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Charting the Crimean War: Contexts, Nationhood, Afterlives
The Crimean War (1853–56) is much more culturally significant than its popular mythologies suggest. Now remembered mainly for the Charge of the Light Brigade and the Lady with the Lamp, the war is a pivotal moment in the history of modern warfare seen as both the last of the old wars and first of the new. The first total war, it inaugurated new forms of weaponry, tactics, communication, war reporting, military medicine, and new attitudes towards soldiers. The issue provides a number of new perspectives on these features of the war as it played out in the British, French, and Russian imagination. Contributors mediate the vexed issue of medical provision for the British and Russian armies; sensitivities around Britain's military alliance with France; royal and poetic interventions into the welfare of the British soldier; the religious, commercial, and emotional investment in soldier-heroes like Captain Hedley Vicars and the Light Brigade; the memorialization of the final action of the war, the fall of Sebastopol; and, finally, the war's continuing cultural and geopolitical relevance. Incorporating statistical analysis, journalism, photography, objects, art, film, and literature, this issue of 19 makes a case for the conflict's wide-ranging significance.
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|Charting the Crimean War: Contexts, Nationhood, Afterlives
|Rachel Bates, Holly Furneaux, Alastair Massie
|Reporting the Crimean War: Misinformation and Misinterpretation
|Mike Hinton
|Russian Medical Service During the Crimean War: New Perspectives
|Yulia Naumova
|The French Army and British Army Crimean War Reforms
|Anthony Dawson
|'All Touched my Hand': Queenly Sentiment and Royal Prerogative
|Rachel Bates
|The Afterlife of Thomas Campbell and 'The Soldier's Dream' in the Crimean War
|Tai-Chun Ho
|Who Blew the Balaklava Bugle?: The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Afterlife of the Crimean War
|Lara Kriegel
|The Life and Afterlives of Captain Hedley Vicars: Evangelical Biography and the Crimean War
|Trev Broughton
|Sebastopol: On the Fall of a City
|Trudi Tate
|Off the Chart: The Crimean War in British Public Consciousness
|A. L. Berridge
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- Ernesto Villasenor
- Compton, CA
- United States
Social Justice Fellow, LA County Education Foundation (LACEF)
This conversation is closed.
Are the short-term gains of hydrofracking worth the short & long term burdens of environmental/social injustice, as stated by the industry?
The reason why I pose this question is because, as a social science researcher/student within the STS field, such technology has posed questions with regards to risk assessment and how the industry perceives the disparities created by unconventional gas extraction. In addition to this, I've personally traveled and have done extensive research with respect to unconventional gas extraction in the Tri-State region (West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania), where the environmental and public health burdens are abundant to say the least. Issues of public health, environmental degradation, disenfranchisement of rural communities- all come with an economic cost, both in the short-run and long-run. Although there are no industry-neutral publications and/or research conducted in this field (there is little research available that has been conducted without favoring the industry), it has been an issue in the US and elsewhere in the world where energy independence dominates the conversation with regards to the environment and public health.
What are your thoughts on hydraulic fracturing?
Adelo Vant
Apr 22 2013: IMO: What is my profit and WTF cares about US folks? This remains the down and dirty of dis-representative government for US folks.
- +1
Apr 22 2013: I couldn't have said it better. But, how can we help shift this governing body mindset to one that actually cares about their members of society? Up until when will we have to shift this mindset?
If recent events tell us anything, using the Keystone Pipeline spill in Arkansas and BP, it seems like it's going to take much more than that to actually get massive change going on.
Obama's energy policy is a fluke, exempting the industry from major environmental and public health regulations.Apr 16 2013: to my understanding, fracking can not be reliably and directly linked to environmental harm. the harms that can be proven are connected not to fracking itself, but for example mishandling of toxic waste and such. the myriad of claims about harms of fracking itself are questionable and debated. after many hundreds of thousands of occasions, if we still have debated effects only, the effects can't be very severe.
but here is my proposal. why not we get rid of all regulations, and have only one in place: require fracking companies to cover their activities with unlimited insurance. deaths and injuries must be "priced" extremely high. obviously, the insurance company has to be big enough to actually pay billions of dollars if it is due. if not one single company is willing to offer such an insurance, have them form some alliance, sharing risks. if still no insurance company is willing to cooperate, then bad luck, fracking can not be done.
what are the benefits? for the company: they can do whatever they see fit to maximize output and minimize risk. the experts come up with solutions, not politicians. if their plans are sound, they will be able to find insurance coverage. for the people: all material harm is covered. all injuries and deaths are made very unlikely considering the huge cost associated with it. more to that, since both the drilling company and the insurance company have vested interest in avoiding harms, harm is not likely to happen at all. for liberty: politicians are excluded from the process, which in itself greatly increases the reliability of the process.
Apr 16 2013: Some of the harms associated directly with fracking include the seismic activity in some of the areas where it is present, with a notable case in Texas. And all of the associations attributed to fracking are properly linked to environmental harm as hydraulic fracturing includes of multiple processes, all which have a level of environmental degradation. The effects that come out in terms of health disparities and what not are ripple effects from the activity that induces them, as in this case, fracking.
You bring a very good point, the insurance aspect of the work, and this has been an issue not only with fracking itself, but with other activities such as offshore oil drilling, the sands in the Keystone Pipeline. It is one of the things that has been discussed at different legislative levels throughout the US, and there isn't much information on this available online as far as I am aware. But it's a very good point, and this then goes on to the risk assessment associated with unconventional gas extraction, which is a whole different topic as to how the industry assesses the risks, how the community assesses it, etc etc.
Apr 16 2013: "associated" is a loose term. how? by whom?
Apr 16 2013: Loose term or not, as discussed before in this thread, I do not think that a lengthy paper on the harms caused by hydraulic fracturing- environmental, sociopolitical, health, etc.- is needed on this. There are communities, citizens, areas of land that are heavily affected and are being disenfranchised by the fracking industry.Apr 16 2013: at least you say so. but for example wikipedia disagrees. it lists a lot of harms, both in line with my description. either mild, debated or related to processes supplementary to fracking, and not fracking itself.
Apr 16 2013: Really? Wikipedia as a primary source?
The acquisition of my knowledge comes from working under world renowned professors, highly credible leaders in their field.
The tech has been around 10 years or so with little regulation. Any harms created by fracking-whether directly or indirectly- are caused by fracking and were not present prior to the implementation of such tech in the area.Apr 16 2013: did you know that wikipedia has a "References" section?
Apr 16 2013: I'm very well-versed in how the website functions, as much as I know that being the fact that the site is open to anyone to contribute, it does not necessarily mean that all credites references are reliable or industry-neutral references.Apr 16 2013: so because "does not necessarily mean" we can conclude that it is all crap. congratulations. you have established yourself a denialist / crank.
Apr 16 2013: Haha. You're funny. I'll spend my time educating and emancipating those who actually care and know about unconventional gas extraction rather than argue with a one-minded individual who has brought up nothing but fallacious arguments. Good day.Apr 16 2013: I invite you to visit the Marcellus Shale region in the Tri-State area of the Northeast US, speak with the residents there, speak with those who have been affected. Speak with the industrialists and learn about the technology. Then come back and contribute to this conversation.Apr 16 2013: Where I live in Schoharie County we are on the chopping block for fracking; local communties have outlawed it but some homeowners and the gas industry have gone to court to overturn the local laws. The implications for the oil and gas industry are huge.
We have widespread karst topography, and, if any fracking fluid gets into the ground water, it could contaminate hundreds of wells, not just one well.
Fracking wells are industrial sites; when they are finished, the end product has a small foorprint.
Why does no one point out that burning a century's worth of natural gas is the same as burning 50 years worth of coal? Is that really an improvement?
Apr 16 2013: Thank you for your input and feedback, Richard. One of the things that communities in NY State and elsewhere in the country are doing is developing penal codes that would ban fracking in their municipalities, as I've seen in numerous cases throughout the state (I'm a student at RPI in Troy). The moratorium that is in place can only withstand so much with the amount of power the industry has at every level of the government, but I do hope that the communities that will be most affected here in the state are prepared for it (even though the moratorium does not allow for fracking to occur, the state is still accepting the waste from the Tri-State region, where it is most active).
You bring up an excellent point with the last two questions you mentioned. Is it really worth it? If anything, going to unconventional extraction methods for energy have posed more harm than good for what, only a few years' worth of energy supply? Nonetheless, even if we are extracting natural gas and all out here in the area, we still have to account for the harm done in the area with respect to mining, which is something the fracking industry is not taking into account for. It really is a complete mess to say the least.
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Apr 16 2013: On the burning water propaganda, Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission says this:
Gasland (group who created the specious video) incorrectly attributes several cases of water well contamination in Colorado to oil and gas development when our investigations determined that the wells in question contained biogenic [naturally-occurring] methane that is not attributable to such development.Apr 15 2013: G'day Ernesto
Not on your nelly. We have polluted the air, the ground, ground water now subterranean water supplies, we have got to be stupid or something.
PS Some people might find the following links interesting some won't of course.
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Suppressed invention links
Apr 15 2013: Hi Mathew,
Seeing the fact that you're from Australia (looked at your page), has there been any fracking present over in your neck of the woods?
You bring up a very good point though. To what levels do we have to go in terms of sacrificing other sources just to keep quenching our thirst for energy? Fracking is definitely not the way to go, that's for sure.
Apr 15 2013: G'day Ernesto
I inserted a few links in my post but they didn't come up so here they are again for anyone interested.
Fracking links
Suppressed invention links
We have fracking in Australia however I don't think we have these wells around here that I know of.
So we sacrifice yet more of the very environment we rely on for our existence for what? A few dollars more for the multinationals & a few pennies for the workers who risk their very existence, if there's any aliens looking down at us they must be laughing their heads off at us for being so moronic, a bit of common sense goes a long way.
MathewApr 24 2013: OK, let's take this to the bottom.
All fracking is now stopped. Now what? Do we go back to coal for electric power? Do we stop using coal, it's worse then gas and more environmentally challenging. Can't expand nuclear, that's got even more problems... Now what?
While we are at it. All those oil wells working to make gasoline causing pollution. Let's stop that too!... Now what?
Some wag once said that we could exchange one horse for one car, Of course, it would take all of Canada to grow hay for the USA and all of Gulf of Mexico to hold the horse "waste". Of course, we all have to raise bees for candle wax.
Nothing is simple, no matter how noble.Apr 17 2013: Ernesto: you come out of the paddock as a social scientist with problems with fracking. I was taken aback.
Seriously, I lived on top of the Pennsylvania dome where the first oil production came to be and now I live in Texas on the eagle ford dome.
So, fracking can provide an economical source of badly needed energy and don't tell me about algae, or corn or wind or or or as sources of electrical power. Gas also has the ability to be transformed into a transportation fuel faster then about anything else...
Now, the fracking industry does say that there are safety issues that they do address and the motivation for them is notable, because wasted gas into the earth crust is gas not sold. There are issues with the proprietary recipes used to hold the broken rock open to allow gas to escape. They have to report the materials to the Federal Government, but not the recipes which seem to cause great consternation.
For those who are "not happy" about fracking, the dangers are earth shattering, global ending events that will have us all choking on burning water laced with strange chemicals and/or being buried alive under massive earthquakes.
I got to believe the truth is somewhere in between. According to the talk by Mr. Pickens, the country needs more and more low cost energy to sustain our economy. Several lawsuits against fracking in Pennsylvania were dismissed due to the lack of evidence. Even the state environmental offices could not substantiate claims made by "fracking injured" parties.
I believe that, we should keep an eye on fracking operations and benefit from the abundance of natural gas that we have available.
Apr 22 2013: Mike, even if we keep an eye on fracking operations and jot down the issues, disasters, and accidents that are occurring with fracking (or unconventional gas extraction, whatever it may be), the exemptions that the industry is saved from being brought to justice would not help us bring about the right regulation for the technology itself.
In this case, as in much of the unconventional gas extraction that is occurring elsewhere, we cannot wait for the technology to better itself. We cannot wait to provide solutions to the issue: in fact, we need to implement regulations that would prevent from issues to occur in the first place.
Apr 23 2013: OK, but, what you are saying is not quite accurate. BP is on tap for tens of billions. There have be individuals in the past that have been jailed for screwing up the environment. One can say we can do more.
On the other hand, what regulations can you pass for future actions. Can you write a reg to cover everything?
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A similar thing happened locally in the city of Hinkley. It cost the customers of PG&E 333 million dollars. Note PG&E simply raises the price of their service to cover the cost. The causality remains dubious 50+ yr later.
A worker got sick when first experimenting with X rays with Tesla. He did not know that x rays would cause sickness. But look at how many lives were saved by experimenting with x rays.
Anecdotal stories are not science.
Apr 16 2013: It's funny how you use the Tesla example on this one. It only involves one individual and one discovery.
Fracking involves communities and tens of thousands of people being affected, all for a short-term energy gain that is not sustainable in any way whatsoever. Is it worth it? I don't think so.
Apr 16 2013: Show me the factsApr 14 2013: Here's an article on increased seismic activity:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/earthquake-outbreak-in-central-u-s-tied-to-drilling-wastewater.htmlApr 14 2013: Where is the proof of the dangers?
Apr 14 2013: I'd like for you to view this video that my Professors and an Emmy award-winning producer Branda Miller have developed:
I went out there to the affected areas myself about a weekend ago, and just the exposure that I received within three days have left me with problems breathing. And I'd like to add that I grew up in an area where unconventional gas extraction is not even occurring, and this was only for three days. I can produce studies, articles, and reports if you'd like.
Apr 14 2013: That is not scienceApr 15 2013: Pat, do you believe fracking is worth it?
With every well drilled- and 32,000 wells per year are planned- a couple million gallons of freshwater are transformed into toxic fracking fluid. Some of that fluid will remain underground. Some will come flying back out of the hole, bringing with it other monsters: benzene, brine, radioactivity, and heavy metals that, for the past 400 millions years, had been safely locked up a mile below us, estranged from the surface world of living creatures. No one knows what to do with this lethal flowback- a million or more gallons of it for every wellhead. Too caustic for reuse as is, it sloshes around in open pits and sometimes is hauled away in fleets of trucks to be forced under pressure down a disposal well. Snd it is sometimes clandestinely dumped.
By 2012, 100 billion gallons per year of freshwater will be turned into toxic fracking fluid. The technology to transform it back to drinkable water does not exist.Apr 15 2013: Pat where is the proof of its safety?
Apr 15 2013: Nope nor anything else.
The alternative is to do without oil.
Do you realize how much oil contributes to the economy by it's labor savings?
Apr 15 2013: Oil is like 100 energy slaves per capita.Apr 15 2013: and the ramifications of that?
Apr 16 2013: Ramifications are many positives and many negatives. Certainly our economy depends on it. I am guessing that is the holy grail in your mind?Apr 15 2013: Thanks for those facts on fracking, Brian.
One of the things and conversations that I am trying to bring up is that we need more than the scientific method when exploring for unconventional energy supplies, fracking being one of them. To what extend do we have to sacrifice other things just to quench our energy thirst? Is the short-term gain of energy supplies worth the long-term issues in health, the environment?
Ben Jarvis
Apr 15 2013: no they're not, and we learned that a long time ago. still it doesn't stop a bunch of people declaring that fracking is great even though it is currently creating more problems than it is solving. history is a great teacher unless you willfully ignore it, and people do that either because they honestly don't understand, or are deliberately dishonest because they have a stake in the profits.
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Apr 15 2013: Am I that obvious? Oh good then I have achieved my goal.
No doubt some people will suffer as with any new technology. But if it does more good than harm it is worth it. The alternative is to languish, but not everyone gets that.
Apr 15 2013: Pat, world-renowned engineers, environmentalists, scientists, sociologists, and the average citizen knows that unconventional gas extraction does more harm than it does good. As I've said before in a summit: it doesn't take rocket science to figure it out. Let's say it generates x amount of capital in terms of energy, but at the same time it creates a+b+c+d+e+f+g...n of health care costs, environmental clean-up, and the whole nine yards. Will it then be worth it?
Such good example would be the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline. Look at what happened in Arkansas not so long ago. Are we going to wait until everyone gets messed up until elected leaders and the industry say, "merde, it wasn't a good idea afterall" ?
Ben Jarvis
Apr 16 2013: no, the alternative is to find a better way.Apr 15 2013: Your right it does not take rocket science, but it does take science, which is my objection to your conjecture.
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Apr 16 2013: Where is the science you stand behind? Any cost benefit analysis?Apr 16 2013: you've used that word conjecture again, but you don't seem to understand what it means. conjecture is what you're doing, making a baseless claim. a well-substantiated point is the opposite of conjecture.Apr 15 2013: Is that a threat?


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LAWRENCE TWP. – Numbers were down at the Lawrence Township Fire Hall bear check station this weekend compared to in past years when the check station was operated at S.B. Elliott State Park. The check station was relocated to the fire hall, which is located in Clearfield County, this year. In 2010, a total of 101 bears were processed at the station after being harvested on opening day; however, this year only 64 bears were brought to the site on Saturday, followed by three more on Sunday.
The Ridgway Lady Elker volleyball team celebrated its 2011 season with a banquet Thursday night at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
Varsity head coach Janet Redmond welcomed everyone and expressed appreciation to the coaching staff which consists of Kayleen Ford, Chris Woodford and Dan Healy, a newcomer to the staff this season. She also recognized the booster club with the members being Woodford, Mike and Carol Ames and Keith and Debbie Oknefski along with parents who helped at the concession stand.
JOHNSONBURG – Teammates, family, friends and coaches gathered Thursday for a banquet to close out the Johnsonburg Ramettes' 2011 volleyball season.
"When we started the season, I really wasn't sure how we were going to end up," said Johnsonburg head girls varsity volleyball coach Bill Shuey said. "I didn't know what our record would be and after the Union tournament and a slow start, we did end up playing some volleyball later in the day and we actually took second to Elk County Catholic."
CLARION – The Elk County Catholic Crusader football squad saw their season come to an end on Friday evening as the team fell to the Clarion Bobcats 22-20 in the opening round of the Class A District 9 playoffs. The Crusaders dominated the first half of the game, leading 20-0 at halftime before allowing the Bobcats to score 22 unanswered points during their second-half rally.
Elk County Catholic High School held its annual Fall Athletic Awards program on Wednesday evening in the high school auditorium to honor the school's numerous fall sports athletes.
According to Athletic Director Aaron Straub, 189 of the 272 students in grades 9-12 at ECC participated in a fall sport this year. Along with this, there were also numerous 7th and 8th grade students from the St. Marys Catholic Middle School who also contributed to the success of the school's sports teams this fall.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg soccer celebrated its season with a banquet at Johnsonburg Area Elementary School Sunday afternoon.
The Rams finished with a 2-16 record this season, scoring 20 goals and allowing 66 goals. The goals allowed total ended up being 10 less than last season.
Kyle Sheldon led the Rams with 11 goals this season. Luke Shreffler had four and Caleb Hefright had two. Zebb Zilcosky, Tommy Imbrogno and Devon Zilcoski each had one. Sheldon has 24 career goals and head coach Lance Rezmerski said that mark would be good for a mark of fourth place.
STRATTANVILLE – The Ridgway football team will go out on a winning note after a 35-0 victory over Clarion-Limestone Friday night at Clarion-Limestone High School.
The Elkers (6-4) built a 28-0 lead at halftime as the defense forced six turnovers from the Clarion-Limestone offense.
"The kids knew what was at stake here," Ridgway coach Mark Heindl said. "They wanted that winning record going in at 6-4 to end the year. These seniors went out in their final games and not only did they go 6-4 but they went out on a win and paved the way for the younger guys coming up through."
JOHNSONBURG – The Johnsonburg Rams (0-10) were locked in a heated battle late in the second quarter Friday night against visiting Keystone (3-7) before a string of miscues sent the Rams reeling in a 35-6 loss.
Down 7-0, Johnsonburg came up with a huge fumble recovery after a turnover on downs to set up shop at the Keystone 3-yard line late in the first half.
COUDERSPORT – After a nervous start, Ridgway volleyball had an exhilarating finish to earn a trip to the District Final Four.
Ridgway won 3-1 (14-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23) over Coudersport in the District 9 Class A volleyball quarterfinals Thursday night at Coudersport High School to become one of the last four teams remaining in the district.
The Lady Elkers now will play Saturday in the Final Four at St. Marys Area High School in pool play. Port Allegany, Clarion and A-C Valley are the other three teams to join the Lady Elkers.
PORT ALLEGANY – Johnsonburg made things interesting with a close first set but were never able to fully regroup in a 3-0 (26-24, 25-13, 25-20) loss Thursday night at No. 1 seed Port Allegany.
"We didn't really pass well but I thought we were really one hit away from winning that first game but then the second game, our composure went away a little bit," said Johnsonburg head varsity volleyball coach Bill Shuey. "You can't win this game if you can't pass the ball.
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A bill passed last week to preserve Montgomery County's tree canopy doesn't just replace those that are cut down, but also requires planting new trees where they never existed in the first place, a change suggested by the building industry.
But lawmakers opted to require more trees than builders suggested, which some say is the same as imposing a fee.
The Montgomery County Council unanimously passed its tree canopy conservation bill July 23 with a goal of stemming the reduction in the canopy that often accompanies in-fill development.
About 51 percent of the county's land is covered by a canopy of trees, but depending where you are in Montgomery, that canopy can be thick or thin.
The new law, which takes effect in March, would require those who obtain a sediment control permit to plant enough trees on their lot to cover 50 percent of the area being developed or to pay the equivalent cost of the trees to the county.
Stan Edwards, chief of the county Division of Environmental Policy and Compliance in the Department of Environmental Protection, said the county had originally proposed a bill that would only deal with replacing the canopy that was "disturbed." But Renewing Montgomery, an initiative of neighborhood builders, suggested making all properties, regardless of existing trees, subject to the law.
As approved, the law does not just replace trees that are removed from a lot for development.
"It applies even when no tree was cut down and even when no tree was on the site to begin with," said Michael Faden, the council's senior legislative attorney.
The county went along with the change, but disagreed with builders on how many trees it would take to have half the area covered by a mature canopy, Edwards said.
Based on data analyzed by the county, Edwards said, the environmental division found that only one in three trees survived to become a mature tree and suggested that the county require more trees to be planted than what builders suggested.
The council decided to require approximately triple the trees proposed by builders.
For lots with up to 6,000 square feet being developed, that would mean planting three shade trees instead of one. For an area up to 40,000 square feet, 15 shade trees would be required, not six.
Shade trees are those that grow taller than 50 feet.
S. Robert Kaufman, a spokesman for the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association, disputed the county's assertion that only one in three trees will survive. The association is a nonprofit trade organization representing builders in Maryland.
Citing studies in Philadelphia and New York, he said trees have been proven survive their first year at a rate closer to 90 percent and that trees on private lots have a greater chance of surviving than those along streets because of the care given by owners.
Renewing Montgomery said in a July 2 letter to the council that about 85 percent of trees planted by builders actually survive.
Kaufman said the legislation was emotionally, not rationally, crafted and is tantamount to a fee.
If all of the required trees cannot be put on a given lot, the county will require builders to pay $250 per tree into a special fund for planting trees in other parts of the county where few currently exist.
Kaufman said county regulations for stormwater management and other provisions in the new canopy law — such as the distance between each tree — will make it nearly impossible for builders to put every required tree on a lot. As a result, they will have to pay the for the remaining trees in the form of a fee.
"Don't make us try to meet a standard you already know we can't meet on the site," he said.
When builders develop a site, Kaufman said, the county's stormwater management law often requires removing all existing trees to make way for dry wells and other means of containing runoff.
It can cost as much as $8,000 to remove an existing mature tree.
Builders value trees as much as county lawmakers and environmental activists do, Kaufman said, as they add value to a site.
If the county wanted to preserve its canopy, it would fix the stormwater regulations that require builders to remove existing trees and let more of the trees already in the ground stay there, he said.


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I have a suburban garden. I plant tomatoes, squash, peppers, okra, beans, cukes, eggplant, lettuce, chard, and a special vege each year. I rotate and use compost. This year I planted Heirloom tomatoes. Normally I do hybrids but wanted to see what everyone talks about. I had terrible luck with both the Heirloom tomatoes and my cukes. Both ended up with blight. So much work and so little results. The okra and beans were fine. The pattypan squash was nice and lettuce is good. Why did I have such bad luck with cukes and tomatoes? Too much rain in spring? BTW, I live in Bowie, Maryland, Zone 7.
I am in Zone 8 and I too have had trouble with the tomato blight with the exception of this yr and last. I now plant my tomatoes in straw bales and avoid the soil contamination that can cause blight and viruses. It has made a world of difference. I did have trouble with my cukes this year that were planted in the ground..they looked great to begin with but fizzled rather quickly after flowering- I got a grand total of 4 cukes from 2 plants. The leaves were eaten by a yellow looking bug along with some sort of blight. I know how you feel - frustrated when you put the time and effort and get so little back..aggravating to say the least, but there's always next yr! lol
can you tell me how to plant them? thanks Toni
It is easy. Place a square of wet newspaper(no colored) on the ground about 2ftx2ft, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of organic food on the paper, cover with about 3 inches of top soil, than 3 inches of straw, repeat with 3 inches topsoil, repeat with straw and finish with topsoil. water good, than spread to put the plant in. You will need to water more often as it does have a tendency to dry out at least here in west TN. Ruth Stout wrote a book in the 50's about gardening this way. there is a book called lasagne gardening that goes in depth on this type of planting. you can use leaves in place of straw with equally good results. Hope this helps. GOD BLESS! Gloria
I believe the bug that ate your cuke leaves may have been a cucumber beetle. they are yellowish green with stripes. I would recommend getting a Rodale Organic garden book from your library to check what type of insect it was for sure. there are organic methods that will help prevent blight. hope this helps GOD BLESS1
I got blighted as well.... seems most people in my area got hit in one form or another, Western PA
I have started a small herb garden and have noticed something is eating some of the leaves on my sage and basil. I could use some suggestions since I'm a novice at gardening of any sort.
My cats love to nibble. Are yours out in the ground or in container? Did you flip the leaves over to find catepillars or bugs? Where are you located?
Hi cefi,
You can tell what kind of insect ate your sage by looking at the shape of the holes and extent of damage. If the whole leaf and adjacent stem is gone, caterpillars plague your garden. If there are oblong, oval-shaped holes in the leaves, you have beetles. Try to identify the beetles. Worse case, you might have Japanese beetles, a rather invasive species. These beetles have green heads and brown bodies. If the plant is gone (stems, leaves, everything), then you have slugs and/or snails. If I am remembering this correctly, you can attract slugs and snails with beer, then you can kill them with salt. On the other hand, it's probably best that you seek a non-aggressive means of defending your garden. Good luck!
This is sussexman, I came on the old site by accident when a friend in US of A sent me a caledar. I have learnt a wealth of knowledge in a short time about the odd names you have for things. I grow:- runner beans(stick beans to you) carrots, beetroot, radishes and weeds. The latter I really excell. I live in a little village about 5 miles from Battle. On your zoning system I think it would be about 125. I am still trying to get photos on but have an awful feeling that I will never have the chance now.
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I also excel at growing weeds ha!ha! welcome, I am also a newcomer!
Im new to the gardening scene but i quite love it. I have my plants in containers and out in the yard.Growing now is butternutsquash, melons, bush beans, corn but died, i have a big max too, upstairs in my terrace i have beets, lettuce, honeydew and cantaloupe, okra,lettuce. My tomatoes were eaten by grasshopers so i took them inside now there starting to survive again after i sprayed them with the special soap for that.Herbs i have rosemary, dill, chives, green onions too. Im so excited to see if i can finally get to germinate my blueberry seeds and raspberry seeds. I dont know why they havent grown. I would like strawberries too....Here in Puerto rico it depends on the day, sometimes is hot others is breezy. I live on the 2nd story so is fresshhh and u get the smell of the ocean.Have big plans with my garden and most help and contribute to the earth and my pocket having fruits and veggies in hand.
Johanna, you may find that the seeds need a bit of frost. Stick them in the freezer for a week then try planting them. I kid you not. Also if you grow in containers and want to keep vsiting bugs at bay from crawling up the sides try putting Vaseline round the rim. It works over here in Sunny Sussex on slugs. Hope this is of use to you.
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Welcome Johanna!
Sounds like you must have even worse Grasshopper troubles than me, or maybe sickly tomatoes?,,,Or perhaps the species of Grasshoppers you have there have different tastes than mine, I have had a sever case of grasshoppers each of the four summers I have been here so far, and I have only had minimal damage to my tomatoes.
sounds like your well on your way..
Hello my name is Virgil from ohio, Im just getting started in composting,, and have a few evergreen trees and shrubs,, my question is do I mix evergreen/pineneedles in my compost pile, or seperate?
I have been composting for over a year, i do not mix my pine needles in as they take a long time to break down, but they do make a great mulch, just be sure what you mulch them around can stand acid as they are acidic. I would recommend getting a rodale organic gardening book from your local library, there books are a big help to learn about composting. that is the book I learned from and have excellent black gold. GOD BLESS!
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I am Fred aka Frekky. After about 3 years working overseas (luxembourg, sydney, & edinburgh) I am returned to the area I grew up in. I live on the edge of Boston and the suburbs. As it's a bit late in the season to do much work I am in the planning phase of a 16 foot by 25 foot plot at a community garden for next year. I take control of the plot officially on March 15. Currently I am looking into what veggies and herbs I'd like to grow.I'll keep the masses informed here!
I look forward to reading/interacting with everyone.
HI frekky! i am a newcomer her and so glad to hear of your Tremendous endeavor! GOD BLESS you for what you are doing!
Welcome to the TOFA forums, hope you enjoy exploring the website, and I look forward to conversations!
I'm not an experienced gardener, but I wish to grow a small garden (if one may call it that) using plants from my backyard (weeds mainly). I am reading up on techniques for general gardening, but I find that the only books I have do not specifically discuss the plants I have available. So far, I have identified, observed, and taken practical notes on these plants I found in my backyard: common/great plantain, chickweed, purple clover, common prickly ash (a rather interesting, thorny woody plant), wild/wood/common violet, prostrate knotweed, and what I believe to be strawberry. I am experimenting with growing them differently at different times (e.g., I found that I could transplant knotweed indoors quite easily in the winter with only water and a freshly cut and stripped rhizome). I have compounded one of my favorite pursuits, astronomy, with my gardening, and am compiling a horticultural reference of my own. Still, I am inexperienced with gardening in general, as I have learned time and time again. Currently, I am trying to learn to recognize good soil and bad soil, drying techniques for very small herbs (like chickweed), propagation techniques and how to tell what plants they will work for, individual plant traits, plant diseases, evaluating a plant's health and growth rate, keeping good records, and general gardening information. Glad to be here.
I'm still taking on the never ending job of learning how to be a gardener one day at a time!:)
Hello - I live in SW Ohio and 2010 will be the year I finally put out a garden! Our goals are to grow many of our own vegetables and herbs. I'm looking forward to learning from you all!
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Look forward to seeing your comments in the future - Good Luck in your garden and have a Happy New Year!
Lantanalane, how did you set up your bale garden? Do the bales retain moisture very well? I was thinking of maybe trying that method with strawberry plants.
It has been along time since I have been to this forum or the Farmers Almanac page itself I have moved and had computer issues and things since then I love to Garden Bake Cook from Scratch everything I have my Kids( pets ) 3 dogs and 4 kitties I should be saying we my other half is a carpenter/forman and we live in small town N.D the very southern tip to be more exact Hankinson and we have a large amount of snow here and were getting into our flooding times which everyone is extremely worried about in the coming spring especially Fargo N.D they are predicting it to be worse than last year we live about 58 miles south of there but we have the wild rice river to worry about amongs others here in our valley hoping this post finds everyone happy and healthy great to be back on line again
Good luck with that flooding!
I think we are going to need more than luck this time altho we are getting prepared earlier this time last year it went to 40 feet and they think this year may be worse this area alone has gotten 69.7 inches of snow on top of all the rain we had just before the freeze we are starting sandbags next week moorhead is calling for 300,000 of them and that is a little area I don't know if you saw any of the footage from last year but it was bad I guess what needs to happen right now are alot of prayers
I've had planted in my garden for two years and do not know how to care for them, watering, feeding, ect. They have remained in the grownd all this time. The first year they produced lots of lovely blooms, but did not produce much this past year. What am I doing wrong. Can any one give me some sound advice. email@example.com
Last year I had beautiful tomatoes until I got the blight. I talked to a gal from Cornell Univ ag dept and was told that I could harvest and set the green tomatoes out to ripen. Cut out the bad parts and eat/freeze the rest. She said that everything the blighted plants touched had to be disinfected with a clorox and water solution. I think it was one cup to one gal of water.That means all the stakes,cages,fencing,pruners,clippers,
trowels, gloves,etc.-everything!
The one question I didn't ask... I grew some heirloom/heritage seeds from an Amish pink tomato which also got the blight. I saved the seeds from those tomatoes. Can I grow tomatoes from those seeds? Do the seeds carry the blight? I know the leaves and stems do. BTW -Do not compost or till into the garden those contaminated leaves or stems or you will just spread the problem.
These are really good questions ... and I have a suggestion.
Perhaps you might get answers you need by clicking on the gray button for "New Topic" on this forum's main page, so that more people will see it and may have answers for you both :)
(getting used to new forums can be funky, but it just takes a second)
Hi I am new to this newsletter and I love it! I garden organically consider myself between beginner to intermediate,I have read so much, have finally gotten my clay ground workable thanks to lots of vegetable scraps and compost. I have had good luck with my plants and am able to control the insects for the most part. I have one MAJOR problem - Squash Bugs and Squash vine borers! i have planted nasturiums with my squash plants and the squash bugs don't even seem to mind. I hand pick them and remove the eggs, but they still manage to ruin my plants. I really don't want to resort to chemicals as I have so many honey bees and they are all ready in danger. I live in west TN if that helps. I SURE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY IDEAS ANYONE CAN GIVE ME. Thanks ever so much! Gloria
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Hello everyone. My name is Tina and I live in Canada. I have had very little experience gardening. Mainly because of living in an apartments with no actual yard of my own. The experience I have had in the past is mainly indoor planting with store bought plants. This year I have moved to a home and have a small yard. I am looking into starting some of my own seeds as well as using some store bought blooms. Any tips from people with more experience would be appreciated. One problem I do seem to have is that my cat's enjoy eating most of my plants so any pet friendly tips would be great! Thanks I look forward to gardening this year!
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Hi. I ordered potato seedlings to plant and they arrived this past week. I wasn't expecting the weather to take a turn for the wet, nor had I anticipated not being able to get into the garden or them actually arriving so quickly. I cut them half, they had "eyes" all over. But they hadn't sprouted yet. They are sitting on a cookie sheet on my washer, under a "growing light". It's calling for 60* temps the end of this next week, but I'm worried that I may have ruined them. Any suggestions? How long can they keep before I get them in the ground? I will put them into containers if anyone thinks this would be better than waiting another week. HELP?! Please
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From the Great North West on the Peninsula that is. I have an Acre to garden on minus the house area. I was down in Missouri for the last three growing seasons but back to my gardens here that were not tended at all but mother nature ... yes a lot of take overs happened. Since its Washington I have all the berrie shoots to deal with. That I have in some parts gotten rid of the back year gardens. Thankful the raspberries took off and strawberries rhubarb and chives still thrive. I the see mints popping up here and there. Good so far! I am wondering about my lupines I had and why I did not see any shoots when I came back in Aug? I be will replanting them. What should I do to ensure that I get a good harvest of corn and carrots? I have a north facing hill that the sun does hit in the summer time. I love the way my tomatoes grow over ten feet tall even when I pinch em must be the used sawdust that I get from the local equine centers. looking to working in our Churches new garden that the ladies are starting this year. Loads of work to be done...any help is surely appreciated.
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I'm in the same situation,,,,mines a mental disability, but has held me back physically much, but little by little, keeping active has helped me! I wish you luck and offer you a prayer! I have been in constant struggles with getting my mind back functional, and trying to get back in shape after being put on medication that made me gain lots of weight at the same time I was practically locked away!
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Some compost, a little Epson Salts and a few stick matches for sulfur should do your plants good.
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I know people who have driven drunk hundreds of times and always seem to get home alive.
That does not prove that drunk driving is not dangerous. It does prove, however, that every once in a while, a guy comes along who thinks that accidents and injuries are caused purely by other people's stupidity. To him, his defiance is a calculated risk and he takes no responsibility for the possible repercussions. To him, other people had just better watch out.
And because there are people like this, I never assume I am following the rules just because I'm doing what the other guy is doing (BTW kids, that's a very important principle that will save you a lot of trouble). There's a good chance he doesn't know better and hasn't learned the hard way yet.
To figure out if I'm following the rules, I look at the rulebook. In the case of residential stairs, the rulebook is IRC Sections R311 & R312.
Interestingly enough, I posted the following two weeks ago after repairing a step with a 1.5" riser difference (3/8" is max allowed) that caused a trip that resulted in a 4 foot fall down the stairs for a teen. Had it been a granny, that same fall would have caused a particular injury that hastens the death of the elderly. I know because I have taken dozens and dozens of those good old folks to the ER, and transported them between the hospital and nursing home. I got to know them pretty well before they died of pneumonia from being bedridden by their broken hip.
There are very, very few things in this world I hate more than preventable injury.
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My pictures might look like the treads are spaced far apart, but they are spaced at 7.125" and they are all within .0625.Also the treads are all.5 at the widest point. They walk really comfortable.
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I work with a guy who builds spiral stars on the side, when he's not busy working shutdowns. The following event was 2 years ago:
Buddy (Ron) was not working at the time, and so he gets a call to quote a job in the ritzy part of the city. Not really wanting the job because shutdowns are coming up, he goes to look anyway. A 50ish year old man opens the door and takes him to the back yard. There he also meets a late 20's HOT bimbo who turns out to be the surgeon's wife. He wanted a spiral stair to go from his 1st floor deck to the second. An elaborate job from what he described. So he goes home and crunches numbers, keeping in mind that he doesn't really want the job. He said he came up with a price of $28,000 to insure he wouldn't get the job! Faxes the guy the quote and he gets a phone call "How soon can you start?". He took on the job and missed a shutdown!
They expect homeowners to purchase these not pro's. If a homeowner installs them he assumes the risk. If a pro does it he asumes the risk FOREVER!!!
You posted these stairs up for all the world to see. Do you want us all to ACT like we think your set of steps in the first post is something that we could build and meet approval in our areas?
I made these types of stairs thirty years ago. They were nothing new then. I have had to live with them. No one here is saying your workmanship is in question.
Most people who have had them in their home never want another set again. You cannot hardly carry anything up or down them. They are very easy to fall down on. If you have small children or elderly people often they are just flat out dangerous.
As for the website that you posted the set on the homepage is exactly what we have been discussing. I doubt they would pass any code anywhere.
All any of these are IMO are just kinda cool but very dated and only good where saving space is the main consideration.
When you are a professional working in a region that has codes you cannot simply ignore them unless you like having everything you own being taken from you while everybody around talks about it. I have lost a home in the eighties and went thru the embarrasssment of having my name posted in the newspaper and then watching it auction off on the courthouse steps. I was much more of a risktaker then
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I am sorry i am not as smart as you think you are!! I just thought it was a nice piece of work, i look at some of the stuff posted and everybody raves about it, and it is sometimes les than nice. Also we are supposed to pull the log from our own eye before we pull the speck from someone elses..
It is a nice piece of work, I am sure it takes some time to build a set of stairs like these and I can see how you might be disappointed in some of the responses to your post.
I have been posting on internet forums for years now and see posts that are misinterpreted as often as not - no matter how well meaning the response is. I think some of the responses you received were intended to help insure you did not acquire any unnecessary liability. The posters may have been unsure that you were aware of the applicable codes.
The written word is often hard to deliver properly without the advantage of face to face conversation. Think of it this way - if you were at your favorite restaurant for Saturday morning breakfast with your friends that you know and respect and one of them said "Hey - I don't think that railing meets code", then the conversation might take an entirely different course.
On discussion forums it is hard to put in perspective the knowledge or intent of the responding poster. It's easy to take offense and hard to take criticism when you don't personally know the poster.
I think the stairs look great, I have a place at my house where they would work well due to some space limitations. They would only see occasional use and would add an interesting architectural feature to that portion of the backyard and deck. I was interested in how the work was accomplished.
I don't think anyone was implying you did not do fine work. They just want to be sure that on down the road that you did not encounter repercussions if there were a question about the stairs meeting code.
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I never said I was smarter than anyone.
I see people driving in heavy traffic on the cell phone with kids jumping up and down in the back seat. I just recognize they are stupid for ignoring the law.
Some other dangers are just a little less obvious.
You seem to take the stand that by recognizing that those steps would not pass hardly any code, anywhere, we believe you do shoddy work. No one is saying that. The only way your steps could be judged as "a nice piece of work" is with close up shots of welds and fit-up when it is something as basic as that.
Are you in fact saying that you have no intention of possibly constructing and installing better and more profitable stairs and railings for your customers?
In post #10 you make it very obvious that you are not even aware of the fact that there are laws about stairways in private homes.
In post #17 you seem to take the stand just because a company sells kits for stairs it must be ok to make whatever you want and ignore all local laws so anyone who brings up the finer points of the law must just simply be a Know-it-all.
Read post #21...is he a jerk for pointing out that he got to go back and bring 30 sets of stairs up to code??
What has anyone said here that makes you think we are saying anything other than you should construct stairs in compliance with local codes?
Does this post offend you as well?
Eagerly awaiting your reply...Garry
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handy work
Lets see some of your handy work. I wonder how the people who build these kits keep their business, i have read alot of your posts and it seems you are a critic of everyone. I have been in this business for 30 years and it the trade for 40. I always make it a point to look for something good in people be it their work, or their beliefs. You must really be a miserable individual, this will be my final post on this. I hope you can find something nice to say to someone, but dont say it to me.....
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I think that the only point people are trying to get across is that the stair codes are there as a guideline to make things safe for people using them, reduce the liability of the home owner, and the liability of the builder. I don't think anyone that I have ever known wants to create a situation where someone could be permanently injured or die, and that could be the consequence of improperly built stairs. The tight spacing on the verticals is to protect infants from sticking their head through and being strangled, also the kick plate is there to stop a leg or infant from going through, either could be catastrophic.
To add I think most people come here to learn and get better at what they do, but at times that will mean accepting that you have not looked at things in the proper light. I actually have the most respect for those people that are embarrassingly frank about there blunders, often this is where we all learn the most. I know this is something I can work on, for the rest of my life.
P.S Thanks to all of you that help all of us in our endeavors here.


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My understanding is that the bulk of an axon is myelinated, greatly adding to the efficiency of transmitting action potentials. However, the axon terminals are not myelinated. I'm wondering if the energy of an action potential is divided among the various branched terminals of an axon and, if so, how it's divided. For the purpose of this question, I think it's safe to assume that an action potential loses no energy while travelling down the main myelinated part of an axon.
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From my understanding, no, this is not the case:
In the myelinated areas of the axon, however, the charge instead performs
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