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An inlaid lacquer 'prunus' snuff bottle Dated autumn, 1888
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Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part V
Hong Kong, Admiralty
27 May 2012 10:00 CST
Auction 20309
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An inlaid lacquer 'prunus' snuff bottle
Dated autumn, 1888
4.93cm high.
Treasury 7, no. 1645
An inlaid lacquer 'prunus' snuff bottle
Wood, black lacquer, and silver; well hollowed, with a flat lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a protruding convex footrim; the wooden bottle covered in black lacquer and decorated with an inlaid silver-wire design of blossoming prunus branches and an inscription in seal script with the title 'Subtle fragrance and sparse shadows', followed by the date '[Made on an] autumn day of the wuzi year'.
Autumn, 1888
Height: 4.93 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.53/1.24 cm
Stopper: glass; silver collar
Condition: Two areas of silver wire slightly proud of the surface; otherwise, workshop condition
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 28 October 1992, part of lot 425
Kleiner 1995, no. 329
Treasury 7, no. 1645
Chen Tao 2002 , p. 57, fig. 95
British Museum, London, JuneOctober 1995
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, JulyNovember 1997
Chen Tao, Jianshi biyanhu, p. 57, fig. 95
In the snuff bottle world, silver-wire inlay became popular mainly at the end of the Qing dynasty, although there is one extremely rare ebony snuff bottle inlaid with silver wire and turquoise glass that was made in the Qianlong palace workshops; it bears a rare mark saying it was 'supervised by the Qianlong emperor' (Meriem Collection, Christie's, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 223).
This appears to have been a northern technique that was revived in the late Qing. The two brothers responsible were Tian Zhimin and Tian Zizheng from Weixian, in Shandong province. They were key artists in the Guangxu-period revival of this art, an art they learned from Yao Xueqian, who was best at imitating Han inlaid gold and silver wares. They also benefitted from the fact that their father, Tian Rongrui (hao: Yufan) worked for Chen Jieqi (18131884; also a native of Weixian), one of the most important connoisseurs and collectors of antiquities in the late Qing. The boys were thus provided a solid foundation in archaic designs and scripts. When Yao Xueqian died, Chen loaned his collection of rubbings of seal scripts and bronzes to the Tian brothers to copy. Their studio was situated at the east gate of Weixian during the latter part of the Guangxu period. The excellence of their work brought the brothers far-reaching fame, and Tian Zhimin's son, Yizhai, carried on the family art into the twentieth century. This seems to have caused a fashion for this sort of inlay, which is reflected in the snuff bottle world by a series of late-Qing snuff bottles, usually of black-lacquered surfaces with silver (and sometimes gold) wire inlay, bearing a number of different names. The artists who made the snuff bottles also produced a larger number of spectacular snuff dishes, many of which were fragments of broken Jun-ware pottery from the Song to early Ming dynasties enclosed in a black-lacquered wood frame, with inscriptions, signatures, and dates inlaid in silver and gold.
This example bears a date that we can be fairly certain refers to the year 1888, since a date sixty years earlier or later seems highly unlikely. Another example from the collection was Sale 2, lot 134.
This bottle was once described as having a separate inset piece of wood as the shoulders and neck. The area is completely covered in lacquer, so it is not evident from the exterior, but the grain is precisely commensurate with it being a single piece of wood, and the interior has no join line at all, so it is probably all one piece. 'Subtle fragrance' and 'sparse shadows' are extracted from two lines in a poem composed by Lin Bu (see lot 41 in this sale). The poem, 'A Little Prunus Tree in a Mountain Garden', gave the world two characterizations of the beauty of prunus blossoms that would forever be associated with the flower. The fact that the prunus was especially esteemed by scholars over the centuries as an emblem of fortitude and spiritual purity makes this snuff bottle one that would have been eagerly sought after among the intelligentsia.
A second bottle, with the same decoration, inscription, and date, although differently laid out, was in Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1983, lot 260.
黑漆、木胎骨、;掏膛徹底 , 平唇, 平斂底,突出凸圈足,以嵌銀絲繪梅花圖,反面有"暗香疏影,戊子秋日"篆題
高﹕ 4.93 厘米
口徑/唇徑: 0.53/1.24 厘米
蓋﹕ 玻璃;銀座
香港蘇富比,1992年10月28日,拍賣品號 425的一部分
Kleiner 1995, 編號 329
陳韜 2002, 頁57,圖95
Treasury 7, 編號 1645
大英博物館, 1995年6月~10月
Israel Museum, 耶路撒冷,1997年7月~月11月
在鼻煙壺界,嵌銀絲到了清末才後流行,儘管現存有一件乾隆御用作坊件作的嵌銀絲、綠松石色玻璃烏木鼻煙壺 (Meriem 珍藏, 紐約佳士得,2008年3月19日,拍賣品號 223)。這個技術是清末民國初山東濰縣田子正、田智緡 (1863 1939)兄弟跟姚學乾學習怎麼模仿漢代金銀扣器,然後發展的。而且,本地名士陳介祺珍藏的歷代的金石文拓、銅器等,他們能一個一個地臨摹,在金石文方面是知識淵博的。他們開辦了"扣雅齋"嵌銀舖,以文具有名。田智緡的兒子益齋繼承了家學。
第二場拍賣會, 拍賣品號 134也是嵌銀絲的例子。
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PATERSON, NJ [September 11, 2012] – St. Joseph' s Healthcare System (SJHS) is proud to announce that Kathleen Dunn, MSN, RN, APN, C, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center (resident of Kinnelon), was selected as the recipient of a New Jersey Healthcare Recruiters Association (NJAHR) sponsored scholarship. The scholarship, in the amount of $1,000, is for a Registered Nurse pursuing an Advanced Degree in Nursing. Kathleen (second from left), an employee of SJHS since July 2005, is enrolled in the Doctorate of Nurse Practitioners program at Fairleigh Dickinson University where her research focus is HIV/AIDS. Kathleen is committed to her profession and the community, and volunteers in various programs. She is a mentor to other nurses and has led various performance improvement projects.
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Artest is taking fewer shots and has cut down on turnovers in first season in L.A.
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The fact that Lakers coaches and teammates are obliquely criticizing Ron Artest just three weeks before Los Angeles begins to defend its title in the playoffs actually says a lot about how reliable the 6-foot-7 forward has been this season.
When the Lakers and Rockets made their virtual swap of free agents Artest and Trevor Ariza last summer, the conventional wisdom was that Artest's rugged defense could really help the Purple and Gold -- provided he didn't suffer an emotional meltdown, hog the ball, draw a lengthy suspension or otherwise find a way to implode the team.
With eight games left in the regular season, none of those cringe-worthy caveats have come to pass for Lakers fans. Instead, we have coach Phil Jackson quoted as saying, "With Ron, there's a little synapse there, a little delayed reaction." We have teammate Lamar Odom quoted as saying, "Artest is still figuring things out, but we expected that." We have L.A. media members with fond memories of last year's championship run who didn't endorse the swap in the first place nitpicking the Artest-Ariza comparison by claiming Artest is less versatile on defense, less in the flow on offense and somehow depriving the Lakers of the confident "presence" they demonstrated last season. We even have Artest himself, in typically wacky (yet thankfully benign) fashion, insisting that Ariza is not only a better fit for the Lakers but also a better player overall because he's won a ring.
Meanwhile, all this chatter is bolstered by the fact that L.A. is four games behind last year's pace and likely to expand that gap thanks to a relatively tough schedule to close out the season.
Artest deserves much better than this.
In some respects, the deck is stacked against him. For instance, he's not an aesthetically pleasing player to watch. He moves more like a bear than a cat on the court, possessing speed and coordination that are easily underestimated because of his bulk and gait. There's precious little grace in his game, especially on offense, where he's stiff with his jumper and off the dribble. Then there is his history and his reputation, which will always be a lodestone on any judgment of his performance. Artest has done and said some crazy stuff, ranging from eccentric to scary. So when he commits infractions common to all players -- an especially wayward shot, a careless turnover, a dumb foul -- he rarely gets the benefit of the doubt.
Not surprisingly, then, the numbers are a lot kinder to Artest than the consensus opinion about his performance.
Yes, the Lakers are lagging behind last year's win total. The chief culprit is a less efficient offense, down from third in the league last year (at 112.8 points per 100 possessions) to 10th this season (109.1 points per 100 possessions). And those who criticize Artest's role in the flow, especially compared to Ariza's, can argue that L.A. is more efficient when it pushes the tempo. The Lakers' pace of play has dropped from fifth to 12th.
But an arguably more significant reason for this year's offensive inefficiency has been the health concerns of the team's top two scorers. Pau Gasol is on pace to play about 15 fewer regular-season games this year than he did last season, a major absence given that the Lakers score seven more points per 100 possessions when Gasol plays compared to when he doesn't. The numbers also indicate that Kobe Bryant's myriad injuries have hampered his ability to elevate his team. Last year's Lakers scored 13.3 more points per 100 possessions when Kobe played compared to when he sat; this season, that positive discrepancy is down to 10.1 more points per 100 possessions.
For the record, the Lakers' offense improves 1.8 points per 100 possessions when Artest plays compared to when he sits. By contrast, L.A. scored 0.9 fewer points per 100 possessions when Ariza was on the court last season -- it was more efficient when he was benched.
It's ironic that Artest is now being chided for not finding his niche in the offense. Heading into the season, people were rightly concerned that he would emulate the horrible shot selection and ball-dominance he demonstrated last year in Houston. Instead, the notorious narcissist has sublimated his ego for the good of the team, favoring rapid ball movement (and consciously feeding Kobe) over silly shots or dribble penetration. He has reduced his field-goal attempts (from 15 per game last year to 9.7) while boosting his accuracy and committing the fewest turnovers per game of his 11-year career. (Incidentally, Ariza has become a flagrant bricklayer in his more prominent role in Houston, ranking sixth in the NBA in three-point attempts per game and 117th in three-point percentage.
Of course, the Lakers didn't acquire Artest for his offense. He came to L.A. to be the defensive stopper, to take some of the burden off of Kobe at that end of the court and instill more toughness and muscle, especially in the playoffs. If Jackson and the Lakers insist on occasionally throwing him out on the perimeter in half-court sets to guard the likes of Marcus Thornton, as happened Monday night in a road loss to the Hornets, then, yes, Artest is going to seem a step slow, particularly in comparison to the leonine Ariza.
But overall, Artest is mostly delivering the goods -- and is an upgrade over Ariza -- on defense. The Lakers have improved from sixth (104.7 points allowed per 100 possessions) to 5th (103.1 points allowed) in defensive efficiency compared to last season. The team is permitting four fewer points per 100 possessions when Artest is on the court compared to when he sits, a better improvement than the 0.6 fewer points per 100 possessions that Ariza contributed last season when he played.
By Artest's own reckoning, Ariza's championship ring with the Lakers trumps all arguments in this debate. Fair enough, to a point: Ariza's two game-clinching steals on inbounds passes against Denver in last year's conference finals will forever be part of Lakers lore. But the Lakers stand a better chance of repeating with Artest on their roster this year instead of Ariza.
Playoff defense is a literally bruising endeavor. Even more than in the regular season, officials let consistent aggression push the envelope on what is permissible. That's when Artest's reputation for tenacious on-ball coverage is most beneficial. Meanwhile, behind the facade of one-game-at-a-time rhetoric, elite teams scheme in the offseason on how to exploit their matchup advantages and neutralize their weaknesses against opponents they hope to face deep in the playoffs. Last summer, the Lakers' most feared foes were probably the Nuggets in the West and the Cavs in the East. Even with his recent weight loss, Artest is some 40 pounds heavier than Ariza and thus better able to try to wear down Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James in an extended series.
Aside from a slightly bizarre incident where he apparently slipped on some stairs and suffered a concussion, Artest has been remarkably controversy-free this season, and reliable enough to rank behind only Kobe in minutes played on the team. Considering his checkered history, he deserves kudos for handling the championship-or-bust pressure while learning the triangle offense and tailoring his role to avoid redundancies and shore up the club's deficiencies. The gentle, and probably motivational (at least in Jackson's case), criticism of his performance proves that no one is walking on eggshells in fear of provoking an outburst or other distraction. Two or three years from now, the Artest-for-Ariza swap will probably tilt in Houston's favor. But right now a team that can boast Ron Artest as its third- or fourth-best player and defensive specialist rightfully expects to be there for the season's final game.
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Washington steals home-court advantage from the Chicago Bulls, takes a 1-0 series leadKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie12 hrs ago
CHICAGO – The Chicago Bulls aren't exactly world-beaters. With Derrick Rose sidelined for the season, nobody is confusing this team for a championship contender in 2014, but teams should still be warned against attempting to beat the Bulls at their own game. That's exactly what the Washington Wizards did on Sunday night, though, pairing tough defense with a highly developed frontcourt attack to down Chicago, 102-93, stealing home-court advantage and Game 1 of their first-round playoff series along the way.
Chicago was up by as many as 13 points in the third quarter before Washington started chipping away at the lead using the same hallmarks that made the first half a competitive back and forth. The Wizards ran the offense through Nene, the oft-injured but versatile big man with seven years of playoff experience under his 31-year-old belt. He finished with 24 points, his third-highest output of the season at the exact right time, tossing in eight rebounds and several hockey assists before fouling out just before the final buzzer.
Indiana loses home-court advantage, falls to Atlanta, has no answers for its continued strugglesKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie1 day ago
As you'd expect, the Indiana Pacers put on a brave face and consistent tone following their somewhat shocking 101-93 defeat on Saturday night, a professional reaction following a disappointing home loss in the first game of their opening-round playoff series to the Atlanta Hawks. The group had worked all season to earn the first seed in the Eastern Conference, purportedly to play a Game 7 in Indianapolis against the Miami Heat sometime in June, but in one 2 1/2-hour mid-April flourish the team quickly lost first-round home-court advantage to what some have surmised to be the worst NBA playoff team ever.
The 38-win Hawks expertly attacked Indiana's strong and weak points in Game 1, though, pulling the Pacers' big men away from the basket while relentlessly attacking a step-slow Indiana offense that constantly had a hand in its face. Nowhere was this more evident than a 30-16 third quarter in Atlanta's favor, one that had the Pacers completely out of sync on both ends, struggling to communicate defensively while missing the mark with cuts and misdirections offensively.
The 10-man rotation, starring the 38-win Atlanta HawksKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie3 days ago
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out.
The Milwaukee Bucks have been sold for $550 million, and will remain in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Bucks were designed to make the playoffs, and instead of returning to the postseason the roster responded with 15 wins. The group is under the NBA's salary cap, but it also boasts a series of long term contracts to middling or disappointing players that nobody is in a hurry to deal for. It boasts a coach in Larry Drew that followed one uninspired turn in Atlanta with an initial season in Milwaukee that left all involved stifling a yawn. The team's franchise player is serving a drug suspension. Its general manager isn't highly regarded, following his latest offseason buildup at least. It has just a 25 percent chance the top overall selection in this year's draft. Its arena is dilapidated and sometimes barely playable.
Jim Barnett is calling his final regular season game on Wednesday, which is a shame
On Wednesday night, the whole of NBA fandom will sit in front of their beaming League Pass packages to take in the last game of the league's regular season. It will start the night in Charlotte and Orlando, as it usually does, and end up somewhere in California, or Oregon, as is League Pass custom. Tweets will be shared, games will be watched, and fans across the country will wave goodbye to 14 of the league's 30 teams as the season finds its end.
Many fans outside of the Bay Area will also be forced to wave goodbye to Golden State Warriors color analyst Jim Barnett, who is basically being asked to step down as one of the voices behind Warriors telecasts in order to take on an ambassador's role with the team. That decision was made last autumn, and was hardly noticed outside of GSW-blog circles, a move that I regret missing and then lamenting as we prepped for the slog of an 82-game, five and a half month season.Mon, Apr 217:30 PM PDTGolden State at LA ClippersPreview Game
Kyle Lowry turns the corner: 'you have to admit to yourself that maybe you're the one who needs to change'
Nobody wanted to call him a "head case," but the scouting report was still out there. Kyle Lowry has undeniable talent, a track record of putting teams on his shoulders for quarters at a time, and more off-record whispers than a closed Hollywood set. He entered 2013-14 with an expiring contract, a team that was designed to lose, and a coach in Dwane Casey that didn't seem long for Toronto.
For whatever reasons, all of them tightly packed and wonderful, the Raptors' season went according to script. Casey excelled in the final year of his contract, new general manager Masai Ujiri held off on completely dismantling the team that former GM Bryan Colangelo left for him, and Toronto ended up winning its division. Along the way, despite trade rumors, Lowry turned in a career year, nearly making the All-Star team and strengthening his position as the go-to 2014 free agent target for teams looking for point guard help.
Joe Dumars is stepping down as Detroit Pistons general managerKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie6 days ago
There was a reason why Joe Dumars was able to hang on for so many years as Detroit Pistons general manager. He was beloved as a player; the 1990 NBA Finals MVP was the only member of the Bad Boy Pistons for whom outsiders could stand to root, kind of like the opposite of an aerial view. It wasn't that distinction that made him so workable, though, so un-fungible. Dumars, who stepped down from his post as Pistons personnel el jefe on Monday, actually used to be damn good at his job. And people unfortunately tend to forget this.
The whiffs are notorious. This is the man who signed and dealt for both Josh Smith's and Brandon Jennings' 20-foot jump shots last summer. He signed Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva in 2009 – to big contracts to actually start for his basketball team. He drafted Darko Milicic with, wait for it, the second pick in the 2003 NBA draft, when everyone knew that Chris Kaman or Travis Outlaw (or Dwyane Wade or Carmelo Anthony or Chris Bosh or whatever) would have been a better selection. The man hired Maurice Cheeks to coach an NBA team. In 2013.
In the early years of his run, though, Joe Dumars was ahead of his time.
The New York Knicks still think Andrea Bargnani is 'a big piece of the puzzle,' which is sort of correctKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie9 days ago
Just when the whole of the basketball world seemed ready to feel sorry for New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson, left to dangle in the wind as silent, invading forces build above him in a season gone terribly wrong, he has to go and point to Andrea Bargnani as some sort of Knicksian salve that could have saved the team's woeful season.
Bargnani, who the team traded a slew of expiring deals along with a 2016 first round pick and a second round pick to Toronto for last summer, hasn't played since dropping 20 points on 7-12 shooting in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on January 22. The fact that one of Bargnani's best games of the season couldn't help a Knicks team beat a 76ers squad that would go on to lose 29 of its next 30 games is telling. The Knicks played terribly with Andrea in the lineup this year.
To Woodson, though, the injured Bargnani is the one that got away. Scope this out, from Friday's Knick shootaround:
Taking a look at the playoff implications for each of the NBA's Friday night gamesKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie9 days ago
You've got nothing to do on Friday night. Sorry for reminding you, but you're going to sit at home, turning on League Pass, and watch a bunch of basketball. It's best knowing which games to pay attention to, and which ones to flip away from, as the playoffs near.
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The Wizards are snapping away – John Wall and coach Randy Wittman recently had an eventful back and forth after Wall took offense to Wittman's assessment that his players "go through the motions," meanwhile veteran Wiz forward Al Harrington published a lengthy (and quite moving, at times) discussion of his years-long recovery from knee injuries and a staff infection, calling out his former Magic team for a lack of professionalism, and chiding current Orlando general manager Rob Hennigan for a brusque description of Harrington's career prospects. Orlando? They really don't care much and just want to lose.
Playoff implications: Pretty big. The Wizards are tied with the Bobcats, looking to move up for the right not to play Miami or Indiana in the first round.
The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks' public address announcer for angry referee tweetsKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie10 days ago
Twitter accounts are so ubiquitous these days that it feels as if only a few of our uncles and Jason Mantzoukas are the only ones who haven't logged in. With that knowledge in hand, it's worth pointing out that NBA team employees of any level and stature are often right there with the rest of us, churning out bad jokes and frustrations with calls gone wrong in 140 characters or less, tapping away at all hours of the night.
Still, all NBA team employees are subject to the same rules about criticizing referees as players, coaches, team owners and general managers. And even if the voice with the loudest boom in the room – in this case a team's public address announcer – chooses to air his grievances via Twitter rather than the deafening microphone setup in front of him, the league is still going to cut down on any ref-bashing bit of dissent.


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In the last few months I've been emailed on-line questionnaires by the RSC, NT, Old Vic, Donmar (or was it Almeida) ? and a couple of others (Barbican, I think), all of the same general format and 90% of the questions the same. Why suddenly so many ? Is it an ACE requirement ? Or an exercise to target future marketing material ? The survey companies must be doing nicely out of it.
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Me too. Possibly to see whether they are "engaging with new audiences" and "diverse demographics" etc as part of future funding bids?
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It takes around 20 inches of moisture for soybeans to yield 75 bushels per acre. That's a half-million gallons of water. Moisture comes from the soil and Mother Nature, and can be added with irrigation.
But quantity of water probably isn't the most important factor. Timing of watering is key for profitable soybean production, says Jim Specht, University of Nebraska professor of agronomy and horticulture. "Advance knowledge is money in your pocket," he says.
Specht and a team of researchers at UNL have developed a Web-based production tool, known as "SoyWater," to predict the stage of growth and water use for individual fields throughout the growing season. This new tool was rolled out in 2010. This summer it has taken on the road through nine farm visits by the BIT Mobile, a traveling technology classroom. Farmers can enter their soybean information on site, with help from researchers who designed the program. Stops were made at the farms of each district director with the Nebraska Soybean Board, which has supported the development of the system.
At the Lisa and Jim Lunz farm north of Wakefield, Specht told a group of farmers that SoyWater is particularly useful for irrigators. About 45% of all soybean acres in Nebraska are irrigated. SoyWater was developed to account for evapo-transpiration and water use at specific crop stages. Farmers often make the mistake of irrigating soybeans too soon. Irrigating before the R3 stage of growth only produces vegetation, not additional yield, Specht says. By logging onto the SoyWater website, farmers enter their field location, planting or emergence dates, soil type for their fields and maturity group of the seed.
The software utilizes local weather reporting stations to produce a table that tells farmers exactly when their soybeans will reach the crucial R3 stage, according to Specht. Because of the variations between weather stations, farmers can override the local weather report and put in precipitation numbers from their own rain gauge. SoyWater also takes into account when heavy rain events occur and much of the precipitation runs off.
"My theory is that we want to use every bit of water from the field that is annually rechargeable," Specht says. Overwatering is a waste of water and money. "If I water my soybeans with an inch, I want an additional 3.5 bushels per acre," he says. SoyWater helps improve water use efficiency for irrigators, but it also accurately predicts crop stage and water use at specific growth periods. "It can predict the calendar date when the soybeans will bloom."
The tool is useful for dryland farmers, too. Lisa Lunz, who farms with her husband, Jim, and serves as chairwoman of the Nebraska Soybean Board, says, "I see it as a great tool for irrigation scheduling, because all you need to put in are planting or emergence dates, field location and maturity. But as dryland producers, we enjoy watching the water use."
If farmers know when their soybeans will reach certain growth stages, they can better manage treatments of fertilizer, herbicides, fungicides and pesticides.
Farmers tend to irrigate soybeans like corn, which is a mistake, Lunz says. "Water use will continue to be an issue, and it is going to be more critical in the future," she says. SoyWater helps irrigators water at the proper growth stages, but they don't need to input a lot of information.
For more information, go to soywater.unl.edu, or call 402-472-1536.
LEARNING BY DOING: UNL researcher Dr. Jessica Torrion helps Ray Kneifl of Dixon work through the SoyWater program.
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There are three different puzzles in the Fisher-Price Little People Song & Sound Wood Puzzles line: Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer Jed Had a Farm, and The Wheels on the Bus. Each is sold separately. As children put the seven puzzle pieces in their spots, they will hear the sound that the object makes and its name. When the puzzle is complete, it will play a song. The wooden puzzle pieces are chunky to make it easy for small hands to grasp.
Why It's Fun
Preschoolers will like the surprise of hearing sounds and music as they put together the Fisher-Price Little People Song & Sound Wood Puzzles. These puzzles are designed to help children with matching and size-recognition skills.
Unfortunately, the puzzle pieces don't have to be placed all the way in their spaces or even in the correct space for children to hear the sounds. So it might be confusing for a preschooler to hear a bus engine and the word "bus" if they've placed the cat piece on top of the bus. Hearing a sound no matter what doesn't help children realize that they've misplaced the puzzle piece, so parents might need to play along to help out.
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The Fisher-Price Little People Song & Sound Wood Puzzle is for ages 18 months and up.
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Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said it would be difficult for Kobe Bryant to return by Thanksgiving, according to Los Angeles Times reporter Mike Bresnahan.
Bryant has been doing intense conditioning and will have to be worked back in to Lakers practices before he can play again.
GM Mitch Kupchak said Nov. 10 that the Lakers still do not have an expected return date for Bryant, who just started ramping up his workouts for the past two weeks. From The Los Angeles Times:
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I hate this pet because make attack of ally pet very strong and unavoidable because that pet is always faster, need nerf
murkalot has few weakness and ALOT of potential to do damage and help his friends, he is a bit overpowered. go blizzcon 2013.
I wouldn't say nerfed at all. He still has plenty of potential with combination tactics. RB > Put in Unborn Val'kyr > Curse > Toss out whatever beatdown pet your rolling with. Loads of fun for PvE and pet catching that is :)
Absolutely disappointed they changed his ability slots. I paid for this digital ticket just for this pet. Within weeks they severely handicap him. He is now less then competent. I have changed his name to nerfed
If you're a lazy pet leveler, like I am, and he's still not 25, here's how I'm leveling him up. From the time he was level 10 until top level, I put him in the first pet slot, and use Righteous Inspiration. He gets a round of combat, but doesn't get beaten on too much. I've been able to drag him from 10-20 without a lot of effort, and he's only died once.
This pet is showing on EU armory now, but it will not import to my collection here.
I sent in a ticket and from the response his talents were changed due to him being too overpowered. I am very disappointed with blizzard on this change. He was beatable, a bit more of a challenge. Some pets should be more of a challenge besides that he wasn't free. He isn't much if a good pet battler now..I'm sad they did this.
yea idk if the move set thing is bugged or if they intended to hotfix but didnt complete but this guy is almost unusable now bc the moves change from your pet book from when you go in battle. if i have bessed hammers, shieldstorm and righteous inspiration, the shieldstorm talent is being replaced by falling murloc but if i change my tier 3 talent to falling murloc i will get to keep shieldstorm. it seems as if all combinations are possible except for the shieldstorm/righteous inspiration combo
Yep his abilities have changed around. 2nd slot abilities now coming up in 3rd slot. WTH!
Has anyone elses move set changed since the reset?
This guy kicks butt in some serious way. I thought this was going to be a weak fun to look at char but it's far beyond that. Super Murk!
Can this not be flagged for manual addition, like the Sky Lantern?
We're aware of a bug where Murkalot is not showing up for our EU members as "collected." This is a result of a bug in the official EU WoW Armory. It's not something we can easily fix on our end. Until it's corrected on Blizzard's end, there's little we can do. :-/
If you're one of the collectors affected by this bug, bring it up on the official WoW forums for your region. If enough people are vocal about it, Blizzard might address it that much sooner.
*holds her own Murkalot up* Everyone, meet Fjordring.
This guy is SUPER easy to level. Put him in first, have in Inspire someone, and bring in your level 25 ringer.
@ Lornaa
I have the same issue, it isn't showing for me and I can't update the warcraft pets page because it comes up with the stupid "error you don't have this pet on armory" which is silly because I do have it. Hope this gets fixed soon.
A broken pet, stupidly OPed, needs a nerf.
He is so cute! I love his actions.
This pet is strong but beatable, and very predictable. Magma Wave or Tidal Wave counter Shieldstorm easily. Righteous Inspiration gives double damage but effectively takes 2 rounds to get double damage, and you can see it coming. You know which pet will switch in so if you can't dodge/block the attack you can swap in the pet best able to take the hit.
Having the same problem as Lornaa, got this little guy, lvled to 25 but still nothing on here or armoury page. bug with server maybe??
I disagree, his moveset makes it so that the next pet is guaranteed to be faster, does double damage, and you can't even hit it when it first swaps in due to Shieldstorm. I have faced the same guy, with Kovok, Murkalot, and Blackfuse Bombling. Murk sets it up, bombling comes in and does double damage to your ENTIRE team, and then Pheramones wraps up whatever is left. And in the event you had something survive, you get to face a full health Kovok AND Murk again


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Posted by MARK CHRISTIANSEN at 12:04 PM
Labels: cartoon animals, character design, illustration, INSECT
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- Chris Sig said...
Wonderful stuff, Mark! The colours are especially grand - was this done digitally and traditional? It's pretty hard to tell the difference these days X)
- March 21, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- MARK CHRISTIANSEN said...
Thanks again for the compliments, Chris! I sketched out the character on paper first, and then redrew it in Adobe Illustrator. After that, I took it into Photoshop for some texture. Hope all is well with you!
- March 21, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Malcolm said...
This is great, Mark. I really admire the textures you used, it definitely carries that vintage H&B feel. Great job, man.
- March 21, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- MARK CHRISTIANSEN said...
Many thanks to you, Malcom!
- March 21, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Denis Goulet said...
Wonderful! I like a good schnoz on any character.
- March 22, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Bob Canada said...
This is awesome! Great character design and lots of personality.
- March 22, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- MARK CHRISTIANSEN said...
Thank you very much, Denis and Bob!
- March 22, 2010 at 8:22 PM
- Tony DiStefano said...
This is just as good as any of the original Raid bugs. Great job!
- March 23, 2010 at 8:39 AM
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Is Rick Perry's candidacy finished?Friday, November 11th, 2011
Rick Perry remembered that there were three federal departments he would get rid of if elected president. He even could remember two of them – Education and Commerce. But in Wednesday night's Republican debate the Texas governor just couldn't remember the third agency.
And his long, stammering search for the lost bit of brain matter seemed agonizingly slow both to the audience and, no doubt, to Gov. Perry himself.
The bigger problem for Gov. Perry is that even when he remembers what he wants to say, he says things that hurt his campaign.
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His idea for a flat tax was an obvious attempt to me-too Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan. Plus, the details Gov. Perry spelled out were so complicated – taxpayers would have to figure their taxes both the old way and the new way to see if they benefited – that they undermined the whole purpose of a flat tax.
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I don't understand any of the hate for this movie.
2 years agoby @moviefreak97Flag
the whole movie was so great love it i hope it will have a free downloadble movie
3 years agoby @courtsidebreakersFlag