HAPPY FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY The National Trails System Act of 1968,
as amended, calls for establishing trails in both urban and
rural settings for people of all ages, interests, skills, and physical
abilities. The act promotes the enjoyment and appreciation of trails while
encouraging greater public access. It establishes four classes of trails: national scenic trails, national historic trails, national recreation trails,
and side and connecting trails. National
scenic trails are to be continuous, extended routes of outdoor recreation
within protected corridors. The first
two established under the National Trails System Act were the Appalachian and
the Pacific Crest trails. They wind
through some of the nation’s most striking natural beauty. National historic trails recognize original
trails or routes of travel of national historic significance including past
routes of exploration, migration, and military action. The term national recreation trail is given
to an existing local or regional trail when recognized by the federal
government, with the consent of any federal, state, local, nonprofit, or
private entity having jurisdiction over these lands. Today almost 1,300 of these trails have been
designated throughout the country. They
are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Side and connecting trails provide additional
access to and between components of the National Trails System. To date, seven have been designated. Since 1968, 45 long-distance trails have been
studied for inclusion in the system, and 30 have been designated. The National
Park Service administers 21; the Bureau of Land Management administers one; and
the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management jointly administer
two. The U.S. Forest Service administers
six.
Gabriël
Metsu (1629–1667)
was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits,
and genre works. Only 14 of his 133 works are dated. Gabriel Metsu was the son of Jacques
Metsu (c. 1588– March 1629) a tapestry worker and painter, originally
from Hainault, who lived most of his days at Leiden. In 1625 he married Jacomijntje Garniers (c.
1590–1651), the widow of a painter with three children of her own. In 1648 Metsu was registered among the first
members of the painters' guild at Leiden. In
1650 he ceased to subscribe. In 1658 he
married Isabella de Wolff, whose
father was a potter and mother the painter Maria
de Grebber. At the onset of the
1660s Metsu turned for inspiration to the art of the "fijnschilders"
from his native Leiden. Metsu died at
the age of 38 and was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk. Three bells were tolled; a habit in use with
Dutch Catholics at that time. See
graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabri%C3%ABl_Metsu
Cured bacon
is preserved with a commercial preparation of salt and sodium nitrites. Nitrites are additives that are responsible
for giving bacon its pink color, among many other things. There are two methods of curing—pumping and
dry-curing. The concentration of
nitrites cannot exceed 200 parts per million (ppm) in dry-cured bacon and 120
ppm in pumped bacon, according to the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). “Uncured” bacon is bacon that hasn’t been
cured with sodium nitrites. Usually,
it’s cured with a form of celery, which contains natural nitrites, and plain
old sea salt, as well as other flavorings like parsley and beet extracts. Uncured bacon has to be labeled: “Uncured bacon. No nitrates or nitrites added.” However, that does not mean that it does not
contain nitrites. https://www.healthline.com/health/cured-vs-uncured-bacon#2
Age is a terrible thief--just when you're getting
the hang of
life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your
back. *
I threatened to cut off my children without a cent until I remembered
they already controlled my money. Water
for Elephants, a novel by Sara Greun
The Burt Theater in Toledo opened in 1898 as a copy of a 15th century Venetian
palace complete with a row of ornate gothic columns and balconies. The 1565-seat theater also featured an extra
wide row called a "fat man's row".
Patrons were offered a variety of daily shows of early vaudeville
performances and melodramas, but like many "live" theaters of its
era, the popularity was eclipsed by the growth of moving picture houses. Frank Burt was by most measure, a master showman
and creative and enterprising amusement park manager and his reputation became
legendary across the nation. By 1912, he
was managing the popular Lakeside Amusement Park in the bustling city of
Denver, and a few years later, he began dividing his time between Denver and
California when he took the role as concessions manager of the Pan American
Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. After the Exposition, Burt moved south to the
coastal town of Seal Beach California where he developed and managed the Seal
Beach Amusement Park, or "Joy Zone" in California which opened in
1916. Some of his projects still live to
this day as a legacy to his talents and vision, Cedar Point, The Lakeside
Amusement Park near Denver and the still standing theater building that bears
his name in Toledo, the Burt Theater. Frank
Burt died in 1924. The Burt
Theater went through many iterations through the years; the Peppermint
Lounge, the Country Palace, the Club and Caesar's Showbar are
businesses that people might remember.
The building sits empty today and its ornate architectural features were
most recently saved from demolition when it became a part of the Lucas County Land Bank in 2013. Lou
Hebert posted by Frank Bickle http://www.wtol.com/story/35481478/this-day-in-toledo-history-iconic-theater-cedar-point-owner-shot-in-face-by-wife-in-downtown-toledo
In an ironic twist of geography, Colorado, a state known for the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, is
flat as a pancake on its eastern side, while adjacent western Nebraska has
scenic hills, cliffs, buttes and badlands.
Just looking at the eroded spires, chiseled hills and mushroom-shaped
formations, you know this ancient land is full of surprises. any of the
surprises hidden in this rugged landscape are exposed along the 160-mile Fossil
Freeway, which runs along Highways 29/71 between Scottsbluff in the panhandle
of western Nebraska and Hot Springs in South Dakota. The freeway connects a series of amazing
discoveries that spans the time from the formation of the Rockies millions of
years ago to the paleo-Indians who roamed the Great Plains 10,000 years
ago. Erosion has exposed beds with
thousands of jumbled bones, skeletons and artifacts that show us how radically
the landscape and the creatures that lived here have changed. In fact, you can see fossils still in place
in the ground where they were discovere d.
When the Rockies began inching toward the sky 80 million years ago, the
moisture streaming inland from the Pacific Ocean could no longer reach the
center of the continent. As the climate
dried, the vast forests turned to Serengeti-like grasslands with herds of
pony-rhinos, gazelle-camels, long-necked horses, voracious bear-dogs and
saber-toothed cats. Great droughts
forced animals to congregate around the remaining waterholes where they died en
masse of dehydration and starvation.
Layers of ash from mountain volcanoes and wind-blown sand eventually
covered the prairies with hundreds of feet of sediment. Eons later, mammoths and giant bison
dominated the plains, along with a new predator: paleo-Indian hunters. Much later, the Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne
stalked vast herds of the smaller American bison. Now a cattle culture dominates the
mixed-grass prairies, but in some places, ancient bones litter the ground like
autumn leaves. They reveal a world
filled with strange creatures unlike any you can probably
imagine. At Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, on Highway 29 south
of Harrison, Nebraska, the Niobrara River meanders across rolling plains. The stream creates a life-giving source of
water surrounded by endless prairie, much like the wetlands that existed 19
million years ago. Here, it’s easy to
imagine a savanna teeming with thousands of grazing animals as well as stealthy
predators. Two hat-shaped hills rise a
short distance from the visitor center and museum. It was in those hills that in the 1880s
rancher James Cook discovered a two-foot-thick layer of exposed bones. Major Eastern universities flocked to
excavate the site, one of the largest and most diverse bonebeds ever
discovered. The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota,
30 miles north on Highway 71, preserves a massive bonebed in a 26,000-year-old
sinkhole. Archaeologists have identified
the remains of 61 mammoths as well as short-faced bears, camels, llamas and
birds. A climate-controlled exhibit hall
covers the exposed bonebed, and a museum exhibits full-sized mammoth
replicas. In the summer, the Mammoth
Site offers Jr. Paleontology programs for children ages 4 to 12. Four times daily, kids can get their hands
dirty in the dig box searching for replica mammoth and short-faced bear
bones. Two other museums on the Fossil
Freeway display replicas of animals excavated in the area. Besides pioneer and Indian history, the
Trailside Museum of Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park in Crawford,
Nebraska, displays a full-sized mammoth as well as the fossil remains of two
mammoths with tusks locked in deadly combat and 18 other extinct animals. At the visitor center at the Wildcat Hills
State Recreation Area and Nature Center south of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, you can
see a pair of saber-toothed cats from 25 million years ago found in a death
struggle. George Oxford Miller Read
more and see pictures at https://nwohio.aaa.com/aaaworld/article/?Id={7E6FFB74-7A5C-4884-907B-E8B8E7BC1EC5}&et_cid=JA18_BonebedsBadlands See also https://nature.nps.gov/geology/inventory_embed/publications/reports/badl_gre_rpt_view.pdf
Lentil and Chicken Soup Recipes from Sidon Lebanese Grille &
Bakery http://www.sidongrille.com/blog/lentil-and-chicken-soup-recipes/
July 18, 2018 First, the good news: At nearly two hours long, next week's lunar eclipse will be the longest of the
century. The bad news: North America is
the only continent on Earth where it won't be visible. The best views will
be in Africa and Asia, but folks in Europe, South America and Australia
will still get partial views. The
eclipse will occur on the night of July 27 into the early hours
of July 28. According to EarthSky, it's the longest total lunar
eclipse of the 21st century. "The
total phase of the eclipse--called the totality--spans 1 hour 42 minutes and 57
seconds," said EarthSky's Bruce McClure.
During the eclipse, the moon will appear red, giving it the nickname
"blood moon." A total lunar
eclipse occurs when the moon and the sun are on exact opposite sides of Earth,
according to NASA. When
this happens, Earth blocks the sunlight that normally reaches the moon. Instead
of that sunlight hitting the moon’s surface, Earth's shadow falls on it. Although the moon is in Earth's shadow, some
sunlight still reaches the moon. The
sunlight passes through Earth's atmosphere, which causes Earth’s atmosphere to
filter out most of the blue light. This
makes the moon appear red to people on Earth. The
next lunar eclipse that will be visible in North America will be next winter: Jan. 21, 2019.
Doyle Rice https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/18/blood-moon-longest-lunar-eclipse-century-coming-next-week/795779002/
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1921
July 20, 2018
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