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Autopano Giga 2.6 review
Image stitching and panoramic prints
Keith looks at V2.6 of the 'Autopano Giga' image stitching software from Kolor.
This software actually covers a wide variety of potential usage options for panoramic images, but here, Keith is concentrating largely on producing high quality images for making large prints, both from a landscape and architectural photographer's point of view.
Large prints in this instance are only limited by the capabilities of our Canon iPF8300 printer at 44" width and (up to) 15 metres long...
This review is based on using the Apple Mac version of the software, but the Windows and Linux versions are similar.
There is a full list of functional specifications for the software later in this review, including the Autopano Pro version of the software.
There is a downloadable demo available.
First published Feb. 2012
Image stitching
For many years I've taken multiple shots at locations, often with the thought that I could stitch them together at some time and potentially produce an image that matched more of my feel for how the scene looked to me.
Since I rarely have a tripod with me, when on my travels, some of the image sets are not easy to stitch together, and I've noticed all kinds of errors and problems with the output from previous software.
Performance issues have also discouraged casual experimenting, since I'm often looking at stitching large 16 bit files, where a minor tweak leads to another 5 minute wait to see what happens.
The Oregon road view below, from several (hand held) shots with a 14mm (rectilinear) lens on a Canon 1Ds (21MP full frame) caused all kinds of problems, both in stitching and in getting a projection I was happy with - I'll come back to these issues later.
I'm also an architectural photographer, where I most definitely do use a tripod, and at the end of last year acquired a GigaPan motorised panoramic head, to enable me to create even higher resolution images (I also have a manual Manfrotto 303sph pano head for taking single row sets of images)
After some initial experiments with the supplied GigaPan software, I realised that a more robust and functionally capable piece of software was required.
There is a lot more such software around now than when I looked a few years ago (see my 2008 review of RealViz Stitcher for example)
Autopano Giga
The software can be downloaded directly from the Kolor site.
Upon installation, it looks for other software on your computer that it can work with as a source of images to stitch.
In my case it only found Adobe Bridge (I don't use Lightroom or Aperture)
The following screen shots I've used, all give an idea of the default program layout. It is however quite customisable if you find you prefer a different look.
There are a lot of different icons for different features, which like any new software can take a while to get used to.
Detailed help is always available on-line, or in outline form in the program.
If you are experimenting, then start simple, and assume that if options don't mean anything to you, then the defaults will probably suffice to start with.
Selecting files and finding matches
The images below show the basic simple workflow, that I've found works a treat with many sets of images.
At the top left is a panel where I've just dragged and dropped the source images. To the right of it is a panel showing the detected panorama. This is fully automatic - I just pressed the 'Detect' button and a short while later a composite image appears.
Move your mouse over the image to see the results of running the detection.
The third panel below shows a different set of images in edit mode, where I can fine tune how the panorama is presented (geometry, lighting colour and many more).
If I'm happy with this, I can then get the software to render the full size image, based on my choices.
That's it - with a set of nicely overlapping images, taken at the same exposure, ISO and aperture, I've a stitched image within a few minutes (less time than it took to select, adjust and process the 8 RAW camera files for the image).
It would look a bit neater if I'd used a tripod for the original shots, and the colour is a bit odd, because I'm working in the ProPhoto colour space (easily fixed - see later)
Here's a much reduced version of the output file, with a more realistic version of the sky at over 10,000 feet in Colorado.
To give you an idea of the sorts of resolution you get in images like this, here's the photographer on the left hand side of the image above.
Picture is a 100% crop from the stitched image.
There are many nuances and adjustments in workflow that you can use to make better source images to start with.
So, I might choose to process my RAW files including lens corrections for distortion and vignetting.
If I know I'm converting an output file to black and white, I'll certainly be outputing files at 16 bit and in a large colour space.
Suffice to say, the better your source files, the easier it is to make a good quality panorama.
I'll cover some of the adjustments and fixes that Autopano Giga includes, but my aim is always to use the best source materials.
Whilst on the subject of source files... in 64-bit mode on my Mac Pro (24GB of memory) I'm limited to some half million pixels wide prints (145 feet wide @300 ppi).
There are many options available in the program's settings, covering how it looks for connections between shots, then how this is optimised, formed into a panoramic image and then rendered as full size output.
It's worth noting that the software was capable of making ful use of the performance of my 8 core Mac (16 equiv. processors) and makes use of the GPU in my graphics card.
At all stages of the panoramic creation process, there is a lot of information that you can check and further adjustments available.
The example below shows an image stitched from 65 images, where I'm checking the overall image histogram - I could alter things at this stage but I'm trying to minimise adjustments that might be better carried out in Photoshop afterwards.
The info pane is showing me that these images are matching up particularly well - the RMS number should be as low as possible - look for red flags here to warn of potential issues in the stitch.
Some more settings - this time for the way the software optimises connections it's found between images.
It's normally fine to leave everything set at default, but once you get further into using the software, some of these adjustments may become important, but don't worry too much if they remain a mystery - the software mostly just works...
If it all looks a little confusing, there are a number of video tutorials on the Kolor site, and for those like me who much prefer text to read, there is plenty of written help and a discussion forum.
The collections of pictures I'm using in this review are all pretty easy for the software to stitch - if you add in manual editing of control points (the linked common features of images) and the ability to force all images to be included, then the software becomes even more powerful.
There are a number of more advanced functions that I'm not covering in this overview, that are of definite interest to me.
This includes the HDR functionality and the ability to include sets of images with multiple viewpoints. I'll address some of these features at a later date, once I've used the software a bit more.
Plugins and importing
Before creating your panoramic image, you need to get images 'into' Autopano Giga.
If you've the files already created externally you can just drop files onto the main window (or load a selection from the menu).
With some third party image processing software, there are plugins that allow you to directly export files to Autopano Giga.
In the shot below I'm directly exporting a collection of 65 images from Adobe Bridge - this is fine if I want to build my panorama from a set of JPEG images - but most times I want to use 16-bit TIFF files to maximise image quality and flexibility for subsequent editing in Photoshop.
I note that Lightroom export is a bit more flexible in file export options, but I don't use LR at all...
Other plugins offer adjustments of images, such as the 'Neutralhazer' below, which cuts atmospheric haze
You can see it applied to only one set of images below.
Very much a feature that I'm inclined to say - 'not now' to.
But... that's because I'm used to editing and correcting images in Photoshop, and have lots of tools and filters I'm regularly using. So, if it works for your needs, then by all means try it.
GigaPan input
If you looked carefully at the export from Adobe bridge above, you can see that I'm exporting 65 files.
The collection of images was acquired with our GigaPan motorised panoramic head.
I've some brief notes covering initial use of the GigaPan
Fortunately, there is a different way of importing these images, through a specialised import 'wizard' that supports several specialist panoramic hardware setups.
Here are those 65 images selected via the GigaPan import option.
Fortunately you get a preview (below), which rapidly shows up any duplicates, missing files. or even if you've got the number of rows and columns wrong.
A set of night time shots of Leicester Cathedral.
Large areas of black sky like this can cause some stitching difficulties, but rather than reprocess the images in a way that would bring out noise and glow from street lights, I decided that fixing black sky was easier in Photoshop afterwards.
The screen shot below shows that quite a few images failed to link into the panorama.
It was a starry night, so I could have used HDR techniques to get detail in the sky, say three bracketed shots per camera pointing position (More on HDR at Kolor) In general, I try and avoid tone mapping and anything that falls remotely into the lurid/obvious HDR - some seem to like it, but I don't.
However, this is an architectural shot and with longer exposures, it was already going to take a while to shoot.
Each shot, of the 63 used, was a 6 seconds exposure (f/9 @100ISO Canon 1Ds3 21MP). Since I'm looking to keep noise down, each shot also had a 6 second dark frame shot added (a noise reduction setting option for the camera). If you allow for time moving the camera position, then this whole sequesnce took around 20 minutes.
It's worth noting that when creating your final images, it's possible to export files in layered formats that preserve the component parts and stacks of similar shots (same exposure for example), as well as the blended image. I'll not cover this aspect in this overview, but it allows for considerable fine control of elements of images that may not always blend so well (people getting in the way, being the most common issue).
Next, I'll look at what you are going to do with your set of images, now that they have been matched together.
First however, it's worth saving things. This makes it a lot easier to come back to work in progress, or decide on different output options at a later date.
Projections and views
If you've never used really wide angle lenses or stitched images into panoramic views, then the whole idea of projections can seem a little difficult to grasp.
Whether you intend to view your images on screen or as prints, you are placing a representation of a three dimensional scene onto a flat surface.
For normal camera shots, there is no great problem - you might notice that when you point the camera up at tall buildings, they look pointy and vertical lines are no longer parallel, but this is hardly something most photographers are concerned with.
As you move to wider and wider lenses, various parts of the picture start looking distorted, particularly people's faces in the corners of images. Then there are fisheye lenses, which although people think of them as distorted, are actually just another way of representing what the camera sees and puting it onto a flat view. [See my review of Canon's latest fisheye lens for more examples of this]
Think of the real 3D world around you projected onto a flat plane - the way this is done (it can involve some complex looking maths) alters the look of the final image [See also this video from Kolor]
I've no real interest in full 360 degree panoramic images, that cover looking directly up as well as down, so in this review I'm sticking to the sorts of images that I might want to print.
Autopano Giga does support many more types of image, and there are also software packages available from Kolor that specifically address 360 virtual tours [Panotour Pro].
I'll show some examples of a view of a small park called the Oval on New Walk in Leicester.
The image has a horizontal field of view of some 210 degrees - far more than any normal lens could cover.
The angle of view is given at the bottom right hand side of the image window.
It's not that important here that you know exactly which projection works best - just concentrate on the differences as you move your mouse over the following images.
This first one shows the Mercator projection, and when you move your mouse over it, the Spherical (aka Equirectangular) projection
Think of how your image will look when you crop it to the part you want to print (remember to make panoramas bigger than you need - not many people want prints with curved edges).
This second image is also in Mercator projection and shows the cylindrical projection when you mouse over it (note the changed icon in the bar - the dropdown menu is just there because I mis-timed the screen shot!)
Note how there is quite a change towards the top of the image.
Thirdly, the view is Mercator, until you mouse over the image.
The sudden change is to Planar (or rectilinear)
This really doesn't work well for extreme wide angles of view - the centre part of the image does look very good, and is what you'd get with a conventional wide angle lens.
There are lots of tools for altering and fine tuning the view.
For example, with a planar projection, I'm able to set both vertical and horizontal lines in this view of Leicester Cathedral.
The result is a perfectly square - just the sort of view I need for some of my architectural work, and printable at 60" square at 300ppi.
Choice of projection also makes a lot more difference for a shot like this with a lot of sky in it, shown in a spherical projection (24mm lens on Canon 1Ds3).
Mouse over the image to see the cylindrical version - and don't forget that you would be cropping.
I should point out that if you are going to be doing many hand held panoramic shots, you will probably need to become efficient at using the cloning tool to fill in the odd missing bit of an image when you crop to the final size. If you have an issues with this, well, either get over it or remember to shoot more shots than you need for the coverage you want.
There is lots of information available after I've stitched the image.
With the fairly static views I'm creating here, taken with good overlap, I'm not having to go in and manually adjust the links and settings for each picture.
The software handles ghosting very well too, this is where something only appears in one image - if you get problems with this, then do check out more of the tutorials and help at the Kolor site.
The panel below the image, shows details of the results of the program's attempts at matching images and and stacks (groups of similar images)
The software normally works out focal length for each image - this can actually vary, even with the same lens. You can force the software to use the exact same settings for each shot, but the slight variation shown here (fractions of a millimetre) didn't seem to make any difference to the quality of the image.
Where available from EXIF data, the camera will make use of its camera database to aid its decision making.
This worked fine, although I did get some panoramas incorrectly decide that my EF14 2.8L II lens was a fisheye, and require correction.
The viewpoint and horizon can be altered to get an image the way you want (including setting verticals, as mentioned earlier)
There are automatic adjustments available for image colour and brightness, and individual component images can be altered (more about image corrections at Kolor).
There is an option to use known lens correction parameters if you wish (from the Adobe lens corrections information) although once again I'd generally prefer to do this sort of correction when processing my RAW files.
The blending of images is very efficient and the software is capable of handling quite a bit of variation of source materials.
Once you decide you are happy to produce an output image, then just select 'Render' to put the rendering job into a queue.
The shot below, shows four panoramas I've assembled, that are ready to go. The program handles multiple tasks at once, so I can easily set images to render, and carry on editing other groups.
Output files can be huge, so it's worth noting that you can easily specify a smaller size in the rendering options.
Once again there are a lot of options - fortunately the rendering is very quick, so experimenting to see what works is not too much trouble (only a few minutes for multi gigabyte output files)
Do check the default path for your output files, since I temporarily 'lost' several, when they were dumped onto the server that I'd loaded the source files from. As mentioned earlier, the output files can contain a lot more than just the final composite image (but can become vast if you are not careful).
The histogram like size slider shows the amount of detail in the output file at different scales. In the example below, I can see that there is a lot more detail in the file than will be preserved if I reduce the output to 'only' 1 Metre high.
Depending on how much time you've got, there are different ways of resizing - once again this depend on what you are using the output image for.
If for example you want to make a zoomable large panorama for web use, then you may see a difference - for a large print (which I'm going to selectively sharpen for print anyway) this may be less noticeable.
There are a variety of different output file types. The .psd (or .psb) format for Photoshop is my most likely choice, especially for very large files where you may run up against maximum pixel width/height limits.
Don't forget your disk space either.
Each of the source files (TIFF from RAW files) was 126MB and the 'Oval' image when assembled, came in at ~13GB
One minor glitch - you can't set the output colour profile for the PSD/PSB files, so this warning comes up when opening the file.
Since I know that I processed the RAW files into the ProPhoto colour space, I can simply assign a profile. Remember that these profile warnings are not enabled by default in Photoshop, so do check, if you are using specific profiles.
There is lots of info available after rendering - this is from the cathedral image.
I'll finish off with a look at two lens types that require a bit more care to get the best from them when stitching.
Wide lenses and Shift lenses
As you could see in the very different projections earlier, stitching wide angle lens images together needs some care and subsequent thought as to what looks best when you crop to a print.
One of the thing I now remember, when taking hand held sets like this, is to take extra shots at either end of what I'm after.
In the pair of images below, extra shots at either side would enable me to make more of that cloud in the top left, when cropping to a rectangular print, whilst a bit more care with working out the real horizon level would have not lost the foreground on the right.
I know the obvious answer is to do it 'properly' with a tripod, but I didn't have one with me...
At least normal wide lenses stitch pretty easily, but I regularly use another type of specialist type of lens for my work.
You just need to get used to noting the amount of shift used and know the exact physical size of your camera's sensor (the 36mm mentioned here applies to my 'full frame' Canon 1Ds mk3).
It's easy to work out and automate for your source images (see more about the calculation and fixing lens aberrations in the tilt/shift article)
You can see the result of stitching several similar shots below.
I'll have to crop off the black area later, but this canvas extension trick makes it really easy to stitch images taken with shifted lenses.
I'd normally think of using the GigaPan head and a longer lens for such shots, but on this occasion I was using the Manfrotto 303sph head and wanted a better chance of getting some 'whole' people left in the shots.
The software does an awful lot more than I'd normally have use for (see the specs below).
In general I view it as providing 'super lenses' that don't (can't) exist for my camera, and offering amounts of resolution far beyond any commercially available digital camera.
The choices of projection with Autopano Giga provide a useful variety for the sorts of shots I'm likely to take, although I would like to see a few more options with the planar projections, such as some of the modified rectilinear versions I've seen used in some images (transverse Mercator or compressed rectilinear). Not a big problem though.
It's worth remembering at this point that Autopano Giga has a lot of features in it to deal with what I would regard as rather sloppy sets of images - different exposures, apertures, focal lengths.
My general view is that if you want high quality images worthy of making big prints, then you should use good lenses and photographic technique to capture the best photos to start with. The big advantage of Autopano Giga working well with poor quality images is that it works exceedingly well when you have taken care in acquiring your photos - even my hand held sets of wide angle views were no trouble for it (OK, I was using £1600+ lenses ;-)
The blending and stitching worked very effectively with the images I tried - there was rarely any loss of sharpness or detail, and the resulting files were as easy to process, as if they were single shots.
The images below (Loveland pass and Dillon Reservoir in Colorado) were from hand held sets, taken on the same day with my old Canon 1Ds (11MP 35mm full frame) in 2004.
It's only relatively recently that advances in RAW image processing enabled me to produce really good quality source images for these panoramas, which have quite noisy underexposed areas in them, resulting from my desire to keep detail in the bright sky areas.
Autopano stitched them without difficulty - easily providing source files for making prints over four feet wide.
I found this software particularly easy to use and very rapid in performance.
If you were completely new to panoramic imaging then I'd suggest following some of the examples on the Kolor web site.
Whilst, from my previous engineering and scientific background, I have a knowledge of much of the maths and processing behind what's going on, I was really pleased that I didn't need to know any of this stuff to actually use the software. At no time was I presented with a form or dialog box full of meaningless numbers and asked to set some parameter that meant nothing to me. The details are there in the background if I want to delve and experiment, but the whole point is that I didn't have to know this stuff to start with.
Just because a panoramic picture has gazillions of pixels, doesn't actual make it a good photo - something I suspect some panoramic photographers are inclined to forget. You still need to think about composition and what your picture is about.
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I'd also recommend the user forums on the Kolor site - there is a lot of useful info and knowledgeable people there.
The videos available on Kolor's site do cover a lot of material, but I'd suggest getting a native English speaker to re-record some of the voice-overs, which I found slightly unclear in parts.
Although RAW processing support is available, there is no adjustment of image processing parameters, so I'd prefer to do any RAW conversion externally, particularly for images such as went into the two shots above.
As someone with previous experience of such software, I was able to get good results without even looking at the manual pages - always a good sign in my usability evaluations.
If you're searching for panoramic software and want something that largely 'just works' then give Autopano Giga (or Autopano Pro) a try.
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Article History - first published February 2012
May 2012 Making of the large 14m Leicester print Keith's May 2012 exhibition in Leicester features a single print just over 14 metres long. This article covers all aspects of creating this image, from Keith's initial experiments with panoramic photography, through to the problems of printing and mounting such a photograph [May 2012]
Feb 2013 - APG 3 review . Wider range of projection geometries and noticeably faster
Full Feature list (from Kolor)
Panorama editing
There is a version of the software Autopano Pro available at less cost, with a few less features than Autopano Giga, which may well suffice for many users.
Easy to use panoramic stitching software that is both very quick and effective. Comfortably handles large numbers of images such as produced by motorised panoramic heads.
Very broad range of input files supported - mixed focal lengths are no problem.
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°9:30 a.m., Dominion Booters will meet at Marcia Fiolek Park for a walk-about, everyone welcome
°9:30-11 a.m. and 1:30-3 p.m., The clothing depot at Town House, 115 Commercial St., is open, for information, call 849-2449
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°8 p.m., Island Martial Arts Center in the lower level of the peoples mall is offering a womens-only taekwondo program, build muscle, lose weight and empower yourself
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There is some talk about the new Tony Hawk "Ride" According to Wii.qj.net
Video game critics aren't among Tony Hawk's favorite people right now. The pro skateboarder recently struck back at critics who slammed Robomodo's Tony Hawk: Ride, saying that they just weren't ready to give the game a fair shake.
"They were ready to discredit it before they even tried it, and if it didn't play exactly how they imagined it... then they passed it off," Hawk told the Sudbury Star in a phone interview.
The number of critics who presumably "passed it off" have resulted in Ride's PS3 version getting a low 47 score on Metacritic. The Xbox 360 version fared a little better at 48, while the one for Wii has a 61 score.
The Birdman also added the following on his Twitter account: "Most snarky critics had their minds set before ever seeing/playing the game. I'm proud of what we created; it's innovative, responsive & fun."
Speaking of responsive, Hawk also defended the game's board peripheral in the Star interview. "I don't agree with people who say the board's not responsive," he said. "I think that they're just not giving it a fair shake. And I think a lot of them came into it with an attitude that it's going to suck."
"I know that (Ride) is super fun, and I think there's a misconception that I just stick my name on a game," he continued. "I brought this idea to Activision, and I saw it through, I've been playing it every step of the way and I am very proud of it."
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We're all waiting patiently for Google Glass to go on sale. But as we wait, consider for a minute how Google Glass would work for you should you not have perfect 20/20 vision? It's funny because even though they look like they're glasses, they're not. Fear not, Rochester Optical has developed prescription lenses that can be worn with the wearable tech. These 'digital high definition prescription lenses' are anticipated to expand into fashion and sport lenses for Google Glass when the product launches.
However, according to recent reports from Google, there is currently no partnership between the two companies. Rochester Optical has reportedly been taking pre-orders at CES2014.
You've still got a few months to finesse your prescription as the Google Glass release date is anticipated for April of this year. We're predicting it will set you back as much as any smart phone, approximately $600. If you really can't wait until April (this date is not confirmed by Google), it is possible to purchase a sample set on eBay, Craigslist or Amazon for a much heftier price tag.
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I start most all of my vegetables from seed. And over the years I've come to recognize that, without some additional care and handling, scattering a pack of 100 vegetable seeds into the ground can result in anywhere from 5 to 50 little sproutlings. And by scattering I mean carefully laying them out in my perfect dirt in perfect little rows. But still, in the early days of the Bell Back 400, my direct seed germination rates were shockingly low.
But I learned.
And this was not just an issue related to direct seeding. I also came to realize that it's disappointing to set out 25 seeded starter pots under grow lights, and get maybe 12 sprouted seedlings out of the batch.
Whether it's in the ground or in starter pots, when you're producing a really low seed germination rate, you start to wonder. Was it the quality of the seeds? Was it my lack of seed parenting skills? Nature or nurture.
I'm no Dr. Phil, but I have learned quite a bit about bringing plants into the world. Turning them into productive flowering and fruiting members of society. And I've yet to have a tomato plant wreck my car or violate curfew.
Okay, sloppy metaphor mixing aside, I have come up with a few tips around making the most of your vegetable seeds. How to maximize germination rates. And how to ensure those seedlings turn into productive plants.
Here is what I have learned from growing the listed selected vegetables about how to successfully start them from seed.
If there's interest, I'll expand this post to include other vegetables I have experience with.
Beet seeds are just plain spotty when it comes to germination rates. Here's a little tip. Beet seed coats contain a chemical coating that inhibits germination. Soaking the seeds in warm water for a couple of hours prior to planting will help dissolve the chemical and soften the coating. I plant beets every year, and the presoaking has worked wonders for me.
Another tip. Beet seeds need to be tight with the dirt. Beet seeds, like many other edibles, need to feel tightly tucked into the soil. Plant the seeds, cover with soil and firmly tamp them in.
Beets are sensitive to toxic substances in the soil. They won't do well in areas treated by pesticides.
By the way, a beet seed is really a seed ball. Each 'seed' actually contains 3-7 seeds.
If you're starting beets from seed, soak them, plant them and be ready to thin the sprouts that will be popping up. The sprouts you pull up are great on sandwiches or in salads, by the way.
Don't bother planting cucumber seeds in the garden before temperatures get really warm Cucumber seeds like warm soil in the 80 degree Fahrenheit+ range. At temps below 60 degrees F, they are more likely to rot than sprout.
Use succession planting during the growing season to ensure a steady supply of producing cucumber crops. Out here in the heat of North Texas, we get maybe 2-3 months of good cucumber production before the plants start wilting. I usually plant new seeds every 2 months to allow new growth to replace the wilting crops.
After planting cucumber seeds, soak the area with lukewarm water. Again, cucumbers like a warm environment.
Don't thin your young cucumber seedlings too early. Wait and see what plants survive any early cucumber beetle onslaughts. When the plants reach a decent size, cut the weaker plants to the ground to thin the crop. Pulling them may hurt the adjoining good plants by damaging the entangled roots.
Lettuce is a cool season crop. And it grows so quickly that I rarely ever start it inside under lights. Don't plant lettuce seeds too deep, they will rot if the sprouts can't get to light quickly. Generally about a quarter inch deep is good.
Succession planting lettuce will work well to extend your production. Lettuce will bolt when it is fully developed. No matter what the weather conditions are. But long days and heat will accelerate the bolting process. Keep a new batch of seeds going in the ground every couple of months to ensure a fresh supply throughout the growing season.
Also, to slow down bolting, avoid having the plants exposed to nighttime lights, such as porch lights or street lamps.
Tomatoes take a good 60-90 days before growing to maturity and producing fruit, so I typically start my tomato seeds in early February. Indoors under lights.
Like cucumbers, tomato seeds like warm soil to sprout in. Around 80 degrees F seems to work well. Another reason to start the seeds indoors. Here in Texas, I'd be looking at late spring before the ground heats up to that range. And with our typical July-August scorching temperatures, I need the plants to be fairly mature by then.
And make the sure the seeds are fully covered. Tomato seeds like to sprout in darkness.
There are tomato varieties that do well with direct seeding early in the season. And by early I mean right after the last frost of winter. Cherry tomatoes and some of the subarctic varieties actually thrive in cooler temperatures. And as with most any plant that develops from a direct seeding in the ground, these tomato plants will tend to be stronger and produce longer due to their forced early acclimation to the outside growing environment (deeper roots, more sturdy stem structure, etc).
Lima Beans
Lima bean seeds, like most other bean varieties, are very tender and are prone to rot in cold soil. Even after germinating, a cold spell can easily kill the young plants as they are trying to absorb moisture. But even so, I don't start my beans indoors under lights as bean seedlings do not transplant well.
I also presoak my bean seeds in lukewarm water for about an hour prior to planting. Don't soak them much longer than that or they will start splitting.
If you are going to direct seed, you want to wait until the soil reaches the 70-75 degree F temperature range. And as bean seeds are fairly large, it's easy to position them in the dirt to give them the best chance of surviving the germination process. Plant them eye side down to ensure that the root and cotyledons are heading in the right direction once they emerge. The extra attention really can make a difference in successful germination rates.
These tips should help in preparing you to grow some of the common spring-summer crops you might be planning for your garden.
If there's interest, I can do a follow up post on seed starting tips for herbs. They are definitely more finicky than vegetables, and many require significant hand holding to successfully germinate and develop.
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After a 47-34 road victory on Nov. 30 against Cuyahoga Falls, the Lady Bees bring a 1-1 record into tonight's game (Dec. 7) against Southwestern Conference rival Midpark.
In its first-ever meeting with Cuyahoga Falls, Brecksville tamed the Black Tigers by way of a 20-7 fourth quarter. The Lady Bees had balanced scoring with Mackensie Ryan and Mary Schentur scoring 11 each. Bridget Mazzola had nine and Sarah Coronel netted eight.
Brecksville's defense was swarming and forced 29 turnovers.
The boys team opened up its season with a win over Parma on Dec. 6.
The team took its 45 dual-meet winning streak on the road against a storied Claymont sqaud on Dec. 3, and came away with a 33-30 victory.
Returning state qualifier Quinton Hiles started the dual meet off with a fall at 160 pounds. Senior Mike Marotta won a major decision at 170. Sophomore Troy Lang sealed the win at 192 with an overtime takedown.
In a key match, sophomore Josh Murphy (195) outdueled a returning state alternate on the Claymont team to take a 1-0 lead.
Claymont mounted a comeback, but state runner-up Aaron Assad (113) beat a state finalist in a 13-3 major decision.
Senior state qualifier Dylan Good gave the bees another lead by winning at 132, then sophomore Austin Strnad won at 138.
145 featured two-time state qualifier Mitch Baran taking on Claymont's three-time state place-winner. Baran would dominate for most of the match, but his Mustang opponent came up with a fall give Claymont a late lead.
Andrew Barr, competing at 152, then defeated Claymont's returning state alternate to wrap up the Bees' 46th win in a row.
The team takes on North Olmsted on the road tomorrow, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.
The Bees had a successful home opener Dec. 2, when they earned a 6-1 victory over White West Division opponent Normandy.
Brecksville takes a 1-0 record in the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League into its Dec. 9 game against Avon Lake in the Benedictine Tournament. The game starts at 5:15 p.m. in Cleveland Heights.
The first swim meet for the Bees was Dec. 2 at the Brecksville Community Center against Midpark. The girls and boys both won, and Paige Coughlin broke a school record in the 500-yard freestyle. The team travels to the Veale Center at Case Western Reserve University on Dec. 10 at 3:30 p.m. to take on Mentor.
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Six easy steps to ensure a productive service life for a microwave.
A former service agent shares a some tips on how to evaluate foodservice equipment in the aftermath of a flood.
With foodservice operators looking at every dollar, there is a tendency to prolong or forego necessary maintenance and service. In the case of ventilation and exhaust systems, this mistake may not only be costly, but could also be deadly.
Commercial microwaves can help foodservice operators increase speed of service and lower a facility's overhead due to the unit's low energy use. For operators that need to conserve space, particularly those with smaller footprints, microwaves can be a desirable piece of foodservice equipment.
Uneven performance, unit remodels, mergers and acquisitions and healthy eating are all among the factors that will continue to shape the performance of the foodservice industry in 2012.
Here are three ways to tell when it is time to replace a warewasher.
Warewashers automate the process of washing and sanitizing servingware and cookware.
Here are four steps fioodservice operators can take to help their machines have long and productive service lives.
Energy efficiency for most warewashers begins with the reduction of the amount of water that is used.
Deck ovens and pizza operations go hand in hand. Although these ovens have no motor and create natural convection using baffle systems, the units typically offer higher Btu than convection ovens. This provides unique browning for preparing a wide range of menu items, such as chicken, fish, casseroles and, more often than not, pizza.
In foodservice operations, it is not unusual to overlook the warewashing component of the business because it does not generate revenue. In an odd contrast, though, the dishwashing area typically consists of the foodservice operation's most expensive equipment.


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What had been forecast as a cold rain event with snow only in the hilly areas of northwest New Jersey has changed overnight.
As temperatures drop into the 30s tomorrow, the borough could see about an inch of wet snow on the ground tomorrow night.
More than an inch has never been measured here in October. Measurable snow is defined as more than flurries, which happens here from time to time.
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The noted northwest hills are in for it, however.
Up to a foot of snow is forecast for parts of Morris, Sussex and Warren counties in New Jersey, as well as the Poconos in Pennsylvania and the Catskills in New York, according to AccuWeather.com.
The early start to winter comes seven months after the end of the third snowiest winter in New York City history and a December blizzard that saw the city unprepared. January broke the all-time record the most snow fall in NYC.
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"If I listen to most of those draft logs and all those bloggers or those uneducated individuals that put so many different...the draft now, we must have added 75 teams to the NBA because there's 80 first-round picks," Izzo said. "And so that makes it confusing for kids a little bit. And so what we're going to do is do the same due diligence we'll do the same with anybody that has any interest."
Payne, a junior forward, is considered to have the most difficult decision to make after leading the Spartans in rebounding and showing that at 6-foot-10 he could hit jump shots with accuracy.
"Right now, I have no clue," Izzo said. "I think in a lot of ways, it would benefit him to come back, but depending on what he's projected as would determine my advice for him.
"There would be no way that I would want anything but the best for Adreian Payne, and yet I will voice my opinion when it's time to do what I think is right."
Harris won Big Ten freshman of the year honors while averaging 12.9 points and leading the team in 3-point shooting, doing so while recovering from shoulder injuries that could require surgery. Izzo said the team would meet with doctors and specialists soon regarding the 6-foot-4 guard.
Appling, a junior point guard, led the team averaging 13.4 points and 3.3 assists per game.
Sophomore Branden Dawson said last month he decided to return next season.
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Tony: My votes/comments below. 73 es GL de Gene Smar AD3F -----Original Message----- From: Tony Casciato, AI9X <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: email@example.com <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: email@example.com <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Date: Saturday, August 03, 2002 12:23 AM Subject: [Towertalk] Proper way to ground open-wire feeders > >Options: >1) Manually disconnect outside the basement window, then connect both wires >to a ground rod about 4' away. Best idea, but a PITA. >2) Leave connected all the time, since the tuner's balun is grounding the >line to the house ground. Violates the first rule of lightning protection: Keep lightning out of the house. The lightning stroke will probably vaporize the balun and jump to nearby objects within the shack. >3) Leave connected, but put some sort of ICE or spark-gap device outside >connected to ground rod. Getting better. You're attempting to shunt the energy to ground BEFORE it wipes its feet on your welcome mat inside the house. >4) Replace the 30' high doublet with better antennas (Sigma vertical clones) >and use coax. Same problems with coax - need a protector outside. Also, you're surrendering to the problem. >5) Go back to the knife switch and cold-water pipe ground inside. See First Rule of lightning protection, above - keep energy OUTSIDE the house. > >73, >Tony, AI9X > > >_______________________________________________ >Self Supporting Towers, Wireless Weather Stations, see web site: http://www.mscomputer.com >Call 888-333-9041 to place your order, mention you saw this ad and take an additional 5 percent off >any weather station price. >_______________________________________________ >Towertalk mailing list >firstname.lastname@example.com >http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors are seeking jail time for a New Jersey man accused of using a teen's lewd photos to cyberbully him and of joining an "electronic mob" that tried to drive him to suicide.
Twenty-year-old Matthew Bean of Bergenfield had never met his intended victim. Bean learned of him online years after the teen posted sexually graphic images of himself.
Prosecutors say Bean belonged to an online group working to identify the teenager and admits he forwarded the images to the teen's school in eastern Pennsylvania. The teenager did not commit suicide.
Bean has pleaded guilty to a federal stalking charge. He is seeking probation at Tuesday's sentencing in Philadelphia.
Prosecutors compare the case to the Rutgers University student who killed himself after his roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on his sexual encounter.


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To the editor:
Sometimes I think our government is living in the "Twilight Zone." Remember the TV Show? In one episode a man kept living a horrible day over and over again; he had died and was in "Hell."
Our government is slowly taking this country; "To Hell in a hand basket"? Why even have a debt ceiling; they keep raising it over and over again. They manufacture a crisis every year for their political gain and all that does is put unnecessary stress on people. It makes our government look like a bunch of wealthy, educated idiots to everyone, including China and the rest of the world. Congress will keep raising the debt ceiling till the borrowing stops; then we'll either, go bankrupt and stick it to the Chinese, Japanese, Saudis and filthy rich Americans that financed our debt. Or the Feds will print so much money that we'll need to wheel barrel full to buy our groceries. Either way we lose the "American Dream."
Who's to blame for this mess? We the voters are. Puppets will march to whoever is pulling their strings. People keep voting the same Congress in year after year. In the last election, over 90 percent of incumbents were reelected. Why? Because we like our own Congress people, after all they get us our grants, programs and freebees even though the country is broke and can't afford them. Have you ever heard the phrase: "A chicken in every pot?" Those chickens didn't come cheap they may have coast many their "American Dream."
We've created a money-sucking, money-wasting monster. They're sucking the life out of the middle class. How can we save the system when the monsters make the laws that govern them? They make all the rules, regulations and control the purse strings of this country. How can we fight that with one vote? I can't and neither can you. We need a movement by the middle class voters similar to the "Tea Party" but neutral from the Republican and Democratic parties. It's time to remove those career politicians from the "Twilight Zone" they've created and take America back to being the "United States of America" not a Divided States of America.
The only way to change this is to change the way elections are financed and limit Congress to two terms.
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There's a big production going on at Proctors right now that most people will never see. It's directed by Jed Ellis, who's been working in theaters for almost 40 years. He oversees a crew of 17, who are masters in their field. The group's not showcasing its artistry on stage, but rather in the lobby, in the mezzanine area above it, in the bathrooms, and at the edges of the auditorium. As they worked last ...
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December 15, 2013 2:13 pm
Report: Mitchell "ill," won't play
Willie Mitchell won't play tonight, so anticipate a third defensive pairing of Alec Martinez and Matt Greene in tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks (4:00 PT / FOX Sports West).
Willie Mitchell is ill. Stayed in hotel, won't play vs Chi tonight
— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) December 15, 2013
Antti Raanta will start in net for the second consecutive night for Chicago.
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Member Since: June 17, 2013
May 22, 2014 at 12:43pm
First off, the officer just had a high speed chase. I guess he was just supposed to get out and ask for the license and registration? You guys are wacked. He has no clue why they didn't stop or what they have in the car or who they are. He has just as much right to protect himself.
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Rob357 responded:
May 13, 2014 at 10:48am
never any hydrogen in it. ever
In reply to AnAmerican111's comment on the story Video: Newly Released Footage of the Hindenburg Disaster That Few Have Seen
May 13, 2014 at 10:43am
that blimp did not have hydrogen in it. Ever.
In reply to patriotlaw777's comment on the story Video: Newly Released Footage of the Hindenburg Disaster That Few Have Seen
May 13, 2014 at 10:40am
It was not filled with Hydrogen. Anyone that knows about hydrogen knows it cannot be stored in just anything, it takes special polymer coated containers other wise the hydrogen will leak right out. You can fill a helium ballon with it and it will hold for a bit. And it also rises at 40 ft per second. If the blimp had a hole or caught fire from something, it would remain floating and burning, it would be a big flash and poof and fall to the ground and burn. It was all a distraction and at the time there was also the first reports coming out about hydrogen fuels made from water and the big oil and gov. wanted to discourage any such, so lets say its filled with hyrdrogen
In reply to the story Video: Newly Released Footage of the Hindenburg Disaster That Few Have Seen
August 28, 2013 at 9:27am
Who gives 2 sheets if he was dealing drugs, guns, or pimping himself out to ****'s. IT DONT MATTER! These little idiots either should go to jail for life, or get the death penalty. Jail sounds better as they would get their anal cavities raped everyday.
This man fought, killed, and witnessed his friends die so they can walk around with their pants around their knee's, listen to that ****** stuff they call rap, sponge of the system, and be able to stand up and blame a white man for all the faults in there culture.
I think wwII vets should be able to beat them for atleast 30 minutes then send them off to jail.
August 2, 2013 at 2:44pm
As Obamgozzi thickens, they all need to take a " day off " so CIA can go wipe the computers clean. But just a day off for a month worth of terrorist threat?
August 1, 2013 at 2:48pm
"The plane, which has a top cruising altitude of 100 miles per hour"…. who ever wrote this obviously is not a pilot I hope and doesn't deserve a drivers license.
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August 1, 2013 at 7:32pm
mbck1491 responded:
August 1, 2013 at 10:43am
If you take offense to a comment like bacon. Then quit cramming the crap down your pie holes. He needs Michelle's school food and kale garden. Not me or my family. So don't cram it down my throat.
In reply to ares338's comment on the story Chris Christie Responds to Rand Paul's Offer to Have a Beer Together
July 30, 2013 at 2:44pm
Hey doomberg! HAHAHAHAHA! neener neener neener sucker! Maybe if these fat people sucking down big gulps had a job that your body Pebo promised. You know " shovel ready ", maybe you wouldn't be trying to control their diet and they would work off some extra pounds.
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July 20, 2013 at 9:55am
Time for my 2 cents.. I never new what racism or being prejudice meant until I moved to the south. Being originally from the north, My 2 best friends growing up, 1 was Portuguese and the other was black. Sitting in class talking to my new black friend in highschool in the south, one of the crackers didn't like it and began to threaten me. My new " Black " friend turned around and told me just to get up and bust his ass he had my back. This boy repeatedly hounded me, finally til I used a few select words to make him feel like **** when the whole class laughed at him in front of the Black teacher in a law enforcement class. So not all black people are " ******* " and there are definitely white " ******* " also. Just as there are plenty of beautiful black women in this world as well as white and all other races. The rest of the black community should stand up against the ones that are ruining it for the rest, just as white folks should do the same. And when everyone finally comes together we can rid this country of that ******** a long with all the problems if our dysfunctional government. We will never get rid of racism completely. But we should all do our part to not contribute.
In reply to the story Salon Writer Asks if Eric Holder Is Obama's 'Inner N****r'
July 20, 2013 at 10:50am
Robert Hawk responded:
July 20, 2013 at 9:33am
Im just curious when they tested these rides just like aircraft originally, did they compensate for how fat and stupid americans have become over the years? this may not apply to this situation, but say a thrill ride was designed to have 20 passengers. Average weight of 200lbs a piece just for number reasons. Now the average of a person is atleast 10- 15 pounds more then 15 years ago. That could be and extra 300 pounds easily. Whenever I goto a amusement park and you see someone who is obviously to big, I wont get on the ride with them. Even if nothing happens, what if they hurl? lmao
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July 20, 2013 at 1:30pm
Bobthefirst responded:
July 20, 2013 at 7:47pm
Scholarch responded:
July 20, 2013 at 10:37pm
who8thecat responded:
July 20, 2013 at 9:25am
Just as google earth has images of my house and my road if your on their road view, which the road is a private road, and unless you live down it you have no business on it. Now they will be watching in real time. If they are to help americans, and we claim we don't want them. Then shove them up your arse government. And can someone please send me the billing address for google. I charge 50,000.00 for pictures of my house. I will bill them and if they don't pay, ill turn them over to several collection agencies just as they would us.
We as Americans could learn from Egypt, we should all storm and protest the capital until stuff is changed. Now we all have bills to pay, but if a couple million of us skipped out on everything for a week, think about it. If everything just crashed, there would be no choice but to start over. And why isn't anyone complaining anymore about these damn gas prices. How much money have we spent on that… well lets to a little math here. I average about 20.00 a day. If it is double what it should be, that's 10.00 a day. multiply by 365. and that's 3650.00 dollars I could use for something else!
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July 20, 2013 at 12:18pm
July 19, 2013 at 9:44pm
Notice how all the so called American soldiers have crazy looking
Korean eyes.
In reply to the story North Korean Anti-U.S. Propaganda Is About as Unsettling as You'd Expect
July 19, 2013 at 1:26pm
Piers Morgan will be defending him on CNN soon enough.
In reply to the story Suspect in Gruesome British Terror Attack Reportedly Loses Two Teeth in Prison Brawl
July 19, 2013 at 2:22pm
MDECKER responded:
July 19, 2013 at 1:24pm
There is plenty of evidence Mr. Morgan. Can you just shut your pie hole and go the hell away and quit stirring the pot!
July 19, 2013 at 1:09pm
Im not a big reader. Never purchased nothing that wasn't educational. But I think I will be buying one of his books. And would recommend everyone to do the same.
In reply to mscaptbilly's comment on the story Brad Thor's Testy TV Exchange After He Offers to Buy George Zimmerman a New Gun
July 18, 2013 at 2:33pm
L.B. Why does it always have to be a who? Maybe its a what. Everyone is entitled to there own beliefs. And there is not an answer for everything. Everyone always demands and answer to how, when, who and why. Maybe there just is no answer. Not debating anyone on god here, just a opinion.
July 16, 2013 at 2:56pm
Raid wal-mart. That all they want is free stuff. Just like in hurricane Katrina. That wasnt there 55 inch plasma tv's they were rescuing from flood waters. Half them folks in cali dont even have a clue to who Trayvon is or Zimmerman. All this crap going on and racial tension is a direct result of where this country has been headed for past 20 years. Babying children in school, not teaching them respect, everyone trying to be politically correct. And this ******* of a president we have and the rest of his crew arent helping matters 1 bit. It is exactly what they want. Why else would they ask for 15,000 russian soldiers be on standby for the DC area. Bull crap!
July 16, 2013 at 2:52pm
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July 14, 2013 at 5:04am
I think I can sum up a lot in a very few words that most would agree with….
**** off Al !
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