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Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body's center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet. Each step forward is really a fall that you must catch by swinging your leg forward so that your foot lands on the floor just in the nick of time. The successful execution and timing of each step is aided by the way that the leg swings like a pendulum, but it still requires precise muscular coordination and excellent balance.
People who suffer a stroke, brain injury, or a partial spinal cord injury lose some of these essential abilities. Damage to the brain itself, or interference in the communication between the brain and the muscles, results in weakness or unwanted muscle activity, which limits the person's ability to simultaneously propel and support the body during locomotion.
Fortunately, it turns out that the body has some built-in redundancy, at least in some species. Although the brain normally directs bodily motions, animal studies show that complex movements of the limbs are possible even after the spinal cord has been completely cut off from the brain. Such independence was first documented more than a century ago by British neurophysiologist Sir Charles Sherrington.
In the early 1900s Sherrington and others experimented on dogs and cats whose spinal cords had been severed (referred to as "spinal" animals). The studies revealed that the stepping motions of walking can be produced by spinal reflexes alone. The stepping reflexes discovered in those experiments were much more complicated and coordinated than the simple knee jerk that is elicited by tapping a rubber hammer on the tendon below the kneecap. Sherrington observed rhythmic stepping motions in which one limb of the animal was drawn toward the body while the limb on the opposite side of the body was pushed away—all without any master coordination by the brain.
Those findings in spinal cats and dogs suggested that control of locomotion in healthy, intact animals originates at least in part in the spinal cord rather than in the brain. But it took many decades before anyone found practical applications for that insight. In the 1970s researchers showed that if the body of a spinal cat were supported over a treadmill, the cat's legs would step in time with the moving belt. When the same types of experiments were performed on spinal kittens also given a drug to enhance nerve signal transmission, the animals' stepping motions would even adapt to changes in the speed of the treadmill.
More amazing, the stepping behavior of spinal cats improves with practice, implying that their spinal cords, not their brains, have done the learning. Daily training on the treadmill causes spinal cats to take longer steps, achieve more normal muscle excitation patterns, and support more of their own weight, although learning appears to be specific to the activity that is practiced: Cats that are trained to stand do poorly on locomotion tests.
The animal results inevitably raised human questions: Do people have the same neural circuitry that permits reflexive locomotion in cats? And if so, is recovery of walking ability possible for patients with injuries to the brain or spinal cord? Anecdotal evidence points to such "central pattern generators" for locomotion in humans. For instance, there have been reports of involuntary stepping motions in patients who suffered incomplete spinal cord injury. Also, newborn babies make alternating stepping motions with their legs, displaying timing patterns that roughly correspond to those seen years later in their mature walking.
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Video blog: April snow biking
Music is "Read My Mind" by The Killers. Enjoy.
Snow biking - a great way to avoid doing taxes from Jill Homer on Vimeo.
Thank you!
Just looking at (all) that (snow) makes me happy. I can smell it!
What kind of camera do you use? Nice vid, cute expressions.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the four minute vacation:-)ReplyDelete
Mike In WI says,
Jill, a good pedal system and practice would go a long way in getting peak efficiency...check out the first few moments of that video for clues...
I think you need better bike fit and clipless pedal system with quality pedaling technique if you want to make the GD a race.
Mike In WI.
Yay! I love this! I just totes went on a virtual bike ride!!ReplyDelete
The camera is just my Olympus Stylus tough 8000, handheld in the first part of the video. In the downhill stuff, I just taped it to a headlamp and stuck it on my forehead. It was kind of a spontaneous decision to even make that video. I had thrown a roll of packaging tape in my backpack for previous shipping purposes, and the headlamp was in there for earlier commuting. So when I was rifling through my bag looking for the camera, I came up with the video idea. In the past, I've stuck the camera in my goggles or held it on the handlebars. Definitely a ghetto setup.
Mike, I'll agree with you on that one. But if you do look closer at the video, you'll also notice I'm only going 4 mph. :-)
Thank you Jill for both creating and posting this when you did. I just experienced my first bike accident as an adult and this was a scary experience for me as I'm still kinda new to biking. While I survived it pretty well all things considered, (just enough of a header to be thankful for a helmet and worry my husband) watching this helped me get back out there. Thank You!ReplyDelete


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Mt Hood is perhaps the most accessible of Oregon's volcanoes, located only 75 kilometers east-southeast of Portland.
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The southern flank of the volcano can be approached on Highway 26, or the eastside can be approached via Highway 35. Numerous paved or graded roads provide further access.
A hiking trail encircles the volcano, much of which is protected within the Mount Hood Wilderness, part of the Mount Hood National Forest. In summer, Mount Hood's forest is a haven for backpackers. In winter and spring the volcano's slopes host several downhill ski runs and cross-country tracks.
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Mount Hood has a long history of eruptions and remains a potential hazard. The last episode ended shortly before the arrival of Lewis and Clark in 1805. The largest concentration of population near Mount Hood is situated along the floors of the Zigzag and Sandy river valleys. When Mount Hood erupts again, it will severely affect areas on its flanks and these valley floors will be endangered by any floods and mudflows on the west and south slopes of Mount Hood. Volcanic ash may fall on areas up to several hundred kilometers downwind.
There have been felt earthquakes averaging every two years, and since 1990, Mount Hood has been the site of about 15 earthquake swarms, including one in January 1999!
A small remnant of the Ice Age covers about 80 percent of the cone in the form of twelve glaciers and permanent snowfields above the 2,100-meter level. Glacial-outburst floods have occurred regularly since the 1920s.
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There is a lot of buzz about Social Media ROI, and since the topic is complex, there will continue to be buzz about it for years to come. Brands want to know that Social Media works, what works, and how to invest their money.
Much of the results generated by Social Media can be measured quantitatively and qualitatively: transactions, decreased customer service costs, increased awareness, improved sentiment, etc. But some of the advantages from Social Media cannot be measured, because much like investments in insurance and tires, the benefits come from risk avoidance.
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Jefferson Davis: An American President
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KQED World: Sun, Dec 11, 2011 -- 10:00 PM
Davis is perhaps the most misunderstood and maligned figure in United States history. One of the most outstanding statesmen of the United States during the first 60 years of the 19th century, he sacrificed everything to defend the South's position related to the rights of the states and conservative constitutional interpretation. Against staggering odds he led the South and held it together in the bloody Civil War or War Between the States. A West Point graduate was a hero of the Mexican War, United States Senator, outstanding Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce and the only President of the Confederate States of America. Among his many contributions to this country, he is responsible for the way the National Capitol looks today and is largely responsible for the Smithsonian Institution. From Jefferson Davis' Kentucky birthplace to his southwest Mississippi boyhood at Rosemont and his early schooling, we follow him to West Point, to stations in the remote west and to his first love and tragically short marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor. Having finally emerged from his deep grief, Davis forges a political path that leads him to Washington City as a Mississippi representative to Congress. He marries Varina Howell in Mississippi, enters the Mexican War and returns a hero. Jefferson Davis is appointed to the Senate; the Davis' revel in D.C. political and social life, have friends in both political camps, and Davis becomes one of the finest Secretaries of War as a part of the Pierce administration. Davis returns to the Senate for a second term and is instrumental in solidifying the Smithsonian Institution, in restoring the U.S. Capitol, and it is also in D.C. that his first of six children is born. In the late 1850s, with the stirrings of secession abounding, Davis holds fast to his beliefs and tries to keep the fledgling nation together. But at the end of a contentious and protracted fight, Davis must side with the south, with his home state...and after one of the most moving speeches in Senate history, Davis departs his beloved Washington City. ..forever.
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Richard Herbert Artus, born May 7, 1961, passed from this earth Saturday, April 19 after battling cancer for almost two years.
He is survived by the love of his life and devoted caregiver, Debra Kay Sjoberg, her daughter Skylar Josephine White and granddaughter Norelle Rose White; his two beautiful, gifted children, daughter Samantha Lynn Artus (13) and Carson Patrick Artus (12); his mother and stepfather Dixie and Richard Doherty, his brother John and his wife Maria, his sister Sandy and her two daughters; and extended family.
His father Herbert passed away when Rick was in his late teens. He was happiest when with family, friends and his incredible cars. Rick's beautiful smile will never be forgotten.
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(June 29, 2005)--Looking like England's Stonehenge with its skeletal structure, one of the most visible projects at the UTSA 1604 Campus is the two-level, 630-car, student parking garage under construction at lot 2, north of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.
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Apr 14, 2014 at 10:51 am #1315659
interesting situation in Nevada if you ask me :)Apr 14, 2014 at 11:27 am #2092866
I thought about posting this earlier. It is very complicated.
I wouldn't call him a hero, but I don't like all of the government's actions here either. I have mixed feelings here.
To me some of the discussion/argument we had on the national parks thread is related to the issues here as well. Not a complete match of course, but some of the federal versus state, stewardship of national lands, and economic/environmental special interests are in both topics.Apr 14, 2014 at 11:32 am #2092867
of course I replied based on the topic before reading your link.
There are much better, less crap filled, pieces written on the topic.
Here is a short description written by a guy I know from a different perspective. I think he has some good points/insight into the other side:
This is a very complicated issue. It is touching a raw nerve that exists in the Wesy over the federal ownership df lands in the west and the way the Feds are managing those lands – managing by abusing the environmental laws, particularly the endangered species act, and thereby destroying the economies of the west. The federal government is also ignoring and discarding the century + old compact it had with the ranchers in the west.
While it is technically correct that the federal government is the landowner, this guy is a mere leaseholder, and the government has the legal right to change the terms of the lease and evict him if he doesn't comply.
However, as usual, there is much more to the story than that. Most ranches in the west are comprised of relatively small amounts of land held in fee simple and the remaining majority of land leased from the federal and sometimes state governments. Those leased lands are tied to the fee simple. That is, the lands are not leased at an open auction, but the owner of the fee simple has an exclusive right to lease them, and that right to lease transfers with the fee simple land.
The lease land is a key component to the value of the ranch. When the ranch sells, it is valued not only on the value of the fee simple land, but also on the leased land that accompanies it. In fact, when the federal government condemns such ranches (such as it did at White Sands Missile Range), it has been forced by the federal courts to pay the ranchers for the value of not only their fee simple land, but also their leased land, since that total value truly reflects the value of the ranch being taken by the federal government.
Keep in mind also that the federal government made a compact with this guy's ancestors, and the ancestors of all of the western ranches. That compact was that if those ancestors were to go out and pioneer that god-forsaken land in the middle of nowhere, the federal government would not only grant you homestead rights on your fee simple land, but would also grant you the preferential grazing leases described above.
That system started changing in the 70s with the advent of the environmental movement and their hatred of ranching in the west. The BLM and the Forest Service (the two largest "owners" of federal grazing lands, which were originally created to help the ranchers, evolved to become their worst enemy. All across the west they started dramatically reducing the ranchers grazing allotments (i.e., the number of cow/calf units the ranchers were allowed to place on the federal lands). By drastic, I mean reductions of 90-99%. Many if not most ranchers in the west were wiped out. As an example, the county in Nevada where this is occuring had over 50 ranchers 20 years ago. This guy is the only rancher left.
Further, as someone pointed out above, much of this policy has been created through incestuous litigation. That is, environmental groups, staffed by former BLM and Forest Service employees, file suit agains those agencies. Prior to any court hearing, the agency "settles" with the environmental group and further agrees to pay the environmental groups legal fees. (By the way, no one knows how much the federal government is paying in legal fees to these environmental groups, but the best estimates is billions of dollars a year. For many of the groups, it is their only source of revenue.) Due to this sue and settle approach, the federal agencies are able to implement policies that are not permitted by statute. Furthermore, the policies are not subject to the normal regulatory process of issuing proposed regulations, having public comments, etc. Thus, the federal agencies have been able to implement massive social changes in the western US without any meaningful debate or any real due process.
Consequentially, most non-tourist locations in the west are sinkholes of poverty. No jobs exist and young people are being forced to move elsewhere to find employment. Virtually the entire cattle, timber and mining industries in the west have been shut down by this extra-legal process.
Most people in the Rocky Mountain west, outside the liberal tourist meccas, are deeply outraged at this situation. This standoff in Nevada has touched a raw nerve.
The BLM is very heavy handed in this issue. Even if this guy is violating a lease, does that justify sending in 200 armed agents and snipers, and unilaterally restricting everyones' 1st Amendment rights?
In summary, this isn't simply a question of landlord and tenant rights. Rather, it is a question of public policy, government oversight, government ownership of the vast majority of western lands, and who should best control and oversee those lands.Apr 14, 2014 at 11:50 am #2092875
Thanks for sharing that Michael. In a sea of propaganda from both sides, this is the most rational and credible explanation I've heard yet.Apr 14, 2014 at 11:51 am #2092877
A bunch of armed "patriots" coming to defend this jerk is reason for concern. All these arm chair wanna be soldiers makes for an explosive situation. Bundy owes money to the Federal government and has not paid up. His reasoning that he is Mormon and that he has rights to the land is hilarious. Umm so with that logic then, our native friends here should start an insurrection then. Funny how the right becomes more intolerant with federal over reach when we have a President that is not white nor named Jim……Apr 14, 2014 at 11:53 am #2092878
BTW the initial title was sarcasmApr 14, 2014 at 12:01 pm #2092881
From my understanding (I wasn't there), the BLM showed up with guns and snipers first. The protestors countered. Now I'm not saying the protestors should have been pointing guns at the feds, but I don't think the BLM should have been showing up to what amounts to a rally with sniper riffles.
The race of the president has nothing to do with it. If this was a bunch of hippies wanting to occupy wall street, you would probably be on board. I think the situations have many similarities.Apr 14, 2014 at 12:13 pm #2092887
Nawww Michael ….I despise hippies. Agree that The response was overkill, but to have armed militia types showing up and trying to be John Wayne is disconcerting. That is opening a can of worms.Apr 14, 2014 at 12:41 pm #2092895
Agreed. I don't think the situation called for armed protests and that was troubling. Certainly not something I would advocate.Apr 14, 2014 at 1:06 pm #2092903
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Interesting story Micheal, I suspected there was another side to the story : )
They seem to have backed off now, hopefully they'll reach some peaceful compromise.
I have heard interviews of the guy talking about how he doesn't recognize the U.S. government which sounds kind of wacko, but I didn't listen that carefully.Apr 14, 2014 at 1:34 pm #2092911
"A bunch of armed "patriots" coming to defend this jerk is reason for concern. All these arm chair wanna be soldiers makes for an explosive situation."
(sigh)…Ken, do you realize that those "arm chair wanna be soldiers" are actually the most experienced retired and active duty combat troops America has produced since WW2? They are Oathkeepers…retired Army Rangers, Green Berets, USMC Scout Snipers, Navy Seals, etc. Most of the younger ones have cut their teeth in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, the older vets will probably have survived combat in Desert Storm and Vietnam (possibly Korea). There are also many active duty personnel from all branches there on their days off and leaves (trust me, I know 3 personally that are there right now). They all are there to uphold their oaths, as there is no expiration date on the blank check they wrote the citizens of the USA. When compared to the local police/SWAT/BLM/forest rangers teams on the ground, with probably very few having the type of training and experience the vets have, I honestly think it would be a very short fight. I also think it would spark the largest insurgency the world has ever seen and I sure hope a solution presents itself before something like that happens. Say what you like, but I would put my money on the Vets.
Oathkeepers at the Bundy ranch:
Notice the flags:
I know I, personally, would feel much safer with a group of 10 Oathkeepers protecting me than 50 BLM jackboots. If something does start, I can also guarantee it won't be started from the Oathkeepers. These are veterans who know what kind of hell war really is and will do everything to avoid it. On the other hand, God help the Feds and BLM if something does happen.
OK…back to your regularly scheduled Liberal conservative bashing and race baiting.Apr 14, 2014 at 1:36 pm #2092913
Oh…and the real reason the BLM wants the land has nothing to do with turtles…it's because they want to sell the fracking rights.
"(NaturalNews) The Bureau of Land Management says its 200-man armed siege of the Cliven Bundy ranch in Nevada is all about protecting an "endangered tortoise." But a Natural News investigation has found that BLM is actually in the business of raking in millions of dollars by leasing Nevada lands to energy companies that engage in fracking operations.
This document from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology(1) shows significant exploratory drilling being conducted in precisely the same area where the Bundy family has been running cattle since the 1870's. The "Gold Butte" area is indicated on the lower right corner of the document (see below), and it clearly shows numerous exploratory drilling operations have been conducted there.
What's also clear is that oil has been found in nearby areas and possibly even within the Gold Butte area itself.
It is, of course, customary for the U.S. government to bring armed soldiers to an oil dispute. (Operation "Iraqi Freedom" for starters…) Heavily armed snipers, helicopters and militarized soldiers have never been invoked over tortoises. (Anyone who thinks this siege is about reptiles is kidding themselves.)
BLM collects $1.27 million in shale fracking leases
The Bureau of Land Management has just cashed in with $1.27 million in oil and gas leases in Nevada. This was just reported two weeks ago in ShaleReporter.com, which states:
U.S. Bureau of Land Management geologist Lorenzo Trimble tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal the Elko County oil and gas leases sold Tuesday for $1.27 million to six different companies. The auction took place in Reno. The leases are near where Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. wants to drill for oil and natural gas on 40,000 acres of public and private land near the town of Wells. The Review-Journal reports the project would be the first in Nevada to use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract oil and gas from shale deposits.
The way this works, of course, is that BLM runs land theft operations by claiming they are "managing" the land and thereby kicking everyone else off it. They then invoke a reptile, an owl, a bird, a snake or some other animal which they claim to be "saving," even while they are stealing and destroying hundreds of cattle belonging to a private rancher trying to make an honest living in a nation where productive Americans are increasingly branded "enemies of the state."
Once control of the land is established via court order or by bringing armed men with automatic weapons, BLM then turns around and leases the land to fracking companies who proceed to exploit the land using hydraulic fracturing techniques that inject toxic chemicals into groundwater supplies (and have been linked to earthquakes). The money collected by the BLM is then used to increase BLM salaries and bonuses.
In essence, the BLM is a criminal mafia racket, and Cliven Bundy just happened to be in the way of their next target, the Gold Butte area of Nevada. That is why they brought hundreds of heavily armed men to a "save the tortoise" operation.
"Endangered tortoises" is merely the government cover story for confiscating land to turn it over to fracking companies for millions of dollars in energy leases. In truth, the BLM was rapidly euthanizing these very same reptiles en masse last year.(2)
As part of its police state intimidation to control the land, BLM unleashed attack dogs on a pregnant woman.
Does anyone really believe this is still about a tortoise?"Apr 14, 2014 at 1:39 pm #2092914
They're frighten delusional neutrons. The same ones that open carry and have a small penis. These are the same "patriots" that think Obama is tyrannical and that their supposed constitutional rights are being trampled.
Race bait…..you said it not me. Must really bug you that we have a damn Muslim President of different color than Lilly whiteApr 14, 2014 at 1:40 pm #2092915
"They seem to have backed off now, hopefully they'll reach some peaceful compromise."
You spoke too soon, Jerry….they're back and in force:
http://gopthedailydose.com/2014/04/14/breaking-more-feds-cops-vehicles-equipment-arriving-at-bundy-ranch/Apr 14, 2014 at 1:49 pm #2092917
"Race bait…..you said it not me. Must really bug you that we have a damn Muslim President of different color than Lilly white"
Not at all. Skin color has nothing to do with the fact that he's incompetant and I dissagree with his policies. It's well known that Liberals like yourself are the most intolerant of others opposing viewpoints and tend to attack them by deflecting the issues and calling them "racist", just for policy dissagreements. It's your MO, i'm affraid. Go back and re-read your second post. You brought it up, pal. LOL. Are you really that dense that you don't realize that you just proved my point?Apr 14, 2014 at 1:52 pm #2092920
LolApr 14, 2014 at 2:03 pm #2092922
. KirbySpectator
"While it is technically correct that the federal government is the landowner, this guy is a mere leaseholder, and the government has the legal right to change the terms of the lease and evict him if he doesn't comply."
Technically correct. Otherwise known as the best kind of correct.Apr 14, 2014 at 2:12 pm #2092928
That's ok, Ken, laughter is often the best defense mechanism for the insecure.Apr 14, 2014 at 2:15 pm #2092930
All right Matthew… all right.
"(sigh)…Ken, do you realize that those "arm chair wanna be soldiers" are actually the most experienced retired and active duty combat troops America has produced since WW2?"
I can't keep quiet on this topic anymore as this is an area where I'm a subject matter expert. Spring ignites our love of brights. As much as we love this season's soft and wearable Radiant Orchid, we will always love a swipe of bold, confident color. From hair dye to lipstick, these colors pop! Orange lipstick is going to be huge for spring. We've already spotted stars like Jessica Alba wearing a bold pout. Yina, the guru behind Yina Goes takes the trend to the next level with a neon hue. This season, when it comes to lipstick, go bright or go home. Jewel tones aren't just for Winter. Tiffany D of Makeup by Tiffany transitions rich hues into spring with her blue eyeshadow tutorial. If you need a break from neutrals, this eye look gets our vote. Colorful eyeliner was everywhere at NYFW. If you're looking for a gradient approach to the trend, then try Cflowermakeup's sunset eye makeup in lieu of liner. This eye look combines a gold-toned yellow and orange shadow, keeping the look wearable. Spring hair is about subtle differences—not in color, but in placement. Kristin Ess of The Beauty Department showcases this new style by dying the underside of the hair.
All of which proves that anyone who disagrees with me is a cotton headed ninny muggins.Apr 14, 2014 at 2:58 pm #2092944
Nice try, Ian, but i'm a card carrying member of the KISS Army, so if you want to wear make-up and women's lipstick, i'm actually really cool with it. Next…..
MApr 14, 2014 at 3:32 pm #2092956
Whoa pump the breaks there killer! Just because YOU like to tromp around the woods in a skirt, don't try to put that on me.
Not that there's anything wrong with it as I'll be backpacking in full drag here in a few weeks (true story) but makeup is where I draw the line… except for fall since Autumn colors make my eyes pop.Apr 14, 2014 at 4:41 pm #2092981
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Wow, first you try to poke fun at being a patriot, then you struggle with an argument and use the race card, after that fails, you are critical of the size of someone's manhood.
What about discrimination against women, gays, greedy corporations, and the rest of the lot.
The left is so predictable, so limited in their thinking, and yes so hateful against any one who doesn't follow their herd.
Get some help man!Apr 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm #2093034
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@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"On the other hand, God help the Feds and BLM if something does happen."
Until a whole bunch of guys still in uniform, who also have a lot of recent combat experience, show up. Active duty Rangers, SEALs, Green Berets, and just regular old Army and Marines. Like you said, Matthew, let's hope wiser heads prevail.Apr 14, 2014 at 7:41 pm #2093050
Come on Ken. You brought race into this, not MatthewApr 14, 2014 at 7:45 pm #2093052
HkNewmanBPL Member
@hknewmanLocale: Western US
Not much to get riled up over. All these counties will get sucked dry by the growing Las Vegas metro water dept and just less water in general (whether you call it an extended drought or global warming). For cattle ranching, you need a well fed by ground water and the argument is that taking all this water will lower the water table dramatically. Vegas paper:
By arguing ranching is feasible, they are also arguing there's enough water to pipe to thirsty Vegas. NV is trying to grow Vegas to compete with Los Angeles and San Francisco for tech firms … besides some lip service, think they will choose Vegas over a tenant rancher.
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Maple sap runs rich this year for area coach
This year's late winter weather may have interfered with spring sports, but for Pine River-Backus High School Activities and Athletics Director Randy Schwegel it isn't all bad, because that weather also helped produce more than 1,000 gallons of maple sap.
Schwegel's been toiling since April 6 to harvest maple sap to turn into syrup. He's been tapping maple trees for 25 years, ever since he and former Pine River-Backus High School teacher and coach Bob Nelson learned to tap trees from Nelson's father. In that time Schwegel learned many things, like how to predict when the sap will run.
"Today should really be good. If it gets in the teens at night and then 40s or so the next day it will really go," Schwegel said.
The secret to his success is that he keeps records of everything from fishing, to gardening and tapping trees and the weather conditions at the time. It's like a personal almanac.
"We live and die by it (the records)," he said.
This year has been a good year for maple sap, as Schwegel has been harvesting milk jugs overflowing with sap and collection bags that are literally bulging on a daily basis. On April 22 they didn't even have enough containers to collect all the sap and had to leave gallons of it in the woods.
Of course, collecting sap is only part of the process. To make syrup, the sweet water from the trees must be boiled down, and that takes two things: heat and time.
"It's really low tech. You do put in a lot of time, no doubt about it. But this time of year there's not a lot going on. Typically you can't get out on the ice. You can't get your boat in the lake. I do cut firewood this time of year and then we make syrup," he said.
First, Schwegel boils down about 120 gallons of sap over a wood fire for about 8-10 hours, or until the remainder can fit into a smaller cooking pot over a propane burner. Once there, Schwegel boils it down. His method for knowing when the sap has boiled down all the way is "pretty scientific," he said. It's not done with a thermometer or hydrometer, it's done by taste. When ready, it is strained and canned.
Schwegel rarely does this labor of love alone. He often has help from family and friends. This year among those who assisted were Terry Holden, Mike Chapman, his brother Rob, and some Pine River-Backus students who wanted to see what the process was all about.
"They went out and helped me drill, helped me pick up, and they wanted to see the final product so they helped can it. They saw the whole process then," Schwegel said. "I've been out here picking the stuff up by myself. And it takes a long time and gets you really tired."
Schwegel's homemade syrup comes at a pretty good price, too.
"I give it away. I never sell any of it," he said. "I give it away for Christmas time or if they (friends or family) have a special somebody coming up and they want to treat them I'll give them a quart of syrup or something. It's fun to give it away and people like it."
He only requires that those he gives it to return his jars, and he's always ready to suggest his favorite use for syrup.
"Try it on vanilla ice cream, I think that's the best," he said.
Schwegel has also tapped birch trees in the past, just to see what it was like, but the sugar content is far less than maple. As it is, to make a gallon of maple syrup takes between 30 and 40 gallons of sap, and it is all dependent upon weather.
"Last year we went out there and the spring was just a goofy spring. We tapped and I think we ended up with 280 gallons. It's just hit and miss and it wasn't very good," he said.
For those who would like to get into harvesting maple sap for syrup, Schwegel has some advice.
"If you're going to start doing it as a hobby, I would say just start with a manageable amount. Maybe tap a couple dozen trees. See how fast you can get rid of the sap, how efficient you can boil it off and get rid of it," he said.
In addition, starting to harvest sap doesn't require a lot of money. Spiles can be made from simple half-inch copper tubing. Collection can be done using gallon milk jugs or buckets, and boiling can be done in large pans over outdoor fires. There are also plenty of other people in the area who tap trees for maple sap and many of them would welcome assistance to collecting and processing syrup. Just ask around.


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" Wow, not washing and trimming my balls for the last seven years was a bad idea, I think I developed a bit too much nut clutter. I can no longer see or use my balls."
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State: Repeated violations at hog farm
Waterway tainted with hog waste
GREENE COUNTY - A farm suspected of being responsible for hog waste ending up in Greene County waterways on Friday has a history of waste-compliance issues, according to documents obtained by NewsChannel 12.
Over the past three months, the state Division of Water Quality, or DWQ, issued Stantonsburg Farm two letters ordering the farm to bring its waste storage into compliance with its permit.
The farm is off Sand Pit Road in northern Greene County.
DWQ investigators were at the farm Friday afternoon, investigating apparent hog waste that had run into a tributary of Contentnea Creek. That creek runs into the Neuse River.
Hog waste poisons waterways, according to Larry Baldwin of the Waterkeeper Alliance. Baldwin is the former Neuse Riverkeeper, a river advocacy group.
The farm sprayed 100,000 gallons of hog waste over approximately seven acres of land Thursday, a DWQ investigator said on the scene.
But the ground is less able to absorb the waste during colder months, due to less vegetation, a DWQ spokesperson said.
The preliminary investigation shows the spraying, or irrigation, led to the hog waste ending up in the waterways, the spokesperson said.
No one at the farm would comment to NewsChannel 12.
The Stantonsburg Farm received a notice of deficiency dated Jan. 9 from the DWQ. The farm did not have enough excess capacity in its lagoon, or waste storage facility, according to the letter.
The requirement is 19 inches of excess capacity; the farm exceeded the requirement by nearly an inch, according to the notice of deficiency. A second letter dated March 11 noted the lagoon's excess capacity was over the limit by 1 inch.
The farm's response letter to the January deficiency notice said excess rainfall had caused the problem.


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A Kiwi has taken their talents to Germany, performing at the world's largest book fair.
National kapa haka champions Te Matarae I Orehu will represent New Zealand in the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair today, where New Zealand was given the Guest of Honour status.
Te Matarae, from Rotorua, will be joined by other well-known New Zealanders at the world-famous fair, including authors Bill Manhire and Joy Cowley and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English.
It is expected more than 300,000 visitors will attend the four-day book fair.
The fair attracts representatives from book publishing and multimedia companies from across the world, who negotiate international publishing rights and licensing fees.
Some 83 New Zealand books have been translated into German this year as a result of the country being given the Guest of Honour status. The previous annual average was 10.
New Zealand has also set up a 2500sq m pavilion at the fair, with entertainment and exhibits on show, including performances from Te Matarae.
Visitors will enter the pavilion through a pathway surrounded by giant screens which play a 20-minute show reel called Secrets, produced in Auckland.
The fair is held annually at the Frankfurt Trade Fair Grounds in Frankfurt, with a new country named as the Guest of Honour each year.
For more articles from this region, go to Rotorua Daily Post


text: Detached calm, anger, loss of trust, shame, fear, and depression are some common reactions to sexual assault but vary with each sexual assault survivor. These may be more lasting than the initial stage of shock. The impact of a sexual assault is often felt strongly for a year or more and is never forgotten. The survivor may be able to put the experience into a different perspective with time. The impact varies with the individual and varies over time. The support of those around her/him is very important to the victim's recovery.


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Mark i am confused as to why you load one layer at a time??
Mark i am confused as to why you load one layer at a time??
Greg Stahlman; Stahlman Apiaries Inc.
LOL, I'm about 45 mins southeast of the I-81 / I-78 junction.
When u head north let me know, maybe we could meet somewhere near there for lunch.
I will if I remember. Maybe you can remind me when you see me going North on beesource.
Greg, I put a layer of dbl deeps on the deck and then pick up a stack of two pallets, one pallet dp plus medium and one pallet of dbls. My Bobcat can't pick up three pallets at a time. Besides, the top pallet in a stack of three would be well above the head board of the Bobcat. I'm also on uneven terrain.
If I had a skidsteer w/ a mast then I could load three pallets at a time. How do you load?
Hoping to come home in the Spring w/ more story and a halfs and some singles, on fourway pallets.
Mark Berninghausen
If you get a chance, take a pic of the boards and straps as they go on the semi.
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
Very interesting to watch for us non-migratory types. Certainly a learning experience. Have a safe trip.
Tim Goodin
I was wondering the same thing gs.
I load stacks of 4 pallets high (story & a half) at a time on the truck.
Gregg Stewart
What's your machine like? I'll be loading mine 4 high story and a halfs next Spring. At least part of the load. That's the plan.
Mark Berninghausen
Helps a lot to have a level loading area though. Mine is not the greatest so it is slow going in areas, esecially stacking them up and moving in position to load the truck.
Gregg Stewart
This might be real close to how he loads them!
I only have one load plus and work by myself, so I go nice and slow. If I had thousands to load I'd do it like GS too. There is an abandond Walmart Parking Lot I have dreamed of using.
Thanks for Posting that Mbeck. Anybody else got one? There must be a Hackenberg Video out there somewhere too.
Mark Berninghausen
Gotcha guess i didnt notice there was both doubles and 1 1/2 stories on the truck
Greg Stahlman; Stahlman Apiaries Inc.
Only 5 degrees warmer in SC than here in NY. Maybe I should stay home? Nah.
Mark Berninghausen
Nah is right. The food is better down south.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
I wish it was 5 degrees warmer here.
Buy the ticket, take the ride. -H.S. Thompson
I wouldn't order chittlins anywhere.
Mark Berninghausen
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Herb asked about the spreader boards. Here they are.
Mark Berninghausen
why dont you use 2x6 instead mark? just wondering.
I do on my own truck. Actually they are 2X10s. But, my trucker lost one once, which can be a bad thing. So now he uses the spreaders, as most of the truckers who move bees do these days. The ones I know anyway.
Do you use 2X6s on your semis.
Mark Berninghausen
2x6's are pretty much all I see anymore, sometimes used together with "v" boards though I kind of think that's overkill except for the front and back. The spreaders look like a nice setup but perhaps a bit bulky to haul?
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Students of history do more than study the past. They learn broad, critical thinking, to look beyond what happened to why. History is not only inherently interesting, it's also good preparation for anything else you do.
Major in History
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In terms of writing skills, reading comprehension, and participation, I was so much better prepared for grad school than my fellow students. I received compliments from my professors on my writing abilities, but I always made sure to tell them that I was schooled by the best.Sarah Poulton '06, M.P.A., University of North Carolina-Charlotte, procurement officer, City of Charlotte
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From my first history class at Hollins, I was hooked. I just figured that I wanted to write, and research, and teach about the things that interested me and about events and ideas that had the power to change individual lives as well as entire societies, cultures, and perhaps even the whole world. I earned my Ph.D. with fields in military, American, global, and religious history in 2008.Jacqueline Whitt '03, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, assistant professor of history, U.S. Military Academy at West Point
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Adam says that he is now open to the possibility that Apple's vast cash holdings represent a Principle-Agent problem. Indeed, my claim is not even that thorough. My point is simply that many Principles misunderstand what's going on here.
It could be a classic Principle-Agent problem but my current thinking runs more like this:
Apple's cash hoard represents a trust fund that keeps its designers and engineers working together and creating spillover effects between themselves. These spillovers are the source of Apple's profits.
A traditional firm works like the following: You get together some workers, some machines and some raw materials. You use them to create a product which you sell. The workers are paid their marginal product which is the wage. The machines are paid their marginal product which is the rental rate on capital. The materials are paid their marginal product which is the price of commodities.
The organizer of all of this gets a return for taking on the risk of coordinating all of this activity and that is profit.
Now, for princple-agent reasons the organizer often buys the capital outright instead of renting it, so mixed in with the profit is a return on capital.
That organizer is the residual claimant. That means if the organization fails she loses money. If the organization succeeds she makes money. Thus we often measure the wealth of the residual claimant by whether or not the the revenue from the product is exceeding the cost of paying the factors. That is by free-cash flow.
Some folks prefer to use net income rather than free-cash-flow but I think that this is a mistaken understanding of the difference between common equity and holders of other securities, which is more of degree than kind. However, for our purposes this is neither here nor there.
That is a traditional firm.
Now, what about a Tech firm. It works more like this:
We get a gather a bunch human capital together. Each element of human capital radiates ideas. I say radiates because I think the process is fundamentally different than labor supply.
The ideas radiating from one element of human capital hit another element of human capital and increase its size. The radiation from a element of human capital is proportional to (really a concave function of) its size.
As you gather together more elements of human capital the pile grows in size and radiative force. However, because the concave down nature of the growth process several related things are true
- The pile can never go fully critical. It can go critical over some small range but the expansion will be self-limiting because of the concave down function.
- The marginal radiative return to adding new elements to the pile hits some maximum where marginal congestion outweighs marginal spillover.
- The marginal radiative return to each element grows the longer its in the pile.
- The marginal radiative return to each element is an increasing function of the size of the elements in its pile.
For simplicity we assume that the radiated ideas are captured by a black-box Intellectual Property mechanism which turns them into output at a one-to-one ratio. One idea yields one unit of output. This is done so that all of the action happens in the pile. We could have just as easily assumed that the pile itself was radiating output but I think that would have confused the matter.
Now here is our core problem. For a mature pile the sum of all the discounted marginal products of all the elements in the pile is less than the discounted total product of the pile. This is because if any element leaves the pile it will decrease the productivity of the pile but it will increase the equilibrium size of the rest of the elements within the pile partially offsetting the loss in productivity.
However, if the all the elements of the pile up and leaves, then the entire discounted total product of the pile goes with it.
My guess is that if we simulated this constraining the payouts to be discounted marginal products that the elements will keep wanting to seek different long term arrangement schemes. The evolution of the process will be completely dependent on the iteration mechanism. That is, who moves when.
One could solve this by creating a pile trust fund. This fund pays out to the elements of the pile who stay in for the entire game, or in our case until bankruptcy.
The cash pile that tech companies amass serves as this type of trust fund. It pays out to the employees who stay until bankruptcy.
If this is what's going on – and this is just my random musings with no evidence – then there is no principle-agent problem.
What there is, however, is a misunderstanding by some folks as to what the actual residual is. The large pile of cash is not, in fact, free cash flow that can be paid out to the providers of capital. It is a trust fund that must be paid out to the employees.
Likewise much of the projected profits are really best thought of as retained wages, not actual returns on equity.


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Citroen's new hatch is a delight
There's the well-known saying that you have only one chance to make a first impression. But Citroen has a second chance to impress Kiwi car buyers.
Under its new distributor, Sime Darby, the French range is making a (second) first impression with a sporty cabriolet from its halo DS range.
The Citroen DS3 cabrio comes in two model variants both with 1.6-litre petrol engines. The DStyle parades on 16in alloys and with an auto transmission ($40,990) and the aptly named DSport ($42,990) on 17ins and the turbo engine paired with a stonking six-speed manual transmission.
The cabrio is based on the DS3 hatchback's two-toned appearance with Sime Darby making doubly sure of making an impression with a yellow and black combination in my DSport test car.
The cabrio will be competing here with European contemporaries - Mini's soft-top and Fiat's 500C - but unlike those two soft-tops the DS3 comfortably seats five adults.
The DSport's turbo version of the 1.6-litre engine (up from 88kW in the auto to 115kW) provides more power than the French rugby team's front row and more speed than their wings (sorry, boys). Add the six-speed manual gearbox and it's certainly more agile than the French team.
Although there can be a gap between first and second, the car practically slices through the rest of the gears to land comfortably in sixth gear, providing the optimum performance on the open road.
With the power and manoeuvrability thanks to the hatchback shape, the DS3 effortlessly overtakes on the motorway, and zigs and zags through the chicanes in inner city roads.
All of those factors point to great genetics from the DS3 hatch, but it's the fact that it's a soft-top that brings joy to the test ride.
I'm a fan of any convertible and I don't mind taking the roof off in winter even when there is a bit of drizzle - though a friend still holds it against me more than a decade on when I refused to put the roof on a test MGF while zooming along the Waitakere Ranges in the rain.
But the Citroen provides different options of "topless-ness". The soft-top retracts into three positions: spot one is behind the driver's head, spot two behind the rear passengers, and the last sits on top of the boot. Though with the roof folded in that spot means restricted rear vision.
Inside the car, the layout is sophistication meets sporty with a small steering wheel providing the practicality of room for the driver but also visually providing cues from Citroen's rally background.
The dash has an entertainment screen and there is a playful nod to the Citroen-citrus association with the brand. There is a cigarette lighter-looking button sitting prominently on the dash that pumps lemon fragrance into the cabin. It's a fun feature though you'll have to warn any smoker passengers or else they'll be coated in lemon fragrance from pumping the button to get the lighter to pop out. Not that you'd let anyone smoke in the car.
And while you're avoiding smokers you'll also have to be wary of stalkers. The DS3 hatch is a stunning car in itself. There's the colour combo, LED strips behind the front fog lights and 3D brake lights at the rear but add a soft-top to it and you have a vehicle that attracts a lot of attention.
I left the cabrio in a supermarket carpark, with my 16-year-old daughter in the passenger seat, and when I returned with the shopping, she was hunkered behind the dash with the doors locked.
She explained that at least two guys came up to the car, walked around it, stared into it and then gazed at the front bonnet for a long time. I assured her it was the car, not her, that they were staring at. Ah bless self-absorbed teens!
Once she was placated I went to place the shopping in the boot - and noted another flaw with the cabrio. The boot's entrance is narrow meaning you have to lever goods into it but on the upside the boot space is large (245 litres) due to the roof sitting on top of it, not in it.
And open-top is what this car is all about - as long as your passengers aren't smokers or rain worry warts.


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- 1/3 pound cooked small shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup chopped avocado
- 3 tablespoons chopped onion
- 3 tablespoons chopped tomato
- 3 tablespoons chopped radishes
- 4-1/2 teaspoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
- 2 teaspoons chopped jalapeno pepper
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
- Tortilla chips
- Cut shrimp into small pieces; place in a small serving bowl. Stir in the next 10 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve with tortilla chips. Yield: about 1-1/3 cups.
Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
Originally published as Shrimp Salsa in Country Woman January/February 2003, p39
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Reviewed Jul. 4, 2011
"I made this for a 4th of July BBQ. I used a sweet red onion (for a onion) and added a generous amount of minced-chopped garlic to the recipe."