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Co-ed Love for the Sake of Allah?
Reconstructing Beauty Series: Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Part VII
A Clarification on Beautifying Gender Relations Within the Community
Part 1 | Part 2
At the outset I must say that it's very hard to write just a single article on a topic that requires a lot of nuance. This is because anytime we deal with human interactions (mu'amalaat), context is essential to having a balanced understanding. Major values are universally applicable but the specifics of how they are expressed can be vastly different, taking into account different times, places, and circumstances. When it comes to living a balanced approach to gender relations as a Muslim, this is especially the case. This article is in two parts, and both are required in order to have a balanced understanding of this important subject.
Often times within our community, we become so focused on avoiding evils and harm that we forget to strive for the ideal, the enjoining of something beautiful and valuable in our society. At the same time, the ideal can only be achieved when it accompanies a genuine consciousness and understanding of what boundaries we seek to respect. Such is the case with beautifying gender relations within our community.
The Ideal
The ideal spirit which we aspire to within our communities is one of mutual love and respect for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala (exalted is He). Allah (swt) describes this relationship:
"The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah [charity] and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those—Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise." (Qur'an 9:71)
The word that is used is awliyaa', which is also translated as helpers, supporters, friends, and protectors. This is how Allah (swt) Himself describes how the believing men and women should regard one another. It is the spirit of who we seek to be towards the other gender. Yet, this spirit does not mean interaction between genders is a complete free for all, as the word 'friend' tends to imply especially in a western context. Rather, this spirit of love for the sake of Allah (swt) is *only* achieved when it is governed by the letter of the law. The basic guidelines for this interaction include:
- Your intention of dealing with the other gender is sincere.
- Your interaction is purposeful.
- Your 'awra (nakedness) is covered.
- You lower your gaze at the appropriate times.
- You are not totally secluded with someone of the opposite gender.
- Your reputation is protected.
- You do not physically touch one another.
- You respect each-other's personal space and comfort levels.
- You speak in a decent manner.
- Your circumstances are safe.
If the first guideline is truly achieved, the following nine become natural and easy to achieve. Each of these ten guidelines is based on Islamic texts and will be discussed in the next part in more detail insha'Allah (God willing). For now, I want us to go back to the verse. The relationship of awliyaa' to one another is described in this context: "They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger." You love and respect in one another those qualities which Allah (swt) loves. When people are united in a mission and struggle together for it, they can't help but respect and honor the struggle of those who strive with them towards the common goal which unites them all. If the goal is the pleasure of Allah (swt), then the one who loves pleasing Allah (swt) will love the ones who please Him. It's why we love the male and female companions so much, why we love different male and female figures in Islamic History. This love is pure and has nothing to do with the infatuation, desire or the physical attraction that might lead people to zina (unlawful physical intimacy). This love is ukhuwwah (brotherhood and sisterhood) for the sake of Allah (swt).
Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali discusses the different levels of ukhuwwah as the following:
- The lowest level: Giving the other only when you have surplus
- The second level: Sharing what you have equally with the other
- The highest level: Preferring the other over yourself while you are in want/need of what you give.1
The highest level of ukhuwwah is 'Ithaar, preferring others to oneself. Allah (swt) describes this beautiful quality in the Qur'an in reference to the generosity which the Ansar (Helpers) of Madinah showed to the Muhajireen (immigrants) from Mecca:
"And [also for] those who were settled in al-Madinah and [adopted] the faith before them. They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what the emigrants were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul—it is those who will be the successful." (Qur'an 59:9)
One of the most touching cases of 'ithaar between an unrelated believing man and woman, struck me when I had the opportunity to make 'umrah. I approached the Prophet's ﷺ (peace be upon him) grave and as I was sending my salaam (greeting of peace) to him ﷺ and Abu Bakr radi Allahu 'anhu (may Allah be pleased with him), I realized that where Aisha (ra) would have been, Umar (ra) lay in her stead, receiving the salaam from not only me, but everyone who visited the Prophet's ﷺ grave for over 1400 years. This place had been reserved for Aisha (ra) but as the narration in Bukhari states, when Umar (ra) died, she gave to him her burial place next to her husband, who was the greatest man to walk on this earth, the final Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and her father, who was his greatest companion, someone whom the Prophet ﷺ had once described as having greater iman (faith) than that of all of his ummah (community) combined! Can you imagine it? Can you imagine doing what she did if you were in her shoes?
Narrated 'Amr bin Maimun Al-Audi: I saw 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was stabbed) saying, "O 'Abdullah bin 'Umar! Go to the mother of the believers Aisha and say, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings to you,' and request her to allow me to be buried with my companions." (So, Ibn 'Umar conveyed the message to 'Aisha.) She said, "I wanted this place for myself but today I prefer him ('Umar) to myself (and allow him to be buried there)." When 'Abdullah bin 'Umar returned, 'Umar asked him, "What (news) do you have?" He replied, "O chief of the believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there)." On that 'Umar said, "Nothing was more important to me than to be buried in that (sacred) place. So, when I expire, carry me there and pay my greetings to her ('Aisha ) and say, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab asks permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me (there) and if she does not, then take me to the grave-yard of the Muslims."
What is also beautiful in this account is how Umar (ra) was careful to make sure that Aisha (ra) was doing this great favor to him out of her own choice and will, and not because she assumed it was a command from the Khalifah (Caliph) that she had to obey. This is why Umar (ra) ordered his son to ask Aisha again, after he was dead to ensure that her permission was given voluntarily.
When different Mothers of the Believers passed away, there are accounts of male companions rushing to the masjid, crying in sujud (prostration)!2 There are other amazing examples of ukhuwwah between genders that were not from the Mothers of the Believers as well. Asmaa bint Abi Bakr was called Dhat al-Nitaqayn (the one with the two waistbands) because she used two waistbands to hide and carry food to the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr (ra) when they were hiding in the cave of Thawr during the Hijrah.3 The nick-name she was given had to do with her service to Islam, revealing a 'team spirit' in the early generation of Muslims.
Another heroic female companion, Nusayba bint Ka'b, called Um Umara was someone who defended the Prophet ﷺ on the battlefield with her son. She and her son truly fit the description of being 'awliyaa' to the Muslims. In the heat of the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet ﷺ saw that her shoulder was bleeding and he asked her son to bandage her wound. He then prayed that Allah (swt) would bless them, and that they would be his friends in Paradise as well. Later, the Prophet ﷺ witnessed Um Umara tending to her son's wound and encouraging him to keep fighting. The Prophet ﷺ in his beautiful manners and character smiled when he saw the courage of both mother and son, and told her, "From where can anyone get courage like you, O Umm 'Umarah?"4 What emotion do you think the Noble Prophet ﷺ was feeling for her in this moment?
There are countless stories, especially in the seerah (biography of the Prophet ﷺ) and in the early generations of Islam, in which we find a spirit of mutual respect and love for the sake of Allah (swt).5 The following tradition is sufficient as an example of how people were able to interact in the masjid of the Prophet ﷺ as brothers and sisters:
عن أسماء بنت أبي بكر رضي الله عنهما تقول قام رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وسلم خطيبا فذكر فتنة القبر التي يفتتن فيها المرء فلما ذكر ذلك ضج
المسلمون ضجة . رواه البخاري هكذا وزاد النسائي: حالت بيني وبين أن أفهم
كلام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فلما سكنت ضجتهم قلت لرجل قريب مني:
أي بارك الله فيك ماذا قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في آخر قوله ؟
قال: "" قد أوحي إلي أنكم تفتنون في القبور قريبا من فتنة الدجال ""
Amaa' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet ﷺ stood in an address (to the Muslims) and mentioned the trial of the grave with which a person would be tested. When he mentioned it, there was an outcry among the Muslims. (Bukhari) Imam al-Nasa'i's version of this narration adds that Asmaa' said: "I was unable to understand the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so when they quieted down, I said to a man near me, 'Ay, May Allah bless you, what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say at the end?' He said, (the Prophet's last words were),' It has been revealed to me that you will be tested in your graves close to the trial of al-Dajjaal.'"6
Amaa' bint Abi Bakr is able to depend on her Muslim brother, whose name she doesn't know, to ask for clarification of the Prophet's ﷺ words in his ﷺ masjid. The way she addresses him is with prayers for him, with a spirit of good will. Many more narrations from the time of the Prophet ﷺ will come up when the ten guidelines are discussed in more detail insha'Allah.
Throughout Islamic History, especially in the Tabaqaat literature (Islamic Biographical Dictionaries), in various contexts there are inspiring accounts of respectful ukhuwwah between genders. Here is one such touching account:
حدثنا سليمان بن أحمد ثنا محمد بن أبي رزيق بن جامع المصري ح وحدثنا
إسحاق بن أحمد بن علي ثنا إبراهيم بن يوسف ثنا أحمد بن أبي الحواري قالا
ثنا عبدالله بن سليمان أبو محمد الثبدي ثنا محمد بن يوسف الفريابي عن
سفيان الثوري قال دخلت على بنت أم حسان الأسدية وفي جبهتها مثل ركبة
العنز أثر السجود وليس به خفاء فقلت لها يا بنت أم حسان لا تأتين عبدالله
بن شهاب بن عبدالله فرفعت اليه رقعة لعله أن يعطيك من زكاة ماله ما
تغيرين به بعض الحالة التي أراها بك فدعت بمعجر لها فاعتجرت به فقالت يا
سفيان لقد كان لك في قلبي رجحان كثير أو كبير فقد ذهب الله برجحانك من
قلبي يا سفيان تأمرني أن أسأل الدنيا من لا يملكها وعزته وجلاله إني
أستحي أن أسأله الدنيا وهو يملكها قال سفيان وكان إذا جن عليها الليل
دخلت محرابا لها وأغلقت عليها ثم نادت إلهي خلا كل حبيب بحبيبه وأنا
خالية بك يا محبوب فما كان من سجن تسجن به من عصاك إلا جهنم ولا عذاب إلا
النار قال سفيان فدخلت عليها بعد ثلاث فاذا الجوع قد أثر في وجهها فقلت
لها يا بنت أم حسان إنك لن تؤتى أكثر مما أوتي موسى والخضر عليهما السلام
إذ أتيا أهل القرية استطعما أهلها فقالت يا سفيان قل الحمد لله فقلت
الحمد لله فقالت اعترفت له بالشكر قلت نعم قالت وجب عليك من معرفة الشكر
شكر وبمعرفة الشكرين شكر لا ينقضي أبدا قال سفيان فقصر والله علمي وفسد
لساني وما أقوم بشكر كلما اعترفت له بنعمة وجب علي بمعرفة النعمة شكر
وبمعرفة الشكرين شكر فوليت وأنا أريد الخروج فقالت يا سفيان كفى بالمرء
جهلا أن يعجب بعمله وكفى بالمرء علما أن يخشى الله اعلم أنه لن تنقى
القلوب من الردى حتى تكون الهموم كلها في الله هما واحدا قال سفيان فقصرت
والله إلى نفسي
Sufyan ath-Thawri (97-161/715-778)– a renowned traditionist and legal scholar relates that he once went to see the daughter of Umm Hassaan al-Asadiyya of Basra. She had a mark on her forehead like a goat's knee, from so much prostration in prayer. He suggested that he would write to a certain man of means who might give her charity to improve her living conditions. "O Sufyan," she replied, "Your excellence filled my heart but Allah has removed it. O Sufyan, would you bid me request worldly things from one who does not own them?" At night she went to her prayer area, closed herself in, and cried out, "O God, every person has secluded himself with his beloved, and I am alone with You. O Beloved, there is no warmth but the heat of the Hell for He who defies you, and no punishment but the Fire." He visited her again three days later, and hunger had left its mark on her face, so he said to her, "O Daughter of Umm Hassaan, you will not be granted more than was given to Musa and Khidr, peace be upon them, when they asked the people of the village for food." She said, "O Sufyan, say "Thank Allah." He said, "Alhamdulilah." Then she said, "Have you not acknowledged Him with your gratitude?" He said, "Yes." She said, "You must be grateful for recognizing gratitude, and if you experience this double gratitude, His blessing will never cease." Sufyan felt that his knowledge had failed him, his tongue became tied, and he turned to leave. Then she said, "O Sufyan, if a person boasts of his knowledge, this suffices to prove his ignorance. If a person fears Allah, this is enough to prove his knowledge. Know that the hearts will never be cleansed of evil until all intentions are united in one concern for Allah." "I despaired," Sufyan concludes, "thinking of myself."7
This is an example of a beneficial conversation between a believing man and woman who are not mahram (related) to one another, and their total isolation is not assumed from the account. Sufyan al-Thawri is seeking to give charity to her, and the meaningful dialogue transpires which has a humbling effect on him.
As mentioned before, ukhuwwah is the ideal, but this ideal only exists when the guidelines are practiced. If people's minds are in the gutter, if their interactions are not sincere and they are seeking sexual attention and approval from the opposite gender, naturally this makes respectful ukhuwwah difficult if not impossible. In an over-sexualized society, the message that is constantly suggested to men and women is to objectify one another's presence and existence. This is an unhealthy way to live, and rather than purity of heart and purpose being pervasive between genders, excessive caution bordering on paranoia becomes the lived experience. The more stories people hear of harassment and lewd behavior within the community, the harder it is to speak or even hope of practicing an ideal. Yet, the ideal is possible and those who have witnessed this blessing understand it through experience.8 For those who have watched the Kung Fu Panda 2, it feels a lot like this:
We each have a role to play in developing the culture of our communities and providing a comfortable space for one another to experience the blessing of respectful love for the sake of Allah (swt). Especially in the western context, brothers and sisters work together for Islam in the MSA, in masajid (mosques), in large Muslim organizations, and in the greater society. When our hearts and minds are focused on greater causes, higher goals, and sincerity, our interactions will reflect the balanced approach of both the spirit and letter of what Allah (swt) asks of us. Let us beautify the gender relations within our community, and beautify our hearts with loving one another for His sake, in the manner which He is pleased with, and has designed for us. Part 2 will explore this manner in more detail insha'Allah.
There are a great many sisters and brothers whom I have had the privilege and honor of working with and learning from over the years. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you, I love you all for the sake of Allah (swt).
It is narrated by 'Umar bin al-Khattāb that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"Among Allāh's servants there are some who are neither prophets nor martyrs but on the Day of Judgement the prophets and the martyrs will envy their grades. The Companions asked: 'O Messenger of Allāh, tell us, who are those people?' He replied: 'Those are the people who love one another on Allāh's count. They are neither related to one another nor do they have any property to exchange. I swear on Allāh that they will have faces of light, they will be on pulpits of light. They will not have any fear when others will be afraid, they will not have any grief when others will be aggrieved.' Then he recited the verse: Beware! No doubt, there is no fear for the friends of Allāh nor shall they be sad and sorrowful." [Qur'ān 10:62]9
May Allah (swt) make us of His awliyaa' just as we seek to be the awliyaa' of one another. Ameen.
- The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam, Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali p.22 http://www.scribd.com/doc/62967268/The-Duties-of-Brotherhood-in-Islam-by-Imam-Al-Ghazali [↩]
- "Mothers of the Believers" CD series, Imam Suhaib Webb [↩]
- "The Sealed Nectar" by Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri p.105 [↩]
- "Great Women of Islam" by Mahmood A. Ghadanfar p.210-211 [↩]
- See Tahrir al-Mar'ah fi Asr al-Risalah by Abu Shuqqah, Vol. 2 [↩]
- Ibid. [↩]
- Hilyat al-Awliyaa' by Ibn Nu'aymas well as Sifat al-Safwa by ibn Al-Jawzi; Translation from Ruth Rhoded's "Women in Islamic Biographical Collections." p.91 [↩]
- A personal account of experiencing respectful ukhuwwah http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2783109558017768305 [↩]
- Abū Dāwūd, Sunan, b. of ijārah (wages) 3:288 (#3527); Bayhaqī, Shu'ab-ul-īmān, (6:486#8998,8999); Khatīb Tabrīzī, Mishkāt-ul-masābīh, b. of adab (good manners) ch.16 (3:75-6#5012). [src: Ch3 of Beseeching for Help, Tahir-ul-Qadri] [↩]
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subhanAllah – incredible article! such wonderful guidance – and such a beautiful description of what we should be striving for that it brought tears to my eyes by the end of it. thank you!! can't wait for part II!
Jazakallah khair for shedding some light on this issue!
Dearest Shayka Muslema – what a wonderful, beautiful piece. I know there many more prominant ayat in the Qur'an, but I often tell fellow Muslims, that that first phrase of Ayah 71 from Surah at-Taubah is essentially favorite phrase in the entire Book. Superficially, I've tried to live by it when ever I come across, meet my fellow brothers and, in more rare circumstances :-), my Muslim sisters.
The way you've initially presented this concept, with such beautiful and touching examples, only enhances and makes this ideal more beloved and cherished in my heart – as well as those of the other readers.
Once again, an awesome, Imaan-lifting piece – I truly hope we can all put this into effect and also work towards preventing and fixing the issues we have regarding appropriate, respectful and healthy gender relations both in our offline and online lives; I think we all know that this is a important and prominent issue in our technology-laden world.
Jazak'Allahu Khairan as always.
Great to see you/your work back on the site of course now that the exams are over (Mabrook once again!)
Assalamu Alaikum,
Jzk for your words of encouragement! It really is an amazing verse! I love it too. I pray Allah blesses any community you contribute to, brothers and sisters– young and old. Subhan Allah, it's people with a balanced approach that inspire and develop those around them.
This was posted in the footnotes, but wanted to post again:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2783109558017768305I am where I am today Alhamdulilah, with the help and support of my brothers and sisters– and I'm very thankful to have had such an experience and hope and pray others do too.
Love you for the sake of Allah
Loved part 1, I'm looking forward to part 2 to see if my questions are going to be answered iA
wa iyakum! Jzk for your kind words.
This subject is actually very close to my heart because there is so much confusion out there on the gender relations topic swinging people to different extremes, creating sometimes unnecessary anxiety, or a laxness that actually exposes them to unsafe/ harmful situations. If you know any young people out there who may have some confusion on this issue, and you think this may help them–please do share.
May Allah forgive, guide and accept from us all.
Dear Shaykha, why is this topic so taboo? Is it mens insecurities? With the different opinions I read, its like 2 different worlds.
Jazakallahu Khairun. Insightful and beautifully written:)
Jazakallah khair, thank you, this was very usefull!! Assalamu Aleikum
LOVE it MashaAllah thank you so much. There is so much confusion as regards this issue, even within my own self, but this has cleared up alot of that for me.
Jazakallahukhair! You really opened my eyes on this subject.
Assalamu alaikum.
Such an important issue nicely explained, MashaAllaah! Jazakallaahu khairan.
However, just to add to this beautiful article, all my Muslim brothers and sisters, please, DO remember that the believers we talked about in this article were from the three golden generations of Muslim Ummah [Sahaba, Tabi'ee, Tabi'ee-Tabi'een]! They were the bests subhaanAllaah to follow Rasul Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam's Sunnah, right? Now, my question is, do we have that much strong Imaan like they used to have?
My point is, yes, we can interact with each other within the boundaries of Shariah, but let's not also forget the fact that we never stand a chance, as far as our Imaan is concerned, when compared to them! So, my point of view is, unless and until it becomes a life-saving issue or there is no other way left to gain knowledge of something, or just like the author said, if it's a doctor-patient thing [if only a capable Muslim Female doctor isn't available] and so on and so forth [when there is NO other way]
At least, it's my way of understanding. And if you think that it's wrong, please help me rectify it inshaAllaah.
If I hurt someone's feelings remember that it was unintentional and Allaah knows the best!
Jazakallaahu khairan for reading!
@ Muhammad,
Jzk for your thoughtful comment. Insha Allah, the legal aspects of interaction will be dealt with in Part 2 insha Allah, where the scholarly discussion on the point you mentioned will be addressed. Please stay tuned
Thanks again for your comment!
Muslema -
MashaAllah….awesome post.May Allah SWT protect you and bless you always.
It's good to see acknowledgement that a community collaboration including between genders is normal among Muslims of the earliest time. This is an outward sign of inner equality and fraternity.
It may be just the way I am, or my particular type of work (science and the field of ideas) but I have never really found it difficult to work across genders. When you're focused about the idea, and so are those around you, provided people are dressed professionally, what gender your colleagues are almost fade to nothing. I've never given it a second thought all the times I've studied and taught, as long as the people I interact with don't make it a 'thing' and a focus for themselves. I've rarely had to discourage inappropriate behaviour either (of course maybe I'm just not attractive).
But again, it could be just some people that finds it easy – because we all have things about our deen that are easy for us and difficult for others, and vice versa. But I like it that someone points out that really, it is supposed to be an outcome that is normal, one of the manifested attributes of a healthy community.
Please post part two inshaAllah as it is really needed! Jazaki Allah khair
Assalamu alaikum,
Dear Sister Muslema, barak Allahu feeki for your informative and very beneficial article. I feel that you are a busy lady, but it would be lovely if you could post part 2!
Thank you! -
unfortunately a lot of brothers lack these etiquette when speaking to the opposite gender. i have worked in mosques, madrasa etc where the brothers speak very rudely and disrespectful to the sisters. They probably think this way will be less fitna but fail to recognize the basic human and islamic etiquette of respect.
Thank you so much for this sister. DjazakuLah kheyr!
What happened to Part II? =)
Assalamu alaykum,
Lovely, and a much-needed topic.
If I could suggest a bit more detail – the word 'awliya' has more nuance. It usually directly translates as 'guardian' or 'ally' rather than friend – thus, the believing men and the believing women are guardians of each other. Guardianship, as you explained, implies a different relationship than, for example, the word 'sahib' or 'sadeeq' would – the latter would be 'friends' in the casual and personal sense, whereas 'awliya' implies much more formality and a sense of protection and official public support.


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My Sun Gold plant was very productive but I didn't care for the taste of the tomatoes. They were on the tart side and I didn't detect that fruity flavor that others report. And they had thick skin.
So I added a couple of tablespoons of salt to the container soil to see if that would help. Didn't notice a difference. Then I decided to try to kill the plant by not watering it and during this time we were still getting into the high 80's so it was quite warm. I couldn't believe how long the plant survived with no water and mind you I had to water my Cherokee Purple 2-3x a day to stop it from wilting during this time. Guess what? The fruit that I picked during this period were fantastic - sweet with a hint of tang and a complex fruity taste that is hard to describe. And the skins weren't as thick. So I learned that with Sun Gold you have to under water them to get that delicious taste that everyone raves about. At least under water them compared to my beefsteaks. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Sun, Dec 25, 11 at 10:34
I'm glad that you finally did get to taste the wonderful fruity taste of a ripe one which you attribute to underwatering. But where I live the water comes out of the sky and so for me and others we have no control over that. LOL And yet I have one plant of Sungold F1 each season and they've always tasted great which is why I grow it each year. I think one of the mistakes that some make is to pick them when they aren't fully orange, as in really ripe, aside from any watering issues. Carolyn |
- Posted by yumtomatoes 10a/FLA (My Page) on Sun, Dec 25, 11 at 11:09
I think one of the mistakes that some make is to pick them when they aren't fully orange, as in really ripe, aside from any watering issues. I was waiting for them to get orange, but I thought in general that you could pick tomatoes when you see color break and they would ripen fine on your kitchen countertop? Is it different for the cherry tomatoes? |
I never pick cherry tomatoes early. |
- Posted by yumtomatoes 10a/FLA (My Page) on Sun, Dec 25, 11 at 11:48
I never pick cherry tomatoes early. I wonder why cherries are different in that respect from the full-sized tomatoes? |
- Posted by bmoser z6PA (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Dec 26, 11 at 18:51
Cherry tomatoes and especially Sun Gold will split in most cases where they are allowed to fully ripen with water present, either from within or from above. For that reason I prefer SunSugar over Sun Gold even though they will crack to a lesser extent but have about the same flavor and texture. Regardless, an unripe tomatoe will never taste as good as a ripe one and vine ripened still trumps counter top ripened IMO. |
I under watered my whole garden last year. Some water at the beginning to help transplant shock, then maybe once or twice for the rest of the whole season. Did well through 90+ hot weather and produced fine. The bugs I think were a bit of a problem but other than that, I got good tomatoes and saved a ton of water. Basically if you don't water much early in the season, they grow deeper roots and tap into more water in the ground so you don't have to water them. |
- Posted by yumtomatoes 10a/FLA (My Page) on Tue, Jan 31, 12 at 12:37
I have realized that underwatering and leaving the fruit on the vine as long as possible is the way to go for the best tasting tomatoes. I grow in containers in the dry season here so I have to water more than those of you who plant in the ground. I have to watch out for BER since we get no rain at all this time of year. |
What Bmoser Said ^^^^ |
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Festival of CulturesThe Northern California Peace Corps Association will hold this event featuring returned Peace Corps Volunteers who will share their experiences from over 100 countries. There will be country presentations, a fashion show, a photography exhibit, panel discussions, storytelling workshops and a town hall on current Peace Corps initiatives. Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Ohlone Elementary School, 950 Amarillo Ave., Palo Alto.
Back to Basics FermentationLisa's Counter Culture Kitchen will hold a workshop teaching participants how to make fermented and probiotic foods at home. Jan. 31, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $60. Lisa's Counter Culture Private Kitchen, address provided upon registration., Palo Alto.
'Hearts Of The Dulcimer'The Woodside Library will host a screening of the documentary called "Hearts of the Dulcimer," which examines the California mountain dulcimer boom in the 1970s. The filmmakers, Patricia Delich and Wayne Jiang, will introduce the film, answer questions and demonstrate how to play the dulcimer. Jan. 31, 1-3 p.m. Free. Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside.
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Los Altos Parent Preschool open houseThe Los Altos Parent Preschool, established in 1955, will welcome community members to talk with teachers and parents about its preschool program for children ages 2 to 4. Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Los Altos Parent Preschool, 201 Covington Road, Los Altos.
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St. Timothy's Preschool open houseSt. Timothy's Preschool will hold an open house to inform local families about its programs, which include morning classes for 3- and 4-year-olds and Wednesday morning classes for 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Families can enroll for two to five days per week. Jan. 31, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. St. Timothy's Preschool, 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View.
Stanford Symphony Orchestra concertsIn collaboration with Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley and CCRMA, Stanford Symphony Orchestra will give two performances of Holst's "The Planets" and Sarah Weaver's "Universal Synchrony Music, Volume 3." Conducted by Jindong Cai, the performances are part of a year-long Imagining the Universe Project at Stanford. Jan. 30 and 31, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-$20. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford.
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'Treasures Revealed'The Portola Art Gallery will host "Treasures Revealed," a joint exhibit of work by Shaowei Liu and Yvonne Newhouse with watercolor paintings of brief, precious moments in life. Monday-Saturday, Jan. 1-31, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park.
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'The Libation Bearers'Dragon Productions Theatre Company will stage the Greek tragedy by Aeschylus "The Libation Bearers," in which siblings Orestes and Electra seek vengeance for their father Agamemnon's death at the hands of their mother, Clytemnestra. Jan. 15-Feb. 1, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $22. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City.
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'Eurydice'The Palo Alto Players will put on a production directed by Jeffrey Lo of the play "Eurydice," a contemporary re-imagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus that explores themes of memory, love and loss. The play is recommended for viewers ages 12 and older. Jan. 16-Feb. 1, Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $31-$45. Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
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'Here & There'Gallery 9 Los Altos will have on display a solo exhibit called "Here & There" of watercolor paintings by Suej McCall, inspired by the local artist's travels. Jan. 2-Feb. 1, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9 Los Altos, 143 Main St., Los Altos.
'Well Pressed'The Cantor Arts Center will have on display an exhibit called "Well Pressed: Highlights from the Marmor Collection." The exhibit is made up of 13 pieces, many prints, by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Serra and Frank Stella. Wednesday-Monday, Aug. 13-Feb. 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford.
'She Who Tells a Story'The Cantor Arts Center will offer an exhibit called "She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World," introducing 12 photographers' work that spans from photojournalism to fine art. Wednesday-Monday, Jan. 28-May 4, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
The Beginner's School fundraiserThe Beginner's School, a free online art school founded by Phil Shemanski of Los Altos, is holding an online fundraising campaign with the goal of adding a sculpture course to its offerings. Visit the website for more info. Through Feb. 5. Donations requested. , , Los Altos.
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'Yeomen of the Guard'The Stanford Savoyards -- composed of actors and musicians from Stanford University, local high schools and the community -- will perform Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard," an opera set in the Tower of London. Jan. 30, Feb. 6 and 7, 8 p.m.; Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and 8, 2 p.m. $20 general; $15 senior; $10 student. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford.
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'Junie B. Jones, The Musical'Palo Alto Children's Theatre will stage a production of "Junie B. Jones, The Musical," which follows the adventures of the titular character in first grade. Thursday-Sunday, Jan. 22-Feb. 8, see website for specific dates and times. $12 child; $14 adult. Palo Alto Children's Theatre, Main Stage, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
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'2 Pianos 4 Hands'TheatreWorks will put on a production of "2 Pianos 4 Hands," a comic coming-of-age story about two piano students who fall just short of stardom. Featured music ranges from Bach and Beethoven to Scott Joplin and Jerry Lee Lewis. See website for specific times, dates and pricing. Jan. 14-Feb. 8. $19-$74; discounts available for educators, seniors, those age 30 and under. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.
'Movements for Change'The Peterson Gallery at Stanford will mount an exhibit of photography by Bob Fitch called "Movements for Change," which captures moments in American civil rights history, farm workers organizing and the peace movement of the 1960s and '70s. The exhibit is accessible daily, except for some holidays. Nov. 20-Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Green Library, Bing Wing, Peterson Gallery and Munger Rotunda, 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford.
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'Maple and Vine'For its latest production, the Los Altos Stage Company will perform "Maple and Vine," a play by Jordan Harrison about a couple who leave their 21st-century lives behind to join a community of 1950s re-enactors. See the website for specific dates. Jan. 29-Feb. 22, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $18-$36. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
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'Betrayal'The Pear Avenue Theatre's latest production is "Betrayal," a play by Harold Pinter and directed by Ray Renati that explores the complexity of relationships through a seven-year affair. Jan. 29-Feb. 22, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $25/$20 Thursday, Sunday; $30/$25 Friday, Saturday; $10 Jan. 29 preview. The Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K, Mountain View.
EcoCenter winter hoursThe Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter will change its open schedule to winter hours beginning Jan. 3. Saturdays and Sundays, Jan. 3-Feb. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. EcoCenter, 2560 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto.
'Shop, Gallery, Studio'This exhibit of 17th and 18th century prints and drawings by European artists will focus on the public spaces in which people view, buy and converse about art, as well as the identities of the professional artist and serious connoisseur. Wednesday-Monday, Oct. 15-March 8, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
'Raúl Cañibano: Storyteller'The Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College will host an exhibit called "Raúl Cañibano: Storyteller," which shares images by the Havana-based photographer which capture Cuba, its people and their struggles in the post-revolution era. Jan. 21-March 11, center hours. Free. Krause Center for Innovation, KCI Gallery, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.
'Museum of American Heritage: A to Z'The exhibit, "Museum of American Heritage: A to Z," will show off the breadth and depth of the museum's collection of electrical and mechanical inventions -- including some objects rarely shown to the public. Oct. 10-March 15, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto.
Persuasive writing and reading coursesBased on Common Core standards, these courses will lead students in developing their own voices through reading and writing persuasive pieces. Saturdays, Jan. 24-March 16, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (ages 7-8); 10:45-11:45 a.m. (ages 9-11). $224 resident; $301 non-resident; plus $25 materials fee. Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park.
'Loose in Some Real Tropics'The Cantor Arts Center will have an exhibit on display called "'Loose in Some Real Tropics': Robert Rauschenberg's 'Stoned Moon' Project, 1969-1970," which shares and documents Rauschenberg's lithographs, drawings, photographs and correspondence from his participation in the NASA Art Program capturing the Apollo 11 mission. Wednesday-Monday, Dec. 24-March 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
'Daumier on Art and the Theatre'This exhibit of 16 prints and one drawing by Honore Daumier will contemplate the public reception of painting and the performing arts in the mid-19th century, as well as art theory. Oct. 8-March 16, Wednesday-Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Robert Mondavi Family Gallery, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
'Bear Walker Society'This Cantor Arts Center exhibit entitled "Bear Walker Society: Explorations in Global Modernism" will feature the work of the prominent Anishnaabe artist Norval Morrisseau and examine how traditional Anishnaabe beadwork and interactions with Picasso influenced his style. Wednesday-Monday, through March 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
'Sensual Splendor'The Lynn Krywick Gibbons Gallery will have on display an exhibit called "Sensual Splendor: Medieval Art from the Cantor Collection," which includes medieval icons, funerary portraits and textiles from Byzantium, the Latin West and Islam. Through March 30, Wednesday-Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
'Hear This!'The Palo Alto Art Center will explore the sound of art in an exhibition called "Hear This!" The center will celebrate the new exhibit with a Friday Night at the Art Center event on Jan. 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Jan. 17-April 12, center hours. Free. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto.
'Silicon Valley: The Lure & the Legends'The Los Altos History Museum will have on display an exhibit called "Silicon Valley: The Lure & the Legends" which examines the reasons why this area turned from orchards to a technology hub. The exhibit will focus on local factors and figures who contributed to the transformation. Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 18-April 19, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.
'Drama of Heaven and Earth'The Cantor Arts Center will arrange an exhibit called "Drama of Heaven and Earth: The Theatrical Traditions of Japan," which tells the history of the Japanese dramatic art of Noh through masks, ceramics, prints and other visual materials. Wednesday-Monday, Sept. 17-June 8, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
Jazzercise classesJazzercise classes in Menlo Park offer a high-energy dance-focused fitness program designed to be both fun and burn calories. Monday-Thursday and Saturday, year-round, see website for specific times. $16 class; $52/$57 per month; $130 10-class pass. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., and the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park.
'Fatal Laughs: The Art of Robert Arneson'The Cantor Arts Center will host an exhibit of unconventional clay sculptures by Robert Arneson, who frequently used himself as a subject throughout his more-than-40-year career. Wednesday-Monday, Aug. 20-Sept. 28, 2015, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
'The Bay Area and Beyond'The Cantor Arts Center will have on display a long-term exhibit of modern and contemporary art, focusing on the Bay Area. Works will include pieces by artists with Stanford connections, among them Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and Frank Lobdell. Wednesday-Monday, Aug. 13-Oct. 26, 2015, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford.
Social ballroom dancingFriday Night Dancers organizes ballroom dancing events each Friday and Saturday evening. Each event starts with a lesson, which is followed by general dancing. No experience or partner is necessary; dressy casual attire is preferred. Cover charge includes refreshments. Friday and Saturday, year-round, 8-11:45 p.m. $9. Cubberley Community Center Pavilion, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
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Sew Sew SaturdayThe Mountain View Public Library invites community members to drop by on Saturday mornings to use its four Baby Lock (Grace model) sewing machines and one serger. Appointments are required. Saturdays, year-round, 10:15 a.m.-noon. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View.


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ICES — The Institute for Complex Engineered Systems — fosters multidisciplinary research and relationships between Carnegie Mellon University, industry, and government agencies.
Center for Multiscale Modeling for Engineering Materials (CM2EM)
Some important intellectual challenges of modern-day science and technology deal with multiscale modeling for engineering materials. These challenges address issues such as fatigue in jet engine and electronic storage components; the design and reliability of microelectrical mechanical systems (MEMS) devices; high-rate-deformation in armor and weaponry; forming high strength and high ductility metallic alloys and metallic glasses for use in structural applications like auto-body parts and sports equipment; and the high-frequency response in earthquake rupture dynamics, among others.
Modern engineering technology manipulates the interaction of various materials at multiple length and time scales. The macro-scale deals with the visible materials we see. A major emphasis of current research deals with smaller levels of interaction within these materials, whether they are on the atomic and molecular scale in nanotechnology or intermediate length scales as in MEMS research and design. If one were to look under a microscope, however, it would become apparent that there are other objects between the micro and macro scales which play an important role. It is the goal of multi-scale modeling of materials to infer the laws that govern the interaction of materials at the finest atomic scale and coarser meso-scale using interdisciplinary tools from continuum mechanics, dynamical systems theory, statistical physics, and the theory of partial differential equations.
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Formed in February 2008, CM2EM's mission is the quantitative understanding of materials from the smallest to the largest relevant scales, with a special emphasis on emergent behavior in complex materials systems. This requires the development of new theories and simulation tools for engineering and scientific applications that often require multiscale physics. Such applications span a broad spectrum ranging from such examples as stress management in metallic and semiconductor heterostructures, deformation flow and fracture of bulk metallic glasses, the influence of atomic scale grain and phase boundary structures in the macroscopic response of polycrystalline materials, the mechanics of granular materials from the solid to the liquid regimes, and the rheology of soft polymeric materials.
The principal goals of CM2EM include: 1) predicting the properties and performance of existing engineering materials and systems under varied operational conditions; 2) engineering new materials for targeted functionality; 3) serving as a primary hub for materials modeling activity at Carnegie Mellon by providing a common reference, greater visibility, and support to other centers involved primarily with materials development and characterization; and 4) setting up a mechanism for coordinated research and education activity in multiscale materials modeling across Carnegie Mellon.


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The Center for the Digital Globe, established by the College of Business, School of Journalism, School of Law, and Department of Textile and Apparel Management in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, offers an interdepartmental certificate to graduate students of the University of Missouri-Columbia. The certificate program supplements the students' graduate studies within the various colleges and schools that make up the University. This is not a degree-granting program. Instead, the certificate attests to the students' successful completion of a required course of study with emphasis on the managerial, theoretical and policy-related issues associated with digital media, electronic commerce and globalization.
Students receiving the graduate certificate will have demonstrated competencies in:
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- Culture and Society. Digital media raise recurrent questions which call for political and social solutions. Students should be able to understand the broader issues raised by technological change and prepared to take positions of leadership as such issues present themselves. Examples of such issues are questions of globalization, political boundaries, access, ownership and uses of information, marketing, etc.
To achieve the goals of the certificate and assure its value to students, the University, and prospective employers or donors, the certificate program enjoys certain characteristics. Perhaps most fundamental is the inter-disciplinary nature of the program. While each department has the capability of offering a course emphasis, track, or intra-departmental certificates to students in the area of technology and commerce, one of the fundamental concepts underlying the Center is the value and necessity of approaching these issues from the perspective of various disciplines. With these principles in mind, the program has been designed to assure that the interdisciplinary character of the course of work will be emphasized. The required course work compels students to come together for an interdisciplinary introduction to their studies, and permits them to work separately and within their respective disciplines for further study. Students then come together again for a concluding experience that will involve working collectively through a case study.


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It is unique how we use euphemisms to describe the human condition. Like "No good deed goes unpunished", means usually you sacrifice your good time for being dumped on and spend more time working even though you were trying to help. There is, "Don't let the screen door hit you on the way out," meaning you cannot get out of here fast enough for my comfort. Another lesser-known one is "Off farm income," that's the euphemism for "works two jobs in order to pay all the bills associated with small farming and living".
Off farm income is a category tracked by the USDA along with tons of other data associated with agriculture. However, when you look at the numbers in small farm income it screams anemia. As of 2009, small farm income as a percentage of total farm-household income is projected to be a whopping 8.7 percent. Down from the 11.1 percent it was in 2008. That means that for every dollar of income a farm brings in, 91 cents is from "off farm income". As in "farms and works another job to earn enough in order to sustain an existence".
Okay, so I am late to the party, but is this normal? I mean, I know it is reality but is this normal for any industry. Let alone an industry whose main function is to provide a basic form of human sustainability. Maslow's paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" points out the hierarchical needs of humans. The paper was accepted in academia in the forties and is still being taught today. After air and water, food is at the level that everything else in human life builds upon.
Food, water and air are what sustain human life. Would not small farmers producing food for human consumption be allowed to focus all their energies on producing that food in an environmentally sustainable way, be healthier then forcing them to use practices that are detrimental to the environment and humans because it saves time? Should not the person growing your food be able to spend the time learning new technology and methods in order to use and preserve scarce resources like soil and water? If the economics of the medical profession were such that outside employment was necessary in order to pay all living expenses our society would not stand for it. As a doctor, In order to ply your trade, you must earn ninety-one percent of your income doing something else besides the practice of medicine. That would never fly these days.
You can very easily be mired in the economics of this argument but my point is to explain yet another hurdle that small farms face as part of being a sustainable, safe and eco-friendly operation. Small farms, as defined by the USDA, are those farms with net-income of $1,000 to $250,000 in gross sales. Small farms represent about ninety percent of all farms in the United States but make up only twenty percent of all gross farm sales.
Within the small farm category, there are two sub-categories, those that make fewer than 10,000 dollars and those making 10,000 to 250,000 dollars in gross sales. Sixty plus percent of small farms makes less than 10,000 dollars in gross annual sales. Thirty percent of small farms fall into the other category of gross sales over 10,000 dollars.
I am not saying that farming is the only profession in which people have to work two jobs in order to maintain some standard of living. The term "standard of living" is very subjective when it comes to the individual consumer. Economic compensation has always been disproportionate when you look at the value added to society from a particular profession. Teaching comes to mind, for instance. We put the weight of the world on our future generations but the people that are there to teach and prepare them for that burden are grossly under-paid.
The men and women that risk their lives whether in the military, law enforcement or other hazardous jobs face the same inequities. On the other side are those people that can put together complex derivatives and manipulate hedge funds such that they topple the economic stability of an entire country and they are valued economically at grossly astounding figures. Money does not feed a nation food does.
There is no wonder small farming is so incredibly hard when you see those numbers. The deck is stacked against you from the start; it is an uphill battle that most people would not think of taking on. As I tell our staff, "you all are very unique people, first off very few people choose to work such a physically demanding job and of those that try most cannot do it". We have a great staff of hardworking conscientious people. They never cease to amaze me with their eagerness to learn, there ability to understand, ask deeper questions and how they carry themselves.
We also have a business plan, one portion is strategic the other dynamic. Our long-term goals quite simply are to be sustainable both environmentally and economically. Our dynamic goals are geared more towards revenue generation and expenditure controls. The two are symbiotic but it is the strategic plan that we have the greater concerns about. Without the ability to be totally, sustainable we are not going to be in business long. At least ninety percent of small farms face this dilemma. When you find out that only nine cents out of every dollar is earned from farm activities you start to question the sanity of why anyone would get into a business like this (see Who in Their Right Mind).
We work full-time and I can attest to those numbers about outside income. We are a small farm and the total income from farm related activities, in a given year, has not been enough to cover just farm expenses, let alone what living expenses there are. Yet we persist, because each year we do a fraction better in terms of revenue, knowledge, our customer base, our reputation and our ability to expand yet keep the food safe and tasty. For us, it is important to do the right thing, to not shy away from hard work or impossible tasks and to help those that need help because that was instilled in me when I grew up. Growing safe, fresh food is as much a part of me as "off farm income".
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Hold up a magnifying glass. Tell the children it is the Tool of the Day.
Pass around the tool. As children pass it, invite them to share their prior experiences seeing or using magnifying glasses.
Lead a discussion to introduce the magnifying glass as a symbol of the value of questioning assumptions and looking more deeply and closely at things. Ask, "What do you think makes this a Unitarian Universalist tool?" Allow participants to share ideas. Affirm that there is no one answer.
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The magnifying glass represents the value we place on questioning and looking more closely and deeply at issues. Unitarian Universalism is a faith that values each person's path of questioning and each person's search for truth. This is a key part of growing in faith and deepening in religious understanding. One of the Sources of our faith is the use of reason and science. One of our Principles says that Unitarian Universalism affirms the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. We believe that everyone is not only free, but responsible, to question.
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Technology in the Classroom: Luna Insight
The second portion of "Shakespeare: From the Globe to the Global" investigated the dissemination of Shakespeare not only across the space of the globe but also into that of the World Wide Web. The Institute participants considered particularly the ways in which recent technological developments might enable new approaches to the playwright and his works in the space of the classroom. One of the resources to which participants were introduced was the Folger Shakespeare Library's Digital Image Collection, enabled through Luna Insight software. This searchable database provides access to thousands of digitized images (Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean) from the Folger collection, granting those beyond the walls of the Library the opportunity to interact with rare materials. For educators and their students, this electronic archive holds much potential. I worked to develop an assignment for an introductory English literature course (to 1800) that would harness the possibilities of the Digital Image Collection to the kind of creative thinking in which I wanted my students to engage. The result was a final project that asked students to curate a collection of three images and to produce a rationale that placed the images into conversation with one medieval or early modern literary text that we had explored during the semester.
Object studies provided one of the primary paradigms through which the class reflected on literature ranging from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to The Turkish Embassy Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. For the final curation project, I wanted the students to encounter digital objects (or images) from the Folger Digital Image Collection and to consider how those objects might inform a re-reading of a chosen course text. For the purposes of the assignment, the students did not need to conduct extensive research into the production history of their selected images. Rather, they were to grapple solely with the images themselves, treating the digital objects as windows capable of (re)framing the text in question. After examining the images, the students were to compose a directed thesis about a question or theme pertaining to a literary work from the syllabus and subsequently to produce a five-page paper that developed this thesis in relationship to the given images. In addition to this Word document, the students also submitted PowerPoint files of their accompanying digital objects (a process rendered quite easily through Luna Insight). By way of an example, I showed the students a PowerPoint presentation consisting of four John Austen illustrations of Hamlet from the Folger's Digital Image Collection. I then proceeded to posit associative links between the content of the drawings and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, modeling for the students the ways in which the images suggested an argument for Morgan le Fay's power in the text through the natural world.
The goal of this final curation project was three-fold: 1) to introduce students to this unique technological archive; 2) to encourage rigorous visual and textual analysis; and 3) to remind students of the ways in which the visual and the textual are often implicated in one another through the material. The delight that the students expressed at culling through the archive and examining its digital objects has proved as rewarding as the innovative meditations that are emerging from the experience. Below are the detailed instructions with which I provided the students so that other educators may adopt and adapt this assignment and thus share in one of the benefits of "Shakespeare: From the Globe to the Global."
Final Curation Project
For this assignment, you will need to select three images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's Digital Image Collection, create a PowerPoint file of those images, and write a five-page rationale explaining the way in which your collection relates to one text from the course. Choose your images according to any object, theme, or question that has emerged from one of the readings and that you would like to explore further. For our purposes here, the original context of the images matters not. In other words, you do not need to research the production history of the images or the specific individual, object, or work to which the images refer. Instead, determine how the content of the selected images (or some aspect of that content) speaks to the selected text. Aside from the Folger's Digital Image Collection, do not draw upon any other secondary sources (including Internet sources)! Below are instructions for using the Folger's Digital Image Collection, creating the PowerPoint, and crafting the rationale. Read them carefully!
Navigating the Digital Image Collection:
The Folger's Digital Image Collection houses over 48,000 images. To render the search process more manageable, I have narrowed the field to roughly 10,000 images.
- Go to the following address: http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet . Create an account by clicking on "Register" (top right). To create an account, you will simply need to provide your name, an email address, and a password. At this point, you will be able to select how many thumbnails you would like per page and at what size. Select 250 thumbnails per page set to large.
- After registering, use this link to access the images available to you for this assignment: http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/1f0a3m. Make sure you log in!
- Once you have accessed the above page, if you have not already made this request, change the thumbnails to 250 per page and select the largest thumbnail size available (above the images and directly next to the number of images).
- Scroll through the images. You will be best served if you allow an image to suggest something to you rather than coming to the images with a predetermined object, theme, or question. You will see that along the left-hand side of the page you can limit the images shown through categories of "What," "Where," "Who," and "When." However, I would not recommend this until you have selected at least one image.
- Once you have found one image that intrigues you, click on it. Just that one image will now appear on the screen, and you will be able to examine it in detail through a magnifying scale.
- If you think that this image might work, click "Add to Media Group" (in the bar directly above the image). The selected image will blink. You will automatically have a media group created for you. Adding images to your media group is the only way that they will be saved if you navigate away from the page or close the window. It is also the only way in which you can create a PowerPoint from the Digital Image Collection!
- Once you have found one image that is a possibility, you can then search for other images like it. When you click on an image and it appears by itself on the screen, on the left-hand side of the screen you will see information about the image. If you click on "creator" or one of the "subject" possibilities, you will be able to call up similar images.
Creating a PowerPoint Document from a Media Group
- Make sure that you are logged in to your account. Click on the button "My First Media Group:" in the top right (next to "Active Media Group:").
- Once you have accessed your media group, you can change its title by clicking on "Properties" in the bar above the images.
- To create a PowerPoint export, simply click on "Export to PowerPoint" in the bar above the images in your media group.
- A PowerPoint document will be created for you, complete with the images and their catalogue details. Make sure that you save this PowerPoint under your full name, as you will need to email it to me, along with a Word document of your curation rationale.
Writing the Curation Rationale
- Reflect carefully upon both your selected images and your chosen text. Begin by allowing yourself to make all kinds of associations between your images and your text.
- You might find it helpful to ask yourself the following questions:
- What do these images have in common? In what ways do they differ?
- What do the images suggest to you about an object, theme, or question that appears in the text on which you would like to work?
- Does a careful study of these images make you aware of textual elements that before went unnoticed?
- Does each of the images encourage a distinct kind of thinking about the text and the element of it that you are investigating? If so, how do you negotiate these different approaches?
- Does one image serve as the primary engine for your thinking about an object, theme, or question as it relates to the text? If so, how do your other two images correspond to it?
- Is there one element that repeats in each image and that drew you to it? If so, how does that one, small detail speak to your reading of the text?
- Develop a thesis about the way in which your selected images speak to (or argue about) a given object, theme, or question in one of the texts from the course.
- Next offer a reading of each image, coupled with an analysis of a specific textual moment and quotation. Remember, this is about a conversation between two different mediums.
- In your conclusion, reflect more broadly upon the relationship between the material (even a digital image bespeaks materiality) and the linguistic. What are the benefits of recognizing an interaction between these two different mediums? What might be potential pitfalls?


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If you travel west ten miles across Narragansett Bay, you'll come to the tiny town of North Kingstown and the historic Shady Lea Mill, a century-old retired textile mill that has now been converted into, among other things, an enclave of sculptors and painters. Luke Randall is one of them, using his studio (pictured) to paint portraits and landscapes. Two-button cotton suit ($1,450) and cotton T-shirt ($125) by Helmut Lang; leather Tramezza shoes (made to measure, starting at $810) by Salvatore Ferragamo.
If you're looking for William Heydt, you'll most likely find him painting in his studio. He starts out with a photograph of his subject, whether it's a person or a landscape, and then uses his brush and watercolors to paint an impression of the image, as in his Red Barrels at Bowen's Wharf, at right. The result, while it still has all the elements of the photo, is purely Heydt's own vision. A veteran of the struggling-artist scenes in New York and Paris, Heydt settled in Newport seven years ago, and many of his works center on the community and its characters.
Call him the artistic poster boy for recycling. Jeff Soderbergh leaves no material wasted when crafting furniture. Using forgotten pieces of glass, metal, and wood from old buildings, he applies the salvaged material to make furniture that manipulates the space and light around it, as with this table, made from hand-rubbed mahogany and a soapstone desktop from a middle-school chemistry lab.
On Soderbergh: Three-button cotton jacket ($295), cotton shirt ($98), and cotton trousers ($98) by H Hilfiger; canvas sneakers ($95), Limited Edition Converse by John Varvatos.
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On Randall: One-button cotton seersucker suit ($495) by Perry Ellis; cotton shirt ($115) by Unis; suede shoes ($425) by J. M. Weston.
If you were around the beaches of Newport two years ago, you might have seen a life-sized dinosaur rising out of the sand or a set of giant praying hands coming out of the water. Those were the handiwork of the artists of Project One, a nonprofit public-arts organization guided by its artistic director, Rupert Nesbitt. A sculptor and animator himself, Nesbitt leads the charge to bring art into the world in such a way that the public can interact with it. Two-button cotton jacket ($1,250) and cotton shirt ($385) by Jil Sander; cotton jeans ($165) by Paul Smith Red Ear; leather shoes ($188) by DKNY; stainless-steel automatic watch ($1,600) by Ritmo Mundo.
His father's calligraphy is carved in stone on memorials to JFK and FDR, and Nick Benson's own lettering is elegantly engraved on the National World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D. C. For that he carved 3,875 letters into granite--not a small job even for this third-generation stone carver and owner of the John Stevens Shop, one of the country's oldest stone-carving establishments. With more than twenty years of practice behind him, Benson carves each letter with a simple hammer and chisel, using mostly a V-section cut.
Working out of Newport's own Island Arts Darkroom, a cultural center and showcase for local photographers, Ian Sexton is one of the area's young talents. When he's not teaching others how to expose their film or develop prints using nearly forgotten darkroom techniques, Sexton can be found photographing portraits and landscapes, using different exposure techniques to accentuate motion (as seen above), environment, and his subject's expressions.
On Sexton: Three-button cotton jacket ($695) and wool trousers ($295) by John Varvatos; linen sweater ($395) and cotton shirt ($175) by Nicole Farhi.
On Benson: Three- button cotton jacket ($1,325) and cotton-and-silk shirt ($675) by Giorgio Armani; steel watch with alligator strap ($4,650) by Bedat & Co.
On Soderbergh: Two-button cotton-and-linen jacket ($295) and cotton T-shirt ($50) by DKNY.
On Heydt: Three-button cotton jacket ($525) and cotton T-shirt ($85), Polo by Ralph Lauren.
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What's the longest amount of time it has taken you to get babies to pop up from a leaf? I started a leaf of Snowy Sky in early July 2007. It finally has a baby now. So basically, it took over a year. I do have other leaves of Snowy Sky that I started in April of this year that have babies too, so it's not Snowy Sky in particular. But wow, is that ever a long time!
So I was curious... anyone else have a really (REALLY) slow starter to talk about? Any record setters? (Ha.) Just wondering. |
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- Posted by violetta1976 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 21:23
You've got me beat. My longest was a leaf I put down last October that just started to show some green about a month ago. It's Sorano Sheer Romance, in case you were dying of curiosity. :0P I bought a collection of leaves on ebay - 13 varieties in all - and Sheer Romance was one that I was really looking forward to having. I had three leaves from it. Two of them died, and then this last one just didn't do anything at all, long after all the leaves from the 12 other varieties had either died or grew new babies. Then all of a sudden last month I spotted some green, and voila! Now I have babies. I can't wait for this one to get bigger and bloom. I think it's going to be amazing. "Sheer Romance (6752) 11/02/1987 (S. Sorano) Double pink star/white edge. Medium green, ovate. Large" |
I put down 6 NOID leaves in February 2007 and it took over a year for 5 of them to produce babies. The babies tried to make up for lost time: they sprouted blooms before they were even big enough to be separated from their mothers! However, eighteen months later the sixth leaf is still thinking about whether or not it wants children! These were the first AVs I tried to propagage after reading how easy it was. I was not a believer! Thank goodness other named varieties have produced babies much faster. |
- Posted by nwgatreasures (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 23:27
Wow! That bloom is beautiful! I might add that to my wish list. Dora |
Well, on the opposite side of the spectrum, I started leaves of Princess Jade (a semimini with girl leaves) and something like a month later, I had babies sprouting up all over the place. Also, the Snowy Sky leaves that did not take over a year to start sprouted lots of babies while in a baggie under a CFL that I haven't gotten around to putting on a timer due to the funky electrical situation in my room (can we say "only one outlet", folks?) so apparently good humidity and lots of light can accelerate this process. Actually, the Snowy Sky leaf that did take over a year was placed into a baggie earlier this year and is under a CFL (which is on a timer), so it seems likely it decided to take action only after getting what it wanted : ) I am on a massive propagation kick right now for some reason. I have so many leaves started; what will I ever do when these actually grow to a proper size? Well, it seems that taking forever to start is more common than I thought. Good to know. I kept reading about people getting results in two months, and I was wondering if my Snowy Sky leaf would ever do anything. Goodness, I hope I like Snowy Sky after all this : ) I've been trying to see what it looks like for about two years now! |
- Posted by violetta1976 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 08 at 1:10
"I am on a massive propagation kick right now for some reason. I have so many leaves started; what will I ever do when these actually grow to a proper size?" I'm the same way! I have (*goes to count*) over 50 babies in solo cups rooting out right now, and most of them are large sized varieties. I had only wanted one of each variety! I'm thinking that once they get a little bigger and stronger I'll bring them to work and let people take them home. :0) |
Ha! I'm not even going to count mine, cuz it's probably something similar. I'm actually using those little condiment cups that also get used as plastic jello shot cups; they root faster and take up less space, and come in sleeves of 250... dangerous, I know : ) I'm thinking I might trade mine for non AV houseplants... just for some variety in my house! Well, actually I have a lot of space for those nice rewarding plants that don't need to sit right by the window, like philos or ZZ plants and the like. Places I wouldn't put an orchid or AV without supplemental lighting, but seem to need something cheerful. |
- Posted by violetta1976 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 08 at 19:35
"I'm actually using those little condiment cups that also get used as plastic jello shot cups; they root faster and take up less space, and come in sleeves of 250..." Yep, that's what I'm using! I have other plants in other areas of my condo, but the rest of the condo really gets no light at all, so even low-light plants don't flourish. It's a weird floor plan. |
Um, you know you are at least a tiny bit obsessed when part of your decision making process in searching for a place to live is: good windows with good lighting. Basically, my major criteria for a place to live was: allow cats, and good windows. I didn't even care if they were pretty windows. Just enough of them and facing a good direction. Somehow, I got what I wanted without going nuts about it. Yup. Obsessed ; ) |
Personally, I think my longest was 3 months to see first signs of babies. One thing that I've found helps speed them up is to shorten the petiole before putting the leaf down. About half an inch of petiole is good for standard leaf cuttings. The idea is that the shorter petiole lets the cutting move nutrients between the roots and leaf faster and more efficiently. Adam in NH |
It has to be Seafoam. I paid $15 plus shipping for 2 leaves and they took more than 9 months to start showing babies. Seafoam is vintage and unbelievably beautiful. ItsDeb |
Hi, The longest it has taken a leaf to sprout babies for me was around nine months. I think though that I had an older leaf and it was over the winter where I didn't have a warm place to propagate it. The age of a leaf can make a tremendous difference in how long it will take to propagate as does the temperature around the leaf. I have heard of people putting there leaf cuttings on top of their TV sets to give them a little extra heat. Larry |
To Adam in NH, Did you know you have an AV club in Derry? The meetings are on the first Thursday of the month. We also have a club in Maine, in the Kennebunk area, which is closer for some NH people. Meets the first Wednesday of the month. If one plays their cards right, they can get to two meetings in the same week!! Barbara Barbara |
Barbara, Thanks, but I do know about those local clubs. I've got lots of excuses why I haven't made it to a meeting yet. I'll probably make it someday. Adam in NH |
- Posted by nwgatreasures (My Page) on Fri, Sep 5, 08 at 12:13
Adam, Let me encourage you to go. We recently had a male join our society and his presence has made the most wonderfully dramatic difference in the "environment" of the society. You probably have something wonderful to contribute to your local group. A wise person once shared with me, "Look for reasons TO DO something instead of excuses why not to." (no offense intended) Dora |
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Miller Tackles "Identity Theft"
Miller said identity theft occurs when someone obtains and uses another's important personal information such as credit card numbers, PIN numbers, social security numbers, or bank accounts.
"It's a growing problem, and it sure can ruin your day if you're a victim," Miller said. "Actually, consumers tell us it usually takes many months of work to set things right again."
Miller presented draft legislation that would make identity theft a crime, provide civil penalties for perpetrators, allow consumers to block information on credit reports if police reports document it resulted from identity theft, and require businesses to examine three forms of identification before they offer "instant credit."
"This package will deter some identity thieves and make it a little easier for victims to correct the situation, but consumers still need to be on the ball to protect themselves," Miller said.
"There has been an explosion of opportunities for identity thieves," he said, citing the proliferation of PIN numbers, credit card offers in the mail, and ATM and Internet transactions.
Miller said identity thieves obtain information in many ways, from "shoulder surfing" (spying someone's PIN entry at an ATM or telephone), to taking key information off of checks, to opening an account based on someone else's credit card solicitation -- which the recipient might have discarded as "junk mail."
"Identity thieves don't always drain money out of people's existing accounts," Miller said. "They might use the information to set up their own new account, or secure deposits on cars or housing, or even to rob retirement earnings. This may not be a direct theft under existing law, but it sure can cause a mountain of work for the consumer to set it right if it spoils or tangles up their credit record. That's why we propose that the identity theft itself should be a crime."
Miller said the Consumer Protection Division started logging identity theft calls and letters this year. From January to November, the Division received 44 complaints and 284 inquiries. In his book "Scam School," Chuck Whitlock estimated that a thousand people a day in the U.S. are victims of identity theft. U.S. News & World Report said that victims and institutions lost $745 million to the problem in 1997, compared to $442 million in 1995.
The Division published two consumer education booklets last year on the topic: "How to Avoid Identity Theft" and "A Guide for Victims of Identity Theft." Both are available at the Attorney General's Office or its web site: www.state.ia.us/government/ag. (Click on "consumer brochures," then identity theft.)
Miller suggested several tips to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft:
Tear up papers with personal information, such as billing statements and mail solicitations for credit cards. Always take or destroy ATM and credit card receipts.
Consider removing extra information from checks, such as social security number, date of birth and address, since checks easily can be lost or stolen.
Do not carry PIN numbers or passwords -- memorize them -- and try not to carry extra credit cards, SSN, or other key information unless necessary.
Study your credit card bill every month to catch any unauthorized charges.
If you do have a problem, prepare to work hard to set it right by contacting credit reporting agencies and taking other steps. See the Attorney General's detailed booklet on how to remedy identity theft.
Details on proposed legislation:
2. Provide a civil penalty of $1000 or three times actual damages against a person convicted of identity theft. Give the victim a civil cause of action and give the Attorney General enforcement authority.
3. Give consumers the right to block information placed on their credit reports as a result of identity theft, if the consumer files a valid police report.
4. Require entities that take credit applications in person to examine three forms of identification before they extend "instant credit."


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