Talk about kicking the can 2000 years back down the road. Here’s one explanation “The word refrigerator originates from the Latin verb refrigerare which was derived from the Latin adjective frigus, meaning cold. [plus ‘re’ meaning ‘again’]

“Forward” is the quickest way I know to see the sender’s actual address. And then the email is set up to actually forward to the people who handle spoof at the company or agency (if the company or agency provides that service).

Of course in 2015 National Geographic Sociery sold their media to 20th century Fox, Rupert Murdoch.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/national-geographic-magazine-shifts-to-for-profit-status-with-fox-partnership/2015/09/09/7c9f034e-56f0-11e5-8bb1-b488d231bba2_story.html

We don’t have to imagine. Lots of articles with plenty of details.

https://smartwatermagazine.com/blogs/agueda-garcia-de-durango/new-york-manure-and-stairs-when-horses-were-cities-nightmares?amp

The lingering positives from the home test are really troublesome. Especially for those of us who come in close contact with children too young to be vaccinated and (other) older people who may be especially vulnerable.

I am also concerned that the fact that vaccination protects against the worst effects of the virus will lull people into letting down their guard (masks, hand-washing, etc.). Every infection seems to be an opportunity for mutation. And natural selection will favor the mutation that is vaccine resistant.

True, but with a password mgr there are usually “reveal” and “copy” which fill the gap for those sites with incompatible (or incorrectly structured) log in sequences. 2 factor means having my phone or email available - a bit more work, but worth the security.

What I dislike are the robot-blocking distorted text of CAPTCHA and the blurry photos of whatever it’s called. I rarely get them right in the first (or second) try.

👍 look like an excellent source for board books. Thanks.

Could you provide a location for “Merriman pro”. There’s a Curt Merrimack printing in Pierre SD, but it doesn’t look like the one you might be referring to.

Thanks.

Some years ago we had a homeowner who jacked up his house (probably for a new bottom floor) and dug a large hole underneath for a basement. Did I forget to mention this was on a typical suburban development plot? The edges of the new basement hole weren’t properly shored and started collapsing into the neighboring lots. The cribbing became unstable. But that was all relatively irrelevant - except to the neighbors. No permits (they say). I missed the tear down and demolition. It was quick, but it must have been a nightmare.

A challenge. We have VERY occasional beaver and muskrat. Always swimming. Almost always at a distance. I don’t see them often enough to have a sense of size as a differentiator. I’ve heard that swimming posture differs (beaver = only head exposed, muskrat = head and body exposed). Unless I see the tail, I can’t tell the difference. Any other differentiating field marks - that are not based on relative size?

We did a similar trip - a month later than yours. There was a period of two days where we could doff our long underwear. So take gloves you can wear and still handle your camera. There were daily opportunities for hikes, kayaking, and Zodiac trips. I couldn’t handle the hikes anymore (knees, too) Took my 7D with a 100-400 zoom, 24-70 zoom, and a 50 fixed. Lots of pictures! Amazing landscapes with unbelievable depth. The boat cruised at night, with dawn at about 4:30 (as I recall). As a result there were very early morning landscape opportunities that few except the watch saw. They had coffee available! Enjoy yourself.

When I started my brief time in the Navy in 1972, naval aviators were paying over $400 for (HP?) hand calculators with Polish notation because they were so much easier to use while flying than the circular slide rulers. They could hold (as I recall, 2 values in memory). By 1975, a calculator with similar capability was available on the supermarket end cap at checkout for $39.95.

And yet we continuously alter the ecosystem for our benefit it by our very presence. It was interesting to read in the book 1491 that indigenous populations in the Northeast US set fires to thin the forests to make them easier to traverse and more amenable to the deer that were hunted for food.

BTW Returning to the original post, I’m not a fan of anything genetically modified by laboratory gene manipulation - but I have no problem with changes introduced by careful selective breeding. Even manipulation of characteristics by selective breeding can fail - witness the German Shepherd.

Ditto. Especially when BBF is coupled with exposure lock, so recomposing has no effect on either focus or exposure. (Canon 7D, the original).

Back ‘atcha from the other side of the coin.

I assume the facts in the video are true since they mirror problems in numerous other industries dealing with countries struggling with extreme poverty. Car manufacturers - as have a number of cell phone manufacturers - have to examine and manage supply chain sourcing to eliminate exploitation and help those struggling countries normalize their economies. By “normalizing” I mean what the US has accomplished over centuries: child labor, compulsory education, fair employment practices, unions, strikes, and investigative journalism.

The elements of complete lifecycle costs and impact must consider everything from extracting raw materials, to manufacture, to operation and use, to disposing of products at the end of life. Where do Prius batteries go when the reach their EOL?

All the consumer has to go on is price - and good investigative reporting. And the consumers’ power is in their wallets.

BTW For EVs a particular concern I have is the source of the electricity used to recharge the batteries. “Greener” doesn’t count if it merely shifts pollution to a different, less visible source.