#140 years old cherry tree

[anne-fine]

樹齢140年の勝間薬師堂の枝垂れ桜

小高い場所に建つ薬師堂からは高遠城址公園の桜も望め春の高遠は山も町も桜一色

薬師堂脇を上ったところにある小さな祠の横にはちょこんと可愛らしい如意輪観音。輪の力で人々を苦悩から救い全てを叶えてくださるそう☺️

勝間薬師堂　如意輪観音

[cardest]

Sweden playlist

Goodness! The Swedish Chef is deliriously pleased with this Sweden playlist. Det här är otroligt! It’s not far off 350 songs. Can we get there? I think so. (I tried to get songs by Retaliation and 10,000 years, but maybe later when someone puts up those songs on Youtube). This is epic!

What songs and bands have I overlooked for this? I bet there’s plenty. Sweden is just oozing with so much talent and so many great bands. Listen to the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-HqTl9SJKkER2dKbR2NWkE Add your songs and suggestions. Tack! SWEDEN

001 The Muppet Show - Swedish Chef goes bezerk in the kitchen 002 Grand Magus -  Fear Is The Key 003 In Flames -  Pinball Map 004 Entombed - Like This With The Devil 005 Soilwork - Figure Number Five 006 The Divine Comedy - Sweden 007 Bathory - Reaper 008 ABBA - Take a Chance On Me 009 Therion - Gothic Kabbalah 010 Moloko - Indigo 011 Katatonia - I Break 012 Opeth - The Baying Of The Hounds 013 Sabaton -  Carolus Rex 014 Europe - Scream Of Anger 015 Jean-Louis Aubert - Stockholm 016 Blues Pills -  Jupiter 017 Amon Amarth  - The Pursuit of Vikings 018 Triakel - Alla Gossar (Swedish folk music ) 019 Arcana - As the End Draws Near 020 Kenta  Guldkorn  - Stockholm 021 Tiamat - Whatever That Hurts   022 AVATARIUM - The Starless Sleep 023 Spiritual Beggars  -  Star Born 024 Dismember - Dreaming In Red 025 Lasse Berghagen - Pomperipossa 026 In Solitude - Sister 027 Sahg III - Baptism of Fire 028 Ebba Grön - Mona Tumbas Slim Club 029 Nightingale -  The Dreamreader 030 Roxette - Dressed For Success 031 Ghost - Rats 032 Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Far Beyond The Sun 033 Candlemass - Crystal Ball 034 Bathory - Under The Runes 035 Orup - Stockholm 036 Katla - Embryo 037 Pugh Rogefeldt - hog farm 038 Trees of Eternity - Gallows Bird (feat. Nick Holmes) 039 Paatos - Shame 040 THE STRANGLERS  - SWEDEN 041 Katatonia - Brave   042 Brighter Death Now - No Salvation 043 Nationalteatern - Livet är en fest 044 Meshuggah -  Bleed 045 Sir Douglas Quintet  - Meet Me In Stockholm   046 Ulf Lundell - Stockholm City 047 In Mourning - Fire & Ocean 048 Dark Tranquillity - The Science Of Noise 049 Blue Swede - Hooked On a Feeling 050 Clawfinger - The Truth 051 John Coltrane - Dear Old Stockholm 052 The Hellacopters - In The Sign Of The Octopus 053 Hypocrisy -  a coming race 054 Carola - Mig Var Du Står 055 Bloodbath - Let The Stillborn Come To Me 056 Vapnet - Stockholm sett snett uppifran 057 Mercy - Im Your Pervert Priest 058 The Spotnicks - Hava Nagila 059 Vanhelgd - Allt Hopp ar Fobi 060 Mammoth Storm - Fornjot 061 Vomitory - redemption 062 Entrails - No Cross Left Unturned 063 Virna Lindt - Attention Stockholm 064 Night - Fire Across the Sky 065 Dungen dar -  Har du vart i Stockholm 066 The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So 067 Sabaton - Gott Mit Uns 068 Svante Thuresson Och Totta Näslund - Stockholm Sweetnin' 069 Lake of Tears -  To Blossom Blue 070 Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal 071 Garmarna - Vänner och fränder   072 Stockholms Negrer - Det förlovade landet 073 Thåström - Ballad om en gammal knarkare 074 The Haunted - Godpuppet 075 Ordo Equilibrio - The First Harvest 076 Therion -  The Dreams Of Swedenborg 077 VINTERSORG - Fjällets mäktiga mur   078 Aeon - Aeons Black 079 Arckanum - Trulmælder 080 Edge of Sanity - Enigma   081 Scar Symmetry - The Illusionist 082 Tribulation -  Melancholia 083 Witchcraft - It's Not Because Of You 084 At The Gates - At The Gates 085 Unleashed - The One Insane 086 Candlemass - ancient dreams 087 Hasse Andersson - Guld och grona skogar   088 Crucified Barbara -  Electric Sky 089 Evergrey -  The Grand Collapse 090 Lord Belial - Bleed on the Cross 091 Hedningarna - Räven 092 Dismember - Pieces (with intro) 093 Entombed  - Sinners Bleed 094 MUSE - Stockholm Syndrome 095 Bathory - Valhalla 096 Gösta Berlings Saga - The Shortcomings Of Efficiency 097 Tiamat - The Ar 098 Oz - Turn the cross upside down 099 Grand Magus - I Am The North 100 Soilwork -  Light The Torch 101 Spiritual Beggars - Fools Gold 102 Stuck In Motion - Moon 103 Cult of Luna - Receiver 104 Arcana - A Cage 105 Memento Mori - The Seeds of Hatred 106 Wolfbrigade - Barren Dreams 107 Dr Zeke - Jag Ska Aldrig Dö 108 Yngwie Malmsteen - gimme gimme gimme (your lust after midnight) 109 Arch Enemy - Pilgrim 110 Torch - Watcher Of The Night 111 Magic - Vi drar på disco 112 Refused -  Elektra 113 Grave - Into The Grave 114 Lädernunnan - Ensam I Natt 115 The Orchard Enterprises - Fear Might Harm Self 116 Suma - Swordlord 117 Kulning - Ancient Swedish herdingcall 118 Bob Hund - Ska du hanga med Na 119 Dark Funeral - As One We Shall Conquer 120 Disfear - Get it off   121 Ghost -  From The Pinnacle To The Pit 122 Morbus Chron - Chains 123 Heavy Load - Traveller 124 Therion - Tuna 1613 125 Entombed -  Left Hand Path 126 Hearse - Mountain of the Solar Eclipse 127 Monolord - The Last Leaf 128 Night Viper - The Wolverine 129 Agrimonia - A World Unseen 130 Jonathan Hultén - Nightly sun 131 Diabolical Masquerade - Blackheim's Quest To Bring Back The Stolen Autumn 132 Army Of Lovers - Crucified 133 Dissection - Where Dead Angels Lie   134 Noctum _Liberty in Death 135 Europe - Open Your Heart 136 Darkane  - Secondary Effects 137 Candlemass - Codex Gigas 138 Bathory - Enter Your Mountain 139 ABBA - Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal) Swedish Version 140 Watain - Malfeitor 141 Louise Lemón - Devil 142 Cult Of Luna - Vague Illusions 143 Diablo Swing Orchestra -  Black Box Messiah 144 Opeth - Nectar 145 Hills - Milarepa 146 Ceremonial Oath - The Book Of Truth 147 Dark Tranquillity - Silence And the Firmament Withdrew 148 Göteborg Sound - Björn Borg 149 In Flames -  Reflect The Storm 150 MESHUGGAH - Demiurge   151 Expiremental Pop Band - Gothenburg 152 Millencolin - polar bears 153 Hedningarna - Pornopolka 154 Ratata - Ogon Av Is Liv Utan Spanning   155 OBSCURITY - Roses With Thorns 156 Nifelheim - Sodomizer 157 Soilwork - One With The Flies 158 Gardenian - Netherworld 159 Cemetary - Sundown 160 Månegarm - Hemfärd 161 Garmarna - Herr Mannelig 162 YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS - First Night Back In Port   163 VINTERSORG - Svältvinter 164 SNOWY SHAW - Nachtgeist 165 Moloken - The Titan Above Us 166 BEWITCHED - HARD AS STEEL (HOT AS HELL) 167 The Night Flight Orchestra - Green Hills Of Glumslov 168 Vanhelgd - Gravens Lovsång 169 Marduk - Christraping Black Metal 170 Garbochock - Streberbarn 171 Negative Self - Back On Track 172 Nightingale - Sleep 173 Iggy Pop - Five Foot One 174 Owe Thörnqvist - Varm korv boogie 175 Candlemass - Elephant Star 176 Tiamat - Cold Seed 177 Dismember - Shadowlands 178 Hypocrisy - Penetralia 179 Therion - Melez 180 Yngwie Malmsteen - You Dont Remember Ill Never Forget 181 Woven Hand -  Swedish Purse 182 Roxette - Joyride 183 Wolf -  Skeleton Woman 184 Europe - Seven doors hotel 185 ABBA - Me Knowing Knowing Youse   186 Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition 187 Katatonia - I Am Nothing 188 Sabaton - Uprising 189 Bathory - Total destruction 190 Cult Of Luna - Owlwood 191 Cortex - Warrior Night 192 Trettioåriga Kriget - Krigssång 193 Lee Hazlewood A House Safe for Tigers 194 Dead Sleep - Back to black 195 Greenleaf  - Tides 196 The Crimson Shadows - When I'm Going Away 197 The Night Flight Orchestra - Transmissions 198 Anekdoten - Nucleus 199 Enhet För Fri Musik - Det Finns Ett Hjärta 200 In Flames - Jotun 201 Dungen - Ta det lugnt 202 Ghost - Ritual 203 Witchery - A Paler Shade of Death 204 Landberk - Tell 205 At The Gates - Blinded By Fear   206 Anna von Hausswolff - Epitaph of Theodor 207 Uran - Mr Piggy 208 Runemagick  Remnants of the Old 209 SKÁLD - Flúga 210 Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun 211 Dawn - Malediction Murder 212 Nifelheim - No more life 213 Craft - The Cosmic Sphere Falls 214 Solitude Aeturnus -  Waiting for the Light 215 ARCH ENEMY - War Eternal 216 Nasum - Worldcraft 217 Insision - No Belief 218 The Oath - silk road 219 Shining - Förtvivlan Min Arvedel 220 Burst - I Exterminate The I 221 Bloodbound - Stormborn 222 Puissance - Love Incinerate 223 Electric Boys - All Lips 'n Hips 224 Exgenisis - Embers 225 Don Cherry - GamlaStan - The Old Town By Night 226 Raison D'etre -  Sub Specie Aeternitatis 227 Bloodbath  - Weak aside 228 Therion -  Opus Eclipse 229 Cult of Luna - I: The Weapon 230 Marduk - The Sun Turns Black as Night 231 Ragnar Grippe - Symphonic Songs: Part 1 232 Unanimated - From a Throne Below 233 Entombed - Hollowman 234 Grande Royale - Royale 235 PAGANIZER  - Soulless Feeding Machine 236 Bathory - Woman of Dark Desires 237 Paranorm - Critical Mass 238 Refused - The Deadly Rhythm 239 Golgata - Med din kyss kom mörkret 240 Ett Dödens Maskineri – ‘Låsta dörrar 241 MÖRK GRYNING - Fältherren   242 Daughter Chaos - The space born 243 BLUES PILLS - Rhythm In The Blood 244 LUCIFER - Ghosts 245 November - Mount Everest 246 Dissection - Night's Blood 247 Tøronto - Lights Out At Bedlam 248 ICE AGE - Breaking The Ice 249 Sweven - By Virtue of a Promise 250 Ghost-  Year Zero 251 TRIBULATION - Strange Gateways Beckon 252 Drain S.T.H. - Crack the Liar´s Smile 253 Horisont - Odyssey 254 Witchcraft - Snake 255 Kirstie Sarboe - Ein Student Aus Uppsala 256 Sodomisery - Reapers Key 257 Opeth - Under The Weeping Moon 258 Olle Adolphson - Gustav Lindströms visa 259 Therion - The Wild Hunt 260 Bloodbath - Bloodicide 261 Bathory - The Golden Walls of Heaven 262 Soilwork - Follow the Hollow 263 Magnus Härenstam - Huddinge, Tullinge, Tumba 264 OBSTRUKTION - Hopeless Path 265 Amon Amarth - The Way Of Vikings 266 Anguish - When the Ancients Dare to Walk 267 Palme sköt först - Spiders 268 Totalitär - Allt Är Inom Dig 269 Vassago - Sign of Vassago 270 Larma - Elitens Eskapism 271 ENSNARED - Anti-Prophet 272 Third Storm - Forgotten Deity 273 Chronic Decay - Ecstasy In Pain 274 Transport League - Man Sized Drain 275 Nasum - mass hypnosis 276 Inevitable End - Memento 277 Candlemass - Dancing in the Temple (Of the Mad Queen Bee) 278 Gadget - Remote 279 Sayyadina - Nothing 280 Coldworker - The Contaminated Void 281 Katatonia - Teargas 282 In Flames - Dead God in Me 283 Trial - Motherless 284 Watain - Satan's Hunger 285 Bewitched - Rise Of The Antichrist 286 Shining - Jag Är Din Fiende 287 In Solitude - Witches Sabbath 288 Comecon - The House That Man Built 289 Marduk - The Black Tormentor of Satan 290 Lifelover - M/s salmonella 291 Naglfar - Enslave the Astral Fortress 292 Sacrilege - Sweet Moment of Triumph   293 Spiritual Beggars - Monster Astronauts 294 Massgrav - Det Här Är Stockholm 295 IRON LAMB - Backstabbers 296 The Hives - Tick Tick Boom 297 Candlemass - Dark Reflections 298 Megatomb - Forbidden Altar 299 Entrails - Condemned to the Grave 300 Katatonia - Gateways of Bereavement 301 Träd, Gräs och Stenar - Sanningens Silverflod (Djungelns Lag) 302 Hammerfall - Let the Hammer Fall 303 Obnoxious Youth - Mouths Sewn Shut 304 GRAND MAGUS - Wolf God 305 Dark Funeral - Unchain my soul 306 Entombed - Say it in slugs 307 Amon Amarth - Runes to My Memory 308 Ghost - Absolution 309 Hypocrisy  - Dominion 310 Edge of Sanity - Darkday 311 Orbit Culture - North Star of Nija 312 Cemetary - Caress the Damned 313 DOZER - Through The Eyes Of Heathens 314 Grave - Now and Forever 315 ARCH ENEMY - Bury Me An Angel 316 Skraeckoedlan - Universam 317 Cult of Luna - I remember 318 Doris  Svensson - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby 319 Svard - A Rift in the Green 320 Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse 321 Lightbringer - Lightbringer in Sweden 322 Bastard Priest - ghouls of the endless night 323 Westkust - Cotton Skies 324 Maggot Heart - sex breath 325 Abruptum - De Profundis Mors Vas Consumet 325 Raised Fist - Flow 326 Makthaverskan - Antabus 327 Eternal of Sweden - Heaven's gate 328 Wolfbrigade - Fire Untamed 329 Fyfan - Intrangd Och Instangd 330 Opeth - Svekets prins 331 Martyrdöd - Hexhammeren 332 The Haunted - Liquid Burns 333 Dismember - Override of the Overture 444 Bathory - Under the Runes 666 Dark tranquillity - A Bolt of Blazing Gold

Play the songs here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-HqTl9SJKkER2dKbR2NWkE

Next edition of Sweden playlist will have tracks from: God Macabre, Deutsch Nepal , Retaliation, In Slaughter Natives and 10,000 Years.

[yofruits]

How to Make Dried Fruit (Using Your Oven)

It's summer, and that means fruit trees, bushes, and berries are exploding with a bountiful harvest. A healthy goal is to eat a variety of these local, fresh fruits.

If we move quickly into the fall, the taste of sweet and juicy strawberries has practically disappeared. Never scared! With local produce at its peak, think like animals: harvest and store for the winter.

When it comes to fruit, you have three options: canned, frozen, or dried.

Learn how to turn the freshest summer fruits into a snack you can enjoy all year round. It's like nature's candy, and it doesn't require any special equipment.

you can find dried fig cost at yofruits website .

While you can use an old-fashioned dehydrator or drying cabinet, you don't need to. All you need is an oven, parchment paper or silicone liners, and pizza trays or grids if you have them.

The method is quite simple. You simply heat the fruit on a low heat to allow enough water to evaporate to minimize the chance of bacterial growth.

How to dry your own fruit

Prepare your fruits

Choose ripe or just overripe fruits and berries

Wash in cold water

Remove all imperfections

Remove pits or cores from stone fruit

Remove all the stems from the berries

Cut and slice the fruits evenly so that they dry in the same amount of time

(Optional) Remove the skins

Some fruits, such as peaches, nectarines, and apples, dry better if the skin has been removed. Mark the bottom of each fruit by making a shallow "x" with a paring knife. Put in boiling water for 30 seconds, then transfer to a basin filled with ice water. The skins should slide off immediately.

Soak it

To keep the fruits looking good and to minimize discoloration, soak them in lemon juice and water.

Soak the fruits for 10 minutes, drain them and dry them with a lint-free towel.

in the oven

Preheat the oven to 130-160 degrees F. Use a lower temperature for thinly sliced ​​fruit like apples or peaches. Whole strawberries and other berries love the higher heat.

Place parchment paper on baking sheets. Arrange the fruit in a single layer and do not let the pieces touch each other. Line the fruits with a pizza sieve or silicone liner to prevent them from curling up as they dry.

Place the fruit in the oven and rotate the molds every 2 hours.

How do you know if it's ready? Dried fruit should look like leather but still be flexible.

General cooking times

(We've shared a handy graphic to pin down below!)

Plums 6 hours

Pears 6 hours

Fishing 6 hours

Bananas 6 hours

Apples 6 hours

Grapes 8-10 hours

Citrus zest 8-10 hours

Cherries 12 hours

12 hour strawberries

Apricots 12 hours

Heal him!

When the fruits are ready, take them out of the oven and place them in glass or plastic containers to "cure". Leave the container open for 4 to 5 days so that any moisture left by the drying process can evaporate. Shake the container every day or so to move the fruit.

 Close the containers after 5 days and enjoy the dried fruits until the next harvest season, around 10 months.

Don't feel like you have to dry pieces of fruit or berries. Try making your own fruit strips.

Simple Fruit Strip Recipe

Note: Nutritional information may vary

 Combine 2 cups of chopped fruit and berries in a saucepan with 1 cup of water and cook over medium heat until the fruit is tender. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature. Mix the cooked fruits with 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Spread out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Dry at 140 degrees for 5-6 hours. If the fruit is sticky after 6 hours, continue drying for an additional hour. Use kitchen scissors to cut out the shapes you want.

Chef's tip: Save tomato skins

As a chef, I hate to waste any foods.  Tomato skins tend to be discarded, especially when you're canning tomatoes in summertime. Don't pitch them--dry them.  Dried tomato skins are a perfect topping for appetizers like crostini, salads, and even pizza. You can even grind dried tomato skins and add to spice blends.  Follow the steps above, making sure to cover with parchment paper or a pizza screen so that the skins will not curl up while drying.  Bake at 150 degrees for 1-2 hours.  Follow the "curing" instructions above.

Chef's tip #2: Get the holiday spirit early

It's never too early to get ready for the holidays.  Dry slices of oranges for the holiday tree.  Store in a sealed container until the holidays.

[allbestnet]

500 Best Feminist Fiction

The list was compiled based on votes from the Goodreads community

Fiction of which feminism* is a primary theme. Stories about people challenging and overcoming gender roles, sexism, discrimination, etc.

*Feminism is a range of movements and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for women.

1. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

4. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

5. The Awakening by Kate Chopin

6. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

7. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

8. The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

9. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

10. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

11. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

13. Beloved by Toni Morrison

14. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

15. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

16. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

17. Orlando by Virginia Woolf

18. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

19. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

20. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

21. The Hours by Michael Cunningham

22. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

23. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

24. Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) by Tamora Pierce

25. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

26. The Women’s Room by Marilyn French

27. Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

28. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

29. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

30. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler

31. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

32. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

33. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

34. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

35. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

36. Sula by Toni Morrison

37. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

38. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins

39. The V Girl by Mya Robarts

40. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

41. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

42. Lysistrata by Aristophanes

43. The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper

44. Room by Emma Donoghue

45. Middlemarch by George Eliot

46. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

47. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

48. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins

49. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

50. The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan

51. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

52. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

53. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

54. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

55. The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, the Mammoth Hunters, the Plains of Passage (Earth’s Children, #1–4) by Jean M. Auel

56. The Little House Collection (Little House, #1–9) by Laura Ingalls Wilder

57. Fear of Flying by Erica Jong

58. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

59. Kerri’s War (The King Trilogy #3) by Stephen Douglass

60. The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) by Barbara Kingsolver

61. Paradise by Toni Morrison

62. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

63. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

64. Carrie by Stephen King

65. Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

66. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

67. Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) by Kristin Cashore

68. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

69. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery

70. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

71. Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

72. My Ántonia by Willa Cather

73. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

74. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

75. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

76. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

77. Free to Be…You and Me by Marlo Thomas

78. Lilith’s Brood (Xenogenesis, #1–3) by Octavia E. Butler

79. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

80. The Lover by Marguerite Duras

81. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

82. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

83. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

84. The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

85. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

86. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) by Ann Brashares

87. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

88. Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood

89. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

90. Dietland by Sarai Walker

91. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

92. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

93. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

94. The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

95. Fire (Graceling Realm, #2) by Kristin Cashore

96. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

97. Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El-Saadawi

98. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

99. Meridian by Alice Walker

100. The Telling (Hainish Cycle #8) by Ursula K. Le Guin

101. So Far from God by Ana Castillo

102. The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) by Philippa Gregory

103. The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

104. Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth

105. Deerskin by Robin McKinley

106. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

107. Lady of Avalon (Avalon, #3) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

108. Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1) by Robert Thier

109. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

110. Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) by Juliet Marillier

111. Egalia’s Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes by Gerd Brantenberg

112. The Blue Sword (Damar, #1) by Robin McKinley

113. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

114. Trickster’s Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1) by Tamora Pierce

115. Chains (Seeds of America, #1) by Laurie Halse Anderson

116. The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1) by Philip Pullman

117. Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) by Octavia E. Butler

118. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

119. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

120. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan

121. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

122. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

123. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins

124. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

125. Equal Rites (Discworld, #3) by Terry Pratchett

126. Wired by Martha R. Carr

127. Kushiel’s Dart (Phèdre’s Trilogy, #1) by Jacqueline Carey

128. Push by Sapphire

129. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

130. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3) by Tamora Pierce

131. Island of the Blue Dolphins (Island of the Blue Dolphins, #1) by Scott O’Dell

132. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

133. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

134. Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) by Joanne Harris

135. The Song of the Lioness Quartet (Song of the Lioness, #1–4) by Tamora Pierce

136. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

137. Little Bee by Chris Cleave

138. The №1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (№1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith

139. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

140. Wise Child (Doran, #1) by Monica Furlong

141. The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30) by Terry Pratchett

142. Howards End by E.M. Forster

143. The Nightingales of Troy by Alice Fulton

144. Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) by Lisa See

145. Contact by Carl Sagan

146. Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

147. In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2) by Tamora Pierce

148. Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

149. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang by Joyce Carol Oates

150. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

151. First Test (Protector of the Small, #1) by Tamora Pierce

152. Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg

153. Copygirl by Anna Mitchael

154. Freyja’s Daughter (Wild Women, #1) by Rachel Pudelek

155. White Oleander by Janet Fitch

156. The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

157. The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2) by Robin McKinley

158. Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin

159. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

160. Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper

161. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

162. Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf

163. The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing

164. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) by Stephenie Meyer

165. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson

166. Wild Magic (Immortals, #1) by Tamora Pierce

167. The Tiger in the Well (Sally Lockhart, #3) by Philip Pullman

168. Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

169. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

170. True Grit by Charles Portis

171. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

172. Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon

173. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris

174. One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) by Janet Evanovich

175. A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior #4) by Anaïs Nin

176. The Female Man by Joanna Russ

177. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

178. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

179. Odyssey In A Teacup by Paula Houseman

180. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

181. Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) by Cherie Priest

182. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

183. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

184. Ice in My Veins by Kelli Sullivan

185. Baise-Moi by Virginie Despentes

186. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

187. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

188. Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede

189. Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld

190. Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust

191. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

192. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

193. Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

194. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

195. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé

196. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

197. Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

198. Villette by Charlotte Brontë

199. Poems by Emily Dickinson

200. The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt

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Cherry Hill’s 50+ Years of Giving Delight and Fun

Cherry Hill is an amusement park located at Kaysville, Utah. This 50-year-old water park has been delighting families for centuries. Cherry Hill offers water slides, children’s water playground perfect for thrill-seekers and adventurers and snack bars and a pie restaurant for everyone. Each Friday and Saturday evening every summer, Cherry Hill offers free live entertainment.

If you are enjoying all their attractions and want to go on camping, Cherry Hill also has camping sites. Owning a total of 140 campsites, they offer clean, and shaded campsites nestled by 400 trees. Cherry Hill also welcomes families, groups, and companies for a reunion, parties and other celebrations that would fit in their pavilions and campgrounds.

But how was Cherry Hill established? And how did it became one of the most famous amusement parks in Kaysville, Utah?

History

Before its establishment, the farm was once called Just-A-Mere Farm and functioned as a cherry farm.Now the real story begins when the father of Grant S. Lloyd proposed to divide the farm for his two sons, Grant and Reed. They decided to divide the farm through a coin toss.The winner will get the northern part of the farm and the one who loses will have to take the southern part of the farm in which cherry trees are difficult to grow because of the sandy soil.Grant eventually lost the coin toss game so he has to take over the southern part of the farm.After a few years, the Utah Department of Transportation’s bought a large amount of infertile sand from Grant and soon after Grant decided to pursuit to lease some property and partnered with a restaurant company and started a restaurant on the property.The remaining 18 acres will now become the famous Cherry Hill. But before it became a famous name around Kaysville, Utah, Cherry Hill was originally developed to be a campground. Back then, it was called Crossroads Camping open for campers. It housed and entertained nearly 1,700 campers. A few years later, the camp entertained 20,000 campers and visitors every summer.In 1980, Grant built a waterslide that was loved by the local campers. In the year 1994, the Pirates Cove Activity Pool was built for kids with a 40’ pirate ship and a Caribbean sound.In the early ’90s, Grant transferred the operations to his sons. In 2004, Bruce and Keith (Grant’s two sons) opened Grant’s Gulch Lazy Park in honor of their father and they also added storefronts called Mary Lou’s Confectionary which was named after their mother.

Water Parks

Cherry Hill is the house of many famous water slides and activity pools in Kaysville. This includes

· Pirates Cove Pool – a large pool next to a pirate ship that has battle cannons ready to blast water into the pool

· Double Dragons – these dragon-themed waterslides have two dragon heads to welcome you into the slide. It has an additional lighting in the tunnel and are intensified by fogs.

· Grant’s Gulch Lazy River – a river that everyone can enjoy. Children and adults can relax while soaking and floating into this magnificent river with water blasts and surprises everywhere

· Cardiac Canyon River Run – this foam padded slide will surely bring out the adventure in you. Loaded with waterfalls and other jaw-dropping surprises, this is perfect for your perfect summer adventure

· Pirates Cove – a 40 foot pirate ship aided with battle cannon, children will surely enjoy any fun activity in this pool surrounded by pirates and mermaids

Pie Restaurants and Snack Bars

· The Pie Pantry – perfect for dessert lovers. Offers for homemade pies and Cream Pies. They also offer self-served frozen yogurt and other refreshing treats perfect for summer vacations

· The Pirate’s Grill – hotdogs, burgers everyone? Pirate’s grill serves mouth-watering snacks and combo meals are perfect for kids and kids at heart. You can choose a lot of varieties that will make your visit more worth it

· Grant’s Pizza – the right treat for a hungry stomach is their special pizza. Good for kids and adults, you can always visit this awesome pizza house with a large number of flavour options to treat your hunger.

The adventure doesn’t stop right there. There are still a lot of fun activities to discover inside this wonderfully built amusement park! Be sure to come and visit Cherry Hill Park and experience the best summer ever in your life! Built from luck and developed through passion, this more than 50-year-old establishment will last longer and will provide more delight and excitement to every visitor and vacationer.

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Day 21, Noboribetsu, 16th April

Another fabulous day. We have an itinerary but that doesn’t really tell us completely all the wonderful and different things we are going see each day. Japan has proven to be an extremely varied and fascinating country to visit and we are only skimming the top. We have packed a lot into a short period of time. There were prawns and caviar among other things for breakfast, this morning. Fish is such a big part of their diet.

First stop of the day in Hakodate was to the fish market.

There were many stalls selling all sorts of different sea creatures.

Lorraine and Dave buying something at the market. People are a lot more adventurous than me in what they eat. 

You could find the seafood of your taste.

Trays of crabs.

Looking up from the harbour you could see where we had gone last night up to the top of Mt Hakodate. The weather was perfect this morning. Bright blue skies.

I watched this boat come in thinking it was a fishing boat. I thought I would check out it’s catch.

When I got around to the boat the guys had gotten baskets off the boat with nets. They weren’t fishermen but rather there to scoop up the small amount of debris that was in the corner of the harbour. Japan is such a clean country. You never see any litter of any sort around. Everything is pristine. It’s amazing. The Japanese themselves are very clean and they love their baths. Even the hotel baths in our rooms are very deep so you can soak.

Sculpture on the foreshore.

They are quite fond of sculpures of figures which you see all around.

These trees are all over Japan and are pruned each year. I like the sculptural look of their shapes.

The Goryokaku Tower which gives a great view of the city and especially down on the Fort.

I love the attendants outfits.

The girls all look like dolls.

The Goryokaku Fort, you can see the cherry blossom trees all around the outline. You can imagine them out in bloom. The construction of the Fort dates back to 1853, when the US fleet arrived at a Japanese port. The U S wanted Japan to open it’s doors to the rest of the world. The Fort was modelled after European citadel towns.

Mountains in the background.

Plan of the fort.

Self explanatory.

These guys were trying to cut up the cement path but people were also using this path so every time a person came past they had to stop. The guy in red had a whistle and flag to control the work.

I love the way the Japanese look after their plants with supports etc.

The Magistrate’s Office in Goryokaku started in 1862 and was constructed out of pine, cedar and Japanese cypress. The role of the office lost its power with changing governments and the building was transferred to Sapporo in 1871. Some 140 years later it was restored to it’s original site.

Back of the Magistrate’s Office.

Love these trees.

Bridge across the moat.

Me among the cherry blossom trees yet to flower.

I walked around a lot of the grounds and found this one little flower, not on a branch but coming out of the trunk of a tree.

Very old cherry blossom trees. These would look spectacular in bloom but we are about two weeks early. It’s hard to hit the right time for all the blossoms in Japan as down south we perfectly timed it and then Tokyo was still lovely but getting towards their end. The rain we had there would have also done a lot of damage.

There seems to always be mountains in the background wherever we are driving. We picked up a new bus from the bullet train and it is a 46 seater for the 18 of us so everyone has two seats plus each. We also have wifi again which we weren’t expecting.

You see lots and lots of green houses all over the countryside.

This was Onuma Quasi National Park which was a large area of walks around a lake which contained a number of islands joined by a variety of bridges. It was a very pleasant area to walk in. Summer time would look very different with the green leaves on all the trees.

Our first bit of wildlife except for birds and we haven’t seen many of those either.

The Japanese love these high arched bridges. It’s to do with the gods.

Lovely views of the bridges and the mountains.

This area gets so much snow that the white lines to delineate the edge of the road get covered so they mount these red and white arrows up above, however, each one costs 200,000 yen to install.

New spring buds were just appearing near where we had lunch.

This was about the seventh Mt Fuji looking mountain we have seen on our travels.

Uchiura Bay

Showa-Shinkansen which was a miracle mountain which appeared out of the earth following the 1943 eruption of Mount Usu. Japan has to deal with many natural disasters from tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and typhoons.  Thousands of Japanese have been killed by these events.

Mount Usu Ropeway.

Looking down to Lake Toya.

Cathie, Cheryl, Jenny and Al. They seem to have these photo boards all over.

Walking up to the crater. It was a bit blowy on top and there was still snow on the ground.

Looking into the crater that blew in 1977 creating Mt Ousu. The people that live in this area are trained, from an early age, evacuation procedures.

Walking down from the crater to catch the ropeway back down to ground level. We did a bit of walking today so that was good. Most of us have iwatches or iPhones so can monitor our steps each day.

Coming back down.

The first lot of wind machines we have seen this trip.

Entering Hell or Noboribetsu a sulphur hot springs area where we were staying for the night.

Nightly drinks in our room.

Everyone had been for an onsen so were wearing their Ickata wear. They look like pj’s without the tops.

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Kim Kardashian Says She’s Actually ‘Shy and Insecure’ When It Comes to Sex

Kim Kardashian West may be a sex symbol, but the mother of three is far different when she’s behind closed doors at home.

“It’s actually funny, at home I’m much more conservative than my public persona is,” Kardashian West told Richardson magazine for its Issue A9, according to Entertainment Tonight.

The 37-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star admitted that her “public persona is wild, sexual,” but she’s “actually uncomfortable when I talk about sex, and I’m more conservative when it comes to that.”

“But I’m vain like that. I can go on a set and be fully naked in front of 50 people doing a shoot, but if I’m one on one, intimate in bed, I’m like shy and insecure,” she explained to the outlet for her nude cover interview, which happens to be the publication’s 20th anniversary issue.

“I definitely have two different personalities like that,” Kardashian West admitted.

Becoming a parent to daughters North, 5, and Chicago, 9 months, and son Saint, 2, with husband Kanye West has boosted her self-esteem.

“But I think motherhood has actually made me more confident about being publicly sexy,” she said.

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You don’t even understand how many lollipop bribes this pic cost me…but it was so worth. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. I’m the luckiest mom in the world to have these three babies in my life!

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Her nude cover interview — shot by photographer Steven Klein — certainly isn’t the first time the Kimoji creator has stripped down.

In January, days after welcoming daughter Chicago via surrogate, she shared a naked photo of herself to Instagram — her famous curves on full display as she laid in bed topless with a bed sheet strategically covering her nether regions.

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is almost here and is inspired by my love for the pretty pink-colored Cherry Blossom trees (Chi’s baby shower was cherry blossom themed!)

The collection includes a 10-pan eyeshadow palette, 3 blushes, 8 lipsticks and 3 lip liners in shades of pretty pinks and berries

So excited for you guys to get this beautiful collection !

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Shot by fashion photographers Mert and Marcus (Mert Alaş and Marcus Piggott), the post came attached with a cheeky caption: “Night Cap.”

In promotion of her KKW Beauty cherry blossom-themed makeup collection nine months later, she shared a nude photo of herself shot by Greg Swales in which her genitals are barely covered by pretty pink petals as she kneels on a pile of the flowers.

And just how does she get that fit physique of hers?

“I work out about an hour-and-a-half every single day, heavy weights. I don’t do a lot of cardio. But honestly, like even my mom pulled me aside maybe a week ago and pulls me in a closet and is like, ‘What are you doing?’ She says, ‘I don’t care what, I just need to know.’ I’ve been working out really hardcore with a bodybuilder for one year. September is our one-year anniversary,” Kardashian West told E! News in August.

“I’ve lost 20 pounds and I’m really proud of that. I was almost 140 forever and now I’m like 116 and it just feels good,” she continued. “I didn’t see results right away, but when you stick with something and you’re consistent, you will. So, I love it.”

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Rules: Answer all questions, add one question of your own and tag as many people as there are questions. Tagged by @clotpolesonly​

1. Coke or Pepsi: Coke 100%. Bonus points if it’s cherry. And watching a movie.

2. Disney or Dreamworks: Dreamworks

3. Coffee or Tea: BOTH (no milk, no sweetening, unless it’s chocolate in coffee) 

4. Books or Movies: I’m gonna say both again.

5. Windows or Mac: Windows

6. DC or Marvel: I don’t particularly dig superheroes, honestly. I have watched more Marvel though.

7. Xbox or Playstation: Pfft PC, which is super duper sad, I know.

8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect: I’ve watched more Dragon Age let’s plays, so let’s go with that one.

9. Night Owl or Early Rise: I’m inclined to say night owl because I routinely stay up until 3AM (even working mornings), but man insomnia has been kicking my ass lately. It’s kinda both. Don’t fall asleep, can’t stay asleep.

10. Cards or Chess: Chess is one of those things people always expected me to be good at, but I never had the attention span to sit down and play, even with my former chess club member of a father being a thing in my life. I’m actually usually pretty good at cards, but I don’t like playing haha.

11. Chocolate or Vanilla: Both? *cries, whispering the lyrics to “Why Can’t We Be Friends”*

12. Vans or Converse: I wore Converse to prom once. I also wear them to work even though we’re not technically allowed to wear non-sponsored brands.

13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar: I googled this--Dragon Age reference. Seeing as I didn’t know, I don’t really care either.

14. Fluff or Angst: 70% of the time angst.

15. Beach or Forest: Treeees. GREEN THINGS. WHY WOULD I WANT MORE DESERT AND USELESS DIRT.

16. Dogs or Cats: Doggos. I love all doggos. A dog could quite possibly try to murder me and I’d still want to be its friend. I like cats, but if I have to pull my damn car over to sneeze eight thousand times after visiting one while resisting the urge to rub my itchy eyes, I’m going to sit here with my 500+ digital phone app cats and call it a day.

17. Clear Skies or Rain: Always rain. Fun fact: there are like 300 days of SUN here. Granted, rain doesn’t smell as good other places as it does in the desert, but I still like it, even if it means you’re trying to literally climb a mountain and the rain is telling you no.

18. Cooking or Eating Out: BOTH DAMMIT 

19. Spicy Food or Mild Food: My mouth says spicy, my intestines say how dare you.

20. Halloween/Samhain or Solstice/Yule/Christmas: Halloween. Too spoop 4 u.

21. Would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: A little too cold. Trust me, when you’re sitting in a car that’s like 140 degrees with a burn of Abe Lincoln’s face in your palm from the penny you picked up in the parking lot, you will consider whether or not ripping off all your skin is an option for cooling off. It is far more socially acceptable to simply put on a cardigan.

22. If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Lame stolen one from an old tumblr post, but probability? The possibilities are endless.

23. Animation or Live Action: Animation 100%. 

24. Paragon or Renegade: ?? 

25. Baths or Showers: Showers.

26. Team Cap or Team Iron Man: See Answer #6

27. Fantasy or Sci-Fi: Por que no los dos?

28. Do you have three or four favourite quotes? If so, what are they:

Despite, you know, literally having a B.A. in BOOK READING, I legit don’t.

29. YouTube or Netflix: Netflix, but lately I’ve been on this ridiculous midnight ritual of watching horror let’s plays.

30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: Is this even a question??? Harry Potter.

31: When You Feel Accomplished: Lately it’s been whenever I actually do something productive. That bar is so low, and I always astound myself whenever I continue to limbo under it.

32. Star Wars or Star Trek: Star Trek I suppose, mostly out of family obligation (my mother is the hugest of Trekkies, and despite my sheer resistance to watching any of it, I do kinda like it...There’s always a bit of a soft spot for the things that you hung up on your Christmas tree, I suppose).

33. Paperback Books or Hardback Books: I like hardbacks on my shelf, but good lord those things are actually terrible to read. I have, in the past, literally waited several extra months to purchase a book in a series I had been dying to read because I did not want to be sidled with a stupid hardback.

34. Handwriting or Typing: I’m a pretty fast typer, but my handwriting is pretty bomb, 

35. Velvet or Satin: Satin. 

36. Video Games or Movies? BOTH I’M NOT PICKING AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME.

37. Would you rather be the dragon or own the dragon? Since before graduation, I’ve been answering the stupid question, “What are you going to do with your life?/What do you want to be?” with “Be a dragon”, mostly because I just want to have a good amount of money saved and be comfortable. Although if dragons were actually like dogs, I’d be down for that, too.

38: Sunrise or sunset: Sunset. Fuck the sun. The second it goes down, so does any headache I’ve had throughout the day.

39: What’s your favourite song? Right now I really love Anastasia by A Silent Film. Like I need any help being an escapist little fuck, but hey. It’s probably not going to be the anthem for when I inevitably throw shit in my car and drive until I stop somewhere that looks nice. 

40: Horror Movies yes or no: YES but everyone gets mad at me because I don’t think they’re scary and laugh at really inappropriate times. I’ve been punched for it. I really like going to bed to scary things, probably because my mother read my ghost stories for bedtime stories, but eh, no nightmares here.

41: Ketchup/tomato sauce on pasta or not? If we’re talking marinara, yes, but why on god’s green earth would you friggin put ketchup on noodles. Like yes, I’ve used ketchup in recipes for noodles but not just ketchup? Eww. 

42: Favourite film when you were a kid?: omg @clotpolesonly QUEST FOR CAMELOT. I watched that movie literally five times a day for like five years. No wonder why we’re such fucking Arthurian Legend nerds. 

43: What’s your favorite smell? Peppermint. Mint anything.

(New Question): Do you unreasonably hate anything? (every single time I see a credit/debit card at work that has a vertical picture, I get inexplicably annoyed.)

I’m tagging: @owncode @dannysonwater @daftmuffin @science-bish @flamequeencyndaquil (that’s it, or if you’re a follower, go ahead and take this and fill it out, if you want haha)

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Volunteers helped to plant Sainsbury's Community Orchard at Langley Vale

Volunteers from Epsom and the surrounding area got stuck in planting 140 apple, pear, cherry and plum trees and creating a unique community orchard on the rolling, blizzard hit hills of Surrey.

The two-year-old trees, currently just a metre or two high, will eventually mature and produce a rich harvest of fruit for visitors, walkers and locals alike for many years to come.

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Behold, the Business Wisdom of Warren Buffett

When your nickname in the business world is the “Oracle of Omaha,” it’s likely that you have wisdom worth sharing with entrepreneurs. Meet Warren Buffett. You’ve probably heard of him, whether for his notable leadership at Berkshire Hathaway or his infamous appetite for fast food.

How did Buffett rise to the top of the business ranks? By all accounts, he was destined for greatness. When he was only 6 years old, Buffett began buying batches of Coca-Cola bottles at his grandpa’s store. Each 6-pack cost 25 cents and Buffett then sold the bottles for 5 cents apiece.

Not satisfied with his soda profits, 11-year-old Buffett began purchasing Cities Service Preferred stock shares. The stock value dropped, causing him to doubt his decision. When the shares rebounded, he quickly sold them to ensure a profit. The move proved hasty, as the stocks soared over 150% after his sale.

Based on his hard lessons from the Cities Service Preferred stock, Buffett embraced the importance of patience in business—and this mantra began to pay off in major ways.

“By the late ’70s, his reputation had grown to the point that the rumor Buffett was buying a stock was enough to shoot its price up 10%,” says The Balance Small Business. “Berkshire Hathaway’s stock was trading at more than $290 a share, and Buffett’s personal wealth was almost $140 million.”

Aside from patience, there are plenty of other lessons to take from a Yoda-like guru such as Buffett. Here are some of his notable quotes:

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

This statement hearkens to the very heart of entrepreneurship. Having a small business idea is only valuable if you take the time to nurture it and bring it to life. Whether it’s the creation of your business or implementing a crucial strategy that could help take it to the next level, you’ve got to “plant the trees” so that you can relish their benefit in the future.

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make fewer impulse decisions than most people in business.”

Yes, there are times in business when fast action is required. But don’t confuse decisiveness with impulsivity. If you’ve taken the time to understand a situation and ponder your options, you’ll be prepared to make the right decision at the right time.

During your quiet times, reflect on why you started in business and what you hope to accomplish. Do a little competitor research. Read about someone who inspires you. Drink a glass of wine. Think about whatever your creative mind guides you to consider. Cap it off with another glass of wine.

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”

Many small business owners have already learned this lesson from harsh experience. Developing a solid business reputation is a tedious effort. In many ways, it’s like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, who had to roll a giant rock up a hill only to have the rock roll back down every time it neared the top. You can work hard for months and months, but when reputation-related disasters strike, it can all come crashing back down the hill.

The difference between your business and Sisyphus is that a tumble down the hill isn’t an inevitability for your business. By thoughtfully considering all your customer interactions and resolving issues when they arise, you can keep things moving in a positive direction.

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

It can be hard to know what lies ahead for your business—in fact, it’s downright impossible. But the past has always been a useful way to anticipate the future. As Buffett mentions above, never miss an opportunity to reflect on how your business has been going and where it could be heading. The more you think, the more you’ll grow as a business owner.

Your efforts will always be more effective if you draw your lessons from actual data. This requires you to track results studiously. Put systems in place to record relevant information so that you can draw from the complete story. Otherwise, you’ll just be cherry-picking, which is never the way to make accurate assessments.

You might never develop Buffett’s legendary investing acumen, but you can certainly apply his wisdom to your business efforts. By using patience, reflection, strategy, and customer service, you’ll separate yourself from the competition and set the stage for years of success.

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Keeping Both Mason Bees and Honey Bees

Many people, especially those with fruit trees to pollinate, want to keep both mason bees and honey bees in the same yard. But is that good for the bees? Will they harm each other or compete for resources? How close is too close?

In order to understand the answers to these questions, it helps to know something about the biology of both types of bees. Honey bees are great pollinators, but they have some drawbacks when it comes to fruit tree pollination. Originally, honey bees evolved in warm climates, but they gradually spread further and further north as people fell in love with their honey. They eventually made their way to Northern Europe and, later, they were shipped to the New World.

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Even though most of this migration was in the distant past, honey bees have retained their preference for warmth. They do not fly on cold days nor on cloudy mornings. As a result, they are often useless for pollinating fruit trees and other early flowering plants. On the other hand, many native bee species take cold weather in stride and work the fruit blossoms while the honey bees are still holed up inside. You can imagine the honey bees sitting by the fire, drinking hot chocolate, and complaining about the weather!

Mason bees (genus Osmia) are often used for fruit tree pollination because they are early bees that nest in cavities such as reeds and straws. Mason bees are efficient pollinators that can be easily propagated, moved, and stored. But don’t let the name confuse you. While there is just one species of honey bee in North America, there are more than 140 species of Osmia. Some are spring bees and some are summer bees, and some are limited to certain areas of the continent.

Differences in Lifestyle

The mason bee’s indifference to cold and cloudy weather means they forage earlier in the morning and later in the evening than honey bees. In addition, they forage on those cold, overcast days when the honey bees refuse to go outside. This adds up to many, many hours, especially in the early spring when fruit trees need attention.

A second major difference between honey bees and mason bees is their taste for sugar. Since honey bees must make honey, they seek out nectar that is very high in sugar. For example, nectar can be 60 percent sugar (some canola varieties) or as low as four percent sugar (some pear varieties). That means there is 15 times more sugar in the canola flowers than in the pears! Which would you rather use to make honey?

What that means to the orchardist is that even on a warm day, the honey bees will probably ignore your pear trees. Mason bees, on the other hand, don’t make honey. Since they use nectar solely for drinking, they are perfectly happy with a low-sugar beverage as they collect pollen for their young.

The third major difference is lifespan. Adult mason bees and honey bees both live about four-to-six weeks in the spring and summer months. But after that period, the adult masons die and their brood overwinters in a cocoon until spring. The honey bee colony, however, keeps producing new bees to replace the old ones, so the colony remains active all season.

Lifestyles Can Restrict Competition

These three differences— cold tolerance, taste for sugar, and active period — explain why your mason bees and honey bees may not actively compete with each other. In cold years, the mason bees can complete their adult phase before the honey bees even begin their work for the year. In warm years, the honey bees will most likely ignore some of the fruit trees, leaving plenty for the masons. Remember, the best plants for mason bees may not necessarily be the best plants for honey bees.

However, not all fruit tree nectar is low in sugar. Most honey bees are happy to pollinate cherry and apple trees, in which case there might very well be competition. This is offset somewhat by the fact that mason bees start foraging earlier in the day, which gives them an advantage in the cool morning hours.

In cases where you have warm weather and high-sugar nectar, the honey bees will probably outcompete the mason bees. Although masons are quick and highly efficient, honey bees make up for it in sheer numbers. So how can you help your mason bees?

Osmia in honey bee hive: Mason bees and honey bees are not antagonistic. These mason bees decided an empty honey comb was the perfect place to build a nest.

Giving Mason Bees a Leg Up

To lend your bees a hand, it helps to look at another difference between mason bees and honey bees: foraging distance. Honey bees can easily forage for food in a two- or three-mile radius of their hives. In times of dearth, they often travel much further than that. On the other hand, mason bees usually forage in a much shorter radius, 200 to 300 feet, at most. Distance to the food source is a much bigger issue for the mason bees than the honey bees.

In addition, mason bees need to be near a source of water and a supply of mud. If one of their supplies is a long way off, the mason bees waste time. You want them pollinating your trees, not flying around looking for mud and water, so keep these resources close to their nesting area. I once dug a hole to plant a bush and filled the hole with water. As the water drained away, dozens of mason bees dove into the hole and began scraping the sides, collecting globs of mud. Now I do this on purpose and it works great.

So to help your masons, place their nesting tubes as close to the crop as possible. If you want them to pollinate a fruit tree, you can place the nests directly under the tree. Conversely, locate your honey bees hives further away. Obviously, the honey bees can still get to the trees, but the mason bees have an advantage because they don’t have to waste time traveling to and fro.

Do you have both mason and honey bees in your yard? What tips can you share for keeping both?

Keeping Both Mason Bees and Honey Bees was originally posted by All About Chickens

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Continuing my highly personal notes on Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook (2012), here’s Chapter Sixteen: Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens. Any misrepresentations of Bane’s words or work are mine alone and completely unintentional. Notes on each chapter linked here.

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“Some of the most cold-hardy wild fruits will not grow in regions much warmer than zone 4, but others stretch all the way to zone 9. I will not remark on those that should be removed from the list as we proceed southward, except to say that when you can grow figs, you become much less interested in cranberries, even if they tolerate your climate. Judge accordingly.” — Peter Bane

What? Figs? But cranberries are beautiful and delicious! Even these Viburnum trilobum highbush cranberries, which are different from Thanksgiving cranberries, which are vacciniums.

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Trees provide us food, fiber, and energy.

“… when vandals strike (and they have been striking for as long as there have been grain-based surpluses), it is possible to grab your seed corn and flee over the horizon to live and perhaps to plant another day. Tree cultivators live by the virtues of their ancestors and work for the benefit of their descendants. Fire and the sword can undo in one season many generations of care, and recovery is slow. To embrace permanent agriculture based on woody perennials, we must enter into uncharted territory. Tree cropping is not wholly unknown: humans have been cultivating tree fruits for nearly 7,000 years[; the] past century, however, has seen an enormous explosion of scientific and agronomic research into the intensive cropping of grains, legumes and oil seeds, and secondarily into the mass production of a small number of livestock species. These crops have become the basis of industrial food. Adopting tree crops is part of a broadbased citizen initiative to correct the imbalance of research effort in our food system.”

Coppice: A way to “Cut and come again.” Using hand tools, can cut [non-conifer] trees to the stump and allow them to regrow. Trees don’t have to grow tall before their wood is harvested:

“Instead of allowing trees to grow to a mature height and girth, under coppice systems they are grown only to the dimension that meets the need of the products for which they are cultivated. If you need stove wood of three-inch diameter, it makes no sense to fell and split a two-foot-diameter tree. Better to cut the stems when they are the right dimension for the job.”

coppicing example from Bane’s book

Coppicing frees trees to cover their trunks, limbs, and branches with new cambium cells, so energy in the roots can create new growth; it resets the tree’s life clock.

Tree roots: Most of soil life and nutrients is in the top 12 inches of ground, and that’s where tree’s roots predominantly are, except in arid lands. Tree roots can spread 3x the diameter of the crown. For many trees, the branches on one side of the tree are fed from roots on the opposite side. Trees have structural roots, which anchor them, and feeder roots, which bring them food, and these latter roots are often sloughed off.

Ramial wood: Ramial wood is the young growth of woody plants. [I think we read elsewhere that the wood diameter should be no more than 3″.] It can be cut (it often is cut anyway, for pruning and such) and applied as mulch, breaking down into humus quickly, usually in less than a year. Woody plants are a prime source of fertilizer and mulch to maintain fertility in gardens and farm fields, especially those species that fix nitrogen and those with lots of leaves attached.

my ramial wood pile, April 2015

Some shrubs and trees to consider for coppicing and ramial mulch: “Willows are prolific wherever water is available. Poplar and aspen are fast-growing and respond to coppice. Elaeagnus species, especially the widespread autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) and Russian olive (E. angustifolia), are often seen as dispersive problem plants: make them work for you rather than spend energy trying to exterminate them. We had two autumn olives show up unbidden in a neglected section of our garden. We cut them back every year for mulch and nitrogen, and they have become fertility anchors for the crop species around them. They will eventually provide edible berries.”

swallowtail butterfly on an autumn olive, nearby rail trail in NH, June 2014

Consider planting the legume shrub caragana (Siberian peashrub) in cold climates (zone 2-10, can get 20′ tall, yellow flowers in May).

taller shrub shown here is Siberian peashrub, at Paradise Lot in Holyoke, MA, June 2016

Take no more than 1/3 of a shrub at a time unless you’re cutting it to the ground to grow more stems.

We need trees and shrubs architecturally in the garden, as windbreaks, as visual screens, as part of integrated pest management to confuse pests, to anchor plant guilds, to attract birds.

Woody nitrogen-fixers are listed in Appendix 3.

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Trees for Food: Nuts: hazelnut (corylus), pine, walnut (juglans), hickory (carya; Carya ovata, shagbark hickory, is among the best-flavored), gingko, chestnut (castanea), and in southern climates, pecan, pistachio, almond. Most reach 40-140 feet tall and take 10-20 years to bear, but most hazels are shrubs and bear quickly.

[My hazelnut shrubs are about 4′ tall now and bore a few nuts, which wildlife nabbed, last year, their 3rd year.]

one of 2 or 3 hazel nuts, mid-July 2017

Difference in size in one hazelnut shrub from May 2016 to June 2017:

same hazelnut shrub, May 2016

one hazelnut shrub, June 2017

Hazelnuts: “American and California hazels (Corylus americana and C. cornuta), European species (C. avellana) and the many crosses between them (hazelberts, filhazels) show a compact, shrubby form and can be coppiced. Hazels will begin bearing after about four years and may live for half a century. They may reach 20 feet at maturity but can readily be maintained at 8–10 feet for cropping purposes.” Hazelnuts can make a dense screen and can be interplanted with tree or cane fruits. They fruit on one-year-old wood. ___________________________________

More on nut trees: I did my own research on some of these, looking for the best for my zone 4 climate and smallish yard — hazelnuts were the winners:

Chestnuts: Take 8 years or more to bear nuts. Need two varieties for cross-pollination. Chinese, 40′ tall, zone 4, blight-resistant. Dunstan, 50′ tall, zone 4. Colossal, zone 5.

Hazelnuts: American hazel, 6-12′ tall, zone 3. European, 12-25′ tall, zone 4. Beaked (the kind that’s wild here), 6-12′ tall, zone 3. California, 25′ tall, zone 4. Hybrid Filazel/Hazelbert, 12-15′ tall, zone 3, takes 3-4 year to bear.

Walnuts: Walnuts are allelopathic (lots of plants can’t grow near or under them). Butternut, 40-90′ tall, very cold hardy zone 3, can take 20 years for nuts, gets a fungus. Heartnut, 50-90′ tall, zones 4-6. Buartnut, a fast-growing hybrid of butternut and heartnut walnut with nuts in 3-6 years, 50-60′ tall, zones 4-7. Black, 50-70′ tall, zones 4-9, takes 12-15 years for nuts.

Shagbark Hickory (common in New England in the wild): 70-85′ tall, can tolerate some shade, zones 4-7.

Gingko: 75′ tall but can be kept short with pruning, zones 3-8, should use only male plants (females stink).

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A few of these trees found in the wild or planted other places:

gingko, Longwood Gardens (eastern PA), June 2013

shagbark hickory tree, Middlebury, VT, Nov. 2016

shagbark hickory tree nut, Odiorne State Park, Rye, NH, Aug. 2017

beaked hazelnuts, Butterfield Pond trail, Wilmot, NH, Sept. 2016

‘Fort McNair Red Horse Chestnut’ blooming at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME, June 2017

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Fruiting Shrubs and Vines: Grapes need 90% new growth removed (when dormant) each year, and they need full sun to fruit well. [We have some growing wild and fruiting in the yard with no care:]

“If you didn’t plant your fruit trees ten years ago, the next best time to do so is today, provided it is late winter, spring or a moist autumn.”

Tree fruits: Pomes: apple, medlar, pear, quince, hawthorn. Pears: Plant three or more varieties together. Bees are not very interested in pears. Stone (self-fertile; 2/3 of the time, a seed will grow to resemble its parent): plum, apricot, cherry, peach, almond, and crosses of nectarine and pluot

Bane has several pages on grafting methods that I didn’t really read.

Selecting trees for your climate: Fruit tree species listed by USDA zones. I noted only those to zone 5 (my best, warmest microclimate) and only those I was interested in: Zone 0 (near tundra): Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia); wild pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica), chokecherry (P. virginiana), northern mountain ash (Sorbus decora), highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum). Zone 1: mountain ash (Sorbus americana), northern mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), some crab apples, a couple small apple varieties. Zone 2: more cultivated apples and crab apples, apricots (Prunus mandshurica), Canada plum (P. nigra), currants, gooseberries, lowbush blueberries, cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon), elderberries (Sambucus nigra), hawthorns, some sand cherries (Prunus pumila), nannyberry (Viburnum lentago).

elderberry shrubs, Aug 2017

Zone 3 (includes some parts of the Adirondacks and Maine, northern Minnesota and upper Michigan, high elevations in the mountain West, plus lots of Canada): tart cherry, American plums, some Japanese plums, some bush cherry, some roses (including R. rugosa), European mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia var. edulis), American hazel (Corylus americana), blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium), more apples and crab apples, a few pear cultivars. Zone 4: most apples, most pears, butternut and black walnut, many grapes, hardy kiwis (Actinidia arguta, A. kolomikta), more apricots, some European plums, white mulberry (Morus alba). Zone 5: hardy varieties of peach, some northern pecans, buartnut, gingko, highbush blueberries [there are actually some cultivars that do well in zones below 5], sweet cherry, Damson and prune plums, red mulberries, American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), Cornus kousa, and pawpaw (Asimina triloba).

“Order only as many plants as you can plant within a week, and begin preparing your planting holes in advance.”

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How to Plant a Tree: I’ve planted a lot of trees and shrubs but still found useful tips, e.g., to turn the prominent side branch, if there is one, to the prevailing wind (here, it’s NW) to give it extra protection; to stab the sides of the hole so roots can head off horizontally; and to tamp the roots and soil as you go, so as not to leave large air pockets.

Here are the full instructions:

Pruning: “A young apple, pear or peach needs about three dozen leaves per fruit, or six to eight inches of stem per fruit. A 3- to 4-year-old tree may do well with about 50 fruits, a number that will increase from year to year. About four to six weeks after flowering, you can see which blossoms have been pollinated, as these will be showing small fruits.  Remove all but one or two in each flower cluster, favoring those that are largest and have no blemishes or insect damage. If you cannot tell which are going to fill out, wait another week or two to allow them to swell. With young cherries, plums and apricots, there is less concern about thinning the crop.”  [I’ve also read to thin peaches out to about one peach fruitling every 4-6″ on a stem, and do it early and perhaps twice.]

“Pay particular attention to the time of blooming and record this each year for each tree or major block of trees. Notice also what wild plants are then blooming, what birds are migrating through, what frogs are mating at the same time and other climate-sensitive phenomena.”

(Quechee Gorge, VT, May 2011)

Benefits of trees in the garden/farm: Shade, protection, windbreak, cooling, lowering a high water table, soil building, visual screening, fencing, mulch as leaves and twigs drop, fuel, fruits/nuts, nitrogen-fixers, fertilizer, forage for bees and wildlife, habitat. Never plant a tree that can’t serve at least three functions.

arborvitae ‘Emerald Green’ windbreak/hedge, Bedrock Gardens, Lee, NH, Sept. 2016

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Forest Gardens: Polyculture – mix of species. Structure of a temperate forest garden is based on canopy elements, i.e., trees like apples, pears, cherries, walnuts or chestnuts. Other tall elements could include nitrogen-fixing trees for fertility (e.g., black locust, alders, mimosa). The middle layer could include shrubs like serviceberries, elderberries, hazels, Siberian pea shrub, autumn olive. Ground cover layer could include mints, alliums, nasturtiums, comfrey, burdock, sedums, horseradish, lovage, yarrow, fennel, annuals, clovers, lamiums. He talks specifically about fruit tree guilds on p. 331.

[Below, just a few of the ground covers and middle layer plants in my fruit guild: ]

Using weeds: “An important shortcut to successful forest gardening is to learn about and use a good range of friendly weeds. These are expansive or dispersive plants that are easy to use or to live with. They don’t have thorns. If they show up where you don’t want them, they’re easy to move or to get rid of. They’re pretty or edible or make good compost or medicine, so that you don’t mind having lots of them. Lettuce is a friendly weed in our garden. … Chickweed, mache and lambsquarters are friendly weeds. Dandelions are a bit stubborn but basically OK.” But you may also have to suppress weeds you don’t want — for instance, creeping euonymous, poison ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, multiflora rose, maple seedlings, hackberry, black cherry, ashes, some grasses, or whatever is vexacious in your region.

[Below, a few of the weeds that have emerged in my garden and have been left to beautify and nourish it: ]

“Forest gardening is part of a larger strategy to create productive woodland mosaics in our inhabited landscapes.”

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Featured image (top image) is some sort of mountain ash (Sorbus sp.), Sunset Hill Trail, Newbury, NH, Aug. 2014

Book Notes: The Permaculture Handbook :: Chapter Sixteen Continuing my highly personal notes on Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook (2012), here's Chapter Sixteen: Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens. 

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American Heart Association President Suffers Heart Attack at 52 Dr. Mercola By Dr. Mercola In the health paradox of the year, 52-year-old cardiologist John Warner, president of the American Heart Association (AHA), recently suffered a heart attack in the middle of a health conference.1,2 In a statement, the association reported Warner was in stable condition after having a stent placed to open a blocked artery. Part of Warner’s speech at the Scientific Sessions conference in Anaheim, California, centered around his own family’s struggle with heart disease. "After my son was born and we were introducing him to his extended family, I realized something very disturbing: There were no old men on either side of my family. None. All the branches of our family tree cut short by cardiovascular disease," Warner said in his speech.3 “Together we can make sure old men and old women are regulars at family reunions, that people live long enough and healthy enough to enjoy walks and fishing trips with their grandchildren and maybe even their great-grandchildren. In other words, I look forward to a future where … children grow up surrounded by so many healthy, beloved, elderly relatives that they couldn't imagine life any other way.” The AHA’s CEO, Nancy Brown, said in a statement:4 “John wanted to reinforce that this incident underscores the important message that he left us with in his presidential address … that much progress has been made, but much remains to be done.” Many AHA Recommendations Worsen Heart Health In all likelihood, Warner followed AHA recommendations, many of which are actually recipes for heart disease disaster. Of the foods scientifically proven to cause heart disease and clogged arteries, excess sugar and industrially processed omega-6 vegetable oils, found in nearly all processed foods, compete for space at the top the list. And what kinds of foods does the AHA recommend to protect your heart? Not only does it support ample grain consumption, it also recommends eating harmful fats such as canola, corn, soybean and sunflower oil.5 “Blends or combinations of these oils, often sold under the name ‘vegetable oil,’ and cooking sprays made from these oils are also good choices,” the AHA says. Meanwhile, the association still insists saturated fats are to be avoided. Just this past summer the AHA shocked health experts around the world by sending out a worldwide advisory6 saying saturated fats such as butter and coconut oil should be avoided to cut your risk of heart disease, and that replacing these fats with margarine and vegetable oil might cut your heart disease risk by as much as 30 percent. Overall, the AHA recommends limiting your daily saturated fat intake to 6 percent of daily calories or less.7 This is as backward as it gets, and if Warner was following this long-outdated advice, it’s no wonder he suffered a heart attack. In fact, it is to be expected. As noted by American science writer Gary Taubes in his extensive rebuttal to the AHA’s advisory,8 with this document, the AHA reveals its longstanding prejudice — and the method by which it reaches its flawed conclusions. In short, the AHA simply excluded any and all contrary evidence. After this methodical cherry-picking, they were left with just four clinical trials published in the 1960s and early ‘70s — the eras when the low-fat myth was born and grew to take hold. The problem is nutritional science has made significant strides since then, and a number of significant studies have firmly disproven the hypothesis that saturated fat causes heart disease, finding no association whatsoever. In related news, the AHA recently issued new guidelines on blood pressure,9 moving the goal post for heart health yet again. Now you’re considered hypertensive if your blood pressure is above 130 over 80. Previous guidelines started hypertension at 140 over 90. This means an estimated 30 million Americans will qualify for the designation of having high blood pressure, and of those, an estimated 1 in 5 are likely to receive the recommendation to take blood pressure medication. Flawed Fat Recommendations Have Been Followed With Disastrous Consequences Since the 1950s, when vegetable oils began being promoted over saturated fats like butter, Americans have dutifully followed this advice, dramatically increasing consumption of vegetable oil. Soybean oil, for example, has risen by 600 percent while butter, tallow and lard consumption has been halved. We’ve also dramatically increased sugar consumption, which has also been implicated as a primary contributor to heart disease and other chronic health problems.10 While following this advice, Americans have gotten fatter and sicker. Heart disease rates have not improved even though people have been following the AHA’s “heart healthy diet.” Common sense tells us if the AHA’s advice hasn’t worked in the last 65 years, it’s not likely to start working now. Modern research is just now starting to reveal what actually happens at the molecular level when you consume vegetable oil and margarine, and it’s not good. For example, Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh,11 a biologist at the University of British Columbia, has shown your mitochondria cannot easily use polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs) for fuel due to the fats’ unique molecular structure. Other researchers have shown the PUFA linoleic acid hinders mitochondrial function and can even cause cell death.12 PUFAs are also not readily stored in subcutaneous fat. Instead, PUFAs tend to get deposited in your liver, where they contribute to fatty liver disease, and in your arteries, where they contribute to atherosclerosis. According to Frances Sladek,13 Ph.D., a toxicologist and professor of cell biology at UC Riverside, PUFAs behave like a toxin that builds up in tissues because your body cannot easily rid itself of it. Making matters worse, when vegetable oils like sunflower oil and corn oil are heated, cancer-causing chemicals like cyclic aldehydes are also produced.14 Source: The Telegraph November 7, 2015 Vegetable Oils Are Anything But Healthy Other research confirms such findings by linking fried foods to an increased risk of death. For example, eating fried potatoes more than twice a week has been shown to double a person’s risk of death compared to never eating fried potatoes.15 Animal and human research has also found vegetable oils promote: Obesity and fatty liver16 Lethargy and prediabetic symptoms17 Chronic pain/idiopathic pain syndromes (meaning pain with no discernible cause)18 Migraines19 Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis20 According to Dr. Cate Shanahan,21 a family physician and author of “Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food,” the idea that PUFAs are healthier than saturated fats falls flat when you enter the field of biochemistry, because it’s “biochemically implausible.” In other words, the molecular structure of PUFA is such that it’s far more prone to react with oxygen, and these reactions disrupt cellular activity and cause inflammation.22 Oxidative stress and inflammation, in turn, are hallmarks not only of heart disease and heart attacks but of most chronic diseases.23,24 “[T]he folks at the AHA claim saturated fat is pro-inflammatory and causes arterial plaque and heart attacks — but there is no biochemically plausible explanation for their argument,” she told me in an emailed rebuttal to the AHA advisory. “Saturated fat is very stable, and will not react with oxygen the way PUFA fat does, not until the fundamental laws of the universe are altered. Our bodies do need some PUFA fat, but we need it to come from food like walnuts and salmon or gently processed (as in cold pressed, unrefined) oils like flax and artisanal grapeseed, not from vegetable oils because these are refined, bleached and deodorized, and the PUFA fats are molecularly mangled into toxins our body cannot use.” Open Letter to AHA President In an open letter to AHA president Warner, Dr. William Davis, a New York cardiologist and author of The New York Times best seller “Wheat Belly, Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health,” writes, in part: “If you ignore the nonsense that AHA policy dictates, you can absolutely gain control over cardiovascular risk. But you will NOT find the answers in any AHA policy. I learned these lessons practicing as an interventional cardiologist, then abandoning this ridiculous way of managing coronary disease to devote my efforts to early detection and prevention. So, I thought I would articulate some of these thoughts in an open letter to Dr. Warner as he recovers from his procedure … Dr. Warner — … There are a number of reasons why someone like you — deeply-entrenched in the conventional world of heart disease management and what passes for prevention — highlights the miserable failure that the modern coronary care paradigm represents: 1) We are trapped by the outdated but profitable lipid hypothesis … 2) We know from abundant data that small oxidation- and glycation-prone LDL particles are highly atherogenic … are potent triggers of the inflammation cascade … and are triggered to abundant degrees in some genotypes upon consumption of the amylopectin A of grains … [Y]es, the food that the American Heart Association advises to fill the diet with — and sugars … I am hoping that, now that this disease has touched you personally, your eyes will be opened to the corrupt and absurd policies of conventional coronary care and the American Heart Association.” The Magic Pill Myth Needs to End Davis goes on to note that heart disease is a multifactorial problem that cannot be solved with a pill. “Thinking that a statin drug … [is] sufficient to prevent coronary events is absurd and overly-simplistic, like thinking that taking Aricept for dementia will stop the disease — of course, it does no such thing,” he writes, adding, “There are no drugs to ‘treat’ many of the contributors to coronary atherogenesis. But there are many non-drug strategies to identify, then correct, such causes.” Nondrug prevention strategies suggested by Davis include: • Avoiding any and all dietary factors that provoke insulin resistance, glycation and formation of small, dense LDL particles. Importantly, this would include avoiding the harmful fats recommended by the AHA such as margarine and processed vegetable oils, and keeping your total daily fructose consumption below 25 grams per day. • Optimizing your vitamin D level. • Optimizing your omega-3 fat intake: An omega-3 index of 10 percent or greater is associated with “dramatic reduction in cardiovascular events,” Davis notes. Indeed, a 2010 analysis25 found that while diets higher in omega-6 fats (found in ample amounts in vegetable oils) and lower in omega-3s increased the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction and death from heart disease by 13 percent; a mixed diet of both omega-3 and omega-6 fats reduced these risks by 22 percent. Meanwhile, the AHA recommends higher intakes of omega-6, saying26 “Aggregate data from randomized trials, case-control and cohort studies, and long-term animal feeding experiments indicate that the consumption of at least 5 percent to 10 percent of energy from omega-6 PUFAs reduces the risk of coronary heart disease relative to lower intakes. The data also suggest that higher intakes appear to be safe and may be even more beneficial.”This statement runs counter to a large body of research suggesting the converse — specifically, that reducing omega-6 fats and increasing omega-3 is better for your heart. • Addressing your thyroid function. • Optimizing your gut microbiome to address dysbiosis caused by excess sugar, chlorinated and fluoridated water, and exposure to antibiotics, pesticides and common heartburn drugs. Stent Placement No Better Than Placebo Research also does not support the routine procedure of coronary artery angioplasty and stent placement. In fact, recent research suggests up to 50 percent of all stent placements may be unnecessary.27 Moreover, the effectiveness of this procedure is right on par with placebo. In a recent study published in The Lancet, researchers from Imperial College London investigated the difference between patients who had received a stent for stable angina and those who underwent a placebo intervention.28 In the short video above, lead author and interventional cardiologist Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee, describes the study and its results. Two hundred participants with severe single vessel blockage were recruited from five sites across the U.K.29 During the initial six weeks, all patients underwent an exercise test followed by intensive medical treatment. At that point, they were randomly assigned to two groups. The first underwent a percutaneous intervention (PCI) during which coronary angioplasty was performed and a stent was placed. The second group also underwent a PCI procedure with an angiogram but without a balloon angioplasty or stent placement.30 For the following six weeks, neither the patient nor the physician knew if the patient received the stent. At the conclusion of the six weeks, patients again underwent an exercise test and were questioned about their symptoms. The researchers found both groups experienced nearly identical improvements in exercise tolerance and no difference in reported improvements of their symptoms.31 From the data, Al-Lamee commented:32 “Surprisingly, even though the stents improved blood supply, they didn’t provide more relief of symptoms compared to drug treatments, at least in this patient group. It seems that the link between opening a narrowing coronary artery and improving symptoms is not as simple as everyone had hoped.” A New Way of Looking at Heart Disease Download Interview Transcript In this interview, Dr. Thomas Cowan, family physician, founding member of the Weston A. Price Foundation and author of “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor’s Quest to Understand, Treat and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease,” reveals how your heart and circulatory system works. This understanding may go a long way toward changing the way you understand heart disease. He makes a strong case for heart disease being rooted in mitochondrial dysfunction and believes plaque formation alone cannot explain a heart attack."[Conventionally], it's all about the plaque," Cowan says. "My point in the book is that it's NOT about the plaque." The conventional view is that your heart functions like a pump — a pressure propulsion system caused by the muscular contraction of the ventricles. Cowan explains that your heart is actually better described as a hydraulic ram — a vortex-creating machine — where the primary mover of blood is the interaction occurring between the negatively charged vessel walls and the positively charged water in your blood. Importantly, the following three natural energies result in a separation of charges that improve blood flow: 1. Sunlight charges up your blood vessels, which increases the flow of blood. When the sun's rays penetrate your skin, it causes a massive increase of nitric oxide that acts as a vasodilator. As much as 60 percent of your blood can be shunted to the surface of your skin through the action of nitric oxide. This helps absorb solar radiation, which then causes the water in your blood to capture the energy and become structured. This is a key component for a healthy heart. The ideal is to be exposed to the sun while grounding, meaning walking barefoot. This forms a biological circuit that makes it work even better. 2. Negative ions from the Earth, also known as earthing or grounding. This also charges up your blood vessels, creates a separation of charges, creates more positive ions and allows the blood to flow upward, against gravity. 3. The field effect or touch from another living being, such as laying on of hands. A Healthy Heart Is the Result of a Healthy Lifestyle As noted by Cowan, "The best thing is to be, more or less, with shorts or naked on the beach, with the saltwater, which acts as an electrical conductor, holding hands with somebody you love. That's how you structure the water [in your blood vessels]." Sun exposure, grounding and skin-to-skin contact are three heart disease prevention strategies that, ideally, everyone should be doing, and it doesn't get a whole lot easier or less expensive than this. That said, your heart health is really dependent on your diet — what you eat and when you eat. In my view, the best treatment for heart disease is to work your way up to an intermittent fasting schedule where you’re fasting for 20 hours a day. When you do eat, make sure you eat real food, and consider a cyclical ketogenic diet, high in healthy fats, low in net carbs with moderate protein. Once you’re comfortable with this intermittent fasting schedule, start doing a monthly five-day water fast. This really is the most powerful metabolic intervention I know of, and I feel it’s one of the healthiest things I now do for my own health. Senescent cells, which have stopped replicating, play a distinct role in aging and disease. Once replication stops, these cells need to be removed from your body, or else they start clogging it up, causing severe inflammation and immune dysfunction. Fasting very effectively gets rid of senescent cells — a process known as autophagy. Fasting also stimulates the production of stem cells, which help with regeneration and healing. While a five-day fast may sound intimidating, if you’re used to 20-hour daily intermittent fasting for a month before starting your five-day fast, then the hunger that typically strikes on the second day of fasting is dramatically reduced and will typically not be at all bothersome. Fasting is also a powerful remedy for insulin resistance, which is a major underlying factor of heart disease. Other important lifestyle strategies to protect your heart include getting enough CoQ10, getting regular exercise, making sure you get enough sleep (which is really important for mitochondrial health) and avoiding electromagnetic fields. To learn more about these, please read “CoQ10 — The No. 1 Supplement Recommended by Cardiologists,” “Here’s What Losing Sleep Does to Your Heart” and “The Real Dangers of Electronic Devices and EMFs.” Last but not least, the following exercise, which requires only two to three minutes, three times a day, is a super-simple way to boost your heart health. It prompts your body to release nitric oxide, which will help relax your blood vessels and improve your blood pressure.

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1.Nail polish that completely comes off on it’s on after one week. 2. onions that don’t make you cry 3. umbrella that keeps you completely dry from head to feet 4. Salt that turns into sugar 5. Lollipops that don’t cut the roof of your mouth 6. Voice translator for animals 7. Electronic cat repellent (My cat keeps biting my mac and wires) 8. A pill that helps you learn languages in a week. 9. Cake that tastes like fries 10. Donut cupcakes 11. Hydraulic shoes 12. invisible clothes 13. Temperature change blankets 14. Apple donuts (apples that look like donuts) 15. Boyfriend lie detectors that would instantly zap their tongues. 16. Nightshades, turns night into daylight 17. delay send email button for those emails you regret you sent 18. Disappearing tattoos 19. Facetime 911 20. digital bookmaker to tell what page and paragraph we reading 21. Soda that does not get flat 22. Gas less beans 23. Floating shoes to walk on water 24. 24-hour perfume 25. Edible candle wax 26. Change Donald Trump into a Mexican or black person for a year 27. Pinkie toe protector 28. Water pills that keep you hydrated for a couple days if you run out of water. 29. Underwater talking device 30. IQ test for presidential candidates 31. Empathy test for presidential candidates 32. Shoes that stay white 33. Self-inflating deflating ball 34. Ear warming headphones for winter 35. Selfing cooling winter jacket when you get too warm 36. Shirt that changes color 37. Textile that repels deodorant stains 38. Self-cleaning shirt 39. Travel bag handles that bend instead of break 40. Garbage magnet 41. Self-fixing potholes 42. Reflect light in Norway to take away the gloomy grey skies to bring down suicide rates in the winter 43. Crackers that don’t crack until you bite them 44. Railroad tracks that don’t screech with friction 45. An apple that defies gravity 46. Eyebrow stencil for perfect eyebrows 47. Eyebrow hair thinner for painless waxing 48. Lipstick that does not rub on teeth 49. Stainless teeth 50. Anti-cavity sweets 51. Sharpies that don’t stain clothes 52. Magnetic hair beads 53. Lint resistance black textile 54. One key that adapts to different locks 55. Furniture dust repellent 56. Inflammable wig 57. Ruler pencil 58. Motorized shoes with wheels 59. Scooter shopping carts 60. Cell phone cooling screen 61. Cow heel shoes 62. Wifi umbrella 63. Bean bags filled with actual beans 64. Carrots that taste like cherries 65. Bedroom slippers that light up in the dark 66. Candles that do not burn out 67. Edible floss 68. Tank tops with built-in water bottles  69. Biodegradable microbeads 70. A clock that stops time  71. Weightless dumb bells  72. Talking Owl 73. Camera’s that don’t reverse your face 74. Pencil heel shoes that support your weight 75. Solar sunglasses that charges anything  76. Self-cleaning make up brushes 77. Fire retardant trees 78. Light that changes with your mood 79. Wacom pen that also turns to a pencil 80. Wacom pen that can be a stylus for iPads 81. Apple to make actual updates to iPhones and not wait for Samsung 82. CD’s that don’t scratch 83. Miniature CDs 84. Football gear that absorbs impact so athletes will not experience pain or broken bones 85. Rubber knees to jump over buildings 86. Commercial jet packs for humans 87. Sweet aloe vera 88. Treated glass that absorbs heat in closed cars during the summer to prevent child deaths. 89. Ice that does not melt 90. A tooth implant that cleans your mouth while you sleep 91. Mildew repellent 92. Device that tames aggressive dogs 93. Same day corn remover ointment 94. Same day wart remover ointment 95. same day tag remover ointment 96. Chemical free hair relaxer 97. Estrogen Free hair straightener 98. Estrogen free hair relaxer 99. 100% Toxic free hair dye worldwide 100. Ban on producing Johnson’s baby powder and selling it to 3rd world countries 101. 100% chemical free hair lotions worldwide 102. Selling rejected chicken in the Caribbean 103. Ban on skin lightening creams to darker women with nonorganic mercury 104. Paying less for organic food 105. Ban on preventives in food that are ultimately carcinogenic 106. Skin match colors for women of color that perfectly match 107. Permanent ban on Parabens in all cosmetics 108. Heat less iron 109. Built-in neck pillows on planes 110. Snuggie airplane seats  111. Curling irons that detect when hair is about to burn or fall off 112. Anti-odor shoes 113. Heels that don’t hurt on first wear 114. Bluetooth that enables charging your phone by pairing it your computer 115.  Shoe heel with hidden pepper spray 116. Anti-food stain microwaves 117. Mosquito muter 118. TV that turns off automatically when you fall sleep 119. 911 beacon that activates when in distress, don’t need to speak 120. Shatterproof phone screens 121. Dry powder that cleans your body when no water is available  122. Beans that taste like jelly beans 123. Sweaters that don’t thread 124. Orange tomatoes -tomatoes that taste like oranges 125. 3 in one Fan -> Fan, heater, air-condition 126. Xray contact lens 127. Anti-odor leather 128. GPS bean from phone, so you won’t have to look at the screen to know where you’re going 129. Flies that gets rid of bacteria 130. Change poisonous snake venom into life-saving antidotes 131. Change deserts into fertile lands by redirecting some water resources and planting trees 132. Vaccine to prevent all STD transmissions 133. Uber planes, where you don’t need to wait for scheduled flights. 134. Night vision contact lens 135. Bicycles that converts when it rains to keep you dry 136. Car exhaust purifier 137. Hovering fan 138. Mold free sponges 139. Bacteria-free Sponges with built-in bleach 140. Mint chocolate peanut butter m&m’s 141. Mandatory natural food coloring 142. Baby translators 143. Mucus free milk 144. Screwdriver, Allan’s key pencil light 145. Retractable T-square 146. Recycled wine corks 147. Recycled plastic into clothes for the homeless 148. Litter-free zones throughout NYC replaced with plants 149. Stiffer penalties for littering in Subway 150. Stiff fines for spitting on subway steps 151. Built-in mace in cell phone cases to deter thefts 152. Scented mood lights 153. Soundproof toilets 154. Built-in digital control for hot water 155. Edible camping clothes in case you get lost with food. 156. scentless repellents for humans to keep predators away when camping 157. Mandatory GPS locators for hikers and campers in case they get lost and no cell service. 158. SOS light that can be seen in the sky 159. Vaccine that prevents Alzheimer's   160. Vaccine that improves memory 161. Floor cleaning house shoes 162. Scented gift bows 163. Scented gift paper 164. Biodegradable plastics 165. Tech the helps autistic kids to communicate when they can’t speak  or feel frustrated 166. Waterproof ceiling 167. Socks that keep your feet dry from perspiration 168. Color changing t-shirts depending on natural light 169. Toxic detectors on cell phones 170. Flexible glass 171. Screech-less blackboards 172. Translucent chalk powder that disappears 173. Germ-free tablet screens 174. Bath bombs that explode into bubbles rose petals 175. Letter re-sealers 176. Self-destructing junk snail mail after 10 days of being opened   177. Recycling old worn out clothes to new clothes for the less fortunate 178. Greaseless body oil that does not transfer to clothing 179. Pet Fur magnet 180. Books that fold into itself to save space 181. Shoes that climb any surface 182. Head cooling hats in the summer to prevent sweating 183. Pills that microwave into full meals 184. Social media stalker alert from nonfriends 185. Procrastinator zapper 186. Nontoxic instant glue that does not stick skin 187. Reusable post-it notes 188. Multicolored sharpie 189. Translucent powder that removes makeup 190. Cardboard furniture 191. Backpacks that turns into a tent 192. Backpack that turns into a pillow and blanket 193.  A clock that extends the day to 36 hours. 194. Pen-nail clipper 195. Weightless coins 196. Instant body glitter remover 197. Pencil that grows food 198. Vegetable mint candy canes 199. Radio pen 200. Wrinkle free paper

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George Washington

Happy Washington’s Birthday!

February 22, 2017

Dear Kids:

Did I ever tell you about the time I interviewed George Washington for my high school newspaper?  It was my senior year and I was political editor.  George was a pretty hot topic and I was lucky to get in to see him.  I guess he agreed because I looked so perky in my knee socks and Villager outfit.

 The first thing I asked him about was the old cherry tree story.  He laughed and said it did not go down quite that way.  When his father confronted him, he said “Ma said she wanted to make cherry pie and I was just helping her gather the cherries.  You can’t blame me for being helpful!”

 I asked him about his presidency from 1789-1797. “What was the most important accomplishment of your political life?”  I figured he’d cite the invention of the presidency as we know it today or chairing the constitutional convention but no, he hailed the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. He explained “Corn whiskey is a low drink. Makes people course and slovenly.  Surely drinking a fine imported French wine is a more refined pleasure.”

 I was curious about his reaction to the Washington Monument, that obelisk of New Hampshire granite. “Well,” he said “It certainly raises expectations for my performance, doesn’t it?  I’m a little jealous of Lincoln and Jefferson, their monuments are enclosed and out of the weather.  Do you know what it is like to get rained on for 140 years? That Lincoln gets all the breaks.”

 George was an interesting guy.  We shared some cherry tarts and traded stories about frostbite. His were better than mine.

mamamamamamama

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Kim Kardashian Says She’s Actually ‘Shy and Insecure’ When It Comes to Sex

Kim Kardashian West may be a sex symbol, but the mother of three is far different when she’s behind closed doors at home. “It’s actually funny, at home I’m much more conservative than my public persona is,” Kardashian West told Richardson magazine for its Issue A9, according to Entertainment Tonight. The 37-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star admitted that her “public persona is wild, sexual,” but she’s “actually uncomfortable when I talk about sex, and I’m more conservative when it comes to that.” “But I’m vain like that. I can go on a set and be fully naked in front of 50 people doing a shoot, but if I’m one on one, intimate in bed, I’m like shy and insecure,” she explained to the outlet for her nude cover interview, which happens to be the publication’s 20th anniversary issue. “I definitely have two different personalities like that,” Kardashian West admitted. Becoming a parent to daughters North, 5, and Chicago, 9 months, and son Saint, 2, with husband Kanye West has boosted her self-esteem. “But I think motherhood has actually made me more confident about being publicly sexy,” she said. View this post on Instagram You don’t even understand how many lollipop bribes this pic cost me…but it was so worth. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. I’m the luckiest mom in the world to have these three babies in my life! A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on May 13, 2018 at 2:35pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js RELATED: Kim Kardashian Says Marrying Kanye West Made Her a More ‘Private’ Person Her nude cover interview — shot by photographer Steven Klein — certainly isn’t the first time the Kimoji creator has stripped down. In January, days after welcoming daughter Chicago via surrogate, she shared a naked photo of herself to Instagram — her famous curves on full display as she laid in bed topless with a bed sheet strategically covering her nether regions. View this post on Instagram My new @kkwbeauty Classic Blossom Collection is almost here and is inspired by my love for the pretty pink-colored Cherry Blossom trees (Chi’s baby shower was cherry blossom themed!) The collection includes a 10-pan eyeshadow palette, 3 blushes, 8 lipsticks and 3 lip liners in shades of pretty pinks and berries So excited for you guys to get this beautiful collection ! A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Sep 10, 2018 at 12:04pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js Shot by fashion photographers Mert and Marcus (Mert Alaş and Marcus Piggott), the post came attached with a cheeky caption: “Night Cap.” In promotion of her KKW Beauty cherry blossom-themed makeup collection nine months later, she shared a nude photo of herself shot by Greg Swales in which her genitals are barely covered by pretty pink petals as she kneels on a pile of the flowers. And just how does she get that fit physique of hers? “I work out about an hour-and-a-half every single day, heavy weights. I don’t do a lot of cardio. But honestly, like even my mom pulled me aside maybe a week ago and pulls me in a closet and is like, ‘What are you doing?’ She says, ‘I don’t care what, I just need to know.’ I’ve been working out really hardcore with a bodybuilder for one year. September is our one-year anniversary,” Kardashian West told E! News in August. “I’ve lost 20 pounds and I’m really proud of that. I was almost 140 forever and now I’m like 116 and it just feels good,” she continued. “I didn’t see results right away, but when you stick with something and you’re consistent, you will. So, I love it.” Read more: people.com http://dailybuzznetwork.com/index.php/2018/10/22/kim-kardashian-says-shes-actually-shy-and-insecure-when-it-comes-to-sex/