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The aim of this study was to describe gender-specific career paths of Swedish professional handball players. A reanalysis of Ekengren et al. (2018) career interviews with nine male and nine female players led to creating two composite vignettes using the athletes' own words, accounted for typical features in the male and female players' career paths. Seven themes were identified in the analysis of the men's transcripts and eight themes derived from the women's transcripts. Further, the themes of both vignettes were aligned with career stages described in our previous study (Ekengren et al. 2018). The male players' vignette is interpreted as a performance narrative congruent with elite handball culture that promotes performance success and profitable professional contracts. The female players' vignette is more holistic, embracing handball, studies, motherhood, and how they ought to be as Swedish women. Recommendations for future research are provided. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Other funders: The Swedish Research Council for Sport Science, Swedish Handball Federation & Halmstad University
The study was aimed at developing the empirical career model of Swedish professional handball players by means of exploring their career experiences in athletic and non-athletic developments through the lens of the holistic athletic career model. Eighteen Swedish professional handball players (nine men and nine women), who had recently terminated or were finishing their careers took part in semi-structured interviews about their careers from the beginning to the end with an interest in both athletic and non-athletic developments. Thematic analysis initially focused on identifying the handball career structure (i.e. stages and sub-stages). Then, the interviews were analysed inductively to identify shared themes in the players' experiences relevant to each career stage. These themes were incorporated in the relevant stages, and the empirical career model of Swedish professional handball players (further – the empirical model) was finalised. The empirical model describes careers of Swedish handball players as having four athletic stages – initiation, development (with three sub-stages), mastery (with four sub-stages), and discontinuation – complemented by players' psychological, psychosocial, academic/vocational, and financial developments. Each stage is also aligned with age markers and contains themes describing players' career experiences from the holistic perspective. The empirical model contributes to contextualised career research and serves as a basis for developing career-long psychological support services in Swedish handball including player/coach/parent education organised by the Swedish Handball Federation.
Funding: the Swedish Research Council for Sport Science, Swedish Handball Federation, and Halmstad University.
This doctoral project was inspired by a set of challenges articulated in the cultural praxis of athletes' careers paradigm (Stambulova & Ryba, 2013), and especially in regard of contextualizing career research and existing 'general' frameworks. Innovative aspects of this study consisted of: (a) exploring career experiences of Swedish handball players with foci on stages and transitions in their athletic and non-athletic development, and (b) consolidating the players' first-hand data into an empirical career model of Swedish handball players (further – the empirical model). The holistic athletic career model (Wylleman, Reints & De Knop, 2013) served as a prototype for the empirical model and was useful in structuring the players' career experiences. Eighteen elite Swedish handball players (retiring or just recently retired) took part in narrative type interviews about their whole careers with an interest in both athletic and non-athletic developments. Thematic analysis initially took a deductive turn to identify the handball career structure, and then the empirical data relevant to each stage/sub-stage were analysed inductively to identify themes describing players' career experiences at each stage. Finally, the themes were incorporated into the stage-like structure, and the empirical model was completed. The model describes careers of Swedish handball players as having four stages – initiation, development (with three sub-stages), mastery (with four sub-stages), and discontinuation. It also contains eight layers – athletic categorisation in terms of age, pathways of the Swedish Handball Federation, academic/vocational, psychological, psychosocial, and financial developments – all aligned with age markers and complemented by sets of themes describing players' stage-by-stage career experiences from the holistic perspective. Further in the project the empirical model will be used to create the 'whole career' psychological support system for Swedish handball players.
Presented in the symposium "Innovations in Athlete Career Research: Young Scholars' Presentations and Mentors' Panel"
Introduction: Athletes have to pay a price to make their dream true, and for many this dream is to become professional and play in the national team (NT). Playing in the NT is often seen as the pinnacle of an athletic career but also as a period when athletes experience new demands due to their dual responsibility of playing in the club and in the NT. This dual responsibility brings additional performance demands, increased workload, extended travelling, many days away from home, etc., and in a combination with too little recovery, and various role conflicts leads to a stressful living. The transition to the NT can be classified as a quasi-normative (Stambulova, 2016) that is relevant only to elite level athletes. Challenging nature of this transition in a combination with its personal and social significance might put players at risk of poor coping and mental health problems (Frank, Nixdorf, & Beckmann, 2015; Stambulova & Wylleman, 2014; Stambulova 2017).
Aim and theoretical framework: The transition to the NT was identified as a topic specific for the mastery stage of the players' careers in the empirical career model of Swedish handball players (Ekengren, Stambulova, Johnson, & Carlsson, submitted). This model complemented by the athletic career transition model (Stambulova, 2003; 2009) served as theoretical frameworks for this study. The aim of this study was to examine Swedish elite handball players' experiences of participating in both a professional club and the NT with a specific focus on their perceived demands.
Method: In the narrative-type interviews 18 Swedish elite handball players (9 men, 9 women) were encouraged to talk about their careers with foci on both athletic and non-athletic development (Ekengren et al., submitted). Narratives about their experiences of playing both in professional club and the NT were extracted from a larger data set and thematically analysed (Braun, Clarke & Terry 2015).
Results: The national team was described as a great reward for their performance efforts and achievements, but also as a burden of being time and energy consuming:
It's a great honour to play in the national team, and you don't want to turn it down. But I didn't get the recovery I required to be able to play in both. So, I had to say "no", because it tears greatly. It wasn't right to my club that pays my salary. (Female player 7)
Major themes outlining the players' perceived demands in the NT transition were:
Discussion and conclusions: The project reveals how professional athletes appraised the increasing demands when selected to the NT. On the one hand, the NT transition was seen as a reward, but on the other hand, the transition demands put players under risk of too high life stress with possible negative consequences (e.g., injuries, burnout, and depression) to follow (e.g., Ivarsson, Stambulova, & Johnson, 2016; Stambulova, 2017). Based on the research findings recommendations will be provided for psychological support of NT-players and their coaches/managers in club and federation. This will include, for example, promoting a holistic view of the players' situation, individual recovery plans and communication skills.
In cultural sport psychology and athlete migration literature (Ryba, Schinke, Stambulova, & Elbe, 2017) there is a call for studying athletes' transnational mobility and cultural transitions out of, and back to the country of origin. This call is also echoed in the cultural praxis of athletes' careers paradigm (Stambulova & Ryba, 2013) attracting attention of career researchers. This study is aimed at exploring "back home" re- adaptation challenges of elite Swedish handball players after several years of playing professionally abroad. Eleven players (six females) were interviewed about their careers from the beginning to the end, and their narratives about the transition back to Sweden were extracted from the larger data set and thematically analysed (Braun & Clarke, 2013). Participants spent abroad for M=7.2±2.8 years, and many of them came back having families and kids. Several informants narrated that the transition was more challenging than they expected, and they (especially at the beginning) felt themselves as strangers in their own land. Five major themes describing the transition challenges were: "to rethink self-identity", "to renew family life", "to re- establish links with relatives and family", "to understand local laws and regulations", "to keep in pace with the society". The identity issue was addressed through a sense of being "in between" the identities of the home and the foreign cultures that elevated emotional discomfort, especially at the early phase of re-adjustment. Three themes describing coping strategies used in the re-adaptation were: "don't give up" (i.e., attempt to change own attitude and the situation to the better), "use social skills" (e.g., be alert and communicate) and "search for social support" (e.g., from a spouse and close family). Based on the findings, recommendations will be provided for pre-retirement planning of elite athletes and psychological support in their cultural transition and re-adaptation back home.
Balancing studies, a personal life and sports, that is, having a dual career, is considered as a challenge associated with transitional demands in athletic and non-athletic (psychological, psychosocial, academic/vocational, financial) domains (Wylleman, Reints, & De Knop, 2013). The aim of this study was to investigate student-athletes' university transition with a specific focus on how student-athletes balance different domains of their lives. Twenty-three Swedish university student-athletes (mean age= 21.52; 16 males and 7 females) representing six sports (equestrianism, golf, handball, ice hockey, soccer, table tennis) partook in the study. Participants completed the Dual Career Monitoring Survey (DCMS), weekly, over the first twelve weeks of their university education. The DCMS is developed by the authors and measures student-athletes perceptions of balance, time investments, demands, coping, satisfaction, resources and barriers in relation to sport, studies, private life, social life and financial situation. In exploring student-athletes' perception of dual career balance throughout the twelve weeks, an intra-class correlation analysis revealed a between-person variance of 0.14 (14%). That is, with regards to balance in their dual careers 86% was due to within-person variance, suggesting that balance is idiosyncratic and that further analysis should investigate within-person change. Encouraged by these findings we continued with a person-centered analysis using the Dynamic P-technique for modeling patterns of data (Nelson, Aylward, & Rausch, 2011). The relationships between changes in balance (i.e., prioritizing sport, studies or other domains of life), demands, coping and satisfaction throughout the twelve weeks will be presented. Our findings contribute to the understanding of balance as a central tenet of athletes' dual careers (Second author et al., 2015). From our findings we suggest practitioners to take into account the individual dynamics in dual career balance from a whole-person perspective.
In Sweden dual 'sport and education' career (DC) programs on the high school level are established at 51 settings across the country. Within these programs student-athletes practice their sport in sport clubs and in educational settings, and have supportive conditions at school (e.g., flexible scheduling). This study, investigating Swedish high school student-athletes' DC competences, is a national project and also a part of the European project 'Gold in Education and Elite Sport' (GEES) with eight other countries involved. In this presentation (approved by the ethical board of the GEES consortium) we briefly introduce the GEES project and then focus on Swedish research findings. The DC Competences Survey was used to explore student-athletes general as well as scenario-specific DC competences. The sample consisted of 909 high school student-athletes (mean age =18.2; 43% females) from various sports. In examining general competences, the participants were introduced to 38 c ompetences and asked to evaluate them in terms of possession and importance for a successful DC. The highest in possession was "ability to live independently", and the top three in importance (also evaluated higher by females) included: "perseverance during challenging times and in the face of setbacks", "understanding importance of rest and recuperation", "ability to cope with stress in sport and study". In examining scenario-specific competences the participants read six scenarios, each presenting a difficult DC situation (e.g., missing significant days of study, sacrifices in social life, living away from home, injury), and responded about coping experiences (including perceived effectiveness) and related competences. The competences significantly contributed to effectiveness of coping with DC scenarios. It was also possible to identify transferable competences used by student-athletes in four or more scenarios (e.g., "dedication to succeed in both sport and stu dies"). The findings have become useful in defining the content of DC support services in Sweden.
Within the North American intercollegiate (school-based) sport context, the career development of student-athletes is an established research area focused on athletes' transition to the university and their athletic, professional, and personal development, including preparation for the university graduation and termination in sports. In contrast, athletes' simultaneous pursuits in sport and studies, termed a "dual career" (DC) (European Union Guidelines on Athletes' DCs, 2012), is a relatively new research trend within Europe, where sport is mainly club-based. Therefore, special arrangements between sporting and educational institutions are needed to facilitate athletes' DCs. European researchers adopt a holistic lifespan perspective (Wylleman, Reints, & De Knop, 2013) to consider student-athletes' athletic and academic pursuits as intertwined with their psychological, psychosocial, and financial developments. It is also emphasized that athletes (although supported) are expected to take responsibility and develop competences to successfully initiate, maintain, and terminate their DCs. This symposium brings together North American and European researchers to discuss overlapping and specific features of DC research and applications in situ. The first presenter will briefly overview the US context of intercollegiate sports, introduce athletic identity foreclosure as a problematic issue and share a new sport-specific instrument to measure identity foreclosure. The second presenter will introduce a Canadian DC context and summarize four projects on how specific populations within it, that are immigrant and Aboriginal student-athletes, cope with DC challenges in conjunction with their acculturation processes. The third presenter will "transport" the audience to Finland and share a mixed-method project on achievement motivation of Finnish adolescent athletes, emphasizing a cultural construction of motivation. The fourth presenter will outline researc h findings on DC competences of Swedish adolescent athletes as a part of the European project titled "Gold and Education and Elite Sport". The discussion will then be concentrated on DC intervention strategies, situated within national cultural contexts.
After two successful experiences of organizing study abroad trips, the American and the European Universities now work to continue and expand the collaboration for the benefit of both sides' students and staff. Strategic planning for the future development of this internationalization initiative now includes the development of bi-direction exchanges, semester long study abroad opportunities, the development of a shared online learning platform for the creation of discussion boards and learning modules that would be available to both the American and European students, and the development of a joint on-line course on selected topics in international sport and exercise psychology related to major expertise areas at both universities. The focus of this presentation will be to reflect on the potential strategies in place to meet the current challenges of internationalization. This portion of the presentation will utilize a discussion based format and include the audience to help facilitate the achievement of the stated goals. Such a discussion will include an overview of the lessons learned in the past, a discussion of the future vision for internationalization, and a discussion about problem solving strategies that can be used within university settings to enhance the likelihood of creating a successful internationalization experience for both students and faculty within sport and exercise psychology. As an outcome, the benefits and challenges of developing such an initiative will be outlined.


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The J is a proud partner and supporter of the following:
Following the April 13, 2014 tragedy at the Jewish Community Campus and Village Shalom, a group of caring individuals decided that we, as a community, have the power to outshine and overcome such senseless acts of hate. SevenDays presents an opportunity for young and old to embrace diversity across races, religions and cultures. The SevenDays events promote understanding, and encourage kindness to "Make a Ripple to Change the World."
The J fully embraces and supports the values expressed by the Seven Days program.
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United Way's goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of poverty, literacy, career readiness and well-being. United Way's work is focused on the building blocks for a good life: helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people's health. As a United Way agency, The J receives funding for its programming. As a support organization, The J's staff also take part in the United Way's annual campaign.
For more information visit United Way of Greater Kansas City
Community Support
The J proudly supports the following:
Reat Griffin Underwood Rising Star Fund – This fund was established to help young people interested in the performing arts to pursue their passion for the arts. Reat loved singing, dancing and performing, and this fund honors his spirit and memory.
Children's Mercy Hospital – The Big Slick – This event started in 2010 as a celebrity poker tournament and party hosted by native Kansas City celebrities Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis. David Koechner and Eric Stonestreet joined as co-hosts in 2014. Over the past five years, celebrity friends such as Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Johnny Knoxville, Will Forte, Aisha Tyler, Weird Al Yankovic, James Marsden and Nick Kroll have attended Big Slick and helped to raise more than $2.2 million for Children's Mercy.
C You In The Major Leagues – Founded by Royals General Manager Dayton Moore, this foundation benefits four major "bases": youth baseball, families in crisis, education and faith-based programs and organizations. The J hosts C You in the Major Leagues baseball camps during the summer.
Harvesters Community Food Network - Harvesters' mission is to feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow. Serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas, Harvesters also provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes and more.
Corporate Sponsors
ANB Bank and the Sturm Family Foundation are proud to support the Jewish Community Center. The Sturm Family Foundation was created by the Sturms who deeply believe in giving back to the community.
ANB Bank is a bank like no other with the strength, talent, commitment and security to fulfill our business and personal customers' financial needs. The Bank is a true community bank with an unwavering commitment to excellence, helping each of its communities prosper through investment, sponsorship, philanthropy, and employee volunteerism. It is a passion ANB has for banking that makes the difference.
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Menorah Medical Center (MMC), a full-service, acute care hospital and ER located in Overland Park and Leawood. The hospital serves the community's healthcare needs by providing compassionate care and some of the most advanced treatment options available in the Kansas City region. Menorah has a world-class medical staff with more than 600 physicians who offer exceptional experiences and extraordinary medicine for adults, newborns, teens and children. Menorah received The Joint Commission's Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® program which recognizes accredited hospitals that attain excellence on accountability measure performance.
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Community Events
KC SuperStar – This "American Idol" style competition awards the $10,000 Edward & Ellen Rose Family Scholarship to the best high school singer in the greater Kansas City area. An invaluable experience for the contestants, this event also raises funds for the Jewish Community Center's financial assistance programs that benefit individuals, children, families and senior adults.
Community Organizations
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- Jewish Community Foundation
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- Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
- Jewish Vocational Services
- Midwest Center for Holocaust Education
Local Synagogues
- Congregation Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner (BIAV) - Orthodox
- Congregation Beth Shalom - Conservative
- Congregation Beth Torah - Reform
- The Temple Congregation B'nai Jehudah - Reform
- Chabad House - Lubavitch
- Kehilath Israel Synagogue - Traditional
- Congregation Kol Ami - Reform
- The New Reform Temple - Reform
- Congregation Ohev Sholom - Conservative
- Temple Israel - Reform
- Temple Sinai - Reform
- Torah Learning Center - Lubavitch
Around the Community
Visit this calendar, maintained by the Jewish Federation, for a listing of events taking place around the community.
Jewish Voices United - To help protect vulnerable populations in our community, a coalition of Jewish organizations in Greater Kansas City join together to demonstrate support for and promote positive relationships among our city's diverse populations. As Jewish Voices United, we work from a position of strength to advocate for the values we hold dear.


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No. If hair extensions are applied by a Great Lengths certified stylist at our hair salon in Peterborough and they are properly maintained by you, they should not damage your hair. Our hair is 100% natural and the bond has been formulated using a special blend of polymers that replicate the molecular structure of keratin. Keratin is a protein from which natural hair is made so if your extensions are maintained in the recommended way, no problems should occur.
How Long Will My Great Lengths Hair Extensions Last?
By following our simple extensions maintenance programme and aftercare tips, Great Lengths can last up to five months. Using Great Lengths aftercare products will also prolong the life of extensions as they are designed to protect the hair and the bond.
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Simply follow the guidelines set out on your consultation form, the advice explained to you in detail by Melanie and take a look at our expert aftercare tips. Melanie also offers a free maintenance check after approximately 3-4 weeks.
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On our Debian Linux Server it was deactiveded automaticly afert 6 days without notification.
I found out later. So I payed for it one month, but it worked only a half month. I stared it again. 4 days later it was off again.
Maybe Plesk Updates or Linux Update might be the reason, why it is suddenly not working. That is, what the support was telling me.
Of course I do not want to check my server by hand every day if MagicSpam is running or maybe not.
Then I got some mails that the licence key can not update. So I fear that MagicSPAM is turing off again automaticly.
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Posts Tagged 'wild flowers'
a moment of beautiful: wild roses
the place: beside the road into our cabin
the beautiful: pink roses in bloom (and the dark pink rosebuds)
Notice a little spider found his way into the photo (about 12 o'clock on a petal).
Copyright Jane Tims 2017
pink lady's slipper
This time of year, my husband does an inventory of the Pink Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium acaule) on our property.
This year, he found 10. He only saw three last year but there have been as many as 15 in bloom at one time. We never pick them and try to keep our property natural and wooded.
The Pink Lady's Slipper prefers acidic soil and partly shady conditions, making our grey woods an ideal habitat. Our flowers are often a pale pink or white variety.
Copyright Jane Tims 2017
uphill and down
While doing a search for a particular plant we know grows in the area, my husband and I took a side road through rural Victoria County in New Brunswick. We drove from Route 109 (near the top of the map), south through Upper Kintore and Lower Kintore, to Muniac, a distance of about 23 kilometres.
Kintore was settled in 1873 and named for the town of Kintore near Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1898, Kintore was a railway station and had a post office and a population of 75. (Source: New Brunswick Archives)
Interesting to me was the very well-cared-for one room Upper Kintore School, built in 1877.
Our drive took us uphill through Upper Kintore, along Big Flat Brook (a tributary of the Tobique River). The road peaked at Lawson Hill and then ran down, through Lower Kintore. Again, the road followed a watercourse, the Muniac Steam (a tributary of the Saint John River). As we drove we talked about the road — the earliest roads took the easy way, along the brooks. The southern part of the road was banked by steep rocky roadcuts.
Since I am interested in the plants children might encounter on their way to school, I was happy that this is the time in New Brunswick when most of our roadside wild flowers are in bloom. We saw Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia serotina Nutt.), Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.), Bedstraw (Galium sp.), Daisy (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L.), Bladder-Campion (Silene Cucubalus Wibel) and Meadow Rue (Thalictrum polygamum Muhl.). Quite a bouquet! I have to remain aware that some of these plants have become very weedy and invasive since the early 1900s and may have been hard to find in the 1800s. For example, in the photo below, just above the Black-eyed Susan, you will notice a plant of Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.). In New Brunswick, Wild Parsnip is a invasive species, probably introduced by Europeans in the 18th century as a food source.
Do you have any favorite rural drives through communities with interesting histories?
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It was just a couple of weeks ago as I walked around on a mild WinSprin (winter-spring) day and I went to see how the local vernal ponds were doing. All were covered with ice, some even with a layer of snow over the frozen surface. They appeared a bit low and smaller than I like to see, but probably had ample water for their next phase. March turned into April and with about 13 hours of daylight each day and temperatures that regularly reached into the 40s and 50s early in the month, the ice lost its grip. The ponds were thawing.
Since they appear as small bodies of water we call them ponds and in the spring, they are often referred to as vernal ponds (vernal meaning spring). They vary greatly. Some have water permanently for years, but most hold water for only the months after the coming of spring and are usually devoid of water by midsummer. This location on those warm days may give the appearance that they never were here.
Despite these conditions there is plenty of life in these ponds, which are frequently temporary. The inhabitants of these sites need to adapt to such a changing life. Whatever the length of the pond's aquatic phase, nearly all are small and shallow and often do not even appear on the regional maps.
The vernal ponds that I visit are mostly in woods but they may appear in fields, yards and at the edges of other bodies of water such as swamps and lakes. Because of an ephemeral existence, they may be seen as unimportant and therefore some have been plowed under, paved over or just not noticed. But these small changing wetlands are the home to a plethora of critters that live all or part of their lives here.
Perhaps the best known of these sometime residents are the newly awakening frogs. My walks to the vernal ponds in mid-April are associated with the songs of a trio of early-rising frogs: wood frogs, chorus frogs and spring peepers. The gray to reddish-brown wood frogs, at 3 inches, are the largest. They make clucking sounds while the 1-inch chorus frogs produce a creaking song (often compared to the noise made by running your thumb over the teeth of a comb) and the equally tiny spring peeper gives its high pitches to the group.
After a winter under leaves and snow on land, they quickly come to the vernal ponds where the males call to get the attention of females and together they form egg masses, usually in gelatinous covering. Since the ponds will not be here in a couple of months, the hatching tadpoles need to develop rapidly and leave the water as territorial frogs in the next several weeks. Salamanders, here, too, quietly mate and lay eggs.
There is far more in the ponds that these amphibians. Each time I return to these vernal waters I find more. Many kinds of insects, both adults and immature, use these ephemeral wetlands as their home. The adults of water boatmen, water striders, whirligig and diving beetles swim here. They wintered either in deeper-water sites or hibernating on land. In a similar way is the life of the fishing spider that I see running over the surface. Other insects hatch from eggs in the water, usually on the bottom, and now move about. These aquatic larvae include damselflies, dragonflies, caddisflies, midges and the ever-present mosquitoes. In usual insect fashion, they survive tough conditions and go through their growing phases to reach adulthood, often within a week or month.
Being temporary, most vernal ponds do not host a population of fishes and therefore these youthful frogs and insects are able to grow up without fish predators. But though the anurans and insects are abundant and I find more every time that I look, there are other residents that are marvels of adaptation.
The crustaceans known as water fleas, only about the size of a dot, swim here. This is no surprise and it seems like nearly any amount of water has some. But there is a large crustacean present, too, the fairy shrimp. Being an inch long, orange and swimming with an undulating motion, they are easy to find. Mysteriously, they appear only in spring ponds. Hatching from eggs that were dried in the pond bottom, they emerge to swim, feed and mate in spring. Not seen here at other times, I always locate them in this time of year. Equally surprising are the snails and tiny clams that live here now. Both are able to cope with the absence of water in the warm and cold times within this pond site.
I'm not the only one to visit these little ponds. I often see wetland birds such dabbling ducks, sora rails and sandpipers. But swamp sparrows, warblers and thrushes show up to feed, too. Shrews, mice and raccoons search here as well.
In April, the sunlight penetrates the woods to these aquatic sites, but soon they will be in shade. Warming days will evaporate the water and by midsummer, the vernal ponds of April will be just a memory. But now, with the plentiful and varied life adapted to such changing conditions, I expect they will do fine in later weeks.


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Why are girls breaking down in tears so damn cute?
Because of the healing that comes after. It's why I beat the shit out of my waifu.
Emotions are wonderful things to destroy.
Is it weird to have a dedicated anime tears folder?
I dont understand, why is Andou such a retarded asshole?
Is he gay?
he must be gay to say no to her.
Or her
She's the clueless retard for interpreting that note as a love letter.
Not that he's all that higher in the mental department.
>Andou=chuuni Kirito
Do you like busty cakes, /a/?
Nope, they're gross
Yep, the're delicious
I'd take a cake any time but not ones with huge titties.
Are there anime where the parents are not absent and giving 0 fucks but instead are close or even are support characters to the mc?
Clannad i guess
he is very supportive
Dozens and dozens.
I hate you.
How do people start threads without images? I dont understand this witchcraft.
>someone knocks on your door and you open it
>See this
What do you do?
Invite her in for a bowl of eggs
"Who are you"
A homeless qt
I had such high hopes, but it just gets worse and worse with every new episode.
Watch Mob Psyco this season mate
Or anything beside this shitfest is better
Dank meme bro.
This group of Individuals has ask you to join their group for a simple goblin quest. Do you join them in the quest?
Depends. Are we playing DnD or in an edgy manga?
Pretty sure, they would all survive if I went with them, so yeah.
Sounds like some low level trash quest
ITT: post anime characters that are literally you
are you the rapist or the girl?
Best arc?
Best Character?
How would you rate the show?
I actually think Araragi is one of the best Mc's ever made
>Best arc
The last one of the second season, Hitagi something.
>Best character
My brain says Kaiki, my heart says Hanekawa, my dick says Shinobu.
>How would you rate the show?
I don't like assigning numbers but let's just say it's a favorite of mine and one of the shows that year that got me posting on /a/ (the other being Railgun). I enjoyed Bakemonogatari the most, followed closely by the second season. Nise, Owari, etc. were all okay.
Good taste anon,
I agree with the arc, it's called Koimonogatari and is the one in the picture.
Kaiki is great and shinobu too but Senjougahara>Hanekawa
>Best arc?
First half of Owari, if I'm allowed to group all that stuff together due to how interconnected they all are
>Best character
Either Snail or Ougi
>How would you rate the show?
Every single season is massively hit-or-miss from arc-to-arc I feel, but all in all I enjoy the ride. I prefer the more character-centric arcs to the plot-heavy ones personally.
>I actually think Araragi is one of the best Mc's ever made
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What would it be a practical and not cringe scenario for a harem story.
Something practical where a bunch of girls is forced to live with one guy.
I'm still thinking a plane accident in some random island is the less retarded one.
Also a planet colonization survivors alone in a new planet.
A virus killed 90% of the male population.
A harem show about an actual harem. You know, like an emperor. Shocking premise, I know.
>a prince has a harem of princesses and he has to choose one
>he's a 10 year old shota with a harem of 7 year old lolis from all over the world
>japan will never make this
Can I borrow a can of Raid from somebody?
I got a Roach problem
no but you can give me the Roach. I take care of her
I'll come over and take her off your hands
You can't even take care of your own life.
Pikari is a miracle of the universe.
Still waiting for the new episode.
I wish she were in bobble-head form less
You must choose a girl to be your boss at work.
Choose wisely because you will have to tend to her every single need.
you boytoy
You nailed it in the first post, OP.
worst sister
Hahaha, but seriously, it's been almost 2 years, you can stop pretending to hate it now.
Even IBO was better than G Reco.
>almost 2 years
No one's pretending, kid, G-Reco legit sucked.


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Vallely x Lee Lightning Bolt.
Classic Vallely Lightning Bolt Signature Graphic w/ Iconic Bruce Lee "Scratches" and Bruce Lee Flying Man x Street Plant® Logo Mashup.
Moderately Shaped Street Deck. Rides like a Popsicle Stick. Popsicle Tail. Aggressive Blunted Nose.
Hand Crafted By Master Skateboard Craftsman Paul Schmitt at PS Stix.
Size: 8.375" x 32.25"
Wheelbase: 14.25"
Nose: 7"
Tail: 6.75"
Yellow Painted Top and Bottom. Black Center Core Veneer.
Top Graphic: Mike Vallely x Bruce Lee.
Recommended Truck Size: 149
Mike Vallely on Bruce Lee and the Collaboration
Bruce Lee was a Real-Life Superhero. Not only was He a Pioneering Martial Artist, Movie Star and Philosopher, but He was also a Family Man, Poet, Scientist, Choreographer, Director and Producer — a Renaissance Man, a True Artist of Life. A Cultural Icon, Bruce Lee remains a Teacher, as well as a Champion of Truth, Self-Expression and Equality. Bruce Lee Lives!.
Bruce Lee continues to Effect Change and Create Positivity to this day, and we at Street Plant® Hope to do the same with these Boards – by Raising Awareness of a True Master and Sharing His Philosophies through our Passion: Skateboarding.
-- Mike Vallely
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Being a small, Family owned business it is very difficult for us to work around or absorb shipping costs. We are aware that many online retailers and even online Skate retailers offer "Free" or Flat Rate Shipping. Some of the bigger retailers can do this because they sell a larger range of products, and at a much greater volume. As an Independent business that focuses primarily on Skateboard sales, this just isn't a reality for us. In Garageland, it's about Love, and Good Energy put into every interaction, sale, and shipment, and a True Appreciation for the People that Support our company.
We do offer Free Shipping in the USA on Orders of $150.00 or more. Orders are typically shipped on Monday and Friday.
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