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Monsanto International Day of Protest
An international day of protest against the loathsome corporate giant Monsanto has been scheduled for May 25th, 2013. Activists across the globe are uniting in resistance to the monopolistic control of our global food system, most visibly embodied in the company of Monsanto. The protest will span 6 continents and over 36 countries.
Monsanto has long been under scrutiny for lobbying for loose regulations on genetically-modified foods, as well as for monopolizing seeds and exploiting poor farmers around the globe. This previous post, 'Monsanto Protection Act' Sneaks Through Congress, outlines the horrors that Monsanto triggered in India in what has been termed the "GM Genocide" AlJazeera reports, "300,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide since 1995 after being driven into insurmountable debt by neoliberal economics and the conquest of Indian farmland by Monsanto's Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton." The post also outlines how a rider dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act", formally called the Farmer Assurance Provision, snuck through Congress as part of the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for 2013. This rider stripped federal courts of the power to stop the planting and sale of genetically modified (GMO) seeds regardless of any consumer health concerns.
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In the weeks since the rider was approved within an annual agriculture spending bill, anti-Monsanto sentiment has only increased. The international day of protest scheduled for May 25 is now looking at becoming one for the record books, and even a number of celebrities have lent their star power to help raise awareness of the movement.
"Here in America you don't get the right to know whether you're eating genetically modified organisms," award-winning music performer Dave Matthews says in a video for the march that has been uploaded to the Web. Comedian Bill Maher and actor Danny DeVito also appeared in the clip to plead with people around the world to rally against GMO companies.
Avaaz.org is running a Monsanto vs. Mother Earth campaign through their website, trying to gather signatures on a petition to pressure governments to place stricter restrictions on GMOs and corporate misconduct. They write:
It's unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to gain exclusive control over the seeds of life – the source of our food. They're trying to patent away varieties of our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, virtually forcing growers to pay them for seed and risk being sued if they don't.
But we can stop them from buying up Mother Earth. Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to have exclusive rights over conventional seeds, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands — where opposition is already growing — to call for a vote to stop Monsanto's greedy plans...
Since food, like water, is so vitally essential to life on Earth, surely we can not allow it to become commodified and controlled by the invisible hand of the market. Profit-driven corporations will continually overlook what is socially and environmentally responsible in the interest of capital and in expanding their control in global markets. Food insecurity and injustice is part and parcel of the global corporatist regime, where groups of people are systematically marginalized and unable to access the means of agricultural production and are unable to access affordable, healthy food in general. Companies like Monsanto produce great wealth alongside unthinkable poverty and exclusion, and so in the interest of both alleviating world hunger and striving for environmental sustainability, do sign the petition and consider joining the mobilization against Monsanto closest to you on May 25th.
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As I'm reading this article and eating my lunch, I can't help but look at my plate full of vegetables and ask myself how many of these are GMO. I would LOVE if food had to be labeled as such.


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I never really studied the Jordan, Iowa tornado before today and found little information on it but I thought it was a very interesting tornado because of it's "U" shaped damage path. I also found another tornado on the same day that hit Lemont, Illinoise and had a "J" shaped damage path. The tornado even went back over it's path for awhile. Both tornadoes had anticyclonic satellite tornadoes. I was wondering if anyone else found these tornadoes interesting and could explain why the tornadoes had unique damage paths. Here is the information I could find on the tornadoes and none of it is copied/pasted.
June 13, 1976: This was a very tragic day for the town of Jordan Iowa. As Dr. Fujita described the Jordan,
Iowa tornado he said it was the most intense and destructive tornado he had ever studied. The tornado hit the town of Jordan in Boone County, Iowa and destroyed every single building in the town. Thankfully nobody was killed. The tornado touched down 3 miles southwest of Luther and tracked northeast. The tornado turned to the north as it moved north of Luther and moved through the town of Jordan. The tornado then turned to the northwest creating a "U" shaped damage path. After that is turned again and moved east over the county line and may have continued all the way to Sioux City. While a damage path is evident this could also be from microburst's and it is unknown if the tornado made it to Sioux City where F0-F1 wind damage occurred to most of the city. Four tornadoes touched down in Boone County on this day rated as 1 F5tornado, 2 F3 tornadoes and 1 F2 tornado. The Jordan tornado was on the ground for at least 30 minutes and had an anti cyclonic satellite tornado rated as an F3 tornado.
On the same day Lemont in Cook County, Illinois was struck by a violent F4 tornado that also had two anti cyclonic satellite tornadoes. Lemont Illinois took a direct hit at 5:18 PM. The tornado destroyed 87 houses and damaged 82 more houses. The tornado injured 23 people and killed 3 more people. Three people took shelter in a ditch and only two of them survived the tornado. Houses were picked up and then exploded and imploded according to witnesses. What is interesting about this tornado is the "J" shape damage path. After the tornado passed through Lemont witnesses said the tornado started moving back towards the town before turning and missing the town. The tornado ended 5 miles from where it started. The tornado had a speed of 10 MPH and a damage path of 10 miles. At one point of the tornadoes life time it was nearly stationary. The tornado affected Dupage and Cook County in Illinois.
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We're in the midst of an amazing time in our country. People are charged. There are heated discussions happening at dinner tables. It's bringing families closer, marriages to the couch together to watch and discuss and find a future. We're waiting. We're poised. It's going to be a fun and interesting ride.
I have my thoughts and opinions like everyone else. I have my points I desperately want to slam around and I have my reasons to why I feel as I do. But those points sit in draft here because of one simple thing: We, the country, the community, the people, are still prejudice.
It's sad but it's true: Someone with a differing opinion than your own can drive you to not consider the points being made. Opening up a website to see a... Read more
After several (aka: A LOT) of posts in draft, finally, I say Hi. The thing is, see, I write. I used to write anyway. Then I started blogging and blogging turned in to not writing and when did I write?
Did I mention the wine?
I love my job. Oh, god, I love my job. I love that I get to do the Thing I LOVE MOST in the world, aside from my husband, whom I don't get to "do" enough, and geek out on nerdy things like Web Standards! Z-index! Ajax! CMS! WTF! But the truth is, maybe, a little bit, I love it too much.
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I'm not afraid to call a spade a spade. To cry wolf. To roll my eyes at my own self. Yes, yes YES. I get it. I know! I went to a blogging conference and realized I had to stop blogging. STAT.
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During an interview with The Washington Fing Post (like Oh My God), I worked through some of my blog angst. It was like all I needed was for some reporter from some totally random newspaper to interview me and I'd go, "Hu. No, I see the value in blogging." And I did.
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Islamic dreams about Green Plants find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Green Plants dictionary!
Green Plants dream interpretations
Dream Explanation
— (Forest; Hidden; Manifest; Woods) Eating wild
in the wilderness in a dream represents hard earned money. Wild
are also interpreted as a person whose goodness is hidden and whose heart is better than what his appearance may suggest. (Also see Wild thyme)
Seeds Grown into
or Trees Dream Explanation
— It is a glad tiding that his good deeds a re accepted by Allah Taala and that he will attain popularity, credibility and dignity in this world as a result of his good actions. At other times seeds may be interpreted as one's children on condition that the field wherein the seeds are sewn is seen in its entirety and he is familiar with it.
Green Dream Explanation
— (Fertile; Good harvest; Longevity; Paradise; Youth) Wearing a
garment in a dream is a sign of piety, religious attendance, assiduity and devotion.
silky garments are the robes of the dwellers of paradise. Seeing a departed person wearing a
raiment in a dream means that he or she are living in a good state and reaping the benefits of their deeds in the world. It could also mean inheriting the deceased person. As for the deceased person himself, it could also mean that he has left this world in a state of martyrdom. All
garments in a dream represent benefits.
in a dream is also interpreted to mean submission to Allah's will. (Also see Garment)
Green Fruit Dream Explanation
— If
fruit is seen, it suggests wealth which will be of no benefit to the observer.
Mare Dream Explanation
— He will marry a woman with a charming personality and a sweet, singing voice.
Green fields Dream Explanation
— (See Crop)
Clothes Dream Explanation
— A pleasant dream for both the living and dead since
is the colour of the people of Jannah.
Plant Dream Explanation
— All
, except corn, barley, sesame, the great millet of Africa, and beans, symbolize Islam (religion). Planting means that the dreamer's wife will get pregnant.
Harvest Dream Explanation
— • Seeing
being harvested in a country at war or in the executioner's usual place: People will die by the sword, inasmuch as
were harvested by the sickle.
being harvested in the Grand Mosque or in shops and houses in a country that is not at war: The sword of God will strike in the form of a plague or an epidemic.
being harvested in the marketplace: The people will make plenty of benefits and become prosperous and happy.
• The people of the area themselves, not any strangers, harvesting at the mosque or a similar place: Blessings and rewards.
• Harvesting in the fields when the
are ripe: Good dream or it means that pests will attack the cultivated areas.
Nursery Dream Explanation
— (Greenhouse; Hotbed) In a dream, a nursery represents profits, annual return or a fertile woman. Owning or attending a nursery in a dream means victory, prosperity, marriage, acquiring knowledge, training in arts, or repenting from sin and harvesting the fruits of one's repentance. If the fruits of one's
turn into gold or silver in one's dream, it means either benefits, profits, or that a disease will impair the growth of one's
, or it could mean unsalability of one's crop.
Woods Dream Explanation
— (Forest; Wild plants)
Desert Dream Explanation
— (Waterless plain) Seeing a desert in a dream means escaping from difficulty to ease, or bidding farewell to adversities to meet with opportunities, or it could mean repenting from sin, reversing the course of one's business from loss to profits, or it could mean recovering from an illness. If one sees himself poor and walking into a desert land or a ruin in a dream, it means his death. Walking through a barren land in a dream means engaging in a futile business or a benign affair. Walking in a plain in a dream means reaching ease in one's life, receiving honor or engaging in good deeds depending on how far one walks in that plain during his dream. A desert in a dream represents joy and happiness, depending on how vast it seems and how
are its
in one's dream.
Wheat Dream Explanation
— (Grains) In a dream, wheat means money well earned. Buying wheat in a dream means increase in one's earnings, or in the number of his children. If one sees a ruler placing a stick and steering inside a bushel of grains in a dream, it means rising prices. Planting wheat in a dream means doing a good deed for Allah's pleasure. Walking in wheat fields in a dream means offering a service to Allah Almighty. If one
wheat but it sprouts barley instead in a dream, it means ostentatiousness. If it grows blood in the dream, it means that he profits from usury. Eating
wheat in the fields from its spikes in a dream means gaining spiritual progress through ascetic detachment. Eating cooked wheat in a dream means afflictions. Holding a bundle of ears of wheat, or placing them inside a pot in a dream means profits equal to the number of spikes one has gathered. Harvesting wheat outside the season in a dream means death, destruction, deception and trials for the people of that locality. Harvesting
spikes of wheat in the dream means the death of a young person, but if they are yellow and dry, then they mean the death of an elderly person. Bartering wheat for barley in a dream means replacing the Quranic recital with interest in poetry. Seeing wheat over one's bed in a dream represents one's wife. Planting its seeds in a dream means conceiving a child. In a dream, wheat also represents a cautious person who manages his affairs with wisdom and who spends his money to help people without being a spendthrift.
Character Dream Explanation
— (Hidden; Manifest; Wild plants; Forest; Woods)
Hidden goodness Dream Explanation
— (Herbal medicine; Medicinal plant; Wild plants)
Manifest character Dream Explanation
— (Character; Hidden; Forest; Wild plants; Woods)
Forest Dream Explanation
— (Jungle; Wild plants; Woods) A forest in a dream represents loneliness and fear and it could represent a brothel, immorality and corruption.
Truffle Dream Explanation
— Up to three truffles symbolizes mean and useless or thankless individuals of either sex. Truffles, like mushrooms, fungi, and
that have no roots, symbolize foundlings, natural children produced by adultery, persons of unknown origin, and those who cannot stand on their feet, or money that comes spontaneously and without effort, like a gift, a donation, a grant, or any sudden and unexpected source of gratification. This belief is reinforced by the fact that the Muslims Holy Prophet is reported to have said that truffles were a kind of manna, which, according to the Webster dictionary, is food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness.
• A poor person collecting and eating truffles and the like: Will become rich.
• A rich person collecting and eating such plants: Will get richer.
• An ascetic person unearthing and eating truffles: Will come back to the pleasures of the flesh.
• Moving from one truffle field to another: Will undertake pleasure trips or move from one market to another or from one trade to another.
Sprout Dream Explanation
— (Garden greens; Leguminosae) A fresh sprout in a dream means distress, but if it is dry, then it means a good harvest, or clean money which is earned with joy. If one sees himself gathering a bunch of
sprouts in a dream, it denotes a warning. If one recognizes its substance in his dream, interpreting the element then goes back to its innate quality. Entering into a field of sprouts in a dream means a marriage into the family who owns that farmland, or it could mean a business partnership. If one sees himself bartering
sprouts for bread in a dream, it means aversion to poverty. Eating cooked sprouts in a dream means benefits in every respect. If one sees himself in a dream exchanging quails and manna (See Manna) for
sprouts and garlic, it means that he will be subjugated to poverty and humiliation. Purslane in a dream represents someone who has exaggerated hopes. This is why this type of sprout is also called; stupid sprout.' (Also see Garden herbs; Lentil)
Farmland Dream Explanation
— Farmland symbolizes the female, as it is plowed, seeded, and irrigated. It bears, delivers, and gives its semen (sap) to the
till the harvest comes and the latter no longer need it.


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Facebook Says Surge In Random Gore Porn Is Coordinated Spam Attack
Where do you go from a headline like that. Seriously, my career as a tech blogger really feels like it was all leading up to writing something so simultaneously shocking and banal.
If you haven't been among the lucky ones (Betabeat demands to know why we were overlooked), Facebook users have been complaining that horrific, violent pornography has been appearing their feeds. With the new timeline feature just released, users were understandably confused about where this imagery was coming from. Repressed memories, perhaps? "I noticed Facebook porn in my friend feed. New feature? No. A Facebook 'virus' shows hardcore porn and violent," tweeted Christopher Justice, a CEO of an Austin-based online design firm.
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I originally posted this on the Garden Experiments forum since I am not building my house with kids, but it is usually a child-related project, so - here's the original posting: I'm working on plans for a sunflower house this season - anyone out there have first hand experience with this so as to give me pointers for success? I'll plant in a circle 10-12 ft in diameter with a 2-3 ft doorway, with Kong Sunflowers in the inner part of the perimeter and shorter varieties in front of those. I'm also thinking of planting a mini-garden of flowers in front of the "house" in the manner of a cottage garden. The whole area is in an already established garden space which is part of my veggie garden. Just thought I'd have some fun this year! :) |
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Sunflower House - Phase 2...I added the fence and planted the seeds - right before the heavy hailstorm hit us! |
Sunflower house as of June 20th, with Fearless the cat investigating. The blanket is a temporary "floor" - looking for a used round rug to put in there. In addition to the sunflowers, there are scarlet runner beans and Heavenly Blue morning glories planted at the "fence posts". |
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That looks cool, I'll watch for updates to see how it works out. I've been wanting to do something similar with my kids, but we always end up just putting the sunflowers in rows for lack of motivation. |
Hi jadedgardener! Make a raised bed like I did in the first photos. I found having the form there from the beginning made it real for me even before the seeds sprouted. The ŌĆ£fenceŌĆØ I decided was necessary because we have high winds in our area and I wanted the sunflowers to have extra support so they wouldn't blow over. But the fence also gives the illusion of a house as well. Plus the blanket or some rug for a floor helps. I took the pic this morning, 40 days after planting the seeds; they're growing pretty fast now. I'd started seeds in cups earlier, but the mice ate them right out of the cups in my greenhouse! |
My family and I are so excited to watch how this progresses! My three little girls ask me to check every day to see if you've updated your post. I think your red blanket will be a lovely contrast to the leaves and flowers as they grow - hope you find a round red one. :) I have a 5 year old who grows short (4'), inedible sunflowers in her garden spot, but next year she wants edible sunflowers. Are Kong Sunflowers edible? Also: are you going to weave the sunflowers/beans around the framework of the house? Great work! We are following along! |
Oh fun! I'm glad there are some others to enjoy this sunflower house with me! I've decided to keep with the blanket instead of a rug, since I like the blanket myself. :) I'm pretty sure the Kong sunflowers are edible; I think just about any sunflower seeds would be, but here's the story about the Kong seeds: the mice ate them! I had to substitute another variety of tall sunflower, plus I have others as well. You see I started them inside in cups, to give them a headstart in our northern climate before they went out in the garden. But then mice came in our little greenhouse and dug up every one of them, plus all the squash, pumpkin and cucumber seeds I'd started as well. I had to start everything over again, but the sunflowers I decided to plant directly into the garden. You ask if I will weave the plants into the framework of the house. The sunflowers I'll probably tie to the fence so they don't run the risk of getting blown down by the wind. The scarlet runner beans and the Heavenly Blue morning glories are already winding their way up the fence posts. I will help them work their way over the top by running some strings between the tops of the posts. You can see the red blooms of the beans on the right in this pic. Things were pretty slow growing right at first, but now they are going strong. Cross your fingers that all the sunflower varieties have time to come to full bloom! |
Sunflower house as of this morning. Note the "hobbit" windows added. I'll try to either tie back or prune plants away from the windows to keep them open. Have extended the trellis fence to meet overhead and make a better roof for the vines to catch hold on. It rained and thundered last night - good growing conditions! |
Here is a pic of the little "cottage garden" I planted in front of the sunflower house. I realize now I should have planted it right beside the "house" to look like a real cottage garden. Separated by the path, even though it's a narrow one, the effect is lost. Plus I think I should have put the windows lower down. Making notes for next year! :) |
Im excited to see the finished product! Ive been checking every few days for new pictures. I like the little cottage garden too |
Sunflower house as of this morning. Getting close to bloom-time! Hard to get a good shot where it's situated, but will take another in late afternoon or when it's cloudy and the light isn't behind it. Stay tuned! |
The little Sunflower House cottage garden with Sirius, one of the feral cats who lives in the colony here, visiting. You can just see the red "floor" of the sunflower house at the top right. The marigolds on the bottom right are the end of the tomato trellis bed. |
Very close to bloom time now...Here's a pic taken from the inside of one of the spayed feral cats, Little Mama, "walking through walls". |
And here is a pic looking up at the "ceiling" of the Sunflower House. The scarlet runner beans are living up to their name, running to cover the roof with red blooms. |
This picture prompted a "That's not a sunflower - it's red!" from my 5 year old. And a "So... it's a sunflower that walks the Earth? Cool." from my 7 year old. Now I'm going to add other-than-yellow-sunflowers to my exchange list. :D |
Thank you for sharing your pictures. What fun for your kids. I like the rug, scarlet runner beans and of course the sun flowers. This year we did not have a bean house in our 4-h garden, but pumpkins and attempting water melons. The "house" inspires the imagination of more kids. Love the progressive pictures. |
Hi guys! Yes, there ARE red sunflowers! Or more like burgundy or rust colored. And one of the cool things is that these are maybe 5th or 6th generation harvested from my own plants. Back some years ago when I bought the first Earthwalker seeds, I assumed they wouldn't come true to type so I didn't save seed. However, the sunflowers had a different idea about it, and I had volunteers from the seed scattered by the chicadees, and they were all red, too, though in varying shades. Since then I've saved some seed heads by covering them with a cut-up nylon stocking bag, letting them dry right on the plant before harvesting. Still some problems with weevils, however. Cedar_wa - I would never have thought of the scarlet runner beans if some friends of mine hadn't given me some when I mentioned the sunflower house - they are wonderful; they grow so fast!!! More pics in a few days - the yellows are about to bloom. :) |
Here are the first yellows to bloom. I only took a close up instead of an overall pic since the few blooms don't have much of a dynamic impact yet, but there are so many buds that I should be able to get a pic very soon that will look like a real Sunflower House! |
I made a mistake. I really thought that the sunflowers would follow the sun around and face the doorway by the afternoon, but not so. They only moved about a quarter of the way, so I can't get a decent pic of them except from the side of the House. Here's the south wall of the Sunflower House. |
One of the Heavenly Blue morning glories and a volunteer. Note to self: the Heavenly Blues are not as hardy as these other less fancy ones, and are weeks behind in blooming. I'm already planning to have another house next year to see if I can't do it better. I'll be planting the non-blue morning glories as well. |
A better pic of the Sunflower House. Unfortunately, this is the back side. Will definitely need to move the door next year. :) |
some of the morning glories, which are blooming like crazy right now...just not on the Sunflower House! :) |
OK - here's what it looks like from the front. Still waiting for a better pic where some of the shorter sunflowers around the door will be blooming. If anyone is still out there watching, there's bound to be at least one more pic to come. |
We're still here watching and enjoying! We think you did a great job. There was mighty concern from my 3 year old when you posted the bee picture. She was certain you had been stung and were sick. (She isn't up-to-speed on bees yet) Thank you for showing all the developments of your sunflower house! |
Tatreanna - you can tell your little one that bees are my friends and would never sting me! And if they did, the frogs and toads would be mad and gobble them up! ;) Here's a little green frog sitting on a dahlia leaf in the Sunflower cottage garden. |
And here's a different kind of green tree frog who lives in another part of the garden. I have seen him on the flowers of this particular daylily plant on many different days. They have a very loud shrill voice, which when you hear it sounds like a bird. You can hardly believe it when you track it down and see how small the fellow really is! |
Almost completed, though I'm still waiting to see the Heavenly Blue morning glories bloom on the House; they are blooming elsewhere, though. There are many points I'm making note of for next year, which I'll add here in case anyone else wants to create their own Sunflower House: 1. The fence was a good idea; I just yesterday had to go out and tie up those tall sunflowers that were leaning from the weight of their heads. Having the fence in place to tie to was just what was needed. Nothing elaborate, just tall brush stakes that I sunk into the ground about a foot deep. Then secured with horizontal pieces tied on - that early pic shows it. 2. The doorway should have been either east or south facing, instead of my west facing door. The sunflowers do turn to follow the sun, but not enough to ever line up with my doorway. 3. I think it would have been better to plant all the tall sunflowers inside the fence line, and put dwarf sunflowers and possibly other flowers like marigolds, calendula or yellow cosmos on the outside of the fence line. Then, with the scarlet runner beans and morning glories planted beside the vertical stakes and some intermixed with the tall growing sunflowers, their blossoms should be very visible up until the point the sunflowers get big. Also, the outer fence line of lower growing flowers will help "close the walls", which right now are very see-through. 4. The scarlet runner beans have already finished blooming - maybe I should make a second planting two weeks after the first to extend bloom longer. Any other thoughts for what would look good? |
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Hey samhain your garden is Awesome.All your efforts have shown fruitful result. |
Thanks, Mary! The Sunflower House is pretty well finished now; going to seed. It's been fun, and I'm hoping to do it again next year. If anyone else decides to put one up, I'd love to see it! :) |
The Sunflower House is Beautiful. We really enjoyed the work in progress photos. TFS!! |
Thanks, teisa! I'm hoping this will get some others to start some. I'm already making plans for next year. :) |
Wow! You have post the nice images. I am happy to join this community. Flower increase the beauty of nature. I like sunflowers. Cheers :) |
Thank you, Joomax! I'm already planning for next year's Sunflower House! |
Thanks so much for posting this fun idea along with so many beautiful pictures. I have two little girls and I think this is going into my garden plans for this year. |
SageMama - wonderful! I had such a good time with it. Try to get the scarlet runner beans to go with the sunflowers - they added alot to the charm. The girls will love watching the hummingbirds that show up. :) |
Thank you for posting. At our community Children's Garden they planted a Sunflower Room. It was about 10' x 20' with a 2-ft. 'door' opening. Different classes walked over to the Sunflower Room to read books. Kids were invited to come anytime during the summer and bring their beach towel or blanket and sit in it, read, or whatever they wanted. It wasn't as elaborate as yours, but it was fun. Heidi |
Heidi - they are fun, aren't they? And as you can see if you follow the link below, you can add even more to it in the way of plantings. I think I will go for a 3rd year in the same location. But I have another project in the works - a Sunflower Path that will wind through my vegetable garden area. I saw something like this at a Big Boy restaurant this past fall. It was so unexpected and enchanting, I just have to try it! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sunflower House #2
Heidi - I meant to ask, do you have a picture of the Sunflower house at your community Children's Garden? If you see this post, please post a pic for me. I'd love to see some other Sunflower Houses! |
I wish I had a photo, but I don't. |
Well, maybe next year...;) |
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I have had a rough summer and lost the majority of my plants. I still have caerulea, incarnata, betty miles young, vitifolia, white wedding, and anastacia. Looking to try to replace some other plants. I would gladly pay postage for any cuttings of others anyone can spare. I have had luck rooting them, and would like to try again. Thanks for reading this! |
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Jonathan T. Capehart is an American journalist and television personality. He writes for The Washington Post's PostPartisan blog and is a contributor for MSNBC.3
Capehart grew up in New Jersey, and attended Saint Benedict's Preparatory School.4 He is a graduate of Carleton College.56
Prior to his work with the Washington Post and MSNBC, Capehart was a researcher for NBC's The Today Show.47 Subsequently, he worked for the New York Daily News (NYDN), serving as a member of its editorial board from 1993 to 2000. At the time of his hiring, Capehart was youngest-ever member of that newspaper's editorial board.4 In 2000, he left the NYDN to work at Bloomberg News and afterward, he advised and wrote speeches for Michael Bloomberg during Bloomberg's 2001 run for the mayoralty of New York City.8910 In 2002, he returned to the NYDN, serving as deputy editor of the editorial page until 2004.8 In December 2004, Capehart joined the global public relations company Hill & Knowlton as a Senior Vice President and senior counselor of public affairs.4
He joined the staff of the Washington Post as a journalist and editorial board member in 2007.11 He currently serves in that capacity, in addition to being a contributing commentator for MSNBC.6
In 2013, Capehart refused to comment on a race discrimination lawsuit against the Washington Post that was uncovered by journalist Evan Gahr.12 Gahr labeled Capehart one of the Washington Post-MSNBC fixtures who regularly accuse Republicans and conservatives of racism but were "suddenly quieter than deaf mutes about a lawsuit alleging race discrimination at their own paper." 13
Capehart was a key contributor to a New York Daily News editorial team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Best Editorial Writing. The award was for a series of editorials regarding Harlem's Apollo Theater.47
He was a 2011 Esteem Honoree, a distinction given to individuals in recognition of efforts in supporting the African American and LGBT communities in the areas of entertainment, media, civil rights, business and art.11
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- ^ a b "Click:Jonathan Capehart". Politico. 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ a b "Jonathan Capehart". David Patrick Columbia's New York Social Diary. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ a b Bugg, Sean (November 4, 2010). "Man in the Middle:Jonathan Capehart charts his own course as one of Washington's leading opinion-makers". Metro Weekly. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ Gordon, Meryl (November 19, 2001). "The Winner's Circle". New York. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Jonathan Capehart". Center for American Progress. June 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
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Basiliscus vittatus
Brown Basilisk
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This is a juvenile. Basilisks can run really fast on their hind legs, and with their spread-out back feet they can even run across water, a habit that has earned them the nickname "Jesus Christ lizards".
Pook's Hill, Belize
The large crest is a mark of an adult male.
This species is officially known as the Brown Basilisk, but the Common Basilisk is also sometimes called Brown Basilisks, to distinguish them from the beautiful Basiliscus plumifrons, or Green Basilisk.
Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida
This is yet another non-native species that's now running wild in South Florida, along with the Cuban Brown Anole, the Puerto Rican Crested Anole, the Green Iguana, the Tropical House Gecko, the Brahminy Blind Snake, and many others.
Red Road Linear Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Along the edge of the Red Road canal, a large population of brown basilisks thrives. These three are all large adults. The last one is particular old and grizzled (but still remarkably fast).
Red Road Linear Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida
A warm December day brought out the non-native Florida basilisks again in large numbers. The first four here are in order of increasing age and size, from a tiny hatchling (cute!) to a full-sized adult (what a tail!). The fifth and last photo shows a subadult basilisk snacking on a Brown Anole, another non-native Floridian lizard. These basilisks are extremely fast and quite shy, so it's always a challenge to notice them from far enough away to get a photo before they speed off into the bushes or across the water.
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It had been many years since I saw one of these dramatic lizards in their natural habitat. Well, almost natural anyway. This one was basking on a rough brick patio. A fine lizard in the grand scheme of things, but it really loses its luster when compared to its sympatric green cousin.


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A Simplified Zone System
By: Norman Koren
This tutorial on the Zone System, written by Norman Koren, will be of primarily interest to newcomers to photography who use negative film — either colour or B&W. Even experienced transparency users will find it of interest as a review of an often misunderstood topic. — Michael Reichmann
Why Negatives?
Most professionals work with color slides instead of negatives because clients demand them. Why? WYSIWYG! What you see is what you get; it's easy to judge the quality of slides, and when they're good, they're really beautiful. It's difficult to judge anything from a negative, and prints from camera or drug stores rarely do justice to the information on negatives.Why then would a serious photographer choose to work with negatives? Because
negatives can capture a much larger exposure range than slides. (See What
exposure range can film capture?, below.) You can make excellent images in
difficult lighting that would defeat slide film. Modern negative films, such as
Kodak's new Supra
series, are as sharp and fine grained as slide films of comparable speed. And we
now have affordable scanners, Image editing programs and color printers that
enable you to produce inexpensive prints of impressive quality — as good as
custom darkroom prints most of the time, and better when difficult manipulations
(dodging, burning, selective color shifts, etc.) are required. These scanners
work well with properly exposed slides of low to moderate contrast, but if you
work in the field with difficult or contrasty lighting, negatives have the edge.
And difficult lighting can sometimes give you the finest, most dramatic images.
Introduction to The Zone System
The first thing you need to know is that exposure meters are dumb, really dumb. They are clueless about what they're photographing. They assume that all scenes have the same average tonal value — middle gray — roughly Zone 5 in the chart below. If a scene is different, for example a snow scene, it will be exposed incorrectly. It will come out middle gray — underexposed. If you follow the meter's reading, every scene will have the same average middle gray density. You'll get lots of bad exposures, especially if you photograph in difficult light.Ansel Adams developed the zone system to cope with this situation. His technique was to carefully study a scene, visualize the final print, then determine the correspondence between portions of the scene and tones in the print. He would then meter, expose and develop the negative accordingly. His basic rule was,
Ansel Adams used a view camera and developed each sheet film negative individually. His system is very elegant — it produces prints with exceptional tonality — but it requires a tremendous amount of testing, calibration, record keeping, and time. It's not practical unless you have a darkroom. With my day job I don't have that kind of time. Luckily there are shortcuts to making good exposures."Expose for the shadows; develop for the highlights."
(Warning: This rule applies to negatives, not slides; more later.)
We present a simplified zone system that will enable you to expose your image
correctly most of the time. It works equally well with color and black and white
negatives; exposure technique is identical. Once you get the hang of it, you'll
find it's not all that complex.
An exception to the dumb exposure meter rule can be found in modern single lens reflex cameras with matrix metering, which tend to be expensive high-end models. A good example is the Nikon F100, which has a 10 segment meter. It meters each segment individually, then uses a computer program to determine the optimum exposure. The program employs artificial intelligence or fuzzy logic-- it's been taught to respond correctly to a wide variety of scenes. Of course there will always be exceptions-- a reader's comment in the photo.net review of the F100 indicates that it can be fooled by backlighting, but it can be trusted most of the time. |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
The zone system begins with a zone chart. Zone 1 is pure black; zone 9 is
pure white; zone 5 can be described subjectively as middle gray. On paper, zone
5 corresponds to a reflectance of 18%. Since computer monitors and printers vary
greatly — Macintoshes have different brightness curves (gammas)
from PC's — what you see here may not be an accurate representation of the
zone chart. You will need to have a good feeling for Zone 5-- middle gray, so if
what you see doesn't seem right, you should go to a camera store and buy a Kodak
18% reflectance gray card. These cards are used by professionals for exposure
metering in the studio: They place the card next to the subject and meter from
it. This is equivalent to incident light metering: measuring the light
that reaches the subject. With incident metering, the exposure is independent of
the subject's reflectance: dark subjects come out dark and light subjects come
out light. Incident metering works very well in studio environments and for
close-ups, but it isn't practical for landscapes. Meters built into cameras
measure reflected light.
values Zone 0 |
Complete lack of density in the negative image, other than film base density plus fog. Total black in the print. We will omit zone 0 from the remainder of this tutorial; zone 1 will be considered pure black. |
Zone 1 | Effective threshold. First step above complete black in the print. Slight tonality, but no texture. |
Zone 2 | First suggestion of texture. Deep tonalities, representing the darkest part of the image in which some detail is required. |
Zone 3 | Average dark materials. Low values showing adequate texture. |
values Zone 4 |
Average dark foliage. Dark stone. Landscape shadow. Recommended shadow value for portraits in sunlight. |
Zone 5 | Clear north sky (panchromatic rendering). Dark skin. Gray stone. Average weathered wood. Middle gray (18% reflectance). |
Zone 6 | Average Caucasian skin value. Light stone. Shadows in snow in sunlit snowscapes. |
values Zone 7 |
Very light skin. Light gray objects. Average snow with acute side lighting. |
Zone 8 | Whites with textures and delicate values (not blank whites). Snow in full shade. Highlights on Caucasian skin. |
Zone 9 | Glaring white surfaces. Snow in flat sunlight. White without texture. (The only subjects higher than Zone 9 would be light sources; they would be rendered as the maximum white value of the paper surface. |
In a scene — in the field — each zone represents a doubling or halving of the luminance — the light reflected from the subject — or equivalently, a difference of one f-stop. The eight steps between the nine zones in the chart (1-9) represent a luminance range of 256 (28). On paper surfaces, this difference is considerably compressed. On good photographic paper, pure white is about 90% reflectance and pure black is about 2% reflectance. The maximum tonal range is around 45, equivalent to about 5.5 zones (log245). Reflectance differences between zones are less than a factor of two. The difference between zones at the ends of the scale (1 and 2 or 8 and 9) is much less than between zones in the middle (4, 5, and 6).
A beginner's glossary of confusing photographic terms |
Shutter speed
is the amount of time the shutter is open during exposure. It is the
inverse of the number on the dial. The standard sequence is 1, 2, 4, 8,
15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 1000, ..., where 125 represents 1/125 second, etc. Aperture is the variable opening in the lens that admits light. F-stop is a measure of the aperture opening, defined as a lens's focal length divided by the aperture diameter. F-stops are sequenced in multiples of the square root of two: 1, 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, etc. Increasing the f-stop by one step halves the light reaching the film. F-stop also refers to a change in the aperture by one step, which doubles or halves the light reaching the film. "Opening up" or "increasing" the aperture means admitting more light; reducing the f-stop. Similarly, "stopping down" means admitting less light; increasing the f-stop. The speed of a lens is its maximum aperture, i.e., smallest f-stop. Film speed is a measure of a film's sensitivity to light. Faster films tend to have more grain and less resolving power. Exposure is the total light reaching the film. It is a function of the luminance of the subject (the light it emits), the aperture setting, the shutter speed and the film speed. Photographers often say, "increase the exposure by one f-stop," or "stop down by two f-stops." They don't literally mean change the aperture. They mean adjust either the shutter speed or the aperture. We will use this terminology below. |
Proper Exposure
You probably know what a well exposed slide looks like — it's pretty obvious. Colors are rich and saturated where you expect them to be, and no important areas are washed out or too dark. But it's less obvious what makes a well exposed negative. First, there should be detail in all important shadow areas. In underexposed negatives, shadow areas look clear — they lack detail; there is nothing to print. Information is lost. Shadow detail is extremely important in tonally rich, satisfying fine prints. But shadow areas shouldn't be too dense. If no areas of the negative approach the film base density; if the entire negative is thick, it's probably overexposed. Now overexposure isn't necessarily disastrous. Negative film can capture a huge tonal range, and the detail you need to print is probably still present. But if you overexposed, you either used a longer shutter speed than necessary (more chance of camera shake or blur) or a wider aperture (less depth of field and possibly less lens sharpness; in 35mm cameras, lenses are sharpest between two stops down from maximum aperture and f/11). Portions of the negative may be denser than the Dmax of the scanner (the highest density it can respond to, typically 3 to 4 on a logarithmic scale). In black and white film, dense areas of negatives become grainy and lose sharpness; color negative film isn't quite as bad. Nevertheless, image quality is generally degraded in overexposed negatives.The situation is reversed is slides, where overexposure is the
cardinal sin. Overexposed areas are washed out and lacking in detail. Slides
capture a much smaller brightness range than negatives, hence they require very
careful exposure. Some detail may be lost in contrasty scenes, even in
well-exposed slides. Most professionals bracket their slide exposures:
expose at nominal, ± 1/2 f-stop, ± 1 f-stop, and sometimes more. They wouldn't
think of risking a $1000 job to save $20 of film. In landscapes, where the sky
and scenery at the top of the frame is often much brighter than at the bottom, a
graduated neutral density filter (dark on top; clear on bottom) can be
invaluable for reducing the brightness range. These filters come in several
gradients and maximum densities. It takes practice to use them effectively.
The Heart of The Matter: Determining Exposure
The key to the zone system is visualizing how you want areas of the scene to appear in the final image, or in the language of the zone system, where you want to "place" them. The zone system can then be expressed in a single statement: Select an area of the scene, meter it, then adjust the exposure by the difference between the zone you want in the final image and zone 5. For example, say you want to place the snowy mountains in scene below (Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, with the Jungfrau range in the background) at zone 7. Meter them, then increase the exposure by two f-stops, i.e., if the meter says 500 at f/16, expose at 250 at f/11. Or if you choose to place the shaded mountain on the left at zone 3, meter it, then decrease the exposure by two f-stops. I probably pointed the camera, a Canon FTb with a narrow angle meter, down slightly towards the Zone 5 region, then exposed as indicated. It's that simple. Of course the devil is in the details. And there are several.
The first devilish detail is
that you must be aware of your meter's sensitivity pattern. The zone
system was designed for narrow angle meters, such as 1o spot
meters (see sidebar). Typical SLR's have center-weighted meters, whose
sensitivity is greatest near, or slightly below, the frame center (below
to respond less to bright skies in horizontally oriented landscapes),
falling off gradually towards the edge. These meters are not designed
for the zone system and must be used with care. You have to average over
the region of sensitivity. If you're shopping for a new camera, look for
one with a narrow angle metering mode.
The second devilish detail is how to determine the region to meter. For negatives you should bias your choice towards shadow regions — light shadows, not deep ones. The Zone 3 mountain on the left is a good example. But it's OK to take shortcuts. If a scene is not too contrasty, it's safe to meter from middle tones; shadow detail will be maintained. If it's very contrasty, try to meter off a shadow area. If your meter's sensitivity pattern doesn't allow you to isolate shadows, consider opening up one or two f-stops or bracketing, i.e., making several exposures: nominal, one stop over, etc. You'll learn from experience. For slides, where overexposure must be avoided, you should bias your choice towards middle to lighter regions, with emphasis on the most important part of the image. You may want to take several zone-adjusted readings and use them as the basis of bracketing. The third devilish detail is how to actually set the exposure. If you have an old-fashioned camera with manual f-stops and shutter speeds, or an automatic camera with full manual override, you have no problem. If you have a automatic camera that allows exposure compensation, go ahead and use it, but be forewarned — be mindful! It's easy to forget that you've compensating, and your camera won't remind you. My neighbor lost most of the images from a trip to the Canadian Rockies because he forgot to turn off an exposure compensation mode in his ultra-sophisticated Canon EOS 3. The final detail, not so devilish, is that you must carefully examine each negative or slide when you get it back from the processor. A lightbox and loupe can help with the evaluation. Remember that films, shutters, apertures, and meters all vary, and they can change with time. The film speed on the box isn't absolute; it's only a suggestion. If your negatives or slides are consistently underexposed, decrease your camera's film speed setting. Conversely, if they are overexposed, increase the setting. Don't bother trying to figure out exposure from prints. They're entirely misleading because most photo labs use programs to expose them, and the density of the print is unrelated to the negative. Underexposed negatives result in washed out gray shadow areas that beginners often misinterpret as overexposure. As we engineers say, you must "close the loop," that is, keep adjusting your technique based on recent results. If you do, you'll be rewarded with beautifully exposed negatives and slides nearly every time. |
Simplified zone system summary |
What exposure range can film capture? | ||||||
Of course Ansel Adams may have been able to capture longer ranges, particularly by using short development times (normal minus; N-). He also used small aperture view camera lenses with few elements, and he often used an adjustable bellows lens shade, which is a precise means of controlling flare. He was shown next to one mounted on his view camera in a 1970's TV commercial. Nobody knows how many Toyotas he sold, but camera shops around the country reported selling out their limited stocks of bellows lens shades. Ultimately the number of f-stops the films responds to is not very critical. The main purpose of this tutorial is to help you determine the correct exposure so you can make full toned prints. For negatives that means shadow areas that are neither too thin nor too thick. The characteristic curves provide valuable information on film contrast, which is proportional to the average slope of the film's sensitivity region, (y2-y2)/(x2-x1). The green (G) curve is most appropriate because that's where the eye is most sensitive. For EV100VS slide film, contrast = (0.3-3.3)/(-0.3+2) = -3/1.7 = -1.76. For Supra 100 negative film, contrast = (2.5-0.8)/(1.0+2.0) = 1.7/3 = 0.57. EV100S is three times contrastier than Supra 100, and is in fact contrastier than the original scene! Very punchy. For negatives, scanner contrast is set much higher than for slides. (Papers for printing negatives also have much higher contrast.) That makes the scanner more sensitive to dust, scratches, and grain. This can give slides an advantage, particularly for softly lit, low contrast subjects. I say this with some trepidation because I continue to use negative film for most of my work. Contrast can be pretty extreme in those Rocky Mountain canyons. I'm considering carrying a second camera body with slide film for low contrast images like close-ups of flowers in shade, but, alas, that means more weight and more fumbling with gear. |
The Zone System by Steve Roberts of SR Photography. A nice introduction.The Zone System by Lars Kjellberg. Fine work from creator of the website with the best lens reviews.
Exposure compensation by Klauss Schroiff. A simple explanation of exposure without zones.
The zone system by Cicada Photography Resource. Very detailed. Probably more than you want to know.
Books on the zone system.
Copyright © 2001 by Norman
Norman Koren lives in Colorado, where he develops
magnetic recording technology for high capacity data storage systems. He has
been involved with photography since 1964.


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Google Drive, also known as Google Docs, has undergone some substantial interface and functionality changes in 2012. The following 5 part video tutorial will present users with a thorough guide on using the 2013 web interface of Google Drive.
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John 5:1-24 has at least 3 extraordinary things to teach us about Jesus.
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At least six observations about the final judgment can be made from John 5:25-29.
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