I am one of the biggest Kickstarter fans I know. I have seen so many amazing design-related projects funded through their site, and every time one of those ideas meets its goal and comes to life, I want to give everyone at Kickstarter a big hug. Today I came across another great project that’s looking for funding via Kickstarter. Designer Don Lehmen created these genius little stylus attachments that cap on to a pen or marker and work perfectly on touchscreens like an iPad. It

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Certain vegetables—fennel, for one—are unaccountably absent from most Canadian kitchens. Ask a German about Fenchel, or an Italian about finocchio, and they will tell you how mild and sweet it is, how crisp and refreshing eaten raw, how delicious braised or in a stew, how its anise flavour is distinct but not overpowering. Ask someone over here about fennel, and they may look puzzled: “Not sure I’ve ever tasted it.” Or they may think you mean the herb fennel, source of licorice-flavoured seeds sometimes used in cakes and confections or brewed as a digestive tea. But there is a big difference between that wispy dill-like herb and the bulbous vegetable often called Florence fennel.

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ExacqVision has just released the latest edition of its exacqVision VMS software.

New to Version 4.5 are several key features:

Version 4.5 is compatible with all ExacqVision Hybrid and IP video surveillance systems as well as systems by other manufacturer like Bosch, Panasonic and Arecont Vision. Rea

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One of the unfortuneate consequences of the fight against urban sprawl, which has been largely taken up in the name of Jane Jacobs, is the loss of green space and the urban forests of many communities. They are disappearing in the manner environmentalists call ‘death by a thousand cuts’, that is (sometimes) slowly and incrementally.

Sherwood Forest is one of the old, upscale, districts of Detroit, ‘the city of Neighbourhoods’;

“Developers thought that the area should resemble an English village; thus, they selected appropriate English names and curved and winding streets. You will

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Each year, the American Rhododendron Society (ARS) carefully selects plants that will receive “Rhododendron of the Year” honours. The awards are designed to help gardeners choose rhododendrons and azaleas that will thrive in their area—they are selected based on what has historically done well in the gardens of ARS members. The winners represent all seven geographic regions of North America, so you’re bound to find a plant that will do well in your zone.

Northeastern

Elepidote: ‘Janet Blair’ (Dexter hybrid x unknown)
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A vigorous plant with frilled light pink flowers that have a golden bronze flare on the upper petal. It is

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