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Photographer's Note
In the closing days of December 2011, I received a tantalizing email from the the cruise line, Yachts of Seabourn, inviting me to serve as a cultural enrichment lecturer on board the elegant cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey. The cruise was to depart on January 6, 2012 for a twelve day cruise to Papeete, Tahiti, and I would have to give seven lectures during the ship's eight days at sea. (The assignment gives new meaning to the expression "working vacation.") Despite the fact that the cruise was commencing only a week later and I was expected to give so many lectures, I accepted, albeit with considerable trepidation. The legendary American baseball star and popular folk philosopher, Yogi Berra, had expressed a curious aphorism that has long fueled my own decision making process, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it!" The Roman poet Horace was less ambiguous, when he wrote, "Carpe Diem!" In retrospect, this turned out to be one of the most exciting decisions I've made in years.
Moorea, where I shot this photograph, and Bora Bora 160 miles away, are known as the two most beautiful islands in the world not just suburbs of Paradise, but Paradise! And the lovely Polynesians, they appear to step out of Gaugin paintings.
In the next few weeks, as I find time, I will submit additional photos from the cruise. I will also begin a new group theme, "PARADISE ON EARTH" with two of my previous photos, "Suburb of Paradise I" and "Suburb of Paradise II". I welcome others to upload photos into the group theme from other genuinely beautiful exotic islands.
If anyone is interested, the titles of my lectures were "The Two Leonardos: and Neither of them DiCaprio"; "Leonardo's Universe", "The Greatest Englishman... Ever", "Patterns in Creativity: Right Brain-Left Brain", "Plate Tectonics and Search for Noah's Ark", "The Evolution of the Calendar: Julian, Gregorian, Maya and the Atomic Clock", and "Einstein: His Life, Work and the Manhattan Project."
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ikeharel (99627) 2012-01-20 2:12
The clouds on far back forming a unique light and ambiance on image, Bulent, shaded area on water's silhouette the trees and huts, to creat an atmosphere.
Lovely evening shot, I assume it was evening.
Have a nice friday,
Buin (42580) 2012-01-20 2:25
Hallo Bulent!
That's what I call an atmospheric photo! Really wonderful! The rendering of this vivid sky simply is captivating. A gorgeous place! Thank you also for the excellent comment to your photo. An exemplary contribution!
Greetings from cold and rainy Germany!
brianmcc (6221) 2012-01-20 2:26
hi bulent,
what an incredible opportunity, too good to miss. your notes are excellent and very informative, just like your lectures no doubt.
your picture gives the impression that it is a wonderful place to visit. palms trees are always a good sign. the clouds here are quite dramatic. love the huts, what a place to stay. great composition.
papagolf21 (146130) 2012-01-20 2:49
Bonjour, cher ami Bulent,
Peinture ou photographie ? la beauté de la composition est une réussite, sans conteste.
J'aime beaucoup l'ambiance que vous avez su reproduire avec talent à travers cette réalisation.
Il se dégage une émotion toute particulière.
Meilleurs voeux 2012.
Zengi001 (2883) 2012-01-20 3:15
Bülent Bey,
Neredeyse SB renktonları ve güzel bulut şekilleriyle etkileyici bir manzara,
Some people told me that this is the true paradise. I like the silver light and reflections on the sea. A very special shot! thanks Bulent!
jhm (192959) 2012-01-20 3:34
Dear Bulent,
I read about your "work vacation" this have to pleasant with contact with the visitors every day.
"Plate Tectonics and Search for Noah's Ark", shall perhaps the most interesting, perhaps for my.
A pity that I always speaks very bad English, I try a lot but I am a very bad student.
Your picture is a very well image, we use this type picture for the weather reporting on TV.
Lovely composition, perfect presentation.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice weekend,
snunney (130965) 2012-01-20 3:36
Hello Bulent,
Sounds an interesting and no doubt informative set of lectures, what a lucky man you are to have working holidays like this. I find the atmosphere in this well composed shot quite sublime. The palm trees, the deck chairs, the lovely sky and the peaceful waters all come together in perfect harmony. Beautiful presentation.
isabela_sor (47748) 2012-01-20 3:38
Looks like this composition is painted in silver
Must be a wonderful place and as usual your note completes the picture
The palm tree is a good detail , nice inclusion
All the best
Fis2 (144483) 2012-01-20 4:58
Witaj Bulent!
Interesting place, curious view.
I like colours and light.
Photo has climate.
Have a nice weekend
bukitgolfb301 (53382) 2012-01-20 5:17
Hi my dear Bulent, how are you?
Sorry for my late reaction weekday.
Great fantastic shot! Very moodylight twilight secenery shotvia perfect light management. Good framework and splendid composition as usual. Thanks for your sharinig with finest work and have a good day!
Best regrads,
Takero from very cold and snow Tokyo
worldcitizen (12984) 2012-01-20 8:46
Hello Bulent,
Welcome back from paradise! I can only imagine the beauty of French Polynesia. In this composition I like the one tall palm that bends towards the water, and the two empty chairs inviting us to sit and enjoy the view. I look forward to more photos from your most recent adventure!
quillo (11858) 2012-01-20 9:17
Hola Bulent ...
C'est un excellent travail avec
des silhouettes et du rétroéclairage,
qui ont forte composante esthétique
sur les nuées du ciel.
Une bonne gestion de l'exposition.
Composition de Nice, puissante et attrayante.
Saludos y feliz tarde.
Bluejeans (64251) 2012-01-20 10:07
Ola Bulent ,
Uma bela foto neste paraíso na terra , um fantástico lugar para umas férias , boas cores e luz , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo
Bom fim de semana
Royaldevon (65356) 2012-01-20 10:50
Hello Bulent,
My husband, also a Leonard, must be the other person about whom you are talking!
One of the tantalising aspects of this site is that so many places are posted that one would love to visit. This is no exception!
It is verging on the monchrome, with its long shadowy reflections, giving a very distinct character and is beautifully composed. I like how the singule palm tree is cocking its head invitingly, saying, " Welcome to my World!"
Your notes vibrate with your enthusiasm for the place.
My warm regards,
Bev :-)
emka (141138) 2012-01-20 14:00
Hi Bulent,
Welcome back from Paradise! The sky with clouds looks fine but I maybe prefer a more blue sky and green palms. But probably even in Paradise there is evening probably. Very interesting set of lectures, in various themes. The Greatest Englishman... Ever. Who could it be? Shakespeare? ;) Two Leonardos and neither of them Di Caprio - were there others? I am joking, of course. Einstein and Manhattan Project - I remember funny stories about Feynman and MP.
My dream is also to go somewhen to Pacific islands, so I wouldn't hesitate even a second. But at the moment I plan to realize other dream - Africa.
Warm regards
Sonata11 (34119) 2012-01-20 20:14
Hello Bulent,
Composition is marvelous. Fantastic management of color, clouds,perfect sharpness, clarity, POV and DOF are an amazing. Beautiful picture of gorgeous place and unique ambiance atmosphere. Wonderful work. My congratulation. I love it. Thanks for sharing and informative note.
All the best and have a nice WE,
sabermonajati (11533) 2012-01-20 21:22
amazing paysage with cloudy sky you captured.
Hi Bulent, Well composed with approximately 1/3 water and balance sky. The tropical ambiance of this place flows from the image. Good notes. It looks like that movie called Bali Hai or similar? TFS Murray
patdeph (35750) 2012-01-21 2:54
hello Bulent
in my mind, the paradise is blue and green, with some white, I have never thought that when the night is coming, this is grey everywhere ,even in paradise.And here, I can only imagine what it could be.It must be different when we are really in the place.Anyway, the sky is fantastic,and it must be very nice to be in these bungallows on the water.
I will never know how is Bora Bora nor Moorea, too much expensive for me, but nevermind, I have met another real paradise in small islands near Borneo.
For you, it was surely a great and exciting opportunity to spend time and give conferences during a cruise.
Have a nice week-end
ebingul (1984) 2012-01-21 10:27
Merhaba Bülent bey,
Bu foto gerçekten cennetten bir köşe.Harika bir kompozisyon ve ışık yönetimi.Neredeyse siyah beyaz bir foto.2 beyaz şezlong,göğe uzanan tropikal ağaç ve gökyüzü resmin güzelliğini artırıyor.
Tebrikler ve esenlikler,
Emin Bingül
mesutilgim (116402) 2012-01-21 15:38
Selam dear Bülent,
Something different in your gallery !
Wonderfull scenery with the taste of an eighteenths century oil canvas !
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
Didi (61569) 2012-01-21 15:40
Salam dear frien
Curious No sun in this paradise place but your picture is very interesting with this dramatic sky
I think that the rain is not far.
Greetings from Orleans
Warm regards
mursaloglu (8682) 2012-01-21 17:53
Sevgili bulent bey
son yorumunuza tesekkürler. Cok gitmek istedigim bir yer. umarim bir gün kismet olur. mükemmel bir kare harika bir fotograf. bir tablo gibi ellerinize saglik ihsan
delpeoples (60326) 2012-01-21 23:24
Merhaba dear Bulent
Happy New Year to you and let me say how glad I was to hear that you were not on the Concordia and instead were spending time on our side of the equator. I hope you enjoyed the armth. I love the softness to this photo, the reflections on the water and the romantic palm trees. Isn't it amazing how they don't fall over at unbelievable angles like the one on the right?
Warmest regards and all the very best for 2012
Cricri (176) 2012-01-22 10:14
Hi Bulent
J'aime l'atmosphère qui s'en dégage, le ciel dramatique qui fait briller la mer, les silhouettes des cabanes, les transats blancs qui ressort de la pénombre
Belle soirée
nikkitta (17070) 2012-01-22 13:15
Hola Bulent,
What a super trip. great landscapes, a cruise ( not the Concordia and your lectures
Funny the Two Leonardos...
Your capture is very well composed with the palm on the left as a kind of frame
Color almost grey with a mix of argent and blue is unique to create a different image ( not the classical golden beach-blue sky)
Greetings and Congrats
Thanks for taking your time to made suggestions to my post ( I answer it)
Cretense (68709) 2012-01-23 9:35
Hello, dear Bulent!
Beautiful exotic place, beautiful, very atmospheric photo, you took great advantage of this "heavy" sky! Wonderful silhouettes, great composition and framing, great light management!
Warm regards,
jlbrthnn (76041) 2012-01-23 10:04
Hello Bulent,
We rarely shows in French Polynesia under a dramatic sky. The picture is very beautiful with a desired frame. The exposure is excellent, as the overall quality. Bravo.
Have a nice day
nobuikehonda (3848) 2012-01-23 19:42
Hello Profesor Atalay,
I cant believe that you almost went to Bora Bora. From what I have heard it is the most beautiful Island on earth. James A. Michener spoke of this Island just as you have described the island to be in your most captivating Photographers Note. The image provided is full of fascinating texture. The deliberately under exposed photo contains the most attractive image, so unexpected and intriguing. I welcome most warmly the image that you have provided for us all. Welcome back from Paradise. It is always very nice to hear from you.
With my very best wishes for the year 2012!
Have a very creative week as always, professor!
Graal (103040) 2012-01-23 23:49
Hi Bulent,
very interesting and nice image from "paradise". Pity that weather was cloudy. Amazing palm and bungalows in BG. Good photowork and informations in note.
Have a nice day.
kordinator (15777) 2012-01-24 4:51
Hello Bulent
Gorgeous landscape with nice gray colors and fantastic silhouettes.
Lovely evening shot.
Excellent work with nice composition.
Best regards my friend
Uhu (8609) 2012-01-24 10:06
Hi Bulent!
Great photo, as usual, and taken in a very hard lighting conditions! Composition is just perfect.
Paradise, well... People were adding some cannibalism to this paradise, no? Or it was in other islands in Pacific?
Human nature are so very nice.
Great work, as usual!
Ricx (13495) 2012-01-24 21:49
Hello Bulent my friend.. what a super way to visit paradise.. This appears the quiet part of the world that is hidden away.. what a lovely part of paradise TFS Rich
danos (110395) 2012-01-25 0:36
Hello Bulet,
really the invitation from the cruise company must was a great surprise to you,with the cruise to the French Polynesia to was the destination of it.Moody the presented scenery,i don't know the hour of the shot,with the famous islands of Moorea and Bora-Bora,to are worldwide known.Your audience must was very interesting from all these lectures you describe in the note.
eldancer1 (36343) 2012-01-25 9:37
Wow! This reminds me of my old country...the Philippines. Awesome capture with good lighting and wonderful colors. Very well done, tfs.
kato (11630) 2012-01-26 8:45
Hello Bulent,
You're capturing well the atmosphere of this island by a good composition and tasteful deep tone, so it's impressive to see some cotages, sand and bay. Here seems so peaceful and calm place. And, a coconut tree seen at right side draws out and additional good effect as well as thick cloud in the sky, too.
Kind regards,
jemaflor (126995) 2012-01-27 1:47
Hi Bulent,
Interesting light and reflectiuosn on water, good silver tone, well composed with the palm tree, tfs.
mkamionka (54704) 2012-01-29 8:28
Hi Bulent,
very atmospheric capture. An original presentation from the paradise. Low light and sky covered with clouds makes it so different from typical sunny and colorful photos from this place. Charming palm tree so nicely bed to form diagonal. Very well spotted,
aliabazari (17720) 2012-02-01 18:48
Hi Dear Professor ... ....
The picture is beautiful and the heart.
Thank you and best regards
Silvio1953 (193169) 2012-02-02 0:51
Ciao Bulent, fascinating composition, superb sky full of lovely clouds, splendid light, beautiful reflections and wonderful soft colors, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio
vasilpro (41761) 2012-02-02 14:31
Hello dear Bulent,
Wonderful composition, beautiful cloudy atmosphere, exotic place, excellent POV, lovely light and color tones, very good sharpness and contrast, very nice framework, TfS!
Greetings, Vasilis.
resat1972 (7586) 2012-02-03 5:52
Merhaba Bülent Bey
harika bir fotograf
doku muhteşem
anesugur (18789) 2012-02-06 12:06
Saygıdeğer hocam, çok güzel yerler gezip görüyorsunuz.
Darısı başımıza.
Selamlar. Uğur
paololg (31448) 2012-02-06 13:29
Ciao dear Bulent,
I understand what the title means, surely you have returned after seeing the most beautiful place in the world: French Polynesia. Your picture is quite rare because it shows only the silhouette of the village and the palm trees, but it is certainly interesting and enjoyable, creating a very charming atmosphere. excellent management of the light, especially in the sky. Sincere congratulations for this beautiful image, dear friend, I am also sure that the guests of the Seabourn Odyssey were lucky to be able to listen to your lessons.
Ciao, have a nice Tuesday!
cavli (1876) 2012-02-07 11:11
Merhaba Bülent Bey,
Manzara muhteşem. gün batımında ortya çok güzel siluetler çıkmış. bu zamanlar çok soğuk geçiyor :) fotoğrafınızı görünce yazı özledim bir an..
selamlar & saygıalr..
josepmarin (59385) 2012-02-08 9:33
Hi Bulent,
such a weak luminosity gives a strong personality to this fantastic tahitian landscape, creating an atmosphere of really suggestive calmness. If this place is not the paradise, really seems it, and I congratulate you about the invitation of the cruise line, because this cruise trip across the French Polynesia must be magnificent.
I like the combination of elements in this composition, especially the huts on the water, the great sloping coco-palm at the right side, and the gorgeous cloudy sky.
It's a beautiful work, my friend.
Best regards,
Schnappilic (9692) 2012-02-12 12:35
Hello Bulent,
Lovely atmosphere with impressive light. Great effect!
All the best,
ChrisJ (153966) 2012-02-13 23:39
Hello Bulent!
Love the silvery color tones in this superb South Seas image. It nicely breaks the standard mold of clear blue skies seen more commonly in postcards. Superb graphism & the leaning coconut palm at right adds dynamism. Tfs!
Afsanehbagheri (3228) 2012-02-14 8:19
سلام دوست من
از نظر شما بابت عکس من متشکرم
شکار ابرها و لحظه طلایی خیلی خوب با رودخانه آرام
Kielia (24077) 2012-02-14 9:24
Dear Bulent,
this is a very poetic and very well composed impression with the strong silhouette of the palm tree against this very moody sky. Excellent photo work accompanied by an interesting note! Thanks for sharing!
Warm regards
Vasa (515) 2012-02-16 16:44
You are in paradise, dear friend Bulent. I said many things in my previous reaction. And I am happy for you, world citizen!
merhaba Hocam,
Kadraj kullanımı ve renklerine bayıldım.Gökyüzü harika,
duvara asılacak güzellikte bir tablo..
tebrikler, emeğinize sağlık.
Selam ve saygılar
barrufeto_77 (28888) 2012-02-25 9:15
Hi Bulent.
Excellent silhoettes and contrasts for sure!!!
Well done!
kennyblack (4207) 2012-03-04 5:32
Hello Batalay
Fantastic image of the end of a day, very nostalgic, but a great emotional impact. Very beautiful coloring despite the 'lack of daylight. Really a great job ... compliment:)
Greetings and best wishes for good Sunday ... Marino
pinakie_slg (861) 2012-03-06 9:01
hi, do u remember me. returned to TE after a break of 5 yrs and amazed to find this pic of urs. Good work. Congrats.
corjan3 (2109) 2012-03-13 5:26
Hello Bulent,
Looking at the recent additions to your portfolio, this image and the one immediatel;y following it stand out for me. And what a pleasure to view and to read your notes. What an assignment too! The themes of your lectures are very interesting and I would have given the proverbial for an opportunity of attending them. Will they be incorporated into a new book or is there any other possibility of getting access to the content in published form in future? Congratulations on a meaningful contribution here.
mirosu (16313) 2012-06-20 5:07
Hi Bulent, I really enjoy watching your photographs. You have very good eyes for excellent photo subject selection and composition. This one is a very good example with great viewpoint, light and shadows. What I like in the composition? The arrangenet with sky reflections in the water, well place palm tree and great sky.
P.s. Your Austrian Alps photo is teriffic.
elenimavrandoni (0) 2014-04-25 15:00
Bulent, even with the cloudy day it still a very inviting place for vacation...great reflection and play of light and shadows...
I hope that you had a nice trip back home!!
kind regards
Photo Information
- Copyright: Bulent Atalay (batalay) (41261)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2011-01-17
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Nikon D200
- Exposure: f/10.6, 1/200 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): MOODS OF THE SEA, PARADISE ON EARTH [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2012-01-20 1:01
- To isabela_sor: silver halide... (1)
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by batalay, last updated 2012-01-28 08:18
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Honored on ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team and All-Ivy League second team ... Played in all 33 games ... Stood second on the Crimson with 27 points on 11 goals and 16 assists ... Was second on the team with a +20 rating ... Ranked 10th among the nation's rookies and was second among ECAC Hockey freshmen in scoring ... Scored a power-play goal at Cornell (Oct. 31) ... Tallied two goals and handed out an assist on the game winner against Quinnipiac (Nov. 15) ... Tabbed ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week Nov. 16 ... Netted two goals, including the game-winning tally, and handed out an assist in victory at Yale (Nov. 20) ... Assisted on two goals in win at Brown (Nov. 21) ... Honored as ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for second time Nov. 23 ... Scored a goal and assisted on game-winning tally in victory over Dartmouth (Nov. 25) ... Dished out an assist on game-winning tally against No. 2 Minnesota (Dec. 4) ... Netted game-tying goal on power play at Princeton (Jan. 8) ... Assisted on two goals in win over Colgate (Jan. 16) ... Scored a shorthanded goal and handed out an assist in victory against Union (Jan. 22) ... Dished out an assist in Beanpot semifinal win over Boston College (Feb. 2) ... Scored a power-play goal in win against Yale (Feb. 6) ... Netted the game-tying goal in 2-1 win at St. Lawrence (Feb. 19) ... Dished out two assists in Game 1 victory against Princeton in ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (Feb. 26) ... Added an empty-net goal in Game 2 of ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (Feb. 27) ... Assisted on power-play goal in ECAC Hockey semifinals at Clarkson (March 5).
Before Harvard:
Played center/wing on the Rivers varsity hockey team for five years and was the leading scorer all five seasons ... ... Boston Bruins John Carlton Award winner in 2009 ... Led Assabet U-16 to gold at national championship in 2007 and '08 ... Assabet U-16 national leading scorer in 2008 ... Four-year USA Hockey National Development Camp participant ... NAHA Labor Day All-Tournament team in 2008 ... Boston Globe All-Scholastic Award ... Independent School League (ISL) All-Scholastic MVP Award recipient ... ISL All-League Award winner in hockey in 2005-08 ... Member of the U.S. National U-18 Team that won the IIHF World Championship in 2009 ... Assistant hockey coach for Winthrop Pee Wee A team senior year ... Four-year midfielder on the varsity lacrosse team and captained squad as a senior ... Most Improved Player award in 2006 and the Team Player award in 2009 for lacrosse ... Earned high honors all four years ... AP Scholar with Honor ... Harvard Prize Book ... 12th annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Arts winner ... National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude Award winner freshman and sophomore years and Magna Cum Laude Award winner junior and senior years ... Earned the Rivers School Faculty Prize ... Recipient of the Kenneth F. Benjamin Citizenship Award and the F. Ervin Prince Award ... Graduated with Distinction ... Member of National Cum Laude Society.
Enjoys biking, sailing, traveling, reading and babysitting ... Sister, Meaghan '10, also attends Harvard.


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1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. With tears watering the ground. (Milton) Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. (Longfellow)
2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water.
4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. To water stock, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water.
Origin: as. Waeterian, gewaeterian.
1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. We will drink water. .Powers of fire, air, water, and earth. .
pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, h2o, and is a colourless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. at its maximum density, 39 deg Fahr. Or 4 deg c, it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32 de 1000 g Fahr. Or 0 deg c. And boils at 212 deg Fahr. Or 100 deg c. (see ice, Steam). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water.
2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. (Fuller)
3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; especially, the urine.
4. (Science: pharmacology) a solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia Water.
5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See water, 3, damask, and Damaskeen.
7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or diluted.
water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. Hard water. See hard. Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miners inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the western united states, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from 1/12 of an inch to 1 inch above its top. Mineral water, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. Soft water, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. To hold water. See hold, to keep one's head above water, to keep afloat; fig, to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. To make water. To pass urine.
(Science: medicine) hydrothorax.
Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the vocabulary.
Origin: as. Waeter; akin to os. Watar, OFries. Wetir, weter, LG. & D. Water, g. Wasser, OHG. Wazzar, Icel. Vatn, Sw. Vatten, dan. Vand, goth. Wat, O. Slav. & Russ. Voda, gr, Skr. Udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. Unda wave. Cf. Dropsy, hydra, otter, wet, whisky.


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ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) Travis Bader scored 30 points, including 23 in the second half, to help Oakland pull away for an 81-68 victory over UMKC on Thursday night.
Oakland (8-12, 3-3 Summit) increased its home winning streak to 10 games.
Bader converted 5 of 11 attempts from 3-point range, including 4 of 9 in the second half. He was a perfect 9-of-9 from the free-throw line, all in the second half.
Oakland eased in front after a 33-33 halftime tie, but UMKC (5-14, 2-5) was within 70-65 with 2:31 left in the game.
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Chess masterFor girls, Logical, For boys, Strategy, TablesChess is an abstract strategy board game and mental sport for two players. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king
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Forty Thieves SolitaireLogical, TablesIn Forty Thieves Solitaire the goal of the game is to move all the cards to the 8 foundation piles at the upper right corner. The foundation piles are built in suit from A to K
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I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
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Campaign Furniture, Globes, Bookcases at One King's Lane
You'll have to sign up to browse the wares, but you may find it worthwhile.
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- jjejjohn said...
Thank god for you Sara!!!! I jumped right over there and got some great stuff. Thanks so much!!
- February 5, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Jez said...
wow what a great find, I guess this is in America though yeah?
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Very nice. Love the two color woods and brass.
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text: The lowest-rated of investment-grade bonds include some solid and improving businesses that are worth adding to your portfolio. By Jeffrey R. Kosnett, Senior Editor June 25, 2012 The roster of companies with a triple-B bond rating, the lowest that's considered investment-grade, has its share of weaklings, including Best Buy, Nokia and Sony. Some of those outfits will surely get busted to junk-bond status. But the triple-B category also includes solid and improving businesses, such as Exelon, Harley-Davidson, Priceline.com and Yum Brands. Fitch Ratings, one of the three main bond graders, recently promoted Ford Motor bonds from junk to triple-B status. SEE ALSO: Trends in Income Investing The triple-B universe, which accounts for 38% of all U.S. corporate bonds, reaches from Baa1 (best) to Baa3 at Moody's, and from BBB+ to BBB- at Fitch and Standard & Poor's. It is the sweet spot in the never-ending search for good yields. Triple-B bonds are usually stable, yield about 4% nowadays, and occasionally can provide capital gains. Year-to-date, triple-B corporate bonds have returned 4.4%, the best of any taxable investment-grade category. Barclays Aggregate Bond index, which tracks the broad U.S. bond market, returned 1.7% (all returns are through May 4). Why so many deals? There are a couple of explanations for the triple-B advantage. One is that the U.S. economy seems to be improving, which should benefit bonds with shakier credit ratings. Another is that you can normally find more bargains among triple-Bs than in other segments of the bond world. That's mainly because investors perceive more credit risk in triple-B bonds than there actually is, says Mary Kane, head of taxable bonds at GW&K Investment Management, in Boston. Kane says some bond buyers, including pros who should know better, confuse a triple-B grade assigned to corporate bonds—a good rating—with the same grade given to municipal and foreign-government bonds, which is seen as a reprimand. Nations with triple-B debt, such as Ireland and Spain, are scrambling to stay solvent as their borrowing costs soar. Advertisement But most triple-B-rated firms, including regional banks, manufacturers and utilities, are in good shape. Sure, a triple-B bond in your portfolio will take a hit of 3% to 10% on its price if it gets downgraded to junk status. But in the main, triple-B is a good place to invest. A separately managed account holding mostly triple-B-rated bonds that Kane runs at GW&K has returned an annualized 8.5% over the past five years and 7.3% over the past ten. Both figures are way ahead of the Barclays Aggregate index. Triple-Bs remain reasonably priced relative to other bonds. In early May, the yield spread (or the difference in yields) between a Barclays index of medium-maturity triple-B bonds and ten-year Treasuries stood at 1.9 percentage points. That's in the middle of the range over the past year. When the spread drops to about one percentage point, triple-B bonds are considered expensive. For now, it's fine to buy. If you buy your own bonds, you can find gobs of triple-Bs at Fidelity, Schwab, E-Trade and other brokers. I'd skip bonds from big banks and buy those of regional banks and industrial firms. Although Ford bonds have gained in value since the Fitch upgrade, you can still get a 5.8% yield to maturity on a noncallable issue due in 2022 while you wait for Moody's and S&P to upgrade Ford. I also like junk-rated General Motors bonds. Look for GM, which came out of bankruptcy in July 2009, to follow Ford back to investment-grade status in 12 to 18 months. Mutual fund buyers have wonderful choices. A nearly pure play, as the name indicates, is PIA BBB Bond (symbol PBBBX), which must keep at least 80% of its assets in triple-B bonds. The fund, which yields 3.9%, collects extra income by owning a few emerging-markets bonds. So far in 2012, PIA BBB has returned 4.3%. Other, more familiar funds with substantial holdings of triple-B bonds include Dodge & Cox Income (DODIX), Payden Core Bond (PYCBX) and T. Rowe Price Corporate Income (PRPIX). All yield more than 3%. Follow Jeff on Twitter Kiplinger's Investing for Income will help you maximize your cash yield under any economic conditions. Download the premier issue for free.


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Hi folks, My name's Randy. I live in LaVerne, CA so I chose the name LVKings. Now am worried people think I'm from Vegas. Oh well. Anyways, I've actually been coming to LGK for info since the Rivals days. Used to post sometimes but never really got too involved in that aspect. So I decided to make a new profile and post more often for the sake of conversation even though my opinions aren't well formed- I'm just a fan, not an insider, former player, etc. I became a Kings fan in college when my dorm got a bus and went to a game at the Forum in 1987. My favorite player is Luc Robitaille. I have a pretty large collection of LA Kings trading cards I share with my three boys, age 4,8, & 10. they have Jerseys they wear to games, of Brown, Doughty, and Carter, respectively.
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Made in Calgary: The 1970s
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The finalization of The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the upcoming International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, to be held in September this year in Interlaken, Switzerland, make 2007 an important year for intergovernmental policy-making in the area of animal genetic resources.
The Interlaken Conference will mark a historic opportunity for the international community to make strategic choices on the future management of animal genetic resources, to reach agreement on how best to address priorities for the sustainable use, development and conservation of animal genetic resources, and to raise awareness and appreciation of the various stakeholders and policy makers vis-à-vis the significance of such genetic resources.
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Most folks know a little something about the name Stetson. Many recognize the name as belonging to a particular style of hat. Many Floridians are also aware of Stetson University, one of the state's premier institutions of higher learning. But how are these things connected? To answer that question, we need to take a look at the early history of DeLand, Florida.
The settlement went by the name "Persimmon Hollow" for a number of years, owing to the large number of persimmon trees that grew wild in the area. In March 1876, baking powder manufacturer Henry Addison DeLand of New York and his brother-in-law O.P. Terry, traveled south to visit this as-yet undeveloped piece of Florida. Terry had bought up acreage around Persimmon Hollow to start an orange grove.
DeLand was impressed with what he saw. The only way to easily reach Persimmon Hollow at that time was by steamboat, but that could be changed. The terrain, he believed, was highly favorable for agriculture. DeLand and Terry set out to build up a large citrus growing operation, with a new town as the center of activity.
DeLand returned to Persimmon Hollow in October 1876, ready to get to work. Area residents voted in December to name the new town "DeLand" in his honor. A post office was established in 1877, and the town was officially incorporated in 1882.
Henry DeLand's vision for the town revolved around the citrus industry, but he also gave considerable attention to education and culture. In 1884, he contributed $10,000 to construct DeLand Academy, which was chartered in 1887 by the Legislature as DeLand University. DeLand and the original trustees hoped the school would put their town on the map as "the Athens of Florida," a real nucleus of higher education in the state.
DeLand faithfully supported his namesake university, providing equipment and extra money to cover its deficits. DeLand's own finances, however, took a turn for the worse in 1886. That year, Florida suffered a serious freeze that destroyed much of the orange crop in the area around DeLand and Volusia County. Henry DeLand had always told the people who purchased land from him that he would buy the land back if they were unsatisfied with it. After the freeze, a number of orange growers asked DeLand to make good on his offer and, true to his word, he did.
This, of course, was a detrimental blow to DeLand's personal fortune, and he was essentially ruined. Rather than start over in Florida, Henry DeLand returned to New York and resumed his earlier career as a baking powder manufacturer.
Meanwhile, DeLand University needed a benefactor. That's where John B. Stetson enters the story. Stetson, who had created a very large and successful hat business in Philadelphia by this time, had spent time in Central Florida and became acquainted with John F. Forbes, president of DeLand University. Stetson contributed a significant amount of funding to the school, and was a founding member of the Board of Trustees. In 1889 he became president of the board.
The Trustees began thinking of renaming the university in honor of its sustaining donor. Stetson declined the honor at first, arguing that Henry DeLand's contributions in founding the school and nurturing it in its early years earned him the honor. The Trustees insisted, however, and so the school became known as the John B. Stetson University from 1889 onward. Since 1951, "Stetson University" has been the official title for most purposes.
Another nod to Stetson's influence can be found in its athletic teams, which are known as the "Hatters."
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I'm looking for a very simple classic logo that would look good on a metal business card.... So black and white logo is ideal.... colors are not important.
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information and impressions, and so are often the first to pick up on
new or nascent trends. The popularity of the work of Safire and
Gladwell has made the word widely used in their particular contexts.
Gladwell also suggests that mavens may act most effectively when in
collaboration with connectors
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whom they are trusted, often a network that crosses many social
boundaries and groups. Connectors can thus easily and widely distribute
the advice or insights of a maven.
In The Tipping Point, Gladwell described a "maven trap" as a
method of obtaining information from mavens. In the book he gave the
example of the toll-free telephone number on the back of a bar of Ivory soap,
which one could call with questions or comments about the product.
Gladwell's opinion is that only those who are passionate or
knowledgeable about soap would bother to call and that this is a method
by which the company could inexpensively glean valuable information
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Simple and sharp I would even like the logo to be part of the name if possible.
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CT Internet needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 20 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Our client needs a logo for his newly established Spanish real estate company "Castillo Salambina". The logo must be a logo-type and either very high resolution or vector based (preferred).
Desired Color Scheme:
Client likes blue but is open to suggestions
Desired Style:
Professional, but still open and friendly. Must work in both print and on the web.
Accepted File Formats:
Eps, Illustrator or layered Photoshop file
The logo must read:
CASTILLO SALAMBINA (Capitals Optional)
With a tag line of:
INMOBILIARIA - REALESTATE - REFORMAS - DECORATIÓN (Capitals Optional)
The client has submitted to us a hand drawing of his ideas. They do not have to be followed, but can be used as inspiration.
You can see the image here: http://www.costatropicalinternet.co…sketch.jpg
The idea of the castle as the A works quite good if you ask me, but other ideas are welcome :)
I do not like the "www." and ".com" par of their brief, but would like to see suggestions where the full URL is written in conjunction with the logo-type. For reference the address is http://www.castillosalambina.com.
The office of the company will be located with a fantastic view of an Arabic castle - hence the name and the reference to a castle.
See a photo of the castle here: http://www.costatropicalinternet.co…castle.jpg
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ASP and ASP.NET are programming languages developed by Microsoft. Therefore, Microsoft.com is the best place to go to find additional information. You can visit these developer centers at Microsoft.com:
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dude, i haveee to have this album. i'm loving hayley williams on that track. my new favourite rapper b/c of that songg.
I considered not commenting since there are 69 comments before me which is quite hilarious. But I figured someone else would if i didn't.
B.o.B is awesome!
@ CEMAL SAYS: Just hit home, a pop up should appear that links you to the song. If not that just look for it in the Blog. An thats that. - Ryan
Can't wait! I've been holdin off on sendin my hubby his quarterly package so I can put this in it ;)
Damn Airplane's the shit! Where's the second song? I heard most of it on youtube tho. But i waana finish it kus i think it kuts off while Em's verse is half way threw.
Airplanes part 2 is too dope he lucky for havin people like Eminem n T.I on his first album pluse he a beast so his alum bouda be dop
B.o.B you are so freaking talented, and when i first heard you on your B.o.B vs Bobby Ray mix tape i flipped out on the pure lyricism you exemplified. But when I heard your "Nothin' On You" on a local radio station i flipped cause you sold out, but it soon came to my attention that if you are one of the best rappers out there that's what's gonna happen. So congrats on your success I'll keep on buying and listening to your music
Congrats B.o.B., I believed in your ability when I first heard you at Big Toombs spot...you know where that is...did you see any deceased bodies..lol....I am his cuz that produce also...If you hear from cuz, tell him what's up and to call me. Just say Perk and he know who I am. Be Humble and dont forget the struggle you had to make it this far...cause very few of us make it. Your manager believed in you also.....T-Pain....you know who he is.. Until next time, Later!
If your reading this could please send me a autograph of B.o.B. pleeeeeeeaaase im your biggest fan and I look up to you to do the right thing. Please


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August 9, 2009
A video on TheAlexJonesChannel [1] on YouTube has been taken down– not due to claims of copyright infringement or etc.– but due to alleged violations of the You Tube "Community Guidelines [2]":
We encourage free speech and defend everyone's right to express unpopular points of view. But we don't permit hate speech (speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity).
Alex Jones defends attempts to shut down his speech on You Tube through phony claims of racism
This suspension is apparently based on complaints that the video is "racist"– as numerous comments posted below the now suspended video titled "Obama JOKER $1000 Video Contest: The establishment will go nuts!!!," as well as several other copies of the video, indicate.
One such Obama Brownshirt censor using the handle "barackobamaexpress"advocated:
barackobamaexpress: For anyone who reads this; if you want to do your part today – something patriotic today, report this video to Youtube administration. Alex Jones promotes racism, and fearmongering. He's a known liar.
This is startling not only because the video– critical of President Obama's policies– mentions nothing at all about race, but because You Tube is evidently willing to censor simply on the basis of receiving a significant number of complaints– not on the basis of whether or not its terms are upheld.
Click here [3] to see full notice
- A d v e r t i s e m e n t
There is no violation of the so-called 'hate speech' guidelines, but rather it is clear that one too many people seeking to remove the video and attack the account submitted fraudulent complaints.
Alex Jones is currently considering further action to restore the video and protect his free speech. Please support this fight against political thuggery, and remember that if we don't band together to stop yet another out of control administration, then we'll all hang separately later if things are allowed to go to extremes. This brown shirt mentality was not confined only to the Nazis, but has cropped up throughout history. We cannot allow cult followers of Obama to be transformed into the next Maoist China, Stalinist Russia, or any of the countless repression regimes.
Political-speech police appear throughout history. Censorship and thuggery is a common hallmark amongst tin-pot 3rd World dictators and mass-murdering autocrats alike.
The cry of "racism" has become, instead, the first-reflex attack against anyone critical of President Obama & his policies anytime it is easier and more effective than actually responding to legitimate critique of the real issues. Heightening the race issue– truly a canard obscuring necessary debate over the massive legislation racing through the Democrat-controlled House, Senate and Executive bodies– is meant to create tension and bring out racism where it was never in play before.
Click here [4] to see screen shot just prior to removal.
Obama Speech Police have been on the attack to silence the President's critics as of late. The Official White House Blog [5] asked supporters on Wednesday to "flag" chain e-mails and online videos 'claiming to uncover the truth' about Obama's Health Care agenda. The posting essentially asked for an assault on dissenters and legitimate opposition in the name of alleged "disinformation."
Only days later, Press Secretary Gibbs [7] used Rush Limbaugh as an example to say that anyone comparing the Democratic Party's agenda to that of the Nazi's was on "thin ice" and should be wary of using such terms. Such a comparison may well be justified, depending upon the context, and is being used to intimidate free speech critical of the President and his policies.
At the same time, the political group 'Health Care for America Now,' which counts the President and Vice President among its supporters, has "instructed Democrats to confiscate signs and leaflets brought to Obamacare events by "rightwing extremists," that is to say Americans opposed to totalitarian health care," as Kurt Nimmo reported [8] Friday.
Also on Friday, Kenneth Gladney, a self-identified independent-conservative, was hospitalized after being beaten [9] by a group of union thugs who didn't like his criticizing the Health Care agenda.
Groups have been mobilizing everywhere in opposition [10] to the pending Health Care legislation, and have been uniformly slandered and demonized by the media, and blocked by various pro-Health Care groups throughout the country.
This video, entitled 'Obama JOKER $1000 Video Contest' was copied off of 'TheAlexJonesChannel' shortly before it was censored on claims of 'racism.' Get this version and make more copies while you still can.
These recent attempts at quashing free speech are reminiscent of the Missouri Truth Squads [11] during the 2008 campaign who — while hypocritically carrying out a slanted & untrue politicized message– vowed to shut down and have arrested anyone critical of Obama who is 'not telling the truth' via Missouri ethics laws.
The actual attempt to censor Alex Jones and his message will surely fail, as many dedicated fellow patriots have already taken to duplicating not only the video itself (as posted above), but to duplicating the viral spreading of the message on the streets and everywhere online.
For instance, here is the first of surely many hundreds of videos of individuals handing out the "JOKER" Obama poster in San Antonio:


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Pizza Hut fires manager who refused to work Thanksgiving
Manager didn't want to force staff to work on holiday
It's a slice of life you don't often hear about.
Shortly after a manager at a Pizza Hut franchise in Elkhart, Indiana, announced that he was fired for refusing to open on Thanksgiving Day, the company is offering him his job back.
Tony Rohr, 28, had worked for the chain for more than 10 years.
When he refused to open on Thanksgiving Day this year and force his employees to work, he says, he was told to write a letter of resignation. Instead, he wrote one explaining why the store should remain closed.
"I said, 'Why can't we be the company that stands up and says we care about your employees and you can have the day off?'" Rohr told CNN affiliate WSBT Wednesday. "Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they're closed in the whole year. And they're the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families."
Rohr told the affiliate he refused to quit and detailed his frustration in the letter.
"I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company," he says he wrote. "I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible."
He was fired shortly after, he says.
The local franchise told the affiliate that Rohr was not fired, but quit. Now, Pizza Hut's corporate office says the franchise "made a serious error in judgment, one which we hope to help remedy."
It sent CNN a statement that said the store has agreed to hire him back.
"We fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving," the corporate office said in a statement. "As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team."
But Rohr, who was managing some 15 people when he departed, said Thursday that he was not sure he wanted to return to the team. "That's something I can't decide right away," he told CNN in a telephone interview as he prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family -- and without pizza. "I'll start looking into stuff tomorrow."
He said publicity about the story has spread. "All my friends are telling me how cool it is and how proud they are -- 'You're my hero' and stuff you don't expect to hear," Rohr said. "No, I'm just some guy who told his boss 'No' and got burned. There are people who save lives."


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After Sandy, A Community Rallies Around A Ruined Farm
(CNN) — The vegetables I've been writing about this season – the invasive purslane weed, inscrutable kohlrabi and endless bushes of leafy greens – all came from Added Value, an urban farm located on the edge of Brooklyn's Red Hook waterfront neighborhood.
By Monday night, the farm was buried under almost three feet of water. Sandy's storm surge sent a flood of river water, mud and industrial sludge cascading through Red Hook, drowning hundreds of homes and local businesses. The farm lost its fall crops, some of its physical structures, and an estimated $10,000 to $40,000 in equipment.
Added Value isn't your typical farm. It sits, literally, in the shadow of an Ikea, just a few meters away from a once-industrial waterfront that's now a patchwork blend of commercial plants, artisanal food makers, boutiques, and a handful of big-box retailers.
That's an economically fragile and sometimes uneasy mix. When the puzzle pieces connect, though, it creates unique opportunities – like Added Value.
Established to bring fresh food and youth employment to a neighborhood that desperately needed both, the 10-year-old farm focuses on education. It trains and pays area teenagers to grow crops, run a weekly farmer's market, and help manage one of Brooklyn's largest composting programs. On a three-acre plot that was once a dilapidated city block, the farm raises produce to sell to Red Hook's local restaurants and to Added Value's annual CSA subscribers.
A community-supported agriculture share is technically a gamble: You pay in advance for a stake in your farm's annual production. In good years, you reap the bounty; in bad ones, you share in the losses.
There's nothing like a complete wipeout to remind you of how real those risks are.
The farm will bounce back. It will take lots of effort and big chunks of money to rebuild, but New York City is rallying in the face of Sandy's devastation. More than 100 volunteers swarmed in Saturday to clear debris and pull up the ruined crops. Soil samples are off for testing to find out what contaminants seeped in.
Whatever turns up, Added Value's director, Ian Marvy, is optimistic that the farm can combat it – thanks in part to the lessons agricultural scientists learned from Katrina.
For examples, did you know that mushrooms eat petroleum?
"We might be a fungus farm this spring," Ian told a group of us Saturday morning.
We'd gathered at picnic tablets at the edge of the farm to discuss its future, shivering in the wind but warmed up by bowls of donated chili, corn bread and baked ziti. Like most of Added Value's workers and volunteers, Ian is juggling Sandy's wreckage at both work and home – the first floor of his house got washed away. Our hastily arranged CSA meeting kicked off with a discussion of FEMA claim forms (pro tip: turns out garages don't count as part of your "primary dwelling") and a block-by-block rundown of which streets took the worst of the flooding.
The farm is inventorying its needs and organizing benefits and volunteer events to meet them. The local restaurants it works with – all of which were decimated by the flood – are banding together at RestoreRedHook.org. I'm planning to attend many fundraisers over the next few months.
I had notes and photos saved for a few more posts about my CSA adventures, like the week we got what looked like an entire edamame bush in our shares, or the teeny kermit eggplants that look like squashy baseballs and make excellent curry. Our season – now abruptly over – was slated to run through Thanksgiving.
I still have a few remnants from last week's share stashed in my fridge, though. Some red peppers, a bag of turnip greens, a cluster of radishes, and as ever, one random new thing I'd never cooked with before: napa lettuce. Epicurious suggests it will be tasty in a pork and cilantro stir fry.
We're opening up a bottle of really good red wine – a Williams Selyem pinot noir I'd been hoarding – to have with it. I'll be toasting our farm, and hoping that come next June, it will once again be harvesting a crop of veggies to overwhelm and perplex me in the kitchen. And most of all, I'm hoping that Red Hook's local businesses will pull through and survive the economic devastation this storm wrought.
By Stacy Cowley
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unshankar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
The all new 2009 Dodge Challenger, 2009 Corvette ZR1, 2009 Mustange KR500, 2009 Chevy Camaro, will be requring a new home... MusclecarPages.com.
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The logo should be of the words MusclecarPages.com whether together without spaces OR with. I leave that to your creativity. The colors schema i'm open to as well, but do NOT want to see red/white/blue as its way too predictable. Some random thoughts that come to my head were the words being muscular, or having dual exhaust pipes coming out of it, or Chrome accents. Google the 2009 Camaro, Challenger & ZR1 and perhaps make the logo remeniscent of styling ques from the cars. DO NOT include any outline of cars or actual car images or drawings, rather hints or styling ques.
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