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Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 important brands sold in America that we predict will disappear before 2014. This year's list reflects the brutally competitive nature of certain industries and the importance of not falling behind in efficiency, innovation or financing.
The list also reflects how industry trends can accelerate the demise of certain brands. This year, we included two magazines — Martha Stewart Living and Road & Track. With print advertising in a multiyear decline, some magazines have weathered the decline better than others. These two, however, have suffered sharp drops in advertising revenue over the past five years. Magazines also carry the heavy legacy costs of printing, paper and distribution — a problem not shared by online-only competition.
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Each brand on the list suffers from one or more of these problems. Each of the 10 will be gone, based on our definitions, within 18 months.
This is 24/7 Wall St.'s 10 brands that will disappear in 2014.
1. J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has been in trouble for some time. Those who still believe in its future as an independent retailer point to the company's ability to get a loan of $2.25 billion from Goldman Sachs and other investors, secured primarily by real estate and leases. That money, optimists claim, will last until CEO Myron Ullman can turn the company around. Ullman recently has returned to the company's top job.
On the other hand, many believe the company cannot come back from the unprecedented sales losses it has suffered in recent years. The industry is very competitive, both at brick-and-mortar stores and online. Big-box retailers from Walmart to Target and successful department stores such as Macy's are larger than J.C. Penney and are growing. At the e-commerce level, companies such as Amazon.com and eBay, are gobbling up market share. Amazon has done damage to retailers much healthier than J.C. Penney.
Even in a less competitive environment, a J.C. Penney comeback could not be sustained. For the year ended February 3, the company reported that comparable store sales dropped 25.2%, revenue fell 24.8 % to $12.985 billion and Internet sales were $1.02 billion, a plunge of 33% from the previous year. While the most recent quarter was considered an improvement with sales down 16.4%, in reality it was nothing more than a brief reprieve. There is absolutely no reason to believe that J.C. Penney's prospects will improve.
2. Nook
Barnes & Noble Inc.'s (NYSE: BKS) e-reader was destined to struggle from the start. It was launched in October 2009, roughly two years after Amazon.com's Kindle, which was, and has remained, the market leader. Both products were hit by competition from Apple's iPad before the e-reader business even hit its stride. Adoption of tablets is forecast to grow 69.8% in 2013, while e-readers are expected to drop 27%.
The Nook was thrown a lifeline a year ago, when Microsoft invested $300 million in Barnes & Noble's digital business, but to no avail. It has been downhill since. Sales at the company's Nook segment, which includes both the e-reader and online books, declined by 26% between the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2013. The Nook's disadvantage may have little to do with its hardware or software and more to do with size of its online audience. It competes against much larger e-commerce sites that have access to hundreds of millions of new readers. While Amazon has more than 130 million visitors a month according to Quantcast, Barnes & Noble has just over 6 million visitors.
Also Read: The Most Popular American Brands in China
3. Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has three divisions: publishing, broadcasting and merchandising. In the five years up to the end of 2012, publishing revenue fell from $179.1 million to $122.5 million. Last year, the division lost $62 million. In the first quarter of this year, publishing revenue dropped from $30.8 million to $24.5 million. The unit lost $990,000 in that period. Because of its troubles, the company tried to sell off smaller magazines. Its Everyday Food stopped publication as a standalone title with the December 2012 issue. Whole Living was discontinued after the January/February 2013 issue.
The main problem at the company's flagship magazine, Martha Stewart Living, is the precipitous drop in advertising pages. According to the Media Industry Newsletter, the magazine's advertising pages fell from 1,306 in 2008 to 766 last year. Pages are up to 404 through the first half of the year, but even if the full year runs at this rate, it is not enough. The company does have a good opportunity to retrench.
Two of Omnimedia divisions are doing quite well and could sustain a restructured company. Merchandising had revenue of $11.5 million in the first quarter, and an operating income of $5.7 million. Even the small broadcasting operation made money. The company could move the magazine online, as many other newspapers and magazines have done, to avoid the huge costs of paper, printing, and adding new subscribers. Martha Stewart Living lost its ability to be a standalone magazine long ago.
4. LivingSocial
LivingSocial, a daily deals website, has trailed Groupon since it launched. But this is an industry in which trailing the leading company is a very bad sign. As the financial troubles of Groupon demonstrate, the online daily deal industry started to fall apart not long after it began. Groupon's share price, which reached a high of more than $26 after its initial public offering, was trading as low as $2.60 last year. While the stock is up on improved sales, the company remains unprofitable.
The situation is even worse for LivingSocial. Leading advertising publication AdWeek recently reported that sources would not be surprised if the company "was sold to a larger company or liquidated piece by piece by spring 2014." That is a long way from when Amazon.com confidently invested $175 million in LivingSocial in 2010. The deal soured as the huge e-commerce company wrote down the investment by $169 million in late 2012. More recently, an Amazon SEC filing indicated that LivingSocial lost $50 million in the first quarter of this year, compared to a profit of $156 million in the same period a year ago.
The biggest competitors to both LivingSocial and Groupon are eBay, American Express and Amazon's own AmazonLocal service. Each has a huge customer base and significant amounts of data about its customers, which they can use to target deals. LivingSocial does not stand a chance.
5. Volvo
In the United States, Volvo was never a giant manufacturer with a large number of models or ultra high-end brands. As of April, its market share in America had dropped to 0.3%
The company's models compete directly with mid-luxury offerings from every large auto company in the United States, including giants General Motors and Toyota. It also has more direct competition from low-end models made by BMW, Mercedes and Audi. With all that competition, consumer demand just is not there for Volvo cars. In the first four months of this year, Volvo sold 19,571 vehicles in the U.S., down 8% — in an overall market in which sales rose almost 7% to 4,974,000. A mid-market car company without a broad range of sedans, SUVs and light trucks would find it hard to make any progress in the United States. Volvo's model line is too small to allow it any chance.
Volvo's future is in question not just in the U.S. The company's dealerships in China inflated sales numbers to receive cash incentives from the company that never went to customers, according to Brand Channel. In other words, some of Volvo's dealers committed fraud. China has been the Swedish car maker's home since Zhejiang Geely Holding bought it in 2010.
To read the full list of the ten brands you won't find next year, please visit 24/7 Wall St.


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Berlin Time
Berlin Time is a sculpture about time and a race against the clock.
70 workers are building a wooden time display in real time within a 24 hour period.
Seamlessly documented and shot on video, the movie is synchronized with your device time and can be used as a unique clock for iOS.
The App is based on the artwork Standard Time by Mark Formanek, realized by Datenstrudel.
Berlin Time runs on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with iOS 5.0 or later.
The app is currently in the review process by Apple and will be available soon.

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10 All-Natural Car Cleaning Hacks That Get The Job Done When Nothing Else WorksTranslateCategories: Lifehacks Tags: Nothing · Cleaning · Natural
Most drivers know the importance of washing their cars; it's how you prevent salt and grime from eating away at your vehicle, after all. Unfortunately, regular visits to the car wash can be time-consuming—and awfully expensive.
This is especially true if you prefer to clean your car with natural ingredients. How are you supposed to keep your ride looking as good as new without exposing yourself or your vehicle to harmful chemicals and without breaking the bank on pricey all-natural products?
Luckily, there are plenty of ways to keep your car clean in ways that are both safe and simple. Each one is an absolute life-saver!


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Here's the first page of one of the stories I drew for the first issue of Nix Comics Quarterly. Sorry I can't post the whole thing but we do need people to actually buy the mag so we can keep putting out new issues. This is the longest comix story I've done in several years and my first ever attempt at coloring a multi-page story. I had a lotta fun drawing this and hopefully I'll be contributing more stuff to future issues of Nix. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
God Kills
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Sharing today a couple more nama ramen sampler packs that I picked up my visit to the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum last winter. These sat in my queue longer than they should have but I wouldn't have trouble describing them today the strong characters they were. Anyhow like the previous two I shared, these also are cast in bluish morning light and were consumed for breakfast earlier in the year.
While the seafood umami refined creamy Tonkotsu of Santouka (est. 1988) may have put Hokkaido's Asahikawa city on the more recent pop ramen radar map, the strong rustic smokey fish flavors of Hachiya (est. 1947) one could say would've been the uncontested icon of the city prior to.
This bowl was hard for me to label as definitive Tonkotsu, Gyokai, or Shoyu because it was frankly all the above. The double soup of animal base (pork bone) is blended with the other half equally pronounced fish base with copious amounts of Aji-boshi (dried Japanese Jack mackerel). The Shoyu-dare (liquid flavor base) used is also said to be concocted and concentrated with fish based umami and the last word I would choose to describe the experience would be subtle.
All is further tied together with Hachiya's known Kogashi (scorched) Lard to create their distinctively aromatic pork/fish/shoyu ramen. The flavors were bold but well behaved, something I personally loved and couldn't get enough of but also imagine how more than a few may absolutely not care for. Perhaps easily explains why you won't see Hachiya instead of Santouka any time soon at your city's Mitsuwa Market, haha, but I really did love it.
Too bad I didn't have any toppings to cut all the richness but in its properly served form (very crudely sketched first above) you'd find garnishes of rather lean pork chashu, menma (marinated bamboo shoots) and green onions. Toppings are said kept simple to let the main focus shine - the soup and noodles underneath. The noodles are made with a particularly low water content where the tendency of absorbing the delicious soup is appreciated.
I also had fun imagining an all aji-tamago bowl for the egg whore that I am. Sorry you might have to squint your eyes, my arm just wasn't synching well with the tablet today, haha.
Kurume Taihou is another oldie but goodie. Taihou a renown shop in Kurume, the city said to be the birthplace of Fukuoka / Kyushu Tonkotsu Ramen that we all know and love.
This earliest form of Kyushu's Tonkotsu I've read is made purely with pork bone and seasoned with only a salt base. This seemingly simple one sentence recipe would be greatly deceived by the method where Kurume Taihou's deep unctuous flavors are brought out not only by the long arduous hours of boiling, but also the results of the practically unduplicable "tsugitashi" (aka: "yobimodoshi") process of continually revitalizing the untouched mother cauldron with new stock, now going on 50 years strong. Dayang...
The noodles are the familiar thinner, straight and whitish where boiling them to the correct doneness would be a brisk task. Normal firmness was instructed at 90-secs and for firmer only 60. I think I cooked mine for a mere 45 seconds knowing I'd be losing a few in the photo-documenting process.
Came with a packet of benishoga red pickled ginger and ground roasted sesame seeds. The unmarinated fresh boiled egg made on the spot was closer to hard than the soft that I'd wanted but still managed to be a great complement.
The Mukashi Ramen's cloudy soup is more translucent and colored than some may recognize to familiar near opaque white comparisons but as its name implies this viscous emulsion of collagen, lard and everything else pork bone surrenders after such deep boil evokes what I'd imagine were rustic tonkotsu flavors of olden days. Surprisingly rich, simple but nuanced, and very flavorful. Long story in a nutshell, it's freak'n good!
A thick-slice of Toasted Japanese Shokupan, pair of Dice, Old Macs and New iPods, a 99-Cent Store Voltmeter with spare 9-Volt Battery.. Square Watermelons. They all coincide here in the many radiused corners of my internet bento box.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
A Couple More Nama Ramen Samples - Hachiya And Kurume Taihou
3 comments:
- K and S said...
mmm ramen!
- May 14, 2011 at 8:50 PM
- Carol said...
Dennis, you have some of the coolest ramen packages I've ever seen. Mmmm, ramen would be great right now.
- May 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Dennis K. said...
Hi Kat, mmmm is right! ;)
Hi Carol! Wish they sold more variety here. Though Nijiya, Mitsuwa and Marukai have their characteristics they often tend to carry the exact same products.
- May 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM
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Those were the words uttered to me by my friends girlfriend. It was the first time I had met her, she was in the kitchen making some Kenyan dishes, some chapati and samosa, this are pain staking dishes and we rarely get to eat them. So walking into the house and smelling the food scent coming out of the kitchen was a sure way to make us pull a sit and wait.
I went into the kitchen for some small talk to keep her company while she was cooking, the men were outside hanging out, and LO was not feeling well so I was holding her. It had been a long day driving around looking for a house with the baby throwing up at a would be landlord. So walking into the house with that familiar smell of food brought some comfort and sense of belonging.
We started with the regular small talk of how long have you been in the states for, when was the last time you visited Kenya, do you have any family around?
She told me she had been to Kenya the year before, Wow, I exclaimed with a lot of envy as I continued to explain to her I hadn't been home in 3 years and my family hadn't met my baby yet. She seemed to think 3 years was still a short time for someone to get to the point where you were ready to go visit. She had been here for 15years and the first time she was able to go visit was after 5 years. She told me how from her personal experience and observation that's about how long it takes people to get settled enough to be able to make travel arrangements to go home.
She then continued to tell me how I wasn't missing much by not going home,how every time she went home she felt like she didn't fit in and how she always felt like time was moving so slow because all people did was sit, eat and drink. She works two jobs here and when shes at home she has such a hard time relaxing because she keeps feeling like their is something she is meant to be doing.
I explained to her that that was my fear, I didn't not want to not fit in, I did not want to drift apart with my family and friends, while I was still living in Kenya, I had seen on numerous occasions people coming to visit from the US and them standing out because they looked like a deer in head lights, I didn't understand why they seemed to stand out or why they didn't carry on with the lively conversations we were having, but to some extent now I understand. Its not the kind of life you get accustomed to when your away from home. When your away from home there is this me,myself and I attitude you need in order to survive, and when you go home it might take some adjusting to, to be able to adjust to that community-ness that exists.
After I was done explaining my fears to her, she had one piece of advise, "my dear choose one life to live and live it, I have seen a lot of people fail because they are trying to live two lives, one in Kenya and one here. If you try to do that you will fail, for instance if you try and buy a house here and buy a house there at some point you will end up stretching yourself too thin, so if you want to be happy and successful you need to concentrate on building your life here"
Those words haunted me for a while, I thought about them, did she make sense, was I wasting a lot of time and energy on what-if's? Was I consumed in keeping my relationships alive with people back home and thus wasting a lot of time and energy on something that will eventually die out, she had told me her and her siblings don't really have a lot to say to each other anymore and they used to be so close, its natural for your relationships to end because your lives and problems become so different.
But are human beings that simple, that you can simply switch off a part of ourselves? Are we not more complex in our individualism and relationships?
Asking me to choose is as unfair as asking a biracial person to pick one race.
I as a person are more deep with my roots penetrated deep in my home country, exposed with my immigration status, and complex with so many layers that come together to make me.
I am more than where I live, I am more than who I associate, I am more than what I aspire.
I cannot just choose one because it takes more that one aspect to make me, I am a woman, I am a girl, I am a mother, I am a wife, I am a daughter, I am a sister, I am a Kenyan, I am an immigrant, I am who I am and I refuse to choose one.


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Here's my problem. My password has expired and I need to set a new one. So I think of something and type it in. The system rejects it as being insecure. That's funny – it's about the same level of complexity as its expired predecessor. Then I remember – the organisation has recently acquired a new chief information officer and he's embarked on a root-and-branch overhaul of the system, which presumably includes upgrading security rules.
So I think of a really secure, incomprehensible password and type it in. The system rejects it as laughably inadequate. So I try another and another and another. Same result each time. At this point, I'm getting irritated. Since it's a Microsoft network, I decide to see what advice Microsoft can give me. I go to the company's "Safety and Security Center" where's there's a helpful page on how to create strong passwords in four easy steps.
Step 1 is: "Start with a sentence or two." OK: how about "the rain in Spain stays mainly in the drain"? Step 2: "Remove the spaces between the words in the sentence." This gives "theraininSpainstaysmainlyinthedrain". Next step: "Turn words into symbols, numbers or shorthand". OK: how about "thera1n1nSpa1nstayzma1nly1nthedra1n"? Now for the final step: "Add length with numbers. Put numbers that are meaningful to you after the sentence." Hmm... it's too obvious to add a phone number or a car registration number. How about David Cameron's postcode? (Pause for googling.) So we wind up with "thera1n1nSpa1nstayzma1nly1nthedra1nSW1A2AA".
Looks good, eh? So I try it. Yippee! I'm in. Only one problem: will I be able to remember this gibberish for the next login? You know the answer as well as I do. I won't. So I will have to write it down somewhere where I can find it. How about a Post-It note that I can stick on the underside of the desk?
And there, in a nutshell, is the problem. I've just checked and at the moment, I need 61 passwords for all the services and devices that I use. Maybe I'm unusual because of my line of work, but I'll bet that most people have at least a dozen. For security, they should all be different – having a single password for everything would be a disaster waiting to happen. That doesn't stop people having a single password, though. A colleague tells me that the three most common are "password", "arsenal" and "pussy". (Hmm... wonder how he knows that?)
Twenty years ago, we could get by with fairly simple, easily memorable passwords. But Moore's law – which says that computing power doubles every 24 months – has taken care of that. There's no word or combination of letters that you can think of (let alone remember) that can't now be cracked by brute-force computing. Complicated combinations such as the one I produced under Microsoft's guidance will take longer to crack, of course, but eventually the processor will get it.
Twenty years ago, the insecurity of passwords wasn't such a big deal. But it's a big deal now because so much of our lives has moved online or on to offline computerised services. As these services proliferated, the use of passwords for authentication grew to the point where we are now totally reliant on a system that is at worst broken and at best inoperable.
Because humans are an adaptable and ingenious species, we have found ways of ameliorating the problem. Some people put all their passwords in a single digital file and store it somewhere. Often they assign the helpful name "passwords" to the file, thereby making it easy for hackers to locate. If they're really conscientious, they will encrypt the file (provided they know how to do that). Some keep their passwords on their mobile phones, using proprietary apps such as Keeper or 1Password which encrypt the data. Laptop manufacturers provide biometric devices which check fingerprints before allowing a login.
More canny users employ authentication services such as OAuth, allowing them to share private data such as photos, videos or contact lists, between one site and another without having to hand out their usernames and passwords.
Researchers such as Frank Stajano of Cambridge University are hard at work on ingenious ideas like a trustworthy device (Stajano calls his a Pico) that "acts as a memory prosthesis and takes on the burden of remembering authentication credentials, transforming them from 'something you know' to 'something you have'".
We will doubtless find a solution to the password problem for the simple reason that if we don't we'll be overrun by cybercrime, identity theft and a host of other nasty surprises.
In the meantime, we're stuck with passwords whose security is inversely related to their memorability. Which reminds me: what was all that stuff about the rain in David Cameron's postcode?
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Welcome to Randy Stewart Landscape Design blog, specializing in Horticulture / Landscape Design with 20 years experience. I hope to help you transform your home into a sustainable flourishing garden paradise. Enjoy scrolling through the plant profiles and Model Home Design Albums on the right side index.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Katsura Tree
Native from the Himalayas to Japan, however fossil evidence shows that it was also once native to western North America and Europe. The Katsura eventually forms a large tree yet retaining its elegant horizontal branching habit. Broadly pyramidal when young; the Katsura tree eventually forms a massive domed crown resembling an open grown Oak. A very long lived tree; its mature size in the U.S. is still unknown but possibly over 100 feet. Indeed some have alreadt reached 82 feet or slightly more in both Philadelphia and Fort Wayne, Indiana. The U.S.A. champion grows at Philly's Morris Arboretum ( approx 72 x 100 feet x 7.5 feet diam. ). Another large tree ( 101 x 72 x 4.5 feet grows in Hartford, CT ). In it's native habitat; the Katsura rivals the Ginkgo and the Tulip Tree as among the worlds largest temperate hardwoods. Some records include: first year from seed - 5 feet; fastest growth rate - 6 feet; 5 years - 25 feet; 20 years - 45 feet; 30 years - 60 x 30 feet; 52 years - 78 x 50 feet with a trunk diameter of 3.1 feet; 370 years - 150 feet with a trunk diameter of 10 feet; largest ever recorded - 180 x 82 feet with a trunk diameter of 22 feet! One of the worlds longest living hardwoods; the Katsura tree can last up to 2000 years in age and is rarely bothered by either insect pests or disease. It makes an attractive street tree in the cooler parts of its range where reflected heat and drought wont scorch it's leaves or stunt it's growth.
The foliage resembles that of the unrelated Cercis - Redbud. The rounded leaves are up to 6 x 6 ( rarely over 4 x 4 ) inches in size. The foliage is reddish at first when unfolding, turning to blue-green. The autumn color on the Katsura is exceptional!!! In full sun the colors can be intense and often multiple colors ( red, pinks and yellows ) occur on the same tree. In autumn the foliage is also cotton candy smelling aromatic.
The tiny early spring flowers borne from the leaf axils are not an ornamental feature simply because they are so small.
They are followed by a curved, small, green pod.
The brown shaggy bark is very attractive in all seasons.
Hardy zones 4 to 8 ( possibly zones 2 and 3 however this is an estimation based on using seed source from the far northern part of the trees natural range planted into sheltered locations only ). It has been reported to grow in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario and in fact generally do like climates with hot summers and cold winters. Though very different in appearance; the Katsura is related to the Magnolias and enjoys similar growing conditions. The Katsura does not like root compaction and grows best on deep, moist, fertile acidic, well drained soil though it more tolerant ( in fact it grew very well on almost pure sand in Leamington, ON with extra fertilizer and absence of turf competition ). The Katsura is also clay tolerant. This tree can be grown in sun or shade, though forest grown trees tend to be tall and thin. Young trees should be pruned to a single leader and feathered with lower branches eventually limbed up to form a tree that can be walked under. The best time to prune is in March. This tree does not like to be transplanted at large sizes however small trees can establish rapidly when planted while dormant. Easy to grow and deer resistant; they are virtually immune to insect pests or disease. Katsuras leaf out early and is thus not recommended in mountain valleys or other areas prone to late freezes. It also prefers to be somewhat sheltered and is more at home on a wooded lot than on the side of a freeway or farmers field. Turf grass competition stunts growth of Katsura ( in many cases to half or less than figures quoted above ). Propagation from seed is easy however the seed needs to go through a "chilling" period before they germinate. As for the cultivars; they are readily reproduced from cuttings taken in late spring or summer and root easily as long as kept cool and moist.
* photos taken on April 28 2010 in Clarksville, MD
* photo taken on May 16 2010 @ Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, MD
* photos taken on 4th of July 2010 in Washington, D.C.
* photos taken on July 17 2010 @ Morris Arboretum, Philly, PA
* photos taken on August 3 2010 @ University of Guelph Arboretum, Ontario
* photo taken on August 4 2010 @ Stratford, Ontario
* photos taken on Sep 16 2013 in Columbia, MD
* photo taken on July 25 2015 @ Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
* photo taken on Apr 8 2017 in Columbia, MD
* photos taken on Jul 19 2017 @ Major's Hill Park, Ottawa, ON
* historical archive photos
'Amazing Grace'
Forms a massive mound of cascading branches. It can eventually reach 30 x 35 feet though only about 12 x 12 feet in 10 years. Foliage turns attractive yellow-orange in autumn. Not as hardy as the coldest region seed source of regular Katsura but can still survive north into zone 4
* photo taken on May 21 2011 @ Brookside Gardens "Party with the Peonies" tour in Fulton, MD
'Heronswood Globe'
A dwarf form, forming a bushy, dense, rounded, small tree, reaching a maximum size of 20 x 20 feet. Some records include: 10 years - 8 x 6.5 feet.
Vigorous when young, unlike the parent trees which grows huge, this cultivar slows down considerably as it matures.
The foliage turns intense orange-red during autumn.
a rare cultivar with deep purple spring foliage that turns to dark purple green in summer. It also forms a large tree.
Reaches up to 60 x 4o feet with foliage that is reddish in spring, green in summer then red in autumn.
'Red Fox'
Smaller and more narrowly-upright in stature, reaching up to 12 x 5 feet in 10 years, eventually to 30 x 20 feet.
The foliage is deep purplish-red at first, turning to purplish-green during summer. During autumn, the foliage turns to yellow and orange.
Hardy zones 5 to 8.
* photos taken on Apr 17 2016 @ U.S. National Arboretum, DC
* photo taken on Apr 24 2016 @ U.S. National Arboretum, DC
No major differance except possibly even faster growing ( record growth rate - 8 feet ).
The foliage is somewhat downy beneath.
* historic archive photo
Foliage turns to scarlet in fall rather than the typical mix of colors; otherwise identical to species.
Cercidiphyllum magniphyllum
Similar to Cercidiphyllum japonicum but with larger leaves to around 5 inches
Cercidiphyllum magniphyllum 'Pendulum' ( Weeping Katsura )
The Weeping Katsura tree grows in the same shape of the Weeping Willow but is much more low maintenance. It matures into a very beautiful weeping tree and is infact among my favorites of all weeping specimum trees. It is very fast growing and some records include: fastest growth rate - 7 feet; 6 year size - 25 feet ) but soon slows down to a mature size around 35 x 30 feet, though after 100 years may become much larger. One in Japan is 75 feet in height with a trunk diameter of 4.7 feet at an age of 170 years.
Its leaves are cordate to rounded, are up to 6 x 6 inches and are blue-green in color. They turn yellows, oranges and red in the fall and often with all colors on the same tree.
* photo taken @ U.S. National Arboretum, D.C. on Feb 2009
* photo taken @ U.S. National Arboretum, D.C. on August 2005
* photo taken on March 2010 @ U.S. National Arboretum
* photo taken on May 6 2010 @ Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
* photos taken on Apr 17 2016 @ U.S. National Arboretum, DC
* photos taken on Mar 18 2017 @ Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
* photos taken on Apr 23 2017 @ Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
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I would love a Katsura but I think it may fall into that "borderline hardy" category for me. I envy those that can grow this beauty!ReplyDelete
Christine in Alaska
I think I have two Weeping Katsura's on my property. One of which has many leaves turning yellow & falling off as if it is Autumn. I wonder if that is due to the excessive heat we have been having. I've kept it watered but maybe that is not enough.ReplyDelete
I have been searching to find out what type of tree it is & came across your blog.
May I send you a photo of it to help identify it?
Please do send photos. What is your location? Katsuras generally do not grow well on lower elevations in the Deep South but excellent north of Maryland. Established trees to seem alot tougher as there is absolutely no leaf drop or scorch on the trees in DC and Philly in my photos. Keep them well watered and mulched and in the fall give them a fertilizer application bone meal to stimulate growth ( which means more establishment and top growth next year ).ReplyDelete
If your Katsuras are located where they get reflected heat of concrete ( south or west facing walls, driveway, parking lot ) I would recommend moving them to a cooler location in fall.
Just posted additional photos of this tree. Check them out...
Love the draping! Would it be a good choice for ornamental in central Indiana? Do NOT want a GIANT tree...what to expect in height and width?ReplyDelete
I would expect about 60 x 30 feet in 30 years for the Katsura, less for the weeping varieties, especially 'Amazing Grace'. The tree in the photos at Morris Arboretum in Philly is over 100 years of age and is the largest Katsura in the U.S. It should grow well in Indiana though preferrably in a mulched bed with irrigation during drought and away from reflacted concrete. I have seen many very vigorous trees in both Guelph and Stratford, Ontario this past week so they are definately adapted to the rigors of the midwestern climate.ReplyDelete
Katsura grows well in the coldest part of Southern Ontario ( zone 4b ) , I plated a whip in Shelburne , Ontario in 1997 that is 30+ feet high , and has not tip damage in winter . It is a lovely tree.ReplyDelete
I just saw this beautiful tree at Bernheim Forest. I've been looking for a tree like this since moving into our new home. However, finding a nursery who carries it is a bit difficult. Can you recommend anyone?ReplyDelete
I planted one last spring. I had the coldest winter of my life here in Alberta and we bottomed out at -39c. It was cold almost all winter from November-Feb and April had the coldest April day on record while it was budding already!ReplyDelete
Anyways, it's almost completely leafed out with no dieback. This tree is amazingly hardy. My cedars had major burn on the south side of many of them yet this Katsura pulled through awesome.


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No more flipping back from book to study guide! This unique, all-in-one curriculum for the Pilgrims Progress is a self-contained book, commentary and study guide on one of Christanity's classic novels. The full page text is the original, with no modern word substitutions; black and white illustrations of important scenes are included throughout. Within each chapter are side boxes with contextual information about the characters Christian encounters along his journey, Biblical truths, Christian history and more; applicable Scripture cross references are placed alongside the margins. Vocabulary words and memory verses are also included. Completing each chapter of text are the study portions with comprehension and Biblical questions, creating writing and drawing exercises and more. This oversized book has plenty of room for writing answers and drawing pictures with a clear font to refer back to. A unit study, character analysis, bonus information about John Bunyan and a Student CD with printable extension activities are also included! Chapters are designed to accompany the Audio CD (not-included & sold-separately) instead of the original chapter divisions, but this can be certainly be used as a stand alone study. 496 pages, hardcover.
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Many Somali Christians have learned the secret about enjoying their lives in Christ. This secret is for them to be thankful for what they have and not to worry or be upset about what they don't have. I have met very few Somali Christians who are bitter and upset because they think they do not enough money or material things. Those Somali Christians who are upset that they don't have more things are not very happy people to be around. That is why King Solomon teaches us in the Book of Ecclesiastes that "Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 6:9).
Don't lust after things.
Another way of saying that we should try to get things that we do not need is to say…don't lust after things that you don't need. We usually hear about the word "lust" when someone is talking about a man lusting after a woman. Jesus teaches us ""You have heard the commandment that says, 'You must not commit adultery.' But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away." (Matthew 5:27-28). Jesus says that men who are married should not lust after women who are not their wives.
But people can also lust after other things. A warlord in Somalia can lust after power – that means the warlord wants to be more powerful than anyone else. Warlords lust after power. They want power and money and fame. They want to rule over many people and control them with fear and strength. This is evil.
People can also lust after other gods. What that means is that some people don't want to worship the true God, they want to worship an idol or a statue. In the Old Testament many people worshipped statues or idols and God punished them for that. "The Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight and served the statues of Baal. They abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They lusted after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they angered the Lord." (Judges 2:11-12).
And people also can lust after money. We all know about this. Some people wake up in the morning dreaming about money, some people go to sleep praying about money. But the Bible says that we shouldn't lust after money. "But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows." (1 Timothy 6:9-10).
The Wisest man who ever lived speaks about lust.
King Solomon was the wisest man in the world. He asked God to make him wise and God answered his prayers. Hallelujah! And King Solomon wrote a book called "The book of Ecclesiastes". The title means "a book of wisdom written for a group of people".
Solomon the wise talks about many things in his book. And there are many things that he tells us we shouldn't want, or we shouldn't lust after. Here are some of those things:
Solomon said we shouldn't lust after please. He said: "Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere." (Ecclesiastes 2:10-11).
King Solomon also said that envy is evil. Now a lot of us don't really understand what envy is. Well…you can think of envy as the feeling you get when you get really angry at someone because they have something that you don't have, but you really want. Like maybe a car, or a job, or a house or whatever it might be. Solomon says that feelings of envy are really bad for us and we shouldn't have them. He says "Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 4:4).
Be happy and content with what you have
The teacher Paul tells us in his letter to his young student Timothy "Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can't take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content." (1 Timothy 6: 6-8).
Paul breaks down our entire desires and wants in this world to two things: food and clothing. He says that if we have food to eat and clothes to wear let us be at peace just with that. But Solomon is right when he says that a lot of what makes us do things is because we want to have what we see another person has. So we work harder, stay up later, earn more money, just so that we can have we saw another person has. This is like chasing the wind Solomon tells us. And how frustrating it must be if we keep trying to get something that we can never have.


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By Bill "Two Scoops" Emes
Teddy Atlas, expert analyst for ESPN's Friday Night Fights, is giving WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri (20-0, 8KOs) a shot to unseat Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38KOs) for the WBO welterweight crown on November 22nd at the Venetian in Macau, China. Algieri earned the HBO Pay-Per-View fight with an upset twelve round decision over Ruslan Provodnikov on June 14th.
Atlas is officially picking Pacquiao to win, but he points out that he also picked Provodnikov to win back in June [and Atlas scored it for Provondikov]. With Pacquiao's age, his many wars of the years and his numerous things going on in his personal life - Atlas says Algieri could very well be catching the Filipino star at the right time.
"I thought Ruslan was going to have his way. Obviously he didn't completely have his way, he lost the fight. Like I said, I thought [Provodnikov] won the fight, but look it was a tough fight. Pacquiao is getting older, Pacquiao has a lot of miles on the tires, Pacquiao has been around a long time. Pacquiao has been in a lot of rough wars and he has a lot of personal problems. He has a lot of stuff tugging at him. From what I can see, a young guy like Algieri doesn't have anything tugging at him, he doesn't have many miles on that odometer," Atlas told BoxingScene.com.
"[Algieri] doesn't have the experience, he doesn't have talent, and the skill set as Pacquiao either. But you never know when a guy like Pacquiao gets a little old or when all of those things tugging at him pulls him too far in one way....politics, marital problems, religious problems, he owes money to the tax man over there - all of that stuff can impact you. Maybe Algieri is once again in the right place at the right time."


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Devolve to Evolve
Here is powerful tool that is thousands of years old. What I'm about to share with you is a parenting tool that is tried and tested. Your parents would approve and so would your grandparents. This tool is the simple act of getting your kids to spend more time outdoors.
It sounds so easy, but if you're parenting children or teenagers today, you know the struggle is real. It's hard to get kids outside! They'd rather be inside sitting passively, entertained by technology. And I can totally relate to wanting to keep kids safely indoors. You can't be outside with them all the time. You have work to do and meals to make.
And yet, the facts speak for themselves. Being outdoors is good for kids. In fact, it's good for everyone!
The Stats
When we want to know how many minutes a day the average American child spends outside in unorganized play, the studies don't give us a consistent answer. Some say four minutes, others say up to 30 minutes. The bottom line – not enough.
But what they do agree on is that the average child spends between six and seven hours a day in front of a screen. Every day, seven days a week. This includes all electronic screens. This is astonishing!
Why should we care anyway? I'm glad you asked.
The Benefits of the Great Outdoors
We know for a fact that children who spend more time outside are happier and do better in school than kids who spend most of their time indoors. And the more time they're not inside, the better they do when they're inside at school.
Being in nature has so many advantages for children and adults. It reduces feelings of stress and fatigue. In boosts our immune system and helps us fight disease. It even improves our children's vision by reducing their risk of becoming near sighted.
Children might argue that video games help them multi-task. However, it has been proven that being outdoors stimulates more of our senses than sitting in front of a screen playing games. And the outdoor sensory stimulation is the best kind for our brains.
The Good Old Days
I don't know about you, but I love to tell my kids stories about the "good ole days". What was life like before we had cell phones and computers? I remember that! And it wasn't all bad!
I remember riding my bike around the neighborhood with a baseball card stuck in the spokes to make it sound like a motorcycle.
I remember climbing trees and building tree houses with my neighbors.
I remember spending hours staring at the sky, seeing different shapes of clouds during the day and watching for shooting stars at night.
I remember running in the sprinkler in the summer and building snow forts in the winter.
Some of my best memories of childhood were spent outside. If you agree with me, take your child outside and introduce them to some of the fun things you used to do!
Recipe for Tool #21:
- a wise parent,
- an unsuspecting child who is gonna benefit from being outdoors
- maybe a locked safe to 'quarantine' the screens
Step 1 – Plan It!
Most kids whine and complain when you take away their electronics and push them out the door. Well, let's change that! Plan a fun excursion or activity to do with your child. Go for a bike ride as a family, explore your neighborhood as a tourist, or plan a scavenger hunt. Build a treehouse, run in the sprinkler, get a trampoline. In the winter, go tobogganing, ice skating, and make snow angels. Get outside and have fun!
Step 2 – Turn Your Phone Off
Set a good example for your child and turn off your phone. Vow to not look at it once unless you're capturing memories by taking pictures. Get your child to hold you accountable – you know they will!
Step 3 – Repeat Consistently
The more time we spend outdoors, the more benefits we can all gain. We'll be happier, focus better, reduce our stress, and energize ourselves. We'll be healthier, and have an easier time maintaining our weight. Plus, we'll be creating priceless memories with our kids. I'd much rather have my child remember the time we ran in the warm, summer rain over the evening we stayed inside and watched that movie…what was the name of it again?
Now that you clearly know the many benefits of spending time outdoors, what will you do? I strongly encourage you to get outside more with your kids. Plan some fun activities or adventures to create lifetime memories with your family and before long, your kids will be dragging you out of the house!
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The technology was recently used for a medical simulation project on Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention which has been accredited as a Performance Improvement CME (PI-CME) activity by the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP). The CME activity simulates real-life situations and creates a learn-by-doing approach that allows learners to experience myriad plans of action—from successful to unsuccessful, depending on the user's knowledge level and performance. Every action path, whether right or wrong, is aligned closely to specific learning objectives to keep users on track to learn the essential information. The technology can be used as an alternative to chart audits traditionally used in PI-CME activities. Throughout 2012, over 1000 primary care physicians participated in the PI-CME activity during live CME conferences organized by Continuing Education Company.
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SPRINGFIELD --- Illinois lawmakers, long known for being unable to get a handle on the state's finances, soon could find themselves vying to see who is "The Biggest Loser."
It's not what you might think. A Downstate legislator is setting up a new group at the Capitol he hopes will spark more interest in fitness and help in the fight against the dreaded "Springfield belly."
"We legislators don't lead the healthiest of lifestyles, especially when we're in Springfield," said longtime Rep. Don Moffitt, a Republican from Gilson, about 45 miles west of Peoria. "We're away from home, eat out every day and are constantly going to banquets and events where they typically don't serve low-calorie meals. It's pretty easy to put on weight."
The new "retrofit caucus" will join dozens of other groups that connect lawmakers and lobbyists and staffers with similar interests. Caucuses are to the General Assembly as student organizations are to a college campus: Gun rights advocates and those who like to hunt and fish have the sportsmen's caucus. Latino and African-American lawmakers have their own groups. The Conference of Women Legislators put on a comedy fundraising show to raise money for scholarships. There's even a caucus for those who like seersucker suits.
For Moffitt, the idea of promoting a healthy lifestyle stems from experience. Two years ago, Moffitt's doctor told him to lose 10 pounds or he'd have to start taking medicine for diabetes. Moffitt said he surprised his doctor by dropping nearly 40 pounds by his next visit and eliminated the need for medicine that would regulate his blood sugar.
One of his ideas is for the group to do a weight-loss challenge.
"We will want to make this fun and maybe a little competitive," he said. "I think something like NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' could be a good competition for those who want to get involved."
Moffitt probably won't be winning such a contest. He said in the past year, he's taken his weight from 280 down to about 180. The tricks? Tracking his calorie intake and walking 10,000 steps a day, which he monitors by using a pedometer. Moffitt said he eats about 1,500 calories a day and cut out sugary desserts, fatty snacks and soda — and replaced them with fruits, vegetables and water, though he admits to missing french fries and pie.
In addition to improved health, losing weight could provide a political benefit to lawmakers. During a 2006 House race in central Illinois, then-Rep. Mike Smith said he'd slim down after his weight reached more than 300 pounds in the dozen years he'd spent in Springfield. The pledge was spurred by the Democrat's opponent launching a TV ad that compared a photo of a younger, slimmer Smith with a contemporary photo to suggest that Springfield had "changed" him. Smith won the election, but Statehouse observers did not notice a substantial weight loss in the ensuing years.
Moffitt's group will not be the only bunch of fitness types at the Capitol. When the legislature is in session, a small group of runners meet in a parking lot near the Stratton Building at 7 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays for a 4.2-mile run.
"Down there in Springfield there's a lot that stresses people, and running is a good way to calm down and relax," said David Dring, a former House Republican spokesman who's now a lobbyist. "It helps us stay in pretty good shape, and it's fun."
A certain self-professed "skinny kid with a funny name" who represented a South Side state Senate district was known to play basketball and hit the treadmill. President Barack Obama isn't in Springfield anymore, but some lawmakers and staffers still play pick-up basketball to blow off steam when they're in Springfield.
Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Democrat from Park Ridge, said the games are a way to spend time with people he might not otherwise see.
"We break those party lines and enjoy our game. We have people from upstate and downstate all coming together. It's a good blend. Learning how to play as a team in this aspect helps us be more of a team when we're on the floor during session."
Also among the hoopsters is the guy who succeeded Obama in the General Assembly, Sen. Kwame Raoul. He boasts of being the best player on the court.
"It gets pretty competitive at times," said Raoul, D-Chicago. "It's a good sweat, and we leave feeling pretty good. Whether I'm in Chicago or Springfield, basketball is a good release for me."


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You know what time it is? It's time to gather once again with your farmgirl pals from far and wide right here at the Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop # 109!
The weather here on the shorelines has been just glorious! Like many of you, I've been so busy in the garden I don't know which way is up by the time my head hits my pillow at night. What I do know is that I'm loving having " dirt under my nails " again!
It's rare that we get more than a couple of sunny days in a row during spring in New England so we are taking advantage of it by getting two big ( and quite over do ) projects out of the way.
This week on our suburban homestead has been devoted to getting my early annual seeds and flowering bulbs in the ground as well as finally getting round to staining our very faded, weathered deck and spray painting our rusty Gazebo! I'm happy to be getting them checked off the list because the flowers and plants will look so much fresher and prettier this season!
We painted the Gazebo with Satin Black Rustolium spray paint that has rust inhibitors in the paint. I love using black in the garden.. It creates drama and believe it or not makes a great background color for colorful blooms or deep green foliage.
Here's what it looked like last summer with the gardens in full bloom in mid July! I'll share more pics when we get things put back together again!
|Dandelion House Gardens
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Your Farmgirl Friday Hostesses~Heidi of My Simple Country Living
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So yesterday I decided to dress pretty casual and it was not as cold as I had hoped, so excessive layering was out of the question. So here is what I wore, and a sneak peek in what I have been reading lately!
Gilbert Morris is an awesome writer and I just love all of his novels! Here is the latest one I have read, The Dream, which also has many sequals!! It is a great romantic novel! Check it out!! Here
Cardigan: c/o Target
Shirt: c/o Target
Jeans: c/o Old Navy
Sperry: c/o Famout Footwear
Hair Tie: Here
Thank you so much for visiting Love, Caroline! I would love to hear from you by leaving a comment below or contacting me through email. Your support is always so appreciated! Have a great rest of the week!!


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by Dr. Margaret Aranda
The question arises as to whether bears attack women who are on their periods, due to the attraction of the menstrual blood. In 1983, Cushing presented his findings at the International Conference on Bear Research and Management, documenting the responses of polar bears to menstrual odors. This spearheaded the future work in this area, which continues to this day. Stay with me as we explore the fascinating issues surrounding this issue.
The Grizzly Bear.
Yellowstone National Park (YNP) has been tabulating interactions between bears and humans in their district, which includes parks in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Data analyzed in 2012 by Kerry A. Gunther, bear biologist and expert at YNP's Bear Management Program. He showed that the overall risk of human injury (for any reason) by a bear in YNP, men and women inclusive, is 1 in 2.1 million. But the interest and fascination with this subject continues.
Kerry A. Gunther.
Perhaps the biggest outburst public scrutiny on bears attacking menstruating occurred after the night of August 13, 1967 in Glacier National Park. The Park is located in northwestern Montana, along the Rocky Mountains. In a situation that was later determined to be unrelated and coincidental, two women on their periods were killed by Grizzly bears on this night. The National Park Service (NPS) subsequently put out a bulletin that menstruating women could be attacked by the Black Grizzly bear, perhaps spurring that speculation had turned into a scientific notion that the two were actually scientifically related. The official statement was, "..women should stay out of bear country during their menstrual period." Years of belief ensued, wherein it was thought that camping or hiking women on their periods were attractants to killings by bears.
In his 1983 study on captive Polar Bears and the odor of menstrual blood, Cushing studied a series of different odors and their effect on bears. Scents included seal scent, food, used tampons, and non-menstrual human blood. There was a strong response to seal scent and used tampons. Cushing also studied wild Polar Bears, who were attracted to and ate food and used tampons, perpetuating the observation that bears are attracted to menstrual blood.
In 1985, Herrero studied Grizzly bears and human attacks, including the two women attacked in 1967. He concluded that there was no relationship.
In 1988, Byrd revisited the unsettled issue, trying to answer this question on his Thesis for his Master's in Science. He found that there was no evidence that the Black Grizzly bear preferred menstrual odors over other odors, and there was no scientific evidence that hundreds of bear attacks were related to women on their periods (Byrd 1988).
In 1991, Rogers et al studied how 26 wild Black Bears reacted to used tampons from 26 women. In a novel design, he also studied 20 wild Black Bears' response to 4 women's menstrual blood at different times of their menstrual cycle. The bears ignored the menstrual odors.
From 1980 through 2002, YNP had over 62,000,000 visitors spending over 15,400,000 nights at the main campgrounds and 956,000 nights in the backcountry. No one kept track of statistics on the proportion of menstruating women. There were 32 people injured by bears, coming to 1.2 injuries per year. Gunther and Hoekstra evaluated 1970 - 1994 statistics, citing that no bear injuries to humans were caused by menstruating women.
Official word came out on August 9, 2012 from Kerry A. Gunther, who categorically stated that bears are not attracted to menstruating women. We can rest assured that if we keep the safety measures cited above, the risk would be so small as to be unproven. So hat's away to camping, and be careful in the backwoods.
Byrd, C.P. Of bears and women: Investigating the hypothesis that menstruation attracts bears. M.S. Thesis, Univ. Montana, Missoula. 129 pp, 1988.
Cushing, B. 1983. Responses of polar bears to human menstrual odors. International Conference on Bear Research and Management 5:270-274.
Gunther K.A. and H.L. Hoekstra. Bear-inflicted human injuries in Yellowstone, 1970 – 1994, a cautionary and instructive guide to who gets hurt and why. Yellowstone Science 4(1):2-9. 1997.
Herrero, S.M. Bear attacks – their causes and avoidance. Winchester Press, New Century Publishers, Inc. Piscataway, New Jersey, 287 pp, 1985.
Nelson, Brian. Mother Nature Network. Mentruating women do not attract bear attacks. August 9, 2012. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/menstruating-women-do-not-attract-bear-attacks
_____. Yellowstone National Park website. National Park Service. Bears and Menstruating Women. http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/bears_women.htm
Other Articles by Dr. Margaret Aranda


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***I kind of feel like this post, and many to come, should have some kind of trigger warning in addition to the fact that sometimes I will add sexual assault disclosure warnings. But I am not sure what kind. So let me just say please be self-aware when you are reading this post and any posts going forward for awhile. This is very new to me and I have not spoken about it with the majority of people in my life or disclosed it publicly. I have barely been able to recognize and name it and accept it myself.***
Well, here it goes. I have committed to another 12-week Adult Sexual Assault (ASA) therapy group and it starts a week from today. It is technically the same group I did last year. The topic and goals will be the same and there will be a disclosure.
But for me, and I can't even believe I am saying this, I think it might be scarier this time around for me. The last group was extremely tough in many ways and disclosing that college rape experience was SO challenging. However, even though I needed to rid myself of some blame, guilt, anger, fear, and shame, the completely logical side of me lived every day knowing that it really had not been my fault at all. Getting through the group last year was about making a declaration, shaking off the shame, and recognizing that I have the right to complete healing in order to rediscover the me that was lost and ashamed and terrified. The level of healing that I have experienced from completing that group has been just awesome. I am thankful every single day for that group therapy success.
This time I will tackle some experiences with a specific person from my past that in my head are much more complicated AND that will force me to examine, discuss, accept and cooperate with that girl in the corner. The one I avoid and ignore and cover with laughter. And for the last 7 months or so, I have gone back and forth in my individual therapy between being ready to tackle this and trying to convince myself (and my therapist who wasn't buying it) that it's fine if I never deal with it because it doesn't really affect me on a daily basis. But it does and I don't like that.
The worst part of taking on the girl in the corner is that I don't like her and I don't even feel like she is worth my time. And I am ashamed of her. And I sometimes even hate her. And I don't feel like anyone will believe her. I judge her and disregard her. I call her names and I blame her.
For anyone reading this post who hasn't followed my previous posts and feels confused, that girl in the corner is me. A younger me. Somewhere between 16 and 20 most of the time. And once in awhile she's 38 year old me. And I shoved her in the corner a long time ago, never to be dealt with again. Or so I thought.
For this session of group, I may be disconnected or distant or crazy or mean or many other things. Maybe I'll be fun and happy most of the days. Maybe I'll look like I'm listening to you and have to ask you to repeat yourself. I really have no idea what to expect.
So for now, I just want to say that I have great people around me and you each know who you are and what you mean to me. If I don't call enough, or laugh enough, or respond enough, or reach out to you it is NOT because you don't mean the world to me or I don't trust you or want and need your support. This fight for healing is going to be difficult. Because today, I can't even talk about the experience as rape or sexual assault without immediately victim-blaming my very own self.
And that is a miserable feeling.
One I am proud to say I am ready to leave behind to continue rediscovering me.
So look out girl in the corner, I'm coming to rescue you and learn to love you again.


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