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I will never forget the sleepless nights that began for me on March 11, 2011, endless hours organizing the Greenpeace response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
I was looking for any new information with better clues to what was really happening at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. My mind was in Japan. I worried about everyone in the country, first hit by natural disasters and then exposed to an unfolding nuclear disaster. I could not stop thinking about the heroic efforts of plant workers who risked their lives and fought against time to avoid the worst-case situation under which even Tokyo would have to evacuate.
After living through the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, and Fukushima again last year, I told myself repeatedly that disasters like these must never ever happen again.
To learn from Fukushima, Greenpeace commissioned "Lessons from Fukushima." This report, by three independent experts (a nuclear physicist, a correspondent for a health publication and a nuclear engineer), documents how the government, regulators and the nuclear industry enabled the Fukushima Daiichi disaster and then failed to protect the people from its impacts. Given that these failures are repeated wherever nuclear power is generated, means that millions who are in the shadow of reactors live with the risks of the next nuclear disaster.
Instead of acknowledging these risks, many politicians and authorities responded to Fukushima by calling for the need to "restore public confidence in nuclear power."
Something is clearly wrong. A year after the disaster began; governments continue to protect the nuclear industry instead of protecting their citizens.
The "stress tests" on reactors around the globe are also evidence that nothing was learned from past failures. These tests just rubber-stamped existing reactors and justified continued operation. Only Germany decided for safety reasons, to promptly close eight of its 17 reactors. No other reactor in the world was declared unsafe and closed as a result of review following the Fukushima disaster. I bet even Fukushima Daiichi itself would have passed those tests.
But as our report shows, the first crucial lesson is that "nuclear safety" cannot be created. While the nuclear industry wants us to believe that the chance of a major reactor accident is one in million, the real frequency has been one meltdown every decade, on average. Fukushima also showed how quickly the multiple barriers that we were assured would prevent a large release of radioactivity failed. In Japan, all the barriers collapsed during the first day, and a hydrogen blast allowed radiation to directly escape to open air.
The second lesson is that the institutions that we have trusted to protect people from nuclear risks also failed completely.
Our report shows how emergency plans for a nuclear accident were dysfunctional and inadequate. Imagine yourself in Fukushima prefecture. People were left to die in a hospital, abandoned by medical staff. People were sent to areas with higher radiation levels. Others were told to stay indoors but without assistance for days, only to run out of food, water and fuel for their eventual escape. Some were told you are safe where you are, only to hear the government admit weeks later that they weren't safe at all and needed to evacuate.
This is despite Japan being arguably one of the most experienced and prepared countries for dealing with large-scale disasters. Are we really supposed to believe that evacuation and emergency plans elsewhere would work better? Or believe that emergency crews in other countries could do their jobs much better?
We also show how the nuclear industry gets out of paying the full costs of a nuclear disaster. Imagine the 150,000 Japanese people who had to evacuate and leave everything behind. Imagine their lives now, still without support or compensation for rebuilding their lives. This is despite Japan being one of only three countries that does not cap the liability of a nuclear reactor operator for the damages caused by an accident.
It is staggering to see a system that allows the nuclear industry to harvest large profits, but then, the moment things go wrong, throw the responsibility for losses and damages onto the affected citizens.
I would like to encourage you to read at least the summary of the Lessons from Fukusima report. People need to realize how the whole system is wrong and will screw them again, unless they say no to nuclear power with its inherent problems that can never be really fixed.
It is time to demand modern energy systems based on energy efficiency and renewable energy, thanks to which we can get rid of deadly reactors and get the additional benefits of better energy security, stable energy prices, and millions of quality jobs.
(Unregistered) Beppe
Mr. Edano, Japan's top government spokesman at the top of the nuclear crisis, told an ivestigation panel that at the height of tension he feared t...
Mr. Edano, Japan's top government spokesman at the top of the nuclear crisis, told an ivestigation panel that at the height of tension he feared that all three of Fukushima 1, Fukushima 2 and the Tokai nuclear plants, spiralled out of control, putting Tokyo at risk.
How can a nation afford this? Liquidating 10 TEPCO will not muster the money to pay such damages: come to think about it, an enterprise liability is capped by the amount of its assets, beyond which there is only bankruptcy or public intervention, which means the taxpayer in both cases.
Furthermore, I bet the same taxpayer will be liable to pay for the storage of nuclear waste for the centuries to come, be the payment in cash or in nature (health).
No more of this nonsense, please.
28 February, 2012 at 15:16
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f people really knew the true cost of Fukushima, the people would demand CHANGE and that is something that some of those in Government and the ...
f people really knew the true cost of Fukushima, the people would demand CHANGE and that is something that some of those in Government and the entire Nuclear Industry want to avoid at all cost!
What will determine the total cost of their "Trillion Dollar" Eco-Disaster?
Please feel free to add your comments and or estimates to this list:
Decommissioning costs
Loss to all other radioactive decontamination caused by this Disaster.
Loss of revenues by Tepco
Loss to TEPCO's share holders caused by radioactivity
Loss of Japanese personal income caused by radioactivity
Loss to Japanese businesses caused by radioactivity
Loss of all Japanese health costs related to radioactivity
Loss due to unusable Japanese Land related to radioactivity
Loss due to Japanese housing caused by radioactivity
Loss of Japanese Property Values caused by radioactivity
Loss of fishing grounds caused by radioactivity
Loss of manufacturing caused by radioactivity
Loss to the value of the Yen caused by radioactivity
Loss to other Utilities caused by Fukushima's radioactivity
Loss to Japans credit rating caused by Fukushima's radioactivity
Loss to the Japanese peoples Lives because of radiation
28 February, 2012 at 19:11
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(Unregistered) use your noggin.
Since nuclear ios the only feasible way to power a society our size without using classic fossil fuels, maybe you should just realise that the reasons...
Since nuclear ios the only feasible way to power a society our size without using classic fossil fuels, maybe you should just realise that the reasons these disaters happen is dodgy engineering, Sellerfields, was bad and very old, under developed technology, Chernobyl was gereneric bad russian engineering, and both three mile island and fukishima was dodgy american engineering.
29 February, 2012 at 12:24
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The moment someone starts to believe that there is "only one way", things are proven to go wrong. And it certainly is wrong when it comes to the claim...
The moment someone starts to believe that there is "only one way", things are proven to go wrong. And it certainly is wrong when it comes to the claim that the choice is between fossil and nuclear. In fact, they are the two sides of a false coin.
Numerous expert studies – from Greenpeace's commissioned "Energy Revolution" through Price Waterhouse Coopers "100 % Renewable electricity: a roadmap to 2050 Europe" or McKinsey's/European Climate Foundation's "Roadmap 2050" to IPCC's "Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation – show how energy efficiency combined with expansion of renewable energy can meet global demand at affordable costs, phasing out dirty and hazardous energy based on both fossil and nuclear fuels.
Nuclear power covers barely 2 % of world's final energy consumption. Renewable energy power plants installed in one single year of 2011 have capacity to generate as much electricity as 16 large nuclear reactors. So who says they can't do the job?
Oh, and of course we are not as stupid and incompetent as Americans, Japanese, Russians or Germans (who realized even they cannot technically fix nuclear risks so decided to phase it out)... Which country do you come from?
As this is exactly what our report is about.
29 February, 2012 at 15:55
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According to, for example, Reuters the Japanese government --that is, Japanese taxpayer -- is going to inject 1 trllion yen into TEPCO (http://uk.reu...
According to, for example, Reuters the Japanese government --that is, Japanese taxpayer -- is going to inject 1 trllion yen into TEPCO (http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/02/us-tepco-idUKTRE8210RH20120302).
TEPCO stock last closed at 238 yen therefore its market capitalization is just shy of 0.4 trillion yen, less than half of the planned capital injection.
Why isn't TEPCO top management out of the door already?
Why is the taxpayer getting only 75% of the shares (see Reuters link)?
Why aren't the people who invested in this company (including bond holders) told that their money is gone and let them figure out what to do with their remaining investments in electric utilities that run nuclear plants?
4 March, 2012 at 15:00
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(Unregistered) Tony
I'm a 30 year nuclear professional. I worked the Three Mile Island accident recovery operation and the Fernald site environmental restoration pro...
I'm a 30 year nuclear professional. I worked the Three Mile Island accident recovery operation and the Fernald site environmental restoration project.
DOE described the Fernald site as the home of the largest source of radium-bearing waste in the free world and DOE's (superfund) baseline risk assessment (contaminate migration modeling) showed radium contamination spreading thru the groundwater for 1000 years.
So they stopped testing the water for radium and deemed the onsite burial restrictions for radium-bearing waste not to apply to radium.
natural disaster versus man-made...my sympathy to the people at Fukushima...
8 March, 2012 at 5:58
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The report "Lessons from Fukushima: Disaster Report" is a lie.
The three so-called experts Dr. David Boilley, Dr. David McNeill, and Arn...
The report "Lessons from Fukushima: Disaster Report" is a lie.
The three so-called experts Dr. David Boilley, Dr. David McNeill, and Arnie Gunderson, and the peer reviewer Dr. Helmut Hirsch are mistaken:
1. If there is a way to predict the height of a Tsunami wave, then these "experts" should publish a peer reviewed paper on how to do it.
2. It is impossible to economically produce the ever increasing amount of electricity that is going to be required due to industrial expansion, transportation, computer based devices, etc. using renewable resources.
3. Water moderated nuclear power is the cleanest reliable major electrical producer when compared to coal, oil, natural gas or other fossil based climate change producing fuels.
4. Water moderated nuclear power is a much safer power producer than any of the above fossil based fuels which have killed and injured many many more people than nuclear. (Chernobyl did tremendous damage because its carbon moderator burned and spread radioactive ash downwind, but all nuclear power plants now use water as the moderator, and water doesn't burn.)
The assumptions about the height of the fence protecting the emergency power generators that were to provide the required cooling for the reactors at Fukushima were made by GE, not the Japanese Government, but as noted above, if the "experts" know how to do so accurately, they should publish it.
Therefore, I am correct in saying that this report is a dishonest and dishonourable lie by Greenpeace. I don't know the role of the above noted authors in preparing this falsified "report". I do know that Kazue Suzuki, Greenpeace's Japan Nuclear Campaigner, is a is a lying scum, and Greenpeace's International nuclear campaigner, is an ignorant person with a flawed, dishonest and biased view of this issue.
9 March, 2012 at 21:34
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Alvin Weinberg invented Light Water Reactors (LWRs) and railed against their use for civil power generation. He predicted Loss of Coolant/Core Meltdow...
Alvin Weinberg invented Light Water Reactors (LWRs) and railed against their use for civil power generation. He predicted Loss of Coolant/Core Meltdown accidents seen at Three Mile Island an Fukushima-Diiachi - Chernobyl was not an LWR.
Instead he wanted Molten Salt Breeder Reactors (MSBRs) to be used for all civil applications because of their intrinsic/inherent safety.
His political masters were confounded by the inventor of the technology they wished to pursue, opposing it so vociferously. Weinberg was fired form his Directorship of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and asked to leave the nuclear industry.
This was the 'Saddest Accident of History' ( http://lftrsuk.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-up-to-is-for-atom-saddest.html ) because, had Weinberg's views prevailed, the world would have avoided the worst 40 years of planetary pollution and degredation in history.
You can still be a member of Greenpeace, but instead of believing in 'energy [r]evolution]' being capable of solving (Disney) World energy needs, come on board with LFTRs. 40 years ago, Weinberg crunched the numbers and said that thorium, through MSBRs could supply everyone on the planet with safe, clean and affordable energy (at developed world standards), forever - that is: for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years.
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You have probably heard that yoga is ideally practiced on an 'empty stomach.' Anyone who has accidentally tried to do a vigorous yoga class after a big lunch can relate to the truth in that! But that is more or less where the advice begins to diverge.
When considering this question, remember above all that in the yogic worldview, everyone is different. While yoga teachers often try to give simple and straightforward answers, because we think that is what people are looking for, the truth is that every individual has a unique ayurvedic constitution, meaning that there are no 'hard and fast rules.' Rather, think of these as guidelines that you then need to explore to see which is the most appropriate for you.
There are so many variables here (ayurvedic type, climate, season, diet, lifestyle, what else is going on in your life…) that I think the 'ideal' answer requires a solution that is tailored to your unique needs. One way to think about it is to keep a journal detailing what you ate before practice, when you ate it, and how you felt. Over time that may help you to hit upon the right solution for YOU.
Remember also that your needs are going to change throughout your life, depending on what else is going on - so just when you think you've got it figured out, you may have to change it up again!
If you practice in the morning:
Many schools of thought teach that yoga should be done first thing in the morning, before you eat or drink anything (other than room temperature water). Some people find this pretty comfortable, but I know others who feel light-headed or even faint if they so much as attempt a sun salutation on a completely empty stomach.
If you wake up hungry (which in ayurvedic terms is a good thing!), if the length and intensity of your practice requires a bit of fuel, or if you struggle with low blood sugar in the mornings, try the following:
- Have a glass of room-temperature or warm milk 15-30 minutes before practice. Milk temporarily buffers stomach acid, so it can be good to tide you through your practice. However, once the milk is digested your stomach will produce even more acid, so if you are in the habit of drinking milk, make sure you eat a nice alkaline breakfast after your yoga.
- Have a (small) cup of milky coffee or tea 15-30 minutes before practice. Yoga guru BKS Iyengar began all of his days like this, and, well, he's going on 96 so it must work for him! Coffee also helps to empty your bowels which is another (less often quoted in a public yoga class!) recommendation for before you start practicing asana or pranayama.
- Have a small piece of fruit about 15 to 30 minutes before practice. It should be something light, like a peach or an orange, not a banana, and if possible, something fresh, not tinned. I prefer solid fruit to fruit juice because with solid fruit you get fibre as well as just liquid and sugar, but then, that's just me!
- You don't have to wait too long after practice, even an intense practice, to head straight to a nice big breakfast. Wait about 15 or 20 minutes (just time for a shower and to get dressed) and then tuck in!
If you practice in the middle of the day:
If your favourite class is in the middle of the day, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act to figure out the right times to eat before and after practice. In the middle of the day, your energy is high and your digestive fire is at its peak. You might find that this means you are able to eat a light snack before practice and burn right through it, or you might find that you do better eating a big meal after practice. Try some of the following and see what works best for you:
- Have a light or normal breakfast followed by a high-energy mid-morning snack. The usual advice would be not to snack on anything within an hour of practicing.
- Have a big breakfast and don't eat again until after your practice.
- If you are hungry right before your class, try having a piece of light fruit about 15-30 minutes before class.
- You may find that you need to leave a bit of time after practice in order to be able to digest a big meal. If you are hungry right after practice but when you eat, you feel like it doesn't digest well, try having a light snack (fruit or a granola bar) right after practice and waiting about an hour before having a meal.
If you practice in the evening:
Personally, I find evening practices the most difficult to schedule healthy eating around. Eating too late is bad for my digestion and sleep, but so is a vigorous practice late in the evening. If you have similar issues, try the following:
- Try swapping your biggest meal of the day to lunchtime. Make sure it is a balanced meal that will give you enough 'fuel' to make it through the rest of your day and through your yoga practice. Then, have a light meal for dinner after practice (a soup or a salad for example). Remember that if you usually eat with your family you might have to warn them in advance on those days, too!
- If your class is too late for you to have dinner afterwards, try mixing and matching your breakfast and lunch quantities and timings (e.g. big breakfast, medium lunch, or small breakfast, big early lunch) so that you can eat an early dinner of something small and light. Try to leave at least 2-3 hours between dinner and your class for ideal digestion.

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Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are sweet, salty, crunchy, and so decadent!
Squish, gurgle, splash.
Oh, sorry. That was just the sound of me surfacing from the near 10 inches of rain that has fallen in our area in the past three days!
Yesterday was seriously the craziest day of thunderstorms that I can remember in a really long time. From my seat at work I watched system after system roll over the area with thunder and lightening like I haven't seen or heard in years. Our power at home went out for awhile too!
Thankfully there's no flooding in my immediate area, but I feel for the folks in Western Iowa who are bracing for some bad stuff. Keep your fingers crossed!
I haven't been able to sleep well the past couple of nights because of the loud thunder but, despite it continuing even into last night, I finally ZONKED and woke up 10 hours later feeling better than I have in a week. After running a few errands this morning – I got my fitness on.
Per Friday's scheduled workout for Week 1 of the 2011 Summer Shape Up Program, I took Eloise up to the gym where I tackled a quick & dirty 30 Minute HIIT (high intensity interval training) Treadmill Routine:
|Repeat minutes 3-15
|3.17 miles
Then biked home and nearly died pushing through the Workout #1 Circuit in my basement (those cardio blasts are killlllllerrrrrr!!!!)
I'm telling you, there is no need to pay $120 for the Insanity Workout DVDs – The Fitnessista's workouts are insane AND free. Muwahahahhowww…sob. I hope I can walk tomorrow! ;)
I prefer a light and refreshing meal after a grueling workout, so after a cold shower I assembled this Hummus Tasting Platter for lunch.
Starring Sabra's Roasted Pine Nut Hummus.
This was the first time I've tried this flavor of Sabra aaaaand it's definitely my new favorite!
The spices on top give the silky-smooth hummus (seriously I am always shocked at how velvety it is!) a burst of fresh flavor, and the pine nuts add a unique crunch.
It tastes different depending on what I dunk it in too, which I like. Lots of variety! I had my choice of sliced cucumbers,
Wheat Thins,
and celery.
Gahhh, I could have eaten the entire container!
Luckily a little bit goes a long way. There is NOTHING bland about this hummus.
I also had a carton of fresh strawberries in the fridge that were approaching use or lose status, so I sliced up half then froze for throwing into smoothies, and devoured the other half as a sweet & juicy ending to my meal.
Feel good food!
MORE FEEL GOOD FOOD – Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cuuuups!!!
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah! I have been dreaming about these babies for WEEKS and HAD to make them today!
Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are no-bake, easy to make and tooootally worth a butt-kicking workout in order to pop one several…
The recipe I used is for Crispy Buckeyes (my favorite Ohio-inspired treat) but I used a mini muffin tin to make cutie-pie cups instead.
I started with sweet & creamy milk chocolate chips.
After covering the bottoms of the cups with a layer of chocolate chips, I baked the pan for 5 minutes at 350 degrees to get them a little melty.
While still warm from the oven, I used the back of a spoon to squish the chips together and create a sturdy base for the cups.
You could heat the chips in a microwave and spoon the melted chocolate into the cups for a smoother base – but this just seemed easier to me. Melted chocolate always seems to harden to quickly and/or seize up on me!
I set the cups aside and got to work on my Crispy Peanut Butter filling next. First I mixed together peanut butter and butter (yeah these are not healthy crispy peanut butter cups – own it!) then blended in powdered sugar and vanilla.
Finally the "crispy" part was added – Rice Krispies!
At this point you could pause, eat too much filling and not feel like continuing on…
or you could press the filling into the mini muffin cups.
Let's go with that! ;)
Into the fridge for a bit – then we're ready to rock.
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Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are sweet, salty, crunchy, and so decadent!
- 1-1/4 cups smooth peanut butter
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups crispy rice cereal
- 1-3/4 cups milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease mini muffin cups with non-stick spray and add a scant Tablespoon chocolate chips into each cup. Melt in the oven for 5 minutes. With the back of a spoon, smooth out the top of the chocolate chips while they're still warm. Set aside. (You could also melt the chocolate chips in q microwave or on the stovetop and spoon into cups.)
- In a large bowl, cream together peanut butter and butter until smooth. Add in powdered sugar and vanilla, then mix until combined. Pour in crispy rice cereal and mix again until combined.
- Drop heaping Tablespoons of the peanut butter mixture into each mini muffin cup. Smooth with the back of a spoon and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes before eating. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Adapted from Crunchy Buckeyes
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
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It was love at first bite!
Thick and creamy peanut butter filling melts in your mouth, while crispy, snappy crunchies make the whole cup sparkle.
These cute & rustic desserts are so addicting!
Perhaps my favorite part of this recipe though, is the leftover crispy peanut butter batter which I combined with a handful of chocolate chips then rolled into balls.
I'm calling them Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls. AHHH!!!
Wow, I'm glad I worked out today… ;) Oh, I'm planning on freezing a bunch of the cups too, so I can pull them out and enjoy at a moment's notice. YUM!
Well I am off to spend the evening baby sitting Finny-boy. Can't wait to see what he's learned since I saw him last week. (They grow up so fast, I tell you!)
Have a great night – and TGIF!
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A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE contractor has just finished work on a residential yard. The homeowner asks the contractor to take a look at one of her trees while he's there. Several large branches are growing into an overhanging balcony and the owner wants the tree cut back a few feet.
The job looks like quick work and the contractor thinks about it . . . it's a slow afternoon. There's a ladder and a chain saw available and, besides, he's pretty good at climbing trees. There are power lines nearby but they don't seem to be interfering with the branches to be cut, so maybe. . . .
Hold everything! Most landscape contractors have no business doing work of this nature. There are way too many risks and dozens of ways this scene could turn ugly.
First, the contractor shouldn't even think about operating a traditional chain saw from a ladder or over his head. He also shouldn't think about using a ladder anywhere near a power line or climbing a tree without proper training and harnessing equipment. Even without power lines, ladders and tree-climbing, there are huge liability issues to consider. A branch could fall on the house, on a car, on a passerby or on the contractor himself.
Taking on pruning or trimming work without proper training or certification is asking for serious trouble. Not only are there immediate safety and liability issues at stake, poor pruning practices can mutilate a tree, leave it open to disease, kill it and even cause dangerous hazards down the road.
TREE PRUNING CAN BE A PROFITABLE component of a maintenance service but it's critical to follow some basic principles:
•Take only those jobs that can be safely done with both feet on the ground, unless you are also a trained arborist.
•Use proper, well-maintained equipment for the safety of operators and health of the tree.
•Make sure anyone doing the work is thoroughly trained in the safety and arboricultural aspects of proper pruning.
•Make sure you have the right insurance coverage for the work you plan to do.
•Establish a good working relationship with a certified arborist to handle jobs your company isn't qualified for.
•Most importantly, don't hesitate to turn down a job that's beyond your expertise or comfort level.
The whys of pruning
Tree pruning is done for safety, for the health of the tree and for aesthetic reasons. For example, pruning may be done to remove dead, diseased or broken branches or undesirable growth, to reduce overall size, to encourage a particular shape, to stimulate flowering or foliage, or to remove hazards like branches that are blocking road visibility.
Before going in indiscriminately with the saw, trained professionals take a good look at the tree to understand the pruning goals and the long-range plan. Generally, the larger the diameter of the limb and the bigger the tree, the more risks involved to people, property and the tree itself. Therefore, it's best to prune a tree while it's still young to avoid future problems. The removal of large limbs from a mature tree calls for pretty compelling reasons. And it usually calls for an arborist.
Even with small trees, though, every cut matters, because each one can change the growth of the tree. Proper pruning of young trees can help establish a strong scaffolding pattern with a sturdy trunk and well-spaced branches. Improper pruning can do irreparable damage or ruin a tree aesthetically for many years.
"Pruning is one of the most important aspects of landscape management, whether you're dealing with shrubs, small trees or larger trees," says Greg Stefani, president of Stefani Landscape, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a certified arborist and horticulturist. "Selective pruning is key. Typically, you remove the damaged, diseased wood, the overlapping branches, and branches growing into the center of the tree. You always want to maintain the natural shape of the tree or shrub. With a nice pruning job, the average homeowner or person walking by would not even know the work has been done."
While pruning isn't difficult, it isn't a job for everyone and contractors should be cautious about whom they choose to do the job. "It really depends on the skill of the employees and their qualifications," says Stefani. "Some landscape cowboy can come in and say he can do it but then go and destroy the appearance of a nice ornamental tree."
Stop topping
One of the most common and damaging mistakes people can make when it comes to pruning is "topping." Topping is the indiscriminate cutting of branches to stubs in the attempt to reduce the size of the tree.
In the example above, the homeowner needs her branches cleared away from the balcony. There are appropriate ways to do this, but simply cutting "each branch back a few feet" as she requests isn't one of them.
Hacking off branches like this will give her an odd-looking tree filled with weak stubs. These stubs are typically unable to close their wounds, so they'll be prone to decay. Worse, they'll sprout numerous unsightly shoots under each cut. Not only will this create an ugly tree, these shoots are typically weak, fast-growing and prone to breakage. Thus, with this treatment, the homeowner's original problem will probably be much worse in a year or two.
"Topping any tree only amplifies your problem," says Lee Evans, president and arborist with Certified Arbor Care, Austin, Texas. "For each branch you cut, five or six sucker branches will come out from that point of origin. Where you had six or seven limbs, now you have thirty or forty, only creating more work."
Careful cuts
To avoid this, branches should be cut to strong lateral limbs or to the parent limb. Cuts should be made just beyond the branch collar without leaving long stubs. It takes training and a careful eye to know which branches to cut and where, in order to leave an attractive, healthy tree. "Improper cuts are one of the biggest mistakes made," says Evans. "It takes years and years for trees to mature. An untrained person can come and ruin the tree in about fifteen minutes."
Knowing the ideal time of year to do the job is another aspect of proper pruning. While pruning in the wrong season won't typically kill a tree, there is often an optimal time to prune any given species, based on its flowering, fruiting, growth habits and its tendency to bleed. It's important for those scheduling the work to take this timing into consideration.
The average property owner doesn't understand tree care and is often looking for a quick fix for a nagging problem. Contractors who are well trained in tree care can offer their expertise when responding to clients and point out any potential problems with the services they are requesting. Sometimes educating clients on alternatives is better than simply giving them the first thing they ask for. "For example, maybe a business is dealing with a tree blocking the line of sight to their sign," says Evans. "You may suggest that they lower the sign for the time being. In four or five years, when the tree grows up it may not be a problem any more. Or maybe it's simply not the right place for this tree."
Sometimes removing a tree altogether is better than fighting a losing battle with one that was planted inappropriately in the first place. Andrew Hall, who with his wife Jennifer Hall owns Mountain Road Tree Service and Landscaping in Montpelier, Virginia, says remembering simple tree planting basics can save property owners years of headaches down the road.
"A tree will grow toward the sun," says Hall. "So if a house is between the tree and the sun, that tree will typically grow over the house. Or the tree may be simply planted too close. We've taken out trees that were four inches from the house. Also, certain trees like poplar and pine tend to break and snap more easily."
Make friends with an arborist
For reasons of safety and quality, landscape contractors need to know the limits of the tree pruning they can take on. They should also know who to call for help. "When you do tree work, you're doing one of the most dangerous jobs around," says Hall. "If the pruning is from the ground, most landscape companies can offer that, but if there's any climbing involved, you will need someone with special training."
"The key is to keep people on the ground at all times," says Patrick Minor, Sunterra Landscape in Austin, Texas. For anything that requires climbing, Sunterra contracts out to Lee Evans and Certified Arbor Care. "I have a degree in forestry," says Minor, "and I could become well-versed enough to do that type of work, but the insurance rates are drastic." Stefani recommends that contractors look at the liability and insurance implications for their company and have a clear understanding of the rules and limits. "A lot of landscape companies assume that since their staff is insured on the ground, their guys can just shimmy up that tree to get that branch down. But when you get up there and the wind's blowing, there's nowhere to run." Even though Stefani himself is a certified arborist, he says it still makes better business sense for his company to contract major tree work out.
"We used to do both (landscaping and large tree work) but found it hard to manage and run both divisions effectively and efficiently, so we cut back on large tree work and decided to concentrate on landscape installations and maintenance." Stefani strongly recommends this arrangement. "Any reputable landscape company should have a good working partnership with a tree care company that does good work and in turn they should send them work, too."
Minor agrees. "It's much more cost efficient for us to have a relationship with a solid tree company that's competitive in their pricing. This way we can achieve a margin without touching the tree. It also lets us do what we do best, which is landscaping."
This kind of partnership can help landscape businesses retain customers by not having to say "no" when asked to do tree work beyond their expertise. A tree company can also help them provide their own staff with training on appropriate practices for any pruning they do in-house.
"We lean a lot on our sub and they help us with our training on proper techniques from both the safety and arboricultural standpoint," says Minor.
Evans says partnerships like this work well for both sides. "It gives them a way to get more profit from their business. When they call us to look at a dead tree, we may notice other things on the property that need attention. We look for ways to make them look like superstars. This way, their clients will keep them around and they'll keep us around. It's a win-win for everyone."


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A Guide to the Brady (Thomas Charles) Family Paper, 1823-1909
Biographical Note
Thomas Charles Brady was born in South Carolina in 1843. He married Jane Barnett and fathered one son, Charles J. Brady. The family resided in Spartanburg, South Carolina until the Civil War began in 1861.
Brady enlisted as a private in A Company, Holcombe Legion, South Carolina Volunteers in November 1861. He rose rapidly through the ranks and was commissioned a second lieutenant in April 1861. He was promoted to captain and commanded the company during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. The Holcombe legion was transferred to South Carolina in 1863 where Brady participated in the defense of Charleston. After returning from a furlough, in October 1863, Brady was court-martialed for conduct unbecoming an officer and was dismissed from the service on November 9, 1863. Brady returned to the army as a private in early 1865 and served during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. He was recommissioned as lieutenant in March 1865. He was cited for bravery during the assault of Fort Steadman. He was wounded March 29, 1865 and died of complications on April 13, 1865.
Jane A. Barnett Brady was born August 21, 1832. She was the daughter of Josial Barnett, a prominent landowner in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was educated as a teacher and lived in Spartanburg until 1882 when she followed her son's family to Georgetown, Texas where she lived until her death.
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Charles Brady family papers consist primarily of correspondence, bulking with letters from Thomas Brady to his wife, Jane A. Barnett Brady, during his service with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. These letters reflect not only Brady's experiences during battles, but also the daily life in the army and the concerns of the solder for his family.
Charles J. Brady, Thomas C. Brady's son, moved to Texas in 1881 with his wife Fannie, and infant son, William. During 1881 the couple wrote almost daily letters imploring Jane Brady to join them in Georgetown, Texas. These letters give a vivid view of life in central Texas in the 1880's. The remainder of the correspondence consists of letters from family and friends to Jane A. Brady in the years after Thomas Brady's death.
The Brady family financial records consist of state tax receipts, rent receipts, personal loans and miscellaneous transactions. The legal materials primarily document transactions of the Barnett family, and include a bill of sale for a female slave. Also included is Jane Barnett Brady's teaching certificate. The military records document Thomas C. Brady's Confederate service and the financial records of A Company, Holcombe Legion, South Carolina Volunteers.
The remainder of the Brady papers consists of a genealogy from a family Bible, printed material, including a brochure about patent medicine, envelopes and lists. Photocopies of potions of the collection are included.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Brady (Thomas Charles) Family Papers, 1823-1909, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by archives staff, 1983, 1997.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center's "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.


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Recent data thefts put 300,000 at risk
Recent data thefts include three stolen laptops, which jeopardize the personal information of former supermarket employees, customers of Hotels.com and members of the YMCA.
Instead of hacking into company databases, thieves are making off with personal data on hundreds of thousands of people the old-fashioned way -- by stealing machines from cargo holds, cars and offices.
The latest wave of data thefts started last month when someone broke into the home of a U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) employee and stole computer hardware containing the names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth for 26.5 million U.S. veterans.
Late last week came news of three stolen laptops with data on the former employees of three supermarket chains, customers of Hotels.com and members of the YMCA.
Ahold USA spokesman Barry Scher told The Associated Press (AP) that current employees are not affected.
EDS spokeswoman Kimberly Walton told the AP she couldn't disclose how many former employees of Ahold subsidiaries were affected because it "would put the information at greater risk." She said the computer was password-protected but that the sensitive information wasn't encrypted. She added that the employee violated EDS policy by checking the computer with baggage instead of taking the computer onboard as carry-on luggage.
The second case involved a laptop stolen during a car theft earlier this year. The computer belonged to an employee with Ernst & Young LLP, the auditor for Expedia Inc.'s Hotels.com. The laptop contained credit card data for 243,000 Hotels.com customers, according to published media reports.
The third case involved a laptop with data on more than 65,000 Rhode Island and Massachusetts YMCA members that was stolen from a locked office of the Providence, R.I., YMCA.
The computer was used by administrators of the organization's daycare program and contained bank account numbers, credit card information and names, addresses and personal family and medical details, the Providence Journal Friday.
There's no indication that the stolen information has been accessed or used, YMCA spokeswoman Michelle Riendeau told the newspaper.
This article originally appeared on SearchSecurity.com.


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Murphy, McMahon clash in first Conn. Senate debate
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) -- The rancor seen in the advertising for Connecticut's close U.S. Senate race spilled over Sunday into the first debate of the campaign, with Republican Linda McMahon and Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy accusing one another of deceit and avoiding the issues that matter to voters.
McMahon, the 64-year-old former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, now the WWE, took the step of publicly chastising the 39-year-old Murphy, repeatedly saying "shame on you" for questioning the originality of the jobs plan she touts on the campaign trail. Murphy accused her of lifting entire paragraphs and sentences from right-wing Republican groups in Washington, which he said is the wrong policy for Connecticut.
McMahon said her plan was fully cited and she believed Murphy was wrongly accusing her of plagiarism to score political points in the tight race.
"You thought this campaign was going to be a coronation," she told Murphy, pointing out how he's a Democrat in a Democratic-leaning state. "And now you're in a serious race against a serious woman and you are desperate."
Murphy pointed out that McMahon's plan allows the President George W. Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy to continue, which he argues could harm the middle class due to the revenue loss. He criticized McMahon for not proposing specific cuts to cover the tax-cut extension or ways to rein in the cost of Social Security and Medicare.
"Linda McMahon doesn't want this campaign to be about issues, because if it is, she loses," he said. "If It's on the differences between the two of us on tax policy, or support for education or women's health care, she can't win because her economic plan is rooted in the Republican national talking points. My economic plan is rooted in the people of this state."
The race is a dead heat, a recent Quinnipiac University Poll shows. Both candidates are seeking to fill the seat being vacated by the retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent.
The race has taken on a negative tone, with both candidates, as well as the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on TV attack ads in recent weeks. McMahon has focused much of her criticism on Murphy's past history of missing numerous congressional hearings as the 5th District congressman, as well as being sued for late mortgage and rent payments. She has also alleged he got a special deal when he received a home equity loan, a charge both the bank and Murphy deny.
"You need to be honest about your special interest loan," McMahon told Murphy during the debate. "You need to be honest about your attendance in Washington."
Murphy, meanwhile, has accused McMahon of wanting to privatize Medicare and end Social Security after 10 years in order to review the program, both charges she denies. He has also accused her of not being a strong supporter of women's rights, such as the right to have an abortion. McMahon reiterated Sunday that she does support abortion rights, but that she believed a proposed amendment to the federal health care reform overhaul that required all employers to cover the cost of contraception was overreaching.
McMahon also stated Sunday that she supports gay marriage, which is legal in Connecticut, and would vote to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union between a man and woman for federal purposes. It marked a change in position for McMahon, the Republicans' 2010 Senate candidate, whose support for repealing DOMA had been questioned by gay rights activists in the past.
"I have changed my position on DOMA because with now gay marriage approved in the state of Connecticut, I don't think it's fair," McMahon told reporters after the debate, adding how those married gay couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples for federal benefits. McMahon said her opinion on DOMA has been evolving.
Murphy seized on McMahon's comments, saying he was only candidate who has consistently supported gay rights.
"The fact that she gave a 10-second answer to a question about civil rights for Connecticut residents displays how weak her commitment is to standing up to the Republican right-wing," he said, adding how he'll fight against "the social right in Washington that's trying to strip away women's health care rights and rights for people based on their sexual orientation."


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While I appreciate the points of order that have been raised in the intervention of the right hon. member for Calgary Centre and the hon. member for Winnipeg—Transcona and the government House leader, hon. members know that all kinds of things can get smuggled into question period, whether it is in the answers or whether it is in the questions. Perhaps I should say the responses and the questions. I do not want to cause offence.
For this to happen is not an unusual occurrence. While members may have preferred to have a statement instead so there was an opportunity to respond or to suggest that it be done during debates so that there could be a more lengthy presentation of questions and comments and so on, these things are all possibilities, and I am glad they have been mentioned, but unfortunately I do not think they constitute a point of order or a question of privilege at this point in time. Accordingly, we will move on.


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The previous Top Gear Christmas special saw the three not-so-wise men from the UK's premier motoring show try to survive Mesopotamia in a fleet of cheap sports cars. This year's special has the boys in formerly-British India for a spiritual journey in cars of the former colonizers.
Britain lost its empire first and its car manufacturers second. No country better epitomizes this than India, which was once ruled by pasty blokes in Range Rovers. Now the Indians rule themselves and own both Jaguar and Range Rover (purchased from another former colony).
How much of this the Top Gear crew will touch on in this "Passage to India" remains to be seen. For nor we're content with XJS-based cricket.
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A surge in gasoline prices earlier this year sparked talk of $5 a gallon by this summer, but prices at the pump have been ticking lower in April, and it appears they'll continue falling as the driving season approaches.
CNN Money reported that this rosy scenario is prompted by the fact that the price for one of the most common types of gasoline futures traded in New York has dropped 30 cents, going from over $3.40 a gallon at the beginning of April to $3.10 a gallon Wednesday.
Futures contracts are financial instruments that buyers and sellers of large amounts of gasoline — or any commodity — use to set prices. Analysts say the current drop in gas price futures should begin to appear in gas prices at the service station over the next few weeks.
"We're certainly going to see prices move lower at this point," said Stephen Schork, publisher of the industry newsletter the Schork Report. While retail prices are expected to move lower, Schork said the decline might not be as steep those seen in the futures markets.
The main reason for lower gasoline futures prices is the declining cost of Brent crude and other crude oil that gasoline is made from.
Brent crude has dropped from over $125 a barrel in early April to under $120 currently, largely a a result of tensions easing with Iran over its nuclear program. Recent signs of a slowing global economy have also helped push down prices.
Gasoline prices at the pump have begun a similar decline. While much hype was made earlier this about how gas had run up further and faster than any time before and may even reach a new all-time high of over $4.11 gallon, prices have been slowly declining since touching $3.95 a gallon at the beginning of April. Gas prices currently sit at $3.84, according to AAA.
"If we don't have any supply issues or refinery outages, we've seen the highs for the summer," said Schork.


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Build Vocabulary 5
Your child will learn new vocabulary words and put them into use with this worksheet. Your fifth grader will reinforce her understanding of known and new words; first by reading the word with definition, then rewriting the vocab terms and finally figuring out the best fit with sentences provided. Repetition is key when learning new words and spelling! Try this worksheet with your child to expand his vocabulary.


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Get ready! A post about how awesome my vacation was! Yep, I am going to post photos from my vacation. No models, no wedding, no babies… none of that! Just pure tourist type photos (ok, there are a couple people here and there). You know the photos that have "wish you were here" written across the top. Yea, those.
I am the girl who at 30 something years old took her first vacation, a real vacation. The type of vacation where my only worry was if my flip flop was going to get washed away by a wave that surprised attacked me.
My boyfriend and I traveled 10 hours to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (OBX) where we met up with a group of friends. And yes, I vacationed right as wedding season started. Why? Well, because at the beach it's still considered "off season" and we got a great deal on a beach house! Although, this was not my first time in OBX. Last year I traveled to the same beach house to celebrate and photograph the wedding of one of my very best friends. You may have seen this image before.
But this time it was about collecting 10 lbs of seashells, flying a kite, reading a book, falling asleep poolside, watching sunrises, searching for sea glass, seeing a rainbow over the ocean, baking… actually relaxing! *see my instagram
I toured the Nags Head Fishing Pier.
I toured�Jennette's Pier.
And my big bucket list day trip to Rodanthe! Yep, from the Nicholas Sparks book turned into movie, Nights in Rodanthe. My girlfriends and I drove the hour to Rodanthe, North Carolina on the same path Richard Gere took in the movie to see the house, "Serendipity"! Although the house is not in its original location (it was moved a few blocks after the hurricane last year, yes they moved the whole house) it is still just as breathtaking as ever. Yea, yea, I like romance movies.
We stopped by the Rodanthe Pier�on Hatteras Island. The pier was also in the movie. Even though it was still being re-built from the hurricane and quite wobbly we as far out on it as possible.
On the way back from Rodanthe we passed the Bodie Lighthouse. It's pronounced like Body. Next year we plan to climb the 10 flights to the top. Told you these images are the stuff postcards are made from.
If you follow my *instagram or facebook then you have seen my week long journey, but if you don't I highly suggest you should.�Otherwise you might miss some pretty amazing stuff!
But, I am back refreshed inspired and ready to go! OBX, you haven't seen the last of us! Countdown to OBX '14 has begun.
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dabien310 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 93 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
I'm looking for a logo for my new restaurant that will focus on comfort foods from all the different Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Most of the food will be comfort foods that can be found cooked by the street vendors in Asia.
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I would like a logo design for signage and menu. The restaurant target market is 25-40yr market segment. Our focus is on foods such as yakitori, skewers, appetizers, noodles, and rice dishes. Our drinks will consist of freshly made bubble iced teas, juices, dessert drinks and ethnic beer. Our goal is to bring the street foods of Asia to the US.
It needs to be eye catching since it will be on our signage. The Key to remember is FUN. I'd like the logo to reflect the fun factor of eating these foods on a stick as well as the other street vendor foods while drinking beer and fruit drinks with their friends. Also I would like to have an identifiable cartoon character with the logo.
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FFA, 4H project show Saturday, March 23
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- Published on 21 March 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Fifty-eight entries have been registered for the annual Mount Vernon / Saltillo Young Farmer Project Show.
The event is this Saturday, March 23 at the Livestock Pavilion located on FM 115 in Mount Vernon. Exhibitor check-in is at 7:30 a.m. followed by the weigh-in for the different categories. For more details, see the March 21 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Top Five Cars at the Frankfurt Motor Show
The Frankfurt Motor Show began this week with the usual fanfare, glitz and glamor. But which cars are going to attract the greatest attention? The Wall Street Journal's autos reporters and editors pick their top five.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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We didn't catch Mark Zuckerberg's fireside chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher live in person. We caught it live on Twitter!
How did it go?
Not great.
Here's a taste:
- "First CEO interview ever in a hoodie"
- "Disaster"
- "Sweating bullets"
- "Isn't directly answering"
- "imploding"
- "Couldn't look more uncomfortable on stage"
And that was only the beginning.
But it got better! And there was some substance in there. And it ended well.


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Culture Blogs
Diary of a Lokean mystic.
What's In a Name?
So I've been mulling over the power of names, as of late, spurred in part by Feoh's thoughtful post on titles and namedropping, and also on this one on July for Loki by Reading Heathenism. Naming, titles, and trads: what's in a name, anyway? I agree with Feoh's assessment that some people like to drop all their names and titles for bragging rights, which is silly, because even if it's not bragging, I think some people only need so much information at a time. I do a lot of local work, and many of the people who interact with me don't know that I am a godspouse, and that's because it's too much information about me for what they need of me at the time. If I'm giving pastoral counseling to someone locally who is having food insufficiency issues, "godspouse" is not relevant to their interests – where they can find food for their next meal is far more important than all the background things on me. To me, that's not being secretive or the like – that's focusing on the task at hand.
And yet, perhaps giving the Work a name is akin to accepting that Work, for some people? In some ways our blog web handles are craft names of a sort, particularly if it's a spiritually-oriented blog. And then there's how you name your trad or practice: Are you a Heathen? A Hellenic? A Norse Pagan? Eclectic Pagan? A witch? Because I'm not really interested in the label per se – to me a label is more for others than for me – when I tell someone I'm a Norse Pagan, it's usually someone who isn't that familiar with the Norse Pantheon, and usually they're Pagan or Paganish, and that's descriptive enough for them. Someone who's not Pagan at all gets a different name, and usually that's just "Pagan." Witch is probably more specific, but non-Pagans often think witch means something that it doesn't, because of monotheistic bullshit misinformation. And again, if I'm giving pastoral counseling to someone whose teenager is on suicide watch, I'm not interested in teaching them what "witch" really means – I want to connect them with the local crisis unit so that the teen can be stabilized and the family can receive more comprehensive counseling and services. If at some point those people come back and realize that a Pagan/Norse Witch/Lokean helped them, awesome, but it's not my primary concern.
But that also brings me to explaining what a Lokean is – and that brings me to the Month for Loki post, which is clearly aimed at Lokeans. Both the authors of the blog are excellent scholars, and it's good information, but when I read things like, "While this article and the work of folklorists like Finnur Magnússon shed light on how Loki has been perceived in later Scandinavian folk beliefs, they are not an effective way of discussing how historical heathens may have thought of or honored Loki," I wonder what exactly reconstructionism has to offer me as a Lokean. From what I can discern, the incredible lack of information on Loki's historical cultus makes it hard for me to identify as a reconstructionist – what is there for me to reconstruct? I'm not trying to be critical of anyone who does identify as a reconstructionist, please don't misunderstand, because I don't have any beef with anyone who uses a recon framework for worship, I just don't understand how recon or recon-derived came to be associated with Lokeans, because damn near any practice that I can think of that many Lokeans observe is, well, modern, because of what RH stated above – there is simply not enough information to reconstruct much of anything. On some level I'm kind of fascinated by how some can and do make it work, but on another, for me it just doesn't fit my practice.
If you were gonna TL;DR the above paragraph, I guess my musing would be summed up as: Since there is a lack of any historical cultus information, why should any Lokean have to explain that X practice pertaining to Loki is not historically derived, if none of it is? Because really, the only offering that I can think of that Loki is commonly given and is depicted in the Eddas is Himself drinking alcohol (Lokasenna), and if you accept the Loka Tattur as Lore, then He also takes group hugs.
It's really strange to me that Loki is so damn prominent in the Eddas and yet no cultus information remains. Of course, it's equally strange to me that there is a fuckton of evidence of Freyr's cultus and yet the Vanir are often viewed as a supplementary add-on. Hail the Gods! Oh yeah, and the Vanir or something! 'Cause Freyja's really hawt!
So the dearth of historical evidence is odd, and almost makes me wonder if He did it on purpose. When He first presented as Himself to me, I thought I'd have to change lots of things about me, how I worshiped, my general worldview, that I'd be a good little Heathen, but no, that was not what Loki wanted from me.
Give Me new things, He said. Give me fresh flowers, cakes, cookies, coffee, strong rum, a strong heart. Give Me the things you love. Give Me your treasures. Love yourself because I want you to give Me you. Give Me the new. Give Me yourself, because You change every day.
I have learned it's much better to give Loki what He wants than what I think He should want. There's an art in learning how to love something as changing as Him, in understanding that the way in which He loves me may change, and yet it will always be what I need.
I know that some people think that if you're not recon, you're not a serious religionist, but I don't believe that's so; I know a fair amount of Feri students and initiates, and they are as hardcore as anyone I can think of in terms of their reverence for the Gods, and they are a modern religion. I personally feel that if you invoke Someone like Artemis or Athena nekkid, that's irreverent and piss poor research, but I also think that Nokeans who refuse to listen to or look at any number of excellent scholars who've weighed in on Loki's importance are just as negligent and irreverent, so really it's more about the individual than the trad or how old it is.
So should we just throw out the Lore or other reconstructionist techniques?
Well, your practice is your practice, so it's your prerogative, but for me, the answer is no. I don't identify as a reconstructionist, but for me, ignoring it completely would kind of like ignoring my wife's entire childhood and adult life before I came to know her. I care about the people who made her who she is; I care about the land she grew up in, and it's the same with Loki. I don't expect Him to be as He was a thousand years ago, but the stories of His travels, Who He loved and fought and fucked – it's all part of what made Him Who He is today.
Is that enough to consider me recon-derived? Not for me, but for some it might work. For me, it's much more like process theism – "…it is an essential attribute of God to be fully involved in and affected by temporal processes…Process theism does not deny that God is in some respects eternal, immutable, and impassible, but it contradicts the classical view by insisting that God is in some respectstemporal, mutable, and passible." For my polytheistic purposes, you can just make "God" into "Gods."
It's a shitty thing to have to justify why you have X or Y practice or view of your Deity, regardless of whether you identify as reconstructionist or not, and Lokeans often have to do this, no matter where we sit on the spectrum of recon/decon/wooconstructionism. There are reasons beyond the "serious scholar" concept for that, and Lokavinr has articulated them in a very concise post here.
It almost makes a body want to disidentify as Lokean. Lokisfolk has been kicked around by some as an alternative, and on one hand, it's probably less loaded than Lokean currently, and on the other, it reminds me too much of "folkish" and there is no way in Hel that I'd like to be even vaguely identified with that racist claptrap. And why I should even have to mull over changing "Lokean" because certain elements are rude or worse to Loki's people? I don't want to take "Lokean" out of "Lokean Witch," and I am sick to death of seeing Lokeans picked to death for mixing the modern with the historic, because somehow that's less legitimate, and I'm sick of the Lokeans who are very recon getting crap for someone like me who has been so alienated by DudeBrotru behavior that I don't even want to consider identifying as a reconstructionist. I also feel like sometimes the recon vs. not-recon Lokean pot gets stirred every so often in the hopes that Lokeans will bicker amongst themselves and not make any progress as a community, because it allows them to keep dismissing us as a legitimate faith. If you don't honor my God, and you won't say His name, I reserve the right to not give a f*ck of what you think of me, Him, or my co-religionists. And you don't get to tell us – any of us – that we're doing it wrong.
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Does there exist a finite list of simply connected complex 4-manifolds $M_1, ... , M_n$ such that M is the quotient of some $M_i$ by the action of a group acting discretely on $M$?
This would be an analog of the Poincare-Koebe uniformization theorem in (real) dimension 2. People who I've asked this question to think that it's unlikely that there is such a list, but haven't been able to offer an argument or a reference.


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Might be a browser ting? It shows up as underlined in black for me and I am using that skin with IE...
Might be a browser ting? It shows up as underlined in black for me and I am using that skin with IE...
Urgh! how can anyone use that thing anyway!
The 2nd style down:
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should be changed to:
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(or any other preffered hex colour value)
It'll all end in tears you know.
So come on then, which of the "mods" here were prefects at school? Go on, admit it.
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for the record I'm using IE 6.0.29... on WinXP Professional 2002 service pack 2.
all links appear as very faintly lighter than standard text, #333333 in fact, and only underline on mouseover, if I'm lucky enough to notice that they're there.
Maybe an underline or bold font would be better then?
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Is what the style should look like in that case.
The rest of us are rockers? I suppose that is the significance?Originally Posted by 2stepfan
So - we are the rockers! (harder than those softie-mods on this board -
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just added droid to this list. droid is always the first to drop me an email when the site goes down.
if dominic, dave stelfox or luka are interested i can zap them with some privelleges as well. i'm kinda assuming as they're a bunch of vikings, that it's not their bag.
indeed i am - requesting a text-decoration:underline style attribute on all links, accessibility bizniss, seen?Originally Posted by WOEBOT
although i believe droid did an excellent job, i think he may have been at a disadvantage by not being properly briefed by yours truly.
i'd like moderation at dissensus to be an exercise in minimal intervention, a practically invisible role. i find all this admin i'm having to do at the moment is absolutely fucking tedious. having to nanny people! i'd rather be putting the little energy i have to spare into thowing up some new music threads.
to this end i've asked two more moderators on to replace the gap left by droid and diggedy derek (whither?). please give a warm hand to paul autonomic and 2stepfan.
lets keep the tone raised people. dissensus isnt supposed to be a pub, more like some cross between a bootleggers convention, union meeting held in candlelight and soapboxes on hyde park corner. lets keep it pretentious folks!
a) If you find the content of someone's posts objectionable, please report it to the moderators.
b) If you find a poster objectionable, either find a particularly objectionable post and report that (one will do, maybe choose the worst?) or perhaps go and have a walk, a cup of tea or whatever. Then come back to your screen and consider whether its really worth kicking off about. If it is, go to (a).
Dissensus doesn't work on the basis that if someone puts up 16 requests to ban a poster that they will get banned. Or any number.
there was an option to ignore a poster, so you wouldn't see their posts. But that's been removed now, but if ppl do that in their heads things will be ok.
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Summit County: Heavy caseloads create need for additional judge
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In Summit County's 5th Judicial District, five judges handle a caseload for four counties that has grown by 71 percent in the last eight years.
Rep. Millie Hamner (D-Dillon) is now trying to add one more to the bench.
"Right now, these district judges have extremely heavy caseloads and this bill will help ensure every judge … is able to give the proper time and attention to their cases," Hamner said. "This bill will make our judicial system more efficient and speed up the process for people going through the court system."
Hamner introduced a bill earlier this month that would add an additional judge to both the 5th and 9th districts. The legislation got the nod from the House Judicial Committee Jan. 17 and is headed next to the Appropriations Committee.
District 5 currently has the lowest district judge staffing level in the state with a caseload bulging with more and more civil and domestic cases. The combination propelled the district to the top of the priority list for the Judicial Department, which looks for where additional judges are most needed in Colorado each year.
"They could probably ask for a dozen judges across the state that there is a need shown for, but they don't do that because we're still in tight economic times," said Sr. Judge Terry Ruckriegle, who was the third judge appointed to District 5 in 1984, as an expanding population demanded additions to the bench.
The population of the district grew an estimated 15 percent from 2005- 2010, and is expected to expand an additional 2 percent per year for the next 15 years, ensuring the number of cases filed with local courts will continue to grow.
But Ruckriegle said judicial officials now consider not only the number of cases on the docket, but also the qualitative factors of the time required to deliver well-thought-out rulings in determining which districts most need new judges.
"There's a qualitative piece that's not driven by case numbers or by population," he said.
Unlike trial court proceedings, some cases, such as civil matters, require much more deliberation and decision-making from the judge.
District 5's caseload has swelled most in the area of civil cases, which have increased 55 percent since 2003. Domestic-relations cases have increased 10 percent in the same time frame.
"It's taking longer to get through the system and judges are being spread so thin, that it's really been a disservice to the constituents in the judicial districts," Hamner said. "I think it's definitely a win-win for the judicial system and the people who use the system."
If lawmakers and the governor approve the bill, a new judge will be appointed to serve Eagle County, where the caseload has increased 98 percent since 2003.
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Bubba's Yummy Surprise!
Oh lookit…I came home to a big surprise package that came in the mail today…nope, not for me, but for Bubba 🙂 Boy, was he happy to receive it!
This 20kg bag of Value Meal dog food was sent for Bubba's review but as I read about the information and ingredients of the brand, I decided to let Joe try it to. We will be opening it soon as we are still finishing up the last of the present bag of food we have now. At present, Joe does not eat any dog food because he seems to be allergic to everything I've tried. Bubba never had a problem and in fact, he's okay with even the grocery brands (no picky eater here!).
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- Value Meal contains whole grains that aims to aid the digestion. While my vet once told me that feeding Bubba too much dog food (instead of rice and meat) can be taxing to his liver because of the high protein content, this brand claims that it has the right amount of proteins plus it also has fiber from the whole grains which can make it better for their tummies.
- Value Meal also has Omega-6 which will help produce a shiny coat.
- Value meal is developed and manufactured in Australia and has been certified by the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). I may not be a big fan of always buying products that are produced abroad but this is making me reconsider it. Much as I say I do not like Australia (not because of it's products but because all my friends have been "taken" by Australia!!! MWAHAHA), but when I did consider going to Australia for a contest before, I looked at their quarantine and dog importation permits, they had very strict standards. I also heard that they really are very stringent about quality control and pet care so this makes me feel that this brand must really be well studied.
I wanted to take a photo of the bag with both the boys, but well, Bubba won't let Joe near it! Let's see what happens in the next few days 🙂 TEEEHEEEHEEE 🙂


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How to Exercise with Your Dog
Don't underestimate the power of a pup walk. It's good exercise for any dog, though the amount and distance should vary based on dog and breed, says Bonnie Beaver, DVM, a professor at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. It pays off for the owner too—in a study by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, dog walkers had lower BMIs and were less likely to suffer from chronic conditions and depression symptoms than those who didn't walk their pets. Just remember that dogs can overheat easily, so beware of hot asphalt, which can increase body heat and burn paw pads, and look out for lethargy and panting.
"Dogs really enjoy going for a run because they spend so much of their life in your backyard," says Sundance. The first time you go jogging together, start slowly. Medium-size dogs with a lean build, deep chest, and long muzzle—like Border Collies and Weimaraners—are best-suited for running. Gauge how well your dog handles a half-mile run, then build up by quarter-mile increments. Dogs typically enjoy being in front of you—if yours starts to slow or fall to your side or behind you it's time for a break. Look out for heavy panting, pale gums, or foaming at the mouth, which are signs he's tired or overheated. And after every outing, check his pads for scratches.
Some of the newest yogis are of the barking variety. Doga (dog + yoga) is a chance to spend more time with your pup by sharing the yoga mat. Contact your local kennel club or pet store to find out if doga classes are offered in your area. The cost varies, usually from about $12 to $16 for a one-hour class.
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"Teamwork" is the magic word in dog agility. A dog runs through an obstacle course complete with teeter-totters, tunnels, tire jumps, and more, and the owner remains by her pooch's side the entire time, providing directions and support. It's a race against the clock that gets both parties' hearts pumping. While competitions are popular, you can participate just for the fun of it by taking an agility class in your area (about $10 to $15 per one-hour group class; ask your local kennel club or pet store). You can even create an agility course in your backyard. Purchase a kids' tunnel at a toy store; make a teeter-totter by placing a plank on top of a small two-by-four; and create your own bar jump out of PVC pipes or a broomstick laid across two buckets. To prep your pup for the bar jump, begin with the bar on the ground and your dog on a leash. Trot with her over the bar, and then praise her for her success. Raise the bar slightly, and then do it again—like a reverse game of limbo. After she can successfully jump over the bar with you, let her attempt it on her own by jogging toward the bar with her but then continuing alongside it while she jumps.
This classic backyard game is the ultimate canine- and family-friendly activity. "When you play together and the dog catches your disc, it's such a feeling of mutual success," says Sundance. Get your dog acquainted with the Frisbee by placing it upside down and using it as a food bowl. Then ease her into the game by spinning and rolling it on the floor. You and your kids will be yelling "Catch!" in no time.
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Your pet needs an annual physical, just like you. "If you think about it, a dog ages seven years for every one year that we age," says veterinarian Dr. Bonnie Beaver. Make sure your vet checks for:
—Musculoskeletal health
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—Dental health
—Skin disease
Originally published in the March 2011 issue of Family Circle magazine.