The day I did a shit in a broccoli field

By Jonny Blair


With travelling comes strange and amusing stories. This one, though slightly disgusting just highlights the amusement you can look back on, and in this case laugh at myself a couple of years down the line. Did I really shit myself in a broccoli field? Yes!

While living in Tasmania I worked all over the place, doing broccoli farming in 13 different farms! I loved it and urge you all to try farming in Tasmania. Earning a living as a broccoli farmer was great!

Basically you walk down endless broccoli paddocks cutting as much broccoli that is ready as you can and you fire it into crates on the back of the tractor which follows you. Once you have started one of the rows, you have to finish it. You can't really leave half way through a row and you need to carry water with you. At the end of each row you can go for a leak or a shit if you need to. I do admit this is easier if you are male!

On this particular day I was working out at East Sassafras in the north of Tasmania. It was a massive farm. While cutting we worked our way up a large hill, beyond which you disappeared into wilderness and were miles from your base (at your base you park your car, eat lunch and there's even a portable toilet). At this point I was an experienced broccoli cutter.

It was 18th March 2010, the morning after St. Patrick's Night, so a few of our team had gone down to Molly Malone's pub, myself obviously included to meet another travelling Northern Irishman, Chaz Fitzsimmons.

The morning ran smoothly however and from 7am to 1pm we worked before having a quick lunch. Just after lunch and we had got half way through a long row of broccoli when I realised I needed a shit - yes it was ready to come out. Our boss was Rebecca Gaby and she was alongside us that day so I shouted over to her that I needed to go. So off I went - initially running all the way towards the portable toilet before realising it was too far to go, so time had beaten me...

A few seconds after taking my trousers and boots off which wasn't easy I then had to use leaves from broccoli plants to clean myself. It wasn't enough so my underpants were used as toilet roll and then dumped behind a tree near the fence. It was then that my team and tractor appeared back at the top of the hill. They knew I had ran for a shit, but now they saw me with my trousers down, running desperately back to cut more broccoli.

It was a good day in the field apart from that. Later that night, I washed all my clothes, shamelessly admitting I couldn't tell the difference between mud and shit. Don't Stop Living!




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Africa Today

By Maxie Ramos


Africa in a Nutshell

The African continent has the second largest people worldwide, at about one billion people.

The African nation is a rich tapestry of colors that represents uniqueness and variety in many aspects of their culture and way of life. Yet, Africa faces a lot of domestic conflicts and misunderstandings. The state of which Africa is in, is not so different from the predator-prey relationship that defines their wildlife Africa is very well abundant with the richness that Mother Earth could offer.

Africa is the home to many precious life forms and earthy richness. A lot of people have their attention focused on tapping Africa's rich resources. A lot of detrimental, harmful and damaging acts have been giving the African people a heavy life. Africa, in all its beauty is being exploited including its people.

Thus, these actions of exploitation have been creating disputes within the continent for Africa's richness. What Africa has in richness, they have in problems. Given that a lot of African people has seen so many horrors.

There is a big internal security threat looming over Africa that provokes Africans to go against one another, Despite of all that, I certainly have faith that the African people can overcome all of those hardships.

The african continent is the 2nd largest of the earth's 7 land masses and comprises approximately 22% of the earth's whole land area.

Africa is known to be one of the wildest Continent in the world. Wild Animals roaming around in thousands of hectares.

The primary location of Africa is frequently called sub-Saharan Africa and limits the mostly Islamic nations of North Africa: Western, Morocco, Sahara, , Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. Sub-Saharan Africa consists of 42 nations on mainland Africa and the six island nations.




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The Largest Animal In The World

By Terry Hunefeld


Blue Whales are fantastic creatures and one of the best places to see them is from Southern California. Whale watching trips go out regularly from San Diego, Los Angeles, Oxnard, Ventura and Santa Barbara.

The Blue Whale is the largest animal to ever live on earth " far larger than the largest dinosaurs, and weighing up to 190 tons, heavier than a DC-10 airliner. For sake of comparison, the largest elephants barely reach 6 tons. Blue Whales have been measured scientifically at 98 feet, and thought to reach more than 110 feet, while the longest dinosaur skeleton measures under 90 feet from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.

There are many myths about these creatures, one is that the heartbeat can be heard for 20 miles which is ridiculous because nobody can even hear a Blue Whale heartbeat from ten feet away.

Interestingly, one of the smallest seabirds on earth, Cassins Auklet, and the Blue Whale, the largest animal ever to have lived on earth, both subsist primarily on the same prey: krill. Blue Whales are baleen whales. Instead of teeth, they have a series of flexible plates called baleen that they use to strain up to four tons of these tiny shrimp like crustaceans from the ocean each day.

Blue Whales sometimes cross-breed with Fin Whales which are the second largest animals on earth. At least four of these unique hybrid whales exhibiting characteristics of each parent have been documented by scientists by analyzing DNA.

Blue Whales are usually solitary animals. Sometimes they associate with another individual. Scientists do not know how long Blue Whale couples stay together. Very occasionally, Blue Whales can be found in groups of 40 - 50 individuals in areas where there are high concentrations of food - however this is exceptional. Normally, Blue Whales do not form large close-knit groups like some other whale species.

Blue Whales are fast, strong swimmers with an average speed of about 12 miles per hour with an ability when alarmed to move at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour.

Blue Whales are found all over the world. The waters off Southern California and Baja Mexico are home to perhaps 25% of the worlds population. Theyre most often seen in this area in spring and summer being a favored feeding ground.

Blue Whales are found throughout the world but scientists do not know exactly where they breed or give birth. Feeding has been documented in both tropical and cold polar waters.

Blue Whales once numbered in the hundreds of thousands until man developed the technology (like exploding harpoons) to exploit these magnificent creatures in the early twentieth century. For nearly 40 years they were hunted almost to extinction by whalers who destroyed 99 percent of all Blue Whales on earth. They became protected in 1966 when on the brink of extinction. Its estimated that there are only 5,000 to 10,000 Blue Whales left worldwide today.




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Off The beaten Path in Florida

By William A. Butland


Jupiter, Florida is a small town just north of West Palm. It's a town famous for one thing primarily, and that one thing is a man who quite literally put this town on the map, Burt Reynolds. Jupiter, Florida has been the hometown to this popular star for many years and he has been instrumental in making Jupiter a bright spot on the Florida map. Burt Reynolds has long been involved in training actors in the South Florida area with the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Dinner Theatre and Conservatory, now The Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Mr. Reynolds has revived his training program through The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre, where he works with some of the best actors Florida has to offer, giving to them the knowledge he has gained through his many years in film, television and theatre. Burt Reynolds IS the gem of Jupiter.

Jupiter, Florida is a small town just north of West Palm. It's a town famous for one thing primarily, and that one thing is a man who quite literally put this town on the map, Burt Reynolds. Jupiter, Florida has been the hometown to this popular star for many years and he has been instrumental in making Jupiter a bright spot on the Florida map. Burt Reynolds has long been involved in training actors in the South Florida area with the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Dinner Theatre and Conservatory, now The Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Mr. Reynolds has revived his training program through The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre, where he works with some of the best actors Florida has to offer, giving to them the knowledge he has gained through his many years in film, television and theatre. Burt Reynolds IS the gem of Jupiter.

Jupiter, Florida is a small town just north of West Palm. It's a town famous for one thing primarily, and that one thing is a man who quite literally put this town on the map, Burt Reynolds. Jupiter, Florida has been the hometown to this popular star for many years and he has been instrumental in making Jupiter a bright spot on the Florida map. Burt Reynolds has long been involved in training actors in the South Florida area with the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Dinner Theatre and Conservatory, now The Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Mr. Reynolds has revived his training program through The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre, where he works with some of the best actors Florida has to offer, giving to them the knowledge he has gained through his many years in film, television and theatre. Burt Reynolds IS the gem of Jupiter.

Another vacation destination that some people may not think of right off the bat when thinking of vacationing in Florida is St. Augustine, the nation's oldest city. Here again you will find some of the most beautiful beaches and a peaceful Intracoastal Waterway where you can wile away the boating, fishing or swimming. There are a lot of things for the family to do in St. Augustine, not the least of which is checking out all the tourist attractions like Castillo De San Marco's, the fort built to defend St. Augustine by the Spanish in 1672 as well as the fun oddity attraction, Ripley's Believe it Or Not!

Remember this one thing when planning a vacation to the Sunshine State; there's more to do than just visit the attractions along the I-4 corridor heading through Orlando. Florida is a state full of hidden gems just waiting for the adventurous tourist to turn them over and explore. My suggestion to you Is, BE that adventurous tourist and find out that there is more to Florida than just a large mouse wearing trousers.




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Online Sales And How To Acquire Prosperity Selling Lingeries

By Betty Miller


Launching a business on the Web can be lucrative. Consumers from worldwide may buy your lingeries. You want to read the following ideas to ensure that you maximize your revenues for your sells.

Have the right image for your online store. Everything about it is going to play a factor in a customer's decision to make a purchase. Staying on top of things like security, delivery, and customer contact will have positive effects on profits.

You can definitely increase your online sales if you use customers friends and family members through their social contacts. Give your existing customers 10%-20% discount if they refer your online store to their friends.

Lingerie Product tags make searching easier. If you choose to sell through another website, you'll often have the option to add tag words on your lingeries. Use this attribute to ensure that your lingeries show up in search results on the site. Use general descriptive words "earrings" to make sure the lingerie product shows up often and more specific terms "freshwater pearl earrings" to allow customers searching for something particular to find your lingerie product.

When selecting domain addresses it can be helpful to stick with some name website since that seems to attract the most business. This can help grow sales because more consumers will remember your website address. The more visitors the more opportunity to create customers as they see the quality services and lingeries available.

Give your costumers entrepreneurial opportunities. Entrepreneurialism is a new status symbol for many and they want and can contribute time and efforts to your website. In the years to come, expect plenty of budding entrepreneurs to take on traditional, serious, and 'proper' yet often-out-of-touch businesses. Be the first to offer that to option to your customers.

Following the PSP mode of transaction can be ideal for you. You must look to get the job done like a pro. Portraying a professional work methodology can make the day for you, and you must not be reluctant in using a PSP to ensure a secured online transaction.

Are you encouraging your customers to shop with you regularly? Consider setting up an automatic recommendation system. This is particularly true if you sell consumable lingeries. Set up a mailing list that sends them a preloaded shopping cart once a month. Give them the option to order your suggestions easily and watch your profits shoot through the roof.




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Find Out How To Find A Decent Tv Cabling Contractor With These Techniques

By Jeff Howard


If you do not hire a great TV cabling contractor, then you may cost yourself tons of money. A fantastic TV cabling contractor will stay on budget. Please use our tips so you may cut costs and hire a great TV cabling contractor.

A handy person is different than a TV cabling contractor. If the work that you need to have done is under $500 and does not require any special permits, a handy person should be your ideal choice. Only big projects involving different TV cabling specialists require a general TV cabling contractor.

A local building inspector is also a dependable source for getting to know some reputed TV cabling contractors. They know which TV cabling contractors carry out good work and generally pass their inspections without a hitch. You can get in touch with these inspectors at the codes department in the local codes office. Any inspector would be more than willing to answer your queries.

You may be on the hook personally for hefty fines if you select a TV cabling contractor that does not seek the proper permits before undertaking work. Make sure the TV cabling contractor is aware of what permits will be required and works to timely secure them. It never hurts to double-check with the permitting office, as it is easier to follow-up than face fines later.

You may not be able to fire your TV cabling contractor without putting it in writing. Check your contract between you and the TV cabling contractor to see if it tells what will happen should you decide the TV cabling contractor is not living up to the details of the contract. Even if your contract does not state that you have to put it in writing, it is a good idea to make sure all of your communication with them is detailed and traceable.

Punctuality by the TV cabling contractors should be emphasized and verified by maintaining daily attendance registers. Make it a point to make inspection visits everyday so that the TV cabling contractor knows that you demand discipline and you can also judge their professionalism. Check for any price variations in the written agreement and demand explanations.

Contracting is a two way road. If you don't uphold your end of the contract, you may receive any reputational or legal ramifications associated with not paying. Not paying a TV cabling contractor for work is only justified if the work wasn't finished or is not to the quality specified.

Some TV cabling contractors will insist on only the most expensive materials. If it is not within your budget to have all the latest gadgets and materials, you may want to reconsider dealing with that TV cabling contractor. The TV cabling contractor may simply want to show off their big fancy project but that will not help your budget.




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How To Craft Your Own Fishing Lights

By Annabelle Newton


Fishing lights are an easy to make tool that helps fishermen draw in small fish. Often, the small fish become attracted to the shiny, bright light and as they swim toward it, they are usually noticed by other larger species who will follow and get entangled in the line.

Just a few low cost items are all that are needed to complete your project. You will need to get a flashlight. Because LED flashlights tend to stay cool, they are the most logic choice for this project. You are also going to need some of your fish line, sand, pebbles or small rocks and a plastic container of some sort that you are able to seal.

Once you have all the necessary pieces, the process is relatively quick and simple. First, make sure you have chosen a lightweight product for your project because you are going to need to be able to pull it back in easily when you are finished. If the plastic container you have chosen does not have holes in it, you will need to make a small hole through the handle so that you can run your line through it. When making a hole, be very careful not to puncture the plastic in any other area.

After you have successfully made the hole and put the fish line through, test your creation to see whether or not it is likely to leak. It is simple to tell if a container will leak, just watch under the surface of the water and take notice of whether or not you see bubbles rising to the surface. If you see bubbles then, unfortunately your container is leaking and you will need to begin again with another type of container.

Once you are comfortable that the container you have chosen to use is going to be stable, weigh it down with either, sand, rocks or pebbles. This simply keeps it from floating to the surface on you. Remember, not to over stuff it. Though it is important that it has a bit of weight, you do not want it too heavy.

Next, turn your flashlight on, put it in the sealable bag and place it in the bottle. The plastic bag is meant to protect your flashlight, should your container begin to leak your flashlight will not come into direct contact with the water.

Close the cover snugly and make sure the fish line is still secure and lower it under water carefully. Once in the water, try not to disturb it too much because moving it might discourage your fish from coming close enough for you to catch them.

Two fishing lights are used by many fishermen. Using two at one time, within close proximity of each other will help create a larger area for attracting the fish. Remember, the types of creatures you are trying to lure are often very close to the surface so, you will want to keep your container relatively close to the surface as well.




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Finding Truly Qualified Computer Equipment Movers

By Annabelle Newton


As facility gets transferred, everything else no doubt required to be moved as well. While you can surely rely on dependable movers' Herculean might, when it comes to aspects like IT infrastructure movement, such moving experts are not just of great help. You have to have people that can assure the computing devices are repositioned and transported perfectly like the way they were before. If not, just prepare to splash out on new sets of devices and simply forget about all the stored data. Skilled computer equipment movers are practically crucial. Should you have to ascertain about your data restructuring when you have everything moved in the new facility, you need to delegate the job to expert IT professionals.

Searching a capable team is never as easy as ABC. It entails genuine diligence in digging out more about their credentials and qualifications. You may get cue from your business associates, but the references you get might not be really enough.

Data center relocation is a tricky one. You can never just hire a geek to be able to scrimp and save but a certified professional with thorough training and absolute knowledge on the job. Somewhere along the way, a thousand IT experts might be there waiting to get hired. Yet, you are not to dive in random computer whiz you come along. Don't take chances to anyone unless you have the right information about them. Pay heed to this basic scouting principle though in order not of fall in the hands of a wrong contractor.

Check with the Association of Information Technology Professionals. Should you need to get directed straight to competent IT experts, this office will be the right place for you. There is no need for you to swing by especially knowing that the facility is several miles away. Just make a call.

Demand a shortlist of ratified providers. Three legendary references can be enough. Get the clue of their specific locations and rake up substantial information pertaining to them. The AITP is going to be happy to be of assistance.

Keep your options close. While you can be given a hundred names at one swoop, you only need hotshots in your place. As much as you can't easily transact with the far-off providers, you need to consider the relevance of time and distance in the job.

Call up and arrange a personal meeting. Transacting over the phone is truly untactful. On the surface, you can never have things clarified instantly just as that. Instead, have personal discussions with potential contractors before you make a choice.

Give yourself sufficient time to chew over the pros and cons. Each company has its own strengths and weaknesses. Premier providers surely deliver the most impeccable results but hiring them could mean forking out a huge amount. So, be wise when creaming off the ones you need.

It is reputation over price. The cost will always have a huge impact on any transactions. However, you can never compromise work quality with how low the computer equipment movers bid. Company reputation is a key indication of how well the team can be trusted.




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The Benefits Of Using Workflow Automation

By Julio Douthit


A lot of things would have to be dealt with by companies to manage their business. So the business can be monitored, improved, and managed properly those things should be grasped firmly. A systematic way of dealing with the business should be applied. Establishing work procedures, delineating tasks, and getting information should be done with good organization. Accuracy, productivity, and efficiency should be valued by the company. These things can be ensured with the help of a wide array of technological applications. Workflow automation can be instigated with the use of good software workflow solutions. A lot of perks can be provided by them. Get to know what these perks can be.

These software programs can be used to automate various tasks in your business. Workflows would be composed of individual, defined, and small steps that would add to produce the goal, output, or service of your business. When you use these programs, you would get a technological tool that you can use to improve these tasks.

One could design proper workflows which will be suitable for the business. One could clearly visualize, monitor, and track those varied steps. It will link the necessary details, people, and information too so it will be easier to manage things. One could utilize contract management solution too to enhance contract life cycle.

Efficiency would be highly improved with the use of these programs and its perks. Various tasks would be automated so additional employees would no longer be needed. Efficiency would be improved as the setbacks, inefficiencies, and problems in the system can be directly seen. Immediate initiation of contingency plans, making system modifications, and addressing problems can be done. Tasks can also be optimized as workflows can be made with improved plans.

It would also increase speed in your business. Tasks can be done faster as there would be less tasks done by employees. It would be easier to complete reports, make plans, and complete tasks because of various tools, interactive options, and automatic processes offered by these programs.

One could enhance accuracy through this too. They could generate more consistent, uniform, and thorough output when they have an efficient, properly designed, and monitored system. The computers will eliminate human error too.

The business can also enjoy bigger profits with this. Wastage, inefficiencies, and errors can be lessened with this. Profits can be bigger since resources, manpower, and time would be used optimally.

There would be really many benefits to using workflow automation. You should really try this for your company. With good technological tools, you can significantly improve your business to greater heights.




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Essential Tips In Choosing Land For Sale Agents

By Allyson Hellwig


A real estate representative or a central texas land for sale agent is necessary in the process of buying and selling a home. They serve as the key players in getting your properties invested in the market and gaining some profits and investments in the end. There are several tips as well that you can use in finding the right person to do this job for you.

One thing that you need to do is to be resourceful in finding the right person. This is done through interviews during the hiring process. It is also helpful if you conduct some research using online resources working on some lists on websites including other listings that may be necessary too.

There may also be a need to perform a background check. This is one way of knowing if the person is competent enough to do the job for you. At the same time, checking on some ratings and other reviews are necessary as well for you to choose one which is more likely going to provide you with the best options at hand.

Seeking for recommendation from your family and relatives is also necessary. This will provide you with good service that you need to manage all of these. If previous clients are happy and contented with the services that you have provided, this is going to be favorable on your part as you get the confidence that quality service is what you will get too.

If there is a need for you to find someone that you are indeed looking for, it is best that you interview as much agents as you can until you find someone whom you think is the best person to handle these for you. Choosing someone to trust your property is challenging especially when you are very unfamiliar about how these things go so far.

Choosing someone who is an expert on your area helps as well as this can be an edge on the sales part. When one is also familiar with how local trends are going on this is something that is also very essential too. Understanding the things that come along with this is important for you to know how you can see the benefits of having these processes looked out for.

The agent must also belong to an organization that you can verify their stability and check their background. This can also be accounted for as on their reputation and on how important this is in working out the best ways to manage these properly. Since this is an important aspect of the business, this must always be taken into consideration.

Selecting a central texas land for sale agent must be taken carefully into consideration. This widely affects how these things are going to work out for you. The use of resources online including some recommendations are very necessary to manage these things at hand. It is important to find the best process that can help in figuring out things that are favorable for you.




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