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Nick Stanhope
Since becoming CEO of We Are What We Do in early 2009, Nick has significantly shaped the direction of the organisation. His vision is for a not-for-profit company that puts a stream of desirable things into the world, in demand by a mainstream consumer audience and with positive behaviours built into them, incidentally helping people to do simple, good things and addressing major social and environmental issues.
After graduating from Oxford University in 2002, Nick spent six years working on the ground in communities and nationally on social marketing campaigns, before joining We Are What We Do in 2007 and becoming CEO in early 2009.
Nick began his career as a teacher, working in the UK and abroad, and then joined Anti-Slavery International as a campaigner and fundraiser in 2003. As part of a two-year volunteer project, Nick spent seven months cycling from Cape Town to London and returned to write his first book, Blood, Sweat and Charity, published in 2005.
From 2005, Nick worked as a youth worker in Lambeth and Southwark and used that experience to go on to create a national youth engagement programme and employee volunteering scheme with T-Mobile in 2006.
Nick joined We Are What We Do in 2007 to develop their dedicated schools work, creating their children's book, Teach Your Granny to Text & Other Ways to Change the World, and a series of national youth projects.
Nick's background in community work and close collaboration with Founder and Co-Chair David Robinson, continues to give everything the organisation does a local focus, handing high-profile, global projects back to the people and partners that can apply them best in their neighbourhoods. Similarly, working closely with Co-Chair Giles Gibbons has given Nick and We Are What We Do the capacity to partner with and deliver work for the biggest brands in the world, including Google, Coca Cola and Starbucks.
Nick was named one of Britain's 50 New Radicals by The Observer and NESTA in 2012, his latest paper The Incidental Effect: New Methods in Behaviour Change has been met with great acclaim and he has given talks all over the world, including at TEDx, Columbia University, the British Council, Google and the Royal Institute.
As a pragmatist, Nick is sceptical of the public's engagement in anything unless there is something in it to entertain or interest them, and his talks follow the same principle. He is able to shed light onto contemporary social and environmental issues with an artillery of facts and statistics that question a lot of assumptions traditionally made by companies, brands, charities, community groups and local governments. He offers practical insights into behaviour-change work, elucidating what it is, why it's relevant to every business, every organisation and every person and how it can be used to affect major global issues including obesity, global warming and the breakdown of inter-generational and inter-cultural relations.
With Nick at the helm, We Are What We Do has gathered a team of more than 20 people in London, Sofia and San Francisco, and has launched a set of award-winning products and tools all over the world, such as Historypin, Internet Buttons and Box Chicken.
As executive Director of Historypin he is also often speaks on the social aims, Linked and Open Data practices, and technology behind this global archive of social history.
Whatever business you're in — if you want to make a difference, even change the world a little – then get to one of Nick Stanhope's workshops. We Are What We Do don't just talk about making a difference – they are doing something about it. Prepare to have your eyes opened.
Peter Downs, Australian Sports Commission
For a room of budding social entrepreneurs, Nick's talk couldn't have been more interesting. It was full of inspiring insights into the clever ways to embed positive behaviours into people's lives and Nick's use of WeareWhatWeDo case studies to demonstrate how useful and desirable things can effectively facilitate positive behaviours meant participants were left with tangible examples of the process of coming up with exciting products that can have a positive impact. Nick's friendly and open style created the perfect environment for audience engagement, and his willingness to chat through our social enterprise ideas was appreciated by all.
Laura Harrisson, Imperial College
Fantastic. Our Future Leaders were genuinely inspired and we'll be using Nick with as many Npower audiences as we can.
Clare McDougall, Npower, Future Leaders Event
Nick gave an inspiring speech, full of insights into the transformation of society and the development of We Are What We Do into a value creating marketing agency, offering both a great business solution for companies and consumers and true value towards a better society. The participants received many insights into how to serve Beiersdorf consumers in a sustainable way.
Dirk Strametz, Beiersdorf
Nick inspired our audience with his provocative and entertaining insights on how to motivate consumers to act differently. His case studies prove the value of We Are What We Do's unique approach to behaviour change, and his delivery and enthusiasm made an already interesting subject into a compelling argument that will help change the way we think about social and environmental issues.
Roy Sharone, Liberty Global
For the French speaking half of the audience to be as entertained and inspired as the English speaking half was remarkable! We Are What We Do is a brilliant organisation and they bring what they do to life very well. We look forward to the next occasion we can hear Nick.
CE, British Council, International Student Event
For our final debate on One Swindon we needed an inspirational, divergent, thought-provoking, core presenter, and the selection of Nick Stanhope of We Are What We Do fulfilled all the days' needs. In a most encouraging way, Nick was able to lift the horizons of us all, to expand our belief in what is possible rather than what is not possible. The sharp, incisive delivery, peppered with real-life actions and successes is exactly what our audience needed to drive away the negatives from budget cuts, recession and redundancies. After the simple, smooth, seductive ideas, wrapped in the most successful presentations, to offer you our thanks would not do you justice. However, from us all, a "Thank You Nick" for the tremendous input and the lasting memories.
Tom Charnock, Chair of the Partnership Board Overview and Monitoring Group, One Swindon


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[speaking softly, gradually getting louder]
One time.. yeah.. yeah..
Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage
One n*gga front, my face on the front page
Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
One God to show me how to do things his son did
Pure, like a cup of v*rgin blood; mixed with
151, one sip`ll make a n*gga flip
Writin names on my hollow tips, plottin sh*t
Mad violence who I`m gon` body, this hood politics
Ackowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbages
Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us
Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin us
One knee I ducked, could it be my time is up
But my luck, I got up, the cop shot again
Bus stop glass bursts, a fiend drops his Heineken
Richochetin between the spots that I`m hidin in
Blackin out as I shoot back, f**k gettin hit! [more sirens]
This is my hood I`ma rep, to the death of it
`til everybody come home, little n*ggaz is grown
Hoodrats, don`t abortion your womb, we need more warriors soon
Sip from the star sun and the moon
In this life of police chases street sweepers and coppers
Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctors
THIS IS WHAT NAS IS BOUT, n*gga THE TIME IS NOW!
[whispering again]
Yo, all I need is one mic..
All I need is one mic.. that`s all I need
All I need is one mic.. all I need n*ggaz
All I need is one mic.. yeah
[gradually getting louder]
All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen
One prayer - tell God forgive for one sin
Matter fact maybe more than one, look back
at all the hatred against me, f**k alla them
Jesus died at age 33, there`s thirty-three shots
from twin glocks there`s sixteen apiece, that`s thirty-two
Which means, one of my guns was holdin 17
Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you
Everybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeral
never gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocent
Nothin is fair, n*ggaz roll up, shootin from wheelchairs
My heart is racin, tastin revenge in the air
I let the sh*t slide for too many years, too many times
Now I`m strapped with a couple of macs, too many nines
If y`all n*ggaz really wit me get busy load up the semis
Do more than just hold it explode the clip until you empty
There`s nothin in our way - they bust, we bust, they rust, we rust
Led flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gut
THAT WE TAKE THESE b*tchES TO WAR, LIE `EM DOWN
CAUSE WE STRONGER NOW MY n*gga THE TIME IS NOW!!
[whispering again]
All I need is one mic.. that`s all I need, that`s all I need
All I need is one mic.. there`s nuttin else in the world
All I need is one mic.. that`s all a n*gga need to do his thing y`know
All I need is one mic..
[starting loud this time, getting quieter]
Or wanna see me on top, too egotistical
Talkin all that slick sh*t, the same way these b*tches do
Wonder what my secrets is, n*ggaz`ll move on you
only if they know, what your weakness is I have none
Too late to grab guns I`m blastin cause I`m a cool n*gga
Thought I wouldn`t have that ass done? Fooled you n*ggaz
What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin
War gets deep, some beef is everlastin
Complete with thick scars, brothers knifin each other
up in prison yards, drama, where does it start?
You know the block was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpster
For real a hustler, purchased my Range, n*ggaz throwin dirt on my name
Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain
b*tches left me cause they thought I was finished
Shoulda knew she wasn`t true she came to me when her man caught a sentence
Diamonds are blindin, I never make the same mistakes
Movin with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight
Swellin my melon cause none of these n*ggaz real
Heard he was, tellin police, how can a kingpin squeal?
This is crazy, I`m on the right track I`m finally found
You need some soul searchin, the time is now
All I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeah
All I need is one mic.. that`s all I ever needed in this world, f**k cash
All I need is one mic.. f**k the cars, the jewelry
All I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world
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I have had two children at OLM. My daughter was a victim of ongoing bullying and inappropriate touching from another student. We brought the incidents to the attention of the school. Each time we heard Kids will be kids or we will resolve the situation with the utmost privacy and discretion. I asked for the school policy on several situations and never received it. I reached out to the principal on four separate emails and several calls. At each contact she said it was under investigation and that she would return my call. It has been almost 6 weeks since the incident in question. There has been no return calls or emails from principal. All of my requests for school policy have been ignored. As a parent I am mad and frustrated with the leadership from the school and I really question there ability to offer a positive and safe environment for my children. Clearly it appears that fund raising and tuition are more important than the welfare of the students. Please be aware before considering OLM for your children.
We moved our daughter from public school (7th Grade) to this school and WE LOVE THIS SCHOOL! The communication is excellent, the teachers are great and the kids are extremely mature and respectful. The families are dedicated and caring. The administration is very open to suggestions and follows through appropriately. There are excellent after school programs and we couldn't be happier. Highly recommend this school!
I have two children who attend OLM. We came to OLM not seeking so much the religious education, but for my children to experience great academics and social growth. We came from a very small non religious private school in Daly City. Both of my children are active in sports, music, and drama. We love that we have a choice to do something more than just the 8 to 3. The new principle has been such a blessing! She has brought a fresh breath to the school, attending most events at the school and a desire to keep the students and staff engaged.
Our Lady of Mercy is a wonderful school. With recent changes the school has really become a community. Teachers/staff and parents are a large part of what makes this school so great. Students are inspired to work hard and achieve high academic levels as well as share their God given talents in many of the extra curricular activities that other schools don't seem to offer these day. I'm proud to be part of the bulldog community where "learning is for life."
Unlike many Catholic schools, OLM has full-time specialists who assist kids with special needs. The large size also allows OLM to offer a bunch of extra stuff that we don't see elsewhere: band, drama, choir, and so forth. I notice that the reviews from students are very positive, which fits with my experience, too. I've been involved with this school for more than ten years and love it! The school board is TERRIFIC, working hard each year to put together a budget that will keep our school in the black. So many Catholic schools have had to close due to low enrolment, but OLM has stayed strong, thank God. Go, bulldogs!
I am currently a parent of a 1st grader and soon to be also a kindergarten parent for upcoming 09-10 school year. Academics are still strong and emphasized and most families are much involved with the OLM activities. We made great connections with other families who share the same common values of accountability of students and parents, involved with their kids' academics and up bringing, and want the best for their children future. Drawbacks: NO gymnasium. The PTO is literally administered through the principal. Which makes NO sense at all. The parents who pay the tuition should have an unbiased PTO organization that should focus on the sole voice of the parents' input and concerns. PTO is like more of a formality. Administration: It is true what other parents have commented about prior. There is one hierarchy, the 'Principal' thats it. There needs to better communication!
I'm currently in junior high at OLM. and I think this school...is absolutely amazing. my friends here...support me...in every way possible...as well as the teachers! the staff here...they're nice, and they're understanding. I'm in the 7th grade now. I'm in Mr. Mckeffery's homeroom. he's hilarious...btw. 7th grade so far is a little hassle...because i just started...and were only halfway through the school year...but i know after a while...i'll get used to it...because...it's getting harder and harder to believe that with the help from my previous teachers, i'm actually in the 7th and 8th grade classrooms every morning at 8. i love this school, and next year in 8th grade...i will mis it when i graduate.
I'm a parent at this school. One main reason why I send my son here (other daughter to follow) is the excellent academics and the attentive teachers in each grade as well as the strong sense of community, pride and parental volunteer support. It's important to note that although each class such as kindergarten is large (over 50 students) the classes are divided into 2 separate sections (ie Kindergarten A and Kindergarten B (with a little more than 25 students per section) and 2 teachers assigned to each section (which makes 4 teachers for the kindergarten class). Special attention is provided to students with special needs under the recommendation of highly experienced staff.
I truely agree with the Sept 16, 2008 comment. The school is run like a business now. The bottom line is $$$$. Unfortunately children that are slow will get left behind. Just too large of a student body. No matter how hard they try, they can't give the attention to the students who need the extra help. Tutoring will cost you extra. Teachers are only following their boss. Can't blame them in this economy. Pretty soon I can't afford this school. I think the admin is unfriendly and needs to be revamped.
currently, i'm an 8th grader at OLM. and i think the teacher are doing a great job of getting us ready for high school!! go shine 09!!!!`
I agree with the comment on Aug 18, 2008. The class size is too big and some children can get left behind. The administration is looking more for dollars than for the well being and education of the students with the size of the classes. Parents are great and the school has great spirit. The teachers are really good but I think it is very hard for them with so many students in one classroom.
OLM is a very big school. Double grades. Tuition on the rise. Teachers are okay. Admin needs some work. I no longer park in their lot. My car was hit. Seen a few fender benders. Rather park on the street and walk my kids into the yard. I think they can use updated learning material. School is average.
This is an average school. Teachers are great but new administration seem to have a bigger concern with increasibg class sizes and generating money than improving the quality of the school.
I graduated OLM (Our Lady of Mercy) at 2007. The teacher quality here is great.OLM doesn't have teachers who just got teaching degrees and started teaching. The teachers here are well educated themselves. One of my favorite ones graduated from Berkely and another from Lowell. The bond that students create here is irriplacable, no matter if it is a teacher or a group of friends. Their education prepared me for high school. I wasn't an honor student at OLM, just scratching 3rd honors a few times, but now I am a 4.0 student with high honors in my high school. The most important factor of all was not the education or the bonds, but what it was made to do, which is teach religion. Since this is a Catholic private school, OLM really did it's job, strengthening my relationship with God.
Academics are pretty average. There's a sense of community for some.
I went to Our Lady of Mercy, and I truly think that it is the best school that a parent could send their child to. The lessons that I learned while attending OLM help me so much now that I am in highschool. The teacher and student relationships developed while attending this school make learning so much easier. Also, the friendships made their are one of the purest and loyalest. The values that OLM teaches truly show in the students and the choices they make. I love OLM!
My children went to this school for a few years until we moved out of town. Academically, the classes were challenging for their grade levels,the teachers were involved and cared about their students. Activities include, music, arts and sports. Parents are asked to volunteer their time, so that they can be more involved in their children's education and to see up close what level of caring the teachers and staff have for the students.
Great school. Strong academics. Parent involvement.
This is a very highly recommended school
I'm in junior high at the school Our Lady of Mercy and I think that our school is really a five star school. The teachers are very nice and are very smart, our principle is a very good leader, we have a very nice school yard that just got repaved, and many more things!
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Summer (in my opinion) is the best season to entertain and celebrate. A summer staple in the desert stakes? The 'Pav'. This dary beauty, with a fudgy and rich chocolate base, has appeared twice this month for birthday celebrations. A cake in the heat isn't fitting, but this mound of deliciousness dressed w. whipped cream and berries, 'takes the cake' when it comes to serving a crowd (and in the heat).
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Whip 12 egg whites until satiny peaks form. Then gradually beat in a tablespoon at a time of 600 grams of caster sugar. Fold in 6 tablespoons of sifted cocoa, 100 grams of finely chopped dark chocolate and 2 teaspoons of red wine or balsamic vinegar.
Spread out over a lined baking tray into a rectangle shape, and place in the oven at 180 degrees for one hour. Turn off oven and leave door ajar to cool.
Spread 600mls of whipped cream over the top, garnish with 400 grams of mixed berries and a grating of dark chocolate.
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This bird's-eye view of the Ronkonkoma Street Fair last Sunday was sent in to us by Mike Iannuzi, 3rd assistant chief of the Ronkonkoma Fire Department.
The photo was taken from the bucket of tower ladder 5-24-11, which was positioned at the north end of the fair at the intersection of Hawkins Avenue and Portion Road.
From that height it looks like a quiet, sleepy affair, compared to the thousands that packed the street from end to end. It's a rare view most of us never get a chance to see. Until now.


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We all know what it's like to go through our day after a night with little or no sleep. You feel jittery, cranky and your brain feels foggy. You may function okay for the first few hours, but the extra effort that your brain must put into normal function starts to wear you down. Clear thinking and communication become impossible, and you may have the urge to crawl under your desk and pass out. Sometimes, we choose to go without sleep in order to cram for an exam or prepare for a big presentation at work. Unfortunately, you may actually inhibit your performance by forgoing adequate sleep.
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Sleep deprivation, even in small amounts, negatively affects our cognitive function. It impedes critical thinking, verbal fluency, planning, attention, working memory and coordination. So if you think staying up late to do more work will help you perform better, think again.
As a culture, we have tried to negate the importance of sleep, as if the need for a full night of sleep were a sign of weakness. But as research continues to show the negative effects of sleep deprivation on performance, the old mindset is slowly starting to change. Even some NBA teams have restructured their practice and travel schedules in order to give players more time for adequate amounts of sleep.
If you do miss a night of sleep, the good news is that your body will recover if you get plenty of sleep for the rest of the week. (Most research shows the optimal amount of sleep ranges from 7-9 hours depending on the individual). However, if your sleep deprivation is chronic, your body may not get enough recovery time.
Insomnia is something probably every adult has experienced in their lives. Statistically, a large portion of our population experiences it on a regular basis. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 63% of American women and 54% of American men experience insomnia a few days a week. When you read all of the information about the effects of sleep deprivation on the brain and the body, these statistics are a little alarming.
Several days of sleep shortage send the body's stress response into overdrive, sending its regulatory systems into crisis. Studies show that this affects the body's blood-glucose regulation and triggers insulin resistance. Over time this can lead to diabetes and hypertension. It can also lead to weight gain and even obesity. When the neurons of the hippocampus go into crisis mode, they stop producing nutrients (neurotrophins) which help create new neurons. This is detrimental to learning and the formation of memories. Research has also shown that certain stages of sleep, slow-wave, and specifically, REM sleep must occur in order for memories to be consolidated from short term to long term storage.
Causes of insomnia vary from person to person. Stress plays a huge part in many people's sleep deprivation. Hormone shifts as people age have also been shown to affect sleep patterns. Millions of Americans receive prescriptions for sleeping pills each year, but these products are only meant to provide temporary relief. So, is there a solution? Just as causes vary for each individual, so do solutions. Various lifestyle and behavioral changes are recommended, as well as seeking professional help with chronic sleep disturbances
Five Recommendations for Insomnia Treatment:
1. Use your bed only for sleep and sex. Also, don't bring work or other stressful tasks into your bedroom. This may involve "unplugging" from your computer, blackberry, etc.
2. Watch what you eat and drink, and when you do it. Obviously caffeine is a big culprit, so you may want to reduce your intake. Also, eating late or eating things that trigger indigestion or acid reflux can inhibit sleep.
3. Find ways to deal with stress and reduce your body's stress response. Yoga, meditation and exercise (as long as it's not too close to bedtime), can be beneficial ways to reduce the impact of stress on your body. Also, alternative therapies like acupuncture and massage have been helpful for some people. Biofeedback or software products like emWave can be helpful stress management tools. If you are dealing with a difficult situation in your life, find a therapist or counselor that you can talk to and learn tools to cope with your situation. Continuing to lose sleep will only make your response to the circumstances worse and exacerbate the situation.
4. Prepare for sleep. Starting turning the lights down in the evening, adjust the temperature in your bedroom to a comfortable level and choose relaxing activities before going to bed (take a bath or read for fun. Be careful if you watch TV or movies before bed. These can be over-stimulating). If light or noise affects your sleep, find ways to buffer the impact of these disturbances. Use earplugs, white noise machines or fans, and use a sleep mask or shades on your windows to block early morning light if necessary.
5. Seek professional help for chronic sleep issues. Sleep clinics can diagnose physiological problems like sleep apnea, upper airway resistance syndrome and restless leg syndrome, and offer treatment. If physiological issues are not the cause, you may want to seek out Behavior Sleep Therapy. The body can develop negative habits and actually forget how to sleep properly. Behavior therapy for sleep disorders works to retrain the body to sleep. Treatments can include sleep restriction, psychotherapy, stimulus control therapy and relaxation training.


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smdrpepper said...
I would say gamers lost out on this. It was a dull expansion, lacking the epic quality of Burning Crusade and Lich King. I barely even play and am about to kill my subscription because of it. Well that and the expense..
It had all this potential and it just fell flat. I liked the idea of going into the various elemental planes, but it didnt really go anywhere.
Darias.Perenolde said...
I'd have to agree with you here. Our guild is celebrating out seventh anniversary next week, and I've been an officer for almost six years of it. In that time, the "near-end-of-expansion blahs" usually hit only about six months or so before the end. This time, we've had people dropping like flies since last October/November.


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An exhibition exploring 4D SpaceSponsored by: ART HAUS SLC, NOX Contemporary, CUAC
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Take a trip with the TIMEless curatorial team in time through space. Interactive architecture is more than cinema, more than architecture- it is architectural new media. The exhibit features over 100 works from award winning designers, architects, filmmakers, artists and musicians, including ten commissioned interactive installations. Design critic and planner Sam Hall Kaplan adds that at last architecture is shown in a new and exciting perspective, as a place in time: "it is really the way we experience architecture, temporal and temporary." The curators express that " the questions are more important than the answers; we explore immersive environments and connect them to the 20th century lineage of architecture and film. "Participating artist F. Myles Sciotto describes the exhibit as "highlighting projects that blur the threshold of spatial and temporal constructions."
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Film has influenced architecture since the dawn of the modern era. The creative process for entertainment as well as spaces for life and work share common ground. Perhaps film influences the profession of architecture through its speculative spaces which are removed from the constraints of reality. These instances serve as inspiration in the creation of the architecture of tomorrow.
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I will continue to update this pack for the foreseeable future and I always have a todo.txt with 10 more things I need to update or add. My interest in Minecraft waxes and wanes, and with it, the speed of my updates. Bear with me though, because I'll always get something out, temporary or not.
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This is another great quote from James Victore. I'm sure he wasn't the first to say it, but he used it in a recent video and I loved it. If you wait until you're ready you'll never start!
I drew a couple other James Victore quotes:
• Jobs don't love you.
• 1. Freak out. 2. Jump!
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Truebluemeandyou: People ask what blogs I look at on Tumblr. This is one I absolutely love for graphics, typography, political illustrations, current quotes, hand drawn lettering etc… If you haven't already heard about Chris Piascik, you will soon. *Check out his "Here Comes Money Boo Boo" illustration.
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This great line came from Jen Bekman during an interview with Debbie Millman on the podcast Design Matters.
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DIY Free Cross Stitch Pattern: Kitties Will Puke on Everything You Love. It's true… they will from first hand knowledge. This has been posted on Tumblr but I couldn't find anyone posting the source and therefore no free pattern for those who wish to recreate this :( Find the free pattern and the post by spareGus at Craftster.org here.
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Please note: If you have food related allergies, strict dietary requirements, religious restrictions; are salt sensitive, soy sensitive, vegetarian, pescatarian, or vegan; or are pregnant, I am unable to accommodate you due to the nature of this style of cooking, sorry.
Appetizer – Rainbow Lettuce Wrap with ground turkey and/or toufu puffs and a combination of crunchy, bright colored bell peppers, chayote, jicama, scallions with hoisin sauce & topped with toasted pumpkin seeds.
Easy, One-dish dinner - We'll choose from a variety of veggies like Bok Choy, Chinese Broccoli, asparagus and protein like beef, pork and/or tofu to demonstrate the 'mix and match' technique.
Tilapia in Spicy Brown Bean Sauce - shows the versatility of a cast iron wok! It's wide and deep so you can fill with sauce to 'poach' the fish. Again, we'll choose from a variety of seasonal veggies to show how easy it is to substitute or 'mix and match'.
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The GRS Garden Project: Winners and Losers for 2008
Published on - January 3rd, 2009 (by J.D. Roth)
This is a guest post from my wife.
Our gardening for the year came to a close around Halloween. Although we'll harvest herbs all winter — I've started an indoor herb garden with clearance-sale seeds! — the cold and wet Willamette Valley winter makes outdoor work miserable. And this year we've even had snow and ice:
The garden in winter
The garden in summer
But the gardening cycle will begin anew with a seed order later this month. Before then, I've decided to make a few notes on our 2008 efforts to see what we can learn from the Get Rich Slowly garden project.
What we choose to grow in our garden is determined by our space, our tastes, and our attempts to minimize highly labor-intensive crops. Keeping track of the value of our harvest helped reinforce what I already knew: tomatoes, berries and fruit trees are winners for us. If we weren't growing them ourselves, I would be spending grocery money to purchase these types of seasonal produce.
Our bumper crops allowed me to put up food we'll eat all winter, keeping our food costs lower. Other crops were less dependable, or had a smaller output. By evaluating the successes and failures of 2008, I can better plan for 2009.
Berries are winners
Despite J.D.'s disastrous pruning of the raspberry canes last spring, we had wonderful fresh berries from our caneberry trellis from July through September, preceded by June's strawberry crop and overlapping with blueberries, currants, gooseberries and elderberries.
Other than time picking the crop, berries demand little from us. We fertilize one or two times a year, do heavy cutting back on the caneberries and light pruning on the others, and hand-pull some weeds. The blueberries, currants and elderberry bushes could serve as ornamental shrubs in a limited space; our strawberries creep between the roses.
Tomatoes are winners too
I think I've finally hit on a Roma-type tomato that works for me! By trying different varieties through the years, I've found favorites in other varieties:
- Cherry — Sungold
- Green — Aunt Ruby's German Green
- Yellow beefsteak — Dr. Wyche's Yellow
- Red beefsteak — Oregon Star
Some specialty heirloom tomatoes aren't very productive, so I need a dependable Roma-type that really loads on the crop if I'm to get my canning done! This year I tried a new one (Martino's) and it was amazingly prolific. And I have plenty of seeds left in the packet for 2009!
Even though we got off to a slow start, I was satisfied with my season's crop overall. I put a lot of time into starting and coddling the seeds and seedlings. Once they were transplanted outside, I fertilized weekly, kept the plants orderly so they grew up their cages, and generally acted like an over-protective parent.
Totally worth it when I had that first tomato salad. And worth it again as we have salsa all winter.
Fruit tree fiesta
When we moved into this home four years ago, we planted two apples, a grafted pear, and an Italian prune plum tree. This year, we got sizable crops from both apple trees and the plum — and we seem to have licked the apple maggot and codling fly problems without resorting to spraying! The pear crop gets bigger each year (1, 3, 8, 20).
Our dwarf fruit trees currently require nothing more than a light pruning in late winter and the hanging of pest traps periodically throughout the summer. As they mature, pruning will be more time-consuming and require a ladder, but the resulting crop will be larger. When blooming in spring, each is a thing of such beauty that it takes my breath away.
If you have a bit of room, do some research and plant a dwarf fruit tree (fall is the best time in our climate). I'm determined to add an Asian Pear tree or two to our home orchard. (And maybe even a cherry.)
Small successes
We had some other minor successes, too.
We planted two acorn squash, which required practically no work and produced nine squash. Once picked, these were left on the porch a week to dry, then moved to the basement stairs for storage. I'll enjoy them throughout the winter. I'd plant more, but JD won't eat them.
In June we had a bumper crop of snow peas. Over the summer, I learned of a variety I like even better, so we'll be planting two types this Spring. When Oregon is desperately trying to break free of gloom's grip, picking a pea pod reassures us that the sun is on its way. Peas require minimal effort.
We had some successes, but we also had some failures. Every gardener has things she can't grow. For example, J.D. and I can't seem to grow lettuce or carrots. This year we struggled with some other plants too:
- Corn. Due to poor weather, our corn crop was less than impressive. Also, to pollinate well, one needs to plant a sizable patch of corn. This year, J.D. and I finally accepted it: we don't want to use that much space just for corn. The ear-to-square-foot ratio is too low. Even at this year's higher prices, local corn on the cob was still two for a dollar. It's not worth our investment of time, money, or space. But truthfully, I might plant it again anyway. Call me an optimist.
- Asparagus. I planted a short row of asparagus in 2005. This year, I got my first measley harvest. Asparagus crowns take several years to mature, and can produce for as long as twenty years, so I don't know if I'm being impatient or have truly failed to give this crop what it needs. So far, we've invested four bags of steer manure, about $12 in asparagus crowns, room in the garden and three years of wishing in exchange for six stalks of asparagus.
- Potatoes. Okay, okay, I just like planting potatoes. Not a good investment of space, though, unless you would normally pay the exorbitant store prices for specialty types. A 10-pound bag of russet potatoes only costs $2! I'll try to resist this year.
- Gooseberries. I got a nice crop of gooseberries in 2008. I even made a gooseberry pie. Then one day I noticed something was eating the leaves of one gooseberry bush. Because we have relatively few destructive garden pests around here, I didn't do anything. Less than two weeks later, both bushes were entirely stripped of leaves. Stripped! The culprit is the gooseberry sawfly. Strike one against gooseberries. They're incredible thorny — strike two. And the gooseberry pie wasn't that great (strike three). Maybe I'll replace them with more currants!
- Cucumbers. Our cucumbers never recovered from the slug onslaught. Lesson learned. This year I will be vigilant with the protection from day one. They also suffered from sporadic watering, since I stupidly planted them among my tomatoes, which I do not water once they are established (unless drooping). Better garden layout next year!
- Flowers. We don't talk about it at GRS much, but there are 60 rosebushes, 23 camellias, and scads of perennial and annual flower beds at Rosings Park (as we call our half acre). I neglected these a little last year. This year I'll strive to pay more attention to them.
Gardening is an adventure for us. For me it's a relaxing hobby, a great way to spent my summer evenings and weekends connecting with my piece of the planet. For J.D., it's a good way to get sweet treats for cheap. It's a fun way to spend time together while also saving a little money.
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At the very least everyone should have a pot of container patio tomatoes. Very minimal work.
It also helps living in South Florida, I have peppers and tomatoes fruiting year round!
I need to plant a few citrus trees. Have a avocado tree and that is pretty great too.
Are you seed saving? I don't know how much this would save you in dollars but you could keep some of your most productive plant's seeds and replant next year. I have some heirloom tomato seeds from last year that I got some very good fruit off of the vine.
Where do you buy your seeds?
Thanks for such a clear run down on what worked and what didn't. I'm on the other side of the country, but as a non-gardener, it helps to get an idea what I might want to put my effort into (STRAWBERRIES!) and what I might not want to (everything else).
I love reading about your gardening adventures! I am up here in WA and I am learning that the weather keeps me on my toes with my vegetables. We got our raised beds in this past Aug so I am very new to the veggie scene. It helps tremendously to read about your trials-thank you for taking the time to share.
"This year, we got sizable crops from both apple trees and the plum — and we seem to have licked the apple maggot and codling fly problems without resorting to spraying!"
I've been in the same house for 4 years now and have yet to get a good crop of apples for this exact reason. I was determined to spray this year but your post gives me hope. Can you elaborate a little on what you used/how you did this? Thanks for all the information, these articles are always a great read!
I am an intensive backyard gardener. (I secretly wish I lived on a farm, but I figure I might as well do what I can with what I've got…)
As for asparagus, yes, you may have to wait another year or two to get great yields. Also, in the early years, don't cut too many of the spears off or they will decide it's not worth sprouting. I know it sounds silly, but it's kind of better just to leave them totally alone for four years until they are established. Then, reap the rewards for the following 16 years. This has worked well for us.
Also, if you want to increase yields on potatoes and minimize the space in your garden, try growing them in a dark-colored trash can. Really. Fill a medium trash can about a third full with good dirt, plant three or four seed potatoes. When the sprout comes us, keep adding just enough dirt to cover all but the tip of it. This stresses the plants, which makes them save more energy in the form of potatoes. You'll get a huge crop in one small can by the end of the summer. My grandpa used to do this, and I do it too, because I don't have a lot of room and home grown always tastes better than store bought.
Also, you might have luck with carrots and mesclun or argula. You can build a coldframe from salvaged wood and windows, plant seeds in late fall and harvest the fresh greens most of the winter. It's low maintenance and quite satisfying to still be growing things when there is snow on the ground. We tried this at our last house and it was great. We are building a coldframe at our current house this spring, so we can do this.
"Four Season Harvest" by Eliot Coleman is a great book about this topic.
That's my two cents.
To answer some questions:
#2: I do save seeds, but so far have only done so for flowers and herbs. A friend volunteered to show me how to preserve seeds from the heirloom tomatoes; I should take him up on it.
#3: I recommend buying seeds from a company in your own climate-area of the country (or world). Territorial Seeds is my fave source in Oregon. (They're non-genetically-engineered.) For specialty trees, I like One Green World. Shop local and your plants will be better adjusted to your conditions.
#6: I hate to shill for them too hard, because I think Jd runs their ad someplace, but we got pheromone-based traps for apple maggot and coddling moth from http://www.GardensAlive.com Look for the economy red sphere traps/lures and apple pest traps/lures. Some parts are reusable year-to-year. Good luck! There's nothing worse than biting into an apple maggot!
SIXTY rose bushes? Good grief. I thought I was gunna croak over from having to prune ten of the little guys. Ah…but they're soooo worth it.
Like Becca, I love reading about your gardening enterprise. What a boot! That photo of the tomatoes turns me green with envy. Tomatoes just don't grow very well in our climate–too hot in summer, too cold in winter, plus the alkaline soil (and possibly the dreadful-tasting water) makes every variety that survives taste just about the same.
Surprising that you only got nine acorn squash from two plants. In my experience, they're wildly prolific, closely following zucchini. They really like heat…plant them early enough, maybe, so that they're fully mature when the warmest part of your summer occurs?
Cukes also should grow pretty well. I've planted them with pepper plants (which I think of as sorta like tomato plants) and had them bear nicely. A friend plants them near the edge a raised bed so the vines trail over the side. This keeps the cukes off the ground (so they don't rot) and gives you easier access to them.
Hang in there with the asperagi…everyone I've spoken with says the same: that it takes two or three years for them to establish themselves and start producing sprouts you can eat.
LOL! I'd rather plant sunflowers than corn: you get a nice tall plant (if that's what you'd like) and wonderful weird-looking flowers. And you can eat the seeds.
Looking forward to next summer's garden tales….
I am very interested in knowing when you started the seeds and when you put them in the ground. I live in OR too, I'm just starting on my veggie adventure. My learning curve is very high, any help is much appreciated!
Being a gardener I always enjoy reading your gardening posts. I'm planning on starting an asparagus patch this year. And I'm going to be adding raspberries and a few fruit trees.
You're right. Tomatoes are a great crop. Even when we lived in an apartment I had potted tomatoes and potted herbs. I would grow tomatoes if I only had space for one thing.
I just LOVE the gardening updates! Last year was my first year (well half year) so I am planning this weekend for the upcoming season. I'm harvesting radish, lettuce, peas and a few late tomatoes still
Make sure you keep updating us Kris!
Thanks for the gardening update! I really love hearing about your progress and harvests! It's time to plant tomato and eggplant seeds here in the Arizona desert. I am trying several new heirlooms (early and indeterminate) this spring and can't wait to get them into their little seed pods to grow until I can transplant them outside. I have considered starting asparagus for several years, I hope yours produce this year. I also wish I could have some kind of berries but not sure what if any grow well in the desert.
Great post–thanks! We left the Willamette Valley last fall and have moved to southern Idaho where the gardening is different. I'm still looking for a local seed source. If there's a master gardener program here, I will try there. I don't know if you "grow a row" for your local foodbank, but I found this a great way to donate fresh produce to people who can use it.
I'm curious about the specifics of your seed-starting as well. This year I'm determined to start them myself, but I'm confused on whether I really need expensive grow lights, heat mats, etc. The more I read, the more complicated it seems.
I am a HUGE fan of Gardens Alive–their organic tomato fertilizer is fantastic!
Wonderful update. You've given me some useful ideas on what to try growing next. We had a fantastic first growing year here in WA. My tomatoes were so prolific that I made masses of canned pasta sauce and salsa. I also had heaps of pickling cucumbers and we have now started eating our own Sweet Dill Pickle Spears. We got quite a few carrots, although I think I'll try a different variety this year and I love home grown potatoes, so despite the effort, it's worth it to get all that wonderful flavor. I grew all of these things in containers! Now I'm looking at putting in some raised beds and really getting going.
Another upside – despite being snowed in for 2 weeks over Christmas, we had no food worries. We had enough canned food from our harvest to keep 5 of us going if necessary!
I would love to have a fruit/vegetable garden, but I live in a townhouse without much of a yard. Plus, I haven't had much luck with keeping plants of any kind alive.
I love reading about your progress, what plants were winners and what were losers. My family and I are currently in a townhouse as well, but when we move to a house one of my goals will be to start a garden.
Keep up the great work and thanks for posting the summary!
Wow … you guys inspire me. I will my tiny garden to thrive will all my heart
My husband and I now live in a condo, but before that we lived on 2 1/2 acres. Our garden was huge! We planted beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, broccoli and cauliflower. We grew the pumpkins among the cornstalks. We had apple trees, pear trees and peach trees. We had strawberries and gooseberry bushes. We did this for 16 years, while the kids were home. (After the kids left, we didn't want to deal with it anymore.) It was quite gratifying to grow and can our own food. We ate better and saved money at the same time! I don't miss the work, but I do miss the privilege of walking out to the back yard and picking vegetables and/or fruit for dinner!
Cucumbers were a loser for everyone this year. I don't know anyone who managed to get more than a few, if any.
I don't know where you live, but if there are Amish around, try finding a roadside stand to buy from. We get sweet corn a $2 a dozen.
My best success by far this year was zucchini (surprise, surprise). I love to pick them when they're small, then saute in olive oil with a sprinkle of salt and pepper and a bit of chopped onion. That was my favourite lunch this summer. My husband also made the most wonderful stuffed zucchini halves with feta cheese, garlic…mmmm. We planted WAY too much lettuce and not enough carrots, peas, and beans.
Sara – I also live in a townhouse (in VA). My wife and I made our first attempt at gardening this year (neither of us have particularly green thumbs). I bought 1″x8″x12′ untreated cedar boards (no chemicals), dug out a section of yard directly next to our cement patio and created a half-buried planter box (with no bottom). I buried about 5 inches and left about 3 above ground (to thwart the lawn guy . I ended up creating a planter that was about 16″x9′. We have lots of clay in our soil, so drainage is a problem here. So I dug out the bottom of the box a little extra deep and filled it with medium/big rocks to create some spacing. I then filled in about 3 inches of good soil, put down some slow-release fertilizer, then filled the rest in with soil (leaving about 1 inch unfilled).
We grew tomatoes (like crazy), cucumbers, green beans, spinach, and lettuce (2 crops) in the ground box, and a green pepper plant in a 4ish gallon pot and a strawberry plant in a 4ish gallon pot. We watered and tended regularly and everything grew great for us, particularly the strawberries, which I split 11 ways this fall and the ones that I left out are weathering the winter great. Aside from harvesting, we watered and tended <10 minutes 3-4 days/week, which fit our busy lives well.
Our HOA is pretty loose on rules and I kept it all looking neat, so I never had any problems, but your situation may vary.
My wife and I enjoyed this and had some great organic crops this year. I hope you can find a way to make it work for you too. I can send you pictures if that would be helpful.
For growing potatoes, have you tried a plastic barrel?
Here is one way to do it:
I cut the barrels in half and cut out the end caps to make two cylinders about 30″ in diameter and two feet tall. Saw a line down each cylinder and use some bolts to attach a hasp (high tech) or just get some light rope and tie a line around the barrel piece to hold it together.
Place these in an out of the way spot, put in a couple inches of composted soil and plant your starts. Keep adding soil as the spuds grow. When the plant dies back, undo the hasp or cut the rope and flex the barrel to let the soil and spuds out. Works great, easy to do and doesn't take up prime garden space.
Love the gardening updates! We are just now putting in an order to Territorial Seeds. We live in the hot summer/cold winter Okanagan Valley in B.C. Tomatoes are great here and T.S. carries the best canning tomato ever called "Saucey". They are resistant to disease and even in damp circumstances do really well. They tend to ripen around the same time so large batch canning is a benefit. We have even let them crawl along the ground and the vines get so heavy with fruit it takes two of us to harvest. One to pick up a vine and the other to pick the fruit. Happy New Year!
Nick- That's awesome! I would love to see pictures. My HOA is not very strict either, so they wouldn't have a problem with something like that.
You've definitely given me some ideas for next year. I think I may try some tomatoes and squash, for starters… berries are also a likely candidate. Thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing..everyone! I will be adding more raspberries this year as well as fruit trees to our property. I am looking around for more upright supports, tepee's, etc to keep my zucchini, cukes, and peas off the ground. Any suggestions? I have also been following a site called Ramping up the garden and her food challenge. Keep us informed on the new garden and any of those wonderful tips. Gardens Alive is a wonderful company!!
I remember my mother using tires instead of trash cans for growing potatoes. It comes apart real easy too.
Sara -
You can see 3 pictures of my garden box at the edge of my townhouse patio on flickr.
Just make sure you choose dwarf or bush varieties of your plants
Good luck!
Thank you for the update. As mentioned in previous comments, try not to pick many if any of the shoots of your asparagus for the next year or two, that will help it establish and spread a bit and then you should start getting good yield. Will be well worth the patience.
My zucchinni died this year, but I was quite successful in yellow squash, basil, tomatoes (had some mini yellow pear tomatoes that were very prolific and delicious), turnips, carrots, and eggplant. I can't wait for next year's garden.
What a lovely garden! We also did well with berries. Our thornless blackberries grew huge fruit, and the raspberries fruited for an amazingly long time. The strawberries climbed over their barrels and escaped – after what you said about yours growing among the roses, I think I'll just let them go on!
The only thing I managed to stick with were the cougettes (zuccinis).
Very easy to grow in pots, bumper crop and good value for money!
I second (third?) the advice to leave the asparagus alone for a few more years. I just read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and she recommends the same. But the rest of the garden sounds great!
Thanks for sharing your pictures, Nick! I will definitely try growing some strawberries in pots this year, and if I'm feeling really ambitious, maybe I will try making a garden box like yours. You make it look easy, but I do seem to have a "black thumb."
The Martino's were winner Roma tomatoes for me this year, too. I'll be planting many more in 2009. And stick with the asparagus – it's a long-term project that will eventually repay your patience.
Definitely give your asparagus some more patience. Whether you buy new or transplant, change always slows asparagus down. We planted some splittings from my IL's hugely prolific 20-year-old plants and they did nothing for two years, then went completely gonzo the third year. They'll do even better if you avoid taking any cuttings for a few years.
Since this is obviously a PITA, it helps to have rotating areas of asparagus. As your first area begins to mature and produce, split some pieces and begin growing them in a new location. Over time, you'll have plants always coming into prime growth as others are thinning and aging.
We've found that asparagus makes a nice addition to landscaping when clustered with bushes or ornamental trees…this allows us to have a lot of it without sacrificing tons of garden footage.


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Like I said, I'm not a superfan of the book series which is why I actually had some hopes that this adaptation could streamline some of the clumsier elements in the early Evanovich novels, but instead director Robinson, who seems to have mostly worked in TV prior to this, amps up the pace to an attention-deficit level that the script can't keep up with and leaves the actors untethered to create shadows of what they ought to be.
I'm actually a little surprised I didn't hear more outrage about this film. I know the books are well-loved by a lot of people and as I watched I couldn't help thinking that I'm just glad they didn't do this sort of disservice to a book I actually liked a whole lot, such as The Hunger Games. Best to skip this one and read the book instead.


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