 fittest of the three of us, although Maynard had joked the night before, when he met our train from Albany, that he maintained his youthful, lean physique with the aid of the intestinal parasites he picked up while writing the sixteen travel pieces that had been collected in
fufu.Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri earlier confirmed that the 36-year-old Ronaldo has no intention of staying in Turin and Sky Sports showed the player boarding a private jet and said he was heading for Lisbon, with World Cup qualifiers coming up.
Klopp said the Reds are unlikely to make any new signings in the transfer window, saying he was happy with his midfield options and the current crop of players had all the different attributes needed to challenge for the title.
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Humanitarian aid
Argos, a valuable tool for humanitarian aid programs
Argos is a unique worldwide location and data collection system dedicated to studying and protecting the environment.
Because they are dependable and easy-to-use, Argos terminals are used by many humanitarian aid programs to relay crucial information from remote areas.
Prevention tools
>.This original granite sculpture is one of the latest artworks of the talented Bulgarian contemporary professional sculptor Ognyan Chitakov, deeply inspired by organic abstractionism, postmodernism and geometry. It is a stunning abstract three dimensional sculptural work. Its amazing elaborate circular carvings are done in one solid piece of granite rock. The artist's concept is to create an unique algorithmic spatial form with the help of extraordinary maze of details, both in order and disorder, leaving the feeling of vitality and lightness. Both size reflect to each other in a beautiful fractal way. The sculpture is one amazing contemporary solid stone masterpiece and exquisite modern home décor.
Daffodils, whose appearance is an undeniable harbinger of spring, bring smiles not only to gardeners but to poets, too. When William Wordsworth lay on his couch and thought of their unforgettable nodding golden trumpets, he wrote that then “my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils.”
The word “daffodil” is derived from asphodel, a related flower of the lily family. Asphodel for the Greeks conjured up a meadow encountered in the afterlife.
There is something about the rebirth of herbaceous perennials – a botanical group that includes plants that grow from bulbs, rhizomes, tubers, and corms – that is charged with melancholy. This is especially true as you grow older since you become accustomed to that fact that the floral display you see will be gone in a month or so and then you will again be faced with an extended period of flowerlessness. Moreover, in another month after that, the leaves of your herbaceous perennial will die as well.
So, in the end, the experience we have with herbaceous perennials is similar to that of our own life, a brief flowering before an extended period of darkness. But then, there is an eternal quality to bulbs from which we can also take heart: Daffodils, for example, never really die but naturalize or spread throughout the garden from one year to the next, living on in their offspring until the end of time.
There is a feature of daffodils that sets them apart from other bulbs and that is their toxicity. Deer and rabbits leave them alone. The alkaloid toxins in daffodils, seeping out of their stems, are so strong that they will cause other flowers to wilt when placed together with them in a vase. Next time you visit a florist, note that daffodils are isolated from other flowers in a bucket of their own. They must be soaked for six hours until toxins are fully removed at which point they can be placed in vase arrangements without causing an early demise of other blooms.
Narcissus, the botanical Latin name for daffodils, is an elaboration of narco, a word that means numbness and refers to the incapacitating and narcotic effect of daffodil toxins. Narcissus makes reference to a character in Greek mythology who was so enamored of his reflected beauty in a passing stream that he could not avert his gaze; he froze into a narcotic somnolent state and was transformed into a flower. It is not clear whether the flower was named for the myth or the myth originated with the flower, but the nodding aspect of daffodils is said to mimic the head of Narcissus bent admiring himself over a reflecting stream.
Although herbaceous perennials are generally associated with spring bloom, some flower in summer. The two most notable among these summer bloomers are gladiolus and dahlia. Gladiolus corms – which are swollen root stems – may be planted at virtually any time of the year in our area. For continuous bloom, space their planting over several months. Gladiolus requires a fast-draining sandy soil and regular water. To keep plants blooming year after year, it is advisable to remove their corms in late fall for winter storage. Throw away old corms and plant out the attached, newly developed ones the following spring.
My personal favorite among summer-blooming herbaceous perennials are the giant dahlias of central Mexico, which can grow up to 20 feet tall with blooms that are eight inches wide. While dahlia tubers can remain in the ground during winter, storing them over winter in sand or vermiculite will enhance their performance the flowing spring..A Vanities cover-flap public service.
1. Cut and fold where indicated.
2. Hurry to a newsstand. Pick up the latest issue of The Weekly Standard. Wrap folded page around spine of magazine.
3. Return magazine to rack.
4. Step back a few paces and observe.
Andrew Hearst is *Vanity Fair'*s online editor. He maintains a personal site called Panopticist.So is America yet willing to admit that it is committing genocide against a whole region?

All those deaths may not have been committed by American forces, but they are all directly attributable to the US decision to invade and attack a number of countries, at least 2 of which were never a threat to America, but got attacked all the same.

Indeed, the Iraq invasion is widely acknowledged as illegal and the invasion was a war crime for those who ordered it, as was the torture deliberately ordered by those same commanders.

And still America ignores the blatant, and publicly admitted, war crimes of their own leaders. 

I understand that Obama has his own war crimes to cover up as he orders the massacre of civilians from drone bombings in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia etc, and I understand that the republicans will happily impeach him for being black but never for having committed war crimes, since they are all complicit in them as well.

But it continues to be depressing that America "Justice" dept continues to ignore all of the laws that they are legally required to enforce whenever they concern one of their own leaders.10 Best Satellite Phones That Could Work Anywhere in the World
You know those crucial moments, emotionally or financially, when you try to call an important person in your life and you get one of those annoying pre-recorded messages that say ‘the person you are trying to reach..’? Well, that usually means your operator is not covering the area or that someone’s phone needs changing.
The more adventurous of you will most likely reach areas of our planet that others will never even know about, which means you require a proper device to get you out of unpredictable situations or allow you to contact friends or authorities. Here we have a list of satellite phones that you may or may not need, but which can surely handle their business and save the day.
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Satellite Phones Need Service Too
Just like mobile carriers, competing networks offer different coverage and performance levels for satellite phones as well. The two main satellite phone service providers are Iridium and Inmarsat, but there are a few other providers worth mentioning, like Globalstar and Thuraya.
With signals from 66 low orbit Earth satellites, Iridium promises to offer full, global coverage, even if you go to the North or South Pole, although the signals can be blocked by trees or mountains, which might not be cool. On the other hand, Inmarsat has satellites in high Earth orbit and promises more reliable connections, although it’s near the Equator where the company excels.
Whatever service your phone runs on, you’ll need to buy airtime, which means a predefined number of minutes and texts, or data – as well as a phone number. Please consider the fact that prepaid plans usually come with an expiry date of anywhere between 30 days and two years.
Heading off-grid without any way to communicate is not a good idea but we’ve got you covered with the 10 best satellite phones that could work anywhere in the world.
10. Spot X 2-Way Satellite Messenger
The 2-Way Satellite Messenger from Spot X is not exactly a full fledged satellite communication device like other phones from this list, but since it’s priced just below $240, it could be an invaluable tool for any adventurer. It’s also very small and compact, measuring just 6.5 x 2.9 x 0.94 inches, so it can be easily packed alongside your important adventure gear.
This unique satellite device can be also paired via Bluetooth and comes with satellite GPS tracking and S