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Well, free as long as you are a milk drinker. Or if you know people who are willing to give you some of their recyclables. All you need is a clean, empty milk jug, a pair of sharp scissors, and a black Sharpie.
After my close call with dampening off I wanted to get away from using any materials in my seed starting cells that would rot in the damp conditions seeds need to germinate. I came across the idea from an article I saw on making plant markers from empty yogurt containers. I tried the yogurt thing and all of the markers were curved and weird and it just didn't work for me. So I thought of using the milk jugs instead because we go through a ton of milk around here with 4 kiddos and it worked perfectly.
First you want to cut out all of the areas on your milk jug that are mostly flat. It will then look something like this.
Then simply cut each flat section into as many little plant markers as you can. I cut mine into strips 3 and 1/2 inches long and a little over 1 and 1/2 inch wide. Then I tapered the end that would go into the planting pot. This is what they looked like when finished.
I swished these babies around in a 1:10 part bleach and water solution, just like I do with my planters to make sure and kill any bacteria that may have been remaining on them. Then I wrote on them with a black permanent marker to label my plants and they have been great. Much better than the wooden popsicle sticks, as they can't rot in the damp potting mix while I wait for the seeds to germinate. Plus, you can't beat free!
Here is a shot of my seed trays with the plastic markers, after I took out the rotting wooden ones. Sorry the pic is a tad fuzzy, but you can still see that they are so much better! This was actually done about a month ago and they still look just as good. They moved right along with the plants when I transplanted them into bigger "homes" just recently and now are the labels in large solo cups. I will post the pics of the plant craziness at my house very soon.
Happy planting! And a super happy St. Patrick's Day!!! Gotta love a green holiday, eh?
– Kate
Yeah, I told you I would keep you posted. I totally didn't eat the over-wintered beets. I was worried that something might be wrong with them. I probably should have. I'll bet they were fine. So, sorry about that. I will stick to trying to eat all the beets in the season in which they were grown for now. Or taking them to the local food bank.
On another note, I did venture out to the community church garden where we had over-wintered some carrots (planted in the fall, covered, and harvested the next spring) and I pulled one up. I did eat that and it was really good. Super sweet. And just as crispy as if I had grabbed it out of the ground in August. It did have a few extra of those little hairy things that carrots get, little tiny roots I guess, but they peeled right off. So over-wintered carrots are a yes. Over-wintered beets? Still no idea.
Ok. I planted my tomato and pepper starts. Done. They look so awesome all lined up in a row. I am trying them in the small growing cells this year. But I am planning on transplanting as they get bigger and outgrow their little cells.
Everything was looking good. I went to put them under the grow light and guess what I saw? On the tray I planted last week, there were two cells with a tiny bit of white, fuzzy…mold. Ewwww. Dampening off is one of the most frustrating things that you can deal with when starting new seeds. In fact, this plant disease prevented me from starting seeds on my own for YEARS. It seemed like every time I tried, they would grow and grow and then just up and die on me. I told you that I wasn't very good at growing things indoors. I am honestly completely challenged at it. However, the last couple of years, I have found success using a very cheap and easy solution. Hydrogen peroxide.
So I pricked the teeny tiny bits of mold out of the two affected cells and then busted out my bottle of hydrogen peroxide and a bottle of bottled water. I drank about half of the water (because it's good for me and I didn't want to just dump it out) and then added a bit of hydrogen peroxide to the remaining bottled water (I didn't measure – just dumped some in. I have heard ratios to mix the peroxide with the water from just using straight peroxide (which I don't recommend as I think that would be way overkill) – to a 10:1 ratio water/peroxide – to 1 – 1 1/2 tsp. per cup of water – use whatever you think best) and popped the cap back on. Then I took a safety pin and poked about a dozen tiny holes in the top of the cap. I gave it a quick swirl and then watered all of my cells with the peroxide and water mix. The peroxide should kill any bacteria and since my seedlings haven't been affected yet, I think they will be fine. I will try and keep you posted. I think I will also sprinkle some cinnamon on the soil surface just to be on the safe side. Cinnamon is a natural anti-fungal/anti-bacterial agent. Plus it smells nice, which is always a bonus. Another thing to remember is to water your seedlings from below once the seedlings emerge if possible. That also reduces the risk of dampening off.
It is always good, to remember if you are starting seeds using planting supplies from last year to give them a good washing – either a trip through the dishwasher or with a diluted bleach water solution to prevent bacteria from forming. (I did this – and yet still, the mold came anyway. Go figure.) So it is good to know some techniques to keep your seedlings alive.
A couple of more ideas that I have heard of but not yet tried myself…
1. Chamomile tea – also an anti-fungal/anti-bacterial. You can just brew the tea straight in your sprayer. Warm water and a tea bag. Mist your plants and the soil with the tea mixture.
2. Thyme – another anti-fungal, anti-bacterial. Use dry thyme and brew it like tea. Strain and use on the plants/soil.
3. Sprinkle a dusting of sand on top of the potting soil – dries out quickly and reduces moisture on the surface which is a major cause of plant diseases.
4. Sprinkle sphagnum peat moss on the top of your potting soil. Also an anti-fungal/anti-bacterial.
So, there are a few thoughts on saving our seeds from the dreaded "dampening off." If you have any other methods on preventing this problem and want to share – please do. I am always curious to find out what works for others. Happy gardening peeps.
If you want to grow anything unusual or unique this year, it is definitely time to get your seeds ordered, (if you haven't already.) I got my seeds in the mail last week. The seed companies I worked with this year (Botanical Interests and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds) were awesome and got my stuff to me super fast. These have been two of my favorite seed companies to work with but I have also heard great things about Seed Saver's Exchange, Bountiful Gardens, and High Mowing Seeds. I get an amazing variety from Baker Creek and their catalog is a beautiful and amazing, yet the packaging from Botanical Interests just makes me feel like I got a present in the mail. They are both great companies and I have never had a problem with either one of them.
See how pretty the Botanical Interests order is? The Baker Creek catalog trumps the Botanical Interests catalog, but they have nothing on their packaging. The Baker Creek order came in a plain bubble wrap envelope. But hey, it's not what on the outside, but what's inside that counts, right? And I am pretty darn excited about what is inside both these packages.
I ordered more than usual this year, as I am in the process of converting all of my plants over to be open-pollinated and sourced from companies that take a firm stance against GMO crops. Open pollinated basically means that you can save the seeds from your plants and grow the same plants again next year, as opposed to Hybrid (or F1) seeds that you could plant, but you are probably not going to get the same traits of the plant you saved them from. Hybrid crops aren't bad, they aren't necessarily GMO – I make sure that I use companies that don't sell GMO seeds, but I still want to be able to save my own of most of my seeds to use again. So theoretically, my expensive (mostly open-pollinated) seed order should end up saving money over the long haul. HOWEVER, we all know that when those seed catalogs start showing up every spring, I can't help but find all kinds of new things I want to try growing. So it may not be much of a savings in the end.
I ended up starting one flat of the early, cold weather things – onions, lettuces, artichokes, etc.
I think that in the next few nights I am going to start my tomatoes and peppers and a bunch of pretty flowers. Technically, it is quite a bit earlier than the seed packets recommend you start them inside, but I find that (possibly because I am extraordinarily-challenged when taking care of indoor plants) they need the extra time to get to be properly sized to go in the garden. Mostly, you just don't want them flowering yet before you go to plant them. From what I understand, if they have already started to bloom and then you go to transplant them, you won't get as good of a yield as you would otherwise. But, then I have also read that this is not necessarily true for tomatoes. They will usually transplant fine, even with a few small fruits. So, take it with a grain of salt I guess. Either way, I have never found this to be a problem for me. My plants are no where near flowering when I get them in the ground. I started a bunch of my tomatoes and peppers last year around February 4 and they were just right going in our soil in early May.
The last frost date in my area is supposed to be around May 10. But the weather feels weird to me. I went outside today to play with the kids because this was the first sunny day we have had in forever and there were hyacinths coming out of the ground on the south side of the house. It's not even February yet. What the heck are the hyacinths thinking??? I know they are cold weather, early spring flowers, but I haven't even seen the crocuses yet. Usually they are the first green things I see. I looked back in my files and it was clear into March when I first saw the crocuses in past years. So I am going on a hunch and betting that it is going to be an early spring in my area at least. I will throw my bet in with the flowers. I suppose they know more than I do about when it is time to wake up in the spring.
Plus this weekend is Superbowl Sunday. For gardeners, this is also known as Super Sow Sunday. So get your seeds started. Soon. And if you don't have any, get them ordered or see if you have a local seed bank in your town. Apparently there is a seed bank in our town at our local library that I just found out about. A free seed exchange. You might check around. I have no idea how I didn't already know about this. I plan to check ours out in a couple of days. Happy sowing!
So, I had an earache the other weekend. Earaches are the worst. Well, maybe not the very worst, but really, really bad. My husband suggested that I go to the quick care doctor before it got worse (it was a Sunday and my regular doctor's office was closed.) I hate the quick care doctor's office. I always feel that even if they fix the problem I go in with, I will probably pick up some other germ on my way out and have to deal with that too. Soooo, I decided to look into alternative care. My family went to church and I went online and started to research. There are some pretty odd home remedies out there: sticking cloves of garlic in the outer ear canal, holding a freshly cut onion to your ear, and the very worst possible with an "ew" factor of 10 – sticking a urine soaked cotton ball in your ear canal.
I decided to try one of the less offensive options. I wanted to leave the garlic alone because I had to take my kiddos to co-op the next day and didn't want to smell like the local pizzeria. I went with the onion, and baked it to reduce any offensive odor. One idea was to bake the onion and use a couple of drops of the baked onion juice in the ear canal. Then you lie down to let it absorb in for about 15 minutes. I threw an onion in the oven and went to rest with a heated rice pack on my ear while my onion baked away. About 45 minutes later, I managed to squeeze out a few drops of liquid and put them in a teaspoon. I went to lie down and administer the onion juice – I added a touch of warm olive oil because that was also recommended. Tried it once. Sort of soothing. No other real effect. Still had ear pain. Tried it again with straight onion juice when my family was home from church. My three year old looked at me like I was from another planet when she found out what I was putting in my ear. Then she laughed and told me my ear was smelly. So much for the baking process neutralizing the onion smell. No effect.
I was about ready to throw in the towel, but decided that evening to give one more thing a try. I asked my husband to try putting a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in my ear while I lay on the couch. It felt very nice. Weird, bubbling sounds, but good. It felt better for an hour or two, but the pain came back. We tried a reapplication of the peroxide a few hours later. Again, it felt better, but the pain came back just before we went to bed. I took two advil and went to sleep. The next morning, I woke up expecting misery, but the pain was gone. There was no more pain. I felt a couple of twinges in my ear throughout the next day, but the earache pain had disappeared. So. There is my introduction to useful home remedies. I think the peroxide method worked. I suppose it could always be a coincidence. Before I bank on it, it will have to happen again. But I, generally skeptical of such treatments, was pretty impressed with what appears to be a good result from the treatment. I wonder if the onion juice just took time to work properly or if it was the peroxide? Hmmmmm. Food for thought.
*No picture this time. I kinda figured no one really wanted to see a picture of my ear.
Remember how I had a bajillion beets this summer? Well, guess who was too lazy to harvest everything before winter? Yeah, it was me. BUT I convinced myself that it was okay because I had heard that beets will last in the ground over the winter. So, technically, I am not lazy. I just have an inquisitive mind.
It has, however, been extremely cold this winter. Guess who also doesn't like to go out and play in the dirt in freezing temperatures? Yeah. Me again. And again I, the master of rationalization, have come up with a perfectly reasonable reason to wait until now, when some days are actually above freezing to harvest the "winter beets." Obviously, it would have been extremely difficult, if not completely impossible, to dig in ground that was too frozen. And I am sure that it would damage the soil structure. Surely. And I might break my shovel in the frozen ground. That would really suck.
But a couple of days ago I took the dog outside and noticed that I was stepping in mud. Not rock solid frozen ground. I guess I am running out of excuses. Joe and I headed out tonight to check on the chickens and looked again at the winter beet bed. Honestly, with all the greens dead and spread over the tops, they didn't look appetizing at all. We pulled aside some of the dead greens and saw some beet tops sticking out of the partially frozen ground. I kicked at one gently with my toe and knocked it loose. Joe scrounged around in the mud/frozen dirt and managed to twist it off in his hand. You will notice that it still has some frost on the tip…but it does look like a regular beet. It was still hard as a rock – not soft or anything. I had suspected they would be yucky and inedible. We shall see…soon. I promise. I'll let you know when I get around to it. But I don't think we should rush this. After all, it's still pretty cold out there…
Have you ever had an old fashioned bowl of homemade noodle soup? Real noodles? Made with love by your mom or grandma or (gasp!) you??? (Recipe at bottom of post.)
It really isn't that hard to do. Grab the essentials and clear your countertops, 'cuz we're about to make a big mess up in here. I actually took plenty of pictures to walk you through…here we go…
You need:
Eggs. 3-5 of them depending on how many noodles you want. My family of 2 adults and 4 children always does 5 (or more).
Canola or other cooking oil. 1-2 T. We use 2 T. with the five eggs.
pinch of salt
Flour. Enough to make the right consistency. (Don't you love it when Grandma gives you a recipe? No real details.)
That is it folks. That flour thing is really annoying. To be honest I have never measured it myself. If you get the drift of the recipe though, you can clearly see that everything is very loose and easy going. It is hard to mess this up, honest. You can either do it like Grandma does – make a pile of flour (a few cups to start – maybe 3 or so) in the center of your counter, then make a dent in the top so it looks like a little flour nest and add everything to that nest – proceed to squish and knead everything together with your bare hands and your tough arm muscles. Or you can go all modern – throw 3 cups or so of flour in your big mixer and then add the eggs, oil, and salt and turn it on. I go with the later, because trying to scrape egg dough off your hands is not a fun way to spend an afternoon. But it can be done if you don't have the mixer or you want the exercise.
Mix all that up until it comes together. It should form a dough that is not dry, but not too sticky. If you pat it into a ball and it sticks all over your hands, you need more flour. If it is too dry and crumbly that it won't form a ball or you can't work with it (like a tough playdough) without it falling apart on you, then you may need to work in a touch more oil. Once you get it the way you like it, put it in a bowl, cover it with saran wrap and let it rest for 20 min. or so while you grab a drink or tend to your hordes of fighting children (in my case).
Once the dough has rested a bit you will need to roll it out. This can be done by hand. Flour your surface really well and roll it out in sheets to maybe 1/8 of an inch thick. Flour again. Lots of flour will be flying everywhere. Then roll the sheet up cinnamon roll style, cut it into strips 1/2 inch or less wide and unroll the strips, keeping everything well coated with flour to prevent sticking. You can do this by hand. But you really don't have to. If you like homemade egg noodle soup, you will eventually (sooner, rather than later) be getting a machine like this…
Mine is called the pasta queen. This is (in my humble opinion) the only way to do this. Here is a link to a similar well-rated machine on Amazon – they no longer sell the exact one I have brand new. If you have such a machine, you will set it up on your counter, divide your (well floured) dough ball into 4 pieces and flatten slightly with your hand, set your machine on the thickest setting on the dough roller end (mine starts at "7"), and feed it through the machine.
Once it has gone through once, it will be a bit lumpy and bumpy. It might have a hole in it or two. It's okay. Fold the strip into thirds like this…
Then, give it a pat to flatten a bit more, flour it again and roll it back through like this…
Repeat several times. Fold, flour, roll. Repeat.
Then when the dough is looking more pliant and squarish rather than rectangular, you can adjust the thickness setting on your pasta maker to however thick you like your noodles ("5″ or so for our noodles, we like them pretty thick – they will swell a bit when you cook them), add another dusting of flour, and roll it through again.
At this point, you will have a long, thin piece of dough. I usually cut it in half and work with just half at a time. Roll it through a couple of more times with flour if you want to smooth it, but I usually don't fold it anymore. (If at any point it all bunches up and gets ruined, just remember that it's not really ruined, it just needs to be rolled out again, starting from the top and making sure to use enough flour this time so it doesn't stick.)
Now you need to switch your machine to start cutting the noodles. Dust again with flour and feed dough through the noodle cutting side of the machine.
As you cut the noodles, immediate separate them with your fingers and dredge them through a pile of flour to coat them.
If you don't want to use them immediately, you can freeze them. Spread them out in a single layer on a large pan or cookie sheet and freeze. Once frozen, the noodles can be transferred to a gallon size ziplock bag. They may clump up a little in the bag as they sit in your freezer, but usually separate again without any problems when you add them to hot broth (providing they have been well floured.) When ready to use, add them frozen into hot broth and stir gently to help separate them.
Usually though, you will be using them right away. Here is our favorite way to use homemade egg noodles. Super easy and delicious…you will notice it has no veggies in it. My kiddos much prefer it this way. They prefer their veggies (carrot sticks) uncooked, on the side.
Basic Turkey (or Chicken) Noodle Soup
About 8 cups turkey or chicken broth
2 packages turkey gravy mix (we use Durkee's Turkey Gravy mix)
Homemade egg noodles
Turkey or chicken meat if desired.
Chicken bullion, dried parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
Stir gravy mix into cold chicken/turkey broth to dissolve. Heat to boiling. Add noodles. Cook until done (usually about 20 min.) Add turkey/chicken meat if you like. Add bullion, salt, and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with dried parsley. Serve.
The noodles can also be used in other chicken soup recipes. And if you don't have time or don't want to hand make your noodles, you can always use dried store bought egg noodles (Costco sells them in a giant bag – no surprise there) or frozen egg noodles to make the soup. However, they just don't taste quite the same. Happy noodling!
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Have you ever seen a molting chicken? Neither had I. I didn't realize chickens went through an annual molt. And I think I have the dumbest chickens because apparently they usually molt in the fall…mine waited until January when they could lose all their neck feathers and freeze to death. Chickens aren't the smartest animals. Seriously. Like a rock.
Probably taking the chickens to Montana for the Christmas holiday didn't help. My poor chickens probably got stressed. Well, Butterfly and Angel anyway. They look much worse than they did when they were in their awkward teenage state. Here is a photo of Angel. Check out her feather loss on her neck. She looks ridiculous – like her head is about to fall off her body.
At first, Joe was worried that she was dying. I had to do some research, checking for parasites and the like, but you can see new feathers growing back in if you look carefully. I assured him that she was not dying.
Here is a shot of Butterfly. She is also losing neck feathers, but she doesn't look as bad as Angel.
Sorry the images are a touch on the blurry side. It was a bugger to get the girls to hold still today and I was a butterfingers. Anyhow…that is what a molting chicken can look like, although I searched the web and saw some much worse looking birds. Molting without any regard to decency or decorum. Here's to hoping those feathers grow back sooner rather than later, grow babies, grow! We want to get more eggs again. (Another fact I did not know – when a chicken molts, she stops laying in order to put protein reserves toward feather production. And it hurts her new feathers to pick her up, so handling the birds during molting is a no-no.)
Courage and Dragon must be a bit smarter. They aren't molting as far as I can tell. They must realize it is still freezing at night and that would be STUPID. Well, I am off. Happy chicken keeping and if you have any chickens dumb (or travel stressed) enough to be molting in January, I wish you the best of luck and super fast feather growing speed!
For a gardening blog, this season has really gotten away from me. As an end of the season re-cap this is going to be a little different. Here is the end of the season garden photo…
Ta Da!!!! Just a few remaining plants. Even though they probably won't have time to produce anything else, I left a few things because I couldn't bear to pull them up when they were still so alive and healthy. I am a wimp.
Well, here is a general re-cap…
First – the experiments.
I had one tomato plant grow in the milk jugs that were winter sown. And a few onions. ONE tomato plant. The tomato plant grew okay, but not great. And it didn't produce very well at all. I think I harvested two small tomatoes from said plant. The onions didn't grow worth anything but the tiny little things made a lovely addition to a beef stew recently. Nothing else survived. This has been my second try at this method. I REALLY wanted it to work. Because really, how awesome would this be if it worked well? But for me, in my area, this method is really a bust. Note to self, this spring, when I see this all over Pinterest as a miracle gardening method (and I will), and I really want to try it again to see if I have better luck (and I will) – DON'T DO IT!!!
I purchased several specialty tomatoes at a local farm – organic and non-gmo. Most were different varieties that I had not used before. Several tomato plants that I grew from seed under the grow lights did okay, but honestly, none of my tomatoes did very well this year. I have harvested quite a few cherry tomatoes, but only because I put in so many plants, not because they produced well. I really think that I like the good old standby common tomatoes better than all the strange varieties you can find. With the exception of the Sun Gold Cherry. Mmmmmm. Every year I will try and plant that little sweetie.
My experiments with the Back to Eden gardening method: meh. I was not here to add the fertilizer when I should have, so I think that that was my main problem. Things did alright overall. I think that the covering over the soil really did help retain moisture and it did seem to keep most of the weeds at bay. Most of the things growing there were a bit spindly, but I really think that that was due to the fact that the plants needed more fertilizer. This method will be continued next year, hopefully with better results. I will plan on fertilizing and keeping a better eye on things when they are first developing to get stronger plants. The video doesn't seem to emphasize the fertilization part enough. If you watch the video carefully, you will notice that Paul has chickens and utilizes their droppings as a source of fertilizer, though this part was not covered in depth. It almost makes it seem like if you put a bark covering over the garden beds, your plants will become monsters without any further effort from you. I did not find that to be the case, but I think there were some definite positives to this method and will be continuing with it, both at home and at the church garden.
The Back to Eden method is really moving toward a form of permaculture which I intend to research more over the winter. I really like the idea behind making your garden more of an environment that takes little work and disturbs the soil very little.
Overall analysis:
The only things that grew really well this year were the beets. Lots of beets. Beets, beets, beets. Chickens like beet greens. Good thing.
I planted the beets 2 different ways. One with a traditional row method and one using the spacing suggested in the square foot gardening method. By far the square foot method yielded better beets – bigger beets. I also covered them with a row cover all year long which kept off the dreaded spinach leafminers. That worked very well. This was the first time I have had a decent crop of beets in years.
Overall, it has been a sort of disappointing gardening season (unless you love beets). A large part of that was that we were out of town for much of the summer and so things did not get the attention as they needed it. You may wonder, "Why were you gone all summer?" Welllllll, we were finally able to buy land in Montana!
For the last few years we have been spending as much vacation time as possible in Montana, even bringing our chickens with us (see post on traveling with chickens here, because that is sure interesting). It has been a ton of fun and we are very excited to finally achieve the first step in our dream of moving there. I will have to post pictures of the property soon. We bought 3.5 acres of forested area and I am so excited to build a beautiful home and have a lovely big garden.
I am done with gardening for now. Glad for autumn and the break it brings. But I know that in a couple of months, I will start wanting to plant again and begin browsing catalogs and online gardening ideas. It always happens like that.
And this is why homeschooling is such fun. We were studying the Maori Warriors. Joe was voted to be our guinea pig. We had lots of fun using (washable) crayola markers to try and replicate some of the designs we saw. This is going to be a lovely blackmail shot later in life. Hee, hee, hee, hee…
(By the way – the washable markers work amazingly well and came off with just a few baby wipes. We only left it on long enough for a few pictures and laughs though…I don't know if it would have come off so easily if left on for an extended period of time.)
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A Santa Ana man on federal probation has been arrested after DNA evidence connected him to the 2008 rape and beating of a 16-year-old girl, officials said.
Detectives arrested Juan Humberto Avila, 33, Thursday afternoon, said Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, a spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department.
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It's also the last time women wore corsets 24/7.
Now you can experience The Edwardian Ball, an absinthe-fueled, old-timey dress-up honoring another Eddie altogether: the illustrator Edward Gorey.
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Rebecca Zorach is Professor of Art History, Romance Languages, and the College at the University of Chicago, where she is also Senior Chair of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. Zorach received her B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Chicago. Her research interests include Late Medieval and Renaissance art, primarily French and Italian; gender studies and critical theory; print culture and technology; new media, tactical media, and activism in contemporary art; contemporary Thai art; theories of imagination and the passions in the sixteenth century; and the politics of emotion in contemporary America. Zorach's publications include The Passionate Triangle (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011); The Idol in the Age of Art: Objects, Devotions and the Early Modern World, co-editor, Michael W. Cole (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2009); The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome: Printing and Collecting the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Chicago: Joseph Regenstein Library, 2008); and Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold: Abundance and Excess in the French Renaissance (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005). Additionally, she has curated several exhibitions, including Our Demons, co-curator, Renee Stout, DOVA Temporary Gallery, Chicago (January-February 2011); Looks Like Freedom: art, politics, and urban space / around 1968 / Chicago, DOVA Temporary Gallery, Chicago (August-October 2008); and Paper Museums: The Reproductive Print in Europe 1500-1800, Mellon exhibition, Smart Museum, University of Chicago (February-May 2005, Chicago; Fall 2005, New York University).
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Islamic dreams about Attaching Pearl find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Attaching Pearl dictionary!
Attaching Pearl dream interpretations
Pearl Dream Explanation
— (Beads; Jewel; Money; Tears; Women) Drilling wholes in pearls to string them in a dream means fulfillment of one's goals, easing one's passage, or facilitating one's marriage. In a dream, a
also means a son. If one's wife is pregnant, and if she hands him a
in his dream, it means that she will deliver a beautiful son. If the
has no glitter, or if he takes it from his wife and locks it inside a box in a dream, then it represents a servant. A
in a woman's dream means good news. If she is unwed, it means that she will get married. If one sees himself bartering a
or a gem for fake jewelry, or for chips of glass in a dream, it means that he has sold the reward of the hereafter for the temporary pleasures of this world, or that he has exchanged something precious for something worthless, or it could mean that he may commit a sin, or become an apostate. Pearls in a dream also represent the Quran, manner of proper talking, bezels of wisdom, children, servants, integrity, beauty, or money. If one sees himself piercing a
in a dream, it means that he will give valuable interpretations to Quranic verses. Swallowing pearls in a dream means forgetting what one has learned from the Quran. Swallowing pearls in a dream also could mean acquiring wisdom and knowledge. Selling pearls in a dream means acquiring knowledge and growing to be famous and respected. Throwing pearls at people in a dream and seeing people collecting them while one remains aloof, represents a judge who issues his verdict, or admonishes people who accept what he says and abide by it accordingly. Receiving a
in a dream means caring for the daughter of a relative. Finding a
in a dream also means finding a wife. Borrowing a
from someone in a dream means begetting a son and giving him for adoption, or that the boy will die shortly after his birth. Pearls in a dream also mean becoming wealthy from an inheritance. As for a scholar, a
in a dream represents knowledge, and for a governor, it means expansion of his power. As for a merchant, it means a growing business, and for a craftsman in a dream, it means advancement in his craft. Pearls in a dream also represent the final step in adorning something and the proper way to display beauty, or they could represent fantasies and attractions. Drilling a hole in a
in a dream also means having sexual intercourse with a blood relation. Swallowing a
in a dream means hiding a testimony. Chewing on pearls in a dream means backbiting people. Vomiting pearls in a dream means scheming against people and deceiving them. Throwing a
into a river in a dream means helping people. Extracting a
from its shell, then throwing the
and keeping the shell in a dream means that one is involved in body snatching and in desecrating the graves. Opening a closet with a key and pulling out stored pearls from inside it in a dream means asking a question from a scholar. Counting pearls in a dream means going through hardships. Seeing pearls in a dream means becoming joyful and happy. Receiving a gift of pearls in a dream denotes a political appointment. Pearls in a dream also denote good words, money, or servants. A
necklace in a dream means marriage, or a bundle of money, or it could mean memorizing the Quran. Carrying loads of pearls in a dream means carrying burdens. Throwing pearls to a swine or over a trash pile in a dream means giving knowledge to people who are not worthy of it, or people who do not understand it and who will consequently mock him. Burning pearls to cook with them rather than wood in a dream means putting a heavy burden on someone who cannot carry it and consequently having him explode. Large pearls in a dream provide for better connotations than the small ones. Pierced pearls in a dream mean easy and fast coming money. Pearls in a dream also may represent tears. (Also see Counting pearls; Mother of pearl; Tears)
Pearl Dream Explanation
— Pearls and other jewels symbolize beauty, perfection, and sexual passion for women and boys. Raw, ill-shaped, or scattered pearls are a reference to children and to good words; hidden pearls refer to exceptionally beautiful girls, slaves, or servants in view of verses from the Holy Quran about Paradise: "And (there are) those with wide, lovely eyes, like unto hidden pearls … Lo! We have created them a (new) creation and made them virgins, lovers, friends …" ("Al-Waqiah" [The Event], verses 22–23, 36–37.) The
also alludes to a male child who won't live. Perfectly shaped or aligned pearls represent the Holy Quran and good learning. Likewise, big pearls are preferable to small ones, as they represent, for example, the longer chapters of the Holy Book or financial prosperity.
• Piercing beautifully shaped and lined up pearls: Will interpret the Holy Quran in a correct manner.
• Piercing a
with a wooden nail: Will make love to a prohibited relative. A man told Ibn Siren he dreamed that he was piercing a
. "Do you know your mother?" the interpreter asked. "No, she was taken captive when I was a small child." "Have you recently bought a slave?" "Yes." "Do you sleep with her?" "Yes." "Then fear God, for she is that mother."
• Finding a big pearl: Plenty of money.
• Finding a pearl: (1) If it is pierced: Will have a girl. (2) If it is not pierced: Will have a boy.
• Selling big pearls: Good learning or simple welfare, depending on the nature of the individual.
• Having sold or swallowed pearls: Will forget the Quran.
• Swallowing a pearl: Will conceal a testimony.
• Swallowing pearls, then returning them: Every time the dreamer memorizes something from the Quran, he forgets it.
• Keeping a mouthful of pearls: You know the Quran but refuse to cite it.
• Selling pearls: Will acquire learning and convey it to people.
• Entering pearls into one's mouth: Religious devotion.
• Throwing pearls from one's mouth and people collecting them but not the dreamer himself: The latter is a preacher who does not apply his prediction to himself.
• Chewing pearls: Will backbite.
• Vomiting, chewing, then swallowing pearls: Will flout and slander people.
• Seeing or finding a pearl: (1) A woman whom the dreamer will marry or a servant. (2) Will have a good-looking boy in view of the following verse from the Holy Quran describing some of the merits of Paradise: "And will go round about them perpetual youths: If thou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattered pearls." ("Al-Dahr" [Time], also named "Al-Insan" [The Human Being], verse 19.)
• Getting plenty of pearls from the sea or riverbed: Honest money obtained from kings and their like.
• A plethora of pearls: (1) Inheritance. (2) A province or a senior post to be granted to the dreamer. (3) More knowledge for the erudite. (4) Profit for the merchant.
• Seeing heaps of pearls and being under the impression that you have just picked them out of the sea: Will strike it rich, in an honest way, from the kings treasures.
• Heaps of pearls carried in tied-up sacks: Sorrow.
• Counting pearls: Will go broke.
• Peeling a
, keeping the nacre, and throwing away the core: The dreamer is a digger.
• Walking on pearls: Blasphemy and desecration of the Holy Quran (as if, God forbid, you were stepping on it).
• A man using a
as an earring: Desecration or slandering of the Quran.
• Throwing pearls in a river or a well: The dreamer is a benefactor.
• Throwing pearls in the fire: The dreamer is conveying knowledge and wisdom to an unworthy person.
• Throwing a
under one's feet: The dreamer will marry his daughter to someone of a different kind, perhaps an alien.
breaking: The dreamer will break with or lose his son.
• Pearls scattered in a garbage dump: The dreamer is scoffing at good learning.
• Using pearls as fuel: The dreamer is misleading someone or inciting him to do something wrong by using all his rhetoric.
• A man whose wife is pregnant holding a pearl: She will have a girl.
Pearl diver Dream Explanation
diver in a dream represents a royalty, a great person, or a man of authority. Diving into the seawater to catch pearls in a dream means entering into a business with someone in authority, then marrying a daughter from his family and begetting a beautiful son from her. Seeing a
diver in a dream also means seeking to learn about something, or seeking to borrow money from a merchant, or asking someone in authority for an important appointment, or it could mean adventuring into the business of treasure hunting. A
diver in a dream also represents someone who knows the inside secrets of things, or he could be a scholar, a gnostic, a seeker on the path, or an interpreter of the true meanings of the early prophetic teachings. (Also see Diving)
Pearl necklace Dream Explanation
— (Covenant; Husband; Quran; Wisdom) A
necklace in a dream represents woman's beauty and ornaments. A
necklace, or a necklace made of corals in a dream also means piety, fear of wrongdoing, or an expression of reverence before Allah Almighty. All of that is subject to the value, beauty and clarity of the necklace, or the number of gems it holds. As for a woman, a
necklace in a dream represents her husband, or her young son. If a man sees himself wearing a
necklace in a dream, it means that he is a seeker of knowledge, spiritual understanding and wisdom. It could also mean fulfilling a covenant, making a promise, or getting married. If one's wife is pregnant, it means that she will give birth to a son who will grow to be a wise person, a man of knowledge, or a judge. This interpretation is possible in most cases except if the necklace breaks in the dream. In this case, if the necklace is broken, it means that one will break his promise, or forget his learning, become heedless, suffer eviction, deportation, or be exiled from his home or country. If one sees himself wearing one or even two
necklaces in a dream, it means that he subscribes to Allah's revelations, memorizes Allah's Words, recites the holy Quran, speaks words of wisdom, and that he is one of the carriers of the divine trust who demonstrates trustworthiness, piety, trueness, religious commitment and beauty of character. All depending on the beauty, radiance and clarity of one's necklace. If one sees himself in a dream carrying many necklaces and decorations, and if he finds them heavy and unbearable to carry, it represents his incompetence, or his inability to complete a job. (Also see Necklace)
Pearl fishery Dream Explanation
— (See Diving;
Acquiring a
Dream Explanation
— If a person sees himself a shaving acquired a
it means he will acquire a woman, slave-girl or servant.
Mother of
Dream Explanation
— Buying a glittering glass ornament, or a house made of mother of pearls in a dream means choosing the pleasures of this world over the everlasting bliss of the hereafter, disdaining from obeying Allah's commands, or it could mean becoming an apostate. (Also see Pearl)
Mother-Of-Pearl Dream Explanation
— See Nacre.
Piercing a hole in a
Dream Explanation
— If one sees himself piercing a hole in a
in a dream, it means that he will give a valuable commentary on Quranic interpretations. (See Daniel; Nose ring)
Wearing a
Necklace Dream Explanation
— If a person sees himself wearing a necklace made of pearls, it means he will commit the Holy Quran to memory and he will become trustworthy and Allah-fearing. He will be a person with a huge family. He will be held in high esteem by men and women alike. The more strings there are to such a necklace the greater will be his trustworthiness and esteem and family.
Diving Dream Explanation
— (Pearl fishery; Plunge) If one sees himself diving into the ocean for pearls in a dream, it indicates his attachment to worldly treasures. If one sees himself diving into the waters and finds out that he could get nothing out of it except mud in his dream, it means distress caused by someone in authority. If one brings a
out of the water in a dream, it means marriage or acquiring knowledge or discovering a treasure. If one dives into a river and finds it difficult to come out of the waters in the dream, it means that he will suffer from burdens he cannot carry, or bear patience with adversities. Diving into the ocean to extract pearls from oysters in a dream also means seeking knowledge or wealth. (Also see
Treasure hunting Dream Explanation
— (See Diving;
Bow Dream Explanation
— In a dream, a bow means travels, a brother, a wife, a son or closeness to someone. A covered bow in a dream means that, one's wife is pregnant. If a pregnant woman hands a man a bow in a dream, it means that she will conceive a girl from him. If a pregnant woman hands her husband a bow in a dream, it means that she will deliver a boy. Stretching the strings of a bow in a dream means longevity. Stretching it without an arrow in a dream means planning! to travel. A broken bow in a dream signifies the death of a brother, a business partner, or a son. A bow is broken bow in a dream means that an accident may cause the hand of a brother or a business partner to fracture. Holding a broken bow in a dream means losing one's job or closing one's business. Seeing a young man
a string to a bow in a dream represents one's enemy.
a string to a bow in a dream also means marriage, while detaching the string of a bow in a dream means divorce. Seeing oneself standing before a ruler with two bows length between them mean receiving an appointment. The two bows in a dream also represent one's eye-brows. Shooting arrows with a bow in a dream means speaking wrong about something or backbiting someone. Carving a bow in a dream means preparing to get married or begetting a son. Shooting an arrow and hitting one's target in a dream means fulfilling one's needs, or attaining one's goal. Selling one's bow and arrows in a dream means giving priority to one's religious life over that of his mundane one. Shooting hazelnuts in a town in a dream means backbiting people, while shooting hazelnuts in the forest means earning lawful money from hunting. Shooting arrows in front of the city hall in a dream means backbiting or slandering others. Shooting a pigeon in a dream means slandering one's own wife. Bending an arch in a dream means preparing for war. (Also see Eye-brow)
Nacre Dream Explanation
— Nacre symbolizes the servant, especially an old woman serving ladies. It also represents the slave or simply a girl. Dreaming of owning or being given mother-of-pearl means one will get a servant. If such a shell is broken, the servant will die. If it is just lost, the servant will flee or resign.
Money exchanger Dream Explanation
— In a dream, a money exchanger represents knowledge, poetry, speaking the right words, richness after poverty, a school, the fellowship of a wise man, or a scale. In a dream, a money exchanger also could represent someone who has knowledge, though no one benefit from what he knows except in mundane matters. His work relates to scientific writings, scientific arguments, dispute of authority, or questions and answers. Perhaps his only balance or criterion is his own judgment. His balance represents his tongue and ears. His weights are his only instrument for justice and judgment. His measuring pennies are his fights with people. A money exchanger in a dream also represents a religious doctor or a scholar who takes religious questions and interprets their definitions. He also could be a dream interpreter who measures everything he takes in and gives an appropriate answer. He takes a
necklace for a price and gives words in return, or he takes scattered words and gives a beautiful
necklace in exchange. If one who is experiencing difficulties in wakefulness changes some money in a dream, it means that his difficulties will diminish. If one buys gold coins and gives silver money in exchange in a dream, it means reparation, financial obligations or liability. Seeing a money exchanger in a dream also represents wealth, or quick richness from suspicious sources, or he could represent an accountant, a bookkeeper, or a ledger keeper.
Quranic verses Dream Explanation
— Reading or listening to Quranic verses in a dream may carry needed interpretations related to one's current studies of Allah's holy Book. If they indicate verses of mercy in the dream, it means that he will receive it, and if they carry admonition in the dream, and unless one immediately repents, they mean a punishment for one's sins. (Also see
Incident Dream Explanation
— A woman came to Imam Ibn Seerin and said: "I saw two pearls in my lap in a dream. One was bigger than the other. Then my sister came and asked me to give her one of them, so I gave her the smaller
." Imam Ibn Seerin replied: 'You spoke the truth. You have learned two chapters from the Holy Qur'an. One of them is longer than the other, and you have taught your sister the shorter one." The woman obliged.
Rope Dream Explanation
— (Cable; Hawser) In a dream, a rope represents an agreement, a promise, or a covenant. A rope which is extended down from the heavens in a dream represents Allah's Book. However, a rope in a dream also represents rank, respect and prosperity, or it could mean deception, misleading others, or sorcery. Holding to a rope in one's dream represents one's strict adherence to Allah's path. If the rope is made from fibers in the dream, it means that the one holding it is a rough person. If it is made from leather in the dream, then it represents a bloody person. If the rope is made from wool in the dream, then it represents a religious person. Twisting a rope in a dream means going on a trip. Twisting it around one's own neck in the dream means getting married. Throwing it over one's shoulders in the dream means an important appointment resulting from a business trip. Twisting one's beard to make a rope out of it in a dream means perjury, receiving a bribe and giving a false testimony. Twisting a rope, making one, or measuring it in a dream means travels.
a rope to a wooden stick or a staff in a dream means indulging in an evil act, or engaging in sorcery. (Also see Cable)
Drawers Dream Explanation
— Looking into the perfumery drawer or the drawer where the precious stone balance is stored in a dream means high winds of profits, satisfying one's needs and reuniting with one's family. A paper storage drawer means longevity. In general, a drawer in a dream represents glad tidings. If one opens a drawer and finds a
or a gem inside it in a dream, it means good news or a profit one will receive in few days. (Also see Table of Contents)
Jewel Dream Explanation
— Jewels, including pearls and all the rest, symbolize sensuality and sexual passion for women and boys.
• Using a key to open a safe and taking some jewels from it: (1) Will seek the advice of a scholar. (2) Will deflower a virgin, who will give the dreamer excellent children.
• Looking at a jewel or a
that does not gleam or glitter or any kind of glass that does not shine: Beware of strangling disputes and hardships because, says Ibn Siren, the hot, running blood (nafs) in the body is like the refraction of light in glass and jewelry. The dreamer should also take care not to lose his mind, because the mind is a flat jewel, adds Ibn Siren.


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When I first entered the world of WesterosCraft, a Minecraft server where Game of Thrones fans have recreated the sprawling continent from George R. R. Martin's novels in mind-blowing detail, I didn't really grasp the size or scope of the project. At least, not until I attempted to retrace the route Ned Stark took south in the original book, following the Kingsroad from Winterfell to the capital city of King's Landing. From start to finish, it took over an hour of tireless walking to complete the trip.
It's no surprise, once you hear the astonishing statistics: At a size of 59,000 blocks by 22,000 blocks, WesterosCraft is over 500 square miles relative to the characters – roughly the size of Los Angeles.
"The size of what we're doing isn't really what Minecraft is meant for," says Will Blew, the co-creator and technical lead behind the project. Originally launched by Blew and project lead Jacob Granberry in 2011, WesterosCraft quickly grew from a few dozen users to an international community of hundreds of active builders, with thousands more on the forums.
Granberry estimates that he now spends 20 to 30 hours per week on the project in addition to his day job; thanks to making headlines on sites like Reddit, Kotaku and Wired (sorry, guys), the popularity of WesterosCraft has grown over the past several months, straining both the server and its co-creators. "It's become more and more of a part-time job than a hobby," said Granberry.
More than that, it's become an entire world unto itself, and one that brings Game of Thrones to life in a very different way from the HBO show. Can't wait for the March 31 debut of Season 3? In WesterosCraft you can still soar into the Sky Cells of the Eyrie, walk the entire, icy length of The Wall and descend into the dungeons of the Dreadfort. Peer in a certain window among the snow-capped crenelations of Winterfell, and you might even glimpse an illicit coupling that could get you thrown off a tower.
But the true jaw-dropper is King's Landing, a marvel of pixelated urban sprawl that comprises over 3,000 buildings, along with the Red Keep, the Sept of Baelor, the tournament grounds, the dock leading to the infamous Blackwater Bay, the merchant-specific streets of Steel, Silk and Flour, and yes, even a vast and traversable sewer system running through tunnels beneath the city. It is easy to get lost in it; it is difficult not to.
While most castles take around two to three weeks to build, King's Landing took over four months. The completed city was so large and dense, said Blew, that the blocks are literally innumerable; if they tried to calculate the number "the server would just die because it's too much to count."
Despite the growing demands of WesterosCraft, Granberry describes its vibrant, devoted community as not only one of the most rewarding parts of his work, but also the most essential to its success. "If we had never gotten popular, the project probably would have died a long time ago, because it's so much. Even now with hundreds of people, there's still a ton of work to do just on the map itself. Some of the stuff that's been built hasn't even been mentioned in the books. It's [only] on a map that George R. R. Martin released. But it's been built [in Westeroscraft] and you can go visit that in game."
There's a scene in the novel Clash of Kings, for example, where Arya Stark visits a small village that is never named. Naturally, someone in WesterosCraft has not only built it but given it the wholly original name of Harbury – as befitting a suburb of the nearby Harrenhal – after brainstorming for ideas with other users on the forums.
That's the spirit that seems to infuse WesterosCraft and its community: both a painstaking faithfulness to its source material and a desire to innovate collaboratively in the spaces where canon offers no answers.
In a world as big as Westeros – and a community as devoted and enthusiastic as WesterosCraft — there are a great many spaces to fill in. Although the project's first allegiance is to the books, the inspirations for the aesthetics and architecture of their original designs are wildly diverse: visuals from the HBO show, fan concept art, crude hand-drawn diagrams, photographs of international cities, historical research on medieval urban planning and of course, their own imaginations.


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Car I wish I still had
'85 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo. The only car I ever bought new. Biggest bang for the buck. Carl Shelby's idea and one of the original econo-tuners? Mitsubisi 2.2 liter. Dead even 0-60 with my 944 and pulled the same Gs as a 911. They did a Shelby edition later that was much improved.
My dream car
550 Spyder, '56 Speedster, '64 904 Carrera GTS, '73 911RS, a new GT3 RS and maybe a Shelby Mustang convertable, a '60s Vette or a Lotus Esprit.
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Zachary Levi has launched his crowdfund campaign for NerdHQ and it has been coming along at a decent rate with over 180K raised so far.
Things seem to be coming along slowly, but I am seeing some things that I don't like.
These are just a few of the tweets and blog posts that I am seeing related to the Chuck cast, Zachary Levi, and even related to this latest indiegogo campaign.
I am not sure if you fans aren't getting the memo, but this campaign IS THE CHUCK MOVIE! If this project doesn't fund you have essentially handcuffed Zach.
How can you then expect a Chuck movie to happen, or be treated to great online streaming video panels with your favourite celebrities?
Zach himself had this to say on facebook recently:
Lastly, I know most of you probably follow me on here because of your love of "Chuck", and I'm incredibly grateful for that. As you know, I have been vocal about my desire to make a "Chuck" movie at some point, and have reached out to those that control the rights about doing such a thing.
Please hear what I'm about to say very clearly. No one has promised to give me the rights if I can crowd fund NerdHQ, and they haven't said that they won't give me the rights if I can't crowd fund NerdHQ. But I believe with all my heart that if I can't get you to support this vision of NerdHQ, I won't be making a "Chuck" movie.
Lets be realistic of the chance of a Chuck movie – maybe a 5% chance? You might be waiting for the perfect time, and only realize too late that you withheld your support at the most critical time.
Saying that you want something real bad, and then washing your hands of the dirty work just doesn't work. You will need to get out the money and donate. Sharing the word isn't enough. Get out your actual wallets and be a part of something.
So please, consider donating your $5, $50, $100 – and don't leave it up to anyone else. Zachary Levi has said countless times that every dollar helps. It's time that we mobilize!
This is a topic that has recently intrigued me. I will be gearing this post towards the web industry but I believe it extends to many industries out there.
The other day I was asked if I knew of any talented web people that would be interested in joining a company. This is a question I have gotten a few times, and usually respond in a similar fashion. Do you need contract work or in-house? They stated that it was for an in-house position. My immediate thought usually is 'Good luck with that'. There are plenty of challenges that you have to overcome as a small rural company to get skilled labour, especially in-house. I'm not talking about your standard content entry or junior level designers; I'm talking about your senior designers/developers, and project managers. Below I have broken down a few of the challenges that I have seen from experience.
Skilled Labour Availability
The problem that all rural companies cannot avoid is the limited number of workers nearby. In a big urban center you just simply have more people to choose from. People generally want to live close to where they work if they can.
The other factor is the skill level of those workers around you. In a rural setting you don't have universities, and colleges to train your bright local talent. The problem isn't that there is no talent locally, they just generally move onto the urban centers. This is another reason why there are so many local self-taught junior designers available, but very few with any experience.
One other note I want to make here is about the web industry as a whole (at least in my local area). There seems to be a lack of young people pursuing our industry. This seems strange given the fact that technology is so integrated into our daily lives (iPhones, iPods, game consoles, computers). Why is it that students don't think our industry is viable? Seems that it is still being perceived as a hobby and not a job. This could be a blog post on its own, so I will stop the rambling here.
The Freelancer Mindset / Commuting To Work
In this industry we have the freedom to work wherever we want, as we are constantly connected. We can work at a coffee shop, a buddies place, at home as well as many other places. This makes travelling to a confined office all the more difficult. All companies no matter where they are located have this "freelancer mindset" to fight against.
I believe this mindset is what separates industrial businesses from the web business. People understand that going to the shop is a necessity for physical labour, but a web company will always be pushed to allow the employee to work from home.
I know where these people are coming from, because I am of the same mindset. Even if a company was a 5 minute drive away, would I really want to give up my freedom of working from home? That makes me think of how all the more difficult it would be to attract someone from further away.
Offering Competitive Salaries
Often times negotiations come down to money. It is a known fact that city companies usually charge more than rural companies. This is for good reason as cost of living is a lot higher. This is why it would almost seem backwards for someone to live in the city and commute outside of it for work; their cost of living would be higher and generally their salary would be lower. A lot of city companies can offer "base" salaries at the same level as rural companies can hire "senior" positions.
Now that I have outlined some of the many challenges that hiring poses to rural companies; I have made a list of a few things you can do to attract these high quality workers.
Frankly, rural companies have one big thing going for them that city companies don't. This is a lack of competition in their local area. I know personally in my area there are maybe 2-3 other rural companies that I know about, but we are all very spread out and tend to not overlap too much in the work we do.
Take this as opposed to an urban center where you have a lot of big companies pitching for the same work.
I don't want this post to come across as negative. We all make choices about where we work/live. The point of this article is to help other companies that face the same challenges, and see what suggestions are out there.
I want rural companies to succeed, and attract the highest quality workers. The web is not limited to geography, and that is one of its strengths. There is nothing stopping anyone from being the next big web shop, or the next big freelancer. You just have to know what challenges you face, and how to overcome them.
Please use the following questions to start a discussion below, and hopefully we can improve this industry for all of us!
Below I have added a video for all of you trying to use Yeoman on windows and getting a weird Git error when you are trying to install something. Eg. yeoman install backbone.
The simple solution is adding the bin directory to your windows PATH variable. For me that path is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin". For you it could be a bit different.
This fix gets me past the initial error but there still seems to be an issue with the bower package manager. It wipes out the scripts and doesn't get added to the components directory. I noticed it does create the backbone files in my user's roaming folder, but seems like the issue is copying it from here to the project folder. Initial thought was maybe the "read-only" could be a problem but not sure. What are your ideas? Have you found a fix?
This topic actually came about one day when I was going for a walk following a crazy workday. I could just feel my mind racing, and my brain just wouldn't shut off. The workday was over, and I just couldn't stop thinking about work. In the following article I am going to try and break down the mind of myself, and in turn those who spend their time working on the internet. I hope some of you out there can relate to this "fragmented mindset".
I am guessing most of you have websites for your business already; but the real question is whether or not it is producing quality leads for your business. You don't just put a website up, and it magically generates customers. Avoiding the following pitfalls will help ensure you get the most out of your website.
Your website could be the best thing out there, but if people can't find it; it won't matter. Google search is the primary source for internet traffic, and as such requires a lot of attention. Optimally you want your business on the first page of your targeted keywords. These targeted keywords are not just your business name, but also your products. One thing I get asked a lot is "How do I get to the top of Google?". Well the short answer is content, content, content; but the long answer is that you have to continually work at it. Don't try and hack your way to the top, Google will find you if you content is interesting enough. I could expand way more into the whole SEO realm, but I will instead link you to an article titled Five SEO Writing Tips for Your Blog or Website.
Social media is another key traffic source that you should be leveraging. Twitter and Facebook is a great way for you to develop a following. Take a look at the following Facebook-vs-Twitter infographic from 2010 that shows some staggering statistics. 500 million total users on facebook alone. 41% of those users login everyday. Tell me this is not a place you want to market your brand. Now I should also note here that this is hard work. You can't simply create an account an expect people to want to follow/like you. ENGAGE!
Lastly a quick note that really is the easiest for you to implement right now. If you aren't already, link your physical business to your online presence. Put you web address on newsletters, business cards, signs, decals, etc.. You probably already have traditional marketing in place, so why not use that to further help your online marketing.
Do you update your content? And if you do, how often? You need to find some way to get people coming back. If your visitor comes back to your site in a month, does the homepage have some updated content? I argue that a site that doesn't get updated is almost as bad as not having one. The following are a couple suggestions to keep things looking fresh:
Making things interactive and fun never hurts. I don't want to read pages and pages of content, I want to enjoy interacting with the content.
Design is a big part of your first impression. I don't know about you, but when surfing the web I make a split second decisions all the time. Did you know the most clicked button on a browser is the "Back" button? I will hit the back button if something doesn't grab my attention in that split second. The website could have outstanding content, but if the design is ugly I will go elsewhere.
On the other end of the spectrum you need to ensure that your design isn't too flashy. You may have heard of "Minimalist Design". All that means is that the layout is simple. You don't need animations and flashing text to get people's attention. Sometimes the subtle effects are way nicer.
Keeping your website focused is a huge task. On the web it is so easy to multi-task and do as many cool things as you can. Always keep in mind what your end goal is. This end goal should always result in $$$. Doing something cool and/or fun doesn't always bring you leads. Focus on getting users to your contact page, or your online store, or maybe to your paid content. The less steps it takes to get here the better. I'm not going to click 4 different links to get to your store. Just give me one large button that directs me.
One of the hardest things to test is the usability of your website. There is so much you need to be aware of, and understand about your users. What also makes it more difficult is that every website has a different target audience.
I've written a few posts on this topic here, here and here. I will just highlight a few points to get you on your way:
Some of these points are taken from Steve Krug's – Don't Make Me Think. Man I love that book!
Have more ideas on how to produce website leads? Hit the comments with your suggestions, and thoughts on the article.


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Deleting surfaces (presumably all objects?) and then saving the file is taking an extremely long time in 2013 instead of being instant as in 2012.
This following test was done using the same set of .sat files, the same lisp to automate, the same drawing template file, and every setting, option, and variable I could find were all set the same. I've also tried it with default settings, default template files, forcing the 2013 to save as a 2010.dwg, changing every variable I could find, and anything I could find on Google. Nothing is helping.
AutoCAD 2013
18 seconds: To import, process, and file->saveas 48.7megs of .sat files. Saved .dwg is 15.9megs.
13 seconds: To delete everything (5956 objects, all surfaces) in the newly created/saved drawing.
48 seconds: To file->saveas (on the once again empty .dwg), produces 736k file.
1:19 total
AutoCAD 2012
16 seconds: To import, process, and file->saveas 48.7megs of .sat files. Saved .dwg is 15.9megs.
Instant: To delete everything (5956 objects, all surfaces) in the newly created/saved drawing.
Instant: To file->saveas (on the once again completely empty .dwg), produces 283k file.
0:16 total
It doesn't make sense to me. It takes 18 seconds to import, process, and save a file full of objects, but then it takes 48 seconds just to save the exact same file when it is void of objects.
That's all I can think of. If anybody has any ideas or thoughts please let me know.
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Setting CACHEMAXFILES to 0 and emptying the folder went a long way towards helping. Deleting is now instant and the file->saveas that follows it has dropped from 48 seconds to 25 seconds. This is still 25 seconds longer than I'd like, but it's a good start.
Since this individual issue might affect others (and doesn't belong in General), I made a separate post explaining it in a little more detail.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide figuring out where that extra 25 seconds is coming from.
just a few questions (hope that I have not overread anything in your post):
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Hi Bryan,
Slower save times is an issue with AutoCAD 2013 that sometimes happens and we're looking into it. It does seem to be centered around having 3D objects in the drawing.
Aside from editing out 3D elements, setting CACHEMAXFILES to zero and emptying the cache folder can help. Probably the best workaround though is to set your DWF file format to 2010 (as you noted in your other forum thread).
In addition to what Bryce was saying, what about setting the sysvar SAVEFIDELITY to a value of 0 (zero) before saving? (it's an oldie, but a goodie)
Thank you for the responses everyone.
I want to point out that this is only an issue (or at least only noticeable) with very large files. If I import 15-20 megs it seems to be fine.. but if I bring in 40 or 60 megs of .sat files the save times skyrocket.
Yes sir, I've tried savefidelity. I've tried treedepth, treemax, indexctl, disabling thumbnails, draworder, and another 20 or 30 various system variables with the hopes that something will provide a significant increase. Nothing is doing the trick.
I'm using 64bit Windows 7 with 16gigs of ddr 3. I've tried with and without hardware acceleration. However, I'm not sure I've tried disabling HA since I found the CACHEMAXFILES thing. I'll give that a shot again to be sure. I haven't installed the VBA enabler (it's a separate download now in 2013, right?) unless it snuck it in during the install somehow. I've tried with and without other programs running (fresh boot, all virus scan stuff disabled that I'm able to disable/kill, etc). I believe it's a vertical product? It's AutoCAD MEP 2013. The other machines are a bit better than mine. I'm 99% sure it's not a hardware or interfering software issue though.
Thank you again for the responses,
>> Probably the best workaround though is to set your DWF file format to 2010
That's the first time I get the info that saving back to an older release makes saving faster. I can't believe that (under normal cicumstances).
>> I believe it's a vertical product? It's AutoCAD MEP 2013
Yes, MEP is a vertical product. You might search in the >>>forum for MEP<<<, maybe there are people having the same problem or maybe you find some hints for your situation.
Good luck, - alfred -
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