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When We Ship In the "Dormant" Season, when plants doesnt have leaves, foliage or Blooms. This is The Safe Time To Plant & Ship.
Below on the left is a picture of how bareroot Trees Will look when received in the dormant Season. The pic on the right is an example of how they will look in Spring If taken care of and nurtured.
WHAT WE SHIP What The Will Look Like In Spring
Below is a picture of our shrubs we ship bare root- The other Pic is How they will look the following Spring
What We Ship What They Will Look Like In Spring
Below are pictures of how our bare root berry plants looks when we ship them, pic on right is a pic of when they produce
What We Ship What They Will Look Like In A Few Years
Below is a pic of a (vines) we ship. Then in Late Spring, They will put on leaves and look like this
What They Look Like When We Ship How They Look In Spring
Need Planting Instructions ?
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Below is our grass plugs we ship. They will reseed themselves & Look like the 2nd Image in Spring
What We Ship How They Will Look In Spring Time
Below is a picture of our perennials when shipped. Second Image is how they will look In springtime when they bloom
What We Ship How Plants Will Look
Here is a picture of how our ferns look when you receive them verses how they will look in the growing season of spring, summer & fall.
How Ferns Looks We Ship How They Will Be in Spring
Our Bare Root Fern plants gets the same treatment as our perennials, we spray with wiltproof (if there's any foliage which should be very little if any) and then dip in Terasorb and package in plastic bags and put granular peat moss ove them also. We dig and ship same day and hold no longer than the day after they are dug to ship a fresh product.
We've included a picture of the shrubs packaged in terra sorb gel (roots dipped) and surrounded with mositure rich peat moss.The picture on the left is how we ship them (in dormant season without leaves or blooms) and the picture on the right shows a finished product once it's planted, cared for the following spring. Why pay 90% more for containerized plants when you can purchase bare root stock in the dormant season and have the exact same results?
How We Prepare Our Bareroot Stock In The Fields
Our equipment is taken to the fields with large tubs of Terra-sorb, dig your plants fresh in the fields, dip in terrasorb and take directly to the shipping warehouse and ship out the following day. We do not leave bare root plants in the cooler like alot of other nurseries, we dig our stock fresh and ship it. This insures not only you getting quality nursery stock but it also guarantee them to live when you receive them and plant them right away.
Every plant we ship is dug fresh a day prior to shipping. We dig your plant stock, take to the shipping warehouse and dip all roots in a moisture gels called Tera-sorb, Surround Roots with peat moss or in warmer months we use straw so the plants will not overheat in transit then wrap in heavy mill plastic and containerize in corogated pressure protectant cardboard boxes.We band every box as well as tape for no transit damage.
What is Tera Sorb?
Available in Fine, Medium, and Coarse Grades Terra Sorb is a super absorbent, potassium based co polymer gel that significantly increases the water holding capacity of soil. It absorbs up to 200 times its weight in water and slowly releases it to nearby plants.
Significantly increase water holding capacity of soil • Prevent plant losses due to dry soil • Slowly release water into the root zone
Wetland Plants & Live Stakes
If you have a pond, lake or large trough, place the roots of the plants in water and they will be fine for literally days until planted. make sure if using your own container that you keep fresh water, do not allow it to get algea or stagnated. Change water every 3 days. When submersed in a pond or lake, nothing is needed to be changed, simply put roots in and the will actually grow while being stored until planted.
Seeds must be put in a dry area or placed in a refrigerator until planted. you also may want to check with your local USDA to see how a particular seed stores best. Diffrent zones and climates depends on best ways to store.
Freshly Dug Plants Is How You Will Receive All Bare Root Stock
We dig our perennials then take them to our shipping warehouse and spray with wiltproof and then dip in terrasorb gel. Both are transparent and you can not see it but when you feel of your bulbs, you will know the inside is in superior health being soft full of moisture and pliable. We then wrap the roots or place in plastic zip lock bags, for a short shipping period of 3-4 days the plastic seasl in the moisture which is further needed for transit and we also sprinkle super rich peat moss ground up like potting soil over the roots so they will not get too much moisture for shipping.
How To Store Bare Root Plants Until You Can Plant Them
Trees & Shrubs (Including Fruit Trees, Berry plants, Native Plants also)
When you receive your trees or shrubs you will need to open them right away and remove the plastic from the entire plants with exceptions to the root area.
Bare Root Trees & Shrubs really needs planted within 1-2 days after receival but there's other methods in case your time is limited for fast planting. if you have a cool moist area as a basement or garage, leave them standing upright and leave plastic around the root system and water good a couple times a day (roots only). When you plant, it's always best to soak the roots well, put water in the hole before planting ( to add moisture in the deeper part of the soil before planting ) and water again after planting. It's also advised to water each plant the first 4-5 days after it's planted and they should do well with Mother Nature's Care after this. Its also advisable to use a good fertilizer ( no recommendations) in the Fall so when the spring comes again, yuor trees & shrubs will be beautiful and ready to thrive in growing & blooming.
Perennials, Ferns & Ground Covers
When we must store perennials, ferns & groundcovers, we use a 38-42 degree cooler. Some nurseries use this year round and the plants will be fine for long periods of time without planting. This keeps them dormant. Also if your order is a small one and you have a crisper drawer in the bottom section fo your refrigerator, pleace them in their bags in there. its a perfect temperature for these type plants. they are also not very big when shipped because there's no foliage so you can put quiet a large quantity in there. if you do not have room for storage, put in your basement, garage or cellar and remove from bags. put potting soil over them and lightly mist with water every couple days until you can plant them.
Wetland Plants & Live Stakes
If you have a pond, lake or large trough, place the roots of the plants in water and they will be fine for literally days until planted. make sure if using your own container that you keep fresh water, do not allow it to get algea or stagnated. Change water every 3 days. When submersed in a pond or lake, nothing is needed to be changed, simply put roots in and the will actually grow while being stored until planted.
Seeds must be put in a dry area or placed in a refrigerator until planted. you also may want to check with your local USDA to see how a particular seed stores best. Diffrent zones and climates depends on best ways to store.
Bareroot Trees is an affordable Way To Landscape For The D.I.Y Gardners
Planting bare root plants, perennials, ferns & trees not only ships inexpensive, it also enables the customer to buy at a fraction of the expense as containerized stock.We also are able to ship our bare root plants fedex, ups or us mail for alot less whereas if you purchased container trees, you would be receiving the exact same plants, only paying for a plastic pot and soil and paying ten time the freight as shipping bare root nursery stock.
Trees & Shrubs Ships in The Dormant Season (Sept-April)- All Other Catagories Ships Year Round
Trees & Shrubs when bare rooted can not be shipped in warmer non dormant months. The shock factor is too great. We ship our bare root plants, shrubs and trees during the months of September- April. When these are shipped in the dormant (leaves have fallen off) stage, the success rate is better than 93%. We also put in 4-8% extra plants at no additional cost to insure your stock lives to it's 100% full potential.
We ship Wetland Plants, Ferns, Perennials, Ground Covers, Live Stakes and Native Plants Year Round. They are bare root also but these type plants does not have a shock rate like trees & shrubs that are bare root.
Cooler Weather Is The Prime Time To Plant Trees & Shrubs
When plants & Trees are dormant (leaves have fallen off and it's frosted and they are still for the winter) is the best time to plant your shrubs and trees. They do not suffer shock of being uprooted, shipped and transplanted. They will stay dormant in the ground and be ready to grow the following season. As long as the temperature is above 31 degrees, it's safe to plant bare root trees & shrubs. If you receive your stock and it's not at least 31 degrees, hold them plants until the temperatures warm up a bit. When temperatures exceed 58 degrees, trees & shrubs tries to loose their dormant stage and start budding out to grow, so cooler is best for any type trees or shrubs. Some think Fall & Winter, most think Spring. We've been in this over 54 years. We know it's tough on bare root plants to be dug and transplanted in the spring after April 15th because they will suffer some degree of shock because they are "waking up" loosing dormancy and then have to start growing. Cooler weather & temperatures is the prime time for anyone to deal with bare root trees. Plus the success rate is excellent.
Planting bare root plants, perennials, ferns & trees not only ships inexpensive, it also enables the customer to buy at a fraction of the expense as containerized stock.We also are able to ship our bare root plants fedex, ups or us mail for alot less whereas if you purchased container trees, you would be receiving the exact same plants, only paying for a plastic pot and soil and paying ten time the freight as shipping bare root nursery stock.
When We Ship In the "Dormant" Season, when plants doesnt have leaves, foliage or Blooms
Below is an example of how our bare root crepe myrtles and other shrubs will look when we ship them. They will be dormant, without foliage. Plant these trees and in the spring here's a picture of how these trees will look when plants get planted and cared for the following spring.
How To Plant Your Nursery Stock
We dig and ship our bare root trees & Plants in the Dormant Season
They are not containerized or have leaves on them. However, if you plant them, water and keep them happy with fertilizer they will be beautiful.
Complete Planting Guide For All Your Plants Purchased From Tn Nursery
Planting ferns
Fern plants not only look well growing along the side of a bank near a creek or pond but also look great in hanging baskets, around house foundations to hide block or planters as well. When it comes to ferns, many people love them but aren't quite sure how to plant them. If you follow these few simple steps you should be able to have gorgeous looking ferns in no time.
Here are some simple instructions on planting and caring for the fern.
1. Location - The first thing to do is to determine where in your flower bed/garden the fern is going to be placed. This is important in what plant is going too placed where so that they will grow well there.
2. What Kind - After determining the place where your plants are going to be you must find what kind of fern you want? The fern must be able to thrive in the soil and light condition of that spot. So you must take notes of the areas sunlight and things of that nature. Also check the soils ph level which can be done with some simple test strips found at your local garden center. Also check on how the watering of that area is, since some ferns require vast amounts of water.
3. Purchase your plant
4. When you pick up the plant be sure to check it for insects, dead spots and other signs of a deteriorating plant.
5. Now that you have gotten your plant you must select the exact spot that the plant will be placed. Dig a hole twice the size of the roots and add fertilizer if needed. Then place the plant (tear some of the roots so that they spread out) in the hole and fill in the sides. Water the plant immediately afterwards. Also be sure to water it on a regular schedule or however much it needs.
6. Now you can sit back and enjoy your plants growth and look.
By following these few simple steps you can enjoy the look of a vast, hardy and dense fern in no time!
Planting a bare root tree
Do you know how to plant a bare root tree? Or do you even know what a bare root tree is? Any bare root plants are plants that have been grown in the ground and dug up to be shipped to you. These plants are usually shipped in burlap bags around their roots. Here are some simple instructions on planting and caring for bare root trees.
1. Location - Determine where your flower bed /garden are going to be. This is needed before you can select what tree you're going to get. Always remember to not plant any trees around or near walkways, driveways or pipes such as the septic line.
2. What kind of tree you want - Determine what plants can grow there and thrive. (this means taking in water consumption, sunlight, ph levels) Once you've determined which will live in your selected spot, determine what you want in that spot. Trees such as great white Oaks need large amount of room, while small dwarf apple trees need only small amounts of room.
3. Shop - Once you have determined what you're getting, do you're shopping and get your tree.
4. Inspect your tree - Once you get your plant it should be checked for breaks, insects, dead limbs and other signs of plant deterioration.
5. Dig - Now that you've got your plant you should go to the spot determined for your plant go and dig a whole twice the size of the root ball. This can be done easily with post hole diggers or a shovel. The plant should have fertilizer added to it and the hole filled in. The plant should be immediately watered. Add mulch or pine needles around the trunk so that the water can stay in.
6. Stabilize the tree - Many small trees or saplings may have to be staked up so that they won't fall over and the trunks will grow upright.
7. Sit back and relax, and watch your plant grow (it will take awhile of course)
Planting a tree can be rewarding as well as add value to your home.
Planting bare root Shrubs
Do you know how to plant a bare root shrub? Do you even know what a bare root shrub is? A bare root shrub is a plant that has been dug out of the ground just before being shipped, instead of being grown in a flower pot. The plant generally comes with a burlap sack around the root ball. But how do you plant them? Here are some simple instructions.
1. Location - Determine your planting area. This includes where the plant is going to be and the plants surrounding area. You should also take not of any electrical wires, sewage lines, or gas pipes that may be under your selected area. Also determine the amount of water, sun ,and space the plant will have or get.
2. Determine the right plant - Next you should find what shrub that you will put in the area. This means you must find what will grow and thrive in that specific area, and then choose what you want from your list of plants that will live in that spot. The things that should be taken in to consideration when picking a plant includes the shrubs maximum size, soil ph levels, fertilizer, sunlight, and water consumption.
3. Go shopping- Look around at different sellers of the plant to see who has the cheapest. Then get the cheapest.
4. Check over your plant- Once you get your plant check it over. Things that you should look for include insects, cracks or breaks, dead leaves, and serious yellowing of the leaves. These may indicate that the plant may be dying or at risk of dying.
5. Planting-To plant your shrub dig a hole that is twice the size of the root ball. Insert plant and fertilizer. Then fill the area around the plant with dirt. Next your plant should be watered.
6. Sit back, relax, and watch your plant grow. (you still have to care for it though)
This can be very rewarding with just a little hard work.
Planting bare root Perennial Plants
Are you interested in planting some bare root perennial plant? Or do you even know what a bare root perennial plant is? A bare root perennial is a perennial plant that has been grown is the ground and not a pot and is dug up the day of shipment. Usually their roots are placed in a burlap bag that keeps them fairly moist for transport. But do you know how to plant them? Here are some simple instructions on planting them.Spacing needs to be 12" to 4 feet
1. Selecting the area- Determine where your flower bed, hedge, small natural area is going to be is the first Question. Once this has been determined you should note where you want plants and those areas qualities. Some of the quality's that should be noted are sunlight, water levels, ph levels, and type of soil there.
2. Slecting a Plant- Next you should do some research on what plants can live and thrive in those conditions. Then from that list of plants a plant can be selected that you like the most.
3. Shopping-The third thing to do is to shop around for the most cheap plant you can find. If you don you may be getting ripped off, so spend some time shopping around. Once you find the cheapest buy it.
4. Checking the Plant- As soon as you get your plant, check over it. The plant may have signs that it is unhealthy. Signs that include insect infestation, dead limbs, large amounts of yellowing leaves, and breaks in the plant.
5. Planting- In order to plant your new perennial you must first dig a hole twice the size of the plants root ball. Insert the plant and fertilizer (it should have fertilizer added) and fill in. Immediately water the plant.
6. Watch your plant grow and thrive in its new home. (Don't forget to water regularly)
By following these few simple steps you can have great perennials to enjoy year after year in no time.
Planting bare root vines
Does your yard or flowerbed need some ground cover? Or are you planning new flower bed that will make use of groundcovers ability to spread? Either way, have you considered using a bare root ground cover? A bare root ground cover is a ground cover plant is a plant that was grown in a field instead of in a flower bed. These plants are dug up right before they are sent to your house. The roots are generally wrapped on a burlap sack to help retain moisture. Do you know how to plant these kinds of plants? Here are some usable instructions.
1. First you must determine were your plant or new flowerbed is going. This means to also take in the fact that there may be underground wires or pipes in the area. You should also take in the areas qualities which include sunlight amounts (shade, full, partial), water amounts, soil ph levels, and the kind of soil that is there.
2. Picking a ground cover-Then take the qualities that you have organized for the area of your plant, and use them to narrow down what plants will live in that kind of zone. Once you know what plants will live there you can pick which one you like the most.
3. Shopping-Wait! Don't just go buying the first plant you see! Go shopping around; look for who has the cheapest prices on your selected plant.
4. Getting your plant- Once you've got your plant check it over for dead spots. The list of things that mean a damaged plant include insect infestation, dead parts, severely yellowing leaves, and other serious signs. If any of these are present, contact your dealer.
5. Planting your plant- In order to plant your new ground cover you must dig a hole twice the size of the plants root ball. Then insert the plant into the hole add fertilizer and fill in. immediately water the plant.
Sit back and marvel as your plant thrives in its new home.
Planting bare root wetland plants
Do you know how to plant a bare root wetland plant? A wetland plant is a plant that is either grown in the water or around the edge of the water (swamps are included. A "bare root" plant is a plant that has been grown in a field or in this case a pond or such and dug out of it the day of shipment. These plants are a little bit more difficult to plant but can be done. Here are some simple instructions.
1. First you must determine where your pond, wetland area, or individual plant is going to be placed. The area that you determine should be surveyed for certain qualities. Such as water levels, (if it is just a wetland) soil moisture, sunlight, ph levels, and other contributing factors.
2. Selecting your plant- The next thing to do is to select what plants can grow in that specific area. From that list of plants you should pick a plant to buy.
3. Go Shopping! - Make sure that you don't just go and buy the first plant you see. There are (more than likely) hundreds of stores that sell the plant. Look around until you find a good deal (check out TN Nursery for some good deals). Then buy it.
4. Plant health-When getting your plant you should fully inspect the plant for damage. The list of damage includes insect infestations, breaks or tears in the plant, massive amounts of yellowing, and other serious damage signs.
5. Planting-For the plants that are wetland plants dig a hole twice the size of the plants root ball. The plant should be placed in the hole with fertilizer and then filled in, water immediately afterwards. For pond plants a simple burying of the root into the mud will be sufficient.
6. Sit back and relax, and watch your plants grow. (That is if you maintain them)
Planting Live Stakes
Live stakes, like all plants, need soil, water, and sunlight. The best species to use for live stakes are willows and red osier dogwood, because they are easy to grow and have excellent root strength. Black cottonwood can also be used, but cuttings from this species do not grow as consistently well. Live stakes should be planted in areas that will remain moist throughout the growing season, such as along the water line on streambanks or in wetlands. Follow the instructions below to make and plant your own live stakes.
- Cut stakes from long, upright branches taken off the parent plant. Typically, lives stakes should be between 18 and 24 inches long and at least three-eighths of an inch in diameter. Follow the guidelines suggested in the ethics of plant collection (below).
- Make a straight cut at the narrow end of the stake (toward the tip of the branch). At the thicker end (toward the trunk) cut the branch at an angle, so that it makes a point. This way you will know which end is up and it will also be easier to drive the stakes into the ground. It is important to plant live stakes with the correct end in the ground; otherwise they will die.
- Remove the leaves and small branches from the stakes as soon as possible after cutting them, to keep the stakes from drying out.
- Dip the top (blunt cut, narrow end) 2-3 inches of the stakes in latex paint immediately after they are cut. The paint not only marks which end is up, it also seals the exposed cut end and helps prevent drying and cracking. You can also use different colors of paint to color code different species of cuttings, planting times, and other treatments. The paint will also make the stakes visible once they are planted so people won't trip over them.
- Plant your stakes within 24 hours for best results. In the meantime, keep them moist and wet in buckets or wet burlap sacks. On hot days, keep them in the shade until you plant them.
- Soak or dip the bottom ends of cuttings in a solution of plant rooting hormone before planting to speed up growth (you don't need to use rooting hormone for most willows or red osier dogwood. These species have incipient root buds ready to go and will root immediately.)
- Drive the stakes into the streambank or wetland soil at least one foot deep (the deeper the better). Leave three to six inches above ground surface so they can sprout leaves. At first, the stakes will survive by rooting, but eventually leaves will sprout from the exposed end of the stakes.
- Drive stakes into the ground with a rubber mallet to avoid damaging them. Use a planting bar or length of rebar to start the hole in hard soils.
- Use long stakes at least one-half inch in diameter when planting in riprap (rocks). The longer, thicker stakes will survive heating and drying better than smaller diameter cuttings.
- Use longer stakes and leave one-foot sticking above the ground if the stake will be shaded by surrounding vegetation. If a willow stake gets too much shade, it will drop its new leaves and die. If the area you are planting will be heavily shaded, use a more shade-tolerant riparian species such as salmonberry. Bear in mind, however, that salmonberry stems dry out more easily.
- Keep the whips! (The slender twigs snipped off during stake cutting.) Whips will grow nicely if they are planted in very moist areas at the edges of streams and wetlands. Push them into the ground as far as they will go without breaking.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can anyone order from our nursery?
A: Yes anyone can order wholesale without a license. That's why we are Voted a #1 Online Nursery, we set no limits on order amounts and allow anyone to order wholesale.
Q Whats The Minium Order ?
A. There is no minimum order
Q : I need more shipping information before I place my order, Where can i find it at?
A: Shipping is calculated prior to checkout. Put your items in the cart and proceed to enter your delivery address and you will get a shipping cost. Shipments under $99 is a flat rate fee, shipments over $100 is "at cost" and is calculated during checkout.
Q: How soon after I place an order will it ship out?
A: We ship fast, within 3-5 days. If your not ready for your trees,no problem. We will hold them in the field until you get ready for them. Simply put us a note in the comments section when you need them shipped.
Q: Where Is Tn Nursery located?
A: in Altamont Tennessee (Middle Tn) - We have no storefront, we have several fields we dig stock from. We dig plants fresh after orders are placed and take the stock to shipping barns and prepare for immediate shipping or customer's can pickup . Pickup location will be one of two barns in Altamont Tennessee zip 37301. Please call us 3-5 days after orders are placed and we will tell you which location to pickup at. They are only 1 mile apart and we deliver trees to the nearest one from our fields when plants are dug.
Q. I live in California, Can you ship plants here?
A. Absolutely, we are certified to ship to all states.
Q: I am out of state,I'd like to place an order but we are concerned about our plants drying out in transit.
A: All Bare root plants & trees are packaged in accordance to American Nurserymans' standards.We dip every bare root plant in terrasorb moisture gel to seal moisture in the roots. We then surround the root system in peat moss or straw in warmer months to control transit heat and wrap in plastic to further protect your plants for transit.This is old school and we guarantee you no one in the nursery industry packages plants to retain moisture like we do.We dig all plants fresh prior to shipping.We keep no plants in a cooler,we keep them in the fields planted until the day prior or the day "of" shipping.
Q: I'd like to place an order but how do i know that Tennessee Wholesale Tree Nursery sells quality stock?
A: We are State Certified, members of the American Nurseryman's Association, have a gold seal with Dunn & Bradstreet,CCR governmental certified. These are very trustworthy, licensed establishments with very high credientials.Check us out at these agencies that are trustworthy. With us being a 3rd generation family owned business with over 56 years backing us and good state credientials.
Q: Can I Place Orders By Phone?
A: We do not accept phone orders. Visa and Mastercard laws are strict about fraud and we have a 0% fraud score.When you place orders online, our site has the highest encryption of security we can get and when you place orders with a credit card, no one here ever see's your card #, it goes directly through authorize dot net.
Q. Do I get a discount?
A. Our prices reflect discounts listed when you purchase in volume.
Q: Is Your Website Secure:
A: Yes, we have the highest encryption of security we could purchase and have a 0% fraud score. Some companies can't afford to mention this but we are proud of it.
Q.Can I Call To ask A Question On A Specific Plant ?
A. Yes, However office personel may not know a great deal about plants so we ask you Email any questions regarding plants to email@example.com
Q: What if i only need 1 or 2 plants?
A: We have a retail site for purchasing less than what our wholesale nursery requires.The retail site is http://www.quick-growing-trees.com/
Q: What Type Trees or Wetland Plants Do I Need For My Design
A: We sell the plants so you will need to call you architect or landscapers and discuss these things.
Q: Where is Tn Nursery Located?
A.We are located in Middle Tn.We do not have a storefront,just a shipping warehouse and alot of tree farms we dig from.Your welcome to come and pickup orders but you will need to place them and we will dig everything and take to one field closest to your address.
Q: I want To See The Plants Before I Place an Order, Is that possible?
A: Yes, we have pictures in an email format or your welcome to sehedule an appointment to come during our off season when we are not shipping,this is done in the months of July, August and September.
Q: Do you guarantee plants and trees that come from your wholesale nursery?
A: Our plants are dug fresh the day prior to shipping. We receive your orders and we dig them fresh.We guarantee you will receive Grade A Quality Plants and Guarantee you they will arrive alive. Here's our warranty http://www.tnnursery.net/refunds-returns/
Q: Can i Fax You A Request For Quote?
A: Yes - Fax us your quote or bid lists to 931-692-4266 or email them to email@example.com.
Q: How long after I submit a request for a quote will I get a response
A: We answer all quotes the day they are received. If you do not receive one the same day, call us!
Q: When does shipping season start?
A: Perennials-Year Round Ground Covers-Year Round
Ferns-Year Round Wetland Plants-Year Round
Balled Stock-September-April 15th Bareroot Stock- Sept-May 31st (we have a cooler)
Q: How is stock delivered?
A: We ship our plants the best transit we can. Whether it be USPS, UPS , MOTOR FREIGHT OR ANOTHER FORM, we will choose the best transit for your plants protections, that's our main onjective.
Q: What if I dont Plant My Trees or Plants the Day They Arrive?
A: No worries. We dip each plants,tree and shrub in tera-sorb.This is a silicone-base gel that retains moisture in fragile bare root plants for upto 9 days.Transit time is usually 2-4 days.You have a 5 day window.Thereafter,put plants in moist, cool cellar or garage and water roots daily until they can be planted. Do not let your plants get below freezing (31 degrees).Wrap roots or put potting soil over fragile bare-roots if you must store in cooler than 31 degrees.
Q: Can I Order Now For The Upcoming Season?
A: Yes- If you want to guarantee availability, you need to place your orders now. We do not guarantee any item lasting from day to day. However,we will tag your stock in the fields and dig fresh in Spring If you do place order now. It must be pre-paid in order for us to tag and care for it until the specified date needed.
Q: Contact Information
A: Shipping Department (To check on an existing order) email@example.com
Fax Sale Dept. 931-692-4266
Customer Service 931-692-4837
Fax Shipping Dept. 931-692-4838
Q: Can I Fax An Order?
A: Absolutely. Fax Your Orders to 931-692-4266 We wll fax you back an invoice back with shipping charges same day.
Q: My Box is damaged from transit,what do i do?
A: Call the carrier and file a claim.You are advised to get insurance on your stock. We are not responsible for damaged packages in transit.We will be helpful to you providing you with any invoices and needed information pretaining to the shipment. We do offer insurance if you request it when you place order.
Q: I live Out of the Country,Can I order?
A: Our minimum order for international shipping is $5000.00.We obtain all federal phyto sanitary certifications,border documents and invoices for border releases.We have shipped international for 17 years.We know the rules.
Q: Can I use a credit card to place order?
A: We accept visa or mastercard and also accept checks, money order, cashiers checks and wire transfers.
Q: Can I pick my order up and pay then?
A: All orders must be pre-paid before we dig. Picking your order up is fine and preferred,but due to some folks not paying and not picking their orders up at all has made us have to enforce this rule..
Q: How Can I check On An Order To See If Has Been Shipped or If I have a problem with a shipment received?
A.Call Our Shipping Department at 931-692-4252 or send an and someone will get right back to you. Our email is email@example.com
Q: What about the machine dug trees?
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- Here is a web site that has lots of info about energy storage systems - it has a section on pumped storage. It also covers some large battery systems and flywheel energy storage.
I knew about Dinorwic in Wales since I visited it in 1985. They were very proud of their ability to startup quickly (I think they said 12 seconds) to meet the peaks in demand.
This is just an energy storage system - it buys cheap off-peak power from the grid and then sells it back to them at peak times. I guess if it rains into the reservoir they get a little bonus. Because of this model of operation the efficiency with which they pump water up and generate from the water coming back is they key to their profitability.
The peaks in the UK grid demand are more clearly defined in the US. For one thing, there is only one time zone - everybody does everything at more or less the same time. When I visited, there were only 3 channels of TV and a large majority watched the one commercial channel. The most popular show was a soap called Coronation Street. When the first add break of the show came a huge number of people went into their kitchens and turned on their electric kettles for a cup of tea. I can't remember the figures, but it was by far the biggest peak they ever recorded. They could judge the viewing figures for the show by the size of the peak.
Even with its huge size Dinorwic is smaller than the Guangzhu pumped storage system (China). At 2400 MW it doesnt qualify as a microhydro project at all.
It would be interesting to see what the most cost efficient solution would be at much smaller scales. If you have to construct reservoirs (rather than having access to two natural ones) then it may be more cost effective to go with batteries - Alternatively, you may put the value of not using batteries above the cost of the pumped hydro system.
Bear in mind that you wont be able to completely drain the top reservoir. There will be mud, grit and possibly fish. What kind of size was being proposed for this? A lake or a pond or a tank?
One thought. Even if you don't live in the mountains, a disused mine shaft may give you enough head for this kind of system.
And then a follow on thought. If using a mine shaft it would be more convenient to have the generator at the top. Is this possible? Could a turbine work with the water sucking from behind, rather than being driven into it?
Dominic Read
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Cowboys RB Tashard Choice wants to play again this preseason, but will he have that chance?
IRVING — It wasn't much. But Tashard Choice was happy with the opportunity to play last Saturday against Minnesota. He carried the ball three times for 14 yards and despite the misfortune of having two other rushing attempts that were negated by penalties Choice was just happy to be on the field. For much of the preseason he was confined to the sidelines because of a calf injury he suffered on the first day of training camp in July.
"It was good to be back out there," he said. "It was cool."
But it's uncertain if Choice will have his number called again before the Cowboys' season opener against the New York Jets on Sept. 11. Veterans don't usually play in the final exhibition game and Choice is uncertain that Dallas' coaching staff will make an exception for him.
"I don't know," Choice said. "I doubt if I'll play. I don't know. We'll see. Whatever I get I am ready to go. I want to play because I want to get back into that rhythm because I was just getting my rhythm when I got a couple of runs in the second half."
Choice figures to make the team's 53-man roster but his position with the Cowboys isn't totally secure. After all, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says the club plans to keep three running backs and undrafted rookie Phillip Tanner appears to be in contention for one of the spots. On Tuesday, Garrett praised Tanner who has capitalized on the opportunity he was given when both Choice and rookie DeMarco Murray were injured.
"From minute one, he has been so impressive in so many different areas," Garrett said.
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3:10 to Lublin
Twenty-two Polish posters for American Westerns, from the excellent, oversized (and somehow in print) Western Amerykanski: Polish Poster Art & The Western.
Remember the deadline for the Polish Book Cover Contest is May 20th (next Friday). This book would have been a perfect prize, but I didn't find it until after announcing the contest.
1961 poster by Jerzy Flisak for 3:10 to Yuma
1962 poster by Jerzy Jaworowski for The Misfits
1974 poster by Jerzy Flisak for When the Legends Die
1972 poster by Jerzy Flisak for The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1947 poster by Eryk Lipinski for The Mark of Zorro
1957 poster by Adam Bowbelski for The Indian Fighter
1965 poster by Jerzy Flisak for The Comancheros
1959 poster by Wojciech Wenzel for Shane
1969 poster by Wiktor Gorka for The Rounders
1968 poster by Jerzy Flisak for A Bullet for the General
1976 poster by Jan Mlodozeniec for Posse
1957 poster by Wojciech Fangor for Apache
1958 poster by Jerzy Flisak for Winchester 73
1977 poster by Jerzy Flisak for Chino / The Valdez Horses
1958 poster by Marian Stachurski for Annie Get Your Gun
1967 poster by Jacek Neugebauer for Major Dundee
1973 poster by Tomasz Ruminski for Little Big Man
1965 poster by Jerzy Treutler for How the West Was Won
1964 poster by Witold Janowski for Oklahoma
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How to understand and build bowtie models
In our driving a car on a busy motorway example, an escalation factor would be the driver lacking the knowledge of how to counteract the tyre blow out, therefore the driver not appreciating the need to steer into the skid to keep control.
"A condition that leads to increased risk by defeating or reducing the effectiveness of controls (a control decay mechanism)."
Controls are seldom 100% effective and history teaches us that they do fail. We need to understand the factors that cause this to happen.
An escalation factor is a condition that leads to increased risk by reducing the effectiveness of controls. An escalation factor cannot directly cause the top event or consequence rather it increases the likelihood that the scenario will progress because the associated control will be degraded or fail.


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Too cold may not be so cool: spontaneous hypothermia as a marker of poor outcome after cardiac arrest
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois), Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
Critical Care 2010, 14:1002 doi:10.1186/cc9270
See related research by den Hartog et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/3/R121Published: 20 October 2010
In a recent issue of Critical Care, den Hartog and colleagues show an association between spontaneous hypothermia, defined by an admission body temperature <35°C, and poor outcome in patients with coma after cardiac arrest (CA) treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH). Given that TH alters neurological prognostication, studies aiming to identify early markers of injury severity and outcome are welcome, since they may contribute overall to optimize the management of comatose CA patients. This study provides an important message to clinicians involved in post-resuscitation care and raises important questions that need to be taken into account in future studies.


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A family tragedy will inspire Honduras midfielder Wilson Palacios when he confronts Chile tomorrow in their 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Group H Nelspruit showdown.
Younger brother Edwin was kidnapped in the Central American country three years ago and although a ransom was paid, his body was discovered in a remote rural area. "Everything I do in football is for Edwin. He is watching over me," Palacios told Honduran reporters as the country prepares for only their second appearance at the four-yearly football spectacle.
In a squad containing 14 local semi-professionals, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa and midfielder Hendry Thomas are other English Premiership representatives. Midfielders Edgar Alvarez and Julio de Leon and striker David Suazo play in Italy, although the latter is a doubtful starter for the match at the 42,000-seat Mbombela Stadium in the north-east city.
Honduras proved a tough nut to crack in Spain 28 years ago, drawing twice and losing the other group game by a single goal, and this offer hope to Colombian-born coach Reinaldo Rueda. "Chile play a different brand of football to most countries and you have to be very intelligent to match them," is the warning he drills into a team prone to defensive lapses.
Chile play a different brand of football to most countries and you have to be very intelligent to match them.
Since defeating Yugoslavia to finish third as hosts of the 1962 tournament, Chile have played 13 matches in four appearances without celebrating a victory. But hopes are high that a team which finished second behind Brazil in the qualifying competition for South Africa can not only defeat Honduras, but reach the second round.
The Chilean schedule suggests they will face increasingly tougher opposition with Honduras followed by European rivals Switzerland and FIFA World Cup favourites Spain. This is a young, hungry Chilean outfit lacking household international names that has already impressed in South Africa, defeating the host nation more convincingly than a 2-0 scoreline suggests in a friendly last year.
Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa, whose El Loco nickname hardly does him justice, favours a 3-3-1-3 system with the team swarming about the field like bees, trying to unsettle rivals. Bielsa is desperate for success after failing to take his homeland beyond the first round at the 2002 FIFA World Cup with Argentina losing to England and held by Sweden.
Famous for thorough preparations, he spends hours studying videos of his own team and opponents, looking for that one chink in the armour that could tilt the balance. While Bielsa has become a national hero in his adopted country with an offer of citizenship, he quickly passes credit to a squad captained by Spain-based goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
"This team got to South Africa on its own. I did not take them there, rather I am going there with them," he told Chilean journalists regularly subjected to multi-hour news conferences as the coach answers every question.


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This was written a few days before finals week, AKA "dead week." I must say, dead week is called "dead week" for a reason. Every day made me want to cry.
I am exhausted.
My eyes begin to drop,
My shoulders relax,
Only to be re-awaken.
I am exhausted.
My head begins to pound,
I need to rest,
But my name is called.
I am exhausted.
Too much to do,
Too much in mind,
I am exhausted.
Soon I will drop,
Soon I will collapse.
I hope not to be awaken,
I hope not to be called.
A need to clear my mind,
A need to think straight.
I want some fun,
I need some rest.
I am exhausted.
Creativity quickly escapes me,
Taking forever to return,
Inspiration disappears.
I am exhausted.
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A San Jose man is in jail on suspicion of murder in the death of his 3-month-old daughter.
Police say 27-year-old Armando Garcia was arrested Friday, four
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Garcia brought the child, unconscious and not breathing, into the hospital Tuesday, and she died later that day. Hospital workers called police when they came across evidence that the baby had been abused.
Police believe the man threw his daughter and caused the fatal injury.
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Fuhu Nabi 2 Tablet
Fuhu Nabi 2 : Ports Along the right panel is the 3.5mm headphone jack, mini HDMI and micro USB ports, microSD card slot, and a connector for the included AC adapter. For a kid's tablet, it's a very generous selection of connectivity options, outdoing even full-featured tablets like the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD, which lack HDMI and microSD.
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My sis-in-law made me this shelf about 8 yrs ago and I painted it barn red… because that's what I was into back then… I still kinda love it, but for outside… on a barn! lol!
I lost the knobs long ago!!
Anyway.. I Sanded her up, and spray painted WHITE….
Then Spray Painted BLACK
Click HERE to see me CORRECTLY spray paint the shelf black… and YES, there IS a correct way to use spray paint! who new?!
After those quick coats of paint, I mixed up a beautiful shade of blue with paints I already had, and brushed it on, not being super careful…
I waited 30 min, then I started sanding to get all those different shades of paint to come thru. Use as many colors as you want!! I wish I would have done a pretty pink in there somewhere!
To add some final touches I added stenciling and HOME-MADE knobs! Click HERE for tutorial on how to make your own knobs.
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We believe that God intends human life to begin in families and to be blessed through families. Even more, God desires all people to become part of the church, God's family. As single and married members of the church family give and receive nurture and healing, Christian family relationships can grow toward the wholeness that God intends.
We recognize that God has created human beings for relationship. God intends human life to be blessed through families, especially through the family of faith. All Christians are to take their place within the household of God, where members treat each other as brothers and sisters. 1 We hold that within the church family, the goodness of being either single or married is honored. 2 We honor the single state and encourage the church to respect and to include single persons in the life and activities of the church family. Families of faith are called to be a blessing to all families of the earth. 3
We believe that God intends marriage to be a covenant between one man and one woman for life. 4 Christian marriage is a mutual relationship in Christ, 5 a covenant made in the context of the church. According to Scripture, right sexual union takes place only within the marriage relationship. 6 Marriage is meant for sexual intimacy, companionship, and the birth and nurture of children.
Children are of great importance. Jesus saw them as examples of how to receive the reign of God. 7 Children are to be loved, disciplined, taught, and respected in the home and in the church. Children are also to honor their parents, obeying them in the Lord. 8 Younger people are to respect their elders in the home and the church. 9
The church is called to help couples strengthen their marriage relationship and to encourage reconciliation in times of conflict. The church is also to minister with truth and compassion to persons in difficult family relationships. As the family of God, the church is called to be a sanctuary offering hope and healing for families.
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State Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, left, and state Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, listen to constituents during combined office hours they held at the village of Plover Municipal Center on Thursday.
Residents came out Thursday to talk to their local representatives about Gov. Scott Walker's proposed 2013-15 budget.
State Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, and Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, held office hours together in Stevens Point, Amherst and the village of Plover.
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There are a lot of things to hate about the institutional pogrom that the middle and working classes must suffer in the name of Work. It's not, of course, the actual work (i.e. productive activity) that is so bad. That's often the best part of it! At any rate, work demands at Work are pretty light. The work itself– when you're lucky enough to actually get a real project– is the fun bit. It's the private-sector social climbing and subordination and the pervasive and extreme narcissism of the unethical assholes who are in charge that makes it such hell. There's a specific economic reason why it's so horrible, and a simple enough one that I'll be able to mention it on the way to my main topic (victim shaming). I'll cover the economics first, and then progress to the sociological victim-shaming problems.
Why Work is starting to fail
In 2013, ignoring technological change is not an option. It affects everything. No one's job will be the same in 20 years as it is now– and that's a good thing. However, it is dangerous. Broadly speaking, there seem to be two schools of thought on the labor market's predicted response to enhanced efficiency, global labor pools, and automation of work. They are labor finitism and labor progressivism.
Labor finitism is the idea that there's a fixed pool ("lump of labor") of work that society has decided that it is willing to pay for. If labor finitism is accurate, then technological improvements only make the situation worse for the proles: they now have to compete harder for a shrinking pool of available work. If labor finitism is true, then trade protectionism and xenophobia become necessary. Unfortunately, labor finitism means that that technological advancements will destroy the middle and working classes, as their jobs disappear forever, and they are deprived of the resources that would enable to compete for the dwindling supply of high-quality jobs.
Labor progressivism is the more utopian alternative in which the enhanced capability brought in by technology gives leverage to the workers, and rather than automating them out of jobs, enhances their capability. Rather than being pushed out of the workforce, they're able to do more interesting stuff with their time, add more value, and therefore be better off in all ways (higher quality of work, better compensation). Labor progressivism is the favored stance of Silicon Valley technologists, but unfortunately doesn't accurately represent the reality faced by middle-class Americans.
Which of these two opposing stances is right? Well, the actual state of society is somewhere between the two extremes, obviously. It's a mix of the two. Labor finitism seems to be more true in the short term, while the long-term economic evolution has a progressivist feel; there seems to eventual consistency in the system, but it takes a long time for things to get to an acceptable state, and people need to eat immediately. As Keynes said, in the long run we are all dead. If we can make the convergence to labor progressivism happen faster we should.
Here's what I've observed. For pre-defined, subordinate wage/salaryman work, labor finitism is correct. The jobs that built the middle classes– complacent, entrepreneurially averse, inclined to overspend rather than plan for eventual freedom– of Western societies are going away, and this is happening at a rapid pace, leaving a large number of people (who were effectively farmed by a savvier elite, but are now unneeded livestock) just screwed. However, for those who have the resources to own their lives rather than renting their existences from a boss, there's an infinite (i.e. labor progressivism) amount of useful work to be done: building businesses and apps, freelance travel writing, building skills and trying out radically different careers. Payoffs for such work are intermittent, and discovery costs are high– your first few attempts to "break out" will typically be money-losers– but those who have the resources to stomach the income volatility have access to a much higher-quality pool of work that is not going to be automated away in the next year.
So labor finitism and progressivism are both correct to some degree, the question of which is more in force depending on one's present resources. Those who can stomach short-term income volatility live in a labor-progressivist world. For the 99%, however, labor finitism is more accurate.
So what is corporate Work?
Corporate Work is the labor-finitist ghetto left for "the 99%", those of us who haven't had the luck or resources to escape into the labor-progressivist stratosphere. It's a zero-sum world. If you get 5 times as good as you currently are at your job, then 4 people sitting near you lose their jobs. There's only a small amount of potential work that can be performed in good graces by the company, and that work-definition function is performed by a small set of incompetent high priests called "executives" whose informational surface area is too small for them to do it well, and who tend to use their social power and credibility for corrupt and extortive purposes, rather than advancing the good of the company.
What inevitably comes out of this is that there's very little high-quality work available in the corporation. There are plenty more things that could be done and would be useful to it, but people who invested time in those would get into trouble for blowing off their assigned projects. So, while "reality" for a theoretically profit-maximizing company might be labor-progressivist (there's an unending stream of improvements the firm might make that would render it more profitable) the issue of executive sanction (i.e. you can only keep your job by working on the pre-defined, often uninspiring, stuff) creates a labor-finitist atmosphere in which most time is spent squabbling over the few high-quality projects that exist.
Indeed, this is the most painful thing about corporate Work. It's a lifestyle based not on doing work, but on getting it. Excellence doesn't matter. Only social access does. It's all a bunch of degenerate social climbing that has nothing to do with excellence or addition of value. It's a world run by con artists who steal the trust of powerful people; those who are busy actually trying to excel at things (i.e. actually working) never develop the social polish or credibility necessary to do that, so they end up being marginalized.
Paul Graham wrote about this, and he got some details right and some wrong, in the essay "Why Nerds Are Unpopular". It's worth reading in its entirety, because while Graham gets some of the finer points wrong (and I'll discuss that) he's extremely insightful and articulate overall.
Graham compared the stereotypically negative depiction of high school (a cruel society governed by arbitrary dominance hierarchies and all-consuming conformity, existing because there isn't meaningful work for 17-year-olds to do) to "the adult world" as a rich man (one who truly owns his life, rather than renting it from a boss) would perceive it– a place where there's actual work to be done, and the intermittency of real work's rewards is tolerable because of one's financial status.
Here are two direct quotes to show what Graham's talking about:
In almost any group of people you'll find hierarchy. When groups of adults form in the real world, it's generally for some common purpose, and the leaders end up being those who are best at it. The problem with most schools is, they have no purpose. But hierarchy there must be. And so the kids make one out of nothing.
We have a phrase to describe what happens when rankings have to be created without any meaningful criteria. We say that the situation degenerates into a popularity contest. And that's exactly what happens in most American schools. Instead of depending on some real test, one's rank depends mostly on one's ability to increase one's rank. It's like the court of Louis XIV. There is no external opponent, so the kids become one another's opponents.
When there is some real external test of skill, it isn't painful to be at the bottom of the hierarchy. A rookie on a football team doesn't resent the skill of the veteran; he hopes to be like him one day and is happy to have the chance to learn from him. The veteran may in turn feel a sense of noblesse oblige. And most importantly, their status depends on how well they do against opponents, not on whether they can push the other down.
Court hierarchies are another thing entirely. This type of society debases anyone who enters it. There is neither admiration at the bottom, nor noblesse oblige at the top. It's kill or be killed.
This is the sort of society that gets created in American secondary schools. And it happens because these schools have no real purpose beyond keeping the kids all in one place for a certain number of hours each day. What I didn't realize at the time, and in fact didn't realize till very recently, is that the twin horrors of school life, the cruelty and the boredom, both have the same cause.
Paul Graham depicts the American suburban high school as being a society that turns to cruelty because, with the lack of high-impact, real-world work to be done, people create a vicious status hierarchy based entirely on rank's ability and drive to perpetuate itself. He also establishes that similar meaningless hierarchies form in prisons and among idle upper classes ("ladies-who-lunch") and that the pattern of positional cruelty is similar. Here is, I think, where he departs a bit from reality, taking fortunate personal experience to be far more representative of "the real world" than it actually is:
Why is the real world more hospitable to nerds? It might seem that the answer is simply that it's populated by adults, who are too mature to pick on one another. But I don't think this is true. Adults in prison certainly pick on one another. And so, apparently, do society wives; in some parts of Manhattan, life for women sounds like a continuation of high school, with all the same petty intrigues.
I think the important thing about the real world is not that it's populated by adults, but that it's very large, and the things you do have real effects. That's what school, prison, and ladies-who-lunch all lack. The inhabitants of all those worlds are trapped in little bubbles where nothing they do can have more than a local effect. Naturally these societies degenerate into savagery. They have no function for their form to follow.
When the things you do have real effects, it's no longer enough just to be pleasing. It starts to be important to get the right answers, and that's where nerds show to advantage. Bill Gates will of course come to mind. Though notoriously lacking in social skills, he gets the right answers, at least as measured in revenue.
So, apparently, it gets better if you have the resources to pursue work that has meaning, rather than the subordinate people-pleasing nonsense associated with high school (and, as it were, most corporate jobs). That's what it's like if you're rich enough to escape corporate hell for good. Getting the right answers, rather than pleasing the right people, becomes important. If you have a typical please-your-boss subordinate position, though… guess what? Paul Graham's depiction of high school is exactly what you'll face in the supposedly "adult" world. The boredom and cruelty don't end. You just get older and sicker and less able to handle it, until you're discarded by that world and it's called "retirement".
The hellish social arrangement that Graham describes is the result of labor finitism; imposed artificially by the testability needs (i.e. have everyone doing the same work) of school and also the degraded economy of a prison (people intentionally separated from society, often because of psychological or moral defects) or idle ladies-who-lunch (who live in comfort, but have no power). People group together, but the lack of real work means that there's a lot of squabbling for status. In a labor-finitist world, you have zero-sum internal competition and a social-status hierarchy that subverts any meritocracy that one might try to impose. High school students are "supposed" to care about grades and learning and doing good work; but most of them actually care more about in-group social status. That turns out to be great preparation for the corporate world, in which "performance" reviews reflect (and perpetuate) social status rather than having anything to do with the quality of a person's work. (People who do actual work don't get "reviewed" or, if they do, it's a rubber-stamp formality; everyone is too busy actually doing things.) Work is a world in which grades are assigned not by teachers but by whatever group of kids happens to be popular at the time.
What Paul Graham describes as "the adult world" is what life looks like from his fortunate position. I won't use "privileged" here– Graham's brilliant and clearly earned every bit of his success– but it's not typical for most people. If you have the money to own your life instead of renting from a corporate master, then labor progressivism (i.e., what "adulthood" is supposed to be, a lifestyle based on providing value to others rather than subordinating to a parochial protection-offerer called a corporate manager) is what the world actually looks like. The big question for us in technology is: how do we make a progressivist/high-autonomy world available to more people?
The biggest problem for technologists is trust. Free-floating, high-return-seeking capital is abundant in the world, but the gatekeepers (venture capitalists who've used internal social protocols to form an almost certainly illegal collusive phalanx, despite nominally being in competition with each other) have made it scarce. Talent finds capital to be inaccessible. Yet (somewhat insultingly) the corporate managers consistently complain about a "talent shortage". So capital complains, with equal fervor, about a struggle to find and retain talent. Everyone's wrong. Capital isn't scarce, nor is talent. Both are abundant, and there's something else keeping the two from meeting. The problem is that there's a bilateral lack of trust.
Why do companies "acq-hire" such depressingly mediocre talent at a panic price of $3-6 million per software engineer? It's because the value of a trusted employee is worth 10-100 times that of a typical one. So why don't these companies, instead of shelling out billions to acq-hire mediocrity, simply trust their own people more? Well, that's a deep sociological question that I won't be able to explore fully. The short answer is that the modern corporation's labor finitism (driven by closed allocation, or the right of workers only to work on projects with pre-existing executive sanction and middle-management protection) creates a society exactly like Graham's vision of high school, which means that nasty political intrigues form and petty hatreds build in the organization, to the point that outsiders are deemed a better bet for allocation to real work than internal people, the latter having been tainted by years of inmate life. Corporate society is so dismal and mediocre and so removed from getting actual work done that people who participate in it (as opposed to the fresh-faced rich kids whose parental connections bought them VC and tech press and favorable terms of "talent acquisition") are, even if reality is not such, perceived as being too filthy to be trusted with real assignments.
It's not a pretty picture. Corporations hire people on the false pretense of mentorship and career development. "Yes, we'll pay you a pittance now, and you'll spend your first two years on the garbage work that no one wants to do; but we'll advance your career and make you eligible for much better jobs in the future." What they do is the opposite. They don't reward people who "suck it up" and do years of shit-work with better projects in the future, because a person who spent two years not learning anything is less eligible for quality work than when he came in the door; they hire people with better work experience for that. Also, it's not that they deliberately lie to hire people. It's that they just don't have much high-quality work to allocate, and few companies are courageous enough to try Valve-style open allocation. So what actually emerges is a society in which high-quality work either goes to political strongmen (i.e. extortionist thugs who intimidate others into supporting their own campaigns for high social status) or to outsiders that are usually either acq-hired in or started in privilged positions by investor mandate (i.e. a venture capitalist uses your company to mint executive sinecures for his underachieving friends).
How does all of this evolve into an elaborate system of victim-shaming? Well, it works like this. People are evaluated, in the world of Work, based on their previous experiences. However, because of the corruption in project allocation, a person's "work experience" is actually a time series of his political favor, not his level of accomplishment. What that means is that people who fall out of favor are judged to be underperformers and flushed away. There is no more brazen culture of victim-shaming than the private-sector social-climbing hell we call Work.
The rules are clear: if you get robbed, it's your fault. If your boss steals from you by abusing process, giving you undesirable work ill-matched to your talents, and ruining your career, it's because you (not he) are a subhuman piece of shit. You deserve whatever he does to you, and he has the right to do it (that's the perk of being a manager). He proved he was stronger, by robbing you and you letting him (as if you had a choice) and he therefore deserves everything he stole from you. You deserve nothing other than more humiliation. That's what resumes are for: to create a distributed, global social-status hierarchy based on a person's political-favor trajectory. That's why job titles and dates matter but accomplishments don't. It's not about what you achieved; it's about whether people saw you as threatening and strong (and gave you impressive titles) or as weak (and robbed you).
I hope the causes of ethical bankruptcy in Corporate America are visible, by now. A world in which thieves win (they stole it, thus they earned it) while the victims are treated like subhuman garbage is one in which almost no one can afford to be ethical (although the most successful people invest considerable energy in appearing ethical). For example, some people lie on their resumes. I don't, but that's for cosmetic reasons. While my work experience isn't at the quality level that I deserved, it's high enough that I prefer the complexity-reduction (a cosmetic concern) of sticking to the truth rather than the gains associated with a status-inflating lie that might fail and lower my status more than telling the truth would. I, personally, don't lie; but I fully support those who do. They are being more ethical than the system they are deceiving. They express their honesty– in the form of contempt for an evil system–through deceiving that system's officers.
The corporate culture we call "Work" is one where people are kicked when they're down. It has no morals or ethics and there's no point in pretending otherwise– not at this point, at least. When people lie on their resumes in harmless ways (quack doctors are criminals and should be jailed; but there's no good reason to feel anything negative toward someone who self-assigns the title "VP" when he was a mere Director) I support them. Defective structures must be burned down, and I support the barbarians at the gate. If those who've been robbed for generations respond by stealing back what was taken from them, I think that it's the best thing that can happen from here.


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Coffee with cream gets cheeky with this clear glass Half Pint Creamer ($15). It's molded to look like a cardboard carton of half-and-half but with a more sophisticated effect. Would you give it a pour?
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PinkNC 6 years
Cute but not for $15.
PinkNC 6 years
Cute but not for $15.
hippiecowgirl 6 years
I love it! Great for entertaining.
mamasitamalita 6 years
I don't think its to be used as the actual storage container... this is a serving item only
esmerb 6 years
Ooooo I want!
esmerb 6 years
Ooooo I want!
luckykarma 6 years
I think its meant to use at a table setting where you set out milk or cream for breakfast and what is unused you put back or discard...I would buy it.
CanadianAlissa 6 years
i think it is really neat but i don't like that it is open all the time. i would rather have a lid or something. not a fan of milk or cream that has been exposed to other food smells.
jesssa 6 years
totally cute as a hostess gift!
doogirl 6 years
I'm undecided. I think it's cute, but totally unpractical and I'd never use it.
Spectra 6 years
I think it's cute, but I'd only probably use it when I had company over or something. Otherwise, I'd use it for flowers.
dclsweetspot 6 years
Love it but would never buy it. It would be such a pain to clean and just one more useless thing to store.
miamixo 6 years
Its so cute, I dont think I'll be buying it but I like it!
arcticpuppet 6 years
its so cute!
arcticpuppet 6 years
its so cute!
victork 6 years
Love it, but it would be a complete b**ch to clean. Plus $15 is pretty good.
LoveButtons 6 years
I think this is pointless - plus milk/cream goes bad if it's left open like that.


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A town of Mosinee man accused in the death of a woman who was struck by a vehicle in May 2012 while she was bicycling has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
Tracy A. Kruzicki, 43, was charged July 18, 2012 in Marathon County Circuit Court with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and causing the death of another person. He faces up to a six-year prison sentence if convicted of the charge.
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When Lisa MacDougall's uncle dies, she inherits the key to mystical powers she never knew she possessed, as well as a legacy to protect a mysterious treasure hidden on her family's ancestral land. DEA agent Marco Santiago first suspects that Lisa is conspiring with drug runners, but then discovers that her powers are the complement of his own. Together they must discover the secrets of the MacDougall treasure and identify the men who threaten her.
Monette Michaels establishes a variety of threats against Lisa, but then diffuses any page-turning suspense by giving Lisa great magical power and reassuring psychic guidance from beyond the grave. While the story has the potential to be interesting, tautness and character complexity are missing. Also, because Michaels never explains the rules, history or origin of the magic in Lisa's world, readers never know how powerful, dangerous or tricky it is. (Jun., 220 pp., $14.99)


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Thirteen seniors from Gulfport High School recently had the chance
to experience true Southern hospitality at The University of Southern
Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Southern MissGC's
Culinary Arts Academy and hospitality management program hosted
the students of Gulfport High School's Academy of Travel and Tourism
(AOTT) on Feb. 12 in an informative and hospitable day of learning.
"The Gulfport
High School students had a chance to see and experience first hand,
our facilities, with culinary students in action," said Ernie
Wilson, associate chair and assistant professor of hospitality management
at Southern MissGC.
After Wilson
spoke to them about the industry of travel and tourism and then
about the educational opportunities available to them at Southern
MissGC, culinary students of the academy prepared a buffet brunch
for the high school students.
"I enjoyed
the hospitality/culinary arts program overview at Southern Miss
Gulf Coast," said 17-year old Chacara Evans, of Gulfport. "I
think Mr. Wilson provided me with plenty of information that I know
I can use."
Darrell Fortenberry
II, 18, of Gulfport, plans to pursue a career in the business/marketing
field or the culinary arts. He said, "They seem to teach that
instead of being good at something that you love to do, you should
try to be the best at it."
The AOTT is
a part of the National Academy Foundation (NAF), a nationwide non-profit,
school-to-work program with more than 15,000 students in 40 states.
The Gulfport School District is the first in Mississippi to use
the national Academy of Travel and Tourism model. The program is
designed to give students a real "working world" glimpse
of the kinds of careers available in the travel and tourism industry.
Every AOTT
student works in a paid internship at a travel/tourism industry
site during the summer between the junior and senior years. Also,
through NAF, students are eligible for many scholarship opportunities
for college. Nationwide, 90 percent of all academy graduates go
on to colleges and universities.
Located at
the Gulf Park campus in Long Beach, the Southern MissGC Culinary
Arts Academy offers a non-degree granting certificate program that
features a broad based professional culinary arts curriculum.The
purpose of the certificate program is to prepare students for work
assignments across a broad spectrum of culinary areas in different
segments of the travel, hospitality and food service industry.
The AOTT students
also learned that the Southern Miss Department of Hospitality Management
offers a bachelor of science degree in hospitality management that
prepares students for careers in hotel restaurant and tourism management.
The degree can be completed on both the Gulf Park and Hattiesburg
Gulfport High
School students participating in the event were Linda Baldwin,17;
Alice Carter,18; Latarya Ellis,18; Chacara Evans,17; Niomi Fautner,17;
Darrell Fortenberry,18;Shekeia Gordon,17;Anthony Lynch,18;Christina
McNair,18;Snehal Patel,16;Taneisha Reynolds,17; Danielle Thornton,16;
and Latisha Walker,16.
For more information
on the Southern MissGC culinary arts and hospitality management
programs contact Wilson at (228) 214-3226.
page is maintained by the Department of Marketing and Public Relations
The University of Southern Mississippi at http://www.usm.edu.
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That's what Hockey Canada is expecting after announcing the 41 hopefuls who earned invitations to Canada's National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp in Calgary.
The camp will be held Dec. 10-14, with the roster for the 2012 World Junior Championship team being named at the end.
Often taking a blue-collar approach in hopes of striking gold at the WJC, Kevin Prendergast, Hockey Canada's head scout, has added a little more finesse to this year's training camp.
GOALIES -- Tyler Bunz, Medicine Hat, WHL (Edmonton); Louis Domingue, Quebec, QMJHL (Phoenix); Mark Visentin, Niagara, OHL (Phoenix); Scott Wedgewood, Plymouth, OHL (New Jersey).
DEFENSEMEN -- Nathan Beaulieu, Saint John, QMJHL (Montreal); Cody Cedi, Ottawa, OHL (2012 Draft eligible); Mathew Dumba, Red Deer, WHL (2012 Draft eligible); Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Rimouski, QMJHL), Buffalo); Brandon Gormley, Moncton, QMJHL, (Phoenix); Dougie Hamilton, Niagara, OHL (Boston); Scott Harrington, London, OHL (Pittsburgh); Brenden Kichton, Spokane, WHL (N.Y. Islanders); Joe Morrow, Portland, WHL (Pittsburgh); Ryan Murphy, Kitchener, OHL (Carolina); Ryan Murray, Everett, WHL (2012 Draft eligible); Jamie Oleksiak, Saginaw, OHL (Dallas); Alex Petrovic, Red Deer, WHL (Florida); Mark Pysyk, Edmonton, WHL (Buffalo).
FORWARDS -- Michaël Bournival, Shawinigan, QMJHL (Montreal); Brett Bulmer, Kelowna, WHL (Minnesota); Phillip Danault, Victoriaville, QMJHL (Chicago); Phillip Di Guiseppe, University of Michigan, CCHA (2012 Draft eligible); Michael Ferland, Brandon, WHL (Calgary); Brendan Gallagher, Vancouver, WHL, (Montreal); Freddie Hamilton, Niagara, OHL (San Jose); Quinton Howden, Moose Jaw, WHL (Florida); Jonathan Huberdeau, Saint John, QMJHL (Florida); Boone Jenner, Oshawa, OHL (Columbus); Mark McNeill, Prince Albert, WHL (Chicago); Tanner Pearson, Barrie, OHL (2012 Draft eligible); Zack Phillips, Saint John, QMJHL, (Minnesota); Ty Rattie, Portland, WHL (St. Louis); Max Reinhart, Kootenay, WHL (Calgary); Brad Ross, Portland, WHL (Toronto); Mark Scheifele, Barrie, OHL (Winnipeg); Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College, WCHA (St. Louis); Ryan Spooner, Kingston, OHL (Boston); Mark Stone, Brandon, WHL (Ottawa); Ryan Strome, Niagara, OHL (N.Y. Islanders); Christian Thomas, Oshawa, (OHL, (N.Y. Rangers); Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa, OHL (Los Angeles)
With only three returning players heading to camp -- forwards Quinton Howden and Jaden Schwartz and goaltender Mark Visentin -- Prendergast and coach Don Hay have the opportunity to redefine Canada's approach.
"I think the skill factor overall (is higher)," Prendergast said. "We have a lot of skilled defensemen. Not near as big as we were last year, but we have good players back there. We're young up front compared to where we were last year, but you look at these kids, you look at their stats, where they were drafted in the (NHL) draft, they were in NHL camps for a while. They understand what they have to bring when they get here."
Hay agreed with Prendergast's assessment of the camp roster.
"Obviously we have a high skill level and we want to use our skill to the best of our ability," Hay said.
Of the 41 players invited, 14 are first-round NHL picks, including 11 taken at the 2011 Draft.
"We only have three returning players, but boy, you look at this roster and we have a lot of depth," said Bob Nicholson, CEO and President of Hockey Canada. "You talk to Kevin Prendergast and he thinks we're as deep as we've ever been. It's going to be a very competitive camp here."
The 41 players represent 22 NHL teams, with three teams having three prospects each invited -- the Phoenix Coyotes (goalies Visentin and Louis Domingue, defenseman Brandon Gormley), the Montreal Canadiens (forwards Michael Bournival and Brendan Gallagher, defenseman Nathan Beaulieu) and the Florida Panthers (forwards Howden and Jonathan Huberdeau, defenseman Alexander Petrovic).
The team also has the chance to be younger. Four players -- defensemen Cody Ceci of the Ottawa 67s, the Everett Silvertips' Ryan Murray and the Red Deer Rebels' Mathew Dumba, and forward Phillip Di Guiseppe from the University of Michigan -- are eligible for the 2012 NHL Draft, while Tanner Pearson of the Barrie Colts also is eligible after being passed over in the 2010 and 2011 drafts.
The average age of the 41 hopefuls is 19 years, two months, 19 days; 13 players were born in 1993 and one, Dumba, in 1994.
"I think compared to last year's team, it's going to be a bit younger because of the guys still in the National Hockey League," Prendergast said. "Skill level probably is going to be a little bigger, though."
As impressive as the list of invited players is, there actually are more that retain junior eligibility but currently are in the NHL. That list includes Edmonton forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Boston forward Tyler Seguin, Carolina forward Jeff Skinner, Philadelphia forward Sean Couturier, Columbus forward Ryan Johansen, Tampa Bay forward Brett Connolly, Florida defenseman Erik Gudbranson, and Anaheim forward Devante Smith-Pelly.
Brad Pascall, Hockey Canada's vice-president of hockey operations for national teams, said he's heard that Skinner, Seguin and Nugent-Hopkins will be unavailable for the 2012 WJC, but is waiting to hear definitive answers on the others.
"If we get them back it's like a Christmas present," Prendergast said. "If we don't, we just move on."
Gudbranson, Couturier, Johansen and Connolly all helped Canada to silver at the 2011 World Junior Championship in Buffalo.
Should the team be without any additional help from the NHL, one of the players that will be counted on heavily will be Howden. The Moose Jaw Warrior had 2 goals and 5 points in seven games last year in Buffalo.
"It would be one of the greatest feelings in the world," Howden said of the possibility of another shot at gold. "I think you can ask anybody. You go back to some of the alumni, everyone says it's the greatest feeling in the world to be able to throw this (Hockey Canada jersey) on your chest. If I get the opportunity to do it again, it will be a great honor."


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Cody's Crew: The Big BuildingSpring 2002 Home Video
Ages: 2 - 6 yrs.
Manufacturer: Marcus/Wiseman Entertainment
VHS Price: $14.99
Review:Sharp, sophisticated and filled with fun, this video will captivate and delight while it illustrates the importance of working together. An opening song (reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen) rocks with lyrics about working "the whole day through." Cody, the giant excavator, is the kind and calm worker who doesn't want to step in and boss everyone else around. Someone has to take charge, however, over Barry the bulldozer, Gus the cement truck (whose voice sounds like someone from The Sopranos), Mitch the dump truck, and Rachel the skid steer (a zippy little vehicle) in order to get the big building finished on time. Gravel is being pushed around willy-nilly, safety becomes an issue, and everyone begins to blame everyone else. Once Cody points out that they should make a plan and work as a team, all ends well. Cody's Crew offers a good message without being preachy and appealing graphics to entertain and teach all kids.
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Doomed to a Room of Gloom
by Candice Ann Moraga
My poet likes to hang out in my room
He loves to dwell in despair & gloom
I try to snuggle up against him
But I must be subject to every damn whim
Critical of his own prose & Art
For years he's found it hard to start
Finally, he starts to scribble it down
I wonder if - finally - he'll lose that frown?
Eloquent words in his beautiful mind
But can those words help us press rewind?
Back when we spoke in tones of love?
Back when we believed in heaven above?
Alas - it is more words of death & decay
Yet again - tales of despair & dismay
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CC Talks With: Nina Paley
Nina Paley's Sita Sings The Blues, released online a little over two months ago, has been generating great press and even greater viewership, closing in on 70,000 downloads at archive.org alone. For the non-inundated, there is great background information on the film at Paley's website.
We recently had the opportunity to talk with Paley about the film – we touched on the film's aesthetics and plot points, but perhaps most interesting to those in the CC community is Paley's decision to utilize our copyleft license, Attribution-ShareAlike, and her thoughts on free licensing and the open source movement in general. Read on to learn more about the licensing trials and tribulations associated with the film's release, how CC has played a role, and Paley's opinions on the Free Culture movement as a whole.3 Comments »


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A 16-month, multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of 23 people -- including Barrio Azteca gang members -- belonging to an El Paso drug-dealing organization, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Thursday.
DPS officials said that 90 officers from local, state and federal law-enforcement agencies took part in an operation that culminated with the arrests Wednesday and Thursday. Authorities are looking for two more suspects.
DPS Regional Cmdr. Carey Matthews said those arrested are suspected of being mid-level to upper-level drug dealers involved in the sale of large amounts of cocaine and marijuana in El Paso.
"Twenty-three people off the street for distributing narcotics in El Paso is a significant impact on the community," DPS Sgt. Santos Carrasco Jr. said.
DPS officials said that six of the suspects are confirmed members of the notorious Barrio Azteca gang.
One of the suspected leaders of the drug ring is Juan Espino, 35, who is reputedly a lieutenant in the prison gang's military-style hierarchy, Carrasco said.
Espino allegedly supervised Samuel Salas, 35, who "gave most of the orders." Carrasco said. Some of the others in the ring are accused of serving as couriers who transported drugs to homes and other locations.
The drug ring is not believed to have direct ties to Mexican drug cartels, authorities said, though the Barrio Azteca works on both sides of the border and has worked with the Juárez drug cartel.
"Any Barrio Azteca is part of a violent crime organization that preys on the weak, preys on addiction and makes a living at it," said Keith Brown, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in El Paso.
The investigation also included Homeland Security Investigations, the State Department, FBI, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals Service, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, El Paso County Sheriff's Office, El Paso police and Socorro police.
"We are committed to dismantling all levels of drug trafficking because there is no unimportant drug dealer when they live next to you or they're in your community," Brown said.
DPS officials said that defendants face state charges such as engaging in organized criminal activity, conspiracy and manufacture/delivery of drugs.
In addition to Espino and Salas, the others arrested were Francisco Rodriguez, 34; Sergio Martinez, 46; Gerardo Bravo-Cisneros, 26; Fernando Aguirre, 27; Gilbert Mendoza, 33; David Steven Arenas, 20; Bianca Contreras, 30; Miguel Anibal Rivera, 25; Ann Armendariz, 40; Gabriela Salas, 36; Vanessa Carrera, 27; Teresa Gardea Ramirez, 30; Raymond Dewayne Roberts II, 28; Patrick Wells, 31; Danielle Taylor, 26; Luis Carlos Arzola, 29; Jason Morales, 31; Sergio Hurtado, 34; Omar Varela, 19; Adrian Montellano, 27; and Raymond Holguin, 24, who was already in custody.
Daniel Borunda may be reached 546-6102.