or shelter, he helped them to find a home in what is now the orphanage for this project. According to statistics, most of the orphans approximately 98% live in rural areas with their host families, grandparents, or other relatives. Rural people are not well sensitized about their health or well being. More emphasis is put on major cities and urban areas which leave rural people at a great risk of contracting diseases leading to higher death rates of parents hence large numbers of orphans. The project started with 11 street kids from the Bwaise Slum in Kampala known to larger populations as a place with poor hygienic conditions which lead to spread of various disease and is now home to 31+ amazing kids. The Orphan project is committed to improving the lives of the children, and offering them an education and a higher standard of living. These children are between the ages of 3 and 8 years old. Our main focus is the Children whose parents died due to various diseases who have experienced many negative changes in their lives and suffered neglect which has led to a lot of impacts like emotional trauma and neglect. View Available Trips Project Gallery
O'cien's Academy School
O'ciens Academy is a new school established this year 2013, it was started by Ritzer and other generous donors support.
Our school allows the neediest children in Kampala to receive a primary education, as well as providing vocational education for young adults. After establishing the orphanage, we now ventured out to form a local primary school. This project is not just about bricks and books. It is about rebuilding a whole community and giving children a future their parents never had. The orphans at the Children's home attend the same school together with other kids in the surrounding villages in Nabweru Zone. Although it's a new fresh project classes already started at the O'ciens Academy on February, 2013, but at the moment the children are sitting on the floor during class and we don't have enough learning materials and proper teaching tools. We have developed plans for this primary school and will add a vocational section for school drop-outs and young adults View Available Trips Project Gallery
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Read about where we work in Tanzania and our projects!
Mondoli juu Primary School
Mondoli juu School is a local primary school serving the massai community of the Mondoli juu village in North of Tanzania over looking Kilimanajaro mountains.
The school has been community run for several years and became our project after the establishment of Ethical Encounters - Tanzania in 2012. The school is run for and by Maasai, and will adhere to the value of indigenous knowledge. The school focuses on building literacy in Maa along with Swahili and English. They will inculcate cultural pride into the students, while also teaching English and subjects adhering to the national standards of education in Tanzania. Its Manager, Amani Laizer, is an extraordinary Maasai man who is dedicated to Maasai people's empowerment in his community. There are currently five classrooms at the School. The School is sustained through the active participation of the community and its involvement on the school board. There are several board members along with an elder positioned as the chairperson of the school. Ethical Encounters in Tanzania is currently focusing on developing the Mondoli juu Primary School. This involves building the infrastructure for the primary school, developing school materials at the nursery and primary level, and sustaining teacher salaries. View Available Trips Project Gallery
Mondoli juu Village ProjectsThe village of Mondoli juu has had a particularly difficult time developing due to lack of funding and the remoteness of the area. Since the beginning of 2012, Ethical Encounters has attempted to work around these impediments and focus on sustainable community projects with what resources are available. The community has alot of needs ranging from Safe Water, Health to Solar power.
Mondoli juu is a rural community that lacks any educational facilities. The lack of school facilities makes it difficult to continue school during the rainy seasons, making a tenuous school schedule for the children. The immediate focus at the Ethical Encounters in Tanzania is to build a safe water tank for the community and initiate a sustainable project to help the massai families. This project will bring development and ward off hunger, disease and illiteracy. This project is however not intended to give modern life to Masai, who still are living a nomadic life tending their cattle, but on the contrary help save their own culture and lifestyle. View Available Trips Project Gallery


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Royal Hawaiian, Waikiki Beach, Oahu
"It's little," says the girl playing in the sand next to me, studying the rosy dimensions of the six-story Royal Hawaiian. Well, not really—it has 529 rooms, two restaurants, a spa, and a lobby shopping arcade that could accommodate a soccer match—but I see what she means: viewed from the beach, the Pink Palace, as it's also called, is so dwarfed by the towering forest of glass and steel bristling up around it as to evoke a generalized nostalgia for some Gilded Era of Waikiki Beach Past.
The Royal Hawaiian was constructed in 1927, 32 years before Hawaii achieved statehood, and has a guest roster that reads like a roll call of America's rich, famous, and Pennsylvania Avenue–dwelling. It's the home of the mai tai (first perfected at the hotel bar of the same name) and sits on the prime stretch of America's most famous beach: wide, quiet, perfect for outrigger and longboard approaches.
But Honolulu has grown up, and as the Kahala and the Halekulani and even the sleek new Trump International Hotel Beach Walk arrived, it became increasingly clear that the green shag in the guest rooms wasn't cutting it. So Starwood hotels (whose Luxury Collection division reflagged the Royal Hawaiian in January) set itself the task of recasting all that venerable history in a vibrant 21st-century light.
The shag has disappeared; the sleeked-up Mai Tai Bar now serves a killer ahi sashimi salad. The building's Spanish-Moorish good looks (that hibiscus-pink paint job says aloha, but the vernacular is pure Rodeo Drive) have been exploited to their best effect. The wide lanai facing the storied Coconut Grove, sectioned off from the main lobby decades ago, has been refurbished and reopened to the building. Now, guests are welcomed with an unbroken view from the hotel's porte cochère entrance past massive pink columns all the way to those sun-dappled coconut palms, which you can see from the polished koa check-in desks. Around the corner from the grove, billowing white cabanas set among gardens house the new Abhasa Spa's alfresco massage suites.
The rooms strike a balance of traditional island-ethnic and modern references without sliding into either kitsch or blandness. The regular appearance of a metallic pineapple print on a poppy-pink background (on the walls and as upholstery), admittedly dubious-sounding on paper, is in the event a quite charming, David Hicks–ian conceit. Some junior suites are hampered by small bathrooms, a holdover from original construction—how did Henry Ford/Douglas Fairbanks/the Shah of Iran countenance such cramped quarters?—though the designers have done an admirable job of dressing them up with marble and state-of-the-art fixtures.
Then there's the knockout restaurant, Azure, which merits a visit regardless of where in town you stay—preferably after dark, when the enormous suspended Moroccan lanterns are lit, their light flickering off the coffered white ceilings. The room is well and truly chic (not just chic "for Hawaii"), and chef Jon Matsubara has a masterful hand with the seafood, which comes straight from the fish auction building at Pier 38. If your tastes hew more toward pig, order the sublime baby back ribs in a Kona coffee marinade. They're the familiar, made sophisticated and satisfying with a studied twist of good taste. The new Hawaii, really. Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort; doubles from $560.
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The Infire range
Simple and functional, practical and aesthetic, the new generation of built-in multi-fuel INFIRE fireplaces is all that and much more. The purity of its look, the size of the glazed door without any extra decorative elements is a perfect fit for all chimneys and any type of interior.
The INFIRE range is offered in two categories: "classic" for all standard models: economical and fully adapted to meet current standards; and "green" for the latest appliances in anticipation of future European ecological and leakproofing standards (environmentally-benign, energyefficient homes).
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- The door mainly glazed and fitted with hardwearing stainless steel gaskets, which ensure that it is perfectly and continuously airtight. Its optimal smoke control helps you to keep the window clean.
- The combustion chamber, deep and made of high quality steel, it guarantees that the heat is distributed quickly.
- The adjustable baffles ensure almost total combustion, maximum output and better power. As it is easy to remove, cleaning the chimney is not a problem.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Some Nook reviews drive me up a wall...
I have a Nook and I love my Nook (thank you my sexy man for buying it for my birthday *wink*), I scour the NookDom every day looking for a good read. Now there are a lot of good free books you can download and I do. I love reading, Hello *knock, knock* I'm an author, of course I read. I read anything from Shakespeare to the Erotic in all sub-genres.
So, what has me in a tizzy...
OK, so I'm surfing and find a book that looks interesting. It's M/M -- ladies and gents, it's soooo obvious before you even read the overview what the genre is as there are two male chests on the cover. NOW what do you think it's going to be??
So here I am tulling through the reviews and a lot of them are very flattering to the author and the book, when I run across this...
"This is so disgusting, two men, how can you write this trash."
Well I took a double take just to make sure I was reading it correctly and immediately got pissed at this Anonymous reviewer.
SERIOUSLY person, are you Serious?? You cannot tell me you did not know what you were downloading to read! The book cover, the title the OVERVIEW for cripes sake says it all!
Creative Criticism is one thing but bashing just to bash, is what's disgusting!
If you're not into reading about different sexual situations, then don't freaking download a book that is not straight-laced, vanilla, or you're type of enjoyment. If you don't like 'spankings' then don't download a 'spanking' book. How freaking more logical can I say it??
The sad truth is, you know they wrote it just to be mean and bash the author and the book.
Item two...
Found another great book, you can tell from the cover it may lead to a menage, Yes, that's a threesome, three people in one sexual situation. I mean come one, there's two male chests and a female on the cover. The overview states it's a menage paranormal, Hmmm...can't get much clearer than that right...or so we thought.
Reviews all good, until this pops up...
"Well it was a good book until there was an anal sex scene, they should have made that more clear, it's gross, I never would have downloaded it if I knew there was anal, it just puts me off."
Ok, it puts you off, no biggy, but let us step back here a moment and take a look at that cover again...*Carefully eyeballing* and YEP I have come to a conclusion...
Are you blind??? Again, Seriously?? There are two men and one woman on the cover, it's an EROTIC read, did you not think that with two men and one woman there may be some anal??
Alright, I can see if there was only one man and one woman in the story, where the reader might have stated such if 'anal' wasn't listed in the overview, but it's still an EROTIC read, it can happen. (I know because I wrote an anal scene in A Slave's Way Out and that's one man on one woman.)
Nook readers you also have to remember, this is not the Publisher's website. Most publisher's give a little more information about what's in the book, like...anal or BDSM or M/M or F/F scene, even if you're looking at the EROTIC books.
But what do you think is going to happen with two men and one woman?? Maybe not in every book, but with a menage there's a good possibility there will be some anal going on.
All I'm saying is if it's not your type of read, then why bash the book after you download it?? If you download it just to see what it's like and you don't like it, well, that's ok. There's something called responsibility on your end too, it just didn't download on it's own. You had to hit the button TWICE to make sure you want the download.
I love and I'm sure my fellow authors love to hear CREATIVE CRITICISM for their works.
If you don't like a book, there are ways you can point that out without being nasty and mean.
Happy reading all!!
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- Isabella said...
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http://romancingbella.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-valenitnes-day.html - February 14, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- hregtvedt said...
I totally agree about the book reviews. I too have a nook that my hubby gave me (and oh thank heavens he did).
There is nothing worse than someone bashing a book because it turned out to be different than what was expected. My mother taught me the 'if you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all' rule. This applies to book reviews as well. If the book sinks, there was no plot, the characters were not genuine then great, write a constructive criticism review. If the book simply shocked you and pushed you past your comfort zone, then take responsibility for your own choices and say so. Maybe say the book was not my cup of tea, or more than I cared to read about. But don't bash something because it is different from how you feel. Just admit you made a mistake in purchasing! - February 15, 2012 at 1:56 PM


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Restaurant "1221" is a historical and cosy family restaurant. Here on three floors you can feel 300 year aura of the old building, taste of culinary prowess of the internationally known and renowned chef Roberts Smilga, as well.
My first deliberate contact with culinary was at the age of 6.
I with my father used to go to "pig slaughter" at our relatives in country. This event used to turn into a big gathering of relatives centered on the slaughter of the pig. Of course, we children were banned of this process. We could enter the courtyard only when the pig was already being divided.
I still remember the smell of the sausages being smoked then. My granny had hung them up to curing smoke in the bath–house. This wonderful smell and lack of knowledge of the formation process of sausages caused cropping up of the most important question in my life at this time - how are the sausages made? This question seemed to me more important than the other one – where babies come from. So on the way home I asked my father on the spot about the wonderful process of origin of the sausages.
My father has always had a good sense of humor plus he was rather tipsy after this visit therefore he answered that the pig must be fed groats half an hour before slaughtering, then killed, and sausages are ready. One had only to smoke them. For a long time I lived in the firm belief that sausages are made exactly in the above–mentioned way – so convincing was my father's narration. I was in raptures about such a simple and rational method of making sausages. While writing these lines, it occurred to me: so good that my father's sense of humor was not so paralyzed when I was asking him how babies were made.
I don't think that these vivid memories have made me to choose this profession. More likely – I have still retained this childish rapture for food and its making. Exactly this attitude lets me play in the kitchen as in a sand-box. And that is very important. We often forget that we have been children, too often, as to Saint-Exeupery we see only a hat but not the elephant in constrictor – boa's belly.
Dear guest, be my play-mate! Let's enjoy together the result of this pleasure of playing – you have joined me in my play-box!
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