tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.comments2023-05-03T04:30:21.758-07:00NCFocusAnna Hayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-47067211263904770832012-08-25T17:43:51.787-07:002012-08-25T17:43:51.787-07:00There's still no guarantee the editor will use...There's still no guarantee the editor will use your title.Don Peltonhttp://sierravoices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-61704993435114763982012-08-17T11:16:06.542-07:002012-08-17T11:16:06.542-07:00I take my dogs to the Middle Yuba Oregon Creek are...I take my dogs to the Middle Yuba Oregon Creek area after sunset when there is almost no one there. Wish would could find a place available during the day, off leash. May eventually blaze one down the extremely steep hillside behind our property to the Middle Yuba, in the middle of nowhere.SkiTheStarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279906357450684526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-64404619107768979702012-08-15T16:07:59.928-07:002012-08-15T16:07:59.928-07:00Greg - part of effective activism is creating move...Greg - part of effective activism is creating movement in an effective direction. And when the issue must be solved via political will, part of buiding this will entails effective education. (It's great to rouse people to action, but we can probably all think of calls to take an action that wasn't socially constructive.)<br /><br />> getting people to talk and listen to each other. Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-41258360564765374612012-08-06T22:29:13.841-07:002012-08-06T22:29:13.841-07:00Anna:
What would you suggest that groups like Wol...Anna:<br /><br />What would you suggest that groups like Wolf Creek Alliance, who mount huge volunteer efforts to maintain a regular monitoring program to track the health of the watershed, do specifically to address the issue of climate change? <br /><br />What action would you have them they take locally that they aren't already taking?<br /><br />In terms of their passionate commitment to Don Peltonhttp://sierravoices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-76916519357538219622012-08-05T21:32:02.750-07:002012-08-05T21:32:02.750-07:00What would an effective activist look like today? ...What would an effective activist look like today? <br /><br />Above all else an activist should be successful at influencing others. An activist also should be able to focus on a pathway that will achieve the desired results. This might not be immediately attempting to produce stiff legislation. I think the best point to begin might be to work towards getting people to talk and listen to each gzallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901213724114743079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-13993569787752797102012-07-27T10:30:14.573-07:002012-07-27T10:30:14.573-07:00Hello Greg and Michael, thank you for stopping by....Hello Greg and Michael, thank you for stopping by.<br /><br />So - GregZ says (albeit without offering evidence) that we need a cultural shift before we can move forward; Michael says we should keep the option of getting our food from a distance, that it's important to get fresh vegetables in all seasons.<br /><br />Greg, the shift would certainly help. Keep in mind though that we've Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-73732138202932027292012-07-26T07:46:46.995-07:002012-07-26T07:46:46.995-07:00Yes, nature is very efficient. For most life on th...Yes, nature is very efficient. For most life on this planet only the most fit survive. The weak and the sick are consumed by predators and scavengers and even the fit are subject to parasites. Only we humans have developed the ability to allow the lives of the prematurely born and the elderly to continue.<br /><br />So, I find that nature's efficiency in no way justifies limiting people to Michael R. Kestinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-34712432084058914782012-07-25T07:57:41.069-07:002012-07-25T07:57:41.069-07:00I've had a little difficulty reconciling the b...I've had a little difficulty reconciling the buy local movement within the global context.<br /><br />It helps me to look at how life works on the planet. It is efficient. Local production does out compete carbon intensive mass produced centralized distribution in the long run. Unfortunately addiction to cheap energy in this desperate moment in geological time has blinded us to this fact. In gzallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901213724114743079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-60585377583795659402012-07-10T09:37:04.347-07:002012-07-10T09:37:04.347-07:00And now the damn thing doesn't even confirm th...And now the damn thing doesn't even confirm that at least the previous comment has gone into the moderation pile. Clever use of photoed numbers though, some poor mechasnical turk must be getting paid pennies per hour to go through Google Earth's groundview images.SkiTheStarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279906357450684526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-74973505844844447072012-07-10T09:34:18.684-07:002012-07-10T09:34:18.684-07:00As the evidence mounts and stuff reallly starts to...As the evidence mounts and stuff reallly starts to go wrong, the Republican Party and its fringe elements will assign themselves to the tar pits of history. The Seattle oyster situation highlights the fact that heat is NOT the only topic of concern. <br /><br />http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018496037_oysters22m.html I much prefer www.rlcrabb.com version of "prove you areSkiTheStarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279906357450684526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-83282121414238591492012-06-22T19:47:39.644-07:002012-06-22T19:47:39.644-07:00For the record, I do believe the Republican party ...For the record, I do believe the Republican party has gone off the rails, science-wise, and that this is a big problem.Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-74489540291654762352012-06-22T10:19:00.396-07:002012-06-22T10:19:00.396-07:00http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aic.115...http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aic.11577/pdf<br /><br />http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aic.11577/abstract<br /><br />Complete dissolution and hydrolysis of wood in hot waterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-35788645878987488792012-06-21T16:45:48.133-07:002012-06-21T16:45:48.133-07:00Thanks Don. But how will people in an alternate-r...Thanks Don. But how will people in an alternate-reality cocoon be exposed to other views? And how will you find the holes in your own thinking, if not from exposure to someone who thinks differently?<br /><br />(Yes, some are incorrigible, but even then, you can still learn from them, to a point.)<br /><br />On the other hand, if even in person it's still a hostile dialogue or being used inAnna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-13053431027156666942012-06-21T05:15:54.782-07:002012-06-21T05:15:54.782-07:00That "reaching out" you hopefully speak ...That "reaching out" you hopefully speak of reminds me of the old adage, "He who turns the other cheek gets hit with the other fist"<br /><br /><br />And, for what it's worth, there is at least one school of thought that holds that partisanship is a GOOD thing:<br /><br />"Renowned political scientist Alan I. Abramowitz presents [in his book, "The Disappearing Don Peltonhttp://sierravoices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-2942873772755880782012-05-14T07:58:16.012-07:002012-05-14T07:58:16.012-07:00This is an encouraging and interesting TED talk by...This is an encouraging and interesting TED talk by Amory Lovins on how this could work:<br /><br />http://www.ted.com/talks/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy.htmlgzallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901213724114743079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-67195224231265380252012-05-02T11:47:14.461-07:002012-05-02T11:47:14.461-07:00The Fishy-Smelling NC drinking water is back on Ni...The Fishy-Smelling NC drinking water is back on Nimrod st. 04/30/2012<br />Paul JohnsonPJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-46858770877433651522012-04-28T12:24:04.230-07:002012-04-28T12:24:04.230-07:00The McKibben talk is actually available in two ver...The McKibben talk is actually available in two versions on NCTV: a 27-minute excerpt on the Occupy Nevada County TV program (which is also on the Occupy Nevada County channel on YouTube)and the entire talk (I'm not sure how NCTV has titled it).Eric Tomb and othershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16408598633761706726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-57479912004317829562012-04-02T10:18:29.646-07:002012-04-02T10:18:29.646-07:00Was this not clear? My bad.Was this not clear? My bad.Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-31073236649991288582012-04-02T09:58:47.305-07:002012-04-02T09:58:47.305-07:00This sounds like an April Fool's article. The ...This sounds like an April Fool's article. The sign of the value returned by the ICHEAT FORTRAN subroutine should be unrelated to the basic issue, which is the whether warming is positively correlated to solar activity, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, cosmic rays, etc. <br /><br />IMO ...Don Peltonhttp://sierravoices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-79783300647044418922012-03-19T05:47:22.983-07:002012-03-19T05:47:22.983-07:00Great work here, Anna. Jane and I -- though we pla...Great work here, Anna. Jane and I -- though we planned to go -- missed the meeting, and so missed this version of the question set.<br /><br />Thank you for doing this.Don Peltonhttp://sierravoices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-12121986726536340202012-03-16T11:29:30.942-07:002012-03-16T11:29:30.942-07:00Update.<a href="http://ncfocus.blogspot.com/2012/03/biofuel-from-wood-chips-gets-closer.html" rel="nofollow">Update.</a>Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-68186928090061910042012-02-16T08:49:31.299-08:002012-02-16T08:49:31.299-08:00Does the Terrorist Threat Trump the Constitution? ...<a href="http://sierravoices.com/2012/02/does-the-terrorist-threat-trump-the-constitution/" rel="nofollow">Does the Terrorist Threat Trump the Constitution?</a> from Sierra VoicesAnna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-63585563312035596552012-02-15T08:38:39.627-08:002012-02-15T08:38:39.627-08:00Very fun article: bringing the legacies of BBDO ad...Very fun article: bringing the legacies of BBDO advertising (Think "Mad Men" TV series), Stephen Sondheim, and Steve Jobs... Perhaps there is a similar string to the diversity in W. Nevada County?<br /><br />I think it will be a slow change; in 10 years here I've been part of about 20 "Brainstorming" sessions.<br /><br />Maybe the brightest hope is in the local online chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254003633077226674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-53314877746803040702012-02-14T11:34:06.930-08:002012-02-14T11:34:06.930-08:00Chicken, egg. If you change election finance, you...Chicken, egg. If you change election finance, you change legislators' motivations, which (at least indirectly) changes how laws & rights are interpreted.<br />(caveat: I am no expert)<br /><br />> find ways to meaningfully enforce existing restrictions on corporate behaviour<br /><br />How do you propose to do this? (Try to propose or point to a better solution, please)<br /><br />Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-21358754217980891402012-02-14T08:13:03.868-08:002012-02-14T08:13:03.868-08:00Well, whether you agree with Greenwald on his opin...Well, whether you agree with Greenwald on his opinion,(*) the key thing is that enforcing laws is at least as important as rewriting the laws.<br /><br />For, again, what's the point of tweaking the Constitution if an administration feels at perfect liberty to kill citizens without due process? Even if you change the Constitution to the most correct, most perfect, most just Constitution the frank -- Decoding SwiftHackhttp://climategate.tk/noreply@blogger.com