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Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL(WPB, Florida) [ Member listing ]30 Jul · Wed 2014Are you a new comer to the S.Florida farmland??Then study the State of our S.Florida urban farms/productive gardens-II "How to LEARN Urban Gardening" ?In other words: Know before you grow !!19 May · Mon 2014A Course of "Miracle" Organic Productive Container Gardening Class asLife is a MIRACLE.Nourishing and nurturing human life with food grown at home with love , makes it bountiful,healthful, and more meaningful.Enter the Organic Productive Container Garden of "Eating" Healthy and Locally!!!
I quote an excerpt from her article published at her website : I Quote an excerpt Michele's article : "Changing your Brown Thumb to a Green Thumb.I needed to learn how to garden!! The Brooklyn in me kills almost everything I try to grow! I didn't know where to start and did not know how to go about it. Yes — there are a ton of Youtube videos, but I wanted a hands-on experience. Enter You tube: Tony Dagher – Urban gardener! I subscribe to a website called Local Harvest.org/farms/M20618. For about a year now, I've been getting weekly emails from then announcing the local gardening classes in my area. I noticed Tony's classes back then, but have not had the opportunity to sign up until now. I made it a family effort and brought both my daughters and one friend. We spent the day outdoors, in the sun . . . one with nature!!! Here's a quick synopsis of our day with Tony! Tony's also listed in Natural Awakenings. Unquote. Read more about what Michelle observed through the eye of her lens camera impressions,and the invisible INTUITIVE third eye expressions .Simply , simply click on the below web link to read and see more:I
am not a believer of self attestation or praise .Bragging makes one
look fake!..Quite the opposite: I believe in feed backs and interactive
discourse as delivered by independent third party observers , in this
case , the students who come to attend my gardening classes. Read more reviews as posted by students who attend my gardening classes ,at my web:localharvest.org/farms/M20618. Listening to what my students have to say is an integral part is part of my teachings..I learn as well as I teach...Communication is a two way path. Thank you Michele for your feedback.Quite a learning experience to me. Why the "Hands On "Productive Container Gardening Classes? By doing interactive gardening classes right at the "Source"..We
all connect with Mother Earth and Father Sky! The OUTDOOR LOCATION , at
the garden: The gardener, the enthusiast garden student come all
together in unison to INTERACT at the source to learn by INTUITION
starting from within by smelling the aromas of the garden plants and
touching them and immersing the hands into the the living soil...The
living soil awakens the AWARENESS within..therefore a FREE flow of
information starts eminating from within our cells within us, therefore
the coined word INTUITION or FREE learning in CONTRAST to TUITION or
learning as you pay by credit hours!!! The most valuable things in LIFE are FREE: Spring Water,Home grown food,Backyard fresh AIR,and Natural Awakening Words of Wisdom published and Available for FREE ! where The Garden poses as :The ESSENCE.THE TEACHER! While we all are the students ! At the garden :We all learn from each others as we connect and awaken our intuitive innate faculties,to be partners with the living soil and plants, working together to produce our food.In the beginning The Garden was the place we called home and learned how to grow our own food. Container gardening could be traced back to the ancient Agri-Cultures of the Ancient Egyptians, the Ancient Somerians of Mesopotemia and the Ancient Incas and Aztecs of North ,South and Centro America...
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18 Dec · Wed 2013My "Observations Series "on Common Gardenning Mistakes in S.Florida !Problems and solutions.Here are some of my Observations from lately doing a consultation to a Raised Bed Garden both at a community garden and a private backyard . A Problem vs B solution approach. I-Private Backyard Previously built by farmer X: A-Problem: 1-Raised beds RB were built six inch high on top of plastic cover sheet to deter weeds and roots. 2-Land topography was sliding a downward slope. No action for correction of sloping ground initially. 3-RB Location was surrounded by trees,shrubbs and lawn grass .Underground roots were rampant. 4-Tree branches were blocking sun and covering the sky space above the raised beds .Leaves and debris were falling at the Raised bed garden and disturbing plant growth. 5-Soil ground was not dug to excavate roots and debris. 6-RB added soil mix lacked :nutrients,organic matter,friendly soil worms organisms and loaded with perlites and weeds seeds. 7-Irrigation system used was decorative/ornamental rather than practical. B-The solution-Remedial work: 1-New raised beds were introduced by adding extra height to the existing RB structure .This was necessary to protect top soil nutrients from overflooding and secure more room depth for root system .Before RB looked like a BONSAI compartment with plants like ELEPHANT plants dwarfed in a BONSAI way due ! 2-Land to topography was corrected to secure and establish RB base and prevent loss of soil nutrients irrigation deviation and provide more structural balance. 3-Raised beds were relocated and rearranged to asuitable location. 4-Trees were trimmed,and some RB raised beds were relocated to sunny and less invassive ground . 5-Ground was dug below the Raised Beds and invassive roots and debris were removed. 6-Organic matter and nutrients were added to enrich the soil. Weeds and debris and roots were dug out. 7-A new irrigation system was put in place . It was a second hand attempt remedial work to a raised bed designed and executed with so many flaws initially by a professional X who collected a good sum of money and left the homeowner with a raised bed garden with lots of weeds to say the least! . My consultation advice to new comers to S. Florida: Do a professional background check on whoever you hire to set up an organic garden prior to blindly .Find out about education and experience and ask for samples of previous work !
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08 Jul · Mon 2013TOP FIVE "LACKING" Challenges and "LIKELY"Sollutions for the South Florida Backyard Urban Farming.As a Florida Certified Horticulturist who is currently involved in offering gardening classes ,consultations,and growing my own food locally , I can attest to the following garden challenges and solutions for the new comer garden enthusiasts : 1-LACKING LOCAL EDUCATION-UNDERSTANDING LOCAL ENVIRONMENT:S. East Florida WARMER climate falls under the tropical regional category dominated by excessive heat,rain ,pests,tropical storms,humidity and SANDY ACIDIC SOIL .There is no easy way to garden other than a week end warrior- gardener .Simply said you need to immerse your hands in the soil and sweat . Hands ON learning is the sollution ..This entails taking garden classes offered by LOCAL certified Florida Horticulturists who have studied the Tropical way of gardening at local schools or colleges like for instance :UF -extension Master Gardeners.Other self proclaimed farmers or gardeners who learned and farmed at a COLDER CLIMATE US-REGION like Alaska for example will be a risk to take .One of my students was a qualified farmer snow bird from" UP NORTH ",who was hired to be a manager of a productive garden by a REPUTABLE world famous Wellness Health Institute "DownSouth" Florida".He confessed to me that he is having difficulty to GROW healthy vegetables as he was not familiar with the SANDY SOIL of Florida .He asked for my help to teach him how to ammend and create a fertile organic soil.The IRONY is he posted a vaccancy for a gardener position and when I applied he turned my offer down as he felt that I might be a THREAT to take over his position ,as I have more local know how and experience than him.I laugh at such organizations that lack the common sense of hiring LOCALLY.They sense that their PRIORITY is making money LOCALLY while hiring from OUT of State or GLOBALLY!! Solution:Learn from a locally CERTIFIED -EDUCATED and EXPERIENCED gardeners -farmers.Learn from a Local.Grow local.Eat Local.HIRE LOCAL...It is all about local...s..... 2-LACKING LOCAL FERTILE SOIL :Sandy soil is infested with nematodes,debris,fertilizers to say the least.It is lacking HUMUS,worms,organic matter,minerals,beneficial bacteria ,compost and much more.Local farms have long been transformed into gated communities and developments .Alternative solution?New comers ,especially snow birds with swollen wallets ,flood garden centers and spend fortunes on packaged soil that is ENRICHED with SLUDGE(reconstituted human sewage ),cow manure rich in steroids hormones ,antibiotics ,cow vaccine byproducts,sand contaminated with nematodes to mention a few.You figure out the rest?.Solution:Make your own soil.Take garden classes or research the internet /books to learn how . 3-Lacking local time to garden:People have time to work and make money.It makes common sense to find time to garden and grow your own food to EAT LOCALLY GROWN fruits and Veggies that contribute to keeping you HEALTHY in Body-Mind-Spirit.Unhealthy people working two jobs to pay the bills are actually giving more value to their DOLLAR than to their LIFE..Solution:Budget your time to make more time to grow your own healthy food .What is the use of being RICH with accumulated wealth when you have POOR health ? 4-Lacking local and space to garden:Welcome to S.Florida the land of SAND and DEVELOPMENTS!.Sand sand every where but no Land to grow food.Remember :"Water water every where but no water to drink "??Solution:Join a community garden.Grow a vertical garden at your limited space.Grow food in containers. 5-Growing Local GREEN FOOD means NOT going "LOCO" or GREEN "brain"WASHED : :That is the most challenging question.HOW TO BE A REAL GROWER not a VIRTUAL ONE.Get involved .Get your hands dirty not your head or heart.If you live in S.Florida sign up for my gardening classes which offer a lot of REAL LOCAL solutions for LAZY gardeners .Find more reasons why to do so by reading my blog at:localharvest.org/farms/M20618.
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10 Dec · Mon 2012An Organic Urban Farming class at a Firefighter family and friends backyard-Have Shovel Will Travel Series!!I fascilitated an Organic Gardening class to a grouip of Fire Fighters and their families and friends two weeks ago and guess what ..It was a big hit! Fire fighters are among the elite of our community when it comes to putting their lives on risk to save our homes and lives when a fire catches up .It was a time to givbe back at a backyard where children ,teanagersand adults sat together to learn and practice a hands on organic gardening class . This motivated me to target other groups in our community that work silently to GIVE and be a role model in the progress of our local communities.This week I will be working in a backyard of a Boys Scouts Leader who is gathering her scouts to learn another survival skill:Growing your own food... Next move will be starting a class in Miami and Homestead area ...As the word goes by:Have Shovel Will Travel.It always sytarts with a desire to serve our community especially during a Holliday Season.Growing our own food is now in GREAT DEMAND ..I am filling the niche and fascilitating "MOBILE"classes and your help is appreciarted to pass on the word to your schools,churches,wellness centers and non-profit organizations .Working together to start urban gardens in our backyards to keep the Earth A Living and safe Place for the Living is another NEW YEAR RESOLUTION we can add to our Santa Clause Gift List to our loved ones. Wishing you all a Happy Hollidays and may your days be GREEN and Flourishing like a Bountiful Garden. Ho Ho Ho Santa "Gardener" is Coming to your backyard ..Town!!! Ho Ho Ho
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26 Jul · Thu 2012The importance of the garden in getting us grounded.
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19 Jun · Tue 2012Top Ten Successful Productive Garden Golden rules for S.FloridaWhy Productive Organic gardening in Florida is a challenge and what are the solutions? First it is essential to map the challenges before you chart the solutions as an ancient Chinese proverb asserts .In other words it will be better to light a candle rather than curse the darkness ! The Florida soil is mainly SANDY.Nematodes and aphids and other bugs florish especially during the raing summer season.Rain floods the land which loses much of its top soil and minerals as a consequence.Excessive heat grills and cooks most of the vegetables that survive the nematode and aphid attack. TheSuccessful Golden Garden rules: !-PLAN before you plant. 2-Choose the right location to garden . 3-Prepare your own organic soil .Compost.Be prepared:Wear garden gear,hydrate,check out with your Dr.if you are fit to garden.. etc.. 4-Start small , plant your own heirloum seeds .Say no to GMO.Use the right containers for seeds and seedlings that grow best in S.Florida.. 5-Choose native and draught tolerant plants.Opt for Rain Barrel harvesting to save on water bill. 6-Consider Diversity in planting.Use companion herbs as pest prevention. 7-Solarize soil -Unearth debris -Xeriscape the landscape -Evaluate -Develop -a budget plan and a road map for action.. 8-Talk to local farmers/gardeners.Hire a garden tutor.Do your homework - study and research. 9-Use raised beds to sustain the top soil,avoid erosion and discourage weeds.Containers make best bet to grow fruits and vegetables during the Hurricane Summer Season. 10-Experiment and chack out my Ten Garden Commandments at my localharvest blog on June 22,2009 titled: "THE GARDEN TEN COMMANDMENTS and HOW ORGANIC EDIBLE GARDENING CAN SURVIVE THE FLORIDA SUMMER."_
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10 Apr · Tue 2012What to expect when the unexpected happen as you strive to farm or garden?As the Earth Day series of topics goes by , I ponder on the EXPECTATIONS of gardening or farming.Expect the UNEXPECTED to happen! Usually we treat our garden project with some high profile expectations.Here is an example of a NEW gardener- comer's expectations : 1-I want my plants growing high yields right now. 2-I want to work smart :Meaning that I want to harvest while others will do the DONKEY WORK! 3-I want the weather to be perfect all the time with least frost,storms,heat,draught flooding and so forth. 4-I want to bother not with crop failures or any pest or bugs destroying my crop. 5-I want to make a lot of money selling my crop to the rich. 6-I want my dreams of gardening be fulfilled even though I spend less time ,money,effort working the land. 7-I want to hire cheap migrant farmers to do the donkey work while I watch gardening programs on TV or spend more time at my lap top researching and acquiring more farming knowledge. 8-I want to use anykind of fertilizer ,pesticide or miracle garden panache no matter what sludge or whatever to make my crops look smarter or bigger . 9-I want to learn the gardening/farming process in one shot class or trial with no errors or delay. 10-I want all of the above right now. Expect the unexpected and accept the unaccepted, but for sure you need to expect the unaccepted and accept it:Gardening or urban farming is a process to learn,apply and harvest.It takes time,resources and most of the time you have to partner with nature not against it!
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24 Aug · Wed 2011Small space organic garden in South Florida:The options,challenges and possibilities for the new gardener in the tropics!!Florida has just experienced another threat of a tropical storm :Irene.It was projected to be a category 4 Hurricane and it did not happen ! It ended up heading towards the Carolinas. Fear and ignorance are the MAIN negative emotions that keep us away from reaching out to fulfil our goals.Succumbing and giving in to the bad habits of: Stereotyping,hearsay,rumors,he said she said eyc type of "RATIONAL" leads us to same destination of NO WHERE! So for those who have phobias , fed by watching TV and reading main stream media news , it is time to break that indoor static oppsessive and OBESIVE habit and head outdoors! It is about time since procrastinating for so long about growing your own food in the tropics of S.Florida ! If I could do it,so can you! I say:Flush out your fears first!Then replace your ignorance with AWARENESS organic gardening classes!Here is one class for those who love FREE stuff: Composting class offered on September 10th at Lake Worth.Where the TROPICS BEGIN!More details at my web link below! Taking a class on growing your own food even if you have no backyard garden is an important step to come close to your goal of URBAN FARMING. The Options: If you live in an apartment or studio :Small space productive gardening in S.Florida might be an alternative to choose instead of buying your expensive organic produce .If you lose your job or home and get evicted , then you may salvage your container garden and take it with you! Growing herbs and vegetables in containers suits the Home of the Hurricanes state.You can move your container garden to safety if a Hurricane hits! There are so many ways and places to garden even if you do not have access for a garden.Here are some options:Your patio,balcony,door entrance,kitchen ,roof top or at a community garden near by .I have done so for the last twenty years and I had lots of food without even owning a property! For the small space :You can use trellis,hanging baskets,pots as a portable garden medium. The challenges: Lack of organic gardening awareness is the most common challenge especially for new comers to S,.Florida.Take a class on organic gardening and dispel the challenge.The tropical heat,humidity,mosquitos and pests etc are another challenge from Mother Nature.I can teach you how to deal with them , and turn the Lemon into Lemonade! The possibilities: Growing your own food is a possibility if you choose to convert the challenges into a solution for your health and financial issues.Can not afford the expensive organic produce anymore?Try to grow them, even in your limited space area.I can teach you how this coming Saturday.Be open.Be patient.Be positive! More details about my classes :Read Natural Awakening PBC Magazine or visit my below web @: http//:www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618 I have contributed in growing and teaching organic gardening at seven community gardens for the last twenty years .I remember growing organic crops at a community garden land owned by a S.Florida city for 9 years .More than forty families had plots and contributed in transforming the neglected minority neighborhood and crime infested city plot into a flourishing /organic FERTILE soil enriched community garden.It was later on turned into a LAND FILL LOT by the city.In a TWEEK quick WIMP decision ,they cancelled the TOIL of a decade of farming /labor / fertile soil building /for a dumping site land fill! Here is another similar situation to take lesson from and it is just happening right now.Another city is trying to destroy another fertile farm land to build on it a football field: http://www.savenicksorganicfarm.org/ THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE WE ARE LOSING OUR JOBS,HOMES AND FERTILE FARMS LAND ..JUST FOR THE SAKE OF "BUSINESS AS USUAL"! 10 Aug · Wed 2011Why :Farming and Gardening offer a cheap counter Stress solution with pay?(Food,therapy, and money in the bank!)Woonder why most of your family ,friends ,work colleagues and acquaintances etc are hating and halting their love more than ever you could remember? Here are some FINANCIAL reasons why we are stressed out best portrayed in the below : http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/stress I personally found this solution way back before the deep financial meltdown and debt default debate.I went through the whole process of stress when I lost my job with a multi national multi billlion Hi-Tech corporation. Now it is your turn to feel the heat of the multi faceted melt down , so you needed to understand why it is happening to you next? The solution lies in the garden and the farm.Troubled mind , mental distress ,incessant greed and other negative emotions cease as you switch off all the gadgets ,you stop running after numbers and papers and doing things.Stop , to smell the roses or the herbs if you can not afford roses!Just halt..take deep breath and go outdoors to experience garden therapy! Gardening was the solution back in the previous depression not just to fill our stomach with much needed and scarce food, but to employ our unemployed hands and empty our heads of anxiety pranks , fears and stress related degenerations .. Read the news papers and the STRESS level goes up skyrocketing ...So ,try something else other than the pills that just are numbing your nerves for now..Try gardening..and see for yourself..Touch the soil and your spirit and soul will be uplifted without the need for intoxicating "spirits" or the never ending verbal profanity barrages!! Need more convincing scientific proof? Here we go: http://ezinearticles.com/?Gardening-is-Good-Therapy&id=45003 Happy Gardening therapy!
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15 Apr · Fri 2011The Florida Ten Commandments of Common Gardening Mistakes"To make and learn from a mistake is HUMAN.To forgive those who err and make a mistake is Divine.Humans who are Earth Keepers and MEEK dwellers of the Garden of Eden are both:Human and Divine"...I think so!! 1-Thou shall : Do your own soil preparation: Florida soil is SANDY and infested with nematodes. Add organic ammendments,compost ,aged manure, peat moss to compacted poorly drained ground.Keep in mind feeding the EARTH to to improve its structure and encourage root growth by adding ORGANIC MATTERand MINERALS. 2.Thou shall not be : Escaping Xero scaping: The word XERO is of GREEK origin which means:Understand/KNOW. Design with the size of mature plants in mind and the right plant for the right location. Try to avoid overcrowding and check out the soil PH before you plant.Here in S.Florida the soil is more ACIDIC..so choose acid loving plants like tomato for example and always look for native plants like calaloo. 3. Thou shall follow the natural law of Feng-shui and the law of natural attraction. Take the environment as your partner /friend not your foe .Work in HARMONEY with nature not against it. 4.Thou shall not have:Lack of irrigation AWARENESS: Too much water can be just as damaging as too little. Do a finger-in-the-ground test to ensure that the soil around the roots is moist. Vegetables need about an inch and a half of water per week.Choose drip irrigation sysyem and rain barrel irrigation . Uphold and follow the water restriction laws in place as per your local government ordinances. We are in the DRAUGHT so be considerate in conserving water . 5. Thou shall start not in a:Wrong location/timing/season: Growing conditions follow the hardiness zoning of the USDA.S.Florida falls in the 9-10 zone .It is humid,hot,rainy .Keep that in mind when looking to plant. mature, creating different .Follow local growing table of plants that are draught tolerant,native and non-GMO origin. 6. Thou shall do :Proper Maintenance: Don't kill the good bugs, like pollinators and lady bug , in an effort to eliminate the bad.. Prevention is best medicine for plants as well. Maintain your garden by being there to observe and prevent. Use mulch .Hand weed. Don't set your cultivator (or hoe) too deep, damaging plant roots 7-Thou shall apply the correct body postures of ERGONOMICS while gardening 8. Over-pruning: As a rule, don't remove more than 30 percent of the foliage from shrubs in one cutting. And don't "top" trees to control their height. "That reduces their life span rather than improves their health".:My friend/teacher ,Ryan said so! 9. Thou shall avoid :Botched planting: Choose the right plant depth.Draw a brim around your fruit trees and fill it with water and aged manure.Feed the earth not the plants. 10.Thou shall keep on trying: Failing to start over is not allowed: Gardening is a PROCESS.Planting is a continuous work. Expect crop failiars but do not stop and be discouraged.Experiment and learn from your mistakes.They are common and they are lessons.Be positive and keep busy gardening!Start with a small plot so you can correct mistakes more easily, the experts say. And look to your county extension office for support if you run into trouble. Garden coaches also can diagnose problems and suggest remedies, as can master gardeners and landscape designers. 27 Jan · Thu 2011Criminal Gardening: Is Growing a crop of Tomato in your own backyard now a crime? Watch the news about this Georgia Farmer getting fined 5000$ for a CRIMINAL GARDENING! http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1015.html I think this is not real what I saw _Click ABOVE LINK to watch it_on YOU TUBE .What do you think? I think there is something not true about this thing. Sorry for the unintended rhyme.I am skeptical unless someone calls WH , like they did with the last Georgia firing and rehiring of an African American Agriculture Georgia state director for something she said but ,actually later on when investigated , itturned out that she did not . It was then EDITED and fabricated by a blogger and later broadcast by a biased news channel who just beleived his fabricated story for some reasons of its own..May be this TV coverage story too is fabricated ,since it is coming again from Georgia like the other story... We , here in Florida are SOUTHERNERS too like Georgia our next neighbor and we have our goofs to joke about!,Like ,we are known nationally and INTERNATIONALLY,for the HANGING CHAD or the BUTTERFLY BALLOT and jokes were made about us .LOL! May be in Georgia they have something else to laugh or make a joke about? Is the "THE CRIMiNAL GARDENING " thing from Georgia one of tghose DIRT jokes? I really do not know??. Please , take me serious.I am an Urban Farmer myself and people usually think we farmers are good hearted and sometimes they joke how NAIVE we are..God Bless them .They make me laugh about those farmers jokes!LOL!!!!Keep them coming...May be this coverage story is another JOKE...LOL! I am just posting the link as I received it .May be someone will prove that I am right : this clip about criminal charges for growing tomato is not true? Do they have similar laws in Georgia like the ones in California about Medicinal Maijuana? May be they thought it was Marijuana ,like the recent raid of a school garden in California by police who mistook Tomato for Marijuana???Well, mistakes happen . If that be the case,which I think IS AN INNOCENT mistake. then we need to EDUCATE more people about gardening ,for example those who make a mistake like the one in California school garden ,should sign up and volunteer at a CSA or a community garden and do some community service to learn how the tomato look like and take a course of PLANT IDENTIFICATION. Gardening education should be obligatory at schools and colleges so that people will have a better awareness about where the food comes from and how to grow your own food in case you lost a job or a home etc..and save on the FOOD STAMP tax payers money! They say it is better to teach how to fish rather than to give some one a fish...Try that at the garden. I am kind of confused what to beleive these days! 16 Nov · Tue 2010S.Florida Beginners Tropical Organic Urban Farming Classes -Open to the public Now RegisteringCome and Learn the Organic Gardening Process from our four generation Urban Organic farmer ,certified Florida horticulturist and educator with 20 years of Hands On experience in S.Florida . We are now accepting new urban farming enthusiasts for the growing season November-May 2011 organic gardening classes(the tropical way) .It is different but not difficult.Wonder why you have no green thumb? Its the S.Florida' sandy soil dump, not your thumb,at fault. Our classes schedules feature a range of topics including: 1-Container/raised beds organic gardening . 2-Vermiculture 3-Composting. 4-Organic soil preparation . 5-Organic ammendments. 6-Backyard/patio/community organic gardening. 7-Tropical fruits,veggies and herbs that you can grow easy. 8-Organic pesticides and fertilizers . 9-Edible Tropical organic flowers and "legal" weeds (e.g dandelion.) 10-Garden ergonomics and more... Adults full pay.Teens half pay.Children 5-13 free. Wear garden safety gear:No shorts/flip flops/tanker tops, please.Hand outs available for FREE..RSVP and register two days in advance of classes on Saturday and Sunday 4-6PM.Co-speakers welcome.We offer one time FREE CLASS for non-profit organizations like Schools,churches and wellness centers.We donate to soup kitchens since 2001.We are community oriented. Come and tour our container botanical garden/raised beds /mini farm/ pristine pine forest settings.Take home FREE samples of seeds,seedlings,composted manure,garden starter kit and much more .More info and RSVP details at: http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618. Bring / tell a friend.Celebrate the coming Hollidays andstart the new year with a new Organic Vegetable garden right at your backyard. Have Happy Hollidays Gardening.
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03 Nov · Wed 2010Organic Gardening Awareness goes to a Hollistic Mind-Body-Spirit Retreat.How to THINK ORGANIC and TRUTHFULLY treat not trick each others while learning the PROCESS of growing or consuming ORGANIC food ?This coming Sunday I will be taking my gardening talk to a different kind of a walk. .Comes a Hollistivc Fittness retreat at a four star hotel this week end, , I will be reaching out with my ORGANIC AWARENESS to a different level of organic gardening enthusiasts. Physical Fittness or Exercising our muscles and doing functional movements is not a monopoly to the gym or the olymics neither to the rich or the poor,.I have THE PROOF.. Great Britain has recognized Gardening as sports for all, lately , proving to the world that Gardeners are among the olympic athlets without portfolio offcourse, , Unfortunately they will NOT be competing this coming Clympic games 2012 at the UK for gold medals.!!They will be growing the new found gold:Greens! No kidding.our competition is not for winning medals???.Sure, not.It is about winning our BIRTH RIGHT FOR HEALTH by going back to Basics:GROWING our own food through farming and gardening or shall we say Gathering ????. Lately ,I helped coaching a home owner ,who happens to be living in a multi million property-setting and starting up an Organic Vegetable Garden. I noticed that there is a pre-requisit to the gardening proces:We need to open our mind,body and spirit ..first. I explained :The gardening software does not come naturally with the garden and she has to LEARN the process(Mind) and train her muscles(Body) and get into the Spirit of growing food.Most of us get confused when it comes to the SPIRIT thing.They end up doing the most convenient:Hire a gardener and tell him/her to do the Donkey Work ,offcourse,having set a streaotype of farmers after the migrant farmers image .God forbid , no racial profiling / discremination /slavery practices are intentionally committed!.Mistakes happen , offcourse! Being spiritual is so hard to understand using our minds.One has to open up the HEART FACULTY/or Chakra to be able to comprehend /connect spiritually with other forms of life:Creator/Holly Spirit /Universe ..or whatever you prefer to name it.Even so ,with a human,plant, or na animal .What comes from the heart ? Expectations ,intentions,passion, abilities,capabilities,integrity ,honesty , commitments ,prayers are justa few to mention.What makes us fail in making the spiritual connection is one word:LYING -with all our HEART. We put much faith in lip service and words that change as often as the winds blow or with every single breath or heart beat.We lie to each others and because we get accustomed to negotiating and or lying as far as it is good to make money and business. Gone are our commitments for ethical or moral values. There is a separation from our INNER BEING as soon as we separate ourselves from the TRUTH , especially when we want to commit into a relationship: Whether with a human,a plant, an animal or a HIGHER SPIRIT/GOD/UNIVERSE.The bibles mentions:TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.FROM WHAT? I guess from :DISEASE,LACK,STRIFE,SLAVERY ,to mention the least! Ghandi once said: If you want to learn how to have a successful relationship with humans, you need to start to learn the process by getting in touch with plants first.I found out that our relationship with plants is similar to that with the animals and humans :Crush,control,contain. Guess what happens when we are moody or in a state of hurry :We injur a muscle ,break communication flow ,obliterate trust and jeoperdize a relationship and the whole process . By just flip flopping and changing our commitments , we withdraw natural process of creation and meaningful and fruitful fulfiliment into a state of static FAILURE :decomposing/degeneration /degradinding to our Body/Mind/Spirit. Stay tuned to Organic Gardening Awareness .Be TRUTHFULL in and to all our relations.Just like the Native American saying goes :Aho -Meta-Quee-Yasin.
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21 Oct · Thu 2010Class on Crash Organic Gardening for Survivals at the Lake Worth Resource CenterThe Mentoring Center is the managing partner of the Lake Worth Resource Center, which provides job placement assistance ,skills training ,English classes and integration mentoring here in Lake Worth, Florida. Today,I was invited by the English Class teacher at LWRC to fascilitate an organic gardening class to her English language students.The class is a melting pot and mix of Caribean and Hispanic cultures . I did customize the class to meet the immediate needs of the students who either are unemployed / underemployed or looking for a better employment by improving on their English language communication skills..The economic deep-recession let a lot of us DOWN .But, not for the brave and faithful who still beleive in a way UP .When there is a will to turn the lemon into a lemonade then there is a way to DO IT! I said to myself, it is better to give some one a fishing rod and teach how to fish rather than just give a welfare fish or a food stamp . In times as uncertain and defeating like ours, there is nothing more valuable than a POSITIVE ATTITUDE and COURAGE to FIGHT and OVERCOME hardships whatsoever..Education is the key. Politicians reach out to immigrants and minorities during election times only..Those forgotton and struggling families barely get help except from churches and organizations like the LWRC . I MARVELLED AT THE SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM of those students who wanted to learn how to grow their own Organic Food and did not have the resources .Kindness and community spirit and warm relationships can change the face of lack and bring in bounty once we join hands and resources TOGETHER.How many organizations and institutions are reaching out for the unemployed or the homeless to teach them how to fish or grow their own food? How much money would we save on food stamps and medical bills by turning those neglected lands into organic vegetable gardens that feed the needy and the unemployed?You tell me! Nothing comes easy.We need to start the learning process by teaching the importance of PRODUCING FOOD rather than CONSUMING IT. TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU FARMERS AND GARDENERS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IS TO SHOW THAT : CREATING A JOB IS AS IMPORTANT AS FINDING A JOB...ESPESIALLY when this job is to grow your own food! THANKS to the English language teacher LISA GREENE AND LWRC DON WILSON, BOTH GOALS can be REACHED :Finding and creating a job!Remeber: When there is a will........there is a way...
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There are a vast number of universes. We know some of them as the Marvel Universe or the DC Universe or the Star Wars Universe. Now, what if I told you that all of these universes you've come to know and love so much, were all part of a tree of universes. Time to time, we've seen crossovers between these universes because branches of these universes have been temporarily linked in one way or another. But today, the biggest crossover ever is on our hands. Universes have been linked to the trunk of all universes. It''s the most massive crossover known to mankind. Prepare yourself for war, chaos, and most importantly: survival.
You will now see why "A Game Like No Other" is in the title. This is how this tournament is going to work. We need 32 contestants. We can have 16 contestants, but there can be no alliances if that is the case. If we do have 32 people, you may form alliances with one other person. This person has to be within your area though (I'll get to what I mean by that in a bit). However others who don't want alliances may be required to. Hopefully alliances will work out, but I can't guarantee that the structure of the tournament will allow it. So feel free to make an alliance with someone for now, but we might have to ask for more people to join or to just skip alliances all together, or something like that. We'll see how it works out. Also, choose your partner wisely. For example, if you're Batman and if you team up with somebody who's the Joker, it probably won't be the most fruitful of partnerships. Language barriers will exist, bad blood will exist, etc. Each contestant chooses one character and one character only.
You must choose a number from 1 to 32. This number is your fate. Your fate will give you advantages or disadvantages in each round. I have already made the advantages and disadvantages. I do not make them up as I go along. I also assure you that nobody will automatically die by choosing one of these fates. Also please note that I am having you choose your fate. Don't complain about the fate you got because you're the one who chose it. Advantages and disadvantages will be shared with if you have a partner.
Along with defeating your opponent, you must prove to why your character can overcome his/her disadvantage, or how your character can use his/her advantage to win. So this is somewhat a game of luck.
Fetts: Boba Fett; number is pending
Soothing_sounds: Rivaille; number is pending
dccomicsrule2011: pending on both.
Dane: Daken; slot is pending
Dextersinister: Jarlaxle; slot is pending
1- KnightOfZero: Beast Boy
2- The_Legendaty_SuperSaiyan_Hulk: Komachi Shokichi
3- mightyrearranger: Catman
4- Floopay: Hei
5- Dratini1331: Yasuri Shichika
6- Funsiized: New-52 Red Robin
7- Nickthedevil: Trickster
8- The_Red_Viper: Connor Hawke
9- sync1: Azrael (Jean Paul Valley)
10- mr_ingenuity: Zoichi
11- jwalser3: Bullseye
12- ThatGuyWithHeadPhones: Guts
13- Jokergesit: pending
14- Perethorn: Deadpool
15- Loki9876: Beron Zemo
16- Veitha: Mystique
17- RetardRobot: Pre-52 Deathstroke
18- Thedarklordpandamonuium: AoA Blink
19- dondave: Wolverine
20- Stompa: Ultimate Hawkeye
21- Strider92: UDON Taskmaster
22- scorpion2501: Kiritsugu
23- HigorM: Black Panther
24- BataTest: pending
25- sync1: Azrael (Jean Paul Valley)
26- TheTrueBarryAllen: Iron Fist
27- HyperViper97: X-23
28- GodTriggerHulk: Mizore Shirayuki
29- Skit: Motoko Kusangi
30- Diredrill: Sage
31- joewell: Percy Jackson
32- nickzambuto: Big Boss
Now the number you choose will also determine where you start out. This is what I was talking about before with partners having to be in your area. It would be unrealistic for 20 to join up with 10. So you can only choose a partner out of the four who are closest to your location. If you have trouble telling which four are closest, ask me. The length of each square represents 5 miles. Also, ignore the vehicle locations on the map.
Character Rules
-This is a Street-Level Tournament. So street-level characters only.
-Nobody with speed or strength above Pre-52 Deathstroke's level (It should be noted that I meant combat speed when I said this).
-No mind powers of any kind (this includes telekinesis or anything like it). If you want a character that has mind powers, but you mainly want that character for his/her skills, that will acceptable (Ex. Psylocke). However he/she will discover that the island neutralizes their mind powers.
-No durability above Pre-52 Deathstroke's (w/ Promethium Body Armor) level.
-No healing factors above Deadpool's level. However keep in mind that people with healing factors are still susceptible to KO, Incapacitation, etc.
-Shape-shifters are allowed but they can't copy powers.
-No Duplication, phasing, power-absorption, power-mimic, tele-dismemberment, tele-drop, teleporting inside of people, soul possession, summoning, or earth manipulation.
-No Midnighter or Prometheus.
-Standard equipment for everybody. The only limits in terms of gear is armor (which was already explained) and explosives. Any explosives with a blast radius over 30 yards will be reduced to 30 yards. There are no other limits to a character's standard equipment.
-Prior knowledge on partners and opponents is dependent on whether they're native to your universe.
-Alternate versions of the same character may be chosen. But the same version of the same character cannot be chosen twice.
-Anime and manga characters are allowed so long as the rules permit them.
-Anybody who somehow managed to get a character that is above the limits, will be reduced to the limits provided in whatever way they surpass the limits.
-If anybody thinks a character chosen is over the limits, please notify me.
-I get the final say on who is in and who is out. Period.
Some of you may have noticed the "Fetts: Boba Fett; number is pending". That is because I will be joining this tournament. However I will be getting the last number available since I already know what fate is in each number. That means there are now 31 spots available.
Since there will hopefully be 32 people in this tournament, that mean's there could be up to 16 matches in Round 1 and 8 matches in Round 2. If that is the case, I might need a temporary co-host to help me make some of the matches. Though I'd like somebody who has experience making a tournament. For example, @esquire @floopay @sovereign91001 or @nickzambuto (?). It'd be much appreciated.
Many of you are probably aware that your inbox and notifications aren't working. That is happening to everybody as far as I'm aware. So I'd ask everybody to keep tabs on this page.
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At his second official commencement address this spring, President Obama delivered a message of discipline and perseverance to Morehouse College grads on May 19. "You have to remember that whatever you've gone through pales in comparison to the hardships previous generations endured — and they overcame, and if they overcame them, you can overcome them too." He will next address the U.S. Naval Academy on May 24. (Photo: REUTERS/Jason Reed)
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Police say the man who they allege indecently assaulted an 8-year-old girl in the sand dunes at Oreti Beach on Saturday afternoon was a stranger to the family.
A 20-year-old Invercargill man was charged in relation to the alleged indecent assault yesterday morning and appeared in the Invercargill District Court at 3pm.
Judge Kevin Phillips granted him interim name suppression and remanded him in custody without plea until February 12.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Bowman said police had not yet properly interviewed the girl, given the stress of the circumstances. The girl was not from Invercargill and she was now at home, he said.
The alleged incident occurred in the sand dunes about 50 metres south of the main entrance to the beach about 4pm. Police yesterday appealed for anyone with information related to the incident to contact them and said they had received a number of calls from the public through the morning but were still asking for information from the public.
Mr Bowman said there had been no other reports of children being approached.
The alleged attacker had been alone and was not known to the girl's family, Mr Bowman said.
Any advice about keeping children safe was in no way a reflection on the girl's family, he said.
However, the attack was a reminder to parents to be mindful of where their children were at all times and for them to play in groups if possible.
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Copley trustees amend zoning request
A lengthy public hearing regarding a proposed zoning change led off the Copley Township Board of Trustees meeting Jan. 15, with audience members filling the trustees' meeting room to near capacity and trustees veering the requested change in another direction.
Present at the hearing were three applicants representing 7.3 acres of land on several adjacent properties on Medina Road and Scenic View Drive, whose joint application was asking for rezoning to Commercial Neighborhood Retail (CNR).
The largest piece of the puzzle is 5.6 acres extending from Hametown Road to the other applicants' properties, which make up the corner of state Route 18 and Scenic View Drive, according to planning documents. Owner Ron Nolan's property already is zoned Commercially for Office/Retail Use (COR) and has on it a legal nonconforming gas station and a house, he said.
The other two applicants, Matt Manteghi and Jim Nolte, both own two-family units zoned Residential. They complained they are surrounded by a Commercial district, which also includes a fire station on the east side, making Residential zoning unreasonable.
In the process required to make a zoning change, the group went through the Summit County Planning Commission. While last month county officials recommended approving the change, the township's Zoning Commission unanimously recommended the opposite following a public hearing. The trustees' public hearing is one of the last parts of the process necessary to amend the township's zoning map, followed generally by a vote among trustees ultimately allowing or disproving the proposal, according to township officials.
The proposed CNR district would allow retail and personal service businesses on lots of less than 2 acres, according to Copley's zoning code. The difference between the two commercial districts — CNR and COR — is their primary focus, according to Planning Director Matt Springer. For CNR, the primary intended use is retail, he said, while COR zoning places more emphasis on office uses, allowing a small retail business as an accessory, such as a snack bar or coffee shop.
Prior to the public hearing, the township received several letters and emails objecting to the area being rezoned to emphasize retail uses, Springer said.
During the public hearing, several neighbors vocalized their dissent, noting traffic and safety concerns, among others.
Following comments from the public, trustees discussed the proposal, noting the township's future land-use plan does not include retail possibilities for that area.
Trustee Helen Humphrys said legal counsel approved of amending the applicants' request during the public hearing and suggested approving a zoning change to COR, to commercial zoning primarily for offices.
After consulting with the applicants on the floor to make sure the amended application would be OK with them, trustees voted on each of the property owners' applications separately.
Trustees voted to change zoning on Manteghi's and Nolte's properties to COR and denied Nolan's request, resulting in no zoning change for his property.
During the regular meeting, trustees:
- appointed James Berry and Robert Kocsis as alternate members of the Zoning Commission to fill unexpired terms ending Dec. 31;
- approved Fire Chief Michael Benson applying for an Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation safety grant to purchase two load systems for power cots and a rolling system for a large diameter hose, for $26,700, to reduce the risk of back injuries to fire and EMS personnel. Trustees also accepted a donation from Akron General Medical Center of one loading system valued at $25,400. Copley's share is $10,900, said Benson;
- approved Police Chief Michael Mier's request to renew a maintenance agreement for $600 for two pairs of night vision goggles with the Department of Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center; and
- approved requesting the Summit County engineer prepare estimates for the township's road improvement plans for 2014 for asphalt, spot, sealcoat and concrete road paving and pavement marking and striping.
Following an executive session, trustees also approved two memorandums of understandings with the Fire Department, for outlining the way earned days off are calculated and granting a 2 percent wage increase; and approved a terms of engagement letter with Brouse McDowell for legal services rendered by Irv Sugerman.
The Copley Board of Trustees' next regular meeting is set for Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Copley Township offices, 1540 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road.
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I had tried the tester on my hands at Sephora and fell in love. I have a bit of a pinkish hue to my complexion, so when it faded out any trace of redness on my hands, I had to by it.
Turns out that on your face it's a whole different story. Somehow, it does not provide the same effect and I'm not the first to note this. It left my face looking dirty, and does not stay in place when putting on foundation.
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I hate to write bad reviews cause then i realise that i had wasted my money! I agree with all the negative reviews,this does nothing except adding some green tinge on your face.
What is this? A waste of money? Oh yes, that is correct, a waste of money. My cheeks usually have this blush/flush look, which I consider a flaw. So what do I do? I try to cover it up, but what does this do? It leaves an ashy film of crap on my face. When I used this as a "primer" my foundation just wipes it off, it makes me laugh and possibly die a little inside. I have tried it over and under my foundation, a little and a lot of product, with a sponge and my 252 brush. I feel bamboozled. Definitely would not repurchase.
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I usually use Benefit's Your Bluffing stick, but it is very expensive (25 euros) and I don't like the dryness. I saw this green base at the supermarket and picked it up since the price was reasonable in comparison (10 euros).
I used it sparingly on a foundation brush on my slightly red zones and was very pleased with both the consistency and the effect.
I have a feeling that this is better for those with pale skin, like me, as it will leave you looking pasty, or grey if you have a darker complexion.
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i really wanted to like this product so after reading reviews about it i decided to give it a try. what a waste! it did nothing for the redness on my cheeks except leave them red. i first used alittle like people have said, and that didn't work. so the next day i used more and that still didn't work. plus it's pretty messy. all in all it sucked and back to ulta it went.
I was attracted to this product after using Eucerin's redness correcting cream in the pen applicator, as I was looking for something with less packaging hassle and a slightly more liquid, easily-blendable consistency. This product is pricey (around $20), but a little does go a very long way (and take heed, because using more than a tiny bit will give you a sickly looking pallor with the slightest pastel green tinge). I have experienced no breakouts from this product. I have very fair, sensitive blemish prone oily skin with some moderate rosacea redness on my cheeks, nose and chin. This did just an okay job of toning down the redness and works well under foundation, lessening the need for heavy makeup. Mostly I found that it just made my pale, non-flushed areas paler still. Make sure that you are well moisturized before applying--it is fairly fluid, but has very little "slip" and will give you green patches where it clings to flakey spots. Overall, it's a mediocre redness reducer, and for the price, I will probably not be repurchasing.
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One of the nicer green-tinted primers, but this broke me out every time I used it. And even before the break-outs, I didn't notice much of a difference in reducing my redness.
I'm very impressed with this lovely base. It evens out my skin tone, and does correct my redness. I tend to have redness of my cheeks and this evens out quite nicely.
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I'm using the Nvidia implementation of openCL.
cl_uint devicecount=NULL;
cl_uint NumPlatforms;
clGetPlatformIDs (0, NULL, &NumPlatforms);
cl_platform_id* PlatformIDs;
PlatformIDs = new cl_platform_id[NumPlatforms];
clGetPlatformIDs(NumPlatforms, PlatformIDs, NULL);
cl_device_id cdDevice;
clGetDeviceIDs(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, 1, &cdDevice, &devicecount);
cout << NumPlatforms << endl;
cout << PlatformIDs << endl;
cout << cdDevice << endl;
cout << devicecount << endl;
I actually probably don't have a compatible GPU at the moment, but I have a compatible CPU. The query tells me that I have 0 platforms, and 0 devices. Am I doing this correctly? I don't exactly understand what a platform is, and why I don't have one. What exactly does it take for openCL to find and use a platform?
I got my new card in the mail today, installed amd sdk, and reinstalled nvidia sdk, and I am now seeing all my platforms and devices!
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Arcade Fire | Reflektor [Vinyl] Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing in holographic gatefold sleeve includes digital download. With a penchant for theatrical, bombastic anthems, Montreal's Arcade Fire has amassed a broad loyal following without compromising their singular artistic vision. The album was produced by the band, LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy, and long-time collaborator Markus Dravs.
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The Head And The Heart | Let's Be Still [Vinyl] The 2013 album, Let s Be Still, is a snapshot of a band that didn't exist just four short years ago. The album was recorded at Seattle's Studio Litho with assistance from prior production collaborator Shawn Simmons. Later, the band traversed the country to mix the album in Bridgeport, CT, with Peter Katis, revered for his work with bands such as the National, Interpol, and the Swell Season.
Arctic Monkeys | AM [Vinyl] Arctic Monkeys release their fifth album, entitled AM. AM was produced by James Ford and co-produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording, LA and Rancho De La Luna, Joshua Tree. The album was engineered by Ian Shea and mixed by Tchad Blake. Josh Homme, Pete Thomas and Bill Ryder-Jones all make guest appearances on AM as do the words of John Cooper Clarke, on the track "I Wanna Be Yours."
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Haim | Days Are Gone [Vinyl] Days Are Gone is the highly anticipated debut album from breakout band HAIM. Recorded mostly in HAIM's native Los Angeles, the album sees sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim working alongside acclaimed producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Usher, Vampire Weekend) and James Ford (Florence and the Machine, Arctic Monkeys). Days Are Gone features crowd favorites "Falling," "Forever," and "Don't Save Me" as well as title track "Days Are Gone," which was co-written with Kid Harpoon and Jessie Ware.
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Avett Brothers | Magpie And The Dandelion [Vinyl]] Double vinyl LP pressing. 2013 release, the eighth studio album from the Alt-Folk rockers. The album was produced by Rick Rubin who produced their previous two full-length studio albums, I and Love and You and The Carpenter. The album was recorded during the same recording sessions as The Carpenter and in an open letter to fans published in August the band says the album conveys a feeling of "youthful wonder"
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Four Tet | Beautiful Rewind [Vinyl] Beautiful Rewind. Shout out to Text Records. The album is all done and just getting some copies made and then will get it into shops for you. LP, CD and Internet versions. No pre order, no charts, no last minute Rick Rubin.
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Volcano Choir | Repave [Vinyl] |
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Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago [Vinyl] Pronounced "bohn eevair; French for "good winter" and spelled wrong deliberately. This debut is centered around a particular aesthetic; Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. This solitary time fed a bold, uninhibited new musical focus. All his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years was suddenly purged into song. The NY Times called this record "irresistible", and it was given a "Recommeded" rating by Pitchfork. RIYL: Iron & Wine, M. Ward, and Elliott Smith.
The Head And The Heart | The Head And The Heart [Vinyl] So many decisions in life and in the music we love can come down to a critical tug between the logic in our heads and the hot red blood beating through our hearts. Seattle's The Head and the Heart live authentically in that crux, finding joy and beauty wedged there.
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Mazzy Star | Seasons Of Your Day [Vinyl] Mazzy Star have announced the worldwide release of their eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, Seasons Of Your Day on September 24th, 2013. Co-written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback, Seasons Of Your Day was recorded in California and Norway. The album features performances by all the original members of Mazzy Star along with special guests including Colm O Ciosoig (My Bloody Valentine) and a special appearance by the late, legendary Bert Jansch in a guitar duet of chilling intensity with David Roback on the song "Spoon."
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Cults | Static [Vinyl] Static is the follow-up to Cults' critically adorned 2010 self-titled, debut release. Written and recorded over the course of 2012 in the band's home base of New York City, Static is produced by Cults with support from Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Vampire Weekend) and Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Washed Out). The album is comprised of 11 tracks including "I Can Hardly Make You Mine" and first single "High Road."
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Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes [Vinyl] 2008 album from this Seattle based quintet. Fleet Foxes are, for lack of an imminently more marketable descriptor, a group trafficking in baroque harmonic pop. And the joy they derive in doing so is palpable. We feel it too. They are, self-described, not much of a rock band. With the help of credit cards, minimum wages, tip money, friends and family, Fleet Foxes crafted their first demo, and subsequently the Sun Giant EP and this debut full-length album, with family friend Phil Ek manning the rudder. Drawing influence from the traditions of folk music, pop, choral music and gospel, sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from Ireland to Japan, film scores, and their NW peers, Fleet Foxes ranges in subject matter from the natural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone cold graves.
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Foxygen | We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic [Vinyl] We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic is a precocious and cocksure joyride across California psychedelia with a burning, bursting punk rock engine. In the same year as Scott McKenzie the singer of "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" leaves this mortal coil, Foxygen delivers unto us the dandy Glockenspiel-packing "San Francisco," which both circumvents and dissects McKenzie's tune and its many cousins of the era.
Of Montreal | Lousy With Sylvianbriar [Vinyl] The genius of Lousy with Sylvianbriar is that it was created on a 24-track tape machine without the crutch of computer aided pitch correction, effects plug-ins and editing capabilities. With no computer tricks to fall back on, Kevin Barnes and the band recorded most of the songs live in the same room together.


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Three siblings were spread across the country. They had a brilliant idea, to rent a mansion via AirBnB in Chestnut Hill inviting 15 of their extended family to stay for the weekend to celebrate the life of their father.
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I thawed a bag of herbs that was floating around in my freezer. It was double wrapped so I couldn't tell what herb was in there. Once thawed it was apparent - 4 million bronze fennel seeds! Well, there are few things I adore more than bronze fennel seeds. We aren't talking regular fennel seeds. These were picked fresh and plump, a few months back, from Eva's garden - and we are talking Bronze Fennel - much sweeter than the conventional fennel - with its auburn fronds as sweet as candy (well, maybe a medieval candy). Come summertime we add the fronds to any kind of salad (even fruit
Jan 2, 2012 - I saw my friends Ann and Marc last night. Ann has designed this site of mine, and as you can see she is a graphics genius. Her husband, Marc Verhagan really let his prowess for food loose in creating his Chocolate Combustion. He came up with the recipe as a young adult living in the Netherlands. His sister Hedwig says he was always bringing home "strange" recipes, and this one he rehabilitated. Now, 3 decades later, living in MA, 8 of us agreed last night that it was the talk of the party.
December 30, 2011. Some meals are better than others at Eva's. I mean, none are terrible, to make bad food at Eva's would be a huge challenge since her raw ingredients are stunning. The Chez Panisse approach to cooking at Eva's is always the best. Source your ingredients then get out of the way and let them work their magic. But I did better than average the other night. The entree was a soup - and I did nothing special but it was above the cut. I started with onions and not much garlic and evoo.


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Yea this game looks awesomely bad. Here's to hoping for awesomely bad translations as well.
Well, maybe not. Kind of.
I think a better alternative is to put on some Animal Planet and snap pictures with your camera phone.
lmao... what the hell is with this game? why did sony advertise this as there ace up there sleeve??!
Wow, I'm surpised at how my interest level in this game drops more as information is made available.
I find it quite disturbing that I am not only interested in this game, but I am seriously considering buying a PS3 with this being one of the reasons why. Which is borderline retarded.
Umm... so Afrika is really secretly an N64 game that's not on rails? Lame. And I thought it was going to be an elephant hunting simulator too, where you kill game wardens or bribe them off and then sell the ivory for mad $. That sounds like a better game anyways.
Sony saw Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing and said, "That's how you sell copies, by making the game so bad, its great."
After just being at a safari in Africa taking pictures of animals, this game has lost some of its appeal to me lol.
Dear Sony, Had you left this alone and continued work on Eight Days, I might have bought a PS3 by now.
Me to Afrika: "Its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you, There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Toto's "Africa" + Afrika = WIN.
"Giant Bomb really needs to start shitcanning "first!!!111one" idiots."
I completely agree.
And, dude....shitcanning?
Did you read "And Then We Came to the End", too?
Afrika doesn't seem like my kind of game...I guess I'm not the kind of person who gets excited about taking virtual photos of virtual animals with true-to-life virtual hazards and virtual camera settings.
That being said, I can definitely see how someone who's really into photography and that kind of stuff could see this as a great opportunity to practice their camera skills with environments and situations that would be hard to get anywhere else.
The graphics look pretty immense. I am picking a PS3 up later in the year solely for MGS4 and Resistance. This game seems like a game for my little brother, as he loves safaris and things. Or maybe I will pick it up when it comes down in price. All depending on a Giant bomb review, ofcourse.
This actually seems like the perfect kind of game to make PSN downloadable-only in the US. It's that weird kind of Japanese wish-fulfillment game with its Gran Turismo-like detail in its cameras, only appealing to a select few; they've shown it at several US events and there has been buzz about it; and it's already being translated into English. I can't see this being a holiday hit so why not make a big promotional deal out of it by putting it up on the store exclusively?
Also: Pokemon Snap was awesome and I want to snap Beasts.
I don't see why so many people feel the need to hate on this game. If you don't like the premise, then don't even bother bitching about it. I don't like horse racing games, but you don't see me whining about how stupid they are on the Gallop Racer pages. Some people might actually WANT a different gameplay experience once in a while. A nice break from all the shooters and racing games.
All the jokes about this game are the only thing that have made me interested in its future.
Jesus Christ, this 'game' was announced over two years ago. Release it already! Trust me, sales will be the same no matter what...


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Respond to Review of El Jardin Vegetariana
by Nancy Cadet
Review: Location :on the same mezzanine floor (above street level) as Don Lee Chinese restaurant, a popular place that cab drivers might know, and a short walk from vía España, a big shopping street. Portions now cost 70cents, so El Jardín is still a bargain, offering braised wheat gluten , tofu, Asian greens, pumpkin, platano, some cold salads (cabbage, cucumber and tomato ) , fried rice , noodles, a few empanadas and cookies for dessert. The dishes are sold at lunch through the evening , so for fresher and larger selection , come early. There's a similar Asian veg cafeteria style restaurant on Calle 47 "me gusta la cocina vegetariana" & a Middle Eastern restaurant "Beirut" with many veg dishes on a more upscale menu, nearby , across from the Royal Casino.


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