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Reminiscent of the scandal in which she used military aircraft as her personal taxi, Nancy Pelosi stuck it to U.S. taxpayers on her way out as House Speaker with a lavish Hawaiian vacation featuring secret service and local police motorcades financed by Americans.The famously corrupt California congresswoman spent her last days as Speaker at an exotic resort in Kona's historic settlement of Ka'upulehu, according to a Hawaiian newspaper that's working to get figures on local police and secret service costs. Not surprisingly, the feds refuse to provide details on Pelosi's security detail and the Hawaii Police Department claims it can't release the number of officers it dedicated to Pelosi's motorcade, whether they were pulled from other duties or paid overtime.What's certain, however, is that it cost big bucks and Americans are getting stuck with the hefty bill. Pelosi stayed in an elaborate suite of an exclusive "natural tropical paradise" that rents for $10,000 a night. She took a private plane to Hawaiiand was escorted throughout her trip by a motorcade of secret service and local police officers. Two Hawaii County Police vehicles camped outside the resort to guard Pelosi during her week-long stay, according to sources quoted in the story.During a similar jaunt to the big island's chick Kona Coast last year, Hawaii Countytaxpayers dished out more than $21,000 for Pelosi's local security alone. It's not clear whether she arrived by private plane for that particular getaway, but it's reasonable to assume she booked an Air Force jet since Pelosi used the military as her personal airline during her tenure as Speaker.In fact, the veteran lawmaker was crowned Air Pelosi after a lengthy Judicial Watch investigation uncovered evidence of her shocking abuse of military luxury travel. Internal Pentagon records obtained through public records requests document Pelosi's numerous requests for military escorts and aircraft to ferry her and her family around. Other documents demonstrate that Pelosi used Air Force aircraft as her own personal party planes, racking up more than $100,000 for in-flight expenses such as food and alcohol.Pelosi has also been embroiled in several other scandals recently, including campaign finance violations, quadrupling the rent of her district office amid a dire financial crisis in her state and ignoring serious incidents of corruption within her own party after vowing to "drain the swamp" in Congress.


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It's been over two years since I last dug up Burdock for the roots and something like five since I first started searching for this plant after seeing Ray Mears unearth some huge specimens and talk about their potential, not only as an important starch-filled survival food, but as a likely caloric staple for the hunter-gatherer cultures who lived here before farming took hold some six thousand years ago. In my eagerness and enthusiasm to partake in this (pre-)history and get my teeth into a hefty wild food that could even compete with cultivated rootcrops like carrots, parsnips & potatoes for size and bulk, I jumped in head first and ended up making my first serious foraging error – mistaking the first spring growths of Lords and Ladies (aka Cuckoo Pint) for Burdock, based on the aforementioned TV footage and a handful of pictures and descriptions I'd seen on the internet. I'd dug up a few plants that had hallelujah'd at me during a walk along the Thames near Oxford and brought them back home in my pocket. They didn't have the same huge, deep roots, and came with a funny little tuber which I'd not heard mentioned. Nevertheless, ignoring the lingering sores on my hands (which I had attributed to unseen nettles during the digging), I proceeded to steam the stems and do a taste test on them. This was unremarkable by itself, but when I took a tiny nibble from the freshly cut, white inner flesh of the raw tuber, it was a different story. Apparently Lords and Ladies defends itself using microscopic dagger-shaped crystals of calcium oxalate interspersed between the cell walls, and these shoot out when the plant's body is broken or disturbed, embedding themselves fairly reliably in the flesh of the hapless creature responsible for the disturbance. Youch! So after a promising initial rush of sugary starchiness while I mixed the tiny morsel with saliva in the front of my mouth and gave it a cautious nibble, my mouth started to tingle, then ache and then burn all the way to the back of my throat, even though I'd spat and rinsed with cold water almost immediately. I finally ID'd the plant correctly (thanks mainly to my symptoms) and learned that, while they do have a recorded edible use as a 'poor man's potato' and of being rendered into 'portland sago' (a thickener akin to arrowroot) or laundry starch, this requires careful baking and/or pulping in water to destroy or denature the crystals, and when eaten raw it has even been known to cause death through inflammation of the throat tissues and subsequent asphyxiation! Oh shit… Happily the burning died down within a couple of hours so I didn't have to get too worried in the end, but it was still noticeably sore for the following two days.
Lesson #1 – Respect the plants! Spend enough time to be able to ID them confidently and be careful what you put in your mouth!
It turns out Burdock comes up significantly later than Lords and Ladies, and I did manage to find and dig up some plants later in that same year, learning to look for the dried-out 2nd year stalks and remaining sticky burrs to indicate where I was most likely to find a community of younger plants poking through. (The plant is biennial – forming a rosette and taproot in the first year, hibernating through the winter, then lunging back upwards in its second summer with huge leaves and flowerstalk before going to seed and dying back in the autumn – and the best time to harvest the root is during the first autumn or second spring when most of the energy is still underground.) It was during this time that I found some properly massive specimens, growing in gravelly clay soils by an artificial irrigation ditch.
These gave me my first indication that it might be possible to subsist entirely off foraged foods in this country (hence the triumphal, 'take that, surburbia!' pose struck in that second image, my sometime banner photo for this site), especially after I got my eye in over several long-distance walks and started noticing the plants growing in large patches in many different places, especially along roads for some reason (probably having to do with water run-off and heat absorption by the dark tarmac). My eyes swelled with fatness* from seeing a new abundance of food in the landscape in this way, but I also felt a new sensitivity towards the plants themselves and a growing reluctance to swoop in and put an end to all their hard work before they even got the chance to reproduce. I couldn't just take from these beings. Even if some degree of respect lay in the simple, very personal act of expending work calories in exchange for the carb storehouses they had established (which would then fuel more work calories…) – couldn't a bankrobber make the same claim in defense of his actions? Just because you could do something, it didn't necessarily follow that you should. So for a long time I avoided digging plants up or, more generally, any kind of harvesting that would prove fatal to them. A small portion of the leaves, fruits, seeds – okay; whole roots – no no, unless they had to come up for other reasons, eg: gardening operations.
Lesson #2 – Don't kill unnecessarily. Consider the plant's needs and, where possible, try to fit yourself around them so that both parties can get what they want.
A couple of things clicked in me over the following years. First I heard about Australian aboriginal practices of digging up edible roots and replanting the crown and the rosette so the plant would grow back again, allowing for a sustainable harvest, albeit over a long timespan. Then I saw Derrick Jensen talk about the fundamental law of the predator/pray relationship – 'If you consume the flesh of an Other, you now take responsibility for the continuation of the Other's community' – and how life was only possible through this respectful bargain of looking after the land and all the species sharing the same space with you. Most importantly ensuring that the sum total of your actions contributed to the health and resilience of the community, because in the end every species gets weighed in the balance† and those that are found wanting lose their right to life and become extinct. Finally I got to grips with the notion that humans weren't exempt from this law, and the rather counter-intuitive idea that our direct involvement, even through heavy-handed, apparently destructive techniques such as fire setting, coppicing, hunting etc, could actually have a beneficial impact on ecosystems, as well as for the individual plant and animal species concerned. As Kat Anderson put it in Tending The Wild, an exploration of land management in preconquest native Californian cultures:
Several important insights were revealed to me as I talked with elders and accompanied them on plant gathering walks. The first of these was that one gains respect for nature by using it judiciously. By using a plant or an animal, interacting with it where it lives, and tying your well being to its existence, you can be intimate with it and understand it. The elders challenged the notion I had grown up with – that one should respect nature by leaving it alone – by showing me that we learn respect through the demands put on us by the great responsibility of using a plant or an animal.
Many elders I interviewed said that plants do better when they gather them. At first this was a jarring idea – I had been taught that native plants were here long before humans and did best on their own without human interference – but it soon became clear to me that my native teachers were giving me another crucial gift of insight. California Indians had established a middle ground between the extremes of overexploiting nature and leaving it alone, seeing themselves as having the complementary roles of user, protector, and steward of the natural world. I had been reading about how various animals' interactions with plant populations actually benefited those plants – how grizzly bears scattered the bulblets of Erythronium lilies in the process of rooting up and eating the mature bulbs, how California scrub jays helped oaks reproduce by losing track of some of the acorns they buried – and it seemed plausible that the many generations of humans in California's past had played a similar role. If it was true that native plants did better with our help, it meant that there was a place for us in nature. (Tending The Wild, p.xvi)
I remembered that in the footage I'd seen (has anybody else come across this? I did find it on youtube a while ago, but haven't been able to track it down for the life of me) Ray Mears had in fact made a point of planting the seeds from nearby mature plants when harvesting his Burdock root to help the plant propagate itself and hopefully replace what he had taken.
Lesson #3 – Ultimately Others have to die so that you can live. In return you have an obligation to look after their brothers and sisters and help their kind to thrive. Someday you too will die and the loan these others have given to you will be repaid in full.
This year, as part of my herbal apprenticeship, Sarah has suggested making a tincture or vinegar from Burdock and Mullein roots. Unfortunately I've not yet seen the latter growing anywhere near to me, but about a week ago it felt like a good time to go out hunting for Burdock again, so I grabbed my digging stick (made from a stout piece of Hawthorn), a small hand-trowel & fork and headed down to the river, where I'd gathered from successfully in previous years. Unfortunately there were no signs of growth yet in any of the usual spots, so I made do with some early Ramsons and baby Nettles, and started making tracks back home via a different route. All of a sudden, in a sunny patch by the side of the path, I spied some old flower stems, and – hooray! – some of the flannely, white-bottomed leaves just starting to emerge from the sandy soil in several places nearby.
(Note the shiny, darker green leaves of Lords and Ladies in the top right of the picture.) I judged that there were enough new plants to spare three for my purposes, so I selected a small group suitably close together and set about digging my trench.
The digging stick did most of the work in loosening the soil for me to scoop out with my hands, but there were several tree roots that impeded my progress and the hole started to get too deep for convenience. I think a long-handled fork would have sped things up considerably. In the end I think it took me 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour to get more-or-less to the bottom of the three roots and pull up the best part of them.
It was hard, sweaty work! A few horseriders and dogwalkers came past during this time, which made me slightly nervous because technically I think you need permission from the landowner before uprooting any plant in the UK. Because this was beside a public footpath I didn't know who to ask, so I went ahead and assumed it was okay as long as I tidied up after. Who within a ten-mile radius, apart from me, considers Burdock anything other than a noxious weed, if they even can even recognise it in the first place? Hopefully the above writing should make it clear why I disagree with Richard Mabey when he instructs his readers:
Never pull up whole plants along any path or road verge where the public has access. It is not only anti-social and contrary to all the principles of conservation, but also, in most places, illegal. (Food For Free, p.23)
(Honestly, I don't care what the current lot of bandits and gangsters 'in charge' of this country have defined as 'illegal', and generally view these as suggestions that I'm free to ignore as long as someone isn't actually there & prepared to back up the law with violence or the other usual forms of coercion.‡) Anyway, luckily they didn't seem to mind, and appeared interested when I explained what I was doing. When I was done I scooped all the soil back into the hole, tamped it down a little, seeded it with a few handful of burrs and covered it with a loose mulch of leaves and twigs, making sure to thank Burdock for its generosity, explain my intentions and promise that I would be back in the future:
Can you tell anyone's been there? It occurred to me that loosening the soil in this way would ease the growth of any new plants germinating either from the seeds or the remaining chunks of root. In time, if I continued to frequent the patch, digging up a few plants here & there maybe every other year, my activities would change the growing conditions for that whole plant community, perhaps leading to larger, fatter roots or more vigorous above-ground growth. A low-key form of cultivation that would truly tie my well being to the plant's existence (as Kat Anderson would have it), taking the form of a mutually beneficial longterm relationship. Anti-social, my arse!
Back home, after a couple of days I got round to scrubbing one of the roots, slicing it up, leaves'n'all in the food processor and dunking it in vinegar for a liver-supporting tonic that should be ready in a month or so:
(Note the dark 'ring' in the cross-section, which I'm guessing marks the end of the first year's growth as it does in trees.) The following morning I sliced up another half-root's worth to go into a breakfast fry-up:
(Ingredients: eggs, bacon, onion, red pepper, beechnuts, nettles, linseed, butter all fried together, plus tea, toast, tomatoes, salt, pepper, herbs, ramsons butter, nettle infusion. Mmmm…) The root has a very distinctive smell when freshly cut. A sharp, slightly abrasive smell at the same time earthy and musty that seems to reach deep into your throat and lungs. Like it's angry about being exposed to the air. The taste is more pleasant – vaguely nutty and radishy raw, more bland when cooked. I slice it at an angle to get bigger chunks and make chewing easier, as the fibres get tough and stringy length-wise, given half a chance (although I've seen a recipe that called for 'julienne'-style matchsticks).
There's a fourth lesson Burdock has played a part in teaching me, having to do with those greed-swollen eyes I was talking about, but I'll tell you about that some other time. It has to do with Civilisation's love affair with carbs and the kind of work they, uniquely, can provide the fuel for. Suffice it to say I've grown disenchanted with simply attempting to find alternative kinds of food to feed the slave classes…
If you want to read more about the medicinal side of things, I recommend you read about Home-Sweetening Christine's experiences with Burdock and check out this comprehensive page of info. I'll report back in a month or so about how I get on with the vinegar infusion. PFAF go into some of the other edible uses for the aboveground parts.
I wish you luck and excitement as you get to know this remarkable plant.
* – Psalm 73
† – Daniel 5 (dunno why all these biblical references are springing to mind – maybe because it's Lent?)
‡ – As I've written elsewhere, 'People (or a class of people) who have degraded and brutalised the landscape so comprehensively over the last few centuries/millennia have no business telling the rest of us how, when (or if!) we will relate to the land.' See also Banksy's comments on advertising, where he writes:
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
(which strikes me as an appropriate attitude towards most landowners) … and finally Umair Haque's handy little saying: 'If you want to live an empty life, follow the rules.' (thanks Vanessa)


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The newest addition to Disneyland's California Adventure Park opened last week to great fanfare—and high expectations. Cars Land, a theme park based around the popular animated "Cars" movies, is being touted by Disney as a way to reverse the downward trend in its theme park revenues. It is the first new "land" to open at Disney's twin Anaheim parks in ten years. California Adventure Park, where Cars Land will call home, opened its gates in 2001.
The June 15th opening day was well attended. Media reports described hundreds of fans, many of them die-hard "Cars" groupies, camped outside the gates overnight for a chance to be part of the opening surge. Thousands more joined them by mid-morning, exploring a "Main Street" boulevard designed to mimic the movie's nostalgic Route 66.
But park enthusiasts were not the only ones watching the unveiling with interest. The wizards of Wall Street were also paying close attention, with analysts across the industry weighing in on one of Walt Disney Co.'s biggest recent gambles. And there's an added layer of intrigue in the Disney boardroom: Tom Staggs, the company's theme park czar, is currently one of the leading candidates to succeed Bob Iger as CEO.
Cars Land is only part of a $1.1 billion, four-year overhaul by the entertainment behemoth, specifically designed to boost attendance at the amusement complex. Disney management has been forthright about their own hopes for the additions, as well as their disappointment in California Adventure's perceived under-performance over the past decade.
"We knew that this was going to be an important attraction," Kathy Mangum, executive producer of Walt Disney Imagineering, told The Los Angeles Times a few days before Cars Land opened to the public, "because it was going to have to make the park."
So far the reviews have been positive, both from park goers and financial experts.
David Joyce, an analyst with New York-based financial research firm Miller Tabak +Co., said in a report Friday that Cars Land and the other new Disney attractions "should continue to drive at least 4 percent attendance and per-capita spending growth at Disneyland in the fiscal third and fourth quarters, which may prove to be conservative."
Disney's many theme parks and resorts are an important part of its business share. In the first quarter of this year, they combined for $2.9 billion in revenue –a 10 percent increase from 2011. Much of this revenue came from merchandise, and Cars Land will include plenty more opportunities for visitors to buy branded Disney toys, souvenirs, and clothing.
Indeed, Disney intends the Cars section to function as a true "second gate," enticing visitors to increase the amount of time they spend both at California Adventure and that other, more classic park next door – Disneyland. More time spent in the ark often translates into more money spent, both on in restaurants and gift shops.
Such sales have a higher profit margin than ticket sales, though those have been increasing. Price increases that took effect in May included jumps of between $7 and $150, depending on the ticket deal. The biggest increases will effect premium annual pass packages, which will now cost $649, up from $499, a 30 percent jump.
Currently, a "1-Day, 1-Park" ticket for visitors ages 10 and up will now run you $87, and a "1-Day Park Hopper" (which grants access to both California Adventure Park and Disneyland) costs $125. The new improvements may help justify these prices increases, according to a report compiled by Morgan Stanley media analyst Benjamin Swinburne.
"Strong parks pricing is a function of both recent investments and solid demand," Swinburne said in the report. "The price increase immediately precedes the unveiling of Cars Land at the California Adventure park and follows initial phases of the Fantasyland expansion at Disney World [in Orlando], as Disney begins to monetize a multiyear reinvestment in its theme parks."
Disney is not the first theme park operator to attempt to cash in on its newer, more lucrative movie franchises . In 2010 Disney competitor Universal Studios opened its Harry Potter-themed addition at Orlando's Islands of Adventure. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has so far boosted attendance for Universal. It's a successful model Disney hopes to replicate, with rides and attractions that immerse visitors in the world of the dashing Lightning McQueen, perennial runner-up Chick Hicks, old-school Doc Hudson and Mater, the loveable, incorrigible hayseed tow truck.


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One requirement of Common Core to prepare students for college and careers is through extensive reading of high-quality challenging literary and informational texts. Through extensive reading of stories students gain literary and cultural knowledge as well as familiarity with various text structures and elements. In this lesson I wanted my students to gain exposure to reading a more challenging text about the same subject and to be able to tell me what all stories had in common. From our lesson yesterday, I realized my students understood what compare and contrast meant, they had trouble applying the concept to literary characters. To expose my students to the wonderful world of literary text and comparing characters, I again focused on RL.1.9: compare and contrast the adventures and experience of characters in stories.
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Continuing with the hermit crab theme, I borrowed all the copies of A House for a Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle from the local library. In today's lesson each reading group took turns reading A House for a Hermit Crab to me.
I started this lesson by telling my students we would be doing things a little different than usual. We would jump right into our reading group rotation. The reason for this change was we were going to be doing a different type of reading in our reading groups. (It is important to let students know in advance of any changes in routines because they depend on the structure of the classroom.)
Instead of reading A House for a Hermit Crab whole group or me reading to them, each group would read to me during differentiated reading group rotation time. I told them that as they were reading I wanted them to think about all the stories and what happened in all of them that was the same.
However before we started our reading rotation I wanted them to think about and retell me the beginning, middle, and end of Moving Day and Old Shell, New Shell. (Retelling the stories was not the major focus of this lesson; however, my students were going to have to recall what each of these stories had in common and what was different in each story. Also retelling helps with comprehension)
From that point we went into our differentiated leveled reading groups where my students rotated through independent activities. As each group rotated to my reading group I handed them copies of A House for Hermit Crab and gave them a minute to look at the pictures. For this activity, we went around the table and each student read one page out-loud while the rest of the group followed along. After each student finished reading one page, I directed them to finish reading to their elbow partner, as demonstrated by the accompanying video, Partner Reading. As students came to unfamiliar words I would ask them what they thought it meant by looking at picture clues, re-reading, or from their own experiences. When we were finished I had each group retell this story from the beginning, middle, and end. I then asked each group what was the one thing that was the same in this story, compared to Moving Day and Old Shell, New Shell. All groups claimed the hermit crabs were all looking for bigger shells like their old one. The one thing they all noticed that was different was A House for Hermit Crab was much longer with harder words. My high group noticed that the hermit crab in A House for Hermit Crab had a lot of friends and seemed friendlier.
Usually during independent practice my students are in their differentiated reading groups doing independent activities, where one activity is to write in their journals. Today they did not write in their journals during the rotation. Instead they worked on their journals independently as a whole group. Today to get them started I asked them what was the one thing that all stories had in common. I gave my students a moment to think about this however I did not allow them to share out loud with a partner or me. The reason, I told them, was this was like a little test to see if I needed to re-teach them. (For some reason they like it when I am testing my teaching)
I then instructed my students to think about each story and to write in their journals what all the stories had in common, or what happened that was the same in all stories. I also directed them to state what their favorite story was and why. I know this is old school- but First graders like to do that. The accompanying two videos are examples of student finished responses. In Hermit Crabs Pinch the student does a good job explaining what the stories had in common and the reason why she liked Old Shell, New Shell. In Favorite Story the student has started her journal, but had not quite finished it. In a case like this I always have the students verbalize what they want to write and have them finish while I am checking their classmates journals. By them verbalizing what they want to say helps them focus, or sometimes helps them formulate how they want their words to look on paper.
For a sticker, at the end of each reading group, my students needed to tell me one thing that was the same in all three stories and one thing different.


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Tour 5
The Fraumünster district – from convent to business district
Hirschenplatz – Limmatquai – Münsterbrücke – Stadthaus – Stadthausquai – Frauenbad – Bauschänzli – Börsenstrasse – Fraumünsterstrasse – Poststrasse – Münsterhof – Wühre – Weinplatz – Gemüsebrücke – Limmatquai – Rosengasse – Hirschenplatz
Part of the city administration is located in the Fraumünster district. The Stadthaus (the Town Hall) is not only where the mayor has his offices but is also the seat of the town's executive. In addition, the joys and sorrows of the local population are recorded and filed there. In this imposing building, newly married couples, full of good intentions, start their new life together, parents register their newborn children and family members arrange a relative's last journey. For culturally minded citizens, the Stadthaus has, since the post-war period, made a political commitment to actively promote various forms of culture such as music, literature, theatre, museums and local history. Examples of this commitment are the exhibitions that are regularly presented, free of charge, under the archways in the Stadthaus hall.
The rather austere but elegant Stadthaus was built between 1898 and 1900 in the Neo Renaissance style, according to the plans of city architect Gustav Gull, who also designed many buildings in the Urania district (see page 41). The large hall and the surrounding archways supporting the upper floors give an impression of cautious open-mindedness, thus reflecting the spirit of a large, self-confident city. Since its boroughs were amalgamated in 1893, Zurich has certainly considered itself a true metropolis.
Tracing the origins of the Fraumünster abbey
Several buildings dating back to the Middle Ages and belonging to the Fraumünster abbey were located where the Stadthaus stands today. The Fraumünster church is nowadays a place of pilgrimage for admirers
of the artist Marc Chagall's (1887– 1987) stained-glass windows. But the church also recalls the time when the Fraumünster was a convent with extensive grounds that stretched from the Münsterhof all the way to the lake. The convent was founded in 853 by King Ludwig the German and was reserved for noblewomen. In 1524, the convent was closed by the Reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
Near the Limmat, a concert hall, built in 1717 by music enthusiasts, also stood on the grounds of the former Fraumünster convent. Influenced by the sober Zwinglian spirit, the outside of the building was architecturally unassuming. The interior, however, was designed in the Baroque style, which, although not overly extravagant, created a festive atmosphere. Gustav Gull, who had just finished building the Schweizerische Landesmuseum (Swiss National Museum) near the main station, had extensive experience in incorporating historically important interiors into new buildings. Recognising the artistic importance of the concert hall's Baroque interior, he carefully removed the precious stucco ceiling of the concert hall, which had been decorated with paintings by Zurich artist Johannes Brandenberg (1661– 1729), and transferred it to the third floor of the Stadthaus. To this day, this area of the Stadthaus carries the name "Musiksaal" (Concert Hall).
Gustav Gull, who could be considered an early protector of historic monuments, also found a harmonious way to connect the Stadthaus with the Fraumünster church. Incidentally, the church is the sole remaining building dating from the time when the Fraumünster was an abbey. By using some original parts of the former cloister, Gull created an attractive passageway between Fraumünsterstrasse and the Stadthausquai. The walls of this passageway are decorated with frescoes depicting the history of the founding of the abbey. The frescoes were painted by Zurich artist Paul Bodmer (1886–1983) during the period between the wars as part of a municipal job-creation programme for unemployed artists.
The Stadthausquai
The Stadthausquai, with its prominent buildings such as the Stadthaus, the Fraumünsterpost (the district Post Office) and the "Metropol" office building, is a creation of the closing years of the 19th century. It was in the Fraumünster district that the developing town first seriously undertook urban planning. When the New Swiss Confederation was founded in 1848, Zurich endeavoured to become the seat of federal power. The city fathers proposed the site of the present Stadthaus as a location for the future federal parliament. But their hopes were not realised and Berne, more centrally located, became the Swiss capital.
By 1858, it had become clear to the townspeople that the buildings of the former Fraumünster abbey as well as the idyllic Kratz district, located between the Fraumünster church and the lake, must make room for modern times. Well-known architects, among them the outstanding architect Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), were commissioned to create a new district with a spacious park and a square. A town hall was to be the centre of this new district and establish Zurich's prestige. Although development of the lakeside area was not under discussion at the time, the planners were well aware of the district's future prospects due to its central location and the magnificent view it offered of the lake and the Alps.
In the second part of the 19th century, Zurich's big-city status became apparent primarily in two districts, both of which underwent changes on a massive scale. The Bahnhof district, which included Bahnhofstrasse and part of Löwenstrasse, was one and the Fraumünster district the other. The attitude of the local authorities of the time had a favourable impact on enterprises interested in the construction.
During the 1870s and 1880s, the characteristic Old-Town houses located between Fraumünsterstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse gave way to privately financed residential complexes and office buildings. However, the economically minded city authorities delayed the implementation of their own, rather farsighted plans. Although a new city administration building, now part of the Stadthaus, was constructed at the corner of Fraumünsterstrasse and Kappelergasse in 1883/1884, the Stadthaus, the Fraumünsterpost and several other impressive buildings along
the Stadthausquai were built only 15 years later, finally asserting the local authorities' plans for the area.
The building of the Stadthaus should be been seen primarily in the political context of the amalgamation of 1893, when the following eleven municipalities were incorporated into the town: Aussersihl, Enge, Fluntern, Hirslanden, Hottingen, Oberstrass, Riesbach, Unterstrass, Wiedikon, Wipkingen and Wollishofen. The merger led to a five-fold increase in Zurich's population. In this new situation, a large building was needed to house the central administration. But, as the population continued to grow rapidly and hence also the responsibilities of the municipal authorities, the large Stadthaus soon ran out of space. So it was that only a few years after the opening of the Stadthaus a new site for much of the city administration had to be found (see page 40).
The Frauenbad
Going for a swim in Zurich is a leisure activity that can be traced back to the 15th century. Yet, swimming in the lake or in the Limmat was for a long time the privilege of men alone. Until the 19th century, special buildings for swimming did not exist. The oldest swimming bath, designed to provide protection from prying eyes, opened in 1837 and was reserved exclusively for women. It was located south of the Bauschänzli. The present Frauenbad (swimming bath for women) on the Stadthausquai is a floating construction with four wings, featuring in the centre and at the corners wooden pavilions of a faintly oriental style. Built between 1888 and 1892, the Frauenbad is the work of then city architect Arnold Geiser (1844–1909). A similar construction, located downriver from the Rudolf Brun-Brücke, was demolished in 1950. The Frauenbad by the Limmatquai, however, was meticulously renovated and constitutes a unique architectural attraction.
Arnold Bürkli-Ziegler (1833–1894), who designed and developed the area around the lakeshore (see page 56), made the following statement: "Swimming baths are built floating on the water to make them low and unobtrusive. The facades are therefore overly long in proportion to their height..." Floating swimming baths also have the advantage that they adjust themselves to different water levels, whereas those built on wooden pillars must take into account changing water levels. In view of the high aesthetic demands placed on the swimming baths on the lake and in the Limmat, the town council apparently sought advice from the cities of Trieste and Venice, which had already built floating pools. Trieste even put the building plans for its swimming baths at the disposal of Zurich's town council.
Das Bauschänzli
The Bauschänzli, an artificial island in the Limmat, was built in 1660 as part of the Baroque fortifications to protect the entrance to the Limmat and defend it in the event of armed conflict. Together with the "Grendel," a water gate controlling access to the river, and a double row of palisades, the Bauschänzli constituted an effective line of defence between the banks of the Limmat. With the arrival of steamboats on the lake, the former military structure became simply a docking area. In 1842, the ramparts of the Bauschänzli were demolished and replaced with a parapet. The Bauschänzli then served as a public area until 1908, when the entrepreneurial landlord of the "Metropol" building, Eduard Krug (1840– 1923), also known as "Papa Krug," had the original idea of setting up an open-air café on the small island.
The Bauschänzli, along with the old botanical garden at the Schanzengraben canal, is the last vestige of the Baroque fortifications. In 1642, during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), Zurich's town council decided, with great reluctance and against strong opposition, to start building these massive fortifications. The fortifications were erected in response to the revolutionary change in arms technology that had taken place between 1300 and 1600, brought about by the invention of gunpowder. The medieval town wall would no longer have provided sufficient protection for the townspeople in case of an attack. The towers could not accommodate heavy guns and the town walls would not have withstood enemy artillery for long.
The building of the star-shaped fortifications around the town provided protection and also created space for further developments. Thus, in the 17th and 18th centuries, Baroque settlements were built in the areas of Talacker and Stadelhofen. Regrettably, most of the houses in these areas, which were often of cultural and architectural importance, fell victim to the economic developments of the 20th century.
Already in 1833, the great council of Zurich (today known as the cantonal council) decided to level the fortifications around the city. From a military point of view, these defensive structures had lost their importance, and politically they were an unwanted symbol of the city's dominance over the surrounding countryside. The fortifications were also an obstacle to traffic, especially in a time when trade and travel was becoming more important.
The "Metropol" building
The Börsenstrasse (stock exchange street) recalls the time when Zurich first became important as a financial centre. The first stock exchange was opened in 1880 at Bahnhofstrasse no. 3. The "Metropol" building, whose main entrance is at Börsenstrasse no. 10, merits special attention since it constitutes one of the most elegant architectural designs of the closing years of the 19th century. This office complex, in fact composed of five adjoining buildings, stands as a witness to the changing building techniques and the stylistic freedom of the era called the "Belle Epoque." The construction of the "Metropol" complex, which was completed in 1893, introduced the use of standardized and prefabricated components in the building process. The inside of the large building could be subdivided and adapted according to the wishes of the tenants as long as this revolutionary freedom of structure was not limited by supporting walls or firewalls. On the facades, stone pillars were the only visible supporting elements. Glass panels and iron components were fixed between these stone pillars. The ground floor passageway, located under arcades, recalls the building style of the Italian High Renaissance. On the upper floors, however, a Baroque influence can be seen. As well as various shops, the legendary "Grand Café Metropol" was located on the ground floor of the large building. It offered room for up to 600 people and guests could choose whether they wished to spend their time in the café, the dining room, the pub or the billiard room. But, the "Grand Café" atmosphere is long gone and the "Metropol" building now houses the municipal tax offices, which, incidentally, will move out of the premises in the not too distant future. All that is left of the original interior design are the decorative stairwells, which were renovated between 1988 and 1992, as were the facades and the roof.
Heinrich Ernst (1846–1916) was the entrepreneur who both built the "Metropol" and drew up the plans. Among other buildings, Ernst designed the magnificent "Rote Schloss" (Red Castle) on the General-Guisan-Quai. A successful financier for decades, Ernst fell victim to speculation during the property crises of 1900 and ended his days in poverty and piety.
The Poststrasse
In 1838, Zurich's post office building was moved from Münstergasse to Poststrasse. With increased trade and travel, the town found it necessary to build a modern, spacious post office building outside the narrow confines of the Old Town. The site chosen was perfectly located for the circumstances of the time because of the nearby Bauschänzli, which had served as a landing stage for steamboats since 1835. Thus, the Fraumünster district became something of a traffic junction. Towards the middle of
the 19th century, there was even talk about moving the train station
to Paradeplatz in order to better coordinate the different means of transport such as stagecoaches, trains and steamboats.
The well designed post office complex, which included an administrative building, stables, coach-houses and watering places for horses, covered approximately the same area as the present-day "Zentralhof." About 30 stagecoaches passed through the Poststrasse each day, making for a lively atmosphere. Express stagecoaches served all the major destinations within Switzerland. Also, journeys to and from Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia, France, England, Italy, Spain, Austria or even Turkey started or ended in the Poststrasse.
Many native and foreign guests passing through Zurich stayed in the Hotel "Baur en Ville" (Savoy), located opposite the post office complex. Between 1837 and 1876, the "Tagblatt der Stadt Zurich," the local newspaper, published the names of the bourgeois or sometimes even aristocratic guests in town, providing topics for conversation and opportunities for contacts.
When the post office complex opened, nobody could imagine that the success of the railway would only a few decades later bring about the end of the stagecoach era. Yet, about 35 years after it opened, the post office building was closed, and in its place, the "Zentralhof" was built between 1873 and 1876, including 15 residential and office buildings.
The Münsterhof
The Münsterhof is the largest Old Town square on the left bank of the Limmat. The square appears for the first time in documents dating from 1221. A survey of the square's history reveals its changing role. During the Middle Ages, it was where the stonemasons worked. In 1504, the Münsterhof was the stage for a passion play that was recorded in the town chronicles as "das Schicksal der Zürcher Stadtheiligen Felix und Regula" (the fate of Zurich's patron saints Felix and Regula). Also, the cattle and pig markets were held in the square until 1667, and from 1627 onwards, permanent market stalls were located there too. From 1701 to 1796, the spring and autumn trade fairs took place every year in the Münsterhof, transforming it for a few days into an especially busy place full of merrymaking. But the square has served as a place to celebrate special occasions and festivals even in recent years. For example, Winston Churchill greeted the cheering crowds from the balcony of the "Zunfthaus zur Meisen" in 1946.
The guild houses "Zur Meisen" and "Zur Waag" give architectural prestige to the Münsterhof. The "Zunfthaus zur Waag," although imposing, reflects Zwinglian modesty. In contrast, the "Zunfthaus zur Meisen," with its courtyard and its wrought-iron gates, displays French elegance. The first floor of the "Zunfthaus zur Meisen" houses a permanent exhibition from the Swiss National Museum on the manufacture of porcelain.
The two guild houses are a reminder of the period between 1336 and 1798, when Zurich's political and economic power lay in the hands of the various guilds. Since the guilds wielded so much power and influence, they competed with one another to build the most magnificent guild house located in the best, most central position. The guilds' political influence came to an end with the fall of the "Ancien Régime". In the following era, characterised by republican values, the guilds soon played a new role as the successful organisers of the Sechseläuten. The Sechseläuten (ringing of the bells at 6 p.m.) is Zurich's yearly spring festival, celebrating the arrival of spring with a superb procession. The festival gives Zurich the opportunity to present itself in a festive mood and, above all, to take pride in its history and traditions. During the Sechseläuten, a procession with 3000 men dressed in traditional guild costumes, hundreds of horses and countless decorated floats representing scenes from the past, winds its way through the streets of the city centre. The colourful procession gives the impression that time has been turned back.


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Calling the world's current approach to the environment somewhere "between absurdity and obscenity," Yale University Professor Paul Anastas, PhD'89 urged businesses, scientists, environmentalists, policy-makers and consumers to adopt the principles of green chemistry to ensure a sustainable future.
Anastas is known as the "father of green chemistry," a field that advocates for the design of safer products and manufacturing processes. He spoke to a crowd of about 125 people in Rapaporte Treasure Hall on April 4 at Brandeis University's third annual Saul G. Cohen Memorial Lecture.
"We, as a society, are on an unsustainable trajectory," the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment told attendees. "The status quo is between absurdity and obscenity."
During his talk, "Designing a Sustainable Tomorrow," Anastas pointed out that some progress has been made in designing products and processes that are more environmentally friendly. However, well-meaning people often "do the right things but do them wrong," which leads to unintended consequences. Examples include using lethal substances to clean dirty waterways, employing persistent pesticides to increase crop yield and manufacturing solar panels with methods that produce toxins.
"We must design products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances," Anastas said. "We're all in the same boat – and we have only one boat."
Anastas said the emerging science of biomimicry – solving human problems with approaches that mimic nature – has great potential to alleviate the stress on the environment. For instance, scientists have developed environmentally sound adhesives that use synthetic materials which mimic the skin and tendons of geckos, the little lizards that can scurry up walls with ease.
Anastas has high hopes for transformative innovations that could ease the pressure on the environment. Promising work is being done to develop a decaffeinated coffee bean, which would make irrelevant the chemical-intensive decaffeination process. Scientists are also working on self-cleaning clothes that would not need detergents.
"We have enough consciousness and humanity to ensure a sustainable tomorrow," Anastas concluded.
Before his talk, Anastas spoke about Cohen, a chemistry professor who was on the Brandeis faculty during his days as a student.
"Saul Cohen shared with me that excellence in chemistry and excellence in science is essential, but not enough," Anastas said. "The human side of the equation is what we need to think about."
Among the attendees at the lecture was 86-year-old Robert Stevenson, a professor of chemistry emeritus who was Anastas' adviser and mentor during his days as a doctoral student at Brandeis. The two have remained close through the years.
Anastas was last on campus in June, when he received the Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor Brandeis bestows exclusively on alumni, at Reunion 2012.
The Cohen Lecture, which was established by the longtime Brandeis science professor's family and friends, brings renowned figures to campus to discuss important topics of the day. The first two speakers were U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York and Home Depot co-founder and philanthropist Ken Langone.
Cohen was an instant-film pioneer who achieved a number of firsts in his 36 years on the Brandeis faculty. Denied teaching jobs at other institutions because of anti-Semitism, Cohen joined the Brandeis faculty in 1950. He later became the first chair of the chemistry department and the science school, the first dean of faculty and the first university professor. He was instrumental in establishing Brandeis as a first-rate college and a research university with thriving graduate programs. He died in 2010 at the age of 93.
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Ask Andrew Driver for his first impressions of Houston and he talks about the hot climate. It's a natural topic for someone who has just moved from Scotland to Texas.
Extreme heat is a novelty for the Dynamo's new midfielder but he knows radical cold better than almost anyone. He has spent time at minus 150 degrees Fahrenheit - without even wearing a coat.
As is obvious from his game-changing turn as a goalscoring substitute in last Sunday's 3-2 defeat to FC Dallas, Driver is fit and ready to start for the Dynamo against Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday if required.
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But Saturday is a long way from where Driver was three years ago. At that time, he was sidelined and desperate to end a run of nagging injuries. So the former England youth international turned to cryotherapy: a modern spin on the traditional ice bath that has been used by a range of athletes, including France's Franck Ribéry ahead of Euro 2012.
The user typically stands in a chamber for a couple of minutes as ultra-chilly air swirls around the body, dramatically lowering skin temperature. The theory is that this changes blood flow to promote tissue healing.
Driver used the treatment at a luxury spa near London that was also hosting a veteran rock star and a former heavyweight boxer. "That was a crazy day, Alice Cooper was in there, Frank Bruno," he told HoustonDynamo.com.
"You go into a chamber that's like, minus 100 degrees Celsius or something, real cold. You wear gloves and socks to stop yourself getting frostbite and walk around in there for a while. I tell you, it's horrible when you're doing it but when you get out you feel invigorated. You can feel all the blood rushing around your whole body. It's a good experience."
Like taking the Arctic plunge into an ice bath? "A million times beyond that! Saying that, you don't feel it as cold as an ice bath, for some bizarre reason."
Asked if it was effective, Driver said: "I don't know. It was just another thing I tried, I only did it once so it'd be hard to tell if it worked in the long run."
It was understandable that he would turn to an unusual method to alleviate his injuries because at the time they had stalled a highly promising career and he was ready to do anything to return to action.
"A few years ago I couldn't even train twice a week, my body just couldn't take it. It was a long couple of years," he said. "Eventually I found a formula that I can do and I don't miss any training sessions nowadays. A big part of that is yoga and strengthening in the gym. It's been hard work but I think I've got my body back to a place and a position where I can handle the rigors."
Like the Dynamo's Giles Barnes, Driver represented England at the youth level. Born in Oldham, near Manchester, Driver played a match for England Under-21s in 2009. But the next year he pledged his allegiance to Scotland, the country he moved to aged 11, after a FIFA rule change made him eligible.
He is yet to feature for Scotland but international soccer seems far from unrealistic for a player who - like Barnes - was a rising star in the UK before injuries struck. In 2010, press reports claimed that Hearts would only listen to offers in excess of £3.5 million (about $5m) for a player linked with clubs in England's top two divisions and that year's Dutch champions, FC Twente.
That summer, Driver had knee surgery then tore a thigh muscle in a reserves game in the fall. The following May he had a hernia operation. He managed only 14 appearances in each of the 2010-11 and 2009-10 campaigns but played 28 times for Hearts in the current season and 30 the year before, suggesting his problems are behind him.
"Anyone who's been injured before knows how long it takes to get back to full fitness. I've had a couple of really hard seasons where I've been playing not up to my ability," he said. "We've been going through tough times at my old club, and the older players kind of got phased out a little bit. But I felt there were signs I was coming back to my best and hopefully I can continue improving here and kick on to the level that I know I can get to."
Driver is loving the Dynamo and their city, in part because Houston is such a contrast to Edinburgh, Scotland's venerable capital. "No castle on a hill!" Driver said. "It's been an experience. Obviously going to Mexico [to play Santos Laguna last week] was a different experience as well. And my first [MLS] game at the weekend. It's all been a bit of a whirlwind and I've enjoyed every minute so far."
A new club, let alone a new country, is a novelty for the 25-year-old. He graduated from the Hearts Academy in 2003 and made his first-team debut for them in 2006, staying with the Edinburgh team until a loan deal brought him to the Dynamo in February. A permanent move is a possibility.
"I was at Hearts for a long time, we achieved quite a bit, won the Scottish Cup and things but it was time for a move on. You can go a little stale when you're at the same place for such a long time so it's nice to have a fresh start. To come to new surroundings and learn off different people. So far, so good," he said.
"I've always enjoyed America and American sport and obviously with Houston being one of the better teams in the league, I watched a couple of games last year. It's something I jumped at the opportunity to do and the lifestyle is completely different, it's what I needed in my life. I'm really happy that I made this decision."
A left-footed winger with pace, skill and sharp distribution, Driver knows that with Brad Davis and Boniek Garcia patrolling the flanks for the Dynamo he will have to battle for a berth in the first XI. But with both wide men away on international duty, Driver surely has a shot at starting against Vancouver.
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He came off the bench against Dallas for a lively 21-minute cameo that included a fine finish off the crossbar to kick-start the Dynamo's ultimately fruitless comeback from a 2-0 deficit.
"I've only been here a short time but from what I've seen of my teammates so far the boys will do everything they can to bounce back," Driver said.
With the interview over, he headed off - his mission for the afternoon to find a yoga center near his home. And, of course, to enjoy the weather.
Tom Dart is a contributing writer to HoustonDynamo.com. Former editor and reporter for The Times of London, Dart currently freelances for The Guardian as well as SI.com.


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Thursday December 6 2007 02:46:31 AM
Date: from Dec 5, 2007 to Dec 5, 2007
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Big Wednesday did not live up to all the hype: Solid 10 feet NW swell with strong rips and currents but nowhere like "Big Wednesday" December 2005 with its 15-20 foot waves. Conditions were great, 70F degree air and 60F water with bright sunshine and light NE offshore Santa Ana winds but the crowds in and out of the water were horific. Local TV station news trucks and people with camera's milling around the Pier by 7AM!
(Big Wednesday is coming for Christmas ... two huge storms are converging 700 miles out for a direct hit on the California coast and still building with 25 foot faces expected ... woo nelly!
Today (Monday) has been the proverbial calm before the storm. Outer water indicators are now going off, signaling swell is on the way. Surf will build Tuesday, peaking Wednesday with impressive size. The systems bringing this significant swell-event have continued to move towards our coastline, keeping their strength along the way. The storms kicking up this swell are now only 700-1000 miles from our shores, maintaining dangerously high seas. Now that offshore buoys are picking this up and models are in short range, the forecast can be refined even more...so here it goes...
Right now, the California Buoy has been hovering between 26 and 31 feet with 14-second periods over the past 8 hours or so, signaling the first of two swaths of swell headed our way. This has already hit most buoys along the Oregon coast with 25- 36-foot seas. In fact, the Tillamook, OR Buoy gets the gold star this afternoon, recording seas over 45 feet just a few hours ago. Closer to the California coast though things have been relatively quiet with the San Francisco buoy at 11 feet with 11-second periods, and the Cape San Martin buoy off the Central Coast at 6 feet with 14-second periods. Offshore buoys in SoCal are hovering around 2-3 feet with 13-second periods, but that will change rather soon.
As of this afternoon, all models are in full agreement with the buoys, and they're all saying the same thing: Batten down the hatches; some big surf is on the way. This will be the biggest swell of 2007 to hit the California coast. This doesn't mean it will be the "best" swell, nor does it translate into the safest swell by any means. Powerful wave energy will be hitting the coast, and to err on the side of caution to everyone, I have taken the high road on the forecast, giving the biggest case scenario.
In short, we're still pretty much on track since my last report Sunday morning with just a few tweaks in timing for various areas. To sum up the event, this swell will be from two strong storms with the first swath building on Tuesday with 270-degree energy and 14-second periods, then the second on Wednesday from again 270 degrees, but with long, 17- 19-second periods. The direct west angle means there'll be practically no loss from angular spreading decay, and the low angle will allow south facing breaks to see impressive size from the wrap. BUT...not all that glitters is gold...
A direct west angle has some downsides for SoCal. First, many direct west facing breaks could see close-out conditions; south facing breaks, where size will be smaller, would likely have better lines. The second pitfall to the 270-degree angle is that there will inevitably be shadowing from Catalina, affecting the SoCal coastline from San Pedro south to San Onofre. Areas affected by the island blockage will see smaller conditions as a result.
With this in mind, working the numbers this afternoon, here's how I'm calling it.
Tuesday the 4th WNW swell will increase as the first swath of 270-degree energy arrives with 14-second periods. By early to midmorning, areas north of LA should see sets running head high to a couple feet overhead at west facing breaks, then DOH by noon or so. Areas south of LA should lag by about 2-3 hours. By evening, west facing breaks could see size running 10-12 feet on the face. Since this swell is angled direct west, south facing breaks should pick up a good amount of wrap. Note though that as this swell fills in, there'll be an increasing risk of rip currents, especially during the outgoing tides. Alongshore currents are also a concern. Caution is strongly advised. As for winds, it looks like some NNE winds will pick up along the coast, but should stay below 14 mph in most spots, averaging 7-11 mph max most everywhere. More on the winds here, tides here, and wave heights here.
Wednesday the 5th gets even bigger big as the second surge in swell hits the coast. This too will be from 270, but with periods super long (for a NW'er) at 17-19 seconds. ETA for the peak of this swell should occur between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM on Wednesday, but it'll still be big all day. Early to midmorning sessions are looking at surf at direct west facing breaks -- not affected by the Catalina Island shadowing -- running at least 15 feet on the faces. Some set waves could have face heights reaching 18 or 20 feet. Note that not all waves will have this size, and sets could be sporadic in size as well, ranging anywhere from relative calm at slightly overhead to monster walls at other times. South facing breaks working the wrap will be smaller, perhaps maxing out at DOH on the biggest sets. Also, please note that once this swell fills in, its long periods will no doubt make for disparity in size between breaks of varying bathymetry and westerly exposure. Breaks with steeper bathymetry that shoal well and refract the westerly energy ideally—especially those with excellent westerly exposure—will see bigger sets than the slower sloped, longboard-type breaks.
Additionally, this swell's long periods can produce deceiving lulls at times. Once this swell fills in, many waves may look surfable, while every now and then bigger waves could roll through. Adequate observation prior to a paddle-out is warranted and highly advised. And as mentioned previously, this swell will inevitably increase the risk of rip currents, especially during the outgoing tides. Alongshore currents are also a major concern.
At the sake of sounding like a broken record...this swell will not be for the inexperienced. Between the back- and board-breaking size, inevitable rip currents, alongshore currents, and likely incessant nature of this swell, it may be a good day to watch from shore. Know your limits, play it safe, and when it doubt, just stay out.
As for tide and wind on Wednesday, it looks like winds will be rather calm or lightly offshore in the AM. The tide though will be extremely high around dawn, receding throughout the morning, which will increase the risk of rip currents then.
Thursday the 6th it looks like this swell will start backing down, but models today continue to point to surf running DOH or so.)
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The United Kingdom stands at a crossroads. In the coming months decisions will be made that will largely determine whether the union continues in something like its current state, or whether the people of a culturally distinct region with its own proud history will demand more autonomy.
I am of course referring to the southwest of England.
While political attention is currently focused on the Scottish independence referendum, perhaps it will be the counties of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall (with its own Celtic heritage and independence movement) whose people will stick two fingers up to London. Following the government's unique approach to flood defence and management, significant fractions of the southwest are underwater, and the region is currently inaccessible by mainline rail. Further heavy rain forecast this week will only make matters worse.
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Actually, no. That's simply not true. The atrocious conditions outside my window right now are a result of the actions that this and previous generations have had on the Earth's climate. How can I claim that? The IPCC's last report in September declared it was 95% certain that humans have altered the Earth's climate. Consequently any weather, rain or shine, sun or snow occurs on the surface of a planet changed by us.
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