Could a “hot” flower attract pollinators by serving as a reward in a plant-pollinator mutualism? Many flowering plants produce nectar and pollen as rewards in exchange for pollination services by insects and other animals. Interestingly, ho…
Would you like to become a Texas Master Gardener? The Montgomery County Master Gardener Association will be holding their orientation for the 2011 Master Gardener Training. The orientation is mandatory in order to take the training. The orientation wil…
Some birds can see magnetic fields like we see colors. Those with sharp vision see the field clearly, those with impaired vision have trouble same as we might reading small print in our later years. Some birds can sense the Earth’s magnetic field and…
The corpse flower is so rare that only 28 have ever been known to bloom in the United States. The 29th is poised to open any day now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The lime-green bud, which resembles an oversized endive, was nearing 5 feet t…
Today we went to Zayed park. Like most of Dubai it’s still under construction. Also it was about 110′F and noon when we visited hence the lack of other humans about. After we went to the shopping mall to people watch. On the first floor of the mall are several traditional clothing stores, racks and [...]
Today we rented a car and drove south, east and north of Dubai. Like Houston civilization drops off very rapidly once you leave the city. The deserts are far greener than I imagined, though I’m told the plant life drops off rapidly as you get further from the coast. The desert photos are about 50 [...]
I’ve not seen a single dog here. We did see one cat, actually we heard him from 3 alleys away. What a howl. He’s a long white orange spotted stray who was dumpster diving and singing his tale of woe. Prayers are called even at 4 am. They sound like the Catholic priests doing their [...]
Today was my first day out and about in Dubai. Friday is like Sunday here so most everything was closed all morning. We made a pass through the local shopping mall, visited the world’s tallest building and went to the Old Golden Suk shopping district.
The shopping mall was mostly locals about 1/3 women [...]
For every minute spent in organizing an hour is earned.
“Spend the last 5 minutes of every working day making out a must list for the next day’s tasks.” (Ivy Lee )
In the morning start with the first one and stay with it until you complete the task. Move it to the completed list and [...]
Every thing you do is predictable, unless it is random.
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- Choose from 0-1000 as the low bounding number
- Choose from 0-1000 as the high bounding number
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For every minute spent in organizing an hour is earned. “Spend the last 5 minutes of every working day making out a must list for the next day’s tasks.” (Ivy Lee ) In the morning start with the first one and stay with it until you complete the task. Move it to the completed list [...]
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