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Below were the statements by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and  Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan  during their official meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem October 28, 2013.

(October 27, 2013 - Source: Pool/Getty Images Europe)

Isreal's Prime Minister Netanyahu:

"It's my pleasure to welcome here, in Israel, in the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, the President of Nigeria, Mr.Goodluck Jonathan.

I think that this is a meeting long overdue and much welcomed. We’ve had excellent relations between our countries. They’re improving even as we speak, over the past few years.

But this is the visit of a president of Nigeria in Israel and I’m sure it won't be the last. It's something that'll give us an opportunity to strengthen our ties even more. I look forwards to doing that in every field: in trade, in investment, in tourism, there are thousands of pilgrims from Nigeria that visit Israel, we'd welcome many more and we’d like Israelis to go to Nigeria. Many are going, as business people who are increasingly interested in the investment possibilities of Nigeria.

we're a partnership of peoples and a partnership of interests. The key interest is fighting terrorism. I know, Mr. President, that you've been plagued by this scourge. I want you to know that Israel has been on the frontlines of fighting terrorism for many years. We’ve done so successfully and we stand ready to help all responsible nations to fight terrorism. you're a responsible leader of a friendly nation, a responsible nation. We stand with you in your great effort to stamp out terrorism. I can say that the foremost sponsor of terrorism in the world is Iran. This same Iran is now on a quest to preserve its program to achieve nuclear weapons. I just heard Iranian officials that the talks, the most recent round of talks were useful and constructive. Well, I’m sure for Iran it’s useful and constructive, because they just win time in order to continue their enrichment program to create fissile material for nuclear weapons.

I think the talks will be useful and constructive when the pressure on Iran will get them to cease and desist their nuclear program, to stop enrichment, to stop their heavy water plutonium reactor, both of these are used only for nuclear weapons. They’re not needed for civilian nuclear energy. This is our goal, to see a peaceful settlement of Iran without nuclear weapons. Iran must be without nuclear weapons. This is something that we're committed to and we stand by this goal. This is important for us Mr. President. I believe it’s important for Nigeria, I believe it’s important for Africa. The countries of the Middle East. For the world. Iran with nuclear weapons will threaten all of us. Will threaten the peace of the world. So we're committed to preventing that. Equally we're committed to strengthen our relations in every field possible. I'm very happy to welcome you and your delegation here in Jerusalem. I look forwards to our conversations and I value our friendship. So welcome to Jerusalem, Mr. President."

Nigeria's President Jonathan:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and the President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan (L) hold a presser during their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office October 28, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. On his first ever state visit to Israel, Jonathan spoke on combating against terrorism and ensuring stable economic relations between the two countries. (October 27, 2013 - Source: Pool/Getty Images Europe)

"Thank you.

Thank you, your Excellency. The Prime Minister Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, let me commend you and your government for what you’ve been doing for the world generally. Specifically, I came to your beautiful city for religious reasons. Since we came in myself and my delegation, have very warm welcome from our brothers and sisters from this great country of Israel. And we're quite pleased with that. Thank you very sincerely. And just like you said, Nigeria and the State of Israel have very warm relationship, even though at the top level there’s a limited number of visits, which I believe, by coming here this time will open that door for us also to soon receive you in Nigeria.

I was in 2007, December 2007, when I was a few months old as the Vice President of my country. But since I assumed office, I've not been able to come. I said that I must try and come to the State of Israel before the next round of elections coming up in 2015. So we're here primarily for that. We feel that let us use this unique opportunity to have this little bilateral talk to further strengthen the ties between Nigeria and the State of Israel.

you've been helpful to us in quite a number of ways, we appreciate your level of technology in terms of agriculture and construction, ICT, intelligence and other areas that you’ve been quite useful to us and we believe that we need to even strengthen more.

But let me commend you and I appreciate you in one achievement. We got it this late afternoon, signing of the bilateral air service agreement. that's been on the drawing board and a number of Nigerians come to Israel. In fact last year about 30,000 came on pilgrimage. Outside that, the number of regular visitors which are also significant, because Nigeria is one country that people are very very mobile. But all along, before we come to the State of Israel, we've to pass through thirdparty countries. I passed through Egypt, I passed through London. I passed through Turkey, other places. But at least with what's happened today, our next set of bilateral talks we’ll be able to fly directly to the State of Israel. And it'll also help because we've over 50 Israeli companies and with various responsibilities in Nigeria doing very well in civil engineering, in power sector. Of course, ICT, defense and so on. And I believe these people also want to move directly from Tel Aviv to Abuja. Vice versa. So I've to commend you and we're all pleased. Nigerians are happy with you.

You mentioned the issues of security globally. It’s quite worrisome. Today it’s like the world is divided into some people who want society to live in crisis. Also those who want society to live peacefully. Nigeria belongs to these countries. I believe that the world must be a peaceful world. I'll continue to work with you, another wellmeaning nations and individuals. I’m sure that we'll live in a peaceful world.

We also believe that nuclear power now should be used for economic purposes of medicine and agriculture. Not for the purpose of destroying human life. And that's been our belief whenever we go for the programs and discussions on the nuclear that's been the position of Nigeria. So we're continuing to work with the rest of the world to see that we all live in peace.

For us and Israel, we've so many areas that we think we can work together, areas of power, areas of agriculture, water resources management, that you're experts. You’ve been able to conquer your environment and we appreciate that technology and we believe that you help us tremendously in also conquering our own environment, though slightly a different environment. But we've a number of Israelis working in Nigeria that quite conversant with our environment, quite aware what our investment opportunities. Before this time, mostly areas of our economy were controlled by the Federal Government. Issues of power were almost exclusively controlled by the Federal Government. Even the sub-national government states had no power to generate power for commercial purposes except for relative occasional project.

Not to our ports either airports or sea ports. Our road infrastructure, our railways, all this was monopolized by the Federal Government. But we're opening up all these areas for private-sector. We believe that government only creates the environment while the private-sector drives the economy. So the country has opened up for investment and we've very vibrant business men and women from the State of Israel. So I believe my coming today will further open opportunities for our business men and women to interact for the purpose of our own economic growth.

So once again, on behalf of my delegation, I thank you for this warm reception. I believe that this is the beginning of even stronger relations between Nigeria and the State of Israel. "

Source:   Israel Foreign Affairs, Israel News

"Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who is leading a pilgrimage to Israel as distinct from a state visit or a working visit, was hosted by President Shimon Peres at a luncheon at the Presidential residence on Monday.  Jonathan is the first sitting president of Nigeria to lead a pilgrimage to Israel, or to come to Israel at all for that matter, though he did visit previously as vice president.

His entourage includes eight governors, seven ministers, three members of the National Assembly and several church leaders. Among the ministers are the foreign minister, Prof. Viola Onwuliri; federal capital territory minister of state, Olajumoke Akinjide; minister of information, Labran Maku; and minister of aviation, Princess Stella Oduah.

Also travelling with the group is Nigerian Chief Rabbi Israel Uzan, who together with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites, accompanied Jonathan when he prayed at the Western Wall. Jonathan and his entourage visited the most important Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and Nazareth to pray for the deliverance of Nigeria from the many challenges confronting it such as terrorist attacks, insurgency, corruption, and ethnic strife. Mossad agents have been working with Nigerian counterparts to devise strategies to reduce the threat of terrorism, especially from the Boko Haram terrorist organization."- Jerusalem Post

Wednesday, 20 March 2013 17:18

PhotoNews: President Obama arrives in Israel

President Obama arrives in Israel on a official visit

"It took four years and a second term, but President Obama traveled to Israel on Wednesday for a richly symbolic state visit, bearing a message of solidarity to a wary Israeli public, and a promise to defend Israel from threats near and far." - New York Times

President Obama with President Shimon Peres of Israel Photo Credit:  Doug Mills/The New York Times

At Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv President Obama was greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Photos Credit:  Doug Mills/The New York Times

Friday, 22 February 2013 16:44

Israel unveils logo for Obama visit

Obama's visit to Israel gets a logo

It's official: Visitors to the Facebook page of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have chosen a logo for President Obama's visit to Israel next month.

The winner, above, got 2,600 "likes" beating out two others (below), which garnered 786 and 521, respectively.

Netayahu's office is promising a big social media push around the visit. So far, there has been much more publicity about the trip in Israel than there has been in the United States. The Israeli government last month even released a tentative schedule for the president, something the White House has declined to talk about at all.

The media in Israel, it seems, are taking the hubbub in stride, even jabbing a little fun at it.

"One government official deflected criticism that the logo idea was kitschy, saying there was a great deal of public enthusiasm in the visit, and this was one way of tapping into it," the Jerusalem Post reports. "He chuckled dismissively when asked if there would also be a soft drink sponsor."

Here are the second- and third-place logo designs:

"Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked furious debate over refugees and migrant workers from Africa, claiming they threaten the nation's security."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stoked a volatile debate about refugees and migrant workers from Africa, warning that “illegal infiltrators flooding the country” were threatening the security and identity of the Jewish state.

“If we don’t stop their entry, the problem that currently stands at 60 000 could grow to 600 000, and that threatens our existence as a Jewish and democratic state,” Netanyahu said at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting. “This phenomenon is very grave and threatens the social fabric of society, our national security and our national identity.” Israel’s population is 7.8-million.

His comments follow media reports of rising crime, including two gang rapes, in southern Tel Aviv, where many African migrants are concentrated.

Micky Rosenfeld, spokesperson for the Israeli police, said the overall crime rate in Israel had fallen.

There had been one alleged rape of a teenage girl connected to the migrant community, for which three suspects were in custody, he added.

Yohanan Danino, the Israeli police chief, said migrants should be permitted to work to discourage petty crime. Nearly all are unable to work legally and live in overcrowded and impoverished conditions. “The community needs to be supported in order to prevent economic and social problems,” said Rosenfeld.

‘Bleeding hearts’

But Interior Minister Eli Yishai rejected such a move, saying: “Why should we provide them with jobs? I’m sick of the bleeding hearts, including politicians. Jobs would settle them here, they’ll make babies and that offer will only result in hundreds of thousands more coming over here.”

Yishai repeated an earlier call for all migrants to be jailed pending deportation. “I want everyone to be able to walk the streets without fear or trepidation ... The migrants are giving birth to hundreds of thousands and the Zionist dream is dying,” he told Army Radio. Last week he said most migrants were involved in criminal activity.

Israeli youths wave Israeli flags during a march celebrating Jerusalem Day in front Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP)

According to police data quoted by the Hotline for Migrant Workers, the crime rate among foreigners in Israel was 2.04% in 2010, compared with 4.99% among Israelis.

More than 13 500 people entered Israel illegally in 2010, of whom almost two-thirds were Eritrean and one-third were Sudanese. Three were granted refugee status by Israel, rising to six last year. Human rights organisations say more than 50 000 asylum seekers and migrants have entered Israel illegally since 2005.

Most are smuggled across the Israel-Egypt border by Bedouin tribesmen. Israel is constructing a vast steel fence through 150 miles of the Sinai desert as a deterrent to people-trafficking and the smuggling of drugs and weapons. The barrier would be completed, bar one small section, by October, Netanyahu said.

Spate of attacks

Israel is also constructing the world’s largest detention centre for asylum-seekers and illegal migrants, capable of holding 11 000 people. The £58-million building, close to the border, will receive its first detainees by the end of the year.

Netanyahu said the state would embark on “the physical withdrawal” of migrants, despite fears among human rights organisations about the dangers they could face in their home countries. Yishai said: “I’m not responsible for what happens in Eritrea and Sudan, the UN is.”

As tensions rise in cities with relatively high African populations, the past month has seen a spate of attacks on buildings in south Tel Aviv that house asylum seekers and migrant workers. In one incident, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the courtyard of a kindergarten. NGOs working with migrants have also received abusive and threatening calls.

Amid the anti-immigration clamour, some Israelis have argued that, in the light of Jewish history, their state should be sympathetic and welcoming to those fleeing persecution. – © Guardian News and Media 2012.

HARRIET SHERWOOD writes for  Mail & Guardian, South Africa.


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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Thanks Fred!

Good Evening-

Anne and I had so much fun this weekend at the Susan Gilman Trade Show and at Ranger on the Road on Monday!
First I have to thank Fred from http://www.rubbersoul.com/ for taking such good care of me in the dessert department....those of you that know me know that I am a lover of really good food with dessert's on the top of the list. Here is a picture of what Fred made happen

Oh, my it was so cool and smooth it melted in your mouth with the all of your chcolate sensors at their peak of happiness! Yummy! I was one happy camper! Thanks again Fred! Sunday night we had a very fun time with those fun gals from The Paper Cut and Impression Obsession so they have changed my thoughts on clear stamps and I'll get into my new thoughts in a later post.

Monday at Ranger on the Road we had a blast with Tim Holtz in the morning and with Robin Beam in the afternoon. Anne and Learned 18 new techniques to share with you all over the next few months. We even decided that it was important to try the paint out on our clothes! I'll let you know how it survives the laundry. Well all I am still kinda tired so I'll leave you with this last picture of Anna and I.....can you tell we are having fun?

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Fred said...

i'm just about to open my carton of ben and jerry's phish food and was thinking of you. great dessert pictures! thanks for remembering!

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The Good Life > Farming > Where Would We Be Without the Honey Bee?

Where Would We Be Without the Honey Bee?

Where Would We Be Without the Honey Bee?
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Honey bees often get a bad rap amongst humans who are nervous about being stung by a bee. Anyone who has been stung knows how painful and uncomfortable it can be and there are people with life threatening bee sting allergies.

What people are often unaware of is that honey bees are not at all aggressive by nature. They only sting when they feel their hive is in danger or when provoked (for instance, being swatted at during a picnic). In fact, death follows for a honey bee who has stung, so it is in their best interest to keep their stinger as long as possible

Honey bees live in organized societies with clearly defined roles. Everyone knows about the queen bee, of course. But did you know that the queen bee is the only female in the hive who is able to reproduce, and is able to do so until her death, whereas the male bees who mate with her die shortly thereafter? Queen bee, indeed!

Honey Bees Producing our Food Supply

Many people do not realize that honey bees play a very important role in the production of many of the crops that we depend on. Honey bees are the largest group of pollinators and are responsible for pollinating roughly one-third of our fruits, vegetables, and nuts. For instance, almonds are completely dependent on honey bees for pollination in the United States.

Berries, apples, avocados, melons, carrots onions...all of these are brought to us through the efforts of honey bees’ pollination. Without them, our diets will suffer and it will be increasingly difficult to get our vitamins naturally.

Honey bees are also vital to our economy. Their pollination of our crops contributes $15 billion to the United States economy ($215 billion worldwide) every year. They carry an enormous responsibility for both our physical and economic health.

Where Have All the Honey Bees Gone?

The declining population of the honey bee is an unfortunate trend that began in the mid-1990’s. Scientists believe several factors have led to this event, often referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder. Parasites, migratory stresses, various viruses, new pesticides that are especially toxic to honey bees and loss of habitat have led to honey bees abandoning their hives and dying off at unprecedented rates.

What can we do about this decline? Great question! Individuals can take several steps to slow this decline and give honey bees an environment in which they can thrive. The most important step is to stop using harmful pesticides in gardens and on lawns. There are natural remedies that can serve a similar purpose without damaging the environment or harming honey bees.

Honey Bee Haven also recommends planting clusters of different plants that will provide food for the honey bees throughout the year, as well as maintaining a clean source of water on your property. Trees and bushes will also provide a safe place for honey bees to build their nests.

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Of course for you overachievers you can become a beekeeper right in your own backyard! This positive new trend has seen such a surge in popularity. The American Beekeeping Foundation has created plenty of resources on their website to help new beekeepers get started.

Getting started is relatively easy. An aspiring new beekeeper will need a hive (which can be built or purchased), a smoker, a hive tool, and some sort of sting protection, such as gloves and veil (or a beekeeper suit, if so inclined). Of course, you will also need some bees! There may be a local producer in your area, or they can be ordered by mail if needed. Each new hive will require about 12,000 bees to populate it.

Other organizations, such as Bee Informed, continue to conduct research on the best practices for maintaining your new bee colony. This research is critical to the beekeeping community efforts to rebuild the bee population that has been lost. Helping to establish new bee colonies will not be the only benefit to your new beehive though. You will also find yourself with fresh raw honey and beeswax for yourself and any lucky neighbors you would like to share with. Helping the environment and fresh honey for your tea, what could be better?

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Fact Sheet 610

Women and HIV

Only 7% of AIDS cases reported in 1985 in the US were women and girls. That percentage grew to 27% in 2007 and. appears stable through 2012. About 80% of women are infected through sex with an HIV-infected man (often an injection drug user), and many through drug use (see Fact Sheet 154 on Drug Use and HIV).

In the US, AIDS rates among women are highest in the Southeast and the Northeast. In 2005, about 64% of infected women in the US are were Black, although only 12% of the female US population is Black. The impact of HIV is especially great among young women of color. More than one third of new HIV infections among blacks and Latinas were in women ages 13 to 29.

  • Women are at risk for HIV infection. Many women think AIDS is a disease of gay men. But women get HIV from heterosexual sex and from sharing needles. Many women with HIV do not know how they got infected. This suggests that one or more of their male partners are infected.
  • During sex, HIV is transmitted from men to women about twice as more easily as from women to men. A woman’s risk of infection is highest with unprotected anal intercourse, or if she has a vaginal infection. The risk of infection is higher if her male sex partner is or was an injection drug user, has other sex partners, has had sex with infected people, or has sex with men.
  • Women should protect themselves against HIV infection. Having male sex partners use condoms lowers the chance of HIV infection. See fact sheet 153 for more information on using condoms. Condoms also come in a female version. To be effective, male and female condoms have to be used consistently and correctly. Other forms of birth control, such as birth control pills, diaphragms, or implants do NOT provide protection against HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP, see fact sheet 160) is the use of the HIV medication Truvada before exposure, to reduce the risk of HIV infection. PrEP can reduce the rate of HIV infection by sexual activity by as much as 95%.
  • Women should get tested for HIV. Many women don’t find out they have HIV until they become ill or get tested during pregnancy. Women who aren’t tested for HIV may get sick and die faster than men. But if they get tested and treated, they live as long as men. HIV testing is recommended for all people between the ages of 15 and 65. Fact sheet 102 has more information on HIV testing.
  • Gynecological problems can be early signs of HIV infection. Ulcers in the vagina, persistent yeast infections, and severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can be signs of HIV. Hormone changes, birth control pills, or antibiotics can also cause these problems. See your health care provider to make sure you know the cause.
  • Women get more and different side effects than men. Women with HIV are more likely than men to get skin rashes and liver problems, and to experience body shape changes (lipodystrophy, see fact sheet 553) . Bone loss is also a concern (see fact sheet 557.) They also have more problems caused by human papillomavirus (HPV, see fact sheet 510.)
  • Many women are parents in addition to dealing with their health and employment. This makes it more difficult to take medications and schedule medical appointments. With proper support women do very well on HIV treatment.

In 1997 the FDA said that women could no longer be kept out of clinical trials just because they might become pregnant. The proportion of women in AIDS research studies is increasing but is still quite low.

More studies of women with HIV are underway. Researchers are trying to enroll more women into their clinical trials. This is necessary because women have been under-represented in most medical research, not just on AIDS. Most medications have never been specifically tested in women.

A recent study found a higher risk of death among HIV+ women due to accident or injury with a lower T-cell count, who were unemployed, who had more than 8 alcoholic drinks each week, who showed signs of depression, who used injection drugs, or who had 3-5 sex partners.

In the US, fewer women than men are getting HIV treatment. This may be partly due to suspicion about the health care system and discrimination against people with HIV. Whenever possible, women with HIV should be cared for by experienced health care providers.

  • Women with HIV get vaginal infections, genital ulcers, pelvic inflammatory disease, and genital warts more often and more severely than uninfected women.
  • Women get thrush (a yeast infection, see Fact Sheet 501) in their throats and herpes (see fact sheet 508) about 30% more often than men.
  • Women are much more likely than men to get a severe rash when using nevirapine (See Fact Sheet 431.)
  • Women with fat redistribution (see Fact Sheet 553 on Lipodystrophy) are more likely than men to accumulate fat in the abdomen or breast areas and are less likely to lose fat in the arms or legs.
  • Abnormal pre-cancerous cell types related to cervical cancer are more frequent and severe in women who are HIV-positive. See fact sheet 510 for more information.

More women are becoming infected with HIV. With early testing and treatment, women with HIV can live as long as men. Women should get tested for HIV. This is especially true for pregnant women and women considering pregnancy. If they test positive for HIV, they can take steps to reduce the risk of infecting their babies and ensure their own health.

The best way to prevent infection in heterosexual sex is by using condoms. Other birth control methods do not protect against HIV. PrEP medication can further reduce the risk of HIV in women at risk of HIV infection. Women who use intravenous drugs should not share equipment.

Women planning pregnancy should seek care prior to becoming pregnant to ensure good health and assess their HIV status. See fact sheet 611 on pregnancy and HIV.

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Monday, 27 May 2013

We met in De Barras...

...I didn't know his name then, but I first met Sean back in the Spring of 2012. I also didn't know then how Sean was to play an important role in my family happenings. Sean had separately captured the attention of both myself and my youngest when we met him. He had a character, a warmth and was unforgettable. We discovered that Sean and Anja were inseparable and still, we wanted him.

So what was this desire all about?

It was actually all to do with a harp.

Yes, Sean is a harp. A harp which has travelled thousands of miles but that is another amazing story, and it is the fingers of Anja Bakker which draw out the character and warmth from Sean's strings which both me and my youngest had heard and remembered.

When our daughter had announced back last year, that she wanted a harp to be played at her wedding, it was surely fate that led us to recall hearing the same harp being played in De Barras in Clonakilty. Having done a shoot at the trad night early last year, I remembered taking a picture of a musician with a harp. Our daughter had visited De Barras later in the year and also remembered a harp being played. When I showed her the picture, a huge smile came across her face, and I knew what had to be done.

So, I set to and contacted 'your man in the corner' Denis to ask if the harpist might be up for playing at a wedding in England. Needless to say, we were delighted to find out that Anja would be happy to oblige and there began the planning.

The first major obstacle would be to find out if the regular 'low fares airline' would transport a harp. (Sean is an old hand at travelling so I had no worries about his transportability) Simply by purchasing a second ticket in the name of
'Ms Extra Item Seat', Sean would be able to have a holdless journey, and that is exactly what he did.

And so, as some of you might already know, the wedding took place back in April with Anja and Sean both playing a special part in the special day. All I can say is that they were amazing and captured the attention of a whole new crowd of admirers.

Thank you so much Anja and Sean.

Now, back last Monday night, me and himself were once again squeezed into the gloomy, snug bar of De Barras for an evening with the trad night regulars, Denis, Tommy, Gerry, Cathal and of course Anja.

As I have mentioned before, lighting for photography in De Barras is exceedingly tricky (flash-free), even with a fast lens but I love the soft grainy quality of the high ISO images.

I thought I would spend the evening listening to the regulars, enjoying some of the old favourites. Monday night was the request night for the 'Mermaid Song' ...if you want to know what it is about, you will have to go and hear Cornelius perform it for yourself!

Meanwhile, I thought I would just take a few photographs and listen to the guest musicians perform their own special little numbers. Let's just say, some of the verses brought a smile and a chuckle. However, Monday was also a bit different as I had the 'fan club' with me in the form of himself who insisted on a repeat performance of the only suitable song I currently have in my repertoire. (He had not been there on the night I performed the premiere!) Yes, I had to put my camera down and 'do my turn' with Spancil Hill. Gulp! Apart from that premiere, I hadn't sung in public for over twenty years, and I was pleased that I didn't appear to clear the bar!! So, with two performances under my belt, I now have to learn a new song... and himself has been told he has to learn one too. This could be interesting for he who can't sing.

Still, it is all in the spirit of the evening, and it can be the participation and little touches that can make the impression.

So, there you are. Perhaps you feel you have met the Monday night face of De Barras now, one of several in which this snug yet happening West Cork venue excels.

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Serving Uncle Sam: A Military Life in WWll

Gerald Schwartz USAAC 1940 - 1945

Chapter 26: Ride in a Fighter. Repairing My Plane. Landing Techniques. 460 MPH Beat-Up

Sept 21,1943: Rocco Bernardo, Italy. We started work early today, trying to get some of the airplanes back on "flight status" I helped the crew chief of Plane No.81, and others were also helping out wherever they could.

My airplane has not returned yet, and I was told that the pilot had to make a forced landing on the 7th South African Airdrome.

Lt. Benedict flew me in Plane No. 80 to that airdrome so I could assess the problem with a view to repairing it. Remember now, these P-40s are single seater fighter planes, so how could this be done ? Very simply, I sat in his lap, actually sitting on his right leg, and facing left. Had he been smaller than me, he would have sat on my lap the same way.

Since there was not enough room for both of us and his parachute, he had to leave it behind. In my seated position, the right side of the cockpit was therefore not reachable by Lt. Benedict, requiring me to act as his co-pilot, and operate the landing gear, flaps, and aileron trim tabs. These chores I performed at his command.

We made a safe landing at the South African Airfield, in the manner taught us by the RAF, that is to "touch down" at high speed landing just on the front wheels, and then reducing speed until the rear wheel made contact with the ground. This is the manner in which British Pilots landed planes, rather that using the "3-point landing" procedure.

Americans reduced speed to just over stalling ,and then "dropped" the plane to the ground so that all three wheels made contact simultaneously. I can tell you from our experience while operating in the USA, that this procedure led to many, many crashes.

I checked my plane over, and it appeared that the coolant pump was leaking, which caused the engine to overheat. We put the cowling back on again, and we flew back to our airfield safely, during which time I was amazed at the manner in which Lt. Benedict flew the plane and kept a close look-out for enemy planes by constantly turning his head in all directions. I found myself doing it also !

He and two other pilots were transferred to us when we first arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, an act for which our pilots were eternally grateful. You see, the RAF had plenty of experience and our pilots were happy to adjust to their modus operandi. There is no doubt that the 57th Group's success against the Luftwaffe was due in large measure to those teachings Another tactic they taught us was for one plane to fly behind the other in a two plane formation. That way the plane behind can protect the plane in front. This was a departure from the time-worn American method of a flight flying in "echelon" (staggered upward and slightly behind).

Sept 20,1943: This morning, Sgt. Carl Volter (leader of "A" Flight ), Lt. Henson, and I with my toolbox, got into a jeep and went to the South African Airfield. Since I knew the problem was with the Coolant pump, I packed it with graphite grease, and put 5 gallons of Prestone coolant in the header tank and ran the engine up for 15 minutes at full throttle. Since "full throttle" resulted in the plane assuming flying attitude, it would have overturned had I not tied two 250 Lb. Bombs to the tail wheel!

The engine would not overheat, and the coolant pump was not leaking so I asked Lt. Henson to fly me back. He said OK, threw the parachute to Carl Volter, and I got in with him on my lap. After take off, Lt. Henson "buzzed" the field. That is, he climbed to a few thousand feet, then dived down so that he flew close to the ground from one end of the field to the pulling straight up in an abrupt climb. As we flew over Carl Volter standing at the end of the runway, I saw him throw himself to the ground. Just before we leveled off at the beginning of the runway I looked at the airspeed indicator, and it read 460 miles per hour!

In order to see anything I had to look a mile ahead, because things were going by so fast it was all a blur. As I turned and looked behind me, there was a cloud of dust rising in our wake. Believe me, It was the thrill of a lifetime !

We returned to our airfield safely, after overshooting the field, and when Sgt. Volter returned by jeep he said that when we were "dragging" the field he had to lay down or he would have been hit by the propeller blades. He said the dust cloud behind us was the result of the tips of our propeller blades turning about 5 feet from the ground. I then realized why we were flying so low. You see, Lt. Henson was sitting in my lap, and the difference in his usual cockpit position apparently affected his perception of where the ground was!

I then realized that was the reason we had overshot the field upon our return. I guess it is a little "chancy" when you try to fit two people into a cockpit built for only one.!

My regular pilot, Lt. Shaw wanted to do some work on the plane, so I let him change a cracked exhaust stack, and he rewarded me with a pilots hat, because I had lost mine during the flight.

We are still not allowed to say we are in Italy in our letters home!

So ends part 26 of My Wartime Memoirs.

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Friday, November 9th, 2007

How well do you know Prototype?

Category: Prototype

With all of the news about Prototype this week, it’s time to do a quick check to see if you, the Prototype developer, actually know your stuff.

Juiry Zaytsev takes us through a comparison of the right & wrong ways of doing certain tasks in Prototype:

I’ve been developing with prototype for almost a year now and have been spending a lot of time on the IRC channel. It’s hard to explain what kind of nonsense people are asking sometimes. It seems to me that most of the time prototype is used at 15%, not more. I’m not surprised anymore to see Ajax.Request used with document.getElementById on one line

Juriy created two posts that offer insight into how to properly right Prototype code to handle various scenarios. For example:

The wrong way:

$(‘footer’).style.height = ‘100px’;
$(‘footer’).style.background = ‘#ffc’;

The right way:

height: ‘100px’,
background: ‘#ffc’

The two posts can be found below:

How well do you know prototype Part 1
How well do you know prototype Part 2

Posted by Rey Bango at 9:41 am

3.5 rating from 36 votes

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It overrides/extends internal Javascript objects, that’s about all I need to know.

Comment by Mark — November 9, 2007

damn, I was expecting a quiz :(

Comment by Viktor Kojouharov — November 9, 2007

@Mark : If you’re speaking about that stuff, extending the hashmaps, it’s no longer the case. Otherwise, I can’t see what is wrong with extending prototypes, beside the fact that some of methods implemented sucks, like Array.getFirst();

Comment by Samori Gorse — November 9, 2007

The problem is that there is no ‘unified’ documentation AFAIK. When using Prototype (or any other JS library) this will more or less deprecate parts of the regular API. But no one will tell you which parts should not be used anymore. So how could be developer possibly now that document.getElementById should not be used anymore, but Math is still ok? Especially if one only adds Prototype for a particular reason (like a nice API for XmlHttpRequest).

Comment by Tim — November 9, 2007

extending base objects bad, because we used prototype some time ago, and now it’s really hard to get rid of it because those .bind() and few array and string extensions are used sometimes across the code.

Comment by Anonymous — November 9, 2007

I would love to see a similar wrong way/right way list for dojo (0.9/1.0). If anyone knows of something like that be sure to share, but I’m sure chances are slim.

Comment by mhusson — November 9, 2007

@Mark, Tim: Just to clarify, Prototype doesn’t override native properties, it extends them. There’s nothing wrong with using document.getElementById, for example, it’s just not using the full power of Prototype, that’s all.

Comment by Tobie Langel — November 9, 2007

Nice post, I found a couple idioms I need to start using. …(@Mark ..Prototype (the JS library) hasn’t extended the Object.prototype since version 1.4, many moons ago. )

Comment by Mark Holton — November 9, 2007

This actually goes the same as jQuery except jQuery’s selector doesn’t really return a raw DOM object.

I’ve seen ppl doing this

$("#some_node").css("background", "red");
$("#some_node").css("color", "#FFFFFF");

Which the actual better and more efficient way is

$("#some_node").css({background: "red", color, "#FFFFFF"});

Comment by Simon Jia — November 9, 2007

Oh, and one more thing to mention, if you need to set “background-color”, the syntax should be “backgroundColor”.
Pretty sure most of u guys know this already.

Comment by Simon Jia — November 9, 2007

Nice checklist and some interesting stuff on the blog as well.

@Simon: Why are you posting that jQuery code here? Want some Mootools and YUI code too? Maybe it’s a good idea if you made your own checklist?

Comment by Trulli — November 9, 2007

extending base objects bad, because we used prototype some time ago, and now itâ€™s really hard to get rid of it because those .bind() and few array and string extensions are used sometimes across the code.

I can understand (in some cases) wanting your code to be portable, but given the different philosophies of the various popular JS libraries, you’d have the same problem with any one of them. I fail to see how this is prototype’s fault any more than any other library. I mean, if you’re advocating against using a library at all, that’s fine too, but I can’t really imagine a good argument for that.

Come on. Until you’re ready to rewrite an application, it’s okay to use a single library’s API as part of your application. And you can always use a different library on a different application. You wouldn’t expect changing your house’s foundation to be a quick and easy task, not especially if you’re moving your house to a different locale with different geological demands. Why would you expect that of the foundation of your UI logic?

Comment by Trevor — November 10, 2007

How well you know prototype also has to be tempered with how well you now your browser. Case in point, I had a long list of checkboxes in a tree that had to be set and cleared depending on what the user selected. I had used the “prototype way” of doing things which worked fine in Firefox (it finished in just under 1 second), but when tested in IE, the function ran over 6 seconds long. Only by taking out some of the prototype syntax sugar, was I able to get the times below 1 second on IE.

Comment by Marlon — November 10, 2007

prototype is tha shit. there is a better lib

Comment by jsJihad — November 11, 2007

@Marlon: there was a bug somewhere between versions of prototype that made various selectors (like getElementsByClassName, which is now deprecated) to be very slow in IE. However, this was fixed a long time ago. Though it might not be as fast as firefox (IE doesn’t support xforms), it’s not ‘6 seconds’ slow either.

Comment by Viktor Kojouharov — November 12, 2007

I couldn’t post a comment on Part I. But the author might want to note that $F doesn’t work for radio buttons. As a newbie, that tripped me up.

It would be nice if that gets fixed.

Comment by Sam — November 14, 2007

People should really read the docs!

Those things are there!

Comment by Web Design NY — November 17, 2007

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Why is this here..

A Lead Odyssey is about my hobby, collecting, painting and playing with toy soldiers. It will cover the various rulesets I use, the figures I am painting (very slowly), and some games. Thanks to Harry Pearson for the Achtung Schweinehund reference. The uniform jacket in the picture was adapted from a safari suit, the weapon is a wooden sub-machine gun made by me and my dad. Cool eh?

I play a range of scales, rules and periods.. scales are anything from 6mm, through 15mm to 28mm for little men, but I also use 1/1200 for Napoleonic Naval, and 1/3000 for Pre-Dreadnought period Naval.

My tastes are eclectic, but I have avoided most 'Fantasy' Games for a few years, as I couldn't get into the usual suspects for Fantasy Battles, and didn't have a decent group to play role-playing style games.

Friday, 28 March 2014

So I ordered some Dragon Armor pre-builds, on sale from Milsims in Melbourne, and they arrived yesterday.

The Box!

Tiger 1

A pair of Jeeps
Lovely models, cheaper than plastic kits, extremely detailed and well painted. They still have Maus, E100, Stug, Tiger, Jagdtiger, Sturmtiger, Jeeps, LVT etc..  go have a look. A great bargain.

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  1. Combat Tanks magazine over here was much the same - nice painted model and the magazine for less than a plastic kit.


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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Stupid Consultant Tricks

A couple of weeks ago, I finished up the beta version of a data importer that a client (the representative of whom I'll call "Rick") had asked for. Specifically, he wanted a way to automate monthly well production and test data imports from their oilfield management software into their reserves database for Aries (the economics software we use). Rick asked "Jim" (one of the engineers I work for) if we could whip something like this up for them, and Jim asked me, because he knows I can do tricky technical/coding things.

It was a pretty fun project. They sent us sample data in Excel, and I learned enough VBA to write a nice little program in Access. Basically, you click a button to start the import, and it asks you where the Excel file is, sucks the data in, determines what data is duplicate and what data is new, asks you if you want to update existing records, then if you want to add new records, does all of those things, and outputs a form of log letting you know exactly what was done.

Unfortunately, after Rick (the client) had a chance to play with what we sent him, he sent Jim this email:
Looking back on our initial email, I thought we were looking at a loading process from our production database into the Aries database. Both are in Access so it would seem that there should be a way to link the tables with some type of load query. Your current load process is workable for other areas but it would be a huge benefit if the we could do this loading internally within Access.
Apparently what he had wanted was an import from one Access database to another, not from Excel into Access. Although this is not a gigantic change, and is in some ways easier to code, it wasn't what I thought we were doing.

And at first I felt quite annoyed with Rick. Why the hell would you send sample data in Excel if you weren't intending to import the data from Excel? I mean, I worked with what I was given. Stupid client!

But, no. This is actually my fault. I mean, I have most of an entire degree in software engineering. I know better than to just go off half-cocked and write a bunch of code without doing even a minimal amount of requirements engineering. (It's probably not appropriate to write up an entire set of requirements for this project, but a simple email to the client clarifying his needs would have been prudent.) It is not the client's job to know how to unambiguously ask for what he wants.

Stupid consultant! ;-)

Sally said...

I will say, possibly in your defense, that it always seems trickier when there is a middleman like Jim. I've been Jim in a situation like this before (at the market research company). Not sure how much interaction you had directly with the client, but it sounds like not a lot.

The first time I (as Jim) invited the programmer on a conference call with a client to hammer out specs, the head of programming was immediately suspicious about what was going on. It took a moment for her to get a grip on the fact that I wanted the programmer there from the beginning and so he could ask questions of the client because our office didn't work that way. A lot of offices don't.

So I will add: It's Jim's fault, too! :)

Tam said...

Yeah, the fact that I am not in the habit of talking to clients (whose phone calls I am at least allowed and often encouraged to actively refuse) did not help.


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The Retweet and the Rose: garden writing and social media

Last month I went to the A Friend, a Book and a Garden festival of garden writing organised by The Garden Museum at Tom and Sue Stuart-Smith’s place in Hertfordshire. It was a lovely thing. We all wandered around the dreamy flowering meadows, stuffed beds and courtyards of our hosts’ enviable pad and various gardening writers – all much more erudite than I – gave talks in various venues, from a summer fete-like marquee on a lawn nesting among topiary hedges to The Dairy and The Shed (a building that had more in common with Derek Jarman’s house than something you’d buy from B&Q)

Tom Stuart-Smith’s garden

I was one of the speakers and, since the theme was gardening writing, I thought I’d talk about how it’s changed in the age of social media. Anyway, for what it’s worth, I thought I might as well post what I said…

So, why do gardeners write? I think I should probably start this by saying why I write.

Eight years ago I was the television editor of the Sunday Telegraph. It was, in many ways, a dream job. I spent my days watching TV programmes before most people had seen them – often at my desk wearing headphones – then writing about them. Fairly regularly I would get to interview people from off the telly too – Victoria Wood, Derek Jacobi, a Footballer’s Wife. I even had a telephone row with Ruby Wax, which I think she won. My friends envied me. Plus I was always up to speed with the latest TV phenomenon so had a lot to say at dinner parties. I loved the pace of the job, the people and the opinions, but putting together a weekly guide got a bit Groundhog Day so I did a monumentally crazy thing. I jacked it in and decided to grow plants for a living instead.

This was particularly crazy because, at this point, I didn’t really know very much about growing plants. My tiny south London garden was great therapy away from the fluorescent lights and deadlines of a newspaper office but not really a training ground for becoming a master planstwoman. Especially when most things I tried to grow promptly died.

But I had a dream. It involved me wafting through a polytunnel in a straw hat picking tomatoes and growing vegetable plants that I was going to plant in rich people’s gardens and make loads of money from. I wanted to grow things. Be by own boss. Get my hands in the soil. Of course, as I know now, no one can waft around a polytunnel – you either ooze in summer or stagger in winter, but I wasn’t about to hear sense.

The Telegraph sent me on my way with a solar powered radio so I could listen to the Archers while sowing and a big book of organic gardening. This was helpful since I had a lot to learn. Not least that too-tight knee pads cut off all blood supply to your feet (no wonder I look so solemn).

Kneeling pad non-chic

I bought a polytunnel the size of an average church and rented some land off my dad, who, rather conveniently, is a fruit farmer so had some going spare. (To this day I don’t know why he didn’t lend me the land not rent it to me, but that’s farmers for you).

On the plus side I’ve never been so brown nor fit as I was over the next two years. On the downside, I soon realised that unfortunately, filling a 70 foot polytunnel with thyme plants, planting Jerusalem artichokes and learning how to make nettle tea wasn’t going to contribute much to the mortgage. At this point, it’s safe to say, none of my friends envied me any more – and I’d catch them glancing at my mud-encrusted nails with alarm. The penny finally dropped when I signed up to a fruit and vegetable growing course at the Chelsea Physic Garden that year, paid what I thought was the full course fee and then received a phone call thanking me for the deposit and politely asking when I might be able to forward the remaining balance.

It’s amazing how facing financial penury can get you off your backside. I went home, emailed an old contact at the newspaper and asked ‘I don’t suppose you’re looking for a new column about growing fruit and vegetables are you? From someone who doesn’t know much about growing fruit and vegetables?’ Amazingly, she did. I wrote that column, in various permutations, for the next six years and it led into my three gardening books, The Girl’s Guide to Growing Your Own, The Edible Balcony and The Rurbanite. So I suppose I have the Chelsea Physic Garden to thank for my writing career.

The Cabbage Patch Convert

The early years of the column were the most fun. The world of garden mistakes is fertile ground for the columnist and gets round the bossiness garden writing can otherwise invariably fall into. And since I genuinely knew very little so there was certainly no danger of that. My kales were shredded by caterpillars, my courgettes covered in mildew. But I did discover I had one skill, albeit an inadvertent one. Growing miniature vegetables. My potatinis, carotettes and brusellteens were all delicious though you did have to wash them carefully since they had a tendency to fall down the kitchen plughole.

So that’s how I got into gardening writing. But there are so many gardening writers out there. Why?  Well, for a start I think it’s because we’re useful. People know surprisingly little. And I say this from no position of arrogance because I didn’t know anything either when I started. I can’t speak for other generations, but I’m constantly amazed by how little people around my age know about gardening. I’ve seen impressive radio producers literally gibber in the corner of their balcony when faced with a potted shrub with a few brown stems. My friend Jerry called me one day delighted his tomato plants were growing so well but ‘Should I cut off the flowers?’ For many people, they don’t realise pots need drainage holes. Gardening is a practical subject and there will always be a need for people to write about how to do it.

For the gardening writer, of course, there is a real irony in this. The more you know about gardening the less you think you know. The minute you get your head around vegetables you realise you know nothing about half-hardy annuals. I can’t be the only gardening writer who keeps expecting the tap on the shoulder and invitation to leave by the side entrance. But this is great because it keeps us on our toes, always learning, always excited.

There’s another reason gardening writing is so prolific. People who garden love gardening. With a passion. When you love something you want to celebrate it and share it and you can do this by putting it into words. It’s all the more pressing because gardens are ephemeral. Flowers fade in days, sometimes hours. Capturing that flower in its perfection that has just opened as you walk round you garden, whether in words or in a photograph, is a way to preserve it. To immortalise beauty and cheat decay.

But there’s another reason too. I think writing about gardening is a way to connect to other people. For me, personally, I realised that I’d inadvertently chosen two of the most solitary jobs in the world – gardening and writing – and for someone who quite likes other people it got bloody lonely at times. It didn’t help that, at this point I also had two young children so I could go through entire days either taking thyme cuttings or talking about Petit Filous and Makka Pakka from In the Night Garden. So the comments and emails I got about the column were fantastic and I fell on them with a low growl. But book writing is lonelier still – months on end of solitary work with little collaboration.

thyme pots

And that’s why I think the internet has made such a huge impact on garden writing. It’s a way for gardeners to meet each other, to break out from their little universes. Write a blog entry and people might comment on it. Sometimes within minutes. Write a Tweet and you might get replied to, retweeted, even favourited, in seconds. You are no longer alone. Personal blogs and Twitter have revolutionised the way we write about gardening, and we’re flocking to them in droves.

Garden writing is particularly well suited to social media because it’s a practical subject. You can learn stuff, and you can share information. You can find out how to build a wormery or discover what that weird mould on your tomato leaves is. And you can share your knowledge too. If you can ID a wild flower someone’s photographed and put on Twitter you’ll feel clever all day.

You can find your people. The internet has room for all niches. If you have a passion for marginal pond plants, rare orchids or heritage vegetables you’d be lucky to find someone on your street who shares it. But go online, and you’ll find a community. And they might not even be living in the same country. Pretty soon you have built up an online gang of like-minded gardeners just as obsessed with ornamental grasses or weird South American edible tubers as you are.

There’s another reason. The internet has democratised gardening writing. Let’s be honest, traditional garden writing of the past has usually been the domain of the rich and privileged. They had the contacts, the independent wealth and, frankly, the gardens, to make their writing fly. But anyone can set up a blog. For free. Whether you have a small courtyard, a tiny roof terrace or a suburban garden, you can celebrate it in words. It’s a world of keen amateurs and all the more diverse, energetic and exciting for it. The quality is variable, sure, but much of what is out there is elegantly written, cleverly argued stuff, equal if not superior to what’s out there in hard print. And what isn’t brilliantly written is often so useful you won’t care.

But there are challenges too. For the reader of course, how do they find the good websites, trawling through all that stuff out there? For the writer there are other hurdles. In the old days, a garden writer simply wrote. These days, you’re expected to be a great photographer too. Not only that, but a self-publicist, technological whizz and designer. You have to update your website often enough that people keep coming back to it. Oh, and make it look good, as well, with beautiful photos taken on a proper camera – not blurry ones with your iphone out of the car window – and great user-friendly design. And then you have to think about how people see you. What’s your brand? What makes you unique? Vita didn’t have to worry about all this. It’s enough to make you want to go for a nice lie down.

Vita didn’t have to worry about her Twitter reach

Especially when it can be such a cacophony out there. We’ve all been guilty of humblebragging on Twitter eg ‘I have no idea how my book made it into this top 100 list, they must be mad…’ or the classic ‘Here’s me talking nonsense again in the * insert national broadsheet of choice *,’ but what’s the etiquette? Everyone else is doing it so why shouldn’t you?

In your own blog there is only one editor wielding the red pen – you. Having complete control over your published work means you’ll never find your ‘best paragraph’ cut by a sub-editor you may never meet, but there’s no one to correct your dodgy grammar either. No one to say, ‘You know, maybe we’ve heard enough about food miles for a while’ or ‘Not sure that joke about chitting in the greenhouse is quite working.’ It’s far easier to get on your high horse when you’re publishing yourself, and some blogs can get a bit hectoring and bossy. But, of course, the fact is that independent editors do exist. The reading public. And if they don’t want to read your stuff, they won’t.

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There’s a psychological issue too. If you have any neurotic tendencies – and obviously I would never put myself in this category – this constant stream of updating chatter can be addictive. But does it always have value? How often do we really have anything interesting to say? I for one can definitely go through an entire day, if not week, without a single interesting thought. At times like that, silence is golden, and I should probably remember that. It can be distracting too. The need to get feedback, recognition and, well, just keep chatting, can stop you doing any actual work. The other day I tweeted I was going outside to the garden do something. I didn’t go outside, I just sat there waiting to see if anyone had commented on what I said I was going to do. It’s Twitter paralysis. At moments like this, I should lock my iphone in a box and go for a walk to, literally, smell the roses. But I’m more likely to check my blog stats instead.

We’re adapting to this new technology. Yes, the constant stream of chatter can seem like a cacophony at times. And, yes, unless you’re very lucky, online writing is not going to pay – not much anyway. For ‘professional’ writers, a blog or Twitter presence is, at its most pragmatic, a shop-window to attract paid work from traditional print media or book publishers. It can feel like a lot of hard work for no guarantees. But I think the pluses far outweigh the minuses. Gardening writing in the social media age may not make you rich, but it’s more democratic than the old days, more diverse, more engaged and more accessible. You’ll make friends and learn stuff. If Vita Sackville-West were alive today, would she be holding her iPhone out of her turret window, snapping a photo of her white garden via Instagram and asking Twitter what it thought of her new creation? Would Christopher Lloyd be blogging about his hot garden, then anxiously awaiting comments on whether taking out the Lutyens roses was worth it? We’ll never know of course. But I like to think that they would.

At the risk of being pelted with virtual potatoes (just dug of course), here’s a list of what I consider to be the best garden blogs out there. I’m bound to have missed loads of good ones out so please add any other suggestions…

Great gardening writing on the web: a few places to start

Lovely writing on food from Debora Robertson

Elegant thoughts on gardens and wildlife from the Irish columnist Jane Powers

Mark Diacano’s funny musings on food politics, eating (1970s music references an extra)

A round up of the best gardening writing on the web

Urban street gardener Naomi Schillinger shares tips and inspiration

Veg growing, recipes and other thoughts from the Guardian columnist

Fresh, engaging mix of cultural commentating and garden snooping from writer Kendra Wilson

What Mark Risdsill-Smith doesn’t know about container vegetable growing isn’t worth putting in a recycled fruit crate. A must read for urban flat dwellers

Veronica Peerless photographs and writes about city gardens that catch her eye. Quirky.

Garden designer Dawn Isaac’s funny blog focuses on gardening with kids

Garden designer James Alexander Sinclair has a way with words. Frequently lots of them

Edible gardening aficionados will always find something interesting here

Arabella Sock doesn’t take gardening, or gardening presenters, too seriously. Video mash-ups a speciality.

Thoughts and practical growing tips from cut flower nurseryman Benjamin Raynard. Always makes me laugh, always tells me something I didn’t know

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Cristina + Ryan are having a BOY | an Atlantic Beach gender reveal session

 First we had each other,

now we're having you...

Then we'll have everything.

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The N Family | Alpine Groves Park, Fruitcove Florida

Sometimes it's simply refreshing to shoot mini sessions. It's such a nice creative break after all these lovely weddings! They are quick and easy and sweet. I really loved working with Nina (who is a friend thru another friend) and her two brothers! And look at big sister glow... whew! She is a knock out! I swear the prettiest girls don't ever even know it. :) Aside from being (all 3) gorgeous people they were just so much fun and easy to shoot. They were all there for one purpose- to make their momma happy with some updated shots. And, I am sure they will have done just that, as soon as she sees these sweet pictures of course. ;) Enjoy this gorgeous little mini shoot, set at Alpine Groves Park in Fruitcove, Florida! (My favorite place to shoot!).


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so much fun!

The past few days have been sunny, but very crisp, and have felt like the perfect fall days. The way the sun makes all the different coloured leaves look and being all bundled up in my boots and favourite scarf just does something that makes me happy. Needless to say, I am enjoying the sunny fall days back in Vancouver, but the hot, hot days in Mexico with my husband were perfect as well ;).
We slept in, read tons of books, sat in the shade by the pool, swam, and just relaxed and enjoyed each others company. A pretty fantastic way to spend 10 days if you ask me.
(time to start saving again for the next trip :))

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Nail Polish

As you who read the blog have seen, I kind of quite like Julep polishes and since not having a job this semester (for the first time since grade 12) I have some extra time on my hands since I can procrastinate a little more. I started looking around and came across some really really cheap pretty ones online, only to find they weren't in Canada.

I also just started my reading break, and Branden and I have been having some pretty boring weekends. So on Friday I proposed we go to the states on Saturday (yesterday). And then we did. For some reason, things just work out AWESOME for us when we don't plan ahead.
 Here is the extent of our planning. Marked is Walgreens, Games Workshop, Ulta and Alderwood Shopping Center
Conversation with Border Guard:
BG: So where is she taking you? (Branden was driving)
Branden: Lynnwood.
BG: Oooh, an expensive one.
Me: Yeah, you're just the driver.
BG: Aww, no, he's also the bank roll.

Easiest pass ever. We managed not to get lost on the way, and we didn't get lost much after either. So first we pulled in on 44th to go to McDonald's for the bathroom. And we looked out across and saw Old Country Buffet! I've never been but Branden has and said they have EVERYTHING (and they did) but since it was only 10am we decided to try to get some of our shopping out of the way. Off we went for Games Workshop but it didn't open 'til noon, so we went to kill time.

We headed to Walgreens and that was sad. I was looking for Sinful Colors brand and I had a list of the colours I wanted but they didn't have anything but the "Heartbreaker" selection. Sigh. So that was a bust.

I think then we went for Ulta, since it was still early. We couldn't really see it but we did see Barnes and Noble and decided to go in there. We pulled in and lo and behold, ULTA was beside it. Squee!
 They didn't have all the colours I wanted, but they had Choose Me! and some giant ULTA brand bottles (4 for $12)
So I got some pastels, and like the picture says, some ULTA nail polish in a grey-blue, a flat medium green, white (!) and clear. Sorry, I don't have them handy for the colour names. I also got two of Essence Choose Me! because it was a mini ($0.49 and $0.99) and I knew I would like it to death.

One of the polishes we saw was kind of cool. It was magnetic nail polish. You put it on and then put the magnet on the lid by it and it aligned and made stripes. It was kinda cool but expensive so I didn't get any.
 Can you see the stripes?
After this we went into Barnes and Noble and Branden spent ~$40 and I got Kushiel's Chosen for ten bucks.

It was about noon so we went to Old Country Buffet and it was AMAZING. It was $16 for both of us to get in and they had everything. I stuffed myself and was sad I couldn't eat more. We walked across the street to Games workshop then and it was quite busy with people painting and playing. We spent like 45 minutes in there and Branden got his new vampire book and an undead dragon which actually doesn't look incredibly stupid.

He gets very happy and started holding onto me after he spends a lot of money on Warhammer xD.

(He says it's to prevent me from running away from his massive nerdery, which is also his reason for constantly feeding me delicious food and homemade cream puffs.)

We headed to Alderwood Shopping Centre. There is possibly more parking than West Edmonton Mall. They don't even waste space on ramps in the complex, there is parking ALONG the ramp.

We went into JCPenney, macy's, Nordstrom etc and nothing was that interesting. The first thing we did however, was head to the bathroom. Branden waited outside while I went in and down this winding little hallway there was a waiting area. Not just like a small little area people can stand, it was a full on carpeted area surrounded by couches with kids toys in the middle. Y'know, those coloured tracks with balls and stuff attached from dentist/doctor's offices? Yeah. It was huge. There was also a little undoored room with sinks and change tables.

This was all before I even made it into the bathroom. IN the bathroom, the stalls were all enormous. THEY WERE HUGE. The handicap stalls were even bigger! Their regular stalls were like handicap stalls in Canada!

Eventually I got over that and Branden and me went into Spencer's and he saw a wallet he eventually went back to buy. It's really nice and it's the same style as his Batman wallet except it's got Link's triforce on it and it says "Legend of Zelda" on the back etched in gold. That was exciting.

We also went into Hot Topic which was next door. I think if I could work in Hot Topic I could have a satisfying retail career. The girls were dressed like I dress for Sanctuary and they had facial piercings and were just super nice. Branden tried on skinny jeans but his knees are knobbly from skidding around soccer fields and it looks weird.

While he was trying on jeans, I was pointed at.... their nail polish selection. Guess what? BOGO! I got four for $8.

In the back is Kushiel's Chosen, the book from Barnes & Noble and in front from left to right is Matte topcoat, Black Light neon green, glow in the dark blue and crackle black. I think I win at life.

We walked around, and also found this store called American Girl which was really creepy/fascinating. They just had dolls. The dolls are like $105 and then you buy them outfits and stuff like build-a-bear. It's a mini-me for kids. You choose the face and the hair colour and the hairstyle and then some clothes that show personality. We spent some time looking around. It was weird. (They also sold cupcakes.) There's also an online aspect, like Webkinz. Playing on their website, to get a doll clothed and accessorized (and buy the doll) costs ~$228 for me. That is a lot of freaking money. And people complain about build-a-bear...

After Target (which was sold out of Sinful Colors and Tazo Tea!!) and Kohl's, which wasn't that interesting, we got tired.

Since we weren't hungry we decided to head back and stop for food when we stopped for gas. We got off the I-5 at the first Everett exit and got gas, then looked around for food. Everything was stuff we had in Canada so we went to a hole in the wall place called Shake 'n' Go.

It turned out to be a tiny mom and pop kind of place with a little Asian couple and it was the best burger I'd ever had. There was bacon that I pulled out because the burger was so delicious on its own and I couldn't taste the bacon in the burger anyway. It was delicious on its own too.

Oh man, stuffed and happy, we headed home and that was the end of that. We should never plan anything ever again.


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Bingo Culture Series Featured on Lenscratch

I am thrilled to have some images of my "Bingo Culture" series featured today on Aline Smithson's website, Lenscratch.  You can view her post, as well as more photographs from my series, HERE.

One of the projects that I took on last year on the road was visiting several bingo halls across the states.  Here is my statement about the project:
In 2010, I hit the road to photograph America solo; living out of a tent and bringing along my dog for the ride.  I did not have a preconceived agenda, rather, I wanted to discover worlds that were unfamiliar and meet people I would not have otherwise encountered. Each day I would make a decision on what direction I would take.  While traveling in Maine, I discovered a Bingo hall and it provoked a curiosity about a subculture that I was aware of but hadn't given any thought towards.  What I discovered was a community of dedicated players who travel to the same place, set up in the same spot, and bring along the same good luck charms with the hopes that this will be the day they win big.  It’s a place where hope and despair come hand in hand throughout the night as the mind lets go of everything but what numbers are being called. Each location I encountered would bring in a true sense of community, each with their unique set of personalities and characters.  As I continued my travels and visits to Bingo Halls across America, I realized I was looking at a cultural phenomenon that will be lost to future generations.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Weekend Recap

This weekend was so much fun.

On Thursday I coached gymnastics until 8pm and then packed up and drove 3 hours home.

Friday I woke up semi-early and had an appt for my feet (f.l.a.t.) to get orthotic supports in my running shoes. After that I drove again a little north if the cities go get ready for a wedding. Seriously, I just love weddings. I had so much fun, drank too much, and met a cool person. I stayed at the hotel that night and then my mom and I drove back home Saturday where I laid around all day. Literally I stayed in my pajamas and napped all day. #toomuchdancing

Sunday I went to my hometown's ever popular Craft Fair with my grandma where I bought a cute framed picture holder. I'll take a picture of it later! And I also bought a mix that you mix with wine to make it a slushy drink. And might I say...YUM. I sampled it there and it is so good.

After that I went home and started a project for one of my classes. It's an "I Am" project displaying who I am. Here is the finished product:

Cute, no?

I also watched the Vikings blow their first game. Ugh. So disappointing.

I then drove through the cities to pick up my camera that I left in someone else's room at the wedding. #forgetfulme. Then back to my apartment where I finished some homework and went to bed. All while talking to that cool person. :) I'm kinda a happy girl.

Hope you all had as awesome of a weekend as I did.

With love,

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

more gass for that...brain?!

i should have been working really but....

Monday, November 20, 2006

sketches of things i tend to do a lot of,....smiling through grit teeth and grave yard shifts...

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

some old bots...

dusted of the old sketch books again and came across a few mech doodles, half finished and mostly done with a ball point pen....enjoy!

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A Brief Introduction

Endeavoring to define myself outside of a "job title." I'm a nomad of sorts who fell in love with technology, activism, and helping others. I run a web & media consulting firm, have a blog specifically for activists & non-profits, and travel often. I love talking about theology, politics, and social change. I love doing something about it even more. I also like to be a well-rounded and fully present person. That's why I write here. Connect with me on twitter

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

not that guy

I just read D's post over at (Not So) Straight from Seminary and somehow it was just what I needed to hear tonight. It has been a fruitful two days at Carnegie Mellon (more on that later, I promise) but somehow I feel a little off as I relax on the couch in my suite. D's post helped me think about that feeling and I left the following comment:

Thank you for sharing. I happened onto Soulforce's Equality Ride because after one more conversation with my parents I realized that they weren't changing because I wasn't asking them to change and in the ensuing fit of "I must simply be myself" I applied. And I had personal connections. And I was in. And all of the sudden I realized I wasn't an activist. That I let other people plan the rallies, and teach the talking points. But there I was in a hotel conference room in Austin, Texas. And before long I was in the middle of anti-gay colleges around the country. And I keep thinking to myself "I am just a regular guy from Maryland who got frustrated at his parents one day and applied on a whim and got accepted and decided to trust in God's plan." And now I live in New York City, and I'm out at work, and the past two days I've spent at Carnegie Mellon University as someone they brought in for Pride Month. And I see myself in the mirror and I don't understand. I am not that guy. I am not an activist. I am just a 22 year old boy from Maryland who wants to find love and be loved and exist and serve God and serve others. But here I am. And that is what I'm doing. And I don't know how because I've never been that guy, but I guess I should start realizing that maybe I am. It was an intense day for me... this was just what I needed to make falling asleep tonight a little easier.

I'm happy to know there's another one out there. And maybe in our own ways we can--sometimes willfully, sometimes begrudgingly--be that guy and that girl together.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Arriving at CMU

I just got checked in to my suite near Carnegie Mellon University and am waiting for one of the hosts to come pick me up for our dinner tonight which is cohosted by the Allies program and the Office of Religious Life. I am excited to bring these two groups of people together and get them thinking about how to move forward together. After that, I'll be doing networking some of the Allies folks before "the big day" tomorrow. I was able to compose my thoughts on the flight down and I know that it will go well.

Who would have ever thought that'd I'd be sitting at a table in the living room of a suite near a nationally recognized college for a speaking engagement? I certainly didn't. Life takes you in the most exciting of places.

Yesterday was spent frantically procuring grad school (read: divinity school and seminary) applications and information packets. I remember when I was younger how I felt like a life someway in "the ministry" was the only one I could imagine. I allowed those dreams to be hijacked by anti-gay ideology in the church and count myself blessed to found my way.

It seems they were right when my Sunday school teachers told me that the Lord never gives up.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Take 5 is all grown up

I was watching the USC game this Saturday with the NYC Trojan Alumni Club when I saw this:

I almost died.

Chris had to ask "Didn't you start that show?" because I was too busy being dumbstruk. I'm so proud. To be fair, I merged two pre-existing (awesome) shows that I was already producing. Thankfully co-creator/co-executive producer Justin is still at SC running it all solo now. Glad to see we're still kicking butt!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Get Passionately Pink with qubo!

qubo, the bilingual children’s television I work for, is participating in Passionately Pink for the Cure, a campaign to raise bothqubo is Passionately Pink for the Cure funds and awareness for breast cancer research. Breast cancer has touched my life in personal ways, affecting close friends and family friends.

qubo is going Passionately Pink for the Cure on October 31 and you can join us. Go to our team page, donate at least $5, and make sure to wear pink on October 31. We'll send you a pink button and some sweet qubo shwag.

You can talk about breast cancer, the campaign to raise money, and just generally make a statement by creating a sea of pink in your school, office, church, or community group. Take a picture of your pink outfit and send in stories of how you're changing the world by changing your clothes.

I was busy preparing for our season-end board meeting and thus am sadly not in this picture:(

Visit http://www.komendonations.org/site/TR/Events/KomenTR?team_id=64791&pg=team&fr_id=1040 right now to get on board!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

2 Days Until Coming Out

In anticipation of National Coming Out Day, GLAAD released this PSA featuring T.R. Knight from Grey's Anatomy. Enjoy!

And check out this other great promo featuring a slew of actors from popular ABC television shows.

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Isaiah 66:5

Casey Pick sent this verse out to all of the Right to Marry participants along with a California update. It seemed like something I should pass along...

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word. "Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said 'let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame." Isaiah 66:5

Thursday, October 04, 2007

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One step at a time

We built my couch! First piece of furniture = installed.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

for the BIBLE tells me so

In the oldest Protestant church in North America, they clapped and clapped and clapped. And then they stood, and clapped some more.

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What is distributed generation?

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Installing distributed generation

This page lists the documents outlining the process to be followed by consumers if they are interested, or want to apply to for connection of distributed generation of any form such as solar, wind, hydro, bio gas etc, to Alpine Energy’s distribution network.

Distribution generation is governed by the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (the Code). Refer to the Electricity Authority for more information. The Code sets out the rules for how you make an application to connect distributed generation to our network, how we process this application and your rights along the way.

Distributed generation equal to or less than 10 kW

Distributed generation greater than 10 kW

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Testing, certification and inspection requirements are in accordance with the Electricity Act 1992 under section 82.

For information about fees please see schedule 6.5 of the Code. Current fees are included in the information and application process documents.

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This standard covers the connection and operation condition for distributed generation that is connected to the Alpine Energy network. The purpose of this standard is there to ensure safety to the public, consumers, contractors, the Alpine Energy network and Alpine staff. Click here to read the connection and operation standard.

Regulation and standards

For the latest standards and amendments vist the Standards New Zealand website. Standards New Zealand is a business unit within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. It specialises in managing the development of standards.

Information for distribution connections without a connection contract can be found here.

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