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The book test is a classic of mentalism new and old, but it has always been something I have been reluctant to perform as there is something quite illogical about them.
As I have mentioned before, a mentalist asking someone to 'pick a card' doesn't make any sense – they should be able to just think of a card. Likewise, why go through the process of picking a word from a book when the spectator could just as easily think of a word.
That considered, there is still one book test that I think has some mileage in a stage situation, the invisible book test.
This is a creation by sneaky thinker Colin Mcleod, and runs a little like this:
A member of the audience joins the performer on stage. They are asked to imagine walking into a bookshop, and picking up any book they like. They turn it to any page number, and then see it open in front of them. They look at the imaginary page and pick a word they see on it. The word is show to match a prediction that had been made previously by the mentalist.
You can watch Colin Mcleod perform it on Penn and Teller's 'Fool Us'
Colin McLeod – Invisible Book Test
Those interested in this kind of performance may wish to investigate the idea of 'dual reality'. Dual reality is a at the forefront of new mentalism, and essentially means that the volunteer has a separate experience to that of the audience, but both are still valid. This is different to instant stooging, but still only really works for stage performances. Colin's DVD is a great resource for this.
Further Reading
For modern mentalism ideas like this one, an essential purchase is Colin Mcleod's Opening Minds DVDs .
There's some great thinking on it, and loads of ideas you will be able to use straight away. Not to mention a thorough explanation of the invisible book test, and a real book test that will surely become the standard.


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The Double Laced Barnevelder is a large, soft feathered, docile and very good natured chicken. They are very tame and do not fly well. The Barnevelder is a very pretty bird with interesting markings and a beautiful iridescent beetle sheen on the feathers. Barnevelder chickens are a rare dual purpose breed producing about 180/200 large brown speckled eggs per year. A Barnevelder hen averages between 6.5 and 8.5 lb and the cockerels about 10/14 lb.
Barnevelders are good with children and make excellent backyard chickens. If handled when young they can be very tame. They adapt well to both free range and urban environments. Barnevelders are excellent foragers and feed themselves well if allowed to roam.
The Double Laced Barnevelder is a wonderful bird that has a good reputation as a winter layer. To my knowledge this breed produces the most consistent supply of eggs year round without any artificial light. I chose them specifically because they are hardy birds with small combs that tolerate the cold.
Our barnevelders are allowed to roam free across about 2.5 acres from first light until they roost. The flock consists of 27 hens and 4 unrelated roosters. We are mad about our Barnevelders but we do have other hens and are enthusiastic about chickens in general. We are great advocates of chicken keeping and their place in a self-sufficient society is beyond doubt.
Watch out for new pages on all different types of chickens coming soon.
The top picture shows a few of our adult Barnevelders and a few young pullets basking in the June sunshine.
The second is one of our young pullets roaming around in the bitter January Cold .
A fully grown Hen can be seen free-ranging in the fields in the final image.Chickens are omnivores and will both graze on a wide variety of greenery and insects. They will even eat mice and frogs! From our experience chickens are happiest when allowed to wander, find their own food and will spend about 40% of their time scratching around.
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As is explained in the narrative Strategic Plan, the heart of our efforts over the next five years will be academics: we want to do anything we can to make our academic programs the best and most appropriate educational offerings for Rosemont as a Liberal Arts institution, for our students as they prepare for life and work, and for the technological and media environment of the twenty-first century. The Center for Education Statistics has recently counted more than ninety different academic majors in arts and sciences alone, and we cannot (and should not) be offering all of them. So which programs we offer will be an important, ongoing decision for us to make. How those programs are interrelated will also have to be considered. In a just-released book entitled Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts, David Oxtoby, President of Pomona College, writes of the obligation of Liberal Arts colleges to address interdisciplinary study, even while acknowledging the obstacles that exist (such as the small number of faculty in any one discipline) especially at small colleges. Already a liberal arts education is – and rightly so – a far more broad education than a pre-professional education intended to prepare someone for a single career. We have long recognized that this broader education emphasizing critical thinking and problem solving is much better for students who will face numerous careers across a lifetime.
Adding in an additional emphasis on interdisciplinary study, research, and problem solving will surely present challenges, but that is yet another thing we must do to prepare our students to keep up with the information revolution. Finally, the teaching of those programs must be continually improved. Such improvement should be in the area of pedagogy – such as our current faculty commitment to develop best practices for metacognitive learning, a project we are pursuing with our SEPCHE colleagues thanks to a grant from the Teagle Foundation. But improvement should also occur in the area of media and technology informing all teaching: we cannot afford to ignore the blistering speed with which technology is changing our world, the way people acquire knowledge and learn, as we are preparing students for the future, not the past.
I'd like to thank President Hirsh for allowing me to speak here today. It Is my honor to represent the student Government Association in the state of the college address. There have been many people who have helped me as I tried to come up with what to address today. Dean Chiddick and Annemarie Hildalgo have been essential to growth of the Student government throughout this year.
The Student Government Association started working on a SWOT this past winter and were able to determine what we are good at and what we need to work on. This is become very important as we are trying to find the best way to gather information and spread information that is needed by everyone. It is very important that we continue to work on what we do well, as well as grow and strengthen what we need to improve.
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Anger Boiling Over as Indy Prepare for Walk Out
As the Indy prepare to go out on strike at 4pm, the Lebedevs are not the most popular Russians in Kensington right now. Though the strike has been cut by one hour as a sign of goodwill for further negotiations, insiders at the paper are not holding their punches. The anger is aimed way above the editor:
"I think this strike is a vote of confidence for some sort of survival plan, for the editor and against the way people above him at senior management have gone about forcing people out of their jobs without even considering voluntary redundancies.
Others are more candid, accusing Evegeny of only seeing the Indy as "a seat at the top table… it gets you into Downing Street and to w**key parties". There is particular anger at the way forced redundancies were put on staff before even asking anyone if they wanted to quit…


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In the liner notes to her 1999 album, Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, Bullens describes the devastation she experienced in the wake of Jessie's death. "I felt my own life end," the lines read. "I couldn't imagine that I could ever again be a productive human being. That I would ever again write a song, let alone record an entire album, was the furthest thing from my mind."
But Bullens had been making music all her life, at least as far back as age ten, when she took her older brother's neglected guitar away from him. She had toured with Elton John, singing and arranging his backing vocals (it is Bullens's work you are singing when you "woo hoo" along with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"), and she already had three major label releases of her own: 1979's Desire Wire (United Artists), 1980's Steal the Night (Casablanca) and 1989's Cindy Bullens (MCA). She'd received two Grammy nominations, one for her lead vocals on the Grease movie soundtrack and another for Best Rock Vocal for the single "Survivor," off of Desire Wire. Always a hard rocker, Bullens's once shimmery sound had settled into a simpler, refined approach to songwriting over the years. Her supple voice also deepened and grew more forceful. After her third release, she performed with everyone from Bob Dylan to Lucinda Williams to Joe Cocker. Her songs found their way onto albums by blues artist Sarah Brown and R&B great Irma Thomas and went over well in Nashville, where they were performed by the likes of Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, the Dixie Chicks and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
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So it only makes sense that, a few months after her daughter's death, Bullens found herself "aimlessly strumming chords just to hear the comforting sound of the instrument." A song came out, seemingly from nowhere, about the death of her daughter. "I was at once energized and horrified," she says. "It took some time to reconcile the two feelings." But out of love for her daughter, she allowed herself to write the next song three months later, and another one three months after that. A number of her friends in the music industry (she particularly emphasizes Rodney Crowell's role in this process) encouraged her to make the album she was being compelled to make. She did just that -- with the help of Crowell, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Lucinda Williams, Bryan Adams and Bonnie Raitt, among others. In early 1999, she pressed a thousand copies of the CD, with all proceeds going to the Jessie Bullens-Crewe Foundation to benefit the Maine Children's Cancer Program.
What Bullens's friends sensed about the album, and what later led industry executive Danny Goldberg to re-release it as the debut CD from his new label, Artemis, was more than the knowledge that the music was important therapy for Bullens. Bullens artfully crafted her personal experience into a remarkable recording, and the sound that sprang from her grief work was brilliantly moving and universal ("I'd trade it in a second just to have you back," she sings in the album's closing cut). Heaven and Earth refuses to accept easy answers; in the most pragmatic terms, the music and lyrics express a need for faith and finding reasons to believe in life without ever letting the listener forget that hope exists in the cruelest, most unjust universe imaginable.
In the middle of marketing the release, Bullens, like the rest of the nation, was shaken by the news of the Columbine High School shootings. Just as she was compelled to create an entire album about Jessie's death, she also felt compelled to send copies of the album to the families who lost loved ones in the massacre.
The story she tells is a testament to what makes her music so important: "I wrote a letter for each one with a small description of me and the music," she says. "I wrote that I expected no response and an apology if I was intruding. I got an e-mail the next week from a mother of one of the boys who was killed, thanking me. She went on to tell me how much the music meant to her. I got another e-mail from a father of another boy. Though he tossed the CD in a pile at first, he told me it was the first thing he had gotten that really helped.
"Then we all started to correspond. They wondered if I was going to appear in the Denver area on my tour. I wasn't -- so I offered to come to Littleton and do something for them privately. They accepted the offer."
Last fall, Bullens drove to Littleton during a nine-week cross-country tour. She stayed there for two days. "I met with the two families I mentioned before for dinner the night before the concert. The mother took me to Columbine High School, where we walked around as she described every shooting in order and how it was done. We walked up the hill where the crosses were placed -- it was very hard, and I felt humbled.


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The pending apocalypse? Maybe more fact than fiction
Forget for a moment that the following video is a trailer for an upcoming Tom Clancy game, because it's beautifully done and highlights a real danger that our world faces as we rely more and more of increasingly fragile systems and infrastructure. I think the things depicted in the video are a far bigger threat than things like terrorism, yet are hardly addressed today.
For those of you actually interested in the game, this gameplay trailer looks pretty cool.
Lock Screen Bypass in iOS 7 Beta 1
A new version of iOS, a new lockscreen/passcode bypass! Luckily this one was caught early in the first Beta of iOS 7 released to developers at WWDC 2013. Although this lockscreen bypass is simpler than some of the previous ones that required some tricky steps to pull off, it's probably worth pointing out that it will only allow access to the phone's photos, and the ability to delete, email, tweet or upload the stored image files. It does not allow access to any other apps.
I should point out that I played with iOS 7 for a day, and it was so buggy that I had to downgrade back to iOS 6. Luckily Apple has plenty of time to fix all these issues come the release date this fall.
To bypass the lockscreen simply follow these easy steps:
- Pull up the Control Center
- Tap the Calculator icon to open it
- Pull up the Control Center again
- Tap the Camera icon to open it
- Tap the photos icon in the bottom-left corner to get full access to the photos
Check out the video below to see it in action.
Stop SOPA, Stop PIPA, Stop Censorship
Update: Now that SOPA has been put on the back burner, the next thing to protest is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), an international treaty which could have massive repercussions on the freedom of the internet.
Update 2 (5 July 2012): ACTA rejected by EU :)
Anyone who follows Security Generation will know that I'm a big advocate of civil liberties and freedom in general. The internet is currently a multicultural and multimedia hub of information, ideas, creativity and innovation, and there is a risk this could be irrevocably changed. Granted there is also a lot of crap on the internet, but freedom works both ways. Whilst the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) intend to reduce piracy on the net, in reality they would hand vast amounts of power over to industry copyright holders, who would then have the ability to have sites blocked and content taken down, inhibit free speech and bring . For more information about all of this, check out this good summary article.
Due to the threat that these acts would pose to the open internet, many large internet companies have stated their opposition including Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, eBay, and Wikimedia, as well as civil liberties groups such as the ACLU and the EFF. On January 18, these and countless other blogs and sites, including Security Generation, will be protesting this legislation by blacking out (read: censor) parts of their sites and educating users about the danger of american censorship.
If you have a blog or website, you're encouraged to add your voice to the cause. CloudFlare users will be able to easily participate just by enabling the new Stop Censorship app, which will black out large chunks of text on your site, and inform your users about the dangers presented by this type of legislation. WordPress users without CloudFlare can also join in by installing one of the many Stop SOPA/PIPA plugins.
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iPad Lock Screen Bypass Vulnerability using Smart Cover [Patched]
Marc Gurman at 9to5Mac has discovered a vulnerability on the iPad that allows for a limited bypass of the device's lockscreen. Anyone with an iPad Smart Cover (or fridge magnet) can gain access to the previously-open app (or the home screen if no app was open).
By holding the power button to bring up the 'Power Off' screen, closing the smart cover, re-opening it (or just sliding a fridge magnet along the right-hand side of the device), and clicking cancel, the attacker will be dropped into the screen that was open before the iPad was locked. If the attacker gets dropped into the home screen, then they'll be able to see the installed apps, but won't be able to open anything. If Safari or Mail (or any other app) was the open when the device was locked, then the attacker would have access to that app.
Unlike Siri being available from the lock screen, which is not a security flaw (an unintended behaviour), this one actually is; and although an attacker does not get full control of the iPad, the severity depends on whether a sensitive app was being used before the device was locked.
Luckily it is possible to protect yourself against this bug in the interim by disabling Smart Covers in Settings > General > iPad Cover Lock/Unlock > Off. Expect Apple to patch this in iOS 5.0.1. Check out 9to5's video below for a demonstration:
[Update] Apple did indeed patch this bug in iOS 5.0.1. Those of you who disabled your Smart Covers for security purposes can now re-enable them!
A Quick Introduction to Lockpicking and Useful Resources for Beginners
I've been into lockpicking for a few years now, and I'm surprised I've never posted more about it (maybe I will). Suffice it to say that lockpicking is great fun, you learn a lot, and one day it may come in handy (legally of course). One thing I've noticed whenever I talk about lockpicking, is that most people -including techies – have very little clue about how locks themselves actually work. It's no surprise then that lockpicking feels like a bit of mystery to many. In reality the majority of locks are very simple devices, and many can be picked or bypassed using fairly simple tools.
I had the pleasure of taking part in the Defcon 19 Gringo Warrior contest where participants must bypass a series of locks to 'escape'. It's scored based on time and difficult of locks picked. I scored about above average. In this post I'm going to give my own shotgun intro to lockpicking, and provide some videos and links to other useful references where you can go find more detail.
Illinois Man Faces 75 Years in Prison for Recording Police
From BoingBoing: "42-year-old Michael Allison of Illinois could spend the rest of his life in prison for recording police in public. He faces five counts of eavesdropping, a class one felony". That's the equivalent of rape.
This is absolutely crazy. How law-abiding and tax-paying citizens (who pay for the police) can be harassed for wanting to make on-duty police officers accountable for their actions is beyond understanding. All one has to do is look at the sheer quantity of illegal police behaviour (and more), to see why the free recording of police officers is so absolutely necessary; both for the public's protection and sometimes the police officers'.
The definition of eavesdropping is "to listen secretly to the private conversation of others", in this case the police not only knew they were being recorded (edit: allegedly, if recent reports are true, officers were NOT aware they were being recorded, which is what landed Allison in hot water), but it was a conversation between them and Michael Allison. If police officers are allowed to record audio or video of the public with impunity, the public should be allowed to record the police going about their official duties. 75 years for recording on-duty police officers doesn't even pass the guffaw test for me, a sensible jury will never convict him, if this ever even goes to court – END OF STORY.
[Updated 7/9/11] If recent reports are true, Michael Allison may also have been stupid as well as unlucky. Apparently he covertly recorded court proceedings (which is definitely illegal), and then lied about it to the judge (also illegal), which is how he ended up with all the additional counts of eavesdropping.
Watch the video below for the full story, it's a great summary.
In a related story where a man was arrested for filming police in Massachusetts, a federal court ruled that videotaping police is an unambiguous and constitutionally protected right.
Safekeeper Hotel Safe Bypass Video
I spent a week in Hawaii on the way back from Blackhat and Defcon in Las Vegas, and my hotel room had a Safekeeper key-lock safe that you had to pay $5 a day to use. Turns out the safe was perfectly usable without the key – which I guess nullifies the safe's entire purpose. Although it had a Medeco lock, the lock wasn't really necessary, I used a paperclip as my 'key'. There must have been something really wrong with the way the plug was installed, I'd be horrified if this 'attack' worked on all of these safes. Unfortunately I only had the one in my room to play with.
Check out my demo video below for some facepalm-worthy safe bypass action!
[Updated] A guy called Brad found that his electronic hotel safe could be opened using an all-zero passcode.
Iain Sinclair CardSharp Utility Knife Review
I'm a fan of unusual or paraticularly functional knives, six months ago I got my first Leatherman Wave, which is an awesome tool. I just recently purchased the brand new Iain Sinclair CardSharp Utility Knife, and so far I think it's pretty good! Its credit card form factor makes it easy to carry around, and its sharp blade makes it useful in a variety of situations. The only criticism I have is that the card/handle is plastic and feels quite flimsy. I was expecting the whole card to be made of thin aluminium, or maybe something more grippy. I'm also worried the little plastic bit that keeps the blade in place whilst closed may potentially wear down eventually. That said, it's still a unique product, and the blade is excellent, so I definitely recommend it.
I made a quick video review of it (actually one of my first videos). Apologies for the bad quality, I used an old external iSight; turns out their resolution sucks ;)
Here is Iain Sinclair's own video.
Steve Jobs Presents New Apple Campus to Cupertino Council [Updated]
Just a day after his keynote at the World Wide Developer Conference, Steve was giving a different kind of presentation… to the Cupertino Council.
Five years ago Apple purchased a large chunk of land from HP, and have been planning on building a new campus to house 12,000 employees. As Steve explained (and this guy can sell anything), the new campus will feature a beautiful circular building, to be set in a massive landscaped park. The picture below shows how close it'll be to Apple's headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, and a mock-up of what it will look like from space (likely the setting of Apple's new campus in 2098).
The campus will even feature its own natural gas power station, because it seems like Steve doesn't trust the electricity company. The entire project is pegged for completion by 2015.
[Updated 9/06/2011] Steve has made his coucil presentation slides available (PDF). Details have emerged that the architect will probably be Norman Foster.
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We have been informed from Batavia that the local Administration has agreed to granting visas to two Commercial Attaches to the Consulate-General. Carne and Hetherington will reach Batavia Tuesday or Wednesday. When visas are actually issued, we will send messages to Batavia and to The Hague acknowledging this arrangement, pointing out that the Supply and Commerce Officers will be able to carry forward discussions with a view to interim arrangements for the commencement of trade and that, according to how discussions develop, we may wish to send forward a financial adviser and a representative from this Department. It is still desired however, that you and Ballard persuade both authorities to permit immediately a financial adviser to visit Batavia, as it is he who may supply the solution to the present problem pending agreement between Dutch and Indonesians. For example, he may be able to suggest means of financing by credit or by payment into a frozen trust account until such time as Dutch and Indonesians determine title of goods. You may use this suggestion as an example advancing the reasons why we particularly desire a third visa for a financial adviser.
2. One condition is imposed that the officials approach the Indonesians through the Dutch and do not visit the interior without Dutch approval. It is not proposed to acknowledge this condition, as visas are given for members of the staff of the Consul-General and he will determine whether invitations to visit the interior should or should not be accepted. We have always maintained a direct link with Indonesian Cabinet Ministers and will continue to do so, as in fact do the British whose Consul- General was recently invited to visit the interior.
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4. It is not proposed that the question of diplomatic representation should be discussed immediately, either with Dutch or Indonesians. We would propose in a sense using Dutch desire not to raise the question and Indonesian desire to raise the question as bargaining position by which to achieve some practical arrangement immediately on trade. That is, if Van Mook is completely uncooperative in respect to trading arrangements, we should be forced to deal direct with Indonesians which would involve arrangements on representation. Equally, if Indonesians do not co-operate in arriving at an interim arrangement which would help us to get rid, once and for all, of shipping difficulties, we would be reluctant to make any move suggesting their recognition.
5. If representation is discussed with Indonesians formally or privately, we propose making it clear that, even as an interim arrangement we are opposed to idea of any Australian acting as their agent. We would be prepared, if the Dutch were willing, to receive an Indonesian representative, either attached to the Dutch mission in Australia or separately, and we are equally prepared to send to the Indonesian capital an officer of the Consulate-General whom we would regard as our representative to the Indonesians.
6. The overriding necessity is to arrive at an immediate trading arrangement which would completely remove the political difficulties associated with our relations with N.E.I. These have during the past year, strained Australian-Dutch relations, in spite of the fact that, in every other matter and in particular in the policies the two Governments follow in international affairs and at international conferences, the two Governments have always worked closely together and regard each other as having common purposes and most friendly relations.


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Fight Night Champion is not an easy game to review - because it's a game that's going to cause a bit of a split amongst the franchise's fans.
If you've played the demo, you'll probably have some idea about which corner you're going to be standing in come the final bell.
The main point of controversy is the switch from Total Punch Control to Full Spectrum Punch Control. Where, in the past, TPC was based on movements of the right analogue stick - which mirrored the real life swings and jabs of your on-screen boxer - FSPC utilises flicks alone.
Think of it as a clock face: Flicks to the left and right, either side of 12 o'clock work your jabs, 3 and 9 o'clock are mapped to hooks and either side of 6 o'clock triggers the always desirable uppercut. What's important about this new system though is that every other point on the spectrum triggers a slight variation of the six stock punches and they're driven in at the angle of the stick.
A flick to 10, for example, will trigger a left hook with more of a downward angle, coming in over the top. Flick to 4 and you'll have a right uppercut with a more diagonal trajectory targeting the lower side of the torso or jaw.
EA Sports has implemented this system firstly because it felt that some of the punches were a bit awkward with the TPC system: Punching is now quicker, more fluid and it's easier to put together combos.
Secondly - and most importantly in our eyes - it allows for a much wider range of shots. Because you can throw shots at pretty much any angle you can now look for the gaps in an opponent's guard and actually aim for them rather than just going for the left side of the head because he's guarding the right. Is that pansy blocking shots from the left and right? Why not throw one over the top? Try and hit the soft spot.
Speaking of putting up a guard; while dodging punches is done in very much the same way as previous Fight Night titles, blocking punches has been simplified. Kind of.
Now, by holding the right trigger, your boxer will guard and automatically adjust to where the shots are raining in from. If you're taking combos, though, some of them will land and your guard will eventually be broken down.
A much better defence is to tap the right trigger as a punch approaches to parry the attack and open up your opponent for a counter-punch - although counter-punches are much easier to pull off by evading a strike with a lean using the usual LT and left stick combo.
While some will say that the blocking mechanism takes control out of the player's hands, it's far from a fist-proof shield and we actually prefer having some guard duties a bit more automated. It's always been a frustratingly difficult aspect of the game and nowhere near as cool or satisfying as the ducking, weaving and smacking elements. That's right, we subscribe to Ali's hands by your side, float like a butterfly school of pain.
So punching is quicker, blocking is simple, both are certainly easier to pick-up but harder to master, but Champion won't let you just run in flailing.
Stamina plays a bigger part than ever this time and it will wear down pretty quickly across the duration of ten rounds if you don't conserve energy, making you slower and more prone to getting rocked should your opponent catch you with a good shot.
This aspect of Champion seems a bit inconsistent though. We've had matches where we've done nothing but throw punches for four rounds and others where our man in shorts is pooped after a couple of rounds of flailing - how it should be. You might put it down to a boxer's stats but in that case some fighters have a bit too much energy for our liking. Someone should order some random drug tests.


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Stop in Minnesota and fly the Fortress! EAA Chapter 237 will be hosting the B-17G Aluminum Overcast tour stop July 22 to 24 at Anoka County – Blaine Airport (KANE), Minnesota.
Sign up today for the Military Trainer Fantasy Flight Camp scheduled for September 9 to 11, 2011, in Oshkosh. Participants have a rare opportunity to fly in the only remaining airworthy PT-3, plus take a second flight
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SAN DIEGO - A sticky tradition may soon be put to an end.
Marshmallow fights is a tradition that has been honored for decades in a seaside community just west of San Diego.
But there have been some reports of elderly and children getting injured by the flying treats.
Town leaders and other community members tried at a news conference Tuesday to convince people to bring an end to the marshmallow fight that takes place every year in the seaside community west of San Diego.
There have been reports of flaming and frozen marshmallows and even of batteries found inside marshmallows.
As a result, the town council has launched a campaign for the holiday crowds to "mallow out," in an effort to shift their expectations.
They've asked businesses along Newport Avenue to limit marshmallow sales and have put out a call for volunteers to serve as peace patrol officers; though Newsom said there will be no vigilante citizen arrests.
San Diego police plan to have 100 officers on San Diego's beaches to handle the holiday crowds, and a good portion of those will be based in Ocean Beach.
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced Monday that it has inked an exclusive multi-year deal with Tyler Perry for new television series and projects. The new deal brings two scripted series to OWN, the first for the network, to launch in the middle of 2013. Perry will executive produce, write and direct both shows.
"I have been looking forward to the day when we would be in the position to enter the world of scripted television. That day has come," said Winfrey, CEO, OWN. "We are all energized by the opportunity to collaborate with Tyler who has a proven track record for producing highly successful cable series. He has an incredible ability to illuminate life stories and characters in his unique voice and inspires and encourages people all over the world."
Perry has previous television projects at Turner's TBS, where the network launched comedies like Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Meet the Browns and For Better or Worse.
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Almost hidden on a cobblestone side street in the Latin Quarter lies Le Coupe-Chou with a facade overgrown with ivy. Since 1962, this non-touristy oasis has served traditional French fare in a medieval setting of stone walls, brick floors, and exposed wood beams. A giant hearth commands attention in one of several cozy, dimly lit dining rooms and reinforces the restaurant's Old Paris theme. Dishes of lotte a la provençale (monkfish) and carré d'agneau a la menthe fraiche (rack of lamb with mint) are favorites.
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It is the nubbins mentioned in the original post that have kept me from returning my bulb to HD. I powdered the greenish/bluish mold on what is left of my basal plate with an old captan/malathion mix I have and the nubbins are growing through. But what I really have been trying to do is show you the two replies I received from the growing company in Virginia. One reply was through their website, the other directly via Email. Here they are: "Dear Pat Moore,
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Ilhee Lee made a big move in the Rolex Rankings this week moving up 28 spots to No. 34 with her win at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.
Ilhee Lee became the second-consecutive Rolex First-Time Winner of the season with this win. Lee shot 5-under-par 42 on the 12-hole layout at Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis Resort for a two shot victory over Irene Cho.
Lee's win ended a wild week on the LPGA where severe weather dumped more than a foot of rain on the tournament course on Tuesday. Recovery efforts by golf course staff from Wednesday through Saturday morning resulted in 45 million gallons of rain water being pumped off the tournament course.
"I can't believe it right now," said Lee, who finished the week at 11-under-par 126. "It feels amazing. This is the best day in my life. I'm so happy right now."
Entering the week, Lee had four career top-10 finishes, including a previous career-best tie for third at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship. She also tied for fourth at the 2012 U.S. Women's Open.
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Leg ulcer update
21/11/11 | Leg ulcers | Alison Hopkins, Anthony Comerota, Agneta Bergsten
Wounds International clinical updates present clinical developments in the field of leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, skin integrity and diabetic foot, including the latest from associations, clinicians and industry. If you use an innovative technique in your practice that you would like us to feature in future issues, please email the editor at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Special strapping for retro malleolal ulcers
This report describes the development of a novel compression technique which has shown a dramatic reduction in leg ulcer prevalence rates.
Venous ulceration creates an enormous economic burden in many countries across the world. This is primarily due to the chronicity of these ulcers, the nursing time required to manage them, the dressing and bandage costs, and of course the poor quality of life, which has been eloquently described in a variety of qualitative studies[1].
Our team based at the East London wound healing centre in the UK has recently described an innovative approach to compression therapy[2]. The premise is that often the most complex or chronic venous ulcers are not positioned in the traditional gaiter site, but in the retro malleolal area [Fig 1]. It is our belief that traditional high compression therapy does not adequately compress in this area, contributing to non-healing.
We have, therefore, developed a strapping technique using cohesive inelastic bandages, which focusses compression around the ankle, foot and retro-malleolal fossa. The full technique has been well described in a recent paper, detailing how we have improved the development of the technique over several years[2].
As a specialist team we have many patients with complex non-healing ulcers referred to us from outside our catchment area. These patients often have large, painful, longstanding and debilitating ulcers. Through case review we have been able to demonstrate the efficacy of the strapping regime, which is a transferable technique that is able to transform lives.
The leg ulcer prevalence rate in our area has reduced dramatically since the introduction of the technique and on audit was found to be 0.14 per 1000 patients[3], less than half the expected rate. The team presented the prevalence data at the 2011 European Wound Management Association (EWMA) conference in Brussels.
In the absence of a randomised controlled trial, these prevalence figures have to be analysed within the context of the type of service we provide, namely a specialist service of 15 years' duration, which has an experienced team.
The trust and general medical practitioners involved have invested heavily into the service, enabling early specialist intervention and a zero tolerance of all non-healing wounds. In addition, community nurses are accompanied on visits to patients' homes or clinics by specialist nurses. The team is multidisciplinary and includes a dermatologist and a specialist podiatrist. We also focus on the impact of poor gait and the role of ankle exercise in this group.
It is likely that the complete package we provide, including pain management, the focus on improving ankle mobility, as well as the strapping technique, all contribute to improved patient outcomes. However, we believe the improvements in outcome are primarily down to the strapping technique and would welcome a comprehensive study to demonstrate this.
Alison Hopkins is a Head of Service, East London Wound Healing Centre
- Ebbeskog B, Emami A (2005) Older patients' experience of dressing changes on venous leg ulcers: more than just a docile patient. J Clin Nurs 14, 10, 1223-1231
- Hopkins A, Worboys F, Bull R, Farrelly I. Compression strapping: the development of a novel compression technique to enhance compression therapy and healing for 'hard to heal' leg ulcers. Int Wound J 2011; 8: 474-83.
- Hopkins A, Worboys F. The results of a comprehensive wound audit in a UK Primary Care Trust. Presented at EWMA, Brussels, 2011.


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On Friday, July 20, 2012, at approximately 12:09 a.m., Ocean City Police officers were performing evening ATV patrol on the beach. ATV officers responded to the area of 140th Street for a report of fireworks. Upon arrival, officers did not witness any fireworks, however, they did locate a woman near the shoreline who was acting disoriented and confused. Officers attempted to speak to the 30-year-old woman, who continued to disregard the officers. The woman then ran into the water as officers approached her and refused to exit the ocean despite officers' requests.
Officers continued their attempts to have the woman exit the surf, however, she ignored the officers' request and continued deeper into the water. Fearing for the safety of the woman, who was fully clothed and now neck deep in the water, one of the ATV patrol officers removed his duty gear and entered the water. The officer was able to get to the woman and remove her from the water. Once on shore, she continued to try to run back into the water.
As a precautionary measure due to the woman's behavior, officers requested the assistance of the Worcester County Health Department`s Crisis Response Team (CRT). The CRT responder believed the woman may have been suffering from an unknown mental disorder and in danger of causing harm to herself or others. A petition for emergency evaluation was subsequently completed on scene.
The woman whose name is not being released, was taken by Ocean City EMS to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for psychological evaluation. Ocean City Police commend the officers involved, particularly the officer who entered the water, preventing a potentially serious situation. In addition, Ocean City Police remind citizens that Ocean City beaches are closed from midnight to 5 a.m. To ensure citizens safety, OCPD officers patrol the beaches on horses and ATV's. Citizens should always use caution when involved in any type of water activity; never swim in the ocean when the Ocean City Beach Patrol is off-duty.


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Have you ever met Barbra?
Yvette, our docent, never removed her sunglasses, and skillfully fought off the question as she adhered to the script. If there is one point to be taken away from this tour, it's that the world's most delicious climate, the Mediterranean climate, exists in only five places: the Mediterranean, southwestern Africa, the southwestern tip of Australia, Chile, and southern California. Malibu feels like paradise because it is, with warm, dry days and cool nights and the ocean breeze carrying the scent of jasmine and sage and chaparral through the still canyons.
Our first stop was The Barn, the three-bedroom house renovated after Streisand and Jon Peters purchased the first of six parcels of land here in 1974. This is where they lived during the au naturel, I-am-woman-hear-me-roar seventies, when the singer wore her hair like Pam Grier, and architecture and decorating took a turn toward Thoreau. Craftsmen and toymakers—toymakers!—rebuilt The Barn inside and out with old and aged wood from upstate New York. It just wouldn't be the seventies without lots of stained glass, and every nook and cranny is handmade to look as if it had sprung from the forest. It's the Adam and Eve in Malibu look.
Beside The Barn, Streisand added a grove of redwoods, among the 1,000 non-native varieties she planted on the property. "They give you the feeling you're in northern California," Yvette pointed out. Not that there's anything wrong with Malibu.
Did she sleep in all of the houses?
Yvette deftly changed the subject as we moved on to The Corral, now a cutting and herb garden, and The Meadow, the site of the "One Voice" concert for HBO. Here, on the night of September 6, 1986, in a natural amphitheater with terraced orchards of lemons, limes, grapefruit, and avocados as a backdrop, the singer gave her first full-length concert in 20 years, for an audience of 500, as a benefit for the Hollywood Women's Political Committee. Many Democratic candidates that November were beneficiaries of her renditions of "Somewhere" and "Send in the Clowns," and "Guilty," sung in duet with a Bee Gee.
What did Barbra pay for this place?
"I really don't know," Yvette said politely, and without skipping a beat coaxed us along to The Peach House. Originally a small stable, it became a villa in the Mediterranean style, its peach stucco walls made even more scrumptious with masses of pink begonias and cherry-blossom bougainvillea. You could just die.
Yvette was eager to show us the screening room. In the late 1970's it was state-of-the-art, with two 35 mm projectors and a Sony Trinitron, all of which look rather quaint now. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at a screening of Yentl in this room full of oak woodwork carved with bare-breasted (turn your head, Yentl) Art Nouveau nymphs, with a big fire in that glitzy onyx fireplace.


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Eight tracks including music by Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Cash, and Pearl Jam.
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Topic: Contract Wars: Clans / CLAN n00b - Discussion and recruitment thread
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I am lvl 33 and would like to participate in the tryouts as well.
The thing is, I can probably make it to the tryouts without having horrible amounts of lag, but what is the time zone for the real clan wars? I am really just randomly opting without much prior research here for the heck of it :D


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We look at someone at the top of their industry, top of their game, top of the pile, and we think, "Wow, they've got it going on. They're so lucky/gifted/talented/connected".
Forgetting that all their luck, gifts, talent, and connections are nothing without Work.
We behave as if success just happened to them with no effort on their part.
It's a bit insulting, don't you think?
Nice excuse for us not to try, though.
Because if Luck & Co. are the keys to success—instead of strategy, risk, and effort—then it's not our fault when we're not where we wanna be. We're just unlucky and such.
We've no way to get ahead short of divine intervention. If things don't go our way, ain't nuthin' we can do about it.
What about Work?
I know some of those people…the alleged Lucky-Gifted-Talented-Connected ones. And I know for certain they work hard, often, and a lot.
Blood-sweat-and-tears Work.
I-don't-know-where-to-start Work.
Why-the-hell-did-I-say-I'd-do-this Work.
OMG-I-can't-believe-I-finally-finished-it-woohoo! Work.
They make it look easy. And sometimes it is. After months or years of practice, it should be easy. After weeks or months of planning, it better look easy!
But believe me. Backstage there's tears and frustration when plans go awry, doubts and frets that are inherent to risk. And a helluvalotta Work.
And yeah, luck and gifts and talents and connections.
They attract luck with effort. They know their gifts and talents, cultivate them, and wield them wisely and well. They call on friends they've supported for support.
Which is to say: they have a lot and they worked for all of it.
What we forget to remember is: They started at the beginning. Just like us.
Everyone starts at zero. Even LGTC folks.
They had a first day of school.
They had a first client, customer, or student.
They had a first blog post, a first Twitter follower, a first Facebook friend, a first newsletter subscriber.
And how they got 10…then 100…and then 1000…
How they earned $10…then $10,000…and then $100,000…
…tells the story of who they are, how well they work, and what they're willing to do to get what they want.
And that's a question worth asking. What did they do—as Seth Godin succinctly puts it—to add a zero?
What would you do? What would I?
Are we willing to try something new? Difficult? Easy?
Are we willing to be embarrassed? Hated? Idolized?
Are we willing to knock everyone socks off with unbridled awesomeness?
Are we willing to wait?
(or will we cheat and/or try shortcuts?)
Are we willing to do all they did in hope that we'll get all they got?
And I don't mean carbon-copying their model or buying into their blueprint-bootcamp-turnkey-system-program. I definitely do not mean that.
I mean starting with a chicken-scratch-on-a-napkin idea, planning and strategizing, risking time and money and effort, and stepping out into thin air with no chute, no net, and no clue what would happen next.
Yeah, that part.
Are you up for that? Am I?
When you get a minute, listen to The Police's So Lonely [Spotify]. And then Roxanne. And then Sting's Shape of My Heart.
When you get a minute, watch Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now (it really won't take but a minute, it's a teeny tiny role), and then in Star Wars, and then in any of his blockbuster Clancy movies.
When you look at someone at the top of the industry/game/pile, take a minute to reflect on their timeline.
Because when we're looking at the bigness of someone's Now, it's easy to forget about their small and fragile Back Then.
It was just like yours. Just like mine.
We all have to start somewhere, sometime.
I vote for here. And now.
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I found this forum a few days ago and I have been reading up on this fascinating way of sowing seeds. It seems to me that this time of year is the time to ws perennials. This maybe a silly question but why do you guys sow perennials every year and why so many?
I thought perennials came back every year. I am not only new to ws but new to gardening also. I always had an interest but never seemed to have the time. I have plenty now, I got laid off about 3 weeks ago and thought this might be a good hobby not to mention since money is tight, growing my own veggies from seed would help a lot. I did a small garden at my first house,mostly tomatoes and other warm season veg., but I never planted from seed so I am looking forward to giving this a go. It seems like I will have to wait a bit since I want to do mostly veg. I am in zone 6b so from what I read it will be around april to start? |
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Why? Because we can. Perennials do come back each year. But that doesn't mean you have to keep them. About every other year I rip out half of my gardens and redo them. WS makes that possible because it's so incredibly cheap to sprout and incredibly amount and incredible variety of plants. We WS NOW, you can WS cold season veggies any time, and warm season veggies can wait until winter is just breaking into spring. T |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Mon, Feb 1, 10 at 23:05
Because I like to stuff my garden with plants. Because I like to trade/give away plants. Because I am planting for neighbors. Lol |
pitimpinai - That walkway is to die for! I absolutely love how tall evertything is and how many different things you have in there! I am so jealous of the space you have! |
There are so many plants to try:-) Rhonda |
- Posted by luckynes13 6a (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 0:15
if you are planning on growing tomatoes and peppers from seed, plan to dtart them indoors in early March. You may also want to start brassicas, brocolli. cabbage, kohl rabi at that time too. I understand you can winter sow vegies too. |
so I can have extra plants to take to the plant swap and trade for more plants. :) BTW, there's still lots of grass out there, each blade is a spot for a new plant!!! |
- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 Atlanta (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 0:30
More photos pitimpinai !!! Those are super great! WOW! I sow so many, because I want what pitimpinai's got!!! |
I keep at it because I have 5 acres to fill and it takes a while. I also like to go to swap meets and I give away a lot. I plant 14 paper pots in each jug with the same kind of perennial seed, then anything over the 3 or 4 that I want to add to my garden, I give away or trade at swap meets. I keep most of the annuals for my garden, and, of course, most of the veggies, too. But this year there's a veggie swap up in Redmond and I've promised to take some seedlings to give away and trade. I hope to get some newbies interested in wintersowing with my most excellent veggie starts! |
- Posted by token28001 zone7b NC (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 8:07
Because I can. It's easy, cheap, and this is only my second year. I have a lot of space to fill since converting my entire backyard into flowerbeds this summer. I hate cutting grass and it seems a waste to me, so I'll be planting almost all my seedlings in the back this year. My perennial bed was filled last year and I expect a lot of returning plants or self sown volunteers. |
- Posted by neverenoughflowers 6 SEPA Chester Count (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 8:20
pitimpinai , oh my goodness, your pictures are just what I needed on a snow covered winter morning. Absolutely beautiful! I am really looking forward to overstuffing my beds as well. Thanks for the pick me up. Carol |
the pics are great WS'ers I have many places to fill so I keep sowing them. Also, I like perenials and I can always remove some grass. pitimpinai, that combo of Ruds and Monarda is one I want. I am sowing both this year so I can get that look. I love your pics Token. Cause I know your yard was pretty bare before you moved in. It is nice to see the change. Karen |
- Posted by daisydawnny 5 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 9:37
Why? Simple.... Grass is over rated! ;) And I want my garden to look like pitimpinai's and Tokens! |
- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 Atlanta (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 10:00
Token's MIRACLE GARDENS! |
Wow pretty cool pictures, they would make Adam and eve envious. I gotta get started. My yard looks bare in comparison. |
WOW!!! all of the pics are just wonderful. It is snowing this morning and it gives me hope for spring. I have never WS before and this will be my first year. I move a short time back and have 2+acers to full. You WS's just gave me the boost I needed to show me I can do it and on a small budget at that. |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 11:36
I enjoyed pitimpinai's and token's photos so much. I've got a back and front walkway. Mine look blah compared to that. Also love token's rocky, curvy paths and arbor there in front. My jugs are covered with little tents of snow, think that will be good for them. We got about 2 inches last night but it's not so bitter cold like it was. |
- Posted by token28001 zone7b NC (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 12:13
Another reason to sow so many...disregard the spacing distance on those seed packs. Most plants are happy if the soil is well amended and fertile with a smaller root zone. You can really pack the plants in if you amend and give them lots of fertile soil to grow in. I started that bed up there with leaf mulch, which is really just one year old leaves that have been allowed to sit through the winter and a summer. It breaks down into really nice dirt. I mix a little into the native soil every time I plant. There are tons of earthworms doing their business under the soil as well. The number of robins in my yard today tell me there's plenty to eat. ;) So sow on! And give them good dirt. |
OMG, what beautiful gardens pitimpanie and token. BTW, what's that white flower to the left of the walkway, piti? It looks a little like Queen Anne's Lace, but more compact. And why don't my Ruds look like that? :) Guess it's time to do some dividing and discarding and get them organized again. |
Pitim.. WOW !! Such beauty !! I can only hope for that one day. This is my first WSing winter and I'm so excited. What are those beautiful red flowers in with your Gaillardias (??) and in other pic, with your Stellas? And below that pic, what are the blue/purple ones? And the ones that look like Lamb's ear -- are they Lamb's ear? I ask since I was given something this summer that looks similiar (has survived winter) but mine got long skinny stems with flowers. Tks, |
- Posted by highalttransplant z 5 Western CO (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 13:11
Because ... Sometimes in my zone perennials DON'T come back. I get tired of a particular plant, or it doesn't perform as well as I had hoped, or the color isn't right for where I planted it. Because I one can never have too much pesto, or jars of tomato sauce, salsa, pickles, etc. I love being able to walk out the door and pick a salad for dinner, or peas, or fresh herbs. I love to try new things, and wintersowing is the best way I know of to sow a lot of variety for very little expense. ... and because it's addictive. Once you see those first sprouts, you just keep filling more jugs up, even when you don't know where they are going to go. Which leads to planting things for neighbors, friends, family, co-workers, plant sales, plant swaps, etc., Bonnie |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 15:02
For me, it's my fun money along with my photography; the latter is far more expensive, and they fit together hand in glove. I love to try plants I never dared to do before, and it was hard the old-fashioned way, turning the soil, getting it fine enough, so much work. I started all this as a child the traditional way with my father doing most of the work, of course, but he plant me plant some easy seeds. WS is so much less work overall, and you get plants right where you want them. By buying seeds online (and those who are into trading), you can find things you'd spend days looking for locally and never find them. I'm planting things I never even heard of before! Why so many? I'm asking myself the same question. I like to keep trying new things I thought I never could grow before and it gives me something to look forward to. Also, I get tired of some or they don't work out as well as I'd hoped. It's all a continual work-in-progress around here. |
- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 15:17
Because not all perennials come back every year...they may come back for two years and then die. Because you may grow one perennial and not like it, then you can rip it out and replace it. Because you may grow tired of the same old garden after a few years and decide to re-plant it. I'm doing that to my front bed this year - it is bare right now. Because there are new perennials being developed every year and you may want to try some. And most of all because we can!! |
- Posted by orchidnana (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 17:34
token and pitimpinai your gardens are absolutely beautiful |
- Posted by pam_chesbay 8a VA (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 18:02
piti, token: Thanks for the great photos - they inspire and help us remember that spring and summer are just around the corner. It's time to start or continue winter sowing. Anyone notice how much more daylight we are getting? In late December, the sky was dark at 5 pm. It's nearly 6 here, and we still have a little light. For the weather junkie, here are the numbers in VA: |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 21:59
That bowl of veggies is to druel for! |
- Posted by token28001 zone7b NC (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 23:02
I was looking through my photos and saw veggies tonight too. I really want a fresh tomato. BAD> |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Wed, Feb 3, 10 at 0:33
pitimpinai, those are some great photos. The myosotis doesn't look quite like mine, and I think they're both the Chinese ones. I know you got in real close and the special effects of the raindrops, backlit, they just shimmer. Canon 40D. No wonder. And it looks like you have the 100mm macro or might be one of several others. I'm still using the 20D but have stalled about upgrading. I got my gdaughter the 40D for her graduation, and there is a difference. IMO only the 40D is the best of the lot. And I love the bright, larger lcd. Anyway, when you said the size of your lot, my jaw about dropped. Mine is 40 X 140, but I have several "issues" that makes it impossible to plant certain places. Now I see you are in Chicago. Somehow I got the idea you were in Georgia. So we can grow pretty much the same things. That prairie smoke is marvelous, not familiar with it. I planted some Baptisia Purple Smoke but don't think that is the same thing. |
Darn, someone on the seed exchange was offering rudbeckia hirta and I didn't ask for any. Mine don't have the red in them and that's such a nice highlight. |
"The red flower is Monarda 'Gardenview Scarlet'. Want some? I pull some out every year, because it spreads very well. Someone asked me how many I planted at each spot. I started out with 3 little shoots. " Mone, Also, is the Prairie Smoke hard to grow? It is so neat looking I am curious. That might be a seed I look for soon. Maybe I should just come visit you when you pull stuff out? lol Then I can help and run around and grab all those plants you remove.....hehehe Token, I too want a yummy garden grown tomato. I hate the yucky pinkish ones we get now. they are not the same! |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Thu, Feb 4, 10 at 22:39
aliska, Thanks. The camera is very heavy. I really bit off more than I can chew. It's a pain to tote around when traveling, unless we drive. I also cannot handle it without a tripod. Prairie Smoke is not very tall, only 18" on average. Karendee, I'll be happy to see you. Please come over in March or early April. That's the best time to transplant things. It might be fun if you come the same time as Neil. :-) |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 0:05
pitimpinai, you really take great photos though. Maybe yours would be heavier than mine. If I have a lighter lens on, I don't have a problem yet if I don't have to walk too far with it or too prolonged, always put the strap around my neck so can get some relief. Yesterday I had on a heavy tele lens, and was pointing up a lot, handheld, no way I could have used a tripod or monopod for those shots. My arms got so tired I can still feel it today; sometimes my back gets to hurting. And sometimes I get so caught up with what I'm doing, I don't think about the strain. I have some half hello kitty gloves my gdaughter gave me, and use one on my trigger hand, my fingers was afraid would be frostbitten but were ok, 'spose I could get some knit gloves that would fit in my heavy ones I need. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep it up with my tele lenses. Last night I was looking at some new introductions of Nikon, Fuji and Olympus, 30X zoom and HD video, image stabilization, will watch for the review and sample photos on those. I might use something like that for a backup camera. My hands are starting to shake a lot, don't know why, maybe aging or a harbinger of something else but don't seem to affect taking photos. Do you have a monopod? They're much easier to carry than a tripod (I use my tripod for night shots, and it's heavy). The monopod works with image stabilization turned on and easy to carry, telescopes compactly but wish I had one just a bit taller as I have to stoop over plus can't flip easily into portrait mode. Sometimes I get down on my stomach to get the shot I want, but if the subject is too low, it's really hard on my neck to crook it back to be able to see through the viewfinder. My neighbors are used to seeing me do odd things lol. I was shocked to see last night that the 40D is more expensive now than when I bought that one almost two years ago, about $1150 then, body only. Now it's $1399 and up body only. Oh, I bought the niftiest car window tripod and right adapters for that and my tripod in case I feel like getting out of the car or shooting from the car window, haven't tried it yet, wanted to try it for Christmas lights but didn't this year. It's really sturdy, can do drive by shooting with it, can't drive very far right now, hope to remedy that. It's a Giotto, and I can tell you where I got it if you're interested in something like that. I hope you won't give up on the 40D; it's one of the best I've seen yet although my pro friend takes marvelous photos with his Nikon or Fuji dslr. |
I love WSing because it makes it so easy to grow plants from seed. Especially temperate perennials/shrubs/trees that require cold stratification of the seed. I love starting plants from seed because I can grow (or at least try growing) any plant from seed my heart desires. If it doesn't work out, try again or try something else. I grow a lot of native plants that are difficult to find at nurseries, and growing from seed is the most efficient and economical way to obtain these plants. I have 1.25 acres, and will move before I run out of space to plant. Although removing weeds and invasive plants and prepping beds is MUCH more work than growing the plants. And last but not least, I am |
My hands are starting to shake a lot, don't know why, maybe aging or a harbinger of something else but don't seem to affect taking photos. aliska, I read somewhere that if your hands shake when you try to use them, and you are over 40, it is most likely essential tremor (or possibly overactive thyroid). If your hands tremble when they are at rest (and not tired), it might be Parkinson's. It could also be a medication side-effect. To the OP, WS can be addicting, that's why so many! I did end up with unplanted jugs last year. |
Here is a link that might be useful: medline - tremor
- Posted by mother_lode_mama (My Page) on Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 17:55
I'm going to start learning all about WS and it might be a little late to start collecting containers. Didn't understand about toilet paper rolls. If anyone can give me any advice I'd cerainly appreciate it. Thanks, Trudi for everything. Betty |
Betty, it is never too late. you can use large ziplock bags if you have to. Also, mcdonalds cups. I used a lot of those last year. (the lids tend to crack in my cold area so I add a baggie on top now) aliska12000, if not a medical problem try to take in a deep breath and hold when taking the photo. I learned that trick and it helped me. My body was wobbling when I was trying hard to be still. pitimpinai, sounds great! I would love to see you too. I also want to check out those beautiful gaardens in person!! Karen |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 23:46
ajpa, I started to explain the whole thing but thought better of it. Thanks for the link. The prime suspect is my separate anxiety and depression meds, leave it at that. It's not shaking now, doesn't shake when resting, and mainly my left hand but sometimes a little with my right one. I may or may not say something about it my next appt. I don't have much confidence in doctors any more for any of that, but do for some things, definitely. Thanks for the link and caring, could be any of several of those things. I'm waiting to run by one or two of my caregivers to add up all the D in all I'm supposed to take that's in this or that to see if adding cod liver oil would be too much. I don't expect miracles from it, but it might help some. If it is some of those things, it will become more apparent soon enough. |
Pitimpinai~~~~~~I am in love with your Prarie Smoke flower. Could you tell me where I can get seeds for it??? I have enjoyed seeing your gardens, I look forward to them every year!!!! Ginger |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Sat, Feb 6, 10 at 23:02
Ginger, thanks. I am not sure where you can get Prairie Smoke seeds. I got my first plant from a friend after searching all over for plants. Another trader even sent me a couple babies from France; imagine that! High Country Garden carries plants. I'll see if I can collect some for you this year. I was away last year and missed mine when they ripened. Karen, the garden in March will be rather bare. :-P aliska, I am still learning to use the camera and lenses. My tripod is pretty light. A car window tripod sounds interesting. I am holding back on spending anymore on my equipment, though. :-D Have been researching graduated neutral density filters. |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Sat, Feb 6, 10 at 23:25
pitimpinai, I'm still learning, too; there are many techniques, features and tricks that I haven't tried or mastered. I hear you on the equipment. That car tripod was the last, and that was months or a year ago. Re the filters, the problem is if you have several lenses, you need different sizes. I bought one circular polarizer, tried it one time and hate it. I also bought one graduated neutral density filter and have yet to try it. I should try it on days to get more contrast with the sky . But I bought it primarily to try to get the blurred water effect which requires a tripod - and some flowing water, preferably a waterfall. I don't even know where there is a waterfall around here. I did get lens hoods for all my lenses that didn't come with them, helps protect the lens some and also lens flare since I don't use UV filters. I though more about what you said, and if I travelled, I fear the camera would become very heavy indeed, would need a lightweight cart of some kind. |
You can get prairie smoke seeds at Prairie Moon Nursery. They sell it as a plant too. The latin name is Geum triflorum. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Geum triflorum at Prairie Moon
A long thread, but few people confessed the truth - it is an ADDICTION. Trudi, have you developed a 12 step program yet? |
Darn, I forgot March is not quite spring yet :) It will still be fun to see you. It is an addiction :) I want to add more and more until I am filled. then I will keep going |
Pitimpinai~~~ Thanks for the reply on the prairie Smoke Flower!! Would it be a good one to winter sow??? No I can't imagine getting a plant from a swap in France!!! Thanks dawiff for the nursery info!! Now I can't decide if I should order seeds or plants!! What do you 2 think would be best??? I am thinking both, just love the looks of that plant!!! Thanks!! |
- Posted by austinnhanasmom 5 Broomfield, CO (My Page) on Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 17:12
DITTO to all of the above reasons why so many... It's an affliction err passion. (((HUGS))) to pitimpinai and token for the inspiration photos when it's snowing here... |
- Posted by tndandelion 7b Memphis (My Page) on Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 17:56
It's kinda like rearranging your living room furniture....only better! ;) |
I will start the 12 step program: Step one: Admit you have an addiction.....and then go dumpster diving Step two: To tear yourself away from sowing, go to the closest store that sells them and buy more seeds just because you can |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 22:42
:-) We are getting over a foot of snow the next 24 hours. We'll see if it misses us again or not. Bring it on! I love snow. :-) mulchy, To tell you the truth, WSown Prairie Smoke does best in my garden. All the bare root babies I received from friends died after a season. I sowed all the left over seeds from 2005 - 2006 or I would have offered you some. |
- Posted by aliska12000 5a (My Page) on Tue, Feb 9, 10 at 0:14
We are getting it now and have already shovelled once, help came along which was nice, then it has started again and falling steadily, kind of quiet and pretty out there if it weren't for all the other. Am I fighting addiction, no no no. I'm fighting covetousness. Somebody posts a picture of a plant, and I just gotta have it. Or I see it on a website. Or another forum. Or a catalog. Or a botanical garden (their bougainvillea and a couple other things come to mind). Maybe it's ok, that commandment, can't remember which one says do not covet thy neighbor's house (have been guilty of that but not my neighbor's, a particular one that overlooks the river, just that one, not all of them, so I have an out), thy neighbor's wife (no, not an issue, well husband, let's not go there), thy neighbor's goods (oops, guilty of that and 'twould include plants). But wait. You people aren't my neighbors much as I might wish it otherwise. But I posted over on perennials on another thread a dwarf Asiatic lily, Crimson Pixie, almost a neighbor has one. Does down the block and across the street count? No, why lie to myself and the world. I've gone overboard on plants and seeds, no question. Then starts the rationalizing, but, but, maybe. I wonder if that company has any other seeds I might want, most of it is wildflowers. Anybody know of something else there? They don't have that gorgeous Sanguisorba menzii I saw paired with Patty's Plum Poppy over on the perennials forum, just a white one. |
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