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Canal simulator
We went to a demo of a canal operations simulator up at the Central Arizona Project.  It’s sort of like flight-simulator except it’s for operators of canals.  You sit down at a real console and conduct operations and react to “field” conditions just as a normal operator would, except that instead of being hooked to the real canal, it’s hooked to a numerical hydraulic model of the canal.  It appears to work very well – they said they were pleased with it.  Maybe we can do something similar here at SRP.

Eggs, almonds, citrus and garlic
These are some of my high-sensitivity foods, according to a food sensitivity analysis done on my blood last week.  In addition, the preliminary results seem to indicate that I’m at least somewhat sensitive to just about everything.  I’ll get more details when I go in to see her next week.  The naturopathic doctor I’m going to (for the purpose of weight-loss and health-gain) runs these tests as part of her overall evaluation.

Birthers
Birthers are a variety of conspiracy theorists who are still hanging on to the idea that President Obama is not a citizen and should not be allowed to remain as president.  James Taranto (Best of the Web Today) has a good summary of why we should discount their claims.