The Mt. Hood Wilderness area moved this year: it crawled down a hillside and is now about 400' from my cabin. The many acres of 100 year old mono-culture Doug Fir is now being "protected", presumably in the hope that it may become like that old growth snag on my property: 23' around.
But the "law of unintended consequences" is likely to "do its thing".
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In an undergraduate physics course, I was taught that the easiest way to get "the results you want" is to draw the curve then plot the data. That way, you ignore anything that doesn't fit.
CNN recently had a news story about a report by the University of Copenhagen published in Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/19/organic.cooking.pv/index.html
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In the Wall Street Journal today:
Optimism and the Digital Age
an opinion piece on the digital age noted:
"Our digital-native children simultaneously instant message one another, listen to iPods and watch videos – while doing their homework. Scientists now suspect that this next generation may be developing a different brain structure, reflecting online activity from toddler age."
Once again, "scientists now suspect" something.
Imagine that: being able to do multiple things at the same time is a new ability!
I guess kids will be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.
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