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LED Roadway Lighting and its partner Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE:SSNI), today announced they have been selected by Glasgow City Council to deliver the Intelligent Street Lighting requirements for their innovative Future City Demonstrator initiative. The project will leverage LED street lighting from LED Roadway Lighting's NXT range of luminaires and Silver Spring's IPv6-based smart city networking platform to integrate LED street lights, traffic cameras, and sensors into two adaptive lighting systems in the city center and along the River Clyde's "Clyde Walkway." The adaptive lighting systems will monitor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic and dynamically dim and increase illumination accordingly, increasing energy efficiency, urban sustainability and improving citizen safety.
Director of Business Development for LED Roadway Lighting, Huw Convery, remarked, "the collaboration of the two technologies moves street lighting into a new dimension; this is an exciting and strategic project to be involved in. Local authorities countrywide will have an added purpose for fully utilizing their lighting inventory, but more importantly, the benefit to the public from using adaptive lighting will be immense."
The Future City Glasgow Demonstrator is an ambitious program aimed at using technology to make life in the city smarter, safer, and more sustainable. It is funded by the UK's Technology Strategy Board, which invests in UK innovation projects to drive economic growth. The program combines expertise from across the public, private, and academic sectors with cutting-edge technology to address issues such as public safety, transport, health, and energy. For more information on Future City Glasgow please visit www.futurecity.glasgow.gov.uk and http://open.glasgow.gov.uk.
"We're honored to have been chosen by Glasgow for this innovative smart city project. Partnering with LED Roadway Lighting will deliver world-class technology unlocking value for years to come. Glasgow's vision for leveraging proven, standards-based technology to drive sustainability, lower costs, enable access to open data, and improve urban livability for residents is amongst the world's leading future city initiatives," said Mark Coyle, Managing Director for the UK & Ireland, Silver Spring Networks.
As cities worldwide face the need to deliver enhanced services to their community whilst operating with unprecedented budgetary pressures, Silver Spring's solution helps them tackle their most pressing economic, sustainability, health and safety, and mobility challenges today. Silver Spring's smart city solution is comprised of its proven IPv6 wireless networking platform plus management and control software optimized for smart city devices. In addition to Glasgow, Silver Spring's smart city solution has been selected for projects in iconic cities such as Copenhagen, Miami, and Paris. For more information on Silver Spring's smart city solution please visit www.silverspringnet.com/smartcities.
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About LED Roadway
LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. (LRL) are a world leader in the manufacture of high reliability LED luminaires. The Canadian based company began as a contract Electronics manufacturer in 1993, and manufactured the first LED luminaire in 2005.
Primarily LRL operate from a 5,000 m2 world class electronics production facility in Amherst, Nova Scotia but employ over 300 employees, operating in 5 continents worldwide.
In the UK, LRL have been manufacturing with SONY UK (Tec) since August 2011, providing a manufacturing centre of excellence, for quality and innovation to the Street Lighting requirements in that unique market.
LED Roadway Luminaires are designed and manufactured to Aerospace industry standards applying the ethos of using high reliability components and the highest manufacturing standards available, endorsed by the leading industry independent test houses.
About Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks is a leading networking platform and solutions provider for smart energy networks. Silver Spring's pioneering IPv6 networking platform, with more than 18.5 million Silver Spring enabled devices delivered, is connecting utilities to homes and business throughout the world with the goal of achieving greater energy efficiency for the planet. Silver Spring's innovative solutions enable utilities to gain operational efficiencies, improve grid reliability, and empower consumers to monitor and manage energy consumption. Silver Spring Networks' customers include major utilities around the globe such as Baltimore Gas & Electric, CitiPower & Powercor, Commonwealth Edison, CPS Energy, Florida Power & Light, Jemena Electricity Networks Limited, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pepco Holdings, Progress Energy and Singapore Power, among others. To learn more, please visit www.silverspringnet.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about Silver Spring Networks' expectations, plans, intentions, and strategies, including, but not limited to statements regarding Silver Spring Networks' partnership with LED Roadway Lighting and project with Future City Glasgow, and the benefits thereof to the City of Glasgow and the public. Statements including words such as "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" or "future" and statements in the future tense are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions, which, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include those described in Silver Spring Networks' documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Silver Spring Networks as of the date hereof. Silver Spring Networks assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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'Summertime in Gravity Falls, Oregon...oh, yeah: this is "heaven."
a boy with bushy brown hair sat on a log overlooking the Mystery Shack.
he wore a blue-and-white cap, a vest and was writing in an 'old book'
'When i'm not working in my great-uncle's "tourist trap"
or, dealing with my twin sister's 'flirting' and 'sweater obsession'
i'm usually almost getting killed by some crazy thing
that NOBODY but me and my sister believes is real.'
'well..there is ONE person who believes me: Wendy.'
Dipper stopped writing and looked towards the Mystery Shack.
as luck would ha
Gravity Falls Parody Idea (Dipper x Wendy)So after listening to the music today on the way home I had this idea for a fanfic. My soul-sis already knew what I was thinking (cause she's just that good at reading my mind) I am planning on writing a parody of A Goofy Movie with Gravity Falls characters and the main characters OF COURSE being Dipper and Wendy!!! * w * I already figured out who the main cast was going to be and I just wanted to get peoples opinions on it!More Like This
Max: Dipper (Well for one thing they act alot alike so it works out really well for them especially in the case of trying to win over the girl that he has a crush on *coughWENDYcoughcough!* )
Goofy: George Pines (Well I couldn't just use Mr. Pines cause that name is used for Grunkle Stan. SO my sis and I came up with the name George and it just sounded good.)
Roxanne: Wendy (Both are beautiful and also act somewhat alike in a way and both are the main characters love interest. After all this is gonna be a Dipper x Wendy story!)
P.J: Soos (In this case Soos
Heartbreak and FireworksIt was the Fourth of July, and a party was going to be held in Town Hall. Gravity Falls never used fireworks for fear of setting the forest on fire, so they just held barbecues in town. The barbecue was held outside, while Town Hall was used for dances and extra goodies.More Like This
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"I can't Mabel, you know that." Dipper reminded her. "I only have my summer clothes with me and Grunkle Stan would never buy me a new outfit."
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"Didn't want to carry a lot of luggage." Dipper shrugged. "Hey, at least my outfit works for the party this time."
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I can't explain how thankful I am to be alive.Thank You God for not giving up on me.
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I need to strengthen my relationship with Godand Trust in him more.
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Psalms 87 kjv: 1 (A Psalmor Song for the sons of Korah.) His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me...
I believe He loves me too.He believes in me. I always wonder why I'm still alive and well, after what I've been through. I couldn't commit suicide at those times 'cause God didn't want me to die then. Perhaps there's more to life than what I've seen so far. Perhaps God has great things in store for me...
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God wants you to know that.. God will get you through the pain. Everyone experiences pain sometimes, emotional and physical. Next time it threatens to overwhelm you, take a deep breath. As you breathe slowly, picture God holding you, crying with you, giving you the strength to get through.
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I prayed that one day my family doctor wouldsee my world so that he would understand that even though I have Schizoaffective disorder that my darkness turned to light.....Well he did end up seeing it and instead of understanding me better he casted stones at me, but hung in there for a couple of hears, then they brought...
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He Loved Me FirstI grew up in a family that went to church. As I was growing up I went to church because they went to church. Sometimes, I would wonder to myself "what are the chances that I was born into a family that believes in the right religion?" As became a teen, I thought maybe...
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I posted this in another threadbut I thought if add more detail and ask again: Okay so this is concerning the fate of the Edomites (and their descendants which undoubtably exist today in high numbers). We know that god hated Esau and his people but he loved Jacob which became Israel and that they were...
Help is on the way. Help is on the way.Help is on the way.
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God wouldn't put you through anything youcouldn't handle. Life wasn't meant to be easy, he has a plan for every single one of us.
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Oh no it's 4am now. Have to go to bed now.Thank you God for this day! I love you!
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Gods love is so powerfuland amazing. I give up on so many things but he never gives up on us
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God Healed Me.........For six years, I had this pain below my shoulder blade. I did go to the hospital after the first year to get some X rays done, and they told me that it was just muscular and to take tylonal for the pain. For six years I suffered with this pain. The pain was getting so bad that I...
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Be prepared all whom believe in the oneand only God. Are you ready for the days to come, and it may be weeks, months or years. But God doesn't want you to back down, he wants us to be Ready and get to know Him. So Please, Brothers and Sisters, let's not discourage ourselves. "Come to me, all of you who are weary...
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I love God and because I do,I ended my relationship with my boyfriend. He does not love God and he would talk horribly about Christians and anyone else who loved or believed in God. I'm not perfect and I've done some horrible things in my life, but that doesn't change my faith or how much i love God. And I...
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"Most birds were created to fly.Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around. Living unloved is like clipping birds wings and...
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He takes care of me. I'm never alonebecause he will always be there for me. I was struggling with my psychosis last night. One thing that brings me out of that place very quickly and back to reality is social interaction. Suddenly my friend messages and asks if she can stay the night. Now when I'm in my psychosis...
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No matter what you are going through,God is WITH you!
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I am blessed on what God has given me I thankhim everyday for a new life and for a healthy living. Even if one time I complain but then I realize God has a perfect plan for me so why complain instead just thank him.
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If you don't have a Dador have never known the love of a good Dad you're in luck! You have a Heavenly Father who knows you by name and loves you dearly!
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Why Atheism Is Bad PhilosophyIf you are an atheist you may be offended by the following material. You may feel it is a personal attack, but it is an ideological one. I realize that no two people are exactly alike. I know many people have good, meaningful and moral lives without religion. At the deepest level...
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I feel like I'm kinda usefuland It felt nice. I mean I have a dark side, secrets and problems. I always thought I'm not good enough to do something and I'm not good at solving my own problem. But Jesus, He's incredible. He told me so much in His words. Now I understand what should I do. I can help people...
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Thank you God for letting me know You!Thank You for Your love and Your mercy. What you have done in so many lives is just amazing Lord!!!
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God you are so amazing!! Thank you for everything that you have given me:) I can't wait to one day see you with my own eyes and to just be in awe!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wivgDck1l88 I don't know if the guy who wrote this actually went on a tour of heaven and spoke to God or not. In my mind it doesn't matter if the experience is true or false, the core of the message is true and powerful. The words of this message convicted my heart and has...
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I love God and my family.I KNOW beyond a doubt that God orchestrated what is happening in our lives right now. Let me explain. For 24 years I am sad to say I have not had a very good relationship w/my father-in-law. Several months ago he got jaw cancer. When he went through the radiation treatments...
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More than anything else.I can't wait to meet him in heaven
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I don't know much about Godbut I feel like he has something special planned for me. Yesterday my friend went to work on somebody's pool and we could've swam but he had to stop because it started storming. But if didn't storm it could have been filled today and we could have swam in the pool and I'm not...
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Happy Sunday Ya'll :) hope you all take thetime to appreciate the Big Guy upstairs today!!!
Fill me up God !!!!!!! Days like this I give thanks though depression eats me up inside the love of God still finds its way to give courage and strength .. FIll me up God .. When the human love can't give the love I need 24/7 your love never fails !
ForYouIwillWaitJoey 18-21, F 1 Response 3 Jun 6
So many girls want a guy to save them.A man did save you 2000 years ago, on the cross <3
SamiePB 18-21, F 6 Responses 26 Jun 5
See GODTo see God in another human Is to see GOD To cry and console an unhappy soul Is to be at one with GOD To love another is to love GOD To not want revenge is to live in GOD To see the beauty of each day Is to know GOD The tress, the flowers are his arms & fingers To touch them...
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lovingRIZA 51-55, F 2 Jul 11
One thing that makes me alive tillnow is Jesus. He loves me so much, it hurts me if I think about it. He loves me and I'm grateful for it. I hope that I can learn about him more, make Him proud, become His favorite daughter and never ever again betray Him for something which not worth it. I love you...
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Lord please be the center,the center of my life.
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Thanks to God that I was able to be strongfor myself and not let a guy that was bad for me back into my life. I pray that God stays with me on my journey to better myself. I send all praises to Him.
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'Closer than you think' by United.Such beautiful words that totally resonate with my soul. https://youtu.be/gZH2GBRmrUg
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I can honestly say that I am in love with God,and I love him with all of my heart and all of my soul, but my strength is weak, so I depend on him to carry me through.
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God loves me!!!!!! I'm not always strongand active in my faith ... But God blesses me with great health .... And sanity ;) anyway!!!! My troubles are few compared to so many others. Please please please be inspired and don't delay to tell your loved ones that they are loved ... I did so (in my way) last night (I had...
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Man I cannot say this enough!I still find it hard to believe that not even a year from now I wouldn't ever think of saying those words. His grace & mercy is just so wonderful, not one person I can think of besides my parents who would die for me & my sins; and tbh it just makes me tear up thinking about it...
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Dont like what I say?Sorry, but deal with it. The truth needs to be told.
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The priest Gibrian was born into an Irish family of ten children. Intent to withdraw from the world for the service of God, he and his six brothers and three sisters migrated from Ireland to France, settling first in Brittany. Thereafter they moved to the vicinity of Chalons-sur-Marne. Gibrian settled in a forest near the intersection of the Coole and Marne Rivers, spending the rest of his life in prayer and self-denial as a hermit. As the oldest brother in his family, Gibrian served as the spiritual leader of his brothers and sisters, all of whom settled in close proximity to him. Each lived in his or her own hermitage. Inhabiting the same forest, they were able occasionally to visit each other. Along with Gibrian, his brothers Helan, Tressan, German, Veran, Abran, and Petran, and his sisters Francla, Pomptia, and Posemna have all been venerated as saints.
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CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) -- The rapper known as Lil Twist has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after being stopped in California while he was behind the wheel of Justin Bieber's luxury sports car.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore says 20-year-old Christopher Moore was pulled over around 3:30 a.m. Thursday on a Calabasas road leading to a gated community where Bieber lives.
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Friday, July 24, 2015
Mid-winter rain in Gauteng
Mid-winter, July 2015, and it's raining, it's pouring!! Unusual for Gauteng... I'm really grateful for the rain, everything has been so dry and dusty, but at the same time I'm worried about all my succulents - it has been freezing cold and together with the wet I'm not sure if they will all survive...
Here in Gauteng we're not used to cold AND wet, that's Cape weather. When I lived in Cape Town, that was one of the most disturbing phenomena for me - cold, rain and wind, all together! Here in Gauteng, the weather is organised - rain in summer, cold in winter and winds in August! I don't know if Mother Nature is confused or whether she knows exactly what she is doing... Maybe this is our first Spring rains? Yesterday I noticed tiny little green leaves on the Acacias (thorn trees), and I thought that was rather odd, right in the middle of winter.
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Sunday, July 5, 2015
A misty winter's morn'
It's 7am and the morning is cold and misty. But I've heard that, when there is a lot of fog, it's going to be a beautiful sunshine day!
When I left for town at 8.30am, visibility was a mere 30-50m and one didn't see another car until you were almost on top of it. Sensibly, people were driving very slowly with their headlights on (never on bright, that just worsens the scenario as the bright lights cause a huge, impenetrable white spot making it impossible to see anything) and it took me double the time to get to town than normal.
The now dead Zebra grass made a lovely bright contrast against the rest of the dark garden. Luckily it springs back to life early in Spring.
When I left for town at 8.30am, visibility was a mere 30-50m and one didn't see another car until you were almost on top of it. Sensibly, people were driving very slowly with their headlights on (never on bright, that just worsens the scenario as the bright lights cause a huge, impenetrable white spot making it impossible to see anything) and it took me double the time to get to town than normal.
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
A walk through my June garden
After a beautiful mild Autumn, winter has struck with a vengeance, giving us -3℃ temps at night and 7℃ in the middle of the day with a couple of warmer days in between.
Thank heavens for Phormiums and Restios, the hardy back-bones of the garden!
My herb garden is feeling the effects of the cold nights. I think a total revamp here in Spring would be in order...
Lanky and shrivelled Aeoneums and Echeverias
The young Aloe ferox along one of the garden paths is also showing signs of suffering
Over-worked wheelbarrow!
Arum lilies, who do not mind the cold at all, but slightly trampled by my chooks. Why on earth would they want to walk ON TOP of the plants...?!
Whoot whoot! Two of my Aloe ferox seemed to have escaped the effects of the frost and are flowering, although the one at the bottom seems to have been burnt a bit already, just hope its flowers are OK.
The wildlife pond has sprung a leak and this is how much it has drained so far. Next step is to scoop out the last bit of water (being careful and keeping an eye open for any aquatic wildlife), but I'm waiting for a day a bit warmer than 16℃!
I am absolutely thrilled to bits! This is the first time my Aloe marlothii has flowered since I planted her in February 2012! These aloes do best in a more temperate climate and I was worried that it would not make it through our severe winters, but so far she's holding her own!
Close-up of Aloe marlothii flower
Hopefully my Aloe marlothii will manage to complete her blooming, I'm dying to see the open flowers.
My little private forest at the pond, now the trees are leafless and letting through much needed sunlight
I'm surprised that the Sword Ferns are still green and maybe it's a sign that this winter is not as severe as I perceive it to be. Just a month or two more, roll on Spring!
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Just before winter (April 2015)
Winter hasn't sunk in yet and I'm still hanging out in April! It has been sooooo absolutely cold that I haven't yet managed to catch the devastation that's happening in my garden. I'll get around to that this week, but in the meantime, let's still bask in the sunshine and greenery of Autumn!
Autumn (and the month of April) is when many of my Aloes start flowering. The Aloe ferox (the larger Aloes) will start a bit later, roundabouts May/June, but the aloe zebrina (with the long stalks), are already in full flower, above and below.
Walking through the garden just after sunrise is still a pleasure with the sun shining brightly through all the plants. But soon most of those Nasturtiums will be gone and the Sword Ferns will be withered and dead. But the hardy back-bones of the garden like the Phormiums, Restios, Aloes, Arums, big trees and succulents normally escape unscathed, leaving something to tend to.
I'm looking forward to when the Aloe ferox start flowering; if they're not caught by a bad frost in the early-flowering stage, they will provide splashes of orange to brighten up all the greenery.
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Kalanchoe rotundifolia
Kalanchoe is one of a number of plant species which are presently being tested for their suitability to be grown as Green Roof plants in the Durban region that have initially shown good results. They all occur naturally within a radius of 50 km of the Durban city centre. Kalanchoe rotundifolia is widely distributed in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
It is a very common plant found growing as a pioneer plant on poor soils in full sun and partial shade on road cuttings, road verges, on rooftops and derelict land and this brittle succulent (making it very easy to break off pieces for propagation) has an upright growth habit with fleshy, rounded or lobed leaves that are 2.5cm broad and are clustered at the base of erect stems. They reproduce naturally by means of vast amounts of very small seed which germinates readily under ideal conditions.
The robust red flowering specimens are rewarding garden plants, flowering for many weeks. This is an easy plant to propagate from both seed and cuttings. The seeds of these plants are very fine and must be collected as soon as they are ripe before they disperse. The best time to sow these seeds will be early spring in order to give them plenty of time to grow before late autumn. Sowing may be done either in seedling containers or directly into the garden.
Some new propagations of Kalanchoe in a good draining potting soil
Kalanchoe rotundifolia plants are very drought resistant often growing where there is virtually no soil. However, they are susceptible to attack by thrips and red spider mites if they are grown in nutrient rich well watered medium.
A cutting I planted a couple of months ago growing well in a pot
My original Kalanchoe rotundifolio where I found them growing in a pot next to my Echeverias. I have no idea how they got there, must have been seeds brought in by the wind!
Some more Kalanchoe cuttings (in the plastic pot on the right) taking root next to some Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' and a Vygie
Family: Crassulaceae
Common names: Common Kalanchoe, Nentabos, Plakkie (Afrikaans) and umadinsane (Zulu).
Indigenous to South Africa.
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
Converting an exotic garden to an indigenous garden
Perhaps you, like many gardeners, want to change your garden from being predominantly exotic to predominantly, or even totally, indigenous. Here is a wonderful article from Witkoppen Wildflower Nursery telling you exactly how to go about this.
There are many good reasons to go indigenous, but the more common ones are because you are environmentally aware and want to increase the biodiversity in your garden, want to use less water, or use fewer pesticides. Or you have realized that indigenous plants can add colour and interest to a garden, require less maintenance or maybe you just want to stay trendy.
If you are new to gardening, or have not gardened with indigenous plants before, the prospect of converting your existing garden can be daunting, even more daunting than starting a new garden. It need not be a traumatic an experience, and if you do your homework first and treat it as a long term project, it should be interesting and fun.
What is meant by "indigenous".
A Celtis africana in my garden
Plants are deemed "indigenous" to an area if they occur naturally in that area, so, for example, Celtis africana (White Stinkwood, Witstinkhout) is indigenous to Africa. Plants are considered to be indigenous to southern Africa if they occur naturally anywhere south of the Kunene or Zambezi Rivers or the northern borders of Namibia and Botswana between these rivers. So, from our previous example, Celtis africana is also indigenous to southern Africa. Strictly speaking though, when speaking of indigenous plants, these should be limited to those plants that occur naturally within area you are speaking about. Most gardeners accept the broader definition for southern Africa. We can extend this by also including hybrids that have been bred from plants that are indigenous to southern Africa.
Do your homework
Before starting the conversion of your garden, find out which plants will grow in your area. There are some good books on gardening with indigenous plants in the summer rainfall regions. One of the best is Pitta Joffe's Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. (Afrikaans edition ISBN 978-1-875093-36-6 and a new English edition co-authored with Tinus Oberholzer, launched on 1 September, ISBN 978-1-875093-99-1.) Also good are those by David and Sally Johnson, and Charles and Julia Botha, but remember that they garden in KwaZulu-Natal, where winters are in general not as harsh as those in parts of the South African interior. Fanie & Julye-Ann Venter's Making the most of Indigenous Trees is strongly recommended. The Gardener's Tanya Visser and Anna Celliers' book, Homegrown Garden Design, is about landscape design using indigenous plants.
SANBI and some indigenous nurseries have good websites that provide information about indigenous plants and gardening with them. Find sites that are based in your area or at least a similar region so that information is applicable to your garden. If there is a National Botanical Garden in your area, visit it to see what the plants look like in cultivation and how they have been used.
Euryops pectinatus (Golden Euryops, Gouemagriet) growing and flowering beautifully in the dappled shade of Acacia karoo (Sweet thorn, Soetdoring) in the Free State Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein. By visiting botanical gardens you will be able to see what plants will look like in cultivation, as well as how you can use them in your garden.
My 10-year old Acacia karroo in my garden
Establish your starting point. Identify what plants you already have in your garden. Identify which plants in your garden are indigenous. You may be very pleasantly surprised to realize that you already have quite a few indigenous plants. Many common, widely grown garden plants, like Plumbago auriculata and Freylinia tropica (Blue Honeybell Bush, Blou Heuningklokkiesbos) are indigenous without gardeners realizing it. If you are uncertain of the plants, cut samples and take them to your local nursery and ask them to help. If you cannot get joy there, send us close-up pictures of the leaves, flowers and fruit (if available) and we will try to help you. Then determine which of the exotic plants are invasive or potentially invasive, as these will be the ones you should remove first.
The white form of Freylinia tropica (Blue Honeybells, Blouheuningklokkies) has become a very popular garden plant, but many gardeners do not realise that it is indigenous to southern Africa..
Remember that you can use indigenous plants to create whatever style of garden you would like, from very formal to wild and woolly. Plan for the style you want before you physically start changing your garden.
Phase the changes
It is very seldom that an existing garden needs to be totally trashed and re-started from scratch, rather phase the conversion. If you decide to replace existing trees, see if you can use them to shelter their replacements for a few seasons before you do remove them. Remove the declared invasive plants before attacking the more benign plants. If you do need to fell the trees immediately, do not despair, because if planted correctly, most indigenous tree are quick growing and will quickly fill the gap. For shrubs, remove 1 in 3 or 4, plant their indigenous replacements and give them time to establish themselves before repeating the process. In this way you will not be left with a naked garden while the new shrubs get established, and use the existing plants to give more cold-sensitive plants protection through winter.
Remember to group together plants that have similar water and soil needs.
If you are converting to an indigenous garden to attract more birds and other wildlife to your garden, select plants that will provide different types of food. Include a variety of plants that provide fruit, seeds, flowers and nectar. Select some that are hosts to insect larvae and so provide food to insect eaters, while ensuring that there are butterflies in your garden. You will be amazed at the life your indigenous garden will attract.
Gardening is meant to be fun, so take time and plan carefully, and you will enjoy the journey to your new garden!
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Going crazy for succulents!
This past summer I went totally crazy and purchased dozens of new succulents! My collection primarily consisted of Echeverias, some cacti and a few aloes. Now I have some new babies to look after and it's taking up a lot of my time, experimenting with sun and shade, how much water and learning all the names, where they grow naturally and generally just pampering and loving them!
Three Mammilleria cacti in small pots - to find exactly which specie each one is, is a nightmare!
Cotyledon orbiculata
Crassula arborescens ssp. undulatifolia - indigenous to South Africa
Crassula perfoliata ssp. falcata
Since I bought this Crassula in January 2015, it his just recently started producing a flower (2nd March 2015)! I believe this can take a while before it fully opens...
Flower as at 16th March 2015 - now I'm just waiting for the full blossoms!
A dish garden with mainly some Echeverias
Sedum rubrotinctum
Echeveria harmsii
Echeveria harmsii just starting to flower
This Cotyledon (Paddle plant) - Plakkie in Afrikaans - was a single leaf I "stole" from a pavement garden in Modderfontein and look at it now!
Now the question is just whether I'm going to bring them inside for winterizing... At the moment most of them are under an overhanging tree on a stand on my patio where they get early morning sun and some late afternoon sun, so they might be protected from the very bad frost we sometimes get here. But I will be checking on them EVERY day to watch for any cold damage.
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VIP privileges at airports: Never frisked, sometimes driven to aircraft
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The President, the prime minister and others covered by the Special Protection Group head the list of VIPs whose vehicles can be driven to the aircraft. Others who have been given vehicular access include former deputy prime minister L K Advani, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and the Dalai Lama. The list includes former civil aviation ministers currently holding another Union cabinet portfolio, such as Praful Patel, Vayalar Ravi and Ghulam Nabi Azad. Foreign heads of state visiting India, too, get vehicular access. So do state governors and chief ministers, but only at airports within their respective states.
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A ferry service entitles the flier to a vehicle that will be driven to the aircraft. This is usually done on health grounds. The BCAS last week issued orders allowing ferry services to Mata Amritanandamayi. Also this month, the BCAS had permitted BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha ferry access on health grounds. Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and Balgangadhar Nath Swami, and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi too are driven to the aircraft on health grounds.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and SPG-covered Priyanka Gandhi have set a precedent, opting to stand in queue like ordinary fliers.


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The House at Big Hill is situated near Victoria, Australia's Great Ocean Road, characterized by a restrained material palette and singular form by Kerstin Thompson Architects. The triangular plan, semi-recessed into the sloping site, is orientated to take advantage of the 180 degree views towards the townships of Lorne and Airey's Inlet and of Bass Strait through a filter of mature eucalyptus. Responding to the client's preference for a solid building a natural grey concrete block was selected for the walls, both inside and out. In combination with a black ceiling and dark roof the 2,583 square foot (240 square meters) house is effectively camouflaged within its bush landscape.
The interior has an intimate quality achieved through the careful modulation of natural light and shadow and the use of timber accents which offset the concrete floors and blockwork walls. Views are captured by picture frame windows that become spaces to occupy through deep reveals and window seats. A contrast to the lightweight beach house this dwelling instead provides a solid retreat from which to contemplate the extremes of this beautiful west coast landscape.
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Heavy prime lambs lifted $5 to $6 a head as the market topped at $135 at livestock sales at Canterbury Agricultural Park, in Christchurch, last week.
Prime lambs
Values: A lift of $5-$6 a head was made forheavy lambs. Tops made $125-$135, good $112-$118, medium $100-$106 and light $85-$95.
Sales included: H Faulkner (Springfield) 426 lambs at $96-$112, BW & LD Nell (Rakaia Gorge) 349 lms at $101-$116, Waipara South Branch Station (Rangiora) 160 lms at $90- $124, AKJ Stevens (Rakaia) 119 lms at $111-$116, Manahune P/Ship (Glenmark) 118 lms at $96-$121. AW & RE Preece (Motukarara) 100 lms at $95-$103, Tutaki Run P/Ship (Murchison) 100 lms at $94-$109, BM & LA Faulkner (Springfield) 69 lms at $91-$97, RB & LA Armstrong (Cheviot) 61 lms at $98-$104, AM & MJ Edwards (Te Pirita) 58 lms at $118, DAH & RTH Davison (Culverden) 57 lms at $95-$117, RJ Middleton (Springston) 46 lms at $118-$124, MR Hale (Aylesbury) 42 lms at $111-$121.
Prime ewes
Values: Prime ewes continued to sell well. Heavy shorn corriedale ewes sold for $111. Tops made $110-$115, good $90-$100, medium $80-$85 and light $68-$74.
Sales included: BW & LD Nell (Rakaia Gorge) 544 ewes at $71-$111, AK McDowell (Mayfield) 73 es at $50-$90, AJ & I Swarbrick (Waiau) 51 es at $57-$70, JP & GL O'Neill (Leeston) 44 es at $73-$99, TS & TA Chapman (Darfield) 36 es at $95, Kopara Village (Haupiri) 21 es at $64-$96, Benmore Graziers (Whitecliffs) 19 es at $65, LOCO P/Ship (Oxford) 17 es at $45-$82, HS & KL McLachlan (Amberley) 15 es at $80, G Birme (Weedons) 11 es at $70-$88, AJ Doig (Chertsey) 8 es at $102.
Store lambs
Values: There was a large yarding of store lambs. Tops made $90-$95, good $88-$90, medium $80-$84, light $65-$75 and very light $50-$55.
Sales included: Matiawa Ltd (Kekerengu) 415 lambs at $94, Benmore Graziers (Whitecliffs) 315 lms at $88-$94, Hamilton Glens P/Ship (Omihi) 244 lms at $70-$81, Haldon Pastures (Darfield) 254 lms at $63-$94, CE & EM Douglas P/Ship (Sheffield) 197 lms at $88, RB & LA Armstrong (Cheviot) 185 lms at $57-$89, MB & GA Forrester (Amberley) 186 lms at $50-$90, Est FM Redmond (Greenpark) 154 lms at $90-$91, BI Thompson & H Davey (Sheffield) 146 lms at $51-$88, Taiaroa Benny Farms (Sheffield) 146 lms at $47-$88, Woodhouse Farm Ltd (Glentunnel) 143 lms at $90, DG Watson (Sheffield) 128 lms at $82-$94, Hilvue Farms P/Ship (Burnham) 116 lms at $51-$92. Tutaki Run P/Ship (Murchison) 115 lms at $85-$94, MC & BH Bell (Leeston) 107 lms at $62-$88, Eskhead Station (Hurunui) 97 lms at $49-$76.
Values: In the last of the calf sales a top line up of high country calves were entered. Traditional steers had a strong sale with exotics a touch softer and the heifer market remained unchanged at previous weeks. Steer calves made $2.40/kg- $2.70 and heifer calves $2-$2.20.
Sales included: Glenthorne Station (Rakaia Gorge) 88 angus steers at $440-$655, Bellview Enterprises Ltd (Rangiora) 69 strs at $290-$615, Melrose P/Ship (Hawarden) 58 ang strs at $500-$650, CM & AM Dalzell (Lees Valley) 50 ang strs at $480-$580, Flockhill Station (Cass) 47 ang strs at $400-$570, Eskvale Station (Amberley) 24 strs at $585-$680, Glenthorne Station (Rakaia Gorge) 70 ang hereford cross strs at $390-$730, CM & AM Dalzell (Lees Valley) 50 ang/herfx strs at $510-$585, Melrose P/ship (Hawarden) 33 ang/ herfx strs at $500-$660, RJ & BS Frame (Hawarden) 21 ang/herfx strs at $400-$560, High Peak Station (Rakaia Gorge) 16 ang/herfx strs at $400-$450, Flockhill Station (Cass) 13 ang/herfx strs at $395-$470, Hamilton Glens P/ship (Omihi) 9 ang/herfx strs at $490-$680, High Peak Station (Rakaia Gorge) 63 herf strs at $400-$510, CM & AM Dalzell (Lees Valley) 15 herf strs at $410-$535, Melrose P/Ship (Hawarden) 12 herf strs at $510-$595, Glenthorne Station (Rakaia Gorge) 8 herf strs at $590, High Peak Station (Rakaia Gorge) 62 charolais strs at $410-$620.
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The Disability Studies Reader (4th edition)by Lennard J. Davis
The Fourth Edition of the Disability Studies Reader breaks new ground by emphasizing the global, transgender, homonational, and posthuman conceptions of disability. Including physical disabilities, but exploring issues around pain, mental disability, and invisible disabilities, this edition explores more varieties of bodily and mental experience. New histories of the legal, social, and cultural give a broader picture of disability than ever before. Now available for the first time in eBook format 978-0-203-07788-7.
Enabling Actsby Lennard J. Davis
The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA--the "eyes on the prize" moment for disability rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States, and it has become the model for disability-based laws around the world. Yet the surprising story behind how the bill came to be is little known.In this riveting account, acclaimed disability scholar Lennard J. Davis delivers the first behind-the-scenes and on-the-ground narrative of how a band of leftist Berkeley hippies managed to make an alliance with upper-crust, conservative Republicans to bring about a truly bipartisan bill. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players involved including legislators and activists, Davis recreates the dramatic tension of a story that is anything but a dry account of bills and speeches. Rather, it's filled with one indefatigable character after another, culminating in explosive moments when the hidden army of the disability community stages scenes like the iconic "Capitol Crawl" or an event some describe as "deaf Selma," when students stormed Gallaudet University demanding a "Deaf President Now!"From inside the offices of newly formed disability groups to secret breakfast meetings surreptitiously held outside the White House grounds, here we meet countless unsung characters, including political heavyweights and disability advocates on the front lines. "You want to fight?" an angered Ted Kennedy would shout in an upstairs room at the Capitol while negotiating the final details of the ADA. Congressman Tony Coelho, whose parents once thought him to be possessed by the devil because of his epilepsy, later became the bill's primary sponsor. There's Justin Dart, adorned in disability power buttons and his signature cowboy hat, who took to the road canvassing fifty states, and people like Patrisha Wright, also known as "The General," Arlene Myerson or "the brains," "architect" Bob Funk, and visionary Mary Lou Breslin, who left the hippie highlands of the West to pursue equal rights in the marble halls of DC. Published for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ADA, Enabling Acts promises to ignite readers in a discussion of disability rights by documenting this "eyes on the prize" moment for tens of millions of American citizens.
The End of Normal: Identity in a Biocultural Eraby Lennard J. Davis
In The End of Normal, Lennard J. Davis explores changing perceptions of body and mind in social, cultural, and political life as the twenty-first century unfolds. The book's provocative essays mine the worlds of advertising, film, literature, and the visual arts as they consider issues of disability, depression, physician-assisted suicide, medical diagnosis, transgender, and other identities.
Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Bodyby Lennard J. Davis
This book tries to think through some of the complex issues raised by concepts such as the body, the normal, the abnormal, disability, the disabled, and people with disabilities. I wrote this book because I believe deeply that people with disabilities, Deaf people, and others who might not even consider themselves as having a disability have been relegated to the margins by the very people who have celebrated and championed the emergence of multiculturalism, class consciousness, feminism, and queer studies from the margins.
Go Ask Your Fatherby Lennard J. Davis
At last the envelope from the lab arrives. My wife hands it to me, giving me an expectant and sympathetic look. My hands shake when I pick up this bland looking envelope, knowing that inside I will find the answer to the obsessive question I have been asking.
Obsession: A Historyby Lennard J. Davis
We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite television shows, and desperately impassioned about our cars, we admire obsession in others: we demand that lovers be infatuated with one another in films, we respond to the passion of single-minded musicians, we cheer on driven athletes. To be obsessive is to be American; to be obsessive is to be modern. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category -- both a pathology and a goal. Behind this paradox lies a fascinating history, which Lennard Davis tells in "Obsession". Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, Davis traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. From obsessive aspects of professional specialization to obsessive sex and nymphomania, no variety of obsession eludes Davis's graceful analysis. "Obsession" also considers the clinical definition of the condition: Davis investigates the huge increase (estimates suggest up to 600-fold) in diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder over the past thirty years. Surveying the many ways in which doctors today treat OCD, he points out the limitations of and contradictions within the biological definitions of the disease. Impassioned, witty, and learned, "Obsession" is for anyone -- from compulsive hand washers to professional psychologists -- who has been fascinated by, struggled with, or cultivated obsession.
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The decoration is the dream of a bad architecture: beautiful and absolutely uncomfortable. The sitting place (kind of sofa) was 90 degrees, no place to relax the back. The cutlery was long, and difficult to handle. Nothing practical.
Now the food: correct. I had a steak, not bad, but as I go quite often to Buenos Aires I can only say that any parilla place is much better. The side dish was some kind of puree, with cheese, no taste at all. The amuse bouche at the beginning very good.


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Knuckles are turning white on this one. But in life, it's all about choices. Some new ones have been made and I'm deciding to part with my 1968 Triumph Bonneville. But only for the right price. That said, if you're looking for a very clean, riding classic, email firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll get you the details.
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Jason Paul Michaels Triumph Thruxton 900 CR
Having left Dime City Cycles and now running his own garage, Jason Paul Michaels is continuing to pursue his passion: building motorcycles. Jason and right-hand-man William Benedict recently completed this Triumph Thruxton for a local Florida collector. Sure, it's a café racer. Sure it's a Triumph. Sure we've seen them before. But Jason's attention to detail is one of the things we've grown to love, so there is more to this bike than what you see at first glance.
Jason will be the first to admit, there's nothing really "custom" on this bike with the exception of the hand-made 2-into-1 stainless steel exhaust they built from Cone Engineering stainless stock and a slick muffler Jason managed to wrestle from Roland Sands.
The bike, however, does include a handful of items from the "CR Line" developed at Dime City Cycles including headlight ears, instrument cluster kit, and rearsets. In addition, there's a smattering of products from Britsh Customs which Jason says he's "quite fond of." Their stuff just "works" and when building a bike on a budget for a customer, time is money.
Other upgrades include Continental Attack tires, all the electrical goods were wrapped and treated with the best in connections from DEI, and Harley EFI tops from the boys at Biltwell, which match the Speed Merchant retro finned covers perfectly.
As for the paint, the customer only had one request, that it be retro in style and include red, black and silver - his three favorite colors. After a quick visit to Jason's usual painter, Kevin Bates, they settled on a classic scheme with solid colors as opposed to more modern metallics. The custom badges are super thin aluminum die transferred with black ink and then clear coated to become one with the side cover yet still be "metal" to match the rest of the engine.
"There's some things that just work on a bike," Jason mentions in regards to some of the stock bits left on the bike, "and in this instance the the customer wanted the timeless British look that the Napolean style mirrors achieve so we fitted some custom inserts in the bars and made them work." The customer wanted to keep a stock two-up ability, so Jason worked with his local upholstery guru and came up with a different foam pad that's much more comfortable and breathable (awesome for Florida swampass!) and covered it with authentic suede.
As for performance and handling, in addition to the tire upgrade, the Thruxton was fitted with Progressive front springs and lowered 2" overall with a match size set of 412 Series dampers at the rear. The engine is completely stock with the exception of airbox, air-injection and 02 sensor removal all complimented by a custom made tune from Twin Power UK. Jason assured us "Yes, it does a wheelie." And we're sure it does….
The customer requested upgraded EBC rotors which aren't cheap, so Jason explained that while he could certainly do it, a set of nicer pads would do with the stock rotors. He often says, "people get too crazy with what they put on a motorcycle. To me, one of the most important things is that it should be timeless. Which is often why you'll see me cut and re-use factory components as a mix with hand-made or other products."
Stay tuned to see what we have planned for the I&A Garage and in the mean-time, give Jason a follow on Instagram via @jasonpaulmichaels or visit his website at www.jasonpaulmichaels.com
Photos by Clark Griffiths (@clarkgriffiths) - http://www.clarkgriffiths.com/
BMW S1000R - Deus Ex Machina
We have a soft spot in our hearts for the arthropod inspired BMW S1000R. It took us a while to warm up to its jagged lines but once we did we were coverts. But deep in the back of our minds we always pondered what could be done in the transformative hands of a talented builder. Well, we can stop wondering.
Introducing "4cyl", a custom S1000R built by Michael "Woolie" Woolaway o f Deus Ex Machina for the actor Orlando Bloom.
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Preservare - The Keating Wheel Co.
Iron & Air Films is proud to present this short film by Lucent Productions about Brian Keating, of The Keating Wheel Co. Brian is the owner and steward of some of the most interesting and rare motorcycles we've had the opportunity to lay eyes on.
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