A good hardwood floor in the world of a renter sure is tough to find, and it's hard to justify spending any kind of big bucks on a solution that can only be temporary. Even if you're a homeowner, you might not have the bandwidth to change your floors around or might just want to mix things up as the seasons change.
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Created by Swiss design house, Ruckstuhl, the Legno-Legno is gorgeous, simple, and more affordable way to add hardwood accents to the floors in your home.
Use it to define space in a large studio or loft apartment.
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Carpets are available in 6 types of wood and are made from a blend of wood and polyurethane.
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The Warrnambool Football Netball Club believes that individuals have the right to choose to consume alcohol in licensed venues as a form of social activity. As the operator of this venue, we have a responsibility to help minimise the risk of harm to individuals, our staff, other customers, and to the wider community.
As a licensed venue, we have a responsibility to demonstrate best practice in terms of our service of alcohol and to set a positive example to our customers and to other licensees by complying with and, where appropriate, exceeding mandatory compliance regulations.
WFNC is committed to conducting all aspects of alcohol service in a professional and responsible manner, complying with all applicable laws and adhering to endorsed Liquor Service Codes of Practice.
Management and staff are aware of and adhere to all the rules and regulations applicable to responsible service of alcohol in each State.
WFNC endeavours to provide a safe and friendly environment in which all customers can socialise and enjoy themselves.
WFNC does not sanction or approve of any promotions that may encourage the rapid or excessive consumption of alcohol in the venue. Employees are required to encourage and promote responsible consumption of alcohol.
WFNC acknowledges that drunkenness, under-age drinking and alcoholism are serious social issues and therefore supports initiatives that assist in addressing and preventing these issues.
Our staff endeavour to prevent underage drinking in our venue by requiring valid proof of age from young adults to be presented in the form of an Australian driver's licence, passport or other proof of age card permitted under applicable State law.
WFNC will continue to provide employee education and customer awareness programs on the Responsible Service of Alcohol.
It is our aim that all our customers that wish to partake in gambling do so responsibly.
We understand and acknowledge that problem gambling is a serious issue, and we aim to help people affected by problem gambling, to make better decisions regarding their gambling habits, while at our venues.
Rules and regulations pertaining to the safe and responsible playing of electronic gaming machines, payment of winnings policies, self-exclusion programs, and Gambler's Help support group contact details are clearly signed throughout WFNC.
Responsible gambling in a regulated environment is when consumers have informed choices and can exercise a rational and sensible choice based on their circumstances. It means a shared responsibility with collective action by the gambling industry, individuals and communities.
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Gurucul Appoints Security Veteran Vice President of Marketing
Tom Clare Joins Leading User Behavioral Analytics and Identity Access Intelligence Vendor
SAN FRANCISCO – Gurucul, the user behavior analytics and identity access intelligence company, today announced that it has hired veteran security and start-up executive Tom Clare as vice president of marketing. Clare has 20 years of marketing management experience with leading security vendors including Websense (recently acquired by Raytheon), Blue Coat, Check Point, Arctic Wolf Networks and McAfee.
"User and Entity Behavioral Analytics technology is attracting a lot of attention and investment for its ability to rapidly detect and respond to insider and targeted external threats," said Saryu Nayyar, CEO of Gurucul. "Tom is a proven marketing executive with a wealth of experience in growing early stage security vendors. He will help us communicate the unique approach and benefits we provide to customers, and play a central role in extending Gurucul's market leadership position."
Clare is a seasoned product and corporate marketing executive with more than 20 years of information security industry experience. He joined Gurucul from managed SIEM services vendor Arctic Wolf Networks. Previously, he held senior marketing management positions with web, email, data security leader Websense (now Raytheon) and web security vendor Blue Coat Systems. Earlier in his career he worked in product marketing and management roles at Check Point Software Technologies and McAfee when both companies experienced high growth phases. Clare is one of only a few recipients of the Spirit of McAfee board of directors award. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Math from Central Michigan University and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.
"Gurucul is a technology and market leader in one of the fastest growing segments of information security," said Tom Clare. "User behavioral analytics combined with identity access intelligence can detect fraud, insider threats and external intruders that are invisible to traditional security technologies which rely on rules, signatures or simple data correlation. This approach uses the data science the industry has been asking for to relieve the data fatigue of security analysts. I'm excited to get in on the ground floor with Gurucul."
Gurucul is changing the way enterprises protect themselves against fraud, insider threats and external intruders. The company's user behavior analytics and identity access intelligence technology uses machine learning and predictive anomaly detection algorithms to reduce the attack surface for accounts, unnecessary access rights and privileges, and identify, predict and prevent breaches. Gurucul technology is used globally by organizations to detect insider fraud, IP theft, external attacks and more. Gurucul is based in Los Angeles. To learn more, visit us at www.gurucul.com and follow Gurucul on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter (@Gurucul).

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The cabinets in here were like the ones in our kitchen... Oak... boring! So I painted them and put a glaze to age them. Love how they came out. So easy to do too!
This picture we bought while we were at Sandals in Jamica.. Thats really how they drive... crazy!
I love fluer de lis.. they are all over this room!
I even have them here... Hope you enjoyed the tour of my hall bath...Beware! Teenager's room ahead!!!
Oh Susie, I love your bath! What a great color combination and you have it accessorized so nice. Everything looks beautiful together. Please come do my home! I've been wanting to spruce up a little chest and your cabinet finish looks exactly how I'd love for this chest to look. I'm going to need details for that project, lol Thanks for sharing your bath, it's beautiful, just like every other part of your home you've shared so far. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for more!
I love the color, the black accents, the fleur de lis, the print from Sandals...EVERYTHING!!! Black is the perfect accent color for that green...just lovely, so fresh and fun, yet very classy, too...love it!
LOVE your bathroom. It gives me inspiration for mine as they are both small. Your accessories are wonderful. I love all the black accents...that is what I am moving toward.
Hi sweet Susie! I love your bathroom - it's so classy! You have really pulled everything together so well! That Wally World mirror is so pretty! Who would know? Oh, please please come to my blog and see my tassels! They are absolutely adorable. I love them!
I love it...I'm going to see if our Wal-mart has that mirror...I'd like it in my 1/2 bath...another great job...the tour is fun!
What paint and glaze did you use on your bathroom cabinet. I have some that are in desperate need of a facelift. I pulled this pic up last week to show my daughter while she was visiting. She wants her main bath to be green with the bronze fixtures and she had shown me a mirror like yours, so when I saw the pics in one of your post I knew it would help for her to see it.
Coveting the magazine rack! Love your bath. I had a plan for our turquoise 1/2 bath and was at Michaels and saw some things on clearance and totally changed and it has all just come together. I am still working on it. Love when you find the pieces that speak to you and you get that excited rush and it all falls together.
I love the color combination in there. Looks fun but elegant. The cabinets look fabulous. You would never know they were that builder's oak. Great job.
I am such a green girl. I love it all so much. And I am also a black accent girl. Those combos are perfect together. I love the bathroom. Very nice.
Teach us how to do the glaze. I have something that needs that process.
I need to do this. Maybe I could get all the rooms clean.
I'm loving the tour! I love that green color!! So fun!
Very cute...it' looks a lot like my "master bath" same basic layout...thanks for the ideas...I can use some of them in my little hall bath...which makes yours look HUGE!
I'm getting ready for a remodel of my 3 yr. old house and also readying my oak dining table and pine bedroom furniture to be painted white. I may also be readying for a divorce when this painting stuff white is done, sweet chickee!! Sigh..........well, maybe this marriage can be saved. After all we've been married 47+ years! Oh, the dilemma: marriage or white furniture. I think ya know which one is gonna happen, right?!?!?
I remember you painting that color, right? I just love it! Rhoda has given me awesome ideas for our kids/guest bathroom so I am gonna get to work on it a little next week. I am excited!!
I would LOVE to paint/glaze my bathroom cabinets but am a bit afraid!!! HOW did you do yours? Please, share!!
Yep i agree with everyone else on here it's very nice. The colours used compliment each other! Great!
Susie, susie, susie!!!! Oh Susie...I love you! I spent hours on your blog last night and want to be your bff!!! I love the bathroom and I want that square wreath from Royal Standard. Really I want just about everything in your house. Love the tour. Thanks. Im adding you to my blog list.
Wow! Going into your bathroom is like taking a mini vacation. It's elegant and fun!
You knew I was going to ask about that magazine rack, didn't you? I just love it. Nice job on the cabinets too.
1. I need to know how you did your cabinets.
2. Love the green and black. So much I might be buying paint for a hall bath TODAY!
I am a chicken sometimes at decorating. I know what I like when I see it but I just freeze getting started. I'm going to be more brave about this!
Oh - and Lacy up there thinks you are going to be BFF...no way...I saw Susie's blog first! *I* am going to be her BFF!! ha!
Ok I have to say this about that adorable bathroom, you have just got to have a black basket or tall little lamp with a TASSEL hanging from it! You just have to. That bathroom is beyond lovely, you have everything just right. If we all admit it we are probably off to a store somewhere thinking I could do this, well maybe! It's beautiful! One more question, what is this store you refer to "Roayl Standard". Is it online?
Um, darling!! So, if it's not lime green, what color is it?? I love the painted cabinet with the glaze. What colors did you do?? I have been planning on painting our bathroom cabinet too. Such a cute site!
Gorgeous bathroom, Susie! I love the Jamaican bus!
Very pretty. It looks soothing and cool.
The bathroom looks great! Green is one of my very favorite colors and I really like the one you've choosen here.
You've done a lot with a small space and it is really so pretty. Thanks for sharing!!
Which Sandals did you go to? We were at Dunns River. Loved it there!
I like that mirror a lot and I love seeing how your cabinets came out. We have oak cabinets and I want to paint them, especially the bathroom ones.
Yeah! I can see all of your pictures today! Love the bath. I can picture it in a slightly less limey color. ;-) Although I'm fond of limes. Especially in my cocktails!
That picture cracks me up! Hubby and I went to Jamaica for our honeymoon and I remember being terrified riding in those buses. I can't believe more people don't get killed.
HI! I have been lurking on your blog for a few weeks. Love the tour of the house! I would love to do the same thing to my bathroom...so I am going to add to all the questions you heard before. What is the process? How do you do the glaze!? I would love to know. You are so creative! Love Love Love your blog!
Oh Oh and one more thing...Do you have directions for how you did the paint and glaze on those cabinets? I have been wanting to do that in my laundry room that I made all fancy and LOVE what you did.
The bath looks great! Love the print - after having been in a taxi in Jamacia I can say you ain't kiddin - that is exactly how they drive!
Your house is BEAUTIFUL! I just love every inch of it! I love all the Fleur de lies all over the house...I collect alot of fleur de lie things also! Anyway, your colors and style is great...esspecially love the cabinets that you aged...they look amazing!
Yes, we all love the green. I painted our Great Room in the same color (with white accents) and at first was SO sad because I thought it might be too much...now it just makes me plain old happy - like your bathroom.
Susie, that is a great bathroom and I can already tell I am in love with your home. I want to do that same thing to my kitchen cabinets? Can you tell me how you did it and any suggestions.
oh wow - I love house posts!
And that mirror is AWESOME - love inexpensive beauties!
The colour is amazing! I wouldn't be brave enough ever to use green - but that is such a beautiful shade and it looks stunning! You're very talented!
love your bathroom....I should have stalked over here before I decided to paint my half bath pink! OOOOO and I love that magazine rack...is that southern living???? OK love it!
I love the bathroom cabinet redo! The fabric is beautiful...can't wait to see the finished project. And your son's room is great...animals & all.
My brother once put baby snakes in his pocket while playing...he forgot to clean out his pockets before putting them in the laundry for my mother...who checked all pockets!!!
A lovely room, of course! i would love to know more about how you painted and glazed the cabinets. I like their antique-y look. My kitchen cabinets are the same oak and I can't stand them. But they are really good quality and it would be horrible wasteful to take them out. Other people in the condos who have painted tham had a terrible time of it and they look like "badly painted cabinets". Did you strip them first? sand them? latex or oil paint? Thanks Susie!
I love your bathroom! I have almost the exact same mirror in my half bathroom! I got it at Lowes, though. I saw Walmart carried one nearly identical for a LOT less money a few weeks afterward. Bleh.


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Chicago-area man sues Ashley Madison so he can keep dating
By Dawn Rhodes
Sep 02, 2015 | 7:00 AM
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A Chicago-area man is suing the Ashley Madison website, which was the target of a massive hack this summer that identified millions of people who used the site to seek extramarital relationships.
Matthew Lisuzzo did not file his lawsuit because he was married and had been outed as a cheater — he's single, according to his lawyer.
What he's after is greater protection of his personal financial information, according to his lawsuit. He also wants Ashley Madison to fix its site so he can get back on the dating scene.
The suit, filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, says Lisuzzo, 40, started an Ashley Madison membership in 2007.
"He said he was looking for relationships with no strings attached," attorney Tom Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman said Lisuzzo's personal information was published online after the hack, details that would make him vulnerable to identity theft.
The suit, which names as a defendant Ashley Madison parent company Avid Life Media Inc., asks the court for an injunction that would compel the Toronto-based company to reinforce its website security and prevent any more of Lisuzzo's information from being released.
"The hackers got the data, threatened to release it and the company did nothing to prevent that from happening," Zimmerman said. "An injunction will give us some verifiable assurance that they're actually securing the site and encrypting the data. At least this way we would have the contempt powers of the court to force them to do what they're publicly claiming to do, but what we've already seen them fail to do on two occasions."
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An injunction also would allow Lisuzzo to reboot his personal life. The suit additionally asks the court to make the site shut down numerous accounts of nonexistent women.
"(Lisuzzo) desires to continue to use the services provided by defendant, and spend the credits that he purchased, and spend the credits that he purchased on communications with real female Ashley Madison members, but cannot do so without releasing additional personal information and communications that defendant does not adequately encrypt or protect," the suit states.
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Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS)
Cardiff University is working in partnership with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) to establish a computer system called CRIS: Clinical Record Interactive Search.
CRIS is an innovative technological solution that will allow data to be safely and securely extracted from the Health Board's electronic mental health clinical record system (called PARIS), de-identify it to protect patient identities and then load it into a separate and secure database.
This extensive, de-identified database can then be searched by authorised users for audit, service evaluation and research purposes.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board strongly believe in the importance of maximising the use of routinely collected clinical data in order to improve outcomes and services for mental health patients. CRIS allows this data to be used in a way that protects and maintains patient confidentiality.
How are personal details protected in CRIS?
The CRIS software removes any information from the patient clinical record that might identify an individual, such as name, address and full date of birth. This process is known as de-identification. Once removed, CRIS then loads this de-identified data into a separate and secure database. This means that an individual's clinical details can be used for research or evaluation purposes, but their personal details cannot.
An example of how de-identified data would appear in CRIS is shown below:
How will CRIS help research?
CRIS will allow us to look at up-to-date, long-term clinical information in large numbers of people, providing an unprecedented opportunity for large-scale research projects within real-world clinical populations.
This will make it easier to identify patterns and trends in data, such as what treatments work for some and don't work for others, enabling us to better understand the causes of physical and mental illness and how best to treat them.
CRIS will not only help to increase the amount of mental health research undertaken within the Health Board but will also make it easier to monitor and evaluate current service provision, facilitating improvements in the clinical care of mental health patients.
In implementing CRIS, Cardiff and Vale UHB will join a number of Mental Health NHS Trusts across the UK in a network aimed at revolutionising mental health and dementia research. Read more information on the CRIS Network.
Who can access CRIS?
Cardiff and Vale UHB impose a strict process for allowing access to the CRIS database. CRIS is only available to approved researchers and clinicians who have a contract with the UHB. These individuals might work in collaboration with other organisations in clinical or research settings, such as a University.
The use of CRIS is governed by an Oversight Committee who review all applications wishing to use the system. In addition, all individuals approved to use CRIS will be strictly monitored and an audit log of CRIS use will be regularly reviewed by the CRIS Oversight Committee.
In some circumstances, CRIS may be used to search for individuals who meet criteria for a research study, for potential patient recruitment. These studies require additional approvals and must follow CAVUHB's standardised procedures. For more information on CAVUHB's approach to informing patients about research they may want to be involved in, please visit the Participate webpage.
How is it funded?
Funding for the implementation of CRIS is being supported through a grant obtained from the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of their Mental Health Data Pathfinder award, in which the main objective was to enhance the UK's research capability in mental health.
Whilst CRIS will provide a rich resource for research discovery, it will also provide an ideal platform to expand the service evaluation and audit capabilities of the Health Board, feeding directly into service improvement strategies.
What if I do not want to be included?
If an individual does not wish to have their de-identified clinical record included in CRIS, they can opt-out at any time by contacting the CRIS team on the details provided below.
Opting out of CRIS will not have any impact on the care or treatment an individual receives.
Email: cris.cav@wales.nhs.uk
For further information on CRIS, please visit the CAVUHB CRIS page. You can also download the CRIS leaflet below.
For any researchers or clinicians wishing to use the CRIS system, please visit the UHB page for further detail, or contact the CRIS team on the details provided above.
CRIS leaflet
National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University, Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
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According to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), construction on the 58th Street Greenway is about 75 percent complete, but driving along the future greenway in Kingsessing, it still looks like there is a lot of work remaining.
The 58th Street Greenway, which connects Bartram's Garden to Cobbs Creek trail, is an important connection in the Philadelphia portion of the East Coast Greenway – the nearly 3,000-mile, bicycle and pedestrian trail system stretching from Canada to Key West, Florida. PEC is developing segments of the vast trail network with local partners and the East Coast Greenway Alliance.
Crews broke ground on the 58th Street Greenway project in February, and Spencer Finch, PEC's director of sustainable development, said he hopes construction will be completed in time for a November ribbon cutting. If the project is delayed the official opening may be pushed into next year.
"We'd hoped it'd be very, very close to completion, and I think we're close," Finch said.
Construction of the new storm water management systems is complete, but crews still need to lay the topsoil and do some tree work, Finch said.
Most of the other to-do list items are "nitty, gritty details" including ADA ramps, electrical wires, moving some posts and more, he said.
Driving through the neighborhood, it is clear that this trail is still under construction.
Orange construction barrier plastic stretches along what seems like most of the route, and many corners are completely blocked off, dug up, and off limits to pedestrians. New pavement is visible but it does not cover the entire greenway, which spans from Bartram's Garden to the existing Cobbs Creek trail via Lindbergh Boulevard, Elmwood Avenue, 58th Street, Chester Avenue, and finally 59th Street.
The greenway runs along the western boundary of the Kingsessing, near the Mount Moriah section of Southwest Philadelphia, where the trail passes Frances Myers Recreation Center and Bartram's Field.
"This is a neighborhood that's coming back," he said.
At first the community was a little bit skeptical of the 58th Street Greenway plans, but by incorporating community input and participating in "Get Active 58th!" a healthy living program aimed at making exercise on 58th Street a habitual pastime, PEC gained support.
After the project is completed, Finch said PEC will continue to gather and address feedback from the community.
Photo Credit: Several of the corners along the proposed 58th Street Greenway are blocked off and under construction.


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            $newHostCategory->name = $hostCategory['name'];
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Possibly the best part of the new Avengers Age of Ultron movie, Quicksilver here is made with every detail from his look in the movie. From his frosted hair to his super durable running shoes, this Quicksilver is ready to run circles around your Marvel Legends collection. Quicksilver features and entirely original head sculpt, unique to this ONE OF A KIND figure, and check out the line work on his suit! Quicksilver also comes with his super fast lightning effects that can clip onto his hands and feet for some really great movie poses!
Quicksilver was made from a ML Quicksilver base, Constrictor lower half with Protector legs, Bruce Lee shoes, and a heavily modded movie Winter Soldier head with sculpted hair and beard. Finished with a highly detailed movie accurate paint job with all the details! Enjoy!
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"Leading organisations in a highly challenging environment is a great responsibility and leaders can have a profound impact on the lives of many people.
Biography //
During her long career Chris has experienced leadership from many perspectives. Her early career in financial services saw her become the youngest women to reach senior management in a global bank which also established her reputation for developing women in leadership. As an entrepreneur, she set up and grew her own business to over 200 people steering it through a series of mergers and acquisitions until its final acquisition by IBM.
She now devotes her time and experience to helping other leaders rise to the unprecedented challenges we face today and to achieve their own dreams.
Track record //
Drawing on this extensive business experience, Chris has coached hundreds of men and women and advised FTSE/Fortune directors and boards on 5 continents and in nearly every industrial sector. She has helped leaders and their teams double their business growth, reinvent their culture, inspire their people and transform the way they think about their own future.
"Leading organisations in a highly challenging environment is a great responsibility and leaders can have a profound impact on the lives of many people. My mission is to help leaders discover their power and create the kind of organisations we as a society need desperately in order to survive and thrive in today's world."
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Chris embraces fun, humour and irreverence but with a serious purpose. Her energy ignites people and makes them want to come on the journey. She is warm and trusting but also pushes people out of their comfort zone challenging their expectations of themselves. She connects deeply on a personal level and has great empathy for the challenges faced by leaders. With a passion for flying trapeze and golf, Chris embodies the unexpected and enjoys engaging with people from very diverse backgrounds.
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Chris was trained in behavioural observation by the late Professor Schroder of Princeton University and was actively involved in international academic research that identified the characteristic behaviours of high performance leaders and teams in complex, fast moving environments. She is accredited in many psychometric instruments, holds a 1st class degree in Computer Science and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).


The 5th International Forum "BUSINESS-INFORM 2015" will go in the same time as the EXPO. The main topic of Forum is Digital Docflow (choice of office equipment and software, IT-outsourcing and it's standardization, estimation of printing quality and etc).
BUSINESS-INFORM EXPO exists since 2012. It's visitors are russian and foreign experts in distribution, development, working and service of wide variety spectrum of office and computer equipment, MPS-solutions, supplies and parts. All them are real experts who visit EXPO to find new interesting vendors for good cooperation.
Information Agency "Business-Inform" invites russian and foreign companies to take part in BUSINESS-INFORM 2015 EXPO.


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Along with announcing Lost Planet 3 and revealing updates for a number of upcoming games, Capcom today also dropped off a batch of media along with a few new details for the PS Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken.
Most importantly, the the PS Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken was confirmed to support cross-play with the PS3 version of the game. In other words, PS3 and PS Vita players can actually play against each other, online. Not at all a bad feature to have.
Take a look at the new batch of screens and the Captivate 2012 trailer.
Also, make sure to check out our review of the PS3/Xbox 360 version of the game if you haven't already, and stay tuned for a solid release date.


Celebrities around the world are known for living a luxurious lifestyle, including expensive dressing styles, a grand house and luxurious car. These celebrities, no doubt work hard to achieve everything that they want. But they are human too, and human make mistakes every now and then.


Put the oil and onion in a large skillet and cook over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, until the onion is pale gold. Add the pancetta and rosemary and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pancetta fat is rendered; the pancetta should remain soft. Add the lamb and cook until browned, 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and stir. Add the wine and simmer until evaporated, 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer gently, stirring from time to time, until the fat begins to separate from the sauce, 15 minutes.


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A Century of Battles Over School Reform
Diane Ravitch (View Bio)
Hardcover: Simon & Schuster, 2000; Paperback: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Education in America is in deep trouble, yet we all know it holds the key to the future. Politicians swear endlessly to "do something" about it. Reformers abound with plans to "transform" it. In this masterful history of education, the first of its kind, Diane Ravitch finds that a century of reformers is just what has brought American schools to their dumbed-down dysfunctional state. Throughout the 20th century, school reform has followed a predictable pattern — jettison boring old academic rigor for the latest in avant-garde educational fads. Ravitch's chronicle of well-intentioned reforms (including misbegotten innovations like bilingualism and perennial efforts to substitute "relevant," vocational, and anti-intellectual Mickey Mouse programs in place of the basics or the best that has been thought and said) is must reading for anyone who worries about education in America.
"The most important book written in many decades about America's most important public institution." — The New Republic
"She has produced a thoughtful — and convincing — inquest to the wrongheaded ways of 20th-century educational practice.... In compellingly lucid prose, Ravitch argues that over the last century experts (mainly from the elite teachers' colleges) sought to move American students away from the touchstones of a liberal education — Latin, algebra, history — and into classes the professors deemed more appropriate for children of the great unwashed.... Ravitch doesn't offer an explicit blueprint for reform. But her startling account does tell us in strong English what hasn't worked. It's — well, it's quite an education." — Newsday
"School reform in past decades has embraced a belief in the powerful capacities of education, above all the belief that the right schools can overcome many social problems, if not all of them. The decline and fall of that belief is a long, sad story — a century long, by a certain reckoning — which Ms. Ravitch recounts with concision and panache.... It is a tale both stirring and depressing....[I]n her excellent, if somber, final chapter, Ms. Ravitch does draw some important lessons.... Whenever I complain, and I do complain, about the failure of our schools, I remind myself of its many triumphs. One of these is Diane Ravitch, a public-school product herself, whose latest book does so much to convey what went wrong with the schools — and what is still right about them." — The Wall Street Journal
"Plainly written and abundantly documented, this opinionated history of the 'permanent debate' about school standards, curricula and methods should initiate new discussions about the purpose of American schools. Taking a firm stance in favor of liberal education, Ravitch argues that the ascent of so-called progressive education has undermined the intellectual development of students and the democratic principles of American society.... [S]he persuasively advocates a return to the 'fundamental mission of teaching and learning' as the cure for the anti-intellectualism that ails American schools. Like THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND, this is a personal crusade, but unlike Allan Bloom, Ravitch is anchored in a dispassionate history of the ways education has failed this country's children." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"One comes away from LEFT BACK contemplating not why our schools are so bad but why the are as good as they are." — Indianapolis Star
"Of all the debates in education, this argument between traditionalists and self-styled 'progressives' is the longest-running and the most important. In her excellent new book, Diane Ravitch makes a thoughtful and powerful case that time-honored subjects...should be at the heart of what is taught in today's classrooms....[I]f you're a parent or concerned citizen worried about what's happening to our schools, you will find that this volume is worth your time and money. And Ms. Ravitch is a good writer and storyteller." — The Washington Times
"Nobody understands American education better than Diane Ravitch. In this provocative and illuminating book, she shows how important it is to defend the perennial principles of sound schooling against wave after wave of misguided educational fads." — Michael Lind, Senior Fellow, The New America Foundation
"No one should hold forth on the problems of American schools without reading this valuable book — and that goes for presidential candidates, too." — Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"LEFT BACK must be read by any American concerned with education. Diane Ravitch tells us what has gone wrong with education. Even more important, she tells us what can go right — a combination of broad democratic values and real learning. Her virtues shine through this truly important book: radical independence of thought, clarity, learning, care for children, and immense integrity." — Catharine R. Stimpson, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University
"In a wonderful new book, LEFT BACK: A Century of Failed School Reforms, Diane Ravitch, a critical scholar of education who served as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education in the Bush Administration, argues that public school suffered when educationists decided that social reform was more important than disciplined academic teaching. Miss Ravitch focuses on the breakdown of traditionalism in public school classrooms that caused academic standards to deteriorate in lower schools, but it's not hard to see in her research a direct line of anti-intellectualism in the lower grades that led to the fashionable silliness at the university level, as well." — The Washington Times
"If at least three authors hadn't already claimed the title Paved with Good Intentions for their books, it would have served well for Diane Ravitch's latest — and best — history of education reform in the United States....Fairly read, it could frame the education debate for the 21st century." — Christian Science Monitor
"Here's the highest compliment to Diane Ravitch's work: The people who disagree with her, no less than those who agree, know she has studied our schools more deeply, has thought about them more insightfully, and is more committed to helping children learn than just about anyone in our country. LEFT BACK might be seen as the Summa Theologica of her lifetime of investigation: brilliant, elegant and important." — E.J. Dionne, Jr., author of THEY ONLY LOOK DEAD
"For more than a century, writes Diane Ravitch in her new book LEFT BACK, the 'in' crowd has been the 'progressive' educators, the inheritors of a tradition that began with John Dewey.... Her positions on issues like standards and multiculturalism are far more enhanced than her critics often give her credit for, and she has a talent, as Albert Shanker did, of speaking her mind, irritating friends and foes alike...[T]here is no denying that Ravitch is a fierce opponent of what she perceives as a virulent anti-intellectual strain in the teachings of dozens of educators whom she describes, somewhat reductively, as 'progressive.' The history of their ideas is the subject of LEFT BACK.... Ravitch's case against the progressives is persuasive.... Her book is best understood as a scathing indictment of the ed-school 'in crowd.'" — The New York Times Book Review
"Diane Ravitch's fourth book analyzing the problems and promises of education could easily be titled The Cost of Tinkering with Our Schools. It gives us a sad itemization of the price we have paid for our rash and often idiosyncratic experimentation with our most critical institution...[A] sobering...worthwhile book...[It] does far more than simply bemoan the past and criticize the present state of schools, however. It also provides concise advice on what we must do to correct their deficiencies. As such, it is an important book for every American to read and should be a primer and source book for education policymakers. Democratic and Republican candidates are joining the nation's governors in including strong education reform planks in their political platforms. Each group would do well to learn in depth the history lesson Ravitch provides in LEFT BACK." — Denver Post
"Diane Ravitch is one of America's most important scholars of education. Her latest book, LEFT BACK, documents the (ongoing) conflict between progressivism and traditionalism in the fight to improve our schools over the last one hundred years. It is essential reading for anyone interested in how our schools got to be the way they are, and what we can do about it." — William J. Bennett
"Diane Ravitch is a national treasure. No one understands better the essential predicament of our schools. LEFT BACK tells the sad history of how, in the name of democratic values, educational elites have pushed on our schools political nostrums and notions of 'relevance' that have impoverished the intellectual substance of the curriculum, with tragic consequences for educational opportunity in America." — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Chairman, Edison Schools
"Diane Ravitch has long been one of the sanest voices among the country's education experts....In her new book on the various 'progressive' reforms that have swept over the country's schools during the last hundred years, Ravitch confirms her standing not only as our preeminent historian of education, but also...as the most consistent of educational egalitarians...[A] masterful book...Ravitch's richly documented chronicle of a century of educational folly makes an invaluable contribution to the ongoing debate about our schools. In particular, it will provide embattled parents with much-needed historical perspective, helping them to say no the next time teachers and administrators try to pass off the latest educational fad as if it were scientific truth." — Commentary
"A 555-page chronicle covering one hundred years of pedagogical self-deception (which is what this book does, as its title indicates), is not a jolly read, but is worth the pain.... Eye-opening...Diane Ravitch forcefully demonstrates the perverse nostrums of progressive education." — Times Educational Supplement
"[Y]ou will find Diane Ravitch's invaluable new book, LEFT BACK: A Century of Failed School Reforms, most enlightening.... Ravitch's overall recommendations are excellent, but some questions arise.... But such questions are only testimony to Diane Ravitch's continuing importance to the education debates. Her artful recounting of the history and consequences of the reform movement in America's schools adds incalculably to our understanding of the present state of education, and is a contribution that only a scholar of Ravitch's stature could have made." — National Review
"[I]mpeccable scholarship and withering logic.... An incisive examination of failed utopian schemes in the classroom." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[H]er latest extraordinary tome on education....This is a hugely important work that every parent, grandparent, teacher, and conscious politician should read." — Liz Smith
"[A] timely volume on the nation's educational history...sobering...[An] exhaustive and clearly polemical book." — Newark Star-Ledger
"Ravitch goes at it with energy and enthusiasm, constructing a gallery of heroes and villains many readers won't have heard of. (One of the virtues of LEFT BACK is that it reminds us that most of the educational battles of the moment, which are usually discussed as if they were carryovers from the cultural warfare of the sixties, have actually been going on for a hundred years.)...What gives LEFT BACK its heart is Ravitch's constant, impassioned insistence that schools must make 'intense moral commitment to the intellectual development of each child.'...If Ravitch had merely defended the academic curriculum, she would have produced a valuable book, but, by linking this position inextricably to educational universalism, she has also made herself into a plausible champion of democracy...In the educational realm, LEFT BACK will be unpopular. In the political realm, Ravitch has already won the argument. Whether that means that the history she sorrowfully recounts in LEFT BACK is now going to be undone will be just about the most interesting question in politics over the next few years." — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker


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Q: shiny server cannot open the connection when trying to include RMarkDown I was trying to insert some rmd files into my shiny dashboard. Everything works fine locally. But when I tried it on my shiny server, it shows:

Warning in file(file, ifelse(append, "a", "w")) :
    cannot open file 'testing.md': Permission denied
  Warning: Error in file: cannot open the connection

it's just a very simple testing shiny dashboard:
app.R
library(shiny)
library(knitr)
library(shinydashboard)

setwd("/srv/shiny-server/docs/test2")

rmdfiles = c("testing.Rmd")
sapply(rmdfiles, knit, quiet = T)

ui <- dashboardPage(
  dashboardHeader(title = "testing"),
  dashboardSidebar(
    sidebarMenu(
      menuItem("Dashboard", tabName = "dashboard", icon = icon("dashboard")),
      menuItem("Widgets", tabName = "widgets", icon = icon("th"))
    )
  ),
  dashboardBody(
    tabItems(
      tabItem(
        tabName = "dashboard",
        uiOutput("testing")
      ),

      tabItem(
        tabName = "widgets",
        234
      )
    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output) {
  output$testing <- renderUI({
    includeMarkdown("testing.md")
  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

and testing.rmd is just the sample rmd.
Anybody have some ideas? Thanks!

A: Are you sure this works locally? From a quick glance through what you've posted, I would start by changing the server portion to includeMarkdown("testing.Rmd"), the file listed in your current code is ".md" and that's also the file extension showing up in the Warning you're seeing.

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A Nagyszénási-barlang a Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Parkban lévő Budai Tájvédelmi Körzetben, a Nagy-Szénáson található két barlang közül az egyik. Turista útikalauzokban is ismertetve van.

Leírás

Nagykovácsi külterületén, a Nagy-Szénás csúcsától 500 méterre, északra, a hosszú-ároki úttól keletre, 150 lépésre, erdőben, egy kb. 1,5 méter magas, mohával benőtt dolomitszikla keleti oldalában van az alacsony, vízszintes tengelyirányú bejárata. A Nagy-szénási turistaház emlékfalától a piros sáv jelzésen Pilisszentiván felé leereszkedve, a  piros kereszt jelzésű turistaút becsatlakozása előtt, az út mellett, az út felett, balra, a meredek hegyoldalban található. Az útról nem látszik a barlang, sőt a szikla sem: egy kis domb takarja el. Néhány turistatérkép jelzi a helyét barlangnév nélkül, egy barlangjellel. Régen egy jelzett turistaösvényen el lehetett jutni hozzá, de jelenleg nem vezet út a bejárathoz.

Öt méter hosszú, 2,5 méter széles és két méter magas barlang, amelynek van egy felszínre nyíló, kis nyílása a bejárat mellett. A megtekintéséhez engedély szükséges. Barlangjáró alapfelszerelés és lámpa nélkül, könnyen járható.

1966-ban volt először Nagyszénási-barlangnak nevezve a barlang az irodalmában. Előfordul a barlang az irodalmában Nagyszénási barlang (Thuróczy 1964), Nagy-Szénási-barlang (Pápa 1966), Nagy-szénási barlang (Pápa 1966), Nagy-Szénási barlang (Pápa 1966), Nagyszénási odu (Bertalan 1976), Nagy-Szénási-odú (Kordos 1984) és Zsidóbarlang (Bertalan 1976) neveken is.

Kutatástörténet

Az 1964-ben megjelent, Az országos kék-túra útvonala mentén című könyvben meg van említve, hogy a Nagyszénási barlang sűrű erdőben van. Az 1966-ban napvilágot látott, Budai-hegység útikalauz című könyv szerint a Nagy-Szénás oldalában két kis barlang van, a Nagy-szénási barlang és a Nagy-szénási sziklaüreg. A Nagy-Szénási-barlang, a Nagy-Szénási barlang, a Nagyszénási-barlang a turistaháztól a piros jelzésen leereszkedve, az út felett balra, a meredek hegyoldalban található.

Az 1976-ban befejezett, Bertalan Károly által írt kéziratban le van írva a barlang, de két külön barlangként, Nagyszénási barlang és Nagyszénási odu néven. A Nagyszénási barlangnak, más néven a Zsidóbarlangnak Nagykovácsin, a Nagy-Szénáson, a csúcstól ÉÉNy-ra, 500 m-re van az alacsony, csak hajolva járható bejárata. A litoklázisok mentén kimállott barlang 5 m hosszú, 2,5 m széles, 2 m magas és 1 m mély. A barlangnak van egy kürtője. A kézirat barlangra vonatkozó része három irodalmi mű alapján íródott, amelyek közül kettő már nem létezik. A Nagyszénási odunak Pilisszentivánon, a Nagy-Szénáson, a Nagy-Szénás csúcsától É-ra 500 m-re, a hosszú-ároki úttól K-re, 150 lépésre, egy dolomitszikla D-i oldalában van a háromszög alakú bejárata. Fokozatosan szűkülő, 2 m hosszú barlang és turista versenyek tájékozódási, érintési pontja. A kézirat barlangra vonatkozó része egy kézirat alapján íródott, de az említett kézirat már nem létezik.

Az 1982-ben kiadott, Budai-hegység útikalauz című kiadványban meg van említve, hogy a Nagy-Szénás oldalában nyíló két kis barlanghoz, a Nagy-Szénási-barlanghoz és a Nagy-Szénási-sziklaüreghez jelzett út vezet, valamint térképen be van jelölve a Nagy-Szénás barlangjainak helye. A kis Nagy-Szénási-barlang a turistaház helyétől felkereshető egy kb. 800 m hosszú kitérővel. A szép fenyves erdőn áthaladó, piros sáv jelzésű útból kiágazó, piros barlang jelzésű út vezet a kis Nagy-Szénási-barlanghoz. Az út végénél, nagyon leereszkedve a hegyről, jobbra található a barlangbejárat. Az 1984-ben megjelent, Magyarország barlangjai című könyv országos barlanglistájában szerepel a barlang a Budai-hegység barlangjai között, de két külön barlangként. Az egyik barlangnak Nagy-Szénási-odú a neve. A másik barlangnak Nagy-Szénási-barlang a neve és Zsidóbarlang a névváltozata. A listához kapcsolódóan látható a Dunazug-hegység barlangjainak földrajzi elhelyezkedését bemutató, 1:500 000-es méretarányú térképen a két barlang földrajzi elhelyezkedése.

Irodalom

 Bertalan Károly: Magyarország barlangleltára. Kézirat, 1976. (A kézirat megtalálható a Magyar Állami Földtani Intézetben.)
 Kordos László: Magyarország barlangjai. Gondolat Könyvkiadó, Budapest. 1984. 277., 292. old.
 Pápa Miklós: Budai hegyek útikalauz. (Második, bővített kiadás.) Budapest, Sport, 1957. (Nincs benne említve a barlang.)
 Pápa Miklós: Budai-hegység útikalauz. Budapest, Sport, 1966. 190., 201., 272., 315. old.
 Pápa Miklós – Dénes György: Budai-hegység útikalauz. Sport, Budapest, 1982. 26., 27., 142., 164., 165., 173., 248. oldal
 Thuróczy Lajos szerk.: Az országos kék-túra útvonala mentén. Budapest, 1964. 65. old.

További irodalom

 Bertalan Károly: Kézi jegyzetek. Kézirat. (1959-től íródott.)
 Bertalan Károly: Magyarország barlangkatasztere. Kézirat. Veszprém, Budapest. 1932–1974.

Barlangok a Budai-hegységben
Magyarországi dolomitbarlangok
Nagykovácsi

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There are specific sites for advertising jobs and newspapers let you advertise online, some people use social media like Facebook or LinkedIn to advertise or even just advertise on their own website. For example for any of you that are online gamers you will probably already know that Blizzard the company behind games like World Of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo use their forums and notice boards to advertise when they are recruiting game masters or developers.
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One of the best ways of advertising a job online is through a recognised recruitment company. These work much the same way as recruitment companies on the high street although they advertise jobs countrywide even worldwide. If you are prepared to move to find work then having access to a job pool that holds about 1000 jobs across the country at any given time truly opens up lots of opportunities for you.
Of course the main criterion for having access to this new source of job opportunities is having access to the internet. This means that you need to be able to use a computer and for a fairly long period of time. If you have a computer at home with internet access then you have no problem and conducting your entire job search campaign will be easier this way. Here you can store your CV so that you can modify it as you go along, you can write letters of introduction and application and change and edit them with the click of a few buttons. If you do not have constant access to the internet however, there are places that you can get online, either for free or for a small fee all across the country.
Your first port of call could be the Jobcentre Plus as they will have information about all kinds of places and schemes that could grant you access to the internet. Places like Online Centres and internet cafes will provide internet access but often for a fee, but your local library should be able to give you some internet access. If there is a fee for the library computers it may be just a small one or that you only get charged after the first hour or so. Some libraries limit how much you can use the computers in a day; some limit it just during peak times so you need to find out about all of this to plan when the best time to go is.
Another way to access the internet is by borrowing the computer of a friend of family member. It might be possible to swap a service from you for the use of their computer, for example you hoover the house every day and they let you use their computer. There are always ways around things so ask around to find the best solution or combination of solutions for you.
The very first thing to do once you have internet access is to get yourself an email address. This is a virtual mail box and you can get them from all manner of providers for free with only a minimal amount of effort. Check out Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo as some of the most well-known email address providers worldwide. Once you start applying for jobs online, prospective employers will send all communications to your email address which means you need to keep a close look on it at all times. Here they may ask for more information, ask you to go to an interview or even tell you whether you have been successful in your application or not.
To find the places to then search for your job you need to use what is called a search engine. The most well-known is Google followed closely by Yahoo. When you open a blank page on the internet you will see a box - usually a long strip that you can type your queries in. If you do not see that you can just type into the strip at the top of the page that has the small world symbol in, this is called your internet browser. If you are looking for all kinds of jobs you could type in jobs online or job search or something similar. If you are looking for a particular type of job you could type in jobs in engineering or whichever field is appropriate to your expertise.
Applying online is very similar to applying in person. Employers may send you an online form to fill in, or request that you send them an application letter by email. Most employers will often ask for your CV by email as well which is why we suggested that it is a good idea to keep it on your computer or on a flash or portable drive if you do not have a computer yourself. The added bonus of having your CV in digital format is that it is really easy to change things on it as you gain experience in life and work and training.
Again we reiterate keep a close watch upon your email inbox as that is how prospective employers who advertise jobs online will communicate with you.
If all this information about computers seems really scary or hard to understand Online Centres offer courses in computers all over the country. These are often courses that teach you the very basics about computer skills and are normally either free or only ask for a small fee. Find out about an Online Centre near you as gaining basic computer skills will be another thing to add to your CV, but the centres will also give you access to the internet and lots of other resources. To find out about an Online Centre near you follow this link – Online Centres.


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The Wicker King by K. Ancrum | Review
Posted February 25, 2019 by Cristina (Girl in the Pages) in Books, Reviews / 1 Comment
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
Published by Imprint on October 31st, 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Depression & Mental Illness, Young Adult
Pages: 336 •Format: Paperback •Source: Purchased
Jack once saved August's life . . . now can August save him?
August is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team--but their intense friendship goes way back. Jack begins to see increasingly vivid hallucinations that take the form of an elaborate fantasy kingdom creeping into the edges of the real world. With their parents' unreliable behavior, August decides to help Jack the way he always has--on his own. He accepts the visions as reality, even when Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy.
August and Jack alienate everyone around them as they struggle with their sanity, free falling into the surreal fantasy world that feels made for them. In the end, each one must choose his own truth.
Written in vivid micro-fiction with a stream-of-consciousness feel and multimedia elements, K. Ancrum's The Wicker King touches on themes of mental health and explores a codependent relationship fraught with tension, madness and love.
The Wicker King had been lingering on my TBR for a while, and when it was announced as the first read in the Dragons & Tea Book Club, it shot to the top of my TBR so I could participate. When I received my paperback copy in the mail, I actually initially though it was damaged as the pages slowly fade into the black the further along the novel progresses, which seemed an ominous sign for what I was getting into while reading.
As expected from both the description on the book design, The Wicker King is a tale of two teenagers spiraling into darkness, feeding off of each other's situations in a co-dependent relationship. There's Jack, more of the golden boy figure who's mental health is slowly deteriorating, and August, his unlikely friend since childhood who ends up along for the ride. The story chronicles their retreat from reality and into the world created by Jack's hallucinations that can only be truly known to them. The story was honestly much more disturbing and intense than I expected, not because of the hallucinations or almost paranormal feeling at times, but rather because of the co-dependency between August and Jack and August following Jack into his alternate world to a point where his involvement is more dangerous than Jack's because he has no control as he can't "see" what Jack does. The story is stark and raw in a way that I often haven't seen in YA fiction. While Jack and August's relationship is frightening in its intensity at times (and due to its circumstances), I did love seeing this unconditional love that they had for each other manifest in different ways, and their relationship is such a unique one. Though the story focuses on August and Jack's relationship, I also liked the portrayal of their friends who were on the "outside" and not involved with Jack's imagined world, but who all tried to help in their own way (Alex, Rina, the twins, etc.)
The narrative is formatted uniquely, including many multi media elements (playlists, pictures, copies of police reports, etc.) which add a level of intrigue and make the pages fly by. The actual narrative is told through a series of mini vignettes that only last a few pages at most but are like snapshots into August's life, becoming more intense and desperate feeling as the story progresses. It added the perfect urgent, anxiety inducing tone to the book that was helped along with the color change in page and text (although it became difficult to read at times because of the coloring, but I have a feeling this may have been due to the print quality of my paperback).
While this story isn't the kind I'd typically reach for, I really, truly appreciated the author's dedication and note at the end. You can tell she wrote this story with the intention of reaching teenagers who may be on their own or struggling or treading water the best they can, showcasing that even those with the best intentions and aspirations can get weighed down or make the wrong call but it's OK because they're doing the best they can. That is exactly the situation August was in throughout the course of the novel (and is even described as a "weird, young dad")- he's desperately trying to take care of himself and his peers when he's really at a stage where he needs to be cared for, which I think is just as important of a message as the great mental health rep in this book.
Overall: The Wicker King was a quite yet powerful read with an intriguing format and an ironic twist at the end. While it's personally not the type of book I'd typically reach for and therefore isn't a forever favorite of mine, I think it will resonate with many readers as a 5 star read and I'm very thankful that I read it.
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Great review, Cristina! This book has been getting a lot of glowing review, but it sounds like a really dark and intense story. It seems like something I need to find a time to focus and read, but it sounds like something I would like nonetheless.
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Of the half-dozen U.S theatrical distributors surveyed by email, most singled out Paramount Classics' release of "An Inconvenient Truth" (which earned nearly $23 million this summer) and Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Ferris' "Little Miss Sunshine" (which has made an estimated $35 million so far) as the biggest bright spots of the season, along with an unlikely group of French films that performed solidly this summer and movies aimed at older audiences.
"The big surprises of the summer from other companies have been 'Little Miss Sunshine', which critics could have faulted for rehashing other indies but didn't, and 'The Illusionist' (having earned more than $12 million so far), which didn't seem to go over well at Sundance and clearly is connecting with audiences in a big way," noted Eric d'Arbeloff, co-president of Roadside Attractions.
Some noted that the hits this season have been films that reach distinct groups of moviegoers." I think you saw this summer that there is an audience that is being underserved – 'Boynton Beach Club' and 'Heading South' are two examples of films that have connected with older intelligent audiences," detailed Ryan Werner from IFC Films.
D'Arbeloff from Roadside noted that the most rewarding experience he and partner Howard Cohen have had this year is the release of "The Puffy Chair" with Netflix. He explained, "The Duplass Brothers need to go on a speaking tour because they are a case study in how to get the most out of a true micro-budget ($15K) As well as how to inspire their distributor.They made all the materials and did a great job." He added that, in turn, Roadside re-invented its typical release strategy by starting the film in smaller markets and then making it to New York and Los Angeles. Partner Netflix has been targeting local subscribers with email to promote the release. "The numbers haven't been huge," d'Arbeloff noted, "But the film played 10 weeks in Portland and almost as long in Austin and continues to roll out around the country." It has earned under $200,000 so far.


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Deep Beneath Repeater Review
"PSYCHEDELIC... MEDITATIVE... SPIRITUAL"
Source: http://deepbeneath.com/king-buffalo-repeater/
Bearded Gentlemen Repeater Review
"KING BUFFALO HAVE MASTERED THEIR CRAFT, REPEATER HAS SHOWN US THIS MUCH."
Source: https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2018/01/12/king-buffalo-repeater-review/
La Habitacion 235 Repeater Review
'A MYSTICAL AND ALMOST RELIGIOUS JOURNEY"
Source: https://www.lahabitacion235.com/musica/noticias/king-buffalo-repeater-viaje-a-traves-de-suenos-hipnoticos.html
Stoner and More Repeater Review
"ADDICTIVE MELODIES AND SUPERNATURAL RIFFS!"
Source: http://stonerandmore.blogspot.fr/
El Coyote Repeater Review
"SUPERB... VIBRANT... TANTRIC"
Source: http://velho-coyote.blogspot.pt/2018/01/review-king-buffalo-repeater-ep-2018.html
The Sludgelord Repeater Review
"TUNES ARE MELLOW, MEDITATIVE, GROOVY, AND BEST OF ALL, HEADY"
Source: http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2018/01/review-king-buffalo-repeater-ep.html
Chimera Magazine Repeater Review
"PHENOMENAL... THIS ALBUM IS... SONIC WONDERMENT"
Source: http://thechimeramagazine.com/2018/01/04/rochesters-king-buffalo-set-release-repeater/
Stage 3 Repeater Review
Source: http://sdngfj.blogspot.com.es/
The Obelisk Repeater Review
"SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PSYCHEDELIC, FUZZ ROCK AND SHOEGAZE KING BUFFALO CLAIM THEIR SONIC TURF" - Nick DiSalvo of Elder
Source: https://tinyurl.com/ya78u5gr
Repeater on #15 on the Doom Charts
"THE BAND WEAVE THEIR SPELL OF FUZZED UP PSYCHEDELIC HYMNS DEDICATED TO THE WORSHIP OF MIND ALTERING MUSIC."
Source: https://doomcharts.com/2018/01/02/doom-charts-for-december-2017/
Spaderess Repeater Review
"MEDITATIVE, HYPNOTIC AND PSYCHEDELIC"
Source: http://spaderess.blogspot.se/2018/01/dagens-musiktips-king-buffalo-repeater.html
The Obelisk Repeater Track Preview
"A NEW LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP"
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Sea of Tranquility Orion Review
"The closing track "Drinking from the River Rising," the longest track, deserves an extra listen. It's bluesy and heartfelt, a track that shows off the band's talents while also looking back, somewhat, to American roots music. This is a solid release from a talented band."
Source: http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=19250
Desert Psychlist Orion Review
"King Buffalo have created within the grooves of their debut album "Orion" a music that deserves a wider audience than the stoner/psych and doom underground niche thay currently inhabit whether this will happen is hard to say but if they continue to produce music this good, this exciting and vital then who knows what the future holds."
Source: http://stonerking1.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/king-buffalo-orion.html
Stickman Records Signing and more via The Obelisk
"Only days after announcing an alliance with Tone Deaf Touring and about a week and a half removed from their appearance at The Obelisk All-Dayer at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, Rochester, New York, heavy psych pastoralists King Buffalo have hooked up with Stickman Records. The respected purveyor — home to Motorpsycho, Elder,Spidergawd and others — also recently snagged Papir from the ether and may just be at the start of a round of roster expansion. Their choices in with whom to work remain selective and deeply admirable."
Source: http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2016/09/01/king-buffalo-stickman-records/
Metal Riot Interview
"King Buffalo are one of the year's best surprises, a drifty yet hard rocking psych band breaking out wider after three initial years now that more and more people are immersing themselves in new album Orion.
Listening to Orion is like being behind the controls in a lucid dream, navigating the soundtrack of your subconscious as it unfolds before you through blue and purple clouds, empty cities, hopes and regrets or the odd desert or two. It stirs our gypsy soul enough that we had to check in with Scott Donaldson and discuss the highly enjoyable record."
Source: http://metalriot.com/news/interview-king-buffalo-the-expanding-power-of-orion/
Rotation 11 Orion Review
"King Buffalo have clearly stepped up their game with their latest release entitled Orion. They have now entered Rotation 11 Editor's Pick territory through their ability to tighten up the songwriting and deliver 45 minutes of calming textures and original landscapes. The band displays patience in their ability to let the songs breathe into a dark and entertaining journey."
Source: http://www.rotation11.com/albums/King-Buffalo/Orion/
#6 of 10 Best Heavy Psych Albums of 2016
It's really simple. If you love All Them Witches, you'll love King Buffalo. That's not even just my imagination; they've already found each other and shared the stage on multiple occasions. It's hard to pinpoint what exactly makes them sound so alike though. King Buffalo sound a lot more grungy and they don't mine the blues as much as their Nashville blood brothers. And yet something unmistakingly links them together. A certain haziness in the vocals, that sense of timelessness as if they were timewarped here directly from the smoky '70's, but without any retro-rehashing going on. What is there not to love about this?
Source: http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2016/08/04/10-best-underground-metal-psychedelic-albums-2016/
Skull n Bones Orion Review
"It emerges in fuzzy swaths of sound, reverberates in wiry guitars, and echoes in the weathered vocal range of Sean McVay. And while these traits emerge throughout the album, they are are fully captured when King Buffalo crank up the pace to a beast-like gallop on the album-closing epic "Drinking from the River Rising."
Source: http://skullsnbones.com/king-buffalo-orion-album-review/
Heavy Planet Orion Review
"Orion delivers a psychedelic-punch that few modern day rock bands can deliver... and that my friends it what sets them apart. Soaring higher, Orion's sub-structure of songs melds and fuses with one another building into an euphoric frenzy that complete the record. Subsequent listens only allow the listener to realize the immense growth King Buffalo have achieved throughout these recent years. Not only is it apparent throughout Orion, but even more so during a live set."
Source: http://www.heavyplanet.net/2016/08/king-buffalo-orion.html


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January 4, 2009 / 1 Comment
homeschoolers learn about japan
In the homeschooling group we belong to, each child/family has been taking turns every other week to lead the group in learning about another country–geography, culture–a general introduction. Aidan chose Japan for us, so we've been busy immersing ourselves in all things Japan in preparation for the day, which is this coming Monday. Here's our plan for the day's activities:
part i: greetings, salutations, and geography
Start with a little traditional Japanese koto music, as the kids walk in.
[audio:jpn_koto.mp3]Or, if you prefer, a sample of Japanese Pop music (J-pop, as it's called).[audio:j-pop.mp3]
As kids continue to get settled, give them this simple guide to writing a Japanese haiku. Remind parents that they may have to help their kids with it (especially with the younger kids). Alternatively, you could use Japanese-themed coloring sheets for a walk-in activity.
After a few minutes, gather kids into a circle. Bow to the group and say, konichiwa. Invite them to return the greeting. Then, ask the kids what country they think we will be learning about today. Hopefully, someone will say Japan.
Ask the kids if anyone knows where Japan is on the map and have them point to it. Elicit from them more information about where it is located relative to the United States. Is there anything else they notice about the country of Japan as they look at it on the map?
What is it surrounded by? Water. What do you call land that is surrounded by water? Yes, an island. Japan is an island nation. Is it just one island? No. Actually, Japan is made up over 3000 islands–some of them are very small and many are volcanoes. Does anyone know what a big group of tiny islands is called? That's right, an archipelago. (Bonus word!)
While there are many many small islands that make Japan, there are four main ones (97% of the land)–Hokaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
What do you think it's like to live on an island? What might you eat? Yes, fish is a big part of the Japanese diet. How do you suppose Japan gets things that aren't on the island? Yes, imports from other countries. Elicit other ideas about what it's like to live on an island. Discuss.
Next, ask how many people do you think live in Japan? How does that compare to the US? Do you think it's crowded in the US? Do you think it's crowded in Japan? Let's see…
Demonstrate a sense of the population density in Japan by asking for two volunteers to come stand in a one yard square taped on the floor. Tell the kids that the square represents the US and the two people in the square represent the population of the US.
Now ask for six more kids to come stand in the square; this represents the population in Japan.
But wait! There are many mountains in Japan where people can't live. Have the kids move into just one half of the square. This is how it is on livable land in Japan. What do you think about that? Discuss.
part ii: a little nihongo (japanese language)
Ask the kids, "Who wants to learn to speak some Japanese?" The expectation is that they will all shout with excitement that they would like this. So here's what to do:
Tell the kids that we'll be learning some useful phrases: hello, How are you?, please (when offering), thank you, and you're welcome.
Start by demonstrating a simple greeting. With a fellow adult or a child who wants to volunteer, face each other, bow deeply from the waste and say, "Konichiwa" (hello or good day); then, say, "O genki desu ka?" (how are you?); the other person responds, "Genki desu. Anata wa?" (good, and you?).
Ok, after this brief demonstration, get everyone saying the words by using a hand puppet. (We can call him Maekeiru the shy hedgehog or something like that.)
Have the puppet hide his face in the crook of your arm. Explain to the kids how shy Maekeiru is and that he needs to coaxed out of his hiding place to say hello.
Together ask the kids to say hello Maekeiru: "Konichiwa, Maekeiru! O genki desu ka?" Have them repeat it more loudly until Maekeiru the shy little hedgehog comes out to respond with a bow, "Genki desu. Anata wa?"
Ok, now tell the kids they will learn how to use some manners in Japanese–specifically how to offer something to someone, how to say thank you, and how to say you're welcome. Demonstrate with another volunteer or with another adult as before.
Using some Japanese snack food like Pocky, offer one to the other person by saying, "Dozo," (please) and extending the snack. The other person says, "Arigato gozaimasu," (thank you) and takes one. In response, the first person says, "Do itashi mashite" (you're welcome).
Now, pass the box of Pocky snacks around the room, asking each pair to use the exchange–dozo, arigato gozaimasu, do itashi mashite. Help them out along the way around the circle.
Time permitting, go through a few other phrases using a poster board with the phrases displayed. Have a child volunteer point to the phrase and say it aloud (an adult can whisper the phrase to the child); then all the other children can repeat it.
part iii: celebrations, festivals, and crafts
All right, in Japan (like everywhere) people love festivals and love to celebrate. Segue to a discussion of New Years that will then lead to a craft project:
In fact, a big celebration is happening in Japan right now. Does anyone know what it is? (Hint: We just celebrated this a few days ago in the United States.) That's right, New Year! In Japan, the New Year is big celebration that can last between three days to a full week. It's the most important holiday celebration in Japan.
[singlepic=254,250,250]There are many customs that go with the New Year celebration, one of which is the making of origami cranes. Does anyone know what origami is? That's right, the art of folding paper. (Produce an example of an origami crane.) The crane represents peace, so sometimes people in Japan decorate their homes with paper cranes as a way of wishing for peace in the New Year. Also, there is an old Japanese tradition that says if you make 1000 paper cranes you will be granted a single wish.
Before you all leave today, we will give you a paper crane and instructions on how to make one of your own. There are many other things, though, that you can make with origami. For example, a talking dog (produce an example). Isn't that cool? Who wants to make an origami talking dog like this one?
Invite the kids to sit at tables with their parents where they will find a piece of origami paper, crayons, instructions on how to make the talking dog, and a sample of the finished piece. Give them time to make their dogs.
Once the kids are finishing up their dogs, start talking to them about another holiday in Japan. Ask them if they've ever heard of Mother's day. [singlepic=255,250,250]Father's day? What about children's day? Yes, that's right, in Japan they have a special holiday just to celebrate children. And one of the things they do as part of this celebration is to make carp windsocks or streamers (koinobori). Who knows what a carp is? That's right, it's a fish. The Japanese celebrate the carp for its ability to persevere in difficult times–for its strength and courage.
Invite the kids to try another craft where they make carp windsock from a brown paper lunch bag, scraps of magazine or discarded wrapping paper cut into little circles, crepe paper streamers, and some string. The idea comes from combining craft ideas found on these two sites: Japanese Hanging Koi and Paper Carp.
part vi: food
While kids are working on their paper carp (koinobori) project, prepare a table of some Japanese food to try. We will offer some rice cracker snacks, a sampling of maki rolls (fully cooked), and a couple of sweet treats. Once they are done with their craft project and ready to eat, tell them they need to learn one more Japanese phrase before we can enjoy some of the snacks. The phrase is traditionally said before enjoying food. Itadakimausu! (Let's eat!). Have all the kids say it together and then enjoy the food.
And there you have it–a 75 minute introduction to some things Japanese. We'll see how it goes.


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St Donats – St Dunwyd's Church
plan of the church with a chronological stratification according to M.Salter
Church of St. Dunwyd was erected in the 12th century as a building consisting of nave and chancel. At the beginning of the fourteenth century, a tower was added, and at the end of that century the Lady Chapel. In the fifteenth century, the presbytery was rebuilt, in the next century nave was remodeled. In 1878, the nave of the building was renovated and in 1907 the tower was reconstructed.
The church was situated in a deep valley at the foot of the castle. Originally it consisted of a rectangular nave and a rectangular but narrower chancel on the eastern side. In the 14th century, a four-sided tower was attached to the nave on the west side. Initially, it was not buttressed, but was crowned with a parapet, typical for late-medieval Wales, mounted on corbels and a battlement. A much more rare was to place a similar parapet on corbels along the longer sides of the nave. In addition to the tower, at the end of the fourteenth century, a rectangular chapel was added to the north-west side of the chancel. In the 16th century, the northern entrance to the nave was preceded by a porch.
The elevations of the church were originally divided by small, probably lancee window openings. In the 14th century, they were replaced by large pointed windows filled with traceries (eastern wall of the chancel), and in the 15th century, large by three-light windows in four-sided frames with traceries topped with cinquefoils (southern wall of the nave). A unique window with a reticulated, three-light tracery in a four-sided jamb was set in the eastern wall of the chapel. The entrance portals were placed in the nave from both the north and south. A single portal also leads from the south to the chancel.
The church is such an important monument that it has been graded into the highest rank of the three-tier list of Welsh monuments. It owes it to the walls dating back to the Romanesque period, numerous Gothic architectural details, the fine preserved chapel at the presbytery, and associations with the located nearby castle.
church from the north, photo Paul Sh, Flickr
interior of the nave towards the east, photo: N.Kaye, Flickr
north portal in the porch, photo: N.Kaye, Flickr
chancel arch leading to the presbytery, photo: N.Kaye, Flickr
Norman baptismal font, photo: N.Kaye, Flickr
Website britishlistedbuildings.co.uk, Church of St Donat A Grade I Listed Building in St Donat's, Vale of Glamorgan.
Website coflein.gov.uk, St Dunwyd, St Donat's church.


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Japan marks 10th anniversary of Kobe quake
Jan. 17, 2005, 10:57 AM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
With candles and prayers, songs and moments of silence, Japan on Monday mournfully marked the 10th anniversary of the earthquake that ripped through the port city of Kobe, killing nearly 6,500 people and demonstrating the vulnerability of modern metropolises to natural disasters.
A plethora of commemorations testified to the depth of the 1995 tragedy: Hundreds of tearful survivors held a candlelight vigil at the time of the pre-dawn quake at 5:46 a.m., illuminating the form of the date, 1.17; students sang memorial songs about the catastrophe; rafts of dignitaries, including Emperor Akihito, filed into ceremonies organized by local authorities.
"It was terrifying," said Taiko Yamana, 68, recalling the day the 7.3-magnitude quake violently shook her house, killing her 90-year-old mother. "I come here every year on this day. I wonder if this one will be the last."
The Asian tsunami disaster loomed large over the landmark anniversary Monday. Many people in Kobe said seeing the damage on television brought back harsh memories of their own tragedy; others saw the common links between all victims of natural disasters. Some were moved to action, collecting relief donations at memorials to the Kobe victims.
For others, the tsunami disaster demonstrated how much worse the quake could have been.
"When I saw the tsunami on television, I thought, 'Thank goodness there wasn't anything like that in Kobe,"' said Yamana.
Still, the human and material tolls of the quake were astounding: 6,433 were killed in a city that many thought was in an area largely immune to earthquakes, and 43,792 were injured. Hundreds of thousands of buildings were damaged, and the overall cost totaled some $96 billion.
The commemorations have been an occasion for the city to take stock of its impressive recovery. The city has been nearly completely rebuilt: Trains now buzz over rails that were once gnarled by the quake; downtown now shines with shopping centers and office buildings. Fire-savaged neighborhoods are full of newly built homes.
But emotional and economic scars remain just below the surface. Many still require counseling to grapple with the shock of the disaster, and polls show many residents feel their lives have not fully recovered from the quake. Livelihoods were lost forever.
"The city has just been rebuilt on the outside, but inside things are different," said Mamoru Maekawa, 67, a taxi-driver who survived the quake without injury. "My income is half of what it was before the quake. There's nobody here any more — just old people."
The 10th anniversary was also a time to examine Japan's disaster preparedness. The government was heavily criticized in 1995 for its confused and delayed reaction to the quake, and the country has greatly strengthened its emergency management systems. The quake triggered reviews of building codes and damage prevention.
Still, the threat of another disaster in one of the world's most earthquake-prone nations is always present. Government forecasts show a major temblor under Tokyo — the center of the globe's second-largest economy — could kill more than 12,000 people and destroy 850,000 homes. The Asahi newspaper pointed out in an editorial Monday that that there was a 70 percent chance a magnitude-7 quake would hit the capital region within the next 30 years.
"Some progress has been made in 10 years, drawing lessons from the situation at the time," Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters Monday. "I think we have to further strengthen measures to minimize damage caused by unforeseeable situations and prevent disasters."


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if you are an experienced software repair engineer, you can go straight to the download button that is at the end of the post to so as to save time. However, if you new or upcoming technician you should consider reading the whole post so as to avoid unnecessary damage or bricks.
Ensure you don't flash the wrong preloader i.e try to know the build number and the variant of the firmware you are flashing. please read this post by hovatek team or that by romkingz.net.
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Mac's delight as Edey does it
Published: 12:22 PM March 7, 2008
RIDGEONS PREMIER DIVISION Wisbech Town 3 Felixstowe and Walton United 0 THIS win over bitter rivals has all but guaranteed Ridgeons Premier Division survival for Wisbech. It takes them to 42 points – the target Roy McManus set when he took over as manag
RIDGEONS PREMIER DIVISION
Wisbech Town 3
Felixstowe and Walton United 0
THIS win over bitter rivals has all but guaranteed Ridgeons Premier Division survival for Wisbech.
It takes them to 42 points - the target Roy McManus set when he took over as manager from Ian Jones and Mel Mattless in October.
The cash-strapped club was then fourth bottom with seven points from 10 games and recovering from a 9-0 thumping at Soham Town Rangers.
No team has been relegated from the Ridgeons Premier Division in recent years with less than 42 points and Wisbech still have seven matches remaining.
The last time Wisbech and Felixstowe played - on November 24 - the Suffolk club won 2-0 and reported Wisbech striker Tom Gosling to the Cambridgeshire Football Association and the police for allegedly racially abusing two of their players.
Gosling received no card during the match but featured in the referee's match report and received a 42-day ban and £50 fine from Cambs FA.
He has denied the offences and is likely to appeal.
Since then Gosling has been reported to Suffolk police, questioned in relation to two public order offences and released on bail.
It is believed somebody connected to Felixstowe and Walton contacted police and the club's conduct has brought hefty criticism from McManus.
He said: "As far as I'm concerned it was 3-0, thanks for coming, now get on your bikes back to Felixstowe. It's a long way to go if you've just been thumped."
Cambs FA officials were in attendance fearing repercussions, but a disciplined performance saw Wisbech claim their fourth win from five games.
Darren Edey's first goal since rejoining Wisbech in January gave the hosts a sixth-minute lead.
The 35-year-old striker glanced in a fine header after James McManus whipped the ball in from the right following a short corner.
Jason Pease scored directly from a corner to double Wisbech's lead midway through the second half.
A superb finish from substitute Scott Cubberley made it 3-0 in stoppage time.
The striker chased Stuart Cobb's ball over the top and cut in from the wing before coolly slotting into the corner of the net.
McManus said: "The players did exactly what I asked. Darren Edey held the ball up superbly to allow us to build attacks and when he was replaced by Scott Cubberley for the last 30 minutes, we changed tactics and utilised Cubberley's pace.
"The fans were magnificent again and they waited for every player to leave the pitch to applaud them off."
He added: "We're not taking anything for granted and I'm expecting the lads to train as hard as they have all season and look to keep picking up as many points as we can.


I managed to germinate some kiwi fruit seeds and in two of my pots I got two different plants. In the first pot I thought that the different plant was a weed and I eliminated it, but now a different plant has emerged in a second pot, so I suspect they are male and female kiwi plants. Does anyone know to confirm whether they are male / female kiwi plants or if the different plant is even a weed?
Could anyone tell me if the taller plant is a Kiwi male or female plant?
I'm in contact with friends who have access to trees of this species. We are monitoring the fruits development and probably I will have available seeds in a few weeks. In general, the fruit has an acidic flavor, but there are some variety of trees that produce slightly acidic fruits , even having reports of people who describe it with a slightly sweet taste.
Also some pictures of my seedlings of seeds that my friend brought to me last year.
I have seeds of this Psidium available.
I have Theobroma grandiflorum seeds available for sale.
Very recalcitrant, so if you want to have a cupuaçu tree in your backyard, contact me as soon as possible.
Please, send a PM if you want any of these species.
Psidium eugeniaefolia seeds harvested today available for selling.
Juicy, sweet with a slight acidity. Intense red juice filled with anthocyanins. I loved it!
I have 70 fresh seeds of this very rare Psidium spp available for selling.
USD 6 each (minimum 7 seeds). Interested friends, please send me a PM.
Fruit taste is sweet with a slight acidity common in the psidium species.
Very fresh Bromelia seeds (Gravatá fruit) available for selling.
I have very fresh Butia palm seeds.
I would be glad if someone could help with species identification. A friend suggested Butia odorata, but I'm not sure.
Fruits are very aromatic and have wonderful taste, juicy, sweet with a bit of sour taste. I loved it!
Hi, could anyone help to identify this avocado cultivar?
Unfortunately I have only seed pictures by now. I will try to get other fruits to take fruit pictures.
Hi, I have Passiflora tenuifila seeds available.
Fresh Eugenia stipitata seeds available.
I just have 12 seeds now but I will try to get more fruits in the next weekend.
Very aromatic fruit and wonderful for juice.
Interested people please PM me.
Hi, I harvested some Dypsis decaryi fruits yesterday and I have fresh seeds available for sale.
U$$ 3 ea (minimum 10 seeds) + shipment cost.
Hi, I have Annona crassiflora seeds available for sale.
A delicious fruit, wonderful sweet taste and very aromatic how you can observe in my first time eating experience video, recorded 3 days ago.
I'm in contact with a friend who have a Duguetia lanceolata tree in his farm here in Brazil. We are monitoring the fruits development and possibly I will have seeds availabe in January 2017.
So, if you are looking for it, please, get in touch by PM.
Now we have a lot of little fruits growing in the tree.


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