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Can an unruly, self-sustaining hugelkultur garden be tamed to fit into a suburban front lawn and not distress the neighbors? This was the question I asked myself last spring when I decided to install a hugelkultur garden in my yard.
The interest in sustainable gardening has focused some attention on hugelkultur. Hugelkultur is essentially a variation on lasagna gardening. The difference is that a hugelkultur garden uses bigger materials and more layers. It starts with a layer of logs, then twigs, then an assortment of plant materials, finishing with a layer of compost and soil and covering it all with wood chips. The decaying wood and other materials retain water and provide nutrients needed for the garden.
What a great idea. This is a garden that grows abundantly yet requires very little watering and almost no fertilizer. The only problem is that most of the hugelkultur gardens on the web look like large piles of sticks and weeds—self-sustaining perhaps, productive perhaps, but definitely not pretty.
In the winter of 2013 I had an overgrown maple tree removed from my front yard. This opened up a rare sunny spot. I decided to use some of the wood from the tree to try to create an attractive hugelkultur in the new sunny spot.
I first laid out the footprint of the garden using flour to mark the edges. The finished garden was roughly a circle with a 6-foot diameter.
The instructions for hugelkultur vary but most agree that the bed should be at least 6 X 3 feet in size and layered with at least 3 feet of material. Most hugelkultur gardens are much larger and taller but since this was supposed to be an attractive garden that wouldn't upset the neighbors, I kept my garden on the small side.
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Laying the foundation of the garden. These are limbs from the removed maple tree.
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The next layer was wood and dirt taken from the remains of the maple tree's stump grinding.
I added the removed sod (grass side down) to the layers.
The garden was finished with 2-3 inch layer of compost and soil (just enough to allow for planting).
The garden is planted. To compensate for the decomposition of the wood chips, it is recommended that some nitrogen be added to the garden the first year. I used a light treatment of a 10-10-10 fertilizer right after planting and another very light sprinkle mid-summer.
The finished garden in late summer. Parsley, onion, borage, pole beans, squash, nasturtiums and flowers. I also had a volunteer tomato, which produced beautifully.
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Johannesburg - A 75-year-old man and his wife have been murdered at their home in Masibekela in Tonga, Mpumalanga police said on Sunday.
A neighbour found the decomposed bodies lying on the bedroom floor around 21:00 on Saturday, spokesperson Leonard Hlathi said.
"The bodies had open wounds on the heads as if they had been hacked with an axe," he said.
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Yep, I'm sure two people in their 70's presented a real physical threat to whoever broke in. Just another example of gratuitous violence which was completely uncalled for. Perpetrators like this deserve NO compassion or leniency. They should be exterminated like the rabid dogs that they are.
When last did you hear a white killing a black? I ask, what will the ancestors think of these thugs? Will they congratulate or detest their hideous acts?
Jack we are all appalled by these killings. Please don't racialise the issue. We are all in the same boat.
This is very wrong....75-year-old man and his wife had been hacked with an axe. For what in the hell they been killed for? Sick...very Sick.
How pathetic are these criminals? I'm all for human rights, but if you kill someone you do not deserve to live so please bring back the death penalty!
These down thumbers, are clear murderers and rapists! Not human!
i dont think they know what a thumbs down is they are so stupid
This is tragic. The level of anger is appalling - is it drug driven or caused by pollution? We need to know
I think it's colour driven,it seems to be the theme of this country.
I am not so sure about colour, news reports never say.
On Google earth Masibekela looks like it could be a township so the colour of the victims may have nothing to contribute.
Oh mike there is no colour in the townships now,get over yourself you hairy s
@Mike. It happened in Tonga! is either or. More than likely the or!
Probably not colour driven. Maybe culture and idiocy together drive it
@Sithando: If "there is no colour in the townships" why do you make the first remark about it being colour -driven? I was merely trying to point out that we do not know if there was a difference in colour between the victims and perpetrators. Or is that too convoluted for you to figure out.And as a victim that has 'been there and got the t-shirt and thankfully, after 72 hrs in ICU survived, don't you dare tell me to 'get over myself'!
@ Mike
Dear Mike,
Sithando wants to know the meaning of convoluted.
Please advice.
The death penalty will never be brought back, but as most criminals hate to work, why not re-introduce hard labour into jails. If that is so inhuman why do law-abiding citizens have to work?
You've got a good point. Hard labour for murder. Yes
The death penalty will be re-instated. Wait and see.
I wish the government could allow us to vote on the return of the death penalty. This is outrageous...
Death penalty is a legal in America but people are still hacking each other there.What is the point of it anyway? in a country with such a useless legal system. firstly the police cannot collect a clean forensic sample let alone knowing that they should collect one. TheY are failing to sentence Jub Jub who was caught in a crime seen, what about A death sentence? Yeh? who is going to be killed? the poor and the innocent? tell me.
So you shoot down the return of the death sentence because of bad policing. Two alternatives: vigilantes or let them continue killing. You choose
@ Smanga Zwane-Would be interesting to see how many poeple would vote for or against the death penalty ?
@ Sithando:"Death penalty is a legal" Do you mean 'illegal'? or a legal (way of killing people?) If,as you say, the legal system is useless, then the way to start to fix it has to go back to the basics. (a la New York several years ago) I do not think that prison is a deterant as the quality of life of so many people here( especially unemployed) is so poor. Prison could be at least 3 meals a day and a roof that does not leak.
I have always believed that the only way to combat crime is a zero tolerance approach. Experience reveals how many crimes have been prevented/exposed by the humble traffic stop. But for as long as our law enforcement agencies employ people who regard their jobs purely as a means to pay bills, this horrific trend will continue. It's time to stop the platitudes and start enforcing the law. These criminal bastards don't give a damn about human rights until they get caught.
@Sithando - the USA is a federation. Capital punishment varies from state to state. In recent years the death penalty has spred to more states. It is growing. The main problem lies in the the methods employed and the systems. A person can be on death row for 15 to 20 years pending appeal on appeal on appeal and other legal issues. In the meantime the liberal media gets full mileage and spreads all sorts of anti death penalty misinformation and the public gets all soft. Where it is correctly done in other parts of the world, the condemned is given only about 3 months to appeal, the case is heard quickly, time is given to get one's matters in order, and the axe falls. Finnish and klaar.
Sitando, you are right - they do have the death sentence in USA but not all states. However, capital crime are generally lower in states with the death sentence (markedly so for instance in Texas)for the decade ended 2010. Their deaths by homocide are still far lower than our figures per 100,000.
In this last week, 4 people I know and have regular contact with have been victims of crime, not just petty crime, but serious gun-related for 2 of them. I have never felt so unsafe. We have 180 000 police officers, and still we read dreadful stories like this. There is no protection here. We surround ourselves with burglar bars, electric fences, alarm systems, armed response and dogs, and still it happens. There is no solution.
Sadly there is a solution. And sadly it involves ditching the liberal human rights ethos and kicking ass. But it is unfashionable and there will be a huge outcry from our so-called civil society organisations. I have lost a good friend who was needlessly hijacked, tortured and brutally slain. The time for talking is past.
@emile - well said brother.
Deepest condolences. Bad enough throughout the Year, but seems worse at this time.
People please we need DEATH PENALTY in South Africa, l am sick and tired of reading about the people who chop other people, it is not wright at all.
What are you doing about this Mr President?
Nothing as usual, too busy with KFC,Johnny blue and overseas shopping sprees.
South Africa....land of the savages....
As we cannot have a death penalty why not introduce a HARD labour chain gang force(like in USA)for murderers, rapists and child/women abuse. These thugs would be forced to sweat for 8 hours a day without respite. This is probably a better sentence as death is far too quick.
How can anyone do this sort of thing and then just walk away and carry on with life? The evil in man is just mind-blowing ...
I WONDER IF THE POLICE HAVE BEEN INFORMED YET? IF NOT,GET HOLD OF THE Douglasdale Police Station...o, not them, I FORGOT, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A Station Commander..
Mike - I have never ever heard of dogs, rabid or not, using an axe to kill people. Please - we are dealing with humans here. Humans doing this to other humans - there were no animals whatsoever involved!!!


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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Hey check this out!
Here they are at Sonny's prom a few years ago! ARent they cute???
Thanks so much for taking a minute of your time to leave them a comment they will really get a kick out of it!!! Sue
6 comments:
- marty39 said...
Cute couple and I will go check it out. Hugs, Marty
- March 10, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
They look like such a sweet, cute couple. I'll drop by their blog. Thanks for the heads up!
Sheila :-)
- March 11, 2009 at 7:25 AM
- Melissa Miller said...
Hi Sue,
Thank you very much for visiting my blog today and becoming a follower.
I really appreciate it.
It's so nice to meet new people.
Your son's blog sounds great and I will pay them a visit as well.
Have a wonderful day.
Come and say Hi anytime.
You're always welcome!
~Melissa :)
- March 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Stellar Creations said...
Hey Sue. I just wanted to say good luck tomorrow.. got my fingers crossed. I'll check out your son's blog as well. Have a great day!
- March 11, 2009 at 3:30 PM
- Sonny and Bryan said...
Thanks for the Help MOM!!
Thanks also to everyone who visited our blog... Sonny sure will be stoked to finally get some comments for all the posts she does!
- March 11, 2009 at 4:54 PM
- Janene said...
Just doing a little check on you, to see how you are feeling today.
I hope all went well with your surgery...You didn't post today, so I am not sure what that means!
Thinking of You!
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Even though nowadays we can enjoy the variety of musical genres, we can't deny the respectability and the feeling of dignity when we hear the good old sound of a piano, or a thundering symphony. But still, the electric guitars and techno beat that is popular in recent years can also awake strong feelings in all of us, and make us dance and follow the enchanting rhythm.
The greatest classical composers created their masterpieces during the end of XVIII and the very beginning of XIX century. Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Bach, and several other exceptional artists enriched our musical history with the amazing compositions. The powerful sound of cello, contrabass, organ, made these musical pieces serene and strong at the same time. The accent was on the stringed instruments, clarinet, trombone.
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Probably the essence of music is its ability to connect people. From the beginning of time, music is there to give us the immense pleasure, and to wake up all of our senses, whether it's Mozart playing or The Rolling Stones.
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What: The Carrollton Viaduct, completed in 1829, is the oldest railroad bridge still in use in the world
Where: The Carrollton Viaduct is located at Gwynn's Falls near Carroll Park in Baltimore, MD.
Length: 312 ft.
Deck width: 22 ft.
Interesting facts: The viaduct was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 11, 1971 and was additionally designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
The Carrollton Viaduct was the first stone masonry bridge built for railroad use in the United States.
It was named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (the longest-lived and last-surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He died at the age of 95).
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Discussion in 'Sony PlayStation 1 & 2' started by z0m813.cl0wn, Oct 28, 2011.
This game is a classic and I made this topic so people can discuss this gem of a game!
I haven't played my copy for years. However, there is fun to be had with it.
- Flying car code is just ****ing fun
- Riot code and Pedestrians have guns code is great as well. Trying that as a challenge from the start in a GTA game and seeing if you can finish with those active (and no other codes) makes the game much harder. Or easier when a granny with a rocket launcher takes out the target and does your job.
- Finding spots to Hell / underside of the game world is great. Flying under the world then going down and seeing where you pop out is great.
Shame like any game, it has its flaws. Pilot school.
I've got it on my old Xbox and PS2
Bought it off XBLive for my 360 a few months ago for 600 or 400 MSP.
I've currently achieved 100% progress on the 360 (all cheatless)
Going to complete GTA 3, VC and 4 one day...
All 100% progress and all cheatless of course.
Best GTA ever. I'm so hoping they make GTA V in a somewhat similar style, but I'm doubting it.
Even if they did it will never be as good as GTA SA.
This game is bad, Vice City was better. The End.
Let my friend borrow it for ps2 and then it came back in a completely trashed condition, anyway I recently download the torrent for pc and I'm loving it all over again.
The day gets a PS2 Emulator working I will be on my laptop 24/7 (Or at least till I get the GTA games, on my PS2 of course!)
So start gaming on your laptop 24/7, I don't want to see you post the coming 2 weeks.
had this game in PS2 but never played it
but i completed it twice on my PC and i have to say it's a good one !
Apart from the story it was a really good game, I just wasnt so much into "[censored]" this and "Mother Fucker" that.
The gameplay however was fantastic (apart from one or 2 missions) I really enjoyed the game, so much so that because I dont own a xbox im currently downloading the game for my pc.
I found it really fun to be in the vegas part of the game and going on a mass killing spree and seeing how long I could out run the police by standing underneath the arch opposite the Chinese casino.
It censored me saying the "n" bomb
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|was mainly for Final Fantasy Distant Worlds- November 5th 2011
when i played this game i automatically wanted to wear this dress when i got married. I very much doubt that will happen (weddings are a lot off stress im getting hitched in Vegas.... if i find the right fella) so im going to wear it to distant worlds.
I'm going with my none cosplayer mate, but he knows all about my cosplay as he's my prop guy. I say i wanna make this prop he helps me achieve it. (glowing pendant, sword, bow)
its nearing the end of october and i haven't obtained my material and not even sure the idea i have in my head will work....i will have a low back dress !
youtube vid skip to about 3 mins i love this scene, it shows you what happens to Yuna when she recieves a Fayth and also how much her guardians care
worn to Distant worlds amazing going again next year prob wear this again as i loved it, one thing i got was people coming up asking me where i bought it :s
anyway now going to Doki Doki in manchester 2011
Doki Doki Cheerleader XD
sending back into remaking XD cos i want a longer train XD
hmmm cos we are going out after i think this may not be the best costume but i am still going to remake it for expo maybe the sat if i can get the day off
I wanna goooooo, I hate being a poor student :'( If I suddenly get some money, I have a dress idea for this already haha
im poor but i dont care i wanna meet and greet lol oooo what you thinking
A white mage, I put it on here, cause I could always make it for kitacon if I can't go to this *cries*
=O ........ I am really really looking foward to seeing this hun =D You're gonna looks so purdy!!!! ^_^ x.
:) this dress is lovely! can't wait to see it at distant worlds x
wow bet u will look Really nice in this.
thanks but we shalol see if i can get so far as to make it lol
you are going to look utterly stunning in this at distant worlds!!
aw thanks i have no idea how to make this lol
Don't know how you do it J-po that top part looks good already really cant wait too see this finished your going to look amazing ... wish i was of to distant worlds *jealous Face *
im sure there are tickets left, im going with a mate and hes a non cosplay :O but hes great cos he helps me with my props, im gutted that we wasnt quick enough to get VIP tickets :(
there may be tickets but ied have to think of travell and hotel ... and things :/ and sort out a cosplay xD hmmm
i think we are doing it in the day drove there drive bk at night lol epic journey
Oooo where did you find the top madam? :)
great find on the top
-claps- yayayayayayayay you will look amazing jaccy =] you are such an amazing yuna =]
would love to see this! roll on November the 5th! See you there :-D
thank you guys, i think all i need is a lot of time to make the dress but it shouldn't be too difficult with the base made
You started it!! ^_^ i'm so excited to see this x.
sort of it was ment for another cosplay, but i thought it worked for this too lol
Oh hells yeah XD. I absolutely adored this dress. The top looks perfect for it. Can't wait to see it >.<. ...also so jealous that you're going to Distant Worlds D=.
Top looks great for this!! For the skirt part maybe do it in panels? Might be easier to figure it all out! ^_^
i thought along those lines 3 panels at the front and side then make a separate skirt, not sure it shall be on hold for a while though :P
Oooh I bet this will look really good!! Are you going to leave the top like it is, or make the front straight across like hers is? It's a tricky dress to make!!
i want to do it accurate but i quite like the roundness of it lol depends how easy it is to do :P
oh whoa, I'll definitely look out for you at the concert! I'm sure this will be stunning! *-*
i hope i just make it so its stays together lol but thank you
Keep your chin up! you'll do it! =D
your gonna look stunning as usual so Jelly of you sometimes :P keep going i know you can do it x
thanks guys XD and sasashie wt you are one of the best costume makers and you always look amazing, you have nothing to be jelly off if anything i'm jelly of you XD
you're seriously gonna look AMAZING in this!! Hair test looks great!
I'm looking forward to seeing this develop :)
I can imagine you looking very beautiful in this, so I look forward to seeing photos of it when complete ^^
Beautiful jac is beautifuuuuuul
those flowers are beautiful!! i love it all! really cannot wait to see the final thing! <3
Sooo pretty! We have to get pictures as yuna and garnet =D x.
Wow! I love the wings. So pretty.
aww those wings are soooo pretty <3
This is gonna be amazing! <3
thank you guys still loads left to do :(
progress is looking amazing- getting better and better!
this is looking greeeeeeat XD, and you'll look stunning when it's finished ^^
OMG Jac- this is looking amazing! Jst looking at the reference image- i think i have blue beads that look like the earnings, and since my sister has a jewelry making set, i could make them for you :P
aww megitymeg that would be amazing! are you sure and thank yooou
This is looking awesome!
Everything looks so beautiful and perfect!! <3 Once again, you do not disappoint as Yuna x
thank you but it still doesnt have a low back it really does boggle my mind how to do it but one day i will :)
this is looking beautiful! Cant wait to see it on Saturday!!! I think photos are in order as im doing summoner yuna
yesh yeshhhhhhh photos and thank youuuu
Love the dress...really good job
I love this I cant wait to see you at the Doki Doki! x
I saw you and you were Beautiful! xx
I saw you cheering on the raffle at doki doki you looked amazing!!!
melantha - was you the one who tried to kill me while getting rist band lmao and midgetgem- i felt sorry for the guy, he then claimed us as his cheerleaders lmao. i was also the one cheering for every cosplayer on stage XD
Wow, super super pretty! You make the perfect Yuna :)
So pretty! Especially love the wings. Your hair looks great too!
you look AMAZING, as always!! :)
Loving the pictures...you look great
Its Beautiful! I'm glad I saw this at Distant Worlds! Will you be doing the Viel as well?
thank you everyone XD and manticore nah ill just trip over it, im already planning remaking it with a lower back and a longer train and even more feathers bigger wings XD
You look both very beautiful and very sweet! :) I really love how you've done the dress especially the trail! 8D
You look absolutely stunning *_*, wish I could've seen this in person at DW :(
YYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! Pretty =] Awesome work as usual!
hi u look so cool in that i was road kamelot u look so cool
so so pretty!
thanks everyone XD and haruhi you was in the que for the parade right ? revolverkitty - im going to be doing this again for the next DW XD
This is brilliant. Well done Jac!
Saw your photo in Neo magazine ^_^ Amazing cosplay!
thank yoooou
You looked STUNNING in this! Beautiful lady <3
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version 2 for distant worlds
i wasn't too happy on the outcome of this dress i love the low back but i want the longer train and to have it seem more...well more lol ill be reusing the wings however the dress i will be remaking the dress from scratch but using the same fashion as the previous one
dun dun dun duhhhhhh
okay i have fully decided to redo this for distant world 25th ani. i am going to fully remake the redress longer train lower back and a hell of a lot of feathers
so i recon i will need about 15 meters of fabric .........
game /costume flaw
in the FMV's yuna wears long white boots but in the cutscenes she wear white heeled shoesssss ....... ¬.¬ just one for you all even game makers don't agree lol
also the guy who voices Wakka voices Bender too!!!!
finalllllly its done. It was done last night but i still wasnt happy with the front so i went away and came back and sorted the front out and now it holds itself up XD. but boob tape will still be used just for security :)
this costume is also going to doki doki if its survives london to go with Stu's Tidus so yeyyy now to pack
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thank you to megitymeg for the final piece, she has made me the cute earrings im so happy this has finally come together and cannot wait to have pics with everyone XD and to hear the fantastic music
version 2
the bodice, as the last one was just failing ive used satin and stiffner, then added a lining (as it was still a bit see through and its worked a bit better its not the best fitting but it looks the same as the first.
now im going to sow up the sides and attach it to the back skirt and add the feathers
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okay my original dress is slowly turning to epic fail,tried to add a zip and well it looks silly,
so while trying to fix this im currently creating a new one, this time using satin, but i've purchased some stiffing glue thing and well lets see what happens this time
so after spending the whole day stitching the sides then unpicking it cos i have stitched it wrong, i finally tried the dress on......... i could get it on...... i couldn't get it off lol so i had to unpick it as i was still in it, lesson learn t.so i need to buy a zip
i also still need to alter the boob part im still not happy with the shape looking at cutting a bra up and using that as the inside so all in all a bad day lol
front wip
okay the one thing i really wanted was the low back...... why..... so it all starts with the front, using my fav material lycra im going ot use its own elastic property to hold the front up. however it is thin so i need to add extra support.
To give my bust support, i used one of the thick stffners formed a boob casing and sown it together (it creates like a bra boob tube effect). However placing this under the lycra you could see the folds in the stiffner ahah i thought i had some bra padding so i ve had to paint that white so it matches and stiched it to the stifner and just under the lycra. Up close you can see them however from a distance its not too bad.
next step creating the panels front panel straight down with daring and triangle edge and then added a double layer as the fabric is thin. at the min the dress back is pins and a bobble holding it.
so next stage ekkkkk, but not all is lost once i lose a bit of fabric the dress will be lighter and will want to stay in place XD
wings complete
so the wings wip picture was the first layer used 100 feathers they were the base feathers. I wanted to give a fuller looking wigs so i wanted a base layer just incase you see under the top layer you see a bottom layer. I've used 2 types of feathers the base are smaller more sturdier(not going to malt) the top layer is pretty feathery and does malt but it looks more natural.
I have to say its been a nightmare, i knocked pva all over the carpet :O and now you can see the obvious marks so ekkk
hair and make up test
i was thinking a wig but that was a lot of work, however my hair is pretty long if you know me you've prob seen it full length. Anyway i have managed to twist into a circle and clip it up kso it looks like i have short hair XD i didnt think it was too bad for a 10 min fix up. the make up is pretty light except the red lips
omg im running out of time
I'm really running out of time, been waiting over 2 weeks for some material samples for the dress :(.
One lot of my feathers arrived, I'm still waiting for another 200 to arrive.
however not all is lost I have completed the flower part on the back, and the base for the feathers to be stuck on.
Also the base for the dress is all pinned together just needs sowing, but i learnt of some fabric spray stiffner, so i might end up using that instead. However i still have a long way to go and not much time :(
base top
well what a bummer, ive lost weight since buying this top ..... so boobage area not so good, so ill think of another way.
in other news i have featherssssss but i need more feathers. I'm also waiting for my fabric samples to arrive to choose the right one for her dress and then on with the making XD


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This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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I have a long strip on the back of my head from two hair transplants I received almost 9 years ago. I have had three sessions done so far and here are the results (before and after pictures attached). My concerns are evident, does anybody have any advice from having a similar type of scar? It seems to be a raised scar which is causing the pigment to not blend in as I would expect and is nowhere near what I would call satisfying. Any advice would be most helpful since I am trying to figure out the best way to manage this moving forward. Fraxel, scar revision, or any type of injections? Thanks for your help!
Raised Scars from Hair Transplant: Please Help!
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I am in the same position, I am researching Fraxel laser treatment at the moment. its claimed to reducing scarring by 60-70 percent,
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Hi Penny2346!
Hui - your scar is very wide. I have had the same problem with my scar. I 've got the scar not by ht, but of a terrible car accident. I have lost by 2 x 6 inch skin on the top of my head (also side). Therefore, I 've got stretch scars, like you. My front scar was almost as wide as yours - by 8mm..!
Before I had made my SMP, I decided to reduce my scars. I went to a hospital. Then my scar was only 1mm wide. Therefore after my SMP, my scar is almost not to recognize - also not from close distance!
So maybe ask your doc or go to hospital. Ask, how much you have to pay for reducing your scar and how the result will look like then..! After that you try SMP again and then you will be much happier with the result of course. Because it is much easier to conceal a scar with only one mm, like a scar with 10 mm...!
But if you will reduce it, you need by 6 month - better one year, the redness of your scar is gone, before you start SMP again. Because the scar may not be red for SMP.
look at my 3rd picture above. There you can see my small scar after surgery. Only one mm...!
What ever you will do, I wish you all the best! good luck !
Posted 22 March 2016 - 07:28 PM
I am thinking Fraxel is the best option but are there any other non surgical procedures which can be of help?
Posted 23 March 2016 - 08:45 PM
There are two types of Fraxel - repair and restore and they are quite different, the repair laser is more intense and is usually a 1 shot deal, the restore laser is milder but requires 4-8 treatments. But which laser to use.
You need a good clinic that knows their stuff.
Posted 23 March 2016 - 10:02 PM
Couple tips. Shave everything from the bottom to the smp outline (slightly above the scar). Don't go too high or you'll see contrast. Let the hair above blend in to the top of the smp outline. Concealer goes real nice over the dark parts btw and takes like 20 seconds to apply. Concealer won't do anything to the whiter areas.
Posted 24 March 2016 - 11:12 AM
More on Fraxel ...the two types Repair is a laser using Co2 as its exciter the other uses xxxxx as its exciter, the two laser produce different laser wavelengths which work differently on the damage.
- Non-ablative
- Fraxel re:fine® treatment—for prevention and maintenance
- Fraxel 1550 treatment—for mild to severe skin damage
- Fraxel 1927 treatment—for mild to severe skin damage
As non-ablative laser treatments, Fraxel non-ablative treatments can improve mild to moderate skin damage with little to no downtime.
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- Fraxel re:pair® SST treatment—for the correction of moderate-severe photoaging, usually in a single treatment
On the official Fraxel site there is a example picture of a facial scar repaired using the 1550 nM wavlenght laser, its a good repair so it would seem the 1550 laser is the one you want for scar repair.
Beware clinics who don't have this 1550 laser and try to sell you a treatment using the other laser, Its best if you can find a clinic that offers a selection of treatments using different equipment. Hence they have no bias in the equipment used for your treatment.
I am not a expert, this is stuff I have lifted from my own research.
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Just a few years ago, the insurance industry buzz foreshadowed a disruption of digital innovation. Traditional companies like Captive Insurance had a choice to either stay in motion with the changes or get left behind.
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For starters, safe drivers with low mile on their vehicles are seeing lower premiums since the advent of telematics programs. Sensors and dashcams are simplifying the frequency of processing claims. More insurance companies are partnering with drone companies to assess roof damage.
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The insurance company that fails to recognize the importance of mobile technology will not last survive in an industry that is catering to customers who expect on-the-go services. It is a matter of staying competitive by evolving with digital formats.
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Where IoT accumulates data regarding behavior, Big Data analyzes the information so insurers can make crucial decisions. An example of this is health devices worn by customers to monitor their activities. Insurers can offer discounts for healthy activities.
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The Comet Falls trailhead is located four miles east of Longmire on the road toward Paradise. Parking space is limited and often full. There is no more parking nearby, so have an alternate hike in mind.
When ever I hike on Mt. Rainier, I always take a day pack with plenty of energy snacks and my water filter. There is also a great deal of flora and fauna on this trail to photograph as well. Just after I shot Comet Falls, a pretty good sized black bear walked in front of me and my wife as we heaeded down the trail.No kidding, it's back was about to my chest. Keep your eyes open and talk loud and a lot. The last thing you want to do is walk up on a bear or Mt. Lion. Rainier has both.
One of the highest waterfalls in the park, Comet Falls was named because it resembles the tail of a comet. For two miles the trail switches back through the thick forest and along the river that flows from the falls above. The 320 ft. Comet Falls is a popular destination for many day hikers. From the parking lot to the falls is almost all up hill. Not a hard hike but one that will tax your lungs if your not physically ready for the hike.


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The nation has been found to have the dirtiest currency in Europe, according to tests by Oxford University that have confirmed our worst fears about just how filthy bank notes can be.
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Compelled to Crime documents the lives of battered, African American women incarcerated in a New York City correctional facility. Chronicling the lives of women from low-income communities who have been physically battered, sexually assaulted, emotionally abused, and involved in illegal activity, the book illustrates the degree to which these women's devastated and deteriorating circumstances represents a socially constructed position--but one from which there is little escape.
Borrowing the phrase "gender entrapment" from the legal notion of the term--which implies a circumstance whereby an individual is lured into a compromising act--author Beth Richie uses gender entrapment to describe the process whereby African American women who are vulnerable to men's violence in their intimate relationships are penalized for criminal behaviors they engage in when these behaviors are logical extensions of their racialized gender identities, their culturally mediated gender roles, and the violence in their private lives.
The book documents in graphic detail the lives of these women--often marred by drug use, prostitution, and violence culminating in illegal activity. Richie charts the women's gender entrapment by considering a number of factors in their early lives--whether the women were privileged in their homes as girls and how such benefits actually might have handicapped them; their relationships with males; the presence or absence of childhood abuse--and how these factors contributed to their sense of vulnerability and fear of success later in life. Richie then analyzes how the women's circumstantial and emotional vulnerability in the early years sets the stage for theviolence in their intimate relationships with men as adults, and how the women's feelings of self-blame, emotional trauma, and desperation lead them--perhaps inexorably--into illegal, often violent activity.
Compelled to Crime also gives special consideration to the complicated set of reasons why some low income African American battered women resort to illegal activity. By contrasting their experiences with two smaller comparison groups, Richie offers important methodological and analytical contributions to the scholarship on gender, race, violence, and crime. In reaching her conclusions, Richie makes the disturbing point that in the end because these women are involved in illegal activity and hence labelled "criminal," they did not have access to services for battered women, sexual assault survivors, or other crime victims.
While African Americans consider how to accommodate participation in the feminist and black nationalist movements, Richie has taken on one of the most contested issues within the community: African American women battered by African American men. For her study, Richie concentrates on a group of 37 women detained at Rikers Island, who come from a background of poverty and physical and emotional abuse. Richie claims that their experiences represent the extreme of what many African American women undergo as a result of marginalization and hard choices. Throughout she emphasizes her theory of gender entrapment, whereby society provides these women-most of whom want to conform to societal norms-with no socially acceptable way to change their position, making incarceration almost inevitable. Many of the interviewees were determined not to speak out against African American men, believing that their partners already have fewer opportunities than they do. Others believe that, having participated in criminal acts, they are prohibited from taking advantage of social programs designed to help battered women. Although often academically dry and statistical, Richie's book still allows ample room for the women's compelling life histories. She does not, however, offer suggestions for solutions. Hope doesn't illuminate this book-just cold, hard facts. (Feb.)


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Budget Games Dramatically Decrease Productivity
June 12, 2002
The alleged purpose of budgeting is to encourage managers to work harder by rewarding them for reaching certain targets. But according to recent research, budgeting can have the unintended consequence of decreasing short-term productivity by 50 percent to 100 percent.
- In order to reach their budgetary targets, managers will tend to set goals that are easily attainable, distorting information and leading to an inefficient allocation of resources.
- For instance, mangers can pump up their sales figures for the current year by announcing late in the budget year price increases for the coming year, thus encouraging customers to buy now -- in effect robbing sales from the coming year.
- On the other hand, if managers realize that in a given year they won't be able to achieve the target, they will tend to delay sales and move profits to the following year.
- This behavior can have economy-wide effects -- for example, leading to an exaggerated decline in profits during a recession.
This doesn't mean that budgeting should be abolished all the way. It all comes down to the characteristics of the compensation scheme managers face:
- Nowadays, compensation schemes usually include a hurdle bonus upon achieving 80 percent of the budget, and a variable bonus that grows up to 120 percent of the budget.
- On the other hand, a linear bonus schedule that would do away with the target discontinuities and distortions.
A linear compensation system would reward managers for what they really do, instead of rewarding them for what they do relative to projections. This would not only benefit the companies that adopt this system, but also, the authors claim, raise the economy's overall productivity by 50 percent to 100 percent.
Source: "Budget Games," Economic Intuition, Summer 2001; based on Michael C. Jensen, "Paying People to Lie: The Truth About the Budgeting Process," Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 01-072, 200
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In Children's Outpatients there aren't any facilities for weighing children who are in wheelchairs. I'm expected to pick him up myself for him to be weighed. There really should be the facilities for this in a large children's hospital.
Response from Tessa Davis, RMCH Patient Opinion Project Lead, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital 6 years ago We have made a change
Thank you for your comments.
I took your comments to a recent meeting of the Ambulatory Care Directorate. The hospital is very sorry to hear that you had a difficult experience with having your child weighed. You should certainly not be expected to lift him yourself. We do have hoists in every single clinic room for lifting a child out of a wheelchair and we also have a special tracker hoist in one of the outpatient room if needed. Following this incident, the nursing staff have all been reminded about the use of the hoists.
Also, there are now plans in place to build a new, larger changing room in Outpatients. This will have all hoisting facilities in the one place so patient will not have problems such as the one you experienced. The hospital is waiting for approval for the building work to go ahead - I will contact the person in charge of this to try to get more information for you about the building works.
Thank you again.
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