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As mentioned in an earlier entry, I spent my Saturday biking nearly 60 miles through three different states as a means of wrapping up all my triathlon goals for the summer, and putting myself in a good position to be finishing my first half-Ironman triathlon next summer.
This was the route:
Emily and her cousin, Zach agreed to be my support team for the ride and come along on the route, waiting for me in a few of the towns with liquids, food and other supplies. Since we're all in our early/mid 20's, the ride didn't get underway until 11:30am, because waking up early on Saturday hurts.
In retrospect, there may be some merit to getting started early in the morning. By the time I got going, it was already 85 degrees and rising.
I stayed with the support vehicle for the first mile or so, as it was all residential and full of stoplights. As I pulled up behind the two at a red light, I realized that they were in the vehicle dancing to "Bicycle Race" by Queen. I started cracking up, imagining how clever they probably felt for coming up with that one. They would continue to blare that song throughout the day every time they passed me on my bike. Every. Single. Time.
I crossed the border from Wisconsin into Minnesota within the first 3 miles, feeling good and excited to get going. I was cruising at a steady 17 MPH, which felt sustainable for the ride.
Then I turned south on 26 to head down the River. I don't know why it never occurred to me to check, but the fact that it was quite windy was immediately brought to my attention. Wind gusts from the south between 19-24 MPH. Not to mention biking along the Mississippi River provides absolutely no wind protection. It didn't take long for my average speed to drop from 17 to 13 MPH. Every time a gust came, it felt like I was biking through sand. I began desperately wishing I had aerobars on my bike, as my body was starting to feel like a sail.
I tried to stay focused on the beautiful scenery, as much of the portion of the ride went right along the main channel of the river, providing a spectacular view. Although the wind was annoying, it did cause whitecaps on the river which made it look even better.
My first stop came at the 14 mile mark, in Brownsville, MN...which isn't exactly a big city. I pulled my bike into what is apparently the "iconic" stop in town, the Copper Penny Bar.
I called my SAG wagon and established that they had somehow managed to pass on The Copper Penny, and were hanging out at a different pub in town. They headed into "town" and met up with me so I could refill my water bottle. They both expressed large amounts of disgust that I drink a 50/50 mix of water and regular Gatorade.
I pushed on, and quickly realized that the wind had already gone down quite a lot which allowed me to push my speed back up to 16 MPH, which is where I wanted to be. Unfortunately, after Brownsville the road took a turn away from the river a little bit, so I lost my perfect view. I buckled down, and kept pushing my legs, knowing that the next time I got off the bike, I would be in Iowa.
Somewhere on the road, a butterfly managed to fly down my jersey. I like butterflies. Who doesn't? But the feeling of one fluttering around down there was pretty awful. So I think I killed a butterfly...but more importantly, didn't crash my bike.
After another 14 miles on the bike, I found the Iowa state line! I laid my bike down across the Minnesota and Iowa state line, which was pleasing to my somewhat overheated brain, and took a picture of the sign welcoming me!
Since I crossed the Minnesota state line in the first 10 minutes, and I do regularly on training rides, it wasn't all that exciting. But something about making it all the way down to Iowa was super exciting to me. I think sometimes in training we lose track of what the miles actually mean. They start looking like a lot of numbers on a calender. It was really neat having a more physical representation of where the miles had gotten me.
About 3 minutes after the border crossing, I coasted in to downtown New Albin. Unfortunately, my phone had no bars (thanks AT&T) and my support team was nowhere to be found. In my overheated, tired state I got a little more upset over it than maybe I should have. I found a meat and cheese market that looked like it was right out of the 1940s, and inquired as to whether or not they had a land line. Thankfully I did, so I was able to call Emily, who didn't pick up because she thought it was work. So I left a rather panicked voicemail telling them where I would be in town.
Thankfully, they came rolling around the corner within a few minutes....having apparently found a bar called "Alley Cat" to eat something at. I refilled my water bottle again, and refueled with a banana. And it was time to hit the road once again.
The remaining 11 miles of Iowa were fairly relaxing. The wind was all but gone, Iowa is great at keeping it's A roads well maintained so there was no pothole dodging like in Minnesota, and it was mostly all flat. Somewhere around the halfway point I passed a gathering of college students parked in one of the scenic outlooks all having beers. They instantly recognized my jersey because I started getting tons of cheers for Spotted Cow beer. One of them shouted at me to head over and have beers with them, which I strongly considered but had to politely decline.
Soon enough, I rolled into Lansing, IA which is actually a cool looking little town of 1,000. The downtown area is cute.
I found my SAG wagon hanging out at a bar on the main drag having a mid-day beer to celebrate their arrival in Iowa I guess. I hung out with them for a little while and had my Rice Krispie treat and another banana. Before leaving Lansing, however, we HAD to go to town's #1 tourist attraction: The Horsefalls Variety Store.
There's not really any way I could possibly try to explain this store, but a picture is worth a thousand words, so I've got a few of those. First, this is what they have outside. Atlases, sunglasses, paintbrushes, coolers, plastic trucks, 8 boxes of artificial flowers, sports themed napkins, and much more.
Why keep so much random merchandise outside you wonder? Well there's a good reason. There is no room in the store for it.
No really. There is literally not a single square inch left in the store for one more single thing. This is what it looks like inside:
The entire store is like this. Boxes on top of boxes on top of shelves on top of more boxes. Three large rooms of it. And every single item you could ever imagine buying. Ever. For example, are you building a house out of duct tape? Well, Horsefalls is the place for you!
(There were 5 more stacks of duct tape boxes like this behind it)
Or maybe you just remembered that you have an 8 year old, and realized that you owe them 8 years worth of coloring and activity books. Well, get them all for $1 each at Horsefalls!
It's pretty insane. I didn't find anything I needed but I'm sure it's in there somewhere, buried. Emily walked out with a planner, a paintbrush and a can coozie for $7.
After recovering from Horsefalls, I packed my bike into the back of the vehicle. The Lansing bridge is terrifying, not safe to ride over and most importantly....currently being repainted and down to one lane only, making it even more terrifying. So the plan had been for me to get hauled over it and dropped on the other side where I could easily bike back into Wisconsin.
All went according to plan, and we were able to successfully cross. With just 17 miles left to go, there were no more stops planned until the end! I took off and realized that the wind that was so annoying for much of the ride was now at my back. I held nearly 19 MPH for the final stretch, and felt great about being almost done.
At one point, a 2 foot water snake went flying out onto the road in front of me, and even though I almost jumped straight off my bike, I managed not to crash.
Other than that, the last leg through Wisconsin was absolutely gorgeous. Then entire road follows the main channel, which was silver in the hot sun. Doing distance events like this or running....you spend a lot of time in really long mental dialogues with yourself. A lot of it is silly, random thinking. Anything to keep the mind occupied on other things.
But as I rode back through my own state with the river at my side, I did a lot of thinking about how grateful I was for all of it. I thought a lot about how not everyone has the ability or the will to get out and do something like that, and how lucky I felt that I was right there in that spot, finishing the ride.
I see a sign posted at a lot of events (especially pictures of it at Ironman):
It really resonates with what I'm trying to do, and I thought about the sentiment as I rolled in to town on the bike, happy as could be that today I was able to do this. A lot of people see working out as a chore, and we all have crappy days out there when it definitely is. But thank goodness for days like yesterday. You need them to remember what it's for.
Anyways, I made it to the bar in town, very much craving a beer and a cheeseburger. Emily and Zach met up with me and congratulated me on a ride well done. I ordered my food and a drink, but Emily told me I smelled awful so I headed to the bar bathroom to clean up a little bit before sitting near anyone in the bar.
Over the course of the ride, I managed to put away 64 oz of regular gatorade, 40 oz of water, 1 Gu packet, 2 bananas and a rice krispie bar. Upon reflection, I needed more liquids on a day that hot (how that's even possible, I don't know). I was slightly dehydrated at the end. The food was close to right for just the ride, but to do a half-Ironman I think I will want to eat about 4 Gu packets, because I really hate eating too much while running. Sunscreen also would have been a good call, as I have some ridiculous tan lines going on.
Overall, a great learning experience for the future 70.3, a beautiful yet hot day to ride and a fun experience all around!
And for anyone wondering, post-bike/run beers and cheeseburgers are still as delicious as ever. No spice, no ingredient, no chef can make food taste as good as a long hard workout can. Especially when the bar has air conditioning.


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I sell 20-30 nucs a year. I am up front and as detailed as I can in regards to what the buy is getting. For instance, this year this is what my Craigslist ad says.
"For sale this spring---5 frame nucs of honey bees
Each nuc will come with 5 filled out frames of bees, brood, a new 2013 UNMARKED queen and includes you keeping the nuc box.
**Standard 5.4 cell size 5 frame nuc: $120-- mother queen will be from VSH queen and new queen will be open mated.
**4.9 small cell size 5 frame nuc: $140 mother queen will be from Italian queen and new queen will be open mated.
**I may have a few 5.4 cell size 9 frame medium nucs available with VSH offspring queens. $115 and you will need to bring your own bottom board and top.
Nucs available for pick up May 1st, 2013 but could be earlier if we have good spring weather."
I won't sell a nuc until the frames are filled out and the new queen is laying well for weeks. Seems a purchased queen that's just started laying doesn't have a laying track record to stand on yet. If you're going to sell a nuc with a purchased queen, it seems that 1. the people need to be told that and 2. The queen needs to have layed and hatched through a cycle or two to show she's legit. At least that's what I think the etical/moral thing to do is. You purchased the queens under the premise that it was a healthy laying queen and not a brand new just mated queen. The seller wouldn't sell you a newly mated queen. They sold you a good layer. You should see that she is doing just the same before selling the nuc.
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Don Mario Pérez likes to learn, and he likes to challenge the people around him to learn. While visiting his home and coffee farm during an organic workshop in early June, Don Mario and his wife, Joselinda Manueles, explained their philosophy to me.
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Rising heat, extreme weather and pests mean the highland bean is running out of cool mountainsides on which it flourishes. Global warming is leading to bad, expensive coffee. The perfect storm of raising heat, extreme whether and ferocious pests mean the highland bean is running out of cool mountain sides on which it flourishes. Rich western urbanites expecting to dodge the impacts of climate change should prepare for a jolt: global warming is leading to bad, expensive coffee. Almost 2bn cups of coffee perk up its drinkers every day, but a perfect storm of rising heat, extreme weather and ferocious pests mean the highland bean is running out of cool mountainsides on which it flourishes. Read more here.
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From our friends at Catholic Relief Services:
For World Fair Trade Day, May 10th 2014 ALL DAYYou can watch Connected By Coffee for free online at right from the homepage.We want to inspire you with the voices of these farmers on a day to honor fair trade. Please share this with everyone! DVDs and public screening versions are for sale now as well!
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Jerry Jones has a fever..... for some glory hole
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Jerry Jones has a fever..... for some glory hole
He never learns.
I went to the Giants game in Dallas last year... We had a whole section of about 50 of us, and we were getting taunted pretty bad down two scores with 4 mins to go or so.
Ahh, that was sweet. I love to watch the youtube video of Jerry's face when the field goal was blocked.
Little does JJ know he is THE reason the Cowboys fall short every year. He should just put up the money and hire poeple who nkow what they are doing and let them do their jobs. He is ultimate puppet master. Too bad he isnt as good as he thinks he is when it comes to motivating a coaching staff and a football team....
Why don't you fill us in on how JJ is not very, but very,very good for the NFL? You cowboy fans make me laugh... JJ holds you back and you don't realise it. If not for the Walker trade getting you a bunch of first round picks he would have nothing to hang his hat on (Texas reference for ya). You are 500 average team over the past 15 years and have ONE playoff win..
Tebow laughs at Romo's playoff record. Jerry is a glory hound looking for a glory hole, and good football people know it and stay away. Nice job with Barry Switzer by the way.....
Have you started a countdown on Carrot Top's tenure?
Revenue Sharing.
As you keep making note of (here and on the other cowboys board) the Cowboys haven't had any real success in the last 15 years. Yet for some reason they still bring in a huge chunk of money that is, as you most likely know, split up evenly amongst teams. That reason is Jerry Jones marketing moxie. The man is a guru in that regard.
We realize it. Or at least I can say for myself that I realize that he holds the team back. But that has nothing to do why he's good for the NFL.
Even still. Times are changing in Dallas and plenty of power is being ceded to football minds when it comes to football matters.
No countdown for Garrett's tenure. Unlike a lot of people I have patience and don't overreact after one pre-season game. Garrett has taken the right steps to repairing this team.


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Sentinel Dome Climber's Log
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|Can't Remeber When
|This was a ways back and can't remember much other than it was beautiful up there
|Posted Mar 9, 2006 3:11 am
|Route Climbed: Southeast Slope
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2005
|Started off my trip to Yosemite with a quick hike to the top of this rock. Views were amazing!!
|Posted Mar 7, 2006 2:12 am
|Route Climbed: Southeast Slope Date Climbed: October 13, 2005
|Started off my trip to Yosemite with a quick hike to the top of this rock. Views were amazing!!
|Posted Oct 15, 2005 2:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Southeast Slope Date Climbed: August 16, 2004
|Wonderful views from the top of Sentinel Dome of the valley and Half-Dome. Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls were still flowing strong.
|Posted Oct 13, 2005 1:01 am
|Date Climbed: June 10, 2005
|I had never been up Glacier Point Road before, but took the day off work to have time for it before my cousins wedding in Yosemite Valley on Saturday. Views from the top were much more impressive than from the top of Yosemite Falls on the other side of the valley. Afterward, my wife dropped me off at Glacier Point to do the Panorama Trail (8 miles down to Nevada Falls, Vernal Falls, and Happy Isles) and meet her at Curry Village for pizza with the family in the evening.
|Posted Jul 27, 2005 5:13 am
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 7, 2005
|Nice view from the summit!
|Posted Jul 7, 2005 6:51 pm
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: June 9, 2004
|We could probably touch the deer if we really wanted to. Nice hike, great views of the park....you could see the hundreds of tour buses in the Village parking lot. ;-)
|Posted Jun 7, 2005 6:48 pm
|Joerg Marretsch
|Route Climbed: Normal route from parking lot Date Climbed: 07 Septmeber 2004
|A short and easy walk, just right one day after the walk to half dome.
|Posted May 15, 2005 11:12 am
|Route Climbed: Sentinel Dome Trail Date Climbed: October 12, 2004
|This is an easy hike with a great panoramic view of Yosemite. I did this in combination with Taft Point.
|Posted May 1, 2005 10:47 pm
|Route Climbed: Southeast slope Date Climbed: 23 May 2004
|Just arrived from the snow of Shasta and Lassen, we reached this singular point of view. Me, Marantz and Paglia. Nice weather.
|Posted Feb 10, 2005 2:32 am
|Route Climbed: Sentinel Dome trail Date Climbed: August 2002
|nice short hike with a scramble at the end, and the type of views for which Yosemite is famous...
|Posted Aug 16, 2004 5:45 pm
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: June 9, 2004
|Hiked up with Shelby on a day trip to Yosemite. First time in Yosemite and only had a day to see the whole park, impossible, yes. This was a great place to see a large portion of it though. Amazed, and dissapointed with the crowds even on a Wednesday that started with a snowy morning!?! On a crowded day actually had the dome to ourselves for our stay.
|Posted Jun 15, 2004 1:53 am
|Route Climbed: Sentinel Dome Trail Date Climbed: Numerous Times
|This is a fun hike, with great views. My wife and I always go here when we are in Yosmeite. I can't wait to take my son here.
|Posted Feb 23, 2004 11:52 am
|Route Climbed: SouthEast slope Date Climbed: August 31,2003
|Unbelievable view. Nowhere else in the park can you see El Cap, Half Dome, Clouds Rest and the High Sierra Peaks of Yosemite better than here. We could even see out ultimate destination in the park too! Mt. Lyell.
|Posted Feb 12, 2004 12:19 am
|Dave Dinnell
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: June 1988
|Should not be missed if in the area!
|Posted Jan 14, 2004 1:48 am
|Route Climbed: Tourist walk-up Date Climbed: September 27, 2003
|Hiked with my 4-month old daughter Claire in her Baby Bjorn. Her first multipitch climb. Very strenuous for the grade.
|Posted Nov 11, 2003 12:01 am
|Route Climbed: trail from glacier point Date Climbed: Sept 2002
|nice views.
|Posted Nov 21, 2002 8:14 pm
|Route Climbed: Tourist Trail Date Climbed: June 1997
|2nd time up here, continued on to Taft Point, and down to the Wawona Tunnel. The hike from Taft Point on was real nice, very few tourists, about 13 miles total.
|Posted Oct 17, 2002 4:54 pm
|Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: Many
|Good place to "sleep"
|Posted Oct 17, 2002 4:21 pm
|Route Climbed: Sentinel Dome Trail Date Climbed: August 22nd,2002
|This has to be one of the best short hikes in Yosemite! The views are great and the trail is only 2.2 miles roundtrip. Everyone who visits this great park should take the time to hike this trail. We loved it! And don't miss Taft Point also(at the same trailhead), great views from there as well. Check out our photos and report on our website:
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THe trail is under our MOUNTAINS section. Thanks.
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Sir Howard Stringer, chief executive of Sony, on Christmas sales of the PS3:"It's a little fortuitous that the Wii is running out of hardware."
As in "having gathered multiple pieces in a collection"?をあつまった。
I think he means as in "number of X collected."
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it was the series of articles on water treatment methods that got me to sign up for a year's membership here at Backpackinglight. The series was definitely well done and I learned a lot going through the individual articles. That was at the end of August.
What I am wondering about is this- where are the new articles? There seems to be a lack of new material. In the past month and a half there have been maybe a half dozen new articles posted. Many of the categories haven't had new posings since August.
Perhaps I am missing the point here- maybe it is all about the community forums and the already-posted material from months ago that I have read through. I was kinda thinking that Backpackinglight was an online magazine that I was buying into.
Did I miss something?Oct 16, 2012 at 9:42 am #1921770
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
Click on "articles" above
There have been two per week the last month and a halfOct 16, 2012 at 9:57 am #1921780
Dena KelleyBPL Member
@eagleriverdeeLocale: Eagle River, Alaska
I've wondered this also. The articles section doesn't highlight the new stuff and I've had to pick through to find them under each sub-heading and just check back occasionally. Am I missing something? Or is that the only way to do it?Oct 16, 2012 at 10:19 am #1921787
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
I agree it would be nice to have list with most recent first
I normally read them the week they come out, so they're there on the home page
Or, Maia posts a thread for comments about the article
How can a dog post? Must have a special keyboard and mouse.Oct 16, 2012 at 11:35 am #1921807
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
There is a weekly email that goes with links to the 2 articles for that week, plus a mention of what's coming the week after. If you're not getting this then have a look at your email settings.
Besides that, browse the home page, or better yet, head to the 'Editors Roundtable' forum sub-section where a new thread is created for each article. These threads appear with links to the articles before the homepage is actually updated. You can usually find links to the new articles here sometime on the second half of Tuesday.Oct 16, 2012 at 11:42 am #1921810
Lance MBPL Member
@lancemLocale: Oregon
There is a link on the Home page to the list of past articles in reverse chronological order. The link is titled "ARTICLES: Archives"
The water treatment articles are on the second and third page.
Hope this helps.Oct 16, 2012 at 11:54 am #1921813
On the home page, go down the left side of the page to "Articles" and click on "Archives." You'll see all the articles in reverse chronological order (most recent first). There have been two every week, the normal schedule, except for one fairly recent week where there was only one. That was just after Ryan announced that he was holding back an article or two for further editorial review.
In your time zone, unless you stay up awfully late, you'll see the new articles each Wednesday morning. Someone (presumably Ryan, in the guise of his beautiful dog Maia) posts the new articles during the evening on Tuesday usually between 8 and 9 pm, but that's Mountain time, I believe two hours later than Toronto?
Oops, Lance, you beat me to it, with a great shot of the home page in question! Thanks!Oct 16, 2012 at 12:11 pm #1921818
Dena KelleyBPL Member
@eagleriverdeeLocale: Eagle River, Alaska
The "Archives" option is perfect, thanks. I guess I just assumed that was all old stuff. :)Oct 16, 2012 at 5:59 pm #1921914
Recycled content from the print magazine, and some short pieces that generated no forum comments. I wonder too about new quality material.
There is no one left to submit regular articles on the payroll.Oct 16, 2012 at 6:02 pm #1921916
David UreMember
I'm a non-member in less than a week after 6 plus years. I simply can't take the non committal approach by Ryan Jordan. Love Chris, Roger, et al, however.Oct 16, 2012 at 6:28 pm #1921936
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
so are you changing from Can uck to Cannot uck ?Oct 16, 2012 at 6:37 pm #1921946
Hey the new one by RJ is good!Oct 16, 2012 at 6:52 pm #1921962
I agree, it's a good one, even though I don't tarp camp. I discovered that tarp camping is not for my dog–he's restless all night, while he sleeps soundly inside a tent (which he thinks is HIS crate). There is some info in the article which is just as relevant to a tent, though.
I presume the reviews of individual gear pieces are relevant to some, but there hasn't been one this year that I've cared enough about even to read. Maybe that's just me!Oct 18, 2012 at 6:29 pm #1922676
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
Next week looks solid too. I'm looking forward to Dave C's article on winter.Oct 18, 2012 at 11:32 pm #1922742
Mike WBPL Member
@skopeoLocale: British Columbia
>> I'm a non-member in less than a week after 6 plus years. I simply can't take the non committal approach by Ryan Jordan. <<
The movement is growing… or is it just the Canucks that are protesting?
Will Dandy Dan be next?Oct 18, 2012 at 11:41 pm #1922744
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Hi Mary
> but there hasn't been one this year that I've cared enough about even to read.
Well, what sort of things do you want to read?
BPL has to publish articles covering a range of topics and levels. We need to cater for both experts and novices. If you think we have been catering too much at the novice end, then give us some hints regarding what you want.
But what about the articles on tunnel tents, water purification, … ?
CheersOct 19, 2012 at 1:37 pm #1922923
Roger, I don't bother with the single item reviews because I have my gear pretty well to my liking so am not shopping for more. They therefore aren't relevant to me in my situation. I might read the article if it's about something I already have. That doesn't mean the articles wouldn't be relevant to someone who is looking for new gear!
There have been a number of interesting articles including your water hazards, your tunnel tents (even though I'm not in the market for one) and some of the travel ones.
One article to which I keep referring people, because I'm interested in safety issues and also because it's a freebie so non-members can read it, is Ken Knight's "The Perils of Certainty." It was a truly excellent piece of writing (I was walking down the trail with him, enjoying the beautiful fall day and the conversation!) and illustrates so well how even those of us with lots of experience and on a familiar trail can't let our attention wander and take things for granted!
In the meantime, you folks have these incessant spam attacks to deal with, which are making the forum unusable! Good luck!Oct 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm #1922924
Stuart RBPL Member
@scunneredLocale: Scotland
The experience as an author of an article doesn't exactly encourage you to do another – the promised token renumeration doesn't even turn up. I wouldn't be surprised if non-staff articles dry up altogether.Nov 23, 2012 at 5:48 am #1930497
Stuart. Please give a rundown of your experience of doing an article for BPL. For the sake of those thinking about it.
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Sage Francis addressed the densely-populated crowd at Rock the Bells at Comcast Center last weekend: "This song helped get a friend of mine out of jail. Thank you to all who donated. This song is called 'Conspiracy to Riot.' Strange Famous fucking Records, Providence."
The crowd erupted when the beat dropped, as Sage and fellow Providence emcee B.Dolan saluted their friend and labelmate Jared Paul, a vicious spoken-word specialist who was arrested in St. Paul, Minneapolis, last summer for protesting outside the Republican National Convention. Paul was initially charged with felony riot, which got knocked down to a misdemeanor, but Paul refused to plead guilty and ConspiracyToRiot.com, a Web page to raise funds to fight the charge, was born.
"I'm thankful to Sage and Slug [from the hip-hop group Atmosphere] for posting my bond and getting it all rolling," he said. "Folks heeded the call from all across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. It was fantastic."
The story is now captured on wax as Jared Paul and Alan Hague have teamed up to form Prayers For Atheists, and just released a politically-charged self-titled EP ($10 at StrangeFamousRecords.com) they call their "25-minute victory chant." The leadoff single "Psalm for St. Paul" deftly documents Paul's experience, powered by Hague's chugging guitar riff. Sage Francis sent an email the day before his set at Rock the Bells:
"If you read Jared's account of what took place at the RNC with all the arrests and his time in jail, then you know he was put through hell. The amount of coverage it received was incredible, and the donations were helpful. When Jared told me he was doing a song called 'Psalm for St. Paul,' I was expecting a shitstorm of vitriol. Instead, Alan and Jared deliver a dancey and positive anthem. That song made me realize that this material was going to be well-beyond what anyone was expecting."
There's plenty of raging against the machine on Prayers for Atheists, but Paul and Hague subtly fill your gullet with knowledge while crafting straight-up indie rock as opposed to maniacal rap-rock stuff. Paul tips his hat to Chuck D. on the outstanding "Coathangar 18" and keeps his cool on the slow-burner "Lot's Wife," but makes his opinion abundantly clear on the 80-second thrasher "Tom Delay." PFA added a drummer and bassist for their nationwide tour, which starts today (the 23rd) in New York and ends on August 26 at Firehouse 13. Paul recently returned from an inspiring performance art tour with B. Dolan.
"I've never seen people as hopeful and motivated as they are right now," Paul said. "President Obama has an unprecedented popularity with the American people, but we really need to keep the fire to his feet and hold him accountable just as we would any other politician."
A mention of our governor gets Paul going.
"Don Carcieri is probably the most destructive and anti-worker governor in Rhode Island history," he said. "I worked as a direct care counselor in group homes for many years — I was there when he managed to pull off the $10 million budget cut to the RI DCYF. That move put over 100 18- and 19-year-old group home graduates out on the street with nowhere to go. He is a despicable person.
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SISTERS, Ore. - The Pole Creek Fire burning south of Sisters grew to 4,300 acres Monday, as crews worked on the ground and by the air to try and stop it.
"There was growth in almost every direction today, just with the winds that we've had," said Jean Nelson-Dean, public information officer for the Deschutes National Forest.
Several homes in the Crossroads subdivision have been put on pre-evacuation notice, but no one has been asked to leave yet.
As residents prepare to possibly leave, fire bosses held a public meeting Monday night at Sisters Elementary School, where more than 300 people showed up.
"It's scary," said Jeanne Fairman of Sisters, "especially in the evening when its red and rather ominous-looking."
Fairman, who has lived in Sisters for the past six years, says she's not taking any chances with the fire. She postponed a trip out of town, saying far too many times Mother Nature has stirred up trouble.
"I've seen people leave, thinking that everything was okay, and come back and have their homes or businesses destroyed," said Fairman.
At the public meeting, one man asked why the fire wasn't stopped when the blaze was only a few acres.
A fire boss who said he was the first one on scene told the man he ordered air support, but because resources are spread so thin this summer, crews were unable to get it quickly.
He said he watched as the smallest spark erupted into flames and trees began to torch, spreading from one tree to four trees to dozens of trees.
As the meeting continued, Sisters Fire Chief Roger Johnson said his department was prepared and ready to protect homes if it was needed.
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Also on Monday, Bend ultra runner Ian Sharman shared his experience after he and his running partner were nearly trapped by the flames Sunday.
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Laila Ali is the daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. She is also a champion boxer herself. Now, she is part of the fifth annual Anthem Blue Cross Live Like A Champion Tour. It is a 16-week program designed to help California kids be active so they can fight a tough opponent—childhood obesity.
Through the end of 2010, Live Like A Champion events will bring professional athletes to communities across California. The goal: to encourage kids to be physically active by engaging them in sports-themed activities. Ali, 32, runs a section at each event called Champ Corner, where kids get to fight a round in the ring against a speed bag. Ali also teaches kids the importance of doing exercises such as push-ups, sit-ups and jumping rope. She spoke with TFK about sports and the need to have a healthy lifestyle.
Why did you get into boxing? Did anyone try to stop you?
Laila Ali:
I got into it because I wanted to. It was something I wanted to do that I felt I was going to be good at. Nobody really liked the idea of it. But I've always been someone who does what I want to do; I'm not ever concerned about what somebody else thinks.
What was it like growing up with such a famous dad?
I never knew any other life. For me, it was growing up publicly, having people around all the time. Everyone knows your dad; everyone knows who you are, so you don't live a very private lifestyle. But my dad was such a great role model for me I wouldn't have it any other way.
Why did you want to be part of Live Like a Champion?
I wanted to be part of it because I understand how important it is for us as adults and athletes to put positive messages out there about being healthy and helping kids understand why they need to incorporate into their lives healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle overall. I think it's really important—because kids look up to us as athletes—for us to be there and speak directly to them, exercise with them and let them know we care. That helps them and makes them feel good.
What's it like working with kids?
For me, being that I have my own child, it's great. Kids are our future. When you are a positive role model, you definitely have to get out there and do your part.
Why do you want to fight childhood obesity? Do you have some connection with it?
My sister was overweight when she was younger, but that's not really why. It's bigger than just me and my experience. And, it's not about just about being thin or the way you look, it's about the way that you feel about yourself. Kids are not as active these days [as they should be] and it's just not healthy. They can develop diabetes or heart problems.
What do you eat to stay fit?
I just eat a very balanced diet. I eat a lot of vegetables, a lot of salads. I eat lean meats and fish. I eat whole grains. I drink a lot of water and take vitamins. I sometimes have ice cream and cake and things that I love, because I believe we should be able to do that in moderation. I usually save that for the weekend.
How do you get kids to get fit and eat right?
With my own child, I'm going to be a positive example and provide the right kinds of food in the house. I think that's what all parents need to do. They need to be better about not eating out or buying processed. I think that once that foundation is there, kids learn that food doesn't have to taste bad just because it's good for you. Then it's easier.
What advice would you give kids who want to be athletes?
While they are in school they should make sure that their education comes first. It's not easy to make it as an athlete, but if you are one of those very talented kids who can make it, it's school first, and then be prepared to work as hard as you can to be better than everybody else.
Do you have any special advice for girls who are athletes?
I tell all people [both boys and girls] to do what's in your heart and not be worried about what anyone else thinks. You have to make your own decisions in life. [That way] you won't have any regrets later in life that you listened to other people and did not follow your heart.


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If you don't know (as we didn't), a turnpike is basically a huge tolled interstate highway. When you get on, they give you a ticket, and based on which exit you take to leave the turnpike, that determines how much toll you pay. In the meantime, you are basically a prisoner. Literally the only option while you are on the turnpike are the service plazas. These are basically rest areas plus gas and McDonald's. (We were actually looking for a 'rest area' and couldn't find one - and that's when we learned about the service plazas.) So, unfortunately, we ate a lot of crappy, overpriced meals while held hostage by the turnpike
Our first camp site was in Schenectady, NY, at a place called Frosty Acres. They were pretty much closed for the season, but we managed to get a spot. We only stayed one night here, but it was a cold one! I think the low reached 29? Cold. Other things that made this stop not so enjoyable were the uneven camp sites (we were tilted all night) and the fact that the bathroom was so far away that we actually had to drive to it. Mucho sucko.
Driving from Schenectady to Massachusetts, we came within 30 miles of Cooperstown. I wanted to stop and check out the Baseball Hall of Fame, but we were on a tight schedule, and the girls had zero interest. So I sighed and told myself that someday I would check it out.
The one attraction we stopped to see on this mammoth driving day was Walden Pond, which is just west of Boston. If you aren't familiar, Walden Pond was made famous in a book by Henry David Thoreau, a naturalist who built a cabin there and basically lived away from society in the 19th century. His writing and romanticizing of Walden Pond and 'the simple life' became an inspiration to many and helped lead to preservation of lands and wildlife refuges
As we hiked around Walden Pond, we learned a few things. One: it's more like a lake than a pond - rather large. Two: the cabin is no longer there, but they've built a replica that you can tour, and they've marked out the former location of the cabin with a monument, so you can picture what Thoreau's life there was like. Next to the cabin site is a large pile of stones that people have left in tribute. We added rocks to the pile (see mine in pics below!). Being at Walden Pond, you can really get a glimpse of just how much and how quickly the world has changed. Sometimes, I think living in a simpler, less technological time would not be so bad (he said, typing on his new laptop using the local wifi).
Finally making it to New Hampshire, we stayed in another mostly vacant campground (very late in the season), but there are some perks to doing that. In this case, the campground had a game room with ping pong and a pool table, and we had it to ourselves for the three nights we were there.
We spent one full day in camp to do boring stuff like laundry and work, and then the second day, we headed off to poet Robert Frost's Farm in Derry, New Hampshire
I've long been a big fan of Robert Frost's poetry, and some of my favorite poems, such as Mending Wall, were written at this farm in Derry. Mending Wall is about a rock wall that separated Frost from his neighbor and contains the quote 'good fences make good neighbors'. So true! The truth is that Frost hated mending the wall and only did it every year because his neighbor insisted. He enjoyed the idea of farming more than the reality, we were told. We got to walk along the famous rock wall and take a self-guided tour of the farm, although we arrived one day too late to see the inside of the farm. Wren happened across a letterboxing cache hidden in a tree near the pond on the property.
After spending the remainder of the day getting our car serviced (4,000 miles and counting) and hanging out at camp, we planned our trip the next day to the coast of Maine
Driving up the Maine turnpike (really difficult to avoid these things), we saw plenty of signs for moose, but nary an actual moose. Our first stop was in Bangor (which I've always pronouced as "Banger", but the locals pronounce as "Bang-Gore"). The stop was at Stephen King's house. King has long been one of my favorite authors, and it was great to snap a quick picture outside his mansion. It really is a mansion, with turrets, statuary, and a wonderfully Gothic wrought-iron fence with bats, spiders, and his initials on the gate. How very cool. I know that he only spends part of his time in Bangor, and the rest in the Florida Keys (ironically where I am sitting as I write this blog entry). You might ask how I found his house...but the truth is that you can GPS it! Just put 'Stephen King's House' into your GPS. He must not mind the looky-loos.
We made camp seaside in Bar Harbor, Maine. This was our first glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean (for any of us), so it was a little special. We dug in at camp and sampled the local cuisine (lobster rolls and clam chowder, naturally). The lobster roll was cold and disappointing, but OMG, the clam chowder was so good that we got it a couple more times. It was a really thin, wine-based chowder, not the thick, clumpy stuff you normally get
The next day we toured Arcadia National Park, which gives you a great representation of Maine coastline. It's a very rocky coastline, with pounding waves and bitter winds. It's a bit more masculine than the Washington coast, I thought. The park is gorgeous, and you can sit out on the rock cliffs and just stare at the ocean. We were very fortunate to be there on a sunny day. The days on either side of that day were stormy.
We had lunch in Bar Harbor, which is kind of an upscale, touristy spot. Our lunch was pretty nondescript, but it included frozen custard, which was another first for us. Mmmm. Then we had to take Wren to the School of the Atlantic to complete her Junior Ranger program for Acadia, by attending a ranger talk featuring a sea life touch tank. School of the Atlantic was a hippie, earthy school, much like Evergreen College in Olympia
After some more clam chowder that evening, we suffered through a stormy night and awoke to pack up our trailer in the bitter, cold, driving rain. This was a first time on the trip that we had to tear down during a storm. We did not get through it unscathed. Over the next few days, Kat developed a bad cough which you will hear plenty about in our next blog!
On the drive south through Maine, we stopped at the Owl's Head Light, a small lighthouse on a majestic promontory. We had to get in at least one lighthouse!
Stay tuned for our next blog, depicting our second time through New England, our stay with the Bullock's, Kat's worsening health, and sightseeing in Boston.


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text: I just don't understand how Sasha after three years never attempted in her time off from competition to correct her flawed edges. Surely she is very much aware of the criticisms on edge jumps. She seems to be really into staying in shape through pilates, yoga, etc. but just doesn't seem to have the discipline to learn her craft properly. It just frustrates me to see gifted skaters like Cohen, and more recently Asada not being able to properly execute the edge jumps. I think like compulsory figures of old there should be some kind of requirement for kids at the novice stage to master their edges before they go on to the next level. jmo.


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Study of a figure outdoors: woman with a sunshade turned to the right
[Essai de figure en plein-air: femme à l'ombrelle tournée vers la droite] 1886
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Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Gift of Michel Monet, the artist's son 1927
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In his study of a figure outdoors, Claude Monet recreates the balminess of summer where a warm breeze envelops a woman standing on a hill. He creates a dynamic sense of movement in this painting by encouraging our eye in a circular direction following the breeze.
The model was Suzanne Hoschedé, the daughter of the artist's partner. One day while sitting in his boat at Giverny, Monet observed Suzanne in silhouette standing on an embankment. This experience inspired his painting of a figure in the outdoors viewed from a low vantage point.
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Trafalgar Day gun marks anniversary at Fort Nelson - Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Trafalgar Day – marking one of Britain's greatest Naval victories – will be commemorated at Fort Nelson later this month with the firing of a 204-year-old gun, of the kind used on board HMS Victory in 1805.
A uniformed crew of sailors will fire the restored 12-pounder gun at the Royal Armouries fort near Fareham, on Sunday 18 October, as part of a two-day event to mark the great battle.
Trafalgar Day itself will be marked on Wednesday 21 October, when the gun will be fired again by Royal Armouries staff.
Nelson masterminded the defeat of the French and Spanish from his ship HMS Victory, now docked at nearby Portsmouth. The battle cost him his life, as he died onboard after being hit by a French sniper's bullet. The victory at Trafalgar meant that Britain was safe from invasion and was the world's strongest naval power for many years.
As well as the gun firings at 12 noon and 3pm on both days, the Royal Armouries' team of resident actors will stage live performances, including an 'eye-witness account' recalling events during Nelson's last hours.
The 204th anniversary of the great battle has special significance for Fort Nelson, which sits high on Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth Harbour.
Fort Operations Manager Mark Selwood said: 'We enjoy marking the event as there are links between the Fort and Lord Nelson as the fort was built to protect against possible invasion from the French and is named after him. The carriage of the gun we fire is painted in the colours of HMS Victory and is the type of artillery used on the top gun deck of the ship, so it is very possible that it saw some action at Trafalgar. The battle saw Nelson spectacularly defeat the French and Spanish navies, removing the threat of possible invasion of Britain – so we have much to be thankful for.'
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Super Science Saturday event targets grades 3-6
Super Science Saturday will offer hands-on, inquiry-based experiments from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9, in the Pequot Lakes Middle School Science Lab for students in grades 3-6.
Participants will choose two of the following four science labs:
• Building vehicles in the motion madness lab.
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• Aerodynamic lab where airplane designing, building and testing will be conducted.
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I had a question from The Food Guys Show on KUFM, Montana Public Radio, 89.1FM, Missoula, Montana. Co-Host Jon wrote me:
"Mark: A listener to our Food Guys show on KUFM writes us that her usual honey supplier has quit, saying that she couldn't keep her hives from contamination from bees feeding on GMO rape in the Flathead Valley (grown for the canola market) and the honey in the hives was crystallizing. I wonder if you have any knowledge about that?"
My first thoughts were to address the idea of "contamination". But, then after reading the e-mail again and rewriting it here on beesource it seemed to me that Jon's listener was asking about the crystallization of the honey in the comb making it so her supplier could not provide her honey anymore.
It is my understanding that Canola (rape seed) Honey will crystallize in the comb if the beekeeper does not get the supers off and extracted soon after the bees finish capping the combs. That is correct, isn't it? You guys who produce canola honey?
What I am also wondering is what would there be in the nectar of a GMO plant which itself would be modified? Would a sample of nectar from a nonGMO plant and a sample of nectar from a GMO plant be different in any way? And therefore the Honey?


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PICTURING THE UNCERTAIN WORLD: How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty through Graphical Display. Howard Wainer. xx + 244 pp. Princeton University Press, 2009. $29.95.
From time to time, most scientists experience the frustrations of trying to engage with policymaking. "Evidence-based policy" sounds fine in principle, but in practice it may be difficult, if not impossible, to come up with the kinds of evidence that point unequivocally to one policy option over another. The temptation to be selective, or to present data in a form that invites a particular interpretation, can sometimes be overwhelming. To quote Winston Churchill, "When I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister."
Uncertainty is endemic in science. The uncertainties that result from measurement error sometimes pale in comparison to those introduced by varying interpretations, poorly defined terms, incomplete documentation or ineffective or misleading presentation of data. This problem can only get worse as the Internet increases our ability to share information across vast distances and cultures. If uncertainty is defined as the degree to which a communication leaves its recipient in doubt about the true nature of the world, then it is a property both of the communication and of the recipient. It is hard for the originator to control or minimize uncertainty, particularly when the recipient, like Churchill, has a political agenda.
In Picturing the Uncertain World, Howard Wainer approaches this problem through stories, and every one is a gem. This is territory that has long been dominated by the books of Edward Tufte—particularly The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983), Envisioning Information (1990), Visual Explanations (1997) and Beautiful Evidence (2006)—but Wainer's approach is refreshingly different. He has himself been involved in many policy debates and understands well that the same information can be interpreted in a variety of ways to support widely divergent positions. As an employee of the National Board of Medical Examiners, he is particularly familiar with debates over the large-scale testing of scholastic aptitude and its political ramifications.
Wainer devotes the book's first chapter to the consequences of varying sample size and to what he calls de Moivre's equation. Named for Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754), the equation yields the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean. Wainer provides several examples of misunderstandings that can arise from ignorance of this equation. A map showing U.S. counties with low death rates from kidney cancer reveals that many of them are located in the High Plains. One might infer that these low rates are the result of the region's cleaner air and water or the rural lifestyle of its inhabitants—but as Wainer explains, a map showing counties with high rates of kidney cancer reveals that many of them are also in the High Plains, right alongside the counties with low rates. This is just what one would expect: Both of the extremes are likely to be found in small, low-density populations such as those of the Plains counties. Wainer also argues that the Small Schools Movement of the late 1990s, which invested billions in breaking up large schools, was based in part on a similar misinterpretation of evidence: Much was made of the fact that small schools were overrepresented among the schools that had the highest scores on certain tests, whereas it was little remarked that small schools were also overrepresented among the lowest-scoring schools (as would be expected, because smaller schools will show greater variation in performance).
This first chapter establishes the pattern of the book: Wainer provides well-written and well-illustrated anecdotes, some of which are grounded in the theory of statistics, but most of which rely on intuition. Some center on graphical display, and the general principles Wainer extracts from these stories pay homage not just to Tufte but also to the earlier work of the French graphical theorist Jacques Bertin and the even earlier work of William Playfair and Francis Galton.
Not all of these narratives address uncertainty, however. Chapter 18, "When Form Violates Function," recalls a 2003 article in Wired magazine that included a graph patterned after Charles Joseph Minard's well-known plot of Napoleon's 1812 campaign (described by Tufte as "the best graph ever produced"). The purpose of the graph in Wired was to illustrate the corporate disaster that followed the AOL–Time Warner merger of 2000. None of the information presented is uncertain, but Wainer shows that it could have been communicated more effectively with different graphics.
Despite its title, Picturing the Uncertain World is not a book solely about graphical display and uncertainty. And despite its subtitle, it does not offer much in the way of guidance on controlling uncertainty. Instead, the reader is left largely to his or her own devices regarding the general principles to be extracted and the lessons to be learned. But communication is both art and science, and principles are few and far between. The value of the book lies elsewhere, in the themes and rhetorical questions that crop up throughout. Why, for example, did William Playfair (1759–1823) invent many of the types of graphical display now in use but miss the scatter plot? And why, asks Wainer, citing the New York Times, do the news media often produce graphs and plots that are better—that is, less open to misinterpretation—than those produced by academics?
The final chapter, "Numbers and the Remembrance of Things Past," provides the book's capstone: the story told by the data collected by inhabitants of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania during the Nazi occupation in 1941. Uncertainty is not the issue raised by their meticulous demographic statistics; the tables and graphs they produced were equally effective at communicating, and memorializing, the awful history. Rather, this is a story about the interplay between fact and emotion, about the human need to create a factual record even in the direst of circumstances, when the creators of the record knew full well that they were about to become statistics themselves. Emotions do not necessarily scale with objective measures of the magnitude of an event; the memorial to the 168 victims of the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 may be every bit as moving as the Vietnam memorial with its 58,261 names. As Wainer writes,
Worthy memorials draw on both fact and emotion. We should not underestimate the power of even simple numerical displays to help bridge the gap between a statistic and a tragedy.
In the final analysis, then, this book is not so much about uncertainty or graphical display as about the communication of facts, and the interplay of that information with interpretation, emotion and the many other subjective dimensions of the human experience. Picturing the Uncertain World will appeal to a wide audience, because its arguments are accessible and intuitive, and the occasional references to statistical theory are handled very gently. Like two of Wainer's earlier books—Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot (1997) and Graphic Discovery: A Trout in the Milk and Other Visual Adventures (2005)—this one makes for very fine reading and would be an excellent text for a general-education seminar.
Michael Goodchild is professor of geography and director of the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Much of his recent research has focused on the description and modeling of uncertainty in maps and geospatial information.
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Those preliminary evaluations probably understate the potential of robot-assisted therapy, perhaps significantly, because researchers do not yet have a clear idea of the best way for a robot to interact with a patient's legs. Robots have made impressive inroads in industry because of their capacity to perform the same tasks over and over with high precision, and specialists in robot rehabilitation initially employed those machines the same way: Robots would guide patients as they moved their legs on the treadmill, with the exoskeleton providing consistent corrective assistance when its sensors detected the patient deviating from a predetermined normal gait pattern. The end result is that the patients' legs would always move normally, with the patients doing what they could with their muscles, and the exoskeleton making up the difference with its motors.
That approach, called position control, is an excellent way to program a robot tasked with machining identical engine parts on an assembly line, but it may not be ideal for helping people relearn to walk. True, moving the patient through a normal walking motion would show him or her what such movements feel like, and it might even generate sensory signals in the patient's own nerves that would be helpful in relearning gait. Robot-guided motions would be preferable to no motion at all for patients with a severe disability. On the other hand, position control may rob patients of the motivation to generate normal motions because the robot produces all the movement patterns for them.
David Reinkensmeyer of the University of California at Irvine calls that possible loss of motivation the "slacking hypothesis." When a robot guides limb motions, the patient's body may adapt automatically by minimizing energy expenditure. Such compensation presents a problem, Reinkensmeyer says, because the rehabilitation patient needs to expend effort to learn how to walk again.
If you have ever taught a child to ride a bike, you know that when a motor skill is first learned, there is considerable fluctuation in the movement. But does that variation represent deviation that the nervous system will attempt to eliminate, or does it actually aid in learning? Russian neurophysiologist Nikolai Bernstein theorized that movement variation allows the nervous system to practice solving the problem of planning motion, in much the same way that a fourth-grader develops computational skills by completing a worksheet of many different long division problems. "Repetition without repetition," according to Bernstein, is the key to motor learning.
The challenge, then, is to find the best way for the robot to allow the patient to deviate from perfect repetition. To that end, several groups are now exploring an alternative to position control, called impedance control. Mechanical impedance is resistance to motion; the idea behind impedance control is that the robot would simulate a springlike resistance to deviation from the desired movement trajectory. The spring might be very soft or even nonexistent for small deviations, giving patients the opportunity to learn how to correct their own errors. Larger deviations would be met with greater resistance that would move the patient along the preferred path and perhaps prevent him or her from becoming frustrated early in the course of rehabilitation.
Robots that guide patient motions in this way may behave much like the way our own limbs respond when we encounter a disturbance, such as when someone jostles your arm while you reach for a cup of coffee. In a 2004 study, kinesiologists David Franklin and Theodore Milner of Simon Fraser University in Canada, along with Udell So and Mitsuo Kawato of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute in Kyoto, asked healthy people to perform reaching movements while gripping a handle attached to a robot arm that attempted to destabilize their motion. Test subjects were still able to make straight movements by modifying the springlike behavior of their own limbs: They stiffened their arms in the direction perpendicular to the path of their reach, but not in the movement direction.
A similar strategy underlies a variant of impedance control called path control. In this approach, the robot produces less resistance along the desired line of movement so that patients have more control over the timing of their motions. The legs are therefore free to move when the patient propels them in the right direction, but the robot applies a gentle correction when they stray too far from the prescribed path, creating virtual "walls" that prevent too much sideways deviation.
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Definition: Manganese is used to produce pesticides, batteries and other industrial products. Although trace elements are found in food and are considered essential for good health, overexposure for long periods can cause mental and emotional disturbances and slow and clumsy body movements -- a disease of the brain called manganism. Children are more vulnerable to such exposures than adults. EPA says that it cannot be determined if there is a link between manganese and cancer.
Definition: Nickel, a metal, can be combined with other metals to make coins, jewelry, and stainless steel. People working in nickel refineries or nickel-processing plants have experienced chronic bronchitis, reduced lung function, and lung and sinus cancers. EPA classifies nickel refinery dust and nickel subsulfide as human carcinogens. Source: EPA, HHS
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Definition: Chromium is present in the environment in several different forms, some harmless and some harmful. Chromium 3 is an essential nutrient that helps the body process sugars, proteins and fats. Chromium 6, produced by industrial processes, can in high doses cause convulsions, kidney and liver damage, and even death. The World Health Organization, EPA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have concluded that chromium 6 can cause cancer in humans.
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Internet hip-hop sensation Adam WarRock (AKA: Eugene Ahn) is a longtime ally of GeekDad, and our blog recently gave back in the form of sponsorship. His current tour – he's on the road throughout September with fellow members of the rap clique NO FRIENDS – was funded both by special releases from the artists themselves and a little scratch from like-minded businesses and communities such as GeekDad and Rutgers University's Geek Week.
Before last weekend's departure, Adam took some time to chat with me about the tour itself, his current television obsession and his plans for the remainder of 2012.
Z.: You're about to kick off the NO FRIENDS Tour 2012 starting in the Midwest and moving down the East Coast. What was the impetus of this tour? What made you want to take to the road with Jesse Dangerously, Mikal kHill and Tribe One?
Adam WarRock: Me and kHill had planned to do a tour together a while ago, and it just kinda grew from there in inviting Jesse and Niles. Plus, we all have such a good time with each other when we're at festivals or other concerts, that we figured we might as well ruin that by being stuck with each other for 2 straight weeks. Continue Reading "Adam WarRock Embarks on No Friends Tour 2012″ »


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The former Imperial Palace of the Hapsburgs, the Hofburg, is one of Europe's most lavish royal establishments.
The showpiece attractions include the Imperial Apartments, a live performance of the Vienna Boys' Choir in the Royal Chapel and the Spanish Riding School. First brought to Austria from Spain in 1562, the elegant white Lipizzaner stallions were regularly used by the Hapsburgs.
Enjoy the scenery in the Heroes' Square, formerly the Hapsburgs' extravagant parade ground. Lavishly endowed with imperial equestrian statues, it was also the site of Hitler's feverish address to the Viennese after Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938.
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Hotel Imperial Vienna takes pride in pampering travellers with impeccable service. The Vienna of yesteryear is evident in the splendidly appointed guestrooms featuring tasteful furnishings and marble bathrooms.


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Really cute!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Kelly, these are cute! Thanks for sharing the pattern info with us~
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
so cute and love the colors!
They are great! They make me think of the cottage up north at night.
Thanks everyone... one day I hope to have a little cabin in the woods
Super. BrendaK
Be kind to yourself, by being kind to others. When you help others you help yourself.
They are very fun and happy. Great job on them!
So whimsical, great fabric... mug rugs? love em'
Warm quilt hugs, Sue in CA
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I love house and tree blocks. These are adorable! Thanks for posting. I love the background fabric also!
They started out as mug rugs, but they are an odd shape, so I have decided they are whatever the people receiving them want them to be
Thanks everyone