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...Rooms are simply but stylishly appointed with teak furniture, while the odd family heirloom and pieces of pottery hand-painted by Nantiya lend a homely feel. Bathrooms feature toiletries custom blended according to one of four aromatic themes?lemongrass, jasmine, orchid and rice. Another pleasing touch is the Tulyanonds' commitment to the environment and the community: showers pump out solar-heated water and the inn's construction incorporates salvaged wood. Guests wanting to do more to save the world can make a donation at checkout to one of the animal or children's charities on the Tulyanonds' list...
...Watching lecture videos. Here’s yet another way to help your grades without actually writing anything. Just sit back and absorb.Not so Productive – Watching “The Juggernaut Bitch” for the 90th time. I don’t care if he custom-made yo’ suit, close the browser window. In times as dire as exam period, youtube.com is not your friend. Productive – Sending out study guides. You’re helping the masses, and you’ll be revered as a savior over email lists across...
...Casa de los Sabores B&B and an experienced cooking instructor, had put us all to work. My mother and sister cleaned peppers, I chopped cilantro, and two family friends who had accompanied us on the trip hovered over a pot of simmering milk. My father, as is his custom, absolved himself of cooking duties, although he stood by to sample anything ready for testing...
...that's the CIA's bread and butter. You also have to have good, smart analysis, and that's another thing that the CIA is the heart of. But the new law has a new head of the intelligence community. That's the Director of National Intelligence. The custom and the culture of the intelligence community is catching up with that fact. The President will choose somebody who will continue to close the gap between the law and reality." With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington
...observed by homebuilders, especially the big companies that put up 25% of all new houses. Meanwhile, there are people who aren't waiting for anybody else to set standards. They have standards of their own. For decades there have been individual homeowners dedicated to incorporating green principles into their custom-designed homes. This is not a mass movement. It's an advance guard, homeowners here and there around the country with both the awareness and the means to build green, a practice that can incur extra costs up front but can pay them back over the longer term in energy...