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Atlanta Expat Treasures Deep South Cotton fields, Coyotes, Tupelo Honey, Sour Mash and Spirits of the South.
Thinking Transatlantic Thoughts and facts on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). and GermanAmerican Cultural exchange.
Atlanta Expat Magazine by Caroline Porsiel www.cpcon.us
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Ruby throated humming birds Do you have your feeder prepared? Humming birds are attracted to red color and can be easily viewed in Metro Atlanta when you install a hummingbird feeder close to a window.
Published June 2014, Issue #4 (c) Caroline Porsiel 140 Park East Drive Roswell, Georgia 30075 USA info(at)cpcon.biz Photos by Caroline Porsiel, and indicated/ linked. Design Elements by Erick Ragas All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanically, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher Caroline Porsiel. Request for permission should be addressed to the contact address above. The publisher makes a great effort to ensure accuracy of information contained in this magazine. However, the publisher will not be responsible for errors or omissions or any damages, howsoever caused, which results from its use, and make no warranty of claims as to the qualtiy or competence of business or professionals mentioned. Usersrs are adivised to take care when selecting professionals mentioned. Readers are advised to use common sense when adjusting to a new life in a new country and to take care when selecting professinal services.
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Atlanta’s Coyotes!
A remarkably adaptable species
Coyotes (Canis latrans) Coyotes, the “barking dogs“, originally ranged primarily in the Southwestern half of North America. There are 19 different types of coyotes that subsist on prey from deer, rodents, rabbits, insects, fruit, pets, and livestock. The species has adapted quickly to the changes caused by a human presence and has been steadily and dramatically extending its range since the 19th century. Coyotes migrated as far east as Louisiana in the late 1940s and by the 1960s, coyotes called Arkansas home. There are few other species who live in such a large territory, and who have adapted and expanded their range as much as the coyote. Today, coyotes live in every state in the continental U.S.
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The German-American Cultural Foundation
All photos by GAC Foundation.
Student Exchange between students of McCallie School & Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN and students of the Erzbischöflichen Suitbertus Gymnasium, Düsseldorf
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Students from the TheodorHeuss-Gymnasium in Essen spent two weeks in Atlanta
he German-American Cultural Foundation is a non-profit organization formed by a team of forward-looking leaders of German and US companies in the south-eastern United States.
The GAC Foundation invests time and effort toward strengthening the German-American relationship with support from businesses like AGCO, Porsche Cars North America, Siemens Corporation, Merrill Lynch, KUEHNE + NAGEL, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Hofmann Services, IFF, Inc., BESTAR, International Expo Consulting, JAMESTOWN, JDC Group, United Soft Plastics, Inc., WITTE PUMPS & TECHNOLOGY, Roedl & Partner and INP. First German Dual Immersion Program at Ashford Park Elementary
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GAC Foundation
German-American Cultural Foundation
ission Statement The GermanM American Cultural Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving German language and culture in the south-eastern United States and to supporting institutions with a similar goal.
The Foundation strives to strengthen the transatlantic relationship by advancing intercultural awareness and know-how between German speaking countries and the United States through the support of educational activities, community events, and the arts.
Oktoberfest Run! The GACF supporting the Georgia Dual Immersion Program
A 5K road race/walk &/or participating in a 1K Dirndl & Lederhosen Fun Run.
Annual Charity Golf Tournament 18 holes Golf Tournament at The Bear’s Best Atlanta.
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Support of German Institutions: Goethe Zentrum, German School of Atlanta
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The GAC-Initiative at Atlanta Technical College
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First German Dual Immersion Program at Ashford Park Elementary School
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Nürnberg Sister-City Exchange
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Community Events: Career Expo at North Forsyth High School, Farewell Reception
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Student exchange and internship opportunities in Germany and the US.
More information www.gac-foundation.org
All photos by GAC Foundation.
GAC Foundation Project Overview
All photos by GAC Foundation.
1st Annual Oktoberfest Run at Piedmont Park: A 5K & 1K Run/Walk . All proceeds benefit the German-American Cultural Foundation for educational programs.
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TTIP and why we must continue emphasizing that Europe matters
by Leif Johan Eliasson and Christopher T. Brocks
One could be forgiven for thinking that most Americans are aware of the large impact European politics, EU law, and European businesses have on the American economy and – yet the reality is quite the opposite. “China rising, socialist Europe falling, and the US struggling” summarizes most headlines, with public surveys revealing similar perceptions. It is a frequently encountered combination when engaging students and citizens regarding America’s role in the world, and where our problems and opportunities lay. China represents a fantastic opportunity for manufacturers, with hundreds of millions of aspiring laborers and millions of middleincome earners. It nevertheless remains an unfortunate reality that China is an authoritarian regime with mounting housing and banking problems, a hallow social safety net, widespread corruption, extensive intellectual property infringements, and very restrictive rules on foreign investments. Yet as many business leaders and academics are well aware, American’s misperceptions and ingrained beliefs die hard, even much of the rest of the world has changed and moved on. The market place of ideas and products is the world, not nation-states, and nowhere is this development clearer than in transatlantic relations. The ongoing negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) represents the best opportunity in this century for businesses and citizens on both sides of the Atlantic to flourish. More jobs, economic improvements, and international influence will result from a successful and complete TTIP than from any other transatlantic initiative. States like Georgia will also benefit tremendously from TTIP. First, beyond the long-standing cultural connections –which we do not expand upon here –it is important to remember that foreign direct investments into the US (which create jobs) come overwhelmingly from Europe. For every one dollar invested in America from all of Asia, Africa, South and Central America (6 billion people) we receive $4.50 from Europe (519 million people). To put it differently, Europeans invest 42 times more per person in the US than do Chinese, Japanese, Indian, or Brazilians combined. American companies in turn sell more to Europe, and invest more there than in all of Asia and Africa combined. It is thus essential for the US and transatlantic relations that Europe, not just the successful northern countries (Germany, the Scandinavians), improves, and this is finally manifesting itself in many countries’ far-reaching public sector reforms, cuts in expenditures, and private sector initiatives. A successful TTIP would boost investments. This is a matter worth seriously considering, as the US is losing attractiveness as an investment destination in some corners of the globe. Thirteen years ago the US received a greater share of global investments than Europe; by 2012 America’s share had dropped to 17%, while Europe’s had increased (to 34%). TTIP could, if successfully completed, result in at least one million new American jobs and almost 0.6% increase in annual growth; for a state like Georgia that would mean tens of thousands more high-paying jobs and millions in additional revenue. The TTIP aims to achieve these figure through deregulation, harmonization of things like product testing and certification (a BMW or VW is no less safe to drive in Savannah than in Munich even if only crash-tested in Stuttgart) and recycling (here we can learn from the Germans); mutual recognition of labor
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About the authors eif Johan Eliasson Associate Professor of political science, East Stroudsburg University, PA. He is the author of America’s Perceptions of Europe and Handbook of Military Administration (with Jeffrey Weber). An article assessing progress on the TTIP is forthcoming in the Journal of Transatlantic Studies Vol.12, no. 2 (2014), and he blogs at http://www.usaoneurope.com practices (it is difficult for American unions to argue that Finnish or Swedish labor standards are too low or unfair), expanded European access to public sector contracts, and elimination of tariffs on imported goods. Even if not all of these are achieved, any progress will increase transatlantic investment and the jobs that come with it. The US and EU account for roughly half the world’s economic output, and growing countries and companies around the world want access to their markets; TTIP can set the global standards by which others play. The harmonization of EU and US technical standards would also provide the basis for global standards as all countries want access to the EU and American markets. As American and European businesses reach abroad common, or mutually recognized, transatlantic regulations help counter and may in fact lead to improvements to China’s problematic business practices and exploitation of regulatory differences across the Atlantic. Investors will feel more confident investing on either side of the Atlantic, and less fearful of being outmaneuvered by Asian or Latin American companies operating under different production and service requirements.
Georgia receives more than half of its foreign investments from Europe, who create nearly 100,000 jobs, of which a fifth stem from German companies, and nearly all have higher average compensation and benefits than their American counterparts. The EU constitutes the largest market for Georgian service (32%) and goods (18%) exports (with Germany being the largest recipient of Georgian exports), and a successful TTIP would increase exports nearly 30% and generate up to 26,000 new jobs according a recent study. (1) On the German side a study by The Bertelsmann Stiftung estimates a successful TTIP with complete removal of tariffs and common or harmonized regulations in manufacturing sectors would create 98,000 new German jobs in the manufacturing sector, with an added value of output worth €7,4bn annually. (11) Finally, one should not forget that aside from the economic rewards TTIP negotiations will also highlight, more than ever, remaining cultural and ideological differences on issues such as agriculture, stem cell and pharmaceutical research, and corporate regulations. This may finally spur a realistic, factbased debate of alternative models of regulations on both sides of the Atlantic, which can actually
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garner sufficient public support. Likewise, negotiations may bring to the public’s attention to vast similarities in goals, policies, and practices across Europe and the US; similarities shown to be far greater than those with any other country or region.
(1) “TTIP and the 50 states: jobs and Growth from coast to coast” The Atlantic Council of the United States, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and the British Embassy in Washington, 2013 and Daniel Hamilton and Joseph Quinlan, The Transatlantic Economy 2012, Volume 2 Country-byCountry. Center for Transatlantic studies John Hopkins University and Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. (11) “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Who benefits in Germany from a free trade deal?” GED Shorts issue 2, 10/04/2013 Bertelsmann Stiftung.
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Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot is native to eastern North America. The flowers are produced from March to May, with 8-12 delicate white petals and yellow reproductive parts. Historically Bloodroot was used by Native Americans for curative properties as an emetic. It is toxic and kills animal cells.
Trout Lily, Dogtooth Violet
Erythronium americanum Trout Lilies bloom in early spring and range from southern Canada south to Georgia, west to Mississippi, as well as north to Minnesota. They can be up to 300 years old and grow in colonies.
Creeping Bluet,
Mountain Bluet, Thymeleaf Bluet, Appalachian Bluet, Michaux’s Bluets Houstonia serpyllifolia This species has a relatively narrow distribution being found in the Appalachian Mountains and in the Southeast. It blooms in early spring and it has 4 spreading lobes. The corolla is a blue-violet with a yellow eye at the opening of the narrow corolla tube.
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A study published by the Harvard Business Review evidenced that among 2,241 U.S. companies only 37% responded to customer inquiries within 1 hour, about 23% of those firms did not respond at all, obvious evidence of an unprepared and over-burdened sales structure. Despite all the statistics, the important question for small companies today is: Are you prepared? Given the fact that about 78% of today’s consumers and employees trust Internet recommendations, while only 14% of consumers trust in traditional advertising or in television advertising (18%), any successful sales strategy must include the impact of social media. Social media has won considerable importance in the sales process and it has become an important distribution channel, which is especially interesting for companies with niche products they can be marketed directly to a targeted social group.
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Tupelo (Nyssa ogeche) Bees use nectar from the white Tupelo trees to make the unique southeastern “Tupelo Honey”!
Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. (USDA NRCS Photo Gallery: NRCSMS01002.tif) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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geechee tupelo requires a very moist site and is distributed along the borders of rivers, swamps, and ponds that are frequently flooded.
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housands of hectares of Ogeechee tupelo have been planted in bee farms along the lower Apalachicola River and around swamps, where it grows also naturally.
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Tupelo, Ogeche Native Habitat in the South Eastern US, from South Carolina to Nothern Florida to Mississippi.
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Tupelo honey has a light amber golden color with a unique flavor and a delicate and distinctive taste.
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Pure Tupelo Honey, produced from only the White Tupelo, is the only honey that will not granulate.
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Due to it’s high laevulose (44.3%), low dextrose (29.98%) ratio (average), doctors have been able to recommend some diabetic patients to consume Tupelo Honey.
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This honey was topic in a movie starring Peter Fonda as a beekeeper (Ulee’s Gold, 1997). Tupelo Honey is also the name of a Van Morrison’s song and album released in November of 1971.
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Tupelo Honey is a unique product of the southeast USA. Photo by Merdal: Honey Comb; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honey_comb.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Honey_comb.jpg
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Distillery
Richland Rum is a handcrafted Rum with a rich color that is suprising and delicious in its taste. Being patiently copper-pot distilled with home-grown sugar canes on the Vennebroeck farm in Georgia this Rum compares easily to high-class Bourbon Whiskeys. Despite being located in a dry county Erik and Karin Vonks’ love for their Rum overcame all difficulties they faced starting a micro-distillery.
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he restored brick store front built in 1896 is the perfect setting for fermenting, distilling and patiently aging vintage rum in oak barrels.
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n authentic, ultra, premium Rum, handcrafted in single day batches at the Estate’s Distillery in Richland, Georgia.
“We wanted to create a product that is similar to the original type of Rum. Today Rum has a bad reputation, often being made from molasses“ explaines Karin Vonk of Richland Rum, “Our rum is made from all natural pure sugar can syrup, never molasses. And we use time honored techniques to bring back the premium quality rum of days long gone, made on the past.” And it is worth it! Richland Rum has created an own Southern style of how a Rum has to taste. Tasting tours are available at Richland Rum 333 Broad Street RICHLAND, GA 31825 www.richlandrum.com
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tarting in 2015, the private investor’s bank will automatically need to withdraw and pay the church tax, if this is the stated policy at the local tax office and the private investor has not requested a change of status.
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Cotton Mills Photo „Two of the helpers in the Tifton Cotton Mill.“ They work regularly. Tifton, Ga. - NARA - 523152.jpg
Cotton Fields
Cotton was used at least 7,000 years ago in the 5th millennium BC. Evidence of early cotton use has been found throughout the world, i.e. in caves in Mexico or in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan. The plant is grown, spun and woven into fabrics and is a global success story being known and used throughout the world. It is believed that cotton seeds were planted in Florida in 1556 and in Virginia in 1607. Colonists were growing cotton along the James River in Virginia by 1616. By the ending of the 16th century, cotton was being cultivated throughout the warmer regions the Americas and Asia. The largest producers of cotton, in 2009 were China and India, with annual production of about 34 and 27 million bales. Most of this production is consumed by the textile industries.
In the Southern States cotton remained a key crop at the end of the Civil War in 1865. Across the South, sharecropping was common, in which landless white farmers and “free black” farmers worked on cotton plantations in return for a share of the profits. Cotton was picked by hand until the 1950s, when the first harvesting machinery was introduced into the South. After the American Civil War, cotton mills grew larger in size. They were built mainly in the Southern states where cheap labor and water power made operations profitable. Cotton could be processed into fabric in mills that were close to thecotton fields. This cut down on transportation costs. Many of the mills at the time used a belt and pulley drive system, and heavier ring frames rather than mules.
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The United States is the largest exporter of raw cotton with sales of $4.9 billion. Africa, is the second largest, with sales of $2.1 billion.
Workers in the mills and so called “mill girls”, low paid child laborers, received a fixed a low, wage for their 73 hour week. They often lived in company-owned boarding houses, and attended churches supported by the mills.
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Dawsonville Moonshine Dwight “Punch” Bearden Dwight
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oonshine, white lightning, mountain dew, hooch, and
Tennessee white whiskey are words used to describe a type of high-proof, distilled spirits that originated in the tradition of illegal Appalachian, back-woods distillers, who were known to produce and distribute illegal whiskey.
Sour mash is a process in the distilling industry that uses material from an older batch of mash to start fermentation in the batch currently being made, analogous to the making of sourdough bread. The term ”sour mash” can also be used as the name of the type of mash used in that process, and a whiskey made using this process can as well be referred to as a sour mash whiskey. Sour mash does not refer to the flavor of the whiskey, as is sometimes thought by consumers. The sour mash process is used for the production of nearly all bourbon and is a legal requirement for Tennessee whiskey.
Dawsonville Moonshine
Distillery is a legal moonshine distillery, located in the heart of Dawsonville, GA, “The Moonshine Capital of the World”. Traditional distilling recipes are given from generation to generation for more than a 150 years now. Today, grand-daugther Cheryl Wood runs Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery. They currently operate under the name Free Spirits Distillery - a nod to Cheryl Wood’s grandfather, Simmie Free, and the other free spirited moonshiners of the Appalachians. Dwight “Punch” Bearden is a fourth generation distiller right here from Dawsonville, a backwoods distiller that can make authentic, ”old timey” reipes come to live. The distillery offers tours and tastings at their facility close to Dawsonville’s City Hall and the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery
415 HWY 53 E, Suite 120 Dawsonville, GA 30534 www.dawsonvillemoonshinedistillery.com
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I am a real dachshund
dachshunds achshunds are among InareGermany, called “Dackel”: D the most popular dogs in the United States. The mong hunters, they first Dachshunds were A are often referred to brought into the United States in 1887. as “Teckel”.
Jupp, a wire-hair dachshund Small dogs bred for hunting badgers
he wire-haired dachshunds originate from Thard-coated breeding smooth Dachshunds with various terriers and wire-hair pinschers. Wire-hair dachshunds are known for their beards and bushy eyebrows. The coat is wiry, short, thick, rough and in some cases - in a classic wild boar shade.
Wire-hair dachshunds tend to be intelligent, stubborn, and sometimes mischievous smaller dogs, like their smooth cousins. They can be great family dogs, but they can have a strong hunting instinct that needs attention.
Georgia’s 2nd largest Art Museum
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Booth Western Art The only one of its kind in the Southeast USA
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ooth Western Art Museum located in downtown Cartersville, Georgia houses a permanent collection of contemporary Western American art, historic Western art, Civil War art, Presidential portraits and letters, Western movie posters, and Western illustration. Sagebrush Ranch is an interactive gallery where children of all ages can learn about art and Western America. This 120,000 square foot Museum opened in August 2003, and houses the largest permanent exhibition space for Western art in the US. The Museum also organizes temporary Exhibits, as well as Western Cultural and Art Festivals throughout the year.
Booth Western Art Museum | 501 Museum Drive, Cartersville, GA 30120
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Desoto Falls Trail Length: 1.9 miles Type of Trail: No loop; easy, partly uphill Characteristics: Mostly shaded, compact soil hiking through woodland. The trail leads to two waterfalls, the Lower Falls (about 30 feet high) and the Middle Falls (about 90 feet high), both with large observation decks. Campground available. U.S. 129, Cleveland, GA, United States
Links: Desoto Falls Recreation Area Desoto Falls Map & Guide
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Sweetwater Creek Trail Length: 1 - 5.2 miles Type of Trail: Loop; easy, partly uphill Characteristics: Mostly shaded, compact soil hiking along sweetwater creek and through woodland.
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The Fabulous Fox Theatre is a former movie palace build in 1929. Today it is a performing arts venue located at 660 Peachtree Street NE in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, and is the centerpiece of the Fox Theatre Historic District. The Fox Theatre is known for hosting a variety of cultural and artistic events including the Atlanta Ballet, a summer film series, and performances of Broadway shows. The venue also hosts occasional concerts by popular musicians.
Did you know? The theater was originally 1Shrine planned as part of a large Temple. The Yaarab
Shrine Temple was headquarters for a 5,000-member Shriners organization, but before the $2.75 million project was completed funding was needed by movie mogul William Fox who signed a 21-year lease for the Shrine Temple. The Fox Movie Theatre was bankrupt after 125 weeks after opening and the Shrines, as well as movie mogul Fox, lost their interest in the building. The original architecture and 2 décor of the Fox is based on two architectural styles: Islamic architecture (building exterior, auditorium, Grand Salon, mezzanine Gentlemen’s Lounge and lower Ladies Lounge) and the Egyptian architecture (Egyptian Ballroom, mezzanine Ladies Lounge and lower Gentlemen’s Lounge).
Mighty Mo was custom-made 3 for the Fox Theatre in 1929. It is the second largest theatre organ in the world with 42 ranks, four manuals, and 376 stop tabs. As a true theatre organ, as opposed to a church organ, Mighty Mo’s pipes range in size from 32 feet (nearly 10 meters) tall to the size of a small ballpoint pen, and is designed to imitate the sounds of a full orchestra. The Mighty Mo was surpassed in size, but not melodic beauty, around 1933 by the 58-rank Wurlitzer at Radio City Music Hall.
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Eastern Painted Turtle
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he painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is a widespread native turtle of North America. These brightly colored turtles gain their name from colorful markings along the head, neck, and shell. They belong to the pond turtle family Emydidae. The painted turtle’s shell is 10–25 cm (4–10 in) long, oval, smooth, and flat-bottomed without a ridge. Its skin is dark with red, orange, or yellow stripes on its extremities.
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ubspecies can be distinguished easily by their shells: the Eastern has straight-aligned top shell segments; the Midland has a large gray mark on the bottom shell; the Southern has a red line on the top shell; the Western has a red pattern on the bottom shell.
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he painted turtle lives and hunts along water bottoms. It quickly raises its head into and out of vegetation to stir potential victims out into the open water, where they can be hunted by the turtle.
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Sidney Clopton L anier (Feb 3, 1842 – Sep 7, 1881)
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was an American musician, poet and author in Macon, Georgia. He was educated at Oglethorpe College in Atlanta and fought in the Civil War. Lanier was focused on the musical qualities of verse, and he often went out into nature for inspiration. His writings are based on his love of Georgia and its landscapes, his passion for music and poetry, as well as “Old Southern” values of chivalry. He died early at the age of 39 from tuberculosis The lake created by Buford Dam was named in his honor because of the tribute he gave the area in his “Song of the Chattahoochee”
Photo http://www.terraprints.com (www.terraprints.com) [CC-BY-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
“Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall, I hurry amain to reach the plain, Run the rapid and leap the fall, Split at the rock and together again, Accept my bed, or narrow or wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lover’s pain to attain the plain Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the valleys of Hall. All down the hills of Habersham, All through the valleys of Hall, The rushes cried ‘Abide, abide,’ The willful waterweeds held me thrall, The laving laurel turned my tide, The ferns and the fondling grass said ‘Stay,’ The dewberry dipped for to work delay, And the little reeds sighed ‘Abide, abide, Here in the hills of Habersham, Here in the valleys of Hall.’ High o’er the hills of Habersham, Veiling the valleys of Hall, The hickory told me manifold Fair tales of shade, the poplar tall Wrought me her shadowy self to hold, The chestnut, the oak, the walnut, the pine, Overleaning, with flickering meaning and sign, Said, ‘Pass not, so cold, these manifold Deep shades of the hills of Habersham, These glades in the valleys of Hall.’ And oft in the hills of Habersham, And oft in the valleys of Hall, The white quartz shone, and the smooth brookstone Did bar me of passage with friendly brawl, And many a luminous jewel lone -- Crystals clear or a-cloud with mist, Ruby, garnet and amethyst -Made lures with the lights of streaming stone In the clefts of the hills of Habersham, In the beds of the valleys of Hall. But oh, not the hills of Habersham, And oh, not the valleys of Hall Avail: I am fain for to water the plain. Downward the voices of Duty call -Downward, to toil and be mixed with the main, The dry fields burn, and the mills are to turn, And a myriad flowers mortally yearn, And the lordly main from beyond the plain Calls o’er the hills of Habersham, Calls through the valleys of Hall.”
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