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The Trailbuilders Outdoor Trade Show is optimized for vendors
The Trailbuilders Outdoor Trade Show will run on Sunday, May 17, 2015 during the American Trails International Trails Symposium and the PTBA Sustainable Trails Workshop Series. This is the only trade show in the nation dedicated to trailbuilders and trailbuilding tools, technology and techniques. We also have an outdoor demonstration area with dirt, terrain, rocks, logs, and brush for equipment demonstrations. Many attendees come primarily for the trade show. It is the single best opportunity for attendees to try various machines and equipment in a variety of conditions and compare and contrast them with one another. What better way for your company to market your cutting edge trailbuilding tools, technologies and techniques!
Register for the AT ITS Exhibit Hall and PTBA Outdoor Trade Show by downloading the 2015 Exhibitor and Sponsor Packet now!
Outdoor Trade Show Exhibitor Benefits
- Huge crowds due to the American Trails' Building Public Awareness Event and Metro's 5th Annual Trails Fair!
- Company name, logo and website link on the PTBA Website
- Company profile listing in the online Exhibitor/Sponsor Guide
- PTBA logo to use in all marketing materials for the 2015 International Trails Symposium and PTBA Sustainable Trails Workshop Series.
- Pre-show attendance roster
- Final Conference Attendee Roster
- Free wireless internet access throughout the expo area.
- Outdoor demo area located immediately across the street from the Oregon Convention Center, which will maximize the traffic to your outdoor exhibit.
Exhibitor Schedule
Saturday, May 16
5pm – 8pm Outdoor Trade Show Setup
Sunday, May 17
8am – 6pm Outdoor Trade Show Open
8:00am – 12:00pm Morning Scheduled Product Demonstrations (Vendors sign up for highlighted demonstrations)
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12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm – 5:00pm Afternoon Scheduled Demonstrations
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6:00pm – 9:00pm Opening Reception (Exhibit Hall) and Outdoor Trade Show Breakdown
Prime, high-traffic, high-visibility indoor exhibit space
Indoors, the Exhibit Area has over 5,000 sq. ft. with a ceiling height of over 20′. Designed for exhibitions, it's central to everything, and is located directly outside of the Concurrent Session meeting rooms. This means that people coming to and from all of the concurrent and general sessions, and people coming to and from the Outdoor Trade Show will pass through the exhibit area throughout the day. Informal networking, breaks and general conversations also take place in the indoor trade show area.
Outdoor Demonstration Area
The Outdoor Trade Show and Demonstration Area allows unprecedented opportunity to try out the latest trailbuilding tools and technologies in a real world setting. This year's trade show is over 2 acres in size and has moderate slopes, trees, brush piles, boulders, gravel, etc. Play with mini-excavators, dozers, belly dumpers, and other trailbuilding equipment. Here are some of the scenes from past Outdoor Trade Show:
The demo area is a disturbed area and approved by the Oregon Convention Center. You can do anything reasonable to the demo area as long as you put it back to some semblance of what it was when you arrived. Pretty cool, eh?
Become a Vendor Member
The Association will accept Vendor Members, defined as those business entities which sell, distribute, lease or loan tools or equipment for use in trail design or construction, or who provide professional services in the field of trail consulting, planning, design, construction or maintenance. Vendor Members shall have no voting rights. Vendor Member dues are currently $500/year.
Benefits of Vendor Membership:
- Join in PTBA's positive international reputation
- Highlighted on PTBA's well-developed website
- Ability to partner with PTBA members on contracts solicited through the PTBA website
- Networking opportunities with a variety of trail contractor members and expertises
- National affiliations and partnerships
- Access to the PTBA member listserve
- Ability to attend the annual Member Meeting
Vendor Options and Fees
Registration is done through American Trails. Contact Candace Mitchell, Exhibitor and Sponsorship Coordinator for more details: firstname.lastname@example.com
In order to participate in the PTBA Outdoor Trade Show and Demonstration Area, you must also be a vendor in the Indoor Exhibit Hall.
The fee for participating in the PTBA Outdoor Trade Show is $350 for non-members
Here is a link to the 2015 Exhibitor and Sponsor Packet.
PTBA Trade Show Coordinator
Please direct questions to:
Mike Passo, PTBA Director
PO Box 28514
Bellingham, WA 98228
Package and freight shipping to Oregon Convention Center
(Guest name)
C/O International Trails Symposium, PTBA Outdoor Trade Show
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
About the Outdoor Demo Area
Materials: The Oregon Convention Center is immediately across the street from a 2+ acre outdoor demonstration area. PTBA will be stocking the Outdoor Trade Show with materials such as rocks, logs, brush, etc. needed to demonstrate equipment or tools. Please make prior arrangements with us if you need special materials. Gravel, dirt, grass, brush, boulders and small logs will be provided onsite and we can dig and move it all as long as it we put it back by the end of the show. We can also install and remove "hardened" soil and other trail surface treatments. Note that we must restore the area to its approximate pre-show state before leaving and we need your help and equipment to do so!
Amenities: The Outdoor Trade Show site is fenced and gated for security, and has one overhead yard light. As in the field, there aren't any tables, chairs, restrooms, food, drink, etc. in the outdoor area. All of these, however, are available in the nearby Convention Center. Your meals and refreshments are all included in the Registration Package. The outdoor demo area is approximately 100 feet from the doors of the Indoor Exhibit Hall.
Traffic: In past years, the outdoor demo area has drawn steady traffic throughout the day. We took your feedback to heart and decided in 2015, that we would open the Outdoor Trade Show and Demonstration Area for one single, high-traffic, high-intensity day. This year we have scheduled the outdoor trade show area to coincide with the kickoff of the International Trails Symposium on a day that is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC to maximize vendor's exposure. The exhibit hall and outdoor trade show will be bustling with thousands of people from the Portland area, as well as attendees of the conference. The entire day is available for you to work with individuals and let them try out equipment individually.
Weather and Ground Conditions: Portland is located in the heart of the Pacific Northwest. The Coast Range of NW Oregon is a wet environment. Expect rain and be pleasantly surprised if it stays dry. Weather can be anything from 70 degrees and sunny to rainy and 40 degrees. Most likely weather will be clear and cool (50-60 degrees F). The outdoor demo site is 2+ acres with consistent, gentle 4-8% slopes, with a sand/gravel mixture to the soil, and a current ground cover of mown grass.
Setup: Check-in for the ITS will begin at 7:00 am on Sunday, May 17 and continue throughout the day. You can check in with PTBA at the Outdoor Trade Show site on Saturday night from 5pm – 8pm to drop off equipment. Please be prepared to hit the ground running on Sunday morning promptly at 8am.
Breakdown: Outdoors, breakdown can begin anytime after the close of the Outdoor Trade Show at 6 PM on Sunday evening. Everything must be out by 11 PM Sunday unless specifically arranged with PTBA.
Outdoor Demo Area Security:
Note that PTBA, American Trails and/or the Oregon Convention Center cannot be responsible in any way, shape, or form for any damage or loss that may occur. The Outdoor Trade Show site is fenced and gated. There is one overhead yard light in the middle of the lot as well.


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By Gabe Nelson, The Wire, Michigan Daily
Remember him? Freeman Dyson, a prominent physicist and author who was the graduation speaker at the Universitys winter commencement two years ago, said in an interview with Salon.com published last week that he thinks global warming has been blown out of proportion.
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm. It distracts peoples attention from much more serious problems, he said. Its not so much to do about science. Its really a political question. If Dyson had made these remarks two years ago, would he have been chosen as a commencement speaker at the University? Its hard to imagine his ideas about climate change being embraced.
The University was scored among the top ten colleges in the country with regard to environmental policies and research in rankings released earlier this year by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The University got a B-plus overall and an A for climate change and energy research in the rankings.
Dyson, who researched climate change at Oak Ridge National Laboratory about 30 years ago, told Salon that he believes most of the global warming being seen in recent decades can be attributed to natural climate cycles. Although he admitted that humans do cause some changes to the climate, he said theres no reason to worry.
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder, Dyson said. Theres no reason why one should be scared. Why, then, are have many people joined the fight against global warming? Dyson said many scientists now studying climate change assume that global warming is urgent and reject opposing viewpoints regardless of their merit. Read more here.
By Matthew Creamer and Brooke Capps, Ad Age Latest News
Not too long ago, a premier ad agency wouldn't touch a campaign warning about the effects of global warming, fearing backlash from the automakers and oil companies that keep Madison Avenue's lights on. But now one of the most hotly contended pitches out there is for the Alliance for Climate Protection, the organization formed last year by Al Gore. Four elite agencies—Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, the Martin Agency and Y&R—are squaring off for the business and are expected to present to the former vice president himself early next month, according to executives familiar with the review. The budget for the "historic, three-to-five-year, multimedia global campaign," as the request for proposals puts it, is contingent on how much money the alliance raises. Media spending will likely be more than $100 million a year.
That elite shops aren't scared off from crafting environmental messaging that could be tacitly critical of big business's sometimes unsustainable ways is yet another sign of the mainstreaming of green thinking within the corporate world at large. And within the ad community it points to newfound willingness to embrace hot-button social causes. The alliance account, some are saying, could even lend some luster to the winner's roster, given many major marketers' recent embrace of sustainability throughout their value chains, from product development to manufacturing to marketing communications.
Many agencies do high-profile and often award-winning work for causes such as smoking cessation, drug-use prevention and disaster relief, but they typically steer clear of more divisive issues and political campaigns, making executives who want to work on them do so outside the auspices of the agency. Until very recently at least, global warming would have been seen as such an issue.
Go to Ad Age and see full story here.
By Dr. Madhav Khandekar, IPCC Expert Reviewer
Brant Boucher, in his letter "Scientific consensus" (The Hill Times, Aug. 6, 2007), seems to naively believe that the climate change science espoused in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC documents represents "scientific consensus." Nothing could be further than the truth!
As one of the invited expert reviewers for the 2007 IPCC documents, I have pointed out the flawed review process used by the IPCC scientists in one of my letters (The Hill Times, May 28, 2007). I have also pointed out in my letter that an increasing number of scientists are now questioning the hypothesis of GHG-induced warming of the earth's surface and suggesting a stronger impact of solar variability and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns on the observed temperature increase than previously believed. I would further politely ask Mr. Boucher to do a simple reality check regarding the earth's temperature change. Since mid-1998, the earth's mean temperature as a whole has not increased at all, despite billions of tonnes of human-added CO2 in the earth's atmosphere.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the land-area mean temperature has slowly but surely declined in the last few years. The city of Buenos Aires in Argentina received several centimetres of snowfall in early July, and the last time it snowed in Buenos Aires was in 1918! Most of Australia experienced one of its coldest months of June this year. Several other locations in the Southern Hemisphere have experienced lower temperatures in the last few years. Further, the SSTs (sea surface temperatures) over world oceans are slowly declining since mid-1998, according to a recent world-wide analysis of ocean surface temperatures.
It is important to first develop an improved understanding of the earth's temperature trends and changes before committing millions (billions!) of dollars to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs). Unfortunately, the IPCC climate change documents do not provide an objective assessment of the earth's temperature trends and associated climate change. Read more here.
By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Update on CNN reaction to Marciano's comments: Excerpt: CNN Anchor Kiran Chetry summed up the network sense of the debate at the end. Just dont say anything for a couple more days.
CNN reported on Thursday that a British judge has called Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth unfit for schools "because it is politically biased and contains scientific inaccuracies and sentimental mush." British schools may now have to preface any showing of the film with a warning.
CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano responded to this story by applauding and saying,"Finally, finally," before commenting sarcastically that "the Oscars, they give out awards for fictional films as well." Marciano said he objected in particular to the film's claim that global warming causes stronger hurricanes, noting that the current hurricane season has only been average.
Although the number of named storms this season has not been unusual, USA Today pointed out last month that "the first two hurricanes in the Atlantic this season reached the highest Category 5 level, the first time that's happened since record-keeping began in 1851." In addition, three storms this year shattered records for speed of intensification, leading concerned weather bloggers to suggest that the possible effects of global warming on hurricanes demand far more intensive study.
By Anthony Watts
Heres a twist; while the north pole ice dwindles to record lows, the south pole ice reaches the maximum extent ever recorded. A fellow who likes variable star research and AAVSO calling himself Tamino (not his real name - another phantom blogger) who runs a blog called Open Mind. He used to be about explaining science, and did a pretty good job, but now has succumbed to the dark side of discourse and posted an opinion that its time to stop even listening to denialists, let alone arguing with them. and then further says it is the republican party in the U.S. that is the problem..
Then right after that post, he puts up a graph of Northern Hemisphere Sea ice showing its drop with the challenge Explain this. Its just too funny to announce hes not going to discuss the matter further, then puts up a challenge on record northern hemisphere sea ice minimum, then the next day we get a new maximum ice record in the southern hemisphere. Perhaps the dichotomy was just too much for him. A hint for those in need of pressure valves - its all about cycles.
By Noel Sheppard, Newsbusters
Americans willing to look at the manmade global warming debate with any degree of impartiality and honesty are well aware that those spreading the hysteria have made a lot of money doing so, and stand to gain much more if governments mandate carbon dioxide emissions reductions.
In fact, just two months ago, ABC News.com estimated soon-to-be-Nobel Laureate Al Gore's net worth at $100 million, which isn't bad considering that he was supposedly worth about $1 million when he watched George W. Bush get sworn in as president in January 2001.
Talk about your get-rich-quick schemes, how'd you like to increase your net worth 10,000 percent in less than seven years? Fortunately for the world's foremost warm-monger - a term I'd love to see become part of the parlance concerning what, in the long run, will likely be viewed as the greatest con ever perpetrated on the American people - his current wealth represents a mere pittance of what it will be if governments around the world are scared into all of his preposterous recommendations.
Al Gore's campaign against global warming is shifting into high gear. Reporters and commentators follow his every move and bombard the public with notice of his activities and opinions. But while the mainstream media promote his ideas about the state of planet Earth, they are mostly silent about the dramatic impact his economic proposals would have on America. And journalists routinely ignore evidence that he may personally benefit from his programs. Would the romance fizzle if Gore's followers realized how much their man stands to gain?
Of course it would, Deborah. That's why media have largely been mute on this matter. See more here.
Interview in Pete's Place on Global Warming
Previously, Pete posted a link to a video interview with George Taylor, of Oregon State University and the Oregon State Climatologist. Here is his reply to an attack article criticizing his view that man and carbon dioxide emissions are not to blame for global warming. The vicious nature of the personal attacks on global warming skeptics is typical.
I get most of my information from peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, and Climate Research. The articles I write (including, for example, the Arctic article) are based on journal articles and contain full bibliographies. Admittedly, I seldom giveboth sides of the argument, because the other side (the one that suggests that human activities exert a dominant role in the climate system) is well-represented in journals and the media. My goal is to be a voice saying wait, maybe theres another side to this. Take a look at THIS data and see what you think. Then lets talk about it. Unfortunately, this issue has become such a divisive and angry one that ad hominem attacks have replaced dialogue.
Read full blog here.
By John McLean for SPPI
It is widely alleged that the science of global warming is settled. This implies that all the major scientific aspects of climate change are well understood and uncontroversial, and that scientists are now just mopping up unimportant details. The allegation is profoundly untrue: for example the US alone is said to be spending more than $4 billion annually on climate research, which is a lot to pay for detailing; and great uncertainty and argument surround many of the principles of climate change, and especially the magnitude of any human causation for warming. Worse still, not only is the science not settled, but its discussion in the public domain is contaminated by many fallacies, which leads directly to the great public confusion that is observed.
This paper explains the eight most common fallacies that underpin public discussion of the hypothesis that dangerous global warming is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions. At its most basic, if scientists cannot be sure that temperatures are today rising, nor establish that the gentle late 20th century warming was caused by CO2 emissions, then it is nonsense to propose that expensive controls are needed on human carbon dioxide emissions. Even more alarming still is the self-sustaining nature of the IPCC and its alarmist claims. The IPCC reports determine the direction of climate research and its funding, which ultimately leads to the number of scientific papers which take a particular line, and the dominance of that line of thinking is expressed in the subsequent IPCC report. The process is one of strong positive feedback for alarmist science advice. Advice which now permeates bureaucracies and governments throughout the world, and which is driving swingeingly expensive, unnecessary and ineffective national and international carbon policies.

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Earlier this summer, Shutterstock introduced the Viewfinder Challenge, a competition that asks contributors to submit their best photos, illustrations, and footage around a theme. For the first installment, that theme was "Celebrating Life."
Our judges got together and picked their favorite photos, illustrations, and videos from among the hundreds of submissions. Below is a look at our winners, honorable mentions, and what the contributors and judges had to say about these spectacular images and videos. Congratulations to everyone who participated!
The Princess on a Pea by Ermolaev Alexander
What the Winner said: "I have always been inspired by fairy tales. But I always thought that they didn't contain enough goodness, warmth, and lightness — someone always had to die or suffer. Of course, they often have a happy ending, but the heroes have to go through a lot to get to that point. And you want them to be happy. To live happily ever after. This is why my wife and I decided to take photos of a series of different fairy tales involving children, removing any references to suffering." – Ermolaev Alexander
What the Judge said: This image perfectly captures the essence of the first Viewfinder Challenge. Retelling fairytales and passing down stories from generation to generation celebrates life. Not only did this photographer retell a story in a fresh and modern way, but he did so with stunning natural light and incredible styling. It's obvious that the photographer and his team considered every detail to create an inspring image that is clearly a winner! – Keren Sachs, Senior Manager, Image Acquisition
A Single Smile in a Crowd by Alexandra Petruk
What the Winner said: "The very idea of the drawing came to me in a very simple way — I was walking in a crowd in the downtown of my city and suddenly noticed that nobody around was smiling, not a single happy face in the ocean of busy, frowning, careless human beings. And when I decided to make an experiment and keep smiling, people started to look at me as if I was a complete fool. So when I came home, I started to draw this picture. Sometimes you don't have to create concepts, because life shares her concepts with you." – Alexandra Petruk
What the Judge said: "Initially this image stood out to us because of the skill and detail of the drawing, as well as the clever way the concept tied in with the challenge theme. Each face in the crowd is very expressive, which helps to add to the emotional experience of the illustration." – Tim Goldman, Image Acquisition, Illustrations
Jump in Water (vintage 8mm amateur film) by nemke
What the Winner said: "The recording was made ith a Super-8 camera on a family holiday in Montenegro (former Yugoslavia). This is my father in the video. I was a kid and I was about eight years old, I've always asked my mother and father for the camera, that was my favorite 'toy.' It was during the 80s, before the Civil War, and all recordings are from that period. That video reminded me that life was beautiful in the former Yugoslavia, and that war was nonsense." – nemke
What the Judge said: "Nemke's clip was chosen as a winner because it captures the enthusiasm and happiness of a man jumping into a cool lake on a hot Summer's day. This is one of life's greatest pleasures, and one we felt best captured the feeling of "Celebrating Life." – Tom Spota, Director, Video Acquisition
Silvered Leaf Baby Monkey by KYTan
Rockstar character by Ozerina Anna
Swallow Feeding Baby Birds by EmiliaUngur
BONUS: There were tons of additional great entries in this Challenge, so we created a lightbox to celebrate some more of our favorites.
Congratulations to all of our winners and honorable mentions, and a big thanks to all of our amazing contributors who entered — you inspire us every day.
Be sure to keep an eye out for our October Viewfinder Challenge!


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"At a time when national unemployment is the highest in almost two decades, the PPA has become an important lifeline for a growing number of patients," PhRMA's Tauzin said. "Millions of Americans have been added to the jobless rolls over the last several months and there could be a sharp increase in the number of our citizens losing health care benefits."
"PPA is currently helping thousands of people every day," Tauzin added, including those who need treatments to fight such debilitating chronic diseases as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and asthma.
On a national level, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance is represented by Emmy-winning syndicated television talk show host Montel Williams, named PPA's national spokesman in January 2006. In addition, nationally recognized Telemundo talk show host and author Mayte Prida leads the PPA's Hispanic outreach effort.
"Since January 2006, I've been traveling the country talking about the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, urging people to pick up the phone, log on to the Web site or visit the big, orange PPA bus to see if they may qualify for assistance," said Williams. "As a patient who must cope every day with the effects of multiple sclerosis, I understand only too well the importance of having access to the medicine you need."
More than 1,300 national, state and local partners, including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Pharmacy Association, Gateway to Care, Hispanic Health Care Professionals Association, Texas Medical Association, NAMI Texas and the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, are working with America's pharmaceutical research companies to spread the word about the program. Trained specialists work with doctors, pharmacists, health care providers and comm
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An article posted on CNN.com, Telescopes to show universe soon after Big Bang, claims the future construction of the world's largest telescopes with mirrors ranging from 25 to 42 meters (80 to 137 feet) in diameter "will be able to show what the universe was like when it was just a few hundred million years old and emerging from a period of total darkness after the Big Bang."
Bill Drury, of Taylorsville, has joined Jackson+Metts Business Brokers Ltd., enabling him to assist business owners interested in selling their businesses.
Drury is the first broker to affiliate with the newly-formed Jackson+Metts company, a joint venture of the Jackson Group LLC founder Ben Jackson and Metts Company Realtors Sandy and David Metts.
A licensed realtor since 2004, Drury will continue to work with Metts Company Realtors, representing buyers and sellers of residential and commercial properties.
The new extended deadline to get your pet's photo entered in this year's contest is August 24 at 5 p.m.
Weather siren testing
Spencer County Emergency Management would like to remind residents that the emergency weather sirens will be tested at noon the third Wednesday of each month. If the siren sounds at any other time, it is to provide residents warning of a tornado spotted in the area.
Knights Café fish fry
Ice cream social at Risen Lord
The community is invited to a free ice cream social with a band at Risen Lord Church on August 22 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and your sweet tooth for fun and fellowship. Come and enjoy our Moon Walk Inflatible, play ground, volleyball, corn hole, fooseball, basketball, and ping pong. The church is located at 5138 Taylorsville Road near the Elk Creek Restaurant. For information contact Bill Neal at 502-817-7246.
Queen for a day at Grace Chapel
Over the past couple of years, the Spencer County Extension Service has sponsored the Spencer Co. Trading Post, an online classified system for Agricultural and Horticultural products and services. But recent changes to our website forced me to shut the Trading Post down until upgrades to the listing service could be made.
After a few months with the Trading Post closed, I'm glad to say that it is now re-opened.
"Take two pills and call me in the morning."
At times, the heart may produce symptoms of a possible problem that requires immediate medical attention while at other times produce mild symptoms that cause no need for concern at all. For example, a person that is relaxing in a lazy chair may need to consult a medical professional should his heart begin to accelerate at great speed without cause. On the other hand, someone who has been running a marathon would not be as concerned with a higher heart-rate.
Thinking of jumping into the shark-infested waters known at entrepreneurialism? Best not to take that leap with out a buddy swimmer watching your back.
That is what the volunteers at SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business in Louisville can provide – someone to look out for small business owners and possibly keep them from drowning.
"Ninety-nine percent of the business in this country is entrepreneurial. They represent the core of economic activity in a community," said Joe Hatfield, chairman of the Louisville chapter of SCORE.
Native Spencer Countian Brian Stephenson stops during a site-seeing trip to pose for a photograph with a recent copy of the Spencer Magnet atop Dobong Mountain. The hilly perch is located in South Korea near the large metropolitan city of Seoul.
Stephenson has spent the last year working as an English teacher for the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. He works year-round teaching at a private all-girls school.
He likes working in South Korea so much, that Stephenson has signed on for two, maybe three more years.
When I read 1 John 3:3-18, I thought of what I heard Billy Graham say years–ago that 60 percent of all church members were lost.
Submitted to The Spencer Magnet
Joining the ranks of students heading back to school are a group of nine cousins, all attending Spencer County Elementary School: 5th grader David Gregory III, 4th grader Kori Curtsinger, 3rd grader Savannah Gregory, 2nd graders Tyler and Hannah Gregory, 1st grader Dylan Curtsinger and kindergarten triplets Emma, Tori, and Devon Rahrig.
Child's Dress: Cele Walker, Blue 1st
Clothing Article, Other: Shelbi Edinger, Red 2nd
Needlework, Table Runner: Barbara McMillian, Blue 1st
Other Home Furnishing Article, sewn: Patti Davis, Blue 1st
Crewel Embroidery Article: Barbara McMillan, Blue 1st
Embroidered Article: Barbara McMillan, Blue 1st; Jean Morris, Red 2nd; Lunette Powell, White 3rd
Crocheted Article (Afghan not included): Margie Sparrow, Blue 1st; Sue Day, Red 2nd
The Spencer County Fair Beef Show was held on Thursday, July 30th. Thank you to Darryl Matherly for serving as the judge.
In Senior Showmanship 1st Place went to Megan Crowe of Cox's Creek, 2nd Place went to Janna Houk of Cox's Creek, 3rd Place went to Matthew Jeffiers of Taylorsville (Spencer County Winner).
In Junior Showmanship 1st Place went to Courtney Jeffiers of Taylorsville (Spencer County Winner) and 2nd Place went to Andrew Glass of Waddy.
All of us face the passing of time every day. Sometimes it seems to fly by, and at other times it seems to drag. Sometimes we can't wait for some big event, and other times we wait in fearful anticipation. But either way, there is one truth we must all face, our time is limited. We have 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week, 52 weeks in a year, but we don't know if we have tomorrow.
The following is a list of winners in the 4-H division of the Spencer County Fair 2009.
Courtney Jeffiers, Blue and Champion
4-H LEADERSHIP and COMMUNICATIONS
10 years old: Paige Forberger, Blue
4-H Club Scrapbook: Rebecca Mobley, Blue and Champion
Needlepoint – beginner: Leah Shelburne, Blue and Champion; Lilli Hanik, Blue
Quilting – Intermediate: Rebecca Mobley, Blue and Champion
The family of executed Confederate soldier John May Hamilton has directed and participated in the removal of his remains from Maple Grove Cemetery just south of Louisville to an Appalachian burying ground near his birthplace.
Hamilton, 30, of Keaton in Johnson County, KY was one of two Rebel prisoners executed by a Union firing squad Aug. 3, 1864, in the Nelson County community of Bloomfield, some 30 miles southeast of Louisville.
Little Mr & Miss winners : (Left)Taylor Mae-Ree Ward and Hunter Campanell – 1st Runner Up (Center)Aaliyah Ebertshauser and Joshua Hall – 2009 Winners (Right)Andrea and Andrew Ellison – 2nd Runner Up.
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Pictured are the winners of the 2009 Miss Teen pageant at the Spencer County Fair: (from left) Miss Teen Taylor Sullivan, First runner up Emily Hume and Miss Congeniality Morgan Swisher.
Pictured are the winners of the 2009 Miss Pre-Teen pageant at the Spencer County Fair: (from left) Miss Pre-Teen Allison Dunbar, Second runner up Samantha Mullins and First runner up Hallie Helton.
Mark 4:2-8 – And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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Discussion in 'Sourcery ROM' started by Chizzele, Jun 4, 2011.
thank you.
Okay, FINALLY have it installed, all apps from the Android market were installed via the market. All apps from Amazon were restore from TB (doesn't look like the Amazon market recognizes previously purchased apps, and no way was I going to pay for them a second time). Also restored the Citibank app from backup as that was easier than fetching it again from the Citibank website.
So far so good. Took me most of the night reconfiguring all of my apps once they were installed. I was FINALLY able to take a nandroid backup and it's been rebooted several times so far without issues. Besides NOT using TB for the majority of app installs, I also avoided Link2SD and Swapper2 for now. I might try them later, now that I have a working backup of the ROM configured the way I like.
Only thing left to do is re-pair all of my bluetooth connections and I should be good to go. Today will be my first day "beating" on this ROM... I'll let you know how it goes. Also applied the GB Theme to get the new Market version. Thanks for that tip earlier.
Okay, results of first test. GPS and Bluetooth active. Had the music player going, while voice navigation directed me to work. I use this configuration a lot on my motorcycle; I can't see the route (the phone is in my pocket) but the navigation works just fine.
Everything was fine till I got closer to the office when the directions came more close together. At that point the music stopped and never resumed. I had gotten around that problem with the OEM ROM and with CM7 by reducing the number of active widgets on my screen. I'm running even fewer. Widgets with Sourcery, so I'm at a loss here. Ideas?
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So I finally was able to get Sourcery to work on my phone. I must say this ROM is pretty slick and the options are endless. I re-downloaded all the apps from the Market and tried to stay away from TiBu as much as possible (there were still some apps that are no longer on the market that used TiBu for but only the app no data). Just a few things: I went with RZ 1100 kernel because the stock kernel was getting very hot on me. Everything seems fine but I'm still getting temps in the upper 90s even though I'm not even using my phone. I've had a few screen redraws with ADW so I will try to do system persistent and see if that works. Everything seems to work well unlike some GB roms. Memory is an issue though I thought the memory management would be better than GB but I'm still running low on memory with Froyo and I only have 3 widgets on my desktop. Will continue running this ROM for today and see if it gets any better. Anyone tried the Slayher kernels and compcache on this release? Just wondering if those kernels would give me less heat than RZ.
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It loves RZ and Chevy kernels. One other to try are Pete's new elite kernels. If you can find them and If your phone likes ulv try out corcor juiced. Options are nearly endless.
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That's awesome thanks for the suggestions I'll give them a try. My phone never plays well with Pete's kernels but maybe with Froyo it will be different. The options on this ROM are amazing! It will take me a while to really try everything this ROM has to offer.
If you like that rom when you get tired of it try out ud 3.3.1
Oh when u said something about heat, go into built in overclocking and switch your governor if you haven't already. And remember, interactive and conservative are the best to stick with.
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Hmm.. just thinking outloud, did you get a call or text around that time, do you have anything else running in the background like fring, whatsapp or any other background app?
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Slayher 1ghz uc'd to 900mgh works well for me. I never have any memory issues, i'm thinking just lock your home app and you should be fine.
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Hmmmmm... Same as I had on CM7: Weatherbug, Lookout Mobile Security and Easyfilter. No missed phone calls or texts, so no to that one. I haven't run "Live Wallpapers" in MONTHS because I figure they suck up resources too.
On an unrelated question, since I've run Pete Alfonso's LV Gingerbread kernels pretty reliably, are the Slayher LV kernels good for Sourcery 2.2? Also, I just enabled and activated Compcache which I'm HOPING will open up a little more usable memory too.
Thanks for all your help. Why was Sourcery development abandoned? I never heard of it until very recently, but this ROM so far has been great!
Thanks for the suggestion. I will keep trying different kernels until I find one that will work great for this ROM. I'm used to using Chevyno1s kernels. I'm currently using the Slayher 1.1ghz clocked at 250-1100 because I wanted compcache and RZ kernels don't seem to have that at least the ones within the ROM.
Would P3Droid Kernels play well with Sourcery?
I'm about to try the music with navigation and if i can replicate the issue. I have been using Slayher kernels since day one of Sourcery and always cool and smooth.
Development stopped due to some team issues i can't really explain as i was just in beta testing and developing. It is sad though cuz this is one of the best Froyo roms I've tried...
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Okay, "Stupid N00b question warning:" I tried using the "Settings" dialogs to flash the Slayher LV kernel. The phone basically sat displaying a "Patience, Magic Takes Time" animation message for over a half an hour and did nothing. I rebooted the phone with no troubles.
If I want to do this manually, WHICH of these kernels am I looking for? Froyo 2.2.2, Compcache enabled, LV:
Index of /slayher/kernels
Not much explanation of what I'm looking at there...
Pretty sure the 1.6 kernels have compcache.
hmm thought i was retired
this rom has been gettting more active as of late darn you chizzle
wanted to respond to the posts i read this morning.
mr. power user you do have the droid doing a lot im not sure there is a fix for trying to do all that, the droid is memory handicapped. gingerbread in fact is suppose to manage memory better than froyo, so that may be why you got all that running with gb. hope you get it working but i have to say i never pushed the droid like that.
I saw lookout mentioned. I have never used it. but in some problems with the g2x LG said they have had problems with lookout so i am not sure that is a dual core thing or rom specific. but the rom on the g2x is froyo 2.2.2 but they modififed it. but just thought id throw it out there since a rep at LG said it caused problems.
Kernels. all froyo kernels should work with sourcery but the kernels are really a phone specific just depends on what your phone likes. but some features like compcache only work on sourcery with slayher kernels as far as been tested. rzr kernels were suppose to support it also but we could not make it work in sourcery. i worked with that dev and did what he said he did but they just wouldnt work for compcache.
p3,chevy,rzr,slayher all had been used with sourcery and work. but these were kernels made before feb. nothing newer than that has been tested officially with sourcery.
Please remember this rom is out of production and no further releases will be put out . since i am currently not doing anything else i have time to play around and try to help you guys. and we appreciate you trying sourcery and hope you have fun with it. I tried to change some of the alt programs around for fun but i dont have full access to the place they are anymore apparently and it wont let me change anything.
I have round about stated why sourcery is no more its in the threads. not worth rehashing. But sourcery will not move forward past where it is.
anyfurther products released by myself or gflam i would hope will take on a different name. sourcery was gflam and myself and anything not with both of us involved is not sourcery!
i think my next rom (look ahead to G2X) will be called chizzlery
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Beyonce has pulled a Miley Cyrus.
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In Six Sigma, from what little I know about Six Sigma, you identify the outputs of your process that are 'critical to quality.' You then look to see if you can find the measures that can move those outputs. You work to drive these measures in a positive direction, quality goes up, and the requisite business benefits occur. Cool.
All this leads to process improvement.
Problem is: which process?
Lean manufacturing and the Theory of Constraints tells us that the process you pick to improve matters... a lot. If I improve a process that makes a non-key individual more efficient, there may be no effect whatsoever on the overall ability of the company to deliver value, make money, or even reduce cost. In addition, any time and effort I've invested in improving a process can, in some cases, make a person unwilling to change the process later, even if marketplace changes demand it, because "we spent all that time!"
So when you are trying to create a business case for an application, don't just say "we will make Mary more efficient." Tell the story of what Mary does, in relationship to the overall process of providing value to the company. Then it makes sense to invest in Mary. Then Mary is critical to quality. Then, any delay in Mary's job means money is spent or revenue lost. Tie it back.
Otherwise, you may spend money making Mary more efficient when a smart move would have been to give Mary a more interesting job.
I've been working on a problem that has to do with standards, enforcement, and the notion of a software development 'community' in the workplace.
As you may know, I'm a member of the IT Enterprise Architecture team. We are responsible for creating a vision of where our IT and Application infrastructure will be in five years, charting a course to get there, and then poking (hard) at the business if they want to take the easy way out and go some other direction.
That last part is called Governance: How to make sure that we all go in the direction that we all agreed to go.
We do this in our own communities. I vote for civic leaders, they pass laws (with my consent, hopefully) and I obey them. That's a democracy. Problem is: a business is not a democracy. At best, it is a benign monarchy. At worst, it is a dictatorship. But it is nearly never a democracy.
And that takes two key elements out of the loop. The folks being governed lose the right to say "who" will govern them, and the list of things they have to agree to, the laws, are not born of their concensus, but rather thrust upon them. Is it fair to call this governance?
So, in the absense of a pure democracy, how do we put back these elements: control over who and what.
One thing we are working on is creating the concept of IT communities of practice. In Microsoft IT, there are over a dozen different IT organizations that are almost completely independent of one another. So an application designer working in one group, supporting the World Wide Licensing program, for example, wouldn't normally know the name of an application designer working in the IT group that supports Microsoft Consulting Services.
So, if we group people by what they do, developers, testers, designers, architects, project managers, etc, we begin to form the 'body politic' that can become responsible for their own future.
With that body, if we can have them create self-appointed committees to determine what changes in policy that they believe should occur, then we get the beginnings of a notion of legislative power. (The problem is that a policy change that is good for a developer may be bad for a tester, and the testers won't get to know about it.)
At the center, instead of an elected administration atop a civil service, you get an appointed executive (the CIO), his appointees, and the civil service (Enterprise Architecture, EPMO, Six Sigma teams, plus others I'm not aware of). This administration has to take the suggested policy changes from the communities and decide which ones to implement.
So, do we get the voluntary compliance in this structure that we see in a democratic environment? I'm not sure. We will get more folks engaged in self-determination. But, on the other hand, I've met very few people, myself included, who think that the suggestion coming from "someone else" to tackle "problem X" is better than the solution "I'm already working on."
In other words, if the 'body politic' suggests a change, and the administration vetos it, is there an override? In a democracy, the administration is compelled to perform the will of the people, but not in a corporation. A legislative body that serves a king is about as effective as the parliment of Kuwait.
I suggest a way to get around this problem.
Tell the communities of practice the list of areas that are "off limits" for their suggestions. Define their scope in the negative, as in "You can touch anything except X, Y, and Z." Then make a committment, a real honest committment, from the executive level, that the suggestions created by one community, and accepted by all, shall be implemented in a visible manner as long as it doesn't rewire X, Y, or Z.
Effectively, this is the same as allowing municipal democracy in a centrally-controlled state (a model that I hope China will adopt, BTW, so that all those local conflicts over land use can settle down).
Can a corporation withstand the notion of municipal democracy? I don't know. I do know that the model works from an economic standpoint. Municipal democracies tend to be the most pragmatic forms of government in a democracy, primarily because they are focused on local issues (schools, trains, roads, polics, and fire, for example). It is municipal democracy that allows the administration at the federal level to focus on strategic issues, instead of being mired in the tactical. In a corporation, that is the CEO, and strategic is where we want him.
So, as we reinvent the notion of governance, where does that leave Enterprise Architecture? In the civil service.
Workflow tools only fulfill their real promise if the business users can not only see the workflow, but can modify it without calling a software developer on the phone. It has to be simple, easy to learn, and something that is difficult to add bugs. (Think Excel Spreadsheet).
Of course, the tools have to be available... something that is "safe" to put on the desk of a business user (e.g. Not Frontpage or Visual Studio)... and training has to be available. It has to be usable.
We aren't there yet... and the competition is getting close. There's a race here. Let's see who wins...
I've thought about writing a book on workflow. I have a lot to say (more below). The problem is, no one wants to read a blinkin' book on workflow. So, I'm thinking about a business novel (like Goldratt's The Goal or Who Moved My Cheese by Johnson and Blanchard). Problem is: I've never published fiction.
This is an odd space, really... business stories. Taking a dry topic and wrapping it an story makes it much easier to grasp. Normal people, who don't spend their time in geeky pursuits, may even be able to benefit (or at least, enjoy).
How else would I get someone to read a book on the notion of multiple levels of abstraction? I'm certain that a person, any person, can apply the principles of abstraction to workflow, and can create models for appropriate audiences that can be both useful and possible to automate. I'm pretty sure I can teach my 12-year-old son how to model a workflow at different levels of abstraction, and how the best way to find the "big themes" is often to reduce, not increase, the amount of detail.
It's counter-intuitive, until you do it about a hundred times.
The thing is, instead of describing workflow and abstraction and models, I'll be telling a story. And that is much harder to do.
Geeky topic: Why has there been so little investment in software cost estimation?
I know that Boehm at USC created the Cocomo model and a really cheesy and unusable tool for cost estimation. No one can understand it, and it is impossible to train a project manager on how to use it. Some products are based on this tool and they do a good job of making the interface less ugly, but the overhead for understanding the measurements is still high. (Plus I question the basic premise... that you can take measurements about things like the development team's level of experience with the code and come up with a useful estimate, when less than one third of the time on a project is spent writing code.)
Let's face it: COCOMO is a failure. It is open design (if not open source) but no one can use it.
Capers Jones suggests a different way to measure software productivity. You measure the time spent on a bunch of software development projects, across a long list of activities (things like coding, integration testing, requirements gathering, deployment, etc), and you attribute those measurements by some information about the project (like language, platform familiarity, etc. Some of the same things that COCOMO tries to turn into cost factors). You then have actual measurements. When you want to figure the cost of a project, you take the measurements for similar projects and you figure the same average productivity will exist for the new one. It's amazing effective, and quite versatile.
Unfortunately, this model requires a good bit of data about your environment. That data is hard to capture and the tools are light at best. You can make your own tool, and use published national averages, but the numbers will be suspect. Once again, there are a few niche tools, but they are expensive.
There are a couple of proprietary apps that try to bridge the gap between complexity and producing useful information. They are interesting, but REALLY expensive.
This really isn't that hard to get right... why has no one done it? A software app that is under $300 (one time fee) that can get basic information from a user, in a simple paradigm, and can construct a useful and valid software development cost estimate... is that so difficult?
If I can choose from between five different tax programs to fill out my taxes, and they all have wizards that allow me to answer simple questions, and they result in correctly filling out some REALLY complicated forms, there is no reason why software cost estimation should be as hard to do and as complicated as it is.
No wonder this area of research never took off. Mathematicians make lousy usability designers (I can say that... I'm a math geek).


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I have used my 'Hauler' for a few years and it takes the fear out of moving large heavy glass containers. Works perfect for moving full or empty carboys. Works just as well when cleaning the carboys, just clean the 'hauler at the same time. So soapy slips with the sling. I had a stitch fail on one of the handles and contacted the company. I asked if they would fix the one I have, the response was... We"ll send you a new one!" So many companioes that will not respond, these guys sent not only a NEW one , but a growler Hauler along with a beer coozie.
Been brewing since the Peanut farmer legalized the craft.
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Review by Bob
(Posted on 11/23/14)
These are a must have if using glass carboys. After I tried one, it was extreme easy to justify the expense and equip all my carboys with these. I set my carboys down on a cement basement floor and used to cringe hearing that glass meets concrete grinding noise. The webbing on the bottom nicely cushions and protects the glass. Also helps protect the sides when you have carboys sitting next to each other.
Be careful putting them on, however. The first time was kind of confusing untangling and making sense of the mess of webbing. Had a carboy fall out of one after I failed to secure the latch. The brew hauler folded up and spit the carboy out as soon as i lifted it. I did a miracle save and caught the carboy and averted diseaster. I'll never make that mistake again.
Save your life
Review by Jason
(Posted on 3/18/14)
My friend picked up a carboy and it sheared and spilled everything and almost cut him. The brew hauler can save you from a big gash. It's also a lot easier to to carry a filled carboy with the hauler. It's well worth it.
Great but spendy
Review by Martin
(Posted on 2/26/14)
This is a great harness for moving those glass carboys. I think the price is a bit higher but they are well made. I even managed to be able to use this on the big mouth growler when stretched to the max.
Save your hand
Review by Ohara
(Posted on 1/27/14)
It's much easier carrying a full carboy with this hauler than without it. Same for better bottles. But for carboys the biggest advantage is it can save you from getting badly cut if it breaks while carrying or lifting which has happened to brewers over the years..
Best purchase of the year
Review by William
(Posted on 12/23/13)
These saved my carboys from being replace by better bottles.
They take away the risk of slipping or hurting my back or of the carboy cracking and cutting me. It takes a minute to put it on, but once on I leave it on. I bought a bunch, one for each carboy.
better than breaking your back
Review by double hop
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Ive been carrying carboys around in milk crates in the past killing my back doing it and when I saw this I decided this was a must. Much better way to move a full carboy. Highly recommend this, give your back a break!
It'll save your back!
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Last week the President unveiled his "Strategy for American Innovation" which details his approach to jumpstarting the American economy by investing in important areas such as clean energy, health care technology, and education. This week he hits to road in an effort to get folks excited about modernizing our infrastructure. As a climate champ, this all sounds great to me. More mass transit, more science, more education, healthier people, more clean energy—bring it on! Yet, the President's approach misses an opportunity to highlight a critical aspect to our economic and social wellbeing. To my surprise, the word "ecosystem" appears at least twice in the Strategy's Executive Summary! Yet, despite even using this rather green word to describe his vision for both information technology and entrepreneurial development goals, the President failed to highlight the need to invest on our real, natural ecosystems.
America's Green Infrastructure, the diverse collection of wildlife, forests, coastlines, lakes, rivers and grasslands that provide us with billions of dollars worth of services every year, is in desperate need of investment—and investing in this backbone of our economy can protect and create jobs while enhancing our public health and wellbeing. For example, our National Wildlife Refuges alone have roughly $360 million in critical backlogged invasive species control projects. These types of projects can create jobs that use the latest and greatest American science and know-how to protect important local resources. Or check out the work needed on our National Forests: by re-vegetating unneeded roads alone we could bring back an area larger than Rhode Island to a natural state—and store additional carbon the equivalent of taking up to 8.8 million cars off the road for a year! This work can kick start a spider-webbing economic impact across communities as experts ranging from scientists to construction crews are hired and related firms from equipment suppliers to local dinners benefit.
Investing in our green infrastructure can pay larger dividends than investing in cement-based solutions to the climate crisis. Think about it this way: the day a construction crew wraps up the installation of a sea-wall to buffer against coastal storms that wall is at its strongest. Every day that wall is getting weaker, and over time costs to maintain it only increase. Contrast that to a coastal restoration project where crews rehabilitate an area to serve as a natural coastal buffer. The day crews leave that site the system is just the starting point— from then on plants take root and grow, wildlife returns, and the ecosystem strengthens… providing additional benefits including cleaning our air and water, recreational opportunities, etc. In short, ramping up green infrastructure investments is good for the economy, public health, community safety, oh, and the planet.
Don't believe me? Then stop by this year's Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference to hear experts share their experience in the field. We have a rock-star panel including policy experts Glenn Hurowitz and Trisha White, planning and implementation expert Sean McGuire from Maryland's Office for a Sustainable Future, and climate-smart conservation guru Keith Underwood.
Don't get me wrong- the President's "Winning the Future" platform includes lots of important priorities. But this approach fails to take head-on the most pressing issue of our time—and if we don't win the climate fight all our hard work in other areas will be undercut. It's time to get the whole job done: investing in a clean, green energy economy and in keeping our wildlands resilient in a warming world.
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Fascinating point made in reference to revegetating unused roads!
thanks for the info
This is the new REVOLUTION! Embrace it with enthusiasm
I have worked in conservation, invasive species eradication, and sustainable trail maintenance, and I can say from experience that it is also fun and fulfilling! One learns so much during a project like that!
Thanks for this article! =)
WOW! Love this article! Thank you for this awesome article!!!
I wish we had a way to use such self-sustaining methods to travel, move goods, heat buildings in cold winters and cool them in hot summers. I think we're at least a few decades, if not centuries, short of being able to do that with biological systems.
In the end, we need both. We need to maintain ecosystems in which we can continue agricultural production, and also keep other industries from destroying it.
Thanks for this interesting post JP Leous. I agree that investing in the green infastructure is important and should create a lot of jobs.
We have to start doing and stop talking. Our lives and our planet depend on it.
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Re: Was The Expanse really 50 ly from Earth, and 2000 ly across?
So I've been giving this question some thought recently for a story idea I'm working on.
(Writers who may be lurking, be forewarned: story ideas ahead.)
What if the Delphic Expanse was extremely wide (maybe not 2000 ly, but wide nonetheless), rather tall, but not very deep (maybe 5, 10 light years)? A bit like a pizza cutter cutting into the Milky Way. It would be a nearly impenetrable wall. Extremely influential in local astrography, but not necessarily overwhelming in the number of planets contained within.
Assuming it was about 50 ly from Earth in the opposite direction from Qo'noS, it could explain why Earth et al was never overrun by the Cardassians, the Tholians, the Tzenkethi, or the Breen: they couldn't get past the Expanse (and had no incentive to do so).
Indeed, if the Expanse was frightening enough, it could've encouraged the Romulans and Klingons to expand in the other direction long ago, again, leaving Earth et al free to develop.
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