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Posted on January 7, 2022 January 8, 2022 Author Mary M. Stills	Comments Off on Historic Zanesville Masonic Temple to be demolished after fire
ZANESVILLE – Plans are underway to demolish an iconic Zanesville building steeped in history and culture after it was devastated by fire on Thursday night.
The Masonic Temple was reportedly the center of the city's First Friday Art Walk activity on Friday as artists shared their studios and latest designs with the public, but now all that remains of the beloved building is a skeleton of steel, stone and brick.
Numerous performers entered and left the building throughout Thursday in preparation for the monthly event.
A man was still inside when the fire started to invade the third floor.
Police who arrived at the scene first could not reach him and had to retreat and wait for firefighters to raise a ladder to an open window where the man was waiting to be rescued.
He escaped unharmed with some of the cats he was trying to save before the fire put his own life in danger.
No one was injured in the fire.
Still, the community is in shock as they mourn the loss of so many businesses and keepsakes in the temple, as well as the beauty of the building itself.
The blaze started around 11 p.m. Thursday night, and halfway through Friday, smoke can still be seen rising from a distance.
It took help from all of the Muskingum County fire departments to prevent the flames from spreading to the neighboring county jail.
More than 100 inmates were evacuated from their cells and transferred to the Muskingum County Courthouse, which is connected to the prison by a walkway tunnel.
Many have since been transferred to various prisons in surrounding counties until they can return safely, while others were released on Friday morning.
A man in a gray tracksuit and carrying a plastic bag with his belongings raised his arms to celebrate his freedom, but was confused as he took a closer look at his surroundings.
According to Zanesville Deputy Fire Chief Doug Hobson, no one can return to jail until the seven-story Masonic Temple building is demolished, or at least knocked down lower than the prison.
Engineers met with city and county officials to determine a course of action earlier Friday.
The goal is to begin the demolition as soon as the appropriate state permits are obtained, said Jeff Jadwin, director of emergency management for Muskingum County.
Hobson hoped to be cleared to start work as early as midnight Saturday.
As for the many businesses once housed in the Masonic Temple, the community is rallying and new fundraising efforts are sprouting hourly to help those who have lost their livelihoods.
These businesses include art studios, a law firm, real estate agencies, and a surety agency.
Some gathered in front of the Masonic temple on Thursday evening and watched in silence as everything burned down.
Following:Closure of businesses surrounding the Zanesville Masonic Temple following a major fire
"It's the icon of a building disappearing before our eyes," said building manager Bob Grayson as he shivered with cold.
Before the building became the hub of Zanesville's arts and small business community, it was once the meeting place for the Lodge of Amity No. 5 Free and Accepted Masons.
Construction on the building began in 1902 and was completed in 1912, giving it historical significance recognized by the National Register of Historic Places.
Zanesville Fire Chief Jeff Bell said the fire was burning through the roof when his department got the call.
Nothing could be done to save the building at this point.
"It's a county-wide effort to help us try to contain it right now," Bell said Thursday night.
The best that could be done was to attack each side of the building from above to prevent the fire from spreading.
For firefighters, Bell said a downtown fire is "kind of a nightmare scenario."
Businesses surrounding the Masonic temple were ordered to close on Friday so firefighters can continue their work.
Buildings on the same block as the Masonic Temple, including the courthouse and the administration of the law building, are without electricity.
Electricity is not expected to be restored until Tuesday, Hobson said.
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Chevrolet Monza – samochód osobowy klasy kompaktowej produkowany pod amerykańską marką Chevrolet od 2019 roku.

Historia i opis modelu

Po tym, jak w XX wieku nazwa Monza była stosowana dla niepowiązanych ze sobą kompaktowych modeli na rynkach Ameryki Północnej i Południowej, Chevrolet zdecydował się zastosować ją po raz trzeci z myślą o sedanie opracowanym z myślą o rynku chińskim.

Chevrolet Monza został zaprezentowany oficjalnie podczas Shanghai Auto Show w kwietniu 2019 roku jako następca lokalnego modelu Cavalier, powstając jako jego głęboko zmodernizowana pochodna odmiana. Samochód zyskał dynamiczną stylizację z dużym, sześciokątnym wlotem powietrza, wąskimi szeroko rozstawionymi reflektorami, a także wyraźnie zaznaczone przetłoczenia na bocznej linii. Samochód powstał w oparciu o platformę D2XX koncernu General Motors przeznaczonej dla kompaktowych modeli.

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DTV Update 2010 Q1
Digital Television Update - 2010 Q1
1.1 Consumer survey results for the first quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.0%, up by 2.8 percentage points year on year.
1.2 Consumers are continuing to convert additional sets in the home. As a result over 70% of all secondary TV sets had been converted to digital by the end of March 2010, up by around 9.2 percentage points in a year.
1.3 Taking these figures together, 80% of all TV sets had converted to digital television by the end of Q1 2010 (up 7.0 percentage points in a year). The remaining 20% of sets continue to receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts.
1.4 Other findings in the first quarter of 2010 include:
Sales of DTT enabled equipment reached around 3.4 million units in Q1, up by 8% on Q1 2009. Integrated digital television sets (IDTVs) accounted for almost 75% of sales in the quarter (2.5 million units). Around 99% of TV sets sold now including an integrated digital decoder. Freeview set-top boxes accounted for 850,000 sales in the quarter, down 7.3% on Q1 2009.
In the year to Q1 2010 almost 13.7 million DTT units (IDTVs and set-top-boxes) were sold, compared to 12.7 million in the previous year, an increase of 7.5%.
The number of homes claiming DTT was their primary means of digital TV reception reached 10.2 million according to survey results in Q1 2010. This was equivalent to 39.8% of all homes and up by around 1.3 percentage points on Q1 2009.
Q1 2010 sales data from BBC/ITV freesat show that unit sales had reached over one million by the end of March, up from around 900,000 units in Q4 2009. Over three quarters (80%) of freesat decoders sold supported HD services.
According to our consumer research results for Q1, around 1.3 million homes claimed to have access to some form of free-to-view digital satellite device on any set in the home. This was up from 643,000 in the previous quarter following increasing sales of free satellite devices over the past year. However this may also be partly due to fluctuations on the survey as a feature of measuring a smaller sector.
The Q1 survey also indicated that almost 9.3 million or 36% of homes, received pay satellite TV services, up 1.4 percentage points year on year. BSkyB reported that it added 62,000 subscribers to its pay television service in the UK and Republic of Ireland during the fourth quarter; we estimate that around 45,000 of these were UK additions.
Research results for Q1 show that almost 13% of homes took cable television. Separately, Virgin Media reported net additions of almost 36,000 TV subscribers, with its total TV customer base now over 3.7 million. Digital cable added almost 47,000 subscribers in the quarter (including conversions from analogue cable) and accounted for over 99% of all cable television customers.
1.5 The following points to note on the platform shares in this report include:
In calculating platform totals, DTT-only homes are defined as those where DTT is the only multichannel television platform in the home or where the survey respondent considers DTT to be their primary viewing platform, (figures for all homes using DTT on any set are included in Sections 2 and 3 of the report).
As DTV markets mature, the likelihood of overlap between DTV platforms grows. For example a household with a pay service from either a satellite or cable provider in addition to free DTV equipment (such as DTT or free satellite), may often be recorded primarily as a pay satellite / cable home by survey respondents.
Similarly, respondents with both DTT and free satellite services may also switch between the two services and may designate one or the other as the primary platform in the home; with their responses potentially varying over time.
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Compact growing Cattleyas have gained considerable interest with hobbyist for some important reasons.
They are space savings so with more plants per sq. ft. makes for more flowers per sq. ft.
Flowers are appealing, with large size and wide range of colors.
The crosses listed represent the most modern breeding available, with many outstanding hybrids having great potential. I have spent hours describing the potential of the offspring, so read on!
Izumi Charm (Lc. Melody Fair x Blc. Love Sound) produces 4-6 large light yellow flowers with beautiful crimsons lips on a strong stem. Golden Circle (Slc. Circle of Life x Blc. Goldenzelle) has Orange Petals and a Red Lip, thus the cultivar name 'OPRL'. It blooms 3 times a year, and its flowers have amazing shape. The expectation is for these to flower in a range of colors from orange to yellow, all with excellent dark red lips. Limited supply.
Angel's Dream (Slc. Bright Angel x Lc. Mari's Song) is a nice compact grower that flowers twice a year. Flowers are red with bright yellow flares, which makes for a very attractive and eye-catching color combination! Love Sound has long ago proven itself as an excellent breeder. It imparts several important qualities, including full, rounded flowers, bright yellow color, a good stem carrying 4-6 blooms, and an attractive compact growth habit. This cross will deliver colorful blooms, many flared, on compact plants.
The breeding behind Fordyce Prelude (Slc. California Apricot x Blc. Horizon Flight) is amazing: both parents founded significant breeding lines, with many exceptional crosses to their credit. The cultivar 'Pinnacle' has wide petals, giving the flowers a very full shape, and the color is yellow with dark red flares and a dark red lip. Truly a beautiful flower! Tokyo Magic is a proven breeder with many exceptional hybrids to its credit. This grex imparts good flower shape, red lip color, good stems and a compact upright plant habit. I'm looking forward to seeing the full-shaped, bright yellow flowers with dark red lips that this cross will produce. As a bonus, many should have deep red flares.
Dennis Olivas (Trick or Treat x C. Penny Kuroda) has great flowers that are golden yellow with dark red flares, produced in big heads of 15 or more blooms. Really showy! Fordyce Fantasy (Horizon Flight x C. aurantiaca) carries 10-13 beautiful flowers with excellent shape. The blooms are bright yellow with dark red flares and a red picotee on the petal margin - a very eye-catching! This grex is all about big heads of flowers in yellow to gold with excellent red flaring. These will flower in February and March, in time for the Spring show season. I really like this type of breeding, and these plants should be really terrific!
I really like pink flowers with yellow lips. This color form is a challenge to breed, and I've been working to improve these types of hybrids for some time now. Dialc. (Lc. Ann Akagi x Silver Toy) has amazingly well-formed flowers in a nice soft pink - check out the photo! As an extra bonus, the strong stems hold 5-7 flowers above the foliage. Tiny Treasure has the rupicolous Laelia lucasiana in its breeding, which significantly reduces plant size and allows for dark pink flowers with yellow lips to be produced. Sorry - no picture, but if it is any consolation, noted Paphiopedilum expert Norito Hasegawa selected this one from a large group of first bloom seedlings at Stewart Orchids many years ago. This cross is high on my "really want to see them bloom" list! I believe we will see excellent form, dark pink tepals with yellow lips, and strong stems holding the flowers above the foliage. As an extra benefit, the rupicolous Laelia should help to keep plant size down. Overall, this should be a great hybrid.
Little Mermaid is C. walkeriana x Bc. Maikai, and Bc. Maikai is (B. nodosa x C. bowringiana), so just three species are represented in Little Mermaid. The flowers are lavender-pink with a broad spotted lip and the charm of the B. nodosa grandparent. Slc. (Lc. Angel Heart x Fire Fantasy) is a very nice pink flower displaying darker pink-lavender flares, with excellent shape and stem. This is a bit of "novelty" breeding, and we're looking for pink splashing on the petals and large, broad lips. Plants will be compact growers, and I expect them to bloom twice a year.
These will be really nice and especially desirable, if you like L. anceps hybrids. These will flower on long arching stems, with 7-8 lavender-pink flowers looking a lot like an improved L. anceps. Plants will be hardy and tolerate the cold of winter and heat of summer. Limited Supply.
Gold Medallions (Slc. Wasp Nest x Blc. Love Sound) has flowers that look like gold medallions, with very round blooms in gold colors. I've been using Love Passion (William Farrell x Lc. Trick or Treat) in place of Trick or Treat in some hybrids lately, as Love Passion is a lot like a "super" Trick or Treat, with 15+ larger, fuller orange flowers, carried well above the foliage. These are producing colorful, bright, golden-orange-yellow flowers, thus the name of the grex.
Rubescent Fire (Lc. Spring Fires x Rubescence) has a dark red flower with an even darker red lip. The colors are just fantastic, and the full-shaped flowers are well presented on a good stem. Lovely Elaine (Elaine Taylor x Blc. Love Sound) has great color and form, and is held on a good stem too. Breeding for compact growing dark red flowers has come a long way, but stem strength and flower carriage are still improving. This grex is designed to incorporate the stem qualities of Lc. Spring Fires and Blc. Love Sound, while maintaining the superior color and form of Pot. Rubescence and Pot. Elaine Taylor. A very promising hybrid!
Both parents are good breeders, and earlier results of this style of breeding have validated this reputation. The flowers are a deep red with excellent form and size; some flowers will measure more than 5" across. Plants stay under 10" tall and flower twice a year. This as a high quality cross - take a look at these pictures of the first blooming plants Pic 1, Pic 2 What more can you ask for in a red Cattleya hybrid?
This strain of Mini Purple is in its 2nd generation. It has taken 17 years of development to come this far; take a look at the picture. Its superior color and form are unequaled. C. trianae 'Cashens' is the best of its type, with surprisingly wide petals, large flat flowers, and a beautifully formed and colored lip. These are going to be compact growing plants that will flower in 3-4" pots. The flowers will be dark purple, have excellent form, and bloom at Christmas. These plants and flowers will look like a scaled-down standard Cattleya.
The parents of Mem. Jim Nickou (Blc. Xanthette x Sc. Beaufort) both are famous breeders, with many successful hybrids to their credit. The cultivar 'James' has well formed, flat solid yellow flowers, with just a hint of red on the lip, and the plant flowers two to three times a year. The late Cattleya hybridizer Frank Fordyce developed Circle of life (Lc. Culminant x Soph. coccinea), which may be his crowning achievement. The flowers have exceptional size, color and form. Hybrids made with Circle of Life exhibit consistently high quality, and Jersey Fire will follow this pattern. These plants will begin to flower in 3" pots and mature in 4" pots. Flower quality will be high, with blooms measuring 4" or more, in a range of colors from red to coral-red.
Kagaribi Dawn has star-shaped blooms in an intense red color that is quite an attention getter. The flowers of Star Fire (Lc. Trick or Treat x Rubescence) are produced on a strong stem holding 5-7 deep red blooms. This grex was made to further develop intensely-colored, deep red flowers of starry shape, held high on long inflorescences. These will flower in mid February. Limited Supply.
Okay, here is an advanced direction in Broughtonia breeding. Blood Moon (Lc. Rojo x Ctna. Why Not) has dark red flowers held above the foliage, in clusters of 13-15 on branched stems, all on a compact growing plant. Spring Fires (Fires of Spring x Fire Island) flowers with 5-9 deep red flower held on strong stems. I believe the Broughtonia will influence flower form, and the inflorescences will carry the dark red blooms well above the foliage. Something new in Broughtonia-based breeding. Limited Supply.
This cross is all about large clusters of orange-yellow flowers with bright red flares on strong stems. Fame 'N Glory (Gila Wilderness x Trick or Treat) has orange flowers with a large red splash on the petals. Laughing Boy (Lc. Dennis Olivas x Love Sound) produces a beautiful cluster of 12-14 flowers that are bright yellow with red flares on the petals and lateral sepals. These will make for exceptional show plants with eye catching color. Limited Supply.
Fame 'N Glory (Gila Wilderness x Trick or Treat) has orange flowers with a large red splash on each petal. Love Sound has proven itself as an excellent breeder, imparting several important qualities: like full, rounded flowers, bright yellow color, a good stem carrying 4-6 blooms, and an attractive compact plant habit. This cross will produce 3-5 yellow flowers with magenta flares and lips on sturdy upright inflorescences.
Straight Answer (Milton Warne x Trick or Treat) is a Stewart Orchids hybrid popularized by the clone 'No Question,' which earned accolades for its big heads of yellow flowers flared with red. The proven breeding qualities of Love Sound - full, rounded flowers, bright yellow color, a sturdy stem carrying 4-6 blooms, and an attractive compact plant habit - make this cross a well-thought-out pairing. Strong sturdy stems will hold 5-9 bright yellow flowers well above the foliage, and the many blooms will be flared in red, most with red lips.
This is a good, reliable hybrid. It blooms well and has attractive red flowers with darker red lips and contrasting yellow eyes. I believe that Little Toshie 'Gold Country' (Sc. Beaufort x Blc. Toshie Aoki) is the best cultivar of this delightful grex. It flowers 2-3 times a year with superb, flat, bright yellow flowers and dark red lips. Circle of Life (Lc. Culminant x Soph. coccinea) needs little introduction, and hybrids made with this excellent parent produce offspring with a high average quality. These are really nice!
Not much needs to be said about this one, except that this grex is named for my wife. It has to be good! The combination of Circle of Life and Love Sound, both deservedly famous breeders, will make for award quality flowers and add to the 8 AOS awards already given to this grex. This is a good addition for the discriminating collector.
Kagaribi Dawn flowers with starry shaped blooms in an intense red color that is quite an attention getter. Gold Star (flava x harpophylla) has an intense orange-yellow color with 15 plus flowers per inflorescence. Both have a starry open shape and both have intense color. I expect flowers in sunset colors from this is novelty hybrid. Limited Supply.
Good quality flowers with a nice picotee are pretty hard to come by in the Cattleya alliance. But a good hybridizer will rise to the occasion! The flowers of Picotee Flight (Horizon Flight x Love Sound) have a pretty nice color combination: the yellow flowers have a beautiful red picotee around the petal margins. The plants also have sturdy stems holding 5-7 flowers above the foliage. Mari's Vision (Lc. Mari's Song x Slc. Fire Fantasy) really has an exceptional picotee - just take a look at the picture! Its drawback, however, is that only 2 flowers are produced. With this cross, we are looking to produce flowers with a well-defined picotee, improved flower count on sturdy stems, and, of course, well-formed flowers. Does it sound like I'm asking for too much? If I were a betting man, this is one I would consider!
Burana Angel (Burana Beauty x Slc. Bright Angel) is a red flower with superimposed heavy red flares, and two small yellow spots at the base of the petals:a very interesting color combination. Martha Clarke (Slc. Circle of Life x Blc. Love Sound) is very beautiful and has wide orange petals, with a touch of red flaring at the tips, and excellent form. Here we are looking for blooms with a variety of exotic flaring and patterns. I expect many will sport deep red flares with a range of lighter sunset colors. The 5-7 flowers will be well supported, as both parents have good stem strength. Limited Supply.
Kyoguchi is C. aurantiaca x E. incumbens (syn. aromatica). I really like this hybrid! It is such a novelty, blooming with 25-30 highly perfumed yellow flowers on branched inflorescences. This sibling cross is between two tetraploid cultivars with outstanding flower quality for the grex. These are really nice and quite adaptable to a variety of growing conditions.
Pot. Peter Lin (Blc. Mem. Ralph Smith x Slc. Circle of Life) really has a long list of famous ancestors: Blc. Oconee, Blc. Waikiki Sunset, Pot. Sally Taylor, Lc. Culminant, C. Chocolate Drop and Soph. coccinea, Very impressive! The flowers are a bright, vibrant, true red, with full form and 3-5 blooms per inflorescence. Rubescent Fire (Lc. Spring Fires x Pot. Rubescence) has a dark red flower with an even darker red lip. The color is just fantastic, and the full-shaped flowers are presented well on a good stem. Here we are continuing the breeding for improved inflorescence strength and expecting well-supported, flat, deep red flowers, with very full shape.
This year, as you can see, I have stepped up the use of Spring Fires (Fires of Spring x Fire Island). I really like the strong stems holding up 7-9 red flowers with darker red lips. The flowers of Star Fire (Lc. Trick or Treat x Pot. Rubescence) are also produced on a strong stem, with 5-7 deep vibrant red blooms. This grex was made as a continuation to further improve the fullness of the flower form, raise flower count to 5-7 on sturdy stems above the foliage, and intensify the deep red color. This is a very promising hybrid.
I have seen pictures of Slc. Dal's Buddy in the Australian orchid magazines and on the Rosella Orchids web site, but have never seen plants offered here in the USA. The grex was originally made by the late David Littman, a well respected Australian Cattleya hybridizer, with several plants cloned and sold all over Australia. I have always wanted some of these, and importing plants from Australia isn't always easy, so I decided to make the cross myself. Plants mature at 6" tall, with many flowers flared, influenced by Aussie Sunset, and with excellent shape imparted by Beaufort.
The flowers of Picotee Flight (Horizon Flight x Love Sound) have a nice color combination. The yellow flowers have a red picotee around the petal margin, and the plants have sturdy stems holding 5-7 flowers above the foliage. Angel Eyes (Bright Angel x Lc. Little Dipper) has a full-shaped rounded flower with lots of color: yellow, orange, and a deep red splash on the petals and lip. Great flares are assured with variable patterning of flower color; all will be in shades of yellow, orange and red.
This cross and SVO 5799 are similar, using the same Burana Angel (Burana Beauty x Slc. Bright Angel) but a different Martha Clarke (Slc. Circle of Life x Blc. Love Sound). 'Orange Tart' has superior shape, and I consider it the best formed flower of this grex. The orange petals have a red blush and bold red flare - an outstanding color combination! These will flower with a variety of petal flaring and patterns. I expect that many will produce golden-orange flowers with deep red flares. The plants will also carry 5-7 flowers that are well supported, as both parents have good stem strength.
This year I decided to ramp up the use of Spring Fires (Fires of Spring x Fire Island). I really like the strong stems with 7-9 red flowers and darker red lips. The Martha Clarke (Slc. Circle of Life x Blc. Love Sound) has superior shape, and I consider it the cultivar with the best formed flower in this grex. The orange petals have a red blush and bold red flares, and the flowers are produced 4-6 per stem. This breeding is designed to fill out the flower shape, produce 5-7 bright red to orange flowers on each strong upright inflorescence, and keep plant size under 12" tall.
Spring Fires (Lc. Fires of Spring x Lc. Fire Island) has strong stems with 7-9 red flowers and darker red lips held high above the foliage. Al Thanhauser (C. Orchidglade x Pot. Rubescence) has fantastic sparkling red flowers with dark burgundy lips, produced 4 to 5 on strong stems. This grex is working toward further intensification of deep red flower color, fullness of the segments and form, and flower count of 5-7 on sturdy stems. This is a very promising hybrid!
Sierra Gem (Slc. Hazel Boyd x Sl. Pole Star) was an insightful hybrid made by Alan Koch of Gold Country Orchids. The plants are small growing and consistently high quality - almost every one is good. The well-shaped blooms range in color from solid red to sunset shades, with a few pure yellow. Firehouse (Blc. Love Sound x Pot. Rubescence) has 3-4 rounded red-purple flowers held well on sturdy stems. These will be compact-growing plants with a clean upright growth habit. The well-rounded flowers will be mostly in red colors and supported nicely above the foliage. These should start to flower in 3" pots.
The parents of Mem. Jim Nickou (Blc. Xanthette x Sc. Beaufort) are well known and have many successful hybrids to their credit. The cultivar 'James' has well-formed, flat, solid yellow flowers with just a hint of red on the lip, and the plant blooms 2 to 3 times a year. The newly registered Kaboom (Guess What x Schroder's Love) has 5-7 sparkling bright yellow flowers with an orange throat on great stems; the great color and presentation inspired the name "Kaboom!" This cross promises to deliver 5-7 bright yellow flowers with golden orange throats of excellent form on good stems. This cross is not to be missed!
Dean's Gold is a compact plant that will flower 2x a year, in the early winter and again in late spring. The vivid yellow flowers have excellent full shape with contrasting bright red lips. Both parents have proven breeding potential. Mem. Jim Nickou (Blc. Xanthette x Sc. Beaufort) has well formed, flat, solid yellow flowers with just a hint of red on the lip and flowers 2 to 3 times a year. Little Toshie 'Gold Country' (Sc. Beaufort x Blc. Toshie Aoki) is the best cultivar from this grex, also flowering 2 to 3 times a year, with superb flat, bright yellow flowers and dark red lips.
I can't begin to say enough about Life's Melody! For starters, I'm very impressed by the color and size of the flowers. Take a look at these first to bloom Pic 1, Pic 2 . The capsule parent, Magic Melody (Tokyo Magic x Melody Fair), is truly exceptional. Here's the award description: "Six flowers evenly spaced on one erect inflorescence; sepals and petals white, lateral sepals striped yellow centrally; lip deep purple, throat yellow; substance firm; texture matte." The flowers measured a whopping 5" across, and the petals were 2 ½" wide - Wow! Circle of life (Lc. Culminant x Soph. coccinea) has flowers of tremendous size, color and exceptional form. It has been used extensively as a parent and has many successful hybrids to its credit. The pictures of first bloom seedlings pretty much say it all. I often talk about crosses with a 'high average of flower quality,' and this grex has it! A great addition for the discriminating collector.
Spring Fires (Lc. Fires of Spring x Lc. Fire Island) has strong stems holding 7-9 red flowers with darker red lips. Firehouse (Blc. Love Sound x Rubescence) has 3-4 rounded flowers in a red-purple color held well on sturdy stems. These will be compact growing plants with an upright growth habit. The flowers will be red and supported nicely above the foliage. Springtime red flowers are a favorite, and this cross should provide those very well.
The flowers of Picotee Flight (Horizon Flight x Love Sound) have a lovely color combination - the yellow flowers have a red picotee around the petal margin - and the plants have sturdy stems holding 5-7 flowers above the foliage. The FCC/AOS for Angel's Fantasy 'Solar Flare' (Fire Fantasy x Bright Angel) says it all - it's the top of its class! Just take a look at the picture. These should be particularly showy, with brilliant yellow flowers and bright red flares. As a bonus, they should flower twice a year!
The intense purple-red color and bright yellow throat of Hawaiian Prominence (Hisako Akatsuka x Slc. Wendy's Redstone) command the attention of all who see them. Orpetii is a primary hybrid (L. pumila x Soph. coccinea), and the cultivar 'Kathleen' is particularly nice, with its dark purple-red color, wide segments and flat presentation. Orpetii has a prestigious heritage as a breeder, with its progeny having won more than 100 AOS awards! Based on these excellent parental genetics, I predict this cross will produce a number of award quality plants. Flowers will be an intense purple-red, with wide petals and flat petal stance. Plants will mature at 6-8" tall and have a nice compact growth habit. Very limited supply.
Orange Neon (Gold Medallions x Love Passion) produces colorful, bright golden-orange-yellow flowers, and Love Passion (William Farrell x Lc. Trick or Treat) produces 15 or more orange flowers carried nicely above the foliage. The expectation is for brilliantly colored orange-gold flowers, with plants blooming in February and March.
Kyoguchi [C. aurantiaca x Encyl. incumbens (syn. aromatica)] is a great novelty that blooms with 25-30 highly fragrant yellow flowers on branched inflorescences. Gold Medallions (Slc. Wasp Nest x Blc. Love Sound) blooms with 7-9 very round golden flowers that look like medallions. The combination of this round flower shape and golden color with the highly floriferous and fragrant Kyoguchi is expected to create a wonderful, fragrant hybrid that produces consistently high quality offspring. This novelty hybrid is showing excellent plant vigor. A fun new style of breeding.
Guess What (Blc. Waikiki Gold x Lc. Trick or Treat) has a high flower count and bright orange flowers on strong stems. Love Sound is an excellent breeder, imparting important qualities like full rounded flowers, bright yellow color, a good stem carrying 4-6 blooms, and an attractive compact growth plant habit. This grex will produce flowers with great golden-yellow color, held above the foliage. The plants are growing quite well and sizing up nicely.
What a great novelty hybrid this is! Magic Wand produces fragrant flowers in a range of colors, including orange, red and yellow, on branched stems, with sometimes as many as 4 branches per stem! Plants are super easy to grow and bloom. The individual flowers are about 1 ½" across, and a mature specimen with a nicely branched spike puts on its own flower show! This is a fun cross that everyone should have in their collection.
Love Sound is an excellent breeder, imparting important qualities like full rounded flowers, bright yellow color, a good stem carrying 4-6 blooms, and an attractive compact growth plant habit. Cosmo-Zelle (Sc. Beaufort x Blc. Goldenzelle) has beautifully rounded, bright yellow flowers with full shaped lips. Plants are only 6" tall with flowers measuring 3 ½" across. The plants are growing very quickly and sizing up nicely, with some showing sheaths already. This looks to be a great cross!
The late Frank Fordyce developed Circle of life (Lc. Culminant x Soph. coccinea), which has flowers of exceptional size, color and form. Hybrids made with Circle of Life exhibit consistently high quality. Both Winners' Circle (Sally Taylor x Slc. Circle of Life) and Dream Circle (Slc. Circle of Life x Hisako Akatsuka) are successful hybrids, producing flowers of outstanding quality. Here we are doubling up on the influence of Circle of Life, adding the great stem strength of Sally Taylor and superior form of Hisako Akatsuka. These are going to have large 4 ½" flowers of outrageously full shape in colors of intense magenta-purple. This is a good one for the discerning collector.
Jerry Rehfield (Hisako Akatsuka x Hawaiian Prominence) has brilliant magenta-red flower color, blooms with good shape, and plants that mature at 8" tall. Lebenkreis (Rubescence x Slc. Circle of Life) is a deep vibrant red with excellent form and size. Flowers measure up to 5" across, and plants stay under 10" tall. These will be compact growing plants that mature at around 10" tall, with intensely-colored deep red flowers that will have great form. This breeding is designed to produce compact plants with flowers that look like scaled-down standard/large-sized Cattleya blooms.
The flowers of Mem. Irene Feil (Slc. Pink Doll x Odom's Sweetheart) are ruby red and well supported on strong stems. Lebenkreis (Rubescence x Slc. Circle of Life) has deep red flowers of excellent form and size, with some flowers measuring up to 5" across! Both parents stay under 10" tall and flower twice a year. This is a very promising hybrid for true red flowers with super shape. This breeding is designed to produce compact plants and flowers that look like scaled-down standard/large-sized Cattleya blooms.
The intense purple-red color and bright yellow throat of Hawaiian Prominence (Hisako Akatsuka x Slc. Wendy's Redstone) command attention! Flowers are nicely shaped and displayed well on good stems. Lebenkreis (Rubescence x Slc. Circle of Life) has deep red flowers with excellent form and size, some measuring up to 5" across! Great flower colors in magenta-red are expected, and the blooms should have good shape and measure 4" across on compact plants standing about 10" tall.
This will be an excellent hybrid for pure yellow flowers and strong stems holding 5-7 blooms well above the foliage. Mem. Jim Nickou (Blc. Xanthette x Sc. Beaufort) has well formed, flat, solid yellow flowers with just a hint of red on the lip. Love Sound has been proven as an excellent breeder, imparting important qualities like full rounded flowers, bright yellow color, a good stem carrying 4-6 blooms, and an attractive compact plant habit. These will begin to flower at a young age and mature in 4" pots.
The parents of Mem. Jim Nickou (Blc. Xanthette x Sc. Beaufort) both are famous breeders, with many successful hybrids to their credit. The cultivar 'James' has well formed, flat, solid yellow flowers with just a hint of red on the lip, and the plant flowers two to three times a year. California Apricot is also a famous breeding plant and has produced many highly successful hybrids. Its bright orange flowers are produced twice a year and really light up the growing area. Some fantastic genes are coming together here, and the results should be excellent. Flat flowers, rounded petals, great color, compact plants flowering twice a year. You've gotta love it!
The capsule parent, Tropical Sunset (C. Horace x Tropic Glow), has 5-7 large orange flowers with full dark red lips that are well presented on a strong inflorescence; it is an excellent hybrid! The pollen parent, Laughing Boy (Lc. Dennis Olivas x Love Sound), has beautiful clusters of 12-14 blooms that are bright yellow with red flares on the petals and lateral sepals - a real attention getter! The expectation is for most to have orange flowers with red flares and dark red lips. Some will be solid orange with red lips, and all will have great flower count and presentation.
If you want the darkest, most vibrant crimson-red flowers imaginable, this grex will do it! Paradise Rose (Slc. Pink Doll x Blc. Toshie Aoki) has great color and shows an interesting phenomenon of color dominance. The flowers of Pink Doll are dark purple, and Blc. Toshie Aoki, dominated by the influence of C. dowiana, has flowers that are bright yellow with a dark red lip. C. dowiana hybrids are recessive for color but are known to intensify purple, and Pink Doll has dark purple flowers. So...Paradise Rose combines these traits and produces intense crimson-red-purple flowers. Lebenkreis (Slc. Circle of Life x Rubescence) has dark red flowers of excellent shape. These really are going to be nice, with excellent form and amazing color, all on compact plants less than 8" tall that flower twice a year! This breeding is designed to produce compact plants with flowers that look like scaled-down standard/large-sized Cattleya blooms.
The intense purple-red color and bright yellow throat of Hawaiian Prominence (Hisako Akatsuka x Slc. Wendy's Redstone) commands attention, and its well-shaped flowers are also displayed nicely on good stems. Tropical Rainbow (Commander x Tropic Glow) produces a very nice head of red-purple flowers with a contrasting yellow throat. Expect 5-7 dark purple-red flowers with darker lips and a bright contrasting yellow throat, all held on sturdy stems. This will be a real attention getter!
I have been working to improve flower presentation in red Cattleya hybrids. This grex incorporates the excellent stem, presentation and shape of Hot Topic (Ryo Iwata x Rubescence) with the super color and form of Gene Crocker (Newberry Delight x Slc. Newberry Promise). This is the first cross using Gene Crocker as a parent, and it appear to have potential. This breeding is designed to produce compact plants with flowers that look like scaled-down standard/large-sized Cattleya blooms.
On of my favorite things to see is heads of bright red flowers in February. This grex of Lee's Ruby (C. Chocolate Drop x Martha Clarke) and Anduril (Jewel Box x Lc. Trick or Treat) will deliver just that. Both parents are vigorous growers and flower beautifully, and the offspring should do the same.
Here is one of those 'just for fun' crosses. L. anceps 'White Magic' is a dawsonii type, with white flowers and a white lip with purple veins. Florence Lin (C. tigrina x L. milleri) has dark red flowers and a crimson-red lip. When it was awarded an AM/AOS, it had 19 flowers on a single stem! These will look like high-flowered anceps with long stems carrying 5-9 red to coral-red flowers. Very nice!
The flowers open reddish and become bright yellow with time, and the lip is covered with red spots. This cross is well known for its vigor, with six cultural awards to date. One awarded plant was displayed with more than 700 flowers! Some of these already are blooming in 3" pots.
Spotted flowers have been a favorite of mine for years. Seeing those wonderful spots in the heat of summer is a spectacular sight. Today the development of spotted breeding includes flowers that bloom in a wide range of color choices. SVO is renowned for its breeding of yellow flowers with red spots and the new line of spotted coerulea flower crosses are not to be missed.
How do you make Leoloddiglossa (Loddiglossa x leopoldii) better? Add bicolor! The broad bicolor lip will improve the lip width of the progeny. I expect the flowers to be similar in color, shape and flower count to Leoloddiglossa, but much wider lips will give a fullness not previously seen. This is very nice, unique hybrid, and a first in spotted Cattleya breeding. Not to be missed!
SVO is renowned for novelty breeding of yellow flowers with red spots. This new cross combines several important qualities of both parents: color, shape, flower count, and modest plant height of not more than 10". The Katherine Clarkson (C. Mark Jones x Jungle Gem) is a significant hybrid, with many superior qualities like good flower size, strong color, and compact plant stature. Leopard Gem (Blc. Waianae Leopard x Slc. Jungle Gem) is similar in many regards; however, one of its parents, Waianae Leopard, can bloom with 8-12 flowers on a stem, making Leopard Gem floriferous. Here we should reinforce the positive qualities in this breeding line. Expect bright yellow colors, bold dark burgundy spots, flat fuchsia colored lips, and well-formed flowers, all on compact plants.
These are compact growing plants that stay under 10" tall, excellent for windowsill growing. Jungle Gem is a great breeder for color and plant size, and SunCoast Sunspots is one of the best producers of yellow/red spotted flowers to date. These have proven themselves easy to grow and flower.
This cross will make for well-formed yellow flowers with red spots and flat crimson-red lips. Sun Spots (C. Mark Jones x SunCoast Sunspots) is a very successful cross, with large flower size, good color and excellent spots. Katherine Clarkson (C. Mark Jones x Jungle Gem) was the first grex with really nice, large yellow flowers with red spots on a compact plant. Mark Jones appears in the background of both parents and has some of the widest petals of any spotted hybrid. I am counting on this influence widen the petals in this grex. Great color is assured, as both SunCoast Sunspots and Jungle Gem have plenty of vibrant yellow. Plants will mature at 10" tall and flower in 4" pots.
This is a very interesting hybrid. The parents of Summit are anceps x lyonsii. L. lyonsii was once considered a Schomburgkia and occurs in the Caribbean; L. anceps is native to Mexico and very tolerant of summer heat and winter cold. The cultivar 'Tomiko' is a great grower. It tolerates both cold and heat, and the plant is compact, developing new leads and forming specimens quickly. The plants from this selfing will produce inflorescences about 3' long with 5-7 flowers that are light lavender, spotted and veined darker lavender, and a lip that is veined dark purple.
The mini-cats are plants that will stay under 6" tall and bloom in a 3"-4" pot. It is not uncommon for mini-cats to bloom twice a year. The modern breeding has developed surprisingly nice improvements where the plants are heat tolerant, produce large flowers, have brilliant colors and superb flower shape. There is always space for one more of these in every collection.
Psyche (Soph. coccinea x L. cinnabarina) is one of the original mini-catts, and 'China' was awarded its AM/AOS in 1977. With over 5000 registered hybrids that have received more than 80 AOS awards, this mini-catt has some serious breeding chops. Soph. wittigiana 'Pink Opal' is also a very little plant, standing barely 2" tall and bearing 2.5" coral pink flowers that are flat! These are true mini-catts, staying under 4" tall, with good-sized flowers in red to coral colors.
California Apricot has a proven track record in breeding high quality offspring. It intensifies color and imparts wide petals as well as improved flower size. Its use in breeding was popularized by the late Frank Fordyce in hybrids like Slc. Hazel Boyd, Slc. Final Touch, Slc. Seagulls Apricot, Slc. Mango Spice, Slc. Fordyce Prelude, etc. The grex Jillian Lee (Sc. Beaufort x Sl. Orpetii) has excellent rounded shape, red-orange flowers and a lip that is red with a yellow throat. Plants will mature at less than 6" tall, and flowers will be 2.5-3" across in bright orange-red colors with red lips. I have high expectations for this cross. Limited Supply.
As the name suggests, Red Blast has a really great, solid red flower! The parents of this wonderful mini-catt are proven breeders (Pot. Rubescence x Sl. Minipet), and by pairing this cross with the valuable, proven breeding qualities of Beaufort, you just know that the offspring are going to be good! These plants will stay under 6" tall, with flowers of excellent shape, and will bloom at least 2x a year. Flower color will be in sunset shades of yellow to orange to red, and the lips will be red.
Mini Beau is a super cute mini-catt that flowers 2x a year and matures in 3" pots. Most flowers will be bright red, but some will be orange-yellow. These are excellent windowsill growers and are blooming size now. Check out these pictures of the first two plants to bloom. Pic 1, Pic 2 , Pic 3 Limited Supply on this item.
Candy striped mini-catts…I like the sound of that! Here is the first of several crosses I'm working on. Mem. Trudi Marsh (Tangerine Jewel x Sl. Cosmic Delite) is such a good cross! The plants are true minis at just 4" tall, and to get an idea of how nice they are, just take a look at these pictures. Pic 1 , Pic 2 , Pic 3 The FCC/AOS for Angel's Fantasy 'Solar Flare' (Fire Fantasy x Bright Angel) says it all. It's the top of its class; take a look at the picture! Excellent flares on mini plants. Very Limited Supply.
This is one of the best solid red mini-catts available and will easily bloom in 3" pots. Both of the parents are tetraploids. Orpetii is a primary hybrid of (L. pumila x Soph. coccinea), and coccinea 'Higher Ground' originated in Japan and is one of the very best, with perfectly flat 3" flowers (pictured is similar). The genetic makeup of this grex approximately 75% coccinea and 25% pumila. These flowers look like super good Soph. coccineas, but are much easier to grow and bloom.
When was the last time you saw Sc. Beaufort (C. luteola x Soph. coccinea) for sale? Both parents are considered tetraploids and occurred as mutations in the cloning process. 'Hartford's Elmwood 4N' received an 89 point AM/AOS - Wow! By pairing these two, we hope to get progeny as good as or better than the parents. Several have flowered and so far are proving that the offspring from this sib cross are as good as the parents. Limited Supply.
One of my favorite breeding plant is Golden Circle (Blc. Goldenzelle x Slc. Circle of Life) 'OPRL,' which gets its cultivar name from the Orange Petals and a Red Lip. The flowers have amazing shape with beautiful color, and as a real plus it blooms three times a year. Seagulls Apricot (California Apricot x Soph. coccinea) is known for its small plant stature, bright orange color and wide petals. Bright orange flowers with red lips and excellent wide petals, all on a small plant that can bloom twice a year. Wow!
I have made this cross several times, and the result is always consistently high quality blooms. This time I have used a Soph. coccinea of superior size and shape, imported from Japan (pictured is similar). These will flower in 3" pots with scarlet-red blooms - a super nice mini!
In Cattleyas the 'coerulea' color or 'blue' as it is referred to, is very intriguing and rare in nature. In the early years of blue breeding there were not many known species, so breeding was limited to a few possibilities. Today, we have many species and hybrids to breed with, and the quality of blue flowers has been improving rapidly. Don't miss the spotted blue crosses…These are a great addition for the discriminating collector.
Wow, wow, and wow again. Coerulea Lc. Elegans! I believe this is a first for this very old hybrid. If you like primary Cattleya crosses and coerulea colors, this offering is for you! These are robust plants that will grow really well, have good stems holding the flowers above the foliage, and best of all will be coerulea in color. Amazing!
One of the most interesting cattleya colors is coerulea, in which flowers that normally are lavender instead lack red pigment and appear bluish as a result. At SVO, we have come a long way in developing coerulea cattleyas and selecting for compact plants that will bloom in 4" pots. C. Indigo Love (Indigo Dawn x Love Knot) is a short, compact grower with 2-3 large flowers that are a nice coerulea color with a dark slate-blue lip. The Valentine (C. loddigesii x C. warneri) is a larger plant that requires a 5-6" pot to flower at maximum potential. It blooms with 7-9 well displayed coerulea flowers that have a yellow spot in the throat, adding a beautiful contrast to the coerulea color. So what do we expect from this cross? Improving flower count is the main objective, with the possibility for 4-5 blooms while keeping the plant size down, to bloom in 4" pots. This has real potential!
Not often offered for sale, C. velutina is rarely seen in collections in the US. In the wild, it is thought to be nearly extinct. This highly desirable species is a bit more challenging to grow than most bifoliates, with extra attention needed at repotting. It's important to only repot when new roots are starting to grow, usually in late summer after the pseudobulbs mature or bloom. Keep these in the smallest pots possible. The cultivar 'SVO 18' is named for its ability to flower with 18 blooms per stem. Yes - 18 flowers! For this species, 6-10 is the normal range, and this clone is truly exceptional. Just look at the picture. 'Double Spots' is also a reliable bloomer, producing 10-12 flowers that are extra spotty. Here we have two exceptionally well flowered cultivars, and I expect the offspring will have the same qualities. Believe me - you don't want to miss out on these!
'Stewart 68807' was given to me by Rick Wells, a long time Cattleya collector in Southern California. He tells the story of how this plant was selected out of many superb cultivars, with this having the largest flowers and the strongest stem, holding 6 flowers well above the foliage. It does not have the dark color of some tenebrosa cultivars - the flower is more honey colored - but I agree with Rick that it's one of the best tenebrosa clones when it comes to flower size and carriage. Still considered one of the best ever, 'Rainforest' blooms with 4 to 5 flowers that are almost 8.5" wide, and that is a BIG flower! The genetics represented here may give us the best size, flower count and carriage seen. These are growing nicely and showing good vigor.
Still considered by many to be the best, 'Rainforest' blooms with 4 to 5 flowers that are almost 8.5" wide. Amazing! 'Paul' has deeply colored petals and sepals in the darkest red-bronze color, with a vibrant purple lip. These will bloom with extra large dark bronze flowers with deep purple lips. These seedlings are growing well, showing good vigor, too.
Both 'Claire' and 'Paul' are siblings that came from a line of breeding with L. tenebrosa 'Spectabilis' AM/AOS, a cultivar with very dark colored flowers. These both have deeply colored petals and sepals in the darkest red-bronze color, with a vibrant purple lip. These will be consistently high quality, with blooms of extra large size, dark bronze color, and deep purple lips. These are good, vigorous seedlings.
These standard size Cattleyas will mature at 12" to 24" tall. They possess the similar growth habit of "Compact Cattleyas", just taller. These are bred to have strong stems caring 5 or more flowers and will be very impressive when blooming at mature size. These make excellent display plants for orchid shows and most will bloom during the spring show season.
After thinking about the breeding of Lc. Straight Answer, I realized that there may be other opportunities to use Milton Warne and possibly make an even better hybrid similar to Straight Answer. Incorporating Love Passion (William Farrell x Lc. Trick or Treat) in place of Trick or Treat should give larger and fuller flowers while not compromising flower count and color. I am really looking forward to blooming this cross; I think it will be like a super Straight Answer!
Love Passion (Pot.William Farrell x Lc. Trick or Treat) 'Island Romance' is an excellent grower, and plants produce 15-17 orange flowers well above the foliage. Laughing Boy (Lc. Dennis Olivas x Blc. Love Sound) is a beautiful plant with lovely flowers - the 12-14 blooms are bright yellow with red flares on the petals and lateral sepals. These will have big clusters of flowers on strong stems, in colors from orange to yellow, many having red flaring. Limited Supply.
Pacavia is a robust growing plant that does well outside in frost-free climates, and also does well under hot conditions. It blooms in June during that 'slack' period when not many other cattleyas are in flower. 'None Darker' has deeply colored petals and sepals - some of the darkest red-bronze colors I have seen in a tenebrosa. The f. atro-purpurea is a beautiful, very dark purple color form of purpurata. These Pacavias are going to be extra nice, with dark purple-red flowers and darker purple lips. This is a classic primary hybrid that everyone should have in their collections.
Laelia sanguiloba is an orange flower with red side lobes on the lip. 'None Darker' has deeply colored petals and sepals - some of the darkest red-bronze colors I have seen in this species. This cross is a lot like L. Zip (milleri x tenebrosa), but sanguiloba has more flowers per stem and a longer inflorescence than milleri. Flowers will be an intense red-orange with dark purple-red lips, a very attractive color combination, and the stems will carry 7-9 starry flowers.
Every spring I enjoy seeing Lc. Trick or Treat and its hybrids bloom, with their large heads of starry, brightly-colored flowers. Suwada Orchid Nursery in Japan made Lc. Tropical Sunset (C. Horace x Tropic Glow). This grex has large orange flowers with full, dark red lips, well presented on a strong inflorescence. Simply put, this is an excellent hybrid! Trick or Treat will assure high flower count and orange tepal color, and the lips will be red. These will be super hybrids, with lots of brightly colored flowers for February and March.
Koolau Seagulls produces long inflorescence with 13-15 starry red flowers, held well above the foliage… quite an impressive sight! Kagaribi Dawn also flowers with starry blooms, however they have an intense red color. The expectation here is for deep red flowers of starry shape, held high on long inflorescences. It will almost look like red fireworks exploding above the plants! Limited Supply.
Kagaribi Dawn flowers with starry blooms in an intense red color - quite an attention getter! I like the breeding qualities of Spring Fires (Fires of Spring x Fire Island), with its 5-9 deep red flowers held on strong stems. The expectation is for dark red flowers produced on sturdy stems, all on a compact plant.
Bright orange flowers are hard to come by - I just love them! So I had to make this cross. Hawaiian Discovery 'Fluorescent Orange' (Orange Nuggett x Bouton D'Or) has amazing orange color - a real shocker! Love Passion 'Dogashima' (Lc. Trick or Treat x William Farrell) produces 7-9 true orange flowers on a long stem. These will have good stems with big, well-supported heads of bright orange flowers. Should be good March bloomers and real show stoppers!
Blc. Hawaiian Discovery 'Fluorescent Orange' (Orange Nuggett x Bouton D'Or) has amazing orange flowers with great form and good heads of blooms. Orchidglade (walkeriana x aurantiaca) is an interesting parent, as it flowers 2 x a year with flat orange flowers, a yellow lip with a touch of red centrally, and 5-7 well supported blooms. I am expecting full shaped orange flowers, and I'm hoping for some to have yellow lips. I don't recall ever seeing that color combination before, and this could be a real first!
The plant and flowers of Love Passion (William Farrell x Lc. Trick or Treat) are a lot like a 'Super' Lc. Trick or Treat but with larger and fuller orange flowers, carried 15 or more on a stem that extends above the foliage. Aussie Sunset (Fires of Spring x C. Gene May) has 5 to 9 orange flowers with flared petals and a yellow central spot, red tips and a full shaped red lip - very colorful! Both parents have strong inflorescences. I am expecting great presentation of many well-sized orange flowers, flared in a variety of colors, including yellow, orange and red.
The grex Izumi Charm (Love Sound x Lc. Melody Fair) produces robust plants with strong inflorescences carrying 4-5 light yellow 4.75" flowers with dark crimson red lips. Guess What (Blc. Waikiki Gold x Lc. Trick or Treat) flowers with 9-1l bright orange blooms on a strong stem. I think that the outcome of this pairing will be sturdy plants bearing 7-9 large, bright golden-yellow flowers with dark red lips presented above the foliage on 14-16" tall plants.
The first time I saw Izumi Charm (Love Sound x Lc. Melody Fair) flower I was impressed by the robust plants and strong inflorescences, carrying 4-5 light yellow 4.75" flowers with dark crimson red lips. Goldenzelle (Fortune x C. Horace) has an impressive heritage and set the standard for high quality yellow flowers with over 25 AOS awards. This grex will result in large-growing plants with big 6" yellow flowers and dark red lips. They will also have sturdy stems, giving a great display of 4-5 blooms held well above the foliage.
I have been using Love Passion (William Farrell x Lc. Trick or Treat) as a parent in place of Trick or Treat, since Love Passion carries 15+ larger and fuller orange flowers, held well above the foliage. Hawaiian Discovery 'Fluorescent Orange' (Orange Nuggett x Bouton D'Or) has nice-sized heads of amazing orange-colored blooms with great form. If you like big clusters of bright orange flowers as much as I do, this cross is a must-have.
Guess What (Waikiki Gold x Lc. Trick or Treat) will add its high flower count of 9-11 bright orange blooms on a strong stem to the amazing, shapely orange flowers of Hawaiian Discovery (Orange Nuggett x Bouton D'Or). As I've said before, I like big heads of bright orange flowers! These will be particularly bright colors.
Trick or Treat is a great breeding plant that imparts important qualities like bright orange flowers and strong stems carrying 15-19 blooms high above the foliage. Laughing Boy (Lc. Dennis Olivas x Blc. Love Sound) has clusters of 12-14 eye-catching yellow-orange flowers with red flares on the petals and sepals. Interestingly, the presence of Dennis Olivas (Trick or Treat x Penny Kuroda) means that this cross will have plenty of influence from Trick or Treat. We expect a high flower count of star-shaped blooms in orange, with many having red flares. Plants will be tall, maturing at 16", with flowers held above the foliage.
Aussie Sunset (Fires of Spring x C. Gene May) has 5-9 orange flowers with flared petals having a yellow spot centrally, red tips and a full shaped red lip. Very colorful! Straight Answer (Milton Warne x Trick or Treat) was popularized by the clone 'No Question' and has received high accolades for its big heads of yellow flowers and red flares. Great potential here, where we are targeting orange flowers with red flares, held well in groups of 7-9 blooms.


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Assistant Professor at the College of Computer and Information Sciences (CCIS) and Vice Dean of e-Transaction & Communication, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Areas of interest: ubiquitous and pervasive computing; middleware; information security and privacy.
I received my PhD from the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I was a member in the Systems Research Group and Gaia.
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* Cooper, R.G., Al-Muhtadi, J. and Ashford, R. "Smart Spaces with Real-Time Physiological Measurements and Mitigation of Stress". Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications (ICPCA08), Vol. 1, October 6-8, 2008, Alexandria, Egypt: 3-8.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, "Augmenting Smart Spaces with Intelligent Robots," the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications (ICPCA07), Birmingham, UK, July 2007.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, "Moheet: A Distributed Middleware for Enabling Smart Spaces," Proceedings of the First National IT Symposium, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 2006.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Raquel Hill, Roy Campbell, and Dennis Mickunas, "Context and Location-Aware Encryption for Pervasive Computing Environments," in 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Computing and Communication Security (PerSec), 2006 at IEEE PerCom 2006. [PDF]
* Jerry O. Talton, Daniel L. Peterson, Sam Kamin, Deborah Israel, and Jalal Al-Muhtadi, "Scavenger Hunt: Computer Science Retention Through Orientation," Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, March 2006. [PDF]
* Adrian Friday, Manuel Roman, Christian Becker, and Jalal Al-Muhtadi, "Guidelines and open issues in systems support for ubicomp: reflections on ubisys 2003 and 2004," Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, pages 1-3, October 2005. [Article Link]
* Zahid Anwar, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, William Yurcik, Roy Campbell, "Plethora: A Framework for Converting Generic Applications to Run in a Ubiquitous Environment," Mobiquitous 2005: The Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networks and Services, San Diego, California, July 2005. [PDF]
* Ellick Chan, Jim Bresler, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, "Gaia Microserver: An Extendable Mobile Middleware Platform," In IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2005), Kauai Island, Hawaii, March 8-12, 2005. [PDF]
* Anand Ranganathan, Shiva Chetan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas, "Olympus: A High-Level Programming Model for Pervasive Computing Environments." In IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2005), Kauai Island, Hawaii, March 8-12, 2005. [PDF]
* Anand Ranganathan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Jacob Biehl, Brian Ziebart, Roy Campbell, and Brian Bailey, "Towards a Pervasive Computing Benchmark," In PerWare '05 (Workshop on Middleware Support for Pervasive Computing) at IEEE PerCom 2005, Kauai Island, Hawaii, March 8-12, 2005. [PDF]
* Shiva Chetan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell and M.Dennis Mickunas, "Mobile Gaia: A Middleware for Ad-hoc Pervasive Computing," IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2005), Las Vegas, Jan. 2005. [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Raquel Hill, and Roy Campbell, "A Privacy Preserving Overlay for Active Spaces," presented at Ubicomp Privacy: Current Status and Future Directions at UbiComp '04, Nottingham, UK, 2004. [PDF]
* Shiva Chetan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell and M.Dennis Mickunas, "A Middleware for Enabling Personal Ubiquitous Spaces," UbiSys '04: System Support for Ubiquitous Computing Workshop at Sixth Annual Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2004), Nottingham, England, Sept. 2004. [PDF]
* Anand Ranganathan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Shiva Chetan, Roy Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas, "MiddleWhere: A Middleware for Location Awareness in Ubiquitous Computing Applications," the 5th International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2004). [PDF]
* R. Hill, J. Al-Muhtadi, R. Campbell, A. Kapadia, P. Naldurg, A. Ranganathan, "A Middleware Architecture for Securing Ubiquitous Computing Cyber Infrastructures," work-in-progress paper, IEEE Distributed Systems Online archive, Volume 5 , Issue 9, September 2004. [Article Link]
* James Bresler, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, "Gaia Mobility: Extending Active Space Boundaries to Everyday Devices," in the International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing (IWSAWC 2004), Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 2004. (In the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops 2004). [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Shiva Chetan, Anand Ranganathan, "Super Spaces: A Middleware for Large-Scale Pervasive Computing Environments," Middleware Support for Pervasive Computing Workshop (PerWare 2004), in conjunction with the 2nd IEEE Annual Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2004), Orlando, FL, 2004. [PDF]
* Ellick Chan, Jim Bresler, Chad Peiper, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, "Expanding Education through
Active Space Collaboration," in Workshop on Pervasive Computing Education at the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2004), Orlando, FL, March 14, 2004. [PDF]
* James Bresler, Roy Campbell, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, "Providing a Web Interface for Active Spaces," in the Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference (CNDS'04), San Diego, CA, January 18, 2004. [PDF]
* Anand Ranganathan , Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H. Campbell, "Reasoning about Uncertain Contexts in Pervasive Computing Environments," IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine, volume 3, no. 2, April-June 2004. [Magazine Link]
* Manuel Roman, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Brian Ziebart, Roy Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas, "System Support for Rapid Ubiquitous Computing Application Development and Evaluation," System Support for Ubiquitous Computing Workshop (UbiSys '03) in conjunction with UbiComp '03. [PDF]
* A. Shah, F Fotouhi, W. Grosky and J. Al-Muhtadi, "Operators of the Temporal Object System and their Implementation," Information Sciences -- Informatics and Computer Science: An International Journal, Volume 158, Issue 1, January 2004. [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Anand Ranganathan, Roy Campbell and M. Dennis Mickunas, "Cerberus: A Context-Aware Security Scheme for Smart Spaces," in the Proceedings of the First IEEE Annual Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2003), pp. 489-496, Fort Worth, Texas, March 26, 2003. [PDF].
* Roy Campbell, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Prasad Naldurg, Geetanjali Sampemane1, M. Dennis Mickunas, "Towards Security and Privacy for Pervasive Computing," International Symposium on Software Security, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2002. [PDF]. Appeared in M. Okada, B. Pierce, A. Scedrov, H. Tokuda, A. Yonezawa, eds., "Software Security -- Theories and Systems." Springer LNCS Volume 2609, 2003 XI, 471 p.1-15 ISBN 3-540-00708-3.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Dennis Mickunas, Roy Campbell, "A Lightweight Reconfigurable Security Mechanism for 3G Mobile Devices," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 2, April 2002. (This article is based on previously published material from 3Gwireless 2001). [Magazine Link]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, Apu Kapadia, Dennis Mickunas, and Seung Yi, "Routing Through the Mist: Privacy Preserving Communication in Ubiquitous Computing Environments," in the International Conference of Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2002), pp. 65-74, Vienna, Austria, July 3, 2002. [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Anand Ranganathan, Roy Campbell and M. Dennis Mickunas, "A Flexible, Privacy-Preserving Authentication Framework for Ubiquitous Computing Environments," in the International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing (IWSAWC 2002), Vienna, Austria, July 2, 2002. (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops 2002, pp. 771 -776) [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Wu-chun Feng and Mike Fisk, "An Inter-Realm, Cyber-Security Infrastructure for Virtual Supercomputing," Los Alamos Computer Science Institute (LACSI) Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, October 17, 2001. [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Dennis Mickunas and Roy Campbell, "A Lightweight Reconfigurable Security Mechanism for 3G Mobile Devices," International Conference on 3rd Generation Wireless and Beyond (3Gwireless'01), pp. 163-168, San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2001.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Dennis Mickunas and Roy Campbell, "Wearable Security Services," in the International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing (IWSAWC 2001), Phoenix, AZ, April 16, 2001. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops 2001, pp. 266 -271) [PDF]
* Fabio Kon, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell and Dennis Mickunas, "My Dream of Jini," OOPSLA'2000, Workshop on the Jini Pattern Language, Minneapolis, MN, October 15, 2000. [PDF]
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Manish Anand, Dennis Mickunas and Roy Campbell, "Secure Smart Homes Using Jini and UIUC SESAME," proceedings of the 16th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'2000), New Orleans, LA, Dec. 13, 2000. Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2000-2184.
* Apu Kapadia, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell and Dennis Mickunas, "I-RBAC 2000: Secure Interoperability Using Dynamic Role Translation," proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Internet Computing (IC'2000), Las Vegas, NJ, June 26, 2000. Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2000-2162.
* Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer: Special Issue "System Software for Ubiquitous Computing". Editors: Christian Becker, Jalal Al Muhtadi, Adrian Friday, Manuel Roman, Paddy Nixon. Vol. (10)1, 2005.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, Apu Kapadia, Dennis Mickunas, Prasad Naldurg, "Socializing in the Mist: Privacy in Digital Communities," Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2002-2271, April 2002.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, Apu Kapadia, Dennis Mickunas, Seung Yi, "Routing through the Mist: Design and Implementation," Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2002-2267, March 2002.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy Campbell, Apu Kapadia, Dennis Mickunas, Seung Yi, "The Mist System's Design Report," Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2001-2249, November 2001.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Apu Kapadia, Roy Campbell and Dennis Mickunas, "A-IRBAC 2000 Model: Administrative Interoperable Role-Based Access Control," Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2000-2163, May 2000.
* Manish Anand, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Dennis Mickunas and Roy Campbell, "Smart Home: A Peek in the Future," Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-99-2143, December 1999.
* Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Dennis Mickunas and Roy Campbell, "SGSS-API Documentation and Developers' Guide," Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-99-2141, August 1999.


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When I started at Fordham four years ago, most people I talked to said, "Cherish it, because it will be over before you know it." At the time I was too overwhelmed with being a college freshman to actually believe that this wonderful, carefree life would ever end.
Now, four years later, I realize that this life — of course — has to come to an end. And at the risk of sounding cliché, college has been the best four years of my life. While parents and educators would like to believe that college is a period where students live in the library and prepare themselves for their future, it has meant much more to me.
Beyond the books and the classrooms, college has been a series of beautiful moments. A rooftop Bronx sunset, a late night Billy Joel sing along, a lunar eclipse at the top of the bleachers, a first kiss under a street lamp, ringing the Victory bell, getting lost in the Botanical Gardens, hangover bacon-egg-and-cheese cures, snowball fights on Eddie's, a Spring Weekend crowd surf, Kan Jam season, and riding the ram. Winning championships, and losing them. Making friends and losing them, too. It has all shaped me into who I am today.
I think the scariest part about graduation, is the realization that these beautiful moments were fleeting ones. The people we live with, the memories we've shared, the home we have made at Fordham, will never be the same. And that is one scary thought.
For the first time in most of our lives, we are blindly diving into the unknown. We are starting a new chapter where there is no fenced in campus, comfortable classroom walls, or professors and parents to cushion our falls.
So in the vain attempt to curb seniors' anxiety, I reached out to those who came before us and have already taken the plunge into the real world and survived. And what these survivors — some you may know, and some you may not — have to say, just might surprise you.
"The harder I work, the luckier I get." -Tom Pecora, Men's Head Basketball Coach, Adelphi University '83
"Be proud of what you've accomplished and use your acquired knowledge to affect the world — the "little," all too real world you will be living in — and continue learning." –Dr. Frances Parmeggiani, Modern Languages Department, University of Bologna '89
"What I've learned over the years is that anytime you create anything – a story, a song, a book, a recording – it takes on a life of its own, and can work to your benefit years after your created it." -Paul Levinson, Communications Department, NYU '74
"Frankly, I believe at this stage of your life you're not supposed to know what you want to do. It's a really tough question and the only way to get the answer is to go out and live a little. Embrace couch surfing, jumping from city to city, and banking on the life blood of $40 open bars." –Andrew O'Connell, Athletics, FCRH '12
"Don't worry about having a job you love, first jobs are not supposed to be permanent. Try to do something you really want to do, not something to allay mom and dad's fear." –Marano Vincent, FCRH '84
"Pick a job/career that you are passionate about. [Don't] worry about the salary as that will come if [you] are passionate about your career." -David Roach, Athletic Director, Springfield College '71
"I could write a book about what I didn't know then that I wish I had. Learn to listen to others and take constructive criticism with a smile. Don't get into that habit of thinking you know everything. No one does. Have high aspirations for yourself. Work as hard as you can every day and always put your best foot forward. Try new things and take risks. And try to make your mark on the world through generosity and gratitude — it's a beautiful and powerful way to go through life." –Beth Knobel, Communications Department, Barnard College '84
"I would have really enjoyed every moment to the fullest and not have been so nervous about feeling I had to get an A in everything I did. I would make every minute count because it goes by soooo fast." –Stephanie V. Gaitley, Head Women's Basketball Coach, Villa Nova '82
"Put a large amount of value on the time you spend with your friends between now and graduation. And find what makes you happy and satisfied on a day-to-day basis with what you do and how you live, and it's hard to know what that is until you're out there trying things. It's not college and then forever/the-rest-of-your-life. It's college, then the time after that, then the time after that and the time after that." –Rob Nguyen FCRH '05, GSAS '06
"I would tell my senior self to relax, not to worry about getting a job in the first two months out of school, there will always be an entry-level position somewhere. One thing I would do differently would be to travel before I settled down to start my career — life moves fast, and [now for me] just heading out on an adventure is not feasible. -Dr. Philip M. Cicione, FCRH '87
"Don't forget the incarnational learning you've experienced here – the concrete people and lessons that make Fordham the transforming place it is. That memory will sustain you for the next chapter as a proud alumnus. And find humor in life – when you are studying, interviewing for a job, asking someone out on a date, or hanging with friends. An intelligent and educated person need not be boring, cold, or dismissive. Most intelligent and educated people I know are funny." -Dr. Robert J. Parmach, Dean of Freshman Fordham College Rose Hill


Have you ever wanted to just skip over certain verses in the Bible and pretend they weren't there? Well, if there ever was a chapter I wanted to skip, it is the one I met with today. The more I studied Jeremiah 23, the less I wanted to comment on it.
Sometimes people avoid hard words because they do not like them. Others shy away because they hurt too much. But once in a while, both happen at the same time and the gazing in and drawing out of that which God intends is deeply painful. Ironically, in this – the chapter that so reaches me at the depths of my heart – God's Word is pointing at the fact that that indeed is what it is supposed to do when rightly divided. Unfortunately, those who had charge over it's distribution and understanding were corrupt and compromised. Their fault was that they refused to hear, teach, submit to, or share the true words of God and instead led the people with lies and lasciviousness.
So, in the chapter warning of what happens when God's shepherds avoid and deny God's true words, I find myself reminiscent of a time where that very practice nearly destroyed me. In a chapter where the leaders of God's house, namely the pastors and prophets, were blatantly denying His Word, corrupting the people, and neglecting those whom they were responsible for caring for and shepherding on His behalf, I find myself not satisfied or glad for their soon coming judgment, but broken. Because God will not be mocked. He will not forever allow men to parade around pretending piety while partnering with false prophecies. And apart from repentance, God will judge these kinds of men most harshly. And that is the last thing I ever want to see, even for ministering men who most miserably mismanaged me personally and have made no apology.
If there is one thing I have learned as a result of corruption in church leadership, it is that when you love someone there is nothing they can ever do that will make you love them less. Love covers a multitude of sin. I have learned more about love from those who failed to love me well than I have from anyone else. I have learned what love is not. I have learned how much love costs. I have learned how long love stays. I have learned how desperate love is. I have learned how much love forgives. I have learned how long love waits. I have felt how much love hurts. I have learned how much love hopes. I have experienced the brokenness of God in having a heart completely wrecked with love and anger at the same time. I have shared in Christ's sorrow in seeing those who I long to love despise and reject me. I have learned so much about love from the pain I've known pertaining to the very things Jeremiah chapter 23 talks about. This was a difficult chapter for me. Bear with me.
In Jeremiah 23, the prophet is called to preach a message concerning the leaders of God's people. The priests (pastors) and prophets of God's people, or shepherds, receive here a word of severe warning and coming judgment for their crimes. "Woe to the shepherds…" says the opening verse. Why woe?
The men who were supposed to be caring for, teaching, building up, and correcting the people of God were doing anything but. They were actually doing the opposite. They are here blamed for scattering the sheep, driving them away, and not attending them. They are indicted for lying, prophesying falsely, idolatry, and personal corruption and immorality in their own lives. They even were teaching the people to follow them in sin and corruption because that's what it is when you have power, position, and influence over a people. They do as you do. Every student becomes like his teacher.
So God is not happy with these priests and prophets. He tenderly promises to give His people new, good shepherds who will love and care for them (23:4). He promises the Messiah who will be completely righteous to them and for them (23:5-6). He promises deliverance from their enemies and restoration in their homeland (23:7-8). But that's the good news. The bad news is, God has still got to deal with these guys who have so injured and marred God's people and His true words.
Jeremiah is just devastated. He doesn't understand how those who set out to be the very best for God ended up being the very worst. They were all adulterers. The priests and the prophets, who were supposed to be most responsible to be holy, just, and righteous were wholly ungodly and corrupt. They prophesied by false gods. They themselves committed adultery, walked in lies, and helped evil people prosper. They promised peace as war was upon them. They gave no urge to anyone to repent, rather, comforted those who continued in blatant sin as they themselves did. And Jeremiah was here to tell them all that judgment was surely coming.
God will judge most harshly those who pretend piety and hurt deeply his people. He will faithfully send shepherds who love and care for those who have been so damaged by false pastors and false prophets. And there is no cure for the bitterness those two realities are for one who loves both.
And the prophet was brokenhearted. And the girl who knew so well the very deeds done here did not clap her hands. She did not say, "Amen." She was not smug or satisfied. She saw only what Jeremiah said as she sobbed.
Exodus 28:1-5 Does Working a Trade Glorify God?
Still on Mt. Sinai, once God was finished giving instructions to Moses on how to build and furnish the tabernacle, he proceeded to instruct Moses on the people who would be attending it – the priests.
Exodus 28 is a record of what the priests were to wear and the significance of their garments. From their heads to their undergarments, the priests were to be notably and specifically dressed.
In verses 1-5, we see the sovereign choosing of God highlighted as he informs Moses that his brother, Aaron, and all of his descendants were to be the priests serving in temple.
Notice that Moses did not argue with God or sulk because he himself had not been chosen for this particular job. Moses was a prophet. He had much to do for God and for the people already. Moses' job was different than that of a priest.
In this time, priests were primarily responsible for attending the ever-burning fire and the sacrifices given. Heads of families were responsible for the teaching of their own people on the ways of God. Once synagogues became commonplace after the Jews' captivity, the priests and leaders in the temple then became teachers and preachers of the law and the Word of God.
Today, it is still true that prophets hear words from the Lord, see visions, direct God's people in His ways, warn, intercede, correct, and admonish all. Priests and pastors attend to House of God, shepherd the people, and help them do what God has called them to. These are very different callings . Prophets can preach and preachers can prophesy, but these are not the primary responsibilities each has. Both are equally important, but, a priest has a much more tender relationship with the people while a prophet generally is held at a distance because the people fear, avoid, and even hate him for his truth-telling.
Nevertheless, Moses isn't complaining. He is happy to give his younger brother this honor. Aaron had served under him up until this point and God honored him for it.
As we see in verse 2, Moses was instructed to have holy garments made for Aaron. He was told to call all those who were skillful to this task. That tells us that these garments were not only mandatory, but they were greatly important to God. He wanted them to be exactly as he instructed that his own glory and beauty might be seen through these men.
Each item that the priests wore had a meaning and a purpose. We will be examining those in the coming days, but notice today especially what God's Word says of those Moses was to call to the task of making these clothing items for the priests.
The lesson here is that God gives people their skills and talents. He gives them a "spirit of skill" and he expects it to be used for his glory and according to his very specific instructions.
God chooses who will be the prophet.
God chooses who will be the priest.
God chooses who will make the garments.
God chooses who will have trade skills.
God chooses who will be given a spirit of skill.
Good chooses what those who have been given a spirit of sill and excellence will make and do.
Good gives the skilled workers the materials needed to produce what will most glorify him.
Get this, Christians! This is so very important. Prophets are not better than priests. Prophets are just people chosen by God to be prophets. Priests are not better than the people they serve because they are called to teach, preach, and counsel others. Priests are just people chosen by God to be priests. And, finally, skilled workers who make and do jobs of trade with excellence are not unspiritual or unused of God simply because they are preaching, teaching, or prophesying like prophets and priests are doing. Skilled workers who make and do jobs of trade are filled with a spirit of skill, according to Exodus 28:3, and are therefore just as spiritual and used of God when they act upon their calling as prophets and priests.
Did you get that? It's important. There are no spiritual superheroes in God's house. Every person is greatly needed and equally important. Therefore, there should be absolutely no attitudes of superiority or looking down on a man who works a trade vs. a man who preaches or vise versa within God's house. AMEN.
Hunger is a strange feeling. It is a wanting after waiting; a need that becomes louder and louder until it is satisfied.
Often, we try to fill our spiritual hunger with physical food (or other things.) It is when I am spiritually hungry that I tend to "stress eat." I find myself losing control of my diet when I hunger and thirst most for righteousness. Nothing proves this truer than fasting because fasting reveals to us all the things we are wanting that eating physical food is substituting for.
I have recently felt a strong spiritual need to become physically hungry again. Self-control is a fruit of the Holy Spirit and I am praying that the Lord helps me with this struggle.
In doing so, the first place I turned was to Matthew 5 – to the beatitudes.
We are blessed – living in the favor of God – when we are hungry for the right things. Unfortunately, as history makes abundantly clear, those who were most hungry for righteousness (the prophets) were also most hated by men.
I began to study about some specific incidences of when prophets were hated and abused and I landed at 2 Kings 2:23-25.
There is a lot to be said about this brief interaction which conveys many insights as to God's character.
Earlier in this chapter, we find that there was a problem with the water supply in Jericho where the prophet Elisha was.
Interestingly, Jericho was the city where walls had been built and the people had isolated themselves – locked themselves in so they would not be ruled by God or by His people. God used unorthodox methods to both bring down the walls and to prove the faith of His people.
So there's a lesson for us. It doesn't matter how strong and tall your walls are, if they are made to resist God, they will soon be broken down.
Later, God cursed the man who rebuilt Jericho and killed his children. Now, years later, we find Jericho still having problems. The water supply was tainted and unusable. The prophet Elisha was asked to help and the Lord healed the water through him. That brings us to the incident at hand.
Apparently, it was commonplace in this area to mock and scoff at the prophets. These people hated reproof and correction – so much so that they taught their children to upbraid them. So common this practice had become of hating and mocking the prophets that even the children had no fear or respect for them.
If it had been the first time, the punishment likely would not have been so severe. But it was doubtless commonplace to tear down the character of God's prophets because they so hated correction.
So then, 42 children died for their unruly disobedience and unwillingness to respect and love the prophet and his godly correction. It was a judgment and a punishment for the parents who allowed such brazen disrespect and abuse to be heaped upon the one chosen to be God's voice to them.
So my question for myself and for everyone else today is are you hungry for righteousness? For truth? For justice? How hungry? If you are, expect to be treated poorly – misrepresented, mocked, made fun of, rejected, and even hated. God says it is all a blessing, though.
On the other hand, if you are the one mocking and hating a person of God for the truth they tell you, be warned. God is sending that person for your good, because he loves you so much. His patience will run out eventually and, as the scripture says, at that time there is no remedy.
Saul is terrified. The Philistine army is breathing down his neck. God won't answer his frantic get-me-out-of-trouble prayers. He turns to the prophet Samuel. There's only one problem – Samuel's been dead for quite some time.
David, the undefeated warrior, has just backed down from several in-house fights. His king has tried to kill him on several occasions. He superiors have stalked him in his own home seeking his life as well. His wife has slandered him and blackened his good and honorable reputation. What more can God's providence do to this poor guy?
David runs away. And I would bet my swiftest slingshot that that was the hardest thing he ever did. Consider what he could have done.
David had the strength and the power of God. He had the favor of God. He likely could have struck down both the king and the king's men efffortlessly, divorced his betraying wife, and justified it all appropriately claiming self-defense. The throne was his, after all. He could have taken it by force and did just that which the homicidal has-been (Saul) expected him to. And I don't doubt that all of that would have been acceptable within the law of God.


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