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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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The Modoc War
One of the more interesting tales from the Indian Wars is the Modoc War, in Oregon and Northern California, 1872-73. A Native friend was of Modoc descent, so the history interested me. It’s difficult to find much justification for the US, and the Modocs had fewer than 60 warriors amid 3 bands. $20,000 would have Read more
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Snow Pack on the light side of average
45 years ago, it took a week’s effort on a Ski-doo Alpine to get the data I can download in 10 minutes. We were high-tech then – two tracks and a single ski on each snow machine, and clockwork powering the recorders that kept track of the water equivalent setting on the snow pillow. Now Read more
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Easy Homemade Coleslaw
This easy coleslaw recipe my mother shared with me. Friends and family that don’t particularly like coleslaw, love this recipe. It goes good with fresh caught fish! (See picture below that was featured last month in fish tacos with homemade tortillas) When preparing this recipe it’s important to remember when you shred cabbage, there is Read more
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The Force of Law
It’s amazing just how many regulations/rules/statutes/ordinances/laws are out there. What we learned in grade school civics is simple and elegant, and unfortunately far from the complete picture. In elementary school we are taught the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. This is accompanied by the simple explanation that the legislative branch (the legislature) Read more
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The Useable data on Covid
Figuring out the data to use is important. On May 9, 1864, Union General John Sedgwick said “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” three separate times. After the third statement, he became the highest ranking Union officer to die in battle. He was missing a couple relevant pieces of information – first, the Read more
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