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Sunday evening
Oh the joy of second chance Sunday, I'm on the sofa indulging in the 3rd episode of the new season of LOST. It's been a long wait.
I had a very frustrating afternoon trying to get to grips with Autosketch by Autodesk, a CAD drawing package that we got free with a magazine. I thought it would be a cinch with my previous CAD experience but it all looked so different. After 2 hours farting about I gave up and had dinner and even had a quick look at Ebay for a real second hand drawing board, but a good bit of thinking later on (I always resolve problems sitting on the toilet – but that's another story) I remembered how I used to use Autocad, and started getting somewhere. What a relief. I'm hoping to be able to use this for drawing all sort of stuff, from garden plans to special tools. I live in hope! night all.


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I had a great time at the Best of the Valley Quilt Show in Lindsay yesterday. Those Ladies put on a great show.
Sara Kelly was the Featured Artist. And she is truly an Artist. I loved looking at her creations. Thanks Sara!
This is the Best of Show Winner of the Large Quilt Category
And the Best of Show Wall Quilt..
Best of Show Small Quilt
And this was the Best Machine Applique.
Here is a closeup on one of the eyes. Amazing!
The Best Art Quilt.
Yes! They are "Quilts!
I want to share some of my Friends Quilts. I couldn't get them all. But here are a few.
Barbara Sindlinger's Rainbow Fish took a 1st place. Nice Catch! LOL!
Elaine Berry got a 2nd place in Group Quilts. She had several friends (Me included) help her finish it And it turned out perfect! After all it is Elaine's Quilt!
This is one that DeAnne Faris made for the Enchanted Place Fundraiser! 1st place!
Barbara Daniels received the Chairman's Special Merit Award. And I can see why!
Kay Pennington received the Best Embellished Award. I followed her making this on her Blog. It's a stunner!
Here I am with my 3rd place Dresden Plate. I love that flower above mine! It matches my Top!
I love getting a picture of someone looking at the Back of my Quilts. It means they were interested enough to look.
Here is my Scrappy Star. It got Best Home Machine Quilting! I'm so happy with this award.
This one really impressed me. But it didn't received any award and I'm sorry to say I didn't catch who made it. But it is lovely.
And here is my Star Light Star Bright. It received a 1st place in the Whole Cloth Category. And on Top of that it was awarded The National Quilt Association Certified Judges Award of Merit! This is a brand new award that the certified judge has the option of awarding to a deserving quilt in any show he/she might judge. It is awarded to one quilt achieving recognized standards of quiltmaking excellence. (I got this off the NQA website) Cool! I'm really Jazzed about this one!
So this is what I thought I would share with you. If you didn't make the show, please try to come next year. It is amazing.

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LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. – The LaPorte County Sheriff's Office tweeted several photos of a crash caused by a wild turkey.
Four people were traveling on US 20 near Wilhelm Road in LaPorte County on Tuesday morning when a wild turkey crashed into their windshield.
Fortunately none of the occupants were hurt, but authorities say they were all covered in glass.


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I skipped my P90X workout yesteday because I played soccer for close to 2 hours. I spent some time debating whether I should do the legs and back workout earlier in the day, but I'm glad I didn't. I think my legs would have been really sore. It was our first time outside this season and the weather was fantastic! It felt so good to be playing soccer outside after being couped up in the gym all winter!
Today I did Legs, Back and Ab Ripper...not in that order. I did ARX first, then the rest after that. There's nothing really exciting to report about the workout. Burned 483 cals.
I've been following the nutrition plan for a few days now and things are going really well. It's not nearly as difficult to follow as I had originally expected, but it is really hard to only have one carb a day. It takes some planning, that's for sure. So far so good though! I'm doing the Fat Shredder plan because I have a fair bit of weight that I'd like to lose (about 20-30lbs). A few years ago I weighed around 127lbs and I'd really like to get back to that weight. But for now, if I can get to 135-140, I would be really happy! I have muscley (is that a word?) legs, so I usually look smaller than I weigh.
Here's what I ate today:
- Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 slices of turkey bacon, 1c skim milk
- Snack: plain, fat free yogart with blueberries
- Lunch: Spinach salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegrette, 2 veggie dogs with WW buns, ketchup and mustard
- Snack: 12 mini rice cakes, protein bar
- Supper: Chicken breast, spinach salad with goat cheese and raspberry vinegrette, mushrooms and yellow peppers
- Snack: Low fat pudding
- Protein: 6/7 (6 out of 7 recommended servings)
- Dairy: 3/3
- Fruits: 1/1
- Veggies: 4/4
- Fats: 1/1
- Carbs: 2/1
- Snacks: 3/3
- Condiments: 3/2


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The Brief
The idea was to come up with a shell of a site, that could be used by an Association or non-profit organisation as the starting point for their site
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I decided to use image sliders to draw in a site visitors focus and put the Associations calls to join and their conference front and centre. From there on it was all about selling membership to the Association, with a description of who they are and how they work, and then what the benefits of membership are. Throughout the home page are multiple calls to action to push people to join up.
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(480) 924-4946
Student Room
Date / Time
Please note: registration closes Tuesday, January 30th at 11:59pm
Registration closed on Tuesday, January 30, 2018
We are sorry for the circumstances that bring you here, but we're glad that you found us. You will hear concepts and practical advice that can help you heal from your separation and divorce. In fact, you'll hear things that can help you put all the pieces of your life back together again.
This group will meet every Tuesday from 6:30PM-9PM starting on January 23rd until May 8th.
Cost: $20 which includes the notebook.


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It's Thursday, which means it's time for my Craving of the Week, as promised!
(Thursday has no real significance to the whole craving thing. I just came up with the idea last week on Thursday.)
In my first trimester, I didn't even want to look at a vegetable. Or a fruit, for that matter. I actually bit into a perfectly ripe banana and spit it right into the trash can.
I wanted carbs.
And fried carbs. And sugar-rolled, chocolate-dipped carbs.
(It's no wonder I got the, "You might want to slow your weight gain…" talk from my OB yesterday. We're so not talking right now.)
But somewhere around the 15 week mark, I found myself craving fresh produce again. I can even eat bananas without gagging. Yesterday, I made myself the most delicious lunch that I shall call:
Dish's Summer Chick Pea Salad
One can of chick peas, one cucumber – peeled and chopped, and a chopped ripe tomato. Add a teaspoon of EVOO, a teaspoon of Balsamic Vinegar, and salt and pepper. SO DELICIOUS! You can add whatever you'd like – avocado, olives, maybe some crumbled feta cheese – the possibilities are endless!
Here's hoping all the fresh fruits and veggies of summer will keep me in the produce aisle… and away from the nearest Dairy Queen!


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Pianist John O'Conor and author Colum McCann honoured by DIT
18th February, 2012: Award winning author, Colum McCann and acclaimed Irish pianist, John O'Conor were today conferred with Honorary Doctorates from Dublin Institute of Technology at the DIT Spring Graduation. The ceremony took place in St. Patrick's Cathedral, which was filled to capacity with hundreds of graduates with their parents and friends.
The two recipients were chosen by DIT to receive an honorary doctorate for their outstanding achievements and their contribution to the arts. In his address the President of DIT, Professor Brian Norton, said "The citations we heard earlier gave us a brief snapshot of two remarkable people, whose contributions to the arts have enriched our lives and have drawn the attention of the world to the richness of music and literature for which Ireland is so justly recognised. For DIT as a teaching institution, it is particularly appropriate that Dr. O'Conor and Dr. McCann are committed to developing and nurturing the talent of the next generation of musicians and writers, and give so generously of their time to their respective students. We are delighted that you, and your families, have joined us here today to accept this Award and to be conferred in the company of our graduates and their families."
Professor Brian Norton, President of DIT, presents the parchment to Dr. John O'Conor in St. Patrick's Cathedral
Distinguished Irish musician John O'Conor was selected by DIT to receive an honorary doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of music performance and music education. The citation, read by Dr. Michael Mulvey, described him as a former student, who also taught at the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama. "John O'Conor is a classical pianist of international renown, a prolific recording artist; and a master teacher of young musical talent." Frequently cited as the greatest living interpreter of the piano music of Beethoven, Dr. O'Conor is currently Professor of Piano at RIAM, and holds the position of Visiting Professor in Showa University of Music in Japan. He is also Professor of Piano, and Distinguished Artist in Residence, at the Conservatory in Shenandoah University, West Virginia. A co-founder of the Dublin International Piano Competition, he is Chairman of the Jury for the competition which has been running since 1988.
Mr. Sean McCann congratulates his son Dr. Colum McCann on his conferring with the award of Honorary Doctorate
Colum McCann studied journalism in the former College of Commerce in Rathmines, now DIT. Reading the citation Dr. Noel O'Connor said "Colum McCann is a journalist who became a novelist, a proud Dubliner who is equally proud to be an Irish New Yorker, an inspiring teacher of creative writing who believes it is something that cannot be taught. Most of all, he is both a lover of stories and a consummate storyteller." In thrall to newspapers from a young age, McCann had his own column and byline in the Evening Press by the age of 21, but emigrated to the US in the 1980's at the start of 'an adventure that continues to this day'. Colum McCann is the internationally acclaimed author of the novels Zoli, Dancer, This Side of Brightness, Songdogs, as well as Let the Great World Spin, for which he won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2011. A member of Aosdána, his work has been published in thirty languages, and he has received a number of other literary awards including the National Book Award, the Ambassador Book Award, and the award of Legion d'Honneur by the French government.
Dr. O'Conor was accompanied at the ceremony by his wife Mary and their son, the actor Hugh O'Conor. His brother Frank O'Conor, and his wife Anne, Ms Ann Fuller of the Dublin International Piano Competition, and Ms Ciara Higgins, Artistic Director of the Festival in Great Irish Houses were also among the guests. Dr. Colum McCann, who had travelled from New York the previous day, was accompanied by his wife Allison Hawke and their three children, by his mother Sally, and by his father Sean McCann, the former features editor of the Evening Press.
Honorary Professors lead the Academic procession into St. Patrick's Cathedral for the conferring
Get me to the Cathedral! Graduates of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Mary Horan, Warren Deacon, Orla McCann and John Quinn racing to their Graduation Ceremony in St. Patrick's Cathedral


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I seem to be on a creative streak. I wrote a song for my Praise Team on Thursday night and recorded it for YouTube and here tonight, it took me 21 takes to get it right, which is pretty bad, considering I should be able to sing and play it since I wrote it.
I originally wrote it in the key of F which is not the easiest key for the Guitar, or in my case the Ukulele, to play in certain chords. I have a Bb2 chord in the piece and to play that on a C tuned Ukulele you would do it would be 3123. Anyway, my hands just did not want to go there, so I transposed it up to G but it was a little hard for me to sing, so I moved it down to D. Which is what I recorded it in. Anyway, I am putting all three pdfs on line, F, G and D. Just click the links above.
Let me know what you think.
Also if you want the song in another key let me know. I will be writing a piano accompaniment so if you are interested in that let me know as well.


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Time in Argentina
Argentina is located at a longitude that would naturally put it in the UTC−4 or UTC−5 time zone, but it actually uses the UTC−3 time zone. Argentina determines whether to observe daylight saving time on a year-by-year basis, and individual provinces may opt out of the federal decision. At present, Argentina does not observe daylight saving time.[1]
The Argentine Hydrographic Service[2] maintains the official national time.
The first official standardization took place on 25 September 1894.[3] The official time switched between UTC−4 and UTC−3 from 1920 to 1969,[4] and then between UTC−3 and UTC−2 from 1974 to 1993.[5] Historically, some or all of Argentina has observed daylight saving time in summer 1989–1990 to summer 1992–1993 and again in 2007−2009.[6]On 7 March 1993, it was fixed at UTC−3, called Argentina Time (ART)[7][8]
IANA time zone database[edit]
In the file zone.tab of the IANA time zone database Argentina has the following zones:
- America/Argentina/Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires (BA, CF)
- America/Argentina/Cordoba – most locations (CD, CC, CR, ER, FO, MN, SE, SF)
- America/Argentina/Salta (SA, LP, NQ, RN)
- America/Argentina/Jujuy – Jujuy (JY)
- America/Argentina/Tucuman – Tucuman (TM)
- America/Argentina/Catamarca – Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
- America/Argentina/La Rioja – La Rioja (LR)
- America/Argentina/San Juan – San Juan (SJ)
- America/Argentina/Mendoza – Mendoza (MZ)
- America/Argentina/San Luis – San Luis (SL)
- America/Argentina/Rio Gallegos – Santa Cruz (SC)
- America/Argentina/Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego (TF)
- ^ "El Gobierno no adelantará la hora oficial el próximo domingo". Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ Hora Oficial Archived 2013-03-30 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "HORA DE VERANO PARA LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA". Archived from the original on 2003-08-03. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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- ^ Planet Ark : Argentine Congress OKs Time Change to Save Energy
- ^ http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html
- ^ "Time zone names- Argentina Time". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- tz database – The tz database contains an extensive history of time zone and daylight saving time changes, with references to official sources for changes to time zones, for Argentina and the rest of the world.
External links[edit]
- (in Spanish) Observatorio Naval Buenos Aires: National time
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It was an exceptional year in 2017 for new listed investment company (LIC) and listed investment trust (LIT) raisings, with 14 new entities raising a total of $4.2bn via initial public offers. This significantly exceeded the funds raised by new LIC/LIT offers in the previous two years and lifted the total number of LICs & LITs on the ASX to 105 by the end of November 2017, for a total market capitalisation of $38.2bn. Three entities accounted for $2.6bn of the funds raised in 2017 with Magellan Global Trust (ASX:MGG) raising over $1.5bn, VGI Partners Global Investments (ASX:VG1) $550m and MCP Master Income Trust (ASX:MXT) $516m.
We initiated coverage on five of the 2017 listings, URB Investments (Recommended), Contango Global Growth (Recommended Plus), Evans & Partners Global Disruption Fund (Recommended), VGI Partners Global Investments (Recommended Plus) and Magellan Global Trust (Recommended Plus). We are also undertaking research on Plato Income Maximiser and expect to initiate coverage in coming weeks.
Investors Flocking to International Offers
With the Australian sharemarket representing a very small proportion of global equity markets and lacking sector diversification, it has long been recognised that Australian investors need to have a reasonable exposure to international shares. Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data show that Australian SMSFs in total have just 0.65% of their assets in overseas shares, although we believe this understates international exposure as it is likely a proportion of the 15.3% invested in listed and unlisted trusts would be in international equity funds. Nonetheless, we believe total retail investor exposure to international equities is still relatively low. We believe this relative underweight position in international equities has provided an opportunity for domestic fund managers, with retail investors, including SMSF trustees, starting to recognise the need for international exposure.
During 2017, half the new LIC/LIT floats were for entities offering international exposure with a total of $2.9bn in funds raised, of which $2.1bn was for the MGG and VG1 IPOs. We believe there is still significant opportunity for new LIC/LIT offerings in the international space and Wilson Asset Management (WAM) has already flagged its intention to launch WAM Global in the first half of calendar 2018. A show of hands at the recent WAM investor day in Melbourne indicated there would likely be strong demand for such an offer. We would not be surprised to see more international LIC/LIT offers in 2018.
SMSFs Remain Cashed Up
ATO data also shows that SMSFs still have large holdings of cash and term deposits, with an average weighting of 22.5% at 30 September 2017, down from 24.9% at 30 September 2016. With Australian interest rates likely to remain unchanged for much of 2018, we believe there is the potential for some of this cash to shift to higher yielding assets such as LICs & LITs.
LICs/LITs that offered high yields with regular payments were popular in 2017 with the Plato Income Maximiser (ASX:PL8) raising $326m and MCP Master Income Trust $516m. PL8 invests in a portfolio of high yielding Australian shares and aims to pay monthly dividends whilst MXT invests in a portfolio of corporate loans and targets a return of the RBA cash rate plus 3.25% per annum, with monthly distributions to its unitholders. With SMSFs holding high levels of cash in a low interest rate environment we believe there are likely to be more LIC/LIT offers focused on delivering high, regular income payments to investors.
Few opportunities in small-caps
Based on IIR classifications, there are 27 LICs/LITs that invest in Australian mid, small or micro-cap shares. However, in our view many of these are sub-scale and 15 of these entities have market caps below $100m. We understand that a number of small and micro-cap strategies lend themselves to smaller fund sizes, but in our view entities with market caps below $100m are likely to struggle to gain market traction unless they can deliver significant outperformance.
Another problem for investors in the small-cap space is that, in our view, most of the better performing LICs/LITs such as WAM Capital (ASX:WAM), WAM Research (ASX:WAX), Mirrabooka Investments (ASX:MIR), QV Equities (ASX:QVE) and Forager Australian Shares Fund (ASX:FOR) are all trading at large premiums to pre-tax NTA, making it difficult for new investors to enter the sector at a reasonable price.
There were just two new LIC's in this space in 2017, WMI and Spheria Emerging Companies (ASX:SEC), which raised a total of $287m between them. In our view, there is opportunity for more raisings in this space in 2018.
Fewer LIC Options in 2017
Finally, one trend we noticed in 2017 was that there were fewer LIC IPOs with options attached. Just 5 LICs that listed in 2017 had attaching options whereas in the previous two years every new LIC issued subscribers with options. One of the reasons LICs attach free options to their IPOs is that it gives the perception of providing investors with some value to compensate for the fact that day one NTA for the LIC shares would be 2-3% below the share issue price due to the offer costs. However, as we noted in our March 2017 LMI Monthly Update, over the past few years most IPO LIC options have expired worthless.
A number of LICs and LITs that have not issued options have put in place arrangements that have resulted in day one reported NTA or net asset value (NAV) per security being equal to the offer price. However, potential investors need to understand that this may not necessarily be a cash NTA/NAV and it does not necessarily mean the manager is paying the issue costs. In some instances the NTA/NAV has been manufactured through accounting mechanisms and loan structures between the Managers and the LICs/LITs.
In some of the arrangements we have reviewed the LIC/LIT has paid the issue costs in cash upfront. The costs are then recovered from the Manager over time with the LIC/LIT not paying performance and/ or management fees until it has recovered all the upfront costs of the offer. The LIC/LIT balance sheet records a non-cash asset, being the amount to be recovered from the Manager. This is the case with VG1.
We have also seen one instance where the LIT provided a loan to the Manager to pay the issue costs with the Manager repaying the loan, plus interest, over time. However, the loan repayments are to be funded by the proceeds of a special levy paid by the LIT to the Manager. In this case the LIT investors are actually paying the upfront costs.
To our knowledge, there has been only one offer, MGG, where the Manager has paid all the issue costs upfront so that the day one cash NAV is equivalent to the offer price.
We will continue to monitor new offers in 2018 and will write further on this matter in coming months.


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Crux: As the countdown to canonization begins, John Allen offers three observations about how things may play out between now and the big day.
Why are non-Muslim women wearing the hijab?
Christian Science Monitor: Wheaton professor is part of a growing cohort of women and girls in the United States and elsewhere who have used the headscarf as a means of identifying with the challenges hijabi women face.
Religion Dispatches: It is about the hijab: Wheaton College and the narrowing criteria for evangelical belonging
Magical thinking about progress won't save planet Earth
The (London) Guardian: Growth is the philosopher's stone that offers to turn all things into gold. But, like all belief in magic -- ie the belief in a free lunch -- it points to a fall, Giles Fraser says.
Furor over Arabic assignment leads Virginia school district to close Friday
Washington Post: A Virginia school system decided to close schools today after a high school geography assignment on world religions led to allegations of Islamic indoctrination and a slew of angry emails and phone calls.
In America's heartland, building one home for three faiths
NPR: A mosque, a church and a synagogue go up on the site of an old Jewish country club … It sounds like the setup to a joke -- but it's not. It's actually happening in Omaha, Neb.


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The 21st Exchange of Polish Inventions Awarded at the World Exhibition of Innovations in 2013 took place from 11th to 12th February 2014 in Warsaw Copernicus Centre. Project "Voice Maps" developed by OPEGIEKA was awarded with two prestigious titles: Minister of Science and Higher Education Award and "Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding inventions at international arena in 2013 ". In addition, Gazeta Wyborcza, found the project one of the seven major national inventions of 2013.
"Voice Maps" is an innovative GIS system supporting independent movement of the blind in urban areas developed by OPEGIEKA in cooperation with Gdansk University of Technology. On the client-side the application works on devices with Android operating system and uses GPS receiver that is built-in into the smartphone and is based on maps developed for the blind. The software offers features such as: "lead to", "how far" and "describe the situation", offers a touch interface adapted for the blind and voice messages. The system is also equipped with the "panic" button that calls a friend or technical support. Currently the system is at the stage of commercialization.
The "Voice maps" project was invited to participate in the Exchange thanks to receiving very positive feedback during the 62nd edition of Brussels Innova 2013. In Brussels, OPEGIEKA together with Gdansk University of Technology has been awarded with Brussels EUREKA GOLD MEDAL 2013. Earlier last year the solution was awarded with silver medal at Technicon-Innovation 2013 in Gdansk.
OPEGIEKA Sp. z o.o., al. Tysiąclecia 11, 82-300 Elbląg, Poland, tel. +48 55 237 60 00, fax +48 55 237 60 01, KRS 0000190471, NIP PL5780004498.© OPEGIEKA 2014.


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In recent years, Nikon has widely become known for its exceptional sensors and processors. It's always been known as a solid choice for photographers. But this time, Nikon entered in the videographer world...Read More
The written word, now published at an industrial scale, became available to the masses. This encourage a culture of education, invention and innovation ...Read More
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Cancer Management
Cancer management covers the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of the cancer. This is widely related to the care of the patients whoever are suffering from cancer. This process is taking care of the cancer patients daily activates. It's also dealing with the support emotionally to the cancer patients.


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For Saturday October 12th, Columbus Day Weekend, Fred Eisen Leather sponsored a free carriage ride for his customers and anyone else who came into the store to sign up for the ride. Fred loves New Hope, where he has been in business over 13 years, and wanted to contribute something special to the town he loves so much.
Stockton Carriage Tours with their beautiful 12 seater carriage took people from the south end of town near Fred Eisen Leather Designs to the north end of town to New Hope Leather, where there were snacks and drinks to help celebrate the weekend.
A good time was had by all, along with a different, more historic view of New Hope, our favorite town. Fred Eisen Leather Designs is proud to be the sponsor of this event and would love to do it again sometime in the future. Stockton Carriage Tours has a beautiful carriage and treats their horses well. Mary and Mo are a pleasant driver and footman, and are great people to do business with. Thank you to New Hope Borough and everyone else who was part of making this special event happen....
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Data provided by you is retained as long as the purpose for which the data was collected continues; data is then destroyed unless its retention is required to satisfy legal, regulatory or accounting requirements or to protect SeaStarNet's interests.
SeaStarNet reserves the right to amend its prevailing Privacy Policy at any time and will place any such amendments on this web-site. This Privacy Policy is not intended to, nor does it, create any contractual rights whatsoever or any other legal rights, nor does it create any obligations on SeaStarNet in respect of any other party or on behalf of any party.


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Discussion in 'macOS' started by BenWakin, Nov 1, 2005.
How can I set Firefox to be my default web browser?
Depending on your version you may be able to do it from Firefox' Preferences dialogue. Just press Check Now under General > Default Browser.
If not, start Safari ( ), Open Preferences, Go to General, Choose it from the Default Browser list.
annoying isn't it?
maybe a preference pane called defaults should be included, lets you set the default apps for opening documents and whatnot...hmmmm.......
Yeah a general Internet System Preference would be neat. The same is true to change the default Email Client from OS X Mail to something else. You need to go into OS X Mail to change it. Kinda weird....
Sweet. Thanks for the info. I hadn't the slightest clue or inclination to do it through Safari.
yeah, this is perhaps the least intuitive aspect of OS X
Technically you open your browser (in that case FF) and set it as the default. However, some developers are lazy and haven't included the option to change it. Windows works the same way - to set FF as the default, you need to open FF then set it as default in the preferences (although XPSP2/2000SP4 adds a control panel where you can set it too).
Macrumors, thank you for being psychic and answering these questions mere hours before I even think of asking them.
*blink my eyes* for a while I thought it was Mad Jew's but then again.....
firefox 1.5 beta 2 now checks upon start up of the app if you want it to change the default browser to firefox (that is unless you tick the dont do this again box!)
I find that comment offensive
Really? which one?
So offended right now.
There is a system preference panel available called "Default Apps" Have a look on MacUpdate for it.
As well as allowing you to set your efault browser and e-mail etc. It allows to set many other default things, pretty neat!
thanks for that info, i will have to check it out!
although it some come included by Apple
Cool application but I read the FAQ it doesn't support OSX. Is it true?
I agree! Apple did include in System Preferences back in Jaguar (10.2) days. They removed it in Panther for some reason--put it back!
It works fine in OS X. You may have downloaded the wrong one.
Here it is.
Calling me an "it", of course!
Thanks Frisco for the correct link.
O ya, sorry Nermal if I recall it right I was referring to your switched 'tar.


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The Active Family Benefit helps families with the costs of their children's participation in cultural, recreational, and sports activities. This fully-refundable tax benefit of up to $150 per child helps reduce barriers, promote access and encourage children to participate in activities that are vital to healthy, active living.DETAILS
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"Wonderful! My wedding was beautiful and everything I wanted. Vennissa is wonderful, I assure you, you won't regret going with her. Such an fantastic eye for detail, listens and executes. She is the best; can't wait until she does my birthday party next year! Two thumbs all the way up!!!"
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"I had to say that working with Vennissa of Scarlett Expressions was awesome, she did a very good work decorating two different location for my wedding both at the park and the indoor reception, everything was so beautiful and she went way beyond her duties, taking care of my guests and making sure everyone was seated properly and everything was set up the way I wanted it. I would strongly recommend her for any of your special events."
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Two weeks before the wedding was set to take place, our wedding decorator completely abandoned our project! As you can imagine, by this time we were devastated, stressed, and worn out! When we came across Vennissa via Thumbtack and explained to her our desperate situation, she was more than eager to take on the challenge! And even despite the nearly impossible, approaching deadline, Vennissa confidently assured us that the wedding decorations would be spectacular and beyond what we could have ever imagined. The very same day that I made the request on Thumbtack, Vennisaa made it possible to visit our venue and began working on bringing forth our vision. Throughout the entire process Vennissa and her team continuously checked in with us to go over the details for our wedding.
Vennissa and her team transformed our wedding venue space into a beautiful, sophisticated, and charming atmosphere. Throughout the entire night, guests continued to rave about the attentive details placed into our decorations. When we told the guests that this was all put together in a matter of two weeks, people couldn't believe it! Things that people plan for years, the Scarlett Expression team was able to pull together in a matter of weeks. They are truly a miracle working team!
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Alejo Aponte & Latonera kicked off their 'Gente USA 2010' tour earlier this year in July to promote the release of their 'Gente' album in the United States. The album had been released in Colombia in 2009. While on tour Alejo Aponte spoke to Gozamos about his the release of their album, inspirations gained throughout the tour and the appreciation they have for their audiences. "We're really motivated, we've met great people. It's great that we come from Colombia and play for audiences that have never heard of us and they like our music. There's no necessity in learning their language. We've demonstrated our culture and have united cultures with our music," said Aponte.
Gozamos: For those that aren't familiar with your work, can you describe it?
Alejo Aponte: Our music has been under world music and that's our genre. To go in depth, our music is founded from Colombian music, it also has a lot of funk, Afro-beat and some rock mixed in as well, that's our music. It's world music with Latino flavor.
G: Do you want to leave a message to your audience with your music or do you perform and create sounds for the rhythm and love of the music?
AA: You have both, usually I try to put the music to get to the audience, to allow them to move. In the case of the lyrics of the music, some are experiences and the others are not much about getting people to think. They're about getting people to feel, to feel the need to move to feel one with music and where you're from.
G: How long have you been recording for?
AA: I've been playing my songs for about 12 years. I'm in a different group now and we've been together for four years. We've united and have been compiling this new album since. Nonetheless I've been developing and composing my music for 12 years and each CD that I've made has had something different. I can say that this album has world-music but with a taste of pop. Prior to this album the music was a bit more experimental but, in the end the music is far more urban.
G: Your new album is named 'Gente,' is it dedicated to the people that follow your music?
AA: It's an album that's dedicated to diversity, that was conceived in an international context. Like various people and cultures. It's dedicated to the people and diversity, not only the Colombians or Latinos but everyone from everywhere. It's also named 'Gente' because a lot of people contributed to the album, it took inviting those contributors from everywhere to complete the album. Part of the idea for this album, that happened to have been recorded in New York, was to invite people from different places. Having a mix of persons from different parts of the world gave the album it's universal vibe.
G: Did you ask any particular artists to participate in this album?
AA: Yes, we had Mark Ribot, whom is an important American guitarist and has worked with other important artists like Roger Waters and Cerati among others. I was fortunate enough to have him record the album with us. We had Fonseca and other Latino artists that live in New York, other persons that where part of my other bands also participated. They all put their part onto the album. Beginning with the producer, Hector Castillo, he has worked with great artists such as Bjork, David Bowie and the list goes of popular artists goes on. All of that diversion is exactly what we were looking for.
G: Working with Castillo, do you take pride in having worked for him as you do towards your work?
AA: Of course! It's a great privilege having had worked with him. We took time to decide who we wanted to work with. He and I shared the same ideas, we had chemistry when it came to production. It was important working with him, I learned to see the person he is and he is a great person. I'm happy with the work on this album, it's an important album for me. I feel it really represents what I feel when I made the music for, 'Gente.'
G: What inspires you to compose?
AA: This album was based on my experiences from my trips through the United States and Europe. One song in particular came up while I was in Los Angeles in a place where there was a diverse crowd. In reality a lot of my inspirations come from Latino and ethnic music, they're always the root of my music. Aesthetically I feel close to the music, or I've listened to a lot of music from Miles Davis, Bob Marley, AC/DC there's a lot of influences and I take advantage of what I listen to, it inspires me to make more music. I listen to it all.
G: Some say, 'music is universal,' do you incorporate that onto your thoughts and music?
AA: Yes of course. Music is universal and in some way people respond to music with how they feel. You don't need to know or understand music to enjoy it. You don't need a book, nor do you need to learn French. Music unites. It only requires for you to listen and feel. You can make it here or any other part of the world. That's what makes it so powerful, that's why people love it.


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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
things i want tuesday :: books (purchased)
i'm doing my things i want tuesday a day late since yesterday as focused on the little dude's birthday. this week i'm actually featuring things i not only want, but purchased! i haven't received them yet but hope that some of them will be arriving today. i had a $50 amazon gift card that i won on a blog contest which was burning a hole in my e-mail in-box for months. i finally bit the bullet and bought the following three books that were on my list and only ended up paying $6.00 out of pocket! sweet!
i am most excited to get this book. it looks so amazing. the colors alone have me excited to flip through the pages.
i know i've been running my business for 8 years already, but i'm always interested to see if there are any little nuggets of info in these books that i haven't thought of or used yet.
finally, the pioneer woman cookbook. you may remember me mentioning her before when she featured some of my photos on her blog. i've been a fan for a long time. i shared my love for her blog with my aunt who in turn bought her cookbook. i'm not a huge cookbook person so it never even really crossed my mind to purchase it. (sorry pioneer woman!) well, my aunt brought the book with her to thanksgiving so that i could take a peek. let me just say: this is not just a cookbook. it's a work of art. her amazing photos are scattered throughout and it looks more like a coffee table book of fine photography than a cookbook. AND, according to my aunt, her recipes are to die for! sounds like a win, win to me! can't wait to dig through this book.
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- mari said...
LOVE That graphic design book. Great inspiration!
tell me how the craft business book is, I'm looking for a good resource...
- December 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM
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Logistics Industry is one of the major drivers of Indian Economy. It contributes about 7% to India's GDP. GST tax subsumes multiple indirect direct taxes into one single tax.
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Seamless movement of good across state borders At present around 60% of the total transit time is idle time. Idle time is mainly on account of stoppages at state borders where relevant papers are checked and taxes are as paid as per goods being carried. With GST, It is expected that the idle time would be reduced by 20% to 30% and shipment cost by 30% to 40%.
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Peter Andre has shared a rare video of his son Theo, who appears to be an Ed Sheeran fan.
The 44-year-old dad shared the clip of Theo, who turns one tomorrow [22 November] dancing to 'Shape Of You' in the kitchen.
"He's dancing before he can walk," Andre wrote in the caption on 20 November, as well as tagging Sheeran in the tweet.
Although the video only showed a short clip of Theo's face, Andre's fans loved seeing his son.
"Wow he is a beautiful boy Peter," one person wrote. "Just like a mix between you and Emily."
Another commented: "He is a double of his daddy and Junior. So cute. Look at that lovely glossy hair."
Andre is also dad to three-year-old Amelia with his wife Emily Andréa, and he has two children - Junior, 12, and Princess, 10, with his ex-wife Katie Price.
Andre doesn't share photos of Amelia and Theo's faces on social media, having previously explained that his wife isn't keen on the idea. But every now and then, one seems to slip through the net.
Back in March 2017, Andre posted a photo of Amelia in the garden.
"I'm sure I'll be in the doghouse with Emily again," Andre joked in his new! column at the time.
"But to tell you the truth, I'm starting to get a slight kick out of it, haha. I couldn't resist sharing this photo of Mills picking daffodils in our garden.
"When Ems saw the pic she couldn't deny how cute it was and she agreed you can't really see Mills' face."


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Monday Meditation: The Summer Solstice
I once was a summer child, reveling in the school break, hot days spent at a pool or the river, getting tan, eating all of the lovely summer fruits, picnics, barbecues, et al... I still love the thunderstorms.
Everything has a season. Summer is meant to be boisterous, bold, loud, and fruitful. It is the zenith of youth, where it marries adulthood, and produces strength and beauty. Its arrival should be celebrated with abandon. It is so short-lived, that enjoying every moment is mandatory. On this day, it has reached its peak. In a few days, the sun will begin to rise later, marking the downhill run to autumn and harvest. Tonight, the lightning bugs will dance in numbers not seen before nor again this season. The Fair Folk will be mischieving about, and magic will flourish.
Dance with the gods. Sing your beautiful song. Rejoice in the life you have been given. Feel your connection to all that is. This is your night. Enjoy it to its fullest.
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Senior Lecturer in Genetics
Anglia Ruskin University
Harmonia axyridis, non-native species, intraguild interactions, predation,
DNA analysis, public engagement.
My research interests span a diverse range of topics within the broad field of molecular
ecology. Generally I use a DNA based approach to probe ecological questions. Within
the context of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis I am interested
in the impact that the harlequin is having on native ladybird species. I have developed
a DNA test that can pick up the DNA of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata in a harlequin's gut. I hope to extend this test to other species as it has great
potential to identify what field collected harlequin ladybirds have been eating.
Ormond, E.L., Thomas, A.P.M., Pell, J.K. & Roy, H.E. (submitted) Temporal and
spatial distribution, density and diversity of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria
bassiana in a conifer forest: a microcosm of adaptation. Mycological Research
McRobie,H., Thomas, A., & Kelly, J., (submitted) The Genetic Basis of Melanism
in the Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis. Journal of Heredity.
Thomas, A. (2008) Black Squirrels. Biological Sciences Review 21 (2): 39-41
Thomas, A. (2008) Black Squirrels. Mammal Review. July 2008
Karyistinou, A., Thomas, A.P.M. & Roy, H.E. (2004) Presence of haemocyte-like
cells in coccinellid reflex blood. Physiological Entomology 29: 94-96.
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Interesting fact….gravity has the same affect in Uganda as it does in the rest of the world.
Case & point, meet Kiyingi Ali. Ali is like most 10 year old boys, running around playing futbol and climbing trees. On the day we met Ali he had been craving some jackfruit, the only problem on this day was gravity won. Ali fell from the jackfruit tree and inured his wrist. When I examined it, his hand and fingers were swollen and it was painful to the touch.
I put it in a splint; I used a SAM splint for all my EMS people out there! I decided we would leave it splinted and I would re-evaluate in two days when we returned to the village.
When we came back his wrist still had swelling, although it had gone done a bit, and it was still painful to the touch. We decided it was time to take him into town and get it X-rayed. The only problem was his mom was working in the fields and could not leave her work to go with us into town. This is where the Chairman of the Village stepped in. The Chairmen is the elected official in each village that is in charge of all things within the village. Unfortunately many of the Chairman and other elected officials are corrupt and only looking out for themselves and their wallets. Luckily there are a few exceptions. This Chairman is a very good man and truly cares about his village. Since Ali's mother could not leave work, the Chairman loaded up in the vehicle with us to take Ali into town for an X-ray.
When we arrived at the clinic it took about 20 minutes and cost $8 to get an X-ray and an evaluation. $8!! That makes me question the high cost of medical care in the US (but that is a whole other blog). The good news is there was no break! I was very surprised, but relieved. What 10-year-old wants to be in a cast for 4-6 weeks?
After his X-ray we were able to get some lunch for Ali and the Chairman and arranged for transport back to the village. Seeing the compassion of the chairman is just one of the many reasons that we are thankful and blessed to work in this village. Hopefully we can share more stories with happy endings like this one.


text: Subscribe to my list This thingy has to be empti pwieshh 👻 what's happening this week? Revue Hiya! Thanks for being an early subscriber to my new newsletter. I hope you'll find something in here April 4 · Issue #1 · View online Hiya! Thanks for being an early subscriber to my new newsletter. I hope you'll find something in here you end up attending. 😊Know an event or want to sponsor? I constantly get texts like this...so I decided to finally start a weekly newsletter rounding up events I hear about! THIS WEEK Tuesday April 5 Party with the RabbitsCivic Center Plaza · 5pm · Free Celebrate the arrival of INTRUDE, a large-scale public artwork by Amanda Parer, with 5 inflated and illuminated rabbits, 5 Off the Grid food trucks, beer and wine garden, and music to dance to. Silent Reading PartyHotel Rex · 6pm · Free Bring a book to read in absolute silence. Cocktails and food will be available. Every first Tuesday in the Literary Lounge at Hotel Rex. OneSalon - The Science Behind Spreading IdeasMake School · 7pm · Free Karen X. Cheng, famous for her videos which have over 40 million views and have been featured on Good Morning America, Buzzfeed, and Ellen, will be hosting an interactive discussion on creating viral YouTube content, sharing her tips and strategies for creating and marketing viral videos, as well as a Q&A. Bouquets to Art 2016de Young Museum · Varies ·$15-25April 5-10 See arrangements by some of the most innovative floral designers in the Bay Area and beyond, inspired by works from the de Young's permanent collection. Enjoy a lecture, make a reservation for one of the week's elegant seated luncheons, and take a chance on the luxury-prize raffle. From peonies and Picasso to hydrangeas and Hockney, art and nature come together to spectacular effect during Bouquets to Art, on view in our galleries from April 5th through 10th. Wednesday April 6 Brain SynchronizationPivotal Labs · 6:30pm · $17 Is there a future of true technological telepathy? Research suggests that brains already sync up during social interaction. Dr. Michael Persinger, Mandy Scott, and Brendan Lehman, will present their recent work exploring Excess Correlation, which is a measurable connection between brains, even across long distances. Spring Gala After PartyExploratorium · 8:30pm · $100 Explore the museum late at night, play with our unique, hands-on exhibits, and visit one of our many open bars featuring top-shelf libations. Ticket includes an open bar, music and dancing, gourmet hors d'oeuvres and desserts provided by McCalls – the edible delights include cotton candy, donuts, mini Reubens and hot dogs and Hong Kong noodle salads. Classical RevolutionAwaken Cafe · 7pm · Free Classical Revolution has presented more than 1000 chamber music events in venues all around the SF Bay Area, with the goal of presenting high quality performances in locations that are publicly accessible. Performers include Ariel Wang, Lewis Patzner, Sara Chazin, Moses Lei, Jacob Hansen-Joseph, Charith Premawardhana, Jen Mathers, and more. Hula Hoop JamCivic Center Plaza · 7pm · Free Join us for a (LED) hula hoop jam with the larger than life, glowing bunny art installation near Civic Center on Wednesday, April 6th from 7:00–9:00 p.m. Bring your own day hoops and LED hoops. Off the Grid will supply food trucks. Thursday April 7 Daybreaker SFSOMArts Cultural Center · 6:30am or 7:30am · $22-37 At Daybreaker, we dance our faces off before work and feel gloriously healthy while doing so. Comes with great dance music, coffee, and breakfast snacks. Unplug. Let loose. Dance. 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EMoM: What Is Awe And How Does It Influence Our Behavior?The Embassy Network · 8pm · Free (suggested $5 donation) In this salon we will discuss moments of artistic exaltation, spiritual reverence, and intellectual epiphany, fitting them into the research attempting to define awe, its effects on adjacent behaviors, and how it forces us to rearrange our cognitive frameworks. Artificial Intelligence and Art w/ Jerry Kaplan and Kal SpelletichFirst Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco · 8pm · $15 Hear Jerry and Kal discuss their perspectives on the intersection of art and artificial intelligence, and how humans might leverage this emerging technology creatively, pushing the boundaries of what it means to be human. Jerry Kaplan is an expert on AI, a technical innovator, best-selling author, and futurist. Kal Spelletich is an artist who has been experimenting with the interface between humans and technology for over 28 years, and his robotic sculptures bring inanimate objects to life. Understanding Chinese Medicine w/ Claudia VennCIIS · 6pm · $140 This workshop provides an introduction to the philosophies and concepts within Chinese medicine. It's every Thursday and starts on April 7 and ends May 5. Participants will learn about "Qi" (the life force), acupuncture, Chinese herbs, tongue and pulse diagnosis, yin and yang, 5 elements, and the Chinese concept of internal organs. Discover more about this traditional medicine, which has provided health and relief for over 2,500 years. Friday April 8 Hayes Valley 5th BirthdaySmitten Ice Cream · 5pm · $5 It's been 5 awesome years since we first rolled up the garage door on our shipping container in Hayes Valley. Stop by the shop where it all began for $5 sundaes at 5pm. Kamila Dmowska Spring Cocktail Party2985 Pacific Avenue · 5:30pm · Free Get ready for spring. Enjoy cocktails, fashion discussions, and 20% off for all prints. Takahata's Studio GhibliRoxie Theater · Varies · $12April 8-14 To showcase and support Isao Takahata's fierce independence, we'll be hosting screenings of four of his strongest achievements, including Only Yesterday, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbors the Yamadas, and Pom Poko. Throughout his illustrious, varied career, Takahata has repeatedly proven to be unbound by convention or expectations. At all costs, he makes the films he wants to make. Saturday April 9 Bonfire and Poi SoiréeOcean Beach · 6pm · Free (suggested $5 donation) Free poi class, an amazing bonfire, Fire and LED Poi performers, sunset on the beach, smores, some of your favorite drinks, and amazing music. SF LGBY Center's Soiree 2016Terra Gallery & Event Venue · 5pm · $95 Please join the San Francisco LGBT Center at our epic 2016 annual city-wide Soiree. The queers and allies of San Francisco celebrate the creative power of our community's imaginative minds. Entertainment curated by Juanita MORE!, food from your favorite SF restaurants, and bars helmed by some of our beloved Castro bartenders. Transformational Breathwork w/ Alex RosanThe Center SF · 6pm · $133 Participants lay on their backs for 1.5-2 hours to a designed soundtrack that helps control the pace of breath, which induces a trance like state, entering into the other brainwaves of the mind. Eventually people will begin to have an intensified experience through sensation, visions, memories, and can tap into a collective consciousness. Sunday April 10 Northern California Cherry Blossom FestivalJapantown · 10am · Free Shibas everywhere. That is all. Succulent Garden WorkshopSpark Arts · 2pm · $28 You will learn about succulents and how easy they can be to propagate and grow. You'll have the opportunity to choose from a variety of plants, gravel and choose a container from our selection. Keep your succulent container indoors until warmer weather and then move outside this summer. AcroYoga workshopBay Jiu-Jitsu · 2pm · $35-40 Our 1st workshop (Creative Explorations) will cover the fundamentals of AcroYoga, as we play with fun partner exercises, group games, static partner poses, and transitions. This workshop will focus on bringing more creativity, fluidity, and grace into our AcroYoga connection.Our 2nd Workshop (Washing Machines) will help you find greater stability in intermediate poses before moving on to more dynamic washing machines. We'll work on classic AcroYoga washing machines that will advance your practice and prepare you for higher level acro classes. THIS MONTH April 12 San Francisco Moth GrandSLAM V April 12 Red Victorian: Neural Predictive Coding And How It Goes Awry April 13 The Power of Sleep: Arianna Huffington & Sheryl Sandberg April 13 Women in Tech Talks April 14 Fusion 360 Meetup: Simulation Fundamentals April 14 Introduction to Product Design - Fusion 360 for 3D Printing April 14 Tasting Menu: Aedan Fermented April 14 EMoM: Is Empathy Good For Humanity? 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The Dark Garden Provides: Edible Ornamentals to Grow and Love
In some suburban communities, there is an unfortunate prejudice against any plant that steps out of its ordained place, and attempts to do any work. Neighbors will look askance, and homeowners associations will assess fees as soon as a garden is suspected of any agenda beyond looking pretty, and perhaps entertaining a few bee friends. I take exception to this backward notion, and can assure you that a plant can earn its keep without compromising its beauty in the least. Let me introduce you to the subtle art of edible landscaping.
Culinary pursuits are by no means the only careers in which plants can excel. I've grown plants for their medicinal properties, and for their usefulness in coloring fibers and making inks. Plants have attained goals as sinister as assassination by poison, and as lofty as teaching human beings how to talk with gods. If you have the interest, you can learn to use what you grow for literally any purpose you can imagine. For our little chat today, we will stay mostly in the realm of foodstuffs.
Verdant Bounty
It's not hard to find highly ornamental culinary herbs. Many of them flower in a pretty spectacular fashion. Most sages produce beautiful flowers in blues and purples, or in the case of pineapple sage, brilliant, blood red. The basil family offers varieties in shades of near-black purple. Dark Opal is an excellent example with its ruffled, shiny leaves.
Right next door to the herbs are the numerous types of greens that are both beautiful and edible. A favorite green of mine this season is Red Malabar spinach, which has an attractive, tall growing habit, and stems that are a deep, arterial red. Purple kales are hardy in most winters, and full of nutrition. They have an exotic, ruched leaf that would compliment many umbral-toned landscapes.
Beguiling Vines
Scarlet runner beans are vigorous growers, with showy, crimson flowers that attract humming birds to your garden. In most climates this bean will continue to send up shoots and feed you year after year as a perennial. In climates with brutal winters, just trim the above-ground growth, and mulch the plant well to overwinter.
Hyancinth beans are another leguminous choice. They offer sickle-shaped, purple beans and pea-like flowers. As a bonus for the darkling gardener, these delicious beans can also be moderately poisonous if not handled correctly. The toxin is only present in the mature bean and can be cooked out of it, but that little thrill of danger makes your bean curry all the sweeter.
Fruits of Darkness
Black tomatoes are prized even in the most mainstream garden. There are many heirloom varieties that have broad appeal, such as Paul Robeson and Black Brandywine. However, most of these are only moderately violet in color, and are not suitable to a landscaping project meant to be decorative. For that, I would recommend something like Cosmic Eclipse. With its true black coloring, plus streaks of purple, pink, and green it is lovely enough for any garden. Another gorgeous, dark variety is Indigo Rose. It hangs prettily on the vine like berries, which indeed tomatoes are.
If I could be said to be an evangelist for any fruiting plant, it would have to be for the Black Pearl Pepper. I can think of no blacker leaf. With glossy red and black peppers that bring an almost infernal heat to your cooking, this is the perfect, darkly ravishing resident for your gothy veggie patch.
Flowers from Garden to Plate
It might be a little on the nose to mention edible flowers here, but I am going be just that audacious. There are so many to consider. Almost all flowers that come from culinary herbs can be eaten as well. Just about every part of the common daylily is delicious, from the stir-fried buds to the crunchy tubers. I personally favor the gorgeous nasturtium, which comes in shades from fiery red to darkest chocolate, and whose leaves add a peppery dose of vitamin C to salads. The flowers are a glorious garnish to any dish, and if you need a real stunner of an appetizer, can be filled with dips, spreads, or thinned soft cheese. You can find plenty of guidance about which flowers can be eaten. Do take care that you make sure you know which ones are safe, of course.
I've offered just a few suggestions here for comestible additions to your plantings, and now I will leave it to you to consider how to arrange them. My only words of advice are to be bold, don't fear the neighbors, and put these darkling knockouts front and center. In addition to beautifying your environment, growing your own food is one of the most satisfying and revolutionary things you can do with your time. Get out there and plant your dinner.


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Friday, 13 April 2012
I love my fembot
The last Imperial Agent companion is pure awesomeness. I just love having a shiny fembot following me around and whispering death threats in a husky voice.
I finally got my Agent, my very first character in The Old Republic, to level 50. I spent the last 7 levels almost completely doing warzones, where my cute lil Operative turned into a lean mean backstabbing and face-carving machine. I managed to hit Valor Rank 49 just in time before I hit level 50, and also collected 2k worth of commendations, so I was able to buy a sweet Battlemaster rifle for her soon after. PVP for fun and profit!
After Patch 1.2 hit yesterday and my Agent's skill trees were reset, I tried speccing into healing for the first time ever. Now I've got new skills on my bars and no idea how to use them! But hey, maybe I'll go fool around in a few warzones, that should teach me how to use them..
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Agents are definitely badass. Next time you post you should write about how speccing to healing went. My agent's a sniper and while I love the burst damage I can do, I miss being a more 'utility' kind of class.ReplyDelete
I'll do that! I've been healing quite a lot in Warzones now, but only done one Hard Mode dungeon so far. I'll write a post about it once I have a lil more PVE experience.ReplyDelete
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One day, not so long ago, I was chatting with a lady I constantly have dealings with. She is a few years older than me and is married with two beautiful kids. She had earlier intimated that her little boy was sick, so I asked her if he was better. She was so touched that I cared to ask, mostly because our relationship is totally business. She then went on to tell me how hard it is to be a wife, a mother and a businesswoman. Well, I understood where she was coming from and contributed a fair share to the conversation. And, as though to determine if I were the right person to keep having this conversation with, she asked the inevitable, 'Do you have little ones of your own?'.
Of course, I replied NO, and that was the end of the conversation. I did not know whether to be disturbed by the fact that she imagined I even had more than one child (I mean, when could I have started pushing them out?), or that she felt me unfit to talk about kids with when I had none of my own. Well, maybe she is right, we people without kids( or children, as my Paediatrician friend keeps correcting me) have no business talking to parents about their children. What do we know! For all we know, children probably turn into actual monsters at night and torture their parents while the rest of us are asleep. Who knows??
After that incidence, I started noticing how often people asked me if I had kids. I wouldn't blame them, we are Africans and Africa is all about family. We are considered accomplished when you have a loving family of your own and sometimes you may derive your sense of worth from the achievements of your children. But all that doesn't stop my frustration with the question, 'Do you have kids?'. It is not wrong to ask, but I think the correct sequence of questioning should be;
'Do you have a significant other?'
'Do you plan on having kids together?'
'How many do you have now?', in that order!
If you do not have the time to know the answer to the first two questions, don't ask me the last one either.
We, the humans who do not have kids yet, or who chose not to have kids can still ask about your kids, and we can actually see when you are not doing good by your kids. I believe a woman's existence is not merely justified by the number of children she has, and I would add, not every one without kids is sad or resents their choice… But you will tell me, 'what do you know? Wait when you are 60 and have no kids, you will make your submission then'. So I rest my case.


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You will have to wait until pretty late in the day for the 32Red Handicap at Kempton, but Solo Mission can reward punters' patience in the 12-furlong heat.
A beautifully-bred individual, Solo Mission appears to have improved for a gelding operation over the winter and boasts a 50 per cent strike-rate for William Haggas so far in 2017.
Beaten a length on his return to action in May, Solo Mission was soon off the mark at Carlisle the following month, running out a clear-cut winner of what was probably merely an average handicap event.
Waiting tactics were employed on that occasion and again at Salisbury on his next start, but it proved hard work to make up ground from the rear and Solo Mission just could not land a telling blow. That performance obviously tempered enthusiasm at Ripon, but Solo Mission got back on the right track with a two-and-a-half-length victory, only really putting the matter to bed in the final furlong after kicking for home with over a quarter of a mile to run.
The handicapper has been a bit harsh in raising him 6lb for that win but Solo Mission clearly has more to give and can defy this perch of 80.
Carol has been consistency personified so far this term and she can keep up the good work in the 100% Profit Boost At 32Redsport.com Fillies' Handicap.
Ed Dunlop's runner may only have one victory to her name, but she has also finished no worse than fourth in four other outings and remains thoroughly competitive on her current mark. She was a bit disappointing when only fourth at Chepstow in July and the fact Silvestre de Sousa eased her down ahead of the line combined with a bit of a subsequent absence suggests that was perhaps not her true form.
CHEPSTOW: 2.10 Global Rose, 2.40 Waqt, 3.10 Katheefa, 3.40 Rigoletto (next best), 4.10 Lucky Clover, 4.40 Seven Clans, 5.10 Mirimar.
KEMPTON: 5.20 Morello, 5.55 Appease, 6.25 Mouchee, 6.55 Arden Pulse, 7.25 Clearly, 7.55 Carol, 8.25 SOLO MISSION (NAP), 8.55 Percy Thrower (treble).
LINGFIELD: 1.50 Outcrop, 2.20 Harbour Rock, 2.50 Star Guide, 3.20 Golden Image, 3.50 Retained, 4.20 Go Roo, 4.55 Mountain Guard, 5.25 Assertor.
SOUTHWELL: 2.00 David John, 2.30 Cup Final, 3.00 Stonemadforspeed, 3.30 Braavos, 4.00 Air Squadron, 4.30 Kings Ryde, 5.00 Shine's Bar.


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GAYLORD - Floral designer Martin VanTil will be inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) next year, one of only 60 successful candidates from across the nation who tested for AIFD accreditation at a July conference in Seattle.
One hundred and forty-eight designers attempted the accreditation process.
"They were strict about things," said VanTil. "Several people were disqualified for working overt ime."
Candidates are given four hours and are provided all of their flowers and materials to create five designs: funeral, base arrangement, flowers to wear, bridal and designer's choice. The candidates are unaware beforehand of what flowers and materials they will be given.
Each of the designs is evaluated by seven AIFD Membership Committee members who appraise designs based on scale, balance, line, color, creativity, unity, focal emphasis, depth and mechanics.
"You have to be able to do a wide variety of stuff," said VanTil. "I love lots of color and texture."


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How many times have we felt stuck and uninspired as we struggled through a situation or decision, begging the Universe, "Please, give me a sign!"
Well, here it is!
My #SundaySigns series continues – each week, I present a sign, symbol or message to help inspire you for the week ahead. And it will be one of many, I assure you. Once you start opening up to the possibilities and synchronicities of signs, you'll start to see them everywhere! (See the first post for more).
Today's sign:
Three of Wands from the Shadowscapes Tarot by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.
Notable symbols: Three, wands, cat, cross, stones, mountains, traveler, river
Before we get into the author's meaning of today's image, I want you to take a few moments to really look at the card; see what thoughts and feelings it invokes. If it's stirring something within, take some time to write it down and note the date. (My impressions are below.)
Card message (from the guidebook): Explore, seek out the uncharted, expand your horizons. Take a long view of situations, and express leadership.
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law's explanation is short, but poignant. In general, the tarot suit of Wands represents fire: the element of transformation, movement, inspiration. Primal energy.
At first glance, the placement of the three branches here reminded me of an image that is often associated with the Christian holiday Good Friday. Christ was crucified on a hill between two other men, so the image of three crosses is prominent in many depictions of the this holy day. (And I was raised Catholic, so this is an image that I saw quite often.) With that in mind, my first thought when viewing this card was of the "cross" we all have to bear. At various points in our life, we all carry something that weighs heavily on us, body and soul.
What's extra fabulous about this image, though, is that the third wand is in the hand of the traveler as she gazes out at what's beyond – the road ahead. The future. She is so ready to take on whatever happens next. Two wands are in the ground, carefully placed there as if they are marking something she's leaving behind. Past hurts or missteps perhaps. It's important to note the significance of those markers. She hasn't turned her back on the past, she hasn't cast them off the cliff or burned them to the ground. Rather she stands proudly beside them, full of hope, and ready to take on whatever the future holds. And a loyal (seemingly feline!) companion stands with her, ready to take on the journey together.
As we wind down all that 2016 has been, moving forward into new energies, take this card as a sign for making positive changes in those situations that have burdened us. To let go. To be transformed by what they have taught us. And we don't need to forget these hurts entirely (unless it suits you), nor should we build shrines to them in our hearts and minds. Rather, we mark their presence in our minds, a simple acknowledgement of them impact on our life's journey, give them a polite curtsey or bow, and then MOVE ON.


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This weekend I drove to Detroit with my buddy Chris for the Detroit Autorama.
It's one thing to read about it in the news, but it's a surreal experience to walk through a city that is essentially abandoned. On our 4 block walk from the hotel to the COBO center, we only passed a handful of open businesses. The rest was boarded up, covered in graffiti, and falling apart.
The quality level of the cars at the show was on another level. This show is the home of the Ridler award, one of the most prestigious awards in hot rodding.
This was one of the eight finalists, or "Great 8," built by MirandaBuilt. In my opinion this was one of the best looking cars at the show. The quality was simply unreal.
The event was pretty crowded, so I wasn't able to get very many good pictures. Not that I'm good at taking pictures in general, but the crowds made it impossible.
This Camaro was also a Great 8 finalist, the work was flawless. Literally every piece in this photo is customized or made from scratch.
The "Featured Builder" this year was Rad Rides by Troy. They brought eight vehicles, and they were just plain nuts. The build quality and attention to detail were like anything I have ever encountered. Everywhere you look there are perfectly executed details.
This '56 Chrysler 300 was about a dozen shades of the same color, and it worked so perfectly well. Even the spokes were painted a lighter shade of the pink color from the top. It also had a 1000+hp twin turbo Nascar-spec V8. This car was debuted at the same show in 2009, and looked as fresh and relevant as the day it was built. Simply incredible.
I've seen pictures of this Torino, and never really though much about it. After seeing it in person, the pictures quite simply do it no justice. There are so many perfect details on this car, it's insane. The lexan windshields are held on with tri-wing screws and jetnuts, and the same theme is carried through everything. The window cranks are all custom machined pieces! The hand riveted steel and leather interior was on another level. This car makes me want to crush everything I've ever built, because it simply isn't even good enough anymore.
The rear decklid was dimpled on the backside of each screw holding the deflector on.
The engine bay is perfect.
So back to reality. New tools! I bought a bunch of brake and carb tools from Harry Epstein. Other than the green SK T8 torx screwdriver, these are all made by Wilde Tool in the USA. I don't know what any of these tools do, but I'm going to need them soon.
I'm back to work on my shift linkage for the Jetta.
I replaced the steel ball and plastic socket joint with a bunch of machined pieces and stainless rod ends. This will be the theme throughout the linkage.


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Cute Sleeping Koala on a Tree of Hearts Design for Valentines
Looking for something funky, cool and original for Valentines that features koalas? Well I have two designs to showcase for you, and first up is the cute sleeping koala on a tree of hearts illustration.
This was a very popular design for t-shirts last year and is a great way to show your love for koalas this Valentines Day as I have turned all the leaves in to hearts!
To see the full range please click here, and come back tomorrow to see the other Valentines design!