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It clearly says on this MetroCard that it expires on 07/31/10. An optimist would argue that it should work on that day, but in fact it did not.
Still, I can't complain. I found it on the ground last November and it still had some money on it. Here's a New York Times story about these cards.
Louisiana is reported to be losing 25 to 35 square miles of coastal wetlands each year – one football field of land per hour. The causes of the land loss are from natural causes and human interference, and include reduced sediment flow from the Mississippi River and its tributaries, land subsidence, and sea-level rise. To combat the diminishing and degrading coastal habitats, Jefferson Parish instituted a program that found a role for discarded Christmas trees to lessen wave energy and to combat erosion. Wooden cribs are constructed parallel to the shoreline to hold the trees. Volunteers, the Louisiana Air National Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others have coordinated the collection and placement of trees in these pens to lessen the impact of waves and storms. The calm water between the cribs and coast traps sediment and allows for plants and aquatic life to establish. Jefferson Parish has been tracking the impact of this Christmas tree recycling project. Between 1998 and 2015, an unprotected area of shoreline lost over 23 acres of habitat, while a section protected by trees only lost 3 acres. The Christmas tree recycling program not only assists coastal habitats but generates awareness among Louisiana residents and provides an opportunity for participation in making a difference for the coast.
The quilt is to be viewed from the top to the bottom, representing a relative sequence over time as viewed at one location. No quantitative data is implied in terms of spatial or temporal patterns sewn. Each horizontal gray strip of fabric represents breaks in time. At the top of the quilt, one sees a wide strip of “plant” fabric representing a marsh coastline, and a smaller piece of “water” fabric representing the coastal water. As one moves down to the next row of plant/water fabric, there is less of the land fabric and more of the water fabric. This is to represent erosion occurring along the Louisiana coast, where marsh habitat is being lost from wave energy, subsidence, seal-level rise, etc. As one moves down the next several rows, there is a continued loss of the coast with an increasing encroachment of water. In the middle of the quilt, a Christmas tree crib appears. The successive rows show a reduction in loss of the marsh over time, reflecting the results shared by Jefferson Parish (still marsh loss but less volume when the Christmas trees were put in place).
This is my story of coastal optimism – a story of habitat loss and degradation that is slowed by the placement of discarded Christmas trees.
Here, myself and Jen Mercer, my mentor my savior, are loading green bamboo flags into the mountaineer Kevin Emery's sled that he tows behind his snow machine. The flags are used to mark waypoints, which are "good" routes (marked with green), and to mark crevasse locations, marked with a portentous black. We optimistically load up many green flags.
I think I must have missed the part of emotional maturity that taught everyone else how to choose which bridges to burn wisely and without remorse.
Anyhow aside from the somber self deprivating self centred reflection ( sorry I think I have been locked away in a bubble for one after a rather regressive downturn in my social motivation ).
Tommorows Just another Day
Day 118
16th February 2011
Arrived in the UK last night to rain, not surprising for February really but quite disappointing after a few days of crisp but dry days in France! Stayed over at Mum and Dad's last night to save us driving back to the West that evening and managed to fit in a wonder round Dad's garden checking for signs of spring before we headed back home.
Dad always has these carpets of snowdrops under the Magnolia in his garden, so pretty and uplifting when they arrive! Makes you feel so happy!
Then I remember that the arrival of Spring means that we're now in the season that baby number 2 is going to arrive in, which quite frankly freaks me out. LOL
This guy was awesome, he had a very cheap "Broke, Hungry" sign I wanted him to hold up, but he wouldn't have it in the photo.
This amused me how the wheelbarrow seems to be dreaming of being a beautiful yacht. Pixar would make a great short animation out of that thought.
2 lbs.Fresh strawberries
gelatin.
1 envelope Knox Gelatine
2 to 4 tablespoons sugar *(optional)
Cook fruit in crock pot on low for 4 hrs.
In a medium bowl, mix Knox unflavored Gelatine with sugar*; add to hot fruit and stir until gelatine is completely dissolved. Pour into a two-cup bowl, mold or individual dessert dishes; chill until firm. Makes four servings.
When adding fruit (up to 1 1/2 cups), first chill the mixture until the consistency of egg whites. Fold in fruit and pour into 3 cup bowl. Chill until firm.
–noun
1.
a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
2.
the belief that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world.
3.
the belief that goodness pervades reality.
Glass half FULL!!
i am not always an optimist in the moment, but i usually find the good in the end, and champion it fiercely.
My personal belief is that good begets good, and that bad begets bad. If you walk into a shoe store sure that they don't have your size, you will probably leave empty handed. If you believe there is a positive, a sliver lining, a way of looking at challenges as opportunities, you will probably attract more opportunities, more great people, and more silver linings to you.