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Plug-ins, Presets and Other Extras
When it comes to working with your photos, the built-in tools you find in Aperture are just the beginning. With dozens of image editing and export plug-ins, automations, scripts, and third-party book and web themes available, you can easily extend the capabilities of Aperture by accessing an entire industry's worth of imaging expertise — without ever leaving Aperture.*
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Editing Plug-ins: After installing a plug-in, go to the Photos menu and choose the Edit With command. All installed editing plug-ins are automatically listed in the Edit With submenu.
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Photo Book Plug-ins
Now you can create and order photo albums from some of the finest book producers in the world, straight from Aperture. Simply download a plug-in. Create your layout with the easy-to-use tools in Aperture. Then upload and order your book in just a few clicks.
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These plug-ins extend the built-in image editing capabilities of Aperture, adding specialised tools for noise reduction, selective adjustments, lens correction and much more.
Filters & Effects
FocalPoint (onOne Software)
You control the focus with FocalPoint. Create selective focus and vignette effects that tell your viewer exactly where to look. Now you have your lens right there in Aperture. Learn more
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ToonIt! allows you to easily turn your photos into cartoons, drawings and other illustration types. Learn more
Depth of Field (Human Software)
Perform depth-of-field effects on one or multiple images within Aperture. Learn more
Edit (Human Software)
A powerhouse of 16 plug-ins for more than 4,000 effects. Learn more
Sharpener Pro (Nik Software)
The most advanced, powerful and complete sharpening solution for photographers. Learn more
MultiTones (Human Software)
Combine several effects to create sophisticated and beautiful black-and-white or multitone images. Learn more
AutoCorrect (Human Software)
Reclaim lost colours and details in your photos with one click. Learn more
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The most powerful and precise tool available to control light and colour in photographic images. Learn more
Dfx Digital Filter Suite (Tiffen)
Offers something for everyone — whether photographer, cinematographer or editor — who wants precision control over their images. Learn more
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Introduces a simple, interactive stroke-based interface to quickly and intuitively perform targeted colour, tinting and effect adjustments. Learn more
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Allows you to manipulate the colour of an image with incredible flexibility and accuracy using a Digital Zone System. Learn more
Light! (Digital Film Tools)
Light can be added to a scene just as if you were adding light at the time of shooting. Learn more
Hydra HDR PlugIn for Aperture (Creaceed)
Create HDR images without leaving Aperture. Learn more
Color Efex Pro (Nik Software)
A wide range of filters and effects designed to make digital photographic enhancements easier and better. Learn more
Perfect Resize
Enlarge an image to any size or resolution you desire, maintaining fine image detail and eliminating edge halos. Learn more
PhotoFrame (onOne Software)
Add finishing touches to your images with a library of professionally created edge effects and design elements to make your images stand out. Learn more
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Colour correct one or multiple images in a snap, easily picking up highlights, shadows and grey points. Learn more
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A powerful filter to reduce image noise and grain, reduce line screen patterns, reduce JPEG artefacts and more. Learn more
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Rectify most image distortion issues through a unique grid warping tool. Learn more
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Create your own fractals and combine blurs, gradient and layer modes to generate unique effects. Learn more
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Design unlimited high-quality image frames and borders. Learn more
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Create or combine existing frames in infinite variations. Learn more
PhotoLights (Human Software)
Create light and shadows using ready-made effects and shapes. Learn more
PhotoSurfaces (Human Software)
Change the surface of images using ready-made textures or your own settings. Learn more
Edit ToolBox (Human Software)
Fifty basic tools ranging from simple blurring to complex channel mixing. Learn more
Topaz Adjust
The easiest way to make your photos shine using advanced exposure, detail and colour controls.
Portraiture (Imagenomic)
Eliminates the tedious manual labour of selective masking and pixel-by-pixel treatments to help you achieve excellence in portrait retouching. Learn more
Topaz Detail
Experience full creative control over all aspects of detail enhancement in your images without creating edge artefacts.
Topaz DeNoise
The most efficient way to remove image noise while preserving maximum detail.
Topaz Clean
The ultimate stylisation tool that controls the depth and intensity of image textures, edges and details for artistic flattening, smoothing, contouring and line accentuation.
Topaz Simplify
The most creative way to instantly turn any digital image into an artistic masterpiece.
Topaz DeJPEG
The best JPEG image-saving solution that restores optimal JPEG image integrity and detail, while eliminating compression artifacts, blockiness and mosquito noise.
Noise & Lens Correction
Dfine (Nik Software)
Best-in-class noise reduction to improve the quality of virtually every photo. Learn more
Photo Ninja (Picture Code)
Photo Ninja is a professional-grade RAW converter that delivers exceptional detail, outstanding image quality, and a distinctive, natural look. Learn more
Fisheye-Hemi (Image Trends)
This filter provides an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of the image by correcting fish-eye lens distortion. Learn more
DeNoise (Human Software)
Reduce noise for sharper and crisper images. Learn more
FixLens (Human Software)
Eliminate wide-angle distortion by correcting barrel or pincushion distortions. Learn more
PTlens (ePaperPress)
Correct lens pincushion and barrel distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration and perspective. Learn more
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Streamline your work by sending your photos to Flickr, Facebook, SmugMug and other photo-sharing websites, directly from Aperture. Or easily upload your photos to a remote FTP server, send them to another application or generate a Flash-based web gallery.
Web Photo Sharing
Printroom Aperture Plug-in
Enables photographers to seamlessly upload images from Aperture directly into their Printroom online storefronts. Learn more
Facebook Exporter
Tag, caption and export photos from your Aperture library directly to Facebook. Learn more
FlickrExport for Aperture (Connected Flow)
An export plug-in for Aperture that provides a direct export interface to Flickr.com. Learn more
An Aperture export plug-in for PBase.com. Learn more
FlickrExport Lite for Aperture (Connected Flow)
A simplified free version of FlickrExport for Aperture. Learn more
An Aperture export plug-in that uploads photos to Zenfolio. Learn more
Aperture2Gmail (Notoptimal.net)
Lets you quickly and easily send versions or masters using your Gmail account — all without installing or configuring an email application. Learn more
An Aperture export plug-in for Phanfare.com. Learn more
Stock Photo Sites
Getty Images Aperture Export Plug-in
Designed to make the process of submitting digital content to Getty Images simple and error-free. Learn more
PhotoShelter Uploader Plugin for Aperture
Allows you to export images from Aperture directly into your PhotoShelter archive to streamline the way you work. Learn more
iStockphoto Aperture Plug-in
Store, process, tag and organise your images in Aperture, and then batch-upload them to iStockphoto directly with this new plug-in. Learn more
ÜberUpload for Aperture (Übermind)
Export images to FTP and SFTP servers directly from Aperture. Learn more
ImageArchiver (Blue Room Software)
Easily export masters and versions to Mac disk images or platform-independent archive files. Learn more
Allows Aperture users to export images to a variety of destinations including FTP locations and ODBC databases. Learn more
BurnToDisc (Blue Room Software)
Simplifies the process of exporting your images and burning them to DVDs and CDs for sharing, archiving or offsite storage. Learn more
Aperture BorderFX
An Aperture export plug-in that allows you to add borders and titles to images as you export them. Learn more
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These automated workflows take advantage of AppleScript, turning complex multistep tasks into one-click operations that extend existing Aperture features, and make it easy to integrate Aperture into a workflow that includes other applications such as Keynote, Mail or InDesign.
Import Workflow
Aperture Hot Folder 1.5
A script to enable tethered shooting with various DSLR cameras into Aperture. Learn more
Setup Mail Image Attachment Workflow
This application will create a new rule in Mail that scans messages from a specified sender and imports any image attachments they contain into Aperture. Learn more
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Publish for Approval
A no-hassle way for customers to approve images remotely over the Internet. Learn more
Keynote Action Pack 1.0
Enables Keynote 3 to create slides from the exported Aperture images. Learn more
Aperture PDF Workflows
You can now print images and books to a PDF file and have the results processed by Automator and AppleScript workflows installed in the PDF Services folder in your Library folder. Learn more
ExtrasBack to top
These third-party web themes offer creative design options that give you greater flexibility when presenting your photos online.
Web Themes
Graphic Node Aperture Themes
Includes five professionally designed Aperture themes that can be used for the Web Gallery and Web Journal layouts. Learn more
Adjustment Presets
Aperture Expert
This Aperture resource site offers Adjustment Preset Packs that allow you to easily create unique looks and gradient effects in Aperture.
MacCreate offers preset packages created by photographers who are part of the Aperture Users Network. Collections include presets for classic film stocks, camera picture control looks, and a variety of creative adjustments.
Presetpond is a sharing community site where Aperture users can post their adjustment presets and make them available to other members as free downloads. A wide variety of creative adjustment presets are currently available.


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Wrong time of year, but who else is dreaming of the Spring Swap?
We've barely stepped foot into winter here and already I am chomping at the bit to go to a Spring Swap this year, we weren't able to attend the last year (or has it been 2?!).
Since this forum has been kinda quiet lately, what all do you think you'll have to share next year and what will you be looking for? I know there will be an official thread on the exchange page as it draws closer, this is just for fun right now. I've been daydreaming of green Spring plants lol!
I just rooted and potted up:
Rooted Butterfly Bush cuttings (all colors)
Stella De Oro Daylily divisions
Leebea Orange Crush Daylily divisions
Rooted 'Pink Princess' Weigelia cuttings
Knock Out roses (2 colors)
Golden Showers climbing rose cuttings
Strawberry Plants out the ears! (Annapolis)
Loropetalum cuttings
Rosemary cuttings
Mock Orange Cuttings
'Vielchenblau' rose cuttings
'Limelight' and 'Silver Mound' Artemesias
Crape Myrtle Cuttings (bubble gum pink color)
Leyland Cypress cuttings
'Walkers Low' Catmint cuttings
'Green Mound' Juniper
Possibly some Boulevard False Cypress cuttings
Nikko Blue Hydrangea cuttings
Probably have some veggies from seed available too
Heirloom Tomatoes and other veggies to try
Fruit trees
Confederate Roses
Rose of Sharon in different colors
Daylily varieties I don't have
Red Crape Myrtle (not magenta.....RED)
Tall Bearded Iris in different colors
Black or unusual Elephant Ear
'Mona Lavender' Plectranthus
Most of my garden is looking kinda bare this time of year but as you can see, I still have something growing in my hanging baskets:
And a couple more pics of my garden helpers:
Squirrley, I'd be up for having the trade at my place again. For some time we didn't have space. Well, we had space but I kept thinking any day now they'll come and do some work so I won't book anything.
Well, who knows when any work will be done, so Lord willing and the creek don't rise (literally, that's the work that needs to be done!!!) we can do the trade at my place. Vast, wide open spaces galore :)
-I will have a variety of fancy gingers
-some traveller daylily once given to me by another GWer at a trade (it is a pretty lemon yellow)
-a variety of herbs including thyme, several types of ground cover oregano, true greek oregano, creeping thymes and more
-a LARGE Vietchenblau rose, it's in a 10 gallon pot! Mine divided several times.
-I will probably have annuals from seed and annual vegetables plus I always have TONS of seeds!
-most likely there will be irises.
There will also be more. I would request the trade perhaps in April. There is only one caveat. My mom may need at least one operation in the new year. I'm hoping perhaps they will do it Jan or Feb though but I'll have to be home for some time to take care of her.
Hi GGG,
I didn't mean to instigate scheduling the trade already but it certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings since you mentioned it. April is usually a great time unless we have one of those nasty late late freezes but that doesn't happen too often. I hope your Mom's operation isn't anything serious and I'll go ahead and wish her a speedy recovery even though it's a few months down the line.
Your home and garden are always a joy to visit, thank you for offering it again (that is if the creek don't rise)! I for one would love to see all the work and changes you've done. I'd like to host it one year but I don't even live in Georgia so I don't think that would be convenient for everyone lol. I'm an hour's drive West of Douglasville. We certainly have the room but it would definitely be a trek out to the country for the metro-area folks.
Your plant list just reminded me, I can use some creeping thyme after I revamp my stepping stone paths over the winter....gotta' add that to my wishlist. And I think your Irises are calling to me lol.
We could also do the trade in early May, but for some of us, that only leaves a few weeks for planting before heat can be a problem keeping things cool...I also try to schedule things around all my other Spring commitments. I tend to have a lot of clients in May, people worried they are too late at starting a garden. New gardeners tend to get the "bug" only after they begin to see spring unfurl in other gardens!!
I will have many more plants. As I am cutting things down I see so many more things available for trades.
Tons of perennial onions
all sorts of oreganos
perennials chrysanthemums
probably many other herbs. If I can get some bottom heat somehow (i need to build a bottom heating unit) I can get rosemary going....
I would be interested in going to your place for a trade, transportation is my biggest problem now. My hubby works 7 days a week most of the time and usually long long hours. So that puts me behind...why not try getting this trade group really going again and perhaps we can get a fall group to your place? That would be nice too!
April sounds good to me, of course I can't speak for everyone. You're the hostess so your word is law lol. I think most of the past trades were in April.
I think I'll offer to do another trade later in the year, possibly the Fall swap, if a few gardeners are interested in coming out. Since I am not in a central location for most folks I probably shouldn't do an official Spring trade. That's the most popular one, as you said, everyone gets the "bug" in the Spring lol. And I don't want distance to discourage folks from attending that one.
Anyone's welcome to visit my home and garden anytime during the year. My garden beds aren't nearly as nice and maintained as yours but the daylily field is lovely and is usually in its prime in late May/June. But because of the heat it may not be an ideal time to divide and swap things.
The greenhouse is also coming along nicely and is almost finished.
Wow Danielle! Those daylilies are gorgeous! I haven't been on GW lately. I'm hoping to get back out there and get some things done this year. I would love to participate in a swap. No idea what I'll have just yet. And I would definitely love to see GGG's lovely gardens again! Glynis, I hope your mom's surgery goes well and that she has a smooth recovery.
It's been a while for me too! But I just reactivated my account as well, and it's good to see some old usernames around here.
I've been active in the Alpharetta Farmers Market in the past as a vendor, but the last 3 years I've been getting my college degree!
SO alas I am graduated, working, and so happily enjoying being back to take care of my garden. It sure did suffer some neglect over the years, but my mom did a decent job keeping up with it while I was gone, and of course I would come home on the weekends sometimes for garden work days.
Anyways, the point of this post is to say that I would be interested in going to a swap, and would have much to bring myself, to give away... Mostly annise hyyssopp sprouts( I love this plant), german purple bearded iris, and a good bit of seeds, plus probably a few random other things too!( like Raspberries that are so tasty but have taken over some areas so I need to dig them out and find someone who wants them!)
Also, I have a problem with my apple and plum tree's... but I'm going to make a separate post about that here in day or two...
Well howdy friends! Good to hear from ya'll too. It's funny how we all start to wander back at the same time lol.
Unless I manage to kill them between now and then I've got some basil (Genovese I think?) seedlings up and growing well that I just moved out to the greenhouse and should have plenty to share. Which reminds me I need to start another flat! I'll probably have some variety of tomato plants too.
Herboil, I'd LOVE to get some of your raspberry plants!! Now that I've got a row of young blueberry bushes and some strawberry patches going that was the next berry I wanted to have a go of.
Here's the deal on the raspberries:
I've had them in my garden for the last 4 years. I started out with just 4 starts and every year I move some of them and all of the shoots they make to new places and even new patches throughout the yard...
4 years later, they are on the opposite side of the garden that I started them at, and grow like crazy.
This last fall, I actually just ripped out tons of them, roots and all, because I was so frustrated how much they had taken over key areas of my somewhat small prime garden area. .. but they still came back where I had done that.. so I transplanted even more of them OUT of the garden to create my second out of the garden raspberry bed.
So this year I will have just one garden spot, and two outside beds.
As far as car and concern of my specific rootstock, they are the red ones, some fancy variety from Lowes, but they are sooooo tasty and like other fruits and vegetables " you've never had one until you've had a homegrown"
As far as pests and diseases, they have been doing ok, but I've noticed because they got sort of overgrown and intertwined while I was in school last year, they did suffer from some fungus damage( so unfortunately) I am going to use a fungicide for the first time in my garden career this year before they leaf out.
I've tied them up, thinned them out, and am ready for spring!
But yeah I have shoots of them everywhere, I just have to say make sure not to put them in prime real estate, and ALSO far enough away from your other berry patches so that just incase mine ARE infected with something there is little to no chance of transfer.
Otherwise, you can have some, for sure! Come spring time the root stock will be popping sprouts and they are really hard to kill, even annoying! lol...
But the birds LOVE them, and so do the chipmunks... I had so many when I came home to visit last summer that during prime time I was apple to pop several handfulls in my mouth... and wow...amazing.
Let's stay in contact though \.. I think my email is listed on my profile, and I live in on the border of Alpharetta/Milton.... so even if one of us can't make the meet, we can meet at a public location so I can bring you some :)
Hi Herboil,
that all sounds find to me. We have property so I'm sure I can clear a nice spot for a nice long raspberry bed where they won't bother anything else. We have large wild blackberries around here that are delicious, but quite invasive as well so that's something I'm used to contending with every year. I've been reading up some on how to grow/maintain raspberries.
I am actually in Alabama along I-20 so a bit of a drive from you lol. My sister lives in Acworth that I visit sometimes but that's probably as close as I would normally get to your neck of the woods. Hopefully we can both make it to the trade but if not maybe I could come out and meet you one day when I'm going to her place.
Oh yeah .....you can always just sink a few bucks into some good raspberry shoots at many garden places and nurseries... It's easy for you to get raspberries, and I think you should start a place for them, even before the alluded to possible garden exchange.
You should have them in your land and it's a healing herb, the raspberry, and I think even if you have to buy some, you should have them, because once you get them, they can be like fingernails... they just keep growing and growing, but also need cleaning and maintenance... just like those blackberries of yours...
I thought you lived a lot closer, that's why I was saying that, but my offer still stands for you and others.... I have to say though, the raspberry is much different than the blackberry in that it will grow longer canes over time if you let them go, but much thinner, and will produce much more offspring shoots.
Get them this year, one way or another, Danielle!
This post was edited by herboil on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 2:19
Okee Doke,
I'll bet the nursery I bought my blueberry stock from also sells Raspberries so I'll plan to check them out in late Feb/March when they start getting their plants in. They sell healthy 1 gallon potted blueberry shrubs in probably a dozen varieties for only $5 as opposed to Lowes that sells the bareroot sticks in a wrapper for twice as much.
Either way I'll take your advice and get started on the raspberry bed.
Thanks for the tips!
You are most welcome, and as always, everything I have is a gift from the great lord of all the religions: thus, I can traverse in a land of exile and scorn with a horn of plenty. And throughout it, sow the seeds of good things and upon even the rocky soil: grow a garden of divine purpose.
Even in the most adverse conditions, these plants will grow. So even now I make ready, for the harshest of seasons may be still upon us yet.
Many Blessings
They're not in your area Glynis unless they have multiple locations but if you ever travel down toward Carrollton they're worth a look. I hope it's ok to post this info here:
Southern States (Carrollton Nursery/Blueberries)
(770) 832-3501
I am in no way affiliated with them, just discovered them a couple of years ago by accident while in the area.
It's a small nursery/feed store but they always have a nice late winter/early Spring selection of berries, grapes, heirloom tomato varieties, etc...as well as various ornamental shrubs. I found the shrubs and roses were hit or miss on the prices but all of the veggies/fruit seemed very cheap to me and they can go fast. It's also the only place around here that I can find who carries "Tomato-tone" fertilizer and they carry both the small and large bags. Lowes and the big box stores sell small bags of Holly-tone, Rose-tone, etc...but not Tomato-tone for some reason.
I think I heard the blueberries were going up to $5.95 but I'd still gladly pay that!
I'm actually going whenever their shipment comes in....usually end of Feb or in March. I do my grocery shopping often in Carrollton so the nursery is not out of my way. If you wanted, I could pick some up for you and we could settle up at the swap. E-mail me if you're interested and we'll discuss. They usually don't know which varieties they're getting until the truck actually comes in but I could call you when I go. In the last two years I've bought PowderBlue, Tifblue, Climax and Brightwell there but they had others as well.
I'm looking forward to another trade and maybe seeing GGG's garden. I'm not sure what all I'll have but should have some rooted old roses such as Souv. de la Malmaison, a few crinums, Rose of Sharon (standard lavender I think) and some less common pepper plants including very hots. I may have some blueberries since I need to dig some sprouts around my large plants.
My wish list so far:
If I can make this year's spring trade I can probably bring (depending on how the cuttings root): Curly willows - a small much less invasive decorative tree that can also be grown in a pot, pomegranates - an unknown variety that the previous owners likely purchased at a big box store as there is a twist tie tag holder on it minus the tag, rosemary - which is hardy outside, and yellow brugmansias. I also have some Asian chestnuts in moist soil in the fridge that have started sprouting if anyone is interested (and if they last that long - I'm afraid I don't have tree pots that will accommodate tap roots). I also have a banana pup and a few starfruit seedlings. I could possibly try to root some thornless blackberries and some of what I think are muscadines (pretty sure the previous owners said that's what they are although I have yet to see fruit and don't expect to as I have no idea how to prune them).
I'm just waiting to find out the dates for a few events I will be attending in the Spring, but I'm thinking that the last two weeks of April will be a target date for the trade. I'm afraid to make it too late, for it being too hot to plant our goodies.
I am very interested in old roses. I have many, and hope to eventually have many more. As time moves along I can list more of what I will have for trade. Should also have annuals and herbs, perhaps some veggies (especially a few unusual ones) for people!
Hello Everyone.. it's been a couple weeks since I posted but I am glad to see the community up and thriving.
A quick update and then a question for the community.
So, the garden bug's got me again.. And since I'm at home now and not away at college like I was for the last 2 years, I got it bad!
I've started 36 Avocado Seeds, and expect to get at least 20+ plants out of them.. Right now they are under weaker light but will move them once they pop!
I've invested in two double 4 foot florescent lights and right now I am excited to say I have many many basil, Anisse Hyssop( bee butterfly bush) and even a few Echinacea(purple coneflower) sprouts!
THese sprouts are are from seeds that I've been growing and saving for the last 6-7 years here in the Atlanta area, so I am confident they are genetically becoming acclimated to this specific region!!
The florous are awesome, 16 feet of lights, but I have them next to each other for super strong light so it's like a 2 foot by 4 foot section of seed raising light, and I can raise them up as the plants grow!!
Also under the lights that have not sprouted yet are 3 mango seeds, and over 40 canna lilly seeds( the classic red ones the humming birds( and those little yellow finches) love!
SO needless to say, I have a small nursery on my hands over here :) I am very excited and every day I carefully mist and water and check my babies :)
( I am going to make a separate post about this eventually)
But I NEED TO KNOW if there is anyone in the north Atlanta area that either has Apple or Plum trees that bloom every year. THe reason I ask is because I have a lone dwarf red delicious apple tree that's doing awesome and has flowered for the last 3 years but nothing to pollinate with. I am looking for someone with a tree that will flower around the same time mine does( and I'm not sure when) someone that I can stay in contact with and will travel to them and meet at location close to you, etc. Just throwing this out there, I'd love to actually get some apples this year because I've babied this tree for so long! I think if I get someone elses apple flowers and pollinate mine with them, it will work! I looked online but they don't sell apple pollen on ebay or wherever.
THe plums are the same deal... I'ts strange, I have two plum trees, and both of them flowered last year, but neither set fruit because I think either they need a different variety or a male plum plant. They are wild plums that I brought from Panama FLorida growing on my Aunt's property, but she says they set plums there some years, so I'm not sure if they are a male/female plant, self sterile, or need another varriety, but I desperately want to find someone with a plum tree around the time mine flowers...
Anyways... that's what's going on with me. I have lots of Chamomile( German, the annual type) growing from volunteers and I've transplanted them to an awesome bed, and I've tied up my raspberries and mulched, etc. And of course my garlic and leeks are doing great.
Cheers everyone!
And thanks for reading/any advice in advance :)
How is Saturday, May 4th for people?
We'll gather between 10-11 pm, officially trading between 11-1 with a pot luck lunch.
I plan to run this trade as the others i have held:
You can set up personal trades 1-1, please box or bag those separately for the individual you are giving them to.
We have an open trade for about an hour, where people can bring almost anything (I ask that you do not bring chemicals or plants that are considered undesirably invasive - unless they are 1-1 trades, then you can of course do as you wish!!!). You bring 10 plants, you can take 10 plants unless there are left-overs and then you can take more!
we can trade:
plants of all kinds
fun things like pretty pottery, tools, watering cans, bird houses etc.
books and magazines garden related
helpful items like bags of home compost, or worm "stuff", small containers of neem oil etc.
pretty much anything garden related.
Please bring food to share and a utensil for serving. A chair to sit in outdoors, your plants and your 1-1 trades all individually bagged or boxed, flats or boxes to take your goodies home in!
I will place one specification on the date and trade at my home: my back has gone out. It's only been a week but it's really really bad and nobody can tell me what's going on. If I'm this bad I just can't possibly be a good host to you. If I'm fine then I will do my best to welcome you all and serve you as best I can :)
I supply the place, the toilets (ha ha), drinks, dishes/cutlery/cups and clean up :)
We are pretty much a gluten free household so I can't offer you things like serving utensils but I we have an oven to heat, a kettle....and will have recyclable/compostable goods for eating from and healthy beverages to drink. If you enjoy traditional sodas like coke & pepsi please bring them, we will have fruit soda (and perhaps some snappy -non-child-friendly) punch.
Children and pets: please let your pets remain at home, and please let your small children remain at home also. I'm just not equipped on property (holes in the back yard, etc) nor in the house to have kids younger than 11 or so. It's really not all that fun a day for most kids anyway.
It's all perfectly fine for adults :)
Closer to the trade date, in April I will contact people posting here who are registered GW members who have said they would like to come to the trade, I'll give you my address and phone number at that time, but you must be a GW registered member and I would actually prefer that you have taken the effort to add some information to your personal page. After all, I'm giving you my home address.
Thanks, all!
Is it time to officially move this to the exchange forum?
GGG- I would like to consider myself in, in a small way. Bringing food to share, attending with whatever plants I have to swap/trade, to post later. I am having a MAJOR Spinal surgery, in 1 week, but can't help it I am an addict.
I am not sure about the information on my page.
Yay! That date works for Mom and me. We're sooo excited!
Now to figure out what to bring for food!
Sorry to hear about all the back troubles going around. I'm trying so hard not to throw my own back out between now and then. I do so several times a year now, usually gardening.....no fun. I hope you get to feeling better soon.
Pam- Thank you, I love my crocosmia so much, and shared them with many, as they are so prolific, they have to be contained by the concrete walk, I will bring you that daylily. The black and blue salvia, and Sheffield mum are also loved, admired and shared. I have so many plants from my first swap I can't name them all. I hope to see you there this year, too.
I will try to get a few things potted up this week, but if I don't they will be potted by my gardeners in training. I will be hiring any and every young person willing to learn and work with/for me to pull weeds, mix soil, prune, rake, dig etc. I am having the most life changing surgery I could ever dream of. I will be fused and screwed together with rods, from my pelvis/butt to my armpits, a long segment fusion, starting with abdominal interbody disc replacement. All to correct my severe scoliosis, and other defects, and injuries. Yes, it will change what I will be able to do in the garden, forever, but I will still garden. I will be at the Northside Main Hospital at Peactree/Dunwoody Rd. from this comng Friday for about 10 days, having multiple stage surgeries. My wonderful Hubby and Best Friend from Nevada will be by my side, but I would welcome any garden web visitor who likes to cheer people up. I just got an ipad just for the special occasion, so I will be able to stay connected with the world and family. Only a gardener understands why we do what we do, just to be one with the soil and hang with our plants. Really warm hugs and garden love to all of you here.
gardenhag, I'm so sorry for what you are going through, and I really understand. I have one torn disc and at least one lumbar disc buldge and my hips are currently 2" out of alignment. I've been to ER, chiros and Dr.s in the last two weeks and nobody could figure it out until I went to a spine center. I'm also concerned about the date, but with everyone who's attendings help, I'm sure it will be a wonderful day and you are very welcome to come. I will warn you, my chairs tend to be aweful because I have all 50's furniture which is low. Except for a set of kitchen chairs which don't slope much in the back. So please please bring along what you need to make them comfortable for you to sit. I haven't sat for more than a few minutes at a time in over two weeks. After this message I'm back to bed!
My best wishes to you. I really hope your surgery is a success. My husband was just telling me about disc replacement surgery last night. I wish I could come to visit you, but I'm not sure I'd be able to make it. I hope this is the only spring you will ever have to miss being so active in your garden.
If anyone is interested in getting a jump on spring planting (like me- I just can't help it sometimes!) I'm having a little bit of an open house tomorrow for my neighbors, because I'm clearing out some plants and garden supplies and really didn't want to just throw them away. I'd love to save it all for the spring trade- there's tons of plants I'm looking for- but I they're taking up too much room :) Here's a list of things I'm getting rid of, and if anyone would like any of it, just reply for my address and you can come over and get what you want, first come first served! I'm in the Decatur/Emory/Clarkston area.
2 lady banks climbing roses
1 red flower carpet (miniature blooms) standard tree rose
2 unknown multicolored climbing roses (I forget the varieties, mea culpa)
1 unknown climbing yellow rose (excellent repeat bloomer)
2-3 climbing roses whose name I forget but who have white blooms with hot-pink-edged petals, very pretty
1 red climbing rose called Altissimo (single blooms, very bright red)
1 miniature light-pink climbing rose
1 truly enormous climbing new dawn rose. this thing has stems inches across at the base, and until we cut it back for transplanting was probably 15 or 20 feet up in the air. it kills me to get rid of it because it literally blooms all year, but we just took down 4 big trees and I have nothing to support it on anymore. I'll need some help digging it up from whoever takes it.
1 hybrid tea rose that hasn't been blooming well for me, I forget the variety but it has small pink blooms
While I'm at it...
I also have 2 rigid pond liners for a pond that never really got built (these will be a job to extricate, as the area has gotten weedy, but they're pretty nice still)
some pond plants that were growing in the sort-of pond
any number of rose of sharon plants that my husband would LOVE if someone wanted to dig up and take. Want a rose of sharon hedge? We've got you covered. They bloom pink, white and purple and get 6-8 feet tall if not cut back.
strawberry starts from runners
the azaleas in my front yard (they bloom white) are all slated to get removed, so if any of you want a dozen azaleas (or even one!), we would be extremely happy if we were saved the effort of digging them out. They're in a very untidy area, though, with ivy mixed in.
I believe there is also some forsythia mixed up in there that's up for grabs.
And I have some flowerpots too (some are quite large), and some gardening chemicals, which I'll set out in the driveway.
a large, bright-blue rain barrel (spigot not yet installed)
tons of crocosmia
Quite a few grow lights and light fixtures for seed starting
There's probably more, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
hi marcy72 just sent you a message about the stuff you want to get rid of wish i could go to a swap sounds like a lot of fun but im just getting my flowers and all started in my yard so wouldnt have much to share maybe i can come to one next yr hopefully organic_gardenhag im sorry to hear you are not doing well hope all goes well im in smyrna so if you r not too far from me and need some help in your garden from time to time ill do what i can
I am home, 2nd day. Doing okay, its been a rough road thus far.....Surgery was an ordeal as expected! No complications. I have a big brace, walker, all the accessories. Trying to get up and around, stay on top of the pain, etc. anxious for Spring. My daughters will be here this Fri.. they can get some of my plants potted up,
Monarda -deep. Hot pink
Aster -purple
Black and blue salvia- deep blue
We will see what else
First, i dont know why my zone is stuck on 10, i am 7 and have tried to change it..many times. Haven' got anything yet, hoping to this week, my Sister, another gardener is coming from Nevada, this evening. She stays for a week, her hands are crippled w arthritis, and she uses oxygen, but she loves me, to come all this way, to help me. Yesterday, I beat a little weed loose with my cane and plucked it out with my dressing aid, not meant for weeding, and i should not have been where I was, unattended, discovered the magnet on the end this am, too bad weeds are not metal. Doing most everything else for myself, not quite as independent as i am accustomed to.
Very Thankful today, for progress made in just three weeks. Cant wait to see you all in May. Lorinda


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A firefighter sprays water on the Norman Atlantic ferry after it was towed into the port of Brindisi, southern Italy, Saturday, Jan. 3. For a second day, fierce heat from a slow-burning blaze kept firefighters and other investigators on Saturday from searching the hold and vehicle decks of a Greek ferry for more bodies. At least 11 people perished in the pre-dawn blaze on Dec. 28 aboard the Norman Atlantic, on a voyage between Greece and Italy. Authorities fear more bodies might be inside the vehicle deck where the fire began. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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First lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama wave and make the "shaka" gesture as they board Air Force One, Saturday, Jan. 3, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, to return to Washington with their family after their annual family vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Israeli army investigates settler shooting videos
Controversy over videos showing Israeli settlers shooting at Palestinians. Students in Quebec claiming to be victims of police brutality. And some of Britain's torchbearers are selling their Olympic memento online.
Israeli army investigates settler shooting videos
This amateur footage was filmed on Saturday, in the West Bank on the outskirts of Asira al-Qibliya. It shows residents of the Palestinian village confront residents from the nearby Israeli settlement of Yitzhar. At least three Israeli soldiers look on as the settlers armed with pistols and rifles throw stones and then open fire, one person is seriously injured.
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem posted the videos online, and has issued a request to arrest and prosecute those involved in the attack, condemning the behaviour of the Israeli soldiers who appear to have done nothing to try and stop the violence, when they should have intervened to restore order. The Israeli Defense Force issued a statement on Monday, announcing it would be opening an enquiry, whilst the Palestinian villagers and the Israeli settlers accuse each other of triggering the violence.
The clashes were filmed by a villager from Asira al-Qibliya using a camera supplied by B'Tselem. Since 2007, the NGO has in fact provided a hundred or so activists across the West Bank with film cameras so they can record the human rights violations committed by settlers or the Israeli army and post the footage online.
Last month, this video went viral; it shows a lieutenant colonel hitting a Danish national and pro-Palestinian activist in the face. An embarrassing incident for the Israeli Army, and the officer ended up being suspended.
Quebec students protest against police brutality
The student movement continues in Montreal, Quebec with ongoing protests against a hike in tuition fees and the recent adoption of an emergency law designed to restrict protesting rights. Police in the French speaking province of Canada are trying to quell this unprecedented movement, and there are a growing number of reports saying they are sometimes resorting to violence to do so. Web users have been relaying two videos in particular which appear to corroborate these allegations. The first shows a police vehicle drive at low speed into a group of protesters gathered in the middle of a street. The second shows a uniformed officer pepper spraying protesters for no apparent reason.
And accusations of excessive force are also multiplying on social networks. One Twitter user has posted this photo online showing a man lying on the ground with a bleeding face, apparently a victim of police brutality. Others are claiming to have been unfairly harassed by the authorities simply because of their young age.
The situation has prompted students to start this petition, reminding the authorities of the peaceful nature of the movement and urging the local government to put an end to the violent repression of protesters. In just two weeks, the document has already been signed by over 17 000 web users.
The Montreal police force meanwhile has also taken to its Twitter account to defend its officers and refute any allegations of excessive use of force. It says no such incidents have been reported as yet and asks people to use the thread to help identify any suspected troublemakers thought to have engaged in looting during recent protests.
Olympic torches for sale online
With the Olympic torch currently making its way around the United Kingdom, some of the torchbearers who have played their part in carrying it to London have already put their relay memento up for sale on the online auction site – Ebay. 8 000 torches were made for the 2012 Olympics and some of the less scrupulous torchbearers have had no qualms in putting theirs up for sale, some asking astronomical sums. This person for example is asking for a little over 200 000 dollars.
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These Russian grannies have set up the web a buzz following their appearance at the 2012 Eurovision song contest semi-finals on Tuesday night. They will be representing their country at the finals which will take place in Baku in Azerbaijan on Saturday night, and they have already won over an army of social networkers, with messages pouring in from all over the world, praising the Russian grannies' somewhat unusual performance and wishing them good luck for the grand final.
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Look for ways to involve him with the children. If he is hanging back, invite him to share in the fun moments, not just the chores. He could think about the interests he'd like to share with his kids, like a love of the outdoors, or the values he wants to help them develop. For instance, perhaps reading certain stories to them would be a way to talk about similar experiences he has had or what he thinks is really important in life.
He might say that he'll get more involved when the kids are older and it feels more "natural." This may well be true, and meanwhile he could do more housework while you do more tending to the baby. On the other hand, your child's life is still going on, and your husband may need to get comfortable with settling a baby to sleep ahead of schedule. There is no good reason why a guy who can do what he does at work all day can't manage a young child.
You may also have to deal with him pulling back from the kids because he's upset with you. Men are more likely than women to let their relationship with their children be affected by their feelings about their spouse. Doing the right thing by his kids is ultimately up to him, but you can help in several ways. Tell him how much the kids need him, no matter what he thinks right now about you. And if you need to, you could play hardball, asking questions like Do you think a man should walk away from a responsibility just because he feels ticked off at a coworker? or When your kids are older, what will they wish you had done?
Work out housework issues. One mother said, He comes home from work and expects the house to look immaculate. I just don't care as much as he does, and even if I did, I would have to follow behind the kids every minute. On the other hand, a father commented. She thinks it's her house, that she has some kind of God-given wisdom about housekeeping because she's a woman. She freaks out if the dishes are not immediately done after dinner. She literally cannot sit still at the table and relax and talk if there's a dirty glass in the sink. A few suggestions: Agree to lower your standards while the kids are little. Keep one room as an orderly sanctuary. In age-appropriate ways, relentlessly prod kids to pick up after themselves.
Tackle high-stress situations together. For instance, analyze the morning madness. It all starts the night before, so perhaps he could promise to quit extending your daughter's bedtime with extra stories even though she loves them. Later that night, you could lay out her clothes while he sets up for breakfast. Maybe wake up fifteen minutes earlier to have a moment for yourself and a chance to get ready for the day. He could get your child into the car while you put on your makeup. And off you go.
In particular, pay special attention to working well together on any issues with your child, such as a challenging temperament. Try to talk about the different meanings that the situation may have for each of you; for instance, a mother often feels that a child's difficulty must somehow be her fault. He could read books on child development or on the particular issue. Make a clear plan together that will effectively address your child's needs; if you can't on your own, get a consultant or tiebreaker.
Balance the total stress load more or less evenly. Take into account the nature of each parent's job, the age and temperament of the children, and any other circumstances that pile on stress. Notice if one parent lets the other one handle the stressful jobs, or if one parent automatically jumps in first. Usually it's the mom who walks through the door and immediately dives in to settling a squabble or doing a load of laundry, while Dad goes off to change his clothes or sort through the mail. Maybe she should take a page out of his book and relax a bit first. And maybe he could agree to take more initiative with the kids and the household.
If he slides into fun jobs with the kids, like reading stories while you fold laundry or figure out the checkbook, that could be a break for you from mommy mode, but it could also mean that you're getting stuck with more than your share of the housework, which is often boring, unpleasant, and even depressing. To deal with this, try divvying up strictly household tasks, including paperwork, coordinating with others (like planning a birthday party), maintenance (who stays home to wait for the plumber?), and yard work. You could make a list of the major tasks in one column: scary! Then add two other columns, one for each of you, and mark who gets which job. Factor in that some jobs take longer or are worse than others (toilets . . .), consider alternating jobs (if it's an odd day, he does the dishes), and create something that's reasonably fair. If there's an impasse, you can flip a coin.
Perhaps you could afford an occasional housekeeper; it's cheaper than a couples counselor - or divorce lawyer. Worst case, you could go on strike and not do a particular job until there's some resolution; this would mean letting go of any compulsion you feel about it, but remember that he doesn't feel compelled, and that household tasks are not life-and-death matters.
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so what about Bumblebee, ironhide and that stuff, what is the difference?
Phoronix: First Phase Of X.Org GPU Hot-Plugging Works
David Airlie has demonstrated success in the first phase of his X.Org GPU/driver hot-plugging work, which eventually may lead to proper dynamic GPU switching under X...
so what about Bumblebee, ironhide and that stuff, what is the difference?
My understanding is that ironhide and bumblebee are nvidia-specific hacks, while this is proper hotplug implementation for X.
Example of things that could be possible with it (maybe, hopefully):
A new driver for a graphics card is installed. Instead of closing all my apps, logging out, shutting down X, removing the old driver from the kernel, loading the new one, starting X and then ending up with all my apps closed, a single command reloads the driver, the screen blinks and it's *done*. It works like this on Windows already.
Looks like now it supports weird USB graphics cards. Not bad. The bumblebee/ironhide stuff could be nicely integrated into X drivers eventually... at least that's what I'm hoping for
sound awesome.
and imagine how even more awesome that would become if perfect offload and balancing between several GPUs be made while rendering to output from one of them!
not only all those on-boards chips would become useful again but that would be a clean vendor-independent replacement for shit like Crossfire and such. of course its performance would be all about memory and it's a bitch to copy memory via motherboards buses instead of direct connection :( so, it's mostly about raw computing.
I applaud these steps to a efficient and decent use of all available silicon.
Hopefully hot-plugging will be standardized and done for all kinds of devices in the future. Not just graphics cards.
(think about audio-cards)
Just like there is now work on a unified memory management stuff.
(Not just for GPU's.)
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what i am worried about is that by the time this whole thing is complete we won't need it anymore (at least for Xorg)


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Online photos of smiling Israeli soldiers shock the web
Web users are shocked by online photos of smiling Israeli soldiers. Online campaigning continues for the release of a jailed Iranian lawyer on hunger strike. And a British artist has been dreaming up zombie versions of famous brand logos.
Online photos of smiling Israeli soldiers shock the web
Photos of beaming soldiers about to go off to war. These shots were posted online by Israeli troops currently fighting Hamas in Gaza. Military service is compulsory in Israel, both for men and women once they reach 18, and these soldiers just like most people around the world their age, share details of their everyday life on social networks, even if that includes being photographed in uniform and carrying a rifle.
But the photos have shocked a large number of web users who say in no way do they reflect the reality of the situation on the ground. The young soldiers in the pictures come across as pretty carefree, the shots are worlds apart from the Israel Defense Forces airstrikes and shelling across Gaza, and the climate of fear in southern Israel, under threat and attack by Hamas rocket launchers.
Numerous Twitter users have been voicing their outrage over the photos which seem to belittle the enormity and the gravity of the conflict. Others however, have said they find it an interesting initiative as it gives a human face to the Israeli military.
Either way, the controversy has led experts to question the role social networks are playing in the military campaign. The IDF has been using the Internet since the start of the offensive, to share details of operations and justify its action. Researcher Michael Koplow finds it's too aggressive. In an article posted to the website of "Foreign Policy" magazine, he says that by boasting about its military victories online, Israel could end up isolating itself from the rest of the world.
Web users show support for jailed Iranian lawyer
Web users have been campaigning for the release of Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison since September 2010, on charges of spreading propaganda against the regime and acting against national security. The movement appears to be gaining momentum online every day, as the winner of the 2012 Sakharov Prize has now been on hunger strike for over a month in protest of her detention, the prison guards' ill treatment of political prisoners and the authorities' harassment of her family.
In this message posted to Facebook, Nasrin Sotoudeh's husband reports that she has only been allowed to see her children once in the past four months. He also says his wife has lost a lot of weight and fears are growing for her health.
Many web users are saying the jailed lawyer's situation is unacceptable and have taken to the web to voice their support. An online campaign in underway urging social networkers to replace their profile photo with this flower, a symbol of Sotoudeh's fight for freedom.
Concerned web users have also been posting photo montages and other videos like these ones online, slamming the detention conditions of the human rights activist and demanding her immediate release.
And although the Internet remains their preferred means of expression, Nasrin Sotoudeh's supporters have also organized and attended rallies, as we can see in these pieces of footage from New York, Dublin and also Oslo… all manner of initiatives which they hope will help them achieve their aim and result in the lawyer's release.
Bayt al-Ahmar in Yemen and the village of Tappi in Pakistan: these two places have one thing in common; they were both recently targeted by US drone strikes. These satellite images, compiled by British artist James Bridle on the site Dronestagram, show the two sites before they were hit by the air strikes. The so called "surgical and precision" strikes on terrorist targets have claimed the lives of countless civilians. Something Bridle is seeking to highlight through his work.
Zombie versions of famous brand logos
British graphic designer Ben Fellowes has imagined what famous brand logos might look like if they had been designed by … the living dead. His highly original creations are enjoying great success online, and will no doubt be a hit with zombie enthusiasts everywhere.
Video of the day
At first glance this video could be mistaken for an animated Vincent Van Gogh painting, yet it's nothing of the sort… The clip has in fact been posted online by NASA to illustrate the movement of different particles like sand, sea salt and also sulphate and to better understand how they travel in the atmosphere and influence weather and climate. Astonishing and informative, it almost turns scientific data into art…


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The two-million-people metropolis of Nagoya is situated right in the centre of Japan, between Tokyo and Osaka on the east coast of the main island of Honshu. It takes about two hours to get to Tokyo on the fast bullet train, while Osaka is less than an hour away and the journey to Kyoto takes just 40 minutes.
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People come to enjoy the nightlife at the Nagoya Port entertainment district from as far a field as Tokyo, and this compact city is packed with cafes, small bars and surprisingly affordable restaurants. From Nagoya, it is only a stone's throw to the Japanese Alps, the sandy beaches of the Pacific Ocean, pearl fishing villages and the relaxing thermal baths of traditional spas. What's more, if you travel between March and April, you can take a stroll by the Yamazaki River and admire the cherry blossom.
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- A quaint little cafe sits on the corner of two streets in Barton Town. Its a simple enough building, the outside matching most of the surrounding boutiques and shop designs in the area. The most notable difference is its choice in signage. While the vast majority of the shops had upgraded to lit up lights or neons, this shop had a rather shabby looking wooden sign.
It is a rather plain sign, yet appealing with simple curves as it hangs over the door. It is made of wood that has been stained a rich mahogany color with a boarder of a deep russet color that is tinted in gold. The sign looks a bit weathered; perhaps it had been put away for a while before it finally got to see the light of day. But in all its simplicity, it stands out more than the neon because it doesn't stand out at all. Upon close inspection, the sign is written with cursive writing 'Feather Quill Cafe'.
There is outside seating available, wrought iron chairs with cushions and matching tables, with an umbrella of a dark red color. The entire cafe theme is darker colors, but they flow flawlessly. The door to the cafe is the same dark wood of the sign with a brushed brass antique looking handle, though it was new. The glass on the door was stained slightly, giving it a blur against the metal fillings holding each piece in place. In the center, offset and higher up from the bottom, was a star that was clear as day. Behind it, the open/closed sign could be seen. There is a bell on the inside of the door that matches the handle.
Inside, the building smells of sweet bread and fresh coffee beans with the occasional scent of something sweeter. It is decorated to match the outside. Dark purple velvet curtains frame the two bay windows with gold roping holding them back. Each bay window was accompanied with a booth and matching throw pillows in the window. It looked comfortable enough to sleep in. The center had several tables that sat high up from the ground with matching backed stools and dark red cushions. They were sturdy enough looking chairs.
Upon the walls were delicate tea-cup shaped lights, which was rather fitting for a cafe. In between those lights were frame photographs of employees as well as the newspaper clippings from the grand opening. Smiling faces of previous customers could be seen as well.
The very center of the room was lit up by a cascading chandelier made of crystals. It looks like a waterfall of light shimmering and reflected rainbows across the walls. It was a rather nice touch to finish off the decorations.
The front counter is simple enough. A pastry display shows the current batch of sales, as well as the special of the day which is written on a chalkboard above. There is an older looking register as well, however you notice a card reader for purchase made via Bank of Gambino which must signify the register was newer than it appeared. Behind the counter were a plethora of appliances. The obvious used for the coffee drinks, as well a soda fountain and fresh fruit smoothie makers. An eat in counter, one can see, was recently added in front of an area that looked like a sandwich station. There was a frame, an eight by ten, that held the menu as well as many thin paper ones to take home or use at the cafe. There is also a set of double swinging doors at the back, which showed where the kitchen was as there was an 'Employees Only' sign.
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So the shirt's an ogre?
A parody newspaper.
Interestingly, the blur/out-of-focus effect on this shirt is similar to the style of the music videos directed by Samuel Bayer, who did many of the videos from the In Bloom era, including Smells Like Teen Spirit (but not In Bloom itself, unfortunately).
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BiographyChildren with metastatic or recurrent malignancies have a poor prognosis despite initially chemoresponsive disease. There is a steep linear relationship between the dose of many cytotoxic agents and the log tumor cell kill. For agents whose major dose-limiting toxicity is myelosuppression, hematopoietic stem cell rescue may permit five to 10 times dose escalation, which would produce several times more cell killing. The Childrens Cancer Group has demonstrated in a prospective, randomized, controlled study in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma that purged autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) produces superior three-year event-free survival (EFS), compared with conventional dose-intensive chemotherapy as consolidation in first response. Although prospective randomized trials have yet to be completed for other pediatric solid tumors, autologous BMT appears to produce survival at least equivalent to longer courses of intensive conventional chemotherapy, and the major risk remains tumor progression. Therefore, additional agents and modalities that are not cross-resistant with current therapies are needed. Dr. Chen is investigating tandem transplantation and autologous GVHD as alternative approaches to provide improved control of pediatric solid tumors.
In allogeneic BMT, nonablative preparative regimens can produce engraftment with less preparative-regimen-related toxicity, but at a price of more graft versus.host disease. In fact, GVHD is a major limitation of the success of BMT for all indications, but its morbidity and mortality are offset in patients with hematologic malignancies by an improved graft-versus-leukemia effect. Therefore, for patients with nonmalignant diseases, such as inherited hematologic and metabolic diseases that present during childhood, preventing GVHD is particularly important. Rodent models indicate that cyclophosphamide administered at a critical interval after mismatched BMT can specifically destroy alloreactive T cell clones, and Dr. Leo Luzniks trial in adult patients undergoing haploidentical BMT for hematologic malignancies supports a role for cyclophosphamide treatment after graft infusion to produce tolerance. Dr. Chen will test whether cyclophosphamide administered after graft infusion will allow long-term engraftment without GVHD in immune-competent patients with hemoglobinopathies receiving nonmyeloablative BMT.
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Chen, A. R. (2005). Bone marrow transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia in children. In Surgery of Infants and Children: Scientific Principles and Practices 2nd edit. (Kline, R. M. & Kline, K. M., eds.). Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA.
Chen, A. R. (2006). Bone marrow transplant in acute myeloid leukemia in children. In Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation (Kline, R. M., ed.). Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, PA.
Chen, J. G., S. Y. Kuang, P. A. Egner, J. H. Lu, Y. R. Zhu, J. B. Wang, B. C. Zhang, T. Y. Chen, A. Munoz, T. W. Kensler, and J. D. Groopman. 2007. Acceleration to death from liver cancer in people with hepatitis B viral mutations detected in plasma by mass spectrometry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1213-8.
Kim, G. R., Chen, A. R., Arceci, R. J., Mitchell, S. H., Kokoszka, K. M., Daniel, D. & Lehmann, C. U. (2006). Error reduction in pediatric chemotherapy: computerized order entry and failure modes and effects analysis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160, 495-8.
Luznik, L., O''Donnell, P.V., Symons, H.J., Chen, A.R., Leffell, M.S., Zahurak, M., Gooley, T.A., Piantadosi, S., Kaup, M., Ambinder, R.F., Huff, C.A., Matsui, W., Bolanos-Meade, J., Borrello, I., Powell, J.D., Harrington, E., Warnock, S., Flowers, M., Brodsky, R.A., Sandmaier, B.M., Storb, R.F., Jones, R.J., and Fuchs, E.J. (2008). HLA-haploidentical bone marrow transplantation for hematologic malignancies using nonmyeloablative conditioning and high-dose, posttransplantation cyclophosphamide. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 14, 641-650.
Milstone, A. M., Balakrishnan, S. L., Foster, C. B. & Chen, A. (2006). Failure of intravenous pentamidine prophylaxis to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patient. Pediatr Blood Cancer 47, 859-60.
Rubin, E., X. Wu, T. Zhu, J. C. Cheung, H. Chen, A. Lorincz, R. K. Pandita, G. G. Sharma, H. C. Ha, J. Gasson, L. A. Hanakahi, T. K. Pandita, and S. Sukumar. 2007. A role for the HOXB7 homeodomain protein in DNA repair. Cancer Res 67:1527-35.
Simpson, L. A., Burwell, E. A., Thompson, K. A., Shahnaz, S., Chen, A. R. & Loeb, D. M. (2006). The antiapoptotic gene A1/BFL1 is a WT1 target gene that mediates granulocytic differentiation and resistance to chemotherapy. Blood 107, 4695-702.
Williams, K.M., Higman, M.A., Chen, A.R., Schwartz, C.L., Wharam, M., Colombani, P., and Arceci, R.J. (2008). Successful treatment of a child with late-onset T-cell post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder/lymphoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 50, 667-670.
Antin, J. H., Chen, A. R., Couriel, D. R., Ho, V. T., Nash, R. A., Weisdorf, D. 2004. Novel approaches to the therapy of steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease. Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant 10:655-68.
Brodsky, R. A., Chen, A. R., Brodsky, I., Jones, R. J. 2004. High-dose cyclophosphamide as salvage therapy for severe aplastic anemia. Exp. Hematol. 32:435-40.
Higman, M., Vogelsang, G. B., Chen, A. 2004. Pentostatinpharmacology, immunology, and clinical effects in graft-versus-host disease. Expert Opin. Pharmacother. 5:2605-13.
Iannone, R., Ohene-Frempong, K., Fuchs, E. J., Casella, J. F., Chen, A. R. 2005. Bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell anemia: Progress and prospects. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 44:436-440.
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