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Muizenberg, Cape Town
R 2 399 000

Don't miss this exceptional buy! three bedrooms, main bedroom and en-suite is holly wood. Dramatic mountain and water views. Spotless well fitted kitchen with a cozy bar area. Three garages, three steps to the water edge. Water feature, attic for storage with potential to convert into a fourth bedroom. Garden awaiting an gardener.

Listing No: P24-104959202
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Ottery, Cape Town
R 1 795 000

Neat as a pin with a water well! You have been waiting for this beautiful, very well maintained home. It is close to all the main routes, amenities and schools and situated on a large plot which can be subdivided. A covered front patio welcomes you into the spacious lounge. The modern open-plan kitchen area has a connection for dishwasher and separate area for laundry. A centre island boasts a glass-top stove with separate double eye-level oven. There is also an additional wash basin outside the kitchen. Three large bedrooms have built-in cupboards and the full family bathroom has an interesting layout with shower and bath. The property has a single lock-up garage with shaded paved carport for at least two cars. There is enough additional parking space inside the fully enclosed property. An outdoor braai-pit with seating allows for entertaining family and guests. The property is secured with an alarm system, burglar bars and trellidor security gates. Wendy house included and water well a bonus for watering the garden. This property will be gone in a flash, so contact us immediately!

Listing No: P24-104959198
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Pinelands, Cape Town
R 4 650 000

New release - Sole mandate. Beautiful well cared for home is so inviting from the moment you step inside. Fantastic entertainment area that allows you to enjoy the home all year round. A meticulous well kept garden and pool is fully walled and private. 3 bedrooms and a study, or 4th bedroom. Family bathroom and large en-suit off the main bedroom. Open plan lounge and dining room. Well thought out kitchen with eye level ovens and gas hob. Direct access to tandem garage. As the home is on a corner plot, there are two drive ways, allowing for 5 or more parked cars. Outside store room and toilet. This home has many more features and is a must to view

Listing No: P24-104959031
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Fresnaye, Cape Town
R 185 000 000

This property is one of the largest and most opulent properties in Fresnaye. It has a large well established manicured garden and 25m heated rim-flow swimming pool. This Generous open-plan villa has a wonderful indoor /outdoor flow for entertaining. With 5 bedrooms en suite in the main home, separate staff quarters and a separate guest cottage with 2 bedrooms and its own private pool. This home is perfect for the large or growing family and an entertainers dream. It is light, fresh, spacious and secure, with a state of the art security system. 3/4 car immaculate garage and further parking for at least 7 cars. The views are magnificent and will take your breath away.

Listing No: P24-104958861
3 2
Cape Farms, Cape Town
R 1 290 000

Excellent starter home

Listing No: P24-104958852
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Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town
R 22 500 000

Successfully run as a self catering guesthouse, this heritage site has so much to offer. Furnished with a mix of antiques and country-style furniture, beautiful rich-coloured rugs line the floors, and art fills the walls, reflections of the warm and interesting personality of the owner. 18 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, and a separate two-bedroomed two-bathroomed private owner's suite, this little piece of paradise is peaceful amidst the urban sprawl of Three Anchor Bay. With sea and mountain views it is within walking distance to the beachfront, and in close proximity to many popular eateries. 5 parking bays in front of the guest house and a further three secure covered parking bays. Zoned GR4 this gracious property is also ideal for developers.

Listing No: P24-104958791
3 2
Bakoven, Cape Town
R 25 000 000

Beautiful new apartment available in a new development in Bakoven. The development enjoys a prime position and offers the best of everything that the Atlantic Seaboard has to offer. Great rental income and AIRBNB allowed!!!! TWO SECURE PARKING BAYS.

Listing No: P24-104958765
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Buhrein, Cape Town
R 699 900

A newly renovated ground floor open plan apartment within the Buh-Rein Estate. Hosting 24 hour security, parks and jogging paths, a sports field, restaurant, swimming pool and more to come. This unit features 2 bedrooms with built-in cupboards, a full bathroom and open plan kitchen with granite counter tops. The lounge leads out to the patio with a view of Table Mountain.

Listing No: P24-104958762
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Maitland, Cape Town
R 420 000

This 1 Bedroom with open plan Dining Room/Lounge/Kitchen apartment is in a very secure Complex. Situated in Maitland near all major highways/Schools/Shops/Malls/Religious and sport facilities and transport modes Maitland is a well established area 10 minutes from the City Centre

Listing No: P24-104958721
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Southfield, Cape Town
R 1 050 000

Finding a free standing home in the Southern Suburbs at this price is rare! This is a unique opportunity for you to own your home. This 3 bedroom duplex is the ideal lock up and go unit for a young family. Pet friendly

Listing No: P24-104958693
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Wynberg, Cape Town
R 980 000

Top floor (6th floor) property with panoramic, uninterrupted views of the mountain and Maynardville Park and Chelsea Village, Wynberg. One bedroom, one bathroom with spacious lounge and dining room with small kitchen, parking bay included. Bathroom with shower over bath and built in cupboards. Great rental investment, current lease in place until 30 November 2017. Rental R5,380 Levies R800

Listing No: P24-104958653
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Sea Point, Cape Town
R 4 695 000

TOP FLOOR APARTMENT WITH SECURE PARKING! This immaculate (117 sqm) 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom apartment offers so much - - 2 large bedrooms, both with access to the en-suite. - 3rd double bedroom with en-suite. - Lots of storage, beautiful gleaming original wooden strip floors, renovated kitchen with space for dishwasher and washing machine, guest toilet and secure parking bay.

Listing No: P24-104958593
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Ocean View, Cape Town
R 750 000

Potential plus creativity equals the perfect home! This double storey home is positioned on a corner plot, measuring 165m². The home is semi-detached which allows one to move freely around the property. The garden has been neatly kept and maintained, with an uncovered paved parking space behind secure gates. Upon entering the home the layout of the property is practical. The downstairs level consists of a tiled lounge and dining room, kitchen, a bedroom and bathroom. A solid wooden stair case leads up from the dining room to the upper accommodation. The upper level further consists of an open plan wooden floor lounge / TV area. Three fair size wooden floor bedrooms and bathroom which service the three bedrooms. French doors from the upstairs second lounge open up onto a cast-iron balcony from where one can capture fantastic uninterrupted sea and mountain views. View by appointment only! Ocean View, Cape Town

Listing No: P24-104958550
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Camps Bay, Cape Town
R 12 200 000

Newly refurbished sparkling gem of a home set on +/-994sqm on the downside of the road maximising privacy and security spilling out on to rolling lawns with exercise lap pool. Perfect for the young active family or the investor with great rental returns. Open plan living, two bedrooms two bathrooms plus perfect teen pad/guest suite with its own entrance. Enjoy entertaining on the terrace overlooking the garden with endless sunsets. This one’s a winner.

Listing No: P24-104958523
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Steenberg Golf Estate, Cape Town
R 14 995 000

An immaculate home of stylish unpretentious sophistication awaits one in a beautiful private and serene setting.

Listing No: P24-104958519
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Camps Bay, Cape Town
R 12 200 000

Delightful, single storey family home on a large stand - ready for a new owner. This property is situated on the seaside of the road with easy access. Get your foot into Camps Bay, or use this opportunity for an exceptionally good investment. Open-plan living area leading onto a patio, level garden and lap-pool. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms plus a separate one bedroom flatlet with own entrance and double garage.

Listing No: P24-104958513
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Constantia, Cape Town
R 7 200 000

Welcoming entrance gardens leading to the front door which opens to stunning open plan receptions and out to the gardens and entertainment areas, perfect for enjoying time outdoors with family and friends. Superb ‘heart of the home' kitchen with a separate scullery / laundry. The appealing separate family room also opens out to the gardens and turquoise pool set in emerald lawns framed by beautiful cerise and white Bougainvillea. This simply lovely home offers three attractive bedrooms, two modern bathrooms and a guest cloakroom plus a full guest suite with a separate entrance and parking. Staff Accommodation and ample covered and secure parking add to the convenience of this lovely home. Situated near to Constantia and Steenberg Village Shopping Centres, Blue Route Mall, Constantia gym and sports grounds plus close to top schools including the American International, Constantia Waldorf, Reddam, Herzlia and Sweet Valley Primary School. Easy access to highways. Delight in greenbelt strolls, fabulous nearby eateries, wine farms and beautiful Sunday drives along the coast.

Listing No: P24-104958436
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Wynberg (Upper), Cape Town
R 3 500 000

This cottage is too delightful for words and will simply sell itself! Picturesque light and bright! Downstairs; lounge with bay window and french doors to under cover patio. Dining area conveniently situated to an open view galley style, neat and functional carefully thought out kitchen! Gas hob, electric under counter oven, plumbing for dish washer, designer drawers with organisers. Very clever use of storage space. Dining area also leads out of french doors to the patio and pretty garden. Family bathroom with plumbing for washing machine and space for tumble dryer. Double bedroom and Kingsize bedroom both with built in cupboards. French doors from the second bedroom out to garden. Upstairs; Main bedroom or guest bedroom en suite mezzanine. Bathroom with bath and shower. Sky lights and loft windows allow for good air circulation or the choice of air conditioner. Call for open house.

Listing No: P24-104958435
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Constantia, Cape Town
R 6 800 000

A rare opportunity to realise your vision and build your dream home in this privileged Nova Constantia setting. The fully fenced 1,300m² erf offers the ideal balance between space and manageability. Boasting cul de sac access and hypnotic mountain views in a country setting, yet with easy access to local schools, amenities, wine farms and greenbelts. Includes the possible option of existing approved plans.

Listing No: P24-104958426
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Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
R 4 750 000

The home impresses with its sun-filled atmosphere, open loft-like feel that exudes modern elegance. Offered: Secure unfurnished 2Bed 2 Bath, 2 Parking Bays Contemporary apartment, a rare find in Midtown Cape Town, where space is a precious commodity. An architect's renovation brought to life with a generous interior, a high quality stand-out among upmarket apartments. Features: 1. Kitchen with Smeg appliances 2. Bright living/dining area with city and ocean views 3. Open designer kitchen with adequate cabinets and built in fridge 4. Airconditioning through-out 5. Views from all rooms Benefits 1. Use of hotel service & pool 2. Access by security card only 3. Located near all transportation, easy walk to work 4. VA Waterfront within 5 minutes for shopping 5. Close to all amenities and access routes Contact us today to secure an enjoyable lifestyle and a top class inner city home.

Listing No: P24-104958384
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Travel Coaches: Play to Win or Play for Exposure?
By: Matt Bomeisl |

TAMPA - The longer I am involved with amateur baseball, the more I see the same cycle play out.

New teams, and new coaches pop up all of the time in the travel baseball circuit.  The ones that have been around longer mostly play to win.  Their intensity is sometimes off the charts.  Guerry Baldwin with East Cobb immediately comes to mind.  Anyone who has seen Guerry in action on the field knows he brings "it" every time out.  Emilio Fernandez with the Florida Bombers is another guy who is dying to win.  Is it a coincidence that these two programs seem to face off annually in the championship game in Marietta?

The teams that are a bit newer and trying to establish themselves seem to care less about winning, and more about the exposure of the players.  Their intensity is very laid back, their teams have mixed results, and their recruiting has mixed results.

On the surface, it seems like these old seasoned vets, like Guerry, are in the wrong.  I mean, how can a coach possibly care that much about the score of a summer game?  It's all about Guerry and his reputation, right?  It should be about the kids, right?  We'll trade score for scholarships any day.

In the big picture, it's always better for a player to walk away with a college scholarship than a "W".

But here is an important part of that equation that a lot of people don't understand:  Winning and competition increases talent level of the opposing teams.  Increased talent level on the teams brings more recruiters and scouts to the events.  More recruiters and scouts means more college offers,  and more college offers means more players benefit from the event.

Could you imagine if every team came out and played "showcase" ball?  That's the term I use where everyone comes out and just goes through the motions.  It's the selfish style of play where everything is scripted and nobody cares about the score.  If you don't care about the score, then it's not a big deal to put a few guys on your roster that aren't too good.  Now the team's talent level just decreased, other teams follow suit, and now the event is drawing less colleges and scouts.

It's the mentality of "I'm gonna get my 2 ABs, grab a bite to eat, and see if I can make it back in time for 'Family Guy' re-runs."

If I'm a college coach, I do not want to see showcase ball - especially if I'm a major D1 coach.  I am out trying to find players that I can bring into my program that are going to change my program forever.  I am trying to find guys that will take my program to the next level.  I'm trying to find guys that look like they have 'it'.  I'm trying to find guys that won't buckle under the pressure, guys that can handle the big stage, and guys with an endless motor to handle the rigors of being a student athlete.  I'm mostly trying to find guys that can't stand to lose and want to be the best every time out.

And when I see a player play 'showcase ball' and go through the motions, I know he's not a guy for me.  When I see a player take the field and not care about what people think of him or his team, as long as he gets seen, he's not a guy for me.

How can anyone say they are giving it their all, and that they are a competitor, if they take the field and they don't care about the outcome?

I don't think it's a coincidence that these veteran travel coaches who love to win, also seem to push out more recruits than anyone.

Maybe there's something that these "old veterans" know, that the rest of us should be paying attention to.

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Energy ethics for survival of people in nature

by Mary Logan

“Everything and anything that takes place on earth involves a flow of potential energy, provided primarily from the sun, as it streams toward a pool of dispersed or expended heat. The pathways of the stream are shaped by a hierarchy of directive forces that have evolved under nature’s laws as by-products of the stream. These directive forces include wayside storages of energy in the material patterns and dynamic circulations of the earth’s substances, including all the elements of the biosphere from the earliest and most primitive to the latest and most civilized or spiritual elements of human feeling, thinking, and behavior in the arts, sciences, and religions” (Odum, 1977, p. 110). . . “Although most humans in the recent century of rich and rising energy have lost awareness of environmental responsibility, the role of humans is one of service. Humans provide complex control and management actions back to maximize the main power and survival of the whole system” (Odum, 1977, p. 117).

Cultural values are group norms or rules for behavior that make a culture work. Ethical values are our cultural DNA.  But our values can change in response to the conditions of the economy and environment. Our current value system is no longer working—money, science, laws, mores, politics, religion, and culture are becoming less meaningful to many. Traditional values of frugality, community cooperation, and a sense of responsibility or stewardship have been usurped by the capitalist consumption machine. The survival of the whole system is at stake, and ethics will begin to shift as old ways of doing and being endanger humanity. Eventually, those of us in developed countries will need to reduce our empower use by 80% or 90% (Odum, 2007, p. 392). Knowing what is right will consist of a process of continual change to relearn old ways and adapt to new ways of being. We need a new set of values and ethics for the future, as culture evolves to adapt to a lower energy world.

Disordering Pulse as a switch or tipping point (Odum, Zygon, 12,2; 1977)

Change theory from Lewin and others suggests that cultures will become unglued or unfrozen from the old and have to move and reattach to the new. But there are too many of us to allow the luxury to remain in the middle stage too long, unglued and rudderless, while moving to the new. Currency failures are certain, and when that happens, the security and unrealistic expectations and optimism of the growth paradigm may disappear for many. That will be disorienting for those still firmly implanted in the old paradigm. Dashed expectations could result (are resulting?) in great anger for those with failing value systems that tell us to chase wealth in the growth empire. The last three decades in America has been a dream that we’ve fallen in love with, that is morphing quickly into a nightmare. I find several useful quotes about change from another multicultural citizen and activist, James A. Baldwin: /2011/10/06/melancholia- by- von-trier-2011/ A change of direction and elements of control over nature
  • The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.
  • Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.
  • Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
  • The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
  • Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. (all Baldwin quotes)

Arundhati Roy suggested that we need to relearn care of the earth using a different imagination that predates modern society. “To gain this philosophical space, it is necessary to concede some physical space for the survival of those who may look like the keepers of our past but who may really be the guides to our future” (Arundhati Roy, 2011, p. 214). One such guide to our future comes from  societies who have sustained life while living as People of Nature with less surplus energy. A local example is the Inupiat (and Inuit) peoples who live in one of the most extreme environments in the world, the arctic. Many of the cooperative, subsistence values listed below are no longer prominent values in the dominant paradigm. These are some of the values we need to regain.

The core values of the Iñupiat

Avoidance of Conflict
Hunting Traditions
Knowledge of Language
Family and Kinship
Respect for Elders and for Each Other
Respect for Nature

Instead, the values that we cherish are values more appropriate to a competitive, growth oriented system. Odum states that “especially when human societies must exist with famine, war, rapid change, and disrupted central governments, a strong religion provides a flexible focus of power, used at times for individual works and at other times for group action” (Odum, 2007, p. 315). Unity of group action has high transformity and great effect. Values allow people to act towards the greater good even though individuals may not be able to see their part in the whole. Perhaps the growth of fundamentalist Christianity in America is an attempt to stabilize value systems in the face of looming uncertainty. Odum recognized the need for new values and ethics–he included 10 commandments for a new energy ethic in his first book over 40 years ago. At the time, other scientists read these ethics and his chapter on religion and thought that they were a joke of some sort. Odum saw that  reinterpreted these energy ethics in his last book. Both versions are included at the link. What do these ethics mean, and how could we apply them in a new culture?

When the tide goes out you can see who’s swimming naked
Babe on a bike

Much of modern society is waste, luxury, and entropy. Nascar is an iconic example of this category of poor energy ethics, in corporate media circuses glorifying wasted energy by driving fast, noisy advertising displays in a circle for hours on end. Military air shows are another iconic example. We’ve borrowed from a future that is not there, which has caused failure of our monetary system. As resources wane, and the tide goes out, we can see who is swimming naked, living on borrowed time. We’re clutching at the straws of old status, even to the point of using green lawn dye as a proxy for carefully tended green lawns. The old status is the conspicuous display of use of power. Perhaps the new status will be something like this front yard garden?

A good metaphor for our fossil fuel economy; a will-o-the-wisp contrail from an airshow this weekend in Anchorage?

With less energy available in the future, systems will continue to maximize power use but in a more efficient and less wasteful way. Money is an incomplete measure of the true value of nature’s contributions, but it is the best measure that we have. Since money is a proxy for resources and goods, we need to ask ourselves, what is the highest and best use of what we have and can get? Is a new lawnmower for our pristine lawn or a new SUV to impress the neighbors the highest best use? Or is the money better spent on preparing a garden, buying an acre of land, or building a greenhouse? Once easy debt is no longer available, real wealth in terms of community home/index.htm  Emergy accounting?

relationships with a basis in could reemerge in local currencies. Status will shift, and instead of fast red sports cars or private jets, new symbols of genetic fitness may be babes on bikes, efficient homes, land ownership or silos of grain, for example. People may begin to understand the emergy signatures of their houses, gardens, and communities. Media storms will diminish as less of the middle class can afford the things being hucked in the media. Translating these feelings of values into action creates virtues, such as reverence, fairness, and courage, as Shaw points out.

Self-organization and maximum empower

All systems, including civilizations self-organize out of the universal tendency towards entropy. Energy drives complexity by transformation through work into higher and higher hierarchies of complexity and order, reinforcing production through feedback loops to maximize available energy acquisition. The maximum empower principle drives this process, since successful systems collect materials and energy effectively. “In time, through the process of trial and error, complex patterns of structure and processes have evolved…the successful ones surviving because they use materials and energies well in their own maintenance, and compete well with other patterns that chance interposes” (Odum). In the new culture with fewer resources, successful systems will use energy well in their own maintenance and restructuring to be more efficient, more cooperative, and more localized. It will be important to redefine success as something other than a compulsive, competitive drive for wealth. In descent,  In a recent commencement address, Jefferson Smith alludes to the shift in ethic from competition for wealth to satisfaction in working towards more cooperative movements:

“If we define success by the station that we reach we can’t win. But if we define success by the movements in which we participate, in what we stand for, in what we work towards, we can’t lose” (Smith, 2012, Univ. Oregon Commencement Speech).

New Critical Culture: Ortega, Gusman, Borelli, & Salek (7th Emergy Conference, Jan. 2012)

What we stand for in the future will be those efforts that promote successful relocalization in our regions, as national and global systems decline. As the new critical culture better adapted to maximizing empower through efficiency self-organizes and collides with the old dominant culture, people who select frugal, energy-efficient ways of being will increasingly thrive and prosper in contrast with those still chasing wealth. Centralized control will give way as fossil fuels wane and the national system loses its effectiveness. Inequities in well-being will eventually select for the more productive yet efficient groups–think farmers instead of wall street brokers. There are already indications that this is happening, as ivy league degrees in corporate business and finance are priced out of existence.

Sharing information

Human Value System, from Odum, Zygon, vol. 12, no. 2, June 1977 (art by Ann Odum)

Albert Schweitzer said that “the first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.” We seem to have lost that sense in our global society. Our capitalist society is increasingly placing limits on what we can share, through intellectual property laws designed to promote wealth and limit threats to the system as it exists. The flap in London over restrictive corporate control of Olympic symbols that should be a symbol of global community is an example of this. Media are tightly controlled and increasingly monopolistic. But shared information is incredibly powerful, as “shared information occupies large territories, has a slow depreciation and replacement time, and has high transformities” (Odum, 1996, p. 220). Sharing is the power of the global internet. We need to be able to decide when we must think outside traditional boundaries to maximize information through sharing.

Going with the flow?

Milo Winter, 1919 the Ant and the Grasshopper Project Gutenberg

As fossil fuel resources wane, we will need to refit our culture to the earth, as we adapt to going with the flow of energy in renewable energy-based systems. What does this mean for individuals in the short-term? Our cultural collision creates many opportunities for choosing a new way. I now ask myself a number of questions when faced with a choice between the old way and a new way. As in the old Aesop’s fable, am I the ant, or am I a grasshopper?

  • How does this initiative fit in at the larger scale? Are feedback loops operating here, and what do they do?
  • Does this behavior promote more growth or does it support descent? Is this behavior sustainable in a future with fewer resources?
  • What are the assumptions surrounding these choices, and are they valid?
  • Which choice is both efficient and resilient?
  • Am I valuing something on the basis of market value or by its true embodied emergy, including the real wealth contributions from the environment? Is this initiative worth its emergy basis?
  • Does this initiative promote cooperative behaviors?
  • Am I valuing my skills at their highest and best use to give to my community of interest?
  • If I am part of a private enterprise, does the company “achieve maximum productivity possible with maximum compatible efficiency internally, while also making a better contribution to the economy of the environment and society outside” (Odum, 1996, p. 286)?
  • Does this decision share resources and information within the community?
  • Does this behavior work with, foster, or sustain nature?
  • Am I storing wealth and behaving frugally, avoiding debt behaviors? If not, is the expenditure of energy for a good cause, since it takes energy to produce energy?
  • What is the seventh generation, long-term consequence of this action on the system and environment, and are there unintended consequences down the road?

As we learn new group values, that learning will translate into new ethics and religion. Prophet, where art thou?

  • Holger Hieronimi

    Nuevamente Gracias – me encantan estas meditaciones breves pero profundas que se basan en la ecología de sistemas y en las leyes de energía concebidas por H.T.Odum. Muy profundo, para imprimirse y leer con tiempo y tranquilidad-

    • Muchas gracias por el aliento, Holger. Me ayuda a seguir navegando.

  • Holger Hieronimi

    Siguele navegando… las aguas son tormentosas en estos tiempos de transición – Los conceptos energéticos de Odum son para ser difundidos por todos los lados…desde la escuela primaria (que buenos será…) …aqui mi reseña de “EP&S pfor the 21st century” en mi página web, de 2010…:

  • Puse un enlace a su sitio web en los enlaces de mi blog, Holger. Estoy tratando de aprender cómo hacer que el sitio web multilingüe, sino muchas soluciones son demasiado complejas.

  • Holger Hieronimi

    Gracias – en la próxima actualización pondré enlace hacia este sitio también, con mención especial. Como dije antes – me encantaría tener estos textos también en español, pero yo me tardo días en traducir uno, y su producción de articulos es muy buena… siempre digo a mis alumnos de permacultura, que no hay de otra que aprenderse el idioma del imperio – similar al latín después de Roma, el inglés va a seguir siendo una referencia por las decadas y hasta siglos que están por venir – no guste o no…

  • auntiegrav

    A few ideas for the bottom line:
    First, any species will avoid extinction because it adds more to its future than it consumes of it. I call this “net future usefulness”.
    For more direct understanding of how to accomplish this, we must understand a couple of things about humans. Humans are an ape-like creature that spends their development stage building an imagined model of the universe. Upon physical maturity, the human moves their id into the model universe and spends the rest of their life avoiding the real universe at all costs.
    In order to compensate for this behavior, we created systems of culture and education that mold the models of children to some degree of uniformity. Unfortunately, most of these functions of society have been overridden by capitalism, which breaks down commonalities because individuals that are separate and afraid are much more likely to buy redundant products which they don’t need or could manufacture locally as a cooperative group.
    In order to moderate capitalism (using money to make decisions), all costs of the consumerist behavior must be visible at the decision point. This simply means that ALL overhead costs of society (taxes, fees, pollution, education) must be applied at the point of purchase, rather than obscured with various agencies and diversionary collection systems (like corporate taxes).
    One other aspect is that the Bill of Rights is incomplete. The missing protection of most articles of human rights is the protection of FUTURE people and resources, and those include our future selves. In other words, we shouldn’t have the right to borrow money for immediate gratification unless doing so reduces the debt of our future selves, or reduces the amount of resources that will be necessary to pay off present promises. (A debt is a promise to burn resources in the future that we don’t have now. The amount required to pay back a government loan is multiplied by the reciprocal of the tax rate. In other words, it takes 4 times as many people burning up resources to pay back a government loan as for an individual’s loan.)

    • auntiegrav

      Apologies. I forgot the one other point: People do stuff. They have reasons for doing stuff. In that order.
      What we are seeing unfold in the world is the final test of human intentionality. We are in the midst of a test of whether human beings can actually change their behaviors by an overall intentional act (changing from extraction to future-serving behaviors), or whether we are going to be condemned to boom and bust cycles due to our ability to solve problems only in reaction to stimuli, and not as intentionally as we believe we do. The current state of cheap energy to replace the value of skill and thought based labors misleads us to thinking we are successful as a species of intention, rather than just lucky recipients of resources we extract in ways and quantities that are destructive to our own best interests.

  • I agree that our fossil fueled lifestyles have more similarity to the online unreality game, Second Life, than to the real universe of old, Auntiegrav. The growth model insists on uniformity, since growth has worked spectacularly well for us, the behavior of doing the same thing many times over gets reinforced.

    And we need a new measure of value that includes all of the hidden contributions of mother nature and wo/man’s labor. And I love your additional article that any debt must pay it forward.

    Must we always pulse consumption/regeneration as a result of maximum power–if there is energy to be had we must use it? We are capable of saving or storing resources for later, and that behavior translates to saving for your offspring, as the Iroquois’ 7th generation principle suggests. They are an example of centuries of cooperative, peaceful, and multi-generational sustainable behavior. This positive behavior was probably because of the low gain society, with resources were mostly renewable. The Indians had to develop a cooperative culture that lived within its budget, with a consist rate of energy flow from the renewables.

    We can’t be trusted with fossil fuels. We’ll use them until they’re gone. Hopefully we can organize a Manhattan project for learning how to live in a low gain society again, because those who are left will need to adapt quickly. You’ve added some good points, thanks. I like the “pay it forward debt” article, especially.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Random Lists

5 Billboards I Noticed While Driving Through Kentucky and My Rebuttals To Them

1. Jesus IS Lord

2. Hell IS Real!!!

Yes, it it. Most people know it as Kentucky though.

Make me, fucker.

4. If You Died Today, Where Would You Spend Eternity?

Sailing through various universes and dimensions. Duh.

5. Jesus Died For Our Sins!

So, give him a medal already. Geez!

3 Nicknames I Call My Mother Daily

1. Sassy Boots
2. Lady Nag Nag
3. Madam Mother

5 Nicknames I Call My Cat

1. Lard Lad
2. Big Fun
3. Johnny Fatboy
4. Fat Boy on a Diet, Don't Try It, Attack Yo Ass Like a Looter in a Riot
5. Toilet Paw Jones

The Top 5 Worst States I've Spent Time In, In Order of Shittiness

1. Georgia
2. Georgia
3. Kensucky
4. Florida (except for the beaches)
5. Arizona

12 Things I Enjoy In No Particular Order

1. conspiracy theories
2. UFOs
3. books
4. cashmere sweaters
5. eccentric people
6. trashy gossip
7. monkeys
8. contemplating parallel universes
9. cartoony art
10. ventriloquism
11. lucid dreams
12. thunderstorms

My Top 3 Favorite Legal Drugs

1. caffeine
2. Adderall
3. sugar

3 Books I Am Currently Reading and What I Think of Them So Far

1. Seth Speaks
by Jane Roberts

Trippy channeled information about death, past lives, lost civilizations, etc., written in the early 70's. I love this kind of stuff.

2. Drinking, Smoking, and Screwing: Great Writer's on Good Times
Edited by Sara Nickles

My kind of stories!

3. The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Mason's and the Building of Washington D.C.
by David Ovason

Just started this one, but it's already blowing my mind. Looks like astrology was a pretty big deal to our forefathers. That certainly explains why Nancy Reagan relied on that astrologer so much during the Regan era.

10 Reasons Why I Have a Sneaking Suspicion That We Are Actually Living On a Prison Planet That Is Run By an Evil Overlord Who Gets Off on Torturing Us

1. the stomach flu and every other nasty illnesses (how come there aren't any viruses that make us feel good? Wouldn't it be in their best interests to make the host happy and well? Seems like there should be at least one just according to natural selection?)

2. mosquitoes and other bitey insects
3. constant rules, regulations, and paperwork required for everything
4. cellulite
5. the fact that so many turds (example: Glen Beck) are millionaires
6. pimples
7. allergies
8. war
9. politics
10. the fact that we only live about 80 years and our teeth only last for about half that time without costly attention.

Will said...

Oh Lordy, you is in big trouble now ... THEY are tracking you via the GPS in your cellphone and are probably readying a laser hit on you ... and they ain't aiming at cellulite (not that you have any, of course).

Some Guy said...

Nice to see you posting! The big question you didn't answer: What are your three favorite illegal drugs?

Mr. Condescending said...

Here's a good list of mine:

Top Blogger with boobs showing post.

1.) Prunella

xl said...

#10 may be proof that The Evil Overlords are actually dentists!

Prunella Jones said...

Will - Dude, I know! This is why I have 50 rolls of tin foil in my pantry. Be prepared is my motto.

Some Guy - What are my favorite illegal drugs?

To quote Sarah Palin, "all of 'em!"

Mr. C - Don't forget I've posted several fully nude shots too.

Dang, I rule!

XL - I think the sound of a dentist's drill is the music the dark gods whack off to.

Scope said...

I am currently somewhat obsessed with the idea that gravity is actually an interdimensional force that is "leaking" into our universe from one of the parallel universes, and that is why it is so weak, as compared to magnetism.

Prunella Jones said...

Scope - hmmm, that's an interesting thought. I'll have to mull that one over.

Have you ever considered of the hollow earth theory? How about the idea of the moon being artificial (like the Death Star) and put there in order to exert some sort of influence on us. (Kinda like the TV station in the movie "They Live.")

If you've never seen that movie here is a link to watch the whole thing. Required viewing for any good conspiracy theorist/truth seeker.

Prunella Jones said...

Plus, it stars rowdy Roddy Piper, has the longest fight scene in movie history (I think), and features the line, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of gum!"

What more can one ask for in a movie?

Scope said...

I am very familiar with Mr. Piper's performance, and considering how little it actually sucked, and surprised that he hasn't done more that wasn't straight to video.

Cora said...

Oh, Hell IS real alright. It's small, claustrophobically crowded, full of tiny bawling kids with runny noses, decorated like a thrift store, reeking of cat pee, and lorded over by a perpetually angry and condescending dude who looks like Homer Simpson. I call it my ex-husband's house.

And I'm thrilled by thunderstorms too. :-)

Prunella Jones said...

Scope - right on, it's great that you've seen this movie. Not many people know of it and it's one of my favs. I love its themes that:

1. the world is not is not the way we think it is.

2. everything we've been taught is a lie.

I really believe this is so. Not that the world is run by aliens necessarily, but that we are lied to on a daily basis and no nothing of our real history or the way things really work.

Plus, Roddy was kinda - surprisingly - hawt in that movie too. He really rocked that mullet.

Cora - that does sound hellish indeed. I'm glad that you, like Persephone, were able to escape the clutches of this dark lord.

Good thing you didn't eat any pomegranates while trapped in that hell house, eh? ;-)

Gorilla Bananas said...

I'd like to know why Arizona is on your list, what with the Grand Canyon and The High Chaparral. Didn't you like The High Chaparral with Manolito, Buck and Big John?

Cora said...

Nope. No pomegranates. I did eat a pixie stick once though. I hope that doesn't bode badly for me. ;-)

Warped Mind of Ron said...

Prison planet?! OMG! THat explains so much!!

diane said...

The great thing about my area.....well...ONE of the great things, is NO RELIGIOUS BILLBOARDS, NONE.
I love all of your lists,especially the ones that touch on the darker political agenda. How come more people aren't talking about this stuff?

Candy's daily Dandy said...

Who doesn't love trashy gossip?

Adderal reminds me of Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir "More, Now, Later".

Absolutely riveting.

Prunella Jones said...

Gorilla - Arizona is on my list because of the 6 months I spent in Phoenix. Ugh!

Also, that was the place where I experienced the most horrible spew of my life, after consuming thermonuclear-sauced chicken wings, atomic chili, beer, and several shots of various alcohols. It BURNED way worse coming up then it did going down, that's for sure.

However, you are right, the Grand Canyon is pretty nice and worth a visit.

Cora - uh-oh. Cue the doom music...

Ron - doesn't it though? It's the only way this world makes any sense.

Diane - you live in North Carolina, right? It seems to be a fairly sane state from what I've seen. The mountains are lovely too.

I wish more people would talk about this kind of stuff. It's all I think about most of the time.

Candy - hey, thanks for the book recommendation. I just looked it up and bought it. It sounds like an interesting read. I could write a book about my on/off love affair with ADD drugs myself. I'd call it "Speed and Me: Wheeeee!"

I HATE how somebody always has to denounce conspiracy theories when the only conspiracies being perpetuated are by THEM!

xl said...

Happy Christmas, PJ!

Krissyface said...

loves me some prunella jones. I wish I could blog like you. WHY CANT I FUCKING BLOG LIKE YOU???

Oh, and drinking smoking and screwing has a sequel. Lying cheating and stealing or something. not as good.


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Monday, January 28, 2013

LunarMap 1.20 released

I've released LunarMap 1.20 Lite/HD for Android.  Both versions got optimizations which could improve scrolling smoothness a fair amount (it's still not perfect).  The free Lite version also got a big change.  Previously, only a few maps were available, and only of the front of the moon.  Also, after 8X zoom it would just blow up the 8X map, pixelating more and more as you zoomed more.  Now, the Lite version has access to all of the same maps as the HD version, but if you exceed 8X zoom, it watermarks the screen with a big ugly "LITE".  But since it has the same maps, you now know exactly what you're missing with the HD version.

If you preferred the way the old Lite version worked, the last such version is available here, at least temporarily.

LunarMap also works great under Bluestacks on a Windows 7 laptop.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

GalacticNight 1.06

My night-mode (and other re-coloring) app for Galaxy S2/S3/Note now officially supports the Note 2 as of version 1.06. Source code is here.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Not much astronomy lately...

Since baby was born in October, I haven't had much chance for astronomy, except for coordinating a school star party, and showing Jupiter to kids visiting us at home. And it's been cold, but it seems warmer now.