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Commentary: Clueless in college
Want to get a quick exposure to the challenges facing animal agriculture and the allied industries of farming and food processing?
Sit in on a local community college class on nutrition or food systems, as I did yesterday, and listen to the comments from the students in attendance.
The class I attended is called Sustainable Food Systems, and the highlight of the day was a screening of the film "FRESH," a documentary that basically follows the same script—and features many of the same cast of characters—as "Food Inc." For those who haven't seen either documentary, the basic message is as follows:
- "Industrial" farming has created a host of problems, from ecological damage to loss of diversity to depopulation of rural America.
- Commercial livestock production is detrimental to animal welfare, environmental preservation and human health and well-being.
- Federal farm subsidies have resulted in an explosion of "cheap" food that is non-nutritious, unsustainable and the cause of most sickness and disease.
If you've spent more than five minutes listening to consumer advocates or animal rights activists deliver their screed, you've heard these complaints before. They're not new.
The film featured carefully edited scenes of hens scrambling across a sunlit field, of cattle grazing in a meadow lush with springtime clover and a litter of piglets "running free" inside a dirt-floored pen, as an airy, upbeat orchestral score swelled in the background. In contrast, the scenes of conventional farming and livestock handling were deliberately framed to look as bleak and barren as possible, with a soundtrack consisting of bleating animals layered over the growl of diesel engines.
What was far more interesting than listening to the likes of Joel "The Huckster" Salatin and Michael "My Ego Couldn't Fit Inside Grand Central Station" Pollan ramble on about the horrors of modern agriculture, however, were the comments made by students during the discussion period following the screening.
A seminar in ignorance
Of course, the two instructors conducting the class were 100 percent sold on the notion that conventional farming, confinement housing and vertically integrated food production are all spawn of Satan. They railed against fast-food chains, condemned supermarkets and kept up a steady drumbeat of rhetorical questions meant to solicit comments, such as "Why don't they just ban antibiotics in agriculture?"
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The root of this misinformation campaign lies with the college instructors -- mostly impractical over-privileged over-sheltered over-paid evangelists with all the easy answers to theatrically hysterical contrived "problems". But why must they attack our successful agriculture, try to ban and regulate proven modern methods out of existence when, if their simple medieval solutions were worth anything, they could simply set up working Renaissance-Faire farms in their own image and promptly compete us all out of business? The back-assward subsistence farming techniques these fools advocate are inadequate even for serious hobbyists, unsustainable except for trust-fund recipients and royalty like Prince Charles. The methods they espouse constitute a colossal waste of time, effort and real estate to produce practically nothing. If their hidden agenda is to produce little or nothing why not simply return to the good old days of government boondoggle set-asides and direct payments to limit food production? It would make about as much sense (none) and would sure save a lot of fruitless stoop labor nurturing diverse weeds and righteous bugs among the scattering of gourds and struggling heirloom tomato plants.
I find this rather sad, but not uncommon. I am Chair of the Animal Science Department at our institution and I am in the midst of a controversy here regarding a class taught in our English department which explores human-animal interactions through literature. That is a great topic, but the instructor is totally anti-animal agriculture and presents a largely one-sided viewpoint. Our majors who have taken the course recognize the inaccuracies and out-right lies promulgated by the instructor, but most of the students are just taking it all at face value. I also teach a course called "Sustainable Animal Agriculture". If I were to use the documentary mentioned in this article (and I might), I can assure everyone that the discussion following would take a much different and more thoughtful path.
Unfortunately the academicians portrayed here are the same type of individuals who populate Washington D.C. They: -have an agenda, - they are unelected (read: career employees) - they have been in business of training our teachers for generations. (Read "Slouching Towards Gomorrah" Robert Bork)
I worked for USDA for five years and a land grant university for 24. I lived in third world countries for over 5 years. I have spent many hours, teaching, being on panels, and communicating with legislators, students and the general public about the food supply. Many of the observations made in this article are indeed true and I could add a hole litany of misconception that people have of food systems around the globe. I could also provide a litany of fallacies in Pollan's arguments as I have been forced to watch these films too many times. The problems with people's perception of reality is that they come from beliefs that have been formed by supposition and innuendo rather than hard fact. More problematic is that even faced with hard scientific evidence their beliefs are unchanged. The only sure fire method for changing beliefs is to enable people to live as their beliefs dictate - they soon discover the fallacies. I have been taking students to Africa for decades and there, the reality hits and their beliefs topple with respect to agriculture, energy and water. I am a firm advocate for learning by doing - let those with strong conviction put those to practice.
And everyone wonders where our crop of "Low-Information" voters comes from? A truly "liberal" education has been murdered by our Public Education Professionals who now teach students WHAT to Think, not How to Think. Propaganda is what's being offered and a great way to show these students would be to have them watch "Triumph of the Will" & "Birth of a Nation", with no intro or explanation, next to these types of films. Then ask them to compare and contrast their methods of communicating a "belief system" and "message". Even the most ignorant and heavily indoctrinated will immediately, instinctually recognize what they're being "handed" by pop-culture media and its toadies in academe, politics and the press. Thank you Mr. Murphy for taking time to experience first-hand, the abuse our "leaders of tomorrow" receive, at the hands of our Ed Pros, in our Tax Supported "Institutions".
I appreciate the points Dan raises in his article and he has done himself and the rest of use a service in acknowledging that some of the issues raised deserve serious consideration. I also am pleased to hear the opinion from Gary who expresses a balanced view that is the NORM in universities. However, some of the other opinions are distressing, if not downright abusive, in their anti-higher education perspective. OF COURSE there are instructors like those cited who are not fully informed or have a strong opinion on the topic, but most are far more measured and thoughtful. That is the purpose of a higher education and most professors try their best to be balanced. To whitewash the entire profession as "liberal" nonsense (as if "liberal" was all we need to say to mean anything) is the height of misinformation and frankly, arrogance. Dialogue is never possible under those views, and if you don't agree with the perspective taught in SOME classes, you have the right to challenge that, as do the students (many of whom do, by the way - don't dismiss an entire generation either). In the case of this particular issue, the best approach is not to dismiss such people as disseminating "propaganda" but to respectfully differ, accept some of their arguments might have merit, and to engage them in a civil conversation. While Dan does so in his actions, the article he writes does inspire overreactions. Too bad, because the issues are far too important to be left to diatribes, by all sides.
I attend college activities all the time. I am treated well, even though I am old enough to be the grandparent of many of the students. I always speak my mind, often holding to a contrary position. I hope you did the same.
That is encouraging. "Sustainable" is a very broad term and requires complex explanations. It's not about "organic good, conventional bad," as some (not all) instructors and activists preach. Like a lot of other issues (energy, food production, nutrition, etc.), there's no easy answers, no silver bullet, and certainly no let's blow up the current system and replace it with something (allegedly) more benign.
Thanks for the kind words, Robert -- at least some of them. If I had had the chance to engage in dialogue with the instructor and/or the students in the class I attended (I deliberately went as an observer), I would have been more diplomatic than I ever am in print. The issues of land use, labor, and market access -- to name a few -- impact the notion of somehow switching wholesale to "alternative" methods of food production. But those are never mentioned in documentaries such as FRESH, unless it's to condemn government, Big Food or corporate farmers. The real culprit in the classroom situation I reported on is not the instructor -- who has strong opinions but is not unintelligent -- but the free reign activists have to produce slanted propaganda that demonizes animal agriculture without ever accurately assessing its benefits, nor honestly confronting the NEW challenges that switching to alternative agriculture would entail. There's your problem.
Taking anything from Robert Bork seriously will make you just as dumb as those college kids.
Outstanding. So well said. Thank you.
Thank you, Dan Murphy, for bridging the college classroom content to this magazine's audience. You have outlined the challenges all of us in animal agriculture face: not only the ag illiteracy of students and instructors, but also, and most likely the root cause, science illiteracy as well. Colleges should be the place where evidence is brought to bear on all issues, open discussion is inherent in learning and dogma is challenged. The instructors are responsible for creating this learning environment and getting their students to find their own answers based on the evidence.
Dan, were you sitting in on Marion Nestle's class over at NYU? Sounds like it. How does NYU justify housing her among the sciences? It is a shame these so-called professors are permitted to blow off scientific rigor and stoop to evangelizing for the anti-ag industry. Heck, they even sell books for profit, as if their salaries from big universities aren't enough. What a shameful hateful racket. Just sickening.
I went to college back in the early seventies, back when my father called me a "budding communist". I majored in animal science and biology and many of my professors even back then were extremely liberal and out of touch with reality. Not so much in the school of agriculture but in the liberal arts kind of classes. The good news is that with actual job experience and foreign travel I learned to take a more balanced approach to every thing. I would encourage people to question every thing, and to investigate claims and propaganda no matter who is putting it out there. Question your teachers, politicians, news media, etc.. Find out who is funding organizations that ask for your money and support. Use your brains people!
All of this concern and yet more and more students are signing up for food stamps. It would be interesting to see what goes into their shopping carts. Same for the Professors and instructors. While there is currently a great deal of rhetoric the purchases tell the story. One of the ultimate ironies is that the majority of Organic produce in stores today comes from large farming operations that grow, process, and pack it. The food activist mentality is a lot easier to espouse when you're not hungry.
Apparently you do not know who Robert Bork is or you would have never made that statement Jen. I think we need an open dialogue and that is sure a sad way of continuing it.
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Should you adjust your soybean aphid threshold for high crop values?
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Can you show us how you calculated your 356 aphid/plant economic injury level? Just the formula that way we can calculate injury levels ourselves. How was the damage boundary calculated?
Still waiting for the formula. You came up with a number, exactly how did you come up with this 356 aphid/plant economic injury level? How did you relate control cost, market value, yield potential, and soybean growth stage in your mathematical formula? Just show us the formula so that we can do our own calculation! You claim that your method resulted from many years of work by universities. Where is the formula for calculating your economic injury levels?!!!
Can you show us how you calculated your 356 aphid/plant economic injury level? Just the formula that way we can calculate injury levels ourselves. How was the damage boundary calculated?
I forgot to ask - can 250 aphids become 1000 aphids in 48 hours in August at R4? When do you treat for the aphids in this situation? Maybe in the 27th hour? Hope that speed scouting bcrap is speedy enough!
The original research that established the EIL is available at http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/cullenlab/files/2012/03/SBA-ET-JEE-v100-pp-1258.pdf
Thank you Dr. Wright! According to this study, the aphid doubling time can be as short as 2.7 days (Table 1). For the sake of argument, if we accept the damage boundary of 800 aphids/plant, and an ET of 250 aphids/plant, the damage boundary will be exceeded in 5.4 days. The paper does not provide a formula on how damage boundary can be calculated objectively. The linear yield loss function has a very low coefficient of determination only slightly better than a coin flip probability. Lastly, tell me which formula from the paper should I use to calculate an EIL for organic soybean with a market value of $60/bu; yield potential of 60 bu/ac; organic spray cost of $35/acre; plant stage at R4. There is no formula specified in the paper. It is full of pretty logistic curves but "Where's the beef?"
Good morning Doctor and Professor Wright! So, what do you think? What about conventional soybean with $12.12/bu market value; 70 bu/ac yield potential; $4/ac Asana or Endigo ZC (ad above) spray cost; at R4 stage? What would be the EIL and damage boundary? Show your calculations neatly on the "blackboard" please! I'm concerned that you may not actually have the mathematical procedure and basis for your 250 recommendation and yet you and your university folks keep on spewing this 250 farce every single year. Go big red?
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Aza's adoptive parents train her to be beautiful on the inside, as they do all their children. She is as much their child as their biological children. When news reaches them that Aza was the reason behind all the bad things happening in the kingdom, they don't believe it. They know their daughter and continue to tell others of her innocence. The king of the Ayorthaians is a kind and wise ruler. When he is wounded, his wife is weak and trusts a magic mirror's guidance because it praises her beauty. The gnome zhamM is a judge for the gnomes. He gives Aza sanctuary and cares for her as a daughter. When he judges, he considers each case. His purpose is not to discern what is fair but what will be best for both parties. For example, in one case, a gnome accuses another gnome of stealing his shovel. Judge zhamM looks into the future and decides that by giving the thief the shovel, he grows in integrity and the owner has a better life without it. So he awards the shovel to the thief.
This society comprises singers, gnomes, ogres, fairies, magic mirrors, spells and potions. Magic is considered a normal part of life. Books of spells and potions are in the library. The problems of Queen Ivi and Aza begin with their desires to be more beautiful, then the problems are escalated by Skulni's trickery in the magic mirror and by beauty potions and spells. Ayorthaians also believe in the power of singing. Singing brings strength and unity and aids in healing.
When Aza escapes from the dungeon, she must force a bolt open, which causes her to bleed. Ogres eat Ayorthaians. Aza is poisoned and almost dies.
Prince Ijori and Aza kiss passionately. They walk in the dark together at the castle and later are alone in a ravine all night, but do not engage in sex. They hold hands as they sleep next to each other.
This high fantasy adventure book is the first book in the "The Lord of the Rings" series by J.R.R. Tolkien and was first published by Allen & Unwin, a former British publishing house.
The Fellowship of the Ring is often read by kids 12 and up. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
Boundless.org, a ministry of Focus on the Family for young adults and newly married couples, has written an article that offers insight into this series: The Lord of the Rings
This historical fiction book by Laurie Halse Anderson is published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and is written for kids 10 and up. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
Mattie Cook lives with her mother and grandfather above the family's coffee shop when the historic 1793 yellow fever epidemic hits Philadelphia. After Mattie's mother becomes ill, Grandfather takes Mattie to the countryside to stay with friends. The journey is interrupted first by Grandfather's heart trouble and then by Mattie's contracting the fever. The two finally return to Philadelphia to discover the city in ruins (including their coffeehouse), and Mother is nowhere to be found. Grandfather's subsequent death leaves Mattie hopeless and alone until she's reunited with the family's black employee, Eliza.
At the time of this epidemic, most blacks in Philadelphia were free because the Quakers believed slavery was against God's will. Mattie tells a merchant that she goes to church because her mother never lets her stay home. She prays on several occasions and reads from the Psalms, thanking God for His providence and deciding she'd like to end each day reading from the Bible. She even stops herself when she begins to ask for God's punishment on those who ransacked her family's coffeehouse. Eliza prays faithfully and fervently for the fever victims, and Mattie later follows Eliza's lead in caring tirelessly for the sick and their families. An egg seller rants, saying those getting the fevers are sinners afflicted by God because they don't go to church.
Mattie's mother is a harsh, bitter woman since the loss of her husband. She is weaker and more compliant after her battle with the fever, and she allows Mattie to take over the adult responsibilities at the coffeehouse. Affectionate, loving Grandfather is a war veteran who teaches Mattie how to be a good soldier. His lessons prove useful when they're stranded far from home, and he saves her life despite his own health problems. Prayerful, faithful Eliza provides a solid example of godly compassion for one's fellow man. President George Washington returns to Philadelphia after the epidemic slows. His presence provides hope of a return to normalcy.
Though Mattie and other main characters adhere to Christian beliefs, it could be argued that Mattie's ultimate success in overcoming hardship isn't duly credited to God but to the power of self-reliance and personal strength.
In a few scenes, people are "bled," which some doctors then believed would get rid of the toxins causing yellow fever. People also vomit blood a few times. The descriptions aren't excessive or gratuitous, but it may make readers queasy.
American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults 2001; International Reading Association: 2001 Teacher's Choice and more.
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This first fantasy book in the "The Spiderwick Chronicles" by Holly Black is published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
The Field Guide is written for kids ages 6 to 10. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
After Jared, Simon and Mallory Grace's parents divorce, their mother moves them to a crumbling Victorian house owned by their now-institutionalized Aunt Lucy. The children hear scratching inside the walls and discover a nest. Then Mallory urges Jared to ride in a dumbwaiter, and he finds a secret upstairs library containing strange books. The children recover a volume compiled by Arthur Spiderwick (Aunt Lucy's father) about fairies and determine they've angered one type called a boggart. They finally rebuild the boggart's nest and set him at ease — but it's clear Spiderwick's book will lead them to other adventures.
Mrs. Grace is a frustrated mother trying to rebuild her family's life after a divorce. She blames Jared for the unexplained events the boggart has caused. In her mind, there is no other plausible explanation. The children lie and tell her Jared is in bed when he's actually in the secret library.
Fairies of various kinds inhabit the Grace home.
Mallory says the house is crappier than it used to be.
Note: This is a popular book series.
This fantasy illustra-novel (short for illustrated novel) is the first book in "The Dopple Ganger Chronicles" by G.P. Taylor and is published by SaltRiver Books, a division of Tyndale House Publishers.
The First Escape is written for kids ages 8 to 12. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
Sadie and Saskia Dopple and Erik Morrissey Ganger live at Isambard Dunstan's School for Wayward Children. Sadie and Saskia are the terror of the school. Their antics include everything from throwing hard-boiled eggs at people to pretending to turn into a werewolf to make another girl with a weak stomach vomit to setting a desk on fire. Their headmistress, Miss Rimmer, despises them. She finds a way to separate them by allowing rich benefactor Muzz Elliott to take Saskia. Muzz Elliott's insane twin sister, Cicely, Cicely's daughter and Muzz's chauffeur plot to murder Saskia and Muzz Elliott once they find Lord Trevellyn's hidden treasure in Muzz Elliott's mansion. In the midst of this, Saskia meets a ghostly figure, Madame Raphael, who gives her advice and leaves her clues. Saskia is unsure as to whether she is a spirit or human. Meanwhile, Sadie and Erik escape the orphanage because Miss Rimmer intends to have them thrown in jail for their delinquent behavior. They meet a magician who tries to electrocute, then guillotine, them. They are constantly on the run from the police because Miss Rimmer has trumped up crimes against them. The duo makes it to Muzz Elliot's mansion in their search for Saskia in time to save her and Muzz Elliot from being murdered. In the end, Muzz Elliott decides she may want to keep all three children — Saskia, Sadie and Erik — as her own. Saskia learns that Muzz Elliott is able to see Madame Raphael, but the two of them are the only ones. The final clue in the book from Madame Raphael leads them to the second book in this series.
Madame Raphael tells Saskia about the Companion. The Companion is never far from those who need him, but he isn't a ghost. He can hear everything that everyone says, from the heart out. Madame Raphael only appears to Saskia and Muzz Elliott, although Muzz Elliott can no longer hear what the figure says, as she did as a child. When asked, Madame Raphael says that she is "a voice of one crying in the wilderness," John the Baptist's words. She tells Saskia to follow her, reminiscent of how Jesus says this so that Saskia can find a treasure that is better than Lord Trevellyn's. Muzz Elliott thinks of Madame Raphael as an angel. At the end of the book, Madame Raphael leaves Saskia a clue about an indigo moon, which leads them to their next adventure in the next book.
Sadie calls the orphanage's cook an "old wart face." The cook throws a spoon and hits Sadie in the face. Sadie also talks back to Miss Rimmer, demonstrating her disrespect for authority. Muzz Elliott says that Saskia is a brat who is vicious and without a work ethic. Twins Sadie and Saskia believe their actress mother forgot about them, but eventually will return for them. Erik is in this all girls orphanage because his father, who is a burglar, asked him to wait on the steps of it while his father went to get cigarettes. Erik believes that his father was either arrested or had to go quite a distance for those cigarettes. Muzz Elliot tells Saskia that her job is to drive by her twin in about 10 years and not feel bad about throwing a few coins to her. When Mr. Martinet, an authority figure at the orphanage, takes the man from the school board up to the tower to take Sadie to prison, he tells the man that Sadie should have her "entrails fed to seagulls" and that he hopes to make the end of her stay in the orphanage miserable. The police are somewhat bumbling and easily outsmarted by children. Erik speaks of his father and the family's trade — burglary — with pride. Mr. Martinet and the police tell Sadie and Erik that Mr. Martinet and the police will testify to whatever crime they need to make up in order for the children to be put in prison.
Sadie pretends to be poisoned and to be turning into a werewolf that becomes a vampire dog. Oscar supposedly talks to Muzz Elliott, but no one sees him. The chauffeur implies that Oscar is a spirit. Saskia has the odd impression that the four plaster faces of the children decorating the hallway ceiling are real and that they are watching her. In the past, Sadie and Saskia knew a little about what the other was thinking or they could finish each other's sentences. Of course, there are some unexplained events in their lives, such as one twin being stung by a wasp and the other having the effects of it; or one being cut, and the other bleeding. When they are separated, Saskia has a vision of Sadie being taken to the tower for punishment by Mr. Martinet, which really happens. Saskia then enters a room where a puppet and every inanimate object in the room are able to talk to her. She can't leave the room until they unlock the door for her. She feels as if something noisy, but invisible, is chasing her up the tower steps. In her tower room, she meets Madame Raphael, who warns Saskia that Muzz Elliott holds séances. Of course, she says that Muzz Elliott thinks she is talking to the dead, but really she is just talking to the others in the room. Madame Raphael warns that these séances are dangerous. Muzz Elliott invites Madame Petrusa to lead the séance, and she supposedly channels someone named Oscar. Madame Petrusa is raised off her seat and things in the room move, but Saskia notices that all the strange occurrences are being performed with trick wires. At Muzz Elliott's house, everything that seemed to be performed by a spirit was a hoax, except for Madame Raphael.
The author says that the chauffeur curses and threatens, but no actual words are given. Sadie is set on vengeance against Charlotte Grimdyke. The twins throw hardboiled eggs at people and the dog of the headmistress. When Saskia is taken to her new home, Sadie feels as if she has been "cleaved" in half. Muzz Elliott's chauffeur, Brummagen, uses the car to spray a bicycle peddler with gravel, which causes the man on the bicycle to tumble off the road. Brummagen justifies his actions because the peddler sold Muzz Elliott a tomato and said it was an apple. Brummagen hits a swan with the car, and he is going to give it to the cook. When dared, Sadie sets the headmistress's desk on fire and lies that she didn't do it. Sadie is attached to a drying rack in Miss Rimmer's office and suspended four feet above the ground so the headmistress can search her pockets for matches. Miss Rimmer's dog bites the heel of Sadie's shoe when she is suspended in mid-air. When Saskia looks at a picture of Lord Trevellyn standing over a wild donkey, she imagines animals peacefully grazing until crazy colonists blow them to bits. Because of the fire she started, Sadie is locked in the tower without food and water. Sadie accidentally attacks Eric when he enters the tower room to help her. Sadie gets revenge on Charlotte Grimdyke by pouring salt in her water. Potemkin, a magician the children find, tells how he shot a chicken in the air that he intended to blow up. Unfortunately his assistant took a bite out of it in mid-air before the explosion. The incident ended Potemkin's career as a magician. Potemkin tries to electrocute, then guillotine, Sadie and Erik, as part of one of his magic tricks. Cicely, Muzz Elliott's twin sister, tries to poison Muzz Elliot and drown Saskia in a pond. The back of the police van explodes when Sadie, Eric and Potemkin are in it, which allows them to escape. Cicely and her daughter intend to kill Muzz Elliott's chauffeur after he has murdered Muzz Elliott and Saskia. Saskia knocks Cicely's daughter unconscious. Erik knocks Potemkin unconscious with a fence post. Muzz Elliott and Saskia are tied in linen bags, and it's assumed that they will be buried alive. The actual cause of their death, once drowning Saskia in the pond and giving Muzz Elliott poison is ruled out, is not mentioned. The chauffeur shoots an elephant gun at Erik, who is standing a few feet away from him, but the shot misses. The chauffeur suffers a nonfatal electrocution when the shovel that he is about to kill Erik with is caught in electrical wires above his head.
Note:Many large and small violent actions take place in this story, but no one seems to be held accountable for or hurt by them. Consequences come as a result of external actions and people's agendas. For example, Sadie sets fire to Miss Rimmer's desk. Miss Rimmer reacts by hanging Sadie on a clothes rack, searching her for the matches, locking Sadie in a tower without food and water, and calling the police. Right and wrong is not explored, nor are the consequences for right and wrong differentiated.
This fantasy book is the first in the "Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist" series by R.L. LaFevers and is published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Flight of the Phoenix is written for kids ages 7 to 11 years. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
When 10-year-old Nathaniel Fludd's adventurous parents are proclaimed dead in 1928, he's sent to live with Aunt Philomena (Phil), a beastologist. He learns from her talking dodo that Aunt Phil studies and helps endangered and mythical creatures. Aunt Phil takes Nate to Arabia (now known as the Arabian Peninsula) in her ancient two-seater plane. There, they must oversee the birth of a phoenix, a phenomenon that only happens once every 500 years. En route to Arabia, Nate pulls a gremlin named Greasle from the place in between where the propeller meets the plane. Aunt Phil tells him to throw the nasty thing overboard, but Nate keeps her. When Aunt Phil is captured by Bedouin, a nomadic tribe, Nate and Greasle must ensure that the phoenix emerges from the fire they've built. Once they've seen to the phoenix, Nate and Greasle sneak into the Bedouin camp to rescue Aunt Phil. They try to frighten the Bedouin by claiming that Greasle is capable of causing them misfortune. Greasle inadvertently finds oil, and Aunt Phil tells the Bedouin how much it's worth. The Bedouin set the group free, and Aunt Phil promises to begin Nate's formal adventure training at once.
Nate's parents, like all Fludds, were adventurers. They took off and left him with a caretaker, promising to send for him when he was 8 and his sense of adventure had developed. Miss Lumpton, the caretaker, tells Nate that asking questions is one of his biggest flaws. She despairs when the Fludd parents are proclaimed dead. When she learns she has inherited a "tidy sum," she promptly and joyfully disappears. Aunt Phil gently pushes Nate to help him act bravely and develop his sense of adventure. She has him fix a plane while it is in flight, and leaves him to care for the phoenix when nomads capture her. She presents him with a Fludd family compass when he demonstrates cleverness and growth.
As beastologists, Aunt Phil and Nate hunt for creatures that are sometimes considered mythical and magical. Greasle calls Aunt Phil a witch when she becomes angry, not because she practices any type of witchcraft. Aunt Phil's Book of Beasts elaborates on the phoenix. It says if a sick or injured man hears the phoenix's song or gets a pinch of ash from the phoenix's fire, he'll be healed. Drinking phoenix tears leads to eternal life. Phoenix feathers possess unknown magical properties. After the phoenix finishes his nest, he gathers twigs and ash into an egg and carries it to the temple of the sun god as an offering. The Arabians believe in jinnis, elemental spirits that can be controlled by sorcerers and told to do bad things.
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Lying: Nate lies to Aunt Phil to keep Greasle out of trouble. He and Greasle also convince various Arabians that Greasle is a jinni, a creature whose powers they fear. Aunt Phil tells the Bedouin she is alone so they won't discover and capture Nate.
This second teen chick-lit, Christian book in the "Real TV" series by Wendy Lawton is published by Moody Publishers.
Flip Flop is written for kids ages 14 to 16. This age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
Briana Harris loves hanging out at her best friend Channing "Chickie" Wells' house. Chickie's fun-loving Christian family treats Briana like one of them. They make it easy for her to escape her troubled home. Chickie manages to get herself and Briana on their favorite reality show, Flip Flop, where each week, two best friends redecorate each other's bedrooms. Briana prays that she can enjoy the excitement of the makeover and a TV crew in her house for several days without anyone learning about her father's alcoholism. With the help of Chickie's cute brother (Sebastian) and one of the show's decorators (Petra), Briana discovers that God may have planned all this to bring her stressful secrets into the light.
Church, mealtime prayers and spiritual searching are an integral part of the Wells family's life. Because of their example, Briana began attending their community church. Briana loves the serenity prayer, but spends much of her time realizing that she must let God have control over her circumstances. Chickie suggests that she and Briana pray before they go on camera for the bedroom makeovers; she asks that their actions will exemplify Him. Petra, the designer with whom Briana works, subtly shares the salvation message as she tells Briana about her own conversion.
Chickie's parents treat Briana like a family member; they share in the Flip Flop excitement by catering wonderful meals for the TV crew, and they behave warmly toward Briana's parents, with whom they've had little interaction despite their daughters' close friendship. Initially, Briana's mom's example is one of pretending the family has no problems; she remembers the husband she knew and loved before alcoholism overtook him. Briana's father holds a respectable job and travels often. He never becomes violent when he drinks, but his rants often keep the family up all night. Petra opens up to Briana about her dysfunctional past and spiritual quest, encouraging Briana to hang on to God and not hide her pain.
Petra says that before finding Christ, she investigated a number of other paths to spiritual enlightenment.
This drama by Andrew Clements is published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Frindle is written for kids ages 8 to 12. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.
Like most new fifth-graders, Nick Allen fears language arts with Mrs. Granger. She is a small woman with piercing eyes who loves the dictionary and doesn't take kindly to Nick's creative homework-avoidance techniques. When Mrs. Granger points out that words acquire meaning because people agree upon that meaning, Nick has a brilliant idea: Along with a group of friends, he begins calling pens frindles. Soon, the whole town — and then the whole country — learns about the word war Nick is waging with his seemingly disgruntled teacher. Years later, when Nick is in college, Mrs. Granger sends him the first dictionary bearing the word frindle and admits she was on his side all along.
Nick's parents do their best to walk the fine line between supporting their son's creative endeavors and demonstrating respect for school authority. Although they feel the administration is overreacting to his use of the word frindle, they still urge Nick not to be disrespectful. Mrs. Granger seems upset by the frenzy caused by Nick's invented word. She even makes students stay after school for using it. As she later reveals to Nick, she is proud of his willingness to test the theories about word origins he learned in her class. She says she played the villain to make the situation more interesting.
This book has won numerous awards, including the Christopher Award for Children's Books, 1997; Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 1999; and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 1999.
This Christian historical romance book is by Laura Frantz and is published by Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
The Frontiersman's Daughter is not age-level ranked. It has been marketed for adults and mature young adults ages 16 and above.
Lael Click is the daughter of a famous Kentucky frontiersman, Ezekial Click. The reader first meets her as a spunky 13-year-old girl standing her ground with several Shawnee Indians who have come to her family's secluded cabin. Over time, she grows into an even more independent young woman of 21 — living on her own and finding love. Her three suitors are each rugged and interesting in their own ways. Simon Hayes is the feisty, redhead brother to Lael's best friend, Suzanne. Captain Jack is a Shawnee Indian who was kidnapped as a white child by the Shawnee and now better relates to the Indian culture. And finally, there is the Scottish doctor Ian Justus, a recent immigrant to Kentucky. Each plays a big part in the different stages of Lael's story. Simon captivates her as a young teen, but Lael's father does not approve of Simon and ships Lael off to finishing school in Virginia to squelch the budding romance. Captain Jack is captivated by Lael as a 13-year-old beauty, but doesn't become a serious contender for Lael's affections until she returns to Kentucky from school after her father's death. However, cultural differences, as well as the many Indian wars in the region, keep their mutual attraction to a steamy swim in the creek. Ian Justus, the doctor and Scottish Lord, wins Lael's affections and is able to lead her to a saving faith in Jesus.
Several characters love and cherish their relationships with the Lord. Ma Horn, the old herbal healer, spouts Scripture and is often found reading her Bible and praying. Ezekial Click, Lael's father, was raised a Quaker. Ransom, Lael's younger brother, comes to a faith in Jesus as a young teenager and speaks to Lael of his conversion. Lael's friend Suzanna and her husband, Will, are believers. Ian Justus is a Christian; he often prays, reads his Bible, witnesses and is known for his Christian beliefs, one of which is refusing to marry or court anyone who is not a Christian. Prayer brings healing to a young girl. Lael reads the Bible she inherits from her Uncle Neddy and prays for God's guidance and forgiveness. She eventually does give her life and love to the Lord. The children are taught to follow biblical truths, including kindness to others, truthfulness, temperance and love.
Lael's father is the family head and strictly obeyed. Lael's mother is seen as weak and unable to control her young headstrong daughter, yet is still respected as an authority. Colonel Barr, the top man at the fort, has strict military control over Fort Click and is seen as a community leader. Lael learns to follow the rules at Briar Hill, the finishing school where she is sent. She obeys her father and stays at the school.
The Shawnee religion is mentioned but never explained. Many at the fort and many settlers are either thought to be or known as unbelievers and live worldly lives.
There are numerous instances of graphic violence, especially between the Indians in the area and the settlers: Pa was kidnapped by the Shawnee and lived with them for several years. Indians massacre the Cane family. Only one daughter, Piper, escapes, but she is bloody and traumatized. Hugh McClary shoots Pa in the thigh. There is an Indian attack on Fort Click. Many people die from gunshot wounds or arrows. One man dies from a tomahawk to the head, which cuts off a good portion of his face and skull. There are several accounts of Indian attacks and deaths of settlers, typically found with arrows sticking out of various parts of their bodies. Lael helps Ma Horn dig lead shots out of several wounds. There is an instance of child abuse when a widow's male visitor, Hero McClary, arrives drunk to her cabin and physically pummels her son, Titus. It is inferred that the same man raped this woman, as she is later with child. Lael finds Hero's camp and shoots a hole in his still. Hero burns down Lael's barn. It is inferred that Captain Jack retaliates for an Indian death and Lael's barn by killing both Hero and his brother Hugh with arrows. There is a fistfight, of which we are only told of the bloody, face-altering results, between Ian and Simon, presumably over Lael. There is a smallpox outbreak where many people die. Some of the descriptions of those affected are quite graphic in nature.
Lael's mother, believing her husband, Ezekial, is dead (when he has really been kidnapped and is living with the Shawnee) runs off with Ezekial's brother, Neddy. That results in the birth of Lael's brother, Ransom. Simon and Lael share a nighttime boat ride that excites romantic feelings in both of them. Captain Jack and Lael enjoy a swim together in the creek. Both are scantily clad. They kiss passionately several times. Ian and Lael share a passionate kiss when they both declare their love for each other and agree to marry.
Note:The theme of Christian redemption is strong throughout the book, however the frequent and graphic episodes of violence have more emphasis than Lael's conversion.


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We just received some interesting news out of SIGGRAPH 2008 that we thought many of you would be very interested in. If you recall, one of the capabilities Intel is touting in regard to their upcoming Larrabee architecture is the ability to perform real-time ray tracing. In the graphics space, ray tracing is a technique used to generate an image by tracing the rays or paths of light as they bounce through and around the objects in a scene. When done right, ray tracing can produce photorealistic imagery because shadows are cast correctly, water and other materials show proper reflections with correct coloring, and lighting in general just looks more realistic. The problem with ray tracing is that the algorithms necessary for producing photorealistic imagery are very complex and require much more compute power than is available in today's PCs, if the imagery is to be rendered in real-time, at a high enough frame rate to produce fluid motion, i.e. for gaming.
To date, a number of real time ray tracing projects have been shown on the PC. Intel's Daniel Pohl, for example, has showcased customized versions of Quake 3 and Quake 4 running on Intel hardware that use ray tracing to great effect and ATI has recently shown ray tracing demos running on Radeon HD 4800 series hardware at their Cinema 2.0 event. But today, it's NVIDIA's turn.
NVIDIA's GPU RayTracing Demo In Action
During SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles NVIDIA is demonstrating a fully interactive GPU-based ray tracer. The demo is based purely on NVIDIA GPU technology, and according to NVIDIA the ray tracer shows linear scaling rendering of a complex, two-million polygon, anti-aliased automotive styling application. Screenshots from the actual demo are shown here.
NVIDIA GPU Ray Tracing at 2560x1600
At three bounces, performance is demonstrated at up to 30 frames per second (fps) at HD resolutions of 1920x1080 for an image-based lighting paint shader, ray traced shadows, and reflections and refractions running on four next-generation Quadro GPUs in an NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 D4 Visual Computing System (VCS). Some of these screenshots, however, were taken with the resolution increased all the way up to 2560x1600. Frame rates at that resolution weren't available though.
If we can speculate for a bit here, let's assume that the next-gen Quadros NVIDIA is using for the demo are based on the company's GTX 200 series GPU architecture. That means, potentially, a 3-way GeForce GTX 280 SLI configuration may offer approximately 75% of the performance of Quadro Plex 2100 D4 VCS being used in the demo. If history is an indicator, sometime within the next 18 months or so, NVIDIA is likely to double the performance of their current GPUs. So, by sometime next year or maybe in the early part of 2010, we'll likely have the necessary horsepower in a high-end gaming PC to handle real-time ray tracing with adequate performance for fluid motion. Over the next few months to a year, expect to hear much more on this front.
NVIDIA's GPU RayTracing Demo In Action
NVIDIA GPU Ray Tracing at 2560x1600
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Awesome tech. Be cool to see what this adds to graphics in games in a few yrs
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Awesome tech. Be cool to see what this adds to graphics in games in a few yrs
Fold On!!!!
Thats what I said about it a few years ago
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LoL got ya......... Wow that was quicker than I thought somebodied be studieing the door looking for some boobs :)
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I want in game raytracing. that will be nice
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This past May we ran our Small Cool Kitchens contest, and had the opportunity to peek into a lot of small yet bright kitchens. From a unique kitchen in Brussels, to the winning kitchen in East Boston, and lots of other small cool kitchens in between, here are 15 of our favorites from this past year's contest.
• 1 Inés' Opened-Up Barcelona Kitchen
• 2 Megumi's Hand-Made Brussels Kitchen
• 3 Tanya's Former Light Bulb Factory Kitchen in East Boston
• 4 Theresa's Sweet and Modern San Francisco Kitchen
• 5 Cindy's Tiny Yet Complete Austin Kitchen
• 6 Nikki's San Francisco Kitchen with Character
• 7 Matt's Fun and Vintage Minnesota Kitchen
• 8 Lucy's Classic Yet Modern Kitchen in Washington D.C.
• 9 Finch's Sunny San Francisco Kitchen
• 10 Ina's Semi-Outdoor Kitchen in Jakarta
• 11 Kevin and Kelly's Overhauled Victorian Kitchen in Virginia
• 12 Carin's Light, Bright Vermont Kitchen
• 13 Joi's Cleverly Renovated Virginia Kitchen
• 14 Alice's Light and Casual Las Vegas Kitchen
• 15 Addie's Charming Columbus Cape Cod Kitchen
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Interesting... Most of them are normal sized kitchens (open or not) for apartments, yet you mention them as small.
I love thekitchen.com and appreciate the need to take the week off, but these endless rehashings are too much. For someone who scans your content on a regular basis, this is hardly riveting stuff! I'll unsubscribe and (maybe) come back when there's actual, new content.
@Mona D all the kitchens had to be under 120 square feet, which for an average American kitchen, is small -- although not tiny of course.
@cperry we take a much-needed 2-week break over Christmas and New Year's to review the past year, showcase new guest posts, and look at our own personal favorite pieces. We'll be back with even more new content on Monday January 3.
...wait a minute. NONE of these people has a dishrack? because that's what's taking up tons of room near my sink and i'm pretty sure my kitchen would get a facelift + counter space if that wasn't a necessary eyesore.
I'm with Mona D on this. 120 feet may be smaller than the average American kitchen if you count freestanding houses, but for most people who live in city apartments (and who I'm guessing are the main Apartment Therapy demographic), it's huge.


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Business roundup: Whittington elected president of professional insurance agents of North Carolina
J. Jay Whittington, president of Central Carolina Insurance Agency, has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of North Carolina.
Professional Insurance Agents was first chartered in 1935 and is an affiliate member of National PIA located in Alexandria, Va. It is an agents' association run by agents and offers insurance and related support services to its members.
Whittington is a 38-year insurance veteran. He is a past president and assistant district governor of the Rotary Club of Salisbury, a past president of the Salisbury YMCA Board, and has served as an elder and deacon at First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury.
Whittington is a Catawba College graduate and is married to the former Sharon Wagoner. They have two sons and five grandchildren.
Central Carolina Insurance Agency has 28 employees with offices in Mooresville and Salisbury.
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Wee Care Clinic is offering free health care for children between birth and 12 years old with no insurance or insufficient coverage.
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Brady honored by Thrivent Financial
SALISBURY — Eric Brady, a financial consultant with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, has qualified for the Pinnacle Council conference. Of Thrivent Financial's nearly 2,300 financial representatives, 165 qualified for this honor.
Brady is with Thrivent Financial's Eastern Regional Financial Office, serving Lutherans and their family members in Salisbury and surrounding communities. He will be recognized by his peers from across the country at the annual conference. Brady has been with Thrivent Financial for 22 years and has been recognized for his performance 17 times.
Belk celebrating 125 years
Belk is celebrating its 125th anniversary with 125 days of service dedicated to improving conditions at 250 Title I schools in low-income communities in 16 states.
The first event took place in Charlotte on March 11, as more than 200 employees gathered for a makeover of two area schools.
Belk will invest $2 million in its first companywide service program, engaging all 23,000 of its employees. Points of Light, the largest organization in the world dedicated to volunteer service, will help lead the effort.
Belk at the Salisbury Mall will move this fall to an expansion under construction at Wallace Commons, a shopping center on Julian Road at Interstate 85.
Curves holding food drive
ROCKWELL — Curves International's 15th annual food drive, "Feed the Need," includes a challenge to club members to meet a goal of 100,000 donations before March 23.
Curves of Rockwell is asking its members to donate bags of non-perishable food or cash to support the local food bank. It will waive the joining fee for new members who bring in a bag of non-perishable food or donate $30 to their local food bank during the two-week period.
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Panera Bread opening set for late June
SALISBURY — The new Panera Bread under construction on East Innes Street in Salisbury should open this summer, according to the marketing manager for the Panera Breads of the Triad area.
Ashley Ketner said the store, which is going up next to Cookout, should open by late June or early July.
Business show May 2 at Event Center
The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce's annual business show is May 2 at the Event Center. The show allows more than 60 exhibitors to showcase their products and services at an event open to the public with free parking, free admission and door prizes.
Booths are 70 percent sold out for the show that runs from 11 a.m. -4 p.m. at the Event Center, 315 Webb Road (Exit 70 off Interstate 85).
Photos of previous shows are available at www.rowanchamber.com/pages/BusinessShow/
Basinger completes week at diamond grading lab
SPENCER — Debbie Barnhardt Basinger, owner of Barnhardt Jewelers in Spencer, has completed a week at the diamond grading lab with the Gemological Institute of America in Atlanta.
She originally earned her certification for diamonds and diamond grading in the 1990s but went back to refresh and make sure her skills were up to the institute's standards. Basinger scored 98 percent on all grading. She also attended the Atlanta Jewelry show for ideas on new lines out this summer.
Visit www.barnhardtjewelers.com or the store at 314 S. Salisbury Ave. in Spencer, or call 704-633-0618.
Concord Mills aquarium construction set to begin
CONCORD — The company behind Madame Tussauds attractions will begin construction of a $10 million aquarium in July at Concord Mills, the largest tourist destination in North Carolina.
The Sea Life aquarium will be completed in spring of next year, according to Merlin Entertainments, which operates Madame Tussauds celebrity wax attractions in New York, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as Lego attractions in Florida, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City and Atlanta.
"North America is a very important development market for Merlin, and we are delighted to be able to move forward with this exciting project in North Carolina," said Glenn Earlam, managing director of Merlin Entertainments' Midway Attractions group.
February real estate sales up for Charlotte region
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Regional Realtor Association reported that based on Carolina Multiple Listing Services Inc. data, closings in February were up 26.6 percent compared to February 2012. Sales totaled 2,043 compared to 1,614 for the same period last year.
Both the average and median sales prices continued to post increases. The average sales price in February 2013 ($194,900) was up 5.5 percent compared to February 2012 ($184,766), and the median price ($150,923) was up 3.8 percent over February 2012 ($145,450).
The average list price in February 2013 ($267,708) increased 8.1 percent over February 2012 ($247,736), bringing the percent of original list price received measure to 92.6 percent compared to 90.7 percent last February. Demand across the region was still strong; pending sales totaled 3,089, an increase of 52.7 percent over the previous period when contracts totaled 2,023.
New residential listings totaled 4,207, which is up 4.7 percent over February 2012. Inventory continued to fall, decreasing 28.9 percent compared to February 2012, leaving the CarolinaMLS region with a five-month supply of homes for sale.
"With new listings up nearly 5 percent we're hopeful that this is an early sign of seller confidence being restored throughout the region," 2013 Association/CarolinaMLS President Eric Locher said. "Sellers should still be mindful that homes need to be priced right for the current market. Buyers need to understand that we're edging closer to a seller's market and in some situations, we're seeing more multiple offers and sales price exceeding list price."
The average number of days a property was on the market from the time it was listed until it closed (list to close) was 147 days, which is a decrease of 12 days compared to February 2012.
Foreclosures and short sales within CarolinaMLS continued to fall, with distressed properties accounting for 10.2 percent of new listings compared with 13.8 percent last February.
First Bancorp's 8-cent cash dividend matches last year's
TROY — The board of directors of First Bancorp, parent company of First Bank, has declared a cash dividend on common stock of 8 cents per share payable April 25 to shareholders of record as of March 31.
The per share dividend rate is the same as the rate declared in the comparable period of 2012.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
{outfit} Christmas Tree Hunting
Jeans: Rag & Bone (Shopbop), Sweater: Dad's, Socks: American Eagle, Boots: däv giveaway win , Sunglasses: Michael Kors (TJ Maxx) $20
And here are some photos of the farm.
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I always love your yearly photos of picking out your Christmas tree -- and I love the chunky sweater/skinny pants look.ReplyDelete
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There's nothing like a big, chunky, cozy sweater in the wintertime and I'm loving yours! That farm looks like so much fun and I can't wait to see the tree you picked out once it's decorated. I need to find one in the city somehow this weekend! :)ReplyDelete
so nice photos!ReplyDelete
Angela Donava
looks like it was the perfect day for a tree hunt! (much better than being freezing in the snow. those are the years when the first tree you see happens to be perfect)ReplyDelete
I love oversized jumpers. Yours (your dad's!) looks so warm and cosy. Can't wait to get our tree now! :)ReplyDelete
How fun! I've been sick so our apartment isn't decorated yet and I'm reminded of it each day seeing our christmas tree in it's box in the corner. Ahh!ReplyDelete
You blog is great dear!ReplyDelete
I really like it, keep it up :)
You already got your tree?! Oh man, I feel so behind.ReplyDelete
loveeee the sweater!ReplyDelete
xoxo stylelista
What a perfect day to go tree shopping in a perfect tree shopping outfit. I really should stop by that farm...it's pretty close and looks like they have such great stuff besides trees!ReplyDelete
oh my gosh that tree shop is way too cute! i love this time of year :)ReplyDelete
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Boy that is a cozy sweater. This is one of my favorite things to do during Christmas. Isn't the smell of pine wonderfully delightful?ReplyDelete
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That big cozy sweater is perfect for Christmas tree shopping!ReplyDelete
Love that sweater megan! we always do a fake christmas tree :( i bet christmas tree shopping is so fun!!ReplyDelete
Great photos! I'd never heard of scented pinecones before x SushiReplyDelete


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My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
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Recent high-school graduate Jacob shares about his journey from young-earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, and how his faith was challenged and strengthened along the way.
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