It boggles me how much this has gone over everyones head! Har feckin' Har! Gandalf, your cut 'n' paste jobs impress no-one, and Arnie, wtf? Do you even know of the story of Jean L. Dominique? The Hero of Haiti? Yes, he was an agronomist, but he became a journalist. He worked in the countryside of Haiti, but one day worked at radio Haiti, and that was it.
Step by step, inch by inch, introducing information. Very risky business, facing people shooting at the rebel who created a radio station, broadcasting with his wife, Michelle, with the police reacting very badly. They had orders to shoot on site, the thieves, but still, he would be the voice of democracy. A man so in touch, not just with the soil around him, but with all things, the air, the land, the people, every morning, he could smell the enemy. He reminded everyone where they came from, they were not British or French, but Haitian.
The Journalist, nay, not even the Idealist or Activist, the Humanist! A man in touch with the world around him, with the balls to stand up for what he believed in, I too wish there were more like the Agronomist.
Thank you.
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I_Enjoy_Eating_Ham
19 years ago
How dare you suggest that I do not know anything about agronomy, that I resort to "cut 'n' paste jobs". You don't even know me. Come to think of it, your post is pretty generic Chocosnitch, if that is indeed your real name (which it is not).
Soil phosphorus and potassium levels are increased by applying more P2O5 and K2O than are removed by the harvested crop(s). This raises the question “just how much fertilizer above crop removal does it take to increase soil phosphorus and potassium levels?” A general rule of thumb is that it takes about 12 to 28 pounds of P2O5 above crop removal to raise the soil test phosphorus level one part per million. It takes about 8 to 16 pounds of K2O above crop removal to raise soil test potassium one part per million. The amounts of P2O5 and K2O required will depend on the initial soil test level, rate of crop removal, soil texture, clay minerals present, organic matter level, and tillage system. Knowledge of these relationships gives farmers greater flexibility to manage soil fertility and to negotiate with landlords and lenders.
In conculsion, the movie only served to further fuel my already burgeoning interest in agronomy.
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Gandalf the Brown
Agronomist
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ErinChocosnitch
19 years ago
Please you damn carpet bagger! If that's the way you're going to be, I'll write my own review, maybe you'll learn something!!!!!!!11111 lol.
When Dominique bought Radio Haiti Inter for a song in 1961, his masterstroke was to broadcast in native Kreyol as well as the French used by the country's educated elite. He quickly became a national hero, illustrated here by some incredible footage of the 60,000 people who gathered at Port-au-Prince airport to welcome him home in 1986.
But his popularity made him a threat to Haiti's corrupt establishment. On his first day back on the air, the station walls were shot at, and 14 years later he was gunned down as he arrived for work. But in an emotional coda Demme shows Dominique's widow, Michele Montas, returning to the studio one week after her husband's funeral to continue his life's work - an act of courage that has since seen her face her own share of violent intimidation.
However, The Agronomist is more than a tribute to one inspirational man. With Haiti now entering the next stage in its tragic history, it's also a timely look at the roots and causes of its ongoing instability.
In French with English subtitles.
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