Day: August 26, 2019💾

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House Pond

A look around House Pond in Stratford, off of Piseco-Powley Road.

Map: Debar Pond

Near Max Shauls

Heading south on NY 30 from Fultonham, towards Max Shauls Campground.

Terrain Map: Mahanoy Mountain

Batteries and glass

Observation: Batteries with solar are like glass with rifles.

You got to spend your limited resources wisely and not always on what you think is most important — but what actually maximizes utility.

Whatever Happened To The Mysterious Kidney Disease Striking Central America?

Whatever Happened To The Mysterious Kidney Disease Striking Central America?

The disease, which has made kidney failure the second-leading cause of death in Nicaragua and El Salvador, was first reported in the 1990s. It was a strange new type of kidney failure. Sugar cane cutters from plantations in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala were turning up at clinics with end-stage kidney disease. Some had been in what seemed to be perfect health just a few years before. These laborers didn't have diabetes or hypertension or other factors that might explain why their kidneys were failing.

Map: Dry Run State Forest