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Enjoy an Adventurous Tour of India
Those who love adventure, thrills and like to take part in extreme adventure, then India is nothing short of paradise. From hot air ballooning at Rajasthan to water skiing at Goa, India offers a myriad of adventure activities. This magnificent destination is home to different cultures, languages, alluring landscapes and every region offers varied adventure activities. While here, it would be difficult for you to choose from plenty of adventurous activities, not to worry, we have selected some of the amazing adventure destinations that will surely make your trip to India a memorable one.
Majestic Manali
Housed at the northern end of the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, Manali is one of the most popular adventure travel destinations. Get immersed in the alluring backdrop of Himalayas, this place is bordered by the cool pine forest. Here you can take part in adventurous activities from the likes of white water rafting, fishing, paragliding, mountaineering, skiing, hiking and many more. With natural beauty, snow-capped mountains and a plethora of adventure activities makes Manali a perfect destination to visit. This city is also never short of attractions, some of the prominent ones are Tibetan Temple, Arjun Gufa, Manali Sanctuary, Rahla Falls, Kothi, Solang Valley and much more.
Splendid Goa
Spread across 3,700 sq km and bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, Goa entices vacationers from all over the world. Enjoy the fun, thrill and splendor during Goa trip along with your buddies. Those who love water-skiing they are in for a real treat. As Goa is brimming with plenty of beaches like Mobor, Arossim, Candolim and Calanguate, you will surely enjoy water skiing here. Don't forget to enjoy snorkeling & scuba diving at Grand Island, Umma Gumma Reef, Davy Jones Locker, Bounty Bay, Shelter Cove and much more. One of the most adventurous activity which you shouldn't miss in Goa is known as Parasailing. Enjoy a bird's eye view of the scenic surroundings and sandy beaches below through parasailing. Some of the popular beaches where parasailing takes place are Baga, Condolim, Dona Paula, Anjuna and Majorda.
After taking part in these fun-filled and extreme adventures you will surely want to come back to India again and again. Those who are planning to fly to this adventure-filled destination they should book their airline tickets in advance so that they can get cheap flights. The bright side of booking flight tickets early is that by doing this you will get good discounts and good vacation packages.
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Hacking Google
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Serve Backup Ads
Use AdSense's built-in (and rather thoughtful) ability to serve ads from alternate URLs when there are no targeted ads to offer.
There's a time and place for public service announcements. You just might not think your web site is the place and certainly not if it happens more than occasionally. When you signed up for AdSense (while you're no doubt a good citizen who pays their public radio and television dues), your intent was to reap a revenue stream from all the hard work that you've put into your content.
Yet there are times when a new section of your site hasn't yet been noticed and indexed by Google, AdSense has nothing appropriately targeted in its inventory, or there's a temporary outage of some kind. The net result is that you'll be running public service ads for the Red Cross or the like rather than revenue-generating, targeted advertising. Google AdSense doesn't get paid and so doesn't pay you for click-throughs on public service advertisements.
Now, you can either simply be OK with this coming up every so oftenI know I amor you can make use of a backup system Google AdSense provides: alternate ad URLs.
Point your browser at Google AdSense (http://www.google.com/adsense) and click the Ad Settings tab at the top of the page. Then, scroll down until you see "Alternate ad URL or color," as shown in Figure 7-11.
Figure 7-11. Provide an alternate URL for ads when AdSense has only public service advertisements to offer your site
Google AdSense suggests (https://google.com/adsense/faq#basics10) four backup options:
- Image
Paste in the URL of an image somewhere on the Web, ad or not, static or dynamically generated. This can be an alternate image that you've created and are serving from your own site, one produced on-the-fly by another advertising service, or any other image that either has some revenue stream associated with it or simply tickles your fancy. For example, to serve up a static image named advert1.jpg residing on your web site, you'd provide a URL like http://www.example.com/images/advert1.jpg.
- Clickable image
Provide the URL of an HTML page somewhere out on the Web that contains only a snippet of markup for a hyperlinked image. For example, you might have a file on your site called adsense_alternate.html that contains the following line:

TIP: That's all the file should have in it, mind you; leave off all the opening
and closing
bits and everything else you usually pack into your pages.
The URL you'd provide as an alternate would then be a pointer to that partial page, something like http://www.example.com/adsense_alternate.html.
- HTML color code
If you have nothing to display as an alternative and are dead set against running public service ads, blank out the space where the AdSense ad would have gone by, providing the hexadecimal HTML color code of your page's background or that particular bit of real estate. For example, if your page had a background color of
#160B35, a lovely dark blue that I use on my own site, you'd type that color code right into the "Alternate ad URL or color" field.
- Collapse your ad
Google provides an HTML file you can download to and serve from your own web site that calls a bit of JavaScript to collapse your ad so that it doesn't show in the event you'd otherwise have seen a public service ad. For instructions and a link to download the file, visit https://google.com/adsense/faq#basics13.
Whichever you choose, when you click the "Update code" button, a smidgeon of JavaScript (the third line in Figure 7-12) will be added to the AdSense code that you paste into your web page. This additional line provides all AdSense needs to serve up your alternate ad choice when it has no targeted ad to run on your site.
Figure 7-12. An alternate ad URL embedded in Google AdSense JavaScript code
Then again, there is a fifth alternative...
Amazon/Google Ad Replacement (AGAR; http://www.bestdealsdiscounts.com/agar; GNU Public License) is a Perl script that supplements your Google AdSense ads with product advertisement drawn from Amazon's Web Services (AWS; http://webservices.amazon.com) and Associates (http://associates.amazon.com) programs. Not only does it supplement AdSense, but it also mimics it in appearance, supports all the AdSense ad sizes, and allows you to customize your color scheme to match what you've chosen for AdSense.
TIP: For AGAR to be useful (and financially rewarding), you'll need to have signed up as an Amazon Associate (http://associates.amazon.com) through which you make money on purchases resulting from click-throughs on your site.
Download AGAR and get it running as a CGI script ["How to Run the Hacks" in the Preface]. There's not much at all you need to change in the script itself, save replacing the default Amazon Associates ID with your own:
my $associate_id = "insert your amazon associates id here";
WARNING If you're in the United Kingdom rather than the United States, you'll also want to change the locale in
my $locale = "us";to
$uk_associate_id = "coolstufftoown";to your U.K. Amazon Associates ID. If you're neither in the U.S. nor the U.K., there is some further adjustment necessary, but we leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Point your browser directly at the CGI script to test it out and you should see an ad banner, as shown in Figure 7-13, easily confused for an AdSense ad at first blush, but clearly linked to Amazon products.
Figure 7-13. An AGAR-generated AdSense-like Amazon banner ad
The product category is chosen at random by default (go ahead and
reload the page a few times to see this in action), but this can be
customized either by altering the settings baked into the script
itself or embedding settings into the
URL. For example, instead of just pointing at
agar.cgi, try
This produces a 125 by 125 pixel ad drawing from
Amazon's "kitchen"
TIP: While the concept of
id, as expressed in the preceding URL is beyond the scope of this book, suffice it to say that you need to pass matching textual and numerical browse IDs. You'll find a detailed description of browse nodes and IDs in the Amazon Web Services documentation and a list of some of the text/number pairs in the AGAR code itselflook for
%browse_ids =. For an introduction to Amazon Web Services and all other things Amazon, pick up this book's cousin, Amazon Hacks (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/amazonhks; O'Reilly) by Paul Bausch.
(If I may, I'd like to end with a pitch to at least consider letting the AdSense public service advertisements run. Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.)
Tara Calishain is the creator of the site, ResearchBuzz. She is an expert on Internet search engines and how they can be used effectively in business situations.
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Since I often compare Curl to JavaScript + GWT, I will set some of the hacks up for Curl web pages ( that is Curl, the programming langauge, not the cURL utility)
If you do know how to curl (my good friend was on the US womens olympic curling team) then you will know that 'curl' and 'hack' go together like peanut butter and jam. Oh, I knew the inventor of the 'flat' curling broom (as opposed to a traditional 'whisk' broom.)
Vector classes in Curl make a google search about as bad as searching on music classes for Mozart and Oz (I mean for Oz, the language). If they ever use Mozart in a score for an 'Oz' movie made with budget 'constraints' we will be sunk without hacks ... and 'Alice' used to be called 'Stockhausen' ... |tag# programming language #tag| as we might say in Curl ... or
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My recent search on extending syntax with macros drew two side-by-side google ads: one was job openings in Ocaml (cool!) but the other was for plumbing pipe joint extensions. Uh-huh ... feral or PVC?


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"NMMMPH! MMMMPH! HMMMRRPPH!" The young detective screamed against the gag as her captor finished binding her chest and arms. She had been so close to busting his drug ring wide open when he had caught her. It had taken him no time at all to grab and gag her, and though she struggled as she was bound hand and foot, she was unsuccessful in escape.
"Oh, screaming will do you no good." He laughed, lifting her up and slinging her over his shoulder. "No one's going to be able to hear where you're going - you should know that by now, though. When you get caught snooping, you're in trouble."
"GRRRMPH!" The feisty snoop tries again, but the gag is tied tightly, holding in the stuffing that her captor shoved in her mouth.
"This isn't going to be like Nancy Drew," her captor laughed as he threw her into the trunk of a car. "The mistake those villains made was their inability to bind her securely, but you?" he laughed. "You're not going anywhere."
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MSNBC's bombastic left-wing "news" anchor Keith Olbermann is out of control and causing increasing problems for the cable news network, NBC insiders say.
Olbermann, who fancies himself as a cross between news legend Edward R. Murrow and Howard Beale, the mad prophet newsman of the black comedy movie "Network," went after former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams Wednesday night, claiming Abrams had been fired and had a grudge against the network.
The tirade left NBC executives red-faced because Abrams, a lawyer, is still employed by NBC as a news analyst on legal issues.
Olbermann castigated Abrams in a new segment of his show "The Countdown Hall of Shame," which replaced the tired "Worst Persons in the World Segment" that had turned into a nightly tirade against Fox News personalities Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck.
Obermann named the media website Mediaite — founded by Abrams — as runner up in the Hall of Shame Category because it reported on the Tea Party calling Obermann out for his claim that the grassroots movement lacked diversity when MSNBC anchors are mostly whitebread.
Said Olbermann:
Perhaps the reason that Mediaite took a Tea Party's word for it is that this is the same site of a fired MSNBC employee. And in his attempt to implant his bitterness toward this place, to plug or weave it into his website, he has wigged out. He would like us to sweep his failure under the rug as if it were a bald-faced lie, or there will be hell to pay.
Mediaite managing editor Colby Hall responded:
I'm surprised that MSNBC bookers and Today Show producers haven't got the memo that [Abrams has] been fired. More importantly, the opinions and sentiments in all of Mediaite's pieces have been those of the editors and writers of Mediaite.
The whole scenario reminds one of an aged stand-up comedian who hasn't updated his material in years, but is still somehow content playing to a half-filled room at the West Topeka Chuckle Hut. At some point it's no longer funny, nor even fun. It's just sorta sad.
Sadly, Keith Obermann has lost it.
Oberman may have lost more than his credibility with the inaccurate attack on Abrams. Some in the NBC power structure wonder if Olbermann is a loser for the network. Despite his claims of viewership gains, Obermann's ratings lag far behind right-wing powerhouses like O'Reilly.
Andrew Malcolm at The Los Angeles Times say Obermann is sinking fast:
In the most desirable TV demographic of 25-54, which Keith will soon outgrow himself, "Countdown" lost 44% of its audience from the beginning of President Obama's term until this year. It could have been worse — say, 45%.
Olbermann averaged 268,000 viewers last month in that sector. That's just several thousand sets of those eyes more than Campbell Brown over on CNN. According to one count, Keith even finished in that time slot behind Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace!
Writes Jeff Bercovici at Daily Finance:
There are also more subjective signs that Olbermann's stridency and lack of proportion are alienating some of his natural allies. Quite a few eyebrows elevated last week when Jon Stewart, in a parody of one of Olbermann's "Special Comment" segments, called out the newsman for going way over the top in his denunciations of Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts. The criticism was all the more remarkable, given that Stewart and Olbermann usually take the same side on most issues, especially when it comes to Fox News and the Republicans.
Olbermann's overheated rhetoric also drew a sharp response from Joe Scarborough, MSNBC's house conservative, who called his fellow host's attack on Brown "reckless" and "sad." The exchange (and a few earlier, similar incidents) inspired network president Phil Griffin to issue a stern memo admonishing his charges: "We do not publicly criticize our colleagues. This kind of behavior is unprofessional and will not be tolerated."
Olbermann, a one-time sportscaster and pitchman for the faltering Boston Market restaurant chain, has bounced from network to network, alternating between sports and political commentary. He hosted a nightly MSNBC show that focused on the Monica Lewinsky affair during the Clinton years then left for a brief return to sports broadcasting with Fox before returning to MSNBC to bash the Bush administration.
Writes Mark Memmott for National Public Radio:
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann strongly disagrees, but one of the memes of the day seems to be that Countdown with Keith Olbermann isn't doing so well ratings-wise and might soon be history.
"Keith has a habit of flaming out," says one NBC producer. "It's happening again."
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- Keith Olbermann Wants You to Remember: Dan Abrams Is Bald [Cue Balls] (gawker.com)
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Jerry..I Sorry I ruffled your…feathers. And in fact your response is based upon…nothing of substance in terms of my life. I am not a Democrat, I do not watch a lot of television, I am not a Liberal….I am educated, I have travelled the world, I have lived in "foreign" countries, I have never relied upon another person or entity for financial support since I left home in 1966, in fact it has been the opposite. I am on Social Security …do you consider that a socialist hand out…? My working full time for 50 years is not enough perhaps? Judging from your rather heated response I cannot help but wonder where you do your research? I know for a fact that President Obama's stimulus plan is working in the world of higher education, science and medicine. Many proposals were solicited & are being funded, people are being hired, supplies are being ordered, overhead is being paid, and students are able to perform much needed research for their UG and Graduate theses. Keith is Keith, obviously he upsets you as much as the shock jocks upset me when they spew hatred and twisted "facts.."….President Obama is taking the heat for 8 years of corruption, disloyalty, and financial mismanagement among other more despicable and egregious actions. That is based upon fact, I am sorry to burst your bubble.
You go Leslie! Olbermann always catches heat for exposing right wing-nuts for who they really are. His ratings are solid and he'll be around long after the tea-baggers run out of hate to spew to the willing crazy-based media.
Stopped listening to Keith when he accused Hillary of wanting Obama assassinated. I wasn't a Hillary supporter, but that was extreme and disturbing (and untrue and unfair). Even the Obama campaign had to go on television that following Sunday to tamp down Keith's wild rant.
I would like to see him replaced with Glenn Greenwald or Jane Hamsher: principled liberals that don't sound like complete psychos (sorry Keith)!
Of course Keith Olbermann has been losing ratings and possibly be canned – with a black president now in office, white racists all throughout America are beginning to realize what it's like to have a president who doesn't look like them and who they can't identify with, making them insecure and even prejudiced toward him. You can be sure the conservative morons in Faux News are manipulating that sentiment to the best of their abilities and inciting racism among ALL Americans. This isn't Keith's fault and his show is the most informative news show on ANY network. White racists simply are too insecure and ignorant to handle the truth and as a result, Keith's show will fail. It's sad, but that's just how racist America is. Lies and slander prevails over REAL news.
Let me guess. As an Obama supporter you're either:
1. 20 years old and don't know $hit about how the real world works.
2. 20 years old and believe stealing from others is okay because you're too fuc&ing lazy to get a job.
3. Black… and hope Obamagunpayfoyomogige.
4. A Frisco homo.
5. All of the above?
Either way, after Olby gets the axe you'll still have the tranny at 9pm to cry for you.
Keith Olbermann is one of the smartest, decentest and best people on TV. He is the only one really willing to tell the awful truth about those retarded hateful stupid ignorant right-wing nazi racist white racist supremacist moron intolerant bigoted narrow-minded republican rednecks trying to destroy this country and our president! They are such bigots and haters, not to mention racists. And if they want lower taxes and don't want the presidents health care reform bill, that is just because they are nazi racists. As well as intolerant and narrow-minded bigots!
Nonsense. Keith is a hack.. he doenst fact check.. he lives in an echo chamber and only has guests on that agree with him. His talking points are generated from left wing blogs and he sickly uses his father as a prop for his talking points. what a tool. and Kevin olmanabooga booga.. your hateful rhetoric is an embarrassment. look up the word intolerant..then look in the mirror.
Just wondering how many people on here that are defending Keith, watch him? I don't I watch Fox! I am a Reagan conservative. I am a tea party goer and am no racist but could care less about being referred to as one, while I raise me biracial children just as Obama is. I don't support Obama because I don't understand how a president can be so concerned with waterboarding and careless about ripping a fetus from a mothers womb. Personally I want you to get all those terrorists and defend the innocent! I love my country and I believe that Obama is destroying it. While Bush did his part Obama needs to stop crying and take responsibility for the job he applied for… Or get out of the way and let a real man do the job. Personally I could care less if that is a republican or a democrat I say we as Americans stop tearing ourselves apart and down and vote them all out…when the are up they need to be voted out.."D" and "R" If you saw me you wouldnt know who I was but I tell you this Keith is one rednecked hateful S.O.B.
Wow. The drive-by whackos are out in full force. No wonder this country is going down the tubes. I've never seen so many idiotic, mindless comments.
Leave'm lone…
Olberman is too polarized, the exact flip-side of his enemies. He does expose the extreme right's issues, but when he lumps people like Scott Brown into their pot he has made a huge blunder. He has no credibility now. Even John Stewart knows that Scott Brown is not right wing whacko. What's up with all that trash talk about people who drive trucks? That makes no sense at all. Sorry, but Keith is over the edge and will not last long. He is immersed in a sub-personality that lives on outrageousness instead of truth.
Good bye loser!!!
As Olbermann's ratings continue to decline, the executives will have to make a decision as to whether keep him around. President Obama's poll numbers also continue to decline because the American public is beginning to see through the MSNBC haze and actually look at what the president is doing. America remains a center-right country. I have to say, Keith and Barack are possibly the best thing to happen to the conservative movement in years. Together, they are turning more independents into conservatives everyday. I hope MSNBC keeps Keith on until at least the November elections…That will ensure a massive conservative victory and begin the process of taking our country back.
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Rachel being blocked? Then, thank goodness, Rachel back in.
Cowards. Can you believe what nearly took place? Can you believe that owners triedto enter pre-nominated horses that had no business being in the Grade I Preakness solely to keep Rachel out?
The powers that be rigthed the ship.
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My good pal Brendan ... if only you had seen the original rant I was posting on this saga Sunday. Then just as I hit "publish," the story changed over at Thoroughbred Times and the Allen/Zayat cabal had changed their collective mind.
I still had to find a way to use a funny illustration. It was too good to go to waste.
Here's hoping for a safe and sound Preakness!
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Somewhere between the Iberico ham and the Idiazabal cheese, the patatas bravas and the paella, Malabar won my heart.(Full review)
Thank you Conte Group for bringing Spain to Charlotte. Atmosphere, food, service, drinks: ¡Exceptional! Exactly what it is in Spain. Everything we had from the croquetas to the churros y chocolate was ¡perfection! We only stopped ordering because we couldn't eat another bite. We already have a list of what we plan to order for the next several visits.
I'm a big fan of octopus, squid other than fried, and rabbit. Malabar scores on all three, plus many more Spanish specialties. The grilled squid is delightfully delicious. The generous serving of rabbit, while a tad annoying due to the myriad tiny bones one must pick out, was fabulous. My wife's fish dish was one of the best ever. I look forward to trying the paella. Prices are same noon & night, so go there anytime.
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Company feels much like a family...you can access anyone at any level and they genuinely care to give you good feedback. Schedule is flexible, you choose when you want to work...though you must be very self-motivated for this.Cons
It is difficult to really make good money. You need to be ready to put in a lot of hours and deal with a lot of rejection to make it to the top, though it is doable. Hours are mostly in the evenings and weekend mornings so this is not a 9-5.Advice to ManagementAdvice
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Labor Day is in the review mirror; a day off from work for many, for
others a reminder there's not work to be had. We've all seen the headlines: the
jobs picture in the U.S. remains far from robust. Unemployment
hovers around ten percent and the
uncertain economy is keeping consumer confidence low and workplace anxiety high.
While the job hunting climate may not be ideal, for the unemployed,
underemployed or for those wanting a better or different job, the search cannot
wait. So the Beyond Folders bloggers are pooling our experience as both hiring
managers and former job hunters (and of course ongoing networkers!) to provide
posts with job hunting tips and techniques.
The demise of the one-company-career and the rise of social media mean
today's world, and today's job hunt, bear little resemblance to job searches of
the past. When I entered the work world, hand-written thank you notes were de
rigueur after an interview; now an email thank-you is considered acceptable.
Still, some things remain eternal: the importance of stellar
references. A recent post-Labor Day article Singing
your Praises: How to Manage Work References makes the point that not only are
rock solid references key to winning a job, lukewarm or poor references can
sabotage your chances.
References matter so be sure to line up good ones early in your job
hunt. Ideally your references will have
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For more tips on making the most of your references, read The Keys to Choosing and Using the Best Job References and Do References Really Matter? And be sure to check back for
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An intelligent point of view, well exrepssed! Thanks!
That addresses sevrael of my concerns actually.
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The Dog Haus at Cherokee Roost
Enjoy seclusion and privacy on some of the most beautiful acreage the Texas Hill Country has to offer at Cherokee Roost- Dog House. This guesthouse is perfect for a romantic couple's retreat. The Dog House can also add sleeping arrangements for up to three persons and an extra bathroom if a group of up to ten persons want to rent the whole complex. Enjoy a relaxing visit under the covered front porch and enjoy the breathtaking view. The Dog House, which is attached to the Cherokee Roost by a breezeway, is perfect for a romantic getaway for two. Just minutes from Luckenbach and a short drive to Historic Main Street, you're sure to get an authentic taste of Texas at Cherokee Roost and The Dog House.
- Guest Suite with Beautiful Hill Country Scenic Views and Wildlife Abound
- Only 15 miles from Fredericksburg and 5 miles from Luckenbach
- French Doors that open to a covered porch
- No Recreational Vehicles Allowed
- Bedroom - King Bed and Full Futon Couch
- Bathroom - Double Jacuzzi Bath Tub and Walk-in Shower
- Breakfast Vouchers
- Coffee and Tea Bar
- Small Refrigerator
- Microwave
- 32" TV Dish Service
- Wireless Internet
- Upscale Décor
- BBQ Grill
Rates & Restrictions
- Rates starting at $120.00 per night 1 or 2 guests
- $35.00 each additional person per night
- 2 nights required for All Event and Holiday Weekends
- No Smoking
- No Pets
- Children Welcomed
- Maximum Occupancy for Doghouse -4
Note: Room is best for a couple with kids or Group of Friends - Not suitable for 2 Couples
- Rent both Dog Haus & Roost for a Private Guests House combined they can sleep up to 12 Persons


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TPR Lloyd Cochran
Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police
Post 11, London
(606) 878-6622
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Meth Lab Investigation and Arrest in Clay County
Date of News Release: 11/22/11
(LONDON, KY.) - On Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at approximately 10:31 AM, the Kentucky State Police, Post 11 London, received a complaint of a strange odor near a residence on Bowling Street in the Beech Creek Community of Clay County.
Upon arrival and investigation Trooper Josh Wilson and Clay County Sheriff's Deputies discovered an active Methamphetamine Lab, a Hydrogen Chloride Gas Generator and Methamphetamine.
Trooper Wilson arrested Gary Bowling, 51, Gary D. Bowling, 21, and Brenda Wagers, 40, all of Manchester on the charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine 1st Degree.
All three (3) were lodged in the Clay County Detention Center.
Trooper Wilson is continuing the investigation and was assisted by officers from the Clay County Sheriff's Department, Manchester Police Department and the Manchester Fire Department.


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Evolution's next step: blending humans with machines
By Dick Pelletier
Historians place the beginning of modern culture around the
time when humanity abandoned hunter-gathering in favor of crop
cultivation, about 10,000 years ago. This makes us 400
generations old (25-yrs-per-generation). When we began this
trip, life was brutal, medicine almost non-existent and average
life expectancy was puberty; living just long enough to
But we've progressed rapidly through the years. Average life
expectancy now pushes 80 in developed countries, and according
to UN census data, octogenarians, nonagenarians, and
centenarians are the fastest-growing age groups. Today,
scientists are poised to eliminate most diseases; and one day, a
few forward-thinkers believe we will even conquer death.
Author Ray Kurzweil in his top-selling book, The
Singularity is Near says, "Between 2035 and 2050, we will
merge knowledge, skills, and personalities with artificial
intelligence. This will produce a superior human that thinks,
reasons, and communicates more efficiently than today's humans."
So in about two generations, we will begin merging with our
machines. This means civilized humans will have lasted only 402
generations, a rather short lifespan for Earth species.
However, experts say this does not signal the end of
humanity. Replacing body parts with non-biological materials
like false teeth, cochlear implants, titanium hips,
thought-controlled prosthetics, and artificial neurons does not
take away our humanity. Even if we swapped every cell in our
body for 'artificial' materials, by maintaining our memories and
consciousness, we would still consider ourselves human.
By mid-2030s, experts say, computers are expected to surpass
human intelligence, which many believe will enable human-machine
mind transfers. Some people may choose to increase their
intelligence by downloading data from these super-intelligent
machines directly into their brains, while a few brave
risk-takers will transfer memories, emotions, and consciousness
into an android and become the machine. Both groups will
consider themselves 'human'.
In the following years, enhanced humans and human-like
machines will adopt features from each other until by the 2060s
or 2070s; everyone will enjoy a similar body type that
automatically repairs itself when damaged. This milestone will
finally put an end to human suffering, sickness, and dying.
Eliminating death will free humanity to focus on deeper
thoughts. We can now grasp what it means to be human – to live
life in an indestructible body on a fragile planet that needs
our help. We'll turn to technologies that enable us to achieve
Type I Civilization status, which cosmologists identify as the
ability to utilize 100% of the sun's energy that strikes our
This power will help us terraform a better Earth; eliminate
global warming, and control the weather. No more hurricanes,
earthquakes, or storms. Sunshine and rain can be directed to
fall where needed.
On the lighter side, our bodies will not require food or
sleep, but many will miss these activities; so a Star Trek
Holodeck-like entertainment system will let us experience
these and other scenarios – visits with loved ones, trips to
exotic galaxies, and romantic encounters. Imaginations will run
wild on the 'Holodeck'. We'll create situations so
real; we won't even realize they're simulations.
If this "magical future" unfolds as suggested, many people
alive today will enjoy an indefinite lifespan as we move through
the 21st century and beyond.
This article appeared in various print publications and
on-line blogs. Comments always welcome.
Evolution's next step: blending humans with machines
By Dick Pelletier
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