There can not exist symbiosis between docile domesticated animals and native wild predators. Articles that shame current control methods without providing alternatives aren't helping the cause. If predation of livestock is allowed in the absence of lethal management, you'll read an NPR article in a decade about "Tax payers fund feeding of wildlife" when ranchers get paid out for livestock that's killed.
This is presenting it as much more black and white than it really is.
There is definitely a middle ground somewhere between "kill off any native carnivores that could possibly come near a multi-thousand-acre ranch" and "just let them kill the whole herd lol".
The article briefly mentions non-lethal methods and that they are underfunded. I worked with a grad student who was doing research (supported by the USDA IIRC) on different dog breeds for use as guard dogs. Ironically, sometimes the guard dogs will kill a calf — they assume due to boredom and playing too rough.
> Landscaping companies will be running gas powered generators to charge their batteries...
Which, even accounting for charging losses, will be less polluting than backpackable two-strokes, and less close to where workers breathe, so, mission accomplished, whether the pollution concern is environmental or worker health or both.
Fantastic, as I'd rather listen to the even the cheapest Harbor Freight open-frame generator over a two-stroke leaf blower any time you care to ask me. That set up will pollute less, too.
Could be. Until better battery alternatives come up. I don’t think a battery can be charged very quickly. Even with an on-site generator. So they will have multiple batteries. At which point it might be better off charging them overnight.
It will reduce noise across yards. It will increase efficiency. It will cause more ewaste. And it will definitely raise prices.
I think it's not unlikely that they might be charging their equipment off of a truck mounted generator (or the truck itself) which is good news - since most generators and all cars are far more efficient and generally better muffled than leaf blowers.
Leaf blowers churn out a bunch of monoxide due to the generally poor motor design.
Exactly. If it's a noise ordinance, set time limits during the day. If it's a pollution issue, look at the problem from a wider lens and then slowly introduce standards as we have with improving emissions in cars. This is simply a knee jerk feel good law that won't solve the problem. The 60v blowers are just as loud, the generators just as loud.
Roadway deaths fall 8%, number of miles driven falls 18%, fatalities per mile increases 14%... What is noteworthy about this? Do most accidents occur near intersections or in urban areas rather than on highways? Where is the data on where these accidents happen? There are a lot less people commuting far distances due to the increase in remote work - and now these statistics are based on fewer people taking lower mileage trips. To go to the grocery store, I need to drive 3 miles and I go through 18 intersections. To go to work I'm driving 50 miles and going through 12 intersections. Intersections create scenarios where some vehicles are going 50mph faster than those stopped or turning. With some location data added, would this show that fatalities are higher in areas where there are larger concentrations of vehicles going drastically different speeds? Fender benders on the highway aren't going to cause deaths. Being T-Boned or being hit by someone running a red light....
I think you're right that it's the intersections/interactions. I commute ~50mi day across varied roads. The intersections on the "not a totally limited access highway but pretty close" seem to be where most of the stupid stuff happens. It's not any different than the normal stuff but now the speed differentials are higher so stupid has the potential to hurt more.
Most people drive around what's reasonable for the road. Some people drive insanely fast and some people drive whatever the speed limit is, reasonableness be damned. With normal traffic the latter group combined with the sheer volume of cars limit the ability of the two former groups to have large speed differentials with any of the other two groups.
Now with 'rona traffic volumes you've got the people that want to drive 100, weaving around the people who want to do 70-85 while the idiots who think it's acceptable to merge at 30mph less than traffic speed do just that. The net situation is just one unsignaled lane change away from a crash.
That said, I've seen a lot less aggressive passing because the roads are so empty that you get lots of chance to pass people so you don't need to take a crappy one.
There's also the fact that any change from the norm is going to increase fatalities. Everyone's driving skills, instincts, muscle memory are tuned to the driving conditions they expect on a particular road at a particular time. Change anything and they make more mistakes than usual.
Exactly. And TFA jumps to conclusions about speeding and reckless driving with only some quoted speculation. FWIW, your speculations make more sense to me.
Your speculation about "fatalities [being] higher in areas where there are larger concentrations of vehicles going drastically different speeds" is consistent with what data I've seen. And it's not just about intersections. In some states, ~official policy is that drivers ought to move with traffic, even if traffic is moving faster than the speed limit.
Been fighting quadriceps tendinitis for 3 years, and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of quality research surrounding tendon regeneration. Living in the US with odd insurance limits for physical therapy has definitely set me back. If you run into issues with that, Martin Koban wrote a book on patellar tendinitis and has an updated online course with a recommended program for tendon strengthening. It’s the only thing that’s helped me so far
I've been struggling with chronic mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy for 13 months. Progressive loading, heavy/slow resistance work and your pick of eccentric, isometric or isotonic exercises are apparenlty the way forward. The biggest surprise has been the amount of quality information on Twitter; finding the people to follow is harder. If you're interested, good starting points are @SethONeill, @UDtendongroup, @kgSilbernagel, @tendonresearch, @TendonGlasgow, @IreneSDavis, @tendonpain, @ProfJillCook, @KFarnqvist, @lorenzo_masci, @sancho_igor and @pdkirwan. HTH!
I have also found success with high repetition (15-30 reps) slow eccentric work for tendinopathy in my fingers and elbow. So far it's really the only thing that helps besides making sure the surrounding areas are not overly tight with soft tissue work. This guide and the linked research have been very helpful. https://stevenlow.org/overcoming-tendonitis/
Thanks for the twitter recommendations. I made great progress with progressive loading with isometric exercises the past 9 months, so I'm transitioning to slow concentric/eccentric movement to increase range of motion and struggling. This stems from an improperly healed ankle injury causing low dorsiflexion ROM so finding the right combination of exercises is tricky.
It really blew my mind how much differently tendons recover and strengthen compared with muscles. I think step one is to consider them differently in terms of rest, loading, and lengthening.
Mixed viewpoints out there regarding supplements, but I take collagen, fish oil and vitamin C daily. I find that if I skip taking them for a week I notice a bit more pain / less resilience after a strength training session.
I can't recommend any brand. The research is weak regarding oral collagen supplements. I'm planning to switch to vitamin C infused gelatin, as there's some research backing that up. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27852613
He talks to Norm Macdonald about his germany bit. Norm has done that bit a lot.
IIRC Jerry just talks about how good it is, more appreciation than dissection
It's more the small jokes to each other as they're chatting, he'll point out the bridge or something like that as the bit of the joke that makes it really work.
Can't remember a specific example now, but the two of them often generally discuss how comedy works, etc.
He's a bit OTT about how it can't be taught and it seems a bit contradictory as they'll discuss how they learnt the craft and often find they did the same thing.
When I was doing research with TMS the problem we were trying to solve was focusing the magnetic field to a small point in order to target specific areas of the brain instead of stimulating a larger area. There was a lot of research being done to do this, but that seemed to be the biggest technological hurdle to the technology in addition to what you noted.
Not a single comment on here about using insurance. I know that a backpack with a laptop can be stolen out of someone else's car and cut-rate renters insurance will cover it. I don't really think Uber was the correct person to foot this bill, I think this is the same as someone grabbing your purse from you when walking down the street. You either have decent insurance or you're SOL
If Comcast sent a contractor over to your house, to hook up cable, and the tech stole your TV, is Comcast liable for this?
If you check into a hotel, and the bellboy steals your luggage, is the hotel liable for it?
If you hired a roofing company to fix your roof, they subcontracted it to another firm, which came and set your house on fire, are the roofers also not liable? Especially after they spend a few months trying to prevent you and the police from getting in touch with the subcontractors?
>I think this is the same as someone grabbing your purse from you when walking down the street.
It is not the same as someone grabbing your purse when you are walking down the street.
Unless the person who grabbed your purse was hired by you through an agency to hold your bags and walk you down the street before they ran off with your purse.
