Sep 25 2022 - Do horses come home?

 

Bing has a picture of Emerald Lake in BC, with the description that it was discovered in 1882 by guide Tom Wilson, who accidentally stumbled upon the lake by gathering horses that had gotten away.   To put it correctly,  go to the Wikipedia entry and it says: " The first non-indigenous person to set sight on Emerald Lake was Canadian guide Tom Wilson, who stumbled upon it by accident in 1882. A string of his horses had gotten away, and it was while tracking them that he first entered the valley." As to Wilson's naming of lakes.  it turns out that the entry for Lake Louise says:  "However, this was not the first time Wilson had named a lake 'Emerald'.  Earlier that same year he had discovered another lake which he had given the same name, and that name even appeared briefly on the official map. This first lake however, was shortly renamed Lake Louise. What made Wilson's string "get away?" That seems like the horses were not happy to be with him.  I don't have any personal experience with horses, so I take that from the horse.com  as it says that horses often run away to avoid an unpleasant experience.   And were these domesticated horses going feral or were they wild species being tamed?  Supposedly, wild horses went extinct in North America 11,000 years ago.  Mustangs are considered an "invasive" species and not from North America.  Scientists argue otherwise - that despite the local extinction, it is the same species of horse that was in Europe, with the same genetic lineage. This has been proven by The Original Horse Project .  So we might never find out about feral vs wild.  We can start to correct our historical writings and acknowledge the original Indigenous name of Emerald Lake.  It is Rainbow Lake.   And Lake Louse?  What was its original name?   It was first named Horâ Juthin Îmne (translating to lake of little fishes) by Stoney First Nations people that were the first inhabitants of the area. In 1882 a Stoney First Nations person led a Canadian railway worker named Tom Wilson to the lake.

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Itchy Brain

Pain and itch have very different behavioral response patterns. Pain evokes a withdrawal reflex, which leads to retraction and therefore a reaction trying to protect an endangered part of the body. Itch in contrast creates a scratch reflex, which draws one to the affected skin site. Itch generates stimulus of a foreign object underneath or upon the skin and also the urge to remove it. For example, responding to a local itch sensation is an effective way to remove insects from one's skin. With this definition, we should find all kinds of things to buy.  Itch.io is a site to buy games and more games.  Here's the latest twitter feed:  "Frozen dirt: short arcade-style touhou fangame". Itchcode.com - it is a safe, online learning environment with video lessons for your students.  What about learning to work at Itch.  itch-recruitment.   Here's auntieitch.com - it is drug-free, herbal free, with fast itch relief.  Scratchyouritch.com - in this episode of Scratch Your Itch, we interview Trevor Ragan.  Trevor is the founder of TrainUgly.com and creates viral videos around learning and mindset. Thisisitch.com is a creative production company, specializing in ideas and content production for broadcast and corporate films. There's 10yearitch.com - looking to travel to India? Zenstoptheitch.com.au - contains 100% natural mineral salt potassium Alum Slate in distilled Australia water. Answertheitch.com - chemical allergies to things like Thiuram Mix is something most have never heard of.  And our itching joke:   When Juan told me he was scratching himself during a questionnaire, I was surprised. After all, nobody expects the Spanish in-quiz itching. I found this carousel in Sacramento at the Galleria Mall across the street.  Isn't this amazing with its turquoise walls and light above?  And what about the cat that has caught a red herring!

Mountain Transport

It is a train day - well it's about a railroad first, and then I seem to notice the scenes all have animals - the first has the pen of cattle , the second has the cart at the left and the horses in front of the building, and the third has an arrival on a horse.  This layout has a lot of stories packed into each scene of a western railroad town.