El Rancho Rodriguez Taverns
El Rancho Rodriguez Taverns is listed under the San Bernardino Banquet Facilities category and is located in 775 East Ninth St, San Bernardino, CA. It can be reached at phone number (909)888-3689. For other Banquet Facilities listings in San Bernardino, please check Knights of Columbus-Council 4488, Lotus Garden, Hilton-San Bernardino Hotel, Armstrong Post Hall, and El Cid. All listings can be found in the Banquet Facilities page.
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|Armstrong Post Hall||1541 West 24th Street, San Bernardino, 92411||Profile|
|El Cid||1139 West 6th Street, San Bernardino, 92411||Profile|
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Rongcheng Holiday Hotel
Rongcheng Holiday Hotel is a 4-star property only 2.1 km from Sichuan University, New International Convention & Exposition Center Chengdu Century City and Wuhou Memorial Temple. The property features an elevator, a baggage storage and parking.
The city center is 10 km away from the hotel. Rongcheng Holiday Hotel is also minutes away from Global Centre, Chengdu Tianfu Software Park and Chengdu Anshun Bridge.
Guests will find themselves a 20-minute stroll from Hi-Tech Zone subway station. The hotel is about 15 minutes' drive from Shuangliu airport, which is 15 km away.


wines, llamas and a farm....what else do you need?
Started in 2007 by Michael and Patricia West and joined by friends Leslie Messick and Paul Baumbach in 2019 the vineyard, tasting room, and llama farm are nestled on 91 serene acres of rolling hills in the Yadkin Valley Appellation in North Carolina. Nationally recognized for a wide variety of award winning wines, beautiful scenery, the largest llama farm in the Southeast, and a unique and memorable experience. We look forward to sharing it with you.
Llamas are the perfect hiking partner. They have low impact on the trails, are super friendly and great conversationalists! The treks are about 2 miles long wandering over rolling hills and following along Miller Creek. We take a water break about half way beside the creek. This provides a perfect spot for pictures with your llama while feeding them treats. We trek most Saturdays and Sundays in the Spring, Fall and Winter. Reservations must be made ahead of time and there are limited spaces available.
Treks begin and end near the wine tasting facility where you can complete the trek experience with a bottle of wine.
The vines were planted in Spring 2007. Currently four grape varieties are planted (Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonel, and Traminette) and eleven wines are offered. Wines include five dry reds and whites, two semi dry reds and whites, a sweeter white, a sweeter rose, a semi sweet white blended with peach, a semi sweet red blended with blackberry.


The crew of The Knights Gambit arrived at AV10398-BD without incident. Upon arriving they foun themselves in a five planet system that initial sensor readings were showing to be fairly well endowed with useful resources. Most importantly was the third planet which turned out to be a new Garden World.
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Quadra Island Otter House!
Otter House is a modern 600 sq. ft. split level cabin, nestled along the quiet shoreline of Drew Harbour. Surrounded by west coast flora and a gorgeous view.
Many guests enjoy kayaking right up to the front deck on high tide!
Large windows and skylights provide lots of nature light and gorgeous views of the Harbour and the Coast Mountain Range.
This is such a lovely cottage in an ideal setting. We were able to enjoy not only the delightful scenery but also the diverse wildlife
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The Legend of Zelda has been around forever. I remember the mystique of that shiny, golden The Legend of Zelda Nintendo cartridge and the exciting adventure it held inside like it was yesterday. In reality, the Legend Of Zelda debuted in 1986 and it’s been unbelievably popular ever since.
So surely it’s lead character Link, who has never left the public eye, is the Leader Of The Legend’s Lair. What legend could possibly rival him?
The Legend of Korra, that’s who. The show has skyrocketed in popularity and the beautiful and skilled Avatar Korra is making quite a name for herself in the fantasy adventure world. But is she just a passing fad or truly a force to be reckoned with?
Merchbro decided to find out. Here’s what we found:
Dark Green States
These states belong firmly in Camp Link. Each one of these states favors Zelda’s hero over the upstart Korra by more than 2 to 1.
Light Green States
These states have become battleground states in this new aged war of Legends. Each one of these states is in the Link column, but by less than a 2 to 1 factor.
The lone red state of New Jersey was simply too close to call.
These two states (California and Hawaii) are the only two states in the union that have flipped. They show a greater interest in Korra than in Link.
Middle America can’t get enough of Link. The majority of the states that favor Link at a greater than 2 to 1 ratio can be found between West Virginia and Montana.
The two coasts have Korra fever. The coastal states are far more likely to show interest in Korra. While nearly all still favor Link, it’s by a lesser majority than when compared to the middle states.
California and Hawaii are Korra Kountry. These are the only two states in America that have shown more interest in Korra than in Link. It’s not a runaway in either location, but the fact that a Korra majority exists at all shows a major shift in the Legend’s Totem Pole.
Could water have something to do with it? No two states identify with the surf more than California and Hawaii and these are the only two states where Korra (from the Southern Water Tribe) is more popular. And on top of that, the majority of the battleground states are along the coasts, including New Jersey. Speaking of which…
Korra rules the district. Washington D.C. is strongly saturated with Korra followers. In fact, Korra dominates Link in DC, with 1.6 Korra fans to every 1 link fan.
New Jersey is too close to call. This East Coast state has approximately 11,000 Korra-curious Facebookers and approximately the same for Link. It’s the only state that was too close to call.
We’re trending Korra. At least in the short term. Since the start of 2014, The Legend of Korra has been a much more popular Google search term than The Legend of Zelda. Since June, the disparity has been even greater. Is this just a short term boost as the show entered it’s fourth and final season? Or is the Legend of Korra here to stay? Only time shall tell.
50 States Ranked by Their Link / Korra Ratio
If we had to pick sides, we’d stick with our friend Link. We’ve been through too much with him. And we feel bad every time someone calls him Zelda. But it’s undeniable: The Legend of Korra is a true rival now. It will be interesting to see if she can keep this groundswell of popularity going as we get further removed from the series finale.
We’re not betting against her.
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So what was our methodology? All of our fan stats are pulled directly from Facebook. We used their figures for number of users in each state that showed an interest in Link(The Legend of Zelda) and Korra(The Legend of Korra). We then compared the two together, created some maps, and reported our findings. Hope it was interesting!


Patrick and Merryl McNamara have farmed their Nagambie and Wahring properties for the past 36 years. The walnut orchard graces the beautiful banks of Lake Burramurra, Wahring 10km north of the township of Nagambie. The property, named "Burramurra", has been in the family for 50 years and is also home to a small vineyard where our Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is produced.
Patrick developed an interest in wine and walnuts when he was Deputy Premier of Victoria and Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources. He became interested in the research his department was doing into walnuts which lead to the addition of a walnut plantation, at their existing vineyard property.
The first block of the walnut orchard was planted to seed in 1999 and over the next few years was gradually grafted to the Californian variety called Chandler. This is the most popular variety of nut with its light colour shell and kernal and ease of cracking. The second block was planted in 2004 with the third planted in 2005. Our ﬁrst harvest of the no. 1 block took place in 2007 with no. 2 and no.3 blocks producing in 2012 and 2013. Full production from the 3 blocks will start in 2014. The orchard now comprises about 9000 trees spread over 80 acres.
The orchard has produced premium walnuts for some years now which are sold from the historic" Barwood Park Homestead" situated on the Melbourne side of the Nagambie township and accessed via a long driveway from the main road (High St) of Nagambie. The selling season for walnuts is usually late April to early October depending on seasonal conditions and crop harvest.
Wine is available all year round by appointment.


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Nigeria and West Africa are considered a major growth area in telecommunications with additional growth still expected in mobile penetration and data services. As a provider of connectivity solutions, growth in the data market and in the number of data subscribers of the region present opportunities for Metro Wireless to further expand its services. The company aims to play a significant role in internet penetration growth in Nigeria and West Africa.
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Prepare to indulge in the best of southern California living at Hanover Mission Gorge. Set perfectly in Mission Valley, just 4 miles from San Diego’s historic Downtown Gaslamp district- home to quaint boutiques and the finest Baja Mexican cuisine.
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In the wonderful background of Bedonia, surrounded with mountains which seems to keep this town for centuries, there is the Supermarket Metà. It is situated in the old town, with a parking reserved for its customers, it represents the perfect synthesis between the modern organised distribution and the traditions of the little gastronomy made of tastes, land, love and passion for the cooking.
A very particular place where the regions Emilia-Romagna, Liguria and Tuscany merge into something magic. Less than an hour from Parma, Chiavari and Cinque Terre, its strategical position gives the tourism of this town one of its strong points.
The supermarket Metà, born in 2000, but son of more than 20 years of experience in the catering sector and sale of food products, today it knocks down its borders to take everywhere its products which represent a true innovation in the sector of the products available online.
The new line “Bella Tradizione” is prepared following exclusive recipes of past made of simplicity. The re-workings are only in the research of high quality ingredients. Each product answers only to one demand. Speciality without compromises. On this basis, the project Bella Tradizione is born. Only high quality ingredients, no chemical products or preservative or dye or other corrector. No artificial flavour. They aren’t necessary.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
TROUBLE IN TEMPE!
"When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay" I cant get that Led Zeppelin song "When the Levee Breaks" out of my head. For those of you who don't keep up on local news in Tempe Arizona, the levee or in this case inflatable dam, burst sending all of the water used for Ironman Arizona down stream. Fortunately no one was hurt but it does put somewhat of a cloud over IMAZ. The City of Tempe hopes to have the dam replaced and the man made lake refilled by November 1st just three weeks before the start of my race. It's completely out of my hands so I will just keep training with the hope that all goes well with the repair. I'm trusting WTC who runs everything Ironman has already come up with an alternate strategy if Tempe Towne Lake is dry and maybe my first Ironman will have an added historical footnote.
Here is the lake during the IMAZ swim start.
Here is what it looks like now.


Timothy (Tim) O'Rourke is a Monmouth County native and full time Realtor Associate with RE/MAX Homeland Realtors in historic downtown Freehold, NJ. Tim serves all of Monmouth in addition to Northern Ocean and Southern Middlesex Counties with unparalleled dedication, effectiveness, and integrity. Whether you've just begun your search and have questions, or are ready to make a move, call Tim today to discuss your real estate needs.
When he's not busy getting results for his buyers and sellers, Tim can probably be found traveling, visiting the beach, or volunteering at the local food pantry - all while remaining reachable and accessible to them thanks to modern technology!
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Go Know Media’s largest project is the annual Millennials to Watch series. The MTW series highlights millennials of color in North Texas that are strategically making a difference through social activism, entrepreneurship, local politics, and social media. The series is currently published through a partnership with the Dallas Weekly. The annual online readership of the series is more than 200,000 readers.
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1. Outline the characteristics of the main modes of transport
Modes of transport are the means of transport, basically road, rail, air, water and pipes. Road has advantages in terms of flexibility, and connectivity, suitable to transport almost all goods. Rail is best suited for movement of bulk of goods, however problems of interchange can reduce the its efficiency. Air has advantage of moving passengers over long distances and in a relatively high speed. Pipes are good in transporting liquids, and gasses, however they tend to promote monopolies.
2. Explain why transport is derived demand
Derived demand is one that caused by demand for some other good and service. As most of the people do not travel just to travel, most of them do it for a certain purpose, therefore the demand for travel is derived.
3. Explain how to measure transport demand
The demand for the transport is determined by many factors, the most important ones are national income, the need to communicate to work and the costs of transport. If those factors are measured, there can be eablished the demand for transport
4. Explain how transport forecasts are made and why?
Various assumptions are made by when forecasting the demand for transport; the GDP growth, the fuel prices, the population growth, car ownership and industrial output and the demand and supply of import goods. The forecasts are done to estimate the need for the future transport network, to estimate where the greatest bottlenecks are going to occur, and to be able to estimate the likely effect of certain transport policies.
5. Explain some of the of the main ways in which transport sector can be described through data
The most important ways of measuring the transport is by assessing the amount of passengers and kilometres they travelled and by assessing the tonnage of freight and kilometres it travelled.
6. Outline economies of scale and their application to transport
There are two types of economies of scale – internal and external. The former are:
The technical economies of scale – when with the increase in output the unit costs fall. It can be applied to transport when a company can increase the size of vehicles, therefore transport in a cheaper manner.
Purchasing economies. when a company is able to buy cheaper, because it is buying a greater bulk of goods. Example in transport is ability to buy cheaper fuel
Managerial economies. When in a large firm more labour can specialise, hence work more efficiently.
Financial economies. When a company can buy more due to the increase in its capacity.
External economies of scale occur when the increase in the size of an industry is leading to fall in long run average costs of an industry.
transport example are airports, where many different businesses are clustering together (ie shops, catering services etc.)
7. Describe contestability in transport markets
Contestability is the extent to which barriers to entry and exit the market are free and costless. Road transport is relatively contestable due to the relatively small entry costs, while the aviation industry is not contestable.
8. Describe barriers to entry and their application to transport
Barriers to entry are all the costs that have to be undertaken by every new entrant to a particular market. The barriers to entry are relevant to the aviation market, where they are relatively high, therefore not many new entrants can enter the market. This reduces the contestability and allows oligopolies to emerge.
9. describe the barriers to entry and their application in to the transport market
A barrier to entry is any obstacle that deters new firms from entering the market. This include:
High set up costs – ie the capital required to set up small haulage company is relatively low, while opening new fly operator is much more expensive
Economies of scale – when the established firms are limit pricing, therefore not allowing new entrants to the market, ie the main freight transporters ie the DHL.
10. describe the deregulation in the transport market
The deregulation is process in which the government is removing legal restrictions that act as a barrier to competition in a market. In Britain in the early 1980, duting the “thatcher era’ most of the transport was deregulated. The bus industry was deregulated in 1985and 1985, when almost all legal barriers to entry were removed, in order to increase the competitiveness on the market. Within the EU there has been a single open competitive aviation for the carriers of the member states. Those reforms made the market much more contestable.
11. Explain and describe privatisation in the transport market
Privatisation is the process during which goods owned by the public sector are sold off to the private sector. In 1980s during Thatcher’s premiership many of transport industries were privatised. The bus industry was to a large extent privatised in the 1980s, the as all state companies were changed into for profit companies or privatised. In 1993 the rail companies were privatised, there was a separation of the infrastructure from the operation.
12. Explain the negative externalities due to ever increasing transport demand
The most important negative externality is the increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, as most of transport vehicles are oil powered. Others are: noise, congestion and destruction of landscape.
13. Describe how transport interacts with the environment
As most of transport vehicles are oil powered, the increase in transport is resulting in destruction of the natural environment. For instance, in the UK transport was responsible for 23% of overall pollution.
14. Describe and evaluate sustainability issues in transport
Sustainability in transport is ability to continue to operate in the long run. One of the biggest problems of transports is the fact that the most important branches are unsustainable. It stems from the fact that most of them use oil as fuel, and scarcity of the resource and fact that it is not renewable makes most of the modes of transport unsustainable.
15. Explain why traffic congestion is a cause of a market failure.
It is a market failure, because it increases the amount of pollution, increases the time that people to commute to work and decreases their standards of living by increasing noise. This is a market failure, because the market failes to provide necessary resources to decrease the average amount of cars in the
16. Describe the costs of congestion.
The traffic congestion imposes a variety of costs on the society. Firstly it increases the time and the costs of commuting in the city. This increases the price of the labour force and can affect the price of products that have to be transported to the city.
Moreover, congestion increases the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere, as the fuel efficiency decreases during congestion.
17. Explain how to deal with congestion
Some of governments, ie the UK one are dealing with congestion by imposing congestion charge, which artificially increases the price of car usage in the urban areas. In London it is charge of five pounds per day. Other ways of reducing the congestion is the road pricing.
Other policy of the UK government to reduce the pollution is by using regulations. The introduction of the Low Emission Zone
Different ways of dealing with congestion is by increasing the amount of roads and public transport in the city. Building more roads relief the existing infrastructure, however is perceived by most of the economists as a short sighted solution. It is argued that leads to an increase in the amount of cars on roads.
The latter policy is to provide an alternative to cars, which is another relief for the existing infrastructure.
18. Describe road pricing schemes
Road pricing are all charges that are imposed on the users of roads by the government. The road charges includes fuel taxes, licence fees, parking taxes, tolls, and congestion charges. In the UK the road pricing consists of congestion charges, vehicle excise duty and fuel taxes.
19. Outline how other countries tackle congestion
Other countries tackle the congestion problem in a variety of other ways. Singapore, for instance is using an electronic road pricing, by putting electronic chips into car that monitor the amount of CO2 produced by the car.
20. Describe the role of the public and private sectors in transport
The most important role of the public sector is to provide the infrastructure. Although the private sector is often involved in the provision of the funds for the infrastructure, in PFI – Private Finance Initiative – the private sector is participating in funding the projects.
21. Explain what is meant by the cost benefit analysis, when it is used and its limitations (transport)
The cost benefit analysis is the balance of the of the social costs and benefits. By comparing those the CBA is assessing whether the project is cost-effective from the point of view of the society.
In transport the CBA is most
22. Explain how the government approaches new road schemes
The government is now using the COBA model, which counts which project will reduce most of the costs. It splits then into three components – time saving, costs of accident saving and vehicle operating savings. It compares it with the expenditure which is the sum of the construction and maintenance costs.
23. Describe the integrated transport policy
The integrated transport policy is one which objective is to integrate all modes of transport, water, air, rail and road transport. It allows the people and freight to switch easily between different modes of transport. It seeks to shift the transport to more sustainable fuels.
24. Describe the main features of the current transport policy
It tries to combine the economic growth with the reduction of emission of CO2 to the atmosphere. Is supposed to ensure sustained investment is the way there will be enough resources to stably increase the capacity of the infrastructure.
25. Outline sustainable transport policy
Sustainable transport is one that will be able to be run in the long run.
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In the real world, I type my destination into my iPhone navigation app, and two pins drop—one for where I am, and the other for where I’m going. The journey is mapped out, and the techno voice guides me (hopefully) to the desired location.
Finding the desired location for a novel should be so easy. Maybe it is for some writers. Maybe I should take out a map, close my eyes, and pin the post-it arrow on the next setting. But I know I’m going to live in that place for a while (even if it’s only in my head), so I’m always very selective. For my earlier novels, I always picked a time and place that I wanted to research. That way, if I had never been published, at least I learned something! (That was a conscious rationale, by the way). Before the days of Google, I read tomes about London in the 1930s, leading up to and including World War II. Then I read about Vienna in the 1880’s, when anti-Semitism was festering, political upheaval was getting ugly and the art world was ideologically splintering…all to the tune of Strauss waltzes. Then I ventured out West to Denver in the late 19th Century. My last two novels have been set in places where I have lived: Astoria, Queens, where I grew up, and Southold, Long Island, where I spent summers as a child. These are places I have known and loved. They are places I can smell and feel. I want the reader to smell and feel the setting, too.
A setting has to have interesting traits, just like the characters. As an author, I wouldn’t be happy if I created real people and placed them in a two-dimensional world. If they are alive to me, then they need a place to live and breathe. I have to picture their home, their street. I have to feel the heat of the sun and see what they are seeing. Can they smell the seasons? Do they hear the clamor of traffic or the rustling of leaves in the breeze? What are the people around them doing?
If I want my characters to be alive to my reader, then I have to show them reacting (or not reacting) to their world. It’s as simple as that.
So I’ve decided where my next novel is going to be set. I’ve been to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, a number of times when my sons were growing up, and my recent visit convinced me it would be the perfect backdrop for the story I want to tell. I can already picture the homestead, complete with its outbuildings and old pick-up truck. I can see the sailboats and the busy lobster wharves. I can smell the salty breeze.
There’s a beautiful church on a hill, visible from the harbor. There are interesting shops and good restaurants. In the summer it’s mobbed with tourists soaking up a Maine Coast experience. Off season, however, life goes on up the road from that waterfront, and those year-rounders are hardy folks. That is the Boothbay Harbor I wanted to explore while I was there. Their connection to the land and sea goes way beyond a Maine Coast experience or the aesthetic appeal of their lighthouses and sunsets. Their connection continues when the restaurants are closed and the sightseeing boats are dry-docked.
Which brings me to the premise of my story. It will be about going home…and why home is not always a place.


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Additional phases will feature a highway commercial area that will include a gas/convenience station, fast-food locations, a neighborhood commercial area (Legacy Commons) featuring a grocery store, drugstore, and local retailers providing for the needs of nearby residents, and approximately 40 acres of mixed-use residential / office.


Here is Ann Martin’s story of her trip to New York as a winner of last year’s New York Experience opportunity drawing at RUNWAY: Perspectives 2015:
Amazing! Awesome! Wonderful! Unforgettable! Exciting! Just a few superlatives that describe my recent “NYC Experience”. And what is truly unbelievable is how it all began!
In early September of 2015 I purchased a raffle ticket at JFCS for a drawing–never expecting to win– that would take place at RUNWAY: Perspectives 2015, JFCS’s fashioned-themed fundraiser on September 10. I just knew that the proceeds were going to a great cause—JFCS, an agency very near and dear to my heart. There were five fabulous prizes to choose from, but I purchased a ticket for “the BIG one”—the NYC Experience, which include, for two people, round-trip airfare, a two-night stay at a Manhattan hotel, and a VIP tour of Hearst Tower with the opportunity of meeting David Carey, President of Hearst Publications, having lunch in the employee cafeteria, and a tour of Elle Magazine including a visit to the Elle fashion closet! Fabulous! I was so excited, overwhelmed with joy and disbelief, to be the lucky winner at RUNWAY: Perspectives 2015!
I invited my daughter Amy to join me for this adventure. It would be her first visit to NYC. On May 31 we left LAX on a “red-eye” flight on Virgin America and landed at Newark Airport early the next morning. We got to the Sheraton New York Times Square hotel by 9:00 a.m. The staff there was gracious and welcoming as we stored our luggage until check-in. Our hotel room was on the 28th floor, the top floor, with an interesting view and very comfortable beds. It was an excellent location for dining, sightseeing, and shopping.
On the day of our tour, we took a taxi to Hearst Tower. After we arrived and announced who we were there to see, a pleasant young intern named Sabrina escorted us to the 28th floor to meet her boss, the lovely Sakinah Ali, Customer Service and Laboratories Research Manager at Good Housekeeping offices and labs. She gave us our first tour, an interesting history of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, the magazine, how products we use are tested there, and a history of the Hearst building. When that interesting tour ended, she escorted us to the 44th floor where we initially met the very dapper Executive Assistant Fidel, who introduced us to his boss, Hearst Magazines President and CEO David Carey. We met him in his gorgeous and spacious office that had an amazing panoramic view of Central Park and the area. Mr. Carey talked to us about his background in the business and how it led to his success with Hearst. Then he gave us vouchers to have lunch in “Café 57”, the staff cafeteria on the second floor. As we made our way downstairs we continually marveled at the ultra-modern, award-winning architecture of the building. The café is a sleekly designed 380-seat eating area for Hearst employees and guests, and offers a first-class dining experience. The extensive salad bar was quite impressive!
After lunch, we met with two assistant editors of Elle Magazine for a very interesting tour of the fashion closets, their offices, and production departments—a fashionista’s paradise! At the end of the Elle tour, we were presented with some fun goodie bags to take with us (we also got goodie bags from Sakinah of Good Housekeeping). We felt so welcomed and were given VIP hospitality by everyone we met at Hearst Tower.
We extended our stay in NYC to take in the 9-11 Memorial Museum, Times Square, the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Chelsea, the Lower East Side, and Little Italy, and dinner at the Carnegie Deli. We were also able to visit some relatives who live nearby (NYC is my home town!). We had perfect weather the whole time, and we flew home with great memories of this wonderful NYC Experience.
A big thank you goes to the staff at JFCS for all their hard work in coordinating all the details! Kudos to Wendy Manasse, Kathryn Miles, Pattie Davidson, and Karen Eddington!


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The "the Belt and Road Initiative" bring many opportunities for Chinese PV enterprises to develop new global markets and achieve international co-operation.
InterSolar South America, was successfully held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 27th to 29th August. InterSolar is the most influential exihibition of energy in Brazil, with total area of 40,000 square meter, attractted over 266 government delegations and well-known enterprises from different countries and regions. During the exihibition, the current market status, development trends, technologies and new opportunities of photovoltaic industry in South America are discussed.
As the leader of DC components in China, ZJBENY has been invited to the exhibition for five years, displaying a series of products such as small combiner box, DC surge protectors, and DC circuit breakers which especially for Brazilian. These products which meet the latest photovoltaic standards not only solve the problems about photovoltaic safety, but also provide various ideas and choices for the development of photovoltaic industry. With our strength and efforts, ZJBENY has proved to the world that China's manufacturing industry is flourishing and the ingenuity of big country.
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A person from Shaanxi Automobile Import & Export Corporation told reporters that the impact in other parts of Libya was not significant. In addition, Shaanxi Automobile is also actively exploring other markets in Africa, such as most parts of Central and Southern Africa. Shaanxi Automobile has exports in Africa, Central Asia and the Eastern European Commonwealth of Independent States, and Africa is its traditional market , Its export business is mainly concentrated in North Africa, of which Algeria ’s export business accounts for 70% of China ’s overseas exports. The products exported include heavy trucks, engineering vehicles, etc., and the marketing model covers the establishment of offices, development of independent and non-independent Dealers and other forms.
Valin Automotive's key markets in Africa are mainly concentrated in the ongoing turmoil in North Africa, such as Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, and Libya. Therefore, this year's African exports will be affected. Said Wang Sheng, sales manager of Anhui Hualing Automobile Co., Ltd. "Hualing's exports this year in black Africa (Angola, Congo and other sub-Saharan Africa regions, the population is mainly black) are similar to last year, but the overall market in Africa is not very good. At present, Beiben's overseas business coverage Markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Among them, Africa and China's neighboring countries (such as Mongolia near Inner Mongolia) are the main markets for Beiben exports.
"The main sales models of Beiben Heavy Duty Truck in Africa are high-powered dump trucks and tractors, which are mainly sold through local dealers." Gao Lei, the fourth department of Beiben Heavy Duty International Trading Company's business, told Commercial Vehicle News. When domestic trucks are exported to the African region, they must make corresponding improvements in terms of local characteristics and adaptability. "For example, Central Africa is in a tropical region, and engine performance, air conditioning and materials must be adjusted accordingly. We launched a" hot zone version "for Central Africa.
Valin Automotive is also developing markets in other parts of Africa, such as Senegal and Mali. However, compared with countries such as South Africa and Algeria, the economies of these regions are lagging behind and developing slowly, and their market share is small. Most of them are scattered small orders of two or four. "And traditional markets such as Algeria have their own foundations, there are many old customers, and the orders are generally relatively large. Orders like Algeria are generally between 30 and 100." Wang Sheng said. "Hualing's expectations for exports to Africa this year are not very good. In July and August, we may go to the overseas markets over there to understand the local situation, especially local distributors, and then take corresponding measures according to the situation, such as Give dealers some policy support, etc. "Wang Sheng said.


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Staff at Josh Boutwood’s Savage restaurant at The Plaza, Arya Residences.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS DE CIAN
Jeepneys — chunky old vehicles painted garish hues and refashioned into public minibuses — operate mysterious routes, pulling over seemingly at random to let passengers spill in and out of their open backs. They pass pavements punctuated by carinderias — roadside cafes that are sometimes little more than a stall and a single table, and at other times sprawling, gazebo-covered affairs. Steaming pots of stews and soups sit ready to be dished up for pennies a portion.
We trundle along, car windows closed, air conditioning up high in a battle of wills against the 40C heat until we reach the district of La Loma, in northern Manila.
We’ve come in search of lechon (roasted suckling pig), which Anthony Bourdain described as the ‘best pig ever’ in his series No Reservations. He was, however, eating lechon in the central Philippine city of Cebu rather than in this part of the capital — and there’s a fierce rivalry between the two.
In Cebu, the suckling pig is stuffed with garlic, onion, lemongrass and star anise before being cooked whole over coconut-husk charcoal. According to Patrick, the flavour is such that it’s “almost a sin to dip your lechon in sauce”. In La Loma, however, the animal is cooked — again, whole — over wood, but otherwise left largely au naturel, save for a little seasoning. Sauce is perfectly acceptable — encouraged even — and is usually made from offal and blood. Nothing goes to waste.
There are upwards of 30 shops selling lechon in La Loma. Some display rows of glossy, cooked, chestnut-coloured pigs, still on their spits; at others, it’s the cleaver-wielding staff who give the game away. Everywhere, though, a smoky, meaty aroma fills the air.
Lechon is a celebration food, often served at Christmas, New Year and other large family gatherings — although La Loma’s lechon stores sprung up to cater to those celebrating wins at the nearby cockfighting arena. The pastime unfortunately remains legal — and popular — across the Philippines, and here, following a fight, the owners of the victorious bird would buy a whole hog to share with their supporters. The neighbourhood also hosts a lechon festival every year on the third Sunday of May, which sees shop staff parading cooked pigs up and down the streets as people tear off hunks of meat.
It’s early morning, and Mila’s Lechon is already up and running. The huge charcoal pit has space for dozens of pigs, although only a couple are being roasted at the moment; the staff periodically rotate the spits as the meat slowly cooks over the course of a few hours.
The men do the roasting, Patrick tells me, but it’s the women who do the selling. At Mila’s, I speak to a woman who’s been in the lechon business for 50 years. Her secret? Native black pigs. “White pig is delicious and tastes good when it’s hot — but black pig meat still tastes good when it’s cold,” she explains.
We order some lechon, which is hacked up into bite-sized chunks and scooped into a paper bag. “The skin is the best part,” Patrick says, proffering the bag. The crackling is glossy and crisp, shattering like a boiled sweet in my mouth, and the meat underneath is juicy and fatty. It’s the softest, most flavoursome pork I’ve ever tasted — no sauce necessary.
Tuna jaw at Savage restaurant.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS DE CIAN
During my stay in Manila, I meet many people who seem aware of the role Anthony Bourdain played in promoting Filipino cuisine. The late chef and broadcaster was one of the most high-profile outsiders to champion the country’s food internationally, declaring it ‘ascendant’ and describing sisig — a pork and offal street food dish — as ‘perfectly positioned to win the hearts and minds of the world’.
However, Clang Garcia, a Manila-based chef, food writer and tour guide, tells me over dinner that the Filipino diaspora is also responsible for the growing popularity of the country’s cuisine. “The second generation [of Filipino Americans] really changed the game,” she says. “There’s that longing to search for culinary identity, and they do that through flavour.”
That culinary identity is an interesting one, given how many foreign powers have occupied and influenced the Philippines throughout history. Three centuries of Spanish rule ended in 1898, when the country was handed over to the US, and the Second World War saw several years of Japanese occupation. Immigration from China has also had an effect on the country’s gastronomy — particularly in Manila’s Chinatown, where you can find a unique combination of food cultures.
“Our key flavours are sour, salty and sweet — and spicy, in some areas,” Clang tells me. She adds that the base of most classic dishes is sautéed garlic, onion and tomato, a tradition inherited from the Spanish. “We’re known as the Latinos of Asia,” she says.
We’re dining at Toyo Eatery, which earlier this year was named one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants — the only Filipino restaurant on the list. Philippines-born chef-owner Jordy Navarra trained under Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck before working in Hong Kong and eventually returning to Manila, opening Toyo in 2016.
“It’s cool that we’re on this list with really great restaurants and food towns: Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, Taipei…” he tells me during a quiet moment in service. “A lot has changed in the past few years. There were lots of restaurants in malls, and big, family-style restaurants — but now it’s not uncommon to see places like ours. We wanted to put Filipino food in a different setting.”
Set within an old photography studio in the central Makati district, Toyo is a chic, minimalist concrete space, decked out with beautifully crafted communal wooden tables. Its open kitchen is crammed with a surprising number of chefs, all wearing T-shirts and aprons. Jordy moves about behind the pass, adding finishing touches and quietly issuing instructions. The dishes he’s created include a play on tinola (usually a chicken and ginger soup, but in this case a savoury ginger flan topped with chicken meatballs, clear broth and moringa oil) and three-cut pork barbecue (a skewer of caramelised shoulder, belly and back leg, first cooked over charcoal and wood, then in a bone broth — taking about 12 hours in total).
Jeepneys driving past Manila’s City Hall.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS DE CIAN
“Filipinos have always had this insecurity about how we introduce people to our food,” says Jordy. “It’s a bit confusing with all the influences.” Yet, he’s managed to celebrate this fusion of cultures, with the chefs at Toyo even making their own banana ketchup. The original tomato condiment was brought over by Americans, but when the fruit was in short supply during the Second World War, bananas were used instead — and this version has since become a staple. Though sweet and sticky, it’s nothing like Heinz.
Jordy tells me grilling is central to Filipino gatherings, and that he feels “a connection to the barbecue”. And he’s not the only one. Over in the glossy Bonifacio Global City financial district, I meet chef Josh Boutwood at his restaurant, Savage, where everything is cooked on a wood-and-charcoal-heated grill. Half-Filipino and half-British, Josh lived in Europe for years before moving to the island of Boracay — where his father is from — in 2010. A move to Manila followed, and in 2016 he opened his own restaurant, Test Kitchen, followed by two others, Savage and Helm.
“The cultural influences we’ve had here are beyond those anywhere else in the world; we’re such an open country,” Josh tells me. “Anything can be adopted as a Filipino classic.” He gestures towards the spread of dishes on the table. “In 10 years, this could be considered ‘Filipino food’.”
Josh describes the grill-based cooking at Savage as going “back to basics” — but there’s incredible attention to detail. The octopus is lightly poached for exactly 55 minutes before being charred; teetering on the brink of burnt, it’s caramelised and smoky, with soft, yielding flesh. It’s served with calamansi, a ubiquitous local citrus fruit. “You must use that calamansi on the octopus,” Josh urges me. “It won’t be the same without it.” And he’s right — a little hit of acidity makes the seafood sing.
A blackened tuna jaw is grilled on the bone, and I’m shown how to ‘carve’ it by using spoons to lightly scrape the meat, like pulled pork, until it falls away. It’s incredibly intense in flavour, with a deep, smoky meatiness.
Most of the ingredients used at Savage are Filipino, and each plate features little touches — a squeeze of calamansi here, a smattering of flying fish roe there — that root the food firmly in the Philippines, even if the dishes themselves would be unrecognisable to traditionalists. Avoiding the classics was a conscious decision, according to Josh. “I wanted to stay as far away from traditional dishes as possible. There’ll never be an adobo on my menu, never a sinigang,” he says, referring to two old favourites.
Tortang talong with banana ketchup at Toyo Eatery.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS DE CIAN
Adobo may not be on the menu at Savage, but this dish of meat (or occasionally seafood or vegetables) marinated in vinegar, soy sauce and a few other flavourings is the de facto national dish of the Philippines. And I’m assured by Boyet Magale, who runs Manila Heritage Tours Santa Ana, that the best versions are to be found in homes, rather than restaurants.
He shows me around the Santa Ana district which, with its huge church, busy food market and quiet rows of ‘American-style’ colonial houses, is a world away from Bonifacio Global City. At night, Boyet tells me, people bring tables, chairs and their meals out onto the street. What’s more, he’s been encouraging his neighbours to adapt their homes to create more of an incentive for tourists to visit; in response, one of them has turned their ground floor into a small restaurant.
On the enclosed patio outside Boyet’s house, his wife Alona is about to prepare a chicken adobo for lunch. There’s a two-ring portable gas stove, and the ingredients are all laid out, including chopped garlic, onion, peppercorns, sugar, soy sauce, cane vinegar, oyster sauce and bay leaves. First, the garlic is fried in oil — it’s browned just shy of being burnt, to intensify the flavour — and then the rest of the ingredients are added one by one. Alona often uses pork, but today she’s cooking chicken thighs, along with a handful of boiled quail eggs.
“Sometimes I put ginger in,” she says — a northern practice, apparently. That’s the beauty of adobo: the basic flavours (sour and salty, says Alona) are the same, but everyone does it a little differently. The dish can be dry (common in the south of the country) or saucy (more popular in the north). “Saucy is better because we combine it with plain rice,” Alona tells me.
While the meat cooks, we sit in the yard and tuck into a few dishes Alona has already prepared. One of them is bang silog, an egg-and-rice dish served with bangus (milkfish). It’s a favourite among the couple’s five children, who fight over the fish’s flavoursome stomach. “When Alona and I get to the table late, the stomach is already gone,” Boyet says.
As for my first taste of adobo — it’s sharp with vinegar, and salty, as promised. But the real surprise is the bay; generally used sparingly in European cooking, here it dominates this dish, adding an unusual, fragrant woodiness.
Dishes such as adobo are ideal for sharing, and Boyet tells me that in some smaller Filipino towns, there are festivals during which everyone opens up their homes as visitors hop from house to house, sampling communal dishes. “Even if we don’t have a penny, we’ll borrow from the neighbours to make sure we have something to offer guests,” he says.
Earlier on in my trip, Patrick told me that, for a long time, food in the Philippines was primarily about sustenance: function over flavour. These days it’s about so much more than that. Flavour has been brought to the fore, and is helping to propel the cuisine into cities all over the world. But if we’re to truly embrace these dishes, it’s worth remembering how Filipinos consume them. The ritual of sharing a meal — whether it’s a celebratory lechon or a plate of milkfish — is as important as the food itself.
Toyo Eatery, which earlier this year was named one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants — the only Filipino restaurant on the list.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS DE CIAN
These sweet, rice flour-based snacks are ubiquitous in Filipino markets. Varieties include pichipichi (a cassava and coconut ball) and biko (a glutinous coconut and brown sugar slab, topped with fried coconut milk).
Although its name translates as ‘bread of salt’, pandesal is surprisingly unsalty. These soft, fluffy buns are eaten as a ‘pre-breakfast’ with super-sweetened coffee, according to guide Patrick Ceniza.
One to seek out in Manila’s Chinatown, kikiam was brought over by Chinese immigrants. Meat or seafood is flavoured with five spice powder before being wrapped in tofu skin and deep-fried.
Ice cream — known locally as sorbetes — is hugely popular in the Philippines, and you’ll find an array of flavours of the cold stuff on offer. Look for lavender-hued ube (purple yam), avocado and even cheese.
Also known as kilawin, this dish is the Filipino version of ceviche. Citrus or vinegar are used to ‘cook’ diced fish, which is then combined with onion, chilli and garlic; ginger or coconut cream are often added as well.
Learn how to make Alona Magale's chicken adobo here.
Philippine Airlines offers the only non-stop flights from the UK, between Heathrow and Manila. One-stop services are available from airlines including Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines.
Audley Travel can tailor a 16-night trip from £3,125 per person, including time in Manila, Dumaguete, Siquijor, Bohol and Panglao Island. Includes B&B accommodation, international flights with Qatar Airways, domestic flights, transfers and some excursions.
Qatar Airways flies to Manila from Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Edinburgh via Doha, from £578 return, while The Peninsula Manila has doubles from 7,942 Philippine pesos (£124), room only.
Published in Issue 6 of National Geographic Traveller Food


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This winter, I took my quadcopter V1 for a hike near Beuil, in the southern French Alps. There was a bit of snow and the view was really enjoyable following the ridge!
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HEART OF CENTRAL ASIA
Kyrgyzstan, country of Central Asia. It is bounded by Kazakhstan on the northwest and north, by China on the east and south, and by Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the south and west. Most of Kyrgyzstan’s borders run along mountain crests. The capital is Bishkek.
The Kyrgyz, a Muslim Turkic people, constitute nearly three-fourths of the population. The history of the Kyrgyz in what is now Kyrgyzstan dates at least to the 17th century. Kyrgyzstan, known under Russian and Soviet rule as Kirgiziya, was conquered by tsarist Russian forces in the 19th century. Formerly a constituent (union) republic of the U.S.S.R., Kyrgyzstan declared its independence on August 31, 1991.
Kyrgyzstan’s great distance from the oceans and the sharp change of elevation from adjacent plains strongly influence the country’s climate. Deserts and plains surround Kyrgyzstan on the north, west, and southeast, making the contrast with the climate and landscape of its mountainous interior all the more striking. The valleys have hot dry summers, with a mean July temperature of 82 °F (28 °C). In January the average temperature is −0.5 °F (−18 °C).
Most Kyrgyz speak a language belonging to the northwestern group of the Turkic languages, especially Kyrgyz. A sizeable minority speak Uzbek, a Turkic language of the southeastern branch. Russian is also spoken, and official language status has been accorded to both Kyrgyz and Russian.
The people of Kyrgyzstan have traditionally raised livestock and engaged in farming. By the late 20th century the republic had become a source for nonferrous metals, notably of antimony and mercury ores, and a producer of machinery, light industrial products, hydroelectric power, and food products. Gold mining has increased in importance, and Kyrgyzstan possesses substantial coal reserves and some petroleum and natural gas deposits. Hydroelectric power provides more than three-fourths of the country’s electric energy. Kyrgyzstan is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union along with Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus,
Besides Kyrgyz, the country’s population includes minorities of Russians, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, and Germans as well as Tatars, Kazakhs, Dungans (Hui; Chinese Muslims), Uighurs, and Tajiks. Since independence in 1991, many Russians and Germans have emigrated. Nearly three-fourths of the population is Kyrgyz, while about one-seventh is Uzbek. The other ethnic groups make up the remaining one-eighth of the population.
Kyrgyzstan’s schools and colleges have undergone a drastic reorganization since emerging from the ideological control of the Communist Party. After independence Kyrgyzstan’s contacts with the outside world increased dramatically, with Kyrgyz students, scholars, and officials traveling to Middle Eastern and Western countries for specialized and technical training. The Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences and Kyrgyz State University, both in Bishkek, are the major institutions of higher education.


Despite the gulf oil spill in 2010, the meaty bivalves of the Louisiana and Texas coasts are some of the best in the country. Sure, you can debate with the Northwesterners and the New Englanders on this topic all day long. But in my mind there really is no question that Gulf Coast oysters can’t be beat when it comes to frying, baking or chargrilling. Here’s my humble picks for the Best Oysters in New Orleans, whether you prefer to eat ‘em raw or cooked.
• THE BEST •
In the French Quarter, a member of the famous Brennan’s family opened this slick oyster bar/restaurant on Iberville and Bourbon Street. It’s the perfect place to eat oysters and watch the debauchery from the comfort of a table with big glass windows. The only thing I don’t like about the joint is that they pre-shuck their oysters, so you’re not really getting the freshest possible product. Still, it’s one of the few truly decent places to eat on Bourbon Street proper.
Located in Uptown New Orleans, visitors will find it frustrating navigating the hours of this little oyster joint. Casamento’s is closed from 2-5 pm every day, closed entirely on Sundays and Mondays, and closed every month that doesn’t have an “r” in it. In case you didn’t know, oysters are not as briny, not as sweet, and simply not as good during the summer months, when the gulf waters are warm. But this is the only place in town where you can get an Oyster Loaf. Think of cornmeal-fried oysters stacked on top of buttered Texas toast rather than French bread. Yum!
Sticking with the Uptown scene, you can end your streetcar trip at the Riverbend and stop at this sports bar/college hangout/brewpub/oyster bar. For many years, Cooter Brown’s was the only place in town to show multiple games on dozens of TVs, with hundreds of beers on tap. We now have a few others, but this is the only one that serves fresh, tasty raw oysters. People under 21 not allowed inside at all, but there are a few picnic tables out front.
Crescent City Brewhouse
Because of some antiquated post-prohibition laws in Louisiana, you can’t brew beer and sell beer for wholesale in the same place where you sell it for retail. Long story short, as a result New Orleans has only a handful of microbreweries. Located on Decatur Street just off Jackson Square, you can find Cresent City Brewhouse, with a half-dozen excellent beers brewed on site as well as a nice oyster bar and live Dixieland jazz. I like their Baked Oysters 3-Ways, which includes spinach and herbsaint, crab and saffron, and cornbread andouille.
NOLA’s homegrown top chef John Besh– who was named one of the Ten Best New Chefs in America by Food & Wine in 1999, won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Southeast in 2006, and was awarded Food Arts’ Silver Spoon Award in 2009 for revitalizing the culinary legacy of New Orleans– opened this unique oyster joint. Specializing in German and French cuisine, Lüke is located in the heart of the Central Business District and serves up $.50 oysters for happy hour every day. It’s one of the few oyster bars in the city with top-notch food throughout the entire menu, and it’s in a prime location on the corner of St. Charles and Poydras Street.
Back in Uptown, this snazzy multi-million dollar joint built a few years ago on the corner of St. Charles and Napoleon Avenue serves up some nice oysters as well as other good seafood dishes. The best time to go is from 4-6 pm for happy hour, when they serve $.50 raw oysters and draft beer specials. Hop on the streetcar line at Canal and get off right in front of Superior. It’s a perfect quick snack when touring the Uptown area.
• THE REST •
ACME Oyster House
There is always a line at this popular French Quarter oyster bar. Is it worth it? No, not really. Sure, their chargrilled oysters are delicious, but the rest of the food is subpar and overpriced. You can get virtually the same oyster recipe at Felix’s across the street and not have to wait quite as long.
For decades, tourists made their way to Metairie for one reason and one reason only: to get chargrilled oysters in Fat City. Drago’s recipe– light on the bread crumbs, heavy on the butter and garlic– was the epitome of the dish. Around five years ago, they opened a second location in the Hilton Riverside Hotel, serving the same oysters in a less hospitable environment. It’s definitely a turn-and-burn establishment. You’re not going to get great service, so I’d recommend stopping here just for a quick snack and foregoing the rest of the menu for some place better.
This is a more down-and-dirty establishment, located right across from ACME, that serves great oysters either chargrilled or on the halfshell. The rest of their food is merely passable, but if you want surly service and plump oysters, it’s a fine place to stop in and grab a quick bite.
One of the allures of eating oysters is sidling up to the bar and talking with the old guy who’s shucking yours. This is one of those places where your shucker has been there 30 years and can thoroughly entertain you while you stand at the bar. If you decide to wait for a table at one of Uptown’s classic restaurants, Pascal’s is known for their BBQ shrimp (they invented the recipe), but the rest of the menu is fairly dated Creole Italian cuisine. –Shane Finkelstein
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— KOOL A.D., O.K.
Allison Bamcat's Fever Dream
Spending the holidays in Los Angeles is a little different from spending it anywhere else.
Trade your parka for some rose-colored glasses and get lost in this far out, furry installation
at The Standard, Hollywood, inspired by hallucinogenic winter mushrooms and chili peppers
consumed during different traditions across Europe and the southwest US.
Throwing your own event?


to the homepage of the international model and actress Naida Ragimova – with roots from Azerbaijan, Cuba and Chile currently living in Stockholm, Sweden.
Here you will find pictures and clips from the different projects she’s been involved in/she’s worked with.
If you would like to get in touch, don’t hesitate to contact Naida. She would love to hear from you!
Enjoy your stay!


Owners: John & Carla purchased the campground in January 2011. The campground is located in Cambridge, IL., and is nestled in the county seat of Henry county. The grounds offer beautiful sights of nature, and large mature trees surround the 50 acres of land, with a 5 acre lake within the middle of it.
In the early 60's the Heir's purchased the 80 acres of land and worked hard to clear the overgrowth of trees to establish the start of a new campground, and then built a 5 acre lake within in the middle. The Heir's ran it as The Timber for many years before their passing.
The campground was then sold to the Gibson's where they ran it as Gibson's RV for five years. Gibson's then sold the grounds to the Stevenson's and they ran it under the name The Old Timber Campgrounds for five years.


(Information provided by Utah.com)
Birdsong Trail: Easy
The Birdsong Trail offers wonderful views along the east bench in Ogden. It goes by 6 springs, a pond and deep forest, where you can see an abundance of birds (hence the name). It connects the neighborhoods around Fillmore and 20th Streets to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
The trail runs between Rainbow Gardens and 20th Street. The Rainbow Trailhead is located at the northwest corner of Rainbow Gardens parking lot (at the mouth of Ogden Canyon).
20th Street Trailhead
The south trailhead is located at Fillmore Avenue and 20th Street.
Bonneville Shoreline Trail: Moderate
This trail follows what was the shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville. Various sections of the trail run from Ogden down to Payson. The trail is mostly single-track but you will transverse some double-track, as various other trails cross or merge with the Shoreline Trail. Bonneville Shoreline trail can be accessed throughout the various trails in the East foothills.
Indian Trailhead: Moderate
The Indian Trail is a moderate hike that ascends climbs steeply into Ogden Canyon, winds in and out of Warm Water Canyon, climbs to “Nevada Viewpoint” on the ridge between Warm Water Canyon and Cold Water Canyon, and then descends to into Cold Water Canyon near the Cold Water Canyon Trailhead.
22nd Street Trailhead
This trailhead is located at the top of 22nd Street, on the east side of Ogden, near the mouth of Ogden Canyon. There is a paved parking area but no other facilities.
Warm Water Canyon
Warm Water Canyon is an easy-to-recognize landmark along the trail.
Cold Water Canyon Trailhead
The Cold Water Canyon Trailhead is in Ogden Canyon, about 1.5 miles up from its intersection with Valley Drive (at Rainbow Gardens). There is a Smokey the Bear sign along the highway by the trailhead.
Malans Peak: Moderate
Located on the east side of Ogden, the summit of Malans Peak offers dramatic views out over the community, the Great Salt Lake and the surrounding mountains. The trail is signed and easy to follow. The route is somewhat steep, but not too bad. There are excellent views at several points along the trail, and so you don’t have to make it to the summit to enjoy a hike here. Strong hikers can continue past the summit into Malans Basin, which is a popular camping spot for backpackers.
29th Street Trailhead
The trail begins at the 29th Street Trailhead, located at the top of 29th Street on the east side of Ogden. A parking area, restrooms and other facilities are provided.
Top of 27th Street
You can also get onto the trail at the top of 27th Street.
The trail is signed for Taylor Canyon. Follow it north and east along the edge of town and then into Taylor Canyon. After a short ways it climbs via switchbacks to the top of the ridge on the south side of the canyon and then continues on to the summit.
The summit elevation is 6980 feet. You gain 2140 feet over the course of the hike. The trail is clearly marked and easy to follow the entire way. Simply return the way you can up.
Ben Lomond Peak: Moderate/Strenuous
The trail ascends an east-facing slope that happens to be one of the wettest in the state and so its wild flower display is unparalleled. The trail is used by horsemen and is also open to dirt bikes. At 9,712 feet, Ben Lomond is the highest peak overlooking the Ogden area. From the summit, the Wasatch Range can be seen stretching 100 miles from the Idaho border to Salt Lake City. You also have great views out over the Great Salt Lake.
Ben Lomond Trailhead
The trailhead is at North Fork Park, near the town of Liberty in Ogden Valley. From Liberty, head north on 3300 East and then go right where the road forks after about 1.5 miles. In another mile, turn left at the entrance to North Fork Park and look for the signed Ben Lomond Trailhead near the horse corral at the far end of the park.
The climb to the top of Ben Lomond is long and can be challenging. After leaving the parking area the trail crosses Cobble Creek and begins a series of switchbacks up the mountain. There is a waterfall that cascades from Cold Spring at mile 1.6. Various trails intersect; just follow the signs to the summit. The trail switchbacks for most of the ascent, flattening out for about a mile before the final series of zig-zags up to the summit.
Beus Canyon Trail: Moderate/Strenuous
The Beus Canyon Trail is part of the Great Western Trail. The Beus Canyon segment runs from the east side of Ogden City up to a saddle just south of Mt Ogden Peak. From that saddle it is just a short climb to the summit. From the saddle, the Great Western Trail descends down the east side following a Snowbasin access road and connects to the Wheeler Creek Trail.
The trailhead is located at the top of 4600 South, on the east side of Ogden. Follow the street east until the road curves south near the microwave towers. The trailhead is signed. There is a parking area but no drinking water or restrooms.
The lower part of the trail is easy as it climbs to the mouth of Beus Canyon, where it intersects the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The trail continues along Beus Creek until it reaches a small meadow where the canyon forks. This meadow is locally known as Fern Valley, for obvious reasons. From there the trail continues along the south fork of the stream and then climbs the ridge between Beus Canyon and Birch Canyon to the south. The trail continues to climb at a steep pitch as it goes north to the head of Beus Creek. From there, follow rock cairns to the saddle just south of Mount Ogden Peak.
Mt Ogden Summit
Mt Ogden Peak has an elevation of 9,501 feet. From the top you can see almost forever. There is a radio tower on the summit, and some think it distracts from the aesthetics of the hike. Nevertheless, views from the summit make the hike worthwhile.
Snowbasin Ski Resort
It is possible to hike from Ogden up Beau Canyon and over the mountain to Snowbasin. However, most people are more interested in hiking out and back to the summit. The shortest route to the summit is from the Snowbasin side, following the jeep access road. However, the Beus Canyon Trail is more scenic, and more convenient for people living in the Ogden area.
Waterfall Canyon: Moderate
This short but strenuous hike includes a rugged scramble over steep, rocky terrain, yet it has long been one of Ogden’s most popular hikes thanks to the spectacular 200-foot waterfall at the upper end of the canyon. Please respect the private property on both sides of the trail and don’t be tempted to climb the cliffs around the waterfall. It’s illegal and several hikers have fallen to their deaths from the treacherous rocks. The total hiking distance is short but the hike is strenuous because you must cross steep, rocky terrain. The hike is out and back, you return the way you came in.
29th Street Trailhead
The trail begins at the Mt Ogden Trailhead at the top of 29th Street, on the east side of Ogden. Several signed trails begin here. Follow the trail signed as Malan Falls. The first part of the hike is easy, as it climbs uphill to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. From there follow the Shoreline Trail south to the mouth of Waterfall Canyon.
Spur trails run in every direction but it is easy to follow the main trail. After crossing the wooden bridge at the mouth of Waterfall Canyon, follow the obvious trail along the south side of the small stream. After a short distance the trail crosses to the north side, again via a wooden bridge. From there just continue following the trail along the north side until you see the waterfall.
To get close to the waterfall you’ll have to rock hop or wade the stream a time or two, depending on water levels. During spring and early summer you may have to wade. The final approach is difficult but well worth the effort.


The Junior League of South Brevard Inc. is excited to announce the 35th annual Festival of Trees. This family friendly event is an annual community fundraiser that allows us to continue improving Brevard County through financial and volunteer commitments. We invite all of our neighbors in and around Brevard County to participate and attend!
Saturday, November 23, 2019
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Viera Regional Park Community Center
2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Melbourne, FL 32940
Junior League of South Brevard, Inc.
1501 Avocado Avenue, Suite 2
Melbourne, FL 32935
321-610-8950 | Office@jlsb.net


From time to time, as the years have slithered softly by, I have had a recurring dream. It comes when my heart is closed. It comes when my heart is turned away. It comes when I have turned away from Life. It comes when I am on my hands and knees, crawling alone in Dark Places.
In this dream I am a small boy, walking up a path through the forest, between tall trees. I am barefoot, and the trail is soft and green. I can feel the cool moisture of silver-spattered dew sputtering up between my toes as I brush the whispering grass aside with my feet. The sun is somewhere up and to my right, beyond the canopy. It must be early morning, although it is at a high angle, so I presume it is summer. Shafts of light drift and swirl in softly purring yellows, and butterflies of many hues (but mostly blue), spin and totter in their buttery light.
The path is leading somewhere to the west (for some reason my dreams come with compass bearings), although I have no idea where it is going other than it is safe to be here. There are no wild animals to rend me limb from limb; no giant hairy spiders will drop onto me and inject me with their life-chilling venom, and there are no snakes to lead me in harm’s way.
It is warm, beautiful and idyllic. I could idle here forever.
As I continue up the path through the trees, in the distance I can hear people talking, a low murmuring as if they are talking behind their hands. The sound grows gently louder, maintaining volume but with little change in pitch. And it seems to draw closer. A flash of blue to my left, a dance of light. Ah. I am walking along the side of a small stream, half-concealed by the trees which grow right up to its fringe and lean curiously out over it, observing the sinuous litheness of its progress through the forest.
A few more steps and a few more corners, and then I emerge from the forest into a clearing. Above me, the trees have tilted back to allow the sky and sunlight clear passage to the earth. Soft mosses in bright greens and limes cover the ground down to the edge of the water. The bulk of the clearing is taken up by a crystal clear pool, so transparent that you can see the weeds gently waving to and fro on the bottom: small silver fish arc and twist and flash in glittering curves.
At the other end of the pool is a waterfall, perhaps three metres high. It emerges smoothly from the trees and gently tips over the rim and drops into the seamless mirror of the pond. Curiously it never breaks the smoothness of the water’s surface.
I sense an opening in the green mossed wall behind the waterfall. To reach it, I will need to swim across the pool. I lower my Self into the water and sink into its blue depths, becoming one with it. As I draw closer to the curtain of water and begin to pass beyond it, I can see something gold shimmering ahead of me, vibrating gently in the cool blue. I come closer and, there before me, is a doorway. Gold light is pouring out through it, inviting me to pass through it. I feel an unexpected heart-filling joy as I move through it into a gold world, where everything is gold and drawn in gold light.
Then I awake. I am back in Te Ao Kikokiko, the material world. Perhaps, one day, I will find a place like this in the outer world.
The Milford Road must be my favourite drive, one I think I could do every day for the rest of my life. The wide grin near Te Anau, as the road sweeps and swoops along the lake edge, flashing flickering glimpses of it as I drive, gradually closes in near the Eglinton Flat. Then, minute by minute, as I circle and dance my way up to the Homer Tunnel, the great slabs of mountain draw in, massive and foreboding, compressing me into a smaller self. They press dour thumbs down onto my psyche until I feel like an insignificant insect crushed underfoot by the sheer force of their presence.
However, on the way to Milford Sound, en route to my appointment with the toothpaste tube of the tunnel, there is a secret place, just to one side of the road. It is one of those secret, quiet places which lurks to one side in the shadow of its own anonymity and chooses when it will make itself known. Time and time again I have driven past it, totally focused on finding and stopping there and yet somehow missed it, only becoming aware of my error a kilometre or so down the road. It obviously hasn’t wanted my attention.
Now, if it is the day for a visit, I become aware of it some way down the road. I can feel it calling to me, pulling at my heart. Well, OK. I am coming.
So I am slowing down even before I get there and I check the traffic. It is the tail end of the tourist season and winter is beginning to prise the fingers of summer from the land. The tour coach numbers are thinning out, along with the mobile homes, backpacker vans, and karma drivers in bright blue Corollas who have clogged the roads for months, stopping everywhere (often suddenly and without warning) in their hunt for the Ultimate Instagram Selfie. The chill of autumn is sweeping them back to their homelands and the deep eternity of the mountains is slowly rolling back down into the valleys.
I park, step warily out of my car and get out my cameras.
The dew is still fringing the grasses. A small pond lies there, with trees ringing it and holding any wind from disturbing its mirror surface. At the western end, in a small clearing, a single beech tree is backlit by the last of the afternoon sun up and to the right. Without thinking, I take off my shoes. I want to walk barefoot, swishing my feet through the whispering grass and feeling Tāwhiri’s tears washing my feet. I want to root myself in the earth and in the wisdom of trees. Insects dance in the light and birds call from back in the forest. I carefully step around the gossamer hexagons of nursery spider webs, until I am at the edge of the pool.
I crouch down and sit, my feet in the water. I am a boy again. And, beyond the silent pool, below the blue mountain, beneath the shimmering sky, in my viewfinder the gold tree is opening a doorway to another world.
A fairy world.
Nau mai haere mai ki Te Ao Patupaiarehe.


Newhard Farms is a 5th generation grain and vegetable farm…
Located in: Village of Ruchsville in North Whitehall Township Owned and operated by: Don Newhard and his son Joel
Providing the Lehigh Valley with our own premium quality sweet corn from our family to yours
We are currently farming over 2500 acres of crops, which include corn, wheat, soybeans and sweet corn. In the summer, our primary focus is growing and selling our premium quality sweet corn. Most of the sweet corn we grow is sold at The Corn Shed, which is located on our farm in Ruchsville. We also sell a whole host of fruits and vegetables that are produced on local farms. As a matter of fact, 90% of all the vegetables are grown on one Mennonite farm in Kutztown. Knowing the grower ensures us that we are selling the freshest vegetables possible.