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Tuesday: Hosea 12:2-14; Psalm 10; Acts 26:24-27:8; Luke 8:40-56
The prophetic oracle against Israel continues by recalling this history of rebellion of their ancestor Jacob. In the womb, he contended with his twin brother Esau and tried to supplant him. In his manhood he outwitted Esau for his inheritance over a bowl of lentil stew. But he also contended with God ("the angel") and prevailed, and his name was changed to "Israel.". At Bethel he had the vision of angels ascending and descending and named it "the House of God," where the Lord, the God of Hosts appeared. And so the call comes for the nation to return to the Lord, hold fast to love and justice and wait upon the Lord. But Israel remained a trader with false balances who loved to oppress. He said to himself "I am rich and have gained all this by myself," thinking himself sinless. Again, the Lord pronounces judgment, saying that they will again be forced to live in tents as they did in the wilderness wanderings. The Lord then identifies himself as the one who has spoken to them through prophets and now, though those prophets he will bring oracles of destruction. Historic reference is again made to Gilead, to their altars for Baal and their stone heaps to mark boundaries between them and the Canaanites. God brought Israel up from Egypt by the Prophet Moses, and by a prophet was guarded. But now, Ephraim has given bitter offense, and the Lord will bring his crimes down upon his head to repay him for his insults.
The evils of the wicked are set forth in vivid detail by this psalm that calls upon God to respond as the only source of defense against them. But first, the eternal question: why is God remote in all of this; why does God hide in times of trouble? In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor, boasting in the desires of their greedy hearts, and curse and renounce the Lord, saying "There is no God," the proverbial creed of fools. Why do they prosper, why are they allowed to ambush and murder the innocent and, like a lion, seize the poor and the helpless and drag them off to their dens? In their hearts they think that God has either forgotten, or has simply looked the other way. After a long rehearsal of their wickedness, the psalmist cries out, "Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed!" The Lord does see, does note trouble and grief in order to take it into his hands. "The helpless commit themselves to you, you who have been the helper of orphans. Break the arm of the wicked; seek out their wickedness until you find none." This is followed by a confession of faith: "The Lord is king forever and ever." Nations perish from his land. And now, with a word of hopeful confidence, the psalm proclaims that the Lord will hear the desire of the meek and strengthen their hearts. The Lord will hear and do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from the earth who strike terror may do so no more.
Festus interrupts Paul in his self-defense to declare him out of his mind; that his great learning has driven him insane. Paul objects, saying that he is speaking the sober truth. Indeed, he knows that King Agrippa understands all this for he is familiar with the issues at hand, and it is to him that Paul is speaking. None of this, after all, has happened in a corner. He then asks the King if he believes the prophets, and quickly answers for the King, "I know you believe." Agrippa is, after all, a Jewish king. He responds, "Are you so quickly persuading me to become a Christian? Paul replies, "Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me today, might become such as I am—except for these chains." It is the conclusion of Paul's defense. Agrippa rises and with him Festus and Bernice and those with them, and the audience is over, but as they are leaving, Agrippa and Festus converse and say, "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment." Agrippa then says, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to the emperor." Indeed he could have, but would he have survived free, with so many plots against his life? Better he travel to Rome under imperial guard, as will now take place. And so they set sail for Italy, placing Paul under the command and protection of a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, names Julius. We get a detailed, first person account of their travel itinerary (the last of the "we" sections), as well as the names of those who accompany them. We are told that Julius treats Paul kindly and allows him to go to his friends in various ports along the way that they might care for him. The wind is against them, slowing their trip as the ship hugs the coast lines of Cyprus and Asia Minor until finally coming to Fair Havens, a port on the south eastern side of Crete, where they will spend the winter to avoid the storms.
Jesus and the disciples return from the eastern side of the lake and find the crowds still gathered and waiting for him. Luke now tells us a story within a story, both about the healing power of Jesus and its response to faith. A leader of the synagogue named Jairus comes, falls at Jesus' feet (a most unusual thing for a leader of a synagogue to do), and begs Jesus to come to his house to heal his dying, twelve year old daughter, his only child. As Jesus goes, a nameless woman has joined the crowd. She has suffered from hemorrhages for twelve years. We are told that she has spent all she has on doctors but no one could cure here. She tells herself that if she can only touch the hem of Jesus' cloak she will be healed. And so, she ventures into the crowd, so intent upon her goal that she ignores the fact that all she touches or who touch her will be rendered ritually unclean. Coming up behind Jesus, she touches his garment and immediately she is healed. But equally immediately, Jesus asks, "Who touched me?" When everyone denies it, Peter expresses his wonder: after all, with this crowd, how could anyone not touch him? But that is not the touch Jesus is talking about. Their touch is curiosity; this was the touch of faith. Jesus again says it, "Someone touched me, for I noticed that the power had got out from me." In the silence that surrounds that, as people look at one another, the woman realized she can no longer hide, and so, trembling, comes forth to Jesus, falls at his feet and confesses what she has done and how immediately she was healed. Jesus looks upon her and says, "Daughter," addressing her as one of his family who have heard his word, "your faith has made you well; go in peace." As Jesus is saying this, someone comes from Jairus' house to announce that his daughter has died; they need not trouble Jesus any longer. But Jesus says, "Do not fear, only believe, and she will be saved," and proceeds to the house. Upon arrival he allows no one to accompany him but Peter, John and James and the child's father and mother. The house is surrounded by grieving friends, and Jesus says to them, "Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping." They, of course, laugh at him, for they know that she has died. Leaving the crowd outside, Jesus goes to the little girl's side, takes her by the hand and says, "Child, arise!" and she does. He tells her parents to give her something to eat (ghosts do not eat!). They are astonished, all the more so when he orders them to tell no one what has happened.
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After an unsuccessful attempt last year, Foimi Justilin finally made it this time around, winning the marathon race organised by the CPDM on the occasion of President Paul Biya's 30th year in office. He was closely followed by Batcha Erick in the runner up position and Kamcheu Foguieng in the third position respectively. In the women's category, ace mountaineer, Ngwaya Yvonne came first while Mousima Florence and Cezano Meli came second and third respectively. Some 1200 athletes took part in the 21 kilometre-race along the major alleys of the capital city, Yaounde.
On the side-lines of the marathon were races for handicapped people as well as skateboard rolling in both the men's and women's categories. The handicapped races took place in both the tricycle and wheelchair events. Metsagho Hugues lifted the trophy in the men's tricycle event while Mole Ingwat dominated the female category. Moukoury Lobe and Ebia Crescence were the victors in the wheel chair events in the men's and women's categories in that order.
The race took place in a festive atmosphere with animation from the INJS band, traditional dance groups and loud sounding music.
The event was presided over by the Secretary General of the CPDM Central Committee, Jean Nkuete in the company of his assistant, Gregoire Owona and the top brass of the party in the Mfoundi Division including Minister Etoundi Ngoa and former minister Michel Zoah. There was also a photo exhibition in the hall of the Yaounde conference centre depicting the key moments of President Biya's 30 years in office.

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The overarching theme of ocean research at ORCA is evidenced in quarter and year long research projects. The most extensive of these projects is the State of Possession Sound, a student designed and implemented monitoring project in the local area. Every month, students conduct on the water sampling from the chartered vessel, The Hat Express, owned and operated by the Hat Island Community. ORCA has been conducting State of Possession Sound (SOPS) research for four years as an in-house project, designed as a way to facilitate student engagement in scientific inquiry. Students board a local vessel armed with monitoring and sampling equipment to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, chlorophyll concentration, phosphates and nitrates from various depths at five different locations. At each station, vertical and horizontal plankton tows are conducted, bird and mammal species presence and abundance are recorded, and a sediment sample is collected.
Recent partnerships with the Washington State Department of Ecology and the Port of Everett resulted in the deployment of an underwater instrument that measures temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen every 15 minutes and transmits the data online.
Click here to view the first SOPS Update for Cruise 50.
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HotSpot Highlights - Journey - 3/14/2012
HotSpot Highlights captures the best-ish 10 minutes of the full hour-long show; this week, we cover Journey.
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Over the weekend, the Associated Press noted that there are increasing efforts across the country to reform our nation's draconian laws outlawing marijuana. Colorado could be the focal point of this movement. Voters this year will decide on Amendment 64, which would legalize marijuana use and regulate and tax the drug in a similar fashion as the state controls alcohol.
Amendment 64 is similar to Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization ballot initiative that fared surprisingly well in California in 2010. Although Prop 19 garnered more voters than Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor that year, it did not pass. Republic Report published an exclusive investigation into the opponents of Prop 19, revealing that a senior police association lobbyist orchestrated much of the attacks on Prop 19 while earning a hefty salary funneling federal Drug War money to his law enforcement clients. If Prop 19 had passed, the lobbyist, John Lovell, might have lost opportunity to channel taxpayer cash to his clients.
With the Colorado initiative just picking up steam, it's worth looking at the political forces organizing to lobby against its passage. Republic Report has reviewed campaign finance records and compiled this survey of the opposition to Amendment 64:
— Two-thirds of the entire the budget for the "No on Amendment 64″ committee has been provided by a Florida-based nonprofit called "Save Our Society From Drugs." The organization was founded by Betty Sembler, a veteran Drug Warrior whose husband is on the Mitt Romney for President finance team. According to one biography of Sembler, she has been awarded an "honorary agent status by the DEA" and was pivotal in founding drug rehabilitation clinics and the Drug Free America Foundation. From 1976 to 1993, the Sembler family operated a drug rehabilitation clinic known as STRAIGHT Inc., which closed down after a shocking series of scandals that revealed that clients faced rape, faced beatings, forced hunger, and other abuses at the clinics.
— The "No on Amendment 64″ committee was registered by Jonathan Anderson, a Republican lawyer with law/lobbying firm Holland & Anderson. Anderson, a former aide to Gov. Bill Ritter (R-CO), was deeply involved in setting up organizations to coordinate corporate cash into the 2010 election.
— The day-to-day management of the "No on Amendment 64″ committee is coordinated by CRL Associates, a lobbying firm registered in Denver.
— The "No on Amendment 64″ committee contracts with Keating Research Inc, which bills itself as a progressive consulting firm, for polling.
— A coalition website that links to the "No on Amendment 64″ effort lists other allies of the campaign with many groups that rely on marijuana prohibition for financial gain, including police associations like the Colorado Law Enforcement Officers Association (police associations often utilize federal grants which provide funds for law enforcement as long as officers prioritize drug enforcement, including marijuana). The list also includes several religious right organizations like Focus on the Family.
As voters begin to consider Amendment 64, the forces opposed to legalization will likely spend a great deal on campaigning. The campaign to keep marijuana illegal has not yet run any ads and has only spent money so far on its own poll, a campaign website, and other expenditures to political consultants, according to our review of Colorado campaign finance records.
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Prairie Plant Plant Systems' Medical Marijuana Monopoly is Back
CANNABIS CULTURE - Health Canada has awarded the first two licenses to produce medical marijuana under its new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations to Prairie Plant Systems – the same company that produced heavy metal-contaminated, irradiated, and overall terrible cannabis under the old program.
"As the sole supplier to Health Canada for the last 13 years, patients and physicians have come to trust the safety and efficacy of the Prairie Plant Systems (PPS) pharmaceutical-grade cannabis," PPS CEO Brent Zettl announced in a press release this morning. "We are very pleased to have been awarded the first two licenses under the new medical marijuana regulations."
As well as issuing a license for PPS, Health Canada gave a second license to CanniMed Ltd., a subsidiary of PPS, which, according to the press release, "will be the distribution and support hub for patients and physicians, as well as the brand name of the three pharmaceutical-grade cannabis products that will be made available as soon as physically possible - CanniMed® 17.1, CanniMed® 12.0 and CanniMed® 9.9."
As part of Health Canada's new regulations, all personal medical marijuana home-growing operations will be made illegal as of April 1, 2014. All medical marijuana patients in Canada will then be forced to purchase their medicine by mail-order from one of the government-licensed companies, of which PPS and CanniMed are the first – and only at this time.
"Patient safety is our primary focus," Zettl said, "which means that patients and their healthcare professionals can trust our consistent and reliable product every time. We have a quality control process with 281 points of control, ensuring that there is no variability, giving patient's confidence in dose consistency."
"Efficacy"? "Trust"? "Patient safety"?
If these are truly concepts now associated with Prairie Plant System and its products, the company must have turned over a new leaf.
Founded in 1988, PPS is a privately-held plant biotechnology company that develops "Prairie hardy fruit trees and seed potatoes" and plant-based pharmaceuticals.
In 2001, the company managed to secure a $5.7 million cultivation contract – the first and only of its kind – to produce med pot for distribution to the public as part of the Canadian government's MMAR program. In a joint venture with the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Company, PPS established a large growing operation 365 metres below ground in a Flin Flon, Manitoba mine.
Quality Discrepancies
The historically successful company then seemed to get off on the wrong foot when it came to medical marijuana. Despite claims PPS was growing a top-quality product by CEO Zettl, Health Canada repeatedly delayed the distribution of the company's finished product.
Once the program was actually up and running, patients receiving the medicine began to complain about the low quality of the PPS product. Patients called the marijuana "weak" and "disgusting", and described it as ground-up mix of buds, leaves and stalk.
Beginning in 2003, the Canadians for Safe Access (CSA), the country's largest medical marijuana patients rights organization, acquired a sample of PPS's pot and began testing. What they found was downright scary.
The group published an Open Letter of Concern for the Health and Safety of Canada's Medicinal Cannabis Community – a detailed study of PPS's cannabis – that raised a number of serious concerns about the quality and safety of the product.
"Upon initial physical examination, it became apparent that claims by PPS and Health Canada that the PPS cannabis was 10% THC seemed overly optimistic." the letter states. "The product was of very fine grind with visible stalk and stems peppered throughout and very little detectable trichome development. When put under flame, it produced a dark smoke with an unpleasant taste and odor. The cannabis burned very poorly and left a thick black residual ash, immediately suggesting inadequate nutrient flushing. This was later confirmed by an examination of tests conducted by Norwest labs for PPS, which show unusually high levels of phosphorous, calcium, and magnesium all of which are 'flowering' fertilizers used at the end of growth cycle, and are typically to blame for the poor combustion and acrid taste of inferior quality black-market cannabis."
Numbers acquired by CSA through an Access to Information Act request showed "that out of the initial 93 people who ordered the cannabis between September 2003 and the end of March 2004, nearly 30% physically returned it to Health Canada."
So much for "efficacy".
CSA tests also showed that PPS's pot had from 3% - 5% THC only, instead of the 10% claimed by the company.
So much for "trust".
Heavy Metal Marijuana
Adding to PPS's growing problems were concerns about the safety of their growing facilities deep underground in a zinc and copper mine in Flin Flon. "As a result of over 80 years of mining and smelting," the CSA wrote, "a number of official Conservation Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada reports suggest that Flin Flon and the surrounding region is one of the most environmentally contaminated areas in North America."
According to a MiningWatch Canada report released in 2001 , "the sheer size of the contaminated area in Flin Flon makes it impossible to remediate. In particular, there is a large volume of tailings that blow in the wind, and the metal content (copper, cadmium and lead) makes it difficult for vegetation to establish. Community concerns have historically not been adequately addressed, and much information, including that collected by Health Canada (e. g., toxic metal levels in blueberries) has not been made available to the residents of Flin Flon..."
CSA commissioned a heavy metal analysis of PPS's marijuana that was carried out by an EPA and CAEAL certified lab in September of 2003. "The results of these tests showed that the PPS cannabis was high in both lead and arsenic," CSA said.
Thanks to an Access to Information Act Request, the patient's rights group also received a copy of "every heavy metal test conducted by PPS and Health Canada up to and including March 9th, 2004." The tests showed lower concentrations of arsenic and lead than earlier tests but "examination by independent researchers suggested that elevated levels of manganese and phosphorous in the PPS cannabis may be of some health concern, particularly when they are inhaled into the lungs," CSA said.
CSA also criticized Health Canada's reaction to the test results, which they called "totally unsatisfactory."
After being informed by CSA about tests showing the presence of potentially life-threatening heavy metals in its medical marijuana, Health Canada spokesperson Jirina Vlk said the government's own tests showed heavy metal concentrations in PPS cannabis were "similar to those found in Canadian tobacco, and well within allowable limits," CSA said. "When pressed as to what these 'allowable limits' might be, she admitted that there are currently no legal limits to heavy metal content in either cannabis or tobacco in Canada."
Biological Impurities and Gamma Radiation
The same tests that showed high levels of heavy metals in PPS pot showed high levels of biological impurities prior to gamma irradiation. Tests showed abnormally high levels of aerobic bacteria – more than 1000 times that of organic cannabis tested the same way. Tests also showed "dangerously high levels of molds, including penicillium and aspergillus," CSA said, of which "HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-C, and cancer sufferers may be particularly vulnerable to."
In order to kill hazardous bacteria, the PPS marijuana is bombarded with Gamma radiation. According to Health Canada's website, "The product has been irradiated by gamma irradiation to reduce to undetectable levels, potentially harmful bacteria and microbial load which may cause spoilage of product. The lowest dose required is utilized for the irradiation process (i.e. 10 kilogray - standard level for herbs and spices), ensuring that the chemical characteristics of the marihuana product are not altered."
"Gamma irradiation is a controversial decontamination technique that has never been studied for safety in smoked or inhaled products anywhere in the world," CSA wrote in its letter. "Although it effectively destroys most bacteria, it does not destroy viruses or mycotoxins, and is often used to cover up biological contamination resulting from poor production, processing or handling practices. One of the bi-products of gamma irradiation is the production of Unique Radiolytic Products, which are a new class of chemicals resulting from irradiations that are not otherwise found in nature. Of significance in the gamma irradiation of whole plant cannabis is the potential production of cyclobutanones, which are toxic, carcinogenic chemicals that form when fats are subjected to gamma irradiation, and which have been directly linked to the development of colon cancer in rats. In addition, gamma irradiation has been shown to destroy terpenes like myrcene and linalool, which have known therapeutic properties and are found in high concentrations in some strains of whole-plant cannabis."
So much for "patient safety".
The Future of Medical Marijuana in Canada
At this point, Prairie Plant Systems and its subsidiary CanniMed are the only companies licensed to provide commercial medical marijuana to Canadian patients (find out here how to get yours).
Medical marijuana dispensaries, though plentiful across Canada in cities like Vancouver and Toronto, are still actually illegal.
It's possible PPS have changed their ways and will produce quality strains of marijuana in the future, though comments about a "consistent and reliable product every time" have been heard before and never followed through on.
We called Prairie Plant Systems for a comment today and were promised a call back, but that was also not followed through on.
Hopefully, the government is just getting the license-issuing equipment warmed up, and we'll see the opening of the MMPR program to other commercial providers. An open and free market could lead to a better and safer product where potentially dangerous products are no longer passed-off as medicine.
Until then, Canada has a Prairie Plant Systems Medical Marijuana Monopoly.
if they are still goin to produce in that mine
i bet it will be crap. Plants have evolved to grow by natural sunlight (not artifical lights). Organic sun-grown cannabis plants is what i assert is the best
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Dick.. your absolutely right.. Sunlight is king
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it's time to bring down the government
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I orderd from prairy plant systems once and just after opening that shit I had a burn or rash all over my hands first then my face mosty on my mouth from the poison they put on to kill all the bugs and mold they grow dirt weed and ask a big price for it we need to grow our own with out ?? Out with Harper vote in the Libs


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In his letter on the evolution of fingers and thumbs (9 April), Chris Owen describes how members of an older generation press doorbells with their index fingers, while those from "generation Y" almost universally use their thumbs. However, those of us familiar with the story of how guests on one floor in a Hong Kong hotel apparently infected each other with SARS via an elevator button, now push buttons with a knuckle or a prosthetic device such as a pen.
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Gateway NO20
SpecificationsNotebook: Gateway NO20
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9550
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Price: 1000 euro
Sold in: Anglo-America
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Gateway NO20
Source: It Pro
The reborn Gateway now has its first products available. Is this 12in notebook good enough to make an impact? Build quality is good. The NO20 is reasonably compact, and because of that there are no flexible-feeling edges on the main chassis. The screen is a different matter: although the lid is fairly thick, it pivots a fair amount when twisted. A note of aesthetic displeasure goes to the chunky rubber feet along the top of the bezel.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/23/2009
Rating: Total score: 67%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC World Italia IT→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/30/2009
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 70%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
The T9550 is a middle class dual-core CPU of the Core 2 Duo line and similar to the P9600 (except for the higher TDP of the T9550 - 35 vs 25 W). The performance of the T9550 should be sufficient for most applications and games of 2009.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
12.1": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Most netbooks have a tinier display. The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Gateway: Gateway, Incorporated. is a computer hardware company based in California which develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories. AOL acquired Gateway.net, the online component of Gateway Inc., in 1999. 2007, Acer completed its acquisition of Gateway for approximately US$710 million. The market share outside of the US market is rather low.
71%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
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CHEF JEFF — ONE BYTE AT A TIME: Ranch PotatoesPotatoes usually are a side dish, but the following recipe will work as an entire meal.
By: Herald Staff Report,
Potatoes usually are a side dish, but the following recipe will work as an entire meal.
Ranch Potatoes
4 large baking potatoes
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
¼ cup sour cream
½ medium yellow onion, finely chopped
1 to 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
3 ounces bacon bits (or 3 bacon slices, fried and crumbled), divided
½ cup milk, heated until steaming
1 1-ounce envelope dry ranch dressing mix
3 or 4 green onions, finely chopped
Rinse potatoes and pierce in several places with a fork. Microwave on high for 10 minutes, or until tender. Set aside to cool.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 11-by-7-inch baking pan. Beat the cream cheese with the sour cream until smooth. Stir in the onion, half the cheese and half the bacon bits.
Peel cooled potatoes and add to the cream cheese mixture, mixing with a fork. Stir in the milk and 2 tablespoons of the dry ranch dressing (or more to taste).
Spread potato mixture in prepared pan. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bacon bits and green onions. Bake 4 minutes longer, until cheese melts.
Yield: Serves 6.
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October 5, 2005 5:00 PM PDT
Network feud leads to Net blackout
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On Wednesday, network company Level 3 Communications cut off its direct "peering" connections to another big network company called Cogent Communications. That technical action means that some customers on each company's network now will find it impossible, or slower, to get to Web sites on the other company's network.
William Steele, a senior network engineer for Syncro Services, said his company noticed the problem Wednesday morning.
"There are some people I can't send an e-mail to," Steele said. "At home, I have Road Runner as an ISP, and wasn't even able to remotely connect in order to manage our servers."
Blackout shows Net's fragility
"Peering" arrangements are maintained by network companies that agree to connect their networks directly together to exchange traffic more efficiently. When the companies are of roughly equal size, money rarely exchanges hands.
Level 3 contends that its arrangement with Cogent is no longer financially viable, since it is larger than the other company. It has asked Cogent to seek other arrangements, possibly including paying for the traffic exchange, a Level 3 representative said.
Cogent CEO Dave Schaeffer contested that claim, saying that its network is at least as big as Level 3's, and that it makes no sense to pay for the connection. Cogent is offering any Level 3 user who can't get to Cogent sites free Internet service for a year, in an attempt to attract its rival's customers.
"Our goal is to have this problem go away, whether through Level 3 reconsidering or their customers coming to us," Schaeffer said.
The Level 3 representative said the company was unlikely to reconsider its position, however.
The problem is likely to affect only a small number of each company's customers. Many network company customers have several connections to the Internet and can use an alternate connection to reach a site that might otherwise be blocked.
A similar Net blackout happened in 2001, when Cable & Wireless and PSINet were embroiled in a billing dispute.
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- Load of Bull
- I've been having a problem with this too...when is all of this going to be fixed? I contacted RoadRunner, and all they said were that they were "restructuring" their network and all of that, and they have no clue when it's all going to be said and done. Personally, I think this is all a bunch of bull, and a bunch of bull that is costing me, and a lot of other's I know, money.
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- Agreed.
- So have I, and I'd like to know myself. I got in touch with a RoadRunner tech, and he told me that it was a known problem, and that "Unfortunately, at this time there is no estimated time of repair." Thanks a ton.
I love watching my money just shrivel up into nothingness as the time ticks by.
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- Corporate idiocy
- This something like I see little kids indulge in on a playground.
"Im going to take my ball and go home."
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- This is Just Horrid
- It took me 5 hours on the telephone to get an answer out of TimeWarner / Brighthouse, and i ended up telling my district what was going on.
I called Cogent, and Cogent said it was Level 3. I call level 3 and demand to know why they wont turn it back on and stop costing me money, and they pretty much said "We want money now" so apparently one of their CEO's needs a pay raise.
Too bad... Our company is thinking about filing legal action against Level 3 for their actions. We have been down since 5:44 AM EST and counting. Someone will have to pay for our business interruption, and it sure as much won't be us.
At least Cogent isn't backing down, and as a customer of Cogent (Servers in Dallas, i Work them from Orlando RoadRunner Lit Location) i respect their stance. I think Level 3 is just mining for money at this point.
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- Save your money on the lawyers...
- ...and buy a multi-homed connection instead. These are private agreements between two parties, and Cogent has already admitted that L3 was within their rights to terminate their peering arrangements. L3 gave their 90 days notice that they were going to depeer Cogent, and whatever SLA you have with Cogent won't cover this. Here's a simpy analogy. Say two people say "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" (peering). All is great, until you realize the you're scratching the other guys back more than he's scratching yours (traffic exchange ratios), and it's causing wear and tear on your back scratcher (network maintenance). So you say, hey, you need to pay me for the extra back scratching I'm doing (paid transit) otherwise there will be no back scratching between us (depeering). The other guy says no, I'm not paying for what I used to get for free, so you stop scratching each other's back.
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- Info please...the bush is dead, stop beating it
- What I'd also like to know is HOW we are supposed to get the alternate connections. Our RoadRunner, I believe, is set up on one path. I'm not sure how to get it to go on the "alternate" path, at least not from where I am. If anyone knows, let me, and anyone who reads this, know.
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- That's Roadrunner's job, not yours.
- Roadrunner will have to set up alternate connections in their network. I doubt their customers (i.e. you) will have to do anything.
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- Maybe This Information Will Help?
- In regards to find another alternative path for Internet access, from customer premises to Internet backbone. Check with the Local Exchange Carrier of your city, which is the first physical link for Internet connection(fiber, cable or copper wire) to a customer premises, to see about connecting to another carrier or Inter-Exchange Carrier, which will link you to the Internet backbone for services. This option should be available, because all IXCs interface their networks with LECS in order to provide Internet& voice services.
The solution would be to order another temporay circuit(T-1,Frac/T-1) or business line(DSL,Dial-up)on a month to month bases, until the disbute is resolve and services are back to normal.
Another solution would be a wireless connection to the Internet, this provides a back-up access connection, and a different geograghical pathway.
These temporary solutions will help put your Internet service back to noraml, well the disbute is resolved and working legal matters.
Also, that is way Cogent is offering free service, because their company and Level 3 are aware of these solutions. I am sorry the customer is not being put first, by offering temporary Internet access solutions.
Hopefully Level 3 and Cogent can let go of their proud-pride, and be humble, so each company can work togather for taking care of their customer, who are in need. The first step is going through humility and apolgizing, then forgive.
The end of the matter is always better then the begin or patience is better than pride, when there is a problem to fix.
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- Um, isn't BGP4 supposed to make these kinds of things pretty
much completely unimportant (with the exception of a couple of
increased hops)? I don't understand how any Level3 customers
wouldn't be able to reach Cogent or vice versa - their packets
should simply route through a secondary carrier in between the two
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- Level3 has blackholed all packets from Cogent
- In forcing Cogent to cave in and pay for their peering, Level3 has
blackholed all packets to/from Cogent CIDR Blocks. Thanks for
letting anyone know beforehand Level3! BGP has no means to
bypass without Cogent doing some form of NAT which would be
completely impractical, or doing a complete renumbering which
L3 could just further exclude very quickly. L3 is playing with
tactics akin to ........ I won't even say it. In addition L3 just
forced nearly every major IP subscriber to actively pay DOUBLE
for access simply to achieve redundancy that should not be
needed were it not for this kind of behavior. More than likely,
most subscribers will be planning a way to avoid having L3 in
their lineup of providers.
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- A lesson to be learned
- If there is any lesson to be learned here for both companies, it is this:
Don't ever think you can relie on a joint partnership like this to last. You first mode of defense is a good offence.
Neither of these companies had though that the other would try to do them wrong. The fact is that this is a money driven society.
Level 3, in the act of business, has decided that this partnership has reached a turning point and it's is not an even partnership, but rather an uneven partnership. Hence the need for change.
The lesson:
Always have a backup plan. Both of these companies should of never relied on there partnership a %100.
Having a plan B, a backup plan, doesn't just pertain to football! A backup plan would of ensured a smooth transaction in this case. Instead you have to publicly announce that you want the competitors clients because they cut off your line.
Maybe both of these managers should head back to the classroom. Business 101 maybe!
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- Those in the middle getting screwed
- I own a web design business and an Internet Radio station. I have clients for the web design business that have been calling for the last 20 hours demanding to know why they can't see their own website from their home or work. I've got listeners sending me mail from yahoo or hotmail about not being able to listen. I've got advertisers screaming at me for not being able to deliver.
I don't even have RoadRunner nor is it available here in Rochester, MN or Madison, WI where I just moved from.
So, we are caught in the middle of a turf war that does not even affect us from an ISP standpoint.
Class Action lawsuits are nice and all, but I need resolution NOW and not in 2 - 6 months when things go to trial.
There is no way I can contact the 3,000 or so listeners I get an hour to tell them to please change their ISP and find a backbone that works. There is no way I can make all my clients get their customers to switch to a ISP that has Level 3.
Perhaps things like this can be handled via the US Gov't in the same way the railroad strikes in the past were handled because it's got a deep impact on commerce and while things are flowing normaly there are discussions with a goverment mediator involved. I know the gov't has no ownership but then again there was no ownership with the railroad companies or airlines when PATCO did a walkout that had crippled the air travel industry in 1981.
Chris J. Popp
9412 - The Rock Station
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- new economy business model
- Chris sounds like he is operating out on an ewxciting frontier. I think he's cool and all, but I'm not ready to swallow his analysis comparing webhosting and web based media transmision to air trafiic control.
Sometiems there's lawlessness on the frontier.
The marketplace requires you to kick provider ass.. take your friends with you.
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- Re: Those in the middle getting screwed
- I agree man, i'm in the same boat as you are. Gotta love how all this just falls apart so easily.
I already contacted my Representatives, Senators, and Govenor. I suggest all try that. Maybe we can light a fire under someones ass.
Christopher Clai
Killer Rock Radio - www.krradio.com
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- UN should be the administrator.
- today a company tomorrow a city a country. The network must be free to all
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- UN control?
- Cristian Gamboa writes:
"UN should be the administrator. today a company tomorrow a city a country. The network must be free to all"
Oh yeah, the UN has such a terrific track record of managing things, right?
No thanks. I'll take my chances with companies working things out.
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- UN never the answer
- If you think its bad now wait until a multi-national/multi-theological committee begins controlling the internet. What has the UN EVER administered well?
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- UN should be the administrator.
- The UN isn't able to take care of itself. Control of the Internet needs to remain right where it is.The US developed the internet as part of a Pentagon program some 30 odd years ago and has since turned over the running of it to a private company who is handling it far far better than the UN could even dream of doing.
As for the Internet being free to everyone. Then so should phone service, gas & electric, water ... ... Get my drift? At birth is every child to be assigned an E:Mail address, laptop and a wireless ISP? Please!
In this world you pay for goods and services. You need earn what you want.When things are given to people, such as wellfare and subsidized housing, it is not appreciated. If I have gone to the trouble to establish a business that will provide you with a service why should I not get paid for that?
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- UN should be the administrator
- boy that's funny...!!!
they cant even control theirselves much less the internet! lol...
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- Are you nuts?
What would the UN do to resolve a dispute between two providers?
If the UN were involved the network would be free to no one as they bend over backwards to fullfill requests by nations like China to regulate it.
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- No way
- The U.N. is useless as an organization.
The Europeans veto everything anyways with a 'consequence' clause rendering non-execution with resolutions meaningless.
The U.N. should be dissolved.
You'll never find an unbiased organization to control the Internet. It's been working fine under U.S. control so far. Besides, the U.S. created the Internet with government money.
I don't have a solution for this, but the U.N. would be worse than the U.S.
Maybe an Internet body with one person from each major country that actually pays for the infrastruction. Such as one guy from the U.S., one guy from Asia, one guy from Europe, who knows.
But *not* the U.N.
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- Earthlink Affected?
- Does anyone know if Earthlink has been affected by this dispute? I have Earthlink DSL and it has been exceedingly slow the past two days. Can't get on to their support line, as the decision tree just disconnects callers.
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- Earthlink Affected Yes & No
- I have Earthlink dial-up (rural area with no cable or DSL). Everything works fine EXCEPT my own website; I can't access my site or any other FreeWebs site, and haven't been able to since Wednesday. I fail to see how these people's dispute can be permitted to interrupt untold other entity's service and production. I've filed my complaint with the FCC, for whatever that's worth. The tech support at FreeWebs is truly caught in the middle, as are all our ISPs.
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- Level 3 Communications Phone Numbers
- This post might get me in trouble, but I'm sick and tired of
companies with acting irresponsibly. This is why the web
should be treated as an utility. Please Call Level 3, I'll bet
they don't answer. These numbers are all in Colorado.
1. 303-410-7294
2. 720-888-1000
3. 925-398-3000
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- Peering/transit
- "peering" is what two providers do then they exchange equal amounts of Internet traffic between each other. There are standard guidelines around qualifications to peer with each other so neither peer needs to pay for the exchange. "Transit" is when there is not enough traffic exchange from one provider to justify the "free" connectivity. The traffic exchange between level3 and cogent is not enough to merit a peering relationship, and for level-3, who is struggling like every other Internet Carrier, they can longer provide Cogent free circuits that can be better used otherwise. Cogent's whining is BS. Having working in Internet serviecs for many years, I'm quite certain Cogent recieved plenty of notification that peering would be discontinued. It appears Cogent chose to ignore it and screw their customers rather than pay for what they actually use.
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- i made a call
- i called the first number you gave.and someone did answer a woman on the line said she doesn't no what this is all about.so i redialed the number again and the same woman answered.i told her she would probably get a lot of calls and thanked me for letting her no.i have road runner all in one which consist of my cable service my internet service and my phone service.is the phone service also effected or did you give a incorrect phone number ?
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- Yes, Earthlink is effected!
- I have Earthlink Dial up, and one of my friends have Earthlink DSL and both are effected... I can view some webpages, and some I cant...
this is really bothersome and I wish they would hurry up and stop acting like babies and get it worked out!
Thank you,
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- Ah Yes!
- The free market, ain't it grand. Especially when applied to critical public resources! But have no fear, our government will come through and the golden rule will prevail. Them that's got the gold will end up making the rules and those who can pay will play and those who can't will be left out. J P would be so proud!
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- Lawyers will get there first
- The government will be slow to respond but the lawyers will be all over it in a flash.
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- i applaud level3
- ive have complained many times to cogent communications regarding porn spam originating from off their system and they never do anything about it leading me to the conclusion that they are pro or soft on porn and spam in general
as far as iam concerned cogent should be blackholed from off the internet until they clean up their spam/aup policy or at the least enforce same
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- Use some freaking spamblocker
- This isn't at all about spam...Level 3 didn't disconnect the peering because of an influx of porn....just because you get porn and spam, doesn't mean that thousands other people should suffer business loss because you don't have proper filtering.
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- Who would you email?
- I'd love to know who to email on this situation... I'll have everyone in my groups email them, if we boycott, then something has to give!!!
Please someone reply with website or email please.
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- Both of these companies may be under financial stress
- Both of these companies are publically traded and both have pretty ugly charts (COI & LVLT). It sounds like Level 3 is trying to squeeze a few dollars out of their rival.
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- Spamblocker
- if you have a good ISP, then you have Spam blocker... I suggest you dont want Spam/Porn.....use it....
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- Birns Telecommunications is affected as well
- It appears as though Birns Telecommunications in Manhattan is also being affected by this feud, as my companies internet connection has been extremely slow. We get our T1 line from Birns, who in turn gets there connection from Level3. Hopefully Birns be able to find another service provider to help restore connection speeds.
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- Level 3
- Level 3 has been in financial trouble from the start--I have some of their rotten stock (thought the company would get straightened out)and now have gotten screwed by them AGAIN!!!
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- solution
- Should Roadrunner ISP clients such as me get a backup ISP that isn't blocked from sites routed through Cogent, or simply await a resolution? Seems like having to have vhs and betamax for those as old as I!
I couldn't get into Drudge yesterday but can today. Did he re-route?
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- I emailed Level 3, donno whether it did any good...
- but I emailed them.. lol.
This is reeking Havoc on a lot in the internet world.
I cant understand why you guys cant get past the problems and resolve this Quikly.
I have Earthlink Dial up, and it's causing a lot of problems for Earthlink Customers!!
I will/am in the process of sending a Boycott to all of my Yahoo groups to Boycott Level 3 because of this.
I'm not affiliated in any way with cogent, neither do I own Stock in either company, but I do know people who own stock, and will let them know to sell their stock out of your company.
Like I said, it's causing a Lot of problems in the internet world.
Some websites I cannot even veiw because of this!!
Please resolve this problem.
Thank you.
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- Call the FCC
- If the issue is affecting VoIP then it's affecting your 911 service and that is illegal. 1-888-CALL-FCC
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- re: Call the FCC
- how would it effect our 911 service?
and Why would it, if it's a local service?
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- oh yeah get the govment
- involved maybe they will send brownie to straighten it out ~rolls eyes~
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- 911 and VoIP
- VoIP suppliers even tell you that you should have a regular phone line for 911 in case of outages. I don't think there's anything the FCC can do for this.
Yes, 911 is local, but for those who don't know about VoIP, 911 calls have to go through a relay system to get to your local emergency office.
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- My Company's Bank is now 184.108.40.206
- We can't connect to our bank to do wire transfers and all the stuff that our company does all day basically. When I did a WHOIS on the bank, I get a 184.108.40.206 as their IP. *** is going on? Are they gonna fix this situation or what? Do I just wait until the DNS fixes itself by propogating the net?
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A dirty floor, the stench of lingering cigarette smoke, diesel exhaust, and a hint of perfume fill the nostrils. The wheels lurch forward; the blue seats are filled with groggy-eyed students headed to morning classes.
The Bear Bus serves the University of Northern Colorado. Photo by Denise Dennington
On a frigid February morning, University of Northern Colorado students pile onto the Bear Bus Gold Route of Greeley Evans Transit. The route runs from 7:45 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, with buses serving stops every eight to 10 minutes.
7:45 a.m., Feb. 9, 2011, The University Center
As the brisk Wednesday morning swells to a start, five people wait at 10th Avenue and 21st Street for their mode of transportation. This is just the first stop of many for this bus route. Jostling aboard the bus, careful not to sit too closely to one another, students exchange pleasantries with the bus driver before each takes a seat. The engine roars to life and the bus heaves forward to the next stop.
8:48 a.m., Gunter Hall
The shuffle between students entering and exiting the bus is a chorus of movement. Those outside wait somewhat impatiently in the frosty weather, while the students on the bus shrug every last ounce of warmth possible out of the bus before heading out into the 10-degree weather. They check their seats twice more, and finally exit.
"Most mornings I usually just walk to class, but since it's so cold today, I decided to take the bus to my class. It's a great feeling knowing I don't have to wait for my car to start, or worry that it will start. I can just hop on the bus and go to class," said Elizabeth Fehringer, a UNC sophomore majoring in graphic design.
10:10 a.m., Candelaria Hall
The 16th stop on the 20-stop bus route is the stop most have been anticipating. The bus empties and the driver kills the noisy engine. Cars outside stop to allow the tidal wave of people off the bus and through the crosswalk. The driver stands, stretching, reaching toward the ceiling, and exits the bus. His graying hair puffs out under his blue hat. Following his departure, a cloud of cigarette smoke can be seen through the windshield from where he is leaning against the front bumper of the grimy white and orange bus.
"I just like knowing that I don't have to worry about finding a parking spot in this area of campus on a Wednesday morning," said Kyle Taplin, a sophomore sport and exercise science major.
10:47 a.m., In Transit
The small group of students remaining on the bus sway back and forth to the rhythm of the bus's movement. The driver presses down on the brakes and everyone is carried forward in their seats by the centrifugal force. The braking motion is a common occurrence; this does not affect the seasoned riders as they do not look up from their phones to investigate the disturbance. The stoplight changes from red to green, and the driver releases the brake, a gasp of escaping air is heard and the bus moves forward.
11:03 a.m., The University Center
The bus has completed its 20 stops and has returned to its origin. This stop proves more fruitful than the previous one. A gaggle of 15 wide-eyed students waits in the frigid temperatures for the bus to unload the stragglers left from the 10th Avenue and 17th Street stop.
The bus moves forward again, restarting the route and fulfilling the routines of UNC students. The future passengers look up from their phones and books to the thunderous roar of the engine. The windows of the bus are filled with the condensation from the passengers' breath. As the bus reaches its final stop, the brakes come to a squeaking halt and the few students remaining on the bus exit, while those waiting to begin their days take their place.
What to know before you board
The Gold Route the following:
Source: University of Northern Colorado website


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Of late it has become something of a hobby of mine to point out how the left is becoming increasingly unhinged and alienated from America. The event that seems to have triggered the latest outpouring of rage is the debate about the proposal to build a mosque and community center, led by Imam Rauf, near Ground Zero. It's not simply the debate itself that is causing the venom; it is that defenders of building the mosque are losing the argument. The public — including those in New York City, that well-known epicenter of conservatism — overwhelmingly sides with those who oppose building the mosque. This is causing some liberals to spin out of control.
The latest liberal to do so, as Jen noted earlier, is Richard Cohen of the Washington Post, who writes:
Appearing on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour," Daisy Khan, a founder of the mosque (and the wife of the imam), rejected any compromise. She was right to do so because to compromise is to accede, even a bit, to the arguments of bigots, demagogues or the merely uninformed. This is no longer her fight. The fight is now all of ours.
It has become something of a cliche, I know, but no one ever put this sort of thing better than William Butler Yeats in his poem "The Second Coming." "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
Some passionate intensity from the best is past due.
Cohen is right about one thing; the Yeats quote is a cliché. But he's wrong that those who are arguing for a compromise are bigots, demagogues, or merely uninformed. And his argument that what this debate is missing is "passionate intensity" is ludicrous. In fact, the debate has often been dominated by passion rather than by reason, as evidenced by the left's eagerness to brand the mosque's opponents as racists, bigots, and Islamophobes. (I have expressed concerns about what some on the right, such as Newt Gingrich, have said as well; see here and here.)
In addition, the deep, eternal meaning the left has tried to infuse this issue with — the effort to cast this debate as pitting the Children of Light against the Children of Darkness, between those who revere the Constitution and those who want to shred it — is both wrong and slightly amusing. One can imagine the lyrics of Peter, Paul, and Mary running through the minds of animated liberals everywhere. It's Martin Luther King, Jr. v. Bull Connor all over again.
This is not a debate about high constitutional principle; if it were, presumably President Obama — the icon of so many liberals and a former professor of constitutional law — would have taken a stand on where the mosque belongs. Instead, he has refused to say what he thinks. The debate is about whether it is prudent and wise for Imam Rauf to build the mosque and community center within two blocks of Ground Zero. And on this, reasonable people can disagree.
On this particular matter one other point needs to be repeated: If the point of this enterprise was to deepen interfaith dialogue and understanding, it has failed miserably. And if those insisting the mosque be built at the original location persist in their efforts — if they heed Cohen's advice and jettison compromise as morally treasonous — things will get a good deal worse. Contrary to what some liberals are arguing, no great constitutional principle will have been ratified. Instead, a debate that is harmful to our country, including to Muslim Americans, will be intensified.
This is potentially dangerous stuff we're dealing with — and I can't understand why those who insist that they are pining for reconciliation and comity are pushing an idea that is doing the opposite.


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I need to completely confine my oven, including vent and entry, within the 48" diameter corner hearth slab pictured below and would like to squeeze in as much floor space as I can.
So this is what I'm thinking:
I can build a 3" larger oven (35" vs 32") by using bricks cut down to 3" instead of the usual 4.5". I don't plan on using a soldier course.
I understand I will end up with less thermal mass but is this acceptable?
If this is all right should I keep the entire dome wall thickness uniform at 3" or can I use 4.5" bricks for the upper courses?
Or is this a bad idea and I should just stick to the 4.5" wall thickness and build a 32" oven?
EDIT: On second thought, using thicker courses on top of 3" lower courses may be a bad idea, structurally. I remember reading somewhere about the line of thrust.
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like this
also if you stand first corse on end you will get more usable area for bread and wood
just my thought's
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32 inch is a very usable oven size. If it was me, I would opt for the thicker 4 1/2 inch mass. This will make the oven a bit more versatile - like slow roasts 24 hours later with only the initial firing.
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I'm with Les on this one, go with the added space. My oven is 36" and is perfect for my family, but I really would not want anything smaller - just makes the cooking harder if you are trying 2+ pizzas or multiple pans when roasting.
Good insulation all around should allow roasting the next day without issue. Be sure to build an insulated door if you want that capability.
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I would be tempted to go 3" bricks for the first few courses and then increase this to the thicker to increase the thermal mas and 'usability' of the oven. Just make sure that the strength and integrity of the oven is not compromised in needing to apply buttressing to the thinner walls. I have a 40" Pompeii and would not go smaller. This is a little too small for the odd occassion.
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Thank you all, for your replies! They all make good sense but I'm still torn which way to go.
I figured 3" was fine because most cast ovens I've seen all seemed to have thinner walls as Les mentioned.
I also decided I will use a soldier course, after all, to maximize floor space.
As far as the shallow entry goes, it will be rectangular with a flared side wall opening.
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How about 3" thick walls, bottom to ceiling, and adding some layers of home brew mortar on the upper half of the dome to increase mass?
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– Provide that if a party responding to a demand for production of ESI objects to a specified form for producing the information, or if no form is specified in the demand, the responding party shall state in its response the form in which it intends to produce each type of information. If a demand for production does not specify a form or forms for producing a type of ESI, the responding party would be required to produce the information in the form or forms in which it is ordinarily maintained or in a form that is reasonably usable, but need not produce the same ESI in more than one form.
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Dan Dediu and Robert Ladd suggest that the brain development genes linked to non-tonal languages are of more recent origin than those linked to tonal languages such as Chinese (2 June, p 15). The usual view of linguists is that tonal languages are the more recent development, evolving from earlier non-tonal inflected languages - those with grammar dependent on word endings and the like.
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School funding must not be cut, though the government seems to believe that education is the place to cut. Don't they realize that education is what will set us free?
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Rupert Murdoch dialed a zero in efforts to add daughter Elisabeth to the News Corp board in the midst of the Peter Chernin negotiations, Richard Siklos is reporting at Fortune.com. Sources tell Siklos Liz turned down the opportunity to join her father and brothers James and Lachlan on the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). board not out of a lack of interest, but because of the possible impact on her UK production company Shine Limited.
She owns 63 percent of Shine, which, as Siklos notes, relies considerably on the 25 percent of budgets major British broadcasters are supposed to spend on indies without ties to broadcasters. News Corp controls BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and various Sky and Fox channels. Siklos: "If she had wanted to rejoin the News board, Liz would have had to sever her ties with Shine, which presumably would have involved selling it, perhaps to News Corp." Instead, he reports that she attended Tuesday's News Corp board meeting as an observer.
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Spencer County's Noah Williamson was one of 61 students, representing 37 counties from across Kentucky who were recognized during The Gatton Academy's eighth graduation ceremony in Van Meter Hall last Saturday.
Gatton Academy Executive Director Dr. Julia Roberts expressed that the graduation ceremony was a celebration for the entire Commonwealth.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Emily Hume, Taylorsville, Ky., recently received a $1,000 United Producers Inc. Scholarship.
Hume, the daughter of David and Tonya Hume, currently attends Murray State University studying animal science.
The following students enrolled at the Shelby County Area Technology Center have received the Citizen of the Month for April which is a student whose behavior and attitude distinguish them as superior students.
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Spencer County resident Doug McCoy will be certified as a master environmental educator at a ceremony in Frankfort today.
A total of 20 environmental educators from across the Commonwealth will be recognized. All master environmental educators have completed the state's rigorous Professional Environmental Educator Certification (PEEC) course and at least six subsequent years of continuing education. The course is offered by the Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Poll workers in Taylorsville were reporting slow, but steady voter turnout Tuesday morning for the May primary election.
State officials were predicting low numbers of registered voters going to the polls with only one race garnering much attention, that being the GOP primary for Governor.
In that race, it looks like a three-way heat for the top, as Hal Heiner, James Comer and Matt Bevin vye for the chance to make the November ballot. Will T. Scott is considered a longshot.
Each Memorial Day, since 1988, members of the 2nd Platoon of Kilo Company Marines, join together. They say Memorial Day isn't about them. It's about honoring those who didn't come home. They reunite, share a few beers, have a cigar, catch up and talk about their families. They reminisce.
One of our greatest presidents and Kentucky native, Abraham Lincoln, once said of our country, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." That quote comes to mind as we gather in the coming days to honor those who have fought and died in wars foreign and domestic to continue to guarantee the freedom that makes us the envy of other nations and their people around the world.
It's been said that following the legislative process is akin to watching sausage being made. It's not the most appealing thing to witness.
However, when that sausage sits on the same plate as our farm fresh eggs, then it's a stark reminder that we need to pay closer attention.
Members of the Spencer County Fiscal Court may not have given much thought to passing a planning and zoning ordinance change last summer. However, Monday night, their chickens came home to roost.
A Bullitt County man has been arrested and charged with rape and incest after police say he impregnated the 13-year-old daughter of his former girlfriend while living in Spencer County.
Jamal Hunt, 33, of Lebanon Junction, was arrested last week on charges of first degree rape and incest after he was indicted by a Spencer County Grand Jury. The charges stem from a police investigation that included DNA testing of an infant born to the alleged victim last year.
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Bartender of the month Fatih Akerdem of the Westin Grand Frankfurt has come a long way since arriving in Germany in 1973. Fatih attended the Hotel School in Izmir, Turkey, where he grew up, before accepting a new position at the Hotel Intercontinental Frankfurt. For five years he held various positions including Waiter, Cook and Night Auditor before settling into the bar scene as a Bartender and finally Assistant Chief Bar Manager until 1990.
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