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I'm well aware that you're allowed to make games such as Hentai Hill using Byond, however, I would like to know where the community draws the line for sex and nudity in a game that can appear on the hub.
Here's a random sprite I was drawing:
Now, would this be okay to have in a game that would appear on the hub?
Secondly, would it be okay if a game had an option for player characters to engage in sex?
Okay as to not be removed from the hub. I just want to know where the line is drawn, thanks. This is an honest question inspired by the pixel art forum when I saw some random thing about naked people and it got me started. Oh well, thanks for any and all responses.


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I found two of these old lamps when i moved into our house. No one has lived here for 15 years and was built in the 70's. There are no markings on them anywhere.
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How many miniature jock straps will $440 buy?
With a quantity discount, it bought the city of Lodi 251 - used as decorations for a sports-themed League of Cities conference dinner the city hosted in September at Wine and Roses Country Inn.
The total bill at Lodi Sporting Goods for the party favors came to $740.
In addition to the tiny supporters, the city bought 40 baby footballs and 40 one-inch golf tees.
The spending didn't stop with the sporting goods.
The city paid another $4,223 for a buffet dinner from Wine and Roses Country Inn & Restaurant and $500 more on local wines for the event, which was attended by about 150 officials from Lodi and other Northern California cities.
Although the dignitaries bought tickets, records show that the city still lost approximately $3,000 on the party.
"It would be wonderful if there were no costs to the city," said former City Clerk Alice Reimche, who planned the dinner, "but you're going into it not knowing what your attendance will be."
Just a month before that banquet, a Lodi police officer whose truck had struck and killed a 4-year-old girl in July 1999 spent three days in Disneyland in August with his wife and child - paid for with $1,700 of city money set aside for city manager conference fees.
City Manager Dixon Flynn said he sent the officer south to conduct some business for him - pick up some information about art in public places in Brea, which is close to Disneyland. But the officer didn't attend a conference there.
Nevertheless, the city reimbursed him $552 for three plane tickets to Orange County, $40 for parking at the Oakland airport, $32 for bus transfers, $871 for three nights at The Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim and $207 for six meals.
"You have to understand," said Flynn, who approved the trip. "I had a very distraught employee. I had to get him out of here."
A News-Sentinel review of spending by top city officials showed that the above incidents are but a few of the city's questionable expenditures.
These expenditures range from flowers to gourmet meals to assorted goodies.
Moreover, the review showed a record-keeping system that is difficult, if not impossible, for a layperson to penetrate. Information takes days or weeks to obtain, and sometimes leads only to more questions.
Also, charges are scattered with expenses from a single event sometimes paid for from different accounts.
For example, most of the wine for the League of Cities dinner was purchased with money from a special account set up only for that dinner.
But a receipt from Lodi Avenue Liquors shows that a case of cabernet and some beer totaling $461 for the same event was charged to what's called the "City Council Generic Fund," Flynn said.
Lodi Finance Director Vicky McAthie said this type of expense spreading happens at times and is actually supposed to happen.
For example, if items will serve more than one purpose, they can be charged to one of several accounts, McAthie said.
"It's usually pretty black and white," McAthie said, regarding which account an item should be charged to.
Usually, it's based on where the item was budgeted for that year.
McAthie conceded that the accounting system the city must follow makes it hard even for the city accounting staff to figure out exactly how much money a certain event ended up costing.
This is precisely why Mayor Steve Mann proposed that anything costing more than $100 drawn from the city's $22,000 special-event fund would have to come before the City Council for approval.
Mann proposed the $100 cap at a recent council meeting, but a majority of members would only grant him a $1,000 ceiling on the fund which is also known as the City Council Protocol Account.
"All you need to do is have 10 $100 expenses and that adds up to $1,000," Mann said, "and those events are composed of smaller expenditures."
Indeed, the small change spent on novelties rather than necessities is adding up.
Here are just a few more examples:
- At councilman and former mayor Keith Land's request, former city clerk Alice Reimche, who left office this spring, spent $1,000.72 on Christmas cards for city employees in December.
- Reimche also signed receipt upon receipt from local deli Bella Mozzarella totaling $1,559 in refreshments for City Council meetings and both the current and former mayor's lunches with local citizens. Sandwiches, salad assortments, fruit and cookies, usually costing about $50 per meeting, aren't charged to the council members' individual $5,000 expense accounts. The snacks, instead, are paid for from a $28,000 General Supplies fund that is part of the City Council's Generic Fund. The $92,000 Generic Fund pays for the council members' salaries, benefits and supplies.
- The city spent another $2,637 at Cottage Bakery for coffee cakes and fancy cookies, bagels and cream cheese and dozens of glazed donuts over the past year, some of which were for staff meetings and City Council shirtsleeve sessions. Some of the sweets were for volunteers for different projects, Mann said.
- The city spent more than $1,000 at Avenue Florist, and about $3,500 at Village Flower and Gifts on plants and flowers expressing various departments' sympathy, congratulations and thank yous. And when flowers are necessary, Lodi doesn't always send just one spray. Often, several departments will each send their own, paid for not by the members of the departments, but out of each department's General Supplies budget. When a deputy city clerk had a baby this fiscal year, the City Manager's Office sent a $60 bouquet and the City Council sent another for $30.
- The city spent $1,300 at Port City Wholesale on decorative flowers for things like banquet centerpieces. The 75-foot evergreen garland that decorated the City Hall and the council chambers around the holidays cost the city $295 from this wholesaler. The garland wasn't budgeted anywhere, according to the Lodi finance director, so money to pay for it ended up coming out of the city's Contingency Fund. The contingency fund is a nearly $800,000 account set aside for emergency expenses.
City council members and city staff alike had mixed feelings about these expenditures.
It was common, when questioned about them, for officials to place the blame on other officials.
Flynn said the City Council knew about the Disneyland trip for police officer Valentine Chaban, but some council members say they weren't fully informed.
Mann said he thought Chaban, who returned to duty Monday after several months on leave, was sent south on business.
Initially, Mann said he didn't know anything about Disneyland, but later said he and the entire council were told about the trip. "Under the circumstances, it was the right thing to do," Mann said.
He pointed out that the city also paid about $5,000 for the funeral of the girl, Jessica Quenzer, who died in the accident.
But council members Susan Hitchcock and Alan Nakanishi said they knew nothing about the trip.
Hitchcock was reluctant to disapprove of it even now, though, saying she understands that the officer was upset and probably needed to get away.
"Without knowing the details, it's difficult to pass judgment," Hitchcock said. "But as well-intentioned as that may have been, I don't think it should be a taxpayer expense."
Flynn, who feels that the expense was justified, said he keeps a close eye on city spending. He and Mann agree there are corners that could have been cut over the past year, though.
"Some events have been grander than appropriate," Mann said.
But Reimche, the former city clerk who authorized a lot of these expenses, said she saved money in many ways.
"I did have a reputation for showcasing the city in a very positive way, but let me tell you, we did a lot of things to save costs," Reimche said.
For example, at the League of Cities banquet, many volunteers helped clean up, Reimche said.
Reimche herself arranged the flowers in the centerpieces, rather than pay someone to arrange them.
And McAthie pointed out that the city also saved by bringing in its own wine to Wine and Roses Country Inn for that event in September.
At many of the lunch or dinner meetings, business is taking place, Land said.
For instance, the idea for Lodi House, a shelter for homeless women and children, was born at a luncheon with local ministers few months ago. Lodi House is now scheduled to open this fall.
"We're not just sitting there eating," Land said.
Flynn defended Cottage Bakery and Bella Mozzarella snacks as well.
He said he has recently tried to curb spending on such things in his own department, but pointed out that the council members don't necessarily have time to eat dinner between work and council meetings.
Hitchcock said some niceties are necessary, though. She mentioned the $600 the city spent for three fireproof Christmas trees.
"I think the city would look like, 'bah humbug' if they had a Charlie Brown Christmas tree," Hitchcock said.
And Flynn condoned the $1,000 spent on holiday greeting cards. "I think that's fine," Flynn said.
Flynn said he arranged to open the City Council Protocol Account two years ago as a way to consolidate council spending for city functions that would previously have been charged to other departments' budgets.
He said having the protocol account has helped, but there is still some expenditure spreading that needs to be controlled.
At the same time, there are efforts in place to do just that. Proceeds from the city product line on display at the City Hall Annex are eventually supposed to pay for flowers sent on behalf of the city, Flynn said - once more products sell, that is.
But in the meantime, the city will continue to operate as it has been.
And some citizens, like Tom Kohlhepp, a candidate for the State Assembly and owner of Tom's Used Books on School Street, will continue to shake their heads and sigh.
"It's typical," Kohlhepp said. "Oftentimes, politicians will say we have to hold people accountable. But who really needs to be held accountable are government agencies. I think they ought to put the people first."
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"The theater is more than just actors on a stage," said Michael Presser, founder and executive director of Inside Broadway. Presser opened the program by giving the students a history of the ornate theater they were sitting in. Originally built in 1910, it has been host to various famous works, including the premiere of the 1959 classic-turned-major-motion-picture The Sound of Music.
Motown, The Musical follows the Lunt Fontanne Theatre tradition of excellence by chronicling the journey of how the father of Motown, Berry Gordy, changed America with a sound it still listens to today.
Many of the students cheered and sang along with the actors during the musical selections, including top Motown hits like "Stop in the Name of Love" made popular by the Supremes and "ABC" by the Jackson 5. During the number "Reach Out and Touch," Dionne Figgins, who plays Diana Ross in the musical, taught the audience the chorus and invited several children to sing along with her onstage.
"I've never seen such a great Broadway show before," said Jeremy Ruiz, a student from P-17X.
The energy in the room was palpable as various workers from the stage and behind the scenes instructed and performed for the students. Oohs, ahhs, and gasps escaped from the students as professionals took them through the various jobs on set, including how they work the lights, sounds, and props. During a demonstration of the musical's scene changes, one student yelled from the audience as a living room floated onto the stage, "Is that magic?"
While not really magic, the students got to see how training and dedication could lead to some magical results.
"It's hard work," said Alan Bain, close friend of Presser and supporter of Inside Broadway. "Glamorous maybe, but it takes a lot of hard work to get there, to stay there."
Figgins explained to the students how she is constantly working and improving her skills as an actress. She takes classes and has to study; just like many of the students there were taking classes that they had to study for. It wasn't that much different, Figgins said, and she encouraged the students to work hard at school and never stop learning.
In an age where everything can be recorded, uploaded, and watched online at any time, Presser said, he was happy that he was able to give these students the chance to learn about and see live theater.
"It only happens now, and then it's gone," Presser said of theater. "To be able to give the kids the opportunity to experience some of that is a wonderful thing."
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Mystery Authors You May Have Missed
Michael Raleigh
"Speaking to groups about my writing, indeed, about any aspect of writing and publishing has been the most enjoyable aspect of becoming a published writer. I've spoken at dozens of neighborhood and community libraries, and I never tire of it."
Michael Raleigh, born April, 1947, is a lifelong Chicagoan and the author of five mysteries and two novels. He grew up on the north side of Chicago, spending his first eleven years in the neighborhood around the old Riverview amusement park, a neighborhood that is lovingly at the heart and soul of his novel In the Castle of the Flynns (2002), one of his two non-mysteries. It is natural for Raleigh to set his mysteries in landmark Chicago places such as Riverview, Uptown, Belmont Harbor, and Maxwell Street, as he knows his city.
Having attended DePaul University in Chicago, Michael received a BA in English literature, and went on to Michigan State University, where he received an MA in English and received training as a teacher of English as a Second Language. After graduate school, Michael taught part-time at DePaul University and the City Colleges of Chicago, and he has been, variously, a bank teller, a librarian, a bartender, a grant writer for the Salvation Army, an office manager, a microfiche technician, and a punch press operator. During the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote short stories and poetry, and some of his early work appeared in literary magazines. He also received four Illinois Arts Council grants for fiction writing. He went back into teaching and in 1980 took a position at Truman College in Chicago where for twenty-eight years he taught English as a Second Language, freshman composition, literature, and the history of Chicago (a subject which, over the years, has become a favorite of his and the setting of much of his work). He has been married for over twenty-five years to his wife Katherine, and they have three children.
What he writes: Michael Raleigh's hard-boiled detective character Paul Whelan dogs murderers in Chicago. He manages to conduct thorough investigations by winning over bartenders, crabby waitresses, and wary old men on benches. He likes and respects these people, the more colorful the better, and readers expect that. Raleigh has a thing for losers and writes of them with affection. When Whelan eats, it is in small local delis, bodegas, and restaurants where Raleigh's descriptions of the "ambiance" is often as interesting as the plot. Although this walk-and-talk can be light on action, there's a lot of life on the "mean" streets of Chicago. Raleigh frequently calls the police for research. "I used to notice things that weren't accurate in other people's books. I wanted to get mine right." The police have been extremely helpful, providing the kinds of factual details that make fiction come alive. "They (the police) like people to know how intricate their job is," says Raleigh. His attention to detail has earned him some interesting fans. When Raleigh presented a program at one of the Chicago Public Library branches, two violent crimes detectives came to hear him speak. "They've read all my books," he says. This does speak to the accuracy of his research and the authentic voice of his fiction.
In 2002, Raleigh branched out from his Whelan mysteries to publish In the Castle of the Flynns, a fictional memoir that tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy whose parents are killed in a car crash. He then goes to live with his eccentric, extended family, and begins to discover his family and their Irish Catholic heritage. His loving descriptions of Chicago in the 1950s make any reader wish they were there. When asked in an interview if the characters in the novel were based on his own family, Raleigh explained that the novel is "largely a fictional story wrapped around actual incidents and family legends."
Raleigh 's next book, The Blue Moon Circus, focused on a down-on-his-luck former circus manager who reenters the circus world, gathers a peculiar band of misfits, and sets off to reestablish his show. Despite obsolete circus equipment and an aging cast of performers, the circus meets some successes along the way. Kirkus Reviews considered this book to be "beguiling, wise, and wonderful."
Raleigh once told Contemporary Authors: "I waited a long time to see the publication of my first novel. Twenty-one years passed between the day I wrote and sent out my first short story and the day my book Death in Uptown appeared... The idea of becoming a writer first occurred to me during college, but a wise creative writing teacher told me that it would be best to find some way of paying the rent and buying food while I was becoming one. I took his advice and spent most of the 1970s and 1980s writing in my free time while working at a succession of unrelated and often unpleasant jobs. I like to think that this period broadened my horizons a bit in terms of subject matter and interest." He was influenced by a pair of great Chicago writers, Nelson Algren and the now largely ignored novelist, James T. Farrell.
Of his mystery series he says "My mystery novels feature Chicago detective Paul Whelan, an idiosyncratic man with unorthodox methods, acute instincts, and a quirky sense of humor, and his friend and occasional nemesis, the belligerent Al Bauman of the Chicago Police."
List of works |
Paul Whelan Series | |
Death in Uptown (1991) -- eBook | |
A Body in Belmont Harbor (1993) -- eBook | |
The Maxwell Street Blues (1994) -- eBook | |
Killer on Argyle Street (1995) -- eBook | |
The Riverview Murders (1997) | |
Other Works | |
In the Castle of the Flynns (2001) -- eBook | |
The Blue Moon Circus (2003) | |
Fellow of Illinois Arts Council, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1989.
What the critics say |
A critic for Publishers Weekly described [character] Whelan as "a grungy, moral and pleasingly anachronistic shamus working the ethnically diverse, economically bruised neighborhoods of Chicago's Uptown district." |
Whelan's adventures contain, wrote Wes Lukowsky in Booklist, "an agreeably low-key protagonist; plenty of vivid Chicago atmosphere; and a well-rounded portrayal of mean streets and the often very decent people forced to inhabit them." |
A Publishers Weekly critic, writing about The Riverview Murders, maintained that Raleigh's tale demonstrates his knack for fashioning living, breathing characters out of his tough urban settings." Lukowsky found the novel to be a "riveting private-eye yarn" and "a solid entry in an underappreciated, carefully crafted series." |
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Karma - Your Actions are like a BoomerangAccording to the way of the Universe and its laws, everyone will get their just desserts when the time comes. If you have treated people respectfully and tried to do the right thing during your lifetime, you have nothing to worry about. However, for the Scott Petersons and the Michael Schiavos of this world, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes on Judgment Day. It appears Mr. Schiavo has now freed himself up to marry the woman he has been living with, with whom he has I believe two children. Conflict of interest you say? Well, no more... When you do a kindness for someone, at some point in time you will see that come back to you in some shape or form. The good you have done will be repaid threefold to you at some time in the future. It could be sooner, or it could be much later, but it will come. Liken all your actions to a boomerang - which eventually comes right back to you! So Beware that, by the same token, if you operate selfishly and mean-spirited, expect nothing but having to pay the piper when the time comes. It is amazing to me to see bad karma come to haunt someone who has done an injustice to someone along the line. This is why I try to maintain a conviction that ALL will OUT at the right time -- and whoever has wounded me in some way or another (and I have my list) will be the victim of their own bad behavior - as it will come back to roost with them, just as a boomerang comes back to the one who throws it out. I want to have a ringside seat on the day that the people on my list have to answer for their evil ways and the damage they have caused because of it... Believe me, it's not that I am without my own demons that haunt me of how I could have maybe done something differently, or realized too late I caused someone hurt - but I can honestly say that I have lived my life trying to do unto others as I would want them to do unto me. That means, I respect you - and you do the same with me. When you operate from that standpoint, I think it's hard to go wrong. I can also truthfully say I never start out with the intention of doing anyone harm in any way. But, because we are imperfect beings, sometimes our best intentions can go awry. After all, we are only human. "To err is human - to forgive, divine". I'm still working on the forgiving -- that does not come easily for me, especially when some of the people I have known during my lifetime have intentionally behaved in a self-serving and malicious manner which has caused me pain and suffering. I will let Fate take its course for those 'evil doers' - the sociopaths and psychopaths of our society who I do not believe can ever be reformed - because they have no conscience, no soul. Do a good deed for someone today. You will feel better about yourself - and the more good you do, the more you will see good things start to happen in your life! Practice being self-less and see miracles happen in your life...
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O.K., ya'll, after Wednesday's creek mishap and yesterday's window fiasco (the fiasco in which my youngest son pressed his back up against our living room picture window while trying to push the couch in front of it forward, thus shattering the glass – without cutting himself…whew! – and nearly giving his poor mother a heart attack), I am relieved to say we are back on track and no worse for the wear. Elijah's legs have thawed, the gaping hole in our wall has been covered up with plastic (classy!), and the "Glass Doctor" will be calling this afternoon with an estimate on a brand new window. For the time being, all fires have been snuffed out.
It's funny, isn't it? How those potential scenarios we lose sleep over rarely ever come to fruition – how most of the time, life throws us curve balls we never saw coming, would never have even thought to try and prepare for. Weeks like this one remind me to let go (Be Gone, you late night worries, you unyielding personal agendas!) and be eternally minded. Because in the l-o-o-o-n-g run those unexpected trials and interruptions, how we respond to them, how we either trust or not trust that Christ is in them, are what will, ultimately, either strip us of our burdensome passions or leave us blind and bitter.
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Hamburg's Rafael van der Vaart insists there is no truth in rumours linking him with a move to Turkish side Besiktas.
The former Spurs midfielder has been included in Holland's 30-man squad for this summer's World Cup, despite a disappointing campaign at the foot of the Bundesliga table.
Having successfully avoided relegation, Van der Vaart insists he is ignoring all the transfer speculation.
"I have also heard about an interest of Besiktas JK in my services. But there is no truth in this," he told Bild.
"We have achieved Bundesliga safety with Hamburger SV, now I am just focused on the FIFA 2014 World Cup tournament that I am going to play in."
The Hamburg captain's current contract is set to expire next summer, and general manager Oliver Kreuzer is hoping that the Dutchman commits to the club for another season.
Kreuzer said: "He has a contract left to go at our club. At this point in time I am expecting him to fulfill this deal."


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I feel like this could be a day like any other, on of us has to move but we wait for the other to move first. I'll force a laugh to break our stillness, your silence concerns me. This is only going to get harder, before it turns easy. We can't keep safe, if we need to take a break.
I am alone in this now, I am as I've always been. You seem so lost in her, so lost to me. You look like you always will be, just beyond my reach. But I will keep trying.
well there is this one person on here that has asked sm1 out that i am starting to crush on, and they are not even fully male(yet) and i really want to ask them out but i know they will say no. so i will try to get over it. and there is another ftm i am crushing on, but i haven't realy noticed if they like guys ot girls so i definate ly will leave that one in the dark, but it is bound to show up eventualy, cuz i talk to these guys alot on here. and btw ALL WHO HAVE MY WINDOWS LIVE IT IS STILL ME EVEN THO THE NAME SAYS "ZAC" IT IS STILL AARON!!!!!
well i feel better now, ttyl loves!
is it just me or is adam realy hot? and i mean REALY hot! he is so sexy, if only i were a little older, rich and a sex hungry feind.*sighs* why do i have to think adam is hot? WHY??????????
man this sucks. i might have to move away from my bf, but i want to move so my pop can have a good job. but i don't want to move cuz my bf is here. i want to move so i can get a fresh start, but i don't want to have to leave all my friends behind. i am SOOO tired of texas weather but i am afraid florida won't agree with me. . . or that i will bring a drought with me. i know that if i move i won't be able to talk to you all for a while, at least untill we get all settled in. i am afraid that no one will like me in orlando, but a small part of me doesn't care.
SHIT!!!!!! i might be moving, and i am just starting to get everything fixed with james!!! this sucks! man five fucking states away!!!!! i might move to orlando. if my pop gets this job he aplied for. my god i will look SOOOOOO white in florida. if any of you are in orlando a nice welcom is very much apreciated. i will keep you guys posted. wish for the best. hey maybe i can talk my parents into takeing james with us?
well i thought about starting a gsa at my school. prolly gonna. just thought id tell everyone.
well i got som shitty news just now, my bf's dad found one of my notes i wrote him and has now sworn to find me and kick my ass. i am thinking about breaking up with him, or haveing him come out of the closet with our relationship. i am actualy leaning more twards breaking up. my life has now officaly gon down into the crapper. if i break up with him, i might not get back into the game untill i am 18 (two years from now).
can i get a little help, i feel like i invite/ bring down misery on anyone who i am friends/ going out with.
well i am at a draw. i really want to go to hollywood and be an actor, but i also want to be in/make a band. like a linkin park type band. i would so thrash mike snioda's lyrics! but i could also use my big brain and be a doc, or something... or be an artist. i might put my pic as a self portrait i did yesterday( i was kinda mad as a forewarning!) that looks exactly like me.
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hey guys just a random thought i had, i want to go to canada or San Fransisco! canada cuz J2 lives there, San Fran cus i want to go to USF. i might just go abduct J2 and head to USF with him in tow, . . .
just wanted to be random for a minute...
well i found somone who might go out with me, but he said he made a promise to himself to wait to go out with anyone again untill he is 16. three months from sunday! he is sooooo hot! i hope he will say he will go out with me, but there is always the chance he will say no,... but i choose to be hopeful. the only drawback is he is in the closet and bi, the closet i can understand, . . . it is the bi part that i am worried about...
Anyways, he lives in town and is AMAZINGLY HOT! i have had like a MAJOR crush on him all year long. Wish me luck guys, . . .
Well everyone i got stupid. i bought my ex that i was going to ask out a reeses and then gave him a note asking him out even though i knew he would say no.
i am knida wanting him to say yes, but i know its a no. this can only end badly. i am probably going to ask another person out by the end of the day. might be a stupid redneck again.
Man does my life suck! on wednesday my boyfriend dumped my sorry ass, and then secretly started going out with a girl, i had hoped that he would come to me this morning and ask me back out but he didn't so i don't care. And then i wanted to ask out my Ex-boyfriend, who said that we can still be friends. i went through a rough weekend, so many hot guys and all so quickly! one crush after the next! I thin i got to 20 in under 5 minutes. . . and all of them were into girls, or spoken for.
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What is the Difference between compost & mulch, I thought that mulch came from trees while compost came from animals |
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Compost is a mixture of materials, mostly vegetative that has been pre digested. Compost can be made with animal manures, but does not need that, and vegetative waste. Mulches are materials that are laid on top of the soil to aid in conserving soil moisture, aid in "weed" suppression, aid in keping soils cool, and to help supply organic matter to the soil as they are digested. Materials that can be used for mulch include shredded leaves, straw, hay, wood chips, shredded bark, or about any other vegetative waste you have, or even stones. |
Compost is a mixture of materials, mostly vegetative that has been pre digested. Compost can be made with animal manures, but does not need that, and vegetative waste. Mulches are materials that are laid on top of the soil to aid in conserving soil moisture, aid in "weed" suppression, aid in keping soils cool, and to help supply organic matter to the soil as they are digested. Materials that can be used for mulch include shredded leaves, straw, hay, wood chips, shredded bark, or about any other vegetative waste you have, or even stones. |
- Posted by Gary_Snail 9 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 29, 13 at 14:01
You specifically didn't mention that compost could be used as a mulch, is there a reason for that? |
Gary, compost makes an excellent mulch. I use it every chance I get. |
if you have a surplus of it, sure, use it as mulch as well, I do |
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I am planning to turn the ground on the area I am planning to plant melons then mix cow manure compost then cover the area with black plastic then plant the seeds |
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 29, 13 at 15:18
Mulch is a generic term which refers to anything that is used to cover the surface of the soil. It can be organic - leaves, grass clippings, bark, sawdust, compost, manure. Mulch can also be inorganic - gravel, lava rock, plastic sheeting, shredded tires. Which you prefer to use depends a lot on the purpose or intent......both types have their attributes. Compost is decomposed (or mostly decomposed) plant and animal matter. And as others have noted it can make an excellent mulch. |
Compost is a 'what', mulch is a 'where'. Mulch is material, organic or non-organic, that is placed on the top of soil. For purposes of retaining moisture, keeping soil from drying out, to make it easy to pull the weeds that will sprout, to slowly release nutrients to the soil, etc. If you dug this top layer of material into the soil after a while, it would no longer be considered mulch. Examples of mulch would include compost, wood chips, shredded leaves, bark pieces. Non-organic examples might include lava type rock and shredded rubber tires. I was going to included shredded paper as a non-organic product, but thought better of it. Compost is organic matter that has been broken down into useful stuff plants can use. Many folks on this forum will choose to make compost as opposed to buying it. Shredding trees to make mulch is simple, making a decent compost product is a bit harder and certainly takes longer. You might ask how long does it take to make compost, and receive replies from 14 days to over a year. The latter is a more accurate than the first number. Even though I try to make a 'hot' compost pile, with a core temp of 130 to 140F, it takes me three or four months to get a material I consider ready. I previously used the word 'finished', but this was a very bad choice of terms. Vendors of bins, tumblers, and composting systems often give numbers like '14 days' or 'ready in 30 days' for the products they hope to sell. Gardening magazines and web sites offer more realistic lengths of time from one month to one year. I read once that one guy made compost in three days in a test tube, but would not care to use it even if it was affordable. I reread the FAQs, and think we need to have simple defnitations of the terms Soil, Mulch and Compost at the top of the FAQ list. |
One could use compost as a mulch, but most people state that they never have enough compost for what they want, or need, and since to be effective a mulch needs to be 3 or more inches thick. Why use compost, for mulch, if something else is more readily available? |
I used to use my homemade compost (which has a sawdust/wood shavings base) as mulch because I knew it was not completely 'finished'. However, it only lasted a few months before it 'disappeared' so wasn't great as a mulch. It is a wonderful soil amendment tho and I feel it feeds the worms and other good soil organisms and so benefits the plants. However I have never had enough and have now started using shredded bark as mulch which was already decomposing (heating) when I applied it. I plan to push back this mulch near plants and apply my compost twice a year then return the mulch. One can describe the differences between compost and mulch in many ways, however I feel that the benefit of compost is that it feeds the soil organisms which produce nutrients for the plants and mulch protects the soil thus making a more stable environment (moisture and temperature) for the soil organisms and plants. A good mulch will also, over time, add nutrients to the soil as it decomposes. This mimics what happens in nature when leaves fall providing mulch for the soil, then gradually decompose acting as 'compost' and feeding the soil. |
- Posted by Gary_Snail 9 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 30, 13 at 14:51
I guess I really don't have compost, just mulch in a state of decomposition, so I get it. |
If you are no till compost is always a mulch. If you turn your soil, with shovel &/or tiller, compost is added before turning to to enrich the soil. If you add compost as a top dress after you plant, then it is a mulch. Compost can be added in most any form of decomposition & turn under. But most of the time when some one says compost, they mean "finished compost". What is the difference ? The state of decomposition, but that another thread. |
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Comment on this storyPort Elizabeth - Each Ghana player received $35 000 after qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals, officials said Tuesday.
"The bonuses have been paid," confirmed Ghana team manager Emmanuel Kyeremeh.
"Had they failed to qualify for the quarter-finals, they would not have received anything," he added.
Four-time champions Ghana topped Group B with seven points from three matches and Mali finished runners-up on four points.
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Back Yard Cat Bath, 6.75 x 8.5 Collograph [#1 of 5] with Watercolor and Colored pencil
Available for sale here.
Process shots begin at the bottom of this post.
While visiting my friend JMC, I used some of her water-based inks on the plate, and a sheet of soaked & blotted Arches cover paper to pull two prints (one in black, and another with a little color added a la poupee') on her little Dick Blick baby press. I'll be curious to see how this prints with oil based etching inks, but I wanted to avoid the fumes in the house, so that will wait till another day. For now, the first print (above) is ready for some watercolor & colored pencil.
I've cut the first layer of mat board away to become an ink-holding reservoir in the stripes of the towel wrapped around the cat to give it cat-shaped volume, and after brushing a diluted layer of gloss Medium & varnish on areas I'd like to print dark, I've sprinkled carborundum, and then sealed it the next day with two more layers of the same varnish.
I've used Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive glue for linear elements; facial features, limbs, hedges and architectural outlines. The cat is made from pieces of cotton balls, the hair on the figures is kitchen twine, and their clothing is kleenex tissues. The ground texture is saran wrap... I was winging this, and the kitchen was my best source for scrap materials. :o)
With a reference photo close by, I'm using a piece of mat board as a plate, and building texture with tissue, cellophane, string and glue. Each item is adhered to the plate with Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish.
I've listed some new art in my Ebay Store. You can browse here.
5 comments:
- Jeb said...
I love collographs...I took a workshop on them and it was really neat. This one looks great, I love the wrinkles in the shirts!
- Robyn said...
Even looking at all the stages, I can never understand how you achieve such a realistic image with this method, Belinda. Beautiful!
- moreidlethoughts said...
I have to say that cat's expression is as true to life as I've ever seen!
And thankyou for sharing your techniques so generously. - 10:00 PM
- Jennifer Pfeiffer said...
I have never heard of collograph, thank you for sharing about it. I like the depth perception it gives.
- Katie Johnson said...
Wow! That's cool! I've never seen this particular thing. Collographs, huh? Have to look that one up. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: August 27, 2009, from the September 2009 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
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The WSSI Busch Award, named for Dr. Chris Busch who was noted for emphasizing, "without the successful commercialization of the innovation, the grant project cannot be deemed successful." Therefore, the Busch Award recognizes those SBIR/STTR grantees who have taken their grant project through the commercialization process and into the marketplace.
Congratulations to the WSSI Busch Award Winners listed below.
InterMountain Laboratory's Chinook Division
Ernie Scott, Sheridan
For the commercialization of their Infrasonic Avalanche Detector
Supported by a NSF award.
CC Technology
Keith Carron, Laramie
For the development of the Advantage 200A Raman Spectrometer. Visit the new division on CC Technology, DeltaNu website for more information on this product: www.deltanu.com
Supported by NSF & NIH awards.
Wyoming Sawmills, Inc.
Ernie Schmidt, Sheridan
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Supported by a USDA award.
Also, for the development of "Engineered Lumber."
Supported by a NSF award.
Wickman Spacecraft and Propulsion
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Hawkins & Powers, Aviation, Inc.
Duane Powers, Greybull
For the development of an automated system for the release of fire retardant form fire-fighting aircraft. This device is now used in many countries around the world.
Supported by a USDA award.
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Girls Basketball: Worth repeating: Mount Assisi a regional champion
By PHIL BROZYNSKI For Sun-Times Media February 13, 2014 10:52PM
The Mt. Assisi girls basketball team celebrates their Lisle IHSA Regional championship holding teammate Sabrina Miller (14) aloft with their trophy. | Jon Cunningham/For Sun-Times Media
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Jess Moriarty will be shopping for her third school in three years in the fall with the closing of Mount Assisi. After attending Christian Liberty Academy last year, Moriarty transferred to Mount Assisi when her family moved from the northwest suburbs.
"I wasn't a part of this last year," the 5-foot-6 junior said.
She was a big part of it Thursday.
Moriarty had 13 points and 11 rebounds and helped Mount Assisi weather the loss of leading scorer Mary Kate Wetzel to foul trouble for most of the second half as the Eagles (13-17) stunned the hosts 52-42 to win the Class 2A regional in Lisle.
The regional title was the second in a row for Mount Assisi, which had never won a trophy in basketball in the school's previous 62 years of existence prior to last year.
"I just wanted this so bad," Moriarty said. "I think this means everything to the school. It's closing, and to finish out our season with a regional banner, and hopefully more, this means everything to us and to the school. You just go after every loose ball, every rebound. I just wanted it."
Mount Assisi coach Kelsey James, who will shopping for a new job after leading the Eagles to consecutive regional titles, could not say enough about Moriarty and her team's defense.
"Jess definitely took over," said James, who is in her fourth year as the school's coach. "It's exciting for her to win a regional with this team her first year here. She's going to make sure she spends her time at Mount Assisi well, so she gets everything she can.
"And if you look at our team we're all about 5-foot-5, so if we're going to be good at anything, defense is what we're going to be good at," James added. "That's what we've been stressing all year. In order for us to be successful, we have to get stops on defense, and they really bought into it today."
A three-pointer by Terri Dearth (7 points) gave Mount Assisi a 13-10 lead after one quarter, but Lisle (19-10) finished the second quarter on a 7-2 surge to lead 23-21 at the break.
Monifah Davis (16 points) scored on consecutive possessions to give the Lions a 31-25 lead with a little more than five minutes remaining in the third quarter, but freshman Monica Tadros (7 points) scored twice and Moriarty scored on a rebound to pull the Eagles even at 31.
"We worked so hard to get that six-point lead, but we had a miscommunication on an inbounds play that we typically run, they get a layup, we turn it over, they score, we turn it over, they score, we turn it over, they score," Lisle coach Nick Balaban said. "That would have been an opportunity for us to settle down and run some offense, but when that occurred we felt we had to pressure them. We just had some breakdowns. That was the story of how we played down the stretch this year."
Tadros' conventional three-point play and a Kathleen Murphy free throw gave Mount Assisi a 43-38 lead 2:15 into the fourth quarter, and Moriarty's three-pointer from the right corner extended the lead to 46-38 with 3:55 left.
Lisle closed to within 47-42 when Wetzel picked up her fifth foul, but Moriarty made five straight free throws in the closing 1:46 to account for the final margin.
"I was definitely nervous," said Wetzel, who had 17 points and seven rebounds. "I didn't think that last foul was on me. I knew I had the prior four, but I didn't think that was on me. Going out I was pretty emotional because I wasn't prepared to end my season right there like that.
"But I trusted the girls," she added. "They held us together during the second and third quarters when I wasn't in there. I knew they could do it. They just followed what our coach told us. Stopping them on defense and keeping a hold of that ball."
And holding tightly to the regional plaque, too.


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Ship Versus Whale in Santa Barbara Channel
Many vessels agree to slow down as study reveals blue whale hub off San Miguel Island. Read story.
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Jackson floats bill to ban drilling at Vandenberg. Read story.
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Twelve Resource Projects to Watch
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In the past year, 175 endangered steelhead trout reportedly died in Hilton Creek, a tributary of the Santa Ynez River, when pumps operated by the federal Bureau of Reclamation failed to function properly. Read story.
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We investigate the facts and fiction surrounding the Fukushima nuclear disaster and what they mean for Santa Barbara. Read story.
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Suit Filed Over Gaviota Coast Project
Gaviota Coast Conservancy, Surfrider Foundation sue developer, County of Santa Barbara over Paradiso del Mare. Read story.
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Questions Remain Over Offshore Acidizing
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Elizabeth Kolbert on the End of the World
The Sixth Extinction author comes to Santa Barbara this weekend. Read story.
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Gaviota Homes Approved
Supervisors give green light to controversial Paradiso del Mare project. Read story.
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Kevin Leroy Crowder Found Guilty in U.S. Federal Cour
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that on December 21, 2009, in Missoula, after a one-day federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, KEVIN LEROY CROWDER, a 50-year-old resident of Bozeman, was found guilty of failure to register as a sexual offender. Sentencing is set for April 2, 2010. He is currently detained.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marcia Hurd prosecuted the case for the United States.
CROWDER faces possible penalties of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years to life time supervised release.
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• The United States is taking heat for offering so much so early in the process as enticement for the Israelis to re-freeze construction and keep the talks going. [NYT/LAT]
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4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live; | 4 This is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live; |
5 but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nought." | 5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing." |
6 Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel, | 6 Seek the LORD and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it. |
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- October 16, 2010 - 17:09
If airlines are currently goughing customers why hasn`t the government stepped in and held them accountable instead of giving them more tax payers money It currently costs $1600.00 for a return trip from wabush to st john`s even if we had ten airlines flying out of wabush all would charge the same rates I think the government should forget this idea even at the high rates if the airlines are making a normal profit then we just have to suck it up
- Bishop
- October 15, 2010 - 05:47
Waste of money.....throw more money away on nothing that will ever recover the money already spent (the original report)....I have read that report and it is 85% photos of our airports along with some photos of some jets..... high school project type stuff..... an absolute waste of our money. Adding to that, apparently people in the aviation world are just plain blind. How else can you explain that all of the airlines in Europe, Africa and the Americas don't all have daily service to at least St Johns. My gosh there should be a line up for takeoff and landing slots all over the island, no?........... Well they are not blind and nor are they stupid. They are businesses and as such the only way they are going to put any money into this island's aviation market is if the governments back them up and guarantee them x amount per seat. That way the numbers will go up for tourisim and then come election time we can be inundated with political speeches claiming how they have put NL on the map for air travel...plus you get an extra flight to Florida in the winter at a lower price.....(except you are paying for it in your taxes....HA!)....good luck what a joke!
- Turry from town
- October 14, 2010 - 20:19
Airlines are not going to fly in to NL for a handfull of passengers. Sure there are some who would love a subsidy,but they only want to grab the loot and go.More airlines does not mean lower fares,the law of diminishing returns.Ever see the breakdown of airline fares?Not only taxes,but fees airlines have to pay the private run airports,rents,landing fees etc....and the larger the tin,the higher the fees.
- Brad
- October 14, 2010 - 10:26
It is about time something was done about this. It is cheaper for me to fly to the Caribbean than Newfoundland, and the weather is a hell of alot nicer there too. Eugene considering at peak times most flights are sold out, I don't think there would be a problem keeping the planes at near capacity, and if the prices were cheaper there would be more people flying.
- Ed Samson
- October 14, 2010 - 09:56
What a complete waste of TAXPAYERS money. The highest concentration of population is on the NE Avalon and that's probably only about 225,000 people. If the market was large enough the airlines would come and there would be competition. Sure some companies will grab this cash and go. I would rather see my tax dollars go somewhere else. Ed Samson
- Reduced Costs of Travel
- October 14, 2010 - 09:18
Eugene, I don't entirely agree with what you are proposing I do a lot of travel and I tend to think that the planes currently used are completely adequate. You do have a point with the per person cost of a ticket. The airlines have too much flexibilty and no interest in reducing costs. I have been on planes going to other parts of Canada that were nearly half empty. Why? Because they charge an arm and a leg for a ticket. If they dropped the price per person and filled the seats it would not only help them make more money but represent a cost savings to the passengers. Also next time you are on a plane strike a conversation with your neighbour, I'm willing to bet you didn't pay the same amount for your ticket. Here's an idea if anyone out there actually reads this, if you want to consult an airline that would bring costs down and increase competition and travel here in the province. Consult Mr. Branson and get a deal with virgin airlines...Simply put the best use of the publics time and money. They would destroy Air Canada here in this province over night.
- The death of Air Canada
- October 14, 2010 - 15:21
"They would destroy Air Canada here in this province overnight" And that's exactly what most people want isn't it. So what would we do if AC did die? You say Westjet and Porter would fill in...yeah right. Don't kid yourselves! Air Canada has almost 20 flights per day into St. John's compared with Westjet's 3 and Porter's 4 flights. That equals 7 between them. Not even half of what Air Canada flies. Westjet and Porter don't have enought planes to pick up the slack if Air Canada dies. I know a few people who work at westjet and they have told me many times that they (Westjet) would not be able to come close to providing the same number of flights that Air Canada flies into St. John's. You say then we will get other airlines to fly here. If other airlines, domestic or international, were interested in flying here, then THEY WOULD ALREADY BE FLYING HERE!! Sure Coninental Airlines flies into St. John's, but even they only use a small 45 seat plane for 10 months of the year. You mentioned Richard Branson and Virgin Atlantic...Mr. Branson knows he can't send a Boeing 747 with 400 seats into St. John's and expect to fill it. Not even once a week! Kill Air Canada...sure!! As well as the 40,000 employees Air Canada has as well as countless other employees of hotels, restaurants, taxi drivers, etc,etc!! You could say goodbye to our fragile economy as well. I can see the line up's at EI and Welfare. 40,000+ people in the matter of a few days, WOW!! Another thought to ponder, if you look at the cost of air travel back in the 1950's-1970's and you add in inflation, the high cost of fuel, insurance rates, landing fees at airports, the price of airplanes, etc, then the average cost of a one way ticket between St. John's and Toronto should be in the range of $4000+ per person. Be glad you don't have to pay that for a flight. Maybe the Arm-Chair executives around here should really think about these things before they wish for the death of Air Canada or any other airline or company.
- Eugene
- October 14, 2010 - 07:40
Increased capacity (although it helps) is not the main issue for reducing ticket costs. The cost per passenger per mile is a better determining factor. For example if you have a plane which cost $4000.00 per hour to own and operate, five passenger would have to pay $800.00 to break even, but 50 passengers would reduce cost to $80.00. To reduce cost per passenger per mile we need bigger planes operating at near full capacity. Even with fewer flights this should reduce prices as long as we are satisfied with fewer flights and a less flexible schedule. The questions are: "Can we have someone operate larger planes?" and "Will they be able to operate larger planes at near capacity?"


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Handout with lines from 1.2.1-26
1. Before class, cut out and paste each of the 26 lines on the handout below onto separate note cards. Separate the cards into 6 groups, as outlined on the handout.
2. Divide students into groups of 4. Give each group a packet of note cards. You may have to fudge a bit, but there should be one card per student.
3. Ask group members to read their lines one at a time, puzzling through any difficult words together. Then—without consulting their books—ask them to put the lines in order.
4. Next, have each group share its 4 ordered lines with the class. If there are discrepancies in the order, that is okay, though you may want to have students defend their choices. Between groups, you might also ask students: "Does this sound like the beginning or the middle of the scene? Does anyone have a card that relates somehow to this group?"
5. When all groups have shared, open up the floor for the whole class to talk about the content of the scene: "Even though we don't know which lines come in what order, what can we tell about the scene so far?"
6. Now for the daring part: Combine the groups, attempting to arrange the entire scene in order. You can do this in a structured way: "Who thinks they have the opening lines? Which group follows them?" Or you can just let the class roam free for a few moments and see what they come up with.
7. When the students are lined up, have them read their note cards in order. Then ask: "Does anyone feel out of place? Are there any strange transitions between groups?"
8. Have them read the lines once again. Follow this with a mini-discussion of content: "Who is this talking? Is there more than one speaker? Where is this taking place?"
9. Finally, have students return to their desks and turn to 1.2. Read the scene in order and let them see how close they came to the order of the play.
10. Depending on how close they came, you can emphasize the idea that Shakespeare isn't quite as difficult to follow as we think, OR you can emphasize that, often, the order of the lines isn't even necessary for making inferences about the events of a scene.
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Mon, Mar 17, 14 at 11:39
Is it possible that I am still ripping up fine (1/16" - 1/8") redwood roots from my rose bed, 15 years after my neighbor finally cut it down and killed the stump? They are like the (horror!) redwood roots I struggled with for years, but smaller; same fine, hairlike roots branching from orange ones. But they are growing 1-3" from the surface, in places I dug up two years ago! can severed redwood roots live that long, and still put out new growth? |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 14 at 12:27
No. Un less it's resprouted from the stump, there's nothing to provice food and keep the roots alive. You are seeing some other plant's roots. |
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I am originally from the west coast near the red wood forest. Yes, a cut off root knot can produce new trees. In fact you can buy these knots from trees of mystery. If the roots you are speaking of are getting enough water to remain moist year round it will continue to grow in an effort to grow a tree again. My suggestion is to allow your rose bed to dry out a bit... or move them to a different location and allow the bed to dry out to hard earth state. |
Sprouting a new tree is an entirely different thing than roots actively growing for 15 years without food!!!! |
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The photographs in my Photo Gallerys are available to purchase as Canvas Prints and Art Prints on a variety of materials.
Fine Art Giclee Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Print options are available if required, Traditional Canvas Prints and Modern Direct Printing onto Acrylic Prints and Metal Aluminum Prints as well as Art Posters, Postcards and Greeting Cards are also available. The Print-On-Demand (POD's) companys offer outstanding quality and money back guarrantees making it a great way to own a piece of my art. Camera For Hire:
Have an event you need covering, Products that require Photographing, no job too small. Use the contact me button below to outline your requirements. Friendly courteous service at all times.


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