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In addition to being a key component of life on Earth, carbon is the sixth most abundant element in the Universe. Yet despite its ubiquitous existence in the cosmos, the evolution of carbon in molecules has been difficult to study. Until now.
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a new image of the constellation of Orion showing part of the Orion Molecular Cloud.
The Danish 1.54-metre telescope located at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile has released a new image of the star-forming region NGC 6559.
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 23rd year in orbit, and to commemorate the veteran observatory, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have released an amazing image of the Horsehead Nebula.
A new image released by the European Space Observatory (ESO) shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295.
Astronomers have found that a region of space known as the Wing has fewer "metals" (elements with more than two protons in the nucleus) compared to most other areas within our own Milky Way galaxy. There are also relatively lower amounts of gas, dust and stars in the Wing compared to the Milky Way.
It's been a long time coming, but Nebula One, the cloud based computer that harnesses the power of multiple computers into one package, has finally been launched.
An international team of astronomers are reporting in The Astrophysical Journal they have spotted what resembles a soccer ball sitting in the dying star M1-11.
Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-m 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese Mountains in Greece, to determine the distance to and history of an enigmatic stellar system, discovering it to likely be a binary star cocooned within an exotic nebula.
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Supernova Remnant -- A supernova remnant (SNR) is made up of the materials left behind by the gigantic explosion of a star in a supernova. There are two possible routes to this end: either a massive star may cease to generate fusion energy in its core, and collapse inward under the force of its own gravity, or a white dwarf star may accumulate material from a companion star until it reaches a critical mass and undergoes a similar collapse. In either case, the resulting supernova...
Star -- A star is a self-gravitating sphere of plasma in hydrostatic equilibrium that generates energy in its interior through the process of nuclear fusion. Energy from this process radiates into space as electromagnetic radiation and neutrinos. Star formation and evolution As learned by star formation astronomers, stars are born in molecular clouds, regions of higher density of matter, and form by gravitational instability inside those clouds. High mass stars illuminate powerfully...
Reflection Nebula -- In astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby star or stars. The nearby star or stars are not hot enough to cause ionization in the gas of the nebula like in emission nebulae but are bright enough to give sufficient scattering to make the dust visible. The distiction between these two types of nebulae was done by Hubble in 1922. They are usually blue because the scattering is more efficient for blue light...
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BOISE, Idaho Curtis Thurman had just finished catching a nice limit of fish when the wildlife enforcement officer popped suddenly out of the forest to issue him a citation for illegal snagging in the South Fork of the Boise River.
An even greater shock followed when Thurman, shown here, discovered the yearlong suspension of his fishing privileges imposed after his guilty plea included not only Idaho, but some two dozen other states.
Those states are all members of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, formed in 1991 as an effort by the six founding states - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington - to protect from poachers fish and wildlife that bring in millions of tourist dollars annually.
"Oh, man, it killed me," said Thurman, of Boise, who ended up not going on annual fishing trips this summer to Washington, Oregon and Montana. "It canceled my privilege of going into the mountains, really."
Since the compact formed, lawmakers in 20 more states have passed legislation to join, and 10 more, including Alaska, are considering signing up. A Web site is also being created for the compact.
"I suspect that all the states in the U.S. will join at some point," said Clay Cummins, assistant chief for the Enforcement Bureau of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
States that join share information on people who have pleaded guilty or been convicted of a crime that led to the revocation of their hunting or fishing privileges, and then other member states decide whether or not to also revoke that person's privileges.
Each state has a representative that sits on the compact's board, which elects a chairman.
"People are more mobile than they ever used to be," said Chairman Bob Timian, the chief game warden for North Dakota, which joined the compact in 2001. "The overall benefit is that people can't just violate in one state and say, 'Ah, I have all the rest of the states I can go hunt in illegally."'
Joining the compact allows states to treat nonresidents accused of a violation as residents. That means officers far afield don't have to spend time taking a nonresident to jail, but can simply issue a citation.
If citations are ignored, the compact allows the state where the alleged violation occurred to contact the person's home state. That person's hunting and fishing privileges in the home state are then suspended until he or she proves that the original problem has been dealt with.
"There are some folks who don't care what the fine money is," said Cummins. "But if they lose their hunting of fishing privileges, that's much more important."
States not part of the compact, said Timian, such as Nebraska, don't share information about resident and nonresident poachers.
"Whatever happens in Nebraska, stays in Nebraska," he said.
For states in the compact, nearly 17,000 poachers have lost their hunting, fishing or trapping privileges since 1998, including more than 2,800 so far this year. License revocations can range from one year up to a lifetime for a flagrant violation.

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Araluen day trip
A quick run down to Araluen and back to clear the cobwebs off me and the bike:
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Indian Wife Sex Story – Seduced By My Husband's Boss
My husband works for a well known appliances company. Mr.Ranjit, his boss, is around 43 years of age, fairly good looking but a hard boss to work for. He was also well known for his roving eye and we has heard stories about his escapades. I had also seen him on one or two occasions at parties . In fact many a time I have had a laugh about these stories little realising that I too would one day fall prey to his lust.
A little over 3 years ago my husband was due for his promotion which he very badly wanted. Ranjit Sir, as we call him, however was delaying this one one pretext or another. About this time my husband was sent abroad for a fortnight.
One evening a couple of days after he left, I was surprised to get a telephone call from my husband's boss saying that a very important document was inadvertently kept by my husband in his briefcase and could I search for it and if possible bring it over right away since his car was in the workshop. I managed to find the document and took an auto to the office. It was close to 7 pm and on reaching the office I found that everyone had left and only Ranjit Sir was in his room. I knocked and went in. Ranjit Sir thanked me profusely for taking the trouble and apologised for the trouble. He said that he had to make up for the inconvenience caused by taking me out for dinner. I was rather taken aback and as I was stammering excuses and that I was not even dressed for the occasion he said, "Susan, I insist and will not take no for an answer. In any case you look absolutely attractive dressed as you are."
I could not refuse without offending him and therefore reluctantly agreed.He called a cab and we went out to a cosy little place and had a very good dinner. Right through the meal he kept a lively conversation going with his pleasant experiences during his various overseas trips. I gradually felt more relaxed and was in fact a little sorry the the evening was drawing to an end . He then took me back home in an auto and as we reached my place asked, "Susan, aren't you going to invite me for some coffee?" I started feeling very nervous but again had to call him for fear of offending him.
We went in and I asked him to wait in the sitting room while I made coffee. I went to the kitchen and while making the coffee he came in apparently to help out. Once or twice his hands brushed against my hands and I pretended not to notice. We went back to the sitting room to have the coffee and he came and sat close to me on the settee. He started saying how nice I looked, how he was dying to meet me when he saw me at a party and so on. He then caught hold of my hands and said "May I just kiss these lovely fingers to show my admiration at their beauty?" While I tried to pull back he started kissing them. I stuttered "Ranjit Sir please, this is not right." He moved closer and said I must kiss you at least once otherwise I will go mad." Ignoring my protests he pulled me to him put his lips on mine and kissed me. I tried to pull back but he caught me in a tight embrace and started to pry open my lips with his tongue. Slowly he managed to open my lips and put his tongue inside my mouth. My heart started hammering and with an effort I managed to tear my mouth away protesting feebly. He passionately again kissed me and said, " Susan darling! I am going to fuck you nice and proper tonight and you are going to willingly submit because when your husband gets back he will get his promotion which he longs for." Saying that he put his mouth on mine again and roughly opened my lips with his tongue and rolled his tongue over mine and started sucking my saliva. I knew I had to yield to his desire, and while one part of my mind was recoiling at what was in store the other side was excited by the prospect of forbidden sex with this attractive man.
After what seemed an eternity of passionate kissing he asked me to lead us to the bedroom all the time his hands roaming over my body. We entered the bedroom and he asked me to undress fully doing so himself at the same time. He said, "Darling I am going to really fuck you properly throughout the night so let us enjoy our bodies properly."
After both of us disrobed completely he again hugged me and started caressing my heavy breasts. He bent down and put his mouth to my right nipple and started licking it. I began to get turned on and moaned slowly. He licked the other nipple also and then slowly started taking turns in sucking them, gently at first, then harder and biting them with increasing passion. All the time I was moaning and putting my hands on his head to encourage him to suck and bite harder. He slowly started kneeling down kissing my abdomen, navel and then to my lower lips. He started rubbing his face on my pubic hair and slowly parted my cunt with his nose exclaiming , " Susi sweetheart you smell heavenly." His tongue shot into my vagina and started licking and sucking frenetically. I started writhing about and said "Dearest let us go to bed." He lifted me and put me on the bed and lay down next to me slowly and steadily licking every inch of my body. My pink nipples had become an angry red by the frequent and rough attentions of his mouth. My nipples felt as if they were bursting and my cunt was moist and literally thirsting to be taken by my lover's organ. I started begging , " Please take me now", hugging him tightly and scratching his back with my fingers. He slowly wrapped my fingers around his pulsating organ to make me guide him. Momentarily the logical part of my mind had a pang of regret that I was cheating my husband and that madness that we were about to indulge in sexual intercourse without precautions. However I was past caring and eagerly guided his throbbing sex organ into my thirsting vagina. He opened my mouth with his chewing on my lips as he entered me. Ooh! I was fairly tight and the feeling was incredible as he penetrated me slowly and with a jerk pushed in completely. He lay still for a moment locking his eyes into mine and then put his mouth to my nipples one by one and as he sucked them hard he fucked me. I began to move to his rhythm and as his thrusts became harder his sucking of my breasts and kissing of my mouth became wilder. His steel like organ was going berserk inside my cunt and I was on cloud 9. Slowly his thrusts became violent and I was feeling that I would be torn and would melt into him by his furious assault on my body. I started pleading "Please sweetheart, please come hard inside me. I want every drop of you." I starting climaxing as the world spun crazily and then he went still deep inside me. I could hear myself screaming as his love organ started shooting his copious discharge deep into my womb. Shuddering and almost weeping with pleasure my legs wrapped around him and my vaginal muscles tightened involuntarily milking his organ to the last drop. Slowly he relaxed and said "That my love was the most pleasurable experience of my lifetime."
We coupled twice more that night and the next day I was drained with my nipples slightly cut and my cunt aching with the intense lovemaking. Ranjit Sir came home to fuck me every night till my husband returned and as a result of the most intense and frequent lovemaking, I became pregnant. Initially I was shocked but my lover persuaded me to have the child since there was no risk and my husband was completely in the dark about our affair. I now have a girl and Ranjit Sir and I still continue our illicit affair secretly and as often as we get a chance since I am literally an addict to the most pleasurable sex sessions I can imagine with this fantastic lover. He now wants to father another child by me saying this time we will hope for a son. My plight is both pitiable and pleasurable.
I hope you all enjoyed reading my narrative.
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House, 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 8 Sleeps
Welcome to our East Hampton heavenly home. This two story, 2000 sf home is located on a beautiful, wooded, fenced & gated private property that backs up to a natural reserve. Once you close the gates and enter this spacious , bright & airy home you will appreciate the well planned layout & charm of this hidden location. Skylights & windows enhance the many rooms of fun & liveable spaces. Looking out thru the living room, sun room or master bedroom windows & doors you will fall in love with the spectacular heated pool & deck. The natural reserve background is full of lush plants & flowers. On the spacious deck we have a gas grill & outside dining furniture & chaise lounges. This outside area will provide endless hours & days of fun & relaxation for you & your family & friends. Your pet is welcome & will surely enjoy the open spaces on our property.
This 3 bedroom/2.5bath home has wood floors throughout & tile bathrooms. It has a spacious split plan w/2 bedrooms & full bath upstairs.The first & main floor includes the master bedroom w/bath & the guest 1/2 bath. Also on the first floor is the charming & contemporary living room with cathedral ceiling, large fireplace & mantel & comfortable furniture.The adjacent dining room has seating for ten; Privacy doors lead to the adjacent library/media room. A private enclosed sun room is adjacent to the library & also has access to the back deck. This flowing layout offers lots of areas to enjoy conversation, reading, games, tv/movies & private time for everyone.
We have a great, spacious kitchen complete with granite counters & stainless appliances: refrigerator /gas stove/coffee maker/dishwasher. This eat-in kitchen has lots of natural light by day thru the lovely windows that overlook the lush landscaping outside. What a great way to start the day!
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This house is a short one mile walk or ride to the bay; a seven minute drive puts you in the village for lots of shopping & dining & entertainment; A short ride takes you to the beaches & marinas & the Atlantic Ocean; A ten minute drive takes you to Sag Harbor or Amagansett. Seasonal or daily parking passes are available . Contact East Hampton Village Hall @ 86 Main Street , East Hampton NY 11937 for details & availability.
This area offers lots of fun! Restaurants, shopping, entertainment, beaches, fishing, swimming, kayaking, biking, hiking, golf, festivals, wine tasting/vineyards, art shows, movies, theatre, etc...
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Home to the Best Beach in the World, breathtaking hues from inviting waters, and legendary diving, snorkeling and fishing, the Turks & Caicos Islands beckon you to an undiscovered Caribbean. Travel to the Turks and Caicos is easy and efficient. World-famous for its beaches Turks and Caicos is among the Caribbean's most beautiful destinations.
Welcome to a place where you can truly leave your troubles behind. There is no shortage of beach to choose from, Grace Bay, Pelican, Emerald or Long Bay beach are minutes away from this villa and safe for jogging, walking, cycling.
Beautiful powdery white sand and gin clear waters of Pelican Beach, a mere 2 minutes walk away from the villa and spans over 3.5 miles into Grace Bay Beach which is another 12.5 miles stretch. Anyone for beach walking?
The calm waters provide crystal clear visibility and only a foot or two deep out to about 15 feet from shore, great for small kids as well as areas for diving. Pelican Beach is known as 'the best kept secret' as its unspoiled nature lends to photographers seeking to capture the heart of the islands.
Villa Tropica is a vacationer's Paradise, nestled in the upscale villa community of Leeward which borders Grace Bay shopping and restaurant district, and surrounded by 4 great beaches, a Casino and a Golf course.
The Villa will boasts 4500 sq-ft of living space surrounded by half an acre of tropical landscaping. The lush tropical garden provides cooling shade after a day playing at beach.
The villa features five spacious, well appointed bedroom suites, a gourmet kitchen, large living and formal dining room, secondary living room, game room, laundry room, 30 feet chromatic private pool, and lots of outdoor dining and lounging space in a lush palm garden.
Grace bay area is 2 miles away where you can find a large and quality supermarket, stores and restaurants. There is also a convenience store within a mile from the villa at Bleu Haven. Meal can be ordered and picked up for breakfast, lunch and dinner from Fresh Bakery at the Atrium (0.3 mile). As an option, you can have our Chef Nicky to cook your dinner with our local best meal. There is also a Pergola for alfresco dining with an outdoor gas BBQ grill and dining table in the gardens.
In the living room are plush sofas sufficient for 10 persons to sit comfortably while watching television on the 60' flat screen TV with cable service and satellite feed of major US stations. There is also a DVD player, portable iPod docking station and radio. The secondary living room comes with a LCD TV and a Roku device featuring sport channels, movies, games and lot more.
Guests of all ages will have fun exercising their skill with the Baby Foot table. Use the complimentary bicycles to explore the neighbourhood. Kids will enjoy the pool and the pool toys. Use provided beach chairs and umbrellas to fully enjoy your day at the beach. Island is safe for jogging, walking, cycling.
The master bedrooms features ensuite bath, jacuzzi tub and shower, walk-in closets, King Bed, air conditioning with a relaxing view on the palm gardens. Green Bedroom has an ensuite bath with shower, Queen Bed, air conditioning, ceiling fan, door leading out to the pool area. Turquoise Bedroom and Bleu Bedroom share a jack and Jill Bathroom with shower. Both have Queen Bed, air conditioning, ceiling fan and garden view. All bedrooms are equipped with Plush Egyptian cotton linens.
The suite is open for large group or when a fifth bedrooms is required. The suite features an ensuite bath with shower, King Bed, private living room with sofa bed, LCD television, air conditioning and two ceiling fans.
The villa is located in the upscale, safe neighbourhood and security patrolled of Leeward. In addition, guests can feel more secure in using the state of the art alarm system and the room safe. Guests are welcome to use the unlimited Wi-Fi indoor and outdoor with our outside Wi-Fi amplifier. A local pre-paid mobile phone is also provided.
Airport Greeting and Property Manager on Call: Guests will be greeted at the airport upon arrival by a representative of Coldwell Bankers Real Estate TCI and Vacation Rentals team, our on-island property management company. Guests will be escorted to the villa, where a brief orientation will be done.
Our property manager specialist Charlene Escoe will be available to you throughout your stay to answer questions, make recommendations on dining and activities, and address any problems that may arise. We want our guests to have a truly fantastic vacation, and we are here to assist you with both your vacation planning and on-island needs !
Just a short flight from the east coast of the US, our islands are a tropical classic, a throwback in time where relaxation is unavoidable and rejuvenation ensured.
Ask about our Weddings, Events and Concierge services.
Owners since 2013
Lucie & Dany purchased this villa in 2013
Our first trip to Turks and Caicos islands was in November 2011. We instantly fell in love with these paradise islands. We enjoy sharing this passion for Villa Tropica with our guests.
Villa Tropica is a vacationer's Paradise, nestled in the upscale villa community of Leeward which borders Grace Bay shopping and restaurant district, and surrounded by 4 great beaches, a Casino and a Golf course.
I scheduled this vacation far in advance to ensure availability of the house as well as make sure all my grown kids could come. This was a family vacation (6 of us) that was a long time in coming and I especially wanted to create life time memories for us all. This was the first trip we had all taken together as adults! It was so awesome and totally worth it! The house was wonderful, and as said before, is exactly as described. The entire staff is warm, friendly and attentive. Charlene was the perfect host, and addressed any needs as soon as they came up. We loved the housekeeper, Nicki! The landscape/pool 'guy' must have toiled for 12 hours getting the area ship shape (in an already idyllic garden). Having that pool all to ourselves really made the day after long hours in the sun. The beach is just breathtaking and right around the corner. I wish I could have stayed forever....these are memories for a lifetime.
Recommended for: Adventure Seekers, Girls Getaway, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Families with Teenagers, Families with Young Children
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We stayed here with 11 adults and 2 children and had a great time! The pool was a hit with everyone and the large outdoor areas were great for dining or just relaxing. The kitchen is well equipped and the bedrooms were comfortable. The house was very clean and we would definitely stay here again. The location is also great being close to restaurants and beaches. The house also provided ample floats and toys for the kids and the bikes were nice as well. After a long day at the beach or pool, having the Roku was also a treat. Thank you so much for letting us stay at your beautiful home!
We really enjoyed our stay. Our group included 2 families of 4 (siblings) and our parents. Our children's ages were 6, 4, 3 & 1. Our trip started off great, the property manager had an escort at the airport for us to follow to the property. We rented a car, which I recommend, the property is not within quick walking distance to any stores. We were very impressed upon arrival. The house is beautiful, the yard is great. There is so much space for large groups/families. The kids had a blast in the pool and the yard, the yard appears to be the best in the area, it is completely landscaped and mature and secure. The pool is clean and larger that I expected, the owner had gates installed prior to our arrival which was great for us since we had small children. We found the bed and bedding to be very comfortable, the kitchen is very well stocked, the furniture is beautiful and comfortable. The bikes are great for cruising. There are beach chairs, umbrellas, beach toys (we left more behind as well), pool toys, comfortable out door furniture. The beach was a short walk and very beautiful of course. If you have small children I recommend going to Sapodilla Bay, it is so beautiful, shallow and quiet, really worth the time to go. We also took in the Thursday night fish fry, we really enjoyed the food, it gets busy so I recommend to go early! We found groceries very expensive, we are Canadian and used to spending $ on groceries and alcohol but it was a significant amount more than we are used to. I recommend taking advantage of duty free if you drink! We also left behind a placement drink menu that one of us made so if its still there try some of the drinks, Margaritas always make it more fun!!
The only draw back, which is not property specific, is the bug bites we received in the evening, our family is prone to getting bit, they like us. We didn't see many bugs so it wasn't irritating but we got silently bit!
If you choose this property I don't think you will be disappointed, we have done a significant amount of travel and we would return.
We loved every minute of our stay at Villa Tropica. The outdoor gardens and pool are immaculate and private. The home was equally gorgeous and well-equipped with everything you'd need to enjoy the beach or cooking BBQs/meals. Pelican Beach was within a 5min walk of the house, and was the most beautiful beach we visited on the island. The service from Dany and Charlene was exceptional - very quick and responsive to our questions/needs. We would highly recommend Villa Tropica to any family traveling with young children looking for some peace and quiet, in a beautiful tropical oasis. We hope to visit again soon.
The pictures do not do this home justice. It is beautiful and very comfortable. We were a group of 6 adults and a 1.5 year old. We had tons of space and our two week stay was fantastic. The owners and property manager were very helpful and always quick to get back to us. The property is clean, private and quiet. Leeward Beach is a couple of blocks away and worth the walk! It was even more beautiful than Grace Bay where the hotels and resorts are located. A car is necessary if staying here as groceries and restaurants are a couple of miles away. I would definitely recommend this home to friends and family. The only downside to staying here was there were ants...just be sure to put everything sealed away or in the fridge and they won't bother you. Turks and Caicos is pricey...however there are NO crowds, nobody selling things on the beach and the beaches are the most beautiful I've seen. With next to no one on them.
It was my families second time at Villa Tropica. We were a group of 6 and 8 at some point and the villa was just perfect. It offers lots of space indoors to relax, kick back and enjoy. The gardens around the LARGE pool (with synchronized lights) is beautiful. There is a hammock for two spread between and under the palm trees. The owner has added a pergola over the outdoor dining area which seats 6 to 8 people comfortably. There is also a small cushioned love seat and 2 chairs in the shade to relax. There is a large deck next to pool for sunbathing. The garden surrounding the pool is magnificent.
We loved having the 2 adult bikes to take to the beach which is very close to the villa. No hotels to block your view just beautiful stretches of beach await you.
Charlene, the manager, is available everyday and takes care of all your needs. She is wonderful and very responsive.
Nikki, the housekeeper, is just darling. You can even make arrangements with her to come and cook for you. We made several dinners and the kitchen has all you need to prepare a meal.
This is a beautiful home and wonderful for a large group of friends or family. The owner has made some new improvements and continues to do so but everything is just perfect. You will definitely enjoy your stay and all concerned see that you do exactly that.
Oh if anyone golfs the golf course is just a 5 minute drive away. Grocery store is just 8 minutes away.
Villa Tropica was a wonderful home with high end furnishings and a great layout. We were an extended family of 11, to include 6 adults 2 teens and 3 kids age 8-12 years. We all had a wonderful time with plenty of space to spread out. The grounds were well maintained with plenty of space with sun and shade areas and a lot of privacy. The boys especially liked the game room and swimming in the chromatic pool at night. The beach is within walking distance and the home supplied enough chairs, coolers and umbrellas to accommodate everyone. We often loaded one car with all supplies, then walked down. I would recommend a car to get to/ from restaurants grocery, shopping, snorkeling reefs and just for exploring the island. All in all a wonderful home and vacation island I would recommend to anyone.
Grace bay area is 2 miles away where you can find a large and quality supermarket, stores and restaurants.
There is a convenience store within a mile from the villa at Bleu Haven. Meal can be ordered and picked up for breakfast, lunch and dinner from Fresh Bakery at the Atrium (0.3 mile).
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Chris Barrett A bumper crowd, a star-studded line-up and a warm summer night - the stage was set for Sydney Thunder to truly announce their long-awaited arrival on the western Sydney sporting landscape.
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Steve Smith will soon have new generation to lead as Michael Clarke era nears end
Chris Barrett Mickey Arthur remembers the selection meeting vividly because it would be his last. Five minutes after adding Steve Smith to the 2013 Ashes squad, he was sacked.
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Sydney Thunder recruit Jacques Kallis predicts Steve Smith to be successful as South African namesake
Chris Barrett Legendary South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis believes the example set by the Proteas former leader Graeme Smith proves that Australia's new Test captain Steve Smith can be a success despite his...
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Steve Smith goes from teenage club sensation to Australian cricket captain
Chris Barrett Steve Smith's destiny to be an Australian Test cricketer - and ultimately the captain - became blatantly clear when he was playing grade cricket with Sutherland.
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Chris Barrett Steve Smith has been named as Australia's Test captain, replacing injured skipper Michael Clarke for the rest of the series against India.
Mitchell Starc groin strain hampers bid for World Cup squad
Chris Barrett Mitchell Starc's bid to mount a late case for a World Cup berth hit a snag on Friday night when he was sent off for scans on a groin injury.
Coach Darren Lehmann talks about rumours of rift with Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke
Chris Barrett Only a matter of months ago things could hardly have been better for the Australian cricket team.
Mitchell Johnson set to be be rested ahead of Test series and World Cup
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Brad Haddin races against time to be fit for first Test against India
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I think moving the slower bikes to behind the cars is a mistake. The only thing worse than being passed by a buggy is passing one. Similarly, the only thing worse than being passed by a fast driver is being passed by a slow driver. I think starting slower bikes after all the cars is putting those riders at greater risk than starting them up front.
For those guys in the secondary motorcycle pack, you'll have to treat it like a trail ride, not a competition. Maybe thats fine, but I would be very uncomfortable.
I know less than all of you about the course area in which the incident happened and the people involved, but I would caution us on drawing too many conclusions for a couple reasons.
1) Cars and bikes are faster and slow in different areas.
2) There is going to be an accordion effect when the terrain goes from flat out to slow and rocky.
3) If a rider or driver has his ear plugs in and his race face on, he may not know you're there until you're very close. I don't care how loud your horn is, I won't be able to hear it when you're 100 yards behind me.
4) If the rider doesn't know you are there or doesn't let you past, you're going to have to get pretty close to them to take advantage of the terrain when it does open up, especially when it is a slower accelerating car passing a faster accelerating bike.
This has nothing to do with the people involved or what really happened, but you can imagine a truck catching up to a bike, trying to get close enough to get their attention right as the terrain changes compounded by a bike having a problem and what you're left with is a terrible, terrible accident.
I feel really sad and disappointed about what happened and there are definitely things NORRA can do to improve the safety, but you can't remove all of the risk and I don't suggest they dramatically reinvent the format to try and do so.
A couple things that might help:
1) Make sure the cars have extremely loud horns. If the bikes are starting behind the cars, make sure they have extremely loud horns.
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3) Throw anyone out of the race for not letting someone pass them as soon as it is safe. Use the cameras.
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don't worry your not alone ive also done some thing bad. like leaving when it was forcasted for 40 mph winds fun ride back tho.
rubd the dock and left so many dock marks on my boat lot of time cleaning it up.
try rebuilding my carb and forgot the put a important piece back and took a few days trying to figure it out
almost hit a few boat.
got caught out in no winds with just enough gas to get the to mooring enough gas to get through the harbor i was 5 miles away from the harbor.
lost a race because i reefed to late and didn't hear the starting gun.
ripped my sail but not paying attention when pulling it down got caught on wire toping lift.
came home way to late a few times because of little to no wind and not enough gas to get there.
got my mooring ball caught under my boat the whole mooring ball was stuck under the boat did a good scrubing job
cut my pick up stick line by running it over.
broke another pick up stick by running it over
lost a pick up stick by not tieing it right
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The San Diego Padres and third baseman Chase Headley reached agreement Wednesday on a one-year, $8.575 million deal. The agreement allows the two sides to avoid an arbitration hearing as Headley was seeking $10.3 million and the Padres were offering $7.075. "It's the system," Padres General Manager Josh Byrnes told U-T San Diego. "He had a great year and he deserves to be rewarded. This is a defendable number." Headley, 28, finished fifth in the 2012 National League Most Valuable Player voting after hitting .286 with 31 homers and a league-leading 115 RBI. He was the league's Player of the Month for both August and September and won the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards for NL third basemen. Headley finished his breakout season by hitting .308 with 23 homers and 73 RBIs after the All-Star break. The Padres have indicated that they would like to sign Headley to a long-term deal.
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Avant-garde master Ernie Gehr's first foray into DV is innocuously titled Cotton Candyalthough given the piece's implications, he could have easily gotten away with something as weighty as Montage of Attractions, The Myth of Total Cinema, Carnival of Souls, or That's Entertainment.
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Gehr uses a mini-digital recorder to look back on the Machine Age in the form of San Francisco's soon-to-be-shuttered Musee Mecanique. For slightly more than an hour, Cotton Candy documents this venerable collection of coin-operated mechanical toysincluding an entire circusmainly in close-up, isolating particular details as he alternates between ambient and post-dubbed (or no) sound. By treating the Musee's cast of synchronized figures as puppets, the artist is making a showbut is it his or theirs? Gehr's selective take on the arcade renders it all the more spooky. There's a sense in which Cotton Candy is a gloss on the moment in The Rules of the Game when the music-box-collecting viscount unveils his latest and most elaborate acquisition. (It also brings to mind the climax of A.I.: The DV of the future tenderly regards the more human machine of the past.)
The Musee's assortment of space-bending, raucously interactive video games is shown only obliquely, and relatively late in the film. Gehr prefers to focus on the outmoded and archaic. Thus, Cotton Candy pays particular attention to the old-fashioned, hand-cranked photographic flip-books known as mutoscopes. In what could be a movie from the 1890s, a secretary fights off a masher; later mutoscopes have a cowboy belly up to the bar, a boat drift toward the rapids, and Harold Lloyd dancing on a skyscraper girder. How many nickels have dropped in the slot? How many times have these images flickered? Crumbling before our eyes, the worn-out motion pictures still work!
In addition to the persistence of Persistence of Vision, Cotton Candy's other main concern is the effect of sound, synchronous and otherwise, on the moving image. Gehr extracts a wry pathos from having his puppets "sing" the Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 hit, "If I Had a Talking Picture of You," and even manages to wring a degree of defamiliarization when the mechanical band appears to strike up a melancholy passage from Erik Satie. A frequently heard player piano appears on-screen for a "sync event" closerthe mindless reiteration of a melody programmed perhaps a hundred years ago, by someone long dead.
Gehr has always been interested in the ephemeral, and Cotton Candy could well be his most preservationist film. Also the most epicthe automata provide the filmmaker with his largest-ever cast. (This is also the first time he's ever had to pay his actors.) Appropriately, the Museum of Modern Art, which commissioned the work, is projecting it straight from discit's not really a film, but a "film" about film.
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Attack code published for third Word flaw
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Secunia and McAfee said Thursday that a buffer-overflow flaw in the word-processing application could crash a computer and ultimately let an outsider run code on a vulnerable PC.
But Microsoft said it could not confirm the existence of the vulnerability on Thursday, noting that it was still investigating the issue.
The problem is the third to arise in Word in less than two weeks. The other two zero-day vulnerabilities also involve memory corruption issues, according to a security advisory from Secunia. So far, these unpatched flaws have been used only for limited and targeted attacks, Microsoft has said.
"Up until now, it was only the victims of the attack, the attacker and Microsoft who knew how these flaws were exploited," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.
With the third possible vulnerability, the situation could be more serious. A software analyst who calls himself "Disco Jonny" has published proof-of-concept code that appears to use the security hole.
"The impact of the file I released would be a crash in Microsoft Word. This file could be taken and turned into a functioning exploit by a person skilled enough," Disco Jonny said in an e-mail interview. "This could then lead to code, controlled by the person who sent or created the file, being run on the victim's machine in the context of the current user that is logged in."
As such, the proof-of-concept code could serve as a template for hackers to create a functioning malicious attack. It exploits a third flaw, but exactly how the code works is not clear, said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee.
Disco Jonny said that part of his problem in trying to be more specific about the source of the code is that he does not have access to information about the characteristics of the first two Word vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released a security advisory on one of those flaws, and a blog posting on the other, but these do not include much detail.
"From conversations with others, I am pretty sure that this bug is not related to the two current Word issues," Disco Jonny said. "This is a third, as yet unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Word. Without having the other two word issues to look at, I cannot state 100 percent either way."
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- MS Office IS a virus.
- MS Office. An easy to eradicate virus using Add/Remove Programs.
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- Add/Remove Programs doesn't entirely get rid of MS Office...besides, MS Office is just an extension of MS Internet Explorer's framework...
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- You ARE ignorant.
- Incredible how many people like this virus: more than 75% of the market does. It's a shame you can't just remove your ignorance and bias with Add/Remove Programs. Oh well, at least we can always have a laugh. :)
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- This is part of Microsoft's migration to Office 2007 Plan
- Or you could install OpenOffice. Best installed in Linux but a Windows version is available too.
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- open office doesnt have bugs?
- disco jonnys file will also crash open office (latest version for windows & linux)
Quiet a few word doc readers throw a fit on that file.
back in your box fanboy.
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We are building an addition on our barn for horse stalls. We hired our contractor back in October, he was referred to me by a local feed company who knew of him and his work. Long story short, the list is long for reasons I should have fired him ages ago but never knew how... as I have NEVER in my life of hiring contractors for various work have I EVER had such a horrible experience. As my experiences have always been pretty good I have never had to fire a contractor in the middle of a job. Which brings me to the question of how do you do it?
We were under the agreement/contract that I would pay him half of his fee when he was half way finished (which mind you was in November!- I paid him) and then the final amount when he finished.
He is a weekend builder (which I would advise no one to ever hire after my experience) as he works for a larger pole barn building company during the week so I am hostige to him working on the weekends, now I realize he works to his whim and will to show up. He is close-ish to finished however he hasn't shown up in over a month for more than a total of 4 hours. Again, he told me he would show up today and he isn't here. If he would just SHOW up it would propably take him 3 weekends to finish...but with his lack of attendance it could be May...which isn't an option.
He is the master at evasion (must be a skill 1, in the contractors book of how to screw over their clients). I can't get him to commit to anything. He literally has an excuse for everything. He is biligerent, evasive, argumentative and pretty much a liar as I see it now that I am in month 5 of this project with no end date in site and a list of issues that he has screwed up.
So how do you fire them when they are close to finished? How do you determine the value of what he has accomplished to date and pay him for it but not loss your shirt bringing in the next contractor to finish off his job? I see now that what he has to finish could be costly with another contractor (building the remaining dutch doors, trim work, etc). How do you protect yourself from getting sued by the contractor? Do you get a lawyer and just fire him with the knowledge you are going to get sued for break of contract? I have never fired a contractor and in ways feel it is almost better to just weather the storm and hope he will pull his finger out and get it finished before summer.
Does anyone have any advise, I am so exhausted worrying about this, trying to figure out a way to fire him and not get screwed over in the process.
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Silk, champagne, cupcakes, lingerie models. It sounds like an invitation to the Playboy mansion, but as it turns out, these risqué attractions are all part of a local fundraising benefit. It's called Go Naked and Check Yourself—a breast, skin and testicular cancer awareness event dreamed up by Angela Courtney of Sweetest Sin Boutique and Chris Paseka of Sugarush. The event, which benefits the American Cancer Society of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, highlights the importance of a monthly self-exam (the most accurate and thorough way to check for an abnormality). Hosted at the restaurant Teak, the evening includes drinks, appetizers, a silent auction, door raffles, cupcakes and more. Models will be "stripping" down as the night wears on—from bathrobes at the start of the event to something a little less comfortable toward the end.
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My standard is an old craftsman that went through anything... today's stuff just looks cheap and I don't want it breaking on the first time out (the Management co we're renting from sent someone to trim the bushes and his new trimmer died before he was finished)
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Milan designers tip hat to summer elegance
Missoni is coming full circle.
Ottavio Missoni made his first foray into knitwear for the 1948 London Olympics, producing tracksuits worn by the Italian team. Missoni, who turned 90 this year, also competed in the games as a hurdler. The label's menswear collection for next summer - when London will again host the event - is a tribute to the Olympic spirit as a source of Missoni's heritage.
"We want to make people understand where it all started and why we have this comfort idea," Angela Missoni, Ottavio's daughter and the brand's chief designer, said at the Sunday evening preview show.
The collection features a special collaboration with Converse, knit-top Auckland Racer sneakers in Missoni's classic alternating blue and white.
Knit suits - perhaps more appropriate for casual outings than the track - formed a core of next year's warm weather collection. Intricate knitting work gave depth to monochromatic navy suits, a single button fastened over a cotton T-shirt in shades of blue.
Shorts appeared in an array of fabrics, from jacquard linen to gabardine, nylon to cotton jersey - the latter in long shorts that perhaps best evoked Olympic memories. They were paired with pullover, cardigan and blazer-style sweaters in classic Missoni zigzags and swirls.
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Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease in Women Lowered by Mediterranean Diet
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"These are dramatic results," said Fung. Previous studies have shown an association between the Mediterranean diet and reduced risk of cardiovascular death in men and women. This study is one of the first to look at non-fatal events. "Women whose diets look like the Mediterranean diet are not only less likely to die from heart disease and stroke, but also less likely to have those diseases," she said.
This is the first large-scale study to focus on the non-fatal incidence of heart disease and stroke in women, said Fung. "Women whose diets look like the Mediterranean diet are not only less likely to die from heart disease and stroke, but are less likely to have those diseases," she said.
Foods and beverages common in this diet include monounsaturated fats, vegetables, whole grains, fish, moderate alcohol, and limited red meat, refined grains, and sweets.
During the study's 20 years of follow-up, researchers found 2,391 incidents of coronary heart disease, 1,763 strokes and a combined total of 1,077 fatal heart attacks and strokes.
Fung and her colleagues used data from 74,886 women ages 38-63 who participated in the Nurses' Health Study, a National Institutes of Health-funded project that began in 1976 to examine factors that influence women's health. Their study focused on data from 1984 on, which provided more detailed diet measurements than those of previous years.
Researchers scored the diets as most closely resembling the Mediterranean diet, although the U.S. food choices differed in many ways from those in southern
Compared to a typical U.S. diet, the Mediterranean diet requires a shift toward a more plant-based diet, which means eating less meat and getting more protein from plant sources like beans and nuts.
Researchers, including co-authors
Last year, Fung released data from a study showing that women who adhered to the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) — a diet developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — significantly lowered their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. The DASH diet is high in fruits and vegetables and low in animal proteins. The study indicated for the first time that the diet, which had previously been shown to lower blood pressure, also reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke among middle-aged women.


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One of the first popular songs to use a sampled orchestra hit sound was the band Yes's 1983 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart", from their album 90125. This album was produced by Trevor Horn, who also used similar sounds frequently on songs by his own group Art of Noise. The orchestra hit sound appeared on many songs throughout the 1980s. Probably the most frequently used version was a sample from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite that came as part of the Fairlight CMI library of sounds Many rap groups picked up the sound and it appeared frequently in rap music, as well as dance music from the 1980s to early 1990s. By the 1990s the orchestra hit was generally regarded as a musical cliché. Today the sound most frequently appears in television in the presentation music of such genres as news and sports programming and game shows such as The Weakest Link.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter should not be tried in Columbus, his attorney said after Schlichter pleaded not guilty to theft charges.
Schlichter, 51, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges in a 13-count indictment. He is accused of bilking people in what authorities have described as a million-dollar ticket-selling scheme.
Schlichter's new defense attorney, Sam Weiner, said outside court that publicity over the case has "poisoned the ...
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Economic data of the past six months including resurgence in U.S. manufacturing, rising confidence levels, improving retail and auto sales, declining claims for unemployment insurance, and more impressive performance of the nation's service-providing sector have been met with substandard job gains. Not so in February.
The American economy added 192,000 net new jobs during February, matching economists' consensus forecast. In addition, previously reported job gains during December and January were revised to show 58,000 more people at work. Just over two-thirds of the industries measured by the U.S. Labor Department added jobs in February, the most widespread gain in 13 years.
Note regarding the first chart: the surge in American employment in early 2010 and the sharp decline a few months later involved nearly one million temporary Census jobs.
Declining Unemployment
The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly declined again from January's 9.0% level to 8.9% in February, the lowest level in nearly two years. The nation's unemployment rate—as high as 9.8% last November—has now fallen nearly a full percent in the past three months, the most rapid decline in nearly 28 years (cnnmoney.com).
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Two trends continued in February, with the likelihood that such trends will be noteworthy during much of 2011 and perhaps 2012. The nation's private sector employers added 222,000 net new jobs during February, while state and local government employment fell by another 30,000 positions.
Private companies will likely continue to add to payrolls at more impressive rates than has been the case during the past two years. Corporate profit levels have risen significantly, while productivity gains tied to solid investments into technology have largely run their course. In summary, more bodies are simply needed.
The second is that employment within the state and local government sector will continue to decline, a result of severe weakness in state and local tax revenues of the past three years. State and local governments have now eliminated 377,000 jobs since peaking in September 2008 (nytimes.com). Payments to state and local governments as part of the massive $850,000,000,000 stimulus program of roughly two years ago are now gone. Funds to maintain employment levels are nowhere to be found.
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An expected offset to state and local employment weakness later this year and in 2012 should be a modest resurgence in residential and commercial real estate construction employment. Widespread weakness of the past four years in both sectors should finally give way to rising new construction activity.
Such gains will be most welcome as the unemployment rate in the construction sector is estimated at 21.8%, the highest of any industry. The construction sector actually added 33,000 net new jobs during February, the largest one-month gain in nearly four years.
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The nation's goods producing sector added 70,000 net new jobs in February, led by the 33,000 rise in construction employment. The manufacturing sector added an identical total, with the rise of 97,000 net new manufacturing jobs the strongest three-month gain in 16 years. Manufacturing sector unemployment is now estimated at 9.9%. Mining and logging added another 4,000 jobs.
The nation's much larger service providing sector added 152,000 net new jobs in February, led by the addition of 47,000 new jobs in the professional & business services arena. Education & health services added 40,000 net new jobs, while transportation and warehousing added 22,000 jobs. Leisure & hospitality added 21,000 net new positions, while other services added 14,000 jobs. As noted earlier, government loss 30,000 jobs, all in the state and local sector.
Looking Forward
One good month does not a trend make. However, there is reason to believe that more solid job gains should become the norm—rather than the exception—in coming months. At the same time, external events such as Middle Eastern and Northern African political instability, rising oil prices, European debt issues, and political developments in the nation's capital could damage confidence and the economy, and lead to softer job gains.
The pace of U.S. employment growth is a component of the U.S. Business Index. Stronger American employment growth contributes to stronger U.S. economic performance, which is a component of the Small Business Index for Colorado. Regional and global economic performances are also components of the Small Business Index.
The Colorado unemployment rate—the most heavily weighted component of the Vectra Bank Colorado Small Business Index for Colorado—was estimated at 8.8% in the most recent month, unchanged from the 8.8% rate of the prior month. Because of annual baseline revisions, new data was not available at the time of this writing. The 8.8% rate compares to the 7.4% rate 12 months ago. A higher Colorado jobless rate is a positive contributor to the Index as it suggests increased access to labor for small businesses. Other associated factors typically tied to a higher unemployment rate, such as lesser job creation, lesser income gains and lower retail sales, pull the Index lower.
The state's unemployment rate averaged 8.0% during 2010, 7.7% during 2009, 4.9% in 2008, 3.9% in 2007, and 4.4% in 2006. Colorado's jobless rate averaged 4.6% between 1990 and 2005.
The last 12 months saw an estimated increase in Colorado employment of 5,200 jobs (up 0.2%), matching the prior month. Colorado lost 50,000 jobs in 2010, lost 106,300 jobs in 2009, added 19,000 jobs in 2008, added 52,200 jobs in 2007, and added 53,100 jobs in 2006.
These job totals compare to gains averaging 46,500 net new jobs annually between 1990 and 2005. Until the most recent period, job declines, leading to slower income creation and weaker retail sales, have had a negative impact upon Colorado small businesses…and therefore the Index.
The Vectra Bank Colorado Small Business Index for Colorado was 113.2 in February 2011, up from a revised 112.8 in January 2011. The Index measures business conditions from the viewpoint of the Colorado small business owner or manager.
A higher Index number is associated with more favorable business conditions for Colorado's small businesses. The Index uses 100.0 for calendar year 1997 as its base year. The Index also includes revisions to various historical and new forecast components as they become available.
The March 2011 Vectra Bank Colorado Small Business Index for Colorado will be released on April 7, 2011.
Jeff Thredgold
Thredgold Economic Associates
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Fans of flora and fauna will no doubt be keen to visit top London attractions such as Kew Gardens.
This weekend however, horticulture enthusiasts will also be able to visit 173 of London's smaller gardens, many of which are usually not open to the public.
Many of the participating gardens will also be providing refreshments, in addition to entertainment and activities for families and children. Others will be hosting music events or plant sales. Essentially there is something to satisfy most appetites on what promises to be sun-drenched weekend.
Participating venues include the Academy Gardens and Calthorpe Project Community Gardens in central London, the Inner Temple Gardens in Lambeth and the Manchester Square Gardens in Marylebone.
Londonist.com recommends the popular Kensington Roof Gardens and SOAS garden on the roof of University College London.
London Pass card holders can receive free admission to Kew Gardens all year round, in addition to the nearby Kew Bridge Steam Museum.
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Nine dead in Indonesia ferry sinking: official
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Nine people have been confirmed dead
and 25 were still missing from a ferry sinking last week off
Sumatra island's west coast, a search and rescue official said
on Monday.
Zaenul Tahar also told Reuters 95 people had been saved
since the Sinar Mulia Indah ferry ran into bad weather and high
waves early last Thursday and sank. That figure was just one
higher than the number as of Friday.
Tahar said rough weather had hampered the search for
survivors and casualties, but conditions were favorable on
"We found eight bodies just now, early this morning," Tahar
said by telephone from Sibolga port in Sumatra.
"I think they were too long in the sea and suffered from
dehydration. It's hard to identify who they are."
The ferry, which regularly took people to Nias island,
popular with surfers, sprang a leak before it hit huge waves.
Ferries are a popular means of transport between the 17,000
islands of Indonesia, where sea connections are cheaper and
more available than air routes. But safety standards are not
strictly enforced and many ferries are overcrowded.