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“Do you ever take it off any sweet jumps?” The “sweet jumps” to which the protagonist of Napoleon Dynamite is referring (consisting of a jerry-built wooden ramp) are, unfortunately for the gangly teenager and his reserved friend, not the height of bicycling daredevilry. The more experienced cyclist, however, will be happy to learn that there…
Read MoreAccording to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1.7 million people annually are diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury; and about half of serious cases require surgery. “The leading cause of death and disability,” brain injuries affect an estimated two percent of the population in the U.S. The possible means of sustaining a brain injury are almost…
Read MoreIt has often been said that individuals under hypnosis cannot be induced to commit any action that would be out of keeping with their character; that the power of suggestion cannot turn a reserved, well-behaved person into a social deviant with a criminal bent. While it is true that a personality change requires much more…
Read MoreIn the popular children’s book series turned animated television show called The Magic School Bus, an unflagging and unflappable grade school teacher named Ms. Frizzle teaches her class scientific principles in the most unscientific way possible: by taking them on field trips on a school bus that can adapt to underwater, deep space, subterranean, and…
Read MoreHardworking employees throughout the U.S. often opt to take advantage of the workers’ compensation benefits available when they are injured on the job. While it can be assumed that most employers want to do well by those working for them, it also makes sense that they will want evidence that the injury in question took…
Read MoreIt’s been a long, cold, lonely winter in the Salt Lake City area—temperatures have plummeted to near-record lows, snow has congested every shoulder, and the streets have shimmered with ice. Happily, spring is on the way at last! Here comes the sun, new greenery, and a multitude of birds and insects. So, too, will come…
Read MoreA large commercial vehicle on the road is treated by most like the school bully: it is viewed with dread, encountered reluctantly, and when an encounter is inevitable, many people prefer just to hold their breath, avoid eye contact, and sigh in relief when it’s over (even if the encounter in question consisted of nothing…
Read MoreSomewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair Flyin’ in the wind She’s been runnin’ half her life The chrome and steel she rides Collidin’ with The very air she breathes… Unknown legends like the woman in the Neil Young song could hardly hope for a better place to ride…
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