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Year in Review: Digital Comics are Really Here
While comic book stores were struggling (and in some cases closing) through much of 2011, the other major distribution outlet for comic books and graphic novels also faced a tough time. Book stores became a major outlet in the 2000s, primarily due to the manga explosion that brought a whole new audience back to sequential art in the United States. But with the dominance of Amazon.com and the rise of digital e-readers, book stores were forced to evolve. Unfortunately Borders, the second largest US book store chain and the first to usher in manga to American readers, failed to do so in time and went into bankruptcy this year and caused a ripple effect throughout the comics industry.
For some comics publishers, the effect was minimal, as previous payment issues with Borders caused some to shift their business away from them before the bankruptcy was announced. But others felt it more strongly, such as Los Angeles-based Tokyopop, the second largest manga publisher in the United States. In the beginning of the year, Borders stopped paying its vendors in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. This resulted in orders getting cut, and with Borders being Tokyopop's largest customer account, income was severely damaged. Layoffs at Tokypop followed. Despite the late-entry hit manga Hetalia: Axis Powers, it couldn't reverse the damage of a closing Borders, online piracy (and a digital strategy that amounted to too little too late), and the under-performing Priest feature film. By May, Tokyopop was holding a garage sale to empty out their LA offices. With their termination of US publishing, licenses were canceled, leaving a good number of manga series unfinished. It's difficult to know how many casual readers of those series drifted away from reading manga and comics entirely after their favorite manga simply stopped coming out. In October, Tokyopop founder Stu Levy revealed that he is "continuing to explore any and all opportunities to relaunch the manga publishing operations" but it will require him having to renegotiate contracts with Japanese publishers. In the meantime, Tokyopop remains as a modest web-newsletter about Asian pop culture, in a partnership with GeekChicDaily.
It was clear that another distribution outlet was needed, and fortunately one has been steadily growing over the last two years. Digital comics allow people to read print comics and manga on the web or mobile devices such as the iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets, Kindle and Nook. Companies have been popping up to provide publishers with the service of configuring their comics to the digital landscape and selling them on these devices. The digital distributor ComiXology has pulled ahead as the clear industry leader, with an exclusive partnership with DC Comics and partnerships with almost every other major comics publisher and many smaller ones too. Other prominent digital distributors are Graphicly, with their focus on community-building, and iVerse Media's Comics+. Some publishers have chosen to build their own in-house digital distribution systems, such as Dark Horse Digital and Viz Manga. Some publishers are even shifting entirely to digital or publishing digitally first, mimicking the successful web-comics model of building an audience to support print releases.
Most significant in 2011 is the near industry-wide move by comics and manga publishers to ramp up their digital output. This was most notable in numerous announcements by publishers to release digital and print versions simultaneously (frequently called "day-and-date"). Prior to this, digital comics were released erratically, sometimes as far out as 6 months after the print version, seriously undermining the ability of digital to be taken as a serious method for consumers to become engaged in specific titles. The brand new Kindle Fire tablet/e-reader, which had huge sales for the holidays, has available an exclusive set of 100 DC Comics graphic novels, along with a free, pre-loaded Comics by ComiXology app.
Before a lot of these digital announcements were made (and when most digital comics were only available through the iPad and iPhone), digital comics were showing significant growth as sales doubled for the first half of 2011. Prior to that, digital comics sales were estimated at $6 to $8 million for 2010. Print sales for the North American comic book industry were estimated at under $420 million for 2010. While still only a fraction of print, digital is still extremely young with immense potential to reach new and lapsed readers.
iBooks carries Graphic Novels even though they're Not Real Stories
IDW Publishing made headway into semi-uncharted digital territory with their launch on Apple's ebooks platform iBooks last week. The iBooks app comes preloaded on all Apple iPad tablets. With an estimated 20 million iPads sold, that makes for a significant potential readership.
IDW released nearly 20 graphic novels to the iBookstore, including the simultaneous print/digital release of Code Word: Geronimo, which details the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound by SEAL Team 6 as written by military insider Captain Dale Dye. Other graphic novels now on iBooks include IDW's reprinting project of every Bloom County comic strip, and graphic novels based on True Blood, Star Trek, Transformers, G.I. Joe, and more. The San Diego-based publisher will continue to expand their catalogue in the coming weeks and months.
In addition to expanding comics into yet another digital marketplace, it's also interesting to note that IDW has chosen to release graphic novels instead of single issues on iBooks. While ComiXology and other digital comics apps and services used by IDW and other comics publishers like Marvel Comics and DC Comics offer graphic novels, much of the focus is on shorter comic books, similar to most brick and mortar comic book stores. But with iBooks readers already expecting a book-length read, it's smart to go for the longer form of graphic novels.
Currently Code Word: Geronimo is included in the iBooks store front under New & Notable, along with Jane Lynch's Happy Accidents, Roger Ebert's Life Itself and Michael Moore's Here Comes Trouble. In fact, as of this writing, both Moore's book and Geronimo have the same number of reviews, with the graphic novel rating slightly higher. Graphic novels appearing right beside prose books can be a powerful bit of messaging that comics are just as worthy a form of expression and literature as novels.
Of course, not everyone will receive that message. One of the two reviews is by a hoodwinked MikSud:
This is a comic. I thought it was a real story and account of what took place during the raid of Bin Laden. Utterly disappointed.
Maybe one day comics will be able to tell "real stories". If they act nicely and don't get too uppity.
Despite MikSud's protests, more integration of graphic novels and prose novels in the digital space is bound to happen with the anticipated release of the first color Kindle, expected for a late November release. If comics publishers are smart, they will jump all over this with the deep Amazon and Android integration that could reach a lot of readers.


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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
I know somebody famous!
The year that I took the course from him (1983, University of British Columbia), I saw an article he'd written for Scientific American and talked to him about it. He was pleased that I, an undergrad no less, was interested and gave me a reprint of it, which I asked him to sign. This means I have an autograph from a Nobel Prize winner!!
This is even more exciting than when we went to see Noam Chomsky's talk. I am so pleased for Professor Kahneman.
I have to add that thespian celebrities don't excite me. Some people go to Hollywood to gawk at "stars", but those "celebrities" are generally (not all, of course) such fluff. Give me an intellectual any day!
"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge." ~ Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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Wow! It's very exciting to know someone who won a Nobel prize.
I agree with you about celebrities. I think that people who use their brains are far more interesting than the typical celebrity.
What did you study at the University of British Columbia?
- ShadesOfGrey said...
I got my degree in linguistics (with a concentrations on speech science). Also did part of a degree in climatology where I met dh. :)
I took a few linguistic course at university - I find the subject quite interesting. :-)
Why part of a climatology degree? I assume meeting your wonderful DH has something to do with this.
- ShadesOfGrey said...
Like many who don't know what to do with themselves after graduating from U, I didn't know what to do after I got my linguistics degree (gee, can't understand why since linguists are in such HUGE demand...hah!), so I just went back to school. The climate program asked for a lot of first yr science classes that I had already taken, so I thought I'd give it a try. Dh was my TA in one of those classes in the climate program (but we didn't date until after the class was over...despite the many nudge-nudge, wink-wink jokes I have to endure when people find out he was my TA). ;)
I never finished it because I felt I was in over my head...especially when I failed Diff Eq (as it turns out, many people fail Diff Eq...like this one guy who is now tenured faculty at Kansas - he failed it more than once! In retrospect, I guess I could have finished the degree; failing Diff Eq once was not such a horrible thing).
Oh well, I'm having much more fun doing art and writing anyway. :)

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The gun-grabbing legislation that Maryland governor Martin O'Malley is supporting could be bad news for the troops due to a provision in the law. Should it become law, the legislation could prevent Beretta from assembling the M9 pistol in their factory in Accokeek.
According to a report by the Washington Times, the proposed law would prohibit anyone from receiving a magazine that holds more than ten rounds. Beretta's M9, a version of the Model 92, has a standard magazine capacity of 15 rounds.
"If we have to move assembly and testing out of state, that will have an impact on our delivery schedule, which could cause possible delay to our troops," Beretta's general counsel, Jeffrey Reh, told the Washington Times. "Also, moving will increase cost. We can't pass that along to the federal government immediately, but for future orders, it would have an impact on cost for taxpayers."
Beretta may not be the only supplier facing the effects of Maryland's proposed legislation. Adcor, who's Bear carbine is a contender to replace the M4 carbine used by the Army and Marine Corps. "The bill strongly suggests to us that this administration does not support manufacturers in Maryland producing firearms," the company's president, Jimmy Stavrakis said. "The bill is a moving target right now, but with this unfriendly business environment, we will strongly consider moving out of state."
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Struggling with suffering… – Part I of II
January 8, 2012 by Fr. Bartunek
Filed under Fr. Bartunek, Suffering
Dear Father John, I really want to think of God as good but lately I have been struggling with all the suffering I see around me and in my own life. Where is God in all of this?
Suffering and sorrow challenge our faith in God. They push us out of our spiritual comfort zone as we find ourselves asking: If God is all-powerful and all good, why doesn't he just fix everything, why does he let so many bad and painful things happen – why doesn't he just get rid of all the world's evil and injustice? This was Job's dilemma in the Old Testament. It was even a challenge faced by Jesus himself in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Blessed Virgin Mary had to grapple with it as she watched her only Son being humiliated, unjustly condemned, tortured, and crucified on Calvary. So you are in good company. Every human person, in fact, has to face this question at some point or another. But we never have to face it alone. Although at times God seems distant in the midst of suffering and sorrow, he is not. He is right by our side, carrying us and supporting us and enlightening us, if we let him. Two reflections, one doctrinal and one practical, may help you find him and lean on him as you navigate these treacherous waters.
God's Answer to Evil
The Catechism – the systematic explanatory summary of God's revelation in Christ – puts a spotlight on this question, and boldly gives us the doctrinal answer. Because this issue is so central to Christ's message, and to our daily lives, I will quote the whole paragraph (#309 – the underlinings are mine):
If God the Father almighty, the Creator of the ordered and good world, cares for all his creatures, why does evil exist? To this question, as pressing as it is unavoidable and as painful as it is mysterious, no quick answer will suffice. Only Christian faith as a whole constitutes the answer to this question: the goodness of creation, the drama of sin and the patient love of God who comes to meet man by his covenants, the redemptive Incarnation of his Son, his gift of the Spirit, his gathering of the Church, the power of the sacraments and his call to a blessed life to which free creatures are invited to consent in advance, but from which, by a terrible mystery, they can also turn away in advance. There is not a single aspect of the Christian message that is not in part an answer to the question of evil.
You may have to read that paragraph more than once for it to sink in. Basically, God did not create evil and the suffering that evil causes, directly or indirectly. God created the world good, but he gave angels and humans free will. When the devil abused this freedom by rebelling against God, evil entered the universe. When the devil tempted Adam and Eve, and when they decided to follow him instead of God, that evil entered the human realm as well. Evil is not something positive, but negative. Just as cold is not something positive, but negative – it is the lack of heat. And darkness is not something positive, but negative – the lack of light. Just so, evil is the absence of some good that was part of God's original design. When a free creature (an angel or a human) deviates from God's plan, suffering is the logical result. And since we are all connected – we were created to be God's family; the human race was created to be one human family, in which the actions of one person affect others, for good or ill – the sin of Adam had repercussions for all of us, just as the sin of an abusive dad or an over-possessive mom has repercussions for their children.
God Didn't Create Robots
If God had created angels and humans without free will, he could have avoided all evil. But then you and I would be nothing more than robots. We would not be capable of love, which involves the free gift of self to another person. And if we were incapable of love, we would not be created in God's image and likeness. And without that likeness, we would not be able to enter into heaven, the communion of life and love with God. So God took the risk.
Of course, in his omnipotence and omniscience, he is able to repair the damage done by sin and rebellion against his plan. The story of salvation, from the Garden of Eden to the Garden of Gethsemane to the New Jerusalem at the end of history, is the story of that reparation, the "redemption" of fallen humanity. In the life of every person who repents and returns to God, God shows his merciful and transforming love by mysteriously bringing forth good out of evil. This is hard for us to understand. But we get a glimpse of it by contemplating how God was able to work the most marvelous miracle in history, Christ's resurrection, in the wake of the most horrific sin in history, the deicide of Christ's crucifixion. This is the warp and woof of Christian life: Good Fridays followed by Easter Sundays.
Keeping the Whole Story in Mind
If we didn't know this plan of redemption, there would be no option but despair in the face of the immense suffering and injustice of the world. But we do know the plan. We know the last scene of the story; we know that in the end "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4).
The core Christian virtue of hope is what keeps this truth on our radar screen, so that we never allow ourselves to be drowned by frustration, discouragement, or cynicism. This why Pope Benedict XVI calls suffering a "setting for learning hope" in his Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi (In Hope We Are Saved) (see #s 35-40 for a wild, shocking meditation on the meaning of suffering). This is also why he calls God's Last Judgment a "setting for learning and practicing hope" (see #s 41-48). Our lives here on earth, in the flow of human history, are not the whole story. We are pilgrimages, and God has promised that if we trust and follow him, all the suffering and pain of this life will be transformed into glory: "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God" (Romans 8:28).
In our next post on this topic (next Monday) we will talk about a practical approach to living in this reality.
About Fr. John Bartunek, LC
Fr. John Bartunek, LC, S.Th.D, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and baseball coach. He then spent a year as a professional actor in Chicago before entering the religious Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ in 1993. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller "Inside the Passion"--the only authorized, behind-the-scene explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican's 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. His most widely known book is called: "The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer". He has also published four other titles: "Seeking First the Kingdom", "Answers: Catholic Advice for Your Spiritual Questions", "Meditations for Mothers", and "A Guide to Christian Meditation". Fr. John currently splits his time between Rome and Rhode Island, where he teaches theology as an adjunct professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and at Mater Ecclesia College. He is also continuing his writing apostolate with online retreats at www.RCSpirituality.org and questions and answers on the spiritual life at www.RCSpiritualDirection.com. FATHER JOHN'S BOOKS include: "The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer", "Inside the Passion"--The Only Authorized Insiders View of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, "Meditations for Mothers", and "A Guide to Christian Meditation".
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WESTFIELD, Mass. October 30, 2006 -- RBI has introduced the next generation of high efficiency commercial boilers and hot water heaters with the Futera Fusion™, a boiler that is IBR-listed and up to 97.5% efficient. The new boiler is designed to meet the changing demands of environmentally sensitive or green building design. The gas fired condensing boiler with full modulation and a 3:1 turndown, is available in sizes from 500 to 2000 MBH. The Futera Fusion features advanced heat exchanger technology with solid bronze headers, a gasket-less heat exchanger and finned copper or cupronickel tubing for superb heat transfer. A metal-fiber burner allows seamless modulating turndown, ultra-low emission levels and whisper-quiet operation. In addition, the system automatically adjusts energy input to precisely match the heating load without over-firing or wasting fuel. In addition every model has a minimum full input efficiency rating of 94.5% with certain sizes achieving a rating of 97.5%. At minimum inputs, each model is capable of producing efficiencies as high as 99%.A secondary solid stainless steel heat exchanger with condensate trap operates at the boiler's full-flow rate and allows operation in condensing mode at all times. A state-of-the-art temperature mixing system protects the system's primary heat exchanger. The Futera Fusion is available as a fully packaged unit, including integral boiler pump, near boiler piping, low temperature mixing value and secondary heat exchanger. In addition, the new boiler comes with a full, 21 year, non-prorated warranty against damage from thermal shock. Its compact footprint of just 29-inches wide enables the unit to fit though standard doors, and its low maintenance design makes the boiler ideal for commercial, institutional and industrial applications.For additional information visit RBIWaterHeaters.com or call Tim Markel, national sales manager at (413) 568-9571.
WESTFIELD, Mass., August 2004 -- RBI now provides high efficiency Futera II Series boilers with an optional stainless steel jacket. The brushed stainless steel jacket provides corrosion resistance for indoor or outdoor installations in harsh environments such as coastal areas and processing applications requiring wash down.Futera II Series boilers, featuring non-condensing design, provide up to 85% efficiency with industry leading NOx levels of less than 10 ppm. The boiler features an advanced troubleshooting and self-diagnostic control that provides step-by-step cycle of operation. Each step is automatically tested and indicated, allowing for simplified and less costly troubleshooting.Quality components include a rugged heat exchanger with bronze headers and fittings that prevent rust and corrosion for the life of the boiler. Finned tubes are industrial-grade copper with fins and tube walls formed as one for maximum heat transfer.The compact, low maintenance design and venting flexibility of Futera II Series boilers permit easy installation and service. Seven models are available ranging from 500 to 1950 MBH. Futera II Series boilers are ideal for any domestic hot water or hydronic space heating application.RBI, a Mestek Company, manufactures a full line of finned copper tube hot water heaters and boilers. For more information about the new Futera II Series boilers with optional stainless steel jacket, contact:Tim MarkelRBI260 North Elm StreetWestfield, MA 01085Tel. (413) 568-9571in Canada, (905) 670-5782or visit www.rbiwaterheaters.com.
Mestek, Inc., a major U.S. holding company with more than 30 HVAC and metal forming companies in its structure, has a new manufacturing and distribution center in Canada.The company's new location on Tranmere Drive in Mississauga, Ontario, is 94,000 square feet, more than twice as large as its previous Canadian facility, and combines both manufacturing and distribution operations for the company in Canada. The company employs approximately 80 people at this facility.Read the attached .pdf document for more information.
Westfield, Mass., May 4 - Mestek, Inc., a major U.S. holding company with more than 30 HVAC and metal forming companies in its structure, has a new manufacturing and distribution center in Canada.The company's new location on Tranmere Drive in Mississauga, Ontario, is 94,000 square feet, more than twice as large as its previous Canadian facility, and combines both manufacturing and distribution operations for the company in Canada.The company employs approximately 80 people at this facility. "We are thrilled to move into such a practical and modern facility," said Manny DaSilva, operations manager at Mestek Canada. "It is an exciting step in our overall growth, and provides us with a more efficient manufacturing facility, state-of-the-art laboratory and improved distribution."On the manufacturing side, the new facility will produce commercial copper fin water heaters and boilers under the RBI name. In addition, inventory and distribute a wide variety ofMestek's commercial and residential heating and air-conditioning products in Canada, including:
Mestek products are shipped from the facility's five-bay shipping dock, and raw materials are delivered through two drive-in shipping and receiving bays. In addition to the RBI manufacturing operations, the facility is designed to provide in-depth product training and includes a presentation classroom for Mestek contractors, installers and customers, along with a 1,500 square foot hands-on, training laboratory.For additional information about RBI or any of the Mestek products sold in Canada, please contact Mike Andersen at (403) 208-9844; for company products sold in the U.S., please contact Tim Markel at (413) 568-9571. Mestek information is also available on line at www.mestek.com.
WESTFIELD, Mass., March 05 -- RBI now provides Spectrum Series boilers with an optional stainless steel jacket. The brushed stainless steel jacket provides corrosion resistance for indoor or outdoor installations in harsh environments such as coastal areas and processing applications requiring wash down.Spectrum Series residential and light commercial gas boilers, water heaters and pool heaters allow for both indoor and outdoor, gas-fired application. The boiler features a reversible, two or four pass heat exchanger made from commercial grade 7/8" I.D. finned copper tubes. The fins are extruded from the tubing itself to ensure maximum heat transfer efficiency.Spectrum Series units, from 100 – 400 MBH, are available with either cast iron headers for heating applications or with bronze headers for domestic hot water and pool heating applications. All units have a built-in draft hood which reduces the cost of installation and lowers the overall height of the unit. A self-diagnostic light package allows for fast easy assessment of boiler performance.RBI, a Mestek Company, manufactures a full line of finned copper tube hot water heaters and boilers. For more information about the new Spectrum Series boilers, water heaters and pool heaters with optional stainless steel jacket, contact:Tim MarkelRBI260 North Elm StreetWestfield, MA 01085Tel. (413) 568-9571In Canada, (905) 670-5888
WESTFIELD, Mass., Feb. 2005 -- RBI has produced a new, six-page brochure featuring the Futera III Series, full modulation boilers and water heaters with 3:1 turndown. The full color publication provides photos and information detailing the product's performance characteristics, installation flexibility and easy to service features. The brochure features color illustrations detailing the design and construction of the Futera III's rugged, gasketless heat exchanger with bronze headers and fittings. Advanced control technology is also detailed with color photos and information. Detailed graphs including "Blocked Flue, "Blocked Air Inlet', and gas pressure in H20, highlight the performance features of the Futera III in real-world conditions. Comprehensive specification charts and dimensional drawings are shown for accurate specifying and size selection of models ranging from 500 – 2000 MBH.RBI, a Mestek Company, manufactures a full line of finned copper tube hot water heaters and boilers. For more information or a free copy of this brochure contact RBI at (413) 568-9571 or visit www.rbiwaterheaters.com.


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Sonic 1 on a mobile phone...before the iPhone port. Depending on the service provider, the game was either provided as one full game or in two parts, as Sonic the Hedgehog Part 1 and Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2.
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Unused Graphics
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Cheat Menu
At the title screen, press 2, 3, 0, 6, 9, 1 (the US/Europe release date of the original game) to unlock the cheat menu.
INVINCIBILITY: Makes you invincible.
UNLOCK LEVELS: (Part 1 only) Allows you to play all of the levels from Part 1 and Part 2. This option doesn't exist in the Japanese release, as it wasn't released as two separate games in Japan.
AMPHIBIOUS: (Part 2 and Japanese release only) Makes it impossible to drown.
EMERALDS: Allows you to set the amount of Chaos Emeralds you have.
FPS: Shows the current number of frames-per-second in the upper-left corner of the screen.
COORDS: Shows Sonic's coordinates in the upper-right corner of the screen.
CAMERA: Lets Sonic move in all directions without falling. Use # to toggle it mid-level.
Revisional Differences
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Oplysninger om Henri Louis Villaume
Antog navnet Ducoudrai, blev general i Sydamerika og levede senere i New York. (Maskinskrevet slægtstavle modtaget fra Henning Kristensen)
Henri Louis Villaume DUCOUDRAY-HOLSTEIN, under dette navn kan hans efterkommere findes på www. rootsweb.com (Kate Walter <email@example.com>)
Henri Louis Villaume DUCOUDRAY-HOLSTEIN was born 1763 in Germany, and died MAY 1839 in Albany, New York.
He was the son of 2. Unknown DUCOUDRAY
He married Maria DEL CARMEN. She was born ABT. 1800 in Colombia, South America, and died 1 MAY 1855 in Albany, New York.
Children of Henri Louis Villaume DUCOUDRAY-HOLSTEIN and Maria DEL CARMEN are:
1. Lafayette Ducoudray HOLSTEIN was born 1 AUG 1826 in New York, and died 7 APR 1864 in probably Albany, New York. He married Anna MOYSTON 2 JAN 1844 in Albany, New York, daughter of John Hugan MOYSTON and Ann UNKNOWN. She was born ABT. 7 APR 1826 in of Schenectady, New York, and died 28 MAR 1886 in Probably Albany, New York. He married Susan M. RAMSEY ABT. 1854, daughter of F. RAMSEY. She was born 5 MAR 1830 in Schoharie, New York, and died 17 SEP 1907 in probably Albany, New York.
2. Possibly Madison HOLSTEIN was born ABT. 1830.
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I would like to correspond with anyone that has knowledge of military records available for French officers during the French Revolution. Following is the info I have on my g-g-g-g-grandfather: I am descended from Henri Louis Villaume DuCoudray. He was born in Holsteinborg, Holstein 1763, which is now part of Denmark. His parents were French. HLV fought for the French from about 1792-1812. He was wounded in battle and held captive in Cadiz. Some Mexican revolutionaries bought his freedom, and he left for Philadelphia in 1812/13. He fought for Bolivar and lived on various Caribbean islands until about 1822, when he returned to the United States. He died Albany, NY in 1839. During his service in the military he signed his name as DuCoudray de Holstein. In the United States, he went by DuCoudray-Holstein. His son dropped the DuCoudray all together and just went by Holstein. Thanks, Kate.
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HOLSTEIN, or DUCOUDRAY-HOLSTEIN, La Fayette Villaume, soldier, born in Germany in 1763; died in Albany, New York, 23 April, 1839. He was a general in the French army under Napoleon, and, after the overthrow of the latter, went to South America, where he served under General Simon Bolivar, but, removing to the United States afterward, settled in Albany, New York, where he became a teacher of languages in the academy, and edited "The Zodiac." He is the author of "Recollections of an Officer of the Empire"; "Histoire de Bolivar," continued by A. Viollet (Paris, 1831); "Memoirs of Lafayette" (New York, 1824); and "The New French Reader" (Albany, 1836).
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CD-1239(1) FRIEDRICH GULDA PLAYS BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (recorded with the Wiener Symphoniker, Gulda conducting, 22 Jan. 1953); 4 Bagatelles, Op. 126 (Op. 126, No. 1 (recorded in Sao Paulo, 19 April 1956) Op. 126, No. 2 (recorded in Sao Paulo, 19 April 1956); Op. 126, No. 3 (recorded in Bergamo, 9 Feb. 1959) Op. 126, No. 5 (recorded in Quito, 10 April 1956). A co-production with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Paul Gulda. Total time: 78:40. UPC# 0-17685-12392-4.
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If there's one thing we love here at TUAW -- besides Apple, of course -- it's music. And it especially rocks our world when these two great loves meet. So, when we got wind that Agile Partners (makers of GuitarToolKit and TabToolkit, which, by the way, are fantastic) and Guitar World Magazine wer...
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Nominate an Ocean Hero!
Is someone in your community doing great things for the oceans? We want to hear about them!
Nominations for our fourth annual Ocean Heroes Awards open today and we're searching for people who work hard to make a difference and deserve to be recognized for it. Each year we choose a selection of adult and junior finalists, then let you vote to pick the winners.
What does it mean to be an Ocean Hero? The other day we took a look at previous finalists' areas of interest, ranging from SCUBA and submarines to marine mammals and sea slugs. They work to influence lawmakers, rehabilitate animals, and reduce pollution. Every Ocean Hero is different, but they all share a passion for the world's oceans that drives them to make a difference.
You can nominate an Ocean Hero between now and June 20th — that gives you two weeks to tell us about your friends who are working to protect the oceans. This Friday, June 8th is World Oceans Day, a good chance to look out for Heroes in your community.
We will announce the finalists on June 27th, and let you all choose our 2012 Ocean Heroes. The winners will receive a prize package that includes fantastic gifts from our corporate sponsors, Nautica and Revo.
Now's your chance to tell us about the ocean heroes you know!
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If you read the blog yesterday, you may recall two things: (1) the 4th Annual Ocean Heroes Contest kicks off on June 6, and (2) nearly 1/3 of Ocean Heroes finalists hail from California. Now while the a significant proportion of finalists in the contest's first three years have been from the same state, our 30 previous finalists cover a wide breadth of conservation issues.
For starters, if you were to ask, 'How are the Ocean Heroes finalists helping the oceans?', then I'd tell you there are – in my opinion – seven unique areas where people can invest their time: Political Activism, Habitat Conservation, Education, Pollution Reduction, Animal Rehabilitation, Research, and Promoting Sustainability. As you can see in the chart below, most finalists are politically active –from three girls scouts in Hawaii who rallied the state legislature to make World Oceans Day an official holiday to a physics and math professor in California who pushed Italian officials to end drilling in her native region of Abruzzo, which sits east of Rome on the Adriatic Sea.
Now that you see there are many different ways to put your energy into ocean conservation, you may ask, "Where is all that energy being focused?'. Amazingly, there's no end to the different areas of focus where our Ocean Heroes commit their time and energy – SCUBA lessons for underprivileged kids (Education), developing a mooring buoy system to protect coral reefs (Conservation), saving stranded marine mammals (Rehabilitation), and the list goes on and on. As you can see in the pie chart below, marine mammals and sharks are the most popular focal points for our Ocean Heroes Finalists, but even an intense interest in sea slugs (Bonnie Lei, '10) can earn someone a bid as an Ocean Heroes Finalist.
So, whether you want to nominate yourself or someone else for conservation, education or activism, know that there's no one sure-fire area of focus that makes someone an Ocean Hero Finalist – it's about dedication and having an impact.
Ocean Hero Finalists: Zach Rome
This is the first in a series of posts about this year's Ocean Hero finalists.
Starting today, I'll be highlighting each of this year's Ocean Hero finalists on the blog, since their stories deserve more space than what fits in the voting boxes at oceana.org/heroes.
First up we have Zach Rome, whose love for the oceans began at age 11, when his grandfather took him scuba diving in the Florida Keys. He was hooked, and spent subsequent summer vacations scuba diving around the world, climbing the scuba certification ladder.
He went on to study marine biology at the University of Miami, where he learned just how important and fragile the oceans are. He decided that after graduation, he would devote himself to passing on that knowledge.
After spending a few years working as a scuba instructor and middle school science teacher, he founded The Schooba Academy, a nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, NY that teaches students from low-income communities about science through scuba diving.
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Where Are They Now?: The Shark Finatics
As you know, we are now accepting nominations for our third annual Ocean Heroes Contest. Throughout the nomination period, which ends April 27th, I'll be featuring a few of the past winners and finalists to get you inspired. First up, the 2010 Junior Ocean Heroes: the Shark Finatics.
To jog your memory, the Shark Finatics are a group of students at Green Chimneys School in Brewster, New York who have raised more than $2,000 for shark research and conservation organizations around the world - and an immeasurable amount of awareness about shark finning.
The Finatics' teacher Robin Culler recently wrote to us with an enthusiastic update about her students. They were recently featured in the Southeast Brewster Patch, and Culler says the "the kids were awesome and you couldn't get a word in edgewise! They were so thrilled to teach yet one more person about sharks."
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For These Four, Sea Turtles Come First
We are inspired and impressed by the efforts of several young sea turtle conservationists, and I just had to share their stories with you:
When she was just 6 years old on a trip to Bali, Indonesia with her parents, Hannah Bywater visited a sea turtle sanctuary and was inspired to contribute to the cause. Now, at age 10, Hannah has already raised $7,000 for sea turtle preservation. Some of that money has funded the construction of an artificial reef – "Hannah's Reef" – off the coast of Pemuturan, Bali, Indonesia. "This artificial reef will provide food and shelter for the very turtles I've been able to release from the sea turtle sanctuary," Hannah noted.
Hannah has recently expanded her conservation efforts to include the orangutans of Sumatra, Indonesia, and it's unlikely that she'll stop there – "My goal is to help save all the animals that could become extinct," she asserted. There's no doubt that any endangered species would be lucky to have Hannah on their team.
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Where Are They Now?: Jeff 'Mr. Fish' Sandler
This is the first in a series of posts about the 2009 Ocean Heroes Finalists.
Since our second annual Ocean Heroes Contest recently opened for nominations, I thought it would be nice to look back and see what our 2009 Ocean Heroes finalists are up to -- and maybe it'll give you all some inspiration to nominate someone you know.
Just as I expected, they are all busy as ever doing their part to save the oceans. Today, we'll catch up with Jeff "Mr. Fish" Sandler:
Since the Ocean Heroes contest lots has been going on. I was asked to speak to the 5th grades at the local elementary school on what it takes to be an Ocean Hero. I told them that anyone can be an ocean hero -- what it takes is to identify a way that you are comfortable being helpful, and then taking action to try and make it happen.
I also pointed out that it doesn't have to be a grand undertaking, for if enough people take action in even a small way, that can still make a powerful difference.
Since the contest, my wife Deb as "Mrs. Fish" and I as "Mr. Fish" have continued to travel to elementary schools putting on educational shows that teach about the ocean and address environmental issues. We have performed these shows in 7 states this past year and have added ocean acidification as a new emphasis.
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Skyline Researchers: Northwest Residential Market 'Stable'
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Researchers who conduct northwest Arkansas' Skyline Report said the second quarter was much like the fourth quarter of 2009: "balanced."
"Overall, I'd say this was a quarter of stability," said Kathy Deck, lead researcher for the Skyline Report.
However, slow growth in the job market will continue to depress home prices, she said.
Deck is also executive director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business, and her statements accompanied the data release.
Arvest Bank Group Inc. commissions the CBER to gather data on residential, multi-family and commercial property in Northwest Arkansas for the report. The bank makes much of the data public.
"It's good to see the measured pace of new construction continue. Moving forward the future is a little uncertain. It will be important to keep our eyes on the supply of existing homes in the area," Deck said.
Todd White, senior vice president and loan production manager at Arvest Mortgage Co., said, "I'm pleased to see two consecutive quarters with reports showing a healthy market. That's definitely encouraging after the hard work and many quarters our region has worked to get to this point.
"It's evident that the homebuyer tax credit played a part in our home sales this last quarter. I'm hopeful we'll be able to sustain this balance in the months ahead."
According to the report, there were 394 building permits in Benton and Washington counties from March through May, up 31 percent from the same period a year prior. However, there has been no new construction for four consecutive quarters in 105 of the 376 active subdivisions in the two-county market.
There are about 33,200 lots approved, or preliminarily approved, which is a 146-month inventory through the current absorption rates.
The average sales price of homes in Benton County declined by 1.5 percent and by 4 percent in Washington County during the second quarter.
There were 226 homes in the "complete but not occupied" category, a sharp decline from 741 a year earlier.
On June 1, there were 5,567 homes listed in the northwest Arkansas multiple listing service, the report said, up nearly 10 percent from the first quarter.


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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Article 3General Principles
The principles of the present Convention shall be:
a) Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one's own choices, and independence of persons;
b) Non-discrimination;
c) Full and effective participation and inclusion in society;
d) Respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity;
e) Equality of opportunity;
f) Accessibility;
g) Equality between men and women;
h) Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities.
There is a wide range of international and regional conventions, policy statements and legislation specifying commitments to people with disabilities. They vary vastly in coverage of populations (some restricted to adults, others to children, some covering physical disability, other emphasizing mental disability); in scope (separate focuses on work, education, rehabilitation, early intervention); in intent (some are at the level of international treaties, while others are non-binding agreements of priorities for improvements in the status of disabled populations); and in geographic jurisdiction (some are regional, others international). Some instruments are disability-specific, while others embed commitment to disabled persons within broader concerns.
Some of the earliest universal disability policy statements were put forward by the former League of Nations in 1931 which adopted a "Crippled Children's Bill of Rights" the ILO which in 1955 issued its recommendation 99, an instrument which served as the basis for national legislation and practice concerning vocational rehabilitation, training and placement for the next 30 years; and by the UN General Assembly in the 1970s, such as the Declaration of the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (Resolution 2856) adopted in 1971 and the Declaration of the Rights of Disabled Persons (Resolution 3447) adopted in 1975. General Assembly resolutions are non-binding, but act as an indicator of issues of importance to the international community.
In general, conventions or treaties are regarded as the highest level of international and political commitments, as their adoption by a government attests that domestic practice will be held to an agreed standard and open to international monitoring of progress. Current international examples include the ILO Convention No.159 on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (1983), a disability-specific instrument; the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990), a broad outline of commitments to children, including disabled children; and the regional example of the Inter-American Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (1999). Under discussion in 2003 is a European Union level instrument outlawing discrimination against disabled persons, which if adopted, would require each member state to create national level legislation or guarantees of the agreed measures.
Other influential international and regional bodies have adopted policy statements or agreements regarding improved status of disabled children or adults. Examples are the UNESCO 1994 "Salamanca Statement," recommending the implementation of inclusive education by governments; joint recommendations by the World Health Organizations, ILO, UNESCO and UNICEF on implementation of Community Based Rehabilitation; numerous recommendations on responding to needs of disabled persons by the Council of Europe's Partial Agreement in the Social and Health Field; and several international studies and policies supporting inclusive education and modern approaches to employment of disabled persons by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
A new approach to regional cooperation has been the implementation of "disability decades," launched by the UN Economic and Social Council for Asia & Pacific in the 1980s, and followed by the African Disability Decade (2000-2009) and the soon to be launched Arab Disability Decade. The Asia Pacific model is joint adoption of the decade by governments and non-governmental organizations in the region, based on selected priorities, a timetable of events and targets, tracked by annual reporting.
Other avenues to integrating the concerns of the disabled population within international standards and practice include the summits and other agreements sponsored by Breton Woods organizations. Examples are the increasing efforts to add inclusive education to the "Education for All" goals, and the current initiative to upgrade attention to the needs of disabled persons within the World Summit on Information Technology taking place in December. Similar efforts are underway to add disability-related targets to the Millennium Development Goals. These agreements mostly entail "good faith" efforts by participating governments, but as they become more closely tied to receipt of technical assistance funding, they may serve as another approach to implementation of best practices.
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For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that areNiccolo Machiavelli
There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.Alfred Adler 1870
Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interestSamuel Johnson
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.Horace
The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all law, all party, all religion.Voltaire
Through the sands of time . . the written word has changed the course of history, inspired many to fight for their beliefs and most importantly . . . elevated mankind to a higher understanding of mans inhumanity to mankind.David Lawrence Dewey
Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances. It is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest. They support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for tomorrow.Samuel Johnson
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.Albert Einstein
The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.Seneca
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is to bring up a family.George Bernard Shaw
An unjust composition never fails to contain error and falsehood. Therefore an unjust connection of ideas is not derived from nature, but from the imperfect composition of man. Misconnection of ideas is the same as misjudging, and has no positive existence, being merely a creature of the imagination; but nature and truth are real and uniform; and the rational mind by reasoning, discerns the uniformity, and is thereby enabled to make a just composition of ideas, which will stand the test of truth. But the fantastical illuminations of the credulous and superstitious part of mankind, proceed from weakness, and as far as they take place in the world subvert the religion of REASON, NATURE and TRUTH.Ethan Allen
That there are degrees in the knowledge of rational beings, and also in their capacities to acquire it, cannot be disputed, as it is so very obvious among mankind.Ethan Allen
It appears that mankind in this life are not agents of trial for eternity, but that they will eternally remain agents of trial. To suppose that our eternal circumstances will be unalterably fixed in happiness or misery, in consequence of the agency or transactions of this temporary life, is inconsistent with the moral government of God, and the progressive and retrospective knowledge of the human mind. God has not put it into our power to plunge ourselves into eternal woe and perdition; human liberty is not so extensive, for the term of human life bears no proportion to eternity succeeding it; so that there could be no proportion between a momentary agency, (which is liberty of action,) or probation, and any supposed eternal consequences of happiness or misery resulting from it.Ethan Allen
Seventy thousand angels worship near the grave of Imām Husayn (a). The prayer (salah) of one of them, is equal to a thousand prayers of mankind. The reward of this prayer is for the visitors of Imām Husayn's (a) grave. The curse of Allah, His angels and all mankind is forever upon the killers of Imām Husayn (a).Jafar ibn Muhammad as-S
Nothing can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father of the Olympians has made night out of noonday, hiding the bright sunlight, and . . . fear has come upon mankind. After this, men can believe anything, expect anything. Don't any of you be surprised in future if land beasts change places with dolphins and go to live in their salty pastures, and get to like the sounding waves of the sea more than the land, while the dolphins prefer the mountains.Archilochus
The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step with the cry that somebody was injuring the cause by the expression of some sentiments that differed with those held by the majority of mankind. The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides with their own desires.Susan Brownell Anthony Jacob
Increase of experiences, increases the wisdom of mankind.Husayn ibn Al
The condition of mankind is, and always has been, so miserable and depraved that, if anyone were to say to the poet: "For God's sake stop singing and do something useful like putting on the kettle or fetching bandages," what just reason could he give for refusing? But nobody says this. The self-appointed unqualified nurse says: "You are to sing the patient a song which will make him believe that I, and I alone, can cure him. If you can't or won't, I shall confiscate your passport and send you to the mines." And the poor patient in his delirium cries: "Please sing me a song which will give me sweet dreams instead of nightmares. If you succeed, I will give you a penthouse in New York or a ranch in Arizona."Wystan Hugh Auden
His Comoedies will remaine witt as long as the English tongue is understood, for that he handles mores hominum [the ways of mankind]. Now our present writers reflect so much on particular persons and coxcombeities that twenty yeares hence they will not be understood.John Aubrey
Mankind has used two powerful weapons to destroy its own powers and enjoyment, wrong indulgence and wrong abstinence.Sri Aurobindo
I shall grasp the soul's skirt with my hand and stamp on the world's head with my foot. I shall trample Matter and Space with my horse, beyond all Being I shall utter a great shout, and in that moment when I shall be alone with Him, I shall whisper secrets to all mankind. Since I have neither sign nor name I shall speak only of things unnamed and without sign.Farid al-Din Attar
God is all. God knows all, and God does all. When the Avatar proclaims he is the Ancient One, it is God who proclaims His manifestation on earth. When man utters for or against the Avatarhood, it is God who speaks through him. It is God alone who declares Himself through the Avatar and mankind.Meher Baba
Infinite God, age after age, throughout all cycles, wills through His Infinite Mercy to effect His presence amidst mankind by stooping down to human level in the human form, but His physical presence amidst mankind not being apprehended, He is looked upon as an ordinary man of the world. When He asserts, however, His Divinity on earth by proclaiming Himself the Avatar of the Age, He is worshipped by some who accept Him as God; and glorified by a few who know him as God on Earth. But it invariably falls to the lot of the rest of humanity to condemn Him, while He is physically in their midst. Thus it is that God as man, proclaiming Himself as the Avatar, suffers Himself to be persecuted and tortured, to be humiliated and condemned by humanity for whose sake His Infinite Love has made him stoop so low, in order that humanity, by its very act of condemning God's manifestation in the form of Avatar should, however, indirectly, assert the existence of God in His Infinite Eternal state.Meher Baba


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|Just wondering what folks in the north country have started or will be starting for their winter harvest?
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|Before this recent dry spell began in late August I planted spinach, arugula, lettuce (for heading), mache, cilantro, parsley, and just to experiment, since I had left-over seed, some carrots (Mokum - a relatively early variety). Also transplanted some scallions I'd seeded a month earlier and seeded some more for overwintering (another experiment). Everything looks pretty good so far. This planting is intended to supply my Nov/Dec table, but as always at this time of year, everything is growing excruciatingly slowly so who knows if it will work.
Now that we're finally getting some rain this week, I'm going to plant more of the same for wintering-over for Feb/March/April harvests. For overwintering, I broadcast the lettuce seed for cutting, rather than for individual heads, and will plant some other stuff like mizuna and Toscano kale that I didn't get around to planting in Aug.
This year I'm planning to plant some garlic in the hoop house in the portion of the winter garden where our two ducks spend the winter. I'm hoping this garlic will get a good start in the hoop house for early harvest, and since the garlic action in winter is all underground, the presence of the ducks and their bedding straw over it shouldn't be a problem. This way the portion of the garden occupied by the ducks won't be wasted. I've also planted asparagus in the hoop house beds under the same theory that I'll get earlier harvests while the ducks can use those beds during the winter when the asparagus is dormant.
Flexible fencing allows the ducks to move around to different portions of the winter garden as conditions change. The hoop house provides a nice "barn" for the ducks in winter (they don't like snow) and they do a nice job of improving the soil while they live in there.
In my hoop house I also have a few perennial plantings of chives, garlic chives, thyme and sorrel which do well in the fall and spring but die down in deep winter. I also recommend devoting a small portion of your hoop house beds to some bulbs. I interplanted crocus and tulips in the asparagus beds and can't tell you how nice it was to have all that lovely color in the hoop house a good month before anything was happening outside.
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|Faithling, Great plans -- hope you give us an update in the spring. We are expecting a pretty good frost on 9/30 so we have been covering up a lot of things with row covers. Have lots of lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, kale, cilantro, tatsoi, mustard, arugula, many herbs, that are looking very happy today, hope they make it through the first frost. I'm covering a couple of lettuce beds with a simple pvc frame and cheap plastic. Garlic going in in about two weeks. I'm setting up the 4'x8' hoophouse with a second layer of plastic and connecting a small heater -- want to see how long we can grow greens with the winter sun. This setup should be pretty warm down to about 5 degrees. In the hoophouse I've got the leftover peppers, spinach, letuce, and some broccoli, mostly experiments as we just put the plastic on yesterday.
Next spring will be starting early tomatoes for market in the hoophouse.
|Hi Faithling. Sounds like you've got a good start to the winter harvest. We just got the plastic up on our 50' hoop house. I had started several types of lettuce, spinach, chard, tat soi& mizuna in cold frames. As this is also my summer garden, I'll be harvesting leeks that had been planted there earlier in the year. This will be the first year for the asparagus and strawberries in the hoop house. Had hoped to get some carrots in also, but time passed b4 I was able to. It's funny you mentioned planting bulbs in the hoop house, as I had the same thought last spring when there was still snow on the ground and had to dig down to see the crocus and dwarf iris! It was rather spectacular to see the mizuna and tat soi that was left in the spring go to flower and seed. And don't you just love the smell of the greenhouse when you walk in this time of year. Cold outside, toasty warm inside. We've set up a table and chairs and go out there for lunch on cold sunny days.
|Wow, sounds like you "southerners" down there in Z5 get your plastic up early! I always wait til the end of Oct/early Nov to get the hoop house up -- mainly because I'm too lazy to start artificial watering when there's plenty of nice rain doing it for free. I use row covers if there's really cold weather forecast. But maybe I ought to try getting the hoop house up earlier. Do you find that the cold-hardy plants grow significantly better under plastic in Oct?
|We actually did get the plastic up a little early this year. But since we had company and idle hands...I checked and found that we had put the plastic up last year the 3rd week of Oct. But I must say that I'm real happy we did get it up now as we had a frost/freeze the other night, which put and end to anything that was flowering, except what was in the hoop house. Not to mention protection for the peppers that I hadn't harvested yet. Since I was late getting some things started I think that having the plastic up will give my seedlings a boost towards harvest b4 they go dormant. Re: watering, I find that the condensation that happens provides enough moisture with an occaisional watering from me if they look dry. We live in a valley and won't be getting more than 4hrs. of sunlight on the hoop house in the dead of winter, so any added help I can provide right now seems to help.
|Thanks for the input, Barb. I think I'll put the hoop-house work higher up on my to-do list for Oct. With all the wind and rain we've been having, it may be hard to get a calm weekend for getting the plastic up anyway. I always forget about the need for the right weather conditions for this job so it makes sense to have a wider window of time for getting the job done. Thanks for reminding me!
- Posted by timf7 Z5 40m w Chicag (email@example.com) on Fri, Oct 10, 03 at 8:42
|We "southerners" got a 24 degree night on October 2. My broccoli in the hoophouse (single layer plastic)looks terrific while the outside broc and similar plants were significantly damaged although they are still alive. A few peppers are still alive in the hoophouse but I had to cut off the damaged tops. This week I'm adding an inner layer of plastic by stapling it to wood ribs I attached to the hoops. Want to see how long I can harvest spinach and lettuce this winter.
|Faithling, thanks for the bulb tips! Will do. I have cold- hardy salad greens coming up: red mustard, arugula, sylvetta, mizuna, leaf lettuces, claytonia, mache, frissee, 3 kinds of kale, 3 types of spinach...and so on in a 3x12 bed. Very pleased because I planted them late but they are doing well alongside some beautiful if smallish leeks.
Wondering if it's too late to try radishes in NYC zone 6/7?
Also hoping for a second harvest of sugar snap and oregon giant snow peas - they were delish earlier this year.
Gearing up to do tons of wintersowing as well.
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The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.Albert Einstein
Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.Brigham Young
And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.Donald Norman
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.Sam Ewing
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.Lee Iacocca
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.Booker T. Washington
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.James Allen
Yeah, because nobody works in socialist countries. They're a real hoot.Anonymous
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.Anne Frank
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.Ann Landers
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.Ann Richards
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.Peter Drucker
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.Robert Frost
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.Henry Ford
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.John Dewey
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.Khalil Gibran
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.Oscar Wilde
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.Francesca Reigler
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.Henry Ford
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.Albert Einstein
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.Bertrand Russell
Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.Benjamin Franklin
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.Carlos Casteneda
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