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Resolve in 2015 to neaten that little shed of horrors. You know, that place in the back yard where things have simply been tossed throughout the year. There is likely a tangled cluster of tools, old hoses, pots and other gardening stuff. Now is the time to remove all that stuff, toss some, properly dispose of others and neatly return what we plan to use. It would certainly be nice to be able to walk into the shed again.

Part of what you might find in the shed are partially used containers of pesticides, fertilizers and similar chemicals. If you are not going to use these products, it is time to take them to a facility for proper disposal. Call your local University of Florida Extension Office to determine where you can properly dispose of these items in your county.

Keeping the garden growing is another good resolution and the secret to producing food for your table. No matter how small the garden might be, if there is nothing planted, it is not a productive spot. I am as guilty as most gardeners and it is one of my New Years Resolutions to keep the plantings up to date.

Right now is a good time for the cool season crops. Many gardeners plant broccoli, cauliflower, peas, lettuce and beets just to mention a few. But you can check out the entire list by obtaining a vegetable gardening guide from your local University of Florida Extension Office. When one crop finishes one of these should be planted.

Do consider keeping other New Years Resolutions too like tidying up the landscape. There are weeds to pull and out of bounds shoots to be removed. And how about the perennials that have grown too tall and wide? They can be trimmed back too. January is the month we can begin the maintenance we have been putting off for months. Remember? We have been waiting for the cooler weather.

Surely many gardeners want to trim their crape myrtles. But I am suggesting you wait just a bit longer. Crape myrtle trees and shrubs have been slow to lose their leaves and go dormant due to the warmish weather. It is best to wait until late January or early February this year. We do not want these plants to jump into growth too soon and be damaged by cold. And be kind by only removing the old seed pods and twiggy stems. Crape myrtles do not benefit from harsh pruning.

Some other new year, must do chores, include renovating overgrown beds, edging walkways and replenishing mulch layers. You might also take some time to discover new plants for the landscapes. One forgotten group is the bulbs. Some to try include the caladiums, blood lilies, crinums and rain lilies. These are tough durable plants for the landscape.

Lastly make time for something fun to do in the New Year. Visit some of the local botanical or private gardens. You may discover plants, landscape ideas and other projects you can use in the new year.

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Big Cedar Lodge brings the outdoors in at every turn with show-stopping window walls, natural materials, and sculptural trees that reflect the surrounding landscape.

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Four bedrooms feature vaulted, wood-beamed ceilings, hand-crafted wooden furnishings, rustic-elegant accents, and taxidermy that honors the ruggedly serene Ozarks landscape.

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Set on a hillside at the heart of Big Cedar Lodge, the Garden Chapel spreads holiday cheer with fresh pine garlands and festive wreaths. The chapel also offers a nondenominational service on Sunday mornings.

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In November 2014, the resort opened the nature-inspired Cedar Creek Spa that is an oasis of wellness, relaxation, and beauty offerings across 18,000 square feet with a soothing, candlelit grotto pool included.

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Nestled among more than 800 acres in Missouri's Ozark Mountains is the Governor's Suite at Big Cedar Lodge. For $1,110 to $2,000 a night, guests can enjoy four bedrooms with private bathrooms, a full kitchen, living room with fireplace, a dining room, and two balconies. The 2,500-square -foot suite provides a relaxing space with breathtaking views of Table Rock Lake.

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AT PARLIAMENT HILL IN OTTAWA are (from left), Cookie Chan of Southwind Travel, Penny and Alan Carvajal of Travelways, Sun.Stars Nelia G. Neri, Globalinks Andrew Teh, Nelson and Baby Dy of Grand Hope Travel, Jaime and Gwen Po of Pan Pacific Travel, Nellie Ong, PAL Area Head for Visayas Sales Chris Lebumfacil, Leisure Travels Sheila Colmenares and Miki Villarica of Destination Specialists.

TO MAKE the most of our trip and to see more of Canada, we made side trips to Ottawa, the capital of Canada; to Frenchy Montreal; and finally to historic Quebec City.

Ottawa

The centerpiece of Ottawas downtown landscape is Parliament Hill, a gently sloping hill where the magnificent Gothic-style Parliament Buildings sit. The complex is considered the most beautiful government center in the world with the House of Commons, the Senate and the Library of Parliament under its wing. In the midst of the impressive structure is the landmark Peace Tower, a 53-bell carillon clock tower which marks each quarter hour. The entire hill was covered with snow during our visit and yes, we had to literally dash through the snow to go up the hill and take photos of the stunning sight.

Montreal

By night fall we were in Montreal, all set to explore the night life in the beautiful French-speaking city. However, the temperature kept dipping and we decided to just enjoy the Christmas lights around the city from the bus.

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec and has been named a Unesco City of Design. A city tour the next day brought us to the Notre Dame Basilica, the first cathedral of the Diocese of Montreal; to the stately St. Josephs Oratory of Mount Royal; and the Olympic Stadium, the venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics.

St. Josephs Oratory was another snow-covered hill we had to traverse but no one complained. The sanctuary, founded by Brother Andre Bessette (canonized saint in 2010), was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. It is an imposing presence in Montreal with its towering dome and 56-bell carillon. We spent time at the Votive Chapel appreciating the many wall plaques showing St.Joseph in different roles... the model of workers, consolation of the afflicted, patron of the dying, among them. We prayed before Brother Andres tomb (he was a known healer in his lifetime) and then proceeded to the floor showcasing his memorabilia. Most overwhelming was the display of his preserved heart encased in a glass urn. It was an old custom in France and Italy to have the hearts of famous persons preserved and it was for this reason that Archbishop Georges Gauthier of Montreal requested for Brother Andres heart to be preserved.

The Olympic Stadium in Montreal, designed by French architect Roger Taillibert is said to be a masterpiece of Organic Modern architecture. Incorporated into the north base of the stadium is the Olympic Park Tower, the worlds tallest inclined tower at 175 meters. Aside from giving the best view of Montreal, the observatory offers visitors the chance to re-live the 1976 Summer Olympics with an exclusive soundtrack as well as life-size images of the biggest feats accomplished at the Games. As for the stadium, it now serves as a multi-purpose facility for special events like concerts, trade shows and the like. Our first view of the monumental landmark was from a snow-covered hill miles away, and then we went to the place itself for a closer look.

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The Albums That Defined 2014exploreshow this year's most influential records have shaped and reflected thewider musiclandscape. In this final installment:Run The Jewels, D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill, J. Cole and more prove protest songs never went extinct. In fact, we need them more than ever.

It's been a disquieting few months for anyone watching the news out of America. On November 24, a grand jury decided it wouldn't indict officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Then, just over a week after, a Staten Island jury similarly sided with officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. If the country wasn't already boiling, these punctuated a dizzying succession of other police shootings victimizing young black males: John Crawford III,Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was waving around a toy gun on a Cleveland playground. There have been protests, die-ins, riots, grand displays of police militarization, and then intuitively, inevitably even, but certainly not rightfully retaliation murders. Something big is happening, you can feel it.

Like"Strange Fruit" decried early-century lynchings,Woody Guthrie's "Union Burying Ground" celebrated the '40s pro-labour movement, or the Dead Kennedys'Frankenchrist derided Reaganomics, Run the Jewels' RTJ2 is our snapshot of America in the era of #BlackLivesMatter.

Rap, like punk rock, is a vehicle that's made for dissent, though maybe each has suffered from a predilection for partying for about the past decade (a fact not lost on Killer Mike). Bubbling just beneath the radio waves, Mike and El-P have been making political, socially-engaged hip-hop for nearly two decades apiece, but it's here that they've served up their magnum opus a breathless 11-track collection of timely dissidence.

On "Early," Mike imagines watching his wife's murder at the hands of a cop. It's a contemporary redux of "Fuck tha Police" that sidesteps the gangster pose he begins, in fact, by admitting"I respect the badge and the gun" for an examination of police brutality, institutional racism, and the everyday fears that those engender. And this comes, I remind you, from Killer Mike, the real-life son of a former Atlanta police officer.

But passivity and observation don't characterize the album elsewhere: "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" is a rebel song in the plainest sense (Zach de la Rocha even steps on), wherein Killer Mike and El-P encourage wide-scale revolt in the prisons, the factories, and on the streets. It's not the first time onRTJ2where their rhetoric, especially regarding the place of violence in protest, is more Malcolm X than MLK Jr. (alluded to more directly on "Jeopardy") but the incendiary language is likely more art, less instruction. They do, however, think you should be expressing your discontents: "a riot is just the language of the unheard," Mike quoted King in a tearful pre-show speech that went viral.

To be certain, the deaths of Micheal Brown and Eric Garner were flashpoints for many musicians. Q-Tip led chants at a rally in New York, Lauryn Hill dedicated "Black Rage" to Ferguson, D'Angelo rushed the release of Black Messiah on the heels of the controversial grand jury decisions, Dev Hynes scored a documentary on the NYC protests, The Game assembled an impossibly large posse cut in tribute to Brown, and J. Cole delivered his heartbreaking, plaintive "Be Free."

Whereas many of last year's most memorable releases marked aesthetic achievements (Random Access Memories, Modern Vampires of the City, Yeezus), music is enjoying an especially discursive moment in 2014 it wants to talk about the world around it. A Tribe Called Red reminded us of the problems underlying the observance of Thanksgiving, Against Me! wrote about gender dysphoria, and Pussy Riot continued its expos of Russian civil rights. Storytelling, grass-roots activism, and an attention to marginalized voices have landed in the forefront.

To say hip-hop is dead or punk is dead just seems out of touch. They both just had their biggest year in a long time.

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PENK Ching, LeaPuzon-Consulta, Marigene Flores Garcia, Peter Ng, Margaret Sy,Imelda Tan, Miriam Gonzaga-Daway, Corinne Juliano-Salazar and TessFenix

This cozy corner of a restaurant in Quezon City is never quiet on Mondays when two lawyers, two homemakers, a high-profile cake designer, a food technologist, a retired interior designer, a teenage student and the businesswoman who owns the joint, hold their weekly art class.

The Green Monday group comes together to learn art from three mentorsLupicino Peter Ng, Roland Santos and Cesar Cheng.

But seeing them in action one afternoon, an observer would note that the art sessions are mostly a cover.

Green Monday (named after the members constant state of mind) is part sorority, part Joy Luck Club (without the mah-jongg), part bull session, part diners club. The members eat and tell stories. Once in a while, they hold a paintbrush and do their thing.

The company is golden. No wonder many stay long after the restaurant has closed for the night.

Cake designer Penk Ching invited Inquirer Lifestyle to see her (mostly) ladies in action. Eight of the members are female. Nineteen-year-old Daniel Ratilla, a Fine Arts student, seems like the odd man out. He insists, however, that were one big happy family. Everyone is very motherly.

Green Monday holds its second exhibit at Chef Jessie at Rockwell Club on Sunday, Jan. 4.

Jewelry designer Wynn Wynn Ong and Ballet Philippines president Margie Moran-Floirendo will cut the ribbon at the opening.

Penk, Miriam Gonzaga-Daway (lawyer), Ma. Theresa Tess Fenix (interior designer), Maria Eugenia Marigene Flores Garcia (stay-at-home mom), Corinne Juliano-Salazar (homemaker), Margaret Sy (businesswoman), Imelda Tan (food technologist), Lea Puzon-Consulta (lawyer) and Ratilla will each show between seven and eight watercolors.

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A Christmas Day fire destroyed a mobile home in the town of Albion last week.

Firefighters were paged to a report of smoke coming from the structure about 6 p.m. on Dec. 25 and fought the fire for more than three hours, but the home appears to be a total loss, according to the Black River Falls Fire Department.

Smoke was visible when the department arrived to W11404 Spring Creek Rd. and firefighters later discovered the fire running in the walls and under the floor while conducting an interior attack.

No one was home at the time of the fire and no civilians were injured, but one firefighter was transported to a local hospital for a finger laceration, according to the department.

The cause of the fire isnt currently known, but an electric hot water heater and wiring could be the source. The owners, Benjamin and Deni Martin, reported having trouble with the hot water heater and working on it earlier in the day, according to the department.

A damage estimate isnt available, and the structure and contents were uninsured.

The department was on scene for three and a quarter hours with 12 firefighters who used 4,700 gallons of water to extinguish the blaze.

The American Red Cross is assisting the family.

The Black River Falls Fire Department is wrapping up its first-ever Keep the Wreath Green fire prevention campaign. The Christmas Day fire will represent the third red bulb lit on the stations outdoor wreath to represent every area structure fire that occurred between Thanksgiving and New Years Day.

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Even a one-time boost in income, from the sale of a home, for example, can raise your Medicare premiums. Photo by Flickr user kenteegardin/www.seniorliving.org.

Editors Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, is here to provide the Medicare answers you need in Ask Phil, the Medicare Maven. Send your questions to Phil.

Medicare rules and private insurance plans can affect people differently depending on where they live. To make sure the answers here are as accurate as possible, Phil is working with the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). It is funded by the government but is otherwise independent and trains volunteers to provide consumer Medicare counseling in state and local offices around the country.

Moeller is a research fellow at the Center on Aging & Work at Boston College and co-author of How to Live to 100. Follow him on Twitter @PhilMoeller or e-mail him at medicarephil@gmail.com.

Ralph Tenn.: If you sell your home to move to another state to retire, does that raise the cost of your Medicare Part B for that year, and how is that fair? Why do the proceeds from your house, a one-time event, put you into a high-income category?

Phil Moeller: Descend with me deep into the weeds, or, for the anatomically inclined, bowels of Medicare and Social Security bureaucracy. Ralphs question involves what is called the Income Related Monthly Adjusted Amount. Thats IRMAA for short, although there is nothing particularly short about it.

In brief, Medicares rates for Part B (doctor and outpatient) and Part D (drug) coverages are higher for those with higher incomes. IRMAA involves Part B but Ralphs official income levels should also affect his Part D premiums, according to the SHIP counselors who provide me advice for these answers.

Social Security, which does a lot of work affecting Medicare beneficiaries (you may shudder now), looks at a persons federal tax returns to see if their income has changed and is high enough to cause a boost in their Part B and Part D premiums. There is normally a two-year lag, so the agency will look at a 2013 tax return in evaluating 2015 premiums.

Im on Ralphs side here in that one-time gains like this do distort Ralphs true income situation. Of course, IRMAA should only jack up his Medicare premiums for a single year. But still, unfair is unfair.

Ralph apparently is concerned that the sale of his home will produce a big surge in his taxable income. This is a bit surprising, in that tax laws permit a hefty tax exclusion when someone sells their last home and does not roll over the proceeds into a new home. But lets assume Ralph has done his homework here and, for whatever reason, has or will report a big rise in his taxable income tied to the sale of his home.

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