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December 05, 2012
An oft repeated myth is that Los Angeles is located in the desert. Not true I'm afraid. Las Vegas is built in a desert, as are eastern California cities such as Lancaster or Barstow, but Los Angeles was and is no desert in the strict sense of the word. With an average annual precipitation of 15 inches the city receives almost four times as much rainfall as Las Vegas. Los Angeles is semi-arid in terms of climate, but early accounts suggest many areas were even more verdant than the annual precipitation would indicate. The early Spanish and subsequent Mexican and American accounts suggest that it was anything like a desert when the region was first encountered by Europeans. This is because there were appreciable areas of the Los Angeles basin where artesian waters, sourced from the surrounding hills and mountains, fed springs or kept groundwater levels high during the dry summer months. This produced green woodlands, shrublands and grasslands described in early European accounts. Those conditions helped the region support native peoples such as the Gabrielino/Tongva, Chumash and Fernandeño/Tataviam for many millennia prior to European arrival.
The potential for productive farms and pastures was an inducement for European settlement and until the mid 1950's Los Angeles was one of the highest producing agricultural counties in the nation. El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (modern Los Angeles) was founded by the Spanish inland on the banks of the Rio Porciúncula (modern Los Angeles River) because this site in the middle of the basin provided ample permanent water fed by surrounding hills and mountains. The natural and agricultural landscapes of Los Angeles are now largely paved over or otherwise erased.
Driving through the lush precincts of Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Las Feliz or the UCLA campus one might accept the alternative myth that the region is a lush tropical realm of fig trees, palms, citrus trees, birds of paradise plants and bougainvillea. That myth, and the dreamy green gardens and streetscapes of affluent Los Angeles that give it substance, have long been an important part of the allure that land developers used to sell Los Angeles. It is an artificial landscape – created through the use of millions upon millions of gallons of imported water applied year after year to support largely imported plant species. A final myth is that Los Angeles is now on the verge of drying up and blowing away because there will not be enough water to quench the thirst of the 19 million people who live in Southern California. Whether by a prolonged natural drought, or due to increasing evapotraspiration and decreasing precipitation caused by anthropogenic climate change, the city and region is seen to be perched on the brink of an arid cataclysm. Let's look at some of the engineering miracles and resulting mayhem that the quest to provide water to Los Angles has wrought and then return to this final myth.
Despite being better watered than many people might suspect, drought was and is a frequent occurrence for Los Angeles. Each year there is a seasonal drought during the summer months when almost no precipitation falls – and lawn sprinklers must do double-duty to keep grass green despite high temperatures and evaporation. On top of this there are years and runs of years in which precipitation falls far below the long-term average. Annual rainfall in extremely dry years can be less than one-third the annual average. Continuous to partially continuous dry periods in which precipitation averages two-thirds or less than annual average have extended up to eight years. It is sobering to consider that recent prehistoric droughts surpassed anything experienced in the 20th century. Moisture sensitive limber pines (Pinus flexilis) growing on the high mountains around Los Angeles live to over 1,000 years and analysis of the annual growth rings from these trees show that during the 12th century there was a 50 to 60 year period of continuous extremely low precipitation. A less prolonged drought during early historic times contributed to one of the most important 19th century socio-economic transitions in the Los Angeles region. The drought in 1862–1864 caused the loss of 70% of Los Angeles County's cattle and this in turn led to the collapse of the remaining large ranchos and other vestiges of the Mexican social structure and the power of the Hispanic "Californianos". Ranchos were often sold to American businessmen and eventually provided the real estate for the housing booms that commenced with a vengeance in the 1880's and continued through the 20th century. The ready land accelerated Anglicization of Los Angeles as Americans from the Midwest and East moved to the region in droves. This history is commemorated in major street and neighborhood names found in Los Angeles today – such as the San Fernando Valley district, Pico Blvd, Van Nuys Blvd and Lankershim Blvd. In the 1860s, Isaac Van Nuys and James Lankershim bought the southern half of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. Poignantly, they purchased the lands from the last Mexican Governor of California, Pio Pico.
An obvious engineering solution for California water challenges is to build physical infrastructure for water storage and transference. Such hydro-engineering dates back over 200 years. In the 18th century, the Spanish built substantial masonry dams such as the very early one for the Mission San Diego and aqueducts of up to 6 miles in length to store and transfer water. In 1781, one of the first substantial structures that Spanish governor, Felipe de Neve, ordered was a dam and Zanja Madre (mother ditch) to be built to supply and distribute water to El Pueblo de Nuestra Se.ora la Reina de los .ngeles.
By the late 19th century Los Angeles had a population of 100,000 and local water systems were no longer sufficient to meet growth needs. That is when a former zanajero (water ditch tender) and self-taught engineer named William Mulholland changed everything in terms of Los Angeles water strategy. Commencing in 1905, Mulholland constructed a miracle of engineering in the form of a 230 mile long aqueduct. Through an ingenious system of reservoirs, canals and massive siphon systems the Los Angeles Aqueduct brought water from the eastern Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles using only gravity. As construction was underway Van Nuys and Lankershim along with other prominent businessmen formed the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company to further purchase and subdivide land in the previously arid San Fernando Valley. There was a clear eye on taking advantage of the newly acquired water. Fortunes were made and the morphing of the agrarian valley into a sprawling suburban development commenced. On November 13, 1913, Mulholland's project allowed the first Sierra Nevada water to flow into the San Fernando Valley. Mulholland simply stated, ''There it is, take it!''—which in a sense the land developers had already done through their prescient purchases.
For the remainder of the 20th century, massive transference of water and incredible engineering projects were the hallmark of Los Angeles' and California's solution to water resource challenges. Today the number one source of extra regional water to Southern California is the Colorado River. Based upon the 1922 apportionment agreement, California receives a larger share than any other Colorado Basin state or Mexico (4.4 million acre feet per-year; an acre foot is equal to 325,851 gallons). Part of that infrastructure is the All American Canal running 85 miles from the Colorado on the eastern border of California to San Diego County on the coast. This is paralleled to the north by the Colorado Aqueduct. One of the great engineering feats of the 20th century, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead is a critical piece in a reservoir system on the Colorado. The Colorado reservoir system can store four years worth of average flow of the entire river (60 million acre feet). The California Aqueduct of the State Water Project brings northern water 714 miles from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California. Thus, the current water basin for Los Angeles is subcontinental in scale and extends across 8 states. When you take a drink from a tap in Los Angeles it can include water melted from winter snowflakes in Wyoming, spring runoff in the Sierra Nevada, summer thunderstorms in Colorado and fall rainstorms in the southern Cascades.
The massive extra-regional water transference systems that commenced with Mulholland have brought water to Los Angeles, but have also caused their share of mayhem for people and the environment. To tap the eastern Sierra water Mulholland secretly bought up land and water rights along the Owens Valley and this ultimately led to the collapse of farming, orchards and herding activities in much of that region. In 1927, Owens Valley residents dynamited portions of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in protest. Even today the relationship remains uneasy and the eastern Sierra town of Mammoth Lakes is involved in litigation with the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water over access to Sierra water that Mammoth depends upon and Los Angeles covets. As water was diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct, riparian habitats of the Owens River largely vanished. Owens Lake dried up producing clouds of dust laden with arsenic, cadmium and nickel. Near the head of the aqueduct system, levels of Mono Lake fell precipitously to the point of threatening to allow predators access to important island habitat used by breeding populations of birds. Decades of litigation have led to curtailed water transference in the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Department of Water and Power has now spent millions on habitat restoration and attempts to stabilize the sediments of Owens Lake. Similarly, reservoirs and water withdrawals from the Colorado have impacted native fish populations, eradicated flood adapted riparian ecosystems and led to the almost complete destruction of the natural habitat of the Colorado River Delta, which because it lies in Mexico is not subject to U.S. environmental protections. At this time almost no Colorado River water reaches the delta directly. If the U.S.-Mexico border were but a few miles south it is inconceivable that water allocations and reservoir management would not be significantly restricted compared to what they are today in order to protect the wetlands and endangered species of the Colorado Delta.
Ironically, the greatest human tragedy wrought by Los Angeles' thirst for extraregional water was also the direct cause of William Mulholland's downfall. In the spring of 1928 the Saint Francis Dam, built by Mulholland in the San Francisquito Canyon about 50 km north of Los Angeles, began to suffer leaks. Mulholland inspected the dam and declared it fit. A short time later, just before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam ruptured explosively and a torrent of water roared though portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties – claiming some 450 lives. A somber Mulholland appeared at the subsequent inquest and stated "Don't blame anyone else, you just fasten it on me." He resigned, withdrew from public life and died seven years later.
So, back to our final myth, where do things stand in terms of Los Angeles and water sustainability in the 21st century? It is anticipated that population of California could grow to some 45 to 60 million people over the next 40 years. At the same time, climate change appears to be producing a hotter and drier California and the Southwest. The first decade of this century has been typified by a 'perfect drought' in which for a prolonged period California, the adjacent Southwest and the headwaters of the Colorado River have been unusually arid. However, predictions of the imminent and arid doom of the city confront some complications. First of all, domestic water demand has a rather large pad in the form of the outdoor irrigation water used at present for gardens and parks. Those lush gardens and extensive lawns in Hancock Park and Brentwood come at a great price in terms of water. On average between 50% and 70% of all domestic consumptive water use in the Los Angeles region is for outdoor landscaping. The simple steps of using increased xerophytic landscaping that relies on low-water demanding and drought resistant plants coupled with open areas and includes the use of native plant species can provide a massive potential cushion. In addition, water conservation is having an impact. Per-capita water use in the service area of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which serves 26 local governments and water agencies and some 19 million people, has seen steady percapita declines and is some 10% below the 1980's averages. Over the last two decades increasing conservation has essentially mitigated the impact of increases in population in terms of consumptive water demand. Technologies for local water provision, including recycling, desalination and storm water capture are increasingly important components of water agency portfolios. In discussions on the water future of Los Angeles and California, it is important to keep in mind that the cities of California only account for about 15% to 20% of the consumptive water use in the state. The vast majority of the water used in California is for agriculture. These crops feed not just the state, but much of the nation, particularly in winter. Water transference and sales agreements already exist between agricultural and urban agencies, and in the event of critical drought conditions it is unlikely that the taps of Los Angeles and urban Southern California would be unable to supply drinking and bathing water. That being said – the impacts of a massive withdrawal of water from the fields to the cities would have serious implications for rural sustainability, food prices and potentially food security. Like the huge geographic network of rivers, dams and aqueducts that supply Los Angeles with water today, the impacts of any severe water crisis in Los Angeles would extend far beyond the city.
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Glen MacDonald is a Distinguished Professor of Geography and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA and UC Presidential Chair and Director of the Institute of Environment and Sustainability. He conducts research and teaches on climate change, environmental change, water resources and the societal impacts of these issues and has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and an award-winning book – Biogeography: Space, Time and Life (Wiley, 2001).
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Major aqueducts and river systems supplying water to Southern California and Los Angeles today (Glen MacDonald, used by permission).
Credit: Department of Interior, Ansel Adams
The Hoover Dam is a critical piece in an extensive reservoir system providing water to Los Angeles.
Farmland and fields of the Los Angeles region in the 1920's and the incipient growth of Beverly Hills. Although hardly a desert, it was not as lush as imported water and plant species have made its residential areas today (UCLA Department of Geography Spence Collection used by permission)


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Cast members of "Schitt's Creek" pose on the red carpet at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on March 31, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
LOS ANGELES -- The smash Canadian comedy series "Schitt's Creek" has won its first Emmy Award.
Actor Eugene Levy, one of the stars and co-creator's of the show, congratulated John Comerford and Lisa Parasyn on Twitter for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Casting For a Comedy Series.
The Television Academy announced the award Thursday night to honour outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television.
"Schitt's Creek" began on CBC, Pop TV and later Netflix before becoming a global phenomenon, with countless kudos for the story of the formerly wealthy Rose family adjusting to a humble life in a small town the dad once bought as a joke.
Levy's son Daniel, another star and a co-creator of the show, also gushed about the Emmy win, saying "I AM SCREAMINGGG," as he congratulated Comerford and Parasyn in a tweet.
"Schitt's Creek" was nominated for a total of fifteen Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Catherine O'Hara for Outstanding Lead Actress, Eugene Levy for Outstanding Lead Actor, Daniel Levy for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Annie Murphy for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
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Nazareth beat St. Laurence HS last Saturday in Burbank braving very wintry conditions 34-0. I spoke to several key components of the Roadrunner juggernaut that's poised to win their second straight title (won Class 6A last year) with a win Saturday. Over the next few days we will get an insight into "the brotherhood' called Roadrunner football. I appreciate the inside access I'm allowed to enjoy from Head Coach Tim Racki and team Dr.'s Tom Nelson & Eric Janota. Here we go:
One of the key contributors to the Naz defensive line is Junior Devonte' Dunn. Dunn, a defensive tackle, who at 6'2″ 270 lbs is a man on a mission. Unassuming off the field and a menace for the opposing team on it, Dunn is the epitome of Head Coach Tim Racki's ideal team player. Dunn had to this to say about the game vs the Vikings, "Basically we just dealt with the weather. It doesn't matter what the weather is, it was a 100% team effort. It took everyone to go all in and get where we wanna go."
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On their preparation going into this week, "Now going into the week we're gonna keep practicing hard. We've been there before. We are experienced kids. We've been playing together for awhile, so we're gonna keep playing football. Nazareth football. That's all we do." Muscolino added.
On the St. Laurence potent offense attack, "Oh yeah, we practiced for it all week. We knew they had a high scoring offense and they score a lot of points. They were one of the top 5 offenses in the state. They have a great quarterback, Alex Martinez, who's a friend of mine. We knew we were gonna have to do it (play good D) and we stressed it all week. We played hard. We play determined. We came out hot. We played Nazareth football." Muscolino leaves it all on the field.
Every great team has a quarterback who leads through both playing hard and getting results. Roadrunner play caller, Senior Carson Bartels, hit that mark and some. The quality play he exhibited all year is as important to Nazareth's success as was any player. Bartels speaking on the weather Saturday during the game, "It was one of those things were we came in and we knew they would be the worst conditions of the year. With the guys in the backfield all I had to do was secure the snap and hand it off to (running backs) Julian (Love) and Ivory (Kelly-Martin). There is no better tandem in the state."
"We prepared for it all week. We do wet ball drills where the coaches take a water bottle and pour it all over the ball before the snap. We're prepared for things like that. It wasn't the first time we dealt with that." Bartels said.
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Hymn of the Month
Each month we seek to learn a new song to sing together as a congregation. We try to chose a combination of both ancient and modern songs with words that are theologically rich. Where we have been able to find links to the song on the internet we have provided those below. Our hope is to grow together by learning great songs of the faith that we can sing both in the Sunday worship service but also at other times as we fellowship throughout the week.
January - Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah (Trinity Hymnal #53)
February - Immovable Our Hope Remains
March - This Is My Father's World (Trinity Hymnal #109)
April - Oh, What a Day
May - Psalm 1A (from The Book of Psalms for Worship)
January - O Light That Knew No Dawn
February - Behold Our God
March - God Be Merciful to Me (Trinity Hymnal #415)
April - Alleluia! Sing for Joy (Psalm 33)
May - Rejoice, the Lord is King (Trinity Hymnal #17)
June - The Power of the Cross
July - I Know Whom I Have Believed (Trinity Hymnal #217)
August - His Forever
September - Wondrous King All Glorious (Trinity Hymnal #132)
November - Give to Our God
December - What Wonder Filled the Starry Night
January - Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken (Trinity Hymnal #269)
February - Jesus, Lover of my Soul (Trinity Hymnal #427)
March - I Was a Wondering Sheep
April - Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
May - The God of Abraham Praise (Trinity Hymnal #32)
June - Ancient Words
July - Man of Sorrows
August - All I Have is Christ
September - The Church's One Foundation (Trinity Hymnal #270)
October - Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed
November - Let Us Love, and Sing, and Wonder (Trinity Hymnal #127)
December - How Deep the Father's Love for Us
January - Not What My Hands Have Done
February - Gently, Gently (Psalm 6)
March - For all the Saints
April - I Will Glory in my Redeemer
May - How Sweet and Awful is the Place
June - Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
July - Look Ye Saints the Sight is Glorious (Trinity Hymnal #217)
August - Come People of the Risen King
September - Day of Judgement
October - Blessed Are All They (Psalm 1)
November - And Can it Be
December - O Savior of the Fallen Race
June - See the Destined Day
July - Before the Throne of God
August - Let Your Kingdom Come
September- Our God Our Help
October - O Church Arise
November - He will Hold Me Fast
December - Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." Colossians 3:16


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I have asked my friend and frequent commenter Katherine Conner to contribute to the series by giving her input on www.YouTube.com. Katherine and her husband Lee were some of the first people we met when we moved to Broken Arrow and have become some of our favorite people to be around. We wish we could spend more time with them. I went over to Katherine's FaceBook profile to find the most obscure or weird picture I could find to introduce her with and there were several great options, but this one looked great for what we have going on here.
Hi, I'm Katherine Conner, and I get to be your guest blogger today. My favorite Jeremy Davidson friend asked me to write to you about the impact that www.youtube.com has on my life, and the ways that I see we could use YouTube to reach others for Christ.
I use the YouTube service on an almost daily basis. I have Flock set as my current web browser, and one of the features I like most about it is the ability to log into my YouTube account. The videos that I have previously favorited will then be displayed across the top of my screen. I can play those while continuing to browse the Internet. This is easier to me that Itunes most of the time, because all of my favorite songs are in one place.
I mainly use YouTube to access music. Lately, I have been on a big kick to discover new songs and artists, and YouTube makes it very easy to do this. Tulsa used to have a pretty cool "Christian alternative" radio station that I enjoyed listening to- unfortunately it was changed to another "contemporary Christian" station, meaning there is too much Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith for me to handle. Using YouTube, I can get online to hear new songs by the artists that I used to listen to on the Kross. I use the "Related Videos" tab on to often find new music. I recently unearthed a cover of one of my favorite Rush of Fools song that I am determined to learn to sing- which is a big deal since I can't sing. At all.
I feel that YouTube is a valuable resource for those of use trying to further the Kingdom of Christ. Wikipedia states that "few statistics are publicly available regarding the number of videos on YouTube. However, in July 2006, the company revealed that more than 100 million videos were being watched every day, and 2.5 billion videos were watched in June 2006. 50,000 videos were being added per day in May 2006, and this increased to 65,000 by July. In January 2008 alone, nearly 79 million users had made over 3 billion video views." These facts are old, and I'm sure that they've only increased since then. I feel that the dreams and desires of my generation to see the love of Christ could be shared through videos- how cool would it be to see tutorials such as "How to Love the Skaters" or "How to Witness to the Gay Guys Next Door"? It would be totally neat to get on and see other Christians sharing their walks and relationships with us. I would like to log on to YouTube and watch testimonies from around the globe of how God is moving. Sermons and music are helpful and needed, but I would love to see real world application of how I can fulfill the commandment to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." (Matthew 20:28 NIV).
-Katherine Conner
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St. Louis, MO – In a world where most people lead busy lives, Jacob Crocker makes it his daily goal to help someone in need. The local philanthropist started a charity group that inspires fellowmen to do good in the midst of their busy lives. Their initiative led to an increase in common goodwill and improved neighborly relationships.
"We want to bring out the best in everyone and help not just those in need but those who have everything they need as well. We have a community of open palms that share to those who need time, money, care and friendship," the philanthropist reveals. It's like Christmas time everyday in the city. "Jacob Crocker opened us to a new world of doing good. We are almost done with the mindset of doing just what's good for ourselves. We now stop and think about the little things we can do for our neighbors," a supporter of the charity group said. Another member of the charity group reveals, "We can do little things everyday like bring some fruit to a neighbor who can't go out of the house, stand up for a young child being bullied by his peers and even water a plant by the street. Of course we do feeding programs and hold a donation drive as well but it's the little things we do everyday that make a big difference."
Jacob Crocker, St. Louis Samaritan, makes it their aim to raise compassion in all of its members. Their supporters, donors, and members have risen in a short span of time noting that Jacob Crocker has come at a time when the community is ready. There are plenty of ways to help out in the charity group. They have volunteer programs as well as donation opportunities in cash and in kind. The local philanthropist is inspired to reach out to a national level but as for now, the focus is more on the local community. Jacob Crocker believes that the common good they do in St. Louis will eventually spread like wildfire to neighboring communities, the whole state and the whole country.
The local group values their donors and seeks to educate and motivate individuals to make an impact that is beyond themselves. Their members take pride in the legacy they are able to leave behind and their use of influence to make a stronger impact in the lives of others. Their group has helped save many from hunger, poverty, loneliness, depression, bullying, and even addiction. Their local team puts together different capabilities to help out others in many ways.
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Government Needs Smart-sourcing, Not Crowdsourcing
BY Pete Peterson | Tuesday, March 24 2009
The prophet is having second thoughts. In comments that have received remarkably scant coverage on this side of the pond, Clay Shirky, while in London last month promoting the release of Here Comes Everybody in paperback, said the following: "All the rhetoric, including - I'm embarrassed to say - some of mine, has assumed in the past that democratic legitimation is itself enough to regard aggregate public opinion [online] as being clearly binding on the government. I've changed my mind." This is a momentous admission from someone as influential as Shirky, and timely, as the White House hires former Google exec's into new positions like the "Director of Citizen Participation," and considers its web strategy for involving Americans in Federal policy-making. The good people making these decisions at 1600 Pennsylvania have some tough jobs, since the challenges to national level online participation are inherent in both the available web tools, and in the nature of our representative government system.
From the campaign through the transition period participation has been kept to the crowd-sourcing of questions or priorities, which have been, ostensibly, passed on to then candidate (or his staff), and now, President. The crowdsourcing tool, "Moderator" was released by Google last September, and, like the candidate who used it, went from long shot to prime-time in a matter of months. Interestingly, as described by its lead project engineer, Talliver Heath, local governments were the original target market for Moderator. They would use it to elicit and evaluate questions or concerns of local import. In an interview with the tech site, Ars Technica, Heath propounded, "How many city council meetings have you been to? How about school boards? There are always questions you may have about the running of your city, town, state, etc. I believe a public application like Moderator can make civil participation significantly higher in local governments." So from prioritizing policy questions like trash pick-up, and teacher pay, then President-elect Obama, had the tool installed onto his Transition website: Change.gov.
But things were lost in the transition from Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue in two specific areas, which, while they're evident in all crowd-sourcing efforts were highlighted in the move to the national stage: participation and facilitation. It quickly became evident in several instances that online participants were, to put it nicely, not entirely representative of the United States. Hailed by then Transition-team Co-chair, Valerie Jarrett (now head of the Office of Public Liaison) as coming "directly from the American people," the "Citizen's Briefing Book" was an online compilation of crowd-sourced policies, meant to inform the incoming President as to what Americans wanted him to focus on. So what did the "American people" during a time of war and financial crisis want their president to address? Taking two of the top five spots (including the top "vote" getter) were issues related to marijuana legalization. Other popular policy issues were support for online gambling and alternative energy research. Over 500,000 Americans cast over three times as many votes (no "one man, one vote" here) in support of over 40,000 issues.
Who were these "American people"? Well, we don't know. There were no restrictions on age to participate, so we're not quite sure how many of these half million respondents were of voting age. Still, even if all were, they would only constitute .2% of voting age eligible Americans – hardly representative of anything. Results from the "Briefing Book" exercise were extolled in the micro-press of the gaming and pro-marijuana communities, which in turn used their focused bullhorns to encourage "voting" on the transition site. The results were quickly discounted by Obama, who has no intention of pushing these policies.
Similar questions of representation and participation were raised when Change.gov's "Join the Discussion" section posted the rather innocuous question, "What social causes and service organizations are you a part of that make a difference in your community?", and waited for feedback. More of a blog/response than a crowd-sourcing effort, the "conversation" quickly degenerated into a rather vicious online altercation between supporters and detractors of Rick Warren – the mega-church pastor selected by Obama to give the invocation at the inauguration. Google "Rick Warren/Join the Discussion/change.gov", and you get back almost 1,000 hits showing various blogs calling on their loyal readers to sign on to the Transition site and offer their opinions. The Transition team had to shut down the online exchange within days.
In both of these instances, the very popular Change.gov site provided a billboard for extraneous groups to promote their views. Americans more concerned about bank bailouts and troop escalations in Afghanistan had to roll their eyes at seeing such outlying issues rate so highly. This would be a joke if a Sr. White House Advisor didn't describe the results as the opinions of the "American people," and if they weren't being assembled into a briefing document for the President of the United States. Change.gov and now, WhiteHouse.gov are meant to be the internet's most representative "real estate" where vital questions of public policy can be discussed – not some graffiti-splattered wall on the web's back streets.
This is not to say that all of Change.gov's online involvement campaigns disappeared down back allies. But even the ones that were serious revealed problems in utilizing the web to somehow inform national policy. In the site's, "Open for Questions" section, Obama's staff asked Americans to submit their questions on one or more of eight categories (from "Foreign Policy" to "Energy & Environment"), which will then be answered by the President and/or his staff at some point this year. Utilizing Moderator, the crowdsourced questions were both supplied and voted on by just over 103,000 people. The results were announced in January, and while the top questions were more deliberate than aforementioned efforts, we did not derive anything uniquely insightful. Here were the top three:
1. "What strategies other than bailouts can we employ to keep jobs in America?" (Economy)
2. "How do we unlink from our addiction to fossil fuels?" (Economy)
3. "When will President Obama start doing drawback of the Service Members (troops) from Iraq and Afghanistan? It becomes a stress on the families, the soldiers and divorce rates are high." (Foreign Policy)
Now these are all good questions, but did crowd-sourcing really help uncover a distinct and weighty issue inquiring Americans want their president to consider? Reviewing these results, I am reminded of last year's CNN/YouTube Debates, which failed to proffer any interesting questions – just interesting people asking those questions.
This, of course, is not the Administration's fault, but is the nature of national policy-making. The scope of the issues are often so broad and complex, asking the general public to send in question ideas is a bit like sending Paris Hilton in to ask questions of a brain surgeon during surgery: she might look the part in her scrubs and mask, she might even ask a couple interesting questions, but she's not really helping the surgical team. She's just…participating.
This takes us to the final, and perhaps most pertinent question regarding the entire online engagement effort: how will the Administration utilize America's participation? With terminology like "Citizen's Briefing Book", "Join the Discussion", and "Your Seat at the Table" used during the Transition, there was at least a rhetorical commitment to having online submissions somehow inform in policy-making. The homepage for the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) on the new WhiteHouse.gov site proclaims that it is "the front door to the White House through which everyone can participate and inform the work of the President." But in a nation of 300 million people (230 million eligible voters) it is just not realistic to expect our crowd-sourced offerings to be pored over by the President and his staff. Given the results from these exercises during the Transition, I would rather my president and his team spend their time on more productive pursuits…like combing their hair.
Linked to this is the straightforward political question whether the Administration should even consider policy suggestions that run counter to the platform on which the president ran and won. We have already seen him throw the last Citizen's Briefing Book into the garbage (and for good reason) - what if in a future online discussion about education reform, an overwhelming number of responses support something contrary to what the Administration has proposed? The OPL website says the president supports "stimulating honest dialogue." Does this mean informing Americans about competing policy views? When the Obama team used Change.gov to generate "Community Conversations" around health care reform, the leader/participant "Guides", which could be downloaded from the site, only promulgated the Administration's plan. This is all understandable politically, but it gives the appearance of an Administration that only supports civic participation, which agrees with stated policy.
In the face of all these challenges to formulating an online participation strategy, I suggest that the White House should "go small, and go home (local)". The web is a powerful idea creation platform, but as we have seen in enterprises like Wikipedia and countless others, it works best when smart people in specific subject areas are asked to accomplish specific things. At times sounding more oligarchic than democratic, Shirky made similar points in London, telling an audience at the London School of Economics, "If you want to know where new interesting useful ideas are going to come from, don't look at crowds and don't look at individuals, look at small groups of smart people arguing with each other. Historically that's been a big source of change." This can happen both intra-governmentally and with select groups of citizens. The government can serve a vital role as convener – bringing together smart people from a variety of viewpoints to collaborate and debate online over particular policy initiatives. These policy discussions – whether in wiki or blog format – can be kept transparent and open to the public's view, but as we have seen during the Transition, these must be controlled in such a way as to prevent hijacking by small, organized groups.
Lastly, the Administration should focus its online engagement efforts at the local level. In a sense this means using tools like Moderator as they were originally intended. The advantage of this strategy is that the content and political decision-making process involved in localized issues tend to be less complex than at the national level. Participants can more readily see the impact they will have on a community concern than a national one. This does not mean the subject of the engagement is not Federal in nature. Many Federal agencies from the EPA to Homeland Security are tasked with conforming policies to cities and regions throughout the country. Answering the "how" question of policy – specifically, "how does that rule fit here?" – can be supported legitimately by online tools.
The Administration can also support cities and states as they attempt to employ these online participation platforms through financial support, developing "Best Practices" criteria, and promoting localities and Federal projects that have effectively involved the public. In this there may not be a direct political benefits for the president, but the indirect benefit – of being perceived as a leader who supports democratic practices throughout the country - would be considerable.
It was the late, great Daniel Patrick Moynihan who once offered sardonically, "Civic Engagement is a device whereby public officials induce non-public individuals to act in a way the public officials desire." This is a challenge to all governments that involve their citizens in policymaking, including the current Administration. At the same time, recent crowdsourcing efforts have proven an alternative hypothesis in which "non-public individuals" (or small groups of them) who are both non-representative and often unidentified can have unprecedented influence on public policy…if they are permitted. This is the tension, which should be felt by White House officials. I don't envy them.
Pete Peterson is executive director of Common Sense California, a multi-partisan organization that supports citizen participation both online and offline in policymaking (his views do not necessarily represent those of CSC). He also lectures on civic engagement at Pepperdine's School of Public Policy.


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Wireless Data Card Modems: Low Data Caps, High Recurring Costs, Poor Ecomony = No Thanks
comScore's press release…
Mobile Broadband PC Data Card Subscriber Growth Decelerates in Q4 2008 as Consumers Pull Back on Discretionary Spending
…reports that after 6 consecutive quarters of double digit growth (between 11% and 28%) starting in Q2 2007, sales of 2G/3G data cards slowed to 5% in Q4 2008.
As their report summary notes:
…deceleration in subscriber growth during Q4 2008 coinciding with the economic downturn, an indication that mobile broadband service may still be seen by many as a luxury rather than a necessity
There's nothing wrong with the cards, of course. Even their prices are generally reasonable. The problem lies in the recurring cost (high) associated with them and level of service (low data caps). The wireless phone carriers need to rethink the way they market 2G/3G data service for netbooks/notebooks as well as WiFi hotspots or they may find themselves ripe for obsolescence as the world emerges from the current economic downturn.


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Raphael (whose name means "God has healed" or "God heals") is one of my personal favourite Angels. Having chosen a vocation in healing myself he is one of the Archangels who is always with me. As the Archangel of Healing, he is part of every healing session that I actively engage in, whether it is healing professionally, or offering healing to a friend, a loved one, a family member, a pet or an animal, he is always present, via the Divine Healing Energy. Keywords associated with Raphael are: Healing, Health, Wellness. His healing colours are Emerald Green & Gold.
My personal healing experiences with Raphael have been profound and very successful. With the help of Raphael I have been able to rid myself of headaches, muscular as well as nerve pain, also known as fibromyalgia, to calming and balancing my emotions. His energy field is tremendously soothing, nurturing, healing and uplifting. I perceive him as incredibly sweet and good natured with a jolly warm smile on his face. I can feel his healing energy instantaneously either as a warm layer of gold, as if being wrapped in a golden blanket, or as emerald green rays of healing filled with super positive and uplifting healing energies.
Ask to be enveloped in Raphael's energy if:
- You require physical, mental or emotional healing throughout the day (imagine a beautiful bubble of either emerald green or gold all around you and know that Raphael is with you, ministering divine healing energy onto you);
You can also ask Raphael to:
- guide you with regard to diet and nutrition, living a healthier lifestyle;
- guide you to the right therapist, healer, GP;
- support and oversee your healing work if you are working within the healing profession;
- come to people/situations that require healing instantaneously (you can do this under the Law of Divine Grace);
Have you enjoyed reading this article and would like to find out more about Angels or Angelic Energy Healing? Nina runs regular Angel Workshops in the South-West area of the UK. Her next Angel Workshop is coming up on the 12th April at The Indigo Centre, Bridgeyate, Bristol BS30 5NA. As part of her work as a fully qualified and certified Angel Intuitive™, Nina also offers Angelic Energy Healing sessions. For more information go to: www.ninasell.co.uk
About the Author
Nina is an Angel Intuitive™, Reiki Master Teacher Practitioner, Flower Therapy Healer and Reflexologist VTCT Level 3, offering Reiki treatments, Angelic Energy Healing, Flower Therapy Healing and Reflexology treatments. Nina also offers Reiki I, II and III training courses as well as workshops on other Holistic Health topics on a regular basis.
As Meditation Teacher accredited with the Guild of Holistic Therapists, Nina also offers Meditation sessions and Stress Management sessions in small groups or on a one-to-one basis.
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Finding a Cure: An Open Discussion on Racism and Injustice in the American Healthcare System
Podcasts & Videos
Resolutions Related to SAS Approved at AOA's Annual Business Meeting
Several proposed resolutions related to the transition were discussed and acted upon during the AOA's Board of Trustees Mid-year meeting and at the House of Delegates. For more, visit AOA's Annual Business Meeting page. Below are key resolutions related to SAS approved during the AOA Business meeting:
Thoracic Surgery and Otolaryngology Review Committees will consider AOA-certification for Program Directors
The Thoracic Surgery and Otolaryngology Review Committees (RCs) met recently and determined that they will accept AOA-certification for program directors. Therefore, an AOA-certified program director could serve without a co-program director certified by an ABMS member board. Please refer to the following table on ACGME's single GME web page for a full list of RC decisions on program director certification requirements and more information.
Update on Application Process for Traditional Rotating Internships/Transitional Year Programs
An ACGME transitional year program must exist in an environment that includes at least two other relevant ACGME-accredited graduate medical education programs or sponsors. Traditional Rotating Internships (TRI) applying for ACGME accreditation as Transitional Year (TY) programs can now begin to apply as soon as one sponsoring program applies and achieve pre-accreditation status—instead of two.
Osteopathic Accreditation
The Osteopathic Principles Committee has posted application instructions to help guide programs through the osteopathic recognition application. Programs can apply for osteopathic recognition as of July 1, 2015. The Committee is also soliciting nominees for a non-physician public member to join the Committee.
Resource for Transition Updates: ACGME's ADS Public Site
ACGME's Accreditation Data System (ADS) public site now includes reports tailored specifically to track progress of institutions and programs in the transition. The reports include:
Upcoming Webinar on ACGME Milestones Project & the Osteopathic Principles Milestones
Laura Edgar, EdD, Executive Director of Milestones Development at ACGME and Natasha Bray, DO, Chair of the Osteopathic Principles Milestones Committee will hold a webinar to provide information on the ACGME Milestones Project. The webinar, which will be held on August 20, 2015, 10:00-11:00 AM CT, will include a discussion about the osteopathic principles milestones that will be used by programs pursuing osteopathic recognition. Click here to register.
2016 ACGME Annual Education Conference: Pre-Conference for Osteopathic Programs and Institutions
The ACGME's Annual Education Conference will be held February 25-28, 2016 at the Gaylord National, National Harbor, Maryland. A pre-conference for osteopathic programs and institutions will be held February 25, 2016.
Upcoming ACGME Review Committee Meeting Dates
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Hack Mafia Wars. Mafia Wars hacks, glitches, cheats. Mafia Wars is a popular facebook app / game. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to easily manage your Mafia Wars player updates.
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Volkswagen India is contemplating launching its Up hatchback model to compete in the country's highly competitive compact hatchback segment. The upcoming Volkswagen Up is expected to be smallest as well as the most affordable hatchback model that will go against some of the very well established compact hatchback…Continue
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A plane bound for Buenos Aires has reportedly gone up in flames at JFK airport in New York.
The Aerolineas Argentinas flight experienced an engine fire around 11pm local time, ABC7 reports.
Emergency services were quick to extinguish the plane, which taxied off the runway.
Alice Zhang, a social media user, posted to Twitter, saying "So I'm on the runway about to take off and another plane just landed next to us and it was on f****** fire".
It's unclear whether passengers were on board the aircraft at the time of the fire.


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I've been playing with a couple of low hedges in my garden lately – although most of my garden is planted out in what I would loosely call an 'informal, coastal, and predominantly native style' I must admit I am partial to a good hedge. Murphy's Law says that one plant in the hedge will always die and ruin the look, but I think it's worth the risk. See what you think of these…
The first is a daphne hedge. I actually planted a mixture of 'Eternal Fragrance' and its sister 'Spring Pink Eternal Fragrance'. Both plants are super hardy and their difference only becomes apparent when they burst into bloom. 'Eternal Fragrance' having a white flower, and 'Spring Pink Eternal Fragrance' being pink.
My daphne hedge is two years old now and I love it. It's planted at the base of a steep bank at the bottom of my driveway and forms a border along the length of a car parking space. Planted in this spot means it gives a lovely fragrant welcome to those who park there.
This hedge receives very little attention – just the occasional look in whilst I'm (very occasionally) weeding and an annual feed if it's lucky. This plant is terrific as it repeat flowers throughout the year. It's easy to grow and super tough, unlike most other daphnes. It makes a great border along the edge of this car parking space, which can be very hot and dry over the summer. I haven't watered this hedge since planting.
Here's a couple of photos that provided me with my inspiration. The gardens are far more formal, but I still love the look I have created with an informal garden bed behind my hedge. These plants will reach a maximum height of about 60cm.
My second pick is the native Leptospermum 'Fore Shore'. This can best be described as a native alternative to English Box. I have 3 hedges in progress at the moment and they are all flying along. They are about 6 months old at the moment, and you can see that all the plants here are all looking happy. Once again, no watering. It's a tough environment in my driveway!
'Fore Shore' will grow to around 1m in height. You can prune it however you desire. An unpruned version is just as nice I think.
A couple of years ago I convinced a girlfriend to plant a 'Fore Shore' hedge along her front boundary. She lives right across the road from the water, literally 20 metres from the bay to her front door. It's the perfect spot for this little beauty. You can see the result here. A beautiful dense hedge. This plant is great for coastal regions and very tolerant of salt spray and salt laden winds.
As you can see in the image, 'Fore Shore' can be pruned to shape if required. This hedge was only given a trim a week before this photo was taken. Of course, you don't need to trim it – it maintains a pretty neat shape all by itself – but it's a great alternative to English Box if you'd prefer a native hedge. Very dry tolerant and super hardy too.
This particular hedge did fall victim to a lone joy rider running into one of the middle plants in the hedge about a year ago. The plant in question was cut back and has now bounced back amazingly well. It's recovered and has bounced back to 3/4 of the size of the others. You can just make out the dip in this photo.
Once again, you can see here where my inspiration has been drawn from. I've seen many great 'Fore Shore' hedges and heard very little – in fact I am struggling to think of any negatives about this plant. Highly recommended!


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Suspected grenade attack kills at least 20 people, mostly Ethiopians, in Puntland.
Security council debates involvement as violence continues in Mogadishu.
Ban Ki-moon said troops should stay out for now for their own safety and to improve the chances of success of such a mission at a later time.
'Prisoner of the past'
Talk of outside intervention is still coloured by memories of a battle in 1993 in which 18 US soldiers and hundreds of Somali militiamen died.
The incident inspired the Hollywood movie Black Hawk Down and marked the beginning of the end for a US-UN peacekeeping force.
Ould-Abdallah said that "Somalia remains a prisoner of the past, never forgiven for the violent actions carried out against the international community in the 1990s".
"There is, it seems, either a reluctance to go back there or a deliberate decision to punish all Somalis, many of whom were not even born during the last international intervention.
"I am not asking outside countries to become active for moral or altruistic reasons. They have a clearly mandated responsibility to become involved in a country where there are widespread violations of human rights and humanitarian law."
Among the options being considered is the possible deployment of a 28,500-strong multi-national peacekeeping force to replace the small African Union force currently in the country.
Persistent violence
"I believe Somalia remains a prisoner of the past, never forgiven for the violent actions carried out against the international community in the 1990s"
Ahmedou Ould Abdallah,
UN special envoy
As the council deliberated on increasing UN involvement, violence continued on the ground, with seven people, including a seven-year-old boy, killed on Thursday when fighters briefly overran two government bases.
Witnesses said fighters drove government soldiers from two bases before retreating following hours of clashes.
On Wednesday, eight people were killed in clashes between fighters and government troops over accusations of looting.
Ethiopian troops helped the transitional government defeat the Islamic Courts Union, which controlled Mogadishu and much of the south of the country, in 2006.
Since then remnants of the movement have launched almost daily attacks against the government and military targets.
About 7,000 have died since late 2006 and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.
Deployment 'not close'
Ould Abdallah told the Security Council that recent encouraging political developments by the government – including a reconciliation effort involving local peacemaking and talks with the opposition – must be matched by security improvements.
Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador to the UN, told reporters that it was important for the Security Council to consider "an enhanced UN presence" that might do more "in terms of peacekeeping and to support the African forces that are there".
But, he said, "we are not close to deploying a peacekeeping force".
Last month the Security Council extended for six months UN endorsement of an African Union (AU) mission to the country, consisting of about 2,000 mostly Ugandan and some Burundian troops.
Francis Butagira, Uganda's ambassador to the UN, urged the Security Council to move quickly to support the AU force, which has asked for $817m to fund the operation.


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A 10-year-old Manteca girl was reportedly in serious condition after being run down by a motorist who witnesses said failed to stop for the girl and her older male cousin as they used a crosswalk in the 700 block of East Yosemite Avenue at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Manteca Police Sgt. Mike Aguilar said the pair was riding their bicycles toward a car wash on the corner and on to their home when the girl was hit and knocked off of her bike. Aguilar said the girl actually got to her feet until she realized the seriousness of her foot injury. Bleeding, she collapsed on the sidewalk. Due to the injury to her foot, it was believed that the truck had actually run over the foot before it drove off.
Several people witnessed the girl being struck and one motorist followed the fleeing blue truck westbound on Yosemite Avenue, calling 911 as he kept the vehicle in sight. Having made contact with a police dispatcher, he reportedly lost sight of the truck in the downtown area. Officer Dave Brown and Sgt. Mike Aguilar intercepted the suspect motorist on West Yosemite Avenue near Union Road.
Aguilar said the driver Andrey Gubanov, 29, of Manteca did not have a valid driver's license to operate the vehicle and indicated he knew he had struck the girl. The truck reportedly had a metal gouge on the lip of the hood and scrape marks down the driver's side from the front panel to past the left front door.
On his arrival on the scene Manteca District Ambulance Supervisor John Andrews immediately requested an air ambulance out of Stockton Metropolitan Airport to transport the girl to the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. However it was unavailable. He learned that Merced's Mercy Hospital helicopter was in Modesto and it responded within some 15 minutes to Manteca.
A landing zone was set up on the large lawn area in front of Calvary Community Church on Lathrop Road. A Manteca Ambulance unit took the girl to that site to await the arrival of the helicopter. The wait was only a matter of minutes.
Firefighters set up a safe landing area encircling the site to keep people in the area away from the landing chopper. Andrews transported the girl's mother from the accident scene to the landing site so she could see her daughter in the parked ambulance before being transported to the helicopter.
As fire units and ambulance personnel had pulled up to the church, a group waiting for a Wednesday night prayer service to begin stood outside the front door of the building. Learning of the seriousness of the little girl's condition, they formed a large prayer circle on the lawn as the helicopter took off over their heads headed for the Sacramento hospital.
The older male cousin, who had been with the girl, was reportedly uninjured.
Gubanov was charged with felony hit and run and driving without a valid license. He was transported to the San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp where he is awaiting a court date. The amount of his bail was unavailable at press time.
A 10-year-old Manteca girl was reportedly in serious condition after being run down by a motorist who witnesses said failed to stop for the girl and her older male cousin as they used a crosswalk in the 700 block of East Yosemite Avenue at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.


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Top Events in Japan
There are countless matsuri (festivals) held across Japan. Even small towns have their own summer festivals, complete with dancers, elaborately decorated floats and food stalls. It's well worth planning your trip to coincide with a matsuri, as they're often visually impressive, colourful and entertaining. Here are just a small selection to get you started:
December / January – Shougatsu
This is the time people across Japan celebrate the New Year. It's one of the country's most important festivals. On New Year's Eve, people gather at Buddhist temples and pray as priests ring the temple bells 108 times. Somewhat tamer and more reflective than your typical boozey New Year's Eve back in the UK.
February – Sapporo Snow Festival
For one week in February, the chilly capital of Hokkaido hosts this world-famous festival. An area of 1.5km is transformed into an impressive display of snow and ice sculptures. This is the perfect opportunity to see a matsuri and also fit in some top-quality skiing or snowboarding.
February – Okayama Naked Man Festival
This is one of Japan's stranger celebrations. It involves up to 9000 nearly-naked men fighting over a pair of lucky sticks, while being splashed with water by people in the crowd. The sticks are said to bring a year of happiness, so it's no wonder the men are so desperate to grab hold of them.
March / April – Hina Matsuri
This is another Japan-wide festival, during which families with daughters decorate their houses with displays of special hina ningyo dolls dressed in the style of the old Imperial court. Some people open up their homes to the public during this time, so if you're lucky you might get the chance to see a traditional side to life in Japan that many tourists don't get to experience.
February – April – Hanami
Not a festival as such, but a very important event in the Japanese calendar nonetheless. Hanami literally means 'flower viewing', and this is the time of year when Japan is at its most beautiful – cherry trees across the country burst into pink bloom, and people gather to eat picnics and get drunk beneath the sakura (cherry blossoms). It makes for a very relaxing day! The hanami season generally starts at the end of February in the south, and peaks in the north in April. Such is the national obsession with sakura that newspapers include forecasts of when the trees are predicted to bloom.
April – Golden Week
This is a period of four public holidays from the end of April – take note of Golden Week as this is one of Japan's busiest times. Transport and accommodation is often fully booked, so it's necessary to make reservations well in advance if you intend to travel during this period. A lot of matsuri coincide with Golden Week, so wherever you happen to be in Japan, it's worth checking to see if there are any festivals going on nearby.
May – Hakata Dontaku Festival
This is one of Japan's largest festivals, and attracts up to two million visitors over two-day period at the beginning of May. The streets of Fukuoka City in Kyushu come alive with a huge parade of floats, dancers and musicians. It's an impressive sight.
August – Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri
One of the northern Tohoku region's major festivals, Hanagasa sees around 10,000 dancers making their way through the streets of Yamagata City performing a unique dance involving straw hats decorated with red flowers. There's also the usual parade of floats, lots of interesting festival food, and music. And of course it gives you an excuse to visit the beautiful prefecture of Yamagata, which is sadly overlooked by most foreign tourists to Japan.
October – Nagasaki Kunchi
This is the festival of Nagasaki's Suwa Shrine and features Chinese-style dragons and floats shaped like ships. The festival has been celebrated for more than 370 years and incorporates aspects of Chinese and Dutch cultures. It's one of the wilder festivals in Japan with singing, dancing and shows all day long. Make sure you reserve a good spot beforehand.
December – Chichibu Yomatsuri
The Chichibu Night Festival is considered one of Japan's best festivals featuring large festival floats (yatai). The best day to attend is December 3. There's a huge fireworks ceremony to end the festival which lasts more than two and a half hours. Streets are lined with tasty food and drink to give you the fuel to get through the cold – well worth the chilblains.