Calculating My Golf Handicap
I started playing golf in 2017. Before that, I had hacked my way through a total of about 15 rounds in high school, college, and grad school. Last summer, I played over 150 rounds, mostly at the local course where I am a member. Its a 9-hole par 3 course where an unlimited membership costs $300/year. I consistently shoot 66-70 for 18 holes (5-9 over par), but the league says my HC is 3. I play Mizuno blades (6-PW), a couple of hybrids, 2 wedges, and do not own a driver. Yeste
Flood and Slide Deformed Deposits at Priest River, ID
The Ice Age floods inundated the southern portion of the Priest River Valley in northern Idaho, though this area is rarely mentioned in the literature. I recently excavated rhythmically-bedded strata exposed in landslide scarps north of Priest River in order to figure out how rhythmites way up here compare to the Touchet Beds. Breckenridge and Garwood (2019) mapped these deposits as "glaciolacustrine sediments", but there's a bunch of sandy beds in there, too. Outburst floods
Mapping Data or Mapping Spin?
In 1991, a Syracuse University Geography professor published a book titled "How to Lie with Maps". It was aimed at the rapidly-emerging community of GIS professionals, students in the mapping sciences, and the non-technical managers responsible for overseeing their technical work. The author's focus is on how cartographic decisions - what to include on a map, what to omit, what scale to use, what design elements to emphasize/deemphasize, color choice, etc. - are tantamount to
Powermatic: What's in a name?
Powermatic is best known as a manufacturer of industrial woodworking machinery. The brand has long been associated with quality; the company bills itself as "The Gold Standard". The name "Powermatic" is one of those quintessentially mid-century words that perfectly captured the vision of mid-century marketing departments. Powerful. Industrial. Confident. Its also a fairly generic term, which meant companies didn't shy away from using it. The name Powermatic is found across a
