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The Home Office of Ghislaine Vinas
Ghislaine Vinas, who recently won Benjamin Moore's 2010 Hue Award, is based in New York and whose interiors represent a warm take on modernism that utilize a strong and saturated color palette. The Herman Miller Lifework blog chat with the designer about her work space at the country home she bought 6 years ago.
How long have you worked from home? This is my desk at our country home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We bought the house in 2004, spent a year renovating it and have been working on the interiors ever since. Being an interior designer, designing my own house is torturous and I don't think I will ever be finished! If I need to get work done during the weekend and I'm not out on the deck with my laptop, you can find me here. I mostly use the time away from my New York City office to look for inspiration and to come up with new ideas.
And where is home? Home from Monday – Friday afternoon is downtown New York City. I've lived in the same loft for over 20 years right on the Hudson River. We work from the loft too. But life is crazy in the city and after my husband and I had our two little girls we decided to get a country house near my sister in Pennsylvania. So Friday evening to Sunday evening our home is in the country. It's a little old farmhouse that my husband and I lovingly renovated with the help of my sister's husband, Glenn who is a contractor.
Describe your style? How would you define your aesthetic? I would say that my style is modern, fresh, clean happy and a wee bit quirky. I like things that can be cleaned off easily, I dont like too much clutter but I like that my home reflects who I am. I get enjoyment out of being surrounded by things I have found around the world or even in my back yard from local garage sales or flea markets.
As an interior designer with multiple clients how do you keep your office organized? The New York apartment pictured above seems typical of your work – strong bursts of color against a fairly minimal backdrop of white? We specialize in one style – we are not an office that does traditional through to contemporary – we stick to simple happy modern – this helps keep our samples to a minimum and has helped clean up things a lot in the NYC office. Over the years I have honed my style so I dont want fabrics or other samples lying around that I dont intend to use. Two years ago we got rid of all our brochures and binders and it was such a relief to "clean house" Everything is online anyway so we are good at bookmarking our favorite sites and pieces.
We keep all our fabric samples in drawers – there are 16 big drawers all color coded. Our tiles and other materials we keep in drawers too for easy access. We have big boxes that we keep sample in on projects we are currently working on and its always great to see how all the materials start coming together. All other material is kept in giant client binders – these binders contain everything from plans and elevations to color inspiration and specific furniture pieces. The binders are evolving constantly as we work on the projects.
Are there any particular computer programs you find really useful? I used to have interns do weekly color copies of magazine inspirations and I kept them in a giant lateral file but now we use Evernote to organize all my inspirational images as well as furniture pieces that I really dont want to forget. So now when I am looking for something its such a breeze to find.
When you are designing a home office what do you keep in mind? I keep in mind that peoples lives are busy and we dont always have time to put things away – this means that a stack of bills on the desk top may be reality. So a nice paper tray could be a smart investment. I try and reduce clutter by having upper cabinets that are easy to reach from a seated position that can store unattractive real life things you need at your desk. Also essential is a good "box box file" drawer right next to the desk. Top drawer for essentials including check books, good hand cream and lip balm , second drawer for stationary and stamps and the bottom drawer for filing monthly bills. You also need good lateral files for all the other things that need filing like taxes and investment, school and other info.
An attractive trash can under the desk never hurts . Its always nice to have a beautiful cup holder for pens and stationary and a beautiful stapler, tape holder and paper clip holder. Recently I have started working with personal organizers so that my clients can have perfect tabs on all their files holders and just the right drawer dividers.
Is there any piece of home office furniture you covet? I love the Airia desk (and seriously not because its for Herman Miller) and I adore the big e15 table especially in yellow (above). I dream of having a giant desk like it. I love my vintage saarinen chair that I have in my PA house. I had it reupholstered in a brilliant magenta – it makes the perfect desk chair.
What is a desk accessory you can't do without? A cup of coffee in my right hand. I would really love to get a set of "Anything" desk accessories (above).
What would you change about your own workspace? Well, my little spot in PA is kinda perfect for me but my office in New York needs help. In New York we sit at long white counters and although I can look out the window at the river from where I sit, I would love to have a freestanding table to work from. I would love to get a giant table maybe vintage or Baroque looking and have it shop finished in a crazy color – like fluorescent red. Then everything around it would be white. A giant inspiration board is the second thing on my wish list. My little space in PA feels personal and has an aesthetic, my New York space is about function and lacks personal style.
What do you most love about your space? Well, my space in my PA house is very special to me – it's full of fun little memories because all the pictures on the wall were given to me either by the artist themself or by friends. I love looking out the window and daydreaming. There are always bunnies out there in the spring and summer and it's so ridiculously idyllic that it makes me smile. I love my comfy magenta chair and the pop of color the rolling file add. I love that I can go out and pick some flowers from the garden and put them on the desk. In the pictures are peonies from my front yard.
What inspires you? Anything bright and happy. I love seeing unexpected color combinations. I love seeing things that are out of scale – an image of something small that has been enlarged or visa versa. I love animal objects. The beach is my favorite place in the world and inspires me. I love my girl's (Mia Soleil and Saskia Luna) art work. I love designing with my husband Jaime. I am inspired by very smart people who are also creative and who don't take themselves too seriously. Collaborations with clients get my heart racing. Graffitti and urban wall art is beautiful and surprising.
[Images: The PA office: Jaime Vinas, the New York apartment: Eric Laignel]


text: It is good that some of the immediate uncertainty in Ibrahim Parlak's life has been allayed. He still has much to fear for the future. But he can go about his day-to-day life without looking over his shoulder. And he can work. The Department of Homeland Security has agreed that, in the event that his arrest is imminent, Parlak will be notified and given an opportunity to turn himself in. There will not be a knock on the door in the middle of the night. The DHS also helped the Harbert restaurateur receive a replacement work permit. Parlak's green card was confiscated last month when he lost his deportation appeal. Although the office that handles work permits was closed last Friday, DHS opened it especially for Parlak. Parlak was in Detroit in compliance with parole reporting requirements. The DHS officials with whom he met agreed to try to get the reporting requirement modified in order to spare Parlak so many drives from Harbert to Detroit. We hope this level of courtesy and professionalism is the beginning of a streak of good fortune for Parlak. He is overdue. It is more appropriate treatment of "a model immigrant." That isn't just our characterization. Those were the words of U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn in May when he granted Parlak bail. Cohn also questioned the government's motives for keeping the defendant behind bars for 10 months. At least the government that once labeled Parlak a terrorist now acknowledges that the man who has lived in this country for 13 years, who has established a family and a business here, and who has the support of countless friends, is not a security threat. In that case, then why deport him? As we have said before, if Parlak is deported, it will be because of a technicality and not any meaningful reason. The solution that will let him live his American dream with faith in the future is citizenship. Once again, we urge U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., to seek passage of legislation to make Parlak a citizen.

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) --Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will not seek re-election to the Academy's board of governors.
An Academy spokesperson confirmed the decision to Eyewitness News on Friday.
Boone Isaacs has been Academy president for the last four years. She was the first black president of the organization and the third woman to hold the position.
She released the following statement:
"It's been my greatest honor serving on the academy's board of governors in numerous capacities for more than two decades, and it will be a privilege to provide the opportunity for new voices to have a seat at the table."
After the lack of diversity at the Oscars in past years, Boone Isaacs was very vocal about making changes to the awards show.
MORE: Cheryl Boone Isaacs says 2017 Oscars proof "rt has no borders"
She addressed the issue directly at the 2017 Oscars.
She said the global community in film is "one that is becoming more inclusive and diverse with each passing day" and "tonight is proof that art has no borders, no single language and does not belong to a single faith. The power of art is that it transcends all these things."
ABC News contributed to this report.


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One of the North East's top schools is celebrating an "outstanding" crop of A-Level results - with more than a third of entries gaining A or A* grades.
Durham High School for Girls also saw two thirds of entries being awarded grades A*- B, with a number of students achieving all grades at A* or A.
Tia Jobbins gained 3 A* grades and one A grade, Alice Hopper and Emily Morris achieved two A* grades and one grade A, and Molly Cronin gained one A* grade and two A grades.
Headmistress, Mrs Lynne Renwick, said it was "equally impressive" that every girl in the school's sixth form got a place at a university of her choice.
"We are thrilled by this superb level of achievement. Each girl has worked consistently and with enthusiasm throughout her time in the sixth form and all the girls deserve their excellent grades. The teaching staff will be delighted by these results.
"With enthusiasm and skill, they have drawn the very best out of their students and moreover they have negotiated brilliantly all the obstacles placed in their way by the new examination specifications. Well done to all."
She praised all the students and staff for their hard work - and said one of the many benefits of a girls' school is that no subject is deemed to be "masculine" or '"feminine".
The tendency of female students to shy away from the sciences if often a concern voiced by education experts, but Mrs Renwick said this was very much not the case at Durham High.
She said: "One of the many benefits of a girls' school is that no subject is deemed to be 'masculine' or 'feminine.' Science is a great strength at Durham High but likewise and of equal popularity, are the arts and humanities.
"Head girl Emily Morris is going to Oxford University to read Medicine and also continuing with the sciences are deputy head girl Tia Jobbins and sports captain, Alice Hopper with Tia heading to Manchester University to read Physics with Theoretical Physics and Alice reading Chemistry at Liverpool University."
But Mrs Renwick said the arts and humanities subjects had also seen strong results at the school.
Deputy head girl Eleanor Butler and Jessica Stewart have both secured their first choice university places with Eleanor reading English Literature at Exeter University and Jessica, Law at the University of York.
Molly Cronin, who recently starred as Dorothy in the school's production of the Wizard of Oz at Durham's Gala Theatre, is fulfilling her ambition of following a career on the stage by taking up a place at the University of Greenwich to study Musical Theatre.
Mrs Renwick added: "With the recently introduced changes to A-Level specifications, now, in the majority of subjects the AS examination grade no longer counts towards the final A Level grade, hence there have been fewer AS level entries this year.
"Congratulations are in order for those who did sit AS examinations, as the results were excellent. In particular we would like to congratulate the following girls who all achieved the top grade (A grade) Charley Agar, Elle Birchall, Elinor Fowler, Lara Herriott, Lydia Kent, Heather Patterson, Olivia Rowe, Dharshini Sambamoorthi, Miriam Scully and Jennifer Tipple."
The school's results:
Percentage of passes at A* 16%
Percentage of passes at A*/A 37%
Percentage of Passes at A*- B 68%
Percentage of passes at A*- C 91%
Percentage of passes at A*- E: 100%
Number of students in Year 13: 25


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This pattern is for a set of musical symbols. Set includes patterns for the Quarter Note, Eighth Note, Half Note, Beamed Eighth Note, Sixteenth Note and Treble Clef.
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text: MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday authorities were hunting for those behind what it called a campaign of "telephone terrorism" that has prompted tens of thousands of people to be evacuated from buildings across the country in the last few days. Authorities evacuated people from dozens of buildings in Moscow on Wednesday after a flurry of anonymous phone calls falsely asserting the locations had been mined. The calls, which have affected more than 20 towns and cities, are reported to have begun on Monday. "This is telephone terrorism," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters. "The president (Vladimir Putin) was informed as soon as this wave of mischievous calls started. We are taking the necessary measures to identify those responsible."(Reporting by Polina Nikolskaya and Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)


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i feel like the idea of taking a bath is completely polarizing. there are people, like my mom and me, that couldn't live in a home that didn't have a tub to soak in and there are people, like my sister, that generally thinks the idea of taking a bath is the worst possible thing in the world (although, i think she might be slowly changing her ways...a tiny bit). for me, it's a time to relax and unplug from reality for a second. i typically light a candle, turn the lights out, and do nothing but just lay in the hot water for a little while. sometimes, i'll have my phone or a good book to accompany me.
although i'll take a bath just about anyway it will come to me, i prefer to spice it up a little bit with bubbles, oils, salts, candles, and the like. here's a few of my favorite bath-time products, as of late:
'go be lovely' bath salts -- smells amazing (as does anything coconut scented) and softens the water nicely
c.Booth honey almond nourishing bath & body wash -- creates a good amount of bubbles and adds a velvety feel to the water. also, smells delightful.
sonia kashuk's purple seductia lotion -- be warned: this is the most potent scented lotion i've ever used. if you're sensitive to smells, this may not be the best option. if you like to actually smell like the lotion you put on, go buy this in bulk.
philosophy's vanilla cream topping bath and shower gel -- perfect for travel.
origins clear improvements charcoal mask -- i love applying a face mask before i get in the bath to give it time to really work on my skin. this charcoal mask is the best i've used and makes my skin feel clean, soft, and vibrant.
tree hut shea body butter in coconut lime -- again with the coconut. i can't resist! i love this body butter for the winter when my skin gets especially dry. i lather up nice and good just after getting out of the bath and it's very hydrating.
julep's bare body milk -- hydrating and soaks in quickly, so it's good to apply just before getting in bed without worrying about smearing your lotion on your sheets.
decorware milk bath remedy candle in sakura blossom soak -- i mean, how fitting?


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Harry Jaffa, writing in 1972, anticipating our Trumpian moment?
"The dilemma of political life consists above all in this: how to obtain an appropriate recognition of wisdom among the unwise, among those whose very unwisdom creates the need for wisdom in political affairs. The difficulty is not so much that the unwise always reject the claims of wisdom; on the contrary, they have sometimes been too prone to give power to those who advance those claims. The difficulty stems from the fact that it is pretenders to wisdom, who unscrupulously exploit the need for wisdom of the unwise."
I'll have more to say, including the case for Trump, a little later on.


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How long she's been at GHI: Since 1987, when she was hired as an assistant primarily to develop recipes for the magazine's column on microwave cooking.
What she does: Sharon tests every piece of cooking equipment that could possibly find its way into the American kitchen. Everything from a humble wooden spoon to pots and pans to coffeemakers, toasters, and mixers to ranges and refrigerators falls under her scrutiny.
Her background: Before joining GHI, she was a chef in restaurants in the World Trade Center.
Outside of GHI: Sharon cooks (weekends only), reads cookbooks, and drinks lots of coffee. During the week she's an avid restaurant patron and serves as a Zagat for workmates, friends, and family.
What she cooks on at home: A more than 35-year-old Magic Chef gas range with an oven that still needs to be lit with a match.
Greatest cooking triumph: When one-year old Caitlin Hannah couldn't stop eating Grandma Sharon's stuffed pasta shells.
Question she's asked the most: What's the best coffeemaker? Well, her own home coffee-making system is a stovetop kettle, a porcelain Melitta filter with a broken handle, and a mug. Sharon uses a heavy dose of a personal mix of beans ground to her specifications by an Armenian roaster in her neighborhood.
Her #1 piece of equipment advice: Keep your knives sharp. #2: Dry your lettuce.
Darkest moment during a product test: Overdosing on homemade vanilla ice cream while working on an ice cream maker buyer's guide.


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Soil Food Web – What's All The Fuss About?
The soil food web refers to an army of tireless workers in the soil – 20,000 to 30,000 different species of soil organisms in a teaspoon of healthy soil.
We call it a web to focus on not only the soil life, but more importantly on how they relate to each other, how they interact. There are 6 kingdoms of life: bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, animals and plants. My focus tends to be as much on what they do as on what they look like.
You may wonder why it's so important to learn about all of this soil biology when you're learning about organic gardening. It turns out they're as important to the garden as the soil, fertilizer, water and everything else.
Soil Food Web Drawing
I hope this soil food web drawing helps explain in more detail what the food web is all about.
Why Is The Soil Food Web So Important?
Basically, these soil organisms the soil and maintain it. They build themselves villages, and they delegate tasks based on their individual strengths.
Many are extremely small soil microbes, but despite their size they rule the world and they rule our organic gardens. They transform the minerals and organic matter in the soil into something that can support an abundance of life.
Many nutrients won't be taken up by plants until soil microorganisms have converted them to the right form. Some of them pull nitrogen out of the air and change it into a form that they, and plants, can use. Some bring nutrients directly to plants in exchange for food from those same plants.
Without a vast array of soil biology players, we wouldn't have soil. They also work to protect plants from plant-feeding predators, both in the soil and above ground. Some of them eat dead things and some of them eat living things and eventually they die themselves.
All of this contributes to the organic matter and mineral content of our world. Yes, a few of these soil food web organisms also eat plants, but the vast majority are friends of plants just like the vast majority of bacteria in our body are friends of ours.
What Hurts Them?
If we use toxic chemical fertilizers or pesticides, or withhold water from the landscape (such as by using drip irrigation), or do a lot of deep rototilling or other soil disturbance, many of these soil food web organisms probably won't be around for very long.
Even if we do something seemingly benign, like use any of the horticultural soap products, we destroy many of them. We really, really want them to be around. Without them, our organic garden becomes a desert.
What Helps Them?
Ultimately, that's what this website is all about. Rather than thinking about taking care of our plants, it might be more appropriate to think about taking care of our soil biology, including our bacteria, fungi and protists – our soil microbes.
Getting familiar with the soil food web is the first step towards creating a healthy garden. Some of our most important organic gardening tasks involve making sure we have enough soil microbes.
Most of our other tasks involve making sure they have what they need, and those tasks are what I cover often on this site.
The Microorganisms
When people talk about soil food webs, they're referring to the (mostly tiny) inhabitants of the soil, and more specifically, the complex relationships between them (hence the word "web").
Here, I'm writing about the tiny soil organisms – the microorganisms. It turns out they have some very important jobs. They basically make the soil and maintain it. They transform the minerals and organic matter in the soil into something that can support an abundance of life. They rearrange soil particles to create good soil structure.
What Do They Need?
Some microbes breathe air, just like us. They're called aerobic microbes. Other microbes die in the presence of gaseous oxygen, so they live in places where there is none, such as deeper in the soil. They're called anaerobic microbes, or anaerobes. Others switch between oxygen and other methods.
Microbes need water, some more than others. Some microbes need light. In fact, some of them photosynthesize like plants. They all function best in their own specific temperature range. So, just like our plants, they need air, water, certain temperatures and sometimes even light. Let's look at the 3 groups, or "kingdoms":
Bacteria are the tiniest members of the soil food web. They are single-celled organisms – they each have just one cell. There are hundreds of millions of them in a gram of healthy compost, even a billion. Bacteria occupy the majority of the leaf and root surfaces of a plant. They break down simple substances and toxins and aggregate the basic building blocks of the soil.
Fungi are another vital life form in the soil food web. They may be single-celled (such as the yeast that makes your bread, yogurt, wine and beer), or they may have billions of cells (like in a mushroom). A mushroom is the fruit of certain types of fungi, but the majority of those fungi's biomass is actually underground, winding through the soil kind of like a microscopic root.
They eat complex organic materials that most other living things can't easily digest (such as lignin), and they harvest minerals from rocks that are virtually inaccessible to other organisms until released by the fungi (such as phosphorus). Like bacteria, fungi get food in the form of carbohydrates from the plants in exchange for their services.
Protists are the outcasts in the soil food web, whose main distinguishing feature seems to be what they aren't – they're neither bacteria nor fungi nor animals nor plants. A protozoan can eat 10,000 bacteria in a day. During this process, nitrogen is converted to ammonium, upon which many of your plants will happily dine.
We say that bacteria and fungi immobilize nutrients by storing them in their bodies, and then protists (along with other microbes, plants and animals) mineralize these nutrients – meaning they make them available again.
Plants And Animals
Of course, many plants and animals are part of this food web, too. Here, I just want to make sure we're all on the same page with the knowledge that it's very important to take care of our soil food webs.
Here are a few more articles about the soil food web.
How To Make Effective Microorganisms – Step By Step
Last night, when deciding what to write about for today, I looked around my apartment, saw my probiotic fermenting away on the shelf, immediately took this photo, and proceeded to write this step by step process for making effective microorganisms.
In gardening, there's a lot of talk about chemistry – the fertilizer, NPK, carbon, etc.
All important stuff, but I like to spend just as much time on the biology – the microorganisms, insects, animals (and of course plants).
It's especially the microorganisms that really rule our world, our bodies (we contain 10 times as many microbes as we do human cells), and our gardens.
Today I'm pumped to get right into teaching you about these good microbes and how to make effective microorganisms.
These efficient microbes improve the soil, increase plant health and yield, help keep pests away, and are some of the most important beneficial bacteria and yeasts that make up our world. Read More
Soil Inoculant For Plant Nutrition (And Fewer Pests)
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Hey guys it's Phil from Smilinggardener.com if you haven't picked up my free online organic gardening course you can do that right on the homepage of Smilinggardener.com.
Today I'm talking about soil inoculants. Using a soil inoculant might seem kind of strange so I want to start with why you might want to do it. Now I talk about my two favorites are compost tea and effective micro-organisms.
I talk about them elsewhere and they're good soil inoculants but I primarily think of them as plant inoculants. Like a foliar feed that you spray onto your plants. Today I want to talk about soil inoculants.
The reason your soil may be lacking in biological diversity is just some of the things we've done over the years to it. It could be tilling, or past chemical fertilizer use, or pesticide use, or general landscaping practices.
Or it could be just the generally toxic environment we live in with air pollution and water pollution. Some of these things that make their way into your soil. Today I'm going to introduce you to two of my favorite soil microbial and the first is mycorrhizal fungi.
And I remember when I was in the amazon jungle making some videos for you I was talking briefly about the fungi and how when we're standing in a jungle all of the trees, or most of the trees, are going to be connected but this network of fungi underground.
It's the same in our vegetable garden. And what these guys do is they effectively extend the root system of some of our plants so that they're bringing up nutrients and water, far from in the soil up to the plants and they're protecting the plants from plant predators.
And then the plants are giving them carbohydrates and other food in return, so it's this bartering system and this real cooperation that goes on. And not only that but then all the plants are connected through the same fungal network plants share nutrients and other products and even information.
What I could do to get this fungi is go into a forest and dig up a little soil and then put that soil wherever I want the fungi to be and that can work okay but what I prefer to do is to buy an inoculant online you can even get them on amazon.com or other places online or in some garden centers and that way I know exactly what I'm getting, I know I'm getting the right fungi for my needs.
And so I'm going to show you what this fungi looks like, it's kind of windy out so I hope it doesn't all blow. There it is, this one is really micronized into a powder form and it will be on some kind of a carrier like humates or rock dust or something like that.
And then this is nice because I can really get it down right around the seed or the plant roots because you don't want to apply this to the leaves – there's no benefit to that – this relationship occurs at the root level. So that's why the best time to apply it is when you're seeding or when you're planting or when you're growing.
Even in the nursery! If the nursery applied it that way it'd be great, too. So what I'm going to do – I'll show you – here's a tomato plant. And all I need to do is just take a tiny bit of this fungi, this is plenty, all I need really is half a teaspoon or less for this.
And just put it on the roots, I don't have to get all the roots even if I just do one side that's probably fine – and that way that relationship can happen now.
Next I'm onto legume inoculants. So legumes are peas and beans and clover and vetch and these are really important plants in the garden because they partner up, we call them nitrogen-fixing plants, but really what they do is they partner up with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
So they help these bacteria create these little homes on their roots, and then the bacteria can go taking nitrogen out of the air, and turning it into a form that plants can use. And that process is the basis for other other life on earth really because it's these bacteria that get the nitrogen that allow us and animals and plants to build proteins and amino acids, enzymes things like that.
So a really important process. If your legumes can't find the perfect bacteria in the soil to work with they'll try to work with other bacteria and if they can find some kind of nitrogen bacteria they can make it work okay, but it's not going to be optimal.
Now you may just be thinking, well, maybe my beans and peas won't be that great – it's just one crop it won't be that big a deal, but to me it's a big deal because just because of the importance of legumes in improving the soil in our garden.
It's especially a big deal because in every fall I like to seed a cover crop that includes legumes, so I really want them to have their perfect nitrogen-fixing bacteria partners at that point.
And so here I have some black beans as you can see and then some pole beans that are more beige. And what I can do with this inoculant – you can buy an inoculant again in a garden center or online especially online it's easy to find.
You can get it in liquid or more of a dry form. I have the dry form here and it's…there it is…and I just rub it on to all of my seeds at the same time and that's the fastest way to do it. If I were applying a mycorrhizzal inoculant to these seeds I'd do the same thing just sprinkle it right on there and now I have the inoculant on there and I can plant these.
So those are my favorite two soil inoculants: mycorrhizzal fungi and a legume inoculant. There are others that are becoming more popular like trichoderma fungi and there are other nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live freely in the soil not on plant roots and they're interesting but these are still the tried and true ones, so these are the ones I always recommend starting with.
If you have any questions about soil inoculants ask them down below and I'll answer them. If you haven't signed up for my free online organic gardening course you can do that down below. And if you haven't joined me and my sister over on Facebook you can do that at Facebook.com/holy-cow-life's-so-awesome-and-I-just-love-gardening….dot…net.
Using a soil inoculant may seem kind of unnatural, so let's start with why it might be a good idea.
The most important life forms in your garden are too small to see.
Microbes cover every soil surface and even inhabit the insides of all larger organisms.
They have a dramatic effect on plant health and nutrition, as well as our own.
In most gardens, the microbiome has been thrown out of balance by things like tilling, chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
And also the generally toxic environment we live in with pollution, antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals in our air and fresh water. Read More
Amazon Jungle Lesson 3 Of 3 – The Soil Food Web
Phil: In the first two videos, I talked about how to balance our soil fertility, so that we can grow the kind of plants that we want to grow and then also how to learn from nature to bring organic matter in to our gardens. The third video is about the soil food web and that's really about the organisms living in the soil, whereas organic matter was more about that when they're dead, when plants and animals and organisms are dead.
This is more about when they're living. So it's bacteria and fungi and earth worms and insects and animals and even the plants are part of the soil food web too. If you had x-ray, microscopic vision and could look down in to the soil here, you would see a web of fungi that are going between all of these different trees and attaching the trees together, what the fungi do, is they effectively extend the root system of the trees and they go deep into the soil and far in to the soil. They bring water and nutrients to the trees. They also wrap right around the roots, that's where the connection occurs and they protect the roots from plant feeding organisms.
And then the trees in return, they manufacture carbohydrates during photosynthesis and they send that carbohydrate down to the fungi as food. So it's a real borrowing system. Even if you don't have microscopic visions, although I can't see any right now, you can sometimes see the fruits of these fungi, which are mushrooms. So the mushrooms come up and that's kind of the fruits and that's one way that the fungi spread themselves.
Even more interesting to me than that border, although that's really cool, is that the trees can actually share probably water, certainly nutrition, and probably even knowledge with each other through this fungal network, so they things through the fungi to each other to help each other out.
And then there are bacteria in the soil, there are proteas in the soil, they will have slightly different roles, but they're all… they all do important things for the community and they're very inter-dependent. They all consume each other and relate to each other and sometimes help each other. Some of the things they do are they… as I said, they feed plants, they protect plants, they breakdown organic matter, so they take that mulch that falls from the trees or the animals or everything that's dead. They turn it into a kind of a mulch and then eventually in to a humus.
It takes some of them, taking nitrogen from the air and convert in to a form that plants can use. Some of them take toxins in the soil and make them non-toxic anymore.
Any kind of role that we need in our human communities happens in the plant communities. Taking up the cabbage and being the doctors and all things like that, all… — there is all different roles, the organisms have to play in the soil. In the forest, the conditions are pretty nice for these microorganisms, for these fungi and bacteria and all these little guys is pretty good.
In our gardens, often not so much. We've had a lot of maybe construction work in our gardens, maybe we have a lot of compaction from equipment, lawn mores, kids running around and playing soccer. We have a monocultures that, the lack of diversity causes issues, may be we have… some one is used chemical fertilizers or pesticides in the past, which really decimates that soil food web. And so in our gardens, we may not has as abundant of a soil food web as healthy as diverse of the soil food web as naturally occurs here in the forest.
So in our gardens, we may to do something to introduce this, microbial diversity back in to our soil. The first way and arguably definitely one of the best ways to do it is compose, which I talked about in the organic matter section. A lot of people know composed is organic matter, which is good, its nutrients, which are good. But it's also just important… it's a way of growing and multiplying beneficial aerobic microorganisms, bacteria and fungi. If you have good composed that smells good, that was made properly and you have a good beneficial organisms you can bring in to your garden and immaculate your garden with those organisms.
So that's the one thing to do, but we don't usually have as much composed around, especially good composed as we would like. And so in that case, there are other things you can do, either to supplement the composed or even if you don't have composed to bring is like microbes in to your garden. I started off this post talking about micorize a fungi that are in the forest here.
You may very well not have them in all that… in abundance in your garden. And so there are ways that you can propagate them from healthy tree roots, but you have to know a lot of about how to do that properly, it takes some time. For me, the best thing to do is just to go and buy a small amount of them, you can buy them as an inoculants. And then every time you are seeding or planting anything, you put a little bit of fungi on the roots around the seeds and you're going to get them in to your soil that way. Otherwise, you can culture a lactic acid bacteria, which is something it's very, very useful bacteria for your soil.
But again, to me, and I like doing the homemade stuff, but sometimes it makes sense, there is a mosquito in front of the lens makes sense to buy a product. So there is a product called the effective microorganisms, you can buy from usually $15 to $30 depending on what kind you get. Bring that in to your soil, it's going to bring a bunch of different fermenting microbes, including, but not limited to lactic acid bacteria. And they're going to provide many benefits to your garden, to your soil, to your composed pile and to your plants.
Another one is composed tea. It's a little more work to make a good composed tea, but if you can do it, what you're doing there is your bringing in a huge ray of… tens and thousand of different species of microorganisms in to your soil, whereas the EM is just a few really important microbes, composed tea has many different microbes.
And the cool thing about the EM, which is effective microorganisms and the composed tea is, you can also spray them on to your plants and inoculate the leaves, where they can feed the leaves, the plant right through the leaves and protect the plants from diseases like that leafs seems to have. So there composed is the best, but there are other ways that we can bring in these inoculants in the garden.
Of course, we also need to stop the killing of our soil, which is hard on microorganisms the compacting, the chemical use, the pesticide use and we also have to make sure we provide them with a good home. So that means we need to water the whole soil, not just drip irrigation to the plants, we need to give water to all of these microorganisms.
We need to give them mulch, a nice leaf layer and organic matter in the soil, so we need to do what I talked about in the first video, which is balance out the nutrients just to make sure they have the proper nutrient ratios in the soil. So we need … all the things I've been talking about, we need to do, not just for the plants, but for all of these organisms in the soil.
Okay. We've made it back to our cabin, alive although we do have some lights on our legs. But I hope you've enjoyed these three videos in these Smiling Gardner Academy, I get in to a lot of these inoculants on how to activate your own EM, so that it really brings the cost down to like $1 to $2 per litter, how to make a special kind of compose called Bokashi with EM, how to brew your own composed tea, how to get your own indigenous lactic acid bacteria. So all kinds of cool inoculants to improve the soil food web and of course composed in too, the price as I said goes up Monday night.
So if you're thinking about that, may be have a look at it, other than that I hope you've enjoyed it.
In the first two posts I covered how important it is to balance the mineralization in the soil in order to be able to grow the kinds of plants we want to grow, and then how to increase organic matter in soil the way nature does it.
Now I want to get into the third part of this soil health triangle, the soil food web.
This refers to the life in the soil, especially the bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms, and the insects and other small animals.
The plants are part of this too since they have a tremendous impact on the soil. Read More
Compost Tea Recipe – Inoculate Your Garden With Microbes
Update: Nearly 2 years after writing this, I decided to start selling the same compost tea brewer that I use. You can check it out (and learn more about compost tea) here.
A compost tea recipe doesn't have to be complicated in order to be effective.
In fact, the simplest compost tea recipes are often the best because they're easier to experiment with.
In case you don't know, compost tea doesn't look like my literal interpretation in the picture here.
Biological Transmutation – Can Organisms Really Do This?
Biological transmutation is when organisms combine elements together to produce new elements. As to whether or not this is actually possible, that's up for debate.
Effective Microorganisms® (EM®) – Best Inoculant For You
I've been referring to Effective Microorganisms® (EM®) a fair amount on this blog, so I figure it's time to get into more detail as to why it's so incredible to use in organic gardening.
What is EM?
"Effective microorganisms" is a liquid culture of specific "facultative anaerobic" microbes that can provide amazing benefits for your organic garden when combined together in specific proportions.
In An Organic Vegetable Garden, Insects Are Our Friends
Here's the beginning of my sheet mulch – newspaper and manure
This week, I started laying the groundwork for an organic vegetable garden.
I've been digging out some grass for the beds (6-8 inches below soil level in some spots to put in a good, deep path) and sheet mulching other areas right on top of the grass.
I'll post a video tomorrow to show where I'm at.


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Jim Valentine, Ionia County Central Dispatch director, demonstrates how Smart911 works, using a profile he has created for himself and his family.
A new program launched by Ionia County Central Dispatch will help 9-1-1 call-takers respond more efficiently to emergencies. But only if citizens choose to participate.
State and local officials, local law enforcement and other emergency responders are joining Ionia County Central Dispatch in encouraging citizens to make a free Safety Profile for themselves and their families through Smart911, a national public safety service that enhances 9-1-1 emergency services.
Smart911 gives local residents and visitors the ability to provide potentially life-saving information to first responders before an emergency, so those details are available during an emergency – especially important in situations when the caller is panicked, unable to communicate or is somewhere it is unsafe to talk.
Citizens create a Safety Profile online that includes any information about themselves or their household that they want 9-1-1 and emergency responders to know in an emergency. When that citizen makes a 9-1-1 call, their profile is immediately displayed to the 9-1-1 call-taker, allowing them to send the right response teams to the right location with the right information.
Responders can be aware of details they would not have known otherwise. Fire crews can arrive at a house fire knowing how many people reside in the home, the location of bedrooms, any mobility issues and how many pets might be in the home. EMS can be advised of allergies, specific medical conditions and whether the resident uses oxygen. Police can have the photo of a missing child in seconds, rather than in minutes or hours.
When anyone in that household dials 9-1-1 from a phone associated with their Safety Profile, the 9-1-1 system recognizes the phone number and automatically displays the profile on the screen of the call-taker who receives the call. This is vital, because the information received by the 9-1-1 call center can be limited based on the type of phone the call is placed on. When a call is placed using a landline, the address comes up on the call-taker's screen. However, this is not the case with cell phones. For this reason, taking advantage of this free service is especially important if a resident's only telephone service is through a cell phone.
"If someone doesn't want to put a lot of information into the Safety Profile, at least put in your address, so we know where you're at, so we can find you in a time of emergency," said Jim Valentine, Ionia County Central Dispatch director. "This is especially important if you have younger children, who may not remember their address, particularly during an emergency."
The service is also ideal for families with a family member with a physical or emotional issue, a parent with dementia or a child with autism, Valentine added.
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Charles Darwin Galapagos Expedition. In 1831 the H.M.S. Beagle sailed from England commanded by Robert Fitzroy.
The HMS Beagle expedition arrived to the Galapagos Island of San Cristobal on September 15th 1835.
The Beagle researched the Islands for about 5 weeks and Captain Robert Fitzroy developed a precise map of the Galapagos Islands that remained until 1942.
In the meantime, Charles Darwin made careful observations about both the geology and biology of the Galapagos Islands. Darwin was particularly struck by the differences between the wildlife of the different Islands.
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The distribution of the animals of the Galapagos Islands would not be nearly so wonderful, if for instance, one Island has a mocking-thrush and a second Island some other quite distinct species...
But it is the circumstance that several of the Islands possess their own species of Galapagos Tortoise, mocking-thrush, finches and numerous plants, these species having the same general habits, occupying analogous situations, and obviously filling the same place in the natural beauty of this Archipelago, that was something that amazed Charles Darwin Galapagos expedition.
Charles Darwin was 26 years old when he arrived on Galapagos San Cristobal Island. During his stay in the Galapagos he also visited the Islands of Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, and Santiago.
The same characteristics that struck during Charles Darwin Galapagos trip, strikes many visitors to date. It is the fact that the creatures that roam, fly and swim around these Islands often were so unique from those elsewhere.
Not only that many Galapagos species were distinct from those on the mainland, but that between Islands many species of similar features were so perfectly adapted for their environment.
Among those that struck Darwin so greatly were the Galapagos Finches with such varying diets as cactus and seeds, fruits and blood that are now named in his honor.
Darwin would later base some of his thought from the supposing that these finches were all descendants of the same lineage.
Darwin Said at Some Point of His Trip:
"The natural history of this Archipelago is very remarkable: it seems to be a little world within itself, the greater number of its inhabitants, both vegetable and animal, being found nowhere else."
During Charles Darwin Galapagos trip he examined the Giant tortoises and collected about ten plants, most of which he thought were unimpressive little things. Some tortoises were brought on board the Beagle as food.
Over the next few days the Beagle sailed around to the eastern side of Chatham Island and then surveyed southward along the coast.
A fresh source of water was located on the south-east part of the Island at a place later to be called Bahia de Agua Dulce.
Captain Robert Fitzroy finished up the survey of Chatham Island bySeptember 22nd 1835 and more tortoises were brought on board for food.
The next day the Beagle sailed out towards Barrington Island and spent the night between Hood and Charles Islands.
September 23rd was spent surveying the waters around Charles Island which was populated by a small colony of about 250 political prisoners from the country of Ecuador located about 600 miles East of the Galapagos Archipelago.
Darwin went on shore with Covington to collect plants and birds and climbed the highest hill of about 1,800 feet above sea level.
He also examined a few curious lava formations known as lava tubes.
Some of the specimens Darwin collected from the Galapagos Islands were:
One buzzard, two owls, three flycatchers, one Sylvicola, three species of mockingbirds, one species of finch, one swallow, one dove, 13 species of finches (Darwin remarked how fascinated he was by the beak gradations), one sea turtle, one tortoise, four lizards (sea and land iguanas and two other types), four snakes and very few insects.
Charles Darwin Galapagos expedition comes to an end. In his return from the voyage Darwin kept working in his theories, but he also had other projects to be concluded. The adventure of the Beagle had been a unique opportunity that was very useful.
In 1845 Darwin publishes a general description of his remarks, in The Voyage Of The Beagle. He also published some books about the Structure and Distribution of the Corral Reefs and Volcanic Islands, visited throughout the Voyage of the Beagle.
But Darwin's best work about the distribution of the species and their participation in the environment was still to come. It took him more than 25 years to complete it and this changed the way we perceived our world.
In 1859 Darwin publishes his book The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, it was heavily attacked because it did not support the depiction of creation given in the Bible.
Darwin's argument that natural selection, the engine of evolution worked automatically, leaving little or no room for the teachings of the Bible.
All species, he reasoned, produce far too many offspring for them all to survive, and therefore those with favorable variations, owing to chance are selected.
Charles Darwin Galapagos research changes completely the world understanding about life growing.
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When our family moved to California in my early teens, these items weren't as common as the warmer weather and longer growing season extended the availability of fresh produce. And over time, bringing fresh in from around the globe changed everything. Once in a restaurant I even had a salad topped with raw beets that had been finely grated. It was interesting - crunchy with great eye appeal.
It wasn't until I had kids and a garden in the back yard that I rediscovered my love of the lowly beet. I tried my hand at canning pickled beets and they were an instant hit with my kids. I also began to serve them cooked with just a tad of butter, salt and pepper, and found a new passion. The pickled beet faded from my table and I began to embrace the unique flavour this vegetable offered on its own. My kids received this with mixed feelings, but I didn't care.
Traditionally beets have been boiled until tender, peeled and diced. A few years ago, however, I discovered recipes that offered them roasted. SOLD! I loved the fact the process was less messy and the beets developed a more intense flavour. It's been a long time since I saw anything new done with beets, but Holly of Happy Food Healthy Life has done just that. She cooks slices of raw beet on the grill. I am totally intrigued.
For the most part I only share recipes I have tried, but can't wait on this one. It's top of my list of things to make when spring brings barbecue season. If you decide to try it as well, Holly asks that you snap a picture and upload to Instagram tagging @happyfoodholly and hashtagging #inspiredbyholly.
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Grilled Beet Salad Flatbread
Yield: 2 flatbreads, cut into approximately 8-10 pieces
serving size = 2 pieces
2 Whole wheat flatbreads (check out my whole wheat version here)
4 Medium beets, any colors - greens cut off, peeled, and sliced about 1/4 inch thick
1 T Olive oil + extra for brushing on flatbread
Salt and pepper
4 Large handfuls Kale Italia
1/4 C Raw almonds, chopped
1 T Agave syrup
1 C Balsamic vinegar
2 T Feta cheese
Preheat grill or a cast-iron grill plate over your stove to medium low heat.
In a small bowl, toss the sliced beets with olive oil and a few dashes of salt and pepper. Be sure to toss the yellow beets separately from the red beets, so the red color won't bleed onto the yellow. Once grill is to heat, place beets in a single layer and cook slowly until there are nice char-marks, about 8-10 minutes. Flip and cook the other side until the beets are fork-tender.
For Balsamic Reduction:
While the beets are cooking, you can start on the balsamic reduction. In a small saucepan, heat the balsamic vinegar until it comes to a rapid boil. Reduce heat to just a simmer, stirring occasionally until the vinegar has reduced to about half it's original amount and is a syrupy consistency. Remove from heat.
For "Candied" Almonds:
Place chopped almonds and agave in a small pan on low heat. Stir often and keep a close eye on the almonds. Make sure they are all coated with agave. The agave will become a deep brown color, and as soon as that happens, take it off the heat. Any longer and it will burn, and you do not want that! Put the almonds on a plate and using a fork, separate the individual almonds so they aren't stuck together in one big clump.
For Kale:
Place the kale in a large pan over low heat. Sprinkle a few drops of water in the pan and cover to create a steam. Let sit for about 2 minutes just so it can soften a bit. Use tongs to toss the kale around. You want it to wilt just a tiny bit so it still holds its crunch and color but it more pliable.
To assemble:
Either microwave the flatbreads or warm over a pan. Brush with a small amount of olive oil. Divide the kale between two flatbreads. Top with beets, candied almonds, and feta. Drizzle with the balsamic reduction. Cut into individual slices.


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Documenting the chaos and unpredictability of conflict posed almost insuperable challenges to the early photographer. Bulky equipment, complex chemical manipulations and, critically, the length of exposures generally required in the early years of photography, delayed its effective use in the recording of fast-moving and unposable events. It was to be several decades before instantaneous records of actual conflict would become a practical possibility, but despite these limitations, the battlefield exercised a continuing fascination on photographers anxious to memorialise history in the making. And if Roger Fenton's Crimean photographs, with their gentlemanly and relaxed portraits, failed to capture - and indeed distorted - the true experience of the battlefield, many of these sombre images convey a powerfully graphic evocation of the aftermath of desolation and destruction brought in its train. The posing and arrangement of subjects for photographic effect were not unique to the nineteenth century and while their value as historical records needs to be assessed in the context of the technical limitations of photography at the time, they remain a compelling witness to the most traumatic catalyst of social change.
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Roger Fenton, Fanny Duberly, Camp before Sebastopol, 15 April 1855
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This portrait of Frances Isabella Duberly, with her husband Captain Henry Duberly of the 8th Royal Irish Hussars, was sent to her sister Selina, in April 1855. In her letter she comments: 'I send you a photograph of Bobs. In his picture he has only 3 legs - which is a libel on the old ruffian, for he has four, but he was taken unbeknown, and we were none of us prepared. I was obliged to be taken on his back, to hide the mange spots about the saddle with my habit skirt. There have been an incredible number of copies struck off and sold, as I hear, at least every man I meet seems to have one, and Fenton would not charge us anything for it, I being the only lady. If it appears at Ackermans [who marketed Fenton's photographs in London], I hope he will send mother prints, shewing that old villain's other foreleg...Henry's beard too will astonish you, the old brute knew he was going to have his picture taken and stood all no how on purpose to spite me...'
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Felice Beato, Interior of the North Taku Fort, immediately after its capture, 21 August 1860
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Felice Beato's photographic career spans the whole of the second half of the nineteenth century, during which he established an enduring reputation as a photographer of conflict. After working in the Middle East, he travelled to India in 1858 to photograph the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny, moving on from there to China, where he produced a graphic record of the Second Anglo-Chinese War. He later worked as a photographer in Japan, Korea, and the Sudan, before finally settling in Burma for the last part of his career. In common with many photographers, Beato is known on at least one instance to have re-arranged a scene for dramatic effect, and on the occasion of this photograph a witness noted that 'Signor Beato was there in great excitement, characterising the group as 'beautiful' and begging that it might not be interfered with until perpetuated by his photographic apparatus.'
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Unknown photographer, The Gallery of Louis XIII at Versailles, used as a hospital, winter of 1870-71
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Elaborately mounted within decorative borders extolling Prussian military prowess, this is one of a large series of prints made by an unidentified German photographer recording the progress of the Franco-Prussian War, from the battlefields of Alsace to the German occupation of Versailles. The first 'modern' European war was also the first to be extensively photographed, at least in its aftermath, by both German and French photographers, and surviving images paint a graphic picture of the devastating swiftness of the German campaign. In this series, a detailed record is also given of the Palace of Versailles, where, on 18 January 1871, the German Empire was proclaimed.
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Timothy H O'Sullivan, Wagon park, Brandy Station, 1863Albumen print
The massive photographic documentation that survives from the American Civil War was largely the result of Matthew Brady's determination to produce a comprehensive record of the conflict from the Union side. For this project, Brady hired a large team of photographers, who in four years produced over 8000 photographs; although technology was insufficiently advanced to record scenes of battle, his photographers' images of battlefield carnage were sufficiently shocking for the New York Times to report that 'Mr Brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality and earnestness of war.' This view is one of the one hundred photographs published in 1866 in Alexander Gardner's two-volume Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War.
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John Burke, The Upper Bala Hissar from the Gate above the Residency, Kabul, 1879
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The Afghan acceptance of a Russian embassy in Kabul precipitated the first phase of the Second Afghan War; the subsequent murder of the British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and the destruction of the British Residency in the capital led to a full-scale invasion, culminating in the British occupation of the Afghan capital in 1879. This view looks towards the Bala Hissar, or Citadel of Kabul. The commercial photographer John Burke enjoyed a quasi-official status during the conflict, accompanying the British forces throughout the war and producing a comprehensive record of the campaign. On his return to India, nearly 400 of his photographs, which also include portraits of Afghan 'types' and scenic and architectural views, were made available through his catalogues.
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Unknown photographer, Mr Breton's house in Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico, during the siege of 1863
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Puebla de Los Angeles was the headquarters of the Mexican Army at the time of the French invasion of 1861. It was here that General Ignacio Zaragoza's unexpected defeat of the French in May 1862 led to the renaming of the city as Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza. A year later, after a two month siege, the city was re-taken by the French and occupied by them until 1867, when the execution of the Emperor Maximilian signalled the end of French ambitions in Central America. This photograph comes from a scarce portfolio of 22 views recording the condition of the city during the siege of 1863. The collection is prefaced by a map of the city prepared by the engineer José Joaquin Arriaga, who may also have been the photographer.
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Often I write these blog entries about things I'm working on or experiences that I've had since undertaking this comic book making journey. Sometimes I throw in an interview or two (and if you haven't read them, please go back in the archives and check them out, there's quite a few cool people that I've had the chance to talk to) to shake things up or just rant about something that I feel I should talk about for whatever reason.
This is one of those.
One of the most over-looked aspects of any creative endeavour is the support that the creative person (in this case we're talking me, the writer) has as they toil away at their craft.
Man, that sounded fancy, didn't it?
The fact is, while I've got my head buried in research books, online doing an interview, prepping files for the books or staring at my laptop's blank screen for hours on end (aka writing), someone needs to make sure that I'm not neglecting the basic day to day things (such as eating or going to bed at a decent time) because it's incredibly easy to get lost in what you're doing.
Writing, to me anyhow, is a drug and when I get really into it, I don't want to do anything BUT write. I fall into my fictional world and everything in the "real" world is an unwanted distraction from the story that I'm trying to tell.
Now this isn't true of ALL creative people, I should make that clear. For most that I know of though, it has at least a kernel of truth.
So what happens while we're lost in these worlds? Who takes care of things like making sure the household bills are paid on time as we're trying to figure out the history of our fictional world? Or reminds us that we're awesome and WILL finally figure out a way to get our protagonist out of the corner that we've written them into?
Well if you're one of those lucky people, like myself, you have a Cassandra.
This is essentially my long-winded way (surprise! whoever thought I'd be like that?) of saying that without my wonderful lady, there is no way ANY of this would exist. No, I'm not saying she actually writes the stuff and I just slap my name on it (boy would that save some late nights fretting over scripts!) but without her I wouldn't be able to get this done. Or even would have started writing again.
I first met Cassandra back when I had picked up a part time gas jockey job to help out my buddy David who was running the place. He hadn't been able to find anyone reliable and had asked me to work even just two shifts a week. Begrudgingly I accepted. I didn't need the money, nor did I really want to do the job, but he gave me my pick of shifts and, at the end of the day, I was helping out a friend.
I took the closing shifts on Sunday and Monday nights, spending the weekends with my kids was more important and during the middle of the week was hardly ideal considering I had an early starting day job. It was on those shifts that I first met Cass.
We hit it off right away and found that one thing we had in common was a love of comic books, the 90s X-Men cartoon being her introduction to her two favorite characters- Gambit and Rogue. To this day they are still her favorite characters, as the many statues, pieces of art and t-shirts will attest to.
Another co-worker of ours, Mike, had discovered that I used to write/work on my own comic book universe and between the two of them, they convinced me that I should start it up again. I had never published anything with my comic universe, despite having begun work on it over ten years before taking that job. I used those shifts to get back into it and, what started off as picking away at ideas, quickly turned into an avalanche of characters and ideas, all fueled and pushed ahead by the people I worked with, particularly my own personal cheerleader, Cassandra.
Several times over she would deal with a customer and tell me to just keep writing when I was in the midst of an idea- essentially doing the job I was paid to be doing so that I could work on something that, at the time, I never thought would exist beyond the walls of the gas bar and my own brain. Having completed my eighth comic book story (with 6 officially out there and published) I can happily say that I was wrong. I never believed in it, or really, myself, but SHE did.
Perhaps if she had known what the odds were of finding artists to work with, the money involved in hiring them and printing a book, and having any sort of success as an independently published writer... She might have encouraged me to get that next customer instead. Or to buy a lottery ticket.
Knowing her, however, she would have told me to do it anyhow- her belief in myself and my stories borders on... Well let's just say she's my number one fan. Which in itself would be enough of a reason to thank her, but that's just where it starts.
Along the way we started dating, and nearly five years later, things are still going strong and we've finally moved in together just a few months ago. I can only imagine what she thought living with me would have been like... I'm sure that she never realized that being a self-published comic book creator, that I'd be on-call/working more or less 24-7. That my phone would be going off with emails and messages all day and night and that the financial cost of producing as many books as S17 is would have an impact on vacations together and the like. Vacation time is another thing, as the two weeks I get from my day job are centered around comic cons and other writing events.
Speaking of cons... Last year at the C4 Comic Con, Cass was an invaluable asset for not only myself, but writing friend AP Fuchs and Canadian Corps artist, Justin Shauf. She watched the tables when we needed to take a bathroom break or just to get away. She made regular food runs so that we didn't have to starve or eat the over-priced and less than stellar convention food. She chatted up customers and made the entire process a thousand times easier than it could have been. Without getting paid a dime. Though, to be fair, I did buy her a few things as a way of saying thank you. Hardly sufficient to make up for everything she did though. She checked us in to the hotel so that I could get a jump on setting up the table even.
And that kind of support happens every day. When I get home from the day job the first thing I do is fire up my laptop and address any emails that I wasn't able to get to during the day, and unusually as I'm doing that, she starts making supper. More often than not, by the time I'm done going through them, checking over art that's come in, etc., supper is ready and we eat together (usually while watching hockey- we ARE Canadian after all) and then sometime later I'll duck in the office to or fire up the laptop again to poke away at this story or that or to talk with a fellow writer about what we're working on (which is a always a great motivator).
The other night I got together and did a Google Hangout with some writing friends until after midnight- even though she was home from the time I got there, and only a room away, I saw her for maybe five minutes the whole evening. A less understanding and supportive person would have been miffed by being ignored for that long but, great supporter and person that she is, her first thought was to ask if I had as much fun as I thought I was going to have.
Of course I did.
Those are just some of the examples of how fantastic and invaluable Cassandra is to me and, if I were to list them all, I'd be writing this every day, 24-7, for the next few months. In other words, anytime you pick up an S17 book, keep in mind that there's no way you'd be reading it if it wasn't for her and everything she does.
My cheerleader, my friend, my love. Thank you for everything, Cass.


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Discussion in 'Black Hat SEO' started by sam2009, Jul 19, 2009.
Hi this is shekhar can i sell warez on DP or any other forums?
Ask it at DP!
This isn't DP.. Browse their rules..
Don't waste BHW's bandwidth ..
go - sell and get a quick ban + threat
last time i tried but they blocked my account !
that should tell you something
I have seen many selling but they have not been banned. Hell one guy was selling godcpa but got his thread closed.
I CANT BELIEVE YOU JUST ASKED THIS dude , do you really someone from this forum care what the heck you will sell on this garbage forum ? from my part I can give you my ex-girlfriends to sell them here if that can bring you some money i`ll be more than happy to help you :gay:
Of course you can. Everything is allowed on DP: warez, drugs, CP, ...
Some of the BHW'ers asking details about DP here and make their thread funny...
Please search DP' history here... i have read many funny thread which has series questions too
u can try...and hope for the best...Keep ur Fingers Crossed ... ...and For me DP stinks
wrong forum dude, you should ask on the site you would be posting messages..
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I agree with 19w08.
YES!! You can sell anything on DP..BUT..it depends on how you present the stuff in your sales pitch.
anyone help to sell warez? 50-50%
YEA we need to stop all dp threads here lol UNLESS THERE MAKING FUN OF DP THEN ITS OK :cool2:
Just through out some fucking review copies and you will :chef2:
anyone ready?
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Badges are an effective and appealing way to acknowledge somebody's work, accomplishment or positive behaviour. So far I've used only edmodo as a resource to create and award digital badges to my students. Besides the ready-made badges offered on the edmodo platform, you can make your personalized ones following the detailed instructions offered by the edmodo support service.
This year I've come across several additional free online tools which help you create some really awesome online badges.
My first favourite badge maker is http://www.onlinebadgemaker.com/, which does not even require an account. This makes it easy for my students to create their own badge, ribbon or heart and then download it on their laptop. One more interesting site which can help you generate attractive badges is http://www.typographyeditor.com/. You do not have to register for this tool, as well. One more badge creator site which does not require registration is https://www.makebadg.es/. Once you make your badge you can download it on your device or share it on twitter or facebook.
The next three tools demand the user to sign up for a free account. As a result, I personally use them to receive my professional development badges. I also use them to design my own badges and give them to my students for some sort of accomplishment. So, my third favourite badge creator is https://credly.com/. My fourth favourite badge maker is https://backpack.openbadges.org/backpack/login. Last but not least, Google Drawings is a handy tool which offers plenty of opportunities for increased creativity.
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The annual contest, known as the Geoff Haynes Future Power Challenge, has been established by manufacturer GaN Systems together with the EPSRC Centre for Power Electronics. It marks the recent retirement of the company's founder and VP Geoff Haynes, and recognises his contribution to the formative gallium nitride power industry.
Over the last few years, increasing availability and maturity of silicon carbide (SiC) transistors has driven research into applications of wideband switches that are not practical using silicon devices. The benefits are now starting to be adopted in production systems operating at 1200V and higher.
For applications operating between 100V and 1000V, the prospect of low-cost gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon Si switches has been driving process development, but only recently have multiple sources of stable, robust, transistors with blocking voltages of 650V been available for general sale. It's expected that making their unique advantages a focus for research into fast converter applications capable of achieving compelling advances in system performance and cost will drive the manufacturing volume required to meet cost expectations and underwrite wideband semiconductors as a mainstream technology.
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The Geoff Haynes Challenge is open to any paper or poster submitted to the EPSRC Centre for Power Electronics' 2016 Postgraduate summer school, due to be held at the National College in Nottingham on 1 and 2 June this year. Work that clearly identifies research relevant to accelerating the use of GaN components in applications with performance that can't be achieved using existing silicon technology will qualify.
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Movie News in 60 Seconds: Chinese 'Avengers'; Tarzan Goes Motion Capture; Latest NC-17 Movie; Uwe Boll Extra Woes
Me Tarzan, You Motion Capture: Actually, both Jane and Tarzan will be rendered as performance-capture characters in a new 3D version of Tarzan, with Twilight's Kellan Lutz as the titular hero and the lovely Spencer Locke as Jane. In the modernized tale, Tarzan and Jane will fight a mercenary army formed and funded by an evil CEO. We wonder if Tarzan will be barely-dressed, swing on vines, and inclined to man-handle Jane, as in Disney's 1999 version, above? [The Hollywood Reporter]
Less Intense, Please: As told by Jennifer Lynch, director of the upcoming Chained, her movie received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA because of the "context" of a scene in which a woman's throat is slit open. She feels, though, that the film is being "punished" because the violence is depicted "authentically," as opposed to any number of other horror movies "where the violence is sexy and funny." Lynch will begrudgingly recut the film to secure an R-rating. [Los Angeles Times]
Uwe Boll Extra Turmoil: The leader of a commission charged with investigating the victims of a serial killer in Vancouver, Canada, has come under fire because he spent time on his day off working as a movie extra -- specifically, a crime victim -- for The Bailout, a Uwe Boll movie. The commission has already been accused of not paying sufficient attention to the poor and vulnerable women in the area where the crimes were committed. The Bailout concerns a man exacting revenge on stockbrokers after the 2008 financial meltdown. [National Post]
Chinese 'Avengers': Anxious U.S. moviegoers are not the only ones who had to wait until today to see The Avengers -- China and Russia have been forced to play the waiting game as well. In the interest of world unity, here is one of the recently-released character posters for the film, which is nearly identical to what we've already seen. [Mtime via Chinese Films]
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Our Good Friday Walk of Witness finished at St John's
Food ministry
A drop in centre with drinks and snack is held in Glastonbury URC every Tuesday afternoon. Soup Lunches with a pudding is available in St Benedict's every Friday. An independant group of Christians also distributes soup and sandwiches in St John's Car Park on Thursday evening. Also, independant of the Christian community, on Wednesday evenings free Indian food (Prasadam) is provided at the war memorial, by Shekinashram.
Foodbank provision in Glastonbury is provided by Glastonbury Bridging the Gap which was originally set up through Churches Together. It is an independant foodbank without a drop in - food pacels are delivered to those in need.Peace
A peace vigil is held at the Market Cross every Friday at noon for half an hour. People of all faiths and none are welcome to pray in silence for peace in the world, in our nation, in our community, in our families and in our hearts.


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One Of the All Time Greatest Guitarists!
John Loovis | Schenectady, NY | 11/24/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I think the thing I love most about Jeff Beck is that even though he doesn't play a million notes a second like most so called "guitar heros", his solos are always intriguing and in great taste. He never did the "finger tapping" thing or the "sweep arpeggio"...he ingnored most trends through the years and did things entirely his way. The mark of a true artist!
Getting back to this three disc set, I agree 100% with the other reviewers with the fact that there is much too much space dedicated to the Yardbirds....they aready have too many "Best Of the Yardbirds" CDs.
It gets a star taken off for omitting my all time favorite Beck jams..."Blue Wind", off of the Wired album. Also, just one track off "There and Back" doesn't cut it. They should have dedicated all three discs to his solo career from Blow by Blow, to the Guitar Shop album.
They did a great job on the remastering, however. "Going Down", sounds like it was recorded yesterday, with none of that nasty shrillness and compression that you hear on so many of those CBS albums from the 60's and 70's."
A MUST BUY 'IF' You don't own every JB cd!
Blackzoner | St. Louis MO. US of A | 12/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This was a great purchase foe even tho I already have every Jeff Beck cd!(Except the newer rematsered "Truth" & "Beck-Ola")
Buying this you'll get a great sampling from almost every period
of Beck's muscial career up until after "Guitar Shop". Jeff Beck has always been a guitar pioneer! He revolutionized the way the electric guitar sounded influenced by his idol Les Paul! Jeff even played Gibson Les Paul guitar's until deciding on going with the Stratocaster. He made his 1st electric guitar or at least altered it & did alter his amp re-wiring it so it would produce strange sound effects like Les Paul!
Beck has always reinvented himself throughout the yrs! From the begining w/the "Tridents" & "Yardbirds"(my fave guitarist of the 3 Yarbird bands)& then thruoughout "Jeff Beck Group #8"! He almost aslways used Marshall amplification(he strayed away a few times but always came back to Marshall's)& this can be heard thruout these recordings. I w have been lucky enough to see almost every incarnation of the differing Jeff Beck Groups 'live' & saw the incredible power trio "BBA" live from 10 feet away! Incredible! Some of that material is available here. I had to order my dbl vinyl "BBA LIVE" from Japan in 1974!
So almost every period of his brilliant career is heard here! While 1 disc is almost entirely made up of "The Tridents" & "The Yardbirds" which some find unecessary, I like it. Sure some of his greatest tunes werew left off but hey you'd have to buy a 30 disc set to get almost everything!! I miss "Spanish Boots" & Ron Wood's incredible bass solo which that song fades out during just as Ron was getting going! A shame. However, you do get unreleased cut's like, Tident songs & others & the cuts only available before if you bought soundtract albums! Plus B sides of 45's most people reading this will have never heard before.!
Jeff is 1 of my fave artists & guitarists & belongs on a Mount Rushmore for Guitarists! He is still innovative & new & I just got a dvd of his 60th Bithday Concert(boot)that is great! It features Jan Hammer & special guests!
If you like Jeff Beck this would be a great purchase for you! EXCELLENT 3 disc boxed set with a great booklet that features a "Timeline" that shows the progression of Jeff's bands & the groups the memebers he used,in his bands came from. The entire ine-up's of both! Superb feature for history buffs of musicology! BUY THIS!"
The very best of Jeff Beck
Michael Wheeler | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | 11/22/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a CD spanning Jeff Beck's entire career. It starts with the Tridents and goes all the way through Jeff Beck's guitar shop.
As you probably know Jeff Beck was with the Yardbirds and later in the Jeff Beck Group along with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood.
He also was with Beck, Bogart and Appice and another formation of the Jeff Beck Group with a different cast.
With Blow By Blow in the early 70's he started his instrumental phase which he continues to this day.
Beck has always been known but never in the forefront.
You get all the classic Yardbirds hits like Heart Full of Soul, I'm a Man, Shapes of Things,Over Under Sideways Down and Happenings Ten Years Ago.
You also get his classics with Rod Stewart including Jailhouse Rock, Plynth (water down the drain) among others.
And his work with BB&A including Superstition, Black Cat Moan.
You also get his instrumental era including Cause We Ended As Lovers,Freeway Jam, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Love is Green and the Pump from There and Back.
Also included is his duet with Rod Stewart, People Get Ready, a killer version of Sleep Walk, Big Block and Where Were You.
This is an Anthology that any Jeff Beck fan should not be without.