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Felix and The Precious Jewel
Felix Inherits The Precious Jewel
In the midfifties, in a town in Sweden, a baby boy was born. Let's call the boy Felix since it means Happy. Because this boy was, in many ways, just like every other little boy but in one special way he was different. You see, he had the rare luck to be born by parents who owned THE TRUTH. Yes, THE TRUTH, not just THE TRUTH with a capital T, but THE TRUTH with capitals all through. Felix would later be astonished about the incredible luck he'd had and he would look at THE TRUTH as a very valuable heritage, as a precious piece of jewellery made of pure gold, which didn't just have a brilliant beauty when you looked at it, but also held quite magic qualities. With this piece of jewellery you could get simple answers to questions that wise brains had pondered on for thousands of years, with it you could gain health and happiness, yes, all sicknesses could be cured, and best of all, you could get what man have dreamt of and searched for in all times: Eternal life, eternal life in a wonderful paradise on earth.
The little boy Felix grew up, and soon learned to love THE TRUTH. He was taught that THE TRUTH had been given to mankind by God, who was called by the name of Jehovah. It was very important to know God's name and to pronounce it the right way, because it was only then he'd listen to you when you prayed to him. He was taught that THE TRUTH was to be found in the holy books of The Bible, but that there were very few people who really understood it in the right way and so found THE TRUTH. These people had formed an Organisation and it was only by obeying all the things the Organisation said that you could remain in THE TRUTH. The Organisation published magazines and books, which for sure was not as holy as the Bible, but very close. It was only by reading this literature and obey all the things written there, that you could understand THE TRUTH and so live forever.
Eventually Felix learned that the Organisation indeed had been wrong sometimes, but now everyone who had THE TRUTH believed the Organisation had gotten the whole Bible clearly disclosed. Well, anyway, almost. The mistakes belonged to the Organisation's "childhood" and we all know that children make mistakes sometimes. Now the Organisation was grown up and in any case it was led by God, so one had to be very stupid to think that one knew better than the Organisation. So said all the Friends, and especially the Elders, and more especially the Circuit Overseer. He came to visit the Congregation once every half a year and he was very kind and held nice speeches, so Felix admired him a lot.
Felix learned to read when he was five and soon he loved to read and study the Bible and all the fine literature that the Organisation published. When he was seven he began the Theocratic School, where he read a bit from the Bible and talked a little before and after. When he was seven Felix also started in the Field Service, and offered the magazines The Watchtower and Awake!, which both could be bought for 60 öre (approx. 10 c).
An Exciting Letter And Great Expectations
When Felix was about 10 years old, an exciting letter was read out in the Congregation. The matter was that the Organisation had published a small red book, that wasn't yet available in Swedish. In that book it was calculated that in the year of 1975 it would be exactly 6 000 years since the time Adam was created by God. The Organisation thought that it would be very convenient if God let Armageddon occur at that time, so that the New Order could begin after that. 6 000 was such a good, round number. Every Jehovah's Witness began now the countdown to 1975, and suddenly there was great hurry to get out in the Field Service as much as possible. The Organisation even published a small blue book that would transform people into Jehovah's Witnesses in just a few months.
Felix grew up, and at sixteen he was baptised. Now he had promised to obey Jehovah and the Organisation all of his life. A year later he became a Pioneer and spent a lot of time in the Field Service. He was very proud that everything he said was to be found in the Bible, nothing of it were things humans had made up. Of course, he couldn't exactly explain everything, but that was due to his youth and because he couldn't grasp everything yet. But he read and studied a lot and learned more and more.
Once in 1974, Felix and some others were out in the Field Service together with the Circuit Overseer. This particular Circuit Overseer was a very enthusiastic person, he gave passionate speeches and said that only a few months now remained before Armageddon and only the baptised ones would survive, unless they were children. Many got baptised and began in the Field Service, why, they did not want to die in Armageddon! When they're on their way to the place to preach, the Circuit Overseer sighed and said: "Only a fool would believe that this world will last until the end of 1975!" Felix looked out at the peaceful spring landscape, he looked at the houses and farms and the cows grazing grass, and didn't quite find the world a place that would come to an end in just a few months. But who was he to question the Circuit Overseer?
Well, God must have forgotten to read the Organisation's little red book, because Armageddon did not occur in 1975. Not in 1976 or 1977 either, in fact it has still yet to come. But Felix did not believe that it mattered very much, because at a Convention it was explained that God in fact had planned that Armageddon would occur in 1975, but then discovered that there were more people who wanted to be Jehovah's Witnesses, but did not quite had had the time yet. And then God made his mind up and decided to wait a little longer. Well, they did not say it in that exact way, but an illustration was presented about a boat that was due to leave at an exact time but when the captain saw some people who came running and wanted to get on board, he waited a while to leave land, and Felix find that to mean the same thing. He found it a little hard to understand, because the Organisation had also said that God a long time ago had had the exact date fixed for Armageddon to start, and that date wasn't changeable. But for God nothing was impossible, Felix knew.
The Jewel Begins To Lose It's Brightness
Felix got married and had kids and did his very best to be a good Jehovah's Witness and to be loyal to the Organisation. But nothing turned out the way he expected. Armageddon did not came during all of the eighties either and he got a lot of problems in his marriage, even though he tried to follow the advices in the Organisation's Family book. Finally he and his wife got divorced and then Felix thought that it must have been her fault it had gotten so tough. Now, everything would be great! He had another go at it, went out a lot in the Field Service, studied with his children and got many Privileges in the Congregation. Soon he found a sister who seemed very capable and kind and married her. A year later, he became an Elder and a Service Overseer in the big Congregation he belonged to.
Since Felix now had a lot to do - he was recently married, had three children, rose every morning at 2.30 to deliver newspapers, worked as a cleaner in the daytime, was an Elder and went out a lot in the Field Service, and tried to do everything as perfect as he possibly could - he soon became very, very tired. He became so tired that he thought he would never feel well again. Soon he couldn't manage to be an Elder anymore, he could hardly work or do anything else, sometimes he couldn't do anything but lie on his bed and read or brood.
Felix didn't quite know what was happening to him these years. The only thing he was absolutely sure of was that he just couldn't manage anymore. And deep inside Felix, forbidden thoughts began to sneak in. What if THE TRUTH actually wasn't the truth? In fact, he hadn't even really examined it seriously. Could God's Organisation really make so many mistakes and be wrong so many times? Why did God's spirit lead it on such winding roads? Felix didn't believe THE TRUTH had lived up to it's promises. So far he'd blamed himself for it - he hadn't been wholehearted enough, it was his imperfection, his weak and sinful nature that was to blame. But now, for the first time he began to think that everything was maybe not his fault. What if the Organisation was just ruled by humans? He'd once read in one of the Organisation's magazines that "if something seems to good to be true, probably this is also the case". What if that was the truth about THE TRUTH?
The Organisation had stipulated very strict rules about how the precious jewel THE TRUTH was to be treated. All Jehovah's Witnesses were encouraged to admire it, show it to other people, use it in their lives. But no one was allowed to alter the jewel in any way, try to improve it or remove from it anything one believed being flaws. And the most forbidden thing of them all was to even consider beginning to scrape on the jewel to examine if it was genuine. Of course the jewel was genuine, pure gold all through! the Organisation said. Just a fool would question that! Don't you trust God's Organisation? Do you want to rise in rebellion against God, like the Devil? The Organisation firmly claimed that God himself had given it the sole right on the jewel THE TRUTH, copyrighted it.
Felix Examines The Jewel's Purity
Still, this forbidden thing was exactly what Felix began to do. He began to examine the jewel, examine it's purity, compare it with the pattern that the Organisation claimed it was made of - the Bible. Eventually Felix, to his consternation, found that the jewel to a large extent was a forgery, a lot of it was just tinsel, yellow mica. It had a beautiful, glittering surface, but with time it became enfeebled, and if you scraped on it, there was nothing there but human teachings under the pretty surface. A book the Organisation published in 1999, on Daniel's prophecies, made Felix understand that very much of the Organisation's interpretations was nothing but human speculations and additions to the Bible. When he began to look closer on another one of the Organisation's most wellknown teachings, the ban on blood transfusions, a teaching that had cost many Jehovah's Witnesses their lives, he found that what the Bible said about the blood could not possibly be interpreted to mean that it was forbidden to receive a blood transfusion. After careful consideration, Felix threw his "blood card" where he had signed that he did not want a blood transfusion even if his life was in danger, away in the garbage.
Finally Felix did not feel that he got much out of visiting the Meetings in the Congregation. He liked the Friends, some of them were his very best friends, but what was said from the stage was things that he had heard so many times before. And now he couldn't look at what was being said as beautiful descriptions of the precious jewel THE TRUTH anymore, why, it wasn't genuine! He stopped going out in the Field Service, he couldn't try to convince people to believe in something that he himself had discovered wasn't true anymore. And at last the inevitable happened: The Elders got to know what he'd done.
Felix Is Disfellowshipped
In the beginning, the talks with the Elders were quite nice. They listened to Felix and reasoned with him, they tried to convince him that the jewel was still genuine even though it had some flaws. Felix on his part, admitted that he very well could be wrong, he was just an imperfect human being but that the proof he had found so far still indicated that the Organisation was wrong about some things. Then the Circuit Overseer came for a visit. Felix had hardly opened his mouth before the Circuit Overseer had made up his mind that Felix was an "apostate in the making" whom he with the most possible firmness had to "snatch out of the fire". He got most indignant above all when Felix suggested that Jehovah may save some people who did not belong to the Organisation through Armageddon. Felix then understood he had gone too far. And when Felix said that he just tried to distinguish human teachings from the word of God, the Circuit Overseer called out: "So the propagandists say!"
Felix later realised that the Circuit Overseer had wanted to throw him out from the Organisation immediately, but that the Elders in his Congregation persuaded him to wait a little longer. A couple of months later the Elders wanted to talk to Felix again. Now some capable Elder brothers, two of the Organisation's "Apostasy Experts" had come to interrogate Felix. After a couple of hours of questioning they had decided that Felix had become an "apostate" and had to be disfellowshipped from the Organisation. Felix really didn't want to be disfellowshipped and he promised that he wouldn't talk to a single person about the things he was sceptical about regarding the TRUTH, but at this point it didn't make any difference. The Organisation had to be kept clean, they said, and what would happen with unity if everyone was allowed to believe in whatever they wanted to? Felix was disfellowshipped in January 2001.
Felix looked at what remained of the fake jewel. Should he throw it out with the garbage? Felix thought that even though he now knew that it didn't have the wonderful, magic qualities he once had believed, maybe he'd still have some use for it. All his experiences, all he'd learned about God's word and human teachings, about human lust for power and oppression; could he maybe have some use of this in his future life? And he still had many happy memories from relations with the Friends, from nice people he'd met in the Field Service, from everything he'd learned by reading the Bible. And he also realised that he'd been protected from quite a lot of harmful things thanks to the Organisation.
Felix felt very lonely now. Almost everyone he knew belonged to the Organisation and to them Felix should now be regarded as dead, as nonexistent, someone you weren't even allowed to say "Hello" to. Felix didn't quite know what to do with his life now, but one thing he did understand and felt happy about. He was free now, free to choose his own way, to use his own free will in a way he'd never before been able to, and he was determined to make use of that freedom for the rest of his life.
© Christer Johansson, March 2001. My webpage: www.hjalpkallan.org
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Chances are, Cinderella won't look too rushed when midnight approaches and the pumpkin carriage awaits in the musical at Bremen High School this weekend. Cast members in Bremen's spring musical are used to getting places with seconds to spare. That's the price you pay for having talent at a school Bremen's size. "I call them our 'power students,' because they do everything at the school," said play director Kathy Overmyer, who has about 70 students rehearsing for Friday's opening night. They're sought by the sports coaches, by the music directors, the academic competitions. Teachers simply have to learn to work together and share these kids, Overmyer said. A case in point is Eric Zeltwanger. He was starring on the boys basketball team when he was auditioning for "Cinderella." Weeks later, he's the shortstop on Bremen's baseball team in the afternoon and Cinderella's prince in the evening rehearsals. "It's kind of a tough balance," he admitted. He likes sports but, this being his third major role in Bremen plays, he doesn't want to sacrifice the experiences he has on the stage. "It's been fun," he said, "and I'm kind of winding down my senior year here." Starring as Cinderella is senior Christine Talley. Her time conflicts aren't as much with school activities as they are with her church. She throws a lot of her energy into the praise band at Salem United Methodist Church. Her sister, Sarah Talley, is thrilled to share the stage as the fairy godmother. She remembers watching Christine in previous plays, hoping someday to get the same chance. "I would see her up on the stage and really hope I could be up here too," she said. When the play's over, Sarah will be devoting her time to the tennis team and the praise band. The king, Cody Sears, feels fortunate to land a major role. An offensive lineman on Bremen's football team, he had a minor role in last year's "Bye, Bye Birdie," and is glad the king does more talking than singing. "I'm not super gifted (at singing) like the rest of these people," he said. For the director, this is just her second musical at Bremen. Overmyer knows time is precious. She figures there will only be four rehearsals where all the actors, musicians and crew are available at the same time. She also knows "Cinderella" requires a lot out of everyone. "We have the right people who can pull off their parts," she said.
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The Gulf of Fethiye (Turkish: Fethiye Körfezi) is a branch of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey. The cities Fethiye and Göcek of Muğla Province are situated around the gulf. It is bounded on the west by Cape Kurdoğlu (Turkish: Kurtoğlu Burnu) and on the east by Cape İblis/Cape Angistro (Turkish: İblis Burnu). It is a popular area for tourism and yachting. Until 1923, it was known as the Gulf of Meğri/Makri/Macre/Mekri, the former Greek-origin name of Fethiye.
It is located in ancient Lycia, and was known as the Gulf of Telmessos or the Glaucus Sinus (presumably for Glaucus, son of Hippolochus). The ancient cities of Lydae and Telmessos (modern Fethiye) lay on it.
Coordinates: 36°38′N 28°58′E / 36.633°N 28.967°E
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2. How to play and convert a APE, FLAC file?
3. How to burn APE, FLAC music files to CD?
4. How can I download from Rapidshare easily without Premium Account?
1. What is a APE, FLAC file?
1. What is a APE, FLAC file?
The advantage of APE and FLAC file is that a music CD is ripped without loosing quality, so it keeps original quality, not like MP3 (compressed files --> quality losed, maximum bitrate at the moment only 320Kbs)2. How to play a APE, FLAC file?
01. Let's assume, we have two files: Romantic Meditations.ape and Romantic Meditations.cue (names can be any).
02. You can listen at once to a file Romantic Meditations.ape – for example in a player foobar2000 (Freeware). (IMPORTANT: Do not forget download and install plug-in Monkey's Audio decoding support!).
For this purpose place a file Romantic Meditations.cue in foobar2000 (player will divide a disk into separate tracks).
NOTE: You can AT ONCE convert tracks in other format. For this purpose:
a) In play-leaf allocate a track with the right button of the mouse;
b) In the menu choose "Convert => Convert to"
c) Specify a format of a file – for example, *.mp3
Or read further.
03. Download Monkey's Audio (Freeware)
04. Extract Romantic Meditations.ape by means of Monkey's Audio
05. Have received one big file Romantic Meditations.wav. It is an exact image of musical CD.
06. Open a file Romantic Meditations.cue in a Notepad (or any other text editor – actually it is a usual file *.txt).
07. In the top lines we see section FILE. In it is written:
FILE "Romantic Meditations.ape" WAVE
08. We change this line on
FILE "Romantic Meditations.wav" WAVE
09. Now you can mount Romantic Meditations.wav in virtual CD-ROM (for example, by means of Alcohol 120%). And to listen to a file as usual musical CD. Or read further.
10. Download EAC (Freeware)
11. In menu EAC choose: "Tools => Split WAV By CUE Sheet..."
12. After processing you receive some files *.wav (their number to equally quantity of songs on a disk)
13. Select them by means of mouse also move in window EAC
|14. EAC transforms *.wav in *.mp3 (or any other format – according to your desire).
|15. Enjoy.
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This past week has fully been the highlight of this year. getting back to new York in always the best feeling, but this time round it was much much better. i was in new York celebrating. the wedding of my good friends Tom and Rosie and what an amazing wedding it was, a week filled with love fun and friends! one of the moments in time you wish you could keep in a box and revisit again and again.
i really would like to say thank you to the newly married Gillmors for allowing me to be part of your occasion.
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Noble train tutorial(contains attacks creation). You can watch the video as an additional training.
1. Create 5 attacks which you want to send, one clean and four with nobleman (1).
2. Select them, click mouse right button(menu will appear), then click "Set Active False" option. Attacks "Active" property will be set to "No" (2).
3. For each attack select "Send Accurately In Time" option (3). You can see that legend (4) is visible on attacks list and Time column (5). Is marked as red. When attack has selected that option it means that it will be sended exacly in the specified time, even if there will be 40 attacks to be send at 14:10:01.000 - they will be sent. Be carefull though, and don't send more than 5 attacks in one out second. Human is not able to send more than 5 attacks in one out second, but bot can. You just don't want to be blocked by tribalwars team for 7 days, because of reason that you send 10 attacks in one second which is immposible :)
4. Select those 5 attacks, click right mouse, then click "Add Task To Attack Coordinator" (1).
5. Go to "Attack Coordinator" tab (2).
6. Click "Set Units Time" (1). Then set up units speed in hh:mm:ss (2) such as are on your world.
7. Set what date and time do you want them to strike the target village (3). Click "Synchronize" button (5). When synchronization go well, out Time of yours send army tasks will be set. If there was something wrong, popup will apear with information. You can also check "Information" column for more info. Usually the error says that you should set Arrival Time (3) later, because units will not be able to arrive in that time.
8. If you select "Snob safety" (4) all sending army tasks which have Nobleman in it, their time will be set later by one second. eg. If you have selected this option - Cleaner attack will arrive at 23:00:00.000 and all nobleman attack will arrive 23:00:01.000. It's created because we don't want nobleman strike first, due to internet connection lags, etc.
9. Click "Clear" button and go to "Sending Army" Tab.
10. Select all 5 attacks and make them active (1) by clicking "Set Active True" (2).
11. As you can see on square number (3) i manually adjusted time attacks. If you have slow internet connection, i recommend you to later nobleman attacks by next one or two seconds. You don't need to set miliseconds for that attacks like i did(100,200,300,400). If you have lags, those attacks can be send in 2 seconds spread, instead of 1 second spread. If they will be send in 2 seconds spread, adjust the miliseconds to 000. Practice it on normal units, by sending fakes, until you fell it. I like fakes though, and people just write on forums "I have 8 attacks coming, 4 in each village, looks like frankie99 wants to noble me" :)
12. I show this tutorial for 5 attacks, but you can send whatever number of attacks you want. Just be carefull. Go to "Task Queue" and check if there are awaiting attacks to send.


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2016-2017 Catalog
2016-2017 Catalog > Programs of Instruction > English
Courses in the English department engage students in the close critical study of English-language literature in an international and interdisciplinary context, encompassing works from British, American, and other Anglophone literary traditions. In keeping with Occidental's mission values of equity and excellence, students in English courses read the work of both long-studied writers and of those previously excluded from traditional literary history. Majors will 1) become proficient in close reading and focused discussion of individual literary works, 2) learn to situate those works in their generative historical, geographic and social contexts, and 3) become skilled in interpreting them through a range of theories and methods that characterize the evolving discipline of literary studies. Non-majors will develop their capacity to engage in close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing. Most courses in the department are seminars or combinations of lecture and discussion. This pedagogical orientation underscores the department's strong emphasis on faculty-student interaction and the collaborative production of knowledge. Introductory survey courses (ENGL 287, ENGL 288, ENGL 289) expose students to the breadth and diversity of Anglophone literary history. Upper division courses (ENGL 300 level classes) develop sophisticated skills in literary analysis, interpretive writing, and oral presentation. Methodological and research-oriented seminars in the sophomore, junior and senior years (ENGL 290, ENGL 390 and ENGL 490) direct students in the practice of original independent analysis that places primary textual interpretation in dialogue with secondary critical research.
A major requires a minimum of eleven courses (44 units).
*Students may substitute one of the corresponding first-year survey courses (ENGL 187, ENGL 188, ENGL 189) for its 200 level counterpart (ENGL 287, ENGL 288, ENGL 289), but may not receive major credit for both (e.g. ENGL 187 and ENGL 287).
Students must select one course numbered:
Students must select one course from the list or another course approved by the department that focuses on literature previously excluded from the canon, such as ENGL 247, 346, and 356.
NOTE: "Emergent Literature" courses will typically fall under the Group II or III categories. However, they cannot count for both a period requirement (such as Group II or III) and the Emergent Literature requirement.
*A maximum of two courses taken at the 200-level can be applied to the Group 1-4 requirement.
Students considering graduate work in literature are strongly encouraged to take additional English courses beyond the minimum of eleven in order to broaden and deepen their knowledge of literary history and their practice of literary interpretation. They should also take ENGL 370. Most graduate programs require proficiency in at least one foreign language.
Students majoring in English may elect to take additional courses in order to complete a Creative Writing Emphasis, a special track that provides a strong background in both literary history and creative writing skills.
Students choosing this emphasis will take a total of 13 courses.
Students must select one course from the list below:
*Two must be at the 200-level. Students may not receive major credit for both ENGL 187 and ENGL 287, for example.
Students must complete the courses listed below:
Choose from categories noted above as Groups I, II, III and IV (only one of these may be a 200 level course).
At least two of these must be from the English department. Other departments and programs that have offered writing courses include French, Media Arts and Culture, Theater, and Writing and Rhetoric. Students interested in pursuing the Creative Writing Emphasis must work out a careful program in consultation with their adviser and the department chair.
English majors who have completed the AP test in English with a score of 4 or 5 may petition the department chair to be allowed to graduate with 10 courses (including all required courses and Group I-IV categories) rather than the 11 specified above.
Students majoring in English satisfy the final component of Occidental College's college-wide writing requirement by successfully completing ENGL 390 in the junior year and receiving a notation of "Satisfactory" for its writing component.
All majors must take ENGL 490 (Senior Seminar) in the fall of the senior year, where they will design, develop, and complete a significant project involving literary research and analysis. The project will result in a substantial essay of original interpretation and pertinent secondary research, and a formal conference-style oral presentation at the Senior Symposium held during the spring semester. See the department website for more details.
Honors may be awarded to graduating seniors who demonstrate excellence in course work and who successfully develop their comps project into an honors thesis. To be eligible, students must have a 3.65 grade point average in courses taken toward the major and an overall 3.5 grade point average. Qualified students will be invited to apply for permission to proceed to honors by the department prior to the beginning of the spring semester. Upon review by department faculty, students whose applications are accepted will register for ENGL 499 (Independent Study), for two units in the spring semester. They will complete a thesis to be orally defended before a faculty committee during the spring semester. Honors candidates are encouraged to take ENGL 370, preferably in the junior year. For further details, consult with your department advisor.
Five courses or 20 units.
Students must select two courses from the list below:
*One first year course from among ENGL 187, ENGL 188 or ENGL 189 may substitute for its 200 level equivalent
Any three ENGL courses, two of which must be taken at the 300-level
English Courses
Regular Faculty
Leila Neti, chair
Associate Professor, English
B.A., UCLA; M.A., Ph.D., UC Irvine
Daniel Fineman
Professor, English
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
James Ford III
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., PhD, University of Notre Dame
Ross Lerner
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Warren Montag
Brown Family Professor in Literature, English
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Michael Near
Professor, English, Emeritus
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Eric Newhall
Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Martha Ronk
Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature; English, Emeritus
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Yale University
John Swift
Associate Dean for Core Curriculum and Student Issues; English; Core Program; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Middlebury College M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Raul Villa
Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
Jean Wyatt
A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University
On Special Appointment
Danzy Senna
Writer in Residence, NTT faculty member
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Destructive Creativity
the kids and i have been having THE most fun time with this book!
Musings on art, life and creatively coping with it all
Anna chica, vente de vacaciones a Canary Islands y pasaras unos dias de relax y seguro que con tu gran sentido de la realidad abriras nuevos horizontes.
Disfruta, besos.
That has to be one of the best blog entries I've ever read! What a real surprise - totally off-the-wall - well I have worked in libraries for years!!! Keri Smith's a creative genius. It's so great the whole family have got involved!
Oh, my, god, this is hilarious! I want this journal, I'm getting this journal! My husband - the writer, will love this. How many times did he want to tear up books (his books, my books, any books)throw them in the shower, write four letter words on them, tear up the pages... and I wouldn't let him:). He'll love it!
How fun! I bought that book for my son's friend because I thought she might need it. And I was right - she loved it. Never occurred to me to see what Hana can do with it. Love that you are having such fun with your kids. Wonderful post! xo
this book looks like great family fun, i will have to check it out today when i get to the book store.... have you checked out these books?
i love them!!! great for both children and adults! ;-)
thanks so much for your words on my post! have a beautiful day! xo
Sounds like it would be GREAT stress relief! And, perhaps, you have to take things apart sometimes in order to build them back up again, anew.
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I did a 17 kilometre Fartlek training today. I ran my usual 4 km warm-up to the channel and started doing my 2000 metre sprints there. According to Johan's schedule I had to run these 2 km in under 7 minutes and 40 seconds. That meant I had to run at a pace of 3:50 min/km. If you have been reading my blog you know that I consider anything under 5:00 min/km as alright. After all, if I would run a marathon at this pace I'd finish in 3,5 hours, which would be good enough for me.
But if Johan tells me to run 2000 metres in 7 mins 40 sec, I'll try so. And my first sprint today I made it under 7:40. I think I started out too fast but somewhat managed to stick to this pace and finished in 7 mins 35 sec. While I was enjoying my 10 minutes of "rest" (read: jogging) it started raining very hard and by the time I had to start my second sprint, I was literally soaking wet. I swear I might as well have jumped in the channel, crawled back out and continued running: I'd be equally wet. I figured I'd just continue my training: I was six kilometres away from home anyway, and I can't take shelter from the rain on marathon day either, so I'd just stick it out.
I did my second sprint in 7 minutes and 53 seconds. I was bummed I didn't make the 7:40, but I blame it on the weather and on the heaviness of my soaking wet shoes and clothes. My third sprint I finished in 7 minutes 51 seconds. Midway into this sprint my headphones started sounding bad and then just stopped working. Also the speakers of my iPhone didn't produce any sound anymore: no ringtone, no music, no text message notifications. Bummer, but I guess even Sennheiser and Apple technology isn't resistant to this kind of rain.
- 4 km warm-up: 4:58 min/km
- 2 km sprint: 7min35 - pace 3:46 min/km
- 2 km jogging: 5:50 min/km
- 2 km sprint: 7min53 - pace 3:53 min/km
- 2 km jogging: 5:40 min/km
- 2 km sprint: 7min 51 - pace: 3:51 min/km
- 3 km cool-down: 5:32 min/km
At night we had the very first gathering of Fixed Gear Hasselt and went on a 2 hour bikeride, something my quadriceps weren't too happy about.


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Hey, I'm a pretty cautious type. I don't live life on the edge unless it's the balcony with the nice safe railing in place.
Recently, I decided I needed to get out more. You know, commune with nature. In line with my attitude towards edges, I thought I'd do it by hanging out on my balcony more. Ever since the dry spell in California last summer, all my plants were withered and my barbecue had been bitten by voracious squirrels. "Big Brother", the cypress tree around the place had dumped it's leaves everywhere, no doubt in genteel horror over the seedy view and savage neighbors. I hadn't swept in months.
Armed with a broom and triply-dosed with allergy medications, I ventured out, swirls of pollen filling in my footsteps. Looking around at the number of tree cones, each one an eager tree fetus, I'd say Big Brother's social life was doing much better than mine. I managed to clear the place, tree fetuses and all, but I'd say it was a Pyhrric victory since I had to shower and then use one of those sinus rinses before I could speak in a normal tone after that. After washing the ole orbs with medicated eyedrops to deal with my reaction to communing with nature, my eyes stopped streaming long enough for me to notice the balcony is looking pretty spare. Barren.
Clearly, this place needs some color. Some pollen-generating flowering plants should do the trick. If I use enough decongestant, I should be able to smell some fragrance too. Off to the gardening center.
At the gardening center, I spot a real treasure right off the bat. A pair of nitrile coated gardening gloves for those with latex allergies. My gut tells me this is the right place for me. Clearly, they have dealt with my type before. Reassured, I march confidently toward rows of gloriously flowering shrubs, vines, trees...
Hmmmm. Just how big does nature grow these things?
Hastily, I return my 5 lb bag of potting soil and go for a bigger sack of soil.
A little more cautiously, I pick my way through rows of plants with high maintenance issues like "full sun", "six feet of soil for roots to spread", acidic soil, a need for ceiling heights greater than 8 feet. I work my way through the displays until I finally reach the dark, dank back of the garden center. Here, were all the plants that could live in Big Brother's shadow. Ferns. Moss. Yes, they'll sell you moss. Here's a leafy looking plant. Nevermind, those are it's flowers. By gum! Here are some plants that look like plants! They are... impatiens. Hooray! How about another plant to give the place some variety? Those are... impatiens...more impatients... Isn't there any other plant that likes shade and looks like a plant? Let's try the seeds...
Well, six impatiens plants and a packet of impatiens seeds later, the place is looking pretty habitable...
I acquire several thousand new housemates
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Life on the Balcony - Adventures at the Edge
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Twin Peaks franchisee Rusty Rathbun says he'll have some news late this week on the status of his restaurants, one of which he shut down after Homeland Security Investigations seized his point-of-sale systems. That followed an investigation over the possible hiring of illegal immigrants.
The east-side Twin Peaks has been closed since July 22.
The west-side Twin Peaks remains in business.
Rathbun says he's waiting for some things to be finalized, and then he'll share the news.
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Meaningful Motherhood and Grace Student Ministries are teaming up to host a fundraiser for House of His Creation, a partner of Grace Church! Join us on Saturday, May 17th for a fun, family bowling night at Dutch Lanes.
"The mission of House of His Creation is to bring hope, restoration, and service to single, young birthmothers and their children through Christ-centered homes. Our goal is to help each young woman walk through the immediate challenges in her life and help prepare her and her child's future."
To find out more information about House of His Creation, visit their website.
Why are we doing this event?
- Give opportunities for our families to invite others for a "first touch" with Grace Church
- Benefit House of His Creation, a place that Grace Church wants to show love and support
- Spend time together as a church family
Event Details:
- Saturday May 17th from 6:30-9:30pm (two time slots to bowl)
- $15 cost covers one lane rental and shoe rentals for each person in that lane
- Food and drinks for sale with proceeds also going to HOHC
- Door prizes
- Bowling contests
- Silent Auction for Hershey Park tickets & Sight and Sound's show Moses
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A car has been set ablaze in the residential area in Adelaide's inner north this morning.
Residents in Devon Park were woken up by the sound of windows smashing, shortly before the Holden Commodore was engulfed in flames.
Emergency crews were concerned the incident could cause the car's LPG fuel tank to explode.
Witnesses said they saw the offenders running away from the burning car.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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The Best Advice About Professionals I've Ever Written
The Fascinating World of Structural Engineering Services
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Transitioning from the campus to making an impact in the world
InTransition equips and prepares graduating seniors to transition to post-graduation life and make an impact for Christ in the world. Single life, finances, life-transitions, the will of God, a theology of work, evangelism in the real world: InTransition addresses all the critical issues of a successful transition from campus-a resource for the last and most neglected phase of campus discipleship.
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Indian national Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav was born in the city of Sangli in the Indian state of Maharashtra on Aug 30, 1968, according to a copy of a passport belonging to him under the pseudonym Hossein Mubarak Patel.
The cover name, he explained in a confessional video released by Inter-Services Public Relations last year, was taken for "intelligence gathering for Indian agencies".
A resident of Mumbai's suburban Powai neighbourhood, Jadhav belongs to a family of police officers.
In his statement, the Indian national said he is currently a serving officer in the Indian Navy ─ a claim India has denied.
He added that he joined the National Defence Academy in 1987, and then the Indian Navy in 1991, where he served until December 2001.
After the parliament attack, he said he began to 'contribute his services' towards information and intelligence gathering in India.
"I am still a serving officer in the Indian Navy and will be due for retirement by 2022 as a commissioned officer in the Indian Navy," the spy confessed.
India says he is a former Indian Navy officer.
Members of his Mumbai-based family told The Indian Express last year that Jadhav had become a businessman after taking premature retirement from the Navy, and travelled often in connection with his business.
A report in DNA India claimed Jadhav was "engaged in a legitimate business of operating ferries from the Iranian port town of Bandar Abbas".
Jadhav said he had commenced intelligence operations in 2003, and established a business in Chahbahar, Iran, where he was able to go undetected and visit Karachi in 2003 and 2004.
He was picked up by Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing at the end of 2013, and has been directing various subversive activities in Karachi and Balochistan.
His job, he said, was to hold meetings with Baloch insurgents and collaborate with them to carry out activities "of a criminal nature, leading to the killing or maiming of Pakistani citizens."
Jadhav, in pursuit of targets set by his RAW handlers, was arrested by Pakistani authorities on March 3, 2016, when he attempted to cross over into the country from the Saravan border in Iran.
India, however, alleges that Jadhav was abducted by Pakistan from Iran, according to IndiaToday.
Indian intelligence officials suspected that Jadhav's phone was under surveillance by the Pakistani intelligence, and that his habits and mannerisms, including phone calls in Marathi to his family, gave away his identity.
Since Jadhav's arrest, India has been denied consular access to him, although he was provided with a defending officer as per legal provisions during his Field General Court Martial trial.
He was sentenced to death by the FGCM on April 10, 2017.
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B.A. Manhattan Christian College
M.A. Emmanuel School of Religion
Ed is married to Diana Preston and is celebrating their 33th anniversary. They have 2 married sons:
Brian(teacher), and his wife, Sarah(lawyer) living in Kansas City area with our grandsons- Clark and Boston, and Keith(computer consultant) and his wife, Valerie(artist) living in the Kansas City area. Ed has traveled as an Evangelist, has been a preaching, Associate, Youth and Children's Minister and enjoys video production and computer related activity.
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Favorite Scripture: Mark 10:27
"With God all things are possible".
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[Kerry to Gingrich ] "what would you say to Senator [Jim] Inhofe [R-Okla.] and to others in the Senate who are resisting even the science?"
Gingrich didn't hesitate. "My message," he said, "is that the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading of the atmosphere." The pro-Kerry crowd applauded.
"And do it urgently?" the senator pressed.
"And do it urgently, yeah," the former speaker replied. "I think there has to be, if you will, a green conservatism," he added.
Kerry didn't know quite what to do with his agreeable opponent.....
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"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."
"See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be Blest."
"Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed."
"To err is human, to forgive divine."
"Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every foe."
"Wit is the lowest form of humor."
"'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
"Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing."
"Where'er you walk, cool glades shall fan the glade
Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade:
Where'er you tread, the blusing flow'rs shall rise,
And all things flourish where you turn your eyes."
"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
"Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire."
"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."
"Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example."
"The ruling passion, be it what it will, the ruling passion conquers reason still."
"Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot."
"Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance."
"Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part."
"Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."
"Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."
"There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit."
"Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old:
It is the rust we value, not the gold."
"On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, reason the card, but passion is the gale."
"A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."
"The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person."
"The learned is happy, nature to explore;
The fool is happy, that he knows no more."
"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves."
"How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?"
"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, whose body Nature is, and God the soul."
"The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave."
"The difference is too nice – Where ends the virtue or begins the vice."
"Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind."
"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" was the ninth beatitude."
"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; the proper study of mankind is man."
"But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor."
"So vast is art, so narrow human wit."
"True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can."
"Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies."
"This long disease, my life."
"All nature is but art unknown to thee."
"Of manners gentle, of affections mild;
In wit a man, simplicity a child."
"False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss."
"While pensive poets painful vigils keep – Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep."
"Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see,
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me."
"Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, and if I lose thy love, I lose my all."
"Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor lies."
"Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate,
All but the page prescribed, their present state."
"All nature is but art, unknown to thee;
All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good;
And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,
One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right"
"Love, free as air at sight of human ties, spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies."
"A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity."
"Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel."
"Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised,
But as the world, harmoniously confused,
Where order in variety we see,
And where, though all things differ, all agree"
"A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."
"The most positive men are the most credulous."
"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."
"Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die."
"All is calm in this eternal sleep; here grief forgets to groan and love to weep."
"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"
"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon."
"Passions are the gales of life."
"Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way."
"What reason weaves, by passion is undone."
"Order is Heaven's first law."
"The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line."
"I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers."
"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right."
"You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live."
"Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, will never mark the marble with his name."
"Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, lie in three words, – health, peace, and competence."
"We think our Fathers Fools, so wise we grow;
Our Wiser Sons, no doubt, will think us so"
"A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants."
"Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought."
"Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake."
"All seems infected that the infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye."
"Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right."
"Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies."
"On wrongs swift vengeance waits."
"Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night. God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all was light."
"Pride, the never failing vice of fools."
"The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head."
"Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung,
Till death untimely stopped his tuneful tongue."
"A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it."
"A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man's the noblest work of God."
"The People's voice is odd;
It is, and it is not, the voice of God"
"Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it not only is useless, but it impairs what it would improve."
"Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad."
"True friendship's laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."
"Were there one whose fires
True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires;
Blest with each talent and each art to please,
And born to write, converse, and live with ease."
"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."
"Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly."
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike."
"Fools admire, but men of sense approve."
"The modest fan was lifted up no more, and virgins smiled at what they blushed before."
"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame"
"That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood."
"Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul."
"At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense."
"The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on."
"An honest man is the noblest work of God."
"Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; you played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fill: walk sober off; before a sprightlier age comes tittering on, and shoves you from the stage: leave such to trifle with more grace and ease, whom Folly pleases, and whose Follies please."
"Tis with our judgment as our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own."
"Words are like leaves, and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found"
"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."
"Fondly we think we honor merit then,
When we but praise ourselves in other men."
"The public is a fool."
"Most women have no characters at all."
"Slave to no sect, who takes no private road,
But looks through Nature up to Nature's God."
"A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature."
"And, after all, what is a lie?
'Tis but the truth in a masquerade."
"Most authors steal their works, or buy."
"All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye."
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
"Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?"
"The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties."
"Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain."
"Curse on all laws, but those that love has made."
"True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit."
"What's fame? a fancy's life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death."
"Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?"
"If, presume not to God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great."
"The worst of madmen is a saint run mad."
"Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake."
"Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more."
"All nature is but art, unknown to thee; all chance, direction, which thou canst not see; all discord, harmony not understood; all partial evil, universal good."
"One science only will one genius fit;
So vast is art, so narrow human wit."
"Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool;
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet."
"Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have."
"'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole."
"Nor in the critic let the man be lost."
"Be niggards of advice on no pretense,
For the worst avarice is that of sense."
"Gentle dullness ever loves a joke."
"By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned;
By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned."
"To know ourselves diseased is half our cure."
"The proper study of mankind is man."
"No creature smarts so little as a fool."
"Believe him, he has known the world too long, and seen the death of much immortal song."
"An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them."
"Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside."
"An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded."
"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
"My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require alternation."
"Like strength is felt from hope and from despair."
"When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings."
"Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate."
"Love and life are for to-day."
"Respect us human, and relieve us poor."
"True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within."


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Tree Selection Guide
Before purchasing a tree for your landscape, consider the purpose of your planting, the soil conditions, location of planting, species desired, tree size and whether its growth and form are appropriate for your planting spot.
What to look for when inspecting the tree for purchase:
Bark and Trunk
Inspect the trunk for mechanical injuries and environmental injuries such as sun scald and animal damage. The ideal tree will have none of these injuries present on the bark. Trunk wraps may be utilized to hide insect wounds, incorrect pruning cuts and other damages. It is important to inspect underneath the trunk wraps, by completely removing them from the trunk. Avoid choosing trees with obvious insect damage. Look for vertical trunk cracks just below the first union of branches. These cracks are major starting points for fractures of branches and trunks. Select trees that have one main trunk that is straight and hasn't been pruned back at the top.
Look to see if there are broken branches, indicating that the tree was pruned improperly or handled roughly. Branches should not cross or rub, and should be spaced 8-12 inches apart. The branches should be evenly distributed along the main leader. Avoid selecting trees that have undergone excessive pruning. Avoid purchasing trees that have weak "V" unions. Look for symmetrical form with a balance between height and crown spread. Also take into consideration the overall health and vigor with at least 4-6 inches of growth from previous season to the end of the twig. Search or well-developed buds. Branches and crown should be in the upper half of the central stem.
Select trees that have no wilted or off-colored foliage. The presence of off-colored foliage is indicative of root problems or less than optimum care. Desirable trees should have average-sized leaves and possess good foliage color.
Well-rooted trees should not move independently from the container where the root ball is. Grasp the tree at the trunk and gently move it back and forth to make sure there is no separation in the soil. The container and the tree should move as one. Make sure the rootball is proportionate to the size of the tree. A well-developed root system isn't a dense mass that is pot bound or girdling roots.


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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Neko Case Project: "Tigers" Final?
Here's my final colors for The Tigers Have Spoken. Now I need to finish the other five albums to complete the set! I'm putting the finishing "inks" (done completely with my Wacom) - I think it looks better in black and white.
Posted by Adam Osgood at 9:20 PM
1 comment:
- JJS III said...
I'm torn between the color vs. black and white. I'm leaning towards the color. As a non-practicing printmaker, I totally understand getting attached to the black and white.
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