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FRIDAY REPORT OF 02/17/06
The Most Direct, Frequent Link to Knowledge Workers in the Eastern Forest Economy
STUMPAGE PRICES FOR SOUTHERN TIMBER
Timber Mart-South has just issued an important, multi-page report on south-wide average stumpage prices. For a copy of it, contact Sara Baldwin, Editor, at sbaldwin@smokey.forestry.uga.edu.
NEW PINE PLANTING STRATEGIES
For the Western Gulf States
By Eric L. Taylor, A. Gordon Holley, and Michael Blazier
Our title and quotes are from an 8-page report just issued by Southern Regional Extension Forestry:
“The structure of forest industry has experienced major changes over the last few years, not only across the South, but globally as well. Mills are closing, companies are merging, and large forest products companies are divesting their lands. The demand for small-diameter trees in the South has diminished largely due to the amount of wood fiber and wood products now available from other countries around the world. As a result, countries that have traditionally depended upon the southern US for fiber (e.g., Japan) are now being supplied by other global markets.
“Competition is global and fierce, and in order to stay competitive, healthy, and profitable, foresters and forest landowners must use efficient stand establishment strategies. This paper outlines several such new strategies beyond the normal course of plantation establishment (e.g., proper site preparation, seedling care, and competition control). Much of what is covered in this paper will challenge traditional stand establishment as we explore stock type, initial stand density, planting season, fertilization, and insect control…”
To read the complete report, click on http://sref.info/publications/online_pubs/regionalpublications/file_02_07_2006
“LITTLE WING
When homing pigeons leave home”
By Susan Orlean
Our quotes are from the print THE NEW YORKER of 02/13-20/06:
“Birds in a race are all together only when they are first let go, which is done by a truck driver who transports all the competitors – thousands of them, in the big races – to the release point. None of the bird owners watch the start of the race, because the birds fly as fast as sixty miles per hour and they fly direct, so if the owners watched the start of the race they would probably miss being home to see the birds return. There is no gathering of owners to watch the end of the race, either: everyone wants to see his own flock come back to his own coop…
“The American Racing Pigeon Union oversees two racing seasons each year – one in the spring, for birds more than a years old, and one in the fall, for young birds. The races are held regionally each week, and range from one hundred to six hundred miles. Some races have cash awards for winners – up to several thousand dollars in some cases, and one series of races in South Africa has a purse of a million dollars…
“Homing pigeons are raised to race home. Their ability to find their way – and their choice to do so – has been remarked upon since before the Roman Empire. The Egyptians and Turks trained pigeons to carry messages; dynastic China used pigeons to carry mail. It is rumored that Count Rothschild used the early news of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, delivered to him by pigeon, to manipulate investments; in the nineteenth century, Paul Julius Reuter founded his news service as a string of pigeon posts; London stock-market quotations were regularly conveyed from London to Antwerp by bird…
“You can buy a racing pigeon for a hundred dollars, or you can spend thirty thousand dollars or more for birds from champion racing stock. In general, the costs are reasonable – pigeon feed is about twenty-five cents a pound; basic gear costs a few hundred dollars; club membership and racing fees are about two hundred and fifty dollars a year. The biggest expenses are an electronic timer, which can run close to a thousand dollars, and veterinary bills, if your birds get sick…
“Pigeon devotees have included Mike Tyson, Walt Disney, Picasso (who named one of his daughters Paloma, which is Spanish for dove), Marlon Brando (as Terry Malloy in ‘On the Waterfront), Roy Rogers, and King George V…
“…The release was in Ilion, New York, about two hundred miles from Boston – 224.592 miles from Matt’s coop, to be exact, for purposes of calculating their time and speed…
“He suddenly bolted to his feet, pointing past the maple. ‘I got a bird!’ he yelled. I could see a dark shape gliding around the crown of the tree, spiraling downward; then a bird landed on top of the coop. It was glossy and gray, with pink feet and bright, round eyes. It has just flown two hundred miles on instinct or memory, or perhaps it was drawn back these two hundred miles because it loved where it lived. It was unruffled, composed, as if it had spent the whole morning scratching for feed at home. ‘C’mon, c’mon,” Matt called out, until the bird crossed the finish line, registering its return at 13:15:42…”
The entire 6-page article will fascinate you.
“WHY DOES LACTIC ACID BUILD UP IN MUSCLES? AND WHY DOES IT CAUSE SORENESS?”
by Stephen M. Roth, professor, University of Maryland
Our title and quotes below are from the 02/14/06 www.sciam.com:
“As our bodies perform strenuous exercise, we begin to breathe faster as we attempt to shuttle more oxygen to our working muscles. The body prefers to generate most of its energy using aerobic methods, meaning with oxygen. Some circumstances, however, - such as evading the historical saber tooth tiger or lifting heavy weights – require energy production faster than our bodies can adequately deliver oxygen. In those cases, the working muscles generate energy anaerobically. This energy from glucose through a process called glycolysis, in which glucose is broken down or metabolized into a substance called pyruvate through a series of steps. When the body has plenty of oxygen, pyruvate is shuttled to an aerobic pathway to be further broken down for more energy. But when oxygen is limited, the body temporarily converts pyruvate into a substance called lactate, which allows glucose breakdown – and thus energy production – to continue. The working muscle cells can continue this type of anaerobic energy production at high rates for one to three minutes, during which time lactate can accumulate to high levels.
“A side effect of high lactate levels is an increase in the acidity of the muscle cells, along with disruptions of other metabolites. The same metabolic pathways that permit the breakdown of glucose to energy perform poorly in this acidic environment. On the surface, it seems counterproductive that a working muscle would produce something that would slow its capacity for more work. In reality, this is a natural defense mechanism for the body; it prevents permanent damage during extreme exertion by slowing the key systems needed to maintain muscle contraction. Once the body slows down, oxygen becomes available and lactate reverts back to pyruvate, allowing continued aerobic metabolism and energy for the body’s recovery from the strenuous event.
“Contrary to popular opinion, lactate or, as it is often called, lactic acid buildup is not responsible for the muscle soreness felt in the days following strenuous exercise…
“…This delayed-onset muscle soreness, or DOMS as it is called by exercise physiologists, is characterized by sometimes severe muscle tenderness as well as loss of strength and range of motion, usually reaching a peak 24 to 72 hours after the extreme exercise event. Though the precise cause of DOMS is still unknown, most research points to actual muscle damage and an elevated release of various metabolites into the tissue surrounding the muscle cells…”
To read the complete article, click on http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm and click on our title.
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