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Ramps, a Wild Harvest
One of the ways that we know for sure that spring has sprung is the appearances of ramps on the trails and at the markets. Ramps, Allium tricoccum, are also known as wild leeks, ramson, and ail de bois. They appear in the springtime in deciduous forest areas from South Carolina to Canada and as far west as Missouri and Minnesota. West Virginia in particular is known for its celebration of this seasonal delicacy. Ramps grow in patches in cool shady areas with moist soil rich in organic materials. They begin to appear in late March and can be found through the end of May.
4.28.2009 at 01:40pm - Comment by michael taylormmmm ramps are soo delicious.....but they make you smell so bad for weeks. If your gonna eat them I suggest staying in doors for at least 7 days before appearing in public. :)
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This Machine Might* Save the World
The source of endless energy for all humankind resides just off Government Street in Burnaby, British Columbia, up the little spit of blacktop on Bonneville Place and across the parking lot from Shade-O-Matic blind manufacturers and wholesalers. The future is there, in that mostly empty office with the vomit-green walls -- and inside the brain of Michel Laberge, 47, bearded and French-Canadian.12.24.2008 at 01:10pm - Comment by michael taylorOne thing Ive been wondering, they have built fusion bombs havnt they, These bombs release a hell of a lot more energy then is put in them to make them go off so we know it can work. How hard could it be to create little mini fusion bombs and set them off in a controlled explosion kinda like how a car engine is powered.
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The First Few Minutes After Death
After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon. A new project aims to determine whether the experience is a physiological event or evidence that the human consciousness is far more complicated than we ever believed.
11.4.2008 at 12:57pm - Comment by michael taylorhere is a thought on the mind that delves into quantum mechanics and religion. Information can never be destroyed. Just rearranged. As time approaches infinity it is possible that the information that made up a person’s mind may be arranged to completely simulate a persons mind to the smallest detail. Even if that "re-incarnation" where to die with enough given time it could happen again. Its possible eventually it will happen in such an way that it would be possible to "think" forever and never die(I wanted to say live) Maby that is the heaven that religion is talking about and the eternal soul is the information that makes you "you" This could theoretically span through multiple universes as long as the information that makes a person them were simulated exactly. So it would not matter if our universe one day dies. We could still be resurrected in another universe. When we die since our mind is no longer thinking it would seem instant to us. But in fact an infinite amount of time as passed in between "re-incarnations"
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