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Skip to comments.The Coming and Going of Glaciers: A New Alpine Melt Theory
Posted on 06/18/2005 5:06:43 AM PDT by aculeus
The Alpine glaciers are shrinking, that much we know. But new research suggests that in the time of the Roman Empire, they were smaller than today. And 7,000 years ago they probably weren't around at all. A group of climatologists have come up with a controversial new theory on how the Alps must have looked over the ages.
The Morteratsch glacier in Switzerland has retreated by 1.5 km since 1900. Some scientists believe that glacial fluctuation could be a more normal development than previously thought.
He may not look like a revolutionary, but Ulrich Joerin, a wiry Swiss scientist in his late twenties, is part of a small group of climatologists who are in the process of radically changing the image of the Swiss mountain world. He and a colleague are standing in front of the Tschierva Glacier in Engadin, Switzerland at 2,200 meters (7,217 feet). "A few thousand years ago, there were no glaciers here at all," he says. "Back then we would have been standing in the middle of a forest." He digs into the ground with his mountain boot until something dark appears: an old tree trunk, covered in ice, polished by water and almost black with humidity. "And here is the proof," says Joerin.
Radical new theory
The tree trunk in the ice is part of a huge climatic puzzle that Joerin is analyzing for his doctoral thesis for the Institute for Geological Science at the University of Bern. And he is coming to an astonishing conclusion. The fact that the Alpine glaciers are melting right now appears to be part of regular cycle in which snow and ice have been coming and going for thousands of years.
The glaciers, according to the new hypothesis, have shrunk down to almost nothing at least ten times since the last ice age 10,000 years ago. "At the time of the Roman Empire, for example, the glacier tongue was about 300 meters higher than today," says Joerin. Indeed, Hannibal probably never saw a single big chunk of ice when he was crossing the Alps with his army.
The most dramatic change in the landscape occurred some 7,000 years ago. At the time, the entire mountain range was practically glacier-free -- and probably not due to a lack of snow, but because the sun melted the ice. The timber line was higher then as well.
The scientists' conclusion puts the vanishing glaciers of the past 150 years into an entirely new context: "Over of the past 10,000 years, fifty percent of the time, the glaciers were smaller than today," Joerin states in an essay written together with his doctoral advisor Christian Schluechter. They call it the "Green Alps" theory.
Joerin admits his theory goes against conventional wisdom. "It is hard to imagine that the glaciers, as we know them, were not the norm in past millennia, but rather an exception," he says while he and his companions dig out the tree trunk with shovels, axes and bare hands.
Indeed, critics accuse him and his colleagues of relying on a thin and ambivalent layer of facts. The Green Alpinists respond to the argument their own way: with a large orange chain saw. Kurt Nicolussi, a slender man in his late 40s, slices a slab of wood as large as a wiener schnitzel out of the trunk and analyzes it. "At least 400 annual rings, well preserved, perhaps the best sample we have ever had," he declares proudly.
Dead wood tells a lively story
Nicolussi, professor for Alpine Research at the University of Innsbruck, Nicolussi is a dendrochronologist, something of a tree historian. He records the exact location of the find, carefully packs up the slab and labels it with a new name: "TSC-160" -- find number 160 of the Tschierva Glacier. Under the microscope, the thickness and the shape of the annual rings reveal a considerable amount of detail about the location and the climate conditions under which the tree grew. To date, he has collected and analyzed more than 400 chunks of wood.
Nicolussi's assessment of TSC-160: It comes from a stone pine (Pinus cembra) that lived at least 538 years. "This is not unusual, pines grow extremely slowly, but become quite old," the scientist explains. TSC-160 died approximately 6880 years ago, during the Neolithic Age, somewhere at the foot of Piz Bernina which is today covered with an impenetrable ice shield.
Somewhere along the line, the tree was buried by masses of ice and dragged into the valley where it remained until the glacier set it free again last summer -- a secret message from the Stone Age at a place thought to be covered in "eternal ice."
Although glacier experts like Hanspeter Holzhauser have been collecting remains of plants in the vicinity of glaciers for years, they only began systematically analyzing the finds about 13 years ago.
At first, he and his students collected over a thousand little chunks of wood and shreds of turf on their excursions along the glaciers, from the Engadin in the east to the Unterwallis in the west, from the Forno and Stei Glacier to the du Mont Mine Glacier. Finds include the remains of birch trees, willows, Norway spruce, pines, larch and a lot of the resilient Swiss stone pine.
There is a simple deduction that lends support to the Green Alp theory: The bits of trees that have been washed out of the glaciers must come from further up the mountain. And if trees grew up there, then the mountains could not have been covered by glaciers.
Schluechter sent over a hundred of the old bits of wood to a special laboratory for carbon dating. They discovered that the trees didn't grow up there continually, but rather within ten periods of time since the end of the last ice age.
The dynamic history of glaciers
"The history of the glacial cover apparently is more dynamic than had been assumed until now," says Schleuchter. According to this model, the glaciers were smallest about 7,000 years ago, largest during the "mini ice age" of 1650 to 1850. Since this last cold spell, the tongues of ice have been receding quickly -- for a paleo-climatologist 150 years are just a wink in time.
Schluechter knew that his theory would be a hard sell in professional circles, and he needed more samples to back it up. He came up with a trick to get help: He and doctoral candidate Joerin published an article in the the Swiss Alpine Association's members magazine. At the end they included a plea to "mountain guides, mountaineering schools and hut keepers, to register wood and turf finds. They promised that "Finders would get the next summit drink for free." The feedback was amazing: some 50 envelopes with tips and samples landed in the Institute's mailbox.
Some experts have greeted the Green Alp theory with great interest. They include Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, who studied Schluechter's results. He too considers it possible that the Alpine glaciers used to be smaller than they are today.
But there are critics. Like Oetzi, the 5,300 year old Stone Age man whose body was found in the Oetz Valley Alps. After all, how could his corpse have remained intact if the ice receded again and again? The Green Alpinists argue that the fluctuation in the glacier level was subject to local influences and did not hold true for the entire Alps region.
Wilfried Haeberli of the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich is a more vocal critic. The extreme warm phases suggested by Schluechter's theory are not compatible with findings derived from ocean sediments, pollen analysis and ice cores. In fact, most climate data proves that since the Ice Age, it has never been warmer than it is today. How, one might ask, could the Alps have been free of glaciers in the Stone Age?
Negating the effect of climate change?
Joerin is quick to explain that he is not trying to explain away the effects of man-made warming of the past few years: "Our findings so far could also be seen as giving the exact opposite of a climatic all-clear," he says. "If we can prove that there were ancient forests where the glaciers are today, it means one thing in particular: that the climate can change more suddenly than we thought."
Up on the Tschierva Glacier the two scientists are especially keen on finding the answers to the most pressing questions of the day: How quickly did the climate change? How quickly did the balance of ice slip from a plus into a minus and back again? The carbon dating method they've been using is far too imprecise for this, which is why the scientists plan to compare their results to the analysis of the carbon rings. For that they need more samples like TSC-160.
Joerin spots the ideal specimen. "Up there, that is a prime example," he says, pointing to a tree trunk in the ice, deep and unreachable. The scientists will have to return at another time, but they have already set a date. By October the glacier will have receded another 50 meters, freeing the tree trunk for the chainsaw and the microscope.
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I am assured by a local global warming enthusiast (supposedly has a degree in climatology) that Southern Ohio's drastically higher temperatures are due to automobile exhaust.
Current temp here in Southern Ohio is 62 degrees Fahrenheit on June 18th 2005.
Me thinks someone is full of B.S.!!!
This lends to the theory that the Earth works in cycles, probably not the case since nothing BC (before Clinton/s) matters. We'll need to have someone in Congress call for an investigation into these startling new revalations...
Everything - the energy of the sun, earth's climate, earthquake and volcanic activity, human civilization - moves in cycles. The ancients did not develop the zodiac to tell your fortune or decide when to plant crops.
Reading a lot of Roman History, if the ice was there, as it is today, the movement of Roman merchants and Roman military would have been greatly curtailed. Armies were moved back and forth with a speed that would indicate that the ice as we know it today was not there.
We know so little about solar cycles and the sun in general. It seems pointlessly arrogant to assume that we are the cause of the climate change (if there is any). It reminds me of the rooster who thinks his crowing is what brings on the dawn.
Ya mean Hannibal's elephants didn't have to use snow shovels?
I think it is exactly that --(the rooster that brings on the dawn)-- to assume that such a huge (earth)system could be negatively impacted by something so insignificant to geological events (cow farts, humans, bbq's). Do the data (global warming/ cars) correlate? Yes, perhaps. Is car exhaust causative? It is so highly unlikely. This is an interesting study, in the Alps. Always good when existing theories are challenged.
From Wikipedia:
The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) or Medieval Climate Optimum was an unusually warm period during the European Medieval period, lasting from about the 10th century to about the 14th century. It has been argued a better name would be the Medieval Climatic Anomaly.
Initial research on the MWP and LIA was largely done in Europe, where the phenomenon was most obvious and clearly documented.
It was initially believed that the temperature changes were global. However, this view has been questioned by some scientists, amongst them Bradley and Jones, 1993; Hughes and Diaz, 1994; Crowley and Lowery, 2000. The 2001 IPCC report summarises this research, saying: " current evidence does not support globally synchronous periods of anomalous cold or warmth over this timeframe, and the conventional terms of 'Little Ice Age' and 'Medieval Warm Period' appear to have limited utility in describing trends in hemispheric or global mean temperature changes in past centuries"
During this time wine grapes were grown in Europe and southern Britain (however, factors other than climate strongly influence the commercial success of vineyards; and the time of greatest extent of mediaeval vineyards falls outside the MWP). The Vikings took advantage of ice-free seas to colonize Greenland and other outlying lands of the far north. The period was followed by the Little Ice Age (LIA), a period of cooling that lasted until the 19th century when the current period of global warming began.
An interesting question, since Ariana Huffington blames SUV's for global warming--and there weren't a lot of those around in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
In 1976, scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory spearheaded a project called CLIMAP (Clint: Long-range Investigation Mapping and Prediction) to map the history of the oceans and climate. They discovered that ice ages begin or end, almost like clockwork, every 11,500 years. It's a dependable, predictable, natural cycle. Pacemaker of the Ice Ages, they called it.
I often read that the earth is warmer now than it has been since 1500 or 1300 or some other far away date. My question is what made it so warm then? I know cattle contribute a bit but there could not have been as many cattle then as now and there certainly wasn't anywhere near as much industry.
It's that &*^&*^&*^&*^( leftover dinosaur poop.
Since there is still year around ice in Antarctica and Greenland we are, by definition, still in an ice age and have been for over 1,000,000 years.
During this time there are periodic advances and withdrawals of continental glaciers to which the 11,500 year cycle refers. And we are now past due.
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Whose definition?
This is ridiculous. There are no "cycles", global warming is caused by Republicans, and George Bush in particular.
Thanks for that link Kabar. That "pacemaker" isn't a pacemaker at all; for one thing, it isn't like clockwork, not in the least, and that was known from data gathered before and after that study; for another, it merely looked at (selective) data in order to (erroneously) model glaciations in a way that would make them nice a regular and predictable.
It would be nice to think that they are nice and regular and predictable. And it would be nice to attribute them to Maunder Minimums (solar activity). The world does cool down when the sun dims a bit (which it does, but the "cycle" isn't regular) and warms up when the sun brightens a bit (which it has been doing). But there's no way to get massive glaciation with gradualist processes and long term trends.
Geological definition. We are in an interglacial period and should expect up and down behavior.
Despite the findings all over the world that climate has changed dramatically in cycles, the Kyoto sponsors are sure its all Bush's fault.
In that case, global warming in the days of ancient Rome must have been caused by Cato the Younger, Marcus Cicero, and other champions of the Roman Republic.
So Hannibal lost all his elephants except two because of incompetence, not because of the glacial winter snows?
He most have had a good publicist back in Carthage. 2000+ years later and school kids still learn of Hannibal's trek through the glaciers.
The global warming on Mars would support your claim that it is the Sun.
They've found that our southern ice cap is growing. Ignore the hysterical conclusion that they've drawn from it or do what I do & laugh. I went to school in the 60's & 70's. Back then, the doom & gloom hysteria was all about a coming ice age. Course, all of that is now ancient history.
Still, remember back to what they taught you when you were a child about the Earth's seasonal climate change. Did they tell you about tilt variations & wobbles, not to mention orbital oddities?
Current data seem to support Felix's contention. We have increased precipitation with 99% of the world's glaciers increasing in size, increased ocean warming caused by underwater volcanic activity, a decrease in ocean levels, magnetic pole reversal, and cooling temperatures.
I have read his book,Not by fire, but By Ice, and found Felix's arguments compelling and persuasive. Bascially, he is saying man has very little to do with climate change and we are not heading into a period of global warming, but rather, a new ice age.
With that, I would concur 100%.
The dogma that the Earth is warming due to man's ecological sins would seem to be a religious belief.
The electromagnet that is the Earth is currently losing its magnetic field at an accelerated rate... I just had an interesting thought come to mind when you posted your comment.
If the magnetic field is decreasing (observations around the world say it is) but the mechanism for its creation still exists, unchanged, WHERE is the energy that DID create and maintain the higher Gauss field now? It has to evince itself somewhere. Could it be in a different form (law of conservation of energy) in the form of a generalized heat??? Hmmmmmm.
All I know is that the army dropped The Blob in the Arctic, and Steve McQueen said we would all be ok, as long as the Arctic stays cold!
If this is happening, then it requires either more heat or lower atmospheric pressure to evaporate water off the oceans and put it into the atmosphere to form water saturated clouds. If geology is any indicator, the ice forms fairly quickly, indicating large amounts of water being delivered fairly rapidly. "Global Warming" may be the mechanish that does indeed cause ice ages.
The problem with any global warming due to atmosphere changes is that it ignores something much bigger.
The oceans.
Worldwide, if you go below the thermocline, the water temp drops to about forty degrees.
The amount of "cold" there, (as opposed to me saying the amount of heat), vastly, vastly exceeds any effect of the atmosphere.
It's not Global Warming, it's Ocean Warming
"Research shows that there was "a sudden and dramatic rise" in carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere at the dinosaur extinction of 65 million years ago. A recent report attributes the rise in CO2 levels to an asteroid impact. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2038599.stm"
"I disagree. I think today's rise in CO2 levels can be attributed to our warming oceans. After all, the oceans are known as a carbon dioxide "sink," especially when the water is cold."
"But as the water warms up, it releases CO2 into the atmosphere. This happens in much the same way that a warm bottle of home-brewed root beer will release CO2. And if you give that CO2 no way to escape, the bottle will explode."
"We've got it backwards. We've got cause and effect in reverse."
"The CO2 is not causing global warming. Instead, our warming oceans are releasing CO2 into the atmosphere."
"It's not global warming, it's ocean warming, and it's leading us into an ice age."
I'm not sure, but I think most of the CO2 in the oceans isn't dissolved gasses, but is Calcium Carbonate. Clamshells, limestone, various diatoms.
There is an exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the oceans surface. Carbon dioxide dissolves in the ocean and provides the source of carbon dioxide that plants and plankton living in the ocean rely on for photosynthesis. The amount of carbon dioxide the ocean can contain depends on the temperature of the water and on its saltiness (whether it is sea water or fresh water). Cold water can hold more carbon dioxide in solution than warm water. When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it forms carbonic acid which makes the water acidic. In the lab we can test for the acidity caused by the presence of dissolved carbon dioxide using Universal Indicator, which turns yellow when the solution is acidic. This activity tests whether sea water or fresh water absorbs more carbon dioxide. Sea water can absorb more carbon dioxide than fresh water without having major environmental effects.
Well, you know what I mean, it's been fixed.
I'm not sure how thick the deposits are on the ocean floor above the bedrock, but it's probably in the hundreds of meters range.
Thats alot of locked up CO2.
"Felix believes that we are now experiencing ocean warming (vice global warming) due to increased underwater volcanic activity. Increase water temperatures release more CO2 into the atmosphere thereby increasing precipitation. When the increased rainfall turns to snow, a rapid onset of a new ice age is the result."
The oceans aren't warming at depth. CO2 doesn't increase precipitation. And if it were to increase precipitation (through so-called greenhouse warming) the temperatures would be too high for the snow to stick around all summer.
That last feature is a necessity for glaciation through gradual causes.
Aye, that's the problem. Less energy (say, through a cloud of dust from a so-called supervolcano eruption) reaching the oceans will alter the hydrologic cycle. Precipitation depends on evaporation, and there's simply no way for a natural process to cloud over the land (to prevent melting of the snow that continues to fall) while not clouding over the oceans (in order to produce the precipitation).
Not by Fire but by Ice:
Discover What Killed the Dinosaurs...
and Why It Could Soon Kill Us
by Robert W. Felix
1997 edition
What evidence do you have to support that assertion? Take a gander at this: CHANGING CLIMATE Going to depths for evidence of global warming Heating trend in North Pacific baffles researchers
Or this: The Fiery Face of the Arctic Deep
Or this:Oceans are heating due to hot spots rotating in the earth's core.
CO2 doesn't increase precipitation. And if it were to increase precipitation (through so-called greenhouse warming) the temperatures would be too high for the snow to stick around all summer.
What do base that assertion on. Check this out: Heavy Rainfall Has Increased as Temperatures Have Risen Bringing Threat of More Damage in Future
If you accumulate enough snow during the winter, it will stay all summer and reduce the surface and air temperatures, i.e., you have an ice age.
The assertions of the "man causes global warming" crowd include the notion of greenhouse gases. They are false. The change of 100 parts per million of CO2 doesn't make the atmosphere suddenly able to defy thermodynamics. Pseudoscientists say that it does. Pointing to greenhouse gas assertions of the global warming shills in order to prop up a volcanic / natural change model means the model is false. Have a nice day.
You make solipsistic arguments without any factual basis. You make statements that, "The oceans aren't warming at depth" without providing any factual basis. I give you specific references showing that you are factually wrong. You are not being intellectually honest. Have a good day.
Your 1st link:
A change of 5 thousandths of one degree centigrade..
Compared to measurements made in 1985..
I find the temperature difference inconsequential, it can be accounted for simply by more accurate measuring equipment in the last 20 years..
Link #2:
While the Mid Arctic Ridge is more active than in the past, it is still the most inactive of all the ridges.. It states that right in the article.. ( extremely slow expansion of 1 centimeter per year.. )
The only increase in activity has been the vulcanism, which as I understand it, is the basis of your "globally warming oceans" theory..
This is evidence of nothing, it is a local phenomenon that may be affecting the arctic, but affects little on global terms..
Link #3:
Not sure who Gary Novak is, other than what it states.. ( He is a biologist, not a geologist or oceanographer.. )
His scientific opinion is just that... His opinion..
Link #4:
Quotes from the article:
these analyses represent a small fraction of the land surface and a very small part of the planet, so a global picture cannot be formed at this stage.
At this stage, it is not clear what proportion of the observed warming and any associated increase in rainfall intensity is due to natural variability or to anthropogenic influences such as land-use change, biomass burning, ozone depletion and increased levels of greenhouse gases. Attribution of cause and effect is unlikely to be a simple task.
GCMs can simulate the continental scale behavior of the climate system but small-scale features like thunderstorms are not well resolved due to limited computer power.
Due to limited computer power, models with such fine detail can only be run over small regions.
A number of RCMs have been used in enhanced greenhouse simulations, but few have been analysed for changes in heavy rainfall.
All of this points to one conclusion..
Computer modelling sucks..
Your last link is from the BBC:
I'm sorry, when it comes to Global Warming the BBC is totally crackpot and dishonest.. One of the biggest scaremonger News sites on the Web..
Minus 10 points for loss of credibility..
A lot of "conjecture" mixed with caveats to CYA by the authors of these articles.. and some "misinterpretation" on your part..
Of course, to be honest, I was purposely looking for contradictions, loopholes, outright exaggerations and lies at every one of the links you posted..
I probably should consider my analysis "biased"..
At any rate, thanks for some interesting reading..
Hannibals invasion was in 218 B.C., that was during the Roman Republic, not the Empire. Polybius and Livys accounts both state that Hannibal encountered ice. Must have fluctuated again by the time of the Roman Empire.
But even so he was no luckier; progress was impossible, for though there was good foothold in the quite shallow layer of soft fresh snow which had covered the old snow underneath, nevertheless as soon as it had been trampled and dispersed by the feet of all those men and animals, there was left to tread upon only the bare ice and liquid slush of melting snow underneath. The result was a horrible struggle, the ice affording no foothold in any case, and least of all on a steep slope; when a man tried by hands or knees to get on his feet again, even those useless supports slipped from under him and let him down; there were no stumps or roots anywhere to afford a purchase to either foot or hand; in short, there was nothing for it but to roll and slither on the smooth ice and melting snow.
The definition of a glacier is snow left over from the previous year. This account describes what it is like to try to climb a glacier without crampons.
The idea that you can dismiss anything reported by the BBC re global warming is specious reasoning at best. The article in question is just a transcript of a discussion by various scientists who have different opinions about global warming including the possibillity that we may be on the verge of a new ice age. This runs counter to the current conventional wisdom on the subject. Unless you have some legitimate criticism of the substance of what the members of the panel said and their scientific credentials, your views are just that, an uninformed opinion. I do indeed find your opinion as biased as the the global warming nuts. We need to deal with facts, not emotion.
Minus 50 points for lack of credibility.
Minus 100 points for copying my "slam" line.. LOL..
Actually, none of your references are worth anything, because you're making an obviously ridiculous claim that a volcanic hotspot, which obviously will heat water, means that the entire ocean is heating at depth.
That doesn't follow.
It isn't logical.
It isn't intellectually honest.
The oceans get colder and more contaminated the deeper one goes. The global warming demagogues got exposed as pseudoscientists when they claimed that the atmosphere would retain lots more heat; when cornered, they claimed the oceans were stuffing heat into the depths (since the surfaces hadn't warmed); that was shown to be another baseless fabrication -- and that was done under grants that it was hoped would detect heat.
Well said.
In addition to your nice points, I'd add that the global warming demagogues used to claim that because of all the smokestacks, exhaust pipes, AquaNet, and anything else they could point at with fingers of blame, the world would heat up, the icecaps would melt, and all the coastlines would disappear under dozens of feet of water.
Now, the claim is, seven inches in the next 100 years.
That's .07 a year, which is essentially unmeasurable. In the past five years, the rise should have been .35 inches, which is possibly measurable. And by 2010, it should be .7 inches. Nothing has shown up. Nada. Zero. Zilch.
Of course, their dodge was that most of the rise would happen near the end of the period.
It's back to the Mayan priests claiming that the Moon was going to be eaten, but that they'd do everything they could to prevent it. Then, if the prediction turned out in error, they could claim that their rituals averted it. Otherwise, they'd get credit for the correct prediction.
Global warming is the new Lysenkoism.
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|Recovering Circles and Spheres from Point Data
|July 01, 2006
|Methods for fitting circles and spheres to point sets are discussed. LADAR (LAser Detection And Ranging) scanners, in particular, are capable of generating "point clouds" containing the x, y, z coordinates of up to several millions of points reflecting the laser signals. Coordinates collected off objects such as spheres may then be used to model these objects. Fitting amounts to minimizing what is called here a "gauge function", which quantifies the quality of a particular fit. This work analyses and experimentally examines the impact of the choice of three such gauge functions. One referred to here as "algebraic" fitting formulates the minimization problem as a regression. The second, referred to as "geometric" fitting, minimizes the sum of squares of the Euclidean distances of the data points from the tentative sphere. This method, based on orthogonal distance minimization is most highly regarded and widely used. The third method represents a novel way of fitting. It is based on the distances in which the individual data points have been acquired.
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Get Smart: More Calls for Energy Efficiency to Meet Demand
The recent natural-gas dispute with Russia has reminded Europe that it has an energy problem: It uses more energy than it produces. And its reliance on imports creates an energy security problem without an easy solution.
Following the cut-off of gas, the European debate appears to focus on whether to build more nuclear power or ramp up renewable-energy targets. But there's more going on here – and the issue has plenty of implications for the U.S.
Simply put, European countries are grappling with a basic question: Is it better to build more energy supply or to cut wasteful consumption? Spain is a case in point—a fast-growing economy fueled by consumer spending, a housing bubble, and a terrible record of energy efficiency.
Spain won't be turning to more nukes as an answer to the recent fright, of course—the Socialist government has been against them for years because of the issue of radioactive-waste disposal. But now the government's opposition to nukes is taking a new tack. Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian told Reuters it makes more sense to do something about the country's well-above-average energy consumption:
"Saving 20 percent [of energy consumption] would be the equivalent of doubling the number of nuclear power plants. It seems easier and cheaper to me," he said. "Furthermore, it (saving) is immediate, whereas nuclear plants take 15 years. There is no controversy, no waste or security problems, nothing," he added.
When it comes to soccer, Mr. Sebastian may pick losers. But he may have picked a winner with his long-standing embrace of energy efficiency. He famously became the first cabinet minister to forswear wearing a tie in Parliament, a graphic plea for the country to turn down the air-conditioning.
What does that have to do with the U.S.? A push for efficiency could become the real red meat of Team Obama's energy plans, overshadowing higher-profile goals like doubling the amount of renewable energy. President Obama cited better energy efficiency in public buildings as the poster child of the stimulus package's impact, for example.
Now-confirmed Energy Secretary Steven Chu is also a huge proponent of energy efficiency, even if his take on coal draws more attention. He draws inspiration from efficiency guru Art Rosenfeld, who pioneered California's quest to grow its economy while shrinking its energy demand. McKinsey famously touts energy efficiency as the most cost-effective way to meet energy demand; even ExxonMobil sees big efficiency gains coming in the next 20 years.
Big-ticket energy plans from a high-profile president, be they more renewables or clean coal, obviously capture the public's attention. But as America confronts its energy addictions, it may find the best solution may just be to go on a diet.


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I buy lots of books. All this book buying is strange, as I have a world-class academic library steps away from my door. And if the library doesn't have the book, inter-library loan will get it to me within a couple of days.
In the narcissistic belief that untangling why I do something (like decide to buy a book) might shed light on the book buying decisions of everyone else, I propose the following book buying predictive equation.
Probability = (Professional Reviews + Social Media + Word-of-Mouth) * (eBook Version + Audio Version) * (Known Author + Price)
Professional Reviews: The NYTimes Book Review is the gold standard (I'll look each week), but reviews in the Economist, IHE or other places are hugely influential.
Social Media: Social media is a short-hand for book buzz from places outside of professional media outlets. For me, this mostly means blogs. But maybe Twitter or GoodReads or VisualBookshelf or something else will become important.
Word-of-Mouth: The most powerful predictor for if I'll buy a book is if someone I know provides me with a personal recommendation. If a colleague says "you've got to read this book", I'm very likely to take her up on the offer.
eBook Version: If I can't download a sample chapter for my Kindle, I'm not buying the book.
Audio Version: Most of my reading is done by audiobook, as most of my reading is done while doing something else. My Audible addiction allows me to read while moving the lawn, walking across campus, driving to work and doing the dishes.
Known Author: If I know the author, have read and liked one of her previous books, then I'm much more likely to buy the next book. Same goes if I know the authors work through magazines, newspapers, or social media.
Price: Price matters. I'll buy a new book at the paperback price - under $15 - but not at a traditional hardcover price (over $20). I pay about $10 bucks a book for an Audible audio book (with the Platinum subscription) - maybe a bit more for Kindle books.
I'll pay for books that are in the conversation, that relate somehow (in a very broad sense) to education and technology, and are available in digital and audio format.
It is clear to me that social media and digital books changes how we decide to buy books, and at least for me dramatically increases my likelihood of making book purchases. At the same time, these factors decrease the probability that I'll check a book out of the library.
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TRAFFIC Leads Training of Hundred of Police to Address Wildlife Trafficking in Guangxi, China
More than 350 border police attended training sessions held last week in Guangxi Province, China, to increase their awareness about illegal wildlife trade and enhance their capacity to detect wildlife smuggling in the region. They included 200 police officers from 29 border checkpoints and police stations in Chongzuo who followed the proceedings through a live closed circuit television broadcast.
The sessions were organized for border police from the cities of Fangchenggang, Chongzuo and Jingxi in Guangxi Province by the Nanning Branch of China's CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Management Authority (MA) in collaboration with TRAFFIC, and took place on 25—27th April.
The province, officially known as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in the far south of China is an area rich in biodiversity. However, with mountainous terrain and a long border with neighboring Viet Nam, it is an important gateway for cross-border smuggling.
Mr Wan Ziming, Director of the Enforcement & Training Division in China's CITES MA opened the workshop with an introduction to CITES and its implementation in China. He spoke about the current situation regarding illegal wildlife trade in China, based on an analysis of relevant seizures from forest police and Customs, and highlighted where wildlife smuggling hot spots exist in Guangxi.
Other speakers included Mr Li Chun, former Deputy Director of the Kunming branch of the CITES MA, who spoke about existing wildlife laws and regulations, and Professor Huang Qun, Director of the Judiciary Identification Center of the National Forest Police Bureau, who drew on his experiences on various wildlife seizures to speak about the basic and effective skills for identification of endangered species and their products.
Ling Xu, TRAFFIC's Senior Programme Officer in China, gave an overview of the illegal wildlife trade and the methods used by smugglers to conceal their wildlife goods.
The meeting was part of recent intense efforts by the government in Guangxi to clamp down on illegal wildlife trade, which included collaborative enforcement actions between May and November 2011.


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LOCH SHELDRAKE — The nursing students of SUNY Sullivan are hosting a Walk-athon to benefit PRASAD Children's Dental Health Program at noon Saturday at the campus, 112 College Road in Loch Sheldrake.
The event coincides with the college's annual Kite Day, which starts at 10 a.m.
Participation for the walk is $10 for age 16 and up, and free for age 15 and under. Walkers will meet at 11:45 a.m. at the top of the Oval by the flagpoles. Beverages will be provided along the path.
For more information about the Walk-athon, call 594-4803.
PRASAD Children's Dental Health Program, a philanthropic expression of the SYDA Foundation, provides dental care services and dental health education to children in Sullivan and Ulster counties. For more information, visitprasadcdhp.org or call 434-0376.
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I'm not proud; I can post this completely unhealthy, unsophisticated casserole. There's not a lot of "stick to your ribs" vegetarian recipes out there, but this is one my two teenage vegetarian sons just devour.
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Preheat oven to 400.
Mix all sauce ingredients together in a bowl. I use a lot of the garlic, curry and cayenne - about a tablespoon of garlic, and about half a tablespoon each of the curry and cayenne. You'll have to taste the sauce and see how much of the spices you like.
In a greased casserole dish, layer pasta on the bottom, then 4 cups of the cheese, then the broccoli, the sauce, and finally sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
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cbrown5308 7m agoI tryied this and added extra curry and use cream of mushrooms with garlic and added a can of corn OMG this is so delicious. I love it . And I would make it again and again . Loved it .........and taking it for luck for work tomorrow too . On my favorite for my recipes too
jenischaefer71 3y agoYummy!
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charlette 4y agoThis is a great way to get kids to eat their veggies. With all the cheese they barely know they are there. Great taste, easy preparation.
bankshot009 6y agoI found that 1/2 Tablespoon of Ground Cayenne is way too much heat for this reicipe., I didsense there was a good underlying taste minus the intense heat, and would consider making this again with maybe 1/4 of the Cayenne pepper.
sprite67 7y agoSometimes instead of the broccoli I will use a mixture of frozen "southwestern" vegetables and black beans. [I posted this recipe.]


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The Feder-bear is a take-home version of Roger, who earlier this year was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. The Beanie Baby is wearing a cyan shirt, the color of UNICEF, with an ATP logo on the front and the name "FEDERER" on the back above a number—One, of course! Just prior to the US Open, Roger recorded a UNICEF Public Service Announcement, in both English and French, to raise awareness about the problems facing children with HIV/AIDS.
Since John McEnroe and Ted Robinson mentioned the Feder-bear Beanie Baby on the USA Network broadcast, and Roger was accompanied by the Beanie Baby at his press conference, the ATP has received an unprecedented show of support from Roger's fans from around the world. Thousands of them have joined a waiting list on ATPtennis.com to purchase the Beanie Baby when it is available in December for the holiday season. Roger and the ATP certainly appreciate all that many of you already are doing to help build awareness in Roger's goal to raise money for UNICEF through the sale of the Feder-bear Beanie Baby.
Proceeds from the sale of the Feder-bear Beanie Baby will benefit the ATP's ACE (Assisting Children Everywhere) program that Roger helped launch last year at Indian Wells, where he organized a charity exhibition to raise funds for the tsunami victims. ACE is a global partnership between the ATP and UNICEF to help ensure health, education and protection of children around the world.
Please join the efforts by signing up on the waiting list to buy your very own Feder-bear via the link below. Thank you!
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NEW CASTLE — A ceremony at the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse on Sunday will be held in celebration of New Hampshire Lighthouse Week.
Joel Sherburne, the director of the week that gives recognition to the state's two coastal lighthouses, said the event will feature the reading of a proclamation from the office of Gov. Maggie Hassan and a raffle.
Included among the items up for grabs in the raffle is a throw blanket that has the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse depicted on it.
The lighthouse, located at Fort Constitution in New Castle, is one of only two coastal lighthouses in the state, the other being the Whale Island Light at the Isles of Shoals. The Whaleback Light in Portsmouth Harbor is in Maine waters.
Sherburne noted the ceremony will take place just weeks before the U.S. Postal Service releases a new series of five New England Coastal Lighthouse stamps. The set features five lighthouses, including the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse.
The event will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday and is open to the public.
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Definition of indeed in English:
1Used to emphasize a statement or response confirming something already suggested: it was not expected to last long, and indeed it took less than three weeks 'She should have no trouble hearing him.' 'No indeed.'
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- As you no doubt suspected or has already been confirmed, it was indeed a suicide.
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yes, certainly, assuredly, emphatically, absolutely, exactly, precisely, of course, definitely, quite, positively, naturally, without (a) doubt, without question, unquestionably, undoubtedly, doubtlessly, indubitably;
1.1Used to emphasize a description: it was a very good buy indeed
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- He painted a pretty grim picture indeed of what he described as the perilous state of health services, in Kerry.
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all that, to a great extent, most, so;
Scottish unco;
French très;
Northern English right
informal terrifically, awfully, fearfully, terribly, devilishly, majorly, seriously, mega, ultra, oh-so, mucho, damn, damned
informal, dated devilish, hellish, frightfully
South African informal lekker
archaic exceeding
2Used to introduce a further and stronger or more surprising point: the idea is attractive to many men and indeed to many women
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3Used in a response to express interest, surprise, or contempt: 'A ghost indeed! I've never heard anything so silly.'
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- 'That will show them. "More like a grocer than a burglar" indeed! Well, we'll hear no more of that.'
- So this was his last adventure! Haunted indeed! That beautiful devil!
3.1Expressing interest of an ironical kind with repetition of a question just asked: 'Who'd believe it?' 'Who indeed?'
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- 'So what exactly do they want to hide?' What indeed?
- 'No, no! Who should we bury, Sir?' returned the sexton. 'Aye, who indeed! I say with you, who indeed!'
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- Darius Campbell shares an al fresco lunch with a female friend... following a romantic reunion with ex-wife Natasha Henstridge
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- Scarlett Johansson gets to work alongside a shirtless male co-star as she shoots scenes for new comedy Rock That Body It's a tough job...
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- New mom Emily Blunt steps out in casual ensemble... after husband John Krasinski admits his sculpted physique improved their sex life
- On me head, son! David Beckham's offspring Cruz emulates one of his dad's old hairstyles as he sports new bleach blond locks Blond it like becks
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- 'Wake up. Kick A**. Repeat': Jessica Alba makes bold statement on her T-shirt after defending The Honest Company amid lawsuits
- Together again! Harry Styles reunites with his unlikely pal Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber in Malibu What do they talk about?
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- The mane attraction! Melissa McCarthy shows off curly hair as she gets to work on new movie Life Of The Party with husband Ben Falcone
- 'Love my job!' Kerry Katona pulls a series of wacky faces as she dons thigh-high boots to judge VERY racy Porn Idol contest at G-A-Y in London
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- Ellie Goulding oozes sex appeal in sheer dress in new Still Falling For You video from the Bridget Jones's Baby soundtrack Hot new track
- 'She's pimping them out': Katie Price slammed by fans for setting up Instagram accounts for her children Junior, 11, and Princess, 9
- She's got a type! Demi Lovato is 'dating MMA star Luke Rockhold', weeks after rumours of romance with fighter Guilherme Vasconcelo Fight for her love
- 'Oh, little River': Jools Oliver can't tear herself away from her sweet newborn son as she posts first snapshot since revealing his name
- Sizzling hot! Jessica Alba turns every head in skintight red leather dress for appearance on The Tonight Show She's seriously sassing up her style
- Amber Rose puts on a busty display in a racy corset top she heads for dinner amid Dancing with the Stars rumours She's certainly up front and personal
- 'He's trying to reduce his payment!' Amber Heard's team insists Johnny Depp gave her $7 million divorce settlement to charity to get a tax deduction
- Stephanie Davis pouts up a storm as she shows off her pregnancy curves in a racy swimsuit selfie Treated fans to a busty swimsuit selfie
- Pretty in prints: Supermodel Karlie Kloss uses the road as her runway as she rocks a chic floral bardot jumpsuit in NYC One way to stand out
- US newsman Larry King and wife Shawn climb between the sheets during TV interview to address reports their marriage is a 'charade'
- Feeling a little shy? Orlando Bloom hits the beach... but manages to keep his pants on this time Decided to keep his shorts on
- 'It's really unfortunate': Katy Perry expresses sympathy for catfishing victim duped into believing they'd been dating for SIX YEARS She found out this week
- Sheer style! Rita Ora cuts a glamorous figure in black lace maxi dress and smokey eye make-up for night in NYC Looked amazing heading to ANTM set
- 'I was flexing as hard as I could': Beau Ryan poses NAKED in the shower with wife Kara on Instagram... a year after his alleged 'affair' with Lauren Brandt
- Scarlett Moffatt shows off her slim figure in baby blue Bardot dress and an orange fascinator as she collects a cash prize on a day at the races
- Anton, watch your Beke! Arlene Phillips 'lined up to replace Strictly judge Len Goodman' She was axed from the panel in 2009
- Chloe Grace Moretz is chic in black bodysuit and navy patterned midi skirt at Harper's Bazaar party in LA Beau Brooklyn was enjoying family time
- 'Who is this kid in my hotel?' Britney Spears reveals she didn't recognize Justin Bieber at their first meeting Had no clue who the singer was
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Mick Jagger's pregnant girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, 29, reveals her growing bump The 72-year-old is expecting his eight child
- Split! Former RHOBH star Carlton Gebbia and husband David separated more than year ago but are still living together with their three children
- Back on? Emma Roberts and Evan Peters spark reconciliation rumours as they're both spotted at a friend's home On/off pair on again?
- 'He's the worst form of cancer!' CBB's Renee Graziano blasts Stephen Bear in emotional bedroom rant Mob Wives star had a few choice words for him
- 'I love you so much!' Lewis Bloor tells Marnie Simpson he misses her so much he feels sick in surprise phone call Spoke for the first time since being evicted
- Golden girl! Stunning Vanessa Hudgens cannot stop smiling after switching up her hair colour with lots of highlights She's lightened up
- Jennifer Lopez beams while Casper Smart looks downtrodden... after they split because 'he went on boys' night out instead of charity event'
- How will I possibly cope when my parents are dead? BEL MOONEY advises a female reader in her 50s who fears being left alone without parents
- The Princess and the Professor: Mary meets Stephen Hawking at his Quantum Black Holes lecture in Copenhagen The met at a lecture he spoke at on Thursday
- Jean-ius style! Gisele Bundchen looks effortlessly chic in baggy trousers and low-cut top for dinner in Rio de Janeiro She's got good jeans
- No push over! Sons Of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam does 22 Push-Up Challenge for eight days solid to raise awareness about veteran suicides
- Pixie Lott flaunts her lithe legs in a tiny skirt and billowing bardot top as she leaves Breakfast At Tiffany's performance Another performance
- No objection here! Reese Witherspoon 'thinking about' making Legally Blonde a trilogy... and would 'love' to do a Sweet Home Alabama sequel
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- Thinking big! Kylie Jenner shows off bust in plunging top after revealing she gave enormous diamond ring from Tyga its first bath Eye-popping cleavage
- Wearing her heart on her sleeve! Olivia Munn embraces a sporty style for a good cause as she styles her long raven locks into plaits Plaits how to do it!
- Chrissy Teigen shows off her model legs in Daisy Dukes as she leaves salon in LA after glam session Even out on errands she rules
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Robert Pattinson wields guns and a guitar as he kicks off filming for Western drama Damsel with Mia Wasikowska Shooting in Oregon
- She's a smash! Serena Williams shows off fit figure as she wears nothing but a pink bra under her blazer at lingerie launch A break from tennis
- 'It's a myth': Jason Derulo advocates hooking up on the first date and claims withholding sex does not make a woman more desirable
- Was Will a Bad Boy? Jada Pinkett Smith looks stern at the airport after husband's revelation they underwent couples therapy
- Who needs friendship bracelets? Ariana Grande shows off her two new tattoos... one of which was made for her gal pal Alexa Luria Tats nice
- Nicole Kidman shows off her natural corkscrew curls as she is seen on set of psychological thriller The Killing Of A Sacred Deer for the first time
- For art's sake! Paris Hilton hits the town with one-time notorious party pal Brandon Davis... but head to a gallery opening rather than a club
- All buttoned up! Rachel Weisz looks eye-catching in unusual black dress for Late Show appearance She's known to be quite the fashionista
- Scrubbing up well! Emma Roberts wears pink nurse uniform as Lea Michele channels Halloween's Michael Myers in Scream Queens promo shots
- Lily Aldridge is the epitome of glamour as she poses with Michael Kors for Hamptons Magazine cover shoot Never fails to look amazing
- Kyle Richards' daughter Portia wears cute cat ears and a Mean Girls T-shirt as they enjoy a shopping trip together Just like mum
- Hilary Duff stops traffic in a skintight green dress as she takes a break from filming Younger What to make them green with envy!
- Gaz Beadle debuts his enormous new rose tattoo as he steps out for dinner date with Mario Falcone's ex-girlfriend Emma McVey Another inking
- It's official! Taylor Swift won't be attending Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards in New York... but Kim and Kanye will No more drama
- 'I can't wait to meet my new baba': Bikini-clad Christine McGuinness shows off her baby bump as she prepares to give birth any day now
- Who wore it better? Britney Spears reacts to Kevin Bacon dancing in her famous red catsuit in hilarious new commercial He's not that innocent
- Supermodel Elle Macpherson shares a cute snap of her son Arpad Flynn on social media when he was a baby as he prepares for university
- Keeping up with her training! Khloe Kardashian shows off toned physique in low-cut sports bra and leggings as she leaves the gym
- Bra-vo! Kendall Jenner wears odd slashed open shirt as she flashes her undergarments while grabbing a juice in Beverly Hills Cutting edge of fashion
- Doting in style! Kourtney Kardashian shows off her flat stomach in crop top as she spends time with little Reign One proud mama
- Taylor Swift stuns in sunshine yellow as she shakes off rumours of a rocky patch in romance with Tom Hiddleston Headed to dinner with a BFF
- Made In Chelsea's Tiffany Watson exposes her taut middle in a crop top and unusual caped shorts for Folli Follie bash Floating through London
- 'I'll see you at the finish line': Zac Efron mourns the death of his beloved dog with heartfelt Instagram post Shared his heartache with fans on Instagram
- Made In Chelsea's Jess Woodley stands by newly-single ex-flame Alex Mytton at star-studded Notion party The E4 TV stars were virtually inseparable
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- GBBO's Mary Berry, 81, reveals she keeps her trim figure by eating 'mountains of veg and no bread' the face of BBC1's Great British Bake-Off
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- Fan girl moment: Beyonce reminisces about Aaliyah with MTV VMA flashback on 15th anniversary of singer's tragic death Paid tribute
- My Love: David Beckham reveals the latest addition to his vast tattoo collection as he leaves his favourite indoor cycling class Another new inking
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PLEASANTON — Anthony Morris stripped off his shirt and waited patiently while Japanese artist Hori Ryu prepped him for the tattoo.
After cleaning the area, Ryu carefully applied the custom hand-drawn stencil on the entire length of Morris' back. He began outlining the massive tiger and cherry blossom tree with a buzzing needle, pausing to inspect along the way.
"This will be my third," said Morris, a San Francisco resident, of the tattoo he was receiving at the InkFest Urban Tattoo Expo at the Alameda County Fairgrounds Friday evening. "I love the artwork. It's definitely not for the pain. It's like an investment for me."
InkFest, a festival that wraps up today, features numerous tattoo artists, disc jockey battles, graffiti art, break dancing competitions and BMX biking, among other entertainment.
The Bay Area is the second of four stops for the nationwide tour celebrating the culture popularized by athletes, reality television shows set in tattoo shops and Ed Hardy products.
With fences creating barriers between booths, souped-up cars on display and hip-hop music blaring in the background, InkFest is designed to recreate an urban, inner-city environment, said marketing director Ragen St. Peter.
"It has a little more exciting a vibe than a typical tattoo expo," he said. "It's more entertaining."
For attendees seeking tattoos, InkFest afforded ample opportunity to flip through sketchbooks and picture portfolios to help spark inspiration.
"A lot of people don't know what they're looking for until they see something they really like," said Dean Dennis, a San Francisco-based artist who began learning the trade in 1971 and counts many rock 'n' roll artists among his clientele.
Others already have their mind set on a design — such as Davina Joy, of Fremont, who sought a tattoo of a singer with a vintage microphone on her forearm.
While getting an all-black tattoo from Freddy Robles of the Southern California-based Ink Shop Tattoo Parlor, Joy said she wanted the new tattoo to pay homage to her profession. But she doubts it will be her last.
"They say when you get one that they're addicting — when you get one you're never done," she said.
Indeed, numerous attendees sported visible tattoos from necks to ankles, many "sleeved-out," as the lingo goes, with brightly-hued tattoos running from their shoulders to wrists.
"It's a lot more accepted now than it used to be," said Scott Chapman, who owns Dos Changos Locos Tattoo in Modesto and also works as a high school English teacher.
While there have been numerous changes in the business over the years — FDA-approved ink with expiration dates, practice "skin" and more technologically advanced equipment — many still ask for a traditional cross, heart or eagle, some artists said.
"You've got that group of tattoos that stand the test of time," said George Galindo, who owns House of Pain Tattoo Studio in El Paso, Texas and specializes in photo-realism.
Morris, who chose a tiger because it was the symbol of the year he was born, will now have a complement to the koi fish on one arm and the phoenix on another. His new tattoo will require follow-up sessions he has already scheduled with the artist.
"When it's all finished and done, it will be worth it," he said.