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Root7 Launches Exit 1

The first track off Root7’s debut album “Exit 1.” Purchase the full album on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/root7/1269451241

Title: Blown Away
Performed by: Root7
Solo: Kayla James
Original Artist: Carrie Underwood
Songwriters: Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear
Arrangement: Joe Antonioli
Audio Engineer: Luke Young, Meadowlark Studios
Videographer: Scott Barber Film
Release Date: June 2017

Adams Apple Orchard and Farm Market

Apple Tree Care

apple tree propped up

apple tree propped up

This summer, a friend and colleague asked for advice on how to take care of an apple tree that was leaning, possibly due to the amount of precipitation we had. After a few back-and-forths I mentioned that this should be a post, and now I am finally getting around to it.

My wife’s family owns Adams Apple Orchard and Farm Market, where they have grown more than 900 apple trees since the early 1970s. They grow dwarf trees, mostly Macintosh, and focus on pick-your-own. Personally, I am a Honeycrisp lover, which I am told takes three times the effort for one third the fruit because it is so heavy with water.

This is all to say that the information on this page is not coming from me, it is from answers to questions asked of my wife and father-in-law, and participating in dinnertime conversations.

 

Questions from Bryan: what should one do about an apple tree that’s leaning to one side? Should I tie it to a stake to pull it back to vertical, or prop it up with a brace?

Answer: The tree is relatively tall for the trunk that supports it.  I think it would be beneficial to also stake it as it might be unbalanced and/or top-heavy once the fruit matures. It might be helpful to prune some height off the tree next winter.

Question on staking: Should I put down several 4′ stakes and tie ’em to the tree with twine?

Answer: You may want to use 3-4 stakes around the tree to straighten it evenly and reduce stress points. See the video below for more instructions:

Question on pruning: Only in the winter?

Answer: The best time to prune apple trees is in late winter or early spring before any new growth starts and it is easier to see what you are doing without the foliage.

Question on height: How high should the maximum be 10′?

Answer: The max height depends on the diameter of the truck and what kind of tree you have. There are different standards for standard, dwarf and semi-dwarf trees. Try to get a ball-shape, similar to what you see in illustrations, so that there is an even diameter around the tree. Favor keeping nodes that have three branches.

Practical answer from Farmer John: If you want to pick fruit from your tree, don’t let it grow any taller than you can reach. If you have an 8′ ladder, don’t let it grow taller than 10′. NOTE: you want a sensible answer, ask a farmer.

Question on nodes: Does “node” mean a branch emanating from the trunk?

Answer: A “node” is anywhere the branches split, it can be off the main trunk or anywhere along the hierarchy of branches. This helps with the balance and the look. So favor nodes with three branches coming out.

 

Lemon TreeIn addition to sharing advice, I am taking it while growing a lemon and a lime tree in my office. Who knew you could grow citrus in a climate-controlled library.

Middlebury College Web Makeover

In 2 years, 295 people participated in a project that changed the way Middlebury interracted with the web.

http://sites.middlebury.edu/webredo/

http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/technology/web/thanks

Project Manager: Joe Antonioli

Designers: White Whale Web Services: Jason Pontius, Tonya Langford, Janie Porche, Donald Tetto, Alex Romanovich

Developers: Ian McBride, Adam Franco, Travis Stafford

Server and Network Set Up: Adam Franco, Howie McCausland, Mark Pyfrom

Workshops: Benjamin Molberger, Cynthia Slater

Monster Menus Developers Amherst College: Dan Wilga, David Hamilton, Anita Rao, Victor Quinn, James Resse

Coordination Group: Joseph Antonioli, Mary Backus, David Donahue, Timothy Etchells, Pamela Fogg, Ryan Kellett, Ian McBride, Amy McGill, W. McKenna, Jason Mittell, Jamie Northrup, Jeffrey Rehbach, Michael Roy, Timothy Spears

MIIS Coordinators: Kristen Byers, Lynn McDonald, Amy McGillPresentation SupportBob Cole, Adam Dobucki, David Kloepfer, Ben Molberger, Scott Witt

Project Managers: Joseph Antonioli, Mary Backus, Liane Barrera, Carey Bass, James Beauchemin, Doreen Bernier, Virginia Bukowski, Bryan Carson, Thomas Cutter, Stephen Diehl, Timothy Etchells, Pamela Fogg, Adam Franco, Jessica Isler, Richard Jenkins, Robert Keren, Jeffrey Lahaie, Michael Lynch, Carrie Macfarlane, Ian McBride, Barbara Merz, Benjamin Molberger, Christopher Norris, Margaret Paine, Carol Peddie, Joy Pile, Jeffrey Rehbach, Michael Roy, Sheldon Sax, Elin Waagen, Joseph Watson, Elizabeth Whitaker-Freitas, Mark Zelis

Design/IA Group: Joseph Antonioli, Kristen Byers, Rhoads Cannon, Bryan Carson, Alex Chapin, Timothy Etchells, Pamela Fogg, Elizabeth Lloyd, Ian McBride, Amy McGill, Andrew Ngeow, Jamie Northrup, Jeffrey Rehbach, Michael Roy, Robyn Whyte, Mark Zelis

Requirements Group: Joseph Antonioli, Lisa Ayers, Mary Backus, Doreen Bernier, Renee Brown, Timothy Etchells, Tamara Hilmes, Ryan Kellett, Elizabeth Lloyd, Lynn McDonald, Amy McGill, Jason Mittell, Amy Morsman, Christopher Norris, Jamie Northrup, Margaret Paine, Jeffrey Rehbach, Michael Roy, Sheldon Sax, Pooja Shahani, Jaichandra Shankar, Susan Simmons, Elin Waagen

Platform Group: Joseph Antonioli, Kristen Byers, Bryan Carson, Alex Chapin, Thomas Cutter, Adam Franco, Ian McBride, Christopher Norris, Jeffrey Rehbach, Mack Roark, Michael Schuster, Travis Stafford

Stakeholders Group: Douglas Adams, Scott Atherton, Lisa Ayers, Elizabeth Boudah, John Byrne, Susan Campbell, Laura Carotenuto, Jeffrey Cason, Michael Collier, Thomas Corbin, Ann Crumb, Norman Cushman, David Donahue, Kim Downs, Kathleen Foley-Giorgio, Margaret Groves, Karen Guttentag, Derek Hammel, Jennifer Herrera, Tracy Himmel Isham, F. Huth, Kaye-Lani Laughna, Sandra LeGault, Elizabeth Lloyd, C. Macan, Patricia Manley, Barbara Marlow, Patricia McCaffrey, Michelle McCauley, Amy McGill, Bradley Nadeau, Jamie Northrup, Margaret Paine, Douglas Perkins, Jeffrey Rehbach, Elizabeth Robinson, Elizabeth Ross, Jaichandra Shankar, Allison Stanger, Charlotte Tate, Cindy Wemette, Janet Wiseman

MIIS Web Strategy Team: E. Arrocha, Alicia Brent, Robert Cole, Nina Dutra, Ann Flower, Regina Garner, Jennifer Hambleton-Holguin, Robert Horgan, Linae Ishii-Devine, Lynn McDonald, Amy McGill, Rafael Ochoa, Angela Quesenberry, Shawna Routh, Anne-Marie Steiger, Patricia Szasz, Jason Warburg

LIS Website Team: James Beauchemin, Doreen Bernier, Jessica Isler, Carrie Macfarlane, Ian McBride, Barbara Merz, Elin Waagen, Elizabeth Whitaker-Freitaswww.middlebury.edu

Content Editors: Douglas Adams, Jeanne Albert, Joseph Antonioli, Adriana Arroyo Abad, Scott Atherton, Janis Audet, Lisa Ayers, Katherine Ayres, Mary Backus, Vickie Backus, Martha Baldwin, Charlene Barrett, Carey Bass, Megan Battey, James Beauchemin, Melissa Beckwith, Ann Benson, Doreen Bernier, Mary Bertolini, Bonnie Betourney, Thomas Beyer, Catherine Bilodeau, Keith Bishop, Tania Bolduc, Sandra Bonomo, Linda Booska, Elizabeth Boudah, Lucas Braun, JoAnn Brewer, Renee Brown, Charlene Bryant, Jeff Buettner, Susan Burch, Cheryl Burnham, Diane Burnham, Margaret Burns, Cory Buxton, Jeffrey Byers, Nelson Caldwell, Taunia Cantin, Noreen Cargill, Oliver Carling, Karen Carpenter, Bryan Carson, Carole Cavanaugh, Nicole Chance, Alex Chapin, Raymond Coish, Marcia Collaer, Colleen Converse, Jonathan Cormier, Deborah Cousino, Allison Carroll, Derrick Cram, Terence Crouch, Jyoti Daniere, Alison Darrow, Luke Dauner, Carolann Davis, Penny Deacon, Franklin Dean-Farrar, Matthew Dickerson, Stephen Diehl, Ann Dolber, David Dolginow, Patricia Dougherty, Francisca Drexel, Susan Driscoll, Ophelia Eglene, Cathy Ekstrom, John Elder, Rachel Eldredge, Brenda Ellis, Christina Ellison, Timothy Etchells, Alexa Euler, Eileen Brunetto, Miguel Fernandez, Margaret Fischel, Brenda Fizur, Adam Franco, Dale Freundlich, Daniel Frostman, Theresa Funk, Daniel Gaiotti, Randall Ganiban, Lisa Gates, Kara Gennarelli, Deanna Gilbert, Jennifer Goetz, Rebecca Gooch, Gloria Gottlieb, Karin Hall-Kolts, Peter Hamlin, Derek Hammel, Elizabeth Hammel, Karin Hanta, Anne Harlan, Chester Harvey, Jennifer Herrera, Mario Higa, Tamara Hilmes, Tracy Himmel Isham, Lisa Hoff, Amy Holbrook, Arabella Holzapfel, Julie Hoyenski, Mary Hurlie, Jessica Isler, John Janikis, Richard Jenkins, Daphne Jensen, Carrie Johnson, Michael Katz, Ryan Kellett, Robert Keren, Stephen Kiel, Connie Kim, Yookyung Kim, Donald Kjelleren, Blair Kloman, Carolyn Kooi, Jeffrey Lahaie, Linda Larocque, Kaye-Lani Laughna, Matthew Laux, Sandra LeGault, Susan Levine, Jean Lin, Jodi Litchfield, Elizabeth Lloyd, Michael Lynch, Carrie Macfarlane, Dennis Manalo, Rachel Manning, Justin Martin, Meghan Mason, Judith Mayer, William Mayers, Barbara McBride, Ian McBride, Monica McCabe, Janine McDonald, Donna McDurfee, Ellen McKay, Michael McLaughlin, Emily McNamara, Ximena Mejia, Barbara Merz, Jason Mittell, Benjamin Molberger, Stephanie Monasky, Timothy Mosehauer, Kevin Moss, Ethan Murphy, Bradley Nadeau, William Nash, Naomi Neff, Jolene Newton, Andrew Ngeow, Melissa Nicklaw, Corinna Noelke, John Nordmeyer, Christopher Norris, Jamie Northrup, Pamela Norton, Jennifer Nuceder, Judith Olinick, Michael Olinick, Margaret Paine, Kathleen Parent, Nicole Parker, Nicole Patterson, Douglas Perkins, Susan Perkins, Kevin Peters, Kenneth Pierce, Joy Pile, Janine Podraza, Jennifer Ponder, Hans Raum, Sarah Ray, Mary Reed, Jeffrey Rehbach, Russell Reilly, Yunfei Ren, Lisa Reynolds, Carol Rifelj, Susan Ritter, Mack Roark, Pathik Root, Amy Rose, Elizabeth Ross, Danielle Rougeau, Alice Rouleau, Carrie Roy, Michael Roy, Lynn Saunders, Sheldon Sax, Daniel Scharstein, Linda Schiffer, Sheila Schwaneflugel, Katie Scott, Shane Scranton, Jaichandra Shankar, Shawna Shapiro, Joanna Shipley, Susan Simmons, Terry Simpkins, Ruchi Singh, Bobby Smith, Marcella Smith, Donna Stark, John Stokes, Tiffany Stowe, Edmund Sullivan, Anna Sun, Catherine Tester, Stacey Thebodo, Jaime Thiesen, Fawn Torrey, Joseph Toth, Elin Waagen, Susan Walker, Joseph Watson, Susan Watson, Andrew Wentink, Elizabeth Whitaker-Freitas, Robyn Whyte, Madeleine Winterfalcon, Jonathan Wischhusen, Janet Wiseman, Deborah Young, Helen Young, Mark Zelis, Muchadei Zvoma

www.miis.edu Content Editors: Tsuneo Akaha, Joseph Antonioli, E. Arrocha, Joan Baczewski, Amer Barghouth, Carly Reci, Alicia Brent, Kristen Byers, Kelley Calvert, Rachel Christopherson, Kelly Cole, Seamus Dorrian, Anna Dudney, Nina Dutra, Ann Flower, Jennifer Hambleton-Holguin, Robert Horgan, Linae Ishii-Devine, Renee Jourdenais, Francesca Lichauco, Hsin-Tai Lin, Priscilla Lorenzo, Florence Lu, Devin Lueddeke, Naoko Matsuo, Ian McBride, Lynn McDonald, Amy McGill, Keegan McGrath, Leonid Naboyshchikov, Melissa Nguyen, Rafael Ochoa, Angela Quesenberry, Seth Raphael, Shawna Routh, Elias Shakkour, Fabian Sievert, Clayton Snyder, Kathleen Sparaco, Sarah Springer, Anne-Marie Steiger, Patricia Szasz, Christie Tam, Carolyn Taylor, Toni Thomas, Daria Ushakova, Pamela Ventura, Rebecca Walters

The Contemporary A Cappella Society Web Site 2008

Migrated http://www.casa.org from Joomla to Drupal.

Project Manager and Developer: Joe Antonioli

Stakeholders Group: Joe Antonioli, Alli Brooks, Dave Brown, Stefanie Chase, Christopher Diaz, Matt Emery, Bill Hare, Julia Hoffman, Tim Jones, Amy Malkoff, Amanda Newman, Deke Sharon, Dave Sperandio, Ben Stevens, Chris Tess