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What rose would you grow just for the shrub?
Lets forget about the flower( i know its hard ). What bush would you grow just for the beauty of the shrub?
The first that comes to mind is Metis. Beautiful R. nitida-style foliage and unusual red in the canes.
Here is a link that might be useful: Metis on HMF
In the land of at least semi-leaflessness I would choose Duquesa and Clotilde Soupert. Duquesa is nearly perfect, and CS is very, very good. Very bushy bushes.
Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
Monsieur Tillier's foliage always looked fabulous, despite his quarter-sized roses for most of the year in my climate. His leaves were distinctly blue-green and never, ever spotted. He grew evenly and quickly and I think he must be an epic rose elsewhere.
I agree with both Ingrid's choices and with Rinaldo's--I wish I could grow R. roxburghii decently here--but what moved me to comment is my total agreement with Evenie about 'Archduke Joseph'. It does have notably beautiful foliage, which in winter here turns a dark burnished hue, almost black. And in my climate the flowers get considerably larger than quarters. This is the rose I'm trying to train through a persimmon, so far successfully. "Epic" is indeed the word for it. Or "dreamy".
Some roses have excellent fall color, a fact I take into account here where so few plants color well in the autumn. Some of the Rugosas have flaming fall foliage, though unfortunately they do poorly with me. And R. hugonis colors very well, and is interesting and good in every way, except in its susceptibility to cane girdler.
Louis Riel - a lovely glauca/spin hybrid. Ghislaine de Feligonde and its parent, Goldfinch, both have really good solidly healthy fresh foliage and a good shape.
R.cantabridgiensis - ferny foliage early in spring set against the deep red new wood.
Moyesii, although a gaunt monster, has some real presence in my garden as I have limbed up the trunk to an enormous tree-like shape...and the heps are terrific.
Finally, Splendens, an Ayreshire hybrid, has amazing canes, more like a liana than anything, which weaves effortlessly around sweet pea supports( or beanpoles, tripods, even drapes over the fruit cages) - infinitely malleable and again, many perfectly round heps.
Yeah, I know that is more than one but every rose I grow must have considerably more going for it than a delicious bloom.
Rosa minutifolia (the oldest rose AFAIK)
Rosa omeiensis 'Pteracantha'
Wild Edric
R. primula
Photo is of R. minutifolia at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, CA. Sorry it has a few flowers on it! But the foliage really is minute, and reminds me more of a fern than a rose. Unique! Sadly extinct in the wild in California due to development. There are still stands in existence in Baja California (Mexico) in the wild. In the US it is found in botanic garden collections and those of us private gardeners fortunate enough to buy from these sources. Will die if overwatered.
Pteracantha has glorious winged red thorns. So striking in the garden! Not picky about care. In other words I've neglected this rose and it is perfectly happy.
Wild Edric's foliage is lush and beautiful for most of the year. All wavy wavy rugosa and a pretty, restful shade of green. Drought tolerant and low calorie.
R. primula is very stately in growth habit with her arms gently swaying in the breeze, perfuming the garden with incense. Tough as nails. Great for the lazy gardener.
Snowbelt/Cassie is a small mound of green. She likely would be attractive without flowers, but is rarely without at least a couple, even in winter. But since she blooms so much she is also often covered in orange red hips, so Cassie features multiple colors pretty much all the time. Not fussy.
I've long found a number of my own creations as, if not more, pleasing than many of the commercial roses I've grown. Annie Laurie McDowell is the prettiest climbing rose plant I've grown yet. I truly enjoy both Carlin's Rhythm, Lynnie, Little Butterfly and Too Cute as plants as well as for their flowers. Lauren also looks good with, or without flowers. I love the autumn foliage I'm seeing on many of them such as Porcelain Rose, Lynnie, Indian Love Call and 1-72-1Hugonis.
Some of the newest seedlings are really showing wonderful autumn coloring, too. One, in particular, has really colored up. April Mooncrest X Pookah was quite pleasing this summer. Fragrant, not too prickly, repeat flowering with pretty foliage, but now, what coloring! Autumn foliage in "The Land of Endless Summer" can be hard to come by. When I can raise seedlings which are healthy, productive, pretty AND colorful in autumn, I consider it a win-win! Photos are posted below. Kim
April Mooncrest summer foliage
April Mooncrest flower
Autumn coloring of the seedling today
Porcelain Rose
Phillistine that I am, none - not even the mosses nor R. eglantera. If it's a rose, it must have a blossom and it better have good fragrance to boot. I know that other plants are grown for foliage alone but a rose offers so much more. How can one be satisfied with less?
Cath, I agree somewhat, but mostly because of what I've come to associate with the word "rose" and what I'd expect to see in a plant sold under that name. However, what I think of when I look up various species or species-hybrids is not "rose" but "flowering shrub", and when I do that, I give a much more "whole-plant" evaluation.
Seeing an Autumn-foliage (or even Winter-defoliated) species rose heavily laden with hips (and against a snowy background, even better!) is nicer than what I'm seeing on most of my babies right now. Unfortunately, with a tiny yard, I have to make a big impact -- so I planted "roses" as opposed to "flowering shrubs" which also happen to be roses, since I am already working around a few "non-flowering shrubs" in the way of arbor vitae. If I was starting a bigger yard from scratch, I'd utilize those "flowering shrub" species and species-hybrid roses as the first layer of the foundation instead of other non-rose "flowering shrubs", working my way down through the various classes -- where I'd plant forsythia, I'd instead plant one of the Spring-blooming yellow species, for example.
Understood, Cath, so let's make it easier on you. Which of your roses are so pretty as foliated shrubs, you ENJOY looking at it between flushes of flowers? Many are just down right unsightly without color on them. Which of yours pleases your eye even when they aren't colorful? Kim
Thanks John. I don't know how hardy it might be, but with a dose of Buck rose, at least two doses of multiflora, at least one of wichurana and Centifolia, it should have some hardiness. It may remain a shrub or it might try to climb, but some of that should depend upon climate. I'll try wrapping it next month to see if I can get it to root. I haven't tried yet as it only germinated this past January. If it roots and you still want to try it, it's yours! Kim
Righto Kim.
I'd have to say that to me the albas are the most pleasing rose plants, specifically White Rose of York and Mme Plantier. However in the interest of full disclosure, I must say that WroY is on its way out (some kind of cane tunneler - for want of a better term) and Mme P is recovering from a too close encounter with Syringia lacinata, Cut-leaf Lilac. I like this because I can get my lilac fragrance fix and yet it does not get too big - about 6'.
Kim, I didn't realize at first that you could use this information in your breeding.
White Rose of York has nice hips. I know that many relate best to Gallicas, others to Teas and yet others to Chinas. For me it is the Albas, the species (although experts might argue the species issue) with the mostest. And I cannot put my finger on quite "why?". The fact that they are once blooming is a definite negative and yet...and yet.
Honestly? Probably not any.
I do care about the shrub but I grow roses for the flower and scent. If there were no flowers whatsoever involved I would probably stick to conifers for my shrubs, along with other shrubs that have fragrant leaves.
Any information about why a product of any kind is popular is always beneficial for the creation of other potentially successful and beneficial products. I do know what you mean about the Albas, though. When I've seen them well grown, they are beautiful plants! Thanks. Kim
alba semi plena for the blue green leaves and hips.
R. arvensis for foliage
R. helenae for foliage
The Incense Rose for fragrance of foliage as well as beauty.
Eglantine for a big scented bush.
all the spinosissimas for fern like foliage and cool hips.
The ferny, delicate (though tough as nails!) foliage in that lovely color, on the bronze-red wood and red hips are what attract me to the yellow Chinese species, too. I've raised quite a few Hugonis hybrids this year and am more than eager to see what they'll turn in to with maturity. Kim


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Lee Palmer Wandel: How Christopher Columbus and Martin Luther Transformed Western Civilization
Lee Palmer Wandel is the author, most recently, of "The Eucharist in the Reformation: Incarnation and Liturgy," and "The Reformation: Towards a New History," both with Cambridge University Press. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses. So began two stories that have shaped the West since the 16th century. But what happens if we link the two?
The first story cast the relationship between Europe and the Western hemisphere in terms of conquest: Columbus crossed the Atlantic and "discovered" islands. He was followed by Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, who conquered first Central and then South America for Spain. The second is the foundation story for modern western Christian churches, both Catholic and Protestant. A small handful of men who were God's instruments on earth broke with Catholicism, which was traditional and medieval, to found modern, liberal churches. Each Church caught in that battle for souls claimed the authority of God's will; each found its origins in the person of Christ; and each claimed those origins were exclusive of any other understanding of Christianity.
Those two stories obscured much that was and is important. Columbus "crossing" the Atlantic obscured that he knew neither the sheer breadth of the body of water -- his sailors were close to mutiny when they sighted land -- nor the islands and the two continents we now call North and South America: he was literally out of his reckoning. "Crossing" the Atlantic presumes that both coasts were known and the distance between them known. They were not. The 95 Theses belonged to an established tradition of university debate -- a pedantic act of a local university professor shrank in comparison with the dangers posed by the Ottoman Empire to the east or the possibilities posed by new lands to the west. It was not the theses themselves that moved thousands, but the authority that Luther, along with hundreds of others seized as certain: the Bible or, as they called it, the Word of God. They turned to a printed object, where they located absolute authority, to ground their own understanding of their salvation.
Only in bringing the two stories together can we see why that printed thing, the product of a new technology, very much like the internet today, became so important. It had been around, after all, for a long time. Why then? Why there? But the printed Bible, as the Word of God, offered Europeans something certain in the face of truly overwhelming "discoveries." We are used to discoveries -- they happen every nanosecond. In this, we are heirs to Columbus: it has become normal to "discover." But in 1492, Europeans thought they knew the size of the world, and they thought that their classical sources were not simply right, but authoritative -- the foundation for all knowledge. Columbus's voyage shattered that confidence.
If, as we now understand, the story of conquest obscured terrifying uncertainties, the overthrow of what was familiar and trusted, the story of Reformation cast different understandings of a sacred text in terms of divine revelation: only one of those understandings, according to the story, could be "true." That one text was not simply an authority unto itself. It could have only one true reading. All other readings were "false," "misunderstandings" of God's will, God's intent, God's meaning. That story of Luther's 95 theses obscures that there were hundreds, perhaps thousands of different readings -- indeed, by the end of the century, there were different Bibles, different Ten Commandments and different understandings of the ancient words of the Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer. It silences the richness of the text; it denies the authenticity of other readings.
To tell a different story of the Reformation -- of human difference, of divisive readings of a sacred text, of divergent experiences of faith -- is not simply good scholarship: the practice of detachment and the willingness to lay aside prejudice to look afresh at the evidence. It is to recognize polemics for what they were: the construction of absolute oppositions, where there were differences of understanding on one point, but shared understandings on others, which echoes today. It is to recover another perspective of the period: that the Muslim empire to the East threatened what Emperor and Pope took to be Christian Europe. Pope and Emperor did not, at first, see essential divisions between Christians: they saw an external threat to a universal Church.
To set 16th-century Christians' insistence upon the authority of the printed Bible in a longer narrative is to erode the force of revelation as a model for human history, to undercut that sense that some individuals are chosen as God's instrument. It is to recognize many more actors in history, whose voices were different, not "false." Most important, we can at long last hear one question that so gripped Europeans and Americans in the 16th century: "What is it to be human?" The question links debates on converting the Western hemisphere with bitter divisions over the nature of Christ's humanity and over the meaning of words central to both their faith and the practice of that faith, words Christ spoke the night before he died: "this is my body." Was Christ's body human in the same way as all human bodies are? As Taino or Aztec bodies? And then, we can hear voices left out of those trajectories of triumph, such as the essayist, Michel de Montaigne, who asked: "What binds us together? What separates us? Is anything at once essential and shared? A deeply human history that speaks to us."
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had a great time at the plantation, enjoying the nice and calm atmosphere, the nice room, the pool and very friendly staff. stayed for three nights and had a wonderful time at this calm and clean hotel.
I stayed at The Plantation when I visited PP and really enjoyed my stay in the Rooftop Suite.
I was traveling with my grandparents so they did complain about having to walk a distance from the lobby to the Suite. However for everyone else, the Suite was a calm, peaceful and welcoming space. It is large enough for you to...
The Plantation is a little oasis amidst the chaos of Phnom Penh. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The hotel provides two restaurants and the food is excellent and also well priced. The rooms are good and I wouldn't hesitate to stay there again.
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We stayed here for two nights at the beginning of our travels through Cambodia and Laos, and I really can't think of a better place to set the standard of what we expected (though didn't always manage to receive) from our trip. Having previously travelled a great deal through South East Asia in recent years our expectations were pretty high,...
We stayed at this hotel after a two week holiday in others parts of Cambodia and it was perfect. The staff were very helpful and exactly what you want. The rooms of a good standard and have air con. The pool area is the real trump card for this hotel. it is small but considering you are in the middle...
the hotel is simple, rooms are clean, downstairs by the pool are the twin beds, higher up you get the double beds.....pool views are the best option. The gym is not bad for a small hotel, cocktails are mediocre at best, but if you are looking for a good clean hotel within walking distance of major tourist attractions, coupled with...
We are regular visitors to Phnom Penh as our son and his family live there so we have stayed in a number of hotels in the city over the years, Taking everything into consideration, The Plantation is about the best one we've found and this includes several five star contenders when we splurged one year.
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Positives were the excellent pool, cosy room and super friendly staff. Letting this operation down is the pool bar / cafe - slow service and poor value for money ($6 for a few lettuce leaves, three slices of beetroot and some stale bread). There was a function on at the time of our stay and priority was clearly given to...
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Just stayed here for 6 days and really couldn't fault it at all. Great rooms with comfy beds, great location, wonderful staff who are so friendly and willing to help with anything. The pool area is lovely too. Wouldn't hesitate to stay again!
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A convenient, smaller hotel within walking distance of the river, palace, bars, restaurants, etc. Rooms are clean and well equipped and the staff are pleasant and helpful. Nice pool area and bar with a breakfast buffet which is complete, but could do with some extra thought. You won't go wrong staying here. Good Wi-Fi in rooms and around the pool....
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Here in this section of sold jewellery you will be able to view some of the wonderful and unique pieces of jewellery that we have sold over the years.
Except for rings - which is under another section - you will be able to find nearly everything else in the world of antique and modern jewellery such as antique pendants, necklaces, brooches, bangles, bracelets and of course earrings.
The jewellery that we have sold and which is on view here will not be over just one era or period but will go as far back as some stunning antique pieces from the Georgian era of the 1700's to early 1800's, Victorian era jewellery from 1837 right up to the end of the 19th century, the free flowing design of Art Nouveau era, and the wonderful designs of jewellery from the Art Deco era of the 1920's as well as rings from the fabulous retro period of the 1950's right up to modern jewellery, many of which have an antique design or theme to them.
There will be a broad range of jewellery from countries all over the world, and even though the jewellery in this section has been sold, it will give you a great insight of just some of the wonderful and exciting antique and modern pieces of jewellery that we have had the pleasure of dealing in over the past years and what you may find if you keep searching our website or store or to give you an insight into the wonderful world of antique jewellery where designs often come up that you could never have dreamed up but was made well over a century ago.
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Rose gold retro era pearl and diamond bracelet.
1950's rose gold pearl and diamond retro bracelet.
Antique rose gold bracelet made in 1903
Edwardian era antique bracelet.
9ct rose gold antique Albertina bracelet
Fancy rose gold antique Albertina bracelet.
18ct yellow gold diamond tennis bracelet.
Very elegant diamond tennis bracelet.
Art Deco onyx and diamond platinum pendant.
Platinum Art Deco onyx and diamond pendant in its original box.
Victorian era double heart pearl bangle
Such a sweet and dainty pearl set bangle.
3.8 carat Lightning Ridge black opal and diamond pendant
Lightning Ridge black opal pendant surrounded by diamonds.
Stunning antique onyx earrings in 15ct gold.
Victorian era antique onyx earrings from the 1870's.
Antique muff chain 136cm
Victorian era muff chain.
18ct French Art Nouveau locket with diamonds.
Antique diamond locket from the Art Nouveau period.
Antique Edwardian era aquamarine and pearl necklace
Aquamarine necklace set with pearls.
Retro era aquamarine and diamond brooch
1950's era aquamarine and diamond bar brooch.
Art Nouveau brooch by Murrle Bennett & Co
Art Nouveau era amethyst brooch by Murrle Bennett & Co.
1920's Art Deco diamond pendant
Art Deco diamond pendant.
Antique carved onyx and pearl brooch.
Victorian antique onyx and pearl brooch.
Antique earrings set with a pearl.
Antique gold earrings.
18ct Art Deco fringe necklace
Stunning Art Deco necklace with a sapphire & diamond clasp.
Antique peridot, amethyst and pearl suffragette brooch
Edwardian era suffragette brooch
Antique pearl and diamond drop earrings.
Antique diamond and pearl earrings from the 1880's.
Antique multi-coloured sapphire bangle
Antique 15ct gold sapphire bangle.
Antique cameo of Zeus, Hera & Hermes.
Magnificent quality antique cameo.
18ct Edwardian bloodstone seal
Antique seal made in 1906.
Rose gold Albert/fob chain made in 1924
Very attractive rose gold Albert chain.
Art Deco sapphire & diamond bracelet.
Elegant and stylish Art Deco bracelet.
18ct yellow and white gold diamond cluster earrings
Diamond cluster earrings in 18ct gold.
18ct ruby and diamond Art Nouveau locket
Antique ruby and diamond locket.
Antique brooch by Aronson with pearls and a ruby
Antique Aronson brooch.
Art Deco rose,white and yellow gold amethyst bracelet.
Art Deco amethyst bracelet.
Antique turquoise and pearl bracelet in 18ct gold.
18ct gold turquoise and pearl bracelet.
Pave diamond hoop earrings
Set with a total of 364 diamonds.
Antique enamel diamond locket
Antique enamel and diamond locket
Antique Bohemian garnet hinged bangle
Wonderful Bohemian garnet bangle from the 1890's.
Antique heart shaped amethyst and pearl pendant
Edwardian era antique amethyst and pearl pendant
18ct French necklace from the Art Nouveau period
Elegant 18ct yellow gold Art Nouveau antique necklace.
Antique sapphire and diamond horseshoe bangle
Antique bangle made in 1901
Art Deco sapphire and diamond cufflinks
18ct gold and platinum 1920's Art Deco sapphire and diamond cufflinks.
18ct rose gold & diamond bow design retro earrings
1950's era rose gold diamond retro earrings from the 1950's.
Austrian Art Deco onyx and diamond bracelet
1920's Art Deco onyx and diamond bracelet.
Art Deco rock crystal earrings.
1920's era Art Deco earrings with carved rock crystal.
Antique 15ct gold brooch.
Set with turquoise and pearls.
18ct Cartier Tubogas necklace.
18ct yellow and white gold Cartier Tubogas necklace.
Antique ruby, diamond and pearl pendant
Elegant antique ruby pendant.
Antique night & day gate bracelet in 9ct
Very elegant antique gate bracelet.
Antique sapphire, ruby and diamond brooch from 1898
Victorian era antique sapphire, diamond and ruby brooch.
Antique suffragette pendant dating from the early 1900's.
Antique suffragette pendant
Victorian era antique 18ct gold seal
Elegant antique seal from the Victorian era.
18ct rose gold French retro era necklace.
Stylish rose gold retro necklace.
Antique Victorian era tassel earrings.
Stunning antique drop earrings.
18ct gold fancy drop pearl pendant
Antique pearl pendant from the late 1800's.
Antique tourmaline and pearl necklace
15ct gold antique tourmaline and pearl necklace.
Sensational ruby and diamond ring.
Antique rose cut diamond brooch set with 15 diamonds
Lovely antique rose cut diamond brooch.
Antique rose gold turquoise and pearl bracelet
Edwardian era antique turquoise and pearl bracelet.
Antique opal and pearl brooch by Aronson
15ct antique opal and pearl brooch by Aronson.
Antique 14ct gold enamel locket with a pearl.
Stunning antique red enamel photo locket.
Antique hinged coral and pearl bangle
15ct gold antique coral and pearl bangle
Enamel, diamond and pearl locket of Earl Fitzwilliam
Antique enamel locket for the 10th Earl Fitzwilliam.
Antique French diamond & pearl locket.
Delightful 18ct antique locket
Antique 18ct aquamarine necklace
Stunning aquamarine necklace
Art Deco pearl and diamond bracelet in original box
1920's era Art Deco pearl and diamond bracelet made by H. Hallpike Ltd London.
Antique sterling silver bangle in a buckle design.
Antique silver bangle made in 1885
Antique sterling silver bangle with rose and green gold
Antique silver, rose and green gold hinged bangle.
Edwardian snake bangle.
From the 1900's.
Antique necklace by Flavelle and Roberts
Antique boxed turquoise and pearl necklace by Flavelle and Roberts.
Antique sapphire and diamond bangle made in 1890
Sapphire and diamond antique bangle.
Antique cameo of Aurora - Goddess of Dawn
Antique cameo of Aurora.
Silver Art Nouveau era lorgnette.
Beautiful Art Nouveau lorgnette.
Art Nouveau suffragette pendant in rose gold
Antique suffragette pendant
Lightning Ridge opal ring with 26 diamonds
18ct white gold opal and diamond ring.
1920's Art Deco sapphire and diamond brooch.
Platinum and gold Art Deco brooch from the 1920's
Antique 9ct Mizpah brooch
Lovely antique Mizpah brooch.
Victorian antique earrings made from hair.
Truly amazing antique hair earrings.
Antique aquamarine earrings.
Elegant aquamarine drop earrings.
Emerald, ruby and diamond brooch.
Amazing 18ct gold brooch set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds.
1950's retro Cartier brooch.
Sapphire and diamond Cartier brooch in gold and platinum.
18ct antique diamond set cameo brooch.
Victorian era antique cameo brooch set with diamonds.
Edwardian 18ct & platinum ruby and diamond pendant.
Stunning antique ruby and diamond pendant from the Edwardian era.
14ct rose and yellow gold retro bracelet.
Wonderful retro era bracelet from the 1950's.
Silver brooch by Rhoda Wager
Elegant antique brooch by Rhoda Wager.
Art Deco jade and diamond drop earrings
1920's era Art Deco jade earrings.
18ct & platinum Art Deco 1920's diamond bracelet
Art Deco diamond bracelet.
Antique onyx pearl and diamond locket
Victorian antique locket set with a pearl and diamonds.
Antique onyx cameo bracelet with diamonds
Diamond set antique cameo bracelet.
Antique suffragette pendant with a natural pearl.
Beautiful suffragette pendant from the early 1900's.
18ct sapphire earrings set with 26 diamonds.
Beautiful sapphire & diamond drop earrings.
1.90 carat Burmese ruby & diamond cluster ring
Burmese ruby and diamond engagement ring.
Platinum Art Deco necklace and brooch
Stunning diamond set Art Deco necklace that converts to a brooch
Antique ruby and diamond bangle made in 1906
Antique ruby and diamond bangle.
15ct antique diamond bangle set with 7 diamonds.
Antique diamond set hinged bangle in 15ct gold.
Fancy antique pique brooch from the 1860's.
Victorian era antique pique brooch.
Antique signet ring with hinged top from the Dewar clan.
Superb antique signet ring from the 1860's.
Art Nouveau turquoise & pearl pendant.
Antique turquoise & pearl pendant from the Art Nouveau period.
Antique amethyst and diamond pendant
Very large antique amethyst and diamond pendant
Antique 40 carat amethyst brooch.
Very large antique amethyst brooch.
Antique pique drop earrings.
Stunning antique pique earrings from the 1870's.
Antique demantoid garnet and pearl brooch
Antique Demantoid garnet and pearl brooch in 15ct rose gold.
18ct white gold diamond earrings
Diamond hoop earrings.
Engraved antique rose gold bangle made in 1905
Edwardian era antique bangle in rose gold.
Antique rose gold amethyst and pearl bangle.
Elegant antique rose gold amethyst and pearl bangle.
Enamelled dragonfly brooch
Set with marcasites.
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▍Booth multiplier in verilog
This file describes the code for Booth multiplier in verilog. the source code is simulated and verified for better results...verilog Verilog
This file describes the code for Booth multiplier in verilog. the source code is simulated and verified for better results...verilog Verilog
This is a radix 4 modified Booth multiplier for 8 bits. It can be used for the multiplication of operands of any size......vhdl VHDL
this is Booth encoded multiplier. the input has 32 bit and output is 64 bit. You can use is_signed signal to determine signed and unsigned input and output!...verilog Verilog
inthis Booth mltiplier is taken in this it contain Booth -algorithm, full adder, register,...verilog VHDL
We are going to propose a new SRAM bitcell for the purpose of less power consumption, read stability,less area than the existing Schmitt trigger based SRAM and other existing designs through a new design which is combined of virtual grounding with Read error reduction logic. ...verilog Verilog
vhdl code for radix-8 Booth Encoded Module multipliers With Adaptive Delay for High Dynamic Range Residue Number System...vhdl VHDL
This project the modified Booth wallace algorithm presents the methods required to implement a high speed and high performance parallel complex number multiplier. The designs are structured using radix-4 Modified Booth Algorithm and Wallace tree. These two techniqu...vhdl VHDL
This is Booth multiplier for 32 bit input. This module have 64 bit output. Also this module has is_signed input that determine the input state, wheter signed or unsigned...verilog Verilog
This paper describes the implementation of an 8-bit Vedic multiplier enhanced in terms of propagation delay when compared with conventional multiplier like array multiplier, Braun multiplier, modified Booth multiplier and Wallace tree multiplier...verilog Verilog
This paper presents the methods to reduce dynamic power consumption of a digital Finite Imppulse Respanse (FIR) filter these methods include low power serial multiplier and serial adder, combinational Booth multiplier, shift/add multipliers, folding transformation in linear phase architect...vhdl VHDL
Booth's multiplication algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that multiplies two signed binary numbers in two's complement notation. Booth used desk calculators that were faster at shifting than adding and created the algorithm to increase their speed....vhdl VHDL
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It's been nearly three months since my "Life On Less" post so we figured it was worth doing a quick update (and collecting more great ideas from you guys on how we can all save a buck here and there). You might remember that four months ago we learned I'd be bringing home four fewer benjamins each month, and we're pleased to report – thanks to many of your suggestions – that we've been able to stick to all but one of the money saving tactics I outlined in the previous post: stop buying music on iTunes, cancel my gym membership, watch movies at home and cash in some credit card points. Here's how it all went down:
1. iTunes out, Pandora in: Several of you mentioned Pandora.com in your comments and boy am I grateful. I love it! You just input some of your favorite artists or songs and it builds a custom radio station filled with similar tunes. You can even thumbs-up or thumb-down songs to help Pandora learn your musical tastes over time. It's completely free, though – if you're like me – you might hit your 40 hour monthly limit pretty quickly. But the good news is that it's only $0.99 to get unlimited access (which is a heckova lot cheaper than my old iTunes habit). I'm totally addicted, and I have you guys to blame/thank.
2. Sayonara Netflix, Konnichiwa Redbox: Again, at your recommendation we realized there was a less expensive option than our $15 per month Netflix bill. With Redbox, you can rent movies for a $1/night meaning even two movies per weekend only costs you $8 per month. And we're not even usually that movie crazy. I think we've probably spent $6 total on movie rentals all summer thanks to Redbox. Sure, the movie selection is a bit narrower (note: do NOT rent "Knowing" with Nicholas Cage) but it still gets new releases and keeps us plenty entertained. Plus, we saved so much moolah with Red Box that we splurged on one trip to the theatre. I let Sherry drag me to The Proposal. Does that mean good husband bonus points for life?
3. Credit Card Points = Cash… and Magazines!: When we cashed in our stored up credit card points back in May for an awesome chunk of change, we suddenly found Bank of America offering us some free magazine subscriptions too. Usually we brush those off, but when the list showed several that Sherry and I routinely peruse at Barnes & Noble we said "sign me up." So while this isn't saving us any money directly, it has meant fewer trips to chill at B&N, which means avoiding the temptation to buy books… and cookies from the cafe. Plus we drop off all of our magazines at a local book store when we're done with them (they offer them for free to their customers) so it's a great way for us to read them without feeling wasteful.
4. Tapping the Brakes on My Gym Membership: Ok, so this is the one I didn't follow through on. After a few weeks off I realized how much a midday workout did for stress release so I caved and kept my membership to the YMCA going. Though my workload has kept lunchtime trips to the gym at a minimum, unfortunately, I guess I'm not strong enough to let this one go. So instead…
5. Restaurant.com Is Our New BFF: Since we're still amateurs in the kitchen, it's tough for us to give up eating out entirely. But befriending Restaurant.com has certainly made dining out every once in a while much easier on our wallets. They sell a bunch of $25 gift cards for only $10 which means (with a usual minimum purchase of $35) we can save $15 on a meal out. Not bad, but we happened to snag a handful of coupons during a 80% off sale they were having, meaning those precious coupons were only $2! That equals a $23 savings each time we use one! And I recently learned they're doing that promotion again through Aug 13th. Just enter "PORTION" upon checkout to score a $25 restaurant gift card for just two bucks! And there's no waiting for the gift certificates to ship or worrying about them getting lost in the mail- just pay and print them right from your computer. Genius.
So that's our update. What about you all? Did you uncover any new money saving tricks that you can teach the rest of us? Have you been able to stick to your money saving schemes or are you still being a tiny bit "flexible" like me with my gym membership? Our wallets thank you in advance for all the great ideas!
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Hi Guys,
I think you're doing great to be so young! I'm sending a link of this post to both my kiddos {ages 21 and 23}.
I have a new rule, which happens to not be so hard for me to follow since I love all things vintage, all my new furniture pieces for my "Cottage In The Woods" are either from Craigslist, garage sales, ebay, thrift stores or antique shops…ie…re-use, re-purpose, re-do! It saves a ton of money and it's my little part in helping to save our planet. I do still splurge on some accessories, however I keep the cost under budget.
I'm all about saving where I can! With a new home purchase coming later this month, I've tried extra hard to cut back. I've tackled some of the same money saving areas that you have:
1. ITunes out: yep. I love Pandora and if I have a song that's bugging me, I head over to YouTube.
2. I use my dvr to record movies/shows since I had signed up for a 2 year cable contract that I'm stuck in.
3.I never use my credit card, but I need to get on board with some rewards while paying off the balance!
4. Instead of a gym membership, I: ride my bike, swim in public pools, run, and lift free weights. Also, I use my dvr to record workouts off of FitTV
5. I save on eating out by going to the restaurants that have half priced happy hour specials. Can't beat sushi for two at $10!
We have a few money rules of our own –
1) we eat out only 1 time per week – usually a "fast casual" place like Panera or Qdoba.
2) + one coffee splurge per week, otherwise we make iced coffees at home – saves time and money
3) DIY most home projects – about the only thing I won't do is roofing. The internet is full of good info to go along with my basic knowledge of tools and home maintenance.
4) no magazine, newspaper or other subscriptions – the internet strikes again – almost everything in print is free online and is usually available in a more timely manner
5) considering canceling our DirecTV in December (after contract is up) – the $80/month price tag could be put to better use
6) reward credit card (paid in full monthly of course) – this gets us about $500 annually in cash just by charging our normal expenses – groceries, diapers, household stuff, etc
7) clean with natural products – vinegar and baking soda are cheaper, eco-friendly and less toxic than pricey manufactured chemicals
How do you find the discounted price at Restaurant.com? It sounds like a great deal, but when I go to the site, it has $25 gift cards for $10, not $2!
I got a part-time (4 hours a week!) job at Pottery Barn to save money on home furnishings. Not only do I make a little extra money, I get 40% off of everything at Pottery Barn, West Elm, and Williams Sonoma. I wait until something goes to 50% off, then I get 40% off that! My best score? An 8-piece Calphalon cookware set at 80% off. I would never be able to afford any of that stuff otherwise!
I just realized that I missed the part about entering "portion" at checkout. That fixed the problem!
This may not interest you, but I didn't want to pay the $50/month for a Y membership…so I started *working* for the Y. It's low pay, but a) it gets me to the gym b)I like doing it and c)even if you only work a few hours a week/month, if you're on the payroll the membership is free. I teach swim lessons, but obviously there are lots of jobs. You might be too busy, but it really hasn't cramped my style too much and I love saving that money (and even making a little extra!).
My husband and I are regular Red Box customers. Funny you should mention "Knowing". We rented it last weekend… talk about a let down!
Thanks for the headsup on restaurant.com, sounds awesome!
I love the tips you guys have listed! I'm totally stealing some for myself. My husband may not be overly thrilled by the "eat everything we have in the house before grocery shopping" line I'm going to pull out tonight!
ps – What I really like about it is that they don't appear to be big chain restaurants, rather, smaller locally owned places.
we are huge fans of restaurant.com. love it!
speaking of food…
we are pulling the ropes in on our spending too. one thing i've done that has made a HUGE difference:
find some good recipe sites (i like tastykitchen.com – brought to you by the amazing Pioneer Woman – but there are literally thousands out there that have awesome recipes.) and then i use myrecipes.com to organize recipes and you can even do a weekly "menu" and the site will put your shopping list together that you can print out and take to the store, how awesome is that?! total money-saving – i noticed a big difference in just one week. i wasn't buying stuff for a "potential meal" that i might make eventually. less mess in my pantry and more money in my pocket – it's a win-win!
Great heads up about Pandora & RedBox. itunes and Netflix are our major sources of entertainment, since we do not have cable or a satellite dish. Pandora is terrific.
My husband was notified last month that his salary would be reduced by 20% every month. Not exactly news we wanted to get. Sorry you guys are in the same boat.
Your tips have been helpful, although your site is so inspiring I want to re-decorate and go shopping a lot more than I should.
Great job Youngsters!
John, thank you so much for this follow up. I just spent $6 at restaurant.com for $75 worth of gift certificates! That promo code can't be beat. Thanks again!
Ok, so I just hopped on restaurant.com to check out their situation and I happened to find one of my favorite restaurants! I have ordered 2 $25 gift certificates for only $4! This sounds too good to be true! And those were my husband's exact words when I forwarded him the order confirmation!
Thanks so much for the suggestions!
I was SO into Pandora when it was first launched. But it's only available to U.S. subscribers now. Sigh … Bummer.
I like slacker.com instead of pandora. Very similar and no limit on hours of listening!
I've been selling things left over from projects on Craigslist and giving everything else to our SPCA Rummage Sale store to sell. There's a budding minimalist inside me and reducing the amount of "stuff" I own is making me more methodical about accumulating more.
Oh! Just a heads up…I used Pandora back when it started, but at the time, it was pretty repetitive. I used Last.FM along with it for a while. The montherloads of free music: the Live Music Archive and Nugs.net's "Free Stash" section. It's all live, which is a fun change when you're sick of hearing the same studio versions of songs over and over again.
I read something on a Cville blog about a year ago about getting rentals from the redbox for free. If you sign up for their updates, they will text or email you codes for free rentals. People share their codes online and according to one blogger, this is above board because they include a "Forward to Friends" function on those texts/emails.
I signed up for e-mails at couponmom.com, and they regularly include a promotional code for 80% off at Restaurant.com. Once in a while we'll take our kids out to eat super early on a Sunday evening so they can practice their restaurant manners and we can skip the dinner prep and clean up!
You guys are awesome! Way to go on cutting out the non-necessities. My husband and I try to live below our means so we can save more. One thing we do is have a certain amount of money automatically go to a specified account per pay check. That way, we're never tempted to spend the money we should be saving. We also set up an auto payment for tithing to our church. That is a really important ministry to us, and this way it's automatic and not an after thought. We don't have internet or cable in our home. We are both grad students, so we use the internet at school to get internet stuff done. I realize as full-time bloggers you can't give up the at home internet, but you might be able to shop around to make sure you're getting the best deal for your dollar. I used to cut coupons, but I found that the store brand is usually cheaper than the name brand even with the coupon. We buy store brand whenever we can (like canned veggies, cereal, and stuff like that). We also do our best to plan meals ahead of time so keep from buying what we don't need and we keep buying coffee and food out to a minimum. We LOVE movies and actually own a LOT. So we rarely rent movies. Also, the theatre near us has a 5 buck club, that's totally free to be a part of. Every week we get emails that list the movies that are on the 5 dollar list (usually takes a movie to be in the theatre for a week or 2 to make the list). So if we want to go see a movie, we always wait for it to be on the 5 dollar list.
Keep up the great work!
How do you get unlimited pandora access for $.99? When I go to upgrade, it wants me to pay $36 for the year!
If you sign up for Redbox's SMS alerts, they text you a code for a free movie the first Monday of every month.
http://www.insideredbox.com/redbox-codes/ also tracks the free rental codes.
For those of you cooking at home more, I have one word:
Tastespotting LOVE IT. No need to follow just one food blog, follow them all! Great recipes too.
Echoing all the love for restaurant.com. I took advantage of one of their 80% off promotions last December to get a bunch of $25 gift certificates for $2 each. One thing to also keep in mind is to think of the site if you have a trip planned. If you're like me and do research on restaurants to try prior to hitting a new city, restaurant.com would be a great resource to use to help save some travel pennies as well.
I just answered my own question! I had no idea you could pay $.99 for the REST of the month! That's a much better deal than $36 for the year!
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