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I've always loved Whole Foods but I love them even more now that they have created "365", their affordable quality brand of products. There goal with the 365 line is to save consumers money without having to sacrifice taste or quality ingredients. In fact, quality is so important to them that they are committed to never adding harmful things such as artificial ingredients, hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, or genetically modified ingredients to their products. Add this little bit of information to the great taste of their gluten-free products and you've got a winner! For more information on this brand please visit Wholefoods.com or simply click on their link to the right.
This giveaway will be open through Monday, August 3rd (2009).
Giveaway includes: 1 of each Whole Foods 365 brand products, pancake/waffle mix, chocolate brownie mix, chocolate chip cookie mix, white cake mix and muffin mix. Giveaway also includes a Whole Foods re-usable tote (for your eco-friendly shopping) and a copy of Living Without magazine. Wow!
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'Dogs Place Three on All-MW Teams
May 22, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - Prior to the start of the Mountain West baseball tournament, the conference announced the 2013 All-MW baseball teams and three Bulldogs were selected as voted on by the league coaches.
Junior Aaron Judge earned first team honors, while sophomore Chris Mariscal and freshman Blake Quinn were named second team All-Mountain West. Quinn was also named co-Freshman of the Year with New Mexico's Sam Haggerty.
Judge, an outfielder from Linden, Calif., earned his third consecutive all-conference honor. He leads the team in every offensive statistical category as he enters his third conference tournament, which begins Wednesday night against Nevada. Judge is hitting .373 with 72 hits including, 15 doubles, four triples and 11 home runs. He hit back-to-back long balls against the Wolf Pack last weekend.
The center fielder also has 35 RBI, 31 walks and 11 stolen bases so far this season. Judge has a .461 on base percentage along with a .663 slugging percentage. He began his junior campaign by winning the 2012 Ameritrade Home Run derby.
Quinn is the first Freshman of the Year selection since 2011 when Judge earned the accolade. A Fresno, Calif. native, Quinn has the lowest ERA on the 'Dogs staff with a 2.64 ERA after 47.2 innings of work. He has a 3-3 record on the mound in seven starts and 13 appearances. Quinn has struck out 31 batters while allowing only 16 walks.
Another Valley product, Mariscal earned his first all-conference accolade. He hit .302 this season with 61 hits, which is second most on the squad. The short stop recorded 12 doubles, two home runs and 19 RBI. He also collected 13 walks and three stolen bases.
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Creative Cookout Menus for Summer Holidays and Events
These party-perfect menus are full of grilling recipes, sides, and desserts.
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which are completely free to use!
The only exception is at Baggeridge Country Park. More details
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Station Street, Cheslyn Hay, (adjacent to the Working Mens
Club). 18 spaces.
Station Road Shopping Parade, Codsall, (outside no. 14 - 24). 8
Landywood Lane, Great Wyrley, (Train Station). 26 spaces.
Station Road, Great Wyrley, (opposite St Marks Church). 52
High Street, Kinver, (rear of no.50). 47 spaces.
High Street Shopping Parade, Pattingham, (outside nos. 1-7). 14
Clay Street, Penkridge, (rear of no.1). 58 spaces.
Common Road Shopping Parade, Wombourne, (outside nos. 132-138).
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High Street, Wombourne, (adjacent to Abbiss House). 50
Windmill Bank Shopping Parade,
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With his third Rotorua Cup in the trophy cabinet jumping career looms for winter star.
The jury might be out on whether we see Saturday's $70,000 Rotorua Cup winner Indikator racing over fences soon, but the smart money says we will.
Inevitably, it will depend on a couple of factors - most prominent of which is the handicap elevation Indikator receives for his third Rotorua Cup victory.
And right here it needs to be said co-trainer Keith Opie is far from complaining about the way his crowd-pleasing favourite has been treated in the handicap arena.
"I thought Dean Nowell [chief handicapper] treated us extremely well with the 59kg he gave us for Saturday's race.
"Indikator is only a pony who struggles when he gets to the 60kg and above.
"I thought Dean was very fair with us and I knew this was our last chance to prove the old bloke was capable of coming back to his best.
"If he didn't win this I knew we couldn't make excuses for him and that we'd have no choice but to put him over fences."
Indikator didn't win, he thrashed the opposition, an inevitability that was obvious as far out as the 700m.
However, it was his first major success since winning the Rotorua Cup two years ago. Since then, big weights have dogged his progress.
It's interesting to note that in 21 starts since he won the 2010 Rotorua Cup (with 56kg) he has not carried less than 57kg and often around the 60kg and more.
Pushing Indikator towards a jumping career is the lack of suitable races on the flat for the rising 10-year-old, but an even greater incentive is that in the jumping field he starts off at the bottom of the handicap
Opie says Indikator is a thoroughly good jumper.
"He's been jumping since he was a 3-year-old and he loves it: hurdles and steeplechase fences.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't even think about switching him to jumps racing if he had no experience."
Opie knows what a good jumper is - he rode over fences for only three seasons, but was the country's leader in that field for two of those years.
"I was lucky that I was with DJ [Dave O'Sullivan] when he switched all those good handicappers of his to jumping."
Self-praise does not sit comfortably, but Opie has been on the case of Indikator's wave-length for quite a while. "He's like all of us, when you've done what he's done, been around 70 times, there are things you feel and not every day is the same.
"When he got beaten with no excuse at Te Rapa last start we came home and wondered whether that might be the end of his flat career.
"Early this week I took a risk. Instead of galloping him, I sprinted him up twice on Tuesday morning.
"He's been such a spoilt little bloke that if you don't mess with his mind he'll switch off.
"It's one of those things that if it comes off you're a hero and if it doesn't then you've got it all wrong."
It more than came off.
Indikator and Reese Jones swept past the field before the home bend and although the favourite Sum Up made something of a challenge, the result was never really in doubt.
The fast-finishing Dark Bishop edged past Sum Up and into second in the closing strides.


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DESCRIPTIONLipoproteins are a class of heterogeneous particles of varying sizes and densities containing lipid and protein. These lipoproteins include cholesterol esters and free cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids and A, C, and E apoproteins. Total cholesterol comprises all the cholesterol found in various lipoproteins.
Factors that affect blood cholesterol levels include age, sex, body weight, diet, alcohol and tobacco use, exercise, genetic factors, family history, medications, menopausal status, the use of hormone replacement therapy, and chronic disorders such as hypothyroidism, obstructive liver disease, pancreatic disease (including diabetes), and kidney disease.
In many individuals, an elevated blood cholesterol level constitutes an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease. Blood levels of total cholesterol and various fractions of cholesterol, especially low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL -C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are useful in assessing and monitoring treatment for that risk in patients with cardiovascular and related diseases.
The serum LDL concentration may be calculated using the Friedenwald formula (LDL=total cholesterol-HDL-triglcerides/5). This formula is valid only for triglyceride levels less than 400mg/dL. The LDL should be measured directly when the triglyceride level exceeds this value. This calculation may not accurately calculate the LDL in alcoholic patients. These patients may also require direct measurement of the serum LDL.
Blood levels of the above cholesterol components including triglyceride have been separated into desirable, borderline and high-risk categories by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in their report in 1993. These categories form a useful basis for evaluation and treatment of patients with hyperlipidemia. Therapy to reduce these risk parameters includes diet, exercise and medication, and fat weight loss, which is particularly powerful when combined with diet and exercise.
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Acevedo and Thomas Prepare for Olympic Debuts
Aug. 17, 2008
In the Fast Lane with Jose Acevedo
Going the Distance with David Freeman
Clearing Hurdles with Mikel Thomas
On the Moooooove with Coach Tucker
Beijing, China - The wait has finally ended for University of Kentucky track and field seniors Jose Acevedo and Mikel Thomas as they prepare for their Olympic debuts at the 2008 Summer Games Monday morning. Acevedo runs the 200 meter dash for Venezuela at 10:33 a.m. (Sun. 10:33 p.m. ET) and Thomas starts the 110 meter hurdles for Trinidad and Tobago at 11:18 a.m. (Sun. 11:18 p.m. ET) at the National Stadium in Beijing, China.
Acevedo comes into the event with a personal-best time of 20.58. He takes the blocks in lane seven against eight other men of heat five during round one of the 200m dash. The competition will be tough as the 2008 100 meter dash gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica lines up in lane four with the world's best 200m time this year of 19.67. There are eight total heats. The first three in each heat and the next eight top times advance to round two on Monday evening.
In May, Acevedo broke the Venezuelan National Record in the 200m dash at the NCAA Mideast Regional after crossing the line in 20.58 twice, once in the prelims and again the next day in the event final. He ranks third all-time at Kentucky behind former Olympian sprinter Tim Harden. In June at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Acevedo anchored the men's 4x400m relay squad that finished third in the nation while setting the UK varsity record in a time of 3:02.00.
Thomas takes the track with a qualifying mark of 13.72 in the 110 meter hurdles. He will race in lane three against seven other athletes of heat two during round one. Thomas' competition includes American champ David Oliver who starts in lane six with the second-best time in the world this year of 12.95. There are six round-one heats in the 110m hurdles. The top four in each heat and the next eight top times advance to round two on Tuesday evening.
Last month Thomas won the men's 110m hurdles title at the Sagicor/NAAA National Senior Open Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Thomas ran 13.96 to clinch the gold in the event. Thomas' junior season was a record-breaking campaign beginning last summer when he set the 110m hurdles title in his home country. During the 2008 indoor season, he broke the UK 60m hurdles varsity record multiple times, finally posting a top mark of 7.75. This summer Thomas set the school's 110m hurdles varsity record four times during the outdoor season. His current record mark of 13.57 (+3.3w) was set at the NCAA Mideast Regional in May.
"This is the day I've been training for since I saw my first Olympic games, yet I feel like the day has been waiting for me," Thomas stated Sunday. "By this time tomorrow, I will not be the same."
Kentucky assistant coach for sprints Erin Tucker, serving as a guest coach for Venezuela, believes his Wildcats are ready.
"They are set up for success," Tucker said. "They just have to execute."
The 2008 Beijing Games are the first to have multiple track athletes represent Kentucky. UK track and field has been represented by one participant at every summer Olympics since the 1976 Montreal Games with the exception of the heavily boycotted Moscow Games in 1980.
Big Blue fans can follow the progress of the Kentucky track and field contingent in Beijing by clicking the UK Olympics button on the UKathletics.com homepage. The special Wildcat Olympians webpage contains bios and features blogs frequently updated by each of the track athletes and UK assistant coach Erin Tucker during their 2008 Summer Games experiences.
Stay tuned to UKathletics.com for Olympic Games updates and more post-season news.
University of Kentucky 2008 Summer Olympic Games Track and Field Participants
Jose Acevedo (Venezuela) -- 200m dash
David Freeman (Puerto Rico) -- 1500m run
Mikel Thomas (Trinidad and Tobago) -- 110m hurdles
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A great reminder from my 5 year old
I'm new to homeschooling as my oldest is 5. We haven't started homeschooling for the year yet, but Wyatt is anxious to start. He pulled out an extra workbook he has the other day and wanted to do things in it. I was trying to work with him while taking care of my 3 month old (and short on sleep as always). I felt like he wasn't trying and I didn't have the time or patience at the moment. I said we should put it away for now and he protested. I said "Sweety, I don't think you're trying right now." and he said "Mommy I am trying. But you have to teach me."
Boy was that humbling to hear. It was an in my face reminder that sometimes he wants to learn on a different time schedule and I need to accomidate that the best I can.


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10 Tips For Borderlands 2: A Vault Hunter's Guide
Posted on Monday, September 17 @ 21:00:05 PST by Nicholas TanIn general, Borderlands 2 respects players who are steady, focused, and thorough. Unless you're a Gunzerker, over-aggression usually leads to being surrounded and fighting for your life, and passing up crates merely means not having enough ammo or cash to purchase stronger weapons. Tips #1-5 is mainly a recap for Borderlands veterans but are essential for new players to read, while tips #6-10 generally pertain to elements specific to this sequel.
1. Take advantage of the four-player cooperative multiplayer.
Borderlands 2 is centrally designed for multiplayer, with vehicles that can hold more than one player and loot drops that improve the more people are in your party. Sure, enemies also become more dangerous, but the benefit of having a team is immense, if just for having someone who has your back when you're out of health and fighting for your life on the ground. Not only does the meter fall more slowly, but your partner can take care of surrounding enemies before reviving you so that you won't face as much retaliation when you recover.
But really, the game is hardly as fun playing solo. The five different classes are designed to work in tandem, with the Gunzerker as the damage-dealing tank, the Siren as the elementalist, the Assassin as a sniper and duelist, and the Commando as an all-around powerhouse. The Mechromancer hasn't been detailed in full yet, but she will likely fit in as a keep-away character who can summon robots to distract enemies from the main party. Also, the new trading interface and character mods that affect the entire team both naturally lend themselves to multiplayer. Just make sure you join a game with people you know or trust, or else it might devolve into four players only looking out for themselves, which defeats the whole purpose of multiplayer...
2. Get your fundamentals down.
After becoming accustomed to the first-person shooter movement, it's important to note spots for cover. Though there is no cover system per se, finding a wall to hide behind and reload is just as important as aiming for headshots to land critical hits. If you don't have anywhere for cover, circle strafing around an enemy and moving along the perimeter of an arena (as in a boss battle) are viable options to ensure that multiple enemies can't surround you easily.
That said, also look at the mini-map frequently for enemies that may not be easily seen so that you aren't caught flat-footed. Some enemies can spawn out of the blue, so always be ready for a retreat if you feel surrounded or for a firefight if you see a suspicious-looking door in the distance.
Pay close attention to the cooldown for your special ability, which for most classes is a life-preserving skill. Of course these special abilities have their offensive uses as well, so don't be afraid to lay the smackdown with them. Be on the lookout for support skills and characters mods that reduce the cooldown for your special ability.
3. Elemental weapons rock!
Understanding enemy elemental weaknesses is key to surviving the wasteland. Specific enemies can sometimes only be damaged significantly by choosing the right element, especially when compared to the first Borderlands where enemies don't frequently have elemental weaknesses.
Fire inflicts continuous burn damage and works well against human enemies, while lightning inflicts continuous shock damage and short-circuits robots. Armored enemies tend to be weak to corrosive weapons and strong to mostly everything else. The explosive element works more like an area of effect attribute where aiming becomes less important and a narrow hallway becomes an enemy deathtrap. One of the perks on inflicting elemental damage is that an enemy can't hide, because damage numbers continually pop out, revealing the enemy's location. Better yet, it can even save time and precious ammo when you know an enemy will die soon without any need of an extra shot.
4. Don't forget about the slag element.
The new elemental type introduced in this installment is a purple substance known as slag, which inflicts more of a multiplier status effect than straight-up damage. A non-slag weapon inflicts about thirty to fifty percent more damage on a slagged enemy, so this element can't be ignored (especially when you've been slagged yourself).
Flying solo, inflicting slag is a tad difficult since you have to interchange weapons (and aim correctly) for the slag element to take effect. So it may not be worth your time, but in case you decide otherwise, choosing a weapon with a fast fire rate and weapon swap speed like an SMG or pistol will give you more time to deal damage. As you might expect, slag is much more useful in teams, where one character with a lot of firepower (likely the Gunzerker or the Commando's turret) can inflict slag on the crowd of enemies for the rest of the party to take advantage of.
5. Carry an assortment of elemental guns and a slew of different gun types.
Naturally following from the last two tips, you should look toward amassing a variety of fire, shock, corrosive, explosive, and slag weapons. Having the right elemental gun in a fight works wonders, as is switching out to the optimal elemental types before a fight. As you progress through the story, the number of weapons you can swap between increases from two to four. Along the way, it will be good for memorization to slot a specific direction on the D-pad with a specific element.
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Wednesday saw the last chapter of an operation involving VF Corporation, retailer John Varvatos and equity firm Lion Capital LLP. Cit.com, a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies just announced that it provided a senior secured asset-based credit facility to John Varvatos Enterprises, Inc.
The financing was completed in conjunction with the acquisition of the Company by Lion Capital LLP, a consumer focused private equity firm, from VF Corporation. In late April, Lion Capital LLP on Monday completed its purchase of the majority ownership interest in John Varvatos Enterprises Inc. from VF Sportswear Inc. and John Varvatos.
Varvatos launched his namesake brand in 2000 with a collection of tailored clothing and sportswear. It now includes an entire men's lifestyle collection that is distributed in 10 freestanding John Varvatos boutiques across the United States and online, as well as in specialty stores and high-end department stores worldwide.
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We all think we know what a bonsai tree is. Translated literally, the word means no more than "cultivation in a tray". That, of course, is the least of it. The real point is to distil in miniature the essence of nature. Niwaki is a much less familiar term, but as Jake Hobson explains in an engrossing new book, Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way, it has the same aim. The difference is one of scale. A niwaki is a garden tree, growing with its roots in the ground rather than in a tray. From now until the new year, teams of specialist pruners and clippers will be moving through Japanese gardens, enhancing the poise of junipers and maples, setting guy ropes to improve the angle of an azalea branch and, in the case of pines, stripping off all the old brown needles so that only the freshest, greenest foliage is left on the tree.
That's not a job you could ever expect to do on a wild pine, 60ft or more high. But as Jake Hobson demonstrates, niwaki developed as a way of keeping trees in gardens in proportion to their surroundings. The art lay in developing specific ways to constrain them while preserving the essence of each one's soul. The book is more than usually absorbing because Hobson trained as a sculptor before he ever got interested in gardens. He went to Japan immediately after graduating from the Slade School of Art and winning a travel scholarship to study the cultural phenomenon of the cherry blossom season and the effects it had on Japanese people.
The cherry blossom was good, but the thing he most remembered from the trip was the sculptural quality of the garden trees: Cryptomeria japonica in the suburbs of Osaka Prefecture, beautiful Ilex crenata in the grounds of a hospital in Hakone, Pinus densiflora outside the art museum in Shimane Prefecture. Within a year, he was back in Japan, teaching English and working in an Osaka nursery where various members of the Furukawa family started to teach him the philosophy of the niwaki in which the nursery specialised.
So he's approaching the subject with the eye of an artist and an appreciation of the culture that brought these staggeringly beautiful objects into Japanese gardens. But you can't prune or train trees without understanding how they grow, and his year at the Osaka nursery was followed up by another five years at Angus White's iconic nursery, Architectural Plants, near Horsham in Sussex. Then he set up a company importing tripod ladders and fine pruning tools from Japan. I've got a pair of his secateurs, but I only use them for best occasions. I want to maintain, for as long as possible, the feeling that to use them is a treat. They are light, precise and frighteningly sharp.
His book is practical, in the sense that through photographs and drawings he explains the differences between the various styles of niwaki: bendy, twin-trunked, multi-layered, with branches set out in alternating steps or with foliage clipped into shell-like domes. Succeeding chapters deal with the most important plants used for niwaki in Japan and show how to train them. Pines are top of the list. As he points out, the three native species are "loaded with cultural references". It is one of the most easily manipulated of all garden trees, allowing the tree growers and gardeners to speed up the maturing process that gives pines so much character.
By nature, Pinus thunbergii favours the rocky, windswept coastline of Japan. In a Japanese garden, rocks, gravel and ponds are used to evoke this natural environment and the tree trained to mimic the wind-sculpted forms found in the wild. In the west, our topiary tends to be symmetrical: cones, balls, pillars, cubes. Or else it's whimsical - peacocks, rabbits, battleships of lonicera. In Japanese niwaki, asymmetrical forms are thought to be more beautiful, odd numbers more satisfying aesthetically than evens. So where a tree produces branches at the same point either side of a trunk, one will often be shortened, or cut off altogether and the tree persuaded to adopt a shape that makes it seem much more ancient than it really is.
Some of the underlying aesthetic of the niwaki comes from the fact that Japan is a crowded country: 126 million people are crammed into a scattering of islands no more than about 900 miles long and rarely as much as a hundred miles wide. Living spaces are tiny, gardens even more minute. Garden trees have to be controlled to stay in scale and harmony with their surroundings. But Jake Hobson also points out that both Shinto and Buddhism have had an important influence on niwaki. They underpin the respect for nature that is at the heart of Japanese culture and which reinforces the desire to interpret nature in symbolic ways in their gardens, temples and parks.
We tend to use just one phrase - cloud pruned - to describe the Japanese specimens (often Ilex crenata) imported into this country and sold at eye-watering prices by specialist nurseries. They'll probably have rounded clumps of neat evergreen foliage balanced on short horizontal arms breaking from a single, central trunk. Ilex crenata is slow growing, so the proud new owners of these pieces (not me, worse luck) have only to keep within the lines, as it were. Like a child colouring in a picture, the shape has been predetermined.
But a Japanese gardener would be able to make one of these things from scratch and would also have a long-term vision of how each of the niwaki might change as it developed. That's a far more difficult skill to acquire, but Hobson tells you everything you need to know. Thinning, training and clipping are the key skills, but most important is an eye, like a sculptor's, which sees what can be released from a mass of greenery, in the way that an artist can see the form he needs to liberate from his block of stone.
Niwaki, whether made from Japanese natives or British ones (there's no reason why we can't borrow the technique) are by their very nature perfectly adapted to town gardens. It's surely a far more appropriate and achievable way of bringing nature into the urban jungle than meadow gardening, the present obsession. Unfortunately, even the clever Japanese have found no way to make Leyland cypress beautiful, but if you've a podocarpus or a cryptomeria, start thinning now.
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I would love to have a hand-crank to add to my collection of big machines. Would be fun to try! Is it in my neighborhood?
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I would love to have a hand-crank to add to my collection of big machines. Would be fun to try! Is it in my neighborhood?
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Hello Dawn,
The machine would be worth the money provided the rear slide plate weren't missing. I had a dickens of a job getting a rear slide plate for my Vickers Modele de Luxe, which is like the one shown on the Sewmuse link, so I expect you will have a harder job in the States. A Singer plate will not fit. Also, with Vickers machines you will find that Singer feet are not compatible, so you will be limited to the feet that come with the machine. However, because they are based on German designs (Frister and Rossmann VS in particular) you have the added bonus of reverse, which Singer never got round to doing on a VS.
Here is a link to a thread Miriam started giving links to my Youtube channel, which will give you all the information you need for using long bobbin machines.
How to Clean Up and use a vintage sewing machine - videos by Muv and Fav
Long bobbin machines make an excellent stitch. Singer manufactured them until the 1960s - they would have stopped long before that if they weren't any good. You can do just about everything on them except free motion quilting.
I learnt to sew on my mum's 28K (now a Youtube star) and still use long bobbin machines regularly. I consider round bobbins modern.
Even if you don't get this BSM, don't hesitate to buy a decent long bobbin machine. You will have hours of fun with it.
ppquilter - No, quite a ways from you. This one is in Texas! Unless you feel like a really long road trip.
Muv - thank you so much for the information! I am glad to know that Singer parts won't work. Because I had it in my mind that I would simply be able to replace that back plate on the bobbin with a Singer one. I also thought Singer low shank feet would work. So again - very good to know that this won't work. There were maybe a couple of extra feet with the machine. Strange looking feet - so probably not feet I would use. Have watched some of your youtube videos as well - very helpful. :-)
I would not hesitate to buy it. What a great machine! But then, I collect anything that looks even remotely like a sewing machine! LOL


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When I bought my place in North Central Florida it came with a field full of prickly pear cactus. I spoke with an old famer in the area and he told me the best way to get rid of them was to dig them by hand. I believe I have dug all of them up finally. With all the digging it has left small holes all over my field. I am going to disk under the field and get it ready for next year. My question is, should I spray my field with anything to make sure the cactus are all gone or should I be ok with going forward and disking under the field and re planting it?
Thanks for any suggestions.
I am in WC FL just north of Brooksville.We have been hand digging prickly pear for over 40 years on our farm until last year. I sprayed Remedy and 2 4 d for weed & blackberry control on 30 acre and it wiped out the prickly pear in 90 days.This year we will be spraying another 60 acres with Remedy. It is regestered for use in Fl on cactus as a spot spray in pasture and hay.. We used 1 qt Remedy & 1 qt 2 4 d per acre with a surfactant with 50 gl of water per acre to get good coverage. The only bad thing I have found about Remedy is the price.
Even if you disc it up any cactus pads or roots will start growing again . I have used a turn plow at 10" deep and had them come back up. Just hard to get rid of them things. I have found nothing that will keep them from growing. The only other way I have heard of to kill them is Vista and was told it by a neighbor that used it,it is very slow as in about a year to work.
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Did you spot spray or broadcast spay the whole fields? If you broadcast sprayed did it kill pretty much everything and how long did it take for the grass to come back once replanted? Thanks for the info, I am looking into everything and $$$ aspect of it right now to see how much I can afford at this time.
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I have it: 45 I had it: 28 I want it: 36 My signature: 1
Tommy 10 is a perfume launched in 2006, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Tommy Hilfiger fragrances, symbolizing America and its aromas. It was designed by Annie Buzantian. Top notes are composed of exotic Hawaiian pineapple, standed with rainy notes, grass and cranberry aroma. The heart is powdery with violet, cactus flower from Arizona and blue spruce from Rocky Mountain. The base consists of woody notes of Wyoming black poplar, wet wood aroma and red maple. This optimistic and independent fragrance was created in the American style with their own ingredients. Tommy 10 was created by Stephen Nilsen and Calice Becker.
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Similer to the original Tommy...this is more warmer...i would prefer the original, but this is great too..
Sugarscent: I got a one-ounce bottle of this, and it is nice with a fresh beginning and pleasant dry-down. It would be good for casual use in warm weather. Thanks for the recommendation. PS, that recommendation was posted on my birthday:)
Forgot to mention hubby wears regular Tommy but we both like this Tommy 10 SOOO much better. It's fresher like a splash of Davidoff's Cool Water instead of sharp sugar. Hope that helps!
I bought this for my husband. LOVE IT SO MUCH I BOUGHT MYSELF A BOTTLE! I think it smells subtley different on me but still smells so good it makes my eyes roll back in my head!
its a fresh day sent avg spring fresh smell nice to start off in the morning
quase pueril . um aroma inofensivo para ocasiões banais e até mesmo um perfume diário para o trabalho . as notas de cabeça são deliciosas , quase suculentas . o meio , um pouco metálico , me incomoda um pouco , mas não ao ponto de me irritar . não arrasa um quarteirão , mas quebra um galhão...ok , um galhinho.
This fragrance has a great resemblance to Tommy Cologne, the entry is almost identical and the middle notes are exactly the same style, though less touch of cinnamon so to speak, and susutituye with an aroma of cinnamon-cream.
It has a similar setting as Tommy Cologne is definitely preferable to the original version. It has good potential for daily settlement and perhaps can be directed to an audience a bit more serious than the original cologne.
Tommy 10 = Tommy Boy but less sweet. I'll go 4 Tommy Boy....
Fresca, ligera, suave, huele a piña, a lluvia, en fin, aunque parecida es diferente a la Tommy Cologne que es mas cítrica. Es mi preferida para el día, sobre todo en verano.
Another fresh/light scent. It starts just like its older brother, the Tommy Cologne (from 1994). Quickly it follows a different way from, and starts to look more like Zegna "Z". "Z" is more spicy (I think because the pepper), and, for me, more lasting.
The Tommy Cologne is also a fresh/light scent, with something a little sweet in it, like cinnamon. As Tommy 10 is a little like Zegna Z, I prefer "Z" which I think is stronger, and the Tommy Cologne because that difference from its younger brother.
Smells good, but I really can't see any difference in this from the original "Tommy", which I don't even see here (only Tommy girl), which makes me think they are the exact same thing. A marketing hoax, if you ask me.
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After a businessman was arrested on Thursday for alleged torture of a minor domestic help, Gurgaon police on Friday apprehended his son in connection with the case.
Maneesh Gupta, 26, the son of Ishwar Gupta, was produced before a local court, which granted him bail.
"We are investigating the matter and more arrests are likely in the coming days," a jpolice officer said.
The eight-year-old boy was rescued from Gupta's house in DLF Phase-1 on Wednesday.
A case was registered under Section 23 (cruelty to juvenile or child) and Section 26 (exploitation of juvenile or child employee) of the Juvenile Justice Act and Section 374 (unlawful compulsory labour) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The victim has been undergoing treatment at a local hospital, said Rishipal of NGO Shakti Vahini, which has got the boy released from his tormentors.
The NGO claimed that the accused had even set his dog on the eight-year-old.
Sources said Gupta's neighbours had even shot a video of the torture and submitted it to the police.
The case came into light after the NGO complained that the family used to beat up the child.


text: Julia Evangelou Strait Julia Evangelou Strait After four decades leading the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter Raven turns over a new leaf By Julia Evangelou Strait • Aug 25, 2010 St. Louis Public Radio file photo Once every three months, Peter Raven pays a visit to his dermatologist. Summers spent at 10,000 feet, hiking northern California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and roaming the sand dunes and vacant lots of San Francisco take their toll. "That did a real number on my skin. Of course, nobody thought a thing about the sun in the 1950s," Raven said, describing a boyhood spent outdoors, rearing butterflies, collecting insects and gathering plants. Mammalian Mash-up: Platypus genome shows three animals in one By Julia Evangelou Strait • May 11, 2008 An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a duck-billed platypus. Part bird, part reptile and part mammal, the platypus genome sheds light on the evolution of mammals, including humans, and on the genetics of disease. Led by Richard K. Wilson, director of the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine, the scientific team found that this mammal's DNA is as unusual as its duck-bill. Mixed-up Mammal


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IGSA Rock n' Roll Race Report
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- Category: Events
- Written by Silverfish News Service
The Canadian Blitzkreig Rolls On!
Mischo Erban and Brianne Davies Win in Austria!
DH Skateboard Podium. L-R: Jackson Shapiera, Mischo Erban, Patrick Rizzo
Photo Marcus Rietema
Thalgau, Austria - Canadian Mischo Erban (Team Landyachtz) won the Rock and Roll World Cup in dominant fashion today leaving his three rivals to fight it out for second. Jackson Shapiero (Hopkin Racing) from Sydney, Australia finished in second place to show he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future. Patrick Rizzo (Sector 9 Racing) from Oakland, California was third. Reigning IGSA World Cup Series Champion Erik Lundberg (Sector 9/Quicksilver/Kahalni) surprisingly had nothing for his rivals in the final and wound up fourth.
Click through for the rest of Marcus Rietema's race report & detailed results for every class.
Downhill skaters take a freeride run between heats. Photo Sven Von Schlachta
Douglas Silva (Team Landyachtz) from Brazil won the consolation final to earn fifth. It was a bittersweet victory for Silva who was taken out from behind in his Semi-Final heat. In the Semi's Silva was sitting in third position and using the draft as they approached the final straight. Just as he began to make his move to the front, former World Cup Series Champion Fredrik Lindstrom hit him from behind. Both riders went down hard at more than 100kph allowing Rizzo and Shapiera to go on to the Finals. In the other Semi-Final, Lundberg beat Erban to the line with South African Mike Zietsman coming home third and Canadian Nathan Lang finishing fourth.
Brianne Davies is unstoppable! Photo Marcus Rietema
In Women's Downhill Skateboarding, Brianne Davies (CAN) made it three for three in World Cup competition. Her close friend Chiara Poscente and reigning World Champion Jolanda Vogler (SUI) gave her some competition this time around but, in the end, Davies was just too strong. Later in the day, Davies raced in the Open class where she qualified in 33rd position amongst the men. In the race she made it to the second round and was credited with 30th position in the final standings.
Mischo Erban (CAN) completely dominated the final. Photo Sven Von Schlachta
This set up the final with Erban, Lundberg, Rizzo and Shapiera. After some controversial starts at the last World Cup in Jungholz, the IGSA decided to use their "Shock cord" start method. A simple elastic cord is stretched across the road and when the cord is released, it shoots across the road signaling the riders to go. Lundberg pushed hard off the line with Shapiera in second, Rizzo third and Erban trailing far behind in fourth. Erban seemed content to just let the other three lead down to the first hairpin and waited. As they made their way through the corner, Erban took a superior line and came rocketing out of the corner. He sailed past the other three riders as if he had a motor and left them in the dust. At the finish he had about a 20-length lead over the others. Lundberg, Rizzo and Shapiera battled it out amongst themselves all the way to the finish. Shapiera beat his rivals for second with Rizzo third. Lundberg didn't have an answer for the others as he came home trailing in fourth.
Wagner, Eliot and Labarthe battling in Street Luge. Photo Sven Von Schlachta
In Street Luge it was all about Leander Lacey (RSA). Leander dominated all of his heats and scored a dominant victory. In fact Lacey won the Final twice when the heat had to be rerun due to a malfunction with the "Shock Cord" at the start line after it became entangled in Olivier Wagner's luge. Yvon Labarthe (SUI) finished second with an injured Pete Eliot (GBR) coming home in third. Eliot hurt his ankle earlier in the day when he made contact with the straw bales and could barely walk. Determined not to let it stop him, he wrapped his ankle in duct tape and raced on. Olivier Wagner finished fourth. In the Consolation it was Loic Zaccaro (FRA) winning the heat and finishing fifth.
Street Luge Podium. L-R: Yvon Labarte, Leander Lacey, Pete Eliot
Photo Marcus Rietema
The Classic Luge final was filled with controversy. Reigning World Cup Series Champion Michael Serek (AUT) was in the lead as they came to the top of the final straight. Leander Lacy was in his draft and making a move on the outside. Serek appeared to take a different line drifting wide. This pushed Lacey even further to the outside and close to the bales. It appeared to race officials that once Serek saw Leander was there, he threw out his inside leg in an effort to move over and avoid contact. There was brief contact and along with being pushed to the outside, it was enough to keep Lacey from making the pass. Serek won the race with Lacey in second. Afterward, Lacey protested. Race officials interviewed both riders extensively and viewed three separate videos of the incident. After many hours of deliberation, they decided to let the final results stand. Konstantin Weigl (AUT) finished in third and Jochen Baumann (GER) was fourth.
A disappointed Leander Lacey (RSA) had to settle for 2nd in Classic Luge. Photo Sven Von Schlachta
In Dirtsurfer competition, it was Andreas Pfister from Germany taking the win. Markus Hutter (GER) was second and Ursin Tanner (SUI) in third.
Final Results
Open Downhill Skateboarding
Pos No. Surname Firstname Nat
1 2 Erban Mischo CAN
2 32 Shapiera Jackson AUS
3 158 Rizzo Patrick USA
4 1 Lundberg Erik SWE
5 76 Silva Douglas BRA
6 107 Lang Nathan CAN
7 70 Zietsman Michael RSA
8 195 Lindström Fredrik SWE
9 3 Siegrist Martin SUI
10 5 Smith Scott CAN
11 47 Ethan Lau USA
12 10 Rüfli Stefan SUI
13 7 Martinez Jonathan FRA
14 18 Fourie Liam RSA
15 87 Salazar Vitor BRA
16 9 Lins Luis SUI
17 69 Johnston Hugh Kibbling CAN
18 194 Connolly Pete GBR
19 106 Hertler Sebastian GER
20 20 Bareaud Olivier FRA
21 200 Goransson Mathias SWE
22 82 Sunde Torbjorn NOR
23 19 Ritter Leon GER
24 86 Leeson Corey AUS
25 179 Breton Nick CAN
26 55 Price David USA
27 94 Sole Alysson BRA
28 54 Risch Stephan GER
29 177 Sanne Christoffer NOR
30 116 Davies Brianne CAN
31 174 Sandberg Robin SWE
32 84 Haller Bassi GER
33 22 Daddow Stephen AUS
34 172 Helm Anders SWE
35 89 Häggström Andreas SWE
36 91 Duran Joseph Myles USA
37 75 Bafile Pacifici Arthur BRA
38 118 Warburton Jon GBR
39 83 Weisfeld Joshua USA
40 17 Schütz Christian GER
41 35 River Mike GBR
42 111 Dusty Werner RSA
43 13 Labarthe Yvon SUI
44 169 Moncrieff Austin AUS
45 40 Pfander Andreas SUI
46 12 Poscente Chiara CAN
47 67 Jacobsen Fredric NOR
48 14 Bataineh Zeid JOR
49 90 Toporovicz Andre USA
50 192 Rodgers Jeremy AUS
51 199 McKendry Rob USA
52 68 Ortiz William BRA
53 175 Luxat Alex GER
54 78 Fink Maaz GER
55 159 Nowacki Michal POL
56 197 Morrison Alasdair GBR
57 41 Isler Marcel SUI
58 74 Matauschek Jens GER
59 92 D´Elia Martin Alexander VEN
60 88 Johnsen Andreas SWE
61 36 Fischbach Jonathan GER
62 73 Forschner Eugen GER
63 24 Poletto Massimo ITA
64 50 Pabian Dawid POL
65 171 Dertinger Yorck GER
66 63 Scheerer Peter GER
67 52 Bogdanowicz Piotr POL
68 33 Baur Jan SUI
69 49 Millasson Janick SUI
70 11 Vogler Jolanda SUI
71 170 Kenig Jakub POL
72 39 Plötz Alex GER
73 85 Stamler Max AUT
74 31 Gruber Christian SUI
75 43 Longoni Raphael SUI
76 115 Tom T.R. GER
77 66 Hang Uta GER
78 193 O'Hara Kevin AUS
79 48 Worsley Tom GBR
80 191 Tellström Olof SWE
81 72 Prem Horst AUT
82 168 Lindenmaier Anni GER
83 4 Sakamoto Noah USA
84 38 Machura Michal POL
Final Results
Street Luge
Pos No. Surname Firstname Nat
1 51 Lacey Leander RSA
2 13 Labarthe Yvon SUI
3 25 Eliot Peter GBR
4 37 Wagner Olivier SUI
5 93 Zaccaro Loic FRA
6 73 Forschner Eugen GER
7 48 Worsley Tom GBR
8 178 Marasca Roberto ITA
9 80 de Wit Edgar NED
10 57 Lang Mathias GER
11 79 Maspero Pierluigi ITA
12 98 Mahdzan Abdil MAY
13 95 Barboni Frederico ITA
14 15 Müller Michael AUT
15 81 Stephenson William GBR
16 56 McBride Chris USA
17 59 Santolamazza Luca ITA
18 60 Lang Joachim GER
19 61 Klimek Sebastian POL
20 99 Sartori Fabio SUI
21 96 DeMarco Christian SUI
22 167 Bunsch Lukasz POL
23 176 Ptak Jacek POL
24 190 Brinkmann Henric GER
25 58 Hurd Max GBR
Final Results
Classic Luge
Pos No. Surname Firstname Nat
1 28 Serek Michael AUT
2 51 Lacey Leander RSA
3 110 Weigl Konstantin AUT
4 97 Baumann Jochen GER
5 53 Klotzberg Georg AUT
6 13 Labarthe Yvon SUI
7 17 Schütz Christian GER
8 57 Lang Mathias GER
9 93 Zaccaro Loic FRA
10 60 Lang Joachim GER
11 16 Peer Scott USA
12 24 Poletto Massimo ITA
13 98 Mahdzan Abdil MAY
14 56 McBride Chris USA
15 88 Johnsen Andreas SWE
16 45 Zálesky Petr CZE
17 25 Eliot Peter GBR
18 81 Stephenson William GBR
19 59 Santolamazza Luca ITA
20 95 Barboni Frederico ITA
21 79 Maspero Pierluigi ITA
22 26 Manarin Michele ITA
23 46 Righetti Carlo ITA
24 42 Profous Jan CZE
25 102 Lanz Gerhard AUT
26 178 Marasca Roberto ITA
27 99 Sartori Fabio SUI
28 78 Fink Maaz GER
Final Results
Pos No. Surname Firstname Nat
1 44 Pfister Andreas GER
2 198 Hutter Markus GER
3 27 Tanner Ursin SUI
4 21 Szostek Tomasz POL
5 29 Jaggard Jody GBR
6 34 Aebin Stéphane SUI
7 38 Machura Michael POL
Final Results
Women's Downhill Skateboarding
Pos No. Surname Firstname Nat
1 116 Davies Brianne CAN
2 12 Poscente Chiara CAN
3 11 Vogler Jolanda SUI
4 66 Hang Uta GER
5 168 Lindenmaier Anni GER
Final Results
Inline Skating
Pos Surname Firstname Nat
1 16 Peer Scott USA
Final Results
Gravity Bike
Pos No. Surname Firstname Nat
1 88 Johnsen Andreas SWE


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Converted Barn in Saint Clar, Gers, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Tranquil Rural Location With Stunning Views
This delightful barn conversion offers spacious accommodation for up to 6 guests in three bedrooms. Only an hour from Toulouse airport yet deep in the unspoiled Gersoise countryside, close to the small market town of St Clar, can be found private tranquillity with wonderful views for a family or group of friends. The property is ideal for both summer and winter living with a newly built pool, covered outdoor dining areas, summer kitchen, log burning stoves and a well equipped kitchen. The large high vaulted main section of the barn is used as a dining and area at one end and as a cosy lounge area at the other with a large focal log burning stove. There is a separate sitting room with television, another log burning stove and a computer access point with wi-fi. There is a twin bedroom and two double bedrooms, two bathrooms and a utility room. Outside are found two covered dining areas, each bathed in sunshine at different times of the day during the summer months.
Top Traveller Review
Wonderful French Countryside House for families
About the Owner
About Nicky Gregory
Two sisters bought adjacent properties in 2007, primarily for personal use. As the houses are uninhabited for periods of the year, it was decided to make them available for rental. For larger groups, our three bedroom barn conversion can be rented alongside my sister's neighbouring property which sleeps a further 10 people (please contact the owner if this is of interest). We have an excellent agent in France who greets our guests and manages the changeover. She is able to deal quickly with any problems should they arise during your stay. We see these properties as homes rather than a business and we welcome any family or group who are able to appreciate and respect the high standard of accommodation we are able to provide in this beautiful, unspoiled part of France.
Nicky Gregory purchased this barn in 2007
Why Nicky Gregory chose Gers
Gascony offers the beauty of its rolling, hilly landscape, a wonderful climate, gastronomic excellence and a surprisingly comprehensive range of superb wine. The locals offer a warm welcome to the English. For us, the gentle pace of life embodies the total antidote to the hustle and bustle of England.
What makes this barn unique
The property offers seclusion without isolation and sufficient space for holiday makers to both interact and withdraw during their stay.
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Wonderful French Countryside House for families
The outdoor area of this lovely French house is what sold us on renting this property. We spent most of our week lazing by the pool and going to the local supermarket and markets for our food to bring back and relax in the house. The surrounding area is beautiful and tranquil. Brilliant for families
From the Owner
"Gascony offers the beauty of its rolling, hilly landscape, a wonderful climate, gastronomic excellence and a surprisingly comprehensive range of superb wine. The locals offer a warm welcome to the English. For us, the gentle pace of life embodies the total antidote to the hustle and bustle of England."
Activity and Interests
Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts 2.5 hours drive away
Toulouse airport 1 hour
Bordeaux airport 2 hours
Bergerac airport 2 hours
Bergerac airport 2 hours
Car hire essential
Drive from Calais 10 hours
St Clar 3km is a five minute drive and ideal for the everyday essentials, Auch 33km, Lectoure 16km, Fleurance 15km
Further Details:
Further details on our website.
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
|Rental Period
|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
|Event Price
30 Apr 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
1 Jul 2017 - 29 Sep 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
30 Sep 2017 - 27 Oct 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
My Standard Rate
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Additional pricing information
|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
Booking Notes:
Upon verbal confirmation we will send you a booking form and request a non-refundable deposit of 25%. The final payment with returnable damage deposit of £400 is due 8 weeks before the holiday start date.
Changeover Day:
Saturday departure by 10am, arrival not before 4pm.
Notes on prices:
Please note: Our property may be let together with our sister property (FR3417) to take a maximum combined group of 16 guests. Please see website for details.
Owner's Cancellation Policy
- 50% refund for cancellations more than 30 days before check-in date.
- 100% refund for cancellations more than 60 days before check-in date.
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From the Owner
"The property offers seclusion without isolation and sufficient space for holiday makers to both interact and withdraw during their stay."
Property Type
- barn
- Heating
- Internet
- Iron & Board
- Living Room ...
- Parking
- Telephone
- Washing Machine
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Child's Highchair
- Dining Area
- Satellite / Cable
- Television
Pool / Spa
- Private Pool
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair accessible ...
Location Type
- rural
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Bath (no shower), Shower Enclosure, Bidet
- Bathroom 2 - Toilet, Bath (no shower), Shower Enclosure, Bidet
- Toilet 1 - Toilet
- Bathroom 1: Bath, Shower, basin, bidet and wc. Bathroom 2: Basin and wc.
- 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Cot
- Bedroom 2
- Bedroom 3
- Description of sleeping capacity: Sleeps 6 (3 Bedrooms) Notes on bedrooms: Bedroom 1: Double Bedroom 2: Double Bedroom 3: Twin with small en-suite shower and bathroom
- Golf ...
- Garden
- Barbecue
- Self-catering
House Rules
- Max. occupancy: 6
- children welcome
- Notes on accommodation: The accommodation is spacious and suitable for a family or group of friends. There is ample space to get together, but at the same time there are plenty of areas both inside and out for those seeking peace and quiet to read their favourite book, listen to music or use their computer. The house is centrally heated and has log burning stoves which make it cosy throughout the year. Outside: The exterior of the property excels in the summer. Facing to the east lies the high pitched roof covered breakfast area which has a large monastery type dining table and benches. Facing to the west lies the large hangar area with a well equipped summer kitchen with fireplace, barbecue, sink, hob and fridge. A large dining table and chairs provides a perfect vantage point to watch the setting sun and to the side is a soft cushioned seating area and coffee table. Adjacent to the summer kitchen is a private pool, 10x5m, with an electronically controlled cover. Utility Room: Sink, washing machine, tumble dryer (access by separate negotiation), beer and wine fridge, iron and ironing board. Cleaning / Towels / Linen / Maid service: Cotton bedlinen and towels are included in rental price and changed weekly. Property cleaned weekly before and after departure. Garden maintained during stay. Travel cot and highchair available. Local agent contactable during your stay. Other: Lounge: sofa, sofa-bed, tv and log-burning stove Summer kitchen: Barbecue, sink, gas hob, fridge, dining table, lounge area


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Let me start this series about humour in Canadian literature and the function of humour in shaping the Canadian identity by clarifying, first things first, that I hold no particular belief in the "Canadian identity."
Sure, there are certain quirks of language and custom – like prefacing even the most non-intrusive question with "pardon" and calling dinner "supper" – that might help distinguish a Canadian from, say, an American or a booklet of carpet samples. But I've always viewed the hubbub over the Canadian identity (or lack of) as a whole lot of needless hysteria.
What makes a Canadian? I don't know. One of those little flag patches on your knapsack? An appropriate civic address? Maybe the fact that we lack some rigid standard of nationhood, some holy trinity of baseball and hot dogs and Bruce Springsteen to clutch on to when the going gets rough, makes us interesting as a nation. This, for a long time, had been the general thrust of my thinking as an adult male, made in Canada.
Then something happened. News stories started appearing a few months ago detailing a proposal for an enormous, 10-storey-tall "Mother Canada" statue in Cape Breton, the plot of some Toronto food-packaging tycoon. The idea seemed, more or less, earnest enough: a war memorial for fallen Canadians. Okay. But who had ever heard of "Mother Canada"? Mother Russia, Britannia and Uncle Sam, sure. Even Johnny Canuck. But "Mother Canada"? The idea of some towering personification of national identity was ludicrous. (Though the proposed design, which had Ma C. stretching out toward the Atlantic, her back turned to the whole nation, nicely summed up the hard-won chilliness of a mother's love.)
Mother Canada – the name alone – became an instant joke. Friends would joke about taking Mother Canada to Timmy's for a first date. I'd just text the words "Mother Canada" to people, the name (and, I guess, its implications about some colossus of Canadian identity) serving as its own punchline. Within weeks, I had Mother Canada tattooed on my tricep: a plain-looking woman half-smiling, head bedecked with a polar bear pelt, flanked by the word "PARDON."
I was basically mocking, in my own muddled and severely ironic way, the very idea of expressing fealty to any notion of nationhood. My Mother Canada tattoo, drilled into my stupid, permeable flesh, would stand in contrast to all those jocky types in college with Canadian flag tattoos accompanied by something totally meaningless like "I. AM." or "CARPE DIEM." Then, at some point, it hit me: the joke's the thing. In attempting to undermine the absurd idea of national identity, I'd accidentally reasserted my own. I was trying to be funny. And Canadians, we're told, are funny.
So, that's what this series is about. Canadians being funny. And the Canadian instinct to be funny. And even more specifically: Canadians being funny in literature (and literary non-fiction and essays and stuff like that).
In the intro to The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour – which I was, as if by the graces of Mother Canada Herself, able to get my mitts on, the Toronto Public Library network boasting 64 copies and zero holds – Will Ferguson employs the well-worn adage that writing about humour is a lot like dissecting a frog. "You may learn something about anatomy," he writes, "but the frog itself usually dies in the process."
Sure. But nobody dissects a frog so that the frog may live a long, prosperous life, full of hopping, bagging flies, and not being dissected. The whole point of frog dissection is to learn something about anatomy. And so it is with a series on humour in Canadian letters. The aim isn't just to retell jokes. It's to try and understand how that whole notion of Canadians being funny – be it fact, myth or something in-between – took root in the first place.
I'll be vivisecting the dead frogs of observational humour, Québécois satire, Stephen Leacock and Stuart Mclean. I want to look at the modes of Canadian humour, but also the clichés – all the folksy Leacock/McLean "Ol' Miss McGillicuddy was never much for numbers…" provincialism.
Of course, humour is subjective. And the things that make me laugh (intentionally misspelling words, painstakingly filigreed descriptions, hungover self-loathing) may not tickle you, reader. So outside of snarking at the buttoned-down demeanor of so much Canadian humour, I want to share some of my favourite stuff: the stuff that's sharp and sad and really, truly funny. Stuff like Ivan E. Coyote, Jonathan Goldstein, R.M. Vaughn and Mavis Gallant. In Gallant's great story With A Capital T, about time spent writing photo captions at a Montreal daily, an editor admonishes the narrator, warning "I think you're subversive without knowing it."
With little diligence, I hope to show that this is what Canadian humour can be: cynical, self-parodying, crude, severely ironic. Subversive without knowing it.
Next week: We travel back in time (not literally) to the heady days of pre-Confederation humour to grapple with the early Maritime satire of Thomas McCulloch's Letters of Mephibosheth Stepsure. Should be a thousand laughs!Report Typo/Error
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Message from Principal
Dear Parents & Students,
"Believe you can and you're halfway there" ~ Theodore Roosevelt.
It gives me immense pleasure to welcome each one of you to this new academic year 2015-16.
The vision of the school is to facilitate professionally competent global citizens, which means preparing today's students for tomorrow – to stand tall on their own and co-exist in the society. To compete, not so much with the world but with one's self, creating new challenges and scaling higher peaks.
Here at New Al Wurood, we have created an environment of learning originated from this great vision. Hence we have carefully crafted all the activities to suit these requirements. To name a few like; the Science and Humanities Expo –where the students are allowed to research, tabulate their findings, integrate it with the various filed of academics. These
efforts not only bring out the curiosity in our children, but they develop a questioning mind.
About Us
NEW AL WUROOD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (Boys' & Girls' Sections) is internationally competent, professionally sound, and quality oriented abode of education established in 1999. The schools, is recognized by the Ministry of Education, KSA and affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary education, New Delhi, India. We aim at the attainment of the highest order of curricular and co-curricular excellence harmonizing the creative, social and emotional facets of child development.
NAWIS offers CBSE curriculum from Grade I to Grade XII. The curriculum at NAWIS is based upon strong academic roots. It emphasizes and relies upon what is best in traditional independent school education: scholarly excellence supported by a caring, pastoral and tutorial system, and a wide - ranging co- curricular programme.