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Abandoned in a library book-drop slot in the dead of winter, the small kitten who came to be known as Dewey Readmore Books miraculously endured the coldest night of the year. When librarian Vicki Myron found him in the morning, she wrapped him in her arms, gave him his first bath, and then introduced him to his new home: the library. Dewey charmed Spencer, Iowa's library-goers, young and old, with his ability to know just which visitors needed a friend. And as word of his heartwarming tail — or rather, tale — spread, Dewey gained worldwide fame as proof positive that one small cat could change a struggling town, one person at a time. In this adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dewey, everyone's favorite library cat inspires a new audience of listeners with his story of courage, survival, and above all, love.
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Vicki Myron was born on a farm fifteen miles from Spencer , Iowa . At the age of thirty-four, she graduated summa cum laude from Mankato State University and she has a masters degree from Emporia State University . She worked at the Spencer Public Library for twenty-five years, the last twenty as director. She lives in Spencer , Iowa . Her website is www.deweyreadmorebooks.com
Bret Witter has collaborated with Vicki Myron since 2006 and has enjoyed every minute. Raised in North Alabama, he currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and two children, Lydia and Isaac.
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First of all, I thought I was going to a half-hour class but it was actually a full hour. That's okay. No biggie. I can handle it. Or so I thought. About 20 minutes in, I thought my legs had literally turned to Jello-O. Literally. I then caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and noticed my face and arms were bright pink. I had flashbacks to my elementary school playground where kids called me Tomato Face because my cheeks would get so flushed when I ran.
The instructor was Australian and had a very interesting way of motivating us. Every now and then she'd call us "honeys" (there were about 5 or 6 dudes in the class, btw) or say "come on baby!" She also really liked to say "yeee." Not "yeah" but "ye" with extra E's. Imagine it with an Aussie accent:
That's what I heard for a full hour of my Thursday afternoon. After the class, I had a banana and a glass of chocolate milk. Just like Lance Armstrong.
Overall, though, it was a pretty good class and I'll probably go back. After a day or two of rest, that is. My lady bits are a little tender from that bike saddle. TMI? Too bad.
This week's Friday's Fancies theme is Picnic Primped. Long airy dresses and big floppy hats were just made for picnics, don't you think?
Blissful Roses maxi
2. Scalloped floppy hat
3. Emerald green ring
4. Rosemary sandals

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How adorable are these cheetah cubs?
WINSTON, Ore. -- The Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., has welcomed two new baby cheetah cubs to the park.
Khayam, a male, and Mchumba, a female, are only 12 days old, and were born on Leap Day.
The cubs have already doubled in size, and are being hand raised after park officials became worried by the behavior of their mother.
Handlers are hoping the brother and sister will grow up to be the park's next ambassador cheetahs. "The ambassador program touches thousands of people every year, we take them to schools," said Carnivore Supervisor, Sarah Roy." Taini, our ambassador now, has been all over the state, all over the state of Washington, so we are pretty excited to keep that up and running."
These are the first cheetah cubs to be born in the U.S. this year, but normally they only have a 50-50 chance of surviving past the first 30 days.
Vets say the newborns are doing great and are being watched around the clock.
The Wildlife Safari has the most successful breeding program in North America for this endangered species.
168 cheetahs have been born at the park since it opened in 1972.


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I have an original NES console that works amazingly with two original controllers and a zapper. The NES comes with the red/white audio/video cable and the original power cord.
Also have 26 games and a Nintendo carrying case (holds 16 games) and the following games:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/Track Meet
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers
Jurassic Park
Legend of Zelda
Adventure Island
Dragon Warrior
The Rocketeer
Adventures in Magic Kingdom
Wheel of Fortune
R.C. Pro Am
Dr Mario
Evert & Lendl Top Players Tennis
Marble Madness
Skate or Die
The Lone Ranger
Golgo 13
Tecmo NBA Basketball
All games work fine and there are only two of them (Rampage and Rocketeer) have any markings on them. The carrying case has rust on the handle but holds the games fine.
My wife owned the NES since 1990 and we rarely pull it out anymore. With a baby on the way it's time to clean house!
Pics coming tonight
Any offers before it goes to Ebay!
PS Vita
Paypal/Amazon/Gamestop GC
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text: I spent yesterday replacing the Turn Signal Switch on my mom's 95 Buick Regal. It was supposed to take about 4 hours if I had experieance working on cars. I found a tutorial on how to do it online and loaded it onto my smart phone. Took me two and a half hours using the instructions and pictures this guy had posted. By now your probably wondering what my point / question is I'm sure. After using this very useful tutorial it got me wondering, does anyone out there have similar tutorials online for any of the massive repairs that are required to completely rebuild a 95 Chevy Silverado extended cab 4x4 from the frame up? When I start stripping the body away from the truck this spring I'm going to be "going in blindly" and just figuring it out as I go. I thought if someone else on here has done this they might have found or made a tutorial for the more complicated parts (like removing the cab and everything in it) and would be able to tell me where I could find it. I'm going to keep searching and if I find something I'll be sure to share it with the rest of the group, but if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone. Have a great week.


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My problem is I've bent the steel ,and I have not got each side to line up corectly yet.
The drawing is layed out for the folds in the mag well,an the trunnion
support.You do have more than one bend to make the mag section.
If you have a kit,you can make your own drawings.You do need
a mag,trunnion,feed ramp.(you can make your own feed ramp).Mic your
kit an order some flat steel stock.4130 stock.Aircraft Spruce.com
Up date,Ive made 4 flats sofar.I'm still working on the spring back from the 4130.
Made new jig from angle iron,an turned a new round stock.Will see what happens.
Always accepting input ,thanks AL
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Some people are cutting up old Russian Nagant barrels 7.62x54r to make 16" 7.62x25 barrels, if you have a lathe & a few gunsmith tools its possible. Weaponeer has a few ( How I did It ) Forums there. - That info might even be there at Gunco I don't know for sure, wish I could be more help.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and goverment, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so that the second will not become the legal version of the first" ~ Thomas Jefferson
9mm is keyed to the KP44.
You can use the suomi drums.
Why the fuss over 7.62?
Get a PPsh 41 and run 7.62
Or, a '43.
9mm is cleaner.
I dunno, just my experience.
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there is a guy over on weapons guild selling kp44 flats for $12 it is a sale and wont last, but thats about as cheap as they are gonna get, its good stuf I have received mine , he goes by name of Jack Squat
A supply nightmare. The 7.62X25 "hot" sub-machine gun ammo is a myth.
I have a daughter. I tell her, "911 is what you dial after you're raped. 1911 is what you should have before they try."
Or long gone, that story been around since the mid 90's, I doubt any of that stuff (if it ever was) is still around.The 7.62X25 "hot" sub-machine gun ammo is a myth.
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if they are publicly hoping the weather helps them slow the Saints down that is completely embarrassing
the Saints have this teams number and I fully expect to lose
"Hopefully, yes," Coughlin said. And that comes from the HC! Well, Like Joe Vitt said: "it is all about preparation". Something that Coughlin and his coaching staff have no clue because this team takes the field very often unprepared.
Now we are hoping for the weather to slow teams down. Just make plays and slow them down you DAMN selves. This team is just getting more and more embarrassing. How about this TC " We are hoping that we don't need the weather to slow the down."
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Lanie, Dec 24, 2012.
Here I am with the baby in his Santa costume to wish y'all a merry Christmas!
That is so cute, Lanie!
Merry Christmas!
Merry christmas!
Merry Christmas !!!!!!
Adorable picture, Lanie. Gut Yontiff to all!
Merry Christmas to you, too! I'll be doing some last minute baking, then dinner with family at Chili's and off to look at the Christmas lights...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all!!!!
Awww Lanie he is so adorable!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!!!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year Lanie and to baby Santa as well.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you, you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Lanie, he's adorable.
Merry Christmas to all!
Off to my sister's place today for 2 days. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from me w/a little bit of help from The Muppets...
The Carol of the Bells
Lainie...He's so adorable!!! Sadly, our newest member and his Mommy and Daddy aren't able to make it up this year. That lil bit of news hasn't stopped us from spoiling Parker a wee bit though.
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
Merry Christmas, everyone. May your day be filled with joy!
Great picture, Lanie!! Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas! I'm at home baking away... The house smells yummy
Super cute, Lanie. Merry Christmas, FSU!
Adorable Lanie and Aragorn darn you --- I started watching all of those Muppet clips again! Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas! BRING ON THE DESSERTS!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not a religious person, but this passage is beautiful. Have a Merry (and safe) Christmas everyone.
ETA: Oops, forgot to say the little one's adorable.
I aim to please.
(the pounding on the table w/a spoon goes along w/that up there BTW)
Now 1pm on Christmas Day...digesting yummy lunch. Dressed in Christmas present (as is appropriate) with a jumper because wtf Australia.
Killing time til we go over to Grandma's for Christmas dinner!
Thank you, Marge!
A Blessed Christmas to all, here; especially to little Santa.
Happy Holidays everyone.
Sigh...I knew I'd missed someone else I'd wanted to do a quote of.
First...Thank Marge for adding to the thread a reminder of why this is called the Season of Hope. I wish you and yours a Blessed Christmas.
Second...Tell me I'm not the only one who, on reading that, hears Linus reciting it from A Charlie Brown Christmas?
Merry Christmas!
"That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"
I've worked at job #2 for the last three days (retail job...shoppers are nuts this year ) and am now battling a rough sinus infection so my nerves are shot and I feel like I got run over by a train but I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!
(I hope I find my Christmas spirit again sometime soon or at least that Santa brings me three boxes of Kleenex and more medicine so I can survive my week, LOL )
Merry Christmas to y'all! May your many wishes come true next year, too!


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Fogle, Douglas. "Richard Prince." In Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections, edited by Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2005.
© 2005 Walker Art Center
A simple joke, pirated from the archived recesses of the Borscht Belt humorists of the 1950s, plays a pivotal role in the career of Richard Prince. It goes something like this: "I went to see a psychiatrist. He said, 'Tell me everything.' I did and now he's doing my act." Since the late 1970s, Prince has made his mark in the contemporary art world by stealing the acts of the producers of consumer culture, whether they reside in the fashionable photographic world of magazine advertising or the cultural lowlands of jokes and cartoons. Working across a wide range of media that includes photography, drawing, sculpture, and painting, he has developed a strategy of appropriating images in his work in order to produce his own director's cut of the psychic landscape of desire and identification generated by the culture industry. In essence, Prince is a visual deejay who samples images rather than musical tracks, taking us on a trip into American advertising's heart of darkness. In fact, he emerged on the American art scene in the late 1970s at roughly the same time that a number of now-legendary deejays in New York, such as Grand Master Flash, were laying the foundations for the mix-and-dub culture that would become hip-hop. It is this liberating power of sampling, now so prevalent as to be ubiquitous, that lies at the heart of Prince's work.
Born in the Panama Canal Zone to American parents, Prince grew up in the vicinity of Boston and moved to New York in 1973. He took a job in the tear-sheet department at Time-Life, cutting articles out of magazines for the writers on staff. The remnants of these excisions—left on his desk like so much detritus—were magazine advertisements with glossy, overproduced, and anonymous photographs that heralded the good life of American consumer culture. It was here that Prince would experience his first breakthrough as an artist. As he contemplated these overwrought images of conspicuous wealth with their concomitant subliminal psycho-sexual dramas, he became interested in the ways in which their status differed from that of traditional art photography. Out of this experience was born Prince's strategy of rephotography, a practice that would become more widely referred to in the late 1970s and 1980s as appropriation.1 This strategy allowed him to take an image of a fictional world of desire crafted for public consumption in a glossy magazine and return it to a realm in which the photograph itself is an object. He became a leading practitioner of a group of American artists loosely known as Picture Theorists, including Barbara Kruger, Sherrie Levine, and Cindy Sherman. This name was attributed to them in deference to the exhibition Pictures, curated by Douglas Crimp at Artists Space in New York in 1977, which included the work of a number of these artists (although not that of Prince).
Though not the only artist practicing this technique, Prince is generally acknowledged to be one of its primary progenitors. His first foray into this new media landscape was the four-part photographic work Untitled (living rooms), which he completed in 1977. The images were lifted directly from advertisements for high-end furniture found in the pages of the New York Times Magazine. Emptied of any extraneous denotative advertising language, the photographs radiate a strange ambivalence. Originally intended to invoke a longed-for world of luxury and leisure, they have become unmoored from the directives of Madison Avenue. Their ambiguity has launched them into a world where they might serve as sets for a vaguely familiar but not quite memorable sitcom or, better yet, an episode of the Twilight Zone. Instead of bringing us to a state of comforting narrative closure à la Rod Serling, though, Prince has set us adrift on a sea of endlessly proliferating signifying possibilities. Are they a critique or a celebration of consumer culture? Are these images even photographs in any traditional sense of the medium? These questions, paradoxically, are both generated by this work and held in a state of suspension.
Prince went on to use his technique of rephotography on other visual themes within the world of pop culture and advertising, shooting pictures of girls from biker magazines as well as male and female models from the pages of fashion publications. He would, however, become most identified with the figure of the cowboy, the subject of an ongoing untitled series of photographic prints that took its source images from the masculine world of American manifest destiny as seen through the mythic figure of the Marlboro man. Similarly emptied of any determining graphic content, Prince's cowboys are not like John Wayne's boldly innocent character in John Ford's early western, Stagecoach (1939). They are much more akin to the dark antihero of Wayne's character in Ford's later film The Searchers (1956). These figures ride the range, wrangle stallions, and generally embody the rugged individualism of the epic foundation myths of the American frontier. Underlying their bravado, of course, is the nagging fact of their identification with the manipulative rhetoric of cigarette advertising. By isolating and reproducing these images in a systemic repetition, Prince empties them of their original content while making evident the ways in which they recirculate and reinforce this vision of American masculinity.
Another kind of American heroism would come into play as Prince added painting to his artistic repertory. In his series of car-hood reliefs and joke paintings, he took on two more aspects of America's self-imaging of its male identity. In his hoods, the artist practiced another kind of larceny parallel to that of his rephotography by employing the strategy of the sculptural "readymade" inaugurated by Marcel Duchamp. Ordering actual factory-made replacement hoods for American muscle cars (Mustangs, Challengers, Chargers) from automotive magazines, Prince repainted them and hung them on the wall. Installed in this manner, they are at once paintings and anti-paintings that resonate between the poles of adolescent male fantasies of automotive speed and sexual power and the equally heroic delusions of modernist abstract painting. The hoods shared this last aspect with Prince's monochromatic joke paintings, such as Was That a Girl (1989). On a uniformly antimodernist purple canvas, a line of silkscreened text reads: "I met my first girl, her name was Sally. Was that a girl, was that a girl. That's what people kept asking." Mimicking the formal strategy of Barnett Newman's "zips" of paint, Prince's joke—itself a self-reflexive repetition of misogynist male culture—takes on the heroic, masculine romanticism of the legacy of American Abstract Expressionism by turning the vertical zips of Newman's monumental painting Vir Heroicus Sublimus (1951–1952) literally on their side into a Princely "vir antiheroicus ridiculous." In the end, perhaps his joke should read: "Was that a painting, was that a painting."
As Prince has suggested, "They were like these authorless pictures, too good to be true, art-directed and over-determined and pretty much like film stills, psychologically hyped-up and having nothing to do with the way art pictures were traditionally 'put' together. I mean they were so off the map, so hard to look at, and rather than tear them out of the magazines and paste them up on a board, I thought why not rephotograph them with a camera and then put them in a real frame with a mat board around the picture just like a real photograph and call them mine. I mean 'pirate' them, 'steal' them, 'sample' them." See Jeff Rian, "In the Picture: Jeff Rian in conversation with Richard Prince," in Rosetta Brooks, Jeff Rian, and Luc Sante, Richard Prince (London: Phaidon Press, 2003), 12. ↩
Fogle, Douglas. "Richard Prince." In Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections, edited by Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2005.
© 2005 Walker Art Center
Richard Prince started his career as a figure painter, but around 1975 he started to make collages using photographs and text. In 1977 he produced a series of four photographs of living rooms lifted from the New York Times. This act of rephotographing cast doubt on basic assumptions about authorship, the authenticity of photographic images, the ownership of public images, and the nature of invention. In the Jokes series, started in 1986, Prince chronicles America's sexual fantasies and frustrated desires through one-liners, stand-up comedy, and burlesque-like jokes. Revealing the darker side of American life and the pathology of Middle America, his work exposes several false distinctions: the presumed dichotomies between the copy and the original, the normal and the uncanny, public and private, fact and fiction. Prince's appropriated photograph Brooke Shields (Spiritual America) (1983) shows the ten-year-old actress standing in the bath, her androgynous child's body contradicted by her sophisticated, womanly attitude. The title of the work alludes to Alfred Stieglitz's photograph of the same name, which depicts the groin of a castrated horse. When this work was first shown in an exhibition organized by Prince himself, the image was at the center of a lawsuit between Shields' mother and the original photographer. Prince's controversial display of the photograph raises issues of voyeurism and commodification of images.


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Posted: September 17, 2013 in ACE Press Releases
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Sept. 5, 2013) – American Council on Exercise (ACE) has partnered with Competitor Group, Inc. to serve as the official training partner for Competitor's Women's Running Series. Comprised of four races across the country, the Women's Running Series offers 5Ks and half-marathon events that are both walker and runner-friendly. The series kicks-off in Nashville, Tenn. on Sept. 28, followed by events in Scottsdale-Tempe, Ariz., Saint Petersburg, Fla., and San Diego, Calif.
"The Women's Running Series is a premiere racing event that encourages individuals at all fitness levels to get on their feet and get moving," said ACE Chief Science Officer Dr. Cedric Bryant. "Whether being coached by an ACE-certified professional or using ACE's online training resources, this is a great opportunity to start a journey toward completing a 5K or half-marathon."
"Competitor Group is excited to join forces with ACE," said Dana Allen, general manager of the Women's Running Series. "ACE-certified professionals and training programs are among the best in the world and we share the common goal of encouraging women to embrace an active lifestyle and helping women achieve their personal fitness goals no matter their experience or fitness level."
ACE has created a series of focused training plans and resources available on ACErunning.com appropriate for all fitness levels. The training plans, articles, videos and tools can be used by those that are just starting their fitness journey, or athletes who are looking for ways to improve their performance.
The first two focused training plans in the series include a sixteen-week half-marathon training program geared towards those interested in walking their first half-marathon, and an eight-week 5K plan designed for those who can already run a mile and want to improve their distance and endurance. The plans are available at no charge on ACErunning.com for a limited time, with more plans scheduled to launch in the coming months.
In each race city, ACE-certified professionals will lead a group of runners and walkers through in-person training programs coaching them to participate in the local Women's Running Series events and empowering them to reach their personal goals.
Whether participating in the running series as a walker or runner or simply starting a personal exercise routine, everyone can access the training programs and resources on ACErunning.com to support their journey towards living their most fit lives. Individuals seeking a certified health and fitness professional to aid in their race training can use the Find an ACE Pro tool on ACErunning.com to locate a certified professional in their area.
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Renegade Chef: Thanksgiving on the Fourth of July?
If it had been up to Benjamin Franklin, the turkey would be America's national bird. Thomas Jefferson preferred the majestic eagle, which, of course, has become our symbol of freedom.
If you think about it, Jefferson looked a bit like an eagle. Tall and lean, fiercely independent, he walked with a graceful carriage.
Franklin, on the other hand, was short and stout. Put a parade of feathers behind him, and he would look just like a bespectacled turkey sporting a waddle of starched crinoline above his buttoned coat.
Jefferson saw the eagle as a bird unparalleled in vision, speed, tenacity and the ability to kill with precision.
Franklin preferred the turkey because it tasted good. In fact, as the country's first connoisseur de' cuisine (that's French for someone who likes to eat), he claimed turkeys were the finest fowl available and were superior to chickens in edibility. Of course he had no idea John Madden would introduce America to the churducken 250 years later.
One cannot think of Ben Franklin without imagining that dark and stormy night long ago, when he allegedly bolted across a meadow, kite in hand, and captured electricity. Some scholars suggest the first words uttered by Ben—when he finally came out of his coma—were: "Wow—that was a pretty shocking experience!"
Other scholars claim Franklin had no idea what to do with the electricity he discovered, until he finally settled on building electric chairs for flagrant fowls. Though it seems the man must have had a sadistic side, he claimed an electrocuted chicken had less rigor mortis and was thus tenderer than birds that met their demise on the chopping block and were then left to run around headless for a few moments.
Electrocuting a turkey proved to be a little more difficult. When he zapped a chicken, he used only one wired leaden container. But when he did the same to a turkey, he merely knocked the thing unconscious, which allowed it to revive after a few moments and scare the daylights out of him. Scholars are still divided on whether or not he ran from the barn screaming "Zombie turkey! Run for your lives!"
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I have three hives on a raised stand to with screen bottom boards one without. I went out this morning and found hundreds of dead and dying bees under the two hives with screen bottom boards. Daytime temperatures have been in the 90s and nighttime lows around 55°.
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No medications have been applied to the hives with the exception of powdered sugar dusting three days ago and 1 quart one-to-one syrup. 90% of all hive parts are new except five frames old comb.
End hive is hive number one and a consists of; two 10 frame deep brood boxes, one medium super, inner cover in the garden top. Next hive is hive number two and consist of; two 10 frame deep brood boxes, two medium super's, inner cover and telescoping top. Final hive is hive number three which is a cut out from August 10 and it consist of; one 8 frame deep brood box, one eight frame medium super, inner cover and telescoping top. Hives one and two have 10 frame screen bottom boards 1 quart front feeders and fully opened bottom entrances. Hive Three has a solid bottom board with an entrance reducer and a 1 quart feeder.
August 13 I took two deep frames of open brood from hive number two and one frame of honey from hive number two to boost hive number three the cut out.
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Hi. I checked my hives yesterday and found a small problem/disease in one of my strongest hives with the brood. The brood pattern is not spotty, but I have noticed scattered, various dead brood of different shades and color. Some are dried, some are discolored, and others were a little "rotten". This hive has been healthy all year and 2 weeks ago when I checked there was no disease present.
I did have a problem with European Foulbrood with one hive in early May, but destroyed that weak hive and all the equipment before I even obtained this hive which was created from a split off a different colony.
It does in some ways look like a Foulbrood infestation, but I always have heard that this was a disease that usually only affected weak hives at not usually at the peak of summer.
I was wondering if a strong mite infestation could cause this. I use screened bottom boards and have done powdered sugar dusting throughout the season.
I know I can send a sample of the comb to the Beltsville lab for testing, but was wondering if anyone knew if mites could cause brood to appear this way.
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That was quite an informative post, thank you. I appreciate all your input. I haven't had the time to read all the links you provided but I will.
The product I used was in fact Miracle Gro Organic Choice Potting Mix. I checked while I was at Wal Mart today and it was in fact still the same price, in the same location and matched the image you provided. I have no doubt it is a viable substrate. I've read hundreds of posts and articles from people using it successfully. I do however think I received an oops bag as you mentioned. Though I still feel that mineralizing the soil would help to prevent the initial chemistry problems.
The depth was about 1 1/2 of soil with an equal amount of Flouramax cap. When I did tear it down I put the soil in one container and the capping in another. I filled it with R/O water and tested about 24 hours later. The soil container was 10+ppm phosphate. The capping container was roughly 0.5ppm. I have no idea what was in the mix to cause this but it did. While sifting it I didn't notice any out the the ordinary clumps of organics or odd materials. It had no significant odor.
I assumed the large bubble that was released was hydrogen sulfide. It smelled quite rotten. Maybe as you said the very high CO2 concentration played a role but I have no idea. Maybe after digesting the information you provided I will have a better idea. By the way I actually like the chewy boring academic papers .
Basically, I think we agree. MGOSM works but I simply got an oops bag. The tank now is fully cycled and doing well. I just need to pull all the initial plants and rescape it.
I completely understand your position after what you dealt with but not the summary statements as to organic content or microbes producing hydrogen sulfide as a normal product of organic breakdown and consumption.
Using potting soil people have reported huge spikes in ammonia for a few weeks (contains manures). Using the 'organic' potting mix with ferts added both phosphate and ammonia problems have been reported by those tanking an 'oops!' bag.
I do not doubt your data or the problems you endured trying to establish this tank. But I do challenge what was in reality used as a bagged product based on the results reported. Wish you had captured a photograph of the bag purchased. Scott's markets a number of products with very similar verbiage on the label.
Miracle Gro Organic Choice Potting Mix is the bagged 'dirt' product I use.
MGOCPM (potting mix) contains soils and a large portion of organic material (55-65% by volume). Sphagnum peat moss, composted bark fines, leaves, twigs, wood chips etc. and "pasteurized poultry litter" (cooked chicken crap).
The only quick release nutrient really is the poultry litter.
Nothing in it to cause out of control phosphates.
Having now set up over 14 tanks in house I post often on this method of tanking. Even set up several 'granny' tanks for shut in friends because gratefully I've found the reverse of the experiences you endured. After only two or three weeks of monitoring parameters I only visit these elderly friends maybe once a month to trim, clean glass and do partial water changes until they become comfortable with doing the maintenance.
Miracle Gro Organic Choice Potting Mix (exact labeling) is the only bagged 'dirt' product I have used.
Anaerobic bacteria are the end of the normal nitrogen cycle chain of bacters and the only ones that consume nitrate. Those starving and dying in large numbers or being disturbed can produce a sulfur odor but reality is not earth shattering. Something completely missed here in this tale of failure. Excessive layer depth, fluke of packaging, lack of needed minerals if only straight RO was used, something is missed.
Anaerobic and Aerobic type bacteria are present in nearly all substrate with only imbalance or larger pockets creating the 'problems'. Having had black stinky pockets in one tank or another I've never had anything die due to it except for a few Reopen stems. Later poking around and replacing plants the areas of issue were eliminated over time without any real drama.
Only a couple documented freshwater bacteria routinely release sulfur / acid compounds based on several published papers. The remaining strains, the vast majority (numbering in the hundreds), of anaerobic bacteria only do so when presented with a lack of food (NO3). Most die without any cumulative effect. Changes in the bacter food source is the cause of this shift to sulfate production and release not disturbance alone. Normally produced is the splitting of nitrogen and O2 (oxygen). This is science proven.
The presence of anaerobic bacteria is almost impossible to avoid except in bare tanks with positive flow sponge filters. These systems only have the first half of the nitrogen cycle in place and are dependent solely on water changes to remove all remaining waste products. Adding plants and substrate it's an entirely different game being played in system maintenance.
Anaerobic bacteria and the production of sulfides along with acids seems to always be reported in 3 ways;
Hobbyists repeating what they have heard or read with the majority being short on facts.
Those selling products inciting fears to help do so.
Scientific study papers which are very hard for most to read. (boring and chewy)
Almost anything can be stated as toxic above a threshold limit and allowed to become imbalanced.
Controlling anaerobic conditions in a nutrient rich substrate is absolutely possible. Anaerobic bacteria factor directly into natural planted tank keeping (Walstad published method) and ages old filter systems.
Conscientious Aquarist Magazine / Seachem published copyright 2010.
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While some tales of anaerobic disasters surely are true, bubbles from the substrate rise too quickly and have too little surface area to sufficiently contaminate even a small tank. Its more likely that dissolved gases and toxins from anaerobic decay were released into the water column when they were disrupted by the fishkeeper. Bubbles percolating up through the sand leave it to harmlessly close up behind them without even mixing much - this phenomenon can easily be observed in bubbles which form against the glass because the anaerobic sand is black and contrasts with the oxygenated sand.
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Though my tanks are not Walstad tanks, they are inspired and informed by Diana Walstads method and information as presented in her wonderful book, "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium." I suggest that book as a great source of information about nutrients, bacteria, lighting, etc., comprehensible to the layperson. Without it, I might have red and blue epoxy covered gravel, plastic plants, some overcrowded goldfish, and little enthusiasm for the hobby.
I absolutely agree with all these statements.
Rex Grigg's planted tank guide, D.Walstad's book, George & Karla Booth (thekrib.com) are the primary source reference for my aquarium knowledge. Expanded with experience and further reading on topics of my interest.
Anaerobic bacteria feed on nitrates not ammonia and nitrites.
Good flow and circulation through the layers of substrate will maintain imbalance but WILL NOT eliminate all anaerobic forms of bacteria nor should you want it too.
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Link list "anaerobic bacteria + freshwater" Scholar search all articles and patents.
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Here's only one exchange on the topic of organics and anaerobic bacteria
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Again I do not doubt your data or the problems you dealt with.
Only the product.
Things have not gone so well. Yesterday I came home to see a large bump in the substrate. It was raised about 3/4 and 6 across. Since it was next to the end of the driftwood I assumed it had moved. When I attempted to reposition the wood an explosion, for lack of a better word, occurred. A huge gas bubble under the substrate rose to the surface with enough force to splash water and soil on the wall! The odor was horrific! It literally smelled like raw sewage.
After the phosphate levels being off the charts, the Rhizoclonium algae and wacky water quality I completely tore it down. The tank was covered in soil. The filter completely clogged. I now have no faith in using Miracle grow organic mix out of the bag. I am convinced any soil or organic mix should be mineralized first. There are microbes that are not accustom to aquatic life. They produce hydrogen sulfide gas as a result of anaerobic metabolism. The nutrients in the mix were far too high, proven by phosphate testing of the mix. Proper mineralizing takes care of both problems.
I did not use mineralized substrate. I simply used the flouromax I had left over. I removed everything and cleaned thoroughly. I replanted essentially the same plants with a few exceptions below. I decided to try a bacteria culture starter. I have never believed in any of them but have read good things about Tetra's Safe Start so decided to try it. With that and filter material from my established tank we will see. No charts yet, only one set of tests done.
PH 6.5 (due to CO2)
Nitrate 0ppm
Nitrite 0.25ppm
Ammonia 0.25
Phosphate 2.0ppm
These were 24 hours after setting the tank up. I added enough KN03 to bring the nitrates up to 15ppm. I will be adding plantex GSM +B and iron chelate tomorrow. I did not use R/O water, instead I used straight tap water, treated of course. This is the reason my GH/KH are so high. I will begin using R/O again after the tank has cycled.
My journal on this tank starts here.
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Your charts are awesome.
I see GH and KH also dropped when you did a water change. There is some source of minerals in the tank.
I would put a small amount of everything that is in the tank or filter into a separate glass of water and test each thing separately.
Glass A = Pure tap water, just add dechlor
Glass B = A handful of the material you are using as substrate...
Start with just tap water and dechlor, but add however much fertilizers to each (one fertilizer per glass) that you are adding to the tank. Maybe one or more of the fertilizers is actually a blend and is adding more than you think.
You can continue with the fishless cycle while you work it out. Water changes are not a problem, as long as you re-dose the ammonia to keep the bacteria growing.
Water changes can be good. These bacteria do not grow so well when the ammonia or nitrite are too high. Do enough water changes to keep these under 5 ppm.
A strong 'plant-swamp' smell might be from a strong odor algae or other organism. Blue Green Algae, aka Cyanobacteria is often diagnosed by this smell.
Thanks for all your input!
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I see GH and KH also dropped when you did a water change. There is some source of minerals in the tank. I would put a small amount of everything that is in the tank or filter into a separate glass of water and test each thing separately.
Glass A = Pure tap water, just add dechlor
Glass B = A handful of the material you are using as substrate.
Glass C = A handful of the material you are using as a cap.
Glass D = A few chips of what ever rocks you have in the tank.
Glass E, F, G... = Start with just tap water and dechlor, but add however much fertilizers to each (one fertilizer per glass) that you are adding to the tank. Maybe one or more of the fertilizers is actually a blend and is adding more than you think.
...and so on until you have tested everything that you are doing to the tank, everything that is in it.
Figure out what is altering each one of those tests.
You can continue with the fishless cycle while you work it out. Water changes are not a problem, as long as you re-dose the ammonia to keep the bacteria growing.
Water changes can be good. These bacteria do not grow so well when the ammonia or nitrite are too high. Do enough water changes to keep these under 5 ppm.
How a tank smells can help you figure things out.
A 'cat pee' or 'ammonia' smell, is ammonia. While you are cycling the tank, and adding ammonia it may indeed smell like ammonia. No getting around this. After the beneficial bacteria are established, though, you should not ever smell ammonia from the tank.
A strong 'plant-swamp' smell might be from a strong odor algae or other organism. Blue Green Algae, aka Cyanobacteria is often diagnosed by this smell.
A 'Swamp gas' or 'rotten egg' smell, especially when you disturb the substrate is usually due to anaerobic bacteria. They produce hydrogen sulfide. Not good if there is so much of this you can smell it.
Cycling with high phospates?
I have a few questions about cycling a tank. My journal can be found here.
I have a 10g dirted (miracle grow organic) top with Flouramax.
powerhead for circulation
2 20w CFL 16" from substrate
pressurized CO2
I have it moderately planted now to abate some of the algae.
I wanted to leave the Ammonia and nitrite in to accelerate the development of bacteria. Sounds like a good idea, more food better growth. The water became quite stained, I understand it's a dirt tank, the nitrites off the scale as well as phosphates. The water smelled foul like a swamp pond. Changed 95% of the water.
Now it seems 2 days later I'm back to where I started. I had a growth of Rhizoclonium. I decided to do a 3 blackout and 1ml excel/day. I'm not sure why my phosphates are off the scale. My only thought is that it is the soil. I wonder if high phosphates are one of the reasons I have such bad brown algae.
I'm afraid I am going to have to change the water again. I did a 95% two days ago. The water is stained and smells like a pond. I'm at a loss at this point any ideas? Keep changing the water until phosphates are 2ppm? Below are charts for my water qualities. Remember I did a water change on 3/3/13. The initial Nitrate spike was KNO3 I added mistakenly rather than traces.
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Today I had a chance to pick up a chinese scooter for a pitance. My wife had pleasant memories of owning a 50cc scooter as a teen. It's a cheap chinese knockoff that has had a close encounter of the concrete kind on the left side at least once in its lifetime. Plastics on the rear are cracket and probably disposable - I've seen happy meal toys with more weight to them.
It sure does zip with my daughter on board (about half my weight). I spent some quality time on the brakes and fixing some sundry crud and I'm trying to locate a repair manual for it. I had one response that said "It won't help, it's in Chinese." I have chinese co-workers whome I can coerce into translating.
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Apartament Amaryllis
Size41 m²
Floor No.0
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
Accommodation summary
|Stefana Batorego, 31-135 Kraków, Poland
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|Calendar updated
|5 days ago
The apartment is located on the ground floor of the building and boasts a garden view. Electric heating.
There is a story and a café on the ground floor of the building.
Amaryllis is 1.1 km from the Galeria Krakowska Shopping Center and Kraków Glówny Main Train Station and Bus Station. The Wawel Hill with Royal Castel is 1.6 km from apartment, and a historic and fashionable Jewish Quarter Kazimierz is 2.3 km away.
Near is the tram and bus stop MPK, which can easily reach the Wawel Castle Kazimierz.
Amaryllis offers self-catering accommodation with free WI-FI
Living roome: furniture, 32' LCD TV, double sofa, tabel,
Badroom: furniture, double bad.
Bathroom: bathtub, sink, toilet, towels, soap, washing machine, clothes dryer, hair dryer;
Kitchen equipment: furniture, refrigerator, sink, dishwasher, microwave oven, electric kettle, electric stove, cafeterie, cooking utensils and dining.
House rulesCheck-in: from 14:00 - 00:00
Check-out: Until 12:00
Internet: Wi-fi is available in the apartment room and is free of charge.
Final cleaning included in the price.
All children are welcome. All children under 3 years stay free of charge when using existing bads.
No - Smoking Rooms, in all Public and Private spaces smoking is not allowed.
Unguarded public parking is available at a location nearb on the street and charges may apply. From Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 20:00 charge 3,00 pln/hour (parkomat).
Private secure parking is available at a location nearb, just 10m away. and cost 40,00 zł first day, 30,00 zł/next days (reservation is needed).
Internet: Wi-fi is available in the apartment room and is free of charge.
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Renata is the perfect landlord.
This apartment is very cosy with a very nice patio. In addition, the apartment is very clean, full equiped and well located. It's perfect for 3-4 people.
When we arrived to the apartment we found that Renata left a lot of brochures and tourist information about Krakow in our own language.
I will come back to Krakow, and I will try to book this apartment again.
Thank you Renata!
Very nice apartment with washing machine. A balcony with wiew over a green and calm garden. Only a few minutes walk to the centre of Krakow. The owner was very kind and helpful. Next time we visit Krakow we want to live in this apartment again. The apartment was clean and fresh.
As soon as we arrived at Apartment Amaryllis, Renata was there to show us around. She was very kind and offered a variety of suggestions where we could go to dinner that night.
The apartment was very clean and the interior was as nice as the pictures show. There was tea in the cupboard and fresh milk in the fridge and Renata even had a flat iron for us ready to use. She made us feel very welcome and the apartment made our stay much more comfortable. We will gladly rent this apartment for our next visit in Kraków.
We stood at the apartment for 2 nights. First to say is, that Renata has been very helpful with inside tips and she was very responsive to emails. The apartment itself is very well located only a comfortable 10 minute walk to the historic city centre, its is very clean and has a view into a beautifully maintained garden. The city is packed with flair and and friendly people. We took the bus to Oświęcim (Auschwitz-Birkenau), which cost about 14 PLN one way, and it took about 1.5hrs to get there.
Below you will find useful information provided my Renata, so I just copy and paste what she has emailed me:
1. the Castle Royal:
There are many exhibition and Each has a separate entrance (there is no combined ticket for all the exhibitions).
I suggest first to visit the Royal Castle in the Wawel Hill in the morning and next The Cathedral.
Tickets for the exhibitions in the Castle costs 18 zł for individual visiting.
Tickets for for individual visitors are issued for specific entrance times.
I suggest to visit the Royal Castle in the Wawel Hill in the morning and see:
- The State rooms (price 18 zł individual visiting)
- Crown Treasury and Armoury (if she likes it) (price 18 zł individual visiting)
- Wawel Architecture and Gardens - (price 18 zł individual visiting)
This exhibitions can visit with audio book in German (price 20 PLN)
Visitors can borrow an audio guide, provided by Antenna International ™.
The office is located in the Visitors Center.
The Following exhibitions are available in a few languages (Polish, Angielski, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian): State Rooms, Royal Private Apartments, Oriental Art, additional Wawel Hill - Former Buildings and Fortifications
Prices for the audio tour: normal 20 PLN, reduced 12 PLN
Unfortunately (Exception) - Exhibition: the Royal Private Apartments can only be see with a Polish - or English language guide. Necessary reservation in advance. Order guide service at the Tourist Service Office in the Visitors Center on the Wawel Hill.
The price is 75 zł (English) but the cost of guide service is included in the ticket price. That will be next time ;-)
Tickets can buy in two places:
- In the the main ticket office (is located in the Visitors Center on the Wawel Hill)
- An additional ticket window (open only during the summer season) (located at the Herbowa Gate (Kanonicza Street entrance).
Do not miss to see the temporary exhibition:
Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine" (Tickets: 10 PLN)
2. The Cathedral.
Only: Sigismund Bell, Royal Tombs, Cathedral Museum with tickets (Individual tourists 12,00 zł)
An audio-guided tour around Wawel Cathedral and up the Sigismund Bell tower takes around 30 minutes, the Royal Tombs 10 minutes, and the Cathedral Museum around 20 minutes. Audio guide hire: 7 zł
The ticket office (is located vis a vis the main entrance to the Cathedral)
I suggest to visit too:
http://www.mhk.pl/branches/rynek-underground (The Main Square)
I suggest to visit too:
http://www.mhk.pl/branches/rynek-underground (The Main Square)
and see the Kanonicza Street and on the main square the beautiful sculpture of Mitoraj (next the Town hall Tower) - it's worth seeing.
Thank you Renata - for everything. We will highly recommend you and the apartment. My mum was and still is blown away ;)
Best Regards.
Renata is very friendly, the apartment is very nice, clean, quiet and not far from the old town of Krakow. We spent some wonderful days there!
Clean apartment, with everything needed. Just outside the center, all within walking distance. Excellent value for money.
Schoon appartement, met alles wat nodig is. Net buiten het centrum gelegen, alles op loopafstand. Prima prijs-kwaliteit verhouding.
I had a great stay at Apartment Amaryllis.
The location is very central and quiet.
The apartment is comfortable and with all needed equipment.
Maybe the only very small negatives are that the balcony, which is a bit exposed on the garden side and the internet which was very slow for the last two days.
Renata is very helpful and always available via phone or sms.
We felt in this apartment very comfortable. Everything available, what is benöigt, very clean, ideal location downtown and still no noise. Paid parking opposite. On weekends parking free in front of the house.
Renate was instantly accessing mail and phone, was waiting for us and trained very friendly.
Wir haben uns in diesem Apartment sehr wohl gefühlt. Alles vorhanden, was benöigt wird, sehr sauber, ideale Lage Innenstadt und trotzdem kein Lärm. Bezahlter Parkplatz gegenüber. Am Wochenende Parkplatz vor dem Haus kostenfrei.
Renate war per mail und Telefon sofort erreichbar, hat uns sehr freundlich erwartet und eingewiesen.
Renata was very friendly, we had to get to the apartment at 23:00 and did not mind waiting for us there so late, also explained some where out and other important details of the city. The apartment is in good condition and there was everything. The only negative esque the second bed was in the living room, not in a bedroom as we found understanding on the internet. Is located in a good place to party for the bar areas are fifteen minutes walk, highly recommended.
Renata fue muy amable, teníamos que llegar a las 23:00 al apartamento y no le importó esperarnos allí hasta tan tarde, además nos explicó un poco por donde salir y otros datos importantes de la ciudad. El apartamento esta en buen estado y había de todo. El único aspecto negativo esque la segunda cama estaba en la sala de estar, y no en un dormitorio como nos pareció entender en internet. Esta situado en un buen sitio para salir de fiesta pues las zonas de bares están a un cuarto de hora andando, muy recomendable.
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AMERICAN GEORGICS: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land. Edwin C. Hagenstein, Sara M. Gregg, and Brian Donahue, editors. xx + 406 pp. Yale University Press, 2011. $35.
Forty-eight years ago in his groundbreaking book, The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America, historian Leo Marx cited Thomas Jefferson to illuminate the tension between farming and industry that has characterized land use in the United States for more than two centuries. Jefferson's wish, evident in the frequently quoted "Query XIX" from his 1787 Notes on the State of Virginia, was that the United States remain a nation of citizen farmers. Raw materials, he wrote, should be sent overseas to Europe for manufacture. As Marx noted, Jefferson believed otherwise 30 years later. In a letter to Benjamin Austin, a writer for Boston's Independent Chronicle, Jefferson acknowledged that in light of America's uneasy relationship with Britain and France as a result of the Reign of Terror and the War of 1812, "manufactures are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort." American Georgics, a fine anthology and the most recent addition to the Agrarian Studies Series from Yale University Press, reveals that in the interval since Jefferson concluded that U.S. citizens needed to make industry integral to the nation's fabric these two antithetical impulses—agrarian and industrial—have remained firmly in place.
The editors, Edwin C. Hagenstein, Sara M. Gregg and Brian Donahue, have divided the volume into seven chronological chapters, each preceded by an introductory essay. The first, "Shaping the Agrarian Republic, 1780–1825," contains early discussion about the role of the farmer and farming in American culture. It includes important excerpts from J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer, along with relevant commentary from James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, among others. Is farming an ennobling and civilizing endeavor, as de Crèvecoeur, Madison and Jefferson claimed? Does it lead to a more virtuous life than industry? Should farms remain manageably small or, as Hamilton advised, take advantage of new machinery to increase size and enhance production? The chapter also introduces agrarianism as manifested in the South and considers the ways in which slavery makes complicated both practical ideas and philosophical ideals about husbandry.
Subsequent chapters show how these early concerns and debates have evolved. We learn of the adaptation of farming techniques in America in light of the Industrial Revolution, the passage of the Homestead Act, the increased specialization of farms and farming jobs, and the closing of the frontier. In addition, we come to understand the effect of the new railway system that engendered more efficient transport of crops even as it left farmers completely dependent on the vagaries of its pricing, often exorbitant due to lack of competition. The cultural foundations for agrarianism are represented by institutions such as the People's Party and the Southern Farmers' Alliance, active in the late 1800s, and Friends of the Land, begun in the 1940s and championed by Aldo Leopold. Two literary movements that focused on land use also contributed to the agrarian ideal: American Romanticism in the mid-1850s and, in the next century, the Southern Agrarians, a group of writers best known for their contributions to the essay collection and manifesto I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition, published in 1930. The final chapter brings us to the present and includes selections from such luminaries as Aldo Leopold, Wes Jackson—who also wrote the foreword to this volume—and Wendell Berry.
The editors have likewise reprinted some excellent, lesser-known excerpts, such as George Perkins Marsh's 1847 "Address to the Agricultural Society of Rutland County," Wilson Flagg's 1859 "Agricultural Progress" and Liberty Hyde Bailey's 1915 "The Holy Earth"—a call for a moral relation to the land made well before Leopold proffered his "land ethic" in A Sand County Almanac, published in 1949. American Georgics makes clear that the issues surrounding farming have changed more in degree than in kind. One wonders, then, whether alternative attitudes toward the land ever will be realized in the United States. The editors observe in the book's conclusion that "A renewed appreciation for connection with soil and community has captured the interest of a growing and influential segment of American food culture." This "new wave of agrarianism" is identified as comprising mostly those who can better afford the higher prices of farmer's markets and organic produce. Whether these neoagrarians and the organizations they have founded will be willing to make the long-term sacrifices necessary to bring wholesome, locally grown food and sustainable farming practices to those who exist at the economic margins of society remains to be seen.
American Georgics clearly is directed towards this more affluent audience that is supportive of the agrarian movement, which in its present incarnation advocates for smaller farms that are intimately connected to the welfare of the land and the immediate community. The book includes only a few opposing arguments, such as an excerpt from Edwin G. Nourse, who argued in 1919 that a better standard of living for all Americans could only be achieved once "a considerable fraction of our population" was "freed from the soil" to pursue other callings, and one from Earl L. Butz, who in 1960 believed the nation's highest priority should be an increased standard of living, based on efficient food production and marketing, for all citizens regardless of economic standing. These interruptions provide welcome perspective in a book that comes uncomfortably close to promulgating a single point of view.
In a similar vein, the editors' commentary is generally excellent, profoundly enlarging the history of agrarianism and the particulars of each selection. But in several places, I felt that the discussion could better encompass divergent points of view. For example, the book presents American Romanticism as antithetical to agrarianism because, as the editors write, "In turning from the ugliness of industrial civilization toward an idealized wild nature, Romantics left the pastoral 'middle landscape' in an uncertain position." This perspective overlooks the importance of these mid-19th-century writers, whose sense of nature's sublimity helped alert the public to the importance of preservation and conservation. Although preservation is, as the editors indicate, not usually in the best interests of the agrarian, the Romantics' regard for an unaltered landscape was prescient. Sixty years later Bailey observed, "We have been obsessed of the passion to cover everything at once, to skin the earth . . . even when there was no necessity for so doing." Similarly, Leopold advocated for "restrained use" that would include an "interspersion of land uses, a certain pepper-and-salt pattern in the warp and woof of the land-use fabric," where the "fields and pastures . . . are a mixture of wild and tame attributes, all built on a foundation of good health."
The editors also make light of Thoreau, who, they note, "put in only half a day with his hoe" so that he could have time to walk, read and write. This stance is odd; elsewhere in the book, moderation is repeatedly called for and is celebrated as integral to proper land use and the health of communal culture. That the Romantics sought spiritual and aesthetic good health makes their program no less important than the agrarian emphasis on the more literal good health of the flesh. It deserves commentary as admiring as the book affords the Southern Agrarians, who were similarly idealistic in their celebration of Southern farm life in the early part of the 20th century.
I was surprised as well to find only brief mention of Leo Marx, despite the fact that the third chapter of this book, "The Machine in the Garden: The Rise of American Romanticism," takes its title from his exceptional work of cultural and literary criticism. "The machine in the garden" is a reference to the sound of the steam locomotive Thoreau hears at Walden Pond—a sound he is intrigued by yet eschews. This conceit, established by Marx, is emblematic of the conflict between agrarianism and industrial progress that pervades the book. The editors give Marx less credit than he deserves because they confuse the pastoral—a literary idea with its source in the first-century-B.C.E. Roman poet Virgil's Eclogues—with agrarianism, which, like Virgil's Georgics, from which this volume takes its title, has a firm grounding in the practical work of farming. Marx makes this distinction and brilliantly reveals why Jefferson's ideal of the citizen farmer, mentioned at the beginning of this essay and inspired by the utopian values of Virgil's Arcadia, was untenable. In addition, the book should have included endnotes. I was intrigued by a comment made by Abraham Lincoln and another by T. S. Eliot, to name just two; both quotations were included in the editors' introductions to the chapters, but no documentation of primary sources was provided.
Finally, the editors should have paid more attention to the expertise of Native cultures. The book offers little recognition that the agrarian ideals of crop rotation and crop diversity coincide with Native ideas about land use, or that most of the Native population of the United States was relocated to reservation land that provided scarce opportunity for successful farming. For example, the authors would have done well to include an excerpt from "Creations," one of many fine essays by Linda Hogan. She writes:
Without deep reflection, we have taken on the story of endings, assumed the story of extinction. . . . We need new stories, new terms and conditions that are relevant to a love of land, a new narrative that would imagine another way. . . . Indian people must not be the only ones who remember agreement with the land, the sacred pact to honor and care for the life that, in turn, provides for us.
Hogan's words are well in line with the aspirations of contemporary agrarians. Since the editors' intention is to reinforce and expand the audience for responsible land use, it is imperative that they spread their net as widely as they can and forge alliances with those Native cultures that have long been dismissed as well as with others who support land conservation.
These criticisms in no way invalidate the importance of this volume. American Georgics is a gem, chock-full of essays and excerpts that are invaluable to an understanding of farming and conservation, and driven by a vision of what landscape and husbandry might become in the United States if we as a nation could think more holistically about what would most benefit us. It is also a wonderful resource for teaching and a step in the direction espoused by Leopold, Jackson and others in this anthology: that through dissemination of knowledge and better education, we might be able to redirect our culture toward a fuller appreciation of our fertile, fragile planet.
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What an adorable little quilt!!
I borrowed that issue and made the table runner,I have to make the pots too but will use wools.Check out the table runner.Like how your pots came out.........
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I've been thinking about that one too! Yours is so pretty! Lovely fabric choices. Thanks for sharing!
very nice wall hanging