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Stapelia schinzii is a rarely seen (at least it is in the United Kingdom)  clump forming succulent plant grown for its impressively large, ornamental flowers. Native to Namibia, Southwest Africa the roughly star-shaped blooms open to show the largest of all native Stapelia blooms at an impressive 20 cm in diameter! Un the UK the flowering period will be around September Its native habitat is found between 800-2000 meters above sea level yet unlike the majority of cacti tends to be found growing in the shade of other plants. Once established Stapelia shinzii can form a lax clump of approximately 100 cm in diameter. It is difficult to find a specimen to purchase but sometimes propagation material can be found online. Stems should be allowed to callous off for a few days before planting into a good quality, compost. Avoid free draining or specialist cacti composts as these will keep the root system too dry. water regularly over the summer but never leave the compost waterlogged or complet

Travelling to Dubai might not be at the top of your vegan bucket-list, maybe because you think it’s not so vegan-friendly food-wise, but probably because you’ve heard about the human right’s violations. It certainly wasn’t a place that I was interested in visiting, but when I was offered free flights there (I was working with an airline), I didn’t say no. 1. Is It Vegan to Visit Dubai? I learnt a lot from being there, and essentially if I avoided all countries I didn’t agree with, I would never travel anywhere – off the top of my head, I would never have visited Israel , Malaysia , the Philippines , Hungary , Serbia, the US, the UK and even places like Iceland. Talking to people who actually live there I heard the real facts from their real-life experiences. A lot of the things I learned I didn’t like. But I also learnt things I did like too. Not everything about the place is evil and, if nothing else, it’s a fascinating place. Gastronomically, being vegan in Dubai is great – there’s a

 PNG Prime Minister contender James Marape says once his Pangu-coalition forms the new government, it will not waste time setting up its full cabinet at the earliest.  Pangu’s biggest coalition partner is the United Resource Party, with 11 Members, and led by Hagen Open re-elected MP William Duma.  Pangu has 17 coalition partners, and all independents declared so far have joined Pangu, bringing the Loloata camp number up to 82.  The number increases with the National Alliance’s Tony Wouwou for West Sepik Regional, declared this afternoon, with National Alliance a coalition partner.  With a high number confidence, Marape announced at Government House yesterday that the new government will announce its Full to Do list on the 7th of September and a Supplementary Budget will be delivered on the 8th of September.  Marape says this is the benefit of having a continuing government, because work was already started on reconstructing the country over the last three years, and they will build on

The Marape Government has vowed to work closely with key government agencies in combating corruption in Papua New Guinea.  PNG’s Acting Prime Minister John Rosso said this at the launch of the new Annual Statement by the Ombudsman Commission in Port Moresby last Friday. Mr. Rosso says the government cannot tackle corruption alone, and needs a collective effort from every individual, including government agencies. Papua New Guinea is ranked among the top 50 countries in the world that’s been perceived as highly corrupted. The 2021 corruption perception index by Transparency International has indicated a slight improvement from 142 out of 180 countries in 2020 to a rank of 124 last year. However, more work is needed. Mr. Rosso said the government is keen in working closely with key government bodies to improve its ranking on the corruption perception index.  The acting Prime Minister said corruption boils down to the attitude of individuals which needs a complete change. Mr. Rosso stress

They are related to the famous Maasai tribe living in the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya. They are one of the more dominating tribes of north-central Kenya. They are semi-nomadic pastoralists who mainly herd cattle, but also keep sheep, goats and camels. I am talking about the colourful Samburu tribe who live north of the equator in Kenya and live in very diverse and beautiful landscapes that span high altitude forests, open plains, semi-arid grass and bush land to complete desert. One of their main settlements is on the fringes of Samburu National Park in North Kenya and this is where I met them. Experiencing the Samburu National reserve and the Samburu tribe becomes a beautiful one-two combo for a rich wildlife and culture experience. This travel photo series aims to share with you the colourful personalities and traditional life of the beautiful Samburu tribal people. Hope you enjoy these vibrant visuals of these gorgeous tribal people of Kenya. Above picture: The Samburu t

The biggest threat to their new world order agenda is none but Russians and Chinese. Bitcoin power holders does not want you to know about “ United Future World Currency ”, proposed by Russia. They hate gold so much that they would simply delete press releases or news coverage of any event that talks about gold standard or a currency backed by gold. What you are about to read next is never shared on internet before and will surely give goose bumps to mainstream media puppets of the elites such as, “ Bloomberg” 2.24 2.23 2.22 2.21 2.20 2.19 2.18 2.17 2.16 2.15 2.14 2.13 2.12 2.11 2.10 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.0 Bloomberg which is the biggest ambassador of bitcoins these days and wont miss any opportunity to publish posts in favor of bitcoin, deleted its new report on the G-8 Summit conference organized at L’Aquila, Italy on July 10, 2009. Interesting Fact: Russia came up with this idea just after six months, the same year when Bitcoin was released as open source