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Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Artificial Sweeteners: Saccharin
Saccharin is a “non-nutritive” sweetener– which means that while it tastes sweet, it provides the body with no nutritive value. Saccharin was discovered and used commercially before 1900. This doesn’t make it the earliest of the artificial sweeteners; it was preceded by sugar of lead, which is just as unhealthy as it sounds. At any Read more
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Funds Raised for TFS Fire Department and Trego School Music Foundation
We have Pom Collins to thank for the wonderful performances that were had on Sunday (raising money for the Trego School Music Foundation) and Wednesday (for the TFS Fire Department). With over $250 dollars raised, Trego School will have some options for the upcoming year’s musical education. This past year, the school had a trimester Read more
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John Lott’s Comments on Charter Schools
John Lott has written a post relevant to Montana’s legislation that permits, for the first time, charter schools. The entire article is at the link above – and here’s an excerpt that may get you to click the link: “Montana is one of the last states without charter schools, but that may be about to Read more
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Phrases from My Youth
There was a lot of Wobblie influence on the words people used in Trego when we moved from the coast in 1960 – and the IWW Dictionary, at https://archive.iww.org/history/dictionary/ lets me realize how common phrases from the “One Big Union” were. Some of the terms I learned are listed in the IWW dictionary: Scissorbill – Read more
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The Smartest Man in the Room
I saw this dialogue quote, attributed to Jim Butcher’s series “The Dresden Files”: ““He’s Black Council,”, I said. “Or maybe stupid,” Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. “Not sure which is scarier.” Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. “Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity Read more
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What are Artificial Sweeteners, actually?
The short definition would be a chemical other than glucose (sugar) that our taste buds interpret as “sweet”. These are the substances typically behind”diet” and “zero calorie” foods. What are they? In the US, we’re likely to find those approved by the FDA: How do they work? (Or, to phrase it differently, how do they Read more
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