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Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, the 31-year old Russian maestro who took over a year ago as principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a surprise...continue...
Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 3 / Hinterhuber, Grodd, Royal Liverpool PO
1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31Works: Ferdinand Ries: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 132; Grand Variations on 'Rule Britannia', for piano, Op. 116; Introduction and Variations Brillantes, for piano, Op. 170
Performers: Hinterhuber, Christopher
Conductors: Grodd, Uwe
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as among the most important of their kind from the...continue...
Liszt: Piano Concertos no 1 and 2, Totentanz / Nebolsin, Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO
1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Op 58, The Voyevoda Op 78 / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO
1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; The Voyevoda, Op. 78
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Classics for My Baby - Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Handel, Grieg, etc / Angelich, Menuhin, Argerich, Järvi, Anderszewski, et al
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Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
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Dvorák: Symphonies nos 7, 8 & 9 / Libor Pesek, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Suite for orchestra in A major ("American"; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b); ...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
An Introduction to Felix Mendelssohn
1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, ...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Shelley, Howard; Groves, Charles, Sir; Weller, Walter
Ensemble: London Mozart Players; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Mendelssohn's exhilarating 'Italian' Symphony is one of the warmest, most vivacious and melodic works in the repertoire and has understandably become a central work in...continue...
Dvorak: Symphony no 8 & 9 / Pesek, et al
1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-03-29Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Suite for orchestra in A major ("American"; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b)
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In a bizarre turn of events straight out of Mr. Ripley's personal files, comes this true story of a 92-year-old woman who delivered a child (albeit not a live baby) she had been carrying for over half a century! (Long pregnancies are one thing, but THAT is ridiculous!)
Huang Yijun, aged 92, is from southern China and she recently made news after delivering a baby known as a lithopedion, aka 'Stone Baby'.
Huang Yijun told the press she didn't have the money to have her fetus removed after doctors told her it had died inside her in 1948.
So she simply did nothing at all about it.
Lithopedion is a very rare medical phenomenon, which occurs when a pregnancy fails and the fetus actually calcifies while still in the mother's body.
Medically speaking, what often happens is the implanted fetus gets to an advanced stage before it dies. Too large to be absorbed by the body, the remains of the child or its surrounding amniotic sac slowly calcify, turning to stone as a way to protect the woman's body from infection from the decomposing tissue.
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According to the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, only 290 cases of lithopedions have ever been documented by medical literature.
The condition was first described in a treatise by the physician Albucasis in the 10th century AD, but fewer than 300 cases have been noted in 400 years of medical literature. The earliest lithopedion is one found in an archaeological excavation, dated to 1100 BC.
damn that is bizzare!
here goes: yes it is!!! gaaa~ XO
this is a bit eww, but wow. o__O
wow this is one of the strangest stories i have ever seen
Oh my god!
How is she a stupid effing * Sarah? It was 1948 and she had no money to have the baby removed. Not everyone lives luxurious spoilt brat lives you know. I know you're probably trying to be shocking but I fcking hate people like you.
thanx jody! that's exactly what i had in mind!
Way to go Sarah, reaffirming why the rest of the world hates stuck up white * like you, one blog at a time.
Wow. Seriously, we're spoiled when it comes to things like this… Americans have Planned Parenthood, Canadians have free health care. I can see how someone wouldn't understand why a woman would have just done nothing.
But still, wow.
sarah…………. YOU are the stupid ffffffing Eurofemale. How dare you. You comment from a priviliged position BUT unfortunately an ignorent one.
This is an incredible thing to happen. Unbelievably sad.
I saw this on tv. It was on "I didn't know I was pregnant"
Even beggar can deliver a baby……….so y cldnt she…………..
walk a mile in someones shoes you foolish person, you have no clue as to what life was like back then these people are the most rugged and durable in the world. give her your empathy understanding you philistine
And what is more this is not wild and wacky ,it is sad and tragic and an indication of a dark past when life was hard and morbid and needs no laughter or snide comments.
victor is right. this story is very sad. Its a shame that todays society find humour in other peoples misfortunes. please grow up and stop being selfish for a change!
How about you go to hell – it is sick to mock people who are unfortunate. Go blow yourself, douche.
"only 290 cases of lithopedions have ever been documented". In humans maybe! In other mammals it's not so rare: 2 months ago a lithopedion was surgically removed from an elephant's womb, where it had been sitting for nearly 2 years after the calf ought to have been born.
wow… thats sad..
Canadian health care is not free. We pay for it, taxes and through employers donate. It's universal, not free
I am wondering how in heck she could have 'passed' this through the birth canal without pain at this age?
she didn't. stone babies r usually caused from ectopic pregnancies and have to be surgically removed.
the human body is just amazing
It has also happened here in Malawi. Agnes Msolo a 20 years old of Mulanje District has delivered her Lithopedion just last week at Mulanje District Hospital. This is her second stone baby.
That is very sad…
stone baby!
I saw a story (maybe this ladys) on TLC about this. Pregnant for 60 years.. or something like that. Not sure what it was called, but a similar story indeed. I feel bad that she didn't have the means to have it removed.. should have come to America — aliens get free healthcare here.
Aliens get free healthcare here? When you know some, let me know. You're obviously spoiled, it's hard for legal immigrants and harder for illegal immigrants – go blow your Glenn Beck smoke out another window.
Are you kidding! Can we leave race out of this! Is that all ur focused on shows how mature you really are. White ppl aren't the only culture to be spoiled I'm white and poor I don't support sara's beleifs but that is offensive grow up see past race its 2009. What year are you living in?
People need free health care all around the world. Including the u s of a. Obama what are you doing about it!!??
That is so sad, that poor lady must have been miserable – I hope she is ok now, and maybe passing it will be good for her body – I just can't imagine this happening in this day and age no one seen it in a xray or ultra sound – seems like the elderly all of the world have poor health care.
just barfed in my mouth a little
i think most of you are underaged here, first of all you should read first.
1. the doctor said that the baby died inside her.
2. she didnt had the money to remove the baby.
and to golf blog. go to america? she dont even have enough money to remove a fetus, how the heck can she go to america. and PLUS its not free. you have to pay for health care. but i guess you dont know that cause youre still living with your parents o.O
in a way, some people do have "free" or perhaps a "socialized" form of healthcare in the united states. it's called the emergency room. this is through a process known as COST SHIFTING. Ever wonder why it costs $100 for an ace wrap at the emergency room? you cannot be refused emergency medical assistance on the grounds of inability to pay. So, hospitals end up millions of dollars in the hole. To compensate for this, they change insurance companies extra, and this is passed onto premium payers. So, in a way it's free for some, and others are left to pick up the bill.
anyway, i totall agree, that was a ridiculous statement, "go to america"? …… pshhh
that is really sad to think about, just how psychologically draining that would be, at least initially, to accept the death of the child you would never get to hold, to still have them physically so close, but never be able to enjoy sharing life with them.
Disgusting! I cannot read on when I saw the "stone baby".
Really difficult to believe but it s a wow stuff.
Damn, hasn't china ever heard of layaway? Seriously, I get not having the money to get it removed in 1942, but come on. Wouldn't that be something worth saving up for?
someone somewhere has probably got a fetish for this…
THis story is strange and freeky.. I feel sad for that lady..
THis story is strange and freeky.. I feel sad for that lady.. website
I heard of a similar story of a lady being pregnent for 60 years.. or something like that. Its sad she didn't have the money to have it removed all these years .website
I don't care how poor you are, most sensible folks would do everything possible to have it taken care of over 60 years ago.
"I don't care how poor you are" – you could have stopped there, that totally sums up the rest of your idiotic statement. Obviously you don't care, or know what it's like to be really dirt poor. No one in their right mind would leave a baby at that stage in their womb if they had any way at all of getting it removed. Grow up.
"stone babies" start out as ectopic pregnancies which are difficult surgeries even by modern standards. the baby becomes entwined with organs and the patient runs a high risk of bleeding to death or permanently damaging vital organs. do you honestly think she would have been able to afford such a complicated surgery? some americans can't afford to have important surgeries why would people in underdeveloped areas have these abilities.
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@jef he's provided us with Obamacare. That's what he's doing about it.
Unbelievable…how the hell did she live lyk tht??? Can't believe this!!!
So im guessing she never had kids……
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Performance arts fellowship apps due on June 30
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Perryman, Amend to marry June 28
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Wolverine Readers end 14th year
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Criminal masterminds they aren't
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Dumping dumpsters
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County planning chief files for commission
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Dual-credit enrollment at RHS and CWC reached new high in 2013-14 term
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Missing trio found after 60 hours in mountains
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Fingers crossed as Wind River teeters near flood stage
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Home opener Friday night for Raiders
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Cougar star Arrington to play college hoops at Western Wyoming
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White, Ogg first-team all-state
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CWC choral director named
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Three finalists for biz council job
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CWC picked to participate in program to develop new learning programs
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Dorothy goes into a Candy TranceAn alternate version of what could happen in Candy County while Dorothy eats the candy.Dorothy goes into a Candy Trance by montey4
Note: Toto is not in this story. Dorothy doesn't meet Wiser.
Shortly after The Jester turned Glinda into a Puppet, his broomstick detected Dorothy's arrival in Oz. He flew up to his tower and watched his crystal ball.
"Show me the girl" the crystal ball glowed and began to show Dorothy but Toto wasn't with her. "That's Dorothy Gale? The "Witch Slaying Girl" from Kansas? Why she's just a little girl." The Jester began to think. "Hmm I don't she's worth becoming a puppet. Maybe instead she can become my slave like she was to my sister before she melted her" The Jester went back to his crystal ball "Perfect, she's headed for Candy County, this will a great opportunity to make her my slave" so the Jester made a checklist plan "First I'll change the signs around Candy County, Second I'll put a spell on all the candy, Thirdly I'll go face to face with Dorothy and persuade to taste and eat the candy
Dorothy's Adventures in Oz Books 1 and 2BOOK 1- THE LAND OF THE NORTHDorothy's Adventures in Oz Books 1 and 2 by Kat-vs-Art
"Another scorching day in the summer season of Kansas," I sighed looking out my window where Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, my caretakers, were busy working on the farm. As I stretched getting out of bed, my dog, Toto, began his morning yapping as usual.
"Toto, shh!" I called out to him, but it was too late, Aunt Em had heard his bark already.
"Dooorothyyyy!" she called from outside, "If you're awake, you better be out here helping me with the chicken eggs!"
I groaned but managed to reply, "Coming, Aunt Em!" I put on a classic checkered patterned dress, and slipped on my favorite pair of converse sneakers. After quickly brushing my hair, I slipped the chocolate colored hair strands into two braids, which I draped carefully over my plain looking shoulders. Looking in the mirror, I thought, "Yep, another boring day of farm work." With a sigh, I opened the door from my room and walked out, with Toto happily following me at my heels.
"Morning, Uncle Henry,"
Dorothy's Adventures in Oz Books 3, 4, and 5BOOK 3 THE DEATHLY DESERTDorothy's Adventures in Oz Books 3, 4, and 5 by Kat-vs-Art
The Cowardly Lioness
We managed to avoid most of the West territory with Steel guiding us, but we've been walking for so long and the sun was starting to set already.
"I think we should to stop to make camp soon," I pointed out to my three male travelers.
"Stop here?" Toto asked. "Are you crazy!? We're on the boarders of the South territory where lies the Deathly Desert. We need to get out of here as soon as possible!"
"But I think here is nice and safety," Hal argued.
I slapped my palm to my face and corrected the Scarecrow, "It's nice and SAFE, and yes I agree. Let's stay here, besides, we won't be able to see where we're going in the dark. It will just be too dangerous." I could see Steel nodded, in agreement with me.
Toto however, did not look convinced. "Fine, but if something happens, don't say I didn't warn you!"
"Yeah, yeah, go look for some fresh water while we get things situated here." The dog-boy huffed, then turned into his scruffy little b
Dorothy's Adventures in Oz Books 6 and 7BOOK 6 FROSTBITTEN FORESTDorothy's Adventures in Oz Books 6 and 7 by Kat-vs-Art
Three vs One, We Have a Shot!
Toto, Lea, the Munchkins, and I set off from the North after a few hours. We traveled to Mechina City, and were welcomed this time. Steel joined back with us just as he promised, and an army of cyber guards accompanied him. It looked like we already had a large army on our side, but then we reached Hal in the South with Sahara and her trees joining to fight. Here we had the North, East, and South all teamed up to take down the West and free Emerald City. The army stood at the outskirts of West country, where the Frostbitten Forest lay ahead of us. This was it, no turning back now. We were all armored up, with weapons at our side. I had a sword, as did Hal. Toto and Lea planned to use tooth and claw as they stood in their animal forms, while Steel switched his arm to a bladed-point. We were all set.
Up ahead, we could see Witch Wynonna had created an army of her own. Shapeshifter animals dressed in armor and other enhancement
The Wooden Soldiers of Oz Chapter 2 Despite his strength waning, Barnaby kept going. He wandered further into Boogeyland than he ever did before, through more yawning caves, past towering stalagmites and withering cyprus trees. The only noises came from his own footsteps and the occasional drip of water from the high ceiling.The Wooden Soldiers of Oz Chapter 2 by WottaGal0505
His mind was fixated on one thing – find a tunnel that led up and out instead of further and down. There had to be at least one that the Boogeymen didn't know about or use to leave the cursed grotto they called their home.
His bag of gold was starting to weigh him down. He sat on a rock to catch his breath. Pulling a handkerchief from his pocket, he mopped his brow and cleaned the dust off his spectacles. This journey was taking longer than he had anticipated. Oh, how he wished he had his walking stick with him! He was so caught up in his own self-pitying that he failed to notice something creeping up behind him.
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Things to see and do - Terni
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Terni : Michelin's recommendations
This large Umbrian industrial town has retained an old quarter dotted with some fine mansions, the church of San Francisco with its 15C bell tower, as well as the palaeo-Christian church of San Salvatore, all huddled around Piazza della Repubblica or along Via Roma in Terni's bustling town centre.
Tourist attractions Terni : Things to see and do
Cascata delle Marmore (Marble waterfall)
S 79 I - 05100 Terni
This artificial waterfall (the Romans built it) makes three successive leaps over the marble precipices before disappearing into the bottom of a wooded ravine.
Hotels Terni
Hotel De Paris
Viale Della Stazione 52 I - 05100 Terni
Hotel De Paris is 350 metres from Terni Train Station, and just a short drive from the Marmore Waterfalls. It offers free Wi-Fi, large air-conditioned rooms, and Umbrian cuisine. You can also book beauty treatments. The hotel's La Lumière restaurant..
Locanda del Vecchio Maglio
Viale Brin 148 I - 05100 Terni
Hotel Valentino
Via Plinio Il Giovane 5 I - 05100 Terni
Prix Prices from : 64 €
Offering free parking and free bike rental, Hotel Valentino is in the heart of Terni, ideal for exploring this part of Umbria. Its Fontanella restaurant is ideal for sampling specialities from the region. Rooms have been completely modernised and fe..
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Michelangelo Palace
viale della Stazione 63 I - 05100 Terni
Il Melograno
viale Donato Bramante 2 I - 05100 Terni
Not far from the Terni west exit, and yet surrounded by natural landscapes, this modern restaurant serves a selection of Umbrian and international dishes. Dine on the outdoor terrace by the swimming pool in summer.
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Mirbeau and the Politics of Misogyny
SHARIF GEMIE [*] Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a misogynist and an anarchist. At first sight these two qualities seem mutually exclusive: anarchism stands for the liberation of all people from any form of authoritarian control; patriarchal constrictions...
Paris through Enemy Eyes: The Wehrmacht in Paris 1940-1944
MELANIE GORDON KROB [*] On 14 June 1940, the Wehrmacht marched into an evacuated Paris, ushering in four of the darkest years that the city has ever known. While for the French the Occupation still evokes memories of food shortages, curfews and...
Perspectives of Nineteenth-Century Italian Jewry
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Do your email messages to customers sound personal or like they've been penned by a faceless corporation? One way to find out is by reading them out loud.
Writing an email, whatever its purpose, is quite different from writing a Web page or any kind of offline text.
When you write an email, you are entering a very personal and conversational medium.
Regular people use email as a simple means of keeping in touch with friends and family. Their style of writing is typically more casual than what you'd find if they were writing with pen and paper. Email is a very proximate form of communication. That is to say, you feel very close to the person to whom you are writing.
There's a natural rhythm to personal email that is more analogous to the spoken word than the written word.
Take a look at some of your own emails to personal friends, and read them out loud. You'll find people write email in a way that closely matches how they speak.
Once you have a handle on how individuals write email, you can start to apply that same approach to your commercial email. Why bother? Because your customers and prospects will respond well to a more personal touch. They'll feel reassured by the presence of a real person. They'll feel good about somebody actually being there.
Here's an example of email text that's been written as if it were destined for a print brochure:You may continue your service beyond the promotional period by entering your billing information by logging in and clicking on the link to enter billing information, or by clicking here.
Try reading that out loud.
Now try this one:Back in March, we came to the realization that we had built a staff to support somewhere near 400% growth per year. The truth is that we are growing at 60%+ per year (and thank you for this :), which means we overbuilt our team. Unfortunately, this meant restructuring and more automation in order to run a much leaner operation, which ultimately delivers you more value for less cost.
The second example, while dry in its content, trips off the tongue much more easily. It sounds like it was written by an individual -- a real person. The first example sounds like it was written by a corporation.
Here's another example that reads well:OK, not to freak you out, but you've got a little over a month to do your taxes. Preparing your taxes can be a difficult undertaking, whether you use tax-preparation computer software, do it by hand, or even hire a tax pro. Regardless of your preferred method, keep these tips in mind before you sign your tax return and mail it to Uncle Sammy.
While this example relies on language such as "OK" and "freak out" to signal it is from a person, it also passes the "out loud" test very nicely.
Reading your email text out loud is a great way to discover whether you sound like a person or a corporation.
An additional benefit of reading text out loud is that it's a good way to identify clumsy word strings or word repetitions.
When you read that first, corporate-speak example, did you notice how the phrase "billing information" was repeated in the same sentence? It's not so easy to pick things like that up when you silently proof your text. When you read it out loud, problems like that jump straight out at you.
Though you may find it embarrassing at first, get in the habit of using the out-loud test. You'll find your email writing will become more personal in tone, and you'll unearth clumsiness in your writing that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.
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Category Archives: Phnom Penh
The Phnom Penh Pyramid of Judgment
People love to look down on each other. Even those at the lowest of the low finds someone else to judge. Hell, when I was addicted to heroin I looked down on the alcoholic who lived downstairs. "The poor bastard is destroying himself," I'd think after waking up to find myself face down on my keyboard having typed 232 pages of "mmmmmmm." Continue reading
Restaurant review- Shiva Shakti
Steven Lee checks out the Prime Minister's favourite Indian Restaurant, and is impressed by both the restaurant and the food, despite it being a bit off the beaten track after a recent move. Continue reading
Lies, Lies and Aeon Mall
Pedro Milladino takes a trip to Aeon Mall against his better judgement, and finds himself confronted by lies, lies and more damned lies. Continue reading
The curse of jetlag
Bertolt Bieber arrives in Phnom Penh and is hit by that curse of intercontinental travellers, jetlag. Here is his account of experiencing jetlag in his first couple of days in town. Continue reading
Cambodia or Thailand? Comparing expat destinations
As Cambodia braces itself to welcome more expats from across the border, Tim LaRocco takes a lighthearted look at the the pluses and minuses of both options. Continue reading
Phnom Penh Thmey, baby
Pedro Milladino moves back to the big city and finds his new neighbourhood of Phnom Penh Thmey is a place of contrasts, and a place where a new urban elite are using their riches to leave an indelible mark on the landscape. Continue reading
Taking 12 Steps in Cambodia
Dave H visits an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Phnom Penh and considers the treatment options for both expat and Khmer alcoholics in a drinker's playground. Continue reading
Cambodia as My 'New Colossus'
Tim LaRocco opines on his impending return to Cambodia as an expat I'm a New Yorker born and bred, and thus, a creature of particular routines and habits. I eat the same breakfast everyday (toasted everything bagel with an egg,…
Did the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia Betray Murdered American William Bryan Glenn?
Gavinmac ponders the murder of William Bryan Glenn in Cambodia and asks whether the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh was at fault for his homicide Last week, the expatriate community in Cambodia learned of the shocking murder of an American…
Expat Life in Hanoi and Phnom Penh: Comparisons and Contrasts
Lauren Quinn reflects on her expat experience in two culturally distinct Indochinese cities. Two years ago, I rode the Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City bus with all my worldly belongings—admittedly not much—shoved into bus's luggage compartment. As we crept into…


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WANTED: trader in Grays Harbor?
hi, I'd really like to find some gardeners in the Grays Harbor county of Washington State who would enjoy an occassional trade face-to-face. I live near Aberdeen. I don't have a lot to trade at this time but I will next year. I hope to not only trade seeds and plants but garden tips and garden items such as pots, milk cartons, who knows? We could also spread the news of local goodies at bargain rates - or free for the taking!
One man's trash is.... well, you know!
p.s. oh yes, please see my weeny little trade page to see if I have something you'd trade me for spring bulbs, thanks!
I'm in Ocosta, between Aberdeen and Westport. We've just been here a little more than 2 years, so I don't yet have a ton of stuff to share yet either--but a few things. I do some trading with neighbors who are really excellent gardeners, and I just took the Master Gardener class (talk about finding out what you don't know!). I glanced at your trade list and I'll study it a bit more later, but I wanted to respond to let you know I'm out here.
good morning Ocosta! I know where that is, I think. (grin) Georgia, I hope we can trade plants and seeds and swap stories too. Don't ya love small town life? How is your soil out there? You are likely at a higher elevation than I am.
I am jealous you get to have chickens, that was added to my mortgage contract at some point that I 'cannot keep fowl', bewildering me. But - they did not think of rabbits, which would also improve my soil.
I had intended to add fruit trees (as you did) but simply haven't the money right now. I want to put in sweet cherry trees if you know of a good source, whips are fine they don't need to be two-year old's.
Well, great to meet you... don't be a stranger,
We love the area, and the change from city life is great. Our soil is mostly clay, but it could be worse. The chickens have been fun so far, but I hear that when you do the math it ends up costing you $4 a dozen to produce eggs for which the going rate is $1 a dozen. If I keep the whole flock, I'll have plenty of eggs, so you are welcome to take advantage of the value pricing. LOL!
I'd like to have bunnies, but I haven't worked out how to enjoy them without keeping them in little hutches--which doesn't seem satisfactory to me or likely to them.
I got my fruit trees from Top Foods market for $11 or $12 a piece in the early spring. They all seem to have taken, so far. I've got a crabapple, 4 apples, 2 plums, and 3 cherries. I know that I need to buy a pollinator for my plums, and I've ordered one from a local nursery that will arrive in the spring. My favorite local nursery is Cedar Falls in Hoquiam. It's a little ways out of town. Nice people with a good selection.
My big problem right now (besides mud) is that we just invested in a ton of asphalt (actually 125 tons to be exact). We added a kind of circular drive so there wouldn't be so much jockeying around getting in and out of here. It goes around where I had my big bed that is supposed to some day be my cottage garden. Admittedly it was already pretty weedy and still quite sparse, but there needed to be a change in grade along one end so I had to pull out everything into pots. I anticipated putting everything back within 48 hours and hoping for the best, but they didn't put enough top soil in and we have drainage problems now. I'm chomping at the bit to get these plants back in the ground (it's going to freeze tonight..yikes) but I need to find another source for soil.
You are welcome to come have a look. I'm always interested in opinions on what I should do where. I used to never have enough space. Now I have space but no money. There's never enough time, but that's a universal problem. I'm right on 105--the highway to Westport. I'm 2 miles past the Ocean Spray cannery on the right. Look for a tiny green sign that says 1814. You can't see the house from the street. Probably best if you call first (DH is a night owl and not up very early) 648-2432.
Hello friends and future neighbors-
I'm moving from Savannah GA to Aberdeen in a couple of weeks, so looking at the sites for my new gardening home. Since the move is so far, I won't be able to take plants with me. But I've gifted many of my much-enjoyed plants to friends, and may see some starts from them down the road.
I'd love to meet local gardeners once I arrive too. It's a great way to plant oneself in one's new home.
Welcome! It's quite different here than in the South (I have good friends in Peachtree City), but it's just as lovely and has its own unique charms. That we can grow just about anything here says it all.
I'm not quite sure how well you know the area. I have a lot of links I could send you for information about the area (with lots of pictures)--the kinds of things we enjoyed looking at while we were in California waiting for escrow to close up here. Let me know.
good morning Georgia and girlsaylor, now we're really having some cold nights! My daylilies have a few buds I hope to see open before frost.
The emails I received from you do not allow a reply, so please email me with your email address, thanks! Or, you can go to your GardenWeb account and alter that selection on your email.
Hey there GH!
Just checking in. Maybe we should be called the newbies? Lol
I recently cut down all my brugs and mailed a cord of wood to friends in the North to make new bruggers for next year. There were tons, and if they grow well, I'll get a selection back for my Aberdeen garden. :-) Been getting teased about mailing a cord of wood to each of them!
Hi GH,
I changed my profile to activate the e-mail link. I didn't like that cold snap, and I'm glad we've had a reprieve. Did I understand correctly that you are looking for spring bulbs? I have a bunch I haven't planted yet and am afraid I won't get the grading done in time to get them in the ground so that they get a good chilling. They are a mix of daffs and tulips, for the most part. It sounds like you have plenty from your list, but if you are interested in these, let me know what specifically you might have too much of and would like to share. You mentioned liatrus--do you have excess? My neighbor had a gorgeous display, and I'd like to try them. I also have excess daisies--dozens of them, although they are not all in the best shape. I'd be happy to just donate some if you'd like to give a shot at nursing them back to health. They remained in flats way too long as I had no where to put them.
Girlsaylor, what are brugs? I'll be trying to guess this all night. :)
Hi Friends!
Sorry to be offline so long, but there's been much life going on, with selling one house and buying another at the opposite corner of the country. I am finally here, and finally online, tho printer and scanner cables were part of the 25 or so boxes of stuff the moving company lost/stole, so I have minimal comforts and necessities right now.
We are in Aberdeen, and DH jokes about us being 'Townies' now. Yep, it's true. I went from growing up as a Townie to living in the country, then island living in GA, and back to being a Townie. But we love it here. So beautiful, and wonderful people.
I'm having gardening withdrawal right now, especially with looking at a dusting of snow this morning. I could only bring a couple of plants with great sentimental value with me, til I loaded up my china and crystal and 3 parrots in carriers, ha. But the trip was good and we're busy unpacking and settling in. Big old house needing lots of love (read: work and money!).
Coreopsis, brugs are brugmansias. I am so sorry for keeping you up all night a month ago. Hopefully you've had some sleep in the last month tho.
Hi girlsaylor,
Welcome to you & your DH...sure a big change in locales! There are great aspects to both & I suppose a few negatives as well (you don't mind trading hurricanes for earthquakes & volcanos, do you?!). Your first year here, you may feel it's damp & chilly. But your blood will thicken and you'll find it's pretty comfortable. Then when you go back to the South for a visit you'll find you don't handle the heat as well as you used to. At least that was my experience after I moved back here from Texas.
Have fun with all the plant material that flourishes here in such variety; especially those that fare so poorly in hot climates (fuchsias, hydrangeas, tuberous begonias, many ferns, rhododendrons, etc.).
Again, welcome to the PNW.
Oh Patrick, thank you for the warm welcome! Your photos are absolutely gorgeous! We can grow peonies here?!!! My all-time favorite flower is the peony. I had many very old ones when I lived in Ohio, some that were starts from great grandma's garden even. Names lost long ago. Sadly they weren't suited to my Savannah home, so I no longer have them. :-(
Is that bleeding heart I see in the upper right corner of the first photo and the center of the third one? Looks like a fucsia in the right on the last photo - is it hardy here? Nice contrast of deep purple with the hosta - tho I don't know what the purple one is. What is that fern on the left in the last photo? I love the fine look of it. There's also a very dark green leaf in the last photo on the right that's large-ish - is it something from the aroid family?
Oh well, sorry for firing so many questions this early in the day, but I'm just loving your photos. Thanks for sharing.


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After 8 years, the final touch on our kitchen/family room remodel
This isn't a nightmare remodel that took forever - 8 years ago we started on the kitchen part of our kitchen/family room with much help from this forum. Then we took a remodeling break for a few years before tackling the family room.
In 2011 we got rid of the dark huge faux rock hearth with the tiny firebox - replacing it with an EPA II fireplace that would heat efficiently and cleanly (and be allowed to burn on most no-burn days). Along with that, we put new flooring in the whole area (we hadn't done that with the kitchen remodel because we were keeping about the same foot print and it made more sense to replace it when we took out the hearth.
Before (with the mock up of the new fireplace next to the old hearth):
We asked for advice here including on choosing doors for the new family room cabinets that would be different from the kitchen but harmonious with it and on knob placement.
The final step was the great couch hunt as our couch was on its last legs and the chair really didn't go with the room. I think I sat in just about every couch in a showroom in the Sacramento area trying to find ones that are comfortable and go with our room. We appreciated help here on choosing color. When we ordered the seating they said it could take up to 6 months for them to arrive which would have been March. Then we got a pleasant surprise just before the new year to make a delivery appointment. The couch and chairs arrived last Thursday.
Cabinets: natural cherry custom made by a local shop, not built in, they are finished on all sides so they could be arranged differently and used separately if we moved.
Knobs: walnut from neighborhood tree trimmings turned by my DH
Floor: Lauzon pre-finished natural maple solid wood (not engineered wood)
Fireplace: Lennox Villa Vista
surround - Azul do Mar quartzite (from remnants of the kitchen slabs)
hearth - Shanxi black "granite" (probably basalt or gabbro)
Seating: Ekornes Stressless Space theater seating and Dream Recliners
Our cabinet maker suggested a unit for the AV components that has adjustable shelves mounted on a turntable so one can get to the back of them for more easy cabling.
Close up to show off the knobs my husband made - we worked a lot on the shape to get something that would be simple and very comfortable to use:
Blinds open and showing the seating with kitchen in background (my iphone camera is confused by the light from the windows and distorts the color):
Thank you to the members of this forum for their help along the way. We are so happy with the room now.
Wow! What a great space! The sofas and chairs look so comfortable. I've always loved the contemporary look of the Stressless products. The cabinetry turned out great. Love the nobs your dh made. Nice contrast to the cabs. And the turntable is brilliant! Enjoy your finally done space!
Wow! A long time coming but so worth it Your kitchen is beautiful and your family room compliments it perfectly. Congratulations on a great job! The fireplace is such a huge improvement. May you and your family enjoy many happy times cuddling on that yummy sofa!
I remember the Couch Color Pageant! This is the Cognac, maybe?? Everything looks nicely tied together.
Getting rid of the old hearth was genius--look at how much more functionality you have and how family can hang out but cooks still are involved.
What an improvement over the old fireplace. While I love stone, the new fireplace just seems more in scale. I love our "one" Ekornes chair. And you have a whole set! They are a lovely brown. It looks very comfy. Great job and congratulations on your completion.
ohhh.... I think we got our fireplaces from the same rock pile (I have a little less black). My family room is an add-on in the 60s and it is set to be remodeled just after the kitchen.
I do love the AV cabinet, and the spin around feature certainly beats lugging all that equipment around to fix the wiring in back. I plan too to hide the speakers behind cloth. Do you have others? I can't tell from the pictures. Sorry to get off topic, everyone. Was it tough to rebuild the fireplace? You moved it like four or five feet to the right, didn't you? And how big is that TV? (Oh way off topic now)
What a comfortable, useful space!
Do you ever leave it? :)
I think I'd talk DH into a few more projects. Those knobs are flawless. Just gorgeous.
Your home looks so much better without that rock wall. I try to imagine what people were thinking...
Ohh!! My mouth curved up into a big smile at the first picture of your new space. Before I even had time to think about it.
What a pleasant space. And what a change.
I bet your mouth curves into a smile every time you walk into that room.
Don't you miss that gigantic black ogre who used to squat by the wall disquising himself as a fireplace?
Gone, thank goodness, but not, I am sure, forgotten.
I think those blinds are a fabulous choice, by the way.
Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks everyone for the compliments and good wishes! We can't believe how well it turned out either. We agonized a lot over which seating to order. Even though we played around with layouts on paper, I was worried that the theater seating group would be too big but I really wanted 3 seats there. The room feels much more spacious with the new seating then with the old couch - I think that's partly its a visual illusion because this one looks less bulky and partly the Space is less deep than on the old couch with its bulky cushions.
mtnfever, the Couch Color pageant definitely helped us get clarity on the right color. For those who missed it, I highly recommend the approach of making large samples of a color to consider instead of trying to imagine with a tiny sample chip. I'll link the thread below for those who didn't see it.
We knew we wanted to get rid of the hearth when we bought the house decades ago, but it took a long time to get around to it. On the other hand, I don't think we would have made as good decisions if we had replaced it back then.
Bcafe, in the stores, they use the Stressless name and logo more than the Ekornes one so it would be easy to think that the company wasn't around. They still have the Ekornes non-reclining couches and chairs too. The website is www.ekornes.com/us.
Enduring - yes it wasn't in scale and was way too dark. Even more, I hated it because it was fake stone. It always looked really fake to me though I've had others who were sure it was real stone.
Gooster, yes all the front speakers are behind speaker cloth sections in the cabinets. The center is between the two drawers of the credenza; left and right on pull out shelves in the far left and right cabinets. The subwoofer is the black box on the floor and the rear speakers are white and mounted near the ceiling - you can see one in the first picture.
Yes, we moved the fireplace to the right - doing so was only slightly more work than tearing out the hearth and installing a new one where the old one was. The hearth was fake stone on a metal mesh backing over a wood frame so that was much easier to remove than it looks like it would be. There wasn't a solid brick or stone chimney - just a flue pipe to remove and this is on an inside wall - the works were all in the empty space between the faux stone and an interior wall - so there was no external chimney to move to match except a little box on the roof.
This is a one story which also makes moving things easier - the main work of moving it was patching the old hole in the roof and making a new one for the new flue to go through. We had moved it too far to be able to slant the flue to reach the old hole.
When our GC took out the old hearth, there were some surprises. A joist had been cut for the old flue to go through the ceiling and it hadn't been sistered or anything - just two joist ends hanging in space in the ceiling. Our GC repaired that. There were electrical outlets on the bottom of the hearth and there were wire junctions just hanging in space inaccessible under the heart where the wiring was connected to wires from the wall. The fireplace was apparently a very early addition to the house poorly done.
The TV is 65" - the size was chosen to be big enough that text viewed from the couch when using the screen for the media computer would be about equivalent to looking at text on a desktop computer screen. Also it works nicely for viewing while cooking and yet isn't overwhelming from the couch. The gap could accommodate a 73" screen, but I prefer having a little space around the screen.
CEFreeman, the knobs took a lot of thought and work. He has made things like bowls and salt shakers before but never has made things that need to match as a large set. I came up with an initial design for the profile after seeing something similar in a magazine and then he made some initial variations so we could perfect the diameter, height and shape details. Then he made about twice as many as we would need since these are done freehand and the wood also varies. I sorted them into matched pairs and we used the best matches on the pairs of doors where the knobs are right next to each other in the wide cabinet and the credenza. We also put matched pairs on the left and right opening tall cabinets in case they are ever in a room where they are right next to each other.
He also repairs furniture and is the only reason we still can use the rather fragile dining table chairs we have. But he does full time day care for our youngest grandchild so I only get so much project time from him.
Bellsmom!! Yikes - so that's why we had to replace the hearth - to keep trolls from hiding there. I love your concept - so did my husband. (The eyes were elevations I made of our plans for the wall.
When I asked about vertical blinds on the Home Decorating forum, there were a lot of people who were anti-vertical, but for the windows and style of this house, I think they are the best solution. Part of some peoples objections were based on cheap industrial metal verticals. These ones have fabric laminated to plastic for the vanes so they are quieter. We popped for the backstaker option so when partially open the stacked vanes are at the edge of the windows. We also like that the blinds can be tilted to block sun when needed while still letting us see the yard and monitor grandchildren on the patio.
Marti8a, we chose to keep the same wood for the cabinets as in the kitchen - natural cherry - because we already have several woods in the area - maple floor, oak breakfast table and counter stools and some dark unidentified wood for some of the original built-ins and breakfast room doors. To differentiate them from the kitchen cabinets (because I didn't want the family room to look like the kitchen had extended into it), so we chose a different door style - a more sophisticated mitered corner raised panel instead of shaker, but still with simple lines and furniture style knobs instead of big kitchen ones.
Here is a link that might be useful: Couch Color thread
Cloud_swift - I'm wondering why you would ever close the shades with a view like that, just gorgeous. Love your fireplace wall transformation and can just imagine how comfy your seating area is. And my, what a nice TV view for you as you prep:). One question: is that a skylight of some sort in the ceiling behind the hood, or just lighting? I've noticed it before and wondered.
P.S. bellsmom-love it!
Old bat,as a2gemini points out, the shades help with temperature control. The shades are usually open during the day in our mild winters. In the summer, we often have them covering the window but tilted so we can see out through the slats but they block the sun from these West-facing windows. The ability to see out while having some of the sun's heat blocked is a strong factor in favor of blinds for our windows.
At night they also help with lighting the rooms. The windows last night are so black. Closing them makes the room much brighter. In winter, it also helps keep the room a bit more comfortable as they block the cold from the window a bit.
What you see on the kitchen ceiling is a light box for florescent lights. We like the bright even light that they provide for the work area in the kitchen. We resisted suggestions to replace them with a more "modern" approach of putting in can lights - it would take a lot to provide the same light the box provides. We feel the light box is architecturally consistent with our house and looks better here than having so many cans. We have updated the insides of the box to use more modern florescent tubes than the 70's models and we replaced the old yellowed panels with new ones.
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Sunday 28 April 2013
Is China ready to go vegetarian?
Despite recent food safety scares, only a foolish foreigner would underestimate the hearty attachment of the Chinese to their meat.
China's recent meat scandals are making horse burgers look like exotic treats. In cities like Shanghai, poultry markets have closed and most residents still steer well clear of not only chicken but also pork - thanks to the lingering images of 16,000 diseased pig carcasses bopping along the Huangpu river.
"I've been eating like a Buddhist!" exclaims Zhu Yan, a Shanghai local who has spent the last week exclusively eating vegetables within the confines of her own home, "I just don't know what's safe anymore." It seems she's not the only one; H797 bird flu has seen poultry sales drop dramatically in the last two weeks, especially in the urban areas on China's east coast. Bird flu is currently one of the most talked about topics on Weibo (China's Twitter) and even KFC, the country's biggest foreign fast-food chain, is reporting its sales have dropped significantly.
There are other signs that also point to a new embrace of vegetables. Following China's ex-Premier Wen Jiaobao's recent campaign for 'one day vegetarian every week', there is undoubtedly a growing awareness of the health benefits associated with eating vegetables, and young people talk enthusiastically about weight loss and increased vitamin intake. The popularity of vegetarian restaurants scattered across China's cities is flourishing, and whereas these used to be exclusively frequented by monks, now only around 10 per cent of their customers are actually vegetarian.
Despite this, it's important not to downplay just how highly the Chinese regard their meat. Even these vegetarian haunts are best known for their huge array of 'fake' meat dishes; smoked sausage cunningly moulded out of beans and konjac flour, kong pao chicken replaced with compressed tofu, and deep-fried shitake mushrooms standing in as crispy pork strips. Although these are the only Chinese eateries where you're guaranteed 100 per cent meat-free dishes, it's telling that the emphasis is still on recreating the impression of meat.
"I come here now and again and especially recently because I worry about the quality of meat," says Li Yu, whose sitting with his business colleagues in Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant, Shanghai. "But it would be ridiculous to only eat vegetarian food. Meat cooked Chinese style is irresistible - much better than the meat you Westerners eat," Li grins.
Whether you agree with him or not, it's impossible to deny the immense range of meat and cooking techniques in China, with each of it's 33 regions taking immense pride in their characteristic food styles. Texture alone has five primary categories (tender, crunchy, crisp, smooth, soft). Providing an assortment of these is crucial to the charm of any meal and tricky to achieve without meat.
The Chinese also believe that what you eat directly influences your health, and that balancing meat with vegetables is one steadfast way to harmonise your yin with your yang.
This balance has been distorted in recent years, and has taken a sharp turn around from just a few decades ago. During the Great Famine of the 1950s and 60s, meat was so scarce that cannibalism was practiced on an unprecedented scale. Now that the city-dwelling Chinese can afford to eat meat by the tonne, in general they do. It's hard to exaggerate the immense impact this still very raw history has on social pressure to eat meat, and the consequent association it bears with wealth and health.
Beyond wanting to feed their one and only child the best array of food possible, guest culture is also crucial to maintaining face. In normal circumstances, it would be considered rather embarrassing to host a flesh-free meal.
Besides, the animal rights line that drives many Westerners to ditch the bacon is less common in China. The Chinese word for animal 'dongwu' literally means 'moving thing', which might partly explain why there just isn't that same attachment felt for what Westerners might think of as living, breathing, feeling creatures.
Given the recent food scares, alternative meat sources are already being hunted out. Jeroen Koldenhof, CEO of China Agri Corp., points to the growing market for chilled and frozen meat, as well as imports. But overall, Koldenhof insists that "The switch from meat to vegetables is just temporary due to hiccups in the supply chain." He also reminds us that it's not just meat that is at risk in China; "Sooner or later you will see problems with vegetables too". In fact, just last week American scientists reported dangerous levels of lead found in Chinese rice.
In a country where food safety is never a guarantee, an explosion of tree-hugging vegan hippies is unlikely. Hard-hitting meat scandals are making the concept of vegetarianism more digestible than before, but that doesn't mean meat is on its way out. The desire to eat meat is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and given the struggle it's taken to get here, they're not about to give it up. The best we might hope for, for the sake of our health and environment, is a rebalancing of the elements, and a move to better regulated, higher quality meat - with just a touch less of excess.
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We're just beginning to think about 2 weeks in BA next year and I'm so excited to be planning a trip! We haven't been off this continent since 2010.
I'm a little concerned about time of year, though. As my SO is locked into a school schedule, we can only go from about the last week of April through mid-August. I guess we could also go during the winter break next year (between Christmas and New Years but that would only give us about 10 days there).
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We're just beginning to think about 2 weeks in BA next year and I'm so excited to be planning a trip! We haven't been off this continent since 2010.
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Make it as soon as possible, ideally starting in late April, our fall.
Have a great time in our country with your SO.
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OK, thanks, avr. I'd like it to be early rather than later too.
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Hi GTG: Don't go in July/Aug. I don't know if it was unseasonable or what, but we absolutely froze. I had to buy gloves, woolen scarves and a hat and we were still miserable. N caught a cold; it's the flu/cold season then. We hardly saw a temperate day for 5 weeks. I would go with avrooster's suggestion of late April. That sounds perfect. You will have a wonderful trip. The weather should be fine and the cafes open and people will not be bundled up. BTW, the woolen scarves I bought there were absolutely beautiful and I use them here in Southern CA, so the weather did serve some useful purpose after all.
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Hi annetti,
I'm so sorry -- I know I owe you an email and I'll get to it maybe this weekend so we can get caught up.
As far as BA goes, the earliest we can go is the first couple of weeks in May but everything I'm reading indicates that the weather is still good then.
I can't wait to start planning!
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ow is late march? that is when I am thinking of going?
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You will have a wonderful time. BA is beautiful; and the food is the best ever! May sounds good. And if you like to shop - it is a paradise. Beautiful leather goods. Annetti
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K C Cariappa was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping Rs 2.4 crore in the IPL auction.
How the Cup format these days ensures that the big wigs do not get knocked out in the group stages.
Maxwell played a measured innings before taking 4 wickets to help Australia beat England in tri-series final.
Mohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni, who are already in Australia as part of the tri-series squad will stay back as cover for their injured colleague.
At times you could even be served by an Australian Test cricketer, or two or maybe three.
Australia now go into World Cup with the burden of winning, thanks to their strong show in tri-series.
It's been a tough tour Down Under for the Indian team, and especially for their captain.
India miss out on final spot after losing to England, end tri-series campaign without a win.
India face pressure of a must-win game when they play England today for a place in the tri-series final.
Rohit Sharma missed the second and thrid games of the tri series after scoring138 in the opener.
Rising mercury is only one of the many things visiting teams have to account for at Perth's legendary WACA.
He knew all about being the 12th man. But this was different, very different.
India stay in contention for final after abandoned game give them two points, batting still remains a concern.
Support for the Socceroos has been incessant and the country has been swept by a sea of yellow whenever their team has been in action.
Finding India's playing eleven for World Cup remains key focus before must-win tri-series game.
Dhoni was asked a question about the IPL verdict, and for once he opened his mouth and answered it.
How Brad Williams fought off depression and the battle to begin second innings as construction worker.
During SCG Test, Steve Smith was complaining about spider-cam having obstructed view while trying to take a catch.
The effectiveness of Axar and Jadeja could see MS Dhoni field both left-arm spinners in the nest match against Australia.
Pascoe was considered the meanest of the triumvirate that also starred Dennis Lilllee and Jeff Thomson.
Being the outsider was in many ways the theme of Graham Yallop's career ever since he replaced Rick McCosker in 1974.
Unlike in the past, Morgan's team is a mix of eager youngsters and sly veterans.
Kohli's averaged 57.71 in 8 innings at two-drop with a century and 3 half-centuries since October 2014.
Finn returns with a bang to claim maiden ODI 5-for in India's humiliating nine-wicket loss at Gabba.
Rohit Sharma and David Warner were involved in a war of words during the 2nd ODI of the tri-series.
India need to rethink their ODI plan; they can't leave it for late as in the game against Australia.
Rohit Sharma and David Warner were involved in a war of words during the 2nd ODI of the tri-series.