 to a shade garden - Heuchera. What a great color combo!
From the same garden, the succulent-filled metal planter below is something I replicated (sorta) as soon as I got home. It's a great way to avoid the extra watering required by growing plants in containers (where they dry out faster than in the ground). These plants probably don't need any supplemental watering at all.
Below is the curbside garden in front of a bank in downtown Asheville that I stopped to admire. This professionally designed gem is packed with smart plant choices and design details we can try at home. Note the tough but gorgeous plants like Skypencil hollies, Osmanthus, spireas, junipers and daylilies. And great boulders, of course.
Another attraction in downtown Asheville are the many garden-type murals adorning so many otherwise ugly blank walls. Paint and other non-plant materials can be cheap, fast and charming in a garden.
Finally, I took away one idea from the vastness of the Biltmore Estate gardens, and that's the use of big, dramatic tropical plants, like the bananas and cannas below. Even in my tiny new garden I'll be growing a few of these guys next year.
A lesson I WISH I could use in my own garden is to use views to their best advantage. So, if my garden overlooked the Blue Ridge Mountains I'd create an opening in the trees just like this one, to maximize that view.Gabriella Schmidt enjoys the lunch that she brought from home.
Lunch is the favorite part of most students’ school day. Some choose to buy a lunch from from Taher, while others bring one from home.
Of 72 students surveyed, 59.7% reported buying their lunch from Taher. Most claimed they chose this option due to convenience. 
However, the most common reason students choose to make their own lunch is that they see it as more nutritious. “I bring my own lunch because it’s healthier than Taher’s options,” junior Kylie Krumenauer said.
Other students choose to bring lunch from home because of their dietary restrictions. “I’m gluten and rice free, so there are very limited options for me at Taher. It’s a lot easier to just bring my own lunch,” junior Jada Kosek said.
Yet, some are also persuaded by Taher’s prices. If a student buys lunch everyday for a year, they will spend an average of $1,080. “The average students spends $6 a day on lunch,” Raul Templonuevo, Taher’s lead chef, said.
To avoid paying for lunch, many students decide to pack their own lunch. “My parents did not want to pay for Taher lunch, so I started bringing my own from home,” junior Jimena McMerty-Brummer, who has been bringing her own lunch since seventh grade, said.
However, students who chose to bring their own lunch may miss out on some new foods this year. “[We’ll be experimenting with] some Asian flavors, so, pad thai, sushi and bento boxes,” Raúl said.
Student athletes choose BSM over other schools. Why?
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However, residential areas classified as “poor” will not be affected by the increase in tariff.
Ipoh Echo welcomes Mohamed Hisam bin Mohamad Yusof who is the new General Manager of Tourism Perak Management Bhd effective July 1. Many in the tourism industry would know Hisam as the COO from Aidil Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd.
Hisam, who hails from Taiping, had his early education at King Edward Institution, Taiping and did his tertiary education at UiTM majoring in Business Administration. Hisam, 40, started work in the banking industry before moving to the tourism industry several years ago.
On why he switched from his comfy post at a tour agency, Hisam explained that “I wanted a challenge. I am aware that this new post for me is VERY challenging but I feel that I am able to bring in more tourists to my State”. Indeed with Visit Perak Year 2012 right around the corner that is a tall challenge. All the best Hisam.
Mohamed Hisam has quit as GM of Tourism Perak. He’s being replaced by Incik Ahmad Fadhil Ghani who assumes the post of CEO in September 2011. Fadhil is responsible for making good Visit Perak Year (VPY) 2012.
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Democratic challenger Linda Coleman repeatedly attempted Tuesday night to paint a dismal picture of public education in North Carolina, but Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest countered with a list of Republican spending increases and expanded school choice options that he said put the state on the right track.
The candidates squared off in an hour-long debate at Barton College sponsored in part by the North Carolina Institute for Political Leadership and Wilson Chamber of Commerce as the first of three “Hometown Debates.” The event will be shown at 9 tonight on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Channel.
Debates involving the Democratic and Republican nominees for attorney general and state treasurer will take place on the next two Tuesdays, Sept. 20 and 27, respectively.
Coleman and Forest cited contrasting positions on a range of topics, with the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income K-12 students as one example. This fall’s contest is a rematch of the 2012 election campaign, which Forest won by roughly 6,000 votes.
“The parent should have the choice for the education of their student. The government should not be the decider” in forcing students to remain in public schools that have been failing for decades, Forest said.
“Why would we not give the poorest students, the poorest parents in the state of North Carolina, an opportunity to take out an opportunity scholarship, a voucher if you will, and give it to a private school” if that is where a child will get an excellent education, Forest said.
She said some religious schools accepting voucher students are allowed to discriminate, citing one in Mecklenburg County that refused admission to LGBT students.
Coleman claimed public education lost more than $1 billion in funding in the last four years, and as a result schools lack textbooks, teacher assistants, school resource officers, and nurses.
Forest said under Republican leadership K-12 spending actually went up $2 billion, and the state now is spending 13 percent more than it ever has, including tripling the amount spent on textbooks. Starting and average teacher pay has increased, and average teacher compensation is $67,500 annually.
Democrats cut $1.25 billion from education funding in 2010, the year Republicans were voted into the majority, he said. Democrats cut teacher pay, froze salary step increases, and eliminated 4,200 teachers.
Coleman said the 2008 recession led to a $4 billion budget deficit and forced the Democrats’ education cuts. Republicans have