text: Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I'm not holding my breath.


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Event Calendar 63
Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren
v48+ require Plasma 5.6 (Kubuntu 16.10 and later) v47 supports Plasma 5.5 (Kubuntu 16.04) An extended calendar with daily weather forecasts and events from Google Calendar. Also includes a timer and 24 hour forecast graph. Based on the Event Flow Calendar for android. Combines code from...
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May 17 2019
Plasma Week Number 4
Plasma 5 Calendars by anselmolsm
Simple plasmoid to show the current week number.
Jan 09 2019
gealach 0.1.6
Plasma 5 Calendars by Koffeinfriedhof
# gealach This is a rewritten Plasmoid displaying the current phase of the moon. Gealach (or ghealach) is the gaelic word for moon. On being clicked it presents the important moon phases and shows: - last new moon - first quarter - full moon - third quarter - next new moon of current month....
Mar 26 2017
Day of month 1.1
Plasma 5 Calendars by kdea
Plasmoid for plasma panel. Shows the day of the month.Useful for little panels: If you enable the date in KDE clock, the date is shown under the time, so the time digits get smaller, the date gets even smaller, and also the year and the month are shown, that are unuseful and add noise....
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Sep 27 2015
YearProgress 1.0.4
Plasma 5 Calendars by Refused
A simple progress bar, in pure QML, indicating the time elapsed since the beginning of the year, as a percentage (inspired by https://twitter.com/ProgressBar201X)
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Day of week 1.1
Plasma 5 Calendars by kdea
Plasmoid (widget) for plasma panel. Shows the day of the week. [li] Useful for little panels.[/li] [li] Can be put on the left or on the right of the clock.[/li] [li] Simple and clear.[/li] Perhaps you are also interested in 'Day of month' widget.REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES [li] KDE 5 (Plasma...
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Last week we had a cruel and horrible event in our "family" of friends.
A sweet, warm-heated, generous, gregarious, handsome young man was hanging out with friends after work. He was jumped, beaten up and robbed of the tip money he made that day at a local restaurant.
His phone was taken apart and thrown onto a frozen lake.
He has multiple fractures in his cheek, jaw, nose, roof of his mouth, and upper lip area. He is missing teeth, has stitches inside his lip, outside his lip and in his chin.
We don't understand, if all they wanted was the money, why they didn't just take it and push him down? He is 6'3" iboy who is n shape. Were they afraid he would retaliate? Evil is hard to understand and thank God we don't comprehend it.
I had been out to eat with the family the day it happened. We were laughing and passing around, "I love you man!", hours before this cruel thing took place. It's hard to think of the sweet young man I saw on Sunday. His unmarred face, laughing and being kind to everyone around us, as he always is.
It made me think of a couple back in Oklahoma.
After the birth of their first child, there was complications and were told the chance of his survival was small. They sat in that hospital room, holding each other, in tears and prayed for their new, tiny son.
They also told their heavenly Father, that no matter the outcome, they would love God; nothing would or had changed their love for their heavenly Father.
That baby is now out of college, a strapping 6'4" boy.
I will always remember the words my friend shard as she cried out to God that day.
"Lord, remember me and re-member me."
We all have days when we have fallen apart, are broken, in pieces or just plain confused, scattered and spread too thin.
The young man that was beaten up last week is home now with his mouth sewn shut and in great pain.
Lord remember him today and re-member him today!
Lord remember us today and re-member us today.


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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a small saucepan, combine the cream and garlic powder, and season with salt and pepper. Heat until just shy of simmering.
In a 3- or 4-quart gratin or casserole dish, layer half of the sliced potatoes, heated cream and Gruyere. Repeat, then sprinkle the top with the Parmesan, pressing to even.
Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove the foil and continue baking until golden brown on top, 10 minutes more.


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Today is Sunday February 10, 2013. We are 41 days into the year with 324 days left to make 2013 memorable. Today ends the year of the dragon leading way to the year of the snake. Tonight the 55th annual Grammy's air.
Published on Feb 7, 2013 schmoyoho
This week Kai became a hero and internet sensation, The East Coast got hammered with the blizzard known as Nemo, and Bauuer's Harlem Shake got the party started all over the world. This was the week of the manhunt for Christopher Dorner, the earthquake & tsunami near the Solomon Islands, and the release of TPB: AFK.
2/4 Monday: Stultified by decisions. Paid rent and turned in 30 days notice. Took bike ride listening to Starfucker & got a berrock. Made teacakes. Never made it out to buy groceries. Feeling indecisive & unmotivated. Watched TMNT 2013 ep. 1.
Creepy White Guys of OKC
Hourly Comic Day 2013 roundup on Comics Alliance
Jane Mai's Poop Nightmare via Comics Beat
2/5 Tuesday: Off work by 11am. Fixed back breaks on bike, took shower and promptly fell asleep. Woke up in the evening. Worked on dog comic, posted kick ass annie sketch. Anne Koyama's birthday. Doodled tophat hermit crab dude. Forgot to buy groceries/food; tried to get a pizza but they were closed. Came home overwhelmed with feelings of failure.
Read Maré Odomo interview on studygroup comics, read Andrew Schick interview on same. Found out Zack Soto runs Studygroup comics.
2/6 Wednesday: Off at 11am. Dreamt up Japanese Hero Avengers: Cap America = Kenshiro, Iron Man = Ultraman, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver = Cyborg 009, Thor = Guin?, Hulk = Gojira?
Read through a lot of Nedroid 2010 lj archive. Queued AT ep 9 & 10. Looked around Mia Schwartz's work. Discovered/read Dinogedden to current.
Barsha Dahal
Cabin Boy by Rachel Morris
Sourya SihaChakr
2/7 Thursday: Discovered Phobs' Temujin comic. Read more nedroid lj. Watched AT ep 9 & 10. Read Ryan Andrew's This Was Our Pact.
Published on Feb 7, 2013 Minkyu Lee
2/8 Friday: Got a ride home. Drank beer. Fiona Staples linked to Adam and Dog by Minkyu Lee. Been hearing about Blizzard Nemo hitting the east coast. Encountered gumroad pdf artbooks thrice this evening. Or maybe it was once last night and twice this evening.
Best Art Ever on Comic Alliance
2/9 Saturday: Took a day off from the internet.
The days of living in my lonely 2-bedroom art cave are drawing to a close and soon enough I'll have to start dismantling my living to carry to a new place. I am indebted to Neil Gaiman for giving me the space to air out some thoughts on regret, hope, and change. Time to focus & finish things has been so elusive to me lately. The first 3 days of the week seem to speed by in a blur, then I'm focusing to make it to the end of the week, and the weekend is just a massive jumble of stimuli. I'm remembering to pace, or else just dance or jump up and down to calm my mind.
Published on Jun 25, 2012 Jimmy Slonina
Sunday, February 10, 2013
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Food Ninja
About this game
Imagine being a Ninja with a sword on your hand,your mission is to slice pieces of delicious foods:
- Swipe your screen to cut the moving food pieces.
- You will get bonus point whenever more than one piece are cut at a swipe.
- Do not to cut the bomb appears next to food. If you cut the bomb, everything will explode and ofcourse, you lose.
As Fruit Ninja there are several game modes in this game:
- Play time mode: cut as much food in the fixed time of the game as possible. Try to get the highest score out of the limited time.
- Play network mode: you have 3 playing times in a screen play, every time you drop 1 piece of food, you will lose 1 life.


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He's accused of failing to order fire-fighters out of harm's way and lying to investigators, but his attorney says he's being made a scapegoat.
In what may be the first case of its kind, federal prosecutors in Spokane yesterday charged a U.S. Forest Service employee with manslaughter and making false statements for his role in the deaths of four firefighters during the infamous Thirty Mile wildfire in north-central Washington.
Ellreese N. Daniels, 46, was the incident commander at the blaze that consumed 9,500 acres of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest during the drought-plagued summer of 2001. According to an 11-count complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Daniels was "grossly negligent" in supervising the firefighters — many of them rookies — and later lied to investigators about his actions.
If convicted of manslaughter, Daniels could face six years in prison, though he would likely face much less because he has no criminal record, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Hopkins.
But Daniels' attorney, Tina Hunt, said the charges are "without merit."
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"It is absolutely unfair to blame these deaths on one person and one person alone," she said.
Deadly wildfires: a timeline
Oct. 26, 2006: Five U.S. Forest Service firefighters are killed in the Esperanza fire in Southern California's Jacinto Mountains. The fire burns 40,200 acres and destroys 54 buildings, including 34 houses.
March 12-13, 2006: Wind-driven wildfires consume nearly a million acres of grassland and several hundred structures in the drought-stricken Texas Panhandle. The fires are blamed for at least 11 deaths, four of them in a crash on a smoke-shrouded highway.
Sept. 12, 2004: One firefighter killed and six others injured when the relatively small blaze they were fighting in Northern California's rugged Stanislaus National Forest overruns the crew.
Oct. 25, 2003: The Cedar fire in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest (San Diego County) kills 15 people and burns more than 300,000 acres, destroying 2,400 homes and inflicting an estimated $800 million in damage.
July 23, 2003: Two firefighters die when they are overrun by flames soon after being dropped by helicopter to battle a fast-moving blaze in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in central Idaho.
July 10, 2001: Firefighters Tom Craven, 30; Devin Weaver, 21; Jessica Johnson, 19; and Karen FitzPatrick, 18, die while battling the 9,500-acre Thirty Mile wildfire in a rugged area of the North Cascades.
Source: Seattle Times news researcher David Turim
The charges come after years of criticism and outrage over the fire as families have sought answers for the deaths.
"This is the beginning of accountability," Kathie FitzPatrick of Yakima, whose daughter, Karen, perished in the blaze, said Wednesday.
Governor Christine Gregoire issued a statement saying, "It is my hope that the action taken by federal prosecutors today helps these families find answers."
Disputed orders
The prosecution's court papers describe Daniels as a veteran firefighter who on July 10, 2001, led a group of 14 relative newcomers, exhausted from sleep deprivation, into a box canyon where the growing fire would almost surely overtake them.
The blaze, the result of an unattended campfire, was whipped up by steady winds and low humidity. Daniels called for air support, then led his team north, up the one road leading in and out of the canyon.
At Daniels' direction, the crew stopped along the road, which ran parallel to the Chewuch River. But instead of preparing the crew for the worst — that the fire would race over them — Daniels told them the fire would burn around them, court papers allege.
Meanwhile, Daniels watched as several firefighters scrambled up a rocky slope to get a better view of the fire. According to the documents, Daniels later said he ordered the firefighters down from the slope, but surviving crew members disputed that.
That discrepancy is significant, according to charging papers. The heat is more intense on an upward slope, and uneven ground makes using fire shelters difficult. So when the fire raced through and firefighters dived for cover under their shelters, those on the road survived but those who remained on the slope were asphyxiated by superheated air.
"The consensus of experts is that all four deceased firefighters would have survived if they deployed [shelters] on the road near the other crew members," the charging documents allege.
A scapegoat?
Previous investigations have found that numerous safety mistakes were made leading up to the deaths. The Forest Service sought to discipline 11 managers as a result of the findings.
Daniels is still a seasonal employee for the Forest Service, working as a warehouse assistant in East Wenatchee, said Paul Hart, spokesman for the Okanogan and Wenatchee forests.
Hunt, Daniels' lawyer, said that singling out her client for criminal charges "smacks of looking for a scapegoat to me."
She noted, for example, that the federal government is now fighting a lawsuit filed by two people, Paula and Bruce Hagemeyer, who were trapped along with the firefighters.
The Hagemeyers' lawyer, Mariano Morales Jr. of Yakima, said Wednesday that the Forest Service has argued it isn't liable as an agency for injuries suffered by the pair. So criminal charges against a Forest Service worker would undercut that argument, he said.
Unusual move
Certainly, criminal charges against a Forest Service employee in a case like this are highly unusual, if not unprecedented.
Until two years ago, it had never happened before, said Dick Mangan, a retired 30-year Forest Service veteran who heads the International Association of Wildland Fire.
But after the Thirty Mile Fire, a new federal law boosted investigations of forest-fire deaths. And in 2004, federal prosecutors considered criminal charges against a Forest Service supervisor after a fire in Idaho the previous year killed two firefighters. In the end, though, the supervisor struck a deal, agreeing to quit the Forest Service and serve 18 months of federal probation in return for no formal charges being filed, according to press accounts.
Hurt firefighters or save them?
For Mangan, the charges signal a dramatic change for the worse in the way wildfire disasters are handled.
He predicts this will endanger firefighters because it will discourage people from talking openly about accidents for fear of being prosecuted. In fact, Mangan said, it already has happened in investigations relating to a deadly Southern California blaze in the fall of 2006.
But to Ken Weaver of Yakima, whose 21-year-old son, Devin Weaver, was one of the four killed in the Thirty Mile fire, the criminal charges might help make people more likely to follow the rules.
"The ultimate effect is that lives are saved," he said. "This will make the fireline safer."
Ultimately, Weaver said, he'd like to see Forest Service supervisors cited and fined for every violation of safety guidelines. Even so, the charges against Daniels mean the government finally is taking a step in the right direction, he said.
"He's being charged with ignoring all the safety rules in the book and abandoning all common sense," Weaver said. "The culture in the Forest Service is that we'll be safe when we want to and unsafe when we want to because no one has any say about it but us."
Maureen O'Hagan: 206-464-2562 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Information from the Yakima Herald Republic was included in this report.


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More dollar store holiday decor ideas
Check out Tidy Mom blog here
for some great dollar store holiday decor ideas.
And check out 320* Sycamore here
for a great hurricane lamp idea. I've dome some similar to this using SHELLS and sand for a beach theme. What else could you add???
* PLEASE NOTE: I do NOT recommend using hot glue;rathert e6000, like Tidy Mom suggests.
Look who else loves dollar and thrift stores!!!
Designer, Eddie Ross:
Thrift store plaid shirt ornaments.
Bathroom sink skirt made from Dollar Tree flour sack towels.
Thrift store lamp shades re-done.
These are just a FEW from his blog. I'm sure you'll find lots more by doing a bit more reading!
Look what I found at Dollar Tree!
How cute are these little house shaped boxes?!?!
Nicely finished on the INSIDE too!
I found five different designs, but I'm guessing there WERE six, and they were just out of one kind.
These would be PERFECT to fill with holiday goodies for friends, neighbors and co-workers. I'd WRAP the goodies in plastic though, just to preserve the inside of the boxes so they can be saved and used as decoration, or re-used.
These are sure to sell out FAST!
"Ice cream sundae"
It's a little hard to see the contents through the cello wrapper. These are a REALLY simple gift item to make, and there are LOTS of variations possible.
For this one I bought a glass sundae dish and a bag of Baskin & Robbins flavored wrapped hard candies at Dottar Tree. Just fill the dish with the candy; slip it into a cello bag (bought at craft store) and tie it up with some white curly ribbon for the 'whipped cream' on top! Would be cute to tie a plastic spoon onto the ribbon.
Other variations:
This one is a 'caramel sundae' in a smaller single scoop ice cream dish from DT.
I guess I don't have pictures of the 'root beer float'; which I made in a tall old-fashioned malt glass from DT. The root beer barrels to fill it with came from the bulk foods section at the grocery store (where ALL the bulk candy was half off the week before Halloween!) For the tall concoctions you can have a bendy stray sticking up in the middle!
While the bulk candies were on sale at the grocery store just before Halloween, I bought some coffee flavored hard candies to fill coffee mugs with.


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Bali Kintamani Volcano Tour is undoubtedly 1 of the fantastic full hateful solar daytime trips bundle inwards Bali, Indonesia to see Kintamani Village.
Kintamani is wonderfully flora inwards the northern utilization of the Bali island, Indonesia, it is commonly known equally a viewpoint to sense an incredible panoramic of the Lake Batur (the main lake of Bali, Indonesia) equally good equally the 1 of Bali's active volcano, the Mount Batur (Indonesian: Gunung Batur).
|Mount Batur - Kintamani, Bali, Indonesia
Kintamani volcano or typically called Mount Batur, that has an height of 1,717 thousand (5,633 feet), is a rigid volcano inwards Bali isle together alongside the Agung volcano which is simply about xix km from the Batur volcano.
In 1804 was the main documented of the Mount Batur's eruption. It is a well-known tourism spot as well as the must-see house for sunrise treks all inwards all highlands of Bali island.
The fantabulous vistas of the volcanic caldera of Batur is 1 amid the principal interesting attractions of the fascinating mount span.
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Deep Silver is to launch the first Metro: Last Light DLC pack next week. Featuring three original single-player missions in which players step into the shoes of specialists from the warring groups, the Faction Pack promises to introduce new weapons as well as "the return of a truly terrifying mutant foe" and some of the locations featured in Metro 2033. Priced at $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99 / 400 MSP, the add-on will launch on Xbox 360 and PC worldwide next Tuesday, July 16. It will hit PS3 in the US on the same day, and Sony's console in Europe on July 17.
The Faction Pack
- As a Special Detachment Sniper of the Redline, players must infiltrate a heavily guarded Reich Outpost at night, under the cover of a deadly radioactive storm
- ... before defending the front line as a Reich 'Heavy', armed with some of the most devastating weaponry found in the Metro
- Lastly, players take the role of a Polis Ranger in training, tasked with exploring the vast Library complex for artifacts and relics. Salvage can be exchanged for ammunition, filters and hazard suits allowing ever deeper exploration into the Library. Rangers are advised to light torches and leave a trail of lights so they can find their way back to the base before their precious oxygen runs out
Deep Silver intends to release four Metro: Last Light DLC packs, which can be pre-purchased at a discounted rate as part of a season pass. Today it also offered the following new details about the last three add-ons, which are slated to arrive this summer.
- The Tower Pack presents a unique experience for seasoned Metro gunslingers - a challenge based game mode, with online Leaderboard support, as players fight their way up the combat simulator known as The Tower
- The Developer Pack boasts a fully stocked Shooting Gallery, the AI Arena and Metro Museum... And a bonus solo mission - The Spiders' Nest - offers some new tools for dealing with an infestation of the skittering Spider mutants
- Lastly the Chronicles Pack will feature original single player missions that cast the player as three of the game's standout characters - Pavel, Khan and Anna - and explore their side-stories away from Artyom's adventure


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The French-American School of NY strives to help children become informed (and bilingual) citizens of the world!
What's more, the French-American School will be exhibiting at the New York Baby Show coming up on May 14 and 15 at Pier 92!
The nation's biggest show for expectant and new families, the New York Baby Show is a wonderful family-friendly mega-event featuring everything to do with maternity, baby, and toddler. From top products to trusted parenting experts, the New York Baby Show welcomes thousands of expectant and new parents from New York City, the Tri-State area, and beyond!
Tickets to the New York Baby Show are $30 per family, and $20 per individual.
We caught up with Isabelle Chicoine, Director of Communications, to learn more about what's new with the school and what parents can expect from them at the New York Baby Show!
For someone unfamiliar with the French-American School, how would you describe the school's mission and core offerings?
FASNY develops globally literate, multicultural lifelong learners through a unique program that integrates French, American, and International curricula.
We educate students to understand, contribute to and thrive in an interdependent world. FASNY holds its students to the highest standards of academic excellence, supports them in their personal development and fosters a spirit of inquiry, service, and social responsibility to the environment and the global community
What's the background of the school? When did it start? How has it evolved over time?
FASNY was founded in 1980 with three teachers and 17 preschool students. It has since then it has grown to become a Nursery (3 years old) through 12th grade international school, with over 850 students on three campuses. FASNY's mission to educate internationally minded students occurs within the context of a track record of academic excellence. FASNY's students thrive in their studies after high school in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere in Europe. Since granting its first French baccalaureate degree in 2009, FASNY has each year achieved 100% success on the Baccalaureate, with more than 90% of the students passing with honors, while the average SAT Scores for the class of 2015 were 647 in Critical Reading, 643 in Math, and 656 in Writing. FASNY opened an IB Diploma track in 2015 and will graduate its first IB cohort in June 2017. Colleges and universities on both sides of the Atlantic recognize and seek out graduates with a FASNY education, and our list of college acceptances is disproportionately skewed to the finest institutions in the world.
What programs does the French-American School offer?
In pre-school (3 to 6 years old), the double language immersion program brings children to bilingualism. In grades 1 through 10, students follow a rigorous bilingual program which combines official French and best-in-class American curricula. In grades 11 and 12, students have the option to take either the International Diploma Program track taught in English or bilingually, or to continue with the French Baccalaureate track taught in French or bilingually. FASNY is accredited by the New York State Department of Education, the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), the French Ministry of Education, and the International Baccalaureate Organization. FASNY students graduate with both a High School Diploma, and either the French Baccalaureate or the IB Diploma.
What sets the French-American School apart from other language programs?
At FASNY, we don't teach a foreign language: we bring preschool children to academic bilingual fluency in French and English. This means that our students are more than just able to carry a fluent conversation in more than one language: they study in two languages, benefit from two educational systems, and are enriched by two different thought systems. They are more flexible intellectually and more adaptable culturally: they are the ultimate global citizen of tomorrow.
What can parents expect to see from the French-American School at the New York Baby Show?
FASNY will bring various documentation regarding our bilingual program (school magazine, school profile, curriculum guides, along with baby essentials you will love, and a slideshow featuring events and activities on our preschool campus in Scarsdale).
You'll have the opportunity to meet our high school students, parent representatives, and members of our community.
For more information, check out fasny.org!


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Recipient Detail
Rank: Chief Watertender
Organization: U.S. Navy
Born: 8 August 1871, Truney, Ill.
Departed: Yes
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G.O. Number: 189
Date of Issue: 02/08/1916
Accredited To: California
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Attached to U.S.S. Decatur; for several times entering compartments on board of Decatur immediately following an explosion on board that vessel, 9 September 1915, and locating and rescuing injured shipmates.


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Outdoor Related sites
My New Gorilla Silverback Magnum HX Tree stand (A review of)
5 comments:
- Pink Camo Gal said...
I hate that your tree stand got stolen! That is insane!
- November 9, 2009 at 7:24 PM
- Emily said...
Wow - I'm impressed with how fast you were able to set it up. I have no clue regarding tree stands. I'm thankful that the type of hunting we do is roaming around the mountainside. I think I would get so antsy sitting up in a tree stand. Although, we are looking into tags for Iowa 2010 deer season. So I'm sure that I'll be learning all about tree stands in the near future.
- November 9, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- Rebecca said...
Well, despite my, you know, terror, I read this and the next time someone brings up treestands I will be able to either point them this direction or give them an overview from someone who knows what they are talking about!
- November 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- Bitmap said...
"I shot at a deer about two minutes after legal shooting time."
Well, did you get him? If not can you give us an analysis? I'd like to avoid as many mistakes as I can and learn all I can about hitting, missing, and tracking.
I don't understand how the velcro is causing noise. I just can't picture it.
Is the cushion moving and causing the velcro to pull apart when you move? If that is the case then maybe duct tape or tie wraps could help?
It almost sounds like loose ends of the strap are snagging on your clothing. If that is the case maybe you could find a way to secure the loose ends out of the way. Tape, tie wraps, safety pins?
Can you post some pics of what is happening? A picture is worth a thousand words.
- November 11, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- Ben G. said...
Pink Camo Gal - I know it sucks but that's the chance I take hunting on public land.
Emily - It can get very boring sitting in a stand all day. Some times it's nice to bring something to read or write with. Or if you like to think about stuff sitting in the tree is the time to do it.
Rebecca - Are you affarid of heights in genral? and Thanks
Bitmap - I missed him or I thought I missed him. I am going to write a few posts about our recent deer season so staytuned for the details about the deer.
Thanks for the suggestions and I will do my best to get some photos added to the post.
- November 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM
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Nazis & The Search for Yeti
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 21st, 2008
Heinrich Harrer in Tibet.
I got to first thinking about Nazis, Tibet, and Yeti, three years ago, when I heard that famed mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, 93, died on January 7, 2005. The entire story does feel like it is straight out of Indiana Jones, of course.
Movies are often a point of reference, needless to say. Harrer was portrayed by Brad Pitt in Seven Years in Tibet, a 1997 movie based on Harrer's 1953 nonfiction memoir with the same title.
But sometimes the movies leave out the best parts.
Harrer's interest in what today we mostly know as the lore of the Yeti seems rather minor, but he was, nevertheless, aware of the Abominable Snowman. Could he have known about them more than he wanted to talk about in this 1953 book?
Today it is understood the Nazis were interested in the Yeti during the 1930s, as mentioned in Christopher Gale's Himmler's Crusade: The True Story of the 1938 Nazi Expedition to Tibet. Gale discusses the events that lead Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, as director of an organization called Ancestral Heritage, to sponsor a Tibetan Nazi expedition from 1938-1939.
Ernst Schäfer in Tibet.
Headed by ornithologist Ernst Schäfer, the 1938 Nazi adventure to Tibet was the third for Schäfer. He had been on two earlier ones to Tibet in the 1930s, lead by explorer Brooke Dolan of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural History.
As noted in an appendix to my book Tom Slick, Dolan was a character in cryptozoology and the shadowy word of international intrigue.
Dolan had been on the second expedition of Teddy Roosevelt's son, Kermit, to Tibet to kill giant pandas in 1930-1932. Kermit became an important member (i.e. spy) of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and later the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
For example, in 1942, Dolan, on a espionage mission for the OSS, would take a secret trip to befriend the Dalai Lama in Tibet. A probable contact of Dolan's along the way was the late "French Chef," Julia McWilliams Child, an agent for the OSS at the time in China.
Other Nazis in Tibet.
Besides Schäfer, the Nazi's 1938 expedition also included anthropologist Bruno Beger. Beger is mostly recalled as having gathered and analyzed over three hundred skulls during the trek to prove that Tibet was the birthplace of a "Northern Race" (the Aryans).
Schäfer and Beger were aware of the native reports of the Yeti, or as it was called, the "Migyud," which is close to the name "Mi-go" found in some cryptozoological sources. Schäfer, however, follows the heavily Austrian-German theory, and felt what they were looking for was a large unknown bear.
Gale wrote: "Green Lake was, according to local legend, the lair of the Migyud, and the camp's proximity to the legendary creature's alleged home led to much whispered speculation and anxiety."
Did Heinrich Harrer know what the Nazis were up to in 1938, when Harrer was becoming the first person to climb the north face of Switzerland's famous Eiger mountain in 1938. [In the 1990s, Harrer admitted he was a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), the Nazis, specifically being in Himmler's SS, the special secret police unit of Hitler's Germany.]
As it will be recalled, Harrer escaped, as a Nazi prisoner of the British in India, to Tibet in 1944 and then stayed there for the next seven years.
In Seven Years in Tibet, Harrer, while in Tibet, once found footprints in the snow, which he said that "people with more imagination" than him might associate with the "Abominable Snowman."
Harrer is also curiously mentioned as once having some interest in the Dremo of Tibet. The Dremo (or Dre-Mon in Odette Tchernine's books) is a probable cryptid bear, often confused with the more traditional Yeti and Met-teh, unknown hairy hominoids seen in the valleys of the Himalaya.
(For more on Nazi-involved theories, see what I've written about the "Apes in Green Hell.")
Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, some say "the" leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson's Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman's daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.


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It now comes in the new Balù XL version, with high foam backrest and wooden structure. The large headrest provides comfortable seating with a powerful and personal design. The possibility of choosing the covering allows for the chair to be adapted to any home or office environment. Dimensions: L 69 cm X P 57 cm x H 74 cm
There are new versions of Balù, the deep and rounded chair that invites relaxation and conversation. The perfect balance between the volume of the body and support structure is enhanced by details that increase its comfort, with new materials, colours and many potential combinations. A wide range of colours is offered for its upholstery. Covered in flame retardant fabrics like wool, velvet or leather or imitation leather, it is suitable for both home and or contract furnishing areas.
The chairs and tables of the Trabà collection arise from a fundamental requisite: to create a calibrated hybridization of tradition, modernity and innovation.


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- introduction: juvenility and maturity
What are the various stages in sexual reproduction by trees?
That's quite a long and complicated process, isn't it?
Yes it is. Yet it regularly results in:
In addition, sexual reproduction means that the genetic diversity within each species is mixed around and re-sorted in each succeeding generation (B 20).
Is that important?
Yes it is, because it means that:
Why aren't the seedlings just like the parents?
How do those longer-term changes happen?
Adaptation and evolution occur because:
This process of natural selection amongst varying individuals was proposed by Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin to replace the previous theory that every species was created much as they are to-day.
Do all kinds of trees flower?
Nearly all species of broadleaved trees and palms produce flowers, except for a small number
that reproduce only vegetatively.
Most coniferous trees, such as pines, Agathis, Araucaria, Callitris and Cupressus form cones. The ovules and seeds of Dacrydium and Podocarpus are borne singly.
Some species produce separate male and female trees, while others have flowers in which either the male or the female parts are sterile.
Examples of flowers and cones.
Are flowers and cones generally easy to see?
Sometimes they are so striking that they can hardly be missed;
Commonly it is fruiting which is more obvious than flowering; and
Often the flowers can be missed, because they may be:
Why can't young trees flower?
In most species they cannot because they are still 'young', or juvenile. During this period, survival and vegetative growth (C 10–15 in Manual 3) predominate.
How long does the juvenile period last?
This stage, during which flowering is unlikely or impossible, can vary from 6 months to 40–50 years, and is often about 15–30 years.
For instance Cola lizae in Gabon is reported to have to exceed 15 cm in diameter at breast height before it can flower, while Swietenia macrophylla in Bolivian rain forest needs to reach 70 cm.
But how can I tell whether my trees are juvenile or mature?
If they have started forming considerable numbers of flowers, they are mature; but
If they are producing only vegetative shoots, it is difficult to know, since they could either be juvenile; or alternatively mature but not flowering because:
Supposing I just take seeds from those trees that are flowering anyway?
This is what people often do, but there can be a big drawback-one has given up on selecting the genetic sources most suitable for one's purposes (B 3, B 20).
What's wrong with relying on those that Nature selects?
With a more or less natural stand, it might not matter too much, provided seeds were taken for local use (B 21) from a sufficient number of parent trees (B 22); but
When collecting from disturbed stands or planted trees, several important problems can occur, including:
But what if I want my trees to produce a lot of flowers and fruits?
Then it is more likely to be sensible to select parent trees that flower early.
If, on the other hand, you want to select for vegetative characters, those parents may well be unsuitable, because their inherent tendency may be to divert both energy and growing shoot tips (C 10, C 12 in Manual 3) towards reproduction.
Maturity is hastened by having well spaced trees with plenty of sunlight, deep soil and weed-free ground.
Can I do anything to make trees flower sooner?
Yes; if possible grow the desired parent trees as rapidly as possible, and allow plenty of sunlight to reach the crowns. You could also try a specific flower-inducing treatment (B 14) - some of these can also hasten the onset of maturity.
Will plenty of fertiliser make a tree flower?
Generally no, for there is some evidence that adding a lot of nutrients promotes vegetative growth rather than reproductive activity.
However, a good nutrient supply and growing conditions in the nursery (C 7, C 33 in Manual 3) may help a tree to grow big enough to flower more quickly.
Could I propagate desirable genetic kinds vegetatively?
Yes, this can very often be done, either by:
- from flower initiation to pollination
Where do tropical trees form their flowers?
Frequently towards the tips of vigorous branches in the crown of the tree;
Often on smaller side branches there;
Sometimes from clusters of buds in the bark of the main stem and larger branches, as in Cacao (cocoa), Durio (durian), Nephelium (rambutan) and Parmentiera (candle tree);
Occasionally at the tips of the main stem and replacement leading shoots, causing repeated forking, as in Tectona (teak).
How often does flowering happen?
This varies a great deal. Once they are mature, trees may flower:
But isn't there usually a flowering season?
Yes, flowering is generally more common in certain months, even when the climate is rather uniform. In the seasonal tropics, a peak in the flowering of stands of indigenous species tends to become more marked as the dry season intensifies.
Sometimes evergreen trees tend to show more flowering at the end of the dry season, whereas most deciduous species which lose their leaves for a month or more may flower during the dry season.
When does the process of forming flowers actually start?
The initiation of flowers starts in specific shoot tips either:
Type (A) - a few weeks before they can be easily seen; or
Type (B) - 2–10 months earlier than that.
Type (A) is found for instance in free-flowering woody ornamentals like Bougainvillea and
Hibiscus. The flowers are initiated and expand without delay, along with the new leaves (C
10, C 12 in Manual 3);
Type (B) is probably more common. Here the flower 'initials' remain very small within inactive buds for some time before they grow larger and open. These flower buds may or may not also contain foliage leaves
So which are the months when these changes happen?
The time at which flower initiation occurs is still unknown for the great majority of tropical trees. This hampers research on stimulating flower formation (B 14).
Is there a lot of variation in the numbers of flowers produced?
Yes, this is very typical, except sometimes in clonal stands, because of interactions between:
When individual trees form large numbers of flower buds, their diameter or height growth may be less that year. However, large numbers of flower buds are often shed before they open.
Do all the trees of a particular species flower together?
Sometimes the timing of flowering can be very precise, with many trees of a species flowering
simultaneously; but
Often it is more variable and unpredictable. At times one tree may flower while others of the same species nearby may remain entirely vegetative, and it is not uncommon to see flowering on one side of a tree while the rest of the crown has none.
If provenances (B 21), for example of pines, are grown far from the latitudes or altitudes of their origin, pollen shedding and female receptivity may not be synchronised.
Is the period of flowering generally short?
Yes it is. For instance, in six species of Shorea in Malaysia some flowers were open for 15–25 days, but the main flowering periods were only 5 to 11 days long. This means that:
Other kinds of tree produce a succession of flowers over a period of weeks or months, which makes it easier to observe flowering and do any pollinations.
How long do individual flowers remain receptive?
In many trees, they only last for 24 hours or less; but
In other species, unpollinated flowers may remain receptive for several days.
One can usually recognise that a flower or cone is receptive because:
How does the pollen reach the female parts?
Generally by:
Why do these animals bother to transfer pollen?
Many flowers contain nectar, a sugary 'reward' that the animal pollinator is seeking, and some of them may collect pollen. Pollination usually happens as a side-effect of finding food.
Does each tree have a specific pollinator?
Trees can be:
The time of flower opening (often early evening or early morning) quite often coincides with the activity of a specific pollinator.
Can I do anything to encourage pollination?
With large trees, it is usually very difficult trying to work from long ladders.
With smaller trees, you might consider:
To avoid killing insect pollinators, avoid using chemicals nearby against weeds or pests (C 44–45 in Manual 3).
If receptive flowers are pollinated, will I definitely get good seed?
There is a better chance that you will, after this important step, but there can still be several kinds of losses (see B 3, B 12–13, B 24).
Are there always two parent trees?
In most species the seed comes from cross-pollination of one tree by another (B 23). Exceptions are:
Isn't self-pollination bound to be more likely to happen?
It would be, except that selfing is reduced in most tree species by one or more of the following processes:
Don't all these things cause a lot of problems?
Well, in many cases reproductive activity just happens by itself, without any trouble. However, in some species flowering problems can certainly make it difficult to:
- fruit and seed formation
There are a lot of different kinds of fruits, aren't there?
Yes; the main distinction is into:
Similarly, the ripe female cones of coniferous species can dry out or remain fleshy.
What makes a tree set fruits?
Pollination while the female parts are receptive (B 11) is usually essential; and then
Fertilisation (B 10) is generally the next trigger for the setting of fruits and the development of the seeds inside.
However, most of the flowers on a tree may not set fruit, for one reason or another. For instance, only an average of 1–10% of the flowers on tropical leguminous trees are thought to set fruit, and the proportion is even lower in mango.
Is there anything I could do about that?
Drought at this point can sometimes reduce fruit set even further, so you could consider watering selected trees during flowering and fruiting, if that is possible.
Don't a few trees set fruits without pollination?
Occasionally, as in seedless varieties of Citrus, individual clones have been selected and propagated in which fruiting is not dependent on fertilisation.
After fruit set, what happens next?
Usually some fruits increase in size while many others may drop off. Inside the developing
fruits the embryos within the seeds are taking shape, forming a root tip, shoot tip and cotyledons
(seed leaves).
Fully-grown fruits vary greatly in size, from species where they weigh only a few grams to those of several kilograms, which can be dangerous if they fall on you unexpectedly.
That's when they have ripened?
Yes. After growing for a period varying from a few weeks to many months:
The fruits and seeds are now ready for dispersal.
How do they get distributed, under natural conditions?
What is the best time to collect fruits and seeds for the tree nursery?
Keep a close watch on the parent trees (B 21–22) which you have chosen for collection.
In each case, it is a question of striking a balance between collecting (B 31):
too early, when seeds might not yet be quite ripe, while those shed early from the tree could be the empty ones; and
too late, when the fruits may have been eaten or the seeds all shed.
And how should they be handled?
See sheet B 32. For fleshy fruits, the seeds usually need to be separated from the fruit tissue
and washed clean. It may sometimes be possible to keep the fruits for a few days, but they
usually go bad quite quickly.
For most dry fruits and female cones, open them up if necessary, and then shake or sieve them.
For dry fruits which do not open, treat the fruit as if it were a seed.
How about storing the seeds?
Not all seeds can be stored! (see sheet B 13, B 33). For instance:
Most dry seeds (and dry fruits) can be stored, for a shorter or longer period, in suitable conditions (B 33).
Are there some useful guide-lines about handling fruits and seeds?
Remember that the seeds are alive! The likelihood of good germination may be decreased if they are subjected to stress, for example by being:
Why does the natural reproduction of trees involve such a lot of wastage?
In one sense it does seem like waste, because a lot of energy, materials and growing points are
used up: and yet only a tiny fraction of the ovules formed, and still fewer of the pollen grains,
ever produce a growing seedling; but
In another way maybe it isn't, since sexual reproduction usually results in the perpetuation of the species, through all the difficulties of pollination, herbivores eating the fruits and seedlings, and competition from other trees.
Can I reduce the wastage when growing trees for their fruits?
Yes, to some extent, for instance by:
And what if my trees are for forage, firewood or timber?
Then you want reproductive activity only when seeds are needed, so you might for example:
- seed viability and dormancy
If my seeds don't come up, how do I know what's the reason?
That is one of the tantalising questions about seeds, since:
if they germinate quickly and well, there's no problem; but
if they don't, this could be for several quite different reasons. They might be:
Why would seeds be empty?
Does 'viable' just mean the opposite of 'dead'?
Yes, for most practical purposes; although sometimes embryos could still be alive but their food reserves might now be insufficient for germination.
Living seeds can lose viability because they:
What might make seeds I have sown quiescent?
Can you explain what is meant by seed dormancy?
Live seeds are said to be dormant when few or none of them germinate within a reasonable time when placed in good germinating conditions (B 40).
What stops dormant seeds from germinating?
There can be many different barriers to germination, including:
Type 1 - hard coats around the fruit or seed, which prevent the entry of water and/or oxygen;
Type 2 - fruits or seeds which contain inhibitors of germination;
Type 3 - seeds that have a requirement for light; and
Type 4 - seeds that have special temperature requirements.
Why does this happen?
Under natural conditions, competition between all the different species is intense (D 14 in Manual 4). In those with seed dormancy, germination will tend to:
Both A and B tend to increase the chance of natural seedlings surviving, but in the tree nursery dormant seeds usually require an appropriate pre-sowing treatment (B 34) for rapid, full germination.
How can I get 'hard' seeds to germinate?
By making the hard coat penetrable without killing the seed. Techniques include:
What about seeds that contain inhibitors?
These are more difficult to identify than hard seeds, except in a well-equipped laboratory.
However, 'breaking' the dormancy by decreasing the level of inhibitors can easily be done:
for dry fruits, by storing them dry at temperatures of 25–40°C for a few weeks or months;
for fleshy fruits, by:
How about seeds that need light?
Breaking the dormancy of light-requiring seeds is very simple:
It isn't easy to give special temperatures, is it?
Well, the most common requirement is for a hot day and a cool night. So you could try and increase the diurnal fluctuation of temperature (D 11) by:
As soon as the seedlings begin to emerge, remove the polythene and put up the usual shading, or move the seed trays to a shadier place;
Do most kinds of trees have dormant seeds?
No. Many tropical forest trees have seeds that germinate promptly, for example cocoa, dipterocarps, eucalypts, Lovoa, Pinus and Triplochiton.
Which species do show seed dormancy?
Type 1 - many leguminous species and teak;
Type 2 - for example oil-palm, Azadirachta and Gmelina;
Type 3 - many colonisers, including species of Cecropia, Harungana, Milicia (Chlorophora), Macaranga, Musanga, Piper, Trema, and probably Nauclea and Terminalia;
Type 4 - Didymopanax, Ochroma lagopus, Heliocarpus donnell-smithii, Phytolacca icosandra and probably other colonisers.
Do seeds ever have more than one kind of dormancy?
Yes, sometimes. For instance Trema can require light and a fluctuating temperature, while Ochroma lagopus has a hard coat as well as needing fluctuating temperatures.
Can dormant seeds be stored longer than non-dormant ones?
Sometimes yes: for example a seed-lot with hard seed coats will usually keep best if they
have not yet been pre-treated; but
Sometimes no, for a seed-lot that contains rotting pieces of fruit will probably go mouldy and the seeds die. (See B 30–34 for more information on seed handling.)
- stimulation of flowering
Won't natural flowering provide all the seeds I need to collect?
Sometimes it may do so; but often it does not, because for instance:
What is the chief advantage of being able to stimulate flowering?
The most important point is that then you can select which parent trees contribute to the seeds you are using (B 22–23), instead of having to rely on anything that is available, or on buying seed (B 24).
Maturity is hastened by having well spaced trees with plenty of sunlight, deep soil and weed-free ground.
When might I particularly want to induce trees to flower?
Can any tree be made to flower?
No, since:
Is much known about how to stimulate flowering?
Reproduction in most trees is very difficult to study, because of their long life-cycles, large size when flowering starts, and great variability. Relatively little is therefore clearly established about the many factors that could be involved in the onset of maturity, and in the initiation of flowers. However, there are now opportunities for 'miniaturising' experimental research which are likely to increase our ability to induce flower formation.
What sorts of factors might play a part?
There appear to be two groups - those which provide a:
There is also evidence that damage to the main stem bark or the root system may sometimes induce flower formation.
|Ringed main stem.
Can any of these be of practical help?
Yes they can. For example:
Which method is most likely to work?
Bark ringing (or girdling) is a centuries-old way of stimulating flowering in trees. It involves removing a narrow, complete ring of bark from a woody shoot, and has been shown to be effective in many tree species of the north temperate zone, and in Terminalia ivorensis, mango and rubber.
But doesn't that cut off the shoot from the root system?
Yes it does - partial ringing (two overlapping part-rings) is often less effective, though it is sometimes used because the wounds heal better. However even in complete ringing:
|Positions for bark ringing of a woody shoot to induce flowering.
How should I set about ringing some shoots?
The best approach might be to plan a simple experiment on some suitable trees that could be mature (B 10) or nearly so, and are growing in reasonably bright conditions. First decide whether:
A first experiment might use 12–20 pairs of branches or whole trees (see advice on experiments in sheet D 6 in Manual 4).
When should I do the ringing?
Unless the shoots are growing continuously, try and choose a season when new leaves are just beginning to emerge. This could be the most likely time:
How do I make a complete 'ring'?
5 mm for shoots of a diameter of about 8–20 mm;
10 mm if they are 20–40 mm thick; and
15 mm for those over 40 mm in diameter;
What else should I do?
|Ringed branch with support for weakness caused by ring.
Won't the ring be a point of weakness?
Yes it can be, especially with slender shoots, unless it heals over rapidly and completely. You could support:
Support is particularly needed if treatment is effective and there is a heavy fruit crop.
Can ringing work with trees that are still juvenile?
It can do so in certain north temperate tree species, so it might be worth a try.
A more likely technique could be accelerated growth. Growing a young tree as fast as possible sometimes encourages it to start flowering sooner. So you could try:
But I've heard that stress helps trees to flower!
Yes, this is often claimed, although it is unlikely to apply to all kinds of stress (C 41 in Manual 3). An interesting example is the formation of numerous flowers on young rooted cuttings of Triplochiton scleroxylon growing slowly in relatively small pots in glasshouses in Scotland under long daylengths (see Leakey et al., 1981 in B 51).
Could two methods be combined?
Yes. Accelerated growth is a treatment designed to shorten the juvenile period, after which it might be that different conditions (such as ringing or nutrient stress) might perhaps induce the formation of flowers.
Are there any kinds of trees that are easy to stimulate?
Yes, cypress trees (members of the family Cupressaceae, such as Cupressus and Callitris, can be readily and reliably induced to form large numbers of male and female cones by treating them with small amounts of the plant hormone gibberellic acid (GA3).
This treatment is very effective on small or large shoots, and even in young trees.
|Injected tree with plant hormone to stimulate flowering.
How is it done?
Calculations for treating 18–20 shoots with GA3.
|Length of branch
|Height of tree
|Recommended dose of GA3 per shoot
|Weigh out GA3
|Dissolve in alcohol and make up to
|Treat shoot with
|Minimum size of the 2 holes;
* 4 holes needed
Will GA3 work in other trees?
No, it only induces coning in conifers of the Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae.
A mixture of GA4 and GA7 sometimes stimulates cone formation in pines, but the effects are not as pronounced and reliable as for the cypresses.
In broadleaved trees, gibberellins can even prevent flower initiation.
What about other chemicals?
Paclobutrazol (an inhibitor which blocks the natural formation of gibberellins) has been
reported to increase flowering in avocado, eucalypts and mango.
Ethephon (which releases ethylene gas in plant tissues) tended to encourage female flowers on male trees of Carica papaya.
How low on trees can fruits form?
Depending on the species, the genetic origin and the site, this can vary from one to around forty metres. In one study of four tree species in Gabon (see Voysey in B 51), the lowest fruiting branches averaged between 6 and 15 metres from the ground, with individual trees ranging between 2 and 22 metres.
Can I expect the fruiting height to be reduced by these treatments?
Ringing main stems tends to keep the fruiting height lower, because the rate of height growth is usually reduced. Moreover, branches arising below the ring may grow into replacement leading shoots, which can then in turn be ringed.
Gibberellic acid treatment means that you can choose the height at which cones are formed. If applied to the upper part of the tree, the whole crown could be removed when the many female cones are ripe but not yet open, encouraging lower branches to form replacement leaders for later injection.
Is there any other way of avoiding having to climb high up?
Lower fruiting heights have been achieved in Nigeria (see Okafor in B 51) by combining;
Aren't some fruit trees grafted on to special rootstocks?
For apple trees, a series of clonal rootstocks were developed several decades ago, and specific pairings of these with particular clonal scions are now recommended. Besides still greater uniformity, these also allow choices as to vigorous or reduced vegetative growth, and of other characteristics. Clonal rootstocks have only been produced for a few commercially grown tropical fruit trees, but seedling rootstocks are likely to be quite adequate for most other species.
If flower buds are stimulated, shall I get seeds?
It is a big step towards that aim, although 'wastage' can still occur, as with natural flowering (B 12).


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Adoption Questions
I am a 29-year-old female who was adopted at 6 weeks. I have never felt or perceived adoption in a negative manner because I have always known for as long as I can remember that I was adopted, and my parents are truly great people. They have provided me with everything I needed to have a great and happy life.
At age 18 I met my biological mother and in February of 1997 I began a relationship with my biological father and his family. After 10 years of knowing each other, things did not work out with my biological mother (for various reasons) but my relationship with my biological father and his family is going very well.
Unfortunately, a few years ago it was determined that I suffer from depression and I have been frantically searching for answers and solutions to make my life better. I feel like I have tried everything and now it's worse than ever. It has been suggested to me on several occasions by both psychiatrists and friends that perhaps my being adopted has something to do with my depression. I would never even consider it because I cannot imagine how I have been negatively affected by being adopted. Am I missing something? Is there more underlying issues that I am not aware of or considering? How common is it for people who are adopted to suffer from depression and what are the contributing factors? I am hoping since you have special insight into the adoption scene that you will be able to help me. Nobody else seems to understand.
Where to start? From what I can recall, growing up I was always a happy little girl (daddy's little girl). My mom gave up teaching to stay at home and raise me and my brother (who is also adopted and 3 years older than me). She was a great mom. My father worked a lot and aspired to own his own business, which eventually became a reality, but also continued to support his workaholic nature. I was always very interested in being a part of everything my dad was doing and he was very good at letting me help, even if it was just sitting on the other end of the piece of wood while he cut it...I always had a job. My parents are not filthy rich but certainly do not have financial worries.
When I was 16, we moved into a much larger home in what was considered a sort of rich neighborhood, which was my parent's dream home. They have come by everything they have honestly...with hard work, sacrifice and determination. I have a very high opinion of both my parents, who they are as people and what they have accomplished in life. My brother on the other hand is a bit of a nightmare. His favorite pastime growing up was getting a rise out of me, which I'm told is fairly normal for siblings. I was always told to ignore him and not let him get to me because that's what he wanted: To see how far he could push me and enjoy the entertainment of me losing it. We never grew out of this relationship. He treats no one with respect, he's completely inconsiderate and insensitive, he started taking drugs when he was a young teenager (and consequently gave me my first cigarette at the age of 8) is socially inept and has always had a bad temper. My parents have never had a normal relationship with him.
I always tried to buy things on his behalf for occasions like mother's day and Christmas because I knew he wouldn't do anything and my mother would be devastated. He and I have had some extremely severe fights but the closest it ever got to violence was him holding a chair over my head on my 18th birthday and threatening to smash it over me. I went up to our family cottage with my boyfriend at the time, hoping to have a romantic weekend since my parents had told me that they wouldn't be up there. We arrived late in the evening and surprise, surprise, my brother was there. He usually stays at the cottage across the road and practically lives up there in the summer giving no one else a chance to enjoy the cottage without his company. To make a very long story short, he totally freaked out and refused to let me stay at the cottage even though I agreed to leave first thing in the morning. He was talking crazy and was obviously drunk and probably stoned. When I went over to ask his friends to help me calm him down, he came running at me from our cottage and pushed me on the ground full force yelling at me and threatening me.
I cannot even begin to articulate what this experience did to me. Through everything that he ever was or ever did to me, our history, never did I think it would ever come to physical violence against me. In my opinion, physical abuse and intimidation is the ultimate disrespect you can show another person (I had a relationship in my teens, which made this point a sensitive one as well). I was totally devastated, scared, embarrassed, and eventually extremely angry. I have not spoken to him until this past year. I will speak to him only on special occasions like Christmas for my parent's sake. This is their wish so, once again, I am asked to put my feelings aside and pretend.
There is so much I could tell you about this relationship that could be relevant but there just isn't enough space. So in all, my family life was good, complete with 4 loving grandparents and lots of neighborhood friends. I went to good schools and benefited from lots of great school trips and social activities. The one strange thing about my childhood is that I didn't sleep through the night until I was 6 years old. I always had nightmares and I can recall still to this day the 2 different recurring nightmares that I had but cannot associate either of them to a certain age. I don't know if this is relevant but it is most certainly bizarre. I always called for my dad because I thought if there was an intruder, he would have a better chance of defending himself rather than my mom.
Anyway, at the age of 18 I started dating my best friend's boyfriend. I had never done anything so dishonest or hurtful like this in my life. To this day, I can't explain it but what I can say, is that I saved her from a terrible relationship. He had a lot of emotional problems and a really strange family life. He was extremely manipulative, controlling, obsessive and abusive (both verbally and eventually physically). Looking back I don't know how much of the 3-year nightmare was my fault and what is his fault. All I know is that that relationship introduced a great deal of confusion in my life from a sexual perspective, trust, self-esteem and I can't tell you what else. I do believe that sometimes you just have to move on and put the past in the past but if that's the case, how do I overcome all these issues I have today if I can't trace them back to something or someone?
So, the adoption issue. I have known for as long as I can remember and my parents never discouraged me from talking about it. The only bad thing that happened is that my parents told me they didn't know anything about my birth name or parents and one day I found papers with my birth name on it. I felt a little betrayed but I think I eventually understood their point of view and why they lied. At 18, for no other reason than curiosity, I found my birth mother. This wasn't hard because she had kept in close contact with the Children's Aid Society. For 10 years we met for meals, coffee or whatever and tried to build a relationship. I met her family after knowing her for about 2 years. Over the 10 years of knowing her, I learned that she was adopted as well and her birth mother wouldn't tell her anything about her birth father. She was controlling, stubborn, self righteous...many of the same characteristics I have but try to downplay as much as possible because I don't consider them good character. She has 4 children with her current husband who she met and conceived their first child within a year of my being put up for adoption. It helps that she is still with the same man but I've never quite understood having another child so soon after giving me up. She kept me from getting to know my birth father for 10 years because she decided that as long as he wouldn't tell his kids about me, he didn't have the right to know me and he would do nothing but cause me pain. She also told me that his wife was unaccepting of me which I now have learned was never true. I accepted not having him in my life, (other than the updates that she would give me) for a long time up until about 4 years ago. At that time, we started having more steamy disputes about her putting herself in the middle unnecessarily. Anyway, she arranged a surprise meeting between him and me in February 1998 and he and I have been very involved in each other's lives ever since.
His family has totally accepted me (which I cannot comprehend) and we continue to learn about each other talking a lot on the phone and spending occasions together. They truly treat me and consider me one of the family, one of their children. The really great thing is that they always keep in touch with me regardless of my efforts. With my bio-mother she would literally not call me because I hadn't called her and it was my turn. As it turns out, my bio-mother had been telling a very one-sided story about my bio-father and his family all those years. My perception now is that my bio-mother has many unresolved emotional issues and I just can't play her games anymore. Truthfully, she and I are so much alike, I'm scared to spend time with her because I don't want to end up like her. I have a total of 8 brother's and sisters between the two bio-parents which is an overwhelming responsibility. My bio-father's family is increasingly becoming a bigger part of my life but it's hard to make time for everyone. It's a great deal of pressure living up to their expectations.
My bio-father and my ex-boyfriend are responsible for reminding me of adoption and how it could be related to my emotional problems. My bio-father believes that unborn children can suffer from affects of rejection and carry those feelings throughout their lives. My parents have always been supportive of me finding my bio-parents and I've always been very up front and honest about it. I am however, very careful not to give them too much information because I've never wanted any of my relations with biological family to hurt them in any way. I always made it perfectly clear that my efforts were never based on any dissatisfaction with them or the life they gave me. I know that my mom's inability to have her own children is a very upsetting topic so I don't remind her by constantly talking about my being adopted.
So now this all comes down to me I guess. 3 years ago I split with the man that was suppose to be my mate for life. I chose him and loved him with all my heart. It didn't work out because we had grown apart. I guess the major reasons were because I didn't feel emotionally fulfilled by him...he didn't "show" his love enough and I was never interested in having sex. We could go months. I went to counseling for this but now in hindsight, that was only part of a bigger picture. I still have a total disinterest in sex, probably worse than ever, but 3 years ago I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I am totally against pills and don't even take aspirin for headaches so completely rebelled against the psychiatrist's suggestions to go on medication. This was up until 2 weeks ago when I completely crashed and started taking Zoloft.
I am a lost soul in life right now without any direction, motivation or sense of reality. I don't feel I understand anything in life and I'm so deep when it comes to analysis, that I talk myself into circles and misery. I feel like I don't know what love is and never will. I think I felt that totally submerged innocent feeling of love once in my life but I'm not sure if I have felt that same feeling every again or ever will. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to work. My current boyfriend is very supportive. We have lived together for over a year in a house, with 2 cars, both work at the same place, he has a 6-year-old son with another woman, and there is only one place where this relationship is headed.
So basically my life is everything I never wanted it to be at my age because I was suppose to have professional respect in my career and be successfully balancing a career and family. I hate my job but it's all I ever dreamed of doing because I wanted to follow in my dad's footsteps in business. I have never been totally committed to the "white picket fence' concept and I'm uncertain about the whole kids thing but, my parents really want grandchildren (god forbid if my socially retarded brother ever got a girlfriend let alone decided to breed). All I do is dream about a life that is not mine. I love my boyfriend and I love many things about our life together but I'm not happy and happiness is the only thing I've ever wanted. I've always held other's opinions of me in very high regard, I am extremely sensitive to other people's feelings and wishes, I live to not disappoint anyone, especially my parents and I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
Looking back, I truly don't feel abandoned but who's to say that my subconscious isn't working with different criteria if you know what I mean. I have had many bad experiences with sex and always tried to live up to the expectations of others because being liked is extremely important to me. Friendships are an absolute priority and I never stay in one place very long and I'm not sure if meeting my biological parents was or is having a positive effect on my life. So, what does all this information mean? In my opinion, everyone has a past and it can't ever be all good. I have always believed that it's what you do with life not what life does with you that's important but here I am with this crippling problem that is disabling me from having a life. I seriously have had enough and don't know how to live day to day and still be happy. Do I need therapy, you bet because I cannot make independent decisions anymore, of any size, I am totally disillusioned with regards to who I am, who I want to be and what I want to do with life. My questions to you are all pertaining to depression and how being adopted has affected my depression...if it has at all. I am not convinced that it has but it's the only avenue that I haven't given a fair try to address my problems. So can you offer any insight? Do you think being adopted has had an impact on me? I've never dumped this much information about myself to anyone. I'm not sure if everything I have provided is relevant but I hope you can offer some input.
Is it true that unborn children can feel rejection? What factors can affect you and how does someone get over it and move on? Obviously you can't do anything about being adopted so how does one replace these negative effects of rejection with positive ones? Does my inability to stay committed in a relationship long term have something to do with being adopted? Seeking approval from others and relying so heavily on their acceptance, does this have anything do with being adopted? My instincts are telling me that this could be caused by any number of things so how do you know if it's one thing or another?
Dear Candy,
Please note, this is my opinion it is not fact.
Thank you for your letter and I am so pleased that you were have decided to reach out to the adoption community. I know that it is painful to even entertain the idea that your adoption may have adversely affected your life. Whether your depression is related to you being adopted is a question that only you can answer after careful consideration. You mentioned that you have tried everything to relieve your depression but nothing has worked. I will say with certainty that unborn and newborn children do bond with their birth mothers and the rejection by them does affect them throughout their lives. That is very common among adoptees. Often times adoptees, whether they came from happy or unhappy homes, began dealing with their adoption related issues in their twenties. If this is true in your case, you are right on schedule.
The fact that your adoptive parents were wonderful is fortunate for you. However, it is a known fact that no matter how wonderful adoptive parents are, they simply cannot take the adoptees pain away. Remember that your adoptive parents did betray you by the very fact that they kept a major part of your identity from you --- your birth name. I am not saying they are bad people. I am just reiterating that they lied to you. Often times adoptive parents keep vital information from the adoptee in order to prevent the adoptee from "leaving" them. This is often unconscious on the adoptive parents part, but is present nonetheless. If you truly are in any pain surrounding your adoption, it will become apparent to you soon enough. One thing that pain always promises is that it will be realized sooner or later. It is better to deal with when you are young. The following issues are typically associated with adoptees who have been negatively affected by adoption: issues of abandonment, guilt/shame, identity confusion, fear of intimacy, control, relationship difficulties, substance abuse, self-sabotage, personality disorders, low self-esteem, and over sensitivity.
From what you wrote it sounds like your brother is what is called an "acting out adoptee". It is quite clear that your brother has grave emotional problems. He possesses many of the traits listed above. The fact that you took it upon yourself to buy your mother present's on his behalf so that she wouldn't be hurt is admirable yet beyond the call of duty. In regards to the nightmares, it is not uncommon for adoptees to having trouble sleeping due to nightmares. Often as children, adoptees will have nightmares that their "real" parents are dead or evil. Did you fantasize about what your birth parents must be like as a child? Do you wish they were famous or heroes? Did you fear that they were poor, uneducated, or sleazy? Did you ever entertain the thought that you were a product of rape? All of these questions may sound frightening, but are typical for the adoptee.
You are rightfully frustrated by the fact that you can't seem to categorize your nightmares or emotional difficulties. This again is very typical of an adoptee. Adoptees often disassociate in order to avoid the pain. It is almost like free-floating anxiety, there isn't anything concrete that one can put there finger on why they feel the way they do. If this is true for you then you are not alone.
I am not the least bit surprised that your mother conceived her second child within a year after giving you up. Birth mothers tend to either of two things. They either never have any other children because of guilt, or they conceive as soon as possible as a way of "replacing" the lost child. No matter which way you look at it, these reasons can prove disastrous.
I often ask these questions of adoptees who are curious about how their adoption affected them. I am sure after reading your letter that you will see yourself in many of these questions.
- Do you fear abandonment?
- Do you overextend yourself by giving to others (i.e., people pleasing)?
- Do you behave in such a way as to prevent loved ones from truly getting to know you?
- Is your birthday a time of pure joy or mixed feelings?
- Do you feel betrayed by any or all of your parents? Example: your adoptive parents lied about knowing your birth name; birth mother lied by omission about the fact that she was adopted; birth mother refused to help you find your birth father because her own birth mother refused to tell her about her birth father!!
- Is every disappointment feel like a huge let down?
- Are there times were you do not feel worthy of affection from others?
- Is substance abuse an issue for you?
- Are you saddened by the fact that you are no longer in contact with your birth mother after ten years of reunion with her?
- Are you ever angry at your birth parents for not keeping you?
- Do you ever wonder what is wrong with you that made you become "unchosen" by your birth parents?
- Do you sabotage your close relationships? Example: breaking up with "my mate for life" because he didn't show you enough affection. Adoptees NEVER get enough affection.
- Do you have sexual dysfunction of any kind? Example: no interested in sex/intimacy.
- Have you had successful long-term relationships?
- Do you find yourself in abusive/destructive relationships?
- Look at the relationship with your "best friend's boyfriend"!!!!
- Do you have a difficult time trusting other people, institutions, or circumstances?
- Do you accept positions that you are overqualified for, or do you let "lower companions" into your life that cannot, will not, should not fulfill you? Example: current boyfriend. Are you unhappy with him in particular or just unhappy with life in general? Would life be better with or without him?
- Were you able to bond with your adoptive parents?
- Do you ever feel guilty or ashamed of being adopted?
- Do you talk freely about being adopted to others?
- Do you have a fear of intimacy?
- Do you have the "good daughter" syndrome? Example: do you go overboard to please and not disappoint?
- How high is your self-esteem?
All of these issues may be present in those that are not adopted, but it has been proven that adoptees tend to have a combination of many of these issues.
If you related to anything I have written here or if you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may be adversely affected by being adopted. I am a firm believer that ALL adoptees are adversely affected by being adopted. Even they have a wonderful adoptive family and positive experiences in reunion with their birth families, the fact of the matter is that they were UNCHOSEN at birth. Many experts feel that the separation from mother is one of the most traumatic experiences one can endure.
I recommended that you seek out a counselor who is also in the adoption triad (birth parent, adoptee, adoptive parent). There are many resources out there for you.
Kasey Hamner
This question was answered by Kasey Hamner. Kasey Hamner has a Bachelor of Art degree in Psychology, a Masters of Science degree in Counseling, a Pupil Personnel Services Credential authorizing her services as a School Psychologist, and is a Licensed Educational Psychologist. She specializes in adoption related issues including search and reunion, abandonment, self-esteem, substance abuse, depression, and relationship difficulties. Also amongst her specialties are children's issues including adoption, abandonment, ADD, special education and so on. Her approach is eclectic and is adapted to suit the individual's needs.


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