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Beginner's Guide
1) Know yourself, don't lie to yourself! Ask yourself if you're willing to spend a lot of time, money, and effort to raise the beautiful discus fish!
2) Set a budget, look for second hand tanks on craiglists and the bigger the better with the minimum size being 55 gallons. Stick to the 1 discus per 10 gallons rule if you want to keep it easy on yourself. They need to be in a group of at least 6 unless it's a breeding pair. If you are buying a used tank, be sure to completely sterilize it with bleach, rinse and clean, dose with pp (potassium permanganate), rinse and clean again, and filter with carbon to make sure that the tank is fresh and ready to go. Take no chance to introduce anything to discus.
3) Have a QT tank ready that's at least 30 gallon and make sure it is in a different room from the main tank. Also, make sure that you have completely different equipments from the QT tank and the main tank.
a. Always wash your hand thoroughly after working on different tanks. Pay very careful attention to your clothes and shoes and make sure you don't get it into close proximity of the main tank if there is a disease outbreak going on. I've seen many instances of wipe out when people break strict QT procedures.
b. If you are receiving domestic discus, QT them for about 6 weeks. During week 1 - 4, observe them carefully and treat as necessary. If you intend to put these new fishes in QT into the main tank; take one discus from the main tank and place it into the QT tank after the 4 weeks duration and observe the group closely. Treat as necessary and observe them for 2 more weeks. If everything is fine after this 6 weeks period; all may be moved into the main tank now.
c. De-worm the fish with praziquantel (tapeworms); medicated food with flubendazole or fenbendazole as a preventive (flubendazole can be used in water or mixed with food to eradicate tapeworms, flukes, nematodes/ fenbendazole can only be used with food); or lemavisole as treatment in water (nematodes). Flubendazole is more broad spectrum so I'd recommend it. Also, you can try getting medicated flake food with fenbendazole to feed your fishes as preventive measures.
d. If you're receiving wilds, it's good to de-worm even if they seem fine during QT.
(Note, this is very generic and there are some instances where you have to treat right away or not depending on the source of the fish. That's why it's very important to know where the discus come from and who is supplying it to you. Potassium Permanganate is a powerful oxidizer and must be used with extreme caution. Do not use it without properly consulting someone who has experience with them or at least doing research on them.)
4) Do research and more research. I can't stress this enough. Get a general idea of what to look for and what to not buy.
5) Do research and look around for reputable breeders with good stock or LFS that get fish from a good and reliable source. Go to reputable online sources and have them shipped. All reputable online sellers will be glad to answer your inquiries and will send you pictures of the stock that you are getting exactly. If they don't, walk away and go to another source.
6) Get yourself some medications to keep on hand. Please look at this thread:
7) Get a varied diet for your discus. Do research on seafood recipes and make your own. Get varied flake and pellets and freeze dried food.
Example of seafood recipe that I use:
1 lb raw tuna
1 lb raw sea salmon
10 shrimps
1 tbsp ground pellets
2 crushed vitamin pill (Centrum is fine)
2 bags of spinach boiled
2 crushed garlic clove
1/4 tsp paprika
1 tsp astaxathin
1 tsp pro growth
Keep it simple and just make sure that the food you make don't break up immediately upon touching water.
Some other food I that I feed.
Freeze dried food: blackworm and earthworms
Flake food: Ocean Nutrition, Angel Plus, special made flake from Inland Empire Discus, Cyclop-eeze
Pellet: Tetra Colorbits, NLS
Live: blackworm, white worm, red wrigglers
Frozen: bloodworm, brine shrimp
(Note! I think my discus eat better than me sometimes, lol.)
8) If it's your first time starting with discus, go with pre-adults around 4 inches plus. Juveniles require more care and attention because they require much more feeding. This would mean a lot of water changes.
9) Equipments and filtration, KISS! If you're starting out, sponge filtration and power filter is adequate. Keep them in bare bottom tank for easy cleaning. You may add a slight layer of sand if you wish but make sure it's white sand and come from a reliable source without any contaminants. If you don't mind peppering in pigeon based discus, then you can do whatever color background you want. However, if you do mind the peppering black spots on pigeon based discus, paint or spray paint the back (sides too if you want) with white or light blue or any lighter hue colors. The heater needs to be reliable and get more than one that's underrated for the tank. If one fails, then at least one is keeping it warm enough until you get a replacement.
10) Research, research, and more research.
I'll add more if I remember anything else and if anyone has anything to add; feel free.
Last edited by Spardas; 06-15-2010 at 03:29 AM.
0Originally Posted by Spardas300 gallon mega tank: sailfin pleco, clown loaches, silver dollars, roseline sharks, congo tetras, new world cichlids
125 gallon office tank: Africian cichlids, synodontis catfih
75 gallon community tank: bolivian rams, black skirt tetras, dwarf neon rainbowfish, corys, harlequin rasboras, otos, bristlenose and bulldog plecos, assassin snails, various shrimp
60 gallon goldfish tank: fancy goldfish
There's a chance of cross contamination through the air and it can wipe out the entire fish room.
Domestic discus are heavily bred in different farms from all over the world and each farm can harbor a particular strain of virus/pathogen that other farms haven't been exposed to yet. There may be nothing wrong or it can wipe out your stock. So don't risk it because I've seen the devastation it can do.
So if you find a good supplier of discus, buy from him to reduce the chance of possibly contaminating new and old fishes. If you do want to get fishes from different suppliers; then it's best to keep them in separate rooms and then test it by mixing one discus from the main to the QT tank. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Last edited by Spardas; 06-15-2010 at 04:05 AM.
Good post. Thanks for sharing.
How do you process your seafood recipe?
I think the assumption here is, if I wouldn't eat it, than neither will my fish.
I throw all the ingredients into the meat grinder, ziplock it, freeze it, and chop it up into cube afterwards. Then I just throw the cubes in the tank and watch them attack it.
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Excellent advice, Thank You
Hi, I'm completely new to discus. Starting from scratch I have a 90 gal tank, planted. Getting ready to set up my CO2 for the plants. My Kh is 5, my Gh is 7 and ph is 7.0. Tank is cycling at the time. I have 4 red eye tetras, and a pair of bettas and 2 tiny bristle nose plecos. It has been cycling for about 1 week now. I have a huge piece of driftwood in the tank also. Aside from what you have posted here, any other advice? (I know I'm a glutton for punishment ) :o) thx
0Originally Posted by Nyxx120gal rectangular (freshwater)
46 gallon bowfront (breeder tank)
5 gallon hexagon (office desk tank)
Thanks a lot, spardas..if you think you're gonna die today..well, die happily..if not, well..die another day..


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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Designer Tidbits: Women of Courage Block of the Month
The Fat Quarter Shop is excited to welcome Denise Lipscomb to the Jolly Jabber. Denise's latest design is the Women of Courage Block of the Month with Windham Fabrics.
Q: What was your inspiration for the Women of Courage Block of the Month?
A: I love history and am always looking for ways to combine my love of women's history, particularly, and quilting. Because reproduction fabric often tends to center around the Civil War era, the history included with patterns using reproduction fabric also tends to center around women from the Civil War era. When I started designing this particular quilt, I really wanted to branch out and include women from other time periods. This program gave me the opportunity to do that.
Q: Can you tell us a little about how you picked each "woman of courage"?
A: I wanted to not only honor women that were well known by everyone but also those lesser known women who have made a difference in the world. One of the women we are honoring, Mary Roberts Wilson, was a personal friend of mine, and was the first woman I chose for inclusion. The Women of Courage program gave me the opportunity to share her story with the quilting world. During my research I found other lesser known women: Nancy Wake who was nicknamed the White Mouse and had a bounty on her head during World War II; Maud Fitch who had to provide her own ambulance to drive the injured from the battlefield in World War I; Bessie Coleman (who, by the way, came from Waxahachie where I was born and now live) who was the first African-American woman pilot. I love the idea that these women will be known throughout the quilting world for their courage.
Q: What do you consider your biggest achievement in the quilting world?
A: The thing I love most about being a part of the quilting world is the people I've met. I feel so fortunate to know so many good, caring people that I never would have met had I not opened a shop. I count some of these as my good friends now so I guess "friendship" is my biggest (and best) achievement.
Q: Who is your favorite celebrity?
A: I love Kate Morton. She is an author out of Australia who is my absolute favorite. I've read her novels over and over… and see something different each time. She has the ability to bring things to life with words that make you feel you're there with the characters. Her three novels so far have been flashbacks to the period around World War I and World War II. Once again, it's that love of history I think.
Q: If we were making a movie about your life, who would you want to play you?
A: I'd pick Meryl Streep since she always wins all the awards!
Q: Who is your favorite fabric designer not including yourself?
A: I love those designers who have the ability to bring together creativity and attention to detail, and also create not only beautiful quilt designs, but also patterns that are well-written and easy to read.
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Labels: Windham Fabrics
4 comments:
Common Threads is one of the best shops ever and she is one of the best teachers and friend to all quilters. Nina Christman
- January 31, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- Quiltin' Sandy said...
I have really enjoyed reading about Denise. The Quilt is beautiful, and of course I know about Nancy Wake, as I am an Aussie. I have not read Jo Morton's books but will try and get one. I agree that being part of the world of quilters is the BEST thing, having friends from all over the world, even though we may never meet in person. :) Sandy.
- February 1, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- Cindy Chihasz said...
Just finished this quilt. This is such a treasure quilt that will be a family heirloom. Would love ideas for making a label that includes a legend that identifies each block. Any ideas for help in doing this?
Thanks, Cindy
- January 23, 2014 at 7:12 PM
- Cindy Chihasz said...
Just finished this quilt. Love it and it will be a treasured family heirloom. Would love ideas for creating a label that includes the blocks as a legend for the they women they represent. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Cindy
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text: I think they tried the 6 out of 8 passes a couple of years ago and not too sure that worked. If a dog earns 6 master passes whether it has a title or not in the qualifying year haven't they met the standard enough? If one is going to say that a new master hunter hasn't proven him/herself as much as a dog that got its title last year, then raise the bar for all dogs. I do understand why the master national is having a conundrum, however, I'm not sure they should discriminate based on when the dog was titled. I believe that all things being equal, everyone and every dog should have an equal opportunity to qualify, if the handler so chooses to pursue getting qualified. AKC states that 6 passes equate to MH title, why not have 8 or some other number of passes for ALL dogs to qualify within the qualifying year?


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Who decides what happens in our communities – Corporations or Local Residents? Speaker: Shannon Biggs, Global Exchange.
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3.18: Recombinant DNA
Can we alter DNA?
You might think that DNA is stable and unchangeable. For the most part you are right. However, there are new technologies that allow us to alter the DNA of humans and other organisms.
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Recombinant DNA is the combination of DNA from two different sources. For example, it is possible to place a human gene into bacterial DNA. Recombinant DNA technology is useful in gene cloning and in identifying the function of a gene.
Recombinant DNA technology can also be used to produce useful proteins, such as insulin. To treat diabetes, many people need insulin. Previously, insulin had been taken from animals. Through recombinant DNA technology, bacteria were created that carry the human gene which codes for the production of insulin. These bacteria become tiny factories that produce this protein. Recombinant DNA technology helps create insulin so it can be used by humans.
Recombinant DNA technology is used in gene cloning. A clone is an exact copy. Genes are cloned for many reasons, including use in medicine and in agriculture.
Below are the steps used to copy, or clone, a gene:
- A gene or piece of DNA is put in a vector, or carrier molecule, producing a recombinant DNA molecule.
- The vector is placed into a host cell, such as a bacterium.
- The gene is copied (or cloned) inside of the bacterium. As the bacterial DNA is copied, so is the vector DNA. As the bacteria divide, the recombinant DNA molecules are divided between the new cells. Over a 12 to 24 hour period, millions of copies of the cloned DNA are made.
- The cloned DNA can produce a protein (like insulin) that can be used in medicine or in research.
Bacteria have small rings of DNA in the cytoplasm, called plasmids (Figure below). When putting foreign DNA into a bacterium, the plasmids are often used as a vector. Viruses can also be used as vectors.
This image shows a drawing of a plasmid. The plasmid has two large segments and one small segment depicted. The two large segments (green and blue) indicate antibiotic resistances usually used in a screening procedure. The antibiotic resistance segments ensure only bacteria with the plasmid will grow. The small segment (red) indicates an origin of replication. The origin of replication is where DNA replication starts, copying the plasmid.
- clone: To make a copy.
- origin of replication: Where DNA replication starts, copying the plasmid.
- plasmid: Small ring of DNA in the cytoplasm of a bacterium.
- recombinant DNA: Combination of DNA from two different sources.
- vector: Carrier molecule for a segment of DNA.
- Recombinant DNA is the combination of DNA from two different sources.
- Gene cloning is making an exact copy of a gene.
Use the resource below to answer the questions that follow.
- Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer at http://www.dnalc.org/view/16033-Stanley-Cohen-and-Herbert-Boyer-1972.html
- What bacteria were used to create the first recombinant DNA?
- In the plasmid pSC101, what does the SC stand for? What gene did this plasmid carry?
- What does DNA ligase do? How is it used in recombinant DNA technology?
- What did Cohen and Boyer do to get a bacteria to take up the recombinant plasmid they had made? What does this suggest about how bacteria respond to changing environmental conditions?
- Since not all of the plasmids that Cohen and Boyer created carried both genes they were seeking to transfer, how did they isolate the bacteria that had plasmids with both genes?
- Did the technique from question 5 result in bacterial colonies containing only plasmids with both genes? Explain your answer fully.
- What is recombinant DNA technology?
- Explain the process of gene cloning.
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Warman's Kickfighting Show #70: It's Showtime Roundtable
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It's Showtime 55 is tomorrow and it is a huge card. This week on Warman's Kickfighting Show we switched things up a bit and held a roundtable to discuss the results from the Yokkao Extreme card in Italy and then do a blow-by-blow on the It's Showtime 55 card that will hit the airwaves tomorrow afternoon at 3pm Eastern time on HDnet or at ShowtimeFights.com. Steven and myself are joined by our own Rian Scalia as well as Ryan Ventura as we run down the card and take a look at what the future might hold for Badr Hari.
As always, the show can be accessed on Steven's blog or via iTunes [search: LordGaul].


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Binghamton University hosts volunteer and community resource fair
On Thursday, September 12, Binghamton University will host over 40 community service agencies to share the spirit of volunteer and community service with students.
The fair will be held in the Mandela Room of the University Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is sponsored by Binghamton University's Off Campus College, the Discovery Program and the Office of Residential Life.
For more information, call the Off Campus College office at 607-777-2767.


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|Warmwater flyfishing Bass, pike and even muskies in your backyard
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RE:largemouth on the fly
What I have found is the more expensive rods so not cast the slower lines line bass bug taper and ind resistant flies like the cheaper whip like ones. I dont mean Walmart or Kmart brand cheap rods, but the lower lines of Orvis and St Croix. The Orvis Clearwater series is wonderful for wind resistant SLOW cast. However, the St Croix L.U. has a faster action, I dont throw big flies with this one, but the Imperial and Pro Graphite are better for slower line speeds. You can get a Clearwater rod for about 140$, This is cheap when compared to some rods. I may build a rod one day, I once tried to get a custom made Orvis Trident, but the dont sell the blanks. Does anyone know why?
RE:largemouth on the fly
I have been using a 8wt and a 7wt this spring and summer for largemouth fishing. Just bought a slower action 8wt blank to build specifically for the FW. The 6wt might leave you a bit under-gunned for tossing those big deer-haired flies and poppers. Just picked up one of the LL Bean Quest rods in a 7wt for $40 - I think they are discontinuing that particular model (8'6"), maybe they have some left. I wish it was a 9', but the blank is fine for my casting ability. As a matter of fact, it actually allows me to cast the same as much more expensive rods.
If you are looking to build one I don't think you could go wrong with the St. Croix LU, Avid, or a PacBay blank. You'll enjoy building the rod, and will find that you can certainly do at least as well as most of the manufacturers out there (after you have a few rods under your belt). I get a little charge knowing that I built the rod (or at least assembled the rod) that I catch my fish on - much the same as the satisfaction you get when catching a fish on a fly you tied. You could buy a PacBay blank (~$45), reel seat ($5-fuji)decent guides ($10), thread ($2.50) epoxy ($10), and handle($15), and PVC rod tube for under a hundred bucks. All it would take is a couple of weeknights and you could have a very nice rod that could be used for FW bass and schoolie stripers - the bonus is your wife won't take your head off for dropping $600 on a new 5 piece RPLXi)!
RE:largemouth on the fly
Its bream, I must have mispelled it. You may have heard these names, sunfish, panfish, or bluegill. They are a small fish that you use those tiny #8 and #10 poppers on, they will just about eat any nymph fly or wooly bugger. The bigger ones (1 lb or so) are in the deep parts of the lake and are very picky, Though not enough too use a clear line. In the summer they get up on the bank to bed, there will be hundreds of them ready to eat anything they see (this is when they are most aggressive). This is also when the bass hang around there beds to have a all day buffet.
But about smallmouth- I have always wanted to catch one of those things. Dont they fight harder than largemouth. I am goin to try too take a pic of my favorite fishing spot and show yall. Later
RE:largemouth on the fly
They get some pretty nice lunkers out on Cape Cod. These are native fish for the most part. I've seen 10 lb. largemouth come out of certain spots. The largest I've caught on the fly rod was in Sandwich on a 7 wt. Somewhere near 5 lbs.
I've used a 9 wt. for pickerel near my local pond and did not feel I was over rodding it. Big, aggressive, hard fighting fish these are that seem to be attracted to waders. They cruise over to investigate your legs, which must appear to them as big tree trunks that move in the water. You never know how many of these "alligators" are just hanging there watching you. I've had fish take my fly not more than a rod's length away, usually on the pick up. It's a little spooky, really.
I just stole an old 3 wt. off E-bay that I'd like to rig up for some of the smaller largies that seem to infest most of the great (and not so great) ponds close to my home.
Wish I could find some small mouth water close by.
JH - what are breem? We use clear fly line in Saltwater, mostly for small tuna that make it to our shores every summer/ autumn. These "tunoids" as we call them have 2 or 3 times better vision than most other species and will spook at a white or brown line under certain conditions. Then there are the flats where striped bass sometimes scoot at the mere mention of LC-13. A clear line in that situation can help.... We tend to carry our slatwater experiences over to the ponds.
RE:largemouth on the fly
Hey JH -
I don't know about everyone else but I am dyin' to see a picture of the type of water you fish, and of course these monster bass. I guess any bass that can survive a bayou full of gators must be a tough mutha bass!
RE:largemouth on the fly
You probally think a 9 wt is too big cuz you are from a different area with a differnet fish, the large mout i throw at like the bug flies, and it aint uncommon to find 5 pound plus, the biggest bass i have is 13 pounds. I use a 6 weight for bream, thats it. but the Bream are the most fun too catch, they are easy and plentiful.
RE:largemouth on the fly
Thanks for reviving this thread. I finally made the crossover to fly on bass last summer. Got some nice 1Lb. smallies and a couple small Largemouth. But using a 9wt.? I thought it too big. I was looking at getting a 6wt. for bass. Maybe a cheaper 7wt. will do. Roop, great story getting broken off and all! Would love to bass fish with ya.
Got a canoe or john boat? 2001 is the year.
RE:largemouth on the fly
A subject near & dear to my heart.
Here on the South Shore ponds I use my #4 (Sage)#6 (my old Fenwick) or # 8 (Diamondback Backwater) depending on the pond. My favorite fly is a small yellow balsa popper #10.
Of course one of the trout ponds I'm hitting tomorrow is where a black 2/0 Dahlberg Diver disappeared as soon as it hit the water & broke off within 20 seconds. I figured the fish would have died and went back for several days looking for my fly & to find out what the fish was. In the last 7 months I haven't found him yet
I have a Whitlock video (whoever I loaned it to - please return) where he is fishing a pond in FLorida I think, gin clear water, and he is pulling in some REAL MONSTERS. That's what I would like to try some time.
RE:largemouth on the fly
I may be young(19) but i do alot of Flyfishin for Largemouth here in mississippi. The best rod for big flys( 1/0 to 3/0) is the Orvis Clearwater 9 foot 9 wt. Use a 9 or 10 wt line, but is has a lot of flex and does the best with bass tapers. Ive used a 10wt pike/musky taper for those 8 inch streamers I tye. For #6 and smaller bass flies i use the St Croix 8'9 8wt, it is made for bass fishing. I did a test, I put several lines in a pool and looked at them like a fish, they were all hard to see, almost white, so I see no need for a clear line, plus it would be a mono line wouldnt it??? That would not be good for my type of bassin. There is nothing better than seeing that fly get exploded on by the old mossyback bass now is it. my .02 cents
RE:largemouth on the fly
Actually, I usually load up the Sage with a 10, but a bug taper might cast better in the 9 [which the rod is rated for]. I do believe you can cut off a piece of the end of a weight forward line to get the bug taper. If I'm not mistaken, that's how the bug taper was developed in the first place.
Let me know if you get the line, I've got just the place to run a field test on it. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it!
RE:largemouth on the fly
Mike - Good to hear from you! I've done some bigmouth FF'ing with deer hair bugs and poppers... you're right the surface take is very exciting. They peter out much quicker than the bronzebackers, but are fun just the same. Monic makes a floating clear line, although I have yet to field test it. It's not specifically a bug taper but I believe you could either build a radical butt-taper-tippet graduation or maybe even snip the last level foot off the end of the flyline to get a little more punch out of the standard FWF.
I'll have to write Monic and ask for a test line... floating WF 9wt, bug taper preferred - correct?
largemouth on the fly
Well, there's no doubt the bronze-sided smallmouth is a great flyrod target. Do not ignore his big mouthed cousin from the south, however. My favorite thing about largemouths is their surface feeding habits. Nothing says "eat me" like a deer haired popper splating into a hole between the lily pads. Put the two together and you're in for some fun! One of the real beauties of fishing largemouths is the universal availability of these gamesters. Almost every one of us [in the States at least] is within striking distance of some good largemouth fishing even as I type [or you read] this message. Trophy largemouth have a loveable habit of turning up in little farm ponds and insignificant waterways of all shapes and sizes. Truly a working man's quarry.
For tackle I like the same 9wt Sage I use for stripers. True, the largies aren't too large when compared to a good sized striper, but thick weeds and heavy flies are dealt with alot better with the big stick. And let's face it, if you're not throwing big flies into thick weeds, you're not gonna get out of kindergarten. A floating line with a heavy forward taper to roll over the big flies and a short, heavy leader do the trick nicely. The new clear lines oughta make great largemouth lines, does anybody make a clear floating bug taper? Flies need not be elaborate, if they land with a splat and float, bass will eat them. It's much more fun, however, to put a little effort into coming up with just the right fly. The number one drawback of bass flies is weedlessness [or lack thereof]. Weeds are gonna drive ya batty. Weed gaurds on your flies are gonna drive ya batty. If anyone's mastered that problem I'd love to hear from you.
If you're interested in flyfishing for largemouth, and want to look into it further, I wholeheartedly recommend Dave Whitlock's bass video. Good info and very entertaining. The scene that I love the most is where Dave's standing in his boat talking to the camera when a big bass busts in plain view right behind him. With the camera running, Dave spins around and drops a fly on the fish and promptly hooks and lands a real cow. Very cool!
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Are children today really suffering nature deficit disorder (TM)?
|Children working in a London hosiery mill
around the turn of the century. Did they have
"Nature-Deficit Disorder (TM)"? Source.
Maybe you've heard of the scourge plaguing modern-day children, the one known as Nature Deficit Disorder (TM). You won't find it in any of the standard diagnostic manuals used to identify true disorders, but the "disorder" arises, so the story goes, as a result of keeping children inside for fear of their safety and "stranger danger," loss of natural surroundings in cities and neighborhoods, and increased attractions indoors that prevent spending time outdoors.
This "disorder" is supposed to be an effect of modern times, the combined effects of controlling and fearful parents along with the irresistible screen-based attractions indoors. As a result of this "disorder," children can allegedly be susceptible to any number of ills, including less respect for and understanding of nature, depression, shorter life spans, and obesity.
Concerns like these, it seems, have arisen with the advent of each new technological advance. One wonders if the invention of the wheel raised alarms that children might move through their natural surroundings too quickly to take them in. At any rate, while the person who invented this disorder, Richard Louv, has actually trademarked the term, it doesn't seem to have made a big splash in the scientific literature. Given that studies are lacking–i.e., completely absent–about "nature deficit disorder," one thing we can do is take a look back at how children lived before the technological age to see if their indoor-outdoor lives and exposure to the natural world were substantially different.
Go far enough back in human history, and of course, we all spent a lot of time outside. But how did we spend our time with the rise of civilization? Children in agrarian societies then and now worked from dawn to dusk as part of the family to put food on the table. In such a position, they certainly had no lack of exposure to nature, although how much they appreciated that endless grind could be in question. That is, of course, if they didn't die in infancy or early childhood, as a large percentage of them did in spite of all that fresh air and time outside.
But what happened with children and how they spent their time with the rise of towns and cities? In early times, many of those cities were walled compounds, not necessarily hives of scum and villainy, but generally stacks upon stacks of living quarters existing solely for functionality. Nature? Outside the walls, where danger–including the most extreme kind of "stranger danger"–lurked. Cities that lacked walls, as ancient Rome did for a long period, still were more focused on efficient crowding and function far more than on nature, with only the wealthy having gardens, the modern equivalent of today's back yards. In general, there were people, there were buildings, and there were more people. Not wildly different from, say, Manhattan today–except for that whole natural jewel known as Central Park.
This piling on of people, brick, mortar, more people, and wood continued for children who didn't live in agrarian societies. With the Industrial Revolution, what may have really been a nature deficit disorder for a child living, in, say, London, became a genuine threat to health. While they certainly didn't have television to keep them indoors, they also didn't have child labor laws. The result was that children who once might have been at work at age 4 in a field were now at work at age 3 or 4 in a factory, putting in 12 or so hours a day before stepping out into the coal-smoked, animal-dung-scented air of the city.
Child labor wasn't something confined to Industrial Revolution Britain, and it continues today, both for agriculture and industry. I do wonder if the children harvesting oranges in Brazil feel any closer to nature than the children weaving carpets in Egypt. Likely, there are deficits more profound for them to worry about.
The trigger for this overview of whether or not things have really changed over recorded history in terms of children's exposure to the natural world is this series of articles in the New York Times (NYT). In case you hit the paywall, it is the NYT's "Room for Debate" series and includes four articles addressing whether or not nature shows and films connect people to the natural world or "contribute to 'nature deficit disorder'" by keeping people glued to screens instead of being outside.
Louv, the coiner of "Nature deficit disorder TM", is one of the four contributors to the debate. He argues that viewing nature documentaries can inspire us to go outside. He also thinks many of us grew up watching "Lassie" instead of the "Gilligan's Island" my generation watched, but perhaps there's not a huge difference between Timmy in the well and Gilligan in the lagoon and consequent outdoor inspiration. At any rate, Louv does argue in favor of viewing nature shows, although from a very first-world perspective (like the Romans and gardens, we don't all have back yards, for example).
Perhaps the least-defensible perspective is the argument that Ming (Frances) Kuo, an associate professor of natural resources and environmental sciences, has to offer. She compares nature documentaries to "junk food" and offers the obvious: They're no comparison for the real world. For some reason, she implies that someone has argued that when you have access to TV, you don't need access to nature, saying, "Scientists have been discovering that even in societies where just about everyone has access to a TV, Internet, or both, having access to nature matters." I honestly don't think anyone's ever argued against that.
Does "nature deficit disorder" exist and is indoor screen time with nature documentaries to blame? In addition to the historical observations I've made above suggesting that children from previous eras haven't necessarily been wandering the glades and meadows like wayward pixies, all I have to offer is a bit of anecdata, and I'm curious about the experiences of others. Historical comparisons suggest that city-dwelling children are no more deficient nature-wise today than city-dwelling children of yesteryear. But do nature documentaries help… or hinder?
When I was young and watching too much "Sesame Street," "Gilligan's Island," and "Star Trek," the only nature show available to me was "Wild Kingdom" (Mutual of Omaha's, natch). Other than that, we had nothing unless a periodic NOVA episode came on public television.
I was interested in science and nature, but acquiring knowledge outside of what I read in a book was difficult. As a resident of the great metropolis of Waco, Tex., yes, I had a natural world to explore, but let's face it: The primates there weren't that interesting, and bluebonnets get you only so far. I had no access to real-life live-motion visuals, auditory inputs, or information delivered in any form except what I could read in a book. Talk about sensory limitations.
These days, my children have a nature documentary library that extends to dozens and dozens of choices. And they have watched every single one, some of them repeatedly. That's not to say that they don't also have dozens of well-thumbed field guides and encyclopedias covering fossils, dinosaurs, plants, bugs, sharks, rocks–the usual obsessions of the young who are interested in nature. Our "movie nights" often kick off with a nature documentary, and our pick of choice will frequently be one involving narration from David Attenborough. My children want to be David Attenborough–so do I, for that matter–and I can't recall ever really having that feeling about Marlin Perkins or Jim Fowler.
And the upshot of that access to an expanse of nature documentaries I never had is that their knowledge of nature is practically encyclopedic. I'm the biologist in the family–or at least the one who has the biology degree–but my children often know more than I do about a specific plant or animal or ecosystem or area of the world, all thanks to these documentaries they watch. And when we're outside, they extrapolate what they've learned, generalizing it to all kinds of local natural situations.
Do children today just need to be moving around more, somewhere, somehow? Oh, yes. But watching nature shows hasn't exacerbated some kind of "nature deficit" my children might have, Minecraft obsessed as they are. And these documentaries haven't replaced "real" nature with televised nature. Instead, the shows have expanded on and given context to the nature my children encounter, wherever that is–city, country, farm, sky, ocean, parking lot, grocery store, or even inside their own home, which is currently the scene of a sci-fi-like moth infestation that has triggered much excitement. I'd hazard that far from causing a deficit, nature shows have given my children a nature literacy that was unknown in previous generations.
What is your take on nature deficits and nature documentaries?
By Emily Willingham, DXS managing editor


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August 9, 2012
"Women who are living with HIV remain particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses, including unlawful breaches of confidentiality, denial of health services, compulsory HIV testing and in some cases forced sterilization," a UNAIDS feature story reports, highlighting a study from January 2008 by the International Community of Women living with HIV (ICW), which found that "[o]f the 230 women interviewed, most reported some form of discrimination in health services and nearly 20 percent stated that they had been coerced or forced into sterilization." The article continues, "All too often, women living with HIV lack the means and support to challenge violation of their human rights," adding, "However in Namibia, with the help of the Legal Assistance Centre, a local human rights organization, three women living with HIV took legal action for having been sterilized without their informed consent." According to the article, "The ruling has been hailed as a step forward in recognizing the reproductive health rights of all women regardless of their HIV status" (8/8).
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Craving Coney dogs? Slow cook this mouth-watering mix of bacon, ground beef, fire-roasted tomatoes, chili beans and more for a home run hot dog topping.
This hot dog topping is delicious enough to work on its own as a sandwich filling—a tasty twist on Sloppy Joes.
Serve this topping as a side dish for barbecued pork or beef ribs, or ladle it over fettuccine or spaghetti.
This recipe specifically does not call for rinsing and draining your canned beans because the starch in the liquid helps thicken the topping.
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Very nice shot! Beautiful colors!
Thank you Andrew. Will definitely do that!
Looks great! Just fix the repeating dust spots on the left hand edge and you've got a great image!
Thank a lot Chris. More to come!!!
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"Well, coincidence, first of all..."
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"Maybe not in one book, there can't be coincidence," Joe argued. "But sure, all sorts of myths are alike from all sorts of places..."
Have you been here before? Then you already know I'm not much of a reader. You'll probably be ever so mildly impressed, then, when I tell you I've read not one, not two, but three meaty novels in the past two weeks. Myself? I'm so impressed that I think the three deserve a fancy title: My Summer Reading List for 2010 or some such. And, while it wasn't easy reining in the six-headed ADD beast through 1,393 pages (and I am not talking large-print editions here), I did enjoy all three titles.
This, however, is not so much a book review or book report--to be honest, I'm not sure I remember what the difference is between the two, nor what the proper elements of either one would be--as it is an observation.
To begin, I'll go back to this time last summer, when the world breathlessly awaited the release of The Lost Symbol, a new novel by Dan Brown, author of The DaVinci Code. I was as breathless as anyone. I loved The DaVinci Code. I had two text copies--one in English, one in Spanish--and the unabridged audio CD in Spanish. I'd read the English one first, then ordered the Spanish versions thinking I would use them together, aided by the English version, to teach myself to read and speak Spanish. This plan was as much for the sake of motivating myself to reread the book (something I never do) as it was to learn Spanish, although at the time I was also preparing for a trip to Mexico. But I digress. I pre-ordered The Lost Symbol, it was delivered soon after the release date, and I put it on my bookshelf to be read at a time when I was certain I'd be able to read non-stop for a couple days or so, long enough to finish it without taking a break to do anything else.
On another occasion last year, I don't remember when exactly, I happened to stop at the dollar store when they had a table of remaindered hardcover books parked right inside the entrance. Like everything else, the books were a dollar, so I took a minute to glance over them. The Lost Constitution looked good--William Martin was "a master storyteller," according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer quote on the cover--and the jacket threw around some eye-catching phrases--"treasure hunt through time" and "early annotated draft of the Constitution stolen and smuggled out of Philadelphia" and "in shocking detail, the Founders unequivocal intentions" caught mine, and hey, it was only a dollar.
Before I could move away from the table, the cover of A Geographer's Library caught my eye also. I picked it up and flipped it over. On the back, an 'advance praise' quote said, "The Geographer's Library is a real reader's book, magnetic and sharply written, with excellent history, a strong narrative, and a mind of its own." Now right away I can hear you thinking, wouldn't that be enough to cause TK to drop that puppy like a hot spud?, because we all know she is not a 'real reader,' and she hates history! But this is the point in the story where I reveal one of the reasons I never go shopping. I hate shopping, for one thing, but for another, there is some sort of gap in my mental apparatus which sometimes causes me to purchase something that makes absolutely no sense a'tall! And hey, it was only a dollar.
So I arrived home that day with two books which I was pretty sure I'd never actually read. I left them laying on the coffee table, on the off chance... but eventually moved them to the shelf below the TV. Their priority dropped, you might say, to about 3" above floor level.
Fast-forward now to mid-June, 2010. After more than three months of daily posts at Before My Time, I had only a few surname posts left to do, but I was dragging my feet when it came right down to it. I had blogger burnout and my energy was being pulled toward creating books, but I didn't feel like actually writing anything. Heck, it was so hot and muggy I didn't feel like doing anything. So, since I was laying around like a limp dripping dishrag anyway, reading a book seemed like a pretty good way to pretend like I was doing something while actually doing nothing.
In the course of writing my surname posts, early American history had come up a lot so my mind was already warmed up to that era, and I really didn't think I had enough mental energy for Dan Brown, so The Lost Constitution seemed like the best choice.
If you've read it, you already know how faulty that bit of logic was, but it doesn't matter. William Martin, it turns out, is a master storyteller, and the book generated all the energy I needed to keep turning the pages. What's more, there was a strong family history/genealogy aspect that figured into the story. History mystery, family saga, political thriller--this turned out to be another book I'd like to reread. But will I have time? Martin wrote seven novels before this one, none of which I've read yet. And now I must!
While I was reading that book, my daughter called and asked me to farm-sit while she and her family take a two-week camping trip. I brought the book to Kentucky with me, thinking I would write a post about it. And, what the heck, I brought along the other two books that have been waiting to be read also, just in case.
And as it happened, the first few days I spent here were so hot and muggy I didn't feel like doing anything. Luckily I was prepared for that, huh? I settled in with The Lost Symbol and some lemonade.
You don't have to hit me over the head more than two or three times before I catch on to stuff, and indeed it didn't take me long to notice that this book, like the one just before it, was a thriller about finding something very old that has been lost. Yeah, I know what you're thinking... both books have 'Lost' right in the title. But you may remember, from several paragraphs ago, how I happened to acquire these particular books--i.e., without much attention to the fine points. The first was chosen largely because of its early American history aspect, and the second because... well, Dan Brown, duh. So the similarities seem like a pretty interesting coincidence to me.
As in The DaVinci Code, symbology and the Freemasons figure prominently in The Lost Symbol. To be perfectly honest, I liked The DaVinci Code--the ultimate genealogy thriller--better, but having said that, I will admit I had no trouble turning the pages of The Lost Symbol. I ate it up in two hot, sticky days.
Two good thrillers in a row and the ongoing hot weather had me firmly settled into a rare reading mood, so I moved right on to The Geographer's Library--you know, the one where I judged the book by the grungy old map on its cover. And as it turns out--this is where my story gets just a little bit creepy--this book is a thriller about the search for a whole bunch of very old stuff that's been lost.
That, if you ask me, is a pretty strange coincidence--randomly choosing three novels, which came out in three different years, reading them one right after the other when I rarely read fiction, and finding that all three are crafted upon the same premise.
What's more, in The Lost Symbol, a recurrent phrase was "as above, so below," and in The Geographer's Library, the same thought was a chapter heading. That's a pretty odd coincidence too.
And the cherry atop this three-scoop sundae of coincidence? It's the title and quoted lines of dialogue which appear at the top of this post. They're from The Geographer's Library, page 300. Now, that's just plain bizarre!
Fasman, Jon. The Geographer's Library. New York: Penguin Press, 2005. (This post opens with a quote from p. 300.)
Martin, William. The Lost Constitution. New York: Forge, 2007.
Brown, Dan. The Lost Symbol: A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 2009.


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MADISON, Wis. - A neighbor who witnessed a Madison police officer shoot and kill a man has hired a lawyer.
Madison attorney Hal Harlowe, a former Dane County district attorney, confirmed that he is representing Kevin O'Malley and his family.
This comes shortly after Paul Heenan's parents hired Jeff Scott Olson, possibly to pursue a civil suit. Heenan was fatally shot after police said he was aggressively confronting a police officer and reaching for the officer's drawn gun.
The incident began when Heenan wandered into the O'Malley's home on the morning of Nov. 9.
Police said O'Malley's wife called 911, thinking a burglar had broken into her home. Her husband went downstairs to check on the situation and found Heenan.
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Verhoff with Chirafisi & Verhoff law firm in Madison has prosecuted a number of officer-involved cases in the past. He said it's uncommon for a witness to bring on legal counsel but not unheard of.
"People get a lawyer because they're not familiar with the process, and they're affected by the situation, and they want to know, 'What do I have a right to say? When do I have a right to say it? Can you help me walk through this?'" Verhoff said.
Michael Scott, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has co-authored a book on deadly force and served on the Madison police force for a few years before research and teaching.
Scott said that having well-trained police officers can't always prevent tragic outcomes.
Scott says with legal standards in criminal cases, it is rare to see an officer charged by the district attorney. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said he is continuing to review reports and information and doesn't know when a decision will be reached.
The Dane County medical examiner said the toxicology report will take at least a couple of months to come back, which is standard procedure. Scott said those results won't likely be relevant for criminal charges but could be useful from a civil suit standpoint and could shed some light on motive behind Heenan's actions that night.
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While Detroit isn't the first municipality to go bankrupt, it's certainly the largest, and the outsize bills it is incurring have drawn criticism, including from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, who is overseeing the case. While bankrupt corporations routinely typically rack up much big bills, the fact that public money is at stake is a sticking point for many, The Wall Street Journal notes today: From the day after the bankruptcy filing until Dec. 6, the city paid consultants $10.8 million, and more expenses still loom.
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Instead of spending most of my spare time hacking on Apache lately I've been messing around at a house we just bought. I've been working on cleaning up the yard and fixing some drainage problems around the house. Next comes reworking the electrical line to the workstop. Other projects on the short list include putting GFCI sockets in the bathrooms, adding an exhaust fan in the master bath, replacing some light fixtures, upgrading the phone lines to support 2 lines + 100Mbps LAN, etc. The biggest problem for me with all this is overcoming the paralysis associated with the risk of making things worse. When I screw up badly I can't simply remove a damaged wall and let "cvs update" get me back to where I started.
The guys doing the painting and refinishing the floors still have a couple of weeks to go, after which we can move in and it will be easier to work on these projects.
Time to shut up and get to work... Liam will wake up any minute now and I need to look at the AIX+xlc problem before that happens. Also, I've got some updates to look at from David Reid for the libtool emulator we have for BeOS and OS/390.


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Cocoa butter has been used by various populations for hundreds of years with evidence of Africans pressing roasted seeds to create a rich, nourishing butter for centuries. In the 1800s, a Dutch chocolate maker named Conrad Van Houten patented a press to separate the butter from the seeds. This increased the commercial availability of cocoa butter and it became more widely used to moisturize and soothe skin. The process of extracting cocoa butter from cocoa beans involves fermenting and roasting whole cocoa beans before separating them from their hulls. Unlike cocoa solids, cocoa butter has only small traces of caffeine and theobromine.
Cocoa butter is considered one of the most stable fats, giving it a long shelf life. By preventing rancidity, cocoa butter's natural antioxidant qualities also contribute to a common storage life of two to five years. These antioxidant properties and potential for a long shelf life make cocoa butter an ideal ingredient in many skincare products, such as lotions, soaps, and cosmetics. The thick texture makes it easy to apply to the skin. Many products also rely on its pleasant fragrance to provide a mild and natural scent.
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Following an EU decision to provide Greece with a new $172 billion bailout package (WSJ), the debt-laden country now must wrestle with implementing steep austerity measures amid a worsening recession. The eurozone agreement, expected to reduce Greece's debt burden from 160 percent to 120.5 percent of GDP by 2020, includes a 53 percent debt write-down by Greece's private bondholders. The European Central Bank also agreed to indirectly help Greece by distributing future profits on its holdings of Greek bonds bought on the secondary market.
With much of the public deeply opposed to the bailout agreement, Greek leaders will have to demonstrate the political will to implement the EU-IMF-mandated austerity measures--including public spending and pension cuts and a 22 percent reduction in the private sector minimum wage. If affected, those cutbacks could exacerbate Greece's economic downturn, complicating its ability to chart an efficient growth course.
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Many Greeks are concerned they have ceded too much sovereignty (NYT) to foreign lenders like the European Central Bank and IMF for a bailout that may just postpone an inevitable default. Indeed, on Wednesday credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Greek debt to C from triple-C, saying it would further downgrade it to a "restricted default" (Reuters) following the private sector bond exchange or restructuring. In the event of a subsequent disorderly default, eurozone sovereigns, Europe's highly exposed financial sector, and global markets would all be put at risk.
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Germany's Handelsblatt notes that the new aid package is "based on more realistic assumptions than the first, increasing the chances that the targets will be reached." But it also cautions that the private sector haircut may not be big enough, and that Germany and other European countries may ultimately need to write off a portion of their Greek claims.
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Bruegel director Jean Pisani-Ferry defends austerity in Greece as necessary, but says the EU should also focus on social justice in Greece by encouraging more equitable burden sharing. "It cannot call for a cut in the minimum wage and at the same time assign secondary importance to the fact that tax evasion among the top ten per cent of the taxpayers costs one quarter of income tax receipts," he writes.
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Afghanistan and Pakistan: Humanitarian needs must not be neglected, says OCHA's John Ging
OCHA Operations Director John Ging has warned that a drop in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan and Pakistan could undermine efforts to bring meaningful development to vulnerable communities in those countries.
"We are very concerned that donor funding for humanitarian operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan is falling short at a critical moment of positive transition in the region," he said at a press briefing on Wednesday in New York.
"There won't be the potential that development money would unlock if you don't deal with the very basic humanitarian needs of the population."
Mr Ging was speaking following his recent mission to the two countries, where he travelled with the emergency directors of six major humanitarian and development organizations.
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A lack of funding, combined with ongoing security concerns, continued to complicate humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Mr Ging said.
"Our humanitarian appeal for US$471 million is only 38 per cent funded," he explained. "Again we have to emphasize that this is about laying a platform for all of the other elements of the transition (towards security and development). If you don't get the humanitarian right, then you have nothing to build upon."
Fifty-nine per cent of Afghans are malnourished – well above the emergency threshold of 40 per cent. An estimated 9 million people – more than a quarter of the population – are food insecure, with 2.1 million of them believed to be suffering from severe food insecurity. More than half a million people are internally displaced, and each year 250,000 Afghans are affected by natural disasters such as floods or droughts.
Mr Ging and the emergency directors arrived in Afghanistan on the same day that the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) office in the capital Kabul was attacked.
"Our operations continue to be very challenging, in fact, very dangerous," he said. "This (attack) certainly set the scene for us in terms of the dangerous environment in which humanitarians are and continue to work in Afghanistan."
Pakistan: "We may be called upon in a couple of weeks"
In Pakistan, Mr Ging highlighted that the positive momentum generated by recent elections – the country's first civilian transfer of power – could be undermined by lack of international support for humanitarian programmes.
Mr Ging shared his concerns about the impact that low funding was having on humanitarian efforts to prepare for the imminent flood season. The slow response of donors meant that agencies had been unable to pre-position emergency supplies in flood prone areas, he said, noting that this failure could hinder any emergency response.
"We may be called upon in a couple of weeks to support the Pakistani authorities in responding to flooding," he said. "That has been the pattern over the last number of years so we need to be prepared. And yet, the emergency stocks are not there."
Since 2010, when nearly the entire country was affected by massive flooding, funding for humanitarian activities in Pakistan has declined. In 2010, donors provided 70 per cent of the funding that was needed. In 2011 this figure dropped to 44 per cent. In 2012, funding fell further to 29 per cent. During this period, an estimated 30 million people have been affected by flooding.
"This is again evidence of a falling-off of international commitment to do what we are there to do," said Mr Ging. "And as humanitarian organizations, it is very frustrating to be on the ground, to be working in partnership with the Pakistan Government, and not being able to deliver."